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SCRANTON, VA.. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1898.
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CONSIDERING
ARMY BILLS
Important Measures for
Reorganization and
Increase of Army.
MR. HULL IS CONFIDENT
He Expects to Pass His Army Bill
Before the Holidays The Bill
Drnftcd by General Nelson A.
Miles Has Not Been Before the
Commltteo But Will Bo Considered
in the Near Futuie.
Washington, Dec, 9. Tho house com
mittee on mllltaiy affairs began con
hldciatlon today of the important
measures and theieotganlzatlon and in
crease of the army to meet the condi
tions arising out of the war. Such pro
gress was made that Chairman Hull
said at the close of the meetjng that
he expected not only to report the bill
to the house before the holidays, but
also to pass it by that time. In order
to expedite the woik dally commltteo
meetings will be held, beginning next
Monday. General .Miles and General
Schofleld, the present and the late com
manding ollker of the army, will be
Invited to be piesont on Monday to of
lei suggestions and lecommendatlons.
Following the in the various heads of
staff, bureau, the adjutant general,
comnilssniv general and quuitei master
geneial will bo heard.
Mole than usual interest attached to
the meeting today in v lew of the ef
fect of this legislation upon the future
status of the at my. The bill immedl
atel.v under consideration was the Hull
bill Intiodtiicd by Chairman Hull and
hnlng I lie nppinvnl of Secretary Al
gol Tlio other army bill, drawn by
Goiui.il Miles, was not before the com
mit loo. so that no compailson of their
piovlslotis was attempted.
Tin: miles hill.
Th Miles bill probably will bo in
t induced In the house on Monday and
refined t the mllltaiy committee, so
as in bo ttiKin up when General Miles
is licHid Tor today, however, the com
mlttio confined Its nttcntlon to going
oir tlio .11 ions provisions of tlio Hull
bill Mi. Hull explained the plan of
tlio incnMiie lit so shaping the arms
of tlio wiiid j-o as to bring the total
elToello fence up to 100,000 and this led
to general discussion No decisions
weio icacheel and no voles wcie taken
on any of the fcituics of the bill, the
whol subji et going over.
TROOPS FOR HAVANA.
Tiist Body to Maich Thiough the
City Will Be the 202d New York.
Hnvunii. Dei 9 Tho lliK-t United
Stall b tioops to numb through the
stie t ts of II. i. ma will b the Two Hun
duil ami Set nud New Yoik lpglmeiit.
with band pl.ijlngand oloi.s lljing, on
Siimbiv fioni the San Jose whaif, after
lauding theio fioni the tiansport Mln
newasUa, thiough the heart of Ha
vana to the western railroad station.
The Hue of march will be through the
Pi ado and Cential paik. These tioops
will be "sent to Pinar del Rio piovlnce.
General Davis, with the general head
quartcis ntnff and one battalion, will
be at Pinar del Klo city, the leglmental
htadquaitcis, and the Second battal
ion will be at Guanajay. The Thlid
battalion will be stationed at Mailel
and the Illgglns signal company will
be quaitered at the city of Pinar del
Itlo. The tioops will remain on boaid
the Minnow aska tonight.
Geneial Davis and his staff landed at
noon today and reported to General
Wade. Ho bieakfasted with General
Gteene. All on board are well. The
baggage, stores and mules will bo un
loaded tomonow.
TILIPINOS AT WASHINGTON.
The Cortez Brothers Desiie the Gift
of American Citizenship.
Washington, Dec. a Tlio brothers'
Coitoz. wealthy Filipinos, who hae
just niuved in Washington from Ma
nila, called at the state department to
day and weie received by Secretary
Hav, wl o listened with interest to their
statements of events and conditions in
the Philippines. The calleis bi ought
with them letteis from Generals Mer
jitt and Otls.Consul AMIdman and oth
er Aniciicnn otTicors at Manila, speak
ing in terms of high praise of the valu
able services rendeied theUnltodStates
tioojs and navy bv theso men and
telling of the heavy sacrifices made by
then to assist our lorces.
Th. v -eel. as iv measure of recogni
tion the Mft of Ameilean citizenship
by special act in advance of other Fil
ipinos RATIFICATION OF PEACE,
Tieaty May Be Ready for the Senato
About Monday Week.
li'hington, Dec 9. -A member of
the cabinet said after today's meeting
that the tieaty of pence would be sign
ed undoubtedly by Monday and that It
might be leacly for submit elou to the
senate within a week from that time
The American commlssluneis will not
tan In Pails after tho signing ot the
treaty an longer than may be neces
sary to make thooidlnary p'eparatlons
for retuin and the will sail for home
bj the 17th Inst.
