Srimttte. J WrPZZ&ft ,a.miii l. tm W '.,RivM "-W rW TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MOHN1NG. MARCH 20, 1899. TWO CENTS. JW I mirr 52S ss yfeSgjBKWlKVTfltSI CHASING THE INSURGENTS Rebels Attack the Wash ington Volunteers at Taguig. AMERICANS LOSE TWO General Wheaton's Men Follow the Enemy Eleven Miles, but Do Not Get Nearer Than 1,200 Yards. Many Prisoners Represent That the Filipinos Arc Weakening, xrms Are Scarcu on the Insurg ents' Firing Line. .Manila, March 1!. 6.33 p. in. Homo of the rebels recently expelled from Ca vite and the small towns In the vicin ity of Paslg combined forces and last night us already cabled attucked a company of the Washington volun teers, a detached post ut Tagulg, about a mile and a half southeast of 1'aslg. General Wlieatqn immediately rein forced the Americana with two com panies each of the Washington and thp Oregon regiments. The post had hold the enemy In check and the tins of tho reinfoieing companies repulsed thorn, driving: them across to an island forming tho estuary. They were thus In front of the Twenty-second regu lars. On discovering that they were en trapped the rebels fought desperately, aided materially by the Jungle and the darkness, but they were completely routed, with heavy loss, after two hour.'' fighting. The Americans lost two hilled and twenty wounded, among the latter Lieutenant Frank Jones. General Wheaton determined to pun ish the natives and at daybreak today his brigade started in tho following or der; The Sixth artillery, holding the extreme right; the Oregon volunteers, holding the center; the Washington regiment keeping to the edge of the lake, and the Twenty-second regulars occupying the right of the line, which swept the whole country along the lake In a southeasterly direction, toward General Ovenshine's position. The line thus extending over two miles of coun try, . rough and covered with thick jungle, advanced eleven miles. Tho enemy tied, the last of them being seen at half-past three this afternoon. At scarcely any time did the Americans get within 1.200 yards of them. The troops are returning to iPaslg to night, exhausted by tho hard work under a hot sun. The Oregon regiment had' one man killed and four wounded, and the Twenty-second regulars one wounded. According to the official re ports, no fewer than 200 Filipinos wore killed. General Otis says the American army and gunboats command the lake. He estimates that property of the Insur gents valued at $500,000 has been de stroyed while quantities of rice and sugar, and 400 tons of coal, which Is very valuable here have been captured. Filipinos Weaken. Many of the prisoners represent that the Filipino soldiers are weakening. The generous treatment that the Amer icans administer to the native prison ers and wounded seems to influence the Insurgent army powerfully. In the opinion of the Americans, however, the Filipino leaders will continue to orj voke lighting Just as long as they can retain their hold upon their follower:!, because they liar everything to gain and nothing to lose. The enemy have twice as many men on their firing lines as they have arms; and the fact that so few arms are cap tured by the Americans Is because the guns of the' wounded Filipinos and many of those who surrender are spir ited away. The armed tugs Laguuo. de Hay and Oeste have returned to San Pedro Macatl and reported the result of their tour of the lake. On Friday morning last they shelled the town of Morentr, the rebels llecing without making any response to the lire. The Americans landed a party which destroyed a yuan tlty of stores and all the stone build ings, except the church. The expedition then proceeded to .Ma. jayjay, where a sugar mill and saw mill were destroyed. On arriving at Santa Cruz, a town of 1,100 inhabitants, it wus found that the enemy was strongly entrenched and prepared to defend the position, assisted by two gun boats and sev eral launches. Moreover the mouth of the river was blocked with rooks and bamboo. A few shells caused an exodus of the citizens but not of the enemy's troops. The Americans did not attempt to land. ' Captain Grant, who Is In charge of the expedition, asks for j enforcements and will probably take Santa Cruz to morrow, 3.55 . m. The Fnllcd .States distill ing ship Itls, which lert Honolulu for Manila with the l.'nlted States battle ihlp Oregon, on Feb. 20, arrived today. This morning also artlved the San Jouauin, the last of tho overdue Eng Ish steamers, sailing under American egisters, that were detained by tha insurgents on the northwest roast of Luzon. Dispatch from Otis. Washington, March lit. The war de partment today received tho following dispatch from, Major General Otis ro gardlng operations against the lusuig ents: Manila. March !