ti hi tit i j p -Vv SCH ANTON, VA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1S99. TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. a f ,' sr-MgasssiPariA,,Mi7LiAwli mm tiHkiiH,iM' KsSffifnlrarc0-is r S I H dIIiIIIIII ---j " '""j.TjLMniiTf l nTn r v MESTREZAT NOMINATED Fayette County Man Is Named for Justice of Supreme Bench. GUFFEY TAKES A HAND The Democratic Stnto Chairman Is Obliged to Indicate Pieference in Order to Bieak the Deadlock Hon. Stephen Leslie Mestrezat Selected in the Twenty-Eighth Ballot. Judge P. P. Smith Next to the Winner Incidents of tho Conven tion. .Spoclil from a Staff Correspondent. Hanlsbuig, Juno 15. I have hereto fore refeired to this as a record-breaking convention, and such Indeed It was. It came to an end at C 10, after nomi nating the following candidates: Jus tice of the Supreme court, Hon. Stephon Leslie Jrestrez.it, of Fayette county; judge of the Superior court, C. J. Iteilly, of Lycoming countv; state treasurer, William P. Creaky, of Columbia county. It required the quite unparalleled number of twenty-eight ballots to de cide the supreme nomination, and there is no saying how many mote would liao been necessary if Colonel Guffey had not given orders for Mestrezat. Ho declared curly in the week that h would not Interfere with icferencc to tho Supieme court nomination, and was as good as Ills word until today. After the twenty-second ballot ho saw the conentton would not be able for hours to make a choice and thereupon pro ceeded to save fuither ttouble by nam ing the candidate himself. His choice, was Mestrezat. and In half an hour aftet he gave oideis the nomination was made Ne :t to the winner, Hon. P P Smith, of Lackawanna, received the hlphest vote cast for any candi date He was glen 107 on the twenty becond ballot It w as intolerably warm nt the morning esslon of the conven tion, and a light rain e.uly in the af ternoon tame as a great and needed Convention in Detail. It was 10 J3 o'clock when the con vention assembled In the morning. Without any preliminaries the twelfth ballot was proceeded with The ote was watched with the gieatet inter est F.v on bodv was anvlous to liarn If nn of tho delegations had swung from theh fust favorites during the night. It was soon evident that noth ing had been done In tho way of mak ing combinations. The vote was al most Identical with that of the elev enth ballot, taken at midnight "Wednes day. C La Hue Mutison, of Willlamspoit, was the only candidate who made a substantial pain. Wednesday night on the last ballot he had only one ote. This morning he iccelved eighteen on the first ballot. Smith had SO -votes on the twelfth, the flrbt ballot taken todaj. Lnch had 20 On the thlitcenth Smith had 3S and Lynch IS. Foutteenth, Smith, 39 Lynch, 1?. riftcenth, Smith. 10; Lynch, 21 Sixteenth. Smith, II; Lvnch, lb Seventeenth, Smith, 42; Lynch, 19. Eighteenth. Smith, 40; Ljnch, 20. It was 12 1.". o'clock when the convention took a :oees until 3 p. m for dinner l'p to the noon ndjouiniajnt Yeikos. had the most consistent giowth in stiength of am of the candidates. Tiom 4H on tho fhst he went up to SI on the eighteenth Kennedy Matted with 54 and on the eighteenth had 41. Kiel)" went fiom 4". to CO. Allen from to 11 Mestrezat fiom 2f to 47. F,i- mentiout fiom 41 to ci. smith fiom to 40 and Lvnch had twenty -votes on the first and eighteenth ballots Muuson who showed much stiength on tho first tivo morning ballots diopped out on the fouitoenth. but his friends said he would be he.ud fiom later In the day. When Muns-on diopped the Lycoming men who vot'-d for Smith last night did not return to that candidate, Tho Philadelphia delegation raised contribution to the Smith vote fiom 1C to 20 dining tho morning hours, giving him a raise of one on each bal lot. On tho fifteenth ballot Lawrence county cast a vote for Ocoige Jenlcs and on the eighteenth Cuinbeiland gave live to ex-Governor Rob"rt I". Pattison. The Afternoon Session, The afternoon session opened at 3.03 o'clock. Tor half an hour before tho delegates re-assembled repot ts of a big movement of delegates toward Smith during the afternoon were In elicula tlon He was to receive a laige share of the Allegheny. Sehujlklll, Lj com ing Northampton and Lucerne votes. The icpurt was widely credited, hut the flist ballot did nothing to substantiate It Smith gained 3 votes and Lynch lost 1. Theie was no evidence of tho expected big movement towaid Smith Yerkes, who reached SI votes, hlgh nter mark, on the eighteenth ballot before adjournment, dropped to 75 on