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THIS JUDGE
NOT AFRAID
Another Sensation Is
Sprung in the Mar
tin Trial.
COURT REPLIES TO THREATS
Does Not Fear Anonymous
Correspondents.
John Lynch Testifies Thnt tho
Strikers Woro Orderly nnd Thnt
Deputy Mauler Threatened to Illow
Oirtho Ilend of the Wilucss.-The
Amoricnn Flitg Is Torn hy u Deputy.
Wnldo I'crkerski's Uvidonce--A
Tilt Ilclwcou Attorneys.
Wllkes-Barre, Fob. 8. Another sen
cation was sprung on the auditors of
the Martin trlol today, when Judge
Woodward announced that he had re
ceived an anonymous letter threatening
him with harm unless certain things
were done.
The Judge said:
Tho man who wrote this will prob
ably hear what I have to Bay, and I
want to tell him he Is a scoundrel
and a coward, and that no such dis
honorable means will In any way
affect my Judgment. Cowardice and
personal fear aro not a characteristic
of tho race from which I come.
Before the hearing of evidence was
resumed, tho Judge sustained the de
fense and ruled out that part of the
testimony of John CoBtello relating to
his conversation with Deputy Hess, In
which the latter threatened to shoot
him because he protested against the
Hhootlng of tho strikers. This evldenco
was given yesterday afternoon and a
lengthy argument followed on tho
question of its admissibility.
Costello was recalled this morning
nnd said he had seen three dead and
eight wounded men lying along the
road from Parley's hotel to Lattlmer.
He said he did what he could for the
wounded and found no weapons on
any of them.
Kvan Jones, chief ot police 'of "Vest
Hazleton, testified that the strikers
reached West Hazleton on the after
noon of the shooting and there met
the sheriff and the deputies. They
carried a flag and talked loud, but
they had no arms and made no dis
turbance of any kind. The sheriff told
them they could not march to Lattl
mer and that they must go home,
whereupon he, Jones, Induced them to
go back and showed them how they
could march by a side street.
John Lynch testified that ho was at
West Hazleton when the strikers ar
rived and that they were unarmed and
orderly. The sheriff told some of the
spectators they had better get out of
the way, as there was liable to be
trouble If the strikers did not disperse.
The witness pointed out the following
deputies as being among those he had
seen at West Hazleton: Houpt, Ridg
way, Toung, Salem, Harry and Prank
Zelrdt, Piatt, Cook, Dodson, Perry,
Barton, Sobers, Clark, Jones and the
sheriff.
THREATS WERE MADE.
The witness said Deputy Manlcy
had struck him with a gun as ho was
moving off the street and that another
man had also been struck. He heard
several threats against the strikers.
One deputy pointed his gun at a strik
er and said, "I could get a bead on
that fellow." Another said, "I'll get
even with the when I get to Lattl
mer." Deputy Ferry told a man who
was sympathizing with a striker whose
head was bleeding that If he did not
shut up he would blow his head off.
Witness denied on cross-examination
that he had a black Jack and tried
to hit a deputy with It, or that he had
tried to break through the line of
deputies.
Herman Pottunger, of Hazleton, said
that while he was at West Hazleton
on the day of the shooting Deputy
Henry Delhi threatened to "blow my
brains out of I did not get off the road."
The witness pointed out Barton, Hall,
Beisel, Lanley and Mollo as deputies
whom he saw at West Hazleton. He
heard Hall say, "I'd like to get a pop
at them. ' Another deputy said, "I
bet I drop six of them when I get over
there."
The cross-examination was severe.
liut it did not affect Pottunger's story.
Judge Rice, of the feuperlor court, oc
cupied a seat beside Judge Woodward
when court convened for tne afternoon
session.
The crofcs-examlnatlon of Pottunger
was resumed and he was asked If he
did not toll Benjamin Morris that ho
did not know much about the case, but
that ho was getting d d well paid
for it, showing him at the same time a
roll of money. Pottunger denied this.
John Fortschv.'', who required an In
terpreter, said that ho was at West
Hazleton with the strikers and Baw the
sheriff threaten to shoot down several
men. He stated that the strikers had
no club3 or weapons of any kind, that
one of the deputies pulled down the
American ilng and tore it. At Lattlmer
the witness saw no disturbance nnd
that almost as soon as the strikers
halted a shot was fired and then camo
tho volley. The firing continued about
Hvo minutes ho said. On cross-examination
ho said he did not see much of
what happened during the shooting as
he was badly frightened nnd the bul
lets were whizzing about his head. He
said he did not seo any man fall with
in fifteen feet of tho strikers and ho
Btood about fifteen yards away. Ho
said Chief of the Coal nnd Iron Police
Hampton was the man who torn the
flag at West Hazleton.
