Staunton -rlbinie. ,.- ,.t(Vl iop?i' SCRAXTOX, PA., WEDNESDAY MOUSING, .JTLY 19, 18i). TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. ROUND ROBIN IS IGNORED The Cabinet Decides to Pay No Attention To It. OTIS IS FULLY UPHELD Signers of the Manifesto Mtiy Bo Re quested to Leave the Islands. Their Assertion That the Actual Situation nt Manila Has Been Con cealed Denied Officers from the Front and the Members of the Philippines Commission Corrobor ate General Otis' Report London Comment. Washington, July IS. Tho cabinet meeting today was longer than usual and the members, after it ndjourned, were more reticent than usual. Secro tarys Gage. Wilson, Alger anil Attor ney rieneral Griggs are nut of the city. It was admitted that there was some discussion of the "round robin" sent by the American newspaper correspond ents from .Manila via Hong Kong yes terday. A cable from Colonel Denby, a member of the Philippine commis sion, was read. It showed u fairly sat isfactory state of affairs, one of tho cabinet olllcors said, but It did not say that peace negotiations with Aguln aldo wore In progress. Secretary Hay also had a cable from Ambassador Choate relative to the boundary lino negotiations, bill It was not encourag ing. Later It was ascertained that the de cision was reached to allow the "round robin" mutter to drop. At an Informal conference held at the white house last night the subject was thoroughly dis cussed and such u policy agreed upon. This, It Is stated, was conllrmed at to day's cabinet meeting. Oflleially th" matter will be ignored and General nils will be allowed to treat it as ho may deem best. Administration's Views. A member of the administration, ono whose lelatlons with the president are close, and whose qualifications to rep resent the sentiment of the cabinet is unquestioned, said today: "General Otis' reports have been substantiated by every olllcer of the government In the Philippines. There has been no conflict oC opinion among those men who have represented th-j government in the Islands. The mem bers of the Philippines commission agree with General Otis In his pre sentation of the situation, and every olllcer who has returned from the isl ands has corroborated the general's reports. I'nder such circumstances' I do not see how the newspaper cor respondents In Manila can raise an Issue between General Otis and the administration. Precedents would permit dealing summarily with the young men who have undertaken to tell the American people about the mistakes of the commanding olllcer In the Philippines, lint General Otis Is a man of judicial temperament, and can be depended upon to deal with them as leniently as possible. Prob ably the least he can do will be to as sure them that their usefulness In Ma nila Is ended and ask them to go home. II can nt the same time Inform the newspapers that other correspondents can be sent, who can remain as long as they submit to discipline. nut It s mt nf the question to assume that a . iu7.n newspaper correspondents can v.i ? an Issue between General Otis and i lie government. To do this would in- to assume that General Otis and every con lander under him. includ ing the members of the Philippines commission are Incompetent, untrust worthy and that they are deliberately misleading the admlnistiatlon as to the condition of affairs In the Island!'. "The publication of the correspond ents' manifesto will no doubt excit" much public distrust, but the question nt Issue Is not one of facts but of opin ion and the administration will accept the opinion of General Otis In prefer ence to thai of the newspaper corre spondents. Precedents. "Tho question which the correspond ents have raised Is not a new one to the government. Precedents are found In the history of the Civil war. More than otifl war eortefepondeiit In the six ties failed to comprehend the charac ter of his relations to the general com mandlug the army which he was ac companying. A crisis, such as the newspaper men have created at Manila, occurred in the early part or the Oh II war. A leading correspondent was ex pelled from a enmp. Proprietors of loyal papers In New York and other the action of tho general, President Lincoln replied kindly but firmly that ho could inn. Interfere, and ho did not. "Tho opinion prevailing at the war department Is that the correspondents who signed tho 'round robin' win ),. ordered to leave Manila and that the press associations and the papers they represent will be Informed that