TWO CENTS. SOItANTOX, PA., SATURDAY MOKNlTSTGr, JANUARY 1, 1898. &1j$' -' - SMggftgfflfeBw - PACES ; the Wavering FATE OF CHINA JMore Trouble Over the German Missionaries is Reported. DELAY IN SETTLEMENT Mission of a Representative of France. in cse Government Refuses to Vgroe lo n PorcigrJ Control--Wnr ' Uxcilcmrnt in Jnrlnn--Tho Native Press Assumes nj Defiant Tone Toward Eiirojij). Pokln, Dec. 31. Further German missionary trouble 1b reported from the Shan-Tung Province. It will pos sibly delay and complicate the pend ing negotiations. Berlin, Dec. 31. The German flrst- r class cruiser Knlserln Augusta arrived yesterday at Klao-Chau Bay. London, Dec. 31. A epeclal dispatch from Paris says that M. Roume, head of the Asiatic department of the French Colonial olllce, starts on a secret mis sion to China on Sunday in connection with the crisis In the far east. The dispatch adds that a special military mission will also start for China shortly. Peking, Dec. 31. Although desirous of obtaining a British loan, the Chinese government refuses to agree to a for eign control of the Internal revenue, either Immediate or In case of defaults. LI Hung Chang, however, Is disposed to favor control of the Internal revenue in case of default. In the event of a loan not being pro curable China will not pay her war in- !demnlty until 1902, in accordancewith one of the provisions of the TreMy of SImonosekl. The final decision is lost poned until after the holidays, olait ing a reply from London. VAIt EXCITEMENT IN JAPAN. The Native Pros5 Delimit To no To v"5rd Europe Washington, Dec. 31. A high state of public feellngln Japan over the complications of the far east, center ing in China, is shoyn by. the last press advices received herb frotpKlapan. That the covemment ltrlf lini nn v n jtne gravity or the Question is shown oy a statement or. mo prime minister, made in the course, of a renly to n. delegation. Hn unlf: "Wltli nffnit-a tending to dangerous developments, as is now the case in tjie east, wo shall nut jiesuuie id aisK ib uiei ior thirty nuuons, or even forty millions, If nec- sary. ,j rhl3 was onlv a shf-rt tlmo hofni-n h premier was forced to resign, because lof the public feeling that the cabinet was too weak to deal with the descent pi tne European povers upon China, pnd the probable dismemberment of the latter country. The J1JI Shlmpo, ths moat influential paper in Japan, contains a scathing arraignment of Gerrrnnv'K mnruo .ia clarlng that the occipatlon of Klao Chau shows that the Jaws and tenets Of international mnr.li.tv lmr nait ItO be anVthlniT mo' tlinn or.nr.ln,. a bretence by EuropeanKbwcrs, and that fctiC iUlC UV HlllCIl eir conduct Is n'enMv rvp'iiin ttt la e flesh of tho weak ialhe food of la strong.' Germany has After fleclarlng thi thrnwn ntf tlm mncl rl ) has taken tho .......... w .. ,fc U, f IU9 lUnUIl JJO lead Of western nnw in n n...,,i,. I struggle to devour Ctlna, the paper uuua as 10 tne attituuetH Japan: "The I connagration is on tli the river, but the rive the sparks may ily acilss easily. The esson ior japan is it a country's Hecurlty depends so iy upon Its strength to resist acerr fision, and that regression has come al ost to her own gates. it win not LfTlnA At i .... - .-... ..... ,,,, .ulto uiut sne should be merely on tjii defensive. To Fpreserve what one hi I nii-an.i.. if sometimes necessary i ndd more. A crisis in tne orient now confronts Japan, and her unc vlded strenrrth i'uai ue uevoiea to j. ardlng against the perils that menaci her, OPAL SMUGQLri! CAUGHT. . Government Nukes nifinportuiit Ar. rem iirnrnew .itcxlo's Border. tan Antonio. Tex., gee. 31. It has been known for some fne to the Uni ted States customs otters along tho uo"-'v" uumcr mat opratlons In tho smuggling of fine opaUlnto tho Uni ted States were being Anducted by a band of Mexicans. GoiAViment secret agents were put to v 1 to capturo them, and word va& rl "tad here to day that the ilrst arreslffl been made at Alice, Tex. A 3V narne(1 Manuel Herrera waslLrsted, and about 1,000 opals, which Wind smug gled over from Mexico weij found In his possession. He was piarln" to Bhlp the opals to New York! (hen cap tured. It Is believed that Up smug gloria have confederates In llhv York who place the opals on Nil market there. Dealers In opals In Mb;co have asserted for some tlmo tha't thlr busi ness was being ruined by Mtigglers, and that onals wern unM ,.!,. . ' New Tork than they could sei'Ahem In iiiu city or Mexico. Lucille Pulitzer Demi." Bar Harbor. f.lr n 11 i . .. E TullUer, dauchter of Jostii pu r. of Now York, died todaylt the . -- ..... H tf..w.u e,o, A ill trim Uroi CimtureiX kpnto, Out., Dec. 31.