IjJ. IvM TWO CENTS. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 10. 1S9S. TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. 7 WRECK ON THE GRAND TRUNK An Express Train Crashes Into a Moving Freight. TWELVE PERSONS KILLED Many More Are Seriously Injured A Misplaced Switch the Cause of the Accident Several Cars Smashed to Splinters Engineer nnd Tire man of the Wrecked Train Both Killed Hardly Any of the Pass engers Escaped Injury Many of the Victims Mangled Beyond Ilec ognitlon List of tho Kled nnd Wounded. Trenton, Out., Nov. 13. A Grand Trunk express train bound for Toronto crashed Into a moving freight train near Murray Hill crossing1, two miles west of there, lit 3.30 this morning, nnd several cars were smashed almost to splinters. So far as known twelve people were killed nnd a dozen or moro seriously Injured. LIST OP THK DRAB. WILLIAM LUNNBSS, cattle drover. To. ronto. CHAHLKS GOODCHILD, cattlo drover, Toronto. JOHN CASEY, engineer, oft duty, Bclle vllle. WILLIAM BRA BY. engineer of Montreal express, Belleville. JOHN MACIJONALD, fireman or Mont real expresi, Uellevlllc. MEKIE C. KKttN, nutlv of Bussl.l. GEORGE HARR1CI1. nutlvo of Russia. KATRINE HABRICH, native of Russia. Three other Russians, man, woman and femalo child, all unidentified. Unknown man, lees nnd part of truulc recovered. All tho Russian party had through tickets to Cincinnati. They arrived at Quebec last week on the steamship Laurentinlan. THE INJl'RED. WILLIAM KINNEAR, Prescott. wound ed about the head. JAMES NEWMAN, baggageman, Toron to, slightly Injured. 1.1SON LEBLANC. baggageman. Mont real, slightly Injured, JOHN M'NAMARA. lltcmun. Brockvllie, condition critical. ALBERT TRACEY. Toronto, both legs Injured. A. P. WALKER, nreman, Belleville, foe injured. FREDERICK COHEN, German Immi grant, tlgli fractured and skull thought to bo crushed. (- PALIN, Chcsley. 111., Injuries slight. A. CAREY, COBOURG, shoulder frac tured. B. BACKt'S. Tliockvllle, fare lacerated. A misplaced switch was the causa of the accident, the west-bound train taking the wrong track, on which was the eastbouud freight. The train, which left Montreal at 3 o'clock Inst night, consisted of express, rail and baggacje cars, a second class ir, one first cluss coach and two Pull- mn sleepers. The second class ear was next to the baggage car and ahead of the first class coach and sleepers. It was pretty well filled with people-, there being twenty or more passengers in it and hardly any of them escaped without injury. Between Belleville and Mutiny Hill crossing tho road Is single tracked, the. only piece of single track between To ronto and Montreal. At Murray Hill crossing1 the westbound express usual ly leaves the single track and takes the double track, and It was about a mile and a half west of this point where the accident occurred. Whether the signals were lleht or not thlB morning will never be Tcnoun, tho engineer and fireman of tho wreck ed train, are both dead. Both engines were totally destroyed and the freight engine was thrown completely over the pussenger engine Into the ditch beyond. The engineer and fireman of the freight train. Thomas Ivans and Ales Topping, both of Toronto, jumped and escaped with llsht Injuries. W. H. Brady, enlgneer, of Belleville, and John McDonald, fireman, of Belleville, who were In charge uf the pnstvuger en gine were killed. Tho greatest destruction was wrought In tho second class car. The baggage car w.i.e driven Into and almost torn plcteb through It, the passengers were e rushed and mangled underneath tho timbers of tho cars. Tho mall car was forced right on top of the baggage car and the express car was partially wrecked. Tho first class car was un injured, as were ulso the two sleepers. Tho work of pulling out the dead and Injured was commenced Immedi ately, but it was late this morning before all tho bodies were gotten out. Some of them were so horribly man Bled, that recognition was almost Jin possible. The Injured were taken to the hospital at Belleville. CA11LISTS AKE ACTIVE. An Uprising May Be Expected to Follow Peace Treaty. London, Nov. 10. -The Madrid cones pondent of the Pally Mall says; A leading Carllht tells me that he will he astonished If a formidable arising does not occur In .Spain within u month after tho peace treaty Is signed. Tho Carllsts havo abundant supplies of money, and, my Jnformaiu says, only Bomethlntf very big and unexpected can prevent a rising, This, appears to agree with the news that Uorr.Ctu103-, has succeeded In rals. lne an important loan In London and In Paris, and that wealthy Carllst fam lles ore Insuring their property against war risks, HAS NO DEAL WITH