crttiitoit TvyxTr713-' TWELVE PAGES SCRAXTOX, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1899. TWELVE RAGES TWO CENTS. WORK OF THE PEACEMAKERS Nearly Concluded with Exception of Arbitra tion Committee. VAN KARNEBECKS REPORT The First Point Regarding the Drop ping o Explosives from Balloons Is Unanimously Agreed to Use o Exploslvo Bullets Causes Much Argument Mr. White Defends the Dum-Dum Bullet. The Hague, July 21. Baron De Staal presided at the plenary session of the International peace conference today to place the final seal upon the labors of the llrst committee. The first point of M. Vankarnebeck's report dealing with prohibition of dropping explo sives from balloons was unanimously agreed to. The second point, prohibi tion of the asphyxiation projectiles was agreed to by all except the United Slates nnd Great Britain, whose ab stention nullities the agreement of the otheis. The third point, which relates to ex panding bullets, occupies the major part of the sitting, owing to tne ques tion of the dum-dum bullet used by the British army- Sir Jir Pauncefote expressed regret that the plenary ses k slon had been so suddenly summoned, as the lirltlsh government had intend- ed to make a statement regarding the dum-dum bullets. The conference agreed to leave the minutes of the ses sion open for the Insertion of the lirlt lsh statement. Mr. Andrew I). White, the head of the United States delegation, then made on Important speech In opposi tion to prohibition of such bullets as the dum-dum. Mr. White's nrguments made'a great Impression upon the del egates, and especially when he ex plained that the adoption of the pro posal ns submitted would not prevent the use of another bullet, which had already been Invented, and which would attain the same end as the dum dum but In n more cruel manner. The new missile, Mr. White said, was out side the specific definitions of the pre sent proposal. Captain Crozier, the military member of the United States delegation, proposed as a substitute the following: "Tin- use of bullet should bo pro hibited which inillet unnecessary cruel wounds such ns explosive bullets, and In general, every kind of bullet ex ceeding the limits necessary to put a man immediately 'iinrs de combat." A long discussion ensued ns to wheth er a vote should be taken upon rhe original proposition of Captain Crozier. The latter was flnaly chosen to be voted upon. Sir Julian Pauncefc.e nil nounecd that he would accept Captain Croziers' protiosal. but It was rejected by a vote of 17 to 8. M. Van Kr.rne beck's version was then adopted, Grnt Britain nnd the United Stales alone voting asalnsl It end the Portugese dek'uates absfiliuiig from vofripr. Crozler's Proposol. The eight countries voting for Cap tain Oozler's picri-sal were l'ie 1'nltoi States. On. at ISriltiii. Denmark, 1iveco, Servia. Portmrnl, China and another. All iMcpt th" t rst two nnnv.1 sup ported the Crozi"r proposal only hi the hop.' of seeurlig xuinnimty n the con ference. Captain Crozler's proposal be ing more general In Its terms, while It was known that the Impossibility of obtaining the adhesion of the United Stoics and G'vU Riitaln for M. Van Kanielnck's virion would render fu tile nn.v convention on the subject. Th lemalnder of the report was then od 'rti. Jlefcie the rloso of the silting tho American delegate!- announced that they withdrew th.' articles which tlvy had p-oposed si .mid be added to the Geneva convention. Captain Malum ex plaining the icnson for the additional articles and why they were withdrawn The labors of the conference are now concluded with the exception of the V"ik before the arbitration eoinmltt.e. CUP DEFENDER'S RACE. Trial of the Columbia and Defender at Newport. Newport. II. 1.. July 21. Defender ami Columbia started the day In a trial race from Henton's Keef lightship. The course was to have been six miles, but about five minutes after the start the steel links In the spar of Defender's main sheet pulled out and the main sheet gave wny. Defender then aban doned the race and Columbia soon after also stopped. Hoth returned to New port. Columbia uppeared to be nbout two minutes ahead when the accident hap pened to Defender. The race will prob ably be sailed next Tuesday. Butcher Charged with Arson. Lancaster, July 21. -John Klsley, n lutcher. was arrested this moiuing on itiH charge of urson. A short lined by him tB a slaughteilng limine was htirnod last lilsht and two witnesses declaio they law litiri apply the mutch. The properly ns recently t.old at sheriff's sale an I t'lsley had been ordered to vacate It In lay. Steamship Arrivals. Now York. July 21. Arrived: Fuist ni. marck, Hamburg; Lucanl.i. Liverpool. Cleared: La Ilrntiurnr, Havre; I'mhrla, Liverpool; Amsterdam, itntterdam. Llv. erpool Sailed: Oeoblc, New York. Ar rived: Cymric, New York. Qucenstown Arrived: Campania, Now York. New York Sailed: Cuflc. Liverpool. Pennsylvania Pensions. Washlnuton, July Si. Pension rcrtlfl cntes: Increase. Thomas Wnldertwn, Glonwood. Susquehanna, JS to (10; Josl.ih Buzzard,, Stroudsurg, JC to 510. EPWOBTH LEAGUERS. Bishop Fowler Delivers an Interest ing Lecture. Indianapolis. 