h. ' , imifk rihttt TWO CENTS. TWHLllAGE'S. SCU ANTON, PA., SATUKDAV MORNING, APRIL 1, 1899. TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. 3-H f 4 j - (.tlhW. -StUMta. , a t fl I I I I III I 111 111 ?'vSSSWteffiL tSpi rn.P1 ILlrlMIA i&S '-r? SCATTERED Capture of Malolos May End Asuinaldo's Power. (PANIC OF THE NATIVES The American Ting Raised Over the City Rebels Retreating Towaids the Mountains In a State of Terror. Chinese Prisoneis State That Agulnaldo Left the City on Wednesday Kansas and Montana Troops First Enter the City Only Effective Stand, Manila, Match 31, 3.53 p. n. The Ameilonn Has was raised oxer Malolos at 10 oclock this morning. The Kansas regiment nnd the Montana regiment, on entering the cltj, found It deserted, the presldencln burning and the lebels I letreatlng toward the mountains In n, , state of terror. It is believed they can not In lutute make een u fnlnt 10 slBtance. The Ameiicun loss wan small. It Is evident that the reliels for borne time past ha e abandoned all hope of holding their capital, for the Ameri cans found theie evidences of elabor ate preparations for evacuation. On the rallioad the lalls and ties for about n mile had been torn up and probably thiown Into th ilvei, and the only prisoners captuied wete n few Chlna- Inien. The. said Aguinnldo left Mnlo- llos on Wednesday. The piiuclpal citizens of Malolos, theli families and goods have been Itakei Into the oountiy ever the tall road, white ethers departed on foot, eniijlng theh possessions and driving iclr rattle and other animals before lent llnst, of the lobel forces were iciiioved llijrdiiy evening to positions east of l.Ulio.id leaving onlv whip small fount m tin -.Hong trenches In fiont iit Malolos QAal Jtni'Ai t'nir started for t li.- idtal at 7 o'clock this m-irn- 1th two rapid-lire guns Hanking k jrd two guns of the With ,ihe light, and two guns of Artillery on the left of the 'lipids, lning nntinuouslj. The Ka .sj- and Montana leglmeiits removed upon M ilolos and the Nebraska mm I'enn y anin regiments and lire Thltd aillllerv kept along the right of the railroad The only effective stand made by the lebels ps at a bamboo and eat then woik, half a mile from Malolos, and on the Tight, where the Nebraska regi men, as was the case yesterday, had the baidest woik and buffeted the greatest loss ' t Colonel Funston, always at the front, was the Hist man in Malolos, follow id bj a group of dashing Kniis.ms. The Filipino Hag, which was fllng tror'i the cetilie of the town, was hauled down by some men of the Mon tana regiment who ttlumphantly raised their own above it. This afternoon the victorious Ameri can army Is feasting on cocoanuts and bananas and enjoying a well-earned teHt, while the hospital train Is earry ng the wounded back to Manila, List of Casualties. Washington, Match 31. The follow ing list of casualties has been ieceled from Gential Otis under today's date: Killed. March 29 Twentcth Karens Hand. lrl vuteb Orllu L nil low, Oliver Dix, Sam uel Wilson Tenth Pcnns) Ivanla Privates Nal;l Stevens, Compan.v I, Frederick Genuine, Compaq C, Hen T. Amlrert. Com pany 1, First South Dakota Private Oscut Fal len March 30 First Nebraska Piiviites Mil ton Ltnde, William Orr, Howard II. Whit more. -- March :tl rourth infantry Phst Lieu tenant John Gress. Wounded. March 25 rirht Montana-Second Lieu tenant Mlea Kell. wrist, slight, Prlvalia Theodore Vulkey neck and shoulder, se-ve-ro; John Cavanuugh, neck, slight, Mu sician James McQuatr). sternum, slight; Privates Charleb li Voting, hand, slight. Murch 29 Privates Axe Pcteison, tore arm. slight James Lenox knee, severe, William Hurouskl, shoulder, seveio, Al len U. Smith, chock, moihrato; ChHrles F. Mejers, groin, severe Twentieth Kansas Captain William J. Watson, chest, severu; Pi Kates Albert Shaughness) knee, severe, Fred L. Cul ler, forearm, suveie, Chailes A Wnlteis head, Blight. Charles M. Pease, thigh, slight, Wlllam D Smith, hand severe; Corporal Claude Sperloek, bieusi slight George B, Dally, side slight. Ilarr. G. Kuhns, shoulder. Hllglit, Seigeant James W Munan leg, sllglrt, Henry W. Joliu bon, forearm, modeuite; Corporal James C. Ilattcrburg, ehost, i-evere; IZiiu-st Crost", thouldpr, bevtre; band, Private Fleming Cotrrtland, abdomen, seveie First Mouth Dakota Privates Lewis F. Barber, thigh, severe. Jolnr Ueiitdht. lung, severe; Manuel Itlckinan, thigh, sp. ere; Hanper Ilakei, leg, blight; Fiank Ferguson, knee sevpre: John Ottmin thigh, severe, Knut Peterson, hip and thigh, severe, .lolnu-en l)onnoll leg, moderate. Corporal Oecur Jnhnbeii flesh, slight Tenth Ponn&ilvanl.i-rirHt Sorgeunt An. gustus Itonislej. Company I, thigh, se