MAN PULLED OUT OP LINE.
Simon Kowalskl said that when tho
sheriff stopped the strikers at Lati
mer he asked where we wore going.
"To Lattlmer to see our fellow work
men," ho replied. "Then he grabbed a
man by the collar, pulled him out of
lino and pushed his revolver against
his throat. Tho next moment there
was a shot and I rnn as fast as I could.
When I came back Mr. Dodson, a depu
"ty, camo over an I was helping a
wounded man and said: 'You run away
or I'll shoot you too.' "
The cross-examination lasted somo
time but the witness's story was not
shaken. He said ho was not one of the
leaders nnd only walked In the front
ranks because It was hot and dusty.
Waldo Perkerskl totd how the depu
ties had Btruck ono of the strikers at
West Hazleton with a gun cutting his
head "badly. The mnn, he said, was
doing nothing. He could not point out
the deputy. At West Hazleton tho
sheriff waB pointing his revolver at
everybody near him. None of tho
strikers had any weapons and all were
quite peaceable.
Attorney Palmer, for the defense,
claimed that Attorney Martin was
merely taking up time In asking each
witness If the strikers were armed.
"Will you ndmlt It?" asked Murtln.
"No, sir, we admit nothing."
"Then we will go ahead and prove
It."
"Go on," said Palmer, "It will take
you Beven years."
"At Lattlmer," said tho witness, "the
sheriff stopped us and said nobody can
go to Lattlmer. Then some of tho men
pushed forward and the sheriff pulled
a man to the side of the road and point
ed his revolver. The man pushed tho
revolver away and ran. The sheriff
snapped his revolver twice. Tho third
time it exploded. I cannot say wheth
er or not he shot anybody. As soon
as he shot the deputies commenced
shooting and everybody ran. I wan
among the last and the deputies fired
at us while we were running. The
firing lasted about five minutes."
WAS BUSY RUNNING.
Tho witness could not point out any
of the deputies who fired after the
men ran, saying he was too busy run
ning to look back at all. In the cross
examination the witness denied em
phatically that any of the strikers re
sisted the deputies or that the sheriff
was thrown to the ground. The only
deputy .the witness could remember
seeing at Lattlmer was Cook, whom he
pointed out.
Andrew P. Adams, a traveling man
from Glen Falls, N. v., said he saw
the strikers twice on the day of the
shooting. Once as he was going from
Milnesvllle to Lattlmer, they were then
marching In nn orderly manner, and
again when he was roturnlng from Lat
tlmer. At this point it was Just when
they were meeting the sheriff. He did
not seo the meeting, the car being
about six hundred feet away, but he
heard tho firing, saw the smoke and
saw the strikers running. There were
a few scattered shots, then a volley
followed by a number of scattered
Shot. This ended the testimony for
tho day and court adjourned.
mason Means business.
Tho Member from Illinois Will Speak
on the Cuban Hesolutlon--IUr.
Allen's Amendment.
Washington, Feb. S. Three proposi
tions differing materially as to meth
ods were presented to the senate to
day for the relief of the Cuban insur
gents. Mr. Allen (Neb.) offered as an
amendment to tho diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bill a resolution
recognizing the belligerency of the in
surgents and said that he hoped the
houses would afford the senate an op
portunity to vote on the proposition.
Mr. Cannon (Utah) offered a resolu
tion urging the president to notify the
kingdom of Spain that if It did not
recognize the independence of tho Cu
ban republic before Mnrch 4, 1S9S. tho
.United States would recognize belliger
ency of the Cubans and within ninety
days thereafter would assert the Inde
pendence of the Cuban republic. Mr.
Mason (111.) followed with a resolution
requiring tho president to notify Spain
that the Cuban war must cease at
once or declare the Intention of the
United States to restore and maintain
peace on the Island of Cuba. Both Mr.
Cannon and Mr. Mason gave notice of
their Intention to speak upon the reso
lutions tomorrow. The right of Hon.
Henry W. Corbett to a seat in the
senate from Oregon occupied the sen
ate's attention for two hours, Senator
Chandler speaking in favor of seating
the claimant. The remainder of the
afternoon was spent in executive ses
sion. Mr. Allen, in presenting his Cuban
amendment, said that since the open
ing of hostilities in Cuba more than
300,000 paclllcos had died of starva
tion, or of disease directly .traceable
to Insufficient food or lack of proper
sanitnry conditions. Ho said that he
had been Informed that It was the
custom of the Spanish government to
herd hundreds of families together in
Inadequate quarters, starving them un
til they have been more than decimat
ed by disease. Ho expressed the hope
that the committee on foreign rela
tions would act promptly on tho
amendment so that the senate might
have an opportunity tn vote on it.
