mmkt AtiHGBl JiSihB.i&Mp rtJjtf"ff!flP6ntf Rft' UtA SCKANTON, PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 29, 1890. TWO CENTS. TE"A PAGE'S. TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. FINANCIAL MEASURE OF REPUBLICAN To Fix (lie Standard of Value of Money. FEATURES OP THE BILL Financial Bill Prepared by the Re publican Caucus Committee Which Met at Atlantic City Last Spring. Standard Unit of Value Shall Be Unchanged Gold Eeservo to Bo Maintained Secretary of the Treasury Authorized to Use the Seignoragc. Washington, Nov. 2S. The financial bill prepared by the republican caucus committee, which met ut Atlantic City lost spring, was today made public by the committee. The title of the bill is. "To define and llx the tttamUml, to maintain the parity of all forms of money Issued or coined by the United States, and for other purposes." The chief features of the bill ure em bodied In Its earlier sections, as fol lows: ricctlon 1 That tho standard unit of Valuo shall, as now, bo the dollar, anil hall consist of twenty-five and eight lontlis gialns of fold, I Ir.e-tenths nnc, or twenty-three anil twenty-two one Iiundrcdths grains ot pure gold, and from th one-tenth part of the eagle. Sec. I'.-Thut all Intel est bearing obliga tions of the United States for the pay ment of money, rcw existing or ln.rri.fter to be entered, Into and nil I nited States notes and treasury notes Issued under the law of July 11, IStfO, shall be deemed and held to be payable in tin cold coin of the 1'nited States as defined in see tlon one of this act; cm", all other obliga tions, public and , private for the pay ment of rroney shall be performed in conformity with the star.daid established In said section Nothing herein contained shall be construed or held to affect tho present legal tender ui'i llty of tho silver dollar ot of the .subsidiary, or. minor coins, or of the paper cunency of tho United States, or the laws making na tional bank notes icceivable and payable for certain rublle di'ot and duties and obligations between m-tioniil hanks. Sec. 3 That there bo established In tho treasury department an a part of the of fice of tho treasurer of tho United States a division to be doMgmited and known as the division of i.sue ami ledomption to which shall be assigned under such regu lations as the secretary of tho treasury may approve th records and necounts rn 'p,? to the issue, redemption and e-. change, as hereinafter pro!dcd, of tho soVernl kinds of United States mont'y. There shall be transferred f r ira the gen eral fund In tho treasury of the United States and takn up on the bookr, of said division as n redemption fund the am' int of cold coin and bullion held ugauut outMiindlnf. gold certiueates, tl-e amount of United States notes licld uguinst outstanding iiitrcnoy certificates, i ho amount of silver dollars held against outstanding silver certificates, 'he amount In silver dollnis and silver bullion held against outstanding treasury notes Is sued under the act of July 14, 1S90; and tin amount of gold coin and bullion to constitute a jeserve fund e.pial to 23-per cent, of the amount of both United States notes and treasury notes issued tinder the net of July 14, 1S0O, outstanding. The told and silver coins nnd bullion tldiisferrcd fiom tho general fund In tho treasury as hcieln provided shall bo increased or diminished as tho ease may be In accordance with the provisions ot this act and In no other way. Maintain the Gold Reserve. Sec. 4 That It shall bo tho duty of :ho secretary of tlie treasury to main nin the gold reservo fund taken up on .he books of the division of Issue and re lemptlon us herein provided and tor this purpose lie may from time to lime liens fer to such fund any moneys In the tnas urj ii"t otherwise appropriated, or may ex- hungo any of tin- funds In .ho divis ion ot isuo nnd redemption for other funds which may he lu thu general turn! of tno treasury, nnd lu addition thereto lie is hereby niilhiulzvd to ltsuo and sell whenever In his judgment It Is ne?essary to the maintenance of said rosvivu fund, bonds of tho United Stntes lienrlnz In terest at a late not ececdlng 3 per cent. p,r ui'nvm, payable In rold oln r.t tho end of twenty years, but tedeemib'.o In gold C' In at the option ot tho United States after one year. Hut no transler sh.,'1 at any time be made from 'he gen eral fund of tho treasury to the ib vision of Issue and redemption which will re duce the general fund below 50,000,000 of dollurs. That all United States notes and treasury notes Issued under the act of July 14. 