dC?" rimtt t(y."t U- ", TWO CENTS. TWELVE RAGES SCRANTON, PA.. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1899. TWELVE RAGES TWO CENTS. !frmrriit mssmummssm &, ir imk. 1 1H '.Ml lH HM Mi HI IM iM M IH I .. ' 1 M.T1I Zi i Tuai -?K&.11 1TWJ tTS3 1 11T J' 1U.Y1W M .T,1Ti'n.' - s.-. - ' ! ! in J " - T RETREAT OF AGUINALDO Followed Closely by Gen eral Wheaton's Troops. A LANDING UNDER FIRE Town and Bench Shelled Beforo Americans Disembarked Aguinnl do's Retreat fiom Tarlac Rebel Lender Now in a Hostilo Country. Xidwton, Young nnd MacArthui' Closing In on Him Brush in the Mountains at West Mabalncnt. Young1 Captures Moro Filipino Mu nitions. Manila, Nov. 10. General Wheaton's expedition anlvod off San Fabian Mundav night, but the surf was too high to poimit the landing of tho troops In small boats. On Tuesday morning the expedition uppioached Llnguyan, a suburb of Dngupan, which has a harbor sheltered b high sand dune's streitihlng from tho water to the town The Bennington, Helena, Manila, Calao and Samer shelled the town nnd the beech for nn hour with tho full strength of their batteries, but thpie wns no response, nor wns thero vlrlble any sign of life. Tho troops weie landed In boats. Five steam launches towed them to shore. When they began to land a long line of In surgents ros form the sand and poured a heavy olley over the heads of the soldleis. That they followed with a rapid fusllade, but they were excited and fired high. Few of their bullets stiuck tho boats. Two men, however, were wounded. Tho Americans formed mid were or dered to lie down In the sand. Thy geve the Insurgents a few volleys anl then charged and put them to flight. The Filipinos had hidden behlna tho dunes during the bombardment. The shells ploughed through the sand and did little, If nny, damage. The gunboat Manila brought the news that when she left General Wheaton with his entire force of 2,700 I men were marching eastward, leavers I Dngupan. Tho battleship Otegon, which had been ordered from Hong Kong to Dagupnn, had not arrived at the latter place when the Manila sailed General Young with his cavalry took San Jose on Wednesday. A small In suigent force stationed there retreatel. ! The troops -wore ferried across th liver to Cavantua on a raft. During the passage nn nccldent occurred by which a private of the Twenty-second regiment wns drowned. Another attack has been made by the Insut gents on Balinago. Tho re bels fited Into the town for three hours, but did little damage. Spectacular Affair. .uiuuia, iov. 11) 3T p, m. Tho landing of the American troops ot San Fabian Tuesday was the most spec- tacul'ir nffalrof the kind elnoo fior.ernl Shaffer's disembarkation at Daiquiri, Tho co-operation ot the troops and the navy was complete. The gunboats maintained a toiilde bombardment for nn hour, while the troops rushed waist deep through the surf, under a heavy but badly aimed tire fire fiom the In surgent trenches, and charged right ..uii. puling vouey cuter vniiey at wie nee ng renois. j orty Filipinos wero capturrd, mostly non-commissioned of fice s Suvcinl indulgent dpnri and five wounded were lound In a bulld inu which had auffeied considerably from the bombardment. The town vns well foi tilled. The i-and and dunes weie rlvltcd with bamboo twenty feet thick which afforded a fine cover. When the tinnpoit arrived in tho gulf they found the gunboats Ptlnce- ton iimnington and othpis waiting. After Lonultntlnn with General AVheifn rvimmnudcr Knox, nf the Prineoton. and Commander Sheridan, of the Heiuilnrtnn, anchored on thu shnllnw two miles oil shore. Tho gun boats formed n line Inside, the Helena, Ct 'u nnd Mnnlla. cIosp In shnro With the first gun of the bnmbaidment tho Htnnll boats were filled rapldlv, with out confusion bv Major Ci unite's b-n-tallon of the Twenty-third Infnntry nnd Captain Ruck's bit tnllon of the Thirteen infnntiy. While the llna of boats moved shoreward, the gun- ' boats poured the full force of their battel les Into the trenches, onn fore lug the Insui gents to flee through the burrows dug back of the trenches About joo men hold their places until tho keel of tho roais kid ted on the shore when their Manner bullets conn menced to sing oveihead. I The tntfillons formed In pood ordor. cjnptam l'urk, with Perce's nnd Pat ton's companies, pursued the Insur gents on the left and die bimboo thickets. On the right was a frail footbridge across the liver, leading to tho towns. General Wheaton, person ally commanding, ordtied a ehergo ntross the bildire and t'nptnln How land, of his stnff, led Coleman's and Elliott's companies of the Thliteenth and Shield's company ot the Twenty third, who bennveri splendidly und'or their nrat fire, Into tho to'vn, which was found to be