"-?- 3jTj i rtbttti SCRANTON PA., F1UDAV MOUSING, Al'GTST J, 1S9!). TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. -rtmWfm v Iff FEVER WELL CONTROLLED No New Cases and No Deaths Is the Favor- able Report. THE PUN WHO STARTED IT Has Been Traced and Located Is Now In a Western Altitude Where He Can Do No More Harm Sur geon General Wyman Gives His Ideas on the Subject Precautions Which Have Been Taken Are Seemingly Invincible. Newport News", Aug. 3. Tho pulia tion at the Soldiers' home, near Hamp ton, Is practically unchanged. Gnvor nor Woodfhr reported "no new fuses, no deaths." One of the quarantined suspects In l'hoebus has developed the fever. Washington. Auk. ,1. The matin hospital olllelals at Hampton have sue reeded In tracing and locating William Thomas, the former Inmate of the Sol diers' home, who Is believed to huve brought yellow fever to that plaee. Thomas arrived at the home on a transport from Santiago, where he had been visiting, between July 2 and 5 last. He was admitted to the home as a vet eran and shortly after developed chills) and fever. In the light of subsequent events the experts believe there Is little doubt that he was affected with a mild case of yellow fever, although at tho time It was not so diagnosed. When well enough to travel Thomas left the home. His baggage was sent to Phoe bus. He went to Columbus City. Wash., where he Is at the present time. Sur geon General Wyman regards It as fortunate that he went to such a high latitude, as It greatly lessens any dan ger of Infection. Probable Duration of Epidemic. Rcgurdlngthopiobableduiutlun of the present epidemic of yellow fever at Hampton, Or. Wyman said today: "It Is too early yet to make predictions ns to the suppression of the outbreak, only four days having elapsed since the discovery of the fever. The fact that Thomas, the original suspect, has gone north, takes considerable weight off our minds, as he Is now In n lati tude were there Is no chance of yel low fever doing any great damage. Our past experience In the south has show n, however, that yellow fever can be suppressed and conllned to the orig inal focus of Infection when the pre cautions are taken early In the out break. Tills was shown at limns wick. Ga.. In 1SD4. It was also true In the outbreaks at McIIonry, Miss., and Franklin, La. In the two hitter epidemics there were other outbreaks In Mississippi and Louisiana about the same time, but there Is good rea son to believe the infection was car ried to the outlying points before the quarantine on the original focus was put In force. We believe that the quarantine precautions as now en forced in the south are effective. Where there has been apparently a spread through the official lines it has wen due to tardy information of the utbrenks. This shows the necessity f prompt reports in all suspicions :ases." It wns finally decided this afternoon that the garrison at Fort Monroe should be taken away on the govern ment transport McClelland, which will leave New York tonight and will ar rive at the fort tomorrow. The Mc Clelland will take the troops to Plum island, Long Island sound, and not to Delaware bay, as previously decided jpon. Tonight Dr. Wyman received the fol lowing) telegram from Dr. Vlckery, stationed at the soldiers' home: "Situation favorable and encourag ing. No new cases and no deaths." Inspection of Trains. Philadelphia, Augi 3. Chief Good, of the bureau of health was today In conference with General Manager Hutchinson and General Passenger Agent Wood, of the Pennsylvania: railroad, concerning the trains of that company arriving here from the yel low fever district at Hampton Roads. It was decided that a thorough Inspec tion of nil trains coming from the south will be mnde If necesrary and In the event of a supeet being' found he will at once be removed to the muni cipal hospital where tents will bo erected to secure better isolation from other patients. Chief Good today re ceived a communication from. Health Oflicer Woodward of the district of Columbia, and Commissioner of Health Joner. of Baltimore, in which they say no passengers or baggage 'ire allowed to come from the Infected district un til the health olllelals are satisfied there 1 is no danger. Washington. Aug. 3.-- Acting General Supeilntendent Grant of the railway mall service, has Issued instruction for the fumigation of all mall fr-nj Hampton soldiers home. Phoebus, Fortress Monroe and Ripraps. Tho Virginia board of health hns notified the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad not to stop trains anywhere between Wil liamsburg and Newport News. The Fever in Santiago. Santiago do Cuba, Aug. 3 Two new cases- of yellow fever were otllel'.lly reported today and one death from the disease. Fifth Regiment Elects Officers. Altoona, Pa., Aug. :i.