TWCENTS. SCRANTON. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1898. TWO CENTS.
THE SPANISH
SITUATION
Nothing Further of an
Official Nature Has
Been Disclosed.
CABINET DISCUSSES WAR
The Successor to De Lome
Appointed.
Important Meeting ol the Spanish
Cnblnet.-lJnltcd States .Minister
Woodford Explain! tlio .Mcmiiug ol
Several Paragraphs in Do Lome's
N"ote--ltcport of Gcncrnl Leo's
Resignation Ollichillv Domed.
Washington, Feb. 14. Actuated by a
sense of honor and a strict idea-of jus
tice tho state department has taken
steps to place in the hands of Senor
Cannlej&s, to whom the letter was ad
dressed, the eplstlo written by Senor
Dupuy do Lome which led to .the res
ignation of the minister. The trans
action Is explained in the following
brief statement given out tonight by
the state department:
"Recognizing that the legal owner
ship of the de Lome letter Is in Mr.
Canalejns, and his agent and, attorney,
Mr. Carlisle, having presented proper
authority to receive the same, the let
ter was delivered to him today."
As explained In tills statement, Mr.
Carlisle was fully authorized to apply
for and receive the letter, having the
cabled authorization from Senor Can
alejas. In the view of the state de
partment the letter was a stolen docu
ment and in that like any other piece
of property It should upon application
be delivered to Its rightful owner.
There was no other course left open,
for In the United States, as In all other
countries having a code of laws, a let
ter becomes the sole property of the
person to whom it is addressed imme
diately it starts on its way from the
sender. Even the latter cannot obtain
possession of it without the consent of
the person addressed. The limit of his
powers legally being in cerUIn cases to
stop tho delivery of ithe paper.
This letter has besides already com
pletely served all the uses to which It
might have been applied by our gov
ernment and there are In existence fac
simile copies of .the paper that ara
so surely authenticated as to leave no
legal doubt of their accuracy.
TUB CLOSING CHAPTER.
There now remains only the closing
chapter of the Incident to be written,
for the end Is already in sight. Not
withstanding all that has "been said in
the press about demands on Spain fo.r
apologies or retractions of the disagree
able things said by Senor Dupuy de
Lome In his letter, it can positively bo
stated that at no time since the publi
cation of the letter has .the state de
partment taken any such course. In
stead, it has relied entirely upon the
sense of propriety of the Spanish gov
ernment to do all that was proper and
needful to wipe out the unpleasant im
pression produced by these statements
nnd it can now bo said that this courso
has been fully justified and that the
Spanish cabinet now being aware of
tho full text of the letter Is expected
within a day or two to make such dis
claims of the letter as is required by
the circumstances.
Tonight the state department receiv
ed official notice from Madrid of the
solectlon of Senor Louis Polo Bernabe
as United States minister to succeed
Senor Dupuy de Lome.
Senor Louis Polo Bernabe. whoso ap
pointment as the successor of Senor
Dupuy do Lome was foreshadowed last
Friday In an exclusive dispatch to tho
Associated Press, is a son of VIco Ad-
Snnti ,?i,wh0 forn,erIr represented
hpaln in this country. Senor Bernabe
is now engaged in a special department
of the foreign ministry at Madrid deal
ing with commercial matters and con
sulates. RETICENCE MAINTAINED.
Washington, Feb.l4.-Nothlng further
of an official nature has been disclosed
concerning the Amerlcan-Spanish slt
, uatlon. The state department Mill
maintains reticence bb to the contents
of the cablegram received from Min
ister Woodfoid late Saturday night.
No answer has vet been made to this
niessago and it Is not sure that an
answer will be required. It is also said
that although details are not obtaln
, tiMc, matters are in such shape that
an early and batlsfactory adjustment
of the affalis between this country
and Spain is conlldently expected. The
department today officially denies the
leports that Consul General Lee had
tendered his resignation.
A cljfpatch from Madrid says It is
seinl-officlnlly stated that official
claims ainnot be founded on a private
letter; that Spain acted tightly In ac
cepting de Initio's resignation and that
the mln:3ters declare that any claims
whntever are Inadmissible.
Reports from various cities tell of
lie ruccessful departure of filibuster
expeditions for Cuba. Nothing official
jb known concerning a successor to
ex-Mlnlster de Lome.
It Is said that thus far no move to
ward tho prosecution of those con
nected with the taking of the de Lome
lettpr l In contemplation. If tho loss
Pad occurred while the letter was In
the United States malls then tho usual
prosecutions by tho postal authorities
might occur, but In the present caBO
there is no trace as to thd point whoro
the letter was abstracted and such
evidence as Is .at hand goes to Bhow
, that the letter was taken after It left
the United States malls and was In
the hands of tho Spanish authorities.
