r.Tr wr w"5M5r''fc imsm? siiinuv'' uiaan"? ii?? 'jhv - 'r' rNywwBr w ai&i fz . "A..C'V 'ir-- TWO CENTS. SCI? ANTON, PA.', MONDAY MOIt tflNGr, NOVEMBER 1, 1897. TWO CELTS' . c, '' nun hi iimMll ii W uysL2WCTfcWK;af5i2r5J VICTIMS NUMBER SIX Awful Experience in the Von Storch Mine Fire. ONLY YANKOWSKI ESCAPED Others Would Not Heed His Suggestion. Thrilling Story ol Their SuH'crings and I ho Dentil ol the Vlctlmi, ns Told hy the Rescued Pole nnd Notes Which I'lro Hoss Hill .lotted Down on His Dlnrv-It Wns i n Dcsporntc I)nh for Frocdom That They Met Their Death. THE DEAD. THOMAS Illlili, Dcncon street, lire lioss, nged '15 years; innrricd, five, children. JOHN IMIUltiMi, OnU street, vlm- pnny hnnd, nged 00 years; widower. JOHN FRANCIS ill O It AX, 1072 West " Market street, driver, nged 17 years. JOHN M'DOXAl.D, Leggctt's Creek 1 MICH, UU1IIIUI1) llllllll, llUt. -. years ; single. THOMAS PADDL'X, 1702 Xorth Kciscr nvoiiuc, compnnv hand, nged 21 years ; single. JOHX WALSH, Green Kidgc, Com pany hnnd, nged 22 ; single. Worse t' n the worst fears have been realized In the Von Storch ca lamity. When The Tribune's report closed at 3.45 o'clock Saturday morn ing It was believed that there were six men In the burning mine and that pos sibly Eome of them would not be able to get out. The terrible truth Is that there were seven men imprisoned and six of them, as told In the dread list above, perished. The seventh. Joseph Yankowfkl, a young Polish company hand, escaped only after a terrible battle nsalnst death. Notes made In a diary found on the body of Fire Hoss Thomas Hill and Yankowskl's story go to show that upon being made aware of their dan ger by the smell of smoke, they all made for the slope. Finding escape by that exit blocked with the smoke, they retreated down the main road and closing the door behind and block ing the crevices as best they could, sat down and walled. Driven from here they retreated farther down the road and again waited, the fire boss at Intervals scouring about hoping to find a passageway free from the suffocating smoke. Thus they wandered from place to plate, resting and reconnolterlng at times until about 11.30 o'clock Satur day morning, when the smoke became so unbearable that In despair they made a dash for life back towards the foot of the slope, hoping to be able to reach a plane which led from this point to the vein above, which offered n pas sageway to the air shaft back on the hill near the Cayuga. REACHED TIIR PLANK. They reached the plane and started up, but the smoke was thicker there than in any place they had encoun tered. They discovered this too late, however, and only one of them, Ynn kowskl, was able to make his way back out of the death trap Into which their desperation had plunged them. He managed to run and stumble along until ho reached a lower part of the workings, which the smoke had not yet filled entirely, and by protecting himself In a tool box and blowing air into his face with a revolving hand power fun he managed to keep him self alive until the Are was subdued nnd the smoke ceased Increasing In volume. A brief 'description of the workings with which the storv deals will make It more readily Intelligible. There are two opening to the Von Storch colliery, on?, the slope, rim rted on the river nan':, th. other, a "haft, located alongside tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Western tracks near the Cayuga breaker. No coal is hoist ed to the surface by way of the shaft, its purpose being simply to connect certain of the veins and hoist the coal from the lower to the upper, thus per mitting it to be run up to the breaker on the east side of the river. The fans are at the shaft and the slope In con sequence is tho Intake, tho nlr current passing down the Incline, through the various v-kingR and up the shaft. Four scams of coal are worked. First is the four foot, or surfaco vein: next below that is the Diamond vein; next the rock vein, and last the fourteen f -ot vein. Between the third nnd low est vein Is a tunnel reaching from tho blope to tho shaft, but that does not llgure In the story, directly. CENTRE OF THE FIRE. Three hundred feet from the mouth of tho slope the Diamond vein Is en countered. At the angle formed by the meeting of tho slope and the vein was the center of the conllagratlon. To the right of this are the new workings in that vein called the New Diamond vein. These new workings have not been pushed as yet aa far back as the shaft and consequently have no direct com munication with It. In these new workings the victims wero employed. To reach the shaft they had to go through the main Diamond vein work ings or by cutting across these work ings at a point ICO feet back of the angle of the slope they could ascend a 370 foot plane to the four foot vein, fifty feet above.go alongthls upper vein 800 feet and by descending a man-way reach the rear workings of the Dia mond vein again and thus out to the shnft, which Is COO feet further on. It wns by this latter route the men