1S90, presented for redemp tion shall be redeemed In gold coins nt tho will of thu holder ami all vllvcr cor tlilcutes presented for redemption shall be redeemed In ncordunee with exist ing law. Tho secretary of the treasury is authorized ami rooulied to uo said reserve fund lu iroilntntnlng at all tlm-s the parity and equal valuo of every dol lar Issued or coined, by tho government nnd If at an time the secretary of tho treasury deems it necessary In order to maintain tho parity of all money of the United States he may at his discretion, exchange gold coin for nnv other money issued or coined bv the United States. The notes and certificates so redeemed or exchanged slmll he held In and consti tute u part of suld fund and shall not bo withdrawn therefrom nor disbursed ex cept In oxchnngo for an equivalent amount of tho coin In which said notes or certificates were redeemed or ox-1 changed, except as hereinbefore in section provided. Nothing In this act shall be construed as repi-nllng that pro. vision of thu act approved July 11, ls'w. which provides that "no greater or less nmnunt of such notes shall bo outstand ing nt any time than the cost of the sil ver bullion and the standard sllvt-r dollnr coined therefrom then held lu the tieua ury purchased by such notes." Use of Silver Bullion. Sec, 5 That the secretary of the treas ury is hereby authorised to use.nt hU discretion, any sliver bullion In tho treas ury of tho United States, puichased un der tho net of July 11. lfc(. for oolnngc into such denominations of subsidiary silver coin an mr.y be iieeessaty to moot the pubilr requirements for such coin; unci any gain or st-Ignnnigu arising from this cnlnugc- shall he accounted for and paid lrto the trenrury. Whenever nny stiver bullion purchased under the net of July 14, 1S90, shall be used in tho coin- ago of subsidiary coin, an amount it treasury notes Issued under said act equal to the cost of the bullion contained In such coin shall bo cancelled and not reissued. Another section of tho bill provides for the deposit by national banks of United States bonds as secur'.iy for ! elr circulating- notes, which elrcu'.'. tlon shall not exceed In nnj' case the jar valuo of the binds deposited. Vnother section provide for u tax of one-tenth of one per centum upon the value of tho franchise ot national banks, as measured by the aggregate amount of Its capital, surplus and un divided profits. This Is a reduction of the existing tax of this nature. Another Bectlon authorizes the or ganization of national banks with a cnpltal of not less than $23,000 in any place where the population does not exceed 2,000. The present minimum capital Is $30,000. Report Prepared. The report on the bill has been pre pared by Representative Overstrcet, of Indianapolis. A copy of the bill has been distributed to each Republican member of the house. Mr. Overstrcet frankly ndmlts that the committee did not consider the general subject of banking, nor did It seek to arrange a complete scheme of finance bt't confined its recommendations to the rubjects of most pressing demand as evidenced by tho pledges of the Itr Pi'blh an party and tho gencr.il policy of tho admlnlstraliivi." It v.M'i It-It the report declares that "the (strength ening of the public credit by the re moval f all doubt concerning ". pol icy nnd practice of the government relative to the unit of va'tte Is of para mount Importance." It Is pointed out tnat there can be but one standard at one time, but tho convenience of commerce Is promoted by the use of different media of ex change, convertible Into the standard. The report continues: When the standard thnll bo permanent ly established and all doubt of Its stabil ity removed, tho parity of all our money will bo fully recognized, nnd tho kind of money In which payments shall bo maJo will rarely, If ever, bo the subject of dls putc. When certainty shell take tho place of doubt nnd the Integrity of our credit be fixed us the honor of tho na tion, tho national debt cim bo readily refunded at lower Interest rates and fu ture loans negotiated with ease, upon better terms than ever before. The rapid development of American trado and Its vast expansion bringing our peo ple Into eloso relations with the lending nations of the world, makes It Imperative that tho standard of value In which set tlements are made shall be the best known to tho highest civilization, and shall safely appeal to Intelligent and suc cessful experience. Recent events, shaped by causes bevond our contr ol, bearing obligations which national honor recpilre-s shall he courageously discharged, open new fields for Ameilcan statesman ship. Channels of trade yet unknown to American enterprises and avenues of commerce yet to welcome American prod ucts will surely result. Such conditions emphasize tho necessity for a standard of valuo which shall remain firm through out the vicissitudes of competitive trade. Its permanency nnd stability should be uliovo suspicion. Its security should be absolute. Some question of expedienco mlch'. be rals'd If the pronosltlnn were new or were assuming a position at vari ance with other nations. But tho gold standard Is recognised by nil lending na tions, and tho statute proposed