neatly Deserted, ex cept by the nsed and some Spanlaids svho hud hidden In the bufalo wal loes and who came shouting delighted ly toward the Americans. The com panies of the Twenty-third had a skirmish along the Dagurnn road with the retreating Filipinos Major Shields, of the stnff with his command, captured several Insurgents. Aguinnldo lias a Yacht. The troops camped in the tain during tho night, and In the morning General Wheaton established hlH headquarters In a church, quaitered his men In houses and sent the captured Filipinos beyond the outposts, with orders not to return, Tho Inhabitants report nil the rondu as practically Impassable and they believe Aculnnl'" "oil v yacht In the river Longapo, near Sublg, for use In his flight when ho finds his endure la Inevitable. Wednesday wns devoted to recon naissances. Major Logan went north ward to Santo Tomns and burned the rillplno barracks. Captain Buck's Thirteenth went to San Jacinto and disposed of smnll bands. Marsh's Twenty-third went toward Mngdalena, on thu Dngupan road, and had several sharp fights with email parties. They killed eight men, brought In twenty prisoners nnd had five men wounded. Santo Tomas road seems to be tho only possible means of retreat for n lnigo body north from Tarlac, and Gen eral Wheaton commands It. The Insur gents of this section are going to re inforce Tarlnc. The battleship Oregon has arrived here from Hong Kong. Captain Chenoweth and Lieutenants Davis, Van Horno and Bradford, with two companies of the Seventeenth reg iment, rcconnoltorlng northeast of Mubalncal, attacked and routed a bat- tnllon of Insurgents, killing twenty-nine or them. Three Americana were w ounded General Whenton repents, by tho Ben nington, that when tho landing was made at San Fabian tho Insurgents en- counteied were "00 recruits who were on their wny to Dugupnn, where they expected the expedition to land. They retreated to the mountnlns. Twcnty t ght Snnnish prisoners were rcn cued. Geogrnphy Mixed. The repot t of the landing at Llr-ga-y.in was brought by the commander of the Manila, who saw the fight. He got the geography mixed. It has been raining hard throughout the week, handicapping Generals Law ton nnd MncArthur. The transporta tion Is the chief dlfllculty. In the ad vance General Lawton depended on the liver to get his supplies. The Snn Isl dro river Is fed by mountain streams and Is nlteinately shallow for naviga tion or too swift. Two nnd three launches were necessary to pull the Casco, moving tho supplies from San Isldro, nnd the mule tialns moving sup- plies from San Isldro over the muddy roids made only two or three miles a day. The troops were on short rations much of the time. Tho only provisions the country yields are rice, a few chickens and buf falo. The officers carry a supply of cash to pay the natives liberally for all they take. The highlands are cool, and the health of the tioops Is good. General Young has captured nnother large share of Insurgent nmmunltlnn nnd munitions of war, which thry were obliged to leave In their hurried ret treat. General MncArthur Is bringing sup plies from Angeles by the use of mule and caribou teams. Reconnaissances nlong the front have discovered the Insurgents strongly en trenched before Bamban, with several cannon nnd a rapid-fire gun, but they are short of ammunition. Major Hell has been engaged In an other daring exploit. While scouting with five officers nnd two men of th- Thirty-sixth Infantry nnd Lieutenant Hawkins and ten men of tho Fourth cavalry, he crept behind a trench con taining n hundred rillplnos, rode them down and killed and wounded twenty men nnd captuied six. He also brought buck thirty Mauseis. AT CABINET MEETING. Decision Made to Abolish Domestic Postage in Philippines. Washington. Nov. 10. The cabinet meeting today lasted almost thtee hours. After the adjournment two of the nnhlnet nfTlecrs snlil that th niiet- tion of a civil Governor for Cuba had not been mlsed. There vvie some ex- eh.in-res of .million nnon the results of tho elections, all the memberr, lecard the result as an endorsement of the ad minlstintlon's uollcy. It wns decided to establish domestic postnge In the Philippines as It has been established In Porto Rico nnd Cuba and Postmaster General Smith again brought up the question of tho postal unity He is Investigating tho subject thoroughly and will report ut a later cabinet meeting. The question of the purchase of Tnltrwl Stntp ltmifla lv tlio (fnro.n. lnent was under discussion for neatly hn. srn!,rv. nn,. .ni,hr nn hout. Secretary Gage explainer the situation fully and It now appears to be settled that no purchase will be made for the present at least al though tho secretary has not expressed his views on the