'T-VifJ " .ffi -rimtite TWO CSNTS. SCRANTON. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1. 1S98. TWO CENTS. "t "V - HBHNfflHlMMIM 5- Sbus3SKWi)?NBihWfSaiV J MBEEsPfficff JfVTam ' m. S3 (J CUBANS ARE SATISFIED The Leaders Believe in Awaiting America's Pleasure. SENOR MASO'S LETTER He Advises Cubans to Make Every Expression of Gratitude Possible to the Americans and Trust to the Honor of the Latter to Make Everything Right Gen. Wood Re turns from Manzanillo Majority of Representatives of the Cuban Soldiers Relieve the Present Army Should Re Dissolved. Santiago do Cuba, Oct. 31. Senor Bartolome Mnso, president of the Cuban provisional administrative council, has issued an address to the delegates now in attendance at the military assembly at Santa Cruz del Sur, In which he re views1 the considerations upon which tho Cubans Follclted the help of the United States and indicates their wisest future policy. The address Is In part as follows: "The Cubans ncccpted the assistance of America, although not knowing ex actly what were tho American alms, just tut they would have accepted help from any country in their fight against Spain. As tho contest progiessed, the Cubans in the field were gratified to hear of u solemn declaration by the United States congress regarding the intentions of tho American government and the path It would follow In the Spanish-American war. America came to our help to compel Spain to relin quish her sovereignty over Cuba, In or der that the Cubans themselves might be placed as promptly as possible In possession of the Island, might assume the administration of Its affairs and have a government of their own. "Therefore the Cubans agreed to co operate with the American?, to obey the orders Issued by American generals and to help In all possible ways to es tablish a Cuban government wherever the Americans took possession. Though America did not recognize the govern ment of the Cubans In term.-, it was well understood that the Cubans would not on that account abandon their or ganization, but that, on the contrary, the time would come when such recog nition would be granted. Indeed It was asserted to our Cuban representatives by one of the most distinguished mem bers of the United States government and also by members of the United States senate, that In order to do away with any obstacle that might hinder the United States in going Into the light for the caufv of Cuban Independ ence, recognition of a Cuban govern ment must come later. "Nevertheless, It has not been pos sible to establish direct relations be tween the Cuban and the American governments for the transaction of public business, although the general character of our relations throughout tho war was friendly. Hut we have now i cached a time when, even more tint, in the days of fighting, It Is In cumbent upon all Cuban3 to show true patriotism, and while making every e fpresslon of gratitude to America for h:iin,7 given Cuba freedom and Inde pendence, to make prompt arrange ments for paying off the Cubans now In arms and for getting the country Into wot king order." GENERAL WOOD RETURNS. General Leonard Wood, commander of the military department of Santiago, returned today on board the Un!le". States gun boat Hist from Manzanillo, whero he had been to consult with Colonel Pcttlt, military governor of Manzanillo, r'gardlnp the administra tion of tho district under the latter's control. The Hist was eight hours late, owing to tho West Indlun hurricane and the Jose Flla, n. much faster ves sel, which left Manzanillo twelve hours befoie the Hist, Is now thirty hours overdue. Fears are entertained for her safety. 'I he amalgamation of the military and cliil depattments under one ad ministrator, particularly rueh a man as General Wood, who Is thoroughly posted, tactful and popular with all elements generally facilitates the dis patch of public business. General Wood Intends f-o far us possible to maintain the original military depart ment lines In the province, sending a regiment to each district as the Span iards evacuate. United Statps Congressman John Dalzell, of Pittsburg, a member of the ways and means committee of tho house of representatives, who arrived here last Friday night with a party of Pennsylvania railroad magnates, has been Inspecting properties In San tiago und tho vicinity with a view to large investments and a railway fran chise for a line between Santiago and Havana. Before leaving for tho latter place today by United States transport Panama, Mr. Dateell oxpresaed him self as most fnvombly Impressed by what he had seen and the possibilities of the region, though ho declined tn give any particulars regarding contem plated Investments. ARMY TO BE DISSOLVED. Havana, Oct. 