The house today entered upon the
consideration of .the Aldrlch-Plowmnn
contested election case from the Fourth
Alabama district. The majority of the
committee reported in favor of seat
ing the Republican contestant on the
ground of conspiracy, an allegation
vigorously denied by tho Democratic
minority. Mr. Plowman's plurality on
the face of the returns was 2,967. The
majority revised the figures so as to
give Aldrlch a plurality of 342. Two
speeches wero mado today on each
side by Messrs. Taylor, of Ohio, ard
Mann, of Illinois; and by Messrs. Pox,
Mississippi, and Settle, Kentucky, for
tho minority. It Is expected that a
vote will bo reached tomorrow.
I'rUigri'W on Hriwnil.
Washington, Feb. S.Senator Petti
grcw. of South Dakota, was the only
speaker on tho Hawaiian annexation
treaty In the executive session of tho
senato today. Ho opposed the treaty, re
suming his speech where he had left ott
a week ago, taking up tho lino of his ar
gument In connection with his assertion
concerning the area and tho population
of the Inlands.
Ntonmship Arrival".
New York, Feb. 8.-Salledi Havel, Bro
men, via Southampton. Cleared: Paris
Southampton: Teutonic, Liverpool: Ken
sington, Antwerp. Antwerp Arrived:
Noordlaml, New Tork. Rotterdam Ar
rived: Rotterdam, New York.
EXCITING SCENES
AT ZOLA'S TRIAL
Caslmlr Pcrler Creates a Sensation as
a Witness.
WON'T SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH
Count Esterunzr lleiusos to Testily.
JUndnme Dreyfus Not Allowed to
Answer nn Important Question
Concerning 1'ntr dn Clum-Zoln's
Friends Attacked by Mobs.
Paris, Feb. 8. M. Caslmlr-Perler,
former president of Prance, was a wit
ness in the Zola trial today, and ho
created a commotion by declining to
swear to tell the truth. "It is my
duty not to tell it," he said to tho
court.
Upon being assured that the law
compelled him to take the oath, tho
ex-presldent submitted. Zola's law
yer then asked him:
"Can you say, If, when you were
president, you knew before his arrest
that a staff. officer was suspected of
treason and that charges had been
mnde against him?"
Tho presiding Judge intervened, say
ing: "You cannot ask that."
Counsel next asked:
"Did M. Caslmlr-Perler know that a
secret file of papers existed at tho war
ministry?"
"I was not aware of a file of papers
concerning Major Eeterhazy," was .the
reply.
"Did you know that a secret docu
ment was handed to the court mar
tial?" "You cannot ask that question," In
terrupted the pieslding judge.
"I do not know any facts subse
quent to my presidency," said M. Cas-simlr-Perler.
"I can only speak as a
private citizen, which I nm willing to
do."
"You aro setting a noble example,"
replied M. Laborie, "which other wit
nesses have not deemed fit to follow,
since It has been necessary to bring
them here by force."
M. Laborie made a formal applica
tion "In the Interests of Justice" that
his previous questions be allowed to be
put.
The judges, after deliberating on the
matter, refused to allow tho question.
BSTERIIAZY REFUSES TO TES
TIFY. A letter was read from Major Count
Esterhazy, in which he refused to tes
tify and Zola's counsel Insisted that
he should be brought into court by
force.
Tho court decided that Mercler,
former minister of war, and Colonel
Paty du Clam should be resummoned
and that tjinv"0 of other witnesses
alleged to be ill should be investi
gated. Madame Dreyfus was the first wit
ness. When asked under what circum
stances Colonel Paty du Clam had in
formed her of her husband's arrest, the
court refused to permit the question.
Zola thereupon arose and cried:
"I desire the same treatment as the
assassin or tho thief. They have al
ways the right to defend themselves,
but I am deprived of th'ls. I am mock
ed and Insulted In the streets, and the
obscene press drags me in the mud.
You see, gentlemen of the jury, the po
sition I am in. I wish to have my wit
nesses heard, but I am prevented."
Tho court finally said it would enter
Zola's protest, but could not permit
questions foreign to the indictment.
The defense then submitted to the
discretion of the court a list of ques
tions to "be presented to the witnesses.
Meantime the session was suspended
amid deafening tumult, Mrs. Dreyfus
becoming hysterical.
Finally, when court resumed, Zola
said he would submit to the law.
During the day, an attempt was made
to Introduce letters between General
Gonz and Colonel Plcquart showing
that the founder favored re-opening
tho Dreyfus case, but the court ruled
that they were Inadmissible because
"previous notice had not been given."
