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TWO CENTS.
SGIIAOTON, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 10, 3809.
TWO CENTS.
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ADDITIONAL
VICTORIES
AT MANILA
American Troops Advance
Upon the City of Jaro
and Capture It.
OUR FLAG ON PRESEDENCIA
A Native Force Encountered and
Driven Into the Open Country Our
Flag Raised by Captain Grifllths.
Report Brought to General Otis
at Manila by Special Messenger.
The Sheridan Will Begin Her
long Voyage Today.
Manila, Teb. 1C, 11.11 a. m. I'our
companies of volunteeis, which had
been clearing the country in the -vicinity
of Fuloros, ten miles southeast
of Manila, and which had been re
called, weie followed by the enemy
today as the re Hied.
On 1 caching San Pedro Mucati, the
Americans made a stand near the
r lunch yaid and the lebels were driv
en back
The Californiaus again advanced and
.ire now occupying: the same lldge,
commanding the valley of the rher
whlcli they hold yesterday.
A gunboat near Paslg is dealing the
jungle
Manila IVb. 1.". Colonel Potter ar
llvcd tiom Hollo yesteidav evening
with dispatches from Brigadier Gcn
eial M D. Miller to Major General i:.
S Otis, commanding the United State1?
fences in the Philippine Inland?.
On Siiiidaj afternoon Geneial Miller
otdeted a l econnoissance In force to
ascertain the enemy's position. Major
Cheatham's battalion of the Tennessee
volunteer regiment matched beyond
Molo without tlndliiE' the enemy and
l etui tied to Hollo.
Keller battalion ot the Eighteenth
Cnlted Stntes infantry, with two
Hotchkifs guns and one Catling gun,
marched toward Jaio Midway be
tween Iloilo and Jaro this bittalion en
lountered a laige1 body of the enemy
eccup.lng both sideH of the road, who
met the advance of the Ameilean
tumps with a severe and well-directed
flic The Americans deployed and re
turned the lire with a number of voi
les The troops advanced steadllj,
supported by the Hotchklss and Gat
llng guns, and drove the enemy tlnough
Into to the open countty beyond The
town of Jaio was found to be deseited
mid rill not table property had been re-"io-
n When the Americans enteied
th place there were only a few Chinese
hi re.
t 410 o'clock p. in. Captain Giifflths
fused the American ring over the
oiosidencla.
Out In? the fighting outside of the
town Lieutenant Frank Howies, of the
righteenth Infantry, while wonting the
tight battet y, was shot in the leg. In
addition, one private was seriously
wounded and two weie slightly injuied.
The rebel loss was seveie.
SHGRIDAN WILL PAIL
New Yolk, Feb. 13. Unless mother
blis-zard Mrikes the countty or some
thing equally unloieseen happens, th"
1 nlted States aim transport Sheridan
will tomoirow begin liei long voago
o Manila by way of Sues' canal. As
tui as. supplies wnt the ship was
ready to sail two days ago. The aus
f the delay was the bll7ZJrd which
mowed In the tioop on their wav to
this elt. One battalion of the Twelfth
Infnntiy was in Jersey City today and
re id j to go on boaid the tmuspntt
but the other two battalions of that
reslmenl, as well as tho Third battal
ion of the Seventeenth Infnntiy, weie
Btill fin from Nvv Yoik. Captain
Ci ullltng leoeived n telegram from
Lieutenant r'olonel Smith, In command
ot tlu Twelfth leglment today, dated
"'uinberliind, Md , suing that he would
o lure tomeiiow mornintj with the
wo remaining battalion? of his icgl
iient The Thiid battalion of the Sev
enteenth Is alto expected hole tomcr
icnv mornlii;. The troops will be
btoufjhr over ft'im .leii-e Citj and
iifiiohtd on board of the transport lust
i soon as they a rive and shottly after
that the .sheilda.ii wilt bail
Todtiv was spent In putting nnishin,;
t' uclies on the ship nnd In 'oaulntT a
l.iice quantity of fiesh egtables
h!rli weie purposely put on braid a
arar to tailing time ,ih possible A
x-illoii of the ttoops' baugage anled
odav and thl pait of the cargo will
- .ont on boaid tomoriqw. It is like
ly that i-'imo trouble will be expert
need In swinging the big ship out into
the sties iu for she is ftos-en llGht In
two or three feet of Ice. Sptotutois
KQrts walking aiound the ship on this
ce today In perfect safety and sevoial
)l ttipm built fires on the Ice and lean
ed up against the hull, widening the
flumes as they would against t'u -dtlr
of r. barn. Thosi who liae examined
!ho place sai, however, that tug- will
jc able to pull the ship out
There will be l.OT perns In n'l on
aw ul the Sheridan Including the crew,
the ioldleis, ctHeeis anil their lamilles
nnd, sfiveiol nurses. The cabin pas
serujeis number about ''5
In addition to the troops compilning
th Twelfth Infantry and the Tliuu
battalion of I ho Seventeenth infantry
hero aro live enlisted men of the Turn
lleth Infant) y attached to the Seven
teenth infantry. Theie are also about
thirty men of tho Seventeenth who
were left behind by the Slutidnn bo--aufco
they overstayed theli shore leave
nil did not pet bad: to the boat In
dme. They have been qmutoied at
Sovcrnui'u Island. L'oth the Twelfth
and Seventeenth regiment rontiln
several "oldlorn of other regiments who
were anxious to fro to Manila and able
to obtain transfers.
