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TWO CENTS.
TEN PAGS.
SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1899.
TEN PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
FRIGHTFUL
AFFAIR AT
OLD FORGE
Two Police Officers Shot
by
Thomas Ludden,
of Minooka.
BOTH OF THEM WILL DIE
The Men Aie Patrick Rafter ty ami
Thomas McKtnn.a, Both Married
Men Ludden Was Crazed by
Drink, His Discharge as Watchman
at Jermyn No 2 and the T.ict That
the People of the Neighborhood
Kef ei red to Him as a Scab Tho
Despeiate and Sensational Events
That Led Up to the Shooting Which
Was Done in the Engine Koom at
,No. 2 Colliery of Jermyn & Co.
Thomas Ludden. of Mlnooka, while
i razed fiom the pf'oct.s of liquor, In
augurated a lelgn of tciror In tho bor
ough of Old Forge yeslotclnj that did
not terrain tte until P.ililek Raffeity
and Thomas Ate Ken na cit laid low
1 bullets fiom Luddon's 3S-cnllbte
nv.dvei Until v. Ill die
Huffrrty Is 43 vcais of age and mar-
lied Ho has ten e Midi en and resides
on Main street, Mudtown. The bullet
entered his light side between tho thlid
and fou i tli tihs, went t'nough the
lungs and over and back of the heait,
and passed out of the body on the
opposite side and then went through
Raffertv's arm. II" cannot possibly
ietoer. Dr. J. J. Timlin Days, and will
probably b dead when this reaches
the ejes of the leaders
McKcnna Is US yeais of age, manied,
and has a wife and four children. He
lives on Fourth street, Mudtown, which
Is In Old Toige borough. The bullet
entrird McKenna's light side.. Just be
low the lowest ilb, and Is supposed to
be lodged In the stomach. Dr. Timlin
has no hopes of lils recovery.
After the shooting Ludden was kicked
Int.i insensibility by the enraged people
of Old Forge and had a narrow escape
fiom ijnehing. He Is a widower and
a man of poweiful physique.
Called Him a Scab.
The shooting Is a legacy of the ree ent
sti Ike at the Jeimyn No. 1 and No. 2
olllcrles at Old Foige.
Ludden worked In the mine after the
men Rtituk and was given the title of
'scab" by the stilkeis. When It was
found necessary tn employ deputies to
protect the woikmcn who took the
places of the strik-is. Luddei. became
one of the deputies, which increased
his unpopularity, fter the strike wns
over he became p peimanent watch
man at No I mine but was shunned
by the other woikmou, none of whom
would speak with him or associates
with him
This affected Ludden to Mich at- ex
tent that he diank heavily during tho
last week. It was his tuin to watch
nights this week, but jestetday after
noon he went to the collleiy In an In
toxicated condition and had a low with
John Powell, the outside foi email. Ho
made threats against the latter, who
called up IMward Jermyn by telephone
and icpoited the mattei. Mi. Jeimyn
went to the colliery and olschaiged
Ludden. who theieupon went to r.il
lons' hotel, at Rendham. Ho t cached
the place about dusk and asked a
nuuibei of peisons he met there to
dilnk with him. They i of used, saying
the wouldn't drink with a scab.
Drew His Re"olver.
Tinning to John Lynch, with whom
he was well nciialnted, he lnited him
to join him In social glass. Lvneh j tiical laboiatory of the Western Unl
l' fused and Ludden drew his revolver verslty of Pennsylvania have resulted
and thr atemd to shoot Lvnch made
el iiish for him and Ludden retreated
from t. hotel. Lynch following him.
Ludden though iiulto drunk und very
angrv, was not destitute- of shiewd
ness for by an assumption of fear he
dpioved Lnch some distance from th
hotel to a lonely spot alongside tlt
railroad trestle which runs out to the
main road, and there putting his re
volver In his pocket ho pounced on
Lvneh and h"at blin In n most biutal
manner, leaving him unconscious an
the ground.
Tills encounter seems to have crazed
Ludden Ho started acioss tho level
stietch of of open country between
him and No. : collleiy und met two
little boys. Ho pointed his revolver ut
them nnd thteatened to shoot, seating
one of tho boys Into convulsions. He
was In a seilous condition last night.
Ludden went straight to No 2, where
he aguln mot Foreman Powell. At the
point of tho revolver ho made him get
down on his knees, but did not do any
thing further than make threats.
Leaving Powell, ho went Into a shop
where a half dozen workmen were en
gaged In building a mine cage.
Seveial of the men were on lop of
the cage when Ludden entered, revol
ver In hand.
"Come down or I'll nhoot vou like
birds," filed Ludden, and they camo
down and scntteied, one of the men
going to the village of Mudtown for
nsslstance.