erei; Sergeant Charlos W. Asherafl, Com pany C, Wk, slight; Privutes William D. Dey, Company C, hand, suiuo. .lam-s Novrtkr. Company D, foreaim, moder-ate; Illehnrd liakvi, Company C, hip, slrlrt, Gi rge D. Tuylor. hand, seveie, Solomon Hush, Company f pelvlH, severe. March no-First Nebiasku - Hfrgmnt Hugh H. Capp, thigh, severe; Holiert H AleConnell, breast, slight; Privates Her beit II, Hnrber. wrist, thigh and butttn-i, kcvere, William Locelen, thest, seveio; George- R. noger, f rcurm, slight. Lvvul ers ntirham, chest sevvro; Heit H. Wull thigh slight; Herbert Hedges, leg, slight; JCrle Newf.ldt. thigh and shoulder, se. vere' John R. Davlf. hand, slight; Claude i v nuiieniiui. cnese, slight; Llovd Spot, teusteln hu id severe. IMwaid Do.v i Ini,'. thigh, slight, John U. Marshall, leg, T tTTXTAO iVnltur A. Hllfrltz, mm, severe; lsv Duncan, leit, HllKht. First Coloiudo Second Lieutenant Fied L. Perry, chest, slight: Private C. S. Our tor, ilora.il region, severe. Tenth Pennsjlvanln Privates ltov J. 1). Knox, Company 12, foot, tfovcre; Wllllnm Mnglchart, Company C, bark mid foot. First South Dakota Sergeant Frank Stevens, heel, modcrnto. Twentieth Kansas Private Todd T. Wnllr.er, log. mwi. First North Dakota Private Hany W. Donovan, elbow, slight; Pn'mim lliudlce Scolg, nnjor, asUstunt adjutant geneinl volunteers, shoulder, slight: Henry I. llojt, major, chief sutgeon volutitoeis, thigh, slight. March KJ First South Dakota l'livnta Charles A. Thclss, powder lurn, abdomen WINDSOR HOTEL VICTIMS. The Death List Now Numbers Forty-One. New Yoik, March 31. The total dead of the Windsor hotel lite now number forty-one. Of these, thirty are: uni dentified bodies and portions of bodies at the morgue. Hotly No. u0 wastnken to the morgue tonight. It consists of seven small bones entirely de nuded and much chaned. The num ber of missing Is fotty-three Th-j funeial of the victims of the lire will take place on Monday or Tuesday nut at the Chuieh of the Heavenly ns:. Warren F. Leland Is seilouslv 111 at the Grenoble. The burning of the Windsor, the violent death of his wife and elaughtei and the great trouble he hns undergone has prostrated him and while he tallied foi a time af.er tho first shock, he was ropoited today to be weak, nervous and bioken down. At the hotel it wns said that absolute rest and quiet must be seemed for Mr. Leland THEY MAKE MONEY. Gang of Counterfeiters Thought to Be Located at Pittston. Wllkes-Hnue, March 31. Unmistak able evidence of the existence of a counterfeiting den In sturmerville.nenr West Pittston, was uneaithed yester day by the United States olllceis. The discovery of thp evidence gievv out of the case which was heaid befuie United States Commissioner Halm on Match S, In which Charles Mo-es, a Lithuanian saloonkeeper of Sturmcr vllle, was charged with aiding and abetting two counterfeiters of Shamo kln. On thnt eliargr Moses was re quired to give ball In the sum of $3,000, which he furnished. CREW MISSING. The Sir Donald Picked Up as a De relict in an Ice Park. St. John's N F . March 31. The seal ing steamer Hallow, from the gulf of St. Lawrence, arrived here today with 11,000 seals. She reports that the Nlm rod has 4,000 and the Kits 1,000. Tho sealer Hope has not been sighted. The steamer Hanger, with 17,500 seals, came Into port shortly after the Hnrlovi, bringing in tow the missing steamer Sid Donald, which she picked up dere lict In an Ice pack. She saw no trace of the ciew of thn Sir Donald and It is believed that they have perished after going adrift on an Ice Hoe. HURT BY A CROW. Lieutenant Governor Woodiuff Cut in the Face. mica, N. Y., March 31. Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff and a party tf friends went up the New York Central today In on observation en gine bounfl for Fulton Chain, where they nre to spend Sunday Between Frankfort anil this city a ciow struck the window of tiro engine and shattered It. Some pieces of glass struck the lieu tenant governor In the face and the dead body of the bird lilt him on the forehead. He was cut about tho face but not seriously enough to cause him to abandon the pleasure tilp. MOLINEAUX CASE. Justice Williams Hears the Motion ' to Dismiss Indictment. New York, March 31. The motion to dismiss the Indictment against Iloland H, Mollneaux for the murder of Mrs. Adams came up In the criminal branch of the Supreme court bcfoie Justice' Williams today Hartow S. Weeks ap peared for Mollneaux and Dlstilct At torney Gardner and Assistant District Attorney Osborne represented the state Mollneaux was not present. His father, Genet nl Mollneaux, had a sent in the court loom. After hear ing the ntgument the couit reserved decision. Caipenteis Want Former Wages. OH Clt, Pa.. March 31.