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TWO CENTS.
SCRANTON, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1S99.
TWO CENTS.
'NAVAL GUNS
TURNED ON
THE BOERS
Hostilities Renewed the
Day Following
Christmas.
ENGLISH USE LYDDITE
Ladysmith Has ft Busy Morning
Shelling the Boer Position on the
Umbulwana Mountain Twenty
Boers Killed and Many Wounded
During the Attack on the Sequanl
Laager Mafeking Relief Force.
The Story of the Escape of Win
ston Spencer Churchill.
London, Dee. 2S. 4 30 n. m. Winston
Ohm chill's ni-w at rival at Chtcveley
Camp Is perhaps responsible for some
over-coloring of the gravity of the sit
uation, but nil today's news conveys
the lmpicssion that Duller may be In
tending unothcr attack upon the Boer
position.
Certainly, the Boers nto not Inactive.
At both Modder Rivet and the Tugeli
they me said to be stiengthenlng their
fon.es and extending defense works
which, in both bases aie seemingly
impregnable.
Despatches fioin Chlecley Indicate
that General Duller' s forces will rc
mohllUo at Frerc before attempting
nnother iidanec Doubtless he would
be glad to rctllee the Colonso reverse,
befoie thr arrhal of Lord Robot IM, yet
he is baldly likely to attempt another
fiontal attack. It is more likely that
lie is prcpaiing to strike should the
Doers make any offensive movement,
thlccley Camp, Natal, Monday, Dec.
25 Although the two armies were in
Msht of ea h other, with the temper
atuio 10-' degices in the shade, the
British today enjoyed chaiacterlstlc
Christmas cheer.
Captains GleonfctTlind Kltkwood, of
the South Aft lean Light Horse, left
horn vestetday to inspect the patrols
along the eastern hills. Their horses
l dinned at night alone.
Colonel Donald, of the Royal Fusll
lets, has hud his collar bone broken
b being tin own ftom his horse, while
on outpost duty.
Chleveley Camp, Natal, Tuesday,
Dec. 20 The naal guns began shell
ing the Boer position at C o'clock this
morning, uMng lyddite. The shelling
continued about two houts.
Ever since the engagement at Co
lenso the enemy have been enetgotic
ally improving their entrenchments
They can be seen galloping freely from
hill tops.
Ladysmlth also had a busy morning
today, shelling the Boer position on
Umbulwana mountain. The bursting
shells were plainly visible at Chleveley.
London, Dee. 27. The Rhodesian
Mafeking relief force, according to a
despatch ftom Mochudl, Bechuana
mand, dated Saturday, Dec. 16, was
progtesslng slowly, owing to the neces.
slty of repairing the bridges, averag
ing one per mile.
An intercepted Boer mail bag, it la
added, shows that twenty Boers were
killed and many wounded duilng the
British attack on the Sequanl laager.
Dutch Colonists Hostile.
London, Dec. 28. A epochal corres
pondent to the Dally Chionlcle, tele
graphing ftom Storkstioom, Cape Col
ony, Thursday, December 21, sas.
"Strong measutes are necessary to
check the hostile feeling among the
Dutch colonlsts.w hese sedition is show n
in the removal of railway bolts, the ob
struction of bridges and culverts, at
tacks upon solitary horsemen.
"Disaffection is bound to increase un
less Irnmedlate tolnfotcements are
forthcoming. The loyal Dutch and
British settlers were becoming alarm
insly impatient "
London, Dec. 2S The Dally Chron
icle publishes the following from Cape
Town
"Herr Sehleslnger, an agent of the
New Yoik Equitable Assurance so
ciety, who has at lived here from Pre
toria, says the Boets possess immense
stores of food imported by speculative
capitalists under a belief that mining
would be allowed during the war.
"He says also that there wero thou
sands of spectator at the Pretotla
railway station when the British who
were captured at NlchoUon's Nek de
trained. The people were ordeted by
thp Boer commandant to bare their
hea s and they did bo. The British,
ash ilshed, jeturned the salute."
CHURCHILL'S ESCAPE.
Thrilling Experience of an English
Captive In Making a Dash for Lib
erty. London, Dec. 27. Winston Spencer
Churchill has cabled an account of his
escape from captivity with the Boers
after having been taken pilsoner In
the leconaissanre of an armoied train
nt L'stcoutt. The dispatch, which is
published today In the Morning Post.
