J, tef fttmmp- 12 PAGES TWO CENTS. SOU ANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNINGS, DECEMBER 4, 1897. TWO CENTS CPllfllVltlYl PAGES s . PRESIDENT AT CANTON Mr. McKinley at the Bedside of His Dy ing Mother. A DAY OF GREAT SUSPENSE She Fails to Revive, Though Recognizing Her Son. The President Will tin in Washington on .Hominy nt tlio Opening of Con cress Whatever tlio llcult-Tho Physicians (Jive No Hay ol Hope ntul Aiuinunco Tlmt tliu Death of the Old Lnily Is Ncnr. Canton, O., Dec. 3. President Mc Kinley will bo In Washington for the opening of congress next Monday, whatever may be the issue of his mother's Illness. It Is necessnry for the president to be at the capital in person for the opening of a session of oongiess to receive the Joint commit tees from the two houses, ami until this committee has waited on the presi dent and received his communication the regular business of congress can not proceed. Mother McKinley Is unconscious, and the attending physician can give the family no hope that she will ever re turn to consciousness. The president can do absolutely nothing for her by remaining here. In view of these facts the president feels that It Is his duty to return to Washington, so as not to delay the proper opening of congress at the regular time, lie has nnunged to leave Canton at 2.03 o'clock tomor row afternoon in the special car pro vided for him uttached to the regular Pennsylvania train which leaches Washington Sunday morning. Assist ant Secretary of State Day, who ac (ompanled the president from Wash ington, expects to icturii eaily next week. Today was one of great suspense In the McKinley family. The nearness of death was realized, and that there could be no other than a fatal ending to the illness with which Mother Mc Kinley was stricken Thursday. The attending physician could sive them no hone of a different result, and it Is to the remarkable constitution of the woman who has reached the ripe ago of nearly- elghty-nlne years, without illness of any consequence, that he at tributes the fact that the name of life was not extinguished earlier in the Ill ness. The family surrounded the bed side all day watching Intently for any rally from the comatose condition In which the patient has been almost from the beginning of the illness, and at short intervals the doctor culled. But the word from the sick room was al most without variation, family and doctor announcing from time to time increasing weakness. Only twice was this repot t varied by the announce ment of evidence of partial conscious ness. The first was when President McKinley reached the sick room. His sister Helen announced his anlval saying: "Mother, here is William. Tf you recognize him hold our your hand." HECOGN1ZED HER SOX. The enfeebled patient seemed to un derstand nnd to make an effort to ex tend her hand, which was Immater ially grasped by the devoted son. He thought he felt a responsive tightening of her hand about his own as he did k.i. but the recognition was so slight as to bo almost Imperceptible. It was pome time later that a second slight rally seemed to occur. A bunch of beautiful (lowers was sent fiom the conservatory of the White House, and Miier they were taken into the ivom she noted their arrival and seemed to make- an effort to reach for one. Th president quickly selected a beautiful white Illy nnd handed it to her. She took it in her hand and carried it to her bosom, it b?Ing apparent that she was conscious of the net ud appre ciated tlio llower. Soon u.ter this, about noon, she quieted down Into a rest that seemed to be almost a nut tn a! sleep. Mrs. A. J. Duncan, of C I' veland, who was summoned from Chicago, where she had been visiting, was the hist of the four children tn fin he. and she came too late to be rec ognized by her mother. She made no rffort on reaching the room to gain rec ognition, because It was realized that th" effort would not succeed, and that It vouM only disturb the patient. Prom that time on the gradual weakening of M a her McKinley continued. liow long her constitution will with stand th assault, of the disease, no one can tell, hut it seems that It can not be much longer. The president has rcu i ot-Iy been out of the house, since his arrival this morning, and spent most of the day In his mother's room. Vp soon uh the uncial train whlih the Pennsylvania n.ad provided from PUUburg reached the Canton station, tlio president hurried to the carriage lii wh'ch Charles H. Miller, Judge t t McCarty and George H. Krease had gone, tc meet him, and was driven to th" house. Only when he felt the need of r little fresh air and exercise dcl he nnd his brother, Abner, leave for a shirt walk. Tnert