-Wllllanl a wanted In Alleutown, Pa. no ine ciiuiko of steallnir Mil uiuuuua, is in cusiouy iiere. TUG UNDERGROUND SYSTGM. Metropolitan street Itnlhvnv Com. priny I'reiMirlnir to Miiloi n Hill. New York, Dec. 31. Alexander 13. Orr, president of tho Rnpld Transit commission, announced today that the capitalists In control of the Metropoli tan Street Hallway company were pro paring to make a bid on tho under ground tunnel project. The Idea of tho' Metropolitan capi talists, prominent among whom are John D. Crlmmlns, Thomas F. Ilyan, P. A. B. Wldener and William C. Whit ney, is that by obtaining control of rnpld transit they can establish a very valuable auxiliary to the present Bur face lines of the Metropolitan Street railway, and that by free use of trans fers they can control not only the short distance travel, but also the long dis tance passengers, who now go largely by the Manhattan elevated. It Is plain, therefore, that the control of the underground system by the Metropolitan capitalists will greatly In crease the antagonism between the two companies, and, In the opinion of some, will lead to an early understanding, re sulting In the virtual consolidation of nil the transportation interests in the city. There are those who Intimate that one of the chief purposes of the Metro politan capitalists In bidding for the underground road Is to force the Man hattan folk to sell out, since it has long been a theory in some quarters that the former were anxious to get control of the elevated, but only the opposi tion of certain members of the Gould family prevented the consummation of the deal. HAULING DOWN THE STARS AND STRIPES. A High Untitled l'roccedine on Part ol tho Commander oi a .llcxicnn Gunboat. San Diego, Cal., Dec. 31. Tho steam er Albion arrived today from a month's crutee down the coast, and her pas sengers tell of a rather htgh-hajided proceeding at Cllpperton Island, on the part of the Mexican gunboat Demo crata, belnu no less than the hauling down of the stars and stripes by an armed force, landed for the purpose, and the raising of the Mexican Hag. The story Is told as follows: "Our trip down the coast as far as Santo Domingo was void of any par ticular Incident," said Roscoe Howard, one of the passengers. "On our return we took on a sailor at Acapulco and from him I learned that he had been brought to that port by the Mexican gunboat Democrata from Cilpperton Island. He, with two other .nen, had ben employed by a guano company to take charge of about 4,000 tons of guano that was stored In the ware houses on the island, und when they were landed there some nine months ago they hoisted the American flag and notified the secretary of state of their action. On Dec. 14 the Democrata an chored a short distance from the Is land and sent a boat's crew of marines to the Island, but, on attempting to land the boat waB dashed agalnHt a coral reef and suffered considerable damage. Finally the marines were landed, and after an official ceremony tho stars and stripes were hauled down from the flagpole that, had been erect ed by the Americans, and in Its place the Mexican flag was hoisted. "Having taken formal possession, the marines wlthdtew and notified the men who remained on the Island not to allow anyone to take away the guano under penalty of violating the, Mexican laws. Tho Island is about eight hundred miles off the Mexican coast, almost due west of Acapulco, and is known as an atoll, or coral reef. It is about four miles In circumfer ence. Two palm trees constitute the sole vegetation on the Island, which Is made .the home of millions of sea fowl. Thousands of tons of the richest guano Is to be found on tho IMand. When the marines landed to tak; possession of the island In behalf of Mexico they were fully armed." YOUNQ COUNTERFETITER. Deputy MnrslinU Arrest W. I Bald win, Said to Ito mi Expert. Cincinnati, Dec. 31. William F. Bald win, alias Frank Watson, alias James Lawrence, aged 23, and said to be one of the most dangerous counterfeiters In the country, was arrested here at the house of a relative this afternoon by Deputy United States Marshals Snder and Splllard. Baldwin Is un der Indictment for counterfeiting at Dayton. At his trial he so successful ly feigned insanity that United States Judge Sage sent him to the hospital for Insane federal prisoners In Wash ington, D. C. There he was discover ed In a plot to kill the guard and es cape. When brought back to Hlllt born, O., he broke Jail. Next he was caught and Imprisoned at Kingston, Canada, and again escaped. Many letters from various parts of this country and Canada signed with Baldwin's name were received by Uni ted States Marshal Devanney, of this district. Some of them doubtless were sent by pals. Baldwin has "been im prisoned In the Ohio penitentiary and at Louisville, Ky., and