made their, last desperate effort to es cape. They thought that the fire was possibly In the Diamond vein between the slope nnd the shaft and that they could get over it by way ot the plane, four foot vein nnd man-way nnd that they would find the rear part of the workings, those near the shaft, compara tively free from Bmoke. Anything was better, they figured, than remaining there to bo Blowly suffocated by smoke or asphyxiated by blackdnmp, and so they made tho dash out of the New Diamond workings nnd up the plane. What led up to this final despairing battle for life Is told below In Flreboss Hill's notes a message from the dead, Tho notes were made In nn ordlnnry "scratch book" and were found on the dead bodv when It was taken to the surface. Inside the book also was a few pages of a letter addresesd to his wife. It was delivered to her yester day morning by Foreman Charles Sleg ler and as may be imagined It was to her a precious missive. It contained nothing that would be public matter. FIREBOSS HILL'S NOTES. The notes, appended, make reference to "Tulley's gate nnd "Mointt'S." Tul ley's gate is next to the last gate go ing out from the New Diamond to the slope. It derives its name from its one-legged tender, little Johnnie Tul ley. "Motntt's," the last word poor Hill wrote in the unfinished sentence, stands for Motrin's heading, the work ing In which the unfortunate fellows made their last stand before the fatal dash for liberty. These are the notes as copied from Hill's diary: I was at lire boss' shanty at 11.30 on tho 29th. Everything was all right. At 1.30 a. in. on tho 30th was coming out. Could not mnko any further than tho gate known as Tulley's gate. All well at 2.15 a. m. All well and In good spirits at 2.30 a. m. All allvo at 3.25 n. m. We are beginning to get discouraged now. Tried to get out nt 3.43 a. m., Oct 30. Pretty near gone. McDonald and Moran came unci helped us out. Come to ass.lt at Tulley's gate. If they had not come to our assistance we would have been without our lights. Ours went out with black damp. All allvo at 7 a. m., but have small hopes. All aMve at S a. m. All feeling sick. All alive at 9 a. m. Was out at Tulle'a gate at 8.30. No black damp but moro smoke. At 10 o'clock still living. Feeling a littlo better than we were at 9 a. m. Was at Tulley's gato at 11 a. m. Smoko strong. We are In Moflltt's The last part of the writing was in n scrawling, hurried hand, indicating that they were forced to a sudden re solve to leave the heading. YANKOWSKI'S STORY. Yankowskl's story bears out this sup position, but his statements, ns might be expected, are not altogether defi nite. However, he tells his thrilling tale in a fairly well connected way und answered what questions wero arkod him In a very intelligent man ner. He Ik about 27 years of age, of medium stature and build, and looks Just the determined, persevering man that his successful struggle for llfo ngalnst long odds would paint hlni. He has been in this country a littlo over six years nnd talks fairly good English. Owing, however, to his weak condition and it being less of a strain for him to speak In his native tongue, he made use of his brother-in-law, ns an Interpreter, when conversing with The Tribune reporter. He said that he nnd his "butty" the driver boy Moran were in tho "dip," the lowest portion of the New Diamond workings, when they first smelled the smoke. Their team of mules, which had been drawing tho water car to the bailers, they left in n chamber, and ran for tho foot of tho slope. Fire Boss Hill was met coming to wurn them. They hurried towards the slope and were joined by the oth ers. The fire boss wont ahead as far as Tulley's gate, but could not get past it, so dense was the smoke be yrnd. It was very painful to breathe where they were, but it was not what might be strictly called unbearable so it was to be gathered from Yan kowskl's description. At first they were, of course, greatly alarmed, but tho fire boss told them not to worry: that they would get out all right. Trey figured that, there was a shanty oflrr some place In the old Diamond workings nnd that till they would have to do would be to wait around where they were until it was put out by the men on the other side. RETREATED BEHIND A GATE. To make themselves the more se cure, they retreated Behind an inner gate and blocked up its crevices ns best they could by piling culm at the bottom about a foot high and stuffing the chinks with strips of their cloth ing. All the time the fire boss, nnd occa sionally some of the others, would bo making tours one way and another, testing tho air and trying to hit upon some avenue of escape. They were In good spirits and Jokingly told of what they would do when they got out. As tho fire boss' notes show, it was after 3 o'clock a. m. when they began to get discouraged and entertain fears that something more than u brief im prisonment awaited them. The fire about this time, as will be remem bered from The Tribunes Saturday re port, had assumed