jrr &l a& - 4 -T1 nltlY PAGES TWO CENTS. SOT? ANTON, PA., THURSDAY MOTCN1NG, DECEMBER J), 1807. TWO CENTS 10 PAGis v '-SW W V CUBAN BALL ROLLING Mr. Allen's Resolution Presented in the Senate. PLEA FOR THE INSURGENTS They Have Earned Recognition and Political Liberty. Mr. Allen Thinks That Iho Course of llio Prrsidont Will Ho u Grcnt Dis appointment to the Itcpiililicnn Patty Throughout the 1'iiitctl Suited--A Pmtv Pledge, Hepti-dlntcd.-Tho Action ot JUr. McKin le) Charnetcri7ed ni Irntjnmt Neglect of Public Ititi--Sliort Session oftlio Houso-Othcr Wash ington Topics. Washington, Dec. R. Today's session of the senate occupied less than an hout the time pilnclpally being con sumed b) tho members In the presen tation of memorials, lcsolutions nnd bills a resolution piesented by Mr Allen (Pop, Neb.), declaring It to be the sense of the senate that the I'nited States should recognize tho political Independence of Cuba, was mnd the subject of some leinarks by the Ne braska senator, in conine of which he critic sed the president for not dairy ing Into effect the pledge of the Re publican party made In Its last na tional platform to lecognize the Inde pendence of the Cuban republic At th conclusion of Mr. Allen's remaiks the senate by motion of Mi. Hoar (Mas) adjourned as a. mark of u spect to the memor) of the late Ash le It Wright, one of the members of the house from Massachusetts. Ml Davis (Minn.) urged Immediate consldeiatlon of a bill prohibiting the killing of fur seals in the Northern PocihV but .Mr. Hale (Me) asked that the bill be flit Minted. Chairman Quick, of the public build ings committee, objected t" consider ation of n Joint lesolution providing that Juilsdlctlon of that part or the capltol formeily occupied by the con giesslunnl llbiaiy be dllded between the two houses Up said his coinnilt t'e would discuss the whole matter tomoiruw. In piescntlng his Cuban resolution, Mr Allen said that as the Cubans for more than two jear.s had demon strated their valor and loe for llbeity. he felt they had earned a u-cognitlou of their political llbeity, and it ought to be aeeuidrd to them without fin -thor tempoiizlng. If neccssaiy this iceognitlon should be baek'd by a Ileet of American vessels In Cuban w.iteis. DISAPPOINTMENT TO IIHPPBLI CANS. Mi Allen belleeil President Mc Klnle s statement that the n cogni tion of the belligeiency of the insui gents s now unwise and uiindnilssable would be a gieat dl-appointni( nt to the mi-inheis of tin Hepublkan p.uty throughout the I'nited States. Ib thought the jncsldent was un dei obligations to eany out the pledge whl.-h bis paity bad made a pledge which hud been made to seventy-thico millions of people, lie expressed the belief that the picsident's neglect to take such action as would Ihmii. the political independence of Cuba was an exhibition of "tank lupiocls)," and a "flagiant neglect of public dut." which would be eorteeted bv the "nil ruling power In his own good time" At 12 55 the resolution was adopted and the senate adjoin ned The house session lusted only llf teen minutes Congrc-Hman Stone (Pa ) presented the pension nppiopiiation bill, and said he would call It up utter the reading of the juiunal tomnriow The committees on election and nri banking nnd em rem y weio glen leave to sit during the .sessions of the house, nnd they then adjoutned. banking committp.i: mhhts. The house committee on banking nnd currency met oday. A bill from Sec retaiy Gage nbodjlng his iews on the money tion, will soon be icady for the committee. Mr Hill, of Connecticut, proposed to immediately lay before the houso tho first thtee -ec.tlons ot the bill pre. ously otiered b Mr. Hroslus, of I'oiiu- nylanla, providing bank cliculatlon up to the par value of bonds deposited, ic ductlon of tho tax on cliculatlon to one-fourth of 1 per cent., and the es tablishment of small banks In luial communities The.se all hae tho presi dent's approval In his message. Tho bill was jefened to one of the subcom mittees appointed by Chairman Wal kcr. DKMOCItATIC CAUCUS. The Demociats of the houso will caucus soon on party policy. Hepre sentatlvo Hlchardsun, tho caucus chairman, said today that he was con sulting with members as to what day would suit them, and ho expected that tho meeting would occur tho latter p.iit of this week or eatly next wtek Con siderable dlffeieuce ot opinion has nrlsen among the Democratic members as to the necessity of a caucus and some of the Democratic leaders hae withheld their names from the call on the ground that a caucus at this time , could do no good nnd might leud to a considerable dlfferenco and division The promoters of the caucus secured about fifty signatures, sulllclent to re quire Chairman Richardson to Issue a call when a