itmt 'Jl' Jl'V W4 WP 1 V TWO CENTS. SOHANTON, PA., 'lVESDAY MOHXIX(J, ATOVST 22, 135)9. TWO CENTS. mbk f COL JOUAUST IS HISSED An Exciting Scene at the Dreyfus Court-Martial. PRESIDENT IS PREJUDICED Sarcastic Remark in Reply to Col. Plcquart's Request to Refute Tes timony of a Hostile Witness Mal tro Laborl Unable to Appear. Dreyfus Rebukes Cnpt. Junck. Magistrate Bertulus Furious at Charges of Immorality Made Against Him Ex-Chief of Detec tives Describes the Arrest of Diey fus and the Scene at the Dictation Test All the Witnesses Today Hostile to the Prisoner. noiiiifx. Aug. 21. The third week of the second trial by ourt-martlal f 'itnln Allivd Dreyfus of tilt- artll-l-i v nn Hie charge of treason was begun without incident it ii::'.n o'cl.nk this morning. Tin attendance In the l.j-fiH' .it the opening of the i-oii't wan tit'ivr than usual In view of the possl 1I leappenranre of Maltre Laborl. Ti lawyer, however, had not reeov-n-d sufficiently to return to active work When that fact was made known n nninhei of persons left the room. Th court settled down quickly to business, and by ! o'clock live witnesses had appeared at the bai. If that rate is continued. It is calculated that the ninety odd witnesses summoi.fd will have been examliied by the beginning of September, and the verdict may be dell fwO about Septf mber T. Geneials Roget. de Bolsdoffro and Bll ot , ere jut sent on the witness' eats today and Colonel I'ltiuart took n plaee a couple of rows behind them. Tin- iKihuiel sat alone until M. Ber- 111111", the examining magistrate whoe evidence was hi favorable to Dreyfus. entered M. Bertulus shook hands warmly with Ci lonel Picquart and seal ed hlmclf by his side. All the witnesses today weie hostile In Dreyfus, as none of the testimony v is flesh the depositions weie followed wrli Utile Interest, .M. Gribelln's rt-ferine to tin- r latlum of Drefus with iet,ii-niondalnes providing the most ap p tlzlng portion of ihe niornliiB's pro ceedings. The pubtle. among whom were a number of woman who alwiys manage in obtain seatp under mine pretext, listened to M.l"!rlbelln's -tat mciitp with i h.nicterlstle relish. A subdued titter 'lit round when M. Gribclln professed to know the exint nninunt Dreyfus had spem on his various amours. The wit ness pave his testimony with appnr- nt sincerity He does not. however, strike one as being a particularly in telligent milt.. Nothing 'in h.is apptnr ance would enntradiet the contention of the Xlreyfusards that he wnt Malnr Truth's tool p the inachliiations of the giv-nil ftaff against Colonel Picquart, former chief of the Intelligence depart in nt. who listened to M. Oribelln with an air of contemptuous impatience. Demange More Successful. Maltre Demange. of counsel for the defense, was more successful than us ual In cross-examining and visibly disconcerted fiilbelln. Counsel scored n distinct hit when he got the witness to admit that he had mixed the Intrigues of du Paty de Clam ;ind Henry to shield Ksterhazy. When M. Oribelln was dlsnosed of his testimony had badly suffered. Dreyfus created a better impression today. He entered the court with a more confident hearing and replied to the witnesses in u calm voice, without theatrical gestures. His remarks were put so lucidly that lie appeared to make a good impression on the Judges, all of whom are reputed to he opposed to Mm bltterlv. The session wound up with a scene, on account of the extraordinary con din t of Colonel .Jouaust. president if the i otirt. who permitted himself to make an unwarrantable display of par tiality. M. Bertulus had been con fronted with the last witness, Captain Junck. and General Oonse had defend ed the latter, wnen Colonel Picquart anise and asked to be allowed to re fute some of Cjiptaln .lunch's remarks. '.iionel Jouaust made a gesture of im patience and shouted . "What, again?" n outburst of boning and hissing ejme from the audience at such a dis play of unfairness from the president. Judges and gendarmes quickly sup pressed the noise, hut Colonel Jouaust understood the well-merited rebuke administered to him, turned red, and adjourned the court ten minutes later. A striking tlgure In the court room Is Mathleit Dreyfus, a brother of the pilsoner. He sits usually in one of 'ii" fotf. rows of seats for witnesses, with Ills elbow oil the back of the seat in front of him, his chin resting on hlB hand, and his face turned to the wit ness stand. Ills eyes and cars follow eery gesture and word of ihe wit nesses, and his look reflects the ah-' soiblng anxiety of His mind. The au dience may titter and smile, but his 'eatures never lelax Into the sem blance if