ribittt TWO CENTS. SCI? ANTON, PA., SATURDAY MTOTINITSTG, DECEMBER 1897. TWO CENTS PAGES 4 - 11, ; . HOUSE PASSES PENSION BILL The Democratic Amend ments Were All Ruled Out. CLASSED AS NEW BUSINESS The Bill Passed Carried with It $141,263,880. Mr. Dlngley States Tlint the Kecoipts Mill Kijunl LTpenditurrs Ilclore tho I : lid ill the Present I'ltcul Year nnd Will Leave a Hniidsonio Surplus (or the Next Ycnr--Civil Service Imw Attnckcil--I,lveiy De bate Which Sets the Gallery in nil I proar. Washington. Dec. 10. Tlio house to day passed tho pension appropriation bill without itmemlmcnt and adjourned until Monday. Tho amendments of fered by the Democrats to comet al leged existing abuses were nil ruled out on the point of order that they were new legislation. As passed, the bill carried J141.2G3, SSO. The debate today covered a wide range. It touched not only the ques tion of our pension policy, hut that of civil service reform and the receipts and expenditures of the treasury un der the Dlngley law. On the latter question, Mr. Dlngley made an Im portant statement in which he ex pressed the opinion that the receipts would tqual the expenditures before tho close of the present fiscal year, nnd predicted a surplus of $10,000,000 next year. The civil service, law was savagely attacked by several members, notably by Mr. Drown (Hep. O.), and Mr. Llnney (Rep., N. C), and was warmly defended by Mr. Johnson (Hep. Ind.). Just before the close of the ses sion, Mr. Hltt, chairman of the for eign affairs committee, attempted to secure unanimous consent for the pas page of the bill to prohibit pelagic sealing by American citizens, but ob jection was made, '"it will, unTler agreement, however, be considered on Monday. Mr. Drown opened the debate with his attack on civil service, during which he said the soldiers of his dis trict regarded this law as inimical to their interests and lie favored Its re peal or radical modification. He de clared that the president was mistak en when he alllrmed that the civil service law had the approval of the people. The Republicans and the press of his district had denounced it. The last Republican state convention of Ohio had declared against the law and on that platform he stood. Mr. Rromwell said he concurred with much said by his colleague, Mr. Drown, but he insisted that true civil ser vice jvform was a cardinal principle of Republicanism. Ho believed, he said, that C! rover Cleveland had done more to discredit the true- spirit of civil ser vice reform than all the agencies com bined, and he thought Mr. McKlnley could be relied upon to bring It back into its proper channel. DEFKNSK OF CIVIL SERVICE. Mr. Johnson, In defense of civil ser vice reform, reiterated his statement of the other day that civil service re form was an essential principle of Re publicanism. Mr. Johnson declared that the enemies of the law dare not at tack It openly. They hoped as "the friends of true civil service reform," to tear it down piecemeal and do i ov ertly what they ftared to attempt di rectly. Mews, (.'aniai'k, Gains and Sims, Democrats of Tennessee, spoke brielly In favor of retrenchment in pension expenditures. The latter expressed the opinion that the Dlngley law would not supijly sufUclenl revenue for the In creasing pension expenditures. Thess renrirks drew out an important .state ment from Mr. Dingluy regarding tho prospective revenues nnd expenditures for the coming fiscal year. Prelimi nary to Ihls statement Mr. Dlngley gave it new Interpretation of the es timated Increase In pension expendi tures, contending that the maximum was reached in 193. when th6 pension payments reached $ir,9,000.000. In ISUi tlli-y fell to iHl.000.1100; ISO.".. J111.000.0UO; H'.'C. $12'.).00U.(X)U. and in 1S97 $141,000,(100. If the expenditures for pensions during the next fiscal year should be JUS.ono, 000. as had been estimated, the increase, Mr. Dlngky said, would not be due to new legislation hut to more rapid ad ministration of tho present laws. It would therefore Involve no additional expense In the end. Tho question as to the revenues and expenditures for the next fiscal year, proceeded Mr. Dlngley, was a practical one which congress had to face. Tho statement of the secretary of the treas ury he said, had caused much misap prehension owing to thy fact that un der a new provision of law he had been obliged to Include In the esti mates of expenditures $73,003,000 for public works, which neither ho nor the secretary of war nor any other well Informed person believed could ho ex pended. Oounting this, tho estimated deficit, he said, will be $21,000,000. Ho paid ho violated no conthlenco when he said that tho becretary of tho treasury and the president were con fident that the receipts next year would exceed tho expenditures. Mr. Dlngley said he took It for grant ed that