i f wwvtwrii''r"i TWO CENTS. SCK ANTON. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20. 1VS9S. TWO CENTS. I r w Ujdp-T'iW .-LJ. -g: . - - PEACE AT LAST The Work of the Commissioners at Paris Is Practically at an End. TREATY TO BE SIGNED TOMORROW Spain Accepts the United States' Offer of $20,000, 000, and Consents Without Condition to Relin quish Cuba and Cede Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands War Department Making Arrangements to Muster Out Troops as Rapidly as Possible Volunteers at Manila Will Be Re turned Whenever General Otis Decides That They Can Be Spared. Paris, Nov. 28. Spain has accept ed the United States' offer of $20, 000,000 and at a joint session of the peace commissions this afternoon, consented without condition to re linquish Cuba and to cede Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands. Tin- document presenting tills neeopt niu e contained only "OU words. It open ed with n reference to"he final terms t tl e fi.lti-d Statei nnd said that the SiKmlsh commissioners, after having taken cognizance or' the teims propos es by the Americans, replied that their guvei ni.ient had tried to give as equit able mi answer as possible, but that they wcie nut prepared to commit their government to the acceptance of the pun lple-i cmboilled In the American am- ir.ent. Jp.iln rejects these prlnci !! the note continue", "as she al w.e h.vi ivj vtid them." Basin,; her at' Undo upon the justice of hei ,',uiv', the derpateh ways, she still adheres io these principles "which s has I--ri lofore Invailably formu-lal-d " lloweter. the note add?. In her de slie for pence she has none so far ns to piopo?o coitain c-omp'omisos, which the Miierlcan hate always rejected. Sh 1ms also attempted, It. Is lurther nseii-d, to have submitted to aibitra-tl- ii some of the malcilal points upon Mhlrh the two Rovernments differed. The' pinpoMil' foi aibitratlon, it Is add-d. the Americans have equally re ject d. These nil-nations. n Spain's reply, a to uttcmi u-u aibitratlon, xefer to h i propoMi' to .ubltrate-the cunstrue tl n jf the i lit i tl article of the protocol ami ilso to submit the Spanish colonial debt of Culm and the Philippines to atulttulloii. The lat't proposition has br -i m.ide in a written communication. Hue Its piesontniUm. and In return loi su b arbitration, Spain offered to ted- the tenltory in dispute. The Ann riciiM --c fused both propositions foi .ilbllialioll. Sii un's iepi) today in substance con tiim d by lclarlnjr that the United States bus olfeied, as a kind of e-om-perintloi! to Spain, something very ln mic jii.ite to the sacrltlces th? latter c-ountn makes at thl.s moment and she ft--Is therefore that the United States' pioposal cannot be considered just and equitable. CONSIDERATION OK HUMANITY. Spain has, howoter, exhausted all tho resources of diplomacy In tin attempt to Justify I. - attitude. Seeing that an acceptance of the proposal made to Spain Is ,i ncicssary condition to a con tinuance of negotiations, and seeing tb.it the u-sources of Spain are not (u h as to enable her to re-enter upon war, she Im prepared, in her deslru to avoid bloodshed and from considera tion of humanity and patriotism, to submit to the conditions of the con quering nation, however harsh they nutj be. She Is therefore ready to ac cept the piopos.ils of the American commission, as presented at the last Sitting. The tending and the translation of the i'.m anient occupied less than live lulnulis. At the conclurion of tho tiansl.i lions the commissioners enipnw en d Senor uj-da, secretary of tho Spanish commission anil Secietar.v Moore, of the American commission, to draw up ni tides which are to embody the i"!lii'itiishuieut of Cuba by Spain timl the eHjdiin of Poi lo Itico and tho Philipi-ni- s. '1'hesn in tides, which may be i oiisldei'cd up constituting the con dltloiH of pcitc. will bo ready for miIj mission on Wednesday. A KH at deal of Interest was taken In today's inciting. Tho two commissions milted at the forelKn olllce In carriages In the rain, almost simultaneously, and, recall in;: to tho conference room, Im mediately opened tho only business be foio them. aiONTERO ItlOS SILENT. Si Montero Itlos, tho president of thi s. mulsh commission, lias usually prei eded the presentation of a Spanish commuuli ntlon in writing by verbally fuiuumnUInt' It, hut today Senor lilos was -lleiit and unusually grave. Ills faro as deeper lined and he clearly showed the mental strain under which he "as luuurlng us he approached the llnul lellnqulHhment of Spain's colo nal possesions. Without a word Honor Montero