ttkitie iitoti ik:HT -MW ' ,a?ss;roira. VMJ SCRANTOX, PA., MONDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1899. TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. "TMli 3tf i SITUATION IN PHILIPPINES ENCOURAGING Prof. Schurman Makes Report of the Con ditions. FILIPINOS WANT PEACE It Is the Fear of the Vengeance of Aguinnldo's Band That Keeps Many of the Residents from Openly Declaring Their Allegiance to the United States Government. The Sultan of Sulu Is Satisfied with the Change of Administra tion and Is Anxious to Assist in Developing the CountryThe Flood of Missionaries Liable to Create Mischief A Downpour of Bain Makes the Troops Uncomfortable. Mnnlln, July 2. C.23 p. m. Prof. J. O. Schurman. of the United States ad visory commission for the Philippines, returned to Manila today from a throe ueoks tnnr of the southern islands. Ho takes an entirely hopeful view of the general condition there. The Intelli gent and .substantial citizens desire an American protectorate. The masses are awaiting the settlement of the war In the Island of Luzon before declaring themselves. They are chlelly anxious to be undisturbed. The president of the town of Sanlo JCIcolas, In the island of Cebu, said to Mr. Schurman: "We want peace, food and piosperlty. Wo do not wish to fight. We would be neutral." The president of the commission thinks this declaration fairly expresses the sentiments of the people In the southern Islands of the archipelago. Many of the towns there are In the bands of small bands of Tagalos, and the people fear to endorse Amerlcnn rule until they are certain that Aguln nldo must be beaten. Let them once In- convinced of this and the allegiance of tlio southern Islands, Mr. Schurman thinks, can lie secured by diplomacy. The United States gunboat Penning ton took Mr. Schurman to Mindanao nud the Islands of the Sulu and VIs ayiin groups. He traversed tbo island of Nogros with Colonel Smith and a party of natives. In several of the principal towns he was tendered ban quets and he had an hour's conference vith the young sultan of Sulu, who re ceived him In the royal audience cham ber, surrounded by a bodyguard of llerce-lonklng Morns, Breoklng the News to the Sultan. Mr Schurman told that the United States had acquired the sovereignty of the Philippines from Spain, but had no v Ish to subjugate the population nor to Interfere with their customs or re ligion. On tlie contrary, the great de sire of the American government was 1o help the people of the islands to de velop their country. The sultan replied that he earnestly desired peace and was anxious to con tinue the existing treaties. On the return voyage the president of the commission visited the town of Borneo, capital of Rrltlsh North Ror lieo, where he was cordially received by the Prlllsh oillelals. who afforded him every facility In his study of the local government and the customs of the people. The population he found much like that of the southern Philip pine Islands Tbo government is rather in an elementary state, but a more complete organization Is being devel oped as rapidly as Is practicable. Yesterday fieneral Lawton and Prof. Worcester, of the commission, visited the principal towns in the province of Pnvlto, out of which the natives were recently driven. Their chief purpose ivas to direct the elections of the presl di nts of lmus, lbicoor. Paranaque and Las Plnas. Under the municipal sys tem thus Inaugurated the presidents or the mayors of tho towns are empow ered to appoint minor olflclals and to levy taxes, which are to be expended lolely in public Improvements. Iicforo acting Ooneral Lawton and Mr. Worcester had consulted with the leadlog men in each town and r.-'ceied candidates whose honesty and frlendll r. sf to American rule were beyond question. Wherever they wept the Anarlcans wete henrtily cheered by lilt people. Manila Schools Will Open. Tomorrow the public schools In Manila will open ,.nd It I expected that there will be fi.oK) children in at tendance. Tho tcacheis Include, Am ericans, Spaniards and Filipinos. Ono of the Instructors is the widow of the Filipino patriot, Dr. Rlzal, who pre pared the statutes of the Philippine league, and who, when about to board n steamer at Barcelona in the autumn of 1S36, was arrested by the Spanish authorities and sent to Manila where he wus tried by court martial on a chaw of having organized the upris ing In the Philippines, sentenced lo death and shot on December 29, nf that year. After her husband's executlin Mr. Ulzal, who Is the stepdaughter of a retired Hong Kong gentleman, went to lmus and was