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SCRANTON, TA., MONDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1899.
TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS.
FATAL WRECK
AT WATERLOO
Eight Persons Killed and
Many Receive In
juries. STRUCK
WASHOUT
Train Consisting of Six Coaches Is
Derailed The Cars Are Piled Up
in a Confused Heap in n Ditch.
Washout Caused by n Cloud Burst.
Leaves Hails and Ties Without
Support and Nothing to Indicate
Insecurity List of the Bead and
Injured.
"Waterloo, la., May 2S. The through
train from Chicago to Minneapolis over
the Rock Island and Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern railroad, was
wrecked at 1.15 Sunday morning at
the crossing of Sing Creek, about four
miles southeast of this place. Tho train
consisted of nix coaches, Including mull
and baggage car, smoking car, two
passenger coaches and sleeper. Eight
persons were killed and ten injured.
List of Dead.
E. I. ARNOLD, lumberman, Minneap
olis.
A. W 11 LAUGHLIN. Muskegon, Mich.
R. 11 SCHWLTY. Alton, 111.
DAVID HALLO. Minneapolis.
F. S. CARPKNTKR, St. Louis.
HAWKINS. Pullmjii conductor.
GKORGH WAINWRIGHT, train con
ductor. WILL SdlOLLAN, Waterloo, la.
One unknown poreon.
The Injured.
S. K Ber.lley. Waterloo, la.
Reuben Odell, Waterloo, la.
Herman Klein Denet, Waterloo, la.
S. II. Rasher, Waterlco, la.
Miss Anna Joss, from Norway, emi
grant, right hg badly bruised.
Miss Ostrantceu Noiedy, Norwegian,
hand and fi.ee badly bruised.
Onion Noredy, Norwegian, serious In
Jury to chest.
John 11. Johnson. Norwegian, seiious In
jury to head and faeo. The nboo
were all going to North Dakota.
Jeremiah Murphy, ,f Castlcton Tiore,
Ireland, going to ltutto City, Mont.;
head injured, serious.
Mrs N. 12. Myers, Prentiss, Wh, head
Injured, not serious.
C. W. Matthews. Cedar Rapids, brake
man, bruised, not serious.
Kd Skaiist. Van Hiiren, All;., leg In
jured, lint StitnuH.
R L. Celvllle, St. Louis, Pullman por-t-
r. slightly Injured.
Will Sherman, will live.
R W. Ctirrlngtnn, Chicago.
W. T. Rurke. Cedar Falls, la,
t'orlnne Neol, Minneapolis.
D. W. Fleming. Albert Lea. Minn.
Mrs Morgan Steel, St. Paul.
Aline Relba, Tower. Minn.
George Petroclz. Tower. Minn.
A Rund Aslakscn. Nordway, In,
A Cloud Burst.
A cloudburst had washed the sand
and gravel roadbed, leaving the track
unsupported for a stretch of twenty
feet. The rails and ties held together
and there was nothing to Indicate the
Insecurity of the road.
The engine struck the washout and
was derailed In the dlteh beside the
track and behind It the cars were piled
up In a confused heap. The mall car
tipped over and was telescoped by tlu
baggage ear behind, while the rear end
of the baggage car telescoped the
smoker. The roof of the sleeper
ploughed Its wav through the day
coach, while th" lower half of tho latter
crashed through the sleeper.
The englner nnd fireman jumped from
the train and escaped with slight In
juries. Mr. Srhwelte. of Alton. Ills., was
i , S brought to this city alive, but died at
8 o'clock. He was badly cut about tho
head nnd It was evident from the be
ginning that his Injuries wore fatal.
He was on his way to Minneapolis,
where he was to be married today. He
asked his physician to telegraph his
father and his sweetheart. "Tell her,"
he gasped, "that I have been detained
by a wreck and cannot keep the ap
pointment on time. Don't -say any
more "
The news was brought to this city by
a mall clerk. A switch engine nnd
coach were hastily prepared and relief
sent very speedily. The Injured pas
sengers were extricated from the debris
and brought here. Another relief train
soon arrived fiom Cedar Rapids and
took a number of seriously Injured to
be treated In the hospital In I hat city.
F. J. Day, of Allison, In., a passen
ger, said: "The train was running at
good speed and at a point about three
or four miles from Waterloo It left the
track. The engine and baggage car
were thrown about ten feet. The en
gineer evidently had bis engine under
excellent control, as I never saw st"h
a sudden stop. The smoker, where I
sat. telescoped the baggage ear nnd I
found myself with the brakeman on
the roof of the day coach."
