ributie
SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER, 23 1899.
TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS.
FIGHTING IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Desperate Battles Take
Place Between English
and Boers.
BRITISH LOSS 150 KILLED
In the Engagement nt Elandslnagta
the Boers Clung to Their Positions
with Courage and Tenacity and
Are Dislodged with Much Dlffl
culty General Jan 31. M. Knck,
of the Boer Army, Is Killed Ex
pressions of Sympathy from the
Queen.
Lfivl'U., Jet. 21!. Despite Hie fog. the.
L union newsboys today found u ready
null fir tlie newspaper extras announc
ing i-, continued victories In South
Africa The losses In killed and wound
...1 wen- tin- subject of tmlplt refer
ences In all the churches, especially the
Catholic i hurdles, owing to the disas
ters that befell the Irish Fuslloors.
The vleinltv of the war olllce was
rowtled all day by anxious Inquirers
ir the latest Information. The grent
st anxiety and suspense existed re
garding the losses at Flundslaugte and
ah to the fate of the Hussars who pur
sued tin- Boers from Glencoe. Among
tlie callers at the war otllce were the
lord chief Justice of Ireland, Sir Peter
O'Brien, who called to Inquire for par
ticulars as to the Irish troops; Huron
MttcNaughton, Lord Stanley, Urd
Seorge Hamilton, secretary of state for
India- Mrs. Hummersley, whose hus
band was wounded at Olencoe; Joseph
Chamberlain. Arthur .1. ISalfour, Lady
Randolph Churchill and other well
known society women. Typewritten
copies of the reports of General felr
George Stewart White were posted on
nulletln boards or read to the crowds
amid much enthusiasm, while the ad
ditions to the lists of killed and wound
d nt Olencoe were received with mani
festations of personal bereavement.
The stream of callers at the war of
tice showed little diminution as th
t veiling advanced. Kverylwdy was
gratified to read the kindly rowwise
from 'lip qtte-m and disuppoin-ed at
the absence of news from Olencoe,
many arguing that communion ion
must be cut off, as otherwise then
would' bo at least some further Intelli
gence as to the condition of General
Kjmons. who. according to an uncon
firmed report, died yesterday of his
wounds.
The British transports Pavonla and
Malta sailed this nfternoon from
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renewal of the scenes of enthusiasm
thai marked the departure of the
guards yesterday. '-mormons crowds
gathered at the quay to witness the
embarkation
The transports that cere due to sail
last evening and this evening from
W'oolw Ich and Tilbury were detained
In consequence of the hea y fog that
has enveloped the London district for
forty-eight hours, seriously Impeding
the embarkation of troops. It Is ex
pected that they will have tomorrow.
The departure of the last battalions
of the Cold1 Stream Guards from
Waterloo station today was attended
by great crowds, although the fog was
so dense that from the sidewalks the
troops could scarcely be seen.
Although the fund opened b the
lord mayor. Sir John Moore, for the
Transvaal refugees has already reached
133.000, his rejj'al highness, the Prince
of Wales and his royal highness, the
Duke of Cambridge, chairman of the
patriotic relief fund, have addressed
petitions to the lord mayor to open a
new fund for the widows nnd orphans
of heroes of the war. This will be
opened tomorrow.
Quiet on Orange River.
Tho lotest despatches received today
do not Indicate any general Incursion
of Boers as yet Into Bechuanaland.
Along the Orange river everything
seems to be quiet. From Colesburg,
Cape Colony. It Is reported that all the
available burghers of the Orange Free
State have been sent north and west.
On the other hand, a messenger from
Allwal North reports that a large body
of Boers Is advancing toward the
Orange river. Refugees are leaving
that town In greater numbers dally.
The Boers have mounted n Krupp gun
on a bridge commanding the most
thickly peopled part.
Advices from Cape Town say that a
wholesome fear of a rising In Basuto
land prevents the Boers Invading Cape
Colony, and that on the other hand
there Is considerable excitement at
Maseru and other Ha into station,
arising from native appnhenslons of
Boer attacks.
It appears that colonial news is In
some mysterious way supplied to the
Boers and that their movements de
pend largely on intelligence communi
cated through natives. Disquieting ln
, formation comes from Herscltel and
other points in Cape Colony wheie the
natives are much excited.
White's Dispatch.
London, Oct. 22. The wur ofiice this
afternoon published the following dis
patch to the secretary or stute for war.