M. Clemenoeau, counsel for M. Per
reux, manager of the Aurore, who Is
being tried with Zola, here declared
that Colonel Plcquart submitted those
letters to the president of tho Dreyfus
court martial, who Impounded them
without reading them to the court,
thus It was Impossible to give notifica
tion of them as evidence.
M. Scheurer-Kestner, who was tho
witness, sketched the contents of the
letters, In which Colonel Plcquart
wrote that fresh facts had been dis
covered which would bo "eagerly seiz
ed upon by the Dreyfuslans, who would
create a great scandal."
General Gonz replied that It was
"too lato to stop the matter now."
When the court rose for the day
there was a big crowd outside the low
er court, and as the people were leav
ing tho building a man cried "Vive
Zola," "Down with France." He was
immediately arrested.
THE MOBS ACTIVE.
A tremendous rush followed. M.
Zola, on emerging from the Jury door,
was recognized and obliged to return
and seek refuge in, the robing rooms,
tho doors of which were then locked.
The crowd Tcmalned outsldo yelling
"Conspulz Zola," etc., led by a number
of young barristers, in .their robes,
who roughly handled M. Zola's sym
pathizers until a detachment of Re
publican guards cleared the approaches
to the court. M. Zola then emerged,
pale nnd trembling, and the moment
he appeared on tho streets leading to
the court yard thero was an immense'
clamor and shouts of "Down with
'ola," "Long live Zola." and "Death
to Zola," the last cry dominating. The
novelist had difficulty In keeping his
feet among the surging crowd.
In the meantime the police, misun
derstanding their orders, closed the
gates, and M. Zola thus found himself
lnsldo tho court yard, surrounded by
a howling, threatening mob. The po
lice wero powerless, nnd for a moment
It looked as though ho would he
lynched with the friends who formed
hlB body guard.
Ills friends rallied around him and
eventually the gates were reopened and
tho police having been reinforced,
escorted M. Zola to the street, while
tho majority of the mob was confined
to the court yard, shrieking threats
against the novelist, who eventually
entered a cab and drove quickly away.
Tho women In the crowd were espe
cially violent. A man who cheered for
Zola was set upon by a mob of people,
who hustled him to the St. Mlchelo
bridge, where they tried to throw him
into the river Seine, but the police
were reinforced In the nick of tlmo and
saved him.
Tho crowd remaining In the court
yard greeted M, Rochefort's exit with
cheers of "Vive L'Armeo" and Vive
La France." They wero eventually
dispersed.
MADAME DREYPUS'S STORY.
London, Feb. 8. Tho Dally News
publishes this morning an interview
which David Christie Murray, tho
novelist and playwright, has had with
Madamo Dreyfus. She said that after
her husband's arrest Major Paty du
Clam visited her seventeen successive
days, denouncing her husband as a
scoundrel and traitor and alternate
ly threatening and cajoling her in the
hope that Bhe would confess her hus
band guilty. But she revealed nothing
because she had nothing to reveal,
and she now says It was Impossible
thnt her husband could have confessed
himself guilty, Inasmuch as he was
Innocent. There never was, she de
clared, a better husband or father in
the world.
Mr. Murray adds: "It Is Impossible
to say whnt would have happened if
this beautiful woman had been per
mitted to give the foregoing evldenco
In court, which she would have done if
allowed."
ANOTHER TERRIBLE
MURDER MYSTERY
.Mutilated Ilody of nn Unknown Mnn
Is Found in tho Knst Uivcr in Now
Yurk--Only Mnrk tor Idoutilicntlon.
New York, Feb. 8. What looks like
another murder mystery similar to the
Guldensuppe case is agitating the po
lice In consequence of the discovery
of tho mutilated body of a man In the
East river today. The corpse was en
tirely nude; half of the head was miss
ing; the right leg had been cut off
at the hip, and the left leg at the knee,
and both arms were gone, having been
severed near the shoulders.
The man had apparently been strang
leg, stabbed with some sharp instru
ment, and then cut to pieces in the
most ruthless manner. At first tho po
lice thought that the limbs had been
severed by the paddle of some passing
ferry boat, or that the body had had
post mortem uses in a medical college.
Close Inspection, howevfcr, appeared
to prove these conclusions false.
Around the neck were marks as though
a rope had forced its way into the
flesh. On the portion ot the left leg
remaining on the body were three
sharp cuts, which might have been
made with a stiletto. There were
bruises on the back M'tych might have
been caused by a str'c jjlc, and a small
would which Is tlwi J,JKo be a bullet
holt. Not until an airtHtsy is held can
these suppositions be verified. The
body had been in the water for a week
or more.
