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SCJiAiNTOiN, TA., WJUDiNESDAX MORNING. .MAY 31, 1890.
TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS.
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OUR HEROES
REMEMBERED
Memorial Day Observed
in All Parts of the
Country. .
GRAVES ARE DECORATED
Speech by Henry Watterson at Louis
ville Governor Roosevelt Speaks
at the Tomb of General Grant, and
General Joe Wheeler Gives Good
Advice at Boston Services of an
Elaborate Nature on the Held of
Gettysburg Ex-President Harri
son Speaks at the Tomb of Lafa
yette, Where Decorations Are Pro
vided by Americans The Various
Parades.
Now York, May 30. Memorial day
was probably never celebrated with
more enthusiasm than this year in
New York city. The day was an
Ideal one for a celebration. The sun
shone br.ghtly and a light breeze kept
the heat from becoml.tK oppressive.
Early In the day thousands of excur
sionists were thronging the streets of
Manhattan Island hurrying for ferry
boats to Loin? Island and New Jersey
ami some hound for the shore, some
for the farms and some for the ceme
teries, where now, In addition to the
dead of the Civil war, lay the dead of
the war with Spain. The graves of
these received the same care that for
yeais has marked those of the older
dead.
In he city there were several pro
eessiens In honor of the day, but the
most important were the military par
ade In New York city proper, reviewed
by Major General Miles, and the mili
tary parade In Brooklyn, reviewed by
Governor Roosevelt. The New York
parade, consisting of every National
Guard regiment In the city, three com
panies of regular engineers, eight bat
teries of regular artillery and forty
two Grand Army posts started at 9
o'clock and marched In excellent form
ation from Fifty-seventh street down
Fifth avenue to Washington arch,
where it was dihlmnded. The National
Guardsmen were under the apminuud
of Major General Hoe: the sailors un
der Captain SIgsbeo, U. S. N.
WHEELER AT BOSTON.
The Ex-Officer of the Confederacy
Speaks Before the Veterans.
Boston, May JO. For tho ilrst time
an ex-officer of the Confederacy today
delivered the Memorial Day address be
fore a New England Grand Army post.
General Joseph Wheeler, the cavalry
lender who led the boys in gray at tho
famous chaise at Shiloh and nearly
thirty-seven years later, beneath the
stars and stripes cheered on the vol
unteers at Santiago, was the orator and
guest of honor at the Memorial Day
services of E. W. Kinsley post 113,
Grand Armv of the Republic, nt the
Boston theater. The Immense auditor
ium wai idled to its utmost capacity.
General Wheeler opened his speech
with an eloquent tribute to the part
plajed by Massachusetts In the history
ot the American coininonwealth.wiioso
soldiers bail plnved conspicuous parts
in all its wai.i and whose statesmen
hod over been famous in the balls of
congreti. lie nllml.u to the prophecy
n! General Iloiaec Isintu-y Dargent.vUio
thirty years ago. on Memorial Day in
the city of Ronton, predicted the day
would coiiif when this anniversary
would be celebrated "after some cViy of
glory when I he -.ons of rebels and our
sons shall havu fallen side by side In
some common cause of foreign war, as
our siren und their sires tell side by
side under the eye of the great rebel,
the Virginian, 'Washington."
"Already." said General Whoclcr."the
words of this piopheey have be n ful
filled for tho wririlura who fell side by
side nt La llimsimus, S.m Juan and
Kl Caney, men from the Norlh and
South, among them nme of your bravo
boys from the Second Massachusetts,
were burled together In th gre.it na
tional cemetery at Arlington, while a
brave federal otllcer who took part in
the great struggle of oui civil war and
now the chief oxeciuho of the nation,
by bis presence, conferred honor upon
their funeral obloquies."
Continuing General Wheeler said:
"The enjoyment of peace Is n, blessed
boon to Immunity, but the history of
tl. world from Its earliest period
tci ones that the only security for
peace Is to be always prepared and
ready "to engage in war. That nation
whose people are ready to respond to
n call to arms with men and resources
for any emergency, Ik the one that
shall most certainly bo ablo to avoid
the desolation and hotrors of war. So
long ns 1ho dominant spirit which con
trols any country Is one ot honor, chiv
alry, glory and patriotism so long will
that notion continue to nchlevo power
and greatness. Tho spirit ol true no
bility taught by Ameileun mothers
ha? made our country the pride and
fear of the world."
