rthttie. tiil!-! 1 i TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, l'A.t .MONDAY' MORNING. NOVEMBER M. 180?? TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. SPAIN MKV BACK DOWN Positive Instructions on the Philippine Question. THE CABINET MEETING American Commissioners Aie Order ed to Admit of No Turther Discus sion ns to the Right to Consider the Disposition of the Islnnds Re quest for Additional Time Is Grunted Attitudo of Philippine Insurgents Is Causing Considei able Anxiety. Washington, .N''V. 13. The cabinet h-id ti special session List night at ihlch lntructlon!. understood to be of a ponltlvo t hainetcr, bcntlng on tne Fhlllpplnc oaiestlon. were dialled fov dispatch to the Aniciknii commission ers in Paris. Those instructions were the outcome of a confoience held earl ier In the day. Thy Instruct the Amcilean lepte-J-entatlves to admit of no further dis cussion na to the right to consider the disposition of the Islands, and Mate that on that point the instructions al lcady sent riust stand, the only mat ter. for discussion being the mmnor of giving over the islands. A special cabinet meeting vna held earlier in the day to consider a dis patch received from Judge Pay, In Paris, in which ho Informed the pres ident that the Spanish commissioners had asked for additional time to pte pare their reply to the pioposltlon sub mitted by the United States. Although the president and his advlserr are- ex ceedingly anxious th.it the negotia tions should proceed as inpldly ns pos sible, the request for additional time was granted, and the Spanlrh commis sioners will have until next Tuesday to prepare their r-plj. As a cabinet meeting on Saturday Is unusual, many leports were allcat as lo the urgent r.nd critical chaiact -r of. the subject considered. But Ih.j inemhers of tlie cabinet said most pos itively at the close of the session that nothing of a critical or disuniting character had developed at P.'ris 01 had been unilei consld"iatlon. The attitude of the Insurgents In the Philippines lias given the administra tion conidetable uneasiness, foe It is le.ired that If they aie allowed to ton initio their hi .stile activity theie in.iv b? protests which this goveinnici.t will h- compelled to icgaid. The dllf- ulty In the situation Is that the inMiigents ui opciatlng at polntt outside the is land of Luzon, when- the t'nlted States ha j never been In netmii posse-sum, and wheie It would be (Wilt n't to place troops lo maintain the -tnttis .iu.i. Nc-veilnelcss -it s bell, veil to be I '"i !'" h1IJ,K?,ver,,ronl V '." ' .'iM.vmiih ill nil-, nil erill'U, illlll I 111' military and naval authuiiii. at Ma nila wilt be so advised. The president has ictelved .1 n-ihon- ul nessngo from Judge Dav, tlianMi", in-.i nu l.lfl ilKilliiv u to the iinl:.-.t health mid sjlng tint he was mm h Jo moved WAR MAY CONTINUE. "Uncomfortable Plight of the Sp.inls.i , Pence Commissioners, Pails.Nov. 13 Among onlookeis hei the Impiesslon exists, though It is not the ic!ult of any olllclal statement, that the Spanish peace commissioneis will not sign a treaty which the Ameilean tommlssloneis lould sign It seems almost possible, though. Unit In the pitiable pressure to which the S'liinlsh commissioners are subjected between their laige ciedltois. who nie on the -not watching them, and the stern attitude of the I'nlted States, the Spaniards maj abandon their stiuggles and Unve the two fences to confiont eJM'h other. It will not be decided until tomoirow niorninn whether the iu-t joint ses sion W to oceur tomorrow or on Tues day. The XpunlnnK It has been nr langed. will Inform the Ameiicans to. imiriovv moinlii" wli-Uier thev ned the dav 10 pivpnio their next memoi anduni. If they want Monday, the meeting will take place on Tuesday. I'nder the rules of proceduie adopted by the conference. It Is understood, the deliberations may not be unepeetedlv concluded by cither side. The statement In Diluted heio this evening that the last inemotanduin fiom the Ameiicans Is ivgaided bv th Spanlanls ns a stein ultimatum. Hut as a matter of fact the Amei leans have not piesented an ultimatum, savi ns their treatment of the subjectn in hand may be unanswerable it Is onlv slme Wednesday last that the Span laids have begun to feel that the Amer icans purpose taking ovei the l"hlllp flne and that. 100, without hiiv as sumption of Spanish Indebtedm-pi. As they am now onvlnted of this, it may h thfit !4t)9ttla nnvt 1M ntin! n, ml li. ronferonce will lie the supreme rally of hit ui.iiiiiiwiiic, niKumentntive ami tac thai forcec. it may even niiuk the conclusion of all she has to say, but If the inles of proeerltire are followed, the