--At a meeting of the lino officers of the Fifth rcglnn at, National Guard of Pennsylvania, liriv to. rtuy thosu Held ntlleers were electid: Lieutenant colonel, Hufus C. Hlder. of l.cwistown, reelected; major of First battalion. Captain John 8. Dure, Com pany A, Huntingdon; major of Second battalion, Ciiptuln John II, Went. Com pany C. .Holllclajslmi'K. Resolutions were unanimously adopted on the, ik-utli of Col. one! Hawkln, of thu Tenth regtmuut. CLEVELAND STRIKE SITUATION Dynamito Again Used, but Fortu nately Without Serious Results. Cleveland, Aug. a. The withdrawal of several companies of troo was followed tonight by atiotner dynamite outrage, but fortunately nobody was hurt. The explosion occurred under a Jennings avenue car on which there were six passengers. It smashed the flange of one of the wheels and splin tered the running hoard at the side. The passengers were badly frigntencd, but none were Injured and the car proceeded on its way to the end of the run. Grand Chief P. M. Arthur, of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers hns been reported to the strikers for riding on the Big Consolidated cars In disregard of the boycott. When asked tonight If he patronized the Big Consolidated cars Chief Arthur teplled: "Of coutse I do. I ride on them every day and whenever I havo occa sion to do so." "Why do you do It," he wns asked. '"Why," was the reply. "Do you suppose I am going to walk three miles down town when the cars pass my door? Of course I am not. Tills agi tation of boycott Is utterly ridiculous and the strikers have gone altogether too far." PRACTICAL POLITICS AND DECENT POLITICS Subject of Governor Roosevelt's Ad dress Before Ten Thousand Hear ers at tho Ocean Grove Summer School. Ocean Grove, N. J., Aug. 3. Governor Theodore Roosevelt, of New Yoik. was the guest of honor at the Ocean Grove Summer school tonight, when he de livered an address upon "Practical Politics and Decent Politics" before a large audience. It is estimated that 10,000 people assembled In the auditor ium to hear the orator. Immediately after the exercises Gov ernor Roosevelt drove over to Nor wood, Vice-President Hobart's home, where he spent the night. Governor Roosevelt spoke on "Prac tical Politics and Decent Politics." He said in part: it Is idle for the mass of good citizens to try to set themselves apart as not re sponsible for our political shortcomings. In the end the politicians must bo exact, ly what the people allow them to lie. They must represent the people perhaps the vice, perhaps the virtue, perhaps tho Indifference of the pi ople. This does not In the least excuse politicians that are bad and we must keep In mind the fact that every politician, above all every successful politician, tends fo debauch nubile conscience, to render bad men bolder and decent men who are not far sighted, more cynically Indifferent titan ever. Hut in blaminii the politician do not forget that we uiu ourselves to blame for permitting his existence. Again do not let us fall into tho mistake of thinking that wo shall ver make polit ics better by hysterics lu any shape or form. It Is a shame to us as a nation that we should have tolerated In a city like New York an administration against which It Is jiccemiry to war, not on grounds of political expediency, but on grounds of ehnientary morality. Just at th" moment tho nation is face to face with a duty that calls for hero ism. 1 mean our attitude lu the Philip pines. We put our pick Into the rotten foundations of Spanish government, both lu the Fast and West Indies. We tum bled tho building down in as righteous a war as was ever undertaken. Now If we are wo'-th our place among the great nations of the earth we must .see to it that the ruins are cleared away and the temple of Justice and honesty reared ill their place. We shall be guilty of a ter. rlhle wrong to humaiiitv If lu thu Philip, pines we retreat before armed savagery Instead of organizing a suitable govern ment which shall guarantee Justice to every one and an eer Increasing meas ure of liberty to those who show them selves worthy of It. The whole history of the world shows that the wrong done b the .rjere sentimentalist Is often of larger proportions and more elastic than any other khiTklfof wrong and of this wrong we shall be guilty 11 we fail to do our task thoroughly and well. It will call for but the merest fraction of our strength, provided only wo