&. Adjutant General, Washington: Our Improvised gun boat under Captain Grant, Utah artillery, have full possess ion of Lagunu do Hay; troops, Inhabitants nnd property on shore of juke .it our mercy, Wheaton's brigade on Paslg river line drove the enemy northeast into prov ince Moreng. Last evening enemy at tacked portion of Ails force south of Paslg. killing two men and wounding twenty of the Twenty-seeopd Infantry. This morn. Ing Wheaton moved against this Insur gent force driving It to tho south fifteen miles, experiencing very slight los-s. Enemy kft SuoMoaU on (IMel. (Signed) Otis. IN THE WINDSOR TIRE. A, P. Demorest Loses n Safe Con taining $10,000 Worth of Jewels. New York, March 19. A. 1. Demorest called at the East Flfty-Ilrst street police station today and reported that he had a small safe filled with Jewels valued at $10,000 in tho ruins of tho fire. Ho, his wife and daughter and son occupied rooms on the third floor near Fifth nvenue and Forty-seventh street. Thev were all in their rooms I when the lire occurred. Ills daughter, witen tne lire was discovered, went to the small safe containing the Jewels and tried to open It hut forgot tho combination In her excitement. Mr. Demorest stated that when he opened the room door ho saw three men run ning nbnut In the smoke and going Into rooms. They were not firemen and ho was certain they were not employes. IIo thinks they were robbers. He and his family then went out on the llro escape and were rescued by firemen. Mr. Demorest was apprehensive about the safety of the safe and its valuables. Thomas Cleary, of !)U Third avenue, called on Inspector llnrley and .stated that he assisted a woman from the hotel whom ho afterward ascertained was Mrs. Abner McKlnley. Ho took her to tne street and put her In a cab. Mrs. McKlnley told him that she had dropped a hag containing some Jewelry. He ran back and got the bag and gave It to Mrs. McKlnley and she drove off. Inspector Harley held Cleary In order to verify the story. Of three trunks taken from the debris at Forty-seventh street and Fifth avenue Saturduy af ternoon two were claimed by Abner McKlnley. AMERICANS IN HAVANA. Many Prominent Men Visit Cuba's Capital Charles Emory Smith to Inspect the Postal System Plans for Mustering Out Volunteers. Havana, March 13. Postmaster gen eral Charles Emory Smith, who ar rived here yesterday afternoon by steamer from Tampa, is the first mem ber of President McKlnley's cabinet to come to Cuba to inspect in person the. results so far achieved by the Ameri can occupation. Mr. Smith's stay will he a brief one, but he will have man" opportunities to gauge the difficulties, political and social, which will nave to be surmounted in any effort to set up a stable and responsible insuiiir government. While here the postmas ter general will tnke a special look at the wotk of the department of p-uts. which, under the vigorous management of Colonel llalhbun. formerly deputy commissioner at Washington, is al ready supplying the Island with a mall service far In advance of any known under the Spanish rule. In reaching tho many remote points of the Interior wholly inaccessible to tho military, the postal service has exerted a powerful educational Influence, and Us rapid ex tension and betterment will be pushed ' as one of the most effective means of bringing the people of the Island Inr.i closer touch with the new administra tion. Mr. Smith Is nccompanled on his tour of inspection by the fourth assistant postmaster general, Joseph U. Brlstow. Numerous other Americans promi nent in public life have appeared In Havana in the Inst two days. Repre sentatives Warner and Smith, or Illi nois, and Packer, of Pennsylvania, ar rived yesterday on the Meade, und to day Senator Tillman, of South Caro lina, reached the harbor with a party which included Representatives Lati mer, of South Carolina; James Hamil ton Lewis, of Washington; Shafroth, of Colorado; Connolly, of Illinois: Cow herd, of Missouri, nnd Showalter, of Pennsylvania. These statesmen .are now busy visiting the camps and emit ting views on the political and com mercial future of Cuba. Tlie movement or the volunteer regi ments destined to be mustered out of service is rapidly going on. The Sec ond Louisiana has broken camp, and will sail tomorrow on the Havana, and tho Two Hundred and Second Xoiv York was brought in from Guanajay, anl will start as soon as the troopship Minnewaskn can be loaded. The other regiments marked for early passage home aro the First North Carolina, th" the Second South Carolina, tho Fourth Virginia, at Buennvista, and the Third Kentucky, at Matauzas. As General Lee will lose a great part of his com mand by the discharge of these regi ments, it is understood among officers here that the city of Havann nnd the province of Havana, now maintained as separate departments, will soon bo merged in n single military district, General Ludlow retaining command. Mrs. Place's Last Sunday. New York, March l'.i. Toituy was M'.