MZXxTXSOL9 " : .T"g lv g:. ...- -..- ... ..,- -,--, I,.. i. ,, . , . ,,.- .-,-- TWO CENlS. SOKANTON. PA.. MONDAY MOKNING. DECEMBER 5, 1898. TWO CENTS. CLOSE OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS Many Problems for the National Legislature to Solve. WAR AND ITS FRUITS Many Itnpoitant Questions Slay Fiess for a Solution A Law Giv ing Teiritorlal Government to Ha waii May Be Enacted Earnest Ad vocates Aie Heady to Favor the Passage of Numerous Hcasui.es of Moie or Less Impoitance Tho Bill to Inciease the Standing Aimy of the United States Will Be Among tho First for Consider ation. Washington, Dec. 4. The curtnln will llnjr up toniuiiow nt noon upon the dosing soss-lon of the rifty-flfth con-gio-s Tho war and tho finite of tho A mot lean vlctoi) can) In their wake many pioblenis which the national legislature must solve. But though men) questions may press for solution, tilt brief spate (oeiod hy this session, which eplies by limitation March 4, piptlmle-- the possibility of much being nt lomplishcd 1)C)oik1 the passage of tho itgular money budgets, tho legislation foi the Int lease of the regular aimy, whhh the administration deems neies siiiv to meet Hie obligations Imposed up.m the isue by the lesult of the war, ami ptohjhl) the enactment of si law to give n in rmaiiPiit teirltoilal govorn- liien' u tlie Hawaiian Islands. This covets all the Impoitant legislation wlih li the tongic-sional leadeis expect to u i enacted at this session. It Is almost tlic unanimous sentiment of tho It mil is that no attempt should be nuide tn legislation ciineeinlng the posses sions .iiiiilitl b the war with Spain at tins stiii Theie mo vainest nd vi ids .1 r the Nleaiaguau canal bill who will itilvo to secmo Its passage now mil they nin possibly be suci ess f til lull neltliei it nor any one of the nthd mens lies like tho pooling bill, nuti s, inis bill, etc , which hac 'tioii4 iil nils will bo allowed to in terfeu with the bills, the passage of which Is ilictntd absolutely neic.ys.iry to pit Mit mi etin issinn The lead eis at both ends of the tapltol have put thili hi ails tugethoi and the woik ot tin session Is to be enteied upon with the lib " nf UMildlng an extra t s s in With tills put pose in ew, the appiupi i.itlnn bills an- to be given the iii.nl at both nds of the eapitol and pi i ssecl thioiigh with ull possible haste. COMMITTEES AT WOltK. Two sub toiunilttees of tho appio pii.itlun i miiiiltlte h.ive been at woik foi a wi" k The deficiency bill, to meet thi c Nti.ioiilluaiv expenses of the army and iiu) dining the sis months fioin Jitmiai) 1. IS'.'S to July 1, Is icady to be hiibniltted to the full committee tomoi- uiw and the icgular Dlstiict of Col umbia nppiojniatlon bill will bo ready b) the end of the week. It Is neces saiy that the fotmer should become a law befoie the holiday iccess, which this )eai is to be shorter than usual, and Chuiimnn Cannon hopes to see It through the house and Into tho senate befoie the end of tho piesent week. The Demounts of the house have not dlselosid their position, but It is not believed that they will seek to obstruct an appiopilatlon bill necessary for the maintenance of the army now In the field Should theie bo a disposition to opt n up nnd pt dlons a debate on the conduct of the war upon this bill. It It safe to assume that the committee on tules will be Invoked to bring In nil older to close debate. Intense Interest is manifested in tho piesldent's message, which will be sub mitted to congtess tomorrow, on ac count of the great Importance of the many questions it will have to deal with, and no presidential message In yeais, it is safe to say, has been list ened to with the eagerness and Inter est with which the leading of Piesl dent McKlnley'B message will be heard tomorrow. The leading of the message will occupy piobably two hours. The fli st thing In order after Speaker Reed calls the house tomorrow will be a call of the j oil to determine the presence of a cjuorum. Concerning this there lb little doubt, as the members are ai rlv Ing by every train and the hotel lob bies aie alieady thronged. A quorum having been developed, committees will be appointed to wait upon the piesl dent 'ind the senate to inform them thnt the house is rtady to proceed to buBlnes Pending the nt rival of tho piesldent's message several new mem bis ileit'd to fill Vacancies caused by dentin- or leslcnatlons will be sworn In and liiirut dlntly after tho reading of tin ni'-'age Is completed the house will iiillnuin out of jespect to tho nieui nrj hi Missis. Love, of Mlsslsslpl. and Noithuny. of Ohio, who died during