."-II ,rtqS9 ! I ". s& SCKANTOIY, 1A.. SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 29, 1S08. TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. TWELVE PAGES. -ssvirtiiK ji 'TO('t2yiwSaS&l3WS3KB2S;55s 5 ! ' THE POSITION OF ENGLAND Cabinet Ready to Nego tiate Dispute with France. HINGES ON FASHODA Tho Withdrawal of Marchand n Con dition Precedent Obstacles to Agreement as to the Nile Water shed Believed to Bo Surmountable. London Press's Interpretations on Yesterday's Cabinet Council. London, Oct. 2S. The Fashoda dis pute Is clearing. Tho cabinet yester day was willing to negotiate with France over the delimitation of thi Nile watershed, provided Major Marchand was first withdrawn. M. Delcasse, if, as Is probable he should be recalled to the reorganized cabinet ns minister of foreign affairs, Is pre pared to make this concession. After Major Marchand's departure, Loid Salisbury is ready to discuss the conditions and status of existing French posts In the Nile-Congo watei -ehed. The latter are likely to raise fresh but surmountable obstacles. Although nothing olhclal hos trans pired regarding the deliberations of the cabinet council yesterday, the Times pays It may be taken for gi ant ed that tho decisions l cached ate in lull agreement with the policy for mulated In the recently published blue book. The Dally Mall understands that an nrrangement has been arrived at which removes all danger of friction with France The Pall Mall Gazette this after noon summarizes the result of the meeting of the British cabinet yester day as follows: One Marchand must be withdrawn un conditionally, and no undertaking or prom ise can bo given to discuss the questions raised by France In legal d to access to tho Nile and such like. Two When Maichund Is withdrawn it will be determined whether tho questions lulsed admit of discission, and under what conditions the discussion can bo piocecded with. Threo Every poslsblo facility will be afforded to assist Maichand's withdrawal by whichever routo selected. Four If Moichand Is not wlthbnwn thero will be no Interference with his le malnlng at Fashoda, nor date fixed for his withdrawal. Necessarily, reinforcements will not be permitted to reach him. lie will be treated courteously ns a foreign visitor, and will bo regarded In ao other light. rive Therefore, It is left to Trance to ndopt any active measures to piecipilate u conflict. The Pall Mall Gazette adds that It has good reason to believe that while Russia has counselled France to tide over the difficulty and avoid war, she has promised to throw her weight In the scale at no distant date, for the purpose of bringing the whole Egyp tian question and the British occupa tion of Egypt to the front for settle ment. There does not seem to bo the slighest Kiound for the report of yesterday that the British cabinet has decided to de clare the protectorate of Great Britain over Egypt. It was based solely on a London dispatch to the Paris Solr. The papers do not comment upon the sto-'s-ment made, and the St. James Gazette nlone alludes to the subject, urging the government to ndopt such a course The morning newspapers edltoilally regard Major Marchand's movement from Fnshoda to Khartoum as Indica tive of a yielding on the specific ques tion in controversy, although the posi tion is officially unaltered. It is assumed that ho will push on to Cairo in order to be in direct com munication with tho French govern ment and that on reaching there he will represent to Pari" the Impossibility of temalnlng at Fashoda under existing conditions, and will ask authority to withdiaw his entire force. Earl Spencer, fhst lord of the ndmli nlty In Loid Roscbory's government, In a strong speech last night nt Gieenock. endorsed Lord Salisbury's nttlude to ward the Egyptian question and te ferred with the gieatest satisfaction to "the prospect of Anglo-Saxon entente." Baron de Gourcel, the French am bassador, has had another long inter view at the foreign oiilco yesteiday (Friday) with Sir Thomas Sanderson, permanent under sccietarj of state for foreign affairs, and there is no doubt that Important matters were under dis cussion. WARWICK TO DEWEY. The Mayor of Philadelphia Con gratulates the Admiral. Philadelphia, Oct 28.-Mayor War wick sent the following cablegram to Admiral Dewey at Manila at the con clusion of the Jubilee ceremonies to day: Philadelphia has Just concluded her Jubilee ceremonies duiing which she ex. tended hospitality to the president, his cabinet and tha victorious commander, soldiers and sailors of the Spanish-Anted, can war. Though absent mu have ever been present with us In spirit We tend heurty congratulations to jou and those under your commune! for the glory you have brought to the nation. (Signed) Charles F. Warwick, Miyor. t Collieries to Resume. Tnmaqun, Oct. 2S.