-m. Martha's Place's lam Sunday on euitn. She spent the day In her cell nt Slow Sing prison rending her lilhlc. She nt" hearty meals and displayed no sign of breaking down. The sentence calls ;0r bur execution during tho week beginning at midnight, tonight but no one excepi the sheriff knows ut what hour she will be led to the oketrlc clialr. Dr. Knapp Materializes. London, March 1!'. Thu Rev. Ur. Knapp, foimer principal of Hie Queen's college, St. Johns. N. K.. who mysteriously dis appeared from his residence In Brlshoin-e, West Yorkshire, on January IS last, wiltos to Ills friends In t lit s country that he has reached Now York in a milling vfsel. Will Accept a Gift. Palis. March ID. An olllelal decree .'list issued authorizes the school uf mines In this city to accept tho ulft of ?3,0uo offeree1 In February of lust year by Dr. Thomas Kglostou. emeritus professor of mliier ology and metallurgy t the School of .Mtius Nw York. DEATHS OF A DAY. AugliSUl. (lu., March 19. Kx-Souutor Patrick Walh died this morning at 7.:. Allentown, Pa., Mai eh la. Owen Kurn, hotel keeper ut Cedarvllle, whom Frank Kraui-t:, Ills lioMtler, shot, tluough the right lung on Match i. died lust nUnt from his wound. He wau 35 years old ami leaves a wlfu and two mnall TJuuehteis. Cleveland. O.. Marcli 19.-Orvll!u II. Sklniuir, for si veial years traffic. manas:r of the Cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati and ludlun.ipoiu lallioud, died today, aged to. Chicago. Mn roh ID. Dr. Oliver Marcy, dean of the Northwestern unlverslt; and proj'esnor of natural history In that in : llliulon, died today sit his home lu llvan toii, used "'.'. SEARCHING FOR WINDSOR VICTIMS TWO HUNDRED MEN AT WORK ABOUT SMOULDERING RUINS. Two Chimneys Ave Blown Down with Dynamite The Workmen Are Unable to Make Much Progress on Account of the Excessive Heat. Narrow Escape from Falling Wnlls. Several Missing Guests Turn Up. New York. Marcli 19. In a drizzling rain more than 200 men continued to day to work among the debris and smouldering ruins of the Windsor hotel sen rolling for the bodies of those who perished In the (lames and to recover any valuables that might huve escaped the ravages of the lire. The efforts of tho searcher.) were futile, however, as tho ruins were too hot to permit much progress, and the smiokc arising from the burning ninterlul wus rendered more dense bv the dampness of the at mosphere. At Intervals during the night (lames burst forth from the burn ing embers and drove back the work men. Work was begun this morning to de molish the fragmentary portions of the walls on the east and north sides of the burned building, and luter the number of workers was reinforced and the work of removing the rubbish pushed as vig orously ns was practicable. The chimney, si feet high, standing on tho 16th street side of the ruins near Fifth avenue, was blown up at noon today Thirty pounds of dynamite were placed under tho base of this chimney, and electricity was used to explode it. Smoke and steam still rise from the debris und now and then tongues of flumes shoot up, een at this late hour after the fire. The workmen have been able to do only a little superficial work. When they dig down a little way the debris is so hot that they are obliged to move to another locality. During the day workmen were en gaged in picking to pieces the six-story wall standing on the 47th street side of the hotel, in order to make a senrch in tho ruins safer. The second Sj-fnnt chimney was dy namited shortly after 3 o'clock this af ternoon. The explosion wrecked a number of plate glars windows and doors In nearby residences. Personal Property Found. A large force of men were at work dm Ing tho afternoon on what was the main entrance to the hotel. It was expected that bodies would first be found there. A large amount of small articles, principally the personal property of guests, was found. Daniel Sweeney, th" emergency wrecker of the city building depart ment, and three men had u narrow escape from Injury nnd possibly death about 5 o'clock. Tho four men were mi ton nf the siy-st nrv wnll whleb was still standing on the Forty-sev- ...,.,. ... ,i,., i,.i tearing It down. A stiff north wind blew up suddenly and Sweeney felt the wnll trembling beneath him. Sweeney cried out a warning and the men hurried from their dangerous perch. They were just outside the danger zone when a great section of the wall, thirty feet or more square und including that portion where they had been working went down with a roar. A portion of it fell on the roof of the house back of the hotel, wreck ing the roof. The house had been emptied by order of the building de partment and nobody was injured. Missing Guests Safe. Archibald Claverlng Gunter. the nov elist, reported last night as missing since the Windsor hotel lire, escaped from the hotel uninjured. A. V. W. Van Vechten nnd Mrs. A. C. Demorest. both of this city. Wind sor hotel guests, heretofore reported missing, are safe. 