BUbJeet for pnbilM tlon. It Is known that he, with other treasury officials. Is considering the question of refunding the four anl five per cents. Into long teim bonds bar Ing two per cent. Interest. This ac tion would necessitate congtessionnl authorization, but whether the secre tary will recommend such legislation Is not known. Tenders for War Fund. London, Nov. 10 Tenders for 3O50.O00 pouiitlj In treasury bills. thi first Install ment of the war fund, were opened to day. The total of tho applications amounted to 10,721,00') pounds The Ismr was allotted as follows; 2 000000 pounds nt tlx months, nnd 1,000 000 pounds at 12 months. The nverajre rato per cent vvero 3 pounds 1Ri. 3d. for the six months' bills, nnd 3 pounds, Us., Cd. for tho twelve month blllb. Chance to Save Soldiers. Washington. Nov. 10 Tho four soldiers who were sentenced to dtnth at Manila now stand an excellent chance to tavo their lives. Irregularities have been dis covered In the pioreedlngs of the court martltl which will require correction In tho first Instance tit Manila. If Indeed they do not bar the death sentence en tirely. i n i - Troop Ship Sails. London, Nov. 10. Tho troop ship Ba varian sailed from Qucenstown this evening for the Cape earning the Con naught Rangei. tho KlrM battalion of Iho Itoynl Dublin Fubllevta nnd a con tingent ot miscellaneous troop, alto gether over 2.000 men nnd a large quan tity of stores. Ciowds witnessed anl enured tho departure of the vessel. Clgarmakers' Strike. Lancaster. Nov 10. One hundred nnd forty employes of the cigar factory of S. It. Mops & Co., struck today because n now order Increased their work und not tho pay. They marched In a body to an other factory where nearly every ono wus given employment at onco nnd tho rest will be given work as soon as bench es can bo erected. WILL INTERVENE AT PORTO CABELLQ FOREIGN COMMANDERS TO PRE VENT BOMBARDMENT. United Stat03 Minister Loomls Asks the Offlcors of Foreign Cruisers to Act in Unison An Effort to Pro vent Sacrifice of Innocent Lives. Paredes la Defiant. La Gunyara, Vcneuzela, Nov. 10. Francis n. Loomls, United States min ister to Venezuela, has asked the corn minders of the foreign cruisers off Tot to Cabollo to act together in order to prevent General Antonio Parcdcst formerly a commander in ex-President Andrade's army, who refuses to recot?. nlze the authority of General Clprlauo Castro, from bombarding Puctro Cab- I ello, by bringing moral pressure to .hear unon him The British, French, German, Dutch and American commanders will confer at Puerto Cabello 'and will take all proper measures to prevent Parcdea from imperilling the lives of Innocent pel sons. The United States legation will protect the French Bisteis of char ity by special request. Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Nov. 10. General Paredes absolutely refuses to hear to any proposal of surrender. A conference was held this afternoon be tween the British, German, Dutch and American captains hero and as a result W. W. Russell, secretary of the Unit ed States legation was sent to discuss the matter with Paredes and try nnd effect an arrangement. He proved to be defiant and Intimated to Mr. Rus sell that ho was ready to fight any force Oeneral Castro would send againBt him. - KENTUCKY RETURNS. Both Parties Claim the State Proa pocts of a Contest. Louisville, Nov. 10. Tho official count of the ballots was begun today throughout the state. In this city a large crewd gathered at the court house. Representatives of all the par tlrs were admitted by the commis sioners and tho examination of the ballots proceeded In an orderly man ner. Judging from the progress al ready made the offlclil return will show no great variation from the un oITclal flames which gle Louisville and Jefferson county to tho Republi cans by a plurality of about 3,000. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 10. There was no change today In the claims of the prty managers. The Democrats as sert that Goebel will hnve a plurality of R,000, while tho nominee hlmse'f places It at 7,000. The Republicans claim Taylor Is elected by a plurality of 4,000. The Times fGoebel. Dem.). has the following special from Lon don, Ky.: "State Oh.iirman A. W. Young, of the Demociatlo campaign committee, Is at Parbourvllle, seeking to have the entire vote of Knox coun ty thrown out. Numbers of aftldavltsi alleging fiaud nnd Irregularities are being died with the county board. It Is believed Tajlor's majority will ba considerably reduced If the county 13 i nt thrown out entirely, ' Official returns frntn Clay reduces inyiors mnjoiity to 907. ' "N' changes have been made by tho canvassing boaid of Laurealte county so far. Taylor's majority will remain 031 though the Democtats will file affi davits with the state election beard at Frankfort next Tuesday asking that three precincts be thrown out which w 111 reduce It." i The Times also has the following from Rardstown, Ky , concerning tho i count In progiess there: "A serious technical error in the vote may Increase Ooebel's Nelon county plurality to 1.RS0 In the official count It was discovered that in every pro cinct except one, W. P. Jnstend of W. S. Taylor was voted for and the ono precinct, New Hope, gives W. S. T cy lor, the Republican candidate, only 73, leaving the offlclal vote as certified to by the two Democratic commis sioners ns follows- Goebel, I.O'.O- W. S Taylor, 3; William P. Taylor. 