r" - -f. -. to . rsn?ir ' ?;-- .-- v ' iri hi hyp 4 -V wl 4 V . . . , . n rsfnYTitt - fiM f TWO CENTS. SCKAiNTON, PA., MONDAY MOKNtXU. OCTOBER 30. 1898. TWO CENTS. Jr ' HJt FASHODA BLUE BOOK ISSUED Correspondence Between French and British Governments. NILE VALLEY DISPUTE It Begins with n Despatch Dated December 10, 1807, to Loid Balis bury from Ambassador Monson. Great Britain Does Not Admit the Right of Any Other European Power to Occupy Any Portion of the Nile Valley Reports of the Sirdar. London, Oct. 0 The foielgn nil I en has issued a Funodn blue book glv Ing I me coriesponuence netwecn hip r ruiicn II and British governments. It begins with n dispatch dated nee. li), 1S97 fioin Sir Edmund Monson, British ambassador at Pails to Lord Salisbury, icfcrring to luntoi.i of tho mass-acre of the Mnrrhand expedition and exptessing the ambassadors satis faction that he has been allowed to aceiualrt M Hnnotnux (Trench foreign minister of that day) with Lord Salis bury's view that. If othel questions ure adjusted, Great Britain will make no difllculty regarding the Trench claim on the northern and eastern shores of Lake Tchad. The dispatch shows, however that the ambassador made It clear that this concession must not be understood as admitting the light of any European power except Great Britain to occupy any part of the Nile alley. M. Hanotauv leplled on nee. 24 in a long dispatch of respectful protest against Lord Salisbury's view. On August 2 of this ear Loid alls bury vviote Lord C'rnmei, British dlplo matlc agent at Cairo, giving him In structions that after tho capture of Khartoum, l.vo flotillas should ascend to Fashoda and go up tho riuo Nile ns far ns it should prove navigable for steamers. iJnder these Instructions tho sirdar was personally to command the Fashoda flotilla and to take a few troops, If ho should consider it desir able, tho object being to assert Great nritaln's sphere of intlucicc In the Nile valley. On Sept. 7. Sir Edmund Monson re ported to Loid Salisbury a convei ga llon In which M. Delcasse, French for eign minister, announced that March anil had no authority to decide on questions of right, and hud been in structed to abstain from any action likely to lepd to local conflict. AI. Del casse furthe: expressed a conviction that the mcttcr was susceptible of ar rangement by means of discussion. To this Lord Salisbury replied on Sept. 9 that Great Britain regarded the op erations of the sirdar (General Kitch ener) as placing all the territories of Khalifa Abdullah by right of conquest In the hands of the British and Egyp tian governments, and Insisted that this contention admitted of no discus sion. Then follow dispatches recording the discussion between Sir Edmund Mon son and M. Delcasse, the latter ex plaining that Maichand was now vir tually a lleutcnnnt to the Llotard ex pedition, and that, therefore, the situ ation at Fashoda even If Marchand was there, could noi be dangerous as Sir Edmund Monson had represented. THE SIRDAR'S REPORT. On Sept. 25, still following the Rlue book, the sirdar reported the results of his expedition to Fashoda. fully confirming the announcements aheady cabled to th3 As-oelatcd Press, Includ ing the f.-.ct that Geneial Kitchener's arrival there prevented a second Der vish attack on Marchand. The French officer inform i the sirdar that ho had concluded a tr.', which he had sent to France for ratification, whereby the Shlllock chiefs had placed the country under French prVctlon, Marchand replied In the negative to General Kitchener's qncitloti whether ho was prepared to resist the hoisting of the Egyptian flag, but he maintained that he had orders from the French gov ernment to oci y Fashoda On the departure of the British forces Gen eral Kitchener notified Major March and In writing that all transportation of war material on the Nile was abso lutely prohibited. The sirdar's despatch concludes as follows: i "The chief shlllocks came to our camp and positively denied that they had concluded any treaty with March and, while all the shlllocki declared their allegiance t the British govern- ment. Moreover, Marchand was in such a precarious position that noth ing could havo prevevel his annihila tion by the Dervishes had up been a. fortnight later In crushlrg the khalifa Other dispatches Indicate that M DelcaBse declined Great nritaln's ie quest for the Immediate recall of Mu Jor Marchand, and that Great Britain agreed to despatch a message for the French government to Marchand as a matter of courtesy, without accepting any responsibility for the results de lay might entail and still mulntalnlng thnt the matter ndmltted of no coin promise In the final dispatch appealing In the blue book Lend Salisbury, under date of Oct. 3, Instructs Sir Edmund Monson to Inform M Delcasse that the latter's message to Mujor Marchand has been sent but that Great Britain views the Marchand mission ns hav ing no political significance whatever. Strangled with a Towel. Denver. Co., Oct J.