tibutte. TWO cbsSEsT TEN PAGES. SCUANTOxV, PA., WEDNESDAY MOKNINC. DECEMBER 21, 1898. TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. fei ilHSrtfHrli ii'' -:jl1J!r mW -f EE..k?i:mmmMmmmfrrf - m. ,.m m-mia TELLER TALKS ON EXPANSION The American Flag Must Never Be Pulled Down. MUST PROTECT OUR OWN A Liberal Government Advocated for the Distant Colonies, nnd Self Gov ernment Wherever Possible But the Territory Must Not Be Relin quishedMr. Williams, of Missis sippi, Opposes the Annexation of the Philippines in the House Ho Regards the American Flag as a Piece of Bunting. Washington, Dec. 2U. Senator Teller occupied the Hint half hour f today'H session of tlu senate with a speech tit advocacy of the theory that there are no restrictions upon the right of tin I'nlted States to expand Its borders so as to Include far distant territory. lie went quite thoroughly Into the legal points heating upon the question and also incidentally dlsclis.-ed at some length the form of government for the Filipinos, saying ffTat he would en courage sclf-govorment among the Isl anders and would give them the most liberal government whl-h they were able to conduct, hut that he would not take down the American flag where once planted. The remainder of the session was Bhen up to the Nicaragua canal bill. Smator Cafferv was the only speaker on thl" subject end he opposed the Mor gan bill. Kefcirlng In the territory acquired by the Knifed States during the recent war Mr Teller "aid: "We have already acquired this ter ritory. W, need, as a matter of fact, no Meaty with Spain to confirm our right to It. My right of conquest a vi;hi iindispmed we came Into pos- s. i or I'tilisi. Porto Kico and the Asiate atvhlpclago. They are ours Ju-t as certainly as they could be made by ireai i." ' If we acquire territory," he eon tliui'i'. ' the very act carried with It the light to govern. Who," he demand ed with dramatic forre, " can govern now in i Uiba and I'orto Hleo but the Vnited States? That question Is settled - settled by the very circumstance of the i use. The question Is now, what disposition shall we make of the ter ritory that has come Into our posses sion?" Tin: greatest qcestion. "We are." declared Mr. Teller, "com ing to a deal with the greatest ques tion the American people have met since Mil. I anticipate much difficul ty and embarrassment, hut have at no time felt the distrust that has been manifested by many of our people." So far and soon as possible, Mr. Tel ler believed that the Inhabitants of Cuba shall be given self-government, but he dldvnot believe that the I'nlted States should leave the infant power thus1 established as a prey of nny other nation either through conquest or treaty. He believed it folly to talk of "Imperialism" as applied to this coun try No man or set of men had any Intention of establishing In this coun try the Kuropean policy of Imperialism and none would champion such a course. Mr. Teller said he knew that the Fili pinos were Incapable of establishing a government equal to the governments of our states and that he would en courage communities amonir them to establish the best governments they were capable of. We were under obli gations to help them. The people of the I'nlted States had fought the war with Spain and not the administration or congress1. In reply to a question from Mr. Till man, Mr. Teller said he would not go to war with the people of the Philip pines In order to force our Institution:! upon them. He would consult them ns to the form of government and he be lieved that by pursuing this course we should avoid the necessity of war with the natives. Their government might not be as perfect as ours, but all ac counts agreed that the natives were tractable and Intelltglbleand capable of governing. Mr. Proctor here Interrupted Mr. Tel ler to read an extract from a letter from Admiral Dewey concerning the character of the Filipinos, as follows: "'These people can be governed with the slightest dlfllculty. They readily give In to reason, and I have not had the slightest dlfllculty In dealing with them." Mr. Ptoctor also read an extract from the letter of an army officer speaking In terms of iralse of the Filipinos, and saying that there need ho no difficulty with them. Mr Teller expressed the opinion that the natives could not be governed from Washington. They were susceptible to Just nnd liberal treatment and there was no reason why. If they were capa ble of appreciating them, our benefic ent Institutions should not be extended to them. A message was received from the house of representatives announcing that an amendment of the senate the final question In controversy to the war and navy deficiency bill, had been agreed to. This passes the measure, and tin soon as signed It will go