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SCRANTON, PA., TUESDAY MOKNINCJ, OCTOBER
TWO CENTS.
1899.
TWO CENTS.
VICE PRESIDENT
HOBART MING
It Is Not Thought That He
Will Survive Pres
ent Illness.
SINKING THIS MORNING
Physicians Offer No Hope of Eccov
ery No One Admitted to His Homo
Which Is Ounided by Policemen.
Tho Last Hour Thought to Be Near.
Sorrow nt Washington.
Now Yoik. Oit. .10. Vlee-Piesident
Hobait who had been 111 for weeks
at IUh home In Pateison. N. J , suf
feiod n relapse this morning. Ik- had
a succession of choking spells, result
ing from "ii Impel feet ai'tlon of the
heat t an (I nllllotlon, complicated
with intlainniation of the stomach. Mr.
Hobait has not been able to attend
to his piiva- alfalrs for the past tun
or tlnee das and an Intimate friend
has been given power of nttoinev to
sign cheeks and to attend to other
matteis of that cliiuactei. one of
the phvslclans In attenlane nt 0
o clock tonight said that while tho
condition of "Mi. llob.nl was serlou.
he was bottei than at anj time within
the last twontv-foui homs
New "S .uK Oct 30 At 10 '1ft p m.
nevvnt nut fiom the sick loom of Vlce
Piosldent Ilobait that he was ton
selous and able to lecognlyo those
about the bpilslde It was stated that
no e nnngo lot the woise need be ox
1 etid
i midnight everything was quiet at
the residi nee of Vlcp ritsldcnt Hobait.
Tin lights weie all out and everything
appeals to Indicate that the vlce-presi.
Idnt was testing quletlv
Vlsltois Excluded.
Paterson, X. J.. Oc t. 10. No one Is
admitted lo the IIob.m houo. AH
callel" even the neighbors, nie refer
red t.i Hi Newton and only Mis. Ho
lm t and her son ai allowed to see th
nick man
Hob lit Tuttle. tin vlce-pipsldenl's.
Feciotaiv staled that Mr. ITobart'sj
condition was not ciltletl this evening
although lie admitted the case had tak
en a uu ions turn last night.
A Vll-ein, Mi Hobarfs life Ions
f i lend and law ptrtnor. said he did
not think Mr. Ilobait would die
tonight but th.it he fe.ued the vice.
pi"ldent hid not lens? to live Ho re
fused to entei Into details iclntlve to
the malndj fiom which the patient suf
fus but Ills Idea was that It was nec
esirllv fatal although not itmiiedl.i to
ly so
Dr Xtwton called at the Uobart res
idence at six n i lock tonight and re
malm d but a hoit time Just before
he left Mr Hobart fell u1pip It wis
not ncKi'inn to administer drugs and
Dr Xewton said the ship was natural
nnd refrcsMiu'
Mr Hobait had not been out of his
house In two weeks, and Is said to be
Ver.v fee hie
t 10 'n tonight word came fiom the
slik Kiuiii of the vlee-piiMdent that i among the Chines residents of the
Mr Hobait was consi Ions and had city and suburbs due ti riotous con
r.cognied those aiound him A few i Diets between the native rillplnos and
minutes '.iter he was sishn-p nnd test
ing cpiieilv Ur. New ton. who visited
him at 11 ) in., slid tnat hl condition
wrs appnentl.v Inipiovcd. Di. New
ton says that he lias no fer-f of the
death of the distinguished sufleler to
night PateiMin N.J, tut "I. AtlO'ui m
Tr Newton. hs wile, and Uobart A.
Tutil io summoned to the residence
of Vice l.'iestdeiu' Hobait. No vvoul
eani' fiom the t-irk chamber, but the
sinnmoi'lnR oi these peisons Is i eg tided
ns unr.noi ibie Indicatii ns
Pateison. N. J . Oct. .11 2..TI a. m
The house of Vic e-Pi esldein Hobait.
v hiih had been In dniknchs a consldei
able poition of the night Is now lighted
Uli fnrn the top Hoot to the basement,
folic eifl. n aie on vuard In front of
tin iisldenie mid eveiylhlng points to
line serious condition In the Mick
i liamber
PntTson, N. J.. Oct. SI. 110 a. in.
Dr Newt.in has Just loft Vice Picsl
dent Hobait s house and toiie to his
own residence, half a block away. He
was veiv letlceni as to the condition
of the !ip president, but said that the
patient was sleesilng and that there
had been no c liange In his condition.
t At Washington.
