ribitue. L.m'i"m tntnton SCRANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1S99. TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. ESCAPE OF AMERICANS Seven Men Captured by the Filipinos Regain Liberty. SPANIARDS ALSO DEPART rendered to our troops and no trouble anticipated there." BASIS OF REPRESENTATION. New Plans Proposed to Control Re publican National Conventions. Mllwaukco.Nnv. 27. Henry C. Tayno, the Wisconsin member, will present at the meeting of the Republican national committee In Washington, Dec. 12, a resolution recommending a change In the basis of representation In future Uepubllcnn national conventions. The resolution will declare that the present basis of representation Is unjust and unequal and will suggest that each, state be entitled to four delegates at largo, nnd one national delegate for each 10.000 votes, or majority fraction thereof cast at the last preceding pres idential election for ttepubllcan elec tors nnd four delegates from each or- . : :. ... ..... - They Ljave In tho Turmoil of n. ' gani'i territory ami me uismn ot by Mr. Payne Is recommended by tho natloral committee and adopted by the convention Alabama would have nine ilpli-?atpft, Ark.iro-a eight, Florida Ilv SENATOR FLINN IS PLACED ON TRIAL CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL USE OF FUNDS. Books of City of Pittsburg Alleged to Show Ho Borrowed City Funds. Fllnn Claims Ho Paid It All Back nnd Doesn't Owe tho City a Cent. Testimony of Moreland and Fllnn. Rebel Retreat Ninety-Four Span iards Also Got Awny Colonel Bell Occupies tho Fortified Town of Mancalaren Insurgents Aban- Origin ten lxn'sina, sl, Misslslppl b . . , I five und South Carolina five a total oC doned It Witliout junng a onoi. Chase of Agulualdo Natives Have Threatened to Wreak Vcngoanco on Agulnnldo's Mother. Manila, Nov. 27. The Insurgents nave evacuated Mangalaren, province of Patigansinan, leaving seven Ameri can and ninety-four Spanish prisoners who escaped in the turmoil of the Fili pino retreat. The Americans are P. J. Green nnd George II. CO Powers, of the haul-'shlp Oregon, Thonns Kd wards and Charles Ulrd. of the Six teenth Infantry, Henry W. James, of thoTwelfth iiifunto, John Desmond, of tho Signal corps, and I K. Huher, of Lowe's Scouts. They report that the Americans, who were unable to escape, are with the Insurgents. They are Da vid ScoU. of the Twenty-fourth infan try, and A illlnin Sherhy, of tho hospi tal corps. Four deserters are with tho Filipinos Howard, Mart'n and Ford, of the Californlans, and Watts, whose former regiment Is unknown. Howard Is 'he only one serving with the Insurgents. He Is a captain of nr tlllery. Colonel null, of the Thirty-fourth volunteers, rrrlved at Mangalaren yes 49 Instead of 129 as under the present (apportionment. The other dectcses would bo: Col orado 1. Idaho 1, Montana 1. Nebraska 2, Nevada 1, North Carolina 2, Tennes see C, Texas 9, Utah 1, Virginia 6, and Wyoming 1. The Increase would be; California 1, Connecticut 3, Illinois 17, Indiana .6 Iowa 7, Maryland 2, Massachusetts 2. Michigan .", Minnesota 5. Now Hamp shire 2, New Jersey 2. New York 11, North Dakota 1, Ohio 11, Oregon 1, Penr.sylvnnla 13, Vermont 1. West Vir ginia 2, nnd Wisconsin 7. The repre senlatlnn of tho other states would re main as now. The total number of delegates would he SOI as at present. TELEPHONE TRUST RECEIVES A BLOW William C. Whitney and Others Withdraw from the Scheme Which Promised to Includo Everything on Wire in a Combine. Philadelphia, Nov. 27. The Evonlmr Bulletin today publishes the following: Th'i colossal plan to control all of tho Independent telephone companies terday evening, nfter n hard march, i in the United States nnd to combine He forded the Agno and found that F .wK'a company of the Thirty-third regiment had occupied tho town for two days. The Insurgents under Gen eral Alejandrino are letreatlng to the mountains, behind the town. They nre short of food and ammunition. The general's men are deserting and six cannon, which he has with blni, are Impeding hi? march. Colonel Hell pur poses following the Filipinos until he can b'ing about a decisive light, or until iluv b ive vatteied. Manrilnrcn was fortified strontfly with rifle pits commanding the louds, but the insur gents ab?n Honed the place without fir ing a shot. Three hundred Spanish prisoners who escaped from their captors before th? An orlcan advance, and who include therewith tho grca' telegraph compan les and the five Atlantic cable compan ies for which purpose thr- Telephone, Telegraph nnd fablo company of North America was Incorporated Nov. 9, with a capital of $30,000,000, received a severe blow today, the effect of which mnv be far reaching. This