a smile. They soften with a look of pity as he glances at his brother seated on the stage and com pelled to submit to the ruthless llro which his enemies, one after the other, level at hlni from Ihe witness box. The most interesting part of today's proceedings was, tin usual, at the con clusion. Major Luuth lepented in dif ferent words his evidence given before the court of cassation. The major Is not a prepossessing personage. He has cavernous eyes, with a monoclo stuck In the right one, and a bull dog face, Ho was dressed In the uniform of an ofllcer of dragoons. The public did not pay much attention .to his de position, as everybody knew what he would say, and the sergeant who acts as messenger between Colonel Jouaust, Major Carrlere nnd the witness fell asleep. He woke with a start when Major T..iutli raised his voice unex pectedly. Junck Was Amusing. Captain Junck followed and amused the crowd with nn account of his al leged visit to the private room of Mag istrate tlertulus, when, he said, he saw Mile. Pays partially disrobed. 'M. Bertulus. who was sitting In court, jumped to his feet when the captain began his story and shouted In a way which startled everyone present: "I ask to speak." To that Colonel Jouaust replied: "You mnv do so later." M. Hertillus. however, Insisted on being allowed to refute Immediately, statements of Captain Junck. but Col onel Jouaust, with an Impatient wave of the hand, said: "Please sit down." Thereupon, M. Iiertulus subsided. The Incident broke the monotony of the ses sion and the attendance began to fol low the proceedings with renewed In terest. During Junck's deposition. Dreyfus took frenuent notes on his left cliff and used them In replying to the captain nt the conclusion of the hitter's testimony. Tlie prisoner seemed to have quite recovered himself, and, Instead of mak ing Impassioned declarations of Inno cence, he tnkes up the points of the testimony against htm and discusses them clearly and with a force of argu ment which certainly has a great effect on the public In the court room. If not on the Judges. He Scored against Junck today, saying, with reference to the tatter's repetition of what the prisoner said In private conversation concerning women, that the captain also made hhn certain confidence. "Hut," added the prisoner. "If Cap tain Junck's Ideas of honor allow him to divulge private conversation mine do not. 1 have clean hands nnd I will keep them clean." Tlie prisoner then replied in a forcible wax to Captain Junck's statements against him In the questions of the manoeuvres and copying maps, etc. Speech by Bertulus. At the conclusion of Dieyfus's state ments M. Iiertulus ascended the stage and made a speech in reply to Captain Junck. accompanying his remarks with oxtioordinnry gestures, dancing about the stage and waving his arms, until the audience was convulsed with laughter. No Anglo-Saxon who could have seen him would have Imagined that tile funny figure on the Mace was a magWtiiite M. Iiertulus. however, was quite serious anil oner."d by saying he veiidi red Captain Junck the honor of replying to him on the nuhject of the alleged .Mile. Pays Incident. He tli 'ii proceeded to traverse Captain Junck's evidence, calling him a liar. Tic magistrate scored several points against the captain and General Oonse felt It necessary to go on the platforn'i and speak In Junck's favor. In order to dispel the bad effect left on the judges Then oceuHred the Plcquard Incident. Colonel Picquart went on tlie stnge, confronted. Captain Junck nnd made a brief but very effective speech, point ing out that Junck had alieudy made three contradictory statements while referring to the.pet't. bleu and adding that, in fact, he might Ik considered discredited as n witness. That ended the session, which. In view of th'? effective remarks of M. Iiertulus. Colonel Picquart and Drey fus himself, would have been consld eied favorable to the prisoner. If it could be believed that testimony is to count for anything in the decision of the court DESTITUTION IN "THE WEST INDIES I An Extremely Deplorable State of Affairs Exists Aid Must Be Re ceived at Once to Prevent Suffer- ing. St. Thomas. D. W. I., Aug. 21. The cable connecting San Juan De Porto Rico with Jamaica was repaired at midnight Sunday off Arecibo. The break was due to the Arecibo river's outflow, which covered the cable with sugar cane and rubbish. The cable ship Grappler Is now working on the Ponce-Jamaica cable. News from the Island of Inteserrat shows that an extremely deplorable state of affairs exists there. Assist ance Is urgently needed to save the people from misery and