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DEFEAT OF
THE BRITISH
The Artillery Saved Gen.
Gatacre's Forces.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER
loors' File Demoralized the Men.
Batteries Diew a Portion of It and
Enabled Them to Retire in Order.
iJuighers 0,000 Stiong, Instead of
!,500, as Spies Reported English
Soldiers Set an Impossible Task.
Humiliation in London Price of
Consols Lower Than for Many
Years Effect on Cape Colony
reared.
London, Dec 12. 4.40 a. m. No fur
ther news hns boon rooolvo.1 to reniovi
the injstoij uei lunging Gem ral G it
aue's rctte.it fiom Stotmbeig. He Iris
not vet forwarded the promised ad
ditional message; and the censorship
has prevented the cot respondents fiom
explaining tho matter.
It now seems certain that the Sev
enth division which Is being mobilized
it Udrrsliot will ulso be sent to South
Africa
Xo news has yet been received con
tinuing the Doer lcport ot tho eap
tlire r.f fifty pilsoncis at Moddot Rive'
fumi Lid Mot linen's, column. It is
just two months since tho Tinnsvnal
ultimatum was dcllei"(l. XIno crt
gagmints have been fought and tho
DrltMi have lost SGI killed. 2.027
wounded and 1,977 missing1 or pilsonors
London. Dec 11. L.itor details re
girdlng the disaster to Geneial Gnt
aups -ilunin show that but for the
work of the Hiltlsh attllley the dlsns
ter would have been far moto exten
sle ns the Hoers' Incessant Hie of
shells, whlih fell in the midst of the
repulsed infantry, led ultimately to dls
oi del and worn have caused a lout
but for the battel les of artillery, which
occupied successive positions, drew in
buigheis Ilio and coveied tho ietre.it.
Appait-ntly an Impossible task was
set the liiKMi tioops, who weie guid
ed tieaihetously. After a tiylng march,
the men hav Ing been under arms slx
tpfn limns an att.uk was made on
that pattof the Roer position which
was impugnable. The burgheis on tho
hill woie estimated to number fi.000
men Instead of 2.K00, as the spies had
reportc 1
England's Humiliation.
The stotj contains little to assuage
the intense humiliation occasioned In
L'ngland by the disaster, which was
almost an evict lounterpait of the
battle of Nicholson's Nek. The war of
fice is besieged with anxious relatives
of the m- n engaged, and the succes
sive editions oi the newspapers nr
scanned cagorlj, but little additional
Information Is foithcomlng Hither tne
authorities do not possess any or they
have is it published It up to tho present
time
The altalr has caused the most de
pressing influence overywheie, not ex
cepting 'he stock exch inge, where
consols v. to at the lowest price In
many years, aim South African scout i
tles slunipul. not so much on account
of the mllitaiy i.veise, which is re
tt lev able but owing to the piofounl
npprehonsion a.s to its politic U effect.
It woild not be astonishing If General
Gntaeii's li'veiso insulted In Cape Col
or v bfcim tip ufinnte fimu end to end.
Thp aft ri oon newspapers, like the
morning ones, withhold the appoitlon
nicnl "f tlir blame until they have
mnie f.Tts to guide them. Tho major
Itv tal- the leveise philosophically.
The Pall M 11 Gazette iemirk--
"The country's talm will again sur
pus the 'ntlnent. It the blow Is
mie s. n his (ban It appears neither
tnc rrovvu noi the mlnlntiy will be in
dnneei .if ev i n a slnglp seditious, vllll
fvmg h-vvi In tho sheet 'o have
( nPdenc In those who nic lighting
foi us and In their dlieMois."
British Shots Tell Short.
Pietoria, Dec. 11, via Louienzo Mar
nuez The Hoots cammed 'luee Hilt
Isd guns in the engagement with Gen
ei ill Gatmies fore at Stormberg.
lite s tb nt Kimbetlev last s'ntur
rtij was mi attempt to take the Uoer
position nt Kampeulam and to seotiro
the wit. rw oiks. All the litllish shots
fell shirt
Details aie expected fiom the Uoer
outposts In tin dlicctlon of Madder
liver Tlvif. Is !t upott that the Hilt
lsh are a 1 anting on the plain, and
heavv fighting Is anticipated. Geneial
Pnnsloo and Geneial Cionje command
tho Hoei foici s
GEN. GATiACRE DENOUNCED.
Lord Durham Says He Is Unfit to
Command Troops.
London. Dec. 11 At luncheon today
Lord Dm ham. formerly a lieutenant In
the Coldstream Guards, said that Gen
eral Gatacie had overworked his troops
In the Soudan and that he wns not fit
to have a i omnia ml in South Africa.
Ho also said he blamed tho war olllco
for tho disaster to tho Hrltlsh forces In
tho attack on Stormberg. ns the ofilo
Inls knew tho opinions of the ofllcets
who had served under General Gat
acrc. METHUEN RECONNOITERING.
Doer Lonf Gun Dismantled Next
Fight May Be nt Mngeisfonteln.