Declaring that It was the duty of
every American to uphold the president
and his cabinet when It has become
thoroughly committed to a defined pol
icy, General Wheeler said;
"Patriotic devotion can bo exercised
by volunteering to serve In the field,
but it may also be most profitably ex
erted In encouraging conlldence among
our people nt home. "Certainly no good
and only evil can come fmm words and
acta which tell rival nations 'that even
a portion of our people, however few,
are not In full sympathy with our gov
ernment, or what Is worse, that any
Americans actually do sympathize with
our country's enemies. Such a course
cannot fall to weaken confidence and
embarrass the executive power. Those
who insist that the power of the
United States Is so great that It must
always triumph will udiult that diffi
culties or obstacles created by some of
our own people will have the effect of
retnrdlng, nt least in some degree, the
prompt and happy restoration to per
fect und lasting peace.
"I am one of those who firmly be
lieve that whatever Is. Is right, and I
cannot doubt but when conditions nre
thrust upon a country by n course of
events following u well judged and
llghteous action on the part of the
people and the government, the con
sequence could not be other than bene
ficial not only to tho people of our own
country, but to the world at large.
"There Is one sentiment which should
bo Impressed on every mind und In
stilled Into every heart:
"My country, may she always be
light, but right or wrong, my coun
try." DAY AT LOUISVILLE.
Henry Watterson Made a Patriotic
Address on a Reunited Country.
Louisville, Ky., May CO. Although
the day was gloomy and disagreeable,
rain threatened, the graves of the
Union soldiers in the cemeteries of
Louisville and New Albany. Ind., were
decked with flowets today. At the
graves there were services, followed by
an oration by Hon. Henry Watterson,
Mr. Waterson spoke in substance as
follows:
Mr. Watterson's Address.
The duty which draws us together, and
the day although appointed by law
come to us ladened by a deeper meaning
than they have ever borno belore; unit
the place which witnesses our coming
invests the occasion with increased sol
emnity and significance. Within the pre
cincts of this dread but beautiful city,
consecrated hi all our hearts and all our
homes for lure lie oar loved ones two
plots of ground, with but a hillock be
tween, have been set aside to mark the
resting place ot the dead ot two armies
that In life were called hostile, the Army
of tho 1'nlon, the Army of the Confed
eracy. We come to decorate the graves
of those who died fighting (or the Union.
Presently others shall come to decorate
tho graves of those who died fighting for
the Confederacy. Yet, if these flower
covered mounds could open and the brave
men who Inhabit them could Use, nut
as disembodied spirits, but in the flesh
und blood whlrh they bore when they
went hence, they would rejoice as we
do that tho hopes of both havo been at
last fulfilled, and that the Confederacy,
swallowed up by the Union, lives again
in American manhood and brotherhood,
such as were contemplated by the makers
of the republic.
To those ot us who were the comrades
and contemporaries of the dead that are
buried hero, who survived the oidcal of
battle and who live to bless the day,
there Is nothing either sdrungo or unnut
uitil in this, because we have seen It
coming for a long time; wo havo seen it
coming in the kinship of ties even as
close as those of a common country; m
the robust intercourse; of the forum and
the market place; In the sacred inter
changes of the domestic affections; but
above all In the prattle of the children
who cannot distinguish between tins
grandfather who wore the blue and the
grandfather who wore the gray.
Strife of Sections a Dead Issue.
It is required of no man which ever
flag he served under that he make any
l enunciation shameful to himself, and
therefore dishonoring to those grandchil
dren, and each may safely leave to his
tory the cutting of the h.ilanco Dt:
twein antagonistic schools of thought
and opposing rumps In action, wheie the
cssi ntluls of fidelity and courage wire
so amply met. Nor is it the part of wis
dom to regiet a tale that Is told. The
Issues that evoked tho strife of sections
aro dead issues. The conflict, which was
thought to be Irreconcilable, and was cer
tainly Inevitable, ended wore than thl-.y
years ago. U was tought to Its bloody
conclusion by fearless and honest ni"ii.
To sunn; tiio limit was logical to othcrj
It was- disappointing to all It was final.
As no man disputes it, let no man de
plete It. Let us rather believe that it
was needful to make us a nation. Lot us
rather look upon it us into a mirror, tee
ing not the desolation of tlu past, but
Urn radiance of the future; anil in the
heroes of the New North and the New
South who contested In gencroup rivalry
up tho lire-swept iitceps of Kl Caney and
side by side re-einblazoned the national
character In the waters about Corrogldor
Island and under the walls of Cavite.
let us behold hostages for the old north
and the old south blent together hi n
Union that knows neither point ot tho
compass and has flung Its geogiaphy Into
the sea.
Greater Issues Before Us.
(Jrcul as were the Issues that we havo
put l hind iih forever, yet gioater Issues
still rise dimly upon tho view.