convenient time ,1s agreed upon. The understanding Is that the purpose of tho caucus is to deteimlno upon a line of policy as to Cuba, Ha waii and finance, although It would not be surprising if some question as to the Democratic leadership In tho house came up. Tho indications ate that the holiday recPBa of conirress will extend from Snturda), Dec. IS to Monday or Tues day, Jan. 3 or 4. Speaker need Is understood to favor these dates. If, however, nny important business de velops In the senate or house the leccss will probably be postponed Into Christ mas week. So far as the house Is con cerned no general legislation will he lead' for consideration before the holi days, and work Is likely to be confined to the appropilatlo'n bills. MRS. M'KINI.EVS CONDITION. Tho Watchers nt Her Hedsidc Uclicvo Tlnit the i:nd In Drawing Near. Canton, O., Dec. 8 Alt day the chil dren of Mifi. Nancy Allison McKlnley have been neai her bedside watching for indications of a hopeful chnnge. They were disappointed. She has been lMng in lethaiglc repose as If in sleep most of the time. She Is giudually but surely glowing weaker. Ml. Abner McKlnley says the family nie hoping against hope that she may show a bet ter condition, but her state dining the day has been such that tho watcheis think the end is gradually dinwing near. The doctor saw the patient early this evening He said ho could see no mate! HI change, but the weakening process continues steadily. He Is pie pared for dissolution at anv moment, but at the time of this lslt he had not abandoned hope that she would con tinue In life dining the night and pos slblv longer. Members of the family at the same hour did not neem to be so hopeful. They have been moie con stantly at the bedside during the Ill ness, nnd to them the steadily lncreas. Ing weakness all day was more uppai ent thu'n to the doctor. Mr Charles It Miller, who has been almost constantly nt the house, sold he had not pievlously noted such con tinued weakness as was shown duilng the dai. This was also accompanied by a higher temperature and he could sc.uccly hope that the patient would live beyond midnight Others of the telatlves, he said, felt fully as appre hensive. The piesldent Is almost constantly nt the bedside, refusing to be reioed by others and to tnke the lest and oxei else he should. While It has been a matter the president has declined to discu.s or give nny Information about to ills friends, It Is belleed from the Indications at the postofllce and the telegraph ofllces that he Is ieeellng numerous congratulations on his mes suge to co'nciess The sad circum stances of tho visit to his home at this time hao not pievented the people fiom sending congratulntlon". During the venlng Mother McKlnli y og.iln moused from her stupor She lay qule-ll) and lestfutly, the piesldent at her side watching intently and hope full) for some sign of recognition The awakening, hov.ever, was not accom panied bv any appieclable r-illy. This was- tho condition at It. 20 o'clock I'P to that hour the patient lemained in the dep sleep in which she hail lain nil diiv. When the do tor made his last call finding her In ililssl"-ei he thought she would live till morning She was still mowing weakei. but -( slowly that unless a inateiHl t hange came hei stiength v mild hold out during the nlriht. ' - i i CONFESSION OF WEEKS. Charles A. Ilomii) Implicated in n Long List ol ( rimes. Pridgfton, Conn, Dec. v-David A Wn ks, jointly accused with Chat let A Uoiray, of the minder of Geoige ii. Nichols, of Daniel's Fawns, nude a full confession of that cilnie tod.iv. lioln a v is on trial, and Weeks was called as a witness for the suite The eon fi s'-lon Implicates llolna.v In a long list of lobberles as well in the Nichols murder and the shooting of Mis Cuio llne Hooth nt Potsfoid, Conn , on Apiil If. In thlJ latter crime, Weeks said, the "-hootin;; was done b James A. Tattle, who has been under nirest on suspicion and who lived in the same liousu with Mis nootli In further testimony, Weeks confess i d to compllclt In the jobbery of John Nichols, ot Nichols, in May last, and the shooting of Cirollne Hoolh and mlnoi crimes In Connecticut, New oil; and Northeasti in Pennsylvania, SET FRIEND'S HEAD AFIRE. Perpetrator Poured on Mil to Start the IIIH7". lioston, Mass., Dec. S. Por pouilng kenstne upon the head of Hniiv II. Fish and .11 pblng.i lighted match, Acl elbert Crocker, at Huzzaul's Ua, was today sentenced to the House of Coi- ' lection for 90 days, rish's right eir i was burned In filghtful manner, and Ills hards blistered and swollen to twice their natural size, I "Tlieie v as no mistaking the jierson that pouted the kerosene on my head and then set II allie," said Fish, "but w by he should do such a