j TWO CENTS. SCI? ANTON, PA., MONDAY MOT?NlNGr, DECEMBER 20, lb7. TWO CENTS JAPAN NOT AFTER HAWAII Minister Hoslii Replies to John W. Foster. CHAPTER ON ANNEXATION The Japanese Side of the Perplexing Case. He Soys 'ills (iovernmetit lias No Drsfgn-, Immediate or Uciuotc, on tlio Islands-. The Iitimigwilioii Question Not Tliiuntcinliig. Washington. Dec. l'.. The views it trlhuteil to e-See ictaty John W. Fos ter In a recent inters lew In relation to the alleged danger of Japanese domin ation In Hawaii in the event of the lutlure of annexation have occasioned much coinnunt i motif? .lap-ineso olll eluls In this dt.. The Japanese Min ister said jesteiday that In his opinion It r.i baldly l'.tir to attempt to draw Japan into the aiinevation oonttovcisy In this manner livery well-lnfoinied poison" said he. "knows that Japan Is holding di tectly nlnof fiom roi. trovers), and that het Rovetntnent has given conclusive proof of the fait that It has no dc-s-imis, immediate or temote upon the tile Hawaiian islands. The f: lends of annexation might therefoie well affotcl to .ill' w the question to he Rettlid upon Its merits without constantly "itdeiiv orinK to use Japan as a oat's paw. The. allege 1 danger ot Japanese domination, hps always been a stock aigiiinent with some of the overenlous Irlends of annexation, but It has been repeat- illy refuted, and Its repetition now can serve no good puipose. Japanese Imnilgnitlrn In Hawaii In volves no other Question than that of demand and supply. As quickly as the demand for Japanese labor in Hawaii ceases Japanese Immlgtatlon will end. The statistics ot the immltrintlon it sell show that this is the case. Dasl spilng the Hawaiian government, for unsons which it Is not dlflleult to un derstand leveiFed its policy and turn ed away .t nunibc-r of .fuijujifjej Innnl giants, and the cry was lalsed that Hawaii was In danger of being 'Hooded' with Japanese. Yet the tecords show that since th'o time when the question of annev-atloo was first raised there has been far less iniinigr.it Ion piopor tlonately than In previous years. The Hawaiian census Kites the present Japanese population as 2I.-I07. In 1nD3 It was over 21,000. Hetween lS'JO and tsm there was an lnciease In the nuin bei r)f Japanese lesidents In Hawaii of nearly 100 per cent., while the ln ciease between 1S93 and 1S17 was only 15 pr cent. "This hardly seems to be an alarm ing state of affairs, and It would ap pear to be even less so when it is known that, notwithstanding all the outciy upon the subject, the Hawaiian government Is at this very time sane Honing the immigration of a compaia tlvclj laige number of Japanese la boteis. The board of Immigration has approved the admission of R22 for last month alone, and It Is estlmaUd that 2.000 persons will he thus admitted to meet the Increased demand for labor uro.i the sugar plantations during the present season "Whether annexation snecteds or la'ls, the Hawaiian government has It In Its own power to guard against any possible danger of Japanese domina tion The immigration treaty is revo cable upon six months' notice, and nny part of the general tn-aty which Inf ringes uion Hawaiian Interests can be modified by negotiations conducted in the ordinary manner. All that Japan asks foi heivelf and for her people in Hawaii Is that lights lawfully oequhed mid hltheito enjoyed without caII nall not be arbitral ily withdrawn She has no puipose of 'dominating Hawaii, and blnce the fads cleat lv Indicate that the present e of Japanese luborciH in the islands in gie-ater or smaller numbers Is something which depends entirely upon natural causes, notably upon the olitlon of Hawaiian employ ers themselves, her friends feel that hey are justilled in strongly dept ch eating the Irritating repetition of thin a tcrcdlted argument about the danger of Japanese domination." BRYAN AT CHURCH. Tho Hoy Orntoris the (Jticst ol Prni dent Dili!. Cltv of Mexico, Dec. 19. Mr. Iiryan attended divine services at the Union Evangelical church and was also the guest of President Diaz ut the dlstii btltlon of prizes to the Mexican exhib itors at tho Chicago and Atlanta ex yositlonh Generul Diaz and the mem bers of the cabinet ai rived at Alanien da In state carriages escorted by cuv alry and 'the scene was most Imposing, it being designated to give eclat to mi honorable nn occasion for Mexican in dustries .Mr Bryan was warmly greeted by the president and hit, ministers. Mile Mitiilfirur Arrested. Chicago, Deo. 1'J. Chris Meiry. charged with the murder of his wife, and James Smith, alleged accomplice, ol Merrj, ,ir rived In Chicago today from Princeton Ky., whero they were unvNluil. Thl. ml ternoon both men were confiouted by Joseph Mlcltpy. upon whose confession they wero arrested, but the stoutlv ile. Hied Bliy knowledge of Mrs. Mcrrj's death and wero tlnnlly plueed in Jail pending on examination