choose to ex ert that strength. If, however, the people let their repre sentatives in congress hamper the admin, istration as they did last winter when they refused to put the army upon a proper footing as to size, permanence und organization, then tho people have them selves to thank if the war lingers with difficulties and dangers Increased. What the people have to do is to resolve to back up the president to the full In see ing that the outburst of sangcry Is re pressed once for all, and (what Is even more important) to see that these new tropic islands In the east ami west alike are not left to tho prey of partisans and spoilsmen but are governed primarily In the Interest of their Inhabitants and therefore ultlmatelv for the honor and renown of America. BOUGHT BY A SYNDICATE. Liberal Terms Made bv Purchasers of Hnzleton Gas Plant. Hazleton, Pa.. Aug. 3. The Hazleton Gas company, capitalized at $45,000, to day passed Into the control of the United Consolidated Gas company of Wllllamsport. The syndicate bought every share of stock, paying $60 per share, $10 above the par value. The new owners will expend $60,000 In Improving tho plant. Another Seeker for Fame. New Yoik, Aug. 3. Henna Hauscr, treasurer of the Herald Squuro theater lu this city, Jumped from tho middle span of the Uiooklyn bildge at u o'clock this evening. He was rescued fioni the water and will recover. He was connected with Hooley's theater, Chicago, for ten ycais. Ho camo to New York in 1S9C. Paying Cuban Soldiers. Santiago, Aug. 3. Colonel Moale Is ex pected here Saturday to begin tho pay ment of the Cuban soldiers In this city. The benellclal effect of tho payments al ii ady made at Guantanamo hi shown by tlin general purchasing of farming im plements and clothing. Nearly S.OyO sol diers will be paid here. Over Niagara Falls, Niagara Fulls. N. Y., Aug, 3. F, R, Case, of Philadelphia, a guest at the low er hotel, state that lie saw a man Jump Into the river between the Goat Island brldgo and tho falls at 7.30 o'clock to night and pats over tho full. ALLIANCE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES? SUGGESTED BY SOUTH AMERI CAN INCIDENTS. President Roca, of Argentine, Starts on a Visit to tho Presidents of 1 Uruguay and Brazil and a Rome Correspondents Imagines That There Is a Deep Laid Plot Behind It. Huenos Ayres, Aug. 3. President Roca, accompanied by tho minister of foreign affairs, tho minister of war, the minister of marine, thirty sena tors nnd deputies and a number of Journalists, embarked yesterday on board the armored cruiser San Martin for Brazil. Montevideo, Aug. 3. President Roca and his party on board the Argentina cruiser San Martin urrlvcd hero today to visit President Cuestns. of Uruguay, on his way to Hrn7.il. This evening Piesldent Roca was present nt a ban quet given In his honor. He expects to leave tomorrow. London, Aug. 3. The London, Times publishes a despatcli from Huenos Ayres July 2, saying President Roca, of the Argentine republic, would leave that country about the middle of July for Uruguay and Brazil with tho In tention of Inviting the presidents of those republics to meet at Buenos Ay res In the autumn and confer with the president of Chill, Senor Frraruiiz, In the question of reducing Soutll American armaments. it was added that he would also propose an alliance of the four republics. A despatch from London to the As sociated Press Aug. 1 gave the sub stance of n message sent by the Rome correspondent of the Morning Post to his paper. He said: "According to news received here, the victory over Spain nnd the growth of Imperialism In the United States has led the large South American re publics to talk of an alliance against the United States, and It Is alleged that the preliminaries of such an alli ance have been concluded between Brazil and Argentine." FED THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Comtess de Castellane's Cup of Happiness Is Now Full. Cnwes, Isle of AVrlght, Aug. ,1. Comte nnd Comt"ss De Cnstelhine en tertained the prince of Wales at din ner this evening on board their steel yacht Valhalla. Music was supplied by a full Hungarian band and the "mu sical Jnps." Among the guests were Duchesse Pe Luynes, Madame De Gnlllfot, Mrs. Arthur Paget, Lady Randolph Churchill and Hon. Sidney Robert Gervllle, private secretary to tiro Marquis of Salisbury. The yacht dinner table was extrava gantly decorated with llowers, but at the special request of the prince of Wales tho menu was made as simple as possible, as his royal highness Is disinclined to sit long at dinner. Covers were laid for twenty. The deck of the