Americans would still have another presentation to submit. Ever sin o ()c tober 1 It has b..en w 1th ln the range of possibility thnt at any meeting an opn runture might occui. iiiid on one or two occanlons li might hav.fi iioflii aUy a iiuit vvu befoie thu taklne up of the Plilllppluts tiues tlon. TJi UiunilMtles of the Held In which that ciucetlon Is being worked out are becoming more apparent and the nnglo of flnnl settlement cannot bo far off. If a treaty Is to lrsult here It may fair ly be exnected within three week?, al though It Is not true as reported from the T'nlted States today that the Amer icans have Instructions embodying a time limit for the conclusion of, the con fcrcnie. Judge Day Is completely tecovcred. The Gaulnls this morning says: 'The acquisition of the Philippines for twenty-five yenis by an Interna tional syndicate, from which our power eventually acquires them. Is a rumor bnscd on facts which Uie Gaulols will tomorrow (Monday) give detnlls." Following this lend, the Gaulols and other Paris paperH will tomorrow an nounce the scheme somewhat on those lines: A syndicate leprcscntlng JlOO.OOO.CHiO capital proposes to take over the coni mT( inl resources and ndvantnKes of the Philippines for a term of twenty five yenrs, pajlng to the dominant power therein $125,000,000 for the privi lege. , GENERAL FLAGLER SUBMITS REPORT The Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance Mnkes Many Valuable Suggestions for Army Equipment. Washington, Nov. 13. General D. W. Flagler, chief of the bureau of ordnance, has made hta annual re port to the secrotniy of war. It shows theie were expended during the fiscal year ending June .".0, 1S!)S, $7,384,795 and that there still lemnlns of the appio prlatlons made for the ordnance bu reau $19.793,3"9. This large sum Is de rived foni the appropriations for the fiscal year, which were made for war purposes, amounting to $21,504,512. Regarding the equipment of volun teered the general thinks It would be as well to have the government equip them Instead of their bringing their estate arms Into the service, say ing that It could bn done as quickly, owing to the condition of the nuns of state troops. lie speaks In terms of praise ot the manner In which work has been performed at aiacnals and ordnance factories during the rush that wns made hi putting the country on a footing for war with Spain. As to the equipment of an army he says: "So long as the principal dependence In this country In time of war Is a laige volunteer force, newly levied, It Is Im practicable to keep on hand large sup plies of cavalry, artillery and horn equipments, as those In tha course of a few yearn will not only deteriorate, but w III have to be materially modllled to keep puce with Improvements. The major part of such material can, by taking advantage of the resources of Hock Island and the other arsenals and the numeious private establishments cupableof producing It, le supplied as rapidly as tioops can be raised, must eied Into the service and piepared for campaigns. There should, however, bo on hand Held and siege- artillery with canlages and a portion of the harness inquired for 500,000 men. Such guns and at Wages cannot be tinned out In laige numbeiH until about six months aftei initiating the woik." For equipping an army w tth a supply of small aims he thinks there should be u supply of 100,000 on hand of any new aim and the arsenals kept In a condi tion so as to pioduce 2.500 per day. An Intel estinir feature of the repoit is that which treats of coas. defense. The general says- "Attention Is espe cially invited to the experience of the last few months In attempting to pto vlde quleklv a toast defence. It is be lieved to be impracticable and wv will aiwujs Du roiced in any emeigency to iel upon what 1ms been piovidetl In . i tlllle of t., , ,nnk ,,, l""fc'l not In the way of c to state. omplalut. that this has been urged upon congiess each j ear. for the past ten years. "The situation Is veij simple. A plan has been adopted for piovidiug a 1 omplete coast defense. With the pres ent facilities of the derailment this work can be can led on economically and In the most efficient manner In null a way as to complete the present plan in about seven vcais. Estimates ought to be submitted each car lor so much of the woik as the fat illtles for Its pioductlon will peimlt. It icsts with congress to deteunlne how much ol the woik 1 an be piovided for each yeai consistent!:' wun the ic-bources of the eountiy. I!ut the woik cannot pi ogress taster thai: the appiopila tioiis piovlde foi. "It I- piobable that theie must be cildid to th" plans and estimates fot the