1ml., July 21. Lectures and patriotic concerts constituted the programmu of thu Kpworth League's night session. The llrst half hour was devoted to patriotic songs after which Bishop C. II. Fowler, of Minneapolis, lectured In the tent; Ulshop McCnbc In Tomllnson hall, and Hev. James M. P.uckley, of New Vork, and Hev. A. Carmen, of Toronto, In an opera house nishnp Fowler delivered an Interesting lecture on "Abraham Lin coln." fan Francisco was selected as the place for holding the 1001 convention. General John O. Gordon, who was to have lectured In Tomllnson hall, was prevented by Indisposition and Ulshop l". C. McCabe. well known as "the chaplain of Llbby prison." lectured In stead. Ills topic was "The Bright Side of Life In Llbby Prison." Hev. Cannon and Hev. Huckley both spoke on "Anglo-American Relations." Tomorrow Is scheduled ns the "big day" and will practically conclude the convention. m ALGER'S SUCCESSOR. May Be Named Tomorrow Ellhu Root the- Probable Choice of the President. , Washington. July 21. The name of the successor to General Alger ns sec retory of war may be announced to morrow. The president ban made his selection and It Is understood that Kllhu Hot, of New York. Is his choice. The (uestlon of the appointment of a successor to Secretary Alger was the subject of a conference tonight at the white house between the president and Senator Thomas C. Piatt, of New York, who came over on a late train. The conference lasted about an hour nnd afterwards Mr. Piatt said that the president has nbout decided upon the person to whom he will tender the posi tion nnd that an announcement of his name will lie made very soon, probably tomorrow. The senator was non-com-munlcatlve as to who the appointee probably will be. paying that he did not feel at liberty to talk of what passed at the conference. The senator spoke to the president of th? fitness of Gen eial Francis V. Grcn for the war port folio who he s-ald was his choice for the position, but It is understood that General Green Is not the president's choice. A good understanding, how ex er. exists between the president and the senator regarding the secretary ship notwithstanding General Greene was the senntor's first choice. Senator Piatt said in speaking of the prospec tive appointment that "we did not dis agree as to tin man for the position." Senator Piatt expects to return to New York late tonight or tomorrow morning. THE STRIKE SITUATION. Conditions of Boroughs of Manhat tan and Brooklyn Remain Un changed Policemen Ouard Depots. New York, July 21. In the boroughs of Mnnhattan nnd Brooklyn today the strike situation, generally speaking, remained unchanged. On Manhattan Island cars on all the lines of the Met ropolitan system were run on practic ally usual headway, and at night the cars on Second, Sixth and Eighth ave nues were under police protection, al though the claim is made by the com pany that there Is no longer uny neces sity even for this. Policemen still guard the depots of the several lines. It Is expected that they will be sent back to the stations Saturday or Sunday, nnd If this Is done little trouble will be anticipated with the strikers In the future. The events of greatest Inter est during the day were the arrest of President Hosslter, of the firooklyn Rapid Transit company, on a warrant Issued by Magistrate Henner, charg ing him with criminal libel, Albert L. Johnson, former president of the Nas sau railroad, being the complainant, and the notification of the different district attorneys within the limits of Greater New York that the ten-hour law was enforceable and asking them to communicate with Secretary John P. Donnelly, of the building trades sec tion of the Central Trades union, and submit complaints to a grand jury or magistrate. The arrest of President Rosslter. al though Interesting, will not, It Is thought, hpvo any marked effect on the strike. Kx-Presldent Johnson objects to statements made by President Hos slter to Hrooklyn reporters In a recent Interview. In the Interview Mr. Hos slter Is quoted as saying