Valhalla was converted into a regular salon with carpets, artistic chairs and festoons of electric light. Roses and carnations were hung on the same wires all over the yacht. SHAMROCK SETS SAIL. British Cup Challenger Starts on Its Way Across the Ocean. Glasgow. Aug. 3. The cup challenger Shamrock, which sailed from Falrlie for America this morning, accompanied by Sir Thomns Upton's steam yacht Krln and which was obliged to return later owing to a slight accident to her bowsprit, again started for America at C o'clock tills evening. The two yachts were given cheers from tho crews of ships and other crafts assem bled in Falrlie roads and from the speetntors on shore. The crew of a training ship lying in tho stream sang out lustily: "Bring back that cup." Captain Hogarth, in charge of the Shamrock, expects to reach New York within twenty-eight days. Sir Thomas Upton did not accompany tho party. He will go to New York on a steam ship. CANADA RETAINS THE CUP. The Challenger Constance Has a Mishap and Does Not Sail. Dorvul, Que., Aug. 3. Today's race, which was to have been the final one for the Sonwanhaka cup, between the American challenger, Constance, nnd the Canadian defender, Glencalrn, turned out most unsatisfactorily, tho Glencalrn sailing over the course alone, Mr. Craig, of the Constunce, protested the race through having struck the ground with his center board In manoeuvring on the starting line. Tho sailing committee has awarded today's race to Glencalrn. Granted Strikers' DenntuK New York. Aug. il.-Wllllam M. Boyle, of the Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders said today that twenty, four linns, Including some of the largest hereabouts, had granted the demands of the strikers. Mr. Boyle estimated that 1S0O men had n tinned to work. Objections to on Increased Tn::. Rplchenberg. Bohemia, Aug. 3. Street demonstrations have been in progress here dining the last two days against the raising of the sugar tax. Today gcu. dearmes tliarged a crowd with lUed bay onets and one citizen was severely wounded. Murdered and Then Robbed, Norfolk, Vu.. Aug. 3. Charles Wyatt, a well known citizen of Norfolk county, was murdered nnd then robbed In his homo near Portsmouth last night by a iigro huiglar. Tho negro escaped after taking uliout $S from Mr. Wyatt's pockut. DEATHS OF A DAY. New York. Aug. 3. John Kelly, the Tammany leader and spoiling mnn, bit ter known as "Smiling John" Kelly, died today, aged SS. Ho is said to have bun Richard Croker's closest friend nnd l(u had a wide acquaintance among turfmen, having uwnwl and raced- many line horsoM. TO DECORATE FOR DEWEY. Pennsylvania Railroad Company Offers to Do tho Elegant Thing. New York, Aug. 3. Chairman Foster, f tho Dewey reception committee, said today that a letter hud been re ceived from the president of tho Penn sylvania railroad promising to comply with the wishes of the committee in regard to the decoration of tho com pany's property. Tho company pro mises lo decorate tho end of its pier with a design in electric lights in the form of a double arch with the words "Welcome to Dewey." which will he seen all over the harbor. Tho company will also decorate with Hags their other piers nnd tho steam ship companies have promised to dec orate their piers on the Jersey side In a similar manner, so that there will be an appropriate display on both sides of the liver on tho occasion of the celebration. It was decided to have five or ten thousand children at Grant's tomb on the second day of tho Dewey celebra tion. They will ho formed into a square and will sing natlonnl songs In honor of the admiral. This Is a sub stitute for the children's parade which was at first proposed. TO TELL THE TRUTH AT DREYFUS' TRIAL French Minister of War Absolves All Military Witnesses from Pro fessional Secrecy Mercier to Tell All. Paris, Aug 3. It appears that the minister of war. General The Marquis Do Gallifet. has absolved all military witnesses at the court martial of Cap tain Dreyfus at Replies, from profes1 slonal secrecy, with the exception that he hns requested them not to dlvu'ge the names of French agents abroad or disclose anything which cul.l com plicate the fon Ign relations of Fraiif. Paris, Aug. 3. The Intt-.mzigeant prints the following drclimtlnu by General Mercier: "Dreyfus will un doubtedly be reconvicted. The pre of shows that either he Is or I am guilty. It Is certainly not I It must lie Drey fus. I Intend to tell all at the trial." Rennes, Aug. 3. It Is stuted that seme of the witnesses cited by ex Judge Dp Beaurepnlre ns helm; able to testify against Dreyfus have been already