Lieutenant Colonel Jacob II. Smith,
of the Twoltth Infnntiy. be In
command of the expedition.
DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
The Filipinos Aro Liablo to Cause
No End of Trouble
San Francisco, Feb. I"? Advices
from Mania dated Jan. 17, says a mom
dlfllcult problem than thnt with which
the governor general of the Philip
pines Is confronted at the pieent mo
ment It would be dlfllcult to Imagine,
for unless tho Filipinos recede fiom
their position the situation in a nut
shell amounts to this: The American
must either fight and subdue the reb
els or withdraw from the archipelago.
As a matter of fact the Filipinos
have and aie being recognized official
ly all the time because in order to
avoid unneeess.irv bloodshed the
American authorities have been com
pelled to treat with them. A striking
illustration of the point occurred on
Pee. 21 last when the two forces were
piobnbly neaier n conflict than at any
other period since tho occupation of
Manila.
Tip to that the sentiies of the two
forces had guarded opposite ends of
the Paeo bridge, a stone structure
ncioss a ten-foot creek on tho outskirts
of the city, but In accordance with In
structions the Ameilean ofllcer of the
day essayed to post his sentry in the
center of tho bridge. The Filipino
guai d objected, however, and when a
protest was made Informed the Ametl
cans that at ft o'clock next moinlng
they would lire upon the American line
unless the sentry was withdrawn. At
the appointed hour Major Genera! An
derson and -omo 51 men were on hand
but after a conference the Filipinos
weie lecognized to the extent that the
sentry was wlthdiawn to his tonne.
position and the American troops
marched back to their quarters.
The Issuance of General Otis' pto
clamation regaidtng the Intentions of
the Americans in the Philippines gave
Agulnaldo the opportunity deslied and
in less than 12 hours after the former
was published, the Filipinos icsponse
was posted on tho walls of the city.
Its effect was Instantaneous upon
the native genet ally and their atti
tude was such that it ias deemed ad
visable to keep the entire army ot oc
cupation in quarters and under arms.
In oider that they might be rendv If
an emergency aiose.
The itilvlal Incidents which occurred
simultaneously In dlffeient patts of
the city occasioned a false alarm at
and the entile troops were called "to
2.30 o'clock on 'Wednesdny afternoon
aims." Within 15 minutes after the
echoes of the bugles had died awa;i,
the whole force was under way, every
company of evety regiment being In
its allotted position leady for action.
While this created somewhat of a
semitlon temporarily, the promptitude
with .hich. the tioops nsponded tf.
the call had the effect of lestmlng
confidence.
Meantime the Insurgents have on
centrated their foices on the outsklits
of the city and are sttengthenlng their
position every day Oiders have, how
ever, been Issued that they shall act
onlv on the defensive, which Indies ter
a disposition to avoid tiouble is pos
sible. TRAFFIC RESUMED.
Washington Recovers from the Ef
fects of the Blizzard.
Washington, Feb 15. -The obtucles
to railroad traffic resulting trom the
lecent blizzard have been oveicome to
such an extent as to wairant the com
panies operating: trains to the noith
and west In announcing that trulllc will
not be lesumed piactlcally on schedule
time It has been an almost herculean
task tor the railroad companies to te
move the great drifts ot snow and
dealing the tiacks, but thl h:i been
accomplished and passengeis iifain will
be enabled to tiavtl without dlseom
foil or danger AH train on the Bal
timore and Ohio and the l'cnnslvania
that weie detained by the elements
have anived and thoe which Htarted
from New York and Intel mediate
places today hae al lived, though moie
or less belated, The local ofllcliils of
the Baltlmoie and Ohio announce that
trains on all its tines would lesume
regular schedules tonight, while the
Pennslvanla also Is ready for busi
ness east and west. The Atlantic coast
line announces its load clear fiom New
York to Jacksonville. Thiee tl.tins left
foi the south dutlng the da and even
ing. Locally the piosirutlon io business
and tiavel Horn the storm's effects has
disappeared and the city is resuming
1th iionnal "ondltion. All the city elec
ttic and cable passenger lines, arc In
operation, but those propelled by horses
will not be abb to resume for several
das
AGONCILLO'S WAR TALK.
Saya That tho Americans Will Be
Driven trom His Country.
Montieal, Feb. 15. Senor Agemcll'o,
the Filipino commissioner. In an In
teiview today, said thcte would be no
let up In the efforts of the Filipinos to
foree the Americans from their eoun
tiv He said he was not at all sur
piised that Iloilo had fnllcn as the
Amei leans had the advantage ot a
flecc
"But wait till they get in the inter
tor," he said, "and then they will have
moro than their work cut out."
lie announced that the purpose of
Senor 1 unit's departure wa to Inter
view the different courts of Rutope and
11 si; for their assistance for the Filip
inos, Three J'eruons Burned to Death,
Chicago, Feb. H.- There seema to be
no doubt but that three persons vvero
buined t-i death In the first last night
which deftiojed tho Arlington flats at
tho corner of Forty-firs;, street and
Grand noulrvard. Those ouposed to
nave perisntu are in on. A. Marte, a
man cairier, his wife and their Infant
son.