the iccte.' On Tuesday or Wednesday nt the latest, the house will plunge In to Its woik Chairman Cannon will have tho deficiency bill lPndy and It will occupv the attention of the house to tho exclusion of ovorvthlnsr else for the remainder of the week. Mis. Zellner Acquitted, Philadelphia. Dei. 4 -Th tiiid of Mrs. Mnr) L Kellner charged with the murd'r of her iigi'tl husband, Jleuben Zellner, by poisoning, ended ut five minutes betoio midnight last night by Judge Wlltunnk insulating tho jury to lender a venlttt of uiqiiitttil The Jury without leaving the hot lendcied a vtidlct of not guilty und Mm. Xellner was discharged from ctiftodj. Steamship Arrivals. New York, Dec. J Arrived: La Gas toanc, Havre. Queenstown Sailed; Urn. brla, New York. Antwerp Arrived: Westernland, New York. TO DISBAR A LAWYER. Repoit of a Committee In the Burke Dellenbaugh Case in Cleveland. Cleveland, Dec A The icport of the tilal committee of the bar association on tho proceedings to disbar Senator Vernon II. Buiko weio piescnted nt n special meeting of the association yesteiday itf let noon. The tepoit a)s in pait: Wo find that Judge DellenbauUi, wlillo acting as Judgo of said court Introduced and sent to Mr. llurke Mr. Edith .Man ning, that Mr. Utirke performed services for her In loniuctlon with a settlement of a ilnlm nsscrtcd by her against a wo man for alienating the affections of her hiis-bund, and In connection witli tho pit p.untlnn and hearing of a dlvoiie case aguinst her husband, and that Mr Uut.to received fiom Mrs. Mnunlug for these ser vices about $3D00 $1 1("J of which was pild by him In Judge Delli nbaugli, as follows: $1,000 on July 8, ';, nnd $1"0 or- Jul) IS, 1SJ3. The lommlttco finds Mr Buike. guilty of misconduct In his conduit as an uttoi- ney at law and In his lelatlou to tlio Cleveland Har association. In that ho wrongfully connived nnd conspired with Judge Dtllcnbaiigh to procure a dlvorco for Mrs. Manning in an Irregular maunT, contrar) to law- and without piopcr ovi iknie, nnd In that he wiongfullv (in spired with Judge Dcllenlnugh to falsify a record of the court of common pleas of Cuvnliog.i count). The committee made the following i ecommondntlons I'll st TlintVei non II Uurl.e be expelled fiom the Cleveland II ir nssocl itlciu. Second That the seen lav of the nso. elation be elliciteel to pi (sent a copy of these llndlngs to the committer of invest' gallon, to be treated as a complaint in writing, authorising such tuotccellngs against Prank E. Dellenbatiglt as they mav deem proper. Thlid Thatthe see-et it v of the associa tion be tilt ec ted to present u copy of this repni t to the ehtult eourt of Cuvihoga county for such nil tin In the premises as tho colli t may deem piopcr. EIGHT MARINERS ARE RESCUED British Steamer Angers Biings in the Ciew of tho Water-Logged Schooner Harry B. Rltter Ctew of the Buffalo. New Yoik, Dec. 4. The Tiiltlsh steamer Angels in lived in pint today In dlstiess, having eniounteied teirlfic gales on the Atlnutli She also In ought eight Hhlpwieekeil mailiiers, who weio taken fiom the dismasted and watei logged Amotion pchoor.er, llarr) II, Illttei, In mid-menu Tho Angers left Norfolk mi Nov 20 for London, with a taigo of Hour, Thieo d.i).s later in latitude W,.Ui, longi tude 70.11, the dlsmastid hull of the schooner was sighted and eight men could be seen on her decks The un fottuuatc men were tninsferted fioin tlio wreck The Hitter, (oiuinnudcd by Captain Clink, was bound fiom Fer uaudlna foi New Yoik with a full caigo of yellow pin" lumber Captain Clink repotted tint his vessel had met tae terrific huiileane of Nov. 27 unci had become a total wieck. Tho masts vv te swept out of her bv the tenlble rtai nnd winds. The decks were Hooded and tho boats weio smashed. The vessel tilled up and became waterlogged and unmanageable Till gale continued with unabated fuiv tliioughnut the 2Sth and 2Dlh and the ciew was com pelled to lash tht inselvet to the wreck. Tho Itlttei was built at Moiilstown, N. J., In IS7S and ipgMeicd 5S7 tons. Her home pint was Philadelphia. Glouiestei, Mass .Dee 4 Tho schoner ProL)on, Captain Stanley, niilveil to day fiom the Oemgis, with the crew of the Uulfalo baige Poller, loscucd Tuesday night, two cla).s aftei the barge had parted fiom the yte.imer Aiagon, which was towing her with two other barges to New Yoik The baige being light, lode out Sunda) s gale and, set ting her two, small sails, cndtavoied to run for some poit. The Piocyon was sighted Tuesday moinlng und stood by until night, when the barge's crow was taken off. The Potter was under char ter to the Atlantic Transportation