war n'one other than the withdrawal from, the s-heme of 'William C. Whitney, Thomas F. Ttyan, Anthony N. Brady, William L. Elkins, P. A. P. Widener and Thomas Polnn, thi men whose support made tho success of the enter prise possible and -whose opposition or Indifference may be fatal to Its ex'st ence. The r resident of the company is Wll- llnm J. Lattn, former general agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad company in civil offlcers of rank nnd many officers, j this city, which olllce hi resigned Sept. have arrived at Manila duiing the last I 1 last. Associated with him In the De week. Fianclsco Heycs hiought 1C0 of gii.nlng of the enterplise were: J. .T. them from General Whenton. They : Astor, P. A. P.. Widener, Charles H. were a motley apparelled an 1 bearded ' Flint. Martin Moloney, .T. F. .Tenks, W. company. Some were 111. and had to bo I L. Elkins, Frank IT. Tllford, W. H. carried from Tayug to San Fabian In i Gesehelnen. president of the Garfield army wagons. A delegation of the for- bank, Thomas Polan; Charles B. Ad mer prisoners has visited Major Gen- amp. of Ttoston: Oakes Ames, of Bos eral Oils In order to thank htm for his ' on: Charles Hoi brook, of Boston; V. VinanltnlWv u-litrh Innlndnd thn furnish- ' It. Francis, of St. LoUlS, William H. Ing of food and clothes. Senor .Tamnr lllo, the Spanish commissioner. Is mak ing arrangements to se"d the men to Spain on board Spanish transports. Buencamlno has been lodged In com fortable quarters at the police station with his family. Other persons are rot allowed to communicate with him. Hs Is classed as being th" most slippery personage connected with tho Insurrec tion. He was a colonel In tho Spanish army and a traitor to Spain. At tho beglnn'ng of the llrst l-siirroctlon he tried to sell out the Filipinos, nnd his present Imprisonment excites no -jjym-pathv nmonc his own people while the Spaniards believe It Is a mistaken lent-o-cy for the Americans to refrain from Ehontln; him. Aeru'nnldo's Mother in Danger. Agulnaldo's youngest child, who wa recently christened at Tarlac with great ceremony, died nnd was burled nt Dayatn! an In Agulnaldo's Might. General Wheaton reports that natives have threate'T 1 Ink-nee to Agulnaldo'i mother, who Is sheltered In a convent, with a guard. Gi neral Otis has ordered lit"' to te brought to Manila for safety. Washington, Nov. 27. General Ot's today r ports the situation In the Phil ippines In the following dispatch to tho war department: and James E, Crocker, of California Ha vs. The story then gives in detail the objects of the company to manufac ture, construct, buy. own, sell, hlr.;. Pittsburg. Nov. 27. Tho trial of the suit In trespass for $200,000 damages urougni uy wit city oi nusuurg against State Senator William Fllnn, cx-Clty Attorney W. C. Moreland, ex Asslstnnt nty Attorney W. It. House, J. J, Booth and Booth & Flynn, was called before Judge J. W. F. White, of the common pleas com t No. 2 today. The suit is based on the alleged action of cx-Asfbur.t District Attorney House In loaning city money to Sen ator Fllnn, owing to tho recent dis covery of the existence i.f cancelled j check made payable to house and en- ' dorstd to the order of Fllnn. All of those Interested In the case were present Including W. H, House, who came from the penitentiary ac companied by Warden Wright. The greater part of the morning tilltlng was devoted to examination of papers pre sented by both sides. E::-Clty Attor ney Moreland was on the stand at adjournment. Before i roccedlng with the hearing of testimony Senator Fllnn, through his counsel, annnounced that he re fused to take advantage of the statuto of limitation and desired the case to be tried strictly on its merits. The other defendants' claimed the right t plead the --tatute. Mr. Moreland was the first witness. He said In reply from questions from Mr. Burleigh that Htjiis? had chargj of the collecting of money during his term of office. The money was depos ited In his, More-land's name. In tho Freehold. Tradesmen's National, First National nnd Allegheny National banks. Bank books of the Trades men's and Flrrt National banks he identified and said they were not rec ords of his private accounts. The twenty-one cheeks, tho revelation of which has caused the whole trouble, were lfleiitlfVd by the witness. "Were these checks taken from your private check books or from chock books for the dlsbur-enient of public funds?" asked Mr. Burleigh. "They wore taken from the latter," tho witness replied. The defense then took the witness. He said In reply to a question frofn Mr. Watson that his private funds wore included In tho .same hank ac counts as the city funds, and he did not know what proportion was his own money. Mr. Burleigh asked htm if his private nccount and the city were mixed In all tho four banks, and he said they were not. After being on the stand an hour, he was relieved nnd Mr. House was called. He Identified the checks and check stub books and bank books previously shown to Mr. Mooreland. 