Ludden pasod into the englllo room,
where ho held up the engineer. Mat
thew Harber, and a young Italian, n
special oftleor, who happened to be In
the room at thu time. Tho litter had
a, revolver and ho took It away from
him. Keeping tho two men covered he,
In a fit of eluiuken frenzy, knocked
over an oil lamp, with which tho place
was lighted, and set fire to the build
ing. As soon as he saw the flames some
realisation of what he had done seemed
to flash over him and he reached and
blew the bleaker whistle twice. This
bioiight John Moran, the fireman, Into
the loom and seeing the blaze ho has
tened to extinguish It by applying
several palls of water.
Ludden did not disturb him until the
fire was out and then covering him with
his ievoler he commanded him to take
a scat on the bench with Harber and
the Italian. Having done this ho blew
the whistle thiee times to let the worlJ
know that he had thiee prisoneis.
The Fatal Shots.
Tlie screaming of the breaker whistle
at 9 o'clock at night and the stories
told by tho men who fled from the
woikshop had brought many persons
to tho colliery and among others lior
ough Policemen P.ttilek Hafferty and
Thomas McKcnna. The two others
entered Jlie engine room, Hafferty lead
ing. As soon ns Ludden saw tho men
he filed at Hafferty twice, but neither
shot took effect. He tired foi the third
time and Haffeity fell mortally
wounded
McKcnna sprang for Ludden and
both went to the floor. Moian, the fite
man, who Is a big brawny fellow, went
to the usslstatiic- of McKcnna and Hist
tinned his attention to disarming Lud
den who was on top of McKenna. He
had succeeded In taking the Italian's
revolver from him when Ludden gave
a twist, partially rose, and with his
own 3S-callbre revolver sent a ball
crashing Into the body of McKenna
who thereupon ceased to struggle.
Ludden Bit Moran.
Moran then grappled desperately
with Ludden to savo his life, for Lud
den wns trying to make him a taiget
for another shot. Durlmr the struggle
Ludden got Moran's left wrist In his
mouth and chewed it In a frightful
manner.
By this time Kngineer Harber and
others came to Moran's assistance and
Ludden was disarmed.
Instantly the ciowd that had assem
bled dragged Ludden out of the en
gine house and kicked him Into insensi
bility. Frequent thieats of lynching
weie made and several men scurried
forth and got a rope with which to do
the deed.
In the meantime other ofllcers had
arrived on the bcene and only by a show
of their revolvers succeeded In getting
Ludden to the borough jail. Late at
night Ludden was taken to the county
jail by Deputy Sheilffs II. F. Feiber
and T. V, Lewis. A big ciowd had
gathered at the borough jail and madP
a very thieatening demonstration.
Some dlfllculty was experienced In get
ting the pilsoner safely into a cab and
out of the borough.
Badly Battered.
Ludden was leceived at the county
jail In a feai fully battered condition.
His face was so covered with culm
etiit and blood as to bo almost uniee
ognUable. He was badly laceiated
about one eye, the ejebiow being pait
ly removed and the other eye was
bwollen entirely shut. He had evi
dently been severely kicked In the
face. It Is supposed that several ribs
are bioken.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Receiver 2,000 Times More Sensitive
Than Marconi's "Coherer."
Pittsburg, Dee. 17. Hold researches
by Pi of. Reginald A. Fessenden an I
his (inslstnnt. Piof. Klntnei. in the elec
ln ''"' Induction of a receiver for whe
less telegraphy that Is L',000 times mote
sensitive than the so-e-alleel "coherer"
of the Marconi system.
In speaking of the discovery today,
Piof. Fessenden said: "Although we
have impioved the ice elver 'so that It
is 2,000 times as sensitive as the orig
inal one, we realize that we have not
yet begun to see the limit. Maiconl, In
his brilliant expeilment, has demon
strated that messages can be sent over
ninety miles. As our receiver Is sev
eral hundred times more sensitive It is
clear th it messages can be sent by our
method vety much further, though Just
what the limit Is I would not like to
say. It at least s)iould be possible to
send messages across the Atlantic with
poles less than 200 feet high. The ulti
mate distance must be checked by nc
tual experiment before It becomes sci
entific fact In the sttletest sense."
Chief of Police Shot.
Fargo, N. D . Dec 17.-Chlef of Police
Murpli), of Moorhcuil, Minn, was shot
toduy whllo attempting to aircHt 11 bur
glar uumed Collins Collins shot and
tan, but fell, dropping his revolver, with
which Murph;, shot him In the head
Uoth men uro In a hospital at the point
of deuth.
Rebellion in Sterkstrom.
Sterkstrom, Dee 15.-An a result of the
HrltlHh reveifcs the whole country north
wind U In rebellion, The natives thero
ns well as tin so In llasutoland, are cald
to bo much disturbed and loatnr heart
rcbpectlng the atrcngth of th Brltlih.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN
ARfc PRIENDLY
THE AMBASSADORS OBJECT TO
SENSATIONAL RUMORS.