-Cnlller!os Nos. 5 nnd 6, operated by tho Lehigh Coal and Navl. gallon company will resumo on Tuesday next after an Idleness of over nlno months. Employment will bo given to over SOO men and Uojb. President of San Domingo Arrives. Charleston. B. C Oct. 23. Tho cruiser Montgomery arrived from Nassau at 4 o'clock with President Hcnrleto Hen rlaux, of San Domingo, and Hmlth M. XITeid. tJia Nw Vftrb Unanrior u U-rd. WANTS TO RAISE TIIE MAINE. A Wrecking Company Asks Permis sion to Assume the Task. Washington, Oct. 28. Tho Acme Wrecking company of San Francisco lms made a request upon the navy dupnrtment for authority to raise tho battleship Maine. The company has had experience In raising vessels on the Pacific coast and representations) have been made to the department as to Its ability to accomplish the task In Havana harbor. It proposes to blow tho mud from under tho wreck by means of streams of water and then to pass under chaln3 and attach them to frame work connected with a system of steel barrels. These bar rels will also be placed In the wreck and utilized wherever they can bo made available. The company pimply asks authoilty to raise tho Maine and bring her to this country. If the government mints the ship after she reaches the United States the company will want to be paid salvage money tlnough condemnation proceedings It Is probable in ciw the government did not want the ship the company would exhibit her In dllferent laige scacoast cities of the United StaH.s. No money Is demanded from the government by the company. It Is stated at the de partment unolllclallv that In case tho company Is found reliable the author ity asked will no doubt be given. SICK SOLDIERS FROM PORTO RICO Ono Hundred and Thiiteen Arrive on the Bay StateThe Convales cent Men. Boston, Oct 2s The hospital ship Bay State, with 113 of the sick and convalescent soldleis of the Sixth Mas sachusetts volunteers from Porto Rico, I m rived here today. Besides the bovs of the Sixtn, M or tne litst regiment of volunteer englneois weio on the ship. Two of thn Sixth died on the passage from Arccebo. They were; Setgeant William E Walter. Com pany E, Framlnghnm, Paul T. FicikIi, Company C, Mllford. Some veiy .sick men weie on tho Buy State. Twenty of the Sixth leg iment weio cairled fioin the nhlp on stretcheis and sent to the vntlous hos pitals. Twelve of the Flist regiment of volunteer cngineois and one mem ber of the rifth TTnltcd States aitil lery were also sent to the hospitals, but most of them were ho disposed of that they had no place to go tonight. They will be allowed to go to their homes In New York nnd Peiinvlvanl tomorrow as they have been furlough od. These men are; Aaion Sussman, Battery D, Fifth United States aitll lery: Thomas F. Conlcy, Company K, First Volunteer engineers; Robert C. Nash. Company II, First Volunteer en gineers; C. II. Mabley, Company E, First Volunteer engineers; George E. Tiuett, Company B, First Volunteer engineers; T. II. MacMlllan, Company K. First Volunteer engineers; J. R. Yeager, Company L. First Volunteer I engineers: G. M. Bull, Company A, Flist Volunteer engineers; Hospital Stewaid Rlehaul Sisse, FIst Volun teer englneeis; Private Edwnid P. DIpley, Company 1!, Fust Volunteer engineers; O. P. Ellis, Comnanv K, First Volunteer engineers; Charles Bertram, Baltimoie. First Volunteer engineers; Sergeant D. W. Laurlat, Company K, First Volunteer engi neers. MRS. BOTKIN INDICTED. California Jury Will Probably Hear Her Case. San Francisco, Oct. 2S Mrs. Cordelia Botkin was" Indicted this evening by the grand Jury of the city and county of San Francisco for the minder of Mis. John P. Dunning, In Dover, Del., on Aug. 12 last. Presiding Judge Belcher, of the Su perior court, to whom the Indictment wns presented, declaied linm the bench that according to the facts nnd evi dence the cilme chaigcd was murder In the first degree. He thenfoie n stiuctcd the clerk of the court to in dotse the indictment with the state ment that ball would not be accepted. The case was then nsslgneil for trial to the criminal department of the court, which Is presided over by Judge Car roll Cook. No time for the opening of tho (ase was set. WOMEN AT COLUMBUS. Convention of the Ohio Federation Is Closed. Columbus, O., Oct. 2s. The Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs conclud ed their convention this .afternoon. The meeting has been a pionounced success. Tho final dav's work was largely occupied with icports of in tercst only to members. .