the Marquis of Lansdowue, from the
general commanding In Natal, Sir
George Stewart White, regarding the
engagement yesterday at Klandslangte,
between Olencoe and Ladysmlth, when
the British under General French rout
ed the Trunsvaul forces under General
Jan II, M. Kock, second In command
In the Transvaal army, who was him
self wounded and captured, nnd Iiob
since died: ,
"White, commander In Natal, to the
secretary of state for war. Filed
Ladynmlth, Oct. 22, 10.30 a. m.:
"In the action' at Elandslaagte yes-
terdny the troops engaged were the fol
lowing: "Cavalry, Fifth lancers, n squadron
of the Fifth Dragoon guards, the Im
perial Light Horse and two squndrons
of Natal carbineers: artillery, Twenty
first field battery, Forty-second field
battery and the Natal field battery:
Infantry, the Devonshire regiment, half
a battalion of the Gordon Highlanders
and the Manchester regiment. The
whole force was under General French,
with Colonel Ian Hamilton command
ing the Infantry. I was present In per
son front 3.30 p. m. to 6.30 p. m., but
did not assume direction of the light,
which wns left In the hands of Gen
eral French. Although desultory light
ing took place earlier in the day. whllo
reinforcements sent out later on ascer
taining the enemy's strength were ar
riving from Ladysmlth, the real action
did not begin until 3.30 p. m. At that
hour the Doers held a position of very
exceptional strength, consisting of a
lock hill about a mile and a half south
east of Klandslangte station.
"At 3.30 p. m. our guns took a posl
tlon on a ridge 4.100 yards from the
lloers, whose guns at once opened lire.
This fire was generally well directed,
but somewhat high. Contrary to pre
vious experience, their sheila burst well.
A Cavalry Fight.
The Irneprlal light horse moved to
wn! ds the left of the enemy's position
nnd two squaddons, Fifth landers, to
ward his light During the artillery . terday and found the Boers still In
duel, mounted Boers pushed out fiom the direction of Spytfonteln. Their
'their left and engaged the Imeprl U j position Is believed to be strong. Two
light horse. In a few minutes the j dispatch riders to Mafeklng, Mr.
enemy's guns ceased tiring and our Stapleton and Mr Harding, were cap
ni'tlllery was tinned on the mounted, tured by the Boers Oct. 1G.
Boers who opposed the Imperial light j Assistant Commander Scott shot
horse. The latter at once fell back. Af- j himself at Seluc, heartbroken at his
ter artillery preparations our military i Inublllty to defend Vryburg, whose
indvanced to the attack, supported by Inhabitants are disloyal and trearher
our guns In the second position. Tho nus.
Devonshire held the enemy In front' More spies have arrived. Two Kn
whlle the Manchester regiment and , gHshnien who had been Impressed by
the Gordon Highlanders turned his ,
left flank. The Boer guns, although
often temporarily silenced, Invariably '
opened fire again on the slightest op- i
portunlty and were served with great price or food stuffs,
courage. Aft-r severe lighting our in- zvmnt, nt n, n.,
fantry carried the position. At f.:no ' Sympathy of the Queen,
p. m. this was accomplished, the ene- ' London, Oct. 22. The secretary of
my standing his ground to the last . f"11'' f01 w". "'e Marqultf, of Lans
with courage and tenacity. The Fifth ' downe. has received the following mes
lancers and n squadron of the Fifth. sae irom 'he queen, dated today nt
Dragoon guards charged three times ' Bulmoral castle:
through the retreating Boers In the . My heart bleeds for thee dioailful loss
dark, doing considerable execution. I es again today. It Is a great success, but
We captured the Boor camp, with ' I fear, very dearly fought. Would you
tents, wagons, horses and also two convey my i.urmest and heartfelt sympa
guns. The Boer !oes were consider- , ,,,v1 w"h 'bo near rdutlves of the fallen
nble. Including a number of wounded li!l",un nml, my "l,ml,on f ino
and unwounded prisoners. Among tho , ,0,u,uct ,,f y hnvo losty R ,
former are General Jan Kock and Piet I ' !
Jonherl notihew of Cnmnmnd.int Hen-
eral Joubert '
.1
One goods train, with supplies for
Glencoe camp, and nine English prln
oners were recovered Our loss, I re
gret to say, was heavy It Is roughly
computed at 150 killed and wounded.
l?'he collection of the wounded over a
large area In the dark and the arrange
ments for sending them In have thus
far occupied our time and attention.
A full list will go to you later. Our
wounded and those of the enemy are
now nrrlvlng by trains. Besides
Boers, we have many Hollanders, Ger
mans nnd prisoners- of mixed nation
alities. The behavior of our troops and
of the colonial forces was admirable.
Brilliant Pent of Arms.
Cape Town, Oct. 22. Dispatches re
ceived from the front regarding the
capture of Klandslnugte by the Brit
ish, show It to have been a brilliant
feat of arms. The Boers were strongly
entrenched and fought with their
wonted bravery. They seized every op
portunity of coming Into action, and
ran to serve their guns whenever they
could get a chance.
The British wounded are now being
taken to Ladysmlth. Every care and
attention are also being given to the
Boer wounded, who are being dis
patched down the country. The Brit
ish loss Is nbout 150 killed and wound
ed. The Boer loss Is heavy.
Schlel, a former German officer, who
was leading a section of tho Boers In
the engagement at Elandslaagte, was
taken prisoner.
Cape Town, Oct. 22. The news of
General French's victory at Kland-
slaagte has just been published here.
It caused great enthusiasm. Tho
newspapeis were quickly on the streets
Boer commander nt the battle of
Elnndsluugte, General Jan II. M. Kock.
who was taken prisoner, 1ms died of
his wounds.
Boevs Fight With Desperation.