M. Routokoswky States That At
tempts Have Eeen Mndo to Cieate
an Impression in This Country
That the Relations Between Japan
and Russia Are Strained An Er
loncons Idea Piovalls.
Washington, Dec. 17. M. Rout
koswky, the agent of the mlnlsttj of
finance of Russia, In Washington, In
a communication to the Associated
Pi ess which has received Hie approval
of the Husslan umbassadnr, complains
of tho attempts, which he says were
made in Kuiope recently, to create In
this country the impression that the
relations between the governments of
Japan and Russia were attained.
"Immediately after these statements
had been authoritatively dented bj the
Russian ambassadoi, and the Japan
ese minister here," says R. Rout
koswky, "other sensational tumors
were started, presumably at Herlln,
and directed against the ciedlt of the
Russian empire These wre followed
by libels, directed against the eminent
statesmen to whose caie was Intrusted
that credit and an appeal made to
Jnpan, In an article in Russia's finance
to attack that country before her
trans-Siberian lallioad could be com
pleted." M. Routskowskv adds that in view
of the fact that all these rumots .mil
misstatements, if not exposed, might ' Alc- ana '" onneiiy, me rrisn
leave among capitalists and tlnanclen I republican, diove In a wagonette to thp
In this country an etruiieous Impres- place appointed for the meeting, which
slnn. he has decided to give to the'""8 attended by a large crowd. Mr.
press some figures on the subjee Connellj tiied to speak, but was pie
These figures show that dining the vented by the police. The wagonette
twelve years from 1SS7 to lSiiS the ordl- then made a tout of the streets, tlu
nary revenues of the Russian govern- i ciowd rapidly Inceraslng, cheeilng for
ment steadily incieasd fiom 8J0.000 the lioeis, singing "God Save Iicland"
roubles In 17 to l,ri8.,000 roubles In and "Weil hang Joe Chambeilain on a
1'fiS, and that dining the whole of that sour apple tree, ' and using disgusting
time, with the exception of two ears expressions against the queen, the em
(1887 anil ISO!) tho expenses weie con- phe and the army,
slderable less than the lecelpts, this While passing Dublin castle, tho nc
surplus for twelve yeais amounting to I cupants of the wagonette waved the
7!i0,000,000 roubles. For tho same , Transvaal (lag defiantly, whereupon
twelve years the extraordinary reven- I t,e police stopped the vehicle and
ties nnd expenses of the government i,,i , n
rnl.n.. .....I .,-- . ...... . aa I
,cmc iuuii hi tue cornier ut i,c:u,enjv,-
000 roubles, and of thp latter of 2,07".
000 roubles The Items in the extra
ordinary tevenues aie shown to have
been: Loans, 1)41,000.000 roubles- le
Imbursement of debts to the govern
ment of private railroads, 111.000,000
roubles, all others. 74.000,000 roubles.
Tho Itenn of the extiaordlnary ex
pense during the same period weie:
Purchases of high rate bonds and pay
ment of various debts, l.OM.OOO.OOO rou
bles; constructions of new state rail
roads, Including Trans-Slbeilan i all
way. fi;3,000,000 roubles; relief of the
distressed population dining the famln"
or imii, 161,000,000 loubles, Increase of
capital of Imperial State bank. 41.0O.,- I
OOu loubles. warships. 30,000,000 loubles;
all other, 9J.000.000 roubles On Jan 1.
1S97. the national debt was 4,337,000.00i
roubles, and on Dec 31, 1S9S. it was
6,109,000,000 loubles This Inciease. it Is
stated, was due partly to the lefundlng
of high rates loans Into bonds at a
low rate, but principally tit the pur
chase of many railroads by the gov
ernment, which are earning large re
turns on the money Invested. The de
posits of the people in the savings bank
on Jan. 1, 1887, are shown to havo
amounted to 44.000,000 roubles, while on
June 1, 1S99. these deposits had In
creased to ri67.000,000 loubles.
PORTO RICO ELECTIONS.
People Look Forward Anxiously to
Action of Congress.
(Correspondence of the Associated Press)
San Juan. Potto Rico, Dee. 12. Tho
elections in Poito Rico are piogiesslrrg
slowly. The Republicans carried Ponce
on December 9 by about 1,700 majority.