was once un der nrrest for counterfeiting. Crank nt llir Mlilto House. Washington, Dec. SI. A young white man named Frank Kncheeskl waa arrest ed at the white house this afternoon und sent to the station. His sanity will be In vestigated. He told Doorkeeper Clsel that the president had a lot of property belonging to him and he wanted It. His talk was rambling but was not danrei ous. Papers ou KhcheesUl's penon show that he wui discharged from the Boise Idaho baracks on the 23d of this month. Dnrlnc Attempt nt Ilouberr. New York, Dec. 31. The discovery was made today that there was a during at tempt to break In tho main depot of the Auuiiu express corny any, no. in iiroaa-i wnv rtuHncr nn Infnnrltufv Hn vaal.rHn.f ,,, UV.....Q .. .iv .. ... ...II J l-,b lJ This, depot Is said to contain property1 valued at $100,000 every day and tho pfl- lico imvo evidence to rliow that the fire was sat to enable the thieves to loot the place during tho excitement. Until Tyler nt Lenit 101 Ynnrs Ol St. Louis, Do. .-BaBlt Tyler, wh pouy woe ounea toaay, was one or oldest men In this section. He could curotciy account for 101 years of hla u-yier was oonj a save in Maryland u woj- no wan oia 10 ine lamiiy c Dorsett, grandfather of Dr. Wall- jjorucu, oi tms city, RELIEF PLANS FOR KLONDIKE Amcrlcaa'nd Canadian Expeditions to Go Together. CLIFFORD SIFTON'S PROPOSITION Tho Duty on All Wnr Department Supplies to Ho Waived uv Cnnntln. .tiny Not Attempt to Kcncli Dawson City During tho Wliitor--Hcimlocr Cannot Uo Shipped Hero in Tlmo. Washington, Dec. 30. Mr. Clifford Sifton, the Canadian minister of the Intel Ior, and Mr. G:orge Melklejoh'n, the acting secretary of war, arranged at a conference today that the expedi tions which will be sent by the Can adian and United States governments to the relief of the Klondike gold seek ers shall start together and make tho trip in company. Officially the co-op-cratlnn of tho two countries will not extend further than this. Kach' expedi tion will bo separate, but each will en deavor to assist the other in the Jour ney. Tho most important outcome of tho conference was tho practical deci sion not to attempt to reach Dawson City during the winter. While the war department has not definitely aban doned the Idea of succoring the people at Dawson, It is likely that Us efforts will be directed to relieving the dis tress among those who have left that place on account of the lack of sup plies and aro now quartered at camps along th3 Yukon and in tho lake re gion of Alaska and tho British north west. Secretary Alger had not suffic iently recovered from his attack of the grip to permit him to confer with Mr. Slfton, and Acting Secretary Melkle John was designated to represent him. The plan of the Canadian government for rellavlng the distress Is t.et forth in this statement given out by the war department: "The Hon. Clifford Slfton, tho minis ter of the interior of Canada, says that the only practicable route to Dawson City Is what Is known as the White Pass or commonly called the lake routp, commencing at Skaguay, on Lynn canal. He says they have sixty live men In the territory, and expect to have fifty more on or before Jan. 5. They have twenty tons of supplies now stored at Skaguay for transportation over the pass, to which will be added ten tons more within the next ten days iyr transportation over tho pass. The nadlan authorities have a post at ko Bennett, another at Taglsh, at wllch' latter place twenty men are slt- u.lted: another at Wh Horse Rap id , and two posts Intervenes between th latter point and Fort Selkirk. It is the intention of the Canadian gn ernment to have a detachment of 2i men In tho territory within the next th ty days. Their detachment will be re: 1y to leave Skaguay en tho 15th pr xlmo, but the minister has kindly cf ' sented to hold the expedition that tr y may accompany the expedition of th war department, wnlch will leave Slt guay on or before Feb. 1, and to grant escorts to our expedition, provid ed Ihe co-operation cannot be coneum iwffed. ' i'he government duty on all sup pllil neat in under military control will bo waived by the Canadian gov errlient. The minister was over the pas, in October last. Ho said that the government would bo very clad to grant our expedition tho use of their posts on the route and all other facili ties to the movement of the expedition over their territory." THE RKINDEEB PROJECT. Thje probable abandonment of the In tention of Secretary Alger to use rein deer In hauling some of the supplies of the American expedition was foreshad owed today In the receipt of a cable de spatch from William A. KJellmann, the assistant superintendent of the Alaska reindeer herd, who was sent to Norway to purchase COO