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SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER
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Over Three Million People Gather
the Hero of Manila.
The Bright Sun Bathes the Sea in Golden Light While
Thousands Along the Shores of the North River
and Upon Pleasure Craft Join in the Din of
Welcome to America's Greatest Sailor.
Now York, Sept. 2') No Unman con
iiuoior returned to his ttiutnph of ba.
bnilc splendor; no victorious king or
prince coming home from a success
ful wnt evet receled such a magnifi
cent ovation as overwhelmed Admiral
l)ni today ns ho stood on the biidgc
of the Olympic) at the head of a mag
nificent fleet of steel thunderous of the
deep, followed by a thous uul vessels
of peace, each tiered and coated blacic
with people and sailed oer the bright
vat res of the upper bay and up the
blond pathway of the sunlit )lver,
whose banks were nay with millions
f flans and steamers dancing In the
w ind
The sk was blue, the water tippled
undo the fresh wind that held out (lags
bii night nnd Jaunty aniMhe whuvts
and piers and rocky heights and grassy
knolls weio black with frantic, enthus
iastic people who strhed weakly to
make their shouts heard aloe the pei
' ' t bedlnm of tooling uhlstlOH that
i mpunled the admiral ashore and
at' i.a At the tomb of General 0ant
on T'lveisldo pail: the Meet paid its
tribute to the mcmoiv of the great
wanlo) with a national salute of twen-t-iic
roailng guns. The fleet then
anchored nnd lev lowed the almost end
bss pioeosslon of craft that steamed
past, .til so buidened with humanity
that thej looked as If they would
tuin tin tie before they got back to the
pleis Townrd the end the parade be
came dlsoiganlzed and It took hoius for
the hetetogenous flotilla to get by.
l)akness at last hi ought tellef to the
tiled admlial, who had stood on th"
bridge for six horns bowing his ac
knowledgments to the stentoiian op
pression of homage.
New York has neer witnessed be
fnt an thing approaching this won
dttful lem ukable demonstiatlon Thi
Columbian naal paade, the deilleatl )n
of Grant's tomb and the leccptlon of
the North Atlantic squad) on last fall
nil pale befoie this gigantic owitloi
to the salloi who In a single morning
destrojed an enem's fleet without the
loss of a man or a ship It Is not be
ona the luatk to say that 3,000,000 pe -pit
lewed the pageant from nsliur.
and that a quaiter million weie ulloa
Blight Sun Bathed the Sea.
h n Now Yoik turned to the rio
lHil m tl Is inoinlng a PiJit h i huti x
ivti the haibor, but this was soon
1 tuned up by the bilgnt su l whl I)
bathid the s-ea and city in ttn In II
llant laJiane Th iinil wi.s stiong
anil gustv and kept the liars snapping,
'loi w iter ilppltd undu the trosli
bref?e and the dancing llttl" waves
M'nit 1 to inl'o their nustv heads In
nntlilpallon of a sight of th- oon
ijut mi
I'eople who went down the baj wero
I 'St in adinli'itlou of the tllnplny along
tin ) f) f)Ollt.
On the i mi. )le fiom t.'io midge
tn the battel y whole the palling craft
I I in gioves. the sp'its ur envoi el
v ith such a mass of celoi as mluht
In Konpaicd to n maple grown hillside
in tlit do p autumn Th? tall spins uf
iht nippers were coiif-liicur.ns fo- their
ensign and signals 1-vci.v o. ift In
tti. haibor wns decked out from stem
to ft xn with nil the gince and attiact
ienes knov n to sklppc-is. But tin
hplav In the UiM ilvoi was not to
bt eo.npaiert with that of the Ninth
river, up which the proc -son was to
juss rnan the praks of overv pl r
lorg ropes sttung with flags of voiy
hue weie stretched to the snubb nvr
jiost at the corner, the fruits wero
decorate! with the multitude of gay
devices There weie Mags on th staff .i
nnd lines of (lags nboio the tope.
The vessels at their side were die sped
fiom stem to talTitll and soni" eui
rled (lags on theli yards and l.al their
deck houses covered Tre wind alio U
the banneis froni millions of windows,
poitlcos and even steeples and mer
perhaps In the generation did hearts
that love It bound so qulikly a the
fight of the flag Up th river, far off
on the Jersej shoie, and hlgn on thi
misty Pilllsfldes It gleonod
On Deck of the Olympla.
