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SCRANTOX, PA., MONDAY MOKNJNG, MAY 15, 1899.
TWO CENTS.
SPANIARDS
CAPTURED BY
INSURGENTS
The Garrison at Zain-
boanga Is Be-
sieged.
WATER SUPPLY CUT OFF
Spanish Piemler Says America Has
Not Succeeded The Civilians of
Philippine Commission Is in Favor
of Meeting with n rilipino Com
mission foi the Puipose of Airang
Ing Peace Teims General Law
ton's Men Continuo to Advance.
Uniform Quiet at Manila.
Washington, May II The- war de
partment tmlay lice-heel tlio follow
ing despatch.
M1111II1. Mij 14 U Is iciiiii tt il tint nt
Xambomgii insurgents attacked hp mMi
tioops 11th Inst, tittup iilck iirlni; guns
nml aim-" ciiptuted finm SpmiMi gun
boats Spinlsh i,tiietiil unci two olllcers
wounded J'cu casualties among tioops
hp.iidsh ginNon Dow besieged Water
supply cut oft and ttoops railing for lo
J'er (.SlBiicd) Otis
Madrid, Ma 14. Senoi Don Fr.m-
isco Sllie-la, tin1 Spanish piemler, in
an Intoivlew toduv regaidlns tne at
tack bv the Filipinos upon the Span
ish gairlson .it Zatnboang.i. Is'and of
Mindanao, In which two Spanish of
ficios and thiee men weie- wounded
and ono man was killed, said:
It Is vuiv painful to us to havo suf
fued those looses in a teriitorv that
doi s not belong: to us. Wo left thee
Hoops In the I'hlllppines In the Hopu
that thev might aid In securing the
le lease ot the Spanish prisoners in the
hands of the Filipinos.. Our effoitH in
this dluctlon hav e been fruitless
Agulnnldo refuses to treat with us, and
a rienchman (M Oumaials) who liad
olTeied on our behalf to treat with the
tnomj, was killed bv them. "Amotli i
has not vet succeeded, as she has no
nioit uuthorit thin wo had"
Civilians Favor tho Filipinos.
Manila. Maj 14, 7 p m The Chil
ian niembeis of the United States
l"illlpplne commission are favoiablc to
i the meeting1 with a Filipino commis
sion which was suggested yesteiday
on liehalf of Agulnnldo by Lieutenant
Ueycs, of the staff of General Gregoiio
Del Pilar, who came to General Law
ton under a (lag of truce, bearing the
pioposal. It is thought by the Amer
ican commissioners that the idea may
have resulted ftom a recent meeting of
the so-called Filipino congress at Sin
Isldro Definite Infoimatlon on this
point howeei. cannot jot be obtained,
though the local Filipino committee,
which Is In close communication with
the leaders of the rebellion, Is doing its
utmost to senile pe ire. Ten membeis
of Major General Law tun's band of
scouts, under W. M. Young, the old
Indian flghtei enteted the town of
San Miguel, about fifteen miles noith
of Noizagu ly, not nware of what
place It was Thev found two hun
dud Filipinos there, but the lebels,
taking the .scouts for the advance of
Geneial Law ton's army, lied, after fit -lug
a few shots. Young and another
scout were wounded and have been
bi ought to Manila.
The Ninth infantry and a mounted
battety of twenty-seen guns have
been sent to the fiont.
The unlfoim quiet now pi o ailing In
Manila has led the authoiitlcs to te
lax the uile under which the city
streets wete cleaied fiom 7 to S 30 p.
m and this evening theie Is the laig
cst and most brilliant assembly of
Iicdesti iaiis and people in canlages to
listen to a band conceit on the Luneta
that has been known heie since the
Spanlaids lei t
Piofessor Sohuiman. ptesldent of tlio
T'nlted States Philippine commission,
gave a faiewell luncheon today to Ad
miral Dewej at whlcli Professor Dean
C Woicesiei and Colonel Clmile-s Pen
bj of the conunlsslon. with General
MacAtthur, Mis Law ton and otheis
were present The health ot the ud
mlral was dtunk with the utmost nM
dlabtj SCHOONER FOUNDERED.
Caigo of Coal Causes the Nelson
to Sink Rapidly.
Pault Ste Muila, Mich . Mav II- The
schooner Nelson. deplv lachn with a
citgo or coal tounduod in Lake Supu.
ioi off (liaml Miiiuls lust eenlng anil
earned all hands down So Mr as
ki-own heie no one escaped the hist
disaster of the season, exiept the enp
taln The enw consisted of the lol.
low In,',- Captain Andiew Hughnv, of
Toledo c iptalr.'s wile. 2 vear old child
of Captain Hughnv Pied Haas sailor
lesidence unknown lx snilnis. nunes
unknown
M Hie time of the dlsastei the wind
was blowing a gale of ID mileh an hour
and freezing huul
GOMEZ IN A FIX.
Generals Who Were to Receive the
$3,000,000 Have Resigned.
lln.anu May II Geneial Gome?, has
sent a message to Governor General
IStorikn that hr will do himself the
pleasure of calling at hcadeiuattors to
nioirow moi-tlng nt 0 o'clock foi a fur
tliei confeienct! lugaidlng tho payment
of the Cuban tioopw.
