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SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS.
REPORT OF
SECRETARY
OF WAR
Many Suggestions Con
cerning Organiza
lion of Army.
CRITICISMS CONSIDERED
Sweeping Reforms in the Manner of
Making Up an Army Are Recom
mended An Army War College
Proposed Wherein Men May Be
Educated for Positions in Any
Branch of the Service Hints Re
garding Staff Appointments Pres
ent System of Promotion Should Be
Modified.
Washington, Dec. 1. The report of
the secretary of war, Hon. Ellhu Root,
was made public today. It shows tho
following distribution of th" repi'lar
army. In Cuba, 314 officers and 10,708
enlisted men; in Pono Rico, S7 otllcers
and 2.8r;-enlhted men; on the continent
of North America. 010 officers and 17,317
enlisted men; In Hawaii, 12 officers and
453 cllsted men; and in tho Philippine
Islands, 903 olllceis and BO, 578 enlisted
men. A volunteer force of 1,524 officers
nnd S3.0J0 enlisted men Is now either in
or enrouto to the Philippines. The re
port describes in detail the military
movements in the Philippines with with
vblch the public Is already more or
less familiar, and adds:
Wherever the permanent occupation
of our troops has extended In the Phil
ippine islands civil law has been im
mediately put in force. The couits have
been organized and the most learned
nnd competent native lawyers have
ben appointed to preside over them.
A system of education has been intro
duced and numerous schools have been
established. It is believed that in the
city of Manila n greater number of
good schools, affordinK better facilities
for pilnm,-v lnstiuctlon, exist today
than n' any previous time in the his
tory of tho city.
Criticisms Considered.
On the subject of Improving the
nrvnj organization tho repot t nays:
Two propositions seem to me funda
mental: First That the real object of having
an array Is to provide for war.
Scond That the regular establish
ment In the United States. -Will prob
ably never be by Itself the whole ma
chine with which any war will be
fought.
Tho first of these statements seems
like a truism, and It will probably be
received everywhere without co-sclous
denial. Yet the precise contrary is
rniiv thn thenrv nnon which the entire ,
treatment of our army proceeded for ' today viewed the body of Mrs. May
i"e thirty-three years between the i Pert Roe, ore of the victims of the col
C(vll war and the war with Spain. llslon on the Delaware, Lackawanna
Prfjsent utility was really the controll- I and Western railroad on Wednesday
lug consideration, ana uie potsmiu.y
of wnr seemed at nil tlmrs so vague i
and unreal that It had no formative
power in shaping legislation regarding
the 'arn y The result was an elabor
ate system admirably adapted to secur
ing pecuniary accountability and econ
omy of expenditure In time of peace;
a large number of small and separate
commands, well officered and well dis
ciplined, very efllclent for police duty
agatnst Indlinn. and as separate com
mands unsurpassed anywhere In fight
ing qualities; and a class of officers
most of wlidm were of a high order of
Individual excellence, who revered
valuable service In the constriction of
public works, ns Instiuctors In colleges,
and In a great vaiiety of professional
duties at separate posts and with their
commands, but who, with the excep
tion of the general officers, were ar
ranged In rank without any teferenee
whatever to their respective abilities to
command or to render effective service.
The result did not Include the effectivo
organization nnd training of the army
as a whole for the purposes of war.
This was not because tho army did not
wish sur'.i oiuanlzatlon and training,
but because it was not permitted t"
organize and train for that object. The
army has many able, educated, and
competent ofllcers who have thought
much upon the subject and deeply re
gretted this condition, but who have
been unable to secure a change,
I bellevo that without any revolution
Interference with the general
nry
scheme of organization or with lndl
vldual rights, and without excessive
expense, a great Improvement can be
made In the way of co-forming the
organization and training of the army
to Its true puipose. It is not reorgan
ization which is needed, hut the grant
of opportunities for developme" t along
lines which are well understood and
appreciated by the army Itself.
Points Involved.
The preparation of an army for war
Involves ut least these tour things:
First Systematic study by respon
sible olflcers of plans for notion under
all contingencies of po.islblo conflict,
and with this, study of the larger piob
lems of military science nnd tho most
complete information of the state of the
art, study of the constant Improve
ments in implements and methods of
warfare, and of the adaptability of Im
provements and Inventions for the pur
pose of carrying out the plans devised,
and study of the arrangement of tenl
torlal and tactical organizations; and
the establishment of depots, camps, for
tifications, and lines of communication
with reference to these plans, so that
all expenditures for each separate step
of development may contribute toward
tho practical realization of a coin in e
henslve nnd consistent scheme. This
lequlrement In not to bo met by tho
(separate study and reflection of Mugie
ofllcers not charged with the duty or
able to gle effect to their conclusions
The responsibility of declared duty, the
comparison of different view, tho con
tribution of different minds, the correc
tion nnd evolution of discussion, h
long continued, laborious, and syste
matic application of a considerable
number of minds of a high order, nnd
with a recognized status giving author
ity to their conclusions, are needed to
produce the desired result.