to the presi dent. OPPOSITION IN HOUSE. The house today listened to the ilrst speech against the annexation of the Philippines. Mr. Williams, of Mlsslss. Ippl, a Democratic member of the for eign affairs committee, In an hour's speech, stated ills opposition to a poli cy which would bring the Islands under the sphere of United States Influence, lie contended that it would be hnstll to the spirit of ntir institutions to as sume control over y.000,000 unwilling sublectx, that annexation would cost us $140,000,000 a year; that the annexa tion of the Islands met none of 'he tests which applied to our pnst acqui sitions of territory and would be a mis take from a social, political and mater ial standpoint. Mr. Williams' remarks received universal attention and sever al times drev applause from his Dem ocratic colleagues. The agricultural appropriation bill was passed without mat'-rinl amend ment. It carried M,C?r.,r22. or $187,120 more than the current law. Several resolutions from the river and harbor committee calling upon the secretary of war for estimates as to the cost of certain proposed river and harbor wo!k were adopted. During his speech Mr. Williams de clared that while he opposed the an nexation he should not return the Phil ippines to Snaln. "I should leave the Islands where they were the day after Dewe.v'p glorious victory at Manila, t should haul down the Anifrlcnn flag. I am for the flag for what It mei.ns, not for Itself. It Is nothing but a piece of hunting nnd when some one an nounces that It intixt not come down. I care not how high his station, In say something unworthy of himself and his country. The flag should eonv down If It Is light that it should do so. and the American people must pull it down. We would not let any other country do it " i Prolonged applaus? on the Democratic side.) TRADE A MKI81: DROP. Pioceedlng Mr. Williams aigt'ed that If the Philippines could not take care of themselves they would fall under the Influence of England, or Franc, or Germany. Our Interest In them was the commercial Ir.teiest. We had In the east generally an Interest In an "open door" policy. If any other coun try got poseeslon of the Philippines It would not do worse than Spain did. In any event our trade with the Philip pines was a mere drop In the bucket and if we retained possession of them we would have to sacrifice the open door policy In the Orient or go back on the constitution. He argued that our tariff laws mut extend over the Islands and If they did It would be absurd for us to exercise one pollcv In the Philippines nnd contend for anoth er In China. There was still enother solution of the problem, Mr. Williams said if we did not want to give the Islands, their Independence, or let them fall under the army of another coun try, we could sell them as a war In demnity to England. The Islands would get frcdom of religion anil freedom of trade and we would get rid of a naval, military, political, racial and social piohlcm nnd an everlasting, perpetual policy. QUEEN LIL'S PROTEST. She Objects to Transfer of Hawaiian Crown Lands Without Pay. AVnshlngton, Dec. 20.Ex-Qucen LII loukalanl today sent to the senate the following protest, against the appro priation of the crowd Islands of Hawaii by tho United States: To the Senate of the I'nlted States: J. Lllloukuliinl of Hawaii, named l-.elr apparent on the tenth day of April. IS", and proclaimed queen of the Hawaiian Islands on the. twentieth day of January, 1S9I, do hereby earnestly one respectfully protest against the assertion of ownership by the I'nlted States of America of the j so-caiiru Hawaiian crown minis nmo.in: lng to about one million hitch nnd which are my pionerty nnd I ctcclnlly protest against such assertion of ownership as a taking of propr rty without due process of law and without Justice or oomponsatlan. Therefore, contemplating my protest of June I,. lS'i,. T call upon the president nnd the national legislature mid the people cf the Pulled States to do justice In this matter and to restore to me this property, the enjoyment of which Is being withheld from me by your government under what must be a misapprehension of my right and title. THE RUSSIAN LOAN. Stato Department Knows Nothing of Reported Overtures. Washington, Dec. 20. The state de partment knows nothing of the report ed overtures through Mr. Pierce, tho American charge at St. Petersburg, for the placing of a considerable sum of money In Russian bonds through the Ivans syndicate. It is presumed that If any such tender has been made the charge Is simply acting under his gen eral Instructions to loso no oportunltv to facilitate American financial and mercantile operations In that quarter of the world. licyond that point, It Is said, our gov ernment cannot constitutionally pro ceed, no matter how well disposed it might be to return the magnificent tender made by Russia several years ago of $200,000,000 in gold bullion to aid the United States treasuiy In a sup posed need. New Steel Combine. Pittsburg, Dec. 20.