.offiT1 amrtm TWO CENTS. twelve: pages SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1S99. TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. SS'a && 3 SHELLING LADYSM1TH Vivid Account Given in Censored Dispatches from Boers. PRISONERS OF PRETORIA The Eighteenth Hussars nnd Dublin Fusllcers Are Well Ted nnd Well Cared for Tioopshlp Arcana Ar rives nt Capo Town British Troops Capture Guns nnd Ammunition nt Colesburg. Klmberloy, Thursday, Nov. 9 (Even ing), la Hope Town, Sunday, Nov. 12. The Boeis wcro kept busy yesterday In throv, lug up fresh earthworks. There lias been no fmthcr bombard mem The De Heeis mines aro prnc tleall cloned. Thousands of the cm plojes ate now domiciled In the cento" of tho town and aie bein piovlsion d by the mayor's tellcf fun Tho rnjll tnry authoiltles have oidered all civil ians to give up their arms nnd ammu nition, with the view of preventing Irresponsibles filing at the Boers, In contiaventlon of the laws of civilized warfaio Kaffirs repoit that the Boers cheered each shell as It was fired yesterdav, believing that It meant the destruction of Klmbei lev The Iioers are now wearing Khaki unlfoims and blue pug garees making It difficult to distin guish them from the British. London, Nov 17. The following cen sored despatch fiom Pretoila gives de. tnlls nf tho engagement referred to In the Associated Press despatch from 1'retnrla, of Wednesday, Nov 15: "The Tree Staters had taken up a position on a small hill when an En glish battery ndvanced and attacked them, sending a flety hall of shells on the bill for an hour, when the Trans vaal cannon put some shells light In the midst of the battery, sending the Tngllsh to cover behind a hill Two buighers were killed and sK wei wounded When tho British fell bark on Lad smith several shells explode 1 among them, but the execution done could not be seen. At midnight all he Afril nnder cannon on the hills Minoundlng the town opened Hie sim ultaneously on Ladysmlth, turning the quiet and rlarknet-s of night Into a lurid Inferno of whistling, shtleklng shells, f-preding from nil points of the com pass to tho doomed city. Several buildings on flio were seen from Rul wan Hill During the day the troops left tho city deseited and sought on the edge of the hill to escape our death-dealing shells." A Pretoila Version. The dispatch from Pretoria also says that the pilsoncrs at that place Include the Elrhtcc'th Hussiis. four officers and ninety-one non-cotninlsloned offi cers and men: tho Dublin Ftislleerg, four officers and twelve non-commissioned officers and men the Irhh Fus lleors ten officers nnd 513 non-commissioned offlceis and men- the Glouces ter, fouiteen officers and 301 non-commissioned officers nnd mei; the Rifles, two officers nnd eighty-nine nn-com-mlssloned offlceis and men, the Dra goons, one man, the Natnl police, one ma" political, sixty-two men: sick, thirty-eight men. The dispatch adds- "Trains are working excellently from Pietorla to Ladysniith The Roer3 have ample food, but aie shoit of clothes, boots and mackintoshes " Cape Town. Thuisday. Nov W It Is reported from Colesbutc that n nmn. tlty of guns and ammunition belonging to the Orange Eire State and destined for Richmond have been captured by tho Riitisli Durban, Natal. Nov. IB A gentle man v ho was ai rested nt Johannes burg taken to Pretoria nnd leleased, has ai lived heie a Delagoa bay. While at Pretoria ho was confined on the race course with the mllltaiy pris oners compiling flftv-two officers and 1 2" nnn-conimlssloned officers nnd men from Nntnl, tin olllceis and twn tj 'Ho non-commlsIoned offlcot.s and men from Mafeklng, and four men from Tort Tull The pilsoneis" guatds were almoFt exclusively Get mans, nnd the nrtillerjnien manning the forts were also mnstlv Germans. The prisoners weie well fed and were shown eerv consideration. Most of the officers were removed to more com fortable quarters In the town. Lond n Nov 17 An official dispatch confirms the statement that Captain J A, Haldane of the Gordon Highland ers, attached to the Dublin Fuslloers, nnd Lieutenant Thomas Trankland (not Tranklin) nnd thlrty-seven non commissioned officers nnd men of the Dublin Fusllcers nre missing. More Troops Arrive. London, Nov. 17. Tho ndmlrnlty an nounced this eenlng the nnlval at Cape Town today of the troopship Ar cana with n battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (the Piln cess Louise's regiment), bringing tho rvinfoi cements up to 23,500, of which 7,290 have already dlsembatked at Dur ban, with eiehtun field gum, a num ber of machine guns, engineers and hospital troops, as well as 700 mules This force, together with