titan TWO fejSJTS. 1899. TWO CENTS. .WMIlvt 1 I in iU -- -- wJlL'!1igtragy', wWiiuxrttJXw: - r m m IP MLiiiiLiii i. msmmmsmmmm?:; il SCltANTOX, i'A., TUESDAY SIOUX I XU. ,11'LY 8, WAR REPORTS FALSIFIED? General Otis Is Practi cally Accused of Sys tematic Lying. REPORTERS' ROUND ROBIN Representative War Concspondents nt Manila United in n State of Conditions Which Reflects Soiious ly on the Army Management in the Philippines They Assert That tno people 01 tne united states Havo Been Delibeiately Deceived by Otis. Who Has Been Afraid to .Havo the Heal Condition of Attnirs Made Known. Mnnlln, July IK la Hour Kong, July 17) The constant!) Increasing sttict- noss of the courtship nf pi ess de spatches ft inn Mnnlln, which has pie vented the cabling ti) tin1 I'tiltcd States of an) thing th.it did not i flier t the ofllclals' view of inipoitunt eents and conditions has caused r niiespondentj t unite In an effoit to obtain an abate ment of the ilgor of It The inltlnthe In that dlieetlon was taken about if month ago and ieultcd In the funning f a statement which was presented on Sunday, Jul '. to Majoi Oeneia: Elwcll P. Otl, com manding the mllit.uy foices of the Timed States In the Philippine Islands, with icquest foi pet mission to tel -gtaph it to tlt I'tiltcd States. The t oi respondents aln asked that the le allow id to r.ible their lospootlv" papcis all facts and the dllTeicnt phases of events as the hae tr.m splied heie Complained to Otis. The coiiespondcnts had two long In teivlews wltli Oeneial Otis In the i muse of whlr.li they eomplalned that the e blent puipne of the lensotshlp was not to keep lnfoi million fioni the I'nlted Slate" but to keep from the public theie a knowledge of the teal londltlons of'affulis heie. It wu also asseited by the concspondents that news papers printed In Manila, which icaili L e enemy ciultklj, nie peiniltted to publish statements slmllai to those whlrh miiespondents nie fin bidden. It was made cleai to Oeneial Otis that the objection was to the system and not in the ronsm. Geneial Otis Anally pionilsed great er libeialltlj, agiielng to pass all mat ter that he might not ronsider detil nient.il to the Inteiests of the I'nlted States Geneial Otis appointed Cap tain (iieen. nf his statf cousin. The Ftatenifiit of the coiitspondents Is as follow s The Grievances. The unilei signed Ik lug all staff cono FltiiinlcntH of Aniuliun uewspipeis s-tn-tionul in Manila, unite in the following statement. We believe tli.it, owing to of. tiel.il dlsp.iti lies fmm Manil i, made pub lic In Washington the people of the United btutcs b ie not icclveil a lorrect ltiipiosslon of the situation In the Philip pines but til it thi-o ilNpatihiM have pre. suited an ulti.i-npttnilsilc bw tliat is not sluiud by the genual olllccis In the field eW believe the dispatches incortictly represent the i .lstlng conditions among the i'lllpinos in lexp, ct to Internal dis sension and demoralization resulting fiom the Amoilc.in oampilgn and to the btlg and ilini.ietf i of tlirh nitnv. Wo billeve tin ilNnati lies en In the. drilumtlon tluit "the Fttu ulnn Is will In hand" and In the assumption that the In suntrtion i an lie i-pordll) endiU with out n greath liKieasid force We think the tcnaoit! of the nilpinn puiposo has hern underestimated mid tin t tin st.itenieuis ate unfounded that voluutiirs an vvlllini; to ciiriisc in fur ther si ivlce 'I'ln consulship has compelled us to pirtlclpite In this misrepresentation bv e islng v or nlteilng unooiitroiorud stn.'inents nf facts on the plen as odn irnl Otis stated, Hint "they would ahum the people at home' or "hao the pcoplo of the I'nlted States h the ears " Specification' riohlhitlon of reports, suppression of full i pints of Ibid op"i (itlniiii In the event nt failure, number of hint prostintlons In the Held, svste nntic minimisation of nual opi rations, and suppression of complete reports of the situation John T McCiitchion. Hairy Arm stiong. Chliago Hecoid. Oscar K. Davis, I'. U. McDonnel, New Yoik Sun Ilebirt SI Collins, John P. Dunning, L. Jnnrs the Assorlated Piesg John T. Pass, Will Dinwiddle, Now York llernld. 