terrifying propor tions. Tho volume of the smoke, of course, Increased with the Increase In the Intensity of the fire and the gate behind which the now terrilled men were crouched, refused to keep It back. Before long they were driven back to nnothcr gate and hero the operations of making it as secure as possible against the invasion of the smoke was repeated. In turn they were driven from here and they took to the workings on the left, where the return current of air was. At 10 o'clock a. m. tho smoko had become almost suffocating here and they were forced to move on, feel Ing their way as they went. Once they encountered a body of black damp In going across some workings, Cntlnued on rage J. POLITICAL CHAOS IN NEW YORK Dlttcr Municipal Contests Waged in Several Large Cities. CHANCES FAVOR REPUBLICANS Democrats, However, Aro Making Dospornto Struggles Throughout tho Stnto in Holies of Reducing tho Re publican Majorities in tho Lcgisla-turc-Irospect9 In Grantor Now York. Albany, N. Y Oct. 31. Twenty-four hours before the practical closing of the campaign, finds a condition ns cha otic ns has ever been In the polities of New York state, and this Is due not to any lack of well defined Ideas of how the vote would run It state issues alone and the election of assemblymen were the prevailing factors, but to the Injection of some of the most bitter municipal contests that have ever pre vailed in the cities of the state. In Greater New York, in Albany, in Ro chester, In Syracuse nnd In Huffulo, the five greatest cities of the state, there will close tomorrow campaigns upon local issues .that have been no tably bitter and even virulent. That these local affairs will have n hearing upon the vote for the only state office In controversy, the chief judgeship ot the court of appeals, must be conced ed, nnd that ' they will have a still greater bearing upon the assembly dis trict contests Is also apparent. The indications at this writing are, that while the contest for chief Judge ship of tho court of nppeals will be a spirited one, the chances are distinct ly In favor of the election of the Re publican candidate. The belief is general that the Republican vote In central and western New York, that has for the past two or three years been abnormally large, will be in somo measure reduced, but there are no In dications that It will fall below 65,000, with which to meet any plurality which the Democrats below there can show. In the past .two years the plu rality in the cities that make up Greater New York has been a Re publican one, nnd the best computation of Democrats of their expected plu rality In that district Is 35,000. so that, upon their basis of figures, unless a landslide occurs, the Republican can didate for appeals judge must be elected. The Democratic candidate has some advantage, however, in be ing placed twice upon the ticket and In newspaper endorsement nnd In these things may prove of greater aid than has been anticipated. It Is of ad vantage to remember that to elect a Democratic state officer after the tre mendous Republican pluralities of the past three years would be nn almost unprecedented event. In 1894 the Re publican plurality in the state win 155,000; in 1893 it wns 90,000, and in 1S96, a presidential year, it was 27S.00O. If any one of these tremendous plu ralities is cut in half, It will be a par tial victory for the Democrats. STRUGGLES OF DEMOCRACY. Within thirty years the Democrats have controlled tho legislature but four times in Its two branches, and In that time have elected by Joint ballot but three United States senators Kernan. who was carried in by the TUden wave, and Hill and Murphy, elected by the Democratic body that succeeded what was known as the Hill apportionment. Throughout the state the Democrats have made strenuous efforts this fall to Increase the number of Democratic members of the lower house, and It is evifirnt that success will crown their efforts. Indeed, the Republican man agers have at nil timps believed that this was not only possible, but highly probable, being naturally aware that last year's Immense majority of eighty In the lower house was due to the national campaign. The next assem bly will, however, be still Republican, by a very good margin, but the Demo crats will accomplish one thing for which they are evidently striving the reduction of the Republican majority to such an extent that In such reduc tion they may see hope of a Demo cratic house In 1899, when a successor to Senator Edward Murphy Is to bo elected. The Republicans profess to be lieve that It will be a good thing for the party to have a smaller propor tion of Republicans while still retain ing a majority within their party. The localities where the Democrats expect to gain most largely are Now York and Kings counties. In the former they ex pect to capture the tenth, thirtieth, thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and the first West Chester, in addition to those they now hold, and this will give them twenty-seven