com pany and was on the way from Buffalo to New York. STEAMER SENECA ARRIVES. An Insane Yeoman's Attempt at Suicide Colon Cannot Be Saved. New York, Dec. A. Among the pas sengeis who arrived today on tho Waul line steamer Seneca from bouth side Cuban ports weie Surgeons Byrnes, of the United States steamer Cincinnati, and II. A". Vanlay, of the United States steamer Glacier, having in charge W. W. Seymour, engineer'!! yeomen of the Glacier, who Is suffering from insanity. He will be taken to the naval hospital at Washington. Dur ing the voyage he Jumped overboard In nu attempt to commit suicide, but was rescued Among the other passengeis were Surgeon II. 31. Patton, of the Fourth United States Infantry; Captain Fiost, Colonel Borup and Lieutenant Clarke, of the Third United States Infantry. Three employes of the Merrltt and Chapman Wrecking company, who have been working on the Spanish warships sunk nt Santiago, were also on boaid. They expressed the opinion that the Crlstobol Colon cannot be be saved. m Died While Boxing. Ashlrnd, Pa , Dec. A. During a frlond'v contest at Mahanoy City last night be. tween John Cull, ased 23, and William Paust, aged 21, th'J tormer sank to the floor nnd died lu n fiw minutes. None of the blows exchanged was of very great force and it Is believed that over exertion was tho cause of Cull's death. A post mortem will bo held tonight. The Helena at Gibraltar. Glbialtir, Dec. !. Tho United St.vss gunboat Helena, Commander W. T. Swin burne, which left Bermuda on NovLinbtr JO, for Madeira, has arrived hero and Is coaling. The Helena Is on th way to Join thn Tnlted States suuadioti unelor Admiral Dewey nt Manila. Number of Carlists Arrested, Bllbon, Spiln, Dec. 4, The local papers report the discovery of KW iitlcs carefully secreted under mound. A number of CaillMs havo been anestcd on charge of being collected therewith Newlands in the Race. Wlnnomucca, Nov,, Dec. 4. Congress, man Newlands, en route to Washington, in an interview yesterday stated thut ho Is a candldato for the United States en- ate. THE SENATE WILL PUSH ITS WORK BUSINESS WILL BE WELL AD VANCED BEFORE HOLIDAYS. Flist Day's Session Will Be Given Up Almost Entirely to the 1'iesl dent's Message and Gieat Intetest Is Manifested in tho Forthcoming Document The Nicaragua Canal BUI Liable to Be One of the Most Fiominent Subjects for Discussion. Washington. Dec A. Senatois cx pios a dctu initiation to take up the woik of the session vigorously in the beginning with the hope of having It well advanced before the holidays and they aie counting upon taking up til.' nppi epilation bills .it a very eaily date foi the putpose of pi eventing an e tin session due to any failure of p.ut of the national budget It Is expected that the n ni) deficiency bill will icich the senate luilng the piesei.t week, the understiiiidliiT at the noith end of the cipltcl being that the house will dispose of It within u Vel) few days after assembling. The committee on appropriations will bilng It In eaily for the double puipose of having It passed qulckl) and of testing the feel ing of tin senators on questions con nected with the wai. Tho lirst du)s session will be given up almost entirely to the piesldent's message and theie is gieat inteiest manifested In healing the minutest de tails of tho piesldent's recommenda tions. After the reading ot the mes sage, the sennte will adjoin n until the next da). All plans for legislation of general scope await trie promulgation of this document and ns a cons-equence one hears far less thin usual of meas ured to be intiodue-cd. It Is Impossible to say what matteis will iccupy the week utter the disposal of th3 message, but It Is probable that some speeches may bo dellvoied upon the policy Indicated bv tho message! and also that the calendar may be taken up. Theie are many measures wliU h have been lcportcd und theie will be no dllllcultv to find empl lymeiit If the fetii.ito Is disposed to s-ottlo to loutlne so eaily In the se-islon. N1CAHAC.PA CANAL JIlUi, Dining the cloying elu)s of the last session Senntor Moigau gavt notice of .his Intention to call up the Nicaragua i.inul bill at the beginning of the pies out session. He unquestionably will i cdeem this pinmlso and would doubt less seek the flist oppoitunltv but for the possibility or eti.nme of Hentlment in favor of having the government undeltnke the entile lesponsllilllty of building the canal. All the indications aie that tills question will be one of tho mo't piomiuint subjects under eon hlcleiiitloii iluiing the session. Opposition Is developing to the bill which tile Hawaii, in tomiulsnou