-ileorgti Randall, a negro, has been arrested on the charge of having murdered Mrs. Julius J. Volght. ho was found dead In her upurtments where she hud been strangled to Ueach with o towel, und him made damaging ( d missions. No evidence has been discov ered to conect Rundall with the four nuir rter by strangling that were committed here In I SSI. PRIVATE KILLED. Thomas Oreenwalt Shot While At tempting to Escape. New York, Oct. 9. Thomas Green wait, a private In Butteiy I, Seventh nttllleiy, was shot and Instantly killed last night while trying to escape ftom Fort Slocum, near New Rochelle. Pri vate John Coatcs, of tho same bat tel j, oscuped the bullets fired after him, but was uncsted bcfoie he got away. Gieenwnlt and Coates had been In the guard house for two weeks past and escaped from there, and, having secured civilian's clothing, attempted to make good their escape fiom the fort to avoid the court martial that was pending They were challenged by the sentiv and In attempting to gel away weie fired upon. Setgeant Heck, of the Two Hundred and Sec ond, with two privates of the guard, came running up at this, moment and nirested the fugitives. Before this wa accomplished, howevei, Oreenwalt knocked Seigeant Heck's bayonet to the ground and attempted to slash him with a nt7or but could not get near enough to do him nnv hnim. The shot fired by tho sentiy nroused the whole post. Colonel Sinclair, of the aitlllery, was one of the first to reach the scene of the trouble. When he came up Greenwnlt was a prlsonei, being mennced by the bayonet of tho guard. Coates was nlo under nrrost. Colonel Sinclair ordered the men tak en to the guard house In double Irons. The two prisoners, in obedience to or ders, stepped forward and tho guard fell behind. After taking n few steps both prisoners bolted. Colonel Sln calr ordered to fire and three pilvates Hied Greenwnlt fell dead in his tracks without a cry. A bullet had gone through his head. Coates threw him self beside a stone wnll with a loud cry but he was unhurt. He was tak en to the guard house. REVOLUTION IS ANTICIPATED Fiench Government lias Ordered Re inforcements to Be Sent to Paris from tho Garrisons in the Vicinity. Paris, Oct. 9. The gov eminent has issued special orders to the gauisons of numeious towns near the capital to send Immediately to Paris f.00 In fant! y each. The Journal Des Debats declares that these relnfoi cements will amount to 10,000 men. The paper expresses tho hope that the country is not on the eve of a revolution. All the troops will be supplied with two days' rations and sixty rounds of ball carlil. ces. Today haJ passed off quietly. Presi dent Fnure, Instead of visiting the races at Long Champs, as ho had In tended, prudently remained to shoot at Rabouillot, thus avoiding a demon stration. Paris. Oct. 9. The Slecle says It learns that tho government Is about tj demand tho expulsion from the le g'on of honor of Major Comte Kerelln nrd Wnlsin Esterl-uzy, who Is believed to be tho author of the Bordereau in the Dreyfus case. M. Trarlaux, foimer minister of Jus tice, has written to M. Bilsson, the premier, -protesting ngalnst the illeg ality of Colonel Plcquart's close im prisonment, and threatening too, that, unless this relaxed, he will bring the matter before the senate. ANNEXING ISLANDS. British Warships Goldfinch and Mo hawk Gather Them In. Victoria, B. C. Oct. 9. The Islands recently annexed by the British war ship Goldfinch aie said to bo Duff, Cheiry and Mitre groups. Tho Mo hawk planted the British flag on tho Santa Cruz Islands, the Reef islands and the Swallow group The Duff group numbers eleven Is lands, nil thickly Inhabited by eoppet colored natives The whole of the re cent annexations havo been ulaced un der the contiol of Mr. C. M. Woodford, the British resident In tho Solomon group. The Island of Motultl or Kennedy Island, which has appeared on the charts since the beginning of the cen tury, was searched for In vain by the Mohawk. It Is thought the Island, like Falcon island, has sunk beneath the waves. TO EVACUATE MANZANILLO. Spanish Troops Expect to Leave the City Monday. Mannuilllo, Oct. 8 (delayed in trans mission) The Spanish troops expect to leave Manzanlllo tomorrow. Gen erul Parron, the Spanish commander, will turn the city over to the major, who will make the official transfer to Colonel Rny, lepresentlng the United States, on Monday General Parron paid a visit to Col onel Rny this morning, and the two officers exchanged compliments Tlicj conversation touched mainly upon mil itary life in the