V ;5trttittim cir nii out mm 5W-J -iSSteftro -j-jv- - i TWO CENTS. TWELVE PAGES SCTIANTOX, PA., SATURDAY JIORNIXC, DECEMBER tfO, 189!). TWELVE RAGES TWO CENTS. nSUiM?Z3i!L-JSni WnWfeaftnklrlUyiniM3Cs-. -oswjmis&zsB&iaaetsstt -i unrToijr' iTlJ ' -iff ifp1 wrnr?r tt LATEST FROM AFRICAN CONFLICT The Boers Replace One Gun Taken by the British. LADYSMiTH OPERATIONS Garrison Cheerful and Able to Hold Out Pretoria Repoit That Burgh ers Have Built a Railroad Around Beleaguered Town Transvaal Cap ital Hears Also That One of Me thuen's Naval Guns Had Exploded. New Gold Tax Matt Stoyu, Broth er of the Orange Tree State Presi dent, Said to Have Denounced the War and Returned Home with 800 Bui ghers Little Tear of Uprising Among Dutch Farmers In Cape Colony. Pielei in.li tt.buig, Wednesday, De J7 A despatch fiom Ladv smith, dated IX 2. savs: The Roeis have mounted another howlUei nn Suipilso Hill, lepluting the gun i.iplurcd In the soitlc of the HItle in Is. dp While lhe watch us nightly with ii seatchllght and bombard the plan- dall. they nho no signs of as saultlng the town. They pinbably think tlu can st.it ve us out. but we have plenty of piovlslons The tot il easuulti s slme the siege ate seventy men killul and 21t wounded." Piotoila, Monday. Dee. 25 (5euei.il Sihalkbuigei iepoit, under date of Dec js that liains nio limning to Col enso Indicating that the Hoeis Have built a lonneetion uiound Ladysmlth. i. mi.i' fionje lepoits fiom the MuM i Rlvei. Dee 21, that the Hoots i il ttn d two Ilritlsh foils at Kuiu man n Dee 17. It Is repotted that r.eneral Methu en s big n.iul gun has exploded. The Tianhva.il government has pio mulsrttil a new gold lax law, by which Individuals and companies working tliel' ciwn mines .lie taxed .10 per eent. of the output, while mines woiked by 1 g iv eminent will pay ."0 per eent. Suspended mines will piy 30 per cent, on their piobable output, calculated on th- r months' woi kings. Hednelng w.nki- will piy 30 per cent of their not ptotlts. The law Is ictioaothe to U. t 11 London Dee 29 Despatches fium all jarts of fouth Afilca eonfltm the re ports .if the enthusiasm among t.he tn'.vs and public x easlonod by the upr .intn-ent of General Robot ts mil Kl'itr'nei. The nnnouncement that the fnmier will have supieme tom mand and that the latter will be chief of staff h"s hugely dispelled the de ptesslon In Cape Colony caused by the leient ie eit.es, while the soUIers an ticipate eeiythlng fiom the presence of "Dobs," fiom success In battle to cheaper beei. Fighting at Kimbeiley, Advices from Cape Town, dated December 24. say an Investigation shows that the repoit 'd ills ifftotiivi among the Dutch In 'lie Ylcloiii West district his benn nvordiawn. rpb" farmers. It Is pointed out, are mnitly land owners, and will not lisk the losi of their fauns bv ilslng. A dispatch fiom Lorenzo Marcpez, dated Deeembei 22, s.ivs ;i cuilotls le port is cuirent. emanating from lor sources, Unit Matt Stejn, biotbcr of the president of the Orange Fioe State, and S00 Free Staters have definitely refused to continue tilt war. Matt Steyn acting as spokesman of the put, is reported to have told the president that he was only nuthoii'd to Intel veno In the interest of peace, and that the burr'i"n did not leel they were bound by his "unwarrant able conduct." especially as thoy ian the risk of the confiscation of their proportv. and they simply 1 'sired to be permitted to fnim m peace, and piopused to Immediately return to their fatms. Kimbeiley, Friday, Dec. 2.', vlx .Mod eler River, "Wednesday, Dec. 27. Ue foie dawn today a detachment of the mounted foiee. with arllllnjv an 1 light Infantry, moved out In a vvestetlv di lection Doer artillery from Hamper dam opened lire at Ottes Kopje, Klm berly, fort replying with twenty sh-llf. The Riltlsh force reconnolteiod out posts along Lazaretto ridge, the Doer patrols