amtttmt ' Jl' wP Jil-t'l TWO CENTS. SCRANTOX, PA TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1897. TWO CENTS N t WRECK ON IE DOWF iRADE A Panhandle Passenger Train Leaves the Tracks. TRAIN JUMPED FROM FROG Engine Plowed the Turf for Many Yards. The Engineer Hurled n Distance ol Tirty Feet nml tlio I'lrcman Is Thrown Scvcntj-iivo I'cct--Ilng-gngo Cluster Hurl, but Passengers Escape with Slight Injury. Pinua, O., Oct. 4. The Pan Handle passenger train No. 21, westbound, wad wracked two miles east of this city this morning. The train was comlmr down giade at the rate of forty miles .an hour, and In crossing the fiog of the Jot dan switch left the track. The engineer had the presence of mind to phut off the steam and apply the air brakes. The engine continued, not withstanding, at a terrific :ate of speed, teailng ui the tracks and plow ing the ground at a frightful rate. For E" feet the engine bumped over the ties und then went Into the ditch at the side of ths track. Two dny coaches were derailed and crushed together; the baggage car was tluown crosswise off the track; the Pullman cais e&caped with little damage. Ell Carroll, the engineer, was hurled fifty feet and Fireman John Balrd was pitched 75 feet over into a field. The engineer sustained a terrible scalp wound and the llreman was hurt inter nally. C. S. McGown, the baggage master, was Injured about the hip. The I asenge-s escaped with but slight in juries. NEWS FR0A1 KIKUYU. A Letter Which Disposes of Vnguc Humors. London, Oct. 4. A letter was received lieio today ftom Kikuu, British Knst Africa, which disposes of tlio story re ceived at Rome from Iicnadlr, s.ijing that tho Cavendish spoiling expedition. Milch left Rcrbera, Uast Afrlcn, last rjear, arriving at Lugh, Somallluud, about tho mlddlo of November, proceeding thenco towards Lako Runolph, had been attacked by a band of Amharas and mur dered. Tho later news says that Cav endish, and Lieutenant Andrew, his com panion, ntrl "at Ktkuyu on Aug. 5 af ter a till) around Lako Itudolph, which up to that tlmo had not been explored. They had a to lug lime. Their head man incited tho Ascatas to mutiny and tho two Dngllshmcn were foiled to yield to their demands; but near Klkuyu, Cav endish and Ainlii'W seized the two ring leaders, nnd they have since been sent to the coast foi ttial. The expedition discovered a now lako and two active nleanos, and ciossed ftom the gulf of Aden to the Zanzibar coast b much tho samo louto as pro lously followed by Dr. Donaldson Smith, of Philadelphia. BROKER ARRESTED. Charged with Embezzlement to the i:trntol )?18;i,U;iC,.I8. Cleveland, O, Oel 4 'ulin J, ShlpTSerd, piomlucnt Investment 1'okcr and street I all way pioinotei, we arrested today on tho chaige of rmlicz.i 'incut. Ho wns ic leahed on JlO.Crt ball. Tho w in rant was l-sued at tlio iiihtahco of Pi auk Dellaas Itoblson, tho chaige glowing out of tlio business dealings of Snippet d and ilobl--on who hac been tloselj associated In htrret railway oiileipiles. Tho warrant charges that Shlppeid embezzled JlSJ.IMG.lo of the- peisonal ptoperty of Itoblson, In addition to 112 street railway bonds of tho laluc of $3J,JU0. A petition was filed in common picas court asking for a reeelvet for tho brok erage llrm of Charles II. Potter & Co., with which Shlppcrd was heavily Inter ested Shlppeul denies the charge, but ad mits owing motor to itoblson. Ho sajs ho Is hopelessly ruined by tho acllon. NO MORE HAZING. Upper Classmen at Pilnccton Arc Civinglt lip. Princeton, N. J., Oct 1 Hazing lias foeu Its best days at Pilnccton. Upper classmen aro giving It up, not'on account ' of any consldetailon for tho ficshmin, but hecausa they iranzo that tho university has outgrown tho barbatous customs of tho old days President Pattou aided tho movement this moinluglu tho chapel, when ho urged .the abolishment of tho practice and stated I hat men found hazing freshmen would lio nsked to leave for home. He said that iince tho determination was made to ic- I llnrjulsh tho Idea of getting even on next ivear's freshmen, the sooner would really fiesiranio men imucaio their intentions rf entering tho institution. Arrested on Churgo ol ISnhcrv. heading. Pa., Oct. 4. Ldto this aftet- Ion State Senator Miller, of this dlstilct, d Daniel W. Iterser, Democratic noml- for recoider, wero arrested, charted Ih bribery. The pioseculor Is Albert Hwoycr. Tho lattcr's btothcr, Lil fer, was a, cu.naiaato for recorder be Itho last Domocratlc convention, and is mat no withdrew In favot of ir una sold him his delegates for a Is of Jl.MH). Tho accused weio held IX) ball each. They dci.y tho charges. iignr Company S ssicnmeiit. York, Oct. 4. The fcchedulos In tho lent or luo commercial LjiiIou knd tigaicttu company show llabll. .',7; nominal assets, $13,181; actual li.vn, 'inoso or uavldson Uros.. Lie dealers in leaf tobacco, show jKJ.biJi; nominal assets. IS7.U1: ssets, J0,W5. 