Srlmnte. TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1899. 7WO CENTS. PATRONIZED STREET CARS But Would Not Read the Sunday News papers. ENDEAVORERS AT DETROIT The Capacity of tho City Churches Taxed to Accommodate tho Ciowds That Attend Services Impoi taut Meetings All Over the City rare well Gatherings Today. Detroit, July 0 Although a la'rgo mnjoiltv of tlii army of Christian Kn 1 avorors in Dcliolt iitlllssotl the sti cot cars tffday, a considerable portion ie f mined from leading tho Sunday newsnapprs. Few of the pastois who occupied tho arlous Protostnnt pulpits went to tho extreme ot Inconvenienc ing themselves by walking long dls tarppo, .is did Rev. Plunks M Sheldon, author of "In Hit Steps," who walked more than thieo miles to preach fiom thi tot "One Is Our Mulct; all AVe ai Rrethren." to i congiegatlon vvhlih, entirely exceeded the cnjmcltj' of Reth in Piosbvtorian thuicli. Mr. Sheldon spoke optimistically of tho aliens of tho tunes especially the awakening of tho s ipmI conscience, better lolationship between cmplojcrH and employed, fed- ritlon of the churches, minomont to w in! crvle tlghtuousncss and nn awakening to the stewardship featuio of the Christian's life, as to his money, timp and talents. The features of the afternoon were crowded meetings for men and for wo rn, n exclusively and a Sabbath ob s. rvnme rallv. Thlity-tlve hundred men filled the floor and galleries of Light Ouuid aimory at the men's meet ing Tho men sang with fine enthusi asm and a veiv huge piopoitlon o h n public Iv nlpdged th.it the Occa sion would be with thfin a landmark f" m wJileh would date n bettor life. n l irj H.ier eondueted the meeting nnd ltev. J. Wilbur Chapman, of New Y.nk, punched from Job, ISIS- "Ye sb ill lie diiveii fiom light Into daik ni'v and be chased out of the woild," ih theme biought out being tho fato of the persistent .sinner as compared to tb it or the C.odllke. Airs K F Clark, wife of (Professor 'uk presided over the women's moot nc v.lilch filled tho AVoodwnrd Ave nu Riptlst chinch. Mis. Joseph AVal h i of Queensland, Auatialla, led tho i'. internal oxen lses. The piogramme r nddi esses was ns follows: "Tho AV.mien of MeNlto." Mis C Scott AVlll- i itns Han Luis Polos.! Mexico, Phe A omen of Asia," .Miss Jessie Aohei iniiii Chicago, "Woman's Woik for H t Country," Mis Howard M. Ing h.im Jeffeison, Ohio Sabbath in the Home. A '-tmlnster Presbyterian chinch could not contain the audience which H n led the S.ihh dli obseivanee gath i ruipr An nddtess upon "Sabbath In thi Honii" was doltveied b Rev. Dr. David McAllistoi, of Allegheny, Pa He held the 1 elisions development of tho famllj to be of utmost impoitnnce tho family bolus the foundation of the civil attueture ami tho coinei -stone of tho t.mple of worship. He said We cannot cany on our civilization nor keep out joung peoiilo to the Xiont unless thej aie tialned In Sabbath keeping homes " lte. C. N. Ilnwatd, of Rnrhestei, X A'.. 1 elated at leiiBth the stoiy of miiiip alleged futile efforts made In that ilty toward closing "the side dooi" on Sunelav. He argued Insistently thai piohlbltlon Is the only true solution of the saloon question. The cloving speech was by Hon. John h.irlton, .AI P , of Lyndedoeh. Out , on What the Sabbath May Offer Us" The speaker' Idea was. that Sabbath iihs.rancp had a far moie potent In fluence In ehniactut building and w i id development than had coni ni'uilv been conceded In later yeiis Tonight an additional touch of sol- ninitv was Imparted to the meetings of the Chilstlnn Hndoavoicts. The r-i neiallties of religion aie in some pi.asure neglected and the evening worship In thirty-one Protestant i bun lies of Detroit and AVInilsor took tb form of "consecintlon hervlces." The participants In tliifc unosten tatious but Impies.slve servliev seemed lo be sttlvlng to made n illiect per mul application of the tenants of Huh faith and many were the pledges e' moie exnlted effoit for the coming j ear and moto earnest Christian scr Ire Tin capacity of the chtn cites was taxed and tho rapt ntlontlon of the crowds to tho one subject of ennse ctatlon viib .mpresslvo In tho greatest degice President Finnels Claik eondueted th consecration sen Ices in tho Wood woid Avenue Haptlst church Among tin' othet clergymen who directed the pei vices or made conspomtlon ad dresses In the other chinches were: ltev Dt. Charles H. Jeffeison, of Now Yoik Rev. William PattPfoti, of Toi onto ltev. James L 1 Sill, of Salem, Mass . How James Mutsoll, of Lon don Hugliind, Rev Roboit L Speor, of New Yoik; Iilshop H AV. Arnot, of Wllbei