The ipport that the ndmlnlstiatlon
In considering tho sale of any pait of
the Philippines is untrue. It is assert
ed b the members of the cabinet to be
ubsuid The Question of tho llnal dis
position of the Philippines is not yet
ripe for consideration. It may come
up later nfter a season of military con
tiol, but tho idea has never been en
tei tallied by the administration that
the I'nlted States can sell the Islands
either n whole or pint. Tho pioposl
tlon to do so would be sure, It Is said,
to pieclpltate a genpral war."
STEEL COMBINE.
Tlio rederal Company Not Contem
plating Moro Purchases.
New York, Dec. 0. The Tribune w 111
tomorrow print the following:
"In regard to the reports that the
Federal Steel company Is negotiating
for tha puichnso of the Cleveland,
Lorain and Whec'lng and Lake Erie
Railroad companies, H. H. Poster,
chairman of the board of directors of
he Inderal Steel company, ex-Governor
HoMvell P. Flower, and a represen
tative of President Gary, of the steel
company, jesttrday (Friday) announc
ed that the company was not contem
plating the purchn,o or control at pus
ent of any other compai.y or corpora
tion. Whon the steel company was In
process of oiganlzatlon, the advisabil
ity of taking In the two rallioads
mentioned were discussed, but they
were subsequently left off the list, as
wete also certHln other corpoiatlons
which had lecelved mote or less con
sideration, it being decided that the
consolidation should lneitiac the Minn
eapolis Iron, the Illinois Steei, the
Johnson Steel and the i:igln, Jollet and
Eastern railroad companies. Since
then it Is declaiod the Federal com
pany lias given the subleet of further
absorptions no thought whatever, but
has devoted Its efforts to completing Us
own organization. It Is not Impossible
that at some time in the futuie that
other companies, Including ralhoad
companies, may receive attention."
THE ROPE BROKE
WITH ANDERSON
Horrible Scene at the Hanging of
the Mtuderer of Matt Saundeis, of
the Olive Pecker.
Not folk, Vn Dec 9 John Ander
son, the condemned murdeier of Mute
Saundeis, of the schoonei Olive Peck
er, was executed In the city jail at 3
p. m. today. He marched fiom his cell
to the scaffold unsupported and with
fitm step ascended the .steps without
assistance. After prayer by Rev. J. B.
Merritt, chaplain of the Seamen's
Bethel, who kissed him good bje, An
derson made a shoit speech, salng ho
had forgiven the men who swore hts
life away and would die at peace with
the world and God. He spoke pleas
antly to nnd smiled at the death watch
ci.sand the ciowd below, and in a llrm
voice said "I am leady." At 3 06 the
tiap was Stirling and Andei son's body
shot downvvaid. The lope puled just
inside the knot and his body fell to the
cobble stones.
A thrill of lioiror lau through the
crowd. OiHcei.s nnd witnesses ran to
the body nnd snatched the cap fiom
his head, to lind blood oozing tiom
mouth, nose an ejts. A doctor was
called and boon Andeison opened his
eves ami, It was said, began to breathe.
Ho was cairied feet foremost,
upstalis to the platfoim nnd laid down
until a chair wos obtained. He was
then placed In this, but never saioke.
Pripaiations lor u hanging hltn weio
Inirilcdly made The other end of the
ropo wus adjusted mound his neck. Ho
a,s raised to a standing position and
the straps again placed on ms limbs
Willie being siippoitod by the ollieeis
the. tiap was again sprung. In J.I min
utes life was pionouiiced extinct Nino
minutes clapsul between the Hist and
second drops. Andei son's neck was
broken, supposed! bv tho last chop
Marshal Treat i of used to tuin the
body over to the A'iiginln Anatomical
society and It was placed In a hand
some casket and bin led in the Sea
men's lot In Elmwood cuneteij
When the rope bioke theio was a cry
from some one In tin ciowel. 'Tele
graph to the president "
MILLER BEATS
WORLD'S RECORD
Scenes at the Six Day Bicycle Race
at Madison Square Garden.
New York. Dec. 10 Befoie midnight
Miller had beaten the world's leeord
made by himself a jear ago and his
f i lends believe that he will be able to
remain ahead of his own leeord until
the race Is ended. Large ciowds
thronged Madison Square Gaiden all
day and nt midnight thousands of en
thusiasts remained to cheer on the jad
ed six day riders. Miller began to gain
over his opponents early in the even
ing and at S o'clock he was only live
miles behind his lecoid of 1897. Ho
then left tho tiack, remaining off 35
minutes. At 9 o'clock Tuivllle vvlth
diew fiom the race with 1.23". miles
to his ctedlt. At midnight Miller hud
1.7S9 miles and blx laps to his credit,
about five miles ahead of his lecoid at
the same peilod last ear. Waller, the
second man, had 1,749 miles and eight
laps to his credit. He took about a
halt an hour's rest tonight and when
ho returned to the track he appealed
to be In good condition. Miller, how
ever, has such a good lead that unless
ho should weaken or meet with an
accident ho Is a suio winner. Pierce
was almost 23 miles behind Waller at
midnight and looked very tiled. Should
anything happen to Miller, Waller will
probably be the winner
If Miller can keep up tho advantage
ho has galnd over last year's record
until the end of the race tomoirow
night, ho will enm a bonus of $200.