It Is that of a man of about five feet,
eight inches tall, broad shoulders and
muscular body. The portion of the
scalp which still remained was covered
with sandy hair. The corpse appeared
to bo that of a laboring man. The en
tire front part of the head was cut
clean off. Wherever dissection had
taken place, the cuts were regular
and razor-like. Inspector Cross said
he was positive the man had been mur
dered and that the mutlllatlon was to
conceal tho Identity of the victim.
Tho only mark found that could pos
sibly lead to Identification of the corpse
was a white wart, not larger than a
pea, over the right hip bone, just above
the groin.
Dr. E. J. Donlin, coroner's physician,
said tonight that he had been thus far
able to make only a superficial exami
nation of the body, and that he was
able to draw only conclusions that
mlgh't bo upset by the autopsy tomor
row. The doctor said that the absence
of tho brain mado it Impossible to
determine accurately the cause of
death until a post mortem examination
has been made From the limited op
portunities he had of examining tho
body, ho said he had come to the con
clusion that the man was la life at least
six feet In height and weighed close to
220 pounds, and was not less than 43
years of age. He said the dead man
had light hair and must have been bald.
Ho thought that the body must have
been thrown Into th'e water somo time
Monday night.
"My theory Is," Dr. Donlin said, "that
the man died cf Injuries to his head.
He was either shot with a pistol, per
haps while asleep, or was struck on the
head with a mallet or hammer. But
he must have struggled hard unless he
was asleep." '
Dr. Donlin said that ho did not think
the cutting up of the body had been
done by one skilled with the knife. The
one who cut up the remains had evi
dently begun at the left hip, as if to
out the 'body in two, but had struck
th'e pelvic bono and given up, taking
an ea3ler place upifh which to operate
further down. Just above the point of
amrutatlon of the left leg Dr. Donlin
discovered a wound which he thought
might have been made with a bullet.
NO CHINESE LOAN.
The Idea of Rnising One Reported to
IIovk Upon Abandoned.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 8. According to
trustworthy Intelligence, Ch'lna has
flnnlly abandoned the Idea of raising
a loan In London or elsewhere.
Pekln, Feb. S. The Tsung-Ll-Yamen
has Instructed tho Viceroy of Nanking
to receive Prince Henry of Prussia up
on the Intter's arrival at Shanghai.
Berlin, Feb. 8. A despatch from St.
Petersburg announces the arrival thero
of Shu Kins Cheng (former Chinese
minister to Russia and Germany.)
EARTHQUAKES IN ASIA MINOR.
I'onr Thousand Persons Homolcis
mid ISO Killed or Injured.
Constantinople, Feb. 8. Earthquake
shocks continue to bo felt at Balikcsr,
Asia Minor, and in Its vicinity, About
4,000 persons havo been rendered home
less, some 3.C00 houses, 30 mosques and
15 khans have been more or less des
troyed and 120 persons have been kil
led or Injured.
I'ostmnstrr of I'liinsntnwnoy.
Washington, Feb, 8. The president to
day sent to the senate the nomination of
David McQuown to be postmaster at
l'unxsutawney, I'a.
REVOLUTION
IN NICARAGUA
Captain of (be Alert Lands Marines to
Protect American Citizens.
REBELS HOLD SAN JUAN DEL SUR
The City Has Ucon Seized nnd the
Government Troops Havo Attacked
It in nn Attempt to Dislodge Them.
Three United States Ships Near
the Soene.
Washington, Feb. 8. A serious revo
lution has broken out in Nicaragua and
Captain Leutse, of the Alert, has
cabled tho navy department that he
has landed marines to protect the
American consulate at San Juan del
Sur. That city has been Belzed by the
rebels and the government troops have
attacked It in an attempt to dislodge
them.
San Juan del Sur is near the western
terminus of the Nicaragua canal nnd
Is a cable station. The United States
has three ships near the scene of the
disturbance nnd ample measures will
be taken to safeguard. American in
terests, DISOWNS QUAY AND ANDREWS.,
W. A. Stone Writes Thnt He Is Not
tThelr Candidate lor Governor.
West Chester, Pa., Feb. 8. Addi
tional Interest was lent to the light
between the Republican factions for
delegates .to the gubernatorial conven
tion by tho announcement by Jesse
Cope, heretofore one of the anti-Quay
leaders, that he was a candidate for
delegate, and that If he was elected
he would vote for W. A. Stolne for
governor. In making his announce
ment Mr. Cope submitted the follow
ing letter which he recently received
from Mr. Stone, his old schoolmate, in
reply to his own letter of Inquiry:
"Let me answer .the two charges
against me; first, that Quay Is for me,
and second, that Andrews Is for me,
and that because these two men are
for me I ought not to be nominated. I
cannot create a civil service examina
tion to pass upon the morals and qual
ifications of those who wish to sup
port me, and decline the support of
those who are thought unfit.
