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SCRANTON. PA.. MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20. 1898.
TWO CENTS.
RUMORS OF
EVACUATION
Spaniards Given Until No
vember to Leave
Cuba.
DISORDER AT HAVANA
Thieves nnd Cut-throats at Work.
Tho Terrible Atrocities Committed
By the Spanish General Ignaclo
Estruch Innocent PersonB As
sassinated by Secret Service
Police General Blanco Horrified
nt the Present of a Bloody Dagger.
Havana, Sept. 2. On Wednesday
last a rumor was put into circulation
to the effect that the American com
missioners In answer to the Spanish
demand that the term of evacuation
shall extend until February had de
livered a dispatch stating that the
Washington government insisted that
the evacuation be completed by the
end of October. The rumor lacked of
ficial confirmation, but the report gain
ed considerable headway the next day
and was generally believed to have of
ficial foundation. This, however, was
flatly contradicted officially by both
sides, the commissioners absolutely de
nying its truth to the Associated Press
correspondent. It is the desire of the
Cubans, of course, to see the Span
iards go from the Island nt once, but it
can be denied on good authority that
any such ultimatum as that referred
to has been received. It Is believed,
however, that the Americans will In
sist upon the evacuation being com
pleted by the end of November.
A committee has been appointed,
consisting of Colonel3 Solerano, Ar
guelles, Castillo and Cachaso, to agree
upon measures for the dlsbandmcnt
nnd disarming of the volunteer troops.
It is understood that they will propose
keeping the volunteers under arms un
til the Cuban troops shall have been
disbanded.
Since Captain General Blanco par
doned 260 prisoners confined on the
Isle of Pines, among whom are many
nanigos, habitual thieves and desper
tite characters, Havana.whlch through
out the blockade hatdly recorded a
single burglary, theft or other crime, Is
shown by tho police returns to bo nt
present the scene of many assaults,
house breakings, thefts and murders,
which crlme3 are of almost dally oc
currence. A lady of Habana, one of whose rel
atives was undergoing n term of Im
prisonment, recently visited Admiral
Sampson and requested him to use his
influence to secure tho liberation of her
relatives. Admiral Sampson at once
forwarded n petition to General Blan
co, who ordered that the prisoner be
released.
ESTRUCH'S CRUELTIES.
A prominent Spaniard who has Just
arrived from Santo Esplritu tells of
many atrocities committed by the
Spanish general, Ignatius Estruch, In
that vicinity. As a result many fam
lles have fled to the fields and others
have died panic stricken, suffering
from untold cruelties. General Es
truch surrounded himself with advisers
who Indicated to him persons to be kill
ed or exiled. Estruch made a list of
fifty persons, submitting it for approv
al to General Agulrre, commander of
his division, who consulted with Marco
Garcia, civil governor of Santa Clara
provnee. Garcia said the list was not
reliable, as nil the persons named
therein were loyal autonomists. Agulrre
returned the list to Estruch, refus
ing to approve the latter's proposed
action. Estruch. chagrined nt his fail
ure, formed a secret police service of
23 gendarmes armed with daggers. The
blacklisted persons were arrested by
night and slain outside the city walls.
When the families of the missing in
quired, Estruch replied that they had
been arrested and released, and had
probably escaped to the fields and
joined the rebels. Thus Estruch assas
sinated about 30 persons. Estruch was
arrested for his crimes, but was releas
ed and sent to Jaucaro trocha, not
being court martlalled on account of
lack of proof. One of the daggers used
by the Estruch police was presented
to Captain General Blanoe, who was
horrified at the sight. Among the
persons assassinated was Ca nil I do
Spalederon, a newspaper man, and a
mulatto named Ventura Castancdal.
THEY SEE LONDON.
American Peace Commissioners
View the Sights.
London, Sept. 25. The peuce commis
sioners devoted the day to sightseeing
with the energy and enthusiasm of
few tourists. Most cf tho ladles and
beveral gentlemen of the party attend
ed religious services in Westminster
abbey and St. Paul's. Several Indulg
ed in a steamboat excursion on the
Thames and drove to many places of
historic interest.
The Hotel Cecil was filled with Amer
icans all day, many calling on the
commissioners or attaches, while oth
ers grouped about the lobbies, discus
sing the commission anil its work, guve
the glided English hostelry the air of
entertaining an American political con
vention. Much nmusement was caused by the
action of the hotel proprietor who, in
tending to pay a graceful compliment
to his guest, raised the American and
Spanish flag side by side, The combi
nation excited curious comments
ntnong the thousand? of passers by
during the day.