deer. Mr. KJellmann Is at Alten, a cable station In that country. Ills message read: "Can probably ship E00 reindeer Feb. 15." Lieutenant Devore, military aide to the secretary of war, who sailed from New York on Christmas Day in com pany with Dr. Sheldon Jackson of the bureau of education, the originator of the scehem to establish a reindeer herd In Alaska, carried with him instruc tions from Secretary Alger not to pur chase any deer unless he could provide for their shipment in time to bring them to the United States by Feb. IE. If the desr are not shipped from abroad until that date, as Indicated by Mr. KJellmann, they cannot reach the Unit ed States In time to get them Into tho Klondike country this winter. T'" "ports have been received at (department from Captain W. rt. ..ournson, Jr., nn officer of the quar termaster general's department, sta tioned at Seattle, on the result of his Interviews with men who have a knowledge of the trails leading to .the Klondike region. One of the men ho saw was Jack Dalton, after whom tho Dal ton tral,' was called. Captain Robin eon expresses great faith in the Judg ment of Dalton, who recommends the use of horses from northern Montana in hauling the relief supplies through Alaska and the Northwest Territory. Dalton thinks his trail is not available for winter traveling. A member of a firm of cattle raisers told Cuptain Robinson that It had 70, 000 pounds of beef packed in Ice at Lake Bennett, which It would sell to the government for Jl a pound, and that from ten to twenty horses were at the same place, An officer of a com pany which Is putting a railway into the Klondike told the quartermaster that two-thirds of his lino between fjfkagway and Lake Bennett would be ready for trafllo by Jan. 1, and that tho i-ntlre trail to Lake Bennett would he available by Feb. 15. Not a line has come to tho war de partment elnce Sept. 13 from Captnln P. II. Ray, tho army officer sent to In vestigate the conditions in the Yukon country. His failure to send reports' is unexplalnablo to department officials, yerqL mails have come through te given. He will probably make an explanation. Izurd nt Snrnt"cn. Y Dec. 31. Kour Inches Bis aftnrnoon and a blizzard tight througout Haratogu astern New York und the KINQ OF THE COWBOYS WEDS Tho Ilrldo is Miss Woodward, oi ContcRvllle, I'n. New York, Dee. 31. George V. Burch, better known as the "King of the Cowboys," was mnrrled In Brook lyn today to Miss Lllla Woodward, of Coatesvllle, Pa., well known there be cause of her prominent family and through her charitable and church work. Tho ceremony was performed by Rev. W. 13. Needham, formerly of Coatesvllle, but now of Brooklyn. Mr. Burch Is the superintendent of Buffalo Bill's Wild AVest, and the show winters at Coatesvllle, where lie first met both Mips Woodward and Mr. Needham, whoso brother Is still a pas tor there. Mr. Burch Is living at Coatesvllle, and, accompanied by Johnnie Baker, the crack shot, and Miss Woodward, came on yesterday, going at once to the residence of Mr. Needham, at No. 20 Glenadu. place, where they were madi husband and wife. The couple will travel In tho South on their wed ding trip. ACTRESS" SECRET MARRIAOE. Society Alan Weds n Hello ol the llnltimorn Lyceum. Baltimore, Md., Dec 31. Miss Both Franklyn. of the Baltimore Lyceum Theater Stock company, would neith er affirm nor deny today her reported r.ecoud marriage to Richard wuiiacn, of Washington, but she looked pleased about it. Miss Franklyn Is a popular actress In Baltlrrore, and ever since she llr3t appeared with the Lyceum company last September, Mr. Wallach has been paying her weekly visits. Their friends say that they were mar ried recently In Washington. Miss Franklyn 1b said to have been the widow of a Governor of Nevada. Mr. Wallach hag also been married. He is a member of the most prominent families In Washington. Several years ago he was engaged to one of the most beautlt ' society women of Bal timore. PAPERS BY JEFFERSON. A Valuable 1'ind in the Old Con Kreixioiinl Library. Washington. Dec. SI. In tho course of the removal of tho bcoks and pa pers of the congressional library to the new building an unexpected find has been made in the shape of a large box of papers written by Thomas Jeffer son. These were found stored away in a little room next to the entrance of tho library, which lias been under lock and key fur many years. They are en tirely public' papers, a note among them stating that all private papers with the lot had been returned to the writers and contributors. It Is believed that the particular pa-pr-rs came to tho j-ongresslonal library through John Randolph. The papers have been transferred to the f-tate de partment where they will bo examined and filed