''EBin frthim 10 " 10 M Atdmi PAGES --25r,VtnlMl3!y ,-, --, C.IU.lillflki-SMM" THEfea "- " TWO CENTS. SCR ANTON, PA., TUESDAY MOTIN1NGK JANUARY 4, 1898. TWO CENTS I ter ' ."V ''' V RAGES r " : ' p , .- , HANNA LOSES STRENGTH The Defeat of the Presi- dent Maker Now Seems Assured. POWER OF THE COMBINE They Seem to Have a Lead That Can't Be Overcome. Crusndo for the Ilcsitntlug Mcmbors Who Votrd Against the Senator. Exciting Lxnrrlcnce of Mrs. Grll- 11 III Mho AtlvUcd Hor Hiisbiind. Tho Two Elements Indulge in n Itattlo for Possession oftlio Coupla. Columbus, O., Jnn. 3. The combina tion of ten antl-Hanna Republicans with tho Democratic members suc ceeded in organizing both branches of the legislature today In the Interest of the opposition to the re-election of Senator Ilanna by a vote of 56 to f2. There nre two more dates for test of trength the Joint senatorial caucuses nixt Wednesday night and the Joint balloting: for senator one week from next Wednesday. With the complica tions of the legislative organization nnd its patronage disposed of, tne Hanna men tonight began a desperate flgh't on the senatorshlp. Tho Hanna men deny that they will form a coalition with Erlco for a gold Democrat for senator rather than be beaten by a free sliver Republican or that thay will do anything else but fight it out if it takes all winter. While they are not able to give a list long enough to elect, they claim that Hanna is stronger than Boxwell and the oth T regular Republican candidates in the organization of the legislature and that the opposition has not enough votes to nlect a senator. Tho Hanna men concede that they have lost the power which would result from I he or ganization of both brandies, as they can name no chairmen, place no mem bers on deslrible positions on any of the committers or dispone of any oth er state patronage, but they have car ried tho war into the homo counties of the bolting Republican members nnd raped ;ne necessary cnanges ociore next Wednesday night. The developments of last Saturday night and today have caused tho Han na men to admit th'ey were outdone In tho preliminary organization for this contest and that they under-estimated the strpngth of the opposition. While ex-Chairman Kurtz was thought to have been organizing against Senator Hanna ever since tho Republican state convention at Toledo in June, yet the participation of Governor Bushnell and others had not been fully anticipated. The Democratic state headquarters have been kept in operation by John R, McLean and others ever since the No vember election, ostensibly to prepare for a grand free silver carnival here on Jackson day, Jan. S. It now transpires that the Demo cratic state headquarters were kept open for the purpose'of getting all the Democratic members in line for what took place today and ultimately for the defeat of Mr. Hanna. Meantime, Mr, Kurtz was marshalling every pos slble Republican in line against Hanna and communicating with the commit tee on arrangements for Jackson day. This fact was no longer con cealed tonight by the opposition and there were many Republicans 'openly complaining against the management of Senator Hanna's Interests. SUPERIOR ORGANIZATION. The superior organization of the op position was shown today when it se cured nearly all of the doubtful votes. The feeling of the Republican mem bers who voted for their caucus nomi nees is openly expressed against Gov ernor Bushnell more, than against Mr. Kurtz or other Republicans who com bined with the Democrats. The State Journal, the Republican organ of Cen p tral Ohio, prints a large picture of the governor with heavy black borders. Some Republican clubs have cancelled their engagements of quarters here for the Inauguration exercises next Mon day and many protests are being re- fcceivea at tne state house. Colonel T. r. Moore, of Marietta, and nnnointoe rot Governor Bushnellr-today resigned as trustee of the state insane asylum at Athens. Both sides are spending the nlcht In close conferences. Whatever changes there may bo are anticipated from among representatives. The senate will cast 17 votes for Hanna and 19 against him. If Hanna Is no stronger in tne nouse man tne Boxwell, ticket was today, when Boxwell received 52 votes and Mason EG for speaker, then Senator Hannu would have only 70 votes on Joint ballot and 73 aro neces sary to elect. Notwithstanding the re BUlt of the vote on tho organizations of both houses, both sides seem equally confident In claiming the senatorshlp on Joint ballot. Previous to the convening of the leg islature the Democrats and the antl Hanna Republicans Joined arms and marched from the Great Southern hotel to the state house, forming quite a. procession, nnd