chosen runtnt.i o' n company of insurgents. Kng'ish will be taught In the schools one hnur rich day. The prescribed holidays Pi eludo the twenty church doys observed 111 Manila, Washington's birthday and the fourth of July. Almost every steamer brings mis sionaries. The arrlvul of one In Cebu made no Utile trouble, as tho repor; rpreud rapidly among tho Ignorant clusse that the Americans Intended to compel them to give up their churches. Tne American authorities, In the Incer- est of harmony, requested him to with draw and ho compiled. Senor Loronte, who Is considered the most Influential native in Cebu, said to Mr. Schurman: "I like the American Idea of tha separation of church and state, -but J think It would be unwise to Introduce protestnnlsm while conditions are so unsettled." Ho has since arrived In Manila and taken bis peat on the bench of the supreme court. The Country Flooded. The rain hos fallen almost con tinually for nine days. It has been u tremendous downpour and the whole country is flooded. The trenches at San Fernando are ditches of water, and the mud Is knee deep In the temporary ramps at sev eral of the outlying town. Some of the permanent rumps have been made fairly comfortable by the erection of bamboo shelters, roofed and lloored. The transport Hancock which left yesterday with the First Nebraska, Infantry and butteries A and 11. of the Utah light artillery, and the transport Senator, which carries the Pennsyl vania troops, will remain several days at Nagasaki and Yokohama. Japan. According to the latest reports from the province of Cavlte, the Insurgent leadeis there are quarreling. Agulnul lo's cousin, Ruldomoro Auglnaldo, has been killed or Imprisoned by General Mariano Trias, commander of the In surgents In the southern district of Luzon and most of his men have de serted to Trias, who Is now at San Francisco de Mnllbon. DISTURBANCE ABOUT SEVILLE More Than Thirty Persons Injured During tho lUots at Badalona. Formidable Demonstration at Pub lic Meeting Genderarmes Receiv ed with Volleys of Stones General Polaviejn. Consents to Reduction of tho Army. Madrid, July 2. Advices from'sevlllj and Saragossa report all quiet there today but the precautionary measures are continued. There has been n slight disturbance in Constantlna, in the province of Seville. At Badalona, about six miles north east of Parcelona, more than thirty persons wero Injured during rioting yesterday, some fatally. After 11 large ly attended meeting today In favor of the revision of tbo trial of the alleged anarchists now Imprisoned at Mont Juch fortress for complicity in the bomb throwing during the Corpus Christl procession, a formidable demon stration was made against tho Jesuit convent. The genderarmes who wer.i summoned were received with volleys of stones. They charged the rioters, Injuring many. The minister of war, General Tola vleja, after a prolonged conference to day with the- premier, Senor Sllvola. consented to reduce tho budget esti mate of the strength of the active army from 107,000 to S0.00D men. MORE KIDNAPPING. Four Children Stolen by Masked Men are Rescued. Chicago, July 2. A special to the Tribune from St. Paul says: George L. Fry, of Osakls, Minn., has just re turned from North Dakota, where he rescued four of his children who had been carried off by kidnappers. Six masked men stole the children and were on their way to Canada when Mr. Fry overtook them, and at the point of a gun. demanded his children. The children on recognizing their father screamed for Joy and ran to him for protection. The kidnappers fled. The men are unknown, but an effort will bo made to find nnd nunlh them. Mr. Fry is a well to do b'lsiiicus man and money Is supposed to bo tne object of stealing the children. H's children are three girls under '0 years of age and a boy four years old. HOMEWARD BOUND. Transports Hancock nnd Senator Leave Manila for Home. Washington, July 2. The Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Utah troops, which have been on duty In the Philippines, have started on their homeward jour ney. The following dispatch from Gen eral Otis on the subject was received by the war department today: "Manila, July 2. Transports Han cock and Senator, with Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Utah, left for San Francisco yesterday: Nebraska, forty two oltieers, S12 enlisted: Pennsylvania, 3 officers, 712 enlisted: Utah, 9 officers, 2oS enlisted. Nebraska lett in Manila one sick. Private Loutorman, Company H, thirty discharged: Pennsylvania, seven discharged; Utah, twenty-nine. discharged. Death of General Wright. Washington, July 2.