other lien can be sent. General Mllos takes Ihls view of the matter. Ho says that Inc. newspaper men with thn army have no official standing. They are merely camp followers, subject to the Ities took up the case and appealed n ,"",,"- "" "' '"l " Mr. Lincoln. The political piessurc eiap: win... evme.ui, rru,o.ing Drought to bear was very strong. ,t Mm" UH lmv'nB ,U' p,;fsl,,on , n ,l!' t" the newspaper men. his person ' '""''""l "T"61.' ' "' "U "V '" friends, who .a led i,im . ,...., dlgnatlon that has been aroused by his sufferance of the commanding general, and are liable to court-martial should General Otis so direct, or they may be expelled from the Islands. The gov ernment, the general adds, must look to the commanding general for Its re ports of the situation lu the field, and the reports of correspondents can have no weight us against them." An Official Statement. The following statement was given out this afternoon nt the state depart ment: "The state department yesterday re ceived from the Philippine commission nn Important dispatch conveying these facts: "By the co-operation of the military and the commission, municipal gov ernments have been established In sev en Important towns In the provinces of Manila and Cavlte. These are. working admirably and one good effect of them Is that considerable numbers of the Insurgents nie constantly de serting and coming In, some of them with arms. The system will soon be extended to other towns which are asking for It. Continued success In this direction will meun the beginning of the end. The commissioners state that the gcnernl situation Is as de sirable as in the message of General Otis of the liflth of .lutie, except thnt a number of ports In the southern pa it of Luzon, In Leytc nnd other Islands to the south have since been opened to trade. Dispatches from Schuniian on his return from his trip through the southern part of the archipelago were of the same purport. A disposi tion to accept American sovereignty and to welcome our troops was every where manifested. Summary of Conditions. "The report of General Otis of the ICth of ,lune, referred to by Commis sioner Denby In the above lespale'i, stated that as a consequence of th. rainy season little Island campaigning was now possible In Luzon. V oc cupy, said General Otis, a largo per tlon of the Tngalog country. The lines stretch from Imus on tho seiith to San Fernando on the north, neatly sixty miles, and eastward Into th? Laguna province. The Insurgent ar mles have suffered great losses and have scattered. The only largo forces which holds together Is about 4,n00 In Tarlae province and Noithcrn P'.'n pagna. There are scatterel forces !n bands of fifty and .100; In other por tions of Luzon and Halangas .uovincM they could possibly assemble as mar.y as 2,000. They are demorallz-1 1 from recent defeat. The most of the peo ple are terrorized by the Insurgent sol diers, but desire pence and American protection. They no longer llee from our troops unless forced ny Insurgents, but gladly welcome them. There has been no recent burning' of town. Tin population within our lines has become dense, taking up land cultivation ex tensively. They are kept out of Ma nila as much as possible, as the city population was becoming too great to be cared for. The only hope of the Insurgent leaders Is aid from the I'nlt el States. This Is the Influence, which enables them to hold out. Much con tentful prevails among them and no civil rovernment remains. "The trade with ports not In our pos session, the former source of Insurgent revenue?, Is now Interdicted. General Otis doubted the wisdom of this policy as people in those parts are without supplies or fond and the merchants siHTerlug losses. He meditated at that time the restoration of trade privilege although the insurgents might reap same benefit from It, a plan which has since been partially carried into effect. The courtt! are In successful operation under the direction of able Filipinos. Affairs in the other islands are com paratively (inlet awaiting results In Luzon. All wcie anxious for trade nnd repeated calls for American troops tire received. He Is giving his attention to the Join archipelago and the Pala wan Islands. General Otis speaks of the general desire of the volunteers to re-enlist, lie lias provided for the en listment of the two regiments which luie been aathorlzjil and has asked permission in organise a thlnl regi ment." As Viewed in London. London. .Inly IS. The afternoon news