during the noon re cess they went out together to lunch con and various gatherings of Jolllfica tlon. During the noon recess a crusade was developed In telegraphic protests to some of the Republican members, who had voted with tho Democrats. The most notable case was that of J. P. aritlith, Republican member from Union .county, who was made speaker pro tern, by receiving 7 Democratic and nine Republican votes. He received lelegrams from constituents asking him to resign, saying he wfluld be hung in effigy and that delegations were en route to Columbufl to hold an indigna tion meeting. Mr, Griffith has with stood much agitation the past week. Last night the Hanna workers got him Into a conference at the Nell house. and, It Is said, that ho was "almost persuaded" about 3 o'clock this morn- Itll?. bllt hp ,1M tint .(.nnt tn nUanrrn without consulting his wife, who warj. strongly in sympathy with the comblni that nominated her husband for speak er pro tern. The Hanna workers at 3 a. in. went .to the Great Southern hotel, got Mrs, Griffith up, nnd escorted her to the Nell house, where she remained with her husband till 8 a. m,when tho Kurtz workers missed both men and Mrs. GrllJlth, nnd proceeded to the Nell house after them. While being escort ed out of .the Nell house the rival workers got into a fight as to who should escort Mrs. arlfllth. ANTI-HANNA MEN SUCCESSFUL,. The antl-Hnnna men succeeded In getting Mrs. Griffith to return to the Southern hotel, where she had the last Interview with Mr. Kurtz Just before the procession formed to start for the state house for the opening session. The wives and relatives and other friends of some members who were In the doubtful list have had experiences tho past few days and nights almost like those of Mr. and Mrs. Griffith nnd their troubles have probably Just begun In that line. The caucuses of Saturday night and the organization today were against Hanna, and it Is believed that when he receives the renomlnatlon of the Joint Republican caucus on Wednes day night next that It will be by a vote that Is six short of enough to elect, but the Hanna men say there will be such a revolution in Ohio with in the next week as to insure Hanna's election by the- full party vote of at least 75 to 70. s Just as the legislature was recon vening at 2.30 it was announced that Charles L. Kurtz, who had headed tho combine opposition to Hanna, and so far won in the fight, would bo the op position candidate for senator against Hanna, and that Governor Bushnell and Maor McKIsson had consented to this arrangement. At 5.30 both bodies ndjourned till 10 a. m. tomorrow. In the senate the combine controlled everything on all votes, but no test votes were taken in the house after the organization was completed. HANNA'S STATEMENT. The Hanna managers gave out a statement tonight. It says that as the people of eighty-four of eighty-eight counties of the state had declared In conventions their desire that Hanna be re-elected to the senate, today's ac tion cannot be construed as having any relation to the senatorial question, as the action of any man In supporting candidates for officers of the legisla ture cannot be considered evidence of hctrtlllty to the man almost unani mously endorsed for tho senatorshlp. It Is declared that many of those who votrd against the Hanna men today will turn In for the senator when the tl'ne comes. The statement thus con c.uc'fn: "It Is not considered possible that any Republican In the Ohio legislature would be willing to pursue a course which would result in the substitution In the United States, senate of a sup porter of the dangerous doctrines upon which the Democratic party based Its campaign of 1S96 for the' man who led tho Republicans to victory against that party and those principles, especially as that, action would result In turning over to the Democracy and the friends of free sliver the control of the senate during t.t least one-half, if not all, of the term of Ohio's Republican presi dent, William McKlnley." Joseph G. Gest, of Washington Court House, a Republican editor, today ten dered Governor Bushnell his resigna tion a3 deputy oil inspector on account of the governor's attitude on the sen atorial contest. A delegation of 350 Republicans ar rived tonight from Springfield, the home of Governor Bushnell, to protest against the action of the latter In the senatorial contest The Springfield Re publicans were met at .the depot by a .delegation of Hanna men with big red Hanna badges for all. The transpar encies they bore were very severe and the street parade was quite demon strative. Governor Bushnell received a number of telegrams from various political or ganizations and