The appointment for the Interview Is
tne jesult of n direct Iniiuh as to
v at Genenil Guiihks Intended to do,
ii mow ot the leslgnatlnn and ncui
i II" araii' e of all tho Cuban officers
nominated bv him to repteui the sev
eiil coips in the dlhtllhuHon of the
13,000.000. t
DEWEY'S HOMECOMING.
The Admlinl Will Probably Be Ac
corded Distinguished Honors Along
the Route.
Washington, Mav 14. Admiral Dew
ej 's homecoming by way qf the Merit
tetrnnean Is likely to give occasion for
distinguished honors from tho navies of
Ihltope, most of tliem being represented
bv extensive squadrons In those waters,
and some of thorn having their chief
naval stations nt Mediterranean ports
Already Ambassador Cambon, ot
France, has called the attention of the
authorities at Paris to the return of
Adiuhal Dewey by way of the Medi
teiranean and the probable sailing of
his llagshlp Oljmpla past the French
naval ports In Alslerf, These are op
posite the British possessions of Gibral
tar and Malta, at the entrance to the
Medlteirnnean, and ate easv and nat
tii. it stopping places along thut loute.
It Is hatellv exnected that the admlr il
will touch at Toulon, the gnat naval
depot of IV.ince At the ports of French
Algleis he will be nceoided every honor
due not onlj to his high innk, but to
the unlvtisii esteem In which he Is
held bv the nival fraternity
The Urltlsh authotltles have taken no
steps thus lai to luve the admiral stop
at Billlsh ports but It was stated to
il ij l one of the Itiltlsh oHlrials that
Dewey would be assuied a most en
thusiastic greeting if lie stopped nt any
Urltlsh station and that undoubtedly
steps would be taken to Induce him to
touch at Plv mouth and Portsmouth the
southern naval depots of Fngland, If
there was any piospect of his accept
ance. In finv event, It Is said, the ad
miral was eiulte likely to stop at Malta
and Glbialtar, as these ate the usual
coaling places, and this would give an
nppottutilty for an expression of Itilt
lsh esteem for him. In the event that
the aelniii.il could be Induced to stop
In Ihwlnnd en toute home, it Is sild
tint he would piobably be met at Aden
or Port Said by a British cscott.
VICTIMS OF THE
RAILROAD WRECK
Total Number of Dead Reaches
Twenty-Nine Many of the Injured
Still In the Hospitals.
Beading, May H.-The total number
of dead a a le.sult of Fildav night's
rear end collision on the Philadelphia
and Beading railway at Kxeter, si
rnlles below here, l cached twentv-nlne
todav, William D. Jenkins, of Norrls
town. elvlng at the hospital at that
place. Of the huge number of injured
pi l sons still in the hospitals here, thiee
aie in a serious condition and small
hope is entertained for their leeoverv.
Thev aie AVlili.un Fiiendenhorn, Thad
deus S. Adle and Geoige V. Holmes,
all of Nonistown. Holmes, 9 vear old
-on was instantly killed In tho acci
dent, bit tho hospital physicians have
not yet Infoimcd the father of the
boy s de ith. All of the dead hei e have
been identilled and all tho bodies have
been claimed by relatives or fi lends
and have been sent to their vaiious
homes.
At least 10,000 persons visited the
sceme of the wreck today. Almost
everjbodv was bent on eairylng nway
tome kind of a memento. Mnnv of the
people, did not hesitate to take away
Willi them pieces of wood satin ated
with human blood. Fvtiythlng In the
neighboihood of the vweck is bespat
teied with blood and the sight was a
gi tie some one.
The body which was vesteiday
thought to be that of C H" Howell, of
Plioenlwllle, Pa , was todaj positively
identified as Hint of Captain Chailes
T tieet, of Philadelphia.
The tiuestlon as to who Is icsponsl
hie lot the c ltastrophe Is still belinr
discussed here That some one blun
deuri Is geneially admitted by the
r.ilhoad men. Who it was that hlun
deied, how eve no one seems to pos).
tlvcly know a! opinions on this point
differ wldelj. The Beading railroad
odiclals here today took the statements
of the tialnmen who were concerned
in the affair nnd they weie sent to tho
geneial ollices of the companv In Phll
adelphi 1
Thi' coioner will begin a ligid ln
ciuliv tnnioiiou at p m He has
mmmonHl a large number of wit
nesses.. The incident was the topic of con
veisatlon lit.it todav Mnnv of the
dead and Injured had leiAtives and
ft lends In this city and th'ie was
sonow on every hand. In eieiv sei
mon pleached In the chuichts today
lefeience was made to the accident
and piajeis weie o'.feieel for the dead
and the injured
SOUTH AFRICA IS
AGAIN WARMING UP
Piesident Kiugei and the English
Fieparing foi an Engagement.
Fortifying the Hilltops.
London. May in The Cape Town
coiitspondent of the Daily Mail sajs:
"At u meeting of the conun endants
on the western border of the Trans
vaal jesterday (Saturda) lusttuctlons
wete Issued to the huigheiB to pre
pare to take the Hold at a moment's
notice- tiom Pretoria.