congress would exercise rea sonable economy. It was not expected that the expenditures for public works next year would exceed $30,000,000. Con tinuing Mr. Dlngley pointed out the fact that tho actual cost of tho ad ministration of tho government, tho ordinary expenses per capita, had re mained about stationary for many years. The cost waa about $2.50 per capita. At tho present time the ex penditures were slightly In excess of $5, but $2 per capita went for pensions and about fiO cents for interest on the public debt. Tho estimate of the ways nnd means committee had been th'at the tarllf law with other receipts would bring in nn Income of five and one olghth dollars per capita, and Mr. Dlngley declared that when the expen ditures were brought within that lint it there would be nn dllllculty. The estimated dellclt for the present year, not counting the money obtained and to be obtained from the Pacific rnll roads was $28,000,000. The anticipatory Importations had, Mr. Dlngley argued, placed In the treasury before July 1. $38,000,000. Those importations had re duced the dellrlt last year from $50. 000,000 to $18,000,000, Inasmuch as the Importations were for consumption this year that sum should be properly charged to the receipts of the current year. If they were so charged, instead of a dellclt there would bo a surplus tills year of $10,000,000. THE SURPLUS. Mr. Dlngley figured out a surplus of exactly that amount ($10,000,000) for the coming fiscal year. He described the steady munti'r In which the revenues had been Increasing at tho rate of one or two millions a month. Although December was generally a bad month for Importations, he said, that If tho Increase for the first nine days of this month wore continued the receipts this month would Increase from S2.i.non.uOO In November to $27,000,000 in Decem ber. When h confidently predicted that the effect of the anticipatory rev enues would all be overcome during this fiscal year, and that after May or June, 1S9S, the revenues would ex ceed tho expenditures, the Republican side broke Into repeated cheers. When pressed by Mr. Richardson (Dem., Tenn.) for nn opinion as to the time when the full effect of the new schedules would be made manifest, Mr. Dlngley replied that the date must necessarily be problematical, but for practical purposes, looking to the per iod when the revenues would bo ample, he unhesitatingly fixed the end of this fiscal year. Mr. Dalley (Dem., Tex.) asked Mr. Dlngley If the treasury was not con cealing a deficiency by counting the receipts from the sale of the Union Pacific as miscellaneous receipts. Mr. Dlngley responded that the only prop er place for this item was in miscel laneous receipts and had excluded all consideration of the Pacific railroad receipts In his statement. During tho five mlnute-a' debate, Mr. Llnney (Rep., X. C), made an argu ment in favor of overthrowing the civil service law, which set the galleries In a roar. He believed that the spoils be longed to tho victors. It was the only way to succeed. He flourished aloft a picture from a comic paper present ing New York overrun by Tammany tigers. He had never heard anything particularly good of Tammany, ho sold, except that It was vouched for by Amos Cummings. yet Tammany had prevailed against all the forces of good government. It was Invinc ible, omnipotent. Why? Decause it respected its friends. "Look at this picture," be shouted. "The tiger sur rounded by myriads of little tigers. How would .the tiger look surrounded by monkeys and mice?" He euIoglzi.il the stalwarts of party who had .stuck to their friends. All amendments. Including those in troduced by Mr. Allen yesterday, were voted down or ruled out on points of order. Tho bill was then repoited to the house and panned. PRIEST AND PUPILS FIQHT FIRE. An Old Maryland College Saved by Heroic Work. Elllcott City., Mil., Dec. 10. The one hundred and sixty students at Ohl Rockhlll Catholic college hero had n, desperate fight with lire nt 2 o'clock this morning. Their lives were not en dangered, but the college was and they turned out to a man and assisted the priests and brothers of tho faculty in saving tho building. The III c broke out in Social hall, a new building, used as a reading and conversation room. Many of the (Undents wero only half clad, but they braved the cold and worked the college pumps untty they had saved the main building, the dor mitories, from destruction. Tho lost Is $3,200, not covered by Insurance. ENGLAND WANTS SOLDIERS. Two Army Corps tin Offensive Pur poses Ahrond. London, Dee. 10. Rpciv.tary for War I.ansdownc, speaking tonight at Ed inburgh, outlined the military policy of the government. After remarking that the country had been confronted during tho last few months with difficulties in every part of the globe, not of her own seeking, specially