TWO GENTS.
TEN PAGES.
TEN RAGES
TWO CENTS.
SCKANTON, LA SATURDAY MOKNINCJ, ATGlST 12, 1899.
HORRORS
THE TORNADO
Five Hundred Lives Are. Lost in
the Hurricane at Ponce,
Porto Rico.
The Disaster Much More Terrible Than First Re
ported One Hundred Thousand Persons in the
Island Destitute Several Towns Destroyed.
Gen. Davis' Appeal for Relief Famine Im
pending The War Department Acts Promptly.
Transport McPherson will Take Supplies.
Fan Juan do Porto 1)1 -o, An;;. 11.
Is It said that Mu persons lust their
lives at Ponce (luring the hurricane.
T'lii! distress prevails there.
A'-- yo, on tin" smith coast, has h"."!
Vpti y '. SlxUtn lives were lost
th.tr and the trn s Hooded.
At ttii.iyaino the houses ate standing,
hut st von persons were killed theiv.
A number of houses were pillaged.
Squads of soldiers were unn'le to
maintain order and starvation threat
ens the population.
The water supply of Kan .limn has
1 ft n stopped. The Couinn Springs
luic1 has iioen wrecked. It hclnug-d
to the 1'orto Itleo company of Phila
delphia. I'onc, Ann. 11. The worst storm
oer experienced here struck this place
Tiitsduy morning at 0 o'clock and last
ed two limns. It came from the north
..t. l'once was Hooded at midnight
mid at least .!0n persons were drowned.
Two hundred bodies, principally those
"f r persons, ami to. Hiding those
ot many cl-Piiren, have been tecovered.
Al the buildings are damaged and
huti'lrds have been destroyed. The
t-.oldi.-is and llreinen worked nil night
fcrtvn g lives No drinking water, gas.
lee or electric light was left In the
t'-wn. The commissary stores at Playo
were destroyed, the fond supply Is
pli'trt. and the army officers nre dis
tributing rat'ons.
Vessels Ashore.
Fifteen vessels in the harbor were
driven ashore. The weather bureau
pr-di'ted the storm, but It Is said l'once
was not warned. A mob of 1,000 ii.--5"iis
threatened the alcalde, Pornta
Pom, but they were dispersed by the
Fifth cavalry. The alcalde has boon
deposed on account of negligence.
Major Mvers. of the Kleventh Infan
try, is acting alcalde in response to
popular demand.
The sum of $5,000 Is remilivd to clean
the streets. The sanitary condition
is serious and assistance Is needed.
Tin- crops are ruined, telegraph nnd
oth.r wiies are down and little news
Is t M.ilnable fioin the interior.
U- nit. i. including the barracks, has
l.eii destroyed, but ro lives were lost
t'l. le.
.Hi. in Doaz has been devastated.
F'ti'ty-t-lx lives were lost there.
Vrroyo. Gusiyamu. Salinas and Han
Is.iln-1 are reported to have been to
te II v demolished.
The railroad between ponce and
"i.i n has been devtroyul and the mll
1 iiv road Is impassible. The river
Is- (lowing o.;r th road for two miles.
M.ivagucz escaped serious Injury.
l'iiuinu.4 au the sole food here.
J'he I'coim have gone t.i San Juan
mid tours In that vicinity which were
eemp.mulvely uninjured.
Measures for Relief.
.Vi.shlngton. Aug. 11. The war de
p.ntment today received, a cable mes
Hf troin General DavK giving fuller
d n's of the damage done In Porto
Jit " by the hurricane General Davis
t-.ivs a famine Is Impending, and asks
authority to' Issue rations to tin- destl
tut. The message is dated yesterday,
and fiys:
Later reports show that hurricane
w t far more severe In Interior inil
tmt hern part of Inland than here,
ii.ita for estimate of number of Porto
Id ars who "have lost everything nre
d.-n .ent. hut I am forced to believe
tl number on the island ennnot fall
hi'-w 100,000 souls, and n fnnilne Is
li pit ding. I nsk that I'.riOO.OOO pounds
vie. and beans, equal quantities of
t v h b immediately shipped on trans
po'ts to Ponce Some here. I'rgent
nopc.ils to all pnt commanders for
f-""l for the destitute. Am I author-1-
1 rllev. distress by food Irsues?
R. e and beans only desired. There
li.v been many deaths f native by
f alirg walls. So far only i.ne soldier
reported dangerously Inlured. Sever
al t.nwis reported entirely demolished.
