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SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS.
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SPEAKER FARR
VINDICATED
His Interpretation of the
House Rules Is
Recognized.
THE TABLES ARE TURNED
Mr. Fow, or Philadelphia, One of the
Leaders in tho Hump Proceedings
of Last Week, Moves for the Sup
pression of the Adjournment Rule,
Thereby Admitting Its Existence,
nnd Practically Katlfying the
Speaker's Position.
Special to tha Scranton Tribune.
Harrlsburg, March 10. This was
Speaker Farr's day at Harrlsburg. He
hml the extreme satisfaction of hav
ing his action of Inst Friday in declar
ing the house .adjourned, and which
caused ho much tumult, ratified by the
Iioubb this morning. .Mr, Vuorhecs, of
Philadelphia, called for the! order of the
day, namely, the adjournment of the
house In accordance with the rulu of
the house for. Friday morning's ses
sion. Immediately there was a lining
up for a skirmish among tho anti-Quay
members'' wlio had taken part In tho
revolutionary proceedings last Friday
morning, and it looked for a time as If
there would be another scene. Hut tho
speaker wan undismayed. He told the
house that the rule was there. It was
the creation of the house Itself for Its
own government, and it was the duty
of the speaker to enforce It unless
unanimous consent was Riven for their
infringement, that a jolnt of order
could not be raised against a rule that
uljourncd the house nny more than It
could he rained against the Constitu
tion. Finally, Mr. Fow, of Philadelphia,
who was one of the loudest in the rump
proceedings, moved the suspension of
the rule, thus admitting Its existence
land practically ratifying tho speaker's
Iposltlon. This was defeated and
Ispeaker Fair, as done by hlni Inst
Friday morning, declared the house ad
journed In accordance with Rule 5fl,
and the house very quietly accepted
the situation, thus admitting that he
was right last Friday.
Cause of the Trouble.
Xo man here with any legislative ex
perience or parliamentary knowledge
ever questioned the correctness of
Speaker Fan's position. The trouble
arose from the fact that the adjourn
ing of he house at that time was not
satisfactory to the anti-Quay people,
and they, took advantage of It to make
a great fuss In their newspapers and
i -iivey tho Impression that they wore
being barbarously treated: that Speak
er Farr had been unfair, arbitrary, had
adjourned the house w ithout any right
or precedent to back him, all of which
was untrue and appears to have been
put out for effect and create sentiment
to strengthen them in their unholy light
against Senator Quav. But it Is be
ginning to operate ngalnst them, nnd
the eyes of the people arc being opened
to the desperate means that are being
used to crush Senator Quay.
Most of the members who took jiart
In the revolutionary proceedings last
Friday are heartily ashamed of their
action. They now realize that they
were being used by the anti-Quay lend
ers to raise a row for effect. Speaker
Farr may well be gratified with the
vturn of affairs today, l(e lias been
i scandalously abused and misrepresent
ed by some of the Philadelphia pupers,
but he wasn't to be frightened, and
this morning by waiting for his time,
conscious that he was right, nnd not
afraid to do his fluty, completely
turned the tables on those who sought
to humiliate him. His friends, and ho
has a host of them who admire his grit
and determination, were delighted with
the events of the day.
THE SLIM ATTENDANCE.
Little Business Other Than Reading
Bills Transacted.
13 Associated Pros.
Harrlsburg, March 10, So slim was
tho attendance In the senate this morn
ing that little business other than read
ing bills for the first time was trans
acted. Chairman John H. Fow, 'of the legis
lative committee to Investigate the
charges of alleged bribery in connec
tion with the consideration of the Mc-
uarrcn jury umi in tho house, tiled a
preliminary report this morning In the
house. The report follows:
"Your committee to Investigate al
leged charges of bribery In reference
to legislation before tills body do re
spectfully report that, owing to tha
nature nnd character of the ovldenoo
presented nnd to be presented, Jt will
be Impossible for them to conclude their
labors by March 13, the time fixed by
resolution of your honorable body.
They therefore ask that tho time of
their filing a final report bo extended
to March 27, 1899."
On motion of Mr. Marshall, of Alle
gheny, tho tlmo of filing tho report was
extended.
The Creasy tax conference bill, as
amended, was reported from the ways
und means committee. Tho bill levies
a one mill tax on manufacturing cor
porations, Increases tho foreign Insur
ance company premium tux from two
to four per cent, and places a five mill
tax on the now authorized capital stock
)f artificial sus companies, Mr. Has
Hon, of Venango, Introduced n bill ap
propriating JlB.000 for the erection of
A bronze statue of Governor Curtln on
the cnpltol grounds In this city, the de
sign to be solicited by a commission
composed of Governor Stone, Colonel
A. K. McClure, of Philadelphia; Hen
Jamln F. Meyers, of JIarrlsburg; Col
onel E. A. Irvln, of Clearfield j J. It,
Ross Thompson, of Erie, nnd Ilobert
Henderson, of Carlisle.