merely rentilrms the policy followed by us for over sixty years, so reinforced and plain ly exprersed that tho question will bo placed forever beyond dispute. Net Gold Reserve. The fact Is pointed out that tho treasury nt the ber-lnnlng of Octobar had a net gold reserve of more tlnn i $250,000,000 and that there Is more gold in tho United States now than ever J ufore. "? tho -5Port '' " Ws ent conditions are most favorable, nnd the time most opportune for the clear and unequivocal adoption ot the gold standard." The scope and purpose of the pro visions for maintaining the standard by the sale of bonds nnd the exchange of money are thus set forth by Mr. Overstreet: In the absence of a law providing pro tection to tho gold reserve, It Is always sublrct to encroachment In expenditures to meet the general expenses of the gov ernment. V.'hcnever such encroachment appears probablo a fear has arisen that the government may not be nblo to meet Its demand obligations, and a run upon the reserve for the redepmtlon of the de mands notes has followed. This situation Is responsible fey tho so-called "endless chain." By separating the reserve fund frfim the general fund, nnd prohibiting Its use except for redmption of United States notes nnd treasury notes tho clan gers to which It has been so greatly subjected will bo removed. These demani notes nre being ledeemeil In gold now, nnd always have been, and no additional burden Is Imposed upon the government. It Is sought to simplify and legalize tho prnctlco and create a division In tho treasury where the whole business of Is suing nnd redeeming notes may bo trans acted, and to establish complete confi dence In tho redemption of our demand obligations. CALVIN DEWOLF DEAD. He Wns One of tho Earliest Western Abolitionists. Chicago. Nov. 2S. Calvin DeWolf, ono of the enrllest of western aboli tionists, was found dead in bed at his home hero today, aged S4 years. Tn 1S40 Mr. DeWolf became secretary of the nntl-slavery society of Chicago, and later ono of the founders of tho Western Citizen, nn nntl-slavery organ, Influential In the western states. It was while actively Interested lu this paper that he, with others, was indicted on a chnrgo of assisting n yi.ung colored woman, n slave under tho laws of Nebraska, In escaping to Unnadn. Mr. DeWolf gave bond, but the case was dismissed by President Lincoln's attorney general. Deputy Karshal Killed. Hartshoine, I. T., Nov. lx At Wilbur ton. sixteen miles from hero Inst night, two masked robbers knocked Postmuste: M. A. Cox set seless, lobbed the postoi lice safe of $TO0 nnd while escaping shot and Instantly killed United States Uep uty Marshal Henry Peckenpaugh. Murder nnd Suicide. Murphysboro, 111., Nov. 28. Samuel Coad. ex-towushlp treasurer, ami n prom inent citizen shot and killed his wife to day nnd then committed suicide. Do mestlo troubles are thought to have been the cause Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington, Nov, 2S. Pensions: In crease Henry Sherman, Overton, Brad ford, $16 to $17. MANAUENSE IN TROUBLE Vessel Unseaworthy, Un dermanned and Short of Provisions. BAILED WITH BUCKETS Four Hundred Grimy, Greasy, Hungry, Exhausted Soldiers Ar rive nt Maniln After a Voyage Fraught with Terrors fho Crew Dc3erts i at Honolulu Engineer Under Arrest Soldiers Obliged to Man the Ship and Dip Water from the HoldA Typhoon Encoun tered. Manila, Now 28. The transport Man nuense, which sailed from San Fran cisco October 26, with Lieutenant Col onel Webb Hayes and three companion of tho Thlrty-Ilrst Infantry on board, has arrived here. She narrowly es caped foundering. The olllcers nnd soldiers balled with palls for twelve days. - The vesrel was unseaworthy, under manned and short of provisions. Her engines broke down and she rolled! three days In a typhoon. When tho Manaucnse anchored in ! Manila bay this morning, thlrty-threo days from San Francisco, there wera several feet of water In her hold and 400 grimy, greasy, hungry, exhausted soldiers and rallors bad been passing buckets ot water sdnco November i", night and day, First Assistant Kn gineer Dunleavy was under arrest, and according to Colonel Webb Hayes re port, the chief engineer would nlsil have been arrested had .there been any one to replace him. The colonel's report also declares, that the captain of tho vessel told him that the only thing which brought them through was the fact that the men were green soldiers and did not realize their danger. Tho Mannuenso Is a chartered ship, flying tho llrltlsh Hag. She belongs to a firm of which Senator Perkins, of San Francisco, is alleged to bo a junior member. The officers say the firm bought her for $45,000, and they claim efforts wers made to sell her to the government for $ir,0.000 She started from San Francisco accompanied by tho trans port Pekln, which carried the re mainder of tho regiment, and encoun tered heavy seas to