i. r.R''M XUUUl'T DUIIH 'ribinte. TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., TUESDAY MOKNING, MAY 10, .1809. TWO CENTS. . WAR CLOUD OVER CHINA Anxiety at Pekin Oyer Russia's Last De mand. OFFICIALS ARE KEPT BUSY Ministers in Almost Constant Audi ence with the Empress Dowager. Opposition to British Occupation of the Hong Kong Hinterland Re newed Punitive Expedition Being Onlercd Out How the United States' Administration Views the Action of the Czar's Government. Pekin. .May 15 The Russian demand for a new ralltoad concession, con necting I'ekln with Iiussiu's present lalhoad .-ostein Is e.cltlng the gravest anxiety here. The chief Chinese olll eials are having constant consulta tions with the dowuget oinpioss It appeals to be the geiuial opinion iliat It is intended the lino rhould stilt I from Klrln or Mukden, and run direct to Pekin by wa or Shchol ( '). The Germans and Japanese are particularly uneasy on tho subject of this unex pected move on the pait of the Rus sians, and It I said there is a feeling among the prominent Chinese thai the moment has come to make eoiy 'fmit In the dtifctlon of obtaining lliltish sympathy and aid Reception in London. London, May 15 Tho government was questioned In the house of com mons today regarding the Russian de mand for a railroad oncesslon to con nect Pekin with Russia's piesent rall load sjstem In Mane Inula. The par liamentary seuetary of tho foreign cilllee William St. John P.rodoiick. le plled that the lliltish charge d'affaires at I kin had leported that Russia hud made such a demand and it was understood that up to the piesent time "Mie Chinese foreign olllco has declined to grant the full concession. Mr. Hrodeilck added that her majesty's government was unable to make a pionouncement on the subject of Gieal llritaln'.s attitude In the matter until nil the faetp were known The government was then asked whethei In view of the foregoing, her majesty's government would take steps to have the basin of the Ynng-Tse-Klang cleaily defined. In leply, Mr. Proderlck said tin- pro posed railroad did not affect the Ynng-Tse-KIang basin, regaidlng which the government had entered into an agiee nient with Russia. Hong Kong. May lr.. The native op position to the occupation bv Uiltish lorees of the new teirltoiy. Kow l.oon, opposite Hong Kong, has suddenly been lenewed About 900 n.Mi or the lions Kung regiment, with machine guns, are leaving heie todav and to night, v':l- the volunteeis have been warned to be in readiness for anv emergene. The Hritlsh second-class gunboat Swift, accompanied by three other gunboats. ,uc piciceedlng to soa under sealed orders. These wai ships har r.Ort men on boaid. The tcirltoiv back of Ihe Hlnteilaud is also distuibed mid Chinese trooiis hnve been sent theio TO GAREISON ZAMBOANGA. Effoits to Bring the Snlu Gioup Into Subjection. Washington. M.iv 13 It Is cvpeeted at the war department that Genual Oils ,1H till:..- steps at one to leplac" the iipaiil-h g.uiison at V imbuanga with l'llited Uateh troops. The Indi cations aie ih.it a eomparstlvelv Mnall . ce will siislleo, provided that it I-, Mippuitecl by one ni two gurbo.it. The place l one of jjieut sti vt-gU mi ll It .nce.bellis the capital u! the iMand of Mindanao, the second largest In the Philippine gioup, and a giod seaport. It was to this point that the Spanish forces rotieated Hum Hollo when that town was "vacuited without notice to the American fences. The town is ens lb defensible with a small aitilli-iv fo-ce The fact that the insurgent ire in posftslon ni rnpld-ilie i;uni makes the situation at X.anilioaio i more serious, but It Is not believed here tiint thev have a large suppH of the ammunition necessary to oppi.um 'he weapons, which wl'l cons, quuuly boon become useless to them. Thiough Uitouiciul agent the ai ernment here has been quietly mis. ng an Investigation Into tho stale of ,.f. fairs in the Sulu group, jiwi to the south of the VIsayas Islands, with a view to determining whether bj good management the Inhabitants cannot b- brought into allegiance to the t'nlteq States without Insuirectlon. The na tives are. generally Mohammedans, and owe allegiance to n sultan whom the Spaniards have never been able to bring Into more than nominal submis sion. He maintains a harem nrd llvo In state, and it Is prnbablo that an t n nuity will have to be provid-d foi Mm out of the revenues of the Islands nfter the United States takes possession. Wsaven Return to Woik. Dover. N II, 51uy 11 -The sulking reavers of the cotton mills of the Co checo Manufacturing companv leturned to -vork today after a strlliu of two