on Tucpdiy. .Winer' Convention. Plttsbunr. Dec. 19. Coal operators and miners will hold separate) and Important conventions tomorrow piellmlnarv to the Joint convention that will bo held Tuc.i day. District Piesldent Dol.m. of the Miners' association, raj.s n late of ;j cents will he demanded by his men, N0A1INATED BV 'RESIDENT. Minium Pun 11 Niton to he Collcctoi at Chicago. Washington, Dec. lit. The piesldent sent the following nominations to the senate yesterday: William 1'. William, of Illinois, to lie assistant treasurer of the l.'nlteil Stales at Chicago. William I'eiin NIon, eolketor of elis. toms for the district of Chicago. Alchlhald A. Young, surveyor ol tin turns for the port of Indianapolis, I11U. Harry '. (Ircruitr, collectoi of Internal revenue for the l-'ilst district of .Missouri, John II. Wiilkctdioist. appraiser ol iihi chiitHliFe at the port of lit. Louis. John I,. Hodges usiivci- in limv.i of the mint of the I'nltcd States tit Denver. Joseph Spear, Jr. suivejor ol oiitoiir' In tlie distilct of Kan Kianclsco. John t'. Ann-is marsh il of th I'tiltid Slutbs for the Northern district of Mil linlh. l'r.uik W PuiUer mid John It. Mclii, associate Justlres of the Supreme coin" of 'lie teirltory ol New .Mexico. James L. Jlurtln attoniej of the t'nlto I Slates for the district of Vetmmit. bane W. Dvrr, attorney of the I lilted Plates for the district of Maine. Lore 1170 V. Watson postmaster at Wat. i-ekit. HI. fiemge I. Dalle "I P 'tir.sylvuill.'. con sul at Martinique. West Indies. CHINA NO PLACE FOR RAILROADERS 'I'll e Total .Mileage ol Chinese Kail loads Ik Only About 8:i .Miles. Twenty-Seven I'oroignois Are Km plocd and the Ilnlnuce ol the Work Is Done by Natives. Washington. Dec. 111. The Hist le I pent to the state dop.utment fnun I Cnited States Consul Ooodnow at Sb.ihghl tontuins a warning to Ameil I can lailroad men not to go to China for employini nt. He says. "The American onl.v lnltes staivation who comes here without a contiact of employment with some reputable 111 m made befoie he leaves Ameilca. I must advise- ('lilted States railway e niplo.vei' that there is at present no market lor their labor In China and should lnoie roads be constructed there will be u. market only If these roads ale built by Americans. The consul general sajs he has had ninny iuiiulties from Ameilean rail load men as to chance for employ ment In China, so he describes the small Chinese lailroad system to show the hopelessness, of looking In that direction tor work. Theie are only two railroads in opeiatlon with a total mileage of HSJ's miles. They employ only 27 foreigners of whom four are engineers and the managers and di vision superintendents. The opera tives ale piactlcally all Chinese and a fcuelgner cianot eompete with tiieiii. The highest salaried natives are the telegraph operatots at $10 per month. Hnglneers get $20 to $30 and ttaln hands and trackmen JG to $10 per month. All of this is In Mexican sil ver worth 41 cents gold on the dollar. Another road Is under constitution fiom Shanghl to Woo Sung, 14 miles, and Chinese are doing nil of the work, and on December Is the first sod was turned on the projected road from Hankow to Poking, the completion of which depends upon tne success of the Belgian syndicate In floating Its loans. Mr. (loodnow recounts his ambitious schemes of Director Sheng of the Im pel ial railways, to cicnte a vast sys tem of railways in Central China, and encloses a map showing the projects. He says Sheng's plan is to build these toads us money can be borrowed out side of China. He proposes to couple with the lallway loans a government loan of $'.0,000,000 to pay the balance of the Japanese was indemnity. In this way the option of building the Chinese railways would be held out to parties taking the government loan, and the support of foreign govern ments for the government loan would bo secured by allowing the successful syndicate to furnish all the material and skilled labor needed for the i un loads. Mr. Goodnow points out that under these conditions theie will be no market for Ameilean railway ma terial or labor unless Amei leans fur nish the money to build tlic rallwas. F1TZ AND CORBETT WILL MEET. Still Another Indefinite Unto is Talked Of. Chicago, Dec. 19. Fitzsinimons and Cnrbett ate to meet again In the piize ring The dnte of the battle Is Indef inite but the lanky pugilist detlnied today that he hud changed his mind and will itIvo Coihett another chance. Mai tin Julian, the champion's man ager, coiifltmed the statement. "Some day before Miry Jong, we will give Corbett nnother chance," Julian said. "Nut now; that is n certalntj ; lut before long. How lung, I cannot sa:.' Asked If that was not a concession on the pint of Fltrsimnions, Julian le plled it was not, as that Idea had been in the mind of Dob for a long time. rnueriil of Dr. Day. Iialtlmorc, Dec. J9 Tlio