11" said all the de posits were made In the name of W. C. Moreland. In the account at the Tradesmen's bank he admitted none of It was Moreland's money Individually. He said he had filled out all the checks concerned and gave them to Senator Fllnn. "What interest. If any, did Mr. Fllnn, of Booth & Fllnn, pay on these accom modations?" Mr. Burleigh asked. I "Six per cent., usually." "Any that were delivered to mo were delivered In his olllce." He said he never got any checks from Moreland. "For what were the checks and notes given you; not for labor done7" "No sir." "Or any claim?" "No sir." "They represented tho purchase of eight notes from ycuT" "Well, I'm not positive. There may have been more than eight notes." "Senator, did you or did you not know that the Allegheny and First National banks were city depositories during these years?" "Ycr." "Did you have a conversation with Moreland In regard to the notes?" "Never." Mr. Watson then tcok the witness, and by questioning hlrr. learned some thing of the business of tho firm of Booth Sc Fllnn. Beginning with 18m state If the THE ADVANCE OF METIIUEN ANOTHERBOER POSITION TAKEN ON THE KIMBERLEY ROAD. Honey Nest Kloof and Two Million Rounds of Ammunition Said to Havo Boon Captured Joubert Re tiring Rapidly In Natal Destroya Railroad Bridge at Frere Ex pected to Give Battle, at the Pas sago of the Tugela River General Advance on Colenso Ordered. Cape Town, Nov. 27. Afternoon. It Is reported that General Mcthucn has city was largely Indebted to your firm," cantured Honey Nest Kloof, ten miles " . . a m r-t n-- -. u .1 n AAA AAA . in.ln said Watson. norm oi uras ran, mm i.uw.uw iuuuuj Mr. Fllnn stated tho city was largely of ammunition. Indebtnd to the firm in IMS and It In- Estcourt, Sunday, Nov. 2G. The rail creased up to 1895. Sometimes the city road bridge at Frere, which spanned a owed them as much as a quarter of a wide stream has been destroyed by the million. Boois. who are reported to bo retiring Afcked how the llrst discounting with rapidly. A general advance on Colenso House came about, he said he fre- has been ordered by the British general, quently went Into th city attorney's A flying column has loft here to lntcr- otTieo to learn how fast collections cept the Boer raiding parties. were being made. Ho recollected ex- A reliable messenger from Ladysmlth plaining to House that they wore In pays he gathered from tho Boors that need of money and one time Ilotisa they had proposed a combined attack told him ho might 'to something, 'mat nil over the country for today. T1IK KKWS THIS M0KN1NU Weather Indications Todayi PARTLY CLOUDY. Is the circumstance of how House came to discount tho Philadelphia company note. House and his brothers had been discounting notes for a long time nnd he was aware that Mr. Housj had considerable money. He had ne Idea House was uslm? city funds to dis count that first iWo. The firm hid done more than a million dollars worth of work for the Philadelphia company nnd took part payment In paper. Ht said there bad been no attempt ed concealment of any of these trans actions. Court adjourned after Mr. Fllnn left the stand. 1 General IteccmmcndatloiiB of Comp troller of tho Currency Dawes. Amerlenn Prisoners Krcapo from Fili pinos. Trial of Scnntor Fllnn. General Mcnthucn'n Advance in Africa. 2 Generul Northeastern Pennsylvania. Financial and Commercial, 3 Local Coutt Proceedings. Last of the Art Course Lectures. 4 Editorial. News and Comment. C Local Rea.1 Lively Meeting of tho School Controllers. Action of Mayfleld Council nevcrsea. 5 I,ocal West Scrt.iiton and Suburban. 7 Bound Abrut the County. 8 Local Live Industrial Nows. Punmoro Doings. HAS BETTER MONEY PLAN Comptroller Dawes Offers Some New Recommendations. DISPOSITION OF SAM0AN ISLANDS ELASTICITY THE OBJECT MORE CUBAN RUMORS. Reports of an Uprising Against Americans on tho Island Food for Reflection on Part of Hysterical People. Havana, Nov. 27. Nothing is known at headquarters In this division or in Oeneral Lr"'s to Justify the report published In tho United States and cabled back here that a thousand armed Cuban Insurgents have taken to the woods In tlie province of I'lnar Del Bio and that a general uprising against the Americans has been planned for Thanksgiving day. Indeed, the story Is absolutely dis credited by the American authorities, who say it is Impossible that anything of the kind should ha.e "happened or should be In prospect without knowl edge of It coming to some army post. Rumors of a more alarming charact er havo for some time been plentiful around Havana. It Is said, for In stance, that this general or that Is about to take to the woods and It Is apparently truo that certain men are nuislng programmes hostile to American administration. But General Joubert, it Is expected, will stoutly dispute the passage of tho Tu gela river. London. Nov. 27. The Colonial ofllce has received tho fotlowlng dispatch from the governor of Natal, dated Pletermarltzburg, Sunday, Nov. 2(5: "The Boers are retiring on Weenen. Our troops nre occupying a ridge thioe miles northward of the Mool liver. It appears that the Boers have found our position too strong and nre retiring toward Ladysmlth with the loot they have collected. Tho river Is In flood. Buller has arrived. Telegraphic com munication with Kstcourt was restored early this morning." None too soon for Conservatives has come the news of the Improved out look for the British arms on the east ern and western bides of the South African republic, ns the constant small reverses were arousing keen resent ment against the government. That was evidenced by tho result of the Wandsworth election for London coun ty council on Saturday, when the pre vious Conservative plurality of 910 was I converted Into a Liberal plurality of 232, though the Conservatives made the war an Issue and their candidate was a military officer. First Real Victory. To General Mothuen, It appears, be United States Disapproved Anglo Gorman Plan Another Suggested. State Department at Washington Has Drafted Convention Berlin and London Considering It. Washington, Nov. 27. The United States has declined to accept tho agree ment reached by Great Britain and Germany as to the disposition of tho Sanioan Irlnnds. Possibly It was th leaking out of some Information to that effect that gave rise to tho rcrjort cir culated In European capitals recently of the development of a serious hitch In the negotiations. As a matter of fact, thTe Is no seri ous hitch and the reasons which In fluenced tho state denartment here In Its rejection of tho Anglo-Gorman ar rangement related to minor matten nnd touched rather on the form than the substance of the arrangements. Having rejected the tentative treaty submitted by tho other two powers, our government has In turn, and at tho In stance of the other parties, prepared and submitted a draft of a treaty which It Is hoped will be acceptable to all three powers. The draft Is before the foreign ofllccs at London and Ber lin for consideration, and It Is confi dently believed here that It will be ap proved unanimously, as the plan pro posed thDroon does not differ In prin ciple from the original project. MINE WORKERS DISAPPOINTED. Would Let National Banks Issuo Circulation to tho Par of Deposited. Bonds, but on tho Ten Per Cent, Ex tra Circulation Would Impose a Tax of from Two to Three Per ent, and Remove the Tax from tho Cir culation Up to That Point Argu ments Offered in Support of Thia Proposition. 'ofrTs " Thou-d m- at " xveaii"- to otriKe. Shamokin, Nov. 27. Three thousand niont was the first battle after which tho British advanced Instead of re treating. The fact that General Meth uen wa3 forced to fight a second pitched battle near the scene of the first shows that the Boers were not demoralized at Belmont, but rallied quickly and with unabated courage met the splendid assault of the British Naval brigade at Gras Pan. Tho ex cellent military qualities displayed by the i the Boers In the two fights were no the I aouot derived partially from the train United Mine Workers cmploved nt sis local collieries of the Susquehanna Coal company were disappointed tonight upon learning that the strike of the company's men at Nautleoko nnd Gl n Lyon was not settled today. A prom inent organization official of the lower anthracite district said this evenltiu that he believed the Shamokin men will now Join In the strike If ordered to do so by President Mitchell, of the Mr. Methods of the Office. House, on his examination by spread of the campaign of education j 'nS of Commandant Albrecht, a former ; National order of United Mine Work- WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. prisoners. $73,000 Insurgent government money and other property captured by Lawton's troops n'nr Tayug on 23th. Wheaton's troops. Fowler's company Thirty-third, drove enemy westward from Mnngalafn, few nMVs southwest ' Dagunan, captured Ive o-iuch muzzle, j loading guns, twelve rlMes. twelve ' thousand r mmls Maxim cartrldges.cno thouoond shrnpne'. elcht hundred pounds powder and other property, nlso ninety-four Spanish nnd ?rv.