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TWO CENTS. TEN RAGES
SCRANTON, FA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL Id, 1899.
TEN RAGES.
TWO CENTS.
HONORS TO
MEMORY OF
JEFFERSON
Dinner at Metropolitan
Opera House a
Success.
JUDGE VAN WYCK ORATOR
The Defeated Candidate for the Em
pire State Gubernatorial Chair
Makes the Leading Speech of the
Evening The Banquet Hall n
Bower of Roses The Diners Strip
Flowers from the Tables.
.Vow York. April 13. The dinner of
the Democratic club In honor of the
anniversary of the birth of Thomas
Jefferson was hold tonight tit the Mot
ropolltnn opera house. Looking from
th" tl'i-3 to the lloor of tin- vast dining
hn'l thi' tabli'S seemed like great bods
of loses. The thirty-two tables were
on either side of the two guests' table.
Kach table wns piled with a mass of
riwps and fern- Intertwined.
Tin- lloor nf the auditorium was rais
er! to n level with that of the stage
by a temporary lloor, making one rec
tangular room of immense size. The
guests of honor were at two tables
aiiout under the proscenium arch and
nt right angles to the other tables.
Conspicuously placed at the west end
of the dining hall was the Inscription
In Incandescent lights:
'JKFFKKSO.SV
1741! lb.'
"HK.MOCUATIC LM.l'U."
The guests began to arrive at 6
o'clock, but the dinner did not begin
for tin hour and a half after that.
Contain Price, of tht; Tenderloin, and
4S policemen were In and around the
building. A crank letter of n few days
ago in which a threat was made to
blow up the building during the dinner,
made the police unusually vigilant. A
number of detective sergeants in even
ing dress mingled with th guests to
so-' that no unbidden person might en
ter Inside the building was an army
of ushers and attendants. These wore
a drab uniform with silver buttons.
.lust In fort the guests were called to
order, Llchor.l Croker, Perry Helmnnt,
Commissioners Scanned and Sexton
entered a box Mr. Croker was In en
thusiastic conversation with those
nbi'it him and waved his hand to
guests all over the hall.
There were fully .lou more guests
thin the 15(10 planned for, but all found
seats. This is said to be the largest
number ever accommodated at n ban
tiuet in the history of tills city. The
gl at dinner to Provident McKi'nley at
thf Waldorf-Astoria was served to
only 900.
The band struck up "Mall to the
Chief" at 7.30 o'clock and Richard
Croker. arm In arm with John Stanch
Held, inarched down the aisle. "With
them were Frederick C. Shraub. Hub
ert n. Hoosevelt. (ieneral ,1. Catlln and
Amos J. dimming.
'"he service of thp menu was excel
lent, but some confusion was caused
by some of the diners stripping the
tables of lioiuis and ribbons and
throwing them to the women in the
boxes,
Perry Helmnnt began to speak at 10
o'clock. The uproar was so great that
ho could not he heard a hundred feet
away. Ity degrees more quiet was ob
tained. Mr. Rolniont intioduced Augustus
Van Wyck by referring to the latter's
'anvas for governor. He said Justice
Van Wyck had conducted a campaign
with honor to himself and credit to the
Democracy.
Justice Van Wyck was received with
great applause.
Judge Van Wyck's Speech.
Judge Augustus Van Wyck respond
ed to "Our Country mml Her Com
merce" and sounded the keynote of on.
nnulllnn i. A . 1 ..
.wo.i.uu iu .iiKio..meiican alliance in
ids closing remarks, as follows:
This piessuiB uf KhrIIsI, competition
along tf.c entire Northern liminil.irv of
our country at I he very time when it
has become so fiishlnnablo for a fell nil
class of political Itatlff and uftor-tlin.
itr speaki is i., tli..iiKliileM.y ndvocar.
u political and coiihihicI.i1 iilllnnre. ollen
siw and defensive, bilwicn these two
toiintri.-s. It will not I,.- ,lcemul ,,mM
to caution our people i.nalnet Imsn no
tion lt us he lulluuueil by tin niitnril
as well 'as the ilxed policy of that n;.ii
toward- ties for n cintiii and , hf
lalliur Hum by tlnlr profuse oxpn rh.t g
of fri. n.lshlp daring the Spanish ,,,.
In 1711 A.ltnlial V.i noii conimiiniled ihe
Kugllxh expedition against Cnitugeuu mi
the North, in coast of South Anitrien
then ii flourishing Spanish pns-ehsiun'
Ills forces Included Ihlrty-hlx conipuul.