'Miss E. S. Adams, of Boston, who hn been reported missing, Is safe. Mrs. I. II. Purity, of Purdy's Station, N. Y.; Mrs. M. Vail, her granddaugh ter, and Eva Dressier, chambermaid, repotted missing, ate safe. Mrs. Demnrasoh (Demorest), Charles Ford, Mrs. V. J. Johnson and Annette ,.,"'' i ,;";.". .I",.?. ,.,. ujuiuiu, hi M-nnipiH, iMi-iuufii in iufi night's list of missing, are safe, Th Injured Are Improving. Tlie hospital reports as to tho injured are most favorable. .Most of tlie pa tients an- Imprnvlna. Somo of them won; able to leave the hospitals today and others will be discharged tomor row. Following Is a statement of tlie condition of the Injured: ItOACH. KATIE, servant; ankles btoken; rccoveilng; Kellevuo. SIMMONS. MRS. MAP.T1IA M., i?Tri- erlck, Md.; burned; recovering; it lie- vuc. THOMAS, Ml'.S. XKLLII-:, .ibsLlunt housekeeper of hotel; shock; im proved: Ilellovue. PRICE, MRS. ALICK M.. Macon, Oj.; leg fractured; greatly Improved; llelle- Vile. MISCU. MRS. KATHARINE, Wife of correspondent ol Ran Francisco l'.ut - letln; Injuries slight; Improving; l'ivs bytcrlan hospital. SI1ACKLETON. EDWARD, bums nnd dislocated shoulder' recovctiug; Pres byterian. VAN SPKRILK, MRS. left leg and one lib broken; recovering; Ptesbytcriun. WlIKMl.ER, MRS. C. P.. und daughter, Mlfs Dorothy; burns and shock; Im proving; Piesbyterhin. HOYCi;. MRS. WILLIAM II.. biinuM and shouldor dUlocatid; n moved from PrfJbyterl.in hospital to her home. Dl'KE. JOHN, hotU tniplojo; ieinov,d fiom Presbyterian hospital in Ills home. Fl'LLEll. MRS. A. M.. Philadelphia; rfhoek: condition critical; Manhattan hotel. iiAll.I'.Y. MRS. CATIIARLN'K, Chicago; condition fnonbh; Roosevelt hos pital. HHEWER, MISS HELEN, rlaht thigh broken; condition favorable: Roosevelt liospltul. WAI.DO, MRS. LOl'IS: burned; condi tion favorable: Roosevelt. Of the nlno victims who were originally taken lo Flower hospital James McOuIro, with leg broken, is tlie only on remain, ing and his condition is not srious. Wr'lnm P. Love, a clerk at the Wind for; Ellen Curian, n domestic and Mr. Sarah II. Calhoun are at the New Yojl; hospital Improving. I'p to midnight no bodies had besn discovered nnd no more deaths from Injuries received at the lire were re ported from the hospitals, but a mini- ber of the Injured were still in a se rious condition. Tho death list remains the same sut yesterday sixteen and the list of missing had been reduced to forty four, ns n number of those previously unaccounted for reported In person or hud been located by friends. The only things found during the early part of the night were a set of artlflcul teeth on a gold plate and some articles of clothing. Danger in the Wall. Tonight the petsons living In the three houses neurest to the wall en Forty-seventh street were' ordered out by the police, because of the danger of Its being blown down by the high wind. Tho ruins still smoulder, and the smoke and gases blowing Into the faces of the workers made their task one of great toll and hardship. From time to time, men were compelled to desist for it few minutes. By midnight the la borers had excavated back from the front building line and to tho sub basement for a distance of fifteen feet. The greut value of Jewels and Jew elry In the wreck made the men work carefully. Each shovelful of the refuse was carefully examined before being placed in the carts. Policemen, both In uniform nnd In the guise of foremen, mingled with the wnrklngmen and carefully watched their every move ment. More than that, the men were searched at the end of their shifts. Many of the men resented tills, saying that It was unnecessary, and protest ing that no man would think of taking such property nnd especially under the circumstances. The contractors nnd tho officials of tho building department wore obdurate, however, and said they would take no chances, and that every one must be searched. Strange Sights. One of the strange sights of the day to the police was the curlosify of the crowds. The sightseers numbered thou sands while daylight lasted, and even after nightfall, the number of Idle vis itors was uncomfortably