retreating. Having accomplished this and Hav ing discovered Doer v .nforoements ap pioachlng from Wimbledon ildge. Col onel Chamler, with the Royul nitlllery, exchanged a dozen shells as soon as the guns -ould be limbered up. Some COO Doers poured in a heavy (Ire from their earthworks, the Rtltlsh ilnally re tiring with th loss of one hors The movement showed '.hac the lbvrs were still keeping their guns in th vicinity of Kimbeiley and aie able to summon reinforcements liipldly. It also showed their purpose to vacate a position Immediately when weaker thin the opposing force. Pretoria, Tuesday, Dec. 20. (Hy vvnv of Lorenzo Marques, Thursday, Dec. 28) Commandant Snyman leports us follows from Molopeko. "On Monday morning the enemy from Mafeklng attacked one of our forts In force, with cannon, Maxims and an armoied ttaln and so persistently that there was fighting light on the wallr of the fort. Dut we have retained our fort. The Hritlsh loss is reported at llfty-tlve " The other commandoes teport "all quiet" with the exception of the usual bombardment of Ladysmlth. General Lucas Meyer has recovered and letiuned to the fiont. ladysmlth, Sunday, Djc 21, via Pletermarltzburg. General Whlto bus had a slight attack of fever, but he Is now convalescent. The Uoer shell lire has been verv damaging recently. On Friday one shell killed six men and wounded nine. The same missile killed fouttccn horses. 1 Another Just missed the Fifth Lancets' lines, slightly wounding six ofllcers Several shells have fallen close to Gen- eial White's house, compelling the te movnl of headquattcrs to another point It Is leported Hint General Joubert Is again In command of the Doers here. The mllltaiy authoilties appear confi dent, but they are very ictlcent. Doe.s have been observed moving uoithwiird and westward In larger nurn bein. 1'ietoil.i. Tuesdnv, Dee. 26 My way ot Loienyo Marques, Thursday, Deo. 2S. Coiiimanilant Swart tejorts from the lunger at Alowvns Kop, near Zeo llist, that he had an engigement on Filday. December 22, with Kafllrs In the nclghbothood of Detd"i point. Th" Kufltts occupied n strongly fortified tldgi and vveie veil prepared for cmei Keii' les. After h'-avy lighting the burgher. captuicd the Kalllr position, losing tin eo killed and Jive wounded. London, Dee. 29. -The Matseilles cor respondent of the Daily Mall, tele giaphlng the substance of an Interview with the Husslnn general, Giurke, eld ( st son of the famous Cornice who H 'low about to start for Pietoila, says that the Russian olllcer made the fol lowing statement: "I have been ofioied the commnnj of n Uoer mmv corps In rny own I mind I am absolutely confident of th" success ot the Hoeis. You may tak" my woid for It that thomandh of Rus sians tile now lighting under General Joubert." GENERAL BULLER'S PLANS. It Is Believed That He Intends Mak ing Another Attack. London, Dec. 30. u a. m. The latest special despatches fiom Clilevolev camp hint darkly at some Important movement as Imminent. This Is Intel - ' pieted, with some misgivings, to mean that Geneial Dullei contemplates a ienew.il of his attempt to lelleve Lady smlth. It Is lopotted by the same despatches that the Hoeis hive now letlied to the north bank of the Tilcela. belli" nfmlil that the swollen ilvei may u ir their j icti eat Thev aie also moving their I laageis neaier Ladv .smith, pinbably with the intention of putting further pieisuie on the gaiuson, which now seems to be suffeilng pretty heavllv from the bombaidment. It Is dllllciilt. however, to totueive that Geneial Uullei would make an other frontal attack, especially now that the ilver Is ilslng, and an addi tional indication that this Is not his put pose Is the fact th.it he has re moved his hcadquarteis back to Fine. The Doer movement notthvvaid fiom the Tugcla is quite in keeping with the enemj'H tisunl plan of seeming a saf1 