Washington Oct O The news that
Vlen-Piesident Hobail had suffett'd a
Revere i elapse and might not be able
to smvlve the latest attack shocked
Washington, wheie he Is decidedly
popular and highly respected. It had
boen known for miie lime iluii a sud
den attack night coinplitriv piostr.ite
him nt any moment tnd it was ipal
Ir.ed that his dajs or ac tlvltv wpip over
but nevrrtl eless his f i lends hci o weru
not prepaiel for lodav'i) advices.
His lops should Ids put-cnt attack re
sult fatallv, villi b legrelted sincerely
by his colleagues in tin enate. with
whom he had a much ricttr tnfltiewv
than his piedepes'ors In tile vlce-ples-Identlal
chair.
The relations with the families of
tho piesldent nnd the viceprcsldent
ware of an unusually cm dial eharaeiu.
The membeis of the ivo household
saw more of cac h other lr.formallv than
has been the cawi foi a long time p-e.
vlous to the pieent ndmlulstiatlon.
Tho Icp presldent'3 lesldencc Is just
i stone's thiow fiom the white housj
ind It was no uncommon sight to sci
the president walk to the Uobart hous
and the vice piepfiiem and Airs, no
batt und thflr younp son return tho
rail in the same Inltnmiu manner Fr
quentlv In the cvnlng the vlce-presl-dont
and Mrs Hobntt v mild go ovet
to the white house und spend an hour
ar tnoia In ctanversu-tliju befoia thu
president vfnt up stairs to his office.
Mis. McKlnley and Mrs. Uobart wer
close friends.
ROBERTS HAS A CHAMPION.
Mrs. Corinnc Brown, of Chicago, Ob
jects to Anti-Polygamy Talk.
Chicago, Oct 30. "The politicians are
using Helen Oould's money to awaken
sentimental twaddle against Cangress-man-elect
Koberts of Utah." wild Mrs.
Corlnne Brown, of the Woodlawn Wo
man's club and chairman of the aa
tlonal Industrial committee of tho
Gcneial Federation of Woman's clubs,
today
Every woman's club In Chicago has
lecelved u petition from the Nntlonal
Anti-Polygamy lengile calling for slg-
natuies und declining the Robcls case
to be the most seilous attack on the
sacredness of marriage which has
been made In n quaiter of a century.
At the meeting of the WoodbiAn Wo
man's club Mis Brown w: s up w itli
her piotest and lefusod to add her
r.r.me to those of her club slstos She
wild:
"This Is a pietlous papei, lllled with
nnti-nobeits gossip. Do you think It
has been pieparpd since Helen Gould
took her stand against Koberts'' I be
lieve It was in shape long ago and
only waiting fot her $6,000 donation
to spiead It broadcast over the coun
try, . I giant she Is a supeiior woman,
hut the women of this countr ate not
going Into this subject logically I
tell ou they are toadying to Helen
Could '
Mis Blown outlined her plea for
ch.ullv by saying that Congressman
elect P.obeits enteied Into polygumy
before Utah was a state, that the
United States accepted Utah: Koberts
was chosen by Moimons as their rep
resentative at Washington She con
tinued. "Congiessin'in Roboits supports his
wives he gives his childien a. name.
Then- Is a greater evil than this among
our congi essmen today. 1 have passed
much time In Utah I hne sum nuinv
happy Moimon women I'olygamj Is
a soel-il mil but this Is not the way to
destroy It. There will b- men In Wash
ington who will fear Robeits, for he
Is fearless and he has biains"
The echo of Mrs. Brown's words do"s:
not ciiiv conviction to other women a
dubs omp hae disputed the peti
tion. Otheis ale getting ready to do so
and few do not care to voice any
thought in the mattei.
TROUBLE AT MANILA.
Riotous Conflicts are Waged Between
Chinese and Filipinos.
Washington, Oct "0 Word has been
received hole of the futthr-r extension
of the civil ndminlstintlon In the towns
adjacent to Manila These Include
Paslg, Tagulm and Patercs, wheri
elections have been held under the di
rection of the military olliclals In order
to socuie a full ctuota nf native officer.
to cany on the civil affairs of the
towns An order fiom the Eighth army
corps also directs the election of a new
mayor at lmus, as the one formcily
chosen has failed to exercise his func
tions of late and Is thought to have
gone over to the Insurants.
Kecent mall advices fiom Manila
show the existence of much uneasiness
the Chinese. One of the sources of
fill Hon appears to be the displacement
of Chinese laboreis for Filipino men
on a consldeiable amount of gov em
inent work The tianspoitntlnn quar
termaster discharged some CfO Chine '
and filled their places with Filipinos,
most of them Macnbebes, brought from
the Intel lor The discharge of the
Chinese Is said to bo due to their un
willingness to be shifted to various
lolnts wheie emeigency woik was to
be done In the subuibs of Blnondo
a p.ut.v of Chinamen were attacked by
native Hill ones, und a pitched battle
ensued, one of the Chlrese bejng killed
and several otlius wounded
HURRICANE AT HAVANA.