The best place fiom which to view
tho great marine pnnoinma was nat
urally fiom the deck of the Olympla,
nnd by the couitesy of Admiral Dewey
nil Associated Piess icpioHciitutlw was
liermltted ubouicl. Vuiy i-mlj l hi Heat
of steumshlps, steamboats, yachts and
tugs which weie to hae a place In the
line began moving down the bay to Un
allotted points where the seeial divis
ions weie to form, but nianv of them
could not leslst tho temptation to first
visit the anchorage of the man-of-war
off Tonipklnsvllle and before 11 o'clock
the Olvmpla was sui rounded by a pei-
fed mob of every known kind of craft,
all swarming with people, eliding
aound, or pushing their noses close up
under the ship to get a glimpse of the
admlial pacing the quaiteuleck. 'The
bands nboaid the exclusion boats
played and the whistles and sliens of
thi other ciaft made the air hideous bv .
their shrieks. They kept coming, com
ing in paiis and half dozens, until they
lay a dozen deep, leslstlng the chaiges i
of the patiol boats In their determlna-
tlon to got up within shouting distance.
Their ) eckU ssiicsn w as amazing. They I
lan ncioss each other's bows, they '
rubbed against one another, thi y j
pushed bow on stein, until further
movement seemed paialjzed by the In
extricable confusion. It was with gre it
dlfllculty that tho police boats could
clear a passage for the admiral's
Innnili t lw.n yt x ,, rFP r f.itiifr, ! '
olflciii visit of the mayor at noon, and
when he did stop Into his launch the
patriotic skippers afloat giabbtd their
whistle coids and made the hills echo
with such a blast as can only bo heard
when a. Yankee jacht ciosses the finish
Hi st in a lace with foielgn cup-hunter"
And tint was slmpl the prelude
to what continued thioughout tho day
an a'most continuous loar of steam
whistles
Tangle o Stncln.
Meantime the v essels to take part
In the paiade were massing over ne-ir
the Long Island shoie, until that fide
of the harbor became a tangle of stack?
and flags and fiamework as fpr us
the ee could reach. The giassy
Mores of Wadswoith and Foit Hamil
ton, and the w halves nnd hoies of
S-tn'en Island were coveied wi'h slght
Ffeis watching the fleet below The
v arshlps lay spick and bpan rex.ly for
the start, the burnished metal llam
I i" n the sun, their sides white as
tligln snow Between then- ami the
fcho.e lay the low, long, lew. w;nj
lookljg toipedo boats aiUilsiill mslJe
of them the graceful flotilla of revenue
l.tre '"
Aboaid the Olympla the mailnes nnd
sailors had been seriously Inspected
fiom the toe of the first marine to the
Jaunty cap of tho last sillor All
seemed a little dazed at the prospect
befoie them and no doubt many hav
picfeircd a progiam Involving a du
plication of tho Manila fight to the or
deal they wero to go through. The
ofllcers of the fleet did not wear their
showy unlfoims, but were attired In
"special addtcss 'A'" as It Is technl.
oallv known In the army Theie were
no gold epaulettes, gold bound beavois
and clattering swords nboaid. This
was the admiral's order and added but
another to the many ev Idences of his
unique modesty
Captain Gridley's Widow.
A hi other and the widow of Captain
Gildlej, who fought the Olympla In
Manila bay. Colonel Tiank Haitlett,
former repeentatle In congress fiom
New York, and an intimate peisonal
f i lend of the admiral, together with
thiee new t-paper men, were the orily
civilians abnaid
Immedlatelv aftei Admiral Dewey le
tmned fiom Sunly Hook tho wlg-wag-ger
on the bridge signalled the fleet to
piepaio to get under way The gang
wavs weie hauled up and tho booms
rigged
An old quaitei master huriled a
small dnik mil of bunting to tho main
hnnd over list. It hupg ther whllo
the bugle so)inded tho call to quarters
nrd the mnilnrs were mustered aft
Then. Just as the slgnnl to weigh was
gl"en. a pull on the halyards oponel
the roll nnd pienl the four stanecl
fog which Fauagit flew as be ran
the foit In Vow Orleans. It was the
fag which was presented to Admiral
Dewey. As it broke, the sailois at
their stations and the marines on the
quarter deck greeted It with the hip.
hip. hooinh ic pot from our -mentors.
Tho flag floated proudlv all
through the pageant today It is the
most precIotiH possession of Fanagut'fi
pupil nnd when It Is struck on Monday
It will probably be foreevr. ns It Is
altogether unlikely that Admiral IJevv
oy will ever command another flet.