fiendish act Is more th in I can say." Crocker steadfastly denied the cbnige, and the witnesses In his behalf also erdEaoied to skidd him from the blame. Tho two men had been fast friends. iiiit lor Cnnngi', I.ousllle, Ky Dec. S Mifs Mary Sher Man, suptemo president of the Cathollu Knights and Ladles of Animlea, saa that tho suit bi ought In OiIciko ugulnsl the organization Irr which a receiver wus ap pointed by fluiipn Dunne osterday, was prompted by a desire to get revense be cause an unwarranted claim was re. Jocted. This aetlorr will be vigorously fought by tho olllctrs of tho cuhollo Knights and Ladles of America, and dam ages will bo demanded against tho plain tiffs. Trolley Accident. Ilurllngton, N J., Dec. 8 Couneilninn Samuil W. Somple, Isaco 8, Klmblo und Street CornmleMoner Gilbert, of thU city, were truck by a trolley car here toJay and seilously ln.rt Gilbert and Kin, bio were Intel n.illy Injured. Gilbert was thrown boner th the car and It had to bo lemovoa from tho tufls before ho could bo released Tho men were Inspecting tho trolley line. ProfesRlonnI Kacq'iet I linmplnnx. Montreal, Dec. 8 Peter Latham, profes sional raiquet cihumplon of tho world, nnd Percy Ashworth, erstwhile amateur champion of Great Ilrltaln, today defeat ed Georgo HtamSlrg end Bridges, tho Monti cat professional, by four tram to two, TO INCREASE THU GUARD. Committee to Urgo Upon Congroc the Necessity of Appropriations. St. Louis, Dec. S. The Interstate National nuaid association appointed Genernls Snow den, of 1'cnnsylvanla, Heese, of Illinois, Herd, of Minnesota, and Curtis, ot Indlnna, to urge upon congress the necessity of appropriating $2,000,000 vcarly for the National Ounid. Resolutions were adopted fnvoilnp a closer relationship between the regu lar nnd voluiitepr foices and asking tho secretaiy ol war to detail one officer from each branch of the regular ser vice to nttend future meetings of the nssoclatlon. The 18'jS meeting will be held In Chicago. TROTTINQ REVIEW. The Hoard ot the National Associa tion Considers Complaints. New Yoik, Dee. s. The board of ro vlev of tin Natlonnl 1 lotting associa tion today conshleied the case of G. A Jacobs, of Hrle, Pa, charged with running a hoi-e called Mat thorough, ji , which bad been inn before under the name of Geoige. Derision was re sorted The- appeal of is. V.. WestHke, of Set anion, Pa , ngnlnst the decision ren drted by tho Judges of the Union Agiicultuml association of Dallas, Pa., will be lonsldeted in executive ses sion. FOXY TEDDY HALE GAINING GROUND Tho Champion Is Liable to Win the Hicjcle ltacc!--ltice Kc.ps Well Up to tire I'rnnt. New York Dec s The man to be wntihed In the si-daj i.tce fimn now cut Is "T-ddy" Hale, the champion. The "foNy" woik hinted at by his friends earlier in the week is begin ning to becsime nppaient Trom a de spised tall-ender he moed up within the past tw-t-nty-four houi.s tint.il at 7 o'clock tonight he had passed Pleiee and forged into sixth place, with 140 miles between him and the leader. Sprinting still lemalns the rule on the tinck, and the grrnt audience that had gatheied by 8 o'clock weto wit nesses of a gieat sprint In which Julius, the misused Hobokcn lad, was well up in front Pice pushed ntound at nn een pace, with a sponge cock tail clinched between hi teeth. Pea coin wa. with the splinters Hllerre was riding alone, reeling off lap after lap at a stead J pace In his effoit to ciiMr up the gioimd he had lost. Mil ler dashed about with a huge bouquet, the gltt of admlirs, fastened to the hiindle-bars of hlb machine. JJIkes lell the tiack for about ten minutes and amo In for a gioat sprint when he ic turned. Miller passed a century ahead of Schoch'fi iceoid during th sKtv-ninth hour. When the results of that iiotn weie announced the string beg. m an other spun, with Plee in the lead. Millie still Insplies men to those won deiful feats, which hao made this match so sensational. Plll Young Is a disgusted man Htep hane has disappointed lilin. He was off the track for two hours and a half. He got off at 7 10 p in and kicked about his saddle. Young lepalred It. lie then went about Ihe laps and Urn i the handle-bats displeased him. Con- goltz looked after them. ' Then he started olf again, but come bad: with I annthcr wall abcut the saddle post. "Limber Jack" lled It. , "1 want a shae," was bis net de- maud. Young was st.iggeied "You can tide Jusl as well without It Voling leplled ! "I want a line," was Ihe sullen ' icspoiue. A barbej was seemed, and atter Stephane had been attended the llder mounted his wheel and declared , that he would continue wheeling un- til Satuidav night. Then Young giln- i nod with delight I (Iray got ac ., about 0 o'clock nnd looked fresh ns a daisy. He nulo In fait ly deet nt stle Mlllei's work Is m.iivelous. ilo goes pumping uw.iy In a peculiar manner . that Is as Hfctle ns deceptive, and he manages to keep fifty tulles between himself and lilc e, who Is pushing haul to clo?e the gap. Waller Is making a mighty effoit, but II seems a fruitless one, to get back to the Iront, There is too much gioinul for him to cover, nnd If he comes In one, two, three he will be a wonder. At midnight the indomitable eighteen were ftlll pedaling their way lap af ter lap Fiom midnight to midnight Mill r had put moie than 350 miles be hind him. This marvellous i coord on the thlid day of the great nice cai tied him along to a total of more than I ,'.'00 miles In 71 houis. 