' w- -ribitae cS ;L"&2fflvwi& v'l m i"t -.Sf dtW TWO CENTS. SClt ANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1890. TWO CENTS. "m f !& Bm nt YELLOW JACK NOT FEARED Authorities Claim to Be Able to Handle tlie Disease. PROMPT MEASURES TAKEN Garrison at Tort Monroe to Be Re moved North Norfolk Navy Yard to Bo Quarantined, but Work In It Will Probably Not Bo Sus pended. Washington, July 31. Acccntllng to ndvlros iccelved nt U10 war department today there have been n total of forty cam's of yellow fever i t Hampton, Va., six of which have been fatal. The Sol dleis' Home has nn eonnectlon with the war department. It Is under a board nt managers created by congiess, which manages all the soldiers' homes throughout the eouutij. The men ad mitted nie soldiers of the war of the rebellion. Olllcers of the war depaitment are very much concerned on account of the military post at Fort Monioe, which Is within 'six miles of the home. Acljt -(Jen. Cm bin and S in goon-Gen. Stein berg had a conference eailv today, and it was determined to hold everything In readiness to take care of yellow fev er should It appear among the troops. Surgeon Pettus. thiough Oen. Corbln, has lequcsted Surgcon-Uoti. Sternbcig to Fend him such expert Immune yellow feer surgeons as ho can And. Disease a Surprise. The Marine Hospital olllclals aie as tonished at the piesence of yellow fev er In that locality, The last epidemic of the disease oecuued at Norfolk tin 1MB, having neon brought Into that port on the steamship Ben Ftanklln on June 7, of that year, and In the epidem ic which followed there were 1.S07 deaths. The steamship from Old Point, nrilv Ing heie this morning, was ctowded with passengers. The war depaitment has oulercd the removal of the ganlson at Fort Mon roe to some point on the northern toast to be selected by Genei.il Merrltt. A feu officers and twenty enlisted men will be detained at Foil Monroe as a guard. Sutgeon General Vyman of the Ma Hne hospital sorvlro had a conference with Secretary Alger today concerning thi- yellow fever situation at Hamp ton The seciet.ny of war Is ex-ollli Io piesldent of the board of manageis of the soldleis' home, and as a con sequence his oideis concerning the limne would govern it. He assured Di Wyman that the war depaitment would assist In eery mannei possible to i'ontiol the epidemic, and that he would Issue such oideis as aie deemed nocessaty. l)i Wyman sas that It may be necessat to -Uo many of the Inmates of the beuso u ai. No Theories to Advance. Speaking of the situation General iSteinbeig .said today "The manner of dealing with the epidemic will bo entirely in the hands of the Mailne hospital service, but of couise, we shrill co-operate In any way possible. I shall ask to haw a ellovv fevei ex put sent to Foitioss Monroe for the protection of the nrmy Interests theie." General Steinberg said he had no tlaorles to advance as to the origin of the outbreak. General Sternberg has requested that Acting Assistant Sut geon Se.iton Hoitnan be detailed for set vice at Foit Monioe. Surgeor. Gen eral Van Itcyprn, of the navy, also declined to discuss the oilgln of the outbreak. Asked If he did not think it might be due to the ptesunce of the old Spanish sbip, Itelna Mercedes at the Not folk navy yaul. he lepllcd em phatically In the negative. It Van ileypen also said he did not b'lleve It would be necessary to suspend opera tions at the Norfolk nav yatd. The ard would, however, be quarantined. The Latest Repoits. Washington, July .'11 --The latest of ficial adlces iccelved tonlsht show a total of thlrtv-seven cases and seven deaths from yellow revel- at the Sol diers" home at Hampton, Va. Ono new case occur! cd at the homo today. Thus far the disease has been confined to the home, but ull surioundlng towns are excited and a vigorous qnaiantlne Is being maintained Di. Wasditi, of the mailno hospital set vice, Is In charge of affaltu at Hampton and woiklng In co-operation with the local boauls of health. Ho has btrengthened the coidnn about tho to-.n of Phoebus which lie i epulis Is In ery bad sanltau conulllon. The fn. t that only one now case appealed today is cncouiaging to the olllclals here, who aie taking every precaution to prevent a spiead of the disease. Precautions at Not folk. Noifolk. Va . July SI The excite ment over the discovery of so many cases ot yellow fever at the Soldleis home. Hampton, ai-r ss the bay. has subsided to borne extent. No pi coali tion has ben ovei looked by the local health authorities In their offoits to piotect tho public fiom the disease nnd the port's vast commerce fiom Injury by arousing the fears or other com munition. Steaineis that stopped at Newport News and those that took