-The report that a new steel combine In to bo formed as a re sult of the uniform price of M3 per to.i demanded by the steel manufacturers ot small billets Is denied by l'i'tsburg man ufacturers, who claim that the condition of the market has simply caused uni formity in tho demands. The minimum prlco will ho $15 per ton, hut manufactur. ers deny any understanding to this ef fect. Pig Iron has been advanced fiom $10 to ?10.2.'i per ton by the Valley Ilfsse mer association. Trade League Banquet. Washington, Dec. So. Ex-Gave.-nor Pat. tlson and a largo delegation from tho Traders' league, of Philadelphia, today called on tho president nnd Postmaster General Emory Smith and urged their at tendance at tho Trade league banquet to bo given In Philadelphia on January 2:. Later tho delegation went to the capllol to urge congress to authorize deepening the channel of the Delawaie river from Philadelphia to thH t-ea to thirty feet. Freight Trains Collide, llnrrisburi,', Dec. 20. A collision between two freight trains occurred near ilalley's station on the middle division ot the Pennsylvania railroad about !i o'clock thin afternoon. About fifteen curs were de. mulish) d, blocking tho tracks nnd delay ing passenger traffic four huurs. Passcu. ser trains were sent via Stinbury and l.cwlslown division. Steamship Arrivals. New York, Dec. 20. Anlved. Kaiser Wllhflm tier Orosse, Uretnen, etc, Liver pool Arlved: Majestic. New York. South, nmpton Arrlvrd: Haale, New Yoik lor ltremen. Iloulogne Arrived: Rotterdam. New York. SHAFTER'S STORY OF THE CAMPAIGN HIS PLANS OFTEN CHANGED BY WAR DEPARTMENT. Admits That Ho Took Chances in Crowding the Transport Fleot, and Also Assumes tho Responsibility for the Lack of Ambulances. Nothing But Praise for tho Sur geons and Staff Officers Washington. Dec. 20. General Shaf fer appeared before the war Investiga tion commission today and went into ii detailed account of his preparations for the Santiago expedition. He said his plans were changed three times by the department and once he ac tually started, but was called back by the report of the Spanish warships nit the coast. He said the transport licet was not stnuclently large to ac commodate 17,000 men for any length of time at sea, but all were so anxious to go that he risked considerable crowding to take ull the men possible. He admitted he took chances in doing this, hut said the weather was good and there was no mishap to regret. The men were regulars almost entire ly, fully equipped, and he saw that they were made us comfortable as cir cumstances permitted. As to the medical supplies General Shafter said: "You know medical supplies aie the one thing that a com manding general or line officer never knows auytiiiiig about. The surgeon is supposed to know what he wants. My medical officer said he thought he had enough medical suppll s for the tem porary service to whlcl? we thought we were destined. Eventr, proved, however, that .the surgeon was mis taken. The ammunition supply was ample." As to supplies General Shatter said there was nothing essential left be hind. "As to those ambulances," said Gen eral Shafter. "1 tnke the whole respon sibility on myself. I ordered nnd sup ervised their loading. After events proved that It would have been bel ter to have taken ten or fifteen ad ditional ambulances and left that many wngons behind. P.ut the wagons can be used for two purposes and ambulan ces can be used but for one. I took the wagons and the wounded had to be transported In them after the Ilrst day's lighting. I must say that on a rocky, muddy road, such as we had there, that there l little difference in comfort between an ambulance and an escort wagon. The men were put on straw In the bottom of the wagons nnd we did the best we could for them. Ambulances would have been better, but then hind sight Is always better than foresight." LANDING FACILITIES. Concerning the landing facilities with the expedition General Shafter said they had two large barges, one of which was lost en route nnd a small tug, the "Captain Sam" whose captain deserted during: the night. The boat capacity of the transport fleet was suf ficient for the landing as events proved. An interesting Incident of tho land ing was brought out by General Shaf ter who said he had arranged with the Cuban general, Castillo, the day prior, to the landing, to have 1,000 men back of Dalquarl to catch the Spaniards when, they were shelled out by the navy. Castillo was " hours late, how ever, and all the Spaniards got away. "How about