mentioning the Derlng iSea and Venezuelan controversies, he said that three army corps were required, adding that two must he available for offensive purposes nbroad, . - ., Shorts Have u Itrentlilng Spell. Chicago, Dec. 10. Shorts hi wheat wero given a breathing spoil today. Toward tho doso tho market became very weak. Humors wero circulated that wheat was being started for this market from all purls of tho west and it hud tho effect of forcing December down to $1.03, a break of exactly t cents slnco yesterday. There was, however, very llttlo trading In it. May closed at Ol'.jc, about a cent under yesterday's close. i Coal Strike Settled. Streator, III., Di-c. 10. Tho miners' strike In this vicinity cams to an end this afternoon when A. L. Sweet, mana ger of tho Chicago and Vermillion Coal company, agreed to pay tho prlco de manded by tho men, which is fil cents a ton for gross weight mining. Tills prac tically sottlos tho strike In all Northern Illinois and will put 2,000 men to work at once. After nn Apple Woman's Fortune. Jersey City. N. J.. Die. 10. "Old Lady" Cafarka, a nigged woman who for years peddled apples along tho Iloboken water front, died recently In Poland, where she was sent by a charitable friend. She married u cook on tho way out. and ho Is now trying to get her money. It ap. pears that tho old woman, whom every ono thought n pauper, was worth $16,W0. Two Miners Shot, Knoxvllle, Tenn,, Dec. 10. Tho btrlko In tho Pain Rock company's coal mlno at Almy culminated today In tho shooting of two miners, William West and James Garber. Doth were shot Jrom ambush, and It Is not known who their would-be murderers are. Neither was fatally hu-t. Further trouble Is predicted and the com pany haii sent for bloodhounds. THE BOOTHS WILL HOLD ACONFERENCE General William and Commander Dal llngton lo Meet. THEY WILL NOT DISCUSS TUG ARMY I'or tho First Time Since Their Separation, Hulltngtou Dootli De ceives a Letter from Hi I'ullicr, General William Doolh--IIo Will Cirnut an Interview, but W ill Not Discuss tho Army. New York, Dec. 10. Commander Ral llngton Dooth, for tho first time slnco his separation from the Salvation Army, hns received a letter from his father, General William Douth, of England, asking for an Interview when he (the general) unlves In this coun try next month. In reply. Commander Dooth has de clared not only his willingness, but his pleasure at meeting the general, as father and son, but adds: In view of tho repeated and strenu ously circulated reports that 1 have re fused lo see my father, 1 deem It both light and fulr to state that 1 have never offered any objection to seeing him, but the grand field council of tho Volunteers has advised that, owing to tho wlltul mis representation of my last Interview with u member of my family, and aB 1 no long er represent myself alone, but a huge movement, that every safeguard should bo taken against a repetition of this, and further, that In tho Interview no allusion should be mado to eiuesllons of contro versy regard the Salvation Army. Furthermore, as the object of such an Interview has already been slated to ho an amalgamation of the Volunteers of America with the Salvation Army, Mrs. Dooth nnd myself wish to state with all emphasis, that, consldciing the essential differences in tho government anil princi ples of the two organizations, such a union would be Inconsistent In the fuco of our people and our God, and therefore Impossible. To give countenance to this rumor of amalgamation, my name has In all parts of the country, been recently associated with the colonization of the other social schemes of Commissioner Tucker, car rying tho Implication that I approve them. Not only am I not connected with unv of these schemes, but all will admit that it Is my right to protest against Commls sloncr and Mrs. Dooth-Tucker allowing them to pass as "Commander and Mrs. llooths." Wo only wish to have our position rightly and Justly understood, for more than ever does Mrs. Booth nnd myself feel thai J. great trust has been com mitted to us liy the American people, un.I more than over may I hey rely uppp our being true to the sumo. SENSATION AT VIENNA. Secret Mischief Makers Placard tho Town lied. Vienna, Dec. 10. A great sensation has been caused here by the posting luoadcast last evening of red placards, even In the Inner town and hofburg, Inscillied "no Ausglelch!" "Abolish tho language ordinances!" and "German Is the national language!" The police tore the placards down. The ausglelch Is the compact exist ing between Austria and Hungary, piovldlng for a common head, the em peror of Austria, and king of Hungary, and for a common administration of foreign affairs, defence.flntinclal affairs nnd commeiclal affairs, etc., although each country has Its own parliament and ministry. PLATE GLASS INSURANCE