have been many callers at tho home today, aged lady friends of Mother McKinley being numerous aiming them. Tho Inquiries by tele granh are numerous, und messages are constantly going to and from the house. Pr Phillips made a call early thin nening, after which ho said ho could rei ort no distinct change In the pa tlent'ti condition. She continues to grow weaker, but muy live till morning, if a redlcal change occurs, ho thinks, It w 11 come well Into tho morning. Midnight showed no material change In the condition of Mrs. McKinley. Sho Is surely wearing out and shows great er weakness every hour. Tho president Is still In her room, but will retire to rest at 1 o'clock if there la no change at that time. SMUGGLERS CAUGHT. Mr. mid Mrs I.usar Held tn llnil on Charge o! Importing Dlninoinls. New York, Dec. ?.. Emanuel J. Las nr, a saloonkeeiKT of this city, and his wife were each held In $3,000 ball today on the charge of having smug gled Into this country $100,000 worth of diamonds. They pleaded not guilty. The diamonds were seized on Wednes day night nt the office of Max J. Lasar, a diamond merchant In Maiden Lane. Collector Hldwell was very reluctant to give any Information about the ar rests, saying that he was afraid pub licity would Interfere with other Im portant nrrciits that they expected to make. It Is thought that there has been wholesale smuggling by an organized gang of which Lasar and his wife mny be the most Important members. The defendants assert .their Innocence. GOVERNOR GRIGGS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL It Is Evident that Ho Will Succeed Mr. McKcnnn--IH8 Appointment Urged by Vice-President Hobnrt. "Washington, Dec. 3. From such sources that the authority should not be doubted, it Is learn ed that the position of attorney general to nucoeed Mr. McKenna. who will be nominated to life United States supreme bench to succeed Justice Fields, has been offered to Governor Griggs, of New Jersey, and that he has consented to accept. It Is under stood that his appointment was urged b Vice President Hobatt. Owing to the absence of President McKinley it Is impossible to co.nlrm this statement absolutely. Paterson. N. J., Dec. X-Govenior lohn V. Griggs ar-i "d home tonight fiom Wusdngton. He was seen soon uUtr ho reached his residoMo. but re fused to talk about the report that he wub to be. the next attorney general. He would not say that the ofHcc- had been offered to him; neither would ho deny it. Close friends of the governor nnd Vice President Hobart. who was wen at the Hamilton club later, expressed the belief that the cabinet position has been tendered the governor, and added that he would probably accept It. Governor John William Griggs was born in Nowtoti, Sussex county, N. J., July 10. 1849. He was graduated from Lafayette college in 1SCS, and became a law student in the office of Hon. Robot t Hamilton, at Newton. In 1S71 ho re moved to Paterson where he entered the ollice of the late Socrates Tuttle. He was admitted to the bar that year and together with Mr. Tuttle formed tho firm ot Tuttle & Griggs. A few years later ho opened an office on his own account. He was elected to the assembly In lw7Sj and was re-elected two years later. In the latter year the house was equally divided and he be came leader on the Itepubllcan side, and this brought him forward. He was renominated for another term but was defeated. He was elected counsel f"r the board of freeholders of Pascal' county und city counsel of Paterson, which oltlce he held until 1SS2. when he was elected to the state senate. He was re-elected statu senator and be came president of tho senate In 1SSC. He was delegate at large to the Repub lican national convention in 1SSS. In 1S95 Governor Werts, of Now Jersey, offered Mr. Griggs a place on the su preme court bench of that state, wh'lch Griggs declined to accept. Next year he was elected governor of New Jersey. HN wile vn Miss I.. Elizabeth Tries, of Cleveland. He has two sons and four daughters. i. STRICKEN KNEELING AT THE ALTAR. Allliction of a Woman Who Carried Others' Iturdeiis. New York, Dec. ."!. Mrs. Sarah Rob inson, 03 years old, who is known as the "Angel of Charity" among the poor of the East Side, Is lying at tho Petti l.siaol hospital. Sho was stricken with apoplpxy while praying at the altar of the Hebrew Sheltering House Satur day night. Her husband was once high In the czar's favor, but when tho Hebrews lost favor in Russia ho wus stripped of his otllce and riches. Jlr.'