weeks' duration, following the lefurial of tho ugent to reinstate several discharged union workmen. About 2,000 IkukIh lrnvo been Idle, tho mills having been shut down Agent Fish todiy discharged three loom fixers but there was no trouble. Spinnots' Stilke Settled. Allinl. Muss., Mny 13 Tho strike of tho splnneis at tho Millers' Rlvei Munu rue tilling company, which began lust week, wan settled today, tho emplnyoH having Hoppled a niiodujo of tin;, wages Instead 'if plice work uite whleii loim oil pienilli-d The change from iiiecu Mark tu day work caused the strike. TWO STUDENTS HURT. Pice Tight In Princeton Duiing a Wild West Pnrade. Princeton, N. J., May 1G. Pawnee mil's Wild West paraded here today. The head of the parado was mot In the center of the town hy a crowd of students who shouted and whooped and indulged In all sorts of mad pranks. Aside frntn the noise nil went well until Nnssua street was reached. Then two men the townspeople s.iy they weie collegians broke through the line and nttempteel to take possession if a donkey belonging to the show. Instantly theto was a fight. Several shots were llrrd Two of the stu- dents we.o wounded during the melee. , one In the Jnce, t ulior on top of the head. Thev v, m- can led away I ""-"""" unnu season, ine mouiii by their comrades befoio the police , ly men, the men who work Inside tho could obtain their names. Although elevators, ate out and have agreed to there was conslde. able shooting It Is , n , shovelers lielleved the students weie wounded , ...... by bolas and not by bullets. I nml the freight handlers' strikes aw A colored man was knocked down . settled. Tomorrow every elevator heio and kicked In the head by n horse. will be Idle, unless new mem can be Iu.SedkUlllStK'IIP,',ltOllaVOl,0CnfrUC"lf,eCl,ri,d to tnk tll( plnc0S "f th0 The faculty of Princeton college Is ! monthly men. which Is said to bo lm- liiagrlned at the affair and as al- ' probable, owing to tho fact that it 10- ready set on foot an Investigation to discover the ringleaders, who, In all piobablllty. will be suspended and sent hutne. The students say thev weie only giving vent to their hilarity on ircounl of their victory over Har vaid on Satin day and intended to have onlv a little fun with the Wild West people. That the show would be upset at mid night seemed ti certainty until late tills afternoon, when President I'atton called a mass meeting of all the undergraduate- and tho faeultv, which indicates that the show will leave town unmolested. THE EXETER WRECK. Coroner Rothermcl Will Begin His Inquiry on Monday Next The Witnesses Summoned. Reading, Pa., May 15. Coroner Roth eiincl tonight announced his Intention of beginning the Inquiry Into the cause of the wieck on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway at Fxcter on next Monday, lie spent tho greater portion of today in Philadelphia, subpoenaelng witnesses and making general Inquiries concerning the wieclc It Is said that the district attorney may assist in the lnestigation. The coroner, w'hile In Philadelphia, saw llariv On ell, tho engineer of the 111-tnted second sec tion, and his fhemun, Everett, and notified them to be present. It! Is said tha United States Senator Penrose, ' v ho was a passenger on the wiecked ' dler General Corbln and Hills II. Rob section, will also bo a witness. It Is erts, treasurer of the United States, genei silly expiessed, although not fiom I who have been national committee to any oflleial souiee, that the cause of , take charge of the funds for to pur lin' accident was a misunderstanding chase a home for Admiral Dewey In or mistake as to signals. Train Dis- Washington, had a meeting today. The patcher Rourke it Is said, ordered the committee will be glad to serve anv towerman below Reading to turn th newspaper, organization or Individual id light against the second section, ' wishing to make a contilbution for tho and when the train came In sight to i purpose In view. give him the green or cautionary slg- n.il. This was obeied but Orrell, run ning slow, saw a white signal about a mile north of Exeter and put on high speed which caused the fecit fill result of twenty-nine killed and llfty Injured. All but seven of the injured have been discharged from the hospitals in ' this cit All but several of those In , the hospitals are in a eilous condition. . The Injured In the hospital at Norris- ' town atv reported to bo doing well, with the exception of Amandus Goiges, who Is still in a dangerous condition. GUARD RAILS FROM LONDON. A Biitish Industrial Victoiy Is Scoied at Boston. London, May 15. The cable dis patches announcing that lMck, Kerr - Company, of London, have secured i .en order tor ill'U tons ot steel guaicl i, ills in be used on the new Boston Elevated rallioad luivo been Heated bv the newspipeis hero as an Indus ul.il victorj for Great Pailaln and us n replv to tho gt anting to ti Philadel phia linn of the contract to eiect a bridge over the Atbaia liier In the Soudan. A Representative of the Assu- elated Piess saw Mr. Ken. the senior , parmer oi in.