officeholders through cut the state protesting against his action and accusing him of treachery to the Republican party. ANTMIANNAITE1-. REBUKED. Dnyton Delegation and the Tippo. ennoo Club File Protests. Dayton, O., Jan. 3. Dayton's entire delegation has refused to go to the in auguration, of Governor Bushnell on account of his attitude In the senator ial light. Cleveland, O,, Jan. 3. Tho Tippe canoe club, the big central Republi can organization of this city, has wired its disapproval to Senator Burke nnd Representatives Mason and Bramley, the three bolting Republicans from this county, charging them with hav ing violated the instructions of the state and county conventions, A tele gram was also sent to Governor Bush nell expressing disappointment at his attitude, and the club's proposed trip to tho Inauguration will probably be abandoned. Flng Burning Denied. New York, Jan. 3. James A. Wright, sedond vice president of the American line, and Captain Schuckford, its marine superintendent, Ipday denied tho truth of i the ""report that British stewards on board the St, Louis had burned tho Amer ican flag on that ship lust trip from Southampton., Miss Millard la Not III. Chicago, Jan. X Miss Frances Wlllard returned from Janesvtlle, Wis,, this even ing, and is not at all 111. She did not .faint at the meeting last night but wus overcome for a moment by the bad at mosphere In tho hall, recovering Imme diately. ''dbneco I'nclorirs lliirnrd. Farmvllle. Va., Jan. 3. Thirteen to bacco factories, containing over nnn mil. lion pounds of tobacco, much of It the finest grades, and twenty-threo smaller buildings, were destroyed by flro last night. The loss will reach over $159,000. ELI SHAW IS PLACED ON TRIAL Indicted Pnr (be Murder of Ills Molber and Grandmother. CAMDEN'S MURDER , SENSATION Av tnntlnl Case Thnt Has At. trncti7 Ar - Attention.. I.ll.i In. cttA stunner So,.. .Mollvo Tor Ihn Ci Testimony Hoard. vu tlcon tho --Tho Tlrst Camden, N. J Jan. 3. Ell Shaw, In dicted for the niurder of his mother nnd grandmother, was placed on trial for lils life today before Judges Garri son and Armstrong In the Camden county court. The crlmo was com mitted on October 12 last, when Mrs. Elizabeth Zane, the grandmother, and Mrs. Shaw, the mother, were found In separate roonfs of their home, 242 Line street, with bullet wounds In fcbelr heads. The former was dead and the mother died soon- after without regain ing consciousness. When the police ar rived, attracted by young Shaw's cries, the latter told them a story of how the women met their fate. He said he had been awakened by a noise, and going down to the second floor met his mother. She told him burglars were in the house. Shaw, looking ahead, said he saw the crouching form of a man In the back room. Ho started forward, when his mother pushed him to one side and went ahead. A shot followed and ho saw his mother fall. He ran to the front of the house' and gave the alarm. Shaw's story created great excite ment nnd an examination of the prem ises showed that the house had been apparently forcibly entered from the roar. Suspicion," however, foil upon Shaw, and three days later he was ar rested and charged with the double murder. Tho commonwealth elected to trv him first on the charge of murdering tho grandmother, and it was on that Indictment ho was arraigned today. Shaw appeared none the worse for his confinement in jail, and seemed cool and collected when brought into court. He gave close attention to all the rou tine of the day's proceedings. The twelve jurors were selected after forty seven of a panel of forty-eight had been called. Counsel for the prisoner challenged in nineteen Instances, tho prosecution had ten set aside, while six were excused by the court. After the Jury had been selected tho court took a recess until 1 o'clock. COMMONWEALTH'S CASE. Upon re-assembling, William II. Cor son, assistant prosecutor, opened the case by stating to the Jury that the commonwealth expected to prove that the only persons In the house on the day of the murder were Ell Shaw, Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Zane, and that the pris oner killed them. Shaw's motive for the nlleged murders Is said to have been to secure several thousand dol lars with which to begin housekeeping, as he is engaged to be married. County Physician Jones, who was called in on the day of the shooting, testified to finding the body of the grandmother. He swore to the cause of death and explained the direction the bullet had taken. This testimony was corroborated by Coroner Lippln ott. Dr. Llpplncott, in reply to ques tions by the prosecution, said he had made an examination of the rear win dow and doors. The fastenings