toast defense ome provision for the defense of uddtil possessloi,3." (leueial Flairler docs not claim for the 45-caIlbro Sprlnglleld illle an equal Itv with the new "ft-calibre magazine ihle ol the i.iniv. but savs that It Is a very gi oil nun end possesses many iieills The maehnieiv for tin man ufat lute of small arm ammunition wus none th best, .vet tho department tuned out tiil.ooo.eiHi lonnds for tlie v III'. Dt-talls are glvei. of what was done to rapidly Intie.ise the toast defenses when the war begun Ho calls attT. tlon to the fact that congress has nev er pppioprinted what was asked for powder and piolcctlles. and 111 ecu- 1 sequence the supply at the beginning o' I Hie war vwu inadequate and he gives 1 Hinin Instances of the work done by nie department to make good tho du lit ieney. (leueial Flagler says: "The war has furnished no opportuult.v for deter mining by experience the effects of our modern rea cost aiinument against modern bnttleships. The reports of tho experience gained, however, tend to "ontlini the opinion that the flie from ships 1 annul silence the flie or seriously riipple the armament or our modern batteries; that the ships could not withstand the (Ire of our modern battetles and tfi.it theiefoie tho .ships ; atuiot attai k the batteries successful ly. Whether the ships can mn by the battel les without loo gieait a risk had not been shown. This will dep ml 011 the skill and rapidity with which thtguns aie served, piovided the sOilps are not Htoppcd by the mines." (Considerable attention Is devoted to the progress of woik at the var ious at senilis and the guns which uto bolug made. On September SO, 18DS, titers were 447 sea coast guns mounted It Is estimated that on June 30, 188V, theio will bo 900 and on th time date In 1900, 1,169. GOMEZ SHAKES AMERICANS GETTING RID OF THEM AS FAST AS TOSSIDLE. Cnptain Wnrren Believes That It Will Be Difficult to Induce tho Mnjorlty of the Insurgents to Dls bnnd The Residents of Santiago Are Studying tho English Lan guage City Improvements Santlngo de Cuba, Nov. 13. Captain Warren, an American, who has been with General Maxlino Gomez for near ly two years, has arrived here. Accord ing to his .statement, General Gomez will no longer have Amei IcanH about him, and Is getting rid of them ns fnt ns possible. Ho takes the same course In the case of Cubans suspected ot favoilng annexation to tho I'nlted States. The result Is that some of the men who weio loiiff attached to his Immediate staff arc not now with him, It will be difficult, Captain Wnrren believes, to get the majority of the In surgents to disband. Ills idea. Is thnt when the American authorities get con trol of the old portions of the Island, thev should give out no rations and punlh severely all thefts of cattle and produce. He thinks, too, that there may be some trouble with the Insurgents be caime of their Insisting on the light to court-martial delinquents among them selves. Theie Is vety little serious sickness among the troops here. Everybody Is Improving with the cooler weather. It Is estimated that no fewer than 18,000 people In this section nie learn ing English In addition to the school children. Tho greater part of Mailna street Is now macadamized. This Improvement Is to be extended throughout the entire city. In place of the ancient cobble stones. The United States revenue steamei Manning Is now here, with Captain Shoemaker, chief of the revenue cutter service, who came to Investigate as to the need of a vessel for Collector Don aldson. Captain Shoemaker believes that Collector Donaldson's it-quest should lie compiled with. Owing to the heavy weather the Man ning, Instead of the converted yacht Hist, will be placed at the disposal of Uoneral Wood, commander of the mili tary division of Santiago, for his trip from Guantnuamo alons the northern coast of the piovluce. The Manning, with General Wood, will piobably leave on Tuesday, m W. C. T. V. CONVENTION. Number of Delegates Fill the Pul pits at St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 13. This was a quiet day among the W C. T. V. delegates so far as convention work was concerned. A number of the delegute tilled lo cal pulpits in the morning and even ing. But one session of the conven tion was held, Miss F. W. Greenwood, world's national .supeiintendent of evangelistic department, preaching at the People's churt h. The temple mat ter and election of officeis which piom Ises so muili excitmenl Monday and Tuesday, wan kept as much In the background ns peas.lblc fo.