'nimylvnnln PnMinnsterii. igton.'Oct. 1. These fourth class ter for Pennsylvania wero ap today: Harveys, R. L., Huffman; ii, aiu i n, iuvia, umic), Alts, rerora; rreacouvuic, aiis. Agues ae,. F1VG HUNDRED HOMELESS., Ho suit of n Ilig Conflngrntlon n Austin. Austin, Pa., Oct. 4. Flro broko out this tftcrnoon ut 2.15 In Weed's livery barn on Turner street, and In live hours every building In tho town but live was lovcled to tho ground. Turner street was the principal residence street of tho town. Tho loss Is a sad blow. Probably 600 peo plo aro tonight homeless. The flro started by u load of hay being run Into a gas Jet. Tho load was backed Into tho bam and tho team left standing whllo tho driver was preparing to unload. Tho team started, and thus tho second great flro In tho history of this village camo about. In all about 100 buildings wero burned, mostly residences. Among tho larger losses Is tho Methodist church, tho Pres byterian church, tho opera house, Welch's meat market, Hcllwig'B drug store, Gal lu's livery and Weed's livery. The loss is placed by Insurance experts at from ?1W,000 to $200,000. It was found necessary to blow up tho wooden building occupied as a drug store by Georgo Helwlg, in order to keep tho lire from the mills. A south wind was blowing and carried tho lire to the Meth odist church and parsonage; then tho Presbyterian church and new opera house. Then tho llames turned toward tho long line of wooden dwellings mostly occupied by employes of tho big Good ear saw mills, and soon eighty houses had been burned to tho ground. The only protection of tho town was tho lino prl vato system of the Goodycars. This sys tem did great scrvlco In saving tho busi ness blocks, hotels, mills and tho UufTalo and Susquehanna, railroad property. All of tho 400 employes of tho mills wero set to work fighting tho lire. A special train was run from Costollo, a neighboring village, earning all tho flro apparatus which could bo procured In that town, to gether with several willing and sturdy flro lighters, who did excellent work in subduing the flames. Turner street Is the street on which all tho dwelling houses wero situated. To night It Is a smoldering mass of ruins. Only flvo dwelling houses aro left in tho town. Pully C00 persons arc taking refugo In tho few business houses on Main street. The town is also Infested by a gang or toughs from outsido places, tonight, and It Is feared that considerable of the prop erty saved will fall Into their hands. SIX PERSONS KILLED. Passenger Trnin on Knnns City, Port .Scott nnd .Memphis Itond Strikes n Wngou nt Dead .linn's Cut. Willow Springs, Mo , 0 t 4. A paen ger train on tho Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railway ran into a wagon containing seven persons at Dead Man's Cut, three miles, north of hero today, and Instantly killed six and fatally Injured the other one. Tho killed are: Philip L. Wooton, Philip L. Wooton, Jr., Amanda Wooton, Mrs. Frances Malbtey, an infant child four months old. Philip Wooton's wife Is so badly hurt she cannot live. The train brought tho remains of tho dead and tho Injured wo man hetc. Conductor Hallaway saj.s proper signals for the crossing were given but they were not heard. The ciosslng is considered ono or tho most dangerous in tho country, being on a curve and heavy grade. LUETGERT TRIAL. An Unexpected Turn of Allnirs in tho Case. Chicago, Oct. 4 An unexpected turn of affairs occutrcd in the Luctgeit trial dining tho afternoon session of court. Tho defense huddenly dropped Its lino of expert testimony and put on witnesses to impeach tho evidence of witness for tho state. It is possible that Luetgert will go on tho stand tomoirow. There Is a rumor to tho effect that a woman bus been found ut Lincoln, 111 , who will go on tho witness stand and teHtlfv that Mio was tho women i-cen by tho pollco und others at Kenosha, Wis., on May 3, 4 and C. Captain Schuctlcr had a talk witli this woman on Sunday. PHILADELPHIA COOL, (Junrnntiiio OHicinls Not Afrnid o l'cvcr. Philadelphia, Oct. 4. The government nimiuiitiuo olllelals at this putt aro not at all apprehensive icgardlug iho arriv al of tho bteamer John Wilson jesterduy with her chief engineer dead of yellow fever. Tho vessel will bo held in quaran tine for somo tlmo to come, while tho most thoiough disinfection Is used. Today tho Quakoy City Fiult company consignees of tho euigo of bananas, gaQ permission to tho ollliluls to tlnow ov ciboaid tho cntiio load. SOLDIERS LEAVE HAZLETON. MiUlum Culp Procures n Warrant Tor tho Arrest of Dynnmitcrs. . Ilazlcton, Pa , Oct 4. Tho battalion of tho Hlglith regiment and the Governor's troop broko camp heio today and every soldier has left town. William Culp, of Hollywood, swoio out a wanant today for the arrent of Holly wood persons whom ho accuses of at tempting to blow up his houso last night with dynamite. - . Prculdcnt Itcncws Receptions. Washington, Oct. 1 Tho president to day renewed tho receptions given on Monday to tho geneial