As t have reports from only four
ports, i 'omplete destruction of in bar
racks at two, and at two others ono
cumpnny.J'of meh had barracks do
ftixiyed. Troops are in canvas. Ko re.
ports yet from tho largest ports, l'once
nnd Mayngues:, hut they were in th
vortex of the storm. At least half of
the i iple in Porto rtlro subsist entire
ly on fruit nnd wgetnblps. find storm
has ntlrely destroyed this source of
fuippurt.'
An Appeal for Aid.
Secretary Itoot has prewired an ap
peal to the peoplo of the I'tilted .States
for aid for persons who have suffered
In Porto Hlco by the recent cyclone.
Herniary Knot's action was fuken on
tho receipt of a telegram from Presi
dent McKlnley. ,
Tho sul-HUtmice department of the
ormy In Porto rtlco has ln directed
to lendor such temporary uld us It cun
until supplies arrlv.
OF
Tho army transport McPherson has
been ordered to salt from New York to
San Juan and 'Ponce next Monday with
supplies to relieve tho destitute In
Porto HI eo. Acting Commissary Gen
eral Weston has ordered the purchase
In New York of 000,000 pounds of rice
and COO.000 pounds of beans to be
shipped on the McPherson. Such other
food supplies iis may be obtained at
the time the McPherson sails are to be
sent on that ship.
Puerto Plata. Aim. 11. All the tele
graph lines are down and communica
tion with the interior is suspended. The
railway also has been damaged by tho
storm.
STORM IN THE NORTH.
Thunder and Lightning and Heavy
Winds Accompany the Bains.
Bridges Swept Away Property
Destroyed.
Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 11. A severe
thunder and ligthning storm passed
over Lancaster county last night. The
rainfall was heavy, over an Inch and
a half falling In twenty-live minutes.
Altogether tho rainfall was nearly
three Inches. Lightning struck the
store property of 1). U. Hoffstadt, at
Masotivllle, and the building nnd con
tents weie entirely destroyed. Tho
h.irn or Adam Horry In the northern
pan of the county was struck by light
ning and this year's crop and all the
fanning Implements were destroyed.
Many cellars in the city were Hooded.
York, Pa., Aug. 11. Last night's
stotni In this county was one of tho
heaviest ever experienced here. The
rain fall Is ofilclally reported .1.17
inches. During the night four barns
were struck by lightning and destroyed
and three county bridges were washed
awn:-.
Cincinnati, Aug. 11. Dispatches from
various points In Southern Ohio and
Northern Kentucky show that last
night's storm was one of unusual se
verity. Everywhere it was accom
panied by an unusual electric display.
Small streams were quickly flooded
and great damage done to corn and
tobacco crops. Ilrldges were swept
away and numerous losses from light
ning nre reported.
Hessemer, Mich., Aug. 11. A fierce
wind and rain storm last night tore
the roof from the electric light plant,
destroyed several business houses and
moved twenty-five dwellings and the
opera house from their foundations.
The mines are all closed down for want
of light.
Heading. Aug. 11. In Hay Creek val
ley, this county, at 2 o'clock this morn
ing alarge section of county was sub
merged In consequence of that stream
rising ten feet. Many residents
moved their furniture to tipper lloors.
The Joanna Heights ramp meeting
ground was a regular lake. Highways
mud bridges suffered damage to tho
extent of JC.O00.
FIGHTING IN SAMOA.
News Received from Victoria No
Details.
Chicago. Aug. 11. A special to the
Trlbuno from San Francisco says: A
bulletin telegraphed here from Vic
toria, li. C, says there has been re
newed fighting in Humo.i.
No details nre given.
THE DEATH ROLL.
Atlantic Cltv. N. J., Aug. ll.-Dr. J.
Charles J. Stllle. former provost of tho
University uf Pennsylvania, died at a
hotel in this city today of henit failure.
Ho was horn September 2:1, 1S19.
Lancaster, P.i., Aug. 11. c. W. I.lppatt,
proprietor of the Spring hotel at Lltltz,
died at his home today, aged C" years. Ho
was for seven years a clerk In the Asior
house. New Yolk, nnd conducted hotels
in Philadelphia, Yoik, Maytown and Now
Holland,
Heading, Pa., Aug. 11. Joseph T. Div
ver. ImggiiRcinaster on tho Heading rail
way, llil here today, aged 55 yours. II In
dentil. It la said, was partially duo to
brooding over the Kxeter wreck, several
of his friends having been killed nnd In.
lured In that accident. Mr. IMvver was a
veteran of the Civil war, having served
in the Fifty-first Pennsylvania regiment.
His company participated In tho battle of
Gettysburg.