-loveial papeis bearing on club iuuttus weio lead. The election of olllceis lesulted ns follows1 President. Mrs. W. P. Orr. of Plqua, vice picsldent, Mrs. J. It. Canlield, Columbus; tecordtng secretary, Miss Alpha Chone, Washington. FEVER AT SANTIAGO. W. E. Splcer, of Boston, One of the Victims. Santiago de Cuba,, Oct. 2.. Major Norman, surgeon of tho Third immune regiment nt Guantanamo, repoits that theie is only one case of yellow fever nmong the men, and that the victim Is already convalescent. Mr. W. E. Splcer, of Boston, Mass., the postmaster at Guantanamo, died esterday. His disease was diagnosed as a type of yellow fever. Today Captain Joseph Proval, one of tho Cuban army, a popular joung officer nnd a nephew of General Mayia Rodriguez, was buried with mllltaiy honois. Lehigh Valley Statistics. Philadelphia, Oct. 2S.-The btatement of the Lehigh Valley Railroad company for Septembei, 1896, compared with tho same period of 1837, showit an Incitnbe In gross earnings of J236,I36.&$; Increase In expenses of J2S.2S3 33; It crease In net earnings, JMDM.W. The statement of the Coal and Iron company for the tamo periods shows a. decrease In gross earnings of IM.OaSW; decrease In experses, H0.4W.07; inrrespn in net Ioro. 131 4""i" CONCLUSION OF PEACE JUBILEE THE MONSTER CIVIC PARADE AT PHILADELPHIA. Governor Hastings, Mayor Warwick and Others Review tho Procession. Moio Than Twenty Thousand Men in Line Descriptive Floats Re ception on Board of Knsagl. Philadelphia, Oct. 28. The- great peace Jubilee was brought to a glo ilous conclusion today. Beginning with last Sunday's church services and Including the naval and military demonstrations of Tuesday and yes terday and today's menster civic par ade, the celebration lias been an un paralh led success throughout. Tho magnlUcent illumination of the oity continues: tonlcriit and tho streets are ""1 Jammed with people. Although President McKInley and the otheis of tho Washington paity returned to the capital last night In terest was no less eager In todav's programme which was not marred by u .single unfavorable circumstance AT INDEPENDENCE HALL. The exeiclses of the day opened with the re-dedication of old Independence hall the hlstoilc building from which I the Deelatution of Independence was read to the peopk-of the neu republic , on July 4. 177G. The building whlili had fiom time to time blnee that date been added for uses as oillces of the municipal authorities have all been to contly lemoved, and the famous hall is now In its original form, as It was one bundled and twenty-two e.u.s ago, when occupied b the United State i eonciess and the national government oflkluK The ic-dedie.ation exercises weio pre sided over by Governor Hastings and weip opened by piner by Rev. Dr. Biownson. The governor also ad diessed the assemblage. The anthem, "My Countiy, "lis of Thee," was suiu by 3,000 pupils of the public schools, ac companied with music bv the First regiment band. The memorial poem, composed by Mis. Florence Iarle Coates, dedicated to the pcai e Jubilee, was lead by Daniel W. Ilutchln, pi in clpal of one of the local schools The anthem, Columbia." was sung by the school chlldten, and then fid low od the oration by Mayor Chailes F. W it wick. The ceremonies then closed with the singing of "The fctar Spangled Banner" by the 3,000 pchool chlldieii, and In which they were Joined by the vast concourse of people which had guthened In Independence square to listen to the exercises. Upon conclusion of the cetemonles the great audience dispersed and all huriled to positions from which to se the monster civic procession. A stand coveiing the sidewalk the entire length of the fiont of the hlstoilc hall had been erected for occupancy dining tho parade by tho 3,000 school children who had participated In the dedication ex ercises. A scamper of tho chlldten for peats followed and In a few minutes all weio comfortably seated and awaiting with eagerness the ni rival of the head of the piocession. Goninor Hastings, Mayor Warwick, and tho other olllclals reviewed tho parade from tho same stand In the couit of honor which the president occupied yesteiday. The head of the line i cached that point nt 1 o'clock this afternoon and for thioo hours and a half thereafter Broad street looked like a stage upon which Is performing a gieat spectocu lar extravnganzn. It was essentially a show of color and glitter, with noth ing of the sombie pomp of war. With feature of the events of Tuesday and yesterday was popular exaltation of th nation's defenders nnd tribute to their valor. Today's parade was n picturesque and compiehenslve exhib ition of the Industries nnd arts to which the nation, having laid down Its aims, lias lotumeil. Moie than twfnty thousand men. weio In tho line, the beauty of which was enhanced by mapy interesting lloets. Especially