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MONDAY MOUNLSU, FEBRUARY 20, 1899.
TWO CENTS.
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BUSY WEEK
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IN CONGRESS
Close Attention to the
Work Will Be Ne
cessary. TWELVE DAYS REMAIN
Scnatois Appieclate the Necessity of
Hushing Business in Order to Pic
vent an Extia Session The Army
Reorganization Bill and the Cen
sus Bill Are in Reality the Only
Measures of Importance Upon
Which Pinal Action Is Necessary.
Washington. Feb. lit. The week will
he a busy one In Hip senate. "With
only twelve d.un of the session loft,
nil senators npprcohilo tlio necessity
of veiy stili t ana close attention to
business In order to get tin ouch the
bills which nil admit must become laws
in order to pt event mi extia (osslon
of congiess Verv l.uely hns it oc
elli led that there have been so many
important ineastttes on the senate cal
endar mi shoit a time before the final
adjournment of the last session of a
congress Theie nte howoer, only
compaiatlvelv few of thco bills out
side the appropriation bill, which
must nre rssai Il be n ted upon before
adjoin p lent and If the senate disposes
of th- with the ime facility that j
it had used In getting lid of other im- ,
portunt bills during the past wek. (
the session will be closed up In good,
oi dei with time to spare. The army
leoiganUatlon bill and the census bill
nie In teallty the only two measures
aside from the npptnpilntinn bills Up
on which Until action would seem ah
solutelv neeessaty. The census bill has
p.i-scd both houses and Is now In con
leience and reasonably sure of enact
ment in some shape. The army bill
is jet to teeeive the attention of the
sen h Uthtr measines which will be
pies.ed to a certain extent nre the
Al.isl in i ode bill, the Hawaiian tei
lltmlii oiganizntion bill nnd various
mMipi bill pel tabling to Hawaii.
The Army Bill.
The contest over the army bill which
was picmilsed for last week was post
poned until the piesent week, largely
1 ei ius( the stoim of the first three
davs of the week prevented consider
ation of the bill bv the military com
mittee Senator Howiey, chairman of j
the committee on military affairs has
shea notice that he will seek to Iiiup
the bill taken up for consideintion inl
ine di.itol after the disposal of loutlnc
business on Monda.
He will ask for unanimous consent
to take the bill ill) nnd if this is re
fused will make a motion to this ef
fe t There Is no probaballty that the
bill will not be taken up, us the Dem
oeints as well n the Republicans con
ied tlTe necessity for some legisla
tion inci easing the army to cover the
piesent emetgencj. With the bill once
befoie the senate. Senator Coeku 11
Mill pi oc feci to gle the reasons of the
opposition to a peituanent increase in
the ai my and he will be followed by
othii senators In opposition, as long
an no disposition is manifested to
abandon at least some? poition of the
house bill. The ltnl point of differ
ence between tbe two sides of the
chamber is the cluiation of time for
Mhieh the Ineiease In the army is to
be made. The Republicans demand
that It shall be made permanent and l
the Demociats jefuse to make It mote!
than temporary. The latter declaiej
that thev will not abandon this pos-
ltlon and say that whatever is clone
must be clone with this undetstnndlng.
Home of the friends of the bill hap
suggcted the acceptance of the Hull
bill with an amendment making an'
im lease tor onli a specified time, but i
the Democrats geneially manifest nl
disposition not to accent this change,
as thej sa it would leave the way
open for tho Republicans to get the I
legislation thev want In the next 0011
gies i lepeallng the tempoiarv pro-
Irion
or the supply bills th" ternte now
las befoie It only the postofllce appio-
nrlatlon bill and the ilvei and hit nor
olll Of these the postotltee bill has ie
ielvd paitiai attention and the liver
and hnibor bill none It is epceted
tint the Fiinelr civil bill will piobablv j
arouse consldeiable discussion nnd '
Mteie will be an effoit to defeat the
Nicaiuguii canal amendment bt. th"
point ot ordei. Theie are still four im
oortant appropriation bills, namely,
the naval utm, fortillcatlons and ele
th Inn, v bill', which have lteen icetlied
fiom the house of repiesentutlves
Si-ritoi Culloni sny tie will make an
llmt to get up the general hill pto
riding a government for Hawaii, but
he ilinncr ol sinee nre veiy dlni.
Beimtot Pali banks will also undertake
o call tip the bill en ndlng the mitt-conti-ict
laboi laws to Hawaii, Theio
may be an efioit to amend this meas
ure and it nl-o may fall Senator Car
ei will continue to piess the Alaskan
)lll whi never oppoitunltv affords. The
sainpson-Srhle control c )- vill nl
1WM certainly t omp up in executive
lesslon ihe nutt-scalplng bill will b.i
abandoned Por the icst then- aie
main inlnoi bllN on the calendar,
which will give the senate plentv to
do when It Is not engaged with the
moie momentous iiuesttons. V.'edncs.
tlnj will be devoted to the reading of
Washington's farewell addus and to
f-iilogii jf on the late Senator Mori 111.
In the House.