13 D Skeene, Scrlpps-5IcP.no Assoeln. tion RUImril I.lttle. Chicago Tribune. As Viewed In Washington. Waslngton, July IT. The publication of the win cm respondents' formal in dictment of Genor.il Otis' management of the Philippine campaign raunl ai sensation In the depaitmonts heie See rctary Hay bad locelved ndvltos iib late as todaj lioni civil as will as mlll ttirv sotuccs In the Philippines which led hlm to deelaie that the sttuailin there was 'certainly Improved mater-, la'lv and that the piospeets for tho futuro hud bilchtenod very much With tKse ndvlies. th" seoietniy "aid, Gen. ernl utlp hnd had nothing to do, and thv wete fiom disinterested prisons whose opinions must cnirv weight fJenerallv there was sttoug dlstnclini tlon exhibited hv the ofllclals to dismay this last "loiiiul lohln." General Miles, who was netlug as secietaty of war In the nbjenee of So letui v Alger and As sistant Secietary Mrlkc-ljohn, would not comment upon tho dlspateh. Coibin Talks. ItfVunlliiR statements that cable ills pad 1. oh recelxed In Washington and other news rtjgardlns: the wur had boon censored contiary to the usual custom, wwtmm i ttnmM mmm uwmoi Adjutant General Corbln today said: 'A woid of explanation Is perhaps due the country, no less thnn the de railment. The enoimous amount of work the olllce has been called upon to perform has taxed to the limit the on duiauie of the riot Its, who, by the way, ate as competent us any that can be found nn where. Complaints were mndo b sctoinl of the nsslstants and eleiks that our rlerks were being' nn noctl and their time taken from legiti mate work by direct application for In formation from people In no wav con nected with the office or tho public scr lcp. As n matter of protection of the public Inteiests and good administra tion the older of June 22 was Issued. The r ensure of the so-called censored piess Is without Just cause- and evi dently mndo under mlsnppiohonMon of farts There has been no infnrinntlnlt receld from General Otis that l.as not Ikvii rIm n to the press piomptlj on the bulletin boaid Jn the hull of this ollUe eveiy fnlr-mlnded repiesentnthe of the press will bear witness to this statement What would the manager of anv one ol tho complaining papers nv If Information concerning the busi ness of the paper was inquAieil foi of the ptlnteis. lather than at the busl nrss rrlllce of the paper? This Is a case enrtlv In point 'The standing Instructions nf the piesldrnt nml secretnn of war aie that the public shall be Riven all Infoima tliin wo lecehe. this hns been done and will lontiuue to be done. Of rout so, plans of campaigns that would be of brlp to Agtllnnldo and other reb el bine not nnd will rot be pi omul gate 1 but all fails n f ovrnts ti.insflr lng have been glen In fu1Inoe." THE BOERS ARE NOW CONCILIATORY Advices fiom Pretoiia Indicate the Piobabillty of Llbeial Concessions to the Outlaudeis. Pietoil.O.Iulj IT The Hist and sec ond Itaads sat In seciet session all da. It Is believed that the olksraad will adopt a seven eats' ftanchlse with letioacthe fotce and agiee to other conditions and concessions In older to tet initiate the unsettled state of public alfalts In the Transvaal TROOPS RUSHED TO OTIS. One Instalment Sent fiom Camp Meade, Another Going. Iltiuisbtug, July IT Tim movouu nt ot the l'irt and Thinl battalions of the Nineteenth Infantiy fiom Camp Meido to the Phlllppltus vli San Fiancism ovei the Pt nnsjlvaui.i iallio.nl stint ed this motnlng. There weie live tialns, one of eighteen rats containing legimental baggage and equipment, and the othei foui, ten and eleven cars each for the solnleis It Is not known lust when the lemalnlng battalion will leave Camp Meade, but it will not It long Keciults for the new Tv enty-seventh nnd TwenU-r Ightb leplmenis of vrd unteeta foi the Philippine eivire nie leai bins e.unp In the v.ulous stations at the i.ite of fiom 2j to 100 per day and there aie seveinl hundred at Camp Meade at piosent Washington, July IT Tho nctlrg s"c rotatv of wai has dliected tint Com panv C, bittallon of engiiieeis. leave f'.unp Meade and proceed to Wlllct's Point. BATTLE WITH OUTLAWS. Sheriff's Posse Oveitakes a Fleeing Gang of Train Robbers. Kast l.as Vegas, N SI , July IT. Mea rh details weie lenlvod litre today of a pitched battle between a sheiiif's po-sc and the gang of outlaws, who held up a Coloiado and Southern pass enger Main at Folsom, N. M., a few rlavs s'eo. The n if ray occuncd near Clmaioon. W J. Pa i r, of Watsonbetg, Colorado, a niet'ibi l of ihe posse, was killed Deputies Ti st nil Smith, ol Spilngei, were probably fatallv wounded. W. II P.i'iio, chief ot the seciet seivlre depaitnient of the Coloiado and South ern rallw.iv, was also wounded. The lubbers esiapid to the- hills without losing a man. Another posse wns otpanlzed at Clin-' nioon and Is now In pin. suit of tho rob bets. Piesldent Ingall3 