handsome wore those lllustiativo of the nits. The lloat of tho school of design for wo men dealt with the renaissance, the subject being "Peace Receiving the Homage of tho Industries." The other a't schools were represented by Iloats tplfvlng classic nit and the mechani cal tindes. mong the subjects wero painting, sculptuie, architecture nnd poetiy, and many of the students, cos tumed nccordlng to tho respective peilods, were In line. There wero nlso u weaver at his loom, a dyer at his vn t, n printer at his pie", a potter moulding his clay, with many other symbolic figures. THE FLOATS IN LINE. The commercial museums had floats descriptive of Hawaii, tho Philippines, Porto Rico nnd Cubn. Four natives In costume vvcie on tho Hawaiian float, which also carried bags of sugar, coffee and other products. Tho pnmo idea was pursued on tho other floats, rep tesentlng our newly ncqulred colonies. One of the most striking iloats was that representing the Inteilor of the old Ross House, w Ith Betsy Ross ex hibiting to Washington and Hancock the flist American Hag ever made. It was called "The Blith of tho Ameri can Flag." Another historical pceno represented wnB ."Washington Crossing the Dela ware." One of tho most elaborate dis plays was that styled our "Uo-Unlted Countiy." It showed n group of Amer ican poldlers among whom stood with clasped hands a Confederate and a Union soldier. "After Many Yeais" was tho title of a float repersentlng John Bull nnd Uncle Sum clasping hands across tho bows of their re spective crulpers. "A Trifle Embar tassed" showed Uncle Pnm and Miss Columbia standing nt tho threshold of tho "United States Foundling Asylum." At their feet a group of dusky chil dren, representing Hawaii, the Philip pines, Cuba nnd Porto Rico, were clamming for recognition. Other floats showed Hobson's raft, Dewey nt Manila, the Red Cross min istering' to wounded soldiers, the her oes of the war and Liberty, the latter represented Columbia and the thirteen original states. The evolution of the army and navy -( 4 Oodles of v.. i.it men, dressed In the costumes of the different periods bf the American his tory, from 177C to 1SC1. Three hundred employes of the cus tom house and one thousand of the post oltlce marched near the head of the line, and nfter them came delega tions of secret ntid beneficial orders. The Knights of the Golden Eagle turned out twenty-five hundred men and a half a dozen Moats typical of the order. Tho Patriotic Order, Sons of America, had eighteen hundred men and several iloats; the Junior Or der of United American Mechanics had five thousand men; the Ancient Order of Hibernians, threo thousand; and many other societies of various char acter were largely lepresented. Ger man, Italian, Slavonic and colored or ganizations had places In the parade and even the Chinese societies turned out two hundred men. who made a line appearance and gained much applause. FIRE COMPANIES. The flie companies marched with their ancient and modem machins. The balance of the line was made up of Hades dlhplays. The. butchers and tho baibers and the clgai makers and the bakeis, and almost every other line of ttade were lepresented b large bodies of men, nnd many descriptive llu.its. General Miles and Shatter were at tho Bellevue duiliu; the early pait of tho paiade, but saw nono of It In pub 'll -. Among those on tho stand in front I it tin,- 1mt.ll w i yn l"-insnl f!i tinnl Mn. n1. lu . ,.,,., ,, lllu ..,, ,, , Coulltcw -vvestbuck. Ono cwmB of tJe day A .. . . Japanese cruiser Kosagl, by Captain Kashlwabara and the ofilceis of the ship. The func tlon was In the natuie of a fat ew ell, is the Kasagl, which recently went Into commission, will shoitly sail for Eng land, and after lecelving her guns, thence to Japan Among those who at tended weie General Sumner, Commo dore and Mis. Philip, Captain Sigsbee, Captain Folger.Lleutennnt Commander AIukIv C.mi .ifimK ntiil Alru ITfluritltfu ' .1JIII I , IIM VIIIWI 1II ll ,.t-ll,- Mayor and Mr. Warwick, Ambrose Butler, of Bufialo anil a large number of state and elty olllcluls, army and navy olllcers and distinguished Jubilee ruests. 9 DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. Business Has Been Arretted by Por elgn Affairs No Domestic Change of Impoitance. New Yoik Oct. 2S. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly levies ef trade will say tom.iriow: Business hi" beMi moio affected by foieUn aflairs than many realize. London's apprehension of war first ci.useel an advance In wheat and fears of monetary piessiuo heie. Then came confidence In London, with u. flight of Fiench money across tha channel, and stock markets here ad vanced while wheat fell. Theie has been no domertlc eiinnge of much Im poitance nnd the rise In pi Ices of west em railio.id stocks Indicate that the supreme coeit decision ajralnst the tiunk line association Is considered helpful to nllioads. Whent rose three cents from Friday to Monday and then fell 4; cunts to Filday. But such changes do rot rep tesent actual conditions, and with western lecelpts foi the week y.n5S,J05 bushels against C,V?l!,4S7 last jeni, no body can uietend that holding of utocks by western farmer. is an lm- poitant factor. The Atlantic exports, iiuui ,iiiuu.u, u.wu,.v ... .ii.i"" 1.... Innlmlf rl .. Mint 1 1, 1" tn !!T..i;KIII bushels against 3,&4,61! last jear mul Pacific expoits 823,991 oushels against l,32r.,S05 hist year, making 16.C07.3C2! bushels In four weeks against 19,4)8, 07 last ear, when the foreign de mand was far beyond all precedent. Corn refused to follow wheat but slightly advanced Cotton rose to fi'i cents last week but has fallen to r3t In spite of heavy fiosts in part of the growing region. Wool dealers have reached the con clusion that with the heavv stocks cm hand it Is no longT n question of prollt but of avoiding losses, and con cessions have brought a big lnctense in sales- for the week. The Iron manufacture has ttill a good demand, late as It Is, but tho makers are depiesslng prices by bid ding against euch other, although in the average of all iuotutlons tho eie eilne has been less than half of 1 per cent, fiom the highest point. But the wire nail manulnctuieis according to cut rent repoits have decided not to ad vance prices, and theie Is a piorpect that thu heavy demand for pioducts will be further encouraged by tho later quotations. Failures for the week have been 226 in the United Slates agninst 219 last year, and 21 In Canada against 29 last year. m INSANE FARMER'S ACT. Cuts the Throat of J. D. Bishop and Wounds a Police Captain. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 2S. W. G. Shock ki. an Insane farmer of Auburn coun ty, Ga., cut the throat of J. D. Bishop and wounded Police Captain Joint Thompson on the street hero today. Robeit McCoy, an ex-polleeman, in ef fecting th- capture ot the demented mm den r, was seriously, but not fa tally stabbed. BlBhop died Instantly. Shockley enlled at the police station during the morning nnd asked to bo locked up as he was going Insane, but was thrown out of the station. Shock ley then called on Governor Atkinson and asked for piotectlon, and while the governor was telephoning the police the Insane man departed. Shockley was sitting next to Mr. Bishop in tho car and without a word diew a razor, renched around and nearly severed tho head from tho body. Shockley Is under arrest, Pennsylvania Earnings. Philadelphia. Oct. 2S. The statoment of the Pennsylvania nallroad company for September, 1&98, compared with the same period of 117. Bhows decrease tn gross earnings, Ji9,DflO; eksireaso in expenses. H2,r,(W; increase) in net earnings, Vi.vn. Lines west of Pittsburg, incrcaso, gross eirnlngs. J18?,100; Increase in expenses, J173.80O, incrfnso In net earnlngB, JM.SOO. For nine months ending Beptember 1'0, there In a decreusa In net earnings of VI, -200 on tho lines cast of Pittsburg, and a decrease in net eandrgs of 1335.S0O on ttis '.. ? r-v,,... THE DEMOCRATS ARE BRACING UP NUMBER OP THE LEADINQ LIGHTS ORGANIZE. Big Povv Wow at Pittsburg The Loaders Becldo to Wago a Vigor ous Campaign Until Election and Act Just ao Though Thoy Expected to Elect Their Candidates. Pittsburg, Oct. 28. At a conference today ut the Monongahela house, of the Democintlo leaders, thero wero present division and county chairmen, representing twenty-one of the western counties of tho state. The meeting was for the purpose of lecelving re ports from Democratic organizations of the campaign up to date and. to for mulate plans for the conduct' of the Democratic campaign from now until election day. The meeting was called by State Chairman John M Gniinan and National Committeeman J. M. Guf fev. John IJ. ICoenan, chalimau of the Third division, presided. Theie weio present over one hun dred representative Democratic lead eis, Including Mi. Gufiey. W. V. Hen sol, Lancaster; J. B. Keenan, Greens burg; H. A. Englehurt, Cambila coun ty; G. O. Sloan, Clarion, Hugh Bruvv ley, Meadevllle. Colonel A. M. Boyd, Fayette; Samuel Smith, Green county; Hon. James Shonklej, Mercer county; Hon. Theodoie Keck, Butler county; John Latta, Westmoreland county, Hon. A. J. Finley, Washington; Levi MoQuiston, Butlot. M. E. Brown. In diana, Frank 1'. lams, Plttsbui,,', and all the prominent local leaders as well as the county chnirmen of the twenty- one counties above referred to. Summaiized bi Icily, the reports of the dlffeient county chali men were that the Democratk