According to the census of 1897 theie
are over 45,000 people In the Ponce dis
trict, but of that number only 4,466 are
eligible to vote, the light of suffrage
being limited to taxpajers and pto
fesBional men, about 4,400 of that num
ber going to tho polls. The Republi
cans claim that San Juan will give
them a tiemendous majority and that
the election thiougrioiit the Island will
result In an overwhelming federal de
feat. The elections will last for at
leust two months mote, theie still be
ing over forty-fivo towns to vote. The
people aie IookltiK forwaid anxiously
ter the uction of congress on the eiues-
tlon of civil government. Many expect
that Porto Rico will be Immediately
riven a system of self government en
tirely by the people of the Island; whll?
others take a mote conservative view
of the subject. The Boletln Meicantll
commenting on Deeembei 9 on the sub
ject says:
"Tho form of civil government for
Porto Rico will undoubtedly be tho
one recommended by President Mc
Klnley In his annual message to con
gress and with the exception of the
highest office, the appointee for which
i'oee s not known yet, tho appoint
ments will bo distributed among the
most capable Porto Rlcuns and Ameil-
"From the recommendations of tho
president It Is evident that he believes
In the adoption of a prudent, cautious
nnd deliberate policy ln determining
the future government of tho Island.
"This does not Impede, but on the
contrary, will tend to encoutage tho
effoits of the country tow aid securing
a bioader and more liberal foim of gov
ernment and will aoeeleinte the ac
complishment of the desires of the peo
Die." Claimed to Be u James Boy.
Suit Luke. I'tiih, Dec. 17 -John Smith,
who wuh last Frleluy convicted of at
tempting to tlvminilto Judge O V Pow
ers, and who took morphine with sui
cidal intent Satuida night, died lola.
Smith declared that Ills leal name was
Louis James, and that be was a coutOn
of Jesuo and Frank James. He clulmeil
to have travelled with Frank and Jesso
Jumes for curs.
Soldier Commits Suicide.
New uU, Dec. 17. Sumiui Hiihn, U
j cam old, a private In Coni.niny II,
Fifth United States artillery, stationed
at Kort Hamilton, was lound dead to
day In H hotel on KhsI Houxton street.
He had committed suicide by taKiug mot-iiV.ln.
CINCINNATI AMBITIOUS.
Will Mako an Effort to Sccuro the
Next Democratic Convention.
Cincinnati, Dec. 17 There wilt be a
strong effort made to have the next
Detnociatlc national convention In Cin
cinnati. The building, elected for the
International Sncngerfest last June,
is letalncd In expectation of having
this convention here. It was elcclded
by many to make an effort for the Re
publican national convention, but It
was thought that the Republican com
mlltcemn would not consider anv
Ohio city when It was conceded that
an Ohio man would be lenomlnated.
The saengcifest hall (-cats ll.SOO and
cost over $91,000. With a suitable
building already constituted It l
claimed that Cincinnati will offer every
other Inducement that can be offeied
by other cities.
It Is understood that Hon. John R.
McLean, the Ohio member of the
Demociatle national committee, will
do eveiythlng In bis power for his na
tive city, and other meridiem of tho
committee nio known to be favorable
to this cit.
POLICE CALLED OUT.
Obliged to Take a Hand In Settling
Disturbance in Dublin Insults for
Chambeilain.
Dublin, Dec 17. The announcement
that a pro-Roei meeting would be con
vened todaj as a piotest against the
proposal of Trinity college to confer a
degiee upon Joseph Chambeilain, led
to exciting scenes. A large foice of
police was called out and the troops
weie held In teadlness.
Maud Gonne, the Socialist "Joan of
" '"-. .- M
The wagonette, attended by a large
body of police, who often cleared the
streets, then drove to the looms of tho
Irish Tiansvaal committee, wheie
Michael Davitt. William Redmond and
J, O'Brien weie waiting. A meeting of
about sixty peisons was held, Messrs.
Davitt, Redmond and O linen speaking
In violent condemnation of war and of
Mr. Chambeilain, and" declailng that
tho hitter's visit to Ii eland at such a
moment was pi oof of his callous na
ture. The speakers uiged that, should an
opportunity occur. Dublin people ought
o show their detestation cf th. colon-
lul scrotal y In unmistakable fashion
Mr. Davitt said- "All Irishmen re
Joicp In the triumphs of the Hoeis. No
power ln Europe would it"t finr Great
Hiltnln, except peihaps the Prince ot
Monaco."
Mr Redmond said: "Mr. Chamber
lain deseives not doctois, hut execu
tioners "
I'ltlmatply a resolution propopcl by
Mr. Davitt wxis carried denouncing the
war and calling upon the powers, par
ticularly the United Slates, to take
steps to Insure the independence of
the Hoer lepubllc.
While Maud Gonne was speaking
somebody shouted a lefeiencp to the
Phoenix park murdeicrs The chair-i
man and Mr. Davitt warmly protested,
how ever, that no lolence should b
shown.
Tho meeting closed nmld tremendous
cheers evoked by a tumor that Lady
smith had fallen
Maud Gonne nnd Mr. Connelly drove
oft with the Intention of holding open
air meetings, but the police arrested
Mr. Connelly.
QUIET ELECTION.
Little Inteiest in the Election of a
Kentucky Congressman.