starvation. At St. Kltts and Antique great destitu tion also prevails and tlie outlook Is bad. SUICIDE IN RAIN WATER. Lancaster Parmer's Peculiar Method of Ending His Earthly Career. Lancaster. Aug. 21. Hobert Warden, aged 71 years, a farmer living in Ful ton township, plunged head first Into a barrel half full of rain water und de liberately held himself there, standing on his head, until death ensued. His wife found him. A week ago he attempted suicide by cutting the veins In his wrists but was discovered In time to thwart his pur pose. Ingersoll's Estate. New York. A ue. 21. Mrs. Kva Ingcr. soil, widow of Colonel Hubert Ingeisoll, nas meii a iionu as administratrix of her husband. Mrn. Ingersoll's swears that she has made diligent search for the will of btr husband, but that to the best of her knowledge nnd belief he dkd Intes tate. The value of his personal property Is cstlniutcd by her to be about $100,000. At the time of his death he had no real property. The heirs of the estate are Mrs. Ingersiill, Mrs Kva Drown, wife of Walston II. Ilruwn, nnd Miss Mamie In gersoll. DEATHS OF A DAY. Pittsburg, Aug 21. -Alexander Brad ley, president of the Tradesmen National bank nnd the Pittsburg Insurance com pany, and a well knewn millionaire of this city, died todav, aged 7 years. Ilaltimore, Aug 21.--Dr. J. Pembroke. Thorn died today. Dr. Thorn was born In Virginia In 1S2S. Ho entered the United States army as a lieutenant and servrd during the Mexican war, taking up the practlco of medicine at Its close. I In entered the Confederate army In 1SC0 and served throughout us, a major. THE KLONDIKE GOVERNMENT ENGLISH CORRESPONDENT DE NOUNCES IT AS WICKED. Revenue Pledged for Road Building Cut Off Whiskey Licenses In voked in Order That They Might Be Given to Party Friends Trust Formed That Is to Raise Price of Liquor to 31 a Glass Canadian "Police Persecute Americans Legal Execution at Dawson City. Chicago. Aug. 21. A despatch to the Times-Herald from Vancouver, 11. C says: ""Louis Murks the Klondike corres pondent of the Financial News of Lon don, arrived today from the north by the steamship Kosalle. He has been Investigating conditions there nnd prospects for mining development. He says that the output this year Is to be more than J20.0OH.000. "Mr. Marks says that tlie govern mental system In Klondike Is wicked. He Illustrates this by the way In which whiskey permits and other matters have been handled. Whiskey permits were sometime ago Issued, said to be worth about $300,000 In revenue money to the government. The revenue was to be spent In building roads, but the gov ernment. Instead of carrying that out, cancelled the permits and gave them to party friends. In that wav all the revenue was lost, and Mr. Marks says as a result Dawson is to luive a big whiskey trust this winter that Is to raise the price of liquor up to (I a glass. "Speaking more particularly of Brit ish investment. Mr. Murks said that In n few years the whole country would be changed to a big hydraulic mining district. That Is being started now and large groups of claims are being bought up to be operated In that wav." Canadian Police. A despatch to th? Uhoulcle from Portland. Ore., says: "Clnus Schneltlelii, who has Just re turned from the Atlln district, Alaska, tells a remarkable story of the Cana dian police.,. Schneltlelii says that he and bis mining companions, Henry Rogers, Peter Megerle, Carl llenleu nnd Thomas Muloney, were driven out of the Atlln country and that they In tend to lay their grievances before tlie highest federal authorities at Wash ington. Schneltlelii says: " 'The persecution of us. as well as scores of other American miners, began months ago and has grown In Intensity, so that now an American's life Is in constant danger in tlie Atlln country. We were forced to abandon our claims and were allowed twenty-four hours to leave. We found dozens of dead Amerl can miners who were murdered for the gold they were known to possess.' " The narrator snvs that the crimes Were committed by the Canadian police. Seattle. Aug. 21. Passengers on the steamship City of Toneka, which ar rived last night from Skaguay. Alaska, bring news of the first legal execution in the Klondike. A triple hanging oc curred at Dawson on August 4. The parties hanged were two Indians. Daw- son Nantuck nnd Jim Nuntuck. and one white man, Kdward Henderson. Hen derson was convicted of murdering his partner, Peterson, on the trail near Marsh Lake, in September, 1S1I7. The Indians were convicted of murdering William Maban and injuring his part ner, James Koss, on the McCIinton river. In Muy. 1MI8. There were orig inally four Indians