Washington. Oct :!0 General Grpeley
received a cablesram from Ituvana this
evening saving that tho hurricane there
bad ilnne gieut damage to property and
that tho line of communication betweei.
Havana and S.intlieo had bien all cut.
Signal hci vice men nio icp.ililnt; the
lines No mention Is made of an loss of
lite
Victory for Slosson.
New Yoik. Oct :iO The first nights
pl.i In the !K0 point cushion carom bill
laid match between Slosson and Schaefer
tonight resulted In an eas victory for
Slnshon, Selueter being nutptaved bj ."Wi
points against 1& Play will cuntlnun to
monovv nlaht where It left off tonight.
Hchnefir's nnlj nms of cloublo figures
were 21, 19, IS and 17, while Slusson scoiej
:t7, 2H, S. 11, U n. U", 12, 11. 11 nnd 10
SlnnMHi'R avenigo was 4 .l.'-CJ and Hchaef
or's 2 C1-C2.
Sir Thomas Meets the Journalists.
New Yoik. Oct. urt At an Infounul re
ception glvpn tonight at the New York
Precs elub. Kir Thonias l.iptiin met the
newspaper reporters and i orrespoinlents,
whose dut It was to report the interna
lonul yacht laces Sir Thomas expieBscd
Ills gratitude for the kind treatment ho
and bit associates luul received (mm the
press
Kcarns Knocks Out Flaheity.
New Yoik. Oct 30. Tim Kearnn, of Bos
ton, knocked out Martin Flaherty, of
Lowell, Mass, In the second tniind uf
what was to have been a 25-round bout
at tho Hercules club, Brooklyn, tonight
The men fought at 133 pounds
Superior Court Adjourns,
Philadelphia, Oct. 30 The state supe
rior court which Iuib been In session In
this city since October 2, today ndjourned
without handing downnny dccUlons or
oplnloml. The court will reconvene In
this city November 13.
I
THE BOERS
ARE FORCED
TO RETIRE
General White Fights a
Desperate Battle with
Joubert's Force.
ENGLISH LOSE 100 MEN
Boer Fatalities Probably Much More
Numerous General White's Men
Pursue the Enemy Several Miles.
Guns of the Boers Are of Great
Range New South Wales Will Be
Loyal.
London. Oct. 31. Yesterday's engage
ment at Ladysmlth, which, despite the
r.i'her heavy losses, must be regarded
rather ns an 'extended leconnnlssance
or skirmish, than a battle, seems to
make little change In the actual posi
tion U Is dlsapoplntlng to the Bilt
Ish public as again revealing the tac
tical skill of an unexpectedly high or
der on the side of the Boers. In addi
tion to the possession of a number of
henw guns, they have shown marvel
ous ability
Th in ess despatches describing the
engagement fall to confirm Clenetal
White's ntllclal account that the Boers1
weie pushed back several miles. When
It Is consldeitd that the cenhotship .s
ver seveie, the onlv conclusion tint
can be airlved at Is that the action was
extienielv Inconclusive
It Is unite certain that General White
failed to accomplish the object he in
tended ano the das proceedings are
an Instructive example of the difficul
ty of operations when tht enemy holds
an extended position fiom which he Is
able to make sudden and iinopectPd
developments and changes of front.
Sir Redveis Bullet cannot arrive at
the scene of the fighting until the end
of this week In the meantime Gen
eral White will need all his resources
to pi event the Boers mound Ladysmlth
linking theli foues.
The omission of all details likely to
give a true Idea of th" position fiom
General White's despatch may le due
to his lotlience, but editing by war
otllce officials Is likely to be again se
verely commented upon.
Advance at Dawn.
Lad smith, Oct. 3o, C p. m. The ad
vance was made at dawn with the
object of shelling the Boers from the
position where yesterday they had
mounted a number of guns. On iSS.li
Ing tho spot, however, It was found
that they had evacuated the position.
Tho British continued to advance and
the movement developed into a recon
naissance In force The enemy weie
posted on a range of hills having a
fi outage of about sixteen miles. Gen
eral White's plan of operations was
that as the movement developed the
force constituting our center, which
was disposed under cover of a kopje
about three miles fiom the town,
should throw Itself upon the enemy,
while the left flank was being held
b the fuslleers and the Gloucester!!
The scheme was well devised, but
failed In execution, owing to the fact
that the Boer position which formed
our objective was evacuated.
Oui artillery quickly reduced tho vol
ume of the enemy's lire but the nt
tttPk dellveied on oui right flank was
the pilnclpal one, and the column
was compelled to change The Boer
attack had been silenced for a time.
and our infantry ndvanred, covered by
cavalry.