Steamship Arrivals.
Now Yoik, Feb. 15. Cleared! Ken
slngton, Antwerp. Southampton Ar
lived: St. Louis, New Yoik. Sailed:
Snale. fiom Uremcn, New York.
Queenstown Arrived: Majestic. Now
i York for Liverpool.
M'CARRELL BILL
IS SNOWED UNDER
HOUSE ADJOURNED WITHOUT
TAKING ACTION.
The Moa3ttro Now Goes Over Until
March 21, Whon It Will Bo Tnkon
Up for Second Rending An At
tempt to Bring the Subject Up for
Reconsideration Is Baffled by a
Motion to Adjourn Which 1 Car
ried by Voto of 88 to 85.
Ilaitifthuig, Feb. 15 The house ad
journed today without taking action
on the MtCurrell Jury bill. The bill
now goes ovei until March 21, when
It will be taken up for second reading.
There was a Hue dlsplnj of sparring
between both sides ovei this measure.
A motion was adopted by tho lruse
last Thuisday postponing considera
tion of the bill until the time Indicated.
Both sides expected a motion wcmM
be made today to reconsider the ota
by which thio action was taken. Had
the motion been made and curled ilie
bill would have come up in the lob
ular order for second reading. On
the othei hand, had the motion failed,
the bill would have gone over until
Mach Jl The rules piovide that a mo
Hon to reconsider must be made within
five legislative days, and both sides
agreed that this was the last day m
which such a motion could be entered.
After the meeting of the joint assem
bly today the opponents of the bill,
represented by Mr. Ullss, of Dolivvnie,
moved that when the house adjourn
It be to meet tomonow moinlng at 11
o'clock. The friends of the ineasuio
opposed the motion and won, less than
hnlf a quotum citing, and Speaker
Farr ruled Hint the motion fell. Mr.
Hliss then rose to a point of orcb-r
nnd befoie he could state his point,
Mi. Baldwin, of Delawau mo" d to
adjourn. Less than a uuoium ting
the speaker adjourned the hous" unill
i o'clock this atteinoon. lt.illro.id
communication east and west on ibo
Pennsylvania lallioad and other ioiuh
cuntetlng in this cltj weie tesunn-d to
day and there was neatly a full it
ttndance when the house leconvcncd
this afternoon. The calendar of sec
ond leading bills was taken tin imiI
the bill extending the minimum schcol
tenn to seven months and a half doz
en measuies of lesser lmpoitance were
lead the seeond time. Aftei these bilk-,
had been disposed ot, Ml. Hliss moved
to adjoin n. The leadeis of both sides
demanded a call of the toll and the
motion prevailed by a Mite of S8 to 8".
The ote follows in detail:
THi: VOT13 IN DETAIL
Yeas Messrs. Abiams, Alexander, Al
len, Hliss, lltnoks, lirown, Tlinmas,
Caldwell, Castnc r. Clan nev, Couiv,
Craig, CiiMHj (.'rl-tc, I'utMh.ilI, I)ea
mon, UlncllnBcr Dixon. l)ot, Diase,
Diimbauld, Kdmlston lMwaids llngler,
Fay, Thomas J , Petterolf, I'onl, H'os.
ter, James; Poster ltobtit M Povv
Giuvet, llaag, Iliisson, Hell, iieish, Alc
Clellau, ilotli, Jeffries, Keatut, Kendill,
Kesslii, Kuoiilz, Kiamlkh, Laiib ic h,
l.inslo, Linton, McAiulnws, McC'undlp-s
(J P., McL'lhato. McL.itn Mac key. .Ma
lone), Munley, Mai tin Miller H Kninlt.
Mooici Moyer, Mjers. Itoberi L , Natt
zlngtii Noecker, Not ton, Nvte O'lirlen,
Osh.r, Palm, Itced. Hi Iff, Robb, llutlnoek.
Savage, Sexton, Sham, Smith, PrteletKk
1! , Smith John. Smith. Joseph W ,
Smith. Svlvest'- S : Squler, Still, Stew
art, Samuel L' ; Stew.iu, William F :
Stiadlliig, Stranahan, WaUswoitli, W'l
ol Mllklnson, Wil-on, William D, ln
nei Woodruff, Young Total, 8.
Nas .Messrs Adurns, Kbene-zei Ail
iims, Jaine'S W i Alnian, A idet-on H.ilil
wln, Hare, Hovle, lirleker Chew finis
man Christl in, Clink, Cole, ( nlvllte,
Coiisteln, Crittenden, Dnnnsc. Done a,
Kaliej, K H.;OatvIn Giuusbuch Hants,
lit ldelb.iugh, Hindirson llc)klns, Hov,
K.iylor, ICecgcti Keipct, Kevser, Kluuipj),
Liil)s, Leaid Lewi MeAnli", Janus,
McClain, MeConnell VrV itlnn, M--Nees,
Maclvcr, Mi rsl.all MeaN Mejor,
Lzia, MlUiani AVilli.iri O . Muml-oa,
Millkle Alurdoek, Nlsbet, Kolillt, P.n
shall Richmond, ltiebel r.oblson. Pviith-
rtoul. Salter, Schfuer Scbolfstnll, dcott,
HoaJ, HelUfl sseiuv, Bitaw, Khittt, Simon.