Now York, Aug. 11. Jennlo Worrlll. the
actress, '.vliii was found Tuesday nearly
burned to denth at Couoy Inland, died
today In the Kings county hospital.
New York, Aug. ll.-ltev. James H.
Cook, a bishop of tho African Methodist
Kplhoopal church, with headquarters at
Wilmington. Del., died In tho Presby.
terlsu hospital today from iippemUcitl.
Tho dtteonsod clergyman won admitted to
the hospital nt 0 o'clock nnd exnlred a
few hour later.
THE DIRE THREATS
MADE BY BOERS
JOHANNESBURG TO BE HAZED
IN THE EVENT OE WAR.
Mines to Be Wrecked nnd Millions
of Dollars' Worth of Machinery to
Be Destroyed Another Dispatch
Predicts Further Concessions.
German Steamship Arrives nt Del
ngon Bay With War Stores for tho
Transvaal.
London, Aug. 11. Tho Boer organ In
I.cndon, the Standard and Diggers'
News, today publishes a Johannes
burg dispatch threatening Great Hrlt
aln In the event of wnr, saying tho
Hoers are determined to wreck tho
mines nnd Irretrievably ruin the gen
eral body of shareholders by blowing
up millions o dollnrs' worth of ma
chinery adding that war will mean Hie
absolute ruin of Johannesburg, both
as a town and as a mining center and
baying:
' While It will doubtless end In n
victory for Knglnnd, the price of that
victory .will be the ruin of thousands,
who ought to consider tho price they
must pay before authorizing the gov
ernment to declare war."
Another Johannesburg dispatch,
however, predicts further concessions,
and says:
'The reply of the Transvaal to the
proposal for a Joint Inquiry Is being
delayed until th" governmint has pre
pared a scheme granting the Outlnnd
ers Immediate njul r.uhstantial repres
entation, us tho Transvaal will make
every effort to nvert Intervention In
the Internal affairs of the countty."
Lorenzo Murquez, Delagoe Hay, Aug.
11. The Herman Fast. Africa Line
steamship HMchstng has arrived hre
from Hamburg, Naples and Mombasa
with loo cases of cartridges and otlwr
wnr stores for the Transvaal.
Hombay, Aug. 11. Preparitlons have
been almost completed for the dispatch
of 12.000 troops to South Africa. A
number of transports tiro In readiness
In Indian waters nnd In the event of
war troops will he embarkid simul
taneously hep-, a.t Karachle and at
Calcutta.
Loudon, Aug. 12. The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mall s.iys'
"I learn from a prominent ex-reformer
that the Tiansvaal government has
prepared warrants for the arrest of
imminent reformers whenever the
condition of affairs at Johannesburg
provider an excuse. The presumption
Is that President Kiuger means to se
cure the leading Outlnnders as hos
tuges the moment tiouble arises."
STORM MOVES NORTH.
Inhabitants on the Coast Placed on
Their Guard by Signal Offers.
Washington, Aug. 11. The West In
dian hurricane tonight Is rapidly ap
proaching Nassau, Hahaina islands,
wllere the barometer has fallen con
siderably since morning nnd the wind
has Increased to thirty-six miles an
hour at 3.10 o'clock this afternoon.
Kuln has been falling all day. While
there Is still a possibility that the
storm may curve out to sea. the otll
clals of the weather bureau express
the opinion that it will reach the coast
of Florida and that its influence there
may bo felt by tomorrow morning.
Hurricane warnings have been sent
out over the state by telegraph and
telephone and every measure taken to
put the Inhabitants on their guard.
The maps on tile In the weather bu
reau show the course which has ben
followed by the August hurricanes
for the last twenty-one years, but thete
appears to be very little consistency
In the direction which they hnve taken.
The storm Is now traveling much slow
er than during the early period of Its
existence, the total distance covered
having been about 1,200 miles. Its cen
ter now appeals to be a little southeast
of Nassau.
A report received by the signal olllce
today by Major GInssford, stationed nt
San Juan, Porto lllco, states that the
telegraph wires In the island are down
and that the olllces have suffered great
ly from the storm. Considerable
money will be required to restore them
to their former condition.
Weather bureau olllclals are sur
prised to hear that the town of Ponce
was not warned of the approach of the
storm, as stated In press dispatches
from that city. The capital, San Juan,
is the distributing point for the Island
ot Porto Rico nnd prompt notification
of the approaching hurricane was given
to the weather bureau official there.
THE BLOW AT SANTIAGO.
Houses Undermined A Good Deal of
Damage.