will In Ing In and for wliiih eail) tonslder utinii will be nskid The-ie l a (onsld el.ible (oiitinginl in the senate opposed to constituting the Islands Into u ter lltory. becaust ot the uppiehenslon that it may be tonveited Into a state and dcllbeiato t onsldeiatlon of the siib jtt't vill be nskt d While it If quite too eaily to leach a definite conclii'-Ion, tlieie aie decided indications of a disposition on the pait ol the sennte to t online the session's work to lout Ire measure and the ap propilatlon bills', and It need surprise no one It the close of the session would demonstiate that this geneinl policy had been put sued. JUDGE DAY HOPEFUL. Believes the Peace Treaty Will Be Signed in Due Time. Washington. Dec. 4. Advices from Judge Day, of tho Pails peace com mission, received dm tug last night's cabiueti meeting are of n gratifying character and hopeful of signing tho peace tieaty within n reasonable time. Members of tho cabinet express satis faction nt the progtess being made and say negotiations aie progiesslng smoothly. Theie are various details, however, concerning which the chairman deslies to leatn fully of the piesldent'3 wishes nnd It was an Inquiry of this character which formed the burden of the latest communication from Pails. PICQUART'S ARREST. He Has Applied to tho Court of Cas sation for Release. Paris, Dec. 4 Colonel Piccniart, now in custody and waiting trial on a charge of having communicated to his counsel documents that had come into Ida possession In a military de rtment of secret sen ice, has applied to tin court of cassation, now engaged with the Dreyfus affair, to declare whether ho is amenable to mllltuiy or civil Jui lsdlctlor. Ills application is based upon various articles In the code of ciimlnul pro ceedure. HOSPITAL TRAIN ARRIVES. Sixty Soldier3 Removed at Phila delphiaOthers too 111. Philadelphia, Dec. 4. A government train loaded with convalescent soldiers, who had been under tieatment In the loial hospitals, left hero today for Foit Meyer, Va, Tho train was in chaige of Major Rk hards and Captain Shaw und about sixty soldiers wete removed. Over one hundred still lemaln and these will be removed as soon ns their condition will penult. Ellis Chlldors in Jail. Muskogee, I T.. Dec 4 -P.llls t'hlldors, ev-trtasuier of the Crtck nation, was con vteted In the United States couit at Wag tier today In tho celebrated fraudulent vvurrant caso und wais brought to Mus kogee and placed lu Jull. Tho Issuing of JJJ.TOl ot fraudulent wan ants ot tho na. Hon was charged against Childcrs and his associates, m Life Imprisonment. Fraukfoit, Ind,, Dee 4. Mrs. Siuah Shenkcnbarger, charged with poisoning her daughtr.ln.law, was elccland guilty by a Jury )estcid.iy and sentenced to life Imprisonment. SPANISH DEBTS. The Cabinet Displeased at the Spec ulation on tho Bourse 'Madrid, Dec. 4. The government has not reached a full decision regarding the Philippine und Cuban debts, but tho ofllclal Gazette today publishes the announcement that tho drawing for the redemption of the Cuban bonds will occur on Dec. 10. The speculation intheCubanundPhll Ipplno debts on the Bourse has serious ly displeased the cabinet. The rise in those securities Is attributed to the re port thnt th government will devote the indemnlt) ictelved from the Unit ed States to the colonial Indebtedness, legal ding whlth no decisive resolutions have been taken by the minlsteis An olllclnt dispatch from the Vlsayas Islands In the Philippines announces that the Insurgents ate ledoubllng their nttaeks upon Hollo. The government advices saV "The lebels have now their guns tialned on the t Ity and lire on the de fenses nightly Our troops maintain n spiiited defense unci have killed laige numbers of the enemy. REPORT OF MR. CAMPBELL Annual Statement of the Factory Inspectoi Laws Amended by the Last Leglslatuie Have Proved Beneficial and Justified Their Ennctment. llurrlsbtug, Dec. 4. Factory Inspec tor Campbell tiansmitted to Governor Hastings the annual report of tho fac, toiy department for the fiscal )ear ended Oct. SO lust. The Inspector says the factory laws amended by the last leglslatuie have proved beneficial and justified their enactment. He tecom niends that the department be empow eied to entente tho fire-escape law In lespect to hotels, opeia houses and pub lic bills, and that the "sweat shop" law bo amende d to give the department power to lonllsoato goods niaelo In un lawful und unhealthy plates and dis pose of them In such n manner as would best protect the public health. Mr. Campbell thinks some ot the sick ness In the aimy during the war with