body ol the Hiv. D.nld A. Day. tlio distinguished missionary of the Lutheran chinch, vho has served at Muhlonliuig mission mi tho West Coast of Africa for nearly twenty five !e,us, mid who died on the steum&l.lp l.ucanl.i hist I'rlduy, one ilnv out fiom New York Airangements were made for a service In the I'lrst Lutheran chinch at Baltimore on Tuesday nuxt ut 2 p. m. The Interment will he at Hellm tliove, Pa., Wednesday foiennon .No Agreement in Sight. Tieiitun. N. J, Dec in. The manufae. taring potters und their e,mplocb are still at odds over Hie matter of u scalo ot mages to go Into effect on Christmas, the time when tho ni.inufaetuiers piomli-ed they would rejitoie the ki's per cent, cut made on the wiucs of tho men ut (he time of the passage of the Wilson tin lit bill. Killed by (tat Poison. Dlk Cltv. Knn.. Dec. 19. John Straus is ileud. his two sons urc dying nnd Mr. Heed und his daughter uih ciltlcnlly III fiomdrlnklng ceflee Into which rat poison Had been diopoed accidentally. The tin. forluniites ire participants In a social ut the Straus homo. Kvploiiioii on a Sdmnier. London, Dec. 19. In nn explosion aboard the British steamer Southern Cross, irom Buenos Ayies for Liverpool, which ar rived at Jlntlelrn today, soveial persona weio killed or wounded MR. CHANDLER MAKES PREDICTIONS Hints at Programme of Congress in an Open Letter. POINTS OUT THE PROPER COURSE. II Confess Mill Tuket are ol Hawaii nnd ( il tut mid Not Kndcnvor to I'oicc a (.'old Simulant All Mill Jin M'ell01iicli Depends Upon .Sccrettirv tinge. Washington, Dec. lit Senatoi Chan dler, of New llampslilie, 1ms wiltteii a letter to the Washington Post, in which he mj?. if tin' hc total) of the tu-nstiry .mil His hlnulu gold stiindjiel usMiol.iles Will ce.it o th"ll dt maud fat Impost Dili ei.i'vnej leg Islnt'on i iiivU'sh will pass, the uectssiuy appriiprl.illMn bids, piolmbly talce euro of ll.iva'l and Cuba; there eull inn bu a sel Ions paitj division dlilluiT the se slon. and theiewlll In, an ndjuiiriiment hi iluy. Ilil-lnevs will levlve. the tiejsurv leeelpts will e(ii.ii tile ppMlilllilis, the balance nf irndi vvl'l continue in our la V or and the ltepulilkaii p.ut will In N vemliei. ivis electa m.iiorliy of the iimesc In tin l-'irty-l'rili i iinu s. On the other hand, it svcicimy Care (otitliiiies to pnss uiiiiii (uiigiiss a bill, the object of which he s.ivs Is Hist to com mit the eouiitiv mole 'liiiinuglilv to tho gold slanilaid. and til immediate elTei t or Willi h I j to tluovv idiillits upon tile c!u (elltv ol the piexldcm's dec lal.itliiiis 111 I ivoi ol coutllil'eil elTcnts lo .eiile hi lneiiilllim a political tiitmoil will arise in (ongiess which will split the now ui.ited Hepiiblie.in Into tiagiiieiits, wnlle It will unite and ismsolldiite the now Ine in gruoiis oppo-llloii. It Is not Ic.imIiIc 10 li'llle the gleetlli.lt k tilt ri Is mill e u til) ablltv Hint a bill will he 'cut to the inci dent to lneicasi. tllell amount It Is nut possible to secure the passu gc tlilough eithir house of u bill miking the gietn baeks Into gold notes or atitlioiirtng bonds pa) able In gold. The efroit to do cither thliu will probably lesult In the passage ol u bill foi thr ledeniptlou ol the grtenbnk In silver dollars and for the p.iMiicnt of nil I'nlted ?tutes Imnils In gold or silver tnin In the dbcit timi of tlm piesldmt. who will be eoiiitnnndeil lo ix eiilse his ujitlon foi the advantage of 111" government and not for the m'.vantigc of the creditor. With Mich nn uproar In eongiess ns these pioceetllngs will create- With West ell! coiigiessnit n cmbrolli d iheiolu, with presidential tetots. as thrt.itened by Sec ret. it (l.tlre lltntet niiirrv tllsr ii-f,tn It I will liiip)ieii thai all bu.ssncss ent, r;ul?,'S ami iiincn unci mocks win lie cusiuiiieti. ploccs will fall. Ilistilvt ncles will Inete.ise ulitl the (teiillblliMUs will h)"e the eon giesslcuml elictions in lM'S ns dls.istious Iv us thev did in 1S10 anil he. nnd the hepn ol n favorable lencltnii In IjOO. at which time, theieloie, u llrv.'in Demociallc pis-s-Ident and rongitss will be chosen. di:pi;nds l'Pcjn mr, gaui:. Whether wo are to have un one of these results political .surety, Ol the other, political destuictlon depends en tirely upon tho irniiM- to lie pursued bv Secretary Gage and thost who ale press, ing him fotwaid. namely, the gold stiini' ard leuBiie of New York and the seir constltuted mouetaiy conl.ienee lluw much Secretin) clige cares for the K -publlean p.titv Is not "Known. Whellur I'lesliUllt McKlnlev. whose good faith towaid hlmetiillism Is i inning to llie lest, will stop his s, ciet.trv in ids in tune ca leer, is not known, it l-i to 1m lioped lie will, lint no politic il sliiMtmu has be"ii clearer than llu piesent to sound evs since the Republican parlv began Its iiiii velous c.ueer toitv-two )ials ago. Then me times for all things. There Is a