Lexington, Ky , Dec. 17 The elec
tion of a si'ecessor in congress tn Hon
13. 13. Settle, deceased, will take place
tomoirow and fiom piesent Indica
tions it will be the most quiet elei'tlon
ever held In the Seventh Kentucky
dlstilct June Gayle. the Democratic
candidate, seems to havo- slightly the
better of the fight.
Two poweiful elements ate worklna
In his favor, one Is his conservative
course toward Goebel and the other Is
the soreness that still lemalns against
Owens, the Fusion candid ite, on the
part of the Hieckenridge following as
a legacy from the fann us bitter fight
In the Owens-Picckpnrldge lace. Tho
vote will be light.
Will Investigate Losses.
Durban, Saturduj. Dee 111. The Natal
Government Uuzette amiuuticcs that
Genual nulla bus appointed a commls
slor. to Inquire Into the lueses of tho peo
ple? of the colony resulting fiom tho Uoer
Invasion
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Now Yoik, Dec 17, Former Congress,
man James Nelson lidcock, for twenty
enrw a Democratic leader In New Jei
hc, dled at Ills homo iu White 1Idiip,
N. J, tod.i, of iut'nlHls, age-d b.1 ears.
Itellefontullic. O. Dec. 17 -Hon. Vvil
llum Vance Marquis, who was lieutenant
governor of Ohio, under t lie Campbell
admlnlsrrutlon. died suddenly todav of
heart trouble In tho ottlce of Dr. Chill
liint, upon whom ho had 1 ailed for tieat
ment. Mi. Maiquls was i jears of age.
lo had biHii engaged In ineic untile and
bunking business heio for inuny jears.
Altoona, Pa. Dee. 17 Rev. Asian y
Dujcr. who has been a member of thu
Central Methodist conference nine ti It
wus creuted. In ISfifi, died of pneumonia
at his homo In DuiicanHvllle, today, agi'd
1.7. He was ordained In lW.'i and until
lSt.l. was a member of the lialtlinore
conference.
li.tltlmnre. Die 17 William II Cat
penter, author, 1 oet and editor, died ut
bis homo in this city toda, need M
jears. He was born In IhiKland but
inmo to Hiiltlinorc nearly seventy jciiui
ago. Mr Carpenter's literary cuii'ci
covered a period of over sixty jears. Re
sides publishing a number of volumes of
prose nnd pootry. Mr. Carpenter contrib
uted lurgely to various magazines.
New Castle, Pit.. Dec, 17. Jumes W
Rcls, general manager of tho National
Steel company, died ut his homo today,
need about ?' tears.
COMING WfcEK
IN CONGRESS
THE SENATE HAS NO PRO
GRAMME OF ACTION.
Financial Bill Will Bo Received in
the House Duiing the Week Un
der tho Present Conditions tho Cur
rency Bill Will Get Every Repub
lican Vote; Inteiest Centers in
Probable Course of Democrats.
Washlngton, Dec. 17. The senate
has no programme for the present
week anil the indications nip that short
dally sessions will be held and very
little business transacted. Both houses
will adjoin n for the (inlstmas holi
days on Wednesday. Outside of offi
cial nominations theie Is prartlcally
no business on the calendar, all Im
portant matters In e-ommltteo having
been dela"d foi the re-oiganlzatlon
of the committee effected at the close
of business last week So far iu no
tices of speeches on any subject have
been given and senators generally ex
press themselves as dlpoecl to post
pone the real busl'iess of the cession
until after the lece.ss. It Is expected
that the financial bill will be received
from the house (lining th week. It
will be referred to the committee on
finance. This committee expects to
make Its lepoit soon after the resump
tion of business In the new jear. The
real woik of the session will then be
Kin. The two events of Impoitance In the
house this week brforu the adjourn
I
men t for tho holiday leoess on Wed- shock to Admiral Dewey. The rel.i
nesday will be the vote on the tlons of the two men for seveial years
enrrenev bill tomorrow Imnic Jlately
after the reading of the Journal and ,
the announcement of the committees.
Under the tei ms of the bpeclal outer, I
with lpference to the citriencv bill,
neither a motion to recommit nor a
substitute imposition Is In order and
the vote will be taken directly upon
the parage of thp bill Thp icsult Is
a foiegone conclusion, as It will com- I
mand everv Republican vote. The in
terest In the vote, therefore, lies only
in the record of Democratic disaffec
tion it will show. The eastern Demo
crats generally, with the exception of
a few New Yoikeis, uie not In line
with their Democratic brethren fiom
.1... un.i.l. nH.l ... ah l. -,......
imesuom'biu not afiof the win 7Z
for the bill According to a careful
1 am as made by Mi. Overstreet, of
Indiana, who has beer. In chaigo of
the measure. It will receive eight
Demociatle votes at least, and he be
lieves seven Democrats will dodge. H'i
figures that the bill will have u ma
Jcuity of thirty-five. So far as can be
ascertained no other business will be
transacted by the house this week.