line of letreat. It is known that fiu ther aitlllety is due to uulve for Gen eral Duller, but the belief is that his forces even then will be too weak. lie may, however, be .miniated by a desitc to accomplish something before the I anlv.il of Idi d Itobtits, thus to satls- fy the keenness ot his men to ic I tileve their defeat. The repoited engagement with Kaf I 11r. Is very vague and cannot be ex plained pending the anlval of later de spatches. BROAD DEFEATS HAMILTON. Interesting Contest at the Broadway Athletic Club. New Yoik, Dec. 26. Kid Utoad got a well-earned decision over Jack Hamil ton, of Tioy, thiough the hitter's foul tactics at the Dioadway Athletic club tonight. ISiorul was always on the ag giessive and Hamilton nnde a more than good defense. Round after roun 1, fiom the fli st to the llfth, Hamilton gave and took with equal feivor, but In the sixth he was knot ked Hat on his back and the gong saved him fiom being put out. Fiom this to the end of the bout Btoid spicad It over Ham ilton. At all times his lefts and lights were in evidence end he kept the Tro Jan on the defensive. Jntk was thor oughly game, but It was evident from the end of the seventeenth lound that, he could not withstand the onslaughts of his adveisary. and fiom that point to the conclusion of the bout ;? mil ton never had a chance of letiievlng himself. In the twenty-first lound Hamilton, seeing that the odds weie against him, tiled foul tactics, but evaded the lefe lee's stigma. It came In the following lound, however, when he dellbeiately butted twice and the leferee stoppsd the bout, disqualifying Hamilton and declailngvrfi favor of Dioad. Reply of Kentucklans. Frankfort, Kv , Dec 23. -The address of thd Republican leadtib in reply to the ie eent address of the Gocbcl Icadcis. In dorsing the contesting candidates on tlio Democratic slate ticket, was given out tonight. It replies Fpeelficallj to the Dtmocratic chatges ot fruud i.nd makes a nutrber of counter cb.iiges. It Is sign, ed by Governor Taj lor. Clulrm.iu Dur. nctt. Senator Dclme, Congiessmaii I'ugh and others, Including all members of tlio state cential committee. Killed by a Train. Indianapolis. Dec 20 Dr. WIckllfTo Smith, surgeon of the Oi o Hundred and Sixty-fit st Indiana regiment, was killed this afternoon, together with bis Cuban boy, Fnirclsco Sous.t, three, miles from Dclpb, by a Wabaili ti.iln. On account of the cold weather they were bundled up so they did not bear the train. Doth were Instantly killed. Asaph Light Appointed. Lancaster. Pa.. Dec. 29. Asaph Light, ex-postmaster of Lebanon, and former ly editor of the Lebanon Coutler, has been uppointed chief deputy collector of Internal tevenue for the Ninth dis trict. He succeeds Pierce Leaner. Mr. Light Is u brntlvr-ln-Iaw of Judge Weiss, of Dauphin county. Danny Gets the Decision. Chicago, Dec. 20 Danny McMuhon, of Detroit, was given thu declulon over "Turjcy Point" Dill Smith, of Phlladel Phlu. In a six. round go beforo the Fort Dearborn Athletic club tonight. Me Mahon had much the better of th mill ing In all the rounds INTERESTING POINT IN MOLINEUX TRIAL IT OCCURS DURING HEARING OF EVIDENCE OF CORNISH. The Court Interferes with the Dumb Show in Giving the Testimony. Very Few New Facts Are Elicited. New York, Dec 29. The most Inter esting Incident today In the trial of Roland n. Mollneux, charged with the muider of Knthailne J. Adams, oc curred during the cioss-examlnntlon of Hairy Cornish bv Bartow H. Weeks, defendant's counsel. Mt. Weeks asked the witness to sten from the stand, sit down nt the i nil of the table occupied by the attorneys for the stnto, go thiough the porfoi mance. of opening the bottle of bromo-seltrer, show how he knocked thu contents Into the glass, how he poured the water fiom one glass to another, being cnie ful to get nppinxlmntply the same amount of water that he used In