The enemy now began to develop a
heavy counter attack and as they wep
In great numerical superiority, Genoinl
White gave ordprs for the Infantry
to bp gradually withdrawn Thpfmivo
ment was carried out with great stead
iness nnd deliberation, under cover of
oui guns, which made pxccllpiit prac
! tice
Some shells wete thrown Into the
town from the pnemy's forty pound
prs at a range of over six thousand
yaids, but no damage was done The
engagement lasted several hours and
resulted,- on our side, In casualties es
timated nt from nlnetv to one hundred.
The Boer losses must have large! v
oxcpeded this total
The town Is now fieed from appie
hpnslon of bombardment. Thioughout
the engagement the Boeis hold their
ground with counge nnd tennclty and,
considering the Intpnslty of our Artil
lery fire, they must have suffeted
severely.
General White's Dispatch.
London, Oct. 30 The war ofllce here
has lecelved u dispatch which says
General White has fought an engage
ment, presumably with Gcneial Jou
bert's foice, which wus pushed back
after seveial homs' fighting. The Brit
ish lost about one bandied men ind
the Boer losbes weie much grentf-r.
The Boeis were In laige numbeis and
had better urtllleiv.
Geneinl White's dispatch, which was
dated 4 30 p. in. today, lead
"I employed nil the tioops heie ex
cept the obligatory garilnbn befoie the
woiks. I sent a mountain battel y, the
Hoyal Itish Fuslleers nnd the Glou
cester?, to take n position on the hills,
to clenir m left flank. The lone
moved at 11 yosteiday evening and
during some night filing the battery
mules stampeded with one of the guns,
which, however, I hope to lecover.
Thes two battalions haVe not et le
turned, but ate expected this evening
'I detailed two bilgade divisions of
Held uitlllery and five battalions of In
fantr. aided by cavalry under General
Fienth, to attack n position upon
which the enemy yesterday mounted
guns. We found this position evacu
ated, but our foice wiih attacked with
considerable vigor with what I believe
weie Qenpial Joubert's tioops. Thoy
1 had many tunn and showed In meat
numbeis. Our troops weie all In ac
tion and We pushed the enemy back
seveinl miles, but did not succeed In
reaching his laager. Our losses are
estimated at between eighty and a. hun
dred, but those of the enemy must
have been much greater, the fire of
our guns nppc.irlng very effective. Af
ter being In action several bonis I J
w Ithdrew the troops nnd they returned
unmolested to their cantonments. The
enemy are In great numbeis and their
guns lange further than our field
r.ims.
"I now have some small nival guns
which have temporarily u.lencoil nt.d
I hope, will pprmanpntly dominate the
enemy's best guns, with which he has
been bombarding the town nt a range
of over six thousand yards."
New South Wales Loyal.
Loudon, Oct. 30. Tho sepiotnry of
state foi the colonics, Joseph Chvn
berlnln, lias received a cable Dispatch
from the governor of New South Wales
conveying a message from tho colonial
cabinet and a representative meeting
of citizens assuring her majesty of the
grateful appreciation1 Inspired by her
message of encouragement to the New
South Wales contingent on its recent
depaituie to South fcfrleu. The mes
sage concludes bv declaring that "this
colony will always be leady to share
the duties nnd responsibilities of her
majesty's empire."
BIG FERRYBOAT
IS CUT IN" TWO
Several Persons Supposed to Have
Been Drowned Many Escape With
Life Perieivers.
New Yoik, Oct 30 The Pennsyl
vania ferryboat Chicago, plying be
tween Jersey City and New York, was
cut In two by the steamer City of
Augusta, of the Old Dominion steam
ship line at 12 .in this morning on the
New Yoik t-lde of the North river. She
went down in seven or eight minutes
There were between 30 and 40 people
aboard, four being women. It Is sup
posed that several persons weie
diowned, though there Is no osItlve
proof of this asseitlon.
In spite of the severity of the acci
dent there was no panic. Most of the
people were on the upper deck and
only halt a dozen persons were on the
lower deck Most of the persons man
aged to obtain life perservers. Some
others who could not obtain them,
about half a dozen In number, swam
ashoi e
The fivp or sK persons who stinted
from the lowor deck, assisted eaeh
other hi getting ashoie. One or two
weie without life pen-ervem, but they
all aided each other and succeeded In
getting to the pier safelv.
The Old Dominion steamer was com
ing up the river at the time, while the
feuyboat Chicago was headed across
fiom New Jeisev. shore for the New
York slip
Hstl mates made by the persons who
supceeded in escaping ary widely,
some thinking It possible that no loss
of life resulted, while otheis believe
that at least a score of persons were
drawn Into the whirling vortex as the
fer.ry boat sunk
The steamboat squad a few minutes
before 2 Wclork found n body which.
