nkiw. ' 4-St ':gr$ 1899. TWO CENTS. . T 1F-1 rMJmr' mummer . z - - V HHt KT.'Wn MMVI M' V. . aaa.aa.a iAA sSftBawSRlJBrasss m. - inryiim',rir riraTOr ss a o- jJLiiJLLLiiL summsmmmivssm w TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER II, BIG TRUST POW WOW BEGINS Less Than Half the Dele gates Are in Attend ance. A DELUGE OF ORATORY Mr. Taylor Welcomes the Delegates to Chicago on Behalf of Mayor Harrlsdn The Attempt to Round Up the Shapeless Mass of Delegates Is Followed by Considerable Dis order Mr. Gnns Declares That His Delegation Is of More Importance Than That of Any State Mr. Hayes Repudiates the Cradle of Trusts Speeches Made. Chicago, Sept. I. "Tin conference on tlif uses anil abuses of trusts anil com binations begun hero today with less than half the delegates appointed by tlie various states In attendance. New Yoik. headed by W. Hourke Cochran, nnd Wisconsin were most numerously itpresentt d. The meeting took place In Central Music hall and was called 1-i order ut 10.30 o'clock by Franklin II. Head, the temporary tihalrman ap pointed by the Civic Federation, and whose call the conference was arranged for. The delegates listened to an ad dress of welcome to Illinois by Attor ney Cieneral Akin on behalf of Gover nor Tanner, who by illness was pro- jnted from appealing In person. Mr. l i v.us followed by Dr. Taylor, who wel omed the delegates to Chicago on behalf of Mayor Harrison. With the progress of the speaking it became evident that ninny of the dele gations had come with llrm convictions ''or or against trade combinations. The peech of Mr. Wooten. of Texas, de lvered during the afternoon "and liam iierlng trusts in a merciless manner, roused the wildest enthusiasm in th inks of the labor representatives and the delegations from many western and southern states, while the easterner generally smiled critically and kept their arms folded. The attempt to round the somewhat shapeless mass of delegates Into work ing order resulted in considerable dis order. Suggestions for the make-up or a committee to arrange a program t be followed the next three days of the conference popped from every part of the house with such rapidity that it was with dillicultv that the tem porary chairman extracted the basis for resolutions which were Anally ndnpted. This was not accomplished till W. Hourke Cochran and August Onus a delegate representing the Knights of Labor, had become the cen ter of a scene which provoked tiiio ptiained laughter. Mr. CoPhhnn'jolnlng. The head of the New York contingent in an endeavor to bring a little order out of chaos, arose while Mr. Gans in a very loud tone of oratory was de daring that his delegation was of more importance than that of any state. "When the New Yorker began speaking the labor delegate fished from ills hip pocket a pair of opera glasses and at a. short range contemplated the speak er, commenting occasionally In such n wuy that the merriment attained n volume which drowned the voice of the eastern orator. . It was resolved finillv that the Civic Fedeiatlon, through its chairman, Mr. Head. should conduct th meeting to day and that a committee on pro gramme, cotisistlnr of one man from each state delegate n. and one from men organisation nuimrai in us srupe, fomut'i u tippoiuicu. inuui ui;.uiifiu tlnnn in utterdanee were given a voice in tin- ciimmlttee by being allowed to vit for the committeeman with tho. cl legates from their state. The labor organizations did irit secure recogni tion until vigorous speeches had been made by Mr. 'Jans and John W Hayo, nlii ii Knlghl of Labor delegate. Air. ( yes created something of a sensa tion liv declaring In lnnguape ns scorn ful no It was vigorous, that ' he did n t Intend to lie classed with the New ,1ercy delegation even If he did vote in that 'cradl'' of trusts'." The non-iittendance of many dele Kates was not unexpected nnd Secre Inrj Kas-ley announced that probably n hundred of the lardy ones, including Governor Plrgree, of Michigan, would be present at tomorrow's session. Mr. Bryan Absent. . William Jennings Hryan was absent, , but it Is believed If will nppcir Inter In the conference, chairman Head de livered nn address In explanation of tho all for the conference. He said lu part The Civic Fedeiatlon of Chicago is a. non-partisan organization, embracing in Us membership u goodly proportion of the tctlM business and professional men of sur city. Home months since It realized Hint no topic seemed so widely dlscuascd is what was designated by the general dtle of "Trusts" and that, too, upon no "urrcnt topic wus there so widespread ind general an ignorance and confusion of Ideas. There enned to us a crying need for education upon the subject: of nn education which would show the broad distinction between