forte, O.; He v. John Pol l.ick, of Glasgow, Scotland Rev. Dr. J dm Henry Harrows, of Oberlln, O,; Re John H. Pound, of Indlmiupolls; Hisbnp Samuel Fallows, of Chicago, and How Flojd AV. Tomklns, of Phll.t delphla. Tho big convention will end tomor on night There win bo Junior Kndcavot and oilssionary allies In oneh of tho big tents, a prison work conference and great farewell gatherings In conclu sion. Steamship Arrivals. Now A'ork July 0 Arrived: Rotterdam, fiom Rotterdrm. Havre Arrived: la Dttnoocne, from Nw York. Ulusgow Ar rived: City of Rome, from New York. KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS. Their State Convention This Week May Bo n Itccoid Breaker. Iexlnirton, Ky July 9 Tho Repub lican state convention which meeti hcto next AV'ednesdny may be a itcord brenker for quick woik. The Demo cintlu state convention at LoulsWUo two weeks ago broko tho record other wise, IxMiir In ssslon an entire week. There were thieo candidates for tho Democratic nomination for governor, CJoebel, Stono and Hardin. There are nlso three candidates for the Repub lican nomination for governor, Taylor, Stone and Piatt. Attorney General Taylor claims that about two-thirds of the delegates are Insttucted for him. His friends claim that the dplegatps for Colonel Stono and Judge Pratt can not affect the vote for Taylor by any combination botween themsohes or oen with candidates for the minor places Colonel Stone and Judge Pratt aie expected hure tomorrow and their friends promise sonic surprises, but tho lire sent indications are that the Ta lor men will otg.vnlze the convention and h able to carry through what Is known ns "tho Taylor slate." Taylor Is called tho national administration limn, while Governoi Hradlev and other state administration men aio eonsldeidl as favoring some other men. Since both Stono and Pratt were dis tanced In the race befoie the countv conventions, there hat been effoits to concentrate on John AV. YoiLos or some other daik hoise, but so far without apparent Mieccss. SHOOTING AFFRAY AT PARSONS Charles Yale Is Seriously Wounded by William Lanndenbeig Tho Shooter Committed to Jail. Sreclal to the Scr niton Tilbune. Parsons, July 9. A shooting affray occuned heie this evening at 5 o'clock on account of a quarrel between AV1U lani I.audenberg and Chuiler A'ates.who had been companions for seveial years, and weie both membeis of Company H, which was down In Chlekamauga. They had been drinking throughout the day and while on their way homo got into an altercation, which giew so Interesting that Iuidenbetg diew his tevolver and shot A'ates In the thigh, the ball lodging In the gioln. He was taken to the hospital In tho Aleonguln Coal company ambulance, and Laud onbeig was placed under an est and committed to the AVIlluH-Hnnv jail to await the lesult of the injuries In flicted to A'ates, who Is In a piecailoua condition. BROKER PAINE'S SUICIDE. round in Haivey's Lake Hotel with Bullet in His Biain. AVi1kes-P.au e, July 0. S. AV. Paine, a commission oioker. with an office In this cltv, committed suicide at Rhondes hotel. Haivey's lake, at nn eatly hour this moinlng. He letlied ialy last evening, appaiontlv In the best of spli its About 2 o'clock this moinlng the other guests at the hotel were awak ened by two pistol shots, The door of I'atne's room w as broken in and he was found Ijlng dead on the floor with a bullet hole in his light temple. The coroner was at once notified. The dr id lnokci was about 11 yeais of age and came heie fiom New Yoik about vv yeais ago. He has ro lel.i tives heie. Ills mother lesldos at Plttsford. Michigan. TRAIN WRECKER CAUGHT. H. W. Seller's Believed to Be De mented. Reading, Pa , July 9 II. AV. Sellers, aged 'J." jeais, of this city, was de tected today In tho act of wedging smkes and bolts to tho tallH of the Mount Penn Ginvlty lallroad. Tialns inn frequentl nnd on Sundajs cany their gieatest ciowds Had the man not been detected a terrible wieck would, no doubt, have followed, ltwin Hendencup and Char les Shelter saw him on his hands and knees at hla dastardly net. AVhen they attempted to airest him he fought eUspeiately. but was finally oveipovv ered and now occupies a ell at the police station. lie Is believed to be insane. WOULD RESTRAIN THE TURK. Mt. Houseman, Claims to Have a Contiact with Hall Adali. Chicago, July 9. I.. M. Houseman, of this city, said today that ho will on Monday apply for an Injunction be foio the (.'illicit States coutt to le stialn the nppeoianco of Hall Adall, the Tuiklsh wiestllng champion, un der the management of pervona other than