Denies. Cincinnati, Julv IT. The follow lug tele grain was recrlved toil.iv fmm 51. V. In galls In i espouse to a riuerj as to tho truth of the icpoit that he was about to leave the Ulg Pour Rallroid companv to Income the arbltr.itoi for tho Vauderbllt Sloigan Inteiests "Ilonustead Hot Spilngs, Vn , .Tub IT The Afsoc lateil Puss Cincinnati. O: "Thoie Is not a woid of tiuth In the poit (Signed) "51 n Ingnlls. ' Amei lean's Clnim in Transvaal. Vlrtorl.i. I! C. Julv IT -Putted States Consul Smith, of this citj. Is s lid to have forwardul to the American cavern, ment a memorial from It. i: I.. Drown, an Amei Ic in mining engineer, requesting the government's Intervention to securo Iliown's rlulni ngilnst tho Ti.insvnal government for damages arising out of the will known Wltfonten case in which 111 own sccuicd a Judgment for tl.si2.0jn Gounan Sends a Pioxy. Tclltlmi"fl lull 1? I'uftml iltntna Cnn. ator Aitluu V (Jorman will not bo able iu aut'im nit i ii nil us inecuiiK 01 mo ti Mivvitiiit, uiii'iioi iiriiiiiilVli' i tttlllll will take pi ice In Chliago on Thutsduy H..u. !... ..Ill 1.,. . ...1 In .!. ...nn i'.'ai. lilt, .till i'.' I i r, tilt II 111 1111' lui-i't- lug by Colonel I. Victor llaiighm.in, of l'rcdorlrU inuntv who holds Sir. Uor. man's pro for this occasion Miles Sees the President. Washington, July IT -Malm Cleucral SIHrs called on Ihe piesldent for about lifteen minutes this afternoon The visit. It was statid, was occasioned by Uenernl SIHrs' position as acting sceretniy of war. The mittirs under discussion lelnicil merrly to routine buslni ss of the war de partment. This'rudge Was Lenient, lloelicster, N. V. July IT Tho mem era of thn Hochoiter haso ball team who waro ai rested jestenluy lor plajlng a gnmn on Sunday vsero dlschnrged today by Justice Lavcrty after being Informed IhHt they hnd violated the laws and told not to do It iigaln. i.u-mtiim u i i ii .ifWUM YANKEES ONCE MORE WIN ATTHE HAGUE THE REVISION OF ARBITRAL AWARDS THE ISSUE. After tho Secretary of the Ameilcan Delegation Infoimed tho Commit tee That Unless Revision Wns Pro vided for the United States Would Not Agree to tho Aibltratlon Scheme, the Opposition Weakened. The llngue, July IT The first com mittee of the Intel national peace coti lerenco met this morning to discuss M. Van Kninobck'h leport on the lhst four points of 51 Sluiavlotf's circular. Sueh dlffei cures of opinion developed that It was ultimately decided that the report must be lerast. It appears now that tho flist commit tee rejer ted the recommendation of the sub-committee that a rlause ehould be appended to the declaritlon nf St. Peteisburg of ISflS piohibltlng the lll Ing ot cvjilosives ft om billons and the use of asplilatlng bombs nnd ovplo sho bullets Slany delegates seemingly had left the loom, not knowing tho question nt Issue. Tho third (ommlttee it aibltiatlou iomtnluson, held u plonaiv meeting, dlsiii'slng Intel national eoniml"sons of inquliv and ndoptlng with leilnln nmeiuii'ients nilble 6, lespcetlng Ihe opene- of the tilbunal Cteated a Sensation. The see lion of m tie le "it piovldlng for the i -v Iston of nibltral awiuds whlrh the Amei leans had succeeded In add ing to the oilglmil ptoject. was tho subjirt of a long debate on the motion of M Do Slaiteil". of the Russian dele gation, to eliminate the nmendtnent. Slessis Holls and Low. of the Amei I c.ui delegation made long .speohes In defenre or revision Mi. Holls, who"e letnaiks w,re l.ip Idly tiaiislated Into I'te-ie h bv 51 Des touinelles, derlaied that the merl cans would be unable to agiee to the aibltratlon sehemo If revision weie sttlckin out. unless they loreivei' fur lb"! lustructlonsi fiom Washington. This announce ment cieated a sensa tion 5Ii Hulls ilnally necepted an .imeudnient piovldliiR that the disput ing p.u ties can tescive the light of le v Islon bv spoelnl agreement Thus the Anieilcans pinrtlcallv won their point. An adjournment was taken until Wed nesdav MYSTERY ABOUT A DEATH. Did Dr. Katharine N. Noitlnop Die from Nntural Causes? neadliig. Pa Julv IT A gieat deal of mster sin I omuls ihe death of III. Kathailne N Not tin op. of Philadel phia, ii'sldent female phjslrlan at the Insane asvlum at Weineisvllle, who died In this rlty on Satin day. This afternoon it developed that she was found unconscious in her loom at a hotel heie. No Inquest was held, the attending phslclan having given a ceitllleate of death fiom heatt falluie, but It Is ad mitted that she did not die fiom nat ui nl causes but from an oveidose