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SCI? ANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING-, DECEMBER 28. 1897.
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MR. SINGERLY
WILL SETTLE
Plans Presented for
Consideration of
Creditors.
RECORD STOCK TO GO IN
Its Earning Capacity to Be
Increased.
Tho Affiilrs of the Chestnut Street
Trust nntl Savings Fund Compnny
rill J tl'C Chestnut Struct National
Until; Considered by n Number l
Conferees Sclectcd--Mr. Singerly
Insists 'I'll nt Everything Owned and
Controlled by Him Sluill lie Prompt
ly Applied to the Settlement oftlic
Liabilities oftho Abovo Concerns.
hllndelphl.i, Dec. 27. The conferees
.fleeted to formulate a plan of settle
ment of the affairs of the Chestnut
f-treet National bank and the Chestnut
Strict Trust and Savings Fund com
pany, of which William M. Singerly,
tircpnetor of the Record, was presi
dent, and which closed their doors last
Thui'Fdny, tonight presented that plan
for f'e consideration of depositors and
creditors.
The ch'rf measure suggested is the
issuance of Record stock to secure tho
or (Mors.
The plan is prefaced by a statement
that 'it must bo clear to nil concerned
that In no case can credltois of tho j
bank, of tho Trust company, or the
I'ulp and Paper company, and of Mr.
Plpgcrly himself, realize more than the
total value of the assets and rights of
thes. corporations In addition to those
of Mt. Singerly Individually. No mat
ter how protracted or expensive pos
sible assignments and receiverships
may be made, the creditors cannot re
ceive moro than the total of all assets
less tho cost and expenses which will
bo Incidental to .their administration,
under what will be the most expensive
form of such an administration. The
fact, however, not at first sight So ob
inus. though It more and more im
presses itself upon us Is, that owing to
the necullar nature of the ptopertbs
to behundled a lack of good judgment
in their management will result In tho
tvreipt by the creditors of less than
tho present, and probably of much less
than the ultimate value thereof.
"It Is believed that if Mr. Singerly
will continue to give his entire atten
tion to tho development of his giat
pap.r, the peculiar qualifications which
enabled him to build up a property
earning, It is stated, in tho fiscal year
1M.-R, JolO.OOO not, and earning also, it Is
said in the last seven years an av r
ag annual net earning of $243.n00, will
enable him to do what not merely will
be mpnsslble under change in tho con
ditions namely, to maintain tlic pres
ent grat value of the property, but
also to increase it.
"This plan will, of course, bo greatly
aided by Mr. Singerly's insistence that
everything possessed and controlled by
hun shall be promptly, without legal
contt, transferred to the manager to
be applied to the above purposes."
The plan provides that tho capital
stock of the Hecord Publishing com
pany, or of a company to which its as
sets shall be assigned, shall be fixed
and issued to an amount necessary to
give all creditors in class A, par for
their claims In a stock preferred as to
dividends nnd principal which shall
bear six per cent, interst cumulative;
and all creditors in class 13 par for
their claims In a second six per cent,
culmulatlve stock, also preferred, af
ter the first preferred stock as to divi
dends nnd principal; and all creditors
In class C par In the common stock
of said company. No encumbrance
ngainst the Record Publishing com
pany's property Is to be created with
out the assent of the holders of two
thirds of the preferred stock of the
two classes.
CLAIMS IN CLASS A.
Class A shall consist of assenting
creditors to the extent to which they
may hold liens against the Record
Publishing company, or preferred or
city claims against the bank or trust
company, or persons or corporations
willing to advance new moneys to bo
applied, at tho best discretion of tho
managers, in the furthering nnd bring
ing about this re-organlzatlon.
Class B shall consist of holders of
claims acalnst .the Record or claims
secured by this stock. In case of any
doubt as to the amount of actual exist
ence of a claim as being a valid one
ngainst the Record, the managers may
finally settle the amount nnd status of
such claim without liability to them
selves; or, if their decision bo adverse
to the status of tho claim ns ono
against the publishing company, the
holders thereof may insist upon a Ju
dicial decision of the status.
Class C shall consist of all creditors
other than those ubove specified of any
of the parties, a re-organlzatlon of
whose affairs Is now contemplated or
may become 'necessary to the success
of this plan. A note Is here Inserted
that there now exists $1,000,000 of com
mon stock of the Record Publishing
company subject, to the prior lieu of
$700,000 of mortgages. After a full
examination of the property It was
recommended, to a syndicate recently
formed, that this stock Issue be In
creased by the Issuance of $2,000,000 of
preferred stock, making the total Issue
$3,000,000. the $700,000 of mortgages be
ing Intended to be paid out of the pro
ceeds secured from such new issue.
Under these conditions the $2,000,000
of preferred stock at par were over
subscribed for by the capitalists and
banking Intersts of Philadelphia.
The munagers of tho plan uro to
make the distribution of the stock
within thirty days after sufficient na
Bents have been received to make tho
plan operative. In exchange for the
stock the claims are to bo turned over
to tho managers, nnd the stock is to
be subject to redemption by Mr. Slng
erly within six years, upon payment of
Its par vnlue, with six per cent. Inter
est, less dlvldendo mennwhlle declared.