thu piepaintlon of the fatal dose on thp morning of the murder of Mrs. Adams. Comlsh compiled with the lequest and piocetded to ilemonstiate about how much he drank of the mlxtuie, sils about how much Mrs. Adams took of the poison, it was not until Mr Weeks asked the witness to di Ink the water In this pantomimic icpioduction of the scene on the morning of the minder that th" iccoider Inttifered. Mi. Weeks adsuicd Comlsh that the water would not hint him. but the eouit re marked. "This dumb show has gone fur enough " Assistant District Attorney Osborne good-naturedly told the witness to go ahead ami drink the water, and the witness picked up the glass, with th" remark, "Well. I vlll dilnk It." At this point Rec older Golf again In tel fered with the statement that h would not pctinlt anything of the soil to take place In the com t loom. Mi. Osbome said, that while Cornish did not like the tactics adopted b the at torney for the defendant, he had no objection to di Inking the watei If al lowed to do so by the coutt To this, however, the iccoider would not eon sent. Two of the most Important witnesses for the pioseiutlon wcte on the stund during thu day They were John D. Adams. e-screlary of the Knicker bocker Athletic club, u-id Comlsh. Mr Adams was the Hist -vltness called. The most Interesting point In cnim?i -tlon with his testimony todaj was bin positive Identification of the hiiudw til ing on the poison package as that of Mollneux. The testlmonv of Comlsh consisted laigely of detailed descriptions of the scenes on the morning of the muider at the Adams Hat. Heioider Unif re fused to allow Mr. Weeks to usk any questions as to the p-esent w In re ubouts ot Mis. Comlsh, the wife of tnn witness, and why Mi. and Mis. Roger", the latter the duughtei of Mrs. Adams, had sep.uated. Few new facts were elicited In the attemnts to tiace thu poison package fiom the Knicker bocker Athletic club to the Adams flat. It wilt, however, discovered that Cor nish deposited the bromn-neltzei bottle in his desk nt the club In the pusence of V S. ri-iieinaii. that he lost his key to the desk nnd that It was after vvaids found on the Hoot of the Adams flat aftei the death of Mis Adams: that Just befote the murder it was necessaiy for the engineer at the tluli to bteak open the desk for the purpose of lemovlng atIous articles, and tint the desk was lepalred In a makeshift fashion. Comlsh also testlnd tint h" was mistaken In his stntenii its to th" newspapets Immediately after the roun der as to th time when he brought the poison pack-age fiom the club to his loom at the Adams apartments ard that he had refieshed his memory by talking with Mis. Rogeis concerning the matter. Adjournment was taken until next Tuesday. TERRIFIC BLIZZARD. Storm Racing in the Noithwcst. Railroads Suffer. Cony. Pa., Die. 29.-A terrific; blU zard. the wuist In year, hfs been lad ing In Not thu ostein ennsylvnnla for the patt twcnt-four hours and still continues bnut rlpht'en liuhes of snow lus fallen and vlth that on the giound It makes the depth on the level four feel Many vllligps ate cut of! from the outside wen Id. All the tends leading Into this Ity tire blocked, tin stugrs which .'airy the malls from Kntlng and Findley lake being snowed In All the ralltoads nie stiffening. The Western New Yoik and Pennsyl vania thiough tiulns between Pitts buig and Uudulo were hours behind time. The Htle and the Pennsylvania are fating a llttlo htter, although all the tinins are late. On all roads hug snow plows, such as are used In thj west, are running, but fall to Keep the tiatks clear. No loss of life Is icpoited. The ther mometer ifglEteis nbout zero. Mr. Boutelle's Condition. Doston. Dtc. 29. To nil those who in quired uftcr thu condition ot Congress man Kotittllu at the McLean asylum to dav, th.