Bins produced two typewritten sheets and passed them to the Interpreter of the United States commission, Mr. Fergu son, who read them substantially as cabled, the outline of the Spanish docu ment being fin nlshed later to a corre spondent of the Associated Pi ess by Senor OJeda. The commissioners left the foreign ofllcp Immediately after the secretaries had been directed to prepare the ni tlcles of tho peace treaty. There was scarcely any conversation between the American and Spanish commlsslnneis after the adjournment. Among the Americans only the most grave consideration for their Spanish colleagues was apparent. The Span lards seemed to be relieved at having arrived at the conclusion of n Ion,? controversy. The leading article In the Temps to day, ii column long, Is devoted to a severe arraignment of the American altitude towaul Spain, In which Amer ica Is mad? lo appear as a men-ilcs-i conqueror Imposing Draconian condi tion'! on a helpless foe and "".acting the signature of a treaty at the point of the bayonet." The Temps adds. "The Spanish com missioners should, In submitting, pro test to the civilized world against the spoliation of the weak by the stiong." After the Joint session the Spanlnids repaired to their charters and had nu animated and lencthy session. Having embodied In the treaty ar ticles all the protocol questions, the two commissions will now enter upon frlendlynegotlatlons regarding the mat teis suggested In the American ultima tum a week ago. matters subsidiary and Incidental to the pilncipal provis ions, which must form part of tho peace tieaty as' dually signed. Theso Include the leligious fieedom of the Caroline Islands, as agieed to twelve years ago, the release of political pris oners now held by Spain in connection with the Instil lections In Cuba and the Philippines: the taking over of tho Island or Kuale. or I'ralan, In the Carolines, for a telegraphic and naval station: cable station lights at other points In Spain's Jutl-dlction, nnd the renewal of ceilaln treaties, nreviously In force between the United States and Spain, which may hae lapsed or been vitiated by wai. COMMISSION'S WORK. Evidence That It Will Be Closed Up in About Two Weeks. Washington. Nov. L'S. 11 Is the im pression at the state depaitmeut In tho absence of anything save press teports of the proceedings1 at Pails today, that the commission's work Is now near an end and that about two weeks' time will suffice to close it up. This Idea Is based on the belief that instead of undertaking to arrange the several matters yet to he settled In the treaty of peace, a general clause will be placed In the treaty binding each of the par ties to begin negotiations In the near future upon those subjects. Such a clauro of necessity must be very care fully drawn In older to ensuie the United States a resumption of commer cial relations with Spain on fair teims with other nations, though It cannot go far into details and must be limited in scope to something like a genet nl pledge to yield to the I'nited States favorable conditions. It was said nt the stale department that tho next step in order will be to begin negotiations for the acquisition of Uulan, In the Caroline Islands, for a cable ftatlon. This Is not to bo made the subject of a demand upon Spain, but will bo an offer in all sincerity to purchase the Island at a fair pi Ice. It Is not In contemplation to take all of the Caroline gloup. ARMY TO BE REDUCED. Arrangements Being Made to Mus ter Out Troops Soon. WiiMiliiEtnn, Nov. 2S. The war de partment, In view of tlu assurances that n peace treaty will be signed. Is arranging' to muster out more troop. It Is probable that fioin thirty thous and to forty thoussu.d volunteers will he mustereci out us soon as selections of regiments tan be made. Thero has been qulto a demand for tho rUttm nt volunteers from Munila, but no troops will be brouviit from the Philippines unless they are replaced by otheis Many of tho volunteer regiments In Manila, have asked, through the gov ernors and congressmen of their states, to bo returned to tho United States hut the war department has not been ablo to make nny definite promises pending the pence negotiations. AVIth thn acceptance of tho American terms by tho Spanish comrftiHsloners, nny futther possibility of renewal of hostilities with Spain is at end and tho only necessity now for troop la to gar- lison the Islands iintl preserve tho peace nl our now possessions. It la probable tltat tho S0.000 or 40.000 men mustered nut will Inrliule a large num ber nignnlzc-d foi' service In Cuba nnd tlio force nt Miinliu