- subjects In which all ure Intel ested. The tem ple matter Is due to come up late Monday afternoon when Mrs. Matilda Uentse. the foundti of the temple, will make her leport on It and seek lo ovei come the adverse decision of the executive! committee on the subject. The polling of the delegates t outlnuos actively and evetybody is confident of winning. A very lively conteK is piom Ised, the 11m move probably being an attempt to secure a secret ballot. Friends of the temple believe they can gain most by such a couise, because of the timidity of some of the delegates. The general opinion has been thai Mis, U. M. X. Stevens, vice-pii-sldulii nt large, and at Una: piesldent, would be unopposed In her candidacy for ihc place made vat ant by the death of Fiances Wlllaitl. but several other can didates have been announced. Mis. Martin H. Dunham, of Ohio, one of the Temple trustees, and now state pies! dent of Iowa. Is a prominent candi date and her friends hope for help fiom the friends of the temple An othei prominent candidate u Mis. G. U. Forbes, stale piesldent of Connecti cut. Mis. .Stevenson's uslsnatiui leaves the position of corresponding secretary vacant and a number of piomlnun't woikers huve been mentioned for the otllce. Theie Is little tanvasping being done and Miss Anna A. Gordon, forin eily Miss Wlllaid's 10nlldentl.il filend and secretary, seems to be the most piomtuent In the field. There seems no reason to doubi that the other olllceis" will be ie-eleeted. The place of the next meeting hns not v('t been decided upon, but It is piobable tint It will bo Seattle. Theie are a number of eastein cities that huve invited the convention to meet in the east, but the geneial sentiment seems to be in favor of Seattle. KOREAN VISITOR. Mr. Chong Ki Ye Desires to Master our Lingo. Washington, Nov. 13. Ml. Chong KI Ye, tonnectcd with the household f)f the clown pilnee of Korea, ami eldext son of .Mr. Chin Pom Vo. the mlnlui' fiom Kotea to this country , bus been appointed an attache of the Korean legation hero and Is now en route to take his post He Is 21 years old, and hl main mis sion 10 this country Is to be educated in the Eucllsh languuge and customs. Ho left Korea unaccompanied Sept. 25, ai lived In San Fianclsco last night and Is expected to loach Washington the latter pail of next week. France Will Build Ships. Loudon, Nov. 14, The Hull) Mull fays this morning Unit the French naval con struction piottrnninic for lb.i) Iniimlir. two battleships of 14,000 tons tach, with very powerful aimament, and piotettlon, two cruisers of l,) tons each, two luigo tor pedo liuat ilnxlroycrs stud t-Jevtui 'torpedo boa lr. DREYFUS REPORTED DEAD. A Rntliev Fishy Story Comes by tho Way of Alsnce. Paris. Nov. 13. It Is reported hue this evening that Dreyfus Is de.-d. Th'j tumor Is understood to lie based upon a mysterious telegram received fron. Cohnur, capltol of Fpper Alsare, signed by nn nnknnvn roi respondent. So far ns tan be iiHcertilned. thote Is no uinvinl cnnlltmatioii of the vo poll The fnthn-In-law of Dreyfus dis credit. It II bays he has received evcellent nocounts from tho colonial office quite recrntlv nn to tho prisoner's health. 'Despite these assurances there aio dnik rumors alloat. In view of tho curious manner In which the letter from Dreyfus declaring that he hid abandoned all hope wns conveyed lo Mine. Dreyfus on Friday, many peo ple believe he is dead. A dlipatch from Pails on Friday said that Mme. Dreyfus had applied nt the nfllce of the minister of the col onies for pernilyslcn to send her hus band some w irm clothing, for his le- I turn home. The request wus icfused, 011 the ground that the roveinment would do vhntever was necessaiy. At the seme time, according to the dispatch, the authorities lead her n letttr from her husband to the effect that having foi live months addiesseil appeals for revision to General De Holsdeffie (recently chief of staff of tho French at my) without getting any leply, nrd bting weary nrd exhaust ed by his useless appeals he would wilte ro moie to his laiully or to anybody. ( decrlbed himself ns 111 and dying nud beVieathed to "the ren eroslty of my country the care of le hahilltPting my mtmory." It nppears that Mme. Drvfii" then asked permission to telegraph her hus band the dclslon of the court of cas sation. This request was uIft refused. Then. throuRh a friend, she appeals to President '".utie, but with no bet ter remits. The dispatch said her counsel would, bilng the v. hole mnt tei before the court ol' caseation. Paris, Nov. 13. Careful inquiries made al the Colmnr this evening show that nothing Is known there ns to the death of Dreyfus. It Is now believed that the telegram was a hoax. HEROES OF THE BROOKLYN. Cnptain Cook Designates Officers De serving of Special Mention. AVashlngton.Nov. 13. A supplemental leport of Captain F. A. Cook, of the cruiser Brooklyn, lelatlve to otllcers tie. serving special mention in the battle of July 3, hns been riled with the navy depaitment. It follows: f. S. Flagship Hrookln. Sir. 1 request to supplement mv report for tho battle of tin 3rd of July, anil lnt It will be Hied with that report miulo on Jul 7. , The splendid ami pftkimt work done n the engine ami lire rooms was largely duo lo the zeal and Intelligence of Passrrt As sistant Dinsliieer Carter, who went tiiiiu.