It was pxnetly one o'clock, tho houif
fixed for tho tnrt. when tho fleet
with anchors shoit hove, began to
move The ehlps had swung to the
flood-tide nnd were pointing down
si i earn, but with their twin screws
they faced nbout as on pivots nnd
bended for the Hudson, followed bv
the Inns line of vessels In elvlo pa
rade. When the elilps hud straighten
ed out for tlit lr Journey across tho up
per bay, the spectacle thev wade will
ever b treasured In the memory of
those who saw It. Tn ndvanc" of the
Olvmpla was a double line of patiol
and flreboats, a lllllpistian fluet to
clear the way of unofllclal trespisj-trs.
It did not require much persutudon
either, ns the skippers had a whole
some respect for the st"ol ram of th
might v sea inonsUrs On the pnrt
b am of the Olvmpla was tho escorting
ship Sandy Hook, with the mnvor and
other dlgnltfirles aboard and In Iit
wake at Intel val-i of 400 yards stretch
ed out a mile long were tho gr'at
towering w at ships, the cruiser Now
York, the bittU ships Indiana and
Massachusetts, the crul er Brooklyn,
second-class battleship Tca, the old
wooden filsue Liancnter, th" gunboit
Mniletta and tho CI-lea go, the flag
ship of the South Mantlc sqmdion
Old dloiy fluttered fiom each mast
head and talfrall. On each quaiter of
the New Y irk were thp bind: 1 ivv
lltifd torpedo boats, ihrv on eac'.i
fl'nk Tie nst of the rrocs'lon ta'lel
out for miles. Slovvtv and m ijc-tlcally
the picecsslon moved actoss tho
v.atcrs.
A Heroic Figure.
Admiral Dev.ey went up on the after
luldge as soon as the start was made
and lemnlncd theie throughout the pa
rade, a heioie flruro outlined ag'i t t
'lie sUios for the thousands ailcat aid
ashore. With hin on the budge moot
of the time was Colonel Da" lcU, to
v.iint he talkej when he was not nc
kncvvlidglng the salutes or p.jnallv
collecting tho movements of his Imme
diate fleet nnd the admiral gave oloijo
attention throughout tho jou '. to
'Vet' fling which transplrej on boaid
..io vessel. IJy his direct! i tho tn
Sign was couitesled to vessp's which
tainted. Several times ho oreluvd
tie crew to stand by to cheor In ar.
'wcr to some extraordlnaiy demuti
stiaMtn The guns of th Oljm.ila
spoke but once until Giant's tomb was
teac-ed That was when the" barked
in answer to the deep bavin of the
guns of old Fort AVIHIam, on Governois
Tsland Before the I3atoy was
re. cl.cd hundicds of tugs and evolu
tion boats had crowded In bin ic. the
patrji boats and stretched aw )' i.aiik
upon rank for either shore from the quar
ter of the Olympla, Theli vvhlst'os wuio
going continuously thioughout the
journey. The untold thousands who
thionged the whnrves and jileis, who
leaned from the windows and balconies
and looked down from the dizzy heights
of sky-scrapets must have impressed
the admlial gieatly, but his modestv
would not permit him to view It all as
a personal ovation "Astonishing
astonishing," ho repeated seveial times
to Colonel Bartlett, but ho said n'.a
lrg of himself As he. looked b'slnl
him with steam from the whistles and
the smoke from the btacks blowing
across the river, blending with tho g'cv
a''npyphere softened the scene pnrl
made the dim v Istns through v r -'i
the oncoming ships lay seem as If tiv
streifhcd out forevei. The wavlnr of
the- hundieds of thousands along the
shore could be distinctly seen fron t ie
neck of the Olympla, but only oeci
slonally weie tho sounds of ehe s
wafted from the eiowds ashore As
a rule, pei haps, thev were too much
Inteiested In tho spectacle to veatute
vociferous applause; besides they wore
too far away to be heard bv the ad
mlial or the men on the cruisers, evn
If the teirlflc din of tho ciaft In tho
liver had not been kept up almost
without Intel mission
Neive Destroying Ronr.
The shrieking whistles weio foiever
going, nnd when the fleet swept aiouiid
the stake lioat above Grant's tomb on
ltlverMdo dilve, and each ship had let
go its booming salute, the concert that
followed was soul-maddening a mad,
fantastic, nerve-destioylng ioar that
continued for almost ten minutes. Su
much steam was wasted that the boats
themselves weie lost In theli own
vapor
Tho parado at this point began to be
come disorganized, many pleasure craft
leaving the line below and ciowdlng m
fiercely nbout the Olvmpla that she
was manoeuvred with gieat dlttlculty.