RATES. A Sweeping Deduction in Premiums Indicated. New York, Dec. 10. An officer of one of the largo plate glass Insurance com panies definitely announced today that rates for such insurance will probably soon he cut In oviry state. When tho Plate Glascs Insurance association meets next week It Is likely that def inite proposals will be made to reduce rates In nil territories to avoid further trouble. If this Is not agreed to. It Is not Improbable that "open rates" will pre vail next year, each company pursu ing an independent course. Senator llnnna III. New York, Dec. 10. Senator Hnnnn was taken suddunly ill In the W.tlduif-Astoi-in tonight and retired to Ids apartments, ilo arrived at tho hotel from Washington at ,r o'clock this afternoon nnd appeared fa tigued by his long Journey. Ills two daughters wero with him. It w.ui said nt the hotel, however, that no physician had been summoned. Senator Ilnuna expects to return to Washington on .Monday. Ilnll Magnate Sells Out. Pittsburg. Dec. lO.-Ex.Presldont Will iam Kerr, of the Pittsburg base ball club, has sold his cntlro Interest in tho club to P. L. Autui, of, Chicago. This deal makes Mr. Autcn tho owner of all tho stock with tho exception of ten or fif teen shares held by the i x-plteiior, John Tcnnor. Presldcnt-Munugcr Wutklus will have cntlro control of tho ttam. No More "Physical Culture." Sau Francisco, Dee. 10. Tho health nnd polleo commlttt-o of tho board of super visors today put a fiulotiis upon prizo lighting in this city for some time to come by refusing any more permits lor pugil istic or "physic.il culture" exhibitions to the big clubs. 'Ihls disposes of tho Grlf-fo-Lnvlgno, Hawkins-Connelly nnd Hinith Kclly mutches. Mrs. McKlnley!, Condition. Canton, O., Dec. 10. This Is tbo ninth day of the sickness of Mrs. Nancy A. Mj Klnloy. Duiing these nli.e duya she has taken but llttlo nourishment, and hus been conscious only a few time's. The aged patient has "Ithstond tho usjaults of disease, and tbMay shi was In ubout tho saino stato as on Thursduy. -Shot in the Hack, Now Orleans, Dec. Ki.-Joo Held, a prominent lawyer of Tangipahoa, and widely known ns a tiguro In tho feuds In tho Florida parishes, was assassinated last night. Ilo was i-hot In tho back on tho stairway of tho court house ut Frank Union. The Hoy Orator In Movico. Monterey, Mex Dec. 10. Hon. William J. Dryan, of Nebraska, Is In Monterey to day. His visit Iiub aroused great en thusiasm, Tho distinguished American Is being miidei tho recipient of high mu nicipal, stato and federal honors. BRIGADE COURT MARTIAL. General Gobln Appoints Officers to Sit at Lebanon on Dec. tin. Lebanon, Pn,, Dec. 10. General J. P. 8. Gobln, commander of the Third bri gade, N. G. P., has appointed these oillccrs to sit In the general court mar tial, to convene In Lebanon's rllle armory on Monday, Dec. 20: Captain James D. Hutchinson, Com pany D., Eighth regiment; Captain James W. Umbenhuuer, Company G, Fourth regiment; CuptulnjM. II. Smith, Company C, Fourth regiment; First Lieutenant Charles E. Meek, Gover nor's troop; First Lieutenant Eelwnrd Drlndle, Company G, Eighth regiment, Norman S. Kateulinr adjutant of tho First battalion of the Fourth regi ment, Is named as Judge advocate. There Is only one ease as yet to come before the court nnd that Is the charge of desertion brought against Peter J. Dahm, a private of Company II, Fourth regiment, N. G. P., of this city, who fnlleel to respond tt the call to go to the Hazleton re-glon during the strike. This Is the first case of Its kind that has ver been tried in tho National Guard eif Pennsylvania, and consider able Interest and anxiety Is felt as to the outcome of the affair. Tho court martial, according to the act of 1SS7, has tho right to Inflict penalties not exceeding thirty days In jail and fines. THE MARKETS STRONGER. Dullness Is Dooming All Alone the Lines of Trniln--llnilrond Darnings Constantly Incrcnsins-A Substan tial Advance in thu Price of Wheat. New York, Dec. 10. R. G. Dun & Co's weekly review of trade will say tomorrow: The opening of congress with the annual message and reports hns not discouraged business, as Bomo predict ed, but nil speculative markets are stronger thnn a week ago. The pro ductive industries, even in the season usually about the dullest of the year aa to new orders, meet a definite im provement in demand for Important products, presumably tho fruit of a prevailing conviction that new busi ness will begin to crowd the works after the new year starts. Tho out ward movement of wheat and other products continues so heavy that for eign exchango has fallen three-quarters of a cent, and instead of exports of gold, which have, marked Decem ber of recent years, Imports would come if gold were wanted. 