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ALGER SURE
TO ESCAPE
Report That an Investi
gation is Un
likely THE REASONS ASSIGNED
Congressmen Involved Staff Ap
pointments Would Be Inquired
Into The Trouble In the Field and
Camp Attributed to the Incom
petence of Officers of Volunteers.
The Views of a Friend of the Sec
letary of War.
New York, Sept. 1. A Washington
special to the Commetcial Advertiser
says:
"You may be sure there Is to bo no
investigation of the War department
by congress unless tho president or the
secretary of war asks for It. Congress
is not in that sort of business. There
will be a great clamor, but that will
be the end of It unless the executive
makes the first move. You must bear
in mind that there are a great many
things that will be Inqulied into If an
investigation Is begun. It Is not alto
gether a question of w hether there has
been a lack of executive ability In the
war department.
"The entire conduct of tho vvar Is to
come In for scrutiny nnd that scrutiny
will involve an examination of the per
sonnel of the service, and an examina
tion also of the volunteer regiments
with their officers. It has been as
serted, for instance, that one trouble
with the army has been the large num
ber of personal and political appoint
ments made to staff positions, quar
termasters, paj masters, commissary
and the like. Well, assume that com
plaint to be true, who is responsible?
Congress, of course. There Is hardly
a member of any consequence either
of the house or of the hennte who has
not obtained an appointment since the
war began. Some of them have ob
tained several. Sons, brothers, nephews
and the sons, brothers and nephews of
personal friends or political suppoiters
have been urged upon them, and uiged
in turn by them on the department.
CAUSE OF TROUBLE.
"Now. do you Imagine that the mem
bers of congress are going to do any
thing to bring nil that to light to foiro
the publication and the Incorporation
in ofilclal repot ts of the names of all
ofllceis, with the reasons for appoint
ment and the names of sponsors? Not
a bit of it, and yet that is one of the
things sure to grow out of nn Investi
gation by congress. No eagerness will
be hown on Capitol hill to set the ball
of nn ofilclal inquiry In motion. Then
there is the question of the conduct
of the volunteer regiments. It seems
nn uncharitable thing to way, and yet
it Is the truth, that the greater part
ol the suffering in camp and the
trouble In tho field has been due to tho
lack of experience of volunteer officers
and to their unfamlllarity with tnlll
taty requirements. That Is true of the
Eighth New York, It Is true ot almost
every regiment that was encamped at
Chlckamauga and Camp lger. and an
official investigation Is Mire to bring
it to light and force it into tho pub
1 ed teeords Congress does not care
to mix up in business of that kind.
"It Seeretaiy Alger's future alone
were In question, or If it were a mat
ter relating only to a few bureau
chiefs or legular aimv oflleeis, it would
be one thing. Congressmen would be
leaping over one another In their eag
erness to make political oi peisonal
capital out of It, but when each con
Btessman finds that an Investigation
is sure to bilng out something unpleas
ant about his business and his con
stituents v ou will find a different state
of feeling."
PEACE AT PORTO RICO.
Admiral Schley and Other Commis
sioners En Route.
Ponce, Sept. 1 General Brooks yes
terday notified Captain General Maclas
the Spanish commander at San Juan
de Porto Rico, under a Hag of truce
curried to the Spanish lines b Colonel
Goethal, that Rear Admlial Schle nnd
Geneial Gordon, the American Porto
Rlcan peace commissioners, had sailed
for San Juan from New York on tho
steamer Seneca, At the same time.
General Btooke, who is also a member
of tho commission, asked If theie was
any objection to his proceeding over
land with an escort
General Maclas icplled todaj that
there were no objections. Consequent
ly General Brooke has nrranged to
leave on Friday or Satin day with his
staff, escorted by troop H, of tho Sixth
Cavalry, and Captain Pitchers' com
pany ot the Eighth Infantry.
Alger Will Visit Wikoff.
New York, Sept. l.-Coloncl Kimball,
the deputy quartermaster general at the
army building, today received Inform i
tlon that Spcrctarj of Wnr Alger would
arrive at Jersey City tomorrow on tho
Congressional, limited. Secretary Algr
will bo met there by tho U S A. steamer
General Meigs, which will convey him to
Long Island Clt or to Camp Wikoff, as
he may elect. It is possible that Presl
dent MeKinley will also arrive by the
same train.
Ordered to Mlddletown.
Nlantlc. Conn. Sept. 1 Colonel Tjler,
commanding tne inirci regiment, uonncc
tlcut volunteers, received a despatch from
the war department today ordering him
to oroceed with the Third regiment to
Mlddletown, Pu., to join a brigade of the
Second Aimy corps. The orders were to
the effect that the reclnient must reach
there not later than Monday next.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington. Sept. 1. Pension ceitlfl
rates issaed Aug. 23: Pennsylvania, orig
inal widows, etc., Caroline K, Sterling;
Meshoppen, W.vomlng, 512.