Skinner, later, Smith, A M.' Snyder,
Stevens Stulb Thcprnpsoii, Horace J.; Tif
fany Tlghe. Timlin, Todd Towiei- Tin
ner Aonrhets, Wlilttingliam Williams,
Wilson, Henrv I.- Youngseni, '.trbe; Parr
(speaker) Total Si.
Absent and not votlnc,, "0
MR. VAUGHAN'S BILL.
Froviaions for Filiup Bond by Peti
tioners in an Election Contest.
peiijl ui the Scrnrton Tribune
HuirisbuiB, Pa., Feb 15 -in th"
senate today Senator Vaugluin called
up his bill providing tho.t the costs !n
ceitaln election cases shall be placed
on ihe petitioners and the measuie un
opposed passed second reading It Is
Senator Vaughan's Intention toamend
the bill, making provision fot the filing
of a. bond by the petitionee, as ecui ity
for the payment of tho cost.
The net 1 elating to the affairs of the
dlrec tors of the poor of Parbondale nlso
passed the senate on second leading.
It was Introduced by Senator Vaughan
and amends the law authorizing the
election of a poor house in Carbon
dale. The act piovldes that there
shall be six directors of the said pool
dish let, one foi each of the waids
of that city, and their term ot ofilce
hhall be three yeais, to bo computed
from the fiist Monday of April follow
ing their election, They shall duilng
the teim for which they aie elected
bo residents of tho wards which they
tespeetlvely icpiesent and a lemoval
bj either fiom such waid shall create
a vancuncy. Immediately after the
passage of this act the Judges of the
court of quarter sessions of Lickawan
nu county shall appoint thiee dlrectotij
who shall hold until the Hist Monday
of April, one thousand nine hundied,
ones from the qualified electois fiom
the First ward, one from the ehctors
of the Fifth ward nnd one from the
electors ot the Sixth ward of the said
city.
At the Fein nary election of 1900 the
electois or the First and Fouith wauls
shall each from their own number ( lect
a director to servo for tho teim of one
year; the electois of the Second nnd
Fifth waids shall each In like manner
elect a director to servo for the term
of two years, Bncl tho eleclois of tho
Third and Sixth wards shall eleet a
director to servo for the term of three
yeuis, and thcreuttci on the thiid
Tuesday of February, one thousand
nine bundled and one, and dvery third
year thereafter, the electors of the Flrrt
and Fourth vvuids shall each from their
own number elect a director to serfo
for the tcim of three years, on the
third Tuesday of Febiuary, ono thou
sand nine hunched and two, and every
third year thereafter th ectom of
the Second and Fifth wauls shall each
ftom thodr own number elect a director
to seive for the like term of three
yearn, and on the third Tuesday of
I'ebmary, one thousand nine hundred
and thtee, and every thlid ear there
after, the qualified electots of the Third
and Sixth v.atds slmll each fiom their
own number elect n director to serve
for the like term of thiee yeoia
Section 5th of the art provides "The
said directors shall keep full and com
plete minutes and records of all thlr
olllclal actions nnd expenditures of
.vw.t,.... , l.lnl, fllmH Ivi I. fl-iA mion,1v
or the si'ciettrj of the said board and I
be open to the inspection of the public. ,
Four membois of said board "hall con- j
stltute a quorum, and no debts haU j
be eontincted oi Functioned except by
a mnjotlty theieof except that orders
lor the sellef of the poor of said dls
ttlct, duly Issued by two Justices of
the peace or aldeunen, may be ncted
upon and temporary relief granted bv
either one said directors singly. Hut
no order f... outdoor relief oi for money
for the support of tho-fioor of the dis
trict away fiom the poor house thereof
shall bo valid cccept the same lie re
ported to the board and be dulv up-
proved thereby." J. I. I).
SITUATION AT SAMOA.
Officials at Apia Are Pleased with
the Action of tho Gorman Gov
ernment. "Washington, Feb 15 The fact tint
United States Consul Osbotne at Apia
did not deem It worth while to forward
a cnble repoit to the state department i
ftom Auckland via the Inst steamer ,
which touched nt Apia Is legnrdeel here
as evidence that the situation In the
Snmoan Islands Is not so critical aj
has been supposed By the last steam- I
er the consul cabled that he had for
w aided a long leport bv mail to the ,
depaitment nnd that Is still lacking. j
Olllelals here ate greatly pleased that
the German government acted so
promptly In bringing its overrealous i
officials In Apia, to adopt a moro lea- '
sonable couise. and It is noted with ,
satisfaction that the news dispatches
speak ot the letractlon by Get man i
Consul Itose trom his foimer unten
able position lespectlng the functions
of the chief justice It was regtettecl
that neither the United States govern
ment nor that ot Great Britain could
see the wa eleir to ptotect the Ger
man lesldenl, Griesmuhl, tiom the con
sequences of his folly in making pn at
tack upon tl.e pit'inist-H of the couit,
foi this would have amounted ir some
degree to a denial of the 3111 l"dictlon of
the ehtet Justice, and of one of Hit first
and most saeied tights of legal tribu
nal, aee 01 cling to Ameilean and Biltlsh
ideas, namely the tight to jmnili for
contempt. Theieiote, the altitude of
the Get man yovoinnient in recognizing'
the amenability of the mill to punish
ment in spite ot its first resistance, la
welcome, puitlculuilv In viw of the
nssut.ime it eome.vs of the Gfitran
purpose of meeting the lequests of the
othei two paities to the Beilln treaty
foi .1 lestotatlon of the status quo ant
lebelllou as a preliminaiy to the ad
justment of open issues.