"As to the first, I do not know
whether Quay is for me or not. He
has never told me or any one else, so
far as I can learn. I know that all the
other candidates are urging him to be
for them; that he tells them ho is
keeping his hands off, and then some
of these candidates are mean enough
to go away and tell that It will not do
to nominate me because Quay, Is for
me. Their whole source of reasoning
that Quay Is for me Is because I was
for him In 1S93.
"As to Andrews. He Is not running
my campaign at all, and never has. He
moved Into Allegheny, where I reside,
last summer, for business reasons. I
knew him very slightly before that,
having met him but a few times. Find
ing the people where I live for me, he
decided to support me, and I did not
object.
"I am told, and believe, that In No
vember last a meeting was held in
Philadelphia by persons opposed to
my nomination. They could find noth
ing to say against my character or
fitness for tho office, and so It was
agreed that they should start the cry
that I was 'Bill' Andrews" candidate,
and send It out through the newspa
pers. I am no one's candidate, and If
elected I will be no one's governor
but the people's. I have no desire to
be governor except that I may honor
nnd dignify the office and faithfully
and honestly do my duty."
THEY WERE TOO HASTY.
German Authorities Acted Unwisely
In Exclusion of Amoricnn Fruit.
Washington, Feb. 8. It Is Intimated
that the German authorities are be
ginning to believe that' they have act
ed with undue precipitation In the en
forcement of tho decrees excluding
American fruits, and it Is said that a
disposition has been shown to attribute
the severity of the action taken to
the excessive zeal of subordinate of
ficers stationed at. the principal ports
and on the frontier.
Today Ambassador White cabled the
state department that tho present Im
portation of live plants was absolutely
.rohib!ted, but that fresh fru' " In
fected was being admitted freely. "
asmuch as the value of the live plants
and shrubs exported from the United
States to Germany last year was only
a little more than $8,000, the last phase
of tho exclusion decree is not regarded
as of very large importance.
ENGINEER'S SUICIDB.
James Girons Shoots Iiimacll--Dcnth
of a llmkomnn.
Lancaster. Pa., Fob. 8. James P. Mo
Coy, of Harrisburg, a Pennsylvania
railroad brakeman, slipped nnd fell
from the top of a car where he was
walking, near Ellzabethtown, today.
He went under th'e wheels and was in
stantly killed.
Jnmes Glvens, a Pennsylvania engi
neer, shot and killed himself after go
ing around town and bidding his
friends good bye. He was 4C years old
and lived In Columbia, where ho leaves
a widow nnd daughter. It Is said that
an Illicit lovo affair caused the deed.
Engngoinent nt Qnlntnnn.
Havana, Feb. 8.-rFrom Spanish sources
It is announced that the Maria Cristina
battalion has been engaged at Qulntana,
this province, with tho InMirgent forces
under tho command of Uetuncourt. Ar
ango and Sangully. Tho Insurgents, It
la added, left nine men killed. Including
a captain, on tho field, and the govern
ment force, nccordlng to tho Spanish ver
sion, has eight soldiers killed and a ma
jor and twenty-two soldiers wounded.
Trnln Over nn Embankment.
St. John, N. B., Feb. 8. Tho Quobco
oxprets on the Inter-Colonial railway,
due hero at 10.S0 o'clock, plunged over
an embankment at Petit Roche, soven
miles from Bathurst, killing the englneor,
William Dastlan, and badly injuring Fire
man Poole. Tho cause of tho accident Is
supposed to be a broken rail. Tho paBs
enger cars did not go over the embank
ment and tho passengers escaped Injury.
THE Mm THIS MOMINU.
Weather Indications Today!
Partly Cloudy: Warmer.
1 Ucncral Anoynmotts Correspondent
Threatens tho Trial Judgo In tho
Martin Cose.
Revolution Sways Nicaragua.
Intense Excitement Attends Novelist
Zola's Trial.
Our Relations with Spain.
2 Local Progress of tho Arson and Burg
lary Cases.
3 Local Seventh Annual Report of tho
Albright Memorial Library.
Deputy Mink's Exciting Arrest.
4 Editorial.
Comment of tho Press.
5 Local Merchants Charged with Selling
Impuro Food.
A. V. Bower's Lecture on Michael An
gelo. 6 Local West Side and Suburban.
7 Lackawanna County News.
8 Whitney's Weekly News Budget.
The Markets.