Honolulu, without accident. After starting It developed that she was undernnnned and sol diers had to be detailed to act as fire men, coal passers and waiters, nnd to do other work. TWore reaching Hono lulu the crew concluded that tho ship was not safe and the majority agreed to desert. Though they were closely watched many of the crew succeeded in getting away nnd the Manatiensf left Honolulu with less than half her crew. The captain of the transport on November 17 told Colonel Hayes that the vessel had sprung a leak, nnd nn Investigation resulted in finding several feet of water In her hold The steam pumps were tried, but failed to work and there were no band pumps on board. However, forty-six buckets were found, others were- improvised and the soldiers not employed In work ing the ship were organized Into flro shifts, stripped nnd forming lines, they began balling. Tho olllrcrs were kept busy with the men. passing the buck ets, which were s-nt up to the deck by n windlass. The longest time a shift could stand was two hours, and often the period was not longer than half nn hour. Tho balling continued until the ship anchored here. Tho same day the leak was discovered tho machinery col lapsed nnd the electric lighting plant, tha evaporating, distilling and refrig erating apparatus failed to work. There were no lamps and the few can dles found were exhausted after a few days. During the Inst week of the passage the Mannunse was In utter darkness nt night. She bad been roll ing In heavy seas all the way, but No vember 22 she encountered u typhoon and pitched and tossed alarmingly. Officials' Side of the Case. San Francisco, Nov. 2.S. Transport officials at this port are at a loss to explain the alleged unseaworthy con dition of the transport Mannunese. whose arrival at Manila was reported to- day. A representative en wiu a ,. Press Interviewed a number of ofllcInN today and In every Instance the alleged unseaworthiness, under-manned and under-provisioned condition of the ves sel was ridiculed. It was stated that the vessel was In llrst-clnss condition when she left this port on uct. 20. Her engines had been thoroughly over hauled and her fittings were In the best of condition. She was thoroughly provisioned In the cabin, enough supplies being taken for six months. Her hold was full of supplies for the soldiers, and the offic ials nro at a loss to explain the alleged shortness of the fond supplies. That sho was undermanned Is absolutely de nied by tho officials, else the clearance papers from this port would not have been given. As n general rule trans ports leaving this port are, If anything, over-supplied with working crews. Regarding the alleged unseaworthi ness of the vessel, It can be stnted that she was thoroughly Inspected by the treasury department nnd was passed as lu llrst-elnss trim. Lloyd's local Inspector, Captain Mot- calf, also Inspected tho vessel and passed her. Tho local Inspector of hulls and boilers made u thorough ex amination and found her engines In ex cellent condition. Tho local Inspectors say that if tho typhoon through which tho Mnnnuenso pasied wns a severe one it Is not at all unlikely that somo acci dent might have had happened to her machinery, necessitating Its shutting dpwn for several days, so that repairs could be effected, This Is the only ex planation given regarding the reported rotten condition of her machinery, nnd they assert that the fact that tho ves sel lived through the typhoon Is enough to contradict tho story of her unsea worthiness. Separated in tho Storm. Manila, Nov. 28. 8.15 p. m. The Pekln became separated from the Manaucnse in the storm. The water rose, rapidly and the sail ing force wns doubled. Dut the buck ets were gradually smashcd.barrels and boxes being substituted for them; tho men working In darkness, planks nnd pieces of Iron shafting being vljlently washed among them. Tho llreiuen could only feed the fires by being lift ed on tho shoulders of tho other men through water waist deep. Tho ty phoon lasted two days nnd a half, nnd In the midst of It the engines stopped. The officers then held n counc 1 and found that there were four hundred and twenty persons on board, with lite boat accommodations for 213. In tho meantime tho men below, Ig norant of their extreme peril, were passing buckets and singing "What the hell do we care," while tho ship rolled helpless on the ocean, with hatches closed. Tho heat wns Intense until the ty phoon passed, nnd then tho Pekln, which had retraced her course about seventy miles, camo alongside tho Manaucnse, which wns rolling so heavily that tho soldiers In the hold could at each roll see tha Pekln through the hatches overhead. Colonel James 3. Petit, commander of tho Thirty-first volunteers, ordered tho Manaucnse to proceed to Guam and await relief, but the captain de- l murred, say the officers, because the government was renting tho ship