-ribune. tXWKwfl TWO CI3NTS. TEN PAGES. SCKANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1899. TEN RAGES. TWO CENTS. "?Si$ , VETERANS AT PHILADELPHIA The Cily Ablaze with Gay Decorations. WELCOME TO WARRIORS Pieparatlon for the Entertainment of the Membeis of the O. A. R. Made on nn Elaborate Scale Pres ident McKinloy to Review the Pa radeThe Noith Atlantic Squad ron in the River. Phllnitolplil.i. Sept. 3. The thlrty tliltct national encampment nf tin1 Oiand Army nt tho ltiulllt "111 ' Kin heie tnmotrow. The v.ipkii.ui! of tho Veterans has nlready ii'.irluil this cllv and found the people with nutsti etched arms of 'welcome Never again, peiliups. will Philadelphia no the prone of a natlon.il encamp'i'ont of tin- C.iand At my of tho Hepublle, of the valiant men who ilefenied the cause of the I'nliin There remain hut a remnant and with the depletion of the lanks the welcome Is the moie heaitfelt and enthusiastic Admiral Sampson with his ileet of lighting ships nrihed heie today- ana till"! event m.iiks the beglnnlrg of the wei k s i olcbiaHon. The city Is oiow 1 ed with strangeis, while the' Incoming tialif'Tiom all sections aie bringing thousands upon thousands to help swell the Huong. In anticipation of the coming of the host of visitors, iml In recognition of the patilotlsm of the eteians who fieoly offered their lles In defense of the nation, Mayor Ash bridge Issued a proelaination In which he recommended the events to the loa! and putilotlc lnteiests of the pej- 1'le urging the deeoiatlon of stoics and dwellings In every street in the rlt The city has home Its shaie of the vvoik and the citizens of Philadelphia l donations of cash and In welcom ing banneis hae shown their Intel est In wh.it will be the create st leunlon ivei held Tho loute of the veterans' jiaiade, which will take pi. ice on Til'-s-il.ij is one solid blaze of color and light not a building but has Its fiont Incased In the red, white and blue The avenue of lame, which extends fioni "Walnut to Cheriv stieet, on Uroad. a distance of live blocks, with the city hall as Its center. Is the most mag liliiem piece of decoration ever at 1 nipted In this city. There are two i lass. -s of columns. The laiger and won ornate are about fifty feet In li. Ight and are placed at the street conn The smaller columns, about tw out -five feet high, stand on each side of Hi nail stieet, between the larg er columns The rjinei Millars are massive, but Ciaifful, and at the base of each aie a'tematelv In heiolc sire, two soldlets nnd two s.ilIoi Niimeious elides of cleitili lights decoiate the piles fioni the baso to the glided eagles at the top The columns are connected by fes toons of bunting and lam el, and strings of incandescent lamps give a billllant effect at night The north and south fronts of the city hall will be Illumin ated with massive eleetilc light pieces thlitv feet In length lepiesentlng the G A H badge Hows of Incandescent 1 ghts etend fioni the top of Penn's Mat up 10 feet nbove the stieet level, to Hie loof and around the structuie, I'H'n'-i the effect of an Immense eol v nn of billllant light Camp Sexton, near Helmont. In Falr inount paik, contains sixteen hundied tt ts It Is Intended to accommodate these 'iosts of the Giand Army which j.f"r to camp out lather than be iiiaiteied In hulls, aimorles oi pi hate houses The tents will sheltei ten thousand veteians The big parade on Tuesday will be In tuel'o divisions Post No I, from Itnikfoul, UN the oldest Host 111 the Oi.nul Aimv, will head the line As the veteians oass ainuiid the city hall the j will be leviewed by Piesldent Mo Kinlcv who Is expected to aulve heie M.mdav night, anomnanled by Seeio tiujs Hoot and Gage and Postmaster f'.-neial Smith, Theie will be over -I.'.