Implicated In the murder of Mahan, but two of them died In Jail at Dawson last fall. The execution was private and pass ed off without special Incident. The steamship Roanoke, from Alaska, reports that the steamship Portland was to have sailed for San Francisco shortly after the Roanoke left. The Portland would have about $1,000,000 In gold belonging to the Alas ka Commercial company. News Is brought from Kot7ehue Sound of the wreck of the schooner Morrill. Her captain, Louis F Hernbnrdt, is report ed to liave been drowned. To the long list of those who died of scurvy lart winter at KoU-'bue Is added the name of Charles Leonard of Cleveland. O. m , RECEPTION FOR THE TENTH. Pennsylvania's Regiment to Be Hon ored nt Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Aug. 21. Arrangements have been completed for the i.ceptlon of the Tenth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, upon Its arrival from Cali fornia next Monday. When the state line Is leached a committee will meet the train and welcome the members home nnd upon the arrival of the regi ment In Pittsburg there will be a mon ster military parade over the piincl pal streets of the city to Schenty park, where dinner Y'l" be served and swords and medals presented to the offlcers and men. Addresses will be made by President McKlnley, Governor Stone, Congressman Dalzell and Lieutenant Colonel Harnett and the regiment then will be finally dismissed. On Tuesday, Aug. 20, Governor Roosevelt, of New York, will present to the members of the New Brighton company medals from the cltlaens of that' place. Steamship Arrivals. New Yoik Aiig. 2l.--f icaied: Travc, Bremen via Southampton; Tntirle, Liver pool, Cherbourg-Sailed: St. Louis. Southampton for New York. Browbeat! Passed: Nomnilic New York for Liver pool, Houtlianip! - Arrived: Kaiser WHhelm Der Gi..-se, New Yoik via Cherbourg. Olympla Sailors Have Trouble. London, Aug. 21. A special dispatch re. celved hero today from Leghorn, Italy says (hut ilvn men have been arrested there on the charge of attacking and wounding some t-ailorg who had come nshore from the I'nlted Stutes cruiser Olympla. Will Receive Dewey, Paris. Aug. 21 -Tlie Cnitcd Stalls charge d' affaires. Henry Vlsnmu, has gono to Villo Pranche to recelvo Admiral Dewey, who Is expected to arrive there limirrrcv WIND AT WILKES-BARRE. Trees Uprooted, Buildings Blown Down. Wllkes-Barre, Aug. 21. The Wyo ming valley was visited by a seven wind and rain storm this evening. A, times the wind blew a hurrlcance. Tiws were uprooted, fences blown down and small buildings wrecked. At Plymouth, Christopher Schwab, u ml.icr. took f fuge from the storm In an outhouse. A heavy piece of ;tcn from an ad' jn'nlng building was blown down on the house, demolishing the ruof and striking Schwab on the head. His skull was crushed and he died In a short time. When the storm was at Its height hundreds of swallows thot roost In the trees In the court house yaid were hurled to the ground by the force of the wind and In their bewild ered condition they were easily caught. The ground In many places was fair ly covered with them. One bootblack had no trouble In bagging over a hun dred of the birds. THE CITY OF VICTOR DESTROYED BY FIRE Business Portion in Ruins Loss Es timated at $2,000,000 Cripple Creek Blaze Duplicated. cripple Creek, Colo.. Aug. 21. File has entirely destroyed the business poitlon of the city of Victor, causing a loss estimated at J2.000.0d0. Begin ning shortly after noon, the (Ire raged until night, consuming everything In Its way. It had Its origin. It Is thought. In the Merchants' cafe, ad joining the bank of Victor, on the cor ner of Third street and Victor avenue. A strong wind fanned the flames and in a few minutes nil the surrounding houses were afire. Help was summoned from Cripple Creek, but the town had been built In the early davs of the camp and was of pine timber for the most part, which burned like tinder. Kfforts were made to stop the pro gress of the flames by blowing up buildings In their path by means of dynamite, but the effort was in vain. The fire burned the bank of Victor, the postolllce. op the corner opposite, crossed Third street and followed the row f b'ocks between Third and Fourth streets to the north, taking In the Victor Banking company. the West ern t'nlon Telegraph company's office and the olliee of the Colorado Tele phone companv, the Hotel Victor, on the opposite side of Fourth, and the gieat shaft houses of the Gold Coin Mining company and Its ore bins, among the largest In the Cripple Creek district. From there the flames were swept northward by the gale which was blowing