that already between Ustcouit and Durban, Is con sldered sufficient to enable General III!, ynrd to advance nnd to tnko tho ag gressive against tho Iioers south of Ladysmlth. According to the latest ndvlres, Ladysmlth Is holding out sat isfactorily, everything having been well up to Wednesday. In view of tho Poer destruction of bridges, the war offleo has Issued or ders for the shipment of a quantity of bridge work botween this and the end of tho year. London, Nov. 18, C a, m. Tho nb sence of news of any serious move ment against Ladysmlth seems to show that the Uocrs are repeating tho strat egy ndopted by them nt Dundee, when they nppeared In front and endeavored to effect n surrounding movement. This seems to be their object regard ing Estcourt, nnd since It Is Impossible that relief should reach there for somo days to come It Is not unlikely that u further retiring movement on Mool river will bo mnde. Major Wolfe Murray has returned to Pletermarltzburg to take command of tho lino of communications, nnd Col onel Long, of the Roynl nrtlllery, has taken command nt Estcourt. The forces now nt Pletermarltzburg nre too weak to attempt to re-open communi cations. Artillery and cavalry espe cially nre badly needed nnd It necessar ily will take a very long time to ob tnln either, owing to the difficulty of entraining nnd the necessity of al lowing tho horse to rest nfter long sea voyages. Tor the Indiscriminate distribution of tho vnrlous divisions nt unexpected points It seems clear that the original plans of General Puller have been wholly changed. Not the slightest word regarding the new plans have been nllowed to escape. It hns been repotted that tho Bel mont fight arose owing to the ndvance of n Biltlsh column to relievo Klmber lev, but this seems Incorrect, nil of the most tellable accounts ropiesentlng the engagement as growing out of a reconnolsinco. Tlv nnnouncement of the arrival of General Methuen ot Ornnge river, how evei. doubtless means that arrange ments nre In n forward state for nn ndvnnce from that point. If tho nd vnne hns net already begun. Klmber ley was safe Friday, Nov. 10 Last Tiles in v a Poer force of COO enteiod Allwnl North, Cape Colony, hoisted the flag of the Free State nnd declared the dMrlct to be part of tho republic. The activity of the Doers In this lo cality would nlmost point to tho nec essity of Insuilng the safety of the column matching to the relief of Klm berley from attack from this direction or fiom Bloemfonteln. In view ot the reticence of General Puller It Is almost useless to speculate regarding the report of a movement to relieve Klmborley. It can only be Intended to withdraw tho Poors, If pos sible, from Natal. INSANE FATHER'S AWFUL DEED Plotted to Kill His Entire Family and Then Commit Suicide He Kills Two of the Children and Him self Ten ible Spectacle. Chicago, Nov. 17. Canylng out a plot ho had apparently planned with dellbeiatlon, Cornelius Cotcoian today fdiot four of his chlldien, killing two of them, and then ended his own life. Tho tragedy occurred at his home, Mil Deatboin street Tho dead Cornelius Corcoran, l'J ears old, Margaict Cotcoian, 5 years; John Cotcoian, 7 sears. The wounded: Knto Corcoran, 14 yeats old, may die; Lizzie Corcoran, J yeais, may die. The police aro convinced tho man was Insane Ho had lled with his seven chlldien for months past. To nil appeal ancts he was a kind and con Mdeiate parent. For somo days he had plotted for the death of his chil dren and accomplished his purpobe Tuesday. Heating the children cough hearoseln the dark, administered laud- nnum to live of them, Clifford, Tlmo thv, John, Margaret and Lizzie. The fit st two wore removed to tho Meicy hospital, wheie Timothy died the next day. Cotcoian exhibited such pro found gilcf over the affair that the police and the coroner thought the giving of the laudanum wn3 a mlstaKe. Today he dellbetately carried out the fuither terrible work with a revolver. Coicoi an's mother called at the house on a visit nnd on reaching tho door heaid the shots and ran Into the Mi eel sci earning. The police were notified and 'nn .appalling sight greeted the eyes of Lieutenant Clancy and oth er officers when they entered the house. In the first bed room, Just off tho par lor, was the body of Mnrgaiet, lying In a mass of blood at the head of the bed, while at the foot lay John nnd Knte, unconscious nnd breathing heav ily. In the loom to the lear Corcor an's dead body was found on tho floor, while that of the baby, Lizzie, re clined on a pillow, A rovqlver lay near Cotcoran's body. Fho of the cham bers were empty. The chlldien were quickly lemoved to the Mercy hospital. Coicoran