-At a meeting of the caipenters. machinists and boil"r makers of the Western New York uml Pennsylvania shops, held help this even ing, tho men unanimously decided to de mand a rpstoratlon of a wage cut of 10 per cent, made duilng the Cleveland ad. mlnlstiatlon. If tqe demand Is not grant ed b noon tomouow the men will go on stilke. Somo 200 men aru affected Indians Leave School. Carlisle. I'u , March 31 One hundred anil thirteen Indl in bos left the Indus, tlia school tod ly ami went to work upon farms In New Jersey and the southeast em counties of Pennsjlvanla. Dining tho summer they will work as oidlnnry farm hands and return In tho autumn to lenevv studies at the school. Algor's Trip. Clentuegos, March 31. General Alger sailed on tho United States tiansport In gnlU for Santiago tod.i). DEATHS OF A DAY. Philadelphia, Match 11. Walter Mel Mlchael, one of the former owners of the North American, of this cltj, died sud denly today nt his homo here. He was 01 years old Mr. McMlchael was a son of tho Into Morton McMlchael, one tlmo mayor of Philadelphia and a brother of Colonel cim ton McMlchael, present cltj treasurer of this cltj. Chicago, March 31. Major D. C. FultJ.i, of Hudson, Wis., died of heart trouble tcdny at tho Polytechnic hospital Ho whs 01 jears old. pioinlnent In politics and veiy wealthy. Major Fulton was a gallint boleller during the civil war. Wllkes-Hniro, March 3t.-Fied Thelss, jr., of this illy, one of tho most expert lite Insurnrco adjusters In tills country, died today at the Homeopathic hospital, Pittsburg, of pnpumonla, aged 33. Tho lomalns will bo brought to Wilkat-Dr rro for bin tal. ) WRECK OF BRITISH STEAMER STELLA TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. One Hundred and Five Holiday Keepers Aboard Ran Ashoio on the Cnsquet Rocks, Aldetney, in a Heavy Fog Foundered in Ten Minutes Boilers Exploded as Sua Wns Going Down More Than Ona Hundred Persons Drowned. Southampton, March 31. The pas senger steamboat Stella, plying be tween this port nnd tho Channel Isl nnds, clashed on the Cnsquet Hocks, near the Island of Aldernev, yesterday nfteinoon In a dense fog and foun dered in ten minutes, her boilers ex ploding with a tremendous teport an she went down. It Is believed tint 120 petsons were drowned. London, March 31. The news of the disaster to the British steamer Stulla, wiecked on the Casquet Hocks and In which tllsnstet many lives were lost, spread slowly through London In the absence of the usual evening newspap ei s, the- day being Good Friday. As the afternoon advanced, small gioups gatheied at the Waterloo stutlnn, where many painful scenes tiunsplied nmong the Inquirers for fi lends at the lallway olllce. A latge ciowd collec i to vvult the ai rival of the train 'mm Southampton at !) o'clock this evening, which brought three of the survivois, Messrs. David King, n London mer chant. Hellbom and Greener, all of whom were wrapped In gteat rugs and bore evident traces of their suffer ings They were Immediately sui loundotl and anxiously questioned. Mr King, who was among the list to leave the ship, said: "The gt eater pan of vesterdav w 13 exceedingly pleasant, but towaid ev 11 Ingvve encountered a mist which soon eleveloped Into a dense fog There wa, however, no appieheusion Sud denly n great shock told us that the Stella had struck the rocks. Set earns rent the air, but the coolness of tin olllcers considerably allayed the ex citement. The ciew behaved splendid ly, loweilng the boats with tho great est promptitude. Hveiy woman was supplied with a life belt. At Hrst we thought there would be time for all the boats to clear aw.i, but suddenly the bolleis burst with a deafening report, lending the ship amidships." Mr. King and two lliemeii, Osborn and Bavley were the last to leave tho vessel He had just given up a life belt to aid a clergv man's wife and was lltetallv pulled Into a boat by Second Mate Reynolds), who was lnti unientnl In saving many lives. The boat, with twenty-two persons, drifted for fifteen houis In tho ltitnc cold and were Anally picked up oy the Gieat Western Railroad com pany's steamer. Vera, fiom Southamp ton. ..ir. King believes that live bo.i's were launched. He saw one upturned with children clinging to It. Southampton, Mai eh 31. Later ac counts show thnt the Stella had 14(1 passenger? on hoard and that her ciew numbeied 4.' persons. Another steamer of the same cuin pany, which anived at the island of Jersey today, leports laving parsed many bodies of victims of the disaster about the Casquet rocks. Mr. Bush's Story. A survivor of the disaster