1,198. The Republican commissioners refused to certify to these figures. DAVIS MONUMENT. Will Be Erected at Richmond, Vir ginia. Richmond. Vn., Nov. 10. Todny Hon. J. Taylor HUlson, piesldent of the Jef ferson Davis monument association, appeared before the convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and presented tho lesolutlon adopted by the United Corfedeinte Veterans, nsltlng the United Daughters to as sume tho responsibility of raising a monument to the memoiy of President Jeffcison Davis. Mr Ellison made a statement ns to the funds already sub set Ibed and after a full dlseussdon of the matte s the daughteis accepted the charge by ai ovei whelming majority. The corner-stone of the pioposed monument wan laid In Monroe park. In thla city, in 150S, and It is designed that It shall be a memorial not only nf Mr Davis, but of the "lost cause." The monument furd now In the hands of tho association and camps amount to some JJO.Oio. The daughters are at lib erty to change the design that had been agreed upon. W. T. Knutz Disappears. Pittsburg. Nov. 10 W. F KnuU. gen oral eastern fi eight and passenger ngont of tho Cotton IJelt railway, with head quarters ln Pittsburg, sut'denly and mis terlously dlgnppearad from Ilia city Sun day morning, Oet 2 and Hlnco thnt time nothing 1ms been ceen or heard of him, although everv effort hns be in mndo by the Cotton Uelt company to ascertain his whereabouts Explosion of Afterdamp. areensburg, Nov. 10. An explosion of nfterdamp wemred at Hermlnlu today In which Harry Walker and Sol Hurst wore considerably Injured. Uoth wero over come by tfto gas nnd remained uncon selous for Bovoral hours It Is thouuht I lioth will recover DUN'S REVIEW OP TRADE. Riso in the Prices ot Cotton a Note worthy Feature. New York, Nov. 10. n. G. Dun & Co's. Weekly Review o Trade tomor row will say: The most noteworthy feature of the time Is the rlna In the prices. Cotton KTfSSiiSS a year ngo. Wool has Usen relatively more, about 10 per cent. In two week1. Pis Iron hns risen further, $23 bclnir quoted for anthracite No. 1, tho high est price since January, 1893. Prices of products have not correspondingly advanced. The lion Industry which has led all others to advance, now leads tho way toward a readjustment of values. While contracts for pig cover tho entire product ot the most Important districts for six to nine months In ndv.ince In many of tin consumtng Tories in sonip lines np- proach the end of their orders, nnd have new o miKlHon in meet, so that sheets have fallen $1 per ton at Plttsbuig ami $9 fro.n the highest point In September and plates aio VJ lower there and $3 nt Philadelphia. At the same time bars arc $1 per ton higher both In Philadelphia nnd Pitts burg, tho demand being fnmnus and Chicago veiy heavy eontincts have been made for car and IniDlomont Works Root and shoes nre generally getting about the ten cents per pair advance they have held necessary. Leather continues ery strong. ' Wheat has not been very active nor strong although western rece-lpts havu declined, being i 911.907 tiushels for the wrk atvaltiBt 9.921,0115 last year. Ux pnrts are niso smaller, the Atlantic 2,;03,C'!7 bushels (lour Included, agaluat 3,108.309 for the week last year and Pacific 1.1SS.W0 bushels against 1,016. 961 last year. The decreuse In foreign demsnd may bo ascribed In part to heavy previous exports but perhaps still more to the great movement of corn, 3 IIS, 101 bushels for the we k against 2 002.331 last year. Corn ad vanced nbout as much as wheat fell, though with prospect of a hewy yield. Failures for the week have een i:,7 In the United States against 211 last year, and 23 In Canada against 20 last year. AGRICULTURAL REPORT. Condition of Crops as Indicated by the Statistician. Washington, Nov. 10. The November report of the statistician ot tho de partment of agriculture will give 23 2 bushels us the average yield per ni:ro of Lorn, according to the preliminary, returns of the denartment's corresnon dents. The preliminary estimate last ' year was 24 S