Santiago de Cuba. Alls'. 11. Tho
heaviest storm knowh here In llfteen
years struck this city yesterday. Ruin
and lightning were Incessant for al
most twenty-four hours. Several houses
on streets in the lower portion ot the
city were undermined and a good deal
ofdamnge, though nothing very,. seri
ous, was done elsewhere, jj
In the American camp nearly half
tho tents were blown down. The Ward
line steamer Santiago from New York,
August 3, via Nassau, where she ar
rived August 7, reached this port this
morning, having met with severe
weather In the Windward Passage.
Engineer Hobart Injured.
Lima. O.. Aug. 11. C. L. Hobart, chief
engineer of the Columbus. Lima nnd Mil
waukee lailroad. brother of Vice Presi
dent Hobart, was ptoliably fatally in
jured ut Homer, lht miles north of hero
today, lie attempted to pass between a
big crane at tho Wntklns elevator and
tho railroad track when a construction
train pasticd and caught him. His hip
wa. crushed and ho wub Injured inter,
nally.
i m
Glassworkers' Convention..,
Philadelphia, Aug. 11. Tho convention
of thii UliisuWorkura' ammelallim ad
journed today and a number of the dtlo
KUte departed for their homes. The
wago committee and several members of
the executive committee nre still here,
awaiting a deflntto ruply from President
Chambers), of the Mnnufucturci'H' uso
elation, relative to the Unit and place for
iu confeinoc on tlfc wuso ucule.
OLD SOLDIERS TURNED OUT.
Ex-Superlntendcnt Delnnoy Scores
Tho Public Buildings Board.
Philadelphia, Aug. II. A special to
the Record today contnlns tho follow
ing: Captain John C. Dolaney, former
superintendent of public buildings nnd
grounds, today Issued the following
statement to the hoard ot public build
ings nnd grounds: "As nn old soldier,
1 wish to enter my solemn protest
ngtiltist tho action of th hoard yester
day In the removal of four old vet
erans, In tho persons ot Andrew Mc
Kee, Henry Yohe, Jacob Dock and
Lewis Flnfrock. These men have been
faithful employes, loyal to their party,
and, above all, were men who In their
younger days offered their lives for
the nation's defense. How Governor
Stone nnd Mnjor McCnttley, who have
In all their public utterances exploited
the fact that they were the cApeclal
friends and champions ot their old
comrades, and have been elevated to
the high positions they are now filling
largely by the earnest efforts and votes
of the old soldiers, should consent to
what, to my mind, Is an outrage, can
only be explained upon the theory that
the board of public buildings and
grounds was unable to withstand the
behests of the local politicians of this
city and county, who demanded the
removal ot these men to make places
for others, the records of whom are
well known In this community.
"With the single exception of W. H.
Crook, none of these appointees Is an
old soldier. It seems to me that this
Is exceptionally bad politics on the
eve of n state campaign, and that the
time Is not far distant when the afore
said politicians who brought this
nhout will discover that they have
made a serious blunder, as the old sol
diers nre rapldiy being reinforced by
the younger ones of the recent wars,
who will, I am confident, resent this
action."
BUSINESS HESITATES.
This Year It Is Astonishing That
tho Hesitation Is So Slight guy
ing Halts Only to Be Followed by
Large Purchases.
New York. Aug. 11. It. G. Dun &
Company's review of trade will say
tomorrow:
After great expansion business hesi
tates. This year It Is astonishing that
the hesitation has been so slight. In
ono branch after another buying his
halted only to be followed by larger
buying. The output of Iron furnaces
In blast Aug. 1 was 2fi!).0:l2 tons weekly,
fiO.s per cent, more than in 1SU2 and
27.0 per cent, more than last year.
With n decrease of 27.SG7 tons in un
sold stocks, nearly half In charcoal
Iron, the apparent cniwt-utlou and
exports do not exceed 1,210,744 tons,
which barely equals the lowest report
of production Aug. 1, and other fur
naces have started since that date,
with several more to follow. The sup
ply appears to be at least equnl to the
demand, although new demands for
the week have covered 2,100 tons for
new buildings nt Chicago, with much
for bridges nnd 4,000 tons for eastern
building at Pittsburg. In bars both
east and west the mills are unable to
take nil orders offered nor In plates
can they tajp all orders anywhere,
while In sheet the western mills are
overcrowded, though the .eastern de
mand Is lighter The Connellsvllle coke
output Is again l!.2,5.'iG tons for the
week, with only 650 ovens Idle nnd
prices are unchanged. Tin, following
London, has risen to S2 cents, but fallen
to :!1.S5 cents nnd copper Is hard to get
at 1S4 cents for lake. Lead Is quoted
at $4.50 to $4.fi0.