To Illustrate: The War department
hfs recently received nunieious appll-
cations from different parts of the
country for the acquisition of tracts of
land and the establishment of perma
nent camping places for the encamp
ment and training of soldiers In large
bodies, which the people of the country
evidently realize ought to be provided
for. There are different ways In which
these applications may be treated.
They may be rejected or favored with
reference to tho advantages which they
will afford to the people of the towns
In tho neighborhood of tho proposed
camps through tho business which
would result from the maintenance of
troops there, -or they mny bo rejected
or favored according to the healthful
nws of the locations and the conveni
ences which they will nfford and the
ease of access from the points whence
troops would naturally be drawn.
Neither of these methods Is at nil satis
factory. If such camps are to be es
tablished, their locations should be se
lected with reference to carefully de
vised nnd comprehensive plans, one
feature of which consists In determin
ing tho points at which troops can most
usefully be mobilized for Immediate
use In case of war, so that by sending
troops to them In time of peace wo
would be doing the very sume thing
which we have to do In time of urgent
necesstty, and so that every railroad
that is built, every side track that Is
laid, and every building that Is erectel
will leave so much les3 to do when war
tlreatens. Such plans can not be Im
provised; they can not he produced by
nny other process than that above In
dicated. Second The preparation of material
of war, keeping pace with the progress
of military science nnd adapted to the
conditions to be anticipated when war
shall arise.
(.ratifying progress has been made
recently In this respect, but with the
restoration of peace we may apprehend
that there will bo to some extent a te
turn to the same indifference which
left us without smokeless powder or
small-bore magazine rllles In the spring
of 1S0S. Under such conditions It Is
neep.arv that Questions as to the
character and form of material should
be settled by authority beyond reason
able question, and that the things which
ought to be done should be indicated
clearly and positively. In no other way
Is It possible that such things shall be
done. At present the opinions of the
artillery or Infantry using a wcaoon.
of the ordnance officers making It, of
the department commander, and of the
major general commanding the aunv,
may all differ on such questions, and
theie is no way of settling them except
after an appropriation, by tho decision
of the secretary of war, who can not
possibly study the subject thoroughly,
or before tho appropriation, by a com
mittee of congress with whom th" dif
fering opinions naturally tend to de
stroy each other and to prevent any
action whatever. Some body of com
petent men whose business It Is to bo
familiar with the whole field of Inven
tion, to consider It, to discuss It, nnd
to reach conclusions upon It, aloie can
rurnlsli those authoritative determin
ations which are necessary to effective
demands for adequate material.
Third An adequate process of selec
tion according to merit and effective
ness among tho officers of the army,
so that the men of superior ability and
Continued on Page 2.
THE PATERSON WRECK.
Coroner's Jury Views the Body of
Mrs. Roe Inquest Next Week.
Paterson, N. J., Dee. 1. Coroner
Yates and his Jury, consisting of
Rudolph Matthias, Dr. James Ruppert,
Charles Elbow, Dr. Prank Van Noordt,
-Micnnei juaioney nnu uavw uenncsy.
Kt. The coroner then annouced that
he would hold an Inquest In the county
court house during the early part of
next week.
The bodies of Alexander Craig, his
wife Esther, and their two daughters,
Esther and Jessie, have been lemoved
to New Haven for burial. The body of
AValter Jacob Welbroek has been sent
, to lils late home, S99 'West End avenue,
Manhattan.
It is expected that tho body of Mrs
Roo will be chipped to her home In
Ithaca during the day. Her husband,
David Roe, who Is In St. Joseph's hos-
' pltal, may leave the Institution today.
Thomas II. White, the aged druggist of
Ithaca, whose legs were broken and
i who was otherwise Injured, was re
ported Improved this mornlng.and hopj
Is now entertained for his recovery.
, The others In tho hospitals are doing
well.
County Physician McBride Is gather-
. Ing evidence to show who was to blamn
for the accident. He will have a con
sultation with Prosecutor Kmely dur
ing the day, and thev will decide
whether any arrest will b? made beforij
the coroner's Jury renders its verdict.
The Investigation was secret. No con-
I elusion was reached, as It was desired
to hear the story of Engineer Reardon
' h" N as u' a b'e' l ,P ,rc?Pnt' nnd n,,n
mm ,i buuii ui uiu jiuK&iMiKers as may
wish to be hen' (I.