. Robinson has for years spent her time among the poor and sick, and always had plenty of money to help her in her charitable work. BRIDE'S SUICIDE. Mrs. .1. A. Wilkiiisi Prinks Carbolic Acid at Oriental Hotel. New York. Dec. S. Mis. J. A. Willi ens, aged 2.1 years, a bride of two months, committed Filicide by taking carbolic acid, nt the Oriental hotel to day. Her husband. Christopher Wllk ens, was out of work, and they hud been ordered to leave their home. While he went to look for work, she engaged a room at the hotel and killed herself. Wllkens became violently ill upon learning of her death, and it wus thought that he. too, had poisoned iiltiibC'lf, but he afterwards recovered. Hilliiiid Tournament. New Vmk, Dec. 3. The game, this af ternoon In the billiard tournament at Madison Squire Garden concert hall brought out .Maurice Daly and Ueorir Sutton, both of whom up to date bad lost all their games. Daly won tho game, MO tn S17. It was a new champion against tho old at Madlton Square iJurilcii con cert hall tonight, and the old champion, Hrhaofcr, won from Napoleon Ives by tho score of 500 to 401. Thero were several brilliant runs in tho gmno and Schaofor topped the Hat with S3. KpirltuiilUi .lifelines. Toledo, O., Dec. 3. Prttident Ilccker, of tho Nutlonal Antl-Splrltnal association, at Adrian, Mich., has l--suc-d an Invita tion to the National Spiritual association to join In appointing a committee to meet a slmllur one from the Antl-Splntiml as toclatlon, to thoroughly Investigate tho phenomena of mtMern splrltuiillHm. Tho opportunity is given to spiritualists to wtatu their bellet and show phenomena and equal opportunity for full Investiga tion of the prtnonifna. )cnr Wilde's New I'onm, London, Doc. J.--lt Is said that Osrar Wildo has arranged to publish here and In New York city a poem entitled "The Uallid of Reading Jail, by C. !." SUFFERINGS OF CONCENTRADOS Observations of the Special Spanish Comnii?i!oiier. TERRIBLE HARDSHIPS ENDURED Forty Thousand ol tlio Unfortunate Conccntrados Aro Huddled in the l'rovincu ot 1'iniir Pel Klo--Tlicy Aro Without .Means ol Exlsloiice nnd Aro Sturving--Generul lllanco Thinks It Unnecessary to Solid Moro Troops. Hnvana, Dec. 3. Scnor Canalejas, the special commissioner of tho Spanish government, has returned hero from his visit to the province of Plnar del Rio. He says there are In the province 40.000 "conccntrados," peasants gather ed in from tho country In the neighbor hood of the towns for protection from tho Insurgents, or to prevent them from joining the enemy, and that they are all In want. Of this number lVODO are orphans nnd the majority are children of tender years. The commis sioner adds that the "concentr.idos" are badly distributed. At Plnar del Rio the capltol for Instance there arc only 4f.c of these unfortunate people, while at towns like Consolaclon nnd Cande larlu there ate over 4,000 of the suffer ers. The municipal authorities of such places, the commissioner says, are without resources, und therefore un able to do anything to relievo the des titution. There H great anxiety here to know the terms of the message of President McKinley to congress. The central committee of the Auton omist party has passed a vote of con llder.ee In Its president as a result of the lutter's neirotlntlons with the Re formist party to bring about a union of both parties. It was officially announced today that th" Spanish cavalry in pursuing the Insurgents under General Ducasl, who Is said to have been badly de feated recently In Plnar del Rio by the Spanish forces under General lWnnl has surprised an Insurgent force, kill ing 10 of the enemy and capturing five mounted men. Although tho Reformists have ap pointed a committee to negotiate with tho Autonomists, it 1.4 believed that nothing deilnlte will be decided upon until the arrival from Madrid of lead ing members of the party who have been appointed as delegates by the Cuban Reformists there and who aie now en the way. The governor of Plnar del Ulo is endeavo-lng to relieve the critical sit uation h. hat province where a ma jority of ti Inhabitants are Identified with the tobacco trade. The crop this year is only half the normal, though some good judges have put It at about sixty per cent, of the usual yield. It Is rumored here that the agent of an English syndicate intends to buy several of the first cuttings, nnd he is said to have offered 100,000 sterling for the Corona and 200,000 for Caban as and Carvajal. OPPOSED TO REINFORCEMENTS. Madrid, Dee. ". The newspapers pub lish the following, which is much com mented upon: "Captain General Iilanco has cabled the government that, knowing that General Corrra, minister of war. is op posed to sending further reinforce ments, he has studied the means of creating :i volunteer corps of whites and negroes who would reply to thi guerrilla tactics of tho rebels by sim ilar warfare, but