after referring to the strikers charged with blowing up the Fifth avenue elevated fdiucturo with dynamite. "Those are not my men. Mr. Albert I.. Johnson Is welcome to them. Mr. Albert L. Johnson Is the lender of them. I nm told that there Is evidence against some of the men to send them to prison for twenty years." TORPEDO BOAT ACCIDENT. Nine Men Killed and Four Injured on the Bullfinch. London, July 21. An explosion on board the torpedo boat destroyer Hull finch on the Solent during her trial today, killed nine and injured four of those on board. It was the worst na val accident of tills nature that has occurred in the British navy in twenty years. The victims were terribly Injured, steam und boiling wnter filling the engine room. The nullllncu Is one of the latest designed torpedo boat destroyers. Decision for Choynski. Chicago, July 21. Joo Choynski, of Cat. lfurnla, got the decision over Jack Me. Cormack, the Philadelphia heavyweight, hero tonight at the end of n six-round contest, Choynski was knocked down in the first round, but from that until the sixth he had a decided advantage. Superintendent of the Allegheny. Pittsburg. July 21. Onirics li. Price lias been appointed general superintendent of tho Allegheny Valley railroad to succeed David McCaruo, who has resigned that pi.sltlon to take effect July 21, on ac count of III health. Mr. McCargo has been general buperlntendent for twenty four years. PROHIBITIONISTS HOLD CONVENTION A FULL TICKET IS NOMINATED AT PHILADELPHIA. Aglb Ricketts, of Luzerne, for Judge of the Supremo Court A Wrangle Over tho Filipino Plank Regarded by Some as an Attack on the Administration. Philadelphia, July 21. The Prohibi tion state convention was held in Hor ticultural hall hero today and "the fol lowing ticket wus placed In tho field: For state treasurer, John M. Caldwell, of Northumberland county; for su preme court, Judge Aglb Ricketts, of Luzerne county; for superior court judge, H. L. Hoblnson, Fayette county. Thcie was considerable discussion be fore the delegates convened of either endorsing or nominating Representa tive S. C. Creasy, of Columbia county, the Democratic nominee for state treas urer. He has a considerable following but the advocates of a straight out Prohibition ticket were so largely In majority that all Idea of putting Creasy on the ticket was abandoned and his name was not mentioned when the nomination for state treasurer was be fore the convention. With the exception of when the plat form was before the convention for adoption, the convention wns harmon ious throughout. Not the slightest friction was shown anywhere. There was a warm debate, however, over tho adoption of the plunk relating" to tho war In the Philippines, but It was I finally put through. The convention j was an exceedingly successful one. It : being one of the largest conventions held by the party In this state. The gathering was called to order by State Chairman Charles H. Jones, of Philadelphia, ami the Hev. H. A. Huz za, of Forest count, opened the pro ceedings with prayer. Mayor Ashbildgu officially welcomed the delegates to the city. The committee on organization re ported that It had decided upon Homer L. Castle ns permanent chairman. The convention took a recess after Chairman Castle had appointed the committees on resolutions and on finance. H. T. Ames, of Lycoming, was made chairman of the resolutions committee nnd Kllshn Kent Kane, of McKean, selected, as chairman of the committee on finance. The afternoon session was long drawn out, owing to the efforts of the finance committee trying to raise $1,000 from the delegates present tow ntds a campaign fund of $10,000 to be raised. The committee did not quite succeed In Its efforts. The Filipino Plank. Tho platform was read by Lee L. Gruniblne, of Lebanon, and ns soon as he had concluded a spirited debate was started over the adoption of the Filipino plank. Some of the delegates construed It as an attack on the presi dent and contended that If lt were adopted a falsh Impression might go abroad that the Prohibitionists were disloyal to the government nt a time when every one should stand by the administration. Mayor Caldwell, of Milton; A. A. Kelly, of Chester, R. P. Replogle, of Johnston; Charles Roads, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Marlanna Gibbons, of Lancaster, participated In the debate. A motion to strike out the plank was lost and then the plank was adopted with only a few dissent ing votes. The nominations were quickly made. A. A. Stevens, of Tyrone, nominated John M. Caldwell, mayor of Milton, for state treasurer, and