John Reardon, the engineer of train
AG, whom the railroad officlils hold re
sponsible for the necldent, Is prostrated
at his home pea'r Newark. His famllv
Intimate that It would not be surpris
ing if his mind gave way.
NEW CONSUL AT PRETORIA.
State Department Looking for Some
One to Relieve Mr. Macrum.
Washington, Dec. 1. Mr. Macrum,
tho United States consul at Pretoria,
Is renewing his appeals to the State
department to be allowed to leave his
post. The department, realizing tho
pressing necessity of having some ener
getic nnd willing representative of the
United States at Pretoila to look nfter
tho Important American Interests in
tho Transvaal, as well as to carry out
our obligations to care for the welfare
of British citizens therein, Is striving to
find some consular officer near Pretoria
who will undertake to relievo Mr. Mac
rum. Probably Mr. Hollls, United States
consul at Lorenzo Marquez, will be
asked to undertake the charge.
Erie Company Appeals,
Honesdnlo, Pa., Doe. 1. In the Injunc
tion case of the Erie und Wyoming Rail
road company against the Erie Hullroad
enmpuny. In which tho latter Is re
stutlneii from any Intel ference with the
recently purchased Dolawuru nnd Hud
son cannl, Judge E. N. WUIard, attor
ney for the Erie compnr.y tins taken nil
nppenl to the supremo court. Tho ap
peal Is from Judge Purdy's decision In
allowing an amendment to the prelimin
ary Injunction covering tho whole oanal
In Pennsylvania.
THfc ADVANCE OF
GENERAL METHUEN
REPORTS OF RELIEF OF KIMBER
LEY HEARD IN LONDON.
Tho General Resumed His March
Wednesday Expected Then to
Form Juncture with the Diamond
City Garrison Tomorrow or Sun
dny Belief That the British
Forces in That Town and Moie
klng Are Acting in Concert with
Him Fear That Town Is in Need.
London, Dec. 1. While the reports of
the relief of Klmberley, which were
current on tho Stock Exchange this
morning, may be premature In .their
literal sense, there seems to be no
doubt that the pressure on the garrison
has been much lightened by General
Methuen's successes. It Is reported
thnt the general resumed his march
northward Wednesday and expected to
form a Junction with the Klmberley
forces Saturday or Sunday.
The most recent new3 from Klmber
ley comes by way of Pietorla and
seems to show that the garrisons nt
that place and Mafeklng are acting
In concert with General Methuen, for
at tho time the battle was being fought
at Gras Pan Colenel Kekewich and
Colonel Badon-Powell made sorties and
assailed their beleaguers. The result
of the Marking sortie Is not known,
but, according to a despatch from Pre
toria, Colonel Kekewich inflicted con
siderable loss on tho Boers. Two shells
killed nine and wounded seventeen In
a group
ii , .v, I
., tV -..',..,
llie rsucr luicea iiiivu uuuii wiuimuwi
irom me iiorin ui iupe oiuny iwiu
may be hurrying to attack General
Methuen's army In the rear. But rein
forcements have been pushed rapidly
forward from Orange river and De
Aar, and It Is believed they can tir
cument any such designs.
One More Division.
From Lord Wolseley's announcement
that It has been decided to call out
one more army division. It appears
that the war office docs not look for a
speedy collapse of Boer resistance.
The brief despatches coming from
Natal convey little Information about
the situation there. Naauw Poort re
ports that half the Colcburg Dutch
who responded to the Do-r summons
for military service have leturned to
their homes; so, perhaps, the seditious
civil troubles hampering General Gat
acre may be lessened and the military
operations under his direction are to be
becun.
So far as known, tho Ladysmlth re
lief force remains at Freres, although
probably the bridge had been sufficient
ly icpalred by Nov. SO to permit of th'
resumption of the march. The oppos
ing forces may, therefore, have' coina
In contact near Colenso, where appar
ently the Boers are entrenched strong
ly on the north side of the river.
A clue to tho reasons which dictated
General Methuen's hurried march may
be found In Governor Mllner's hint to
the relief committee at Cape Town to
prepare for tho reception of 10.000 re
fugees. That It Is regarded Indicates
that the garrison must have had rea
son to fear the reduction of Klmberley
by starvation and disease.
GARRET A. HOBART'S WILL.
Value of the Estate Not Given Pat
erson Institutions Remembered.
Paterson, N. J., Dec. 1. The will of
Vice-Pi evident Garret A. Hobart was
filed In the Passaic county surrogate'1!
office at noon today, the document
being handed to Surrogate Charles M.
King.
The value of the estate was not
given, but It was understood to be
nbout $2,500,ow). Of the estate, Mrs.
Jennie Hobart, tho widow, receives $1,
000,000 outright 'to do with as she
pleases. After a number of bequests
ore paid the remainder of the estate
Is to be devlded equally between Mrs.