getting the supplies to the front for the men?" asked General Heaver. "It was the one problem of the cam paign nnd It taxed us to the utmost," he said. "If It had not been for the pack train we could not have don It and the expedition would have been a failure." General Shafter said he regarded the landing of the expedition ns eminently succtssftil. They lost only two men nnd thirty animals, out of a total rC 2,000 men. It was a remarkable record. "There has been considerable criti cism from the medical oflleers about getting their medical supplies ashore." said General Heaver. "Were any such complaints brought to you?" "A majority of the regimental sur geons loft their medical chests on thetr vessels. When I found this out, I put Dr. Goodfellow nboard the Manteo and had him collect these chests. As soon as they were landed they were put on four wagons and distributed at once to the men." As an additional explanation of the dlfllculty In furnishing supplies ahore General Shatter ald at one time with an army of 21,000 men he luul to lfsue rations to 40,000 people, the excess be ing the refugees from Santiago, women and children for tho most part whom he could not allow to starve. PRAISE FOR THE Sl'HGEONS. Ah to tho care of the wounded. Gen eral Shafter said they were cared for as carefully as the circumstances, would permit. "The doctors worked like Tro jans. They deserved nnd received com mendation from every one. They worked till they were sick and worn out. The doctors' were mostly young men. You can't get very old and experienced sur geons to go on a summer campaign for $100 a month. Hut they were splendid fellows. Compared with the Civil war, the wounded were better cared for In Cuba than they were then." Touching the signal corps, General Shafter said he was "served admir ably." Asked If he thought his own sickness had uny effect on the success of the Cuban cnmpalgn, General Shafter snld: "No, most decidedly. The campaign was carried out us planned from the start and my health or sickness did not alter a single plan. I knew I was go ing to have a sick army on my hands in that country pretty soon and I simply rushed matters to nn Issue as HOon as possible. "For myself, I was not seriously sick. It Is true I had the gout so I had to wrap my foot up In a gunny sack and could not get It in a stirrup, and so I had to build a plntform from which to get on my horse. Hut I certainly had not expected to be subjected to per sonal criticism for this. It wns) a mill tary uncertainty." Governor Woodbury nsked how the staff olllcers appointed from civil life turned out. General Shatter said: "They wore men as a. rule who had no ptevlous military experience and might not have been much use in exe cuting a military manoeuvre. Hut I had three of them on my staff nnd for carrying orders, distributing' rations to the refugees and a thousand necessary things, they weie invaluable. Hegln nlng with Colonel John Jacob Astor, who was perhaps the most inexperi enced, they were splendid fellows und did what they had to do. Astor fell in with the work, nte his beans nnd did his duty as cheerfully and expeditiously ns though he had not a dollar. Captain Hrlce, the sm of Senator Hrlce, was an excellent officer and did fine work In feeding those hungry people nt Caney. At times he had to taku an axe helve and stand off some of the men who were keeping back the weaker women and children. And he did It effectively." SAMPSON IN COMMAND. Commodore Philip Will Have Charge of the Forcos at Havana. Washington, Dec. 20. The navy de partment Is advised of the sailing of Admiral Sampson on his llngshlp, the New Yoik, for New York. Commodore Philip, on -tin Texaw, will he the commanding oflleer of the American naval forces nt Havana, by virtue of his seniority, but Admiral Sampson retains command of the en tire North Atlantic station. It is his purpose upon arriving In the United States to rest for two weeks, the Ilrst time he will have had the oppor tunity for a year und a half. It Is not expected that the admiral wilt re turn to Havana, as the evacuation commission will have Its work complet ed before the tlrsl of the year. PENSIONS FOR CONFEDERATES Senator Butler Will Offer an Amend ment to the Pension Appropriation Bill. Washington, Dec. 20. Senator Dul ler, of North Carolina, today gave no tice of an amendment ho will Intro duce to the pension appropriation bill pensioning exj-Confederate soldiers. The amendment follows: That from and after the nassage of this bill every pension law now on tne statute books sha.. apply to every Invalid soldier, widow, minor child, dependent relative, the army nurses nnd all other pensioners who may bi able to prove their claim under the present pension laws without regard to whether said soldier