London, Feb. 18 The Melbourne
coiiespondent of the Times says
The Samoan eoi respondent of the
Melboii" e Argus wiltes that the only
soloutlnu of the difficulties theie lies
In an immediate annexation of the
islands bv (lie.it Biitaln. He sas the
natives thioughout the entile group
aie almost unanimously favoiable to
such a step and that Jt Is ardently de
shed b the Thltish and Ameilean les
Idents. "railing annexation the complete
diva imlng ot the whole population Is
impel ative, and, in the opinion of the
correspondent of the Argus, the abol
ition ot the kingship is absolutely ne
ressaiy to prevent constant disturb
ances. The rival chiefs, he behoves.
would be satisfied If appointed to tule
their own dlsttiet' with small sil-
H'lciS "
SNOW BLOCKADE RAISED,
I-ennsylvunia unci Reading1 Roads
Running on Time.
Philadelphia, Feb 13. The snow
blockade on all the i.iiltoads enteilng
this citv Is tonleli" practically a thing
of the past All divisions ot the Penn
sylvanli' and Reading: rallioads aie
making an eftoit to run on schedul.;
time with the exception of the &tony
("nek, Fianktowi. and Newton branch
e of the Heading which aie still great
1 hampered.
The P.altimore and Ohio is tlil ex
periencing difficulty, but trains are
sent out at luegular Intervals. Trol
lev lines in the oily aie generally open
tonight but fciibuiban roads aie snow
bound.
Vegetables Wiped Out.
Savannah, Ua Feb 15-Supeilntend-ent
Meveis, of the Florida division of
the bouihetn Hxpress company, with
lieadquniteis here, has received reports
fiom eveiy express agent In the state
respecting the damage done by tho n
cent cold wave. They show that all
trui k and egetubles have been wlpel
out The lepoits hold out the hope
that the orange groves have not been
seriously injured, though soveial days
must elapse befoie the teal condition
will be known.
m '
Free Scholarships.
HairlsbuiR, Feb. IS Miss Edith
White, of Hutiisbuig. has been ap
pointed to the ftee scholarship In tho
Oiead Industrial school at Woicester,
Mass., by Governor Stone The appoint
ment was made on the lecommendatlon
of the Hanisburg civic club, to whom
the mattei was refetied by tho man
agement of the school. This Is the only
scholarship In tho schools open to Penn
sylvanians, Mr. Haywood's Condition.
Harrlsburg, Feb. 1G Stew nit Peaice,
of the treasuiy department, lecelved i
teleginm this evening from Mrs, II. J.
Haywood, at Shaion, putting that tho
condition ot tho ex-state treasurer !s
unlinpioved, although the patient wus
testing comfortably,
ANNIVERSARY OF
MAINE DISASTER
WORK BEGINS ON THE KEEL
OF A NEW VESSEL.
Tho Now Maine Will Bo a Sister
Ship to the Ohio and Missouri.
Will Have & Speed of 18 Knots.
To Be Ready lor Launching in
One Year.
Philadelphia, Feb. 13. The annlver
saty of the blowing up of the battle
ship Maine In Havana harbor was
markedNhere with tha beginning Of
work on the powerful man of war
which will bear the nume of the his
toilc battleship, the destruction of
which did much to precipitate the war
with Spain. The new Maine will be
built bv U10 Cramp Ship Building
compaio, and at the company's yards
at 11 o'clock today the Hi si piece of the
keel of the vessel was laid. There
was no formality in the pioceedliiB,
hut the ship yard was tin own open to
the public and a gieat cheer was given
by the ciovvd as a group of wotkmen
set In place tho fit at steel piece of the t
keel. Other pieces of the keel were
Immediately hoisted and 1 laced by tho
side of the first and thus wart staitt'd
what will be one ot the most powerful
fighters of the new navy.
The Maine will be n sister ship to
the Ohio and Missoutl, the conttnet
ptice foi each of which is $2,S85,000.
She Is 10 hive a peed of 18 knots with
a length on load water line of 3SS feet
and a beam of "U feet 'J'i Inches. She
will have a normal displacement ot
12,i'00 tons and u dtaught of 21 feet,
C, Inches. Her bunkers will be laigo
enough to cnirv 2,000 tons of coal and
hei complement of officers, seamen and
inarinef? will be about CO'J men.
Tin: ARMAMIINT.
The Maine-.- aunament will consist
ot font 12-inch breech loading rifles,
sixteen 6-inch rapid Hie lilies, twenty
fi-pouuder and four J-pounder guns nnd
a few small pieces The 12-ineh guns
will be of lorty callbie and of the new
hlgh-poweied tvpe, designed to wo
smokeless powder. With a mttzrle vel
ocity of J 000 feet per second and firinc
1111 S"0 pound shell, each nun Will have
an cneig.v ot 4X,00u foot tons, equal to
the penetiation of tour feet of solid
lion at the muzzle. The guns will have
ares of Hie of 280 degtees.