MYSTERIOUS LBTTRR.
A Missive Which Items the Slgnaturo
of Minister Dupuy de Lome.
New York, Feb. 8. The Press wilt
tomorrow say that representatives of
the Cuban junta yesterday gave out
copies of a letter signed "Eniique Du
puy do Lome" who is minister of Spain
in Washington and addressed to Jose
Canr.rojas, who went to Cuba last Sep
tember as Premier Sagasta'a personal
representative. In this letter thn
Spanish minister refers to President
McKlnley as "weak and catering to
the rablile" and as a "low politician,
who desires to stand well with the
Jlngos of h'ls party."
The Washington correspondent of tho
Press says that when a copy of this
letter was shown to Minister de Lome
he promptly pronounced It a forgery.
Ho also says that an official of the state
department discussing the matter said:
"De Lome did not write that letter;
the Cuban junta has been imposed up
on by somebody."
On the other hand, Horatio L. Ru
bens, counsel for the Cuban Junta, says
"We know absolutely that this letter
in genuine. A man risked his life to
obtain it. Wc do not hesitate to ac
knowledge that It was stolen from
Canalejas. It Is written on the paper
of the legation. The handwriting is
de Lome'tf and the tlgnature Is his.
He may deny It until he is black in tho
face but It is genuine, and everybody
who has seen It knows that it is. The
man who stole it abstracted it from
the envelope and left the latter. If ho
had attempted to steal the envelope or
had stolen the envelope he never would
have got away with the letter."
Mr. Rubens was asked about th'e
translation and If there was not some
danger that It might be wrong. He re
plied: "No, the translation was made
in the office by men who thoroughly
understand both languages and it;takturn V Havnna of Captain General
as near correct as a translation can
be."
"Where Is the letter now?"
"That I decline to answer."
CONFERENCE OF L. A. W.
Tho Protracted .Meeting Hold at St.
Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 8. The national
committee on highway of the League
of American Wheelmen held a pro
tracted conference today; with Otto
Darner, of Milwaukee, In the chair.
Besides tho chairman there were only
three members of the national com
mittee present. They were A. B.
Choate, of Minnesota; Wallace Sher
wood of Indiana, and W. A. Connelly,
of Illinois. The eastern members are
expected to arrive tonight and tomor
row morning.
The following state chairmen met
with the national committee:
D. B. Luten, of Indiana; Henry C.
Morse, of I'linois; W. K. Jones, of
Iowa.
Throughout tho discussion the con
sensua of opinion 'was that the mem
bers of the league must work to se
cure state aid In the building of high
ways. Tho following resolutions was
adopted:
We, the national committee on high
way Improvement of the L. A. W., in
meeting assembled, In conference with
the chairman of various state high
ways committees, heartily endorse the
recommendation of General Ray Stono
to Postmaster General Gary suggest
ing the loaning of funds of the pro
posed postal Bavlngs banks to states
and municipal corporations for the
construction of wagon roads, thereby
Investing In the small savings of pos
tal depositors in a manned they can
not otherwise loan themand a lower
rate of interest than cah be secured
for road purposes, and at the same
time distributing the funds to the more
sparsely settled portions of the country
instead of congesting it In money cen
tres. ARMOR FOR NEW WARSHIPS,
Sennto Coinmitteo Recommends n
Contrnct with Existing Firms,
Washington, Feb. 8. Tho senate
committee on naval affairs today
agreed to recommend an amendment
to tho naval appropriation bill author
izing the secretary of the navy .to en
ter Into a contract with existing armor
plants for supplying armor for the
three battleships, the Alabama, Il
linois and Wisconsin, now In course
of construction, if proper terms could
bo secured. In the matter of terms
the committee was guided by the sug
gestion of Secretary Long, that a con
tract could be secured at .the rate of
$400 per ton for armor. That rate was
fixed as the maximum.
Previous to the taking of tho vote
there was somo discussion of tho sub
ject, some of the members holding to
the view that the government should
proceed with Its own plant. Senators
Tillman and Butler cast tho only votes
cast against the provision. There is
an Informal understanding that tho
question of a government plant Is to
bo taken up at tho next meeting.
F.lrctrlclnn's Fnto.
New York, Feb. 8. Wlnfield S. McDow
ell, nn electrician of Flatbush, L. I., lost
hU life today by a cave In of sund under
tho sidewalk in front of 40 and 42 Broad
nay, this city. The police think he was
tiylng to tap the telegraph wires under
Broadway for the benefit of some pool
room or bucket shop.
OUR POLICY
WITH SPAIN
Reciprocity Treaties with
That Country Have
Been Satisfied.