It Is supposed Is that of one of tho
pa-sengers on the ferry boat drowned
as the result of the collision. A man
who swam nhote said he saw four
women struggling In the water near
him, but was unable to help them. A
number of boats aie doing overythln?
possible under the circumstances to
pick tip persons trom the wntet. Ona
boat brought In six men, two women
and n child.
Captain Durham, of the feuyboat,
Chicago, says that he Is of tho opinion
that no lives, weio lost unless perhaps
that one of his llrpmen, J. Bioom (not
rrnmm).
wore lost.
Seven wagons and towns
One of these belonged to
the American expiess company and
had $S,000 worth of silver on it.
PENNSYLVANIA EARNINGS.
Philadelphia. Oct. :!0 The monthly ie
pmt of the Peiilisvlvaulu rallioad foi Sep
limber, 1SW, cuinptiicd wiih the t,nme
month in last inr and for the ulur
months ending September in, KX), e om
lured with th nine miaiths uf Inst ycai.
shows.
Lines dliectly operated- Tor the
month, gross laiclugs, Increase, $S"1A),
espenses, IneiPtifce, $i0,S00; net earnings,
Incre.ibe. JIKM'. Tor tho nine months,
gross earnings. Increase, $l.-12J,T0O, ex
penses, increase, $i,145,90u, net earnings,
JJTC,S0O,
Lines west of Plttsbuig for the month,
gloss earnings, Inciease. SGSG.Too, ex
penses. Inciease, $711,'in). net earnings, de
ei ease, JJj.Cuo. Poi the nine months,
ginss earnings, Incieuse, $1,!i2l,4A); ex
penses, Increase, JI.GJjS.OU expenses, In
e reuse, $.' usOnO, net earnings, JlJM.tOO.
Delia Fox Improving.
New Yoik. Oit. 30 -Shortly after 9
o'clock Delia Pox s phvt-lilau said that
Miss Pox was bettei than at any time
within a week No change lot the worses
Is oxpec ted.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
New York. Oit. Do Prosecuting Attoi
ney Wilson J I. Jenkins, of Camden. N. J.,
a criminal lawyer of wide reputation,
dropped ileiil fiom heart disease at tho
Acqui due t race track today, lie was
about 4i ears of age
Natless. I T dt. . Heiuy o. Har
ris, supreme Judge of the Choctaw na
tion, died at his home nm Harris, I, T,
Satiiida from ihetimatlsm He was one
of tho dihgates to Wnshtngtcui that cn.
lcctecl about $2ou0.(W leui,e mone fiom
the 1'nlted States for the Choctaw nil
tlmi WiiHhlngton, Oct 10 Oeorge Uarthel,
the oldet plerk of tho state elerurtment.
"keeper of tho greut seal," and a close
friend of Daniel Webster, died at hli
residence here last nlisht. H11 was up
polntesl by Secretary Buchanan lu 1811
New Yoik. Oct. M -Wllllnm ,11. Webb
the ilblp builder .Ind philanthropist, died
today, aged 83 years.
1
THE CHANCES OF
COLONEL BRYAN
THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE AF
FECTED BY THE ELECTIONS.
Belief in Washington That His
Prospects Are Dimmer Than They
Were a Short Time Ago Silver
Forces Less Aggressive.
Washington, Oct .10. A decline of
many points In the value of Mr.
Bryan's prospects of the Democratic
nomination nejxt summei Is expected
by shipwd politicians as the result
of the coming Htate elections. It Is not
merely that the Hepubllcans will cany
(jARRH a.
certain states against the Biyan tick
et, although it w III be a factor, but the
probability that the btates in which
the; JDemocials have not endorsed flee
sllveVr will make the best showing foi
their side, w hlch causes the belief that
Mr. Bryan will suffer by the results.
The Democratic leadeis In the sound
money states, like Maryland. Pennsyl
lanla and New Yoik, are not saving
anything to filghten the Bryan follow
ers away from their state tickets or to
Indicate any hostility to Mr. Biyan's
nomination If, howevei, they make
handsome gains In these states cairy
lng Maryland irhd New Yorjc, while
the Dentociatlc ticket urns behind In
silver states llkp Nebiaska, theie will
be an obvious moral to be drawn from
the result. Senator Gorman will be
able to circulate quietly among his
Democratic associates next winter, if
ho itarilcs Maryland and point to wfiat
can be accomplished by the Democratic
party when It drops silver. The New
York members will be ready to rein
force his arguments and Mr. Bryan
may find the ground giving way be
neath him In a manner which he has
little thought of.