members out of thirty-seven. In Kings they are claiming to be able to get twelve of the twenty-one districts at the least, calculating to gain in the sixth, sev enth, twelfth, thirteen and fifteenth districts, in addition to those they now hold. In the up-state counties those mentioned as gaining points are: Al bany, Chemung, Rensselaer, Oneida, Onondaga, Erie and Niagara. IN GREATER NEW YORK. No contest in politics of a purely local nature has ever created such In terest In the up-state counties us has tho Greater New York contest for mayor, and the death of one of tho foremost candidates has added to that Interest. From carefully gathered opinions of Republican leaders, outside of tho confines of tho municipality of which the contest is occurring, It Is apparent that the general expectations are that Tammany will win, and that Mr. Low and Mr. Tracy will hnvo a fight for second place. These prognostications are based up on tho theory that tho normal Republl. can vote is very much more equally divided among the candidates than la the Democratic vote, and the informa tion comes from such reliable sources that it is hardly to be questioned. In the other cities, it Is believed, tho Re publican candidates for mayor will be universally successful, with the pos sible exception of Albany, where a Democrat may succeed the present Democrat. Voto a straight ticket tomorrow, by placing a cross within the circle at the top of the Republican column. YOUNG GEORGE'S AMBITION. Ho Wilt Tako Up tho Work Where Ills Father Left OH'. New York, Oct. 31. Henry George, son nnd Miccessor of the late Henry George, hns issued tho following state ment: I am nn affectionate son of a most loving father. Between us has subsisted tho closest companionship. I lmvo a clear understanding of nnd profound ad miration for all that ho has said and done. A man has but one llfo here to live". 1 solemnly dedtt yte mine to tho causo to which my frfther gave his. If elected to tho exalted office of mayor of Greater Now York, I shall hold myself pledged to fulfill every condition nnd promlso mado by him, nnd most especially shall I bring swift and terrlblo Justleo upon these public thieves and corrup tlonlstH who for so long have flaunted their deeds In the faces of the common peoplo whom they havo Insulted and robbed. To nil the world I proclaim this: My father's work, ns ho planned nnd pur sued It, shall be carried forward, with out faltering or swerving. Let all who took hopo nt sight of his standard keep heart and fo'.low, for It presses on and shall press on and on while life Is left. BIG AUCTION SALE. Tho Actual Selling of tho Union Pacific Railroad Hill Take Placo in tho Oinnlui Freight Stntion. Omaha, Neb., Oct, 31. At 11 o'clock to morrow morning, down In a dingy ft eight houso on the Omaha flats, there will he a financial transaction that in two respects will b a rocora breaker. In the first Instance it will bo the larg est auction nle of which history makes mention, a;id In the second, instance, Uncle Sam will emergo from a money deal with his nephews without leaving behind him nearly all ho advanced for tho scheme In addition to large1 patches of his hide as an evidence of good fulth. Even if by somo mlschunco which can not bo foreseen, Unelt) Sam falls tomor row to receive his Just and lawful due, he has tonight the satisfaction that camu to Hoses when the llrbrow law gler looked over Into the promised land. Ho can say ho saw It full and fair, even though he missed connnection with It at tho llnlsh. More than that, tho chances ot Uncle Sam for entering the promised land aro tonight, unto those held by Moses, as a thousand unto one. About llfty-cight millions ot dollars will bo paid by the reorganization committee for tho lino of the Union Pacific from Council Bluffs to Ogden. There havo been rumors of other bidders and all sorts ot stories havo been current regarding the Intention of tho "Sage syndicate" and of the "Con tea syndicate," but there seems to bo nothing In them. If there are any people in Omaha tonight who havo en Idea of bidding over tho price to bo paid for tho reorganization committee, It would require tho lens of Yerkes' tele scope to locate them. Tho members of the reorganization committee do not say that they are to be the only bidders. There will be but ono bid, nnd that will be tho offer of the reorganization commit tee. Master in Chancery V. D. Cornish has but ono check guaranteeing a bid, and that Is the deposit' of the, Committee: The actual selling of tho road will take placo In the local freight depot of the Union Pacific. RESPECT FOR HENRY GEORGE. Men and Women Weep ns the Cata falque Moves Down Mndisnn Ave. New York, Oct. 31. There was no delay in tho starting ot the procession with tho body ot Henry George to Brooklyn. It was 7 o'clock when Chief Marshal War ing gave orders that tho pageant should move, nnd a sergeant and twelve mounted policemen wheeled into Lexington avenue from Forty-third street. The catafalque, drawn by sixteen perchon