"Tin negotiations still pending fur
the proposed meeting between Piesi
dent Kruger and bit Allied Mllner
govei nor of Cape Colony and Biltish
high commissions lor South Afileu
Mr. Ciiarubeiiain (Biltlsh colonial
secretaiyj, it Is said, will not assent
to the conference unless the Trans
vaal eecutlve pledges himself1 to initi
ate bonatide reforms."
johannesjsburi;, Transvaal, May 14
Tho woik of fortirving tho redoubts
and the hilltops at points of strategic
Importance is piogiesslng lapidly.
Mi, Hobait Improves.
Washington, Ma 14 Vice Picstflc-lit
Hobait Is getting trougei dally. Today
for the first time In a long while he onmo
down stalls nnd enjnved luncheon with
his family and fi lends
Ariivals fiom Cuban Potts.
New iotk. Mav 14 Among the pass,
engeis who atilvrd toiliv on the sliamcr
Cuiityon from Cubiui imrtH woio Mrs.
ileiieral Wilson and Miss Wilson, Cap
tain Janus Thou peon, r S. A., and
twelve female purees
REV. DR. BRIGGS
IS ORDAINED
CEREMONIES AT PRO-CATHEDRAL
WERE VERY QUIET. -
No Protest and No Sensational Fea
tureA large Crowd on Hand to
Witness the Ceremonies Bishop
Pottor'3 Open Letter Dr. Briggs
Will Retain His Position In Union
Theological Semlnaiy.
New York, May 14 In the pio
cathedral in Stanton, Bev. Dr. Chailes
A. Bilggs, who was suspended for
lieresv by the Presbterlnn assembly
was ordained a priest of the Hplscopal
chuich. Ho was ordained together with
the Bev. Charles A. Snedekcr, and the
ordination ceiemonles vvtto conducted
by Bishop Potter. The little church was,
crowded with people, and the ceie
monles weie notable- for the quietness
that prevailed
Those who expected, ftom the great
outrr of the past thiee or four weeks,
some sensational leatures, were dis
appointed Theie was no scene, no
ecitement, and no piotest was flled at
the beginning, during 01 at the close of
the oidlnatlon. .
Theie was nothing notable In the ser
mon preached by Bev Dr. Geoigo Will
iam Douglass.
The ceiemonles were vciy long, com
mencing at 10X0 o'clock and continuing
until late In the afternoon.
There- was u laige ctowd about the
little pro-cathedral church as early as
8 .'0 o'clock. This liuieased as the time
for the ordination ceiemonles ap-pioacli'-d
Bishop Potter was asked
what he had to say prellmlnaiy to the
ceremonies He said lie had no notice
of protest and had received no pio
test He, however, had received a let
ter fiom a layman piotcstlng against
the ordination of Dr. L'nggs, nnd, as
this letter was written under a mis
apprehension of the facts and law, he
had answeied It He did not dishe to
give the name of the lav man, who, he
said, was high up In the councils of
the chuich. Inasmuch as the letter he
himself had written in answer to It
was general in Its nature and set foith
his position he hurt no objection to
making it public The letter Is ns fol
lows Bishop Pottei's Statement.
Diocesan llouc, Lata) otto Place, New
oik May li. If. 11
Ml Deal bli . Vjui litter of the oth
Inst it, before me and 1 hive given the
matter to which it n-fers my best enn
btdciatlon You exaggerate, howevei, my powers,
and are in regard to them, under con
siderable misapprehension. In usk'ng
mo to "refuse to ordain Bev Di Hrlgs"
to 'Hake the nt-ponslbllily of actios,, in
the case, as It demands " and to "havo
tho coinage" of niv "convictions," jou
nro apparentlv under the impiesslon tint
iny action In the mott.i Is whollj within
my own discretion. Such is not tho cuse
A bNhop's powers are constltutloml, not
absolute In the matter or otdlnitlon he
can o.ilj act when ceitain prellininnij
action bv others has been had but when
this Is tho case and n candidate for or
deis stands at the theishold of the mln
istrj, the canons of ordination decliro
that the bishop "shill " not "mav," then
proceed to take order foi tin ordina
tion of tho pel. sou who has not the pie.
Ilmlnary tests In the premises
All these tests luve been applied 111
tho ease ol the person to whom our let
toi refers mil 1 have received a certill
(ate to that effect Horn the standing
committee of the ellocesc
Fnder these circumst nice s and unle-ss
some t-hairfi effecting the character en
teaching ol Bev Dr. Briggs which was
not covircd bv the testimonial had been
presented to me, I should not cnn?ldr
mjself as hiving discretion to dlsreg.ud
tho plain Impel itlve ol the canon.
But nothliijf of tho soil has been ad
duced The book the teachings of
widen have lately been challenged hat
been lor -0mo lrno befoio the public
and the standing committee of tho dio
cese has been conve-ned since nunt and
puitlculir attention has been cilled to
It. It was In my Judgment, competent
to that bnd, if It had seen lit to do so,
to lecall the certificate orlglnallv lor
warded to me, on tho giouncl that It had
been signed undei a nils ippiehenslon or
within suillclont knowledge, but tint tt
has nut s.ccn lit to do I must, there
fore, accept that certificate as final and
I shall do so
Willing to Accept Responsibility.