large. So much did they annoy the police that late In the afternoon the lines were shoved out to Sixth avenue on the west, to Forty-ninth street on the north and to Forty-fourth street on the south. Tills made It Impossible for the crowds to see anything, but they still remained on the edge of the forbidden territory. The Missing. New Yoik. .March 10. Following is a list of the missing corrected up to to night: Aiigelin, Mrs. Mary, 45; wife of T. It. An- gelln. New York. Iliuit, Jane, 10 years; New York. IJraelley, Mr.. N. K., aunt of Mrs A. M. Fuller, of Philadelphia. Ilischoflshuuseti, Aaron, Germany. HruHli, Mrs. M. Q. Uoyd, Mrs., and daughter. Clair, Mary. Kngau. Miss. Fuller, Miss Margaret, daughter of A. M. Fuller, of Philadelphia. Guycn, Warren, elevator boy. llaworth, Joseph, the uctor. Hoffman, Miss Dora, liultlmoie. .lose, Miss, servant , Johnson. Alexander If burvpoit. Moss. and wife. New Kelly. Alice. IT, servant. Leland, Fred, room clerk. rouMii of War ren Leliiud, Lynch. D. Lowry, Miss Maggie. Luwile, Harry V 21 New York. Lanuy, Marv. McDonald, Mrs. Isabella. 42. widow, fam ily living at Toronto. Morgan, Miss Annie Taylor, K Niw York. Morgan, Miss Catherine. McConnell. Kate. McNulty. Miss M. C. .V.. New York. McDonald, Lizzie, New York. McCarthy, Catherine V., New York. McCaithy, Henry. ' McKenna, Jennie, chambermaid. Now York. Moral. Jennie. !l, cliiilmbeimald, New York. Nash. Mr. Nellie, Annie (known ut hotel as Annie Mnlloy). New York. Palerson. Mrs., wile of Judge Patersou. of Colorado. Held, Miss. Salamon. Mrs. D. S.. widow, occupied room on fifth floor -with daughter, Rozenn. Salamon. Miss Rnzenn. 27. Shea, Kate. 40, servant. Stokes, Mrs. James it., widow of Gen eral Stokes. Simpson, Miss Adelin. V). Slcm.in. Mary. H. New York. Soy. Mary. Z. laurdress. i W.Uh. Mary, servant i Vard Annie cl hiiinlierinald. FUNERAL OF LELANDS. ! Remains Will Be Interred at Chicago i Tuesday, i New York, March IS. Ftineial t'cr j vices over Mis. Warren F. Leland and I Miss Helen M. (.eland, wife- and daugh i ter of the propile:or of the Windsor lr tel. and who died from Injuries ie eel veil at the fire, were beld this morning at the Church i.f tho Heauuily Rest, Itev. Dr. Parker Mort-an ntllcuit ing. Mr. nnd'Mrs. Abivi- McKlnley. W. S. Htuvk. Cl. Wetherbce and a few oth er irietids of the family were present. At 1 o'clock the bodl. were takin to th- Orand Central station und sent to Chicago. There were two large baskets of Ens. t tl.,. mil,H ne,. ti, Ci,skets. the gift of President ar.d Mrs. McKlnley. Mr. Leland and his son, Charles W. Lelar.d, nccompanled the remains to Chicago. The Interment will t.ik- place there Tuesday. Russian Story Denounced. P.'i'lH. March 19. The Teiupn today pub IWnes nn interview with tlurnn von Monr inlielm, former Russlun ambassador to Franco who now resides ai I'nu. In which he denounces as a "clumsy invention" the suiry that he Is the real culprit who old both Russian and French military e. erets to tho German government and that It lias been only lo avoid a public scan dal greuter than the Dreyfus nfCidr that tie turn been unpunished. John Sherman Improving, KiuiMnu, Jamaica. March Hi. Tho American line, steamer Pails, with tho party of Americans tout lug In West In dian waters, arrived lure today. John Shernmii Is steadily tiiipiovlug though be Is a very sick niuii and cannot with safety be transferred tomorrow to itm t'ldieil Slates cruiser Chicago. Kipling Reads the Papers. New York, March IH.-Rudyard Kipling tonight road the papers, dictated ho mo letters nnd saw a few friends. He spoito of getting out soon and his physician, Dr. Dunham, encouraged him with the prom le that he will bo permitted to leave, tils loom In a few days. THAT BEEF HAD BEEN PAINTED TESTIMONY OF SERGEANT MA SON, OF THE CAVALRY. The Most Direct Since the Court Left Chicago Armour's Agent Said the Meat Had Been Treated to a Coat of Preservatlne The Fresh Beef Refused Canned Roast Beef Thrown Away. .envenworth, Kas,, March 19. The army beef court of Inquiry concluded the taking of testimony at Fort Leav enworth at noon today and at 1.15 de parted for Chicago, where the sessions will be resumed Monday. The sole wit ness examined today was Sergeunt Ed ward Mason, Troop A, First United States cavalry, located nt Fort Robin son. Neb., who served as regimental commissary sergeant at Lakeland, Fla., and during the Cuban campaign. Sergeant Mason's testimony was probably tho most direct that has been adduced since the court left Chicago, witness declaring that meat received at Lakeland, Fla., In his regiment, "was undoubtedly chemically treated." An agent of Armour & Co.. he sai 1, told him nt the tlmo that this meat hail been treated with what