Wheat receipts at tho west have been
S,fi,"2,57'J bushels In two weeks, against
fi.filS.iiGO bushels last year, making It
hard to believe that the unfavorable
crin) estimates which still come for
ward from unolliclal and olllelnl
sources. The exports have slackened,
amounting to only G,2C9,ir,3 bushels.
Hour Included, from Atlantic ports,
against 5,015,311 last year, nnd from
Paelilc ports 400,020 bushels, against
921, 155 last year, other exports being
457,288 bushels. Corn exports were lit
two weeks 7,975,590 bushels, against
4,74:5.7GG last year, but receipts continue
enormous, in twt weeks S,S39,911 bush
els, against C.I79.17G last year. Con
tradictory stories about foreign clops
weigh but little compared with the act
ual buying of grain and movement
from the farms. The truth seems to
be that the supply of wheat In the
spring wheat region Is larger than any
body has supposed.
Failures for the week have been 130
In the United States, against ljfi last
year and 29 In Canada, against 18 last
year.
Pure Butter Agitation.
llnrrlsburg. A !g. 11. A delegation from
the I'uro Uutt'T Protective association,
of Philadelphia, had an Interview with
Governor Stone this afternoon on tho
subject of tho enlorceinent of the recent
oieaiiiargariiie law passed by the legisla
ture. Governor Stone promised to seo ihr.t
the law Is carried out la all of its pro
visions. Will Survey the State.
Hnrrlsburg, Aug. 11. The topographical
survey commission, conM.-itmg of U. W.
McNccs, Ktttnnnlug, Simon Harrotd, of
licner Falls, and F. II. Ilarber, of Hbens
burg, were ot the state department to
day. Work will begin shortly In con.
Junction with the I'nlted States govern
ment la making topographical and geog
laphtcal survey of the Mate.
Increase of Wages.
Philadelphia. Aug. 11. Tho employes In
the cloth and carpet mills of John A:
James DoIimiii, at Manayimk, and Falls
of Schuylkill, in the northern section of
the city, were today untitled of an In
crease In wages of 5 per cent., to tnlte
effect August 21. Theho mills employ
about 3.2U0 haiuls.
Lynched for Assault, u
Nashville, Teiu... Aug. 11. Will Chain,
btrs. colori'd. arremed on u charge ot
criminally nusaulifng the ll-year-old
daughter of William Wotson. was lynched
by hanging ne-il" Hell lluckle today. Ho
was Identllled by IiIh victim, who is In a
critical condition.
The Enlistments Yesterday.
Wnshlngtnn, Aug. 11 Tho cnllxtincnts
yesterday were !M1, making a totul of 12,-
158. I'lvo regiments are now completed,
the Twentv. uixlh. Tu'i.nl v.unv.inth
Twuntv-Qlchth. Thirtieth and Thirty. llrt.
REVOLUTION IN
SANTO DOMINGO
JIMINEZ SAID TO BE THE
PRIME MOVER.
Ramon Pacheco and Pablo Reyes
Among His Followers Popularity
of tho Revolution Due to the Name
of Gomec An Effort May Be Mado
Looking Toward American Annex
ation.' Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 11. A mall
dispatch front Santo Domingo dated
Aug. 3, via llaytl, confirms the cubic
Intelligence telling of the spread and
significance ot the revlutlon through
out the Dominican republic. Promi
nent men in civil and military circles,
It appears, are taking the field with
the understanding that Jlminez Is tho
prime mover nnd that he will shortly
arrive there from Culm with muni
tions of war. Among his mllltnry ad
herents, bringing armed followlugs. In
cluding regular soldiers, were tho well
known generals, Ilntnon Pacheco and
Pablo Reyes, who are advancing west
ward by forced marches for the pur
pose of cutting of Monte ChrlstI from
reinforcements and to form a junction
with the Insurgent forces from Haytl,
thus opening a wuy for the Jlminez
expedition.
rndouhtedly the popularity of the
revolution Is due to the use of the
pname of Gomez and should he decline
the presidency or Jlminez finally op
pose his election, prominent leaders
are already considering the alternative
of calling a plebiscite In order to ascer
tain whether the country would not
prefer to renew the vote of 1S71 for
American annexation or nn American'
protectorate rather than elect unother
dictator, thus securing permanent
peace and prosperity.
MAZET INQUIRY POSTPONED.
Attorney Moss Will Spend Some
Time Writing History.