Df Ami. 'it. an troops from the thlrtec i
olnni. s among then, were sonic uf tho
Washington family, who afterwards gave
lis ni.iiir- to their place on the Potomac,
nrt also Smollett who described the In
cidents of (lie disastrous attempt ill his
Hodoilok Kiiiidom. The defeated fores
rendezvoused at Jamaica In tlm W.st In
dies and from th-ie Admiral Vermin cull
Mootleillv wrote to his hunie gucrnni. lit
that lie would disband m.d Mttlc the bat.
tnllons from the thirteen colonies iu Hast
Cuba rather than rosturt th.'in to th.lr
lome whore they "would wish to estab.
Ish manufactures, which would Injuro
thoso at home" (in Knglund). From thin
n now her policy has been one of sharp
lvalry and eoiniieittlon with America;
It Impelled tho revolution of 1770. fought
for business ah well as political inde
pendence; brought on the war of I12
waged against tn' Insolent claim of TCng
land for tho rlaht to scaich our shins
of commerco while riding tho highways
nf tho ocean; caused her to contest ovt .y
inch of our Northern tmunilnry line from
icean to ocean; made her encourage our
'amlly troubles In li00 to UGj, for which
ihe was compelled to pay us mlllloas
ind admit her wrong; and actuated horj
n violation of the Monroe doctrine, to
'ttempt an unwarrantable encroachment
upon tho ten Itot of Vcnczuuhi, until
ordered by the American government to
halt, notwithstanding that our new am
bassador at tho Court of St. James
seemed to think that his llrst duty was
to apologlzo to the Kngtlsh people, there,
for; and she has laralluled our Inland
water-ways and railroads from ocean to
ocean, separating us from our Alaskan
possessions.
Ever a Competitor.
Sho is now utul will ever ho our prin
cipal competitor in tho commerce of tho
world. Under such circumstances It
would bo her greatest boast in diplomacy
to engender the nnlmcslty of the other
nations of tho world towul.l us. by such
an alliance. For then In case the emerg
ency should ever nrlse that our country
should feel It necessary to command her
tti halt again In any of her future, aggres
sions and sho should refuse, the Pnlted
States would ilnd herself without a
friend In the Bistcrhood of notions. A
lively appreciation of the trno hearings
of both nations wfU lie the surest gu.ir
ar.teo of lasting friendship and peace be
tween them. Let the good old American
International policy of each nation at
tending to Its own business In the spirit
of fair play to the others assert itself
and let these knee-benders to all that Is
Kngllsh remember the ncHlce of 'ho
matchless Washington given In his faro,
well address, In which he says: "The
greatest rule of conduct for us. In regard
to foretell nntlons. Is, In extending our
oommciclnl. iclntlons to have with them
as little political connection as possible."
"It Is our true policy to steer clear of
pt-rnuin"iit alliances with any portion of
the foreign world." From that moment
the spirit of "p.ace. commerce and hon
est filendshlp with all nations, entang
ling nlllanees with none" proclaimed by
Jefferson, lias echoed and re-echoed down
the corridors of time. Let tho lovers of
peace and friendship In both countries
tiimlllnrize themselves with that part of
Washington's address relating to foreign
relations and it will promote good will
between these two nations.
At the conclusion of Justice Van
Wyck's speech many persons left the
hall.
Justice Van "Wyck's reference to the
inadvisablllty of an alliance with
Great Hrltnln seemed to nt tract more
attention than anything else he said,
and these utterances were, applauded
with much show of spirit.
John H. Stunchfleld, responding to
"Thomas Jefferson," had much dlfll
culty in making himself heard.
The hall was half emptied when Mr.
Stunchfleld finished his speech, but the
noise had nut diminished.
Informal receptions In the boxes add
ed not a little to the general confusion
and made tile task of the seakeis mote
dllllcult.
Frederick C. Schraub who spoke on
"The State nomocracy," was heard
much better than any of the other
speakeis. There were scarcely four
hundred diners in the hall when Mr.
Schraub concluded his speech.
Hobert H. Hoosevelt followed. Mr.
Hoosevelt was followed by General
Is.-uu Catlln, who spoke on "Democ
racy of Hrooklyn."
Congressman Amos J. Cummlngs
spoke on "The Army and the Navy."
WHERE BRYAN" BROKE BREAD.
Banquet of the Jeffersonians nt Mil
waukee. Milwaukee. Wis., April IS. The Jef
ferson club of Milwaukee observed the
natal day of the founder of Democracy
by a banquet at the Planklngton house
tonight, attended by over 400 guests.
Colonel William J. Hrynn was the
guest of honor and delivered the prin
cipal address in response to the toast
"Democracy."
Nearly all the Democrats from tho
state legislature were present.
The banquet hull was beautifully de
corated with tho national colors and
back of the guests of honor, above a
mantel, was hung a large portrait In
oil of the third president.
Colonel Bryan spoke of "Democ
racy." Hx-Senntor John I.. Mitchell, of Wis
consin, spoke on Thomas Jefferson."