himself Houseman claims to have a two jeais' contiact with tho Tuik at a stated salary. Tho lestralnlng older, If It is Issued, will be dliected against Uutto patties. An older ot .me&t for obtaining money under false pretenses, Mr. Houseman said, will albo bo asked for. SUICIDE OF KNAUSS. A Tragedy Results from an Unlawful Lovo Aft'aii, Allentown, Pa, July 9. Charles A. Knauss. aged 18, shot and seilously wounded Mrs Hdwln DleUndeier, aged 0. ut midnight last night, then shot and Instantly killed himself in hl.j father's paint shop to which Knauss had called Mrs. Dlefc ndener. They had been Intimate for two yeais. Mis. Dlofendciei, who was try. inn to break up Knauss' Infatuation, had lofused to clopo with hlin which mndo him desperate. Knauss was sin pcle. Mrs. Dlefendcrei has a husband and tvo children, one of whom Is sick with scarlet fever. William Young Disappears. Philadelphia July 9. Tho dUappeuranco lt week of AVm. Young, a real ostato dealer, of this city, has brought to light the fact that he is about $10,000 short In his accounts with his cllcntn. A watrant for A'ouiik's arrest has beon IhmuihI, and the uliorlfl has solzcd his property to sat isfy creditors. ROOSEVELT WITH THE PRESIDENT VISITS WHITE HOUSE AT MR. M'KINLEY'S REQUEST. A Conference on Organization of tho Volunteers The Governor De nounces Agulnaldo's Amcilcau Sympathizers and Senators Who Delayed the Peace Treaty Where the Guilt of Blood Rests. AVashlngton, July 0. Governor Theo doro Roosevelt, of Now A'ork, was tho guest of the president at tho AVhlto House last night. Ho airlved hero at 4.10 p. in. in response to a telegraphic request fiom President McKlnley, de llveied to him at Ojster Hay, asking him to come to AVashlngton for a con sultation Governor Roosevelt was driven dl lectly to the AVhlto House, where ho wua lecelved by the president. Tliero was n shoit conference between them befoie dinner Afterward, with Secre tniy Long, they sat on the western veranda of the executive mansion for a longer consultation. The secretary lemtilncd until nboul 9 o'clock, leav ing the president and his guest to continue tho conversation. The Governor Talks. Refore leaving Governor Roosevelt dlctnttd the follow hit; Interview to thu Associated Pi ess: "I have come to AA'ashlngton at tho lequest of the picsident to go over with him and with tho oflkeis of tho war depaitment certain questions nf fcctlng the new volunteer ainiv, espe cially us legards the personnel of the olllceis. The president has told me that he wishes only lecommondatlons based upon the elllclency or the men recommended, and that he will pa heed to no othcis. Most cutninly I should give no otheis, and I feel that the piesldent's attitude In tho mat ter In the face of the tetrlble politi cal pressuie to which he Is and will be subjected is such ns to entitle him to tho support of nil men who feel that politics have no place in tho nimy, who feel that it is In a peculiar sense tho property of the whole coun tty, and that in the giving of com missions nnd ptomotlons alike, abso lutely no consideration should enter outside of the met lit of the men as soldiers. "My own recommendations will bo limited to the men I had under mo or saw In action, and to the nieinbets of the New A'ork volunteer regiments, of whose meills I have, as governor, not merely ofllcial knovvh dg , but also the knowledge gained from peisonal inquiry among theli suporlots." Refonlng to the geneial situation In the Philippines and the policy of the administration with refeicnce to those islands, Governor Roosevelt said: "Of couise any American worth of the name must atnnd behind the president In bis lesolute puiposo to bring the Insuirpotlon In the Philip pines to an end. 1 have no question that bv the beginning of the diy sea son General Otis will be in shape to stamp out all leslstancc Then tho president can and will see that the reign of absolute law and justice fol lows' Where Guilt of Blood Rests. It cannot be too clearly kepi In mind that the whole trouble is due to the men who. for two months, pie ventccl the ratification of the tleaty of peace, and to those who declined to give the piesldent the tionps he needed upon the terms he asked Those who took part in the Hist movement to op povo the tieaty have on their souls the guilt of most of the blood shed both by our own troops and that of the na tives of the Philippines; and the would be traltots who have since been en com aging Aguinaldo and his followors to the limit of their small eapaclty sharp the guilt so far as their feeblo poweis permit. "Those who