will bo reduced whenever General Otis reports affairs lu a quiet state In tlio Philippines. GERMANY IS FRIENDLY. Baron Speck von Sternberg Consults Secretary Hay. Washington, Nov. 2R. Baron Speck von Steinberg, charge d'affaires of Ger main', called at the state department today and had a conference with Sec retary Hay on current topics, particu larly those growing out of tho lato wnr. In the course of which linron Speck took occasion to express the most friendly sentiments on the part of Ger many concerning the present status of nffnhs. The call was chlelly significant as an evidence that Germnn officials desire to counteract the leports that Geiinimv i nbout to assume an atti tude of protest and to lay claim to tho Sulu archipelago, which Is to be in cluded In the peace negotiations nt Paris. Huron Speck's' call gave rise to sensational published reports to tho effect thai he had presented a protest from Gei many against American inter ference with the Sulu Islands. In view of these reports, It was stated tonight In an authoritative quarter that the Sulu Islands were not mentioned dur ing the talk, which was of a most gen eral and friendly character. Although the cable reports have shown that the German presu Is con siderably wrought up over the policy of the United Stntcs in the far east and Is urging the government to make n protest, nothing has developed in of ficial quarters up to the present time to show that there Is nny purpose on the part of the German government to heed Fitch belligerent suggestions. On the contrary, the call of Baron Speck todn gles assuiance that Germany accept", without question the outcome of the peace negotiations. PICQUART CASE. M. de Frcycinet, in the Chnmber of Deputies, Refuse to Intervene. Exciting Words. Pails, Nov. 2S. The minister cf wnr, M. de Freyelnet. In the chamber of deputies today, refused to Intervene in the licquart affair and the house ap proved the government's declaration. r"gaidlng the separation of military nnd civil powers, by a vote ol 437 to 7::. A Uadlcal deputy, M. Bos, opened tho discussion. He "-aid that whll. theiv had been some honesty 111 the lilevfiis prosecution, there had been nothing but dishonesty in the Plequart affair. These r-mrrks c uisod an up roar. " Continuing. M. Bos detailed the hls toiy of the licoildil "pel sedition, " re calling Colonel Piiiiinrt h exile to Tu nis .nnl asked the minister of war, M. de Fivyeluet. why ne had permitted u null t martial to be summoned tor D"c. v:. The deputy alo accuse,) nnetal ur- llndc-n, the mllli..r. governor of Pails, who lie said, had piomlsed a revision of the inse, of having bioken his word. Thin caused nti'ilht r uproar. Al. Bos concluded by Insisting thnt the government oi'-tht to postpone the tilal of Plequart by court martial un til th decision of the court of cassation In the Dreyfus iiial Is known. This brought forth great applause from the inability of the deputies. M. Mlllennid ltndicnl Socialist, spoke in a similar strain. He said It was absolutely necessary to postpone the Plequart court in.ntlal. lu order to avoid tlu scandalous contradictions which otherwice wtie llkelv to arise between the verdicts (f the court mar tial and of the coui t of cassation. The piesldent of the chamber, at this stagi of th" pit feeding wns frequently obliged to It. terrene in order to quiet ill' uproar n all side.-. M. Poincaie, Republican, made an impassioned speech, in the course of which he said It was not necessary to confound the army with a few Im prudent men. While the members of the court martial were above suspicion the prosecution of Plequart savored of reprisal (applause). Colonel PR-quart's secret Imprisonment, M. Polncare fur ther asserted, was beyond all preced ent and theie wete guilty peisons, he claimed, who were enjoying scandal ous Impunity (applause). "There nie other forgeis besides Ple quart, who ought to be prosecuted," exclaimed the deputy, Thpse Injustices will end by exaspeiating the nation. M. Polncare, who was minister of public Instruction In 1S93-93, cteated a sensation by adding: "We were nttacked for the Dreyfus prosecution In 1S94. but I learned of the Dreyfus affair tlnough the news papers." Tiemendous npplause and uproar fol lowed this assertion. M. Harthou, who was minister of public winks In IS'Jt, here Interjected: "I am ready to endorse the words of M. Polncare, which are true-." This called for more applause nnd exclamations of "It Is absurd," "It Is Inconceivable." Thereupon M. Poln care added: "The only proof of Drey fus' guilt In JSflt consisted of the bor dereau. No cabinet