Steamship Arrivals,
New York, Sept. 25. Arrived: La Use.
enjene, Havre; Kd.un. Amstoidum ana
Bologna; Rotterdam. Rotterdam and J(o.
lognc. Oceenbtown Sailed: Ktrurla, Liv
erpool for New York.
GAHCIA'S VERSION OF IT.
Says Shaf tor Deliberately Went Back
on His Agreement.
New York, Sept. 20. To a Herald rep
resentative at Santiago Saturday who
asked him why ho resigned his com
mand In tho Cuban army and what
was tho nature of his dispute with
Ocneral Shatter, General Garcia re
plied: "1 should like It clearly set out that
I had no personal quarrel with General
Shatter. He had given mo a distinct
promise that the American nnd Cu
ban troops should enter tho town to
gether. That promise ho has denied,
but, nevertheless, it wns so. I felt
keenly tho indignity and neglect of tho
Cuban troops nnd still more strongly
that the Spanish officials still retain of
fice in Santiago. I could no longer obey
instructions (to cooperate with tho
Amerlcnn army, as this feeling was
antagonistic to the orders I had re
ceived from my commander-in-chief,
I resigned my command, writing a let
ter to General Shatter, which has been
published.
"I sent my resignation to General
Gomez as my commander In chief. It
wus accepted by General Gomez In
his military capacity. Probably the
cause was that It was feared that
on the publication of my letter to Gen
eral Shafter somo feeling might be
stirred up against mo In tho United
States, and therefore it would be Im
politic to continue me in my command,
but my letter caused exactly the re
verse result. I have received from the
United States thousands of letters of
congratulation. I do not think It has
caused mo in any way persona non
grata to the American people or the
American government.
"I do not recognize any government
on this island save that of the United
States. From the moment the Amer
ican troops landed on this soil but one
govenment Is represented In Cuba. I
should have liked to continue in my
command until the Island was settled,
but my work was over. War was end
ed, and the duty now of the soldiers is
to lay down their arms, resume work
and to endeavor under the protecting
arm of your great nnd free govern
ment, to build up free Cuba."
HORRORS OF THE
KLONDIKE REGION.
Fruitless Efforts to Cross the Ash
croft Trail Members o a Mont
real Klondike Syndicate Spend
Four Months in Trying to Get
Through to the Gold Country.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 23. A Vancou
ver. H. C, special says Brindley Mills
and P. Grant, two members of a Mon
treal Klondike syndicate, arrived hero
today after spending four months In
trying to get through to the gold coun
try over the Ashcroft trail. At Ques
nclle they met Sir Arthur Curtis, an
English baron, and his party and also
ran across them at Mud river, where
Sir Arthur mysteriously disappeared
and was never seen ngain by a white
man.
Mr. Mills said they joined In tho
search with Indians for the body nnd
that they are confident that the latter
not only knew all about the nobleman's
death but where the body might be
found. They want $1,000 reward for
bringing It out of the woods. The un
fortunate nobleman, Mills believes,
met with foul play.
Mills and his party were lost four
daya without food one hundred miles
from Telegraph .Creek. On one occa
sion they took the advice of a treach
erous Indian guide and went fifty miles
out of their way.
They describe the experience as ter
rible. They declare emphatically that
the route Is a fraud and that hun
dreds of poor fellows are actuolly in
danger of starvation on it now. They
are stalled for fifty and one hundred
miles apart without provision and
without hope. Mills and Grant started
out with fifty-eight horses and left
thirty head on the road. Their outfits
are also lost and when they reached
Tel 'graph Creek, they were broken in
health and without money.
THE EMPEROR DEADP
All Evidence Seems to Confirm the
Supposition.
London, Sept. 25. The Dally Tele
graph's Hong Kong correspondent, wir
ing Sunday, says:
"Although there is no positive con
firmation, all the evidence tends to the
conviction that the emperor Is dead.
"A private dispatch says ho died on
Sept. 21, directly he issued the edict
giving the dowager the regency. No
body doubts that Yang and Chung Yen
Hoon, who was minister at Washing
ton in 1SS5, are both Innocent of the
charge of poisoning tho emperor."
LI'S ENEMY DISHONORED.
Chang Yen Hoon Stripped of All
His Offices.
