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THE PEACE
CONGRESS
International Conference
Opens at the
Hague.'
NATIONS REPRESENTED
The First Sessions Held Two Miles
from the City in the House of the
Woods The Address of M. de
Beaufort, Welcoming the Dele
gates A Tribute Paid to the Czar's
Great Project.
The ITuguo, May IS. The peace con
ference called by the czar of Russia was
opened ut 2 o'clock this afternoon tn
the hall of the Hills ten Bosch, or the
"House In the Woods," two miles from
The Hague. AK do Beaufort, president
of the council and minister of foielgn
Ufnlrs. of the government of the Neth
erlands, delivered the Inaugural addiess
nd welcomed the delegate".
Al. de Ken u fort spoke of the high
nonor of the choice of The I In true ns
the meeting place for the conference
mil evtolled the noble initiative of the
rz.ir, saying this would be a red-letter
day In the history of the century, and
oppressing the hope that his majesty
would be able to-look back at today as
the inn'-t glorious day of his life, lie
concluded with calling attention to the
allegorical cioup over the doorway of
the hall, "Peace Fntoilng to Close the
Tempi" of Janus," and said: ' 1 trust
this beautiful nllcgoiy will be a good
augiuy of yout labors, and that after
nu h.iM- completed them you will bo
aWe to s'iy that peace, whom ait lu
ll oduccd Into this hall, left It to spread
its blessings among the whole of
humanity."
The delegates decided to send til"
following telegram to the czat :
"The peace eonfeienco las at the feet
of our majesty Its respectful congi am
bitions upon the occasion of our birth
day. and expresses Its sincere desire to
io-opeiate In the great and noble work
In which your majesty has taken a Reu
nions Initiative, and for which it begs
Mm to accept its humble and profound
gt.ititude."
THE DELEGATES.
Repiesentntives Which the Nations
Have Sent to The Hague.
The following is -i lit of the dele
gates, so far as known, to the peace
onfereiice.
Mistrl.i-lhuiij.irj rmuit mi l.-i-shfhnb,
Jlr-t necietai of tin- Austrian
foreign otlice, ambassador cxti.iordlnaiv ,
Ills tixcelleney Al. Ukolio-'atno Oknlt.
toiui. minister at the court of Tln
lliiane; e'uiiit and Mlnlsteil.il Councilor
Mern.
lielgtum-M. Honrnat rt tnltilsiei of for.
elgn affalls Chevalier D.-se ,imp-l)av Id,
senitoi, and Count de fSn IIi-UohIiii, mill-
.i r at The Hague
I'hlna Ills i:itlleno Yang u, minis,
ter at the court of St. i'cu-islniig
Denmark Ills nccIbno) l'i i: de
Bllle, minister at the conn of Si. Janus,
t'olonel Vim Hchrink. forniri inliiNiei of
win
Fiance I. liourgcols, a liumei pi? in
ler Ills IXci'lleiicj Al. ltlliiimd, minis
ter at The Hague; Union Hstounielbs de
Constant, diputv: Vice Ailnilial I'ephan;
Brigadier Ceneial Alonnlei. rxnili He -nnult.
pinfessor of law.
Herman) Count urn AlLnt"r-l.ek'ii-btirc.
nmbitssurtui at l'.nls, I'rofe ir
von Stengel, of the Munich unHcr.sliy;
Professor Zorn. of the I'nlvc isliy of
KoulgsliiTK. Captain Slegel. n.iMd at
tncho at the tlerm in eniba.s.sy in J'.irlt-.
and Colonel dross von SrhwarihoiT cum
niaiicllng the Nlnet) -foiuth regiment of
lnf.mtr.
Great Ilrlmin-Tlie lllj.!it lion. Sli
Jii'iiin I'.iimatoie, u C u Hiitifh am
bassador nt Vnslili,jto'i, Sir lleiuv
Howard K. i Al i minister at TMe
Uigur- Vice Admit. il Sir .li.hn Fisher K.
(' H and Ala lor GeiU'ial Sir Joliu Ar
dagli, K C i. t:
Iloll.tnd-A. P. C un Kurrehock. P.
1. a fonner inlnUtcr of foiilgu nitidis
iird deputy; Alaior General den Ren
PiMirtiigtiel. prlvv eouiiellloi, a former
war minister, ami Professor At-sor, privy
'nunclllnr and M 11 N ltnhusii. mem
ber of the upper hoils-e. two gieat au
thorities on Intenvitlntinl law.
Itah Count NUta mlnbter at ,t h it
coiiit of Vienna; Count Xcruhil. minister
at The Hague, (loncial .uecail and Cap.
in In Hlanc.i of the nav).
Japan Uiron llnvuFhl, minister at the
court of St. Petersburg. I'olonel Cve
liara, captain Sakomoto of the navy and
Hlr 13xcleiioy .1. Monoto. nmbass-adir
a, Brussels
Norway and Sweden Karon Illicit nim
'pur at the touit of Itome.
Pet da-General Allizo Hlz.i-Khun, min
ister nt the touit of St. PetiTi-lmrg.