thiiC to move and a time to keep still, uiiil now Is the time to so kte p. It Is slmplv polltleal Milt hie foi the Ite. publican part) in this congress to altli mativelv open the discussion ot the mono question -11111 to hi lug on Jim and n.iv votes upon cuiieney legislation. We ought to await the piogies ot Interna tional bimetallism, the advent of Inislmss prosperity nnd the filling of the ticasurv bv the noun il ivorklns soon to be s,.n of the new t.11 If law. Shall we wait tin" thee thlm's 01 iiit-h on to s-lt-tle-tiue-tlou' Piesltleiil Mc Klulev mnt tlecltle. Will he net for his people or for 1,1s pluto ciats? I'pon his answei will depi ud the events ol 1S05. (Slgnedi William V. Chaiulkr. FOUND A POT OF A10NEY. Delaware I'arniei Discoieis fit.'iOl) 111 11 I'it'ld. Wilmington, Del.. Dec. 19. -Max Dukes, a Suss-ov county fanner, living In Pnltlniore hundred, found .1 not ol money on his farm yesterday. lie was cutting wood hi r HUd when his nxe struck a large stone, which ho dus tip. Cnder It vas a pot. Inside oi" which wns Jl.rfl't in sllvei money. It Is rup ptiKd that the money vas huiled theie dining the wnr and that the ownel" was killed dining a battle.. KILLED BV GASOLINE. Two lilies Lost by ihc Lvplosion nl (i tove. llolyoke. M'ass., Dec. 10. Two lives who lost bj the explosion of n saso llno stove lit this .city today. Miss Amelia Koegel attempted to light the stove when there was an explosion. Sho plckc.l up Alfred Kenc-ll, a child, U yearn uld, and tried to escape. Inn got into tho panrry und was rut off bj the Uames. il.itii wut sufc'cicaleil be fore help leached thuni. Mnriiinc to Indians. Muskogee. 1. T., Doe. 13 .lud.e Spiing- 01, of tho tetrliotlnl supreme eoum, hits unnouncetl from iho bench that any ol. ccis of tho Indian tribal courts alternat ing to cxeiclsj olllclal functloiH alter January 1, will he uriesteil, On the llrst ol January by un act of congress the tilb.il touits cease to eNlst hut many or the Indian ollice holdeis havo thrvittei.cil to Iguou llm law. .lliiiicttn's Stoiiny Pussuuti. San (Vane Isc o, Dlc. IS. The Cuited Blutes gunboat Mailetta bus arrived here after u stoimy p.issaxo fiom the iioith Many of her state looms we.o llooded ami her rails bent and twisted ttom the foieo of thu waves that hud swept ovu" her. So bad was tlio tuoini at one sto that it became iieeessui") to put out n sea anchor. In splto of v.hieh she dim ml over 210 mlluii. Cook AnderHou Indicted Vgniu. Norfolk. Va.. Dec. 10 The new gtuntl Jury in tho olive Peckrfr niuulei- c.iso biought In tluee iutllctineiits jesteitlay afternoon utralr.st John AivleiHtui, ouei for the murder of Muto Suundprs. and one for deHiro)lni tho essd. in'trs-in was arraigned under tho second Indie"., meat und pleaded nut guiltv. CORN AT 25 CENTS A KERNCL. How ti I'ukir Suiiidlcd Some nl Ihc .Sullivan County I'muicis. Cochecton. N. Y. Dec. 111. The fin til ers of Sullivan county have ltecome ae -(pialnted with a lew swindle. The man that worked It wnn ejulte successful until he 1 an tip against .1 farmer of this place. Tho sti anger visited many fntmeis. to whom he exhibited an en oiiinuis ear of coin, from which he sold kernels nt i' (nt" each for seed. V He untried the vailety "The Pride of Kgypt." and the kernels went off like hot cake". When the swindler reached Coeh etoii he got Into n dis pute with 11 rainier, who resented nn Insulting tcmnrk bv striking a blow which caused the faklt to take to his heels In itch haste that he dropped one of the big euis of corn. An exam ination showed that It had been made up f mm smaller cots, which had been gltled tngi titer so chisel) ns to ek celv e - AIRS. LEASE FOR C0NQRESS. Mill .Mnl.c a I'ighl to Succeed .Iciry Simpson. deal ltend Kits, Dec. (0 In a let ter to friends lieie Mis Marv Eliza beth Lease states that she expects to 1 etui 11 to Knnsns and begin un active canvass for the Populist nomination foi congress in the Seventh elltiicl. The light against Jeny Simpson, she tayw. will prevent his icnonilnatloti, and It Is her hope to eventually stcuio a nuijoilty ot the votes in the con vention BIG FIRE IN ST. LOUIS JEWELRY STORE. I'iii' Slur) Itiiilding Completely (Jut-tcd.-Totu! Loss K:i:!.-),0()l)--Nni-iovv liseupc of Iliiincci and I'aiiii I). St L mlh, Dec 19. A llie stalled 111 tin bas'ineiit of the building occupied by the Menu. nl and Jnccanl Jewelry compuli) at the cornet" of l.oeiist street and liioadwav eailv this mottling and in an almost Inoi edible short time the live Sid) building was completely gut ted. The total loss will icach tin 000. fully eoveied l Insuiauce The llie had been binning some time be toi e H wa dlsoovcied ut 4.40 o'clock and at !i o'clock the south wall and all the lloois began falling, making one of tin Heiiest and (iilckesi flies In t lu minals ol this city. Next to the boiler loom In the basement was u loom u&ed for packing. It is thought the lite staitcd in the holler 100111, commu nicating to the packing room and Mibuting up lh elevatoi shaft quickly spread ov.f M ' ullulng Ar A Kut letige, lhc-si;uglneer. und his tamil.v lived on llie fouith lloen. They baiely escaiK'd. The flremt n dingged them uncoiiM-lous fiom their beds and ear lied them down the fire escape. Five minutes latei the Hours 1 c 11. Several otl ei Uiants in tie building had nar row e.