- iirm locon. iic wa; n ,,.,,.. ,.e-.v ..l ..... cure .- tiaets f mm the Rostou and Phllade - phla wete given to us without sol'el tation nnd simply because the Ameri can mills are oveiciowded. A few jews ago GnsU'ih ilims had all this bianeh ot the business and they held It until thf AmciUan mills took up the work " TORTURED BY BURGLARS. An Ulsteivillc Man Forced to Tell Whole His Money Was Hidden. Mlddletown, X. V. May lu.-lAuir bmglais bioko into the house of Olson Moifntt in IMstervllle last nlsht. Thev bound nnd gagged Moffutt and tortuied htm until he 'old wheie "SOJ was hidden. Mayor Van Wyck Subpoenaed. New ork. 3Ia 13. Muur Hubert A. V.in ck has been seivtd with u sub poenao to appear befoie the Mazet com mission. ITe is ospcictcd to bo on hand lomouow morula? at 10.20 o'clock in thu Supieiiic cjurt room of the criminal Judge. The- maor will tie nue-.tionel eonciinlng all his doings as head of tue citv goveinment, and his leusous for tlio rr-mov .il of certain Important citv or deals such as tho poll"e conimlsslonei ', who htood In the vny ot CiiWt Devei)- s pinmotleiii. Mi Moss will endeavor o aseertnln how great mi Inlltienec Mr C'roker tut. In the goveimntnt of th-. city. Cotton Mill StrTkeEnded. Xoiwich. Conn. Mav 13 The cotton mills of tho I'oneniah Mill company aro todey rimiiliig with their full complu. munt of 1.400 hands. The 100 vvoavem who wont out on stilko foi n 10 per cent. Increase in wages about smell weeks ago, tbeieby causing a general shut dilvvn. gave up tho contest last l'rl duv night and iimiounc ed that they would return to woik New York's Welcome to Dewey. Xcw Yoik, May 15. -The Herald tomor row will wiy that New York's wclcomo to Admiral Dowey i to be conducted on a grand Bcale, ns was shown yesterday when tho Joint commttteo of councils decided to call on the municipal author ities to authorlro an appropriation of 17),W f,.r me ,tj'H pun In thn wel come M.ivoi Van Vck bc-aillly ap proves of uch an upproprlatlor BUFFALO STRIKE LOOKS SERIOUS THE SITUATION IS HUCH WORSE ' THAN EVER. I i Today Every Elevator In Buffalo ! Will Be Idle Bishop Quigloy and ' the Strikers Hold a Conference, i Conti actor Connois' Statement. ! Hurralo, May 15. The dock situation ,fl ,vorHO t , h quires coiiHldeiablo experience In oper ating the machinery of the eleators. lilshop Qulgley and the leaders of the grain shovcleis held a conference to day that lasted until 9 o'clock. The grain shovelers claimed that Mr. Con nors had violated oli the essential pro lston3 of the agi cement that tho Lake Cairiers' association had made with tho union. At the conclusion of the con ference, tho bishop told the gialn shov cleis ho would not advise them to ro- , turn to work. I Contractor Connors said tonight: "I I have not violated the agreement made by the Lake Cairiers' association In 1 any particular. I am not rupposed to employ more men than 1 need. Then the statement that I required that all men seeking employment should pie sent cards isued by mo Is false. I made no such arrangement, and did not sanction any such action on tho pait of my bosses." FOR DEWEY'S HOME. First Subscription, $250, Received from Cten. Telix Agnus. Washington. Jlav 15. F. V. Vande sllp, assistant sccretarv of the treas ury, Charles H. Allen, assistant sec retary of the navy: Pony S. Heath, assistant postmaster general; Brlga- The first subscription, $20, was ie- celved from General Felix Agnus, of Baltimoie. ACCUSED OF BUTCHERY. a Shipping Cleik Arrested for an Atrocious Crime. Xew York, May 1R. Martin Vic tor, a shipping clerk, 1!0 veais old, was ai rested today on the complaint of his mother-in-law and sister-in-law, who alleged that he murdered his young wife and cut up her bodj. Victor married the gill clandestinely in January last. Her maidm name was Sadie Koin and she lived with hei mother in Hoboken. X. J. Victor at tho outbreak of the war enlisted In the navy nnd seived on the Kathadin. Ills inothT-in-l iw and sister-ln-lnw declare that Mrs Victor disappeared tnd that he had boasted to them that he cut her up. He denied he chaige w hen arrested EXETER VICTIMS. Services Held Over the Remains of C. L. Laverty. Hariisbutg, Pa.. Mny ir,. Sen lees ,,le