ap peared to have been arranged from the inside, so as to Indicate that they had been forced from the outside. Charles Lane, Alonzo Lane and Police man Steen, who were the first to ar rive at the house, said th'ey made an examination of the premises, but found no one about, although Shaw had told them the burglars were then upstairs. The day's proceedings ended with tne testimony of several other wit nesses who heard Shaw's cries for the police. The trial will be resumed to morrow. DESPERATE PRISONER. John .Moschlk i Condemned Murder er .llnlir n Ureal' For Liberty. Minneapolis Minn., Jan. 3. John Moschtk, a murderer condemned to death, made a desperate nttempt to es cape from the county jail this morn ing. He threw a handful of cigar ashes into the eyes of Special Watchman Peterson and then grappled with him. Ho beat the watchman into insensibil ity with a long Iron hook taken from his bedstead, and then, locking him In the corridor, made his way to the outer hallway. The-only mode of egress to the street below is the Jail elevator and Moschlk rang the bell, hoping to take the elevator man by surprise. He was foiled in this, however, as the operator recognized the fellow before opening the door and dropped his car down immediately. ' Moschlk was caught like a rat in a trap, was soon overpowered and re turned to his cell. Peterson's wounds are not fatal. SALTED IIRADS ON SPIKES. Gruesome EmuipicH ol tho I'nto of Rebels in .Morocco. Tangier, Jan. 3. A letter from the sultan of Morocco has been read In the Grand Mosque, amid salvos of artil lery, announcing fresh victories over the rebels, many of whom have been killed, wounded or captured. Salted heads of rebels have been dis patched to the principal towns, where they will be set on spikes. Fnll Klvpr Mime Sculp. Fall River, Mass., Jan. 3. Tho now wage schedule, lift per cent, below that of the past three years, went Into effect today In the mills of this city. Matthew Hurt and others, representing thu Nw Bedford weavers, visited this city today and had an Interview with Secretary Whitehead of tho local weavers' union. Mr, Whitehead decided to coll a meeting of the weavers for tomorrow night In Music hall to discuss the situation. Speakers from Now Bedford will be pres ent. Corn or In Wool in Southwest Texas. Ban Antonio, Tex., Jan. X Charles Schrelncr. a millionaire live stook man of Kerrvllle, north of here, has cornered the wool market of southwest Texas by buying 1,200.000 pounds, of the full clip, nil of which he has stored In his warehouse hero to uwult an advanco in trices. VAN WYCK'S MESSAGE. Tho .Mayor ofGrontor New York Dls ciUHPR tho Slliintion. New York, Jan. 3. Mayor Van Wyck's message to the municipal as sembly, which was read upon tho or ganization of that body today, treated at length of the financial condition of the Greater city. Tho document was accompnnled by lengthy tables furn ished him by the comptrollers of New York, Brooklyn, Richmond and Queens. The figures Indicated a net funded debt of the entire city of $227,453,029, and the assessed valuation of real estate of the entire city $2,404,763,192. "There Is, therefore," the mnyor said, "an ap parent margin within the constitution al limit of a further indebtedness of about $19,000,000." Continuing tho may or said: "This exhibit of the financial condi tion of-our city I submit without fur ther comment. It must Impress every one with tho stern necessity for the utmost caution In the authorization of any bond issue, until we have provid ed a greater margin ns between the percentage of our real estate valuation prescribed in the constitutional limita tion nnd our outstanding net bonded debt." Regarding tho duties of hlr, subordi nates Mayor Van Wyck said: "Every one In public station must understand that they will be held to strict ac countability In the honest, intelligent nnd prompt discharge of suoh public duties as they may undertake. In no other way nnd by no other influence can they retain their positions." The mayor urges that steps toward the securing of rapid transit for the greater city be taken without delay. SENOR PIDAL TALKS. Thn President ot the Spanish Cham ber of Deputies Indulges In a Fiery Address. Madrid, Jan. 3. Senor PIdal, presi dent of the chamber of deputies, made a sensational speech tonight, aiming at the reconstruction of the Conservative party. He denounced the removal of Weyler nnd the granting of autonomy and attacked tho behavior of the Uni ted States In Its "abandonment of tho Monroe doctrine in Huyti in the face of menace from the German warships." Ho referred to "America's menace of Spain" as a "scandalous violation of ull rights, and all law except brute force," because It