named Hush says the speed of the Stella in the fog was, not diminished, though the fog whistles vveie sounded, Iiuh adds that at 3.30 a. in. the engineer showed him In the engine room a. dial register Ins a speed of ISti knots He says the vessel struck within twenty-Hve min utes afterwauls. Hush fuither assets that two life boats were sunk with the steamer, which, .ifter resting on the rocks for ten or Hfteen minutes, split In two and disappeared. Continuing, Bush said "When the Stella disappeared 40 or CO persons were discovered clinging to pieces of wreck age or cabin furniture and crying plte ously for help. All the passengers, and crew had been piovlded with life belts and there was little pinlc as the ship sank. I Hrst slipped into the water and then swam to one of the boats, Into which I wns helped. We rowed sup posedly In the dhectlon of Guernsey but beven hours later we found our selves near the scere of the wreck nnd saw dozens of peisons clinging to tho rocltn." The boat Ir which Bush was a pas senger was afterwards picked up by a steamer. Tha passengers all agree that pei feet order and discipline prevailed on board tho Stella. The crew prompt ly took up their stations when the bteamer stiuek. solved out the life bolts and lowered tho boats. Tho sceno at the moment of the blnk Ing of the vessel was heartrending. Women were screaming nnd playing and perple were clinging to spars and othet wieckage In all directions. Those wno had succeeded in getting Into tne boats had a nairow escape from blng engulfed on account of tho suction caused by the sinking vessel. The voice of Captain Hooks, from thu bridge, was frequently heard urging the lowers to pull for their lives. The boats weie adrift for fifteen horns, during which the occupants were without food or water, and ns their clothes weie drenched, they suf fered greatly. The dlsnstei Is geneinlly attl United to thu high speed at which the steunier was travellne' In the fog. The second mate was the only em ploye of tho Stella who was saved. Thus far 102 passengers had been ac counted for, Including Mr. J. I'niton and his wife. Mr. Paiton Is the man ager of the London olllce of tiro Amtil can line. Tho I'm tons ute believed to have been the only Americans on boaul. The steamer Honlluer le turned to night, after having mude fie circle of tho Casquet rocks. She picked up two boats containing women's clothing, money and. Jewelry, .' Miny mostpathetlo Incidents are re ported.' "ip' jSgj'erftl eases meto lifted tbelr wives and children Into the boats and then perished themselves In their presence. One wife, who was thus be teaved, lost her reason. A huge number of the survivors ar rived here without any clothing, clad only In blankets. WINDSOR MYSTERY. Polly Noonnn Is Uncertain as to the Johnsons. New York, March 31. "Polly Noonan, a chambermaid, who escaped from the Windsor hotel nnd who snld she saw Mi, and Mrs. A. H, Johnson, of New burypott, Mass., safe on the sidewalk, today gave a more detailed story. The Johnsons have not been heard of by their friends nnd are still believed to have pei ished. , The girl said she vv as in the 100111 of the Johnsons at 1.30 o'clock. At that time Mrs. Johnson was there, Mr. Johnson having left the hotel some little time before. On leav ing the room of tho Johnsons, Polly Noonan went to the next room. Sho said she saw Mrs. Johnson leave her loom and go down stairs, presumably to the telegraph ofllce. While In the room next to the Johnsons there came the cry of lire and Polly Noonan at tempted to leave the building by means of the servants' staircase. She was driven back by the smoke nnd tlamcs. As she pushed open the window, she said she was certain that she saw both Mr. and Mis. Johnson on the opposite side of the street. Then slip lowered lie! self fiom the window by means of a rope. After her escape she claims to have- lecognlzed both the Johnsons, whom she again met opposite the hotel. She said she did not stop to sneak to them. "I know the JohnsonR veiy well nnd don't see how I could have been mis taken," said she, "but I suppose I must have been since everybody else Is sure they were lost In the lire." BRIBERY INVESTIGATION. Chaiimnn Fow Will Hold Tluee Ses sions Daily. Hanlsbutg, March 31. The March t-ttuement of State Tieasuier Reucom shows a balance In the general fund of ? il2,uoJ. 1.1. the smallest balance In the state ticastirv since the close of the Civil war. Mi. Bencom says the claims now due and payable aggregate at leabt four times this amount and that It will be Impossible to accumulate enough nini by Juno 5, when the school np propiiatlon of r.,500,000 for the fiscal ear becomes