--dljtelv to Ids station in the (nghie looms mil was unremitting thioughoiit the u tlnu In his etforts to ,jet the best speed, lie w.is ublv usisUtl hi the tire rooms l,v Passed Assistant thlgim-er J. I!. Patto 1 end Assistant Uiiglneer Fltzgt raid X.iMil Cadets V. S. Muty and J. II. Woodward weie stationed at the bntiery iiirt weie tool and efficient 111 duty. Nnvtil Cadet J. A. Hi.nd was nl the cfii ti.il stntlon and tonve.M-d nil oitleis and lusli in tloi.s tli llbi'iHtelv and wel. Naval Cadets J. W. 1. Clement, It. V. Vlneti.l. J. T Howiis, C. W. Coiumh were stitlon!' In tin? powder division pud did effective duty Pa C'eik l). I Hancock vuhiuli nd lor a suttiou and did pceent wink In the poivdtr dlv laoii TENOR WITH A DAGGER. Francisco Colleuz Wounds Miss Moi rison, the Piima Donna. St. LouK Mo,. Nov. 13. At the Cen tmy theater, in the comae of the piesentutlon of i Pagllnccl." tutor Framisio Collenz muled out a tluale In one of the aits by a bit of leallsm that was not on the piogramme. With unwonted ardor. Mr. Colleuz wounded Miss Ncdila Monison, the pilnin donna In the aim with a daggei. Blood spurttd foi th fiom u wound in the left fotearm. the actiess fainted and the tin tain wits mug down. Man ager Leveling 1 ailed foi a physician fiom the audience. Dr. Thompson 10 sponded and speedlb levived Miss Monlcon who was forced to retire to her hotel, The wound Is not seilous. MARCHAND'S RETURN. He Will Remove the French Expedi tion to Jubltil. Caliu. Nov. 13. Major Murchund. commander of the Fiench expedition at F.ishoila, started loda for that point with Cnptain Dm .1 tier, who tarried Maiehand's lepoit to Pails and hi ought M:e leply of the Fiench government. On their nrilval at Fashoda the ev pedltion will lmmedlatelj ictlrc. by way of Snbal, soulhweBt of Fashoda. at the Junction of the Sobal river and the White Nile, from which point they will move overland to Jibuti!, the Fiench post In the I'esn district, on the west coast of the gulf of Aden. MRS. BOTKIN ARRAIGNED. He) TMal Will Occur on December H In Sail Fir.nclsco. .Sun l';anrisco, Nov 1:1. -The date foi the tilel of Mrs CoUcIla Hotkln, ,ie. cund "t" the murilPi of Mrs. ,te!ni P Dunning of Dover. Del, by means of a iniv of poisoned enndv sent through the mail.', has been s,i for Dec. .",. The Indictment thaiglng her with the el line was icail to h -t todnj, and when nsktil to answer the charge, she re plied: 'Not gulltj " Chief if Polle-! Leos hns prepaied a strong cafe aguint tho accerod woman and Is convinced sbo will be tonvlcted Minder nnd Suicide. KeudhiR, Pa.. Nov. r.-Morilit J. I. in., nged 41, 11 tihnoninker, whs shot and fa tally wounded toda.v by his son. llnnvy, iv'fd nboiil n. Voiliu; Lulz t.uae luoin Intoxicated and his fa tin r reprimanded him This ingeied the boy and he llred two shots through bis father's he.nl. Tho latter ran Into the slieet and tell ovo" from the loss of blood. Tho boy then committed suicide by cutting hlu throat fiom c-nr In tar, . INHABITANTS OF ILOILO IN A PANIC THE INSURGENTS ARE DAILY EXPECTED TO ATTACK TOWN. Business Is Fnialyzed nnd InJinb itantB Ate In a State of Terror. Mercantile Houses of All Nation alities Have Asked the ComniRnder of the Cruiser Charleston to Re main, as Spanish Authorities Can not Afford Protection. Manila, Nov. 1.1. The following nd vlces have been received from Hollo, capital of Panay, one of the four prin cipal Islands of the Vlsayas group. "The Insurgents have occupied Lln ganls, Oton nnd Pavia, ruburbs of Ho llo, and are dally expected to attack the town. The Spaniards have aban doned the Mole and destroyed the con necting btldges. "Business is paralyzed and the In habitants aie in a state of teiror. The mercantile houses of all national ities have signed a circular asking the commander of the United States cruis er Charleston to lemaln, as tho Span ish authorities are Incapable of afford ing them piotectlon." It Is reported also that the Inrur gents have taken the whole of the Islnnds of Negros and Hebu, of the Vlsayas group. As the cable connect tlons are cut It Is Impossible to con llrm this rumor. On Nov t), General Illos, Spanish governor of the Vlsayas, Is said to have declared a seven days' armistice, In otder to communicate with Madrid with a view of transferring control lo the Ameiicans. 