Spain came from uniforms manufac tured In unsanltai) places containing gums of dlsi ase He says the "bake shop" law eiiin ted by tho last general n'seinl)ly has been a blessing to those who labor lu bakeilcs nnd to the puh lii ut 1 irge Ho thanks Attorney Gcn eial McCormick for the set vices rend ered the department tho past )oar und commends the gov ci nor for the assist ance he has given the depaitment the past font )ears, and the llnuness with wliiih he has upheld the Inspector In the enfoiiemen of the laws and the perfoi manic of his official duties. Dur ing the )ear lh.l'lIS Inspections weie made. Ot the four bundled und eight thousand, nine hundred und seventy nine, two hunched and nlnc-ty-slx thousand wcte lepoitcd as natlve-boin and foil) -five thousand, six hundred and fhlrt)-tluee as uatuialized, and foi t) -five thousand and eight) -six ns aliens. There weie one thousand, seven hun ched ami ilftv-fiitit accidents lepoited this )enr: seventy-thrco weio fatal, eleven of which were due to caieless ness. and one to Intempei.inci'. Three hundred and twenty-seven weio seri ous, one bundled and fifty of which were due to carelessness. Thirteen hun dred nnd four weie less serious, six bundled of wliiih weie due to cmeless ntss. BERYL BARNES STOLEN AGAIN. The Magowans Make Use of a Ruse and Disappear from Eiie, Pa. Hrle, Pa, Dec. 4 Frank Mugowan anil wife have betiayed the confidence placed In them by Hrlo fi lends and have run away fiom the city, taking with them Hditb Reryl Bui lies. Tho child was In the custody of Mr. N. J. Whitehead, having been lemanded thete by Judge Walling until Dec. 1G. The Magowans were the guests of tho Whiteheads and a mse wns played up on their unsuspecting hosts. Mis. Ma gowan was called down town ostensibly to talk to her sister, Mis. Wynn, of Toronto. She took the child and, leav ing Mis. Whitehead nt the telephone olllce, went out In search of her hus band, whom Mrs. Wynn had called for. She was Joined by Magowan, und the two. Jumping into n hack, were driven to the station Just In time to catch a west-bound ttaln. It lb believed that they w ent to Toronto. , Mrs. Whitehead, becoming alarmed, inured a search to be made for her recreant guests, but they had flown, Today in court Mr. nnd Mis. White head made a statement of the case and were absolved from blame. KILLED BROTHER ON A TRAIN. A Family Row Ends in Fratricide on the Cars nt Girnrd, 111. Glrard, 111., Dec 4. William Kent met hN bi other, Noble Kent, on a Chicago and Alton train hero at 0 o'clock last evening and shot him dead. Both men were farmers, living near this city. About a year ago their father died, leaving the bulk of his estato to Will iam and disinheriting Noble. Six weeks ago tho disinherited bi other uttempted to kill William. Ho fired through a window in William's house with a shot gun heavily charged with buckshot, in flicting a wound that has made his brother a cripple for life. Noble then dlsappeaied.but was arrested at Spring field, and William was notified of his ai rest, for which ho had offeied a re ward AVllIIain went to Springfield yester day and paid tho luwaul, and Noble wns tuined over to an ofllccr.w ho start ed with him to Giraid. William re turned o'i tho samo train with his In other, but Noble wns unawaio of his piesenee. As the train stopped here the two met. William drew two levol vers. With one he pi evented the dep uty sheriff In iharge of Noble from in terfering, nnd with tho other he swnt six bullets into his bi other's head. Ho has disappeared Death of a Princess. London, Dec. 4 A dispatch from Ktutt Bart announces tho death there yesterdiv of Pilneess Auuufta of Saxe-Wolmar. nco LndyAugUBta Lennox, daughter of tho fifth duke ot Richmond und Mordon, und sister of the present duke. LARGE FIRE IN NEW YORK Awful Work of Flames Among the Sky Scrapers. FIREMEN ARE POWERLESS Conflagration Starting in the Rogers, Peet is Co. Building Creeps to tho 20-Stoiy Edifices Where it Is Im possible to Reach the Flames with Water Postal Telegraph Com pany's Offices and United States Life Insurance Building Burning at Midnight. New Yoik, Dec. 4. riio that bioke out tonight In Rogers, Poet and Com pany's retail clothing store, occupying a. five stoi y block at the southwest corner of Wan en sticot nnd Broadway, utterly mined the building and Its contents in a short time. Then the flames attacked the sky-sctaper build ing of tho Home Life Insurance com pany adjoining to the south, and gut ted the upper ten stories, the firemen pcemlng utterly helpless against the flames so far fiom the ground. Next the upper floor of the big Postal Tele