I'ln hotfe enters upon the last two
weeks of the session tomorrow with
tluee appropriation bills the aimy.
foitlflcatlons and deficiency unacted
upon and tho naval bill but half com
oletcd The at my bill must he held
hucU until the senate decide? upon its
ouiso lelntlve io the reorganization
Dili but Is it not anticipated that either
of tli other bills will cause trouble.
aHnt
uatlon In the house has, how-
been greatly complicated by th"
Ion of the senate In placing the
.v&Mcni agua canal bill upon the river and
harbor bill as a rider. This will doubt
less precipitate a bitter fight in the
senate and may result In the loss of th"
bill Hut the failure of the rier and
harbor bill will not make an extia ses
sion Incumbent. But the. contest over
it will develop bad blood anil produce
filctlon which may make it nil the
more dlflleull to deal with Uip other
measuies which must of necessity pass
to avoid an cxtr.iordinaty session. The
conference rcpoits cm nil the bis ap
pioprlatlon bills are yet to be ndotited
and If the Semite loads pome of thenl
down as It fas the river and harbor,
stormy times In the houce are Inevit
able during the closing davs. The last
six eliys of the session fnttunntely are
suspension diys under which anv prop
osition can be forced to a vote after
twenty minutes' debate on a side. To
morrow is also suspension dav under
the rules and advantage will be take,'
of It to pass the bill for the raiment
of $20,000,000 to Spain to carry out the
terms of the Paris tieatv. lnd"r sus
pension of the mlcs, (intendments are
not in order, so that the hou" will have
no opportunity to vote upon nnv of the
numerous expressions of future policy
with which . it Ions member.' threaten
ed it. Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts,
and others gave notice of amendments
they would ak the house to vote upon
In connection with the appropriation
before It was stricken from the sundry
civil bill but they must now vote for
or against the appropriation as re
ported When controntod onlv with the al
ternative of votlnj nguinst the appro
priation, It is not likely that half a
dozen otes will be recorded against
it, although a decimation against the.
peinmneiit annexation of the Philip
pines would come well nigh the en
tire stiength of the Democratic and
Popullstlc opposition as well as some j
i.c-puuuiati vote. rite memuers in
terested In the public building bll.s
fn vot ably neted upon last week In com
mlU(.0 of th( ,,,. nave ,)C,MUllded
-,1(mKpi. Reed t0 Kh(, them an ,,,,,.
tunitv u, ,MS, thera ,n tnc j,mlse and
,JC wIIj tomorrow ,(.toCnlze Mr Mer-
ccr, chairman of the committee on pub
lic buildings and giounds, to move the
passage and suspension of n special
order Fettlng aside a day later in the
week for their consldeiation. (Chair
man Knox, of the committee on ter
ritorler, together with Mr. Hitt, chair-
i man of the foielgn affairs committee,
are insisting strenuously upon the lm
I perative necessity for the passage of
I the bill for the government of Hawaii
' nt this .session, and Speaker Reed and
I the committee on rules will give this
matter consldeiation early in the
w cek.
INTERESTS OF
ANGLO-SAXONS
Bankruptcy Awaits China in n Tow
Yeais Unless Aid is Received from
British and American Souices.
Chicago, Peb. 19 In his address at
th" Commercial club banquet last night
Lord Chailes Reresford raid:
In my opinion China Is certain to be
b inkrupt in three or four jears unless
tnev have a new seuico of levenue. They
have i. magnificent snuice ot revenue if
they would onl allow It to lie developed
If wc help them with tlitir army we f,et
otn ctild pro cpio and some tiling widen
gives a chance to nil the nations of the
world to Inv st tlteli capital in China and
develop her icsouucs That Is a clianc
which the two other great rowers would
have, which thej huvo not at present
elreat Hiltai'i does not want anything
of Ameile.i, and I im ver well certain
America vsants nothing out of Great Brit
Un. VVltv should we? We are absolutely
intermlngleil In tt.icle, in jour telegraph
o.'lces; in our rnilvvav shops, some In
England, some In America, Therefore
vvlt.it benefits England I behove must
beti"lit America What benefits America
believe must he milt England. The to-
1 till tiaele of Chlm, ns far as I can make
out, held by foielgn countries, is GofluOiWO
pounds. Of tint Great Britain owns 13
per cent , America IS I cr cent , the ottur
eouutrles divide the lemalning 3) per
e ent.
1 most earnestly hrpe tl at the settle-
inent of this question will make an ever
lasting friendship between the two gieat
English speaking nations
Wo are of the same blood: we have tlio
same llterottiie; we have thi. same laws;
we hive the same language. We have
the same, may I call It grand, honest sen
timents with legard to trade and com
meice and we have the same sentlmetus
with reg.u d to whnt is good to tho com
munity at large I believe if we keep tho
door open that we are adopting a policy
which is absolutelj fair and sr,uarc to
all the nations of tho e irtli and Is abso
letel!. good for China Itself I believe
thai we shall do good not only to trade
nnd commeice but to humanllv nnd f'hrls
tlinltv and th whole world at laige
GREAT NORTHERN
FLYER WRECKED
Tluee Men Aie Badly Injuied in
an Accident Near Wilson Creek,
Washington.