the nomination was seconded by Hllsha Kent Kane, of McKean; Mrs. Gibbons, and Silas C. Swallow. Mayor Caldwell was nomi nated Unanimously. II. D. Patton, of Lancaster, named Aglb Ricketts, of Luzerne, for Su preme court Judge and he was also unanimously nominated. For Superior court judge, Isaac Mondereau, of Meadvllle, was placed In nomination, but on his voluntary withdrawal, II. L. Robinson, of Unlontown, was named by Kllsha Kent Kane and unanimously nominated. The coventlon then adjourned. A big ratification meeting was held tonight nt which prominent Prohibitionists spoke. Tho Platform. The platform denounces the legalized traffic in Intoxicating liquors; favors equal suffrage, regardless of sex; de mands that President McKlnley pro. hiblt tho sale of Intoxicating liquors at canteens and post exchanges; de nounces trusts nnd calls upon the pres ident to take immediate action to se cure tho peaceable adjustment of tho differences between our government nnd the Filipinos, so that thu loss or life nnd propel ty and demoralization Incident to the present conlllct shall be speedily ended. On state Issues the platform says: Wo declare that the prcst ut political oligarchy which dominates and controls In all legislative and official affairs la this Htate Is dangerously detrimental to the principles upon which our govern ment was established and through which leglslntlo corruption and venality In public officers, under the political powers that br, have become the order of the day. We declare for reasonable liberty look ing townrd Increasing the usefulness of tho common school system of thu stnlo ami protest at. last the leductlon of the state appropriai for public schools, io provide funds fo less ineiltorlous und public beneficial Institutions. We condemn tho assumption of unwar ranted power by the governor of the commonwealth In nullifying the action of the leglslutiire In Its appropriations for public schools ns well us his attempt to defeat tho proposed amendment to the constitution requiring personal reglstra tton. The state central committee held a meeting tonight und organized. Quito a fight was put up agulnst tho ro-elec-Hon of State Chairman Jones by the friends of Emmet D. Nichols, of Wilkes-Hnrre, who did not think thero had been enough Prohibition enthusi asm Injected Into Mr. Jones' manage ment. Friends of the state chairman milled to his support, however, und he wus finally elected by a rising vote of 57 to J2. Mr. Jones then re-appointed Oeorgo Hoffman secretary and A. Foster Mullln treasurer. DEWEY AT TRIESTE. A Banquet Given by Minister Harris in His Honor. Trieste, July 21. Admiral Dewey, accompanied; by Captain Benjamin P. Lnmbcrtson 'and Flag Lieutenant T. M. llrumby of the United Stntes cruis er Olyinpla, landed hero today to re turn yesterday's visit to the admiral and to cull officially upon the governor of Kustentund. Count Goess, who yes terday returned from a tour of Inspec tion of the province. The American officers also culled upon the mayor of Trieste. Tho United Stntes minister to Tur key, Mr. Addison C. Harris, gave a banquet tonight nt tho Hotel De La Ville, In honor of Admiral Dewey. The guests were limited to twenty-five and included officers of the cruiser Olym pln, members of the United Stntes le gation nnd American consuls to Aus-tro-Hungnry. The nffalr was strictly private. The only tonst wns one to the health of Admiral Dewey. Admiral Dewey will give a return banquet to morrow on board his llagshlp, tho Olymplu. INGERSOLL DEAD. The Well Known Lawyer, Lecturer nnd Agnostic Expires from a Stroke of Apoplexy. New York, July 21. Robert G. In gersoll, the well known, lawyer, lec turer and agnostic, died at noon todny at Dobbs Ferry, following a stroke of apoplexy last night. Mr. Ingersoll reached Dobbs Ferry two days ago from New York, appar ently In good health. Shortly after his ston" on Ashwood avenue, ho corn arrival at his summer house "Wal plalncd of a slight Indisposition and said that he would go tomorrow to consult his family physician In New York. He spent this morning In his room and shortly before he was strick en his wife offered to have his luncheon sent up to him, so that he would not have to walk down stairs to the dining room below. Ho laughingly replied that while he didn't feel quite as strong ns he used to he guessed that he was not yet an Invalid and said that he would go down with the rest. As he finished speaking and was about to rise he was suddenly stricken and fell back Into his chair. A hasty but thorough examination wns made by the physician, nnd he found that all signs of