opposed giving us the forces we needed thereby showed them selves the enemies of their country nnd of the flag. Hvery man who so voted In the senate may have the satisfac tion of knowing that he hns done all that ho could to bilng discredit on tho Hag and dlsgiace upon our arms. Administiation's Policy Praised. "It Is all the moie to the ciedlt of the administration that It has stead fastly pmsued tho path of national honor and steadfastly uphold tho In tel ests and the good name of the na tion as a whole. In spite of the way It has been hampered by those who sought to bctiny the nation. AA'o have a light to demand the support of eveiy true American foi the administration's policy In the Philippines, and every American who Is far-sighted nnd patri otic should Join In denounclng'alike the men who stiive to give nil nnd com foit to the foes not only of America but of civilization in the Philippine, and also those other men who would prevent our army being made equal to the national need " Governor Roosevelt said that he would it turn to New York c.aily to morrow to consult with his adjutant general concerning recommendations of men for New York's quota of olllcei s He said that he had not yet ascer tained tho number that would bo as signed to tho state, and his Imprex slon was that outside of tho state ho would bo asked concerning the quali fications of designated individuals who might bo thought of for places in the now army. Pioacher nt A Ball Game. Tort Wayne, 1ml.. July 9. Iioforo to. Oij'n base ball Kiimo win called too imvvd 111 tho grand stuiul paw Riv. Mr. Powell copying names of pcisous at the game for witnesses In the eue (iKaliixt the ball plojers. Tho ltev. Mr. Powell was lemoved by tho police ns the man agement feared his ptesonce would cause trouble. The pi cache r Insist that thiy will stop Sunday ball. Carl Joseph Ehrlich Killed. Rothlehem, Pa., July 9 A panncngor train on the Lehigh and l.ackawHiuin rHlboud taut night strut!; Call Joepli Rhrlloh, 47 eais old killing him alinort hutuntly. A birth ocrtilltaU in tin) pocket of tho unfortunate man led to tho Identification Tho lemnliix Hie at thu morgue awaiting some one to claim them, PUNERAL OF MRS. DICKENS. Wife of the Navnl Ofllcor Bulled at Washington. AVashlngton, July 9 Tho funeral ot Mrs. :raigorlto Ulcklns, wife of Cap tain AV. Ji Dicklns, of the navy, who lost her life by an explosion of gaso line at her home Friday, took placo fiom her late residence this afternoon, tho sri vices being conducted according to the lltcs of the Episcopal chuich. The c isket was coveted with floral of fer., igs sent by numerous friends and otgaiilzatlono. Including tho officers and clerks of the bureau of navigation, tho D.mghteis ot the Revolution, ot which body Mrs. Dicklns had beon an active member; the District A'olunteer leccp tlon and relief committee. National AVomen'ti,. AsHoelallon of the AA'hito Cro9, and Senor Quesada, tho Cuban commissioner. The honor.uy pall-bearers were Ren Admlials Ciownlnshleld and Nell, Pro fisscu Thomas Chattaul, Mujor Rich ard Svlvester, Dr. AV. S. Dixon, Addi son It. Atkins, I-'red. AV. Hratt and P. A Robinson. Secietnry nnd Mrs. hong weie pics ont, and the Daughtets of the Ameri can Rovoltitlon and AVomen's Associa tion of the AVhlte Cioss attended In n bod. A detachment of seamen gun nel from the navy yntd acted as body bonieis nnd interment was made at Arlington, to which place- the funeral coite'je was escorted by a company of Dlsttlct volunteers, who served In the Spanish wat. PLENARY COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC CHURCH Will Be Held In This Country Two Years Hence New Aichblshop of Santiago Will Not Be Piesent. AVashlngton, July 9 It Is said at tho resident e of tho apostolic Jelogate that the repeats emanating in the west that a plmat council of the Catholic Chun h In Ameika would lit held two eirs hence aie doubtless th" otlt giowth of the well know n fact that these councils ate held about every twenty j.ents and that two jeni-. hence will mark tho JO-vcar p?ilocl fiom the time of the plenary council of Haiti more, held in 1SS2. Tho assembling of such a council Is an event of unusual Inipoitance lo the chinch, as It bilngs together the en tile hieiarch.i' of aichblshops and bishops to fume the legislation of tho church applicable to this eountiy. Ro foio It cm be held, however, there must be a due termination by the nu Hioilties In the country and thn enac tion fiom Rome, for the iKsembling of tho council. Prior to the council ot Riltlinore tie Ameiictn niehbishops made a !slt to Rome