was called preservatlne. Witness had refused to accept tho meat. Sergeant Mason was Interrogated In dividually by each member of the court and could not be shaken In his testi mony. He told of the meat furnished on the voyage from Tampa to Cuba. No complaints were made of the canned mast beef, but the meat was tasteless and unsatisfactory generally and had to be thrown overboard. The Canned Beef Thrown Away. In 'Cuba the men of his reginwot would not eat the canned roast beef, and us a rule It was thrown away. The refrigerated beef, issued after tlie sur render, was good lint as a rule It spoiled before It could be used. The witness' responses to questions from Major Lee regarding the beet rejected at Lakeland said: "The meat we received was In appearance fine, but It was undoubtedly chemically treated. One morning, the 2Sth or 29th of May, I went down to the refrigera tor car to draw meat and I objected to the appearance of it. An agent of Ar mour & Co. was there. He told me at the time that this meat had been treated with what was called preserva tlne. It was ns If It had been palmed over with something like paraflne wax. There was a light coating on the out side of the meat. I objected to the color of the meat and refused to ac cept It. There was probably .1,000 pounds in tho car." MISS HOFFMAN'S FATE. It Is Believed That Her Body Is In the Ruins of Windsor. . Baltimore, March 1?. The relatives and friends of Miss Dora Hoffman, of this city, who was registered at the Windsor hotel on the day of tlie lire, nnd who has since been missing, have abandoned all hope and given her up for lost. Her nieces, the Misses Mc Lane, who were also guests at the hotel but who were at luncheon In nnother part of the city when the building was burned, returned to Ualtimore tonight. With them came R. Curzon Hoffman, former president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway e-ompany, and brother to Miss Hoffman, who went to New York exncctlnc to Und that one of the wo men who died nt Miss Helen Oould's home was his sister. He learned that such was not the case, however, and now believes that Miss Hoffman's body- is in tlie rums. He asserts that a Mrs. Auze, who formerly lived somewhere in the south, was seen with Miss Hoff man on the nortlco of the hotel a few minutes before the llro broke out, and he believes both were lost, although it has been ronorted that Mrs. Auze was among those saved. The women were wurm frli mis and Mr. Hoffman, thinks his sister lost her life In trying to save that i)" her companion, who was con siderably her senior. Ml"s Huffman was about tiO years old. She was n daughter of tlie late Samuel Hoirman. Miss Hoffman was an Intel lectual and olmrmln? woman, and she had hosts of friends In this city. She was generous and charitable, and did u great deal in an unassuming way for the poor. , AN ATROCIOUS MURDER. Two Women Are Beaten to a Jelly By a Ferocious Negro. irpper Marlboro, Md., March If). Mary A. Clarke, aged re, was beaten to death and her sister. Annie Clink, aged 45. was fatally hurt luM night at Rowee. .Md., it village near this place, by John (Jerry, a 1,'i-yeur-old negio boy, who is In Jail for tlie crime. The deed was a reroclous one, the aged and de fenceless women being surprised by tho boy und Uteially beaten to a jolly with n club. Miss Annie Clark saved her self from Instant death by promising to glvo the- boy .tlcO and pledging her self not to betray him if ho spared her life. Intense indignation prevails and a lynching Is pot Improbable. Tho murdei er wns. lodged In the Marl boro jail, but later, for fear that he would be lynched, was taken to Wash ington and tonight wes tnken to Hal tliunre on the in uVloek train for safe keeping. KRUGER'S SPEECH. He Wishes to Retain the Dynamite Monopoly. Pretoria. March in. President Krug er, lu an Important speech ut Heidel berg on Friday, emphasized the neces sity of the state retaining the dyna mite monopoly because, as he argued, tho South Afilean republic being an Inland state', in tho event of trouble with any of the powers Its supplies eif explosives might otherwise be sudden ly out off. "Where should we be then?" he exclaimed. lie announi'eil his Intention to modify the mining laws and to 'reduce thu period entitling an applicant to full burgliership from fourteen to nine years' residence. THE XISWS THIS MOHNIN'H Weather liullcatloni Today! FAIR i HIOH WINDS. I General Filipinos Getting n Taste of War. Tho West Experiences n Disastrous Cyclone. Hotel Windsor Fire, Tho Beef Inquiry. General Trade Halulicc Favors Uncle Sam. Financial and Commercial. Loenl-Mcctlng of tho Welsh C. M. Presbytery. Editorial. A Few Samples of Genuine Poetty. Local Contemplated