'Securities are advancing with reason in the In creased earnings of railways, $47,0SJi. 801 for November on reporting roads in the I'nlted States 10.8 per cent, larger than last , .ir and F.9 larger than In 1S92. A striking comparison for five years shows that In each of the last three months earnings have been greater than In an previous year, with a larger increase in November titan In October or September. The sudden rise In December wheat at Chicago to $1.09 would do harm wero It not based on avowed contracts to ship some millions of bushels to Knrnpe. That fact nnd the continued foreign demand In spite of such con tracts, has helped a rise of le. here. Western receipts for the week were ri.70S.771 bushels ngainst .1,091, 371 lost year, and Atlantic exports, Including Hour, -1,312,137, against 2.'J7r,c:l last year, nnd so great Is the foreign short age that the outgo of corn last year, far gt eater than ever before, is again exceeeled, 3,313,0S(i for the week ngalnst 3,0J."i.7S0 a year ago, with tho prie-o nearly one cent higher for the week. The report that western supplies are running low is discredited by receipts from farms. Cotton is a sixteenth stronger In spite of estimates rang ing from 10,100.000 to 11,000,000 bales by well-known nuthoiitlcs. A strike in English, mills Is no longer threatened, and the possibility of one at Fall Riv er has llttlo weight. The demand for woolen goods has cl.iuiy improved, and more wool has Just been puniiaseii abroad and Is being imported, tho sales In domestic, markets having been for tlio pas,t week only 2,660,000 pounds at Doston, and In two weeks ll,or0,IOO pounds at the tlnve markets. While some grades have been sold largely at prices lower than a month ago, quota tlons are generally maintained. There Is more demand for iron and steel products in pn parntion for rail way work, bridges and buildings next year unci on contracts for export, In cluding one for a government bridge In Holland, others for bridges In Japan with large shipments of various pro ducts to Kngland and other countries. Foreign contracts for -10,000 tons rails tiro pending, lfi.COO for Mexico. In and about New York bridge and building contracts call for 2,',000 tons, and Chi cago works are figuring on numerous contracts for 5,000 railway cars. The formation of the Amerh'an steel and wire company is expected to strength en prices, and causes some buying. While Dessemer nt $10 and Grey Forgo at $9.15 aro slightly lower at Pitts burg, prices are stronger nt Chicago and In all eiuurters heavy business is expecteel after the new year. Anthra cite coal Is weaker and soils here at $3.75 to $3.S5 for stove. Failures In the first week of Decem ber were but $2,617,210. manufacturing $370,420. and trnding $1,791,770. Failures for tlu week have been 312 In th,o United States ngalnst 3S0 last year, nnd 29 In Cunnda against 43 last year. Harry Allonder Hanged. Ban Francisco, Dec. In. Harry Allcnder, of Sau Jose, was bunged at Sua Quentlu penltentlury this morning for tho murder of Miss WallbcrKen Flvlmor and Vlnanzl Crozettl, August !, lSO'i. Allcnder was ux triiniiy nervous and when tho nooso was adjusted tottered tp such an extent that It was neoossary to support him. Ho mado no stMement. Physlclnn Charged Willi Libel. Washington, Dec. 10. Dr. W. C. Roto-le-r wan today released In tho police e'ourt on his pe.'sonnl bonds to appear Tiles day next for trial on the charge of llbol e'oucernlng tho II, K. Mulford company, c( Pennsylvania. Tho ullrged libel was contained In tin article published In a medical review relating to a preparation manufactured by complainant's company. Horns Vompunr Coming KnM. Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 10. Tho Pacific Coast Dorax company, said to control tho borax tradei of this country, has se cured u site, at Da)onue, whereon a largo refinery will bo erected, Tho borax prod uct will bo brought east by vessel for re fining. STEEL COMPANIES WILL CONSOLIDATE Presidents of Various Organizations In New York. WILL FURTHER THEIR INTERESTS In tho Division of Territory Among tho Chid Subjects of Discussion. Tho Lackawanna Steel Company Assigned to a Portion East oi tho Allcghcnics. Philadelphia, Dec. 10. A meeting of the representatives of nearly all tho steel companies In the United States was held today I'jTew York city, nt which the harmoJpVig of their Inter ests and tho division of territory are said to have been tho chief subject of dlscuslons. Among those present were Presidents Staekhou.se, of the Cambria Iron company; Llnderman, of tho Dethlehem Iron company; Folton, of the Pennsylvania nnd Maryland Steel company, and Secretary Kennedy, of the Dessemer Steel company. None of iUomi from this city who were present nt the meeting would discuss the mat ter, but It was stated In what Is Con sidered reliable authority, that the two above mentioned subjects were dis cussed nnd decided upon. In relation