Portugal count do Maei lo minister
at Madrid; Angostlno d'Urnell.is. minis
ter at St. Petersburg and Count do Sellr,
minister nt The Hague.
Rnuninnla His excellency AT Al I!1
dlniHn ambassador at the court of eilr.
Itn. Ills Clr.ice Al T.' Paplnln, minister nt
The Hague, arid Colonel C Coanda.
Rusla Bn-.on de Stual. HiiMdau am
bnsaclor at the court of St. James; Col
onel Jlllnslty Colon. 1 Couni ll.uautz' w
" iptulu Sehelre of the navy. Lieutenant
Oulrlilniiokow of Hip navv and Profes
sor do Atartens, the well known authoiity
on International law
Servla M. AI)tovlch. minister In Lon
dun Plum -lib- Excellency Pha Surlva, Dr.
Ch CorrlaglonI d'Orclll. and Al. k Rolln,
consul general In UelRlum.
Spain Duke iln Tetunii, Ills Il.vcllency
Al de Villa I'mitl.i nnibriHsailoi nt Hres
rels, HU Excellency M. do .llageitr, min
ister at The Hague.
Switzerland Dr S. Jiiith, minister at
tho court of Hcrltn; Colonel a. Kuzll,
and Al. K. Odler, both members of tho
national council,
Turkey Tuiklmn Pasbn. privy coun
cillor. Xourcy Key, seent.iry general of
the foreign nfllec; Abdulla Paslm. Ilru.
tenant general, and Jtear Admlml Ale.
homed Pasha.
Pnltcd Ptates-Seth T,ow, president of
Columbia tilth eraity: Andrew D. White,
nmh.ntHador at Kerlln; Stanford Now
ell, minlittT at Tho Hague; Cnptatn Cm.
Elr at the ordnance department of the
army; Captain A. T, Atalmn of the navy
(retired), and Frederick Holts, as secre
tary. Alger Again Criticized.
Philadelphia, May 18. Resolution!!
petitioning thtv peace conference tut
The Hngue to take Initial steps In cs
tnbllshing a supreme court of nations,
and asking the senate to ratify an ar
bitration treaty with Great Btltnln
were adopted nt n public meeting here
today under the auspices of the nvnn
gellcal alliance and the National lie
form league Addresses on these sub
Jc cts were made by prominent citizens
and clergymen The flow Wilbur F.
Crafts, of Washington, V. C, made an
attack on Heciotnry Alger and criti
cised his management of tho war.
REVOLVERS HELD UP.
A Cargo of 500 Intended for Cuba
Aro Captuied.
Havana, Aluy IS. The Importation of
50i) levolvers was stopped by the cus
toms house authorities today, the
weapons being tnken Into military
etistod). The dealer to whom they
wcie consigned lias been Informed by
Jlajor tlerrcral Ludlow, mllltnry gover
nor of Havana, that he mav sell them
to such Individuals only as shall give
tho authorities a satisfactory reason
for the purchase, ns the present Is re
garded a.s an Inopportune time to offer
weapons of any character for sale ln-dls-crfmlnatcly.
General Ludlow's in
sttnctlons to the dealer were written
and they allude to "the lawless cle
ment to whom It would be dangerous
to allow the possession of aims."
lmilcjue rjinay, the wholesale mer
chant In whose possession l.fiflO mmis
er.s, bought from the Spanish, were
found a few days ago. has been re
quited to surrender them, on the orders
of General Ludlow. Thev hae been
stored In the. aisenal subleet to ship
ment out of the Island, as It Is not
considered prudent to allow them to
be sold In Cuba.
SENATOR PEFFER
RETURNS TO PARTY
The Leading Populist Will Come
Bnck to the Republican Ranks A
Simon Puie "Alliance Man."
Topeka, Kansas, Alav 18. Kx-T'nlted
States Senator Peffcr, one of the found
ers of the Populist part), and who was
for eats considcied us chief exponent
of Populism, has returned to the He
public mi part). Apparent settlement of
ruariv of the question which were the
cause nt the oigaulzutlon of the old
allium contributed to tho change in
the political atitude of Senator PelTer.
.Mr. Pelter said today. "1 hae al
ways been a Republican except on one
main question the money question.
That seems to have .settled Itself np
paietitly now The Populist patty has
been eliminated nationally by the
Democrats, s.o those of us who don't
want to Hop by ourselves will have to
ote nur convictions as best we can
"The old simon mre alliance man
who left t lie Republican party never
was headed for the Democratic patty
and he is not now."
WHOLESALE POISONER.
A Coloied Lad Suspected of Ter
lible Climes.
Cincinnati. Alay is James Weaver,
coloied. aged 11 )eats. today confessed
to havlmr poisoned his father. Wood
son Weaver, and bis half-brother, John
Veaei, on Tuesday. John Weaver
died In a few boms and Woodson
Weaver, though still alive, has but
slight chance for reeoveiv The lad
said be toiind a box of "Hough on Hats"
on the stove .Monday night and did not
know what It wn IJf put it In tlnj
cuflee pot.