TROOPS AT PORTO RICO.
Twolvo Thousand Will Bo Lett on
the Island.
Washington, Sept. 1. The wnr de
partment mukos public the follow Ins
despatch from General Allies.
Ponce, Sept. 1.
Secretary War, Washington.
Twelve thousand troops will bo left In
Porto Hlco and nearly 4,000 Infantry, cav
alry and artillery sail for New Yoik
These troops sail on the Obdlam, Concho,
Chester. Alamo, Mississippi ntul Manito
ba. Tho division Is under command of
Major General Wilson with Brigadier
General Schvvan Shaw and Garretson.
All these olllcors have taken part In
tho different engagements and nro on
titled to much crotllt and I Hpeak for
them any consideration that can be Riven
on their return home The cavalry and
military artillery leave most of their
horses and nil of their field transpoitn
Hon In Porto Itlco. I nil on Obdlam to
day. (Signed) Milts,
Major General Commanding.
TROOPS COMING HOME.
Four Thousand Have Sailed from
Ponce.
New York. Sept 1. Colonel Kimball,
deputy quartermaster general, today
receiver! from General Allies a despatch
dated Ponce, Sept. 1, stating that 4 000
troops sailed todnv from Porto Hlco
on the transports Manitoba, Mississip
pi, Concho, A. Chester nnd Obdlam.
Tie sailed on the Obdlam. All the
troops will go to New York.
HAZLETON STRIKE.
English-Speaking Miners Are Now
Concerned in the Coleraine Trouble.
All Work Suspended.
llazleton, Pa., Sept. 1. Though the
English-speaking miners were not at
first concerned In the strike at the Col
eraine colliery of the Van Wlckle Coal
company, and though they did not al
together countenance the action of the
Hungarians who precipitated the stilke,
they are said to be now in sjmpathy
with the foreigners and will nld them
In securing satisfactory adjustment of
the difficulty. President Duff, of tho
United Mine Workers of this district,
met the stilkers at Coleraine last night
and held a long conference, with the
result that he sanctions their action
and will stand by them In their fight.
While even ho nnd other mine work
ers were said to be Inclined to believe
that the company was Justified In dis
charging the Hungarian for incompet
ency, Piesident Duffy stated today
that he and otheis conducted a pei
sonal Investigation nnd claim that the
man was as competent as others to
work at the colllei. Theiefote, he
sas, the men will not submit until
their fellow -workman Is reinstated. In
addition to the dlschaiglng of the Hun
garian .other Eilevances have devel
oped. The United Mine Workers de
mand that collections for the company
doctor thiousjh the ollice be stopped.
Superintendent Roderick has Infoimed
them thnt the men can appear at the
office individually and ordei their
names stricken off, hut the union's
offer to do so colli ctlvely has been le
fued. The United Mine Workers also
allege that the wage scale agreed upon
last fall has not been lived up to nnd
the organization demands of the com
pany that no man shall be discharged
unless for sufficient cause.
Thus far the company and the stilk
ers have been unable to agree on their
propositions and the works remain Idle.
The mules were removed from the
mines at the Coleraine colliery this nf
ternoon and all work was closed down.
No conference between officials and
men was held and no settlement Is vet
In view. A meeting of the union may
be held tonight, at which the strike will
be discussed.
CONFESSED EMBEZZLER.
The Ex-Mayor of Bath Absorbed
SB0,000.
Bath, Me., Sept. 1. Ex-Mayor Tilts
H Twltchell, one of Bath's most prom
inent citizens nnd well known in busi
ness circles in Maine and Massac hu
setts, Is a confesstd embezzle! The
amount of the embezzlement Is placed
at $150,000 but it may e cced thnt sum.
It Is alleged that for the past fom
ten or fifteen jears, dining which Mr.
Twltchell has been connected with the
Worumbo Wool Manufactuilng com
pany, vailous sums have been nppro
pilated by him. When confronted
with the evidence Mr. Twltchell ac
knowledged his guilt, but It Is thought
no prosecution will follow, as the one
most deeply involved Is Galen S. Moses,
the son of Senator Mills, who Is In
clined to treat the matter as one of
personal vviong tather than an In
stance of ctlmlnnl Intent.
Ml. Twltchell has been grand com
mander of the Masonic commandery of
Maine and Is past grand chancellor of
the Knights of Pvthlns.
THE DOCTOrTdARES HIM.
Is Ready to Be Ai rested for Attack
ing Mr. Quay's Character.
Hnrrlsburg, Sept 1. Rev. Dr. Swal
low tonight nddressed an open letter
to Senator Quay In leply to an article
In a Philadelphia newspaper, in which
tho senator threatens Swallow with
piosecutlon for his connection
with nn attack on Air. Quay's private
character In the New York Voice.
The doctor says he will be at his
office all day tomorrow and also Tues
day, Sept. 6, when it will be his pleas
ure to accept and acknowledge service
of summons.