tioplcs. All the political prisoners here have been i eleased. The military convicts will be taken to Cienfuegos and sent thenco to Havana, possibly ufteiwuid to Spain. Mourning for Poinell. Dublin Oct. !. .Most of the citizens of Dublin worn the Ivy loat today. It being the annlveisary of tho death of Chniles Slewait I'aniell. Thousands partic liutel In the ceremonies at GlaHiioviu cemeteiy, the lord major and corporation and delel Kites from tho municipalities, and all the chief towns of Ireland. In full regallu taking part In tho procession Tho cete monies of depositing; the wreaths upon the grave were hlghl) Impressive, thoueh simple. Will Gather Negro Ballots. Topoka, Kan., Oct. 9. Governoi Lejdy has appointed the Rev. G. II. Olden, of Topeku, a Baptist negro preuchcr. as commissioner to take the ballots to Kan. sas negro soldiers at Santiago, Today the Rev. Olden left with the balolts. They ure cat fully packed In a telescope vallie and will be returned In the lame way, EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICAL SERVICE REMARKABLE FORESIGHT EX HIBITED IN NAVY. Tho Suigeon Geneial and Medical Coips Prepared for War Imme diately After tho Destruction of the Maine Prepaintions Were Made to Meet Any Contingency. Washington, Oct 9. Probably no better Illustration can be found of the f oi e sight exhibited by the navy In pre pnilng for the war than Is nffaidcd by the history of the medical corps during the stiuggle. This Is set out In the an nual lepoit of the surgeon general, . K Van Rev, pen, which Is the tiist of the navy bureau teports submitted for publication. Suigeon Genet nl Van Reypen begins with a modest ti Unite to the good Judg ment and foresight of his piodecesor, Geneial Tryon, who In putting In or der and equipping the several naval hospitals, was of Incalculable service to the bureau, ennbllng it to propel ly cure for the sick and wounded of the navy duiing the wnr. When the Maine was blown up, Surgeon Geneial Vim Rev pen was In i lunge of the bureau and begun piepniatlons immediately for anv contingency. The hospitals were fully equipped, plans weie lire pared for pavilion wards, and the naval laboratory prepuiot) to furnish medical nnd suiglcal supplies In any quantity. No additional epense was inclined un til war seemed imminent, then eveiy vessel likely to be engaged was given a full outfit of medical supplies for wnr. In anticipation of a inige Increase of the navy, pioper outfits were made leady and boxed for a luige numbei of sfhlps lendv for call. "Theic has not been an Instance dur ing the war," snvs the suigeon gen eral, "of uny vessel having had to wait for her medical stores." EFFICIENT SERVICE RENDERED It was known that the medical eoips was Inadequate In number for war, yet there was no law nuthoilzlng the em ployment of volunteer medical ofllcers. But medical boards were sent out in anticipation to the ptlneipal cities to exumlne applicants for appointment and ns a consequence when wni luoko out the medical dep.ai tment had at hand fiom which to make selections of volunteer suigeons a long list of these educated men and thirty-seven of these weie appointed out of two thousand applications Surgeon General Van Reypen sns: "They have rendered efficient service and have been a credit to the navy. Some have had unusual and trying ex pet lenee, but they havo accustomed themselves to their envlionmonls nnd have justified their appointments." Only one medical oillcer was killed during the war. Assistant Surgeon John Blair Glbbs, who fell at Guantanamo, serving w ith the marine battalion. The medical department had long de sired to establish a hospital ser Ico at sea on a specially selected vessel and the approach of war gave It an opportunity to demonstrate? tho wisdom of Its propositions and the efilelency of Its methods. The steamer Creole was purchased and with the valuable as sistance of Naval Constructor Wood ward waH converted Into an ambulance ship within sixteen days, fitted with every appliance) of modeiii suigery. disinfecting apparatus, cold storage, laundry and elevator. She war a pio neer In her work. Indicating a step in advance that It well became tho United States to take. The report gives a succinct history of the v nluable ser vices rendered by the Solace in car ing for the sick and wounded On eveiy trip she went loaded with medi cal stores and supplies nnd also with delicacies and comforts which hnd been supplied In abundance for tho sick and wounded by generous and patriotic Individuals and societies fiom every part of the United States. Says tho surgeon geneial. "In this wnr woman has done her perfect work nnd the medical derailment of the navy Is ptofoundly grateful for the money contributed nnd upplles furnished for the aid of the sick