Hobart and her son, Garret A. Hobart,
Jr. At the death of Mrs. Hobart the
boy Is to receive the residue of the
estate. The legacies given by the vice
president were as follows:
St. Joseph's hospital, Pat"iTon, $3,000;
General hospital, Paterson, f 5,000; St.
Joseph's Orphan asylum, Paterson, $3,
000; Paterson Orphan nsylum, $5,000.
The original bequest to each of these
Institutions was $3,000, but in each ensa
the amount was raised to $5,000 by a
codicil.
Hobart Tuttle, private secretary to
Governor Voorhees, and a brother-in-law
of the vice-president, receives $20.
000. A. A. Wilcox, n close friend of
Mr. Hobart. receives $10,000. David
Hobart. a brother of the vice-president,
receives $20,000 and to each of his
biother's children the vice-president be
queathed $10,uu0.
The executors of tho will are the
widow, Mrs. Jennie Hobart; A. A. Wil
cox. E. T. Bell and Colonel William
Barbour.
The will Is dated July 27, 1897? and
the codicil Increasing the amounts
given the different Institutions Is dated
March 9, 1S39.
PLUG; TOBACCO DEARER.
Continental Company Advances the
Prico Four Cents a Found.
St. Louis, Dec. 1. The Continental
Tobacco company has sent out a noti
fication to tobacco Jobbei-3 that an ad
vance of four cents u pound on all
plug chewing and plug smoking to
bacco Is to be made today. All ordorj
unfilled are to be cancelled and must
be submitted under the ndvanced
schedule.
Tho discounts to Jobbers nrc also
trimmed down. Jobbers are offered a
discount of 1 per cent, on all purchases
of more than 1,000,000 pounds a month.
Fund for Mrs. Gridley.
Sedalla, Mo., Dec. 1. A movement la on
foot here by which over one hundred
thousand persons will be given an oppor
tunity to contl Unite 25 cents each to a
$23,000 fund to be presented to tho wldo.v
of Captain CharleH V. Qridley, who com
manded Admiral Dewey's flagship at tho
battle of Manila. Miss Helen Gould Is
suggested for treasurer of tho fund.
THE WAR ON QUAY.
Anti's Preparo ft Memorial to tho
Senate.
Philadelphia, Dec. 1. Senator" Bayard
Henry, of this city, In discussing tho
memorials against the seating of Mr.
Quay, said today:
"Flfty-alx Republicans of the legis
lature, opposed to the seating of M.
Quay by tho United States senate upon
tho tempornry appointment of Gover
nor Stone, Including a number of thosj
who, on various ballots, voted for Mr.
Quay, have signed a memorial to the
United States senate protesting against
It. This memorial sets forth that such
a temporary appointment Is directly
contrary to tho plain wording of the
constitution of the United States; that
the senate has never, since the founda
tion of our government, recognized the
right for a governor to make n tem
porary anpolntmcnt where a vacancy
has occurred by reason of the expira
tion of a term during a session of a
legislature, and that It would bo sotting
a dangerous precedent to adopt this
new method of choosing sorators. The
memorial further states that this tem
porary appointment Is wholly in con
travention of the constitution of Penn
sylvania. "Tho flfty-slx Republican members
who have signed this memorial, to
gether with the seventy-six Democratic
members who have signed their own
memorial to the United States senate,
constitute a majority of the legislature.
Those memorials will be presented Im
mediately upon the assembling of the
senate."
DEMOCRATIC MEMORIAL.
A Protest Against Mr. Quay Is Filed
nt Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Doc. 1. A memorial ad-
j dressed to the Democratic members of
l"e "-""' .-nun's acinic uy me jemo-
cratlc state executive committee of
PpnnsvlVfln'n
Is made public tonight.
It gives In detail tho reasons why M.
S. Quay should not be permitted to
take his scat In the senate. Tho me
moilal recites the fncts connected with
the voting for United States senator In
the last session of the leglslatuie, stat
ing that the Democratic members
unanimously, In connection with about
one-third of the Republican members,
voted continuously for seventy-nine
days against the lc-elnctlon of Quay.
He failed of election, whereupon Gov
ernor Stone undertook to appoint him
senator, notwithstanding the provisions
of the constitution of Pennsylvania de
claring that In case of vacancy during
tecess the governor shall convene the
legislature within sixty days to fill the
vacancy, and tho constitution of tho
United States which says if a vacancy
happens during recess of the legisla
ture the executive may make tempor
ary apDolntmcut until the next meet
ing of the legislature. Continuing, tho
memorial says:
And this, notwithstanding this va
cancy In tho renresentatlon of Penn
sylvania In the United States senate
happened during the sessions of the
legislature of this stuf, to wit., March
4, 1899, and that the legislature ad
journed April 20, 1S99, more than six
weeks after this vacancy occurred.