was Injured about thtco years ago In n col lision with a cable car while driving a mall wagon. His leg was broken and his brain affected It Is said six months ago Corcoian's wife became Insane and since that time she has been an Inmlate of an asvlum at Kan kakee. The only child to escape Injury was Mai Ion. IB j ears old, who Is at the hos pltal nursing her brother, Cllffoid. ANTON LUTZ COMPROMISED. Millionaire Brewer Settled Breach of Promise Case Out of Court. Pittsburg, Nov. 17. The breach of promise case brought by Ruth De Hand, of Chicago, against Anton Lutz. the millionaire brewer of this city, In which the damages were placed at $100 000, came to a sudden termination today, when the counsel for the plain tiff nnnouncod to the court that an amicable settlement had been reached. Cincinnati Club's Tour. Clncinnntl, O, Nov. 17 -The Cincinnati bnso ball club left hero tonight for n tour of tho south, opening nt Memphis tomorrow It Is their Intention to visit Cuba before the return. Tho makeup of tho team Is: Hnhn, Knhoc, Bontloy, Mcl'hco, McCoimlck, Gondlng. Lever, Lattlmor and Tamuhlll, with Frank Bancroft as manager. Corbett Will Tight Jeffries. Now York, Nov. 17 A match between Jlin Jeffries, tho champion heavyweight pugilist and Jim Corbett. ex-chnmplon, wit nrrnnged today betwcwi Corbett peruonally, and W. A. Brady for Jeffrlen. The articles will bo Mgned Tuehday Jeffries will havo tho fixing of tho dato of tho bout. Draw at the Sixth Round. Chlcngo, Nov. 17.-Tho fight between Kid Mel'artland ond Mattlo Matthew s was declared a draw at the end of the elxth round, THE SENATE FOOD INVESTIGATION TESTIMONY REGARDING PURE GROCERIES. IM- Witncsscs Find tho Markets Flooded with Foods Adulterated Almost Be yond Reason Plaster of Paris Mus tard, Charcoal Pepper, Sawdust Flour Among tho Thlng3 Calculat ed to Destroy Digestive Organs. New York, Nov. 17. The United States senate commltteo on manufact in es today continued Its Investigation Into the ndulteratlon of food prepared for the market. Senator Mason, of Illinois, was tho only representative of the committee present. William II Zeltncr, of the Henry Zcltner Browing company, of this city, was the first witness. He testlflei that he manufactured two classes of beer, one of barley, malt, yeast, hops and wnter only, and another of a cheaper grade with an ndded propor tion of white coin gilts. Mr. Zeltner said he believed there should be n national law controlling tho standard of purity of beer, tho standard should bo fixed on a basis of barley and malt. Dr. Kdwnrd H. Jenkins, an agricul tural chemist, Alee director of the Con necticut agricultural experimental sta tion, told of his work in nintvzlng the food offered for sale In the Connecti cut marl ns and declared that the gen eral adulteration of food pioducts has Increased with tho business competi tion and demand for cheap wares. Dr. Jenkins said he found meat poultry nnd fish preserved with borax. More than half the Jellies examined were made of glucose nnd starch paste, colored with an artificial coloring, fla vored with artificial flavoring and pre served with salicylic acid. The cheap er grades of coffee weio found to con tain a laige proportion of pea pellets, wheat middlings and chlckory. Dr. Jenkins presented for the In struction of Senator Mason a number ot small bottles containing the coffee adulterantn and Imitation coffee beans, adulterated mustard, which Is 20 per cent, plaster nf parts, pepper that Is 75 per cent, chaicoal, sawdust and flour nnd envenne peper that Is less than 10 per cent, pure pepper. Speaking of tho dyes used In tem perance drinks, Dr. Jenkins said ex periments had shown that one glass of raspberry soda had sufficient aniline dye to color a piece of llannel five in ches squaie. MOLINEUX JURY. rour of Them Are Selected in Four Days. New York, Nov. 17. The trial of Roland B Mollneux was Interrupted this afternoon by the sudden Illness of one of tho Jurors, Daniel Fraad. He wns nsslstod from the court nnd physi cians found that ho was suffering from acute Indigestion. Recorder Goff de clared Mr. Frnad's seat In the Jury box vacant. Two more Jurors were accepted this morning nnd they took their places in the Jury box. After examining twelve ' talesmen, the thirteenth, Daniel Fraad, manager of a window-cleaning' com pany, was accepted as the third Juror. I His Illness followed and he was ex 1 cused. A few moments after Mr. Fraad's I seelctlon the fourth Jumr was accepted. He Is Herbert Gordon Thomson, an Iron 1 manufactuier. The next Juror accept ! ed was Abraham Altmeyer, a retired , real estate dealer. This Is the fourth day of Mollneux's