examined by the court and that th" evidence of all of them . Ill be taken before the trial. Palis, Aug. 3. It Is now stnted, ac cording to protests from the press, the Dreyfus trial will be held In the hall of the parliament of Ihittnny, widen Is much larger than the one previous ly chosen for the court nrarlal. WANTS RECEIVERS NAMED. New York National Loan Associa tion Is in Trouble. Pittsburg, Aug. 3. In the United Stntes Circuit court todnv Harvey Gray, of Connecticut, filed n bill In equity against the New York National Building and Loan association, asking that receivers be appointed to take charge of the assets of the defendant company in tills district valued at $200,000. The states In which the de fendant company has property are New York, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Con necticut, Iown, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Texas. It Is alleged that the defendant asso ciation Is Insolvent, that It will be un safe to further carry on the business, and that Interests of the creditors re quire that receivers should lie appoint ed to preserve the assets. The court fixed tomorrow for a hearing. ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY. Lucius L. Sloan, of Beaver, Is Vanted in Havana. New York. Aug. 3. Lucius L. Sloan, of Beaver, Pa., was arrested at quar antine today for complicity in a $1,000 robbery at Havana a fortnight ago. Sloan protested his Innocence. He said ho was a clerk for Adjutant General II. L. Scott. A box containing $1,000 In American and Spanish money belonging to the woman with whom he boarded was stolen. Tho porter of the house and another man were arrested on suspic ion. Sloan, with other boarders, went before a magistrate and were ques tioned about the matter. Sloan said ho wns exonerated from all complicity In the affair, and he sturted for homo on a leave of absence. NO CLUE TO MURDER. Chicago Plumber Very Mysteriously Shot While Asleep. Chicago. Aug. 3. George ('. Gallagh er, a young plumber, was mysterious ly murdered nt his homo last night while his mother and cousin wro asleep in nn adjoining room. The only clues to tho murderer nre a torn window netting In Gallagher's room and a revolver found In the rear of the house. FUNSTON WILL STAY. Proposes to Remain in the Army While the War Lasts. Leavenworth, Kansas, Aug. 3. A letter from General Funston wos re ceived by D. A. Anthony, Jr., of tho Leavenworth Times, today. The general announces that he will stay In the army until tho war In tho Philippines ends and will not muster nut with his regiment. Record of Enlistments. Washington, Aug. 3. The number of en. Ilstments jesterday were IM, making a total of !i,0U3. Colonel Bell's regiment, the Twenty-seventh, at Camp Meade, Is now above its quota, making two regimonta complete. Run Into by Train and Killed. Belle III ver. out., Aug. 3. Two farmers named McMoran mm Illanrhui, whlio crossing the ralho.nl track near here this morning, wero run Into by a train and Instantly killed. To Join the President. Washington. Aug. 3. Secretary of the Inieilor Hitchcock will Join tho prcsi. dent at Lake Chiimplaln about Aug. IS 1 for a utay of about a week. REVOLT IN SANTO DOMINGO GROWING REVOLUTIONARY ARMY IS GAINING STRENGTH. Has Been Joined by a Number of Influential Generals with Well Drilled Followers In Hayti, on the Contrary, Things Are Quieter and American Pluck Is Better Re spected. Cape Huytlcn, Ilaytl, Aug. 3. It has Just become known that an armed lu suriectlon has broken out at La Vega, a town seventy-eight miles northwest of Santo Domingo In favor of Jlmincz, who aspires to the presidency in suc cession to tho late President Heur eaux. Later udvlees from the Domin ican republic indicate that tiro revolu tion Is growing In strength. At Santiago do Lacruz five hundred well armed men huve risen under tho command of General Ramon Pacheco nnd General P. Reyes, who Is very Inllttentlal In those districts, has Joined the Insurgents with several other gen erals, eacli commanding fairly Impor tant forces. Port Au Prince. Haytl, Aug. 3. The political situation here has Improved and the city Is calm. The prompt action of the United States minister here, Mr. William F. Powell, In the case of M. Du Vlv.ler. the newspaper man who was taken by police olllcers out of the American legation, lias created an excellent Impression among the foreign population, who consider that the Haythm government in surrendering the prisoner to thu minister on his demand probably avoided serious trouble. The people who have been arrested here are ac cused of plotting the overthrow of the government and the