Tax on Real Estate.
Mr. Hosklns, of Erie, presented n
bill providing that for tho fiscal years
beginning tho first Mondays of June,
1M9, 1900, there shall be levied on the
real estate a tax of two mills on tho
dollar to bo paid Into the state treasury
on or before the first day of December
of each of tho years mentioned. The
money derived from this tax shall be
distributed to the school districts pro
rata for tho number of teachers reg
ularly employed for nn annual school
term of not less than seven and one
half months In schools where the en
rollment Is not less than fifteen nunlls
and the number In regular average Is
not less than thirteen. Xo district
shall share In the distribution of this
money that does not raise a local school
tax of not less than two mills on the
dollar. In exceptional cases where tho
local conditions ore such as In tho opin
ion of tho state superintendent of pub
lic instruction, the attorney general
and tho pecretaVy of tho common
wealth. It Is absolutely necessary to
provide a school for a less number of
pupils than indicated In the proposed
act, In which case the committee named
may give the district such share in
the fund as the committee deems ap
propriate. The Kecgan coal bill, providing that
miners shall be pnld by weight, was
mndo a special order for second read
ing next Tuesday nnd third reading on
Wednesday.
THE VOTE FOR SENATOR.
Harrlsburg. March 10. The vote today
for United States senator follows:
Quay P.
.Teaks 37
Dalzell 9
Stone 4
Stewart 6
Irvln 4
IlufC fi
it ICO 1
niter 2
Tubbs 1
Mnrkle 1
Crow 1
Wldcner :i
Total IIS
Necessary to a choice, CO; paired and
not voting, 135. No election.
SENTENCE SUSPENDED.
Judge Gregory Decides to Give Mrs.
Cody Her Freedom.
Albany, N. Y., March 10. Judg.3
Gregory announced this afternoon that
ho had decided to suspend i-entcnce in
the case of Margaret K. Cody, who was
found guilty of blackmailing the Gould
heirs, by the jury here yesterday. In
announcing his decision he said.
"Mrs. Cody, the eldence hns con
vinced me thnt you are guilty beyond
question, yet I feel that In view of the
jury's unanimous recommendation to
mercy and the popular sentiment which
favors it, that I am justified in follow
ing their suggestion and suspend sent
ence In your case. You are free to go
en your own recognizance."
It Is understood that the jury's rec
ommendation was on account of the
prisoner's age and for no other reason.
Miss Helen Gould has made no effort
to influence the court's decision one
way or the other. Asked if she had
anything to say before sentence was
paed, Mrs. Cody answered: "I am In
nocent, sir."
She left at 1C o'clock tonight for Den
ver, Colo., where her daughter lives.
The latter forwarded the money for
her transportation.
DAWSON'S LUCK.
An Alaska Gold-Seeker Has a For
tune in India.
Chicago, March 10. While seeking In
Alaska the means of becoming rich, a
fortune of $200,000 awaits Reginald
Dawson In India, When Dawson went
to tho Klondike last year he was un
aware of the wealth which Is his, and
lawyers and detectives are endeavor
ing to communicate with him to notify
him of his good luck. Dawson was tho
husband of Ellen Archibald Dawson,
for whom lawyers In Calcutta, London,
New York and Chicago have been
searching for three years.
Mrs. Dawson died three years ago In
San Francisco. She was the daughter
of George Archibald, of Calcutta, In
dia, i ho disinherited her when she
married Dawson in 18S8. Archibald
died a couple of years ago. Prior to
his death ho relented and made his vlll
in favor of his daughter or her chil
dren. If she were dead. The estate to
which Dawson Is heir, his wife having
died childless, consists of 30,000 in
real estate and 10,000 personal prop
erty. Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, March 10. Theso Pennsyl
vania pensions have been Issued: In
crease David W. Webb. Aba, Ilr.idfnrd,
$17 to J2t; John T. Mlddaugh, New Mil
ford' Susquehanna, 317 to lit; Alexander
L. Douglass, llollenbadv, ISraUford. $12
to II"; George J. fluid, Towundu, JIG to
JI7. Original widows Hannah Kverson,
Montdale, I.ackawanna, K Restoration
and Increase Jeremiah Evunson, dead,
Montdale, Lackawanna, 4i to S; Levi
Wells, Spring Hill Firadford, $10 to ..