DR. SMITH OFFERS
HIS SOLUTION
He Believes Laws Should Be Made to
Exclude Women from About One
Hundred of Their Occupations.
St. Paul, Dec. 17.-The Rev. Dr. ii.
G. Smith, of the Peonle's ehuieli. uhosi
arguments against women wage earn- I 41 'ears of ase nnd unman led Noth
eis have attracted much attention all ing definite has been decided concern-
over the country, ton'ght presented his
PUUIllUil UL llll' llUlllMl.'. Ul, OIUllll
said:
ln all tho cloud vituperation la re
gard to my recent iilttiances, on tho
question ot woman labor, nut n single
fa t has been shown to be false, or a
single argument proved unsound. M
statistics were taken fiom the very lat
est official leports The awful conditions
1 cmaln unchanged The decrease of child
laboi has been paralleled b the In
crease In the labor of girls between 11
and 18 jears, which Is falselv called
woman labor. Tho conditions of former
times when women did thu weaving und
the like at home, were loudltlons ot se
vere, labor, but at anv rate these women
produced for themselves and their fam
ilies and under wholesome sanltar and
moral conditions. But It Is not enough
to show that the- world Is better off than
It was foirrcilj, It Is incumbent em ray
critics to show that It Is as well off as
It may be
I am an optimist but not an optimist
who believes all things uru so good that
It is no use tilng to mako them bettet.
I'rogtess is nut blind, ami now more
than ever the evolution of the race should
be guided by Intelligent foresight. I am
tun under obligation to point out a rem
crij because I disclose a wrong, but f
have suggestions to make Pour states
forbid women to work iu mines Tho
law should be extended to about ono
hundred of their present occupations,
which are too severe and too uuhealth).
Then all gills under IS eurs should bo
forbidden to be cmnlojcd in commercial
and Industrial pursuits
These measures would cut down women
labor one-half Then a movement l.irje'
ly social and moral but also b women
organizing, should be made effective to
give women who do equal work with nun
the same wages Thus the family stand
ard of wages would supplant the individ
ual i-tnndird The various assaults upon
the family must lie resisted for it Is the
soelnl unit The Madonna with her own
children must be dethroned to make room
for the public women Divorce In this
country Is Increasing two and a half
times ns fast as the population It par
allels the Industrial Invasion eif women
Iu twenty ears divorces doubled In the
state of Ohio whllo mrjrrlages actuallv
dec reased
Not every movement In society Is
elthei safe or final No civilization has
unv assurance of perpetult) That de
pends on Its virtus nnd Its Intelligence
When the Gtceks chose Asnasla. the fe.
male phllosophei, as their heroine, lath
er than Penelope, the virtuous wife. It
was not the dethronement of Penelope
nlone, but the doom of Gicece ,
Poem from Wales.
Cincinnati, Dec. 17. Piesldent Junes, of
the Cincinnati Hlstedilfod association, bus
leceived from Wales a poem und a mu
sical composition elite red for tho pilzo
offered b the nutlomtl eisteddfod which
meets tn Cincinnati I lee. DO, 31 and Jan.
1 Sieretar Urllllths lias 1 darned fiom
a tour of the mldello and eastern states,
and sas thero will bu an unusuully
large attendance of singers trom tho
musical societies.
Three Children Burned.
NliiiolasvllU Ky , Dec. 17. Three small
children of Mr and Mis Samuel Rey
nolds, agiMl 6, 3 nnd 1 jears, reHpeetlvel
wcio binned to death today. They had
been locked In tho houso whllo Mr und
Mrs Reynolds were on 11 visit to a
neighbor's. The parents returned In tlmo
to sco tho house collapse,
THE NEWS THIS JIOUNLVU
Wcolhir Indications Today
OCNCRALLY FAIR.
General American Hunt for Aguln-
aldo.
Friendship Hclweea Russia and
Japan.
Programme of tho Week In Congress.
Shooting Affiay at Old Forge-.
Ocneral Northeastern IVniiHj Ivanla.
Flimncl.il and Common lal.
Local Two Lectures on Mnrmonisni.
Udltorlul.
News und Comment.
Story "Society's Verdict."
Local Manslaughter Is Verdict In
Murder Case.
Local Mention of Somo Men of tho
1 lour.
Result of Saturday's Primaries.
Local West Scranton and Suburban.
Round About tho Couutv.
10 Local Live Ir.dustil.il News.
LIEUT. BRUMBY DEAD.
Admiral Dewey's Flag Officer Passes
Away The Third Hero of Manila
to Die.
Washington. Dec. 17. Lieutenant
Thomas M. Hiumby, Hag lieutenant of
Admiral uewey during the Manila
campaign, who has been 111 with ty
I phold fever for seven al weeks, died at
i Gat field hospital shoitly after 6 o'clock
I this morning.