of medicine, foi what purpose admlnls toied Is not know n, Kx-Slavot Slenltt, who wns until te centlj a ttusteo of the Weineisvllle asylum, said tonleht he did not be Hove the woman had i onimltted sui cide. He was of the opinion that she through accident took an oveidose of mot phlne ' m SANTxft.00 DAY OBSERVED. Banquets of Jubilant Amei leans in Havana nnd Matanzas. Havana, July IT -The anniversary of the Hiiiiendoi of Santiago do Cubi was obseived heie todav On several ships and ovet the Amei lea club and other buildings (lugs of the United States weie living Tonight a b inquet was given to nnny ofllcers who p.mld pited In the Santiago campaign be tween June 1." and Inly IT. to olllreis of the navy who were on the Santiago blorkade, and to coriespondentt. who weie In Cuba dining tho wai. Thhtv-slx gentlemen weie present, Ini'liiillnr Oeneinls Chafief . I.udlow and Humphiejs nothei dinner on sim ilar lines took pl.Te at Slatanzns KLONDIKE GOLD OLTPUT. -- Estlmated nt 818,000,000 by Assist ant Secretary Vandejlip, Washington. Julv 17 Sir. Frank A. Vnndeillp. assistant seeietarv of the lieasurv.ietuined todav fiom a month's tilp tluough 'ho west on business ci n nected with tho government mints and nssny olHces. He said that what appears to b" a conservative estimate of the amount of gold which will come out of the Klon dike this summer Is $H,000 000. a Kngo piopoitlon of which he added, will go through tho government assay office at Seattle. DETECTIVE BELL ARRESTED. .Boast About tne enrranza .Letter Gets Him Into Trouble. 5Iontieal, July IT Oeoige riedeiie!; noil, the man who swore bo stole the Can ana letter and for whose at rest a warrant was Issued on Satutday, ebaiglng him with tho theft nf tin letter, suircndoied himself today He was leleased on ?S00 ball for his appeal anco at a piellmlnaiy heating net Slonday To Start Idle Furnaces, Wrnibighnm, Aln . ,lul 17 Contracts bnve been let or ure. about to bo given nut for repairing everv Idle furnace In Alabama except too with a view of put. ting them In operation within tho next nluet dj8. m Two Base Ball Pltcheis Tarmed. Philadelphia Jul) li.-'l'hu Philadelphia huso ball club has "fanned" Pltclur Orth to the Svriicutc club mid I'ltihur I-'lfU-id to the MlmieapolU club. Mi'iii ii oiiiiiiiriiii iiWitiaiiMiitrti fntniiiifcitrftfliWpes; ANOTHER STRIKE AT CLEVELAP Presence of Non-Union Men on tho Cars the Cause. Cleveland, July IT. Tho Inauguration of a seeond strike by the emplnves of tho Ulg Consolidated ltnlliond com pany here this motnlng was a com plete Burprlso to the public and neatly so to the company. Tho presence on cars of the non-union men who were retained nfter the settlement of tho strike wns a bone of contention, however, and a cilsls was leached yesterday, when, as Is claimed, n numbei of union men weto discharg ed for refusing to go out on cars w lib non-union men. A meeting followed last night and nt t o'rlock this moi nlng the decision to stllke was leached. Henry A Hveiett. piesldent of th company. Issued a statement this evening In which he savk the tonus of the ngieetuent with the sttlkers has been stikllj adhered to, but that It was Impossible to Inaugurate all the reforms piomptlv because of Ihe e ini tialled Intel fetenco with the non-union news and ho holds tho union men ill icitly lesponslblo foi this There has been a Utile dlsonler In the illy, but nothing of a oiloti.s nature WARMER CLOTHING. Shivering Troops Back from Manila Will Be Better Clad. Washington, Julv IT President 51c Klnlov leeched a telegram 1 1 om San Princlsco today savltiR th.it the Oie Ron Hoops nt tho Pieslillo weie with out ov oi coits and weie siiffeilng fiom the weathei and In danger of pneu monia The dispatch stated that hav ing Just ie turned fiom a trople ai rll tnate thev rould not withstand the told and that theie weie plentv ol ovei loats In the qunrtei mastei's dep.it t nient Piesldent .MiKlnlev dlieeted that surh clothing as was neiessinv fot the lomtoit of the ttoops be Issued to them It Is stated at the war depattment that the matter of clothing for the Hoops was at their own disposal laeh man Is allowed $100 annuallj foi i loth lug and If he does not use the whole amount be dt.iws the tesldue The Oto gnn men inn dinw upon this i lothing If the want to and get ov oi coats or othei things, but It will be charged to theit e lothing aciount and taken out of the money paid them when thej ate musteied out STRIKERS HELD IN BAIL. It Was Claimed They Had Assaulted Non-Union