31. Advices received here from Santa Cruz del Sur say that u majority of the representatives of tho Cuban army, at the meetings held m re pre In favor of tho dissolution of the Insurgent government and the I'l'l'iiii.tinent of a commission to go to Washington for the purpose of thank ing the American government for itB intervention for the Cubans and to put themrelvcs unconditionally at the disposition of the Washington author ities, so sb to enable tho latter to de velop their programme without any fclndcrance. The Cubans nn ilso said to be In fnvnr of the dlsbandment o tlio Insurgent army. The Cuban leaders who will prob ably nssembla nt Marlanao nre to bo i prctldtd over by Manuel Sangully. who hB been 111 with fover for several days at Cienfuegos, on Ills way to Ban ta Crux del Sur. TRIP OF BATTLESHIPS. The Oregon and Iowa Are at Bohla, Rrazil. Washington, Oct. SI. A cablegram received ut the navy department this nfternoon announced the arrival at IJahla, Brazil, of the battleships Ore gon and Iowa. They are nineteen days from Tompklnsvllle, maklnR an excep tionally smooth and rapid run down the coast. The coaler Abarendu, now lying at Huhln, consumed twenty-one days In making the same trip. lie cause of her lack of speed she pr bnbly will be allowed to return to the United States Instead of going along to Hono lulu au wan Intended. The battleships will stop at IUhla for a few days replenishing their coal bunkers from the Abarenda and the Celtic and then will proceed to Rio, where they are to take pait in the great demonstration theie Nov. 15, to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of the republic of Brazil. EVACUATION OF CUBA. About 25,000 Troops Ordered to Concentrate at Cienf uegos Re ports of Skirmishes are Incorrect. Havana, Oct. 31. Major Almy and Captain Puge have t etui tied from Clen fuegos. They repot t the sanitary con ditions there are bad, especially at the quarters and camps occupied by the Spanish soldiers. The Ameticon of ficers advise that the places be burned, as they are Infected with yellow fever and other disease germs. The reports of skirmishes between the Spaniards and Cubans are Incor rect. There have been no hostilities between either side. It Is understood that the eight bat talions of troops remaining along the Jucaro military lino will arrive nt Clen fuegos this week preparatory to being embarked for Spain. In nil about 23,uu0 troops are expected to concentrate at Cienfuegos for embarkation home. Tho Spanish mall steamship Porto Rico sailed from Cienfuegos on Wednesday, carrying 1,000 troops. The bull fight and base ball match announced to tnko place yesterday nf tunoon were postponed by order of the civil governor, as It was apprehended that disturbances might take place. In answer to an Inquiry of our com missioners regarding recent transfers of state property to religious orders, Secretary Glrnntu, of the Cuban mil itary commission, delivered today to Colonel Clous, the judge advocate of the American commission, a note ex plaining that the transfers referred to wte mnde prloi to the signing of tho peace protocol, adding that the nego tiations In munv Instances dated back to the oj,r IS. 1 Manuel Negrln, a Spaniard and a native of the Canary Islands, has been arrested lor advertising In a manner which olfemltd the Spanish officials here. Negrln owns a grocery store at 1G1 Calzada del Monte. He calls It "La Vuelta Abnjo," and In order to adver tise It In a striking manner he printed colored caids, bearing tho Cuban (lag and an advertisement. The cards were distributed In the streets with the re sult that Negrln has been locked up in Morro Castle since Thursday last. The Ctuz del Padre lighthouse, In the province at Matanzas, which has been dark since the beginning of the war, has been relighted. The Cuban delegates who have been In session at Santa Cruz del Sur are expected to continue their sessions at Marlnao. General Maximo Gomez Is expected there. The government has ordered that the officers and roldlers who are evacuat ing Cuba be paid before other govern mental debts are settled. PROSPECTS IN OHIO. Honna Bolioves Thoro Will Eo a Shrinkage in Republican Majcr.ty. Cleveland, Oct. 31. Senator M. A. Hanna, discussing the probable rrsultr of tho coming state election, said to day: "I am oj: the opinion that the Repub lican majority In Ohio will not bo as large ar It was In IS'.iC, and T believe there will bo a slight tailing off ut last year's flgutes. The reports from the state committees are very favor able, however, and I am sure that the party will bo victorious in this state." Senator Hanna said there was little truth In the reports to the cttuot thn'. the national campaign would ve opened immediately after the fall election. lRANCE'S NEW CABINET. M. do Preyclnot Minister of War Under Premier Dupuy. Paris, Oct. 31. The new cnbiuet is constituted as follows; M. Dupuy Prumlcr and minister of tlio Intel lor. M. Lebret Minister of Justice. M. de riyoinet Minister of war. M. Lnckrny Minister of muiluo, M. Dfileucso Minister of torulgn affairs. M. I'eytral Minlater of llnanuj. M. Loygucs MlnUter of publlo lustruc. tlon. M. Delconcle Minister of commerce. M Gullllan-Miulsttr of tho colonic;. M. Vigor MlnUtor of agriculture. M. KtiUU Minister of public worlm. Troops for Povto Rico. Nw Yoik. Oct. il.