Any assets obtained by the managers
from thoso having claims ngainst tho
bank In the distribution of the assets
of tho bank shall be applied pro rata
to the purchase at pnr of the Record
stock held by the ownerH of assented
claims against the bank or .their as
signees; or If the managers shall think
It advisable, to the liquidation of tho
bank Itself at their option.
Tho same method is to b? used with
regard to the Trust company,
Mr. Singerly Is to deed to tho man
agers nil of his other property nnd es
tate, to further liquidation, they to
have the fullest possible discretion, nnd
without personal liability, although
they will act under ndvlco of counsel.
Six per cent, dividends per annum
are to be paid so far as possible on
the common stock, and no net earn
ings of the Record shall bo devoted to
the redemption of the stock until these
dividends have been paid. When re
demption Is made it shau be pro rata
amongst the holders of each particu
lar series.
Mr. Singerly shall remain tho editor
of tho Record and shall control Its pol
icy; but Its business management shall
be controlled by a board, of which the
managers may be membera, to be
elected by a voting trust, which shall
consist of the managers and of Mr.
Sydney P. Tyler, president of the
Fourth Street National bank.
The plan Is submitted for tho approv
al of the creditors.
The document was agreed upon after
an all day conference between As
signees George 11. Entie, Jr., and Rich
ard Y. Cook; their attorney, John G.
Johnson; J. Howard Gendell, Mr. Sing
erly's attorney, and Director Loeb. of
the ilnance company of Pennsylvania,
It was afterwards read by Deputy
Comptroller of tho Currency George
M. Coflln.
SINGERLY'S LIABILITIES.
A local news bureau sent out the
following statement this afternoon:
From a reliable source we learn that
Mr. Singerly's liabilities aggregate
$2,Co0.000, divided as follows:
To Chestnut Street National bank,
$648,000; to Trust company, $652,000;
mortgage on Record building, $200,000;
bonds Issued by Record company, So.r0,
000; borrowed from Wldener, Elklns
and Kemble estate, $150,000; other in
debtedness, $150,000; grand total, $2,030,-
ono.
Mr. Singerly owned 2,600 shares of
Chestnut Street National bank stock,
nil of which is pledged with the trust
company for loans.
Tho books of the Record Publishing
company show that the net earnings
for tho past seven years aggregated
$240,000 per annum.
Mr. Singerly's most tangible asset Is
the Record Publishing company, which
is valued at probably $2,500,000 to $3,
000.000. The $450,000 notes In the schedule of
liabilities represents money borrowed
from tho Wldener, Elklns and Kemble
estates several years ago when Mr.
Singerly was Involved In the failure of
Lewis S. Cox. It Is understood that
about tSOO.OOO Record common Mock Is
pledged lor this loan."
Deputy Comptroller Collin stated at
the conclusion of the conferees' consul
tation that he had telegraphed a syn
opsis of the plan to Comptroller Eck
els, with an opinion that It is the only
possible course by which the creditors
of the bank can expect to realize the
largest percentage or probably the en
tile amount of their claims. "It must
be remembered," said he. "that the
proposition is not made by Comptroller
Eckels, but by Mr. Singerly. through
his fiiends and counselors, ns tho very
best they can evolve from a most com
plicated situation. If the creditors of
the bank reject this proposition, the
only alternative left thorn is a receiver
ship the most expensho of all meth
ods of liquidation, with a certainty of
loss of a greater or less portion of
their claims. With this knowledge of
tho alternatives presented, I trust tho
creditors of the bank will decide to ne-
cepi me jirouer made to the largest
possible extent."
SIGNS OF GOOD TIMES.
'"'ho Itntu of Interest Is Gradually
Grow I iik Lower in the Great IJusi
ifess Centers,
New York, Dee, 27. With the announce
ment of tho dividends to lie paid next
month by tho various saving banks of
this city there Is a general tendency to
piiy a lower rate of Interest than here
tofore. A few years ago practically all
th- older- banks were paying Interest at 1
per cent, per annum, but gradually this
has been changed so thut next year in
terest will be 3',a per cent. President Me.
Mnnn, of the Emigrant ludUbtrlul Sav
ings bank, said today: "Conditions are
such now that tho various banks are not
earning as much ns a few jenrs ago.
and consequently It is Impracticable to
pay a rate of Intel est that would perhaps
tend to reduce tho surplus. Tho tendency
Is even toward u lower rale, say 3 per
cent., not this vear. or even next, per
haps, but eventually. .Mist of the (j per
cent, government bonds have matured
nnd but a few cars can elapso before
they aro all redeemed. While banks held
these bonds It was possible to pay 1 per
cent., but now In taking care of our new
business It Is not possible for a bank to
ourn more than 3- per cent, on its cap
ital. Moncv on call Is at present very
cheap, and thero must be, ot necessity, a
retrenchment of some kind. Real estate
Htinnot be counted on too strongly, and
to day wo cannot get in some Instances
more than 4'4 per cent, on tho very best
bonds and mortgages."
President J. II, Hhoudos. of tho Green
wich Havings bank, said this was a gen
eral feeling, especially up the state, that
under present conditions of Investment
and returns per cent, was too high, and
undoubtedly tho bankers would welcomo
uny general movement to reduce the rate.