1 beg however, thut ou will not sup
pose that I am seeking to esoapo from
mv personal icsponsihllllv in the mut
ter of tho ordination of Dr Ililggi bv ic
tlring behlm' the action of mv constitu
tion il advlsois I have not the slightest
desire to do so The outcry against 'ho
juthoi of "The Intioduetlon to the Study
ot Holy Scilptuie" Is chlcllv to bo de
ploied because It betravs such a lunit-nt-able
Ignorance, of the pmmess of 1.011.11J
hainlng and the Judgment of the best
Christian schokns One of tin se
bishop, wiltes '"ou miy bo lnteies..l
to ee that the old staid Christian knowl
edge society lepuhllshtd mi little pam
phlet on the Bible which contains the
same piliulples tint .ire ihiboiated In
M-ur tnutlaei I am Indignant at eh
mlsieprisentatlon 01 we will hope-, the
inlsimdeistandlnKs of some- of vnui
irltlcs Have th-j foi the flui ttuiu
tome aeios the Inti iprelatlon of tlio
sp Khirf vltb tun'u. s, which h.nioonli
thai book with the cplstbrno the Curlnth.
Ian Have th v never 1. id Dean Plump
tree's aitlcle on the subject In Smiths
diction 11 of tho Bible: '
In a word the author of th intmduc
llnn to the studv of llolj Serlpiuie "h is
slmpb staled eoncluslonii which the best
1c irning and most devout minds have no
ctptid before him" 'I clu not mvs. It
accept all of tbern, but that tniv of them
denies or Impugns auj luudaiuent.il doc
trine 01 Hit- faith can oul be shown oy
muilkttlous or perveislum ot what the
iiuthor has said which on 11s malignant
us thev aio unscrupulam "
1 nolo the prediction with whkh oi
coiitludes-tliat Dr Hilfiss ailviincemi nt
to ilia higher ministry foi which ho 1ms
hem ucoimnended will pne pltJto de.
pai lines to tho church of Borne This
would Indeed be unfortunate, foi the an.
llnr of 'The Intioduetlon to the Ktudj
of the Holv Scripture" holds Utters
lrom eminent Boman Catholic scholars
or foremost rank In Institutions of learn
ing of foiemost dlBiiltv, eiiessng
vaimest appreciation of his contribution
to the stuelv of the) Bible and Intimating
theh purpose to m ike use of It 111 their
cluss rooms Here again It would si em
that u Fomewh it larger knowledge would
be the safest fculdo to wise action
I need hardly add after whnt I lune
wrltten, that It Is my Intention lo pio
cced nt tho time applntcd to Dt lliiggb'
onlln.itlon
I uni, dear sir. slmeielv vouis
11. C IMttei
Bev. Di. BiIsBH was somewhat net-
vous, though he did not betray It in
the chuich during the cetcmonles.
A simple service according to the
llplscopnl chuich was gone thtough
and then the rites of ordination In ac
cordance with "the foim nnd munner
of ordaining pi lists" weie begun.
After the candidates had been ptesent-e-d
to the bishop, nnd after those pres
ent had given the usual assurance that
they had been examined and found
worthy, the bishop arose from his ch llr
and pioelnlmert a geneial Invitation to
anj person knowing "any Impediment
or notable crime" in the candidates to
come forwaid and declare
Then followed a profound silence
People turned about as lr expecting
some ono to rise up and make a pro
test No one arose. Theie iviih 110 pro
test handed to the bishop and the ctu
cfal moment was over. Then the regu
lar formula of otdlr-atlon was gone
through Dr. Hrlgss v as seen after
the eeienionv. He said he had nothing
to say concerning the criticisms iale-il
by his oidlnnlton to said he was
going to lake a lest A close friend of
Dr. Bilggs said that he would go to
Huinpo and In the fall would labor in
the pro-cnthedt.il church. Bc-v. Dr.
I'addock said that It seemed strange
thnt a man of Dr. Biiggs' learning
Miould tnke so much pleasure In labor
ing among tho poor of the Hast Side,
but this was his wish He said that
Bev Dr Biiggs would not give up his
position as piolessor In Union Theo
logical semlnutv bin would laboi in
connection with his teaching.
CUBAN CLAIMS
TO BE PRESSED
Biltlsh, Fiench and Get man Resi
dents, of Cuba Who Lost Pioperty
Dining the Insurrection Will Pie
sent Claims to tho United States
Government for Settlement.
Washington. Muy 14. The state de
paitinent has been Informallj advised
that claims aggiegatlng a considerable
amount have been made by British,
Ktench and Geimnn lesidents In Cuba
during the recent lnsuirectlon, and that
those ultimately will be ptessed against
the United States government. The
claims themselves have not yet been
ptesented, but .uu being collected by
the seveial foielgn ollices as the claim
ants send them 111 In some cases
schedules have been made, nnd they ag
giegate between ?1,000,000 and $15,000,
000 francr. The German claims ate
understood lo be slightly undei those
of the riench, while the British clnlms
aie said to be considerably moie than
either the riench 01 Geiman.