Prisoners on the Whitney.
New Orleans, Sept. 1. The I'nltJd
States transport Whitney reached tho
city today with forty soldiers und civil
ians who came direct from Porto Hlco.
The Whitney nlso brought heavily
shackled two prisoners, one of them be
ing Prlvuto Alexander Laduke, of the
Second Wisconsin regiment, who killed
Private Stafford In Ponce, and who was
tried by court martial and sentenced to
tho penitentiary for life, The other pris
oner Is Henry A. Peter, a civilian, who is
charged with robbery.
Strike Quickly Settled.
Wllkes-Harre, Pa., Sept. 1. Seven hun
dred men and boys cmploCd at the But
tonwood colliery of the Parnsh Coal com
pany went out on strike this morning,
because of a reduction In tho price paid
for timbering. Late this afternoon a com
mittee of the strikers and the company
officials held a conference at which an
amicable agreement was reached, The
company agree to pay tho old wages and
tho men will return to work tomorrow,
JOHN WANAMAKER
AND DR. SWALLOW
THEY PUT UP ARGUMENTS FOR
THE GRANGERS.
Before nn Audience of 30,000 John
Wanamaker and Dr. Swallow .s
cuss tho Issues from Their Stand
point A Reply to Elklns Dr.
Swallow Challenges Quay to Arrest
Him for the Aitlclo in the Voice.
"Williams Grove, Pa., Sept. 1. Tho
presence of John Wannmaker and Rev.
Dr. S. C. Swallow attracted more than
30,000 people to this place today. The
big meeting was presided over by State
Senator C. C Kauffman, of Colum
bia, who introduced Mr. Wnnnmaker
as the Hi st speaker. The ex-postmaster
general confined himself malnlv to
pointing out tho evils of the Quay ma
chine, setting forth In detail Its allies
as being the corporations and national
nnd state office holdeis. He believed
the only way to bring about smaller
tuxes on farms nnd the building of
better loads was the destruction of the
machine, which he declared to be op
posed to Improvements that woull
lighten the buidens of the fanner. He
ptedlcted the downfall of the domi
nant element of the Republican paity,
told his heareis the power to destroy
lay within their power, advanced ar
guments1 showing the machine to be
Inimical to the Intel ests of good gov
ernment, nnd said that In n period of
twenty years $3 000,000 of the state's
money has been squandered; money
that would have relieved the common
people of a part of their burden of tax
ation, money thnt would have paid for
the building of the best kind of toads.
He criticized the Republican cam
paign managers foi using the wnr Issue
as a means to succeed, when mote vital
questions were at stake, that those
who were against undertaking the con
flict were now asking the people not
to be hostile to the president.
RErEURING TO ELKINS.
Mr. Wnnnmaker icplled In closing to
the statement made by State Cluilt
nian John P. Elkln. Briefly summar
ized the speaker disposed of Mr El
kins' utterances by declaring that be
had evaded the real questions at Issue.
He said that personal abuse would not
affect him, that no compromise cap
sule could be stuffed down his throat
that with him theie was no turning
back. His taxes wcie paid and anv
connection with the defunct Ke stone
b ink of Philadelphia was brought
about by over confidence In one of Its
officials, whom he believed worth un
til he had been shown to be otherwise.
Mr. Wnnnmaker closed his speech
with a leply to the statement given
out In Philadelphia last night by
Chairman Flklns of tho state Repub
lican committee. He accuses Mr. Elk
ln with misiepiesentlng the facts of
his (Wnnamaker's) j elation to Presi
dent MeKinley for which claims ho
had the authorlt of the president's
own words to him peisonallv. Mr.
Wanamakei raid thnt he was tivlm; to
save the Republican pait Instead of
dlaiuptlng It and dednied that he lnd
never been unwilling to pav personal
taxes. He stated further that he wns
not directly or Indite ctl connected
with the falluie of the Kev stone bank
and that ho went before the counc II
manlc committee and gave all knowl
edge he had In tho piemlses. Mr.
Wanamaker said, among other things,
that he Is opposed to the sMe of the
Philadelphia gas works, but In favor of
"The lion clad lease that breaks up a
political jobbing establishment." "The
fact Is," he added, "I might have stat
ed at the council hearing that I had
disposed of pait of my holdings In the
United Gas improvement companv af
ter the lease came before th council
committee, not valuing the Investment
sufficiently to keep It until tl u lease
was consummated."
Rev. Dr. S. C. Swallow followed, the
confeience feature of his address be
ing an Invitation to Senator Quay to
bring suit against him for an aitlele
published lr the New Yoik Voice, the
national oigan of the Piohlbltlon
patt.
BICYCLE MEET.
National Circuit at Mahnnoy City.
Laige Crowd in Attendance.