the nineteenth, and Ermentiout went up from 01 to 70. Allen, ot Erie, Jumped from 31 to 3S. On the second ballot of tho after noon, Philadelphia gave Its votes en tirely to Smith and Yerkes. The foi- mer lecolvcd 20 and tho latter 45. On this ballot Smith had 45 and Yerkes SO votes, the laigest number either of them had received up to that time. On the twenty-tit st ballot. Smith stock hnd a short-lived boom, when, the seven L coming delegates voted for tho Lackawanna candidate A moment later, the Smith men experienced n chill when Chairman Donnelly, ot tho Phila delphia delegation, cast their 63 votes for Yerkes. This took twenty uway from Smith with one sweep. When the revolt was announced, Smith had but 26 and Yerkes had climbed up to 101 Yerkes was the first candidate) to got three llguics. Tho twciity-serond ballot created more excitement than any up to this time. Philadelphia cist 65 votes for Smith and Sehuvlklll gave him Its en tire 15. Delaware gave him 4 itiHtend of 1, and Somerset and Tioga also went with tho Smith men, contributing their 5 votes. I'etcr O'Bov le cast the IS vob-s or the Luzerne delegation for Smith, but n moment later he announced that he meant to cast them for Lynch, not Smith This announcement was a great lellef to the Ennentrout men Smith obtained 107 votes on this ballot and Yerkes dropped to 23. Beginning of tho End. On tho twenty-third ballot Philadel phia pulled nearly all of its votes away from Smith nnd transferred a pot lion of them to Mestrezat. That was the beginning of the end. Colonel Guffey, who was occupying his seat In the rear of the press gallery, began to send out messengers and receive leports fiom vaiious lieutenants Mestre7.it had 103 on the twenty fourth ballot, 129 on the twenty-fifth, 132 on the twenty-sixth nnd 114 on tho twenty-seventh On the twenty-eighth ballot ho made further gains, and after the poll of tho delegates, Congiossninn Dan Ermentrout, of Perks, wlthdiew his brother's name and e ast the nine teen votes of that county for Mestre zat. Then the excitement began. Everybody was on their feet. Chair man Donnelly, of Philadelphia, recalled the 10 votes ho had cast for Smith and 10 for Yerkes and cast rhiladelphli's C5 votes for the Payette county man. Centre and other counties followed suit. Dy this time the convention was stam peded for Mestrezat, and his nomina tion was made by acclamation C. J. Iteilly, the peimanent chair man of the convention, was nominated for judge of the Superior court, much to his surprise, and William P. Cteasy, of Columbia county, otherwise known as 'Tarmer Creasy," was named for state treasurer. J F Mitchell. BOOMERS PLAYED OUT. They Deserted the State Capitol in Great Number Early in the Day. Special from a Staff Correspondent Hnrrlsburg, Pa., June 11 Nearly all of tho Lackawanna boomers deserted the state capital today. A laige party of them went out on the "i n. m. tialn and others departed on the other trains that left the state capital for the north during the day. Tho oppressive heat, the long drawn out contest nnd the constant shouting, to Fay nothing of tho frequent baptizing of tho candi dacy of their favorite, quite exhausted the Lackawanna men They wore not tho only boomers who deserted the Held. One by one tho bands disappeared and with them went many of tho delegations that accom panied the booms of favorite sons to this city. When tho convention opened ostorday the opera house was thronged. This morning there was plenty of room and the conditions In the building wore more tolerable. This Is not saying a grent deal, for it was still warm enough to cause tho dele gates and spectatois to lemove coats. vests and collar and ties. Colonel Guftey was seated In tho lear of tho pi ess gallery all during the morning session and though frequently uiged by the friends of the loading candidates to end the agony, he stead fastly refused to do so. When Judge Smith was nominated by Colonel F. J. ritzslmmons jester day, nn Incident occurred that took the attention of the delegates off of the serious woik of tho convention for a few minutes Henry J. Collins, of Scranton, after much effort, -ocuted a dove and around Its neck fastened a ilbbon containing the name of Hon P. P. Smith When Colonel ritzslmmons placed that gentlemnn in nomination, Mr. Collins llbeiatcd his dove, expect ing the bird to chcle around through tho convention hall. He made the mis take of liberating the dove In the gal leiy instead of the pit. It naturally How upward and then peirhed on a window near the loof and the expected