-Tho United States transport Mlvslsblppl urrivud today ftom Boston with the First Mulne heavy urtil lory. The MltAlstlppl will anchor off Lib. orty Island, wiiote tho troopw will bo tiiuittcrrcu to tho Michigan. The Michi gan will then rail for Snvannali and em burk tho Fifth T'nltcd Hl.Ues d.alry and proceed to Porto lUco. Tne Michigan ha on board un enslneer battullon from Montauk. Absconding Teller Arrested. St, Louis. Mo., Oct. Sl.-Lambert Wilt, the alleged cbrcondlng teller of a sav ings bunk at Junhunzlau, Bohemia, was at rested t.tro this afternoon, lie and his wife Imvo been mopping ut the itoztcr ho tel, a quiet uptown hotel, for several days. It U jald Wilt embodied SJO.OuO and that part of that bum luut bun recovered. SWALLOW MAKES MORE CHARGES CHAIRMAN GARMAN ACCUSED OP TREACHERY. He States That the Chairman Has Made a rropo<lon to Senator Quay to Sell Out tho Democratic Party A Travelling Man from Wllliauisport Makes an Auldavit. Willlamsport, Pa.. Oct. 31. Dr. S. C. Swallow, the Honest Government can didate for governor, made a startling accusation In his speech here tonight. He boldly charged that Chairman Gor man had made, a proposition to Sena tor Quay to sell out the Democratic party and read an auldavit made by K. C. Miller, a travelling man of this city, in suppoit of his statement. Mr. Millet's nllldavlt Is as follows: V. C. Miller, of 410 Washington street, wnilnin&iiurt. Pu.. bclnc duly sworn ue- cording to law, deposed rnd hays that on or about the eighth day of September, l&PS. ho met one Charles K. Keck, a luw- '.it of Wllkes-liarre. Pa., on a railroad train between Wllllumspcrt und Philadel phia; that he ki cws said Keck Intimately, having had business relations with him; that they engaged In conversation, dit.ing which KecK stated: "1 am going down to see Quay on a mission from Mr. Gar man. 1 luivo a proposition from Mr. Gur inan to the old man, which If ncccpted, will positively afsuro the election of Stone." I said to Keck: "Ifs a funny thing that Carman would send you, n Republican," to which Keck replied: "Garman told mo that ho had lots of men in tho Democratic party, but none that ho could trust with a mission of that kind. The proposition Is that If certain legislation and favors in certain coun ties mo given to Garman he will lnsuro those counties for Stone, and he will offer rosttUo evidence that he can deliver the goeds." Keck also told mo that Garman was to lw nt a certain hotel in New York city on that afternoon. I cannot remember the name of tho hotel. We arrived In Phlladelpl la at or about 11.30 a. in. and went at once to the Hotel Ycmllg. Twelfth and Market streets, where we lett our Rrtps. No then started immediately for tho headquarters of the Republican state committee on Walnut street. Thow wo saw Sicn-tory Ardrcws. Keck asked for Quav. Andrews said ho was at At lantic I'lty. We It ft the headquarters und after getting lurch, went to the Mar ket street ferry, where Keck started fo." Atlantic Cltj. Thoro I left him and till not see hhn again until the following morning, although I was In Atlantic City that evening. 1 think Keek caught il.o 2.30 train for Atlantic City. The next morning I was sitting in front of the Hotel Vcndlg about 11 o'clock, when Keck came up. Ho was accompanied by u man named Tate, whem he Introduced to mo as tho manager foY the Itell Tele phone company, in Washington, I). C 1 said to Keck: "Haven't you gono homo yet?" ALL RIGHT WITH THE YOUNG MAN. He Bald ho was on his way homo then, and we all three walked into the hotel. I said to Keck: "Did you make it all right with the old man?" Ho replied: "Yes, I gues3 It's all right. I laid tho proposition before him and ho thought well of It." Then Keck took from his pocket a telegram written on a Western Union blank, and handed It to me. I took It In my hands and read it. It was dated New York city and was addressed to Keck, ut tho St. Chailes hotel, Atlantic Cltv, and read us follows. "Can be there at six. Will that do? Answer." This message wus signed "J, M. Carman." Keck said ho had to tele phone to somo one and ho went over to tho