D'ARCOS INTERVIEWED.
The Duke D'Arcog, whose name has
been prominently mentioned as a pos
sible successor to Dupuy de Lome, was
seen today by a representative of the
Associated Press and said that ho had
no Information whatever as to the
consideration of his name for the
Washington post beyond what he had
seen In the newspapers. Ho had Just
returned from the post in Mexico and
was looking forward to a period of rest
In Europe.
Tho torpedo boat Cushlng has re
tut ned to Key West from Havana. Tho
Hquadron at Tortugas lost four of tho
ships today which wero detached to
be present at tho Mardl Gras celebra
tions. The Texas and Nashvllla left
for Galveston, Marblehead for New Or
leans and the Detroit for Mobile. The
remainder of the squadron will remain
near Tortugas for about ten days coal
Ins. Tho officials of .the treasury depart
ment have received Information
through Spanish sources that tho sus
pected filibuster Dauntless has suc
ceeded In eluding tho vigilance of the
government at Savannah and has pass
ed out of tho harbor to sea. The Daunt
less is said to have a cargo of arms,
ammunition and other supplies for Cu
ban insurgents. Tho department has
notified customs officers and revenue
cutteis along the coaM to be on the
alert and detain the supposed filibus
ter If possible.
EUROPE TO THE RESCUE.
Paris, Feb. 14. The Figaro says:
"No state could make such an apology
as the United States demands from
Spain without tho loss of all dignity.
If the United States should attack
Spain under such a futile pretext as
tho de Lome Incident, tho whole of
Europe would support Hie latter.
London, Feb. 14. The dispatches
from the American correspondents of
tho morning newspapers all dwell on
the serious aspect of affairs between
the United States and Spain, but gen
erally express the opinion that Presi
dent McKlnley's influence will bo suf
ficient to avert a conflict.
VICTIMS OF THE
DEADLY ELEVATOR
Three Men Are Instantly Killed at
the Waldorf--Two Otliors Serious-
ly Wounded.
New York, Feb. 14. Three men were
Instantly killed and two seriously in
jured, one of them so seriously that he
will die, in this city today by accidents
In elevators. Those killed are:
JOHN DEGNAN, a laborer at tho Hotel
Waldorf.
OSCAR WESTBERG, aged 21, assistant
Janitor of tho Walton building of
Fifth avenue.
WILLIAM OCHS, aged 25, a driver for
an express company.
James Foley and Thomas Looney are
the injured. Foley is not likely to re
cover. The accident in which Degnan met
his death and Looney and Foley wero
injured occurred at the Waldorf hotel.
The three men were taking ashes from
the cellar on a freight elevator, when
two of tho four chains' of the elevator
broke and the men were thrown to the
sub cellar, three stories below.
Westberg met his death in almost
exactly tho same way that Mrs. Arthur
C. Levy was killed at the Holland
house yesterday. Westberg was alone
in the car in the Walton building.
While making an ascent his head pre
sumably came In contact with the sec
ond floor. He was thrown to the bot
tom of the elevator, which, ns It rose,
crushed his head against the project
ing lloor.
Ochs was waiting for tho elevator on
tho eighth floor of the building at E8S
Broadway. The gate was open and
Ochs was looking down the shaft. The
elevator descended more rapidly than
he expected, his head was caught and
he was almost decapitated.
MOVEMENTS OP BRYAN.
Tho Hoy Orator Will Attend a Silver
Conference at JMiniuuipolis.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 14. Hon. W. J.
Bryan left today for Minneapolis to be
nrnsent nt the rnnfflrnffl nf InnHlnr.
bllver advocates of the northwest. The
conterence wm continue three days.
Senator Marlon Butler, chairman of
the Ponullst nn.tlnnn.1 rnmmlffnn. rnn-
cressman Hartmnn nf Mnni.nn nnA
many other leading silver advocates
will be present.
It Is said the conference will be
secret and the plans for the fall cam
paign in the various states will be tho
theme.
The Coal I'lcets Sail.
Pittsburg, Feb. H. Fourteen tow boats
took advantage of tho present barge wa
ter stage In the Ohio and started for tho
south loadod wlthj a total of 7i coal boats,
17 barges and 17 flats. The rise Is ex
pected to continue several days, and It
Is estimated that over 3.000,000 bushels of
coal will bo shipped.
Lehigh's Captain.
Bethlehem. Pa.. Feb. 14. Morrow Cham
berlaln, MOO, Chattanooga. Tenn.. was
tonight elected captain of the Lehigh uni
versity foot ball eleven to succeed James
C. Holderness, who has left collegu.
Chamberlain played left end on last fail's
team. His election was unanimous.