John F. Doherty, oC La Crosse, an
swered to the sentiment "The Young
Democracy;" Thomas 1, Cleary, of
Plnttevlle, on "Party Honesty Is
Party Duty;" Carter H. Harrison, of
Chicago, responded to "Corruption in
Politics."
Mayor David S. Hose, of Milwaukee,
to "Imperialism;" Judge Hiram W,
Sawyer, of Hartford, on "Shall Trusts
and Corporations Hule" and George
Peck on "If a Soldier Does Not Like
His Hatlons What?"
Dr. Howard S. Taylor, of Chicago,
read an original poem on Jefferson.
Mr. Hrynn in the course of his ad
dress said:
"We are now near enough to the next
campaign to be able to form some idea,
of the lines along which the contest
will be fought, and I am taking no risk
when I say that those who in IMifi gave
their allegiance to the Chicago plat
form are as united today In the deter
mination that no stop taken iu IK'.itJ
shall lie retraced. That platform np
plied to the candidates then existing,
the principles which had been Demo-
I era tic from the beginning of the gov
ernment. Suggestions that wo nbun
I don the money question sometimes
I conies from those who deserted the
I party in IMS. but those suggestions urn
not supported by evidence tending to
show that the position in 18!)G was
wiong, but was predicted upon the the
ory that tho Issue upon which the par
ty once lost cun never be revived and
whntsoeinsmnst strange this argument
Is made by thoso who have followed a
different course In the puHt.
Hope ftnm Cleveland,
It 1SSS Mr. Cleveland was defeated
on tho tariff Issues, and yet the tarllf
was made the main Issue In 1892, mid
Mr. Cleveland was elected. The test
ought to be not whether the Issue has
been pieseiited before, but whether the
position taken Is right. If the gold
stmdurd was unmerited In JUSfi It Is
unmerited now. It Its maintenance
was a. detriment to tho interests of Uk
peoplo of tills country then It is a.
detriment now. If In 1W. it was so
hurtful that the Republicans promised
to put forth their best efforts to sub
stitute International bimetallism for It.
nnd nfter the election wns still so
hurtful that tho president sent n com
mission to Km ope to secure foreign aid
In abandoning it. what has happened
since then to make the American peo
ple uccecpt it as u blessing?
Mr. Hrynn, continuing, presented his
well known views regarding the double
metal standurd and the circulation of
national bunk notes and In touching
the subject of trusts he said:
"The trusts are now absorbing an
Increasing share of public attention,
because of their rapid growth during
tho last two years. "We had u sugar
trust and un oil trust some years ago.
We now have a biscuit trust and n
match trust and a ment trust In fact,
a trust In almost everything that Is
used. The milk trust reaches tho In
fant ns he enters tho world, the lee,
trust cools him In the summer, the
coal trust keeps him warm In tho sum
mer, while the collln trust waits to
rccelvo him when life's lltful dream is
over. Tho people arc beginning to
see what the principle of monopoly
really means, nnd yet the principle
of monopoly, so plainly Illustrated by
the Industrial trusts, does not differ
at all from tho principle of monopoly
which underlies both the gold stand
ard and the paper money trusts.
"The Democratic party Is prepared
to face the futute and meet new tis
sues without abandoning the old."
On Imperialism.
ITpon the subject of Imperialism, ho
said the idea of forcible conquest and
of colonization after the plan adopted
by Kuropean governments cannot re
ceive the support of the people of Ibis
country when the principles involved
are clearly understood.
The policy of Imperialism Is always
defended on the ground that It Is for
the good of the peoplo governed, but
we have never recognized tho right of
any nation tn benevolently assimilate
another nation.
Carter Harrison In his address said,
In part:
Carter Harrison's Address,
"In 1900 a bitter struggle awaits us.
The old light must be made nsain. a
fight nlong the lines laid down In the
platform nf the last national conven
tion for the rights of the plain people, a
fight against corruption and nil Its
awful menace to the republic, a 'Ight
against the trusts that seek to make
of this nation, founded upon the theory
of the absolute equality of all men, a
serfdom submissive to tho power and
the arrogance of wealth, a light for
everything that will lift the people
higher, a tight against everything that
will restrain the public In the onward
march of its triumphant destiny. If
we remain true to the theory and the
practice of what Democracy means nnd
stands for, there Is no need to doubt
the successful issues of the combat."
TREACHERY OF
THE SPANIARDS
Gunboats Captured by Rebels in
Philippines Had Been Sold to
Spaniard and Left Port Contmry
to the Orders of the "United States
Authorities Returned Stripped of
Guns.