tho various trade combinations nnd trusts, and to promote buch education this conference is now in sesidoii. It Is not u trust or nn anti-trust confer ence, but a conference in search of truth and light. With this end In view tho at tendance has been solicited of men of every shude of opinion open the general subject; from the men who regard trusts and trade combinations as tho Htandlng menace to our national prosperity, and even to the perpetuity of our system of government, to those who feci that trndo combinations und l.irgi aggregations of actlvo capital nre feimply nn active evo lution In the development of our Indus trial nnd oommetrtal life, and that such acurcgutlons ure absolutely uecemiary to compete with tba vast accumulations and experience of the older nations. Wo hope to hear the gctiernl subject discussed from nil possible standpoint -from tho view not only of organizers of. the combinations, but also from the work men and cus-tomvrs of the Industrial cor porations. We hope that light Will bo thrown upon tho difference between tho class of trusts which tend to monopoly and tho Industrial combinations which In mnnv cases seem to be to the advantage of alt. Prof, .tenks followed with a pape under the caption, "Problems Hefor-3 the Conference." It wits 1 o'clock befote Oil" paper was finished nnd iin adjournment w 1 1 taken until :t o'clock. Chal'inan Hetul requested the delegates to remain a few minutes In order to organize more compactly anil to decide upo'i the com mitteemen. The afternoon session opene.i with a paper by Prof. Henry C. Adams, of the University of Michigan, on the same subject as ills predecessor, Mr. Jetiks. Mr. Wooten's Address. These addresses were received atten tively, hut it remained for Dudley Wooten, of tho Texas dclegaHin, to stir up enthusiasm of the ennio meeting variety. He was frequently inter rupted by cheering. He spoke In part as follows?: Accepting lu good lallli that amend ment which the hi role legions of the south resisted unto death on a thousand battlefields, wo believe that "neither sluvery nor Involuntary servitude, except as punlshiiK nt for crime, shall exist with in tho t'nited States or any place sub ject to their jurisdiction" and we contl dtntly assert that the rommeiclal and In dustrial bondage being rapidly Imposed upon the toil anil talents of 70,t)0.UOl American citizens by the s ynillcato wealth of a lew great corporate monopo lies Is more dire and dangerous than the slavery which bowed the heads mid bur dened the backs of four million southern black men. And above all and by God Is written guarantees of enimlltv and Justice. We look to the lessons of hlstoiy and upper I to the authority of experience. Win n we are told that commercial combinations promises golden rewinds to the present tendencies of our economic system, wo remember that no republic has ever slir vlvt d tii" inerceimrv despotism of mer chants, and money changers. John llrooks. of Cambridge, Mass., In "sticking closely to facts" was re ceived with considerable applause. Mr. Fortune's Speech. Mr. William Fortune, of Indianapolis, president of the Indiana State Hoard of Commerce, made an earnest plea for conservative procedure as a more hopeful course than the application of revolutionary or too radical measures to an evolutionary problem. He Indi cated a grave doubt of the usefulness of the doctrinaire in arriving at a ra tional solution of the question. He guardedly suggested the danger eapi- tal may bring to itself by heedless j abuse or its power anu miiieai.eu un importance to It of seeking proper reg ulations which will make trust methods acceptable rather than obnox ious to the people by whose permis sion and toleration only can their ex istence continue. His speech was u plea for the practicable rather than theoretical approach to the subject, which, In its present stage, the speaker believed to be too Immature to give basis for conclusive judgment as to the extent of either its harmful or beneficial effects. The committee on permanent organ ization met after the afternoon ad journment. The committee consisting of one delegate from each state rep resented and each organization of gen eral scope. The Pennsylvania member of the committee is H. W. Palmer. William AVirt Howe, of Massachu setts, was selected chairman of the meeting nnd after a hot discussion was elected pernrinenl chairman of the con ference, though three vice chairmen, each to preside during one day. were selected. It was a happy solution of what .t one time promised to be a split. No one was willing to allow a i permanent chnliman to be nppolnted to preside at all sessions, lest ho should favor some faction. It was urged thai Chairmanship should change at each of the nine sessions. The