graph company building at Munay street and Hroadway, one ot the hand somest In the city, buist Into flames and at midnight was still burning fiercely. The loss Is at least a million dollars alieady, and the fire In tho insuiance and Postal buildings is unchecked. Theie has been no loss of life so far as known. MAIL DELIVERY DISTRICTS. Recent Appointment Made by the Postmaster Geneial. Washington, Dec. I. The postmaster gtnei.il has dliected the division ot United Slates Into seven districts, with one agent or moie In eath ot them, for the better aiianceincnt of the iui.il flee dellveiy s)stem. Tho agent or ngents In each dlsttlct will have gon ci.il supervision of tho iui.il dellveiy woik within Ills' jurisdiction. Including tho Investigation of all petitions and the inauguration of the work in all places where it Is to be mulct taken The grouping of the states, with the agents usslsned to each gioup, is as follows: The eastern division compilses the New Unslnnd states', and New York and Penns)lvanla, with S. O. i:dtson ns speilal ngent. Tho Ohio division, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania nnd the lower peninsular of Michigan, T. G. lllaikinan and A. B. Smith, special agents. The Maryland division. Mar) land, Delaware, Virginia nnd the two Caio llniifci, M. S. Plummcr nnd F. V. Bach, special ngents. The Indiana division, Indiana, Illi nois, Missouri and Kansas, Francis M. Dke, special agent. The southern division, all the south ern states except those named, and In dian nnd Oklahoma terrltoiles, W. B. Galtrce and Roger Murphy, agents'. The Wisconsin divisions, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the two Dakotas, Iowa, Ne braska and the upper peninsula of Mlehlgnn, James Houston, agent. Pacific coast and Rocky mountain state division, all the western states nnd teiritoiies not already mentioned, Thomas II. Houpt and S, B. Rathbone, Jr., agents. VICTORY FOR VON DER AHE. St Louis Base Ball Magnate Is Again on Easy Street. St. Louis, Dec. 4. Chris? von der Ahe was toduy ic-elected president of Sport man's park and the base ball club. Mr. Muckenfuss, the club's lecelver, did not attend tho meeting, nlthough he was Invited. Mr. von der Ahe was Immedi ately elected to tho board and also to tho presidency. The presence of Edward Becker at the meeting was a great victory for von der Ahe. Becker and von der Ahe are the chief creditors of the club, and tho fact that they are pulling together indicates thnt Chr!s Is going to have matteis pretty much his own way. LANDSLIDE CAUSES WRECK. Disaster on New York, Susquehanna and Western. New Yoik,Dec.4. A landslide bi ought on by the tain and melting snow caused n bad wreck on tho New Yoik, Sus quehanna and Western railroad near Swartzw ood, N, J early today. Three trainmen weio badly lnjuied and the road is blocked to tiafllc and It Is piob able that It will be morning befoie the tiaclca aio cleared, as dynamite will have to bo used. Knglneer Herbeit Wayne was thrown down the hill und sustained Internal In Juiles and Fireman Jerome Posten was badly scalded. Porter Denouncus Rochefort. Paris, Dec 4. Henri Itochcfort. editor of the Intrunsigeant, having di elated in that paper that General Horaco Porter, United States ambassador to France, re. cently said Dnghiud had financed the Dre)fus s)ntllcato with a view of dividing nnd weakening Fiance, General Porter, on being sliown tlio paper, replied tint Itochofort's statement was a fabrication, pure and simple. T1IE NEWS THIS M0RNINU Weather Indication, lodayi rnlr; Decidedly Colder. 1 Gcnerat-Closlng Session ot tho Ptfty- Plfth Congress. Ungland and American Kxpniislon. Annual Statement of tho Puitory In spector. Forecast ot Work Dcfore tho Senate, 2 Local SU Thomas' Team Wins at Foot Hall. Financial and Commercial. 3 Local Tho Klks Lodgo of Sorrow. Senrch for the Dur)ca Murderers. Dftects of tho Storm. 1 Editorial. Comment of the Tress. 5 Local Ilotclkeeper Murdered at Dur yea. Mr. Hums Sprung Another Surprise in Court in tho Gibbons Case. Local West Scninton and Suburban. News Mound About Siraaton. General Llfo of Our Soldiers at Camp McKcnzIe. Letter from It. C Colborn. BIG BICYCLE RACE AT MADISON SQUARE Tho Riders Called to the Sciatch at 12.05 This Morning Contestants Will Be Examined by Physicians Daily. New York, Dec. G Thlity-onc men started In a six-day blc)cic lace nt Madison Square ut five minutes past 12 o'clock this (Monda)) moinlng. The starters nie all in excellent physical condition and the plank tiaek, ten laps to the mile, ! in perfect Older. The attendance ut tho stmt was not huge, owing to the stoimy