-onn men In line. A featllie of Tuesday's events will le the chorus of 3,000 school elilldieu, vim will occupy a poitlou of the giand sum I on the north side of the city hall As the oaiade nasj.es this i)nlnt tlie childiiii will sing patriotic alis Of all the military oiganlatlnns to attend thp eucnmnnient piobably none will attiact more attention than Hoyd's pul cadets of Toneka Kansas These young ladles aie the daughtets of vet cians and are commanded hv II. X Hovd who was seigennt of Company J. Seventh Illinois c-.ivnliy. dining the rivll war The will giaee the line of paiade on Tuesday cueKtlonofabsoibliig Interest to the O It veterans whlc h w 111 he decided during the encampment Is tho election of i lomniandei in chief and otVr oUheis Two candidates piunilnently In the field aie Colonel Albert D Shaw of Joe Spiatt post, Wnteituwn. X V., and Judge l.eo Hassleur. of St Louis. "Private" James M Dnlrell, of c mi panv II One Hundied and "Kteenth Ohio Is also a candidate Otheis uiged hv their fi lends ate Colonel W C Johnson, of cinilnnatl, acting com manilei In chief and nilgudlei ijen rittl Chailes Miller, of Venango, t'e.-iii-ss lv aula A featuie of the one-imp. ment not to be overlooked Is the slith ering of various organizations nf pa trlottc women, closely allied to tho Oiand Aimy of the Republic The National Association of Armv Nuchas of the Civil War will meet and 'In I officers, and the ludles of the O It will take similar action. A naval paiade will enjoy the dis tinction nf giving the 111 st stifret par ade during the encampment 'lh,-lrs will take place tomoirow aftemooi and will be a unique, featuie of ibo demonstratlcin The "old salts' who fought under Farragut will tiamp shoulder to shoulder with the young-r veterans of the Spanish-American war Next Friday the naval-pared" will take place Admiral Samps m's Ileet villi be anchoied In the Delaware liver opposite the city and a long Hue of vessels will pass mound the light ing ships. President MoKlnlev and cabinet olllceis will review the vvai ships fiom the leveinte Hitter (Ires ham Members of the loinmand of the Impel lal Hussion navy stationed here, stipei Intending the building of a battleship and ciulser will pattlclpae In the naval pageant. Entortainment for tho President. F.labniatc preparations have been made for the entertnlnment of Piesl dent and Mis. McKlnlev. The fiont rooms of nn entire lloor have been set apait for their accommodation at the Hotel Walton, and nothing has been left undone that will add to their com fort. The president will take part In the big leteptlon nt the Academy of Music on Tuesiluj evening, and after lev lowing the big parade will be en tertained at lunch In the city hall. The North Atlantic sciuadion, com posed of the flagship New York, cruiser Hrooklyn. battleships Indiana. Massa chusetts and Tonus, under command of eltai Admiral Sampson, ai lived off the centre of the city nt 1 30 this after noon The Ileet had anchoied at Hom iny Hook, about llftv-flve miles down the rivet, last night and weighed an chor at 7 o'clock this morning nnd pio ceeded up the liver A reception com mittee, composed of Mayor Ashlirlclce, the local G. A H committee nnd sev eral city olllclals, left the League Island navy .vaul at 0 30 on bouid the government tug Samoset to meet the sciuadion The ships were met off Chester, Pa., and the teoeptlon com mittee boarded the tlagshlp and for mally welcomed the admit al to Phila delphia From Chester to this city, a distance of seventeen miles, the ileet was tend eied almost a continuous ovation Steam whistles of factoiles, locomo tives and liver ci.ift made a great noise, to which was aded the chceis of the multitude alongs both the Penn sylvania and New Jeisey shoies Tho sciuadion piesented a magnillcelit ap pearance as It .steamed slowly up the ilver. The New York led the wav ,w nn the Hrooklvn. Indiana, Massachusetts and Texas following In the older named. The llagshln dropped anchor off Market street and the other vessels swept giacefullv by with their ciews at attention. They all dropped anchor to the noi th of the flagship, foimlng a single column, and will lemaln In that position until they sail awny at the lattei pait of the week The oruNer Dettolt at lived seveial Hours later and anchoied south of the flagship. The gunboat Nashville is expected to join the sciuadion tomorrow or Tueselav. Neither Admiral Sampson not anv of the other o(llcer of the ileet came nshoie todav Most of them will how ovei, land tomorrow and tike up