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SCJRANTON, PA.. WEDNESDAY MOHXIXG!, ACUIST 10, J 899.
TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS.
MONS. LABORI
WILL LIVE
The Lawyer's Physicians
Believe That He Is
Out of Danger.
OPINIONS ARE OPTIMISTIC
Hope to See Him on His Feet Again
Befoie the Dieyfus Court-Martial
Is Ended Would-Be Murdeier
Still tit Large The Wounded Man
Reported to Have Announced the
Dlscoveiy of Another Toigery In
the Dossiei Indications That
His Death Was Plotted He Tells
How the Pockets of His Coat
Were Killed as He Lay on the
Ground Attempt to Steal Wallet.
TSennp. rinnce. Auk 1." The loudi
tlnn of Mnittc l.ulmil of iounel foi
Captain Alfred Dreyfus who n elicit
!n the back of tln neck fiotn ambush
Uon vesteiday while D7i his wax iioiu
Ins ipIi1(iui to attend tin tout t-niar-tial
has lminoeil m miuli that the
plivslilans In attendance consldet till 11
"1 he out of dangii. Hi" II s on his
ba k unable to move but life Is n
'111 lung to the leg w lib b It was belleeil
-lmhiy was paialyed. and be has
tin leet. He loutlnues to discuss tbo
tnul Ills wife has remained at bis
lii dliU pi.utically eei since be was
biought home Niituinllv "-be Is mllib
11 lieed at the oiitimlstle lepoi t of the
medical men, who hope to see tin l.iw
n on bis fiet again liefoie the 1 1 till Is
1 ,'iled
M Laboil's assailant has nut et
be 1 n ni lesti d
The Matin todus make." the an
n iiiiueineut that Maltie I.aboil, after
li. was shot yosteidav. declined, as the
ontionie of bis injiiij appealed doubt
ful that he wished to make known the
ful that M Chaniolu, who lias chaige
of the seciet documents In the I)iefus
case has disc ov tied a new forgeiy In
the dusslei
The anaiehlst nigan. l.e .louinal Du
Peuple, s,ii that. In letnllatlon for the
titruge on .M I.aboil. the annchlsts
x ill bold Geneial Miuioi and MM.
I Turnout, Itoihefoit and Judet as host
ngts and neisnnallv lesoonslble foi
my thing done against the anaiehlst.
Pockets Weie Rifled,
foi loboiall in of the statement cabled
x steiday that the pockets cif M 1,1
li ni s coat was ililed while be was lying
on tli glnund was obtained todav. Not
only weie the pockets of the wounded
nuns coat onvitled, but an attemiit
w is made to steal the wallet In which
w-io impoitant papus leieirlng to ihi
iinilt-niai tlal, Including his notes for
the ci oss. examination of Geneial Mei
ii' M. I.aboil himself 1 elated the In
cldi nt. He hid just fallen and saw one
of two men 11111 to his side One of
them said
His coat must be taken off. Ho
v ill be too hot "
The ppeakei then took off tin wound
ed lawyers coat, and another man
s ued the wallet M I.aboii, how
rct tetnlned his dipspihp of mind
and ipfused to allow the wallet to be
taken out of bis hands putting It un
dr his bead fc a pillow, and holding
II with one band. The co.U was soon
aftiiwaid put on him again On ai
llvlng at bis lesideneo M. I.aboii ask
ed bis wife to look Into bis pockpts
and sop It theh (ontents weio safe.
Mine Laboil found the pockets pmpt.
Luckily, no papeis of Impoitancp weie
In them. They contained onl pei
s inal documents, Including monacing
1 tteis leeelved on the pievlous day.
The 1 Wins of the law jet's pockets
'I the papeis and the attempt to steal
lis wallet, vliile no offoit was made
to appropriate his watch or money, Is
logaided as evidence of a plot In which
ycveial men weie Implicated
The man who tiled the shot. It ap-pr-.irs,
was onlv a tool The Impies
si.iu Is ,;i!ni:ig $,-ou-.i that be l being
Woden !v anti-Die' fus countiy people.
Tli phy -icl'ins In attendance upon
M 1. aboil lime S'lit to Talis lor .111
X-iay appaiVv'js in 01 dor to locite the
bullet In the 'i.w ''el's both.
Dteyms has wilt ten two letters to
M Tyhlm'i The lust on healing the
news uf the attempt to mutder the law-
1, Is .1 spont'ineous expression of his
sh kf d feelings The se' ond Is it
ton '..1:1s epistle expiesslng the keenest
ut'PiF at the d&siiudb outiage, pro-
foiled p. at lude to M I.aboil roj his I
linolc clmp!onhip, and beaitfelt '
wMip. fot !.'. happ leeoveiy.
At s o'clock this evening M I.aboii
,i 1 "moved In an nmbulance to the
res '"mo ot Prol.-liaich, In 11 nihil' b
of Venues II" stood th'i Journey well,
althmurii nmu'allj fatigued The doc
tor are t xtriiiPh hoppful of .1 speed v
reco'rv, hi" considei It would be un
wlsf1 fot him to return to eovnt until
tbPif Is absolutcl no danger of a re-
lupS'P
M Demnngc has decided to nsk for
an adjournment which has neceosltat
td u wtltten application hj both M,
Pemange ntul Cnptuln I)rfus who
liue alieady sent letteis lo the niesi
dint of the court martial folonel
jloimu&t will iindoubudlj accede to the
reiiutnt. hut he cituiot giant an ml
jcuiiiiiient for moio than two days,
a m 11 the application must be incwed
f.i tnln Dnjfui' -wants the sessions
j nit t pcu.c ". until Mondai next, when It
1. Imped that M. I.aboii will bp able to
be pic rent
Quarantine on
ortugal.