-Oeneral Hnratlo G. Wright, who ninile a brilliant record In tho latn war. serving at Gettysburg and Jl-.o campaign In the Wilderness and around Richmond, died here today ufter nn Illness of three mouths, Resides his tino war rcerrd General Wright achieved eminence p. an engineer, serving ns chief of the United States nrmy engineers fiom 1S79 until hi retirement In ISsSI. Bartender Kills Cabman. Altoonu, July S. Thomas King, an Al toona cabman, got Into an nltcrcatlon with Jam?H Williams, a tenth avenue bartender, Wednesday eeniiiB, and whs knocked down and severely beaten by wuiiams. Tim assault produced hemor rhages from tho nnso from which King died this evening. King was aged 21 ytir uml unmarried. Williams save htmolf up. Negro Miners at South McAlester. fiouih McAlester, I. T., July 2. The Missouri, Kansas nnd Texas railway mine at Coalguto, I. T.. received four carloads of negio miners from West Vir ginia yesterday. A strong force ot guards was sent to Coalgato by United States Marshal Grady to keep order and pre vent troublo between union and non union men, INDUSTRIES OF PENNSPLVANIA REPORT OF DUREAU OF INDUS TRIAL STATISTICS. Considerable Space Devoted to the Silk Industry in tho Keystono State Enormous Production of Pig Iron 11,011 Persons Em ployed in Iron Manufacture Tin Plate Establishments. Harrlsburg, July 2. Tho annual re port of the bureau of Industrial statis tics for 1838. the advance sheets of which have Just been issued, devotes considerable space to the growth of the silk Industry In Pennsylvania. The report shows that there were SS silk plants in operation Inst year, with 11 total of C39.30S spindles, 117 hand looms, 9,23s power looms and 3.101 ma chines. The average number of weeks In operation was ill. and the number of employes skilled and unskilled, was D.4U males, lO.USU females ami 3,P2ti children. The average yearly wages of the males was $371.73; females, $21fi.Cl: children, $120. IS. The production In broad goods was 1S,SiO,0!iiJ yards with 11 corresponding value of JIO.SSH.I.M. The most remark able increase in production was that of ribbons. In round numbers 70,000,01)0 yards of ribbons lucre turned out by Pennsylvania silk plants In 1S9S ui ngalnst n production In round numbers of 35,000,000 yards in ISO.-,, with a cor responding value of $1,327,347 as against J-'.nOQ.OWJ In 1893. The value of the entire production for IMS was $32,331,620 as ngalnst $21,1S4,5S3 In 1S95, an Increase of $8,150,037. Pig Iron Industry. The report also shows that In 1S98 the production of pig Iron in Pennsyl vania was .1.367,979 gross tons, the value of which was $53,331,228 . The number of working people employed In the pig iron Industry was 11,911 ami their average daily wage, $1,32. There wero produced during the year In this state 3,357,CSI gross tons of bessemer steel, while the totnl steel production was fi,275,9S4 gross tons. The total production or steel billets and puddle bar was 5,537,249 net tons and Its value $13(5,820,442. The number of working people employed In this Industry In tills state was 56,230 nnd their average yearly earnings were $49."i.81. Eighteen of the twenty tin plate works In Pennsylvania engaged in tho manufacture of black plate were In operation during the year and pro duced 314,0(14,000 pounds of blat k plate, or about 44 per cent of the entire pro duction of the United Slates. Of this production 222.52S,000 pounds were tin ned. The number of people employed In this industry was 5,036 and their average yearly earnings were $."SI.5S. Pennsylvania's total production of tin and terne plate In ISflS was 262,934,000 pounds. In 1892 there was produced in the United States 40,I7S,81C pounds of black plate for tinning, while in 1S9S there was produced 782,414,00 pounds. MUTINY ON THE PANTHER. Twenty-four Members of the Crew nre Placed in Irons. Philadelphia. July 2. A local paper will tomorrow publish a story to tho effect that a mutiny developed on the cruiser Panther now at League IMand navy yard, while on her way from San Juan, Porto Rico, to this port anil that it was necessary to place 21 men in Irons. According to the story, while the Panther was at San Juan in command of Captain George C. Rector, the great er part of her crew rebelled ngalnst tho food and asked to be transferred elsewhere. Several desertions occur red and the departure of the cruiser, It Is said, was hastened for fear that she would be seriously crippled from tills cause thut she, when her time came, would be unable to leave. On tho voyage home It became nec essary to place n number of the crew In