There were a number of exhibitions
during the evening. Eddie Bald creat
ed a sensation by going a half mile In
1.'I2 2-r;1 a recoid for the garden track.
Eddie McDuffee lode a mile In 2.01i,
and Arthur Gardiner went the same
distance in 2.0." 3-G.
Jimmy Michael went two miles.paced
by tandems, in 4.21 1-5, Tom Cooper
went half a mllo behind pacemakeis in
ono minute, Hat.
Tho last of tho special events was
nn unlimited pursuit laco by Nat But
l.er, of Boston, nnd Harry Caldwell, of
Manchester, N, H. Tho race was the
be3t of tho evening. Caldwell won in
10 04 3-D, after a chase of four and a
half miles.
The score at 1 a. m. was: Miller
1S01.C; Waller, 17616: Pleice, 173G.0;
Albait 105D.5- Glnim. IC02.2; Lavvson,
15SU; Aronson, 1515; Navvu. 1318; Stev
ens. 1481.1; Forster, H94 3; Hol. 1J8U;
Julius, 1136.5.
CABINET TALKS
OF TERRITORY
CUBA, PORTO RICO AND THE
PHILIPPINES CONSIDERED.
New Postal System to Be Established
in Cuba Cablegrams from Dewey
nnd Otis at Manila Are Received
Giving Views as to the Number of
Troops Required for Duty in tho
Philippines.
Washington, Dec. a. The discussion
of the details of the administration of
government affaiis In Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines under tho treaty
of peace which Is about to be signed
In Palis, occupied a huge pait of the
time at today's cabinet meeting. The
establishment of a new postal system
In Cuba was legal ded as a messing
necessity. The present purpose Is to
fashion the now sstem, as far as prac
ticable, uopn our own model Cuble
giams weio icad fiom Admlial Dewey
and Geneial Otis, at Manila, giving
their Mews as to the nurnhei of tioops
that It would be necosaty to keep In
the Philippines during the administra
tion of mllltaiy government. Further
than this tho contents of these mes
sages weie not made public, but tho
information iccelved, it Is stated, was
entlioly satisfactory to the president.
Nothing has been heard from Paris up
to the close of the cabinet meeting.
An official denial Is authorized that
the sale of the Philippine islands lo
any other nation has been consldeied
by this government, and It Is stated,
that the published statement to the ef
fect that their sale to Japan had been
under discussion was altogether false.
The cabinet also talked over an clnb
oiate tailft measure vvhieh is now In
preparation hole to go Into force, as
now planned, contempoianeously with
the entlio lellnqulshinent of the Island
by the Spanish cm Jan. 1 This tar
iff measuie, it Is .snld, will show an
aveiage 1 eduction all along the line
of about DO per cent fiom tho Spanish
tariff rates The undei standing now Is
that theie villi bo no oxpoit duties,
nnd that In cither was the but den of
taxation will be reduced Postmaster
Geneial Emory Smith remained in
consultation with the piesident almost
the entire ufteinoon, talking over the
scheme of postal admlnistiatlon of
Cuba. Theio are two piojects consld
eied, one to establish a United States
s stein similar to that now operating
In Poito Rico under ellicet admlnistia
tlon and full contiol ot the United
States und tlio othei to give tho Cu
bans an independent postal sisteni, to
be established nnd equipped by the
I'nlted Stales u eminent, but to lie
opciatcd and ndmlnistcied and all ex
penses paid b the Cubans, this gov
ernment meiol furnishing equipment
at tost pi lees and assuming only a.
supci vini,v e-iinuoi tlon with it A de
cision on this point will be- leached
shoi tlj. l'ostmastti Cioucial Eiucny
Smith will send seveial leprcscntu
tlvcs of the posliilllco department to
socuio Infoimatlon .is to the condition 4
and needs, and thev wlll ic-poit to him
without deluj. This commission may
consist of as inan as fotu cpeils
theuoughly Inmiliai with the uspee
tlve opctatlonn of the internal admln
istiatlon of tho postollli e, ot mall
tmiisporlutloii, of Inspection and leg
ist ty.
CONDITIONS AT MANILA.
