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TWO CENTS.
SCKANTON, PA., TnURSDAY MOltNlTSTGr, DECEMBER U, 1897.
TWO CENTS
BIG RIOTS
IN BOHEMIA
German Theatres and
Schools Wrecked
Czech Mobs.
by
THE TORCH RESORTED TO
Troops Have Been Drafted tu
Judenstadt.
In Spile ot the Million Lingo .Mob
.Hakes n Descent Upon tin: German
Quattcr oftlio Touii--IIoiim's and
Shops Aru PlunilLMcd-S)iiiisKiio
Windows Smashed- -Troops I'irc
Into a Crowd and Several Aic
Killcd--Attempts .Hnilu to Morm
Newspaper Ollices.
Prague, Uohemla, Dec. 1. The ilot
ing which has continued licio Inst night
and todav 1ms assumed a voty giave
phase. The town sttcets aie cioweloel
with soldiers, hut their piosento has
had little effect tow aid Intimidating
the llotei". The soldieis weie eventu
ally fotced to Hie, and seveinl ioioii
huvo heen Killed. The toich has also
been ie-orted to, hut thus lat no gieut
damage by (lie has heen done. Last
night the windows of the Oeunan the
ntie, Cieiman school, lestauiants.tesl
denies and newspaper olllees weie
oroken. The tioops (denied lb" sttcets
and many poisons were Injured. A
number of anests weie made.
The unlvotslty buildings have been
so thieateued by the lloters that laige
bodies of police aie prof tin- Ihem.
The tioops have been diafted to Jud
enstadt, wheto the mob s growing
tin onioning.
The synagogue windows weie. smash
ed and the windows of the houses of
Jews displaying tiade signs In several
streets of the Jewish (inaitei Hlnee !
o'clock this evening the stieets have
been held by twelve battalions of In
faulty and a squadton of IIu.s,u All
tr.iflle Is suspended and the fhops and
business houses ate elosod.
In spite of the nillitii1. a Let go
Czech mob made a desient dllllng the
evening upon the Herman quailer, and
plutideioel houses and slfops in several
stieets. Tlio furnltuie of a well-known
Cieiman cafe was idled up In the .stt ot t
and sei on lite. When a detachment
f tioops apptoac hid to dispotse the
ifnti-is, tho soldieis weie gtcoteel with
showots of stones, bioken ghi-s .ind
' lie missiles. The ofllcer in coiu
nnnd 01 den (1 his tioops to piepaie to
file iuit at the urgent request of a
polbe nillelnl the older was not ear
ned into elfect.
TKOOPS PIKED INTO Till: CHOWI)
A mob attempted to storm a oart
ildge fat tot v at Klzlikuvv. a subuib of
Plague on th" other side of the Moldau.
Tlie tioops stationed at the farloiy
pouted a vulley into tlie eiowd. It l-
known that at least two poisons wie
killed oiitilght. and it Is feared that
others were killed or wounded The
same bodj of tloteis set file to a house
nt Kirhknvv. hut the llames weie soon
quenched In vaiious ether patts of
the city and the subuibs windows wmo
smashed, and Oim.in signboards elo
molihlieil. It Is snld hat the mob was
Incited by articles in the Czech nows
papcts nnd b a false repott that the
German students had oigunlzecl an at
tack upon the Czech national theater
At a late hour tlucatenlng ciowds
made repeated tushes and attempts to
xtonn the (iermau newspap-r otliien,
but by 11 o'clock the town was enilot,
and the Hoops had been wlthdi.twit,
except patioks at thteatetied points.
In Smlchnvv, the southwest subuib
of Piague, a thickly populated indus
trial quart, r. lutn tonight, a ilotoua
mob attacked and plundered the Cor
man national school. The Motors lited
shots at tho police detachment, which
attempted to dlspetse them, vvhtcupin
the commanding otncei, acting with
great promptitude, diew his icvolv el
and fired at one of the single men, th
bullet pleiclng his arm He then ar
rested the man, and the lesult of this
energetic action was th; dispersal of
the mob without much luither dif
ficulty. The German gymnasium in the All
staedto King. In the centie of the city,
was plundered by a mob w'leh was
finally dispelled by a comblnee. vhuige
of soldieis and police.
CITY FNDEK MARTIAL LAW.
As a Jesuit of the riots and elisor
eleis of the last twenty-four houts, the
authorities have proclulmed the city
under martial law'. The thief of police,
V,ho Is u Czech, wa dlstoveied en
couraging tloteis. unel has been sus
pended fiom olllce. It Is now known
that the number f injured Germans
leaches 300. They ate being cared for
at the various hospitals
Tho disturbances today have amount
ed almoiit to a lebelllon. Thousands of
Czech tnlneis utieamed Into Ptaguo to
night from the surrounding villages to
asslHt the rlotns. The scientific in
truments In tho German university
and high school have been destroyed,
and valuable ai chives preserved for a
long time at KInsky palace, the larg
est In the Altsteadt, have been burned
It has been daneious for Germans
to venture Into the streets as any use
of the German luiiRuage meant teitalu
assault. A meeting of the Get man so
ciety in honor of tho eightieth birthday
of Professor Theodoie Mommsen was
prohibited by th" uithoritlos, who foot
ed It mlcht provoke a cMi.lon with
the Czechs.
Toduy's riots would huve been less
reilous but that the troops available
early In the day weie Insufficient to
cope with the rioting over so uxtended
an area.
PnEC'AUTION AT PILSEN.
Pllsen. Uohemln. Dec. 1. As u result
of threatening mob gatherings yestei
daj, the houses of German lesldents
aie Hp'-clally guarded by the police.