and wounded of the navy. Patriotic women have ably sup plemented the effoits of the govern ment and their assistance has been thoroughly appreciated." MISS LONG'S SERVICE'S. In this connection the report calls at tention to the fact that as soon as war was declated, the daughter of Sceic tary Long and three of her associates nt the Johns Hopl Ins medical school volunteeied their sci vices ns nurses and were assigned to duly In the hos pital. In conclusion the surgeon geneial says: "I cannot close this poitlon of the bureau's repoit without bearing testimony to the efllclencv, skill and devotion to duty of the peisonnul of the medical depai tment. Not a word but of praise hns the bureau heard of any of them regulars or volunteers. When wnr was Imminent they vo(i one with another In their efforts to get on fighting ships Romo hnd greater opportunities than others, but all have done well the work assigned them. Surgeon Edgar saw his associate, As sistant Suigeon Gibbs, shot by his side in tbo Spanish attack nnd ho continued hl3 woik ulone doing it tnorougnly and well, as It was known he would. "The medical ofbceis of the vessels In the fight at Manila nnd In the battle of the third of July shated the dnngera of their comrades and should panic! pate In tho praise accorded them. "The meclicnl ofllceis of the Solaco have the honor of Inauguiating the Hi st complete system of antiseptic- sur gery nt sea. They have adapted means to endp, have impiovlsed apparatuses, have been fertile In expedients and have the satisfaction of having dem onstrated that with skill and inielli gence, Its percentage of moitallty among the patients on a well equipped ambulance ship will bo no gi eater than In the hospitals on thoie. "Medlcul Inspector Persons found hlmbelf suddenly confronted with 226 Spnnlsh sick or wounded prisoneis In a hastily established hospital. He was equal to the cmeigency and ho and his associates were compllmonted by Ad miral Cerveia when ho visited tho camp, . The medical ofllcers of the other hos- pltals have had sudden largo acces sion of patients. They were always readv and always cared for them well." DIED WITH B00T3 ON. Howard Clark nnd Hnttie Mahoney Go Down righting Hard. Oweusboio, K., Oct V. Howard Claik, who was wanted In Louisville for muider and buiglary, and his git I, Haltle Mahotiey, weie both killed vvhllo resisting an est on the Indian side of the ilvei near here todav. Clark wns wanted for the murder of Oillcer llef fermnn at Louisville hiPt August and was attempting to ecupo by rowing clown the Ohio river In a skiff. Word had been sent along the liver by telo giaph to airest him. Ofllcers from Oweusboio were In pursuit when Clark tied up his skiff on the Iudlun side and took to the woods. When detected ut burglary In LouIf vllle he killed the oillcer that caught him. When the ollleers came upon hlin Claik and the gill both opened Hie In the most despeiafe resistance. Clark was well armed and the girl also. Both Clark and Hattlc Mahoney were shot dead, lldelled with bullets In the fight that ensued, and the osciiik; of the olll ceis was most mil iculous !THE M'KINLEY PARTY ARRIVES AT CANTON They Come in the Special Car "Cam pania" to Attend the Funeral of George D. Saxton. Canton, O., Oct 9 The home coming of Piesldent and Mis. McKinley today foi the I uncial of Mr. Qeorge D. Sax ton, was attended with u most touch ing and pathetic scene at the Penn sylvania station. Many people were at tho depot whin the tiain anlved nnd extended the paitj a silent but svm pathetlc end reveientlnl welcome. Tho party in rived on the Pittsburg, Fort Wliyno and Chicago express at 10.2S, traveling In the special cat "Cam pania." Mr. M. c Birber, the picsl dent's In otlvu -in-law. was at the sta tion with scvei.il f i lends of the fam 11 and Dt Tiamfeultci, who was call ed to take cln'rge of Private lohn Bar ber, the slek soldier. Tbo president and Mrs. McKinley were tiist out of the car and were as sisted thiough the station lo the car ilage In waiting As thev approached, the ciowd, with heads uncovered and bowed, opened a passageway through which they passed. Mis. McKinley was suppor'ed by the arm of the presi dent with the care and close attention he alwajs devotes to her peisonal comfoit. He walked slowly to the cairiage, his head bowed and hib face a little paler than usual. Mis Bar ber, Mis. McKinley s sister, wan next off th trait, and was Joined by her husband. Webb C Haves followed. Klin Baibi'i- was cunleu frcyn tho train by his brother, Geoige Barber, who had gone from New Voik to Wusnlngton to Join the paity. and by Geoige C Claik. The sick man was an orderly on Geneial Henry's staff In Porto Rico nnd has for Borne weeks been ill with typhoid in Washington, where his motliT, Mrs. Barber, and