Enrniiig. ol (tin II. and O.
Baltimore, Feb. 14. The gross earn
ings of tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad
tor tho month of January, 1893, Increased
$67,007. The total gross Increase for tho
teven months ending January 31, IMS. is
$6is,063. Total net increaso for same pe
riod Is $730,421.
m
Montgomery Uudnr Senled Orders.
Kingston, Jamaica, via Bermuda, Foo.
14. The United States cruiser Montgom
ery sailed from Port-au-1'rlnce loto last
night under cipher orders received from
Washington. It Is believed that her des
tination Is Havana.
N ninan's Siillrncn Association.
Washington, Feb. 14. Susan U. An
thony called the thirtieth annual con
vention of the National American Wo
man's SufTrago association to order at
tho Columbian theater tod.iy. The ses
sion wbb occupied by routlno work.
NlentiiMilp Arrivnls,
Liverpool, Feb. 14.Arrlved: Auraiila,
New York. Havre Arrived: Le Ure-
tagno, New York. Gibraltar-Passed:
1'urst Bismarck, Genoa, etc., for Now
Dcnlh of Prof. I'olkmnn.
Berlin, Feb. 14,-Professor John Folk
man, of Chicago, who was visiting rela
tives here, dropped dead in tho Btreets
on Saturday evening. Ha was 88 years
of age.
UNEVENTFUL DAY
AT MARTIN TRIAL
New Facia Drought Out by the
Wilnessei.
AMERICAN FLAQ SHOT DOWN
Other Testimony In Introduced nnd
Scum Are l!xlilbltcd--Ono Man Ex
hibit Furrows in His Skull--Tho
Track ol llullot Is Vurr Plain.
Quiet Day iu Court.
Wllkes-Barro, Feb. 14. The third
week of the Martin trial began today
In an uneventful way by tho resump
tion of testimony for the common
wealth. John Pustl testified: "I was with tho
strikers on the tenth of September last,
when the shooting occurred at Lattl
mer. When wo approached the sheriff
ho walked to the middle of the road
and told us to stop. Some few of the
men went forward and I then heard
two volleys from tho deputies. None
of the strikers were armed. I was shot
In the right arm, and as I started to
run I was shot In the right leg, tho
ball entering from tho back und com
ing out In front. I saw six or seven
of the deputies leave the, line and shoot
na they walked away. Of the deputies
I can only remember seeing John Cook
and Pardee there."
Andrew Stult testified: "I was at the
meeting at Harwood, where we wero
told not to carry any aims. I carried
the flag In tho march of tho strikers.
Wo were stopped at West Hazlcton by
the sheriff, who had a tevolver In his
hand. A similar scene occurred at
Lattlmer, where the sheriff seized one
of our men and we pulled the man
away from him. I saw the sheriff pull
the trigger of his revolver three or four
times. I laid down on the ground when
the shooting began."
Marcy Guncavage testified that he
was marching with the strikers at West
Hazleton when the sheriff seized him.
He begged to be let go, whereupon the
sheriff said: "You seem a good fellow.
You had better get away from this, as
there is going to be big trouble here
today."
Continuing, the witness said, that
when the strikers arrived at Lattlmer
ho was about ilfty feet behind the
marchers. He then heard the sheriff
give the order to fire and a shot fol
lowed. The shot came from near where
the sheriff stood.
Michael Malody, the next witness
called, also testified he was with the
marchers. Sheriff Martin, he said,
btopped the men and held In his hand
a revolver. He seized one of the men
and pulled the trigger on his revolver,
but it did not explode. The strikers
pushed ahead of the sheriff and tho
firing began. A number of the men
were struck by bullets and fell.
Malody was put through a severe
cross-examination. He said he was a
saloonkeeper and voluntarily joined tho
strikers on their march to Lattlmer.
NEW FACTS BROUGHT OUT.
George Rescter, in a long story of the
shooting, brought out a fact not given
before that at the firing of tho first
shot the llag-bearer at the head of the
column of strlkei'3 fell dead In the
ditch bordering the road. The witness
did not know the man's name. He
saw two other men wounded while
running away.
Peter Rudey told the same story of
the affair that has been heard so of
ten. Andrew Slvar, No. 1, as he Is called
to distinguish him from his nephew.
No. 2, told how after the volley fired
by tho deputies at Lattlmer, a large
number of them ran after the strik
ers and kept firing as they ran. He
could not mention the names of any,
and under a severe cross-examination
finally stated that he was at an nr
teslan well at Harwood when the fir
ing took place. This well is quite out
of eight of any part of the scene and
it would have been impossible for tho
witness to see any part of what he
described.