quar teis at the Hotel Walton which lnvo been provided by the reception com mittee. The admiral will ictuin Mav or Ahbridges visit tomonow ai 1 p m. Of the five big ships that ai lived todiy the New York. Hiooklyn. Massachu setts and Indiana weie built In this city and the people evinced the great est interest in thrm, it being their Irst Tppeaianre in thce waters since the close of the wnr. A small fleet of Fnlted states revenue cutters also ar rived during the afternoon to take part In thr week's celebration Thev .were the fiiesham. Manning, Algonquin and Wlndom. The Onondaga will arrive tomonow The cutteis took up posi tions cloe to the squadron. Tho Tented City. Next In Intel est to the arrival of the Ileet was the tented e it at Helmont In Fail mount park Theie aie over l.fiOO tents elected on the slope at that place and wll nccommodate over 10, 000 v eterans. The camp Is conducted stilctly aecoidlng to military rules, le veille nnd taps being sounded for the veteians just as they weie In the eaily sixties. A fid! regiment of ions of A'etei.ins is constant! on duty. The camp is onlv pnitially filled up. but by tomonow night there will be little If any room left With the exception of the centennial in 1876, which was held near the sight of the camp, u larger crowd never visited that part of the gnat pleasure gouniN. Fiom eaily moi nlug to late this evening now ill wended theh wav to the big camp. The avenue of fame also had Its quota of clowds. Helng located 111 the centei of the city. It was densely ciowded tluoughout the dnv and night. York's Sesqui-Centennial. Yoik Pa , Sept 3 This, the Hist day of the celebration of the sesqul-nnteii-nlul of the creation of Yuik coinitv, was observe d by an Immense union icIlgluiiH meeting In the auclltoilum of the mug nltlce nt new high n linol building Tho tltv Is elaborate! decorate! The school children of the coimtv will parade- Mon eluv and tin- high school building will be dedicated Pit slilcnt MiKlnlc Is expect ed to slop In York a short time tomonow afternoon German Day Celebrated. Indianapolis. Se pt. " Today 52 Oerman societies of tills city with GOij guests from outside points celeluated "Oerman DAv," In mioidiince with an elaboiato pi ogi amine that Included a mngnlllcent stieet parade In the foienoon of 3,000 members of the various Ueininu societies In which vere inunv floats desciiptlio of gre-at events In the American history in which llei man-American citizens have taken pint. Steamship Arrivals, New Yoik. Sept 3 Arilved l.a Champagne. Havie Qucenstown Sail eel: I'mhrla. fiom Liverpool foi New York. I.lrard Passed l.a Normandle, New York loi Havie Bryan Will Swing with McLean, HpiingllUd. O. Sept 3 lion. W. R Huriiett announced last night that lirwui will come to Ohio and take a swing around the slate with McLean -f -f -f -f -t" f -f LABOR DAY PARADE. Starts at 10.00 a. m. Line ul March. Down W oinlnc to Lackawanna, to lXghth street, countermarch to Jefferson, to Olive, to Madison to Pine, to Lauiul Hill P.uk, ills peln. - -M- PANIC IN TRANSVAAL Public Mind Decidedly Uneasy in Vicinity of Johannesburg. DETECTIVES ARE ACTIVE They Aio on the Lookout for Arms. Tho Trains Leading fiom Johan nesburg Loaded with Fnssengeis. Aecoidlng to Boers' Papers the Army of Oom Paul Can Easily Be Increased to 20,000 Men. Joliannesburg, Sept. 3. The condi tion of the public mind Is decidedly panlckv New Castle, Natal. Sept. J The Sun day tialn from Johannesburg, fo Dur ban, Natal, ciowded with pas-ceng-is from Johannesburg against eiel of whom warrants had been Issued by the Transvaal authoiitles, was several times scutched hv the Tiansvail de tectives iluilng Its passage- Ihioiuh Transvaal tcirltoiy. London, Sept ". "The Standard and IMggeis' News" today received a cable despatch fiom Its Johannesburg olllce, dated yestotdav. saying that a Gei man corps, nine hundred strong, had been foimed there to co-opciatc with the Uoer.s In the event of war with Great Britain The despatch a Ids that the Hoeis could mobilize twenty thousand men In three das, while tho Orange Free State could muster te-i thousand men In the same period. . Continuing, the