life had passed. It Is gen erally thought by ills family that he died of apoplexy. Those at "Walston" at the time of bis death were his wife, his two daugh ters, Miss Maud Ingersoll and Mrs. Walston H. Drown, his brother-in-law, Mr. Farrell and wife, and his son-in-law, AVnlston H. Urown. Mr. Inger soll wns just about to re-enter the act ive practice of law, which for several years past he has neglected. He had an office In New 'irk In the Postal Telegraph building. Robert G. Ingersoll was born In Dres den, N. Y.. on August 11, 1S3X He was the son of a Congregational minister whose liberal views antagonized the Cnlvinlstlc members of his congrega tion. The son sided with the father. In later years he studies religion and religious beliefs, and acquired tho spirit of skepticism which wns to make him famous. Ills father, who never lived long In one place, went west In tho early forties, settling In Wisconsin. In 1SI" he moved to Illinois, where his boy hood and early manhood were spent. At eighteen he began to study law with his older brother, Kben C, who was subsequently a member of congress. Robert was admitted to tho Illinois bar when of age nnd opened a law office In Shawneetown In partnership with his brother, both being Democrats. Seeking a broader field, In 1S37 he moved to Peoria, where lie acquired a local fame us a political orator. His "nle ambition nt that time was to go to Washington ns a congressman from Illinois. In IfCO he was offered the Democratic nomination In an over whelming Republican district. He ac cepted and was beaten after a hard and close fight. His disappointment was so keen that he determined never to run for office again. About this time he married und settled down to the practice of law. When the war broke out he organized a regiment of cavalry, the Eighth Illinois. lie went to the front as colonel nnd made a reputation for personal bravery. While dollar service In Tennessee he wns captured. On the next dny tho Confederate general who raptured the colonel wus pursued by the Union troops. The chase extended for many miles and lasted three days, when the Confedrnte general, who had become quite frlendh, told Ingersoll to "light nut und look out for himself," which the future ngnostlc did. After the war Ingersoll went homo and renounced the Democratic party, becoming n stalwart Republican. He began to advance In his profes sion, in 1SCC he was appointed attor ney general of Illinois and served for several years He was a delegate to the national Republican convention of ISTfi, when ho became famous ns on orator by proposing the name of James O. Hlalne for president In his celebrated "Plumed Knight" speech. In 1877 he was offered the position as minister to Germuny, but refused. About that time he came to New York anil made this city his home. lie was In great de mand as lecturer nnd orator after his convention speech of 1876. While Ingersoll was a great lawyer. It was n" a writer and lecturer n agnosticism that he became best kin wii. His agnostic beliefs caused much discussion among the clergy. lie was an agnostic of the general appro dative kind. He thought Christianity was n good thing, but It wns u myth. The Hlble, he said, was a beautiful book, und he would give all he pos sessed If ho could believe what It prom-It-e.l. No arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral, hut It will prob ably take place on Monday nt tho house, and the Interment will be In Sleepy Hollow cemetery nt Tarry town. Death came to him ns he had re cently expressed n desire It should. Ha often In old times said he wished to die slowly with a full consciousness so he might tell thoso nbout him how he felt. Recently he experienced .a changed desire to die painlessly and without warning. AN ANSWER TO THE CORRESPONDENTS GENERAL OTIS REPLIES TO THE "ROUND ROBIN." Newspapers Writers, Ho Intimates, Desire to Send Statements That Im peril tho Operations Tho Work of tho Navy Given Proper Credit. Statement Justified by Dispatches. Washington, July 21. The war de partment has Issued a statement quot ing certain dispatches from General Otis In answer to press correspondents' "round robin." The general says In substance that the correspondents wish to send state ments that Imperil operations; that they had no specification .to support their charges against him nnd that these charges were untrue. Ho denies that he minimizes the work of thu navy and quotes from naval dispatches to Justify his statement. The text of the statement Is as fol lows: "General Otis in a dispatch under date of July 20 says that the press correspondents