possesses a majority of bayonets and believes the Spanish army In Cuba is djclmated by the rig ors of climate." He closed with thla reference to Americans: "They who exterminated the Indian over tho entire territory of America; they who In the war .f secession com mitted horrors unequalled by any civ ilised nation in the universe; they who, year after year,, in tho most unjust and most cruel war where the aboli tion of slavery, instead of being an act of humanity, was eimiiy the strategem' of war, exercised tne most atrocious tyranny and at tho same time perfidy against the southern state: thpv are the true father of the moral greatness and material progress of the Ameri can nation. FALSE ALARM. No Blood Wnn Shod on Green Hideo Pints ThU Nomine John Armlston and wife and son, Bill Armlfton, and two women boarders re side In a house on Green Ridge street, near the brick yard, on the banks of the Lackawanna river. This morning a man named Sherwood was passing the place and heard loud talk of blood and cold steel coming from the house. He concluded that murder was being committed and hastened to notify the North End police of the fact. Lieu tenant Spellman and Officers Ross, Saltry and Reese Jones hastened to the spot and Captain Edwards also was summoned from the central station. Upon arriving on the scene the of ficers found that peace reigned and that the loud talk that had alarmed Sherwood was only social pleasantry peculiar to the Green Ridge flats that had been heightened by copious draughts from a can of beer, used in the wind up of the celebration of the New Year. All was quiet on the flats at the hour of going to press. REWARD FOR MRS. LUETQERT. Twenty ThoiiNiind Dollars Aro Offer. I'd for the Uoinuu Drnil or Alivo. Chicago, Jan. 3. Police Inspector Sehauck has, made a verbal offer of $20,C0i) in approved real estate to any person producing Mrs. Luetgert dead or alive. Attorney Harmon, of the defense, has complained that ho is only prevented from producing Mrs. Luetgert by a lack of funds, and In spector Schaack, it Is said, chose this method of rejoinder. He also hopes to thus put a auletus on tho reports from various parts of tho country that Mrs. Luetgert has been discovered. HUNTINGTON INDIFFERENT. Is Willing tho Government Should Srll Ihn Ontrnl 1'iicliic. New York, Jan. 3. President C. P. Huntington, of tho Central Pacific rail road, which Is Indebted to the govern ment to the extent of $10,614,120, de clared today that he would be Just as pleased to huve the government put up tho property for sale. "We are willing to pay as much for It as any outsider, but no more," he said, "One thing Is certain: If the road goes into receivers hands Its earn ings will fall off at least one-third." ('linn Tricked by itusaiiins. London, Jun. 4. The Shanghai corre spondent of the Dally Mall says: "The Russians tricked China Into consenting to an occupation of Port Arthur by repre senting that the British fleet was coming to capture it. They also' a&ked the Chinese to prohibit the English from land ing. The latter refused, but any English man going nshoro nt Port Arthur is sliud. owed by the Russians." Princeton Inn Not Closed, Princeton, N. J., Jan. 3. It is denied that tho Princeton Inn grill room nas been closed permanently, it will bo re opened when, the students return from their Christmas vacations. AWFUL DISASTER IN ONTARIO Many Persons Killed by the Collapse ol Floor in City Hall, THIRTY BODIES, TAKEN FROM RUINS Tho Tloor In n Crowded Untitling in London, Out., Gives Wny nnd n Alnia of Struggling Humanity In Dropped n Distniico of Twenty Feet-. The Number of H'onndcd Un known. London, Ont., Jan. 3. One of tho hot test and most stubbornly contested municipal elections ever known In this city was followed tonight by a fatal accident that has put the city In mourning. Many persons were killed and others injured by the collapso of a crowded floor of the city hall. At midnight twenty bodies had been taken from the wrecked building nnd Identified. Tho list of tho dead fol lows: F. H13AMAN. C. iySOKliTT. E. 1 UXTON. N. CAHOTHERB. It. LEIGH. HARRIS. L. W. BURKE. JOHN SMITH. A. PHILLIPS. . JOHN, TURNER. BEN NASH. J. W. BORLAND. HILBURN. FRANK ROBIN SON. JAMES M'LEAN. JOHN BARRIDOE. OSWALD BRUCE. B. JACQUES. Unidentified Man. The Injured, so far as can be learned, Include the following: DR. WILSON, tho mayor-elect, leg broken. ALDERMAN CORROTHERS, slightly In jured. EDWARD MORKIN. BURGESS. WILLIAM GRAY, Ice broken. FLEMING, both arms broken.' WILLIAM JONES, water commlsstoner elcrt, badly bruised. JOS1 'A DARCII. JOHN BLANCH. ALDERMAN NEIL COOPER. VAN WYCK. GEORGE W. YATES, city editor of tho News. HARRY PASSMORE, reporter on tho Advertiser