"It Is plain under the constitution of
Pennsylvania the governor Is required
to convene the legislature to fill a va
cancy with sixty days. This authority
to convene the legislature to fill a va
cancy cannot be lawfully construed
that, because the legislature failed to
elect that, therefore, the governor 13
vested with the power of appointment:
because, first, tho constltutton of the
United States authorizes tho governor
to make such appointments only dur
ing the recess of the legislature. Sec
ond, because the constitution of Penn
sylvania provides what the executive
shall convene tho leglslatuie.
"We, therefore, submit as a reason
able and a legal ptoposltlon that when
the constitution of Pennsylvania ex
pressly provides how the vacuncy shall
be filled, no other way can be law
fully substituted. The people of Penn
sylvania, In their fundamental law,
have said that tho legislature shall fill
the vacancy In the ofilce of senator
and not tho governor.
"We respectfully appeal to you to
oppose tho seating of Matthew F.
Qua . not only for tho legal an 1 con
stitutional rcnsoi.s herein hil 'V. sot
forth, hut nlso because he Is the head
and front of a political machine which
has continuously, through the office
holders elected by It, violated the con
stitution of our state In refusing to
make a senatorial and represintatlve
apportionment of our state; that he
has degraded our public life and de
bauched our elections, nnd passed elec
tion laws that are but means of prac
ticing fraudulent voting and counting,
and has denied the constitutional
rights of the people of the frtate to
vote for the adoption of amendment's
to tho constitution necessary to secure
the purity of our nation.
"We therefore protest against tho
appointment of Matthew s. Quay ns
senator from Pennsylvania nnd re
quest that you oppose the seating of
tho said Matthew S. Quay, nnd that
you adhere to the precedents and con
struction of the constitution of the
United States since the formation of
tho union of states."
Will Investigate Roberts Case.
Washington Dec. 1. At a conference of
about twenty-five prominent house lie
publicans, held at the capital tonluht,
it was decided that tho eligibility of
Representative-elect Roberts, of Utah,
to occupy a seat In tho hnuso of repre
sentatives, hhould bo Investigated nnd
determined, and that pending the decis
ion ho should not be permitted to take
the ofilce.
Hanna Has Had Enough.
Milwaukee, Dec. 1 "Senator Hanna, ns
chalrmun of tho national Republican
committee, will not accept another term,
although ho will servo out his present
term." said Henry U. Payne, national
Republican committeeman of Wisconsin,
tonight. Mr. Hanna, he said, tuld him
so.
De Oro's Lead Increased.
New York, Dec. 1. Champion Fred De
Oro Increased his lend over Fred Pay
ton, of Omuhn, tonight In the fecund
evening's play for the chnmplouslilp title
for pool billiards, at Daly't. ucademy. tho
final scoro being 404 to 32.
Six-Round Draw.
Chicago, Dec. 1. Oscar Gardiner, the
Omaha Kid, nnd Harry Forbes, of Chi
cago, fought a six-round draw at Fort
Dearborn Athletic club tonight.
MR. HITCHCOCK
MAKES A REPORT
MATTERS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
TO THE PUBLIC.
Statistics Concerning Pensions Rec
ommendations Regarding Early
Revision of Pension Laws Re
Estimates tho Irrlcoble Area of
tho Arid Region Increase in Rail
way Traffic. -
Washington, Dec. 1. The annual re
port of Secretary of the Interior Hitch
cock made public tonight, while sum
ming up the work In all the bureaus, Is
of special Interest by reason of Its
statements regarding pension policies.
At the close of the fiscal venr thera
were 991,519 pensioners, a decrease of
2,193 during the year. The average an
nual value of all pensions was $132.74.
The Spanish war pensioners will In
crease the pension roll during the cur
rent fiscal year. The secretary concurs
In the recommendations for legislation
providing that no pension be granted
to commence pi lor to the date of llllng
the claims; for an early revision and
codification of the pension laws, as
the numerous amendatory laws and de
cisions have made the whole system si
labyrinth of laws and legal opinions.
Secretary Hitchcock urges legislation
to definitely construe tho Act of June
27, 1890, relating to widows' pensions.
Regarding this, he says:
"In order to more exactlv define tho
words, menns of support, I approve the
recommendation of the commissioner
of pulsions that the Act of June 27,
1S90, be so amended that a pensionable
status be g. anted to widows whose ln
ccme, independent of the proceeds of
their daily labor, is not In excess of
$250 per annum."