London, Sept. 26. The Times' Pekln
correspondent says: "Chang Yen Huon,
the Cuntonese enemy and rival of LI
Hung Chang, who Is charged with har
boring Kang Yu Wei, has been ar
rested. He Is now under trial by the
board of punishment. He will be
stripped of all his offices, his removal
giving Increased honor to LI Hung
Chang.
"The officials generally welcome the
empress' return to power, but the peo
ple are indifferent. Ktung Yu Wei Is
charged with conspiring ugalnst the
empress dowager, and has been de
clared an outlaw and his arrest has
been ordered."
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Youthful Soldier Dead.
Philadelphia, Sept. 23. John T. Taylor,
a private In Company A, First Maryland
volunteers, died today In St. Joseph's
hospital from typhoid pneumonia, 'i'uy.
lor was brought to this city two weeks
ago fioin Camp Meade. At the hospital
he said he va Iti years ot uge, and that
ho had previously given his age as 13 so
thnt he could enlist. The body win to
taken to Annapolis for interment.
Spanish Peace Commissioners.
Madrid. Sept. 25, Tim SiMlilsh pence
commissioners started tor Paris this evt-nlnfc'.
KHALIFA'S ARMY
SUFFERS DEFEAT
THE
ONLY ORGANIZED
NANT IS CRUSHED.
REM-
Gedarf, the Last Stronghold, Is
Captured After Three Hours' Hard
righting 1,300 Egyptians Route
3,000 Dervishes A Steamer Cap
tured Gen. Kitchener Returns to
Omdurmnn.
Cairo, Sept. 23. General Kitchener,
commanding the Anglo-Egyptian ex
pedition, has returned to Omdurnian,
having established posts at Fnshoda
and on the Sobat river. The troops did
no lighting except with a Dervish
steamer on tho way south, which wna
captured.
Suaklm, Sept. 23. Tho only organized
remnant of the Khalifa's army was de
feated and Its last stronghold, Gedarf,
captured on Sept. 22, after three hours'
hard fighting, when an Egyptian force
numbering 1,300, under command of
Colonel Parsons, routed 3,000 Dervishes,
of whom 300 were killed. Three British
officers were wounded nnd thirty-seven
Egyptlnn soldiers killed and fifty-nine
wounded.
CLASH AT FASHODA.
General Kitchener Meets French
and Orders Them to Retire.
London, Sept. 26. The Pally Tele
graph'." Cairo correspondent telegraph
ing todny (Monday), says:
"General Kitchener found the French
at Fashoda. He notified Major March
and that he had express Instructions
that the territory was British and that
the French must retire, and offered
them passage to Cairo. Major March
and absolutely declined to retire unless
ordered to do so by his government.
No fighting occurred. Major March
and was given clearly to understand
that tho British Insisted upon their
claims, and the rest has been left to
be settled by diplomacy between the
respective governments.
"General Kitchener sent a long of
ficial dispatch to London, hoisted tho
Union Jack and the Egyptian en
sign, and left as a garrison the Elev
enth nnd Thirteenth Soudanese bat
talions and the Cameron Highlanders
to protect the British flag. Colonel
Juckson commands the garrison."
SECRETARY ALGER'S TALK
He Responds to a Toast at Jackson
ville Sickness the Fault of Com
manders. Jacksonville, Fla Sept. 23. Secre
tary Alger nnd party, consisting ot
General Sternberg, surgeon general;
General Ludington, quartermaster gen
eral, and others spent the day In Jack
sonville, visiting the camp of the Sev
enth armj corp. The distinguished
party was met at the station by Gen
eral Lee and a committee of citizens.
Generul Alger proceeded at once to
the camp of the First division and
during the day inspected the three
division hospitals, going through every
ward.
A luncheon was tendered to the sec
retary and party at noon and in re
sponse to a toast he said: "Sickness
is largely the fault of the command
ers, division, regimental and company
commmanders. General Lee Is not
looking very well nnd I have granted
him a short leave of absence.
"The organizing and equipping of an
army of 250,000 men, carrying on a war
in two continents in the space of three
months lias been a tremendous under
taking. The secretnry of war has been
ably assisted In this undertaking by
the surgeon general and the quarter
master's department. They have been
criticized but not to the extent the
secretary of war has, yet I know the
work they have accomplished has been
little short of miraculous, When this
war began the clothing that the men
have worn was on the backs of ani
mals. There was no ammunition, no
transportation, there was nothing be
hind the war department but a great
rich nation burning with patriotism.