It Is not possible to pi edict with
certainty how the lesults In the vai
lous states will turn out If the Ue
publicans save Maryland, as there now
seems some ihame of their doing, the
Democrats who are secretly opposed
to Bryan may not be able to make J
much from the results of the elections
In Kentucky.
In Kentucy and Ohio, however, Ue
publlcan victories will be very Injur
ious to the silver cause, nnd It Is not
certain that Demociatlc vlctoiles will
add to thy prestige of Mr. Bryan. Goe
bel, the Demociatlc candidate In Ken
tucky, has boxed the compass so often
on the money question that neither side
feels much contldence In his purpos.es.
but tho cuirent Impression is that he
would stab Mr. Brjan and free sllvc'
lu the back In a moment If the drift
was against him
Pet haps the stiongest combination of
, events which could happen ngainst Mr.
I Biyan would bp a swpeplng Hepublf
can vicioiy in ieurasKa ami KentucKy
by the aid of gold Democrats, and u
uemocrniic victory in .viaivianei. wneri
the party candidate for goveinoi Is
known to be a gold standard man, and
wheiPiiumpcandldatewns run ngal t-t
lilm for congicss last year bv ie ev
tieme silver men. If such a combin
ation of events should occur it would
put the opponents of Mr Br.vnn In a
lemarknbly stiong position.
There is n feeling among some of the
legulni Democrats that Bryan and free
silver aie losing giound, but those who
desire to keep within tiie paity ,anks
uie iiiiiui ituuni lealelllK 011 1 111- uu
Ject. They aie icady to go with the
cttnent. but thev lack the coinage to
stem the tide. The question whether
Mr Bryan will be nominated may ie
mnln an open one up to the dale of
the Democratic national convention
It Is quite possible that he will have
n big majoilty on the face of the elec
tion of delegates and yet vv III fall to
secuie the nomination.
The two-thltds rule Is not likely lo
be nbtogutcd unless a majoilty of the
convention Is veiy enthusiastic for M.r
Bryan und the rule may be manipu
lated In mich u way us to defeat him
It would lequlre onlj a little clever
management to let the Bryan vote
fall Just hhort of two-thirds and to
stick there until It bee aim evident
that two-thirds could not he obtained.
The secret enemies of the Nebruskn
lender would then find thidr oppoitu
nlty Diopplng off In little squads
from tho Bryan column Hiiillclently to
dlscouragp his suppoiteis, they might
spilng some name, like that of Dewey
or Miles, and carry tho convention off
Its feet Such 11 piogromme Is sui
roundPd by dlflleultles, because the sin
ceie Brun men might be ugly enough
to deny a two-thirds 'vote to the new
candidate In their tuin, but tho op
ponents of Mr. Bryan will begin tho
contest under very different conditions
from those of 1896, when a real frenzy
for Bryan and free silver swept over
the national Democratic connventlon.
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THE NEWS THIS MORNING
VVeatbar Indication! Todari
ftAIN NORTHEAST OALS.
I
1 General Boer nnd Ilrlton Battle at
Ladyxmlth
Progress of the Philippine Compalgti.
Mr Ur) nil's Presidential Prospects.
Vice President Uobart Critically III.
2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Financial anil Commercial
3 Local-County Teacheis' Institute Con.
venes
Annual Meeting of the V. W. C A.
4 Kdltorlal.
News and Comment.
C t.ocnl County Jail Prisoners Must
Work
Old Purge Murdpr Prompted by Jeal
ousy. C Local MX Scntntou and Suburban
uobart.
Hound About the County
Local Live Industilul News
JUDGE MITCHELL'S LETTER
Tormal Acceptance of the Nomination
to the Supeiioi Court Bench.
Glance nt the issues.
Phlladelpnla, Oct. VI Cutler date of 1
Oct 20, Judge John I. Mitchell, of
Tioga, the nominee of the Republican '
stute committee for Judge of the sit-
perlor lotnt wiote the following let
ter to Chad man Heeeler of the com
mittee, which the latter made public
todaj .