trial and thus far more than 100 talesmen have been ex amined. The net results of today's trial, therefore, Is the selection of two Jurors, making four In nil. SIX NEW WARSHIPS. Contracts Will Be Awarded for Pro tected Cruiseis. Washington, Nov. 17 The board of naval construction today agreed upon a report recommending that the navy department aw aid the contracts for constructing tho six new protected cruisers authorized by congress to the following concerns: Union lion works, of San Tranclsco; Lewis Nixon, of the Crescent ship building works, niizabethport, N. J.; the Path It on works, of Bath, Mo.: the Trigg company, of Richmond, Va.; the Fore River company, of Mass ; Neaflo & Leavy, of Philadelphia. The awards are not final until the board's findings nie approved by tho secretary of the navy The lowest bid ders did not teeelve the perfeience In nil enses nnd It Is to bo presumed that tho board was Influenced In Its selec tions by considerations of met Itorlous design nnd unquestionable ability of tho concerns to poifoim the work they will be called upon to undertake Mr, Henderson Arrives, Washington, Nov. 17. Hon David P. Henderson, of Iowa, who Is slated to be speaker of tho next bouso of repre sentation, arrhed In Washington this afternoon and has ettabllshed himself nt tho Normandlo hotel. Concerning public questions nnd tho formation of committees, tho piospectlvo speaker has nothing to say for publication. Colonel Davis 111. Chicago. Nov 17 Colonel George It Davis, who was director genernl of tlio World's fair. Is Ijlng critically 111 at his homo In this city. Colonel D ivls is suf fering from heart dlneapo, with 'compli cations. Ills Illness took a serious turn Tuesday, and today thero were grao doubts as to his recocry. Mr. Pettlt'a Successor. Washington, Nov 17. Tho president has appointed II. W. JInit. of Alliance, O , to bo United States consul nt Dus seldorf, Germany, to succeed Peltlt, de ceased. Mr Halt Is a young lawyer, and his appointment Is credited to the personal Interest In him entertained by the piesldent. Out in the Fifteenth Round, Now York, Nov. 17. Frank McConnell, of San Tranclsco, knocked out Jimmy Handler, of Newnik, N. J., before tho Broadway Athletic club tonight In tho fifteenth round. STOPPED THEIR GAME. Sharks Who Expected to Causo a Panic Aro Prevented. New York, Nov. 17. Russell Sage Is quoted today as saying to a newspaper Interviewer, who nsked him what he thought of the United States treasury to buy $25,000,000 of bonds: "I believe Secretary Gage's action has saved the financial world from a disastrous panic. "No one who has been In touch with business enterprises during tho past few months can fall to have rcalbod tho stringency of tho money market. Ready money appeared to bo extra oidlnarlly scarce, and those who had It held It or demanded tho highest class securities before they let It go. "I know ot banks In different parts of tho country which had the hardest kind of a time In realizing money, and yet they held securities that ordinarily would have been negotiable nny where. "The sharps took advantage of tho situation. They woic making a rich harvest of It, but the government has stopped their game." DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. Signs of Shrinkage in tho Demnnd for Iron and Steel Products Be comes More Clear. New Yoik, Nov. 17. R. G. Dun & Company's Weekly Review of Tiade will say tomorrow: Tho signs of shrinkage In the new demand for Iron and steel products be come mbio clear and while the prices of pig are mantnlnod without change and billets aro quoted lower only bo euuso prices for earlier deliveries aro no longer paid, plates are quoted low er at the east, with some small mills selling at 2.5 cents nt Pittsburg und sheets nre sold by some works tbeie nt $3 to $4 less than the regular price. The strength of bars nt the west Is lnrgcly due to the great demand for cars, of which It Is said that one thous and per day are ordered, but at the east prices are a shade lower. A new demand does not make up for tho rapid completion of old orders In some lines, so that the competition of woiks weak ens prices. In minor metals the col lapse of London speculation depressed tin to 20 cents on Wednesday here, but subsequently an advance of four pounds per ton in the foreign market brought tho New York price up to 2S. A sale of copper by the Calumet and Ilecla said to be of 20,000 pounds, low ered the price to 17 cents. Spelter Is weaker at ?4 C". with lead and tin plates unchanged. Shipments of boots and shots fall off, nnd t-t aro Knger than In any prc Ious year. Textile manufactures nio doing well, although In woolen the speculation In material tlneatens to cause some embarrassment. Sales of wool were again heavy. Cleatly a laige share of tlio transactions have been for speculation, but the mills hae been buIng also, especially those recently started after long Idleness. Cotton goods continue to ndvance, with a strong demnnd. Whent de- ?!?,?! 