Peter Zucelk showed a scar on the
top of hl3 head where a Winchester
ball had ploughed up the scalp to the
bone, for about an Inch and a half.
Ho was running away at the time.
Mike Tuchar, who was slightly
wounded In the wrist, showed the scar
but gave no new testimony.
Joseph Ponlatowskl said that the
first shot came from some strikers
standing near the sheriff. He saw sev
eral men fall as he was running away.
He denied on cross-examination that
any of the men cried, "go on, go on,"
and he could not describe the crowd
surrounding the sheriff saying he was
too badly frightened to see and remem
ber what happened.
He could not hear what the sheriff
was saying, he said, although ho was
only a few feet away.
Thomas Raczlck, In speaking about
the meeting at Harwood the night be
fore the shooting, said a delegate, Jos
eph Callick, came over from Lattlmer
nnd asked us to march over there the
next day and invite the men employed
there to join the strike. The giving
of this delegate's name Is new evi
dence. Raczlck told told about seeing
several men fall, he knew one, Steve
Urach, who was killed and was near
him when ho was shot. This closed
tho evidence for tho day and as to
morrow Is election day, Judge Wood
ward decided to held no court in tho
morning In order to allow some of tho
Jurors to vote. Court will convene at
2 In the afternoon.
Cadet from Las'on.
Enston, Pa., Feb. 14.-Frederlck Ernest
Snyder, of this city, was appointed to
riuy by Congressman Klrkpatilck as ca
det to West Point from this city. Tho
young man received the best uverage ,ln
a ccn'petltlvo examination. Edward C
Brlnker. of thin city, who received tho
second bent average, was appointed al
ternate, und should Hnyder fall In the ex
amination at tho mllltury academy no
will be allowed to undergo an examina
tion as tho cadet from the district.
Loon l.nckey Acquitted,
Liberty, Mo., Feb. ll.-Leon Lackrv
who was charged with being an acces
sory to the murder of Mrs. Winner and
two children whloh occurred near Rich
mond, October 20, W, was acquitted In
tho circuit court there. Winner and Kel
son, the two men arrested at the saniQ
tlmo Lackey was, were taken from tho
Lexington Jail and lynched.
JAPS TO COLONIZE MEXICO.
A Tract of 100, OOO Acres of Land to
He Soltlcd.
San Francisco, Feb. 14. Among tho
passengers who arrived on the steam
ship Gaelic, from tho Orient, wero M.
Kobnyashl and H. Kawamura of Toklo,
who are on their way to Mexico to fur
ther the Interests of a Japanese col
onization project. The first named gen
tlemen, when seen, said that prepara
tions are being made for tho establish
rrent of a Japanese colony on a big
tract of land adjacent to the port of
San Benito and contiguous to .the Guat
emalan boundary.
In accordance with' a treaty between
the Japanese nnd Mexican govern
ments, ratified last year, Count Eno
moto, ex-minister of agriculture, and
a wealthy Japanese land owner, pur
chased 100,000 acres of land in Mexico
in tho locality described, and on that
tho Japanese colony is to be establish
ed NO MONEY AT LANCASTER.
Republicans nnd Democrats Agree to
tNo So Cnsli.
Lancaster, Feb. 14. The Republican
and Democrats agreed that neither
party would use money for corrupt pur
poses at tomorrow's election, and each
Is suspicious of the other's good faith.
Two arrests were made this afternoon.
One was Policeman Snyder, Republi
can, who is alleged to have offered a
man $3 for his vote. The other Is Rev.
Alexander Williams, colored, whom the
Democrats allege offered to deliver to
them the votes of twenty-three colored
men at $2 each, with $10 for his trouble.
They gave him $2.30 as an earnest of
good faith and then had" him arrested.
Policeman Snyder retaliated by In
stituting proceedings against his prose
cutors, C. G. Rassler, chairman of the
Democratic city committee, for per
jury. In the First ward the constable
entered complaint against two Demo
crats for fraudulently padding the reg
istry list.
DOINGS OF A
DAY IN CONGRESS
Two Phases of tho Cuban Question
A ro Adverted to Briefly.
Washington, Feb. 14. During tho
short open session of the senate today
two phases of the Cuban question were
adverted to briefly. The amendment
of Mr. Allen (Neb.) to diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill recognizing;
the belligerency of the Cuban Insur
gents was reported adversely by the
foreign relations committee, not, as Mr.
Morgan explained, on the merits of tlr
amendment, but because tho commit
tee did not approve of tacking such
legislation to appropriation bills. Mr.