Mahanoy City, Pa., Sept. 1 The Na
tional Circuit Biccle meet of the
Mahanoy City Athletic association was
held heie today and a huge crowd was
In attendance Some of the speediest
ilders in the counti weie on the tiack
und good time wns made In the fouith
heat of the two-mile national cham
pionship McFurland, Eaton, Oldtleld,
West and Staibuek weie thrown fiom
their wheels und conslderabl biulsed.
In the fiist heat of the thtee-mile han
dicap Walsh, of Boston, and Becker, of
Minneapolis, were among four who col
lided on the track und they were bad
1 Injuied. Walsh Is lying at a hotel
here sufterlng from concussion of tho
bi.iln.
Following are summaries:
Tvvo-milo natlonul championship, pio
fcsslonul Muillli, Lowell, Mass., Hist,
Kimble. Portland, Oiegon. second, Eaton,
Elizabeth, N. J., third. Time, 1 Ju 2-3.
One-mllo handicap, amateur Van Co't,
New Yoik, sciutch, first, McM'chuel,
Berwick, scratch, second, Dukelow,
Hochestcr, N. Y, scratch, third, 'lime,
One mllci amateur chumnlonshlp was
won by McMlchael, Berwick. Time, Jit
2-5.
Ono mile professional championship
Martin, Lowell, Mass, first; White, Ljm.
brook, L I., second, Mu0, Erie, Pa.,
third. Time, 2.11 1-5
rivo-mllo handicap omnteur Ilodgcrs,
Philadelphia, scratch, first: McMlchael,
Berwick, 55 yards, second; Dukelow,
Bochester, N. Y , 35 yards, third. Tlino,
II 57.
Three-mllo handicap professional
Shamo, Philadelphia, J50 ards, first;
Stevens, Ottumwn, Iowa, 40 vurds. sec
onds; Hall, 1'hiludclphla, 3o0 ards, third.
Time, 7.53 2-5.
The Public Debt.
Washington, Sept. 1. The monthly
statement of tho public debt Issued today
shows that on Aug. 31 tho public debt less
cash In the treasury was $1,01.JS70,717.
which Is u decrcaso for the month of
$31,7&9,7ll. This decrease is accounted for
by n. corresponding IncreaBo In tho cash
on hand duo to the receipts from tho war
loan.
IRON AND STEEL.
Tho Week's Developments Tako
Nothing from the Stiength of the
Market.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 1. The Ameri
can Manufacturer will say tomorrow::
' This week's developments have tak
en nothing from the strength of the
Iron and steel market. In every branch
conditions nie quite encouraging, but
In tho leading lines something of a
lull Is shown, so far as sales are con
cerned. In some the mnteilal Is hard
to get, nnd In others buyers are pretty
Weill filled up for the present.The pre
sent lull, however, Is regarded merely
as an Intermission which Is soon to be
followed by nnother movement. Our
lepotts from various points this week
show that this Is about tho case every
where. At Philadelphia an enormous
amount of business In pig lion was
done during the past tlnee weeks,
and the demand will likely bo In small
lots for some time to come. It Is
thought that the next movement will be
seen when buers must cover l equip
ments on business now coming Into the
mills and foundeiles. About 60,000 tons
of steel billets were sold during the
week for deferred delivery.
The merchant bar mills are doing the
best business In two years. Theie Is
a good matket for pipes and tubes,
the sheet mills are full of business,
and there Is a vlgoious demand for
stiuctuial material. At Cincinnati the
pig Iron tiade Is not large. The sheet
mills are active. Chicago reports a
fair Inquiry for small amounts of pig
lion. While the lnrge southern fui-
naces are holding the advance, smaller
makers are w llllns to concede some
thing. There Is no diminution In the
consumption Merchant steel Is higher
nnd bais nie In good demand. Car
building woik is active. In the Wheel
ing dlstilct general trade Is good, the
best being seen In Bessemer pig nnd
steel. There Is a decided Improve
ment In muck bar and the finishing
mills are all wot king full. The lion
market Is much stionger, and the de
mand for bars good.
PATY DU CLAM
IS ARRESTED,
Chaiged With Complicity in the
Dreyfus Forgery An Insinuation
That French Aimy Authorities
Connived at the Suicide of Lieu
tenant Colonel Heniy.
Paris, Sept 1 I.a Patile announces
that Colonel Patv du Clam has been
anested foi complicity In the Dretus
foigcr.
It is Intimated that the suicide o'
Lieutenant Colonel Heniy of the Trench
minlstiy foi wni. who cut his throat
with a razor while In custody at tho
fortiess of Mont A'alerlen after hav
ing confessed to having forged one of
the documents which uppnently es
tablished the guilt of Albeit Diefus,
the foimer captain of Fiench nrtlllery,
was connived at by the Fiench army
authoiltles. In any case, the suicide
occulted soon after the prisoner had
received a visit fiom an officer of the
geneial staff, who, on leaving, ordered
the sent! on duty before Colonel
Henr's place of confinement not to
dlstuib the prlsonei, as he had a lot
of woik to do. It Is recalled that a
similar opnoitunlts to commit suicide
was afforded to Urefus, who, how
ever, declined to pioflt b it.