Tho death of I.lentennnt lttiimiiv.
wlille not unexpected, was a gioat
past have been very Intimate and a
strong filendshlp had grown up be
tween them. Lieutenant Hrumby went
out to the Asiatic station with tho ad
mit nl and had been theie with him
with him
until they both returned to tho Pnltel
States a few months ago In his capi
elty as Hag lieutenant to the admlial,
Lieutenant Hiumby was thrown with
nl t.nIef Inactcally all the time and
acted as his personal icpiesentatlve In
many mattei s of detail delegated to
him by the commanding officer. He
was regal ded by Admiral Dewey as a
bright, energetic and capable assistant,
while the devotion of the latter to the
admlial was something marvelous. The
' I?J" "' h!.t!,.?"'Lh.t P"? "n.1
ter day of his Illness, when his mini
was tacked with delirium, seemed to
be regarding his work for the admiral
The lieutenant's present Illness date!
from about the 27th of November, the
first symptoms being nothing moie
than a cold, which, however, failed to
ield to treatment, and soon nfter
ward he went to the Garfield hospital,
where he died. Admiral Dewey was
unremitting In his attentions to him
until his condition becamp precarious
and vlsitois weie not allowed to see
him. Some days ago Mis W I. Hey
ward, of Mailettu, Ga , a sister, was
summoned, and Thuisday she wns
Joined by her husband, both remain
ing with the lieutenant until he died
The lieutenant's aged mother is still
living In Marietta, G The father, who
Is dead, was a colonel of the Four
teenth Geoigla regiment In the Confed
erate army. Lieutenant Hrumby was
1 I"B the funeral, except that the 1.0 ly
will be taken to Georgia for Interment
leaving here tomorrow night for Atlan
ta. It Is entirely Improbable that Ad
miral Dew ey will accompany the u
malns, but will designate his seeretatj.
Lieutenant H H. Caldwell, to peifoim
that dutv.
Lieutenant Itrumb was appointed a
naval cadet fiom Georgia, entering the
set vice on the 29th of September, 187.1,
and his present commission dates fio:n
the J4th of August, 189.' Practically
all the time dining the last two jeais
he has been with Admiral Dewey
ln his lepoit of the buttle of Manila
Admiral Dewey spoke Iu veiy compli
mentary teims of the services and
gillnntiy of his flag lieutenunt and
recommended that he be Chanced
some numbers on the list of lieutenants.
His recommendation was adopted by
the navy department and tho nnnia
sent to the senate, hut together with a
number of other recommendations
made by the department failed to be
acted upon The promotion recom
mended placed him nbout thirteenth on
the list of lieutenants and. had it been
confirmed, he would In less than a
jear fiom now- have reached the grade
of lieutenant-commander.
The lieutenant's death Is the thlid
of those who were closely assoclatoli
with Dewev at the battle of Manlli
who havo died since that time namelv.
Captain Orldley. Commander Wood and
Lieutenant Hrumby.
Lieutenant Htunibv was pipsented
with a swoid by the legislature if
Geoigla on the 26th of lb tobei. Ho
lemalned In Geoigla some days after
that and returned to AVashlngton about
the middle of November
MniKttn. (in, Dec. 17 -Mis. Ann
131lza Hiumbv, the uged mother of
Lieutenant Hrumby, loevlvvd the news
jf her son's death very calmly Thy
long Illness of the lieutenant had pro
pared Mrs. Hiumby for th shock anJ
she displayed Utile emotion She ad
mitted that she had given up hope of
his recoverv seveial davs ago.
The Hiumbv biirvlng ground I" '
Atlanta nnd while Mm r.rumbv woo 1
like to have the remains of her sot
brought home, slip said loitltht that
she would offer no ohloctlon should th
Washington ofiitirils desire to Inter tli-
lieutenant's remains 'the to.
Delight nt Bullor's Defeat.
St Petet slung. Dec. 17 The Novoo
Vrcmju, which does nut coneial Its
pleasine at General Duller ' defeat, says.
"The whole campaign must now be io
commenced, but under ultofc'othcr lelteted
conditions of opinion In Ihieland " The
Svjet suvs. "The Almighty Is manifestly
bestowing Ills blessing on the Uoer aims.
God Is iiunUhliig an arrogant and rnpi
cloi.ii people, who have oppressed anil
persecuted other latcs in order to enrich
them&elves."
Pie rii-e at Duluth.
Diiluth, Minn., Dec. 17. I'll e completely
deslrojed the factory of the Duluth Hoot
and Shoo company at 4 o'clock this morn
Ine. One llremun, H MeAItte, wus killed
by falling vvulls. anel John Twuridle and
Captain John Welsh were seriously In
jured. Los on stock und building, J 130,
000; Insurunce, 190,000.
SEARCH FOR
AGUINALDO
The Rebel Chief in Dis
guise al Manitong.