-n American prisoners. Bell, with Thirty sixth Infantry. In puisult, find will march down western Luzon const. In dications are two or three bodies Insur gent troops numbering probably flvo hundred or irc.r nn.n cadi, in mouu- ' tains, west of railroad, can be read- I lly bandied bv MaeArthvr; they have tho bulk of the Insurgent artillery, all of which will be captured unte3ei burled. Young still in pursuit of Agulnaldo, who Is heading for Ban gued, few miles east Vlgnn: Young, with cavalry nnd scouts, is followed by battalion Thirty-third and by bal ance battalion Twenty-second; two battalions Thirty-third en routo for Vlgan by military post road. Young's reception by Inhabitants enthusiastic; they give ull aid possible. A-rulnaldo has collected moro than' 1,000 of his troops nt thff north' probably most will desert him. Number small de tachments insurgent havo been cap tured and Inhabitants manifest grati tude for deliverance. Indications are that Insurgent force south of Manila, disintegrating and troops going to their homes. Reports from southern Ulands favorablu; Zamboanga Insurgents uur- use. deal in and with, and contract Mr Watson,attorney for Senator Fllnn, about telegraph, telephone, overhead or ,,,, nbout tho meth0ds of the office in t I l.t 1 -..!..- J .. .. i BUDmnnnc nim aim wnc una any th(J collectinn ot assessments nnd the and nil aCCeSSOrleS. I .llnri.niMlo nl .lnmnAo Tin n!rl that fully 20 per cent, of the money collected by the city attorney was paid out directly to the persons to whom It was due. Tho balance went to the treasurer's ofllce. "If there was due to Booth & Fllnn $100,000 for paving Forbes street nnd $30,000 of that amount was paid Into the city treasurer's ofllce, there would be $50,000 to be collecJd by tho city attoriey?" Mr, Watson asked, "Yos, sir," was the reply. "It Is a fact, then, that this money collected by you from p-operty owners would really belong to Booth & Fllnn?" "Yes, sir," i inu jioreianu mingle ms inuiviuuai moneys with the bank accounts?" "Yes. sir." "Are you able to state to what amount?" "Well, a good amount." "How much?" "Between $10,000 nnd $10,000, I sup pose." Taking up tho examination of tho checks, tho witness said that the "ex. check" found on some of the Booth & Fllnn checks meant that they were exchange checks. "Was every one of these checks fln ally paid?" asked Mr. Watson. "Every dollar was paid," was tho prompt and emphatic reply The Latest Test Is Made at Chicago. Has Proved Successful. Chicago. Nov. 27. Prof. W. S. John son and C. L. Fertier. of Milwaukee, todav made a successful test In this city of the wireless telegraph. They succeeded In telegraphing, without wires, through a suite of seven rooms with all doors closed and through seven walls. Another test was made, when the signals were successfully conveyed through three fire-proof vaults. Ths professor claims that his Invention Is I materlallv different from that of Mar coni's, that Instruments can be con structed to be carried on horseback and be ready for operation within a few moments after they have reached their destination. The sending Instrument used today is riolni? ,i .rood deal to offset the In- officer of the Austrian army. fluence of such neonle. and. in any ! Presumably General Melhuen has re event, no trouble whatever Is likely to , sumed his march northward. He ws. occur until after congress meets. when last heard from, r.till almost fifty It Is a fact, however, that many Americans here believe that If noth ing Is done towards giving the Cu bans some definite assurances, if not a precise date, regarding the Inde pendence of the Island there will be a rising of some sort, nlthough opinions differ widely with regard to what It will will amount to. Some believe that the malcontents will be practically ban dits, easily controlled by r few troops. Others hold that the rising would be formidable nnd would call for a large American force. ers. He served notice on tho company last week that the Shamokin men will bp -ordered out unless tho Nantlcoke strike was ended. miles from Klmberloy, and doubtless The men arc strongly organized, nnd an action will havo to be fought at If they ceaso work the collieries w'll Moddder River before "Dlnmondopolls" bo closed as there Is now a scarcity of is relieved. i men. There Is some doubt a3 to what 13 meant In the statement that tho Boers i EIRE LN A MINE, are falling back on Warrenton, which ' RECEIVER APPOINTED. H. Is fifty miles north of Klmberley. un less the despatch was Intended to fall Into British hands In the hope of mis- , leading rseneral Mothuen. Tho lat ter, however, Is said to be far too cau tious to be caught by such a trick, and. It Is added. It can bo predicted confidently that his column will sweep steadily forward In spite of the deter mined resistance he will meet. It seems that the conclusion must bo reached that the Boeri are deliber ate In their violation of the white flag. On top of General Methuen's warning corner the statement of the corres pondent Knight, who has arrived at Cape Town, wounded. Knight says he accompanied a detachment of the Northampton reglmcnt.who were about to fire Into a force of Boers. 