minister, nor oven the piesldent of the council of min isters, henid any mention of tho con fessions Dreyfus Is alleged to have made to Captain l.ebrun-Ilenault" (ap plause). M. Cuhsagnnc, the former minister of war, said: "General Meicler secured these confessions." General Mercler was minister of wnr nt the lime .of the Dreyfus trial. M. Polncaro continued: "Captain I.e. brun-Ilenault, when he was examined by the president if the council, did not mention the Dreyfus confession." This statement caused applause to break forth from all parts of the limine, during which M. Cavagnac tried to speak, but was howled down, although one deputy shouted: "ke us hear the heio of tho forgery." M. Polncare concluded by saying: "Silence hns weighed heavily upon me, and I nm now happy to have hud tho oportunlly to tell what I know of tho case." (Henowed npplause.) M. do Freyclnct said: "Tho govern ment, on assuming olllce, found tho proceedings pending. "Wo have only one unxlety and that Is to ascertain the truth. We do not object to furnish ing the couit of cassation with all tho evidence available excepting evldonee Involving tho national defence. Both the civil and the military courts nro fully equipped to deal with the respect ive case's, und, us all elcslre to arrive at the truth, It will be reached. Tho gov ernment fifks the chamber to respect tho Independence of the law." After another appeal from M. Mlllcr atid for a postponement of the Plequart court-innrtlal, M. Dupuy, the premier, declared thnt the Dieyfus affair "must remoln purely Judicial, the only means of reaching the truth, which may now he attained." Referring to the statements of M. Polncnre, M. Dupuy asked why that deputy had waited so long, "before as tonishing the chamber with his reve lations." "We decline to order a postponement of the court-mat tial," said the premier. "To give such, even If we had the light, would be to strike a blow at the principle of separation of the public powers. "It Is not within the province of par liament or the government to ndjust the connection which may exlpt be tween the Dreyfus nnd licquart cases. Our Intervention would be calculated to hamper the work of the court of cassation. AVe will respect the decis ions of the law. We nre a government of law and refuse to be a government of nrbltiary measure." (Prolonged cheers.) FORTY PERSONS ARE KILLED Terrible Results of the Explosion of a Box of Cartridges Danger of Employing Children. Havana, Nov. JS. Forty persons were killed or Injuied today by tho explosion of a box of cartridges In a house on the avenue Infanta, between tho Santa Clara and the ltelnu batteries. Many boxes of powder and cartridges had been leccntly transferred from the nr tlllery depot to thlM house, but the rea son for It has not been given. Most of those employed In emptying the cartridges, evidently their only duty on the premise?, were bpys nnd girls under seventeen years of age, and they formed the greatest pioportlon of the victims. The employment of chil dren in such a dangerous occupation and the existence of such a large quan tity of explosives within the city lim its nre both In contravention of the municipal regulation Whether theie may have been some ulterior motive In storing these explo sives there cannot be answered, but the casualty suggests the possibility that there may be other similar depos its whose localities are unknown to the authorities. Senor de Castro, the civil governor of Havana, has stationed a guard over the unexploded powder nnd an Investi gation Into the whole affair has been ordered. THE SICK ENGINEERS. They Return from Ponce in the Hos pital Ship Relief Well-Knowu Scrantonians in the Party. Newport News, Vii., Nov, 2S. The hospital ship Relief which arrived at Hampton Koacls on Saturday night from Ponce, today landed a number of sick volunteer and legular soldiers, among them tho following: FItst Volunteer Drglneers I'rivates Jas. Cougblin. James .McToeld, Albert A. Doles JMwnrd K. llrrbici, John I). Dul.m. Kuril- I.lvermore, Irving Coon, Andrew J. ai.trvens, Stmuel II. Grlfllth, Udw.ud J. Hennessey, Thomas I'. Stetson. Wllllan H. Cox. William Ha-s. Peter Goughitl, William K. SutlieiUnd. Joseph Gramme, John V. &weeny. Wnrn-n S. Fisher, Geo. K. Itobblns, Adclbett V. Hancock. Will iam J. Golden. James Killen. Charles ftchwtutlt, Cbaiies Lalim, Albert Dever, William W. Wntts, Jo-eph A. Wagner, William H. Hlbhop. William K. Sherwood, Peter Seybeit, John J. Giiilhi. Stephen Sullivan, ailehael D.iblll. Gerald J Fng'm, Harry It. aianly. Kduard Hnynes, Ar thur II. Ttldor. I.coi.ard H. Corilorff. ai.it