Is dated Lotcnzo Murquez, Dec, 21. It
savs:
On tho aflirnoon of December U tho
Transvaul'b sccrctury of war Informed
" that thetc was little chance of my re-
lease, I therefore molvcd to escupe, and
tho sanio night I left the Statu School 8
prlooii in Pretoria by climbing the wull
when the bcntrics' backs were turned mo.
nient&rll). I walked through tho streets
of tho town without disgulto, meeting
many burghers, but was not challenged
In tho crowd. I got through tho pickets
of the town guard, unci struck tho Del
agoa Bay lallrond 1 walked along it,
pi ailing tho watches at tho bridges and
culverts, mid walled for a train beyond
tho first station The 11 10 o'clock goods
tialn troni Pretoria had nrrhed befoie t
reached tho place, and was moving at full
Pliccd. I boatded It with great dllllculty
at.d hid under coal snckF
I jumped from the train before dawn,
and was sheltered during tho day in a
small wood, In company with n huge vul
ture, who dlsplajcd a lively Interest in
me. I walked on at dusk There was no
more trains that night The danger of
meeting tho guards of the line continued,
but 1 was obliged to follow it, as I had
no compass or map. I had to make wldo
detours to avoid bridges, stations and
huts, and so my progress was very slow.
Chocolate Is not a. tatlsflng food Tho
outlook was gloomy, but I persevered,
with God's help. Tor live davs my food
supply was very precarious. I wns ljlng
up by daylight and walking by night.
Meanwhile my esiapo had been discov
ered and my description telegraphed ev
erywhere. All trains wero searched, and
even one wus on the watch for me.
Pour times tho wrong people were ar
rested The sixth day T managed to board a
train beyond MIddleburg, from whence
there was direct sc.'vleo to Dclagoa. In
the evening I concealed mjfcclf In a rail
way truck under n great pile of sacks. 1
had a small store of good water I ic
mulned hidden so, chancing discover)
The Boers switched the train at Koniatl
prort, but did not (-(arch deep enough
After sixty hours of misery 1 came ufcly
here I am cry weak, but am flee I
have lost m?ny pounds In weight, but
am light In heart I hh ill avail mvself
of every opportunity, henceforth, to uige
earnestly tho unflinching and uncompto
mising prosecution of the war.
Boers Have Every Advantage.
London, Dec 28 The Morning Post
bus received the following ftom Mr.
Churchill under date of Dec 26, tcle
gtaphed from Chleveley Camp, wheto
he has arrived:
"All tanks have complete confidence
In Sir Rcdvers Buller and there is a.
stern determination to succeed next
time at all costs. A painful Impies
slon was caused by the announcement
of the change of commander in chief
and th soldlets hote ure tesolved to
Indicate their trusted leadet.
"Tho situation, nevertheless is dlfn
cult, the Boer position being one of
cMraotdinaty sttength, with high hills
lined tier on tier with trenches und
galleries, rising from an almost unford
uble river, and with a smooth plain
in front.
The enemy have all the lunges niaik
ed, and muny powerful guns dominate
the arlous points of the tlver, while
the drifts ate commanded bv convetg
ing musketry the from ptobably 12,000
Boers. There are sixteen miles of
wild, broken -country before reaching
Ladsmlth, which demands early re
lief." SENATOR QUAY
INTERVIEWED
Declines to Give a Schedule of His
Future Political Couise A Same
ness About the Wanamaker In
surgent Bureau News.
Pittsburg, Dec. 27 Colonel M S.
Quay, fotmer United States senator,
at rived In the city this motnlng from
Washington He left for Beaver this
afternoon, where he will spend a few
days. His object in coming here at
this time, while he did not state It,
is thought to be to meet some of his
political friends of western Pennsjl
vanla In confetence.
The ex-senator was not Inclinec" to
talk very much about his chances for
getting a new lease upon the United
States senatorshlp from this state, but
ftom the tenor of his remaiks It was
Intel red that he had not fully made
up his mind whether or not he woull
be a candidate for reelection. When
seen after his at rival he was asked:
"Senator, what are your prospects
for being seated by the United States
senate?"
"I don't know; I expect to be sea cd,
but you can't tell what the senate will
do."
"Will jou bo a candidate for re
election whether the senate seats you
or not?" ,
"I don't know ; that Is further along.
I don't know whether I shall bo a
candlate if I am boated or if I am not
seated. Those stotles which were bent
out from Washington about the situ
ation came fiom the Wanamimer In
surgent bureau They have headquur
teis in Washington Those reports are
very similar to the news about th?
Boer war In Aftica. It ull teuds alike,
am how."
FATAL STREET DUEL.
Two Men Killed at Huntsville, Ala.
Another Wounded.
Huntsville, Ala., Pec. 27. In n stteot
duel at Deposit today two men were
killed and a thlid piobibly fatally
wounded
Jnmes Harden was stabbed to death
by his nephew, Iebe Hanln. John C
Harden, a bt other of James, was also
seriously cut by Jesse, and the latter
was then shot and killed by M ic Bus
sell All the parties ate well known und
prominent In politics,
PENNSYLVANIA COAL TRAFFIC.