5 f1ti0?,- bUt fU!ly repovcrod' although Atlantic exports were only 2,!)7fi,r31 bushels, flour Included, against 3 06S 70S for tho same week last year, nnd Pacific exports 720,793 bushels, against 1.9SS.0D3 last year. Tho course of the maiket Is the more noteworthy becauso western re ceipts aro much reduced, being onlv 5S07.SG7 bushels, against 10,337,311 last year. Corn declined a fraction, with heavier exports than last year and smaller receipts. Failures for tho week were 219 In I the United States, against 223 last year, nnd 20 In Canada, ngalnst 2G last year. TRANKLIN FIELD GAME. Pennsylvania Defeats State College Score of 47 to O. Philadelphia, Nov. 17. Pennsylvania had no trouble In defeating the Penn sylvania college tenm on Franklin field today, the score being Pennsyl vania, 47; State college, 0. The red nnd blue eleven played a strong and fast game. The players mnde few mistakes and thero wns little fumb ling. On the other hand, State col lego was suiprlslngly weak. Tho Quakers went through State's lino at will and skirted her en's time nnd ngaln. State nlso fumbled con siderably. Pennsylvania went Into the game with the Intention of topping Yale's score of 42 ngalnst State and the students cheered wildly when old Penn went the Yaleslans five points better. Pennsylvania made her first touch down In less than one minute after tho game started. Twenty-four points were made In the first half and twenty three In tho second peilod. Captain Hare kicked seven goals from touch- l downs. Hare. McCracken nnd Potter plnyed star games for Pennsylvania, while Wood carried off tho honors for Stnte. The lineup: Pennsylvania. Stato College. Ktehlo left end Harris Snover loft tackle. Rnndolph (Capt.l Hare (Capt.)....!eft guard T.alor 0erfield center Cummings Teas right gunid Scboll Wallace right tacklo ..T. II. Miller (Outland) (D. K. Mlllor) Coombs right end Wood Kennedy q'trback. Jnhnsoiidlcwltt) Gardiner left half back Maxwell Potter .. .. right half back Martin McCracken full back euro Score Pennsylvania 47: Stato Collegi , 0. Touchdowns McCracken, 4: Hare, 2; Teas 1: Potter, 1. Goals from touch downs Hare, 7. Missed goal fiom touchdown Haie, 1. Itefrrer C II. Schoff, Pcnnslvanln. Pmplro J. 11. Minds, Fennsjlvantn. Timekeeper John Hedges, Pennn. Time of halves SO min ute?. Tho Washington nnd Jofforson team, which plays at Princeton tomorrow, stopped hero nnd took In tho game. Bonds Offered for Sale. Washington, Nov. 17 The bonds offer cd to tho government today nt tho sever nl sub-treasuries under Secretary Gnge's offer of last Tuesday amounted to S2.3U,. 350 ns follows- New Ycik, Ji,SS.160; Philadelphia. U7.0OO; Cincinnati. $1,000; Baltimore, $200. m Missouri Bank Burglary. Joplln, Mo , Nov. 17. Robbers blew open the safo of tho Bunk nt Carl Junc tion, ten miles north of here, early this morning nrd stole between $3,000 and $1,. ,000 In cash. MORE INFORMATION REGARDING TRUSTS MR. CARNEGIE'S TESTIMONY THE LAST TO BE TAKEN. Mr. Rico Gives Testimony as to De tails in Organizing Tiusts and Con tends That Combinations Tend to Cheapen the Price of Commodities to Consumers Plans to Perfect Or ganization. Washington, Nov. 17. The Indus trial commission has received from Mr. Andrew Carnegie a promise to ap pear before tho commission In Decem ber and give his testimony upon the subject of trusts. Mr. Carnegie's testi mony will be the last taken upon this subject preparatory to the preliminary report upon trusts, which will be made to congiess early In January. Hon. John Wanamaker is expected to testi fy before the commission next week upon the question of combination stores. Mr. Samuel Rice, president of tho Distilling company of America, known as the whiskey trust, was before the commission todny. Ho said that his company controlled about 90 per cent, of the spirits distilled In tho United States, but that the company had abandoned the policy of cutting prices. There was no Intention of driving com petitors out of business, the Intention being to sell at n fair and sure profit, letting others do as they might please In fixing prices. Mr. Rico gave the details of tho or ganisation of the tiust, saying it was foimod from the Distilling and Cattle Feeders' association, the American Spiilts Mnnufncturlng company, the Standard Distilling and Distributing company, nil