Almost In a night an army was orgnn
lzed and equipped that paralyzed the
nation with which we had to deal, and
has awakened tho admiration of the
world. I have no apology to make for
what has been done. I am willing to
let the record of the campaign stand
und speak for Itself.
"It matters not what may become of
me. I may be burled In oblivion or
In the grave, but the unbiased histor
ian will give the world the Impartial
record of what has been accomplished
and the record will aland forever
as a monument to the greatness of this
nation and Its boundless resources.
"When this war was begun I Issued
an order that the north and south
should be brigaded together. They have
been united nnd it is proven thnt the
sectional lines of north and south no
longer and I thank God thnt I have
lived to see the day when he have a
united country."
FIVE MEN DROWNED.
Tragedy of the Foundering of the
Lighter Monitor.
Salt Ste. Marie, Mich.. Sept. 25. Five
men wpro drowned in St. .Mary's river
today by tho foundering of the lighter
Monitor. They ate Joseph Prior, Wil
liam Corbler, John Itobalre, Emanuel
itobalre, all ot this city, and John
Foley, of West Bay City. Their bodies
were recovered by a diver and brought
here this evening.
Tho Monitor was in tow of the tug
Bruce und wus loaded with Iron ore,
taken from the schooner Carrlngton,
which was stranded in the river. In
turning the light on the way to Point
Aux Pin, the lighter foundered.
SoidlerKilled.
Trenton, N. J.. Sept. 23. An unknown
soldier of tho Third Pennsylvania regi
ment wus killed at Princeton Junction
today by falling from a freight train on
which ho was riding, Ills body Is now
in the Trenton morgue. Ho Is small In
stature, about 21 years old, and tho let
ters "A. M. L." are tuttocd on his arm.
THE MEW YORK SLATE.
Ticket That Will Probably Bo Nomi
nated Tuesday.
Saratoga, N. Y Sept. 23. The Blatu
prepared by tho leaders claiming to
have control of the Itepubllcan stato
convention and given out as that to be
named on Tuesday by tho convention,
is as follows.
For Governor Theodoro ltooscvclt, Now
York.
Lieutenant governor Timothy L. Wood,
ruff, of Kings.
Secretary of stutcJohn T. McDonough,
Albany.
Comptroller William J. Morgan, of
Erie.
Stato treasurer John 1. Kaegcl, ot Ca
yuga. Attorney general John K. Davlos, ot
Oneida.
Stato engineer Not selected.
It is believed today that the conven
tion will last but one day, It being the
general opinion that nil differences
will be settled on the first ballot for
governor. The Black adherents have
decided not to make a fight on tho
organization of the convention, nnd it
will be organized with Sercno E.
Payne, of Cayuga, as temporary chair
man, and Horace G. White, of Syra
cuse, permanent chairman.
Chauncey M. Dopew will name Mr.
Roosevelt nnd Delegates Cullnan, of
O.swego; Farnhnm, of Orange, and
Wallace, of Queens, will serond it.
Tho Black people have not arrived at
a decision ns to who will bo named
as their candidate.
OLGA'S STRANGE VOYAGE
The German Bark arrives nt Del
aware Breakwater Aitor an Excit
ing Experience Victims of Yellow
Fover.
Philadelphia, Sept. 23. The German
bark Olga arrived nt the Delaware
breakwater tonight for orders, from
Samarangn, Java, laden with sugar.
She brought to a close a voyage of
strange fatalities, having only a few
of the original officers on board, Cap
tain Dreyer, her commander, and five
others having died of that dread dis
ease, scurvy, which so often breaks out
on board vessels from tho far east.
The Olga made sail from Souraba
baya on April 30, and met with tho
usual experiences until when about two
months out ftom port. Here the dis
ease mude Its first appearance, and one
by one the men were overtaken, until
the shin's crew wns decreased to four
men able to be about. Captain Dreyer
was among the first to be stricken down
with the horrible disease. He lasted
only a few days, suffering the greatest
agony and praying for death. His body
was sewed up in a canvas bag nnd
consigned to the de'ep. It was then
that the mate took charge and he, too,
was stricken down, leaving in charge
of the vessel men with only scant or
no knowledge of navigation. A consul
tation was held on board, and It wns
decided to bear away for the nearest
port, and on Investigation her original
destination for orders, St. Michaels, wns
determined to be the one to make for.