chairman nnd vice chairmen method of disposing o( the question was hailed Willi ip plaiiRe. The vice chairmen selected wero. Thursday. Dudley Wooten, Texa.: p.i,inv Mayor' H. D. Johnson, Colora- i do; Saturday, S. P. Corliss. New oils. i Ralph M. Kasdey was selected as per- miiiient secr"tnry. The following sub-committee on pro i grammo and rules was appointed: II. , W. malr. New Hampshire: L. D. Sutli- etland. Nebraska; J. W. Galr-efc, Ten inessec: John C Hanley. Minnesota; j A. D. Davidson, Texas. ' The committee will make special i rules to govern points of dispute hut otdlnary parliamentary rue4 will gen i orally prevail Aftpr vainly trying to solve the question of a committee on ' resolutions, the committee adjourned 1 until evening. Tho opening of the evening session was delayed for some time ponding the I report of the committee on programme and organization. At 8.30 o'clock President Head Introduced Governor George W. Atkinson, ot West Virginia, as first speaker. He was followed by J'. E. Dowe, president of the Commer cial Travelers' National League, whi In a brief speech said commercial trav elers are opposed to trusts both from policy and principle and consider their, detrimental und demoralizing, and F. U. Thurber, of New York, and Joseph Nlmmo, Jr., of Washington. Funeral of Ambassador Eustis. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 13. The remains of Hon. James Ii. Kustls, former ambas sador to Frunce, wete laid to rest In Cave Hill today beside his wife. The body ar rived here from Now York, uccompunlcd by the deceased's son and nephew. The remains were taken to tho cemetery Im mediately upon their arrival here. Urlef funeral services wero conducted at the grave by Hev. George Grant Smith, of Trinity Episcopal church. Mrs. Williams' Awful Death. Sedalla. Mo.. Sept. IS -Mrs. J. JI. Will- lnms saturated tlie clothing of herself nnd two-months-old babo with coal oil today nnd then set flro to tho garments. She and tho child wero burned to death, was of unsound mind. She Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington, Sept. 13. Pension certifi cates: Restoration nnd Incrcaso Theron II. Dlmmlck, Unlondule, HuFqut'hatuiu, $G to f 10; Mlko Wuiihburn, Lakevlew, Sus quehanna, (5 to 112. REPLY OF THE - INSURGENTS WHY FILIPINOS DECLINED OF FERS OF AUTONOMY. They Assert That the Americans Pursued High-Handed Methods nnd Showed Race Prejudice. Feared for the Future. Mania, Sept. 13. Noon. The corre spondent here of the Associated Press has obtained a copy of the reply adopt ed by tho Filipino congress to the American offer of nn autonomous gov ernment. The author of the reply wus Ambroslo Hlunznres, who was offered u position in the Supreme court, but who failed to appear und wus supposed to be detained by the Insurrectionists. The document repeats the arguments contalnedln the recent uppeal to tho powers for recognition and the Filipino ussertlons that the Americans were the aggressors in the war. and concludes: Notwithstanding the foregoing, we could have accepted your sovereignty and autonomy if we had not seen by the behavior of the Americans In the beginning' that they were strongly op posed to us, through race prejudice, and the high-handed methods of deal ing with us made us fear for the future in your hands. Finally, we thank you for your offers of autonomy under sov ereignty." CAPTURE OF CALAMBON. Captaln McGroth of the Fourth Cav alry Describes It. Kan Claire, Wis., Sept. 1?.. The fol inwlnir letter was received today by rel ative from I'.iptaln Hugh J. McGrath, I Fourth cavalty. late major of volun teers lu Cuba and now in the Philip pines. Captain .McGrath was fouuerly military Instructor at. Wisconsin uni versity: "Calnnibon. P. 1., July 28. We cap tured this town day before yesterday. We had a lively fight taking It. and. I nm happy to say. it was done by my siiiindrnn and a company of infantry over whom T aspinned authority, and widen I attached to my command. Gcnernls Lawton and Hall wore In gun boats, and there were 1wo other ofll ers with the troops senior to me, but . thev got the wrong track. o 1 came In ahead and held the town until re- i lleved bv one of them at S at night My squndror lost two killed tall that were Hilled of the whole command) and seven wounded out of eleven in nil thu troops engaged. General 1uvton ex pressed much satisfaction nt the lie ,iavl01. of Ul(. undron.and paid Well. I guess you fellows did the whole thing.' We were obliged to cross an unfordable in er to roach the town. Lieutenant Llatson and I crossed first, and pushed a boat over for th. next to follow. We were fully dressed, nnd Mr. Hntson's legginn be- came unfastened berore he reach ed the opposite shore, causing him to go under. 