Ma ,)Vf.r th'p ,tmaln, of c. L, T,lvtnty, 0f the Associated Pi ess, one 0. th(J vlctmg ot tll j.jxeter calamity, ' tn, t,venInB nt nlB at). ilom( ,n , city by Itev. Dr. K. N. Kramer, pastor i of Salem Reformed church, of which i Mr Laverty wns a member, assisted j by Itev Pr. Silas CJ. Swallow. The ' bodv will b taken to Pntadlse. Lan , caster county, tomoirow moinins: for Interment. The attaches of the audltoi geneial's , ' department will attend the funeral of then colleague, Charles C. Leaf, nii i other letlin of the accident, tomorrow I at Pent Washington. SHEW AND EAQAN RESPITXD. j They Weie to Have Been Hanged on TVmvs.lntT llarrlsbutg. Mny 15, Governor cstone 1 has granted a respite foi siity days in the case nl rihew and Eatun, nwuit ! lug eeculion at Montrose for the mui- der of Jackson Pcpp.n. Thu pilsonerh were to have been hanged on Tliurs I dav. Their eeritt!on has been de'aved In i order that the boaid of put dons may , give more time to consideration of ap- pllcatlon for n commutation of sen i tenee. Stieet Cars n Nuisance. VVlchiia, Kan.. .May 15 -This citv is now without street car service. In ae loid.inco with a declHlon by JuiIro I) iy, declaring tho street cars to be a puhllcj nuisance, tho cam ciult uinnlng today. The leasn of tho piesent company e. plied some time ago, but thej coiittnutd to run Uexptte the city's piotest. The Flour Trust. West Superior, Wis.. May t". The six Homing mills in this citv which weie a few dius nao tianslerreil lo Thomas Meintyio weie tod,i foimnllv truns teircd by Mclntjre to the t'nlte'l States Plour company, for a consideration og Siegatliig 1,2SO.0ii). One Round and a Punch. Wheeling, W. Vs., May 15 One unind and a pmic.h In thu si -on nil round settled Charles Avmcr. of New Kensington l'a., in a fleht with Jim Reunion, of I'iiis hurg, befoio the Metioixilltun club to night, which wav scbcdiiled to go Iv.entj rounds. ROOSEVELT'S MISSION. Would Llko to Eradicate American Admiration for Wealthy Rascality. Huffulo, Mny 15. Governor Roose velt was the principal guest and speaker at a dinner given by the Inde pendent club In the banquet lull of tho Klllcot Square club tonight. The gov ernor said In part: "I want to talk to you of what con cerns us all, what particularly con cerns those of us who for the moment occupy public position, and that Is the attitude that should properly bo ob seived by legislators, by executive ofil cers toward wealth und the attitude that should be observed In return by men of means. If there Is one thlnir which I should llko to ctadieate from the character of any American It Is the dreadful practice of paying a cer tain mean admiration and homiiae to the man, who. whether In business or In politics achieves success nt the cost of sacilllclng nil those principles for lack of which, In the eye of a tlghleous man, no possible achieve ment of success can In any way com pensate." HORSE SHOW NOVELTIES. Philadelphia Exhibition Will Intro duce United States Cavahymen. Philadelphia, May 15. The directors of the Philadelphia Hoiae show today announced that arrangements had been completed with Secretary Alger, ot the war department, for the appear ance at the exhibition this spring of two tioops of Third United States eavnliy, undei command of J. 15. Mnc Doirtld, and a troop of the Fifth aitll lei. Tho cavaliy tioops are from a icglment formerly commanded by Gen eial S N. M Young. This regiment and the Rough Riders ehaiged side by side up Sun Juan hill, as part of General Young's brigade. Thev are now stationed at Fort Kthan Allen. The artllleiy also saw active sen Ice In the Santiago compalgn. They are now stationed at Fort Sher idan, near Chicago. The exhibition commences on D?coiatlon day und ex tends to Saturday, June 4. The cav alry and artillery will give drills. BULLET PIERCED HIS HEAD. Manager of John D. Rockefeller's Estate Kills Himself. Tairylown. X. Y., May 15. Geoige L. Scott, for the last two years manager of the estate of John D. Rockefeller, committed suicide this morning. He shot himself over tho right ear with a ievoler, the bullet passing completely thiough his head. Scott had been suf fering from mental trouble, and wns unuouuteeiiy insane wnen ne Killed himself. He was forty-eight yearn of age, married, and leaves a widow, but no children. Scott came from Cleveland to take chargo of Mr. Rockefellers estate. With his wife he occupied ore of the Rocko- i feller houses on the Redfoid road. Four , years ago Mr. Scott was Injured on tho head by a tiolley car In Cleveland. Ho smoked on an average of seventeen cigars a day. and this Is believed to have had something to do