he would need for this undertaking 4,000,000 pesetas monthly. lie Is convinced that by making such a pecuniary effort Cuba, except In the eastern part, would be pacified "by June next, when the local government could llnlsh the war." El Corre Kspanol. the Carlist organ, concludes a protest against autonomy for Cuba as follows: "In obedience to ltn chief, the Carl ist party has imposed upon Itself a patriotic truce; but a catastrophe Is approaching and will mark the turn of the truce. It Is well to recall that from tho beginning of the campaign in Cuba th Carllsts said that the war was really between Spain and the United States. "If Spain had pursued an energetic policy, even to the exUnt of war, if necessary against the protectors of filibusters, the Carllsts would have mado evpry sacrifice to patriotism. In tlio day of catastrophe we will save our country or perish with her." A FIRE IN THE HOLD. Steamship llcncroy Puts Into Halifax to Extinguish It, Halifax, N. fi Dec. 3. Tin British steamship Bencroy. I'iipt.ii'i Lamb, which sailed from Galv imiii, Tex., Nu vtmber 10, for Havre, laden with cot ton H in Hullfax ila-bor, with, hr.r cargo on lire. She dropped anchor shirtlv after 2 o'clock this morning. I'lio crew U nt work pumping waier Into th" hold, but. there Is little sign of fir below, KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION. Locomotives Boiler Explodcs.-Traln Wrecked and Thren Persons Die, Lima, O., Dec. 3. Information has been leccived here to the effect that a passenger train on the Chicago and Erlo railroad was wrcke.i seven miles east of this place last nlg'it. It Is reported that tins engine's bolter exploded and that three pemons wer killed. Young Criminal to lie llnngcd. Berlin, Ont Dec. 3 James H. Allison, tho 17-year-old' farm laborer who has ben on trial hero for the past week on tho charge of killing Mru. Anthony Orr, tlio wifo of his employer, was this evening found guilty and sentenced to bo hanged Friday, Februnr) I next. Counterfeit Sliver Cei tificnlc, Washlngtrn, Dec. 3. Tlo dlovory of a new counterfeit llvo dohar silver cer tificate of Iho series of 1891 with a por trait of Grunt, Is amour ced by tlio treas ury flecict nervl'-e. TI o note Is neither ts long nor as wldo a tho genuine. Lltllo Girl llurned to Death. New York, Dec. 3. Joyce, tho 5.yiar-:iM daughter or Clement A. ttrlscom, Jr., died today from burns rocelvod whllo pluylng at a grate fire yesteiday. ARTIST WHISTLER WINS HIS SUIT. Will Not Return tlio Portrait of I.ndy Eden. Paris, Dec, .1. James McNeill Whis tler, the painter, haw been sustained In his appeal from a Judicial decision or dering him to return to .Sir William Eden a portrait of I.ndy Kden which he had painted, and to pay Sir Wllllain $2,000 damages. The portrait of Lady Eden In dis pute was painted In 1S94, and was ex hibited In the sulon of the Champ de Mnrs. In payment for the picture Sir William sent the painter u check for u sum which the latter thought was far below the value of his work. In pique Whistler not only refused to deliver the portrult, but painted In another head In place of that of Dady Eden. Sir William brought suit for damages and to compel the delivery of tho work. Ills lawyer produced In court a letter from Whistler apparently accepting $.100 or $750 for the picture, but tho plaintiff contended that the latter was merely nn Ironical protest against the alleged attempt of Sir William to beat down the original price of $2,750. TURKEY WILL POSTPONE. Tho I'ortc Has No Intention of Pay ing Indemnity. Washington, Dec. 3. Edhem Boy, the new Turkish charge, who recently ar rived here, states that he has received no Instructions thus far relative to the reported demand made by .the United Statis minister at Constantinople, Dr. Aug: 11, for a speedy payment of Indem nity for the destruction of American missionary property in Turkey. It Is believed that Turkey will postpone a settlement on the ground of a depleted treasury. This was the basis for a former postponement. The excuse Is less effective now, however, as Turkey Is to receive a large cash Indemnity from Greece. It Is felt that, Dr. Angell's pressing for payment of the American claims Is due largely to his knowledge that Tur key Is about to have a replenished I treasury. It is said at the state de I partment that no new claims have been ! filed since Mr. Terrell's presentation ot the subject, and that Dr. Aug. 11 Is simply pressing these to a definite con I elusion. RELIEVED OF A KISSING CHARGE. i A Dapper Salesman Who Now Vovvt- I Vciigcnnco on Women. I Cambridge, Mil., Dec. ?,. J. R. Quade, ' a dapper soup salesman from Phlladel- phlo, who was artested charged in four J writs witli hugging