was enlisted In the Federal or Confederate service i C the Civil war of 1SC1-5. provided that those enl'sted In the Confederate ser vice shall not dra 9 any back pensions prior to the passage of this hill, but their claim under existing laws shall begin and become operative with the passage of this bill. THE KID KNOCKED OUT. Dal Hawkins Makes Short Work fo McPartland. New York, Dec. 20. Dal Hawkins, the lightweight pugilist from the Pa cific slope, made short work ot Kid Mc Partland, of this city, whom he met in the arena of the Lenox Athletic club tonight. The bout was decided In the third round, the New Yorker being knocked out with n left swing on the Jaw. Hawkins opened favorite In the betting at 100 to SO, but these odds did not last long nnd even money ruled when the men donned the gloves. Thin was the third time that Haw kins has fought before n New York club. He won from Joe Gans In fifteen rounds the first time he appeared here and was knocked out by Spike Sullivan on his second visit. The men agreed to box under Mar quis of Queensbury rules and to break when called upon. They were an nounced to go twenty-five rounds, and each weighed 13.1 pounds at 0 o'clock thin afternoon. Referee Charley White declared Haw kins the winner, while the backers and friends of tho Callfornlnn stood up and cheered wildly. Time of round, two minutes and thirty-one seconds. CROOKS ARRESTED. Philadelphia Police Mnko an Im portant Capture. Philadelphia, Dec. 20. In the arrest tonight of three men who gave their names as Edward Lawson and Charles Kelly, of New York, and William Cushmnn, of Hrooklyn, the police of the Ninth district police station say that they have captured three of the most expert professional thieves In the country. Lawson and Kelly were caught In a room in the rear of the house at No. 1017 Mount Vernon street and arrested on the charge of house-breaking nnd attempted robbery, and Cushman was arrested three hours later when ho came to the police station to inquire about the other two men. The charge entered on the slate ngnlust him la "held on suspicion." STEELE'S SENTENCE. Former Cashier of Chestnut Street National Bank Gets 0 Years. Philadelphia. Dec. 20. William Steele, former cashier of the Chestnut street National bank, was today sen tenced by Judge Hutler In tho United Stntes district court to six years and six months Imprisonment und $U0O fine. Steele was convicted of conspiracy with the late William M. Slngerly, president of the hank, In making false entries in the hooks ot tho bank, and false leports of the bank's condition to the comptroller of tho currency and In misapplying the funds ot the bank. MAGAZINE EXPLODES. Three Thousand Chinese Soldiers Killed at Hang Chow. London, Dec. 20. A dlcpatch from Shanghai to a newspaper here says u powder magazine situated in the cen tre of the Chinese camp at Hang chow exploded, levelled a square mile of houses. It Is estimated that 3.000 sol diers were killed, Including the generul commanding tho forces.' Tho American and French missions are both reported to have been dam aged, but It Is said there were no finalities among the Americans. SAMUEL GOMPERS IS RE-ELECTED CHOSEN BY PRACTICALLY A UNANIMOUS VOTE. Again President of the Federation of Labor Nearly All of the Old Delegates Ro-elected Subjects Discussed Isaac Cowon's Resolu tion. Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 20. Samuel Gompers wns today re-elected presi dent of the American Fedeiatlon of Labor by a practically unanimous vote at the closing session of the eighteenth annual convention of that organization. The convention which had been In ses sion for eight days adjourned sine die at C o'clock, Detroit, Atleh., was decided upon as the next place of meeting. During the election of president, AVII llnm J. O'Hiien, of New York, was in the chair. George K. McNeill, of Bos ton, placed Mr. Gompers In nomina tion. Hi- said he might never ngaln attend a convention of the federation and he wanted the honor of naming -Mr. Gompers for the place. He said: "Mr, Gompers has been tried and found trui'. He cannot be corrupted. When we get a good man in a place we should keep him there." The greatest applause followed Mr. McNeill's remarks. John Klrby, of Ouray. Colo., said the miners of the west were looking more to Mr. Gompers to nld them In their struggles than any one else. There were no other nominees and Henry Lloyd, of Massachusetts, moved that the vote of the convention be cast for Mr. Gompets. This wns (lone amid grent cheering. Isaac Cowan, the Socialist, objected and his vote wns recorded against Mr. Gompers. Mr. Gompers declined to make any remark upon his re-election. With the exception of the fourth, fifth and sixth vice presidents and thos" fraternal delegates, the rest ot the old delegates were elected without any opposition. The remainder of the ticket follows: THE TICKET. First vice-president. 