Today SO.OtO people gathered In front
of the town hall, and after singing na
tional nongs proceeded to the Geiman
gymnasium, where they broke the win
dows The police dispersed the crowd,
wounding cine. Tho rioters then re
turned to the town hall, where, falling
to obtain the liberation of some of the
i!n-,lendcis who had been attested,
they broke the windows of the hall
nnd of several buildings adjacent.
PALACE ATTACKED.
Duilng the night tho palace of Pat on
von Alrenthal, a representative of the
Oermun land owners In the Kolehs
rath, was bo.uded up, but the iloters
soon lemoved the plunks nnd thiew
large stones through the luxuiiously
furnished looms, smashing valuable
objects eit at t and costly furniture.
Damage to the amount of tnuitv thou
sand of llorins has been done to Gor
man firms, clubs and other Institutions
having German piopiietois or patterns.
No peiformance was given at tlie Gei
man theatie tonight. The constant
tty of the Hotels was "down with the
Germans," "clown with the Jews."
Ladles venturing on the streets weie
obliged to wear the Slav til-color In
order to avoid being attacked. No
body daies to utter a word In Geimaii.
The Klnskv palace was plundered of
Its furniture, which was tin own
thiough the windows, heaped In tho
tieets and set on Hie, the mob pie
venting the Hi c bilgades fiom np
ptoachlng. The Wenyels-I'lat, vvheie the l evo
lution of ISIS began, has been the chief
centie of excitement It Is about sixty
yauls In width and seven bundled and
titty yards in length and will hold a
bundled thousand people. The police
and the mllltaiv have made two bun
dled ai rests, and It Is repotted tonight
that altogether eighty peisons have
been injuied.
LIMITING OUTPUT OF WHISKGV.
Kentucky Distillcis to Make n Three
Venm' Agreement.
Louisville. Kv , Dec. 1 A meeting
of Kentucky distillcis was held hole
today to e (insider a plan for a lcstilc
tlon of the output for seveial jeais,
th" present agreement explilng with
the year. The capacity of the distll
loiles Is such that unless a lestrletlou
of about JO per cent. Is placed, the
w alehouses, now almost crowded, will
lie unable to hold the pioduct.
It Is conceded that a cuitallment of
the output to l.SOO.000 gallons a ear
for live seats would lelleve tho eiush
and emptv the waiehouses, which now
hold S0.00O.0OO gallons.
Theie was moie or less objection to
a tlve-year agreement, but an agiee
ment foi tlnee jeais seemed to suit all
aiound, the output being placed at 2,
000,000 gallons, to be t educed to 1, "00,000,
if possible The ptoduotlon In former
o.us has readied 1,300,000 gallons.
LEGISUTnRS HELD UP.
A Geortjlu Ilotiso Committee Meets
lluiidlts in a Swamp.
Atlanta, Ga , Dec. 1 A committee
fiom the state house of repiesenta
tives, composed of some ot tlie most
ptoniinent politicians In the state, was
held ti) on Jlondav In a fielght car in
the Okeflnee swamp and fenced to give
up a tuiisldeiable sum of money. Some
of the members of the (iitnmlttec weie
Heptcsentatlves Ennis. Thomas, Craig,
Hiu well. Cannon and Pnvnton.
They weie to visit a convict tamp in
the swamp for the purpose ofxlnspee
tion. Tliev weie tianspoitod thllt.v
thiee miles lr a fielght car over a
lough road to the camp.
On the return trip, when In tlie midst
of the swamp, two men stopped th"
tialn and demanded Jt.SO fine fiom
eae h of the members, claiming to be
eilllclals ot the toad.
GOES TO JAIL FOR CONTEMPT.
Kunupp Kcfuscd to Surrender His
Personal Securities.
Je'ffetson City. Mo., Dec. 1. Pred
'ikk Knaupp, picsident of the school
boat el. was last night ordered com
mitted to Jail for contempt of coutt
by Juelge Shacklofoid of the Clicult
mint.
Ku.tupp was picsident of the Stand
aid Shoe company when It failed. J,
S. Fleming, one of tlie ciedltms, ob
tained judgint nt against him. lie had
T'OOO In city watei weuks bonds In his
possession, and was otcleied by tho
couit to tin n these over to the ie
c civ or. Knaupp refused, nnd has been
Impilsoned for contempt. It Is the fltst
ease In the state Inwdving the taking
of souiiltlcs trom the poison of an
Individual,
iarel Jacob l ins.
.Sen Vnik, Dei 1 "Wlzaret" Jacr!
Selme'fir von tlie fourth gume of tho
lillllird tiiuinev at olahtt en-Inch bilk
llni' in M.iellron Snuaie llirden this if
tern ion, from Georrc Sutton, the vuuni;
('aiiidiun e.Nport. Stlmeffer hail run cut
b tho tlmo Sutton hid scoicd 4i.'. Tno
wiz.it el's highest lun was n, while Sut
tcjit pland his high mark at 3S
cieiiiKu P. Slofs-on won tonight's g.imo
fiom .VUurho Daly b the scoie of 5i) to
117. Duly led up to tho tlfteenth inning
parsing tho hundreel mark In tho eighth,
floss-on then picked up uml the game was
a seo-siw for some time U,il fell be
hind In the twentv-clKlilh Inning, niui
Slosson sieadllv forged ahoail, seating
tho winning point at exactly midnight.
John I. Jiicl.Miii Dead.
Pari?. Dec. 1 -John P. Jackson, of tho
New Yoik Heialel staff, died In Paris to
la fioai IlrlRht's disease. Mr. Jackson
before going abroad was foreign editor
nt tho home otllco of tho Herald. He wis
sent as i cot respondent of tho Herald
to the relle f of the Jeannette expedition
and successfully performe! the' perilous
mission, crossing Northern Siberia anil
effecting the ie-scuo of the. survivors of
tho Jeannette.