QUAY. Senator Mageo Benles Reports to That Effect. Pittsburg, Nov. 15 A report has been in circulation for some time to the effect that Senator C. L. Mugee had made a deal with Quay. It was reported yesterday that it had been agreed that In return for Mageo's sup port of the state ticket tho latter wns to "audit tho claims" of those who as pired for porltlons under tho state government. Senator Mageo was ask ed about the reported deal, and ho re plied: "There In not the shadow of truth In that report. I have made no deal with Quay, and furthermore I shall make none. I supported tho Republican ticket hecnuse I felt that It waa my duty as a Republican to do so. I real ized that It wus highly necessary for every good citizen to come to the sup port of tho ticket In behalf of tho na tional administration." "Han Martin made a deal with Quay?" "No, sir: I don't think ?o, and I don't believe ho will make a deal with him. He supported the Republican ticket for the same reason I and every other good Republican did." BEAVER SCORES COLONEL LEE Member of tho War Commission Loses Patience at the Hcaruessnes3 of a "Red-Tape Officer. Washington, Nov. 15. Dr. William G. Weaver, of tho Ninth Pennsylvania volunteers, was before tho war com mission this afternoon, und' he gave detailed Information concerning tho conduct of a regimental hospital at Camp Thomas. Dr. Weaver said that typhoid had broken out about tho 10th of Juno and that It had continued from that time until the 20th of August. There had been about COO cases of this disease in the regiment, nnd twenty eight or thirty deaths. The doctor said there was an Insufficient supply of drugs and that at times he failed to get what was needed. Quinine was one or the articles of which there had been a scarcity and 100,000 pills were se cured from home, no said that at one time there were llfty-slx patients lit the regimental hospital because there was no accommodation for them In the division hospital. At another time there were sixty-seven fever patients In tho company tents for whom admis sion could not bo secured In any hos pital, division or regimental. In sum ming up the causes of disease In tho camp. Dr. Weaver Included overwork of the men as one. The first reveille sounded at -1.30, nnd after that time the men were kept busy with drills until C.l!., notwithstanding the weather was Intensely hot. Ho nlso expressed the opinion that the water from Chick amauga creek was polluted. Ho con sidered the water In this stream as hardly lit to bathe In, much less to oilnk. His Information was that there wore sources of contamination above tho lii-takc pipe of the pipe line sys tem. The doctor admitted that he liad never visited the creek at tho pumping station. Dr. Weaver related his difficulties In securinif tents for the regimental hos pital and said that in one case Chief Quartermaster Lee had refused to al low the regiment to have a tent which was stored, and which was Its prop erty. Colonel Lee said that the tent could not !e taken out except In th proper military manner, but the regi ment had never been able to ascertain what he required and never secured the tent. The defect was? supplied by taking tho officer's mess tent for hos pital purposes. In this connection Gov- I ernor Beaver expressed the opinion that this conduct on the part of Colonel Leo was an outrage, and said the only mistaken that the doctor und his ool j onel had made was that "they had not taken the colonel by the nano ot the neck and kicked him out of camp." Dr. Weaver said he wus the only surgeon on duty with his regiment, the oilier two being detailed to other service. He had been on duty as long ' as 42 bonis at a time, but he had nev er made any complaint, because It was J senerally known that the surgeons' In ' the regiments wero overworked. The l witness expressed the opinion that tho j hospital facilities should be furnished ' by the Government, adding that not an article of property in his hospital has been thup supolled, the citizens I of Pennsylvania buying beds, blankets, sheets and all tho food, Ice and milk I tb.it had been there. They had ex ' ponded over X2.000 on the hospital alone. I HAVE ARRIVED AT AUGUSTA. Second Section of the Thirteenth Arrived There Last Night Speel.il to the Scranton Tilnutie. Augusta, Oa., Nov. 1.". The second section of tho Thirteenth regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, ar rived here at 1). 30 p. m. At Hutnlet, N. C, a wheel of the car In which the memberH of Company D weie riding was found to bo bioken. Tho car was side-tracked and the occupants distri buted among the other cars. Tonight is warm and all on board tho train were well, and happy at get ting to a warmer climate. BOSTON ANTI-IMPERIALISTS. New Society of Kickers from the Mugwump District, Boston, No. 1S.