on passongeis at Old Point Comfort weie not allowed to tie up at Not folk. Thero nio no cases and no suspects In Norfolk. The hotels ut Old Point are practically desetted. Tho Soldiers' home Is strictly guard ed, a cordon of soldiery sin rounding the placo and allowing no ono to enter or leave. It Is believed that the fevor may bo confined to the nlaco of Its origin. Newpoit News und Old Point are believed to bo safe. Excitement nt Newport News. Newport News. Va . July 31. After a. day of Intonso excitement over the yellow foyer outbreak at the National Soldlcts' Home, Newport News rests tonight with a feeling of comparative secuilty. The city ofllcers and the var ious municipal bodies have been busy since early morning nnd It Is hoped now that no loop hole has been left through which tho scourge may find its way to this cltv. The town of Hampton, which Is In close proximity to the soldiers' homo early this morning established a cor don of armed policemen at tho ap proaches to the leservatlon. Not vv ithstandlng this precaution, New port News quarantined ngalnst Hamp ton and Hllzabcth county and Wai wlck county. A tug boat patrols the river to pre vent the evasion of quarantine re strictions by means of boats. Tile street railway was prohibited today from running cms between Hampton und this city. Hundreds of people left the city today on account of the scare. Old Point Is Deserted. Hampton. Va , July 31. This usually tranquil town has been In a state of feverish excitement today since the startling discovery of yellow fever at the soldiers' home. Scores ot people took advantage of the first opportunity for leaving the place. Last night a special train left Old Point fomfoit with fully :;00 ot tho guests of the hotels. Business In tho town of Phoebus, adjoining the sol diets' home, Is practically suspended. Chesapeake and Ohio tialns have dis continued their service to the city. Philadelphia Alert. Philadelphia, Julv 31. The state quarantine authoiltles nio taking ev ery piccautlon to prevent the uprpad of yellow fever to this city from the National Soldiers' Home near Hamp ton, Va., Today the state quarantine physician went to Marcus Hook, down the Delavvaie river, at which point tho local quarantine station Is located, to consult with his deputies. Tomorrow the members of the state board will go to New York on the In vitation ot Dr. Doty, quarantine phy sician nt that port, to Inspect tho bio logical plant there. A biological de partment has been established at Mar cus Hook where the condition of all vessels Is determined. MUCH WEDDED MAN COMES TO GRIEF Had Six Wives, Four of Whom Died Under Suspicious Circumstances, After Willing Him Their Money. Chicago, July 31. Martin B-otz. said to have man led six women, all but two of whom are said to be now living, was attested heie today. The police allege that Dotz in Wheeling, W. Va.. under the name of Henry Doeslng mairled a woman who later died under suspic ious circumstances. His watch and clothing weie found on the banks of the Ohio river, hut the imptesslon of suicide thus given was dispelled by his arrest here a year ago for disposing of mortgaged goods. Befote reaching Chicago, I)nt3 mnr lled in Milwaukee. MaxiuiHiana Spell, a Chicago women, and Kllzabeth Schmidt and Caiollna Schneldei, both of Milwaukee. I 'pon obtaining their money, the allegation runs, he left them In this city he took to wife a woman woith $12,000 She died sud denlj, willing her piopeity to Dot.?, then known as Fled. Holt His next wife was a South Side woman, pos sessed of $1,00(1 His ancst at this point cut his mat llmonlal caieet short. INTERVIEW WITH BURROWS. What He Has to Say About the Phil ippine Campaign. Washington. Julv 31. Senator F.ur ios, or Michigan, In nn Interview with a Post lepoiter this afternoon, said. "The president Is acting wi.el, n m opinion. In ondeavoiliiR to rstJto peace and older In the Philippines bv sending an incro.wd aimv to iinlst Geneial Otis. It i.i t be sinceiely honed that the fies'i tioons will bo able to establish h" authority of th Vnlted States We must l (member, howevet, that although v.e haw now been fighting .some tint", we have con cluded a tenltniy only uiinut ilftv tulles to the north or Manila and fif teen miles to the south, a m-re o.igu tele compared with the Immense atca of the aichipelago. "If the additional tioops ent to (ten. etal Otis cannot icstoie peace, eongres.i will have to deal with Ihiiinhleni and ought to have, by the llrt ot Her en. bet, some definite Infotmatlon upon which to act Fm the present T h ipn tho piesldent will continue In his of. fort to end the tumble and tha hip effoits will be ctownod with success." Pauncefote a Peer Now. London, July 8I.