Those foielgn claims are quite dis
tinct from those of citizens ot the
United States, oilglnally against Spain,
for damages sustained in Cuba during
the Insut lection The peace treaty
specific ally porvlded fot these Ameri
can claimants leleasltip- Spain and
stntlng that the United htates would
make ueh settlement as was proper.
Millions Havo Been Filed.
Under this clause claims aggregat
ing seveial millions have been tiled.
No piovlsion, howevei, was made b
the tieaty for foielgn claimants, and
there appeals to be much doubt as to
who Is liable since the sovereignly
ove-i Cuba has passed out of the hands
of Spain. The United States having
undertaken to look after the Amer
ican claimants, the foielgneis aie de
felious of belnsr tieated in the same
mannei. It was stated at ow of tho
foielgn establishments that theie was
no disposition to push the claims un
duly but to hi lug them to the atten
tion of the United States government
In older that the ciuestlon ol liability
might be deteimincd and such tellef
gi anted as the meiits of the cases
watianted It is appreciated In these
foieign quarters that payments will be
laigelv a nutter of dlseietion with the
United States, as the obligation to look
after the American claimants was as
rumed voluntailly and there Is no ob
ligation, either In the treatj or on gen
ei.al principles of law, for assuming
tho claims glowing out of Spain's in
ability to maintain ordei In Cuba dur
ing the peilod of Spanish rule
These foreign claims cover damages
to plantations, personal piopeitj, etc.,
of Frem h, Biitlsh and German lesl
dents of Cuba, and are not connected
with the bonded debt of Cuba In for
eign hands, which debt was assessed
by Spain.
RIOTING POLES
AT PITTSBURG
The Killing of a Small Child by a
Tiolley Car Causes Tiouble An
Attempt to Lynch the Motoiman.
Pitlsbuig Mav J4 Penn avenue and
TwentV -see ond street was llie scene to
dav of a liot which thic-auned foi a
1 mio to tesult seilously. but ten tiinate
Iv no latallties followed
Consolld ite d Ti action car in com
ing; along the avenue struck and hot
ilbly mangled Katie Thtie, a Polish
child foui ears of age While the
dead body was being taken from under
the cit, a etowd of seveial hunched,
ptlnclpally Poles, gathered and becamo
so Incensed at the sight that tlu-v at
tacked the niotorman and conductor
with tho Intention of lvnching them.
By this time the patrol wagon ai
lived and one of the otllcets lumped
into the cab with the- motoimnii and
u c ceded In gelt liter the tar and oe
ciipuuts out of dangei Michael Hlgg.
the only policeman lelt with the mob,
was llun pounitd upon and badlv beat
ei Ho succeeded, however, In hold
ing onto one of the ring leadeis until
a squad of lesetves e.ame to his relief.
When the otllcets attempted to put the
atiested man Into the wagon the mob
made a dash to lescue him and a des
peiate battle followed lasting half an
liour, h' which time reinforcements at
rlved nnd the lloteis were dispensed,
many of them being much the worse
for tho lough usage the policemen wero
compelled to u-sott .to. rive- of tho
principal ting leaders In tho tiouble
were nrtested
Shipping News.
New Yeuk, .May 14 - rrled. J, lire,
trunc Jlavie. ijui uusliiwii KiiiUd II111
brlu,, l,lvorool feu w V01I. South
niiiplon .Milled- Hitmen, New York
Ioi lliomeii. New York Arrived, Har
bdiosiso, Bremen.
WHITTLING THE
APPROPRIATIONS
GOVERNOR, STONE EXPECTS TO
SAVE $1,500,000.
Statement Filed Giving Reasons
for Disapproving Certain Items In
the Bill The Money s'aved by
Cutting Down the School Appro
priations Will Be Applied to Re
ducing tho Floating Debt Ex
pects the People Will Justify Him.
Hnrrlsburg, May 11. Governor Stone
has made public '.Is action on the gen
eial nppropi latlcui bill, which pi ov Ides
for the ordlnarv expenses of the vnr
lous branches of the state government,
the inteiest on the public debt and for
the bitppoit ot the public schools for
the- two fiscal yeais beginning June 1,
1 1S9K Ho lius made a cut of $1,000,000
In the school nppi epilation nnd re
duced several other items whereby he
i-aves In the- aggiegate $1, 500,000. which
will be applied to leducltig the lloat
Itijr debt of the commonwealth. Tho
governor has tiled In the olllce ot the
secielai of the commonwealth a state
ment giving his u-asons for disapprov
ing ceitain Items In the bill and nil
proving parts 01 ceitain other Items. He
reeites the hlstoiy of the steady in
ciease that has been made in the
school uppi opt iatlon since the adop
tion of the constitution ot 1S74, which
requites that not less than $1,000,000
shall be appropiiated annually for the
support of the common schools. He
shows that in 181.1. when tho fund was
Im reased from $5,000,000 to $5,500,000 the
nihiltlonal half million was Intended
to he ued to enforce the fiee text
book law. The net annual re-venues
ot the commonwealth ate about $11,
OOO.ono. of which theie Is paid out of
tho state treasuty annually more thin
$C "00,000 In suppoi t of the cause of edu
cation. Governot Stone- says the mag
nificent apprepi iatlon to the 'public;
school has llnauclally embanassed the
state and that II the revenues would
Justify It he would 'heerfully allow the
appropi Iatlon to remain at $11,000,000.