1 readied land be fore him and succeeded in getting llllil out. Yesterday the Insurgents cam down on our outposts and we went against them again, but they bad most of the fighting knocked out of them the day before, and it was a Ion.; -range affair. In which one of my troops pad a man wounded. I am now occupy ing a great house, which was Insur gent headquarters. In it win found all the brass works and Instrument' of an Insurgent tug captured yester day if our gunboat. Gen. Lawton ....,- In . l.m-i I ltn tin illlmtir l was in a boat In the bay duruig th? taking of the town. The boat war. hit frequently by sharpshooters on shore, but nobody was hurt. A dozn Span ish olilcers, non-commissioned and pri vates, ran to us after our arrival on shore and hugged up In tho street. They wero delirious with joy. Many of them wero taken to Manila In Gen eral Lawton's launch. Goner '.1 Hail lias come ashore and has established I headquarters and will be here for a few days, but I would rather he what the Insurgents call a 'pirate and sail Laguna de Bay on our case ies.' 1 hope to be relieved by other troops. In order that we may resume or phntical habits. Word has Just arrived that two wounded of our regiment ha.'e died. The Insurgents have just opened again on our oncosts, and I suoioie we will have another circus too." OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS Remarkable Returns Made to Mem bers of Insurnnce Company. New York, Sept. 13. Up to July I of tlie current vi ar, the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York lias returned' to Its members $500,870,737, or over half a billion of dollars, and its accumulated assets on that date were $2SS,r.:'G,471. This shows that the' company has practically paid out as much money to the Insuring public as any other two companies of like character and that by tedding a larger amount In assets than any other company, it is beyond question tlie largest and strongest In stitution ot Its kind In the world. DUG UP TWO SKELETONS. Bones of nn Adult nnd Child Found in' Norfolk, Va. Norfolk. Va., Sept. 13. In excavating for tlie foundation of n new building on Avon street a coffin and a box f.vere uncovered this afternoon. The former contained the skeleton of an ndult and tho latter that of a child. Tho color nnd sex are not known. Detectives are at work on the case. Tile Works Burned. Philadelphia. Sept. 13.-Tho Itlchardson & Ko'ss asphalt block nnd tile works ut Thirtieth und Itace streets , were dr. btioyed by tiro today, entailing a loss of $100,000. Tho blazo wob caused by the boiling over of emtio oil and asphalt. Albert 13, Iowls, a fireman, wus severely Injumd by a fulling girder. Moore V'ants Now Trial, New York, Sept. 13. Application was made to Recorder Golf today for n new tilul in the case of William A. E. Moore, who last year was sentenced to nineteen yours' Imprisonment for blackmailing and assaulting Martin Muhon, a hotelkceper of thlH city, The application is based upon tho alleged Idscovcry of new evidence. ROYALLY ENTERTAINED. Phllndelphinns Have Made Admiral Sampson's Sojourn a Round of Pleasure. Philadelphia, Sept. 13. Governor Voothees, or New Jersey, culled on Hear Admlrad Sampson on board the flagship New York, now lying in the Delaware river with the other ships of the North Atlantic Squadron. Gov ernor Voorliops' object In calling upon the ndmirnr wus to arrange with him a time for the presentation of the sword which the citizens of New Jer sey have voted to the admiral. Whlto. the details of the presentation were not definitely arranged, it was decided that the gift will be transferred on Oct. -3 nt the State House, Trenton. A re ception will be arranged t'o which prominent men will be invited. Gover nor Voorhees will make the presenta tion speech. When the governor left the flagship n salute of seventeen guns was 11 roil In his honor. Admiral Sampson nnd tht officers of the squadron are being loyally en tertained by the citizens of this city. This afternoon ilie ndmiral and the captains of his ships visited the com mercial museums and later were driven to Gtrard college. The cadets tit the college gave n dress parade in honor of the visitors and the college band ser enaded the officers. Tonight the ad miral and the officers of the fleet wero the guests at a dinner given by Mayor Ashbrldge. Many prominent men were in attendance. WILKES-BARRE'S GUN. Relic of the Spanish-American War Is Received. Wllkes-Bnrre. Sept. 13. The Spanish cannon which was presented to Wilkes liarre by Governor Stone was formally accepted by the city this evening. In teresting exercises were held In con- nectlon with the event There was a parade composed of G. A. It. Veteran, Spanish-American wur veterans nnd the Ninth regiment. N. G. P. Mayor Nichols and members of the city