-It was announced or. Ilelnllv tnduv ilmt Sir Julian I'nuncefoie BiltUh umhnssatlor to the I'nltcd States and who was bend of tho Utltish delega tion to the International pence, confer oec.. at The IJugue, hud been elevated to the peei age. France and Paraguay Fiiendly. Buenos Ajies. July SI -The French I'llmcter hue. fount Hula, has slutted for Paiagunv in older to re-establish diplomatic telutlons between France, u-id Paraguay. DEATHS OF A DAY. Washington, July 31 -Mrs. Kale Chase Snrjgue, wife of a foimur governor or Ithodo Island, and tho daughter of the luto Hulmon P. Chase, governor of Ohio, I'lllted States senutot and chief Juatlco or the rniti'd Slates suptcmc court, died at her homestead, "Bdgowood," In Wash, lngton's suburbs, early this morning, she was Ml years old. For threo months she had been suffering with a complication of liver nnd kidney tinuhles but had consented to medical treatment only ton days ago. Atlantic City. N J . July 31. -Dr. nun lei Giiirlson Brlnton, a distinguished cth. neloRlst or Philadelphia, died hero todai. Ho hud been ailing for some tlmo and came hc-re In the hope of recovering his health. Dr. Brlnton wan born In West. Chester. Pa , In 1637, und graduated frn't Yalo and Jertorson Medical colleges. Ho was medico.' director or tho Blevfiith emps In tho Civil war and breve tted lieu tenant colonel In UC& In IMG Dr. Drill ton wits awarded tho medal of the So cleto Amirlralno Do France for his nil. inorous learned woiks upon Amtrlcan ethnology. THE FILIPINOS GET ANOTHERDRUBBING FAILED TO RETAKE TOWN OF CAEAMBA. Sixth Infantry Defeats n Rebel Force in Negros Tho Latest Casualty List Enthusiastic Welcome Ac corded at San Francisco to tho First Nebraska Infantry nnd tli9 Utah Light Artillery. Manila, July 3t.-G.C0 p. m. After concentrating their forces for two days the Filipinos yesterday morning at tacked Calamba. the town on Laguna Be Bay. captured by General Hall. Wednesday. The engagement lasted an hour and the Filipinos were driven off, canylng away their dead and wounded. Tho Amoricun foices lost two men killed and six wounded. A company of the Sixth Infantry, commanded by Captain Simpson, has hail an encountet at Babalaynos, on the west coast of the Island of Negros, with a rebel force. The latter lost eighteen men killed. Theie were no casualties on the American side. The Tnltcd States transpoit Grant sailed for the United States today, having on boaid 481 men of the Idaho lORlment, 610 of the North Dakota regi ment nnd 271 of the Wyoming regi ment. Casualty List. Washington, July 31. The war de paitment today received the following death repott from Geneial Otis at Manila: . Gunshot wound, accidental. May fi, Henry Lehma.v. Thlid Infantry. Bacca Imlos. Juuo l"i, nt Caolotn, Negros.Charles Ciirdlnell, I'list California. Tuberculir meningitis. June L'S, Flunk J. Mtirtav, First California. Diarrhoea, Julv 11, Frank Bonner, Twcnty-thhd lnfntitrv; July 21. Wislev Lvlle, Wyoming Infantrv. Denths from tvphold fever. I'tter Jlanz, Thlid Infantry: Julv 2T., John V. Walker, corporal I'lftv-flrst Iowa. Shot accident, nl, Julv "2. James McGulre. quartermas ter sergeant Sixteenth infantry- S.vn cope. Clulstlau Tlosvvold, Seventeenth ln funtr. Dysentery, John J Bow en, First California: July 21, Thomas Brethe", sergeant Ninth Infantry. Peritonitis, Wil liam Beatuhnne, First Idaho. Anemia. July 21. William Nichols. Fouith infunt rv. Stabbed by natives Julv 20, John M. Gamble, Third nrtllletv lhiterltfs, July 27, Georgo Celler, Twelfth Infantry. Soldiers Welcomed Home. San Francisco, Julv 31. The disem barking ot the First Nebraska Infantrv and the Utah light artillery today gave San Fianclscans a second opportunity to welcome returning snldlets from the Philippines Flags and hunting stream ed fiom nearly every building, and manv of the people along the line of mutch carried American flags which they waved constantly as the veterans marched towatd the iPtesldlo Added to the noise of whistles was that ,of clanging bells, the filing or cannon and the explosion or fltewotks. General Shatter had provided an escort of at tilleij and this body of soldleis with a band headed the ptocesslon. As tin- regimental olllcets of the Ne brasknns turned Into Market street i mighty cheer was given. The band came next pl.ijlng lively airs and then followed the men, attired In their cam paign uniforms. The soldleis looked well The men wete cheered to the echo as they pioceeded along the IIik of march, and the sight ot the battle Hag (of the Ncbtaskans seemed to arouse all the enthusiasm the spec tators could muster. The hospital cotps brought up the tear of the Nebtaska regiment and seated In the wagons weie several wounded