Philadelphia. Dec 27 The PemiHjl
vanla railroad n ports the quantlt) of
coul and coko orlclt allng on its lines eust
of Pittsburg and Brio for the week end
Ing December 23. JiOD, and the jcar 1SW
to that date, In comparison with tho pie
vluus j car as follows,
isn ism, iSKS.
week ending year to jcarto
Tons Dec. Jl. Dee. 2J. Dee 21
Anthracite ... 81.IS3 3.CM.425 3,503,311
Bituminous ,.oo8 1G9 li,25l,4M 13 S13.049
Coke 1S5.0M 7,51613 5 81,038
Totals
. .621,710 27.414.177 23,6M,IJ0
Murder Near Wilmington.
Wilmington, Del. Dec. 27-Dotccllvo
Marry tonight recoved a telegram stut
ing thut Mary Saunders had been found
deud In her homo nt fllangow, tlghtem
miles from hcic, and tho 1 oiihe ransacked.
It is supposed tho woniun was murdered
ATTORNEY MONNETT
TALKS ON TRUSTS
'THE ABDICATION OP SOVER
EIGNTY" HIS THEME.
Before tho Twentieth Century Club,
of Boston, the Woll-Known Attor
ney General of Ohio Gives an Inter
esting Address He Characterizes
the Enormous Holdings of tho
Standard Oil Company and Other
Largo Industries as the Fruits of
the Illegal Abuse of Governmental
Functions.
Boston, Dec. 27. Frank S. Monnett,
attorney general of Ohio, well known
for his opposition to ttusts, made an
intet esting address tonight befoto the
Twentieth Century club in the hall of
Boston university law school on "The
Abdication of Sovereignty " Tho
speaker read his speech from manu
scilpt. He was nccotdod general ap
plause as he concluded He said in
part.
"I wint to demonstiato to jou that
the most potent weapon of oppression
Is that club thut wo us sovereign peo
ple hnnd over to certain favoicd In
tel e-ts, and they In turn, hiving thus
seized the mace of governmental uu
thoilty, pervert it t- their own use
and for their own self uggtnndlzement.
In defiance of the lights of the great
majority of individuals or i itlens com-
i posing such sovereignly.
"I maintain that if by a gteat ng
giegatlon of capital a pipe line com
pany may minify all th" oil fields
with Its system and connect with th-
manufacturing centers which It in
turn feo controls as to pi event all com- j
petition, and is enabled to desttoy
all competitors, then the state and (
federal government for the good of
the common man and the common
welfare, has the powei and tight, and
Is Its duty to Intel fere.
"So likewise, when one giant cot
poratlon establishes a system of tank
cats and erects tank stations, and
combines with the lailroad companies
as to get an unfair tatc by litue of
owning Its own tank curb, and tank
stations then the state has a tight
under Its police regulations to protect
the comon man and the man of smaller
means from such abuse and ii'utpa
tion of the trnnrportntlon depirtmcnt
The $000,000,000 owned by a little co
terie of Standard nil mngnites, the
$1,000,000,000 controlled In the lion, eoal,
copper and othet IndUbtiles by a lim
ited nuaiber of capitalists, topiobont
the fruits of the Illegal abuse of the
governmental functions"
WAGES TO BE ADVANCED.
Good News for the Miners nt Georgo's
Creek.
Baltimote, Dec. 27. The Geoige's
Creek mine operators sent a letter to
day to the repiesentatlve.sof the miners
at Cumberland, stating that they
would bo prepared on Apt 11 1 to grant
an Increase in wuges Tho mlncis of
the George's Creek, Md , and Meyers
dale, Pa , regions recently held a con
vention at Loanconlng and organized a
district union. The convention decid
ed that the operatots should be asked
to increase the wage scale ten cents,
making it C5 ccnt pet ton and a con
ference between operatois and mlncis
was to have been held in Cumbetland
tomorrow The operators decided, how
ever, that a confetence was hardly
I necessary, und the letter was sent as
' stated. They bay they cannot see
their way clear to Increasing the scale
befoto the date mentioned as their
contracts were all made on ths ptesent
basis of 45 cents for mining.
It Is expected that the Moyeisdalo
opeiators will also inctease the scale.
FAVORING FREIGHT SHIPPERS.
Recent Decision of the Interstate
Commission.
Washington, Dec. 27. The Interstate
commeice commission decided today to
comply with the lequcst of the shlp
peis of freight to tiansmlt to the at
torney genet al of the United States, a
tranbcrlpt of the evidence taken be
fore tho commission last week on the
Increase in the classification of freight
by the official classification commis
sion. The Hhinners In their nsMUnn
I urged that the testimony taken showed
1 a vlolution of the Sherman untl-trust
act.