Manila. Apill 13. 9.1.1 a. m. Fran
cisco Reyes, the man w ho recently pur
chased the Spanish gunboats at Znin
hoanga. Island of Mlndnnuo, has re
ceived advices to the effect that the
fleet sailed for Manila and returned a
few days later with the vessels stripped
of their guns and ammunition. The
purohosor's agents and native crews
for the vessels, on board the American
steamer Itutuan, were convovod to
Zamboanga by the United States
cruiser Hoston and were Instructed to
wait for the arrival there of the United
States' gunboat Petrel. Instead or so
doing, after the Hoston sailed from
JCnmboanga the Spaniards transferred
the gunboats to the agents of Senor
Reyes and the tleet left Zamboanga
unescorted. They soon returned nnd
reported having been hoarded by reb
els, who removed the gunboats' arma
ments. If the lnsttuetlons of the
American naval commander had been
obeyed their capture would have been
Impossible.
Zatnbonnga Is fortified and still gar
risoned by Spaniards, and the affair Is
regarded ns suspicious.
Washington, April in. The war de
partinent olilcials take a phllosonhlcal
view of the reported capture by the in
surgents in tho vicinity of JCamboanga
of the arms and armament on the
Soanish gunboats which were to bo
come the property of the I'nlted States.
They say that General Otis has with
held payment for any of these boats
until thev were delivered to him at
Manila. It Is regretted that the Insur
gents should possess the guns, hut It
is said that they will not be able to
secure and keep on hand n supply of
ammunition for them.
The United States forces have so far
hud no trouble with Insurgents on the
island of Mindanao, and In view of the
suspicious circumstances attending the
capture of these guns, it is apprehend
ed that some persons, possibly Spanish
sympathizers with Agulnaldo. have
caused tho guns to be sent to him.
THIRD ARTILLERY ATTACKED.
Two Privates Killed Near Malolos.
Officers Wounded.
Manila, Apill 13. 1,05 p. m. At
about A o'clock this morning a smalt
body of rebels attacked the camp of the
Third artillery from tho swamp near
I'aonbnn, a mile and a half west of
Malolos. Two privates were killed and
a lieutenant and two others were
wounded.
With the coming of dayllRht tho
American forces scoured the district,
driving the rebels northward and kill
ing several of them. A private soldier
of the Montana regiment was wounded.
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Steamship Arrivals.
New YoiU. Apill It New V"oik-.r.
rived, Llvci pool; Teutonic. Liverpool:
Lahn, Hrcrr.en via Southampton. Hailed:
Werkeudiiin, Amsterdam; Urittannle,
lluvre. Southampton Arrived: New
York, Liverpool; Travc, New York for
llremcn. Ni.phs-Sailed: Hurgundla, Nrw
York. Quconstown Sailed: Cymric (from
Liverpool), New York. Liverpool Ar.
rived: Majestic, New York. Rotterdam
Sailed: Spain ndam, New York.
Bribery Committee Report.
Uarrisliiirg, April 13. The limine this
afternoon adopted a resolution offered by
Mr. Fow, of Philadelphia, that next Mo'i
day nfternoon lit r. o'clock bn fixed for
consideration of the report of tha brib
ery Investigating committee.
BASE BALL.
At Philadelphia-Philadelphia, II; Villa
Nova college. 5.
At Now York New Yolk, 17; Ford
ham, S.
LEAVES ITS CASE TO GOMEZ.
Cuban Army Elects the General to
Treat with TJs.
Havana, April 13. Populur disap
proval lias caused General Ludlow, in
command of tho department of Ha
vana, to withhold the appointment of
Senor Agucrro us superintendent of
the relief of the destitute. The local
newspapets are opposed to him.
Twelve generals and many other of
ficers of the first and seconu army
corps of tho Cuban foVccs met at Ilay
nmo yesterday and decided to name
General Maximo Gomez us the repre
sentative of tho Cuban army to the
Americans, with full powers to treat
for the army. There were 120 votes
in favor ot Gomez and 12 against him.
At tho same meeting it wns decided
to exterminate the bandits.
In the lntter connection there seems
to be a conflict of opinion. General
Leonard Wood, In command of the dis
trict of Santiago -e Cuba, has tele
graphed to headquarters here that
there are no bandits In the Santiago
province. That Is regarded as strange,
In view of the news dispatches giving
names, dates, places and Incidents in
connection with the banditti.
Demelrlo Castillo, civil governor of
the Province of Santiago de Cuba, has
left Pantlngo for Havana, his home.
Senor Portuondo, chairman of the
executive committee of the Cuban mil
itary assembly, visited Major General
Hrooke yesterday and discussed with
him the rolls of the Cuban army In the
possession of the assembly. General
Hrooke has been desirous that Bar
tolome Masso should repair to Havana.