The jHillce trow believe the boy is H
sponsible for the death of Woodson
Wea'vei's second wife and for the burn
ing of the house u few months ago The
boy's mother, Hachel Washington, was
artested at Chattanooga today, charged
with having Instigated the poisoning.
THE BRIBERY CASE.
Attorney Beigner Has a Conference
with Mr. Miller.
llanii-buig. May IS Attorney Keig
ner. who will assist In the prosecution
of the legislative bribery committee,
had a confeitnco tills afternoon with
Dlstiict Attorney Alillat, at which It
w.'ih fecbled to have intornintlon mado
against the ai c used in the icgular way
before the nuests are inade. Instead
of asKlng the court to refer the eai
to the grand jury foi an investigation
betoie the ariests nie made
Th district attorney was of the
opinion that If the couit did It would
cause delay and he Is anxious to have
the cases tried at the Junu term of
court.
GOLD SEEKERS MURDERED.
Eight Prince Edward County Men
Ambushed by Indians,
Kellc-vitle, .May 1!.- Harlv in April
twelve Prince Kdward county young
mm left Uellevlile for the Atlln gold
legions. Two of them were compelled
to return by illness.
rioin information now to hand, It
would appear that tho remaining ten
were ambushed and murdered by In
dians Superior Coutt Decisions.
Plttsuiug, Ala) IS. Tho Supeilcn court
met at '.'.15 p. in. tor the purpose of ildtia,
having Unified all Its ui,-lnehs r'oi tho
April teim A largo number of decl.s.
Ions were handed down In eases nigued
during the term. A list of decisions
himled Is In part as follows: ileisy
Krjst vs. Chirles Allen, et al., confmon
pleas. W'jomlnR county; Judgment at
firmed The Superior court will rot et
July 2" In Philadelphia.
Tlint Workers Will Strike.
Hast l.lviipoil u, Al.iy l5.-Tho flint
workers of this city huvo demanded an
Increase of wages to n cents an hour
and will strike tomorrow If the mill own
crs persist in their refusal to giuut It.
Threo flint mills operate here. The prod
net Is used In enrthenware manufacture.
Steamship News,
QuecilHtnivn, Alay IS. Sailed: Alajestlc,
Now Yoik. Arrlvad: UrJtannlc, New
Yoik. Kotterd.im Sailed: Hpaarndam,
New York via Boulogne. i
NO SETTLEMENT
OF BUFFALO STRIKE
END OF THE TROUBLE FARTHER
OFF THAN EVER.
Situation Peculiar Grain Shovelers
Havo Once More Declared Their
Intention of Refusing to Woik
Until Contract with Mr. Conners Is
Abrogated.
Buffalo, May IS. The possibility of
an early settlement of the dock strike
was removed this afternoon and to
night the end of the trouble Is ap
parently farther oft than ever before.
The grain shovelers have once more
declared their Intention of refusing to
return to work until tho contract be
tween the Lake Cairlors' association
and Mr. Conneis Is abrogated.
The situation is most peculiar. Yes
terday Bishop Qulgley advised the
men to accept the terms offered by
Contractor Conners and to hold them
selves in readiness to go to work when
he gave tho work The bishop also
warned them to hold no more meet
ing. Today St. Bridget's hall, tho
headquarters of the strlkets. which is
owned by the Catholic church, was
closed and locked by older of the
bishop.
This afternoon, notwithstanding the
fact that nt least SI) per cent, of the
sttlkers nte of the Catholic faith, a
large number of grain shovelers pub
licly repudiated the bishop and refuse
to accept hi" advice and moved their
headquarters to Fillmore hall. Shortly
nfter ;i o'clock this afternoon over 1,000
grain shoveleis formed In line In front
of St. Kridget'.s hall and inarched to
Fillmore ball, where they were joined
by about I'.OOO striking ft eight hand
lers and sympathizers and President
AlcAIahon, of tho union, was sum
moned. When McMuhon appeared the
rrrert voted unanimously to refuse to
wink while All Conneis holds the eon-
tract arrd a committee was appointed
to leopen direct negotiations with the
Lake Cnirlers' association.
Hesolutlons were adopted discharg
ing the committee that has been act
ing In conjunction with Bishop Qulg
ley. expressing confidence In President
AlcAlahorr and refusing to pa) any at
tention whatever to ajiy call for a
meeting Issued b) the bishop
Timothy P. Donovan, the inspector
appointed by the bishop to represent
Hie men on the docks and who had
brought about the last agreement with
Air. Conneis, was denounced
Klshop Qulgley Is out of town tonight
and no statement as to his Ititure
cotitse could he secured. He will iu
turn to the city tomorrow morning.
Radical Action.
Information was received todav fiom
an authoritative souico that the ele
vator men and others who h'ave valu
able Interests on the docks have de
termined upon radical action. They
propose to exert everv effort to secure
men from out of towrr to take the
place of the strikers. The action of
the strikes today, they say, makes It
necessary to adopt some measure other
than negotiations to bring about a re
sumption of business heie.