1. J. McGulre, Philadelphia; second vice-president, James Duncan, Rnltlmore: third vice president. James O'Conncll, Chicago; fourth vice-president, John F. Mit chell, Indlnnapolls, fifth vice-president, Max Morris, Denver; sixth vice-president, Thomas A. Kcnd, Chicago: sec retary, Frank Morrison, Chicago: treasurer. John H. Lennon, llloom Ington, 111.: fratemnl delegates to the union congress of Great Rritaln, Thom as F. Tracey, New York, of Clgar maker.s' union, and James O'Conncll. of Chicago, of the Machinists' union. To the labor and trade congress of Canada John F. O'Sulllvan, Roston, ot the Massachusetts state branch. The convention spent most of the day In amending Its constitution and providing means mr widening the scope of its work. The federation In creased the per capita lax upon mem bers of trades union organizations from three-fourths ot one per cent, to five cents per month, the money to be used to support the federation. President Gompers himself objected to this, but the delegates were strong ly In favor of it. On every hand they declared that an Increased revenue wns needed to carry on tho work ot organization .so as to strengthen tho labor cause. The resolution of .1. F. O'Sulllvan. of Hoston, looking to a bill In congress to Impose an Internal revenue tax against the factories employing women and children over-time, was killed. COMMITTEE REPORT. The committee on laws reported against the mensure on the ground that It would legalize the employment of children as laborers. In support of his resolution Mr. O'Sulllvan said that he had been before tho legislature of Mas sachusetts when lawyers argued the constitutionality of an act to tax fac tories which employed children. Ho said that tliese lawyers all agreed that such a tax was constitutional and that It was generally agreed that tho only way to stop factory keepers from hiring children was to tax them out of exist ence. Mr. O'Sulllvan proposed that such factories be made to pay an internal revenue tax of 50 per cent, of their gross products. George K. MeKltts had some doubt as to the efllcacy of such a law. "And further." said he, "It will simply license the employment of children. We will be put In the light of recognizing what wo know to bo nn evil" Mr. O'Sulllvan said he believed that the employment of children could never be checked until the women Workers of the land identified themselves with the trades unions. He wns certain, too, that w omen would never receive equal pay with men until they showed a strength united enough to force It upon their employers. Isaac Cowon's resolution asking that the discussion by affiliated unions ot the King, Rlatchford nnd Eyer plans ot financial federation be recommended by the American federation, was killed without discussion, e.nd a number ot measures not of general interest wero disposed of. Before udjournlng the convention lis tened to farewell addresses by liritlsli delegates William Insklp and William Thorite. , Young Woman Disappears. Ilnrrlsburg. Dee. 20. Mary McNalr. aged 22 years, il-tughter of a prominent resident of Mlddlctuwu, left homo last evening to do some Christmas shopping. Sho left a storo at S o'clock for homo und slnca then has not been si-en. As the young woman was apparently happy and contented nt home there can b no possi ble reason for her disappearance except foul play. Duo to Wet Track. Wllkes-Rarre, Die, 20. The coroner's Jury Investigating tho head-on collision between two passenger trains on the Le high Valley railroad last month In which live trainmen wore killed, brought In a veidlct Into this afternoon to the elfcct that the accident was due to the wet track and accumulation of leaves on the same, which prevented the hand brakes fmm u, m.t.l ... It, A l.nin t I I .nn , .. .,V)! 1 i. ,11 rti,j,,t. ,,v l.Ull, 111 llltIV u Hlcil tho collision. THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU Weather Indication Todays Light kalns: Variable Winds. 1 General Senator Teller for Expansion, General Shatter lleforo tho Wur In vestigators, Three Lives Lost by Fire. American Federation ot Labor Elects Olllcers. 2 General President McKtnlcy lind Party Return to Washington. Manila Insurgents Exact Tribute. Financial und Commercial. 3 Local Letter from Ponco, Porto Itlco. I Editorial. Comment of tho Press. 6 General Whltney'H Weekly News Undue U Local John Gibbons Sentenced to Jail for Contempt. Nolnblo Guests at a Patriotic Meeting. 7 Local Thieves Rob the Matthews Res idence on Olive Street. Action on the Death of Robert Robla son, 8 Local West Seranton and Suburban. ! News Round About Seranton. 