The report also recommends legisla
tive authority for biennial examina
tions of pensioners; legislation prohib
iting the payment of "any compensa
tion whatever to pension attorneys and
agents for service In connection for
any claim and proceeding under tho
pension laws, as such may be, within
certain limits llxed by congress, be al
lowed by the commissioner of pen
sions." The report estimates the Irrigable
area of tho arid region of the United
States at 74,000,000 ncres.capable of com
fortably suppoitlng under a proper Ir
rigation system 50,000,000 people. Rea
sonable expenditures, both by the na
tional and state government, looking
to a well defined Irrigation system are
uiged. Nearly fifty new forest re
serves or additions to these already
established are under consideration.
The Dawes commlsislon reports the
time has not yet arrived for the In
stallation of a territorial or state gov
ernment In Indian territory, owing
mainly to lacK of uniform land ten
ures. Attention .ls.called la-.the phen
omenal increase In railway traffic in
tho last two years, amounting approxi
mately In Increased earnings In 1899
over 1S9S to $9,000 000 and the previous
year to $23,000,000, the Increase being
only limited by the lack of cars to
curry products.
MR. WINSLOW'S THANKSGIVING
Anti-Imperialist's Letter to Mr. Mc
Kinley a Personal Message.
Boston, Dec. 1. Ervlng Wlnslow.sec
retary of the Anti-Imperialist league,
says that the Thanksgiving message he
sent to President McKinlev was In
tended as a personal message and was
In no way connected with the league.
Continuing, Mr. Winslow said:
"The simple fact of the mntter Is that
I have been so deeply stirred by the
whole business, by tho death of Agtiln
aldo's child, the capture of his mother,
the hunting and harrying of Agulnaldo
himself Into the woods by our men In
the Philippines, that I feel Just as I
said I would rather be In Agulnaldo's
place than In that of Mr. McKInley,
who caused It all."
Mr. Winslow was asked what stand
the Antl-Imperiallst league and Its
sympathizers would probably take now
that the rebellion in the Islands has
practically fallen through, and If their
work would be as energetic as hereto
fore. He replied:
"While I can't speak officially or cer
tainly on that point, we shall probably
wait nnd follow the lead of Senator
Hoar and such other leaders."
SCHOONER CUT IN TWO.
Three Sailors Are Drowned Captain
Seriously Injured.
Philadelphia, Dec. 1. During a fog
early yesterday the schooner Clara,
from Cape May, for Philadelphia, with I
a cargo of sand, while at unchor In '
the Dclawaro river, near Chester, Pa.. '
was run down by the Philadelphia and
Baltimore steamer Ericcson. Tho '
schooner was cut in twain, and three
of the sailors of the schooner wero :
drowned. They wero James WansT.
Thomas Rice and Edward Wilson, all '
colored, of this city. Captain Joseph '
E. Williamson, tho only other man I
aboard, was cjiusht in tho wreckigo I
of the schooner, and was seriously, If
not fatally, Injured.
He was rescued whllo struggling In
the water. Tho schooner sank linme
dlately after sho was struck and the
bodies of tho three men aro still In tho
wreckage. Tho Ericcson sustained
very little damage.
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Murder Suspected.
Trenton, N. J Dec. l.-MInnie Eyzlcr,
a domestic employed In tho family of
William White, at Mnrdville, wns found
dead In a barn on White's farm with
her bend ciushed. Tho White family
wus uway ycMerday and a colored nuin
was left to look utter tho stock. lie
could not be found today and tho county
authorities aro now looking for him. A
bloody btlck was found near the body
and It Is believed the negro used that
as a weapon,
Orphan School Fire,
Westchester, Pa., Dec. 1. Tho girls'
building of the Chester Springs Orphan
hchool caught tiro this evening In ono ut
tho lower rooms and was destroyed. No
lives wero lost and scmo of the contents
wero saved. Tho building was a large
one of stono and frame. Tho other build
ings wero quite a distance from the
girls' building and were not damaged.
T1IK NEWS THIS M011NINU
Weather Indications Today;
FAIR AND COOLER.
1 General Sccrolary Root's Report.
Tho American Occupation of Zambo-
nngn.
Report of Secretary of the Interior.
Tho Belief of Klmberley.
2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Financial n'nd Comlnerclal.
3 General Martini on Palmistry.
4 Editorial.
News nnd Comment.
C Iocnl Soclid nnd Personal.
Ono Woman's Views.'
C Local Court Proceedings.
7 Local Col. Boles Replies to Mr. W.
Y. Scranton.
Need of a Cortag'cus Ward at tho
Hospital.
8 Local West Scranton and Suburban.
9 Round About tho County.
10 Local Religious News of the Week,
Sunday School Lesson for Tomorrow.
11 Story "Old Love, Truo Love."
12 Local Live Industrial News.
ATTACHMENTS FOR THE
"GET-RICH-QUICK" MEN
The Investors' Trust of Philadel
phia Is Closed Suddenly Many
Complaints Lodged.