effect was not obtained. It furnished a laugh lor the convention, though. In tho press gnlleiy Colonel Fitzslm mons' nominating spooeh was regarded as one of the best heard In a Demo datle state convention In jears. Tho eolonel had the good sense not to tire the delegates by ovei stepping the five minutes nllowed for speeches The Liokaw unna delegation has one of tho best positions In tho convention Joseph O'Brien, the chnlim.iu of tho delegation, cast the vote on each bal lut He had no difficulty In making himself heaid, although ninnv of the delegates experienced much difficulty in that respect. Attorney P. A. O Jloyle, of Plttston, cast the vote for the Lu- zeine delegation J. F. Mitchell. JUDGE MESTREZAT TALKS. Did Not Expect to Receive the Nom ination. , Philadelphia, June 13. Judge Mest rezat, who was today nominated for supieme couit judge by the Demociatlo state convention at Harrlsbuig, has been In this city since Monday last When tho news of his nomination wan received heie he was besieged at his hotel by his friends and heartily con gratulated. In an Interview the Judge said. "I am highly gratified at tho news. I cannot say that until late this aftui noon I expected the nomination. I thought, however, that It would go to tho western part ot the state and that one of the three candidates would get it. It was a long and bitter fight, all the more so us a nomination practically means an election, I am grateful to my friends for tho support slven me. "I was asked to come on to' Harris burg, but decided not to I have been In Philadelphia since Monday and hav ing finished my woik heie, shall start tonleht for home." CHANGED OUTLOOK AT THE HAGUE CONFERENCE MAY ACHIEVE SUBSTANTIAL RESULTS. Arbitration Commission Is Making Satisfactory Progress A Fresh Proposal Atti touted to Sir Julian Pauncefote Emperor Nicholas, It Is Reported, Is Disappointed. Tho Haguo. Juno 15 Tho lied Cross sub-committee of the peace conference met today. Prof. Assor. of the Dutch delegation, presiding. Prof. Louis Re nault, of the Trench delegation, ex plained that certain modifications had been made In the icport, meeting tho wishes expressed bj his colleagues at the lat session Captain Alfred T Mahan, II. S. N., declared his readiness to support pio posals submitted In a spirit of concilia tion, though ho considered they pio sented a tacuno In icgard to the posl tlon of the shipwrecked men, picked up by vessels, finding themselves acci dentally on the scene of a naval en gagement. The sub-committee, however, consid ered that Article 9 covered all eventu alities Dr. Moneto Itehlro of the Japanese delegation, announced that he p:o posed to submit a motion modifying Article 6 of the Geneva convention, re garding the disposition of sick nnd wounded nrlsoneis on the lines of tho sub-committee's teport, which loaves stieh disposition for tho vlctois to de cide. The icport being ndopted, the presi dent pointed out the advantage which would be gained if during the confer ence a convention could be signed em bodying the Important humanltaiian ai tides compilsed In tho sub-eommlt-teo's schee. On the motion of Baton de Blldt, tho delegate of Norway and Sweden, It was decided the president should present to the conference such a convention, w un a final article providing for tho signa ture of protocols of adhesion thereto. The committee will also recommend to the conference the revision of the Geneva convention of 1SC1. On the motion of Admit al Sir John riher, represontntlve of Great P.rltaln, it ooi dial vote of thinks was arcoided tho chaliman, "w1iom efficient woik made possible the apt'lle itlon of tho Geneva articles to nival war. the first practical result of tho conference." The chief of the British deMepatloii. Sir Julian Pauncefote the head of the American delegation, ndrew M. White, and others- attended a brilliant reception given bv Baion D'Estour nelles de Constant, of the French dele gation, todav. Changed Outlook. London. June 10 The coi respondent of the Times it Tho Hague teinnrklng upon the "changed outlook" sat It now seems possible that the con feience may achieve some substantial practical results and conclude Its la bors earlier than was expected. The arbltiatlon commission Is now making satisfactory progress. Today (Thuis cluy) there Is n fresh proposal in tho air v hieh mav safelv be attributed to Sir Julian Pauncefote. "This consists In mal'lng The Haguo the seat of a permanent buieau com posed of tho resident ministers of for eign states with the Dutch foreign min ister as president. It