with his weak mentnl condition. , LIGHT ON WHISKEY TRUST. Investigation Begins Befote a Com mission. New York, May 1" John McNulta, receiver of the Distilling .and C"ttle Feeding company, was a witness before the industilal commission today. His examination was a continuation of thn Investigation of the so-called whiskey trust begun by the commission last Saturday. It was found, he said, that one dis tillery at Ncbiaska. Clt, Neb., had been sold for $10 000 at piivate sale, and later was bought by the Distilling and f'tuile Feeding company for 1100, 000. He cited several Instances. Fatal Mandolin Festival. Sli'iinokiii, P.u, Mvy 1".. Itetuinlng frcm a Mandolin club festival near Paxlnos jcstcrilio " niunbei of vouug fuimem fiom Stenlngton and Iri-h Valley n givg.d In a desprrato light during which P.lnier Hnus, of Stonlngton whs stabbed sK thin s i,y Amos Ritchie, of Irish Val hv. Hltehln escaped. Most of the wounds of hi victim .no In tho back One ot the Knife thrusts penetrated his lung and his iocovei Is Hopeless Hais is 2J eais old and unmarried. Sentenced to Thirty-Eight Years. I.ewhston, Me. Mav 13 C.eoigt W. I'ieice was sentenced today to thlrtv eight years in the State prison at Thoin aston for attempting to muider foimer City Marshall 11. K. Teal and Judge A. I) Cornish of tho I.. wist on niunlcJpil court. It. was claimed thai Pleice sent poisoned Migai to Judge Cornish und poisoned whlsikcv to ex-Cltv Attn shall Teil, desiring to be levengid for a pro-vlou- prosecution Boyle Puts Smith Out. Philadelphia. Miij 13 Usiar eiaidncr, ih "Omaha Kid " was to meet "Htoeh" Iioyle, of Getmanlown, in a fifteen-round bout tonight at Athens, Pa , but i broken hard, sustained in his light with Martin liaherllv lust week. Pi evented hlrn. and Hatrv Smith of Chester, was lubstltuted. The contest I wn- fast until the thirteenth round. I when rtovle put Smith out with a punch I In the law j Pttddleis Quit Woik. Pelhleheni, Pa. Muv 1". The puUdhrs nt the Iiethlchem Stee Works quit woik tonight owing to nn mlun.lerstandtnic on Increase In wuciii. Committees have been appointed to corfer with the supeun-' i temlcnlH, and H Is expected that the cllf- ifctinceK will be ltd lusted so that ihe puddle mill will re nunc opfnttlons lo mouow I . Suicide of a Miller, i Lancaster, Pa., May 13. Siimul Stitve. lj. ng'.d about thlrtj yeais, u miller residing In Warwick township, this coun t. yesterday afternoon diowncd hlmclf in the pen stock of the mill, nt which ha was emploved. A widow and child tnur- v Iv e. No cause la know u , Steamship News. New Yoik. Mas 13. Southampton Sailed: Steamer Frederick Her Uroesu from Urcmen. Antwcip Arrived Nordt Irani. New Toik. (ilhinluir Arrived' Km. New- York, for Genoa and Naples, Piemen Arrived: Hremen, New York, Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington, M.iv 15 Tho following pensions have been I. sued lncreutcv IlurrlHou P Mciidn llmllngtoti, Brad ford IMoJIT Original widows -Pi uncos I A. I'atton, Plttston (West), SS GENERAL GOMEZ IS DISGUSTED WILL WASn HIS HANDS OF THE $3,000,000. He Will Take No Part in the Dis tribution of Pay for the Cuban Troops Geneial Brooke Will do On with the Distribution of the Cash. Havana, Mny 15. General Maximo Gomez today Informed Governor Gen eial Urookc that he could no longer net In the distribution of the $3,000,000 up proorlated for the payment of the Cuban troops. General Gomez added that he had ar rived at this derision with great re luctance and with the most filendly feelings toward General Brooke per sonally and otllclally, but he felt he could no longer icpresent the Cuban army, because a cabal, composed of many of the subordinate commanders. , existed to oppose and, If possible, de feat the plans for paitltlonlng the money. He explained that former i members of the Cuban military assem bly, led by Mayla Rodriguez, Manuel Sangullly. Juan Gaulberto and other malcontents who had organized a majority of the officers against him, appuiently, and though he (Gomez) might peislst nnd possibly carrv the payment to a successful conclusion, he was disgusted and wished to wash his hands of the whole business. There fore he thought that IT he left General ISiooke ftee the latter would be able to act w lth equal effectiveness alone. Geneial Brooke expressed sympathy I with Geneial Gomes: and said hi io I grettod the position he had taken, but, ! the Amotlcan commander added, It his decision was unchangeable he v.ould proceed to deal with the question alone. It was then mutually agreed that Geneial Gomes will Issue tomorrow a manifesto to the Cuban ax my. This document will be piepared this