Cape Town, Oct 26 1:30 p. m. Tho
following additional details from of-
wiin special editions ana the people ' nmis mid fight to step forward. Six "l '"k"'''. " "jmchikij. iuree.uuy.-t,
left the churches In order to get the ,on' ,esponded to this appeal. The1 ou frnm Nngnsakl. Edwin Stntlor. i
details of the fighting. , pollco uxpreSsod nn opinion that, nl- Company M. and Homer A. Bead, Com- I
H:ine Tmvn ("lei ?! n n in Thn :. i. ...n,i. .- ii.. ., i.-.-. . I imnv A. were Inlurcd hi' the brcnklmr
rictal courccs mv at hand regarding the that the Invaders had guaranteed pro-1 ow- ,m,t B"' , V. ., llamaB1'
buttle yesterday nt Elandslaagte: teetlon and good treatment to tho in- ," fie(r'"us did the situation seem to
rvi rtnois nithniinii ,iriv..n c, i.i...i ,i,r. ....,i.i the offlcei s of the steamer at one time
. .. u ...-, . rga Tii 't liutiiiiiiiir if ii'iiiaiiii ui
their guns, returned again and again ' Just before leaving I heard that loot
whenever an opportunity occurred. Tho ing had begun, but special constables
high, ground near the left of the ene- were being enrolled to maintain odder,
my's position was occupied at the com- Two Boor contingents were then ad
menoement of the action, the British vanclng, one from Brussels ad ttnother
creeping alone; the crest and making fiom Mntibogo, with seven-nine
ti wide circuit. . pounder guns.
' The infantry nttacu was directed
against the right of the enemy's posi
tion, tho British coming quickly Into
contnit with the Boers, who, at that
point occupied a strong footing, which
they held resolutely until a flank at
tack was made by our troops, who ndt
vancod with great dash and, in spite
of heavy losses, carried the'maln posi
tion with a rush, Ju?t as the light wan
falling.
"The ground traversed by our troops
was'rough' nnd stony, und the capture
of the position wns a fine feat of arms.
Tho cavalry lapped well around nnd
inflicted severe loss on tho enemy.
"It was highly important to strike a
blow as the Orango Free State forces
are known to be concentrated north
west of Ladysmlth In considerable
trength. The flank nttnek wns gal
lantlv delivered by tho Manchester
reglmont, the Gordon Highlanders nnd
the Imperial light horse. The front Kt
tnclc was done with splendid spirit by
the Devonshire regiment.
"The wounded arc being1 attended In
the principal church at Lndysmlth
which has been converted Into a hos
pital. Cape Town, Oct. 22. It Is believed
that the explosion of dynamite at
Mafeklng, bo clovery arranged by Col
onel Bndcn Powell, resulted In a very
largo loss to the Boers, so that Gen
eral Conje will not resume the ut
tack and will perhaps retire altogether.
It Is reported that the British at
Mafeklng fired from the grand stand
on the nice trnck upon Hoer patrols
who were guarding the water works.
The burghers replied, but the patrols
evacuated.
Colon, Columbia, Oct. 22. The revo
lution has extended from Cundlna
marca to Lima. The Colombian gun
boat Moyaca Is about to leave for
Caucn. where an army of 10,000 men Is
being assembled by the government.
Pandemonium nt Loureuzo Marques
l.nur-unvn Alni-nllna Ont. 91 Hlelnved I
in transm!sslon).-The town Is fairly j
over-run with refugees, among whom I
are u thousand persons released from
Transvaal Jails. Thousands of na
tives, men and women, are huddled
together and there Is a large represen
tation of Johannesburg roughs, .Ma
lays and Indians, who. speaking dif
ferent languages, perfect a perfect
pandemonium.
A transport has been ordered to take
the British destitute away Immedi
ately. The guard at Dalmanithla, on the
eastern line, stopped a number of Kaf
firs who were trying to proceed to
Pretoria. The Kalllrs endeavored to
force a passage and one of them was
shot.
Scott Shoots Himself.
Kimberloy, Oct. 20 (By dispatch from
Orange liver). This Is tlie sixth day
of Klmberley's investment by the ene
my. An armored train wont out yes-
the Boers escaped last evening and
have Just arrived here. The local
tradesmen are proving their loyalty
by an ngreement to keep down the
PANIC AT VRYBURG.
An Attack Is Hourly Expected No
Resistance Will Be Hade.
Vryburg, Oct. 1.'. (Delayed In trans
mission.) There Is a great panic here
this morning. The jilnce has not yet
been attacked, but a number of Dutch
who had been here for Nnchtmeal fled
last night In a pitiful state of fear, de
claring that an attack was imminent.
All the wires to the south have been
cut for a distance of twenty miles. The
Loyalists are bitterly complaining that
the government has not even Instructed
the inha-bitants as to tho attlude which
they ought to assume in the event of
a Boer Invasion.
The British resident has received a
dispatch to tho effect that the pre
mier. Mr. Schrelner, has advised that
the women and children should be sent
away, but before it arrived the last en
gine had gone to Klmberly.