MR. WOODFORD'S NOTE
Replies to the Question of
Filibustering:.
Strong Arguments, Showing tho
Amounts Expended by tho United
States Towards Suppressing Thoso
Lxpudltlons Hnvo Amounted to
93,000,000. -Tho United States
Jloro Successful Than Spain in Ap
prehending Filibusters.
Washington, Feb. 8. It is said at
the state department that all attempts
to state the nature of the Spanish reply
to Minister Woodford's note of last
December, at least so far as corre
spondents on this side of the Atlantic
are concerned, are purely speculative
and must be eo of necessity for tho
reason thnt up to this time the depart
ment Itself does not know even the
substance of the reply. This disposes of
the stories that have appeared to the
effect that the administration has been
deeply stirred by cablegrams from Mr.
Woodford relative to the Spanish an
swer. Senor Dupuy de Lome, spent some
time In consultation with Mr. Kasson,
at the state department today, talking
over the proposed reciprocity treaties
to be arranged between the United
States and Spain. It Ib said that the
progress made so far Is encouraging
to both parties. The broad lines of
policy have been laid down through
tho efforts of Mr. Woodford In Mad
rid and Messrs. Kasson and Dupuy do
Lome in Washington, and the arrange
ments of the details of the treaties may;
be expected to begin at the next meet
ing. The Spanish minister lias been
Informed that Dr. Anguelo will coma
to Washington to represent the Auton
omous government of Cuba In fixing
the details of the treaties. The doctor
is now in New York nwnlHnir the ro.
manco, wno must sign his commis
sion.,. He Is a leader In the Autonomist
party.
Tho attention of the Spanish min
ister was directed to the published
statements that he had been In cor
respondence with the Spanish author
ities In Cuba relative to the suspen
sion of a pension that was being paid
to Julio Sangully because of the re
turn of tho latter to Cuba against tho
terms of tho agreement.
The minister said tho whole story
was the veriest nonsense; that he had
nothing to do with Sangully, and, in
fact, did not even know tho man.
MINISTER WOODFORD'S NOTE.
From a reliable quarter it was learn
ed today that the recent note delivered
by Minister Woodford to the Spanish
government relates to the question of
filibustering, and Is a strong showing
of what the United States has done and
the amount of money tho government
has spent In stopping filibustering.
The note was drawn out by the reply
of Spain to a previous note in wh'lch It
was suggested that tho Cuban Insurrec
tion gained much of its strength
through filibustering parties organized
and equipped In the United States,
and that this was one of the reasons
which Increased tho difficulties in
bringing tho insurrection to a close.
Now Minister Woodford has rejoined
with an arraynl of facts and figures,
showing In detail the painstaking ef
forts made by the United States to stop
filibustering. The statement showed an
aggregate expenditure upwards of
2,000,000 by this government In run
ning down flllbusterers.malntalnlng de
tectives, equipping vessels and search
ing parties. It showed also that tho
United States has been more success
ful In this regard than Spain, as tho
detailed statement shows how largo flll
busterers were apprehended, broken
up, and prosecutions carried on by tho
federal authorities, while the Spanish
naval force surrounding the island of
Cuba has not succeeded in accomplish
ing equal results, the Competitor par
ty being, It Is said, the only one of any
proportions which has lieen apprehend
ed by the Spanish,
Concerning the reports that the last
Woodford roto again urges that a spec
ific time be fixed for bringing the up
rising to a close, it Is said th'at tho
question of specific time does not enter
Into tho cape, but any discussion on
that point concerns the question of
what Ib "reasonable time" within
which the conflict should be closed.
London, Feb. S. The Madrid corres
pondent of tho Times says;
"The government protests that It has
of no Intention to tamper with tho Cu
ban customs tariff in order to benefit
Spain or Injure foreign powers. On tho
contrary, it recognizes the importance
and will h'eartlly co-oprrato In the de
velopment of commerce betwo2ii tho
United States and Cuba. The official
relations between the United States and
Spain aio said to Ua cot-Jlul and give
no causo for .inxlctv."
rire Men Drowned.
Oregon City, Ore., Feb. 8. A boat con
taining flv9 men went over tho falls to
day. Gcorgo Freeman, sr his sons,
Georgo and James, and L. J, Shannon,
were drowned. Harry Freenman held to
tho boat and reached shore.
Tho llern'd's Wontlmr 1'orecnst.
New York, Feb. 9. In tho mlddlo state.i
and New Ungland, today, fair to partly
cloudy and slightly wanner weather will
prevail with southerly to southeasterly
winds, causing haze and fog on tho
coasts, followed by rain In the western
districts of this section this afternoon,
and possibly light rain on tho seaboard
in the night.