Morgan's resolution calling upon the
president for reports of United States
consuls in Cuba and for Information as
fi whether any agent of the autono
mous government In Cuba had been ac
credited to this government and rec
ognized by It, was adopted without dls
stnt. A feature of the session was a
speech In advocacy of the free coin
age of standard silver dollars by Mr.
Allen. During the remainder of the
afternoon the senate was In executive
session.
Considerable uneasy excitement was
caused among the members of the
house today by the rumor broadly cir
culated before the house convened that
Important action relative to Cuba was
to be taken. It turned out to be simply
a resolution of inquiry unanimously
reported by the foreign affairs commit
tee last week calling on the state de
partment for Information as to the con
dition of the reconcentrados In Cuba
nnd the progress made In Spain's ef
forts to Induce the Cubans to accept
autonomy. The resolution was adopted
without division. Another resolution
was adopted calling for the corre
spondence relating to the exclusion of
our fruits, beef and horses from Ger
many. The remainder of the day was
devoted to District of Columbia busi
ness. HAVANA'S DESTITUTION.
Clara Ilnrton Gives a Contract for
Crackers for ltrconcr ntrndos.
Havana, Feb. 14. Miss Clara Barton
has given a contract to a large bakery
here to make crackers for the recon
centrados. Additional supplies are greatly need
ed by the Spanish, particularly for uso
at the hospitals, and the chiefs com
manding the battalions lack the forco
necessary for operations and to replace
their losses. Moreover, the guerillas
are very much discontented. There is
great need of horses for the cavnlry.
At Mayail the supplies have failed.
The column operating near Platanillo
sustained a fire all the morning of Feb.
9, the insurgents rendering It exceed
ingly difficult to continue tho work of
construction of the forts at Concholl.
Colonel Ordonez, while reconnolter
Ing with 700 men near the Insurgent
camp at Caplro, met .the insurgents in
strong forco and lost several killed and
wounded.
Murdried Ills Cousin.
Pittsburg, Feb. II. Andrew Cuban, who
murdered his cousin, Andrew Krezsun,
at Ellwood, Pa., Satuulay night, was
arrested this evening at Jeanetto. Ho
will be taken to Ileavci county tomor
row. Cuban admits having killed ins
cousin, hut says he was so drunk he did
not renllie wh.it hn was doing. Hn wunt
ed tho arresting officers to end tho mat
ter by shooting him.
Expedition Was Fruitless.
Now London, Conn., Feb. 14. Customs
olficials on a tug Hteamed out Into the
sound before daybreak this morning un
der Instructions to patrol and search the
pastern end of Lens Inland sound to 'In
tercept a tuspected filibustering expedi
tion. They leturned at ubout 11 o'clock
and reported that the expedition had
been fruitless.
llnttleslilpn Ashore,
London, Feb. 14. Advices from Port
Said report that the British battleship
Vlcto'lous, which galled from Malta Fob,
11 for China, went ashore outside the bar
while entering that port.
m .
Second Victim ofEiploilon.
Wllkes-Barre, Feb, 14. Patrick Hely,
one of the men burned by tho explosion
In the Dcdson mine last Wednesday
night, died today from hU Injuries. He
U the second victim.'
LABORIE TWITS
BERTILLION
Tbe Chirographic Under Fire at tho
Zola Trial.
CAUSE OF THE SPIRITUAL DISPUTE
IIo Dcrllnei to Aniwor Questions
nnd Lenres tho Witness Stand
Amid Upronr--M. Yres Guyot's
Opinion ot tho Esterhazy Court
JUnrtlaW-IIo Says It Was a Parody
on Justice.
Paris, Feb. 14. When the trial of
M. Zola and' Perrcux was resumed at
the Asslzo court of the, Seine today M.
Jaures, tho Socialist member of the
chamber of deputies, was recalled. He
reiterated his tellcf in tho culpability
of Major Esterhazy.
The lobbies of the court were less
noisy this morning and the court was
not so crowded as last week. No dem
onstration was made when M. Zola
arrived. Tho examination of M. Ber
tlllon, the handwriting expert, was re
sumed. He said he thought it impos
sible to ask .tho minister for war for
tho lncrlmtnnting documents seized nt
the residence of Dreyfus In 1S94, which,
according to the testimony ot the wit
ness on Saturday last, would enable
him to prove that Drsyfus wrote the
bordereau, M. Laborle, counsel for M.
Zola, .thereupon protested and twitted
M. Bertlllon with being unwilling to
testify In court while giving interviews
to the newsparers. M. Bertlllon said
the Interviews were false. B";ng press
el by M. Laborle to explain how, un
less he had seen the secret documents,
he was able to prove tit the court mar
tial that Dreyfus wrote the bordereau,
M. Bertlllon answered tint he could not
explain without documents which were
no longer In his possession. That
statement caused a sensation in court
and M. Laborle demanded that the ad
vocate general cornrel tha witness to
reply. To that request the advocate
general made no answer.