Who i hull fathom them? Who shall
telecast them? 1 seek not to lift tho
veils of what may llo beyond. It Is
enough for me to know that I havo a
country and that my country leads tho
world. 1 havo lived to look upon Its dis
membered fiagments wholo again; to
see It like tho fabled bird of wondrous
plumage upon the Arabian desert, slow
ly shape Itself above tho plains and ashen
of a conflagration that threatened to
devour It; I havo wutched It grudiiiilly
unfotd Its tracks of light und tshudc; I
havo stood uwe-jtruck In wonder and
fear lest tho glorious fubrlc should fudo
Into dnrkuess and prove tho Insubstan
tial pageant ot a vision; when, lo, out of
the misty depths cf the far away Pacific
came tho 'booming ,f Dewey's guns,
ciulckly followed by tho nnswerlng voice
ot the guns of Sampson and Shatter and
Schley, anil I said: "It Is not a dream.
It 1 God's promise redeemed." With tho
night ot HOcUiiial confusion that Is gone,
civil strlto bus passed from tho scene,
nnd, In the light of the perfect day that
Is come, the nation finds, as the first
fruit of Its new birth of freo dom, an
other birth of greatness and power and
renown.
Fully realizing the responsibilities of
thin, and the duties that belong lo It, I,
for one, accept it, and all that It biingi
with It and Implies, thunkful that I, too,
am an American. Whercsecvc r Its star
may lend, I shall follew; nothing loathe,
or doubting; though It guide tho nation s
footsteps to tho lurthtimost ends of tin
earth. Behoving that in the creation
and preservation of tho American Union
the hand of the Almighty has appeared
from Ilrst to last that Ills will begat it,
and that His word has prevailed; that
In the War of the Revolution and In tin
Civil War tho Incidents and accidents of
batllo no doubt wtro Providence Inclined;
If tho Star that now shines over us, at
onco a signet of God's plan and pur
pose and a heaven sent courier of civili
zation and religion shall fix Itself above
tho steppes of Asia and the namls of
Africa, It shall but confirm me In my
faith that "thvs judgments of the Lord aro
true and righteous altogether."
AT HARRISBURG.
Governor's Troop Assists in tho Cere
monies. llarrlsburg, May 30. Decorating of
the graves of the deceased soldiers
was generally observed In llarrlsburg
today and under tho direction of the
local posts of tho Grand Army of the
Republic. After u parade by "the old
Foldlers, Sons of Veterans' camps and
governor's troops and two companies
of the National Guard, short services
were held at the llarrlsburg cemetery.
The oration was delivered by ex-Hep-resentntlve
B. K. Sponger, of Carlisle.
Rev. Father MeGrath, of St. Patrick's
pro-cathedral, conducted memorial
service this morning at the Catholic
cemetery In honor of the deceased sol
diers of the Civil and Spanish-American
wars.
EXERCISES AT GETTYSBURG.
Elaborate Ceremonies nt the National
Cemetery.
Gettysburg, May 30. Memorial day
was observed at the National cemetery
here with the usual elaborate cere
monies and the graves of the fallen
heroes were decorated by school chil
dren, assisted by the veteran soldiers
of the Civil war.
In the parade Pennsylvania volun
teers who served during thu war with
Spain, marched as an escort to the
G, A. R. Retween the columns cf the
young and the old veterans rode Major
D. K. Sickles und D. Uutterlleld and
Congressman Zelgler, of this district.
A number of civic organizations also
took part. The band from the Carlisle
Indian school furnished the music. The
weather was delightful and the cere
monies wete attended by an unusually
large crowd. Tin principal speaker
was the Hon. D. D. Woodmunseo, of
Cincinnati.
AT GRANT'S TOMB.
An Address by Governor Roosevelt
and Salute of Twenty-One Guns.
New York, May 30. The sarcophagus
of General Grant In the tomb at Ciare
niont was covered with flowers this
afternoon after impressive ceremonies
by Grant post, G. A. R., of Brooklyn,
an address by Governor Roosevelt and
a presidential salute of twenty-one
guns tired from tho United States
cruiser Rrooklyn, which lay In the
Hudson Just below the hill with all her
battle flags flying.
More than 10,000 persons witnessed
the ceremonies.
At Wilkes-Barre.
Wilkes-Barre, May "0. Memorial day
was more generally observed In Wilkes
Barre than for several years past. The
G. A. R. veterans. Ninth regiment, N.
G. P., and civic societies marched to
tho cemeteries, whero the graves of
those who died In the Civil war and
Spanish-American war were decorated.
The weather was fine and the ceme
teries were crowded with people.
DECORATING THE MAINE.
The Heroes Remembered by Patriots
nt Havann.
Havana, May 30. Decoration day was
observed here today In a notable man
ner. At 9 o'clock this morning Mis,
Ksther G. Rathbone and u committee
of women who had been selected for
the purpose were taken in Rear Ad
miral Cromwell's launch, escorted by n
detachment of marines, to tho wreck
ot the battleship Maine, where they
strung the skelotnn of the unfortunate
ship with ropes of laurel nnd wreaths
of flowers.