away with other state papers 'by Librarian Allen. COLORADO'S GOLD OUTPUT. It is Snid to llnve Amounted This Year to S, 000,000. Denver, Col., Dec. 31. The books of the United States branch mint for the year 1S97 are now closed. Tho deposits of gold are tho larsest ever received. The total will lightly exceed $12,200,000, and a conservative estimate made by the mint officials planes the entire out put of Colorado at 322,000.000 In round figures. Colorado will go far ahead of Cali fornia, as It Is said to be doubtful If California's output will touch the $1S, 000,000 nm'k, Last year Colorado's out put was $1G,500,000 and that of Cali fornia was S17,000,000, while the total production of the country was $'11,717, U26. The great Increase in the Colora do output this year will send the total of the United States up to the $70,000 mark. SCOTT TAKES OATH OF OFFICE. He is Now tho Commissioner of In ternal Revenue. Washington, Dec. 31. Mr. Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia, today took the oath of office as commissioner of inter nal revenue In place of Mr, W. S. For man, of Illinois, who returns to the practice of law In East St. Louis. Mr. Charles G. Datves, of Illinois, took the oath as comptroller of the currency. Mr. Eckels, the retiring comptroller of tho cuirency, left for Chicago today where he becomes presi dent of the Commercial National bank. Scott and Dawes take charge of their respective offices next Monday. STUBBORN CUST0A1ER. William Smith Objected to tho "Pull 'Km In" Stores. St. Louis, Dec. 31. Today while Wil liam Smith was passing a second hand store on Morgan street, Morris Muel ler and Victor Goldstein, attaches of the store, seized him ty ' i arms and tried to induce him to ,er the store and make a purchc yinlth drew a revolver and fired five times. Mueller was taken to the hospital in a dying condition. Goldstein's arms were punctured toy bullets and Smith was tuken to Jail. Struck it Girl u I'ntnl Blow. rarkersburg, W. Va., Dec. SI. Mary Bhamblln, 16 years old, who was living with James McCoy, her brotlier-I.i-law, on Red run, in Jackson county, was struck and fatally injured by McCoy yes terday because the elrl refused to stay uway from school to do extra drudgery about McCoy's houre. Dnngerous'Tlicntricnl Prop. Mantl, Utah, Dec. 31. Actor Stultz, of the Btultz Theater company, was badly burned and his wife probably fatally burned this afternoon. Staltz was pre paring colored fireworks In his room to lie used In tho play when a spark from tho stovo sot tho explosives on Are. Cntally Shot nt n Dniice. Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 31. During a shooting scrape, at Dingess yesterday Edward Chalnns Is reported to have been fatally shot. The shooting ' was at a danco and Chattlns was picking a banlo at the tlmo. Chaflln's father was mur dered a year ago during a street light. MenniKliip Arrivnls. New York, Dec. 31. Cleared: La Champagne, Havre; Etrurla, Liverpool, Liverpool Arrived; Lucunta, New York via Queenstown. Amsterdam Sailed: Wcrkondam, New Yoik. RECORD OF MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR Tbe Smallest Number of Business Fail ures Since 1892. v REVIVAL OF MANY INDUSTRIES More Than Half n Million Men Aro Employed in a Pow Stntcs Who Were Idle a Year Ago--All I'lnnn cinl I)Utrust--Tho Wheat Mnrkct Booming. Now York, Dec. 31. R. G. Dun & Co,'s Weekly Review of Trade will say In Its Issue tomorrow: Failures for the year which closed last night have been smaller than In any other year since 1892, In number smaller than in any year except In 1893, and In average liabilities per fail ure smaller than in any other year during tho last twenty-three years. The aggregate of all failures, commer cial and banking, waa $180,000,000, of which $25,800,000 was In banking. In 13,360 commercial failures the amount of liabilities was $151,800,000, of which $09,000,000 was In manufacturing and $73,700,000 In trading, with $12,100,000 in brokerage and other commercial lines. The average of liabilities per failure was only ,$11,589, and in 1892 only $11,025, but only three years In the past twenty-three were rivals, 1888 with $11,593; 1SS0 with $11,031, and 1SS5 with $11,078. A new year opens with conditions radically different from those which prevailed a year ago. Great financial distrust existed then, but hiJBassed away. After a whole year ot entire freedom from disturbance or nlanri, In which the country has paid heavy fow elgn Indebtedness, taken and paid mil lions for stocks sent from abroad, and accumulated credits against other countries represented by merchandise balances more than $320,000,000 In Its favor for the past five months, with deferred exchanges for more than $20, 000,000 held by New York