In order to aid and advise General
Gomez in matters connected with th
Cuban army, which was opposed for
political reasons by certain former us
srinblymen. Senors Portuondo, Por
flrlo and Vallente, who were discharged
recently from the United States ser
vice In Havana, have left here for
Manznnlllo, where Slasso Is reported to
be, for the purpose of dissuading him
from coming Havana In accordance
with General feswko's desires.
Masso was tonnerly president of the
Cuban '"rgeiit government. He re
signed in November, 189S.
TRIAL OF MRS. GEORGE.
Efforts to Make Accused Woman's
Former Attorney Testify.
Canton. O., April 13. William 1
Cook was on the stand today in the
George trial, and his cross-examination
Interrupted yesterday by adjourn
ment was resumed.
Attorney Lorln 'C. Wise testified to
seeing Mrs. Genrge get on a ear on
which he was riding tho evening of the
tragedy, and to seeing her leaving the
cor at Haslett avenue at C o'clock. He
described the topogiaphy of that sec
tion and the routes to the city, with
particular reference to the streets over
which it Is asserted the assassin passed.
W. O. "Werntz, an attorney for Mrs.
George before the. tragedy, was called
to testify as to what Mrs. George said
to him of her alleged contemnlated
crime on the Monday before the trag
edy. He claimed privilege of confi
dence between counsel and client. The
defense took the same position. The
state claimed there could be no confi
dential relations on a contemplated
crime.
The Judge took the question of ad
mission of Werntz's testimony under
advisement until the afternoon session.
CANADIAN LAKE FLEET.
To Put Steel Vessels in Competition
with American Carriers.
.Montrr.il. April 13. .Montreal and To
ronto capitalists. Including Senator for
get, tile big Monti e.'il broker, and George
II. liertr.un. Jl. P., the Toronto ship
builder, are applying to parliament for
incorporation as tho Canadian Inland
Transportation company, with a capital
of i.i),iifl.j. the object of the company
being to place a fleet of steel steamships
on the upper lakes capable of competing
with the American carriers.
Ten steel vessels are to he built, and
two are already laid down of a length of
27S feet and a. beam of 13 feet. The com
pany will build Its own terminals and ele
vators, and expects to be able to do con.
slderablo business In carrying return car
goes of coal from Montreal, thus bring
ing Nova Scotia soft coal In competi
tion with the Philadelphia hard article.
They also Intend placing vessels In tho
business of carrying ore from Lake Su
perior ports to the tilust furnaces at
Hamilton and Toronto. A company has
been formed with a. capital of $2,00.).0"K to
build a blast furnace at Toronto.
TRAGEDY AT VINELAND.
Charles Lamb Shoots His Servant
and Commits Suicide.
Vlnel.'ind. N. J.. April U-Charles C.
Lamb tonight slu t his servant girl, Liz
zie Fisher, end shoitly afterward cut
his throat and died almost Instantly. The
gill received one bullet in the back of
thi- head and another in the hip. She will
tile. The girl on belrg shot ran scream
ing from the. house followed by Lamb. A
neighbor came to her rescue and Lamb
returned to the house nnd cut his throat.
No cause Is known for the act other
than that Lamb, became suddenly de
ranged. The girl toys ho gave her a
newspaper and cemmnnded her to read it
to him. She was about to do so when lie
began shooting.
SALE OF A GOLD MINE.
Independence of Cripple Creek
Bought by Englishmen.
Denver, April 13. A private cablegram
from London sas W. S. Stratton has
sold his famous '"ripple Crt . k gold initio.
the Independence, to the Venture com.
pany of Louden. Tho pi Ice is not stated,
but It is believed to be not less than
$i,0n0.MI0 nnd It may be very much larger
If all his Cripple Creek property Is In
cluded in tho sale.
Duck Hunter Killed.
Lock Haven, Pa.. April I!!. While duck
hunting on the river this afternoon italph
McCormlck. aged 19 years, son of City
Chile S. M. McCormlck. was instantly
killed. The young man nttompted to pull
n shotgun from a small boat Into a larger
boat by tho muzzle. The ttigger caught
und the contents were discharged and
entered McCormlck's bit ost causing In
stant death.
Linden Resigns.
Philadelphia, April 13.-Uoberl J. Lin
den, who has been superintendent of po.
lico In this city since 1S92, picsented his
resignation today to Director of Public
Safoty Ki'sllsh tq take effect tomorrow.
Captain of Police Hurry M. Quirk was
appointed noting superintendent until the1
vacancy shall be Idled.
WILL SPEED
TO SAMOA
The High Commission
Likely to Sail on
April 19.
WILL AVOID BLOODSHED
Great Britain Agrees to the Una
nimity Rule The Three Powers In
Accord Germany Desirous of Pre
venting Further Bloodshed Com
ment of the Berlin Press Man
ager of the German Plantation to
Be Punished if Guilty of Urging
Mataafans to Fight Interpella
tion in the Reichstag.
