SCHANTON. L'A.. MONDAY MOHN1XU. DFX'EMBHIl 19. 3S0S. TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. ITX"' EXPANSION IN SENATE Week Will Be Opened by Speech from Senator Piatt. WILL REPLY TO MR. VEST A Number of Speeches on tho Samo Subject will Bo Made After tho Holidays It Is Expected That the Treaty will Bo Taken Up for Discussion Eaily in Jannary. Nicaragua Canal Bill will Bo Pushed. Washington, Dec. IS. The week In the senate will be opened with a speech by Senator Plntt, of Connecticut, tin the question of expulsion. He 1ms glx 01 ..notice of nn addles to begin bu rnetii, it"ly after tho conclusion of the l en tine morning busr.eus Mondij. Mi Piatt will leply to the speech of Senator Vest undo last Mondnv, unci ns he bus glxon eiy cartful attention to tho i Mention of out terrltorl il area no little intc-t-t Is manifested anions senators In his piosentatlon of the in'ittei, and It Is not Improlable un-le-s the Nlnngua c anal bill prevents tint th' sponh will pietlpltato a moie in IPS'. g-mttal debit" upon this ques tion Wluthci It doe" in not a num- l)r r of .pn-ibcs on the same subject will be made aftei the Clulstniu" Inl ldav pu-pamloi v to the consiiUtatlon of th( penc" Iieut. It Is hopeil th it tho trout will b t ik n up foi ils( u .Ion inl In Ji'int nr Alionlx theie is talk of tho piob nbllltv nf illsj using of the trmtv limine the i iest tit mission and On- Impiesslon Is favmabli in this lesult few sen otois tnanlf'-t i disposition to deb ite tin tu.it a. length mill -ome protest UD.i'te' iblt iinpiisltlnn, but the leellni? Is so stion a-pilii1-! an oti.i session and in fani ot tho postponement of th" settlinunt of the disposition of the Plil' tileo jlter tlii r come Intt out pi s ssl' n i'i. t it now ei ins that een tin I illulltx will i onsentl to the nii indention without lii.iteil.il tlel-iv The lib nds oi the tii n who in ,;i Ins- attention to the closest de-till- of npjosltlcir a tloy dtvelop tin nisi 1 is Iiiim taken the pnlns to hav ntiiiifi.iti d the nanus of the signeis to the memorials against nn liexnlloii nhli1' hive l piu In il the sen ate and Hit v llnd tliut tin le a'e ff-wc r than J.f)ti i f them dlstilbuted among ili- suites a s follows Massachu-otts, l 1' West Vlislnl.i. 101 liiiliina, 71; 'Hili Vi riuhla. 17 New Yoik. 1", tiglni.t "' Vuinoiit 20 Mm viand. Hi P un-.xlvnnl.i nnil Illinois 1ric.uh llho 1- I.I nd 1.' New lli'mpshll". C. Cillfoinlu mill Mlssouit. " eai h Wis- 'isln and Tonn-soo J etu !i, anil "l ilni Coloiailo, Iowa and Nevada, 1 n ii. i. pm:.ss canal mill eii ilni Moigau said toda that l.e tiHiuii to pi ess the Nicmagua ianal bill a xlgoiouslj as possible, and he e jtessed the hope that In- might get a xote before nest Wednosdaj. the pr b abli date of the riulstmue ailjouin n out The ludliations me. honour, aeuuist such an earlv disposal of il e Sibjcit anil It mu be incepted as riulte leitiiln that oxen If Senator Tui pn's motion lor postponement until Jainini;. 10 shall not ptexall tho bl'l wilt be natuially thrown oxei beyond tin holldnvs It Is evldentlx the pur P si of the opposition to pi event ac tion dm Ing the few lemalnlng daxs 1 1 .in to adjournment. Mr. Morgan io d.iy Indicated his willingness to accept i hi lieu j amendments In modified foini and the bill as the Arkansas senator pioposes to change It has been print -d for infoimatlon. The bill concerning the reglstty of tin foreign built vessels xxiecked on the meiic.in toast Is still on tho calendar as a spec Inl older and Senator Elkir.s xxlll inobibly make anothci effoit 'o setiue consideration Senatni Culloni has also epressed a deslte to got up the nntl-swilplng bill Both these meas uic s xxlll be antagonized and most prob. nblx thrown oxer to Junuuix. Time will be no effoit made to get up mix nioio appropilation bills until nftti the resumption of business In Jainiaiy. in the nonsn. 'I ho holiday reie.ss, i,y the teims of tin lesoliitlon repotted by the xxaxs and nieauti committee, is to hi gin Thin dnx and oxtcml until Wednesday, Jai 4 It Is )lkel, hoxxex'er, that the resolution xxlll bo amended so as to m.iK' tin recess begin Wednesday In st. i. of Thursday. The appropriations bills are fuithcr itch unced now than th-x lii'xe been for nianx juti at tho Hlim t stsinn. Altcatly the nax.il mid aiinx ii llclciu y. a speilnl bill, and thin- of the iegul.li- bills the pension, IHstili l of Columbia mid Indian haxe Iiim-oi tin house. The agtieultutal bill xmis lepoiled yesteidlij and will bo tak- n up on Tue.Hdaj. Pour of the UKUlai nionej budgets, out of thli teen, xltl lliirnfoie. lmo p.isscd tho loxxer house befoio the hollcla icceys, an un piLieilented thing in leglblttixe niiuals. The inilllnil acadcuiy bill could linxo bei ii added to thin list had It not been thai Chalim.ut Hull, of the nillllaix af fairs lounnltlee, dee lined to allow tho attention oi tho conimltteo t be diaiwi ft "in tho bill for the ineieuso of