ind petitioned the vnttean for the assemblage of tho council This proccduie Is not essen tial, jet some such foimal action Is required. In eje a council Is to be held In limj. IXcept that plenarj councils are held overj- twenty yenis, and there Is a de slie to inako this tho established per iod foi tlu-lr assemblage, there Is said to be no special occasion for filch an Important convocation of chinch on-1 tboilties. The question of "Americanism." which has excited so much attention, hns been disponed of Dually by the letter of the pope and it is snld this is not a subject which could come be foie a plenarj- council Tho condition In chinch In Cuba and other Spanish-American coun ttles Is walking out satlsfnctoillj and it Is said thi will not lequlie atten tion f i om a council, paitlruluily as the Cuban, Poi to Rlcan ami Philippine churches aie still outside the Ameri can hell achy, l'or this leason the new niehblshop of Santiago will not be present at the coming meeting of the Ameiltnn aichblshops, noi will other blanches of the Spanlsh-Ameilcan chinch be i epic vented Thus far the Ameilc.in dun eh authoiltles have been given no dutle- In connection with the chin ch In Cuba, Poito Rico and the Philippines, the nfi'alis there being dliected thiough apostolic dele gates leporting dlieetly to Rome. The new apostolic di legatts to Can ada, Aichblshop Finnconla, Is well known to the i lunch authotitlcs heie, and the appointment Is legaided ns an linpoitant one, owing to the posi tion of the thurch la public affairs In Canada, paitleulailj the piovluee of Quebec. Aichblshop Pianconla waa biought up In Allegheny, Pa, and for some time was connected with tho Finnelsran fiatemltj tliero. Later he was vicar geneial at St. John N. H., thenco going to Rome and being advanced to a high placo near tho pope. His foimei residence In this country Is relied upon to make his administration In Canada an auspi cious one. Aichblshop Kenne lias started from Rome for this eountiy, but he wjll pioceed slowly, making fiequent visits on the continent and not reaching AA'ashlngton before October. Mgi. Martlnelll. the apostolic dele gat'', will go to tho summer Bchool at Madison, AVIs , the latter part of this month and will make several other visits In the west, ANTI-GOEBELITES WARM UP. They Aro Liable to Nominate Anoth er Ticket in Kentucky. Rowling Gieen, Ky July 9 -Ever Flliee tho Democratic convention nt Louisville two weeks ago there baa been tall; ot another Democratic statu tit hot. The antl-Goebnl Demociats of Wiiiicn county havo called a meeting here for tomonovv. In tho ovent of Hip movement hera being taken up in other parts of tho state, Hon. John D. Carroll, Colonel AA C. P. liroekonrldrje and ex-Governor J. Proetot Knou nio spoken of for the nomination fu governor. Doaf i'dutes in Convention. St. Paul, July 9 The sixth national convention of eleaf mutes meets In this city on Tuesday for e four diij-s' r-es-slon. Roleiiateu iro expected from all over the United Stutes. Papers of spe cial Interest to deaf mutes will be lead and discussed. Storm Demolished n Barn. lIunilnKtlon, Pa., July a During a heavy wind storm Iflft nlnht In the llliiek Log vallej-, this rcunly, a bain owned by Prank Lamer was damollslied. Ho oud his son were In the building;. Lauver vtas fatally and his son uandly Injured, THE TRANSVAAL REFORM PROPOSALS THEY ARE REGARDED AS EN TIRELY INADEQUATE. Not Calculated to Insure a Peaceful Settlement They Will Not Satisfy the Claims of the Outlnudeis Less Than What Was Demanded of Kruger at the Bloemfonteln Con ference. Capetown, July 9. AV. P. Schrclnor. ptlme minister of the colony of the Capo of Good Hope, .sajs tho Capo government leguids tho Transvaal's refoim pioposils as adequate and cal culated to Insure a peaceful settle ment. The colonial, piemlcr, however, repiesents the Afilkandor clement. Sir John Got don Spilgg, foimcr inline minister and colonial secretary, who Is an ardent hupeilalist, consid ers them totallj inadequte to meet tho Just claims of the Outlandcis and al together less than Sir Alfred Mllner, governor of the colony and Hrltlsh high conimlsslonei foi South Africa, demanded of President Ki tiger at tho Hloemfontcln conference. Pictoila, July 9. The Tiansvaal gov ernment has decided to prosecute on the chaige of high treason tho threo pilnclp.il defendants whoso complicity In the recent attempt to promote a re bellious uptlslng at Johannesburg has been foi aeveial weeks under judicial Investigation. London Concms. London, July 10. All the special des patches to the moinlng papers fiom Cape