Here she arrived July 29 with her crew
nearly dead. Medical aid was at once
summoned and with difficulty the sick
men were removed to the hospital. The
vessel's owners were communicated
with and another captain was sent out
to take charge of iter.
After remaining In St. Michaels for
three weeks the men were pronounced
sufficiently recovered to go on board
again and the fatal voyage was con
tinued. The Olga upon her arrival today re
ported that all on boatd were well. She
Is now awaiting orders, and will prob
ably romu to this port to discharge her
cargo.
REV. M'INTYRE'S CASE.
Specialists on Nervous Diseases Ex
amine the Oregon's Chaplain.
Denver, Colo., Sept. 23. Drs. T. J.
Eskrldge nnd H. T. Pershing, special
ists on nervous diseases, yesterday ex
amined Chaplain J. P. Mclntyre. of th
battleship Oregon, with regard to his
nervous and mental condition.
The examination wns made at the re
quest " of tho chaplain's brother and
legal advisers. Indicating that his de
fense be for the court-martial by which
he Is to be tried on charges growing
out of his criticism of the conduct of
Admiral Sampson and Captain Evans
In the battle of July :!, off Santiago, will
probably be temporary aberration, due
to sickness contracted while In the line
of duty.
British Steamer Sinks.
Gibraltar. Sept. 25. The Spanish steam,
er Carthagena. from Avilos for JJarce
lona, proceeded, after being In collision
on Sept. 22 oft Cape Ylllauo, with the
Uritlsh steamer lthcubinu, trom Jiuelva
for Lisbon. The latter vessel was sunn
and the crew, with the exception of mo
teaman and tho captain, who were land
er ut Gibraltar, were drowned.
Soldiers Return.
New Yotk. Sept. 23. Twenty-live mem
bers of the Sixth Massachusetts volun
teers arrived here today on tho City ot
Lowell from Hoston on their way to
Porto Rico. The men havo been homo
on furloughs and they nro now returning
to their commands, They were sent to
Governor's Island to await Instructions
trom Quartermaster Colonel Kimball.
Suicide on a Steamer.
New York, Sept. 23,A man registered
as M. Putzo, who was a passenger on tno
steamer La Gusconno from Havre, was
found dead In his cabin on the morning
of Sept. IS, having committed suicide by
hanging. Ho wns about 33 yean old, und
left nothing that would reveal his Iden
tity. Instantly Killed.
New York, Sept. 25. a man and a wo
man, both rolddlo aged, were run over and
Instantly killed today in the Prospect
tunnel, of tho Urighion llouch railroad
in Ilrooklyu. Their Identity had not been
learned nt it lato hour. Tho couple were
walking through the tunnel, which Is six
hundred feet long and unlimited.
WAR DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATION
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION WILL
BEGIN WORK TODAY.
Tho Commlttco Effects an Organi
zation by Electing General Green
ville M. Dodge President Tho In
quiry Will Probably Bo Searching
and Rigid.
Washington, Sept. 23. The com
mission appointed by President Mc
Kinlcy to Investigate the administra
tion of the war department In relation
to its conduct of tho Hlspuno-Amer-lean
war will begin no uiDors formal
ly tomorrow. The committee effected
an organization yesterday by electing
General Greenville M. Dodge, presi
dent, Mr. Ulchard Welgthrnnn, secre
tary and Major Stephen C. Mills, of
the regular nrmy, recorder.
Tho president Is understood to be
thoroughly plensed with tho personnel
of the commission. It was his effort
to secure as members of the commis
sion men of the highest character
and standing, in whose opinions and
Judgment the country would hnve nil
confidence. He desired also to have
represented on the board all phases
of public and political feeling, every
section of the country nnd nil classes
of business, professional, commercial
and military. The men whom he has
appointed are possessed of varied ex
perience, many of them having served
with distinguished honor to themsel
ves either In the Union or Confederate
nrmy. The president feels assured that
tho verdict of the commission, what
ever It may be In the Inquiry It is about
to conduct, will be accepted and ap
proved by all right minded and right
thinking American citizens.
That It is the president's desire that
tho Inquiry should be rigid nnd search
ing wns Indicated by his statement to
the commission when It assembled in
the White House for n conference with
him yesterdny. No limit Is placed by
the president upon the course of the
'investigation. It is to include every
uepartment of the army and the pres
ident nssures the commission In ad
vance that he will afford every facil
ity in his power for the prosecution
of the most searching Inquiry Into ev
ery part of the administration of the
war.