Pulp and l'nppr Company I'niln.
Solon, Me , Dec 1 Tho Moosehead Pulp
nnd Paper company has failed with un
secured claims against It aggiegatlng
lfl),0. The collapse of the company
means n grent loss to tho lesldents of this
section who u ro ere niters ol the company.
I'ninlly Tumble Ciiimes Nulcldi'.
lloston, Dee. 1 -Dr. T. E. UiiBstll, ?0
eai. old, vvlto was connected with a mod
Icul Institute In this city, committed sul
cldo in Ills olllce by shooting himself
through tho heart today. He died in
Htunll. Pumlly troublo was the cause
Leonard Knocks Out llnnley.
Hoehester, N. Y.. Dec, l.MIko Leon
ard, of New York, ), nocked out Jack
Hanle, of lluffalo, In tho llfteenth round
of their bout before the Holnzl Athletic
club tonlijat, The fighting waB nerce
from tho sturt.
THE RAILROADS
HAVE A HEARING
An Extension of Tim: Is Asked la Car.
Coupling Laws.
ARGUMENTS PRESENTED IN ITS FAVOR
The (Question Discussed nt Length
Ilcforo tho lntci-Mate Commerce
Coninilsslon at nsliiugtnn-i'. II.
Jlorrlsspy Ueprcseiitiug the Orcnu
l.atlons ol Itnilroad .Ilea Protests
Agninst Mhat lie v'einsideis nil I'll
reiisoiinblu Extension ul Time.
Wishlngton, Dec. 1. There wa- a
lengthy heating by the Inleistate com
moice commission today on the peti
tion eif railioad companies! for an ex
tension of the time- In which they may
comply with the law of Ii1 teitlrlns
them lo eeiulp their cms with auto n it
le cat coupleis, bund rails nnd alt
bt aUes
John K. Cow i n, one of the 'eeeh-'is
of the Diiltimoie und Ohio talliivid.
preseiittd the general subj"tt to the
cotnmitslon. lie tonleiuled that llu
liv as pascd was defective unel that
congtoss jccognlzed this by giving the
ommNslon the j)ower to suspend Its
opciatlons Por Instanc . he1 sal I. It
would be the height of folly to put $100
on cats which could have but a litlef
existence. The simple etuestlnii pie
sonted to the eomtnlttct, he iiiguoil,
v.is the method unel evtont of the e
tenslon because unless .-n extonslon
vas gi.mlcvl lnteist.il eoiiinieKe must
cease. While peih.ips her ind tliete
a railioad had sdiown no llsposlllon to
comply, ns a whole they hud niiide a
fair attempt to do so
He urged that the extension be tor
dve ycais, with ptovlslon lor an cciulp
ment of one-fifth of the ears cue h
vear, thus v oiking up to full and com
plete compliance
P. H. Monissev, re presenting the
Hrothorhood of Ualhoad Tiainmen, tlie
ltullrofid Conduetois' issue latlon. tho
Locomotive Engines is, the Drotherlinod
of Locomotive Plremen, and tho As
sociation of I'allioad TelegrapheM, fol
lowed Mr. Cowen with u. foiclble pios
ontatlon of tho l.illioad eintdoies to-
wntd the so)cteel extension. lie
agieed vlth Mr. Cowen that it In a
large moasuie as a gieat comtneiclal
eiuestion, but it w as 'ils a humane
eiuotlon. This l'iw, th" main featuics
of which weie? to become iipeintlve on
the tltst il.iv ot the new cat he said,
repioseiited the lieait and sail of tlie
Amctiean people as lepiesenlel by
their chosen seiv'unts in congiess. Tlie
associations for which ho nppcvied
weie'a unit in ptolcvtiPGr .ialnut any
such unitasonablo itnstoti as had
been proposed. Dining the past five
j ears .00u rallroa 1 men have been
killed annually and bitiveen JO.OOO aivl
2",000 Injuied. Of llii'se casualties fift
per cent, v.-eie direc tlv atti Unliable to
the two evils this law was designed to
conect. The slaughter would ee ntlnue
as long as the piesent e ondltiona le
ir.aincd. lv iwvou (ir Tin: extension
Aigumonts In favor of the extciislnn
were maile bv Mr. Loeunis, of tlie New
York Cential. G A. Khoadcs. of th.
lliiillugton and tjuine y, and Mr Claik,
eif the Chicago and Gie.it Western
Mr. Julius losendnle. of Philadelphia,
on behalf of himself ami many emin
ent divines whom he t.ild he lept.'
sented, among whom ho mmtloned
Cardinal Gibbons, cnteieel a protest
against gt anting any extension of
time Counsel for x. mcius mads wide h
announcocl the .ibility of tltrlr own
toads to coniplj with the law, some
within a. M'ly lulef peiioel, uiged tjie'
futility of sepatate' action in Hie case
of tho xatlous loans Thej alt uigtil
that the toads be tii-ateel as a unit anil
a genotal older eif extension h- made.
The lepicsentatlve of the Cleveland,
Loi.iln and Wheeling, suggesteil tlt.it
the committee Instead of gtautiug a
live-year extension with a peui-ntage
of cais to be eeiulppod each year, giant
an unconditional extension of on" .vear
for one-llfth of the equipment ot each
leael, and at the end of each jmr fol
low ing te the llfth onr nil extension
for an additional one-llfth. Then In
cas?of the default eif any road It could
be inado to suffeu the penalty. This
plan, he thought, would avoid the eiues
tion of the commission's power tej im
pose conditions.