for $D0O per day. Throughout the remainder of tho voyages tho engines of the Manaucnse failed frequently and the ship would roll for a few hours while the engines were repairing. Then tho steamer would proceed ngaln for a few hours. The meat and vegetables rotted be cause of the failure of the refrigera tors, and was thrown overboard. After the storm the water supplied to the shin nt Honolulu had to be used for the boilers and there was llttlo o none for drinking. In fact. It is as- i serted that during the last week of the voyage tho men lived almost entirely on whiskey, beer nnd hardtack. The officers and soldiers were utterly ex hausted when they reached Manila. They declare the engineers were gross ly Incompetent. The officers also say that the behavior of the troops was beyond praise. For days they worked In the dark, suffocating hold with water sometimes up to their shoulders and planks washing nbout In a manner dangerous to life and limb. The officers tools the lead in balling and encouraged the men. The captain of tho shin promised th men twentv-flve cents a day for ball ing, but ho now proposes to pay them n dollar nnd a half. The soldiers talk of attaching the. ship..- , The regiment will proceed to Zam boanga on tho Pekln to trarrlson sev eral ports on tho Island of Mindanao. SAMOAN TREATY IS SATISFACTORY United States Did Not Reject Anglo Germnn Plan English Authorities Assert That the Statement Pub lished Is Misleading. London, Now 2S. It 13 reported offi cially that the statement that tha United Stntes rejected the agreement between Great Britain and Germany regarding Samoa and submitted a new draft of an agreement Is misleading. A representative of tho Associated Press has been Informed that the sta tus of the Samoa question is as follows- Consequent on the signing of the Sa moan trenty between Germany nnd Great Britain, to which tho United Ptites had signified Its assent, there was drawn up a new form of agree ment between Great Ilrltaln and the United States. That was necessitated by the new order of things, but In no wiso affected the validity of the Anglo German agreement, which Included spheres of influence In Africa nnd oth er matters entirely fori ign to Amer ican Interests. The statement that tho agreement has been rejected. Is based, according to the British officials, on the sugges tions made by AVashlngton of a change In the wording of the draff of the ngreement between tho United State3 nnd Great Britain. Thos changes nra grammatical and are to be ncceded to. That the United States submitted a new treaty nffectlng the three powers concerned Is denied emphatically. It is pointed out that the United States, nltliough consulted, did net sign tlu Anglo-German trenty. It Is presumed that the United States nnd Germany have an agreement similar to that w,Ul 0reat Britain. But. In rotation t. ... .,,. ...i,i..i, ,n. . the draft, over which differences as to the wording arose, Germany has no concern. The foreign office expresses entire satisfaction with tho pre-gress of tho negotiations, and It is raid, officially, that 11101-6 is no danger apparent of any hitch. Bolters Join Strike. Philadelphia. Nov. 2S. Ono hundred bolters-up nnd helpers nt Cramps ship yard Joined tho strikers today. The bolters-up presented a demand to the of ficials of tho company for a nine-hour day ut $1.75 il day. Their wages hnvo heretofore been $l.3S u day. Tho helpers asked $1.2j for a day's wotk of nlno hours. They have been lecolvlng SO cents. The demand was refused nnd the strlko re sulted Hnrdwick Bill Defeated. Atlanta, On.. Nov. tS. The Hnrdwick bill Introduced Into tho lower bouse of the assembly for tho purpose of placing such limitations on tho negro vote in this state as tn practlcully dlsfraiichtso the colored voter, was overwhelmingly defeated today, thn result of tho ballot being 137 to a. Tho result wns a sur prise us It was expected the measuro would receive) strong support. Cnnrteis Granted. Ilarrlsburg, Nov, IS. Churtcrs were Is sued by tho state department today to theso corporations. Ptlnt (las company, Sliontstown, Allegheny, capital Jl.BOO; the Elk Wcod company, Philadelphia, capital $2S,000; Siegfried and Northamp ton Homo Building nnd l.onn association, Northampton, capital $1,000,000; United Oraphlto company, Philadelphia, capital' $10,000. THE TRIAL OF SENATOR FLINN rROSECUTION RESTS EARLY IN THE DAY. , Attorney Watson Thinks That Noth ing Has Been Shown Against Sen ator Flinn Judge White Con cludes to Lot Case Proceed. , Pittsburg, Nov. 23. There was not much Interest today In tho suit of tho city of Pittsburg In trespass ngalnst Senator William Fllnn nnd others for $200,000 damages. The principal wlt ncsess were heard vesterday, and to day's sessions were taken up almost entirely with the examination of bank officials and Booth & Fllnn's ofllce manager, W. C. Lynne, for tho pur pose of proving books