Indeed, Mr. Rhoads had been asked to
lend his Influence In this direction. Tho
fact that railroad could refund their
bonds ut 3',i per cent, showed apparently
that savings banks wore In many in
stances giving a higher rate of Interest
than conditions warranted. Mr. Rhoades
thought that ultimately ull savings banks
would reduce tholr rates to S',4 per cent.,
and possibly to 3 per cent.
Shoo Drnlers I'mII.
New York, Dec. 27.-Tho Royal Shoo
company, retail shoo doalers, havo as
signed to Leo Levy. Liabilities, J10.WW;
assets, Sir,O09.
THE SCARCITY OF
FOOD IN DAWSON
Conflicting Reports ns to the Winter's
Supply.
MEN MUST SUFFER FROM IIUNOER
Unless Tood is Takon from tho Couil
tho Situation Will lie Serious.
Trnvelers from Nknguny nnd Dyen
Report Passing Mnowbnund Gold
Seckers-Mnuv Well Provisioned,
llogus Cntindiuu Olliclnls.
Seattle, Wnsh., Dec. 27. Among tho
passengers of tho steamer Rosalie,
which lias nrrived hero from Skaguay
nnd Dyea, Alaska, were six men who
recently left Dawson City, bringing
advices up to November 2. The men
nre Frank Ballinc, John Lindsay,
Thomas Story. R. G. Wynn, W. 15.
King and P. J. Holland.
Conlllctlng statements as to tho food
situation in Dawson are made by these
men. Lindsay asserts with great posl
tlveness that want already exists at
Dawson and that unless food Is taken
Into the camp from this coast, men will
suffer from hunger.
Palllne, Wynne and Holland say
that there Is more alarm outside con
cerning the Dawson people than Is felt
by the residents of that place. They
agree that there Is no food to be
bought In Dawson except from those
who nre found coming out of the coun
try with more grub than they can use
on the way up the river. They, how
ever, expect that porno men will be put
on short rations. The exodus of men
from Dawson to Fort Yukon and to
points on the coast materially relieves
the situation at Dawson.
Between Polly River and Dyea the
party passed hundreds of camps where
snow-bound and Ice-bound Klondlkers
have camped for tho winter. Many
of them were well equipped with pro
visions and by paying $2 per pound it
was possible for them to procure Hour
and other necessaries.
From Five Fingers the Yukon Is a
frozen mass of Ice boulders, running
as high as twelve feet, blocking tho
canyon from wnll to wall and making
travel dlfllcult. This, it is asserted,
will have to bo cut through by gov
ernment or other relief expeditions
that expect to reach Dawson from the
coastf. end tho belHf expressed by
Balllne was that this task would
practical' make futile almost any ef
fort put forth by tho government at
Washington to relieve the American
miners in the Klondike.
Reports from Skaguay and Dyea
brought down by tho Rosalie are to
the effect that swindlers operating un
der the guise of Canadian officials are
lleeclng the new-comers at Lake Lln
derman, demanding payment for duty
and giving a printed receipt.
CANADA AND TUB KLONDIKE.
Minister Sifion's Suspiciously Prompt
Co-operation in Itrlicf nrk.
Washington, Dec. 2!. The Canadian
government will co-operate undoubt
edly with tile United States for send-
Ing a relief expedition to the Klondike'
country. Last week Secretary Alger
of the war department decided that he
would go to Canada to confer with the
authorities about the matter, but his
health Is so poor that he sent a letter
Instead. Tho letter was sent to Clifford
Slfton, Canadian minister of tho inter
ior, and Mr. Slfton has replied that his
government feels that It ought to en
operato with the United States In this
matter nnd that be will be In Wash
ington this evening to confer with Sec
retary Alger about the expedition.
This remarkable courtesy and
promptness from Mr. Slfton causes
wmi! winder in Washington, and the
question of what lie really is nftor Is
being asked. It is probable that ho
comes hither w Itli designs for new dip
lomatic negotiations up his sleeve.
Only a short time ago Mr. Slfton nd
diessed a gathering at Victoria, It. C,
and our consul at that place. In a re
port to the state department, thus de
scribes what happened: "Mr. Slfton,
naturally desirous of plerslnu his au
dience, declared that the boundary lino
between Alaska and British Columbia,
when lightly settled, would include
some Important parts now n the pos
session of tho United Slutes and gave
an outline of plans now in progress to
get an all-Canadian route via Stlckeen
river and tho railroad project connect
ed therewith. His remarks, critical to
the United States, were lerelved with
loud applause by the audience."
DEATH OF A HEROINE.
Mr. Li.zie Gnllnglier Fatally Ilurned
N bile Itexciiiug Her Children.
New York, Dec. 27. Mrs. Lizzie Gal
lagher was burned to death last night at
her apartments In Brooklyn In her ef
forts to sao her children. Tho baby hid
pulled the cloth from the table, upscttlntr
tho kercsone lump. Mrs. Gallagher's
clothes caught lire, but she devoted her
efforts to rescuing her little children. Cov.
ered with burning oil she can led her
threo little ones to safety and then run
ning to a neighbor's bedioom rolled her
self in blnnkcts.
It was too late, however, as. burned
from head to foot, she died soon after
reaching tho hospital to which sho was
taken.
tliipen Mine Closed.