after noon and will be submitted to Oeneral Biooke. After It has been Issued Gen eral Brooke may make a declaration concerning the manner in which he will proceed. He Is determined not to be Hilled with. He has the rolls of the privates and non-commlssloned ollleers who aie willing to accept $75 each and this amount will bo offered on the con 1 ditlons previously laid down. A forc ' Iblo disarmament of the Cuban troops t will be the ultimate procedure, pro vided the events of the next two or , three weeks show that such action Is nectsBaty. ODD FELLOWS MEET. The Seventieth Annual Communica tion of Grand Encampment. Alltntown, Pa., May 15 The seven tieth annual communication of th Grand encampment of Pennsylvania Independent Order of Odd Fellows, opened here todav, when forty-one past chief patriarchs iecelvid degrees. The present membership is 1:1,235, a net de crease of ITS: working: encampments, 1M7: past chief patriarchs, 4.49S; patri archs lelleved, 2,020; widowed families lelleved, 11: paid for relief, 101,263 27: vaulting expenses, J.i)..V0 9. Total le celpts, $9'i.042.2.V assets reportel by encampments, $340,3S2.87; a decrease in assets of $S,S,".",.S4. Tho gland encamp ment last year was $,900.21, pay ments, $2,9jG."::. The committee em finance iccommended allowing the grand officers 3 cents per mile travel and $3 additional for expenses and that the per capita tax be flxed at 10 cents per term. The recommendations of the tlnnnce committee were adopted at the after nouii session and the newly elected ollleeis were Installed. The appoint ments made were: Clrancl mirshall, Prink Snow den: grand sentinel, John Derr: grand outside sentinel, O. C. Hoster, sr , district deputies for Phil adelphia, J. A. Jackson, Herman C Pomme, O. r Spangler.Samuel French, Joseph 15. Wiswell. n. A. Rockhlll. Howard Craig, Charles TI. Oolillng and Janob Tiock THE LOAN VALID. Supreme Court Decides in Favor of Philadelphia Improvements. Philadelphia, May 15 The State Supreme couit today In an opinion de clared valid the JU,ri20 000 loan agreed to bj vote of people at a recent elec tion. The lonn had been previously authorized by councils, but doclaied In- I valid by the courts, as the city had ' alrc-adv exceeded its boi rowing enpac , itv. The couit then maintained that no further loans could be authorized without the direct consent of the peo ple. When this wns reached, litigation again ensued and tho opposition to the loan waa carried continuously thiough the courts until today's result. The loan was authorized tor general public improvements. For Improve ment of the water supply $".,000,000 was set aside, 1 000,000 was for the site and election of a public library, and th lemalnder was for street pavinsr, now public patks and other minor Improve i meats. I'nder tho terms by which tho , people voted for tho bill none of the amounts can be diverted from tho specific puipose for which It In named. Foiresters at Bethlehem. IWhlehem. P.u, May 1C Nearly sl hundred delegates arrived today to n ttnd thn bl-ennlal session of tho Peiin sjlvaiiUt fliiind Court of Foresters of America, which convene tomorrow mom irg. It w is uniiounced tonight that the election will not tnko plate befoio Fri day, and as there ato likely to bo sev eral close contests, Inteiest Is growing ami bv tomonow night a elnulilo number of visitors are expected Tonight -'A Night In P.ohumla" wa tendeied the vis itors Funeral of Roswell P. Flower. New Yoik, May 13. The funerul of former Governor lloswell I Flower took plaeo lato today In St, Thomas' church, Fifty-third street and Firth avenue, of which ho was u vestryman The ihur-h was not decorated and the progiummo for thg services was veiy simple. The Ilov. Dr John Wesley Drown, lector of the church officiated, being assisted by tho Itev. John H. Husk ' Frnncisque Sarcey Dead. j Paris, Mav IB. Frnnelsciun Hareey, tho 'famous dramatic critic, died today In i his beventy-first year. THE NEWS THIS MOJtNIXtt Weather Indications Today: aCNEFlALLY FAIR. Gcneinl-Agiilnahlo Will Fight Until Independence Is Assured. General Gomez Tired of Cuban Bick erings. Chinese Wur Cloud. Buffalo Stilke Growing Serious. Sports Atlantic, Kiitlon.il nnd Other League Baso Ball (lames, Financi.il and Commercial. Local Board of Tracio Cn.anlmously Favors the Barber Paving Repair Contract. F.dltorlul. Comment of tho I'rcss. Local Possibility of nn KpHcop.il DIo- ceso with Scranton as tho Center. South Scranton Sewer Assured. Local West Hcriitou and Suburban. News Hound About Scranton. Local O'Malley Verdict Sunt lined. BILLS DISAPPROVED. Governor Stone Sees No Necessity for Additional