Finally M. Bertlllon, who persisted
In not answering questions, left the
witness stand amid considerable up
roar, M. Laborle remarking: "And that
is the man upon whose evidence Drey
fus was convicted."
M. Yves Guyot, the former minister
of public works, testified that the Es
terhazy court martial was "a parody
on Justice." (Excitement In court.)
Continuing, the former minister re
marked that the Inner circles of for
eign governments were fully cognizant
of nil that occurred at the Esterhazy
court martial, a statement which
caused renewed excitement In court.
Later, M. Yves Guyot expressed the
opinion that tho government commis
sioner who prosecuted Major Esterhazy
was far more like counsel for the de
fence than, tha prosecutor. The wit
ness added: ''t-rrtirrrappy in the be
lief that all the best sentiment in
France supports M. Zola."
NEW MILK INVESTIGATION.
State Authorities to Look Closer Into
Philadelphia's Supply.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 14. Secretary
of Agriculture Edge has ordered an
other examination of the milk supplies
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Dr. F.
A. Genth will conduct tho Investiga
tion In Philadelphia, and F. T. Asch
man will have charge of the work In
Pittsburg. The examination will prob
ably be extended to Allegheny, Scran
ton and a half dozen other large cities
In the state. Secretary Edge Is not
satisfied with the recent examination
of Dr. E. B. McDonnell. He says It
was all right as far as It went, but It
did not go far enough.
The Investigation in Philadelphia and
Pittsburg will be started within tho
next 10 days, and special attention will
li paid to the milk used in private
families. In the recent examination
In nearly every case the milk was
tested as It reached the cities and was
delivered to the wholesale dealers. Sec
retary Edge believes that the milk Is
adulterated after It leaves the whole
saler, and his Idea Is to ascertain the
extent ot the adulteration by the local
dealers.
ELI AD0U IN TROUBLE.
Wilkos-llarrean Loses Cash While
Searching lor Plmronh's Tomb.
Philadelphia, Feb. 14. The British
steamship Lord Warwick, Captain
Veysey, which arrived here today from
Alexandria, Egypt, brought back as a
workaway Ell W. Abou, a native of
Wllkes-Barre, Pa., who with four oth
ers had gone to Egypt in search of
platinum and the grave of Pharoah.
From what Captain Veysey could learn
from Abou, he and his friends became
separated and lost all their money.
Abou hung around the consulate at
Alexandria for some time until the
Lord Warwick was ready for sea.
Youngs Must I'ransfer Cash.
Reading. Pa., Feb. 14.- Henry C. Young,
the defaulting city treasurer, who was re
cently removed from office, has refused
to transfer to his successor, John G.
Hoffman. i12? IXV nt h .... .
and councils tonight directed If he does
nui irunsier xne caan within twenty-four
hours that criminal ptcceedlngs against
htm will bo Instituted.
Von dor Ahe Unnts Dnmngrs.
St. Louis, Feb. 14. Some time ago Mark
Baldwin, tho baso ball pitcher, filed a
suit in tho St. Louis clrcut court to se
cure the payment of the Judgment so
cured against Chris Von do Ahe In Pitts
burg. This afternoon Von der Aho filed
un answer, claiming $50,000 damages for
being removed from tho state of Missouri
ugalnst his will.
Mission ol tin. Dauntless.
Savannah, Ga., Fob. . The tug
Dauntless left Savannah yesterday morn
ing loaded with sixty fins of coal, it Is
rumored that aho will meet her male of
tho expedition off Tampa. They left
Tampa last night. Tho Spanish author
ities hero have Just learned of this now
expedition.
Wants n Divorce Irom the Kid.
Hamilton, O., Feb. H.-Charlotto Selby
haB filed a petition for divorce In the
common pleas court against her husband.
Norman Selby, known as "Kid McCoy,"
the pugilist. The ground alleged U un
faithfulness, and alimony is asked for
In addition to the divorce. No defense
has yet been made.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Todays
Falrt Followed by Rain.
1 General Tho American-Spanish Situa
tion. '
General Strike ot Now England Tex
tile Workers Doubtful.
The Zola Trial.
2 Local One Day's Deliberations In Civil
Court.
3 Local Surveyor Edmund Bartl Off for
the Klondike.
Overseers of Today's Election.
4 Editorial.
Comment of tho Press.
5 Local Leon Olchefski, Found Guilty
of Arson, Decamps.
Today's Election.
8 Local West Sldo and Suburban.
7 Lackawanna County News.
8 Neighboring County Happenings.
The Markets.