nnd Identifying papers. The prosecution rested Its case early in tho dnv, after offering In evidence the bank books of tho Tradesmen's National, the Allegheny National and tho First National banks. In which Mr. Moreland kept his necounts. The nttorneys for both sides then spent n quarter of an hour in confer ence umong themselves. At the con clusion of this conference, Mr. Watson said to the court: "The attorneys for the various par ties represented In the case have come to the conclusion that tho trial of tho case thus far has resulted In showing that the city has entirely failed to prove anything against any two of the defendants." He said the nctlon Is virtually one of conspiracy, and It must be shown that there was an understanding between any of tho defendants. Mr. Watson said he was perfectly willing to go on with the case for Senator Fllnn. but he wished to state to the court that he thought on the face of the testimony nothing had been shown ngalnst Sena tor Fllnn. Attorneys for tho other defendants spoke In tho same strain for their cli ents. Judgo White said he thought It would be best for the case to go on, and then nil parties would be satisfied. Them had been a great deal of notor iety as a result of this case, Judge White said, and he thought It wns tight thet nil the testlmonyshould be brought out. The examination of wltneses for the defense then proceeded. W. C. Lvnne, business manager for Booth & Fllnn, wns the Important witness of the day. Mr. Lvnne said he had traced all of the notes for which Mr. House gave Senator Fllnn checks through the bunks, had found that they were paid and credited to the account of W. G. Moreland in one of the four banks where he had money on deposit. Ho nlso traced the checks exchanged by Senator Fllnn with Mr. House and each one of them had been paid and credited to Major Moreland's account. He said he found no attempt nt concealment of tho transactions anywhere. His ex nmlnatlon was long nnd tedious. Ho was reo.ulred to go Into detail on the payment of each note and check when, where, nnd how paid. Mr. Lynne said his examination of the books of the bank, checks nnd notes developed the fact that Booth & Fllnn nnd Senator Fllnn repaid to the ac- count of Major Moreland $317.23 more than was borrowed. Whether this was paid as interest ho could not say. Ar gument In the case will probably be concluded tomorrow, as only a few minor witnesses remain to be heard. REESE CONTEMPT CASE. Mr. Mitchell States That It Will Be Taken Before the President. Indianapolis, Now 2S. President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, tcday received the follow ing telegram from Fort Soi'.t, "ansas: "Beese got three months; V100 fine. Hog pen for jail." The telegram referred to John P. Beese, member of the executive com mittee, who was cited to appear In the United Stntes district court for con tempt. President Mitchell says ho passed over forbidden ground occu pied by the Southwestern Coal and Improvement company. A restraining order had been lrsued against Beese, but President Mitchell says that Beese had not been served with papers In the case. President Mitchell said: "I have wired for further particu lars In this case. Wo Intend to take tho case to the president of the Uni ted States If thero Is any chance. Our order will pay the line. The sentence Is nn outrage." Fort Scott, Kansas, Nov. 2S. In or der to muko his term of Imprisonment more endurable. Judge Williams, )t tho federal court today changed the three months contempt sentence pas' eel upon John P. Reese, member of the national executive board of the United Mino Workers of America, last night, by ordering him confined In the Shaw nee county Jail nt Topeka, Instead of In the federal prison here. This will make It possible for Reese to have a corridor to himself, which would not have been possible at the federal pris on. Steamship Arrivals. New York. Nov. 2S. Cleoted: Teutonic, for Llvcrpu.il; Kensington, for Antwerp via Southampton. Sailed: Kaiser Wit helm Dcr Gross,, for Bremen via Cher bourg and Southampton: Cymric, lor Liverpool. Antwerp Arrived: South wnrk, from Now Ymlt via Southampton. Lizard Passed: Stntendam, from New York for ItolUrdnm. Hamburg Arrived: Phoenicia, New York. Now York Ar rived: Nnordland, Antwerp. Readjustment of Wages. Philadelphia, Nnv. 2S. Superintendent W. 11. Besler, of tho main lino division of tho Beading railway, whose ofllco Is at Bending, toduy announced that a re adjustment of wuges In his division will bo mudo to take effect December 1. It is uuolllclully announced that tho read justment will carry with It n general ad. vnnce In wnges for nil tho men connected with tho main lino service. Broad Defeats Sullivan. New York. Nov. 2S. Kid Broad, of Cleveland, w.m a warded I ho decision over Dovo Sullivan. ut tho end of tho twenty fifth round. THE KKWS THIS HOUNINU Weather Indications Today! . rAIHj SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. 