Moddpr TJlver. Capo Colony. Sunday,
Livening Dec. 10 Tito naval 4 7 Inch,
gun again took tip a position north
of the camp this afternoon. The how
itzer battel y was posted routhctast, on
tho left of tho Ttoeis JJoth opened a
hot flro with lyddite shells and shrap
nel, to which the Hoeis sharply replied
with a dozen guns, thus unmasking
their position, whleh was the obJ?ct
of the Hrltlsh mnnouvei. After an
hour's firing the Doer guns wore sl-
lenced, the howitzers searched the,
trenches and then threw shell after
shell on the hills. The explosion of
the lyddite caused tho Ground over an
extonrlve nrca to rise In the nlr In
dense brown cloud? A Loor long gun
was dismantled.
It now appears that tlie lloers Intent.1
that flip next fight Is to take place at
Mngorsfont'dn. Apparently, Spyfon
tpln Is not defended, or the Boors arc
unwilling to unmask their position
there, ns the leplles to the Prltlsh ar
tlllety were all fiom puns at Mngera-fontcln.
QUEEN VICTORIA ANXIOUS.
Sends to War Office for Details of
Gatacre's Reverse.
London, Dec 11. Tho queen has sent
her private secretary. Sir Arthur Hlggs,
from Windsor castle to the war olllce,
to obtain details for her majesty te
specting General Gntncro'a icverse.
THOUGHT TO BE BOER SPIES.
Two American Commercial Travelers
Detained at Queenstown.
Helfnst, Doc. 11. Two American com
mercial traveleis who have arrived
hero say they weie detained at Queens
town on suspicion of being Uoer spies.
Thev odd that the United States con
sul obtained their release, and that he
Is making an Inquiry into the matter.
OPENING DEBATE
ON THE CURRENCY
Mr. Dolliver, of Iown, Makes a Hu
moious Speech Appeal by Mr. Ma
son for Sympathy for Boers.
Washington, Dec. 11 Tho feature of
tho opening clay of the debate on tho
cutrency bill in tho house was tne
speech of Mr. Dolliver. of Iowa. It
wns characteiized by all the vlt and
eloquence for which tho lowan Is noted
and held tho members without legard
to pnrty for over an hour.
Mr. Dolliver declared the wisdom of
enacting the gold standard Into law"
has been tosolved by the experience of
the business world duiing the pat
tin co eats He scoied Mr. Hi van and
genet ally ridiculed the alleged filsa
piophec'os of the Detnooiats In 1S0G
Mr. Doaimnnd (Mo.1, was the heavy
gun on the Democratic side. Ho
warned tho lepiesentatlves of tho
wist that thev could not deceive their
constituents n the coming congres
sional elections by claiming they had
yielded to the wisdom of their col
leagues in caucus.
Mr. Overstreet (Ind.) opened the de
bate In support of the bill and Mr. Mnd
dox (On ) tepllod to him. Mr. McClel
land (N. Y ) was the only other speaker
today Ho announced his opposition to
the bill on the wound that It would
contrait the cuttetcv, oxtlnsul3h t'.iu
bank notes and enhance tho value of
coin bonds. He appealed to Uios? of
his Democratic colleagues from New
York, who. It Is ieported, intend to vote
for tho bill not to do so
An appeal by Mr. Mason (Ills. fir
expiesslon of sympathy for the Trans
vaal republic In Its war with Gicni
Ihltaln wns the fturo of the senate
pioceedlngs todav. It was the tltst
foi mal addiess dollveted in the senate
this session and was listened to with
thoughtful attention by both the nv m
bers and by a huge gallery of auditor"
Tho ic-olutlon upon which Mr. M.moii
based his speech was referre 1, it the
conclusion of the addiess to the for
eign relations, committee, Mr. LoJge
(Mass ).
TJllls and Resolutions.
Representative Jett today Introduced
In the house a joint lesolution express
ing svmpathv with thu Hoeis It is
almost In tho same teims as hat In
tiodueed in tho senate by Mr. Mason.
Senator Chilton today introduced a
bill piohlbltlng tho se'idlng ot articles
the making' of which is contioIld by
a trust fiom one state to another. Til
bill iiiMVIds for tho uunlshnient of
, ,, , , '
surh ol ensis by impusonment not to
exceed three vears
In Hi. M.a e odiv Mr Horn offo.ed
n Joint tesolutlon providing for tho
fubmlsslon to tho state leglsl Uures of
a constitution U amendment pioldln-
tint the tot m of the pi-sldont of tho
1 tilted States and rifty-.-lxth congres,
shall not oNPl... until the lartWednes-
day In April. 1901. and that thetcafter
th.. teim of the present and congres
ithlill n. t-il fii ni 4lw lout Wr--. l..wi.
........ vai',,1- .... ure ...nt iii-uiii-iMuv ii
Apt II Instead of on the fourth
of
March.
SNOW STORM'S APPROACH.
Codiir Iliiplds. Dec. 11 A hard snow
storm, approiuliltig the proportions of n
blUzuil, is taglng over custom unci
northern Iowa All wires ate down above
Iowa Pulls. Tho weather Is fast grow
ing cold.
Presion, Minn . Dec. 11. fourteen
Inchon of snow havo fallen and is still
snowing heavily. Trains are late and a
strong northwester piomlses trouble.
Two Rounds for Blackstone.