Will Demand Higher Wages.
Cleveland, O., March JO. Oltlclalu of
tho National Metal Polishers', Plater'
nnd Brufs Workers' unions, with head
quarters In this city, stato that fifty or
giuilzcrs have been sent to the larger
cities throughout tho country in order to
strengthen their organization for a g
light for higher wages. They will demand
and ndvnnco from 15 to 0 per cent.
New Castle Works Resume.
New Castle, Pa., March 10,-The Atlan
tic Iron and Strol company resumed op
erations in full today after a long Idle
ness. Tho firm employos several hundred
men and signed the amalgamated scale.
Adopts Third Rail System.
New York, March 10, The Manhattan
Railroad company has definitely udopted
the olectrlo third rail system for tho op
erating equipment of the elevated road.
Pig Advancing,
rittsbttrg, March 10. rig Iron was quot
ed today at W4.15 per ton, an udvunco of
SI since last week,
MORE TROOPS FOR
GENERAL OTIS
THE GRANT REACHES MANILA
WITH GEN. LAWTON.
Forty-Two Officers and 1,710 Men
with Him Tho Filipinos Subsid
ing Tho Weather Cooler Rebel
Incendiaries Terrorlzo the Inhab
itants of the Village of Pandncnn.
Manila, March 10. Rebel Incendiaries
landed nt the village of Pandacan last
night, for the purpose, It Is alleged, of
terrorizing those of the Inhabitants who
do not sympathize with tho insurrec
tion. A number of native houses were
destroyed.
The United States transport Grant,
which sailed from New York .Ian. 19,
having on board Major General Law
ton, the fourth Infantry and n battalion
of the Seventeenth Infantry, arrived
this morning. '
With 4.he exception of San Pedro
Mncatl, where Filipino sharpshooters
Incessantly annoy the American troops,
matters are unusually quiet along tho
line.
The weather Is much cooler today.
The remains of Colonel W. E. Smith,
Mnjor E. McConvlllo, Captain David
S. Elliott and Second Lieutenant Eu
gene S. French, who wore killed In no
tion, were shipped home today by tho
United States transport Scandln with
military honors, the second Oregon vol
unteers furnishing the escort through
the city.
Major General Lawton landed from
the Grant today and formally reported
to Major General Otis, after which he
returned on board the Grant. The
troops which reached here on board tho
Grant (Hi fourth Infantry and a bat
talion) will be disembarked Imme
diately. Washington. March 10. A cablegram
received at tho war department to
day, dated Manila, March 10, says that
the transport Grant arrived with troops
in good condition. The Arizona, and
Newport leave today for San Fran
cisco; the Arizona via Hong K( ng nnd
the Newport via Nagasaki. The Grant
carried to Manila the Fourth Infantry
nnd four companies of the Seventeenth
infantry.
This adds to the troops under tho
command of General Otis forty-two of
ficers nnd 1,7111 enlisted mm, Tho Grant
sailed from New York Jan. IP
HONORS FOR PAUNCEFOTE.
Will Probably Be One of British Del
egates to Disarmament Congress.
Washington, March 10. The name of
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am
bassador here, has been under con
sideration for some time as one of the
British delegates to the disarmament
consress. called at the Instance of the
czar, and there Is little doubt that he
will bo chosen for this important duty.
As yet, however, there- has been no
official announcement and about the
only thing definitely and officially
known here Is that tho foreign office
has not made a final selection, but Is
considering the name of Sir Julian
along with others.
It Is understood the ambassador has
been consulted officially on the subject
with a view to learning whether the
assignment would be agreeable. The
appointment, If made, will be a signal
recognition of the high esteem In which
ho Is held In hlsh official circles at
home. It Is said In influential diplo
matic quarters that the suggestion of
Sir Julian's name for this disarma
ment, or pence congress, comes about
largely through the part ho took In
negotiating tha Anglo-American peace
treaty, nlso known as tho Olney
Pauncofoto treaty.
RAILROADED TO PRISON.
Philadelphia Courts Make Short
Work of a Notorious Robber.
Philadelphia, March 10. John If.
Evans, who was arrested yesterday
while In the net of robbing an uptown
dwelling', was railroaded through the
courts today, and was sentenced to si-c
years Imprisonment within ill hours of
the time of his arrest. At the magis
trate's hearing today Evans was held
in $1",000 ball. Judge Arnold allowed
the case to be presented to the grand
Jury at once nnd that body found
twenty-six true bills against the house
breaker. Tho case vus taken back to
court at once and sentence pronounced.