men. Then came the Utah light artillery, headed by Majoi Giant. Tho band followed and thon came the diminutive mascot of the Utah boys, a little chap of pei bans thliteen oais, nttlied in a uniform ot the regiment and cjtr.vlng a sllvvt flagon The wel come the Utah tioops received was fully as demonstrative as that given the Nebiaska, boys who hud pieceded litem. Bilnglng up in the rear of the procession was Troop F, of the Sixth cavaby, and the Thlid aitlllety. In the lev-lowing stand on Valines avenue were Geneial Shaftei. Gover nor Poynter, of Nebraska, and several members of his staft. Sectetaiy of Ag. rlcultllie Wilson, and their Mends and ladles As tbo NVbiaska and Utah boys passed the stand they cheeied for Geneial Shafter and Governor Pojn. ter and the gentlemen and ladies p.. tinned the compliment by saluting and waving handkerchiefs and flags Th tioops will leinaln in camp until they ate musteted out. the exact date not having vet been detei mined. STRIKERS NOT SATISFIED. Having Won Ono Point They Proceed to Demand Another. Philadelphia, July 31. The brooni lnakets of the Pennsylvania woiklng house for blind men who have been on htilke for the past two months against the rule of Superintendent II. L. Hall, were today notified that the Inmates, beginning tontoirow. would be boat ded bv the Institution. The men struck because Supeilntendont Hall ch.uged them $2.2.1 per week for board nnd an increase In wages. They do not believe that the mana geis Intend to board the in fiec. al though this Is implied, and a meeting today they ndopted lesolutlor.s stat ing their gtlevances and asking for the suspension of Mr. Hall, against whom they make cluuges of mismanagement and misappropriation of the institu tion's fund. These lesoltttlons will bo considered by the mnnageis on Thuts duy. Receiver's Sale Conilrmed. Pottsvllle. Pa., July 31. Judge Bcchtel combined the salet made by tho receiver, Mr. Atkinson, July 13, or tho real estate, franchises and personal property of tho Pottsvllle Iton anil Steel company to II. B. Itrowu, of Philadelphia, for 27.VM, ex rluslvo of book accounts and llrst moit ongo of $s:i,000. Mr. Brown agtcs to the confirmation. Threshing Machine Engine Exploded Detroit, Mich., July 31.-A threshing muehlua engine exploded today near Big I'ralrle. dairies Halght, Alpha Hulght. Churlos Crubtrce, George Overly, Ciull Priest and Kuymnnd Hovvo were killed. Oscar Hvnus and Georgo Hulght wore severely Injured UNCLE SAM'S CASH ACCOUNT. Showing for July Is Not Quite ns Good ns Expected. Washington,, July 31. The monthly statement of the government receipts nnd expenditures which will be Issued tomorrow will show n deficit for July of about $S,fil8,000, which Is slightly In excess of the estimate mado by the olllclals one month ago. The total re ceipts for the month will be about $18, 0,"d,259, as follows: From Internal reve nue, $2S,3..!h4: customs. $16,071,454: miscellaneous, $2,700,220. The expend itures will amount to $50,573,000. Internal revenue will show nn In crease of about $2,000,000 over July, 189S, and customs an Increase of about $1, 000.000. For July. 1S93, the total re ceipts were S13.S47.108. The expendlt uies duilng the same month were $74, 203,475, a deficit of about $30,200,000. During that month the expenditures on account of the war alone were about $35,000,000, which amount has been re duced to about $10,300,000 for the month Just clolsng. It Is expected that the expenditures during tho month ot August will be quite henvy on account of payment to returning volunteers nnd the cost of equipping and sending out others. IIILIAK'S TERRIBLE CRIME. Shot Edith Mori ell Because She Re jected His Attentions. Amherst, Mass.. July 31. Hugene Pakaphuer, a giaduate fiom the Indian school at Cat lisle, Pa., shot and killed IMlth Moirell, aged 17 years, at tho home of Mrs J. F. Mori ell, In South Amherst, catly this evening. The In dian bail been employed on the fntni for about a eai and duilng that time he had paid much attention to the girl. The murder, without doubt, was th lesult of Miss Morrell's tefiisal of his attentions. After shooting the glil the Indian told Mrs. Moiiell that he had shot Kdlth nnd he wns going to set tb buildings on flic and then shoot him self. He went to the bain and a few minutes latei flames broke out theie, and the file which followed destiojed the house, bain and outbuildings. After the Indian Informed Mrs. Moi rell of what he had done she went downstalts and found Edith on the floor. She lan to a neighbor's house and got the assistance or two men, who removed the glil to n neat by building, where she died in a few minutes. Up to a late hour tonight no trace had been round or the Indian. Tho