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
Addressing the commission the pres
ident said, among other things:
Gentlemen, before suggesting the mat
tors which shall come before you tor In
vestigation, I desire to express my nppre.
elation to each or you for your willing
ness to accept tho patrlotlo service to
which you have been Invited. You aro
to perform one of the highest public
duties that can fall to a citizen, and your
unselfishness in undertaking It makes me
profoundly sratef.il.
There has been In many quarters seveie
criticism of the conduct of the war with
Spain. Charges of criminal neglect of tno
soldiers In camp and In the Held and hos
pital and on transports have been so per
sistent that, whether true or false, they
have made u deep Impression upon tho
country. It Is my earnest desire that
you shall thoroughly fnvestlsate these
charges and make the fullest examination
of the administration of the war depart
ment In all Its branches, with the view
to establishing the truth or falsity of
these accusations. 1 put upon you no
limit to the scope of your Investigation.
Of all depa.rtments connected with the
army 1 Invito the closest scrutiny and
examination, and shall afford every facil
ity for the most searching Inquiry. The
records of the war department and tho
assistance of its officers shall bo subject
to your call.
I cannot Impress upon you too strongly
my wish that your Investigation shall lie
so thorough nnd complete that your re
port, when made, will fix the responsibil
ity for any failure or fault by reason of
neglect. Incompetency or maladministra
tion upon tho office! s and bureau respons
ible therefore If It be found that the ells
co-nplalned of have existed.
me people of the country nro entitled
to know whether or not the citizens who
so j romptly responded to the call ot duty
hae been neglected or misused or mal
treated by the government to which they
so willingly gave their services. If there
have been wrongs committed, the wrong
doers must not escape, conviction nnd
punishment.
TROOPS IN CUBA.
The Condition of American Soldiers
Improving.
Gunntnnamo. Cuba, Sept. 23. Two
deaths from yellow fever, one from
pneumonia, and twenty-live believed to
have been caused by malaria, are re
ported to have occurred since Aug. 20
among Colonel Ray's troops and the
companies of the Third volunteers,
numbering 610, now here. The condi
tion of the troops Is Improving. Yes
terday the men were given fresh meat,
a number of head of cattle having been
purchased by Colonel Ray at $75 each.
General Perez and 300 Cuban troops
have arrived and are receiving rations.
They are waiting instructions from the
junta to disband.
The city, it Is believed, has less than
1,000 rations and the condition of the
residents of tlfe country districts is bad,
owing to lack ot clothing and supplies.
These people are not allowed to enter
the city. They nro In need of medi
cines and treatment, and the aid of the
Red Cross Is wanted.
KILLED THE KLU-KLUX KLAN.
Death of Author of the BUI Rooting
out the Terrible Organization.
Lancaster, Wis., Sept. 25. Uencrnl John
H, Cnllls, a veteran of the Civil war, died
last night. At tho close of tho war Gen
eral Callls wus sent to Huntsvlllc, Ala.,
as assistant commissioner of tho Freed
man's bureau, nnd latter was elected to
congress from that district.
While In congress he Introduced the or.
iKlnal resolution on which was after
wards based the celebrated Klu-Klux
Klan bill, whlclsulted In rooting out
that terrible organization.
CONGRESS OF MOTHERS.
Will Be a Feature of the Omaha Ex
position, Oct. 8, 0 and 10.
Washington, Sept. 25. A congress ot
mothers, under the nusplces of tho Na
tional organization, will bo held In Omumi
Oct. S, 9 and 10. by Invltutlon of tho
Trans. Mississippi exposition,
All interested In tho movement are In
vited to attend. There will be a meet
ing In Omaha of the national board ot
managers at tho close of this congress.
THE news this mohninu
Weather Indication! Todiyi
Partly Cloudy; Cast to Southeast Winds.
1 General Agulnnldo Asks the Forbear-
nnco of tho Nations.
Evacuation Rumors ut Havana.
Tho Khalifa's Only Organized Army Js
Crushed.
Investigating tho War Department.
2 General Tho Tln-Plnte Industry.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Local Sunday In Scranton Churches.
Coal Company Wins in tho Springer
Case.
4 Editorial.
Comment of tho Press.
5 Local Concert nt the Hillside Home.
Reformers for Rcvenuo Only.
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S General Doings nt Camp Meade.
Interesting Letters from Porto Hlco
REV. BRADY'S CHARGF
The Archdeacon ns Chaplain of th
First Regiment Gives Startling
Testimony Regarding Care of Sick.