ooiiu elds rode In carriages at the head of the procession. Arriving at G. A. It. hall, the oanmn was turned over to Coynghain Post. O. A. H. for safe keeping. After the war relic had been placed In position in front of the hall Mayor Nichols made a patriotic address, which was responded to by Comrade George Wil i Hams of Conyghani post. Alfred Darto, chairman of the meeting, also made uu address and the exercises were brought to a close by Chaplain F. D. Johnson, of the Ninth regiment, who pronounced the benediction. EAGAN AND SHEW RESPITED. The Susquehanna County Murderers Given Another Month. Hariisburg. Sept. 13. Governor Stone today granted respites until Oct. G to three men who were . to have been hanged Sept. '26. They are Cornelius W. Shew and J. James Eagnn. alias J. James Smith. The postponement Is to I enable tlieir counsel in iiu-m-iu men- cases before the pardon b'mt'd. Lagan and Shew murdered Jackson Pepper, an aged Susquehanna county farmer, for his money. The governor also fixed the execution day of Edwin Cresslnger, of Northum berland county, for Wednesday 15. Nov. FIVE MEN BURNED. Fire in a Three-Story Brick Building in Boston. lioston, Sept. 13. Fire in the upper ! nrt,'on ot a three-story brick building I I .... at 1." to 22 Marshall strot today re suited In five men being burned sevpre 1 ly and otherwise Injured. The injured I are th following named' Harry Smith. ! janitor, hands and face burned and I overcome lu- smoke; V. F. Go wen, Manchester M. H.. cut and burned: . George H. Tuttle, cut, burned and ovor 1 come by smoke; Joseph Murphy, en I glue 8. hands i ut by falling glass. Kri 1 glneman Daeey, multiple Injuries. The nnnneial loss was estimated I about :M0. SON KILLS HIS PARENTS. Double Murder in Massachusetts by a Man Crazed by Drink. Snuthbrldge, Mass . Sept. 13. News was received hero early this morning of a double murder late last night near the manufacturing village of Flskdale, about ten miles northwest of this town. John King and ills wife, nn aged couple, wero killed by their son, Peter, who was cray from tlie excessive lis of liquor. The murderer also attempted to kill his brother, Thomas, but only succeed ed in indicting severe wounds Peter Is In Jail hero. He Is unoon-clous and may die. MRS. JENKINS WANTS DAMAGES Her Husband Was Lynched and Site Prosecutes the Mob. Indianapolis. Sept. 13 Mrs. Lulu C. Jenkns, filed 'hree suits in tlie Uni ted States court here totlnv ngttlnst the sheriff ot Ripley 'county and citi zens of Vorsiilles for daiinges because of the lynching of her husband In 1897. Mrs. Jenkins demands heavy dam ngos. Her husband was lynched with four other men and Mrs. Jenkins charges tho sheriff with aiding and abetting the mob. Along lhrt of cltl vens of Vcrallles tire set forth ns members of the mob. Council of Red Men, Washington, Sept. IS. The National council of lted Men at Its session today decided to make provision lor the mum tonanco of tho indigent orphans of mem bers of tho older by levying u per capita tax of live cents n year on each member of tho order. The oi pliant to bo cared for under this provision uie to be kept In their respective Motes. An Independent Candidate. Lock lluven, Pa.. Sept. 1,1. Jesse Lau bacli has tiled papers as an independent Republican candidate for count) com mWtdoner. Laubuch was u candidate for the ofllco lu tho recent Republican county convention, but wus dofeutcd, ' Valuable Residence Destroyed. Poughkeopsle, N. Y., Sept. 13. The resl deneti of Bampcl Tl. Koxton, of Hyde Park, wns destroyed by flro today. Loss, $00,-000. DREYFUS INJURED BY FOREIGN TALK MAX O'RELL IMPLORES OUTSID ERS NOT TO INTERFERE. The Expressions of Sympathy Do More Harm Than Good British Government Will Not Participate in Any Boycott of tho Paris Ex positionNeither Will the German. London. Sept. 13. While the papers are :ull of letters from Individuals and Siveral iiiitu announcing their wi'.'i drnwul from tho Paris exposition nnd urging tho government to do likewise, the British government has no Inten tion of taking any such step. It seems also unlikely that the present agita tion will result in any general with drawal of Hrltlsh exhibits. Max O'Hell (Paul Mouet) bus writ ten a letter to the Dully Chronicle say ing that a public expression of sym pathy will go against Dreyfus, adding: "For God's sake, use your Influence to stop It. Hut for the universal sym pathy shown Dreyfus, whom I person ally I believe to be Innocent, In Hng laud and Germany, lie would have been acquitted. It Is a terrible thing to say, hut I say It, and I am not afraid of contradiction." The Kvenlng News, of which II. Marks Is the proprietor, is urging t In formation ufa liiitlsh Legion of Honor Paris j w'li have nothing to do with the exposition, and publishes a list of more than forty linns and persons, headed bi Sir William Hlake P.lclimuiid, H. A., who '.'