The town appears woefully divided
In opinion, but the police and volun
teers are preparing for a defense. A
deputation has gone to parley with tho
Boers, and a meeting has been held to
urge the police -.to abandon their re
sistance. Later At 3 o'clock this' afternoon
the magistrate announced to a lirgo
crowd of farmers that the police had
decided to retire, that the volunteers
would be disbanded und that any one
choosing to accompany the police
might do so. Immediately on these
refugees retlrlsg, the people started at
mu jrallop to notify the Boers, who
Ure expected to enter the town tomnr-
,0.
Major Scott then addressed the police
nnd volunteers and after explaining
the situation asked those willing to re-
t.nnnce against artll'ery.
Major Scott Informed the maglstrntn
of this and the police rode out of tho
town following the exodus of towns
people, who were mostly English.
When I left the peoplo were fleeting
west, north and south, on foot, on
horseback and In vehicles. I gathered
no EitriKe on uio xng xnur. t
Cleveland. Oct. 22. Word that there I
would be no strike of telegraph operators i
on tho Big 1-our railway ha been re- i3nii,sl.B, Oct. 22.-The Indian mall train
celved by somo of the operators In Clove- ,0(, rnln,lci, wit a freight train near
land. A strllto Is Impossible without tho Bcn(,orl,om, tl HuUurh of fSnisfcls. three
consent and co-operation of the a llllated Hnloon carriages being demolished. F.lgh
orgunUutlons of trainmen and firemen. I , passengers were Injured, but none
nl..i i.n LimAH find I rninnn lini.i iirmlHl'rtH' "
J ' . . . V
refused their consent
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Cooney Made a Brilliant Play.
Special lo the Scritnton Tribune.
Kxeter, N. H.. Oct. 22. Harvard fresh
men defeated Kxeter taduy, score 5 to 0.
Cooney. formerly of Lackawanna, ns
guard, made u brilliant play.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, Oct. 22. Arrived: La Brut
agne, Havre. Southampton- Arrived:
Konlgln Lulse. New York lor Hitmen.
Huvio Arrived: La Champagne, New
York.
MAJOR HOWARD DEAD.
Killed In Action Near Manila.
Sowed in War With Spain.
Omaha, Oct. 22. A cable dispatch
was received hero today announcing
the death In 'the Philippines on Satur
day of Major Guy Howard, sou of
General O. O. Howard.
The cablegram dated Satunly wn
icelvcd by Judge J. M. Woolwtirtfi,
.a I 1 ... j -r4..M lffinirtK.1 mill
-fritlinr-.ln.lntv nt Mnlor ItoW.ll-ll
and
read nn follows: J
"Guy Howard killed U action to-'
day."
Major' Howard was well known In ,
Omaha, being on hirt father's- stat
when the latter wns stationed here. He '
was married In this oly fifteen years ,
ago to Miss Wcolwortl. nnd the nup-1
tlals wore n notable Botluty function. '
Mrs. Howard resides he to with her1
three children. j
Burlington. Vt., Oct. 22.--Ma.lor Gen-
oral O. O. Howard received a message
this nfternoon announcinf; that his
'''est son. Oolong GUy Howard, Hi
l'n K"l'd In action In the Phlllppin
had
s
Sntiuduy afternoon
Colonel Howntd for (ve years re-
sided In this city, beliirj tho construct
ing quartermaster at Fort Ethan Al
len. During the wa- with Spain be
held several Important positions In the
quartermaster's department and he
was on General Young's staff when ,
killed.
WHOLESALE MURDERER
CONFESSES CRIMES
J. C. McBride Admits Having Killed
Several Persons Hna Been n Rob
ber and Cutthroat for Fifteen
Years.
Minneapolis, Oct. 22. A special to the
Times from Stillwater, Minn., says:
J. C. McBride. a convict nt the state
prison, sentenced In December last to
serve three years and live months, for
assault, has made r remarkable con
fession, showing him to be, If the con
fession is true, a-hlgh-handed mur
derer. His confession wns made to
Warden Wolfer In a letter written on
Oct. S and In It ho related the murder
of two olllcers, Joseph Grant und John
McNott, at Geneva, 111., Aug. 29, 1886;
the murder of Julia Buckmere. at
Geneva; n postoflice robbery, and the I
murder of the marshal of Ossuwatomlo,
Kansas; the burglary of a hardware
store, and the shooting of a policeman
at Guide Bock. Neb., and many burg
laries and highway robberies. Speak
ing of the murder of Grant and McNott
at Geneva, he says:
"I shot Josenh Grant and John Mc
Nott. Three of us, two pals and my
self, were In the act of committing a
burglary nt Geneva at about 1 o'clock
In the morning of August 2, 18SS. My
two pals were arrested by these olll-
ceis. 1 waiKCU some uisiance away
from the place of tfce robbery to the
court house and secreted myself be-
hind a maple trpe. When the oflicers
carao along with my two pals I shot
them, killing Otllcer McNott instantly.
Olllcer Grnnt lived until the next day."
Continuing he says: "I also mur
dered a womun by the name of Julia
Buckmore In the outskirts of Geneva
nbout two weeks before I murdered
the ofllcors. My object wns robbery.