Wheeling. W Vu., Dee. 11 It took less
then the full two rounds for l.ddle Ken
nedy, of Pittsburg, to dispose, of John
Hlaekstone, of Philadelphia, who fought
under the name of Kufus MoNabb, at
tho Metropolitan club tonight, They
wtio to have gone twenty ioumls at 13
pounds. Kennedy, who Is regarded ns
n comer, Is after a tnntch with Jaik
O'Hrlcn.
Complaints of Long Runs.
Nc-v York. Dec. 11 Complaints of long
i uns made by Lackawanna intlw ay em.
plojos were in Id before President Trues
ditle, of tho road. In New York iltv to
day, by Grand Chief Motrlsse), ot tho
Hrotherhood of Itutlwa Ttalninen ana
Chief Huigent, of the I'lretnin. They
wpre reportid to bo in lousultntlon to
night Woodson Shot a Bad Man.
Altoonu, Dec 11 Thomas Scott, n ne
gro laborer, cmploved on rnllioud work
nt Hptuio Crc'Lk, was shot by another
laborer mimed Woodson Saturilay even
ing, lie was brought to the Altoonu hos
pllul where ho died jesterduy Woodson
escaped Scott, who vmih known us a
bad man, bad threatened Woodson's life,
Glass Company Incorpotnted.
Dover. Del, Dee. U.-Tho Stnr Snnd
company, of Hoyiioldsvllle, Pa capital
JlOO.ooo, was Incotporated her today to
deal In uluss sand.
SWINDLING SCHEME
BROKEN UP
REVENUE OFFICERS ARREST
OSMER W. ROPER.
Charge That He Has Been Using the
United States Malls for Swindling.
A Bold Scheme to Wring Money
from Credulous Investors Method
of Breaking the News to a Victim.
New York, Dec. 11. Osmer W. Hoper,
of Newark, N. J., was arrested to
day by United States Marshal Cartslde.
Post Office Inspector W. It. Snow and
several deputies and committed to Jail
In default of J5.000 bonds.
The charge Is based upon an alle
gation that he was using the malls
for swindling purposes. The authori
ties claim that his scheme was far
and away better than Miller's rianklln
syndicate, In that he took In plenty
of money and seldom or never paid '
out nny except for running expenses (order Goff, who questioned her more
They have lltty complaints drawn up kindly, but mote searchlngly than did
against him and say fifty moro are Mr. Osborne. Miss Melnndo gave no
filed and that they can get thousands dliect evidence against Mollneux. Ho
of them If need be. Tho swindle, as testimony was evidently considered by
they sav It was, lms been In operation
i as, has neon in oper
us. Ropei's busines
ror tniee yeats. Ropers business re
quired a largo force of cleiks, steno
grapher and typew liters and he did
an enormous mail business.
It is claimed that Honor Is the Real
ty Corporation company of New Jer- i
sey, the Healty Loan and Trust Fund
company, tho Realty Loan and Title
company and the Four Per Cent. Mort
gage company. The authoiltltt: say
that the companies existed only on pa
per, although regularly Incorporated,
anil that in each Roper was the only
pel son concerned.
Inspector Snow vays Roper's scheme
was alluring and th.it his victims aie
In every state In the nation and em
biace all classes. He says that evoi
chinches and lawyers have been taken
in by Hoper.
According to the Inspector, who has
had personal charge of the Investigat
ing of Roper's affalis, the four con
cerns weie worked In palts Tho
method Is alleged to have boon some
thing on this line: The Realty Cor
poiatlon company sent out allutlngcli
culars all over the country. The sta-
I tloneiy was most elaborate and so got-
ten up ns to deceive oven business i
The body of each cliculai stntol
tlrat the company was In a position to
obtain foi any person with pioperty a
loan of any amount of money nt 4 per
cent., or even less.
Money Plenty.
Money was represent! d to be cheap
mm piemuiu in AowarK nnu not only
goods term ns regards Interest wer-i
offered, but easy terms as to payment
ana renewuis ir the peison teLelvliig
me circular did not want to borrow h" , deserting Subig as the troops landed,
doubtless knew of some friend who 'and tho latter occupied it without le
dld. Would he nand the clicular to slstanco. They found the place aban
thls frleii! or bencl tho friend's name to dnned by the tetreatlng onemv. .who
the company? , fired a few shots Tho Americans do-
When a ic.sponso canto asking for ployed to tho ttglit and left of the town
money and offeilng !ecuilty, n reply land killed one of the enemy,
was sent asking for mote particular Ginei.il Giant and the leinalnder of
and calling for a fee of $10 t cover i his command nriivod at Olangjipo yes
appraisement costs. In duo time tho 'tonlay afternoon Thev will proceed
victim received a comniunlcntixu ap- i today to Subig and join Major Spenco
proving the loan so far as tho Rehlty Geneial Giant will move noith along
Cotporatlon company was concerned, tho cna't i tut will effect a juiictine with
but tequlilng a certificate of search i tllL Twontv -fifth infantiy under Col
nnd title guntantee fiom the Realty onol Atidtew S. Hurt, who was lepotted
Land and Title Fund, tiv tim i,., I eight miles from Ilu, Dec. 7. The en-
this company executed its fees the vie
inn nuct paid In from $10 to $C0, ac
coidlitg to tho abstracts of tiansfer
furnished by the would-be borrower
After this plan had been worked out,
and every dollar possible had bten ex
tracted, the loan would bo approved
Then the victim would be taken In
hand ngaln. The details of the bort ow
ing would be laid befote him. It was
explained that every month tho money
taken in from Intctests, tepayment.
etc., vvaH put up at auction under niles
similar to those of building find loin
,., ... .