--A conference of well known antl'impeiiallsts ot Boston will take place within a few days. Invitations arc now being srnt out, and It Is expected that the deliberations of this gathering will result In the formation of a icgulur crnunizalon In Boston for arousing public tcntlmcnt against tho taking of Spain's conquered pos.seej.lona by tho L'nlttd Stales. This confetci.ee is called for by tho Joint committee of the Fanned hall untl Imperialists mentlnur of last June and thu Mutsacht'fecttH Reform club. Stcani3hlp Arrivals. New Yolk. Nov. 15-CIrcd: Si. Louis, Souilrimi'loer. Malcstle, Liverpool. Hailed: Kulni'E Wllliclm dor G rosso, nrcinou. Ar rived Aller, Genoa nnd Neplcs. Ant werp Arrived; Noordliiml, New York via Southampton. Southampton Arrived: Latin, Nfw Yolk for Bremen. Rotterdam At rived; Rotterdam, New York, PEPPER MURDER CASE AT MONTROSE EAGEN ARRAIGNED FOR KILL ING THE RUSH FARMER. History of the Shocking Crime and tho Efforts of tho District Attorney in Tracking tho Supposed Murder er Susie Graham tho Woman iu Scarlet Tho Testimony Heard Yesterday. Special to tho Sciaiiton Tribune. Montrose, Nov. 15. There was a goodly sized audience In attendance at court this afternoon, for it was prac tically tho beginning of the Pepper murder trial. Tho last Juror had been drawn shortly before tho morning ses sion of court ended and a full panel of twelve good und true men filed into tho Jury box. The Jurors drawn are as follows: IMram Ball, D. Allison Brown, Willis ton Chamberlain, John I. Wallace, Al bert llllburn, Gardner J. Lewis, John "Dixon, Philander K. Benson, Clarence K. Shay, Andrew Faucher, Warren K. Tlngley nnd Fred Rlsson.- They aro men of stability and repre sent the fine yeomanshlp and good citi zen found among- the men of Susque hanna county. Jinny women occupied tho gallery and the township of Rush was well represented in the audience. District Attorney William D. B. Alney opened the case for tho com monwealth. His outline of the case was presented practically as given above nnd he asked the jury to rentier a verdict of murder In the first degree, as tho commonwealth would attempt to prove tho defendant, J. James Eag in. guilty ns charged. Tho district attorney has associated with him In the case as assistant counsel for the commonwealth, A. H. McCollum. The defendant's counsel Is T. J. Davles. HISTORY OF PEPPER .MURDER. Oct. 10, 1S07, Is a day which will be long remembered in the hamlet of Rush, Susquehanna county. The small village Is nestled between the sloping hills, final foot-hills of the Blue Kldg whose sides are alternately studded with giant trees of the primeval forest or show the clean even meadow land where man hns encroached upon the rremlses. Andrew Jackson Pepper lived there among those quiet, abid ing citizens who people such valleys of green sward. At the edge of his pasture lot the Wyalusing creek wound about, serpent-llko and babbled on to join the brimming Susquehanna at tho village bearing tho Same name. Mr. Pepper pn tho evening mentioned, said to his sister. Aunt Sally Pepner, ''I am going to tho barn to husk som corn," nnd taking the lantern went to the horse barn which is located about twenty rods from the house. When Pepper was next seen he was lying upon the barn floor bathed in his own blood; his gray hair wis matted with blood and brains and ileal, which had been battered to a. Jelly, the left wall of his skull was de piessed leaving a gnplng ugly hole, his feet and hands were tied with a rope such as Is used on passenger trains for signal purposes, a larse whltllctroe which he hud used to prop open a barn dcor lay at his side. There was .i heavy Iron nail protruding at one end nnd the original iron hasp with its jagged spud, be-spoke the awful punishment Inflicted. It was the weapon used, blood stained and with particles of flesh still sdherlng tr itn time-worn cicatrices. Pepper's straw hat showed that ho had it upon his head when first struck, tho wire nail having gone through It and blood had spurted over the saffron straw and showed in crimson spots. Thus Aunt Sally Popper found him when about ! o'clock he had not re turned to the house, and she had light ed another lantern and gone out Into the night to look for him. Justice of the Peace Abraham Carter acted as coroner and an inquest was I duly held, lor Pepper died at 3 o'clock the day following the tragedy, '.sus picion pointed indirectly toward sev eral, but the Inquest brought nothing to light upon the subject. District Attorney William D. B. Ainty was