due, t pay any patt of the appiopriatlon during that month. He also buys It will be fortunate If the receipts ate sufllcient to pay the expenses of tho legislatuie, make the quaiterlj pajments to tho charitable Institutions nnd leturn the personal pioperty tax jet due to Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. ATLANTIC BALL LEAGUE. Schedule Calls for 126 Games Sea son to Open April 27. Philadelphia, March 31. Thu Atlan tic base ball league schedule meeting which was to have been held at the Hotel Hanover, this cltj-, on April 1, has been postponed until April 6, on account of the death of tho mother of Manager Wright, of the Paterson club. The schedule committee, consisting of Messrs. Wright, Sharsig and Spunler, has prepaieel a schedule calling for one hundred and twenty-six games. The season will open on April L7 and clote on Sept. 10. President Barrow has appointed the following staff of umpires for the com ing season: W. G. Betts. John Beiger, J. Hnrdle Henderson and "Saldy" Mc Dennott. TREASURER'S REPORT. Statement of State Finances Sub mitted by Mr. Beacom. Harrlsburg, Maich 31. Chnlnmin Fow, of the blibery investigating committee, hns notified those mem bers of the house of lepiesentatives who have not testified and all others Interebted in the inquiry to be present next Tuesday afternoon. The com mittee expects to hold thiee sessions dally this week commencing Tuesdaj', to that it niny complete the Investi gation and ptepare Its teport to be presented the following MondoV. All but ten members of the house have appeared befote the committee and given testimonj on the charges of alleged bribery In connection with the United States senatorshlp and tho McCanell jury bill. Mr. White's Denial. Berlin. March 31. -Tho German piess having strongly Intimated that Mr. VA nttn and tho American government showed bad faith when they recently assured Germany that conciliatory instructions had been cabled to Admiral Kautz. Mr. Wlilto has deemed It ndv liable to de nounce this ns a libel and as untrue, add lug that neither Washington nor he knew anything of tho Sumoan bombardment sooner than tho Geiman government. Mass of Rock Falls. Niagara Fatts, N. Y Maren 31. A mass of rock estimated to weigh over 100,000 thins fell today from tho cliff to the build. Ings of tho Buttery whlilpool rapids elevator and the tracks of tho Gorge rail road. Another gieat mass Is gradually In caking away and may fall at uny mo tnpnt. None of thp cars of tho elevator nor the Goigo load are running 11 1 pres ent. Hanged for Brutal Murder. Birmingham, Ala., Mutch 31. HleharJ Hale and Thomas Johnson, white miu, and Sam Hives, coloied, were hanged at Tioy tenia) for the brutal murdei of Mrs. Ira Meyers, an aged woman and her dauglitcr-ln-law. Mrs. D Mejers. wlmi thev killed nnd attempted to burn ut Josle In Docembor -lust. Robbery was tho Incentive for tho deed. Abductois of Young Lapiner. Paltiesv llle, O., Murch 31. By order of eourt John Ci 111ns and Anno Inger..ll, tint alleged abductors ot little Gerald Lapiner wern this afternoon turned over to Detective Broderlck, 01 Chicago, Brodorlek started for Chicago tonight with his prUoueis. Colonel Bowman Dead. Bedford, Pa , March 31. Colonel John M, Bowman, editor of the llverett He publican, died ut i:flttt. lied lord couu. ty, todsy aged 73 jtnrs. Colonel Bow man was 11 printer uiid Journalist all his days. SAMOAN TROUBLES STILL INCREASE PLAN FOR SETTLEMENT OF THEM BEING CONSIDERED. Great Biltnln, United States nnd Germany Examining It Sugges tion of the Latter Power Estab lishment of a Joint High Commis sion Proposed Thorough Investi gation of tho Troubles to Be Made. The Commission to Take Preced ence of the Present Representa tives of the Powers in tho Islands. Washington, March 1. A modus Vi vendi for the settlement of the Satnonn troubles has been proposed and is be ing considered favorably by the threu governments concerned. It contem plates tho cieatlon of a joint high com mission, consisting of one member from each countrj', to pas.s on the re cent clash of authority, and resulting disotder. The proposition, It Is under stood, was put forward by Germany, nnd Is the second submitted for a set tlement of the entire queftion. The first proposition was that the United States and Great Britain join with Gcunnr.y In removing all the offi cials serving In Saino.i through whom the tioubles had arisen. Tr that tho United States and Client Britain replied that, ns their respective officials were not lesarded as having acted in the wrong It could not be conceded that they should be withdrawn nnd thus dis credited. The new pioposltlon Is pre sented to leave