Merlin. Apill 12. The United States
embassy, at noon today, gave the cor
respondent here of the Associated
Press the following statement:
"We have received from the foreign
office un account of the latest conlllct
In Samoa. The German government
expressed sympathy und took occasion
to urge the adoption of the unanimity
rule In the findings ot the Samoa
commission, in order that the German
commissioner. Haron Speck von Stern
burg, might sail for Samoa at tho ear
liest moment possible. The German
government urged that only the early
arrival of the commission will prevent
further serious bloodshed. This morn
ing Haron von Bulow, minister of the
foreign ofllce, informs the American
ambassador that Great Britain has nt
last agreed to the unanimity rule.
"The I'nlted States has also agreed
to it, utul the commission can prob
ably proceed to the Islands without de
lay." Tho German press this morning glvea
yesterday's news calmly and mostly
without comment. The Cologne Ga
zette remarks:
"We need not say that If the guilt
of the manager of the German planta
tion is proved Germany will approve
of his arrest and of the demand for
his punishment. We will not defend
th behavior of a German abroad
merely because he is a German."
View at Washington.
Washington, April l'.l. Tho report of
the tragic events in Samoa bus had
one result, which was predicted yes
terday at the state department. The
Samoan commission 'litis been hurried
forward to complete organization and
Its members will start at once for Apia.
It is believed that they will he able
to sail on April 1!).
The administration Is encouraged to
believe that the Samoan troubles may
be adjusted satisfactorily, and while
the seriousness of the situation is re
cognized, the president and Secretary
Hay are gratified by the manner In
which Germany and Great Britain
have accepted new conditions under
the stress of an emergency, and with
the renewed assurances of a peaceful
solution of all difficulties.
It Is a striking feature of recent
negotiations that while British and
American murines have been lighting
side by side at Apia, diplomatically
the relations between Great Britain
and the I'nlted States during the last
few weeks have noi been so close as
the diplomatic relations between the
United States and Germany, tne posi
tion of Washington "wiig nearer to
that of Berlin than to that of London
In the matter of constituting the com
mission and announcing its program.
The administration has aimed so far
as possible to observe a neutral posi
tion on matters in dispute between
Great Britain anu Germany, but it
realizes that should conditions become
more threatening, it would bo extreme
ly dllllcult nnd probably impossible
for tho L'nlted States to hold aloof.
At present It is possible only to awnlt
news from Apia, always a fortnight
old, and try to udjust diplomatic con
ditions to facts as they develop.
It Is understood that so far as oper
ations In Samoa go, the British and
American military forces will bo sent
to Apia by both nations without regard
Immediately to the work of the com
mission. It Is clear that the feeling
at Apia between Germans on one side
and Americans and British on tho oth
er, is Intense, and that the German
consul. Hose, is responsible in a largo
measure for it.
CAVE-IN AT NANTICOKE.
Forge Creek Is Now Flowing Into
Hillmnu Mine.
Nnntlcoke, Pa., April 13. A serious
cavo-ln occurred near No. 7 breaker In
the Illllman vein, No. 2 slope of tho
Susiiilehanna Coal company on the
western side of tho borough today.
The opening Is about 600 feet in
length and S01 feet lUilo und Is rapidly
extending. Forgo creek, which was
directly over the cave, is now pouring
Into the opening. The slope Is an old
one and no one was working In it at
the time. As It connects with all tho
other mines the water may do consid
erable damage before n channel cun be
dug around it.
Two hundred men are nt work dig
ging a channel, which work will prob
ably take ten or twelve hours. The
mules were all taken out of the milieu
utter the cave-In occurred.
Brakeman Killed.
Lancaster. Pa., April 12. Witliam
Downey, aged SO years, married, a Penn
sylvania railroad brakeman, was killed
this afternoon at WrlghtsvllUi while shift
ing cars by being caught between a car
and the station platform.
Vice President nobart Improving.
Washington, April n. Vice President
Hobart was reported tonight to bo lm
piovlng. though ho has not yet sufficient
ly recovered to leuvo his room.
THIS NKWS THIS M0UNINU
Weather Indications Today:
SHOWERS AIE PnODADLE.
1 General Inteicstlng Incident of tho
Quay Trial,
How Jcffersoii Day Was Celebrated.
Spanish Treachery.
Tho Samoan Question,
2 General-News of Plttston City.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Local Wyoming Conference AdoptB
Resolutions Against Mormonlsm.
1 Hdltorlal.
Tho Mali Who llore the Mcssaco to
General Garcia.
G General Work of the State Law.
makers.
G Local Busy Session of the City Coun
cils. Ten Badly Frightened Men.
7 Local Meeting of Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society.
Scrnnton Man Writes from Matanzas,
Cuba.