Evans Is believed to have commit
ted nearly 100 robberies in tho northern
part of the city and his stealings
amount to thousands of dollars,
Hockey Champions Meet.
Philadelphia, March 10. The Cutler
school of New York and the llaverfoid
school of this city, hockey cnamplons of
their respective leagues, contested for tho
liiter-schoasttc ohnmplonxhlp of thn
United States at tho Ico palace tonight.
Both teams played a fast game, and tho
contest ended In a tie with tho scoro 3
to 3.
Mad Man's Leap.
London, March 11. A dispatch to tho
Dally Mall, from Midngu, Spain, says a
mad man leaped yesterday (Friday) from
the highest tower of tho cathedral of
Malaga, a dlstunco of 2i feet from tho
ground, nnd wus dabbed Into nn unrec
ognizable muss. A largo crowd witnessed
tho leap.
Judge Stinson Dead.
Norrlstown. Pa., Murch 10. Ex-Judgo
Henry C. Stlnson died today at his homo
In this city from heart trouble. He was
71 years old. In 1807 ho wus elected stato
senator and served two terms as presi
dent of that body. In VSS2 Governor Hoyt
appointed Mr. Stinson president judge of
tho Thirty-eighth Judicial district.
He Lost $5,000.
Omaha, March in. Thomas Officer, of
the banking firm of Officer & Pusey, nf
Council Bluffs, today lest n roll of hills
containing J500 on tho streets of Omaha.
Tim money slipped through a holo In his
pocket nnd no trace of it hns been found.
Pope Shows Weakness,
London, March 11. The Homo Corre
spondent of tho Dally Chronicle suys:
"The pope continue to Improve but his
physicians suy ho shows great weakness,
whclh Is rather alurmlii',- to his entour
age. "
FIRE AT MONTROSE.
The Unlversallst Church, an
Old
Lnnd Mark, Is Destroyed,
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Montrose, Pa March 19. Fire com
pletely destroyed the Unlversallst
church at this place last night. At
11.45 o'clock smoke was seen Usulng
from tho roof. Tho alarm was quickly
sounded, although somewhat delayed
by not being nblo to get at tho court
house bell. Tho two hoso companies
were promptly on the scene nnd
turned three streams on tho roof,
where the lire had already broken
through. There being no chance of
saving tho church, the firemen's at
tention was turned to the public school
building, which stood near by, and
which was liable to take fire at any
moment, thus confining the flames to
tho church.
The church was erected way back
in tho thirties and was one of the old
est lnnd marks of the town. The fire
was supposed to have been caused from
an over-heated stove.
DOUBLE HANGING AT
ST. SCHOLASTIQUE
Mrs. Polrler and Snmuel Parslow
Die on the Gallows The Woman
Displays Remarkable Nerve Ex
ecution Witnessed by a Disorderly
Crowd.
St, Scholustlque, Que., Match 10.
Mrs. Cordelia Polrler and Samuel Pnrn
low were hanged heru this morning.
The drop fell at 8.0." o'clock.
Life was declared extinct in eight
minutes, the necks of both having been
broken. Mrs. Polrler, who said fare
well to her relatives last night, was
firm und collected throughout. She
took part In tho moss slid nt 7 o'clock,
and before the scaffold shook hands
with the hangman without a tremor of
l'enr. The crowd Inside the jail jeered
at her, but even then her nerve did
not desert her, and nt the suggestion
of the executioner, she turned and
fneed the jeerers. She stood erect and
prayed to the Inst. Parslow exhibited
nvich less courage, und was more dead
thin alive when the drop fell. The
condemned were taken to the scaffold
separately and were prevented from
seeing each other by a screen placed
1i,ilvfAn i1,nri M
Six hundred men, who had remained
up all night, witnessed the execution.
Outside the Jail there were two thous
and more who, with a beam, tried to
batter down the gate of the jail yard,
and could only be mude to desist by
the provincial police firing their re-,
volvers In the nlr. The behavior of tho
crowd Inside was such that one of the
priests. Rev. Father Melochel. had to
reprove them from the scaffold.
History of the Poirier Crime.
Mrs. Cordelia Polrler and Samuel
Parslow, her reputed lover.wero hanged
for the murder of Isidore Polrler, the
woman's husband, on Sundny, Novem
ber 21, 1S97. The crime wus committed
hi the Polrler's home In St. Canute,
Quo. Mrs. Polrler, who was 33 years
of age, though not especially attract
ive In appearance, possessed more than
the ordinary accomplishments of the
women in her situation In life. She had
a fair education, nnd was the organist
of the Roman Catholic church at St.