REILLY DROPPED DEAD.
Stricken with Heart Disease Whilo at
Work In tho Dloksou Simps.
William Rellly, a workman, died sud
denly yesterday afternoon while at
work In the Dickson shops. He was
a blacksmith and was dressing tools
when he sank unconscious to the floor.
A physician was quickly summoned,
but tho unfortunate workman died In
ten minutes after being stricken. Heart
disease was the cause of death.
Rellly was 62 years old, and had a
wife and two children. He had been
employed as a blacksmith at the
works for about seven years. The body
was taken to the Re(lly home, 1020
Capouse avenue. The Illness of Rellly's
wife lends an added sorrow to tho case.
The coroner will view the body this
morning.
CHILDREN AND FIREARMS.
Aro Holding a IIouso Against Two
Cautious Constables.
Six children armed with guns nnd
revolvers are holding their parents'
home against threatened Invasion by
two constables, who have been camp
ing In the garden since Saturday af
ternoon, awaiting an opportunity to
gain access to the place. The house is
on Elm street, east of the Erie and
Wyoming Valley tracks. Weyandt Is
the family name of Its Juvenile defend
ers. Frederick Weyandt sold the property
to S. S. Spruks and Charles Graf. Cer
tain creditors of Weyandt's brother,
William, claim that the house belongs
to the latter and that he put It in
Frederick's name In order to escape
having it sold to pay their claims.
Constables Mink and Millar were
sent to take possession of the property
Saturday. The garrison of children
had been told to shoot anyone who at
tempted to enter the place after warn
ing Intruders to keep away. The con
stables evidently believe the threat
would be carried out, for they have
not yet made a sally.
Wllljam Weyandt, Jr., on Saturday
objected to the use of a shovel be
longing to tho property by one of the
constables. Yesterday the former was
arrested on a charge of interfering with
an officer and gave ball in the sum of
$500 before Alderman Storr.
BROTHERS IN A LAW SUIT.
M. W. Guernsey Sues J. W, Guern
sey tor $12,000.
M. W. Guernsey yesteiday instituted
an assumpsit suit against J. W. Guern
sey for $12,000. The claim Is for wages.
The plaintiff alles that on Dec. 31,
18'JJ, he was employed by the defend
ant to work for him for five years
managing a musical store In Wllkes
ttarre, and was to receive $2,500 a year
salary and 5 per cent, commission on
collections.
Jan 23, 1S97, the agreement was mod
ified by a provision that the plaintiff
should change his base of operations
to Scranton and receive $230 per month
for the remainder of the year, and $300
per month for the three of the five
years yet to run. Jan. 22, 1SDS, tho
plaintiff was discharged, without Just
cause, ho alleges, and now he seeks to
recover $12,000 on their five-year con
tract. Carpenter & Fleltz are the plaintiff's
attorneys.
ACCUSED HER OF SHOPLIFTING.
A Suit tor $2,000 Damage is the
Consequence.
Attorneys P. W. Stokes and T. P.
Hoban, yesterday, representing Mary
Ann Dambacher, Instituted a $2,000
damage suit against Catherine Schuh,
alleging wilful and malicious slander.
It Is alleged In the declaration that
on Jan. J14 the defendant, In the pres
ence ot divers good citizens, accused
tho other of being a shoplifter and
having been detected in the act of
stealing goods from the Globe Ware
house and Four Cent Store.
MAKINQ RAPID PR0QRESS.
Nearly Soven Allies ot El Paso Rail
road Laid Last Week.
Good progress Is being made In
building the new Mexico Railway and
Coal company's road which local capi
talists are constructing from El Paso,
Texas, to the Salado coal fields of New
Mexico. The following telegram was
received in this city yesterday:
El Pabo, Tex., Feb. II, 1833.
C. D. Simpson President:
Track laid tor the week ending Sat
urday last six miles and 4.S20 feet.
J. A. Eddy.
HUDLESON RADLY DEATEN.
Kicked mid Thumped Ilpcnuso of n
Broken Window.
Frank Hudleson was brutally beaten
by u number of Polanders at Durvea
Saturday night. With other young
men he was standing in front of a
saloon conducted by a Polander when
one of the party broke a window in tho
saloon.
Several ot the men who wero In the
place at tho time ran out and kicked
and thumped HudleHon unt'l tired. His
condition Is reported as serious.
Pell Dead at Dinner.
Lancaster, Feb. 14, B. Frank Halde
man, one of tho most prominent busi
ness men ot Columbia, and a member cf
the firm of George W. and B. F. Halde
man, fell dead at tho dinner table at his
homo today, r
NO DANGER OF (
BIG STRIKE
The Situation in the
Cotton Mills of New
England.