The excursion boats, loaded to tho
guards with people, wero almost crimi
nally reckless us they passed ulong,
many of them listed so far that one
wheel was burled deep while the othoi
scarcely touched tho water. The ad
mlral was sometimes annojed by the
crowding of these craft, but ho retained
his equanimity throughout It nil, how
lug and removing his cap to tho exult
Ing and cheoiliig crowds. It was not
until all the warships had passed In ie
vlew liofoio tho Olvmpla at anchor be
low the beautiful floats lepresenllng
I'eace nnd Vlttoiy that the one Inci
dent of the day occuned, which showed
that with all hUi geniality, the heio of
Manila Is a stern sailor. In less than
a minute nfter tho Chicago had passed
tho Olvmpla, by tho admiral's order a
stream of signal flags ordered tho ves
sels of the fleet to dress ship and the
crews of tho men-of-war lan up rain
bows of signal flags from stem to stern
over their topmasts. The older was
beautifully executed, except aboard the
flagship, vvhoio tho fouling of tho lino
In the top of one of tho stacks caused
a delay. Admiral Dewey instantly
roared out a command for some one to
case tho line. It fouled ngaln, nnd a
nimble sailor was sent aloft to clear It.
It was pet haps two minutes before tho
flags were In their pioper place.
The Admiral Displeased,
The admiral was plainly displeased.
He sent for tho ollici-r uiulci whoso
dliectlon the order was executed and
called him upon the bridge. "I am
ashamed of this," he said In tho tone
of a sailor giving command In a 1 oar
ing gale. "And I am ashamed of you "
Several times when the excursion
boats cheeied as they passed close to
the Olympla tho admiral called upon
the crew to stand l nnd cheer, riach
time the sailors lenped upon tho steel
bulwniks and, with swinging caps, re
sponded to the command with thi oat
splitting loais When the ciowd of
vessels about the flagship became so
dense that tho pi"sge of the rest of
the paiade was impeded, the admlial
ordeied the police patrol boats to clear
the way of the ships that had left the
line and had spie.id themselves about
the Olvmpla like a flock of wild fowl.
He did not leave tho bridge until the
approaching darkness turned the ships
In the demoralized tall end of the pro
cession back to their piers.
One of tho most delightful features
of tho day was the hearty way In
which the tnembeis of tho Dewey fam
ily enjojed every detail of the tilbuti
to their gieat kinsman. The family
party boarded the steamer aindy
Hook, Major Van AVvck being In wait
ing for them. Chat Its Dew -j, the ad
miral's elder bi other, was tho dean of
the party.
"This Is the giandest celebration I
have ever seen," said Charles Dewey
after the naiade "The love and ad
miration of the Ameilcan people for
tb" ndinlinl Is wonderful "
Tonight witnessed a greater pyro
technic and clictrlcnl di play than ho.s
ev-r been pi i sent, d In this cltv.
Crowds occupied every point of van
tag along the Now "York shore from
Grant's tomb to dOth street.
NO TROOPS AT PORAC.
General MncAithur's Command Has
Returned to Angeles Where
Wheaton nnd Wheeler Havo Head
quarteis. Manila, Sept. 29512 p m. Geneial
McArthur's command has returned to
Angeles, whete Generals McArthur,
Wheaton and Wheeler has established
their headquarteis with 3,000 troops.
It Is expected they will lemain there
until a geneial advance Is oidered.
There aie no troops at Porac.
Nine Americans were wounded In
ytstei day's llghtlng.two probably fatal
ly. It Is estimated that fifty Insur
gents were killed or wounded.
Tho American prisoners are expectel
here tomoriow, unless jesterdavs
whipping changed Agulnuldo's mind.
THE CRICKET MATCH.
Bowling of Jessop and Woods the
Peatures of tho Play.
Philadelphia, Sept. 29 In the Inter
national e ricket match between Prlnct
Hanjinsinhjl's English learn nnd the
gentlemen of Philadelphia, which be
gan today on the Mellon Cilcket club's
giounds at Haverford, a suburb of this
city, the locals made a bad start, but
managed to scote a total of ICG for their
first inning Tho match began undei
favotablo auspices. The weather v as
Ideal and society was present In foice,
the attendance numbering about -ViOO.
When stumps were drawn the Ihigllsh
men had scoied seventy runs for a loss
of one wicket, with MacLaren and
Townsend, two stiong battels, at the
wickets
Captain Mnson, of the home team,
won the toss and elected to send his
men to the bat They scoied a setback,
however, when three- minutes after
play was begun King and Thaer, two
of Philadelphia's best bats, wero re
tlied without t.ooiIng Wood and
Graves, who came next, exeiclsed tho
giealest caution and the former made
thlit nine luns, the latter scoilng
fott thice before going out. Tho re
ntal kable bow ling of Jessop and Woods
were the features of today's play. Tho
gentlemen of Philadelphia experienced
the gieatest dlfllculty in gauging tho
ball, the bow lei s being aided by a
"kicking" wicket, which lendered tho
bieak of the ball extt emely uncertain.