"auriuiiuns, nnn mat tie money wns
In.uloa t0 tne h, , ,,,
I muc, woud tno bo, , , ,,
,,17 It nn, ,pft , ,, l
Mcii was given him that the mono"
was caslly obtained. Tho bidding o--
curred monthly and was on-n "
! The bid hnd to be filled out And cash
to amount equal to five dollars on
each 100 was requited to accompany
the bid. As there wote few appllca-
tlons for less than $1,000. and most of
1 . .
mo victims wanted sevoin ilmnoTiu
i the leturns were hwiiv.
Only n Little Note.
After tho passing of the date when
the sale of the money was sttnnosed to
take place, the victim lecelved a note
The company was soriy, hut he had
been outbid by othets and every dollar
sold had been dlsnoed of ot a hotter
late than he had offered. The name or
names of those who were supposed to
havo bought the money wcro given.
The company would hold the percent
age paid In and bid the same tate again
unless the customer wished to Increas-'
tho amount he would bid, In whleh
enough money to make up the addi
tional five per cent, of the whole must
be forwarded. Usually this hi ought In
moro money. This went on month after
month, until a victim mnde a demand
l for tho return of his money nu then
received blanks which he hnd to fill out.
He could not get the fees back, but a
percentage of the five per cent, deposit
would bo letutned. usually ten. fifteen
or twenty per cent at tho expiration
of twelve months from the receipt of
the blanks, nnd so on.
The Henlty Loan and Trust company
nnd tho Foui Per Cent. Moitgage com
pany ate alleged to have been woikod
In the same mnnner ns the other two
nre claimed to have been mado to fit
Into oath other to swindle persons.
When tho officials swooped down up
on tho olllces today they took posses
sion of everything In sight except tho
employes, whom tho ofileeis had all In
vestigated previously and knew all
about and whete thev lived. Sevei.al
mall bags full of cltculars, letters and
applications wero seized Tho Inspec
tors say the applications for loans ran
Into the thousnnds. nnd that the profits
to tho prisoners have been very groat.
Hoper says he has nothing to do w Ith
tho Healty Loan and Trust company or
the Four Por Cent companj', and that
he told them out long ugo.
This, tho Inspectors say, ls not tho
case. Hoper will be given a heating on
Tliut Sclav.
MOLINEUX TRIAL.
Mamio Melnndo Gives Somo Inter
esting Testimony.
New York, Dec. 11 Roland P.. Mol
tneux, on trial for the muidei of Kath
ctlne J. Adams, was visibly perturbed
this morning when tho ptosecutlon
took to the witness chair Mamie Me
lnndo, fuunei ly a forewoman In tho
Newark paint facto , of which Mol
lneux was superintendent. She was
questioned concerning the nolo paper
Kept by Mollneux In his rooms at the
factory and testified that this paper
was of lobln blue with a crest of thteo
silver crescents Intel laced. This same
paper was used In a certain lnciimln
ntlng letter, whose nuthoishlp Molln
eux denies. Miss Mclando testlfleTT that
she had discussed tho crescent crested
paper with Hartow S. Weeks last Jan
uary, before Mollneux was nr
teted, Alt Weeks having sent for her.
The woman was a leluctant witness,
being evidently fond of Miilfneux and
fully aware of the lmpottance ot her
testimony. The testimony was drawn
from her bit by bit and the admis
sion that Mi. Weeks had discussed
the paper with her was elicited bv Re
l" Piosectition to bo veiy Important
ami snowing tho Identity ot Mollneux
and the mysterious person who vviote
to medical houses
It Is said that the defense will point
out mm tne piospcutlon's case llta a
other man quite ns well as it dois Mol-
itipux. Handwtltlng exuert-t -vlll ins
tlfy also that the handwiltlng on tho
poison package Is not Moiin,u's It
is expected that Harry Cornish will be
called to the stand tomoiiD.v.
CAPTURE OF 0LANGAP0
BY THE AMERICANS
Taken with Little Tiouble by the
Army The Baltimore and Oregon
Arrive on the Scene too Late to
Take -ait in the Capture.
Manila, Dec. 11 11 p. m. Tho ad
vance guatd of General Grant's com
mnnd, under Major Spence, tu lived at
Olangapo, Sublgbaj, during tho night
or hatuiday, Doc. 0, which place was
occupied with little resistance, the en-
emy Ueolng. Majm Spence had an ar-
duous match ovet tho mountain trails
fiom Dltinluplhan.
Yostotday morning the Ilaltlmore and
Otegon nnd a charteied transport ar
rived at Olangapo from Manila. The
navy was disappointed to find tho tuitiy
In possession of the place, which they
.had hoped to capture,
Dtnlng tho morning tho navy trans-
potted Major Spuice's command fiom
Olancauo to tho town of Sublg, live
.miles distant. Tho enemy was seen
emy encounteied in i.cneini uraiu s
advance Hid to tho mountains and scat
tot ed.