oiganlzatlou tluough out w ostein Pennsjlvnnla Is In better shape at present than evei before In the history of the part. Thero Is not dissatisfied or disgruntled Democrat In the western poition of the state and the ptedletion Is made that Demo oiatli' K.ilns win be sulllclent In all the counties represented to wipe out the Republican maloilty. GUFFEY'S SPEECH. National Committeeman Guffey in addtesslng the meeting said: 'Tho people nie thoroughly aroused; In lact. you have a l evolution in Pcnn slunla for a better and a more hon est government. Party lines nio being wiped out to a sui prising degiee for this battle is being fought solelv on state Issues, Your candidate is nble he Is hon"st nnd he is safe and your personal rights and your properties wlll.be both ussuted and secured If ho Is elpcted. As a paity, let me say, you stand today unlterd as never before find tills of Itself ought to mean suc cess, and your united stand Is only a part nt' the stnnd taken bv tho great army of citizens and taxpayers, who aro In line for good government and a safe administration of your state's affairs. This condition of affairs ex ists not alone in Allegheny and your own counties, but Is practically the situation In every county in the state today. With such prospects, defeat seems impossible The election of Georgo A. Jenks means, to the poor and the rich, the low and the high, the Individual and the corporation. Justice, that will neither bo sold, de- n(e,j nor delayed." I .. . ,. .. ... .. i Air. ciuuev was ioi nweu uv several other pi eminent lenders, iimong them W. U. Hensel, of Lancastei, who said in part: "Never in tho history of tho Demo cratic party in the state of Pennsyl vania had he greater confidence in the eb'ctlon of thu Democratic ticket than now. Throughout the east tho Dem ocratic parlj Is united and presents a solid front to the enemv." It Is absolutely Impossible, predicted Mr. Hensel for Quay to get a majority of the legislature, and Jenks is now ahead of Stonu and If the conditions icmaln the same until election day the ma jority for Mr. Jenks will be as gieat as that for ex-Governor Pattison. WOMEN'S COUNCIL. A Report of the Committee on Dress Presented by Mrs. Leiter. Omaha, Neb. Oct. 2S. Dress, partlc ulary, the short-skirted kind, was the main topic of tho Women's Natlonul council today. A report from the com mittee on dress was presented by Mrs. Frances W. Leiter. of Mansfield, O. The dress bulletins had to bo suspend ed for lack of funds. Rev. Anna Shaw, who presided, Su san B Anthony, Mis Louise Barnum Bobbins, of Adrian, Mich.; Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby, of Washington, D. C; the foimer president of the Nebraska State W. C. T. U ; all took part in thediscussionof dress reform and some Interesting points were brought out, such as man's appropriation of trous ers, which hoel been the question of women, when man was the warrior and did not have time to nttend to any buslnesr: tho effects of short skirts upon the morals of young men and the need of the latter to bo disci plined by the constant object lesson of tho former (which was Mrs. Shaw's lda) nnd finnllv the anatomical In formation that the true dividing line of the body Is Just below the stnble ribs. Mrs. Leiter said the true art mo del has no dividing lino and when a woman has n round form sho Is laced, because the true human form Is oval. Sho believed tho Russian law eompel llngs girls at school to leavo off their corsets during physical exercises ought to be adopted in this country. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster read a. report from tho committee on domestic science which had been prepared by Mrs. Hel en Campbell, of Denver; and Mrs. Su san Young, of Prove City, Utah, a daughter of Brlglmm Young, read a paper on tho relation of capital and labor as applied to domestic servic. Fatal Boiler Explosion. Houghton, Mich., Oct. 2S.-Boller No. S, of tho Calumet and Hccla Stamping mill, exploded ttday, Instantly killing John Ulllted and Joseph Boleie, employes of the mill, und William Nellon, of llrnro Mines, Ont., a friend who waa vlsltlnx Gillies. The caure of the explosion Is in-knrvn TIIE NEWS THIS MOKNINU Weather Indications Today! Palri Rising Temperature. General-England's Position on tho Fashoda Question. Last Day of Philadelphia's Jubilee. War Investigation Commission nt Chlckumnugu. Democrats Get Together. General-ls Blanco Delaying Cuban Evacuation? Financial and Commercial. Local Bcllglous News of tho Week. Editorial. Comment of tho Press. t ,,..... 5 Local Social and Peigonul. One Woman's Views. Muslcnl Quentlon Box. Local-Old Gravity Road to llo Aban doned. Yestcrdav'i Golf Events. 