untiring In his efforts to apprehend the perpetrators of the das tardly crime, skilled detectives haunt ed the peaceful valley of the Wylaus ing and all to no avail. Early In January of the present year it was deemed expedient by those in pjwer to offer u suitable reward for thr. enpture or apprehension of the per son or persons who had committed the tiutal murder. SUSIE GRAHAM APPEARS. Tt was then that Susie Graham in- I tlr jated herself In the premises'. In a recent murder trial of note Lizzie Do Kalb figured as tho woman in black: In tho Pepper ttiul Susie Graham will be consiilcuous as the womun In scar let, for, it is alleged, she was indi rectly the cause of the crime. The Gruham woman was born and bred in Rush township not far from the noino of Jackson Pepper. As a little bare foot girl she dally passed his modest farm houso on her way to school and tho memory of childhood was indeed strong, for the childish gossip of the money Mr. Pepper kept at homo rang In her ears like a syren's song when sho and Bngan wero billing nnd coo ing In their Illicit love at Susquehanna. She had met Eagan In Blnghamton and they loved, not wisely, but too well, and she wont to llvo with him as his common-law wife. Susie Graham re membered the traditions of childhood, sho knew that Old Jackson Pepper was tin Iconoclast und had no faith In banks, she wanted Eagan to go to Rush and make a haul of cash that would place them both beyond tho dreams of avarice. Eagan was willing and so was his friend, Cornelius Wells Shew. Tho ropo used to tie Pcpper'B hands and feet was secured from Wing Lee, a laundrymun Celestial; but the wugon that camo along fho Mineral Springs road that night in October af ter these men left the barn, buying gagged and tied the old man, was. per haps, directly the caurc of his death. Pepper was groaning, nearer and near er came the team. If his groans were heard all would bo lost money nnd thsnifeclves. Back they went, it is al leged, these brutes, cowardly assas sins, and battered out Pepper's brains. A Jury of twelve men will decide whether they aro guilty, Susie Graham will try to obtuln tho $1,000 for she told what she know of the matter, nnd nfter clever and indefatigable work District Attorney Alney captured the two men. Both of these men havo made a written confession to mo. I cannot divulge what they have said until I am called into the witness box, nnd It Is for tho twelve men of tho jury to decide ns to their guilt. THE PRISONER, .1. James Eagen, has grown "side burns" since his last appearance in court for his first hearing. Ho Is neat ly dressed in a suit In which brown predominates; a black low tie on a field ot white relieves tho monotony and Into It Is added a blood red stud. HIh favorite attitude Is to lean with elbows on the tuble directly in front of his scat. Red almost as the stud In his shirt bosom are his features, llorld unto apoplexy Is the face of tho ac cused man. Eagerly he drinks In ev ery word of the evidence nnd occasion ally when some reference Is made to Pepper's condition all color leaves his face, nnd the hard, wild glitter In his eyo Is appalling. The first witness1 sworn wus Clifton lllekok, county surveyor-elect. His testimony covered a description of tho Pepper premises In general. Slaps which he bad made of house and barn were offered in evidence. George Granger, of Rush, for Indeed the town Is often termed Grangervllle, '. long havo the Grangers resided In that section, next testified. He was summoned by Aunt Snlly Pepper about 10 o'clock on the night of Octolier 1!, 1S07, and with Oliver Wilbur went to tlu Popper barn and found Pepper ly ing on tho floor. Afterwards he got George L. Pickett, a neighbor, who wiiB Wilbur carried Pepper to tne house. The cross-examination did not ma terially change his testimony. Oliver Wilbur, a brother-in-law of the previous witness, corroborated Mr. Granger's teatlmony. A most stnrtllng i effect was produced when Attorney Me- folium asked Mr. Wilbur to describe , Pepper's appearance.when he said: "Ho looked like the neck end of a slaught ered beeve nfter the head had been cut off." The cros'.'-examlnatton of Wilbur closed the first day of the trial. Selden Munger. ANOTHER WAR RUMOR. Spanish Fleets Are Being Prepared to Renew Hostilities Canary Islands Forts Manned. London, Nov. lti.