S Local West Scranton and Siibuiban.
H News Hound About Scranton.
10 Local Court Proceeding".
South Sliln Sower Again Delaytd.
AN INTENDED ACCIDENT.
Anthony Lally Was Shot While Try
ing to Enter Weisel's Barn.
Chief of Police Holding, aided by the
light thrown by The Tribune upon the
peculltr nccldent by which Anthony
ll!y wns severely wounded lost Tues
day, obtained evidence yesterday suf
ficient to warrant the arrest of Lally.
Alderman Millar Issued the warrant
charging Lally with "being guilty ot
attempting to breuk Into a barn locat
ed upon the premises of George Wds
el, of 5outh Scranton, with felonlouH
Intent." The warrant was served on
the wounded man at the Lackawanna
horpltal by Chief Robllng.
Lally simply remarked "G'wan; don't
bother me." Lally has an interesting
police record. "Cake," as he Is some
times known, was discharged from the
county jail March 8, 1808, aflr serving
three months for being found guilty of
larceny. Mrs. Donnelly's barn In the
rear of the residence on Beech street
was entered and cigars stolen there
from by Lally. On Sept. ? 1S9S, he
was aent up to the county Jail for
thirty days by Alderman Lentes,
charged with being drunk and disor
derly. His career, such as it liar been,
came very close to a termination on
Tuesday night, and he is not out of
danger jet.
CRYSTALLINE SALTS.
Found by Undertaker Spicer on the
Refrigerator Beef.
Washington, April IS. Dr. W. D.
Blgelow, chemist ot the agricultural
department, told the Wade court of in
quiry today that the emitted corned
beef was a wholesome and nutritious
product even mine, nutritious than
fresh beef because of the preponder
ance of proteids. He also gave the
details of his general Investigation In
to the canned beef supply showing the
moat to lie a generally satisfactory ra
tion. Professor Mallet, professor of
chemistry at the I'nlverslty of Vir
ginia, presented a contrary view. He
expressed tho opinion that a chemical
analysis was not a sulllcleiit test of
tho character of a food product saying
that various conditions necessarily
must be considered. He did not re
gard the ranm d roast beef as desirable
i a Hon.
Itudolr.li Spicer, an undertaker of
llariisburg, Pa., said lie had discover
ed crystalline salts on the refrigerator
beef in Torto Rico which reminded
him of powders used in embalming.
LONG MILITARY SERVICE.
Fourteen Active Officers Who Have
Survived Two Wars.
Washington. April IS. A statement
prepared In the olllco of the adjutant
general shows that fourteen officer
who entered the army at the opening
of the war of the rebellion and served
throughout that struggle, are still on
the active list, having served with
credit throughout the Spanish war
which has just closed, the period of
serving during botli wars, from April
11, 1S61, to April 11, ISM. being exactly
thirty-eight years.
RALEIGH LEAVES BERMUDA.
The Cruiser Off on Her Last Stretch
to This Port.
Washington, April 1.1. The cruiser
Halelgh sailed today from Bermuda for
Tompklnsvllle, S. I.
Other movements of warships report
ed today are: The Alliance, sailed from
La Guavara for Santiago; the Ben
nington, sailed from Hong Kong for
Manila, and the Annapolis ami Vlcks
burg have arrived nt Key West.
ORDERED TO SAMOA.
Lieut. Hetherington and Ensign
Schulze to Replace Dead Officers.
Vullcjo. Cal.. April 13. Lieutenant Jus.
H. Hetherington, of Mare Island and K:i
sign Schulze. of tho Iowu, liuvo been or
dered detached from their present duties
and ordered to take the steamship for
Samoa jii April 19, to report to Admiral
IC.iutz for duty on the Philadelphia.
They till the vucineei caused bv the
deiith of Lieutenant Philip L. Lansdalu
end Knslgn John It. Monaghan. who were
killed at Samoa. Lieutenant Comnviiiiter
Hughes also gi.es to Samoa as executive
olhcer of the Philadelphia.
Dead on a Grave.
Yoik. Pa., April U.-Mrs. I'mma Wlost,
widow ot the late Dr. John Wlost. tell
dead on the grave of her husband m
Green Mount cemetery this afternoon.
Accompanied by her sister she visited the
cemetery. While In r sister was en
gaged In aiiothoi section of the ground
she visited her husband's ciuvc nnd was
fatally stricken. Some tlmo later the.
sister found the body probtruto over the
grave.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
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Washington, April 13. Forecast
for Friday: For Kastorn Pcnnsyl.
f vunlii, cloudiness with possibly
- showers and thunderstorm late
Filduy: brNk southerly winds;
f Saturday, fair and cooler.
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EFFORTS TO
INTRODUCE
RED BOOK
Interesting Incidents at
Trial (of Senator
Quay.