confinement although there was no open or violent breach of discipline manifested. It Is stated that the insubordination has been reported to the navy depart ment nt Washington, but no Informa tion regarding the affair could bo gleaned today from the navy yard of ficials nor from the officers of tho Panther. ENGLISH TRAIN WRECK. Many People Injured in an Accident nt Winsford. London, July 2. Muny people wero in ured in a railway mi blent ut Wmsfcrd. near Crowe, In Ohestersliirc, last even ing, Just before midnight. A freight train on a Hiding overshot tho buffers and left the rails. Another freight train collided with the wreckage and caused u partial fall of a railway uriuge. Then a crowded excursion train ran Into tho others. Upwatds of ilfty cars wero wrecked. Naval Arsenal Burned. Valparlso. Chill, July 2. Tho novnl ar senal at Talealuuinn, about eight miles northwest of Concepclon. was burned to the ground Friday. Tho loss Is more than $M,O0O. It is suspected that the flro was the work of 011 Incendiary with a view of covering defalcations by government officials. New Blast Furnaces. Chicago. July 2. The Illinois Sleel com pany bus let a contract for two new blii.,t furnuces to be located on Klghty-slxlh street. The contract amount!, to ISOO.OW. Tho new furnaces will lme the liuucst capacity for pig iron production of nay tit tho country. DEATHS OF A DAY. New York, July 2. Charles II. United Stain consul at Toronto, Pope, under the Harrison administration, tiled today nt his homo In this city. Twenty years ago ho built Pope's theater In St. Louis, which he personally directed. Paris, July 2. Charles- Victor f'lierbu llcz, novelist, literary and art critic nml a member of tho French academy, died yesterday In his seventieth yeur. Madison, Wis.. July 2. Henry Vilas, only son of ox-United States Senator William Vilas, died tonight from dli. brtes He recently returned from Call ferula where he snent llin winter with his wlfo formerly Miss Ford of Pittsburg. DREYFUS COMPOSED. Claims to Have No Ill-Will Toward Anybody. Paris, July 2. Captain Cofllnleres de Nordeck, commander of tho French cruiser Sfax, which brought Captuln Dreyfus to France, says In an Inter view published today that ho was struck by tho Immense power ot self control displayed by Captain Dreyfus during the voyage. The prisoner's at titude throughout was "ono of Irony and disdain." He had been suffering severely from seasickness when he was transferred to the Sfax, hut he walked with firm treud, and during the entire trip never showed 11 sign of weakness or nervousness. Captuln Dreyfus was Ignorant of the fact that 11 new court-martial awaited him and remained In Ignorance the first part of the voyage. When he was tin ally Informed, not a muscle of bis face moved. He merely said: "I have no Ill-will toward anybody. I shall be glud to re-enter the army, which 1 have never ceased to love." He did not al lude to the subject again during tho voyage. Most of the time he passed In rending. Rennes. July 2. Madame Dreyfus had a third interview with her husband this afternoon. She found him much bet ter, lie received her with smiles In stead of tears. Overdoses of quinine while on the Devil's island left him with a serious Indigestion. He expresses himself con vinced that he will be acquitted. HOMESTEAD STRIKE DID NOT MATERIALIZE Tho Leaders of Both Sides Make Statements The Plants Working as Usual. Pittsburg, July 2. The strike at the Homestead plant of the Carnegie com pany, which was expected to assume large proportions tonight did not ma terialize in a degree appreciable to the uninitiated. The following statements; were made by the lenders o both sides and the public Is left to take Us choice: F. M. Shaffer, who represents the Amalgamated association of iron and steel workers, said: "WeWe satisfied with the results of today. We have made progress: there has b"en no disturbances nnd the Amalgamated men who arc making tho fight feel much encouraged. There have been many accessions to our ranks and tho light for the recogn'tion of unionism can be said to be well start ed." General Superintendent W. 13. Corey, of the Homestead plant, of tbo Carne gie company, bad this to say: "We are operating: our plants with the usual force?. There arc- as many) men at work In the mills as thero usually are on Sunday nights. The men not In the mills nro those that have been discharged," Uotb statements wore made after tho men had reported for duty and the work of the night was well under way. Ni'wspaper men were escort' d through the mills tonight for the pur pose of giving them ocular