tin nrmx oxen lor the limited time lenulied to piep.tte the acadeiiij bill. The titer, ltowexer. xxlll bo repotted beforo the lecess. The friends of tho n ix al peisoiinei bill mid tho bill for the Philadelphia exposition of 1S'J9 lme been lupine tho e-ommlttco on rules to Kiiiut time lor their eonsideiatlon Time will be allotted for tho former bill iion after tho house le-convenes after the holiday recess It Is posslblo that the Philadelphia exposition bill ma bo called up and placed upon Its object to moriow. as tomorroxv, undei tho Jules, Is Riisponslon day Tho bill to extend the naxigatlon laws of the United State ovei Jluxvail, which was pe-ndlng es. torday wlun the house adjourned, may also bo voted upon under suspension ot the ruled. BRICE FUNERAL TRAIN. Arrives at Lima, fiom Now Yoik, on a Special Train. Llmi, u, Dec. IS The remains of the late Calvin S. Urlce arrived hum today from New Yoik. Tho special tialn bearing tho body and the family pulled into the Chicago and l'rlo de pot at 10 40 o'clock, rings on all pub lic buildings uro at half mast In honor of tho distinguished dead and m my buildings aie In mourning. Thero vv.is a crowd of over 2,000 people at the depot when the train pulled In and af ter the family were taken to their carriages, the procession stinted with th" Or.md Atniy ot the Hopublle. Fnlon Veterans' union, mid the Lima lodge ot Elks, which was the only icrct older he belonged to, acting as ecort. Tho icmalns weie taken to the Hrlco resi dence whole they will lemaln until to iiionow morning when they will bo taken to the Maiket Street Prerbxter lati chute h at 0 o'clock and He In state until noon. The set vires will occur at 1 p. in Hex- Dr W. O. Thompson, piesldcnt of the Miami university, will make a shoit ndduss mi the exiimplo Set for undei men by the deceased. and the pastoi, Ilex. II. H. Thompson, D D, will make tho address. Tht to x 111 be a suspension of busi ness tomoiiow all oxer the city. Huslnc-s houses xxlll i lose at noon and all inanufai tin Ing establishments x ill run xxlth as foxv hand? as possi ble. The Lake jrlo and Western load, of xxhlcb Mr. Urlce was president, xxlll inn thiee sfftlal tialns here for th. accommodation of their omploxes who xxlll weai badges of mourning. It Is expected theie xxlll bo n thous and of them The lloi.tl tributes are most ilnboi.ile and lepiesent nn out-lax- of at least $10,000 The employes of this dixlslon of tho Like Erie and A estern road presented an engine eight feet long, tender and two coaches ten feet long, eaeh mule from xvhlte loses. SHAFTER ROASTS CUBANS Ho Says That Thoy Aio Not Now Fit for Self Government, That Gunpowder Is lor Hell. S.ixannali, C!n . Dei IS At the col lation of the nlllrcM ol the Tlilul Geor gia regiment to Postmaster Genetal Smith and the ntxspapci rinitspnnd ents this atteinooti (leneial shaft! I had some Intel c sting tilings to sax about tuba and the e'ubips He did not make a speioh, but In a lonxorsa tlonal wax. ixpiessid hlimolf. his ie maiKs bilng nomlnallx addic-std to Colonel Heinei. of the Cieotgians though they xeie intended tor the xxhole assemblage. ' It stems to me,' s tid Gnu i.il Shaf tei that .i f.nont many peions haxe an euoneous Idea lespectlng our leht tlons xxlth the Cubans As I xlexx It, xe luixi taken Sp tin's war upon otii selxes. AVe shall In nil probability hear a good deal mote of the Insurgents' " "Iloxx about self goxetnmont foi tho C'ulmis.'" Oeneial Shutter xxns lusked. Self goxeimm ut," the geneial ie peated ' Whx, thex- tie no moie lit foi clf gox eminent than gttnpowdnr H for hell " In the same line Geneial Shatter xx out on to tell xhx the Pnlted States xxould, In his opinion be- obliged to le maln In the Island foi some time and goxein tin leiilttnx b mllltaix force. CINCINNATI INJURED. The Cruiser Runs Against a Rock at Santiago. Santiago ile Cuba, Dec IS While the I'nitcd States crulsei Cincinnati xxus lc.ixing pott about sunset xcstetday she ran full full spied upon a lock fully defined in the ohaits. but not buoyed. Last Septembei Geneial Wood, considering that the absence of a limy there might lead to some accident, an chored one, the flist exer placed there, the J5ossV on enteilng the harbor one night can led It away and since then there has been no buoy to m irk the location of the lock The Cincinnati Is piobably not ser iously damaged, as she Is not making v liter. Tor the last 20 houis the gox--erment collier Southern nnd the Maj -lloxx er lnvxe been engaged In nn effort to pull hei oft Thus far they hne been unsuccessful, but It Is hoped ihey xill haxe better luck tonight at hlg'.i tide The principal risk noxx Is ot tej--Ing a hole In the crulsei 's bottom xxhlle pulling her off Captain C M. Chestei the cruise, s commander. Insists that the land mm Its an In the xxiong plans nnd haxe r it been nltcied In any xxay since Ann ti tan occupation Pilots aie not com pulsoiy upon the onti.nice