RECENT NAVAL ORDERS.
Admiral Howison. Detached from
South Atlantic Squadron.
Washington, Sept 29 Today's naval
orders detach Admlial Howison fiom
command of the South Atlantic sta
tion on Oct 2, and send him homo en
waiting oideis Admiral Farquhar Is
detached at once fiom command of th
Norfolk navy yatd and Admiral Samp
son's detachment fiom command of the
North Atlantic station is postpone!
from tho 13th to tho 14th of Octob'r.
The navy department has assignol
the following ofllcers to command the
three Spanish warships raised from
tho bottom of Manila bay: Commanl
ei T. C. McLean, the Don Juan de
Austria; Commander I . P. Gllmore, the
Isla do la Cuba, and Commander J.
V Blcecker, tho Isle do Luzon.
Permits for Soldiers.
Washington, Sept. 29 Tho cabinet do
cltlcd today to allow soldiers serving In
tho Philippines to trntibinll parkages to
mombers of their fnmlli throush the
malls, the snrao ns oilier mall matter,
and without extra charges Tho decision
U Intended to pei ml t soldiers to send
homo small trophies of tholr enmpnlirns
nnd small Bpeolmens of tho art and maim
facrturcB of tho country without requiring
them to pay exorbitant prlot.3 for tho
privilege.
HORRORS OF THE
SCOTSMAN WRECK
HELPLESS PASSENQEKS AT THE
MEHOY OP KOBBERS.
Pifteeu at Least Perish An Irreg
ular Crow licked Up from the
Hangers on and Wharf Rats About
tho Docks in Liverpool Rush Into
Cabins and Rob Passengers of
Money and Valuables.
Montreal, Quebec, Sept. 29. Two
hundred nnd fifty scantily clad bag
gage bereft nion. women and children
were on boaid of an Intercolonial
sfpclal which steamed Into Ucnavcn
turo depot tonight. They comprised
tho greater number of those w,ho
sailed fiom Liverpool on September
11 on boatd the steamer Scotsman,
bound for Montieal, who were vvieclc
cd on the shores of tho Straits of Betlo
Islo at half past two on tho morning
of the 21st. Fifteen at least of the
Scotsman's passengers perished; all
stiff eied cruelly from cold and priva
tion and almost the worst horrir of
all, the men who were supposed to
succor and nssbt those committed to
their cnie, Iti the hour of ned, tinned
on tho helpless passengeis and with
loaded guns and revolvers compdl d
them to part with the few valuables
saved. Captain Sklrmshlre and his of-fl-crs
were exceptions. The crltno
may be ascribed to a gang of wharf
rats and hangers on picked up on the
docks ai Liverpool to replace the usual
crow of the Scotsman which Joined th
Seaman's stilke on tho othei side. Tho
list of p'rished Is as follows:
rirst class passengers Miss Street,
Mouticil, Mrs Chllds. uifo of tho stage
manager of the "Sign of tho Cross" com
pen ; JIrs Roberts and Infant, Mrs. M.
Scott, Mrs Hoblnson, wife of the mali
nger of the Sunlight Soap cotnp my of
Toronto, Miss Hoblnson, Mrs Dickln
kiii, wife of a former editor of the To
lonto Globe
Second class passengers Mrs M Scott
occurs twice; Mrs Watson, Mrs. Talbot,
Mrs Tuthlll, Mrs. Skelton, Mrs. Kllzi
Wntklns, Miss It Weavers.
All who perished weie women and
the occupants of the first boat which
left tho steamer after she stiuck and
which was swamped before It could
get clear of tho ship.
Wharf Rats Appear.
Meanwhile disgraceful scenes wero
were being onncted on board Hardly
had the vessel struck before men from
the stoko hole rushed Into the cabins
and, slitting open valises and bags with
their knives, took all the valuables thev
could la their hands on.
It Is said that some of the steerage
passengers Joined the firemen in loot
ing the baggage of the Hist class pas
sengers. In mote than one Instance
rings were torn from the fingers of
fainting nnd dving women Captain
Sckrimshlro and his ofliceis could do
nothing against the mob.