proof that all departments were in operation. To the reporters every branch seemed to be working to the limit. Uotb sides claim to be satisfied, the company be cause it feels assured that th at tempted strike Is a failure; the asso ciation because It bus gained many new members, and expects to secure many more during the 4th of July holiday. The situation ut the mills of Spang, Chalfant & Co., at Aetna, and Moorehead Hros. & Co., at Shaips burg, remains unchanged. The clash that has been looked for between tbo strikers and new men has been avert ed and the trouble between the firms and their old employes will be allowed to nettle Itself. George Heckel, chairman of the Aetna lodge of the Amalgamated, says the firm of Span, Chalfant & Co., of fered to pay the highest Amalgamate 1 scale, but refused to recognize the as sociation. Tho men, he says, nre well organized and will stand firm for recognition until the trouble is ad Justed. He claims that tho five hun dred men from the puddling depart ment who went out on Saturday have positions offered them In other places which they will accept by tho end of this week unless the linn signs the scale. Thomas Lynch, a prominent leader of tho Moorehead strikers, says the condltlonsatSharpsburg nre practical ly the same as at Aetna and the men will give the firm until Wednesday to accede to their demands. He declares that under the present demand for skilled labor It will be Impossible for the firm to fill the strikers places. No new signatures to the Amalga mated scale were reported at head quarters today. GREEN IN DEMAND. An Ohio Officer Is Also After the Harrisburg Prisoner. Harrlsburg. July 2. Detective Norrls, of Ohio, ariived here tonight and nuule Information against John It. Green, of Torre Haute, Ind., chnrglng him with be ing a fugutlve from justice from Illinois, where ho Is wanted 011 flvo charges of bunco swindling. Grrcn was arrested hero a few dayss ago for buncoing 11 Walla Walln, Washington, man oat of J.1,000 and for tho alleged murder of a cabman In Seattle. The Washington authorities nrp on tho way heie for him now, but Norrls hopes to get ahead of them by making tho tlrst Kpcclfle Information. Unknown Man's DeMh. Philadelphia, July 2. An unknown ninn about 35 years tit nge. dropped dead whlln walking at Sixtli and Locust streets ibis nf lei noon. Tho body was taken to tho morgue and up to 11 kite hour tonight hud not been Identified. In ills pockets wrre found an envelope oddtpssed to J. It. Wood, general passenger agent, l'emi .vlvnnla railroad, and a ticket from Phil adelphia to Wllllamsport. Tho man was of a dark complexion and about flvo feet nine Inches In height. Rode Without Handlebar s. Milwaukee, July 2.-Willlani T. Rot tolofsou, secietnry of the Mercury Cy cling club, today rode to Racine and re turn 011 a bicycle without handlebars. He ni-nle the ilde without a full or mis hap and covered the distance. 52 miles, in three hours and twenty-seven min utes. Th ride will bo placed on record wltli the Century Head Club of America, under whose auspices the trip was made. FATAL COLLISION OFTREET CARS PASSENGERS KILLED IN PITTS BURG AND PHILADELPHIA. On the Monongnhela Line Two Persons Are Killed nnd Flvo Are Wounded Victims of the Wreck Terribly Mangled a Reportor Killed in the Philadelphia Accident Pittsburg, July 2. As a result of a street car collision tonight on the road of tho Mononguhehi Traction company, two people are dead, live seriously In jured and ten others more or less burt. The dead are: O. C. Opslon, of 1741 Friendship ave nue, this city. W. 11. Klrkland, motorman, of Urad dock. Seriously Injured: H. 11. Smith, tailor, of Wylle avenue, Pittsburg, hurt Internally, Mrs. Annie Iawler, Logan street, Pittsburg, bark badly crushed. Miss Jennie Cosby. Columbus, Ohio, visiting at 01 Logan street, arm and side crushed. Al Heppert, ISO Spring Garden ave nue, Allegheny, cut about the throat and Injured Internally. Miss Armstrong, right leg broken. Mrs. Shidlcr, nf 1003 Viceroy street, was pretty badly bruised and ten others whoso names could not be learned were more or less hurt. The accident happened on a steep grade neui- High Uridge. The two cars in collision were heavily loaded with passengers returning home from Ken nywood park. Motorman Griffith stopt.nd his car near the botom of the bill to get a dt Ink of water at a sprint; nenroy. He bad hardly left his i-a1' wh-m the platform of tho llrst car and received unexplained was shut off, leaving the car in darkness. Motorman Klrhland with his car followed shortly after ward and ns the foremost car was In