staff. THE INJURED. How many were injured will never bo known as those who suffered but slightly at once made for their homes or were taken care of by their friends. Those who were more seriously injured wpre carried to neighboring drug stores whence they were taken tos the hospi tal or to their homes after their in Jury had been attended to. The dead were taken lo the committee rooms of Alderman Parnell, the defeated candi date for mayor, across tho street. At the close of the polls a crowd gathered In the city hall, where it has been the custom for years past for the successful candidates to address the electors. The building was crowded to the very doors, probably 2,000 people being jammed in Its narrow space. Thero was a lull In the proceedings, the au dience yelled for several of the newly electoJ aldermen at once and there was some delay In securing a speaker 'to address them. Alderman Carothers Joined the mayor In an effort to secure quiet. In response to numerous calls R. M. Toothe was pushed forward to tho platform on which the speakers stood. As ho reached it there was an ominous crackling and tho raised plat form on which tho mayor and newly elected aldermen wero seated seemed to pitch forward to the floor. There was a sagging of timbers, and the next moment 150 people wore hurled 20 feet to the floor below. A beam running 20 feet along the cen ter of the hall had given way and the crowded mass standing above that sec tion of the floor was thrown in a heap to the bottom. A largo safe stood In one corner of the hall and a huge1 steam coil weighing a hair ton crashed down on tho heodR of the victims. Following the crash there was a wild rush for the doors. At tho south door, where the majority of the crowd had entered, there was a terrible panic. Those In front were thrown down by the oncoming rush, shrieking and fight ing for the door and safety. Only one half of the rear door, a space of prob ably three feet, was open, and In the mad rush no one thought to open the door in its entirely, and five hundred people struggled through tho narrow space, the strong bearing down the weaker. Within a moment after the floor had fallen In there were not more than three persons In the hall on that por tion of the floor which had not fallen, RESCUE OF A'LDERMAN COOPER. Alderman Nell Cooper was among the first to be dragged out of the turmoil of broken beams and howling .human ity. He was quickly carried to an ad Joining room and In a moment half a dozen more were keeping him com pany. Several men lowered ropes nnd en deavored to hauKthe wounded out of the pit. From under the massed weight of, the broken beams came many cries for help. The windows on tho ground floor were broken In, and the living and dead were tenderly passed to the wait. ing ambulance, A glance at the wreck after tho catastrophe disclosed the fact that a whole section of the floor had dropped, tho Joists having been as neatly cut off as though the work had been done with a saw. The building was an old one, having been erected In the early fifties, and of late years additional stories had been placed on tho old walls. In the Grand Opera house, which ad Joins the wrecked building, the first act of "The Girl from Paris' had Just been concluded when word was whis pered through the theatre of the ca lamity. A panic was Imminent, but was averted by the actors and ushers, and the people quietly left the build ing. At 1 a. in. the deaths resulting from the wreck of the city hall nunVbei1 thir ty, and It is said that the list is likely to be even larger, many of the Injured being In a serious condition. Owing to the fact that many of the injured were cnrrled to their hopies, It is difficult to gather names. Ilclids nt Cliirngo. Chicago, Jan. 3. James H, Eckels, ex comptroller of the United States treasury, began his duties today as president ot the Commercial Natlcnal bank of Chicago, SNOW ENGINES FOR KLONDIKE. Rolndeor Thought Too Unrelinbto For tlir Itrllef. v Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. Detailed plans have been completed by Secre tary Alger for the relief expedition thnt is to be sent to tho Klondike. The commissary department will compro mise bacon, lard, bread, pea meal, cof fee, sugar, salt, pepper and desslcated vegetables. Captain George Ruhlen, of the quartermaster's department, will bo assigned to duty In connection with this part of the expedition. A pack train of sixty mules has been started from Cheyenne. Two additional trains will be outfitted by the same ofllce'r. The destination ot the outfits Is Dyea, from which point tho accumulated stores will be distributed. The secretary has also decided to employ snow locomotives In the trans portation