telephone back of the desk. Whils ho was telephoning Mr. Tale and I tallied topether. After getting lunch In tne Reading terminal restaurant wo started toward the depot. While we weie going along the street I sold to Keck: "I am glad you got things fixed up." Keel: re plied: "Yes, I guess It's all rlsht, but J think the old man and Guiman ought ti meet." I3y this time we had reached tho stutlou and as tho train was leady to pull out Keek hut lied through tho gate. I hac not seen him since. Lr. Swallow said that Mr. Miller's statement was corrobcratod on many Important points by documentary evi dence, hotel registers, etc., nnd that Mr. Mlllor voluntarily came to Mr. Volney B. Curbing, one of the Honest Government prll blndcis, at the moot ing In Yoik ro weeks ago, nnd re lated the story given above. The doe tor raid li3 made It public .it this tirno In response to the recent denunciation of him by Chairman Gf.rman In his denial of the cliuigo inndo by Dr. Swallow that the leaders of the Deni- uui.n.u ijjiij liuu aoiu uui io me Quay machine SENATOR QUAY'S DENIAL. Han Wburgr, Oct. 31. Senator Quay passicd thtouuh hero late tonight on hlu wpy from Philadelphia to his homo In Heavor. When s-hoivn the charges mado by Dr. Swallow of a proposition of Demociiulc State Chairman Gar man to "sell out" to Quny. the collator raid; "Tho charges aro absolutely un true. I have never had an intervtow with either Mr. Keck or Mr. Gat man." Wllkes-E.iire.Oct. 31. Chailes Keck, whom Dr. Swallow quotes ns bi-Ing i tuto Chairman Carman's agent In an alleged deal with Quay, is a Ilcpubll cnn. Ho wa nver In'unntc with Garman. L-ast spring ho attempted to oiganize a syndicate to buy a dally paper here and Garman Is said to have been Interested In tho scheme. Keck failed in his effort to raise the money and then Garman was asked to i also tho necessary funds but ho was Indifferent about the matter and the tcherno fell through. Colonel Smith Resigns. New York. Oct. SI. Cclouui Robert (5. Smith, of Jerwy City, bus decided to ever his crnnoctlon with tho Fourth rezl. incnt, New Jertey vohmtt. rs, now at L'uinp Meade, Mldfletowu, Pa., pi lor to its dopaiiuie fur Tampa. Ilia resignation WHJ submitted today und Lteutunuut Col onel Ollmort will asbumo comirand of the refitment. . Regarding Civil Service Rules. Washington. Oct. 31.-'Ihe civil run Ice leform lenguo has iient a letter to the president, e.vpieitliiK its hope that ho vil! net, as reported in the public pros, with. raw u number of places row Idled by civil service metheds ftom tho teope of tho civil service rules. Will Not Go to Jericho. Jerusalem, Oct. SI. The emperor and empress of Germany are curtailing their visit to tho Holy Laud. They huvo aban doned their trip to Jericho owing to the European complications, and It Is aUo believed they will not go to Syria, MONEY IS WANTED. Porto Rico 13 no Place lor a. Poor .Man. Washington, Oct. 3t. The following report fiom Mr. Hanna, American con sul at Porto Hlco, has been received by the assistant secretary of state and will be of interest to porsona con templating migration to that Island. In his report Mr. Hanna says; "I am convinced that young men seeking work or positions of any kind should not come to Porto Rico. Such persons us clerks, carpenters, me chanics and laborers of all grades should stay away from Porto Rico. No American should come to Porto Hlco expecting to strike It rich and no person chould come heic without plenty of money to pay board bills and have enough to take them Lack to their homes in the United States. This Is u small Island, has a population of about a million people, nnd Is tho most densely populated country In the world. There nre several hundred thousand working Porto Rlcons rrady to. fill the vacant Jobs und at low price. There may come a time after the laws of the United States ure applied by congress to this lslund that this will be a good place for Ameri can capital and for Americans to do business; but ecn then a man should have plenty of money who expects to make a business buccess In Porto Hlco. I deem It important that the department cause this suggestion to be made public through the newspapers of the country." ENGLAND'S WAR PREPARATIONS Silence of the Press on the Subject Is Due to Request from the War Department. ' London, Nov. 1. The Dally Mall this morning publishes no news re garding England's war preparations, explaining that silence Is due to a let ter from the war office asking It not to publish "anything which might be useful to a possible enemy." "We Intend to ascertain today," says the Dally Mall, "for tho war ofllce and the admiralty exactly what kind of news It would be permissible o pub lish." The Daily Mall confirms the reports