Luclen Young represented the navy
at the decoration ot tho graves of the
sailors and soldiers Interred In the Colon
cemetery. Mrs. Paterson and a com
mittee representing the Maine asso
ciation participated In the ceremony.
A great many flowers and wreaths were
placed upon the graves of the heroes.
Similar exercises took place at the
Quemados cemetery this afternoon.
PHILADELPHIA HORSE SHOW.
The Eighth Annual Open Air Exhi
bition at Wissahickon Heights. .
Philadelphia. May ::o. The eighth
annual open air exhibition at the Phil
adelphia Horse Show association opened
today at WlHsahlekon Heights under
the most fuvorable weather conditions
and with a splendid attendance ut spec
tutors. Between fi.000 and 0,000 people passed
through the antes during the day. 'The
military end ot tho entertainment was
a most decided success. Troops C and
I, Third United Stntes cavalry and
a platoon from Battery D. Fifth Unit
ed Stutes artillery, giving exhibitions
In tho ling which afforded a pleasant
diversion from tho every day run of
a horse show programme.
Jim Watts Knocked Out.
Louisville, Ivy., May 30, Joe Wiilcoil
tonlKht knocked out Jim Watts, culorcil
middleweight of tho south, In the eighth
round of what was sehedulid to bo a 20
round contest. Tho battlo was a fast
one, tho light In tho hint llvo launds be.
lug of tho hurricano older. In tho
eighth round, however, a right arm book
on tho Jaw sent Watts to tho floor, from
which ho was unablo to arise befoto be
ing counted out,
Steamship Arrivals,
New Yoik. May ."A Arrived: Spuaru
dam, Rotterdam; Nurmandlc, Liverpool;
Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosso, Biomen and
Southampton. Waned: (iuorglc. Liver
pool; Trave, Firemen via Cherbourg and
Southampton. Cleared: La ilrrtagne,
Havre. Rotlordum Arrived: Btutcndiim,
New York via Boulogne, Southampton
Arrived: Kaiser Krlederleh, New York
for Cherbourg und Bremen,
THE TWO CHILD PATRICIDES.
South Dakota's Queer Murder Caso
Attracting Much Attention
Rapid City, H. D May 30. Lena and
Nicholas Bouts, the two children who
shot nnd killed tholr father, Frank
Bouts, because ho struck them, are at
tracting much interest here. The dis
trict court todav issued nn order re
moving tho children from the Jail and
putting them In the care of the sheriff's
wife. Tho girl is fourteen years old
and small for her age. while the boy Is
but ten. The local ministerial associa
tion took un the case today and de
cided to make an effort to havo tho
children placed in some home for chil
dren to be educated. There is a gen
eral sentiment ngalnst trying the chil
dren for murder.
Frank Bouts was a well-known con
tractor, and built the Northwestern
line through this section. He was
known as a cruel man when drunk,
and Is said to have been drinking the
day his children shot him. The mother
of the children Is with them. She does
not blame the children, and they do
not seem to be awnre that they have
done anything wrong. Tho little girl
has a great bruise on her cheek where
the rifle with which she killed her
father recoiled and struck her. Tho
little boy boasts that he helped his sis
ter steady the rillc with which his
father was killed.
PENNSYLVANIA
PEOPLE'S PARTY
State Convention Held at Philadel
phiaGovernor Stone Denounced.
Mr. Quay Ignored.
Philadelphia, Muy 31. The state con
vention ot the People's party of Penn
slyvunia wim held In Dental ball here
today and the following ticket was
nominated:
For judge of supreme court. John II.
Stevenson, of Allegheny; judge of
superior court. N. I. Atwood, Krle
country; state treasurer. Justus Wat
kins, iioga county. The following
were elected delegates at large to the
next national convention: li. W. Olds,
Erie: Dr. C. F. Taylor. Philadelphia:
T. P. Kynder. Kile: W. M. Delsher.
Berks; Abraham Mattls, Dauphin; J. P.
Correll, Northampton; Justus Watkiii.
Tioga: J, H. Stevenson, Allegheny.
An executive committee of six to 1111
vacancies nnd to assist the chairman
In conducting the cumpalgn was elected
as follows:
Frank Ruob. of Philadelphia: H. K.
Filler, Rlalr; K. T. Mason, I'rawford;
W. II. Hlnes, Erie; J. H. Stevenson,
Allegheny; W. M. Delshor, Berks, and
T. P. Rynder, Krle, chairman ex-ofllclo.
T. P. Rynder was elected chairman
of the state committee. Dr. C. F.
Taylor, of this oily, presided nt the
convention, und W. M. Delsher, of
Berks, und R. L. Sttteer White, of
Crawford, acted as secretaries. The
platform adopted endorsed the St.