to the division of terri tory, It Is believed that the district east of the Alleghenles was given to the Pennsylvania and Maryland Steel company, the Lackawanna Steel com pany and the Dethlehem Iron company. It is also stated that under the new arrangement entered Into many of the features of the old steel rail pool are Incorporated. Another Important ques tion settled was that of a percentage allotment to each of the companies with a penality for Infraction thereof. In addition to this It Is understood the Maryland company Is to handle the en tire export trade. HE WOULDN'T TALK. (cnerni Mnnngcr Wchrum, of tho L., I. nnd S. Company, Will Not Dis cuss the Alleged Stocl Pool. No Information could be obtained yesterday from General Manager Wchrum, of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel company, regarding the alleged dial between that company and the Dethlehem and Pennsylvania compan ies with tho Carnegie, Cambria and Illinois companies whereby the three former aro to sell east of the Alle ghenles and the three latter In the western field. The pool agreement was published in detail in a Philadelphia dispatch to Tho Tribune Thursday night. It was reported that on account of the dif ference in freights, western pries would be about 50 cents in ndvance of eastern. It was further stated that the pool was viewed with marked dis favor by all except tho three western and three eastern companies, the six which comprise tho whole of the back bone of the steel trade. It is reported as the belief of many, if the pool is a fact, that the smaller eastern con cerns are threatened with ruin. A Tribune reporter interviewed Mr, Wehrum in the hitter's otllco yester day afternoon and sought to procure a confirmation of the story. He would neither affirm nor deny It. When pressed to make some comment on the effect of such a pool, If It should exist, Mr. Wehrum said: "I will not say that such an agree ment could be made without my knowl edge, but I should in any event Ie cllne to discuss it from any standpoint. You must remember that the steel business Is different from most other enterprises In that hundreds of thou sands, yes. millions of elollars, are In volved and subject to favorable and unfavorable changes from what may to tho public seem trivial details." With this statement Mr. Wehrum closed the Interview. SHOT HIS WIFE. Tho Serious Crime of Anthony Devlin. Philadelphia, Dec. 10. Anthony V. Devlin, of ions Lehigh avenue, tonight shot and seriously wounded his wife Josephine, aged 22 years, and then at tempted to commit suicide by shooting himself. Devlin was taken to St. Luke's hospital and Is not expected to live. The couple have been married two years. They separated about three months ago, since when tho wife lived with her mother at 2332 North Hlghth street. She mot her husband at vari ous times, and tonight, while they were tnlklng at Ninth and Dauphin streets, ho pulled a icvolver and fired. The wife will recover. Devlin died without regaining con sciousness. His separation front h'ls wife Is said to have been duo to his excessive drinking. He was a member of the firm of Devlin Dros,, oil dealers, at 2720 Germantown nvenue. ATTEMPT ON THE SULTAN'S LIFE. Assnoslns Tortured in tho Hope ol Lxposlng the Plot. London, Dec. 10. Tho Athens corre spondent of the Daily Chionico says that on Monday lust two soldiers in tho Imperial servlco at the Ylldlz Kiosk, tho palaco of the Sultan, made an at tempt on his life. This was frustrated by the attendants of tho Sultan. Tho Sultun had the men tortured in the hope of extracting the names of tho Instlgntors, but both succumbed with out revealing anything. WIRE AND NAIL POOL. RcpreicntntivcK of Companies at t ork on tho Organization. New York, Dec. 10. Representatives of the steel wire and nail manufactur ing firms of tho United States who have for months been negotiating to form a steel wire und nail pool, are Hearing a conclusion of their work, It Is said that ubout twenty of the largest Bteel wire and nail manufacturers, will en ter tho pool und that tho capital In volved will exceed $00,000,000, Tho legal formalities for forming tho pool will probably not bo completed until after tho holidays. Already many of tho small wire and nail concerns throughout tho country have been bought out and negotiations are pend ing for the purchase of others. Ac cording to Judge Gary, ' Chicago, O. It. Tcntrouck and oth. interested, tho combine will not .?su i In raising the prices to tho purchasers of wire nnd nails, but will enable the manu facturers to operate tho plants upon a more economical InisIs. The only meeting In connection with tho combine held today was that of tho directors of the Illinois Steel company. Tho business of the meeting was such ns usually comes before the men who are interesteel In the company. It vat