and never stooped until they had taken the Florence and Cripple Creek' depot and the fine new depot of the Midland Terminal road at the head of Fourth street. All the buildings be tween those are n total loss with all their contents. The scenes of the great ("ripple Greek fire were duplicated. Hurrying before the roaring flames went men. women and children, carrying what they could snatch from the flames, racing for their lives. The crash of building' torn asunder by dynamite and the crackle of tlie flames as they consumed the dry buildings, hastened their lllght, nnd the pall of smoke add ed a terror to the spectacle. A spe cial train was placed at the command ot the city by the Florence & Cripple Creek railroad and three companies of firemen, with apparatus, were rushed to the scene. They worked all after noon In a vain endeavor to stay the march of the flame1-. The residence portion of the city has suffered comparatively little but the business portion Is paralyzed and suf fering Is boun'J to follow. The burned area may be described as the ppace be tween the head of North street and Victor avenue, extending from the Gold Coin mine buildings on tlie west to n point near Second street nnd down Third street almost to Diamond ave nue Tlie loss Is $2,000,000. The first house was built In Victor In October, 1S0S. FOURTEEN MEN DROWNED. Sad Fate of a Fishing Party on South Carolina Coast. Charlotte. N. C Aug. 21. A special to the Observer from Beaufort, S. C, says' Sixteen fisheimcn were camping on Swan Island, near the mouth of Neuee river during the recent storm. The Isl and was overflowed compelling the men to seek the mainland. In the at tempt, nil of the boats were capsized except one, di owning fourteen men. They were the four Smith nnd four Salter brothers and six others. All were married and leave large families. They were citizens of Plney Point, Carteret county. Two of the party reached shore. JOE WHEELER AT MANILA. The General nnd His Daughter Ar rive with SI, 300,000 in Coin. Manila. Aug. 21.-5.40 p. m. AVhlle a reconnolterlng party of the Twenty fourth infantry, under Captnln Crane, was crossing the Mnrlqulna liver on a raft today, the hawser broke. The cm rent, very swift nt that point, caused the raft to capsize, drowning nine enlisted men. The I'nlted States transport Tartar, from San Francisco July 24, with Gen erol Joseph Wheeler and his daughter, troops of the Nineteenth Infantry, and more than $1,300,000 In coin, has ar rived. Supplies ou the Panther. Philadelphia, Aug. 21 -The transport Panther will sail from here tomorrow morning with soo tons of supplies for the Porto' Blean sufferers. Lieutenant Com inumler Aaron Ward, of the Panther, to. day received Inst! actions from Washing, ton to sail 'direct to Porto Bleo. Tlio transport was to havo stopped at Balti more for that city's contributions, but It having been discovered that the Pan ther can carry no more than 600 tons tho nlim wm abandoned. THE CITY OF PARIS GREATLY EXCITED CROWDS AT THE SCENES LAST NIGHT'S RIOTS. OF Government Blamed for the Trouble. Weakness in the Case of Guerin nnd the Anti-Semite Conspirators. Police Report of the Casualties. 380 Persons Injured 50 Police Agents Wounded 150 Persons Ar rested 80 Detained in Custody. Paris Comment on Disorders. Paris, Aug. St. This city Is excited Intensely today ns the result of the anarchist riots last night and the de struction of the Church of St. Joseph and two cafes, in some quarters a general uprising Is fenred, but the ma jority of persons believe that the gov ernment, although It has shown weak ness In dealing with Guerin nud ih nntl-Semlte consplratnis In Its desire to avoid bloodshed. Is fully able to cope with the situation. Soldiers, Republican guards, gend armes and detectives are eveiywhere, the larger portion of the forces of o'r iler being concentrated In the district where the outbreaks oecuired last nluht and In the neighborhood of M. Gueiin's barricaded house. Three hundred and sixty persons are In hospltnl as tlie result of yesterday's trouble. Kighty persons are prisoners. Fifty-nine police agents are among the wounded. Crowds are flocking to Ihe Faubourg du Temple to see the wrecked church, but the police are keeping them mov ing. The newspapers. In commenting on the riots, are unanimous In pronounc ing the situation 10 U of the most seri ous character. The Conservative and Nationalist organs accuse the govern ment of proMiklttg yesterday's blood shed by unjustifiable arrests. Besieged Anti-Semites. The Investment of the besieged antl- SelllileM Is holnt- flnuul.