-aapes hut there woe no fatali ties Tlu Met mod iV Jat card Jewelry com pany was one of the lamest in the win Id, nnd this being Christmas sea son, can led un Immense stock. One half of the stock had been i laced n the tun laige vaults and saved but the test, as well as the building and its IKtuiis, was totally desiioyed. Se fi.'Ke was the llie- that not a dol lars woith of salvage was taken out. The Model Cloak conn any, in the noitheast coiner ot the building, was vvlpd out. sustaining a bus of S'jO.OOO on which theie Is an Insurance of tluee-fotiiths Til-' st'ickholdeis of Met mod & Jue eard held a meeting tonight to consid er mrangeineiits' lor opening In tem poral)" tmaittis. VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU. Then Tombs in Uiu Pantheon, Pniis, Ate Opened. I'lom the New Yoik Sun. Pniis. Dee. is. A commission that was nominated by M. Itumbaud. min ister of public Insti action and woishlp, today opened the tombs In the Pan theon and settled the ciuestlon con cerning the whereabouts of the ashes of A'oltnli" and Kousseau, which the late Alphonse Daudet called the great est lllVMtery of the e-entlll). Poth sk letons were found Voltaire's: skull hud fallen into two putts, whit it. when placed together, gave a striking pie.seiitinuit ot his iVatuies ItoUhseau's skull showed no tijeo of a bullet wound, thus disproving the widely cnteitahud belief that he com mitted suicide by shooting himself In the head with a ic velvet. - - -. Pintcst Against Pugilist. Trenton. N. J.. Dec li. Uev. A. "V. ,ie hi iii.-iiiii 10 join (it in 111 aM.iiii; mo pblit.. to Intel fere. P.ov . Mr. Wlsliult (110 spoke agilnsi the piesent practice of glv- t.i. ei ,. . I..I.. ....i... .. 1.1, l....l ,.... .. . mh uiiiv 1 i,ii,ioii.-iin iiiii 101-ilt l)o;.et D. O ' Quay 'Joint: (o I'loruln. M'lifehliiKton, Dec. 11. Senator Qua- has made up a small patty lot u tilp to his Klorld.i plantation at St. Louix. Senitor Vest. Missouri, and tho senator's son, K. 11. Quav. will he of tho pail). Thev Will leave Washington loinoirow. Yin senator expects to retain In time for Hie leeou veiling of coligless In J1111u.il). Hoy Accini'd ol Porgery. Lancustcr. Pa.. Dec. la. The Jury in the case of William A. Llelmld. the IS-) un did boy accused of foigery wide . was 011 tiial in tho iiumier session court heio Kllday and Satuid.i). le tired at a lute limit last night ami thin morning luoum In u veidlit of guilt), with a iceomineti thitlun 10 mrcy. Sleet .St 01 111 in Texnii. St, Louis. Dec I'). It Is learned fiom piivato source that one of the wolst sleet btorniH In the lilstorj of Te.vus pit. vailed in that stute todnv. It Is Impos-d-bit 10 get un) Infoi muilou as ull the Wiles ale duvvn. The stiiini covels sev -eiul huildied llll'es of ttiritni) uivl It Is thought the destruction has been heavy. Locomotive i:pod(N. Hopton. Ala.. Dec. H. Last night on the Hear ere. U loKBlng mml a loconieitivo ex nlnded. killing the engineer, John O'Con nor: tho llicmnn. Jack Clipper, and two trillion, 11 John Johnson and Henry Vlck (iy The explosion was caused by a de fective flue, ........... ... w.. .v., , . W, d. ... Wlshait, ol the Ceniinl Ujpthtt chinch, tonight pleached against tin- .nopoMl hillirfliig of out-of-town pugilists heio to perfoini befoie an athl tic club. lie will ask the other minister .111.1 chiiuh peo- CONFLAGRATION SWEEP HAWLEY Tvvcnly-I:lvc Thousand Dollars Wort!) of Properly Dcstrojcd- FIRE STARTS IN A HORSE CARN. I'll 11 11 id It v the Hrcc.es the I'lnincn Spread ltapidlv--.alin Kulttliic .Hill and Suvciul Dwelling Ilcntsca I 'nil llclote the Devouring Illnzc. Speiljt to the Snaiiton Tiilnine llawle), 'a.. Dee. Ill -Hy a lite .vlllch was fit nt tllscovered in a lain owned by S. It. i:vaiis at about 10 o'clock this evening, $23,000 woith of piopeily was destroyed. As tills town is without llie depaitinent or means of uny desctlp tlon for lighting Humes all "fioits to stay the conllagriitloit were 1 1 tilt less for j lime. The llie from the bun spiead to the general stole owned bv Mr. Hvans, which was soon In allies, Mr. Kvans' loss being estimated at JS.000. The knitting mill of II. Nolkm was net Ignited anil wits entirely consumed. The loss Is estimated at $10.0ik) Fiom the knitting mill the llanies leipetl to the 'esldenccs ol Iieiny M'eb bet" and Mis. William Scholl and the stiuctine-t vveie both desttoyed In shoit oldei. Two dwelling houses owned ny William Johnson, of Dun mote, vveie next