darkness, It could not be seen until too late lo check the speed. The rear car crushed Into the other with terri fic force almost telescoping It. Mr. Opslon was standing on the rear platform of the first car and received the full force of the Impact. Roth of his legs were cut oft and his skull crushed. He lived but a short time. Klrkland was badly mangled, his head and body being crushed. He lived about an hour. The scene of the accident Is n. con siderable distance from the city nnd It was some time before proper medical assistance could be rendered tho In jured. In the meantime the greatest excitement prevailed. Muny ladles and children were among the passengers and their cries and chrleks were ap palling. Nearly everybody on tho two cars received some kind of an Injury, but those mentioned nbove are be lieved to be all who are hurt in any way seriously. At Philadelphia. Philadelphia. July 2. A collision of electric cars occurred tonight on the Willow Grove division of tho Union Traction company near Rrnnchtown, near the extreme northern end of the city. A young man named J. T. Carr. a reporter for the Kvenlng V.ulletln, was killed and several others were bad ly Injured. Herbert Grade, a passenger, and Wil liam Alexander, the motorniaii, of the second car. wore seriously injured and three or four others "sustained severe bruises or contusions. Carr was about 19 years of age. He was u student of the University of Pennsylvania and pulled tho bow oar In the freshmen eight at Poughkeepsle last week. A car had lost the trolley pol and becoming darkened was not seen by the car which followed, and the lattr crashed Into the former while at full speed. Carr was on the rear platform of tbo first car. GENERAL MADILL BURIED. The Gettysburg Hero Laid at Rest in Townnda. Townnda, Pa., July 2. Today was the thirty-sixth anniversary of the second days' lighting In tho battle of Gettys burg, nnd It Is a coincidence worthy of remark that Major General Henry J, Madlll, who died here last Thutfalay, and who was one of the men who made that Held the most renowned of the natlan's history, should be laid to rest on this day. As the colonel of the Ono Hundred nnd Forty-first Pennsylvania volun teers, he oovuplcd and with his 200 men, held a piVdtlon In the famous Peach Orchard during that awful day. His command lost a larger percentage of men engaged than any other com mand in that battl.. either Union or Confederate, but in being able to fol low their leader from the Held. Ono hundred veterans, two-thirds of whom were members of bis regiment, attend ed the funeral and the Rev. David Craft, chaplain of the regiment, otllel ated. Large Planing Mill Burned. ' Washington. July 2. Fire, which la thought to have been of Incendiary origin, totally destroyed the largo planing mill, lumber t-hedn and nearly all tho lumber In stock of Thomas W. Smith's yard at Fourth nn N. streets. S. 1-3. Many thou sand feet of dry nnd seasoned lumber were spread out over threo or four acres of ground along the river front und as tho wind was blowing at a high rate these were quickly destroyed. Loss about J5O.000. partially Insured. Killed by nn Engine. Lykens, Pa., July 2. Albert William", aged 23 years, was Instantly killed at tho Short Mountain colliery this morning. He Jumped from nn engine to turn a switch, but stumbled and fell on the track, tho engine running over him. lie leaves a wife. Elliott Wins th Bird Match. Denver, July 2. -In u match shoot for tliH Dupont world's ehiiinpionshlp cup at live birds nt Srdani park yesterday be tween J. A It. Klllntt, of Kansas City, and Alvln 11. Daniels, of Denver, Rlllott won by a score of lis to !7. Bishop Newman 111. Saratoga, N. V July 2. liUhop John P. Newnmn. of tho Mothodlst l-lplscapal chinch, whoso episcopal icsldencn Is n Han Francisco, Is critically 111 at Ids cot tiife'o here THE NEWS T1IIS MOIIXINU Weitlier Indication! ToJiyi Alk. 1 General Kncouraglng Situation In tho l'hllippb-es. Governor 1'lngrei to Secretary Alger. Pennsylvania Industries. Street Car Collisions Cause Death. 2 Atlantic, National and Other Leaguo Results. Flnnncliil nnd Commercial. 3 Local Uurglars Shoot Two Dunmore Ofllcers. Kills Island Contract Sublet. 4 lMltorlal. News nnd Comment. 