-Tlie rumors circulated hero jesterday (Tuesday) that the Ameri can fleet was on the point ot' starting for Europe caused great excitement In com mercial circles. '' The Pally Graphic says this moiiuiig: "The Spanish trans-Atlantic fleet has been ordered to Ik prepared for a renewal of hostilities and the forts in the Canary Irlands arc being rapidly manned." COAL STRIKERS VIN. Chlcngo-Virden Company Practically Accedes to the Demands of the Miners Peace at Last. Chicago, Nov 13. The Chieago-Yir-den Coal company today radically acceded to all demands of tho sulking miners. The company agrees to pay the union scnle of 4'i cents for hand work and 33 for machine work. Ollidals of the ccal company held a meeting hero today with representa tives of the miners' unions for the pur pose of arranging a settlement of the long standing dllltcullles between the company und the miners. An agree ment was reached after a somewhat protracted conference. The chief griev ance of the miners was tho wage scale and the result Is looked upon as a big victory for them. The meeting was held In the olllee of President Loucks, of the coal company, and was attended by Acting President Mitchell, of the United Mine Woikers of Amer ica; President Hunter and Secretary Ryan, of the Illinois Mine Workers' union, and 'resident Cahlll, of tho sub-district branch state union, in be half of the miners. President Loucks and Manager Luklns representing the coal company. The meeting lasted un til Into In the nfternoon, arranging the minor details of the agreement, Including tho disposition ot the Import ed negro workers and the stockades. President Loucks refused to talk on these subjects, but stated ho had no doubt that an amicable agreement on all points under discussion would hi reached without difficulty. -- ANGLO-AMERICANS. Canadian Members of the Commis sion Arrive in Washington. Washington, Nov. 13. Sir Wilfred Laurier. premier of Lanadn, and hit James Winter, premier (of Newfound land, arrived today to take their seats In tho Anglo-American Joint commis sion. Mr. T. Jefferson Coolidgo, of Uosu ton, also came on, thu completing tho American membership. The commis sion held a brief session at 11 o'clock and then gave wuy to meetings ot tho British and American members sep arately. These separate conferences wero for tho purpose of going over the grounds on which recloroeit.v can be dlscmucd. Attention Is now centered almost exclusively on this1 tonic. No schedules hae been arranged, but it hns been considered best to take up each article separately, discuss the pos slbllltlc'i of tariff conces-slems upon It. The expectation Is that this work will proceed so that each side will know bv the end of the present week Just what urtlcles the other side desires to rmerato In a reciprocity arrangement and what reduction of rates Is poss blp on these articles. Although the strictest secrecy Is ob served, the general expression:! com ing from meinboro of tho committee continue to be hopeful that some kind of u reciprocity ngreument will be reached. Hartanft Statuo. HairUlmrg, Nov. 15. A meeting of tho Hartrantt commission was held here tliU evening at which tho statuo of General John F. Hurt ran ft In capitol park was ac cepted. Thtr statuo will be unveiled with elaborato ceremonies next gprlntr. THE BUSINESS MEN AREAT IT AGAIN THEY RENEW FIGHT AGAINST SENATOR O.UAY. Tho League. Notwithstanding Elec tion Results, Claims to Have Sup ported All Republican Candidates for tho National House of Repre sentativesIt Appeals to All Lov ers of Honest Government and Patriotism in Pennsylvania for Support. Philadelphia, Nov. 1.".. The business Men's Republican league of Pennsyl vania Issued a statement today on the result of the roeont election. Among other things It say: "It Is an Incontrovertible certainty that a majority of more than thirty of the next legislature have been elected upon n platform of opposition to tho return ot Senator Quay to tho United States senate, and are pledged to stand against all harmful machine legisla tion. Of the one hundred nnd thirty three members of the last legislature who voted for Senator Penrose and thereafter followed the dictator of the Quay machine, but twenty-four have been re-elected, or only IS per cent, while of the "Seventy-six" who sup ported Hon. John Wnnamaker, 32 have been returned, or more than 12 pol ecat. Of the fifty Quay men who at tempted to collect mileage bills for expenses never Incurred, only seven are re-elected while the four nntl Quay men on the s-amo committees who refused to render bills for money no! expended, have all been re-elected. "Senator Quay had a senatorial op ponent in but one county of the state. Tioga, where both he and his oppon ent submitted their names to the peo ple and Quay was overwhelmingly de feated by Hon. Charles Tubbs. In the Republican strongholds of Blair, Ches tei and Union counties, seven mem bers wen instructed at the primaries to ote for Senator Quay, because no candidate was announced