of xx.nshlpi. but the Sintiago hmbor is dlllleult inl a xxnrshlp should liix.ulablx take one lleienfter u huge buov xxlll mink the lock upon xxhlih the Cincinnati stiutk Shipwieckcd Crew Rescued. London, Die 1' The Nouxigl.tn slenm ci Tyr. fiom Philadelphia foi (llouicstcr, llngl.iud. arrlxtd it Sh.irpniss tod.i; the hifi on bond tin mx ot the Amirtem hihoonrr K.uo S Flint, xvlileh xxas ubin donrd on Nox ember J7, xvhlle bound trom Ship Island for Nexx York Tin uiw x is pltktd up oi tht I vi on Noxiinbti- 13 in latltudo ri?".. anil loiiiriluile 71. Dutch Minister Airivos. Ncxv ioik. Dee 1 Anions. tho pnt-s- rngus xxho auhcil this laoiuliu on J lie. Stattnd.im from Itotteitltim mnl Una. In lie was F. II xon Wick Jleilm, iiiiuls ter of the jN'cthoi hinds to tho Unlli d States. On tho l'niuh Hue strainer liie tigno fiom Iliixro xxas foniinainltiiit do Grand Pn-y, Flench inllltiuy attache it ushlngtoii. Peach Town Burned. Swann.ih. (In. Dec. IS N'ecnly tin whole business part of tho town ot j tr ton. In tho cei ter of tho peach belt, xmis burned lust ii'uht. An oil lamp in a boircllng house exploded Tho Masonlo hall und ten stores weio ilcslroxul and a hotel and larso lumber mill xxcio dam. aged. m Greek Warrant Fraud. Murkogie. I. T., Dec. IS. Txxo more prominent eltlzms have been Indict! d for complicity In tho ('leek warrant frauds, by which over 70,000 v. as obtained. 'I hoy uro t 11. Warth, formoi euslilpr of the First National bank of Muskogee, and 8, il. (.'illinium, former private secretary of Clilnf iKpirhoUcer. MERRITFS OPINION OF THE FILIPINOS BELIEVE3 THEY ARE GRATE FUL TO AMERICANS. Tho Amorican Aimy in tho Philip pines Should Consist of 20,000 or 30,000 Men-Ono-half Should Bo Recruited from tho Natives -Tho United States Admiral to Control tho Islands for n Timo at Least. New York. Die. IS General Wey Mcrritt, commander of the- United States m my at the- Philippines, gave his opinions on tho situation in a ciear manner xestorday. In speaking ot the Philippines, he said. In nix opinion tho nr-ny In the Philip pines sliotilu consist ot 2n,XJ or Uw in n of this number about om -half could bu seelliiil in I he Phlllppli.i s. i.v that t mum th it in tin soltllns cou.d be- le ciultiil Hun tin uattxe troops, and lio skleci this lln le me inuu bpunlurds tliero who xxould gladlx x.uir the uniform ot tho I'liltcd hlitcs Tin- huilthfiiluiss of tho cllmati ol tin- Plilllpoliifs Is ot a lilah ordei. I kno x IhiglWh fimllUs that haxd llxnl them loi txxelxe and IKtcin its, tiiul tin j hue no Idea of lcaxhif, them. As for Agiilimldo, the le.ulei of the 1111 pluns I think he Is in exoeplloli illy sluexxd nun I know this In l.u t al though 1 htxe nexct pcrson.ill.x sivn hi n. Ills miecess Is lttKcly due to Ills ad- xlsers 'Iheso kei: cent Iim.iUi in tho InrKctmiinil and AkuIiuiUIo reaps all tho fcloiy. I think with in oper h nidllng tlio Insuigeiils i uii bo cib!l rulccl. uitliiiiiKh rliLj in ix glxe some slUht trouble. 'J lie epnrt been nn cur-nit Ioiil after I left Manila thit Aeuln.ilclo hid tlemantl'd $.i)ini,niiO i.iiisom tmm the SpinHh s,m ernnii nt foi piisoncis, so 1 know nothlnt" of it " STItHNGTII OP INSl'llGHNTS Guiernl Menltt thinks theie Is an excellent chance foi the Investment ot Anidlcaii capital In the Philippines. He said thnt the maiket opened by the acquisition ot the Philippines is a'l exceptionally xaluable one mid that no one can pi edict to xxhat xolume the business theie might sxell. or hoxx the commerce of this countiy xxould be ri i reused bv this nexx Held He said that ex erj thing xxnsi safe In the Islands noxx and that theie xxas nothing to fe.u fiom the Instil gints ot the Spanlaius. 'Our soltlleis nut there," he slid, '.no line tellous The conduit of the xolun tceis under lln xxas the bearing ot the leguluis. The Astor battel v did good xx ut k I think the Philippine natH'i s liaxe a gnat uspeit foi authoilty if tiny think that authoilty Is being !::- iicisiti mi tut ii ueni ut i i .line in eoutait xltb a nuinbt i ol nttlxes, and a mote fnlthtul mid appiielatixo ilass o- ptoph I haxe nexei met beloie I think thcx leil giuteiul to tht Amu Itam fot ullexlng them of the Spanish joki. In i ase, howexei, of a mlsiui deistandlng oi wanton hostility to the Ameiliun tumps and a consequent c im tltet 1 bellexe that II Out) such tioops as xx e now haxe In that countrx lo-ild i onipletelx- deie.il the Insurgents. Th v haxe been la ought up on the Spanlsli stj le ot lighting anil most ot the tioops of the Insurgents aie either xoting box.s or old men 1 think theli numhc's me estimated by the otllieis of oui m niv In Manila at about 14 000 Th y aie not mined, equipped, dilllod or ofllceretl well enough to inuse us any gieat tiottble although thev xxno stioug enough to keep the Spanish in ! ato divided among themselves, and the have no lindu stiong enough to cemint all f.n tinus among themselves. Aguinaldo is not a