thew King. John F. Foulkiod. Ferdinand Kh'hteln, Reginald Keays. Samuel Sharp less. Krnest Gyci irer, Chucnce Leveling, Fred L. Jones. Frank W. Conrow. Cor porals Theodore Attn. Adelbert Vorhis, ',. II. Long. Frank .1 Laird. Henry Iturke. Sergeants Wllllnm aliller. William L. Watters, Clarence- A. Harridan, Robort 11. Grimes. George C. nwing. John J. Cleary, Charles Lowenhiemer, Ludlow L. .Melius. Jeremiah Downr. Signal Cirps Privates Chailes F. Hay den Anion C. Allgood, Srturant John C. Thomas. Sixteenth Pennsylvania Privates Fran:: S. Noitli, Thomas A. Wentworth. Den nis Connell. Haivcv D. Goupp, F.dgar H. Wilburn. John S. Harratl. John Harmon. First Pennsjlvnnla - Prlvuto Chartoa Stoven. Sixth Pennsylvania Private Jay Wilson. GERMANY AROUSED. A Disposition to Take Hand in the Dreyfus Affair. Ueiliu, Nov. JS. It Is learned from an authoritative source that Colonel Schwartzkoppen, the former German military attache at Pails, while sup ping with Hinperor AVIlllnm at Pots dam on Sunday, detailed tho whole of the Inside history of the Dreyfus, Ks terhazy and Plequart cases to his maj esty, who contemplates taking somo ncllon In the matter. The imperial chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, the min ister of foielgn utfalrs; Duron von lluelow nnd General von Huhnke, the chief of the emperor's military cabinet, will bo summoned to Potsdam this week to discuss the advisability of nu olllclal German pronouncement on the subject. It is said that tho emperor dining hl.i recent tour conversed with several per sons ubout the Divyfus caso and It Is added that the new points which he has heard have piompted him to hid present action. Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington, Nov. "S.- Thcso Pennajl- vanla pensions liavo been Issued: In cicasc Aaron D. Grow. Jennlngsvlllo, Wyoming, 1- to -Hli Abel L. Gemme, Wleklzer, Ilradford, J17 to J72; Wlllluin Holland, Llttls Meadows, Susquehanna, W to U". Otlslnnl widows, etc. Klua Monteneje. liiiliisvllle. Luzerne, J-j. Schooner Ashore. nclfaat, Me., Nov. 21 Tho hchooncr A. 1J. Perry, Captain Cotton, from llnngor for New York, with 17,tu0 feet of lumber, dragged ashore ncal Norlhport camp ground during tho night end will bo a total los. Tho vessel nnd her cargo were valued ut 14,000. Tho crew escaped. MR. QUAY DID NOT PLEAD Richard Quay and Ex Treasurer Haywood Are Absent. DEMURRERS PRESENTED Attorneys Shapley and Shields Raise an Important Point They Con tend That When State Money Is Deposited in a Bank It Becomes tho Bank's Money Mr. Graham's Reply The Court Reserves It3 Decision. Philadelphia, Nov. SS. United States Senator Quay, his son, Richard It. Quay, nnd former State Treasurer Haywood did not plead today to tho live Indictments charging them with conspiracy and the unlawful use of slate funds In the People's bank. They did not even appear In court but their lawyers. Rufus K. Shapley and A. S. L. Shields, went before Judge Flnletter and presented demurrers to four of tho Indictments and a motion to qunsh the fifth. Thero was a lengthy argument and the court reserved Its decision. Should they, when aunnounced, be un favorable to tho defendants they will be arraigned to plead and the date of trial will be definitely fixed. The chief point In the argument for the defense appears to bo that when state money was deposited In a bank it ceased to bo state money and became th; personal property of the bank. It was- admitted that tho funds were de posited In the People's bank as alleged, but It was contended that If a burglar had stolen that money he would have taken the bank's money and not that of the state. This simile was used to prove that if the defendants borrowed the money they secured the bank's money and not the state's. This point, on general principles, was conceded by the district nttorney, but he declared that the Intent Is the vital thing In otherwise lawful acts, and cit ed several cases to demonstrate It. Tho scconel chief point urged by tho de fense wns that the Indictments did not show the means uced to carry eiut the alleged conspiracy. COURT ROO.M CROWDED. When the proceedings opened the court room was packed and many would-be spectators were turned away. District Attorney Giaham made tlio simple announcement that the common wealth was rcntly to go on with tho case, air. Shapely promptly arose and submit ted tho demurrers, following with his ar gument thereon He began by saying It was thiough no foult of the dlstiict attor ney that the Indictments wero fnulty. conceding that they wero carefully drawn, He nrsuc-d that It was the tault of the case. He