demanded permission to cnble that official reports sent mis represented conditions. This was de nied. They then demanded tho privi lege to send without reservation facts found by them and their opinion. Tho answer was not satisfactory and they therefore sent by mull to Hong Kong. General Otis says he Is not conscious of sending misrepresentations, but thinks that his despatches at times have been too conservative. The prevs affnlr appeared to be a threat. Then the correspondents were asked to be Informed wherein General Otis' dis patches were misleading; they offered nothing miglble except that his con clusions were unwarranted. When told that they were disregarding mili tary authority It was apparent that they courted martyrdom which It was unwise to give them. Charges Untrue. "In a Inter dispatch General Otis says that the charges made by press correspondents were untrue. He adds that the most harmonious relatlis exist between the army and navy, no gives the following extract from a letter Just received from a leading Filipino nt Tnrlac, which Is the center of the main insurgent nrmy: " 'For sonic days been trying to leave this band of thieves. A great many people here long for American troops to advance, for every one Is desperate with so much savagery committed by Agulnnldo's army.' "Captain Parker, of the navy, who succeeded Admiral Dewey In command of the fleet In sending the report of the commander of the Yorktown to tho navy department, makes this en dorsement: 'I am pleased to note the cordlul co-operation of army and navy.' "As bearing upon the statement that tho operations of the navy had been minimized It may be stated that Gen eral Otis had repeatedly recognized the work of the navy, as for example, In his despatch of June IS last, In which he says: " 'The navy aided greatly on shore of bay, landing forces oocaslona'l.v.' ond again, under date of July 9. 'the nrmy and navy are in hearty accjrd and the best of feeling prevails.' " BIG TRACTION DEAL. Philadelphia Will Absorb the Pitts burg Street Car Companies. Philadelphia. July 21. The North American tomorrow will say: "James H. Reed and T. Hart Given, of Pittsburg, members of tho board of directors of the Pittsburg Consolidated Traction company, arrived here today to complete arrangements by which their company will be absorbed by the Philadelphia Traction company. They nave full authority to put the pro position In shape for submission to tlie shareholders. The price practi cally agreed unon Is $40 for tho com mon stock und J70 for the preferred stock. The Philadelphia company will be reorganized und the Plttsburgers will be asked to take their present holdings out In the stocks. It Is also probable that ihe capital stock of the Philadelphia company will be in creased. Senator Magee, P. A. IS. Wldener nnd William L. Klkins will be added tu the new board of direc tors. "The local capitalists will not say anything nbout the impending deal." ENLISTMENTS OF A DAY. A Total Number to Date of 3,551. New Recruiting Ofllcer. AVashlnton, July 21. Four hundred and twenty-three men enlisted today for service hi the volunteer regiments In the Philippines, making a total to date of ;i,B51. The Thirty-first and Twenty-seventh Infantry are making the best progress. According to Instructions just Issued from the war department, an ofllcer from each company of the ten now regiments will open n recruiting olllco at his home city next Monday. Suicide at a Church. London. July 21. A mnn who had com mitted sulcldo by shooting was found last nlglit on tho steps of Trinity church nt Laudondo, Wales. A letter found In his pocket Indicated that his name was Al fred Poole. A letter wus also found In his pocket fiom G. W. Oakes, of Denver, Col. Killed by a Horse, Buffalo, July 21. -Former Alderman Alex. McMaster, vice president of the I'nlnn bank, was killed by u runaway horse on Swim street today. Mr. Mc Master was tiding a bicycle and did not spe the horse until It was on top of him. His skull was fractured by coming In contact with the shaft of the wagon. THE NEWS THIS SIOHN'INU Weather Indication! ToJiyi THREATENING. 1 Gcnornl-Herolc Hund.to-lliind Fight In tho Philippines. General Otis' Reply to tho "Hound Ilobln." Prohibitionists Name n Stato Ticket. Work of the Peacemaker)) Nearly Concluded. 2 General Base Hull Results. Flnnnclal and Commercial. 3 Local Religious News ot tho Week. Beauties of Pleasant Mount. 4 Hdltorinl. News und Comment. X, Local Social and Personal. One Woman's Views. Lightning Rod Man Answers Corres. pondents. C Local-New Visiting Rules of the Hill side Home. ' Convention of Patriarchs. 