A striking example of cool nerve and
fortitude was shown by Will HehoWam,
a drummer for a St. Louis tobacco
house, who mad his headnuaters at
Waterloo He wns found In the see
ond passenger coach, his arm crushed
between the front end of the sleeper
and the side of the coach. He did
not Ins consciousness, but begged that
his arm ho sawed off so as to release
him It wne found that there was no
possibility of releasing the unfortun
ate man In nny way, so this was done,
flrholllnm gritted his teeth and looked
on while his arm was nmptated with
a common handsaw, not a moan com
Jntv from the poor fellow as the crude
Instrument tore Its way through bono
nnd slnetr. After he wns released,
BchollUm walked almost unassisted to
n nearby farmhouse. He was terribly
wenkened by loas of blood, however,
and died thla afternoon.
Mr. Hobnrt Takes a Drive.
Washington, May 23. Vice 1'rMldeni
Hoburt today took another drive, his
companion being President McKlnley.
JOHN CRAIG DEAD.
The Mysterious Prisoner Refused to
Reveal Identity of His Assailant.
Orecnsburg, May 8. John Craig, of
Allegheny, who was shot by a com
panion on Centennial day here, died at
the Westmoreland hospital at 3 o'clock
this morning. While Coroner Owens
and Officer Homer, who received the
ante mortem statement of the dying
man yesterday evening Craig refused
to state that "Hal" Hnntinn, of Johns
town, did tho shooting, one of the phys
icians at the hospital was told by the
dying man last night that the man who
shot him was a tall slim man with light
clothes and had a crooked eye. Cor
oner Owens this nfternoon empaneled n
Jury and several witnesses to the
shooting were examined. They all
agreed that the man who did the shoot
ing was tall and slim and wore a light
suit of clothes, but none could say
positively that he has a crooked eye.
The Inquest will be resumed on Tues
day next.
The cause of the shooting, kept a
secret by Craig and Glenchauff came
iput today. The report Is that while
crating their "bunco" games at Al
toona on Wednesday three of the Craig
gang were arrested and held prisoners
at Altoona to answer for the offense.
llannnn and GlenchnuCf, who Is np
pears, carried the bulk of the money
secured In the games ran away from
Altoona, leaving the prisoners to get
out of trouble as best they could.
Craig charged Hannan nnd Glen
chauff with "unprofessional conduct"
and tho nngry words and tho striking
of the two companions by Craig led
directly to the killing. Glenchauff,
whom Craig, in bis dying statement
positively exonerated, Is held now by
the Altoona officers. The remains of
Craig were shipped to Undertaker Mil
ler's on the South Side, Pittsburg, this
evening.
KRETZ JUMPED THE
BROOKLYN BRIDGB
Latest Rival of Steve Brodie Is a
Student of Theosophy A Success
ful Demonstration.
New York, May IS. Howard Krctz. a
young man about 22 years old, who
says he Is an art student of the Acad
emy of Design In this city, made a
startling and successful Jump from the
Brooklyn, bridge Just before dusk this
evening, and came out of the river un
injured. Just before C o'clock Krctz
boarded a trolley car bound for Brook
lyn. It was an open one and offered all
the advantages which ho was looking
for. When the trolley reached n point
about one hundred yards from the llrst
arch near the highest point of the
span, Kretz leaped from the car und
like a flash vaulted over the high rail
ing. He took no time to steady him
self for a perpendicular Jump, and
swung some distance nut from the
Htructuio before he assumed an up
right position.
The passengers jumped from the car
nnd peered through tho railing, while
hundreds of persons on the promenade
tried to get a glimpse of the llgute.
Kref's body Hashed through tho nlr
almost in a perpendicular streak. Ho
struck the water feet llrst, cleaving It
like an arrow. He disappeared for some
seconds, nnd then shot up Into view
only to disappear for the. second time,
the waters had hardly closed over him
when he reappeared and Immediately
struck out strongly for the Now York
shore.
One of the deck hands on the freight
steamer Vulcan, of the Norwalk line,
which was coming down the East river
at the time, saw Kretz Hash through
the nlr and disappear In the water.
The deck hand gave the alarm, and
the Vulcan was headed for the young
man, who wns by this time swimming.
A line was tbnwn to Kretz and he
was hauled aboard the freighter, which
Immediately put In for her dock on the
East river, on the Now York side.
When taken on the Vulcan Kretz
placed his hands on his ubdomen as
if In pain, but when the boat reached
her dock Krctz sprang from tho boat
onto the wharf. He was at once taken
Into custody and hurried to the Hudson
street hospital. Not the slightest In
Jury was found on his person, but ho
was suffering from shock. He was de
tained on the charge of attempting
suicide.