Samuel Gonipers, president of the
Anieilcan Pedeiatlon of Labor, Joined
Mr. Monlssey's ptotcst ngalnst any
undue extension eif the time for the
compliance with the law. On one point
Mi. Gompers was very emphatic lc
thought that no extension whatever
should bo gtatited to any lallioad that
had paid dividends since the law was
passed
Commissioner Knapp aske-d if the
commission granted an extension for
one jear with the understanding that
one-IUtli of the cars should be equlppeel
In that period, and there nhould be de
fault whether theie would not then he
tho same pr.ittlcal dltlltulty to face as
existed now.
Mr. Cowen icplled In the nlllrmatlve.
lie Insisted that the commission must
allow sulllclent tlmo
SENSATIONAL EPISODE.
The healing today closed with a.
somewhat sensational exthango be
tween Mr. Cowen and Mr. Morrissey.
Mr. Cowen In closing indignantly te
pudlated the Idea that Mr. Gompets or
Mr. Moiiicisey In nny way r piosent
ed the emplojes of the Haltlmnie. and
Ohio road. Those emplojes, he de
clared, had not been consulted, nnd h
resented the eitilet assumption of the
labor leaders that they jeprescntod tlie
winkers cm his load
He warned the commission against
the humanltailan view urged by these
gentlemen. The pet Us of the new np
pllances, he said, had not been estab
lished. Statistics on his toad showed
Unit they killed moie but maimed less
than the old system. In a business
mntter, he said with some temper, It
was always dungeious to yield to al
leged ltumanltiirlun cmiHdeiiitlou. He
used no veiled Irony In his lefeiences
to Mr. Monlssej'H assumption of au
thority. The hitter Jumped to his feet when
Mr. Cowen sat down. He lefused to
be discredited and denied that ho had
assumed authoilty not vested In him,
Eighty-five per cent, of the employes
of the Ilaltltnoie and Ohio, he said,
weie membeis of the ltallioad Hiothcr-
hoods, nnd nt tfto Totonto conven
tion Inst i oar ho had unanimously
been empowoted to state tho position
of Its members to the Inteistnte com
merce commission. Evoty division of
the Haltltnore and Ohio had been rep
resented at that convention. Upon
that authority, he said, ho elenied Mr.
Cow en's statement.
"I said the question of a join's ex
tension hail never been ptesentcil to
the cmpIojcB of the lialtlmore and
Ohio," Interiupted Mr. Cowen, "and I
repeat It."
"Tho Toronto convention," letorted
Mr. Monlssev, "voted against ex
tension." He then explained fuither that ho
had appealed to the convention not
to tie his hands but to leave him fiee
to use his ludgmeiit and that dlcte
lion hail boon an ended hlin.
Soon afterwatd tho meeting udjotiin
eel until tomoiiow.
JAPAN AND ANNEXATION.
lis .Minister Coming Hack tu Set'
tho
.Matter '1 Inoiigli.
Washington, Dee 1 -Toiu Iloshi,
tlie Jinunese minis or to tills country,
Is now on his wa to Washington, ami
will leae-ll hole about De-c 10 He Will
bilPiJ with li I in Inipoitant. papeis le
lutlng to the piotesl mad by Japan
last summer against Hie annexation of
Hawaii bv this et unity. The seeietaiy
of the Legation stales that It was nov
et Ills government's intention to lecall
tliQ piesent minister and undei no
ci-i timstnnies would he be eleptived of ,
his diplomatic post In Washington un
til the annexation contioveisy, which I
has been conducted almost exclusively I
thtough him, has l cached u satlstac
te;t Hfltleni nt. )
Advices tiotn Japan to the Legation
indicate' that the Impel lal government
will have some energetic piotests and
rxe' ptlons to piesent to the state de- .
bailment's last answot to the oilgiital
lie to of piotest. In this answei the
admlnlstiatlon denied any putpose to
abildge the tights ef Japanese sub
jects in Hawaii bv annexation.
Pilot' to this not Set i etui y Sherman
had sent two communications In which
he handled the piotest in a manner lo
gin doel by tho Japanese government as
haish.
DOVER'S WRECKED BANK.
An
Kvimiitntioii Into I he Late
Cashier's .Methods.
Dover X H, Dee 1. Mis Matllln
M. Kicker, who has bo n piotnlncnt as
a woman's lights advocate, and a cotps
of txpotts ate making an examination
of the nffaiis of tlie defunct Dover Nn
tlonal bank Mis Kicker was a stock
holder eif the bank and she claimed
that after Its failur- in Ivor, she was
dimled access to what books the late
cashlei, Isaac Abbott, left. The books
aie being examined minutely to deter
mine if possibl In what manner the
bank was wieeke-el Thio has been
considerable invstoi;' how the cashlei'
useel up tlie funds of the bank. The
capital stock was gieatly lmpnlr?d
Mis Kicker has also pending nn ap
plicilic u fen a bill in equllj The sub
station of thlis complaint Is that the dl
tcetots and tee-elver of the national
bank an1 n sponsible to the' plaintiff
and to the oth i stoe klioldots, except
those Included In tho complaint for nil
losses lesultlng fiom theli negligence.
MISS STARREFT, COUNTESS.
Koi'iisnicd nt the Danish ( ourl, Sho
.Mamcs a I'm nn lliiud.
Milwaukee. Doc- 1 Alle e Stanett, a
Danish counte-j-s and siandnieee of
Geneial J I. Doe, foiiuer itssistant
seeietaiy of war, v. as married to 1 to li
cit C. Teltslaff. or Spilng Lake, Wis,
last night The cciemon was jiei
toimoel see telly ut Janosville
MHs Staitett's tight to tlie title r
eeiunte-ss was acknowledged while sho
was in Eumpo a few months ago. and
site was teielved at the court In Don
mail;. Sho is a ihiuglitor ot Captain
anil Mis. Station. The nung vvomun
was educated In a convent at Lomais,
Finnic. Mis. IVisle-w, her giatiel
mother, mauled Count IVislevv, eif
Denmaik. who came heie to setvo din
ing the war. Later lie eleset ted Mrs.