attacked and in a few moments later a house owned hy Mrs. Alice- .Me Donald, of Sci'.tuton, and the ieldehee ol lluber Fee lie) were burn ing. The houses melted like wax before the lc-lentless luty ol the eonflagta tltn and In a vi ry shot t time nothlnr hut a few chimed timber. i"inalncd In the -nnoiihleilni: itiiiis. The knitting mill piopenv was fully Instiled but no insurance vv as mtibd 0I1 the stock which was very huge lit anticipation ot th holld iy Hade. S. 11. U. nns' stole wtis ii.siuoil Tilt en'lle Io?s v 111 piobnhl) e.xet "d $2.".oc(.i The minniui of Insmance (tu rletl in th" othei ptopertle-h c iniml be learned touluhl. TO FIGHT CRACKER TRUST. .Men Oigatiiiug to Do It it til o with Pioposcd I'nion. Nc'", oik, Dei 19. While the tlnee big ciackti ccunpanles of the ciuntry are tailing of ciinFolldatlini Into one hut; l list ultli ".0iO,WO , i.iltal. u few eniuest men ate iiigmilzlng a inui pany to fight them all. The titist will probably be name I the Consolidated Utbcult cominii), to lie oiganlzed ti New Jcisey. The llghteis will be gioceis who an tiled ol b.'lng miide th" butt of the cinckt'i men's ineie-aiitile jokes. Thev will put up $Hnono ns a stutter. The mini who hut iiilsen to light the It 11st wis formeily the manage! ol a Philadelphia plant of the New Yoik Disc ult company, and he knows the stungth ind llie weakness of his foe. The bakeiy or tutor ivhhh will be lr.de pendent of the tllist 1 in the lenl toty ol the (3ie.it -i" New Ymk. It can st.ut -vv 1 1 Ii a iiipacit) of 100 bands und lnciease It to double m moie. flroieis and other liuyeis havt taken stock In the new company ami It will l ft u ted in tw montlis CONFESSED SHOPLIFTERS. (tunnel 111 a I'liiuily llvvcnls n.lls. leiy in stealing. Mt. Cut me!, Dec. IV. Local met -chants have been lietiuent losers dur ing the past two .venrs by the work of shoplifters, but weie unable to ob tain uny clues us to who the guilty patties were until last night, when the Identity of the thieves was tevealed thiough a ouiinel In the Imully of Stnlnhius Stupe nl dele. Tho tiunlly (tiuilelled and Mrs. Stu peulskle had her husl and arrested, but Just as he was being sent to Jail his daughter told the justice that sh and her mother liuve'ht'en shoplifting with out her futlici's knowledge, and the gill added that the) usually stole line silk, whli h her mother then sold to oth.r women at ildlculously low juices William S. Thiiwell. who lost sixty yeais of silk a few days ngo had the woman ut tested immediately nnd oth er businessmen me following suit. BODY TIED TO HOAT'S ROPE. .Ilvslciious Dentil ol 11 .Mini 111 .Ma gar. 1 Stiver. Noith Tonawandu, N. Y., Dec in. Captain Matthew Ltitz, of the (irand Island I'eiry. discovered an empty lowboat In the Niagara river this morning, and In it was a man's cout, two llsh poles and a pnll of pel eh. The painter of the boat was hauled In, tne end of the line In ought to the sur face and the body of a man with the 1 ope tied to the ankle. Tho boat was lecngnlzed as belomx Itig to a boatkeeper named Mutz. who nt once lecognlzed the descilptlou of the boat and the man. He said that the man was undoubtedly John Wolf, who had tented the (oat t!tteiday and started out alone The peculiar cltiuinstuncs floated a piofound sensation. An Impiest will be held. I'ire 111 11 steamer. Loudon. Dee. 19. I'll e has broken out in the itltei-huhl of the DiliUli steamer .Sill ei dub-, fiom (lulvestoii via Ncwpmt News for llrenieii hetoie icpoitetl put Into St. Michaels with ludtlti broken and other dutiiiiirc. Imorts are liehiif nude to extinguish the Haines Plato Jlnt.s Miilio (Ivcr. Kokomo, lml. Dee. v..-Tln plate glass sltlke Is uvcr, the I di 11 1 men In the ho homo and Dlwood plains having icvepted the coiiipjiD's piopoMltlou tor pollsheis to be paid for piece woik lfoth tuctoiies will leriiine operations this we. 1; 'Ihllleen S11II01 llrseucil, -Vletoilu. ii. C, Dec. n.-Thu Cau.idlin govei nine ut steuuitr cUudro hus pleU.-d up thilteeu of the Input) -two mlxsllif men fiom the wrecked steunu r Cleveland Oeorgo Corrlllo, a waller who wim in the (list mate's boat, died liom exposuio, DEATH OF SIR FRANK L0CKW00D. Libcrnl .Meiubei ol Paillament Tor York City Since 1KH5, Passed Awny.; London. Dec. iy Sir Frank Lock wood, Llbeinl member of parliament lot- Yoik City sii(. ISsS. is dead. Sir Prank Lockwooel ivas a soli f Mr. Charles Day Lockwooel, of Don caster, nnd was born In 1SP3. lie was educated nt the Manchester giatumai' school and Cuius roller;-, Cambridge, vvlicif lie took Ills ili'iin ns b-ichelor of nrls in lvlS. In 1S7I he mauled Miss .lulla Schwabe. daughter of tin late Mr. Sails Sehw.ibe, of Olyn Onith. An glesey He was calljil to th bar at Lincoln's Inn In 1ST"! and became a Q. C. In 1SL' and a 1iiihi" In 1SS7. He had been lecoidor if Sheilteld and In ISS0 was n 1 oval (ommlssloii to 1 111 pi Ire Into coiiupt piM'-tl(.s