It Is believed generall thut the re
mainder of the general staff of the
Eiench aimy will follow the example
of Geneial Bolsdeffre, the chief of staff,
and of Geneial Gonse, the under chief,
and tender their resignations.
It appeals that the mlnlstet for war,
M Cavalgnac, Is convinced that Colonel
Heniy had accomplices In the forgery
of the Inciimluatlng document, and
theie are persistent leports that Col.
onel Paty du Clam will be ni rested
soon. In thnt connection It Is icported
that the minister of justice, M. Sar
rlen, has taken steps to grant Drefus
a ictilal.
The medical examination made of tho
bod of the late Colonel Henry shows
that his death was Instantaneous.
SHAFTER ARRIVES.
He Knows Nothing of the Alger Con
troveisy.
Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point. I' I.,
Sept. 1. Geneial Shatter who nrilved
today on the steamer Mexico Is now
by leason of his rank In command ot
Camp Wikoff, but he will not assume
the lelns of control until his teim of
detention In camp Is finished In nn
Interview this af ten noon Geneial Shat
ter said "1 enjoed the trip noith on
the Mexico giently but more so on ac
count of the ship being u piize. From
a casual observation I like Camp Wi
koff I will soon acquaint mself thoi
oughly with all the details of tho camp
' I knew nothing of the Miles-Alger
conti overs until I was shown a news
papei on my arrival here. I will not
discuss It now that I am unfamiliar
with the phases of the case nor xv III I
enter into the controversy at any time.
Seeietaiy Alger and Geneial Miles can
take caio of themselves and so can I "
Santlugo was on the mend, the gen
eral said, nnd the sanitary measures
taken by the Americans were having
a good effect AVhlle the wet season
was nearly over, ho said, Cuba was
not a good country for a sick man to
be In. In and aiound the cltv there
has been two armies In camp, and ar
mies did not leave the place where
they had been In tho best of condition,
Foi a few months, he said, things
would not be at their best In Santiago
but nature In time would work out
her own rehabltatlon.
The Hot Wave.
Philadelphia, Sept. 1 The hot wave
which has made life miserable for tho
past few days culminated today In u rec
ord breaker for tcnrperatuio and heat
prostrations on any Sept 1st In the past
twenty-sevjn eiars. At ti o'clock this
morning tho thermometer registered C9
degrees. It rose steac'lly until the after
noon, when It reached a minimum of 10
degrees, Tonight It Is still very v.urm
It was a da) of Intenso heat, tho humid
ity at no time lassfng 79, During the day
there was ov fifty prostrations.
General Miles Moving North.
Washington, Bept, 1. The war depart
ment Is udvlsed tlu t General Miles do
paited for this count, from Ponce today
J on tho transport Auckland.
CANDIDATE STONE
ON STATE ISSUES
CRITICS CONFRONTED WITH UN
ANSWERABLE TACTS.
Republican Responsibility for En
ncted Legislation Can Bo Faced
Without Apology Unfairness of
Those Who Blame the Whole Party
for tho Individual Faults of a Few
of Its Membeis A Candid and
Manly Statement of Intentions.
Carlisle, Sept, 1. Below Is that por
tion of Colonel William A. Stone's
speech here yesterday, In which he
considered state Issues:
The administration of the Republican
party In Pennslvnnla has been such
that no Republican need be ushanied
of it. No state In the Union todn,
whether under Republican or Demo
cratic rule, can compare with !Penn
8lvanla In legislation benefitting the
people of the state. The Republican
party took possession of the state of
Pennsylvania In 1801, after .vears of
Democratic rule. We found the state
In debt over forty million dollars We
found faun lands, occupations, trades
and peisonal property taxed foi state
purposes. We have taken the taxes
from lands, trades, occupations and all
peisonal propel ty except monej at In
tel est, nnd have reduced the state debt
from over forty million dollars to only
a fraction over one million dollars. In
all these ears In which Pennslvanla
has been governed by the Republican
paity no money has been lost to the
state, although numerous banks hold
ing state funds on deposit have failed.
Our 8 stem so wisely protects the state
funds that the state has never been
the loser.
The state revenue today Is lalsed
from tnxes on corporations, taxes on
monev at Interest, tuxes on collateral
lnheiltances, fees paid on writs, liquor
licenses and tnxes paid hi merchants
engaged In mercantile business. Not
one foot of land In Pennslvanla paid
a dollar to tho state; no farmer, no
luboier, no mechanic nor an man fol
lowing a piofesslon contributes to the
expenses of the state.
HOW TAXES WERE REMOVED.