would have the advantage of dispensing with saliHed offiel Us, and T ventuie the prediction that the plan will be favorably leeelved on all sides and e ontrlbute to the suc cess of aibltiatlon." The Odessi coi respondent of the Dally News sajs "Emperor Nicholas, it Is reported heie, Is much disappointed at the pios. pect of the outcome of tho peace eon feience. In the opinion of his advlsoi3 no further hope need be indulged that sufficient success will bo attained te wairmt the le-assembllng of the con ference. It Is understood that neither Germany nor Ausliia would accept a second Invitation, STRIKE AT BUFFALO. Large Number of Frc glvt Boats idle. Serious Effect on Business in the Vicinity of the Trouble. Iltilfalo, June 13 The strike of the trelght handlers Is having a sellout eifeet on the community of Buffalo and vessel men aie much distuibed. A laie number of freight bo its are Idle A repiesentatlve of the Western Tran sit company, the lake line of the Now Yoik Central rnihoad, said today that the line Is tying up its boats and dis charging the ciews and is not uccept ing freight fiom the west foi lake ship ment nor shipping any west fiom heie But little work is being don,' along the docks There are about tueiit-fiw men at work on the Lehigh Valley docks, the Erie, and a number of non union men at work; nothing Is being done nt the Great Northern dock and but few men are working for the An chor line. The freight handlers held another big meeting tonight and ie pealed their denunciation of Tuesday night's shooting affray and the alleged patttallty of the police They also voted again to lemaln out until the grievances of the Erlo freight hand lers were remedied The Erie railroad has offered the men 15 cents an hour for regular and ovci tlme, Instead of 14 and 20 as formeilv paid, but the men demand 15 and 20 or nothing. Tho seventeen men m rested for the shooting nt the Minnesota dock on Tuesdaj nie held under ball until tne Injured men are declaied out of dan ger. Governor's Appointments. Harrlsburg, Juno 15 Governor Stono todu appointed tho following ti listen of tho state hospital for chronic Insane nt Verne8Vlllo Jacob Hlicnik, Lebiiinu; Thorn is C. Zimmerman, Heading, and Walter T Bradley, Philadelphia Dixon and White Will Fight. Denver, Juno 15. Tommy While mid George Dixon toelny Bigned nrllclei) for a match for the impound championship before the Olymplu Athletic club, of this city, July 11. BLOODY RIOTS AT CLEVELAND Non-Union Men Working on tho Stieet Cats Aio Assaulted Sev eral Aio Badly Beaten and Sent to tho Hospital. Cleveland, June 15. White tho sixth day of the street railway mens' strike started peaceably enough tlier was serious rioting before night fall nnd tlnce Mion-unlon men weto taken to hospitals In consequence The trouble began shottly after noon near tho lake view car barns on Euclid avenue. A crowd (fathered and attacked a car on which .several non-union men woro riding without police protection. A volley of stones nnd bricks was hurled at the car and the conductor, James Murphy, who came from St. LouU. was hauled from tho platfjim. Mtiiphv drew iv lovolver and Jliod' Into the air and then took to his h"cls The mob then assaulted some of th other non union men on the car, injuring them eiulte severely, but the rloteis had dis appeared when the police nrrived. Soon nftciw.ud another car was attacked appaiently bv the same mob which hnd collected In another place. Bricks and stones were hut led thtough tho windows. The conductor, Anthony Wuerst, wiio came from Mil waukee, was stiuck in the head with a stone and rendered unconscious. Tho motorman, J. H. Fox, also of Milwau kee, was hit b a brick and badly hurt. Doth men were subsequently sent to a hospital. In this case, as in the other the mob had dispersed when the police artived A little later fifteen or twenty men boarded a car and a desperate light ensued between them and E. W Ned nmn and C. W. King, the conductor and motorman, both of whom camo fiom Duff aio Both men wore chased from the car and were beaten with clubs and kicked In n biutal manner. Newman was so badly lnjmed that it was necessary to send him to n hos pital DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. Sketch of the Nominees for Supreme Justice, Treasurer nnu Superior Court Judge. Harrlsbuig, June 15. Judge Stephen Mestrezat was bom Feb. 19, 184S, In Mapletown, Green county, Pa. He was giaduated fiom the law department of the Washington and Lee Unlveislty In 1871 at the head of a class and the same ear was admitted to the