300 yards distant and surrounded. The Boers displayed a white flag, and the ofuVer commanding the Northamptons lmme I dlately ordered his rnen to rise, when the Bors deliberately volleyed, wound- was Intended only for short dlstniiL-es. "Manila. Nov. 27. Steamer from San The receiving Instrument, howcver.was Fabian yesterday brought 118 Spanish complete and ready for use at any dls- tancc. FRAUD ORDER ISSUED. Addressed Against the Offlcors of the Franklin Synd'cate. Washington, Nov. 27. The postmas ter general today Issued a fraud order barring the malls against the Franklin pyndlente, of No, 144 Floyd street, Brooklyn. Tho order is addressed against tho syndhato name nnd also specifically against William F. Miller, prejldont; Cecil Leslie, aecrotary, and Louis II. M. Miller, cashier. Strike May Be Settled. WIlkos-Borre, Nov. 27. It is once moro reported that thcro is prospect fo a set tlement of tho miners' htrlke In Nantl coke. The strikers, through a romnilt tee today requested the olltcluls of the Surqiiehamm Coul company) to grant 'horn another conference. The request was granted by Oeneral Manage.r Will iams, and Wednesday rlxed ns the data for tho meeting. All was quiet at the company's works today. DEATHS OF A DAY. G. Taylor Will Bo Appointed to Settle Franklin Syndicate. New York, Nov, 27. Hubert G. Tay lor, a lawyer, was appointed tempor ary receiver of tho defunct Franklin syndicate bank today by Justice Smith, of the Supreme court. The application was made by William Inglls.who stated that ho hold twelve shares In the com pany. According to Inglls, thn liabil ities exceed $200,000, the assets being about $9,000 cash In tho hands of the police. The hearing set down for this nfter- noon In tho caso of Louis H. Miller, I ing Knight and other men. brother of the missing chief of tho Franklin syndicate, did not take place, owing to the district attorney not be ing ready to proceed, and the matter was adjourned until Wednesday morn ing. Miller was released on $1,000. The police have found no trace of William F. jyiler. nnd it Is believed he :has left tho country. Letters poured In today from all part3 of the country, written by persons who ' Bald they had been deceived by lltern Iture that had been sent broadcast by I Miller and his employes. All wanted WON'T NEED A RETURN TICKET. Pittsburg, Nov. 27. Word reached the city tills morning ot tho sudden death of Thomas Donehoo, of Orccm.burg, Pa. Heart disease was the cnuse. Mr. Done hoo was president of tho Clarldge Gas Coal company. Galveston, Tcx Nov, 27. Charles Cogh Ian, tha eminent actor and author, who has 'been ill hero slnco October 20 with ncuto gaetrltls, died today, He was M years old. Senator Fllnn on the Stand. Senator Fllnn was the next witness. Taking up the mutter of tho twenty one checks, Mr. Burleigh asked: "Did you receive these checks?" "I don't know If I received them, but presume I did." "From whom?" "House." "Whero were they delivered?" had deposited from $200 to $300. Other syndicates conducted along lines similar to th" Franklin syndicate arc' being Investigated by the pollc" and by tho district attorney of Klngi county. All institutions conducted on the "blind pool" basis which proml30 unusual profits are under surveillance. T f Ml mrtn f r m Mint Kuan -1 ! '" J" v"" '" '"'u v""1 """""J ' innriin ,un l,0f , . "I mean to say that every dollnr .'"'" ..........., i. Booth ft Fllnn or Mr. Fllnn himself ! tnelr money. Some stated that they got on these notes was repaid to one or another of tho four banks." "That Includes every one of tho twenty-one checks?" , "F.vcry one." "So the facts are when we Investi gate thoroughly these twenty-one checks tho money wns paid Into tho accounts of W. C. Moreland, from which they wero drawn?" "Yes sir." "And the Interest paid the same way?" "Yes sir." "At tho time when Senator Fllnn received these checks from you did he know city money was concerned?" "Not from anything I said to him. Ho said ho himself did not know what was city money and what was not." Charters Granted nt Hnvrlsburg, Hanisburg, Nov. 27. Charters wero is sued at the state department today as follows: Lawndale Land company, Phil adelphia, capltul, $10,000; the Nazareth In vestment und Improvement company, Nuzarcth, capital. $12,000; Shenango Lime stone compun, Now Castle, Pa., capital $1,000: Nansen Chemical company, Brad ford City, JIcKcan crunty, capital JH). 