Louis People's party platform, declared
that United States senators should be
elected by popular vote, denounced
Governor Stone's cutting of school and
charity appropriations nnd the past
management of the state cash, declared
for equal tights for both plaintiff and
defendant In criminal cases, demanded
a just ballot law und opposed the In
crease of the bonded debt.
DR. OWENS' SUCCESSOR.
Dr
Gilchrist, of Omaha, Has Been
Elected.
Philadelphia, May SO. The selection
of a successor to Dr. Owens, former
corresponding secretary of the board of
home missions, who has resigned the
otllce, caused considerable discussion at
today's session of tho general assem
bly of the United Presbyterian church.
The matter of nominations was re
ferred to a special committee, which
presented the name of Rev. Dr. John
V. English, of Allegheny, Pa., present
recording secretary of the board. The
fact of only one nume being brought in
met with the assembly's disapproval
and Dr. Alexander Gilchrist, of Omaha,
was nominated In opposition to Dr.
English. The vote showed Dr. Gil
christ's election by 11 to Ifi.
The report of the board or publica
tion, presented last week and made
public nt that time, was adopted.
EIGHTY KLONDIKERS LOST.
All Missing, with Short Provisions,
nnd Probably Perished.
Seattle. Wash., May CO. Eighty Alas
kan gold prospectors from the Copper
River region are missing, and have
probably perished, according tn T. B.
Robinson, of Oakland, Cal., who has
Just returned from there.
All were short of food, and rescue
parties have failed to get a trace of
them.
Lehigh Valley Earnings.
Philadelphia, May 30. The April state
ment of the Lehigh Valley railroad shows
the not earnings to have been 231.731. a
decrease of K"J-S as compared with Apt II.
iv.ii. The net earnings for the five months
ended April CO. 1699, wero $1,073, IK!, a de
crease of $1533,791! compared with the cor
responding period ot lust year. Tho April
statement of the Lehigh Valley Coal com.
p.iny show a net loss of "il,78S compared
wltli a loss of liU.91 in April, ISO. The
net loss for the five months ended April
so. lNri, whs $:tl7.K5. The loss in tho cor
responding! period ot last your was J2I3.
270. Death of a Veteran.
Chnmbcrshuru. Pa.. .May CO. William
M. McKnluht. an army and navy et
ecran, died lieie this morning of par
alysis. He was pestmaster of Cham
bersburg under President Harrison. Mr.
McKnlght made a fortuno out or vaclnf,
but lost It In business ventures. Ilo was
a son of Joseph McKnlght, u wealthy
Pittsburg Iron manufacturer, with whom
he was In partnership until the firm
failed. Mr. Mc Knight was born In Wash
ington county, Pa., und was CO years of
ago.
Drowned in tho Delaware.
Philadelphia. Muy no. A small yacht
containing nine young men capsized In
the Delawuro river today and WlnlUid
Christy, nged 19 yearn, wus drowned. The
others saved themtiives by clinging to
tho upturned boat until assistance came.
Furnace Set in Blast.
Reading, Pa.. May 30. Tho l.ccuport
furnaco was set in blast today after on
Idleness of eight years. Tho eanutity
of tho furuueo la 6U0 tons.
THE ATHLETES
ON THE FIELD
EVENTS CELEBRATED AT BA
YONNE YESTERDAY.
Knickerbocker nnd New Jersey Clubs
Consolidate Many Colleginns Aro
Among the Contestants Kraenz
loin Equals His Now Record Other
Events of the Day.
Now York, May 30. Tho consolida
tion of tho Knickerbocker nnd New
Jersey Athletic clubs, tinder tho name
of the former, was right royally cele
brated today on Knickerbocker field,
Rayonne. N. J. Tho attendance was
large. Tho programme Included base
ball, foot ball and lacrosse games and
swimming races, as well us Held and
track events.
Many of the collegians who took part
In the intercollegiate games last week
were among the contestants and a re
lay race between representatives of
Yale and Pennsylvania universities
was the big event ot the day. Yale
won It handily and her athletes had
the additional satisfaction of carry
ing homo the silk banner awarded to
the club earning the greatest number
of points.
Kraenzleln, or Pennsylvania, won the
high hurdle event in hollow fashion,
equalling the Intercollegiate record of
15 :i-5 seconds, which he established
on Munhattan field Saturday. He also
made an exhibition broad jump nnd
cleared 23 leet 6j Inches. J. W.
Tewksbury, the Pennsylvania flyer,
won his heat from scratch in. tho 100
yard race handicap In even time.