We began by taking taxes off tho
land, then from trudes and piofesslons,
then from horses, cattle, gold watches
and carriages. The put pose and policy
of the Republican party has been to
lemove the burden of taxation from
the people and place It upon those who
obtain some franchise ot benefit from
the state, and who can better afford to
pa It? But while the people do not
pay any of the state taxes, I lecognlze
that It Is their right to hold us ac
countable foi a jnoper distrlbutem of
the money lalsed by taxation. What
have we done xv 1th the monev that has
been paid In tuxes principally by tho
cot potation of the state?
About eleven million dollars Is raised
annually from the sources which I have
named. What has been done with It?
In this I am proud of the lecord of the
Republican part in Pennsylvania, and
every Republican, es, eveiy Demo
crat, should be proud of it w hen com
paied with the disbursements of other
states We have leason to be proud
of our record.
HALF RECEIPTS GO TOR SCHOOLS.
In the first place, of tho eleven mil
lion dollais lalsed annually five and a
half million Is disbursed by the state
among the school districts of the state
for the benefit of the common schools.
No other state disburses so much
Even the great state of New York
appropilates for common schools much
less. One million dollurs Is paid out In
aid ot other educational purposes, noi
mal schools getting the principal part
of It, making six and a half million
dollais. Something ovei two million,
two hundred thousand dollars Is ap
proprated to the hospitals, and other
worthy chailtable institutions of the
state, leaving a little over two million
dollais which Is expended In the gov
ernment of the state. Out of this sum
the state officials are paid, the Judges
of the county courts and of the Su
pieme and Superior courts, the county
superintendents', the maintenance of
the National Guaid, expenses In peni
tentiaries and asv turns, and also nu
ineious othei expenses nnd disburse
ments which weie foimeilv paid by
the counties This Includes expenses
under Republican legislation of le
bulldlng bildges ovet sti earns of wnter
that have been declaied to be high
was. The ciltlc will look In vain for any
reason to complain of Republican leg
islation In Pennsylvania. It must be
observed that the disbursement of
state money to common schools, pay
ment of judges' sal.ules, superntend
ents' salaries lebulldlng bridges, etc,
lelleves the counties of these buidens.
In some counties the school tax Is al
most nominal, and there Is not a county
in the state except Philadelphia that
does not lecelve fiom the state tieas
uier in the shape af salailes for com
mon schools, Judges' salurles, super
intendents' salnrles and rebuilding
bildges much moro than its people pay
Into the state treasuiy outside of taxes
paid by corporations.
OTHERS MIGHT WELL COPY.
The sstem adopted by the Republi
can party of making these corpora
tions which receive franchises from the
state bear the burden of the state tax
ation Is ono which might well be cop
ied, not only by other states, but by
many of the cities of our own stnte.
Tako our own county of Cumbeiland
Outside of the taxes paid by your cor
porations you paid foi the ear 1887
$15,3S9 84 on money at Interest; on
municipal loans, $G60.70, taxes collected
by the prothonotaiy, recorder and
clerk on wilts, $1,225.57, on collateral
Inheritances, $3,G65CI, on miscellaneous
Items, $50. mercantile taxes and liquor
licenses, $9,493 90, a total of $30,485 83.
The state tteasurer paid ou during
that year, first, the umount refunded
under the piovlslons of the Republi
can law, three-quarters of the tax on
money at Interest, amounting to $11,
541.36, Judges' salaries. $4,434. common
schools in the county, $12,193 25; your
proportion of the fund of the normal
school of our district paid by the
state treasurer, $2,353 42, the salary of
our county superintendent, $1,400,
making a total of $01,924 05. Tho stato
paid the county ot Cumberland that
ear J31.43S 10 more than she collected
fiom It This Is Republican legislation,
It collects the taxes from the corpor
ations which receive their chatters
from tho state and l educes the taxes
In tho counties by paying expenses
which formerly, under Democratic jule,
you paid,
LET THE CRITICS BE FAIR.
Do our critics find fault with this?
But they claim that tho administration
of the Republican party In Penns!
vanla is cortupt. Wherein and In what
manner Is it coriupt? In what par-
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THE NEWS THIS AHMNINU
Weather Indications TotUyi
Pair! Southwesterly Winds.
1 General Investigation of tho War Do-
purtment Imprcbiible
Col William A. Stono Discusses State
Issues.
Wanamaker and Swallow Address tho
Grangers.
2 News Bound About Scrnnton.
Financial and Commcrcl il.
3 Local Me 'ting of Select Council.
City Engineer Calls Councils' Atten
tion to Important Matters.
4 Edltorl.il.
5 Local New sbovs' Outing at Nay Aug.
Leber Div Arrai gemrnls
Mr. Burns Declines to Run for Con
giess. C Advertisements.
7 Local West Scrnnton and Submban.
S General Eight Pcnnslvnnli Regi
ments to He Mustered Out.
COL. SENN'S EFFORTS.