'Major Hell has gone to Hollo to as ceitaln the facts of the situation. The I'nlted States transport Senndla will leave tomorrow with sixty sltk and discharged men. THE MANITOBA SAILS. Government Transport Cairles Men and Horses to Neuvitas. Savannah, G.i., Nov 13. The govern ment tiausport Manitoba sailed for Neuvitas, Cuba, at .1.30 o'clock this morning carrying General Caiper(ter nnd his headquarters and six troops of the Eighth tegular eavali.v, about 700 men together with horses and' a large amount of stores and supplies. The despatch with which the Manitoba was handled cxcpIs anything In this line since the beginning of the wat with Spain. The Manitoba arilved fiom New York at 10 o'clock jesteiday morning and within less than IS bouts alter her aulval she was on hei way to sea again with the Iroops and stoles aboatd, the woik of loading having been accomplished within about tlfteen hours. The vessel was loaded at the Central rallioad whatf nnd the de spatch was made possible by the en eigy with which the Cclittal lnllroail ohiclalit and the .11 my oflleeis within whose piovinto the matter la applied I themselves to the woik. Ylie I'lesl ! dent Egan, of the Central, and Captain I Baker, chief quai tei mastei 1.. 'the hev . enth 111 my eotps. lemaliietl on the I whan the gieater part of the night. . The six tioops of cavalij arilved heie eatlj esterday moinlng and weie mi I theli way to sea with supplies to last I for seveuil months within i'4 houis. I aftei their aulval heie. The Manitoba , went down the liver thawing ".1 feet ten Inches, passing tli tbb tide without ! liillltulo. She was followed by the ship Aic.ur.. lan.vlng 15 "un bales of 1 1 0U011, MAY BE THE LAST. ' El Imparcial Says Peace Negotia tions Are Wearing an End. MadiiU, Nov III. Ill ImpattM! sujs the unveinment b.is foi w. tilled (twirii!- I llorn 10 Senor Monloio Hlos, piesldent 1 ....... (... , . ... . . . 01 nit npanisu pca"e commission 111 Madild, and that Monday's confer ence ma', be the last but one "unless the American eommlssion eis moderate their claims.' According to Kl Iriipatcial a member of the cab inet hat virtually declared as mm h. The government has lecelved a dls patih from Geneial IIlo, governor of the Vlsayas islands, leportlng the re bellion In the Islands of negioes. und iiiinouncllif, the departuie from Hollo of the mall steamer Munos, with a number of Invalided men, whose re patiiatlon has been nuthorired by the Americans. The Madild papers today declare that the expected visit of Ihupeior Wil liam Is a matter of no polliltal Im portance and that thr German nm bassadoi'H visit to Berlin Is In no way cennected with It. DISCUSSING HACE RIOTS. Meeting of Prominent Colored Citi zens in Now York. I New Yoik. Nov 1.',. Concerning the ! lace tlots In North and South Carolina, T. Thomas I'ortune said today that a meeting of coloied etlzens nnd others would be held In Cooper Cnlon on nexl Thuisday evening to discuss the sit uation. At the meeting It Is expected that i:. D. llassett, ex-rnlted States minister to Hayll, will preside. All the piutors of Afro American chuiches in New Yoik will lake pint. Many piom Inent white citizens have been lnvit?d to attend Ihe meeting, which will be strictly 11011-paitlsnii. It Is also expected that meetings will be held on the sinie evening In Ilos ton. Philadelphia. Washington and Chicago, Mlaze at Canyon City. linker Clt. ffe.. Nov. 10. Wire which Ftartcd in the LIkhorn hotel at Can) on City, Kent county. di-stto)cd the entlie busliicsK portion of the town and n num ber of residences. The loss will exce.st 1K.),0"0.- J - THE NEWS THIS 3I0KNLV0 Weather Indication! Todijrt Rain. Gtn"ml-Spaln Must Recede from Her Position on the Philippines Rmporo- Wlllnm'n Vllt to Bpnln, Hollo's Inhshltants Are Soured. Oniricl Clomf7 Decs Not Like Amcr lcnni. OtnerulFflnctton Defeats Vale at Font Drill, financial and Comerclal. Loertl-Offlcl.il Vote of Last 'lucsday'g Legislature. Editorial. Comment ot th Press, Local Olllclal Vote ot Last Tuesday's Election. Loral Sermon bv Itev. W. V. Gibbons. Old Coat Found 111 Twin Shaft. 7 Locnl Warrants Isuetl for Djna- miters. Vnnderblll to Tunnel the Pocono Mountains. S Local -West Peranum and Suburban. 9 News Hound Aboul Scrantoii. 10 General Thirteenth Leaves for the South This .Morning N Jottings of the Industrial World. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION Issued by Governor Hastings on Saturday Evening, llaiilsburg, Nov. 13. Governor Hast ings Ksurd the following proclamation last evening: In accordance with a time honored cus tom and , pursuant to the proclamation ot the president of the United .States, I, Daniel H. IHsIIufs, governor of the com. iiinnwenlth of Pennsylvania, do hereby designate nnd ret apart Thiirsda, ihe twenty-fourth diy ot November, IMjs, as the annual d'i) of thanksgiving to be ob served by the citizens of this common wealth. Xnt Mlnri Ihn wnp tihlph thl putcncil tile distrue'lon of tho Union nnd which ! l.n.U. ... A .....1 I f, u.,p,,ll. ficaiM 111 n. Ifiilllieu eruiiu j ii'ate he pcoploof the United States mhI of Hit country hml so grent cause lor (jiving ...rcinilng dining the recent war. The thanks to Almighty God upon whose l.i- i , vor the happiness and true giuitne-H ot , hta,u dep.-rtment had not, so far as our people must always depend. Prospir- Is known, tu'i'en cognisance of the em ll has reigned within our iiordeis. but . moviments, and certainly thci the peace of our country, which has con- I tinned for a third of a c. ntur.v. bus ! n Interrupted bv war made necessary 111 the cause of hums ntty and In tin lnletm of the peace oi the world foi the ears that nr to come. The patriotism of om entire people has Leen mndt prominent by the events thul have transpired within 1 the lust six mouth-; luis given mw strength to our government, has added much to the love we have for our couutiv. The honors of wh' cannot bt pitlll.tted nnd the losses that we have sustained vy know have broi.eht sorrow to a Ihirc number of the homes In our stale. ut ; houlil all be thtnkful for Ihe leaults DiHt have been accomplished. I To this end let our usual places of wo--' ship be nttended bv tho citizens of m.r commonwealth on this (,iy .set epait lur J lliankprivliiK uuil nra.vei and lit us all ' iHifiv our devotion to our rountrv s icst I Interests and rendtr tlinnks to Him tu whom we owe every blessing. Given undet my hand and the givat stul of the "late :'t the 1 Itv of Jlmilsbuig. 1 this twelfth day of November, in tbu eir of our Loitl. one. thousand elsht bun dled and ninety-eight, and of the com I monwealth the one hmidred and twenty. ! lbli.1. Daniel H. Ilasllm,s. I Hy the kovciiioi. I D.uld Malum 1 Si-uelai: of ihe Commonweallh 1 EIGHTH CAVALRY SAILS. ' Now En Route for Puerto Principe. Cuba. .Vashlngton, Nov. 1!, Adjutant Gen- , einl t nibln leielved .1 dl--patch tod.,y 'announcing that the llleiith eavali.v sailed at ." o'clock this meaning for Puerto I'll ik I ie, C ibu In lhl coiiiieetlon an iiiteiesting bit ot It'formnlleiii hu leiehcd the wai depulliueir. AllaPgements hnve bee.i made by th- Sp inlsh aiithoiilles ti I si-mi back to Spain tlie Spanish Hoops, . liiuubeiliig s.'Oo men, upon tlie aulv al of the Auieilin.11 gariiifon ll v.-us expetteil that they would sail next 'lite-day or Wednesday, but an unex- pceir-u ooirtt'ie n.t', aien amons 1110 men themselves. Th-y "iiv on the veige 01 oioiio,, oi'vin iiei'iarint; nicy win I iie.i letuiii 1.1 Sjnm until they bav 1 received Uieh pay, now far In ainais, for seivite in 1 1 bu. Tin niutinv - leiulii not alone to the ii:'isteil 11 , but to their ntliiri. ni.tl Is tluvt-ied 1 Hgalutt the executive olllt lals . .' the I Madild government on the Nlat.d. I Some of thi nun Imvv not lj.nn puld for nearlj a .vear, snd to all of them j sei'etal morlhs' pa Is due. j The situation has cieated po p.u- tltulnr I'onieni In the minis of the I Ameileaii.ai'thoritles as it Is not llk- 1 ly sMlously to affect the coptm! of tint poitloli of the island ov the Amer ican fotce-: tut it Is realized that those y.ROO soldiers, If thev should peisist In their lefusal to uluin to Spain, might bdome dependents whom I ' w.iulil be dlllleult to eate for. and al 1 ' matl, pet hups, a menace to k ' government on the Island. Tho Spnnlsli nuthoiltlcs e,u-sH .. 1 fear of their ability to solve he pi di lem presented, but how they will scilv 1 It If the men. backed by their uttlets, i a'osolutelv lciuse to ret inn home with out ihilr pav, Is nut tleai. Li on the Shelf. Pekln. Nov, 1J," I.I J linn, I'hniiR lus been onleied in proeeeil to Tsl Nan, tap Itol of the provlure of Shan Tung to torn ert nieasutes with the vlccrov of Shun Tung to prevent futiiie Inptidjtloiis of the Yellow liver (IIo-iiir Hoi. This nppolntinrut Is regauleil ns v li tu, illy helving Prince LI Fiench Bondholder Anxious. Paris, Nov. ,'). Al u general meeting of Wrench holders nl Cuban luntl.t held here vcHierdu). n tesolutlnn was adopted to appeal to Ihe "good faith of Spain nnd the spirit of eeiultv of tho I'nlted States" to settle the ijiiifltlon of their rights as ciedltois "In conformity with the mles of justice nnd