Men. Bildgi'ton N" J, Julv IT -The heal ing ol twentv-one sulking glassblow eis foi tinting on Thurdnv last whn lifteen non-unioi: bloweis hiotieht heie to woik at the glass work", wore as saulted on leaving tho Haiti, was held tod iv before AInjor pplcgato Twent of the nun weie then held bv the ma oi to anEwcr at comt Al beit Dliklnsun wns held In smo bill to answe-t the eKugo of n-s.iult and bitteiv and i lining and the others in sums of $"00 and $:m) foi llctlng. Rail was piocured foi all STRIKE IS INEVITABLE. Metropolitan Stieet Railway Com pany Hns Tiouble Ahead. New Yoik, July IT Ciener.il 5laster Workman John N. I'm sons was In ron foiei.ee foi several bonis tonight with the executive committee of the em ploves of the .Metropolitan Street Hall way conipaii Aftot the conference. Mr. Paisons pi.ietically announied that a stllke of the Sletiopolltan employes is now In evltnble unless President Vreoland ie codes fiom the position he has taken, that the men have no grievances to aibltinte Cabinet Will Consider It. Washington Julv IT 1 ho Slanlln ills patih sent from Hong Kong hv the news paper men will be, taken up by the cabl ni t tomoirow So far as ran lie learned nothing has been done in decided on con eonilng the ci mmiuilr itlon Ofllcials no cxeeptlonalls irtkent on tho subject. Removed from Office. Columbus, O July IT. The city coun cil tonight, by a voto of 13 to 3, Im peached iml icmovcd fiom allien Jose pa W IJiienbeiiv, director of public safet lie Is charged with misconduct in oltlce and among other things appointing men of low character on tho police force. General Miles a Member. Plttsbuis, Pa , Jul IT. Slajni General Ne'lson A Sides, while heie several weeks ago mndo application In Pittsburg en campment, No 1, I'nlted Veteran Legion. At ihe stated meeting tonight ho was unanlinouslj elected Mining Engineer Commits Suicide. Tueson Arte. July IT Di r 51. lhnl llrh, a prnmli cut mining engineer, shot and klllul himself nt the Oindoiff Tho eausi for the suicide was despondency. II r ihulllch had ielitlves.it Heading, Pa Tell Over nn Alpine Pieclplce. Heine, Switzerland, July 157 Ihigono Stnub. of Haltliiiine, Mil . in descending fmm the Hojnl Hut near Pontreslna. In the Hngnilhio v.illc, fell over a prcclplco and was killed Bishop of Limetlck Dead. I.lmeilok. Jul 17 P.t. Kov. Charles Oiaves, 1) I) I), C, bishop of I.lmerlck, and e. piesldent nf the Hovnl Irish acad eni.v, tlU (1 toda, aged ST. Appointed Postmaster. Washington. July IT Slnrgnrot 11. De. Iiney wok todnv appulntcd pnitmastcr at Keating, Allrgheii county, Pa. LOSSES BY TIRE. (lallatln. Turn.. July 17.-Last night the south tide of iho public squam was destroyed, at a Iosr of at lo.iet $7.1,0'. The Pilnclpal block dtstrojed Included tho Tompkins ojura house'. The postolllie was also burned, but tho mull and iccoiUs vuro si' veil. St. Louis, July 17. 'Iho largo plant of Homnici Hi others, iniinufiumiiira of collars and legKlugs. on Noith lltoadway, was totally ilt striked bj tlie this morn, lng. The ilamug" Is enlmated at 173,000 und is cov red b, insuiance. SHOOTING DUE TO A FAMILY FEUD TWO WOMEN AND A MAN SERI OUSLY INJURED. Mrs. Weddell, tho Wife of a Wealthy Farmer, Was Attacked by Her Stepmother, Mrs. Alice Davis, and This Led to the Shooting by Mis. Weeldell of Her Slster-in-Law and Her Uncle Mrs. Weddell Has Been Lodged in Jail. Philadelphia, July 17. A family feud Is lesponslblo foi a shooting nffiay nt Slllesvllle. neai Slonongahela Cll, the lesult of which Is one woman piobab'y fatally wounded, another In a serious condition, ami a man with ivo bullets In his body. The wounded ate. Mis. Stella A Da vis, aged 'J2 yeats. shot twice thioug'i lungs, will probahl e1 o, 5lis Satah Weddell, aged 'I'l ;iis, beau and face bully cut. condition seii.itis John II Sickles, shot In .urn and liouil. The tiouble occtnred fitiiidny evening when Mis. Weddell, the wife of a wcnlth faimet, was met In the load b her stepmothei, 5lis Alice Davis, who, It Is claimed, began abusing hoi Their woiily quaiiel attiaeted quite a crowd of men and women, whom Mis. Weddell claims attached hot with locks. She lan into n house, and, standing In the dooi, fit oil a levolvei Into the i towel Her sister-in-law, 51 is Stella I) iv Is, who was one of tho at tacking paitv. was shot twice tluough the lungs, and John II Sickles, Mis. Weddell s uncle, locolved one bullet In the at m and one In the hand Tho fri'iiicel woman was dlsaituo.l, nnd then It appeals the ciowd, com posed mostly of women, lushed