Madrid Aug K.
will Miuioiimc '
fiom l'oitiit.i'
('nbllbd "ii
tlou of tiavnlcM
r'ie liiiutle tonionow
mi'ilne on shipping
11 poits have been
1 inttcr foi the hitpcc
Deaths ftom Plague.
Oporto. Aug 11 Bllico the outbreak
nt the phiguu there have been eleven
clenttiB and twenly-tilx caeca of the, clib-case.
DEATH PROM GASOLINE.
Terrible Fate of Mrs. Miller Several
Buildings Burned.
Lebanon, la., Aug 15 H an explo
sion ot gasoline In the cottage of Char
les Rettew, of Hurtlsbutg, on tins Unit
ed IJrethren camp meeting grounds at
Sit Otetna, nt 5 o clotlf this cvenlnr.
Mrs. 'William Miller, of Haulsburg,
was so badly binned that death fol
lowed shortly after she had been cat
lled Into a neighbor's cottage. Mis
Miller's daughtei, Gertrude, was
slightly buined
Mrs. Miller, whose husband Is a pas
senger engineer on tlm Pennsylvania
l.'iilroad, was a lsltor at the Hettew
cottage It is supposed that she picked
up n bucket lilted with gasoline, think
ing It was water, and placed it on the
stove. The explosion followed, set
ting lit e to bet clothing and the cot
tage She was dragged out of the
building by two young men who weie
passing at the time, while the othets
in the bouse made their escape out
of the fiont door The Itettew cottage
Is situated on Sixth stteet In a shoit
time It was In a blare and the flames
ciulckh communicated to adjoining cot
tages, fourteen uf which were tolallv
desttojed while troin ten to fifteen
ntluis were badlv scoreht d Those
dehtioved and scotched, aie on 1'lflh
and .Sixth streets, between (5Iosbrtn
Ki' and Ottet belli avenues A mes
sage was sent to this city for flte en
glues Chief engineer oreied Perse -vciance
steam engine and hose 1 .ti
llage to lespond The Cornwall and
Lebanon rallioad had a special tiain
waiting and foil minutes after lecelv -ins
the message the engine was on the
giound at Mt Uietiia doing effective
woik. Most of the destiojed cottages
weie oned b lesidents ot Hanis
bmg. Steeltoti and this cltv Mr Het
tew Is A conduetoi on the I'elins.vlva
nla rall'oad The 1"'" oil the 'ott iges
l fullv J.'O.UIItl
PECK'S POND TRAGEDY.
Coionei's Jmy Heats Testimony.
Stoiy of William Kelly.
Hiidgepoit Conn Aug 1" At to
il t's .p-slon ot the colonel's Juiy that
Is Investigating tin I'ei ks Mill pond
tiollev car accident which killed twon-tv-nlne
iieisons, William Kelly, a
oung nie 11 who K stilled befoie the
jurv last week was brousht Into the
com t loom undtr arie-t cbaiged with
perjui. In bis testimony last week
Kelly testified that he was a passen
gei on the car at the time of the ac
cident end dtsciibed In detail the
scene jusi befoie the car fell and the
efioits of the inotorinaii to stop the
cat and aKo hi' sensations when be
fell f 1 0111 the oat Into the mud In the
bed 1 f the 1111111I Ills testimony was
blghl.v favoiable to the company, being
lo the etfert tint the car was? 1 mining
slowlv .
I'atilck .1 flaik, the next day tes
tllii'd that Kll was not on the cvr at
all and In court todcv Ml. Clink and
bis Mm told substantially tin- .same
stoi. to the effect tb.it Kelly w ,i sit
ting In a canlage on the highway
at tbe time of the uc Ident
Kelly was then put on the stand and
admitted that be was not on tbe ( ar
at the time uf the accident and that
be did not fall fiom the bildge
WRECK OF A BRIDGE.
Structuie on the Milwaukee De
stioyed by Dynamite,
lion Mountain, Mich. Aug IV The
Milwaukee lallioad bildge has been
wtccked bj djnaniito Men hunting
for the bodies of M. Swanson and Call
I! lander, who weie di owned on H1111
da, decided to use dvnaniito to bring
thein to the suituce One chaige of
sixty sticks of the explosive was placed
In the water dlrei tly undei the bildge,
which Is of lion and eighty feet high.
The explosion shot a stieam of water
l.'O feet high thiough the Iron stiuct
ure, tearing loove the tails on both
sides of the ti.uk, a distance of twenty
feet. The stringeis weie split and
shatteied and one was bioken In two.
Two lengths of steel rails weie twisted
into a shapeless mass Just before the
explosion oc cuued the oassenger tiain
fiom Milwaukee cioised the bridge.
EASTWOOD SURRENDERS.
Drink and Family Tioubles Led to
Middlebuiy Tragedy.
Mlddlebuij.Vt . Aug 15 -Fied Kast
wood, of Jrc entk Id, N J . who shot an 1
lliHttntl killed Fiank renii, bis
biotbei-ln-1 iw, and attempt' d to mui
(lei Mis Hastwood and otlfl s, at l'at
Mlddlebuiv last night, suiicnderpd
himself toilttj ilefoie Hnstwood ga"
hinn-elf up he attempted to commit
siiliidp b.v shooting thiough the heait,
but the ball was too low and ho piob
ably will lecovei Mrs. Eastwood's In
juries aie dangeious.