American minister hns asked the latter to exer cise clemency towards the prisoners. ONE CYCLONE'S KINDNESS. By Staying Up in the Air It Saved the City of Elizabeth. Kllzabeth, N. J.. Aug. 3 William A. Kddy, who for the past fifteen years has visited tho tracks of all tornadoes throughout the country for tho weather bureau at Washington, came here this morning to make a scientific examina tion. After completing his examina tion, he said: "The tornado which swept over tills place yesterday afternoon had several peculiarities. The only thing that saved the part of the town through which It swept from utter destruction and saved the lives of the people Is the fact that it stayed for the most time nt a height of at least forty feet above the surface of the earth. Had it struck the ground ns did the one at Cherry Hill, N. J., several years ago, the re sult would in all probability have been a terrible loss of life and a real estate loss that would have ruined many property owners." WORRYING A TRACTION CO. Princeton Mnn's Enterprising Effort to Block Its Right of Way. Princeton. N. J., Aug. 3 M. Taylor Payne has purchased three farms be tween Princeton and Lawrencevilie. and through this purchase has frus trated the plans of the Trenton Trol ley company. The farms were for merly owned by George Edyke, John Hunt nnd Henry F. Hale respectively, and are locnted below Mr. Payne's residence between tire Trenton turn pike and the Stockton road. The trolley company, which could not get the right of way to Princeton through the Stockton road, had mapped out plant to get Into the college town by the turnpike. Being now shut off from this route they will have to ex tend the road at least a mile eastward at Cox's corner if the' come In to Princeton. HONORS FOR A DEAD HERO. Remains of Sylvester Bert Bobbs Are Received from Manila, Mount Pleasant. Pa., Aug. 3. Tho body of Sylvester Bert Bobbs arrived this morning over the Baltimore and Ohio from San Francisco. The remains were taken in charge by the G. A. R. post, assisted by six members of Com pany IS, who have returned from Mn nlla. At 1 o'clock today a procession, headed by a drum corps, marched from the depot to the home of Mrs. Moye- mont, a sister of the dead soldier, where the body will lie In state till tomor row at 2.30 o'clock, when It will be taken to the Grand opera house and services will be conducted by Rev. S. G. Ynhn. ALL KILLED BY SPANIARDS. Interesting Story of a Skipper Home from the Philippines. Philadelphia, Aug. 3. The captain of the British steamship Glooscap, which arrived hero today from Hollo with a cargo uf sugar, reports that on April 2. when passing Cape Melville, Kalahari island, one of the Philippines, he found the lighthouse keeper without provis ions and unnblo to light his lamp he cause he had no oil. The Glooscap furnished supplies and reported the fact to the British consul at Batavla. The natives of tho island, tho captain said, had all been killed by tho Spaniards. ' I. - Panic in Scotch Pig Iron, aiusgow, Aug. 3. Panic ruled In the pig Iron market today and Iron was thrown over to catch any prollt. Tho bears Joined in tho selling ami on the day Scotch iron lost 3s. C,d.; ('lowland Iron, 3. Bid. and hematite, 3s. "d. per ton for rash. Since the top was touched Scot.ii Iron has declined '. shillings per ton; Cleveland, l.'a. 4'sd.. und hematite, i. I0',id. per ton for cash. Shipping News. New York, Aug. 3. Arrived: Pallia, Hamburg and Boulogne. Rotterdam Ar rived: Amsterdam, New York. Sailed Rotterdam, New York via Boulogne. Bremen Arrived: Travem. Now York. Liverpool Ai rived: Furst Bismarck, New York. Hamburg Sailed: Phoenicia. Now York. Queenstown Sailed: Germanic, Now York.' TIIE NEWS THIS 3I0KNINU Weather Indications Tojjy: THUNDER STORM3. Gcnernl Progress of Yellow Fever Checked. Alliance of South American Republics Agnlnst the United States. Tenth Regiment's Welcome at San Francisco. Revolt Growing in the lllack Republic. General An Iron Boom of Twenty Years Ago. Ilaso Bull Results. Financial and Commercial. Local Proceedings of Common and Select Councils. Legislation to Improve Fire Depart ment, IMItorlal. News nnd Comment. Loral That City Park Conference. Coroner's Jury Scores Midwifery. Strikers Will Try tho Boycott. Local West Scranton and Suburban. News Round About Scranton. T.lvo Industrial News. Investigating Jersey's lndustilul School for Girls. OTIS IS TO HAVE AN AMPLE FORCE Secretary Root Has Evidently De cided to Send All the Men That Can Bo Used Effectively. Washlngton.Aug. 3. It appears prob able from developments during the past two days in the war