of unexampled activity at the French dock yards, notably at Toulon, where the coast fortB have been experiment ing with Melinite shells against an old gunboat. Tho Culro correspondent of the Daily Mall says an Egyptian battalion has been despatched to Fabhoda. WILL TAKE SOLDIERS' VOTES. Governor Enstlngs Appoints Com missioners to Visit the Camps. Harrisburg, Oct. 31. Governor Hast ings has revoked the appointments of the commissioners to take the votes of the Fifth and Sixth regiments, Bat teries A, R and C, Philadelphia City troop, Governor'o troop nnd Sheridan troop, for the reason that advices from the war department render It unneces sary that a commissioner take the vote of the Pennsylvania organizations home on furlough on election day. The following commissioners havn been ap pointed to take the vote of these com mands: Hebcr S. Thompson, Pottsvllle, Fourth regiment; Genernl Frank J. Magee, Scotland, Eighth regiment; A. B. Steveiri. Scranton, Thirteenth reg iment; Geneinl Archibald Blnkely, Pittsburg, Fourteenth regiment; Major Noah W Lowell, Erie. Fifteenth regi ment. Tho Fourth regiment will be lendeavoused In Its company armories from next Sunday evening to Wednes day, ir.th, and the other four regiments will vol" ut Camp Meade. T,..i(,ta. Mlm.nat. rn.vant TJnn.lit. 1, o u I ,CllUlj .llt.J.I.V,. -)t,tl.t... ,...,U ,1,17 given Govern r HntlngB an opinion mifceci on n vices; "inn ine war uepari- neui ii. .i iw u.ucr, inai i-c-im- tne k,m, ana qlianUty of apan's "pa sylvanln volunteer on furlough and cIfic 0X,,011lUn,r,.s" ,n the Philippines, in their own home residence on elec- aild som 3,t may he glvt, on that tion duv vote there as any other ptl- I n) ,tt0l. JJ0W vate citizen and those actually in the) 'r, orfc , consia(rallle trnlUc betwCen Hold or In their company armories on ,e ,H,anc, mli srme ,,,, tt ebetion dnv vote under the uct of 1?C4. i ,.,, - ,,,,,, ..., ,,, .,.,. which provides for commissioners to ,,, ,, ,.n,o rnminlssliinM-H linv.. ainvcd at Camp Meade to take the votes of the fv.o Hundred and First, Two Hundred and Second nnd Two Hundred and Third New York regi ments. HEAD-ON COLLISION. Two Electric Cars .txro Wrecked in Tiovldence, It. I. I Providence, H. I., Oct. 31. Two Chalkstone avenue electric cars met In u head-on collision In Pleab'int Valley today, tht accident refilling in injury to the motoimcn that may bo fatal In both cases and serious Injury to half a dozen other persons. Both the cais were wrecked. Th" motormen uie David II. North up and Dyion P. Green. JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS. First Attempt at Party Government Proves a Failure. Yokohama, Oct. 81. Tho whole cab inet has resigned, tho ministers being unablo to agree on the question of fill ing tho portfolio of education. Thus tho llrst attempt at party government In Jupan hun proved a failure. It Is probable that the next cabinet will be n coalition tf Liberals and Clan leaders. Worth Made General. Washington, Oct. 21. The president to day nppinted Colonel W, 8. Worth, of tlio Sixteenth ii.fantry in tho regular fconlco, to be brigadier nenciul In tha regular army, vlco Copplngur, rotlrtd. Ocueral Worth wm wounded at San Juan and will be placed on the ictlred list im mediately. Paper Manufacturer Palls. New York, Oct. SI. Joseph O. Godfrey, proprietor of a papervmlll ut Itaubevlllo, Northampton county, Pa., with offices In Boston and this city, hag filed a petition In bankruptcy In which ho places his liabilities ut 12v,0u0; ufcbcts, 13G.C00, NEWS IS BROKEN TO SPANIARDS FORMULATED DEMANDS OF THE UNITED STATES. Americans Purpose Concerning the Philippines Is Conveyed to tho Spanish Commissioners by nn In terpreterUnited States Will Not Assume the Philippine Debt Will ing, However, to Pay Spain for Improvements. Purls, Oct. 31. As1 aoon as the peace commissioners met today Secretary Moore, upon the request of Judge Day, passed to Mr. Ferguson, the interpreter, the formulated demands of tho United States regarding the Philippines which were read to the Spaniards In their own tongue by a rapid rendering fiom the English, In which they were writ ten. Although tho Spanish commis sioners did not betray anxiety, their attention to the reading wus keen. They had anticipated that the United States would take over the Islands, but the terms and details of the transfer had all along been a subject of specu lation. The reading disclosed the fact that the United States government had de termined to possess for Itself certain tonltory and purcels of land bounded by and lying within such parallels of latitude and longitude as mark the limits of the Philippine archipelago. The United States does not purpose assuming the Philippine dubt of $40, 000,000, but