New York. Aug. II. The Mazet legis
lative investigating committee today
adjourned until September 12. Attor
ney Frank Moss will spend the next
four weeks preparing a statement of
the work of the committee and fram
ing reports of Improvements or sup
posed improvements In matters por
tainlng to municipal legislation 'which
will ho presented to the next l?ii
laturo. Assemblyman Hoffman, tho
Democratic member of the committee
In attendance, objected to the adjourn
ment, but he was outvoted four to one
by the Republican members of the com
mittee. The session today was not pro
ductive of sensational results. Super
intendent William A. Hutler, who is in
clmr-re of the city records, was called
to the stand for the purpose of show
ing if possible that contracts for the
city printing were let out through
favoritism, but the witness was firm
and convincing in his assertions that
all contracts were let out to bids.
Henry S. Kearney, commissioner ot
buildings, lighting and supplies, testl
Iled regarding tho Issuance of permits
for allowing tho Metropolitan line to
nut in electric ducts along that road.
Mr. Kearney acknowledged that he
thought that the company had secured
about fifty per cent, excess in ducts,
but said that he had allowed It because
the company had declared It was neces
sary. Mr. Moss attempted to show that
this extra power would be used by the
street railroad for outside contracts,
like furnishing power and light to citi
zens. The attorney for the committee
Insisted that these extra ducts nmnunt
ed practically to a franchise. This was
denied by the commissioner, who Inci
dentally made the remark that his de.
partinent wns paralyzed by the refusal
of tho municipal assembly to concur in
permits granted by him for stringing
wires and carrying on other work In
his domain.
COLONELCY OF THE TENTH.
A Request That It Bo. Allowed to
Stand Vacant.
Ilnrrlsburg. Pn.. Aug. tl.-Governor
Stone reclved a letter this evening
from Lieutenant-Colonel James Har
nett declining to accept n commission
ns colonel of the Tenth Pennsylvania
regiment. Colonel Harnett requests
that no appointment be made nnd that
the colonelcy bo nllowed to stand va
cant In honor of Colonel Hawkins'
memory. The governor has no desire
to do anything contrary to the wishes
of the olllcers nnd men and nt th"lr
suggestion he will make no appoint
ment. When th" regiment reached
San Francisco on its return from the
Philippines fbr tho muster out Go
ernor Stone telegraphed Colonel Har
nett offwilng to appoint him Colonel
Hawkins' successor. Harnett says In
reply that he would be proud to hold
a commission as colonel of tho regi
ment nnd did have that ambition, "but
under the circumstances," he adds'
"it seems to me and those officers who
would benefit by my promotion nnd to
nil the otllcers and men In this com
mand that the least we can do Is to
allow the name of Alexander L. Haw
kins to bo assoelated 'with the rcgl
inent during tho entire tlmo of t 'lilt
ed States service, the crowning peilod
of Its nchlovements, ns Its sole and
only colonel
Steamship Arrivals.
Now York, Aug. ll.-S.ilied: Nomndle,
Liverpool. Cleared: La Champagne,
Havre; Campania, Liverpool: Spaarndam,
Itotterdum via Boulogne; I'atrlu, Ham
burg. Klusnle-Pasted: Cuvlc, Now Voil;
for Liverpool. Liverpool-Sailed: llovie,
New York. Cherbourg-Sailed: Fueri-t
nisinarrk. Hamburg and Southampton,
for New York. Hiovv Heart Passed:
Ktrurlu, New York for Liverpool. Queens.
town-Arrived: Hrltnnnlc. New York.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, Aug. 11. I'oiuIoiih: Oris-Innl-AmbinM)
J. Cook, Wynluslng, lirad
funl, S, inercuKe John Nyhurt, Uouu.
mont. Wyoming. ?u to $8.
THE NEWS THIS MOltNINU
Weather Indications Tojjy:
UNSETTLCD WEATHCR.
1 General Five Hundred Lives Lost In
the Hurricane at Police-.
General MacArthur Scatters tho Fili
pinos. The Doers Mnko Threats.
Santo Domingo llovolution.
2 General Taylor Horough Happenings,
llase Halt Itesults.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Local Religious News of tho Week.
4 Kdltnllal.
News and Comment.
5 Local Social and Personal.
Ono Woman's Views.
ti Local Live Industrial News.
List of Grand and Petit Jurors.
7 Local Meeting of General Committee
of letter Carrie 1-8.
New Secretary of the Hoard of Health.
8 Local West Scranton and Suburban.
a News Round About Scrnnlon.
10 Dumnorc Doings.
CUBANS WILL SOON
BE IN CONTROL
Purpose of the Administration to
Turn tlip Government Over to the
Islanders.
Washington, Aug. 11. Two confer
ences held today hastened the Cuban
census problem well toward completion.