Until C 30 the ofliceis and some of the
crew of the Scotsman woiked unceas
ingly In getting the passengers ashore
and when a heavy fog set in they were
safe on the rocks
A quantity of biscuit was carried
ashore and on this, with a very little
corned beef and wild berries, over .200
people existed for four davs
The passengers were obliged to climb
up a rocky cliff nearly r.00 feet high
before they could Ind n place large
enough to rst Her they staved on
the rocks for foui davs and nights.
Tt was not until the ?Gth that the
Montfort carne along and was sig
nalled bv the Belle Isle light house
whore a number of the Scotntan's pas
sengers had v.-alked from the wreck.
After btlnglng these people on boaid
the ship Fh" pioceeded to wheie the
Scotsman lay. As soon as practicable
the boats were launched and the work
of transferring the passengers began
The Montfmt took 2'0 of tho pas
sengers and the steamer Oronii which
soon after :aini In sight, took a ret
malnder. excepting four who decided
to return to England on thd steamer
Monteiey, the next vessel to appear.
Forty-five of the crew al?o went on
this boat.
Stenmship Arrivals.
New York. Sept L" Arrlv eil: Duro
pean, London Uiaieil PatiicH, Ham
burg, vl i Pl mouth Salltd- llnltcrdutn,
Ituttcrilam Lizard Passed. Kim-lngton,
New York for Artwcrp
Movllle Sailed Clt of Home, from
Glasgow. New Yoik Hamburg Arrived:
Prptoila, New Yolk vlt Plvmouth; Purt
Bismarck, Nov, York, via Cherbourg and
Southampton Liverpool Ai rived: Cjm
rlc. New York Que enstown Arrived:
Lucanla, New Yoik for Liverpool
The Panther's Cargo.
Washington, Sept 29. -Tho major of
Philadelphia having asked Stcrttnry
Boot to Investigate the published uport
that &0 per cent of tho relief cargo of
tho Panther was lost overboard In tho
hurbor at Porto Itlco, whllo being un
loaded, tho secretary called tho quarter
master at San Juan for a report and has
received a reply stating that tho reports
of loss of cargo nro much exaggerated
nnd that tho loss Is not moro than S per
cent
Jnckies Will Visit Washington.
Washington, Sept 29 Tho navy depart
ment has arranged to havo -'0 of the
Oljmpla's men take a special train for
Washington on tho Pcnnslvanla railroad
at Jersey City at 9 15 noxt Monday even
ing They will eomo In tqurlst sleepers
which will be their headquarters while
they are In Washington and will leavo tho
Tuesday following for Now York
Torchlight at Trenton.
Trenton, N J, Sept !n There was a
celebration at the Lawrenccvlllo school
totluy In honor of Admiral Dewey nnd his
victory at Manllr In the morning an .ad
dress was made by Dr McPherson, head
master of tho school and an admiral's
saluto of seventeen taps wns rung on the
college bell Tonight theio was a torch
light proctstlon of tho students.
Glory for the Tenth.
Now York, Sept 20 -In New York city
an army of national guardsmen camped
tonight. Major General Koe says there
v.lll be 38,000 soldiers In lino tomorrow.
Tho leglmont which will probably attract
the most attention Is tlio Tenth Pennsylvania.
THE NI5WS THIS MOKNINu
Weather Indications To Jay:
FAinj COOLER.
1 General Thrco Million People Do
HomiiRo to the Hero of Manila,
Wild Pnnlo on tho New Orleans Cotton
Bxchnngc.
Chnmbci Iain's Demands on the Trans.
vnal.
Wreck of tho Steamer Scotsman.
2 General Northeastern I'cnnsjlvanla
News
rinnnclal nnd Commercial.
3 Local llellglous News of tho Week.
4 Editorial.
News nnd Comment.
6 Local Social nnd Personal.
One Woman's Views.
G Local Dr Pairy's Hrllllnnt Conceit at
tho Lyceum
Stato Firemen's Convention
5 Local West Scranton and Subinban.
) Bound About the County.
10 Story "Miss Anna's Bosc Vine "
11 Sunday School Lesson for Tomorrow.
Hawaii Under Anurlcrn Itulc
12 Local Live Industrial News.
WILD PANIC IN COTTON PIT
A Gigantic Swindle Is Suspected.
Panic Duo to a Terrific Jump in
Price of Cotton as Based on Al
leged Advices from Liverpool.