Mr-. McKinley havo beep nursing him. Hist ut the White house and later at Gailleld hospital. Miss Helen McKln laj, the president's sister, and Mr. and Mts. Steward A. Bowman, of Lo rain, the lattei the piesident's niece, who started with the party fiom Washington, left (he train at Pitts burg to tnke another road. The- president and party went direct to the Baiber home, which Is the oil Saxton homestead and wa tho Canton home of the McKinleys during his life in congiess. Mrs. McKinley soon laid down for a little rest and at 1 20 din ner was seiveel to the family. Mrs. McKinlev showed evidence of the suf fering fiom the shock of and fatigue of thj Journey but bore up reinaikably well and able to be about the house. Mis Barber shows evidence of her care an 1 coneetn for the son sho has been nursing nnd also of the shock of tho news but also bore up well. Both sls teia and the president viewed the le mali's, which look natural, none of the mniks of the tragedy being exposed on the face Except when the president, accom panied by Mr. Baiber, took a short walk on the side stieet abutting the house, the pai ty remained at the Bar ber house all day. Many flowers are being leeched from sympathetic friends of the piesldent and the family, Wash ington f i lends having placed many on the train befoie It started. The funeral arrangements were con cluded nftei the arrival of the paity. They ale to be held fiom the Baiber home nt 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, and will be private. The Rev. O. B. Milllgan, pastor of the First Presbyteiinn chinch, will of ficiate and the lemulns will be attended by Judge George E Baldwin. Hon. Wil liam A. Lvnch, Postmaster George B. Frease. J II. Kenney and Attorneys David B. Smith and James J. Grant, as pall-beiueis Intel ment will bo in West L iw n cemetery in the Saxton family lot. The train bearing the cabinet and other ofllclals fiom Washington to the Omaha exposition will arrive in Can ton Monday evening nnd about 9 o'clock the private car of the piesldent will bo attached thereto and he will Join tho paity Mis. McKinley, It is not thought tonight, will undertnko tho ttlp to Omaha, but will be with the piesldent lu Chicago. She will i emu In In Cun ton foi several days and more than likely go to Chicago with Mrs. Lafay ette McWllllams and Mi's. W. A. Good man, her cousins, who are expected to be heie for the funeral services The day has brought no new devel opments In the tragedy. Mis. George remains In Jail and has seen no one but Mayor Rice duiing the day He was with her for five minutes. She Is to be uiralgned at 10 o'clock Monday morn ing. The coroner will lesuine tho tak ing of testimony Monduv. Memoirs of Bismarck. Beilln. Oct. !. The Nord Deutsche All genuine) Zeltung declares that the mo uiolrs of Pi luce Illcmarck will b found to contain r.o sensatlonul disclosures, but to consist chiefly ot grave thoughts and recollections which he has lnft us a legacy to tho German people. Calcutta Free from Plague. Calcutta. Oct. 9. Tho city was today officially declared free of plague ADVANCEMENT OF NATION'S WARDS REPORT Or COMMISSONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Success of Indian Boarding Schools. Average Attendance and Enroll ment Have Steadily Increased lor the Past Twenty-one Years School Plants in the Service. Washington, Oct. 9. The annual re port of Commissioner of Indian Affairs William A. Jones shows u general steady advancement In the condition of the "nation's wuid" Tducatlon. greatest factor In solving the status eif tho Indians, Is being pushed forwurd In the service and now there are 117 vvell-eeiulpped boarding schools and an equal number of day schools engaged In the education or 2),')57 pupils. Tim average attendance and emollment have stendlly Increased for the past twenty-one jears Vigorous lmiuhies ptosecuted by Commissioner Jones dur ing the J ear show significantly that b9 per cent of those pupils who have gone through the schools and lelurued to their homes are reported to be In good plnslcal condition, contratv to the frequent suggi-stloii thnt the change might break a nnturallv strong and vigorous constitution. Of the pupils attending school, three per cent, are reported ns excellent or first-class, 7.1 pel cent, ns good or medium, while only 21 per cent, are considered bad or worthless, showing. In the commis sioners Judgment, the value of a sys tem w hlcb can In a generation develop from savages 76 per cent, of good aver ago men and women, t'nder the per cent, regime, the lntge net decrease In enrollment and nttendniue of last jear has been changed Into a net lnciease of 1,040, and 993, enrollment and aver age attendance, respectively, for the present year. The reservation schools show the Inigest gain