The first was at the census bureau be
tween Acting Director Wines, the chief
statisticians and the geographer and
"the Cuban commlssloneis. They dis
cussed the tentative schedules sub
mitted, which were subsequently or
dered printed with a number ot altcr
tlons at the instance of the Cuban,
thoush still subject to revision. This
nftornon Secretary of War Hoot. As
sistant Secretary Melkeljohn. Acting
Director Wines mid Chief Hunt of the
census bureau were In conference, pre
paratory to u conference Secretary
Hoot will have with the CuL-an com
missioners tomorrow. At this meeting
It was ofilclally stated that the policy
and purpose of the I'nlted States are
to make the Cubans self-governing, n
condition which, when reached, will he
followed by this government turning
over governmental control of every na
ture to the Cubans.
Kverythlng will be subordinated to
this end and It will be a guiding factor
In tho census taking. f
ATKINSON CIRCULARS.
Government Officials Receive Cople3
of the Last Literary Firebrands.
The Anti-Imperinlist.
Washington, Aug. 11. Secretary
Hitchcock and other government offi
cials In the city have received copies
of a circular signed by Kdward At
kinson, which, the author says, has
been, or will be, sent to the commis
sioned and non-commissioned officers
of each returning regiment of trrops
fiom the Philippines, together with
copies of pamphlets containing arti
cles on the Philippine -Jltuatlnn ftom
an anti-imperialistic point of view.
Tho circular Is dated Boston, Aug. S.
Is headed "The Antl-Impeilallst," and
Is addressed to the survivors of the
volunteer regiments returned from
Manila. Mr. Atkinson says that hav
ing been Informed that telegraphic
messages from the mothers and sisters
of volunteets from Nebraska urging
them not to re-enlist had been refused
delivery, he thought he would test
that question. He then recounts his
efiorts to send through the mall to
prominent otilelnls In the Philippines
the pamphlets seized by the postmaster
n San Francisco sometime ago for
which the author of the clicu'ar says
he "was threatened with prosecution
for treason nnd sedition because of
this effort on my part to convey In
formation to you, citizens nnd voters,
which would Inform you as to the work
we were doing In this country to stop
what we believe to be criminal aggres
sion In the Philippine islands."
Mr. Atkinson adds that the three
articles referred to, viz.: "The cost of
a National Crime, 1'he Hell of War
and Its Penalties." and "Criminal Ag
gression: Hy Whom Committed?"
ure Included In one of the two pam
phlets sent to the officers of the regi
ments nnd he asks their views upon
them and upon the whole course of
warfare In the Philippine Islands, pro
mising, If liberty Is given, to print tho
letters nnd to make a- careful selection
therefrom, "whether adverse to the
position I have tuken or sustaining It."
Fight Ends in a Row.
Slonx City. la.. Aug. 11 "Australian
Hilly" Murphy and P.lts Magner. of
Yankton. S. D , met before the Sioux City
Athletic club for a 11-round battle to
night, hut the light only lasted one and
one-half rounds, breakli.g up In a row.
The police Interfered and arrested tho
fighters, backers, etc.. In the first round
Magner used foul tactics and Murphy
also began to rough It, In the second,
when the pollco Interfered, the men were
fighting like dogs on the tloor of tin
niena. Contractor Arrested.
Wilkes. Harre, Aug. II. Contractor Gee.
S. Post, of this ct, who brought sixty
negroes from the south here to woik on
sewers, was arrested this evening charged
with maintaining a nulsniKc. When the
negroes arrived here they refused to K"
to work, claiming tlu-y had been promised
$1.30 u day. Then they became u public
charge and lived in tilth and wiualor. Tho
health officers said the health of the com
munity was end.ingi red. The arrest fol
low d. Post was held in $.Vt) bail for trial
at e-oiirt.
Revolutionists Defeated.
I.lma. Peru. Aug 11. via Galveston.
The government has received dispatches
announcing tho defi.it of the revolution
ists at all points. It Is said that VI;:.
carrn. the rebel leader, will have to seek
refuge In Kcuudor or give himself up.
Fight Was a Draw,
Now York, Aug. 11. DlNoii'Suntry Unlit
declared u draw ut end of twentieth
round.
AMERICANS AT
SANTA RITA
The Filipinos Are Fleeing
Before MacArlliur's
Forces.
BURNED TOWNS IN REAR
Town of Angeles Set on Eire nnd
Abandoned United States Eorces
in Control of tho Province o
Bataan Rains Falling Again.
Movement of Troops Difficult.
Americans righting in Canebrakea
With Mud and "Water to Thela
Knees Rebels' Heavy Losses at
San Fernando Attack Surprisod
Them Many Asleep nt tho Time.