public, and shook hands with about 300 visitors in tlio L'ast loom. Ho ulso saw for tho first tlmo all persons who sought an audience, giv ing to each a few moments. Killed by Pull of Coal. Shenandoah, Pa,, Oct. 4. Anthony Ga lufskl, 30 jears old, having a wlfo and thteo ihildrc.il, was instantly killed by a fall of coal In tho Maplo Hill colliery. Domlnlck Sharklns, 21 years old, was utruck by a coal train near Indian Illdgo colliery last night und died in a few hours. Steel .Mill Destroyed. Coatcsvllle, Pn Ott. 1, By tho rxplo rlou of a lamp In tho cngluo loom rt what Is known as the old plate mill at Luhen's Iron and Steel company's works today, tho old mill wllh Its machinery was outlrely destroyed. Tho loss Is esti mated at from JIO.OOO to JGO.0O0. i:dwnrd Lnuglry Insniin, London, Oct. 4. Kdward Langtry, for mer husband or Mrs. Lily Langtry, the actress who Is said to have privately mar ried Prince Paul Ksterhazy, has been found wandering In a demented condition on the railway lino near Chester and has been sent to a lunatic asylum. Clipped OllClrl's Hair. Chicago, 111., Oct. 4. Tho much-sought, for "Jack the Clipper" was caught yes terday whtla attempting to clip off the luxuriant hair of Annlo McOarrlgle, a little school girl. Ho gavo his name as Frank Wood, and was sent to the Brldo well to work out a line of J100. YELLOW FEVER IS DYING OUT No Dcntlis from Hie Disease in New Orleans Yesterday. FEARS OF AN EPIDEMIC HAVE PASSED People Who Ilnvo Their Pnmlllos nt Other Places Aro Preparing to Urlng Them Uncle to tlio City. JUnny Patients Aro Discharged from tho lloapltnl. New Orleans, Oct. 4. for tweity four houra closing at nightfall there has not been a single death recorded in the board of health. All fear of the sickness as u m lug an epidemic form has disappeared nnd people who have their families at other points are begin ning to make arrangements to bring them back. There were twenty-two new cases today. Many patients were discharged today. At a spfclal meeting of the board of health this afternoon it was decided that the ship bringing Sicilian immi grants upon arrival here shall bo de tained at quarantine and a notice to this effect was sent to Collector Wilk inson. Six days have passed since Ocean Springs has had a case of yellow fever. Reports from Hdwards, Miss. say the situation there Is fairly good. There have been reported eighteen new cases, seven whites and eleven colored; two deaths. 1 Washington, Oct. 4 Two new cases are reported at Nitta, Yuma, Miss. Delayed reports fiom Scranton, Miss., show that on the first, second anel third Instants there were a total of thirty cases and on the third two deaths. Seven new cases and one death are repotted from Mobile, Ala. BALDWIN'S BODY FOUND. iMuii Thought to Ilnvo Ilccn Cremated Committed Suicide. Coatesvlllo, Pa., Oct. 4. The body of William J. Baldwin, manager of Charles D. Bailey's farm at Thorndrile, whoso barn was destroyed by Hie on Friday list, and who was supposed to have perished in tho flames, was found this afternoon In a shock of corn about a quarter mile from the house, with his throat cut. Tho ghJit 1 weapon with which ho ended his l'fe was still lmbcdde In his throat when found. Since tlio finding of the body it Is re ported that Mr. Baldwin has been acting strangely for several weeks past, as though there was some terrible trouble weighing on his mind, and It Is common belief that ho first set fire to the bain and then went to tho cornfield where he was last seen with tho determination of ending his life. Deputy Coroner Johnson, of Downlng town, h-slrt an inquest over the oolv this evening and a verdict of sulcldo while tcmpoiarlly insane was rendered. CASH FOR WEYLER. Tho ltcinn Hrlngs 'J, OOO, (() lor .Military Expenses. Havana, Oct. 4. Tho mall steamship Itelna Crlstlna, which urrlved today, hiought to Captain General Weyler $-',-000,000 it Is olllclallv asset ted, to bo applied In military expenses. Tomorrow 1,200 Spanish soldleis, pick or otherwi&o In capacitated, wilL icturn to Spain. As against these, 200arilved today. A Spanish column whllo leconnolteilng near Cagamal captured an insurgent camp and secured SjO pounds of djnuniltc. At Botlno, piovlnco of Matanzas, during an engagement between another body of troops and tho Insurgents, the lnsuigent leader Mai tlncz was killed and eight other Insurgents wcio captured. Tho Spanish forces surprised a band of Insurgents at Arioyo Mano, In tho piovlnco of Plnar Del Jtlo, and killed their leader and thlity men. THE POPE IS WELL. Dcspito llcports to tho Contrary. His Holiness Is in Mxccllunt Health. Rome, Oel. 1. Tho pope, despite all re poils to the contiaiy, Is in excellent health. The Osseivtitorc Ilomano this evening sajs: 'Tho bad weather of tho past four days has piover.ted tlio pope from con tinuing his walks in tho garden of tho Vatican. On Friday afternoon tho popo received tho membem of several dis tinguished families nnd on