against him, but at the election these seven mem bers Instructed for Senator Quay wero defeated. INFLUENCE INSUFFICIENT. "Even the ln(lueti"e of Senator Quay In his own county of Beaver was in sufficient to renominate the two men who had done his bidding In the last legislature. State chairman Eikln waa forced to take down the two members from his own county of Indiana whom I ho had led Into betraying the people nnd whom ho desired returned In the interest of the machine. "Ex-State Treasurer Haywood could not renominate bis two servile follow ers from Mercer county, though by precedent they were entitled to anoth er term, yet a member of the "Seventy Six" In this county broke all preced ents and was iv -elected for the third lime against the opposition of the Quay machine. Not one of the four members from Crawfoid county will bo con trolled by Senator Andrews. Ex-Secretary of the Commonwealth Frank Rce'der lout the four members he t'otm ciiy controlled from Northampton county. Chief Clerk of the Senate Smlley's two men from Venango were defeated. Resident Clerk of the House Feltcrolfl" failed to elect any ot the five members of the house or the slate senator, liom Montgomery county. President Pro Tem-elect AYalton, of the senate, was not returned to enjoy the honor purchased by his subserviency to the Quay machine. Senntoi An drews, whoso presence In the past hns done more to debauch and demoralize legislators than any other agency, is left at home. In twelve out of the fif teen counties visited by Hon. John Wunamnkef and other speakers under the auspices of the Business Men's Republican league during tho last three weeks of the campaign, all elected ntitl Quay members of tho legislature. CONSISTENT SCPPOUT. "The Business Men's Republican league wishes to draw attention with emphasis to the fact that throughout the entile campaign just ended, it con sistently and earnestly suppoited all candidates of the Republican party for members of the national house of rep resentatives from this state, and had the Quay machine done the same, the Republican? would nut now bo regret ting the calamity caused by the de feat of Hon. Charles W. Stone, a con sistent Republican member ot congress, and tho election In his stead ot that Democrat anostlo of free silver and fiee trade, Joseph C. Sibley. This is but one example of how trultoious the Quay machine hus become. Even while preaching from the stump the tup port of President McKlnley, his ad ministration, and the principles on which the Republican party has won so many and glorious victories, they used their efforts to deplete and weals en the Republican majority In our na tional houso ot representatives, though so badly needed to make effective Pres ident MeKlnloy's wise and patriotic purposes, for the sole reason that they might revenge themselves on one who had the courngn to appeal to the poo plo in his candlducy for governor. In stead of to the (rule or ruin) machine. "In the work before us the Busi ness Men's Republican league confi dently appeals to all lovers of honesty anil patriotism among Pennsylvania's citizens for support In whatsoever way each finds he can give It best. It Is not asking support for any man but for the redemption of the great Ro publican party of our commonwealth." Bribed to Wreck a Vessel, London. .Nov. 13. At tho Mansion houso poller court today a man named Robin B. Ptirdy was committed for ttiul on the charge of circulating a libel, con tained In a letter addricd to survivors and relatives of victims ot the Mohegan disaster. Intlmalh.g that her captain was bribed to wreck the vessid. . Cavalry Captain Captured, Btrasburg, Germany. Nov. 13. i'ho Ne'iste Naelulrhton says that Count Slol-berg-Wernlgerode. u captain of eavn!ry. has been caHhlared and sentenced to forty months' Imprisonment for futility stab bing with his sabro a sergeunt turned Be hi imiIi a id I, In Baptcmbvr Inst. THE NEWS THIS JlOilNING Weather Indication! Todiy: Fair! Southwesterly Winds. 1 General-Fatal Kallroud Wreck in On- tnrlo. Manifesto by tho Business Men's Re publican league. Tho Montrose Murder Trial. Joseph Chambcilaln on tho French Question. 2 General Special Cuban Commissioner Porter's Report. Financial and Commercial. 3 Local First Annual Meeting of the Hahnemann Hospital, 4 Editorial. Comment of the Press. 3 Story-"From Roof to Roof." Social Sldo of Governor Stono. C Local Scheme on Foot to Lcxow the Whole County. Court Proceedings. 7 Local Tho New Building of tho Coun ty Hank. Musical Questions for Teachers. 5 Local West Scranton and Subuihan. 0 News Hound About Scranton. 