.ii! not exhibit. lioiliti, fc'tpl. in. The German j.o.'m:! ment organs have lwcn quick to Issue u warning against the proposal to boy cott the Paris exhibition. "Germany lins no occasion to take the lead lu the matter says the Cologne Gazette. "She ought to leave this to other states, which, perhaps, would not consider it desirable that Germany, of all powers, should adopt a hostile atti tude toward France in tills matter." Gehelmrath Lewald, a member of the uernian exhibition commission, says: "What lias the exhibition to do with politics? Its sole object is commer cial. To withdraw is no such easy matter. Every Industrial branch w'.:i be represented as u group, to which the Individual manufacturer con' .;l uies. The industrial branches could, ih.-ie-fore, only withdraw as a whol". There is not the sllght.-n sympt'ii.i of any indication to adopt Un courj'. The greatest efforts ar puiting fortl in .ill quarters to make the best possible show. We have met with the friend liest reception from the French man agement of the exhibition. 1 am con vinced the whole movement Is only a storm In a teacup." The government commissioner at tached to the council of revision may possibly finish the report on the Drey fus case before Monday. In that event the council of revision will give a de cision regarding the merits of the ap peal that day and on the following day the cabinet will decide whether meas ures of clemency are advisable. DREYFUS WANTED HERE. Citizens of Otsego Ask Him to Make That His Future Home. Detroit. Sept. 13. A despatch to th Free Press from Otsego, Wis., says the following cable message was sent to Dreyfus from that place yesterday from tlie citizens of Otsego; "We hope for your pardon. If grant ed, we extend cordial Invitation ti make your home In Otsego." FRENCH GENERALS ALARMED. Roget and Mercier May Ask Pardon for Dreyfus Conditionally. Doston. Sept. 13. The Poston Post at noon today announced that it had re ceived tlie following private despatch from Paris: "Generals lloget and Mercier hove offered on the part of the army to de mand from Pres'dent Loubet th p . don of Captain Dreyfus If the Jewish committee will drop the matter and on the condition that Dreyfus shall lle away from the large cities of France for throe years." CUBAN LABOR PROBLEM. Strong Objections to Foreign Immi gration. Havana, Sept. 13. Fenor Trojera. president of the General League of Cuban Workers, says, In an open letter to tho league, that In Cuba people have forgotten thnt "Cubans nte tlioso to whom belongs the first right to huvo work." Immigration, ho adds, is an excellent thing while there is abund ance of work, hut, ho continues. "Ahlln one Cuban remains unemployed Immi gration Is a robbery." The Dlnrlo tie la Marina says a ma jority of the enterprises and labor-giving undertakings In Cuba are In tlie hands of foreigners, "who must be al lowed a certain amount of choice lu the matter of whom fhey employ In Cuba," nddlng: "Soon there will bo all sorts of op portunities for work if a man wants to. Hut tho majority won't work." NEW WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Oklahoma InventoV Says Ho Has Sent Message Sixty Miles. Chicago. Sept. 13. A special dispatch to the Chronicle from Perry, Okla., says: "Peter Pearson, an Oklahoma man, 1ms invented a system of wire less telegraphy which lie claims Is per fectly successful. Some time last week, Mr. Pearson says, he sent n message to- ids ugent In u little town sixty miles nway. "He later received a copy of the mes sage by letter through tho postofllce exactly as he sent it. Including a mis take In the 8ondlng." Industrial Commission. Washington. Sept. 13. The Industrial couunlbslon hold u long business beankn today. Among other tilings tho com mission accepted tho resignation of P. II. Donnelly us disbursing officer of the commission, Mr. Donnelly desiring to re- 1 turn to private business life. THE NEWS THIS JIOltNINU Weather Indication TcnWvi fair, cooLcn. 1 General Trust Conference Opens nt Chicago. Knglnnd's Ultimatum to the liners. Foreign Criticism Injurious to Dreyfus. Why the Filipinos Declined Offer of Autonomy. 2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania News. Financial and Commercial. 3 Local Scinntonlun's i'Mltors Indicted for Libel. Anniversary of the Ablngton lliiptlst Association. 4 Kdltorlnl. News and Comment. 