Jerome, whore Parslow sang In the
choir. Poirier, who was an Industrious
workman, built his wife a neat little
cottage and maintained her In comfort.
On the fatal Sunday Polrler attended
church at St. Jerome In tho morning,
as did his wife and Parslow. In the
afternoon the husband did not attend
vespers, but stayed at home drinking,
while Mrs. (Polrler went to church and
played the organ for tho services. She
returned home, where she found Polr
ler and Parslow. Polrler being under
the inlluence of drink and asleep. She
asked Parslow to hitch up tho horse,
that she might drive to her father's,
four miles distant, and Parslow did so.
Then ho unhitched the horse again,
after which he and Mrs, Polrler entered
the house, and It was at this time that
the crime was committed, Parslow
took a butcher knife and slashed the
sleeping husband across the throat.
Polrler awoke und sought to defend
himself, when a desperate life and
death struggle ensued, resulting In tho
death of Polrler. Parslow hitched up
the horse ugatu, und Mrs. Polrler drovo
away to her father's, after which Pars
low returned to the house, divested
himself of his blood-stnlned shirt, which
he burned In the stove, donned one of
his victim's shirts, locked tho house,
put the key In his pocket, and went to
the house of his brother, George Pars
low. On Monday morning Mrs. Poirier,
on her way home from her father's,
stopped at George Parslow's house and
had a few minutes' conversation with
Sam Parslow, utter which she con
tinued on her way homeward, Upon
arriving she found tho blinds down and
the doors locked. She went to a neigh
bor's and told them she could not get
In. From there sho went to tho church
at St. Jerome and played the organ at
a wedding. At the conclusion of tho
ceremony sho returned, and nt her sug
gestion a neighbor forced an entrance
to tho house through a window. It wus
then that the crime wns discovered.
Mrs. Polrler, Instead of going to her
father's house, remulned four days, or
until Thursday afternoon, with a neigh
bor named Bouvrette, at whoso place
she was arrested.
Both prisoners confessed their guilt,
each seeking to put tho blame upon
the other. Mrs. Polrler was the third
womun, out of tho eleven condemned
since Confederation, to receive capit
al punishment, not Including the cuse
of Mrs. Sternaman, who was acquitted
at her second trial. The two women
who have suffered the death penalty
since Confederation nre Phoebe Camp
bell, who was hanged at London In
1872 for cutting her husband's throat
with a knife, and Elizabeth Workman,
who was hanged nt Sarnla a year later
for beating her husband to death with
a club. Tho sentences of eight of tho
eleven murderesses were commuted to
llfo Imprisonment. Tho crime of six
of these women was the murder of
their husbands,
MORE TROUBLE
AT SANTIAGO
DISCHARGED LABORERS
RESTED AS BANDITS.
AR-
Sensationnl Story Regarding tho
Missing Body of Captain Villalan,
Reports Say That It Has Been Dis
covered in a Cave About n Mile
from El Mono.
Santiago do Cuba, March 10. The
results of the policy inaugurated nt
Havana of discontinuing puoilc works
in the provinces and throwing nun
out of employment nre beginning to
show. Yesterday nix bandits were cap
tured In tho neighborhood of Concep
clan, nil of whom wero formerly work
ers In the road gangs. They said they
have no money and must either rob or
starve. They have been lodged In the
city hall, but considerable sympathy
Is displayed in their behalf by the pop
ulace. Much the same sort of thing is hap
pening In the district of llolgutu, where
a brush between tho bandits nnd gen
darmes resulted in the killing of. one
of the former. Nevertheless It Is ex
pected that these troubles will take a
serious turn, owing to the probability
the work will bo resumed early next
week.
It wns reported hero this afternoon
that the body of Captain Villalan, who
commanded the Spanish torpedo boat
destroyer Iiuton, which was sunk In
tho destruction of Admiral Cervera's
squadron, has been discovered In n sit
ing position in an arm chair about
a mile from El Morro, to the westward.
Those who bring the news suggest
that his sailors propped him In tho
chair when wounded and then left him
to his fate. For many days a careful
search was made for Captain Vlllalan's
remains, but nothing was ever found
to Indicate where or hotv he died.
Captain of the Port Scott will go by
tug tomorrow to ascertain whether
there Is any truth In the story, and
If the body Is found It will be brought
here for burial, subject to instructions
later from the Spanish government.