10 General Thirteenth Regiment On tin U'ny to Its New Camp. W. C. T. U. ELECTS A PRESIDENT Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens Selected to Succeed the Lato Frances Wil lartl. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15. The storm of yesterday In the Woman's Chris tian Temperance union made a. slim attendance at the opening today. Mrs. Dunham's resolution pledging tho na tional union to the payment ot tho $200,01)0 Issue of Temple trust bonds was postponed owing to the small at tendance till 0 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Llvell, of Pennsylvania, lntro du.cil a resolution deploring tho great destruction of song birds for millin ery and petitioning congress to pass a law prohibiting the use for millinery ruri ores of all useful or singing birds. Some discussion, humorous and other wise, followed and It was carried, ICG to :. Mis. Francis Josephs, colored, of Louisiana, presented resolutions de nouncing lynehings In the South, and they were laid on tho table to bo called up later. It was announced that 371 officers nnd delegates were entitled to vote. Mrs. Bessie Lay the Scovol, of Minne sota, presided dining the election. Be foio the balloting commenced an Illin ois delegate created something of a sensation by asking "that some one tell us the personal, religious convic tions and sectarian connections of Mrs. Stovoiis." There .was no answer save In a buzz of dissent to the Injection of such a emery nt such a time. The ballots were taken up by a corps of dii'iiibutlng. tollers, who turned thorn, oxer to the counting tellers In the choir loom. The1 ballots for president, corre sponding secretary and leconllng see ii tury were taken before the announce ment of the ballot for president was unnounced as follows: Votes cast, S.'-fi: blank ballots, :. Miss Annu Shaw, 1; Mis. S. M. P. Fry. 1: Miss Helen Hood, 1: Mrs. Caroline Huell, 1: Mis. M. N. Stevenson, 1: Mrs. 11. L. Seovel, 1; Miss Bell Mix. 1; Mrs. 1. L. Stevenson, 2: Miss Anna Cor don, -2: Mrs. White-Kinney, 2; Mrs. Clara P. Hoifman. -1; Miss Marie C. Urehni. 1; -Mrs. A. S. Benjamin, 1; Mrs. Mary II. Hunt. : Mrs, Louise S. Bounds. 3; Mrs. Marlon Dunham. .",; Mrs. Fessendeii. 7: Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stcvor.s, Sir. Mrs. Stevens made a very touchlm: sp"ech of acceptance, urging nil to join in carrying on the work to which Miss Willard, the beloved leader, had given her life. The Maine delegation pi edited her with u beautiful clusr ter of roses. Mis. Stevens then slated she wanted to nominate Miss Anna A. Gordon, who had been Miss Wlllnrd's prlvat" secretary, und Is ptobably one of the mot believed of tho union lead ers, to bi ici president at large. The by-laws wero then amended to give the president the authority to make such nomination and tho nomination was lmmudiately agreed to and tlu elect lor. followed by a rising unani mous vote. Miss Gordon returned thanks. Telegrams announcing these two elections were ordered sent to Mrs. I.. M. II. Stevens' husband, to .Miss Gordon's mother and Lady Henry Somerset, The result on correspond ing secretary was then announced, Mrs. Susannah M. D. Try, of .Minneso ta, receiving 21 oles out of 353, the either being very scattering, and Mrs. Fry was formally declared elected. Mrs". Clara i Hou'inan, of Missouri, was re-elected rci'ordlng secretary on tin first ballot, receiving 2?:! out of 351 v- tes cast. Mrs. Frances I ;. Beau champ, "f Kentucky, was made assist ant recording secretary. Wh'lc awaiting the result of tho vote fev treasurer, the recording- secretary read the recent order to the British army In regaul to the use of llipior and the diiwors arising from Immorality of all sorts. A motion wus made and car ried to rend a copy of the order to the secretary of war and the Mecrelary of the navy with the endorsement of tho convention. The vallot for treasurer resulted: Votes cast, ".'0; Mrs. Helen M. Bar ker, N: Mr.. M II. Dunham, 11; scattering, 2o. SPAIN IS OBSTINATE. Commissioners Will Not Agree to Our Terms. Madrid, Nov. 15. According to seml ejfilclat statements hero the Spanish peace commissioners will maintain their present attitude In regard to the Philippine Islands und will certainly pot ace opt the conditions of the United States. It Is also leami'd from the same sources that complete) accord prevails between tho Spanlrh government und Its peace commissioners. Victims of a Fite. New Iledfcrd, Mnss., Nov. 15. Mrs. Oc tave Gauthler and her mother, Mn. Hrudlcy, died today from Injuries re eelved In last Thursdny ntylit's tene ment houso fire, m iking tho total number of dead four. Lttda.