1 Ocneral Republican Caucus Commit tee's Flnnnclul Bill. Unseaworthy Manila Transport's Perilous Voyi fie. Defeat of tho Boers nt Roollaagto. Trial of Senator Fllnn. 2 General Northeastern I'ennsylvantn. Financial nnd Commercial. 3 Local Criminal Trial List for Court Beginning December 4. 4 Fdltorlal. News and Comment. 5 General Palmistry. Lights and Shadows of tho Battle field. 6 Local ThntikEglvh g Day Services. Army Life on Cebu Island. 7 Local Cointy Assessment. Court Proceedings. S Local West Scrantou and Suburban. 9 Bound About tho Cci.nty. 10 Local Llvo Inutislrlal Notts. SILVER REPUBLICANS MEET AT CHICACO Majority Express Intention to Ad hero to tho Bryan Democracy If Right Men Are Nominated. Chicago, Nov. 23. Informal discus sion by members of the executive committee of the national Republi can conimHteo and chjr'.rman o' .he state committees at the jr.ce.tlng held here today developed, ns tho consen sus of puvpose adherence to the Bryan Democracy "If the right men are nom inated." There was no dissent from the opinion that ns the presidential can didate, William J. Bryan would bo "the right man." Most of the session was devoted to hearing reports of the condition of sil ver Republicanism In tho various states. Ex-Governor Altgeld wns pres ent by Invitation and was greeted by a rising salutation from the meeting. He made a brief address In which he paid a high tribute to tho "patriotism and disinterestedness" of the silver Republicans. Chairman J. G. John son, of the executive committee of the Democratic press bureau, were visit ors. Chairman Charles Towne made an nddress on which he Inveighed against the "tendency ot the McKlnley administration towards abolutlsm." Senator Teller, of Colorado, said that the drift ot the Republican party was awny from Its original principles and that If he had not quit tho party in 1S9C, he would have had ample cause to do so since then. Ex-Senator Du Bols, of Idaho, said ho had no doubt the sliver votes drawn from the Republican party would be largely Increased at the next election owing to the frank pre-gold stand taken by the leaders of that party. "Fusion with Democrats and Popu lists," said' the senator, "Is In my opin ion a certainty; that, Is we confidently expect those parties to unite on a man whom wo can support like Bryan. I see no possibility of a gold Democrat being nominated, but In such an event we would put out- Independent ticket In the Held and would have a respect able vote in the electoral college." The following were appointed a com mittee to report on the best time and place to hold the national convention, the manner of Issuing call nnd details of practical organization after the con vention: K. S. Corser, Minnesota; F. T. DuBoIs, Idaho; F. J. Van Voorhls, Indiana: Nathan Cole, Jr., California; L. W. Brown, Ohio; Frank T. Ran som, Nebraska, and J, W. Spurrier, Iowa. There were present at today's meet ing besides those mentioned: J. W. Griffin. Minnesota; J. J. Harper. Ohio; Congressman Shnfroth, Colorado; ex Congressman Hartman and Colonel O. P. Chisholm. Montana; J. B. Romans. Town; Dr. F. B. Lawrence nnd R. W. Turner, Kansas; ex-Congressman J. B. Cheadle, Indiana; Dr. Frank S. Peck, Oklahoma, and B. S. Dean, New York. WASHED REVENUE STAMPS. David D. Badenu Held to Ball In Sum of $5,000. New York, Now 2S. David D. Ba deau, 42 years old, who has conducted a stamp store at 12 Broadway for tho past slxtern months, was arrested by federal officials today, tiiurged with buying and selling washed Internal revenue stamps. Ho was held in S3.000 ball. The large number of errand boys nnd Junior clerks In brokers' offlcea who frequented Badeau's store direct ed suspicion to him. Internal revenue officials allego that he has been buying nnd selling washed i stamps ut tho rate of $(1,000 to $S,noo a day; that ho has cleared nbout $30,000 by his transactions, and that tho gov- ' ernment has lost twice that amount; because of them. FIvo thousand rev enue stamps, worth from $1 to $30 each, many of them washed, were seized In Badeau's store. HOUSE ENTIRELY DESTROYED. New Dwelling Owned by Anthony Kerrigan Burned Last Night. Fire- broke out last evening about 11.30 o'clock in a new unoccupied two story frame house located nt HOD Krln street, North Scrnnton, unci owned by Anthony Kerrigan. An alarm was turned In from box Sfi nnd the Cumber land, Excelsior and Liberty companies responded. Desplto tho -excellent work on the part of the firemen tho building was rnninletelv He. si roved, tho flames luiv- in. m,i,i iM, hnnrfu-iiv. Th O " loss is about $900. rpha .niion rr Clio blaze 1st unknown. DEATHS OF A DAY. Columbus, O., Nov. 23. Rev. H. II. Howell, a noted Welsh divine and writer on church topics, died hero today after a long illness. Dr. Howell was editor of the Friend, the otllclnl organ of tho Welsh church at tho time