I cut her throat with a razor because
she recognized me whllo In the act
of committing the robbery. I carried
tho body to a hencoop and set fire to
the house. The body was found in
the hen coop the next morning."
McBride says his right name If
f -"n Bullock and that ho was of
respectable parents, who have resided
t.-neva since 1S71. He served two
prison terms in Illinois and one In
Nebraska. Warden AVolfer has com
municated with the authorities at Gen
eva and elsewhere. Ho learned that
tho crimes were committed, but has
received no additional Information.
McBride Is now :!3 years old and says
he has followed the life of robber
since ho was 18 years old. While re
lating the story of his crimes ho gave
all tho details In a matter of fact man
ner nnd evidently felt relieved. Tie
claims to have confessed because his
conscience troubled him and says ho
is anxious to be punished for his many
climes.
THE SENATOR RETURNS.
Hnd it Lively Voyage Caught in the
Tail of a Typhoon.
San Fiunclsco, Oct. 22. The Fifty
first regiment of Iowa volunteers, num
bering "Ct men and forty-six oflicers,
under the command of Colonel J. C.
Lopcr, arrived here today from Manila
on the transport Senator. There was
no sickness aboard. Edwurd Klsslck,
Company F, of Oaknloosa, Iowa, died
n( the nfter sail, which fell on them, i
Statler's leg was broken and Bead bus
talned a fracture of tho skull. Both
men are doing well.
Tho Senator was caught In the tall
of tho typhoon encountered by the
steamer Empress of Jnpun. She was
tossed In a lively manner for several
that all the passengers wore ordered
below and the hatches wore battered
i down.
Adjutant General Byers and 200 cltl-
, sens of Iowa met the Senator at the
Golden Gate In a number of tugs. They
I received a royal reception fiom. tho
I volunteers. The regiment will be taken
off the transport tomorrow.
Eighteen Passengers Killed.
"fatally.
Gallwny a Prisoner.
London.Oct. 22. A despatch lo the Daily
Mall from Pletormunltzbiug, Natal, says
that Lloutorniit Hallway, of tho Natal
Carbineers, who was reported missing, Is
u prisoner In the hands of the Uoers.
Fire at Lowell.
Lowell. Muhs,, Oct. 22.-Tho uppor stor
ies of the largo frame building of tho
American Card company, In the business
reollou, were burned tonight. Loss, 130.-
i 000.
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COL ROOSEVELT
ON EXPANSION
HE SPEAKS AT CINCINNATI ON
THE PHILIPPINES.
D d That Expanslon Ha3 neeu
r
fvt V itnnnl 0l Hfllnla rtT A
Our National Principle from the
First and That Only Through Ex
pansion of the Great Nations Con
World Peace Come A Complote
Refutation of the Cunning Argu
ments of Modern Copperheads.
Cincinnati, Oct. 22. Governor Theo
dore Roosevelt, of New York, was
given nn enthusiastic reception upon
his visit In this city yesterday. In
the evening the great Music hall
where he was to speak was Jammed
with fully 7,000 people to hear tho
speaking, there being 200 vice-presidents
on the stage. Hundreds were
unable to get Inside and attended the
uvei How meetings. Senator Forakor
Introduced Governor Roosevelt, whose
speech was confined to the Phlllppin
question.
Governor Roosevelt said:
A grimly comic feature of the piesent
International conspiracy against America
and civilization is the way In which tho
adherents or Agulnaldo In the Philippines,
and his apologists here, pat onu another t
upon the back; and another striking feu-
ture Is the wild Invective, the savage and j
Incoherent violence of the language em-
ployed by these apostles of peace. Yet, '
after all, it Is but natural. They ale re-
peatlng precisely the tactics of the cop-
prrheads of tho Civil war. Those of you
who arc old enough will remember that
the copperheads who denounced the Union
arms, always denounced them In the
name ol the new gospel of peace. Their
cry was "Peace"; even "Peace at any
price," and It was these apostles uf peace,
who by their previous denunciation of
Abraham Lincoln and of the northern
people and their frantic Invectives against
every measure of the government finally
stirred to madness the dark and gloomy
souls that are always to be found on the
outskirts of such a movement.
Preachers Responsible.
In lbKi the preachers'of the doctrine of
cowardly peace were lesponslble for the
terrible and bloody outbreaks In New
York city, which wo know by the name of
the Draft riots. In 1S05 these same crav
en preachers were responsible for tho
murder of Abraham Rlncoln. Now-u-days.
their nucessors, who use their ex
act language In denouncing our conduct
in the Philippines, have stained their
own souls with the blood of our soldiers
and their Philippine foes. The other day
Ohio sent to New York as a preacher of
the new dispensation Congressman Lentz,
a lit and worthy successor of Vallandlg
bam. In his t-pt-ech In New York. Mr.