10 General-Life or the Soldiers at Camp MaclCeuzle. SAMUEL SLOAN WILL SOON RETIRE Some Doubt as to Whether Mr. Hall stead Would Care to Be President of tho D., L. & W. Special to the Seranton Tribune. New York, Dec 20. Taking account of statements from all sources of In formation available In Wall street to day, the indications point to the speedy retirement of Mr. Sloan from the presidency of the Delaware, Lack awanna and Western railroad, which may not be deferred longer than the coming nunual meeting of the com pany. The matTer is said to lie very largely, If not wholly, in the hands of W. K. Vanderbllt, but it Is likely that he will be Inllueuced in his decision (In case It is not already formed) by J. Rogers Maxwell and George F. Haker, both of whom are directors of the Lackawanna company and also lead ing spirits In the Jersey Central. Mr. Maxwell said today. In answer to questions, that he could not talk on the matter, that Mr, Sloan was a man who kept his own counsel, and that it could not be said whether Mr. Sloan's retirement, If It occurred, would also mean the retirement of Mr. Tlolden, who is In charge of the company's coal Interests and policy. Regarding Mr. Haustead, who Is sug gested for the position of president, people who are In a position to know said he was an operating man of just about the first rank, but there was some doubt as to whether he would enro to be tho president of the com pany unless, the now Vandervllt pol icy, as exemplified In the selection of S. R. Callaway for tho New York Central, were to be followed In this case. DUNNING'S ORDEAL. He Gives a Qualified Answer to tho Question. San Francisco, Dec. 20. When John P. Dunning was called to the witness stand In the Rotkln murder trial today he obdurately refused to answer the question put to him yesterday by At torney Knight for the defense, who wished to know the names of other women with whom Dunning had been intimate, other than Mrs. Rotkln. Dunning spent the night In prison, and when asked to give the Informa tion, said that when It was shown that any woman other than the accused could be In any way connected with the taking off of Mrs. Dunning and her sister, he would give the names ot other women. Mrs. Louise Souley, a mutual friend of Mrs. Hotkin nnd Dunning, told of her acquaintance with them. She de nied ever having sent Mrs. Dunning candy or to have written anonymously to Mrs. Dunning. Mr. Pennington, father of the de ceased, testified that he had received and read three anonymous letters sent to his daughter. Daniel T. Ames, the writing- expert, of New York, testified that he had ex amined all the writing In the case and was convinced that the anonymous let ters, the nddress on tho candy box and the note to Mrs. Dunnlng's little girl, were all written by the same person and that Mrs. Rotkln was the writer. AIMING AT THE MORMONS. Cincinnati Presbytery Wants United States Constitution Amended. Cincinnati, Dec. 20. Tho Cincinnati Presbytery has considered polygamy and the question of refusing to seat Congressman-elect Rrlgham II, Rob erts, of Utah. The Revs. J. II. Walker. W. R. Rey nolds and W. A. Eululy, as a commit tee on bills and overtures, reported resolutions calling on Congressmen Shattuck, Bromwell and Drown to pro pose and vote for nn amendment to the United States constitution defining marriage as monogamous, and forevr foi bidding and making unlawful and punishable us a erimo all polygamous, plural, celestial or any other so-called marriage, except that of monogamy. President's Speech Indorsed. Lancaster, Pa.. Dec. 20. Stephens po.st, 51". Grand Army of the Republic, of Lttltit, lias endorsed tho president's speech i dat ing to the governrent coring for the graves of Confederate dead, and has ie quested Congressman HioMuk to nee his Inllueiice to bring about national legisla tion to carry into effect the president's hwitltuenls. Baggagemastor Killed. Lancaster. IM Dec. 20.-Frauk L. Ack ernuin, a baggaKeninster on the Columbia- and Rending railroad, was run over by tho cars at Columbia this morning, re. celving InJurlfs which caused his death within n tow mlniitir after the acclncni. Run Down by a Train. Huston. Pa,, Dec. 20.