Their desire Is that the attorney
genet al shall take aitlon by Injunc
tion or otherwise to restrain the tall
toads from putting the classification
Into effect on Jan, 1,
HAY WILL BE ARRESTED.
Will Answer Charge of Conspiracy
in the Shaw Case.
Hatrisburg, Dec. 27. Governor Stone
Issued a warrant today In tequlsltlon
of Governor Vooihees, of New Jerbuy,
for the extradition of William II. Hay,
a Philadelphia Times leporter.
Hay Is wanted at Camden to ans
wer a charge of conspiracy In connec
tion with nn alleged confession of Ell
Shaw, who was acquitted tecently of
the murder of his mothet and grand
mother. Kentucky Election Commissioncis.
Prankfort, Ky , Dec. 27 Governor Tu
lor today uppolnted W H. Muckey, untl
(locbcl Dcmocrut, and A. M J. Cochran,
Republican, state election commissioners.
As Clerk Shackleford will twear In tho
Democratic commissioners appointed by
CommlHsloner Pontz, it Is probablo Tay
lor's appointees will Institute, a man
damus proceedings to get possession of
the olllce.
Cold Day in Germany,
Betlln, Deo. 27. -An Illustration of tho
reverlty of the cold throughout Get muny
Is the furt that communication between
Scherrobok nnd tho inland of Boom Is
now had exclusively ever a frozen arm
of the Norlh sen, a condition which hud
not prevloutly e.lt-led for twenty earH.
Steamship Arrivals,
New York. Dec. 27.-Ralled: St. Paul,
for Houthumpton, Wcfcternlund, tor Ant
v,'u!p; Tn tonic, for Liverpool, denied:
I.a UretiiRiie. lor Havio, Kottorditm, for
Rotterdam via Boulogne. Rotterdam
Arrived; AmbUidum, ftom New utk.
BLISS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE.
Opinion of Secretary Wilson on Vlco
Preoldcnt Timber.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27. Secretary of
Agtlculturo Wilson stopped in this city
a few houis today while on his way
to Doylcstown, Pa., wheio he Inspected
the National farm school, Tho secie
tary was entertained at dinner by a
number of prominent cltl.ens. In an
Interview on the presidential cam
paign of next year, Mr. Wilson said:
"The administration ha3 no candi
date for vice president. It wishes tho
candidates to be tho complete choice
of the people.
"Do jou think Seoictary of War
Boot is a candidate for the vlco
presidency?"
"I do not think ho cares for the
nomination."
"Do jou think that cither Gover
nor Itoosevelt, or ex-Secictaty of th
Interior Bliss will bo candidates for
nomination?"
"I do not think that Governor Itoose
velt wishes the nomination. Mr. Bliss,
I consider, nn Ideal candidate for tho
vice presidency, and especially as It
seems tonceded that the next vice
president is to come from the cast."
NO STRIKE AT ALTOONA.
Conservative Miners Object to Agi
tation Looking to Betrayal of
Faith with the Operators.
Altoona, Dec 27. In the bituminous
coal fields of noi thern Cambria and
Clearfield lountles today several mass
meetings of miners weie held, the ob
ject of which was to create sentiment
in favor of higher vare-s. It w is ex
pected that mass meetings would b
held all over this district, but such
was not the case. The reason for this
Is that the leaders of the United Mine
Wotkeis and the conservative element
of the mlnets wen oprosed to them,
because the scale of prices which every
opetatot of any note is now pajlng
was made b) the mlueis and holds
good until April 1 next. Tho conser
vatives argued that they would be be
traying the operators if they demand
ed an lncieaso at this time.
The meetings of Batnesboto, Hast
ings, nnd smaller places, were well at
tended, but otdeily and quiet. Ad
dtesses were made but the tenor of tho
remaiks was conboivatlvo and cau
tioned against stiikes Maiiy of th"
meetings weie held tonight and dele
gites elected to the Indianapolis con
vention net month. The lonventlou
Is to be a confetence between opeia
tots and mlnets to settle the wage
scale and other dlffoiences. None of i
the Altoona operatois have teceived an '
Invitation to attend.
Wheto the conservative miners were
lna majority there were no mass meet-
Ings, notably at the Berwind-Whltc
collletles tit Punxsittiiwney and Icln-
tiy, wie iiocne3ier aisa I'tttsnurg com-
pany's collletles in the same locality,
the Philadelphia Coal and Coke com
pany, at livlne, and In southern Cuni
btla and Blair counties, where most of
the mines of the Altoona operators ari
located The leading Altoona operator
bald tonight that he did not believe his
mlnets would strike becuuse they were
being paid their own scale and the best
of feeling elsted between opetatot s
and men The same Is f.ild of all the
other Altoona opetatort
Thomas Barnes, the big operator at
Batnesboio, told to the Associated
I'rcss cot respondent over the telephone
tonight that he did not fear a slrlko
among his men In the near future. If at
all. One thing Is patent, there will be
no geneial strike at the beginning of
the new year, and the indications are
that there will be no disturbance af
ter the Indianapolis convention.