5 Locnl tllgli nml Training School Committee Give Grounds for Action. Mention of Men ot the Hour. 0 Local West Scrantcn and Subuiban News Round About Scrnntoii. Local Saturday's Court News. FLOODS IN TEXAS. Much Damage Is Done to Property. Waters Still Very High but Are Receding. Austin, Tex.. July 2. Reports fnmi the Rruzos bottoms today art- that th wnteis are still very high but are slow ly receding and It Is believed that the worst Is over In that section of the state. Many railroad bridges wetv wished away and miles of track Is un der water. The estimated damage to the country tributary to the lirazos valley Is M.Oi". (HlO. It Is not believed that the loss o: life will bo anywhere near as large as previously reported and will be pili cipally among the negroes. There were heavy rains again today In this section and the rivers are boetn lng tonight, but no fatalities have ben reported. There was no additional rain fall reported along the Rrazos, bow ever, and it is hoped that the worst is over. ENGINE WAS TOPPLED OVEB, Collision on the D., L. & W. Impedes Traffic Several Hours. Shortly otter three o'clock yester day rnornlngj 11 collision occurred on the Delaware, Lackawanna and West ern road opposite Rldgo Row which delayed tralllc for five or six hours. A train of Iron ore was being drop ped Into the Lackawanna Iron and Steel company's switch. Six lu-avj loaded ore earn woro standing in tli switch and when the second tr-i'-i bumped them they started down th grade followed by the cars whlcl" bumped them and ran out of the lnwv end f switch on to the main track. The engine of the train which ha ! run down a short dlstiinco to wait for the caboose was standing directly on the frog and In consequence was struck sldewlso by the runaway train and toppled over. The fireman jumped but Knglneer Dave Set-ley, who was In the cab went over with the engine and was tossed down the bank. He was not Injured, fortunately. It Is believed that some one, thought lessly or maliciously, left the 01 train standing with only one of two brakes tightened. CHILD FATALLY BURNED. Three-Year-Old Son of Detective Clifford Meets a Sad Death. I-3dgnr, the three-year-old child of Detective Will F. Clifford, of 1212 North Washington avenue, died at (' o'clock last night from the ofitvts of jrns sustained the day previous. The little one found a match while playing about the house and In Ignit ing it set ire to his clothing. Employes of the Scranton Suburban Klectrlo Light Works, which Is next door to the- Clifford resilience, were tho llrst to come to the child's assistance. They extinguished the llames, but unfor tunately, not until the little one's body bad been badly burned. Dr. W. 1-3. Allen, who happened to be driving past, applied the usual means of relieving the pain and had hopes that the child would survive, it ap pears, though, that some of tho flnme was Inhaled and death resulted. GEORGE LAYCOCK INJURED. Leg Fractured While Bicycle Riding on the Boulevard. Gpnrge Layrock, of Wilkes-1 iarre, sustained a compound fracture of tho right le? below tho knee yesterday while bicycle riding on the r.lnihurst boulevard. lie was riding toward this city, and while rounding one of the curves his wheel collided violently with the fence which protects the outer "ilt;t of thu curve. The Impact threw him over the fence and he went down the mountain side a distance of twenty-live feet, sustaining the fracture nbove rioted. He was taken to Schultz's ding storo on Mnlbirry street and Dr. Fulton called, who hud Laycock removed to tho Moses Taylor hospital. TWO CONVENTIONS TODAY. Standing Committees Will Meet to Elect Delegates. Then? being no opposition to R. M. Vernon or Hon. John F. Iteynolds, the candidates for delegate to the Repub lican stale convention, from the Sec ond and Fourth district, respectively, It wns not necessary to hold primaries. Today the slandlng committees will meet, that of the Second district In the court house, nud the other In Ilurke's hall, Carboudiilo. to funnnlly elect delegates, Disturbance Over Dreyfus. Marseilles. July 2.-TI1010 were slight dlMurbances hole today growing mil of discussions regarding the Dreyfus at fulr. The police mudu scleral arrests. --4- -- WiSATJiEK FORECAST. Washington, July 2. Forecast for Monday: For eastern Pennsylva nia, fair; Increasing cloudiness TucMlay: continued high tempera ture during the day; light mulh- erly winds. ttt -r -r tl tt MR. PINGREE TURNS ON THE LIGHTS He Talks for Print in a Letter to Mr, Alger. A ROAST FOR THE PRESS Denies the Interview Reported and Expresses the Opinion That Politi cal News in tho Papers Is as Un reliable and Prejudiced as the Cunning of Man Can Malta It In timates That New York Papers Are Laboring to Make a Vacancy in the Cabinet He Believes the Time Is Coming When Newspapers Will Bo Compelled to Be Decent in Treat ment of Public Men. Detroit, Mich.. July 2. Governor Pln gree tonight dispatched a letter to Sec retary Alger, brought out