A new comer, William Marshall, of
Hartford, with an allowance of 71
yards, eiiualled this time and Tewks
bury decided not to compete In the
Until and his Judgment was suund, us
Marshall won the final In 9 4-r, seconds,
so that Tewksbury would have had
to equal the record run. The specta
tors were treated to a line exhibition
by Tewksbury later on, when he met
Mulligan, of Georgetown University,
in a special scratch race at "00 yards.
Tewksbury jumped away like a flash
und won by nearly fifteen feet after
leading all the way.
Yale was well to the fore In the ono-
mlle run hundlcap. Throe of Ell's sons,
Smith, Spltzor and Palmer finished as
nnmed. Tho winner had 32 and the
others 2f yards ouch from Geo Orton,
the scratch man. Orton was never
able to get near the leaders ar.d quit
about 200 yards from the tape. II. E.
Manvel. tho local expert, won the half
mile scratch run by two yards from
Adams of Yule, but he was beaten out
in the handicap at the same distance
by Arnold, of the New West Side Ath
letic club, to whom he- was conceding
12 yards.
Tho record of 11 4-3 seconds for a 7n
yanl sack race was lowered to 10 3-,"
seconds by another West Side man,
F. A. Onderonck.
Boat Race. .
Ithaca, N. V.. May 30. The boat race
between th" second crews of the Cor
nell and the University of Pennsylva
nia was rowed (his evening and was
won by Cornell by half a length. Roth
crews finished strong. Pennsylvania
took a slight lead at the start, but Cor
nell rowing a steady stroke r.f 152 grad
ually gained nnd at the mile hart Surged
ahead. Pennsylvania with a 34 stroke,
which wns from time to time Increased
to 3i, was unable to again get the lead.
Cornell rowed steadily and did not let
out until near the finish, finally win
ning by half a length in 11 minutes
soli seconds. Pennsylvania's time, 23
11 ,n8
Waltham, Mass.. May SO.The Na
tional 'Cycle association races at
Wulthum truck this afternoon drew
10.000 people. Everett R. Ryan, of
Waltham, broke the world's record for
the amateur ten-mile paced race In
19.33 3-3, the previous record of 20.01
2-3 being held by P. B. Beauregard, of
Fall River. The mile Invitation race in
heats between McFaiiand, Cooper and
Kimble was close. Cooper got the Ilrst
heat and MeF.irlund the other two and
the race.'
Harry Elkes failed In his attempt to
break the five-mile record, paced by
motor cycles, his time being 9.01 2-3.
New York, May 30. A. W. Ross, ot
the Passaic Athletic club, of Harrison,
won the eleventh nnnual Irvlngton
Mllburn twenty-five mile mud race to
day. He had a handicap of five min
utes, but his actual time was 1:12,1!).
E. A. C. Hanson, of .Perth Amboy, who
had a handicap of one minute, made
the fastest time and thereby won tho
time prize. His time was UOS.40.
Charles S. Iee, ot Newark, a two-mtn-nte
man, won the secoriil time prize.
One hundred and twenty wheelmen ac
cepted the handicap nllotted and
started. The race as usual drew a
great crowd. AVhen the starter tired
the pistol tbeie wero thousands of peo
ple lining tho road,
Philadelphia, May SO.The annual
race meet of tho Associated Cycling
clubs of Philadelphia was held at
Woodslde park this afternoon. A large
crowd was In attendance. The various
races were warmly contested. The
feature of the meet wns the five-mile
pursuit race between Eddie. McDuflle,
of Boston nnd Charles Church, of this
city, which was won by tho latter.
Summaries;
Oun-thlid mile, professional 11. H.
Thompson, Philadelphia, won: C. It. Jack,
Reading, second; K. S. Aker, Philadel
phia, third. Time. .43 1-3.
Ono mile handicap, professional Wllso
Hummer, Philadelphia, won, H. C. Will
lamson, Philadelphia, second; John 'Am
merman. Philadelphia, third. Time, 2.11.
Ono mile, open, professional John
Zimmerman, Philadelphia, won; B. II.
Thompson, Philadelphia, second; Charles
Turvllle, Philadelphia, third. Time,
2.07 4-3.
Five-mile pursuit raco bet worn Eddie
A. McDuflle. of Boston, and Charles A.
Church, of Philadelphia. Conditions that
Church give handicap of 100 yards; purse,
$130, winner to tako all. Neither man
cought the other, but Church was de
clared winner, having made better time.
Church's time wus 11.10, McDufllo's ll.us.
Boston, May 30. "Major" Taylor
proved to be the stur of the Associated
Cycle club race meet at Charles River
park today. Tho Butler brothers, Nat,
Tom and Frank took about everything
tho colored rider left,
Nat Butler und Frank Waller rode an
THE NEWS THIS M0KN1NU
Weather Indication! Todiyi
W ABU.
General Memorial Duy Throughout
tho Country.
General Otis Needs 30,000 Men.
College Snorts.