and kissing young i women of this town, has been nc- ' quitted. i Three of the cases were abandoned I by the state's attorney, and nn alibi ; was proved In the fourth. I Quade is Indignant over his arrest, ; and has inado application for the ar- i rest of the young women. Justice Dar- j rett Is considering tho mutter. SECOND SENTENCE. Adolphus II. Sutherland Will He Electrocuted January 10, New York, Dec. 3. Adolnhus Hadlev I Sutherland, the 18-year-old youth who shot and killed Sarah Wren In Brook I lyn on March 22 last, was today sen- tenced to be electrocuted at Sing Sing I during the week beginning January 10, I'S'8. ! This is the second time the sentence i of death has be-n passed upon Suth- erland. The date set on the nrevlous oicaslon, June 7, having been rendered void by the taking of the case to the court of appeals. BEAT FOUR TRAMPS AND A DOG. Tniidcm Itidcrs Scorch Away Irom Highwaymen. Wilmington. Del., Dec. 3. While Charles Williams and Charles Burn ham, of Chicago, were tiding on a, tan dem on the Philadelphia turnpike, near here, this afternoon they weie uttacked by a bulldog and four tramps. The men Hied n revolver at the dog, which ran howling away, and, striking a scorching pace, rode through the line of tramps In a jiffy. Striking I'liyinccis. London, Dec. 3. Tho delegates of tho ttr!kliig cnglueris who have been cci firrlng with the representative of tho employes have been imablo to accept the proposals of the latter and havu dechbii lo submit all the points in dispute to tho several unions. The employers decline' lo recede from their position against inter feivnce of tin unions and reduction In the hunt h of labor. Six Men Scuttled. New Yolk. Dec. 3. Six men wero re verely sculled by iho explosion of a i.ngar boiler in the tandy factory of )). AlU'l-baeh & Sons, lu ll.is illy, today. Some of tho victims are not expected to recover, nnd several will probably lose their eyesight. The clnllii g of the men was lorn olf thorn by the force of tho ex plosion, iho ilamaqo will amount lo u bout j'xvo. Harvard's Answer Not Received. ' NT.n." llue.it, 'rn, Mrt. ?. l,!,rnO, Payne Whltmv, of tho Yule creu, said to. day that word lias been t-ent to Hitivai'd lelatlvo to the receipt of Cornell's, chal lenge and askmg for tv date to be nainied by Harvard whin representatives of the universities cm meet for a conference. Harvard's answer has not ct been re ceived at Vale. Rrpnrt of Secretary ot Treasury. Washington, Dee. 3. In bis annual re port to the centtary of the treasury, .Mr. Form an, con.mlssloncr if Internal reve nue, eutlmates that tho receipts from all sources for tho current ileeal year will aggregati) at least $!!i.,00!,uuii, an liu-rcawo over 1S'J7 of about Jsvw.Oflrt. Steamship Arrivals, New York, Dec. 3. Cleared: La To'ir alne, Havre; Etruria, Liverpool; Veen dam. Rotterdam. Arrived: Campania, Liverpool. yuceiihtnwn Arrived; Lu canla. New York for Liverpool. Amslcr diwii SjIIi.I: Edam, New York. Disaster Is I'cureil. London, Doc. 3. It Is feared tint tho British steamer Bordeaux, of Glusguw, which left London on Saturday lor Moth. Ill, Elrth of Forth, and has not been seen since, has foundered with her cievv of twelve men. Senator lliiiinn Improving. Cleveland, U Deo. 3. Senator Hanna continues to Impiove. but says he does not know when ho will bo ablo to go out. Ills return to Washington u Indefinite, GERMAN TROOPS FOR CHINA Field Artillery and 1,030 Marines Or dcrcd to Sail. THE WAR-LIKE PREPARATIONS Russia's Wntchful Eyc.-Ilcllct in St. Petersburg Thnt the Occupation oi Kino-Clinu Will Not Ho Pormunent. Tlio Chinese Einporor's Posiro for Arbitration. Rerlln, Dec. 3. The naval depart ment has sent Instructions to Kiel to despatch 200 nrtlllerynmi with Held guns and 1,000 marines to China. St. Petersburg, Dec. 3. Great reti cence Is observed In ofllclal circles here regarding the political situation In tho fur East, but the opinion prevails thnt Germany will not occupy permanently Klao Chau Ray, on the Shan-Ting Peninsula. The Russian newspapers protest against the occupation of Klao Chau Bay as being calculated to In jure the interests of Rlsslans In tho far East, and they declare tho Rus sian government ought to demand Its evacuation or else obtain an equiv alent. London, Dec. 3. A despatch to the Times from Shanghai confirms the re port that tho Chinese government Is seeking to have the demands of Ger many submitted to arbitration. Accord ing to the same despatch it is report ed In Pekin that Rucsla refuses tu In tervene In behalf ot China. MARRIED, BUT HAD TO LEAVE. Now tlio .Millionaire Futhcr OiTers II I m ii Good Place, New York, Dec. .1. Carl Otto I.led qulst, whose father is a millionaire