banks alone, while the great Industries have been pushing their way Into foreign mar kets with unprecedented success, the monetary situation is no longer a mat 'ter of anxiety. More than half a mil lion men In a few states, according to official reports, are employed now who were Idle a year ago, and the general advance In wnircs for those employed has gone far to restore the rates pre vailing before the panic. The volume of business through clearing houses for the week were 14.2 per cent, larger than those In 1892, has for the month been 0.3 per cent, larger than In that year, and In many Industries and branches of business the Inter months of this yeuf have surpaood all rec ords. THE IRON INDUSTRY. The Iron industry has been greatly encouraged by Inerensed demand dur ing the past few weeks and while the slight Improvement In pic Iron at Pitts burg has been maintained, notwith standing the greatest output ever known, the new contracts for finished products have been unusual for the season. They Include "0,000 tons steel rails to one eastern mill, 12,000 tons structural work for Improvements at New York alone, with large operations at Chicago and other cities, and a greatly increased demand for manu facturing materials generally and es pecially for sheets. Minor metals have been rather weak with tin at 13.C cents and copper at 10.87, In spite of large exports, while lead Is quoted at 3.72 cents,- and spelter at 3.85. The best Bessemer full weight tin plates are Felling at $.1.05, against $1.10 for for eign No change In pi Ices of coke no pears, though the shipments were the largest for any week th'is year. The cotton Industry Is halted by the question of wnges, although a reduc tion now seems pro'bible. The. manu facturers have been buying largely of material for worsted goods, and their purchases have stimulated buying by wool manufacturers, so that the wool markets are stronger, though without change in quotations. WHEAT MARKET. After the great excitement at Chi cago, wheat still goes out of the coun try as largely as before, from Atlantic ports 3,570,783 bushels, flour Included, against 1,542,540 last year, and from Pacific ports 1,712,025 bushels, and in four weeks tho Atlantic exports, flour Included, have been 15,0C0,i)17 bushels against 8.500,161 last year. Heavy western receipts ure only reflecting temporary conditions In the Chicago market. But extraordinary exports of corn, 14,404,003 bushels, against 9,144, t33 bushels In the four weeks last year, shows how sorely foreign markets are pushed by the Increasing demand for breadstuft's. Wheat has declined of a cent with the Chleaso market, rind corn has meanwhile advanced 9i of a cent. The cotton movement continues remarkably heavy, and yet tho slight advance last week Is maintained. The movement to date, although more than seven million bales have come Into sight, scarcely supports the largest current estimates. Failures for the week have been 395 In the United States, against 439 last year; and 21 in Canada against 39 last year. HIS ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY. Joseph I. Jones Huh n Celebration in the Tremout Temple in Ronton. Boston, Dec. 31. Joseph D. .Tones, an Inmate 6f tho Home for Aged .Men In this city, celebrated his one hundredth birthday In Tremont Temple today. The old man who enjoys remarkably good health and retains possession of all his faculties, received about 150 friends In the Temple- and presented each one wiMi his photograph. An en tertainment and dinner wers provided ut which tho old man presided. He is a native of MUne, but has lived most of his life, in this city. Ho was a merchant for many years, but retired from business about twenty years ago. Pell I'roin a far.. Trenton, N. J., Doc. 31. J. II. Auhmoro, of Pussalc, was killed tonight by fall ing or walking oft a car platform of u moving train just before tho train reached the Trenton depot. Auhmoro was coming to Trenton to visit his mother, who resides here. His skull frac tured and ho died almost instantly. DAY AS A WIFE COST $1700. Expensive IIIIrs of a Widow Who An "' Mrerrd u Porsonnl. New York, Dec. 31. Mrs. Edna J. Preston, of Amsterdam, N. Y faced Henry Berger In Yorkville police court today, and told the Judge that sho had met Berger through the personal col umn of a newspaper. Ho said ho had $GM and wished to meet a lady with the same amount. She kept a boarding house in Amsterdam, nnd sold It for $1,760 .to be ablo to come to New York and meet Berger, and If he ffiled his circular description of himself, to mar ry him. Hie $600 did not figure In her negotiation. Ho met her at the Grand Central station, and took her to Itev. Clark Wright, where they were mar ried. Then ho told her be wanted ito