The navj ilepu Intent has received a
eablegiam fiom Admlial Dewey sum- i noon n committee was appointed of the
mnils'Ing the existing conditions at , town t.0uneil and boaid of he-ilth and
Manila and such utl.er points In the Ulut. ,,,0mlnent citizens Judge J. M
Philippine s as hive hern visited by bib ).,,yelds was made chali man. The
otTlcer. Advices ale, have been ie- foiiowlnff ic-ulutlon was passed and
eelved fiom Geneial Otis, the com- . ot,.(l tnat lt bi,0uld be given to th
inandt'iit of tho United Stutes mllltaiy , pr'ss-
foices In tho islands and they both go , ..The pconie f this town have been
to show a notable immovement in Breatly btuitlert b unfounded icpoits
conditions and the growth of a bottei (0nCPrnlnfT tho :)IOvalenco here of
splilt among those factions of the , ,,ox No Bleater wiong to any
natives which p-omlsed to give tiouble. community can be Imagined than that
This fact Is pnticuWily gtatlfying as etratcil In this Instunee and deep
the United States government Is al- lnjlKnat0n prevails among the people
ready giving consideration to the best I u, collo(,ted in nn Infoimal meeting
means at hand to redeem the pledge It i tnls nnpin0on and seveiely denounced
will be placed undei by the treaty of the statements purporting to come from
Pails to secure the release of the D ,. AtUlnS0, Thete are two cases In
spanisii piiscmeis neiu uy tne PIUllp-
pine natives. Theie are about COO cler
leal prisoners und the government Is
confident that their captors will deliv
er them up on proper lepresentatlons
from Geneial Otis and Admlnl Dewey,
made possible thiough Consul AVIId
hmii. It may bo iKeessaiy to call the
navy Into service In this matter for
tho leason that srme of tho pilsoneis
aie neiei m ciimuiy nn ouier isinus
than Luzon, which i can bo i cached best
and most efiectively by Admiral
Dowes ships Besides these clerical
prisoners, the Mnerhans themselves
hold neaily 15,000 Spanish s-oldlers na
prisoners, men ceptureel at the fall of
Manila. These are actually on p.uole
about the city and the quest'on Is how
they mo to be leturned to Spain. This
mu't bo settled by the peace commis
sioners at Paris.
EXPLOSION EXPLAINED.
Another Inflammatory Article on
Subject of tho Maine.
Madrid, Dec. 0 Tho Imparclal to
day publishes another Inllamatory ar
ticle on the subject of the Maine
charges. Tho paper Intimates that tho
explosion wns the outcome of an In
tense desire "upon the part ot certain
factions In the United States to seo
Hie outbieak of war, which wns un
popular with tho majority of Amcil
cans." Tho Impatclal adds: "The partisans
of tho war realized that something
startling was necessary to arouse na
tional sentiment It was a remarkable
chunco. Almost nil the Maine's officers
v ero on board another ship at the tlmo
ot tho catastrophe. Those who charge
the Spaniards with being capable of
such a monstrous act aro well capable
of committing lt themselves."
Jn conclusion the Imparclal sas:
"Spain cannot remain under such an
Infamous charge. It would bo prefer
able to give tho woild tho spectacle of
national suicide."
m
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, Dee. 9. Theso Pennsjlvi
nla pensions have been issued: Original
Melvln D. Funning, Wetona, Bradford,
IS; Marshall Preston, Huanton, W to fS;
Mosess II, Vanlco, Hornhrook, Biadloril,
114 to W
LONDONIAN SURVIVORS.
They Arrlvo in Boston from Bnltl
Moro List of the Missing.
Doston, Dec. 9. The surviving mem
bers of the drew ot tho steamer Lon
donlan rescued from the wreck by tho
steamer Vedamoro reached this city
today from Baltimore.
Tho names of those who are sup
posed to have been lost, besides Cap
tain i:. B. Lee, Fiist Oincer Munay,
of Liverpool, and Third Olllcer J. Cot
tier, of London, ute:
Caipenter Wiekam, a Russian;
Boatswain Bohem, Able Beamen Carl
sen, Peter.sci, Hennessey, Ciovvley,
Corness, Webb, Johnson, Hendrlck
Hon, Howard, Xellton, First Engineer
Strafford, of Hull, England, Third En
gineer Slater, of Crowe; Fireman J.
Ashfotd, of London, Chief Steward
Nlcholls, of Hull, England; Second
Steward D. Darnell, also of Hull; En
gineer Stew aid H. Watetman, of Lon
don; Second Cook Charles Martin.
The names of the two cattlemen
were Daniel Covany nnd Thomas
Doyle, both of this city.
In addition to these theie was a
oung stowaway, whose name Is sup
posed to be Cresse. This oung man
was a native of Calcutta, and had been
In Boston for about llvo jeais, but
,ras ou ,,,g wuy lo Indlll by way of
London.
Second Olllcer Glttlngs, of the Lon
elonlan, In talking of the disaster to
day, snld that the report from Baltl
moic that after tlio forty-live men had
been taken on board the Vedamore, the
steamer was soon lost sight of, nnd
It wns supposed that the remainder of
her ciew temalned on boaid, was an
cnor. The second olllcer states that
they left but one small boat on tho
Londonlan and that boat was seen on
the wreck by the King Arthur when
she sighted hei nbandoned nnd carried
the first Intelligence of the disaster to
Llv erpool
SMALL POX SCARE
OF BEDFORD
Committee of Indignant Citizens
Pass Resolutions Condemning tho
Coi respondents, Etc.