7 Local Perfecting Arrangements for the Firemen's Convention. Letter Carriers Worry Over Finances. 8 Local West Seranton and Suburban. 9 News Round About Seranton. 10 Story Mam Kphuny's Quest. It Sunday School Lesson for Tomorrow. Pioneers of Newton Center. 12 Local Live Industrial News. History of a Vanishing Island. THE BURGLARY AT FAIIMOUNT PARK Police Department Makes the First Report on the Case joo Miller Has a Hearing. Philadelphia, July 21. The police de partment today for the llrst time made public tho result of Its work with re spect to tho burglary nt the Kulrmount Park Trolley company's barn on June in, when a gang of masked men bound and gagged a number of the company's employes und rilled the safe of over $3,000. Today's action consisted In ar ranging for a preliminary hearing be fore Magistrate South, of a prisoner who has been In custody for threo weeks and who has not been allowed to communicate with the outside world during that time. The detectives have tteadlly refused to say anything con cerning the man's detention but It has been generally surmised he wns want ed for the daring robbery In the park. Today's hearing proved this to be cor rect. The man gave his name as Joseph Miller, of 25:ifi Montrose street. No tes timony wns elicited us to what brought his arrest about, other than that he was arrested on suspicion of a robbery. Frank Levnn ond James Cavanaugh, two of the employes positively Identi fied him as one of the men who thrust a revolver In their faces and ordered them Into a room to be bound nnd gug ged under penalty of death In event of refusing. Although the robber was mnsked the witnesses were positive it wns Miller, becuuse of a likeness In voice und a swelling In his hand which they noticed on the thiefs' hand. Miller wns represented by counsel but hnd nothing to say. He was held In J.-..000 ball for court on the charge of robbery, threatening to kill and carry ing concealed weapons. Since Miller's nrrest the detectives huvo hnd numerous Interviews with him and have repeatedly put him through the "t-weatlng" process but It 1 understood he has maintained his entire Innocence. His counsel today stated he had never been arrested be fore except on a charge of drunken ness. INVITATION FROM PUEBLO. Tenth Regiment May Be Tendered a Reception in That City. Harrlsburg, July 21. The company of engineers at Camp Meadi' received orders today to move tomorrow to Wll letts Point. Adjutant General Stewart icoeived a letter today from the in ess club nt Pueblo, Colo., Inviting the Tenth Pennsylvania regimen to stop over In that city to be tendered a re ception on Its way from Manila to Pittsburg for muster out. General Stewart referred the matter to the committee having charge of he leeoptlon to bo tendered the regiment on Its arrival ut Pittsburg. IMMIGRANTS DEPORTED. Eighteen Hungarians Sent Back trom Rnthbun Coal Mines. Washington, July 21. Immigrant Commissioner General Powderly to day ordered tlie deportation of eigh teen Hungurluns who iccently nrrlved In this country and immediately pro ceeded to ltathbun, Iowa, where they went to work In the coal mines, on the ground that they were alien contract laborers. The evidence seems to show that the men were engaged in Hungary to come to this country under an Implied con tract to work In the mines. Town of Vulcan Destroyed. Gunnison, Col.. July 21. Fire destroyed n portion of the town of Vulcan todav. The Vulcan hotel was destroyed, and two boys, children of Peter Dolnn. the pro prietor, perMted. The guests also uro supposed to havo been burned to death A dry soods store, grocery and tlie post, office are among the burned buildings. Hunting for Two Negroes. Atlanta, July 21 -Governor Candler was advised today by the sheriff of De cutur county that two negroes last night entered the house of William Ogle tree, a farmer, near Ualnbrldge, and as saulted Mrs. Ogletree. Tho negroes es. caiicd. Tho sheriff requests tlie governor to offer the largest reward In his power. A largo posse has started In pursuit. Hard Fought-Battle. New' York, July 21. Bub Armstrong, the colored heavyweight, of Chicago, who bus championship aspirations, failed to stop Stockings Conroy. of Troy, In their SO-round fight at the Broadway Athletic club tonight, although he got tho de cision after n hard fought battle. Races Postponed, Detroit, Mich., July 21.