Di Ink and familv tioubles are said to
have led to the tiagedy
SUPPLIES FOR PORTO RICO.
Two More Ship Loads Will Be Sent
on Friday.
Washington. Aug. 13 The war de
pailmpnt has auanged to send two
more shiploads of supplies to Poito
illco. TIip steamei i:vj tin of the New
Toik and J'orto Hico line, will sail fiom
New Yoik next Cilday with n full cargo
of supplies Tbi use 'if the vessel was
tendeted bj the steamship company
free of expense
The government transpoit McClt'llan
Is scheduled to leavo New York for San
Juan Wednesday week. The auxillaiy
cuilsei Resolute will also bo utilized In
case It Is lound necessarj.
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S CONDITION.
Naval Commander Still 111 Depar
ture for Tlorence Postponed.
Leghoin, Italy, Aug 15 Admiral
Ptwoy'H indisposition continues. Var
ious olllelals visited the Olympla this
moi ling
The --departine of tlio Amercan ad
mit al foi Floionce has been postponed
Moody's Leg Burned Off.
Tienton, N J Aug. 11 Joseph Mooilj.
an emploe at the Uoehling Who woiko
had bis leer taken off this aftt riioou bv a
coll of red hot wlro that he was 1 oiling.
Ills leg was taken olf at tho Knee. Moody
at tho same time was thrown agahiBt tho
involving mnchlner and hud Idx ollir
leg badh brulxed. Ho was taken to the
Mercer hospital.
PRESIDENT ADDRESSES
CATHOLIC STUDENTS
PATRIOTIC SPEECH MADE TO
PUPILS AT CLIFE HAVEN.
Mr. McKlnley Pleased by the Wel
come Given by Father Lavelle's
Pupils Ho Acknowledges Their
Courtesy and Pays Tribute to the
Nation's Flag Enthusiastic Applause.
iJlattsbutgh, N V. Uig. 15 -l'tesl
dent McKlnle, accotnp mled by 1'iiv
ute Sccretarv Cortflyou, left Hotel
fhomplaln tbK moinliur at 11 0 clock
Mid wis driven down to tho iiudltoi
lum on the grounds of the Catholic
suirimer school of AuiPilca. it Ollft
llitven, on Lake Champlili) A triimi
Iibal inch of evergreens litPilaeed
with meiican Hags had been elected
ut the entiance to th. gioiinds and
the audltoilum and manv 'if the cot
tages on the grounds bad been gallv
decorated with Mags and bunting Iv
honoi uf the president's vilt. The
load fron the hotel to'tb- "irnnier
school mounds was lined with people
anxious to get a glimpse of tin picsl
denl At tie pn-ldeiit enter"! the
HU'lltniium the speelMois ii"i.s and
sang a cng coinpostd foi ln occasion
and et to th music of Donlettl "HI
1 I'lllltttlil" l!eV,M J l..u.'l" lues.
dent ot tb" Catholic siimiii s h ml,
in'loduced 1'iesldent MeKiali" . rath
er l.avelle's vpeei b was fie'illelltlv
lneiiuptd bv beartv applause and
vvher lining the course of Mi lenvnks
he oicdlcted that the 'manv millions
of ni'ople ipc 'iitly bi ought undei our
piotectlon would make Aineilean cltt
yeus as loval. as stuidv and as trup
as thoi that are beie today" the au
dience ehe-ied enthuslastlenllv
s I'l evident MeKllllev lose til" au
dience applauded, cbeeied, waved
Hags, h.indkeic blefs mid patn-nils un
til he made 1 motion foi them to d"
sst He had not Intended to speak In
fact this Is tb flis-t Invitation to ap
pi ar in publli that he lias accepted
since 'ie in lived nt tbe hotel, lint the
waimth of th- gieetlng which was ac-
coided him evldenllv evib-ed him to
change lib- mind, lie -!id
Piesident's Sieecli.
r.itbi'i I.avelle, .Mcnibeis ot the Catiioll"
.Sllliiinei Seiiool, Ladies ami lientl.'
1111 n
I bad nit Intended to t-. a wold bur I
(itnnnt silt In xllence In tbe jneence ot
ibis i-pleiidlel elenionstration of our good
will and anprei lati'in. t eaiinot forben
to lve evpies-iou to nij vcrv bigli up
pn elation of the gracious welcome von
have Mven me hem tndn and tile mole
than giaclous words 01 lomim ndation at
tend i vom president Wlintevci thu
govcinment of t lie I'nlled Slates has nc
compllibed since 1 list met vod hue lui
boil because tho lit at t of tbe people
have been with the government of the
I'nlteel State. Our patiiotitm is mitbir
-ectlonal nor sei t.irl.in We muv ellffei
in oil! polltlral and religious beliefs, but
we are united tor count! v l.ovalt.v to
the fov ei linn nt Is oui national cueel
We follow all ol us. one flag It vm
lioll7es our puipoMs and our aspliatlolis
It icon -cntx what we believe, and what
we mean 10 nialmalii and wluievii It
Heats it In the H.m; ni the flee the hope
of tile uppusvicl and, wheievil It Is 11s
"alled al auv s.iciltlv it will be caninl
to a tllumphal pt-ift We have 111011
Hags lure than we ever had before
Tliev aie in evidence evcrv where I - ew
them carried b the- little ones on our
lawn, and as long as tliev cuiiv the-o
Hags In thch little hinds thete will be
patriotism In tliPli hi'.itts That Hug
now Hoath from the homes of the mill.