bushels; that of 1S97 , St to tne pniung place. On our ar 23.7 bushels and tho means of tho pre- ' ,riv,nl ,tr)?r, f;"vorman ond Cook un llmlnary estimates of the last ten eked the boxes, and wo put the btl yeais 24.0 busj- 's. The Indicated lots ln- Thcre wro aboi,t 20- T Judge." yield per aero In the pilnclpal corn states la as follows: Pennsylvania, 31; Ohio. 34; Indiana, 37; Illinois, i',; Iowa, 31; Missouri, 25; Kansas, 29, and Nebraska, 27 bushels. The piellmlnary estimates of the average yield of buckwheat Is 17.2 acres, ngalnst 17.3 bushels last yenr nnd 20 7 bushels ln 1897. Tho averages In New YorK nnd Pennsylvania, tho two states of principal pioductlon aro 15 bushels and 20 bushels per ncro re spectively. The estimated average yield of potatoes 13 Sfc 7 bushels per acre, as compaiod with 7.1.2 busliis last year, Cl.6 bushels In 1S97 nnd 7"i 2 bushels, the mean of the preliminary averages of the last ten years. The estimated average yield of hay In 1 3 tons per ncre, ns compareu with 1.55 tons Inst yesr, 1.42 tons ln 1S97 and 1.7 tons, the man of tho prellmln nry aveiagps of the Inst ten years. There Is n decided Increase In the rate of yield throughout the eastern, east ern central, southern, southwestern nnd Rocky Mountnin stntcs; In fact, H Is only In Kansas, Nebraska, .Sou'ii Dnkota nnd nnd the Pacfllc states that tho yield per acre exceeds that of last yen r. The usual leport of the wheat crop will probably be made on Dee. ip by which time tho department will he In possession of the results of a special Investigation now being made ln the principal wheat states. CHOATE AT EDINBURGH. Chief Guest at the Annual Banquet of Sir Walter Scott Club. Hdl-burgh, Nov. 10 Joseph II. Choate, United States ambassador, who was the chief guest at the annual ban quet of the Walter Scott club this evening, met with an enthusiastic re ception. Sir Herbert Mux-veil, who nreslded. rrmde n pnrrllnl ... r.-. ..a ...,. the friendship that .seals England and America. 1 1 the course of a speech proposing le toast to llteratuie, Mi. Clioato said' the "Truly your country and mine ate connected by bonds of sympathy that weio never stronger and closer than they aro at this very hour. I can ns sure you that Lord Salisbury's gener ous nnd coidlal woids at tho lord mnyoKs banquet yesteiday will meet with a quick avd heaity response be yond tho Atlantic. I "It bus been said bv a great poet that 'peace hath her victories not less renowned than wai.' and thla Iron-clad filend'hlp which now pievnlls between these two kindred nations Is her latest ! and greatest victory. It means peace ' not meioly between your country and mine, but among all the great nations nf the earth, and It tends, by advanc ing civilization, to promote the welfare of the whole human iace." ' The remainder of a much applauded i address was devoted to a liumorou i comparison between Amerlcm and Scotch character ns illustrated In every-day life, nnd to n eulogy of Sir Wnlter Scott. Andrew Lang respond ed to tho toast. Cheap Excursions. Philadelphia Nov. 10. The Pennsylva nia railroad, tho Ilnltlmnre and Ohio, the Philadelphia nnd Reading and the Lohlgli Vnllei" tallroads hnve mndo tho unpre cedented rate of one cent a mile over their s stems to Philadelphia and return for Pennsjlvnnln dny at the International export e.poFliIon, Nov. 1fl Tickets will bo on sale at nil points west of llarrii" Inn U nnd Sunbury on Nov. 15, good until the 17th. Twenty-rive Round Draw. New York, Nov. 10. Dave Sullivan nnd Joe Kernsteln fought a 23-iound draw tonlb'ht at U Wrrwdwav Athlttlo club. ELECTION TROUBLE IN PHILADELPHIA FIVE MEN ARE HELD TO BAIL AS REPEATERS. endanta Reside in Washington and All but Ono Aro Said to Be in the Government Employ Kirk- land, the Principal Witness, Em ployed by n Newspaper to Join the Conspiracy. "Philadelphia, Nov. 10. As the result or nn investigation conducted by a newspaper opposed to the machine politics of this city, five men, all resl- dents of Washington, D. C arrested on election nlsht, were today held In ball for court on the charge ot repeat ing, impersonating election officers and making fraudulent returns. The de fendants are John F. Sheehan, R. M. Dilnkeit, William Cook, Harry Mc Cabo and George Klrkland. All but one aro said to be In the government's employ. It developed that Klrkland had been employed by the newspaper mentlonel ,0 enter the conspiracy. He was thj i nn(,W witness today, and ball In his case was fixed at J1.0O0, the others be ing required to furnish $1,800. The testimony Involved several piomlnrnt Republican politicians in this city and a lieutenant of capital police at Washington. The fraud was accomplished in the Thirteenth divis ion of the Seventh ward and the elec