5 Local Welcome to P. J. Vettor. Pragrnmma of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. fi Local West Scranton and Suburban. " Hound About the County. S Local Live Industrial Jottings. Local Live Industrial Jottings. Victor Plnkney's Description of Porto llleu Hurricane. the EXPORT EXPOSITION AT PHILADELPHIA Will Be Formally Opened at Noon Today Governor Stone to Take Fait in Exercises. Phlladclllhlll. Sent, l:'.. The Villi, mnl Kxl"'" I'-xposltlon will be formally opened at noon tomorrow, although th gates will be thrown open to the public at S o'clock. The arrangements for the opening have been completed. The ex : erelses will take place In the audi i toriuni, which is located In the north I pavilion of the main building. "All the dstlnguisheil visitors who will take part In the opening exercises will gather nt the city hall. Among theni will be Ad i lnlral .Sampson and his staff, represen tatives of the diplomatic corps nt Washington, Post mastvf General Smith, the president und other olilcers of the j commercial museums, the director gen ! oral of the exposition and his staff. Mayor Ashbiidge and others. The party will leave the city hull at 11 1 o'clock and will be escorted to the ex ' position grounds In West Philadelphia 1 by 2.".0 marines and sailors from the North Atlantic squadron, now mooted In the Delaware liver. -The Fulled l States marine band will head the pro cession. President I. A. II. Wldeiier, of the , exposition, will turn the exposition over l to tlie governor of Pennsylvania, who i in turn will formally deliver It over to the mayor of this cltv. Director General Wilson will make an address upon the inception, purpose, plan and scope of the exposition, after which Mayor Ashbiidge will olllcially welooin the visitors. The Hon. W. P. Hep burn, of Iowa, will be the orator of the day. While the benediction Is lifting pronounced closing the exer cises President McKlnlev will send a message by direct wire from the white house formally and olllcially opening the exposition, which message will be read to tlie assemblage. PAINTERS ON STRIKE Fifteen Hundred Artists Down the Brush. Throw Philadelphia. Sept. 13. Fifteen hun dred members of the Amalgamate 1 Journeymen House Putntois' associa tion went on strike today In tonse queiice oi the failure of the masto painters to sign an agreement present ed to them by the association. The union demands nn eight hour woik duv at 3," cents an hour, time and a half for xtru work and double time for Sunday. The agreement Is to remain in force until September, 1900. Th.' scale has been signed by 12."i master painters. 150 refusing. At n mooting of i the journeymen's association last night I HO painters joined the union nnd to j day thirty-four applicant for mem I bershlp were received. Of the six j thousand journeymen painters lu the ' city r,lK2 belong to the union. The shops which fulled to slitu are closely watched to prevent the employ ment of non-union painters. 1.10 pickets being sent out. UNFAIR TO FRANCE. Opinion of Archbishop Ireland on tlie Dreyfus Boycott. SI. Paul. Sept. l.i.-Archblsliop lrclnnil today, asked for Ids opinion on the meet ing to protest against tin Mitllcl of the Rennes court-martial, said: "It Is my belief that public meetings lu America, such us It is proposed to bold for the purpose of protesting against tho sentence of the fit lines court-murtlal ure untimely, unfair to France and likely lo lined regrettable Ill-feeling between ihut country and our own. "Franco has been our friends for ago. She was our friend when no other na tion befriended us. She Is our friend to tluy. She Is u sister republic. W should pause long and seilously before blnmlnw. suspecting or nfftiulllig France. "1 cnn well iiuderstund and explain the present haopenlngs In America. Tim American people ere most easily inusetl to sentiments of justice and humanity. Prudence, however, N the queen of nil virtues and w-3 should strive to make It ours." TAKING THEIR TIME. Wayne County Conventions With held Until the Last Open Date. Ilonesdale, Sept. 13. On Sept. 25 til" Republicans and Democrats will hold their county conventions In Wayne the former In the afternoon, tin lat ter In the evening. Tills Is the last tloy conventions can lie lield In nitler to get the names legal ly on the ballot and there Is strife be tween tlie two parties to see which can postpone the Inevitable the longest. Pope's Health Is Good. Washington, Sept. 13. Private letters received at the papal dolegutlon hero speak of the excellent hculth tho pope has been enjoying of late, his vigorous appearance and the interest he takes lu current affairs. Theo advices from tho bPBt posted sources within tho Vatican nro rugnrded as offsetting the frequently re peated reports ot the pope's decline. ENGLAND TO THE BOERS The Terms Upon Which Peace Can Be Maintained. CHAMBERLAIN'S MESSAGE Franchise Concessions to Be Ac cepted If Couit of Inquiry Shows Them to Be Adequate Outlander Members of the Rnad Must Be Per mltte'd to Use Their Nntlve Lan guage An Immediate Reply Ro quested to Relieve Present Tension. Question of Sovereignty Cannot "Bo Discussed Kruger in Conference with Orange Free State. London. Sept. 13. -In his last ne-s-sage to the Transvaal government tho secretary of state for the colonies. Jo seph Chamberlain, says ho understands that the concessions made In President Kruger's note of Aug. IS have It.