of his death. Ashevllle. N. C Nov. 2S. Genorul Rob ert D. Vance, aged 71, n brother of the late Spr.utor Z. B Van.o, nnd for twetvo years representative in congress from this district, died at his homo at Alex ander today from diabetes. VICTORY FOR THE BRITISH General Metliuen Moves on tlie Boers. A DESPERATE BATTLE Tho Englishmen Attack Paul's Troops Strongly Entrenched on a Rango of Hills Near Gras Pan. Tho Boers Stick Tenaciously to Tholr Position Tho Trenches Stormed by British Soldiers Under n Withering Fire. Orange River, Monday, Now 27. Tho British arms have nchlcved a brilliant victory. Tho enemy, strongly en trenched, held a rango of hills cprcw mnndlng both sides of tho railway at Rool laagto, near Gra3 Pan. Th? Lan cnshlres, under Lewis reconnoltorcd In nn nrmored train on Friday. Tho Hoers shelled tho train, killing Lewi. ond a private. General Mothucn then advanced. His column made n detour and bivouacked for the night at Swlnkspan, three miles from the Boer position. At dawn tho advance began, tho Guards forming tho reserve. The column debouched on the plain eastward of the Boer kopjes. Tho Boer guns opened fire. Two battene1 of tho British artillery, posted on each side, shelled tho Boors, practlco bein-j good on both sides. The Boers stuck tenaciously to Ihclr positions, firing steadily and accurate ly. Tho duel, which constantly benmo hotter, lasted three hours. Tho Boer shells wounded several men of tho naval brigade. Finding It Impossible to displace thn Boers by artillery, General Methtten resolved upon an Infantry attack. X brlgado of infantry, including tho Yorkshires, tho Northamptons, tho Northumberlands and tho Lancashlres, with tho naval brigade on the right gallantly stormed thc-Boer -positions In tho face of a withering fire, nnd carried hill after hill, tho brlgado un der Colonel Money capturing tho main position against n terrific fire, but suf fering severely. Berlin. Nov. 28. Tho Deutsche Zel tung publishes tho following dispatch, dated Pretoria, November 27, received through Boer diplomatic, channels: "President Kruger and President Steyn have Instructed General Jouberc and General Cronje not to split their forces Into small detnehments, but ta strike vigorous blows. General Jou bert has three corps, ono holding Ladysmlth, the second commanding tho Tugela, and tho third cast of Est court In order to cut off the British retreat. General Cronje's forces nro divided Into three contingents, one nt; Klmberley, nnother at Modder river and tho third In tho rear of General Methuen." VISITING THE QUAKERS. Lord Mayor Daniel Tall on Arrives in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Nov. 2S. Tho lord mayor of Dublin, Daniel Tallon, and John K. Rcdmcnd, M. P., accompanied by n number of distinguished New Yorkers, nrrlved here nt noon today. They were met by Mayor Ashbrldge and a large delegation of prominent citizens. Tho purposes of the lord mayor's visit Is to ralso funds for tha Charles Stewart Parnell monument fund. , On arrival tho party, which, In addi tion to Lord Mayor Tallon nnd Mr. Redmond, Included Thomas Kennedy, 11. M. Banuon and several other New Yorkers, were escorted to the mayor's office In tho city ball, where an Infor mal reception wns held, and Mayor Ashbrldge bade tho visitors wclcomo and extended to them the freedom ot tho city. Thesa ceremonies concluded the visitors 'wero driven to tho Hotel Walton, where luncheon wis served. The lord mayor and Mr. Redmond attended a large public meeting to night In the Interest of tho Parnell monument fund. Governor Stono pro sided. Speeches wero mado by the governor, Mayor Ashbrldge, the lent mayor, Mr. Redmond nnd a number of others. Quito n number of subscrip tions to the fund wero announced, among tl.em being $500 from John Wnnnmnker, $200 from Stato Senator David Mat tin nnd $100 from Governor Stone. The lord mayor will visit tho national export exposition tomorrow, which han been designated as "Irish-American day." Lehigh Valley Earnings. Philadelphia, Nov. 28. The stutement of tho Lehigh Valley Railroad company for October, 1599, us computed with tho same period in 169S, shows gross earnings i J2.22S.767: decrease. $101. Ws; expouses, $1. ' re,n nv lnAi.A 01fl C?K X.?ji nnnilnnj .! lliui uuri;. .,u.o,u. ..u. uuinunr, $029,637, decrease. $321,131. For eleven months to October 31, compared with thu snmo period of last year, the gross earn, ings wero $19,487,228, increase, $1,728,998; expenses, $12,490,SS3, Increase, $2.S09,5Kt. Net earnings, $3,SD0,SI3, increase, $1,040,005, - T 1 WEATnER FORECAST. Washington, Nov. 28. Forecast for Wednesday nnd Thursday: For eastern Pennsylvania, fair Wed ncrday and probably Thursday; fresh southwesterly winds. - -H"H"t'"H"-"H"H"'ij j. .. ; ( itu ,A, i ,1.,. jfaOMMMWf 1. -iw . ,- - ii i iidMMUn iibP-.. iui- mtr nKMuft M l,t.. . ..-. !.., ...
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