Satutday ar temoon ho iccelved over a hundred Ital ian and foreign vlsitois. On Sunday ho admitted fifty visitors to his celebration of mass." Dr. Laffonl, tho phjslelan of his holi ness, in an interview with a rcpicsenta tlvo of tho Afcsoolated Pi ess, confirmed tho statements of tho Ohservatoro Ito nnmo as to the satisfactory stato of tho health of tho bupiemo pontiff and em phatically denied tho recent alarming teports circulated concerning tho pope's health. EIGHT FURNACES RESUME. Pottstown, Pa., Oct. 4. night furnaces at Dills & Lesslg's iron works, tho CO-lnch mill of tho Pottstown lion company, Geo. B. Lesslg, lessee, and tho puddle mill ot Potts Bios., resumed today. Twenty-two furnaces at Dills & Lesslg's plant aro now tunning and every department is In full operation. Moio men aro now employed at the Pottstown Iron companj's plunt than thero has been for over a jear. President Soth Low HckIriis. Now York, Oct. 4. AVhcn tho liustces of Columbia college met this afternoon, Piesldcnt Scth Low, who Is tho Citizens' union caudlato for mayor, tendered his resignation .is president. Tho ibslgna tlon waj jeferred to n commltteoof llvo for consideration nnd report on Nov. 13. ' Pcniisvlvniiiu Pension. Washington, Oct. 4. The fjollowlng Pennsylvania pensions hovo beejii Issued: Original-Michael A, Horn, McKecsport; Georgo Helch, Jeannetto; Majd Ludwlg, Pittston; Georgo W. Llvlngoodl McGeo's Mills; Jacob John Witch, Lanaaster; Al bert Plckel, Bart, Lancaster; Henry Lowe, Scottdale. .Murderers .May Ho PiiiJlshcd. Washington, Oct. 4.-Unlted(stutes Mln Ister Augell. at Constantinople, has in formed tho department of stite that the court of Cassation thero has unnulled the Judgment of acquittal In theYcase of the murderers of Lenz, tho Arnerlcan hi cyclUt. . m I Eel Cuts Oir Hotel's Wntcr. Wilmington, Del., Oct. 4.-'jrho Clayton houso guests suffered several hours from u water famlno today, und an eel, elgh. teen Inches long, that hud lieen chopped to clcces. was found In tho wluter meter. INSPECTION OF PENNSY. (Joncrnl .Mnnngcr Hutchinson Hcglns His Itcguliir I'ii 1 1 Trip. Philadelphia, Oct. 4. General Manager J. B. Hutchinson, of tho Pennsylvania Hallroad company, today began his regu lar fall Inspection of tho lines between Pittsburg nnd New York. The lines that branch from tho main stem havo been gono over recently, nnd they wero all found to bo 'n first class condition. Tho party left this city early today, and tomorrow morning the trip east from Pittsburg will bo begun. It Is tho Inten tion of 'Mr. Hutchinson to tako up a di vision each day. On Saturday tho ter minals In New York -will moro than likely bo looked over. Tho Pennsylvania Railroad company has Just mado another contract for 1,500 tons of steel rails at about tho same prlco as was agreed upon earlier In tho year. Or dets wero recently issued for the con struction of about four miles of slnglo track on tho Northern Central railway from a point near New Cumberland south. This will make this section of tho rocd a doublo track, and when completed thero will be only about four miles of road be tween Harrlsburg that Is not doublo tracked. REEDER CASE CONTINUED. Wrlss and Luekcnbnch Also Give Unit tor mi Appcnranco nt Court in November ,ct. Daston, Pa., Oct. 4, The habeas corpus proceedings In the case of ex-Secretary of Stato Frank Iteedcr, of Daston; Assem blyman Webster C. Weiss and Maurlco C. Luckcnbach, of Bethlehem, cbaiged with conspiracy to bribo Assemolyman Weiss to voto for John Wanamaker for United States senator, began today before Judgo Scott, in the Northampton county court, and lesulted In tho defendants en tering ball for the November term of couit. When court opened District Attorney Fox moved to dlschargo tho order for a hearing on the ground that the defendants had suriendcred themselves and conse quently did not como under tho Classifica tion ot defendants for whoso relief the habeas corpus was Intended. In reply to this, counsel for the derenso filed an affidavit mado by Charles Cho bcrt, a special officer at tho Hotel Sten ton, Philadelphia, who furnished tho In formation on which tho warrants of ar lcst wero based. Tho affidavit filed was to tho effect that Chobert had signed tho Information under tho misapprehension that It was against Detective Tlllard, of PenArgjl, and not against Beeder, Weiss, or Luckenbach. Congiessman Klrkpat rick, in filing Chobcrt's affidavit, stated that tho defendants had given bail before knowing tho naturo of tho charges against them, and It had subsequently transpired that the Information on which the warrants were Issued was Illegally and fraudulently made. Counsel claimed the right to substantiate the affidavit and afterwards moved for tho dlschargo of tho defendants. Judgo Scott decided that In habeas cor pus proceedings no testimony could bo Introduced by tho defense, but on tho al legation .that ball had been given before the defendants were awaro of the