In the Medical Journal He Will Crit
icise the Volunteer Army Sui
geons. Chicago, Sept. 1. The Jounal of the
Ameilcan Medical association, edited
by Dr. John B. Hamilton, will pilnt
tomoirow an article bv Lleutennnt
Colonel Nicholas Senn, U. S. V. chief
of the operating1 staff with the army
In the field entitled "The qualifications
and duties of the military surgeon "
In beginning his ni title Colonel Senn
sas that the five months of seivlie
at Camp Tanner, 111 , Camp Thomas,
Chlehnmauga, and dining the Cuban
campaign has nfforded him the oppor
tunity for a practical study of the
subject. The result of his experience
at Camp Tannei, he said, convinceil
him that the aveiage national guatd
surgeon, is a faithful doctoj, vdth
mote thun thenverage professional abtl
lt, but, with a few exceptions, lack
ing the necessary mllltiuy training In
perfoimlng satisfactorily his adinlnls
ti.Ulve duties
Touching upon comparisons diawn nt
Camp Thomas between legular aimy
surgeons nnd those of the guard he
sas
"The surgeons of the United States
army are all men of superior educa
tion, splendid phslcal development,
and those who have been In the ser
vice for several o,us nie xv ell veised
In the routine work of the medical de
partment However, In all matters per
taining to medicine and suigery, the
aveiage national guard suigeon more
than holds his own."
This supeilorlt, tho w liter holds. Is
no reflection on the regular nrmy sui
geon, but Is due to the fact that the
oung army suigeon has too spend
man eais at small and often out of
the way posts where the opportunity
for experience and Intercom se with
professional colleagues arc limited.
"It Is dlffeient," Colonel Senn writes,
"with the mllltar surgeons taken from
civil life. He emeiges fiom the tut
molls of the family practice From
the day of his graduation he has tasted
the bitter fruit of a live competition
He is willing to woik night and day
to gain a luciative practice and the
social position which goes with It He
mingles freely w 1th the members of his
profession, nlwas, leady to nboib
and digest new Idea" He makes fre
quent pllgi image to his alma mater
or post graduate school to familial lze
himself with the mote recent advances
In medicine and singer This is the
kind of mnteilnl our national guard
surgeon Is made of
A piopcr and adequate pharmacy
education, he continues, Is exneted of
eveiy icgiilai army surgeon, while the
only evidence of pioficiencj the na
tional surseon Is requlied to show Is
his diploma Uefeirlng to the neecs
slty for proper mllltnr splilt, he adds:
' I fear It Is a lack of the ptoper mili
tary spirit In some of the medical offi
cers In the legului aim that Is re
sponsible for a well lecognlzublllty
cleft between them and the oflleeis ot
the line and field. If this Is true In the
itgular arm It Is only too obvious In
the national guaid "
Surgeons by Influence nnd example
pay partlculai attention to the pieven
tlon of disease The location nnd polle.
lug of companies the water and the food
and clothing should lecelve eail and
earnest attention, nnd the should re
ceive the co-operation of the ofllcets In
command. Concluding his article. Col
onel Senn states "It was not the
medical department, but the airoganee
or stupldlt of the commanellng gen
eial of the Invading arm that Is re
sponsible for the extensive outbreak of
ellow fever durlns the Cuban cam
paign. This expeilence Is sufficient to
teach commanding generals that It Is
unsafe In the futuie to follow such nn
example, as an Impiudence of this kind,
giving rise to Inexcusable slaughtei
and Indescribable suffeilng. will meet
with universal lndlgnutlon "
Lieutenant Morgan Drowned.
Savunnah, Ga Sept 1 It Is Iniincd
hero that Lieutenant Morgan, United
States Engineer corps was drowned olt
Tbee In the storm estcrdu with six
legular soldiers Ho went out In a .ivl
to rescue tho sailors of the Itull m bilk
The yuvvl capsized and Morgan with his
men were drowned. Lieutenant Motjan
was a Germ"!!
Fat Woman Dead.
Trenton, N. J Margaret A. Bulon, wno
n few cars ago truvelcd With Hirnunm
circus us the fat wnnuu attriu tlon, died
at lui slstti s home hero toda, aged 41
tars Tho deceased woman weighed
about flva hundred ounds She was us
helpless as a child and found most of her
tnjojiuent In plulug with dolls.
Government Receipts.
Washington, Sept. 1 The monthly
statement of receipts and expcndltuies of
tho government for August shows that
the receipts from nil souries uRgrega'ea
JU.7S2 707, an Ineiense of tii,'l9dH3 over
August, 1897. The expenditures for the
month aggregates $5fl,2tA),717, un lucre iso
of $2J.7G.G70.
May Enlist in Regular Army.
Washington, Sept. l.In order to krep
the regular nrmy up to the maximum ut
01,000 men. the war department will have
recruiting officers at all stations where
volunteers are mustered out with a view
of giving the men an opportunity to en
list In tho regular service.