Twelve ot the fi-inch lapid Hie guns
will be mounted on the main deck nnd
four on the upper deck Two fi-pound-ers
will be on the main deck Just abaft
the two bow C-lnc h guns, and four will
be located fai aft on the berth deck,
while the remaining four will be plac
ed on the btidges and In the super
stiuctuies. The "-plunders and Cat
ling guns will be mounted in the tops
Two torpedo lubes of the under water
tjpe will be Incited out of the ordi
nary reach of shot and shell.
The buildeis will endeavoi to have
the new battleship leady for launching
on Feb. 15 ol next .vear and to have
her lciulv for seivlce on the third nn-nlve'-saiy
of hoi; piedecessot's destruc
tion FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Four Alarms Turned in for a Fire in
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
New York, Feb .'. Four alarms
weie turned In tonight for n lire in
machine shop No. ?S in the Paooklvn
navy yard, to the east end of the vaid.
This was a thtee stori brick building,
built in the sixties, and was full of old
lathes and old rmiehlnery. The wood
wotk of the building was so well .satu
lated with oil that the Humes made
gieat headway und the building was
appaiently doomed before the flienien
Kill the sti earns to playing on It.
Chief Engineer Windsor's office wns
In the building.
The coppei smith's shop, the boller
mikei's shop, the carpenter's shop and
the foundty weie mjou in flames and
burned fiercely
The blaze In (he machine shop start
ed at t! "0 o'clock. At S.1S the building
was a total lo-s
The building was 75 feet by S2"i and a
portion of it was occupied a a pattern
shop In this building were stored and
kept patterns and models ot the vail
ous w at ships built f 10111 time to time.
All of thes" models and patterns were
destroyed.
The los is estimated at JleXWuOn at
the lowest and It Is vtiv probable that
it will icach a hlghci figuie, as all
of the patterns and models were ex
pensive of construction. The loss on
the building fs placed at i 510.(00; on
machinery, ilOO.000.
The Adams Inquest.
New Yoilc, Feb. If.. The inciutst Into
the death of Mt. Kate J. Adams, who
died of poison on Dec-. 2S, was lesumed
tud.ij Kiecletuk Hovev, who was In
the Adams 'ipai tments when Mis, Ad
ams died, and Dr K. F. Hitchcock, who
attended Mis Adams In her last mo
ments, weie the only witnesses. They
detailed what occuued In the house,
their tcMllmony Jittering in no essential
way ftom what hai alieady been pub
lished.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
V. nshlngtnn, Fell. 13. These Pennsyl
vania pensions have been Issued: Orig
inalJames J. McCauley. Plttston. JS
to tl'i. idssue and Increase Edward
R Selllck West Buillngton, lhadford,
$14 to JIT Original widow f, etc.
Rachel Hantz, Factoiyvllle. "Wyoming,
$8, special, Feb. 3, Peter Crown, Haw
ley, Wayne, fO; John P.. Culp, Hunts
vllle, Lussetne, $8. Increease Chntles
Row man, Wilkes-Barre, $1G to $17.
Mino Inspector's Report.
Wllkes-n.11 re, Feb. is. The annual
repoit of Mine Inspector G. M. Will
lams, of tho Fourth anthiaclte dlstilct.
was completed today. The number of
tons of coal mined in lS9s was 7,SGC,277.
Theie vveio r,31,0r,0 moie tons shipped
to maiket than In 1SD7 The numbei of
men employed was 2J 377, and theie
were 7 nfatal und 27S non-fntal ncel
dents, " -
Locomotivo Jumps the Track,
bherbrooke, Que., Feb. 15. Tho loco,
motive on thn Grand Tiunk expiess,
which left Portland, Me., at S.lti this
morning, lumped the tincks two and
a, half miles east of Lenoxvllle, this
'afternoon, and the train followed. No
one wns killed, but three or foui pas
sengers weiu lujuied.
THE NIIWS THIS 310HNINU
Weatber Indications lodayi
Knln or Snow,
General Nlcnraitu.i Canal Llll.
Moro Victims Ilcported in the Philip
pines. Action on McCarrell Hill Foiestalled.
Tho New Hattleshlp Maine.
33111 Uegulutlng Hloctlu.i Contests
Passes Second Headlmr.
Whitney's Weekly News Budget.
Financial and Conine ltlal
Locil Annual Itepott of Mire Inspec
tor Kodeilok.
Wanderer Dies In n. Holler House.
LMltorlal.
News and Comment.
LocalHoard of Contril Finances.
Stale Convention of Mastcir Plumbers.
Local-West Sciitnton and Suburban.
News Round About Scrnnton.
Local Proceedings In the Court?
THE CELEBRATION
AT HAVANA
Stars and Stripe3 Raised Near the
Wieck of the Maine.
Hiiaiin. Feb. 15., 11.30 a. m. The sun
shone biiglitly this moinlng for the
Hist time In sevetnl days when the
wieck of the United States battleship
Maine, clesttoyed in Havana haibor
on the evening 01 Feb. 15, llsOS, was ik
coratod with a larg- American ling.