Ions oven fiom 0111 places of woidiip. It
It seen from our m hool houses fiom the
shops the fietorie the minliiK towns
and it waves fnni the eatini of the plo
neer In the distant outposts mid on the
Itimbei man's hut In the etense forest It
W found In the home of the humblest
toller, and what it leprcsents deal to
Ills heart Kebplllon mav i1p1.iv but It
can never defeat Its blessed mission of
llbertv and bumanltv Thank juu, again,
for this mot conllal and gracious greet,
big
The president spoke slowlv and de
libeiately In a modeiate but earnest
tone1. Only once did he lalse bis voice,
when be said that "the flag whenever
it Is assailed will be can led to a trium
phant peace "
Enthusiastic Applause.
The cheeiing which litiriupted his
speech at this point fail ly shook the
loof. nnd lie was unable lo make lilm
slf heard foi nearly a minute
At the close of the piesident's speech
the audience Joined In singing "The
Star Spangled Hanner, ' and they sang
It with a will. The audience then
formed In line and filed ncioss the
stage and shook hands with Mr Mi -Klnle.
The iiiesldent and rather
I. ivelle then left the building and walk
ed aiound the giounds, the president
and Mr. Cortelyou le-enteipi theli cn
rlage and weie driven back to the
llOtPl
Among those who weie present at
the leceptlon wpip John S. Wise, Gen
et al Guy V. Heniy, Colonpl Kdniund
Klce, Congiessman Slblej. ot 1'iaiik
lln, Pa , Smith M Weed, Monslgno.
James Laughlin, chancellor of the arch
diocese of Philadelphia; Colonel Wil
liam M. nil ih. of Wilmington. Del.
and Itev John I'. Chldwlek, foimer
chaplain of the Maine
A committee consisting of Goveinoi
Stone, of l'ennsvlvnnla; Itoberl Pit
rail 11 and K. II lUgelow, of Plttsbutg,
airlved heie tonight to Invite President
McKlnley to attend the reception to be
tendeied the Tenth Pptinsjlvanla leigl
ment In Plttsbuig upon theli leturn
home from the Philippines, August 2s
The president incepted the imitation
and will leave heie Saturday evening,
August 20. at living In Plttsbuig Sun
day evening, August .'7. Theip will be
a icvlew and the fiiilio state militia of
l,ennlvanla will be in Plttsbuig on
the ofeaMoii. Sccmary of State Hay,
accompanied b his son. aulved heie
this evening by steamei fiom Hurling
top, Vi. lie will have n conleienee
Willi the piesldent tomoiiow
New Church Flag.
Wilmington, DlI , A'lg 13 -HWiop Culo.
man tonight received fiom the mukiid
I. Is new cliuirli Hug which i 10 Hint
Horn a staff ut lllsliopstciul, thu bMiop'u
leitldence, on notable church days This
is xnid to be thu first Kphcopal chuich
flag In the United Statch und the bishop
has been moie than a vear In designing
ll. The flag Is of bunting, ulna feel six
Inches sciuaru with thlrteent stripes of
ted mid white iiltciiiatlng and with a
pin plo eplmopal crosH set In a white laid
In the center.
KILLED AT A CROSSING.
Three Persons Sacrificed by ft lool
haidy Driver.
Itcudlntr.Pn Aug. 15 KranklinTiuss
ler, aged nbout SI yeais, son of the
ptopiietoi of the Highland house,
ubovo Wcrnersvllle, tnul two lady
guest, Jllldu nnd Gertie Flelchtimn,
ot llnrilsburg. aged 20 and 22 yeais
respective ly. whom he was dilving to
the station Miere to go to Heading
for a day's outing, were killed nt 10
o'clock this morning bv the Lebanon
Valley expiesH near that pl'ice. It
it stit'd that Mr. Ilasslei was warned
not to rros but he thought be could
nnke It when the train (aim along 50
miles pn- hour. The hoise w is killed
cairiage wrecked and all thtee in
stantlv killed The bodies weie tenl
blv manBled. Imingr eliagged for soine
ilstunce lluhler was baid of bear
ing Ilanlsburg. ue 1" TIHilu and Ger
tiude Fle'lschmnn weie employed as
bookkevpeis in a large mercantile es
tablishment In this city. Thev be
long! ! to the richest and most pium
Ineiu Jewish family In llanlsbuig,
nnd their shocking death has east n
L'looin ovei local Hf-biew elides Their
matin 1, who Is a widow. Is visiting an
other daughtei nt Carllsb and a file ml
went fiom here al noon to notify her
of the tenlble ace blent The bodies
win bi ought to llairlsbiug this evening
HARRITY IS MUM.
Not Piepaied to Talk on Politics at
Piesent.
IMlllailelphir. Aug Id Foimei Deni
I. little Nitliiiil Coinniltteeman Wll
llini P l.an.ty, of this' cltv. who has
Inst 11 tinned fiom .Matoga Sptlngs,
N Y.. when askeil today as to the ie
potted political conferences of leading
Denioci.it now at that place said
"1 went with mv familv1 to Saiatoga
slmplv for the put pose of spending a
bilef vacation there While tbeie I
attended no politic ul confetenees what
1 vei In fact, no such confetenees weie
held. Not uniiatui.illy then weie
some Infoiinal talks ivnenevei two or
tlitee Demociats happeneel to meet at
tlie same time but In o fai as I have
knowledge ot the subject tbeie was
ut no time any discussion as to can
didates Tile uppeimost thought In
the minds of those whom 1 casually
met tbeie was the hope that the Demo
ciatic national ((invention In lHfj
would puisue sllib a consei vat'.ve
eouise that all Demociats and eltl-s-ens
genet ally of Independent tenden
cies might coidially and enthusiasii
callv suppoit the platfoim and the
candidate Tills disposition was man
ifested by those who believed In flee
coinage of sliver as well as those who
oppose It
CRAMPS ARE CRAMPED.