-r l'.culn la In a crit ical condition. CHAMBERLAIN TALKS AGAIN Friendship for America Crops Out in His Speech. RECEIVED WITH CHEERS The Secretary of Stato for the Col onies Is Moro Explicit Than His Colleagues in. Dealing with, tho French Question, and Expresses His Opinion Upon tho 3?ollcy ol! Interference That Has Been Char acteristic of the French Govern ment for Many Years Past Hopes of an Alllanco That Will Guaran tee Peace nnd Civilization to tho World. Manchester, Nov. 13. At the nation nl Liberal Unionist conference hera today, Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, made his first public speech slnco his return from tho United States. Mr. Chamberlain, who was inucli more explicit on tho subject of Anglo-e French relations than any of his ool- leagues in the cabinet has been, said "It was the hope ot every friend of peace that the French withdrawal from Fnshoda is indicative of their accept ance of the principle of British cons trol of the whole valley of the Nile, re- gardlng which thcro cannot bo any dis cussion whatever." Going on to reclto a "series of unfriendly acts perpetrat ed by Franco In various riuarters eit tho globe during tho last ten or fif teen years," ho said: "If better relations aro to be estab lished, it will be necessary for French politicians to abandon tactics whoso object has been to hamper and embar rars British policy even in epiarters whi're the French have no Interests to proteei. I refer especially to New foundland where, despite tho fact that the French fishery Interests havo de clined to a comparatively iiiblgulflcaut point, the demands of the French have continually increased and their Inter fere nee with the development of ths colony has increased. FBBNCIl 1NTEUVKNTION. "At the liresent moment Newfound land Is seriously suffering from an In tervention which is of no advantage to France, although a setious detri ment to the British colony. If the Fas hoela Incident only serves to dlfubuse foreign statesmen of the erroneous con ception that tho British will yield any thing to pressure, will be a. blessing In illsgulse." After referring to the "thorough and complete sympathy between the moth erland and her colonies" Mr. Chumber laln continued as follows: "What is of equal liuportanee, our American klnfolk (loud cheers) have begun to understand us better. If wi have had differences In the past, I belles e they have arisen euitircly from the want of prope-r mutual understand ing, but now that the American people know that in the lato trouble our hearts went out with them tcheorsO and they heartily reciprocate our good feelings. "I shall not attempt to predict what may follow this better feeling, but I may at least hope that In the future the understanding which I have spoken of may be perfected and in the face of that understanding we twe may be able te guarantee peace and civilization to the world." tProlongoel cheers.' COL. WILLIAMS' REMAINS. Taken on the Saratoga for Shipment North. Havana, Neiv. lj. The remains of tit. lato Colonel Williams, chief qttiir- j termaster, were conveyed today from the colon cemetery to J.a Machluu wharf where thoy wero taken on board tho steamer Saratoga for shipment north. Bear Admiral Sampson, Generals Wade, Butler, colonel Cloud, the Brit ish consul, a number of friends of the deceased and the American newspaper correspondents accompinleel tho body from tho cemetery to tho wharf. The route followed oy the funeral proces sion was lined by crowds of people Tho c-askct containing the remains was covered with the Stan and Stripe,. CHEAP OAS AT TRENTON. Illumination at 25 Cents per 1,000 Cubic Feet. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 15. Trinton people will be furnished with gas at 2 cents per 1,000 cuulc feet beginning tomorrow. The new plant of tho Peo plo'.s Gas Improvement company, eif which William L. Blklns, ot Philadel phia, Is tin head, was put in operation today and a war is on between this 'onipany and the old one. tho Tienton I'las Light c.impany, which, until tho new company was organized, win charging two dolhus a thousand, Since then both companies have been underbidding each other. Tho old company this morning reilured Its prlev to 15 cents and this afternoon tho new company came down to it eeim. Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington. Nov. 15. These Pennsyl vania pensions have bein ls.eucdi Origi nalSpecial Nov. 7. Preele'ilek A. Whee lock. dead. F,otor vllle. Wyoming. $1o. Original widows, clc.-May K. Whcclock, Factoryville, n iii a .i - t WEATHER FORECAST. f W'nt-hlllRton. Nil '" ri.rcriist -- for Wednerelay: f ; n iiim- s- sylvaula, fall ; li : ." '..teii,v f winds. t-H-H-t-mttt r t-M rM t ft, i
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