I'etslew and letiuneil to Denmaik. On
Fe-1 slew's death the title- levcited to
Mis St.uictt. Tettslaft was a farm
hand. BEAM IN FRONT OF TRAIN.
Disaster .Narrow 1 Averted nnd Al
iened M lecke-rs Arrested.
Ell lb. th. N J. Dee. 1 -Chaiged
with attempted train-wrecking, Jacob
Glibach, John Decker William Dobsoti
and Hugh O'liilen weie- committed to
the- I'tilmi county Jail toelav A Jeiey
CVntial railioad detective alleged that
vestfiday the utilised placed a. beam
In f i ont of the east-bound Long lliaue-h
expiess in an attempt to wiee-k tho
tialn at Ellzabethpoit. The beam was
seen by tho engineer in time' to btlng
the train to a. slop. The young men
nte all unilcr -'I e-ais of nge. They
weie- Identllled by the tialn ctew.
TRIED IN VAIN TO SAVE MOTHER.
Thlitccn-1 enr-Olel Hoy Could Nut
Smother Deadly I'lames,
Tientsin, N. J. Dec. 1 Mis. C. L.
Johnston, No. i09 Ashmore avenue,
tiled at St. Francis hospital this eve
ning from burns iccelved from a gaso
line explosion at noon.
Her hair caught lire and beloie as
sistance artlved her whole body was
enveloped in llames. Her 13-v ear-old
son endeavoicel to aid his inothet, but
was unable to smother the llames.
II ic crdict Net Aide.
New Yoik, Dee. 1 Tho IlrooklMi Sit
pienie court teeliy set asldo tho J-j.i.co)
ve idle o leci'lvnl by .Mis. l'lou-nte Van
Sthiiafk trom a idie-rlft's Jilt In tho suit
against her futlni-liidatv, Peter Van
fcVh.tuick, u Chicago drug dealer, for
alleuiitlou of her husband's affections.
The giemtid was that the she till liaet no
Juiisillcllon ami that the amnion was ex
ec Halve. Two new .n tloes have bee-u be
tiun In ChlcuKo
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Itepotts fitiu Kanijla say.thut tho
Khalifa ioee-iitl muttlciesl revcral Ciuis
tliins at Khartoum.
Iidy MI1DU, widow of the ox-piculdt-ut
of thu Itojsil AcMdeiny, Is retlously j) In
London with car.ee r of the thioat.
Sir Homy Aithur Bloke, cuptulu gen
eral ami govt i nor In chief of Jainulca
slmei 19, has been appointed govellior
uf Hung Kon
ENGAGEMENT
ONTHE STAND
A Force of 2,300 Men In Baltic Willi
Cuban Troopj.
THE 1NSUR0ENTS LOSE ai MEN
Government Troops Lose "I .Men.
JHtuiiiU do Apc.tcguiu Arrives nt
Ilnvnnu nnd is Welcomed by the
Central Conservative Committee.
Ilavni.a, Doc. 1 An aniiouiueinen'.
cntne ttoin Spanish h"Udetiattois to
day that a foue of lusutgetits reee-ntly
attacked Guls.i. a teiwn In Santiago de
Cubn, and that a Spanish column has
bft Man'.anlllo to engage the Insur
gents at C.ttlsa.
A force ol i.SOO men under Genotal
Pei mil engaged an lnstirse-nt foice, ac
es l ding to the leport, at La Cuchlll.i eh
Lis Calmltos, whoie the Spanlatds nte
st lei to have c.iptuied and deslioyed
the lot titled cuup of the Insutgenl
geneial Ducassl.
Getii'tal He'inaneloK, eonitnaiiiilng tlv
second column, tlie lejmit i ontlnues,
captured anil dostioj'ed an instil gent
eump at Aranjucs:, and nlo eltstio.ved
r.j0 huts mil sovetal Instilment camps
neat Alcinjuez.
As a lesult of those tu ivmeiits. con
tliiues the olliclal .statement, ihe Insur
gi ntt itieateel In a thoioughly elemoi
(itzd condition aftei surteilng the loss
of many men killed nt.el wounded
The Spinlsh loluinns lost n. major
aed twelve soldieis killed, and hid one
captain and 29 soldieis wouueld.
The latest ad' lees fiom tho spone of
the eiiRiic-emi ills sav the .Spinlsh cav
alry was continuing the put salt of the
enemy.
The Instil gcnt, necoieiliig to the ut
ile lal icports, have lost M men kllltel in
sklimlshos with t'.e Spanish tioops
during the Inst ton davs In addition
th" government foicos captured L'S litis,
onets and a number of ine arms.
The goveinmont troops dining tho
ame period, the lepoils add. lost J4
men killed and had two ofllcors and V5
soldier? vvotini'ed.
APEKTEGEIA AKKIVES.
The Alniquls do Ap.'tegula. leader ot
the Spanish Consci vatlve pail.v, amv
' "d bore- todav. If'1 vwis vveleonied by
1 tbe centril Cons"i ulvo committee and
had a long Intei v low with Captain
I Geneial Ulanco. He savs that the Con
I " rvatlve paitv night to stand by the
gov eminent in fititlu'tlng Hie woik of
pacification, but he has pot piaele in
' public d-elatation in favor of auton
i piv Ills posPion is that of the cen
tial Cons t vatlve coinmltlee.w hie li ioc
1 ognles the nocosstly eif pacifvliig the
I bland, but does not belle .'o that au
tonomy Is the best vv iv ot br'nulns
that result about.