dispatch says ' Ir. Chambeilaln's leply upholding the suzeralntv of Oreat Hritaln. was le celved liv the Haad with a demoii'itra tlnn v- -a unmistakably Indicated the Intention of the Transvaal to repudi ate Gieat Hrltaln's iiretenslons. Ilie Haad, on hearing the llve-vear fian chlse jiroposal, gave eve-c- sign of strong dissent and of a deteiii'-natIon not to go bejond the seven- ear limit." It must not be foigotten tint the.se statements come from an excesslvelv pio-Hoer somce. London Sept A Tho Cape Town couespondent of the Dally Mall sas. "The Transvaal authorities aie Toy waidlng huge qualities of Mniu- n n munltlon from Pretoria to Bloemfon teln. On Friday 1,500.000 tounds ai rlved at the Orange Fico State eapi tal London, Sept 4 All the special dis patches to the London moinlng papers from South A f ilea indicate that the coi respondents have got the Impres sion that the leplv of the Ti.insvti.il government to .Mr. Chamberlain's latest note will be an impeitlnent lejectlon of the suggested confeience at Cape town and a tin eat to wlthdiaw the five yea! franchise offe i The correspondent of the Times at New Castle, Natal, conflims the belief of Its Johannesbuig cot respondent. Mi. Monoypenny, that aggiesslve action Is Imminent. A special dispatch fiom Johannes buig mivs It Is undei stood that the chaige against Mi. Pakeman. editor of the Transvaal L-adoi, who was attest ed on Satuichiy. will he leduced fioni sedition to contravention of the pics law s Mr Hoskln, the piopiletor of the Transvaal Leader, Is chaliman of the Outlanders' council and piesldent of the Johannesbuig chamber of corn men e. London, Sept. 4 The Capetown cor lespondent of the Dally Chtonlcle sas: "It Is lumoied heie that a confeience will be auanged and that J. Hose Im mes (former leadei of the opposition In the Cape house of assembl) will be the Impel lal repiesentatlve." The Pietoria couespondent of tho Dnll Ohionlclo says "lTnpleasant re poits aie In cliculatlon to the eftect that tho Transvaal government was In duced to submit Its latest proposals under the promise of ieclpioc.il meas uies " London, Sept t The coitespundent of the- Dall Telegiaph Pleteimarjtz burg, capltnl of Natal. sas. "Things have reached such a pass that win Is consldeied unavoidable and the linpiesslon is that the erasn will come within a few dajs The sit uation at Johannesburg Is mo-t anx ious. The traders aie unwilling to ol der Hi go quintltles of s'ores, thiough feai 'f helng conim incleered. Thus thousands v 111 rlfk ftnivntlon In the e-ent "f war, when the railways will he cut." UNREST AT CLEVELAND Trouble Is Apprehended During La bor Day Parade. Cleveland, Sept. 3 Theie Is giave appiehenslon tonight of tiouble tomor row dining the piogress of tho Labor paiade. It Is evident that the olllrla's of the Hlg Consolidated Stieet rail road company aro neivous, for a no tice was posted In nil the bains toduy cautioning the men against lee-lcVs1 ness tomonow. The police have taken steps to meet any emeigency which may arise. The line of march has been laid nut along the tiacks of the Hlg Consolidated and It is believed to be almost Impossible to prevent clashes between some of tho marchers and the non-union men on tho cjrs Demonstrations at CaidiiT. London Si pt 1 Toe demonstrations organized today In Cardiff, Hull, Hrlslol and Liven ool, by the sudors' unci tlri' men's unions were well attended At all tho meetlrgs reoli.ttnnn were adopted to go on strike unless the mcrcase hi wages asked for, Is grunted. Pope Sophronius Dead. Alexandria Sept. 1 His holiness, Popo Kcjphronius, Pntrlaiili of ilia Orthodov, (neck church of AlcMimlila. L)bli, Ethi opia and all F-uypt, died today, Ub'ed 1W. BIMETALLIC LEAGUE. Seilcs of Meetings Begins nt Provi dence. Piovldence. H. I.. Sept 3. The llrst of the series of meetings auanged by the New ihiglnnd bimetallic league In the Interests of bimetallism was held at Cicscent park this afternoon. The session was held In a largo open area, the audience occupying the seats of the grand stand stirioundlug It All mound the platfonn on the outstd weie the noisy money making nttiac tlons