Bedfoid, P.i ,Dec. !i Indignation was
never gieater than at the present mo
ment In Bedfoid. Indignation justly
caused by tho lalso reports that have
been given the picss concerning the
piev.ilei'ce ot small pox In Bedfoid.
Stoilos have gone abroad th it tho
Whole town was atllleled with the diead
.disease, that the residents weie quar
antined and baiilcacled. Two bundled
eases lepoiteel have dwindled down to
seven. Two In the boiough and live
outside within a ladlus of nine miles.
These seven i. ise , ie conceded to be
small pus. In a vei.v mild foim, though
no nlaiui has Ik on lelt bj the citizens,
tlio patients being enliicly iineloi con
tiol and not pcimilted to mliiglo with
other menibeis of the family. The
stories arising liom intoiviowN with
Hi. W. 1! Atkinson, ot Philadelphia,
who was sent heie by tho state boaid
of health, ill" .inswiied bv Pi W. T.
Hughes, jn old piac tltiomr and emi
nent phvslclan of this distiiet.
The gnsslv exaggerated nee omit of
the small po sear" In Bedford, given
out by Dr. W. I! Ukinson, of Phllii
ticlphia, is an outrage and nil lniposl
tic n upon the peopl- of tin community.
At il teiun uieetlnir held this aftl'-
(h,H ,..,. and seven outside. Five
families In ull being effected, and
these are entirely under care and con
tiol Dr. Atkinson did not see moro
than live families, he stated, and to
say that 130 patients were under his
ees Is entirely false. Theie Is not
tho least ulaim or apprehension felt
among tho people and they aie simply
Un!La ftt tUf publicity given these false
,100lltl T,mt some tases of a peculiar
gUn nfftlcUon naxe existed In different
paIt8 ,)f the county may bo admitted.
but t, aro ,lot mnlU pox ana tho
tfmn ,la3 not been Kuar(c,i or quai-an-
tlned as wus published."
TRAGEDY AT DU B0IS.
Three Persons Killed, Thieo Wound
ed nnd One Dies of Shock.
Dubois, Pa., Dec. 9. Three pel sons
killed, three wounded and tho mother
of ono victim dlng o the shock caused
by her eon's death. All this lesulted
from two wrecks on the Clarion Ulver
jallroad near l'ortianu mhis in Elk
county, Wednesday. A train loaded
with pulp wood was being hauled down
tho steep grade near Portland Mills
and tho rear end was left on tho torj
of the hill, owing to tho slippery tincks.
While tho front end wus descending
tho rear of tho train beenmo unman
ageable and dashed down tho hill,
crashing Into tho fiont section. Eoth
sections were wrecked nnd Diakemnn
Thomas Rieshelman, on front section,
was Instnntly killed. A dinky engine
with a crew of live men was otdcrcd
back to clear up tho wreck and bring
back Breshelman's lemnlns. Tho work
wns completed and while tho train was
returning the engtno jumped tho track
and rolled over nn embankment.
Of tho crew on board at tho time, tho
engineer, Harry Carman, was fatally
Injured and died n few minutes nfter
lvelng extricated. Foieman Dnnlei
Myers was lescued and has since died
and three brakemen, Sowers, Cassldy
nnd McKnlght, were nil badly Injured,
AIcKnlght's aim being ciushed. When
ouug Carman's Invalid mother was
acquainted of her son's death, she
lucsed Into unconsciousness and her
death Is niomcntailly expected.
EXPLOSION IN
POWDER MILL
THREE MEN ARE KILLED AND
EIGHT INJURED.
Tho Press Mill nnd Four Grinding
Mills at tho Dupont Mills at Wil
mington Explode with Terrible
Effect Cause of tho Disaster.
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 9. Three men
wore killed and eight injured, three of
them probably fr tally by tho explo
sion of a press mill and four grind
ing mills In the Hagley yard of tho
Dupont powder works, a few minutes
after 10 o'clock today. The dead aro:
UOUEIlT M'lLLHENNEY, about 43 J ears
old. mairltd, leaves widow ana four
chllihe it
JOHN WRIGHT, about CO years olJ;
married
JOHN MOOiti:, 40 years old, mariled:
leaves widow and nvo children.
Tho seriously injuied aio:
Thomas McCann, nged 30 jears; unniar-
licd
fTohn Mulhern, S3, mairlcd; seriously
burned
Hamucl Stewart, 42; married.
Thomas Knox, aged SO; married.
James McLaughlin, aged about 45.
Michael Maloney, aged 40; unmairlcd.
Of the Injured men, Stewart, McCnnn
and Mulhern aro In a serious condi
tion. Immediate! v- after tho explosion tho
telephones were bi ought Into service
and cverv Wilmington physician who
could be communicated with, was sum
moned to the scene of the explosion to
render aid to the wounded.