tion paiieis of this division were pio duccd in evidence. The returns showed a vote of 3.57 for Colonel James n Bar nett, the Republican candidate for state trensurer, and fle for W. T. Creasy, the Democratic candidate. Knkland, who. at the time ot his ar rest said his name was George Wright, described the trip from Washington to this city of the alleged lepoaters on Monday night. He then related In de tail all that happened fiom the time of their arrival until their airest at the rallmad station on election night. On Tuesday morning, he .said, ho and Will iam Cook went to the house of Deputy Coroner Samuel Sa'ter, accompanied by Lieutenant Joserdi G. Rogers, of the capital po'lee. Lieutenant Rogers, Klrkland declared, was In charge of ; the narty when It left Washington. At Salter's house they met the deputy cor oner and John Sllvcrmnn, one of the election Inspectors. Continuing, the , witness said- "Pnlter handed us a number of bal lots folded and sealed and told us they WGro tn K ln tl,e ,,n,c as R0 as we Klrklnnd's Tv'clence. Klrklsnd then said that ho acted n.s minority Inspector under the name of Clarence McCnbe, the regular In spector, nnd that Cook Impersonated H. F. Rankin, the Judge of election. Durinc the afternoon witnes asserted 15 additional votes were marked by Cook and Silverman and placed In thi box. The last 21 voters were handed Fpeclmon ballots which witness thoucht were dstroved after the polls closed. He si'd 124 votes were nctu il ly cat nnd that t'ip number returned was "IT or thereabouts. Klrk'end said he acted In the mat ter at the Instlratlon of R M. John sen, a newspaper reporter. Ho wis pi Id $1"? for his work nt tho polls by Lieutenant Rogers ho said. William Hamilton, tho Judge of the cleci'lnn, testlfed that he was unable to oclate owing to, Illness and to the fact that In order to do so he would have to resign his position ns laborer In the postofPce. The clerk at tho hotel nt which tho Wnshlngton men stopped Monday night said the bill was psJd bv a prom- lnent local Republican politician. R M Johnson, a newspaper reporter. testified that he was In Wnshlngton Inst Sundny. Ho saw Klrkland there and on thnt day nnd nlso on the train en route to this "city the following dny. Counsel for the prosecution an nounced that In view cf the evidence he would nsk for warrants for several others who had been Implicated nnd thnt he would domnnd the extradition of Lieutenant Rogers. M'CORMICK'S CRIMES. His Acquittal Causes Rose Polk to Attempt Suicide. Cumbeilnnd, Md , Nov. 10. After Judge Boyd this morning announced that the court after lengthy eonsulta' tIon' ha1 fountl GeorSe " McCormlck. r Cumberland, not guilty of criminal assault " Itof, J 0IK ms is-year-oia slster-ln-Inw. of Tiostburg, tho latter rushed from tho court house nlone and running down Washington street to watd Wills creek, exclaimed between sobs: "I will kill myself; I have nothing to live for." Just before she reached the bridge her sister. Mrs McCormlck, nnd step sister, Mies Hstella Robinson, caught her. nnd with tho assistance of a man who was lushing along kept hr from Jumping from the bridge. The girl vowed she would commit suicide. All three leturned to tho court house, all crying bitterly. The Incident caused great excitement. The case nroused great Interest. McCormlck Is a tin worker, whoso father tuns n hotel In South Cumberland. He is yet to nn swer tho charge of wife beating nnd attempted assault on Miss Robinson. The Molineux Case. New York, Nov. 10. Tho appell.ato dlv llon of the supieme tourt denied today tho motion of the district attorney for a tpeclal Jury In tho enso of Roland II M'Unnux, accused of the murder of Mrs. Kate H Adams. Tho ground upon which tho dielslon wan mndo wus tech nical merely, nnd Assistant District At torne Le Unibler, who nrgucd the mo tion, said the application will bo renewed. Suspicions of Foul Play, Clrecnsburg, Nov. 10. The mangled re mains of two men wuio found today on tho Pennsylvania railroad tracks near Uitrobc, I'a. A third man who refuses to Identify himself, Is hold by tho au thorities. Ho unvs tho inon were killed by a froWht trnln, but his strnngo man ner has caused suspicions that there may have been foul play. Ono of the men killed was ldcntllled as William Ca hose, aged 40 years, of New York. HIE Mi US IMS M0U.VLVU Weithir Indications Todiyi ft Air. 1 General-South African War Reports, The Flight of Agulnuldo. Klcctlon Frauds nt Philadelphia. Rstlmato of tho Power of the Stand ard Oil Company. 2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania. Financial and Commercial. 3 Local Musical and Theatrical. 4 Ddltorlat. 