1,19 miles ahead of the former leeord. Dining this weary Journey Miller has left the tiuek but for a f w hours. With the cm op tion, perhaps, of Stephane, the Fiench mnu, Miller hud up to late In the af ternoon had less sleep than anj other man on the track. And notwithstand ing this, Miller Is neemlngly In as good condition as he vvuj csterda, when experts claimed that ho and Uico, tho Wilkes-Pauo coal miner, were In the best shape of all the rldeis. The nest man to Miller at tho pres ent time Is Klce, nnd he Is something nolo than fifty miles behind. Put he Is sttong und seem to hue the same determination that cairled him almost to tho fiont in the big race, of last 1 en r. Last year's champion, Teddy Hale, whose great ride then promises to be fat outdono this year, Is now muklng up giound, Ho Is almost 17." miles behind tho leader, but, nevertheless, he has ciept up fiom tenth place, which ho held lant night, to eighth pluce, nnd Is certain to go much higher before tl e end Is reached After sixty hours of what seemed to Americans to be the fiercest kind of rivalry, Stephane bus given In to Rl vleue, and the latter litis put more than a bundled miles between himself and his fellow countryman. Waller, who made such a wonderful effort during the second day, hut who, too, got stubbom later on, has te tumed to his work with renewed lgor, but he is now fai behind. Tho scores of the leaders at 1.13 n. m. was Miller 1.2.-X miles, 4 laps itlco 1,102 mJlos, 7 laps itlvlerro 1,127 miles, 2 lupg Schlnncer . 1,113 miles, 8 laps Miller was.lfiO mllea, 4 laps ahead of tha record for 73 hours. SPAIN WELL PLEASED Sagasta Thinks McKin- ley's Message Is Satisfactory. THE INTERVENTION THREAT It Is Regarded Lightly by the Premier. The Ininineinl SnjsThnt It Shows a Certain Clfvoriiesn--Correspondcn-cln de I'.spnun Hclicvcs the Message Will Annoy Jingoes. Madild, Dec. s Premier Sagasta Is quoted as -alng he thinks the presl-d-nfs message satisfactory "because the tin eat to Intel vene In Cuba was made merely to give satisfaction to a poitlon i.f Ameilcnn opinion without the Intention of executing It " The piemler "aid the go eminent would not make a declaration on the sub ject. He believed the president's wolds would have Inlluenco with the insur g tits, nnd nddul that the coitoB would not be convoked until the gov eminent had ascertained the effect of the mes sage upon the United States congiess. The Impniclal, commenting on the misage, as. 'It shows a certain cleverness and evil Intention when it lefer.s to Illilitisteilng expeditions. Mc Klnley upcMks with what appears to b extensive c.vnlelsm to those who have not lo,t all notion of Justice. This giveinment must show Un Yankees that the Spanish Hag floats over Cuba and that they have jet to tear it down." In conclusion the Imparclal temniks: "The tminufiii tine and sale of arms I Is not the sam thing an using them" La Coiiesvondcncla de i:Bps.nu, the lolllclal organ. mi that nftei lollec- tion Soanlsh i: Inlon on President Mc Klnlej's message to congiess Is less optimistic than at tit Ft.- It proceeds to impugn the slnceilty of th inci dent's piotestatlon of filendship for Spain, and of icspect f r Intt l national c bllgatlon, but It admfls that the mes age was "addressed to congiess prin cipally and In languages which though not Intended to pleu-e S'mlii will an noy Jingo h and llllbllttets " The Mnroulu Villi amejor. a member of th senate, has w lit ten to Senor Sagaslu, the piemlei, olfeiing 10 000 ($.".0,000) to start n national subscilp tli n for the ln lease of the Ileet. Tomorrow the Cat list dt initios will meet to discuss Pr sldent MiKlnIe's un ssuge to lutiRit-M. It Is said they Intend to piovoke nopular manifesta tions ag.iln.t the message Aceoullng to n dispntch fiom llano lor.a. Lleuti limit Hcneial We.vlci, In th course nf an luteivlew there, has lellcitnted himself on ' being attacked" bv Pit sldent McKtnliw in the mi ss.ige, ns this proves that hit (Weylei's) pol li wan displeasing ti the enemies ol' ripalu 11 cMiii'i'eil his "sin pi Ise