DIRE DISTRESS IN CUBA.
Ulanco I'nable to Kolievo the WuiKs
ol" lot), 00(1 People.
vVnshini'ton. Dee- 1. -J'leslclont Me
Kinley may nsk eonjioss for another
iilipioprlatloti for the di-siltut- Ameil
e ins In Cuba, and although he eant.ot
nslt con-jiess for an aptuopt latlon for
the destitute Spanidi subjects In Cu
b i. be m?v authorUe nn appeal to the
eountiv for teller for tlf staivlng
Spanish and Cubans In Hi mine of
ImniiLiiltv. c Is nii'v contempl itlpg
such a step, ami, only hesitates for a
suitable nn thoei
Consul G -noial Leo wim warmlv
seionds It In his lepor's, sire e his ie
ttun dcsctlbes tlie destitution and suf-fe-ilng
as b'vonel the pm or of Captain
Genci il Ulanco anil all the lollef agen
cies ho has stalled to stop en- e-ven
gieatly 'imclloiaii-. and while Hlauc-o
has not s-'t the matte-i- beloie Leo of
ficially, he has given him the fa ts and
has let It be known lint he will he
glad to see le-llef tntilnr trout the
I'ulteel Stales.
It I? estimated In Geneial j e's re
potts that l.'n.W'ii men, women and oltll
el'eii nave died pine-lie ill v ltom star
vation sliiee Geneial AVevler began to
Inforce his ceinc tut rat Ion niilr thir
teen mouths ago. nnd that an adihtlun
ill 150.000 llle sei weakened by priva
tion that ti.ey e-alinol suiipoit the ni
si Ives evtil It they couM be- sent homo
to their fauns.
SPALDINQ MADE A SCENE.
A Clucngo Embezzler Declares That
His Senti-uco Is I'ujtist.
ChUasee, Dec 1 Cli.irli s V. Spald
ing, ex-iiresldi nt of th-1 Glob- Savings
Kink, chaiged with etnl esillug ?JS',000
funds eif tin I'nlvoisltv of Illinois, of
vv hie h he- was tiiusuiei. vas loda.v sen
teiteeel to ap Indeti'imlnate term In the
penitential, llv this he- nuv be lm
lirlsoned fteun emu 10 fifteen eais at
the eliscrotluii of tho ptlsjti commis
si nets.
Spalding made a s, one In court, Oe
clniing tliat the sente iic-e was unjust.
Against Ticket Scalping.
Slou-c City, la., Doc. 1, Tho national
live stoik convention which meets hero
Pilday will petition congress to cna-'t
laws against ticket scalping This u- In
consequence of the order of the Western
Passenger lusnclatlnu that the practice
of Issuing let cm passes to live stork
slilppc-M who come to market In cliuge
live ttoik w II be dim initialled bc-ucuso of
the alleged abuse of the privilege by tlu
tale of these jiatses to ticket sctlpeis.
For Consolidated Libiancs.
New York, Dec- 1. Tho boatel of esti
mates today itecided to enter- Into an
agreement with tho New York public II
brir, Aiitoi, Lei.ox and Tilde n foumla
lions, for a consolidation In a building to
be erected In Jlijant park at a tost of
..'.'.OO.iWO.
Justice I'ielel Itetiies, -
WuslihiKton, Dee. J. Jiuilie I'lold fot
mally retlieel fiom the fedei.il Siipiente
court today. Next Tut sei ly would have
completed his ttrty-fouillt je-ar of con
tinuous spnu-e I'tidet the- hue he will
draw full sulat for the luiuatiulti of Ids
life.
Mciiinsliip Anivuls.
New York, Dee. I.-Silled: Tails.
Seiiitliaiiipteu, Wcsteinlaud, Anlweip;
Aeliiatie, Llvotpool. tlouthumpton Ar
rived; St. Louis, New Yoik. Naples Ar
rived: Noimanula. New York, l.heipool
Airlvtd; Majestic. New Yuik.
- -w .
I.ueluert Trial,
Chleanci, Dec. 1. The wotk of obtaining
a Jury tor the ieconil ttl.il of Adulph L.
Luetgcrt continued slowly today and will
Is resumed tomouow Only fout Jurors
have thus far been securcil.
THE GOVERNMENT'S WARDS.
Special Pent lire's of the Problem ol
Curing for the Indians.
Washington, Dec. I. Among the an
nual icports of Indian agents It ap
pears that ut the Pottowattomie und
Ore it Nemaha ieervntlon In Kansas
thoie ate about 16,000 ueies of tun plus
lands In the Prlaile Kami leseive that
aie likely to be a subject of contention
In the futllte, nml theie seems to be a
glowing sentiment In thy ttlbe favor
ing their sale
Captain Snrolei of the Foit Pock
agency in Montana ttiges that the ln
ellan tinder, like tho old post trader,
should go- the u.ov eminent should own
Its own stoics; "with the trader ex
tinguished Indian agent positions
won't lie so valuable, and meantime let
th" Indians have all the stotes they
waul, for In the cut-throat competition
of the tradeis Mi. Lo stands some
show."
Agent Cintnsli-, ot the Standing KocU
agency In Noillt Dakota, ehaiges that,
notwlths'ianclliii, the state ptohlbltion
law, countv or town olllcials have nev
er made nnv effoit to abate the sale ot
llquoi in Emmons count, unel that six
or eight "blind pies" ate lutiulug wild
open in Winona. Not tit Dakota.
M-inv of the Indian agents leeotn
mend discontinuance of Hie Issuance of
tatlons and clothing, ami urge the sub
stitution of a polio of making tush
pavuit nts.