Negauhec. Mich., Dec. 27. Tho Queen
mine closed down today for an Indefinite
time, thrnwinir 250 men out of employ
ment. In ease the company can Indueo
free-owners t,o reduce the royalty, oper
ations probably will bo resumed, other
wise nothing will be dono until the ship
ping season opens in the spring. Tho
royalty at present Is 23 cents per ton.
Shot flii Uncle.
Bracerbrldgc. Ont., Dec. 27. While a
boy about IS years of ago. named
Krankun, was driving a team on Tuesday,
the 21st. to Stlsted, Ont.. he met his
uncle, James Rankin, on the road, also
driving. A quarrel ensued and the boy
shot Rankin In tho leg. Rankin died yes
terday. Young Franklin has been nr
reBted. I'.lrctrlc Company Consolidates,
St. Louis, Dec. 27. Tho Missouri Elec
tric Light and Power company, and tho
Edison Electrlo company, two of the
largest concerns of their kind In tho city,
were consolidated today. Tho now con
corn will, It Is stated, Issue ?l 000,000 of
gold bearing bonds,
LINOO QETS TWENTY YEARS.
Ctl Shaw Indicted lor tho Murder ot
III Mother and Grniidtnntlif r.
Camden, N. J., Doc. 27. Francis Lingo,
colored, was today sentenced to twenty
years, nvo ycats on each of tho two
charges of forgery on which lie was con
victed Inst Frldav. and ten years o;i tho
charge of attempted abduction, for which
ho was tried and convicted today. A llns
of $3,000 wns ulso Imposed, making tho
full penalty of tho law for tho tbrco
crimes.
Lingo, who has figured prominently In
two murder mysteries, wns urrcsted
charged with enticing Miss Kathcrlne
Berry, of Philadelphia, to New Jersey by
mean of n forged note and a forged or
der on the Merchnntvlllo postolllcc.
Tho Camden county grand Jury today
fond n true bill ngainst nil Shaw, who
was charged with the murder of his
mother nnd grandmother.
INDICTMENTS DISMISSED.
Employe of the Manhattan Relieved
of llir Charge ol Mnitflnuehrr.
New York, Dec. 27. J ml go McMnhon, In
the court of general sessions, today, on
the recommendation of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Bell, dismissed tho in
dictments for manslaughter found nsalint
Georgo K. McCoy and Charles E. Foley,
employes of tho Manhattan Elevated
Railway company, who were accused of
killing Charles E. Weber, a horse deal
er, in the Ninth station of the Third Ave
nuo L road on the night of February 4
It was alleged that Weber, who was In
toxicated nt the time, forced a qu.irrel
with MrCoy and Foley. In tho llsht
Weber fell on the platform and received
Injuries which resulted mortally.
HE
SWINDLED
RICHARD BOWLES
Willinm Griffiths, Who is Accused
oi Queer DcnUnc, nt Denver, is
Arrested In New York.
New York, Dec. 27. According to a
dispatch received at police headquar
ters, William II. Griffiths was arrested
to-day In Denver by a detective ser
geant from this city. Grllllths is
charged with having swindled Richard
J. Bowles, president of tho Denver
Mining exchange out of $14,010, on No
vember 2(1, 1S92. An Indictment was
found against Grllllths on October 10
of this year. The delay was duo to tho
difficulty In getting witnesses.
Grllllths Is charged with having met
Bowies in New York and with Inveig
ling him Into paying the money on a
note that he claimed had been en
dorsed by L. B. Coo, of Leadvllle, Col.
Giitllths It Is claimed, represented him
self ns the asent ot the Colorado Min
ing company, of Yuma, Ariz., of which
Coo was an otllclal. He showed Mr.
Bowles the note, endorsed by Coe, and
stated that Coe was good for much
more, as tho company was In sound
condition and was sure to be a good
Investment. Bowles gave him the
money on the note.
Bowies afterward learned from Coe
that the note was simply what Is
known as an accommodation note. He
had made it out simply as a favor to
Griffiths. Bowles said that Griffiths
had stated that it was the company's
note and that the company had twelve
acres of rich mining land In one part
of Arizona and slxty-four acies in
another with Irrigating canals and nil
necessary engines and nppllnnces for
la mining plant. He had also told him,
faccordlng to Mr. Bowies, that the note
had been received In a regular busi
ness way.
Bowies at once placed tho matter
before the proper authorities and tin
indictment followed. Grllllths will be
brought to New York.
FOUNDERED IN A GALH.
The Schooner Itnlsorn L. Sherman
Lost Oil' Migli'niid Licbt.
Salem, Mass.. Dee. 27.-The two-masted
schooner Ernst T. Lee. Captain Hnwdln;?.
of South River. N. J., bound for Boston,
with a load of clay, sailed into Salem har
bor this morning with the crew of llvo
men of tho schconer Balsor.i L. Sheiman,
Captain Plummet-, also from South River,
N. J., for Bo.lon. oi. board.
The crew of the Sherman tald their ves
sel foundered on Saturday night on
Highland Light.
Captain linn mer, of the wrecked
schooner, says that on Saturday evening
tho vessel sprang a leak. She was a mass
of Ico and tho wind had become a gale.