police think he is hiding In the woods and they ate searching Tor him. STRIKE OF BOILERMAKERS. Will Affect Shops in New York and Its Vicinity. New Yoik, July 31. At a special meeting of the Btotheihood of Boiler makers and Iron SJilp Bulldets, Dis trict, No. 2. Atlantic seaboard, tonight, a sti Ike was formally declined In all of the shoos which have lefused to giant the demand for a t eduction In the horns of labor. The sttike will nffeet shops in Man hattan, lliooklyn. Putt Itlchmond, Glenn Point, Hoboken, Jeisey City, Ullzabethpoit nnd Bnyonne, engaged In the ship building ludustiy. It Is estimated by the leadets or the sttlkc that mote than 1.500 will fall to icport for duty In the shops tomoi iow. In addition to these about a thousand otheis, bla ksmlths. steam hammer drlveis. machinists and others will be tin own out or work bv the actloi of the bollermakois and ship bulldets OBJECT TO THE TROLLEY. Princeton University Does Not Want It to Enter the Town. Trenton, N. J.. July 31 The Ti en ton Stteet Hallway coinpan, which has been unable to get a franchise to extend Its trolley line Into Pilnceton, todny oiganized a separate company, the Meicer County Ti action company, and will build from Lawreneuvllle to Pilnceton over private land, condemn ing when, nec-ossnty. The rnmp.inv now has a line as far as Lnwteiireville. The opposition to the company entering Princeton comes hugelv f i oin the Pilnceton unlvetslty. - THEY WANT JIMINEZ. Revolution in His Favor Will Be Proclaimed. Cape Ilayti.July 31 -Fiom a dispatch Just rcd-lved fiom a tellable souu e. It Is learned that a i evolution will be proclaimed tomoirow oi the dnv after toinoriow In the republic or Santo Domingo In favor of Don Juan Isldto Jlmlnez. Aecotdlng to this dispatch the enllto western poitlon of the ropuhllt lias de clared In fnvot of Jlmltiez, and he Is the onlv candidate for the presidency throughout the test of the country. ROOT TAKES CHARGE TODAY. General Alger Will "Leave in the Motning for Michigan. Washington, July .11 Mr. Hoot has notified Secretary Alger that he will bo In Washington and toady to assump control of the war depaitment at U o'clock tomorrow. General Alger will leave at 11.13 for Michigan FIRE IN THE NORTH END. The ilio this motning nt about ono o'clock was the two story frame duelling house up in the Notch in tho legion known as Bangor. Tho house was almost ontltely consumed before the alarm was sounded. It was owned and occupied by John Murph. Judge Fought n Draw. Klmlra, N. V, July 31 -Steve Judge, of Seiunton, Pa., nnd Mike Donnv.wi, of Hoehehtcr, fought a 12-ruund draw before the Chemung County Alhletlo club to night. Doiinwiu hud the better of the lust six rounds Steamship Movements. Llvetpool, Jills .11. At lived: Umbtla, New York. Hulled: Set via, New York. Antwetp Arrived- Frlesland New York. Bcllly !.iMpd: Hteumer Rotterdam, Hot tcrdum for Now York. Dewey Will Sail Today. Tileste, July 31,Admlial Dewey spent tho iluy at tho Hotel Do La Vlllc. vvhlln his (lagtdilp, the Olymplu, was being coal, cd. Ho will return to tho ship tomoirow and expects to vail In the afternoon. BOYCOTT IS NOW THE BIG FACTOR CLEVELAND STRIKE SITUATION IS UNCHANGED. Every Railroad in Which President Everett Is in Any Way Interested Is to Be Put Under tho Ban by tho Strikers and Their Sympathiz ersConflicting Opinions ns to tho Boycott's Effectiveness. Cleveland, July 31. F.very branch of the big Consolidated system wns In full operation today but aside from tho Kuclld nnd Cedar avenue lines the enrs can led voiy few If any pa&scngers. That the boycott has become a most Important factor In the struggle be tween the company and Its striking em ployes, Is now admitted on nil sides. The Big Consolidated officials say that the movement Is bound to fall of Its own weight within a few days. On the other baud the labor union leaders declatc that the boycott hns Just begun, that when It reaches Its full scope, all classes and Interesls will be affected Not only are the Big Consolidated Hues In Cleveland to be boycotted but all railways nnd other piopertles In the other cities In which President Henry Kverett Is In any way Interested, the stilke leaders state, will also be reach ed and tabooed. The Cleveland naval reserves under command of Lieutenant Uadder were released today from fntther strike duty by Adjutant Geneial Axllne. Coioner Simon today tendered a vordlet In the case of Kalph P Haw lev, the non-union conductor who shot nnd killed Hen ry Cornzwelt. finding that 1 Jaw-ley did the killing without ptovocatlon or ex cuse. Haw ley Is In Jail. The stiike lcadeis today called upon the owner of the Hotel Oarlock and asked him to refuse to longer permit General Manager