horse;!, arrived at Forty-fourth street and Lexington avc nuo thnrtly after (i o'clock. There had been a large crowd behind it, but the po lice allowed no one to follow it down to the hnll entrance. The catafalque was n inagnlllcent crea tion of black broadcloth, and at tho base was 12 feet wide. There were llvo steps leading to tho top. Tho horses, of Jet black, wero covered with black silk net ting, and were led by sixteen grooms. Tho only emblem on the top of the casket was a small white wreath. Following Colonel Waring, as aides, were John Brisbane Walker and Rlchurd Watson Glider. When the funeral car swung Into Madi son avenue, tho carriages, sixteen in num ber, were placed. Tho George family fol lowed In Immediate carriages. Thero wero marks of respect all along the line. Bared heads were tho rulo on both sides of tho street, and many men nnd women wero noticed to be crying. At Madison Square Garden an old man and woman wero standing in tho fiont lino. As the funeral car passed them tho old man burst Into tears, and his wife, taking him by the arm, said: "Never mind, Mike; ho Is dead, but his cause will live." Just as tho head reached Grace church tho bolls commenced to toll. This, It was noticed, was the on)y church that had paid this respect to tho dead man. The largest delegation following tho re mains of tho dead leader were from tho Slnglo Tax clubs of Greater New York. There were about 400 of them In line. The procession broke up at tho Brooklyn city hall. Orly tho family, tho pall bearers and a few Intimate friends went with tho body to the family homo on tho shoro road near Fort Hamilton. There tho casket was placed In tho front parlor, nnd watching by It during tho night wero somo of Mr. Georgo's dearest friends. Among these wero Tom L. Johnson, Louis F. Post, Hemlin Garland, Albert John eon and August Lewis. Simple private services will bo held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the tamlly lesldence. Revs. Georgo nnd Lattlmer, of Philadelphia, cousins of the deceased and both Episcopal clergymen. i!ll olllclate. Tho body will bo carried to Greenwood, to be interred In the family lot on Ocean hill, looking out on the Atlantic Immediate neighbors of tho family will be admitted to tho services to take, a last look at the dead philosopher. Let every Republican voto for ns many Republicans as he can find on the official ballot, and stop at that! The way to find them all is to put a cross mark in tho circle at the head of the Republican column. An Indian Legally Executed. Chelsea, T. I Oct, 31. Today John Watka, tho Creek Indian who shot Jonas Deer, another membor of his tribe, was legally executed for tho crime. Tho men were rivals for tho hand ot the samo girl, and fought nt a danco at which sho was present to decldo who should gnln her. Watka killed Deer and afterward married tho Indian maiden. - IllU'Denl in Oil Lnnd. Bradford, Pa., Oct. 31. Tho South Pcnn Oil company has closed a deal for tho purdhoso of tho oil property of tho Devonta, ICmery and Matson Oil com panies In the Bradford field. The deal In cluded 20,000 acres of land and 4G0 produc ing wells. Tho consideration was 51, tW, 000 In cash. STIRRING APPEAL TO REPUBLICANS Senator Mogcc's Plain Words on (lie Duties of Tomorrow. NOT A TIME FOR LUKE-WARMNESS All Those Who Voted I.nst Year for MuKinloy, Protection mid Sound Money Should ltcltcrnto Those Principles nnd Roinlorce That Bal lot nt the Polls This V cnr--Strnlght-from-thc-Shouldcr Republicanism. Pittsburg, Oct. 31. Yesterday C. T. Mngee made a speech at tho meeting held under the auspices of the Repub lican county committee, which Is being talked of extensively. Mr. Magee se verely commented on tlu Independent candidacy of W. D. Thompson and urg ed a full vote Tuesday. Such a speech on his ifurt Is unusual In a campaign like the present, nnd the talk Is re garded as significant. Mr. Mngee said: "It Is customary In years like this to ehniacterlze them ns 'off years.' This Is not correct: there is no such thing In the sense in which It Is gen erally meant as an r.ic year in politics. The years 1893, 1891 and 1S9 following the Democratic success of 5S92 were not oft years so far as the Republican party was concerned, as the distress and destitution which followed the In auguration of the financial p"ollcy of the Democratic administration result ed in greatly increased Republican votes and Republican majorities all over the country. "Conceding that the several candid ates opposing tho Republican nominees possess emial fitness nnd Intergrlty, and that any of them, if, elected, would perform his public duties with equal fidelity, vet thero are potent reasons why our candidates should receive the active support and voto ot every Re publican In this county nnd state. In stead of the suffering and distress) which attended the Inauguration of the Democratic financial policy of 1893 our people, through the restoration ot the protection tnrlff policy of the Republi can party, are enjoying prosperity to which they wero