The schooner's sails were blown nwny,
find while the ciew were endeavoring to
work the pump the vessel's bow sank
Into the water and before tho captain
und the crew could secure nny of their
effects she went to the bottom.
The men had barely time to jump Into
the ship's boat at the stern and pull away.
KID CHALLENGES FITZ.
'i'ho Comyicror ol Crcedon is Now
Looliiuu' for Larger Gnnio.
New York, Dee. 27. Kid McCoy, tho
conqueror of Creedon. Issued a challenge
toFltzslmmons today for a linlsh fight for
tho middleweight championship of tho
world. The oung middleweight an
nounced that lie has backing lor $10.uuu
nnd will post a foifelt as soon ns called
upon to do so.
He desires to meet the present cham
pion for a purso und a side stake of at
least $5,000.
McCoy at onco communicated with D.m
Stuart, the promoter of the Carson light
last spring, and offered to take e'orbett'a
placo in case the California!! falls to sign
articles with Fltzslmmons.
"Even If Corbett Is willing to light,"
declnred McCoy In his letter to Stuart, "I
believe that I am entitled to the llrst
chance. Corbett Is a beaten man. while
I have not yet been defeated. Fltzslm
mons should take me on first and deal
with Corbett afterward."
TRAGIC END OP MORAST.
Attempts to Murdnr His Who nnd
Then Commits Suicide.
Bethlehem, Pa Dec. 27. Georgo A. Mo
rast, aged 50 years, tonight shot his wlfo,
Annie, and then blew out his brains. Tho
woman will rccoer. The couple wcro
Germans and came hero from Colorado u
year ago. Mrs. Morast conducted a drjss
making school, i'hay quarrelled and sen.
mated a week ago. and tonight ho called
to attempt a reconciliation. She ordered
hint from tho hoitfe and tho shooting oc
cut red.
Morast Is said to havo belonged to a
well-to-do family of farmers,
Hie I'lre in London,
London, Dec. 27. A tiro broko out to
night In tho dry goods store of Messrs.
Jermyn & Perry, High street. Kings
Lynn (Lynn Regis), Norfolk. Tho local
lire engines collapsed and the flames
t proad rapidly, soon destroying a number
of tho adlnlnlng business houses. The
total damage Is estimated nt i'loo.WW
($DW,0W).
MASONIC GRAND
LODGE PROCEEDINGS
Officers Installed at the Annual Ses
sions ol 1697.
MANY APPOINTMENTS ARP. MADE
At tho Mooting oftlic Grand Lodge ol
Free nnd Accepted Masons nt Phll
ndclphin, a Lnrcc Number of Dis
trict Deputy Grand Musters Are
Appointed.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27. Tho grand
lodge Free and Accepted Masons held
their annual session to-duy, tnstaled
the grand ofllcers recently elcted, and
heard the grand master's appointments
for the ensuing year. The ofllcers In
stalled were grand master, William J.
Kelley; deputy grand master, Henry
W. Williams; senior grand warden,
George W. Wagner; Junior grand war
den, Edenr T. Tennis, grand treasurer,
Thomas It. Patton; grand secretary,
William A. Sinn.
A large number of appointments
were made. Among the grand chap
lains named nre Revs. Cortland T.
Whitehead, of Pltsburg; Benjamin F.
Delo, of Clarion; John N. MacGonlgle,
of Oil City; Charles M. Stock, of Han
over; David S. Monroe, of Altoona;
Grafton T. Reynolds, of Pittsburg;
Joseph W. Miles, of Pittsburg; Thomas
II. Angoll, of Harrlsburg; Kennedy C.
Hayes, of Meadvlllo; William B. Chal
font, of Chester, nnd Alexamder II,
Spangler, of Mlflllntown.
These district grand masters were
appointed:
Andrew J. Kauffman, of Columbia,
for Lancaster county; William L. Gor
gas, of Harrlsburg, for Dauphin nnd
that part of Northumhberland east
nnd south of the Susquehanna liver;
B. Latrobo Maurer, of Chumbersburg,
for Cumberland, Franklin and Fulton;
G. Henry Shirk, of Hanover, for York
nnd Adams; William J. Transue, of
Portland, for Northampton and Mon
roe; Laird II. Barber, of Mauch Chunk,
for Carbon nnd Lehigh and lodge No.
327 In Luzerne county; Matthew M.
MacMillan, of Mahunny City, for
Schuylkill; William D. AVhito, of
WIlkes-Barre, for Luzerne, except
lodge 327, and for lodge 462 In Columbia
county; Thomas F. Wells, of Scranton,
for Lackawanna and lodge No. 341 In i JKe- ls ueau- "aruain ni recover.