The contents of the foregoing dls
patch are radically nt variance with
occurrences which Immediately follow
ed the destruction of the Pluton. Three
officers and six sailors of tho destroyer
took refuge on the Associated Press
dispatch boat Wanda. The correspon
dent who had charge of the Wanda,
finding nine Spaniards too much of a
burden, went on board the converted
yacht Gloucester, which had attacked
and driven the Pluton and Furor ashore
and asked Lieutenant Commander
Walnrlght what ho should do with
them. Commander Walnrlght replied
that he had both Captain Villalan, of
the Pluton, and the captain of tho
Furor on tho Gloucester as nrlsoners,
and then Introduced the correspondent
to Captain Villalan.
The correspondent told Captain Vill
alan that he would either have to land
the Spaniards from the Wanda on Cu
ban soil or throw them overboard. Ac
cordingly, Captain Villalan gave the
correspondent n written order to tho
Spaniards on the Wnnda, Instructing
them to come aboard tho Gloucester
and surrender. This they did.
AGONCILLO AT LONDON.
He Doubts Many of the Despatches
Concerning Filipinos.
London, March 10. Slgnor Agoncillo,
the agent of Agulnnldo, has recovered
from the effects of the exposure to
which he wus subjected through the
wrecking of the steamer Labrador on
Feb. 1, In which vessel he sailed from
St. Nohn. N. H., for Liverpool.
Commenting upon the Associated
Press dispatch from Manila this morn-
ing, saying that rebel Incendiaries en-
tered the village of Pandecan last night
for the alleged purpose of terrorizing
those of the Inhabitants who do not
sympathize with the rebellion, Agon
cillo said that If this were true It
means that Flllponos have advanced
within the American lines. He added,
however, that it Is absurd to say that
the Filipinos are attacking or burning
the place as he asserted it is tho cen
ter of the Filipino Free Masons,
The Pressed Steel Works Strike.
Pittsburg, March 10. Tho officials of
tho Hchoen Pressed Steeft works an
nounced today that thty had made ar
rangements to flit the places of the strik
ers with other men but that tho places of
tho old men would bo held open until
Monday. Tho plant was running with
an Increased and everything was quiet.
Gasoline Tank Explodes.
Sharon, Pa., March 10. A gasoline tank
exploded at the home of llev. William
Taylor at Mount Jackson today, bertous
y burning Mrs. William Taylor, Mrs. Mi
nerva Muck, John Mlnger nnd Jumes
Patterson. Mrs. Mack's Injuries may
prove futn). Tho house caught tiro and
wub destroyed.
Sicilian Counterfeiters.
New York, March 10. Another member
of the gang of Sicilian counterfeiters
which has been making and passing
counterfeit f- treasury notes, most of
whom are now serving sentence, was ar
rested here today, lie Is Lulgl Murche
zette, of this city. One hundred counter
feit notes wero found n his possession.
Street Railway Contracts.
Philadelphia, March 10. Tho Tennis
Construction compuny of this city was
awarded contracts today for tho con
struction of an electric street rnllwny
from Notfolk to Sewell's Point. Va nnd
for another from Cincinnati, O,, to Au
rora and lllsing Sun, Ind.
Steamship Arrivals.
Now York, March 10. Arrived: Edam,
Rotterdam. Cleared: La Champagne,
Havre; Lucnnia Liverpool Llvcipool
Arrived: Brlttnnlc, New York, Sailed:
Nomadic, New York. Gcnou Arrived:
Ems, New York: Kaiser Wllhclm l, New
York. Messenger Boy's Trip.
London, March 10. A messenger boy
mills from Southampton tomorrow on
board the American lino steamer St.
Louis, bearing a letter for parties In New
York, where he will await an onswer
and return Immediately,
TIIK NEWS THIS M0BN1NG
Wcither Indication Todayt
FAinj SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.
1 General Speaker Furr's Ruling Vin
dicated.
Russia Withdraws Her Frotest to
China.
Sensational News from Santiago,
General Iiwtun at Manila.
2 General Dun's Weekly Review of
Trade.
Financial nnd Commercial.
3 Local Religious News of the Week.
4 Editorial.
News nnd ComnicnU
3 Local Social and Personal.
One Woman's Views.
Musical Question Box.
6 Ixical Estimates Bill Complete.
Explosion of Gas at No. ! Furnace.
7 Local - Thirteenth Will Start for
Scranton Today.
Amendments to the City Charter.
S Local West Scranton and Suburban.
9 News Bound About Scranton.
10 Story of thn Men In Beechcr's Pulpit.
11 Sunday School Lesson for Tomorrow.
How Queen Victoria Onco Averted
War.