He claims it Is absolutely necessary
to recluee the nppioprlatlon and ho Is
confident that the people will Justify
him In maklmr n reduction of $500,000
annuilly In order that the apptoprla
tIon made by piior legislatures may
bo paid.
As to New Burdens.
The goveinoi believes the state
should pay Its pre-existing debts be-fote-
It assumes new burdens, which
It Is Impossible to pay. He contends
that he- has the light to disapprove
part of an Item in an appropriation
bill, and says It has been done by some
of his pi edecersoi s Ho has also cut
down the- appiopi Iatlon to the thirteen
state- normal schools and the Items for
the pajment of the salaries of the of
ficers and employes of the senate and
house, and disapproved the Items for
the pnvment of the salaries of extia
cmplojes He says the question of
etta cmplojes was fully consldeied
two yeai. ago by his predeccssoi, and
he does not I eel Justified in opening it
niie-w. All the Itenib In the bill ate
appioved, except the following and
those- aheacly indicated
Appioptlatlng $J a day duiing the
leglslitlve lecess for a calendar and
piopert clerk in the senate.
Appioprlatlng $1,750 for the pajment
of the salaile-s of live extra pages in
the sppaie dutlng the session of 1S07.
For the payment of Anthony Fienle
and Joslnh Hlgglns, Janitors of the
toilet and bath 100ms of the capltol
and etetutlve buildings at the late of
$1 a dav
For the payment of rent of the- rooms
occupied by the depaitment of public
Instruction, forestry commission and
economic- zoologist. -
Appropriating $",9M G2 for the pay
ment of the expenses of the delegates
to the- meetings of the national farm
er's congiess at St. Paul and Fort
Worth
For the pajment of $7B0 to Architects
Bnnkln and Kellogg, of Philadelphia,
for services rendered at the Worners
vllle hospital for the chronic Insane.
For the payment of Mary Weyand,
Ml li for tlie- pui chase money and fee s
for a tiact of land In Turkevfoot town
ship. Someiset county, the title of
which was provlouslv granted to other
patties
For the pajment of J.J,213,90 to Tin o
dote C Bib mechanic of the capltol
buildings to reimburse hlrn toi per
sonal piopertj destrojed bj the binn
ing of the capltol
For tho pajment of William K. Mil
let, cloik to the house appropriations
committee, for stenographic set vice"
and tjpewritlns uuthuilzed by the leg-llatute-
of 1S97. rot- the pavnunt of
$'100 to the estate of the late F.dgar L
King, of Hatrlsburg, for set vices as
etinngrnpher and tvpew liter to inves
tigating committee and for $450 to Miss
Geitiude M Butler, of Ilarrlsburg, and
$150 to William r. Beber. of Philadel
phia, who nssisleil Mr. King.
For the pajment to the estate of
(leorgo F Muitaj-. of Hatrlsburg $f50
for catpenter woik In and about the
capltol
The item appropriating $l2,n::l for the
saint les of otllcets and emploves of the
house, except resident clerk and watch
man. Is appioved for $10,054
Legislative Recoid.
That poitlon or the Item which pio
vides for the payment of the public 1
tlou of the Legislative Bccoui at the
s me- 1 ate pel page fot 200 copies above
and ovei the legular edition
The item appiopilatlng $14, ."24 foi Hie
salatles of the olllceis and emplojes of
the senate (excepting llhiatlan and
watchman) Is teduced $3,000
The Item which appropriates $2i5O.0OO
fot the State- Noimal schools Is ap
pioved In so fai ns It provides for the
payment of $130 000 to these schools for
the ill ft of the two veats and It is
dlsappiovcd for the second vear begin
ning Juno 1, lPui).
The Item appiopi kiting $210,000 for
tho payment of the salniles of count v
superintendent of schools is teduced to
$20.-1,000.
The Item appropriating $2,000 to the
rtnto medical council Is sealed down to
$1,000.
THE MiWS THIS AlOltNINU
Weither Indications rodij-:
INCRCASINO CLOUDIWCS3,
1 arneril-Clilmt Befuses Bnssln s lit
inniid for Bnllwtiy Concessions
rilipino liisuigi-nts Ctiptiuo Spiiiiuiilf!
Governot Storo Cuts tho Appt epila
tions. Asking Settlemwtit of Cuban Claims.
Ordination ot Buv. Dr. Btlggs,
2 Sports Atlantic, National and Other
la ague Base Ball Games,
rinancltl and Commcielul.
3 Boca! Tenth Anniversary of the L'p-
worth League.
South Sldo Sewer Movement.
i IMltorlitl.
Comment of tho Press.
5 Local Death of riummer 8 Page.
Mention of b'omo Men nf the Hour.
8 Local West Scianton and Subittbuii
7 News Bound About Sernuton
S Local Welsh Ilnptlsfs Meet at Taj lor
ROOSEVELT WILL COME.
Piesident ritgerald, of the New
Yoik Letter Cairleis' Associa
tion, Says He Will Posi
tively Bo Heie.
Ptesldent M. . ritgei.ild, C M.