000: Gem Manufacturing company, litis, burg, capital $30,0i); Paurnck Water com pany, borough of Hawley, Wayno county, capital $6,000; American Flro Proof Ce ment company, Wiillamuport, capital, $1,000. i i m i General Miles Returns. Washington, Nov. 27. Major General Miles, commanding tho army, has re turned to Washington after a tour of In spection which trcluded the fortifica tions on the Pacific coast and the gulf of Mexico, William L. Kendlg, of Lancaster, Will Plead Guilty. Lancaster, Pa., Nov, 27. William L, Kendlg, one of the principals In the Jacobs counterfeiting plot, left this city today for Philadelphia, with the ex pectation of pleading guilty and receiv ing his sentence. The marvelous coolness and nerve of Kendlg has been n matter of comment ever since the fl'ensatlonal arrests. To day, Just prior to his departure, a little Incident disclosed his first sign of emo tion, at least In public. He was buying a ticket to Philadelphia, when an un thinking friend standing behind hlin advised him to get a return ticket and thereby save money. Kendlg colored up, and In a thick voice replied: "I guess I won't need a return ticket this time." Repine Wins thn Race. Knnsas City. Nov. 27,-Bert Repine, or Nashville, won tho 48-hour bicycle race which ended at 9.30 o'clock tonight. Eight hours a day wcio ridden for bIx day. Tho final scoro wus: Hoplne, 981 miles 4 lups; Julius. 901-3; Miller. lHil-2; Lawson, 9C0-10; Waller, W0-7. Beplne will realize $100 nnd several special prizes for his week's work; Julius gets $230, Miller $131. Lawson, $100, Waller $75, Llugenfelder $75 and Necderhofer $23. Repine established a new record for forty-eight,1 hours. Tht distance covered, Ml 1-3 miles Is 87 1-6 miles better than the previous record fir a similar contest made by Charles W. Miller. Pennsylvania Postmasters. Washington, Nov. 27. Tho following fourth class postmasters were appointed today for Pennsylvania: Ponte, Krle county, B. W, Langdon; TIrsah, Susauo- i hann county, Allco Chandler. Kehley Run Veins Still Burning Fiercely. Shenandoah, Pa., Nov. 27. Flro was dis covered early today In tho West Mam moth gangway of tho Kfhley run mines, near here, operated by the Thomas com pany, of Philadelphia. The entire force of the colliery was put to work with water, chemicals nnd gren ades In an effort to extinguish the flames. After fighting hnrd all day tho men mudo some headway, but the flro Is still burning fiercely. During the day many of the tire flchters fell unconscious from the cusses but nil were quickly taken out of tho mine and revived. Tho origin of tho tire Is a mystery, as It was burn ing when tho men went to work early this morning. Demand for More Wages Refused. Philadelphia, Nov 27.- The upholstery manufacturers oi Ws cily today re fused tho demand of their employes for an Increuse In the ware scale. Tin up holstery weavers piesu.ted tl.clr domrnil about a week ago. Tho i.tw sculo makes a general Increase In wages of 23 per cent. A number of tho manufacturers had made an advance of 15 per cent, and rejected thu new scn'.e on tho ground that tho ud. dltonal Increaso vat. excessive. There aro about 1.100 upholster;", weavers In the city, M)0 of whom aro members of tho union. British Casualties. London, Nov. 27. Tho commander-in-chief at tho Cape has sent the admiralty mi additional list of casualties among tho British naval brlgado engaged nt the battlo of Oras Pan, as follows: Mldbhlp man Huddart. of tho cruiser Doris, nnd ten sailors and marines killed nnd thir teen petty olllcers and scumen and seventy-six non-ccmmlssloneii ofliccrs and men of the Marines wounded. Total casualties 105. Rumor Denied. Susquehanna, Pa . Nov. 27. Tho cur rent report that tho Krlo Tlallrond com pany Is about to build In connection with n short cut across Wayne county from Lackawaren to Honetdale, another short cut to Owego to shorten tho main line between New York and Chlcugo Is pro nounced by Secretary Mlddleton, of the Brio company as wholly without foundation. Respect for Vice President. Washington, Nov. 27Out of respect Washington, Nov. 27. According to the annual report of Comptroller of the Cmrency Dawes the number of na tional bank In operation on Sept. 7, 1899. was 3,595, with a paid In capital of $003,772,970. The Individual deposits on that date amounted to $2,430,725, 593.21, and tho aggregate resources to $1,630,355,133.44. A comparison of tha Sept. 7 returns with those made on Sept. CO, J89S, Indicates an Increase during the year In Individual deposits of $419,271,035.02; In loans and