that the Spanish g ivoiiimenl would tnli into such ntt.li Its upjir the lepio sentative of the nation riLIBUSiEKS FOILED. I Attempt to Convov n More of JUuni noiis to Ciibn Is Prostrated. Washington, D C. Die s News ha.s reached here ol the fnistr itlim of an attempt to convej ;i stole ot munitions of wal to the Cuban Ihmh gouts Ju-t ' at the moment when It bad apparently suciecnloel. About th" middle of Sep-; tember a steamer painted black ap pealed in ai Clenfuegu and hunted n stoik of ammunition and twenty-four men under the lead of Joseph Cepero. a natuiallzed Ameilcnn i lti4tli who, af tei having been held In u Cuban Jail nearly it .vein, was released by the Spanish gov inment last July, The epedltlon got Inland but a month later the Spanish authoilties dlscoveied nearly M0 Iioms of ammuni tion for Uemlngton and Mauser lilies concealed In a shallow cioek, and e-ar-lleel It Into town. Latei in Cipeto led an attack upon a small town and killed scveial of tho Inhabitants, Including a woman. POWER HOUSE BLOWN SKYWARD. nursling Hollers liul Ouo Man mid Cut illy I nl in d Another. Norfolk,- Va , Dee. S. The battery of bolleis .it the power house of thu Clti Kens' Llf,ht, Heat und Povvei company, of Poi'smouth, e-si lueled this nftemoon villi fatal lesults. Pile-man Uenjamln Dennis was instantly killed, his body beliiy found In the boiler loom, tiush td to pulp. His bi-jther, the asslsinnt ilremnn, was hurl' d toyeial feet nway and so badly liijuiccl that he cunnot recover. Tho englneei, Walter Claike, was also Irjuicel, though not latullj. The power hou"e, which was one of tho laigest In tho state, was completely wiecked. Springlii Id 'ion llciisli-H. Siu-lngfleld, O, Dee. S The epldemlr of rrc-asles In this city Is iidmllteJIy beyond control. A total of 1.1SJ cases have- been u-poitoj In tho lust six weeks, toduj's re port belli,: L5 now cases. Tho quarantine lian been decided llselei-s I causo of ilio neglige nco of parents and plijHiclans in not lepuulns cases, and I1111 besan ubot liied, Of all the cuse-j reported, theio lua been but one death. The llnltle n Draw. Trenton, N. J, Dee. S In a, Su-roiind contest botween Tim Calahun, ot Phila delphia, and Patsy Corrlar-an, of Trenton, beforo tho Active Athletic club tonight tho refeieo dot-Mod tho battle a draw. Pin- nt linoxvllle. Knoxvllle, Doc. S. At U o'clock tonight llro broko out Jn the Knoxvlllo Woolen mills, tho larKest In tho south. Ever en gine In the city Is at work, but the mills 4i ro doomed. CORNER IN WHEAT. Armour Evidently llxpects to Collnr the Visible Supply. Minneapolis, Minn, Dec 8 The Journal prints today some Interesting gossip about the Chicago December wheat deal. The clique views with composure the Armour plnn of buying wheat In tho Minneapolis market; ship ping It to Chicago and delivering It under contiaet bo late in December that the freezing of the river will pie vent it shipments east, it Is sup posed that Armour expected thus to secure the storage of a large flhare of the wheat for his Chicago cleva,tois until spiing. It will come as a genuine mirpiise to the trade that the clique, far from permitting tho wheat to te- mnln in stoiage all winter, will ship It nil rail to the east, where it has already engaged Hoston und New York tonnage for Huiope In this way the December wheat wilt be eliminated from tho situation. The Jouinnl oh serts that the bull clique Is engineer ing no artlllclal coinei and will try to squcze no one. The clique believe that a legitimate advance Is Inevitable In May and aie acting on that theory. The supposition Is the Minneapolis contrnct wheat will giudually find its way into Chicago. DURRANT'S LAST HOPE. .Murderer of Itliuichn Lnmoiit May Suller the Pennltv. Sin Kianclco, Dec. S. Late this af ternoon the supieme coutl dispelled the last hone ot W. II. T. Dm rant, the martlet er of Diane he Lamont nnd Min nie William., by disposing in a sum mary manner of his two appeals In a wiltten opinion fiom Chief Justice P.eattv, which is concuiied In by all but one ot his nsoclates, the com t nt lllius the Judgment of Judge llahers In remanding the prisonei to San Quentin until tiie date set for his execution but leverses the sentencing of Dur r.tnt to be hanged on Nov. 11. and re mand the cuso to the supeilor court with instiuotlons to proceed according to law. s the rcmittm was ordeied Issued foithwlth, and the court holds that execution can only be stayed now by the Issuance of a certificate, of piob able cause, II orrlv lemains to ie-en-tence the condemned murdeier. which probablv will be done tomoirow. Justice Cnioutt alone dissented from this opinion, maintaining that Dur lant s appeal should have been dis missed as the time icqulred by law for Its peifectlorr had been allowed