of Crescent pntk, which mate rially Interfered with the attention of the audience to the speakeis nnd with the ability of tho speakeis to make themselves heard. The platfonn was decoiated with the national colors, together with those of Great Hritaln, Ireland, Fiance nnd Cuba. The pilnclpal spe-akers weie ex-Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, Judge James P. Tim In, of Kentucky, and Congiessman John "3 Lent., of I'olimi hus, Ohio. The latter's sarcastic icf eiences to Piesldent McKlnle, h'S iiiralgniuent of the Philippine win. and his eulogy of Agulnaldo as one of the greatest men of the century were ap plauded. Then- was prolonged cheeilng when e-Goveinor John P. Altgeld, of Illin ois, vvns Introduced. Owing to the fact that his address In New York on Labor Day Is to be devoted to a detailed discussion of tho monetary question he simply dealt In g.jner tlltlcs at the meet ing today. He aid, In substance that for oius the people west of the Alle- ghenles hive- looked with reverence lownid New Ihiglnnd. Tho New ling land lualns. Ideas, llteiature and stnnd aids lmve shaped the destinies of the lepublli It hns looked for years as though their sons were to lower the old New Ihiglnnd standard nnd ns. though they were going to forget the traditions of their fathers nnd bring evet thing down to low. sordid basis. He said, howevei, that he was glad to loam that this was a mlstnke and that n mighty host has arisen, which will keep alive the feeling of llbsity In old New Hugl-ind There was a pe-ilod In New Hngland hlstoiy, he said, when the mills and factories were l mining dav and night nnd a market was found for every thing Then the people were all em ployed at living wages nnd were pros peious. The volume of money In the wntld at that time was twice the amount In existence today, because sil ver was Issued at Its proper latlo and had Its pioper place In the monetary plans The speaker argued that the remono 7atlon of silver would afford an op portunity for the wage earners to have moie money to spend and thus open up markets at home which would util ise to the fullest extent the products of the countiy. He said that not a single resp-etable argument could he found for the gold standard. The piesent monetary pol icy Is bad and unlust. It Is a givnt wiong and the Ameilean peopl- nie going to right It At the close of the governors ad dress theie were calls foi Semtoi Till man who, In resoonse. piomlse-d to hilng bis thiee-pronged pltchfoik to the meeting tomorrow and use it with good effect POLICEMAN IS FATALLY SHOT Patiick O'Keefe the Victim of a Mur derous Italian Tin eats of Lynch ing. New York. Sept. 1. Policeman Pat- lick O'Keefe, attached to the Hast 120111 stieet station, was today shot thiough the head and chest by Michael Fan elli, In Fai roll's saloon, n noloilous dive- on Second avenue. O'Keefe will die The police have latelv had the dive so closely under sui velllanc e that husl nes fell off and the v.ilorin was to be clos-ecj. Today Farrelll Invited a num bei of his countrymen to have one Inst rood time Their tumult dh turned the entile nelghhoiliood nnd Policeman O'Keefe stalled In to quell Hie ilot. As he entered the place Fanelll jump ed up and his wife thiust n revolvei In ibis hands "Shoot shoot, him. kill him. Thev have polled our business" the woman shtieked Faireld fired four shots, two of which took eff-ct nnd the policeman fell to the floor nine 111 fled and took refuge In n Flist , ', mtlo, the cltv of Manila, cn-opeial-n venue tenement A great mob Mir- , ' wUn ,lroVoi guaid. whose lack of rounded the place and sin ihed down ,.n'mxU,ico t,f the language and the the dinr. The Hall in stabbed fmou lv at thr first men that appealed In tho nation hallway. A number of detectives und a police leseive of twentv men were ordered out Thev beat back the mob and one of them sniang at Fanelll and knocked him senseless. The police then foimed n hollow snuare aril marched theli pi tanner to the station, a distance of nearlv a half mile. The mob of several thousand wildly excite 1 men. women nnd chlldieu singed all about the police escort and deteimliiej