go into the saloon business In Newark, and she gave him her $1,700. She paid the cab fare because he had left his wallet in his other trousers. Berger never came back from Newark. Ho wrote Instead that he had lost tho $1, 700, and did not feel that ho could ever face his bride again. He never did un til he uppeared In Yorkville court to day. Two letters from would-bo wives were found on Berger. One was a wid ow of six years, with nn 18-year-old son, who has a three-story house. An other was 31 years old, with a home and $18,000 cash. m THL BIRTH OF GREATER NEW YORK Second Cltvoftlic Woild Will Enter Upon tho Grcutcst Problem of Municipal Coverniuont Today. New York, Dec. 31. The citizens of New York, which tomorrow will bo tho second cltv of tho world, enter then upon what Is believed the greatest problem of municipal government ever fi'-jientcd. With the last stroke of the clock at midnight, announcing the ad vent of tho new year, there will be Horn a city such as the emperors and kings of history would have deemed great fcr an empire. For M: months, until the machinery of tho new municipality gets into mo tion, the muvrr of New York has tho ',owf of an uuiocrat. II? may appoint ul'.icials with salaries running Into the thuUKiiinls with as lavish a hand as ever an rmtip.'or treated lur. favorites. The mayor will appoint every depart ment head In tho city, except the con troller who Is elected for four years, lie will appoint all commissioners, all Justices of Interior criminal courts; all the members of the school boards with the exception of the commissioner of education, the Justices of special ses sions and the police magistrates, and is given tho power to remove any offic ial in New York and appoint his suc cessor. . Theiv nre fU'h boroughs In Jhe Greater New York, namely, Manhat tan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Richmond. The municipal legislature consists of tho council with twenty eight members and a board of alder men with sixty members. The presi dent of the council was elected by the people. The president of the board of aldermen will be chosen by the mem bers of that body. Mayor Van W.vck Is given power to veto any ordinance or resolution of either body of the municipal assembly unless five-sixths of the members of both houses declare otherwise. Each of the five boroughs has a bor ough president, but his principal duty Is to preside over the various local boards In his borough. INCENDIARY FIRES IN A1YSTIC. Two Pirns Set and tho Third At t,mptrd--Arrist ol thn Firebug. Mystic, Conn., Dec. 31. An attempt to burn this village was frustrated last evening. Two hres were extinguished und a third, It is said, was prevented by the nrrest of the firebug. Shortly before C o'clock In the afternoon a blaze was discovered on the stage of the Mystic Opera house, near the bridge, connecting the two sides of the river. The opera house Is in the heart of the village, and if the fire had se cured a headway not only the build ing In which It originated, but others adjacent would probably have heen destroyed. Hardly had this lire been extinguished when the department was called to a fire in a dwelling on the other side of tho river. Later a shiftless fellow named Rob ert Johnson, was discovered in an at tempt to fire Tripp's lumber yard. He was arraigned oday and held f jr trial. It is believed he Is mentally irrespon sible. Decision Ac'iinM Ilcnrnt. New York, Dee. 31. Tho appellate di vision of the supremo court today handed down a decision in the case of William R. Hearst against tho Brooklyn Bridge trustees.in which the orders of tho lower court granting an Injunction to stop the placing of trolley track loops on tho sur face of the promenade entrance to tho bridge, on the ground that It would en danger human life, Is reversed. The mo tion to contlnuo tho injunction'-' Is de nied. Chicago Drnth Record. Chicago, Dec. 31. Tho city ot Chicago for the year that closes today, shows a death rato tho lowest on record In this or any other city of more than 200,000 in habitants. The rate Is less than 11 to 1,000 population. THE NEWS THIS MOKNINU. Weather Indications Today; Threatening; Decidedly Colder. 1 General New Sourco of Trouble in China. Cuba's Colonial Cabinet Appointed. Plans for Relief of Klondike Sufferers. Dun's Record of a Successful Year, 2 Stato News . 3 Local Tho Now Year's Ball. ( Editorial. Comment of tho Press. 5 Local Social and Personal, ltpllglous News of tho Week. 6 Local Ushering in the Ne-w Year. Year's Record of the Fire Department. 7 Local Yesterday's Heavy Snow, City Assessment for 189S. S Local West Side and Suburban. 