Wyoming county; Elbert P. Jones, of j Harbaln. who has been 111 and dos
Arlel, for Wuvne and Pike; David C. I l'ondent for some time past, fastened
Ainy, of New MllfortT, for Susquehan- ! l 8tra:' t0 thp barH ot hls ce" and
na and lodge No. 42S of Wyoming ' "anged himself, but he was discovered
county; Charles K. Rlggs. of Canton, b' il keeper before- life was extinct, and
for Bradford and Sullivan nnd lodges icsuscltated. Barbain admitted that he
i 24S and 26J In Wyoming county; Aaron "ad tried to kill himself because he
i R. Nlles. of Wellsboro, for Tioga; John ! wn 1 d tired of living,
i K. Hayes, of Williamsport, for Lycom- When tho excitement caused by Bar
i Ing it'ul Union and or lodge 401 In ' bain's attempted suicide had subsided
! Nortl imberland county; Ezra C. Doty. I somewhat, McCallum announced to his
of .Mlflllntown, for Perry. Juniata and I
Mifllln: Boyd D. Steel, of Altoona; for,
Cambria and Blair, except lodge 41)1; ,
Wilson I. Fleming, of Bellefonte, for
Centro and Clearfield and lodge 435 In
Jefferson county; Charles L. Wheeler,
of Bradford, for Potter and MoKoan,
except lodge MC; Caleb C. Thompson of
i Warren, for Warren, Forest nnd Ven
ango, except lodge fi52; David A. Saw
dey, of Erie, for Erie, Marlon Park Da
vis, of Meadvllle, for Crawford: Wal
ter D. Clark, of New Castle, for Law-
lence and Mercer; William B. Mere
dlth, of Klttannlg, for Armstrong,
Butler, Clarion and Jefferson, except
lodges 429 nnd 531, and for lodge No.
f52 in Venango county: James W.
Brown, of Pittsburg, for that part of
Allegheny outh of the Allegheny and
Ohio rive-is; James W. McDowell, of
Washington, for Washington and
Greene, except lodge 401 in Washington
county; Irvln McFarland. of Indiana,
for Westmoreland and Indiana, except
lodge 562 In Westmoreland county;
John D. Carr. of Unlontown, for Fay
etet and Somerset, and for lodse 401
In Washington nnd lodge 562 in West
moreland county; Willinm II. Stack, of
Allegheny, for that part of Allegheny
north of the Allegheny and Ohio riv
ers; George R. McCrea, of Renovo, for
Clinton. Elk and Cameron, and for
loge 5CC in MeKean county; Alexander
Elliott, of Huntingdon, for Hunting
don, and Bedford und for lodge 494 In
Blair county; John W. Farnsworth, of
Danville, for Montour, Snyder and
Columbia, except lodge 4C2, and for
lodges 250 and 401 In Northumberland
eounty; Willinm B. Broomall, of dies
ter, for Delaware1, except lodge 6S1,
and lodges 353, 475 and 54,- In Chester
county; Ulysses S. Strouss. of Beaver,
for Beaver and lodso No, 429 In Butler
county; Sumuel Hamilton, of Brad-
dock, for lodges 375, 510, 526, 54S, 582,
583,- 590, C12 and 01 In Allegheny county
south of the Allegheny and Ohio riv
ers
FIVE PASSENQERS INJURED.
A Wreck on tho Memphis Itnllrond nt
Liberal, Mo.
Liberal, Mo., Dec. 27. A wreck occurred
at tho Memphis toad's depot at this placo
last night. Local train No. IS broke In
two on tho down grade coming into town,
and tho two sections came together In
front of tho station. Five persons wore
injured, two seriously. Tho Injured are:
Miss Tlllie Smith, of Llbeial; Mrs. Shel
ton, Colonel Jesse Poore. of Golden City,
und Floyd Qulntnrd.
The conductor and one brakeman were
slightly injured.
Turkey's Lxplnnntion.
Constantinople. Dec. 27. Tho Turkish
government replying to the representa
tions of Greece, has explained that tho
tiring upon the Greek gunboat Actium by
the Turks nt Prevess on Saturday last
ns tho vessel was leaving the gulf of Am
bracia was duo to a misunderstanding.
Death nl Paymaster Hess,
New York, Dec. 27. George F. Hess,
died today nt his residenco in Fiizabcth,
N. J., aged 7(i: Mr. Hess was for many
years paymaster of tho Central Railroad
and about n year ago was retired by tho
company on a pension, lie was well
known throughout New Jersey.
Clothier IsNigtifl,
Cleveland. O.. Dec. 27.-Louls Leon,
clothier, asslgni'd today to Benjamin Sal
berg. Tho assets tile S1CO0O and the lia
bilities. $30,000. Prior to nsslgnlng chattel
mortgages vvero llled for J19.210 to wecuro
promissory notes.
i
stenmxblp Arrivnls.
New York, Dec. 27. Cleared: Nomadic,
Liverpool. Sailed: Rotterdam, Rotter
dam, Huvre Arrived: La Gascogne,
New York. Gibraltar Arrived: Ems,
Now York, und proceeded for Kuplcd and
Genoa.
DIG PLUM FOR "CIIOLLY."
John W. Kcllor Appointed Coin
mlsslonor of Charities
New York, Dec. 27,-Jolm W. Keller, the
"Chiilly Knickerbocker" of the Journal
nnd Advertiser, has been appointed by
Mayor Vnn Wyck commissioner of the
department of charities nt a salary of
$7,500 a year Air. Keller was formerly
editor of the Recorder.
Colonel Asa Bird Gardner, district attorney-elect,
has sedectcd his assistants.
They arc John F. Mclntyre. Colonel Hub
ert Townsend, Henry W. Unger. ex-Con-gressmaR
James J. Walsh, Moses Her
mann, ox-assemblyman, nnd James
Giady, a brother of Senator Grady.