BOOKKEEPERS TESTIFY
Bulk of the Testimony Brought Out
in a Way to Involve the Red Book.
District Attorney Still Hopes to
Introduce tho Book's Contents n3
Testimony A Letter from State.
Treasurer Haywood, Which Is Re
garded as Damaging Judge Bld
dlo Overrules Objections of De
fense to the Letter as Evidence.
PiiiUdelphln, April 10. Piooeedliigfl
In the trial of Senator Quay today
were tedious, but nevertheless Inter
esting in their bearing upon the fu
ture ot the case. District Attorney
Itothermol placed upon the stand In
succession the paying teller, receiving
teller anil bookkeepers ot the broken
People's bank to prove thu books. All
of these, In answer to questions, made
reference to Senntor Quay's account
and the bookUcepeis said they had
entered the figures, but none of the
bonks were opened to show what the
nuture of the account was. This will
be done later. Vll ot the bank em
ployes, on cross-examination, stated!
that thev had never seen Senator
Quay's deposit book and they did not
believe there was one. it has been,
hinted that the defense will claim that
Senator Quay's account in the lodger
was fictitious as far as he was con
cerned and that the senator's name
was used by Hopkins as a cloak for
ids own personal transactions. The
cross-examination today would seem to
bear out this theory.
The "red book" was, a big feature of
tin day's pioccedings, figuring Indi
rectly In the testimony of several wit
nesses. Its pages were gone over re
peatedly and the question of Its Iden
tification with the business of tho bank
was discussed, and when court ad
journed a handwriting expert was t.u
the stand identifying the writing in it
as the work of Hopkins.
It was evident from the district at
torney's attitude toduy tliut he pro
poses to formally offer tho book in
evidence in a day or two, and ho ap
peals confident of his ability to intro
duce the- testimony which its pages
contain, and which is so vital in tho
establishment of the charge of con
spiracy between Quay, Haywood and
Hopkins to um' tlie money of the state
for Illicit gain. As the latter two art
dead, only Senator Quay remains to
face tin charge.
An Interesting Witness.
The most interesting witness of the
day was day Kenible, son of William
H. Ki'inblH. deceased, tin founder of
the People's bank. Mr. Kemble was
assistant cashier and a director as
well, lie did not take a very active
part In the operation of the bank, be
ing there us a representative of his
fathet's estate, on cross-exanilnatlon
tie denied having any Idas against any
body connected with tin failure of the
bank, and said neither lie nor his moth
er was behind the prosecution.
When asked what Hopkins' duties
were lit replied: "He was the whole
bank." While this witness was on the
stand the district attorney gained a
signal victory by securing- the ndinb
slon of the minute hook of the bank
in which Cashier Hopkins kept a ret
old of the meetings of the board of
directors. The particular entry heal
ing on the Quay ciue which thu dis
trict attorney was anxious to get In.
is under date of Aug. '), lS9t. It reads:
"The only offering for a loan before
the board was the note of (Senator)
Arthur Kennedy and T. It. Quay, In
dorsed by M. S. Quay, w lilt stock of
attached, it was agreed to niak
this loan provided II. It. Quay com
plied with the president's request for
a certain letter."
The "Certain Letter."
The "coituin letter" ls,the one which
Is regarded as the most damaging evi
dence against Senator Quay's son. it
Is us follows:
Commonwealth of Pom h.inla. Treas
ury Depaitment, llariisburg. Pa.. July
31. IS'Jii.
James McMni vs. Ksq., Pioplo'n Uank,
Philadelphia.
Dear Sir: On Jlrrday we will mall yo.t
a check for SIW.OO'I for credit of com
monwealth nf Pennsylvania, general fund,
which will make a crtdlt to our account
of K'.WU. The understanding Is that I
am not to draw against any part of thM
deposit until the Hon. It. R. Quay has
paid or airaugtd satlsf'tctory to you the
loan of en,n.m which you arc to make
him next wok. Verj truly,
II. J. Haywood, State Treasurer.
The defense objected strenuously to
the minute book, suylng that although
tho $100,000 note boars Senator Quay's
Indorsement, he knew nothing what
ever of the letter from Haywod and
had nothing to do with the juggllnir
of state money Indicated by it.
The district attorney claimed that
the loun wns virtually made to Sena
tor Quay und that Haywood received
Interest on tho deposit. Judge Ulddle
said ho would over-rule tho objection,
as tho offer tended to prove the exist
ence of conspiracy.
BOOK WITNESSES TESTIFY.
A, L, Tabor, Receiving Teller of the
Bank, on the Stand.
Philadelphia, April J?,. The fourth
day In the trial of ux-lTnlted States
Senator Quay on the charge of con
splraey began promptly at 10 o'clock.
IContlnued on Pago D.
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