of tho supplies. Great oppo sition has arisen to the use of rein deer. Those thoroughly acquainted with the animal say that It will not meet tho requirements. Tho deer sometimes balk. They lie down, and no amount of punishment, it is said, can Induce them to continue. A special suit has been selected by the war department. It consists of a sheepskin coat and trousers, both ot which are made of the entire hlde.wlth tho pelt on tho Inside. The coat Is fitted with a hood and tho trousers come sllgl tly below the knee. German socks win ue worn over tho custom ary stockings. AN ELOPEMENT DECLARED OFF. A Society Ucllo of Odgcnsburg At tempts to It mi Awnr with mi At- legcd Scrnntonlnn, but Is Captured by Hor Mollipr.-A Lover'n Dospalr. Special to Tho Scranton Tribune. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 3. An elope ment was nipped In the bud at Ogdens burg on New Year's aay and publicity will startle the social set of tho Maple city In a manner that has not been experienced before In years. The in tending elopers were H. J. Gibbons, a native of Scranton, Pa., and Miss Mary F. Chamber, a society belle of Og densburg, wh'o lives with her widowed mother, Mrs. Agnes F. Chambers, at No. 91 Franklin street. Mr. Gibbons, who was an unwelcome sultoi- for the hand of Miss Chambers, whom he had met and formed an In timacy with at the Thousand Islands last summer, had been invited to spend the holidays at the Chambers "home af ter much teasing by Miss Chambers. New Year's day the girl left the house nnd her mother becoming suspicious, tracked hor to the home of a friend of Gibbons. Upon reaching the house, a pull at the doorknob brought Gibbons to tho door. He bade the aged woman to go home, but she refused to do so and insisted upon seeing her daughter. Gibbons tried to persuade hir that her daughter was not inside, but Mrs. Chambers would not be hoodwinked nnd endeavored to puslv past him. Convinced that her suspicions were correct, the mother became fnmzled and waving her hands in the nlr, shrieked: "Save my child; for God's sake, some one save her." David II. Carter chanced to be driv ing by. Thinking that some terrible crime was being perpetrated, he sprang from his wagon without even checking his horses and ran to Mrs. Chambers' assistance. Before Gibbons could close the door. Carter was against it, and the frantic mother dashed into the house. THE RESCUE. She found her daughter hiding up stairs, and securing a firm grip on her brought her to the door, and after thanking 'Mr. Carter, started, for home, taking with her tho "would-be" bride. Gibbons followed, proteating, but it was of no avail, and the girl was tak en home and locked up in her bed room, Gibbons says. On Sunday Gibbons rushed into police headquarters and requested an officer to go over to the house nnd release his sweet-heart from her Imprisonment. Ko stated that the family were of a highly nervous temperment and almoet fanatical on the subject of religion, and might cut Mary's throat, or mur der her by some other means. He was highly excited and begged for assist ance, but was Informed that nothing could be done for him. "But the girl is of age. She just reached her majority a few days ago. They have no right to hold her by force," he shouted wildly, "and, by , they won't." Ho stated that he would secure her presence in court by a habaes-corpus writ, and in the court room he would give her tho choice of her mother or himself. Ho has not as yet sworn out the warrant. Ktciimfclnp Anivnls. New York, Jan. 3. Cleared: Normanla, Genoa, Naples, etc. Antwerp Arrived: Frlesland, New York. Havre Aril ved; La Normundle. New York. TJIK MSWS THIS J101M1NU. Weather Indications Today: Pair: Variable Winds. General Antl-Hanna Men Control Ohio's Legislature England's Position In the Chinese Con. trovers. Camden's Murder Sensation. Fatal Disaster In London. State Dissatisfaction ot DuBols Min ers. Fiftieth Anniversary of airard Col lege. Local Judges Hand Down Many Opinions. Now Central Pollco Station. Editorial. Comment of tho PrcsB. Story-"A Thief by Accident." Local Dunmoro Contestants Elected. IngersoU's Lecture on Agnosticism, Local Banquet of the Yale Alumni. New Couty Officers Assumo Charge, Local West Side and Suburban, Lackawanna County News. Neighboring County News, The Markets. ENGLAND TO THE POWERS She Will Enforce Equal Rights with All in China. NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES England Evidently Means Business, as Usual. Tho Covcrnmcnt's Explicit State nientofits Position, According to the ".VHnclicstor ;unrdinn"--Nn Special Uiglits to IJo Recognized If Russia's Ships Winter nt Port Arthur, 8o Will Great Britain's. Manchester, England, Jan. 