strangers for years. "Every pledge made by the' Republi can convention of 1S96 has been keot, and why should nny Pennsylvania Re publican cast a vote this year to con demn the voto lie cast so gladly only a year ago? This condition has been "brought about, although our party had not a majority of the United States senate, but, thank God, there were enough patriotic Democrats and Popu- Hstlc members of that body who, rea lizing what misery had been caused by the adoption of the Democratic free trade policy, were courageous enough to break through the political bar riers and help with their votes to pass a tariff bill on protection lines." Mr. Magee concluded: "Fellow Re publicans, do not treat this as an. oft year, but get out every possible voto as an indorsement of the party record, in which we all have such a just pride." LAST WORD TO VOTERS. That ths entire Republican county ticket will bo cloctcd tomorrow Is con ceded privately by well-informed Dem ocrats; but they hopo tho pluralities will bo small, bo they can claim a moral victory for Bryanlsm and irro silver. It rests with Republicans to cancel this hopo and clinch for years to como Republican supremacy in Lackawanna county by getting out tho complete party voto. Rout out tho stay-at-homes; lino up the wavering. Let's nakc this victory a stunner! DESPERATE CRIMINAL James Wheeler, Accused ot Murder, Uscnpcs from Four Detectives. Norristcwn, Pa., Oct. 31. Joseph C.i rozzo, an Italian, was t-hot and killed Uto last night during a quarrel at Horsnam, about four miles from this city. James Wheeler, colored, of Philadelphia, i charged with tho crime. Wheeler mado his escape but was located In Philadelphia today. Two detectives went to a second floor room to arrest him. Ho knocked them down and Jumped from tho window to tho street. Two other detectives at tempted to c&pturo Wheeler, but he broko away. Detective Gallagher opened flro on him, and Wheeler returned the fire. Ho finally escaped, minus coat, hat and shoes. FATAL FOOT BALL GAME. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 31. Von Gammon, ono of tho players on tho University of Georgia foot ball team, died this morn ing from tho effects of Injuries roceltrd in a gamo between that team and the team from the University of Virginia. In this city yesterday afternoon. Gammon was unconscious after a scrimmage at tho be ginning of the second half, and never re gained his senses. His death has stirred prejudice against the gamo among mem bers of the state legislature, which is now in session. Tho faculty ot tho university haa decided to prohibit tho game in tho future. I)r, Ilnglcy Declines n Call. Harrlsburg, Oct. 31. Rev. Isaao W. Bagley, pastor of tho First Baptist church of this city, notified his congregation to night that ho had declined a call from the Eleventh Baptist church, of Philadel phia. Tho doctor had tho call under con sideration for a month and strong press ure was brought to bear upon him by Philadelphia friends to accept. New Record Eitnblishod. Santa Ana, Co., Oct. 31. Searchlight la king of the pacing 3-year-olds. With a running mato ho was driven by Tom Keating and established a now record at 2.00?4. His time at the quarter was .Si, half, l.Ol'i! three-quarters, 1.SIV4. Search light Is by Dark Night and Is owned by Lou Krellng, of Plcasanton, President Compers at Hnzletoiu Ilazleton, Pa Oct. 31. President Gom pora, of tho Federation of Labor, and other labor leaders who spoke here last nltlht, addrened well attended meet ings of miners today In McAdoo and to night thoy spoke In Freeland. .Honey In tho Chicken Coop. Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 31. Walter R. Houghton, tho postal clerk arrested for the theft of a $15,000 ordor package, has returned 111,700 which he hud concealed In the barn and chicken coop at 'his residence. YHI LOW FEVER ABATINQ. Tho Cold Wcnthrr Hit Und a Good Effect l Checking the Disease. New Orleans, Oct. 31. This has been nn othcr encouraging day in the yellow fover situation, but it Is feared that tho heavy rata which has fallen will have a bail effect on tho patients ami will causo many moro new cases to bo developed tomor row. Tho cold weather Is expected to succeed tho rain, But ono caso had 'been reported up to 10 o'clock, but by a 1 o'clock ii. m. tho number had run up to twelve casein and four deaths, und this record was gradually added to. Peter Buffa, who Is Included in tho list of dead today, died last night. His caso had not been previously reported, Indicat ing neglect. Kmllo Biunlng und W. E. Jones both died roou after being re ported. Rev. Robert Steele, pastor of the Sea man's Bethel, has been sent to Tout In flrmary, suffering with fever. He wns an active worker In relieving tho needs of tho sufferers, and was taken 111 last evening after visiting the Touro Infirmary. Tho disease has spread In the Jewish Widows' and Orphans' homo and two cases havo been reported from 'the Sev enth Street Orphan asylum, which has been heretofore free from disease. Tho Joint committee on sanitation and quar antine, met today to consider abolishing tho houso qunrantlne, but It was deckled by a vote ot 3 to 1 tu maintain tho quar antine. Both sides will hand In reports nt tho meeting of the board of health to morrow when It will be decided whether or not tho guard system will be con tinued. BIG REPUBLICAN VOTE. Uencom and McCaulcy Aro Lipcctcd to Keep Up Pennsylvania's Record. Chairman Elkin's Kstlmatc. 