- ,nlt.i!,.wl and the windows of rhe" Guerin house have been closed. A doctor who vlslt- ii a sick inmate reports mat tin mor ale of the besieged party Is excellent, but that they are worn 'out by the prolonged loss of sleep The prefecture of police has given the following statistics of yesterday's rlols: Three hundred and eighty persons were injured. Three hundred and ,dx- I ty were taken to the Laiibolslero and St. Louis hospitals. Fifty-nine police agents were wounded, besides Conimls- salres Gouller and Demslmoiie. One i hundred and fifty persons wei" arrest- ed. of whom eighty are detained In i custody. From today all churches In the cltv are to be guarded by pickets of Hepub- llcan guards, and detachments of in fantry nnd cavalry will be In readi ness for eventualities. The damage done by the i inters to tlie church of St. Joseph Is estimated at R.0CO francs. Tlie wrecked edifice Is surrounded by a cordon of police and no one Is allowed to approach it. It Is pointed out that the majority of the persons arrested for rioting are youths from fifteen to twenty years of age. The Rue Chabrot Is occupied by the Seventy-fourth nnd One Hundred and Thirty-first Infantry, with fixed bay onets All the nppi" aches are guorded and It Is Impossible to pass through the crowds, which are Increasing ev erywhere. GRAND CIRCUIT RACES. Large Attendance and Fast Track at Readvllle. Readville, Mass., Aug. 21 The grand circuit meeting here began today with a large attendance and fast track. The New Kngland futurity for three-year-olds, purse $10,00ft, was won by Idolita In three straight heats, Mamie V. taking second money and Fetacsy, the favorite, third money. Idollta's share was $7.."00 and Mamie W.'s $1,700. Time. 2.1fii, 2.1.V4. 2.I54. The Neponset stake. S.'.OOO, for 2.10 pacers, went to Hal B.. the favorite, In three strnlghl heats. Moth Miller got second money. Time, 2.0!i, 2.0X1,;., 2.0SU. Tho 2.12 doss paclng.purse $1,000. best two In three heats, was won by Fair- view, an outsider, after Free Bond, the great favorite, had miserably failed to get Inside the distance flag In the first heat. Lizzie Wilkes won the first heat, Joe Pilot the third, nnd Fairvlew the sec ond and fourth heats and the race. Time, 2.0S'i, 2.09U. 2.11, 2.1i'U-. Lizzie Wilkes and Joe Pilot divided second and third money. The 2.20 class trot, purse $1,000, best two In three, was unfinished, Dr. Pllzer und Letah S. each taking a heat. Time, 2.12',2, 2.14'i. Arranging Dewey Parade. New York, Aug. 21.-I 'Liitnln Rohley ll. Kvans made an ofliclal call on Acting Mayor Guggenlielmer today, as the navy department's ofllclal fepusentatlve to consult with the Dewey committee about the arrangements for Ihe land parades. Mr. Guggenlielmer tit once Issued n call for a special meeting of the plan and scope committee for Wednesday. Cap tain Lynns will lie present to consult with the committee. Charter Issued at Harrisburg. Harrlsliurg. Aug. 21. A charter was Is sued by the state department to tho American Iron end Steel company with a capital of $1,000. The company has purchased several larso Iron and steel plants at Reuillng and Lebanon and will Increase Its plant. Notice was filed In the state department today of an lnereno from $t!.00i to JiWO.win n the cnnlt.it stock of the Keystone Watch conn bin. Philadelphia. Strike Settled. Buffalo, Aug. 21. The Mrlklng ore hand lers at the Minnesota dorks returned to work this morning. They have'hecn re. eelvlng 10 cents per ton and struck for VtYt cents but agreed to accept lBa, Elberfleld Sold. Dotrolt, Aug. 21. Shortstop Norman Klberfleld, who was fined $100 and sun. ponded for the season for assaulting Urn. plro Haskell mverul weeks ago, has been sold tn the Cincinnati club, T1IE NEWS THIS MOUNINU Weather Indication ToJtyi SHOWERS AND THUNDHt STORMS. 1 General President of tho Dreyfus Colltt-Martlal Is Hissed. England's I'ltlmntiim to the Boers Is Hefused. Government In the Klondike De nounced. Paris Greatly Kxeltcd. 2 General Plltston City News Budget. Huso Ball Results, Financial and Commercial. 3 Mr. A D. Holland on "Christian Cnlty." Annual Meeting Slate Camp, Jr. O, l A. M. 4 Kdltorlul. News and Comment. ." Local New Prlnclpual of the High School. fi Local West Scranton and Suburban. 7 News Hound About Scranton. 5 Local Live Industrial News STATE CONVENTION. Republicans Will Meet at Harris burg on Thursday to Nominate Candidates for Official Honors. llariisbiirg. Aug. 'Jl.