Town and lohannesbuig concur ts to the eomple!tj and obscurltj of the Roei piopoals and dcelaie that the outlandcis aie profoundly disap pointed. In Johannesburg It Is believed that President Kiuger Is onij' dallying to gnln time until the wet season makes campaigning elilllcult for the Britlsheis. W. P. Schrennei, the Cape premier, has addn ssed a letter to an Aftlkunder papei published In Cape Town, declar ing that theie Is no around whatever for the active inteiference of tho im pel lal geivei anient in th" Transvaal, as the Uoer pioposals aio satisfactory. This has aiiuised gieat Indignation In the Cape Colonj. where it Is legarded ns mischievous, ill-timed and caleulot ed to cneoui ige Pi evident Kruger and to emb.innxs Sir Alfied Mllner. London, Julv 10 The Rome corres pondent of the Dnllv Mall suvs: The Pope has been In coircsrjondence with President Krr.gpi. apppallng to him to avoid a ruptuio with Great Biitc.In.ind has received a dt snatch from the Transvaal's chief miglslnte. dcclniliig that a spttlempnt was ftill distant, but that tho cilsls was past. SIX PERSONS KILLED. The Rcinhaid Family Neaily Wiped Out by the Big Four Passenger Tinin. Columbus, O., July 9. All but one of the seven membeis of tho familj' of AVilllam Relnh.ud, of this city, weie killed and the remaining one was bad ly Injuied by a Rig four passenger tl.iln this evening Dead Willi mi Reinhnid, aged 41; Rncbel Reinhard, aged 40; William Reiiihaid. aged 11. Arthur Reinhard. 9. Kail Relnhaid. 7: TMwnid Rein hard, aged I. Injuied Clarence Reinhard, ngv d 14, collar bono broken Mi and Mis. Relnhaid and their five children were out for an afternoon drive in a 'urtej-. Thej' approached the lulltoad ciosng fiom the enst, closing the tuck? lust as the west bound passenger train due hero nt :' in 1). m. c.inie along The vehicle was knocked Into splinter nnd Mr. and Mrs. Relnhaid and Arthur and Rarl weie killed outilght. Rdwaiel and AVilllam weie o badlv Injuied that they dli el after being removed to a hospital. Claience sustained a frac tal eel collar bone and other lesser in juries, but It Is beiipved he will rppov er. The horse w hlch was nttorhed to the sin lev was literally ground to p!oce The crossing has long been le garded as n dangerous one, thp view of Incoming tialns being obscured bv a high fpiiee around thp fall grounds. The train waa running nt a high speed. ATTEMPT AT LYNCHING. Citizens of Pittsburg Act in True Southern Style. Pittsburg, July 9. -Glenwood. a sub urb of this cltv, was thrown into big excitement tonight by the threatened Ijnchlng of a joung negro named Dan iel N. Scott. Scott, with thieo compan ions, went to a mlllwoiker's camp near Haj's station, whoie it gnnio of "crap" was soon started w 1th several of tho millwoikeis. Scott lost his all on a throw, grabbed the money nnd ran. with the ciowel at his heels. Patrick Murto caught up to him nnd demand ed the money. Scott pulled his levol ver and filed at Mm to, tho ball graz ing his shoulder and knocking him to the giciund without renl Injury. Scott (led, hut was captured on the Glenwood bridge, whore a ciowd of seveinl hundred men soon gathered. Murto's companions thinking ho had been murdered, wanted to luioh tho negro. No iopo being nt hand, some wanted to throw him over the bildge. Rcforo tho police nrrlvod to icscuo him. Scott had leen used for a football by tho crowd, and was a sorry-looking ob ject when landed in the station house. Scott claims that hl revolver was loaded with blank caitrldgos. An Absconder Captured. San Pmnelsco. July 9 Wlllard 1! Pukcr, tho Ronton abcondor, who es caped from a pair of Ronton detectives Jiut ns they weie leaving this city foi Ronton with their churuu on Thursday night was elltcovoied and caught by the local police la a down town lodging house jditordaj. THE. TJKWS THIS 310HNINU Weather Indication! ToJayi FAIR niSINQ TCMPCRATUnC. 1 Ocncrat Rainy Seison ot tho Philip pines Causes Amci leans Many Hard ships. Conference of President McKlnley and Governor Rocscvclt. Christian Hndeavorcrs at Detroit. Hngland Not Satisllcd Willi Transvaal Reforms. 2 General Ha3c Rail. I'lnanclal and Commeiclil. 3 Local Senium by Rev. Dr. GUIln. Tho Strlko Situation. I IMItoriil. News and Comment. 5 Local Lackaw anna. Trainmen's Lodgo Ri united. Mention of Somo Men of 'tho Hour. 0 Local West Scranton and Suburban. 7 New a Round About Scranton. 