Sports Results of Yesterday's Double
Bill of Base Ball.
Local Henry Austin Adams on Antt.
Expansion.
Klndergurten Commencement.
Editorial.
Comment of the Press.
I Ijocnl Memorial Day Observance.
President Tritcsdalc and 1IU "Poll
tics" Order.
Local West Scranton nnd Suburban.
News Round About Scranton.
Local Memorial Day Observance (Con
cluded.). exhibition mile on n motor lundeni In
1.53 2-3,
One mile open professional Major
Taylor won; Tom Butler, second;
Frank Butler, third: time 2.11.
Two-mile handicap (A. C. C. sweep
stakes professional) Taylor (scratch),
won; Tom Butler (30 yards), second;
Frank Butler (SO yards), third. Time,
4.31.
NINE PERSONS INJURED.
Serious Head End Collision of Local
Tassenger Train Near Nashville.
Engines nnd Cars Smashed.
Nashville, Tetin., May 30. Nine per
sons were Injured, two of them peiious
ly In a head end collision of local pas
senger trains on the Louisville and
Nashville road. 23 miles south ot heie
at fi o'clock this evening, lioth engines
nnd baggage cars were smashed whiles
Engineers Burns and Shugurt received
serious Internal injuries.
The trains came together on the
niuln track half way between West
Hurpeth and Thomson station, but who
is at fault has not been determined.
GOVERNOR'S DINNER.
First State Function Given at Execu
tive Mansion,
Hariisburg, May SO.The first state
dinner by Governor and Mrs. Stone
was given at the executive mansion
this evening In honor of the Judges of
the Supreme court. The decorations
wero red and white, the table being ar
ranged! In the shape of a four leafed
clover with a center piece of red und
while carnations and greenery.
Mis. Stono was assisted In receiving
by Mrs. Rurker, wife ot Captain Mark
er, of the Oregon; Mrs. Hnldemuu, of
Hurrisburg, and Mrs. Hlckllng. of
Washington. The guests were: Chief
Justice II. Sterrett, Judges Henry
Green. J. Brewster MeCttllom. James T.
Mitchell, John Dean, Neylln Fell, Pro
thonotary William Pearson, Reporter
William C. Kress, Assistant Reporter
Edward P. AUInson. Secretary ot the
Commonwealth W. W. Grelst, Deputy
Secretary L. E. Beitler, Attorney Gen
eral John P. Elkln. Judge John P. Mc
pherson, of Philadelphia: Judges Slin
ontou and Weiss, of Hurrisburg; Peter
A. 11. Wldener, of Philadelphia; Con
gressman II. E. Olmsted and Lyman D.
Gilbert. Hariisburg; W. P. Potter.
Pittsburg; Dr. D. P. Hickling, Wash
ington, The governor returned tills af
ternoon from a IWhing trip in West
Virginia.
BEDFORD CONVENTION.
Ticket Nominated Resolutions
dorsing the Administration.
En-
Bedford, Pa., Mav 30. At th
Bed-
ford county Republican convention
held here this afternoon the following
ticket was nominated: Prothonotary,
Janus Cleaver: sheriff. Samuel P.
Gates; register and recorder, Edgar R.
Home; district attorney, Ahin L. Lit
tle; treasurer, John W. Imlei" Mini
inisssloners, Samuel S. Haker and Dan
lei W. Iloekenberry: director. Martin
Sims; auditor, Albert Nicuni and John
H. Hoover: coroner. M. A. Stone. Dr.
J. G. Hanks and T. ('. Sanderson, anti
Quay men. were elected delegates to
the state convention. E. M. Penned
was chosen chairman of the county
committee. Resolutions wer adopted
re-afbrmlng the Republican national
platform of IsOfi; endorsing McKlnley's
adnilnistrutlun: praising the American
,-uilors nnd soldiers who fought In the
war with Spain and pitying n tribute
to the memory of the heroes of '01 to
f,3.
MACHINE MINING.
Twenty Thousand Miners Will Re
ceive Benefit from Increase.
Alloon.i, May 30.--Ne.nly all the coal
mining companies In the Second bliumf.i.
ous district, which Includes Camlirli,
liedrord, Somerset, Center. Clearfield.
Jefferson. Indiana. Hlk. Cameron. Clin
ton, Ulafr and Huntingdon, posted no
tices today Informing the miners that tho
wages for pick milling would be ud
unccd on Juiie 1 from 13 to 30 cents a
ton. Machine mining will bo Incrcas.'d
2's cents n ton.
Twenty thousand mlnets will Ret tho
benulit of this voluntary Increase. In
view of this action of the oeratois, to
day's convention of miners at Clearfield
will have no business to transact, it
was ptobable that a strike would have
been Inaugurated If tho increase had
not been made voluntarily.