at the Chester election In lsil lie was solicitor gen eral. Prior to securing hH seat In par liament for Yoik city lie hid unsuc cessfully contested th seat In 1SS.1. Ills knighthood wa- cinfeiteil In IMil. SH ''rtnk Lo k'vood iircompatiled 1 '.tr im Itiis-fll. of KlUoweii. lend chief Justice of Im-rland, when the latter (nun to ilv Cnit'd States In th sum mer of Itifii; to addiess tin AmeiU-in Ufir assodatlon at Saratoga. ICE COLD RELI0I0N. I'ivc Converts ot the I nitcd r.vangcli cnl I n i Hi iho Immeicd. Hoy.isfoid. Dec VJ. Notwithstand ing th cold Heather this afterni on, over 1,000 people men, women and childifti ciowded the banks of the Schuylkill river on the Spnng City side, and on the laige iion bridge, lit wltnets the Iinmeifion of live male ranitidines of the rnlled.Dvaiigellial faith in the Ice cold water of the Schuylkill. The ((inverts appaiently eiiJo)ed their bath, rthllo the speetatois nhlvered for them. The seivlce .us pret eded by singing and praying at the ilver edm. and was ( ondlic Ld by Kev. W S. ilnins, assisted bv Presiding lllcler ttlggt-r, ot the Cnltetl Ilrcthi -ii thutth of I'otts toiv n. GARRISON'S EULOGY ON HENRY GEORGE. The Moll Known ItoMon Kcloiincr Addi esses the Lthicnl Society ot Pliitadclihiu .. Cliissuil us One- of tho tirentcst .lien ofull Time. Philadelphia. Dec. Ill William Lloyd (unison, the well-known Doston te fotmer. uddiessed the Cthlcal society tedtiy on the life, churnctei and woik ol HTity fie'enge. whom he eliaiacter lzed as one of the gi cutest men of all time, He old. ill part "Never did knight d' old light moie .11II.I...I. to in but .c the Holy h.nd f.om the sinaeeii. than did tleniy fleoige to win bin coimtiy from paup ei Ism. Long after w- ate gone men will contemplate fiom varying points of View this nliiini peak of moiul force. The sunset of the nineteenth centuiy will pit sage with added glory the com ing of the twentieth, bemuse he lived, thought ai'd vviote " The speakei bileily leheaised the main facts of (ieoigeV earlier life, and said that It was while he was In California In its tut Indent and infini tive peiiod. that his gt at woik '"Plo gtesh and Povett)," giew niton his hands and eventually came foi tit like a 1 evolution. .Mr. Hart!on lefened to He I belt Spent el's lebuft of (ieoig-, "ivliom he should have welcomed as the l.iightest Jewel in his diadem." . ml. continuing, said: " When It became manifest that "Pio gi ss and Poveity" was tin- bugle blast If one deeply eaiiibt. the battle i.'ged (ieoige's demand for the im mediate lestoiation of land to those w'ho weie starving because of its mis uppropiiation. was a heiesy not to be tulei tiled For vested lights and priv ileges weie endangered by such teach ing. Land ovvneis vveie stilled to theli luoial d'plhs and died out 'lobber.' 'Hit whole scheme of taxing land val ues only was decreed to he a scheme of spoliation. "Pi ogress and Poveity' was constantly letuted, but It con. stutitly lefused to stay so Its vital ity Is 1 emai liable and It will not dtwn" Concluding, h said: "His par t.clpatlon In the New York municipal campaign was not a piudentlal step; neither was the laid ol John Brown on Huipei's l-'eiry. but In the good tlnien coming It will be ginnted that Hemy (leoige has mailt- his statue pluct in times v.illhalla." KILLED THREE AT A CULL FIGHT. A Hull .lumps Ovor the lliirricadc barges Into 11 Cioud. c.uadalajaia, Mexico, Dec 9. -At a bull light li"to one of the feioelems Spinlsh bulls jumped the baincade suiiiiutullng the ting and ehnigc-J Into the crowd ot si"itaioi' The animal gtiied tlnee persons t death and Jv.il ouly liijilied nine otheis Alton Tiniu recked. Ponil.ie-. Ill . Dt e. 10. The inn thboimd Alton train wis wieckcd near he i'e at -o'cloek this ufieinooi.. Duct traliim 111 Is lepoiit-d killed and sevei.il Injured, 'llie lailroad olllcluls repoit that 110 msi li ne is were hint. THK NEWS T1HS 310KMNU. Weather InJIt-ations 1oJ.i: Partly Cloud) ", Warmer, 1 1 cleiier.il Cuban Insiiigent Hanks In ci easing. Senator Chandler Discuses Piounblo Cuirency Leglalatlon. Japan Hus No Designs oil Hawaii. Ameilean llailmudt-l's Should Ivep Out of China Cnless Cnder Contrnet. J Slate Liberty's Sous and Daughters if Philadelphia Attend Hellgious Set vies. . .1 l.ocul Couit Dolns. t I'-Mltoiiul. Comment of the Press. r The Little Palls of South Am-rlca U Loeul-itev. W. II. Wathlns Seimun to Young Men. HiiiKlurs Ait- Ai'llve. 1 l.oi ut Demoi ruts Will .Miauilon l.lec. lluii I'ouuis. OigauUiitlou of a Civic Club. Local West Side and Subuiban. n Litikawuuiia County lluppenlnb's, 0 NeUhbcirlng County News, The Markets. INSURGENTS INCREASING Al .Pinar del Rio 1600 Pacificos Join the Rebels. THE AUMY NUMHERS 5,000 Reports of the Killing of Ruiz Are Confirmed. It is Itcporleil That Mnishul lUnncc ilt (.'o to the Santiago do Culm Province to Assume Operations in tlio 1'iclit