prac tice of law in Green county. In 1873 ho went to Unlontown and began the practice of the law. In 1875 he formed a pattneishlp with Charles F. Boyle, then the leader of tho Favette ecu uty bu. The firm con tinued until President Cleveland ap pointed Mr. Boyle chief justice of the supieme court of Washington terri tory In 1S&I, when Fajette and Greene counties comprised the Four teenth judicial dlstilct, Mr Mestrezat waselectidjudgeand on Jan 1, 1S94, he began his judi la1 labors On Jan 1 189s. upon the retirement ot Judge low ing. Judge Mestiezat became president judge of the Judicial dlstilct Judge Mestiezat conies from a long line of Demociatlo ancestors. In 1S77, ho was elected district attomey of Fayette county on the Demociatlc ticket and served a full term of thice veais. In 18S4 nnd '85 he was chaliman of the Democratic central committee of Fay ette county. He was a delegate to the convention that nominated Pattison loi governor In 18S2: a member of the convention that nomlnnted Black for governor in 1SSC He was also a dele gate to the Democratic convention at Chicago In 1S1J that nominated Cleve land for piesident William Trenton Cunsv. Columbia county, was bom In IS'0, In Catawlssa township, on a faim ho now occupies, was educated In tho common schools, Catnwlsa academj, and graduated from the Dlnomshuic state normal school. He taught school at the age of ir and followed It for nine terms Ho Is nt piescnt engaged In farming and nut glowing Mo wns mercantile ap Pi.ilsei in 111 and Is serving his fifth teim as school diioctor of his nativo township Ho was a member of the house ol ropieontatlvcs, session of lss", nnd le-eleeted In 1S?(5 nnd 1S9S. In tho last two sessions of the legislature Mr. Cteasy was the lecosnled leader of the Demociats and the nominee of his party for speaker. Chailcs J. Relllv Is a mtlvo of Phil adelphia. He was born In the Twenti eth ward of that city and remained a resident ot the Quakci City until his eighteenth j ear, when he removed to Willi imsport. In 1Ss2 ho entered the law oltlre of Condor & Muiibon. llo concluded his studies In the office of J .1 Metzger at pie sent Judge of Ly comlns countj. lie wns also a mem ber of the Chautauquan college, clasi of lS'JO He entered upon the active practice of law upon his admission to the bar In 1SS! nnd has devoted all of the time since that date to his piofcs sion. He was elected district attorney of L coming county In 1889 by the largest majoilty evet given a candi date up to that time. SONS OF VETERANS. Officers Elected at Sessions at Hazle ton Yesterday. Hazleton, Pa., Juno 13 At the closing fe salon today of the IVniisjhunla Sons of Veterans encampment toelny New Cistlo was decided upon as tho place for next jenr'b encampment The follow Ing additional officers were clccteel: Senior vice commander, A W. Mason, Ilizlcton; Junior vice commundei Frank VlcKelvev. PlttMmig; dlvlhlon council. Prod Dumols, of Wllkes-Iiairo, W. F. riekes, of Altoonn, and F. S Ilnmsey, of Bending. "Kid" McCoy Wants to Meet Jeffries Chicago. Juno 15 "Kid" McCoy, tho middle-weight pugilist who Is on his way to Denver, wlillo In tho cltv toelny posted JI000 with George Sllei as a forfeit for a mntch with Jiuneg Jetfrlcs for the heavy weight championship. Eleven Workmen Burned. St. Potorshiirg. Juno li5. lllevon work men were binned to death jeHlerdny In a Hie that destroyed a clwclllng houtio near Itvhnskl In the government Yaiosta, ir.uroi)c'un Russia. POINCARE WILL FORM A CABINET DREYFUS AGITATION IS FAR TROM HAVING SUBSIDED. Quairels of Officers Havo Led to Two Duels and Numerous Mayors Havo Been Suspended Madamo Lou bet Receives Anonymous Letters Threatening tho Life of Her Hus band. Paris, June 15. M Polncare con ferred with President Loubet this evening regarding tho acceptance by M Gulllnn, of the colonial portfolio, M. Delombre, of the poitfollo of finance, and M. Hlbot, of the portfolio of pub lic instruction He will report more fully tomorrow. There Is still some doubt whether M. Polncare will succeed In forming a min istry. Ho wishes M Hlbot and Bar thott to Join him, but tho Radicals ob ject to their presence In the cabinet. It Is understood that M. Delcasse, will remain nt the foreign office. Private conversation of M. Kiantz, minister of war In the retiring cabinet, has been published here, with lepro sents him as still believing that Diey fus Is guilty If this be the case, he Is not likely to appear In the new ministry The Dreyfus agitation Is far from having subsided. Quairels between officers at Brest, where