banker and railroad and steamship owner in Gothenburg, Sweden, Is going home on his father's Invitation, after an estrangement of four years. His wife goes with him. It was because of the deteunination to wed the girl of his choice that Carl and his father dlsagieed. When he reached tho Barge Ollice, where he works, yesterday, Carl found a large envelop postmarked Gothen burg, and on opening It he found, to his great astonishment a draft for $1, 000 and nn Invitation from his million aire father to come home and manage his business at a sulary of $.",000 a year. FOR TURKEYS AMD SPEECHES. Investigation Reveals the .Manner in Which Mujsovvitn Spent Monry. Trenton. N. J . Dec. ;t. In the suit ot tho receiver of the Trenton Rubber company against IU former president, ex-Mayor Masowan, for overdrawing Ms accounts $270,000, it developed to day thut part of the money iiad gone for Christmas turkeys presented by Magowan to his friends. There was also a check for $100 given to : newspaper man who admitted hav ing written nearly all of Magowan's political speeches. DEATH FROM A FISH BONE. K.ios . Berry the Victim ol Snappor Soup. Wilmington, Del.. Dec. n. Enos J. Berry, who on September IS had a bone fastened in his throat while eatlus snapper soup, died last evening. The bone was half an inch long. On Octo ber 0, however, Mr. Berry couijhed it up, but he had lost nearly iifty pounds In weight. After the Impediment had been dis lodged his health began to improve.but he had a relapse and abscesses form ed In his throat. MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Verdict olihe Jury in the Widiig Wife Killing ('use. Buffalo, Dec. .'!. The jury in the cis-" of Warren Wldtig, on trial fir the mur der ot ills wife at Spii'iuvillo on the night of Au j. 0 last, this morning brought in a verdict of murder in tho second degree. Wldrig was sentenced to Auljjrn prison for life. IHnglcy Law Defined. New York, Doc. 3. The Pnlted States board of general appraisers today ren dered a iU'lIsIoii lo the effect that under the Dlnsley turiff act. imported calf skins, raw, aro not to bo classified a.i nn cured hides of tattle, which ure sub ject lo a duty of 15 per cent, ad valorem but ar wholly cm inpt from dut and come under the bead of Hie raw skln.s Included In the. free list. Tlio decision Is important to the hhoo and leather manu facturing Interests. Election Itelorm Desired. New York, Dec. :!. A conference, of rltl y.eiis from various parts of the I'ntted States is to be held 111 tills city next week or the week after In the Interest of uni form primary election legislation. The mufcivneu Is lo advocate- the enactment of laws bring primaries under state su pervision. Addlchs Not in tho Scnuto Hncc. Smyrna, Del., Dec. 3. The Smjrnn. Times, which voice.' the cvs of John H. Hofteckcr, tho t'nlon Republican candi date for governor, says: 'We are told by those In closi tou-h with Mr. Addlcks thut ho has no Idea, of being Culled States senator from Delaware, .Nuns Tnkeu from Public. Schools, Poughkcepdle, N. Y., Dec, 3. The board of education has forbidden religious teaching In the two nubile schools us?d by Itoman Catholic children, us well as ruling that nuns shall be withdrawn as teachers, and that no teacher shall wear a religious gurb. Ollicrr Kills n Private. Moscow, Dec. 1. During a quarrel be. twivn tomo officers and stulents m Kieff, cupltal of tho government of that name, recently, a student named I'lyanltskl struck an officer, whereupon tho latter drew his sword nnd ran It through l'. anltskl's body, killing him on tlio tpot. Locomotive. Boiler Explodes. Lima, O., Dec. 3. Tho boiler of the lo comotlvo of caat bound freight on (ho Chicago and Erlo exploded eight mtltts east of hero today. Tho engineer, fireman and brakeman wero Injured, Tho e-nsflne was blown frcm tho truck and a number of cars were wrecked. PATTERSON RETURNS. Was 111 nnd Unable to Civo His Ad' dross When Dlscorercd. New York, Doc. 3. John Patterson, a salesmnn for tho Northwestern Straw works, of Chicago, who has been missing from his homo In this city since Oct. 2, returned home today. He had been sent from a town In Penn sylvania. He Is supposed to bo suffer ing from temporary mental derange ment and hla condition Is rather se rious. After leaving Milwaukee, where ho had gone on business, Patterson went to his Chicago ollice and then started for home. He was taken sick on the train nnd stopped oft nt a Pennsyl vania town. A coma followed his sud den Illness, and ho was unable to give his address. For two weeks ho stayed at a boarding house. Finally the peo ple with whom he was staying found the announcement In a paper that Pat terson was mls-elng, and from the de