- u withdrawn on account of the Hriti-di attitude regarding the suzerainty, and adds: 'Her majesty's government 1ms ab solutely repudiated tlie view of tho political status of the Transvaal taken by the Transvaal government, claim ing the status of a sovereign state, and, theiefore. It Is unable to consider any proposal made conditionally on the acceptance of that view." Continuing, Mr. rliainbsrlaln says tho Hrlllsh government is satisfied that the law einbothlng the proposed alleviat ing franchise measures for Outlanders U liielllclent for Immediate and sub stantial representation, which, It is understood, the Transvaal admits to lie reasonable. He then says: "Moreover, the presentation of the proposals lu the note of Aug. 1 indi cates that the government of the South African republic recognized that Its previous offers might with advantage be enlarged and the independence ot the republic thereby In no way lie lm paired." Will Accept Franchise Proposals. Great Hrllaln Is prepared to nrcep? the franchise proposal') of Aug. 18, urovldcd a e-mrt of inquiry, whether Joint or unilateral, shows the new scheme to b' unencumbered bv nulli fying I'ondltioiis. In that connection tlie Mrltlsh government alanine that the new members of the lenud will be allowed to speaR their own language and adds that the acceptance of thn. turns would at once remove the ten sion and "would. In nil probability, rend"!- unnecessary imv further Inter vention "f her nmiesty's government t., obtain redrevs for grievance which the lltlanders thoiiiH'los would b able to bring lo the notice of the x ecutlve loimcll nnd Volk"iaad. H"" inaiestv's government Is Increasingly impressed with the danger of further .i..tnv in relieving the strain wttoh has already itiifod much iniiuy to ilw Interests of Smith Africa and it eir nestly pres-ey for nn Immediate r ply to the picsenl pii'poi-al. If that is it ceded lo ii will be r-ad.v to mnl: Im mediate arrangement" rr n fun her confeience between ib" president urd Hie high eonnnlF.'loner to settle all de tails of th proposed tribunal of arbi tration anil i he questions reft it tl to In my note of Mig. X wh'eh nro neith er J-'tliiniler giievniu-s nor qiu-sil ms of th" Interpretation of the convention, but which might b" ividllv settled bv friendly coniinunlcalb n bo'ween i-p-resen'.allvfs of the two governments If. however, as It in't anxiously hopes will not be the fuse, the .reply of th Trai'svunl should lie negative er t m cluslve, I am to state that her nvij esty's government must reserve th" right to consider the situation de n v and foiniul.ite Its own proposal fot a final settlement." Share in Election. Th" exact franchise proposals which Mr. Chamberlain ?uys Great Htttnln Is still prepnied to accept with the court of Inquiry proviso, are flvo yeniv' franchise, share for Outlander'' in the election of the president and equal rights and ifit rensei! representation for th" gold fields to the extent of eight new teats. Tho concessions weio pio sented by President Kruger Aug IS and. later, wore withdrawn. The report thnt the Hand Irishmen . have funned a corps to help President Kruger Is confirmed, and It Is Fnld at Cape Town that a cable message has bet n received there from New Yc rk saying thnt ten thousand Irishmen there nro ready to help the Transvaal. Tho Orange Free State burghers are. reported to lie bitterly divided over tlie merits ot the controversy nnd their probable course In case of war. Pretoria. Sept. 13. President Kruger and tlie executive council met here tills evening to consider tin reply to be niiiile to the lhitlsh secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain. They are still conferring by telegraph with tlie Orange Free State. Steamship Arrivals. New York. Sept. 13. Arrived: Trav Hremen and Southampton; liremen, Ure iiii'ii, etc. Sailed: New York, South ampton; Westcrrlmid. Antwerp: iier limnle, Liverpool. Cleared: Frledcrich, Der Grosse, Bremen via Hnuthumplon. I.Izard Passed: Weikendnm, New York for Rotterdam. Liverpool Sailed; Cutle, New York. Southampton Saale, Hremen for New York. Arrived: Hi. Paul, New' York. ... ff t t-i tt WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Sept. 13. Forecast for Thursday: For eastern Imn hylvunlii, fair; continued cool Thursday and Friday; winds most ly frosli northerly. .t t -H- t -ft-t- i-tt;t! S i It , v
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