to lapse. SUCCESSOR TO GRANT HERRING. Congressman Uulp Horking lor I.. T. Itohrhnch. Washington, Dec. S Congiessman Kulp, ot the Seventeenth illti let. has n candidate for the Internal levenue colleiloishlp of the Twelfth collection dlstilci to succeed (Stunt Hen Ing. In the pei son of L. T. ltohrbach, of Sun hurv. Pa., the Itopuhllrnn leader ot Noithumbeilanil. and fmnier piothono tuij ot that count.v Mr Kulp enteied Mr Itnhthach In the lace long ago, and thought ho hud the Inside ti.uk. con sequently, he was a good deal upset by the lemit leooits that ex-Congressman Fied O Leonatd of Pottei coun t.v. bad been .selected as Herring's sllc cesnr bv Senutois Qua and Penrose Mr. Kulp went to see Senator CJtiay about the matter esteieluy. and claims to hive lecelvtd assurance fiom the s uator that no final selection for the Tw i If th distil' t tollec toi.shlp has et been made. This gave Mr. Kulp le ii"v..il hope that ills man may jet get tie iil"i 1-. Collector Hen lug's teim will oplie about Jan L'O D., L. AND W. CO.'S ANSWER. Accused of Conspiracy to Prevent Competition. New York. Dec S Counse 1 for the De'.awaie, Licknwanna ind Western Uallioad oompanv today tiled an an sv or to the complaint of the I'nlled Stales Pipe Line company against thu Standaul oil company, the Delawaie, Lnrkaw.inna and Western Hailiond company and other i.illio.icl c inipnnles. for eoiispiine j to puveiu competition. The answer1 denies that u.irt of the complaint alleging that an ngroeiueiit hud been enteied Into by the lalhoad company with the Standai.l Oil eom piny to cause a monopoly and fuither denies the liirisdlctlon of the court In the case. The suit wus bioiuln In the United States court In July lust. HACKED TO PIECES. The Pnto of Ko Lrlclisou, Accused nrilnvius Ituiucd n Young Girl. Sioux Palls, S. D , Dec $ Hac ked to pieces with an uo, the bod ot Hoy Hilekson, a maker uf wick i baskets, was found this morning in an old shanty on Main avenue. In the room sat William WiM, whose daughter Hilcksnn is nicused of having mined, and James Garuihan, the owner ot tho Hll'MltV. The pollco think West and Gauahun luied Hrickson into the shanty and killed him The glil was sent to the Itefoim school at Planklnton, and was a few vveuk.s ago binned to death theie. JOSLPII WIL1USSUE DECREE. The Status (tin SSctwoen Austria nil el Piingnrv to Ilo Continui el. Vienna, Dec 8. It Is expected that Hmpetor Prune is Joseph will shottly Issue dec-ices prolonging for a jear the status quo between Austria and Hungni legaidlng tho sharing of Im pel lal expenditure, budgetary und other essential matteis. Tho government Is continuing the negotiations for a .settlement of the language question, owing to fears for the safety ot the Geiman members, the meeting of the liohemlan diet bus been post io ned. llrllUI) Lnhor Men Arrive. New York, Deo. 8 J. llavelock Wilson, M. P., and Kclwanl Harford, repiuientlng the Uritlsh trade council, I oth of whom are delet-ates to tli congress of the Am-i-rliv.in Pederatlon of Labor to be held at Naihvlllo tlieiillj, arrived today from Liverpool Tlu-y vveio met ly a delega tion of labor nen. underbill' Trip. New York. Dec. 8. Georgo W. Van derbllt. bound on a tour of tho world, was a passensei today on tho Ameilc-an liner St. Paul for Southampton. It Is his Intention to visit India on a hunting ex pedition. Later ho will go to Japan. W U, Osgood Held, his friend, accompanied him. KLONDIKE IN JUNK. Dealer Is Kicking lllmsoll for Not (living a Dollnr Tor It. Phllllpsbutg, N J, Dec. 8. Hvery one hereabouts reculls old Wendell 'Steel, who lived on the hill out to wn td Harmony, and whose wine nnd peach elder cntiscd more than one oth erwise cnteful di Inker to drop Into long und deep slumber. Steel himself vvns no exception, and his decoctioim got him Into many a state of collapse. The poor fellow died some time ago, nnd Is mourned by ninny friends, for his genlnl qualities a day or two ago a Junk denlei, on a hunt for old lion, from Phllllpsbuig, went to the faun where Steele lived. He offeied to cnit off a banei ot stuff that stood nenr the bain, but tho tenant thought It wus woith a dollar. They parleyed over It, and finally the Junk dealer suggested upsetting the bun el. If It contained a dollni's win tli he would pay It. This wan acieed to. The ban el's contents weie dumped out and then tinned over. A lot of jellow metal appeared, and the junk dealer almn.st had a lit. The ellovv stiilf proved to be a heap of twenty, ten and five-dollar gold pieces. In all theie was $B00. The coniluslon leached is tliat old man Steel.