weathei. When the numbers of the riders were dlsti United, the lefetee could find no one who would take "IS;" lilsh, Hng llsh, American, French nnd Ilusslun rldeis seeming to be afiald of It. Hence no IS will be lepresentcd on tho track. When at one minute after 12 o'clock tho riders were called to the scratch, the following responded: Charles W. Miller, American and winner of last year's six-day race, Joseph It. Hlce, American, tecond man lu tho la'e of Inst year and tho previous )ear, 1'red Sehluel, German, third in last jnm nice; Teddy Hale, Irish, winner of tho li9ii race; Pietlerlck Mlclitl, Swiss (tiding under iiiimo of Frederick); Theodoro Jotux, Kiinih, Frank Cistae, Fionili; li)sso Munochan, Swiss, holdct of Kranch iiu- paced 21-hour reeotd, Dtltiiio Steplmue, Fi each ; Frank Wallcr.Gci man, Frtd Fors- ti r, German, Burns Pleiee, Nova Scoti.iu; Frank Albert. American, Louis Clrnni, Geiman, John I.ivsou, Swede; Ostur Julius, Swede, Farl D. Stevens, Ameile in, A. IJ. Hliven, Amcrlcnn; Maligna Gross German-American; Charles Neat, Amci- lenn, James A. Icnffeity, Amerlian, Jack Burke. Irish-American; Oscar A. Arson, Swcele; I.ouls J. Klnsc, American; Henry lilkhiKton. lilhh; J. W. Navln. Irlbh, Stephen Fallon, Amtrlcrn: Charles Tin -vllle, Ameilean; But Leslie American; IMwaul Beacom, American, U. C. Smith, American. Millir, the winner of last yeai's six d.i)s' raco was the favoilte among the spectatois befoie the start was made. Little betting was done and theie Is likely to be little until tho riders uie well on their water later In the week. To avoid the disagieeablo scenes ot last ) car's nice, when some of the con testants became temporuiily deianged from their exeitlons, tho management say that medical examinations will be made of the contestants every 21 hours by competent physicians nnd that any man showing signs of becoming per manently lnjuied by tho contest will bo ruled olf the tiack. AN ACTRESS ARRESTED. As No Warrant Could Bo Shown, Sho Escaped. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 5. Adele Loclotr. a New Yoik actress, was arrested here yesterday to await tho ni rival of a vvnriart fiom Now York charging her with the larceny of $230 from Joseph Blown, a New Yoik bicycle dealer. The woman had been stopping at a Trenton hotel several days. Brown came here last Wednesday nnd finding her, reported the nintter to the police and returned to New York to swear out a warrant for her arrest. Tho police kept her under surveil lance and yesterday morning, when she wns appaiently going to loavcxown. ai rested her. She was permitted to rennln at her hotel under guard. She demanded n henring nnd last evening, when no wan ant had arrived tiom New York, Justice Hurrison otdered her release. The women left town shortly after for New York. Shortly after her departuie, Deteotlve Barrett, of New York, anlved with tho war rant but he was too late. PRIVATE SESSIONS. American Commissioners Deny Sev eral Baseless Rumors. Pails, Dec. 4. The United States and Spanish peace commissions held pri vate sessions today. Afterward jepre sentatives of bcth bodies predicted confidently that the tieaty would be signed within a week, unless unfore seen complications arise. Tlio American commissioners assert that there Is no foundation for the io poits, til ciliated in the United States and cabled back here, that President MeKintoy ha3 forwarded to the Amer lian commlsslcneis fiesh Instiuctlons to Insist unyieldingly upon a coaling harbor In tlr Caiolino Islands and that thu Spaniards are, cndcavoilng to re new theii opposition to a cession of tho Philippines. Both commissions ueogiilze that tho latter tiuestlon Is settled. STORM IN THE VALLEY. Electric Lights Extinguished in a Wilkes-Barre Church. Wllkes-Barre, Dee. 4. The AVyomlng Vulley was visited by a ten Ilia rain and wind storm this evening Between 7 and S o'clock II" wind blew a, gale. Very few opli ventured out and wi vices In many of the c hint lies were cut short or not held nt nil. At St Stephen's Epheopal chinch the eleotilo lights went out In the midst of tho services. In tho mini dlstrltts outbuildings weie demolished, trees uprootsd and fences blown down. THE SYMPATHY OF ENGLAND British Press Unanimous That Expansion Isthe Proper Thing:. UPON A NEW CAREER The United States in Future Destin ed to Be Closely Associated with. England in Interests and Sym pathies The Anglo-Saxon People Drawn Together in Hnimonloua Woiktng Relations America Ha3 Taken Her Place Among tho Great Powers of the Woild. London, Dec. I Tho successful is sue of the lnbois of tho Peace commis sion continues to