Lintz divided his time between eulogizing
Altgeld, the man who pardoned the an
aichlst bomb-thiowers, and culoglzlns
rRulnaldn, whoso huccess would mean
,ind could only mean, the hliughter of
J American soldiers and tho dishonor of
tho Amcrlcun flag. He likened Agulnaldo
to Patrick Henry and called him one of
the heroes of the world, and he denounced
the war which wo are carrying on for tho
suppression of savagery as more brutal
and cowardly than that carried oa by
George III. against us. He took the po
sition that Agulnaldo was n hero for kill
ing our soldiers, but that If they slew
him It would 1 e murder.
While Mr. Lentz was thus preaching
tuason. Agulnaldo was sending over a
message, which has only the other day
been published. He had evldentl.x not
heard of Mr. Lentz. but he had heard of
seme of the minor heroes of the nntl
expanslon (that Is. autt-Amerlcan and
antl-patrlotle) movement, und he pralsea
them In terms which. If the men wcro
capable of One thrill .of American feeling,
would make them shudder with honor at
having won and dc-orved such commen
dation from an enemy of their country.
Finally, with a simple sincerity which
Aguinaldo's party allies hero would do
well to Imltute, the proclamation of tho
Philippine chief continues In so many
words to state that his hope of success
ful resistance to the authority of the
I'nlted States Is based on the triumph of
the Democratic party.
Therefore wo must show our gratitude
and maintain our position more resolutely
than ever. We should pray to God that
tho great Democratic party may win the
next presidential election, and Imperial
Ism (that Is, the American people) fall In
Ills mad attempt to nihjugnte us by force
of arms."
In other words, Agulnaldo Is flRhtiiik
for the Democratic party nnd the Demo-
cratlc party for him; the arms of his
men who shoot down our soldiers .ire i
nerved by the aid and encouragement giv-
en them by the untl-expnnslonlsts of the
I'nlted States.and he continues the bloody
war In the Philippines because- he hopes
ultimately to win through thrlr assist
ance. No more burning Indictment of the
Democratic party under Its present lead
ership, and of the preachers of treason
who have taken the lead In denouncing
the course of the I'nlted States, rould be
framed by Any American. Bear In mind
that this nrnilgnment of the Democracy
Is unconsciously given by their friend
Agulnaldo. the man who at the moment
stands as the typical representative of
savagery, the typical loo or civilization
and of the American people, and as the
peculiar protcgei of the men who In the
United States In 1W uro repeating tb"
arguments of those who In ISfil to 1SG3
sought to bring us to ruin.
Predecessors Traitors,
Every argument advanced by our op-
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in. .niiiu.mi.nn.. ...- uic .., ii iii hj- w thnut shame ami uit-uomir. i ue mm , Cmeral Funston will return to
iallsts than were thn men who voted for of PJtpnnit0 i the path of national lion- ' h tl Kansas vontees who
Lincoln und who bora arms under Grant I ,' pntll ,f)Ward unliemil peace. Y-.n. K' ".' " V,.iVs.en.i nut Oct T lie 'i ill
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when he went to Manila bay did not servo ' )t ' im,.,iH von are willing to renounce
tho designs of Imperialists. Ho was vor camtl to be the heirs of the ages,
merely carrying out the historic policy of j ,,, bandon all pretense of following
this nation; tho policy which was pursued n tIu, footsteps of Washington, of Lin
by George Bogers Clarke, when by con- co, mj Bj of the great Americans wlm
quest ue uuuvii umiuiia uuu Illinois iu mu
Union dining tho Revolutionary war; by
DUlIl JIOIIMWll ltlli-11 III- mill 111.- liJIIIIWl-in
brought about the admission of Texas
to tho United State: by Fremont, nnd j
every inner nvint-i, i-aihum-i u mmii--i
who helped push our country's bounds
westward to the Paclllc. The men who
110 years ago rounded Marietta und laid
the foundations of this great state of
Ohio. In what whs then an Indian huunt-
ed wilderness, were but pioneers In tho
great work of expansion which has gone
on until tho present day.
nemember thut expansion Is not only
tho handmaid of greatness, but. nbovo nil.
It Is the handmaid of peace. Great ch
llized power Is or ever has been ablo
permlnently to keep peace with savace.
barbarous or semi-barbarous peoples, be
cause these latter are not ablo to so
cunduct thcmbelves ns to render peaco
possible. Tho day when universal peace
Is possible can only come wq,en the na
tions of the world have grown civilized.
. Last summer the United Stntes had tho
I Honor to tako what wua on the whole tho
THE NKWS THIS MlMNINU
Weather Indicatlonl Tujiyi
fAinj WARMER,
1 Gcnctnl-Kmdnnd Wins n Victory
hi
the Tiiiisviiul.
Governor Roosevelt Upholds Kxpun-
slon,
Surgeons Wanted for the Navy.
2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Financial and Commercial.
Llvo Industrial News.
3 Local Itev. Dr. Mcl.cod on God's Me.i-
songei s.
N'ew Chapel Dedicated. ;
4 Editorial.
News und Comment.
5 Local Cornelius Smith Springs n Sen-
sutlon In the Snrnntonliin Libel Suit.
Restraining Rule Not Operative.
Ivocol West 8c rant on and Suburban.
Round About tho County.
General Saturday's Foot Ball Games.