The public Investigation now being
held by the state boaid of mediation
and arbltiatlon brought out the fact
that not only the port of Buffalo, but
the entlie commerce of the lakes Is in
danger of being permanently crippled
by the st i Ike Gibson C Douglas, of
the Western Transit company, teslllled
that vessel owneis had already .sus
tained a loss of $100.(100 that agents
were letuslng to load vessels Horn this
port and that the coinmissloiieis were
being diverted into other routes. He
said that as a result of the htrlko
western grain shippers hud discovered
that they could ship grain by rail from
Indiana, Illinois and other sections
cheaper than it could be shipped by
boat to Buffalo His opinion was that
if the dock troubles continued a good
portion of the lake eonitueue would
be permanently destro)ed.
Manngeis Decline to Talk.
The association of the lake lines,
Bishop Qulgley and the freight hand
lers' union committee held a confer
ence at 11 ;W u rn. and discussed the
terrrrs of the strike agieement. The
line manngeis declined to dUeiit-s this
abolition of the contract system tor
this season, also the wage .schedule,
on account of present contracts, but
took up a new mutter presented by the
strikers, namely, the discharge of ob
jectionable bosses. This matter
caused delay and the conference was
adjourned until Friday. All the mem
bers of the Firemen s union In port
st! tick at noon. It was stated that as
other Jlrernen arrived orr their boats
they would join the strike. Conductor
Folev of the union advised the men
to keep away from the docks. As
this is pni-elv a sympathetic strike. It
will end a soon as the scoopeis' stilki
Is udjusted.
At J1..W tonUht i ""U McAIahon,
of the Grain t"hovelere- union, while
testifying at the public investigation,
htated that In his opinion If a clause
had been placed in the agreement be
tween the lake can ler s and the men
protecting the rnen against possible
discrimination In the future, they
would go to work.
Attorney lloyt, representing Contrac
tor Conners, Immediately agreed tn the
insertion of such a clause and said he
would permit the attorney for the men
to dr;aw It up.
Sir. McAlahon agteed to call a meet
ing ot the union nt 'j o'clock In tho
morning, lay the proposition befoio the
men and report the action taken be
them before noon. "I think they will
accept," said AlcAIahon tonight.
President's Vacation.
Hot Pprlngs. AIa IS. Scoieiaiy of the
Interior Hitchcock arrived hero todu)
unci will remain to accompany the piesl
dentlal party to Washington, Tim pres
ident will leave tomorrow night, going
over a dlfleieut route from that taken to
come here, and leaching Washington Sit
1111111)' evening. Heeictary Hitchcock was
Air. McKlnley's companion during his
customary walk In tho forenoon
Pennsylvania Pensions,
Washington, Alay IS. Pension certifi
cates: Original IMwuiil Kutlrr, Lake
Oonio, Wajnf, til. Orlnln.il widows
Mary A. Lullcy, Plains, Lucerne, 1:
DEWEY HOME FUND.
Contributions Already Amount to
Over $0,000.
Washington, May 18. Today's con
tributions to the Dewey home fund
amounted to $2,016, of which $1,15S cume
from the Brooklyn Eagle and repre
sents collections made by that paper
The total so far received by the na
tional committee Is $2,8C5. The follow
ing circular to presidents of boards of
trade and chambers nf commerce was
sent out today by Chairman Vander
llp: "In order that all parts of th"
country may take par t In raising a
fund to provide a home In Washington
for Admiral George Dewey, tho dis
tinguished bodies lepicsentlng com
merce and trade In the chief cities are
invited to take steps for securing sub
scriptions for the purpose.
"As president of your organization
you are requested to extend such nld
as your wisdom may dictate, und to
enlist your city henitlly irr behalf of
this movement of patriotic gratitude
It may be welt for you to publish tlnlly
a list of your local subscriptions and
to temlt rnonos at frequent Intervals
to the treasurer of the fund In Wash
ington, with names and addresses of
donor. Tempotary receipt will nt once
be returned and duplicates, handsome
ly engraved, of the same date and num
ber bearing a poltrnlt. will lie sent to
each subscriber
"Immediate response and efficient ac
tion on your part will facilitate the
work of this committee, while It will
add Impetus to competition In other
cities. The assurance that a home In
the nation's capital has been ptovlded
for him by the popular affection and
esteem will be a fitting factor In the
welcome to the great udintral when he
lands In his native country on his re
turn from the scene of his brilliant vic
tories "
. m
FIRE ON A BIG
OCEAN LINER
The Barbatossn Puts Baclt Into Port,
Ending a Trip Full of Exciting
Events.
New York, Alay Is With thick
smoke Muttering up from her f inward
vontilntors and the lire signal Hag dis
played In her rigging, the North Get
man Lloyd ocean liner Marbarorsa put
Ifcick Into port this atternoon, ending
a trip, which, though of only a tew
hours' duiation, was full of exciting
incidents.
The Kmbaios.s.i diew out of her dock
at It o'clock this mmnltig for Btemen.