Now Orleans, Sept, 29. Tho wildest
panic ever w ltnessed on the floor of
the New Orleans cotton exchange oc
curred today shortly after business
opened and caused In the midst of the
Intense excitement the complete sus
pension of future business pending th"
removal of what at the moment was
assumed to be a gigantic conspliacy
to swindle the cotton exchanges of the
country The panic was due to an
apparent tenlflc Jump In the pi ice of
cotton, based on alleged Liverpool ad
vices that It was tougMy estimated
that $170 000 had been lost on local
transactions as result
The market nt Liverpool opened 3-32d
lower on spots nnd 4-64d down on de
liveries as compared with yestet day's
values and continued without mateilal
change for some time. Then tho w Ires
became hot with tales of tapldly ad
vancing prices With an unaccount
able advance of 54 points facing them
the operators began to receive cable
grams from Liverpool nsklng the rea
son for the heavy gain In prices In this
market and stating that values In the
English market still stood at about the
opening figures These cable ndvl"ei
In the face nt from 40 000 to 50,000 hales
sold and pui chased, threw the opera
tor Into a fienzy of excitement ail
they surged, shouting, yelling and ges
ticulating nbout the ilng as President
Paiker lushed to his desk and sum
moned with the usual formalities a
meeting of the executive committee.
Amid tumultous scenes a motion o
suspend business was gasped out b
a w lldly excited broker and w Ith a
tremendous shout It was unanimously
carried
Manager West, of the We'stein Un
ion company, us soon ns he got wind
of the sensational advice, set his wires
to work with messages of Inquiry i
New York. Replies came promptly
directing that all specials In leference
to London specials bo suspended until
they could be confirmed bj the 4 p m.
report
In the face of these repot ts nnd tha
advices from Liverpool, President
Parker convened the dlicctors early In
tho afternoon and It was then con
cluded to close the future market un
til Monday tn order to permit tho brok
ers to recover from their shock and en
1 able an Investigation to be concluded
fixing the blnme for the lemarkible
blundeilng or the lesponslbilitv for
the conspiracy -Today Is the (list
time In Its history of thlttv ears that
the New Orleans cotton exchange has
been compelled to suspend business
COAL RATES ADVANCED.
New Philadelphia and Reading
Prices to Take Effect Oct. 1.
Philadelphia. Sept 20 Th' Phika
dolprln and Rending Coal and It jii
eompanv toe'av nnnounoe.i a g-qirnl
advance in tho price of autlii.'ctte coal
to take effect October 1 Th tldi -water
tntts have uniformly advanced
23 cents per ton nnd the rut's foi lin
nnd cltv tiai'e have been Incensed tn
cents per ton on broken vul and .'.i
certs em egr. stove and I'hcjlmit.
There has been no change In the
prices ot pea and buckw heat coal.
PENNSYLVANIA EARNINGS.
Philadelphia. Sept 29 The Mutoment of
the Pinusvlvunla rallioad for August,
lsoi comp.ucd with August, 1SS, shows.
Lines UlrectU hh rati d, gross euiumg3,
Increase $SBJ 400, eieiihts, lucre aso JMi,,
W0, net c.irntnbb, Im lease, $tGM0
Tor thi- light months eliding August U,
lomparcd with the Fame period in lDij
Gross earnings, Ine reuse $1Vj!,00 ex
penses, increaso 3,H7,ijOO, not earnings,
Inrieabo $1J0 Mo
Lines west uf Plltnluirg fur the month,
gross earnings, Incieasc t .'-,40), exp'lihes,
$753 400, net earnings Inriim-c Sdbl mo
Tor the eight months ending August A,
computed with tho t-ainu peiloils In 1R9':
Gross earnings Increaso $J S.M.sOtf, ex
penses inetcuFo Jl.ltil ioo, net earnings.
Increase, $1,310 too
LEHIGH VALLEY EARNINGS.
Phlladclprlu. Sept. 20 The npoit of the
Lehigh Valley railroad company for A'j
gust, 1S99, compaitd with tho same mom
ot last vear. thows Net earnings, ."'.
4S7. decrease, 166,291
Tor tho nine months ending Au,r
compared with tho same period of i
lear Net curnlngs. $2,7S3,!S9; decieusi
$007113
The coal compiny's report for i
month shows a net leiss of $13,701 en
paud with a loys of $2IS.9S0 last vua
Tor tho nlno months there Is a net lost u
$'17,S"il oomoared with 2S,te7 for the
same period last vear.
Pennsylvania Pensions,
Washington, Befit 29 Pension certifi
cates: Increase, Solomon Williams, South
Gibson, Susquelinr.nn. $! to $17; Ocoi'i
It. Hunlock, Chinchilla, Lackawanna, $u
to $8; Gcorgo Cleaver, Plttston, Lu
rerne, $S to JS; Jacob Schoenbcrger, Ha
zlcton, $6 to $8.