5 Local Social nnd Personal. Ono Woman's Views. S Local Exciting Incidents at Old Forge. Oflielal Footings of Tuesday's Elec tion. 7 Local New Railroad Routo to Tide water. Coroner Inquires Into Joseph Zelln ski's Death. S Local Wtst Scranton and Suburban. 9 Round About the County. 10 Local Religious Now a of tho Week. 11 Storj "Tho Adams Affulr" 12 Local Llo Industrial News. CONTROLS OUR RAILROADS? Estimate of Power of Standard Oil Company Mr. Andrew B. Call's Statement Before the Industrial Commission Not Certain That tho Corpoiation Also Runs Our Coun try. Washington, Nov. 10. Tho Industrial commission this afternoon listened to the testimony of Mr. Andrew II. Call, of Montreal, Canada. Mr. Call's' state ment dealt almost entirely with the operations of tho Stnndard Oil com pany in Canada. Ho represented that the company has a monopoly of tho oil refining business in the dominion and that it Is Impossible to purchase fiom the company unless the pui chaser agieos to buv all his goods from the Standard refiners. He complained es pecially of the freight rates, which he said are extremely discriminative against American oils He gave In stances of which only twelve cents a hundred was charged on Canadian oil from Montreal to St. Johns, whereas twenty-four cents was charged upon the American products. Also the through rate on oil fiom American points had been almost doubled ln the past year, the entire Increase being or. the Canadian end of the roads. He nlso said the present duty on tho Ameilcnn oil Imported Into Canada was five cents per gallon, or 100 per cent. He wns hopeful, however, that this di tv would be lowered. Mr. Call also sild thT tho Stan lard people weie In the habit of sending men Into the yaids of opposition companies and taking out samples. Controls Railroads. "Then tho Standard OH company .practically runs our country, its i all roads and Its government," sugges'td Mr. Livingston. "It certainly controls our roads," re sponded the witness, "but 1 would not say so much concerning the govern ment." He was satisfied that lio policy of tho railroads and th-1 ffl'.lit 'ales wero rot the result of n policy of ic t.allatlon on the pait of Iho Cam. ban government against the United Slates He said th.it there weiv nine jcfln eiies In Cannda before the combina tion wns effected, but tlnf most of them had since been demolish vl. One owner of a leflnerv had toli him tint he had received ?r 000 for .i filnnt th it was not worth to exceed $10 001. This consolld itlon had been effected In '90 and since then the price of oil has ndvnnced from 12li cents to 17 cents per gallon. He wns satisfied that tho Standard company received rebates from the railroads, but did not have the pi oof that such w.ih the case. He thought the company had mnde Im mense pmflts In Canada during the past three months nnd said the Stnnd ard people preferred handling tho Ca nadian pio'luct there because It was more profitable than the Ameilcan. CRAMPS STRIKERS ARRESTED. They Are Charged with Inciting Riot. Philadelphia, Nov. 10 Three of the Bti Iking employes of the Cramps ship ynid and Business Ar"nt John J. Kee- gan, of the International Association of Machinists, nnd Frederick Consel man, treasurer of the machinists' or ffnnlrntlnn, were today ni rested 'nnd held In $2,000 ball each, charged with Inciting to : lot. The stilkers under arrest are Hugh Boyd. Thomas Wil son and Joe Melon. Tho dliect cause of the nrrests was the refusal of tho men to move away from the vicinity of the ship yard when ordered to do so bv the police The stilkeis claim this move was made to offset the Impending arrest of a Cramp supeilntendent for whom a wairant was issued last Tuosdny. Later In the day tho yard superin tendent, Hnny Mull, for whom a war rant was Issued several days ngo by Hugh Hoyd, one of the stilkers nr restei today, surrendered himself and i was held ln J5C0 ball for court. Mr. Mull wns charged with assault ing Boyd. EXTENT OF THE GOLD BELT. Col. Shonfo Says It Reaches Across the Bohring Sea to Siberia. Soattle.Nov. 10 According to Colonel C. M f'henfo, who hns returned from Cnpo Nome, the gold belt of that dis trict extends across Rehrlng sea and Into Slbeiln. Colonel Sheafo says re putable miners insist that there Is no doubt of the truth of that assertion. Thomas Wright Hanged. Shlppcnsvllle. Texas, Nov. 10. Thomas Wright nn ex-convlct, was hnnged to day. He killed John Adams, a farmer. He believed the latter was tho causo of his being sent to the penitentiary. liipton'a Yacht nt Fayal. Fayal, Asorcs, Nov. 10 Sir Thomas Upton's steam yacht Erin, which left Now York Nov. 2, passed here today, towing the Shamrock. ACTIVITY OF THE BOERS General Joubeif s Forces Bombarding Lady- smltli Daily. NO SERIOUS HARM DONE General White- Roports Entrench ments Being Strengthened Supply of Provisions