soldlei, and the ab sence nf any stiong leader, 1 think, will be of niateilal aid In helping us to get them to come ox ei to us Fcl Ing, as I belli xe they do. that xxe . to acting in their best intetests, 1 nm con fident they xxlll xxekome us I'NITED STATFS CONTROL On the othci h n d I do not legird the Filipinos as c ipahle ot sclf-j,oiinmi nt -at least, not at the present time. I'lu-x-haxe ninns Inti'ligciii nun and women, but Just at pioent education Is not xxltle Ij enough diffused ainrnjr them to mike us bellexe thex could conduit their i wn government It is U lj that St xxould not tie long btfoie they would be Inxolxtd In homu l'liropciiu ei wVslatlc compile ltlon. xxlth tho result that tlux- xxould go te. xxar xxlth some poxxer and get buillj iltitated I'lrlnps aftei cmo or two l,iih rations tho Philippine natlxes tiutthir xvlih those xxho go there In quest of business, xvi'l bo strong enough to haxt u goxcrnmnit of their oxxn The natlxes me inlglit. and tho children will undoiibtodlv. xxhen ouco afforded a public school opportunltx, learn inpid!. In time, i rhaps, tlio natlxes would hive von tht li fiei lom fiom Spain, but It xxould hixe taken a long time If the Fnlted States should tle'i r. nilno to nlloxx Spain to lemnie hi r hov- ereigntx oxer the Islands' I do not think Spain could cpiill the Insurgents nnd go crn the 11 md- There are too nmiiv na tives of all factions xxho x-ould tight to tho bitter cud ritlnr thin gixo In T11F XATIVJ'S Geneial Menltt xxas asked, that In nMiuucli as he believed the n.tt Ixe-s worn incapable of solf-gox eminent, nnd that Spain could nexii peacefully gain coti ttol of the Islantls again or subline the natlxes. If the T'liitid States was Justi lied in assuming toutiol of the Isl inds Hi leplled "Ye'S, that to about the only couiso we can lioncnablv pursue. Theio is n moral obligation listing upon us to pio toet the Filipinos Aftei glxlug tin in ficedom It would be unjust to turn thorn loose xvheii they xxould bo at tho incrcy of unscrupulous polltlclins," General Meuitt xvoulti not say that he so advised tho peace commlinlon In Pmls, but ho -said, Higuillcantly, that ho hail entei tallied tho same opinion over since ho left tho Philippine Islands. General Merrltt said that he believed many of tho Spanish Inhabitants In the Philippines xvero glad of tho change. Those with propel ty believe they will bo better piotected than undei SpanlHh uile, and those without have, In many Instaneis, manifested a cltsln to go Into the American mm. "As for the monks," he said, "I do not think thev will occasion much tiouble. Their methods aie not the inethoibi of tho Catholics of Euiopo and America, ami I think thnt the change will Infuse new life into the church there." King Oscar 111. London, Dec. 19,Tho Copenhagen ior- respondent of the D ill Mull s.is that King Oscar II. of Sxudou and Norway, 1-.n. In-.. .. niii1jln.il ( ttltiifl til fll.ll ill lir..V Ilian u1 ill cn,m,.rii ,uttw, ... ... . iiv confined to his bed, HOBSON AT LOUISVILLE. Ho wno Tendered a Reception at tho PendennisClub. liouisvllle, Ky.. Dec. IS. Last exeti liiff Lieutenant llobson was teiuleied an Informal leeeptloa at the PendennlH tilth. At Its cloe ho xxns esc ot ted by n committee of prominent cltlens to Mneauley'H theatte As soon as he took his scat In the box and the audience iceognlzed him, the! chected wildly, and fiom the baleoti and gallery came three cheers and a tiger, xvhlch Lieu tenant Hobson acknowledged with a bow. At the conclusion of the flrut act a mlnlatute design of the "Merrlmac" In roses und cainutlons was presented to him. When the curtain was rung doxx-n at the end of the first act of "Shcnandoih" the audience xxent wild, cheer after cheer Idling the big theatre and eilcs of "llobson' Hobson'" and "Speech' speech'" mingled with tho cheers. Tho orcheMti.i plnxcd the "Star Spangled Hanner," xxhlle the whole company waxed Hags tow aid tho lieu tenant Tho dueling became deafen ing. Finally when the cheer ceased, Lieu tenant Hobson made a chaiacterlstlc spieeh, tnjlng In conclusion: "I have Just i oine from Atlnnta.xxhere the chief executlx-e of the nation laid his hands, as It xere, upon the north and south and ptonounced his lienedlc tlon upon the cemented Itnlon." Thin sentiment was loudlx applauded. Lieutenant Hobson xxns tendered a ban quet at tho Louisxillo hotel alter the theatre. RUSSIANS IN TURKEY. Monument to Czar's Fallon Soldiers Unveiled nt Galatia. Constantinople, Dec. IS. The Kusslan Grand Duke Nicholas, xho arrived hero on Fliday on bonttl a Kusslan steamer, mix died today nt Galatia, near San Stef mo, xxhere on March P, 1S7S, xxns signed the treaty of pea'e i that tetmlnated the IUtsso-Turkbh i war, a monument to the Russian sol-1 dleis xxho fell In that conlllet. The iinxelling xxas accompanied xxlth mucn ceremonv and a mlllliirv parade at which represintatlxes of all tho Iialkan states xx ere )ieent. Hat