She carried live hundred saloon and
cabin pa-sengers, several hundred emi
grants In the steerace, a crew of 2.10
and a general cuigo of merchandise In
which were over five thousand bales of
cotton. There were many persons of
prominence on the dec ks f tne big;
steumshlp ns she crept out of the North
river among them Dr. Chailcs A
p.riggs, bis wife and daughters, and
Professor A Putzkei, ot the slate uni
versity of California. Just as the Bar
b.nossa was passing the tint tows si
slight wreath of smoke was seen curl
ing up fiom one of the forward ven
tilators In a short time It grew In
volume and It was discovered coming
lroui one of the forwaid lower portion
i nmpai tments, in which thousands of
bales of cotton were stored. "Ship on
Pre warrt Immediate assistance" was
instantly run alott Captain Ulehti r
i ould not immediately turn back he
cause of the nartow channel, and had
to stenni on to wider berth. At the
southwest Spit he tinned about and
beaded foi port At this the ma line
observer flashed the news to the c itv
that the Kaibarossa was on file, und
the tne boats Zeophat Mills and Rob
en A Van Wjck were sent down the
b.i). Th"3 fire boats, and alt other boats
that J air alongside offering assistance,
weie told that the tire could best he
loughl at the plir- of the steamship in
lloboken. The Harbarossa plowed on
toward her deck with the other small
er craft all about her.
On l minding the Kalterv it was nee
essarv to slacken speed nrid hug the
New York shore bprause of the num
ber ot craft on the liver. As soon as
the Hain.nossa neared the slips, a
Christopher street ferry boat slipped
out The Harbarossa had to dodge
this arid also a cattle ship Then ap
peared the mail boat and an IJile light
er The Bur bin ossa striuk this and
throv her into the slips The tide of
tile vessel struck the end ot pier- 41,
tin owing the bow Into the French liner
I. a Href ague, which lay at her dock.
She struck with such force that the
Kretagne was stove In. She was
rammed so hard that all of the gang
ways and freight skids were splinter -d.
Her1 prow was run clear through the
barge Foster, sinking tho barge Im
mediately. The baige Leioy was
ruiurnecl so hadlv that she .sank with
in a idiuit time
Tlie Barbarossa was hauled off and,
still burning tiercel), below decks,
taken across the river to hoi dock In
lloboken. Her prow was badly twist
ed, the paint off her sides, and some
of her plates sprung. Ilr common
laden compartment was Hooded and
about 9 o'clock tonight the lire was ex
tinguished. All of her passengers had
been put off. No estimate can be made
of the damage to the Barbarossa and
her catgo, us It Is not known how
much of the cotton was burned, al
though all of It Is water-soaked. An
erioimous quantity of cereals was in
the hold near the compartment In
which the cotton was and It is thought
this suffered. It Is believed the Har
barossa will be put in shape for sail
ing on Raturda). The damage to La
iitetagne Is heavy. A wedge shaped
gap appears six or eight feet wide on
the deck and the wound appears below
the water line. General Supeilnten
dent Bocarte. of the French line, said:
"I cannot say how great our loss Is
until La Hretagne Is put In dry docks.
This will be dorre Immediately. I hope
to get her off on her icgular trip next
Wednesday "
Notwithstanding the temporary le
palrs and efforts made to stop the In
flow of water, the Bretagne has set
tled considerably, but fears are not
entertained ns to the ship's sinking.
The two suriken barges with their
cargoes were valued at about JG.OOO.
Holllnger's Execution.
Ilurrlsburg, Alay IS. Governor Btono
today IImmI Juno 33 for the execution of
Jnsoph llolllnger, of Dauphin county, for
wife murdei.
INSURGENTS ARE
GOING TO COURT
WILL FIGHT THE APPOINT
MENT OF QUAY.
Action Will Be Brought to Test the
Right of the Governor to Make the
Appointment The School Appro
priations Will Also Be Discussed.
Philadelphia, Alay 18. The Press will
say tomorrow: "It Is leal lied that a
number of members of the legislature
have practically decided to appeal to
the courts to pi event the Ignoring of
the fundamental law of the state by
the governor, as uvidenced In his ap
pointment of M. S. Quay a.s senator, In
bis veto ot several resolutions providing
for submission to a vote of the people
of proposed Amendments to the con
stitution and In Ills elfoits to cut
11,000,000 from the public school ap
juoprlatlonH. "Hcpiesentative Woodrulf, of this
city, will ask fin a mandamus on the
secretary of tile commonwealth to com
pel him to advertise the proinised con
stitutional amendment relative to the
meeting of the legislature to enact a
law providing for a peisounl registra
tion in the cities and large towns of
the state. Governor Stone has at
tempted to Interfere with such action
orr the part of the secretary ot the
commonwealth by announcing u veto
of the resolutions which was passed
by the bouse and senate at the last
session of the legislature. Hepresen
tative Woodiuff will probably proceed
against the secretary nt the common
wealth In a few days.
A Test Cabe.
"The form of the action to test the
light of the governor to make All.
Quay Pennsylvania's reptesentatlve in
the I'rrlted States senate will probably
be a mandamus to force Governor
Stone to call an extra session of the
legislature, as demanded by the con
stitution, to fill the vacancy existing In
Pennsylvania's representation Irr the
Cnlted States senate. The names of
the men back of this proposition have
not been made public, but it Is said they
are prominent rnonibeih of the legls
latuie who will question the tight of
Governor Stone to Usui p the power of
the members of tho leglslatuie to select
a Cnited States seuatot,
"The action agulnsl the governor
will not be instituted until sixty days
after the date of the adjournment of
the leglslatuie on April 20."