they nro willing to be re sponsible to Spain for a. sum of money equal .to the actual expenditures by Spain In the Philippines for tho ad vantage of the Islands nnd for tho good of their people, for permanent betterments and for Improvements, both physical and mental. The reading of the presentment spec ifies that the United States will re imburse Spain to the extent of her "pacific expenditures" made In tho archipelago. This phrase "pacific ex penditures" Is employed to differentiate the expenditures by Spain In combat ing insurrections In the Philippines. Tho one Is felt by the American com missioners to be a fair burden upon the acquiring power, while the other und latter class of expenditures is held to have been logically assumed by Spain In the Inevitable hazard to a nation resorting to arms to enforce order In Its own territory. PUZZLED SPANIARDS. Such Is the vital portion of the pre sentment made by the American com missioners today and it is to bo ob served that while the mnln proposition ns to possession and llnanctal respon sibility is clear and definite, many de tails have been left to the develop ments of the discussion between the two commissions. Thun while the Spaniards are tonight quite certain that the United States Intend to re Imbutse them for "pacific expendit ures," they remurk that they are not enlightened as to whether tho Ameri cans expect to Indorse the Spanish ob ligations to the extent of "pacific ex penditures" In the archipelago, or whether they will hand Spain a lump sum of gold large enough to cover Spain's outlay so designated. Poswlbly the American commissioners themselves are not at this moment fully determined on this point. It Is unlike- j ly, however, that the Americans will care to become Identified in the slight est dojree with Spain in her responsi bility to her creditors. The clearer method seems to be to hand to Spain spot cash or something as good, and to bid her apply it on her debts by whatever name known, or to put It In her wallet for whatever she may elect. While the United Stutes have desig nated "raclflc expenditures" as those they will reimburse to Spain, the pre sentment of the American commission ors today s oday did not demand cither a hedulo or an Inventory o tho wme om the Spaniards. But the sugges- , Upll i fVn- on mUuraly Taber, nn Inarv as to , , t ,, ,le ,, '' Spain tet out to supply this and pro jected forty-eight light stations. Of these she 1ms already constructed sev enteen of the tlrst-class nnd sixteen of the second. What they co3t Is not yet known here, but in American waters thoM- of the flrrt class cost from $23,000 to J2CO.00O each, so that, on nn aver age bast? of the minimum tost in tlte United States, Spain's thirty-three lighthouses may icpresent an outlay of J823.000. BREAKWATERS AT MANILA. Spain has constiucted breakwaters at Manila, at an expanse not yet known here and wharves of small value nlong the Paslg tlver. She lm-i lecently built barracks for -1,000 men. now occupied by American troips, the cost of which Is not yet ascertainable. At Cavite Spain had built a naval station which, before It was sacked by the natives, was snld to be equal to the Marc Island station and may then havo been worth $2,500,000. Whether or not the last two Items can be btrletly designated "pacific expen ditures" iiuiKt bo determined In con ference, but the light houses, water Improvements, barracks and naval sta tion are necesssnry to the United States as the owner of the Philippines and ure deemed worth n fair price. Spain hna also built home echool houses which the Americans are will ing to tttko over at cost. The Spanish commissioners listened attentively, though not without some evidences of Impatience and surprise at tha financial suggestions in tho Aineilcan presentment, and finally asked until Friday to consult tho Madrid government nnd make reply. Adjournment was then taken till that duv. After tho conference was dis solved tho Spanish commissioners ex presbed the opinion that the Ameri can demands would create in Spain, as they had upon her commissioners, nn exceedingly grave Impiesslon. Were the Spanish commissioners pushed to a final determination tonight, they would reject- the American demands, jbut'tho changing-tone, of tho Spanish THE NEWS THIS 310UNIN0 Weather Indication! Today: I'alri Rising Temperature. I General-Cubans Sattslled with Amer ica's Course. The Political Parson Makes Another Charge. Colonel Stone at Hloomsburg. Spain Informed of the United States Demands in the Philippines. 3 General Fate of a Gold-Seekur. Financial and Commercial. S Local County Teachers' Institute Opens. Admitted That Ho Told a Llo. I Editorial. Comment of the l'rcss. 5 Local Mr. Wanutnaker Takes Excep tion to The Tribune's Comment. Keswick Meeting in Ulakely Church. 