MAYOR TALLON'S ASSERTION.
Thinks America Is Opposed to the
Transvanl War.
Dublin. Dec 11 Tho lord major of
Dublin, Daniel Tallon, presided at a meet
ing of tho corpoiatlon today, called to
piote.st ngiilnst tho Transvaal war. The
link deflated that there was no quotum,
but the lord iniivor insisted on making a I
Htnteini nt In which he declued that the
war was "wanton and unprovoked ug-Rt"t-lon
undertaken by Mi Chambeilaln
anil capitalists against a handful of far
mers " Ho futtber declared that "Ameri
ca was oppoMd to this Imiuitious war. '
In tho mcantlmo tho nicmbi rs piesont
shouted "no quotum," and "older," and
tho tumult In the galleries di owned nil
tho speakers Kventunlly the lord major
left tho ehnlr with tho g.alleiles cheer
h.g foi Pii-hldtnt Kiugcr. No attempt
wns made to adopt tho previously pro
pared resolution against the war.
Mine Inspectors Report.
Hnzlcton, Dec. 11 Tho annual teport ot
Mlno Inspeetoi William Davlcs for tin
tit tit antliiat Ito mining dlstiict, tnado
publli tod.ij shows that forty-two miners
wcro killed In the mines In this section
dining the last vear, an Inirensp of fif
teen over 18r. when seventy-eight acci
dents, tvvnitj-se.Mii fatal and tlftj'-nno
non-fatal octane d This vear a tolul of
127 accidents me ripoitul. forty-two of
tlu m being fatal and eighty-seven non
fatal, leaving tvve ntv-IUo widows and
eighty miliums, an Iik renso over last
j ear of nlno widows nnd fifty orphans.
O'Neill Wants a Pardon.
Ttenton, N. J . Dee. 11. Governor Stone
and Altornej General Hlkln have written
to Gov et nor Voorhees lecommeiullng tho
pardon of Hniney O'Neill, tho Philadel
phia talnnaii serving twenty jenis In
tho New Jersey stnto piUon. for ntrot
dims assault and battel at Atlantic
City three or four years ngo. O'Neill hns
been making in inmost light for a par
don, claiming thnt ho was wiongtully
conv Icted.
Supeilor Court Decisions.
Philadelphia, Dec. 11 Among detlrlons
handed down by tho superioi com t today
wore the following. The Pottsvillo Hank
vs. Cako ' P. Noi thumboi hind), tho
order (llschatglng the lute to show ciitiso
why tho proceedings should not bo set
aside, etc., Is utlltmed, and tho appeal
dismissed at tho cost of tho uppollant. In
to. corporation of Swoyervllle, borough,
(Q. S. l.iizetno), dee too ntllrmod and up
peal dismissed at tosts ot appellant.
Victory for Gnns.
Clnclnnntl, Dec. 11. Joo (tans, of Hal
tlmore, defeated Kid Ashe, colored, In
a 15-round light hero tonight befoio tho
Pwiple'H Athlotlo club. (Inns scored sev
oral knoektlowns und tho gong saved
Aslio In tho thirteenth, but ho ciimo up
strong for tho fourteenth and lusted the
limit. Hoferre George Slkr declared
IS
1 Guns tho winner.
GERMANY'S NAVY
TO BE IMPROVED
ESTIMATES TOR DOUBLING THE
NUMBER OF WARSHIPS.
Federated Governments Decldo That
Present Naval Force Is Insuffi
cientEmpire's Interests in All
Parts of the World Must Be Pro
tected No Desire to Interfere with
Any Foreign Power Count von
Buelow's Views Speeches in tho
Reichstag.
Berlin, Dec. 11. During the debate
on the estimates In the relchstag to
day, Count von Huelow, the minister
of foreign affairs, lelterated the teim
of the vat Ions agreements for parti
tioning Samoa between the United
States and Germany, foi lepeallng tho
Samoa act nnd for submitting to atbl
tratlon the losses lcsultlng from un
justifiable military action on the part
of officers belonging to elthet of the
three states. He said that after as
sent of the United States had been ob
tained, the bundosrath bills tatlfyln
the treaties would be submitted In
the meanwhile, hj hoped tho lelchs
tag would not discuss the matter. Ho
added that no Increase in next year's
imperial budget would ailso from tho
supplemental estimates for Samoa.
Piince Hohenlohe, tho Imperial
chancellor, then nnnounc ed that th
federated governments had come to
me conclusion that the present navy
was Insulllclent for the country's
needs, and that estimates for doubling .
the present number of warships would
bo submitted
Prince Hohenlohe added that tho p"-
ilod within which the increase of the
rivy would be affected was nrt to be
fixed bv law. The numbei of now ships
to be ptovhhd for unmmlly In the os- i
tlni-itm would be decided In accoid-
anco with requirements of tho budgets.
"In this matter," he continued, "tho
fed 'i a ted governments are acting on
the suposltlon that In accordance v Ith
the geneial principles governing nnd
financing of estimates tho additional ,
vessols will be paid for by loan."