chargo against them ho permitted tho hearing to proceed. The name of Fred A. Van Valkenburg for that of Charlfs Chobett as prosecutor was then offered by tho prosecution and afjer a recess tho court directed that tho substitution be placed on flic. Tho court thensaldthat It had examined tho Chobert affidavit and found that it really con tained nothing on which an indictment should be quashed; much more. It did not warrant tho dlbchargo of tho defendants. It did not disclose that tho affidavit might havo had all tho information ho claims to havo had If ho had sought for it, but only ithat ho now wanted to bo relieved from tho prosecution. Tho court therc loita directed tho hearing to proceed with tho understanding that tho piosecu tiou only could piescnt testimony. Upon this announcement, Congressman Klik patrlek stated that the deli ndants lather than have an opportunity to prevent their sldo ot tho caso would enter bail for tho November trim of court. It was so oi dered and that ended the matter. FORGED TO WIN A GIRL. Nought Silks und Satins (Jnloro to .Mu he Her Love Him. ritlsburg, Pa.. Oct i.-Chtist Schrood. aged 2J, of Coraopolls, camo to town to Induco a joung woman to mairy him. Sho laughed at him, but ho was pcis-Ist-ent. So from u wholesale iliy goods com pany ho bought a lot of goods theio on ciedit and In pait pajment gave up a check for J1J5, to which he said ho forged his mothers signature. Ho thought ho could make a show befoto tho girl by exhibiting tho pretty silks and satins he bought. Ho hud tho goods front to tho hoiiho where tho gltl lives. Ho wauled to niiso u llttlo icady money and took a pleco of black btocaded dr.s goods to a diamond cafe to pawn. Theio ho was ai rested. Detectives lecovcred from tho girl 13 yaids of handsome putplo velvet, 15 yaids of pink batlu und -0 yards of whllo sutlu, a lot of bluo 'velvet, a number of fancy coloied silk waist patterns, brocaded silk and cloth and three dioss patterns, altogether ubout 100 yards of sturf. DISASTER AT WINNEPEQ. Great SulTcring Results from Prnirlo I'ircs. Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 4. Reports con tinue to pour in fiom all parts of tho prov Inco of destruction by pralrlo tires. Ap peals wero mado in atl tho city churches last night for uld for tlioho who sustained loss. Two women and flvo chlldicn lewt their lives and many families had thrilling es capes. On Saturday afternoon tho liro iuii to with 100 yards of ono of tho pilnel pal lesldent portions of tho city south of tho Asslnubolne, and firemen had to bo called out. Anotlirr Klontliko Company. Trenton, N. J.. Oct. 4. Tho Phllaelcl phla. Dxploratlon and Mining companv, formed to operato gold mines in Alaska and especially Ir tho Klondike district, was Incorporated today. Tho capital stock is $500,000 and tho paid up capital J23.O0O. Tho Incorporator aio Angelo Hellfiim, Thomas R. Hill, Albeit L. Hasklns and Trancls C. Howell, of Philadelphia, and William K. Hurff, of Camden, each of whom holds $3,000 worth of stock. .Murdered His Ilrnther. Greenfield, Ind., Oct. 4. Yesterday af ternoon Albert Scott, a boy of II, mur dered his brother, Benton Scott. Tho latter was very quarrelsome and a fow dys ago whipped Albert unmercifully. Tho latter seized tho first -opportunity to bo revenged and struck his brother tlneo blows with a pump handle, Albeit 13 In Jail. lliirnod in Prnirlo I'irc. MlilerS. D Oct. 4. Pmons Just In from twenty miles north state that as a result of a big pralrlo fire one man has died and three others may die. Seven or eight were badly burned. Hundreds of tons of hay and grain wero destroyed, Tho fire was cuuecd by men making a lira break. HOT SHOT FROM UNCLE ABRAM Ex'Mayor Hcwllt Predicts the Defeat of Setli Low. BEARS HARD ON SENATOR PLATT Ho Clnims That Gonornl Tracy is but n Cntspnw nnd That Mr. Piatt's Course Will Destroy Greater Now York's Chances tor Good Govern ment. London, Oct. 4. Abram S. Hewitt, one of the organizers of tho county Democracy In 1879, former congress man and mayor of New York during 1S87 and 1889, has been interviewed on tho political situation and campaign for mayor of Greater New York. Mr. Hewitt said: I am an old man and a back number, but if any messago from mo will have Influenco at this crisis, I shall gladly send It. Tho only Issue Is whether New York is fit for self-government; whether a majority of her citizens are honest; will they glvo tho city good government by electing Mr. Low, will they turn It over to plunderers by returning Tam many to power; or will they put Into effect tho crazy vagaries ot Socialism by electing Henry Georgo. The Republicans should have sufficient patriotism to withdraw General Tracy Ho is a man for whom I havo tho high est regard, but his position Is utterly Indefensible. I bcllcvo In his heart Gen eral Traey wants Mr. Low elected, jet there ho stands tho tool of Senator Piatt, tho only factor In the fight who can provent tho election of