It was John F. Mclntyre who resigned
as assistant district ntlorney to Georgo
A. Proad and defended Ward J. Ivory,
who was ehirged with conspiracy to
cause dynamite explosions In Great Brit
ain. Th Democratic members of the board
of aldermen he'd a caucus In the city
(ouncil chambers toduy to select olli
cers of the board. What Is known ns the
Croker slate was minuted as follows:
Thomas F. Woods, president of the board;
William II. Gledhlll. vice president; Mi
chael F. Blake, clerk, and Robert Mull,
chairman of tho flrnnco committee-. Mr.
Woods Is a horseshoer, and has not held
olllco before.
RUSSIA'S LATEST MOVE.
Has Taken Possession of Corca and
lh Gulf of St. Lawrence.
San Francisco, Dec. 27. Hit T. Shepherd,
who has recently returned from China,
whero ho held an ollleial position, com
menting upon tho reported occupation of
Kln-Ciiau by Russta. said today:
"The seizure ot the port shows that Rus
sia has practically taken possession of
Corea, Manchuria and the Gulf of Lau
Tung, and possesses a slgnlllcanco which
will causo consternation among the diplo
mats In tho world. Its situation Is such
that Its possession practically places Rus
sia In a position to defy the world."
St. Petersburg, Dec. 27 The Russians
bavo occupied Kln-Chnu, north of Port
Arthur.
FATAL ENDING OF
A PRISON JOKE
Henry McCnllum IInng Ilimscll for
Fun and Finishes with the Coroner.
icd in n Few Minutes.
Now York, Dec. 27. Two prisoners,
Frank Barbain, an Italian, and Harry
McCallum, colored, atetmpted suicide
at about the same time In the peniten
tiary nt Caldwell, N. J., to-day. Mc-
. Callum, who attempted suicide as a
prison mates that he would play a Joke
on tho keepers. A fv minutes later a
convict, In a cell adjoining McCallum's
heard the Iatter's cell door rattle, fol-
lowed by a low groan. A shout of
warning brought the keeprs to the
scene. McCallum was found hanging
from tho door. He had tied one end
of u strap to the bars and the other
about his neck, both knees under him
and allowed his full weight to hang on
the strap. McCallum showed no signs
ot life when the keeprs reached his
side, though ho had not been hanging
more than a couple of minutes. The
body wns carried down stairs and a
physician summoned. The physician
worked hard over McCallum but could
nt wive ills life. The doctor said that
the strap must have pressed against
the man's jugglar vein in such a way
as to render him unconscious almost
instantly. McCallum was serving a
sixty days' sentence for larceny and
was booked for release next Thursday,
TOREADOR'S ESCAPE.
Tornas Mnzznlllni Tossed nnd Gored
by n Hull in Mexico,
City of Mexico. Dec. 27. The last of tho
series of bull tights by Mazzaltim was
given yesterday afternoon and was at
tended by 7,000 people. Tomas Mazzal
tf nl escaped nnrrowly with his life. Ho
was tossed by an Infuriated bull and
gored In tho hand. Ten hoises were killed
and six bulls were slnin. The ftsht was
not up to the usual standard.
Mr. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan arrived In
Guadalajara yesterday afternoon and
wcro received by the repre-sentntlves of
the state government and by tho Amerl
tun residents.
Steamer In n Blaze.
St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 27. The flro In tiro
cotton cargo of the British steamer Lam
berts Point. Captain Humphreys, from
Norfolk. Vu.. for Liverpool, which nr-
rived here after fotty hours' battling with
i no names, resists an crrorts to ex
tinguish It. Two tugs nnd several en
gines of the city tire department aro now
pumping water into tho blaze.
W heel Compnny Fails.
Springfield. Mass., Dec. 27. Tho Over
man Wheel company, of Chlcopee Falls,
with aecneios In all the principal cltfes
of tho country, made an assignment today
to President 11. 11. Ilowinan, of tho
SprUigfleld National bank. Liabilities.
J.-.39.000; assets. Jl, 318.000. Tho shops wero
closed tonight, throwing several hundred
employes out of work.
Sargent Not n ( nndidntc.
Peoria, 111., Dec. 27. Grand Master Sar
gent, of the Firemen's Brotherhood, who
lias just returned from Washington, de
nied that ho ls a candidate for Interstate
commerce commissioner, and fears that
such a report may cast reflection on his
motives In oppoflng Judge P.ixson. Ho
says the brotherhoods aro pushing no can
didates, but ure strongly ngainst Paxson.
T1IK KKWS TIMS MOKXINU.
Weather Indications Todayt
Fair: Variable WlncH.
1 General Plans for Adjusting Mr. Sin
gerly s Dllllcultlcs.
Profound Distress Prevails Amonr;
Thousunds In Cuba.
Ofllcers of tho Masonic Grand Lodge.
Serious Situation In Dawson City.
2 Local Father Seeks ills Absent Son.
Social Events.
3 Local Six Men Seriously Burned by
Gas lu Belleviio Mine.
4 Editorial.
Comment of tho Press. ,
5 Local Resignation of School Control
ler Woriritfr.