upon 5Iis Weddell and beat her unnieti Ifully with rocks taken fiom the tallioad bal last She was llnall rescued and placed In-Jnll. JEALOUSY CAUSED A MURDER. Joseph Hough Cut the Tluoat of His Successful R.vnl. cbestei. Conn , July 1 llariv Chad wlek, aged H veins of New Hi Haiti, was muidered last night b Joseph IIourIi. aged ?0. who then attempted to kill himself by cutting bis tluoat ChndwIok'H body has not been found nnd the details of the ti.iged.v are n it fullv known chadwlek came heie S it uidnv night to visit 5Ilss "l-iiv Smith, to whom he was paving attentions Hough, who boaided with the Smith famllv, was also onaniotod of the voung VNotnnn Ch.idwlrk left the smith house about 10 o0 o'e lock last night on his lile e lr und that was the last seen of hlm Hough has made a confession to the coiouei In which h said tint he fol lowed Chadwlek fiom the bouse nnd killed hlm. MINERS RESUME WORK. Immense Amount of Coal Going North Tluough Du Bois. Du Hois, Pa, Julv 17 All the mines oi tlfo It it P nnd J. & C companv lesumed woik toda Ovei U.000 men arc- going In Theli action also gives emploment to several thousand em p!oes of the H. It. & P. mill nail, who were thrown out b.v the stllke and have list over sl weeks' wages There Is an Immense amount of ov.l going noi th through heie tonight, bu' It will be several davs be foi e the maxi mum output Is reached TV0 EIGHTS AT CONEY ISLAND. McCue Got a Decision Over Siddons, of New Orleans. New Yoik-. Julv 17 At the Coney Island Sporting club tonight 5larty 5IcCue, of New Yoik, won fiom fleoige Siddons. of New Oi leans, on n tmil In the eighth round 5IcCito bad the bet tei of it fiom the stmt. Jnrk Downev, of lliooklvn. got the dei Islon ovei Jerome Qulgley, of Phil adelphia, in the eleventh lound Qulg ley was almost helpless and the leferee stopped tho bout Didn't Know It Was Loaded. Lewes, Del, Julv 17 t Itehoboth biy todaj n son of James Mucin II, n siding tlipre shot Ids brother tluough the left breast with a gun loaded with large shot. causing his death In nn hour. The shoot. lng was done In a plaful inanuei. The bojs Fiippnsiu the gun was not loaded. The dead boy was 17 ears of age Will Greet Dewey. Vienna. Jul 17 It Is undeislood tint tho I'nltcil Stales minister to Austila Ilungnry, Addls.in C. Harris, ond others connected with the American legation, as well ns most ot the Culled States con suls In Austria-Hungary aro going to Trieste to greet Admiral Dewiy upon his nrrh.il theie. Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington. Jul 17 -Pension certifi cates' Additional Jumes L. Johnson, llrndfmil. JS to $10. Inn ease John 51c Adam. Urookdnle, Susquehanna, $ to i, Thomas 11. Craven, llradford, "M to i'l. Charles A. li, Alhins, lli.-ulforil, U to $10. -.. .. Signal Coips Scigennt round Dead. Valley Cits, N. D. Jul 17 -The mnn gled body of Howard II. I'talg, sergeant of tho SlNtcinth eompin of the I'niicd Stated Volunteer Signal coips, was found on tho rullroail track four miles oast of Jamestown .vestinlav Cr.ilg had cvi ilentl been niurdeied. Passenger Steamship Disabled. St. Vlncint, Cape Virile Islands, July 17. The Italian steamnhlp Centra Amor lea. from 51outovldeo, Juno SO, for Ueuoa, with fi.M p.ikseugers, lost her propoHc" three bundled miles out at sea and wus tow id heie. MilMMMMlMtkMHtM THE NEWS THIS MOUXINU Weather Indication ToJiyi PAIR; MODERATE TEMPERATURE. General- Manila Correspondents Charge General Otis wllh lut lib Ictus. The llrooklvn Trolley Strike Americans Score Again nt 'Ihe Hague. Pamlly rend Leads to Shooting. General Smith injunction Case Dis solved. Convention of the P. O. of A. JIdltorlal News and Comment I.ocnl Plumbers Have Not Yet Pro si tiled Their Demands. Iliads of Divisions Confer with D, I. A. W.'s New Superintendent Local West Heranlon and Suliiiibnn News Hound About Srrnnton. Local Live Industtlul News. MILES KNEW THE NEED OF TROOPS Immediately After the Victory at Manila He Recommended That Five Thousand Men Be Sent to the Philippines Afterwatds Inci eas ed the Number Tlnee-fold. Washington. Inly 17 A stateni ' plep.ued at -iimv be.ldquit teis no given out for pulilli iitlim tonight, i lutes tlit. statements made In eiltaii tii-wspapets that Oncrnl .Miles did not want nioie than C 000 Hoops snt to th Philippines lllldel drill ml 51cllllt last vear Tho statement given out tonlgiit inchults tuples of olSirbil lecomni nda- tlons made b lieni-tal .Miles uftei Dowej's vliloij nt 5lunlln t 'poll ueelpt of tho pn-ss ile'spete-hes