Mr. Low. I bellevo Judge Van Wyck will poll tho full Tammany vote. On tho other hand I do not think tho nomination of Grady will cost Tammany any 'votes, be. causo a man who would vote for public plunder would not bo deterred by n Grady on tho ticket. No official can rob the city treasury, but they can lob citizens by blackmail and by forcing them to pay for legislation, and that Is what the suc cess of Tammany Hall means. Henry George represents Soclallbm. When ho ran against mo ho proposed to havo tho street cars carry working men free, but ho did not explain who was to pay for tho transportation. I can not bellevo that he will poll moro votes than before. When I ran for tho mayoralty on a Tammany ticket It was not because 1 was a Tammany man, but because It was necessary to beat Henry Georgo. Mnny Republicans supported me. After wards when I ran as an Independent tho Republicans kept a candidate In tho fleld purposely to beat me. They succeeded, nnd they will beat Mr. Low If they keep General Tracy in tho field. That Is what 3enator Piatt Intends to do, and that Is nil ho expects to do. I cannot understand how General Traey can consent to bo a cat's paw to pull Piatt's chestnuts out of the fire. GEORGE MASS MEETING. Henry Will .Make His Speech of Ac ceptance. New York, Oct. 4. Today arrange ments wero completed -for the Henry George mass meeting at Cooper union tomoirow night. It will be the elev enth annlverbary ot his first nomina tion for muyor. Mr. Groige will make his hpeech of acceptance and present a plitfonn on which ho will make the race for mayor. Krnest H. Crosby, a son of Hev. Dr. Howard Crosby, will probably act as chairman. The chairman will ilist tender to Mr. Geoige a nomination In behalf of tlu people. This will bo ilono so that It can be seid that Mi. Geoigi was fliht placed In nomination by tho people, legaulless ff politics. Tlion Abiaham II. Ciulkshank will convey a nomina tion in behalf of tho united Democmcy and Ch.iiles Fiedenck Adams will ten der tho Kline for the Democratic alli ance. Mr. George will then be leady to accept anv other nomination that may be presented to him, after which he will make his speech. Mr. Geoige was officially endoised for mayor at a meeting tonight of local assembly No. 136.1, Knlglils of Labor, and tho executive committee of tho People's Isague, the local organization of the Populist party, nominated Mr. Gecige for mayor. The national Demociats and tho Cit izens' union of Kings county in tho present campaign, will, it Is announced, work in haimony eind hiipport a county tlckcl headed hy Reth Low. SETH LOWS TICKET. Tlio Names Ilccommcmlod by tho Citizens' Union. Now York, Oct. 4. Tho committee on oigaulzatlon of the Citizens' union met tonight and recefved a report form tho cxccutlvo commltteo lecommendlng iho following candidates for city, county and Judiciary olllccs on tho ticket headed by Seth Low: President of tho Council John II. Schu mun, Compti oiler Former Secretary of tho Treasury Charles S. Fulrchlld. District Attorney Austin G. Fox. County Clerk Benjamin V. Hall, Sheriff Ddward F. MoSvvecny. Sheriff Richard Adams. Judges of the Supiemo Court Chailcs A. Van Brunt and Georgo P. Andievvs. Judges of tho City CourtJoseph Pet ti otch und S. Stalnwood Markcn. Piesldcnt of tho Borough Robert M. Hoquet. Coroners Alficd 11 Thayer, Dr. Cyrus J. Strong, Dr. Levi F. Warren and Will iam H. Teiry. Tho report was adopted. Mr. Schuman Is a Republican and was a delegate to tho convention that nominated General Tracy. An Engineer Wanted. Washington, Oct. 4. After a consulta tion between Secretary Alger and Major Powell, corps of engineers, who arrived hero from Pittsburg today, it was an nounced that tho officer would not go to Nlcaiagua as tho engineer of the canal commission. Tho secretary Is now look ing about for another engineer olflccr to tako tho place Cow Derails ii Train. Willlamstown, Pa., Oct. 4. Tho noon passenger train on the Williams Valley railroad, running between Brookslde and Lykens, was derailed this afternoon by running over a cow. Tho fireman and baggagemaster Jumped, but Duglueer Jennings bravely stuck to his post, No one was injured, m Womun Lnvvycr nt Cheater. West Chester, Pa., Oct. 4. Miss Darl ington, daugter of cx-Congrefsman Smed ley Darlington, was admitted to tho Ches ter county bar tcduy. Sho Is tho first and only, femalo-aciBbor ot this bar. ENQLISH CRICKETERS WIN. Defeated tlio Philadelphia Amnion with Seven Wlcltots to Spnte. Philadelphia, Oct. 4. Tho three-day cricket match begun on Friday last between picked elevens of Philadelphia amateurs and Captain Warner's Hng llsh nmateur team, was concluded to day and resulted in a victory for tho Englishmcnt with seven wickets to spare. On Friday the Englishmen made 322 on their first inning. On Saturday tho Philadelphia team was retired in their first limine for 132 runs and wero obliged to follow on, nnd In their sec ond limine they scored 