The oxp'oslon occurred In tlio pi ess
loom ot tho Hagley, or lower yard
vv orks. A c ar load ot pow dor that was
being wheeled Into the room was ac
cident! overturned, n.id the car wheels
running Into tho loose powder causing
a friction that set the powder nllic.
The explosions quickly followed, all the
powder that was In the pi ess room go
ing oft' In tho five Miccessive detona
tions. I'Ai'SE OF THE EXPLOSION.
The press mill was wrecked. Tho
cause of tho explosion is thus ex
plained John Mulhcin was dilvlng two hoises
attached to a car on a tiack. Tho
ear contained perhaps a Ion of powder.
The hortes shied and civet turned tho
car. Immediately theio was an eplo
sIjii, the shook being dhected Urn aid
the picss mill, very close to the car.
Tho press mill exploded and this was
followed by tivo of the gi hiding mills
In the Immediate vicinity.
Mulheiii escaped. Ho was thrown
for some distance and was badly black
ened Mulhein's assistant. Thomis
MiOann. was seiiouIy humid. He In
haled flames and his leeoveiy is voiy
doubtful.
'I lio opeiatois at the piess mill weio
Melllhenney and Wiight and the ex
plosion caused thIr Instant death.
The foico of tho explosion can led
poitions of tho bodies ae leiss the Bran
dvlnc cieek, a distance of 10(i yaids
ft urn the mill.
At the time of the explosion Moore,
who was einploeu as a caipenter In
the yaul, was within a few feet of tho
picss mill. The back of his head was
crushed and he died a few minutes
later.
The "hock of the explosion damaged
nronertv and shatteied windows In all
,lli .iitlriliH.
TRIAL OF STEELE.
The Cashier Upon the Witness
Stand States That He Was Never
Benefited.
Philadelphia, Dec. 9. Tho gov eminent
rested Its case nt noon today In the
trial of William Steele, tho cashier of
the w iccked Chestnut Street National
bank, charged with conspiracy with
President William M. SIngcrly in the
ml'uppllcatlon of tho funds of the In
stitution and making false reports of
the bank's condition to the comptroller
of tho currency.
William C. Smith, the receiving teller,
testified to having at various times
cairied in his diavver as cash many
peisonal checks of Mr. Slngerlys for
laigo amounts He cairied these check1
by older of Mr. Steele.
Edward P. Moxey, a government ex
pert In tho employ of the comptroller
of tho currency, testified tegardlng tho
falsity of the lepoits received from the
Chestnut street bank. He Instanced tho
reports of May and July, 1897. In the
former tho total loans and discounts
weie given as $2,737,123, whereas on ex
amination he found tho figures should
have been $.12G,703. The checks and
cash Items were found to have been
JGJS.397 more than reported. Similar
misstatements weio embodied Jn the
July, 1S97, teport.
The defense then opened, counsel for
tho defendant stating that he would
. nrovo that in all financial circles Mr.
SIngcrly was looked upon as a veiy
wealthy man, fully able to meet nny
obligations. Counsel asserted that his
client had never profited one dollar by
reason of tho overdrafts and any act
of his In carrying theso overdrafts was
the jesult of unbounded confidence In
his supoilor officer, under whoso In
structions he was acting.
Cashier Steele took the stand and his
testimony In general was an admission
that ho Knew nil the time of tho con
dition of tho bank and of excessive,
loans being made to Mr. Slneerly. Ho
also stated that this condition was
known by the directors and also by tho
officials In Washington.
His testimony In regard to the offi
cials at Washington was ruled out.
Mr. Steele laid particular stress upon
the fact that he never benefitted in any
way whatever by the manipulation
of tho bank's funds by Mr. Slngeily
and that ho never at any tlmo tempt
ed or Intended to withhold tho true
condition ot the bank from tho ell
rcctois and the officials at Washing
ton, He disclaimed any intention to
defraud tho bank. Ho always consid
ered Mr, Slngerly as a veiy wealthy
man and one who was entirely able
to meet all his obligations.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING
Weather Indication! Today:
Fair: Westerly Winds.
General Congress Considers Army
Bill.
Three Killed, Eight Injured, In a Pow
der Mill Explosion.
Tho Cabinet Considers Our Now Pos
sessions. Crltcal Stato of Affairs in China,
General Testimony Bcforo tho War
Inquiry Cornmlrslon.
Financial and Commercial.
Local Religious Nows of tho Week,
Her Point ot View.
Editorial. , ,
Commont of tho Press,
Advertisements.
Locat Freo Kindergarten Promoters
Entertained.
Busy Day In Criminal Court.
7 Local First Anniversary ot Scran
ton's Big Department Store.
Plnkcrton Man After tho Duryca
Fiends.
S Local West Scranton and Suburban,
9 News Hound About Scranton.
10 Local- Social and Personal.
Musical Question Box.
11 Sunday School Losson for Tomorrow,
llellgious Work In tho Colonics.