papers of this city comment lu denun ciatory vein on the conduct of the American Philippines campaign as lt has been managed by Secretary Alger a lid Major General IClwell S. Otis. The St. .lames' Gazette says: "The great Anieilciin people have been hood winked by Its general and lis admin istration, who have la-iit up u series of suppressions of the truth and sugges tions of the false of Russian Ingenuity and thoroughness." The Pall Mall Gazette says: "The correspondents have done their duty to the public aF Journalists and gentle men should." The Times, in Its leading editorial article todav. says: "Alger has run the war olllce as a political machine. Military posts have been bestowed upon political friends without regard to lltness or the Interests of tint coun try. Dishonesty and corruption have been rampant wherever there was pub lic money to be handled. American soldiers were Killed by thousands on Ameilcan soil by such agencies as em balmed beef and scandalous neglect of elementary sanitation. As the head is, so wo expect subordinates to be. They were chosen without regard to fitness, but with everv regard to political ser vice. Naturally they act as the poli ticians they aro rather than soldiers and administrators, which they are not. The new Imperial policy of the I'nlted States Is thus discredited by association with a system of more than common corruptness. MeKlnlcy. for some reason or cither, Is Incapable of mismanagement.' More Men for Otis. Washington. July 1. Acting Secretary of War .lilies today directed the Nine teenth Infuutiv at Camp Meade to go to San Francisco to Tiibaik for Manila on the S5tb on the Ohio and Newport. Alger Back in Washington. Washington, Jul IK. Seoretary and Mrs. Aleer returned to tho city tonight from Long Urar.ch, where they have been the gucits of Vlco President and Mr3. llol'srt. GOVERNOR'S POWER TO UNCHALLENGED MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS TO BE TAKEN TODAY. Secietary Orelst's Refusal to Adver tiso tho Vetoed Resolutions for Submission of Constitutional Amendments Causes Legislator Woodruff to Decide to Put the Legality of the Governor's Veto to the Test. Philadelphia, July IS. Secretary of the Commonwealth Crlest, has decided that he cannot legally advertise tho constitutional amendments passed by the last legislature, but which were, vetoed by Governor Stone. This decis ion was announced In a communication to Clinton Rogers Woodruff, of this city, attorney for th" Municipal league, and also for President I'.mnhani, of the league, who has threatened mandamus proceedings against Secretary Orient In the event of an nil verso opinion from the Intter in the matter. The letter, bearing date of July 13. was received by Mr. Woodruff this morning after the latter had declared his Intention to go to Hnrrlsburg this week to apply to the Dauphin county court for a man damus upon the secietary of the com monwealth. In his communication to Mr. Wood ruff. Secretary Grlest says Hint the'ln- varlable practice of the executives since the adoption of the present con stitution has been to consider nnd lines upon all Joint resolutions nniendn- torv of the organic Inw under section 2K of article III. of the constitution. In every Instnnee heretofore the secretary says promulgation of a proposed con stitutional amendment by the secretary of the commonwealth has been preced ed by the governor's approval of the joint resolution proposing such amend ments. Reasons Given. Continuing he says: "Theproposed amendment to which your Inquiry re lates was lodged In this department after having been acted upon adverse ly by the governor, under authority which be believed to be conferred up on him by that section of the consti tution hetetofore quoted and guided also by the practice established and uniformly adhered to by his predeces sors In ofriee. "It is a grave question, therefore, whether I have any authority to cat In the premises. In addition thereto It would be clearly contrary to all precedent for me to promulgate by advertisement proposed amendments which have not received executive sanction, but from which, on the con trary, the governor has expressly withheld approval." T'pon receiving Secretary Gliest's letter Mr. Woodruff addressed letters to him and Attorney General Klkln notifying him that he would make ap plication to the attorney general at Hnrrlsburg tomorrow at noon to file In the Dauphin county court a petition on behalf of the state of Pennsylvania for a writ of alternative mandamus against Secretary Grlest to show cause why he should not advertise the pro posed amendments. LARGEST CONTRACT EVER AWARDED Carnegie Steel Company to Furnish S15.000.000 Worth of Steel Plates Each Year for Ten Years. Pittsburg, July IS. The Pressed Steel Car company has contracted with the Carnegie Steel company for Sn.OOil tons of steel plates monthly for a period of ten years. This Is the largest steel contract evei awarded to one llrm and amounts to about $l,"i0.ono. A repre sentative of the Pressed Steel Car com pany said today that the actual cost of the material to lie furnished vill be $1.'