8 Local Tot-il Ab"tilneis' Convention. State Sunday School Convention. RELIEF WORK IN FLOODED DISTRICTS Has Been Systematized Three Trains Leave Houston and San An tonio Daily. GalvoHtown. Tev , Julj 9. Relief woik In the Ri.i7.os Hooded district has been sjsteinlzed, tlnee relief tialns having Houston, Galveston and San Antonio elallj-. Piobably 20,000 negroes aio being feel nnd will need to be sustained for some time by the lellef committees. All sorts of estlmntes aie made as to tho amount of the cotton loss. An esti mate of HO per cent, la consldeied c on set vatlvc This would be a money los of $.',000,000. The loss sustained lij the destiuetlon of the othei crops, houses, fencing. tock and bilelges will be S.'.nooono. while the loss to inll loads is piobablv $1,000,000, making a totil of tS.OOH,noo. Owing to the ex aggeiated icports cii ciliated as to the loss of life in the lecent Hoods, the News has mndo a special effort to se em e the facta fiom each count y. Re- poits lecelved fiom tbliteen counties show a loss of thlity-seven lives from di owning. Repoits from Sealey stnte that a white woman and a negio woman died theie today fiom the heat and expos ure. Tlieie aro live hundred negioe.s at Sealey at the point of stnivutlon. Rations will be sent by the Hrat train. At Hc.it lie a mass meeting of tbe citizens was held todaj and commit tees appointed to icquest supplies fiom tho governor for Immediate use. Intense suffeiing la said to exist In this locality. KILLED AN INNOCENT MAN. An Incident of Negro Hunting in Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., July y AVhlle bunting lor some negioes who broke jail at Fall burn j'esterday, citizens of Camp bell county todaj shot and killed Ab aci' Calhoun, nn Innocent negio. Tho killing occulted in Campbell countv, a shoit distance fiom Palmetto and Now- t man, which was the scene of seiloug i acini ellstui bailees sl months ago. The negro Calhoun on seeing white men with guns nppio.uhlng hlin. stnited to i un He was called upon to lull, but unheeding, was shot down notlii negio, J. W. Tattun, one of the es caped convicts, was dlghtlj wounded befoie being c.iptuird Tat uin and John nimmeioii, two of ihe patty, who escaped fiom the F.ilibuin Jail, weio brought here for safe keplng clem AVitt?, anothoi one of the naity, slo himself up while Ilnm Brown is lill nt 1 irge and is being huntPil for tonight by bloodhounds. Out of the party of ten which bioke jail, four negioes weie concerned in the binning of Palmetto last winter, and Isham Hiown is their lender. They ie the four out of the nine who escaped the fury of the mob the night live weie killed In the waie houe In Palmetto. The others who escaped fiom Jail weie chaiged with vni Ions iiilsdeineauoi s. As soon aa the escape was discovered Sheriff Anderhold. tif Fall bin n, offered a lewunl of $2.". for each ono of tho Palmetto negroes and the tltUens of the county dliected thtlr effoits today tow aids the captuie. Isham Rrowu. II Is telephoned from Palrburn to night, la being hunted for In every dli ec Hon and will be biought In, It is expected, dead or alive, within twenty- 1 four hums. SAY THEY SAW VIRGIN MARY. Peculiar Story of an. Appaiitlon Told by Two Canadian Children. Quebec, Julj 9 A stoij that is c nus Int, u s-nsatlon In ect leslnstlcal eii e les comes fiom Robersni ,a village on the slioie of Lake St. John. It Is to the effect that the A'lrgln Maiy has lepeatedlj- appeared to two girls named Clotlor, aged 8 and 9, cousins, nnd dnughtuts of farmers. Two alleged instances are especiallj cited. The flist nsseita tho appearance on tho loadway while tho chlldieu were returning fiom school. Tho ap paiitlon, It Is stated, was accompanied by that ot two gliis Identified ns dead slsteia of one of the Clotier children. The latter, so the stoiy goes, wero told these glils wero their guardian angels. The second lnstanco was a tico stump to which tho children weio summoned. There, It is ns stitoel, the virgin spoke to the chlldieu at length, but they refuse to tell oven their parentB of tho alleged ndvlco given them. All efforts to shake the stories of the chlldieu have, It Is stated, piovcd un availing. Pi luce Henri Will Bow. Paris. July P. Prince, Henri I) Orleans writes as follows to the Matin: "l will how before the dpi'lxlon of the Ruined tourt-marlliil as 1 did befoie Unit of the court tnatttal of 1WI l'innce. relieved of thin abvcoKK, will bo nblo to testime her glorlouR role " Big Bakery Burned. Philadelphia, Julj 9. Tho lare steam bakery of Henry Waukllii, located nt Hoxhorouffh. a suburb of this city, was entlrelj deftiojrd by fire today, entail. Iiik a Ions of $75,000. which Is cnveivd by insurance, Tho origin of tho tiro la not know n. RAIN SEASON AT MANILA United States Troops Suffer Great