6 Local West Scranton and Suburban, 7 News Round About Scranton. S General News of the Soldlets at Camp Afeade. ptes recently urges the consumma tion of a treaty of peace, however rigorous, the argument being that al though the Spaniards bow to tho American demands, the commissioners do not acknowledge the Justice or ad mit the legillty of them. Tonight tho Spanish commissioners foel that the United States, to nil in tents nnd purposes have not offered any llnanclal inducement to Spain to cede by treaty any part of tho Phll ippplnes. Had the American commis sioners even offered to take over tho entire Philippines debt of about $40, 000,000 the Spaniards affect to feci that It would have been as nothing as they regard today's propositions us so mca pro as not to warrant even a schedulo of Spain's "pacific expenditures" in tha archipelago. PHIL ARMOUR IN A SHORT RIB SQUEEZE People Running Up the Price Dem onstrate Their Ability to Control the Situation. Chicago, Oct. 31. P. D. Armour gave up a snug sum today as the result of a llttlo squeeze In October short ribs, If the gorulps on 'Change know where of they speak. It was tho last day of the October delivery and ribs, which could have been bought with compara tive ease on Saturday at $3.30 a hun dred pounds, and on Friday as low as $5.123, were apparently scarce with the price soaring up towatd $7. The price was only stopped at $6.75 by private settlement of about 3,000,000 pounds. There Is no telling where the deal would have gone had the people run ning It pushed It to extremes. They demonstrated their absolute control of the situation. It wns the culmination of t deal by a. syndicate tof what arc known aB the "English" packers, with a number of concerns associated with them said to have been against John Cudahy und P. D. Armour though his representative denies It and had been under way for something like two months. Just who constitutes the syndicate Is not yet public property, but it Includes Swift & Co., the Chicago Packing com pany, tho Continental Packing com pany, the International Packing com pany, and probably tho several com mission concerns which aro made up of the people largely Interested in the packing companies named. The acting head of tho combination was Samuel MacClean, the manager of tho Anglo-Amorlcun Packing company. I'p to Saturday night all of the mem bers of the syndicate had rlb.i to sell for October delivery at 53.30. This morning there were practically no of ferings and on the buying of not to exceed 250.000 pounds by Logan, Lam son and other commission concerns, the price was put up from a nominal open ing at !US7'(; to about ?G.G2',. A. H. Farnum, toward the latter part of the , S(E3,mlwap crPdlted with buying 100, 0UndB nt $c.73. and u few minute practically confirmed tho Inutes that a puvate jcmnneni nuu nuuii iriuuu un 2.05O.C00 pound? at $6.73. MacLcan, who acted for the people running the deal, confirmed a pilvate settlement on tho quantity, but refused to say with whom tho s-ottlement had been made. It was generally understood that Mr. Pai-miiii hud something to do with this particular deal and nine out of ten peo ple in the provision pit believed that Mr. Armour had llnally come In after stubbornly standing out on a big short line. Th') quantity of ribs on which a settlcinuU had been made was raised by common gossip to 3,030,000 pounds after the tiose 'ill OFFICERS DISCHARGED. Order Mustering Prominent Generals Out of Service. Washington. Oct. 31. The following general older mustering out of the United States service prominent of ficers of the army wus Issued by Sec retary Alger late this afternoon: War Department, Washington, Oct. 31. By direction of the piesliicnt, tlio fol lowing guneral otl'ctrs aio honorably dls. charged from the volunteer army of the United States to tako effect on tho dale i-et opposlto their respective names; tli u services being nn longer require! by i.u- miii of the mustet out or volunteer ie i- mMuJHor (Uneral-Wllllam Montrose (ii ham (brlgadlir general V. S. A.). N'- ' Brigadier Generals Emerson II. l.l cum. Ileutenunt colonel Tweuty-lounli United States Infanry. Dec. Si. !"