248 runs with the loss of nine wickets. Today Scattergood and Martin, the Philadelphia not-6uts of Saturday, went to the bat to finish tho inning. Scattergood had scored seven and Mar tin one when the latter wai "bowled by Bull. This ended the Philadelphia's inning for a total of 23G nnd a grand total of Si.8 for tho two Innings. The Britons than went to bat for their second Inning with' but 67 to make to win the match. Captain War ner and H. D. Chlnnery went In first to defend the wickets and when 11 runs were shown on tbt bulbtln board War ner was caught nt mld-on by Thayer oft King. HemmliiKway Joined Chln nery and after adding three for himself and with the total at .17 was clean bowled by P. II. Clnrk. A moment lat r Chlnnery was caught at cover point by Ettlng. Play was stopped for luncheon, aft r which Jessop and Head ran up to the total to 70 without the los3 of a wicket and the Englishmen thus won the match by seven wickets. The Englishmen loft for New York this afternoon nni will leave for home either Wednesday or Saturday. GILPIN'S THRILLING EXPERIENCE. Thrown from n Cnrriagc Utidcrnrntli n Moving Train. To be thrown out of a carriage. In a runaway, and under a moving train was the thrilling experience of Martin Gilpin, of Tenth stroat.yesterday morn ing. That ho escaped with a lacerated foot Is a fact quite as remarkable as his experience. Gilpin and a ft lend named Herbert Courtrlght, were driving down Scran ton street and at the "Bloom" crossing were halted by a passing train. Tho horse stood with no apparent uneasi ness until the train had almost passed, when startled by a sudden puff of a locomotive, the animal dashed between the gate posts and the watch shanty and down the tracks In the same di rection as the train. Before any great distance had been covered the perilous ride wns brought to a sudden termination by the up setting of tho carriage. Courtrlght fell out on the side opposite tho train and escaped Injury, hut Gilpin was thrown beneath tho train and against the out side of the trucks, his foot landing be neath a wheel and lecelvlng a painful lacerating. He was taken to the Lackawanna hospital and after the wounds were bandaged he was taksn home. The horse was caught at tho trestle cross ing Luzeinc street. AN ITEM OF EXPENSE. School lionrd Wants to Curtail tho High School St cum Hcut Bill. The high and training school com mittee of th a boaid of control lust night decided not to accept tho now pioposltlon of tho Economy Light, Heat nnd Tower company for heating the high school building. Quite a large bill of expense has ac crued tluough a wnste of water fiom a condenser ir-ed to cool the wnste steam and hot water befoie thpy enter the fcewer. The steam heating com pany recently ptoposed putting In a now condenser and (Inducting the sav ing from the bill for heating. At last night's committee meeting It was sug gested that possibly It was Incumbent on tho company to care for Its waste hteam and hot watur and te bear tho expense therefor und It was decided to recommend to the board of contiol that tho matter b icfern d to the boa id's attorney lor an opinion. GOODWIN MURDER CASE. .Major .Merrick's Voico Gives Out and His Partner rinishes tho Plcn. Wellsboio, Pa . Oct. 4. All of today has been occupied by arguments beloro tho July of tho Goodwin murder case. Major Merrick s voico gave out mis morning ny icabon of u bad cold, and his partner, lion. R. K. Yoi.ng, finished tho pica. P. W. Clark, for tho defense, has been beforo the Jury for tho most ot this after noon. Distilct Attorney Dunsmoro will sum up for tho piosecution tomorrow morning. Judgo Mitchell will probably glvo tho caso to tho Juiy beforo noon. DISASTROUS FLOODS IN CHINA. Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 4 Tho steamer Victoila brings nows of tho most disas trous floods that havo visited China, for many years. Sixty villages near Tung Chou, containing over SO 000 inhabitants, havo been destroyed by floods, and tho people drowned or forced to flee. Thoro Is no means of finding out how many thousands havo been drowned, but tho number is estimated at 13,000 to 20,000. Tho flooded dlsttlct Is within tvvelvo miles of Pckln. THE NEWS THIS 3I0KNINU Weather Indication Today: fair; Variable Winds. General Fatal Wreck on tho Pan Handle. New Spanish Cabinet. Abram 8. Hewitt's View of New York Politics. Yellow Fever Is Subsiding. Boston 'Nns tho First Temple Cup Game. Preparations for Firemen's Day. Local Condition of tho Coal Trade In tho Lackawanna Valley. Court Proceedings. Ddltorlal. Comment of the Press. Local Casper Ott's Terrible Plunge to Death. Verdict In tho Rendham Disaster. Local West Side and City Suburban. Lackawanna County News, Neighboring County Happenings, Financial and Comm-eiclaL. V 1 SAGASTA AND HIS CABINET Good Results Are Expected to Follow the Forma tion of the Ministry. END OF WEYLER'S CAREER It Is Believed That His Recall Is Assured. The London Standard