NEW MASONIC YEAR.
Officers of the Grand Lodge Celebrate
A. L., 5S90.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27. Todaj maiked
the beginning of the new Matonlc car
A L, 5S9'i nnd the odicers of tlu
giand lodge, Kiee and Ac opted Ma
sons Juilsdictlon of Pennsylvania,
elected at the quartet ly ccmmunlca
tlon Decembei B, wete Installed In their
tespectlve stations In anclnt and bol
emn foim, at the Mabonlo temple in
this city.
The ollUers installed were:
Gcoige L Wagner, of Philadelphia,
grand mastei IJdgar A. Tennis, of
Hatiisbuig deputy giand master:
James W Blown, of Pittsbuig, senior
grand warden G"org- W, Kendtlck,
Jr , ot Philadelphia Junior grand war
den Thomas B Pc.tton, of Philadel
phia, giand tieasurei Wl'llant A.
Sinn, Philadelphia, grand recrotr.iy.
At the close of the Installation cere
monies Grand Master Wagner an
nounced the committees nnd other ap
pointments for the ensuing veai.
WANT THE HORSESHOE BEND.
Altoona and the Pennsylvania Rail
road Apply for Unseated Lands,
Hartisbutg, Dec. 27. The Pennsyl
vania, Balltoad company und the city
of Altoona have Joined In an applica
tion to the department of Internal af
falts for ii tract of twenty acres of
unseated land on the Allegheny moun
tains. This tract Includes the large
reservoir which supplies Altoona with
water und the plctuiesque Horfaeshoe
bend.
Tho official sutvejor of Blair county
recently dlbcovcted that the land was
never conveyed to the commonwealth
of Pennslvania.
Deadly Duel at Berlin.
Berlin, Dec. 27. Two officers, named
Schlabltz ard Klssilg, belonging to tho
Ono Hundicd nnd Twelfth regiment,
which Is gartlsoned at MuelhutiBcii,
fought a duel jestt relay on tho SwHa
frontlet under previnui-ly agreed murder
ous conditions HehluhlU nun killed. Tho
cauo of Uio dud was trilling.
m
Mr. Ledyard's Contribution.
Washington, Dec 27 Among the con
trlbutlcini. ot tho Law ton fund recelvcel
by Adjutant Gener.il Coibln tqday was
ono of $500 from Mr Lewis Cues Ledard,
of New York, whlth contribution ho silcl
was made "In memory of my iiephuw,
Lieutenant A. C. I.edN.ud, killed in ac
tion In Negtos, Deuniber 8, IS'iD "
Pennsylvania Pensions.
WuNhlngfon, Dec 27 Pensions: In
ci ease Marshall S. Bogcts, Athons, Brad,
find, H to !.'.
RECRUITING STATIONS
FOR THE BOER ARMY
AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK IN
CHARGE OF AGENTS.
Gustav Simon, a Boer, Recently Ar
llved, Has Charge of the Enlist
ments Somo Two Hundred and
Fifty Left New York a Week Ago.
British Consul Besieged with Ap
plications From Men Who Wish to
Join Their Army.
New York, Dec. 27. Tho work of en
listing men In this city to take the
Boer side In the war Is in charge of
two agents who operate in a saloon
near police headquarters.
The leader in the movement Is Gus
tav Simon, a Boer, recently arrived
from the Transvaal. Associated with
him Is a young German, Henry
SchauT, who has lived many years
among tho Boers, and who reached
New York a week ngo fiom Pretoria.
Simon owned In Johannesburg several
hotels and saloons, there were closed
up when the war began and, being In
capable of active service In the field,
he came hre In the interest of his
country. Scharff, his companion In
this work, was among the first to
come out ftom the Yukon country with
news of the Klondike gold fleldM and
he has mining Interests there and In
the Transvaal. Since his icturn to the
Tiansvaal from Alaska he has been
in the conlldencc of the Boer leaders
nnd he has been sent here on this spe
cial mission
A number of people, chiefly young
men, have gone to the Transvaal Some
200 left a week ago and Eixty went just
befoie Chrlstmus.
Ever since tho outbreak of the
Transvaal war the British consulate
in this city has lecelved letters from
persons eager to enlist In the British
aimy.