..0n0,0fli) n year. Tho delivery of the contract will begin nn Aug. 1 nest. Several months ago the Carnegie Steel company contemplated the erec tion of a mammoth steel plant, but the project was abandoned and a work ing arrangement entered into between the Pressed Steel Car company and the Carnegles. the terms of which pro vided for the purchase of all the steel required by the car company fioni the Carnegles. Strength of the Tenth Regiment. ll.iriisiiurg, .luiv iv-tiii' monthlv re. turn of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment for May wus received todiy at the ad jutant gciiei.il's di partment. It chows the slrcmith of the command to be ; ollkers ami "; enlisted men ami the total strength, sn; olllcors and men. Lleiitcn. ant Colonel Harnett Is in command of the district of Cuvlte, owing to the lllncxs of Colonel Hawkins. The regiment is now on its way home to be muttered out at Pittsburg. Big Distillery Deal. Philadelphia. Jul IS. Hepresentatlves of the Ameilcan Illtillli-g company cam" hero toil. ly and formulU consummated the deal whereby ibo trust acquired the stock of the llannls Distilling company of this city, with distilleries nt Haiti moie and Martlnsliius W. Va. Tea thousand shares of block were bought outright and the aggregate sum paid was over Jt,5uiVWn. Turf Winnings Go to Charity. London. July IS. Tho Duke of Ye.t minister bus presented the winnings nf hU colt Flying Fox la the Kcilpse slake run nl S.iudowiie pulk, on Filduv last, amounting to (lMixi. to the Koyal Alex andra hospital at Ithyl. Wales, ot which he Is president and the Princess of Wales patroness. United Brethren Meet. (immborslir.rg. Pn . .July 18. Tw") thousand I'nlted Urethnn Irom Pennni vanlu. Maryland and Virginia attended the iiniu'al reunion of the denomination at Mont Alto park today. Adilrem-es were made by UMiop K. II. Kephart, of Ann vllle. Pa.; lllshop N. Castle, of Klk. bait. Intl.. nnd Hc. Dr. K. D. F.iust. of I Unlun Dlblleul ieiiilnury, D.iyton, Ohio. THE SPANISH PRISONERS. Their Sufferings Referred to in tho Senate of Spain. Mndrld, July IS. A scene occurred In the senate toduy. Several delegations of women having relatives among the prisoners In the hands of the Filipinos sought an audience with Senor Sllveln, the premier, who had them conducted to the galleries of the senate, where Count D'Almenas drew a. lamentable picture of the sufferings of the pris oners, which caused frequent outbursts of sobbing from the women. Count D'Almenas blamed the Ameii can authorities, and the Spanish gov ernment for the fate of these unhappy men. Senor Sllvola, In defending the government, said that, although the I'nlted States had at first placed ob stacles In the way, they were now en deavoring to assist lu obtaining the liberation of the prisoners. For the sake of prudence, however, and In order not to hamper the nego tiations now In progress, the premier declined to say nnythlng regarding the steps being taken to accomplish that end. ESTERHAZY ADMITS CRIME OF FORGERY Says He Wrote the Bordereau Under Orders and for the Purpose of Im plicating Dreyfus. Paris. July IS. The Matin today publishes a statement by Comte Fer dinand Wnlsln Ksterhazy In which he says that he wrote the bordereau by order of Colonel Sandherr and that It was sent to the house of Colonel Schwaiibkoppen. then military at tache at the German embassy In Paris, whence It was leturned to the war of fice. Colonel Schwnrtzkoppen, being at that time in Berlin, never saw th" bordereau, which was forged In order to supply material proof of the guilt of Dreyfus. The statement contains the asser tion that secret agents In Herlln, whose testimony It was Impossible to use. had demonstrated that leakages had occurred In th war olllce: the fact that treason existed was undeniable, and everything Indicated Dreyfus as the traitor. All the war ministers. It Is