9 Lackawanna County News. 10 Facts About the Spaniard at Homo. Paternity ot Famous Cuss Words. Jl Sunday-School Lesson for Tomorro' i!2 NelghborlnKi"nty Now. muu juuruiv O CENTS OF AUT0E Cuba's First Coloiu Cabinet Has Been Appointed. BLANCO SIGNS THE PAPERS President of Council and Five Secretaries Named. The New Order o ' Arrangement Will go Into Effect Todny Udunr do Dolz Substituted for Honor Ainblard - Vlows Upon tho Ques tion nt Washington-. Tho SpnnMi minister Regards tho Cabinet as nn Exceptionally Strong One. Havana, Dec. 31. Captain General Blanco last nlgh't signed tho appoint ments of the president of tho council and tho flvo secretaries. Tho name of Eduardo Dolz was substituted for that of Senor Amblard, as minister of com merce. The following compose the first col onial cabinet of Cuba under the re cently Instituted scheme of autonomy, which goes into effect tomorrow: President of tho Cabinet Senor Joso Maria Galvez. Minister of Flnanoe Senor Rafael Mon tero, Marquis of Montero. Minister of the Intorlor Senor Antonio Govln. Minister of Education Senor Francis Zayas. THE SCS2 Minister of Commerce Eduardo Dolz. Minister of Posts and Telegraphs Senor Laurcaus Rodriguez. INTEREST AT WASHINGTON. Washington, Dec. 31. The swearing in of the Cuban cabinet at Havana to morrow morning is awaited with In terest In official and diplomatic circles. Minister Dupuy do Lome takes tho view that with the Induction Into of fice or the Cuban cabinet there will be a realization of tho government of Cu ba Ty the Cubans as the new law makes the Cuban cabinet and the legislature the responsible organs of' administer ing the affairs of the Island.' Senor Gov, - In, the Spanish legation believes, will be In the cabinet, notwithstanding de nials from Atlanta that he would not accept a post. He passed through Tampa, Fla yesterday, enroute to Cuba, Tho Spanish minister regards the.x cabinet as an exceptionally strong or- ganlzatlon, thoroughly representative v of Cuba,, as threo of the members are Cuban born and have spepjt, their lives In Cuba, and another, Rodriguez, while, of Spanish birth, has lived for thirty years in Cuba and has all his interests there. It is said, also, that tho cabinet represents the Autonomists and the. Reformists, the two elements who nrel seeking to carry out tho present policy In Cuba. CONTRACT FOR STAMPS. Advertisement Prepared by tho Post office Department. Washington, Dec, 31. The pos.tofllca department has prepared advertise ments, which will soon be Issued, invit ing proposals for furnishing adhesive Hostage- stamps for tho government for the four years beginning July 1 next. The Issues advertised for include the ordinary stamps, news and periodical stamps, postage due stamps and those for special delivery. Tho number' re quired per year approximates 8,000,000, 000. Under a special arrangement made nearly four years ago, tho work of furnishing stamps Is now done by, tho bureau of engraving and printing1, tho bids received by tho postofflce de partment at that time for furnishing stamps having been rejected. Tho ar rangement terminates July 1, when the new contract, which will reault from the advertisement about to be Issued, will become effective. The postolilco department has ruled that an ex-Union soldier drawing a pension under the dependent pension law may bo reinstated In a position he formerly occupied In tho service. The caso arose In connection with tho ap plication of a veteran employed in thai Philadelphia postoffice. In order to obi xnin a pensiun uuuer me uepunurnc am a claimant must swear anai no i wWh. out means of support and is unahlgR tq do manual labor. ffl A despatch received at the inferior' department announces that thrt? gov ernment of the Seminole nation inas rat ified .the agreement recently entered Into between tho Dawes InCjKan com mission and a similar bodyprepreseiU. ing tho Seminoles. The agrAjment must now bo ratified by congresjs to become effective. ff Comptroller ot the CyCrrency James II. Eckels, whose resignation will tako effect tomorrow, caUertff upon the presi dent .this afternoon ti pay his respects ana say gou-oye. air, Eckels will leave for Chicago tomorrow iJ his successor, air unaries um'"J"witw ...Ml nunllfir ftu plnmnlpnlUi. ,Ah Dfl lirnn and take charge -Jot tho office iJForiorrow day. . e Mon- Protost Ag'iinst Jndco Peoria. 111. Dec. 31. E. W "ori. gaand maste' of tho BrothcifJ,' Sargent comotivo jiremon, nas sej,"""u or Lo communlc?ttlon to Preside' " lengthy protesting HBalnst the mf11, McKlnim. Judge P?son, of ronnsybno'itmcnt ot ,stato commerce v'imwslon" Us lnto'- ThHorId wTnTnTTi.' INe'w Yort. Jan. i.Jj' 'r '"'"ens,, and New i-'ngiand. todav'6 mlm states 'on th? ""Westerly wind, T, Bi Wo"ter y ZT, V...wv9- Ten.nr.""l "'owed b v X -elyrottCJo nio -$' ' ' .J
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