Wnldion Thoinoj, T O'Mallev, Ch.ules
K McCaithy and William J, Malloy,
of the New York Better Carrlets' asso
elation, are in the dtv arruiglng for
the transportation and enteitalnment
of the New York. Biooklyn and upper
New Tersey carrleis who will come
here in September to attend tin
national convention of letter e an lets
Thev came Satuidav lu company with
Piesident John H. Phillips and Mlchai I
O'Mallej, of the local carrlets' associa
tion, who, with i;. 11. flobathan spent
last week in New York confering with
their metiopolltan biethien legnidlng
tho convention.
When seen bv a Tribune leportei
yestetdny at the- Jermjn, President
F Hag?! aid stated that they not onlv
t-xpei-ted to btlntr Governor Boosevelt
with them on Labor daj, but had posi
tive assiiinnce- that he will come.
Mt. ritzgerald was chairman ot the
committee which waited on Governor
Boosevelt to 1 xtend him the Invitation
Ithout anj hesitancy of "Its" and
"nnds," the governor said- "I will be
pleased to accompany the New York
carilcrs to Seranton. Tho cairleis
weie alwaj-s iny friends and I am a
great admirer of their otganlratlon.
"ion can tell the boys I will be with
them and that I will be pioud to tide
with them in the parade."
Before the committee left he request
ed that they send him a formal Invi
tation to be tiled In his calendai, so
that theie would be no chance of his
overlooking the engagement.
President Fltgerald corroborates all
that Mr. Bobathan lepoited concern
ing the enthusiasm in New Yoik over
the coming parade. He gave the ad
ditional Information that libth Newark
and .Teisey Cltj, an well as New York,
have- letter carrier bands, and that
they will head their respective asso
ciations in the parade
Satin day and yesteidaj- the New
Yoik committee wns handsomely en
tertained bj- the local ( an leis and their
friends. Yesterdaj' af tei noon, In 00111
panj with Mr. Bobathan and Canlers
Phillips, O'Mallej and ridlun, thej
wete- taken for a dtive over the boule
vard, behind some of the cltj's best
hoisellesh, ex-Sheriff Chailes Boblnson
and I. J. and A J. Casey hav ing placed
theh stables at the local committee's
disposal
The vlsitois will teturn to New Yoik
lodaj. "Believe me." said Pit side nt
ritgeiald to a Tiibune lepoitei last
evening "when we get thiough telling
our men in New Yoik about this itj
and het people, theie will be tiouble
In picking out the one bundled can lets
who will have to slaj behind to make
the holiday collections "
WHY GEN WHEELER
FAILED TO PARADE
Blundeiing Incapacity on the Fait of
Some One in Chailestown State
ment of His Host.
Chailestown S C, Mav 11- It seems
that the lailuie of Geneial Joe- Wheeler
to appear in the big pirude of Con
ic derate vteians heie 011 Wedue.-nhiv
I destined to be tho cause ol much
talk and bad feeling Generat Whot.li r
was a special guest or the e itj He
stopped at tho home of I'nlttd tUntis
Blsttict Judge Biuwlev lit was to
have- tid.leii ju the pioce-sUm and the
sptelatois wtte pic-putd lo .jive him
an ovation But the line was fotined
and passed tluoiuli the 1 Itj and
Wheelei was not In It Then vun
much e iinment and uiquiiy iiom per
sons who knew he was in the cltj
This talk has gatheied volume us
tho elajs hav it passed mid this 11101 it
Ing Judge Bum lev gave out i .state
ment lor publication, In which In lajv)
the blame 011 Geneial ' 1 Walk",
v ho commands the South Cutolhm di
vision of tin United Confedeiate Vet
eums 11111I v li in tonseciueiu t, was in
1 charge ot tin puiade Attti rejle-w-
I Ing the t lie um?tiince8 of Geneial
I Wheelei s visit her1, be s.aya he n ver
1 dreamed that so piomlnent a 111.111
j would be left out of the pii ttue I.euv
1 in? General hoe lei at Ills home, he
took Miss Wheekt and went to vv.urh
the painde He had Intotmed General
I Walker ol' Geneinl Wheelet's nriiv.il
' and he had seen a piogiamme foi th
I pntneit In which Gtmii.tl WliteleiV
I name appealed He was atsotiished
I bev oud nnaHiue when he did not see
Wheelei In line.
Judge- Hrawley eonoludcH his state
ment at follows: ' That theie has been
a puintul exhibition of blundeiliie, In
inptulty somewlieiu is, of course, evi
dent The public will naturallv hold
General Wnllcei tespoiislble unless he
e-iin show that some one appointed for
the purp ise had tailed to cany out hli
or-leis '
Rapid Justice In Connecticut.
I ililgtpnrt, Conn. May t An Unit ti
n.t 'V d O if Mluotte was klllid lure in
uMit bj some ol his entailed conn i.v
men for nwuiiltlim tin f-jeat-old ilutmli
tor or an Italian couple named rendu
iUii. leslillng lu the Italian iiumtci of
the cltj.
CHINA SHOWS
SOME SPIRIT
Will Not Grant Russia's
Demand for Rail
way Concession.