-Raln fell In torrents for fifteen minutes nt tho Grosso Point truck this afternoon, soon after tho day's racing had begun. This ncesIta. ted postponement of the events till tomorrow. THE BATTLE OF B0B0NG American Force Surprises tlie Philippines Bands. A HAND TO HAND FIGHT Seventy Men of the Sixteenth In fnntry Attack 450 Babayloncs. Tho Latter Defeated with Heavy; Loss 115 of Them Killed Sup plies nnd Arms Captured Ou Casualties One Killed and Ona Wounded Action at Bobong, in! the Island of Negro3. Manila, July 21.-11.15 a. in. r?ewj has been received from General Smith at Hollo, to the effect that severe fight ing took place on Wednesday nt Ho bong. Captain llyrne, of the Sixteenth Infantry, with seventy men, surround ed a force of 410 llnbaylones, of whom lb", by nctual count were killed and many more were wounded. Only ono of the enemy was captured. The Amerl can loss was one man killed and ono wounded. The lighting wns mostly at close quartets with bayonets and clubbed guns. A large quantity of sup plies and arms was captured. Captain Hyrnc Is commanding a bat talion operating In the La Carlota dis trict of the Island of Negros. Washington, July 21. The war de partment has received the following cablegram: Manila. July 21. Adjutant General. Washington: Captain II. A. IXyrne, Sixteenth Infant ry, with seventy men, surprised united robber bands, Negros, numbering 450; killed 115; wounded many; captured few rlllcs and revolvers; many hand weap ons; large quantity stock; fh;hllng at rinse distance. Byrne's loss ono killed, one wounded. Names not given. Tho action very beneficial for quiet of Negros. Otis. Unprecedented Rains. Manila, July 21, 5.40 p. m. Tho un precedented rains of the last week havo convinced observers here that military operutlons on a lurge scale or advan ces covering many miles will be Im possible for a long time. Many miles of tho country are flooded to a depth of three or four feet. Tho Paranaquo bridge, vhliii wns ronslden'd in. preg nable, has been swept away, cutting off temporarily the garrisons of Imus and Hacor from communication with Manila. On the circumstances It would be Impossible to move wagon tra.ns, us the trails have become doubt ful. Pack mules will bo utilized If it should become, possible for soldiers to make marches. The officials will havo their hands full for some time In ar ranging for the departure of volunteer and In settling the regulars who ara replacing them. RIOTING AT CLEVELAND. Tlie Street Railroad Car Strike As sumes Threatening Aspect. Cleveland, July 21. The street rail road strike Is assuming a more threat ening asnect. At 4 o'clock this afternoon Mayor Farley ordered the naval reserves to prepare for strike duty. This organiz ation, 104 strong, armed with Leo lilies and Gutllng and Gardner ma chine guns, assembled nt their armory on Sibley street at 'J o'clock and to night slept there. They are awaiting orders of the mayor. Tonight there was rioting on Wilson nvenue und on Pearl street. A mob of 5,000 collected on Wilson avenue, be tween iPnyne avenue and Superior street, and threw stones ut every car that came along. A squad of twenty policemen tried to keep order nnd only partially succeeded, the disorder con tinuing until the cars stopped running at 11 p. m. They were compelled to charge the mob repeatedly, using their heavy riot clubs, nnd many broken heads are the result. One nrrest was made. LINEMEN STRIKE. Cripples the Construction Work oi Cuyahoga Telephone Company. Cleveland, July 21. There Is a strllu on among the linemen, pole-men nnt electrb'ims of the Cuyuhoga Telcphoiiii company. The strike is a serious oiv and practically cripples the construe tloti wot I; of the company. The Cuya hoga Telephone company is a corpora tlon which Is managed by Henry .V Kvorett, president of the Hlg Consoll dated street railway. It wns said that the telephone mer. went out because they had been asked to do lino work on the nig Consolidated, the railway llneme having struck In sympathy with the street car men. INDIANA ARRIVES. Three Hundred nnd Forty-eight Sick Soldiers on Board. San Francisco. July 21. The I'nlted States transport Indiana arrived to day from Manila, the Journey occupy ing thirty-two days. Thu vessel was sent to quarantine. The Indiana has T.5S sick soldiers on boa id and a num ber of Red Cro-s nurses. The slek soldiers were taken from the various regiments and u great many of them uro suftciing' from wounds received In buttle. ---- WEATHER FORECAST. Washington. July 21. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: ISustom Pennsylvania Threatening v cntli cr Saturday, with showers ut night; probably showers Sunday; variable winds. Western Pennsyl vania, showers Saturday and prob ably Sunday, variable winds. ttt -t-r t
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