Spokane. Wash, Feb 1'). The Cheat
Noithcrn east-bound llei was wrecked
at 4 o'clock this moinlng near Wilson
Cieek, between tills city and Wenat
ehei Tluee men wete injuied as fol
lows: Engineer Woiks, leg btoken and
body bruised, Exptcss Messenger
Klinefelter, badly Injuied iiiternull .
Fli email Jones, scalded.
The accident l attributed to the
bpieadlng of the ialls. Tito engine and
tender turned over and some of the
passetiget cuts ami the baggage cai
were plied No passengers are lepou.
ed Injuied.
New Woild's Recoid.
San Kiantlsco, Ptb. 10 in the Ei i
greeu stakes, one und one-eighth mile,
at liisleslde truck ycsterda, McC.ifteuv's
Whateilou established u new- woild's uc
ord for heai lacing Ho ran It la l',
and l.M3 Tho best pievlous time wis
l.Tit, and 1 X made l'Jatirlcl at Sheep,
head Hay September 21 1S!) Gabllil had
ui) 112 pounds whiles Whaterlou cuiried Hi
pound in the raeo here jesttidaj
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Steamship Arrivals.
New Yotk, Feb. 19 -Arrived; Nocnyl
land. Antwerp; Campania, Liverpool; St.
Paul, Southampton; La Touialnc. Havre,
ilnvro Airived; La Chainpjlipe, New
York. uQeonrtrwn - Hailed- I'mbria,
ttrom Liven pool), New yoi,.
DEMONSTRATIONS
AGAINST LOUBET
(JUliLlblUJNM iltlWhiiW 111V All
FACTIONS IN PARIS.
Seilous Disorders Occur in Binsseil
Maxvllle Seveial Women Tinm
pled and Injuied Minor Disturb
ances Take Place in Vailous Parts
of Paris Pieparations for Fnure's
.Funeral.
Pails, Feb. 10. Police meusiues for
the ntalntenance of order have been
taken on an extensive scale and the
city is quiet. M. LoubPt did not quit
his residence at the kaixembouig un
til G o'clock this evening.
Townid 7 o'clock demonptiatlons oc
curred In ftont of the otllce of Sebas
tian Fame's nnatchlst p.ipei. the
Journal du Peuple, on the Roulevnrd
Montmartie, foi and against I.oubet,
There was a collision between the ilv
al factions and several poisons weie
Injured The partisans of the newly
elected president weie wotsted In tho
conflict and moved oft to the Cnbo Hre
bant, where thev were again attack
ed and ellspeised by their opponents.
Many arrests weie made.
Similar encountets occuired at about
S o'clock at the office of the mine
Parole
More seilous disorders occurred lat
er at the Hi asset 1 Maxville. em the
Boulevard Montmartie, whete several
women weie ti.unuled and iuluted.
A fracas also took place at the Cafo
eles Panoramas, whete blows wete free
ly exchanged. In both cases the po
lice Intervened onoigetlcally, intestine;
many.
At 11 o'clock an enormous ciowd was
denionstiatitig' In favor of M. Zola.
Toward night crowds broke the win
dows of the Rothehllels offices in the
Rue I.uffittee nnd another group
wtecked the offices of the antl-JuIf.
Minor disturbances took place In -various
parts of the city, but the crowds
gradually dispersed and at midnight
quietude had been almost restoied.
Tor Taure's I'uneml.
Tomorrow M. Dupuy, the premier,
will nsk the chamber of deputies to
vote 0,400 pounds ($12,000) lor the ob
poquics of M. Faure. This was the
amount voted for President Carnot's
funeral. Piesldent Eouhet, following
the precedent set by Piesldent Caslmlr
Peiler, will attend the obsequies.
M. Eoubet will preside at the first
cabinet council of the new adminis
tration Tuesdav.
In the course of the demonstration
the Dreyfusaids attempted to invade
the offices of the Petit Journal. Find
ing the doors bin red against them
they smashed the windows.
At the Hall of a Thousand Columns
seven bundled Eonapartists met to
protest against the election of M. Eou
bet. Speeches wete made by Rnion
T.e Goux, M Easies and M. Cuneo d'
Otnnno. Several persons who Inter
rupted the proceedings were ejected.
When the meeting broke up there wete
some slight dlsotders nnd several ar
rests were made.
On the advice of the medical atten
dants the temains of M Faure were
placed in the coffin this moinlng in
the piesencp of M. Dupuy This af
ternoon ciowds defiled past the bier
Madame Faure continues to receive
telegrams of condolence fiom mourn
ers In all parts of the world.
M. Eoubet is receiving a host of con
gratulatoiy telegiams. The Temps re
joices In his selection as ' the best pos
sible choice." The Journal des Rates
which Is more guarded, will wait to
see him actually nt wotk The Elbcrte
exhorts him to remove the impiesslon
that he was elected in the inteiests of
Dreyfus.
RIOT AT CHICAGO.
Two Thousand Men, Women and
Children Demolish a Theater.