Ample Official Con firmation of Buighcrs' Treachery. Truco ring and Wounded Fired On. Pear in London That General White's Long-Rango Ammunition Is Exhausted Belief That Enemy Will Soon Make Dotormlned At tempt to Take tho Town More Re inforcements Arrive at Cape Town. London, Nov, 10. Tho British war office has received from Geneial Dul ler the following dispatch: "Cape Town, Thuisdav evening, Nov. 9 Have lecelved by pigeon post fiom General White today the following: 'The bombardment at long range by heavy guns continues dally. A few i casualties aio occunlng, but no seri ous liaim Is being done. Tho Rocrs sent In todav a number of lefugees fiom tho Transvaal under a flair of tiucc. A flag of tiuce fiom Ladysmlth met them outside tho pickets. When tho party sepaiatcd tho Boer guns filed on It beforo It reached our pick ets. Major Gale, of the Royal en- 1 glnects, was wounded today while sending a message. Tho entrench ments nre dally growing stronger, and tho supply of piovislons is ample." Capo Town, Nov. 10 Tho British i transport Moor, having on board the officers of tho staff of three divisions t of the British army corps on its way to South Africa, arrived hoc at 9.C0 ! nVlflnU Vila ninrnlnrf The Troop Ships. London, Nov. 10. With the arri al at Capo Town of tho British transpo.ts Roslln Castle and Moor, to bo followed by a continuous succession of tioop laden ships, the real campaign In South Africa mny be said to have been begun, and the fact that tho former was or dered to proceed to Durban, Natal, forthwith, Indicates either an ontlro change, or, nt least, a modification, in the plan of advance. Apparently Gen eral Bullcr's first mnvn la ir, i, .1.. relief of General White, which will be u. uepariuro from the plans credited to him of nn advance through tho level count! y of the Orange Trco State and southwestern Tiansvaal. It has been known for some days that the situation at T-idvntnitv, -,.. i.i I Ill I (..Mill, I not bo prolonged Indefinitely. It Is understood that the government has received Information that the qules I concc of tho Roeis Is to glvo place to activity as soon as tho sleget-ti-iin from Pietoria nt lives, and that a dc teimlneil attempt to deliver a telling; stioke Is to he made then. That new n It is ndded, led General Ruller to pre pare n counter-stroke. He may en deavor to push the Hoeis back' bv u direct attack, but such nn operation would entail great expendltuie of life, as the Roeia have fortified most of tho passes and other positions in northern Natal. While the pigeon dispatch of General White show 3 that tho beleagured gar rison was holding its own yesterday, it is feared .lore tli.U the ellenco re garding tho woik of Ri'tlsh artillery in reply to the Roer yni Indicates thnt General Whltj Is di.'it of long lango ammunition. If hut Is tiue, 1 lie repot ten lurinor destruction of the" inllroad neir colenr.11 us-iuuch greuter Importance. One very serious passage In General "White's niesvnn-e is tlirt W.ini, f-t..A 1 the first olloiii conflimatlnn of tho statements of Poor treachery. Hither to thero has ben a disposition to dis credit those icports, but now they must be accepted as at least partly; true. BOOKKEEPER MISSING. Edwai'd P. Deering Suddenly Dlsnp peaia fiom Portland. Portland, Me., Nov. 10. Edward P. Deering, cashier and bookkeeper for Woodbuty & Moulton, the banking house which lecontly ns Igned with lia bilities of more than $500,000, has been missing since lavt Sunday. It Is learned that ho left on the noon tialn that day for Boston, and though efforts havo been made to find him, nil have been in availing. The assignees of the failed concern have been haid at work preparing n. statement, but as yut no systematic! examination of the books has been mndo to seo If the accounts nro stialght. It Is understood that Deer ing left home without notifying his wife of his Intention. He took none of his personal belongings with htm. Steamship Anlvals. New York, Nov. 10 -Cleared: Umbrla, Liverpool; Amsteidnm, Rotterdam: Pnt rlcln, Hamburg via liymuiitli. Ilnvie Arrived- La Totuatm;. New York. Urow head Passed: Tnurle New Yoik for Liv erpool Plymouth Sailed: Protorla, New York for Hamburg. Mobilization of Reserves. London, Nov. 10 Orders for tho mo bilization of the necessaiv roserves for tho supplementary division announced jesterday by Lord Wolsclny, wero Issued this evening The men will Join between Nov. 13 and Nov. 2 f -r -r- f ( WEATHER FORECAST. -t- - -f Washington, Nov. 10. roreenst -f for Saturday! Eastern Ponmlf- -4- -f vunla Rnln lato Saturday and SrA- -f f urday night; rain followed by faV 4- and cooler Sunday; Increasing - 4- easterly winds. -4 t -r -rf t it 4 i
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