Changes on th9 U., L. & W. Tramps Weru His Companion". Go-slp About Men of the Hour. Local West Scrunton and Suburban. News Round About Scrnnton. Local Arrested on a Charge of Murder. Industrial Gleanings. PRESIDENT AT CHURCH. The Service an Event of the Day in Thomasville Will Visit Jekyl Island Today. Thomasville, On., March III. Pres ident .McKlnley went to church today at the Methodist church of Thomas ville. The service was the event of the day to tlie village and country folks. i and the large weather-stained church was filled to tho doors. The president's I carriage drove up in front of the church j just before service began and Mr. lie I Kinley, Vice-President Hobart and I Mrs. Hobart. who were the only ones to attend, were shown to it pew well to "j0 tront of "I0 l,0' of tllc hiirch. rhey were seated before ninny of the congregation knew of their presence, but thereafter wore observeil as closely ns decency at the service would permit. Mrs. 'McKlnley did not attend, the weather having turned raw and cold, making It prudent to remain Indoors. Presiding Elder K. O. Rranch conduct ed services. He Is well along In years. In his prayer he Implored God to bless the president of the United States, give him wisdom for the conduct of his otrice and that Increasing prosperity may he our Inherltnge under his administra tion. He chose for his text the seventh verse of the seventh chanter of Mat thew, "Every good tree brlngeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree brlngeth forth evil fruit." The theme of his sermon was that every individual continuously lias an inlluence for good or evil on all per sons. The president listened attentively throughout the long sermon nnd joined in the congregational singing. He looked fairly well, but was decidedly pale. The vice-president showed that lie had not fully recovered from the grip. Tho party enjoyed a drive lu the afternoon and then, owing tei the cool northwest wind, spent the time Indoors chatting. Dinner wns served at 4 o'clock. Preparations have been made to leave here lit a special car at 10 o'clock to morrow morning for Jekyl Island. There the party will remain till Wed nesday, free from scrutiny, save by the club members and their guests. Polities, It Is repcateel, most positive ly, have nothing to do with the trip, and no political conferences, it is ex plicitly asserted, will be held there. The probability that Speaker Reed and the president will meet is of course ndmltted and the possibility Is that a result of It may be better relations be tween them, though neither will be a party to any attempt to bring them together. TWO MEN KILLED. Tragedy on the Pennsylvania Line at Johnstown. Johnstown, Pa., March in. Two men were killed by fast trains on the Penn sylvania railroad within the tlinits of Cambria county, at Onllltzln. Saturday night, approaching the climax In trag edy. Durgess J. J. Mcdearry, who Is also the Justice of the peace-elect on the Democratic ticket, was struck and killed by the Chicago limited west bound, at a spot about one and a half miles west of Oallltlzin. He was a veterinary physician of long practice and a much respected citizen. Joseph Dougherty, the other victim, wns struck bv a fast freight about half a mile from the spot where Mc e'learry was killed. His head was com pletely severed frmn hl body. At " o'elork yesterdny morning D Klinemeyer. an emplove of the Ciiui brlo Steel company, had both leg cut off by a Pennsylvania railroad iru'n near the; Coneniaugh yards, nnd died afterward at the Memorial hnpltal In this city. VILLAMIL'S REMAINS. Sinitliigo de 1'iilia. Mm oh lit-After cup ful Investigation Major lUneral Wo id. tlie military governor. 1 convinced 'hat the skeleton found u few elays ago tied In an arm chair amid the rocks on the shore, ahoiit frui miles wsi of Cl Morro, I- the remains of the Simnlt-h Admiral Villa mil. who commanded the toipedo boat dustioyers Fmor and Pinion In tho battle which r Milled In the ilcsii notion of ivrveia Kuu.iibv.n. -. . - . Wages Increased Ten Per Cent. You.lghtowu. O.. Marcli 19. Notices have been posieil b. the Ohio Steel co.n. pan. now contiolicd by the National Steel compaii.v. thin talcing effect ,M..reli IM. the wages ol nil men ensued lu cm. stun tlou and ir..ek work woald be In creased in per cent The company lias i.mki uicii eontiuctliig two uiammotti lur line c.. Volunteers Returning. Havana. Mutch lli.