department that .Secretary Root has In contemplation nn nrmy of iiulte 40,000 men for the 'Philippines, lilie Mr. Root has been at the head of the department unlv a brief time, he has been making dili gent inquiries among the bureau chiefs regarding supplies and equipments and the trend of his questioning has been in the direction of an increase lu th available force in the eastern archi pelago. The belief Is growing In nrmy circles that Secretary Root has In mind a plan practically matured to make General Otis' available force at least 40,000 men. SHIED AT MARK HANNA. Tammany Contract Lost to a Firm with His Indorsement. New York, A tig. 3. The morning ses sion of the Mnzot committee was largely given over to the examination of Francis T. I.entry, commissioner of correction, as to the methods adopted by the now famous architectural linn of Horgan & Slattery In their dealings with the department of correction. Nothing -sensational was elicited, tliougn tlie interesting Tact was brought out that one of the witnesses objections to the employment of Withers & Dickson, the architects, was that United Stnes Senator Hanna had written letters recommending an Ohio Iron company which they rep resented. Dining the nfternoon n number of the members of the municipal council appeared before tho Mnzot committee and explained their views upon ques tions relating to the dntibl" municipal assembly. There was a wide differ ence of opinion among them ns to the vnluo of the second house. LEGION OF HONOR. George W. Hughes, of Cnrbondalo, Is Elected Grand Orator. Philadelphia, Aug. 3. The thirteenth biennial session of the grand council of Pennsylvania, American Legion of Honor, wns held here today In Od 1 Fellow's' temple. There were present one hundred delegates from various parts of the state and the following olllcers of the Supreme council also at tended: Supreme Commander F. O. Dowries, of Boston: Supreme Treasurer J. W. Kendrick, Jr., of this city, and Supreme Attorney Albert T. Car, of Baltimore. The election of olllcers of the Grand council resulted as follows: Grani commnnder, G. Hurry Hughes, Phila delphia; grand vlce-coniniander, Dr. F. Morton Long. Philadelphia; grand ora tor, George W. Hughes, Carbondnle: grand secretary, .1. II. M. Keller, Phila delphia; grand treasurer, J. Harry Phllllngford. Philadelphia: grand chap lain, Rev. John W. Blschoff. Upper Lehigh: grand guide. Frederick II. Maur. Honesdnle: grand warden. John R. Davidson, Greencnstle: grand sen try, D. J. McCarthy. Freeland. George W. Kendrick, of this city, wns elected as representative m me Supreme council, which meets shortly. NEW CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. Consists of Essence of Eucalyptus, Thyme and Cinnamon in Oil. Washington, Aug. 3. A new remedy for tuberculosis developed In France has been reported to tho state depart ment by United States Commercial Agent Atwell at Roubulx. It Is a treatment called to the attention of the Academy of Medicine by Dr. Men del und consists In the dally Injection Into the bronchial tubes of essence of eucalyptus, thyme and cinnamon, held in a solution In olive oil. The oil, in descending slowly, comes In contact with tho walls of the tube and upper Jongs. The gas set free saturates the ulr in the lungs and acts on tho mucous membranes. In sixteen cases treated, after one or two weeks there was In all a lessening or complete cessation of the cough or ex pectoration us well as a return of sleep, appetite and strength. Demented Woman Attempts Suicide. Lancaster, Aug. :i. Mrs. Abraham Brcnemnn, aged ''-' years, wife of a prom. Inent farmer of West Willow, this coun ty, today cut her thio.it with a butcher knife ami then set lire to Hie bed on which she lay. The smoke betrayed her purpose and she wus riscued from tlia Haines, but will die. She has been suffer lug from melancholia. 'Strike Ends in Compromise. Altoona, Pu.. Aug. 3. Tho miners' strike at Dlalrsvllle has been settled on a basis favorable to tho men. who re turned to work this morning. The miners struck for 30 cents, hut compromised for 2S cents. This stilke has been marked by the very best feeling between tho operators and 'their men from start to 1 finish. CHEERS FOR THE TENTH Battle Flag Shows Proof of Regiment's Active Service. SWORD DRAPED IN CREPE This Reference to Colonel HawklnB' Death Causes a Hush to Fall Upon the Applauding Multitudes nt San Francisco No Arrangements for the Colonel's Funeral Havo Beea Mado but Military Honors Will Bo Paid Western Pennsylvania la - Mourning. San Frnnolsoo, Aug. .",. The Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers landed from the transport Senator today, and. es corted by the Nebraska troops, marched to the Presidio, where they will camp until mustered out. The reception accorded the soldiers from the Keystone state was similar to that given to the Oregon. Nebraska and Utah so'dlers who had pieceded thorn home. Thousands upon thousands of people lined the streets through which the boys were to pass. The mul titude of steam whistles and cannon llrewoi'rs accompanied Diem through the huslncs.