12
Local Thirteenth Will Start
Scrnnton Today (Concluded).
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BLIZZARD IN WYOMING.
The Worst Storm of the Season Is
Raging at Cheyenne Heavy
Losses in Cattle and Sheep.
Cheyenne, Wyo.. March 10. One of
the worst storms of the senou Is rag
ing hero today. Stock men say tho
blizzard following tho extremely se
vere weather of the past six weeks will
undoubtedly cause very heavy losses In
cattle und sheep. Of the range stock
some estimate the loss as high as ,10
per cent., but with stock growers who
still have hay to feed and shelter for
the herds, the loss will not exceed 10
per cent.
The snow Is drifting badly and all
trains are belated. The Cheyenne und
Northern train from the north, now
fifteen days overdue, when last heard
from wns near Iron Mountain station.
There are forty-two pussengers on this
train. They were nearly out of pro
visions, having bought all the ranch
men could spare and had resorted to
slaughtering range cattle. Many ef
forts have been made to send out re
lief expeditions, but all wero obliged to
return for additional help on account
of the extreme deep snow drifts en
countered. KAUTZ RUMOR DENIED.
The Admiral Has Not Gone to Samoa
to Preserve Order.
Washington, March 10. It Is denied
positively at tho state department that
Rear Admiral Kautz has gone to Samoa
on the Philadelphia to restore the sta
tus quo existing before the last effort
to depose Mataafa and to restore Ma
lletoa Tanus even If force Is necessary
to accomplish these objects. It Is said
that the admiral has gone to Samoa
to meet the treaty obligation that is
Imposed upon the United States to send
a warship there at least occasionally
as an evidence of the Interest held by
the United States in the islands. While
there he will make a careful examin
ation of conditions In tho Islands and
look Into the event leading up to the
Installation of the provisional govern
ment, reporting all the facts to Wash
ington. It Is not expected that he will
be n disturbing element and endeavor
to make arbitrary changes, but he will
prevent bloodshed and protect life nnd
property. It wus for just such a pur
j poce as this that the treaty of Berlin
required each of the slgnator powers
to send a warship from time to time
I to the Islands, up to this point the
i United States government has almost
completely failed to meet Its obliga
tions in that respect.
Full reports from the officials con
cerned have been received at the state
department concerning tho recent
trouble at Samoa and negotiations
based on them arc now In progress.
KIPLING'S GRIEF.
He Bears Up Bravely at the News of
His Daughter's Death.
New York, March 10. "Mr. Kipling
Is still Improving," said Mr. Doubleday
tonight. Mr. Kipling had taken some
sweet breads for supper and had been
able to eat more of solid food than at
nny time since he became 111.
Unable to keep Mr. Kipling in Ignor
ance of his favorite Josephine's death,
the news was broken to him tonight by
Dr. Dunham. The blow was a heavy
one, but the father bore up bravely.
"How long was she 111?" he said.
Ho was then told as much as the at
tendants thought wise. Tears stood In
tho poet's eyes and he murmured half
to himself, half aloud, "Poor llttlo Joe."
It was this he always called tho little
one.
More Cruisers for China.
London, March 11. The Rome corre
spondent of the Dally Mall says the gov
ernment has ordered three moro cruis
ers to get In readiness to proceed to Chi
re waters In conniption with tho de
mand of Italy for a concession nt San
Mun, Province of Che Kl.ing.
Honors Were Even.
Philadelphia. March 10. Charley Mc
Kcever and Eddie Cunneny boxed six
Vlvcly murals tonight. They punched
each other all nround tho ring but honors
wero fairly even. No decision uut an
nounced. Decision for Bernstein.
New York, March 10. Joe Deruatcln
and Dolly Lyons, tho east side feather
weights, mot at the Greenwood Athletic
club tonight In a iO-round bout. Bern
tteln got the decision at tho end of the
twenty rounds.
Hurricane at Queensland.
Loudon, March 11. According to a dis
patch to the Time fiom Sydney, N. S.
W.. no fewer than Soil persons (wished
In the hurricane that 1ms just swept the
northeust coast of Queensland.
Defeated by Smith.
Fun Francisco, March 10. Kid Lnlgno
was defeated by Mysterious Billy Smith
tonight In tho fourteenth round, fho
limit had been scheduled for twenty
rounds.
RUSSIA NOW
BACKDOWN
Protest Against Hong
Kong Contract
Withdrawn.
RESULT OF NEGOTIATIONS
London "Daily Graphic" Says tho
Two Governments Are Arranging
a Scheme for the Permanent Regu
lation of Their Relations in the
Far East England's Reason for.