admitted, however, that discussions of tho proposed wire nnd nail pool took up a great portion of tho session. AUNSFIELD UNDER BAIL. The Actor Accused of Having Com mitted Assnult mid Mattery. Philadelphia, Dec. 10. Richard Mans field, the actor, was today held In $600 ball to answer at court a chnrge of as sault and battery, preferred by John Mctzger, of Cleveland, O., who has been In the actor's employ as a dresser for tho past seven years. Mctzger testified before Magistrate F.isenbrown today that tho assault oc curred on Tuesday night in Mansfield's dressing room at the Chestnut street opera house. Metzser was dressing him for "Prince Karl" when a button came off. The prosecutor said the actor lost his temper, called him a loafer and struck him several blows In the face with his fist, from which tho prosecutor Is still suffering. On Wednesday night, he testified, Mans field a train swore at him and ordered him out, but the next afternoon he offered him $100 to go away some where for four weeks. Attorney John G. Johnson, who rep resented Mansfield, became his bonds man. The actor afterwards declined to make any statement at this time, but one of his close friends declared that the charge had been trumped up by parties who wero using Mctzger as a tool to persecute Mr. Mansfield and that the whole 'story was fulse. A. M. Palmer, Mr. Mansfield's man ager, subsequently expressed his de termination to make somebody "suffer for this." Metzger, he said, would be charged with perjury. Mr. Palmer added that he believed the whole tiling to be a conspiracy planned by the "theatrical trust" to annoy Mr. Mansfield, who re cently expressed his opposition to it. GREW RICH OFF DEAD WIVES. A Ainu Who Collected Considerable Insurance Arrested. . New York, Dec. 10. 'Charles Zanoll, alias Charles Drnune, Mas arrested to day nd locked up for swindling tho Metroiiolitan Life Insurance company. He has married nnd lost four wives In five years, and within that time, too, a mother-in-law and a child. His plan was to open a barber shop and, under an assumed name, marry ane subseeiuently collect the Insurance on his wife's life. He would then movu elsowheie and, under another name, marry again and again Insuto and again collect. The police also Include a barber ac quaintance of Hanoi'. The Insurance company says that he has collected thousands of dollars. Zanoli acknowl edge.. having married several times, but asserts that such deaths as did occur were from natural causes. Sugar Trust Huving Heavily. New York, Dee. 1. Dim of tho largest dealers In raw sugar said today that the American Sugar Refining company has appeared as a buyer of sugar for tho llr.it time in four months. It has now Install ments of 100,001) tons of Javan sugar com ing in, and it is receiving practically all the Hawaiian crop. Lxchiiugc of Players. Baltimore. Dec. 10. Tho deal by which Pitcher McJumcK. Second Dasemiui De ir.ontrovllln and First D.isemuu McClann. of tho Washington base ball team, be come "Orioles" In exchange, for Firt Daseman Doyle, Second Hasem.in Itelt. and Pitcher Amole, was consummated In this tlty this afternoon. Call for Democratic Caucus. Washington, Dec. 10. Chairman Rich nidson, of the IUmociatio caucus, today Issued a call for u caucus hi tho hall of the house on Tuesday evening noxt, Dos, II, lb97, at 7.30 o'clock. Steamship Arrivals. New i'ork, Dec. II). Cleared: La Dre. tagne, Havre: Ciiinpunin, Liverpool; Spaarndam, Rotterdam: Augustc Vlcto 1 1. Naples, Genoa, ou-. Liverpool Sailed: Nomadic, New York. Church Tenor Sued for Divorce. Springfield, O., Dre ID. Wilbur Gunn. formerly tonor of Trinity church. New York, has been sued by his wifo Dcrtha for divorce. The Herald's Weather Forecast. New York. Dec. 11. In tho mlddlo states and New Dnglntul. today, partly cloudy weather will .prevail, preceded by fair on the coasts, with hlgu but nearly stationary tempoiaturo and fresh to brisk southwesterly and southerly winds, followed by rain In tho wesVeru districts of this section by the forenoon and on tho coasts by this evening or tonight. THIS KliWS THIS MOUXINU. Weather Indications Today: Local Showers; Warm Winds. 1 General t're gross Of tho Dig llleyne Race. Pension Apprepilatlon Hill Passes tho House. General and Commander Jlooth to Meet. Steel Companies Will Join 1 hinds. 2 Stato Wllkos-llarro Lover Takes Rough on Duts. 4 Ddltorhtl. Comment of the Press. 5 Local Social and Personal. Religious News of tho Week, 6 Local Court Proceedings. Financial SUtemnut of tn Scnnton Traction Company. 7 Local Auspicious Opening of tho Dig Department Stores. S Loral West Side and Suburban. !l Lackawanna County Happenings, 10 Reformation of" a Uully by Slusculur Christianity. 