scription Identified him and sent him home. LOSSES BY FIRE. Halifax's (ins Plant Partly Dn-stroycd--Loss, 850,000. Halifax, N. S., Dec. 3. The chemical works connected with the er tensive plant of the People's Heat and Light comrany, on the shores of the North west Arm, burst Into ilanies shortly after midnight. The miln building is fireproof and escaped Injury. The damage will not Interfere with the manufacture of illuminating and fuel sas for the cltv. The building contained two Motul gas producers worth $25,000 each, Tho total less is between $30,000 and $73,000. SNOW STORMS AND EARTHQUAKES Disturbance!! of the Elcnicnts--A Big Tall of. Snow in Various Places in the West. Des Moines, la., Dec. 3. It has been snowing here for twenty-six hours withctil Intetiuptlon. Trie fall has been between six and seven inches. Street car and railroad tralllc Is much Inter fered with by drifts. If the wind in creases In severity, railroad men fear that all the roads centering here will be blocked. There are no present In dications of a cessation of the storm. Galena, 111.. Dec. :?. A sharp earth quake shock at 3.30 this morning awoke many lesldents. Houses .shook and windows rattled violently. A milder shock occurred three hours earlier. Sioux City, la., Dec. 3. The worst snow storm In years has been raging here for forty-eight houis. Railway tralllc Is seriously hampered. Marshnlltown, la., Dec. 3. The snow began to drift this nfternuou and a bad blockade Is probable. - DENIES THAT IT IS A TRUST. South Omaha Live Slock Exchange's Answer to tlio (loveriiinnnt's Suit. Omnha, Neb.. Dec. 3. The attorneys of the South Omaha Live Stock Ex change have tiled an answer In the I'nlted States court to the govern ment's suit to dissolve the Live Stock exchange under what is known as the anti-trust law of the United Stales. The answer sets out that It is the customary practice of nil cities and commercial points to form exchanges or boards of trade to facilitate the making of such places a trade centre. Such associations do not engage In buslnes.s, but simply prescribe rules and provide facilities for the transac tion of business, and each member Is left free to compete with the other members. As to tho Union Stock Yards company and tho Omaha Stock Yards the answer denies that It is a public market, but alleges that It Is a pri vate concern. It is denied that the business of commission merchants In commerce partakes of an interstate nature within the constitutional mean ing. Instead of hindering or retarding the owners of live stock In the sale of their stock the purpos-e of the exchange is to facilitate each sale and to pro mote and Increase the volume of busi ness done at the stock yards. Mystoilous lliirglnrs, Schcnoctndy, N. Y.. Dec. 3. It Is thiuignl that tho burglars who shot and P rh.ips fatally wounded George It. lllodgett In his home bore last night wore the f,amo who entered the house of John Cochrane, a fanner near here. Ciniirano was struck on the bead with a club and i In a precarious condition. .III. Reed Is Von-Coinniittal. Washington, Dec. 3. Speaker Itoed ar rived In the city this afternoon. Ho .-aid he did not care lo express himself con cerning uny of the important quesllo-is likely to come before congress at this ses.-lon moro than to say that he saw no irasou why tho session should bo pro traded. liiser liiciilts a Record. Dayton, o.. Dec 3. Earl II. Kl.-cr broke, the flviMnllo. record here tonight bef.iro un audience of 2,wn) people, He made tao five miles in eight minutes and thirteen second.". Jacquelln, of Prance, piovioiMy held the reiord nt eight minutes una twenty-eight seconds. THE KEWS THIS JIOllXINti. Weather Indications Today: Ruin; Northeast Winds. 1 General Condition ot the President's Mother. Rioting Continues in Bohemia. Hardships of tho Cuban Conccntrados, German Troops Oideiid to China. State Kaiser Wlfo Murder Sensation. Li.cal-Pilzi-KlKlit ut Miitslo Hall. Court Proceedings. Editorial Comment of tho Press. Local Boclul urd Peironnl. itcllglouH News of tho Week. Local Littlo Dtg Creates .Much Ex. tiluinent. Meeting of tl'o Poor Board. Local-A Patriotic .Mother. Con.nci liivest'gales tho Death Mrs. Duhr. of Local West Bldo and Suburban, Lackawanna County Harpcnlnss, Editorial Tricks In tho Fatherland. 