the whole question to high commlsMoners.one from eich gov ernment. Thnt would suspend, for the time being, the nuthorlty of tho pres ent ofltcinls in Samoa so far as the re cent dlilicultUs were concerned and leave the settlement to an entirely new bod fice fiom prejudice and with such a standintr as to give added weight to its findings. It would be temporary in character, not suspending or varying the Berlin treaty except for this spec ial purpose, and for that reason would come under the general designation of a modus Vivendi The tieaty Itself con templates thlb special ni rangement, as It provides In section I, article VIII. that "any special amendment may he adopted by the consent of tho three powets with the ndh'eienec of Samoa." No Acceptance. Up to tho present time no final ne eeptance has been given either by the United States or Gieat Britain, but In view of the acute tioubles teportcd within the last few days all parties seem much Inclined to accept this as affording at least seime prospect of a solution of the difficulty. This is home out by today'p cablo advices from Ber lin refenlng to tho favorable accept ance of the last proposition. Dr. Solf, the new head of tho muni cipality ot Samoa, is exacted to ar rive at the German embassy today or toinoi row, and the German ambassador will pivsent him to the otllcials here, Berlin. Mnrch 31. The United States ambassador, Andiew D. White, visited the foreign office this morning and In formed the officials theie that the lat est pioposals of Germany regarding Samoa had been f.ivoiablj received at Washington. The attitude of the press Is fair and moderate, though some of the news papers are attacking the authorities bltterlj-, claiming that they are mak ing too many concessions to tho United States and Great Britain. The German press having stronglj Intimated that Mr. White and the American government showed bad faith when they recently assured Germany that conciliatory instructions had been cabled tt Admiral Kautz, Mr. White has deemed It ndvisnble to denounce that as a libel and ns untrue, adding that neither Washington nor he knew anything of the Samoan bombardment sooner than the German government. THE MISSION HOPELESS. Cuban Assembly Not Able to Per suade Secretary Hay. Washington, March 31 The dele gates from the Cuban assembly, Messrs. Vlllalon and Hevia, called In formally at the state department to day and had a long conversation with Secretary Hay. The affairs In Cuba were freely discussed and the dele gates presented the resolution of the Cuban asseinblj-. Secretarj' Hay as sured tho delegates that the United States government would not Increase the amount to pny the Cuban arrnv nbove the $3,000,000 already bent to Cuba. He said this matter could not be further considered. He also In formed them that the president would not consent to any scheme for lalslnpr money by the Cuban assembly to pny the Cuban troops. Later the secretary mentioned the call to Piesldent McKlnley nnd tli. president In turn Informed htm that there would be no other or further an swer to the delegation than hnd al leady been given bjp the secretaiv. Counterfeiters Arrested. Wllkes-Barre, March 31. United Stutes Mar'hall Bachurach and Secret St'rvlco Detective G. O. Barker today artested Charles Moses foi counterfeiting. He was sent to iall In default of J5.0W ball. A big countei felting outfit was found hidden In nil outhousu at his homo It Is the apparatus Uhed by a gang of men who hnvo Hooded Now Jersej- and tho eastern part of this slate with counter feit dollars and half dollars. Genige H. Czepaplus, the leader, was eapture'd soma time ago and is now In Jail ut Pittsburg. Others ate undei surveillance and three iroio nrrebts are e.vpected. New Doimltoiy for Bucknell. Lcwlsbuig. Pa March 31, Giound for tho new dormitory for Bucknell uuiver sit) will bo broken on Monday afternoon, April 3, at 4 o'clock. An address will bo made by Hun J Thompson Baker, of Levvlsburg, Thu building will bo built of brick, 140x10 feet In dimensions. It Is In tended for tho use of tho young men nnd will accommodate one hundred students. Coinage of Gold. Philadelphia, March 31. Dutlng tho month of Match, tho coinage at tho luti'd States mint In this city was 1.700,. 47C pieces, making a total of fS.CT.2,073 01, The gold coinage was S,15C,715; silver, tUt,550.65; base, HS.fOUU. T1IK NEWS THIS MOItNLVU Weather Indlcatloni ToJiyi FAIR COLDCn. I General The Capture of Malolos. 1'ildencn In the Beef Inquiry. linns for Settlement of Samoan troubles. British steamer wrecked. 3 General Dun's Review of Tiude. Tho Markets. 