Chicago, Feb. 19. A riot in which
two thouiwnd men, women and chil
dren took part occuired this afternoon
at the Star theater, Sedgwick and Di
vision streets, and befoie tho police
arrived the Intcilor of the theater had
been badly damaged
Scene! y which was to have been used
in the presentation of a play had been
tied UP by legal proceedings and after
the audience had waited until ISO p.
m. for the curtain to go up, many
began to clamor for the return of their
money. They weie lefused at the 1k
office and two minutes afteiwaids
chairs were broken in pieces and hurled
at the stage, chandelleis were broken,
carpets were turn up and the theater
and sidewalk outride was one mass of
lighting, yelling humanity. The clang
ing of the patrol wagon bells cleat t-d
the crowd in a hurry, howevet. Hi
ed in the atteinoon the money was
lefunded to those who ptesented cou
pons. ' '
HE INHALED GAS.
Suicide of Warner Edgerton Tuckcr
man, of Brooklyn.
(Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 10 Warner
1"M,rorr,n Tllphl 111.1T1 (1 ffwl "1 y. .......
4.1,. ,w.. ...,-...- .. , fc.,-ul?1.
or urooMvn. -. j , commuted sub ide
during last night by inhaling gas, in
his room at 1223 Race stieet. Tuck
et man left seveial letters On, 0f
the-se, nddiessed to his wile, indicated
that his domestic relations weie strain
ed. Another piece of paper bore the
names of his grandmother, .Mrs A 1.
Travur, il'ii Newklrk street, Philadel
phia, and his father, .1 P Tuckominn.
ol Utlca, N. Y. Mis. Trayur last saw
Tuckerman alive on Saturday, when
ho gave him money to pa his loom
rent.
He came to this city nbout a month
ago and wan etnplojed as an edvei Us
ing solicitor by a local llini of lltho.
Biaphers.
Peruvian Prosperity.
Llliiu Pe I ii, via Galveston, Te, Fell "
The Peruvian government Is about to
publish In English a pamphlet giving a
synopsis of the commercial statistics m
Peiu during tho hist three cars. It Is
extremely interesting showing an in
crease on levenues generally nnd a ."I
ter cent, iticietiso In exportation both
due, the government will cl dm to pence
land a.u honest administration.
BURIED IN CULM.
Mai tin Feelcy, of Hawley, Meets a
Terrible Death While Digging for
Coal.
Special to tho Sen.ntoii Tilbnne
Hawley, Pn , Feb. 19 Martin Fee
ley, youngest son of William Feeley, of
this place, met with sudden death at
3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Stanley
Parker and Feele.v were engaged in
digging coal out of n culm pile owned
by tho Pennsvlvanla Coal company
near the Delaware and Hudson canal
basin, when suddenly there came a
full of frozen debris which burled Fee-
lej and pinioned Parker's legs so that
he could not extricate his companion.
Parker called for help, which was
quickly lesponded to by a. lot of men
who worked desperately fot twenty
minutes before they could release Fee
ley, who was pionounced dead by a
physician
Patker escaped with a slight bruise
on his leg. Feeley will be bulled Tues
day moinlng.
ARMY MEASURES
TO BE CONSIDERED
The Hull Bill Will Be Reported with
but Few Amendments by Its
Chairman, Senator Hawley.
Washington, Feb. 13. The following
statement fiom the war department on
pending army legislation and the needs
of the service was issued today with
a icquest for Its publication:
'On Monday the senate will take up
what is now conceded to be the most
Impolt.int subjei t before congress
the i rot sanitation of the regular ar
my. The militaiv committee has sub
mitted two bills for Its consideration.
One of these, (known as the Hull bill), i
Is reported with but few amendments
by Its chaliiuati. Senator Hawley, an
ccpeit in mattci s relating to military
organization. It has been perfected by
the committee, Including the Demo
ciatlc membets in seveial partlculais,
the most noteworthy and valuable
being pel haps the provision increasing
the corps of cadets by one hundied
and Insuring an ndeciunte source of
supply for vacant second lleutenanch ".
The mensute preset ves the present or
ganization and slightly strengthens the
cavalry, augments the artillery and or
ganizes that aim on a scientific basis
suited to our conditions; gives the in
fantry the mue li needed three battalion
oiganizatlon und makes only such ad
ditions to the staff as nie absolutely
indispensable.
'Fnder Its piovisions, entrance to
any bt.mch of the aimy cannot be ob
tained until after the candidate for a
commislon has demonstrated his llt
ness for It to the satisfaction of a
commission examining Ininrd, Theie is
a clause empowering the president to
extend or contiact the enlisted strength
accoidlng to the necessities of the coun
try, piovidlng for the first time a
scheme adopted long since for all mod
em European military systems
"The other bill H biought foiwaid
1 Senatoi Cockiell. Us Hist section
dlieuts the dlsbandment of the volun
tooraiin within a specified period af
tet the peace tteaty shall have been
l.ititled b Spain. Sections two and
tluee eontnlns its ptlnelpal provisions.
I5y the foimor authoilty Is confened
for continuing the tegular army at its
war stiength until Jul 1, 1001, while
the third section authorizes the inci
dent to iale military forces to the
number of :!3,000 In Cuba, Porto Eko
and the Islands ot the Paciilc, to bo
known, respectively, as the aimy of
Cuba, the aimy of Porto Rico und the
army of the Islands of the Pacific1, to
be composed of the Inhabitants of such
islands.