-The state Re publican convention will meet in tlie Iliinisburg opei a house on Thursday to nominate candidates for state treas uier. Judge of the supreme couit and Judged the superior court. The nom ination for supreme court Judge Is equivalent to an election by reason of the two vacane'es to be filled, no elec tor being entitled to vote for more than one candidate. State chairman Klkln says It will be a huge convention for an off year and that It will dispose of all Its busi ness In one day. I'nlted States Sena tor Penrose reached llariisbiirg this afternoon and will stay until after tho convention, to which he Is a delegate from Philadelphia. Senator ljuuy Is a delegate from- Beaver county and he will come up from his Lancaster county farm on Wednesday and stay until Thursday evening with Governor Stone at the executive mansion. Col- I ""1 ""-v ll1"1 nls '''' will .control i the convention. Tlie platform will endorse the na tional administration and Its war pol icy: recommend the reiioinlnatlon and re-election of President .McKlnley and endorse the administration of Gover nor Stone. Chairman Klkln will re tlie from the chairmanship of the state committee and General Frank lleeder. of ICaston. will be chosen his successor. A meeting of the committee will be held, on Wednesday afternoon to make ternilne any contests which may be presented. No notice of contests have been filed and Chairman Klkln says In dues not look for imv. State liead- I quarters will be opened tomorrow morning and by evening tlie delegates and spectators will begin putting In an appearance. The Philadelphia delegates will not reach, here before Wednesday, owing to the conventions to lie held tomorrow for the nomlna- tlnn of a local ticket. VICTIMS OF HURRICANE. 2.500 Dead Bodies Buried on Porto Rico 2,000 Still Missing. Ponce, Island of Porto RUo. Aug. 21. It Is now estimated that the bodies ot 2,500 victims of the recent hurri cane have been hurled, that l.noo per sons were Injured dining tlie slorm and that 2,000 people are sllll missing. There are opportunities here now for Investors. There Is the gieates; lack of money for repairing damage, re planting and replenishing stocks. Tin alcaldes appointed committees for tne distribution of relief stores, etc., but the military bodies objected to It. Ponce Is healthy, though bodies con tinue to be found in the fields. Th- authorities have decided to burn the ruins at Yabuco. IN PATH OF THE STORM. Glii Struck by Lightning Damage to Property. Bedford, P.i., Aug. 21. -Duiins a se vere thunderstorm near Rulnsbuiy. this afternoon, MNs .Mat tie Vomit, wr.o hat! taken refuge under a pear tree, was struck by lightning nud In stantly killed. The house of W. F. James ,van struck by the same bolt and was burned to the ground. I.nnenMer. Pa.. Aug. 21. A brief but severe electrical storm pasecd over this county this evening. Lightning struck the barn of John Gi'ayblll. i, Mention lte farmer at Barevllle. ami It, to gether with all its contents of crops, and Implements, was destroyed. Wyoming County Democrats. Tiinkliiiimoek. P.i.. Aug. 21. The U'yti. mlng county Democratic convention niado the following nominations today: Sher iff, John W. Gray; proihonotary. John B. Donovan: register and recorder, Jo seph S. Sickles; county coninilssloneis, Kdward Fair and Kdward Vaughn: aud itors. George D. Wright and N. II. Mlleij The resolutions adopted deplored the war In the Philippines. Lineman Killed. Lancaster. Aug. 21. Whllo working on a pole forty feet above the ground Frank Dewalt, meed 17. u Pennsylvania Tele phoin company lineman, received a shock by ills climbing spins touching a live wire, that threw him to the street. Ills skull was fractured. He tiled at Si. Jo seph's hospital without having regained consciousness. Major Harrison Improving. Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 21. Major Rus sell 11. Harrison, who is suffering with yellow fever, showed suine Improvement todav. It Is believed Hint another, cin-e Is dei eloping at Crlsto, the headquar ters of the Americans. Olympla Sails from Leghorn. Leghorn. Aug. 21. The I'nlted States enilser Olympla willed from this port to day. James A. Smith, the Pulled States consul here, came aboard to pay his re spects to Admiral Dewey Just previous to tho departure of the warship. Trustee of State Insane Asylum. Harrisburg, Aug. 21. Dr. John F. Men tier, of Lancaster, was today appointed a trustee of tho llariisbiirg state Insane asylum, vice Alex Cm It, Columbia, deceased. REFUSAL OF THE BOERS England's Joint Commis sion Proposal Has Been Rejected. SOUTH AFRICAN MUDDLE Tho Feeling Intensified by the Lat est Action ou Part of the Boers. Guarded Statement by the Colonial Office Cape Town Report That the Transvaal Government Had Submitted New Propositions Feel-, ing in South Africa. Cape Town, Aug. 21. The report, nfl cabled from here to the Associated Press last