7 Local Arguments In the Poor Board Quo Warranto Case. Board of Health's Finding In tho Green Itldge Diphtheria Cases. 3 Local West Sernnton and riulnulun. 9 News Hound About Scruutnn. 10-Story "Aunt Elvira's Huicnu." 11 Sundnv Stliool Lesson for Tomorrow. Personal Equation Among Phsleiins. li GeneralThirteenth Regime nt Pleased with Its Trip to PhlliiUlphlii. RECEPTION TO COLONEL STONE He Is Gteeted by Enthusiastic Citi zens at Greensburg A Manly Speech. Greensburg, Pa., Oct. .'fc.-Thc lecep tion given Colonel AVilllain A Stone and his associates hole today was en thusiastic and many attended the meet lug. At the couit meeting In the after noon Mi. Slone said in part- "I am not heie to s ey a disparaging wold of either of my opponents. I do not believe In that kind of politics. I never did nnd I never will The e ani palgn is a question of stubborn facts, not a question between the Republican party and the various candidates. Do ou supppose the Democratic paity has lefoimed; or that Mr. Jenks is not as aident a believer In flee silver nnd free trade as he evet was. Do jou suppose the Democratic party has not et a hope that In 190D they will elect Mr. William J. Bivan'" LABOR FOR PEACE. Spanish Members, ot Commission De nounco Pake Journal Stoiies as "Stuff.' Pails, Oct. 2S. Whether or not there be divergent views' among the Ameri can peace commissloneis, they will stand ns n unit befoio the Spaniards. Whether differences of view may have existed, or shall in future exist, the en tire commission will array Itself thinly behind and In suppoit of tho prepon derating opinion therein. Thin state ment may, nt this houi, le accepted as quelling any tumor that lesignntlon might follow any members vai lance of opinion lrom that of his American col leagues. Each member of the Ameilcan com mission bus sopaiatelv formed Ills views regarding tho Philippines In his own terms and all have been forwoid ed to Washington. The Ainet leans aie expected to ptewnt an expression of their expectations as to the contiol, dis position and government of the Philip pines at next Monday's Joint session and they will look tor llnal counsel from Washington on the subject tomoirow. A report from Madrid, via a New York newspaper, reached here tonight (Friday) to the effect thut thc Spanish peace commissioners will letiie, pro testing, from Paris, because the Ameii cans disregard the Spanish proposi tions. The correspondent of the Asso ciated Press submitted the report promptly to n member of the Spanish commission, who declnied It "stuff" and authorized a denial. TROOPS POR PHILIPPINES. The Transpoit Ohio Takes 778 Men and 23 Oihceis. Washington, Oct. 2S. Additional troops sailed from San Finnclseo for the Philippines, as shown by the fol lowing telegram received by Adjutant Geneial Corbln tonight: Sun Fiauclsco. Oct. 2!. Adjutant General, Washington: Transport Ohio sails today for Philip pines with headquarters and Companies A. B, C. D, E. II, K and M, First Wash ington volunteers; detachment California heavy artillery and hospital corps. To tal. 23 officers. 778 enlisted men. Senior olllcer, Colonel Wholly. (Signed) Merrlnm, Major General. JENKS RIDICULES WAR TALK. Tho Democratic Trio Holds Torth at Lock Haven. Lock Haven, Pa , Oct. 28. Candidates Jenks, Sow den and DeLacey addressed this afternoon an audience that filled the court house. Jenks dissected Stone's Altoona speech and ridiculed his war talk. Ho also criticized tho Republi cans for failure to apportion the stato as the constitution demands. Candidates DeLaceyand Sowden com paied their Individual war lecoids with those of professional soldiers. W. C. Heinle, candidate for state senator, also dellveied an address. Colonel Bryan's Illness. Savannah, fin, Oct. 2N.-Culonel W. J. Br j an, who has been III ut his homo sinco his ni rival here, U much improved and received a number of callers today. The corps surgeon sas that ho has u flight form of typhoid fever Colonel Ilry.in says ho Is not 111 enough to require bis wlfo to make the Journey here from Ne braska and she will not come unless his Illness becomes serious. Sammy Kelly Knocked Out. New York, Oct. 23. Oscar Gatdner, tho "Omaha Kid," knocked out Sammy Kel ly, of this city, in tho fourteenth round of what was to huve been a 2'i-rounil light at 111 pounds before the Lenox Athletic club tonight. Wire Will Be Higher. Cloveland, O., Oct, 23. The manufac tures of gulvanlzed wire have Increased tho price on their product 51 per ten. INQUIRY AT ' CHICKAMAUGA Investigation Committee on a Special Train, WATER SUPPLY ALL RIGHT Tho Various Springs Inspected Con dltlon of the Piping Indicates That Infection Would Bo Almost Impossible from This Source Tha Sturnbeig Hospitals Commended. Chlekatnuuga Paik, Ga., Oct. 