The criticism that has been passed
upon the depuitment has been the ab
sence of sufficiently trained staff offl
ceis. The Cnckrell amendment would
peipetuate this alleged lameness
Should his bill be passed Into law,
the ndjutant. inspector, ciiaitennastei,
subsistence, medical and pay depart
ments would be left with only the bare
skeleton of staff organisations that wo
have had for the administering of af
falis In the Fnitcd States alone pre
vious to the declaration of war with
Spain.
The leturns of the wai depaitment
show the stiength ot the regular iiiiny,
at this time, to be only a few less than
slsty thousand enlisted men. Of theje
theie are neatly 14,000 In Cuba and a
like immbei In. oi en route to the Phil
ippines, and in Porto Rieo i,r,hti leav
ing the total enlisted men of the tegu
lai .ii mi In the Fnlted States L'l.OuO.
Of these 3,000 nie held In ieadlne for
despatch to iclnforce the army at Ma
nila. This would leave the total enlist
ed stiength of the army within the
United States less than lS.OM or neaily
4,000 less than Is necesaiy to furnish a
single telief to man the guns now on
our sea coast foitlflcatlons. It would
compel the abandonment of all our
posts in tho intet loi. would strip the
Indian country of troops and leaw
none to supply the leimliements of an
exigent i ondltlon.
The Hawley bill fixes the peimanent
military establishment at the minimum
of r,0 00i. a force that I smaller in pio-
poitlon to population and wealth of
countiv than llxeil b uny other act
of congress
The bill icpoited by fenator H.iw lev
pi ov Ides only fot the ab'olute needs
of the seiviee on lines ot wPilenov and
econntnv H was at tin Instance of
Mr. Hull prepaied under the tutper
vision of the adjutant gene ml ot th-s
uuny, of General Sehwan, Colonel Car
ter, Majors Hiesuind, Johnston and
Slmpon oflicers of long service and
high ability. The passage of the Haw
lev bill would give promotion to officers
that have enrned it by the hardest kind
ot frontier and battle service. Other
wise our gallant ofl'tets must go with
out lew in el beyond a senso of duty well
done.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, Feb. 10 These Pqiinsyl
vmla pensions hnvo been issued. Orljl
ti.il widows, etc Mai y McDonnell, Avocn,
Lueine, $8 Original Charles S. Kin
Athens, Htitdferd, : Albert C. Pollen,
South Gibson, Susqucluimui, (3 to W.
NEW BLOOD FOR
THE LACKAWANNA
IN-COMING PRESIDENT WILL
MAKE CHANGES.
Superintendent Reasoner, of the
Morris and Essex Division, Intends
to Retiie Ho Is Well Advanced
in Years and Is Perfectly Willing
to Lay Down the Burdens of His
Officer Radical Changes to Be
Made in the Coal Department.
New Yotk, Teb. 10 W H Trtles
dale, who on Thtltsday will be elected
president of the Deiawatc, Eackawnn
iio, and Western ruilroad, will do wine
extensive shaking up as soon as he be
gins his duties as piesldent Ho was
at the offices of the company in Ex
change' 'Place lust week and impressed
those who o,iw him as a man strong
lndlvidunllv and with great force ot
c haracter.
Many of the men who are largely In
terested In the Eacrtawatm.i believe a
general shaking will be beneficial and
Mr. Tiuesdnl'i was selected president,
for one reason, because he can do this
honeatlv for he will be unhampered by
lies of anv kind.
When Piesldent Sloan letfics he will
be followed veiy shortly by A Reason
er, the superintendent ot the Moirls &
Essex division, whose headquarters are
at Hoboken. He Is a capable and con
servative rail! oid man, but is well
advanced and is perfectly willing that
some younger man should be given an
oppot Utility of looking after the New
York end of the Etcknwanna svstem.
A number of changes of minor Import-
1 mice will follow the retltemcnt ot Su-
peilntendcnt Keasonet.
There will be a radical change in the
management of the coal deportment
and new men will shortly be found at
tho head of It In the offieeq in this
cty thelP , u 1)0ef tnat 1he lnll0(iuc
tlon of some new idous In tne manage
ment of the ast mining intjrerts ot
the company would be a good thing
and it Is the Intention to find out
whether or not there la any merit in
this belief.
A change that will aftect the head of
th coal department will naturally be
felt all along the line and carry Innu-
mctable changes and Innovations with
It
Alt. Tiuesdale, It Is hinted at ex
change place, will furnish manv god
newspaper stotles during the fitst few
months of his occupation of th" ofllco
of president of the Lackawanna.
HORRORS OF THE
ALASKA TRAIL
An Unsuccessful Attempt to Rescue
a Piospecting Party Shoe Strings
Eaten by Dogs.