Voui loiter of the 21st Inst , Informing
me, olllclulli, of tho unanimous nomina
tion of myself us tho candidate for tho
Republican paitv for the otllce of judgo
of tho Superior couit at the election to be
held on the 7th of November next was
handed mo jestouho while 1 ivas on
iriv wnv home from Washington
There nre many icasnn that at liist
very strongly impelled me to decline this
Humiliation During the pun thlrt ".irs
the people of na native county havo
many times expressed their ionllilcncn In
me far bciond tho meabiite of my own
estimate of mi ability. Hut never havo
thev been inti uUoimII) led In me to
overestimate the iutcgrltj of mv public
purposes. Thcreloie It Is with great ie-
Kiet that I consent to vace.te- tni olllie
I now bold which thev havi so lately
again entrust! d to me, without unv dis
tinction of n.utv for a term ne.ul as
long as that for which 1 urn nominated
I was somewhat deteircd also bj the
tate of my health, but 1 trust I shall lie
able to servo out mv full teim If i Intel
I am a radical Henubllcan anil mi long
us my put milieus to its lnidann nlul
principles, 1 shall stand stendfnstlv bv It
at the polls, whenever Hull supnm.uv
In the state or the nation Is at stnke I
legnnl this as a conscientious dim for
ii false ballot, in such a inse b an Insult
I upon the Integiltv of populai government
, 'ihetefore, I have nevei v otcil foi anv
! but Republicans fr nnv otllu . the admin-
Ihliatlou of which aficetcil our public I "' 'a '" ' '"" "'"--policy
Hut I have pmnnunie-il mil will cause that omiimnih r has attacked
known vlewr. In ii-peet to pariv inutioi lilm so often In the darkness that h
and public ndinlnulstriitlnn. and I iiilliire nevei knows vvln'ii to look for lilm
to iliom becaiibe I beleve Ih.'lll wise ri.nl
i .. ., ...
' '"'";: . f,,r "R "r'""otl0" "r " l''
i ,,., whitt iulll bL llolH. ,, , j,.,,,,,.
' ik piissen-lons In the end will bo a mat-
ter foi the most c.uefiil consilient Ion of
cc tigress when the pi oner time eonifs
But that tlmi will nut come mull the
uuthoilt of -this nation Is eiifruenl com
pletely throughout 1 he whole nf them.
Then I shall In entire I) willing to tiu.t
this mutter In the bunds of Pieiddint Mi
hile and .1 Republican problem 01 eon.
giess In anv event llkelv to nilt-o umlei
. tlie rule of elthi r of them So th H I
consider the ccmlng ehetloiis as ve.
I ZfJ Zl
the approaching pnsldiullal 1 Ik Hon
Ami of euu il, if not i), n amount impor
tune c uie the questions of nut Hinudiild
ot mune and the lobulation of our policy
In tospect to a propei inotectlve tmlff
upon foreign Importations Simlv 10
tine Republli an tun be willing to entiuH
these affair to the Demaeiatti p.nt us
in w consumed and controlled
But these inutteis in m.v mind have
nothing to do with the uillnlnlstiatlnn ot
Justice bv our courts. Otherwise 1 blioiild
not have spoken of tlum lu this lettei
Km It b mi -el tied opinion, and li has
been ni practice while I have been upun
the bene b, th jit Judges should, huw noth
ing lo do with iiotivi political minagc
nieiil or with uggiet,le paitv affuirs.
Tlieiefou politics will never have any
thing to do with mv Judicial conduct lei
the law uiukes this ofllce elective mid the
people havo the right, under reign cf
puty government, to know and the pill
liege somewhat lo consider the political
cbiractcr of the nominees whenever
Judges nre to he 1 hoscn bv them In view
of what I have noticed la tho publlo press
1 have thought It proper for me to say
through on to- the public what, Is here
mitten. Vflj reiqiept f nil v ours
John I. Mitchell.
Two Men Burned to Death.
Terro Haute, Ind, Oct ') An electric
spark from a switchboard at the In
diana Water company's plant at Fon
taine, this county. Ignited some powder
on tho clothing of Samuel King and Al
fred McHrlde. burning both to death.
Djke Overly vas badly burned, but will
recover. Tho men went Into the motor
house Of the plunt contrary to orders.
COL. BELL
SCATTERS
FILIPINOS
He Has Been Given a
Free Hand About
Baeolor.
INSURGENTS ON THE RUN
The Spnnisli Commissioners Report
That the Spanish Prisoners Are 111
Treated by the Filipinos, Who Re
fuse to Surrender Them The Four
teen Ameiicnn Prisoners nt Taring
Are Well Cared for Agulnaldo's
Opinion of American Officers.
Manllu, Oct. "0. fi.:". p m. Thre
companies of Colonel Hell's icglmiit
have had two elicounteis Tith the in
suigents near Lubam and scntfri(
them. Tlie Insuigents left four offi
cers and eight men dead on the tlM
and the Ametleans cup tilted three p'ls
oneis and seveial guns.
On the Atneilinn side two men vet
killed and eight men and two officer
wounded.
Captain I'leiuh took a patty l-oynneti
Labam aftei he had met the e.ietuy
and was lelnfoiceil by Major Bishop
with two companies
Tin- lustii gents bi ought up cavlrj
relnfoi cements and theie wus a seconct'
light, during which tlieit loider, Major
Salvadoi, was killed, and many wars
wounded und i an led away.