Philadelphia, Sept. 23. Rev. Cyrus T.
Brady, archdeacon of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Eastern Penn
sylvania, nnd chaplain of the First
regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, In
a sermon tonight severely criticised the
management of the volunteer oamps
which enme under his supervision at
Chlcknmauga, where his regiment was
stationed for a long time, lie sntd the
medical commissary, quartermaster
and ordnance departments were all to
blame, and continued thus: "I per
sonally saw men left in the hospltnls
In camps for thirty-six hours without
any medical attendance whntever,
"I saw men In those hopltnls suffer
ing from fever with the rain beating
down upon them.
"I saw men committed to the care
of unskilled attendants when It was
absolutely Impossible for them to re
ceive anything like the attention they
deserved.
"I saw men, suffering from fever,
lying with their mouths open and their
mouths filled with files."
In conclusion tho archdeacon said:
"I wonder If I dare, being still In the
government service, say mere. There
Is much more that might be told If 11
were proper for me to tell It, but per
haps this will suffice. I had not In
tended to touch upon this phase of our
experiences nt all, but when I think
that these things have taken plnee In
this, the richest, greatest and presum
ably, the most advanced nation on the
face of the earth, I cannot hold my
peace."
The reverend spenker also said that
the officers of the First regiment had
done everything possible to alleviate
the condition of the men.
DREYFUS CASE AGAIN.
A Meeting Held to Protest Against
a Revision.
Paris, Sept. 23. Paul Deroulede pre
sided at a meeting held today for the
purpose of protesting against a revis
ion of the Dreyfus proceedings, at
which he made a speech violently de
nouncing M. Brisson, and all the prom
inent supporters of revision nnd de
clared that It a revolution broke out
and the scaffold was erected In Paris
the first head to fall ought to bo that
of M. Clcmenceau. If Dreyfus ever
returned to France, M. Deroulede as
serted, he would be lynched. In con
clusion he announced the Intention
to reconstitute the league of
patilots, which the government for
metly dissolved, and a itsolutinn to
this effect was carried bv acclaim.
Slight demonstrations were made
late this afternoon but the crowds
which gathered were quickly dispersed
by the police.
London, Sept. 2fi. The Dally News
this morning publishes a teport of an
Interview with Comte Esterhazy, in the
course of which the comte admitted
having had a conversation with Mrs.
Rachel Heer. wife of the editor of the
Observer, on the 16th Inst., but denied
energetically that he had made the
avowals credited to him. He then pro
duced a long letter which he had ad
dressed to Mrs. Heer last week, giving
a general denial In advance to anything
which might be published without his
signature, and protesting that he had
been deceived by lying demonstrations
of friendship on the part of the man
agers of the Observer, "when far from
foreseeing the scandalous manoeuvre
of which I was the Intended object."
Incidentally, Comte Esterhazy de
clared that the pretended witness to
the revelation wns utterly ignorant of
the French language.
"The above mentioned letter, dated
September 21, "Is" the paper says "ap
aparently all that Count Ezterhazy
Is able to submit In proof of admis
sions which are now everywhere in
London accepted us facts."
Count Ezterhnzy made not the
slightest attempt to deny the Obser
vor's categorical statement as to Mrs.
Ueers, the enterprising editress of the
Sunday Times and the actual directress
of the Observor.
The Dally News observes editorially:
"If the Observor's statements are un
true Count Ezterhazy should Immedi
ately seek u remedy in the proper quar
ter and retire with a substantial uddl
tlon to his fortune."
COLOMBIA RELENTS.
British Minister Represents Italian
Interests.
Colon, Colombtn, Sept. 25. A special
dispatch from Bogota says the Colom
bia government has reconsidered the
decree recently issued severing diplo
matic relations with Italy; and tho
British minister Is now recognized as
representing Italian interests in the
absence of the Italian minister.
Permission, moreover, bus been
granted to consular olllcors of friendly
nations to net in a similar manner
throughout the republic.
Bryan at Washington.
Washington, Sept. 25.-Colonel W. J.
Uryau, of tho Third Nebraska, Is still In
Washington awaiting an answer from the
war department regarding his request for
the dltcharge of tho sick men ot his reg
iment. He will leuvo piububly tomorrow
for Jacksonville.
AGUINALDO'S
GREAT TASK
Insurgent Leader Begins
to Realize His Large
Contract.