12 General Thirteenth Bcglmcnt Los:s
Another Member ty Death,
SENATOR QUAY'S
STAR WITNESSES
Ex-Judge James Gay Gordon nnd
Ex-Postmaster General John Wnn
nmaker to Be Subpoenaed.
Philadelphia, Dec. 9. Counsel for
Senator Quay In tho conspiracy charges
for which ho Is to be tried next week,
today subpoenaed ex-Common Pleas
Judge Jnmes Jny Gordon and
ex-Postmnster General Wanamaker as
witnesses for the defense;. This news
Is interesting in ew ot the known op
position of both of these men to Sen
ator Quay politically, and In view ot
the charges recently made by Senator
F. nirse in which he stated that tho
charges against Senator Quay were
the result of a conspiracy to defeat him
for re-election to the United States sen
ato and In his place name a person fav
oiablo to Messrs. Wanamaker and
Gordon.
Subpoenas were also served upon sev
eral persons in Judge Gordon's law of
ilce. CUBAN EXTREMISTS
ARE SATISFIED
Anxious to Assume tho Responsibil
ity of the Outiage at the Spanish
Club.
Santiago Dc Cub i, Deo. 9 The ex
tt enlists of the Cuban Itepubllcan
patty s em anxious to assume the re
sponsibility lor the outiago nl the
Spanish club Wednesday evenlng.when
Juan Castillo, a. former f'uban officer,
accompanied by two negro suboiill
n.itcs, lode into thu club looms and
with their machete smashed hoveral
lamps and did other clamuge. El Por
venlr, the oigan of this faction, claims
that the act of Castillo "leprcsonts tho
feelings of a long outraged but now
soveielgn people."
A Ico President Purbarosos, ot tho
San Cailos club, has asserted that If
Castillo had not been promptly released
fiom custody ten thousand Cubans
would have Known the reason why.
Put such cxpiesslons must not bo tak
en as representing the views of tho
best Cuban element, which is really
very strongly In favor of annexation.
General Leonard Wood's strong hand
Is much missed here, and his return,
w hlch Is expected early tomorrow, will
be doubly welcome. Today Colonel
Beacom had beforo him Lieutenant
Cranshow, of the Third immune regi
ment, who repeated a conversation ho
had with Captain Blckham, of the
Ninth lmmunes, which throws consld
ciablc light upon the leeent drunken
aftiay of negro Soldiers at San Luis
and goes to show that the nifalr was
premeditated and that tho officers vvero
moro guilty than the men. Chief of
Gcndarmle Vnllente has now ready
1300 men, from whom General Wood
will chooFo a sufficient number to con
stitute the foice of gerdaimarle which
he purposes establishing. Most of
them, Chief Vallente says, were good
soldiers during the war, but many havo
since been virtually bandits, out of
sheer hunger, as they could not get
rations because they vvero armed and
letused to disband. Ho believes that
they w ould make efficient gandarmes.
THE DEATHS OF A DAY.
Easton, Pa., Dec. 9 Itev. John Fred
crick Wnrnian, a retired Moi avian clcr
B man. died this morning about 8 o'clock
nt his homo at Nazareth. Ho was la tlio
eight -sixth car of his age. Kev. War
man was a uattvo ot Germany, but c.imo
to this country early in life. Ho was at
ono tlmo a Moravian missionary among
tho American Indians and was for years
connected with tho American tract so
clct. Iincastcr, Pa., Dec. 9. John T. Trego,
a prominent hotel man who for tho pist
three ears was proprietor of the Stev
ens house, this city, died today from
diabetes. Ho was formerly proprietor of
tho Eutaw house, Baltimore, and Randall
nt Washington, D. C.
m
Maher Defeats Dunkhorst.
rnlladolphln, Dec. 9 Peter Maher best
ed E1 Durkhorst in a one-sided six lound
go at tho Arena tonight. Peter did most
of tho landing and In tho second round
sent tho Syrarusan to the boards twice
In tho fifth round a hard left on the jaw
sent him down again but tho bell rounded
beforo tho ten seconds wero up. Mahrr
went at his man In tho sixth In hurrlcano
fashion and landed almost at will but
Dunkhorst manageel to last out to tha end
Hanged for Assault.
Richmond, Vn Dec. y. Jordan Webb
colored, who committed a criminal as
sault upon Mrs. Lucy Rowdcu, an aged
lady, in September last, was hauled at
Courtland, Southempton count , today.
He admitted his guilt Just before his ex-
I tuition.
SITUATION
IN CHINA
British and American
Interests Reported
in Peril.
AFFAIRS IN CRITICAL STATE
Immediate nud United Action by tha
Two Governments to Defend Ins
tegrity of Chinese Emplro the)
Only Permanent Safeguard Viowa
of Our Former Minister to Sioni,
Manchuria Piactically Kusslan,
Now-Chwnng, tho Most Northern:
Point for Our Products, Likely tq
Be Closed Soon, ,u... .Llv.-. ,-;,-.