-Tlie Pnllfd Stales transport Thomas, feiiueiiy the Mlnne vtult. sailed this moinlng for the I'nlted Slates wllh '.C' volunteers. The Ward liner, llavr.nn t-peiMally eharw red fin this purpose, vUll will toninirow with he Second LtiUlfVllle volunteers. Pope Attends Mass, Rome Muich Is. The nope attended hums today in ills private chapel, and later leeitved several permus In audience. lie occupies his liUuio time In wultnu Lathi verses. Steamship Arrivals, Nrw York, March l:t. Atrlved; La Tou rulne. from Havre, tlavro Arilved: li , Champagne, from New York. DISASTROUS CYCLONE IN THE WEST Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama Are Swept by Storms. FOURTEEN ARE KILLED Reports from Points in the States Abovo Mentioned Indicate That in Addition to Deaths and Injuries the Property Losses Will Run Into the Hundreds of Thousands Many Cattle Killed nnd Dozens, of Grain Mills Destroyed Heavy Rains Follow the Wind, Sweeping Away Bridges and Covering the Streets with Water in Some of tho Towns. Memphis, Tenn., March 19. Reports from different points In . Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama indicate that In the storms which swept over these states yesterday fourteen persons wcro killed outright and twenty-one injured as follows: Alabama, 16 killed, 4 'n Jured; Arkansas, 1 killed, 7 Injured Mississippi, 1 killed, 10 Injured. Tho property loss will run Into the hun dreds of thousands. Chicago, March 19. The Times-Herald, Rlrminghnm, Alu says: A cyclone struck the belt of country lying be tween Ilelfln nnd Edwardsvllle, Cle burne ceiunty, yesterday afternoon and wrought terrific damage, seven persons were killed, five of them in one house. It took railroad trains until 10 o'clock last night to get through on account of the trees and telegraph poles that had fallen across the track. Cattle were drowned and dozens of grain mills were destroyed. The house of the Coffee family wis absolutely torn to pieces. There were eleven inmates of the house, seven of whom were killed outright and three badly Injured. The storm swept a path of twenty miles long nnd levelled ev erything In Its way. Altogether twenty-live persons were Injured. The havoc wrought was terrific and the scenes c suffering terrible In the extreme. Bridges Swept Away. Huntsvllle, Ala.. March 19. A torna do passed thtough Hazel Oreen, a small town In the northern part of Madison county at fi o'clock last night and de stroyed many houses. It Is not known whether there wns loss tf life. Heavy rains all day swelled the creeks and small rivers of Madison county to un usual proportions and many brldg.'S were swept away. People In the law lands of tlie southern part of the coun ty will lose much property. Tlie water covered portions of several streets in Huntsvllle. Trains at tho Southern railway depot plowed through water fifteen Inches deep. Small houses on Spring branch. Pink Hook creek, lniel to be abandoned. Little Rock, Ark., Marcli 19. A de structive wind storm passed tluougli tin' southern part of Pass and a po tion of Pike county yesterday. At Okolono, several houses were blown down, three buildings being demol ished. Two men were caught In the, ruins and sustained serious injuries. Tlie storm was followed liy a very heavy tain, which extended till over the southwestern portion of the state. Atlanta, On.. Murch 19. A special tu the- Constitution from Waynesboro, Ga., says n eye lone: passed over Burke coun ty nt 3 oVfoek this morning. In tha vicinity of Wuyni'sboro four peop. were killed. Several houses were de molished and much damage done, Rirnilugham. Ala., March 19. Thu family of W. II. Lewis, consisting of hU wife and eight children, wus killed lu the cvclune which swept over Edwards vllle, Ala., vesieiday afternoon. A par ty of farmers recovered the bodies from tlie ruins of tlie house teljy. Showalter Won. New York. March 19. Showalter and Jmiovvskl today ugrcvil to extend the se ilns ot live guinea originally agreed upon to six. each having won two games. To day they contested tho llfth game, a queen's gambit, offered by Janowskl and after II moves Showalter won tho game, having played Him lies throughout. Score Sliovvaller. t; .lauouskl. 2. Tho lliuil game Is to In; contested tomoirow iil'teiniKiii. Methodist Appointments. llurrUlmrg. March I!'.-The Central Pennsylvania Melhodlrt conference will go Into execilllve sessleli tomorrow to nrraiiiie tlie pulpit iipiieliiiiueiits for the ensuing year. There vve-ie no nlllral ses idoni today of th confucuce. the cleilcal delegates occupying the pulpits of the cl. an lies of llurilsliiirs and surrounding towns. The Talbot Arrives at Portsmouth. Portsmouth, ling.. Muich n. Tho Rrlt Nh clutter Talbot, with the body of Lord . llervrhell on board, which sailed from New York on .laich , m rived heretoiUy. lfffttf WEATHER FORECAST. Washington. Muich 19.--Forecast for Monday: For eabtern Ponn f sylvnnla. fair: high northwester. -t- l.v winds. -f UUI tttttt.tttt t
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