- put It their when peach elder had the better of him, and he never knew what he hail done with It The tenant took chaigo of the tieasuie, and the Junk dealer dtove off, kicking himself because ho bail not paid a dollar and "asked no questions." GARCIA'S GREAT VICTORY The Spanish Harrison at Cnisa, .Numbering 800, is Completely Wiped Out bv Moans of a Dvuaiuito (uii. New Yoik. Dec S The Sun has this Information from Havana, dated Dec. 7 The further report toduy on the cnptuie of Oulsa by General Garcia conduits jesteiday's dispatch: and the repent add" that the entile ganl son of tho town, composed of s00 men, died ht-roleall.v without .suriendeilng. Only foity-llve Spanish seddiers sur vived, nnd they were made pilsoners by General Garcia. The Spanish of ficial lepoit describes the terrific ef fects of lh pneumatic cljnnmite gun Uoed bv Genet nl Gnu In. The Insur gents filed seventy-two d.vnanilte shots on the forts Knell shot wrought ter llble havoc The gun was operated at a shoit distance fiom the to.vn Not a house, remains In Gulsn All weie blown to pieces Heldes the dynamite gun the Insurgents u-ed two Held pieces, six nnd eight pounders. Geneial Gnni.v sent word to the Kpanlnrds lM?foie the bombardment that they would be paidoned if they would sunender. The only answer was u shout of "Long live Spain!" and a geneial oil j fiom all tho foils The destiue Hon of the town was completed In twelve hours Uesldex the S0O regu lar tioops there were at (llllsn some .100 otheis, militia and voliintc is vfhe total loss of the patiiots Is not Ex actly known, but It Is huge. Colonel To.v.n, who ai lived with his column to lescue Gulsn. lo'iorts that It was teuihle to see ihe dead Spaultdi sol diers half bulled under the uibblsh of the foits. Gi ueial Pando nt lived today In Mun zanllle, Santiago de Cub i piovlnec, whence he s(.nt a long cable- despatch to Geneial Plane o. General Piuiilo re penis the eontlnuous fighting of his col umn against the Insmgi'iits since Nov. !''!, esoeelnlly with the foiees of Gen eial Gome? In Santa ('lata piovlnre. He also glve.s his tiiM lminesstons about th1 war In Santiago di" Cuba, elccluilng that tho Insuigents nie mini cious well armed, and dating. - -. PECULIAR PENSION DECISION. Washington. De . b AssMnnt Seiie taiv Davis, ,,f the interior department, tocl.o lendeie-d ,e decision of peculiar ill icit st Involving the question of depend ent widows under the act of Juno 'J7, Kh). The ( ise w 13 t'l-it of Mtir Ann, widow of Dtnlel Snaiz, late Comniuv, Pour tocn Pernio Ivunia volimuers, and was reji "ted bv "slstatlt Siiretaiv Divis on tin mound "thut the i.itlng piovlded for In tin statute un lei tin- provisions nf which tin- claimant -nits a pi uslon Is JS per mo-ith ind it Is not shown but to it the prov-Isiin mi de In the will of the sol dier 1 full conimensnialc with tho nit lug und- i the law and therefore tho has olhet me ins of support than lie i dull) la bur ' Ilnnijiirt of Nicnriigimu. Managua, Nlcaiagui, via Gilston, Tex. Dei S This evening a number of Nlcaiaguin citizens held a gland ban quet at Lemons hotel to the uniting, Piilleel Stuns minister. Lewis Iiaker. John Hiker, secntnry of tho Pnltea States legation, will icinovn the archives of the legation to Costa Itlca on Dee 17. The London bjnk of Ceutiat Amcilca. limited will close- Its branches at Gianadi. and Leon on Dee. 11. I'lidellln Pound Guilty. Deliolt, Mlrh . Doe. S. Prank Paiklllu wus found guilt) of minder In tin tlistde q;reo and was sentenced to Imprisonment In the Jai kson peuiii utlaty tor life by ludge Chaniu In the ri mder's e-ourt to la) Kadellln shot his sun Prank tho night of Sente mber .s be-caii". his wife and sun would net admit him to the house, he having fallen foi some t'mo pie vlously to support his f imlly. Mcnmhlp Arrival!,. New Yen 3c. Dec. s.-Silled: St Paul, Southampton- hi iithvvnrK, Antwerp: Gcv manlc, Liverpool Soutluiinptnii At lived: I'ails, New York Sailed S.iale, fiorr 111 emeu, New Yoik TUB KKWS THIS 310UMXU. Weather lnJkntlons ToJa: Fair; Sllhtly Warmer. 1 Geneial "Pep" Allen Also Wants to See Cl'b.l Piee. Spain Satlxllcd with the Message. Chungo Urgvd in the Civil Service. 'J State National Iteform Association Meets In Philadelphia, 3 Local-Sad Sequel to the Peltz Patch Plre. fourt Proceedings. Comineiit of the Press C Local Haso Hill Canard Denied. Vun Horn a Pletuie of Despuli 7 I.ooul I'aets from Klorwilke Land. L) ons' Heart Is on the lllght Side. S Local West Shift and Subuiluu, J Lackawanna County Happenings. 