Seventy Mile River, Alaska, Feb 20,
via Seattle, Wash., Feb. 19. Lee Pate,
Julius Hteinbeig and J. A. Ritchie, of
Montreal, have returned here from an
unsuccessful effort to relieve a pirty
of prospe ctors at the head of the Por
cupine ilvcr. They were gone over six
weeks1 and suffoied seml-stnivatlon, as
they took piovisions for thirty clays
only. For six days they were prac
tically w ithout food All their snow
shoo lacing-' and spaie skins were fed
to the dog Ritchie, who led the re
lief pait, had been a member of the
paity that was to be rescued. It con
sisted of Ritchie. 1. A. McPhee, of
WInbeig Ray Moffntt, of Pembroke,
Out., Philip ISIllneu, of Duluth, and
Alex. Holmes, of Piesno, Cal, They
went In o.r the Edmonton route and
last fait found themselves at the head
waters of the Poicupine river, too Into
to descend In boats. Without a guide
thej started across the country to the
Yukon, L'OO miles away. Holrries' feet
were frozen at the outset. Relieving
himself to be able to continue the Jour
ney he dclded to so Into camp at Fish
Hi. inch, on the upper Porcupine, and
tiust to getting enough salmon through
a hole hi the Ie to keep off starvation
until help should come. Moffatt and
Rillneu remained with Holmes. Rit
chie and MnPhee with four dogs, push
ed on tor iclief. Five days later their
food gave out and thev weie reduced
to the iteessiti of toasting five beaver
hides and eating them one after an
othet Aftei the end of ten das they
leached a cabin at the mouth of Rig
Sheep ereek, where they found Pate
and Slernbeig Pate. Sternberg and
Ritchie stalled In a few days to le
lieve Holmes ami his companions with
the lesult above stated. They found
the ewinp at Fish Htanch, wheie Mof
fatt had left a note saying that they
hal beeu unable to leplenlsh their sup
pl of game nnd llsh, and, fearing that
assistance might lx delayed In reach
ing them had decided to attempt the
return trip to Pa Plerte Souse, some
200 miles down the Porcupine. Rit
c lite thinks they were able to make
the trip, though they staited with so
little food that tliey would have to
eat some of their dos, of which they
had tluee.
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
An Engineer Caught in the Wreck
and KllloJ.
Ievliuwii, Pa, Fob 19, A disas
lious head-on collision ocniueel heto
last nlsht A fi eight tialn fiom Sun
bur nariu'd into a shitting engine
at the not tli end of the Juniata river
bridge and the engines and two box
cars weie- wieikeei Engineer Jncl:
Weil,!, of the ftelght tialn. was caught
In the wreck and lecelved Injuries
which caused his death
Fli email Cupper Jumped fiom the
side of the hish abutment and the snov
aved him from injury The shifting
engine kept the track and the foice of
the colllblon diove It half the length
of the bridge.
Tiansport Berilu Airives.
New York. Feb 11 The United States
tiansport Hcriln ai rived this morning
fiom San .Turn, Ponce via Santiago, Feb.
11. Slio biought ninety. km ui disclurged
soldiers and passcngois, among the lat
ter being Major (lenetnl .Montrose Clra
hum unit daughter Tim lleilin will an
chor off Llbeity Island.
THE NEWS THIS M0BNLVU
Weather Indlcatloni loilayt
Pairs Warmer.
General Soldiers Suffer from tho Heat
at Manila.
Poiecast of the Week In Congress.
Lord lleresford's Views on Unity ot
British and American Interests.
Demonstrations Against Franco's New
President.
General Cubans Ate Willing to Accept
Amei lea's Offer.
Financial and ConuneiLi.il.
Local Sermon In Elm Park by Dr.
John Robeitson
Judge Smith's Opinion in the Gibbons
C'use.
Editorial.
News and Comment.
Loral Tomort ow's Election
Annual Meeting of the Mcrattton Club
Counterfeiter Cnpturud in Dutinioie.
Local Wet Rer.inton and Suburban.
News Round About Seranton
Lnenl JikIro Smith's Opinion In tho
Gibbons Caso (Concluded).
BICYCLIST MILLER
AHEAD OF HIS RECORD
Scenes nt the Close of the Six Day
B'cyclo Race at San 1'rancisco.
Tho Jaded Athletes Struggle for
Honors.
San Francisco, Fell. 19 No men wel
comed moio heartily tho approaching
close of the contest than the dozen
tomalnlng contestants In the interna
tional six dav bicycle race at Mechan
ics' pavilion when at 6 o'clock tonight
they entered upon tho last halt dozen
boms of this remarkable test of en
durance. Nothing but the nenraess of
the finish and the stimulus of a cheer
ing ctowd could have kept the men at
their task .