"I dont' think It is any exaggeration
to say that we hac received C,000 let
ters from per.1 ons who want to enlist,"
paid the British lce consul today, "and
besides these a great many apply to
us in pel son foi help or advice in the
matter. We are prevented by Unite I
States ttututos from enlisting them
l and we- have to send them away. Th-
i only way they can get Into the army
is to go to England nnd enlist on their
own responsibility How many of
them do this we have no v. ay of know
ing. I think, howevet, that a great
rainy of them do enlist
"It Is sui prising to notice the various
sorts and conditions of men who seek
enlistment with us. Thete Is scarcely
u nationality that is not icpiesented. ,
Englishmen, of couise, predominate i
but Atnet leans are second In number,
It is an interesting circumstance that
several United States foldlers in unl-
fotm have come heio and aiked to be
enlisted "
Boerltes in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27. There is a
geneial movement among the Irlsn
citizens here to aid the Boers In their
war with England. A call was toda
sent out for a special assessment on
I every member of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, oi which there are
000 in this cit. A return of $23,00J
Is expected, which will help to swell
the general fund of $1,000,000 which the
Irish organizations throughout th
countiy seek to raise
P. J. MeManus, a prominent Irish
man, said today that preparations are
being made for a public meeting at the
Academy of Music. Final arrange
ments will be completed at a meeting
of the county board of Ancient Otdpr
of Hibernians net Friday.
In speaking about the alleged Fe
nian plot to raid Canada, Mr. Me
Manus said:
'The proposed Fenian laid. If there
Is any such thing contemplated, M
against the rules of International law.
The lojalty of the Itlsh to this coun
try leads them to legaul the announce
ment as merely a bluff to keep the
Canadians at home "
It is expected, he says, that the
meeting at the Academy of Music w 111
result In a $D0,Oj0 fund to tit out a
hospital tellef ship.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
Republicans Will Meet at Harrlsburg
on April 25.
Philadelphia. Dec. 27 It Is probablo
that the Republican btate convention
will bo held at Hariisburg on Wednes
day, April 25. hultman Beeder, of
the state eommlttee, suggesting that
date, and it is believed no objection
w ill bo made.
At this convention candidates will
be nominated foi auditor geneial and
two congressmen at large. Eight dele
gates at huge to the Republican na
tlonul convention w 111 also be named,
as well as thltty-two presidential elec
tors, one for each of the congressmen
and one for each of tho United Statea
scnatois.
STATE KUSIC TEACHERS.
They Will Meet at Philadelphia
Next Year.
AUentovvn. Dec 27. Tho tenth an
nual convention of the Pennsjlvunln.
State Music Teacherb' association was
held hero today. The following officers
weie elected1
President. Dr. Hugo A. Cliuke; sec
teturv ami tieasurer, Edmund Wot
slelTer; executive committee, Thomas
A. Becket, Gllbut It. Combs, Enoch
W. Pearson auditing commltt;e. Rich
ntd Zeckwer, Willi im Woluleftcr,
Vivian Engel, all of Philadelphia. It
was dci Ided to meet In Philadelphia
next year.
Casualty List.
Washington, Dec. 27 General Otis at
Manila, sent to tho war department to
day tho following list of killed not pic
vlouidy reported: Killed, In action, en
gagement ncur Banna, December 11,
Thlid cavnlry, Harry Sweger and Charles
W Pruzee, action ngalnst Romblon,
Panuy, December 10, Eighteenth Infantry,
ChurleH J. rclll.
Pennsylvania Fostmasteis.
Wellington. Dec. 27.-H, E. Harding,
was today appointed postmaster at Kns-
I ucjiilit ook, Wbffihi count;',
T11K NEWS THIS MOltNINU
Weather Indications Todtyi
SNOW.
1 General Renewed Activity In the
South African War.
Boer necrnltlrg fetation In New York,
rtllplno Insurgents Honied.
Prank S. Monnett on Ti lists.
2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Local Banquet of the University of
Pcnnnjlvaiita Alumni Association.
Court Proceedings.
4 Bdltori.il.
E Local Three December Brides.
Organized Effort to Hid tho City of
Prevailing Epidemic.
6 Local West Shorten nnd Suburban.
7 Bound bcut the Count).
8 Loral Live Industrial News.
MOLINEUX TRIAL.
An Objection Is Made to tho "Shad
owing" Process Tho Jurors Are
Exasperated,
New York, Dec. 27 Two things of
Interest, if not of importance, were
developed at the trial of Boland B.