FILIPINOS UNREASONABLE
Many of tho Natives Refuse to Pay
Taxes to Support the Insurgent
Army Spanish Intriguers Are
Actively at Work Endeavoring to
Create Disturbance and Distrust.
Aguinaldo Still Has Hope.
Manila, Sept. 23. The Filipino con
gress Is engaged In the consideration of
the question of raising funds to defray
the heavy expenses of the maintenance
of the army, pending a decision by tho
Paris conference. Hitherto the nrmy
of the Fllpinos had been chiefly sup
ported by pubic subscription, but now
the native government contemplates tho
imposition of various taxes. The in
habitants of the northern provinces,
however, especially of Pampang and
llocos, flatly refuse to pay land or poll
taxes, because it wus the popular Im
pression that the revolutionists would
abolish taxation entirely.
The natives of Pampang and Tan
gaslnan, the two richest agricultural
provinces of the island, nnd those of
llocos and Zambales, who are the stur
diest mountaineers, distrust the TagaN
and Insist upon the establishment of
an American protectorate.
Yesterday the assembly debated the
question of a land tax. A majority of
the members were opposed to the main
tenance of a burden unequally distrib
uted and unduly favoring the Tugals,
and demanded thnt a statement of ex
penditures be submltetd bpfore the
matter was decided. The statement
was not forthcoming, and the question
wns shelved.
Aguinaldo realizes the difficulty of
reconciling the conflicting Interests, but
hopes that the nations will allow the
Filipinos a fair chance to show that
they are capable of self-government.
INTRIGUERS AT WORK.
Aguinaldo desires tho Associated
Pres.8 to Inform the world that "there
Is conclusive evidence that many Span
lards and priests are intriguing with a
faction of the natives to foment dis
turbances so that Americans will be
lieve the whale population to be irre
concilable." He asserts that the Intriguers pay
monev and provide uniforms to per
sons to Impersonate rebel officers and
enter the town, und accuses Eugeno
Hlanco of being the chief paid agent
of these Intriguers.
In the course of an interview with
the Associated Press correspondent,
Agulnildo said that the Filipino fleet
comprises eight steamers which ar-j
now engaged In conveying troops for a
grand campaign against the Spanish
garrisons In tho southern Islands.
These vessels are practically unarmed.
The Spanish gunboat El Cnno. ha
says, recently entered Mnsbate and
caught and sank the Filipino troopship
Hurlsan, which was lying ut anchor
there.
He admitted the recent purchase of
tlv steamer Abbey, formerly the Paslg,
but denied that she had landed rilles
and ammunition at Batangas though
he admitted that she curled two Max
ims and a ship load of stores.
The United States steamer Hugh Mc
culloch captured the Abbey sixty miles
south of Manila. It Is believed that
th Abbey bad landed 7.000 rifies.
MARIA TERESA FLOATS.
The Spanish War Ships Raised by
the Air Bags.
Playa del Este, Guantanamo Hay,
Cuba, Sept. 25. The wrecking company
engaged under Lieutenant Ilobson In
the work of saving the wrecked Span
ish warships has succeeded lit tloatlng
the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa. The
cruiser after being got atloat was taken
In tow by the Potomac and convoyed
by the cruiser Newark, the Scorpion ami
the Alvarado, proceeded for Gunntnn
amo bay, where she arrived last night.
The successful Issue of the attempt to
float her was greeted with the blowln?
of whistles, the firing of national sa
lutes and by cheers, In which tho
Cubans Joined, disturbing tho noon
siesta.
Off Slhoney the barometer and the
wind Indicated the approach of a hur
ricane, and the- towing power was In
creased. The Newark, under Captain Good
rich, rendered valuable assistance in
the work of saving the Maria Teresa.
The cruiser is being put in condition
for her trip north by the repair ship
Vulcan.
SPANIARDS OBJECT.
They
Will Not Live Under
the
American Flag.
Madrid. Sept. 25. It Is announced
here that 10.000 Spaniards, residing In
the Island of Porto Rico, havo refused
to live in thj Island under the Ameri
can Hag and hue demanded that they
be returned to Spain at the expense of
the government.
Tho question of the repatriation of
the discontented h'punlnrds has been
referred to the statu council.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Sept. 23. Forecast
tor Monday: For Eastern Penn
sylvania, partly cloudy weuthur;
light east to sOLtluast winds. For
Western Pennsylvania, partly
cloudy weather; light urluble
winds.
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