Human endurance had reached the
point where reason deserts the body
and total collapse was Imminent
Miller deserves his victory and his
lecord probably will stand for e.irs
to come. No pievlous contest has been
so stubbornly contested from statt tJ
finish nnd no similar numlxu- of men
navo snow n sucn piucK anu enuuiunce. , Ushinon, some of whom nte accompnn
Enoimous crowds remained in the led by their wives. While it is unlike
pavilion throughout Saturda night lj that the natives of the locality will
and Sunday. haim them It is feaied that others from
It was a noisy hut sympathetic and , distant piovlnces might wreak cn
Impartial ctowd, urging and encoutag- geance at their expense,
lug each rider in turn. Theie was in view of the fact that the eneiuv
plenty of enthusiasm, too, when Miller, ' ale concentrating on the American
at the end of his 127th hour, lode his night flank, pieparations weie madu
two thousand mile In 2.25 3-5 unpnocd. I last night to give them a warm recep
At half pasrt. C o'clock this moinlng tlon in the event of attack. General
Miller was 14 houts and 19 minutes Ovenshlne's line, consisting originally
ahead of his New Yolk record. of the North Dakota volunteers, the
As the day wore on sprinting became Fouiteenth infantry and two troops of
tnfieeiuent, except in the cases of Navvn , the Fourth envahy, tretchlng from th
and Barnabv, who were repente8y beach at Camp Dewov to General
charged with energy by an electric bat-1 King's right, was reinforced by two
tery, and came out to exhaust their
false vitality in a wild sprint.
The light ot the last half dozen hours
has been between Fredericks and
Aaronon for second place. For a time
It seemed as if Fredericks would suc
ceed In overhauling the Swedish rider,
but with the assistance of Julius pac
ing, Anronson made a game ride
thioughout the atternoon and evening
and nbout 7 o'clock apparently hail
second place to a ceitaintv.
Olmm went down the line today.
dropping mile after mile to Aaronon
and Fredericks. Glmm was unable to
oveicome his physical weakness ihoiigh
he tried hard to do so. Hale was in
bad shape mentally all day. He Imag
ined himself riding to San Jose. His
physical condition was good, however,
and he Kept steadily at work
Miller is a marvel of endutaiice It
may be said of him too, that he has
used his head as much as his muele,
in this supreme test of endurance. He
has been systematic thioughout the
i ace. His periods of rest have been
short and at freciuent Intet vals. He
did not continue at the steady grind
until he became elitltely exhausted be
fore seeking a rest; but at "tatecl
times, would leave the ttack for nis
diessing room where his trainet gave
him attention for periods ranginr lroir
13 minutes to half an hour Unlike
some of the other riddts, Miller seldoin
made pace but always kept close in
the tear of the stronger ridei, whom he
would follow like a shadow. Py this
system he wore down Giinm, who was,
until th" beginning of the fifth day. be
lieved to bo his most formidable ad- I
versaiy. Miller's ankles gave him
great trouble. His left ankle was kept i
tightly bandaged fot the last IS hours
of the race and muvt have caused tho
plucky fellow great ngony. His face
looks diawn and funowed, but on the
whole he was In falily good shape.
Scote at end of the one hundred and
foitv-second hour, i.34 p. in.: Miller,
2,190 3; Aaionson, J l.lb.ti; Fiedeiicks,
2,054 I. Glmm. 2.0C0. Rale, 2 031 i.
Nuvvn, 2,0J5.i;, Alliens, 1211: Rain-
ab, 1.TS7. Pilklngton. l.TJiil Law-
son, 1,031.2; Ashlnger, 1,500.3 Julius,
1.39J 2.
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TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Sacramento, Cal.. Feb li The nftj
sKth ballot jesterdav toi Called States
binatoi ii suited in a gain of one vole tor
llird ami a kiss ot one loi tluiit
All.utovvn Pa., Pel) r-A touv hots",
powet beiiln at the Kioll iiniiituie works
Ulcvv up vesteidav iiunioun lmJI
wurling tlto plant and klllliiK Eiunte
AhMiiidii aged .'.0 ve.m
llufialii Feb Vi Tin? Hituin plimt In th
big lljin mills ot Urban li. Co. wjs shut
down tudai and In reafM the tii.ichlneiv
will be. driven by eleetiiclt) Kcler.ued jt
Niagara Fall
Ito. khiuil M-. i'eb is -M s Albert
levlr and In I bi-ve.ii-oiil slep-duugh-let
weie inunleu U last night at ihu vil
lage of Washington by Albeit Heyler
who nit their tluoitts wltli a razor. T.'iu
poi ii y liifiuiltv is assigned as the epli
nation of the vllmi
nhhmoiid, Va I'eb 19 -Captain It.
Tali cut, Fnlted States .nglueei In charge
of Hie James Jtlvei Improvement works,
died siiddiiilv at noon yesterday.
Omulin Feb 19 i lie jui in the case
of Andiew Dupotn (hunted with murdei
brought In n vrdlti of not guilt. Im
port and William Wnlkei engigeel In u
spirting contest nt South Omaha Inst
October und Walker died of Injuries le
celved In tho contest,
Pnttstown, Pa . Feb, 19. The Ellis and
Lehigh Steel and Iron company bus post
ed a nottco of an Increase of wages for
thelt puddler from J2 2" to V V) pci ton,
tlio saint to go Into effect April 1.
THE HEAT
AT MANILA
IS INTENSE
Rebels Are Active in the
Vicinity of Guadalupe.
SHELLED BY GUNBOATS
The Buffalo's Seaichllght Discovers
the Insurgents Unusually Activo
in tho Evening Along the Shore.