to lynch the Italian. Twice the po lice had to dtaw weapons and foic the mob back Mis. Fairelll was al so arrested O'Keefe was removed to a hoTTpTfiTl In a dying condition. WILL FORGIVE CROKER. Ex-Govsrnor Altgeld Is Willing He Should Come Into Camp. Piovldence, It. I . Sept 3 Hx-Gover-nor Altgeld said tonight In legnid to the attitude of Hlchaid Cioker tow aid the Chicago platfoinr "Mi. Ciuker Is a shiewd and wil pnittaan If he de dal ed for Mr III Mm, It was because he saw which wuy the tide was turn ing." Mr Altgidd denied his tepoited state ment that Ciokei with Hiynn would be nn entangling alliance which would not bo for the best Intetest of tho Demo, viatic paity. If Mr. Cioker wants to drop his present methods and come Into camp for awhile," said Mr. Alt geld, "we aie willing to receive- him. Theie Is always room foi penitents." Death Over n Bar BUI Loralne, O. Sept 3 Philip Mors, pro pi lotor of tho Fianklln hotel bar was shot mid killed Inst night by Franklin 13 Wheeler, representing the Mutual Life liiHiiianee eonipsii nf Now Jcrt-ey The men had quart elcel over a bar bill which Mcrs claimed Wheeler owec' THE FILIPINOS ARE SHORT OF RATIONS THEY ALSO USE BLACK HOME MADE POWDER. Attempts to Smuggle Stores Through the Lines Insurgents Have Wholesome Respect for tho British. Native Police Do Effective Duty at Manila. Manila. Sept. S. 10 p. m. Many Spanish pilsoneis are escaping from the Filipinos and bringing Into tho Ameilean lines htorles of hard treat ment. They ngiee that the Filipinos are accoicllngly shoi t of intlons and that .i laigc section of their ttoops Is I I ' ill ' "" m "vVfl?l' E. E. CANTWELL, WASHINGTON, D. C. Secretary of the National Association of Letter Carriers nnd Editor of the Postal Record, the Official Organ of the Association. led need to the use of homo made black powder. Tho natives nie trvlng every scheme to get food and munitions fiom Manila. Pally arrests are made for attempts to smuggle contraband of war thiough the Ameilean lines. In one case a ensco vslth u cnigo of bamboo poled wis ovi'i hauled and the Tagalos were found full of rice. The Insui gents have n wholesome re spect for the T3iltls.li, on necount of sev eral tluenth of Hiltlsh warship. to bombard theli towns unless the- ilshts of ,j,itihn objects aie le-spected. Two j 1,rtljsil vessels, the Lacson and the' V(.rn were driven hv stress ot w earner int,, tin- li.ubor of Dagupan. the ninth em tet minus of the Digupan l.Ulway. The ciews were lmpiisoned but, on their piotestlng that they were Hntlsli subjec ts the Insurgent authorities per mitted one man. Hdv arils, to come to Manila. pioniWng to lelease the crew of the l nc-on If Hdwaids secured from the Htitish consul at Mnnlla a state ment establishing the nationality of the crew. A slmllir concession was made to the eiew of the Nero Hdvvnids ,ivs he saw veveial merl enn pilsoneis, who weie better fed than the Spaniards or the Filipino "ol dleis Moreover, thev weie not com ix lied to work as the Spanish pil-onou; aie, rmnn of native nollce lrir begun lesnrts of native cilmlnals nan given bA.iv oniioititnlt for burglar, an In dustry which has been llnurl-hlng of late. The new fone includes many meniheis of the old fence nnd some In surgents who line! grown tlied of fight ing. It has alieadv done good work In limning down native criminals. Tim Amnili'in secret eivlce lecentU' found a Filipino spy In Oal?m!.a Ho IS SU poeci lo llle' im-.-ii in,- ni. stole foul guns belonging to the AVnsh Inrtor reclment. He offeied desperate leslslance to the soldier who was f-ent to capture him ind tiled to inn nv.