Agents are now being uiged to gi eater exertions to fill the schools to the limit of their capac ity by placing therein eveiy child of school ago on the reservation whose phjslcal condition will warrant school confinement. COMPPLSORY ATTENDANCE. Future elevelnpments, Mr. Jones pre dicts, will hardly emphasize that a regulation enforcing compulsory at tendance upon the schools must be en acted. The placing of Indian children in the public schools of the omntry for the purpose of co-education of tho races docs not appear to meet with much success, but a fuller test of Its value and practicability Is to bo made this year. The school plants in the service are valued at over $3,000,000, and larger funds foi keeping them In repair, etc., are urged. Out of the general school support fund, the Indian office contem plates the expenditure of a sufficient sum, radlcallv Increasing scholastic facilities for the great tribes of the southwest and to that end adequate additions will be made to the schools now established for the Pimas, Papa gos, Navajos, Mlquis, Apaches at Saca ton. Fort Defiance, Keams; Canyon, San Cailo3 and Fort Apache There are on these reservations and adjacent there to thousands of Indians without any school advantages whatevei. Special efforts for school advancement are to be made with the Jicaillla Apaches, the Southern Utes and the Semlnoles in Florida Referring to the torturing of Seml noles In Oklahoma last January, the leport says It Is thought indemnity will soon be paid by the government to all members of the Seminole nation Injured by the mob of lawless whites In that occurrence and the whites guilty of tho outrages are now being prosecuted. The leport gives in detail the work that has been going on at the various leservatlons during the year. DANGER TO FRANCE. Divided State of Society Liable to Cause Disaster. Epinal, France. Oct. 9. Jules Mellne, premier of tho Fiench ministry pre ceding the present government of M. Brlsson, and who presided at a ban quet of the Association of Railway Em ployes here last evening, uttered a seil ous wnrnlng against the agitation and unrest In France, class troubles and strikes. Referring to the "divided state ot society, the violence of Polemics and tho sectaiian spit It displayed In poli tics." he said It wns Impossible to see France thus torn by factions and de voured by nolitica! passions, while dally the pilnclplo of authority was undermined, the army was weakened and the Institutions upon which lested the security of the nntlon were shaken, without thinking of that "opening In the Vosges through which an invading army could pass" or without thinking of "some unforeseen temptation being offered to the forelgnei," The adver saries of France, however, hnd no need to declare war, said M. Mellne. They weie content to await the exhaustion of France. SaCK SOLDIERS ARRIVE. Mayfiowei and the Supply Bring Men from the South. New York, Oct. 9. The nuxlllaiy cruiser Mayfiowei, Commander Mackenzie.- ui rived this morning from Ponce, Porto Rico, all well. The United States steamer Supply, Captain Ingersoll, from Gunntanamo Oct 1, anlved this morning, and mutinied off Tompklnsvllle. The United States hospital ship Re lief anlved at noon today fiom Hamp ton Roads, where she landed about 2C0 sick und convalescent soldleis from Mayaguez. Ponce nnd Are,clbo, Poito Rico. The Relief was oideted to New York to be fitted with a steam-heating apparatus. Slie will sail again for Porto Rico In about two weeks. Objections to Barber and Lauer. Btroudsburg, Pn , Ue t. 9. Objections have been filed against the nomination if both Lulrel II. Baiber. tho candidate of the Mutchler faction for congress, und of John E. Lauer, the untl-Mutchler candidate-. There will be a hearing In the Dauphin covnty court on Thursday uftr noon, Oct. 13. Luuor has filed nomination papers and will tun Independent In cuse tho court decides against him. THE NKWS THIS M0RNINU Weather Indications Tojiyi Halri Warmer; Variable VVIniiJ. 1 Geneial Spanish Premier Has Lost Hope. Navy Medical Department W'us Pre pared for War. Advancement of the Indians, Correspondence Between England mil Prance on the Fashoda Episode. 2 General Rupld Growth of the Silk in dustry. Financial and Commeiclal. 3 Local Rev. James Hughes on "Truo Manliness." Anniversary of the Lackawanna Ulblo Soclotv. 4 Edltoriul Comment of the Press. 5 Local Quarterly Convent'cn ot the I ci ted Abstainers Penn Avenue Baptist Church Tree from Debt. G Local West Sc ronton unci Suburban. 