But They Rethe After a Tew Vol
leysWith the Exception of the
Poit of Hollo Trade with Philip
pine Forts is Blockaded.
Manila Feb 19 .! p m The Califor
nia volunteei abandoned Ciuid.ilupe
chinch at .".o'clock this morning, which
had been set on fire, and ret lied to Ran
Pedio Macatl The lebel still hold th
cottptiy In the vlelnltv of (Sundalupe,
Paslg and Pntero, despite tin- efforts
ot the gunboats to dislodge them from
the tlingle on both sides of the river
The heat Is Intense and Is Increasing
peiceptlbly daily Under piesent con
ditions it Is Impossible to piovide shad
foi the ttoops in certain parts of th"
line, particularly MucAtthtti's division
King's brigade is abo exposed from
Sun Pedio Macatl to Cullctill, where
It loins ovenshlne's brigade.
Mr Hlgglns, the manager of the Ma
nila Dagupan lalltoad, Is believed to
b safe at Bayambang, although no
communication has been lecelved from
him since Feb. 9 He wa then housed
at Mr. tiaik's place, with his wife
and family and about six other Eng-
, battalions of Oregon -volunteers and
iniee iroops or ine i out in cavalry a
infauti.v.
Buffalo's Seaichllght.
The RufL.lo's seaichllght discovering
the rebels unusually active about 10
o'clock in the evening, signalled the
flagship for pet mission to lite upon
them, nnd, till- being ginnted, bom
baidcd the enemv's ti one lies for twen
ty minutes. 'lite o'lly effect of the fir
was uppaitntlv to drive the lebels fur
ther Inland
lie one a few ineffectual vollevs ft otn
the lienches which weie letuined with
intetcst the ertemv was undenionstia
tive and all is quiet alone; the lest of
the Hue
Scouts i hiim to have ecn Oneial
Pi o del Pilat, who commanded the ib
tis at Paco, with lib aim in n sling
diieeting tlio ttoop General Mapte
negio, the Insuigent lomniar.dei-in-eitlet.
is tepoited to be petsonall con
ducting the movements in fiont of (P-n-cial
Kings line at San Pedio Macatl
The signal coips li aiiangi.ig signals
with the. navy tor futuie epeiatlons on
the left
With the ev option of the poit of Ho
llo tl.lde wlt'l Philippine potts is Still
blockaded
CASUALTIES AT MANILA.
Repoits of Major General Otis to the
War Depaitment.
Washington, Feb 19 Major Geneial
Otis lepoits to the war depaitment un
der tocV.iv's date the following deaths
In his c oniimuid:
Mnttllu Feb 11 1V''i
Folluning chain since last wclUI n
port Feliiiuiv 5 I'llvj tes Dinlel E White
C Elghiei nth lilauti... Hollo, malarial
level unci pin i lunula l.'tli-Damlan
Cios-niau. c, Pltsi Wu-lilngtoii, ehronl
dial i hot a, Htli cvintiils.u.v Scigeant Ar
tliur ,1 Smith fnlted Slates legulars. ie.
tiled iie.nl tjililte. ISlli- Coipotul II
sou M INbrtn I' 1 list Smith Uil.oia
variola lTlti Private J.iiob Stcsen, II
Tweuiv-iliiid lut.iutiv he.ttt full me un
iler eliliiiotoiiu dhil of wounds le'telved
In ulloti
Twelfth-Privates Cl.iicure cl, lltlgg.
band, f'list .Montana Iliutio L Putzkir,
K. Tlilnl iiilllleri 13th Willlnm It. Moy.
crMck, L. Flit Montana lOtli-Joliu J.
Campbell M, First Montunu.
Clcueinl Otif rt pen is the lollovvlng uilett
tlon.il lasiuiltlis
Manllu. Peb l'
Iirt WiihliiRton Wounded, 17th, Ser
geaiHs lleno I) Hoppe sllglif l.etoy I.
eiilelcls, L moderate Cuipoial Ed wind 1
Smith Private IMwanl S Dvei lleniv
C Mullen Iniiued mghtlv eplnson
i-.pi liihlield rllle 17i h lost
Shirt Company Assigns.
Leornlnstei M.i Feb. 1) The Leo
minster Slilit company his niaile un as-t-rumnettt
to 1) Curtis Nlikeisou. The
UaDlUtifH arn ll'fleW the b, avlest ci ed
itors iietrtK Nnv "lull, pu ties. The com
ttjuy was st und cUhtcui ve.nsngo. and
for u long time emploed wni bauds, mak
lug f.u0 doztn shins a vnk
'Zim" a Candidate.
Tiov. N Y Feb li -It Is ntticiallv an.
noVtliee'd hero tonight that Arthur A. ,1m
merman, of 1'inhihl N .1., Is a caudl
Jatn for Hie elialrnmnshlp of tlio raeteg
enminitteo of the League of Ametli in
Wheelmen us the nut censor of Chaiimin
Moti
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4- WEATHER FORECAST.
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Washington, Feb 1 . Porccast -f
f foi Miindui : For eaten I'rnnsyl-
- vanla, fair: warmer, frcli to brisk
-f snuthetly winds. -f
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