Kretz Is about five feet eight Inches
tall and weighs HO pounds. He lives
In this city. He said thut he had been
reading a book on theosophy and that
he wanted to demonstrate that a man
could, by exercising his will power,
do anything he wished without injury
to himself.
CAPTAIN TILLEY MISSING.
Treacherously Attacked While Re
pairing Cable at Escalante.
"Washington, May 2S. General Greely
today received a cablegram from Major
Thompson at Manila, reporting that a
party landing for the repair of the
cable at Escalanlc, Island of Negros,
had been treacherously attacked by
natives: that Captain George H. Tllley,
or the signal corps, Is missing anil that
the worst Is feared. Tllley's service.?
In the Philippines have been marked
by such ability, courage and zeal that
his superior placed hlin In the foremost
rank of subordinate officers. The cable
operations referred to are not those of
the r.Ignal corps, but of the Eastern Ex
tension Cable company, that has been
permitted to repair and replace certain
cables In the Vlsayan Islands. Tllley
doubtless accompanied the expedition
nr the representative of tho United
States, the supervision of all telegraph
lines and cables being a part of his
duties. No other casualties In the sig
nal corps have been as yet reported In
this expedition. Tllley wns appointed
from California.
Murder in First Degree.
Somerset. Pa.. May 28. After remain
ing locked up from S o'clock Saturday
evening until 7 o'clock this morning tho
Jury In 'ha Peter Meters cuss came Into
court with a verdict of guilty of murder
In the first degree. The case against
Meyers for the murder of Conslabla John
Lenhart will proceed In the morning.
Harrison Hodgnett Drowned.
Wilkoii.Rarre. May 2S.-iarrlson Hodg.
nett, aged 22, a resident of, Forty Fort,
was drowned In the Susquehanna rlvor
while bathing this evening.
CYCLONE SWEEPS
WESTERN BELT
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED AND
MANY ARE INJURED.
Fatal Tornado PaBses Over South
Dakota in tho Vicinity of tho Bijou
Hills In Iowa Much Property Is
Damaged nnd Ono Woman Is
Fatally Injured Rain and Hail
Followed tho Tornado.
Omaha, Neb., May 28. A special from
Chamberlain, S. D , says: Word has
reached here of a disastrous and fatal
tornado which passed over the country
In the vicinity of BIJou Hills, twenty
five miles south of this city, yesterday
afternoon, resulting In the death of
seven persons and the serious Injury of
three others.
The killed are:
Charles Peterson.
Six children of Charles Peterson,
ranging In ago from three to fifteen
years.
The wife and two remaining children
were so badly Injured that they may
also die.
Other places were wrecked, but no
further loss of life has been reported.
Des Moines, la.. May 2S. A severe
wind storm at Mingo, la., twenty miles
east of here, caused considerable dam
ago to property, but no deaths or In
juries are reported. Tho telegraph and
telephone wires are prostrated..
Cedar Rapids, la., May 2S. Terrific
storms swept over Iowa this evening.
A tornado struck the farm house of a
man named McCoy, a half-mile out of
Keswick. The building was demol
ished and live persons were Injured,
Mrs. McCoy fatally. Rain and hall fol
lowed the whirlwind.
PEACE CONFERENCE.
Tho Arbitration Committee
Will
Meet Today at Hague.
The Hague, May 28. The newly ap
pointed sub-committee of the third
committee of the peace conference, the
arbitration committee, will meet to
morrow. It will be known as the draft
ing committee, Indicating In Its name
the scone of Its functions.
The delegates have worked unceas
ingly today, although the formal labors
of tho conference was suspended. An
effort Is being made, and with a certain
degree of progress, to combine the Rus
sian and British proposals In such u,
way that the report of the drafting
committee may secure the support of
both parties In the plenary committee.
M. De Saal and Sir Julian Pauncefote,
chiefs of the Russian and British dele
gations, respectively, and other dele
gates had a long conference today with
this end in view, and there is no doubt
that an agreement In principle will be
reached. The hope of the delegates
that a permanent arbitration board
will be established Is rapidly Improv
ing. The difficult points now relate to
the composition of the tribunal, bow
the representation of the powers Is to
be arranged, and the limitations to be
placed on the Jurisdiction of the board.
APPLICANTS FOR CASH.
Ono Hundred and Eleven Cubans
Ask for Money.
Havana. May 2S. There were 11 ap
plicants today for shares In tho $3,000.
000 which the United States has offered
as a gratuity to the Cuban troops.