11 Sunday-School Lesson for Tomorrow. Life Story of a Mun of God. 12 Neighboring County Nows. Tha Markets. THE SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE Rivierre, the French Rider, Retires from Track, a Maniac. RESULTS OF THE STRAIN He Tries to Assault an Imag inary Fue. Ju Moore, Another Itidcr li Obliged to Quit on Account lifa Terrible I'lill. Miller Still Plods Along nt tho Hend of the Llst--ltico Is In to Stny--Tcddy Halo It Is Thought Will Disappoint Admirers, Who Dl pected Him to Ilo More Ahead in the Lnst Day or TvoTlin Scoro nt Midnight. New York, Dec. 10. The great six day bicycle race at Madison Square Gurden lias narrowed Dself down to fifteen riders. Miller still retains a lend of nearly a hundred miles over Die-, the Wilkes-Darre miner. At midnight ho was something like 235 miles ahead of tho world's record, and with twenty-four hours to spare he had covered a distance up to wDhln a few mtlen of the great record established by Halo last, year 1,900 miles. The great surprise of the night was the retirement of Dlvierre, the French man. He is believed to bo actually out of his mind. Is in a pitiable physi cal condition, and is now under tho caro of physicians. Like most of tho others In the race, Rivierre has given evidence d'.'rlng the contest of having; partly lost his mind. Tho awful strain after the first day of riding had in u measure mentally unbalanced him, and this afternoon ho leaped from his wheel and made an assault on ein Imaginary foe In one of the boxes, swearing nnd Jabbering In his native tongue. His trainers ruiii d to 'din nni put him on his wheel, but alter making a few more laps he repenteil the perfeirmanco with even more insane rage then ho had nt first demonstrated. Tho result was that Rlvleire had again to bo taken from the track to return no more. Another man who has quit the lists Is Moore. Moore had a terrible fall duiing the afternoon while going at a high rate of speed, and crashing1 Into the rail ho cut. himself badly and was carried off the track almost un conscious. The shock was too great for his debilitated condition, and he will bo seen no more in the present race. Hut Miller, that wonderful ,-peeI-men of physical development, still plods along. He has ground out mor-i miles In a given time on a wheel than any man has before. He has subsist ed under the most telling strain, with less sleep than wns thought possible, for any man, and withal an examina tion of him tonight by the police sui geons disclosed the fact that his con dition Is normal, and that with thn exception of muscular soreness nnd n, slight dcuiliiess of the limbs, he Is In excellent condition and will be ablu to continue to the end without much danger of collapse. RICH IS SIX'OND. Dice, who Is second man In the con test, though nearly a hundred miles behind the leader, Is standing by his colors with dogged determination. It was said during the day that he had asked to be taken off, but the manner in which he has been riding through the night shows that though he might have lequested tills. It Is not the spirit of his wishes. Ho Is in to stay to tho end, and his trainers think he will bo much nearer the Chicago man at tho end of tho next twelve hours than ho Is at presobt. At all events, he got rid of n dangerous rival when Rivierre bet the track. For hours It had been nip and tuck with these twei, nt one time the one leading and nt another timo the uther. Dice's physical condition la also announced to be good. Clo.o up to Rice, and third man now that tho Frenchman Is gone, Is Schin neer, a fellow townsman of Miller. Though ho has had several nasty tumbles during the race, Schlnneer ha.- never for a moment lost nny of his pluck or determination. Ilo lias a lead of ninety miles on Hale, tho fornn r champion, nnd barring accident will undoubtedly finish third, Hale, with plenty of sleep, compara tively speaking, has the best appear ance of any man on the circle. He has really taken things leisurely, but nevertheless at tho present writing is nearly fortv miles ahead of the old, record of last year. This Is about what his schedule called for, but when the schedule was imidu up no account was taken of such marvelous speed as has been maintained throughout tho race after Waller had set tho pace. Those who expected Hale to move up In the last day or two are apt to be disappointed, for he Is two full cen turies behind the plucky leader. Of tho others, Wnller has proved himself the strongest hearted. He did a lot of sprinting tonight, and he Una a strong following among tho spec, tutors. Knternian, tho youthful Drook lyn rider, has returned nnd Is making; his miles with clock-llko regularity. Tin-; scorn-:. The score of tho lenders nt 1.13 a. follows: m. Mile. Laps, Miller 1,M0 Dlco U0O Hohlnncei 1,792 t Dlvierre 1,743 0 Hule 1,705 3 Waller 1.CS5 5 Miller wus 2:: miles und 1 laps ahead ofl tho record for 121 hours. L-
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