Hcllovcj That Another Revolution Is in Store fja Spnln--Sngnstn Dislikes Otr,. Wcjler--Tho Probnblo K licet in Cuba. Madrid, Oct. 4 The new ministry la constituted as follows: SDNOR SAGASTA , president ot tho council of ministers. SDN'OR GULLON, minister for foreign nffalrs. SIINOH GROIZARD, minister of Justice, GDNKRAL CORRHA, minister of war. ADMIRAL HHRMOJO, minister ot ma llne. SDNOIl CAPDHPON, minister of Inter ior. SGNOR PPlGCnRVGR, minister of fin ance. COUNT XIGUDNA, minister of public works. SDNOR JIORHT. minister for tho col onies. The ministers after nn Infotinal meet Ins proceeded to the palace and took tli oaths of ofllee. "Washington, Oct. 4. One result of th'o formation of the Sagasta cabinet In Spain, It Is believed, will bo tho grant ing of amnesty to most, If not all, tho American prisoners held in Cuba ami the pardon of many Cubans condemned to Imprisonment in the Island of Cputa. Pending the completion of the Sagnsla cabinet thero has been no official Inti mation that such action, would be tak en but It Is said to be a natural and necessary part of the new Spanish pol icy lnolving the withdrawal of Gen eral Weyler and the adoption of moro conciliatory plans. The Competitor prisoners, It is expected, will be re leased early, and Miss Clsneros also. Concerning pending claims, such an that In the case of Dr. Ruiz, It Is said that a commission probably will bo proposed to deal with all claims aris ing during the .rebe'llon and there are Intimations that steps toward tho cre ation of such a commission aro now under way Although there is continued reticence at tho stato department concerning Spanish Cuban affairs, It Is understood that the government has been inform ed that Spain w III offer autonomy to Cuba similar to that enjoyed by Can ada and in administration circles tho prevalent opinion seems to be that if a full measuie of ion! autonomy Is of fered it should U accepted bv the Cu bans. The Incoming- ot the Sagasta cabinet Is welcomed by the adminis tration, which several weeks ago was apprehensive of a possible early dis turbance of our friendly relations with Spain. London, Oct. 4. Tho Hvenlng Stand ard this afternoon, commenting upon tho Spanish ciisis, expi esses, fear that tho film attitude assumed by tho queen regent and thu appointment of Senor Sigasta nie too late and that Spain "has yet another revolution to go through, pel haps tho most tciilble of all." A leading Loudon diplomat, discuss ing Iho Siianlsh affairs, says: "I be lieve tho change In the Spanish cabinet will result In the recall of Captain Gen eral Weyler because Sagasta personal ly dislikes him. Sagasta will probably discuss Cuba with General Wondfnid In a moi e conciliatory manimr than his predecessor, but ho Is not likely to do moie than that. Sagasta has been In foimed on authority that Cuba will ac cept autonomy and the withdrawal of the Spanish troops, although they havo protestel that tlvy will not do ho; hut I doubt If Spain will consent to thtso measures." Madild, Oct. 4 Tho cabinet Is re garded as fairly Miong, although some disappointment is felt that Senor fiamazo, Senor Mauru, Senor Aunljo rnd othois who had been looked upon as probablo membets uro not Included. It Is understood that Senor Maura, who wns the author of the fitst Cuban homo iuIo bill, felt that he could not net satisfactorily with Senor Moret, whllo Senor Gamnzo, who Is a relutlva of Senor Maura, feaied that his pies ence might imply a learning toward the Mama Hchemes of lefoims. Con sequently Senor Sagasta was com pelled to take less ptomlnent men. Ilnltlmorc's Pollco .Marshal. Haltlmorc, Oct. 4. Captain Samuel T. Hamilton, a letlred United States iiiuiy officer, was today elected pollco marshal of tho city of Baltimore. Captain Ham ilton, who Is a Republican, was bom In 13eav er county, Pa. Ho Is SJ J cars old and has been a soldier slnco boyhood, enter ing the Pftecnth Pennsylvania infantry when but 18 ears old. Ho camo to Ilal timoro in 1SS9. Hardwnro Dealers Assign. Philadelphia, Oct. 4. Thomas H. Ulcker tou, trading in Thomas 11. lllckcrton & Co., Iron and hardware dealers, Sixth and Arch streets, mado an assignment to day. Counsel for tho llrm places tho as sets at t-KWOO and liabilities at J19.009. Tlio Herald's Weather Forecast. Now York, Oct. B. In tho mlddlo states, and New Ungland, today, lair und hazy to partly cloudy and tdlghtly warmer weather will prevail, with light nnd fresh southerly wlrds, except In northeasterly and southeasteu Pennsylvania, the winds probably becoming high by tonight oft the coast from Capo Hatteras to Sandy Hook with the northward advance ot a storm now apparently central on tho gulf stream. On Wednesday, In both of thoso sections, partly cloudy to cloudy weather will prevail, with slight temperaturo chunges, followed by ruin near the lake and brisk to high northeasterly winds, with rain on tho coasts. 7i
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