The reason for this apparent delay,
the Press adds, Is furnished in sec -tlon
4 of article 2 of the state consti
tution The Piess then quotes fiom
e-('nlted Slates Senator Carles It.
Huckalew's winks on the constitution
In suppoit of the alleged contemplated
proceedings
The ni tide concludes as follows
"The matter of questioning the right
of the governor to cut the publics school
appropriation Is also under considera
tion bv f i lends of the schools. Just
what foi m this will take has not yet
been decided, but the school directors
of some county will make the move
ment "
ODD FELLOWS AT ALLENTOWN.
j Sessions of the Grand Lodge Degree
, of Rebeknh Installs Ornceis.
i Allentown, .May IS. The stale giand
! l,nlp nf the Indent-indent Older ot Gild
Fellow a ot Us session today refer rreti
the matter of the reorganization of tho
temple in Philadelphia to a commit
tee consisting of Kobeit H. Wright,
Amos H Hall, llowatcl U. Shepperd,
('. l Klchard.soti and Samuel Klnset.
They are insnueted to buy the prop
el ty at sheriff's site and thus keep
It in the possession of the order. A
resolution declaring Odd Fellow Slrt
Ings the olllc ial oigan of the grand
lodge and appropriating $.tS,000 to Its
hupport was defeated.
The degree of Hebekah adjourned uf
tei installing officers: Grand marshal,
Liura H. Oakley, Allegheny; grand
Inductor Sallle n. Watson, West Ches
ter grand chaplain. F. L Bussler,
Wllllaimport grand outside guardian,
Maggie Kagariz. Roaring Spiings,
grand Inside guntdiin, Annie II. Scan
lln. Catasauqiia.
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows ad
journed this nfternoon nfter the most
harmonious session In fifteen years.
Elective arrd appointive otllcers were
Installed as follows: Grand master,
Hsau Looml.s. of West Chester: deputy
grand master, William H. Hose, of
Philadelphia grand warden, v. R.
Atolir. of Allentown: grand secretary.
.1. H .Nicholson, of Philadelphia: grand
licasuici. Al Ktehatds M uckle, of
Philadelphia, grand representative, G
W Ilavvkes, of Philadelphia; grand
haplaln, Hev. Thomas Al. Jackson, or
Phil idelpliia, grand marshal, ,1. S.
Montgomery, of Philadelphia; grand
conductor. Grant McGlathery, of Nor
ilstown grand guardian, J. L. Milli
of Simbury. grand herald. J, 11. Ncs
per, of Philadelphia.
Associated Press Otlicers.
Chicago. Alav IS. At the meeting of
tho directors of the Associated Press to
dav the lollovvlng olllcers weio unani
mously elected for the ensuing enr:
President. Victor V. Luwson; rlrst vice
piesldem Air. Stephen O'Attara, of the
Boston Journal; second vice president,
General liariUnn Giay Otis, of tho Los
Angeles Times, secretary niul general
manager. Melville 11, Htoiu ; assistant
secretary and cenernl manager, Clunks
S IJIehl. Ilxecutlve committee, .Messrs.
Victor F. Liwson. Chicago Hecord and
Dally News. Charles V. Klinpp, St. LotlH
Republic. Frederick DrLicoll. St. Paul
Pioneer Pi ess: John Norrlw. New York
World, and Prank B. Noyes. Washing
ton Stin
Bridge Builders Score Another.
Philadelphia. Alay K Ameiie.in bridge
builders scored another lctoiv over for
eign competition today when the Phoenix
Brldgo company, whose works are located
at PhoenlxvlUe, Pa , and the executive
olllc e In this cits . was awarded the con
tiact for six additional steil bridges by
the Russian government for ue on the
great Trniis-Slherlan railroad, which that
government Is now building. This makes
eighteen bridges the Phoenix, company
Is constructing for Siberia.
Carnegie's Gift.
ond(in. May U. Andrew Carnegie lias
subscribed l.ooo pouncU tn the Gladstone
memorial fund.
THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU
Weather Indications Today: ,
SHOVJCHS.
1 General International Peace Confer
ence Opens.
Agiilnalilo Is Disconsolate.
The lluffulo Strike.
Antl-Qitayites Will Go to Court.
2 Genial Plttston News Hiulget.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Sports Atlantic, Natloivil and Other
League IJa"e Hall Games.
I Hclltorlal.
News and Comment.
5 Story "Air. 1'ilestlev's Devil."
C Local St. Stephen's Church at
WllkeParre Dedicated.
Total Abstainers Will Puraile Here.
7 Local Watchman Apgar Futed Well
with Hobbers.
Scranton Hxhlblts at the Inhibition.
S Lorn I West Scranton and Suburban.
9 News Hound About Scrantciu.
It Local Court Proceeding.
Industrial Gleanings.
ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Dr. Sample Pioved an Easy
Winner in the Contest for Mod
erator. Minneapolis Alav IX. Hev. Dr. F H.