It Is icoiiiliicnUd that eungless
modify the act nppiopilatlng fiST.000
of tbe Ciow Ctcek fund, so im to have
It paid In cash, and to expend $.10,000
for pittchaslng cattle, $l"i,000 lor lenc
ing the leseivatlon, $20,000 for i ou
st! lifting cattle sheds, .:;,000 for meiw
ei s and lakes and after settlement of
attorney's fees, tho lemalnlng jsO,fi()0
to be paid the ttibo In four cash Install
ments. With this eloiie. it is claimed
th" Ciow Clocks vclll be sell -support-it.g
wlllilr. five ears.
TAKES OYSTERS WITH HER ABOARD
.Miss .McTnvish Will Servo Them to
It onian Guests.
llaltlmoie. Md Dec 1. Miss Vir
ginia McTavIsh Is making nrtango
nients to have the first Maryland oy
stois unel ten aphis cent to Home for
an Atnotlcan lunehcon, vvhlcli she pro
poses giving on hot- tetiun.to the Etern
al City
The ten aphis ate tei bo sent alive
by way of Genoa, leaching Kenno about
tho same time that Miss McT,ivlsh
gets theie Mis. and Miss McTavIsh
entei tallied last winter In the Hamllni
palace, which they will again occup.
II Is their pin pose to give a luncheon
at which Anieilcan dishes shall be
sei v eel.
RACES AT BALTIMORE.
liiltlmorc, Dec. Hois! men al the
ti ie-k hc-ie ar- much disappointed over
tine ii-fii"iil ol tho bo-mi of control to
maul an extension ot ten el.is
The track was In fair shape and liie
fields largo. Only llfteen books wcte on,
but theo had good play. Throe ot tho
fav miles won and the talent quit a little-
ahead of tho game. The summaries:
I'lrst race', ' lurloiigs Pilnccss lnlla
won, Taunton second, Doglenvu third;
time 1 ni'v.
Scond race, ." fm Ions' Coutlnentil
won, Sigacity second, High Toe thliil,
time, I.Oi'j.
Third race, one mile Voile won, The
MauMiiau second, Ulllatl thliil; lime.
1 IP..
Fourth iaee. Si., furlongs Nearist won,
Geneial Maeeo hcuoutl, JudKu Wardell
thliel: fine, l.ei
I'lflli race', one mile Woisvvoith won,
Debildu second, I.diisdale third; time,
1 D..
THIRTY MEN KILLED.
Kaisen I lutein, IlheiiNh Havana, Doe. 1.
A flu damp explosion has taken plaeo
in tlie Fianketholz i-o.U mice, lie ai Horn
burg. Ihlrtv iron verc klllol and foity
Injured. Homburg Is a foi tilled town ot
Khcnlhh Da valla, six miles not th of Doux
Points. President Will Not Withdraw.
Washington, Dev 1. The lepoit that
tlie proslelent wciull wltliibaw fiom iho
Metiopeilltau Methodist cliuuh, on ac
count of tho sern on preached by Its pas.
tor on Thanksgiving daj. Is denied. It
is probable, howevei, tint the president
will be- soon loss frequently at that cliurn
and will attend scrvl"es more- often elsc
w hot o
Sicnntor llnnnii Ilns Giippc.
Cleveland, Dor J. Senator Ilanna his
been sulteiing with a sovcio cold for tuo
last few davs and todn It developesl Into
a "ease eif tlie gtlppc, .Hid be was urdorcd
lo bed bv liN ph sic Inn He will probably
bo lonltned to his homo fot sovetal tlajs
and will not bo abb to be in Washington
when cotiKross opens.
Struck on tho Hrenkvv liter.
Dc la wain Hieakwater, Del, Dee J
The- .c t earner Gleinochll, whleh hltuek on
the nrw breakwater cstrtd.u inmiilng
and held fast, wjs moved about fifteen
feet this evening by tho tugs Protector
and Noith Ameiioa. The water had ilsen
to such nn extent In tho hold that the
flies weie extinguished.
Employment lor '-",000 .Men.
Altoona, Pa.. Dec. 1 The Fennsilvanla
Kallroiel tumiunj toe'a.v announcisl its
Intention to eei struct a thliil trark (nun
this point to a.illltzln Tills will hive
employment to about idflrt men, nnd 'will
Involvo an outtu of neatly '.n'oiiuo.
TUK KKWS THIS 310UMNU.
Weather Indications Tojaj;
I'nlr; Colder; Northwesterly Wlnils.
Geiii-ial-Geimiiiv's Deir.dnl on Haiti,
Itailwajs Want an Extcrsloii ot rimo
to Comply Willi thu Law,
Klots In Pionio, Uohemla
: Slate Pennsylvania lirlelgo HulldetV
lllg Coittme-t.
Evidence Acci.it ulJtlttg In the Knlser
Minder Cuse.
! L'ecal Thlid Da) of tho Win Horn
Til.il.
Sensational Case Heard lit fore Judge
liunstt-r.
I IMttoiiat
Citnmttit of the Pits.
' Stor "How a Itaeo V.,s Won."
Local Dt. Allen's Caustic Comments
to Uoaid of Health.
Bcruntuu'A Part III National Uoaid of
Tiadev l'togiatumo.
: Local Insane Man with a Loided lie.
volvei- Makes Trimble.
Old Station Houso Will !i Uwnodcled,
! I.oc,il- West Side and Subuibait.
i Iyickauanna County Happenings,
I Neighboring County Neb.
The .Market.
WHY HAITFS
BLOOD BOILS
Demands of Germany
Are Made Known for
Hie First Time.