'Philadelphia. Oct. 31. Tho campaign work at Republican state committee head, quarters has been finished, and buloro Chairman John P. Elklu left tonight for his homo In Indiana county, ho predicted that James S. Beacom and Levi G. Mo Cauley, the party nomlneus for statu treasurer and auditor general, respective ly, would havo not less than a plurality of 150,000, and If the weather is fair Tues day those figures would reach 17 J.OuO. Mr. 'Bikini says thero will bo In tho neighborhood of 7S(S,633 votes polled. Of this number tho Republican ticket will receive 431,215; tho Democratic ticket, 276, "H; Dr. Swa'.low, the Prohibition caudl dato for stato treasurer, 43,413, and Will iam R. Thompson, tho independent can didate for the same ofllce, 10,2.7). Mr. Elkin said. "Tho Republican state commltteo has completed its labors and awaits tho announcement of the result on Tuesday with entire confidence. In this, llko every other year following a presidential election, thero is apathy among the voters ot all political parties, "Tho regular organization of tho Re publican party was never in better con dition than at tho present time. Tho county and vigilant committees number almost E0.0U0 active party workers. This entlro organization Is earnestly at work throughout the state In an effort to se curo a good vote. We do not expect to noil moro than 70 per cent, of tho voto cast for McKlnley In 1896. This will make as good a showing as tho vote of nny oft year during the last decade. "It Is rriy opinion that this estimate is substantially coirect. Tho average Pro hibition voto In the sitate during tho past four years has been In round numbers 21, ono. Dr. Swallow will receive nil ot tho Prohibition vote and will draw some vot ers from tho Republican and Democrutlo parties. In several counties ho will re celvo moro Democratic than Republican votes. His principal strength, outside of his own party, cornea from counties In tho Susquehanna and Juniata valleys. In tho counties of York, Cumberland, Ad ams, Dauphin, Juniata, Northumberland nnd Lycoming, he will draw about equal ly from tho Republican and Democratic parties. "Swallow will receive about four times as many votes as Thompson. What Is known as the "gold Democratic" vote will bo about equally divided between Bea com, Swallow and Thompson. "Tho wage earners are pleased becauso the mills and factories aro again being eet In motion with a promise of steady work and good wages In the future. "Tho veterans of tho late war have ren dered most valuable asslstanoo to tho state commltteo In the present campaign. "Whilo there ras been in some places moro or less disaffection among Repub licans, yot there Is much more la tho Democratic party, Tho declaration of the Reading convention In favor of Bry anlsm and free silver will drive away all ot tho gold Democrats and many conser vative followers of tho party who aro not willing to accept tho Chicago platform as the creed of their political fatth." Killed bytbe Curs. New York, Oct. 31. The Herald tomor row will say: Ward has been received at Perth Amboy, N. J., of tho killing of four residents of that place In a railroad ac cident In Ehrenfleld, In the coal regions of Pennsylvania. Tho dead men are Jo seph Totyl, Georgo Azare, Joseph Bartfol and Andrew Klein. An engine struck a wagon la which they wero riding. A POLITICAL POINTER- If you lndorso the free trade and free silver Chicago platform as the Lacka wanna Democracy does, "fully and without reserve," then work and voto for Schadt, Horn, et. al. If you be lieve In McKlnley.protectlon nnd pros perity, turn theso agents of Bryan down. The Herald's Wcnthcr Forecast. New York, Nov. 1. In the mlddlo states and New England, today, partly cloudy to cloudy or threatening, warmer weather will prevail, with rain In tho western dis tricts of this section and extending to tho eastern districts by this afternoon, and fresh southerly to southeasterly winds, becoming brisk and high on tho coasts tonight from Hatteras to Capo Cod. On Tuesday, in both of these sections, cloudy weather will prevail, with rain, slight temperature changes, and fresh to brisk southerly and easterly winds, be coming dangeiously stormy and probably attaining galo force on the coasts as the western cyclone approaches. THE NEWS THIS MOltNIXd. Weather Indication! Today: Increaring Cloudiness and Rain, General Victims of tho Yon Storch Jllno Fire. Services Over tho Remains ot Henry Oeorge. Appeals to Republicans. Political Outlook In Now York. Local and College Foot Ball Games. Local Advice Given to Oood