Philadelphia, Dec. 1. Two attach
ments under the fraudulent debtors act
of the legislature of 1869 wove Issued
yesterday from the common pleas court
against the Investors' trust, the "get-flch-qulck"
concern, which suddenly
stopped business and closed its doors
in this city this week. The concern Is
similar to the ono which was raided by
the Brooklyn police last week. The at
tachments name Charles L. Work,
manager, and Llpman Keene, president
of the concern. Both of these men have
disappeared and no trace has yet been
found of them. The attachments wero
Issued at the Instance of Charles Mc
Elroy and Charles McElroy, Jr. The
plaintiffs say that they each deposited
$100 w 1th the trust on Nov. 23, upon
representations contnlned In a circular
Issued by the tiust that the company
would invest money and that each de
positor would lccelvo large profits. The
circular represented that persons who
had been depositors had received In
three years $7,000 on an Investment of
$100. Depositors were also promised
fifteen and twenty per cent. Inter' st
per month, and that an Investment c f
$500 would yield a regular Income of $7."
to $100 per month.
Complaints are beginning to reach
the postal authorities In this city. Tho
complainants live In all parts of the
country. Tho postal Inspectors nro
carrying on an Investigation, and as
soon as a case of fraud is proven the
matter will bo reported to Washing
ton. The postmaster of this city has
received instructions from Washington
to withhold all mail matter, and to re
fuse to pay money orders, addressed
to, Intended for, or on account of the
trust con.rany or Its officers. There
are noy in the postofheo for the trust
850 letters, twenty-seven registered
letters, and about $2,000 In monejv or
ders. Efforts to find Wotk, Levitt and
Keene have thus far proven futile. It
Is estimated by the polu-e that thoso
who have money on deposit with the
concern aro creditors to the amount of
$300,000. The trust hns a deposit in thy
German American Trust company, of
this city, but tho officials of that insti
tution refuse to divulge what the de
posit amounts to, claiming that it Is a
matter of private business.
DENIAL FROM GEN. WOOD.
Will Not Succeed Sternberg as Sur
geon General of the Army.
Washington, Dec. 1. General Wood
denies that he Is to suecced General
Sternberg as surgeon general of the
army and announces his purpose to
remain In tho line so lung as he re
mains In tho service. The report that
he was to succeed Genral Sternberg
was started, It Is said, by officers who
are ienlous of the prominence which
General Wood has acquired In the str-
vice. It has been noticed here for Ti
long time that some of the men who
are on the "Inside" In nrmy matter:
have seemed to resent Gcneial Wood's
promotion In the line. They always
speak of him as "Dr. Wood." and al
ludo to his work In Cuba slightingly
when they allude to It at all. When
the general was offered tho presidency
of n local traction company Fevoral
months ago at n salar of f.".o.000 a
yeur, they endeavored to persuade him
to accept It by throwing out hints that
there wns no future for him In the army
or In the colonial service. They would
bo glad now to see him side-tracked
In the surgeon general's ofilce, whe-ro
he would not Intel fero with the pio
motlon of regular army ofllcers who
have grown gray In the icrvlce without
accomplishing anything In pnitleulan
or showlni; any spochl nptliudo for tho
unaccustomed r sponsibllltles whlcl
camo with tho administration of our
new possessions.
The president's personal friendship
for Grneial Wood and his confldenco
In the general's abllltv have prevented,
It Is asserted, the Inside ring at the
var department from setting aside the
founer commander of the Rough Rid
ers. It has been a matter of comment,
however, that General Wood has bo-m
seriously hampered In his woik nt
Santiago by tho Impediments put In
his path by ordeis from Havann, whero
the old military regime I.- In full sway.
When General Wood declined tho
offer of $30,000 n year from tho traction
company It was with the expectation
of being afforded an oppoitunlty for
distinguished service In tho new pos
sessions, and not In tho hope of n com
fortable berth In tho war department
for the remainder of his active career.
Attempt a Train Wreck.
Amsterdam, N. V., Dec. 1. Threo boys,
oged about 12 or 13, uttempted to wreck
a West Shoro fast express train toduy
In a rocky cut between Mlldenvlllo und
Indiana Creek, by placjng railroad tita
on tho tracks. Tho train was stopped
before any damage resulted. Two of the
boys escaped, but the third one, Charles
LaBher, aged 13 years, was arrested.
THE FILIPINOS
ARE AT ODDS
Details of tlie American
Occupation of Zam-
boanga.
TREACHERY OF H1IDEL
Leader of tho Revolutionists in Min
danao Assassinated by Order of
tho Mayor of Totuan-Thirteeu
Quick-Firing Guns and Ammuni
tion Surrendered to tho United
States Naval Forces Diplomatic
Skill of Commahd6r Very of tho
Gunboat Castino.