Count von Huelow, In supporting the
proposed lncroai In tho nmv onlil-
"Tlie ptesldont of the United States
in hs message, expressed hmself con-
coining tho good tolatlons between th
rutted St.-tos ard outselvcs with a
waimth that fills us with sincere satis-
factlon, and. ns far as Groat Iltltaln
i
is concot iteci. wo ate willing and teady
to live in peace nnd concot d with her
on the basis of full rocipioclty arid
leoipiocal consideration."
Count von Huelow also Justified the
Increase in the navy fiom a political
point of lov, and deviated that tin
German policy had alwavs maintained
on oven course between neglecting and
ovet doing trans-Atlantic Interests.
BOARD OF CONTROL MEETING.
Outsiders Attending City Schools
Without Paying Tuition.
At last evening's regular mooting of
tho boaid of control onlv routine busi
ness was transacted
HIds wore teeelved from two contrac
tors offering to do the extensive grad
ing and other wotk necessarv mound
No. .IS school. Tho bids foi the ontlt
Job weie as follows: Com. ad Sclnoedor,
$4.21n; Peter Stipp. $4,77.' Hoth bids
weie refotied to the building commit
tee. The latter eommmlttce piesented tho
following locommendatlons, which weie
adopted, Including an amendment by
Mr. Schrlefor, providing that the sal
aiy of the janitor of No SO be Increased
$1 a month That such Inkwells, as mo
necossaiy to supply thos0 missing in
various chools bo put chased, tho list
to lie furnished bv the superintendent
of topalrs, that the Janitor of No. 0 an-
nex bo paid at tho into of $11 per month
fiom the time of tho opening of school
in that building; that tho Janitor of
No 4 bo paid at the tato of $10 per
month, to commenco with the piosont
month.
Tho committee renewed Its leconi
mendatlon of tho last mooting to pay
the bill of the Scranton lion Fence
company for furnishing stone posts for
fence at No. IS school, amounting to
$10, as It wns satisfied that the posts
wero not considered in the otlginal
price ot the fence.
Tho teachers' committee not offeilng
nny teport, Mr. Gibbons called tho at
tention of the board to tho fact that
theto woto children from outside the
city attending the city schools, nnd not
pajlng foi their tuition. He offeied a
motion dhettlng the tencheis' commit
tee to ptesent n comnlete list of all
chlldten fiom outside tho city attend
ing the schools. The motion was car-
i led.
Mr May offered n motion providing
that a number of discatded text-books
he aw at ded tlie Young AVomen's Chris
tian association for educational pur
pases. The motion was catrled.
Upon motion of Mr. Harker, Contrac
tor Peter Stlpp was Instructed to do
somo extra excavating leeiulred at No.
r.s building, now in couiso of construc
tion. A lecominondatlnn fiom Supei Intend
ent Howell that a mutual music couiso
bo used In tho Training school was
ndontod, ns wns also n motion, mndo
by Mr. Cnsej. providing that tho board
ndjouin to meet next Monday, tho regu
lar meeting night falling on Chi lst
mas. Character from the Tnctory Inspector
lliirilsburg, Die 11 Factory Inspeitor
Campbell will go to Heading on Wed
iiesdaj to attend tho coroner's Inquest
on tho destruction of Noble a Hurst's
hosiery fnotoij. Mr. Campbell s.ijs this
was one of tlm best equipped establish
ments of Its kind in the stnto und tho
III m has nlwnjs templled with evety ot
der given by tho factory Inspector's ile-
pattment.
m
Charters Granted,
Harrlsburg, Pa., Dee. 11 Theso cor
porations wcro thartcred today bj the
stato dopirtment: WatSontown Door
and Bush comp my, Wntsontown, cupltal
$80,000; Philadelphia Bttvtm Heating com
pany, Philadelphia, capital $13,000; Tho
Automatic Pan and Motor companj'.Kou
nett Square, cupltal $50,(X)0; Tho Scran
ton Steam Pump company, Scranton,
capital $10,000.
THE NEWS THIS 3I0UNIXU
either Indlcatlout To Jay:
RAIN.
1 General Anti-Quay Men Address the
People.
Hrltlsh Defeat Nearly a Rout.
Germany's Navy to Ho Doubled.
Swindling Scheme Drokcn Up.
2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania,
rinanclnt and Commercial.
3 Local roor Hoard Act Is Constitu
tional.
4 Ddltorlnl
The Water Question.
6 General Interesting Career of Sena
tor llanna.
6 Local Murder Trial Postponed Un
til Wednesday.
Poplar Street War in Court.
7 Local Why tho Contagion Is Not
Checked
liar Association Passes Resolutions.
5 Local West Scranton nnd Suburban.
9 Round About the County.
10 Local Ltvo Industrial News
Water Meter That Runs Hnckward.
TRIED TO HANG HIMSELF.
Frank Miller, of 525 Fine street, Was
Discovered Just in Time by Bar
keeper of Conway Hotel.