PANA MINERS
ARE LAWLESS
Troops Are Ordered
Out to Quiet Dis
turbance. OFFICIALS ARE PRISONERS
Tho Piesident and Superintendent of
Spring Side Mines Taken from
Their Buggy nnd Made Prisoners
by a Mob Battery B, Illinois Na
tional Guard, Is Ordered to tho
Scene.
Pnna, 111 , Sept. 1. Six hundred
striking miners this afternoon sebed
David J. Overholt and Levi S. Over
holt, president and superintendent le
spectlvely of the Spilng Side mines.
The two officials were taken out of
their buggy by tho mob nnd carried
In the direction of the mines. Rev. Dr.
Millard, a minister of Pann, made a
plea to the miners to release the Over
holts and was knocked on the head
with a revolver for his pains.
The seizure was made for the purpose
of demanding the surrender of negro
miners who are woiklng In the union
men's places.
The miners weie overtaken by the
stnte officials of tho miners union and
halted. D J. and Lewis Overholt gave
the committee an order to send for a
committee of the negro miners. Sher
iff Coburn refused and icplled de
manding the release of the Overholts.
John Mitchell, national vice-president
of the union, sent back a note saying
the Ovei holts weie not In his keeping.
Galesbuig, Ills, Sept. 1. Battery B,
of the Illinois National Guard, received
orders tonight to leave at once for
Pana, 111. Sixty men with five Gatllng
guns under command of Lieutenant
Fiank Heniy will start at once on a
special train. The trouble between tho
stilklng coal miners and the deputy
sheriffs Is caued by the efforts of tho
mine operators to import colored men.
MR. M'KINLEY HONORED.
Great Enthusiasm Displayed at Can
ton Yesterday.
Canton, O , Sept 1. A gland dem
ontintion occurred heie at noon to
dav In honor of Piesident MeKinley
nnd Societal of State Day. Out of
lespect tot the president's expected
wish th it his piesent llt be Informal,
tho affali was to a considerable extent
unoiganized and paitook lartydy of the
nature of an outburst of enthusiasm.
The people of the eommunlt turned
out en mnsse and from tho depot to
the Baiber iesldence, where the Mr
Iinlos are guests of Mrs. McKlnle'3
slstei, the slieets weie bright and
dice l fill with llrgs and other d!splaS
of the nation il colois. Theaulval was
so lie ai the noon hour that emploes
of many fuctotles succeeded In secur
ing an earl shut down und lolned tho
tluong ubout the station.
Piesident and Mrs MeKinley were
cltlvcn illiect to the H.ubi homo
vvheie their ste of a few bonis was
shorn of nil toimalltv. Between 4 art!
u o'clock they boaiJcd a special tialn
on the Pennslvan!a line and pi oc ced
ed eistwnid Major Webb C IIaos
as well as Colonel and Mia. 31. T,
Ilerrlek weie of the pait.
EUROPE'S PLOT AGAINST US.
More Details of Its rrustiation by
Great Biltaln.
London, Sept 1 The D.ill Leader
of Newcastl' todav supph ments the
Indefinite hints published In tho
Ameilcan und F.nillsh newspapcis icl
utlve to the reivice rendered Ameika
b Gient llrltain In checkmating i on
tlnental schemes against the United
States soon alter the opening of the
wat with s-piln. It s.ijs positively
that when France, supported by
the other continental power, Including
Gei many und Russia, pioposed to tho
Marquis of Salisbury, Joint luteiren
tlon with the object of "leseulng
bpaln, humlltuting America and as
seitlng Euiopean supicmuny in tha
foielgu complications of tho Western
vvoi id," the Marquis teplled in effect
that If the plan weif not dliectly
nbuulonod, not onlv would her mnj
est's gov eminent lefuso to counten
ance It, but It would Join forces with
America and decline war on Franco
and any counti y coming to her usslst
anee. The scheme the paper adds, was
chopped toithwlth.
Number of Pensions Allowed.
Washington ht pt 1 The forthcoming
annual lepoit of the cominlsslouei or
pensions will show that the number cf
pensions ullowed during tho pist fiscal
iur, hie lulling tho war of MJ, was 50 717,
of which 51 isjJ w.re tirr soldiers and 1
fctij tor sailor The number of pension
els on tho lolls June 30, iws. was UUill;
amount paid for pensions during tho fis
cal ear ending June SO, ISjS, Jlll.fiol.bDC.
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WEATHER TORECAST.
Washington Sept 1 For East- --
ern Pcnn-slvnnlu T'ulr till Satur- -t
duy cont'iiued high temperuturo,
southwesterly winds.
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New Yoik, Sept 2 (Herald Fore- -f
cast) - In tho middle states toduy
fair, more sulti and slUhtly
wurmei weather and light to tresh 4
southwestern and touiluriv winds
will prevail pi b blv followed In V
northern districts b local thunder
etorms,
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