Manila, Dec. 1, S.35 a. m. The steam
ship Salvador, from Kamboanga, Isl
and of Mindanao, which has arrived
hero, brings details of tho occupation
of the town by Commander Very, of
the United States gunboat Castino.
Tho revolutionists In Mindanao wero
led by Alvarea and Callxto, who left
Luzon some time ago, and for tho last
seven months hnve been stirring up tho
people. They obtained a considerable
following. The commercial -depression
and tho lack of food caused by tho
blockade of the Island turned the peo
ple agalnstJie revolutionists and cul
minated in the assassination on Nov.
15 of Callxto, a firebrand nnd the real
leader of the revolution, by Midel,
mayor of the town of Tetuan.
Midel, under a pretext, Induced Cal
lxto to go to Tetuan. When the revol
utionist was within a distance of thirty
yards from a point whero the mayor's
guard were stationed tho latter fired,
a volley. Callxto was killed Instantly.
Midel at once repaired to the gunboat
C'astlne nnd arranged with Commander
Very for tho occupation of Zamboan
ga. Commander Very nsked that Dat
to Mandl, with 500 ot'hls followers,
who were stationed on a neighboring
Island, should be brought to Zamboan
ga. The following morning Midel
raised the American flag over Zam
boanga. The Insurgents offered no re
sistance nnd evacuated the town. Tho
Castlne was saluted with twenty-one
guns, and Commander Very landed a
hundred blue Jackets and took pos
session of tho port and fortifications.
Datto Mandl's men arrived in the af
terneou. They wore armed with
wooden shields nnd swords and were
used on pIcKet duty. Commander Very
despatched the gunboat Manila on
Nov. 15 to Jolo to convey troops to re
inforce him. A company of the Twenty-third
legiment, under Captain
Nichols, arrived on Nov. 17 and two
more companies followed them. Man
dl's followers then returned home.
Alvarez Deposed.
Alvarez sought to arrange for a sur
render of the nrms and artillery pieces.
On the afternoon of Nov. 20 Mldel
called a meeting of the local chiefs, who
formally deposed Alvarez as leader of
the revolutionists In the island and
elected Mldel president of the now In
sular government established under
American sovereignty and control. Tho
chiefs formally requested Commander
Very to grant the following privileges:
Exemption from taxes until the re-es-tnbllshment
of commercial relations,
permission to carry arms In tho moun
tains, religious fieedoni and tho power
to conduct loeal governments as previ
ously. The requests, pending the ar
rlval of Brigadier General Bates, tho
military governor of the dlstilct, wero
granted.
Commander Very then effected nn ap
parent reconciliation between Alvarea
nnd Mldel and their followers. On Nov.
20. near the rebel town of Mercedes,
I Alvarez signed a formal resignation of
j tho position of revolutionary leader. Ho
delivered thirteen Nordenfeldts and
Maxims, with ammunition, which wore
taken on board the Castino. Eight Nor
denfeldts and Maxims were delivered
to tho armv In Zamboanga, as wero
also more than 200 lilies nnd ammuni
tion. The artillery came Into posses
sion from tho revolutionists of sIj
Spanlsh gunboats bought by the army
from Spain, which tho revolutionists
looted before tho Americans could get
possession of them.
Alvarez has only a dozen followers
left, the remainder of tho revolution
ists having scattered and returned to
their occupations.' No fighting Is ex
pected. Commander Very Is considered to
have handled the situation In Its many
phases with energy nnd dlplomatlo
skill. '
General Conon Surrenders.
Manila, Doc. 2. 9.20 n. m. General
Conon has surrendered S00 ofllcers and
men with rifles, some Ameiiean, and
seventy Spnnlsh pilsoncrs. and the gar
rison at Bayoinbong. province of Nucva
VIzcaya, to Lieutenant Monroe, with
fifty men of tho Fourth cavalry.
Davo Wallace Goes Down.
New York, Dec. 1. Dave Wallace, tho
last of the cargo of English lighters
which was imported here within the last
livu months, went down In defeat Ilka
his predecessors tonight at the Broad
way Athletic club. Joo Bernstein. of New
York, placed secral lefts on Wallace'
fuco and body and In exactly soventy
threo heeonds tho Englishman lay pros
trato unablo to como to time He wni
counted out nnd his second had to curry
him to hU corner. Tho buys met for
iwcnty-ilva rounds nt ii puuuds.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washlngton.Dec. 1. Forecast for
Saturday and ' Sunday: Eastern
Pennsylvania Clearing In the
morning; fair and cooler Saturday
afternoon ; brisk southwesterly
ttlmld. Sunday, fair.
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