About C o'clock last evening Ptnnk
Miller, of 525 Pine stteet, tried to hang
himself In the Conwnv hotel, nt Pino
sueet and Washington avenue,
Miller is a man of about twenty-five
or twenty-six, and lives with his
mother, who keeps a boarding house,
Ho is of medium height nnd spare In
build. He left his homo yesterday
mm nine to go to wotk, and was not
sec" again until about D 45 o'clock In
llle afternoon, when he went Into tho
Conway hotel.
Ho went straight to the tollot looms,
Wheie he was discovered a few mln-
llt(-'s later by the batkeeper. His coat
vas off, and he had tied his subpendets
'nto n slip-knot and made of them a
"f,ose, with which he was attempting
' "" nimseir.
He had thtown his Improvhed rope
over a stcnm-plpe, which was about
six feet from the ground. Tho bar-
R-'i'ur i"" an rim io .uiuei s piion,
' and, putting on his coat, tho latter went
I to nls nonu'- u ls not knrmn wl,at
l,ronPted Miller to the deed. He was
""rKltiB steadily, and his domestic le-
'auons were piensani
rFii tnriat r1iit.rV
The most plausible explanation is
that ho had taken somo dilnk, and ns
he was In a rather weak condition It
affected him so that he baielj' knew
what ho was doing He did not suffer
any injurious effeits fiom his escapade.
PICTURES OF iflE PASSION PLAY
A Most Intersting Entertainment at
St. Thomas' College Hall.
The enterprise of the klnotoscopo
man, which has now come to be pro
verbial, Is In no way more aptly illus
trated than by tho repioductlon of the
Hotltz r'asslon play pictures, now
being given at St. Thomas' College
hall.
Six jeais ago moving plctutes bo
came a reality to tho public. In that
time almost everything of odd Inteiost
from tho equator to thjr poles nnd fiom
a prize light up nnd down has been
seized upon by the klnotoscopo people
and ptojected on canvass for tho delec
tation of the amusement-loving pub
lie The Obor AmmeigauTasMon play,
which Is given every ton j-o.ars -y the
peasants of that village and is to be
lepeated next year, anil tho klnoto
sioplc wot Id Is all agog over Its ad
vent One of the mote aggressive of
theso novelty hunting films a Yankee,
of cource thought to antic Ipate th
otbeis oy piesentlng tho 1890 ptodtic-
I tion in Now Yoik last oar
A news-
p.ipcr, howevei, wns menn enough to
call attention to tho fact that tho mov
ing picture machine did not i nine Into
existence until somo four jeais after
the Ammorgau plaj was last given
and followed it up with an expose of
tho attempted ftaud. showing how. tho
play had been put on .secretly in New
York by "peasants" from tho Hlalto.
The company presenting tho Passion
play here was about the time of this
expose opening up Its show In the me
tropolis. Tho papeis thought to find
another "fake," but their investiga
tions proved that It was the teal thing
Just what was reptesonted
Some three years after the last Obor
AmniPigait production a r.iiltnad was
opened up thtough the Hohomlan
woods and high up at Hoiltz, near
Pudwels, the klnotoscopo man found
a passion play was tppeated eveiy three
jears. It had been llttlo known of
because few Ihliopcan travelers pene
trated that far nnd again because It
was not until Into yeats that It was
given on anything like the giand scale
on which It was Inst piesented.
'Ihtough the help of tho "Hohemlan
Wald Hund," the peasants wero en
anled to build a huge covered passion
play house ami piovlde themselves with
elaboiato costumes and other acces
sotles. The klnetoscope man wns theio
when the perfoimanco was given for
the first time under the new conditions
and he has It heie now exhibiting it at
21 cents a head.
Twelve different scones are given, de
pleting the life of tho Savloui fiom
tho "Garden of Olives" to "The Hesur
roctlon " Tho scene of "Christ Iloforo
Pilate" and the Journey to C.ilvaiy'
are tho most piofoundly Impressive.
One cannot behold them without fot get
ting that ho Is In tho now world and
twenty contiuies lomoveii from tho
si ones he Is beholding.
The petfotmanco will bo repeated this
and tomoitow evenings.
Steamship Arrivals.
New Yoik. Dec. 11 Anlved: Amster
dam, from Rotterdam.
tfTTTT-fTT T t
WEATHER TOREOAST.
Washington, Dec. 11 Forecast
for Tuosduj and Wednesday: Dnst
eni Pennsylvania Haiti Tuesday;
Wednesday, fair, colder; brisk to
high southoily winds, becoming
westerly Wednesday
H tTTTtTtT-rt -t
ANTI-QUAY
MEN MEET
Result of the Conference
Recently Held.
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE
The Undersigned Republicans Re
affirm Their Devotion to the Princi
ples and Traditions of the Party
of Lincoln, Grant and McKinley,
and Bewail the Condition of Politics
in tho Keystone State They Ask
All Truo Republicans to Support
Them in the Effort for tho Abroga
tion of the Rules Adopted by tho
Last Republican State Convention,
and for the Retirement of M. S.
Quay.
Philadelphia, Dec. 11. The Republi
can leaeleis opposed to tho leadership
of M. S. Quaj', who have been holding
conferences In this city w Ithln the past
month, gave out tonight as a result o"
these dellbeiatlona the following ad
dress; To tho Hoiubllcnns of Pcnnsjlvanla:
Tho undersigned Republicans re-affirming
tlie.tr devotion to tho principled
and traditions ot the party of Lincoln.