of which were controlled by the principal company by the own ership of the stock It had merely a clearing house for the other companies. All the stockholders of these sovetnl concerns, with tho exception of a very smnll minority, bad entered Into tho combination with zeal The parent company nlso owns a rye whiskey dis tillery at Minneapolis ond tho Hannls distillery It makes about 00 per cent, of the spirits produced, ho said, and contiols an equnl percentage of tho brands of Kentucky whiskey. The Capital Stock. Of the capita stock of the company there had been Issued $11,2,i0.000 In pre ferred and HB.230.000 In common. Mr. Rico said he could not say what amount had ben paid to the organizers ot mo trust, out as it was a voiy deli cate and Important undertaking, he thought they should liavo been well paid. He was also unable to state what had been paid for the Hannls Rye dis tillery, but he considered It. worth not less than $3,000,000. Tho company had made no public statement of Its nf- j falls, but Its books, Mr. Rice said, were always open to the Inspection of the stockholders of the company I Mr. Rice contended that the effect ot the combination was to cheapen, the cost of production and also to lessen the price to the consumers. Our plan," he said. "Is to control the business, so as to pi event over production, but wo do not seek a mon opoly. Any one Is welcome to stay In the business. And we do not cut prices, nor do wo Intend to cut them. Our agents have strict Instructions on that point. We consider our protection to bo In our superior facilities, nnd we do not fear new distilleries starting up, so long as wo seek to make only a reasonable profit." He added that the company now con trols the output of the standard brands of whiskey. "And," he said, "wo In tend to hold the production of spirits down to the demand bv holding our price down near to the cost ot produc tion " A change of tho revenuo laws so as to permit the transportation of alcohol In tank cars was advocated by Mr. Rice. With this change he thought the United States could supply tho world with alcohol. He nlso thought tho whiskey tax should bo lower. THEY WANT THE ISLAND. Members of the Cuban League Make Demands. Havana, Nov. 17 At a meeting of tho Havana council of the delegates of tho Cuban league and the national party tonight, a resolution wns ndopted declaring that the United States hnv Ing lecognbed the right of Cuba to be free, Cubans might expect therefore the United States to deliver the Island to an Independent government. "While establishing a government," tho lesolutlon continued, "the Cubans should offer to the United States guar antees respecting property and a pref erence in the matter of commercial treaties, which the Americans hae a right to expect nnd which the Cubans not only have no reason to deny, but can grant without any weakening of their own Independence." Beyond this tho resolution nsserts that the "greatest efforts should be mndo to shorten the military occupa tion." Boers Destroy Bridges. London, Nov. 18 -Sreclnl despatches from Pletermarltzburg and Lorenzo Marques s.av that Lad smith Is bombard ed night nnd day and hard pressed On Nov. 9, balng during tho night placed mn closo to the town the Boers, after a heavy bombardment, began an assault, but wcro rcruli'ed nt every point with heavy losses. Tho Petri, hnvo destroyed ono of the bridges or tho Tugcla river. Politics Lead to Murder. Mlddlesboro, Ky , Nov. 17 John M. Tate, former representative of Lee coun ty, Virginia, was shot and killed today by Deputy Sheriff Pnn Bledsoe, of the same county. Tato was a leading Demo cratlo politician, and Bledsoe, n leader nmong tho Republicans Trouble over politics led to tho killing. i m Steamship Arrivals. New York, Nov. 17 Cleared: Stcamor Lucanln, Liverpool. Islo of Wight Passed: Steamer Spnnrndam, New York for Rotterdam. Llzurd Paused: Steam er rrlesland Now Yoik for Antwerp. Liverpool Sailed: Steamer Taurlo, Now York. Arrived: Steamer Bovlo fiom lfow York. THE NEWS THIS 3LUU.MNU Weathsr Indications Toiayt PARTLY CLOUDY j VJAimCH. General Filipinos Attnck. Bombardment of tlnues. Preparing for an Ladysmlth Con- Investigating tho Trusts. Scnato Food Investigation. General Northeastern Pennsylvania. Financial nnd Commercial. Local Martini's Paper on Palmistry. Ddltorlal. News nnd Comment. Local Social and Personal. Local Court Proceedings. Better Postal Scrlcc. Local-Local Political Matters. Plate Factory Seems a Certainty. Local West Scranton and Suburban. Round About tho County. Local Religious News of tho Week. Sunday-school Lesson for Tomorrow. Story "Colonel Drury." Local Llvo