Her In tho day a lequlem xxas held nt the Kussinn di.ipel there in memor , oi the tlead The- Tlliklsh nexxsjiapeis are exces sixely lirlt.ited at these ceremonies,! hlch teealls ,i gloat disaster of thai Tiuklsh aims. At the ice option at the palace jester dax the grand duke handed the .sultan l he cai's autograph lettei and In fill moil his majesty that Emperoi Nich olas had delegated him (the giand .inke) to diaw closet the ties cf I filendshlp binding tile txxo countiles. COL. GARCIA ARRIVES. Eldest Son of the Late Cuban Leader in Now York. New- York, Dec- In Colonel Cailos Garda, eldest sot- ef the late General (J.ncla, aulxetl here today on the Ward line steamer Santiago Ile xxas gteet ed at the plot b a numb -r ol Cubans. Colonel Ga-el.i xxas In command of a dixlslon of the minx in -Santiago ptox incc at tin time ol his fathers death. He will sta In this dtx fot a day ot two anil xxlll thin go to Washington antl liter to Thorn isxille, f!a., to lsll his mother. Colonel Gmcla left Santiago on the J 2th. Define he left a number of Cu- bans met at his honsi t0 ofier toiitlj- lences to the membeis of his house I hold. 'My father's death." he said, "has been a. gieat blow. I do not know what my plana aiu xxhlle In tho 101m trx.' When asked about the piescnt con ditions In (ubi he said ' ou must iMiclou me, but I can say nothing on that subject noxx-. Every thing, however. Is going nicely." BISHOP OF HARRISBURG. Tho Honor Confened Upon Father Shnnahan. Philadelphia, Iko IS Chancellor Laughlln, of this diocese, today re ceived a tele gi am from Papal Delegate Mattinelll at AViishlngton Informing him that a pap il bail containing tho appointment of Father John W. Shai nlian, of Philadelphia, us bishop of Ilmilsburg. Is on Its way to this coun try fiom P.ome. Fathei Shmiahmi Is ut present lectin of the lloman Catholic chut eh of Oui Mother of Soirows, this cltv, and Is supeilntendcnt of the pmo i hlal schools ot tho oiehdloccse, besld-jH being a frcriucnt and favoilte eonsiPt ant of Aiihblshop lan The blshop ilc to which lie has been appointed v as last held bv the Into Illshop McGovein. I'i lor to Illshop McGovtin, a biother' of Father Slianalian's held the position, It Is the genual billet among tho ilotgy that Father Hi malum will in go that he be peimlttctl to decline the ap pointment. In i mi so of his connection with mchdloi easan aflairs. MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT. Bi ought Against Boys Guilty of Heinous dime. C'liilllt utile, O. Dee. 18. Two nieio bis, Elmer and Gtoigu 1'utlcr, iged uspictfully ii) and 111, were today found gullt of manslaughter ami vxill snxo a teun In the peiiltenliaiy lor tile inutder of Daisy lirosci, a joung gill. The i-iline was a lit Inous one ami 111 the trial It xvtus pnixen that tliu gill had been shot down Hum ambush foi no cause xvhatexet. Tho dt feui.u made an attempt that insanity tan hi the llutler family, but tho Jiuy could not be convinced The Jury reached the verdict ut 10 SO this morning, having been out sliiee 7 o'clock Satuidiiy night Sentence 11,13 not jet been passed. Wreck on tho Rail. Indianapolis, Jrd , Dec. IS A wicck oc cur! til oil tho Indiana, Decatur South western ralhoid at " 3D o deck this morn ing, lift j -two miles vcst of hiio, near Union station. T M Wills, supciliilund ml of tho school of Douglass county, ill , Areola, was killed and eight othcis In jured. British Steamer Grounded. Uordeaux, Dec. Ii. Tho lliltlsli uteamor Dirwln, Horn La Plata, for this port, Kiouudod In tho Olroiiilu during foggy xxoathur but lloated at high tltlt. She ti ll idly ilumuRed, wixeiul plates bolug biukoii or bent. THE PRESIDENT ATSAVAMAII MEMBERS OF THE PARTY AT TEND VARIOUS CHURCHES. Mr. McKinley Attends tho "Wesloyan Methodist and Io Received with Cordiality General Algor Visits tho Camps, and Shaftcr Makes a Speech. Sdxaniinh, (la, Dec. 18. Notxvlth stnudlng that this xxas supposed to be the day of test xxlth the presidential party, It xxas, as a matter of fact, filled with Intel est antl activity. The day xxas nn Ideal one. Though they had sat late to the ban quet last night It xxas nearly 2 o clok xx hen General Wheeler tlellx'erod his delightful pel oration to "woman" tho president antl accompanying members ot his cabinet nroso to bicakfust at about the usual hour and later th -y separate il to attend dlxlne soi vices. 