Thirty were given $75 each. The others
were not on the rolls, although they
bad guns which they were ready to
turn In and certificates of service.
Tho United States military authori
ties consider that the rolls nre very
unreliable. Indeed, the opinion Is freely
expressed that a large proportion of
the names are fictitious and that the
mils omit a majority of the names of
those rightly entitled to share In the
gratuity. The object of this, appar
ently, is to discredit the entire pro
ceedings and to show the Cuban pub
lic that a large number of the troops
retuseu to take American money.
GLASS WORKS WILL CLOSE.
Ten Thousand Skilled Workers Out
of Employment.
Pittsburg, May 28. The window glass
lire will practically end on Monday and
all tho factories In the country with
the exception of the co-operative con
cerns will be closed. Tho co-operative
factories represent about 9 or 10 per
cent, of the output in this country.
They will be permitted to operato un
til June 22.
The shut-down on Monday will throw
7.000 skilled glassworkers out of em
ployment and about 10,000 more who
are dependent upon the operation of
the factories for employment.
Investigating Sate Cutting,
Toledo, May 2S. Secret service men, act
ing In tho Interests of the interstate
cemmerro commission, are in Toledo In.
ve.stljrating charges of coal rate cutting
brought against certain Michigan and
Ohio coal llnia. Secret servlco men are
also working In Detroit. Tho managers
of tho roads will lie called upon to ex
plain. The rato cutting Is said to luivo
been done In two public contracts let In
MUhlgan.
Choked His Wife to Death.
A!lntawii, Pa.. May 28. Frederick Rep.
pert, who choked his wife to death yes
terday and hacked himself with razor,
hatchet and pocketknlfe. Is atlll living.
Ho -Aas removed to tho hospital thla
evening where four doctors aro operat
ing upon him to relievo the pressure ot
the brain whero tho hatchet clove his
skull. Ills right side is paralyzed.
Baptist Preacher Murdered.
Huntsvllle, Ala., May 2S. A negro Bap.
tlst preacher, whoso nnmo could not be
secured, was shot and Instantly killed t.t
New Market last night by Tom Pltcock,
a prominent citizen of that pluco. The
negro hud threatened to kill Pltcock.
Pltcock wus arrested and will bo tried
tomorrow. ,
CAVALRY AT A HORSE SHOW.
Interesting Features at the Philadel
phia Exhibition.
Philadelphia, May 26. Tho annual
horse show, which opens on St. Mar
tin's green Wlssahlekon Heights, Tues
day, will be tho most complete and
promises to be the moat entertaining
exhibition of Its kind ever given In the
city, Tho managers have perfected
their arrangements, not only for nil the
speclnl events, which have been bo
much of an attraction In the past, but
they are Introducing the military drills
of cavalry nnd artillery, which are so
popular at the military contests In New
York city. The patrons of St. Martin's
flld will therefore, have the first op
portunity for years of seeing the Uni
ted States cavalry nnd artillery per
form the drills and functions of camp
life as they do In actual war. Compet
itive drills by those cavalry troops
have also been Instituted.
Among the entries will be found
nearly all the horses which took the
prizes at the recent show at Manhattan
field, New York city. The show will
close Saturday. June 3. The official
catalogue for the Ave days presents 714
entries for the various class events and
three events on the last day's pro
gramme. Each day's entertainment
will be opened with the customary ex
ercising of the star animals, nnd on
each day two military drills will be
given.
ANOTHER PLATE
IS DISCOVERED
Baldwin S. Bredell Acknowledges
Hnvintr -Made the Ten-Dollar
Counterfeit Plate Found at Snow
Hill.
Washington, May 28. Chief Wllkle.
of the treasury secret service, has re
ceived Information from Special Agent
William J. Burns that he has secured
the counterfeit face and back plates of
a $10 legal tender United States note
with the portrait of General Sheridan,
made by Baldwin S. Bredell, the Phila
delphia engraver, who with his pal,
Taylor, is under arrest, charged with
being Implicated In the wholesale coun
terfeiting scheme recently unearthed In
Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pa. Their
porsesslon was secured through a con
fession made last week by Taylor nnd
Biedell, in which Bredell' said that the
plates had been burled In the earth at
Snow Hill, Md., where he formerly
lived and where his father now resides,
the prisoner confessing that he had en
graved tho plates himself. Acting1 up
on this Information Agent Burns
promptly went to the place described,
and without difficulty secured the
platen.