nnnoiinr lng Dewe s naval viloiv. (toneial .Miles, on Mnv .1, lS'is, neom nietiiled to the pusiU-ni that rjiiiouil Thomas .ndeison be sent with ." noo men to oceupv the Philippine, Islands The piesblent nt once .ippinvod the reconimeiidntlnn On .Mav 7 the lhst i oiiiinuulialloti vmis leieived fiom Dewey and In his inblegiani the hittet suggested that ii,om Pnlteil v States ttoops b" sent lit this sntn, cablegrim, hovvovei, be said the Spanish foiei- was estimntid at 10 0)0, and General Miles thiioupon thinking It advisable to haw n prepou deiating fotce levlscd his prevb us sug Kostlin, and on 51a Ifi teroniniendeil that 1",,42". men be n-nt H al tho tlino. named the leglments fiom vebhli to selei the ttoops. Of the numhlt ho ilesljrnated 1.")"" voltniteeis fiom the minus state regiments .Meantime Oenonl Meilltt had been Folected to lonininnd the expedition for the Philippines and In a letter lev tho piesldent Oeneial Meilltt sucgosted that he be given ll.lofi men, of which (i OOi) should be regul irs The utffn' em e In the- snj,'t.stn numbei of t loops was the subject of some fill titer eoties-liouilenc-1. Theie was no e omioversy, bovever, legaidlng th" numb-'f of troops to be sent, (JeneiaJ .Miles, in fact, having des ignated more Ihnn Oenerul 5Ierrlit call ed fot Thete wtis only a dlfteteneo of opinion as to the coiitpostl m of tho fori e, fleneial .Menitt deslilng to have mote icguHr than weie "lislgnated by Ooneral 5Ill!s FOR DEWEY'S RECEPTION. .Geneial Butterfield Opposed to En- teitainlng Newspaper Men. Now York. Julv 17 gieat number of suggestions as to tho methods of making the icceptlon to Admiial Dew ey a success have been locolved bv l!en eial Buttoi field nnd other membeis ,,f tho executive rommittoe One that bis appealed veiv much to Oeneial lluttet lleld Is that the celebiatlon shall lott llniip three Instead of two davs the third da to bo a civ 111 in da.v the si-i -nnd a land paiade dn and the Hist a naval parade da The letter ninklng the suggestion sas that a civic paiade lev lew cd b Ailmli.il Dewe w mil 1 plense ninii thousands of poisons who could not participate in a milium or naval parade. The decision of tho press committee to Invito the newspapei men nf the I'nlted States to visit Now Yoik for the lelelnatlon and be outei tallied at the epenso nf tho clt s to be vetoed when piosouted to the plan and scojio commit top iionetnl Mutteillold Is against It as Inipiaetloablo Schuylkill County Republican Ticket Pottsvllle. Pa Julv 17 -The llepubll. can count coiiventlon todnv nominated lite following tlckrt Judge II. C Ibn nlng; dlslilct ntturne, Chailes 11 ller ge t , treasuici, C A Dm illlngr r, b rk of courts John T Shonui , prothonotatv, William l.elb, recorib'i, Hmamul Jen kvil, leglsti'l, P. (1 Itiisi-, dltietoi of poor, Pied Miicnsllebl: euimts coninils sloneis, u s lliber nnd II. I! Knntnci. Another Kentucky Killing. London Depot K'v , Jul 17 Dick Lov en s body hits been found threo miles fiom Ahuiclityiir Ills hciiil was oveioii from his bod nml had liei u Ih iten to a pulp llnvlnti klllul Ihtee men und In jured seviial he wns piohabl) klllnl by the trlends of one of the victims lie lcav ej a widow and light ehlldirn Time Limit Five Years. Atlantic Cltv. N J , Julj 17 The most lllipurtniit woik of todav 's session of tin Class llottle lllowus Assoitillou of Atnoilra v. as to il Hie time limit npproii. tlccs should serve at tho tinile befoie the aro quallllul Join no men workmen The nrcnnUntinn ilicldnl to make It a five- ear trim Fatal Fall fiom Stieet Car. Philadelphia, Jul 17 -As ti icsiilt of a fall from a stieet inr th" Itev, P. Alo sltts .Ionian S J , iitolHtiint rector of HI Joseph's Itiimnu Cathulle iliurch. this clt, died today ot the pulslt hnuso of Si Joseph's church lie was contieiUil with St. Joseph's chuieli for over forty enis. Accidentally Shot Himself. Halifax. Pa Julv 17 -Han j Ltm nged 2S, accldnitnlly liot hlniulf through Ihe hind this iveitliM with a shotgun. lit. died noon aftir Dewey Home Fund, Washington. July 17. Tito contributions today to ihe Dcv.oy homo fund amounted to 1119, muklng IJ.ISO In till. . JtU. X .!. lt-tJ BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM Strike of Brooklyn Trolley Employes Is Un settled. ROSSITER CALLED A LIAI? The President Said at n Meeting of tho Stiikers That There Is No Strike and No Cause for It nnd Ills Remaik Wns Instantly Chal lengedAt 7 O'clock Last Even ing Oiders Wexo Given to Shut Down All the Lines of the Com pany Pi ogress in Keeping