DEMANDS ON
TRANSVAAL
Dispatch Submitted to
Cabinet Council by
Chamberlain.
TEXT OF THE DEMANDS
Indications Lead to tho Belief That
tho Boers Will Probably Commit
an Overt Act Which Will Bring
Hostilities Beforo tho Assembling
of PaiUnment Telegrams from
Piotoria Announce That Artillery
Is Being Rapidly Loaded at thi
Station.
London, Sept. 29. Tho Pall Mall Ga-
zette says It understands that Mr.
Chambeilaln submitted a dispatch to
tho cabinet council today containing
the following demands on the Trans
vaal. 1 Five jenrs franchise qualification
without bumpering conditions.
2. Municipal self government at Jo
hannesburg en a freely elected basis.
,! The separation of tho Judlcaturo
from the executive nnd Its independ
ence of the olksrnud
I. Tile abolition of the dynamite
monopolj
5 The itmovnl of the foit dominat
ing Johanuesbtitg, though tho de
fenses at Pretoria nuv remain.
C. The tenchlng of the English lan
gttngo In tho schools.
Lively Activity of tho Bocis.
Indications this evening lead to thel
belief that In the lew of tho cabinet:
message the Tloors will probably comi-
I mlt an overt act which will bring on
hostilities, before thv assembling ofl
l parliament. All tho latest dispatches
fiom the Trunsvaal show the liveliest
activity on the pait of the burghers.
Telegrams fiom Pretoria announco
that artillery ls-helng rapidly loaded
' nt the station for the front and mill
taiy trains have preference on all tho
lines
I A laige body of burghers left yeter-
I day tor the Natal border and another
' for MIddleburg.
The ofllcers of the German rorps loft
for the front todaj.
London, Sept. 20 Tfcic correspondent!
of the Moinlng Post nt Johannesburg
sends the following"
"A goveinnent ol'iclul who has just
returned fiom Pieto.Ia where hc aw
President Krtlger, assures me that
mirtlal law will be pioclalmcd tomor
iow 'Saturday) or Monday next,"
DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW.
Volume of Business Greater Than in
Any Previous Year.
New Yoik. Sent J9 It. O. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade w 111 say
tomoriow
Septembei Is the twelfth consecutlvo
month In vvhleli the volume ot business,
both at New Yoil: anil outside New
Yoik, has been gieiter than In tho
same month of any pievlous year. In
these twelve months pivments through
the cle.n Ing houses, have been $V),G00,
000 against $fil.2OO00O In the twelva
months ending with Septembei, IS9.',
an Incieaso of 2S,100,000, ovei 4G per
cent
A leconstisictlon of business and ins
dustrb's. of pioduelngnnd ttnnsportlnff
fences, Is In progiess thioiighout tho
land with tesults which none can now
meusuie
Iron consumption Instead of 700,000
tons per month In 1S0, is now over 1,
200,000 tons per month, and yet is so
fir behind the demand for ptoducts
that the capacity of most winks is sold
fat on into next year. Contracts for
S000 tons plates have been placed at
Pittsburg and nt all points the pi Ice Is
Using with nstonlshlng demand. Sheets
are also hlnhor, with the demand in
tenslllcil by lonewed effoits for con
solidation Tho wool market Ib active, with a
geneial advance averaging nbout y.al
cent on washed fleece combing and
borne unwashed
Cotton opened tho crop ear nt $0 23
and has ilsen to $0 87, although about
a 1t moro has come Into sight than last
year fiom the greatest crop on recoid.
and stocks'heie and nbioad, commer
cial and mill, aio G'8,000 bales greater
than a jear ago
Wheat exports fiom Atlantic and Pa
cific lMiits have been 4 291, 3SG bushel
for a week, against 4 SM.02.1 last year,
and In four weeks 12,931, JG1 bushels
against 11.061.&G4 last year. Tho for
eign demand has aided to sustain
pi Ices, which closed ? higher than last
week, although western receipts have
been 29,129,518 bushels In the past four
w eeks against 31,820,373 last j ear. Cot n
is unchanged in price and still In larg
foielgn demand, expoits having been
In four weeks 12,153,904 bushels ntjainst
8,133,641 last year, with western re
ceipts of 21.433,874 bushels, against 15,
319,292 last year
EIRE THIS MORNING.
Flro this morning at 2 30 completely
destroyed the Levi Window Lock facs
toiy at tha Dodgetown brldfjc.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Sept. 29. rorecast h
for Saturday: Custom Pennsyl- -f
vunla I'ulr; cooler Saturday; Sun- -
day fair; arlable winds, bceom- -
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