Unable to Obtain Iron and Steel to
Cany on Work.
Philadelphia. Aug 1'.- Owing to the
gieat ditlliulty experienced In getting
lum and steel rapidly enough to cany
on woik, tbe William Ciamp ..x. Sons'
Ship and Ilnglne Building comdany, of
tills cltv. has been compelled to gieatly
leduee Its font- of men Tluee bun
died mi 11 v.eie laid off a few days ago
Five bundled nioie weie suspended at
the close of woik today and by the end
of the week 1,500 men will have been
lelegated to enfoiied idleness The de
cision of the company affects all de
pat tmimts and has caused constei na
tion among the employes. The Htm
was muih aveise to taking the step,
but could not keep all the men em
ployed because of the link of iron and
steel The company has $-0,wXl,000
woi th of woik 011 hand.
Other ship yatds on the Delawaie
river aie also pxpei ienclng trouble In
getting lion and steel
At present tbeie ate thli ty-seven
vessels In the course of eotistiuctlon
along the Delawaie and fully twenty -
one of them will be delayed, owing to
the lack of material
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Omceis Elected at Meeting of Giand
Lodge,
l.ancester. Pa, Aug 11 This after
noon, befoie tidlotiinmeni of today's
sessl in of tin giand lodge of the
Knights of Pvthlas, the following oT
Hceis were elected for the ensuing
year.
Grand chancelioi, Scott Dlel.eit, of
Pittsburg, giand vlee chancellor,
Thomas C Thompson, Philadelphia:
grand prelate, Di Chailes o Fanst.
Punxsniawney. giand keppi t of lec
nidn and seal, Geoige Ilawkes, Phil
adelphia: giand master of exrhequer,
Julius Mountnev, Philadelphia giand
mnsto at arms Georce M Fletchei,
File, grand cutet guard, C W. Ttioad
bead, Montrose, giand tiustep Wllllaui
D Hart Philadelphia' supicme tepre
sentntlves, Dr II 1. Duiu'oll, Scran
ton, Chailes r. Linde. Philadelphia and
John II Can. Mtonnn. None of the
Hfteen rindldate for Hip office of
giand Inner gu.nd received a malotlty
of the votes nnd thai oHIppis will be
selected bv Hip grand lodge
YELLOW FEVER IN MEXICO.
An Outbieak at Tuxpan Twenty
Deaths Up to July 30.
Washington. Aug 13 A telegram
fiom Surgeon Cofer of the Maiine hos
pital spiv lee, dated at the city of Mex
ico, bilngs the Information to the head
quaiteis of the seivlce in this, city tint
there has been an outbieak of yellow
fever at Tuxpan, a town on the Mexi
can roast, between Vera Ciuz and
Tamplco. Tbeie has been twenty
deaths up to July 30. TIip disease Is
supposed to have ben can led to that
point from Vera Cms!.
Surgeon Cieiieial Wynun wired the
Infoimatlon of tho new omliieak to
the Aineilean liifpedois on the Ameri
can boidei
Iron for Poito Rico.
Washington, Aim IS -'I lie stcietury of
war was toduv notified by tlin West Vli
Rlnlil Steel voinptii) that they have foi
wanted a eailonl of coiriiBiuei! Iron to
New Yotk city for use In building opeia.
tlona in the devastated dlstiluts of Porto.
The lion wns accepted with thanks and
will bo t hipped at the Hrst opportunity.
For Dewey Reception.
New York, Aug. 13. The lesolutiem up
propilutlng $130,ii(Xi for the Dewey liicep
Hon was passed toduy bv the board of
uldoinuu by a veto of 13 to 3.
AL GlIERIN HOLDS
THE BLOCK HOUSE
FRENCH POLICE UNABLE TO
CAPTURE HIM.
An Opera Bouffo Seized at Pat Is.
Fiench Police Call on M. Ouerln to
Come Out nnd Be Arrested His
Trlends Endeavor to Peisuade Him
to Return to Work A Flag Dis
played. Paris, Aug 15 The assistant chief of
detectives atj 4.20 o'clock this morning
went to the honip of M Guerln, presi
dent of the Anti-Semite league, with
u wiiirant fot his nuest 1 1 rang the
bell several times and Anally M. Gueilti
unpen tpd at window, but tefused lo
open the door, saying "If you want
hip 1 01110 and take me "
Thereupon the detective withdtew, M.
Guerln calling aftet him- "You want
to light Well, we will fight, l'eimlt
me to tell you you ale doing Veiv
ditty business" Then letuinlng lo his
fiiends, he exclaimed loudly- "Come,
connades, let us die. They will only
take me dend "
Some of the speetatois of the si ene
shouted "Vive Gueiln."