Law Judge at Erie. Harilsburg, Pa, .May 1. Governor Stone today dltappioved the bill to pro vide for an additional law judge of Kile county on the giound that theio Is no necessity for such an olllclul. The governor also disapproved Items aggre gating $11,000 in the bill appropriating $CC,rd0.S0 to the Pennsylvania State collejre. The Items to which the gov ernor objects are for lepairs to build ings, maintaining campus walks and roads, the dopaitments of physics, civil engineering, chemist! y, psjchologv and the biological und botanical labora tories. Those Items aie dlsappioved because the financial condition of the commonwealth does not justify the ex ecutive' In approving them. The governor disposed of the last of the bills today and will spend the next two weeks trout fishing In West Vh Klnhi with a party of friends. JEFFERSON COMMENCEMENT. Degrees Are Conferred Upon Eighty five Graduates. Philadelphia, May 13 -The seventy f out th annual commencement of Jef ferson Medical college wns held today at the Academy of Music. Degrees were conferred upon S3 graduntes Judge Mayer Sulzberger, LL D , d'ilv eied the address to the class. The giaduates came from the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey.llelaware, New Yoik. Connecticut, Maine. Ohio. Indiana, Illinois. Michigan. Wisconsin, Kentuekv, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Oregon, Calilornla, und one from Syria. A numlier of In dividual prlres wero awarded for best examinations In various branche-s MINERS' WAGES INCREASED, A Movement That Will Affect 10,000 Men on June 1. Philadelphia, May 1.3. The Petwjn Mining company, which has mines in Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson. C imbrla and Somerset counties, and which is one of the laigest pioducer of bitumin ous coal In the woild, today notified Its employes of an Increase In wages to go Into elfe-ct June 1. Pndei the new schedule the minets will receive fifty cents per ton lot pick mining nnd twentj-the cents per ton for loading after the Puncher tvpe of machine. The advance will affect loooo men. UNCLE SAM PAYS UP. Spain Receives tho Last of the $5,000,000 Treasury Warrants. Now Yoik, May 15. The fouith and lut of the $3,000,000 tiensutv waiiauts paid to Spain for the Philippine Islands wns piesented at the National Citv bank today by lepiesentatlv. s o! the Fiench embassy. The entire transaction has been con ducted on Harrle'h foielgn cm hang.-, and as there has bee-n a laige trade balance in favor of this count! in about every one of the continental monev maikets, the indemnity money has been ell irged against these bal ances. - LEAD AND ZINC LANDS SOLD. ' Illinois Company Disposes of Piop eities In Kansas. Galena, Kan.. .May 13 P,o-ion bank ets have puichased of the Illinois I.-ad and 'Aim lumpanv tho following ptop ertles: The Durllugtou liact. seventy acres, adjoining tho city, toity aires adjoining the North Hmplie giound an I the old Stanley mines, southwest ot the city, and several plants and lea-es hueabouts The aggregate price paid was $200,000, Adlal Stevenson c-vice-pieidi nt, was a ptomlnent stockholder of flio lllinola la ad nnd Zinc company. Foot Ball League. Hi..! il.e. P.i Mav H A.. Int. iiol leslute loot ball league . uinpiasing the colleges of the Oratorical association of Western Pennsylvania and West v'iiglnia has taken Its initial step. A meeting of tho association vvaj li Id uu I'lldav. A vote on the matter will 1 taken at an eurlv date. Tho league will consist ot Mleghenj, Thiel, Genivi vYnues)iir, lleih in and Westminster colleges, W'.-tun University of P. unsvlvatili and West Virginia unlverdt License at Coney Island. New Yoik, May IN Tho police board today granted a license to the Coney Islund Spin ting club. Week before hint fid, club was denied lleens. This afternoon the application vv.ih renewed Bi.il the commissioners picilousi) object ing did not again. The giantln of tho UreiiBe will allow the Jeffries-nt7lin. nicins mutch to come oft thcie Compaied William to a Poodle Prince Hcilln, May 1" Heir Mavliutlli in Har den, editor and publlHhei of tho Kukontt, has begun to setve the l months' Im prisonment to which lie w is senteiliHHl on Nov -i lam, after having been eon vleted of lese majeste. In comparing the emperor to a poodlo prince and on other i It u gen. The "Republic" Buys a Plant. Spilnglleld 111. May 13 A wanuntee deed convevlnc to tho Ilcpubllo Iron .t Hlit'l company tho plant nt Hie Spring- Held lion compiny was filed today. The consideration is Juu.ooo. AGUINALDO TO PROLONG WAR Struggle to Be Continued Until Independence Is Obtained. NEWS RECEIVED