declared that there was no -iveirment that the commonwealth of Pennsylvania or tho Peoule's bank had ever been defrauded out of a single dol lar, or thnt it had ever enteicd Into the mind of anybody to elefruud either the state or tho bank. He contended that thero was not nn act that was an unlaw ful not, and state-el that thoie was no al legation of an intention to defraud tho IVopIo's bank. He could not even see a pretence thnt an unlawful act had been done, Ho argued that Senator Quay has tho samo right to borrow money nnd pur chnso stocks as any one else, giving prop er security nnd i.n his personal standing. Henco ho advocated that thero could be no conspiracy to do what thero Is a legal right to do. Mr. Shnpley said that thero was not an allegation of any use of tho money of tho state or thn People's bank which he de clared did not come within tho scopo of tho statutes as a bank of Issue-. Ho also observed that State Treasurer Hart, who was named as a co-consplrator, had been dead for years before tho tlmo of the al leged act FIFTH 1NDICTMRNT. The flfth Indictment which tho court Is asked to quash, Is that In which ap pears Haywood's letter to tho bank, no tifying it that ho would, ns stato treas urer, deposit $1W,000 and that Richard It. Quay wns to borrow $100,000 from the bank. On this It was argued that there was no warrant and no arrest or binding over In a preliminary hearing hi tho Hay wood case. Mr. Graham began his reply by taking up this contention. Ho tald tho question was whether tho grand jury was right In finding tho bill which it Is sought to quash. Tho defence had argued that tho loaning of money on tho part of Hay wood was a statutory offence. Tho war rant of arrest did not chnigo him with this specillc crime, air. Graham ex plained tho laws upon Indictments us named H- declared that It was not a oiiestlon of principle, but ono of notlcfl. and that Haywood had ample notice of tho charges against him lrom tho mag istrate's return. Un explained how the counts lu Indictments we-.ro prepared and cited several cases to sustain his opinion of the legality of tho Indictment so lur as tho specillc charge went. Tho bill charging Senator Quay with conspiring with John S. Hopkins, cashier of tho rcopie's uatw, to iimawiuiiy nuy anil bell stocks through him lllopklns), wns next taken up, air. Graham cited tho aetH of r.Etembly prohibiting tho cashier of a bank fiom bpcculutlug In slocks Ho charged that Quay's fctock dealings wero with Hopkins with a lull knowledge of his (Hopkins) position as cashier. "Tho man who is tho custodian of other people-'s 'money should not be subject to tha temptations of tho stock market, and It was to protect depositors that tho law wns passed, and that law Is appllcablo to thU case." Ho declared thnt Hopkins' deals In stocks were for Quay's be-nellt either In wholo or part. "When Matthew S Quay conspired with John 8. Hopkins to purchase Btocks ho did so contrary to the statutes and knew ho was doing an unlawful net." MR SHAPLEV'B ARGUMENT, air. Graham took up that portion of Mr. Shapley'H argument that when state money Is deposited In ravings Instltutloas It ceases to bo stale property, but is tho assets of tho bank to bo uted In nny wav the bank ollirers set- fit. IIo ildlculed this theory and cited numerous authorities to sustain tho point After going over the THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU Weather Indications Today) Rain or Snow; Warmer. 1 acnernl Spantards Accept Our Peace Terms. Demurrers to the Quay Indictments. Awful Bfrccts of tho Storm's Fury. 8crniitlon.il Incidents of tho Plequart Case. ! I.ociil-Crlmlnnl Trial List for Term of Court Beginning December 5. Financial and Commercial. 3 Local Meeting of Donrd of Control, Hoiough of Mooslc Is Established. 1 Udltorlal. Comment of tho Press. C Local Closing Feature of tho First Presbyterian Church Annh eersary. Election Contest Commissioners Were Not Heady to Hear Mr. Gibbons. 6 Local West Scranton and Suburban. 7 News Bound About Scranton. 