Mollncux today. The fltst Incident was
the ptotest made to Betotdet GorD
against the policy of "shadowing"
adopted by the district attorney. The i
Juiois complained that a detective had
been assigned to each member nnd
that the "shadows" had allow eel their
zeal to outrun their disci etlon Even
their domestic and business conversa
tions of the Jurors while iivvuv fronr
couit hud been stealthily listened to by
the ambitious detectives. This the Jur
ors said was a vexation that was rab
idly becoming Intolerable It Is slid
that Recorder Goff told the Jurots tint
he could do nothing for them.
Assistant Dlstilct Attorney Mclntjte,
In explaining the netlon of the district
attorney's ofllro, said th it fifteen de
tectives hud been selected ti watch the
members of the Jury. Ho .said th it It
wiib the custom to employ men to
shadow" Jurors dining an iinpoitaut
murder case, and that tho precaution
ary action thus taken was in the In
terest of Justice and tho public good,
it Is und rstood, howevei, that oicIts
will be Issued to the "hhadows" to
give the Jurors as little tioublo as
possible in the future.
The other incident of inteiest oc
culted dining the cross-examination
of handvviltlng expeit, Ames, of San
Pranelsco, who Is the author of a
book on "Biblical Mths" Mr. Weeks
lnquiied whether the expert had evei
written this sentence:
"Again Ignorance and fear ttemble
and are ptostrate befoie seTT-beeklng,
cunning and fruud, according to the
firm of Moses, Jehovah & Co, (unlim
ited) re-established: artlcleu of co
rartnorbhlp perpetual: powers omnip
otent, capital infinite, realms, terieh
tlal and celestial and Moses Its geneial
financier."
At this point Assistant District At
torney Osborne objected emphatically
to the Introduction of these writings of
Expert Ames for the purpose of pieju-
cilcing tho jury
After a lively battle of words for a
I few moments the lecorder called Mr.
Weeks to order and tuled that the law
all wed no religious testimony of a wit
ness, and that an afllrmatlon does not
necessarily embrace a declaiatlon of
faith in God.
During tecess Cletk of the Court
Brophy explained that Expett Ames
had merely affirmed when taking the
stand that ho had not used the words
"so help me God."
The day was largely devoted to tech
nical examination of Handwtltlug Ex
pei ts Ames and Tyrrell. Nothing new
or important was developed The trial
which is now in Its forty-fouith day,
has broken the recotd for murder tilals
in New Yok county by ono day. with
the posecutlon nppaiently not having
half finished its side of the case. It is
understood that the state will intio
duce very little, if an, additional ex
pert handwriting evidence, und that
epeit medical witnesses will soon be
called to the stand for the purpose of
proving the body of the crime and
showing that Mis Adams really die I
ns a result of the adminlstintlon of
the contents of the poison package.
FAILURES IN BOSTON.
Liabilities to Amount to Nearly
S17,000,000 in Two Weeks.
Boston, Dec. 27.-The announcement
on the Boston stock exchange a tew
minutes after the opening today of the
embannssment of E ". Hoelgs &. Co.,
bankers and brokers, was not alto
gether unexpected bv tome of the laig
er financial inteiests
The suspension of this well Known
house, it Is cbtlmuted, will cany tho
total of liabilities of concerns hero
which have failed within the past two
weeks close to $17,000,000.
Take Yarn Exploded,
Ottawa, Out, Dec L'7 A prominent
member of the Hibernians of Ottawa tele
giaphed President Jamch Noonan, of Di
vision 3e, Am lent Order of Hibernians,
Worccbtet, Mut-s,, Hiking If It were cor
icct that he nnd the members of tho or
der hiel voted for un li.vcbluu of Canada.
A reply bus be-en tec lived ilenjlug that
nit) thing of the kind has taken pi ice.
Mr Noonan added that tho society was
purclj tor fraternal puiposcj
Plans to Continue Moody's Wotk.
Eubt Northt.cld, Mats., Dee J7 An ap
peal to the vvoild to piovldo funds fur
tho continuation of the work begun und
for twci.tj eur curiled on by Dnlght
L Moody wuh Usual todu by tho trus
tees uf the Nortl Held seminal) 'Hits
plea will bo tho only uillm by tho trus
tees until their mcctlig u mouth hence.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Lancaster, Pa., Dee 27. John I. Hurt
tnun, president of tho Luucubtei Trust
company, nnd until recently a member
of tho wholesulo gioccry 111 in of Miller 6z
Hartmun, Clcd lust night after a long
Illness from Urlght's dUeaso.
Bedfotd, Pa , Dec. 27 Job S. Barefoot,
former stew art of the Bedford count)
ulmshouso, died ut his home In Bedford
townxhlp todu). He was 45 yeurs old,
and was tho futher of sixteen children,
twelve of whom with his wife survive
him
BATTLE IN THE
MOUNTAINS
Col. Lockett Routes Force
of Filipinos Near
Montalbau.