added, knew the facts and believed the for gery of the bordereau necessary. The evidence Implicating Dreyfus were the words of Colonel Schwartzkoppen's own mouth. Generals Mercier, de Bolsdeffre and Oonse knew that the bordereau was forged, and that Drey fus was Illegally, but Justly, convicted. ALL QUIET AT CLEVELAND. Strikers Are Pursuing Different Tactics Than Formerly. Cleveland, July IS. Whether or not the quiet that lias prevailed today precedes a storm to come In the street car strike is the question that every body Is asking. The strikers are pur suing different tactics from those fol lowed in the former strike. They are not interfering with the non-union men who are operating cars, nor will they tell what their plans are. The otllclals of the company also refuse to talk, but they operated cars on several of the lines today under police protection without molestntlon. Preparations are being made to resume operations on other lines and It Is ap parent that new men are to bo secured as rap'dly as possible to take the place of the strikers. The state board of arbitration Is try ing to bring about arbitration, but thus far no success has attended the efforts In that direction. PINGREE SCHEME KILLED. Final Blow Given to City Ownership of Railways. Detroit, July is. Municipal owner ship of Detroit street railways under the plan lately agreed was given what Is believed to be a final quietus by tho common council tonight. A reconsider ation of the "security" ordinance was orclcied by a unanimous viva voce vote of the aldermen. Then further consid- eratlon of the ordinance was Indefi nitely postponed. The so-called "working" ordinance, under which the Detroit Municipal Hallway company proposed to operate, was also Indenltely laid on the table today by the committee which had It under consideration. NO OVERTURES FOR PEACE. Report That Aguinaldo Had Sued Denied by Secretary Hay. Washington. Jnlv IS. -A report that overtures for peace had been made to General Otis by Aguinaldo and souip of his principal leadeis Is pronouueed by Secretary of Slate Hay to bu groundless. The secretin y says that negotiations looking to peace are being conducted as heretofore, but no such advices as conMlned in the report quoted have been received. It Is believed, also, that tho situation does not warrant such a report. Held for Robbing Fielght Cars. Norrlstown. July Is. A. Caiiffmau, alias J. V. Chunman. and Kobcrt A Hoda bach, of Philadelphia, ami David Wook. of Lansdale. three of tin- Philadelphia and itcaoillg raino.pi i-iiotMiji'. wnn wim i anested In Philadelphia last week for robbing freight cni.- wcie arraigned be fore Magistrate l.entiarilt this afternoon and held in ftw). Itoilabach furnished security, but the other Uu were sent to Jail in default of bull. Threats of Lynching. Wcllilmru, July is. Slierllf Juliusim to. night put extra guilds on duty at the county lull heie to piewnt the threat ened 1 aching of Isaac lllnlolo, whose wife died last i.'uht at her home hi Dlossburg from the elf cts ol burns In lllcti d by her husband, who, according to a sworn stutement made yesteida), attempted to Inch eiute her. Graham Is a Defaulter. Chicago. July IV-Willlum A. S. Clra. ham, ex-school agent and decretory of tho board of education, bus left tho city and is u defaulter lu the school funds to tlie extunt of '!l,5i.m. Ho left a note behind conveying his property to cover the shortage, lint this property U not nie wu rlh more than J10.W0. BIG HOTEL FIRE ATMILWAUKEE TWENTY-FIVE FIREMEN HURT AND FIVE WILL DIE. Whllo tho Firemen Were in the Building tho Structure Collapsed. Ten Were on the Roof at the Time. It Was the Grace Hotel, a Four story Brick Structure Forty Horses Burned in St. Rochs, a Suburb of Quebec. Milwaukee. July IS. Fire tonight de stroyed the Grace hotel, a four-story brick structure at the corner of Park and Heed streets, on the south side. About twenty-live firemen were In jured, of whom five may die. The pecuniary loss Is small. Those believed to be fatally Injured are: Peter O'Connor. Mlrhael Quirk, Captain P. J. Llnchan, Captain John Wolf nnd Plpeiuan Schaffer. While the firemen were In the build ing to subdue what little llames were left, with ten others on the roof, tho structure collapsed and nothing but a mass of debris was left. The tlremen on the roof, and those on the ladders and within, went down with the ruins. Ah quickly as the Injured could be gotten out they were hurried to the hospital. Over Forty Houses Burned. Montreal. July