Chief Wllkle expresses the opinion
that the plates recovered are tho last
of the lot counterfeited by the men un
der arrest. Plates for 120, $30 and $100
notes already had been secured but
Chief Wllkle believed that attempts to
counterfeit the smaller denomination of
$10 also had been made and efforts to
discover If this was tho case were
made. Last week the attorneys for the
imprisoned men communicated with
the government officials and endeavor
ed to ascertain what Immunity If nny
would be extended tho men If they
confessed to the further knowledge
they had. Mr. Wllkle consulted Secre
tary Gage regarding the matter and n
reply was made to the effect thnt no
binding promises could be given on tho
part of the government. This was fol
lowed by a further confession. When
the cases come to trial a statement of
the last seonfesslon will be mndo by the
government attorneys, leaving the
court to act on It as It may deem best.
PARIS WILL NOT FLOAT.
The Ninth Attempt to Get the Ship
Off Rocks a Failure.
Covcmack, Cornwall, May 28, Tho
ninth attempt to float the American
line steamer Paris was made this even
ing and proved nn utter failure.
Her bow Is absolutely Impaled by the
rocks.
Five tugs were used In tho endeavor
to tow her off, three others standing
by for an emergency. Her boilers, ex
cepting those used for the pumps, were
emptied to lighten the ship. The ef
fect of tho strain of last week's at
tempts Is apparent In the Increase of
water in the engino room. Efforts to
pull her off will not be discontinued
nnd It Is proposed to concert some now
plan for lightening tho vessel.
The pertinacity of the attempts to
tow the liner has caused much sur
prise among experts here, owing to the
ompalement of the bow, nnd her re
moval by towing must mean. In the
opinion of experts, the tearing off of
the bow.
KILLED BY TRAINS.
Three Men Meet Death at Wendes
Station Accident on the Erie.
Paterson, N. J.. May 28. A carriage
In which were Moses Fitzgerald and
wife and baby, William Rafferty and
bis sister, Juliette Raffcrty. aged 30,
was struck by a train on the Erie road
at Slngac, eight miles from here, to
night. Miss Rafferty was killed and
Mrs. Fitzgerald and her baby prob
ably fatally Injured. Tho two men es
caped with slight Injuiies.
Buffalo, N. Y., May 28. Joseph Keller
and Ray Sherman, of Alden, N. Y.,
and Louis Carey, of Auburn, Four Cor
ners, Pa., were killed at Wendes sta
tlon at 2 o'clock this morning, while
driving across the New York Central
tracks.
Th- carriage wns struck by an east
bound express train. The bodies of
Carey nnd Keller were thrown on tlw
west bound track and a freight train
which passed a moment later mangled
tham beyond recognition,
Bryan's Three Speeches.
Fort Wayne, Ind May 2S. W. J. Bryan
delivered thrpo speeches hero yosterday.
Ills llrst audience consisted of organized
Allen county Democruts. In the utter
noon ho npoko to farmers, confining his
.remarks to tho money question, At
Princess rink In the evening tin spoke ut
length In denunciation of trusts.
Ireland Preached in Paris.
Paris, May 25. Archbishop Ireland
preached bofnre a large congregation to
day In tho Church of tho Kngllsh Pas
lonlst Fnthern, basing his dltcourse upon
i tho Trinity Suuduy epistle.
COAL PRODUCTION
IN UNITED STATES
STATISTICS CONCERNING THE
OUTPUT OF 1808.
Compilation by Edward W. Parker,
of the United States Geological
Survey Stationary Condition of
the Anthracite Increase of Me
chanical Methods Reduces the Cost
of Mining Bituminous Coal.
Washington, May 2S. The statistics
of tho production ot coal In tho United
.States during 1898 have just been com
pleted by Edward W. Parker, statis
tician of the United States geological
survey. The compilation shows thnt
the total production ot all kinds of
coal in 1S98 reached the enormous fig
ure of 219,833,993 short tons, an Increase
of nearly 10 per cent, over the output
of 1S97, which amounted In round fig
ures to 200,220,000 tons and was up to
that time the largest tonnage ever
obtained In tho United Slates.
Great Britain's product In 1898 wns
22,2S7,312 tons, a slight decrease from
1S97. Practically all ot the Increase
In production In the ITnltod States was
In bituminous coal, the output of an
thracite coal In 1S9S being 43,513,943
long tons, an Increase of only a little
over 700.000 over 1897.
Of this Increase 470,000 tons were
In the amount of coal consumed at the
collieries themselves, so the total In-
lease in the amount of coal actually
marketed was only 230,000 tons. There
was a decrease In the selling value of
anthracite coal of $3,872,000, while the
bituminous product Increased In value
$8,910,000.