10 Neighboring County News, Tho Markets. CHANGE IN CIVIL SERVICE Conference of Members Favoring Such a Move to Be Held. A BILL BY MR. GALLINGER Provisions of the Measure Introduced. May Kcvoliitlonlo tho Untire .Sy tcm--'l'lie Purnosc, It Is Unelei stood, It to .Make tho Conference! Non-Political--General Grosvouor, of Ohio, Approves of tho Scheme. Washington, Dec. S A paper wjia circulated In the house ot representa tives today with a view to bringing about a conference of those membeiN favoilng a change In the present civil service s)sterh. The paper was handled, by Representative Peaison, of Noith Caiollna, and received ntimoious sig natures. The purpose, It Is understood, Is to make the confeience non-political In chaiacter und te extend It out side of tho niembetshlp of the civil service committee, ns some of the men most active In urging a ievlion of tho law aie not on this committee. Ger eial Gro.svenor, of Ohio, Is anion t; these. He approved the plan of a con ference of those Interested in the sub ject nnd it is likely to be held at .in oai ly da). Senator Galllnger today lntiodueeil a bill to dellne and regulate the civil seivlce. It provides that neither civil seivlce laws nor the regulations under them "shall be constiued or held to apply to or to contiol appointments to any ofllce or olllelal employment by tit under the PuKcd States, ev-e.pt to tho clerical positions In the eecutlve de partments as classllleil by section 10 1 of the levlsed statutes, to like clerical appointments In the customs and pos tal service In such customs houses and postoftlees ns shall employ fifty or more clerks and to the letter catiieis and to postal clerks of the postolllco depuit ment ' The bill piovldes for the ex amination of other appointees by tho head ot the department by which In. may have been appointed. Washington. Dec. & The house com mittee on Invalid pensions met today and took'nellon that Is Intended to conect the alleged rapidly glowing abuse of jounif women mairylng oil .soldiets and sailors for the purpose of becoming their widows and drawing a pension fiom the goveinme-ut. Thit subject bus lr-en much discussed In view of the comparatively huge num ber of widow claimants on account of Kevolutlonaiy war. of 1S1J, and Mexi i.in wnr serv ie e- of husbands. The e om mlttee uiithmlzcd Clialinian Kll) to nl. tain fiom the committee on rules .in ender or lule peimittlug an ami lul- ment to the pension nppiopiiation bill providing that no pension shall beie ufter be granted to the widow of a soldier or other person who Is in. il licit to such soldier or person after the passage of this act. excepting, Jion evei, all .soldleis, sailors, ofilceis. etc., now In or who may he leaf tor enter tho millt.uy or 'naval seivice of the United States. STAND OP TIIE HOUSE ON CUBA. A Te-st in tho Committee on Porcipu Atlolrs. AVnshlngton Dee. S. The houe com mittee on foreign affulis held an in fmmal meeting at tho capltol jestei du) to coiuider the Moigan lesoliiiloii ucognlzlng tlio belligeiency of Culm, which passed tho .senate Inst session, and to dlsc'iss the Cuban question gen erally. Inning tho discussion a vote vi.l taken as a test of tho attitude of tho membei.s of the committee on tho Cuban question, and It developed that a .-.ife- majority of the commltteo stood with the incident in the position 1 takes on Ihe Cuban question In iU iiicsuge. This, of Ionian, meiin.s tint no Cuban resolution can pass ihej house without the president's uppieival in advance. The lie-publicans were lot-ri-n-iictloii, nnd the Democrats fuC some iictlciii In lav or of Cuba. IIUNQ A HERMIT BY HIS TOES. tluskcd Kobhcrs' Heartless Torluru to Obtiilu Money. Pvuiisvllli, Ind, Dec-. S Flerrdlsh tot ture wus practiced by two mask, il robbers a couple of nights ago on a, poor old hermit irimcd Lewis, at esc I'ranklln, Pos-y county. Tlitj enteied his lonely cabin and demanded more). When he iejueet th'-y stripped oit lm clothes and threw lilin on a led-'aot; h'l vo This cr tie It) did not serve tlulr i-ii -pos--. so Uuy 1 ung him up by his to, -i until he 1 c t nine unconscious, in tho end they Intel to depart without booiv. Tho old man's condition Is very sn ous. 'Trading Mumps" Illrgnl. Washington, Dee 8 The couit of u. -peals uf the DistiKt ot Columbia In ,.u opinion by Justice Shepnrd ycnterdu) I.e Ul that "trading stamps" are Illegal within the me-il lag of the act of eonrs pio hlbltlng leitteib-s and gift ciittrprUes. The Ilcrnld's Uenther Porecast. New York, Dec. 9. In the middle statca and Now Lrglanl, tcla . fair to pmo cloudy, sligl.tl) vvainnr wi-ntlnr will pn all, preeejed by fog on the coaN of this sectlem In Uu murulng, witn light and fresh variable winds, becoming southeaai. erly and Houtheil), folic vvvd by ruin or snow In the- wisiein and noilhcrn dis tricts, and probably on the comu by night. On PrUla), In both of U,ec sci tlons, cloudy to paitly cloudy weattn and frosh to brink southerly and south wo&torly winds will prevail, with rain otf snow and ullirht tomperat'ure changes, potslbly followed by clcallug and colder conditions. 4 "
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