Citizens. Editorial. Comment of the Press. Local Saturday's Big 'Republican Gatherings, Rev. J. B. Sweet on Life's Railway. Local West Sldo and Suburban. Lackawanna County -News. Neighboring County .Happening. Financial end Commercial. HENRYGE0RGE LIES IN STATE His Corpse Viewed by Thousands in New York. TEARS OF THE MULTITUDB The Devotion of the Great Leader's Daughter. Anna Goorgc Insists Upon Arranging tho Flowers in Her Dqnd Father's Cnsl;ot--U hllo tho Remains Ho posed in Grnnd Central Palace It Is Estimated That 30,000 Person Look Upon tho Cold Fnco of tho Worklngnicn's Friend. New York, Oct. .11. The body ot Henry George lay In state today In the Grand Central Palace, and 30,000 peoplo reverently pnssed the casket and looked upon the face of the dead philosopher. From !) o'clock In the morning until three In the afternoon n steady stream of men, women and children poured into the hall. Tho Immense throng wns composed of representatives of all classes, of all shades of life, of all religion opinions. On every face was stamped the unmis takable signs of sincere regret, whllo hundreds of faces were drawn with suffering nnd pain. To thousands of those who passed by, Henry George was personally known, and it was those who lingered for a longer moment, to gaze again on the face of tho man whom they know wns to leave. Some of them wept. The children, of whom there wero thousands, were raised aloft by tho guard and held while they gazed ut the features of tho man who died fight ing to brighten their lives. in the early dawn tho body was moved in a plain hearse from the Union Square hotel to the Graad Central Pal ace, unattended save by the guards o honor and four policemen. Behind tho hearse came a single carriage. Anna George, the youngest daughter. Insist ed upon accompanying the body to the Grand Central Palace. No persuasion could sway her from her purpose. Weeping bitterly, she stood at the head of the stairs at the hotel and begged to be permitted to go. She wished to arrange tho flowers about the casket In which her father's remains reposed. Pleadings proving vain, she became Importunate, and refused to permit the body to be taken away unless she ac companied It. The other members of the family, their grief emphasized by the child's utter abandon of anguish, yielded, nnd Richard George, her brother, accompanied her to the palace. There with loving hands she arranged tho flowers as she would have them, and permitted no one to lend the slight est aid. A GLANCE AT THE GREAT MAN. At 9 o'clock the doors were opened, and Immediately several hundred per sons who had been waiting without entered tho hall with bowed heads. They saw at the head ot the hall In an immense bower of floral tributes a plain, heavy black cloth-covered cas ket resting on a dais. Through tho glass thev saw the great man repos ing calmly, his features unruffled, as if In sleep. The left arm rested lightly on the breast, the other by his side. The remains were clad In black broad cloth, a turn-down collar and a plain black tie. " For the first half hour the throng filing up the hall In twos passed at tho rate of 1,500 an hqur, but shortly the number swelled and grew until at ono time eighty passed each minute. At this rate, five thousand nn hour, the crowd passed until the churches emptied their audiences Into the vaat concourse which was wending Its way down from Forty-sixth street to the palace, and which filled Forty-sixth street and Third avenue for many blocks. For the last two hours the crowd came at the rate of C.OOO per hour. This Is the hlehest rate obtain able under such circumstances as these. Any greater celerity would have meant an undignified, irreverentlal rush. August Lewis, a prominent slnglo taxer, wept bitterly as ho passed by, and tenderly laid a bunch of violets on the glass. A woman, who followed. In tho line about nn hour later, placed a modest bunch of pinks beside tho violets. A little before 3 o'clock the line was stopped and those who could not get in were compelled to turn back and get out from the police lines. A care ful estimate of tho number who could not get In places It at 30.000. This num ber Is equal to tho number of those who passed the casket. Then another throng came those who wished to hear the eminent clergymen praise Henry George. During the last hour an orchestra played Chopin's funeral march.Handel's "Largo" and the "Lost Chord." THE DECORATIONS. The floral decorations were profuse. A mass of wreathed flowers was sent by the Chicago Single Tax club. On a card accompanying tho wreath was the following verse: Oh, ye whoso cheek the tear of pity status, Draw near with pious, revcrenco and attend; itcro lie the loving husband's dear re mains, The tendor father and generous friend Tho pitying heart that felt for human woe, The dauntless heart that feared no hu man pride; The friend of man, to vice alone a foe For e'en his fulllngs leaned to virtue's) side. Tho casket Itself waa'-iJov.oIG.BJk&n
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