The win taut foi thorniest of M Gue
iln, piesldent of the Anil-Semite-league,
who with sympathizers, has
been bin leaded sine e Sntllldav last
In the ottlces of the league- has bi en
placed In the bands ot Mnglsttate Fa
ble. Gueiln Is legal ded as an outlaw
In a state- of rebellion lie cannot
claim the light of a eltl?eii of exemp
tion from uiii'st fiom sunset to sun
ilse and the pi 1 sons gaulsonlng the
lieaiJnuaiteis of the league, nunibei ing
about foity. 111 e in the same 1 lass
Strict oideis have been given to ar
lest eveiy one- attempting to entei or
leave the building Tluee of Guet Ill's
fl lends who attelii'ited to leave- the
place this 11101 nlng weie attested They
all ran led slx-c lumbered levolveis and
hate bets and what Ftelie hineii desig
nate as "Anieiican knuckle-elusteis." I
othei wise brass knuckles The prefei t
01 cue pom e r awnmng onieis iiuiii
the government In legard to the ae -Hon
to be taken ngalnst Gueiln
The leading Jews of Fill ope ate ar
innglng for a meeting in Switzerland
in older to form an International as
sociation for defense against the ctu-sade-
of the- Anti-Semites and to pio
teet tile Jews In Fianieaftei the Diey
fus couit 111.11 tlal Is ended
He Displays a Flag.
M Gut 1 In this evening displayed an
anll-Senittie. tii-ndoi Hag on the loof
of the anti-Semite headqii.n teis on
the Hag was a motto leading "Fiance
ten Fienchmcn."
M. Waldee.k-Iloiiss,.aii confeired sev -eial
times dining the day with M. l.e
plne, the- piefcet of police, and In eon
sideiutlon of the fact that a lecomse
to fence in the an est of M Gueiln
might lead to a useless sac tithe- of
life, entailing still f.r.iM-1 demonstia
tlons, at the' obsequies of the victim,
tbe piemlci decided not to expose the
life ot any man, soldlei, policeman 01
til email, but to leave M. Guerln a choice
between self-impilsonnient and an est
Meanwhile. Il looks as though this
affali would have a lathei tume end
ing The fi lends of M. Gueiln aie busy
ing themselves to lescue him fiom an
impossible and foolish position and are
advising him to sm lender to the police
DISORDER CONTINUES.
Restless Paiislans Continue to Make
Demonstiations.
Palis Aug 1.". As an anii-Senilte
gi up was tunneling at the comet of
thi Faubourg st Finis and the Hup
De Valencienes, this evening some
passeisby weie gieeted with ctles of
' "Unwn Willi lie aewnes ami werc-sui-
louneleel anil tnieaieneei ny me demon
stntors A suppo-ed anaiehlst thru
Hied s.ev(ial revolvei shots wounding
tluee men One of them, a man named
Cainllle, wn.s taken to a hospital ser
iously wounde-1 The alleg-e! anarchist
1 was ill lest eel
At the annual banquet of Donapar
tists today, M Mlgnot presiding, a tel
cgiam fiom Pi luce Victor Napoleon
was lead t tying he lelleel 011 th" vai
loils committees to net under the pies
ent giave 1 lrcumtances The leading
ot the- telegtam was gieeted with
shouts of "Vive I.'Pinpeieur," 'Vive
Gili 1I11."
The young -oyallsts also assembled
at a banquet nt St Mauix today In
honor of the name day of the Duchess
of Oilcan Violent attacks were
made on the iiccnt measures of the
government
AMMUNITION SEIZED.
Santiago Collector Uaptuies Supplies
Intended for Santo Domingo.
Havana, Aug. 1- Lieutenant .Schauui,
colle'lo' of customs at Haraeoa, in the
pi ov line of Santlugo lie Cuba, lus
seized 141 eaiblnes and 1S.000 louncV of
nminunitlo'ii that were evidently In
tended foi Santo Domingo Twenty
live men, Cubans and Daiiiuiic.v i, .1
ilved then- last Fildav on bo.ud a
steamei. They have been kept under
ciose waten, as nicy nie app.nentlv
planning to take aims to Santo Do
mingo The quantity illicitly seized Is
not believed to he all that Is secrete 1
GoiiPial tirooke Is making
every effoil to cheek fllllmsteiliig No
attempt will be inude to prevent the
men leaving Hauitoa If they Uo not tiy
to cany arms with them,
MiOiin Republicans.
Levvlstovvii, Pa , Aug. 13 The Mlfllln
county Itepiibllcan convention heretoday
linmlliattd Hi" following ticket. Asso
ciate judge. William A. Wilson, sherltl,
W P. Hchell county ticasuier, W. F
Hint: tommlssloiic'is, II G. jlraton and
A W. Nnle, fiiior dliector, S C Myer
uudltnr. F II Wentz and John F Wll
son, coroner, Hairy M Owens; delegate
to Bt.ito eoiivenlloii ) P llotpprini
Wlllhim V Iliousht was PlcctPd count
chalruinii
Boatmen's Wages Advanced.
Cleveland, Aug, Fi At a meeting of th,
CMtutlvu committee, of the Lake Cur
riers' association held at the ofllee of
Captain James CollWau today the wages
of all the men employed on the boats
fiom second mutes down wero advanced
U pur cent. Tho low schedule) goes into
effect ut oncu.
THE KKWS T1HS M0UN1NU
Weather Indication! Todayi
RAINl NORTHEAST WINDS.
Get eral Hope for Kecovery of Drey
fus' Counsel
Latest Reports from Transvaal Are
Disquieting
President McKlnley's Addi(s lo Catn
cillc Students.
General Whitney's Wetkly News
lliidgct
li.ise Dull UcmiHk.
rinaiicliil and Commercial.
Local State Convention of the Jr. (i
I' A M.
Stale Firemen's Convention.
i:elitorlal.
News and Corcini'tit
I.0C.1I Tuquest In the (Jiilnn Killing
That Mvstei Inns Text Hook Hcpoit.
Mnvor Dismisses Two l'atrolnun
Local West Sci anion and Subiiiliaii
News Hound About Set anion
Lew ill-Trial List nnd Juror foi Sep
tembei Term of Coin t
ALL ON ACCOUNT
OF KLONDIKE I
I Mr. Btyan Discovers the Seciet of
Good Times Latest Speech at Des '
Moines.