8 General Scarcity of nations Crentds Dissatisfaction In tho Thirteenth. most Important points In air. Shapley'H nrgument, Mr. Grnhnm asked that tho mutton to ciunsh tho Indictment bo re fused nnd that the demurrers bo over ruled and the defendants ordered to pleal. air. Shields closed the nrgument on thn lines laid down by his colleague and Judge Flnletter snld It wouln take somo tlmo to go over the points Involved A decision Is expected tomorrow. Tho demurrers aro based on contentions of Insufllclent xpeclflcntions. falluie to charge any unlawful act nnd nn nbsencj of allegation that the defendants mil iw fully obtained nny money either from tho bank or from any other source. If tho defendants, ns charged In the In. dlctmcnts. did purchase stocks through Cashier Hopkins as agent. It Is claimed that nothing unlawful was therein com mitted, as banks every day net as pur chasers for their depositors or customers. Concerning the alleged use of state funds tho contention Is that all monevs deposited In a bank go Into Its general fund and that If the defendants obtain' d nny money from the People's bank It was hank nnd not state money. Therefore It Is held that the bank had the right to loan its money to Senator Quay or to any olhe. person. MR. STONE'S PLANS. Tho Governor-elect States That He Has Made No Definite Arrange ments. Philadelphia, Nov. 2S. Senator Quay and Governor-elect "Wllllnm A. Stone spent nearly all of today in their re spective rooms in the Hotel Walton, and although thero were numerous vis Its to each from personal and political friends, nothing of a political nature was made public. Hoth the senior sen ator and Colonel Stone saw each other several times during the day, It hav ing teen ncrreed by counsel that It was not necessary for Senator Quay to be present during tho proceedings In court. Rumors wero rife during the lale afternoon that Colonel Stone's talks with some ot his visitors bail something to do with the formation of his cabinet. Th3 governor-elect said that he had been and Is still considering: his family of executive advisers, but that he had formed no definite plans. Senator Quay had nothing to say concerning ths conspiracy charges. Ho said tho matter now lay entirely with the court, although he had been told his counsel had made a strong and able ursi'meht today. Prominent among the politicians from up the state who called upon both Senator Quay and Stone were Lieuten ant Governor Lyon, State Chairman Klkln. State Senator Hcitzler, of Juni ata: Saylor, of aiontgomery; Coyle, of Schuylkill, and Andrews, ot Crawford. Judge Thompson, of Butler, and Judge David Porter, of Allegheny, the latter a close personal friend of Colonel Stone, also called upon them. In addition to these a number of local political leader.'-, culled. Colonel Stone will return to Wash ington tomonow, but Senator Quay may remain for a day or two In view of the fact that Judge Flnletter may give a decision on tho arguments ad vanced In court today. MADRID IS CALM. No Disturbances Result from Spain's Acceptance. Madrid, Nov. 28. Tho city this eve ning Is calm. There have been no dis turbances resulting fiom the announce ment of Spain's acceptance of the American conditions. The papers, how ever, publish gloomy articles, sadly reminding tho country that tho day Is one long to bo lemenibcred as mark ing "the closing scene of a glorious colonial history." All agree that the government has adopted the only possible policy, though much bitterness Is displayed toward tho United States. It Is said that Don Jaime, son of Don Carlos, the pretender, Is now at Snn Jean de Luis, In Uasses-Pyrnees, France. MAD MULLAH ACTIVE. Hos Defeated Troops' of the Nawab of Dir in Swat Vnlley. London, Nov. 2S.--Speclul dispatches from Simla, tho summer capital of Hrltlsh India, say the Mad Mullah has been successful In his first tight, de feating the Dlr tribesmen nnd killing a number of them. Tho Nawab of Dlr has sent an army against tho Mullah und tho Hrltlsh na tive f i outlet- troops are moving towards the Swat valley, where the outbreak has oceuned. The Mullah Is trying to nrouso a fan atical outbreak against tho British. Killed at an Embankment. New York. Nov. t&.- Patrick Pepper, aged 3i, nnd Dennis Coffey, aged 4(, were killed whllo excavatlrg rock at Two Hun died und Thirty-llfty t-treet and Cioton avcmia today by an embankment caUng. Killed by a Fall of Rock. Wllkta-Uarrc, Nov. CS. John P. Jones, a will known cltlren of Nnntlcoke, nnd employed as a ml'i. i 1 y tho Susiiuehnt nn Coal cotnpary. wim n stantly killed today by n heavy fall of cinl. Steamship Arrivals. New York. Nov. 23,-Cleuied: Knlsoi Freldotieh, Hromcn via Southampton. (Uhr.