Alter lie lias I'stahlinlicil n Provisional Autonomist Covcru-nicnt--r,vPotlco Inspector Kv pcllcd. AYnshlngton, Dee. 19. The follovvlns cable advices were lecelved at (ho Spanish legation today: Iltib.ttin, Dec, 19. Absolutely trust woithv icpoits penult us tonlllim that Hulz was shot with Aiaiiguren Kilday by nidei of Alexander Itodilgtiez. Af ter sevet.il htteis et hanged between llulez and Aianguicn, Hulz left Du binin on Monday to meet Arnngiiren, not upon olllclal mission, and only as 11 friend. It Is not known how Kodti gltez ai lived, hut the fact Is that that hader ordered the shooting of both, "The Teioclty of such net and pio ceecllng indicates better than anything' else the faith in autonomy, the intran sigents being obliged to lesoit to tei toi .to ptevent the disbanding of their" lands'. Such Is the general opinion, aim public opinion unanimously ittiuli fles such at t us savage anil unwoith). "(Signed) Congosto." Havana, via Key AVest. Fta., Dec. IP. Kepnits fi.im Sancil Spliilus state that Senotes Itafel Madrigal and Ctuz. a lit. ith"i -in-law of Marcos Carela, an insurgent chief In the last war, an 1 now civil governor of the province of Santa Clara, have lefi for llie Insur gent Crimp to i onfei with tho lcadeis, and to Inline them to surrender to the Spanish authoiit'es and atcept auton omy. The Insiti gents are Inct easing latgelv in inimbei't In the provinces of PIii.u del I tin, Havana ami Matan.arf. A lts Ident of Plnar del Kio asserts that If 00 tiacillcos have gone to the insurgent camp. An ec-chlef of th" IiiFurgenis say. that In tho Santligo de Cuba piovine- the Insuig-'iits liavce increased in numbeis to fi.OOO. (leneiul Pando has sunt to Oenei-.il P'nindo a c ii y of a dispatch from tin coiiespondent of n, Mndrnl nevvspapei , saying that tin lehellion In .Sinita. Clata was living; vigorously carried on and thill it was Impossible to light Onmez. who In spit- of General lilan co's mtasints. avoids engagements; with the Spanish tioups. The dispatch, also sa)s that flu soldiers Still lack the food v, hicb Is necessaiy to the s-t -eess of the campaign. Cienoial Pando has telegraphed to M.nslial lilaiuo fiom Mananlllo to send a supply of e ittlc, whleii is ur. gently needed there. Tho Uttor.omlsts iireleud to lie In '. utiespolidence with twenty insurseiit lcadeis who have agreed to suirender to the ruthoiltles in case autonomy Is established in tho Island, but little a edit Is given to the icpoit. KNOAC.KMrcN'f AT CAIMITO. According to olllclal advices a squad ton of Spaulbh tioops i outed tho Insur gents In mi engagement it Cuimito, near Havana City, killing live and cap turing thtee pilsoneis, among whom was the leader Villa Neuva, suecrssoi to the dead leadei, I'tra. When selzi il tin advices say. Villa Neuva. cried. "Do not kill tr.t. I will take you n my tamp," which he did, the Spaniards sui prising the camp ant! killing sixteen Insui gents. Villa Neuva. was bioushc to Havana last night. It is leported that Maiahal Diane a will go to the Santiago de Cuba piov inte to assume command of the opeta tlons in the field after ho has establish ed a piovincial autonomist government. The authorities aio said to bo fccv eial months in urrt-ns of rent for tha ctlmlnal couit bulhling on the Mntan ..iit and the ownet of the building has made threats to ptevent sessions of the court being held on the premises. IteiKiris from fltilra Melena b.iy tliat many fires have been seen In the caue flelils sutroundlny; the town dining tha lust wo weeks. I'x-Polleo Inspector Albert Hscalent. hits been excelled fiom Cuba for con spiracy against tho government. 11" was I'elli-ved of his oillto by tli ne administration when he l.ecstme In volve'l in plots fitralnsl tlu gnvoin meni. IK- Is a irasscng -i on board the Strati) l' Olivet. Shot Hit lliolhcr Dentl. " DauvllU Kj Jn l'l-Al Povveis, Casey (otintv. this ulteruonn. Julia M stott shut und Inst. inili Hill, d hi- broth, i Claude. Had frclliit, h is existed belwi n them for some time They vv-ii soim ot J. I-'. Alston, a wealth) men haul, Lieutenant ll'iiin to Kcsign. Miidtld llu. l'i --Lb utt n.int Oi nei.it Miilili. captain gtuiial ol I in I to Itleo is about to leslgn owing tn the lmiiuslbil lty of iccuuelllng the elllfin-nt parties l'i the islutni with n vhvv ( .tublwhing; uu lonnin). i'ho ileiald's Wcnlltoi Poincnsl. New Yoik. lie. 'ti-lu tilt mltldln states and New JaiKlaiul. lod.t) pitrtli (loittly to cloudi wi uiu i will previi'l with slonl) ilslnu lemii -r ituie. follovvnl by miow, tiitniiu. to rata lu iln- southern diHlllcts. with Irish uoith.vostciiily winds, shifting to iioilheusterly, lucieu Ing lu fmcti unit becoming dangerous on the cousls. On Tuesday, lu both of these sections, iloutly WHiine-l" weather will ptevuil wiih s low or iilu and northiMsi etl; winds, hlh vu U-i cuaiU,
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