BY.JUNTA A Message from Aguiunldo to the Junta in London Tho Filipino Government, tho Rebel Leader Says, Will Go on righting Till Independence Is Secured. London, May 1.3 The Filipino Junta here has lecelved the following mes sage fiom Agulnnldo. cabled from Hon': Kong under date of May 12: "Th" Filipino government. In accord I nnee with the geneial feeling of the counliv, h.u decided to continue the I win. at .all cost until Independence Is secured. Thcillplnos energetic-ally l of use thy Ameiimn peace over tures, based on restricted autonomv, : coupled with piomises ot subsequent 1 self-government. Tho Filipinos de mand it strh t fulfilment of the arti cles of tho American constitution nnd tiealies contracted by the American representatives when Imploring a Fil ipino alliance In combating the bjj.iti i arils "All the Filipino generals support Agulnaldo. .lenenil Luna's reported overtures for peace aie untiue. Our army is near .Manila, simultaneously attacking the whole American line. 'J he bent and rnins are causing many casualties in the American armv. All tho hospitals are crowded with sick and wounded. Four hundred ot the Cincinnati regiment have been Impris oned by Oenernl Otis for insubordina tion In refusing to light. The leguhar troops quartered In Manila and other towns ute quiet. The volunteers uiu abused and are always at the front, with scanty rations. The discontent between the Amet leans and Europeans Is general." GUNBOATS AMBUSHED. A Sergeant of the Utah Battel y and Twenty Filipinos Killed. Manila, May 1.310 a. in. The "Un clad" gunboats Laguda de Bay and f'nvadonga, and a launch, under Cap- j tain Giant, l.tn Into a. nest of insui i gents concealed In tho bushes on both sides ot the Rio Gi ancle IMver, three miles above Calumplt. yesterday after noon, and were lecelved with heavy , volleys at shoit range. A sergeant be longing to the I'tnli battery was killed , nnd one private was wounded. Open I ing with their rapid-fire guns tho 1 Americans killed twenty of the natives and wound, d several othets filling the jungle with a hail of shot for a half Iiciiii, until th enemv fed. TILLMAN RESPONSIBLE. Aft lean Methodists Refer to the Affair nt Wilmington. New Yoik, May 13 The seventy eighth session of the African Metho dist 1'plscopal confeience for Eastern Xi w Yoik today unanimously approved the tepoit of the c omintttco on the state of the lountiv " which Included the following "We deploie the .ul and barbarous incident at Wilmington, X. (' , which bus blackened the full name ot the I in. till state anil lor which Senator T1II- I man, of South I'ninllna, Is tesponsi- ble" I The commit!..' leleired to tho burn i lug of Sum Hose nt the stake In Geor i gu and the letent lynehlngs In Ten nessee, AliilMin.i : the shooting of a number of ...ioied prisoners in Georgia c and the attempted bitching of a cnlnr , ed man In X.-w Yoik eVmtinulUT the leport reads: "Mnnv PUmiiw iidvo. ate recoiirso to arms but ! v our committee, aftet eaiefully studv -ing the eiudlttoiiH d pre. ale any such plan to the solution of this gient ques tion. We would H.omntencl that th b"sr thing to b" done Is to demand ptotectlou trom the luu -iimkliig bodies ilnoiigh tie candidate who asks for tho sulfii.ges ot the people" PUERTO PRINCIPE TROUBLE. Alined Men, Rob a Slote at Qulnta Navalos Bandits at Laige. Havana. .May 1.3 A dispatch from Ptteito lilmlpe s.i.vs fifty mined men have attack, d a stoic ut cjitlntii Nava los. half a Iimkui li'.ui Pueito I'rlnclpe, killing the stoiekceper, Yshlto Fernnn de severing his bend from his body with u m.uhete The stmokeeper's as sistant Juan Pat ado. In defending Fer nandez, tec civ ed lour machete cuts, from whl. h he will die. The store was sacked of eveiythlnjr valuable and n quantlu of rnom Tho advices fiom Pueito 'Pilndpn also lee-old the appeaiauce of several bands of mined men on the ebtates near tlm bouurlaty line between thn province of Puerto Primipe and San tiago de Cuba. Will Tiy to Restate Rates, Cieveln.d, O, Ma 1" Hepresentatlves ot all the coil railroads In Ohio met b re ioelu tor th. purpose of to Ins: to I. siom lat.s to tho tariff and to pre vent furthei cutting The meeting wu the tesult of the action of tho Ilocklnaf Valley loud In cutting tlm rate 30 cents a ton. No ngreeue in nun i cached and considerable bun im s. was uiatUfesird by thoso at Ui in. . mi; - - WEATHER FORECAST. f Witxhhihtein Mn 13 Foiecnst tor Tuescliiv For Uasuiii Ponu. sslvnnlB, fair Tuoseliiy; probably Hliowers Wednesdav ; variable wIiiiIh shifting to fresh easterly. ItTtt tttf-rf-tt-rtftt-r,
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