CONDITIONS ARE OBNOXIOUS
To Accede Would Be Hu
miliating. Tho Plucky Llltlo Nation Evidently
Intends to (.'o to War Kathor Than
itcccivo Willi Consideration tho
Undo Itepiescntativo of t'crmnuy.
A llig Inileiiniitv Asked Is Consid
ered of Small Consequence Ucsidu
the Humiliation of Ileitis Obliged
to Apologize.
'Washington, Doc. 1. Tins exact na
tute; ot Ciounany'a denmnds on Haiti
becoino known for the first time tod.ij.
Tl.e details came by way o the steam
er I'cnt-au-PiIiico which ai lived at
New Yoik yestctday and show the de
mauds to bo us follows:
Fltst An indemnity ot 20,000 Ameri
can clolk.r.i for Emil Lucilurs.
Sceoml Tho pioinlso that Mr. Lue el
eis ma return to Hati and thero so
journ without danger of any kind.
Third A letter to my government in,
which you will express apology for
the piooo'illng towaid the Gorman
coveinmeiit in tho wrole transaction
Fourth That the president of Havil
. rlnll giaclously le'celve tlie Otrmaii
charge d'affalies ct Port-au-Prince.
It was al"o ennounced that If indem
nity was not given a warship would bo
sent or diplomatic relation? bioken.
Without answeting the demands in d"
tail, Haiti asks If Germany by present
ing this demand Intended to close tlie
negotiations in the Luedem case, and
also em what ground an apology was
asked.
The money demand was icgaidcd by
Haiti as far less important than the
other three', which were considered as
afA-rting Haiti's honor. The demand
tlvit tl.e president receive Count
Sohweiln gruclouslv was looked upon
an Involving a deep humiliation ns it
was this oil clal xv Lo had gone befcuo
th picsident and rudely submitted Ins
drmnmX It vv is this fourth demand
which led Haiti to piepaie for nny
eventuality.
Since the forrsolng coirospondene e
e losod, it has become apparent, ace-onl-Ing
lo cable advices, fiom beilin, thai
the suggestion as to the sending m
watsliips has loon modified and that
tlvio is no present puiposo to send
them.
TO PKOTECT AMEKICAX INTEK
ESTS. Ucilln, Doc. 1 The North Oennaii
Gazette this evening announces setnt
otllclally that tho dispatch of tin
Fnlted Spites cruiser Matblehead 10
Pcrt-au-Ptlnco, Haiti, has no signi'i-cai-te
as a demonstration, adding that
tho government of tho United Slati s
has cause el it to be intimated heio Hi it
the eibjcct in sending tho waiship to
Haiti is oxcluslvcl lor the piotectioti
ot American Intel ests.
WILMINGTON'S HARBOR.
Ccucral W. P. .Smith Ilccommcnds
Liberal Appropiintious.
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 1. The nn
nual lepoit upon tho lmpiovements of
ilve-is and haibors In Delawaie bv
General W. V. Smith has just be in
publlsht d Jteforring to the Impiov -ments
in the Cluistlami Geneial Smith
sa that the Impottant comtnorclnl
Inteiestb of the city wan ant a Ilbei.il
oxpeiulltuio In making und maintain
ing a piopcr channel. Ho cstliunt
that between $15,000 and $JO,000 would
bo annuallv needed to maintain a chan
nel of 15 feet. To complete tho exist
ing pioject of deepening and widening
the channel $17C,6J5 would bo need- el,
and timing tho next fiscal car $-u". -SIC
could be profitably expended. Dur
ing IS'JO 55S.175 tons of lneichandls ,
v alttecl at $2ri,CCj.44j. cotnpilsed the m-mestle-
cotnmeice, while tho liiipiuts
wen- valued at ?I51.52C. and the oxpuiisi
ut $4,7fl-'.2T. Thltty-ono vessels aie
trading in tho Wilmington hnibor, wlili
an ngsregate tonnnge ot S.GTO Duiin-i
the year 10 vessels weie built by Wilm
ington bhlp.mla.
SLOT MACIIIN0S FOR THE MAILS.
Ouo for Ileccption of llcgistcred Let
turs on Trinl in .New Yoik.
Now Yoik, Die. 1 A dltiie-ln-thc-s'ot
mac hi no ten i-gisteitd U-ttois wa3 jmt
on ti lal on the mezzanine galloiy (looi
ot tho peistotllee building today. It is
designed for the use of those who muv
wish tu send toglsteiod letters ufii t"
the it'ZiiluT olllees have closed. Th
bov Is about two feet bv two foot sv
Inches In measurement, and about eigh
teen Inches deep.
It the olllce Is closed and vott want
to hond J0 tu your wife In the cmituiv
cni dieui a illine It nui.st be a gi "I
i no or ebo tho machine will lejeet It
Into the dot. Then duplicate Blieet
appear nt an opening on one side of th
machine, on these nie to bo written
tho adiliess of tho person to wham th
letter Is mailed unel tho sender's ou
nume and neldies. .
The sender ke-e.is one eif the dill I1-
c-tite sheets" and tin' other Is jdac-d hi
tho bo.x with the lettei.
Tito llei.ilel's ealhor renocis.
New Veitk. De .' Inth" mUdlo sl.i'i-s
a ii 1 New 1 iihluiid, tela . partly eliii,
cliailiik'. icililor v, Mitli-r mm ncnii
bllsk soitthwestelly to northwest, i ly
wlnils will pievnll. pici-rlicl bv 11 lit
snows ill the lieu the I n and wcitetn elu
tilcts; the vvhuls jio,lbl becoming higli
oft the coasts. Ol. I'lleU), III both of tlie-Hn
sections, clear, colder weather will prevail,
with fiosh northwosteily to northcuswrly
vvlndK, possibly liioienilng In force an
being followed by snow on tho southern
e cnitts of this section.
I.