Colonel Bill has been given a fito
hand aiound Bacoloi. H" has sixty
mounted tintn scouring tho countr.'
d.tllv and thev sue killing many Km.
pinos In skirmishes
10.01 p m The Spanish tommljston
which enterpd the Insurgent lines .v
month ago with liioncj to iclleve the
wants of seveinl thousand military aivX
civil Spanish pi Isoners returned to An
geles today The commissioners re
pent that they spent most of the ttnm
In Tailae and viclnltj, where the.
nie some -00 sick Spaniards in tha
hospital The Filipinos lll-trrat an1
Ill-fed them iodising to sun under
them as well as the other Spanish
prisoners, in the hope of compelling
Spain to recognise the Independence oi
i the Islands
Prom Tmlac to Ilambnn, about tro-
thiids of the way. the commissioners
tiaveled by tinln on the Mnnila-TXagii-pan
railway. The remainder of tha
Journey from Bamban to Angeles, the?
made on foot, pscoited bv handsomely
mounted Tlllplno e.milrv They vv-s
received between the outposts hjirep
lesentatlves of Genet nl MncArthur'.!
stalT and weie hi ought by train lo
Manila.
Prisoneis Well Treated.
Theie ar" foiii teen American pris
oners, ihey sav, at Tail.tc. all of whom
ate well tie.itrd Lieutenant J. C. 1G1
more. of the Cnltod States gunboat!
Yen k tow n who fell Ipto the hands of
the Insuigents at Baler, on the iast
coist of I.uon last April where th
Yorktown had gone o'i a Siieelil mis
sion to lelleve the Spanish gnirhon. P
at Blngiti
The lomnii'sl'ineis have brought n.
lettei to General otU form .1 rela
tive of the miuileied IMIpIno general
Luna, who wishes to nvi nge the nssas
slnatlon bv guln.i!drs ol!lc"is, .null
who asks a peison.il Interview with
the military poverner
Ac rinding to th" eomniKsionpni'
statement Aguinalilo, who is still at
Taihic with '! noo troops wMics to con
tinue the wai although l.e has ... high
i 0llnon ,, the olhceis and soldiers.
... . , ,.,,,. i... , ,0, -vi c-oin.nl
' "'". r"', '""V."" '" . ..' 'it 1 ,.
Auililinldo Is Seiid lo be v"l slipidleil
.ihiiui.ii.im .- " - -
-with aims and ammunition and he is
uble to get plenty of rice fiom tbo
northern provinces With the Spanish
commissioner" cime a laige tiumbei o!
women, the families of eight piomlnent
ollicis of the PJllphio .11 my. who re
eentlj appll'-d to General Otis foi per
mission to swid their families to Mni
nlla. I'pon the lccelpts'of the military
governor's leplv. the nature ot vvhli li
has mil been disclosed, the women
and children Flatted under escort fion
T.ulnc for the Aiiieile.in bn-s. When
they 111 1 1 cil today Genet al Mac Arthur
caused them to halt about a mile be
yond our outpocts wheie they will re
main while thell ciedentlals tic be
ing evamlned
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Steamship Anlvals.
Nw York, Oct .10 Artlved. Rotter
dam, ltollciilam clealed Kaiser Wllhelm
Dir Hiussi', 111 1 men via Cherbourg (ind
Suuihumpliin. Taiule l.lveisiool. Itn -men
Aitlvnl Kileilrlch Uer Grosse, New
oik Llveipoiil Aillved GcoiMc, Now
uik 81 iithami'ton -Salle 1 Kex nlgen
Louis 1I10111 II1111HM1), foi New York.
Ll.ml Pussed. Mu.isdam. New York fur
Rotterdim Antwerp Airlved Weslnn
lind New Yoik Chcrbouig Sulliil:
Prbilrlch Der Gieisi , from HambliiK and
Southampton for Now Yo.k.
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Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, Oct 10. Pension certifi
cates Original Samuel Lloyd. Peek
vllh, $12, John Cuijj. Leburll, Luzenie,
2. Increase Chjiiles Camp. LeRuvf
vlllp Bradford, Jli to $21. Re Issue-Will-lam
D Boltes, Sllyer Lake, Susquehanna,
117. Original wldows-Catheilne Bdwaids,
AFkam, Luzerne, JS Jane Bccniau, Kver-
green, Bradfoid $
f-t.-rs-sV.4 sV.SsV. 4.. ..
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washlnctcn, Oct, 30-Forecnst for -J-Tiiiisdnyi
Por eastern Pennsylvu- -nla
rain Tuesday with exception-
anj sovere nortneasi nulling 10 -t-tj
-f north ur.d northwest gales; Wd-."tS
4- nesd.iv fair. -fJ
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