There were only three states In the
union were coal production In 189S was
les.s than In 1S97. These were Illinois,
whose product fell oft 1,473,439 tons,
credited entirely to labor troubles, and
Montana nnd Oregon, whose decrease
was comparatively unimportant.
Among the bituminous coal producing
states the largest Increase was In
Pennsylvania, where 10,577,933 tons
were added to the 1897 bituminous pro
duct, the total amount mined reaching
G3,153,S4t tons.
West Virginia's Product.
West Virginia's product Increased
2.437,000 tons, reaching a total of Ifi,
833,119 short tons. Ohio with a total
of 11,170,500 short tons, Increased 2,280,
000 tons. The next state In Importance
is Alabama with a total oupt of 6,333,000
tons In 1S9S, an Increase of 039,000 short
tons. Indiana increased 870,000 tons,
reaching a total of a little over 5,000,000
tons. Arkansas showed a 40 per cent,
increase. Statistician Parker thus
comments on tho showing made: "The
largo Increase In the production of bi
tuminous coal and the comparative sta
tionary condition of tho anthracite In
dustry calls attention to the Increased
competition of bituminous coal nnd
Its products of gas and coke for domes
tie consumption with that of anthra
cite coal. For a number of years tho
anthracite producers have experienced
a great deal of difficulty In keeping
tho production within the market de
mands nnd Incidentally restricting the
product necessarily Increased the cost
of mining nnd correspondingly neces
sitates higher selllg prices for the coal.
Each advance In the selling price of
this fuel makes customers for tho coke
and gas products of bituminous coal.
"The Increasing use of mechanical
methods of mining bituminous coal has
materially reduced tho cost of mining
nnd when the anthracite producers are
faced with a continually Increasing
cost of their own product, they are
also obliged to meet a competitor
whoso cost of production has been
steadily decreasing. It appears from
the general condition of tho anthra
cite and bituminous coal mining In
dustries that anthracite coal Is becom
ing more and more a luxury and it
will finally be restricted to markets
where the price Is merely Incidental."
AGAIN THE PET DOG.
A Two-Year-Old Child Is
Badly
Bitten.
Trenton, N. J.. May 28. The 2-year-old
child ot Harry K. Stahl, a manu
facturer, was badly bitten In the face
today by a mastiff belonging to a
neighbor. The child attempted to
play with the dog, when the animal
turned on the little one and made
about a dozen gashes In the face. Tho
dog was frightened off by the child's
screams.
A physician cauterized the wounds
and the child Is not believed to be tln
any danger. The dog was afterwards
shot.
NINE PERSONS CREMATED.
Savannah. Ga May 28. Mall ad
vices from Hardeevllle, Ga., reports the
burning to death of an entire family of
nine persons on Tuesday last.
Tho house of Jacob Solomons caught
lire from a defective chimney and tho
bodies of Solomons, his wife and seven
children, ranging In ago from ono year
to sixteen years, were found In the
ruins.
Solid Quay Men Elected.
Unlontown, May 2S The Republican pri
maries in Fayette county were held yes
terday nftornion. A moderate voto was
polled. Tlu stato delegates elected today
were C. P. Ford, Dr. L. F. Arensburg,
Charles F. Smith and George T. Tltlow,
solid Quay men.
m i
Brooklyn Handicap,
Grjveseml Race Track, May 2S. Ban
astar won the Brooklyn handicap es.
terday by tlve lengths. Lanky Rob, sec
ond: Flllcrune, third; Don De Oro.
rourth. Time, 2.0(Hi,
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.
Reed Hettinger, aged 10 years, was
drowned In the Suhtiuehannu rlvor ut
Plymouth Saturday morning. He wjs
llshlng from a ledgo of rocks when he
slipped and fell Into the water. Being
unablo to swim ho sunk before assistance
could reach him.
Returns so far reclved Indicate the fol
lowing nominations uh a result ot Satur
day's Republican primaries at Htdford:
Prothonotary, James Cleaver: register
nnd recorder, K. R, Ilorl; treasurer, J.
W. Imler: district attorney, A. L. Little:
commissioners, D, B, Mock and Daniel
Hockenbury; poor director, M, L. Sam;
auditors, A, L. Nlcum and J. 11, Hoover,
THE NEWS THIS MOUNIXQ
Weither Indications ToJayi
OENCRALLY FAIR.
General Rainy Season Inspires
the
Filipino Rebels.
Coal Production In the United States.
Eight Killed nnd Ten Injured In Rail-
road Wreck.
Cyclone Sweeps the West.