1'iesldent McKinley attended church at the Wesley Monumental church. Mrs McKinley did not nccompany him. She Is stiffening fiom a slight cold mid le mnlnetl nt the hotel Her Indisposition, hoxx exer, does not amount to real Ill ness, antl this afternoon sho xxas cblo to take a c an lage ride about the city. The president xxas met at the door of the church by leading members rf the congregation, xxho escorted him to the pexv teserxed for him. As ho en tered the congiegatlon arose antl ie mnlned standing until he had taken his siat. The sermon xxas by Ilex John A. Thomas, D. D There xxas no refer ence to tho distinguished presence dur ing tho serxlco beyond an invocation by the pioaeher for divine guidance for the president duilng the ctisls xx hlch now confronted the country. Seeietniy Alger nnd General Shatter attended the First Presbj teilnn ehuich, antl nfter the seixlce held an Informal loxce In the nlsles, many persons ciowdlng around them to shake hauls nnd bid them xxelcome. Geneial Joseph Wheeler antl Secretary Wilson xxor shlpped at the First Hantlst. Af'er the service they shook hands xxlth lev eral hundred people. Soctetarv Long attended St. John's Episcopal church and Postmaster elon-e-r.il Smith the Indi pendent Piesbytor lan They xxeie also greeted by m iny membeis of the congiegatlon. After dinner the piesldent visited the Georgia State Agricultural and Me chanical college (coloied), xxhere he de llxeied an addles-. The route to the lollegc took the pi evident through the camp of the Seventh army coips and going antl comlnir he stopped at tho camp for a bilef Inspection and to spenk xx otds of applet latlon and en courage nit nt to the men ALGFlt AT Till; CAMPS. Secietnry Alger and General Shatter also visited the camps. Secietaiy Al gol paid more attention to the camp thhn anx. other member of the patty, lie went tlimucli seveial of the icgl luentul villages tiom headquarteis to kitchens, and made an examination. lie also vlfltnl the lius'iitul of tho First division, xxhete he spoke kindly to the sick men and made inquiries Into their xxunts antl hoxx thev, weie supplied. After his tllp he expressed himself us veiy much gratllled with the camp and the work of the hospital cnip--i. Postmaster Genual Smith, General Shatter and the newspaper coriespond ents xvlth the ptesldentlal p.nty xxeie tho Kiiest of the olllcers of the Tlilul battalion, Tlilul Georgia regiment, at the camp this iitternoon. An ovster dinner was sirved Postmaster Gen eial Smith made a short addtos, dur ing tho couise of xx hlch he paid a high tilbuto to the pi ess for It" Integilty. Geneial Shatter made an Impiomptu, conversational talk to tho men assem bled, which was full of suggestiveness and at ont o placed the- general In touch xxlth all of his heaters After the din ner the p.nt made an Inspection of the eampa Without exception the visitors pionounced the aitangemeiits excellent The members of the visiting puty spent the evening In the pallors of the hotel until the time came for them to depmt foi Macon, foi which place their train left nt midnight. On tho way to the depot the piesldent was greeted with heaitv cheers, ns Indeed he has been evety time he has come within sight duilng his vi"It here. PARDON FOR MOORE. An Effoit to Secure His Release Has Been Made. Savannah, Ga , 1'C IS Piomlnent citizens lnv i Inteustetl themselves in behalf of Moore, the Maine artlllciy. I man. who was the other day sentenced to pu a line ot J'iO'J or seivo slty diijs on the chain gang by Judge Norwood lor attempting, cm the stieets, to hug the wife ot a piomlnent 1 Itlzen A pe tition to the governor for p.ndon is be in r 1 Initiated and it is being signed not only by hading men but by society xx omen ns well. Mooro xxas hll.nious ly iiitnxltntid nt tho time of his of t.'iisc He has borne an excellent rep utation in his command. His pe-titlen will go to tho go-einor piobablv tomoiunx- antl considering the high ihni.uler of the signets it Is probable the pardon xxlll ho promptly granted. M0010 Is now 011 tho chain gang vvheie lie bus been for two weeks. 'Ihe petltloii'-is say they think his deg radation and punishment luue Ik-cii ample. HOSPITAL SHIP SAILS. Tho Missomi Sail3 for Havana With 300 Tons of Medical Supplies. Savannah Ga,Dto IS The hospital ship Missouri sailed today for Havana with thieo hundred tons of medical supplies for the tioops in the islnnd und cairjlni; the- hospital corps of tlio Second division of tho Seventh armv corps tho division vxhlih has altcady gone foixxattl with Genual Lee. Tho Mlssouil after distributing her supplies vxill tpku sick soldleis from Havana und vicinity and In Ing them to this countiy. cither to Now Yoik, Norfolk or Savannah. Steamship Arrivals. Ncxv Yotk, Dee. P- Ariixcd. La Urn. tugne. Havre, IJuei'iiMtouii - ballml; Ftiuili, fiiim Llxupool, Now- York. IllavioAiilvcd: La Gascognc, New York, THE NEWS THIS MUHNINU Weather Indications Todayi fair! Lljlit, Northwesterly WlncH. 1 Gcneral--nriicr.il Jtcsrltt's Vlexxs ot tho Filipinos, Spinlsh Pence Commission Arilves M Madrid. Southern Tour of President McKinley and Calilnt t. Forecast ol Week's Work In Congress 2 Financial and Commercial. 3 Local-Sermon by ltev. J. P. Moffat. Patriotic Se-rvlco In Pcnn Avcnuo llap- tlst Church. 