IS. Fire In St. Itochs, n suburb of Quebec city, has already burned forty houses and Is still spread ing. PRESIDENT KRUGER TALKS FOR PEACE Reviews the Recent Negotiations and Advises the Volksraad to Ac cept the British Contention. Pretoria. July IS. The Volksraad re sumed discussion of the franchise bill at Its session today. The trend of the debate favored seven years' retroactive and prospective franchise. lleplylng to a question, President Kruger reviewed the Hloomfonteln con ference, and said that the proposals ot Sir Alfred M liner, governor ot .Cape Colony and British high commissioner of South Attica, were too wide, but that alteration from nine to seven years was only a slight difference; and tor reasons of honesty and righteous ness he (President Kruger) recom mend tho alteration, which would meet the English objections. The country, he ndded. would not be endangered thereby, but would gain tho applause of thei world. RAILROAD WRECKS. Three Men Killed tn Collision on Norfolk and Western. Portsmouth. O., July IS. Three train men weie killed and three were injured seriously today in a head on collision on the Norfolk and Western railway at Haverhill. The wrecked trains were passenger No. :! nnd through freight. They met on a sin rt curve near here. A dense fog obscured the track. The engines, twenty freight cars and baggage and express cars are a pile of wreckage. None of the passengeis was Injured. Baltimore, July 18 Rttrly this moin Insr n mixed train or. the Curtis Hay branch of the Haltiniore and Ohio rail road was derailed nt Stonehouse Cove, near this city. Knglneer Heaw was killed and Fireman Shade injured slightly. None of the passengers was hurt. TWO LITTLE GIRLS POISONED. Drank Preparation Intended for Their Mother, a State Witness. Dallas. Tex.. July IS. Two girls, one eight years old and the other ten, (laughters of the widow of John Moore, died after drinking poison which, th" police declare, was prepared for their mother, who Is an lni rtant state wit ness lu the case against the men ac cused Tif lynching the Humphries. The poison was placed In a water pitcher In the house of Mrs. Moore. Her little girls were thirsty and their i mother gave each a drink from the pitcher. Death followed almost in I stantly. I FREIGHT HANDLERS STRIKE. ! Have Been Getting- 17 But Want 20 Cents an Hour. New York. July IS. The freight handler-' of the Lehigh Valley railroad employed tit the company's piers on the North liver struck today. They have been paid 17 cents an hour and they demand 1'0 cents. The situation ot tue Pennsylvania, Kallrond company's piers Is unchanged today. A quantity of freight has ac cumulated on the pleis and none'of It Is being handled. The piers are prac llcillv deserted ' tli.UH (lesetted. Smallpox in Clearfield County. Hariisbaig, July IS. Governor Stone received a letter from Dr. Benjamin F. Lee, secretary of the s.alo hoard of health, today, Informing lilrn of the oiit bieak of smallpox at I'talivllle, tieaiib Id counn. The llhiRe has been quaran tined and the situation is ahirmlni: al though every precaution Is being taken to pioveiu a spread of the dlseai-e. New Railroad Chartered, llniilsburg, .lob IS. The Sinlthllehl and Mnsotitowu Itallioad company of Fayette county, was cluttered today by the slate department with a capital of J110.h. The line, will be eleven miles long and will extend froiii a point on the Fair mount, Morgantriwu and Pittsburg rail road near Kmlthtleld to a point near Masontown. Chadwick's Body Found. Chester, Conn.. July IS. Tho body of Harry Chudwlck. who was murdered by Joseph Hough on Sunday night, whs found lu tho Connecticut liver tonight The body was lied to I he dead man's bicycle. THE KKWS THIS MORNINti Wcittier Indication! ToJiyi FAim VARIABLE WINDS. 1 General Kffect nt the Correspond ents' Hound r.oliln. Brooklyn Street Car Slilke Still On. Will Test Legality of tho Governor's Veto. Twenty Firemen Hurt at a Milwau kee Fire. 2 General-llaso ll.ill Results. Financial and Commercial. 3 Local Hides Governing Competition for Krcctlon of New Y, M. C. A. llultillng. Fxamliiiitlons for Mine Forcmnnshlps. 4 Killtoiliil. News and Comment. 5 Local Superintendent Bogarfs Suc cessor. Old Forge Objects to Proposed Trol ley Itoatl. Opening Session of the P. O. of A. 6 Local West Scranton and Suburban. 7 News Hound About Scranton. S Local Whitney's Weekly News P.uilget. HOISTING ENGINE GOT OUT OF ORDER As a Consequence Mine Cage Falls and Seven Men in a Shamokin Colliery Aro Severely Injured. Shamokin. Pa., July IR.