Sports Atlantic, Nntlonal and Other
league Rase Ball Oames.
Financial and Commercial,
Local Memorial Services In tho
Churches.
Editorial.
Comment of the Press.
Local Scrnnton Man Shot and Killed
at Allentowr.
Mention of Men of the Hour.
Lrtcal West Scronton and Suburban.
News Round About Scranton.
Local Saturday's Court Proceedings.
Railroad News.
WRECK IN IOWA.
A Colored Porter Killed Several
Passengers Are Injured The Train
Rerailed.
Oelweln, la., May 28. The Ohio and
Oreat Western passenger train that
left St. Paul Saturday night, wns
wrecked two miles north of here this
morning. One person, the colored por
ter, Richard Manning, was killed. Sev
eral passengers were more or less In
jured. The train wns running over lowlands,
when the track began to settle and the
train was derailed.
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Those Who Did Service in 1'oreign
Fields Propose Organizing a
Separate Association.
Veterans ot '98 Union, No. 1, Is a pos
sibility of the near future. The first
stop towards that end was taken yes
terday afternoon, when forty of the
men who had seen service In tho Span
ish war outside of the United States
met in the rooms of F.zra S, Grifllti
post, No. 149, O. A. R., on Lackawanna
avenue, and considered the matter ot
effecting a permanent organization
among the veterans in tho above class.
It was decided- that the chairman
should appoint a committee of tlve to
make arrangements for the organizing.
That committee will be named at a
meeting to be held tonight at Florey &
Brooks' store, on Washington avenue,
at 7.30 o'clock.
David C. Williams presided at the
meeting yesterday, A. K. Vorhls acted
as secretary and John Ollbrlde was
sergeant-at-arms. A committee of
three, comprising A. K. Vorhls, Igna
tius Neaion and Augustus Foster, were
appointed to ascertain the place in the
formation allotted to the "veterans" of
the Spanish-American war and to re
port tonight.
Ignatius Nealon will net as com
mander and the men are expected to
wear the Kharkhl pants, blue shirt,
campaign hat, and leggings. All sol
diers who saw service outside of the
United States, and who reside between
Carbondnle and Wllkes-Barre, are In
vited to parade with the Scranton boys,
All those who were members of the
First Volunteer Engineer corps, Elev
enth United States Infantry, or any
other branch of the army assigned to
foreign service during the war are in
vited to attend tonight's meeting.
ATTACKED A PATROLMAN.
North End Hotelkeeper Ran Foul of
n Copper's Night Stick.
"Hodge" Altlmus, proprietor of the
Junction hotel, in Green Ridge.assatilt
ed Patrolman Charles Neuls on Lack
awanna avenue at 11 o'clock last night,
and was carried unconscious to the
Center street station house with two
long gashes on the top of his head.
Altlmus was ejected from the Scran
ton house because of his raising a (lis
turbance upon being refused drink.
Patrolman Neuls advised him to go
home and he turned on the patrolman.
Altlmus Is a six-footer und weighs over
two hundred pounds, Neuls Is far
from reaching that stature except
when cornered.
All linns' attack was sudden nnd un
expected and the patrolman had to use
his club to protect hlmsplf. A second
blow brought his assailant to the side
walk In a heap. Patrolmen Day and
Parry came up about this time nnd as
sisted In carrying the prisoner to the
station house. The cuts were not seri
ous enough to require a doctor's at
tendance. INFANT THIEVES RE-ARRESTED
Did Not Go Home After Being Dis
charged from Police Court.
Leon Haggerty and Frank Polisky.
aged respectively 9 and S years, who
weie found sleeping In a furnace In
front of Howley Brothers' store on
Penn avenue Friday night, and who
confessed at the station house to hav
ing committed the pigeon theft for
which the young Burgess lud wns ar
rester, turn out to bo a very bad pair
of Juveniles.
On account of their extremo youth
Mayor Molr discharged them Saturday
morning with the expectation that they
would rush home nnd hide from tho
"boogy-man" for days and days.
Not they, Indeed.
Saturday night found them prowling
nbout the city and when a patrolman
brought them In they admitted thnt
they had not been home and didn't
propose to go home.
Tho police have since learned that
both boys have been guilty of several
petty offenses and that thu Polisky lad
was caught In the act of robbing a
till at Henley's store on West Market
street a few days ago. They will likely
be Fent to some correctlvo Institution.
Judge Maekey Dead.
Pnmliit-ky, O.. May 2S. Judge John
Muekey, one of the oldest nud foremost
lawyers In this section of Ohio, anil at
one tlma a common pleas Judge here,
died hero today In tho tlghty-scond year
of his age.