I)oug'ila-s. of the Big Consolidated, to leside. tlief". They met with a prompt rerusal, the owner and manager of the hotel telling the leadets that nobedy would be put out so long as ho obeyed the titles or the houe. COMPANY IS DETERMINED. Declares That It Will Not Change Its Strike Policy. Cleveland, July 31. Whether the boy cott upon the Big Consolidated stieet railway company Is having any effect or not the company show no indication of a deslte to change Its policy with re spect to the' strike. At Its conclusion President Kverett said the company had no Intention of moving for a set tlement of the strike. "We aie going ahead as vve have been going," he said. "We are hiring new men all the time and we hive nearly all we want. Some of the new men arc being discharged when found to be not the men we want nnd otheis put In their places. We are satisfied with tho situation " On the other hand the leadeis of the strikers profess to be vtty much en couraged by the working of the boycott and they say they must sutely win be cause, the dec late, the public Is with them. GRAND CIRCUIT RACES. Ttack Was Fast but the Racing Was Featuieless. Columbus, O., July 31. The gtand circuit meeting opened today under the most favorable conditions. The weather was deal and the ttack fast. Theie weie thiee races on the caid and, with the exception ut the 2.23 pace, they wete almost featureles- The big race of the day was the 2.H8 trot, puise $.',000, with fmii stutteis. The Abbot was the favoilte and won in straight heats, Bagle Flanagan took second money. Best time (second heat) 2.07U. The 2.11 pace, put so tl.Ooo bad nine stat lets, but Hob Fltzshumoit.s, the ravoilte, took three straight heats, second innnev going to Fall view. Best time (Mist heat) -J.OT-M. The 2.23 pine, puise $3,000, had Wan detlng Jew for the fnvot lie. with seven starteis. Shadeon took the tlist heat in 2.11. Wundotlng Jt-w then took the second and third heats In appar enilj cas style, coveting each heat In 2.01"',?. He then weakened nnd finished fouith and In the tourth heat and wns distanced In the fifth. Shadeon look these heats and the nice In 2.17 and 2 1S'. Second money went to Mount Clemens Boj SUED TOR DIVORCE. Action Biought Against a Piom ent Now Jersey Attorney. Tienton. N J, July M. Frank R Bradnet. a prominent Newaik lauyei, was made defendant in a suit for di vorce and alimony Instituted in the couit of chanceij today, by his wife, Olivia A. Biadnet Mrs. Bradner charges her husband with Infidelity and names a Newaik school teacher as co-icspondeut. The Bradnet s weie mairled in 1S7E and have, five children. Mrs. Hi miner In her petition sajs her husband enjoys nn Income of $0,000 to $7,000 a year and Is worth considerable propeity. Shu charges her husband with boasting of his Imptoper conduct to friends whom sho will call as witnesses In the cao. American Boat Won Again. Dorval. que., July 31.-Glcnc.ilm HI and Constance, respectively Canadian defenl or of and Ameiici.u challenger for the HcawiinhaUn cup, today hud tho second contest of their teiles of ilueo rarer, m five. Tho first raco on Filday last was won by Constance und tlie American bo it again won today by K seconds. The race wns 12 miles. ' Slto of Fort Reid Marked. Lock Haven. July 31. A largo dark granllo stnno marking the slto of the old Indian fort l.novvii us Foit Held, wn.-c unveiled this evening with appropriate ceremonies. Tho murker was pieseutrd by tho Hush While chapter or the Daugh ters of tho American Revolution. The Police Interfored. St. Louis. Mo.. July 31. Tlio Dixon Santry boxing content, whloh won hched. tiled tonight, bus been Indollnltely pot. poned owing to police Intel ferente THE NEWS TIlIS JIORNINU Weather Indications Today: PAIR; VARIABLE WINDS. 1 General Secretary Alger Ileplles to Cbarges In the London Times. Filipinos Lose Again, ' Boycott an Important Factor In Cleve land Strike. Prompt Measures to Wipe Out Yellow Fovcr nt Hampton Ilo.uls. 2 Oeneral-Hnpe Bull Bcsults. Financial nnd Commercial. 3 Local-Live Industrial News. Volunteers) Muy Leave Scranton. 4 Kdltorlnl. News nnd Comment. 5 Local Improving the Fire Depattment Corporal Boyco's Intel ostlng Letter to The Tribune. Incitement In Plttston Councils. li Local West Scranton and Fubutban. 