-. section of the city. Colonel Burnett's sword drnped In crepe out of respect to the memory of Colonel Hawkins, commander of tho regiment, who died at sea en route home, caused a hush to fall on tho multitude. The Pennsylvanlans were a sturdy lot and presented even a better ap pearance from a health standpoint than did the Nebraska boys and those from Utah, but they ascribe this to the tonic effects of the sea ulr on tho voyage and to the fact that they were off the fight ing line for some time before depart ure from tho island. The battle Hag of the Ponnsylvnni nns, torn, sliot-iid lied nnd almost a wreck of its former beauty, excited more admiration than did anything else. As soon ns the color-bearer camo Into sight, carrying the dingy and frayed piece of silk, a cheer, mightier if possible than any which had been given the boys, rnng out and reverber ated along the throngs which had gath ered to welcome the soldiers. Tho nmbuinnces of the Pennsylvanlans brought uj) the rear, bringing the sick and wounded. No Funeral Arrangements. Harrlsburg, Aug. 3.--Ai!jutant Gen eral Stewart says there is no truth n the rumor that Lieutenant Colonel Har nett has been appointed to succeed Col onel Hawkins ns comman.ler of tho Tenth Pennsylvnnn. No steps havo yet hc-M tnkn In the direction of ar ranging for a military fuivr.il for Col onel Hawkins. The a ijutant general's department nas cininiiinleatei ,.'lh Mrs. Hawki'iP. askim? if it Is her w.fJi that the eoloivi b atvoti'.el tlc mi'l tary honors ttto his tails. If Mrs. Hawkins cxnress'S n.j jbjettion tin. public funeral, General Stewart will issue orders giving the arrangements and designating the troops to attend the funeral. Mourning for Colonel Hawkins. Pittsburg, Aug. 3. Western Pennsyl vania is in mourning because of tho death of Colonel Hawkins, of the Tenth Pennsylvania. Flags nre (lying at half mast in every town from which mem bers of the Tenth were recruited. ANANIAS, THE FAVORITE, WON. ' Racing in the Mud Was the Grand Circuit Feature at Columbus. Columbus, O., Aug. 3. Racing in tho mud was the feature of the grand circuit . meeting today. After three heats had i been run a heavy thunder shower camo, up nnd drenched the track. The homa stretch was a sea of mud for n time, but the big crowd waited patiently until It. hail drb'd sufllclcntly to permit the horses to go. It was 3 o'clock before racing could bf resumed and two events wera llnlshcd before darkness intervened. Ananias, the favorite, won the 2.07 pace, pur.-ic $:',.", In straight and uppar. ently without effort. Then- were twelve staiters. The first heat wa paced beforo the lain. Time :'.J7'4. 2.t3,. 2.121,. La.ly of the Muiuir sot second money. Tliero were also twelve staiters in the 2.1tt pace, purse S2,0nfi. two heats of which wero paced before the rain. Harry O was fa vorite. Nerva Pntchen took the first beat and Harry () then tool; tho next threa heats and the race. Time, 2ui'i, 2.0'J'. 2.09, 2.11. The 2.11 trot was postponed until to morrow when an effort will bo mado to clear tho week's programme. Overspeculation in Germany. Berlin. Aug. 3. The Deutsche 'Pages Zeltung today published n sensational ar ticle predicting a great panic In the Ger man money market. The paper s.dd tht dining the last six months. l.rM.nou.UOO marks of r.ew shales were K-.ui'd. of which r.ls.noo.lKKi marks were Industrial securities, which it is added exceeds thu whole Issue or IV-S. A mass of evidence Is quoted to prove the existence of un sound speculatln;). Varnish Works Burned. Philadelphia. Aug. 3 While Harry Up. Johns, aged 52 years, was stirring boiling varnish In u N.it in the Schrock varnish works. C.unden. N. J., today, the lluld overflowed and began burning. Upjohnn was probably fatally burned, and J2.V") worth of varnish was consumed. Tho llrm carried m Insurance. -- --- --- WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Aug. 3. Forecast for Friday: Knutcrn Pennsylvania Threatening weather with thun der nouns Friday: fair Saturday; -f--fi continued high tempornturo; varl- ab'e windi, US ttt t ttt.t i
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