Sample, of Westminster cliiinh. New
Yoik, nroved an easy winner In the
contest for the plnce of moderator of
the one hunched and eleventh annual
assembly of the Piesbyterlan chinch In
the Cnlted States, which convened In
Westminster church todav 111 Sample
was elected on the first ballot after a
spirited contest, lecelvlng :!!S votes. "00
being rreeessar) for a choice, to 127 for
the Hev. Alathlus Haines, nf First
church, Indianapolis, and l;;:'. lor Rev.
Dr. H. F. Coyle. of Oakland California.
Dr. Sample's election is regaided as a
tilumph foi the conservative element.
The morning session whs devoted to
religious services, which were attended
li) about GOO eomintsslonois and so
many spectators that the l.soo eats of
the chinch weie not sufhi lent tn ni
coinmodato them. The sermon was
preached by the retiring moderator.
Hev. Dr. Wallace RedclUTe, ot Wash
ington. D. O.
In the afternoon the election of a
moderator took place. It took almost
an hour to take the ballot. The result
was gteeted with great applause
Dr. Sample, on btlng escorted to th"
chair, expressed his gi atitude that the
asi-embl.v should have chosen hliii to
so high a place In his old pastorate of
Westminster, Minneapolis, and among
his own people of other days. He
spoke o'- the jiioblenju that eorrfront the
church und of the urgent necessity of
earning" the gospel into the lies, 1 inds
opened by the Spanish-American war.
Rev Pleasant Hunter, presented Dr.
Sample with a gavel ot Potto Rico
and Philippine wood.
A resolution was adopted directing
th" niudeiatoi to send to AI. DeStael
president of the Inter national peace
conference, a message 'invoking the
blessing of Almlgblv God on vorrr de
liberations." Temporal y clerks were appointed as
follows' Thomas L. Klrkwood. Pueb
lo, c'ol . F T. Swlggetr. t'invinnuti:
P. It. Hrooks, vVIIkes-Harre; II W.
Ji siip. New Yoik. The s.n lament of
the land's supper was celebrated in
Westminster chinch, t lis Hev Wallace
Hndcllffe presiding
Steel Plant Enlarged.
Pittsburg, .Mb) IS The Pieced ,Se.-
Cir company will commence at onm ad
ditions to the rrccntl) ai nulled I'ox
piessed sled plant at Jollei It will l,
enlarged to four times its pii-ent ca
pacity nt an exiieiidlluie of JVKitjun .ml
will give employment to S hoc nun Tills,
move will give tho Pre'sM'd St e inm
jmiij a capacity ot more ihan l'"' siee
c ar& u d i)
Senator Kyle Will Remain.
Washington, Alav is In icspoiirc to tho
urgent iciiuct of tin lndiutti.il i om
lnissioii. Senator Kile has consented to
continue at thu bead of the commission
and nccordlni.1) has withdrawn his ics
ieuatton as chairman In u letter writ
ten to the senators horn at Aberdeen S
D. ho reltiTrtles that ill health was the.
onlv motive that actuated him In ten
detlng his ielp-n,ilitin.
Jvuy Holds Skinners.
Hull. do, .Mav s The colonel s juiv to
day deflated that Hews Scooper William
II Kenned), who wis tiitall) in lured In
an affray on the docks recnitl). uume in
his death through premeditated design
ar rb bunds of John Skinner, Geoise
Skinner Gunge Aive. Jehu il'Ilrlen and
otheis unknown. The men named are
under airesi
Killed by a Tiain.
Iliuleion, P.i, Aim Is Paul l.eell and
Joliu Meuhcil;, Lehigh Valley lalhoad
section hands weie struck hv u pass-i-iiger
tialu near McAdnei today and In
stantly killed. They stepped on ihe noilli
track out of the wid of a south bound
coil triln and did nut observer tho rap
idly approaching imrlh pound passeng-r
Until.
Victims of Exeter Wreck.
Norrlstown, Pa. Mav IS Henry C.
Wetitu, William l. Jenkins and John
Kurtz, thteo of the victims of the Hxeter
wieck, were hurled heie todav. The funeral-'
wein l.ugelv attended. Horry
Thompson, the last of the sixteen Not
ilstnwu victims, will be bulled tomonow.
Hanged foi an Assault.
Ch.iilotte. N. c, Alay lb Joe Jackson,
colored, was hanged hero todav at II 'I
o'clock for an tissual! committed on i
)oung white girl last September. Iln
made n llvc-mlnuie speech piotestlug his
Inuiieeuce and mint, a hviun in a siiong
clear volo
Chailes Briggs Dead,
Hoehestei. N. Y. Ala) Is -c 'hallos W
Hrlggs ev-m.ivor of Hochestei, and
fomulei of ill legs I Inn. & Co, one of
tllf largest seed dims In the Cnited
Slates died tcnlght aged it e,ns.
Russell Sage Gives $50,000.
New Yoik. Alii) IS- Husscll Sage has
given yti.un to the Women's hospital
which In about to bo eretcel In this city.
Airs Siikc has long been lusti uinental In
i he hospital.