discounts of $310,7S9,G23.2O; In amount duo from other banks and bankers, $150391, S9C.C8; In specie $44,097,225.44. and In aggregate resources, $846,S44.08S.57. On Sept. 7 the net deposit liabilities of tho nntlonal banks of the country aggre gated $3,031,4fi3,0ifi.CS, on which a re serve of $S90.5G8,82fi.90, or 29.38 per cent, was held. In recommending Improvements In banking laws the comptroller repeats his recommendation of one year ago for a law providing for an unsecured emergency circulation to lessen tho de structive power of llnanolal panics, and taxed so heavily that under normal conditions It must be retired and can neither provide profits for tho banks nor serve as a basis for the expansion of commercial credits. He then says that If such a law bo not passed, a marked degree of elasticity Is possible of attainment In connection with our present system of bond -secured nation al bank notes and should be provided for by law whether the former law Is passed or not. Circulation to Par. The comptroller believes that. In ac cordance with the president's recom mendation, national banks should bo allowed to Issue circulation to the par of the United States bonds deposited by 'them for circulation, und tnat, In connection with the law authorizing this, provision can be made for a se cured emergency circulation. The ob ject of allowing tho banks to take out circulation to tho par of the bonds Is to Induce them to furnish for the uso of the public n larger amount of circu lation than Is In existence at present. The presint rate of profit to bo derived by the banks from their circulation Is not sufficient to Justify them In Issuing a larger amount, but any method of In creasing tho profits on circulation will result in an Increase. It Is true that the authorization of an Issuo of currency to the par of the deposited bonds, subject to the present rate of tax. Is one method of Inducing a larger circulation, but It Is not the only method. By a modifi cation of tho present rate of taxation on bank notes, coupled with the au thorization of Issues to the par of tho bonds, the same Inducements can be offered for a larger circulation and yet provision be made for a secured emer gency circulation. Elasticity Secured. Tho comptroller, therefore, would recommend legislation authorizing tho Issunnco of national bank note circu lation to tho par of the deposited United States bonds, and that the ad ditional 10 per cent, circulation thus al lowed tho banks bo subjected to a tax, at the rate of 2 or 3 per cent, per an num for the time used, which will tend to prevent Its unrestricted use under normal conditions, and to save It for use at these periods of tho year when crops aro to be moved, and In thosa periods 'of panic when It Is most valu able both to the banks and tho busi ness public as a means of assisting the general liquidation of credits. With the object of securing an Increase In the present bank-note circulation, ho would recommend the reduction or nbolishmcnt of the present tax of 1 per cent, per year on the circulation to 90 per cent, of tho deposited bonds thu amount of the reduction in the tax on currency to bo collected from the nec essary per cent, of tax on the capital and surplus of national banks It requi site to tho public revenues. To allow the banks to Issue up to the part ot the bands, unsubjected to additional tax on the 10 per cent, extra circula tion, will result In their Immediately taking out their additional circulation for tho purpose of profit. Business credits will be extended and adjusted to correspond with such Increase oMlw currency, and practically the same ln elnstlclty will characterize our bank note Issues then ns now. With the ad vent of a panlo we would have no ad ditional means of lessening the neces sity ot a call upon tho business com munity to furnish, by the repayment of loans, practically the bulk of the de posits drawn by "frightened depositors. Tho comptroller believes that tha to the memory of tho late Vice President Hobart tho president has cancelled all his social engagements for tho present. The members of the cabinet havo dona llkowlso and tho administration will ob servo a period of mourning. Jeffords Went to the Floor. Now York, Nov. 27. Jim Jeffords went to tho floor In the third round without being hit and the referee counted him nut and gave the declrlon to Bob Arm- strong. WEATHER FORECAST. Continued on Page 4.) T-r "r-'- -r-r -'-;t--r- f Washington, Nov. 27. Forecast -1 -f for Tuesday and Wednesday: For 4- eastern Pennsylvania, partly cloudy f Tuesday, with possible local ralna -f -f In castorn portion; light to fresh -f t -r 1 1 -H- t 0 y
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