3 Local Raster Music In tho Churchi a. 1 Kdltnrlal. News and Comment. S LooaT Social and Personal. Her Point of View. 0 Local Ground Is Broken for '.ho Foundling Home. Programme of the City Teachers' In stitute. 7 Local Carpenters Will Enforce Their Demands. Remains of Private Piase Reach This City. S Local West Scrnnton and Suburban. 9 News Hound About Scrnnton. 10 Local Raster Music in the Churches (Concluded.). II Loenl Sunday School Lesson for To morrow. Interesting Seimon on Mormonism. 12 Iyocal Rcllglciis News. SCANT ATTENDANCE AT LEGISLATURE Only Measures on First and Second Reading Aro Bi ought Before Sen ate Mr. Young Endeavors to Reg ulato the Sale of Cigarettes Tax on Building Associations Is Fro posed. Harrlsbuig, Match 31. Governor Stone this morning notified tho senate that he had signed tho bill empower ing the piesldent of the board of pub lic education In cities of thu Hist class to udopt and use a uibber stamp signa ture on city warrants and the nmenda tiny act regulating the chaiges made by pilots on tho Delaware river. Mr. Mitchell, of Jefferson, read in place to give all employes In civil ac tion against any person, Jinn, com pany or corporation shall have all tho rights In such action as parsons not so employed. This bill was nt once reported out of committee w 1th a fav orable recommeniiatlon, but later, up on motion of Its author. It win lecom mltted to the committee on ludlclaiy special. So scant was the attendance of mem beis that nothlhg but ...s on first and second reading were consideied. In the House. Mr. Young, of Tioga, intioduced a ' bm in the house today amending tho act of May 7, 18S9, prohibiting tho sale j of cigarettes to persons under sixteen years, to further prohibit the purchase, I procurement or recelin as a gift or ' otherwise of an)' cigarette with the j intent that the same shall be fur nished to or used by any person un der the nge of sixteen yea is. j A bill was introduced by Mr. Hosack, of Allegheny, Imposing a tax of twenty-five cents for each $1,000 held by domestic building and loan assocla tlone. Mr. Marshall, of Warren read a bill In place appioprlatlng $4,000 to the Warren Emergencj' hospital, Wan en. The order of business was tho con sideration of senate bills on second reading, a large number of which passee mis stage. The bill to make active or visiting committees of societies Incorporated for the purpose of visiting and In structing prisoners, oiiiciui visitors 01 penal and reformatoiy Institutions was defeated. The bill fixing the number ot viewers In proceedings to ascertain damages occasioned by the exercise of the pow er of eminent domain by corporations other than municipal corporations was also defeated. The bill repealing tho act of April 23, 1SS9, t elating to the granting of permits, employing or removing the contents of wells or cess pools In sec ond class cities was postponed for the present. After disposing of a laige number of bills on second reading the k house adjourned to ballot for United States senator. SIXTY-THIRD BALLOT. Harrlsburg, March 31, The leading of tho list of pairs, the calling of the roll and other preliminaries except the chap lain's prayer, were dispensed with at to day's Joint ballot for Fnlted States sena tor. Theie was no chat ge In the voting, the regulnr Republcans standing by hem tor Quay, tlio Democrats voting for George A. Jenks and tho anti-Quay Re publicans for Congressman Dalill The ballot was tho sKty-thlld and resulted &s tollows: Quay Jenks Dalzcll No quorum. 31 IS 3D DEAD HEROES. Express Car Containing Thhty-Six Bodies Passed Through This City. The lemulns of thhty-slx heroes passed through this city this morn ing nt 1 o'clock on No, 7 Delaware', Lackawanna and Western train to points In the weit, to be lecelved by relatives and fi lends and given Chris tian burial. One body goes to Corn ing, N. Y. Tho remains were contained In an expie-ss en 1 and weie sent fiom New York city, after being hi ought to this country by tho United States turns port Ciook. Thirteen bodies wont tluougli on Thuisday night hi a simi lar nunnor. Base Ball. At Chapel Hill. N C.-N01 lb Carolina university, 5; Lehigh, 0. At Newport News, Vii.-Yale IS: Ilamp tun, r, At Columbia S. C Columbia, 15 C o Una college, 11, Wages Iucreared, AllentovMi, Pa., March !W.