At o'clock the Start and Stripes weie
hoisted at half mast by Captain Eat
on, of the Uulted States auxiliary
cruiser Uesolute, who, with Mis. Hs
tcs Itatlibone and Mis. Dudley and ten
sailors of the Resolute, rowed to the
sunken battleship. The only otheis
taking part weie a battalion, with of
fice! a of the Fust Maine heavy at tit
le ry.
An Immense rope of gteens was fes
tooned about the fighting top, eaell
loop hung with lain el wreaths four feet
In dkimetei and tied with led. white
and blue ribbon The Cuban club of
Havana placed an attificial wieath on
the bo.it oiane and this Captain Raton
ttansfeiied to the peak of the gaff
At 10 o'clock high mass wns cele
brated In memoiy of the Maine vic
tims In the Meiced church, at which
Major General Ludlow and several of
his staff were piesent The eeiemony,
which wa veiy Impressive, was at
tended by Biigadier General Geoige
R. Krnst, representing Major General
lliooke, Commodore H. J. Ctomwell,
captain of the port, and other naval
ofllceis, the city council, the executive
committee of tho Cuban military , as
sembly and other members of the as
sembly, the secretary of the civil de
pat tments and many olllelals, together
with rcpiesentntlves of the Havana
file biigatle and other local organiza
tions. Many women of the better
classes weie In the congregation which
crowded the edifice. This afternoon
the graves at Colon cemetery weie
decorated In the presence of Amerlc-nn
officials, niilltaiy and naval details
participating.
AGRARIANS GROWL.
The Wild Men of Germany Make
Faces at Americans.
Iieilln, Feb. 15. The ciuestion of the
commercial lelatlons of Germany with
the United States .seems not likely to
lead to a partial ministerial oilsK
Addressing an Agrailan meeting le
cently Baron von Mantouticl (Consei
ntlve) said:
"Had we Incieased our nav -oouei
the United States would not have dured
to use such language: tow.ml Ger
many." At the annual eoligiess of the Agrar
ian leadeis this iveek similar -entl-ments
were heaid. One speakei ie
ferrhiR to a speech of Heir von Ru
low, seeietaiy of state for fotelgn ef
falis, in. Hie Reichstag last S.uuiday,
in teply to the Intel pellatlon 01 Count
Von Knnlti, said 'It W useless to
reive the Amei leans with sugai btead.
If wo want to impress them wi must
show them our fists. Wo want deeds
fiorn the government, not line vvoids.
A great power like Geimuny cannot
allow heiself to be made a fool of. as
we ho lar have done with teaid to
America. '
Aftei other speeches chuiaetetled by
vigor of exaggeration, the Agiatlun
league adopted a resolution congrat
ulating Itself upon the alleged 're
turn of the government to Ul-in.iuk's
commercial policy."
Tho Vote tor Senator.
Haulsbuifi, Feb. 13.-Flttj live votes
were cast for United States senator at
todnj s Joint session of the assembl.
Fifty went to Senator fua, foui to
Geoige A Jenks and one to Congiess.
man Dalzell. Refoie the vote was taken
the Demociits and untl-guav Repub
licans absented thoin!ves trom the
house chnmbci. Tills bioke a quotum
and pievented the possible election ot
a senator.
Signalled the Bulfrana.
Covves, l-le "f Wight Feb 11 -The
T3tltltdi steamer Koordlstan, Captain
Simpson tioin Savannah, on Jan. id,
tor Hieinen. passed heie today and sig
nalled that she spoke the disabled
Hainbuig-Amcilcan line steamei Rul
g.ula. In 'ongitiulo I.: west She did
not mention the date the sieamet wus
signalled.
Photogra pliers' Convention.
Wilkes-R.ure.Feb. 13. The state con
vcmlcui of photogiapheis held Its tliot
session this evening. F, L Seavey, of
New Castle, delivered a lengthv ad
dies A committee on nomination
was appointed. PiofesHor Gillllth, ot
Detiult, Mich, spoke on nil After the
tinnsnctlon of some loiulne business,
the convention adioiuned until toinoi
low inoi nine.
Hali AcUi'e Victories
Milwaukee, Teb. 13. Hall Adll, the
Tuiklsh vviestlei, at the South Side
Athletic club tonight defeated Captain
Tom Shields. Pert Scheller and Tom
Cannon Inside of ninety mtiuitiw, ac
c 01 ding to agreement. Shields was
tin own twice tind Cannon and Schellei
onco each, The bouts weie catch-us-catch-cuii.
Pennsylvania Fostmasteis.
nHhlngton. Feb. 15. The senate to
day confirmed tho nominations of H.
L Hut, to bo postmaster at Hunting
don, Pu,, and T. J, Pileo at Uanvllle,
Pa
NICARAGUA
CANAL BILL
IS SETTLED
Fate of the Measure Is
Decided in Present
Congress.
SHELVED IN THE H0USB
Tho Lower Branch Refuses to Over
rido Decision of the Chair Doclar
clarlug tho Hepburn Amendment)
Out of Order Paity Linoai Wero
Not Adherred To Doings of tho
Senate.