Dreyfus will disembark, have Just lead to two duels, and numerous mayors have been sus pended for lef using to placard the Judgment of the court of cassation. Madamo Loubet received last week hundreds of anonymous threatening letters written upon superfine paper In elegant penmnnshlp Some of these vveio menacing. The writer thieat ened that If she accompanied her hus band to the gi.and prlx she would re turn a widow. The moderate Republicans In tho sen ate Intend to Introduce a bill nsslmllat ing the piesident of the republic to foiolgn sovereigns This would ren der persons Insulting him liable to prosecution before the correction cham ber. LIVELY SESSIONS AT MAZET HEARING Testimony Concerning Blackmailing Schemes of Police Chief of Police Deveiy Explains His Views on Boxing Contests. New York. June 1j The sittings ot the Mayot Investigating committee to day proved Interesting and in at least on Instance exciting, but after a seiuabble with the mlnoilty members over the mutter of adjournment, the sessions were adjourned until August 1. Chief of Police Devery was called upon by Mr. Mos to explain why he flrt threatened to stop the Fitzslm-nions-Jeffrles pilze fight and then went to the ringside and allowed It to go on to a knockout finish. Chief Devery ad mitted that ho took an Interest In prize fighting and upheld prize fighting and tho Horton law. Deveiy. said the re cent fight complied with the law and was in all respects a "clean-cut con test " He fenced a great deal regarding whether ntz wns knocked out, and ended up by sajlng he thought the Cornlshman had had enough Mr. Moss then questioned Devery as to whether he had made any attempt to close pool rooms slnco he was last on the stand. Devery said he had not. A wrangle ensued between the two and unpleasant personalities weie passing between the two when Mazet ordereel Devery to leav c the room. As he made no move, Mr. Mazet called the ser-geant-at-aims. Devery then stepped down from the stand nnd went fiom the sitting. Testimonv was given to tho effect that policemen woro guilty of black mailing disorderly women. This wns testllled to by an eighteen-year-old girl who had attempted to kill herself In a Bow ei y music hall. She said the police men had a legular schedule of pi Ices for protection to the women of the lower Hast Side, which the women had to pay under pain of an est. NEW RICHMOND DISASTER. The Official List of Dead Contains Ninety Names. St Paul, June 15. S stem has fol lowed the state of paralysis that at fit st Intorfeied with the rescue and re lief work at New Richmond, nnd In a few days the loss of life nt least will be know n w 1th reasonable accuracy. An official list of dead has been com piled by the central committee at New Richmond Theie aie over ninety names of known dead There ate about foi ty more names of those w ho are re pot tod dead which an being investi gated as rapidly as possible The great needs were cash and labor, and both are coming In tapldly. Seveial hundred men will speedily overhaul all tho wreckage and bring to light any mote bodies of dead that may now bo hid den in cellars or elsewhere. Provisions have been sent to Now Richmond in sufficient quantities to feed all sufferers. Coal Dealers at Wllkes-Barre. Wllkcs-Barre, June 15. Tho memben of the Hetull Conl Dealers' association. of Illinois nnd Wisconsin to tha number of 2W. nrrived hero today from Buffalo. They vvtio taken down a coal mine and afterwards given a banquet Tho an nual convention of the association will bo held at Chicago on Tuesdnj next. Lynched by a Mob. Moorhead City. N. C, June 15 Last night at about 11 o'clock, near the scene whore E. D Weeks was murdered, LouU Patrick, colored, who had been taken fiom Beaufort Jail by a mob the provlou night, wns killed Ills bodj m riddled with bullets. The peoplo heard tho firing but nobody was seen Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington, June 15, I'e nlon ceitlfl cates: Increase Moses Soudei, ltlpplo, Luzorne, t to $12, Ashbct W. Uelchait, New Colubus, Luzerne, Jti to JS, Churlos Taj lor, Foi est City, Susquehanna, 110 to 17. THE NEWS THIS MOltNINU Weather Indications Todiyi rAIR AND COOLER. General Judge Mestrezat Nominated by tho Demociats. Heavy Losses of the Filipinos. The Now French Premier. Work of tho Peaco Conference. Atlantic, National and Other Lcaguo Base Ball Games. Flnunclal unci Commercial. Local Commencement Dxcrclscs at School of Lackawanna. Condition of tho Local Strike. Ddltorlal. Comment of the Press. Local Council Proceedings Visitors' Day at