Dis comfort. BRIDGES WASHED AWAY Thirteenth Infantry Surrounded by Water Bunks Elovated on Ci acker Boxes The Rice Fields Aio CJreat Lakes Manila Bay Impossible of Navigation Tho Streets of Paslg Under Water. Manila, July 10, S n. m. It has been mining and Btoimlng almost con stantly for two days and the eoun tiy along the Amcilcan south and bay lines la literally Hooded. The Thir teenth Infantry legiment at Pnsig Is In the wen st position, being practi cally sui rounded bj- water. Tho bildgea thut were used for getting supplies have been washed away and somo of the companies are now sep al ated by sti earns slc feet deep. In many eases the men aie sleeping with three feet 6t water below their bunks, which are elevated on cracker boxes. The company cooks, when prepailng the meals, stand knee deep In watei. Somo of the roads leading to Paslg are simply Impassable and the ilto fields on all sides aie one great lake. A high wind blew ever several tents of the Second reserve hospital. Ma nila bay Is Impossible of navigation by either launches oi canoes and no es se H aio leaving the luibur. The United States trnnapoit Cen tennial is leady to sail for San Fran cisco with dlschaigcd soldiers, but tho latter have to sit mound the water fiout all daj', dienchcel to tho skin, waiting foi a launch to take them to the steamer. The ilvpr Paslg and all tho othpr sti earns aie swollen and the city sticeta at low points aie covered with wator. Woik of Tiiendly Filipinos. Manila, July fi. via Hong Kong, July 10 Filendly Filipinos in Manila havo been the medium of communication be tween the Ameilcan authoiltles and the mllltnrj leadeis of tlu Insurrec tion In the Cavite iiovlnce, which for some time promised to result In biing ing over a piomlneut geneial and sev eral of his follow eis with their nims. If the n"got lotions had succeeded tho outcome would have had a gieat moral effect, for other defections doubtless would have followed. Weie the gen eial a name sdven It might lead in his case to a fate slmll.ii to that which has befallen other minimis suspected of filendllness townnl the Ainei leans. He hud foiesem the failure of the Insur rection and advise d Aguinaldo to make terms, but It Is uildetstooel that he has sent woiel to the Americans, having swoin to support the Insurrection, that he must remain lovnl to the end SlmllRr negotiations aie said on good authoiltv to have been conducted with n niemi t of the i-ablnet of tho so called Filipino gov eminent, who himself took the Initiative Some form of mom y con-lilernlliiii figured In the discussions With Ills fllenels. SCANDAL AT PARIS. Repoits Connected with the Italian Embassy. il'arls July 9 Scandalous reports aio In circulation In connection with the d'Mth heie jestctdnj' of Slgnor C. Hess inan. foimerly Italian ambassador to Fiance. It is alleged that, while be was lying at the point of death, tin " persons. Including nn olllclal of tho Italian embjssj-, raided his room3 and took awav a quantitj of papers. Tho nntl-Semlte Journals connect the ytory with the Dreyfus ntfalr. It ap pears that obout a fortnight ago, Sig nor Rpssmnn had an ImmonEo quan tity of documents destroyed, declaring that If thi j wen. nut they might "haun various people " It Is nUo suggested that tho search may have been Instigated by Rignor Crisp!, the foimpr Italian primp min ister, who practically dismissed Slgnor Ressinau fiom the Italian embassy In Pnils In 189.1 because the diplomatist had failed lo make the Ft each press f.avornblo to the Ciispi government. New Yoik3 Yellow Tever Case. New York. Julj 9 - Dr Doty reports that th vellovv fever patient, Oscar P. Laekev Is doing is wed aa can be ex. pocted Ills tempi rjture is slightly low er but his stomtii It imitinucs weak. Tho other patients continue to Improve. Mass Meeting In Kansas. Kaus.ia cm. Julv 9. Pour thousand citizen, nth ailed a mass meeting In Con. vintion lull Uixt nb.ht and In less than nn hour iil.oou was laised as a boniM for the Nuilunul Iicmni ratio convention. It Is hoped to Inc lento tho amount to tM.CVK). M. Dentel Gets Freedom. Paris, July 9-M. Dcnlol, governor of tho lies Du Stint nnd administrator of the peniil sc ttlenient on the lslo Du Diablo, wli. re Captain Dreyfus was im prisoned, ii ih lie-in Hinovnl nnd will bo succeeded In M I.i Souenn t f t-r f-f WEATHER FORECAST. -f AVahhigton, July 9 Forecast for $- j- for Monday! Por caste in Peimsjl- 4- f vaiil.e, fair Monday and Tuesday; -f f slowly lining temperature Tues- duj , variable winds -H- -r -r -r -r-r
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