7 News rtound About Scrnntou. S General Tho Dispatcher or a Modern Bnllroud. Plttston Ncw-B Budget. ENGLAND ADMIRES YANKEE TRANSPORTS Will Make a Request for Copies of the Designs with a view to Repio- duclng Them. Washington, July 31 It has been, so-called olllclally, lepmted to tin- war department that the British govern ment will make a rccpiest for copies or the designs nnd plans or our army tianspoils. H this icqilest Is made, it will be granted. The American ttans poits nio said to be models of their class. The war depaitment claims there Is nothing In the nnvio-t ot the woild that npproach them In complete ness, nor In the control ts and conveni ences afforded both olllcers and men. When the ttnnspnits Giant. Shetldan mil Sheiman made their lltst trips to Manila, by way. of tho Suez canal, th"V were Insnecled by British nfllceis at Gibraltar nnd Malta These olllcers were stn prised at the bunking at range tuonts, for the men. the messing, and the sanitary ptecautlons taken. Such a thing as a canvas bd toi each mat., commodious messing apaitments, atrl shower baths sufficient ior the whol icglment, was a lovelatlon to office: s who had seen nothing better than the old wooden bunks, wheieln soldleis weie compelled to lost as best they could, stowed away like sardines In a box Pialse was bestowed without stint upon these ships by the Btltlsh olllcers. The repot ts of these olllcers hava been sent to the home government and Gient Brltnln, which of necessity has always maintained a transpoit set vice, Is about to Investigate the Improve meats we have made, with the end In view of utilizing them In her ovv n ser vice. The Fnlted States now has twenty one of these transports, Including tlu'ee hospital ships, and the cpiai teimastei's department olllclals assert that each of the vessels has paid fot Itself In the money saved the government. K.-u-h transpoit making a journey to Manila does so at an expense to the govern ment. Major Bird as. or but 21 per cent, or what Is asked for the same service by vessels -ng,igpi In commer i lal trade. This estimate omits of any accounting rot- the laige amount or Height caitled on each. TO MINE IN MEXICO. Company with 87,000,000 Capital Incorporated in Jeisey. Tienton, N. J , July 31. The Mexi can Lead company with an authorized capital or $7.000.wu was Incoiporated heie today to opt rate lead and other mines In the tepubllc of Mexl. o Tho capital stock is made up of $l,2.-i0.fiun piefoircd and J.l.T.'iO.fiao common. Tlie piofeired slock Is tedeeiuable at 110 at any time at the option of the com pany, but the money for the same must be taken fiom the profits. The lilt 01 potato! s are Ito'.ieit S. Tow no. t'hailcs J. Nomse, f'hailes J. Pen bod j. all of .Vew Yoik, G'-orge J. Ciook, of Chicago. Chaile.s M. Clark, of New Bllinswlck SUES FOR PRIZE MONEY. Admiral Sampson Emulates the Re cent Example of Admiral Dewey. Washington. July 31 Heat Admlril William T Sampson toduv tiled in tho Supienie ioiiit of tho Dlsti-b t of Co lumbia a sulr In his own behalf, and also lu hchul' of the olUeeis and en listed ttteii of the shins of the Xorth Alianth station who took n.-nt In the naval engagement off Santiago and the subsequent cumin es, tor ptijje money. Tho suit Is similar to that tecently enteied by Admit. il Dewej In the sumo court. - QUARREL ENDS IN DEATH. Nephew and Uncle Settle Differences by Killing Each Other. Knowlllc. July 31 - In a duel in a mountain toad in Letchei county, Ky todaj, William Snullwood shot to death his uncle, Clellnnd Smallwood. and was himself fatally Injuted by his victim. A ciuatiel of long standing culmin ated when the men met und both drfew revolveis and began filing. Postmaster General Smith's Vacation Washington. July 21 Postmaster Gin cr.il Charles Bmory Smith left here this morning to Join Piesldent McKlnlev ut Lako Ch.iinplalti for a week, and to spend another wnk at Ale.audil.i H,i. SPORTING NOTES. Jeny Marshall, of Australia, defeated II ib Allen, of Boston, In u 20-rouiid bout. Matty Matthews, of New York, defeat ed Kddlo Coimollv, ot St Johns, N 13. In a 25-lound bclit befoie tho Coney iK'aud Spoiling club tonight. I'ltey met ut II pounds anil at the end of im mill the lefciee, eleorse JMwurdx, leclded that Matthews bad won A A. Ilanrcu, who hturdd on his at tempt to break the 1,00) mile wot Id's hi. evele record Hi.uluy nu'tnlng, at Mlntie. ciii'ills, f.r.Uhed M miles nt 8.30 o'clocu lust uluht, btenkliig the f00 mile record bv 11 hours und one minute. Ills time Ik 3V30. The former time was held by II. C. Gtieinee, of Minneapolis, at 19:31. Hansen Is In cxrelbnt condition. After completing the Son tulles Ihitiscti tool; his first sleep, llu will be out again at duy. break. ALGER MAKES HIS DEFENSE Issues a Farewell Address In Reply to His Critics. FALSE CHARGES EXPLODED Pleads tho Magnitude of the Task! Which He Had to Superintend and Shows That Most of the Volunteer Officers Were Appointed by tho Goveinots of tho Various States. No Better, or More Loyal or Patri otic Set of Men ns a Whole Even Setved Their Country Money; Honestly Expended. Washington. July 31. One of the Inst oltlclal acts of Kecietury