-iltur-Arilved: Fucrst Mmnarilc, New York tor Naples. THE FURY OF THE TEMPEST Awful Effects of Storm on the Atlantic Coast. SEVENTY PERSONS PERISH Over 100 Vessels of All Descriptions Aro Ashore Many of Them Aro Total Wrecks Tho Beaches Pilot! High with Wreckage Every Elfo Saving Crew Performed Deeds of) Heroism in Rescuing Prozen Sea- men. ISoston, Nov. 23. It is known dofl nltely tonight that more than seventy: lives have been lost In the wrcck3 oC tugs, schooners nnd coal barges during the atorm of Saturday night and Sun day morning and If tho steamer Port land hns also gone down, ns now seems possible, tho list ot casualties will rise to a hundred und forty with over 100 vessels of all descriptions abhore, two score of thein total wrecks and an un known number probably beneath tho waves of Massachusetts bay. There is scarcely a bay, harbor or Inlet tront the Penobscot to New London that bus not on Its shores the bono of somti staunch craft, while along aiassachu setts bay and esreclally Huston har bor, the beaches are piled high with the wreckage of schooners anil coal barges. Tho record, although hourly lengthening. Is still Incomplete, for that ocean graveyard of Cape Cod Is still to be heard from, anil ns It has never yet failed to give up some grim tale at such a time It probably will not bo found lacking on this occasion. The annoyance and Inconvenience oC the railroads and street car embargo, covering the wholo of Southern New Kngland, sunk into Insignificance be fore the stoiy of destruction wrought by wind nnd wnve.yet Is will bo many a clay before the full Import of the dlsasi ter is known or oven icalizcd. The Islands of Uoston harbor nrcl without exception strewn with wrecks and wreckage, no less than twenty nine vessels aie ashore at Gloucester, over twenty In the supposed safe har bor of Vineyard Haven parted their anchor chains yesterday and aro high and dry on the beach, NnntaskeC Reach saw two schooners nnd a coal barge dashed to pieces on Its sands, the rocks ot Cohnsset claimed a staunch fisherman: Scituate, a well known pilot boat, atanchester, a down east lumbeimun: while one tug nnd three barges known to have been be tween Cape Coil and Roston are un accounted for nnd probably lost. Even tho upper harbors of Roston, Plymouth, Salem, Portsmouth, Portland and other1 places where vessels were supposed to be comparatively safe, were the scenes of numerous collisions between tho ships nnd the wharves. Every life saving crew performed! deeds of heroism in rescuing frozen seamen from the stranded vessels and tug boat captains risked life and prop erty in their endeavor to save life. COASTING SCHOONER ASHORE. aiarblehead, Muss,. Nov. 2S. During the storm Sunday evening the roasting schooner J. C. ainhoney, bound from Rangor to Reveily, laden with lumber, went ashore on the rocks near Nuugus Head and Is a total wreck. The crew of four men made a landing and they were four hours In the blinding storm seeking shelter. They weie finally picked up in nn exhausted condition and taken to the lesldenct- of a farmer, where they were given shelter and made comfortable. Cohnsset, aiass., Nov. 28. The fish ing schooner Glorlanu Is ashore In Co hnsset harbor and will bo a total loss. Her crew was saved. SHARKEY-CORBETT CONTEST. Inquiry Instituted by Lenox Ath letic Club. New York-, Nov. 2S. Tho Inquiry In stituted by the dlrecteits of tho Lenox Athletic club, with the Intention of fas tening the blame for tho sudden ter mination W the Shurkey-Corbett con test Inst Tuesday night, was held to day, iloth principals, with their man ageis and handlers nnd the referee, "Honest" John Kelly, weic examined. No collusion was shown by the statement-! made Corbett was the lust to be questioned, and he emphatically; stated that he did not bollovo that Mc Vey had been bought by any person or persons. "I billet o in MoVoy'.s loyal ty," "aid Corbett. "He has been with me for year.! and would not throw mo down. After I had returned to my dressing room on Tuesday night Mo Vey told my brother Tom that ho could not see the big fellow (moaning me) licked, and as ho considered I was be ing beaten he jumped Into the ling to save me. 1 believe In Me-Vev and ntn positive that he was not actuated by any other motive in doing as ho did last Tiusday night " Corbett's statement wan satisfactory to the Inquisitors and the matter drop ped right there. Tom O'Rouike, on behalf of Sharkey, promlfcd to glvo Corbett another chonco nt his man. Connie MeVi-y, who e-aused all tho dis turbance by .lumping Into the ring, wua tho only ubsenteo fiom the hearing. Prisoners Had Jewelry. London, Nov. 2S. Tho pollen here havn arrested two men who l.ml in ihfir pos session n considerable quantity of jew elry recently sirli-n on board a luiln be tween Paris mill Ciluls, Mom the dow ager duches-) of Kuthtihiiid. -M-M- v-H-M-H- -t-M-M-t ' WEATHER FORECAST. - Wnsl-.lr.gton, Nov, 2S. Forecast V to- Tuesday. For eastern Pcnn- -f- sylviiuln, rain or snow: warmer; f winds shifting to fresh southeast, N . )
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