Shanghai, Dec. D. John Barrett, JCor
merly United States minister to Slam,
has returned hero after visiting Pekin
and tho principal Chlnoso ports. Hq
sa3 tho situation in China is of thq
most critical nature, nnd that Mam
churia is no longer Chinese, but Itus-.
slan territory. He asserts that Now
Chwnng, tho chief northern port foa
tho movement of Americans products,
is also practically Russian and is Habla
to bo closed any day.
Tho only permanent safeguard to tho
paramount American and British Iih
tcicsts, Mr. Barrett nsscrts, is lmmes
dlato and united action by the inter
cited governments to defend tho in
tegrity of tho Chinese empire, to en
force reforms In tho government, to
prevent further cessions of ports and
provinces and to Insist on the "open
door" policy In all ports of China, in
cluding tho spheres ot influence, claim
ed by Russia, Gei many and France.
Othoiwlse, Mr. Bariett, contends, tha
impending partition of the Chinese em
nlip Is likely to curtail seriously tho
field ot trade by affecting disastrously
American and British infiuenco in Asia,
CHAIRMAN MOTT'S EDICTS,
Tho Czar of tho L. A. W. Suspends
Eiders with a Euthlos3 Hand.
Baltimore, Dec. 9. Tho rfx clay bl
ccle lacers now pedaling at Madison
Squat o Garden, New Yoik, came under1
tho ban of Chairman Mott, of tho I,.
A. W, In his weekly bulletin announced
today. Fines of $50 each and suspen
sion until paid "for comiietlng In un
sanctioned laces" mo Imposed on the)
following:
FiedoilckMichacl.Swltzcrlandi'TeddJ
Hule, Ireland; Etienm, -Siephane, Ulys
ses Monochan, Theodore Joyeux, Parlsx
Frank Cisnac, Austialla; Charles Mil
ler, Chicago; James Nawn, New York:
Homy Pllklngton, Iiclund; Frank Wal
ler, Boston, Fred Foster, Now Yorki
Lewis I. King, Bloomflold, N. J.; E. J.
Smith, Saiatoga; Ed. Bacon.Niiw York;
Oscar Julius, Sweden; Earl Stevens,
Buffalo; Magnus Gioss, Brooklyn;
Charles Neal. New Yoik; James Itaf
fcrty, Jack Burke, New York; John
Lavvson, Minneapolis, Oscar Aronson,
Now York; Stephen Fallon, Jersey City)
A. G. Bllzen, Now York; Frank Albert,
New York; Louis Glmm, Pittsburg;
Bert Leslie, Chicago; Joe Rice, Wilkes
Barro, are fined $50 each and suspended
until paid for competing in unsanc
tioned races.
Charles Turvlllo is fined J13 addle
tlonal, making 50 In nil, for the tama
violation of tho rules.
The track at Madison Square Garden
Is fined J1.000 and suspended from the)
sanction privilege until paid.
Eddie McDullle, Boston, and Edward
Taylore aro fined $200 and suspended
until lino Is paid for competing in un
sanctioned races,
9
DR. ATKINSON'S REPORT.
A Different Version of tho Bcdfoitt
Small Pox Epidemic.
Philadelphia, Dec. 9. Dr. William F.
Atkinson today submitted to Health
Olllcer Leo a lengthy report, covering
his investigation of the alleged epidem
ic of small pox at Bedford.
In his report Dr. Atkinson sas ha
saw persons walking along tho streets,
just outside of Bedford, with small pox;
bcabs dropping fiom their faces, and
that In ono house in Bedford ho visit
ed, a young man cumo to supper with
well developed symptoms of tho dis
ease. The worst feature of existing
conditions, he says, Is that the peoplo
of the 'vlUago havo not only been ming
ling freely among themselves, but thev
have been allowed to visit at will other
points In tho state, earn Ing tho germs
of tho dlseaso with them and possibly
spreading It broadcast. Tho board of
health will, it Is said, act at once in
the matter of establishing proper quar
antine regulations.
UNION LODGE MEETING.
Ofllceis Elected nt Last Night's
Meeting in Masonic Hall.
Union lodge, No 291, Tieo nnd Ac
cepted Masons, held Its annual meet
ing last night in Masonic hall.
Officers wore elected as follows: Wor
shlpful master, Louis G. Schautzj
senior warden, William II Ilubloi
junior nulen, Jamef F Waidle, tieas.
urer. E. P. Klngsbur.v . secietary, Franlt
S. Hall, lepresentatlve to tho Giant!
lodge, Ellery Thomle. tiustecs, Join
Baeoin. Alexander Dunn nnd Eller
Then nli' .
WEATHER FORECAST. -t
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- Washington, Dec. 9. Forecast for
f Saturday: For casturn Ponnsyl- -
f vanla, fair; fresh westerly winds.
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