FOR HARBOR MISSIONS.
Synod of the Reformed Church
Apportions 80,000 Annually.
Tlllin, O.. May 30. Tho synod of the
Reformed church today apportioned
JR.000 annually to carry on work among
Germans In large cities and $1,130 for
harbor missions.
A resolution to request the United
States government to set aside In Its
new buildings In New York city for
tho reception of emigrants n room
where religious services may be held
was adopted and a copy of the resolu
tion was forwarded to T. V. Powderly.
superintendent of Immigration.
Killed by a Foul Ball.
Lawrence, Muss , May so. Edward Con
ner. catcher hi a hall gamo today be
tween two local nines, was struck over
I thu luMi't bv a foul ball and killed.
OTIS WANTS
30,000 MEN
He Will Be Perfectly Sat
isfied with That
Number.
PLANS OF ASSIGNMENT
Secretary Alger Cables to General
Otis to Advise at Onco What Eur
ther Reinforcements Are Needed
After tho Arrival of Regulars.
President Will Give All Troopa
Required Volunteers to Be Re
placed.
Washington, May 30. Secretary Al
ger tonight cabled General Otis to ad
vise him at once what further rein
forcements he may need after tho ar
rival of all tlie regular troops to bfl
despatched to the Philippines to re
place the volunteers whose time Is out.
Secretary Alger has furnished General
Oils detailed Information as to tho plan
of assignment ot the regulars to his
command nnd his cablegram of Inquiry
calls for a report without delay om
what futthT Is Horded In way oC
troops after all the regiments now In
contemplation for the service aro
avulloble.
The Post tomorrow will say: General
Otis bus informed the war department
that he will be satisfied if the army
under his command Is kept at a mini
mum of 30,000. The president will give
this number.
Two Officers Missing.
Manila. May 31. 11.20 a. m. Two
petty ollicers of the United Stntes hos
pital ship Relief went sailing in tho
harbor yesterday. Their boat was af
terward found in the possession of
natives near their Parannque lines by
the monitor Monndnock. The men aro
supposed to have been killed or cap
tured. TILLEY'S BODY RECOVERED.
Sent to Hollo by Brigadier General
Smith.
Manila, May 30. 7.30 p. m. Briga
dier General Smith, who was sent with
a detachment of troops on hoard a gun
boat In search of Captain George II.
Tllley, of tlie Signal corps, reported as
missing at Escalunte, on the island nt
Negros. sent the body of Captain Tllley
to Hollo today on board a launch. Tho
body of 'Captain Tllley was burled Inter
In the day with notable ceremony.
English friends of the captain joined
with his comrades nt the Signal corps
In arrangement for the funeral, and
heaped wreaths of lloweis upon thu
coffin of the dead soldier.
General Smith remains at Escahmtu
with his soldiers to search for the miss
ing men who were with Captain Tilly
when he met his death.
Despatch from Otis.
.Manila. May 30. Adjutant General,
Washington: Cable company's vessel
placing cable between Hollo and Cebu
ran to Escalunte, east coast of Negros,
to remove old cubic connections: Cap
tain Tllley. Signal corps, accompanied
by captain of the vessel and three men
visited the town, the natives making
friendly demonstrations. While thero
they were ambushed: the vessel's cap
tain and one mull escaped to the vessel
In a launch: Tllley and two men tak
ing to water and not rescued; vessel
then reported nt Hollo; General Smith
wns Informed and he immediately took
twenty-live men and proceeded to Es
calunte. He reports the body of Cap
tain Tllley was found floating In thu
river; marks of violence on head; body
sent to Hollo; Smith remains at Esca-
lanto for the present. ,
(Signed) Otis.
THE 'BIRD BOOK" CASE.
i
Printer Busch's Suit Taken to the
Supreme Court.
Hurrisburg. .May :M. Tho Supreme
court heard urgument today In the pro
cerdlngs brought by former State Printer
C. M. liusch to compel the state to pay
him $07,777 for printing the famous "Hlld
Hook" us a reprint of n pamphlet relat
ing to the diseases of poultry.
Tho easy was di elded by the Dauphin
court against Mr. Ituseli and ho took nil
appeal. Tho court is expected to hand
down several opluluns tomorrow and
then udjourn.
Drowned in Lehigh Canal.
Allentown, May 30. Howard Huunr
meUtcr. of New York, who was visiting
relatives at Catasaqua, was drowned to
day while bathing In the l.ehleh canal,
lie got beyond his depth and was un
ablo to swim. This was his twentieth
birthday.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington. May 30. Forecast
for Wednesday: For eastern Penn
sylrnnln. continued warm weather
with) conditions favorable or
thunder storms Wednesday und
Thursday, followed late Thursday
by lower temproture; brisk south
to southwest winds and probably
squulls.
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