6 Local West Sldo and Suburban-
7 Lackawanna County News,
S Neighboring County News,
Tho Markets.
CUBANS ARE
STARVING
The Most Profound Dis
tress Prevails Among
Thousands.
PRESIDENT SO INFORMED
Facts from Undoubted Sources
of Information.
Tho Sum ot 95,000 Received to Unto.
Department Is In llopo That tho
American Pcoplu Will Come to tho
Relict ot the Siifrcrins--Cnnsul Leo
Sends n List ofArticlcs Needed.
Washington, Dec. 27. The most pro
found distress pruvnlls among many
thousands of people In Cuba. Starva
tion not only Impends but Is an actual
fact. Tho president has been Inform
ed of the facts from sources whoso
credibility cannot be doubted. Ho has;
gone to the length of his constitution
al power in calling tho state of affairs)
to the attention of thp American peo
ple. The state department has used
all of Its authority to mitigate the con
ditions there and tho letter to the pub
lic sent out lv SieiT"tary Sherman tho
day before Christmas pointed out the
way to further alleviate the miserable
condltiun of the reroncontrados. To
day the sum of $5,000 wus received by
Secretary Day from certain charitably
disposed persons whose names aro not
disclosed, and this sum will bo remit
ted by telegraph tomorrow morning to
Consul General Lee for distribution
among the irost pressing causes. It is
hoped by the department of state that
the American peonle will como to tho
relief nnd that promptly by subscrip
tions of money, clothing and supplied
of various kinds.
The newspapeis aro expected to lend
generous nld in carrying forward this1
movement. The machinery for distri
bution has been provided 'by the state
doDartinent, and Consul General Leo
has undertaken with the aid of tho
American consular office in Cuba, to
give personal attention to the allevi
ation of distress by distribution of thi
gifts of tho American people. One llnj
of steamers plying between Now Yow
and Ifavnnn the Ward line It ls saj
has undertaken to forwnrd any com
buttons of goods to General Leel
Havana, and It is believed that
American railroads will do thoir pi
by carrying the goods to the seaboal
The Spanish authorities have consei
cd to remit nil duties on relief suppll
so foi warded. The state departtncl
directs that they be sent direct
Consul General Lee. either money
draft or check or goods.
Consul General Lee tonight cab
the state department just what
wanting at this Juncture and his 111
is as follows:
Summer clothing, second hand
otherwise, principally for women nil
children: medicines for fevers, lr.clui
ing a targe proportion of quinine, hail
bread, cornmeal, liaeon, rice, lard, pel
lutoos, beans, peas, salt fish, prlncl
pally cod fish; any canned goods, ei
peclally condensed milk for the starvl
ing children. Money will also be use'
ful to secure nurses, medicines anl
for many other necessary purposes.
BLANCO'S BANQUET.
Havana, Dec. 27. After the banquet
given by Captain General Blanco til
the officers of the German schooIshliJ
Stein last night th'? German officers,
accompanied by the German consul
here, and tho adjutants of the captain
general and the Spanish admiral In
command nt this port, attended a per
formance at the thiater, where they
occupied tho boxes of Marshal Blanco,
and of the governor of Havana.
The police have arrested on board th'o i
steamer Washington, Senor Baroeto,
a former provincial deputy, who is al
leged to have escaped from Spanish
otliccrs who had been ordered by Gen
eral Weyler to arrest him on tho
charge of maladministration, and who
afterwards, It Is further alleged, libel
ed tho former captain general whila
ho (Barooto) was in New York.
LUETGERT'S BIRTHDAY.
Alleged Wlfo Murderer Wcats a Roso
in HU Buttonhole and Smiles.
Chicago, Dec. 27. Today was Luetgcrt n
fifty-second birthday, and while his trial
was In session before Judge Gary he wore
a rose In his button hole to celebrate tho
event, lie was in a good humor and fre
quently laughed as Mrs, Agatha Tosih
told of damnilug statements ho had m.ido
to her. She was on tho stand nearly nil
day and was followed by C. Clark and
Swan Nelson, clerks, through whom Luet
gert purchased the potash and the ar-
htlllC.
John Blnlk, the last witness or the day,
told of meeting Luetgcrt In Tiwlfs sa
loon when Luetgcrt asked him what tho
police wanted of his father, and alsu
urged the son to tell tho old watchman to
come and see Luetgcrt. U was through
tho son that Luetgcrt went to tho watch
man's house on the occasion when Kiltie
er was under the bed and heard the con
versation. Tomorrow the stato will begin
the Identification ot tho rings.
Sailors Missins.
Ashtnbula, O.. Dec. 2. Oscar Voting
nnd Gus Anderson. Swedish fishermen,
hired a call boat last Wednesday for a
trip on the lake. They have not yet re
turned, und Its believed both have, been
drowned.
Tho Ilornld's Weather Forecast.
New York. Dee. 2S. In the middle
stati's and Now England, today, coldi r
weather and fresh northwesterly to
northerly winds will prevail, the wind
shifting generally in this section to
iiortheusterly and easterly, followed by
local snow In tho western district. On
Wednesday partly cloudy weather (will
prevail with slowly rlslns temperature In
tho afternoon and fresh eusterly wind
shifting to southerly and probaly fol
lowed by snow In tho afternoon or .veiling.