tho Oral School. Local West Scranton nnd Suburban. News Round About Scranton. Court Proceedings. ALLEGED CORCORAN MURDERERS CAUGHT Importont Arrests Made by Plttston Detectives Four Birds Already in tho Net. Special to the Scranton Tribune Plttston, June lri It Is now believed that tho real Corcoran murders are In custody of officers of the law Four arrests have been mnde, two In Canada and two more In this state, with an other to be captured, which Is only a question of time, and until this Is done the names of those now under arrest will not be divulged These ar rests are In connection with the cruel murder of ex-Postmaster Corcoran In Daijea several months ago and this time It Is thought tho real murderers have been captuied This Is owing to a partial confession of a prisoner In one of the jails In Ohio and the shrewd woik of Detectives Heap and Ke.trnan, who were not slow In taking advan tage of the clue. The detectives will not divulge the names of their piisoneis, but this much can be said, that they were for some time In this locality before and at about the time the murder was committed. They are not those who wore anested before, but are known to be burglais who know all about tho business In that line and treacherous enough to commit almost any crime to accom plish their nefarious work. TURKISH OUTRAGES. Albanians and Regulars Attack Servian Villages. Belgrade, June 15 A number of Al banian bands, nsslstcd by 2.000 Turk ish regular troops, are reported to have attackeel a number of Set v Ian villages In the Jnvlonltza district. It is added that during tho fighting a largo num ber of men were killed and wounded on both sides. The Tuiks, It is pointed out, being the supeilor foice, overpowciod the frontier guards and now blockade thiee villages. A foice of Servian regular troops has been sent to tho scene of the conflict with oiders to expel the in vadeis ORDER OF MYSTIC CHAIN. Officers Elected nt Lancaster Yester day Morning. Lancaster. June 15 The supieme castle Ancient Older of Mjstle Chain this momhiK elected the following ofil-ceis- Supieme chaplain. Dr. G W. Ilamer, Johnstown, Pa., supieme commanelei. Joseph Mitchell, Pittsburg, supieme vice-commander, F. W Hose, Pied mont, W. Va., supieme marshal, P II. Boone, Salam, Va . recotdlng and cor responding set Inc. John G Davis, Pitts burg supieme tioasuror, W G Brown. Pittsburg Inside guard. L C Got- thold, Philadelphia, outside guild George W. Coffin. South Noiwnlk, Conn , trustees, G L Peet, French town, N. J . Solomon Seam, South Norwalk, Conn , Benjamin Heiitnge, Mlllville, N J. Fpon adjoin nlng this afternoon the supreme body of tho Knights of tho Mystlo Chain, which has been In ses sion here decided to hold their next meeting on the second Tuesday in June, 1901, at Haulsbuig THE BRIBERY CASES. Judge Slmonton Specially Instructs the Grand Jury. Hairisbuig. Pa , June 15 The grand Jui j was specially Instiucted by Juelgo Slmonton this afternoon In the legisla tive brlbeiv cases The couit explained trio law governing coirupt solicitation and then u-forted the bills of Indict ment to the jurj Should the defen dants bo Indicted, the cases will bo tiled at the September teim Tho perjury chaigos against Repre sentatlve Hngler, of Lycoming. John son, of Northampton, nnd tho defen dants In the bribery cases will also bo taken up in Septembei. MURDERER'S DESPERATION. Canoll Rico Attempts to Escape from the Gallows, Spilngfleld, Mo. June 13 Cairoll M. Rice, wife murdeier, was hanged at Alton today. Just befoie.tho blackcap was adjusted nn 1 while his legs weio b'lng pinioned tho condemned man broke away fiom the sheriff and at tempted to escape. He wits captuied and qultkly hanged. Before dying he addressed tho 5,000 people present sajlng that he hoi eel to meet them In a better woild. Steamship Arrivals. Queenstown June 15-Anlvod: Britan nic New York. Silled4 Majestic, Now York. New York Sailed. Rotterdam, Hotterdam: Cullc, Liverpool; Auguote VIctorln. Hamburg via Cherbourg nnd Southampton; Edam, Amsteidiun Ar ilved: aermanle, Liverpool Hotterdam Arrived: Spaarndain, New Yoik via Boulogne, Balled: Maundum, New York via Boulogne. Amsterdum Sailed: Wcrk vnditm, New York, FILIPINOS ARE MOWED DOWN Their Loss in Recent Fighting Reported Very Heavy. ESTIMATE MADE BY OTIS Moio Than a Third of Their Force of 4,000 Either Captured, Wounded or Killed Our Troops' Advent Ao claimed Gen. Lawton to Follow Up His Victory To Movo on Imus, a Center of the Filipinos' Supplies. A Friendly Nativo Leader Assas sinated An American Torco Sent, at