supply tho Fngllsh press with Its thief topic of current discussion. The dominating note lsi the hlstmlc Impoitance of the entrance) of the Putted States upon u new ca reer, in which It Is destined to be close ly assoclat'ci with l.ngl.iud in lntcicsts; and sympathies. The nation whlili has been steidlly enlniglng Us eniplro by a series of annexations beginning with Jeffersrn's gieat pint base and ending with Alaska and Hawaii, and tiUoexeulsIng an effective piotcetenate over tropical Ameilca in the Mo iron doctrine, nnd exempting the Western hemisphere liom the Fuinpean scram ble going on In Atln and Afiicn, has been doing a good ileal of woik In tho modem Woild. Th's work has not In terested Hngllshmcn, because Ameil enns have acted Independently of them on IIiilm ot tnelr own. The essential featute of tho now ca reer ot expansion Is the fact that It la not one of splendid Isolation, but tho Anglo-siion peoples have been draw it together into harmonious working re latione. S) nip.ithies have displaced Jealousies, iMid theie is a correlation of tho Htmngest forces of civilization for piomotlng the ends of peace nnd pro gress. The war with Spain began nf ter Hngland bad thwarted an unsuc cessful attempt to establish a European conceit on the Cuban question, unci It has ended without the 'lightest effort on the pait of Oenvany to create a Eu ropean eoncei t on the Philippine ques tion. America has taken her placo among tho gieat powers nf the woild, nnd England and Geinmny aro both acting with her, ai'd expecting her as sistance and mural support In their diplomacy in tlio Far Last. Ilnidly a single English jotunal falls to lay sticsj vpon this assurance of the fu ture co-operation of the Anglo-Saxon race ,in tho greatest result of the war with Spain. THE "OPEN DOOI1." iProof.s of this tominon uetlon aro al ready found lu tho probable adoption by Ameilt.i of the "open door" prin ciple In tho Philippines, the possible! purchase of the Caiolino Islands by Geimany, and the ultimate consent of England to modify the Chi) tan-Bulwcr tieaty so as to enable the United States to eonstiuct and control tho Nicaragua canal under guarantees of neutrality similar to those maintained for tho Suez canal. Today's Spectator again advocates the nbrogntlon of the tieaty by England, with the single condition that the Amei leans shall complete tho cannl within a definite period; but signs are not wanting to Indicate that the Ptnte depaitment nnd the foreign office will find It more expedient to mend the convention than to end it. While the attention or the English people Is now centered upon the work of tho pence commission, now virtually finished, as m.nklng a now landmark in the woild's histoiy and disclosing tho tiend of future tendencies und events of far-reaching Importance to the fortunes of the Anglo-Saxon race, theio Is also a feeling of genuine com passion foi distracted Spain, which Is losing Its last colonial stronghold In both the East and the West Indies, and is eonf runted with civil war nnd bank ruptcy. It Is not considered piobablo that a countiy which has been able to send out 200,000 regular tioopti within two yeais to its colonies can bo In seri ous dangei fiom a revival of the Carl st movement In the noitheiu prov inces. One theory Is that the Madild government Is exaggerating this men ace of civil war In order to give em ployment to the tioops now returning, and also to ellveit public attention from the loss of the colonies and the na tional defeats abroad. RELIEF FOR CUBANS. Admiral Sampson Designates Stores for Shipment. New York. Dec. 4 Admiral Samp son has cabled to tho Cuban general lellof commission ndvlsing that lellef supplies be pent foi dlstilbutlou among the deatltut" old men, women und chil dren In the vicinity of Sanctl Spirltus, Cuba. Accoidlngly the following list ot stores has been ptepared for shipment: 40,00'J pounds ilee, C.000 pounds beans, 10,001 pounds bnion, 8,000 pounds cod fish, 150 bairels hard biead, 1,000 pounds coffee, 200 enses londensed milk, 5,000 suits women's and thlldieii's clothing. H.OOO yaids lOtton got ds for making cljthln,? and a quantity of salt, uplces and medicines Deaths in London. London, Dee I U.ittil Stuait ElsklllC thllteenlh Fill of liuc'im. died jester duy In his cIkIUv touiili )ear. Arthur Stilling, tin well known uctor, Is dead. -Mt-H--H- -f-f-H-M-M- -t- WEATHER FORECAST. Hutdilugti n Dec. 4. Forecast for .Monday. For cistern IViinsjlMi. ula, fair; diildtdly coldor; norlh- cuvleny gales; hurricane on ooast. 4rt-H"t- -H-H-t--M-M--M- tfttttH
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