23. Tho war commission rpeciul train, which nnlveel at Chattanooga during the night, i an down hero today, and the cummloslou Immediately begun tho In spection of the site of Camp Thomas, which Is now practically abandoned as a inllltnty camp. The commissioners were called upon nt the tialn while It lay In the depot at Chattanooga early In tho morning by Geneial H. V. Boynton, who Is in command of the camp. He accompan ied the paity to the paik, explaining by the use of maps and other devices tho location ot the vailous commands and giving much geneial information con cerning the situation fiom llrst to last. It Is now understood that the princi pal work hero wilt consist of a careful suivey of tho camp site. As thero ato but veiv few troops left, it Is not be lieved that much time will bo con sumed In taking testimony. Tho vailous springs from which water was seemed by the tioops, Including the fuinoii" Crawllsh spring, and tho point on Chickamauga cieek at which the water of the pipe line supply wns taken out, were inspected. Special attention was given to this latter place, because of tho criticisms that have been made on this source of the camp's water supply. They found the Intake pipe submerged about twen t feet above the mouth of a tributary cieek. locally known us Cavo Spring creek, which chained the camp. Tho charge had been made that the water from the ti Unitary stream contami nated the water, being carried back Into it bv means of eddies and In one casv by an oveiilowlng'ficshet. THE PIPES. Geneial Boynton and Mr. Bctts. both of whom had been concerned In the lo cation of the pipe line, admitted that theie had been one occasion when Cavo Spiiug hail overllown and broken a dam, thus tluowlng ltn water Into the mninstienni above the intake, but they explained that this freshet had occurred at night, when the pumps were shut down and water was being taken In. They called attention to the rapidity of the How and to the depth of the stieam and uiged the Impos sibility of Infection from this source. The Inspectois lutened attentively to all that was said, but natuially they weie conservative In their expressions. General Wilson gave special attention to tho question as an engineering piob Iem, and while ho refused to allow him self to bo quoted, it is evident from the Intel est he manifested and the expressions he dropped, that he was Imptessed with the stiong Improbabil ity, If not the Impossibility of Infection fiom this souice. It wns also equally evident that a mnjorlty of the com mittee formed the same opinion. They noted especially the fact of the larger volume of water in tho main stream and that the small creek was filled with back-water from tho river for several hundied feet above the mouth. Thero were many expressions of commendation of the methods followed at Sternbeig hospital. Major Glff, In commnnu of tho hospi tal, said It would soon bo abandoned. The commission also gave attention to tho proximity of the vnrlous camps to ono another and the depth and lo cation of the sinks. Tho conclusion seemed quite geneial that many of the leglments weio thrown more close ly together than they should. DAVID HILL TALKS. In His Speech at Elmlra Ho Avoids Silver Issue. Elmlra. N. Y., Oct. 28. Ex-Senator Hill made his first political speech slnco 1891 In his native city tonight in the picaence of an audience that crowded evety available Inch ot spaces In the Lyceum theater. Ho did not make mention of tho national Demo cratic platform nor the silver Issue, except to say "V e will cross no bildges until wo como to them. 1900 will take enro of Itself." Ho charged thu Republican stnto organisation with an Intention to be tray tho proposed legislative biennial session amendmert and called upon tho Rpubllcan candidate for gover nor tn define his position cm that question, Investigation Commission. Washington, Oct. 2b A letter lecclved hero from a member of tho war depart ment Investigation commission now In tho south convejs the information that tho members think they ina ho able to rench the cltj from their ptcFcnt tour about November 4. It has been reported that tho commission may afterwards visit San tiago and Porto Bico, ThU will bo set tleel deflntel) aftei Its return to tho city, Tlnee Peisons Burned, Sherman, lex , Oct 2S. In a lire nt cor slclaim today William Johnson and two children wtre burned to death. t tt -r-r -r t"M-H" -t-t -ft-f-M-t- "M-t- WEATHER TORE CAST. Washington. Oct 2K- Forecast for Saturduy; For eastern I'ennsjlva nlu, fair; ikOng trmn r.eiuie, flesh easterly wind. I"o- iwinin Pi an Bjhanla, purilv elouiL . warine-; freeh southerly wind v-MH-tY-M-vt-f-Tt-m m r t. -t"
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