-Thi D.ivies and Thomas lien company of Cntasauiua today Increased tho w aires of their two huudreel employes 10 per cent. MR. GIDDINGS AND EAGAN. The Texas Cattleman Gives Interesting Evidence. WHAT GEN. EAGAN SAID The Commissnry General Had but Little Faith in Rofrigernted Beef. Always Drove His Beef with Him on the Hoof The Genoral Had to Give the Beef Turnished by Swlffi & Co. a Tilal Algor's Wish. Wushlngton, Mai oh 31. All but two of the witnesses before the mmy beef Ineiulrj todnj- were members of the medical stalf of the arm)' who weie on service In Cuba during the Spanish war. The other two witnesses wei Mr, George H. Glddlngs and General J. Hale Sypher. who had been Inter ested In securing conttaets for supply ing beef on the hoof and on the block for the army In Cuba. They testified thnt Geneial Huguii had told them that the secietary of war had asked hnn to give the lefrlgeratcd beef a tilal, while Mr. Sypher said that Gen eial Kagan hud created the Impres sion upon him that he had preferred beef on the block to refilgerator beef. Their testimony throughout was con tindletory to General Hagan's testi mony and .Mr. Glddlngs snld that Con gressman Havviev was present nt sev eial of his conferences with General Kagnn. A majoiitj- of the army surgeons ex piessed the opinion that the canned beef was unsatisfactory as food for the ttoops, hut some of them think It no more harmful than other meat hi the Cuban climate. Mr Glddlngs Is from Antonio, Tex. He had put in a bid to Mipply the beef for Cuba on the hoof. In replv to a request irom Major Lee he detulled tho particulars of various Irtervlews with Geneinl Engan concerning the letting; of the contract for beef. His tlrbt con versation bad relatnl to the specifica tion of which Mr. Olddinps hud callcel attention to the fact that they wero vague. General r.ngnn had then said that the specifications were necessarll) vague ns he could not at that time give nny specific Information. Goneril Hag nn had at that time said that his pref erence would bo for refrigerator beef. If he had anv confidence In It, but he did not think the i eft Iterator beef could be made available In the Cuban climate. "I bave been In Cuba several times mvseif," snld the witness, "and I agieid with him thut it would be Im possible to keep tho refrigerated beef In that climate without tcfrigeiatois." Mr. Glddlngs then told of his visit to the commlssniy general on the first of Julv when the lntler told him Hint the secretaiy of war hnd sent for him the nlgnt before and hid said tint ow ing to the difference In pi Ice they hnd better give the refrigerator beef a trial and that he would have to do this. Had a Preservative Process. "I thin asked General IVgan If h had nny confidence In the proposition and he replied thut ho bad veiy little but that the icfilgerator men wero piepared to give a bond to Keep tho beef good for 71' hours after leaving the refrigerator He also stated that they had a pre-seivatlve piocors by which they expected to bo able to heep tho beef In condition. But ho said that It there wns anv dissatisfaction after tho contract went Into effect he would up set it and give the Texas cattle man a chance." Mr. Glddlnss then pioposed to make a proposition to keep his combination of cattlemen together for the purpose of taking' the contract In the emer gency Indicated and this he did. Ho pioduced a copy of this document. He had represented, he bald, a combina tion for coining the contiact Into ef fect. Secretary Alger's Wish. Mr. Glddlngs said in reply to ques tions bj Major Lee that General Hagan had told Mm that when he was an officer in the field he always drove his beef with him on foot nnd that he (Eagnn) thought this the proper wuj to supplj' beef to the aimy. Repenting his Intel view with Secre tary Alger, General Hagan had said, according to .Mr. Glddlngs, "Well, tho secretary sent for me last night and told me that there was so much dif ference In the pi Ice that we should give) the refrigerator beef a tilal." '"Did he older you to do that' I asked." " 'No.' he replied, 'hut his wish amounts to nn older.' Geneuil Dagan then lepeated his want of confidents and leitctated that If the beef did not piove Fatlsfactoiv he would annul the contiact, for he would not let the sol dleis he poisoned " In legal d to Genet al Eagun's lefei ence to a piesoi vntlve process, Mr. Gld dlngs said that the geneinl had told hlin that Swift & Co., who had mado the lowest bid on refilgerator beef, hoi a pioi'oss which would enable them to keep the beef for seenty-twe hours after being taken fiom tho refilgei otor. "'Do you beilevo If." I asked Oen eial Hngun," said Mi. Ulddlngs, 'when he replied, "I've got to believe it I'vo got to give It a trial ' " Shipping News. New Voils. .Match Jl.-CIcared: I m brl 1, Liverpool; La Noruiaudie, Havie IHt tf WEATHER FORECAST. f f Wiibhiugton, March 31,Foteiubt -f for Saturday: Fot eastern Penu 4- svlvaiila, fair; colder, fresh west- -f erl) wind fair Suudav - t'tttltttttttttttttt (
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