4 IMItorl.YL Comment of tho Press. G Local-Conllrmatlon nnd Ordination at St. Luke's. Sentence Day In Court. Woman Frozen to Death. Local-West Scranton antl Suburban. News Hound About Scranton. Genoral-Llfo ot Soldiers at Camp Mc Kcnzle. SECRETARY MARTIN'S REPORT TRANSMITTED A Falling Off of tho Corpoiation Receipts Reported-Somo Impor tant Recommendations. Ilnrrisbuig, Doc. Is. David Martin, seeretmy of the commonwealth, has tiansmltted to Gov ei nor Hastings Ills biennial report for the past two llscal j ears. During the txxo years ended Dec. 1, last, the department received as fees for lettei s patent and for th" llllng of cenporatlon papeis, $G1,D19, and fiom commissions and other miscel laneous sources, $11,323.51. Theie was collected sinco tho close of the last session of tho legislature. $1,07(5 nsi 17 as bonus upon charters and incieics in capital stock. Thero was a falling off In the coiporatlon receipts of tho tlepaitment during tho period cox end by the repot t and an Increase in all other blanches of tho office. Mr Mm tin recommends that steps l- taken to either leprint the laws of 1X71 or to provide for an edition of the cm -pouitlon laws of the state as It noxx' exists He recommends that after leg islative bills are finally passed and amendments made, a copv be printed on parchment paper signed bv the pre siding olllcers and transmitted to the governor. He also suggests that if theio were fewer department tepoits printed and tho money thus saved de voted to laigcr editions of tho pamph let lixxs and Smull's Leglslatlxo Hand book the public demand? for these txxo publications could be satisfied mid the stale Incur no additional expense Mr. Martin suggests that the leglsla tuie should pass mi entliely new and complete billot lefoim bill coveilng the whole subject mid embodying the best lesuUs of ballot lefoim In other states. He thinks the mars laxv has much to commend It but there me many par ticulars In which It could be impux-cd. Ht believes the leglslatuie should spe cifically define which columns aie en titled to tho circles and xvhlch aio not and that such legislation will be en acted on this question as to remove everv obsteilo in ihe way of the full e-xeiclse of tho right of suffiage, len der fraud impossible antl piovldo a simple and complete foim of ballot, Mr. Mai tin savs tho objection to du plication of columns on the ballot could be Inigely lemoxed by assembling all the candidates for each ofllt e to be lilted In gioups In a single column. He thinks thero should be a legisla tive declaiatlon ns to vxhat constitutes a political paity entitled to nominate a state ticket to appear on the ballot In all tho counties Mr Mai tin also leeommends that ccrtiflcites of nomination should ha filed within ten dajs after the nomina tions have been made unci not less than foity-two davs pi lor to the da of elec tion: that all election Hanks be pre p ired bv the secretary ot tho common wealth and thnt tho uso of any other founs be ptohlblted; tint where mom than one certificate purpoitinr to nom inate different persons for the same olllee by tho same party Is presented, the secietaiy of the commonwealth be dlrc'ted to file only the flist paper of fered and If a teeond be presented those lnteiesttd In It bo compelled to apply for a mandamus; that the affi davit of the poison to the signers of nomination papers bo sufficient and tint noicrtlflenteoi nomination papers: be lecelxtd and filed unless the writ ten acceptance ot the candidate or candidates thereby nominated Is filed therewith Gov ei nor Hnt- tings will embody tin most Important of Mr. Martin's lteoninu ndntlons In his mes sage to the next leglslatuie. HOLE IN A STEAMSHIP. Tho City of Birmingham Badly Injuicd. Savannah, Ga , Dec IS. Thf steam ship City of Birmingham, of the New York-Savannah line, Is ljlng at her dock with u hole In her bottom On hi r last tilp up the rivet she struck what Is supposed to havo hi en nn anchor left In the channel. A Jaggiel hole was torn In hei hull amidships, through wlihli the xx iter rushed xxlth ttenicntlous fin to. Tho pumps xxeio put to xxork and the vch sel was In ought to hi r dot k and tl.-J uii. Effoits xxcre made to ti mpot.irlly stop this leak, and tho vtssel will piob ably be taken to Poit Kojal diy dock to bo hauled out. The Nachoehee, of tho Hoslon Hue, will sail for New Yoik t mum row own ing xxlth tho Ittimlngham's eingo and passengers. m Her Port Side Damaged. Loudon, Dec lf Ihe Ibltlsh steamer Ashinti, bound for tho Uaiuulis, re turned htro today xxlth hoi port sldo dam. nipsl. Sho reports having been In a col lision xxlth an unknown steumcr In the Noro jestonltiv cictiln.r. The sunnier with which the Ashantl was In collision probably was the Nerlss.i. from Hum buig. which has doc Iced it St. CathaTlnes with lit r stem and boxxs damaged . . Lighted tho Fne with Oil. Moigtiutowit W. Vn Dn is 1 linmn Junes, living nttir Oueee, attunptcd to lliiht a tlio with crude oil An cxploxlon on 111 red wrecking the- room and drisses of his txvlu daughters! nged !, Ignltnl Joins xxus too badly nut mil to assist them and they