Hinting at Abandonment of Open
Door Policy in China.
Pekin, March 10, The Chinese for
eign oillce has received a despatch from
St. Petersburg saying that as a re
sult of negotiation!) between Russia,
und Great Britain the Russian minis
ter here will withdraw his protest
against the Hong Kong contract
The Hong Kong contract Is Identical
with the Nlu-Chwang contract.
London, March 10. The Dally Graph
ic, a usually well-informed newspaper
of London, made the following an
nouncement this morning:
"The Nlu-Chwang loan contract cris
is has been amicably settled by a di
rect exchange of views between tha
lirltlsh and the Russian governments.
The Russian nssurances ure complete
ly satisfactory. The whole difficulty li
ended, and the two governments aro
arranging a scheme by which their re
lations In the far east may be perma
nently regulated."
The London Times In its financial ar
ticle on Feb. 1 announced that a Chi
nese r, per cent, railroad loan of $11.
KOO.000 had been urranged by China
with a lirltlsh syndicate, the loan b-.'-ing
specially secured nn the Chinese
northern railroads. China, it was add
ed, had given Gieat Britain a pledge
that the railroads would not be alien
ated to any foreign power. It Is ap
parently against that loan or Its terms
that Russia (protested, the transaction
since btcomirg known n-s the Nlu
Chwang, or Hong Kong loan. Nlu
Cliwang Is the Chinese port at the head
of the Gulf of Lino-Tung, the port at
Mukrtn, capital of Manchuria.
No Intimation at Washington.
Washington. March 10. No Intima
tion has been received at the state de
partment as to the correctness of Lon
don dispatches which suggest a pos
sible abandonment by Great Britain
of the open door policy In China in
favor of the spheres of Influence nnd
the ultimate partition of China, but
It Is believed at tho department that
if the suggestion bus any basis other
than Imagination, It is an Indication
of a desire on the part of the Salisbury
government to Impress the United
Stales with the Importance of a close
ulllance with Great Britain nnd Japan
for the maintenance of the open door.
In other voids, that the Salisbury gov
ernment, disappointed In the failure of
lis ambassador here and Lord Beres
ford to brinjr about a substantial agree,
ment by the United States to support
Great Britain and Japan In maintain
ing the open door, now holds out to us
a veiled threat.
For Great Britain to join other Eu
ropean powers In the matter of spheres
of Influence ill China would mean tho
exclusion of the United States from
China trade, except as there might bo
an understanding with Great Britain,
unless Indeed, the United States
should seek a sphere of Inlluence o
Its own. The great advantage sought
In the acquisition of the Philippines as
a base at the gateway of eastern tradn
would be lost nnd we should be forced
to an uphill fight for those privileges
which ure essential to the proper de
velopment of our Pacific commerce. It
Is suggested, therefore, that Great
Britain is preparing to Impress us with
the necessity of a more Intimate un
derstanding with her In regard to tha
China trade.
ARMY BEEF INQUIRY.
Investigators Still Busy at Chicago
Packing Houses.
Chicago, March 10. The army court
of Inquiry regarding beef continued
work today at the stock yards. Inves
tigating packing house methods.
It Is expected that the taking of tes
timony will occupy Saturday and Mon
day, and that the court will lenvo for
Omaha or Knnsas City, Tuesday oi
Wednesday, unless something develop
to make a longer stay In Chicago Im
perative. Died from Stab Wound.
Shnmokln. IV., Mai eh in, Lewis Cor
rell, warden uf the almshouse, died to
day from u stab wound Inflicted threo
years iigo by John Kennedy, who la serv
ing time for the net. Kennedy wns being
tried for threats against tho poor dim -tors
nnd when Cirrel begun testifying
li'foro Justice Howe, Kennedy plllUKCd a
kulfo into Ids abdomen.
Blew Off His Left Arm.
Shennndoah, Pn., March 10. I'eter But
kanls, a miner, 35 yci,is old, was carry
ing a stick of dyi.nniltu and some dunlin
caps In the Turkey run colliery todav
when a spark from his lump fell on thorn
nnd caused nn explosion that blew off
his left arm near tho elbow.
Will Rido Against Johnson,
Toronto, Out., March lu. Angus Mc
Leod has accepted the ehallengo of O. S.
Johnson for u i.u, mile heats, best two
ill throe, the nice to be triplet paced. He
iUKK-'st8 the posting ot 100 forfeit,
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Mrtiili 10. Forecast
for Saturday: For eastern Penn
sylvania, fair; frctih to brisk south
easterly winds.
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