Gen. Otis' Report.
Washington, Aug. 11. General Otis
cabled the war department today as
follows:
i
Manila, Aug. 11.
i Adjutant General. Washington;
.MacArthur lias taken possession oS
Santa Itltnj reconnolter.-il. Ht-rac. Angeles
nnd other points. Insurgents driven
north. One casualty ya-deiday. none to
day, ('(mclltlon of roads makes move
ments of troops difficult, but considered
necessary to open up this section of coun
try, as It virtually gives contiol of prov
ince of Hntanti and relieves inhabitants
there. otls.
Manila. Aug. 11. .-..10 p. m. Recon
noitring by small parties was continued
today, rnavalllng attempts were
made to get In contact with the enemy.
The American troops occupy Cnlulct,
Santarimu. lincoler and Gaugua. No
further engagements have taken place.
Rains nre falling ngaln. The wounded
lire being brought Into Manila.
General MeArthur's troops remained
last night at Catulet. The rebels evi
dently had fled far beyond rifle rango
for the American outposts were not
disturbed and not a shot was fired dur
ing the night.
The strength of the Insurgents nt
Angeles not being known, tho situa
tion was reported to General Mc:Ar
thur, who did not desiro to send rein
forcements and directed tho reconnolt--rbig
party to r turn unless the rebel.!
nhandoned the town. Soon utter tho
receipt of those ordeis It became evi
dent that the rebels had set lire to tho
town and lied, leaving the place to be.
occupied by the Americans.
A battalion of the Twelfth Infantry
was also sent on a reconnoitering ex
pedition toward the west, but up to
noon no firing had been heard In their
direction nnd no word had been 're
ceived fiom them at General MeAr
thur's headciuurters. It is believed
that they did not encounter any of tho
enemy.
Rebels Scattered.
Kverythlng Indicates that nil tho
rebels have scattered for miles in everv
! ii..,...t,... nH..t.i nif.in.
.ll-l lli.ll Ullillllll l .(IlllUl.
The insurgents lost heavily In tho
lighting around Cnlulot. ,It is believed
that n hundred wer" klllel and three,
or four hundred wounded. Tho Inwni
reglm-Mit killed thirty In ono place,
and one company ot the seventeenth
suddenly encountere'd u party of re-b.-ls
In ;i trench and killed twelve. Tho
Ameilcnn los wns tve killed nnd thirty-one
wounded. Including threo offi
cers. Tim Americans maintained almost n;
perfect lino four miles long, through
ennebrnkes, where tlu-y could so noth
ing ahead. The mud In places was
kt.eo-deep In the rice Holds and Jung
les, and through ditches flowed small
livers several feet deep.
The Filipinos trld to nmbush tho
Americans several times, tho country
in Hie neighborhood being well adapt
ed to those tactics: but the troops
stopped for nothing, forcing their way
through or over obstacles nnd ilrlng
whenever they could locate the tleeing
enemy. The otllcprs commend highly '
the recruits of the varlousi regiments.
There Is reason to believe that tho
reports received recently thnt the In
surgents nre phort of ammunition nro
true. Well inlo-mcd natives nt Cnlu
lct say the Insurgents had only forty
rounds of ammunition each and that
live rounds octra were Issued Just be
fore tin- light.
MORMON ELDERS SWITCHED.
Warned to Leave Wise County, Va.,
and Did Not Go.
Louisville. Aug. 11. Four Mormon
elders, after preaching here sevoral
days, have been forced to leave by an
gry citizens of this plnce.
In Wise county, Vn., Mormon olders
wbre warned to leave, but they did
not go and while preaching 8ovor.il
citizens went to the plnce of worship
with a bundle of switches nnd took tho
elders out and gave them a severe
whipping.
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CAR JUMPS A BRIDGE.
Drops Into n River Miraculous Es
cape of Occupants.
Merrill, Wis.. Aug. 11. A street oar
ran off the Prairie street bridge today,
dropping Into the river twenty feet be
low. The car wns completely wrecked.
Xone of the passengers were fatally In
Jilted. The Injured are-
Motorman It. Cotter. Harry Allen, F.
M. Gibson, deputy game 'warden; C. V.
Groenke, president of the Merrill Iron
works; A. H. Nelson, merchant.
4- WEATHER FORECAST. X
f
Washington, Aug. 11. Forecast 4-
- for Sniuri1n : For eastern Pelin- -fi
f hvlvunln. uimettled weather Sut. -f-
urday and probably Sunday; brisk
north to cnit wind. 4.
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