!' Chillies A. Whlttlcr, Lee. 31, 1593. Tlieodurn A. Baldwin (lieutenant col onel Tenth United States cavalry), Dec. Harry ' Egbert (colonel Twenty-uce-oud United States Infantry), Dec. 31, JS'jS. Willis J. Hillings, Dec. 31, 1S9S. William S. Worth, colonel Sixteenth United Status Infantry. Oct. 31, Wi. liav. Ing been appointed bilgadler general United States urmy. Generals Whlttter and Hillings will )ro ced to their homes. Tho travel enjoined Is necessary fer the public service. (Signed) It. A. Alger, Secretary of War. Lawton Will Command Second Corps. Washington, Oct, 31. Major Generul Henry W. Lawton, recently In coinmund at Santiago, has been ordered to com mand the Second Army corps, relieving General Qraham, recently retired. COL. STONE'S STATE TOUR Events of the Trip from Harrisburg to Wilkes-Barre. BL00MSBURG MEETING Speeches by Colonel Stone- and Oth ers Tho Tourists Are Received with Enthusiasm at Wilkes-llarre. A Dip Rally at tho Armory Iq Attended by Over 2,800 People Ex - Attorney General Palmes Chairman of tho Meeting. Wilkes-Barre, Oct. 01. Colonel Wil liam A. Stone, the Republican candi date for governor, accompanied by Ad jutant General Stewart, Secretary of Internal Affairs James A. Latta, Dis trict Attorney Schaffer, of D'elawnro county, and Major Alex. McDowell, clerk of the house of representatives, left Harrisburg this morning fou Blootnsburg, Columbia county. Tho party arrived at Dloomsburg shortly after noon. They were met at tho do pot by a committee of prominent Re publicans headed by C. R. Woodln. A! reception was held at tho Exchango hotel and later a mass meeting was held at tho opera house. Speeches were made by Colonel Stone nnd otlv. ers of the party. At 3 o'clock the dis tinguished visitors left for Wilkes Barre, arriving hero at A. 20. They were escorted to the Hotel Sterling where they were given an enthusias tic reception. This evening a big rally was held at the armory, fully 2,500 peoplo being present. Ex-Attorney General Palmer was the chairman. When Mr. Stono wns Introduced ho was given a warm reception. Ho said he did not pro pose to discuss the Issues raised by his opponents. Tho question ns to whether the capltol was burned by an Incendiary or by design, was not a state issue, so long ns ho (Stono) was not accused of- beinft the Incendiary. The speaker denied that the state had lost a single dollar by reason of any bank failure and ho mado an appeal to all Republicans to stand by their natty, lest Democracy and free trado and free silver should triumph In the nation. Addresses were also made by Messrs. Stewart, Latta, Schaffer, McDowell and Congressman M. B. Williams. WORK OP INVESTIGATION. The Commission Completes Its Labors at Knoxville. Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 31. The war Investigating commission concluded tho work of Its southern tour here today and at 6 o'clock tonight left for Washington, expecting to arrlvo there about 12 o'clock tomorrow after noon. It Is the present Intention that the commission shall go to Camp Meado soon after their arrival nt Washing ton, and ex-Governor Woodbury will proceed to Vermont as a sub-committee to take testimony there. The com mission devoted the forenoon to in specting the camps and the afternoon to taking testimony. They found a division of troops hero under tho command of Colonel Kurtz, of tho Second Ohio, and while they had no personal criticism to express against him. s me of the commissioners ex pressed the opinion that the command was too largo to bo entrusted to an ofllcer below the rank of brigadier gen eral. The transfer of Colonel Kurtz to the command of the division leaves the brigade of which his regiment Is a part In command of Colonel Young, the col ored colonel of the Third North Caro lina. . Vessel Overdue. St. Johns, N. F., Oct. 31. Throe fishing vessels homoward bound from Labrador with crews aggregating 120 persons, are now much overdue Slnco tlio recent gales tho wreckage of a schooner has been found strewn along tho coast und It U feared that she was ono of tho be lated vessels. Fight Declared Off. New York, Oct. 31. The 23-round fight between Dal Hawkins, of California, und Jack Downey, of Brooklyn, which wai to havo tuken place beforo tho Greater New York Athletic club tonight, was declared off owing to a financial disagreement be tween tho principals and tho munugement of the club, m Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington. Oct. 31. Theso Pennsylva nia pensions have been Issued: Original Noah W. Clarke. Kast Troy, Bradford, $12 to $17; S. Billings. Equlnunk, Wayne, $tl to $S; George It. Iterscgule, South Gib. Min, Susquehann.i, $'1 to $17. Steamship Arrivals. New Yoik, Oet. 31. Cc und: Kulsr Frledrlch, Bremen via Southampton. Gib raltarArrived: We-rru. New York for Naples and Genoa; Fulda (from Genoa und Naples) for New Yoik, -tH-H--H-ttH Ht t"H-- 4- WEATHER FORECAST, -t- Washington, Oct. 31 Forecast for -f Tuesday: For eastern Uennsylsa- nla, fair; rlh:g temperatuie; winds - 4- shitting to frc.nU Mouiherl). For 4- western PumU...tl i. puitlv r- 4- cloudy; warmer; lucioasing emit li -t- 4- to eouthuuKt wind. tt-hH-t ttttttttt-Ktttt.t.t ' I
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