night, that the Transvaal government had handed in Its reply to the lit It Itli agent nt Pretoria, to be forwarded to Sir Alfred Mllner, British high commissioner for South A fi leu and governor of Cape Colony, Is conllinied. It Is believed, however. that the pioposltlon or Great Britain for a Joint commission to Investigate ' the effect wheh the franchise reform I legislation would have on the Out- landers has not been accepted, but that fresh proposals have been ad ' vnuceil. Strong feeling has been aroused here by the fact that the Transvaal Is sending large qualities of war mate rial for distribution among Its sup porters In i 'ape Colony and the Orango I Free State. More than seven tons t j stores have been landed nt Port Kllz , abeth, and sent over Cape railway lines through to the north for distribution. i ne (ape colony government com plains that it could not prevent tho transportation of tlie stores to a friend ly state and that It permission had been refused the supplies would have been sent to Delngoa bay. It Is prob able that the matter will be referred to the Imperial government. War Inevitable. London. ug. 21. There Is no long er any doubt that President Kruger lias refused to submit to the demand of Mr. Chainberh'ln for tlie appoint ment of a court of Inquiry. He may have done so diplomatically or liedg Ingly. But that his answer Is regard ed liv the British government ns tan tamount to a positive retusal Is now nil established fact. The colonial of fice Is normally non-committal but there are ottnr evidences which amply Justify the statement. Tlie report that President Kruger has proposed new ! terms Is somewhat verliled by the guarded comment of the colonial of fice officials and the irritability dis played there. There Is not th" slight est doubt that they believe war Is now the only way to settle the controversy. They would rather have had a curt, defiant answer than the tenmerlzlng answer which th.- ttoet president has seal. With the forinei Grfnt Britain would hav plain grounds for n quick commencement of hostilities. I'nder the circumstances which It Is believed now exist aggressive anion needs con siderable explanation to justify it In the eyes of the world and the Fngllsh minority who still declare thut war would be 'in iiutrage. However, if Mi. Cbambeilaln has his war It is bellevd Piesiilept .Kruger's counter proposals will meet with scant attention and 'in less the liners completely back down which Is not llkelv the crluls will quick ly develop Into war. Tl Is r.athered that the rnlnnl.il of fice has In en aware of the nature of I be Tionsvanl'.s reply for come ilavs. and licit It was communicated to tho war ofllce. hence It Is probable that Gre.v Britain will delay the denounce ment as little as possible. A high colonial official franklv ex pressed to a representative of the As sociated Press his disgust nt what he termed "Kruger's cupidity and hy pocrisy." He said: "The kind of game which Kruger Is playing must be clear to Americans. The protests of tlie P.oers that they wish to live a quiet, agricultural life may be the tmv of some on the Veldt, but tho gang in Pi clorln Is simply after money. Though President Kruger says many harsh, things of the Outlanders. he never hes itated to make mnni'V out of them i Ither 'iv fair or foul means. "This Transvaal question cannot h" Judged bv recent occurrences. V m must go back fifty vears. It has be"i hanging fire all that time and the soon er It Is settled now the better." Only Method of Settlement. Though the official .lid not actually say so. It was (dear that be hellcwd vnr was the nn'v method of settle ment. It Is learned that the govern ment is somewhat annoyed at the pub lic's slight Interest In the Transvaal, The official above quoted said to tho Associated Press representa''ve: "Dreyfus peenis the only thing ou people think about, though England is In a most serious crisis. This Indif ference Is perhaps typical." A dispatch from "ape Town s.tvs there Is no danger of an outbreak of inlenee on the frontier nnd the -iiai of South Africa are enlisting through out the colony nnd are being sen' to Pulsanl and Jamleson, on the border. Jack Downey Knocked Out. New York. Aug. 21. At the Coney Isl and Sporting dub tonight Jack O'Brien knocked out Jack Downey In the nine teenth round. - -- - WEATHER FORECAST. Washington. Aug. 21. Forecast for Tuesday: For eastern Penn- -f sylvanla. showers and thunder storms; Tuesday not qulto so warm: Wednesday generally fair; -f fresh southerly winds becoming -f variable. -- t t -r-r.t-r-t-f-T- -r-t--t--r-h 1 4
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