Plans for the New Y. M. C. A. Build
ing. leading part of the peace conference at
The Hague. We were able to play that
part solely because during the preceding
j ear we had fought to a victorious con
clusion the most righteous foreign war In
which any nation has in-en emjuged for
half a century. Our power to furlhor the
cause of ponce as aiming the civilized na
tions of the world has been Immeasurably
Increased because we luive shown mir-
selves able and willing to do our pail
in policing the world. In keeping order in
the world's waste space",
f Wf. shrink from going on with llio
work which wo have begun, we shall
merely lose our Influence for good. Win n
a coward or a weakling pleaches peace.
, but little good results; but. as was shown
jut The Hague, when a mighty people, not
afraid to do its duly In the world, xtuwH
up for pence, the good result Is Immedi
ately manifest. When throughout the
world barbarism has given place to ilvlll
zutluti. then, and not till then, die relgii
of peuco will be at hand: and expansion
Is at the moment the way In which tills
nation can best do Its duty, can best help
to bring about that hoped-for day.
Remember the war In the Philippines is
absolutely and without qualltlcatluu a na
tional war. With ehuractiiistlc perier-i-lon
of the fads our opponents have
spoken as though ibis war was unneces
sary, as If It were now waged b Presi
dent McKlnley on his own authority and
without the warrant of congress. In the
Hist place, what we have done was In
evitable, so far as the administration and
tho American people at large were con
cerned. There was just one chance of
avoiding war. Jf the antl-expanslomsts,
the peace-at-any-prlce people, had not de
layed the treaty In the senate, If by their
loose invective they hnil not misled tho
Tagals. wc should prolmlilj iifver have
had any wui In the Philippine. Aguinal
do's proclamation proles beyond shadow
of doubt that the Imutgents hale held
cut on the strength of the hoped-for aid
from the Democratic pal ty und from the
iintl-expnnslonlsts heie It. our own home.
Had these men not given the Impression
that the American people was" divided, had
they not worked for delay, there wo.ild
probabl have been no revolt and no
bloodshed. Ry their clamor and by their
obstructive tactics la the senate they not
only delayed the adoption of the treat),
bill gave to Agulnildo and his people the
Idea that they woi.ld receive strong moral
support In a w malnst our Hag; and,
moreover, they m- actually given this
support. They
piimarlly responsible
for the war. Wt
i iv the party of peace:
for a lasting peace can only come through
tnc course or rnuuuci we aovocaic. j resulted fatally.
Ours Inevltablv. i In cencliidlng the it-port speclul at-
in view of ilil- n.thude of certain of our tontlon Is Invited to the excellent sanl
people, the struuglo was Inevitable. When tury condition existing In the navj- nnd
Dewey smashed the Spanish lleet.lt imant ' cspoclallv In the Asiatic squadron dur
thut the Islands would fall Into chao nn- ing the past year. I-Jarly precautions
less either the I'nlted States or sonn- -wore taken to prevent as far as possl
other strong power took possession: nn- . ne ti ni-effects resulting from neces
less we were willing to see the licet of f s.rv f,llmatlc, exposure, and to give tho
uiiomei- power run iiuu um uaiu..i ..-
Dowcy's fleet sailed away
iiniiiiv
The treaty with Spain was
ratified by the senate, but it was nut
ratified by the Spanish government until
a fortnight after congrei-s had ndjotiriie I,
leu'ing the president to act us the na
tion's icpicsentutlve The lowet houn'
had .meanwhile, taken Its share In tho
ratification (the opposition was so small
as to be inslgtilPcant) by passing the ap
propriation of $20.OU0o. as required 1-y
the treaty The itlands thus, by the rati
fication of the treaty and by the action
of the senate and (he hous of represen
tatives In passing the twenty million dol
lar appropriation bill, becamf part of
the I'nlted StnUs. and It was just as
much the president";) dcty to keep order
In Hum by the use of the army iu- It
would be his duly lo keep order In Arl-
onn In- the use of the army In case or
i an Apache outbreak
Nor is this all In pissing tho uiiny
bill, congress explicitly recognized th"
fact that there was a Philippine insiu-
I jvctlon and that It had lo be put down
bv the use ol our armed limes. It pro
vlded for an urniv of over HUM) regulars
and over 10.000 voluiucers especially with
a view to UK etlng the present ixlgencle:
It set forth that the ntmy should only bo
kept up to these tluures for two years. In
other words, congiess explicitly provided
nn army of nearly 1W.WM men for the pur
pose of carrying nut the Philippine war.
I'lider such circumstances, the talk of
this war being unauthorized by congress
can be due onlv to Ifiiorance or else to
a wilful Intention in suppress the facts.
The taking of the Philippines was in
I PVitable. The outlueak was rendered hi
' r-vttable bv the condiietfnl those who op-
' nosed the taking of the Philippines, and
who gave moral Id and comfort to
Agulnaldo and his men. The president '
has acted In the only way in which ho ,
could act and remain loyal to Ids oath of (
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mivc. made our pnst history migui-y nun
Borj,IK.
FIRE AT CEMETERY.