Industrial News. KENTUCKY MUDDLE. Goebel's Lawyers Propo3o to Throw Out the Entiro Vote of Jefferson County Bradley's Position. Frankfort, Ky Nov. 17. The propo sition today from Goebel's lawjers to throw out tho entire vote of Jeffeison county, which Includes Loulslll, was not wholly unlooked for by the Repub lican leaders hero. It Is now said Sen ator DeBoe's visit hero last night was for tho puriKiso of ascertaining definite ly to what extent Governor Bradley will support Taylor in the event that Gocbel Is glen the certificate of election, based on this proceeding. Senator Do Boo nnd Governor Bradley are not on speaking terms and a thltd patty neted as n "go between." DeBoo says ho Is satisfied Bradlev will stnnd bv Tnvlni nntl will vlirnrniw- j ly resist Goebcl Senator Lindsay will be nsked to act a" one of the nttorneva for the antl-Goebel side, before the state election commission. The Republicans hae found a pre cedent established by the state election commission last year In which the boaul by a unanimous vote, decided It was merely a canvassing boaid and had no power to pass on contests. This was tho case of Mordecal Williams, Democrat, who filed a contest for th3 certificate of election ns congressman fiom the Ninth district on the pound j that fraudulent votes had been cast for Congressman Pugh, In several counties. The boaid declined to hear the contest on the ground of lack of Jurisdiction and awarded tho certificate of election to Pugh on the face of the returns. Taylor's lawyers now claim tfnt un der this decision the -vote of John son and Knox counties, nt least, mutt be counted as certlfltd. Th-y have not glen an opinion ns to the beating of this ruling on tho Jefferson county case If Jefferson county Is thrown out the political complexion of the legls'atur-j will be affected, ns one senator nnd j seven representatives will have to bo elected under special election to be called by the governor. Louisville, Nov. 17. The official count was received tonight fiom Floyd and Knott counties. Floyd gives Goebel 156 nnd Knott gives him 459 pluiallty. In tho last tabulated icturns printed Wednesday morning, from Democratic souices, Goebel's plurality In the state was figured at one vote. In this table riojd (unofficial) gave Goebel 400 plui allty and Knott 439 plurality. The offi cial returns from these two counties show a not loss of 221 from the unoffi cial. ' SCIENTISTS FIGHT. They Object to Compulsory Vnccln ntinn. Amerlcus, G.a.. Nov. 17. Tho cases o the Christian Scientists who lefused to be vaccinated were settled today, so far j as the mayor's court can si ttle them, I by tho sentencing of 12. J. McM.ath to Imprisonment nt the city hall for thirty I days and a fine of $13. TKe ladles of the congregation were sentenced to flf- I teen days' confinement also, the pi ico I to be designated by the chief ofpullce, and to pay a fine of $3 each. The samo sentences of fine nnd Imprisonment will be assessed against such other mem bers of tho congregation as may refuso i to obey the vaccination ordinance. Mr McMath Is n leading moi chant nt Amerlcus, and the ladles Involvi i be long to the best families In tho city. Counsel has been employed to represent the ChrlBtlan Scientists and certior ates will be taken to the Superior couit and If l.ccessaiy the cases will bo car ried to the Supiome court of the United States. WILL ESTABLISH CHURCHES. Missionary Committee of Methodists Will Organize in Potto Rico. ' Washington, Nov. 17. The general committee on missionary woik in the Methodist church today decided after considerable discussion to organize two churches In Porto Rico, one at Ponce and one at Snn Juan. An uppeal will be mnde by tho church extension eoclety to build tint churches. Tho commltteo appropriated $6,000 for their maintenance when built. Zulus Become Insolent. London, Nov. 17 -Advice from Zulu land testify to tho gt owing uncas-mesa of British residents, whoso stoics ure loot ed by the Boers, with tho result that tlio Zulus themseles are grcwing Insolent, Elvlns rlso to u fear that they mty ut tack tho unaimed British population. DEATHS OF A DAY. New York, Nov. 17.