Des .Moines, la, Aug 1 William I
Jennings Hi van spoke for two bonis 1
at the Audltoilum tonight to an audi-
ence of 4 Itiu people The audience. '
which included pnietlcally all the del- I
egntes to the- Deiiini i.itlc convention t 1 I
be held tomoi low took eveiy oppoitu- I
inij 10 appiauii .vii myall Hist ic
vlevved the leund of the P.epiibllcan
patty, act using It or putting the dol
lar above tbe man
He then took no the sllvei question,
s tying piosperltv did not set In until
six months aftei the election when
the Klondike gold mines began to li
heaid from
VALUE OF THE RUPEE.
Ruling by Assistant Secietary Van-
dei lip of Tieasuiy Depaitment.
Washington Aug in sssiant Si -letaiy
Vnndeillp lias lendeied a d.
clslon In which he holds that feu dot -able-
pill poes the value of the 1 upe.
of India Is the value at which the con
sulat eeitlfhate which accompanies
the Importation shows It p.issps 1111
1 cut in India.
The boird of geiu-tnl appialseis at
New Yoik In passing on a ease held
that the dutiable value of the iiipev
was the value placed on It bv tin.- dliee -ten
of Ibe mint foi the qua'tei eovei
Ing the shlnnient The treastu v de
paitment takes exception to that 1 tiling
and dli pets the culleclot at Hoston to
take an appeal to the eoiuts
The value- at which the mpee passe
cut lent in India as shown bv the urn
sul.ll ceitlHcate was 1 onsldeialilv ill
excess of the coinniete l,il value of the
sllvei as given by the- dlrei ten of the
mint.
ALASKA BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
Sir Charles Tupper Tells How It
Could Be Settled.
London Aug 13 - Mi Chai les Tuppei
leadei of the imposition In the Cana
dlan house of e omnion w ho .11 1 Ived at
Llveipool yes-teiday on bo.nd the
steamship I'aiislan when Intel viewed
legal ding the Alaska 1 boiiiidaiy ques
tion mged stionglv two .ilte-i native s
eithei that tin- Fulled Slates should
submit the contioveisv to aibltiation
01 that Canada should eonsiiiut a 1 all-
way to Dawson Cltv thus opening up
a iituelv Canadian line of 1 onimunlea
tlon Willi the gold fields
' Tbeie Is little doubt." he said "that
the I 'lilted States would leiognle th
foice of the latter alternative, and If It
was put in effect would accept aibltia
tion Otherwise I would favoi e losing
the gold fields against iltl.ens of th
I 'nlted States '
CAVALRY FOR MANILA.
Thhd Regiment Expects to Be
Ready to Sail Aug. 17.
Seattle. Aug 13 Lieutenant Colonel
W II Wessel. Jt . In 1 opimand of the
Thhd cavaliy. Is expected heie to
night With llllll an- the tluee ie
malnlng tioops of the detachment
Captain Hlehanl Cblbott supei ln-te-ndent
of the tianspoit station, has
reported to Captain Hoblnson tint the
tianspoit Gaionne is to he leadv for
sea bv tomoiiow evening She may
sail with the cavalrv on ThuiKdov
Aug IT. tluee days In advance of tin
expelled date, as the quai ten master
general had flguted that the tioops and
hoists would not an he lien- in time
to sail befoie Aug "0
LOST SOLDIER FOUND.
Man Believed to Have Been Killed
by Filipinos Never Saw Manila.
Fott Weypp. Imt . og l") A month
at,o a lettei fioir Mnnila said that Fi
lls Iteiifhait of Mnysvllle, a soldier in
the ii-aulai 111 my. Md been iaptui"d
and toituted to death bv Filipino
Yesteidav Itlneliatt walked Into the
olllce ol 1 filend in thi (tv He was
Just 1 ('turning home lioni the west
ami lnd not h-Mid the stoiy of bis al
leged death, lie Ins not been In the
Philippines, having been dlschoigeel
for disability befoie hi lepiinent
sailed
RIOTS IN IRELAND.
Catholics Wreck a Chtuch and Pio
testants Stone a Chapel.
Londoudeiry, Aug 13 An lilsh par
ty wiecked a Melhodlst diurcli heio
vesteiday evening, while Its opponents
stoned the Catholic 1 ha'iel.
The mayor has Issued 11 pi 01 lama
tlou empoweilng mllltoiy olllceis to
act as maglstiotes. and additional sol
dlei s and police have been called out.
Wots were stuited at Londomleuy
Sunday owing to the celebiatlon of the
annlveibaiy of the icllef of London
deiry, beselgcd by James II., In 1689.
Rioting at Belfast.
Helfast, Aug 13 Then- was consider
able rioting In the Catholic quarters of
the city this evening. Tho police were
Ktoui-d and windows and stieot lamps
were smashed.
PAUL KRUGER
SHEDS TEARS
He Has Become Physically
Incapable of Dealing
with the Situation.
BOERS STILL OBDURATE
Repoit That Their Reply Will Dls
appoint England Anxiety in Pre
toriaFeared that Negotiation
Will Bo Bioken Off General Sic
William Francis Butler Recalled.
Belief That He Sympathizes with
Boeis Sir Fredeiick Walkee
Placed in Command of the British
Tioops In South Afilca Govern
ment's Action Taken to Mean That
the Situation Is Graver.