Alger, who toniortow- will relluiiulsh the war port folio, was to ptepare a statement cov eting several mattei.s leg.ndlng tho conduct ot the win, which have been the subject of ctlticlsm In the publics pi ess, partlculatly with icfeteiice to the appointment of staff olllceis In tho volunteer aitny. The rintonient fol lows: "I am led to make the following statement on account of the ninny criti cisms which havti been made by tho public pi ess and especially on account of a icceiit aitlele which appealed in the Loudon Times containing asser tions which have no foundation In tiut'i. "At the coiiimeiii eniont of the war with Spain and for seveial years prior to that time the regular army consist ed of oul.v 2."i,W0 men, with the mini mum number of ofllccis piescilbed by law. The situation can be paitlally uppi eclated when It Is lemembered that within sixty days fiom the declar ation or war the stiength of the army was Ineteased nnd 275,000 men and eveiythlng for the equipment of this great fotce, Including1 clothing, tents, transportation, medical supplies, camps and camp equipage, and ail that pet tains to equipping an atmy for ser vice, had to be inaiiitfantured, trans put ted and dlstt 1'iuted for use. Volunteer Officers. "Fiom the statement lefetred to tho public might be led to -bHIere'lhat the volunteer ainty was ofllcered by men selected through political Inftuencn by the fcecretnty or war by special favor and without tegnid to lltlte.ss for the duties they wete to petform. "As Is well known, the volunteer filrcoy with the exception of throo regiments of englneets, 'tliee regi ments of cavalry and ten leglments of immune Infantry was made up ot regiments fiom various stutes, thu ofllceis or which weie all appointed ex clusively by the governors of tho re spective states trom which the regi ments came and any oflleer found un fitted for sei vice was discharged and replaced by another In the same man ner. The piesldent had no voice or control lit tho matter. "The leturns or the volunteer aimy show that In tlgust I.V.ic., theie worn 20" 2-H enlisted men and S,7S." officers In those Hglinents. This with the te gular it my lecrulted up to the war strength made an aggtegate rotce oC about 27.1,000 olllcers and men. Tho, volunteer nfllceis appointed by thd piesldent niltnbeied, all told, 1012. OC tlnls number HI wiip taken fiom tho regular aitny ami lid from civil life. Tie solicit) oi teglmental olllceis in the tegiilai eivlie, owing to appnlnt mnits In ih" volunieeis, .pedal ici tutt ing and mustering details, had so re din ed their number that to have taken a latter number for service with thee volunteers would have setloti'-ly Im palied tin' eillileiuy of tho icgular le glmcnts. Piesented Ceitlflcates. "Fm- a llilh ovei a ihyiis.md ap pointments made bv the president, tho number of -ipplh atlons was over 2.", 00'j and each applii atlon was accom panied by a certllli nie of his abllitv and In most Instances, the military seivlce, either tn the icgular army or u statu organization and not Infrequently in boili. 'I hi so intubates showed that eu It niii was us well qualified fur tho position he sousht and to which ho wai appointed as could be posslblo for men In civil lir.- In this countiy. Ofi the number appointed theie weie, for in stance, twenty-six mnloi generals, ot whom, nineteen wete taken fiom thi legular ami, and teven ironi civil lire "Of these beveii ull but one wero graduates of West Point mtllmrv acad emy and all had distinguished them selves in command dm lug tho civil war. Ot btlgadler generals thoro worn ItU appointed, fid from tho tegular nr my and Sfi ft om civil life. Those from civil life hail all seen rervleo during tho war or on our western frontier nnd all had pi oven themselves competent to command. It has been stated, and repeatet many limes, that the secretary of war made these appointments when tho truth Is that very few vveio made upon his i ccoiiiniendatlon, although ho caused the cutliu list with the locommendn tlons to bo compiled and placed befora tho peisldent foi his selection. I would be only too glad to have had tho honor to have made these appointments. No better, no moie loyal or more patilotlc set of men ns a w hole served their countiy, and their appointment wero a ciedlt not only to the appointing power but to tho country they served. IContlmied on Pago 6. -r-r-- -t- -f"r- -t- -f -t--t--V f WEATHER FORECAST. -- Washington, July SI. Forecast - for Tuesday BuHtern Pcuiiisvlva- -f nla: Fair Tuesday und Wadnes. s f duy, variable) winds bouumlng - f southerly; continued high tompor- 4- unite for two oi thiee da vs. 4 t ttt-f-ftttt--t-t--t- t'rl '
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