-ay with two revolvei sliots In his head iMn.iiiv be vvns liroucht down hv- a rllle bullet In the hip He died after Jumping fiom tho streatcher nnd tty- Ing to run. Geneial Hater It Is expected, will estnbilsh posts at Zamboangn and In the Islands of Tomtanl. Jolo and Hon g.io Late this afternoon the Kansas ien--nient embaikcd on big baiges In tlio ilvei nnd weie towed to th I'lilted States trnnspoit Taitar. the legimenta! flag tlvlng and the men cheering and singing The Tartnr sailed for home this evening. -t-f I CARRIERS' PARADE. Starts, fi. 30 n. m. - X Une ol March. - l"p Laekuwanna nvenue toWosh- 4. -f Ington avenue, out Washington 4- -f (ivenuo to Spruce stieet. up Spruce 4- - atreet to Jefferson ave nue, out Je f- v -f ferson avenue to Pine street, down -f Pino street to Washington avenue, 4 ilownWnshlngton avenue to Spruce -f -f street, down Spruce) rtuet to W- -f omlng avenue, out Votnlng uve- 4- f nue, -f -f - 1 -f-f "ft-f-f -r-f """"t-t-t-t-f-f -t-f- THE NEWS THIS MOKNIXU Weather Indlcatloni ToJii FAIRj VAniABLC WINDS, 1 General Transvaal Situation. Veterans Gallic ring at Philadelphia Scarcity of Rations Among the Filip inos. Scranton Welcomes the Letter Car Hers. 2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania News Financial and Commercial. 3 General Whltmy's Wcekl News Hudgc t. 4 P.dltnrlil. News and Comment. G Story-"Hovv I v.Vem My llrldc." New York Fnshlons C Local Hci iinton Welcomes the Let te r Carriers (Concluded.) Inspector Johnson Sious Our t'iru Department. 7 Local-Sermon hv Huv. Dr Gltlln to the Letter Carriers. ! Local West Scranton and Suburban. !t I.jcltawnnna Count News Gleanings 10 Local 1.1 o Industrial News. Dr. J C. nate-fon Talks to the Volun teers EEPOP.TS PROM OTIS. Volunteers Returning Home Graves of Tenth Heroes Are Decorated. Washington, Sept 3. The war de partment todny lecoived two dispatcher fiom Manila. The llrst lead Manila, Sept 3. 1W Adjutant General Washlnton Hallway to Angeles completed In loin elavs In surgents north ope ne el on pine i this morn la with shiapnel, which fulled to esplmii , no casualties Kansas and Washington being loaded on transports, two battal ions Nineteenth Intiwtrv relieve Teiincs. sees at Hollo nnd Cebu l.itler with low. is, onl remaining volunteer ie ments, sail soon (Signed! Otis At the war depaitmet'it It Is said that with the lealng of the Tennessee, and Iowa leglments all the volunteeis will have left the 'Philippine, also'the men of the tegular arm ellschai cjed undei Geneial Order 40 The second dispatch lead as follows .Mnnlla, S. pt. I. IV" Adjutant Gfppuil Washington -Gnive-s dr censed mcmhfis Tenth I'elins lvaniu decorated Sept 1. with titling ceremonies conducted hv Clinpliilii Phrce Chaplain Sutheiland personal friend Colonel Haw kins, delivered address (Signed! Otis SHOOTING IN CLAY COUNTY. Deputy Sheiiff Lewis Killed by Mart Smith. London, Kv . Sept !-A le-poil Is i-m -rent thill Diput Sheriff Lewis of Man ihestei, was killed vcsleiduv In Chi rountv. Several weeks ago in Jlancheh tei Pcptit Stiiliblellcld was shot b.v Mart Smith, wlio cm aping captuie, went to his home and sent word to the loimlv olllclals that he would never attend conn alive therefore It woo'd !. fatal foi . " TX -lm Lewis went to siive piper on him nnd he whs shot dead a he np pionelied Smiths linuse If this repoit Ik line tills makes the third killing III Chi count this Week THREE MEN KILLED. i Run Down by n Chicago and Noith- westein Train, Cedar Grove. Wis, Sept 3 Tllie men weie Instantly killed and anothei seriously Injuied by being inn down by the northbound limited tialn on the Chicago and Noithwestein r.iili o.ul to night The dead aie August Si hetk. 41 eais, Nicholas Fass. 30 eais. William Holle. CO -.us The men weie i tiling In n bugg when the tialn came along, clashing Into the vehicle und terribly mangling the oc cupants. i Geneial Jlminez Sails. Cape lliitlen. Sept 3 -General Juan Islclio Jlminez, the revolutlnn.ir aspirant to the pieslililic nf the lepubllc of Santo Domingo left e'almaneia esterda oil bouid tlio Geoige S Crolse for Hararon, fiom wlileh point he will pioceed lo Port An Pi luce and tlie-n to Pucito Plata, where ho Is lini atlentlv awaited. DEATHS OF A DAY. Mlcldlesbcuo. Ky . Sept. 3 Colonel Da vidson ex-conBrisiinan from the I5ev eiitli cllstilet, was stricken with paraly sis Inst night Ills condition Is ciitlrtil Columblu, S. C Sept 3,-Dr. William Grler. president of Krsklne college, nt Due West, S, C, died suddtnly of apop lexy today, DELEGATES CROWDING INTO CITY Members of Reception Committee "Kept Busy. CONCERT AT NAY AUG PARK It Was the First Item on the Pro grommo Arranged for tho Enter tainment