Them, Open Made Dining the .Day. New Yoik, July 17. The stllke sltll n t Inn In l!iooklii tonlgiit tcmulns un i bunged. The stiiklng employes am ".e-'i nioie detei mined than they weio esterduy and tho management of tins Lipid transit lines Is obdurate anil un lllnehlitg. I'nis weie run 'on most ot the lines governed by the traction com pan 1 1 out e'.iily mottling until 7 o'clock this evening, but lifter sundown thorn was a considerable falling off In tho seivlio and bv '.' o'i lock not a car wa moving on an of the lines affect ed b) the sltlklug mutoiiueu and cem dui tots. The mads compi Islng the Nassau s.vsteni weto most effectively crippled. None of the sulking emploos l etui lied to woik and most of them weie busy i (luting the da itilluenelng union and I iioii-unlon men on ihe other lines to quit woik. In this respect the strlk ets weto pnttlally successful, but they made no hit n. ids on tho tunning of tho Putnam avenue cms This lino Is pun tli ally Intiu t. The Coney Island Kailio.iel compaii's lines on Franklin avenue. Smith und Jnv stieets, Hamil ton avenue and Do Kalb avenue wern i tinning on lull time and carried a great numbei of passengcis tluoughout Ihe day and night. 'I his coinpanv bus no differences with Its emploves and Is not Interfeiied with In the slightest Of nil tho lines in the traction svsteni Flatbush nvnnuo and a nowlv opened Brighton Peach lottie weie tho most sot lotisly affected lines dm lng the day. Only Six Woik. The legulnr schedule on the I'laUmsh nveiiue and Hilghton I5each roads tails for nlnt,iv-fiHU i.m. but only sl of those win- successfully woiked Om the Nosti.ind nvenue lino, which tuns limn tin Twentv-thlid street 'eirjl binding In V illlainshnrg to riatbublt avenue nnd llergen Peach, sepntv-tlvo eat an- eHlly sent out Tmbi only oi,ht were inanlpulated, and most of these did njit cover the entire route. Ti nipklns avenue was veiv much ne gl'Ht"d, mil) two cats passing over the entile lino dining the dav. Piesldent Ilossiter. ne i nmpnnled I)J1 Sr-th L Keetiev, ,i clli "c ti of tho mad, visited tho bam on the Plntbush ave nue lln near Vernon avenue during tho afternoon. The itrlkeis wete them to a man and when the iailro.nl mag pales diove IIP In a coupe the stiikers adjoin mil to it neatb bnll and helil a nieetliif, to which the Invited 5'e.srs. Hnsslter am' Keonev Speerhes wcri nude on bnih .Ides but townrd tha C'tocc. of the meet! lg Pi. sldent Itosslter tol 1 the men that the) could come back to woik at t! o'clock this evening but he nssui'-d them tbnt the companv v onld not conredo anv of Unit de mands nnd opiossod himself as be lieving that the stiikers had no gri-v-ances to back up theli action" TIpio Is no strike n, r cause for It." said Mr. Tto-slter "You He' )ou lie'" came fiom 10(1 lluojts in answot to this asset Hon and It looked fot a time us If set Ions tintlblo would ensue Pol tunate ly, wlsei heads goveined the more active stllkeis and no damage was done to elthei of tho representatives of the company. The two officials then loft tho hall At 7 o'cliul this i venlng Piosldpnt Itnssltot Issued Insti notions to shut down on all tho Tine tlon companv t rios and from that hour until long after midnight not a car was uin, wit i tbN evooptlon of a couple which wero phifc-j at the seivico of the cltv au thorities to tianspoit policemen to out l)lng illDtilcts The rllce authorities nver that tha stllke Is almost ovet, as lite men who mo out bnve not sulllcient capital to back I lion i n for any kind of a pro longed light 5Ia?.v fi lends of the strik ers think that tn- jien will win but tho most conservative people who have watt lied the piogiess of the stllke so far b.'llovo tint the stilken will lose, and manj of thorn will bo thrown out ot woik. Engaging Woikmen. Philadelphia. July 17. Agents of the P.rookl)ii Itapld Tianslt company to day engoged fOO opei lenced moioinien nnd coniluctois In this clt) to tnke tho plnces of their sulking emploves 5lnnv of these weie tonneilv In the emplo) of the I'nlon Tmitlon company, of this city, and lost tlu-lt plnci s us a. losult of the Mg stllke on that s)stem a. fow years ago At that time tln-y "lalmod their places won tuken by IJiookljii niotoimcn and i-otiductois lf Hf i -r 4- WEATHER FORECAST. - WnsliliiRton, July 17 Tor cast foi Tuisibi' Por eiistcin Peitii-t-xlvnula. fall, with iiindetate lem. peratuio Tuesibi) and Wednesday, light iiott'iwosterl winds. TT -r--r -t-r-rT-TT-r-rTl--b
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