STRIKERS DEMORALIZED
The Proposed Operations at
New Bedford.
It Was First Intended That tho Enor
glos of the Unions fie Concentrated
nt llio Abovo Point, but Wngos In,
Other Localities Will Not Allow
the Workmen to Render Assistance.
Tho Gouornl Closing of tha Mills
Will Probably Not Take Place at
Presont.
Boston, Feb. 14. From advices here
today, It seems to bu the general opin
ion in mill circles that the recom
mendation of the textile unions, that a
general strike be undertaken by tho
operatives in all New England cotton
mills where a reduction of wages has
occurred, will not be accepted In all
places, although It may result li
strikes In those localities where tho
unions are strongest and the discon
tent greatest.
It was Intended at first that the en
ergies of all unions should be directed
to aiding the 9,000 operatives of New
Bedford and that strikes In the other
centres should be deferred until tha
New Bedford trouble was settled, but
as the weeks have passed the mem
bers of the unions In places where
there are no strikes claim to have
found that the rate of wages under
the reduction Is so small that the op
eratives have all they could do to make
ends meet and are not able to help
their New Bedford brethren.
These facts being borne out by re
ports that the assistance received at
New Bedford was disappointing, it is
believed had much to do with the rec
ommendation that a general strike be
undertaken. The local union will take
action on the matter during the next
week or two and until a vote is taken
it will be Impossible to tell to what
extent the action of yesterday's Bos
ton meeting will be endorsed.
The fifth week of the strike in New
Bedford, Blddeford, Saco, Lewlston
and other places, which began today,
brought little change. The strike In
Centrevllle, R. I., Is said to be about
over, many ot the employes of the
Lapham mills having returned to work.
In other places the operatives are busy
forming unions, and If the genernl
strike should be ordered It Is believed
that the workmen would bo better or
ganized than ever before.
GEN. CLAY TO GET A DIVORCE.
Will I'roo Himself from His Capri
cIoiih Young Wile.
Louisville, Ky Feb. 14. A telegram
from Richmond, believed to bo trust
worthy, states that General Casslus M.
Clay has made up his mind to ieek a
divorce from his capricious young wife.
Dora. He has at last become con
vinced that he cannot keen her with
him, and has taken up the Idea that
her mind has been corrupted by drug.-
administered by his enemies.
As he is unable to persuade her to
remain with him, ho has decided to
liberate her, and his Idea Is to allow
her a comfortable support.
Mrs. Clay Is now living with her
brother, John Richardson, and while
she will not remain with her old hus
band, she has no knowledse of his In
tention to divorce her. She and her rel
atives think General Clay a very rich
man, and have no idea ot giving up
their hold on him, as be has supported
them all ever since his marriage. Ho
has supplied Dora with food, clothing
and money ever since she left him.
SAVED MOTHER FROM THE BULL.
A Sixteen-Yonr-Old Daughter to the
Rescuo with n Pltchlork.
Willlamsport, Pa., Feb. 14. Near
Montgomery yesterday Mrs. Theodore
Hess, while pumping water from a well
in the barnyard, was attacked by a
vicious bull. ,
Shf was terribly gored and would
doubtlesH have been killed had not her
daughter, sixteen years old, heard her
screams and ran to her rescue. With
a Dltchfork tho girl drove the animal
oft end dragged her mother outside ths
fence.
REFEREE DUFFY'S AWARD.
Report in tho Cnso ol Alvin Seizor
Against tho City.
Attorney T. P. Duffy, reforco in tho
case of Alvin K. rietzer ngalntt tho
city of Scranton, yesterday filed his
report allowing tho plaintiff $350.'
Selzer sued for $2,000 damages for a
broken leg und injured bock sustained
Jon. 24, 1S97, by falling over a pile of
stones negligently left standing for,
over two months at the corner of West
Linden street and Ninth avenue.
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Klllott iiud W histler Fight.
Baltimore, Feb. 14,-Joe Elliott, of Bal
tlmoro. and Billy Whistler, of Philadel
phia, fought elpht fast and furious rounds
at Music hall tonight without a decision.
Whistler had a alnicio tho best ot It
througout. Thero wero three preliminary
bouts between Baltlmoro and Philadel
phia boxers, nono of which resulted in a
decision.
Tho llnrn'd's Weather Forecast.
New York. Feb. 15. In the middle states
and Now England, today, fair wjuther
nnd lower temperature will prevail, with
fresh, variable winds, followed by. rain
and snow this aftornoon or tonight. On
Wednesday, cloudy to partly cloudy,
cottier weather will prevail, preceded by
snow or rain with frtsh to brisk variabia
winds, higher ou tha coasts, followed by
clearing. , H
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