tho Request of the Natives, to Restore Order. Washington, Juno 11 General Ott9 cabled today the following: Manila, Juno 15. Adjutant General, Washington: Success Lnvton's troops nt Cavito province greiter than reported yesterday. Bncn, numbering over 4 COO. lost in killed, wounded and capturcel moro than one-thlid: remainder much scattered, havo retreated south to Imus, their ar senal; of ilo pieces of artillery, three captured Navv aided greatly on shoro buy, landing forces occasionally. Inhab itants In that countr rejoice at deliver ance and welcomo with enthuslastts demonstrations urrlval of our troops. Otis. The war department has made public the following: M inlla, June 15. Adjutnnt General, Washington: Prominent Filipino, filondlv to Amer icans, .f-Misslntited at Cehu. Inhabitants that locality urgently icquested Ameri can protection In stionger force. Havo sent battalion Tenneseo and two guns from Hollo, which Insures peace Hughes now In eh irgo of affalis In that section. (Signed) Otl Manila, Juno 15 Noon. Tho Fourth regular Infantry nnd tho Wyoming leglment have been added to General Law ton's command: and todav they were towed across tho hay In cascoes to Las Plnas, piepai.itory to moving on Imus, live miles Inland, where tho tebels nio repotted to hive an arsenal and a large quantity of supplies 5 00 )). m Captiln Cable, of General Wheaton's tnfl, with three companies of the Twonty-lh st regiment, recon noitred In tho direction of Imus. The lebels, who were apparently expecting nn attack, ictlied, leaving behind them twenty Spanish prisoners, who Joined tho Americans Tho rebels have prob abl gone to the mountains along tho lake According to native stories, the rebels carried 100 dead and TOO wound ed through Bacoor after tho lecent battle. Tho natives aio now flooding Into Bacooi, and it is probable there aio m my soldiers In plain clofhes among them. The whole section Is practically without food, and Major General Otis has oieleiod the distribu tion of ike and beef to tho Inhabit ants Many people still lofuso to credit the report of the assassination of Genei.il Luna by the guard at Agulnnldo's headquaite is Tho latest loport of as sassination Is that the governor of Colin has been killed bj natives because of his f Headship to Amu leans EMIGRANTS DETAINED. Suspicions That They Are Contract Laboteis. Phlloiilphli June 15 Bight Cietan emlri mts fiom Austila-Uungiuy who ei- ilved he I todav mi the sUamn Neiht- li ml from Antwcip weio eletalncd ny Immlgiiinl t'nmmissiomr Hodgcrs, of this poll, on suspicion of being contract laborers The Inimlsr mts woro on roit o foi Chit ago reading an Invosttgitlrm they aii' kept In an Immigiaut hotel ant If tho ciimmlsslonei s suspicions prove true thev wll. bo Immcell itely depone 1 Thlrt -eight immlRiants h ivo been el poited from this port during tho p i-t till li weeks for violation of the alien contract labor liw nnd all of them vvero bound for Chicago KILLED BY HIS WIFE, Fred Schatz Seeks Reconcilliation and Meets Death. Port Cllimn. Ii, June 15 Fred Seh itz was killed bv his wife a Hoe kj Bldgo near lure todnj Tin couple wore mar ried two veais ago hut hid lived apart Mnco last Ui combe i. Today Schatz wont to cull cm hlb wife to effret u rcconeilli tlon He enti ted the house and went up btalis wheie bis wife was As he entered tin- loom sho struck him with a club and lie tell to the llooi Mri. Sehitz then dragged her hustn.nd clown stalls He died In tllftccn minutes. Tho woman was brought heie and J tiled tills afternoon New Telescope Invented. Pittsburg Juno 15 I'rofessnr Hegliald A IVscinleii ot Iho Wi'tiin university of IVmiHV lvanla, has Invented a tele scope tint will leiehii the c fleet of smoke, less powdei In waifare by locating tho flish when the uowdit Is cllscliurgel. The war clepiitnuiu bus taken tho mat ter up and a test of iho telescope will shortly be made befoie an examining board at Washington Illinois Mine Stiike. Sprlngtleld. 111. Juno 15 -All tho coal mines In the Chicago and Alton sub-dls-tilct weie Idle todaj. the mlnelh having struck owlnu' to tho operatois bavin? posted a notice sajlng they would puy but ffiVa cents per ton Tho amount re cently fixed bv the stuto board of arbi tration vmih to cents One thousand miners are out f WEATHER FORECAST. f f Washington. Juno 15 Forecast f for Frtelio For eastern Pennsjl- -f f vanla fair and cooler, fair Sat- -f urda , frfbh westerly to north- f westerly winds. 4-t-t--t--t--t--t--t"-t--t- -t--t -t- -t--t'f, - ' J
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