Washington, Feb. 13. The house to
day settled the late of the Nicaragua
canal bill hi this congiess by refusing
to oveiilde the decision of the chair
In commitu? ot the whol" when the
chair held that the canal bill offeied
as an amendment by Mr. Ilepbuin was
out of oider. The lrlends of the Nic
aragua canal bill weie eiv viitilldent
yentetday and todav that they, would
be triumphant but after tour hours of
deoate the ch ilr was sustained 127-10'i.
Mr. Hnlley, the Democratic leader,
made an argument in favot of the view
that the amendment was In older. .Mr.
Grosvenor (Rep, 0. boie the burnt ot
the argument today In behalf ot the
'contention. Mesrs. Moody (Rep.,
Mass ), Docket v (D-m , Mo.Kand Flem
ing, of Geotgla, were pitted against
him. The debate thioughout the day
was exceedingly spiiited nnd In the
end a majority of the members tefused
to ovenlde the house rules No lecord
is made of the vote In committee ot
the whole. Patty lines weie not nd
heu d to, tho division in favor of, anil
in opposition to sustaining the chnii's
decision, being about equal on both
sides of the political aisle. About tea
pages of the bill weie disposed of to
duy. IN THE ti:x.vn:.
Tu the senate today Mr. Mcllneiy
(La.) as a question of personal privi
lege made emphatic denlul of the state
ment that his lesolution adopted by
the senate yestetday was inttoduced
in the Intel est of sugar growers of
Louisiana. He said he had not con
sulted the planteis about the lesolu
tlott und that as a matter of fact they
weie known to be opposed asi a body
to the ratification ot the peace, treaty.
A bill extending tin ' ecu dial apprc
c lation" of congress te Mls Helen Mil
ler Gould for her patilotlc set vices
dining the war and piovidlng that the
piesldent should piesent to her a gold
medal was passed.
Alter the executive session an ef
fott was made to obtain an agieoment
to hold an evening session to lead tho
Alaska code bill, but it failed.
The pit office appropriation bill was
lepoited and Mr. Quay (Pa.) gave
notice that he would call It tip for
consideration tomoirow.
PARDON BOARD'S WORK.
Geoige K. Van Horn Gets a New
Lease of Life.
HauKlilllg. Feb. 35 The ljiiaul of
pal dons oigiinr.ecl today by the elec
tion of Cdgar C. IW'ivvlg. leceuder;
(ieotge 1). Thoin, elcik, Hdwaicl G.
Robeits, uiesseiigui, and John Hamer.
serf eaut-.ii-.iim-. The boaid as now
constituted consists of Sectetaiv of thu
Commonwealth Gtic-t, Attorney Gen
eral J.lkln, Secmtarv of Internal Ar
faiis Latin and Lieutenant Governor
Gobln. Th case of George IC. X. m
Hum. of L.t ic.iw .1111111. under sentence
ot til st degiee murder, was continued
until the Maieh session. Pardons weie
leconimetidcd tin dain V. P.ettetsou,
of Yoik, aggia'-uted nsault and bat
teiy, and 11 M. Tiout, of Lancaster,
falsi pteiense.
Pardon, wen i tiwd Hauy M. Kerr,
01 Lawience, tobborv: Nathan Ruth
eriord. Philadelphia. Iniceny: Franklin
Smith unci Daniel Weslev, Yoik, 10b
berv and teei villi? "tohn goods. A
j le-heariiis was refused Mlltju Hiillei.
Jul Laneastei. felon. Tho case of
, Roman Van Looven, of Lireine. lai
1 cenv Robeti Sommer. Philadelphia,
ini -.piracy James Sullivan. Charles
Hovt and Wllfiam Devlin, Philadelphia,
lousplruev. weie held under advise
ment Thesi caes weie continued:
Jams Coniilly Centie, iiison: Neil
Deltlhh, Sehuylklll, accepting biibes
John T. Shields. Alleghenv, felonious
nshaull unil battel v: John N. Fort,
I'hihuldplilf. consplrae. and Hairy L.
Street, r'liiiaddphld lecelvlng stolen
goods, weie lonilnued.
JENKS HAS HOPES.
Claims to Bo in Good Shape and Will
Make No Unnecessaiy Move.
Haillsburg Feb 15 Geoige A.
Jenks the Demoeratu caucus nominee
foi I'nlted States sii,itoi. said tonight
nftei a conference with Congtessinan
eleet Sibley
We nie In guod shaiie and I see no
renson to Invite disaster bv making mi
unue.esaiy move. You know u map
needs no medicine when he Is not 111.
Mr. Sibley is pel hups entirely honest
lu ills convictions, but the best of men
sometimes get a wiong idea."
Pennsylvania Boys Graduate.
AVest Point, N. Y., Feb. 13.-S. D.
Kmblck, C Jl Hundei and Fred. H.
Kerr were the Pemisvlvanla boys In
the sixth class cadutH giaduated here
today.
t WEATHER FORECAST.
WashliiRton I'lh, I j Foiecnut
foi Thursday Forcasieni I'cnn
svlvanla, Increasing ilouillnes.-i with
snow or rnln: light to fresh wind?
- foi Thursday' For cisieni I'uin- -
-f- svlvanla, Incivmlug iloiullnes.-i with
f
f
becoming ornde-rlj.
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