law." Steamship Arrivals. Iltirvc Nov. New York, cania, Ntw X VI. rrlvul: La Touralne, CpiCctistown Sailed: I.u- WILLIAM IS CAUTIOUS Officals Anxious to Ex plain His Visit to Spain. PRIVATE IN CHARACTER The Stops nt Cadiz and Caitagena Largely a Health Precaution Atti tude of Germany Is Neutral and Friendly The Visit Considered In opportune A Popular Demonstra tion on Part of the Spanish Citi zens Is Feaied. Washington, Nov. 13. It Is under stood thnt pssuratices have been giv en by the German government I hat the visit of Kmperor William of Ger many to Spain Is entliely devoM of ofllclal ehniacter or significance, that the olllclal tlip of Ihe Imperial party ended when they left Palestine, and thai tlie ptoposcd stop at Cadiz and Caitagna Is largely a health precau tion In behnlf of the empress, a tho 'ca trip would be long nnd arduous if unbroken by these stops nt the Span ish potts. The assurances appear to be voluntaiy on the part of the Ber lin ottltlals. and to be In line with the caie taken In that quarter of Into to minimize and remove the bad 1m- i presslon caused bv sevral lncldontrt w-as 110 puipose 01 intiuinnK as 10 lite stop at Spain, although this action by the emperor was looked upon as lath er Inopportune, to say the leust, when the peace negotUllotin with Spain nits al a critical juncture Jiid when, tech nically, the war Is still in progress. At the Willi' time Germany has ton stantl reiterated her neutral and filendlv attitude und the emperor him si If took occasion In his Inst address to the rielchtag 10 give strong cx prehslon to the G'Tinan purpose lo maintain the stilctst linpai tlnllty be tween this government and Spain. At the same Unit, the officials heie und in Heilin have recognised that a sitting public sentiment of nntmo'-liy.vvas be in developed between th" ppople of the twt counttles and steps have been taken to offs?i this ns far as possible. The Ian move In thai ili..etlon was .11 a leceiit dinner given bj C.'ianeollor ! von liulow ,11 litlliu to Ardie" D. 1 White, ihe rnittil Slates t-tibassador, nnd Dr von lltillubeii, the i.'in.an niul.Hs-L'lJol to tile- I'tlitetl Si ll I e", loV vlsitln hi c.i 1:11:1m It was iniciide'l 1 Uiut the ne" assmliilit uc.M epiry if stole, .Ml. Hill, should be 0.1 of :be guests, but he was delaine I In jo- i.'inl. ILL WfclKLlNG PltEVAll.S. ' Private Rtlv lees teteived heie bv of- llclalh slate that the meeting was Im- poitaut as furnishing an oppoi '.unity for a flee and full discussion of all the subjei ts that have threatened to estrange the two governments and for the establishment of a mile li moie riieiiill.v umlerstnuillug. it is lecog- , Ued, howevei. among officials an(1 aiplonmtle. Unit while ofllcl state lal sen timent Is satlsfactoiv theie continues to be an undeit urieiit of Ill-feeling with the public and press of the two tommies. For this leason the piesent movement of the emoeior In stopping at Ihe Spanish poll 1 apses something of a shock In illplomatir tiuarteis ns It Is felt to be one moie obstacle In the way of the happy appioaehment which was being executed by the authoiltles heie anil at Derlln With n view of minimizing the visit the arsurances are now foni"iunlcatcd as to Its non-oftl-cIhI chaiaeter. The suggestion that the einpeior may be nsked by Spain to act as atbltratnr lietween the I'nl ted Stales and Spain In case the Phil ippine issue becomes acute Is dismissed as absurd on the ground that no such plii 11 would be considered foi a moment unlets both tommies Joined In n 10 ipiest 'or It. The aulval of the em peror at Cadiz and e'artagena Is await ed with consldeiabl" apprehension by the Geiniau authoiltles as It may 15.lv e rise to a Spanish popular demonstra tion open to mlsionstriictlon In this country. With a view of avoiding such an affair the German chaige d'affaires at Madrid has been Instructed to no tify the Spanish government of the strictest unofllcUl character of the em perm's visit Earnings of the B. nnd O, n.iltbuore. Nov II. The npproxlmatn gros earnings ol the Haltlmoie and Ohio rallro.itl for the month of October, tsis, were L'.Ki OW till Increase of Jll,7;S.t3 over th coiesponellng month of lis". Desperate Jack Nickles. Placervlll Cat.. Nov PI. Yeatculny evening near Shingles Springs, this coun ty. Jack Nlcklts shot and killed his wlf nnd his urdher-ln-law with a rifle and then killed hlm-tlf -H-H--H-H-srH- 1 f 1 1 1 sV WEATHER F0RECA8T. Washington. Nov 1 . -Forecast for Moiiila . W 1 i-nsii rn Pennsyl vania, rain, follnv- I In (.touring Monthly; fair and imhi Tnovisy fresh to brUU mm 'next to west winds. ts)-ssVstttttttttftttttttt a
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