Increase in Stock.
Ilartlsbuig, .May lb, The Hrthlclnmi
Steel company tiled notice with the state
department of an liuiensu of Its stock
from Jo.wtf.OOO lo 415,vm),iXJ.
AGUINALDO'S
NERVE GONE
The Insurgent Leader
Weeps, but Dare Not
Surrender.
HE HAS LOST PRESTIGB
Spanish Prisoners from Nucra Eclka
Say That the Filipino Army 19
Completely Demoralized and la
Little More Than o Baud of Pil
lagersThe Rebel Chief Has LoeU
Heart and Weeps in His Tent,
Generals Pilar and Luna Aro tha
Only Filipinos of Influence Opposing-
Americans.
Manilj, May 19, 10 a. m. Phil
ippine commissioners to confer
with the American commission re
garding surrender arrived last night
at San Isidio and are coming to
Manila today. The people of Ma
nila are confident that the insurrec
tion is ending.
Alarrlla, .May IS, 1 50 p 111. Two Span
Ish prisoners who have Just arrived
here from Nttevii Kcika say Agulnaldo
has lust prestige with tiro rebel army,
which Is described as being completely
demoralized sboi t eif food. j,ufferlng
from ell-cusps, afraid of the Ameri
cans and rapidly dissolving Into armed
biimis of plllugcis. The prisoners add
that ileuerals Hilar and Luna are tho
only Influential Filipinos who aie con
tinuing resistance to the Americans.
Agiiluatclo's persona retinue was re
centl) icllevedof Its baggage and money
while on the way fiom San Isldro tn
t'ebanatan. by marauders. The CTilneso
are being impose il 011 everywhere.
Hiiencaiiinluo, a prominent Fillplnu
leader, who was ft fondly to Spain and
J' -. 1 In Jr compromise arrangement
whereby the Spaniard hoped to con
ciliate the rebel leaders without sacii
th lug too much, is leported as saying
Aguinaldo sits Indoois crying, blames
bliimeir I01 the miserable condition of;
tho country and Is afraid to surrenders
NEARING THE LAST DITCH.
It Is Believed That the Filipino Wat
Is About Over,
Washington. .May 1 "War depart
iiieui utile lals an- Hi ml) 1 onvinced that
the end of the Insurrection 111 the T'bil
Ipipnes Is nt hand and that the repre
sentatives of the Insurgent cabinet and
of Agulnaldo, who aie to meet (Hen era I
Otis tomorrow, will succumb lo the in
evitable and sunendei Their fore ,
It is said it Hie detiaitmiMil, ale evi
derrtli mi utterlv dc moiullr.cel by the
persistent Hilvniii'o ot the Ameilcaus
thai 1 hev ui i' ready to accept peace on
the liesi terrrrs they 1 an obtain.
Driven 110-r'iward to the foothills of
the mountains us thei have been, the'i"
fleeing and M'atteieel lorce, disinte
grated arid cIMieaiteucil. no longer can
be made to face our victorious advance,
le.ss than a week ago eleneial Jain 1
was leported jus! troirb of San Fer
nando, where Ceru-rul AlacArthur's
IriAips hiv 1 oin eiitialed. and in tlm
neighborhood of Hacolor with about,
ti.oon rebels. Tenia) Ueneial Otis re
port that the iiirinaut of this force,
about J.Vfl men. has withdrawn to Tar
dae. over twenty miles north nt Shu
Fernando It is prohahle that the re
mainder of this force moved east ami
Joined the main body of the Insiitgents
which abandoned San Isidio )esterdiv
und tied northward to the point fiom
which Agulnaldo is now sending h s
comnilssloneis to sue for peai e. If H
Is a ruse to gain time, which none of
Ihe officials at the war department be
lieve, It will avail them nothing, as tin
Ameileans will utilize the oer loci dur
ing the negotiations In leconuolterlni;
the country ahead of them, preparatory
to the resummon of operations th
minute the negotiations fall.
SIX CARS DERAILED,
Accident to a Philadelphia and Rend
ing Tiain.
'ittstown. Alav 18. An accident
hippern-d to n Philadelphia iird Head
ing northbound coal tialu directly In
front of Fort Kennedy station beforo
daylight this moinlng, which was rath
er disastrous ns far as the destruction
of property Is concerned. It appears
tint while the train was passing up a
hi also rigging chopped and six earn
were derailed, and sheeilng to the right,
crushed into the st'ition, partially de
molishing the building.
It Is n one-story structure. 10x10 feet
nnd stands opposite the Port Kennedy
holed. No one was Injiireel, as the sta
tion was not occupied at the tlnn
Ralls for Australia.
New uil. Alav s -Tin Murvland Stenl
company shipped ccclic) 011 tho sttnmer
Falls of Dee S'A tons of utel rails for ilin
Australian government. The same, con
cern Is shipping another consignment to
that government.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington Ma U Porecasr
for Frhl.n Tor emiorn I'ennsyl
viinla, showers 111 the morning
lulr In the afternoon Saturday
fair and warmer fiesh to brisk
eastcily winds, shifting to west-
erl).
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