of tho Visitors Gover nor Stono and Postmaster General Smith Will Airivo Early This Af ternoon Hours nt Which tho Vis iting Letter Carriers Who Are to Take Part in the Parade Will Ar rive in tho City Today Tonight't Banquet and Bcceptlon. Scranton Is now enjoying the fruition of Its hibois of the last few months In preparing foi the reception and enter tainment of letter carriers. The are heie and are enjovlng themselves und telllnr the local carriers and citizens' committeemen that thev aie mighty glad to be heie If all tho citizens could be made to feel the appreciation which the cai rlers express of the hospitality they aro meeting with In .Scranton, theie would be a full satisfaction for all the effoit that has be-on put forward to make tho stay of our guests a pleasant one nnd Incidentally sustnln the enviable repu tation the Ulectrlc City has for hospi tality On every hand were heard expres sions of tho wnrmest admiration for the lavish decorations. Last evening when the Illuminations of court Iioubo square- weie- In full glow the vlBltors deseited their social sessions In tho hotels to feast their eyes on the splen did show, and vhen they returned and met a newcomer who had not yet been on the square they would not let him ehako off the dust of travel until they had piloted him up to tho square and dazzled his eyes with tho gorgeous dis play. OFT-DFCOHATHD THEM ALL. Delegates who had attended all tho nine pievlous cpmentlons of the asso ciation weie unanimous in saying that Seianton had out-decorated them all Hetween six and seven hundred vls Uoir had arilved up to midnight. They came fiom all ovei tho Fnlon and by nil manner of unites Some came sltlglv and alone, others In small gioups and still otheis in luge lJi' gntl a vbmit one hundred of thi m were accompanied by ladles. i nuiigi. .nhiiiv. Uetiolt. Cleveland. Alleniown. Huston. PhllllpslmiK and theHethlehems all hnve good sleddel -gallons nn the giound. A few f the New Vol Is men came on nheiid and t"ld of ut least L'.SOI men coining Horn New Yoik and vlelnlt. The icceptlon committee and the In cal cairleis each of whom cons tltuted himself a ice option committee of one voi keel Indefntignblv all dav long Io"k Ins attei the comfort and enti'itiln nient of tt-' guet's They weie eseoit ed to their hotels and Introdtn -d mound and in the afternoon tie Ued to a ronceit -it the pail at which tin v weie gieetiMl will full- W 000 people. An Infoi mal leeeptlon at the Jeinnn in the evening nnd tiolley nnd e ir lingo ride weie some of the other fours of eiit--i nlnment TODVY'S PAHAPi: Everything Is complete for today's pntecle and If the weather Is nt all propitious It will be witnessed hv an Immeme throng The grand stand Is In place, the levlewhu stand dec ora tions finished und ever othei ariange menl intended to. 'nlmud Hlppb- e n lidenih hopes to stait tin proecs.,,.u nt 3 -W ct i lock flove-iuor Hoosevelt v.lll not be her-. A least the New orl; cnrrleis have hiiipII hope-s of I. inglii" him them with ARRIVAL OF THE DELGATES. Hundieds of Them Are Already in tho City. I3veiy lm omlng train Satin day night and esteidn biought delegat I mi huge or small of the boys In fi.u. Majoi T. F Penman nnd his ii.-tp-tlon committee, together with 'the lo cal cairleis and a numbei pf 'he luc-in-beis ot the citizens geneial coninilt tee. were- on hand to lecelvo the isl tois and make- them feel a' home. National Seeietaiy Cantwe'l liei a ne seveiely ill with colic Saturdav nlRli'. necessitating the attendance of a pn -slcian. and the- matter nf .nroiilng the delegates was In consequence al lowed to go ovei until this moinlng, when the secietnr. It Is c infldontl expected, will he- able to assinie till duties. The Jemin lobby was the 1 .-invention center during the most of tho day. Here the reception committee and local carriers made, their headquarteis urn' IContlniiid on Page t fTHt WEATHER FORECAST. Washington. Sept. 3 Forecast - t for Monday Hastern Pennslvanla Fair Monday and Tuesday, fresh ) southerly winds, becoming vnrla- ble -f tttt-ftt -r--t--t- -t--t-t-t-tt1i H
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