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' The grass and leaves In tho German I
Catholic cemetery, locnled Just back of ,
T , nm p...,. c,,uirht on lire in
, Laurel mil t nuv. ciut.ni on '?
some unknown manner about 1:.J
' O'iock this morning, nnd, beforo tho
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liunmoro companies succeeded In ox-
tingulshlng the flames, almost the en-
tiro surface area wns burned over.
Death at a ?5 Prize Fight.
Chicago, Oct. 22,-WIIIIam Wllke, ned
19. died last night, ono hour .'-.fter re.
celvlng blow on the none, Jaw and pit
of tho stomnoh In a prlzo fight with
Charles Chellus, aged 1?. in tho basement
of the Wllke home, Tho boys belong to
amateur club und fought for u f3 purse.
Chellus was arrested,
SURGEONS
WANTED
FOR NAVY
Several More Vacancies
Are Soon lo Occur
,in llie Service.
DOCTORS VERY SCARCE
Surgeon General Van Reypen's R
port Indicates Thnt n Change Will
Need to Be Made In the Medical
Department of the Navy in OrdeJ
to Induce Physicians to Enter thd
Service High Stnndard of Physi
cal Efficiency in the Squadron.
Washington, Oct. 22. The strongest
recommendation In the annual report
of Surgeon General Van Beypen, just
made public, Is that relating to an In
stance of the medical corps of the navy.
He points out that whllo there has been
a steady Increase in the enlisted force
of the navy for the past two years, and
while the marine corps, has been swelled
by the addition of :i,000 men, thero has
been no suitable provision made for
corresponding increase in tho medical
corps, which Is charged with the earn
of the health of these men Every sur
egon who Is not sick is said to be on
duty and the department has been un
able to supply surgeons for needed re
cruiting and other duties. Thereforo
the surgeon general recommends that
the corps .be Increased live surgeons
and twenty assistant surgeons, and
thnt the volunteer surgeons who served
In the war nnd are now In service lia
transferred to the regular rolls and tho
age limitation be removed In their
cases. There are eighteen of these men,
and In some cases they are over thirty
years of age. It Is also earnestly urged,
that the naval assistant surgeons be
placed on an equality with those of the
army In pay and rank. At present the
army can get all of the medical servlco
It needs, while the navy can got scarce
ly any surgeons to serve. There are
now four vacancies In the rank of as
sistant surgeons and there will he eight
more during the year, and the, hope Is
expressed that the corps will not b-s
allowed to die out from lack of recrultr,
which must follow unless the-indttce-ments
are equal to those offeredin the
army at least.
The surgeon general calls attention
to tho fact thnt of the 81 casualties
dming the war with Spain only 17
have resulted In pension nnpllentinns)
i So far, a most noteworthy tact In view
i f the report that Is! of the casualties
. . , n,,tIn lo the s ck.
The results have proved their cfFeaey
atal the sick reports from the vessel
in the Philippine Indicate a high
standard of physical elllclency In the
squadron. ' ,
RAPID FIRE ORATORY.
Bryan Expects to Mako 100 Speeches
Before Election.
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 22. Beginning
Tuesday morning W. J. Bryan will
make tho most elaborate county by
county and town to town canvass he
has ever made In Nebraska, not ex
cepting the year he ran for president.
On n special train he will travel over
nearly every line of railroad in the
state and will make over one hundred
speeches, concluding at Lincoln the
Saturday before election, when he will
be assisted by ex-Governor Altgeld.
The Republican committee has secured
some of the best known campaigners
in the country and the canvass for
the two remaining weeks will bo as
exciting as that of a presidential year.
Brooklyn Wins Final Game.
New York, Oct. 32. Brooklyn won tb
final game of tho exhibition series with
Philadelphia yesterday by slugging thn
bull. Dunn had tho (JuaUeis guessing all
the time. Score: U. II. K.
Philadelphia 0 0 I 0 0 IT r, :1 3
Brooklyn 0 I J 4 o 2 -i0 17 .1
Culled end seventh Inning, datkness.
Batteries Douohue and MeFarland;
Dunn and McGulre. Umpire Latham.
Funston Will Fight Again.
0 ,, .,..,iK0 Oct Drliradier (Sen.
I can irJiuiwo, un. ... iinbuuitr urn-
.,,..1 ,'n,n,i todnv w red the war i eoait
then report at Washington for duty in
(he Philippines.
J. Hay Drown Sworn In.
Lancaster, Pa. 'H-t. 22. .1. Hay Bro.vn
was sworn In yesterday ufttrnoon as tv
justice uf the supreme court to t.ll Uio
vacancy occasioned by the death of Jus
tice Williams. ' The o.ith was adminis
tered by Judge- Ltilngstone. Justlcn
Drown will tuke his seut on the bench
at Pittsburg on Moiiumv.
Luncheon to Sir Thomas Lipton.
Now York, Oct. 22. Sir TToraas Lipton
has accepted an Invitation from thn
Transportation club to luncheon to ha
given in his honor on Tuesday. Oct. 21,
at 1 p. m. Senator Clinuncoy M. Depew,
president of thq ilub. will preside,
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-f Tuesday; light southerly winds. -
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