'Sunduy.t.'chcol Ijsaoii for Tomorrow. Amorlov. Locomotives Load tho World. Neighboring County News, Financial and Canircercla MORE TROUBLE AT PRAGUE Disturbances in Bohemia Continue Several Days. GERMANS FOMENT RIOTS Troops Are Necessary to Quell the Disturbance. Tho Streets of Prnguo Aro Still Patrolled bv Armed .Men--Scrious Excesses Aro Reported to Ilnvo Rccn Committed at Kocniggrnctz, Whero Troops llavo Already ISccn Dcpatchcd--Aii Engagement nt IMIscii-OInny Aro Wounded. Prague, Dec. 3. Reports front vnii ous places In Rohemla Including New' Rldschow, Melnlk and Kralup, tell of disturbances during tho last few days, the houses of Germans and Jews being attacked by the Czechs. Tho Germans o Rodenbach made renrlsals In the neighboring Hohemlan villuge of Kra golltz, where a, scli'ool, two Inns and u. shop were attacked, a number of peopliv badly Injured despite the Intervention of the police and burgomaster. The Germans also fomented riots ari Gublontz, stoning a liohemlan school. It was necoFSury to call out tho troops to quell the distill bailee. Although tho stieots of Prague are! still puti oiled by the military, business is being gradually resumed. A military court has li?en established at the court house, and tho local hangman, his as sistants and a priest, Mill remain there, until further orders in readiness to car ry out death sentences should such steps be necessary. The troops now hero number 20 bat talions of Infantry and two squadrons of cavu Iry. Serious excesses are reported to havo been committed at Koenlggraetz, where the Fraenkel hotel has been partly demolished. Troops h'ave lieeii despatched there. Another regiment ot Infantry and . M-iuadrnn of dni-roons have nrtlved tn reinforce the garrison here. ENGAGEMENT AT PILSEN, At Pllsen last evening tho troops were called upon to disperse a riotous mob of several thousand youths. Some of the latter wero wounded and many ar rests were made. Subsequently t'n" military forces were withdrawn. The. town has slnco been quiet Owing to an attempt to wreck tho Roliemlan choo!s at Uadenboeh', mili tary assistance has been asked for to quell the disturbances. At Rerauin the windows of the houses occupied by Germans and military : ficois xvere broken yesterday evenin and the troops subsequently occupied the streets und dlsperseel the mobs. Vienna, Dec. 3. A deputation of Ger mans 'from Prague that watted upon Raron von Guutsch von Frankenthuni. the new Austrian premier, today, were assured that every measure possiMi would be taken to preserve order and protect property. " ' -j Altercation nt Munich. Munich. Dec. 3. During an alterca tion In tho chamber here today between Herr Helm, Centrist, and Herr Cassel manu, Liberal, the president of tho house was twice compelled to call tha latter tn order. Herr Cas"elmnnu ap pealed to tho house, which decided that the president's action was not war ranted, the Centrists x'oting in the mi nority. The president then tendered h'is resignation, which created quito a sensation. WATER FAMINE IN THE WEST. Ilcds of Two Itivcrs as Dry as a lies crt in Places. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 3. Owing to -thi extremely dry weather this fall, water was never so scarce In the history nt Lion county as It Is today. Emporia K? at tho Junction of the Neosho nnd Cu tonwood rivers, and for weeks not a, drop of water has been (lowing lu cither. In many plnces the bods of lioth riv ers arc as dry as a desert. So meagu Is tho supply above tho dam in Neosho, from which the city receives Its supply, that the city council has taken (In most .stringent methods to curtail tin use of water from tho hydrants, ami lias stopped tho supply to all users ,e' water motors. Mayor Addis Is boring a big wtll above tho wutorwoiks from which he hopes to obtain a supply. Contests in Prospect. Washington, Dec, 3. Tho clerk of the house has received notice of twenty co i tests for seals In tho next tougif 3S. lour aro from Alabama, one from Kcutuikv, ono from Louisiana, ono from Missis sippi, two from Now York, one from ur -gon, three from South Carolina, thre from Virginia, one from Tennessee, nn. from Di la ware-, where L'nlon lb public t O, ". Willis claims tho se-.it of L. Irvie, ltiindy. Democrat: and one from Penn sylvania, where Democrat Ka.mued tin 1 fon contest the election of Com:rcs man MeAleer, gold Democrat, from Uk Third district. .11 ilk Causes I'eyor. New York, Dec, 3. Impure milk sup plied to tho pe-ople of Paterson, N. J., n Is discovered, wa-l the oanso of tim thirty cateis of typhoid fever there. Th milk came fiom Ilranciiville, Suss- -county, where the milk cans had be n, washed In a brook Into which the dlc chargs from a sh'k room were emptied'. Tho Ilernld'n Weather I'orccast. New York, Dec. I. In the middle sia'e. and New England, (oduy, cloudy wenthce will provull, with now and rain In thlsr section und snow lu Now England, frel to brink northeasterly and easterly winds of e-onalderablo forco on tho coast nivt nearly stationary" followed by c verj.tloivi I rite ot tompcraturc.
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