DISASTROUS TO BRITISH
Not Stnco the Taking of Port Aithur
Have the Chinese Been so Agitated
ns Over This Demand Tho Con
cession Would Ruin N01 thorn
Railways In Which' Biitish Capital
to the Amount of 32,000,000 la
Invested Purpose of Russia's
Action,
Shanghai, May 14 The Twung I.!
Yamen (Chinese foielgn olllce) has re
plied to the Bussian minister at Pekiii,
M. Be Glerfc, that the government is
unable to accede to the Bussian de
mand, made last We-dnesday, for a new
tailwnj' concession connecting Pekitv
with Russia's piesent sj'stem In Man
churia. Not since the taking of Port Aithur
bv Bussla have the Chinese been so
agitated us over this demand. Wheth
ei M. De Giers named a specific route
l" not yet aseet talnable, some of them
stating that only a pielimlnary notice
was given by Bussia and others that
she is asking for a line direct from
Pel. In to Shan Hal Kvvon. Certainly
the Biltlsh legation In Pekln had no
ptevlous knowledge that such a pro
posal was coming fiom St. Potersbutg
The concession asked for would ruin
the existing northern rallwaj-s In which
British capital to the amount of $2,000 -0(0
Is Invested, but theie seems to bt
no1 alternative toute, -without lntet
ferlng with plans lor lailway exten
sion whlcli the Chinese have them
selves in mind.
It Is believed that Bussia's action
In this mattet Is Intended to deipon
stiate to the- v.orld that the recent con
vention with Gioat Biltaln respecting
spheies of inteiest in China, which
wad notllled to the Chinese govern
ment almost immedlatelj- before this
latest concession was demanded, has
not fettetcd the action of Bussla at
the coutt 01 Pekin, and also to
stiengthen Bussia's prestige with the
Chinese, which weie unfavorably af
fected by hei withdrawal of her late
piotest respecting thi northern rall
wavs. HENRY IRVING ILL.
The Celebiated Actor Obliged to
Take a Rest.
London, Mav 14 lr Henij- living,
whose lecent woik In the- title lole of
Mtidou's tliamn, !'obe"pleire," at tho
Bvceitm theute 1 had been exceedingly
tiylug. wns taken seilously 111 th.s
nioining (Sundus) with an affection
of tin tin oit
Di, Faia. a -peciallst, was Imniedi
atelv summoned and as the lesult of
his advice, it Is announced this e-ven-Vi
that hlr llenij s pait dining the
piesent week will be take 11 bv his son
i.awicnc
l.iiwieine living is s-i Ileniv's 1111
aeistudy lu seviial notable lolos.
The annoiincement of the Illness
brought a lau-e eiowd of piofesslonnl
e.illeis this e-venlng to Sil Henij's ic-si-denee
in Giiifton stu-et, but his medi
cal advisei his foiblddin him to re
ceive anj one at pie-enl
tt Is hoped th il with eompletoK st
he will lit lesioit 1 to his usual health
bv the end ot the W ( eh
RUMORS ABOUT CLEVELAND.
Peisisteut Stoiies to the Effect That
He Is Dead.
Cleveland Muj 11 Peislstent Illinois
to tin efiect 111 it e-Pitsldent Clev -land
who Is fishing at .Middle Bass
Island. In Lake Kile, had chopped dead
todav, 11 allied here from the east and
west this evening Theie l no t( 1-"
giaph vi ho to the place
U 10 o dock tonight a steamer ai
ilveel at Toledo ftom Put in 11 iy and
a passenger on bond sijs he was with
Mr Cleveland at I p. in todav and b
was well then. This would appeal to
..el at test the stoiy of his death.
A special ftom S'andusk'y sajs the
stiamei Allow aiiivecl theie at 10 45
u'i Im It fiom tin Island. The captain
said he saw .Mi Cleveland .tt '1 o'clock.
He was then alive and well.
BATTLE TO THi. DEATH.
The Spectatois Who Got in Range
Also Suffeied.
Ml Veinon G.i , May II. Last nlglit
at Hancocks .Mills, six milet- noith of
this place, a buttle to the death was
fought betwein lohn Lettei on ore
side, and Jamt - -Mon Is and Geoige
.Me Lead on lb" othei, uppuivntly with
out piovoi atlmi.
After the sniokt had cleaied away
John Lettei was tound killed Geoign
Mil.eod inultnllv weutlldecl and Tom
iiwinai-s a ntgto stiuidliiK In ran--,
dingeiouiflj shot jjitough tho neck.
Actor Layton Dead.
Phtl.ulelphli, Mav II BlchurU l.uvton,
11 veurs old, 1 mtinbei of Itieluird Mans
litlilt. company, died al Hie Ptmisjl
valila liojpltnl jcsteidaj. Ho laid been
operated on for a tumor and uppaienilv
was leciviiinx He wits of Buglish blitu
ami Is said to luue hcc-n well counce-ted
sodallj.
ttf-r-i-t -T-f
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-h WEATHER FORECAST.
4- .
Washing (li Mm H-I'iiiicast -f
for Mond.u l"n eai-iii 11 Penn- --
svlvanUi. IuidiihIui, cli'iidluesH, -f
- showers Mond.ij iillit and Tucs- -
f daj j winds shifting to fresh cast-
- eily. -f
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