Loudon Aug. 13 The I lhaniieshurs
( 1 1 icxpiiii(lul of tin- .Morning Post
sa.'s:
'IV's.iletit Kiugei. owln.r to nd
vanied ye.ns. has becom physballv
and .neiitally iiuaimbie- ot dealing with
the situation. Often at nictlug!' of th.
executive- (-olilKll he weeps bill pos
sibly be Is -l'liinialiii, Incapacltv."
1 'ape Town, Aug 1'.. No teplv lids
been leeched he-e up to the pies.mt
fiom the Tiaicvaal ge vei nmelit on the
-ublect of th' latest Ililtlsh jiTe posals)
J foi a peiieiabb t ttlen "He of the- qc.es
j llun In illsputi'. and .1 dispatch Horn.
I Pietoila says the leplv, when font will
' be elNappoli ting and tint It Is feaied
uu- ic-i.U v. Ml be the bicaklna off if
1 negotiations Gieat niKlety prevail,
at the eapiii'l of the 'I'lansv.nl.
Geneial Butler Recalled.
London. Aug 15 M11J0' -G 'liei tl Sir
Willi nil Fiaii'ls Uutler, who, it 'ai
announi"d ye-teidiv In a dispatch
f 1 0111 Cape Town, would be iellevell
as (omraiini'i'i of tbe Htitlsh tioops In
South Afilca. n.s a lestilt of his al
leged Uoei svmp.it ble, has been re
called and Sil Fiedeilek Walki 1 his
bi'ii auniiiiui'd to replace him.
Ml Fled.-liek Wa'.ke; Is legal ded al
on- o! the ablest geneials In tl.e army.
His appolntiin nt, th-'ietoie-, Is taken to
indicate that the situation It, gtavor
Lieutenant Geneial 'Sir Ficdeiii'k
William I dwatd Fme stlei-Walkci. K.
C H . h is bee 1 In command of the wes
tern milltniv dlstikt of Gieat Millnln
iiii- 191 II is the eldps-t son if the
liiti elencinl Sir Kdwiul W roiestiei
W ilkei K C B. H" wits bom in
lslt ,ind entiled the Scots Guaim lr.
tV.2 He seived il. the KaHlr war
of Inw-Ts, w s mtlltniy seciptatv to
il Mai tie Fieaie fiom 1STS to 1T9,
suved dining tin- Zulu war, was quar
tei master gem ml in ntichunnalai.d In
lssl, lomnnudee: the Infontiv lit 'gad"
t Aldeislu t fiom lSI to lb and com
manded the tioops in Fgvpt fiom 1SU0
to 113
Mausei Rifles Secuied.
Pretoiia Aug 13 The cM-eutlVP
coumil ((included Its sesi 'on at V1 10
p. m when unlets weie Issued to the
Held 1 units to give out Mauser lilies
In ex hang foi Mai tlnl-IIeni v rifles.
A gieat ciow 1 gathered to leceive tho
,! "S
Tbe possibility of wai with Gieat
Filtahi is nnout th lly subject dls-
cused, nnd It Is geneially felt the
liuigheis should In- consulted before
extienie menMIK ale adopted
I HOBSON SAYS HE IS A VICTIM.
Declaies Reports of Alleged "Kiss
ing Bees" Aie Much Exaggerated.
Wnhlnstoii DC, Aug 13 A Ual
tlliioie woman has niche! ai. Inte.
tsllng lett'i fiom Nival Constiue tor
Wchpiolld I'eiison Hob-on dined
lling Kong, July 4. In legate! to tlio
alleged 'kissing bee" while cniouto
fiom Chicago to San Fialiehco l.tat
y.ar. The letter Is piloted In the 15.il-tln.ou-
Sun and Cominaiulei Holnon
has this to say
"As to those vm etched newepiper
lepoits, thev weie the grors-st foims
of i-xaggetatlon and inlsiepiespnta
llon. Tbeie weio Incidents In Chicago
and Kansas City, and only li. tnoso
pluies, but they weie nothing like
what wis lei oited. and nil those m
tei views with nie- weio puio falslflc a
tlops. I gav" out but ii lew llnns in
Iipnvei and Sm rianclsco t) testify
to the tun- und patibitlc impulses. '!
the schiol gli's and ladles who weie
conceined, and a for myself I v oulet
have cut off my light aim ruthi tin n
olli-nd one of them.
"Tl e- mrtter was entirely beyond mv
conttol 'indpi the c In unistnnces My
own bea-t and conscience have breit
ileai and I do not fear any cone
queiices Criticisms based on eiior
and mist em eyentn lion and draw In?
conclusions that I know to bo at titt-r
vatlanco with fact can nevei iiduin
I have not consld'icd II even uecessiry
to lake public notice of tliom. They
shall lntei fen In nowise with my own
steadfast i)iitpeo for futuiH seivlce."
File In Lumber Yard.
Lock Haven, Pa Aut 13 The saw
mill, shhusle mill end planing mill, 10
gi'ther with a laige qiiamlty of shingles
and dressed luniliir at Flliitoif Camliiliv
(utility, owned bv Chillies Kiaenur of
Ibis ilty, weio destroyed by Hie toiUv
Loss, 0,C), Insurance, JI'.OXi. There are
.i)(ift0O) feet of timber yet to be cut on
the tract and the mills will be tebullt.
... . s..a,..
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington. Aug. 13 Forecast
for Wednesday For eastern Peiiu
svlvanl'i, lain Wednpsdav, proba
bly cleatlng Thursday, Increasing
noithcasterly winds, gales on the
coast
f . x & -t- 1 & .t .t t . .1- jt&a