ENEMY'S LOSS HEAVY
It Is Supposed That tho Insurgents
Aro Thoso Who Were Driven from
San Mateo on the Day Geneial
Lawton Was Killed The Nature of
the Mountainous Country Mado
Impossible the Attempt to Capture
tho Flying Rebels Marriage Order
by Geneial Otis.
Manila, Dec. 27. 101" p m Colonel
Lockett. with a force of 2,500, Including
artillery, attacked thin morning a.
strong fotco of insurgents entiencheil
In the mountains near Montalban,
about five miles northeabt of San,
Mateo The encmv wore completely
touted, the Americans put suing them
thiough the hills, timid which they
fled In evety direction.
Tour Anieikans were wounded. Tho
Filipino los was laigo, resulting from
a heavy Infantry and uitlllory lire for
thtee hourr Into the trenches.
it Is supposed that tho insurgents
weie these who were driven out of San
Mnteo on the day General Lawton was
killed. They numbeied probably a
thousand.
A docn lines of Insuigcnt trenches
coveicd tie steep trail thiough the
hills and likewise the valley below,
along which the Americans passed The
miln attacking pat ty consisted of the
Koitj -sixth Volunteer Infantry, a
lioop of cavalry nnd nrtilleij, Colonel
Lockett commanding In person. The
iest of the command operated from
l emote points in an endeavor to cany
out Coloivl llockett's plan of throwlns
his lines niound the enemy and thus
cutting off leticat. Tho nature of tho
mountainous country made It Imprac
ticable to execute this movement suc
cessfully. After tho Insurgents began to run
there was ii vain attempt to use m til
let i .
Manila, Dec. 27. 10.50 p. m It now
appears that one Amoilcan was killed
In the attack upon the Sublg garrison
jesterday by General Santa Ana.
Matrimonial Encouragement.
Washington, Dec. 27. General Oils
has Issued a decree authorizing th
celebtatlon of civil marriages In th'
Philippines. Ho cibled Secretary Boot
to that effect today and tho secret try
promptlv approved the action. Here
toforo all ma triages weie celebrated
by the Catholic church, so that Protes
tants and non-Cluistlans were pio
hlblted from marrying. The decieo
does not Intel fere with the Catholics,
who ma be minted according to their
own lites, but extends the ptlvllego of
civil mat i luge to those who desire it,
just as it is practiced In the United
States.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
The Remains of Andrew Slmicky
Found in Biaanoll Mine.
Brownsville, Pa, Dec 2T. Another
victim of the Btaznell mine explosion,
was found today. The body was ter
ribly mutilated. It was identified as
tint of an Hungatlan nimed Andrew
fcMmleky The body was found under
a he-uy fall ot tooling. Tho inspectors
said fiom th location they had evi
dently walked over the body n great
many times. It is now supposed that
there is another d'gger in this snm
room, nnd that probably lie is under
the big fall of slate.
Inspector Connei slid tho finding of
the bodv rf Slmickv simply goes to
show that thev do no: 1-now how many
people me jot down in the dentin pit,
or wheie they will find tho holies.
EMPLOYMENT OF 600.
Modem Breaker Will Be Constructed
nt Shamokin.
Sliamokin. Pa., Dec. 27 Joseph
htlckney. of New York, vice president
and geneial manager of the Union
Coal company, and John L. Williams,
who yesteiday resigned thp supeiln
tendency of the company's collieries at l
this place, started a fuice of men at
work today ptovldlng now veins near
Hickory Bldge, und they will sink
slopes at once.
A modem bleaker will bo con
st! uctcd and woik will be given to sK
hundicd men and bo)s. Tho veins are
expected to jlcld coal for twenty-llvs
jears.
The Queen Proclaims a Vainlng.
London, Dec 27 -Tho privy council held
a meeting at Windsor custlo today at
which Queen Victoria pioelalmed a warn
ing to all BrltUb mbjtits not to assist
the Inhabitants of tho Transvaal or Or
ange Preo State, or to tell or transpott
merchandise) thereunto under penulty nf
the law. Tho proclamation was gazetted
tonight.
Bubonic Coffee Landed,
New York. Dec 27 President Murphy,
of tho bouid of health, at tho meeting of
tho board today decided that tho cof
leo which arrived on the bubonic Infect
ed vessel, J. W. Taylor, bhould bo per
mitted to be landed. Ho decided that tha
coffee should be roasted in Brooklyn.
The Ta)lor arrived In this port on No
vember IS, bringing 4.',000 bags of coffee.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
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Wuahlngton, Dec. 27 Forecast
for Thursday and Friday: For
eastern Pennsylvania, biiow Thurs
day; Friday fair; fresh south to
cast winds, beoomlug westerly
Thursday night
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