NEW LIFE IN
REBELLION
Approach of Wet Season
Encourages the
Filipinos.
THEY BECOME AGGRESSIVE
United States Troops in Trenches Aro
Obliged to Sloep in Their Clothes.
Dashes Aro Made on the Outposts
and Life at the Garrisons Is Ex
ceedingly Warm Feeding tho
Hungry.
Manila, May 28. The approach ot tho
wet season finds the Insurrection seem
ingly taking a new lease of life. All
along the American lines the rebels aru
showing more aggressive activity, in
their guerilla style, than nt any time
before since the fall of Malolos. They
keep the United Slates troops In thu
trenches, sleeping In their clothing and
constantly nn the alert against dashes
upon our outposts, nnd they make life
warm for the American garrisons In
the Inwns.
The bands of General Luna and Gen
eral Mazardo. which retreated toward
Tarlae when they feared they would bo
caught between General MacArthur
nnd General Lawton, have returned in
force to their old trenches around San
Fernando, where there aro dally col
lisions. Opposite our lines on tho south uro
teitlng Manila, all the way around to
Snn Pedro Macatl, the Filipinos have
three rows ot trenches most of the dis
tance. Friendly Natives Are Hungry.
Reports from prisoners Indicate that
the Insurgents construe the peace nego
tiations to mean that the Americans
have had enough fighting. The Fili
pinos nre also encouraged by the be
lief that the Americans are preparing
for nn Interval of Inactivity during thu
wet season. This period Is sure to bo
followed by much suffering. Thou
sands of acres that were under culti
vation last year have not been plowed
this year and the government will
probably be obliged to feed thousands
just as It fed the Cubans. Friendly
natives continue to pour Into tho
American lines by land and river
routes, coming from the territory of
Insurrection Into the country In which
the passage of the two armies has left
no food, nnd practically throwing
themselves upon the charity of their
conquerors. Such able-bodied men as
are not In the Filipino ranks have been
kept by the Insurgent leaders to dig
trenches and old men, women and chil
dren form the mass of the refugees.
These are doing some plowing, but they
will be confronted with hunger before
they can realize any subsistence from
their efforts.
The United States army has organ
ized a system of distributing relief In
some of the smaller towns where the
Filipino stores were captured, but tho
latter will soon be exhausted.
The United States transport Morgan
City, which arrived here from San
Francisco with fiOO recruits for various
regiments, sailed today for Hollo with
the troops.
As It was Impossible to take to Spa'n
the remains of the Spanish general,
Montero, who wns fatally wounded In
a recent engagement with the Filipinos
in the Island of Mindanao and who
died while being brought here from
Zambonnga on the transport Lon
XIII. It wns decided that the interment
should take place in Manila. The
funeral took place today, hundreds of
Spanish soldiers and civilians attend
ing the services In the cathedral and
following the cortege to the grave with
wreaths nnd lings. The Spanish papers
declare that the Montero affnlr was a
result of the Spanish government's ne
glect. DESPATCH FROM OTIS.
Washington. May 2S. Tho war de
partment today made public the fol
lowing despatch from General Otis,
commanding at Manila:
"Manila. May 2S. Two battalions of
Twenty-third Infantry in quiet posses
sion Jolo. Spanish troops withdrawn
from Zambonnga after battle with In
surgents, with severe loss to latter.
Spanish loss nine killed, twentv-seven
wounded, among whom Commanding
General Montero, died from wounds,
burled heie yesterday. Insurgents used
lilies, artillery and ammunition cap
tured from gunboats, expending major
part of ammunition. Conference fol
lowed between General Rlos, who went
from Manila to withdraw troops and
Insurgents. Latter slated to him
would nut oppose landing Americans,
but would accept conditions In Luzon.
Spanish troops withdrawn now here,
depart for Spain tomorrow.
"Feeble attack by Insurgents on In
habitants soutlienst portion Negros
nessltuted sending battalion troops
from Manila there. Will soon restore
order.
"Insurgent falsehoods circulated In
southern Island of overwhelming In
surgent victories In Luzon keep up ex
citement In thnt section among the
more Ignorant clusses. although Intelli
gent people know American arms have
never met reverse and they call for
United States protection.
"Have turned over to navy for use on
coast southern Islands number pur
chased Spanish gunboats from which
excellent results expected."
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, May 25. Forecast
for Monday: For eastern Pennsyl
vania, fair. prwHllilv followed Mon
day nlKlit l thunder storms;
Tuesday continued warm and un
settled weather; fresh loutharly
winds.
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