by criticism of the secretary and the numerous com ments recently published concerning the agreement made by the governor to support Secretary Alger in his cam paign for the United States senator ship, the letter is as follows: "My Dear General: 1 subscribe to a clipping bureau and I have, within the past few days, been receiving largo numbers of clippings from newspapers published In every part of the country containing what purports to be an In terview with me In which criticisms o President McKlnley are put In my mouth. I 11111 astonished at the circu lation and credence which this alleged Interview has received. "It did not seem to me necessary to deny the Interview. I would 'not now give It any thought whatever were It not for the fact that It Is made tho basis of a petty and mean-spirited at tack upon you which Is, howewr, hut a natural product of small calibre in tellects. The Interview to whloh I have reference Is a pure fabrication. There Is not a single sentence In It which was spoken by me. It Is the Invention ot a reporter who may or may not have been acting upon Instructions from bis chief. "I have at different times expressed my opinion of the necessity for the war In the Philippines. I have, In common with thousands of others In the coun try, disapproved of It. and have had no hesitation In giving my views when ever I have been asked for them. I voted for Mr. McKlnley and I have bad no cause whatever to regret It. If he Is a candidate again I will take pleasure In giving him my support It has always seemd to me that the criticism by New York newspapers of the management of the war depart ment has amounted to n condemna tion not only ot the president but "f the entire cnbinet. It Is well known that no important step Is taken without the concurrence or at least the advice nf the president and the cabinet. I am well satisfied that the attack upon the war department Is nothing but a cunningly conceived plot to create a vacancy to be filled by a New York politician. Already tho New York newspapeis are discussing the dis tribution of the patronage nf the de partment. The other papers In tho country have simply repeated what the New York newspapers have said. Ot course It Is not surprising that Sena tor McMillan and his "me too," Senator Riirrows- have joined in the cm temptlbl scheme to discredit and de fame the war department. No 'Allinncs.' In so far as the alleged "alliance" with you Is concerned, I am freely mid frankly say that none has been made. As you are already awaro I simply proffered you my support In your can didacy for United States senutor nnd only wanted to know whether you were In fnvor of nn amendment to tho Constitution of the United States per mitting the election ot United Stales senators by direct vote of tho people. 1 was glad to be advised by you that you favored the restriction ot "trusts" but neither of these things was mado the condition of my support. In roin mon with thousands of other Michigan people. I merely offered to assist you. Rut even more uhstird Is the statement mado by the press that I am a candi date for the Republican nomination for president at the next national conven tion; that you have made nn alliance with me, ami that therefore, you have practically de--bir.'d your opposition to President McKlnley and should retire from his cabinet. Of course, such a -statement U too silly to be entitled to ' serious attention. If is sufllelent to say to you that I have not, and never did entettnln the remotest Intention of be coming a candidate for the presidency The story Is only another Invention of 4 the Michigan newspapers. That Editorial Venom. I think the time Is not far distant when public opinion will compel news pa pern to be fair end decent In their trentmtiit nf men in public life. Until It does I am com Inced that tin? only course to pun-iie Is to ignoro their malicious attacks. Attempts to correct their reports only result In provoklns it mon liberal outpouring of editorial venom. After nil, It Is well to remem ber that a newspaper represents tbo opinion of only one man nnd that opin ion Is unduly Influenced by every mo tive except 11 desire to do lustlce. Tho time is not f;ir distant when tho people will awake to this fact, and when they do thero will be .1 radical change In tho policy of conducting the newspapers nt the country and especially In their treatment of public men. Regretting If the unwarrantable lib ertlos taken with my name have cause:! you any enihari'Mwniant, I am Yours very sincerely, Hazon S, Flncrce," f
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