xxire so badly burned that both of thorn died shortly ntteixxaids. COMMISSION AT MADRID The Spanish Peace Repro seulalives Arrive Home. QUEEN RECEIVED RIOS It Is Bclioved That Sonor Sagast! Will Submit tho Resignation of tho Cabinet to tho Queen Regent After tho Council Today El Liberal Bo clarcs That Warring Parties Rop resent tho Annihilation of Spanish Frostigo Carlist Editor Arrested, Madi Id, Dec. IS Senor Montoro nio and the other members of the Spanish peace commission leached Madrid lato laU evening. They were met by Se nor Cnniazo, leader of the dissenting Libel alp, and by many other politi cians and high officials. Their arrival was not attended with special inci dent. This evening the queen regent re ceived Sonor Montero ltlos In audi ence. Tho nowspapeis today assort that yesterday's council of ministers agreed that tho cabinet should not appear again before parliament and It is be lieved that Senor Sagasta will submit the resignation of the cabinet to tho queen regent after the council tomor-i 10XX FI Llbetnl In a veiy outspoken ar ticle, declaims that both the Liberal and Conservative pntles must disap pear 'as tin y tepicscnt the annihila tion of Spinlsh prestige abroad, tho failure of the country's finance and tho loss of the colonial "mplio." A national government, 11 Liberal asset is, is now in process of forma tion 11 Globo s.ixs that Senor Sagasta, the piemler, xxlthdiew lrom the cab inet council today, as ho was slightly Indisposed The edltoi ot a Caillst nexxppaper published In this city, has 1 ecu arrest ed at Leon, capital ot the northern pioxlnte of th it umr while In tho com so of a tour thtoimh that paii of the kingdom Impoi taut documents xx tie found on his person. SCHOONER ABANDONED. The Pawnee Re3cues tho Ciew of tho Deor Hill. New Yoik. Dec IS. The Hrltlsll stt inner Pa xv nee, which arrived today trom Medlteiinnean poits, brought ten shlpxx locked people, eight men and two women, who weie taken from tho dis abled schooner Dn-r Hill of St. John N 15 . In nilil-Di-f.ni Captain Alkenheatl icpoited that on the morning of Dec ') ho sighted th.i Deer Hill in evident dlstiess and needed, assistance. A heavy noithxvcst galo xv as blowing and a dangetous sea xiai 1 Liming. The schooner was seemingly unmanagable and the rutldei disabled oi cnirletl away. The P.iwneo stood by ami at '2 p. 111 siuceeded In gcotlng a tow- line iiboaul which had been lent bv (hitting a small lino to le-cwaul. Ihe line patted, howevet, mid a boat was launihetl In chmge of the chief oflicer and sent to communicate with the Deei Hill The boat had neatly sut ceded In boat ding the wieck when an enotmous sea stunk antl stovo it and after gte.it dllllculty tho boats crew succeeded In getting aboard tlio schooner, vxheie they weie obliged to icmnln nil night. On the follow big; morning I'Jth) the weatlur had sllg'.'l Ij moderated, a toxx line was sent on boat d and the I'axxnee toxxetl tho Dc-r Hill toward Ueiinuda. After towjii? about six houis the line ugaln paitcd. Finding that the wind and sea was In cie.ising when the line patted It was Impossible to git out anothei. T'10 captain 01' the Deer Hill signalled that he wanted to abandon tho wietk and uqilested the Pawnee to stand be. The gale lontlnued thioughout tho 1th, 10th and 11th, the P.ixxneo keeping he prslllon near the xxutk, but she found It impossible to uso the boats to lonioxo tho unfoitlliiato people of the Deer Hilt owing to tin dangeious character nl tho seas Finally at 7 p 111, on ihn l.'th the icscuo was uffet ted nnd tho Deer Hill was abandoned in lutltuoo SSI.', longitude 52 41' The tescin tl peoplo xveie Captain ('. W. Hum. Lul 1.1 Hums, bis datighhi, Huiel Menltt. the owiiei's tlmighli r. mid sev en of the new or the Deei Hill. The D01 r Hill was a thieo masted to sail se-hoonei owned by W. 11. Me rit I and otheis of St. John, N. H. Sho sailed from St John on Nov n for Santos, with a taigo of lumber. RESULT Or COASTING. One Man Killed and Elovon Ser iously Wounded. Flushing, I'n I s a lesult of a 1 o iHting an Idi nt at Tin tie Cieek.i Ight lllllts fiom Flushing, Joseph Wist, u gul 3il, Is ile id and c levin others lit Juied, two si ilouslx. The sled collapsed at tho bottom of a steep hill and bulled the party with gieat lout In eveiy direction. Tho two btrlousll lujuietl ,110. V. 11. Mu diy, both legs biokeir Joseph Con nor, left leg bioken anil lujuied badly about the head. .. Olgn Loses Her Job, London, lln ! 'Ihe Oermaii lmrk, Olga, fiom New i ors l anchored In tho Downs, she has lost hit job boom, tt-H f -rttrtf--r-t--r-M-t-r-f WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, l)i t Is-Forecast foi Manila I'm nihteiii PiiiiiHjl v 111I11, tail, lollowtd bv lueroas 1 1 itiiliiii m- In tho afternoon, prob alilx lain or snow at nlsht; colder. 4- -f f llfht noithxxesteil) winds tt-t-ttttrtttt-t"r-t-rrttttH-
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