7 News Bound About Hcraiitou. S General Nt ah ol the Soldleis at Camp Me ade. . KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MEET AT PITTSBURG Foimal Opening of the Conclave. Festival Sermon at Trinity Episco pal Church. Pittsburg, Oct 9 Not In the history of tho Knights Templai conclaves fiom 181C to this day has a conclave e-ver been opened on a more beautltul clay than It was In Pittsburg today. The sun, after having been hidden behind rain-lilted clouds for several dajs, bin st upon the awakening eltj this morning and threw his lavs of smiles and admiration upon the festival ai niy of stieets and buildings which made eveiy one feel that this was an omen from the weather god, The influx of Knights which com menced yesterday continued during the day and up to midnight, when tho formal opening of the conclave was Inaugurated with the festival sermon ut the Trinity Episcopal chinch. Here v as a congregation assembled larger than the historic building has ever held. The first formal event on the pro gramme of the twenty-seventh trien nial conclave took place In Trinity Protestant Episcopal church. It was tho ofilcial divine service of tho Knights Templar and was, as usual, very Impressive and largely nttended. Most Eminent Sir Knight Warren La Rue Thomas, grand mastei, wns es corted to hc Tilnity church from the Monnngnheln hotel, by ."00 Plttsbuig Templars and ns many mote ciowdeel the churcn yard unnble to obtain ad mittance The old church was niled to Its utmost capacity. Rev, Dr. Al fred v jvrundel, lector of Trinity, read the service, and the sermon wns ddlveied by Hev. Dr Cornelius L. Twlng, rector of Calvary church, Brooklyn, N Y, and grand prelate of the grand encampment. During the day enough knights ar rived in the city from nil parts of the country to swell the number now hero to something like 10.000. The locat le ceptlon committee expects at least 2.". 000 knightly pilgrims before the p irade on Tuesday. Tho following command erles arrived today Los Angeles. No 9, Los Angeles, Cal.: Potomac, No. 3. Washington. D. C ; Demole.v. No. 4, Washington, D. C; Anderson. No. ::.. Anderson, Iiul.; Apollo, No. 19. Kendallvllle. Ind . the grand commandery of Indiana; the grand commandery of Massachusetts; Ascaton commandeiy of St Louis; the t rand commandery of Missouii; Hutch ison. No. 32, Norilstown, Pa.. Rose Ciolx, No. 3s, of Tltiisville, Pa.: the grand conimnndciy of Tennessee- Coucr de Leon, No. it, Knoxvllle, Tenn.; the grand commandeiy ot Virginia; St. Andrews. No. 13. of Richmond, Vn ; Old Dominion, No 12, of Alexandria, Va.: Grace, No. 1(5, Norfolk, Va. Today's festivities weie maued by one mournful feature The lemnlus of Sir Knight Geoige W. Stair, who died In the train en route to Plttsbuig yes terday, weie tonight escorted to "the Baltlmoie nnd Ohio station to be con veyed to Baltlrncie foi interment The deceased knight was past grand mas ter of the Baltlmoie commandery. No. 2, and past potentate of Boumi Temple, of Baltimore FREE FIGHT AT ASHLAND. Warrants Are Out for tho An est of Seventeen Polandeis. Ashland, Pa., Oct 9 Two Polanden engaged In a light In Jake- Mek-lofski's saloon at Centialla, last night, ai.d when Cornelius C.irr attempted to rep arole them, evcinl othei Pelanders set upon him with flubs and chuiis, beating him so badly that ho is in a set ions condition. A mob outside the saloon Ian led stones through the windows, striking unci badly Injuring a child named Tie vosky. Mekelofskl seized n gun and llid two she is Into the- mob, wounding Thomas Collins nnd Geoige Scholller. Many otbeis vvie Injured but their names could not be Ic-aiued. A In lander named Mulcavuo had bis nose tut off War, ants foi the anest of seventeen of tho participants weie sworn out today Fight at Camp Hamilton. Lexington. Kv . Oct. H-Theiewitsn so limis light at Camp Hamilton toelay re sulting In one death und two In lag io lioiiBly wounded. The i rouble wn tho culmination of oil pcisatm! giudges. In infoicltiK olden Coipoial Edwards shot eind lustuntlv l-.lllinl Color Seigeant Gresn, lloth belonged to tht Seventh regiment of tolote'd immune s During the shootim; u colored pilvuti wus fatally shot ind inothti scrlousl). 'Hull nanus could i.ot be burned. - Negotiations at Madrid. Loudon, Oct. 10 The .Mudiid coire gpondent of the Times s.ivs. "Altltuugli nothing roncieu l known. It Is tho pic Milling opinion here thut the Paris nego tiations nre not proceeding with tho Bmoothnens that Is desirable The gov ernment, it Is nuclei stood. Millies this opinion Died In a German Hospital, Philadelphia, Oct. 9. - ('hilstophor Schmit. of Company If. Two Hundred and Third New York, died of typhoid fever ut the German hosplmi today. Ho was brought from Camp Mnude on Friday und failed rapidly. SAGASTA HAS LOST HOPE Spanish Premier Expects to Give Up the Philippines. QUEEN REGENT'S CHAGRIN Loss of tho Islands .a Bitter Disap pointment to Chi istlna Vain Ap peal to the Fiench Government for International Action on the Ques tionThe Ambition of Butcher Weyler. Mudi