-Whlle n number of men were being lowered down Hurnsldesliaft today th" hoist ing engine became unmanageable when the carriage was twenty-live feet from the bottom, causing the cage to drop to the landing with terrific force. Somj of the men, were Jammed agalns: each other, while others were hurled against tho side of the shaft. The following were badly Injured: Calvin Tyson, shoulder dislocated, back Injured and Internal Injuries; will likely die. Oscar Snyder, thighs nnd arm broken, In cilllcal condition, will lively die. Nicholas Davis, legs cut an.l uruhed and bady Injured. Michael Hrcnnan, back and h'ps cut and bruised. Andrew Waldron, legs an 1 body bruised. William Fox, Internal injuries, knee dislocated. Nicholas Sellnda, body cut and bruises. All of tho victims are unmarried. AMENDMENTS WITHDRAWN. Objections of England and Other Powers Prove Effective. Tho Hague. July IS. The subconi mlttee of the arbitration commission of the peace conference met this afternoon to draft the amendments demanded at yesterday's session of the plenary com mittee and to prepare them for tomor row's meeting, when the discussion of th' question of nn International board of Inquirv is expected to create a lively debate. As the exact nature of the objections made were not known, no action was taken. It Is understood that Captain Alfred T. Malum, of the I'nlted States navy (retired), one of the American dele gates, has decided to withdraw bis pro posed amendments to the scheme for adopting the Geneva convention to naval wars owing to objection on the part of Great Hritaln and other powers. INSANE FROM COLD. Kentucky Boatman on the Yukon Comes Home a Maniac. Louisville, Ky., July IS. Thomas N. Noles, who left New Albany fifteen months ago to take the position of chief engineer In a steamship of the Alaska Navigation "oinpany. plying In the Yukon liver, has returned to his home a maniac, insanity was caused by suffering from cold In tin- north west. Noles went mad nt Andreofsky last February and set lire to the hotel at which the men were uuaiiered. A number of other men employed on the boats also became insane from th severity of the climate. TWO MEN BURNED BY LIME. Collapse of the Calkins Kiln of Tonawanda, N. Y. Tonawanda. N. Y . July is. If. T. Hogeis, Fred Genowski and John lt iiamei went down the channel of Cal kins' llme-klln last night to loosen the lime. While they were theie the stnict ute suddenly gave way and the lime spurted all over the men, who had to wade thiongh the boiling mass to get out. Their clothes were destroyed and tho men weie terribly burned. They worn removed to their homes later and are now lying in critical condition. Found Dying in the Street. I IlurrUbutg. July IS.-Charles Walker, an employe of the Pennsylvania Sled u-.trl:w. v.'riM f'oiiml tUlnir on the mreets of i Hariisluirg tins nu.ining alter daylight. He was shot through the right hip nnd l his right arm was lenlbi.v crushed near i the shoulder. Walker was taken to tho I Jlriibtirg hospital and die. o h.mrs later. The theory of the polli e Is that hp ,JIriM , u ,,,., blnwl. Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington. July im. Peiihloii certlll. cates: Original, William Deteer, Ander son, Ltueine. $S. Increase, Henry Mer liic. Hallstcad. Susquehanna. Sil to $3. He-lseue and Increase, Daniel Vunloan. Athens, llrodford. f 17 to $ - - - President Wheeler Accepts. San Francisco, Jnlv is. -A. a meeting of th" boanl of regents of the I'ntverslly of California held today Profes.or lien- Jamlli ldi Wheeler accepted the pi cm dency of the unleilty. the regent grunting every lequesl and condition made by him. WEATHER FORECAST. Washington July IS. Foiccast for Wednesday: K.istein IYiiiih.nI. vanlu Fair Wednesday and 'l'huri: day; light westerly winds becom ing variable.. Iffffff-f-ff-ft-ff-ff-f-f-fI END IS NOT IN SIGHT Brooklyn Trolley Strike Had No Exciting Feat ures Yesterday. POLICE PROTECTION AMPLB Officers of tho Company Say tha Strike Is Only a Nominal One and That They Were Able to Givo a Good Servico Yesterday and Last Night Small Riot Occurred LasO Evening and a Conductor and Mo tormonWere Hurt President Roa slter Says the Men on Strike Will Not Be Discriminated Against if They Return to Work at Once. I New York, July is. Tho llrooklyft trolley strike Is still on. and In all like lihood there will be no end to the labor, trouble for several days to come. Tlur striking motormen nnd conductors