-Edw.ird ICastloel; 10 years old. was lnstanlty killed on the New Jersey Central railroad here this morning. Hnstlock lived nt West Chotur und hud been In the employ of a local contractor. FIERCE FIRE IN NEW YORK THREE PERSONS ARE KILLED, MANY OTHERS WOUNDED. Handsome Residenco on Sovonty Third Street Is Destroyed Mrs. Underwood, Mrs. Raymond's Sis tor, Killed by Jumping from a Window Man Who Had Volun teered to Save Her Swept from a Ladder by Her Body Mrs. Ray mond Fell When Firemen Wero Near Hor Servant's Body Found in tho Ruins Cause of tho Firo Unknown. New York, Dee. 20. A flerco lira started in the handsome house at 2C0 AVcst Seventy-third street, occupied by (Jinnies H. Raymond, general agunt oC the Mutual Life Insurance company, at un early hour this morning, which re sulted In the death of three persons and, tho serious injury ot several others. THE DEAD. MRS. CHARLES XI. RAYMOND, CI ycara old; death resulted from compound fracturo of tho les and Internal in juries. MRS. VICTOULV VNDF.RWOOD, oC Xanesvllle, t) sister of Mrs. Raymonaj .tumped from third story window. HARRIET FEE, domestic; burned to death. INJURED. Charles H. Raymond, GO years; shock4 overcome by smoke. William Doerr, SO years, conductor In jured about body, scalp wound. William Ferguson, SB, butler; faco laccr uted, overcome by smoke. The fire started in tho basement nnd In a few minutes the lower part of thci house was enveloped in llames. Tlicrti was a panic and Mrs. Victoria Under wood, Mrs. Raymond's1 younger sister, who had come here from Ohio to spend the Christmas holidays, jumped from the third story window and was killed almost Instantly. William Doerr, h conductor, who had run to assist In tho rescue among many others, nnd who wan ascending a ladder to try to res cue Mrs. Underwood, was struck by her body as she fell and knocked to tho pavement below. He struck nn Iron railing that surrounded the houso atid was seriously Injured. Mrs. Raymond, who occupied n room on the second floor, was agisted to tho window by her husband and stood on the sill, panic-stricken and calling for help. Two firemen went up, rapidly scaling the lndders, while people on the street shouted to the Raymonds not to jump. They were so confused nnd frightened and half suffocated that they seemed not to know what they were doing. AN AWFCI, DEATH. As the firemen neared tho window, airs. Raymond stumbled and fell. Her night dress caught In a ring of the lad der and her body whirled around as It fell to the flagged street. She waa picked up unconscious and wns taken to Roosevelt hospital, where she died tonight. Harriet Fee. a domestic, who had run up stairs at the first alarm to arouse the persons sleeping in the house, was) unable to get to the street again and wns burned to death. Mr. Raymond himself was rescued nnd wns taken to Roosevelt hospital, where It wns found that ho was suf fering a great deal from having in haled flames and smoke. It is claimed by the authorities that the casualties resulted by reason of; panic. Tho house was supplied with fire-escapen and tho firemen were early at the scene. FORT ADAMS TRAGEDY. Four Bodies Have Been Recovered from tho Ruins. Newport, R. I., Dec. 20. Four bodies have been recovered from the ruins ot the burned stables of light bttcry H. Fourth United States artillery, at Ford Adams. The following is n list of the dead: W. F. Hutler. battery II, Seventh artillery: Private Frederick W. Kull, battery II, Seventh artillery; Prlvato Henry I. Harris, battery II. Seventh artillery; unknown private. The half dozen men injured nt tho fire last night are doing well. The bodies of Hutler nnd Kull wero found this morning. The second body found lust night has not yet been, identified. A lurge number of the sol diers were granted furloughs yester day and left the fort before tho flrn broke out and some of them returned and were seen at work about the burn ing stables. It is thought that tho un identified body Is ono of these fur loughed men, but there is no way of learning his Identity until all tho men return from these furloughs, so that it can be determined who Is missing1. Nothing was found on the body by which it could be recognized. It was) badly disfigured. The explosion In tho gun sheds near the stables, which caused the death of the men Is helns Investigated. The court of Inquiry in to the cause of the explosion began Its work this afternoon. The renson for allowing ammunition to be stoted In tile stables will have great bearing on the finding. It is said that a quan tity of powder hud been stored thero for over a year. All the wounded are doing well to night and will lecover. Heureaux in Good Health, Port an Prince. Dec. 20. Thero is no ground whatever lor the rumor that President lleiirenux, of the republic of San Domhco, bus in en assassinated. General Heiieaux arrived this morning at Jncmel, about thirty miles southwest ot Port an Prince, and Is In excellent health. Train Held Up. Memphis Tenii., Uee. 21. Illinois Cen tral truln No. R south bound, wns htiij up and robbed nt Popes, Miss., sliortl be fore midnight. tt-f-ft--M"f4-t"t"t" WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Die 20. Forecast Tor Wednesday: For eastern Penn Kdvnnlu, light rain hi tho early lunmlng, propubly followed by clearing; light variable winds. tttt-r-t-Mtt-rtttttt-rt-r-rtt-H-
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