Grant and McKinley, Jealous of Its record
and anxious lor Its futuro success anil
tho continuation of Its usefulness In statu
and nation, do berebj' doclaro that a con
dition of affairs now exists In our com
monwealth which is repugnant to Repub
lican principles nnd disrttctlvo to Repub
lican government.
I'nless these conditions meet with
prompt, pffcttlvo and conitrtcd aitloit
our party will cease to lommand tho
confidence and support r.f the people.
Tho constitution, our fundamental law,
aided by tho peoplo themselves, must ba
piotectod against tho attacks of mcrcc-tuirj-
politicians Our laws must bo faith
fully and sturdily enforced. Stato and
municipal government must bo free from
orruptlon. in cqttillty and taint. Flec
tions, pilmnrj1 and gineial, must bo puro
and tun ontamin.itcd Ftec schools nnd
public education must bo divorced ftom
partisan politics The will of a sover
eign people, not thnt of a factional lead
tr, must control Appointment to public
office must lnsuio competent and faith
ful perform, nice of oftlrl.il dutj
Tho people of Pcnnsjlvnnla hnvo re
cently witnessed tho deliberate violation
ot tlie Joint resolution submitting to tho
peoplo n constitutional umondment for
tho profit of sulfrago and tho unwar
ranted veto of part of the Item appropri
ating money to the public schools, bj- tho
latter of which public education was sac
rificed to unworthy and selhh ends, tho
nullification of tho e (institution and tho
violation ot all piecedent, illf-appolntmont
to a seat In tho t'nited States senato
of an aspirant rejected bv tho rcpicsen
tntlvei of tho peoplo In legislature; tho
Infamous woik of bribers. seklng to d -biiieh
the legMntilio to satisfy ognlnst
the people's will individual lust for of
Hoe . tho adopting of state platforms,
ptonilsliig tefotms which the pnrtv an 1
tho peoplo have hi en dim.mdlng for
jrais, oni to bo bioken wl.en Hip neces.
sity of tlirli fr.tmcrh demanded tho
pet version of public monojs to pilvato
uvo.
They have beheld tho cilice of United
States senntor, prostituted to the work of
filling fotteial positions of honor nnd
trust b tho appointment of those who,
In turn, hive repaid their benefactors
by organizing gangs of repeatpis nnd bal
lot box stulfets tn MifTocuto and destroy
the .oveielgn will of the qualified elict
ors of the stale 1 ho pioof of this his
been plainly manifested by tho teteut do
velopments In the Thlitronth division of
tlie Siventli waul of Philadelphia, whero
nt tho last I'lcctlnn, federnl olllcc-holilers
fiom Washington at the bead of profes
sional ballot I ox stuffeis. took posses
sion of the polls and In thn't single pro.
cltiet east hundtcils of falr-o and fraudu
lent voli s
Tavorlng McKinley.
Relieving the wise pollev of President
MoKlnloj and his national ndmluistintlon
should teeilvo the lojnl support of all
tine Hi publicans and that tin principles
of tho Hi public an party should bo main
tained in both state nnd nation, but fear
ing that tho corrupt and destructivo
practices hiicln rLtltcd may cripple tho
power of the commonwealth as a factor
to th.it end nnd stay l.or hand when most
needed, wo call upon nil who believe in
these pilnclples to unlto with us In tho
purpose und eftort h nby proclaimed
For the enactment of laws to adequate
ly punish nil ballut thieves, and for tho
elimination from politics of thoso who
profit by their ci lines
For the enactment of adequate reglstra
tlon laws and statutes governing pri
mary nnd general elections.
For the faithful perfoimance of duty
In public olllco.
For tho prevention of corrupt nnd ex
travagant expenditures of public moni
of whli h the padded payrolls nn.i iho
new stato capitol .no scandalous in
stances. For tho nbiogattim of tho rulo adopted
by tho last Republican stato convention
which In cases of disputes In tho dis
tricts, prat tie ally places tho nominations
of Judges, stnto senntois nnd represen
tatives In congress absolutely nt tho dic
tation of the stato chairman, a power
utterly destructivo of homo rulo In the
selection of candid itos.
For tho overtlitovv of tho ptesent dan
gerous centnilUatlnn ot political power
whleh Is tho sourco of theso evils, and
for tho letlremont fmm public polities
of Its controlling head, Matthew S.
Quay.
Daniel H Hastings. Calvin Wells. Phil
adelphia Picks, and Pittsburg Iron manu
facturer; John Dilzell, William Fllnn.
Oeorgo V Huff, John Wnnam.akor. David
Mai tin, Henry C. MeCormlck, John S.
Weller, J Haj-ard Ilonrv, William Sol
lers, manufacturer of Philadelphia;
Thomas Hoopos, Chester county; Wil
liam T Tllden. Alvln Markle, Frank M.
Rlter, John H Converse D. A. Irvln,
Clearfield county; J. Levering Jones,
Phlldaelphla, committee.
State Senator C. L. Mageo did not
sign tho addiess, but he vvasj
consldoilng It too delicate a question
In view of tho position of this govern
ment to pass upon without serious con
sideration, v