Id. Oct. v. Senor Sagasta Is at last becoming leeoncllcel to the even tual les of the Philippines, although It is n most bitter disappointment to tho Queen Itegent and the cabinet, for until Wediifday tin- secict hopes had been thci Mitel bv the premier thnt Spanish diplomacy might prevail upon Fiance Germany and other powers to exert tlielt Influence to withdraw the final settlement of the Philippine nueu tion fiom the Pails commission und 10 fer it to nn International confeienco In cese (lie United Slates should In sist upon anv lldng more in the archi pelago than a pot t and a coaling sta tion These hopes have now vanished, for It la stpted on gooel authotlty that the Fiench foielgn "lllce, being sound ed or. the subject, expressed most cour teous anil genuine .sympathy, but de clined to hold out a, single woul of piomlsr or em ouingcment. It Is now beginning to be realized In ministerial i irdes h ie that the- French government nvvpie of the Intention of Spain ultimately to dispose of what ever tun l)t .ued from the Philip pine wieck to the highest cash bidder, would rather see the whole archipelago annexed outiight bv the United States than have It lemnin a bone of conten tion, with the likelihood of Its being onic clay tiansfcried to Germany. Such, at least. Is the picsent situation, subject of e ourse, to modifications when the Ameileun deinnnds uio actu ally known In detail. As far as tan be ascertained, no In tel change of views has taken placet heie between tho cabinets of Madrid and Beilin with a view to le-ferrlng the Philippine question to an Interna tional conference; so that any threats of being able to aclilfve such a diplo matic vlctoiy may be tegaided ns pure blurf. WEYI.EU'.S AMBITIONS. Geneial Weyler. whose recent nrrl val heie fiom the Balearic islands causes considerable uneasiness in cir cles frh nelly lo the dv nnsty,,is believed to have nt last made bis choice be tween the Cnillsts and the Republican and to have east his lot with the lat ter. It Is learned fiom sources" that ha-ve hltheito piovcd trustworthy that Wi-iler is zealouslv working with a newly foimed committee whose sphere) of ictlviu is Poitugal as well as Spain, nnd whose nlm Is to proclaim after th signntuie of peace an Ibetlan Hepubllc uniting the whole peninsula, with Weyler as piesldent A iisc of a few points has taken place in the c, per cent. Philippine bonis, which aie held almost exclu sively nt Madiid. Tliicelona and Ma nila, and aie largely in the hands of Jesuits nml the monastic oideis v hich have relations 'ltii the Philippines. These bonds aie now iiuoted nt SO pes etas, but an e onsldeiable rise in them In cas' of then- being in any way tnken over by tho United Stntes Is said in financial elides to be alieaely discount ed, especially as thcie in ,-ome proba bility of the Interest on them being l educed fiom C to 'I1.- per cent. NANCY OWNS vP. She No Longer Denies Thnt She is the Midvvite. London. Oct 10 According to the Dally Mail, Ur. Nancy Gullfnid, who no lunger denies thai she Is llto mid wife of Brldgejoit, Conn., hut declares net self absolutely innocent of nny con nection with tho eleath of Emma Gill, says that she- tailed for England under nn nssunied name owing to "another matter, which she will explain at the pioper place." She Is now In the Infiimarv of tbo Hollow ay Jail, London, suffering from nervous collapse. General Lavvton'o Furlough. Santiago de Cuba Uct. 9. -Major Gen eral lleiiiv V Law ton, military gov c i nor ol the department of Santiago, will sail for the t'lilled States hi the course ot a few davs, having been grunted tlireo inuiilh-r buve of absence becauso of ill health. His daties as milltuiy governor will ho disfliaigfd by Genual Leoiuid Wood gov el nor oi the c-ily of Santiago, most of whose official duties will on Tinsdnv be disc imtRed by .Major 31c Leal). A few oilier eh inges will be made. Canned Beef Kills Soldleis. London. i)e-c. io A liUpntch to tho Dnllv I'hioiiltlc fio i u AlcMindila suya: "The uoopx who liuvn lutuined fiom Khartoum are dvliig like ItleH from cn lerle ellseiders suppoted to be duo to cunrcel beef unci indulgence in cheap spirit ' Norwegian Artist Arrives. New York. Oct. 0. M. Phuulow, tin Norwegian aitlsl arrived here toelay on tiieisttuinci l.u Chuminigne. M Ptmuljw will remain In this city for a few ilnvi und will tlu n go to Pittsburg as tho guest ot Alldtew C.u icgle lie will ollltlato as a Judge to an irt i-hlblton In that city. WEATHER FORECAST. X f Washington, Oct ') -forecast fur -f f Monday: l'or eastern ivuusvlva- - f nla, fulr: vvaumi, Unlit VHrlnblo -- f winds. Tor weiteru le uisvlvunla, - f fair; warmeir; h.creuMnrf easterly - f winds. . tt-rt-tttttttttt ti tl- t-tt I . .
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