3. The Manchester Ouardlan today says: "Tho government has categorically stated that Great Britain w;lll refuse to recog nize nnyspeclal rights granted nt any Chinese port to any particular power. Any port opened to one power must bo opened to all, or open to none. If Rus sia has been granted the right to win ter ships at Port Arthur, Great Britain will enforce her rights to the flame privilege and her ships will winter there, whether China concedes or does not concede the right. "If Germany obtains a naval station at Kiao-Chau, Great Britain Insists up on having a lease of ground for a naval station nt thd same port, nnd she will support every other power making the same claim, "The contention of the government Is that the most favored nations clause In tho British and all other treaties with China forbids nny special conces sions of tho nature contemplated at Kiao-Chau, and prevents nations from acquiring special benefits In which the others have not a share. "The government has also declared that tho same principle applies to such transactions as railway and mine mon opolies. Taking the stand on the treat ies. Great Britain refuses to acknowl edge such concessions and will insist upon similar railway nnd mine rights, and will use such force to secure or defend them ns may be necessary. "This declaration does not apply to cessions of territory to which tho ex isting treaties do not refer: but, rela tive to this contingency, the dispatch of Great Britain to China observes that when It occurs graver questions will arise. Tho government will then con sider the manner In which British In terests can best be safe-guarded and the form which tho compensation to Great Britain, for the special advant ages of other nations, must take. "It is reported that a similar declara tion has been delivered to the Chlneso and other governments by Japan." GERMANY AND CHINA. Tho Conduct ol" Tsno-Clinu's Com. nuiiidiint to Bo Investigated. Pekln, Janu. 2. (Delayed in trans mission.) Chinese authorities spent thrco hours at the German legation today, discussing the recall of the Commandant of Tsao-Chau, province of Shan Tung, who is charged with having used threatening language to a German missionary, nnd finally con sented to summon him to Teklu for ex amination, also promising that ho should noc return to Tsao-Chau. DANGEROUS COUNTERFEITS! Renders Will Do Well to Exnmino Their Hundred Dollar Hills. Washington, Jan. 3. One of the most dangerous counterfeits ever discovered has made Its appearance. Mr. John Cramer, of the sub-treasury at Phila delphia, today brought to the secret service department five one-hundred dollar counterfeit sliver certificates. Their general appearance is excellent, and after close examination the offi cials of the treasury cash room wero undecided ns to their genuineness, and only after the notes had been soaked in hot water, when the two pieces forming the front and back of the noto came apart, were they convinced of tho fraud. On examination of the day'H treasury cash, another of the spurious notes was discovered. The notes brought over by Mr. Cramer had been turned Into tho sub-treasury by two leading banks and the Philadelphia custom house, who had received them as genuine. The note is of tho series of 1891, check letter D, face plate 1, Tillman register, Morgan treasurer; portrait, James Monroe. All numbers so far seen begin with 3ir.. Thn Alnrcliimt EvprditiOii. Paris, Jan. 3. Authentic news from t aiarenom expedition, tiatcu bepicmiufcr 17. has been received. At that date it ly.ut arrived at Ratal, In tho Tamburu s. tiicts, and was proceeding to occpy lyum bek, In the Bongo districts, In the jfurrl tory of Bahr El Ghazeel. All were' w ull. 'I his disposes ot tho rumors of tlij mas sacro of the expedition in thatsection lust August. Cuban Relief roniitiitt'oe. Washington, Jan, 3. The bito depart ment today announced tr following members of a commltteo o recelvo at New York nil subscription uml supplies for tho sufferers in CuU-J: Stephen K. Barton, chairman: CWrla Scheiren and Loals Klopsch. Tho lleriild'd Mpotlier forecast. New York, Jan. 4.-In tho middle states and Now England, toduy, clear weather will prevail, with lower, followed by lowly rising temperature, ana fresh northwesterly to westerly winds, shifting In tho this section to (southerly and south easterly; followed by partly cloudy weather, becoming foggy tonight on the coasts, with snow In the lake region. On Wednesday, fair to partly cloudy, warnior weather will prevail, with fresh and brisk southeasterly to southerly winds and fog on the coasts, followed by enow or ruin In tho northern districts. iy& ..
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