IS STILL ON THE RUN
Proceeding with 500 Men in tho Di
rection of Salsona An Insurgent
Major Guarding Tvventy-ftv e Amer
ican Prisoners Surrenders Two
Americans Killed in the Engage
ment Near Dlngras Ono Thousand
Rifles Surrendered by the Filipinos.
Manila. Dec. 17. 10 4". p. m. The fol
low Ing dispatch, elated December 13,
has been teelvcd from a correspondent
of the Associated Piess at Laoag,
piovlnce of North llocos
"Natives at Manltong. province of
North Hoc os, leport that .gulnaldo.
In disguise and accompanied by sev
eial of his generals, left Manltong last
Satuiday with 500 men, going in the
dliectlon of Salsona, from which point
he Intended to proceed to Cabugaon,
piovlnee of Cagyon.
"An Insuigent major, claiming to bo
In command of 100 Filipinos who have
been guaullng twenty-three American
pilsoners at Cabugaon, surrendered.
He wiote bis captains to deliver the
prisoner i to General Young.
"Oeneial Young's commune! Is now"
divided Into six or seven parties, which
are oneuatlng In the mountains nbout
Laoag Seveial parties are hunting
for General Tlner.
"Major Swlgert. with a detachment
of the Third envaby, had an engage
ment with 120 Insurgents near Din
gras Two American) weie killed and
two wounded. Several Filipinos worn
killed.
"Captain McCalH. of the United
States cruiser Newark, has occupied
Clavcria und Pantelona. The Filipinos
surrendered 1,000 ilfies."
BRITISH PRESTIGE.
According to Berlin Advices It Has
Fallen Since the Fashoda Affair.
Herlln, Dec 17, At a meeting of th
Cologne Manufacttners association yes
terday, Manager Stcller reported upon
the recent Philadelphia congiess.great
ly belittling its Importance. He ad
vised against the appointment of an
international committee to investigate
the tariff disagreement between Gei
many and the United States, and said-
"Such tender consideration for the
Americans Is misplaced. Only a self
assertive attitude on tho part of th
German nation can Impress American
public opinions. Wo must make the
Americans realize that we can dispells.'
with them It necessarj. and we mus'
demand thnt Germany be treated upon
a footing of decent, teasonable icii
procity "
The Hamburg Hoersenhalle advises
eonciliatoty measures, advocating a in
duction iu the duty of maize and a less
seveie Inspection of American commod
ities It claims, however, that the
Ametlcan tieatment of Germany In
taiiff admlnlstiatlon Is unfair.
A distinguished member of the dip
lomatic corps, In the course of a dis
cussion today icgardlng General Hul-
lei's leveisc, said- "It means moiollj
far more for Great Hrltaln than the
meip loss of tho battle. Her prestlgo
after tho defeat of last week has fallen
cnormouslv on the continent, and It
will be many jears before she will
again venture to assume a tone toward
a gieat power such as she took In the
rithhod.t affair."
DEATH OF A RECRUIT.
Efforts to Locate the Relatives of
RifSell.
Philadelphia, Dec. 17. Lieutenant
Colonel McCaulev, denutj quaiteimas
tei genetal United States nimv, to
night Infoi nied the Associated Press
that Gni ten Russell, an unasslgned
recruit of the army, died toelaj- in tho
I'nlversltj of Pennsylvania hospital,
this city Colonel MeCauley says th
only Infoi matlon he can obtal. icgard
lng Russell Is that" he was born ut Foi
Leavenworth. Kansas, thnt he came
here on n furlough from Washington
bat racks. D C. and that his father Is
nn editor In New York city
Colonel MeCauley hopes thiough pub
Hetty to locate the dead soldier's rela
tives and receive from them Instruc
tions iPgaiding their wishes as to the
disposal of the remains.
SENSATIONAL MURDER.
Young Ferguson Shoots a Detective
Who Had Been Following Him.
Cincinnati. Dec. 17. There was a sen
sational inuiilei today at the residence
of 13 Alexandei Ferguson, on Dayton
ntieet Dudlej Ferguson, son of K A.
Ferguson, has been utlllcted with mel-
iih holj on account of fulling to pass
an examination recently for admission
to the bar. Th.' family employed Qus
Median, a well known detective, to
'shadow" young Feiguson moio for tho
protection ot the jouiigman than any
thing else. When tho detective ap
pealed today Feiguson shot him and
Meehon soon died. Ferguson wus ar
rested. 13 A. Feiguson is one of the most
piomlnent attorneys here. Ho Is the
author of the act that built the Cin
cinnati Southern railway, of which he
has been counsel and trustee and he
was a, proinotor of other enterprises.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
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-f Washington, Dec. 17. Forpcant
f for Monday nnd Tuesday: Fast- -f
-f em Pennsylvania Generally fair -4-
-f Monday and Tuesday; fresh east
4- to south winds.
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