ur.j very earnest, and they claim they ar gaining ground. On the other band, tin representatives of the Brooklyn Trac tion company assert that the strike l( only a nominal one. and that from to. night on they will experience no d'llli culty In running their full complement of cars. The company did not run any can over Its various lines ufter dark last evening, but resumed traffic shortly, after D o'clock this morning. Numer ous cars were run over the Beveral lines, but the time schedule was not adhered to, and a fair estimate ot thn rolling stock In operation was about sixty per cent. No cars were run overt the Flatbush avenue lino to the lirlgh ton Bench, and the patrons to the raoi track were forced to take steam cars over the railroad routes or the Frank lin avenue nnd Smithtleld enrs, which are not under the strikers' ban. Great dilllculty was experienced by the man agement In getting cars over the Nas sau system and a liberal estimate ol the curs run over the Nassau Hues would be about thirty per cent, of tho regular number. Two Lines' Blockaded. The Fifth nnd Seven avenue lines were frequently blockaded and tho company did not handle more than 13 per cell', of the regular dally traffic The Douglass and Bergen street curi were run nt Intervals of 15 and 1:0 minutes, but each of tho cars wan manned by at least four policemen. During the day the police made sev eral arrest of persons who interfered with the progiess of the cars on thn Nassau lines, but no serious outbreak occurred until after C o'clock. A smalt riot occurred a few minutes after C o'clock, In which two men wero painful ly but not setlously hurt. A mob ol some 400 persons attacked a Fifth ave nue car on its way into the? city at Sixth street nnd Filth avenue. Con ductor Latham and Motorman Mulca hey were pulled off the car and badly treated. Latham had his arm broken, and Mulcaliey received a fracture ol the nos". Several police who were In the neigh borhood rushed to the assltance ot tli tnotorinan and conductor nnd frighten ed the crowd off by firing their revol vers In the air. Three arrests wero. made, and In less than fifteen minutes the cars were running on a. headway of eight minutes. The police arrange ments for the protection of life and property were as nearly perfect a pos sible, and while It Is likely that dis turbances niav occur during the night. President Itnsslter 1ms signified his In tention of running the cars as nearly as possible to schedule time up to mid night, and If found practicable he will have them run all night. No Hitch on Elevated. ' it was rumored during the forenoon that trouble might be expected on thn I'lilon Flevated loads, but early In tho ,ifn moon President Itnsslter stated that no hitch would ociur there. The engineers on the elevated system had been untitled that as soon as tho third lull, or electric motor system, was adopted their wages would be re duced from J3.B0 to $2.:'3 per day. Tho engineers kicked UBiilnst this suggest ed leduitloii. but this afternoon they were assured by the management that the rate of wages now existing would he maintained. About noon policemen were sent front headquarters to all the elevated rail road stations lu the borough of Brook lyn and by I o'clock 'there wasa police olllcer on each of the. up nnd down 'platforms. Chief of Police Devery, together with Pollco Commissioners York and Sexton, visited liendquarteis before noon, but none of them admit ted that trouble wus anticipated mi tlie "1." system and when pressed for mi explanation of the policing of tho different stations the declined to talk. Master Workman I'm sons and Dis trict Master Pines were very confi dent that the strikers would win tho light, but Judging from the number of cars In operation today, the asser tion of the railroad managers that the strike would Hustle out seem to be well founded. Strikers Hnndlcapped. The strlkeis are severely handhappeil. Inasmuch as that they have no funds to back them up. and in many In stances there Is a sad lack of concert ed ncllon on the part or the leaders. That the men are In earnest goes with out saying. Nine-tenths of them aro thoroughly honest in their Intentions, but from Individual statements It Is easily inferred that they aro fast los ing confidence. Tho cars on the Third avenue, tho Fifth avenue and tho Fulton street lines stopped running shortly after midnight. Cars on all the linos In operation stopped at midnight. itHSk-
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