-Tho Rev. Robert Dunlap Sproi.ll, D. D.. died at Proeport, L. I., today of cerebral parol sis. Ho was born In Allegheny, Pa., Blxty-thrco years nso. New York, Nov. 17. Colonol Lawrence Kip died nt his resldcrco In thU city at 9 45 o'clock tonight. Colonel Kip wus 68 years old and a well known horseman. Chicago, Nov. 17. Lewis Tro, super intendent of tho Sixth dlvUlon of the United States railway mall service, died tonight from neuralgia of tho heart. THE FILIPINOS ARE MASSING May Give Battle to the Americans Near Tarlac. THE LAST STAND, PERHAPS Two Thousand Insurgents Aro Con centrating at Gerona General Mascardo Menacing the Country Near Angeles Lawton and Mac Arthur Near Each Othnr Letter from American Prisoners Found. Heavy Rains Impedo Operations. Manila, Nov. 17. General MacAr thur's and General Law ton's commands are near each other. General Mac Arthur Is getting supplies to Tnrlao over tho railroad from Bnmban with nn engine which was raised from tho river by the Ninth Infantry. Colonel Howes, who occupied Vic toria with six troops of the Third cav alry, 1ms advanced to Rosales. A let ter wns found nt Victoria from Prlvato Desmond of the Slgnnl corps, one of the twenty-one Amerlc "" prlsonets held theic. Tho prisoners, the letter said, wore expecting to be taken to tha mountains before the at my nnlved. Two thousand Insurgents nro report od to be massing at Gerona, above Tar lac, ami Genoial Mascardo Is said to bo In tho mountains west of Angeles with a thousand men. preparing to mako raids. Rain has been falling throughout tho month. All last week the downpour was heavy nnd continu ous. The whole country Is in as bad condition as at any time this season. Manila, Nov. 18, S 25 a. m General MacArthur, with the Thirty-sixth In fantry, n battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry, a tioop of the Foutth cav alry, several Catlings and a detach ment of the Signal corps, has begun his northward adance fiom Tarlac, which will be continued to Bayomong, pro luce of New Vlza a. RHYNLAND'S TRIP. Ship Encounters Heavy Weather and Coal Is Consumed. Philadelphia, Nov.- 17 The Amerl enn line steamship Rbynland, from Liverpool, with seventy cabin pas .setigois and 131 In tho steerage, ar rhed heio today, being four dajs over due. The ship encountered heavy weather, but suffeied no damage. The Rbynland sailed from Liverpool Nov. 1, and nfter lealng Qucenstown on the follow Ing day she ran Into a storm, und during tho icinalnder of the voyage It was a continual struggle against tho elements. All the coal was consumed and during the last two days the fires were kept alive with w ood. Tho sea day after day swept tho decks. Twice It washed completely over the cssei, the water actually sub meiglng tho bridge, and on ono occa sion tho man on the lookout was un der water. Tho passengers were bad ly frightened, but theio never was nny danger of a panic. AEROLITE REPORTED. It Is on the Faim of George Smith, Tulton, County, N. Y. Hancock, Md , Nov 17. Georga Smith, who lives in Fulton county. Pa , nbnut twehe mll s fiom this place, rcpoits that nerollto fell on his farm eaily Thuisday mninlng and is burled In the field near bis barn. He and bis fnmlly weie awakened nt 2 o'clock I by a loud, hissing nolo, nccompanled by a bright Hash of light nnd a loud peal of what they thought was thun der. At daylight he dlscoveiod a circular piece of giound about one hundred foot In diameter having tho nppearanco of having been lecently plowed. He be lieves that a portion ot a meteor la burled In his corn Held. EARTHQUAKE AT SANTIAGO. Houses Damaged and Natives Badly Filfjhtened. Santiago do Cuba, Nov. 17. This morning at 9 15 o'clock an earthquako shock wns felt here, lasting nearlj half a minute. Several houses In tho city weie badly damaged, and the fiont of the marine hospital office fell, blocking tho street. No personal Injuries nro reported, but the natives weie badly f lightened. Evangelist Moody 111. Kansas CIt. Nov. 17-DwIght L. Moody, tho evangelist, was stricken with heart trouble today and lias left In tnro of phjslclans for Norll.llcld, Mn?s His condition Is critical Tho repot ts, how ever, as to tho tfilousniFs of his condi tion aro conflicting. Buveial of his Intl mato friends stated tonlRht that whllo his condition was serious It was not tritlcal. Theso friends, however, iLluct nntly admitted that thoj bellovo his career as a public speaker was nearlng tho end Dr. Shauttler said that In tils opinion tho tvungellsfs condition was not essentially worse than for tnmo time pant, nnd that) ho was Imply oxhaustcd fiom his recent exertions bcfoio the blj crbwds that liavo gntheied to hear him. Dr. Schaulllcr added, 1-owcver, that Mr. Moody must havo qulot and lest. Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington, Nov. 17 Pensions: Orltf Inal, Conrad Bimtry, Simon, Wayne, li r WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Nov. 17. Forecast f for Saturday ond 8unda : Pastern , -f Pennsjlvnnla Puitly cloudy and -t--f warmer Saturday. Sunday, fulr -f -f Mid cooler; fresh southerly winds, 4" tt t tt-t-tf-rttf t-r -l?leM
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