- enly reply given was that ho was getlli.g along nlcelj and was Im proving In btrcngth. Dr. Daniel A. Ron uitson, the rhvslclnn who came from Hangar to attend him ufter ho vvus stilcken with sickness at Youngs' hotel, uys thnt while the congressman may rctover his phjslc.il hlth and vlgoi, it is possible that he may never bo tho samo aguhi mentally. Glass Conference. Pittsburg, Dtc. 29. Tlio result of the conference between refiesentutives of the United States Glass company, tlio National Uliibs and Jobbers In glnsj tableware, was announced tonight. Com. menclng Jan. 1 next, prices on all staples will be advanced llvo por tent and prices on specials and other lines have been equally adjusted. The trade Is reported In excellent condition. Revolt in Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 29. The Hernandez revolution can bo said to be ended. Hernandez Is fleeing with 200 men to tho Columbian buundary. Tho government troops and the min ister of war, aeneial Pulldo, ute built rt Caiscua. DAWES OUTLINES A POLICY. His Speech at the Republican Love Fca3t nt Sptlngfleld. Kpiingtleld. 111., Dec. .! Charles O. Dawes, comptrollci nf the rutrency. made a sp"ech nt the Republican state love feast In the assembly hall today, which was tegatd d by many us out lining the policy of the admlnlstintlon on two points, the Ihlllpp'.ne policy and the attitude of the Republican paity toward trusts. Spcuklng on titiFts, he said, was the duty of tin Republican partv to con rervo public li't"iesls. Wherever1 trusts ptoved themselves Inimical ti the public welfnre tbey must be lt stiulned and continued nnd If neces sary laws pased that would so much encourage u live competition its to hi Ing about the illslntegtatlon of th" trusts. "Rather than have In the hands of bunds of any cnrpoiation the power to ab'olutely fix the price of a necsslty of life nt an nibltraiy limn c tho peopl of the United States will eventually and ilghtfullv do one of two things," I s.ilj Mr. Daws. "They will enact leg islation for the absolute piotectlnn of thu people fiom ex tuition h govern- i mental terulntlin more or less ex- 1 tended as public necessity tray lequlm, or they will en let legislation for the enfotced ci eat Inn nf competition by the dlslntegiatlor. of tiustt, With nothing less than one of these two things will ' ot should t'n people of thlu country I be satisfied." ) Mi. Dawes spoke nt some length on the Philippine situation, asortlng that eneoiiiagement i etched from antl- I Imperialists had much to do with the ptolongation if the war. Ilesild that I'lcslilent Mc'vlnle would not be turned from his eomse In legnd to th Philippines b the ptotosts of antl impel lalists. FIRE IN" NEW YORK. Two Seven-Story Buildings Are Con sumed by tho Flames. i New Vol I; Dec 29. The two seven- ' Rtoiy building i at IT. to 4Q,.". Dast Twentv-fnii'-th street, oceupbd ptln- clpallv by the wall paper factoi y of William Campbell . Co., weie d- , stloycd b.v flic tonight The loss Is ltlllv $-.00,000. I The plant of the Nov Yoik Hygtla. Ice companj, which ouupled the base- inont of No 12") and that of the Man- ' hattnn I'lerli.c Light comp.inv. on I the flist and b'cond flouts ot the sam" building, wen totally destioyod. A la rg? portion nf the oast side gets Its lights fiom that company and was I on account of the 'ire cist Into com- plct ilnrkness I At mldnlrht one section of the wills fell, almost li tying a mimhi of fire men, whosp escape was miraculous, and Injuring severrl of th" men. The falling wallrt rrpshcV In the toof of the . watee supplv house, adjoining, and th-; city's less v 111 be hea.-y. The cause of the fire is unknown It Is Impossible to ascertain t'tc Indlvl j dual Ics. The piopettles oi all tine 11: ms are dtstio.ved bovoml hope of ! saving a dullai s worth. The losses i aie paitlv covered by Insurance. FATALLY 2URNED. Terrible Death of Miss Bildget Ellen Kciwin, of Plttston. Spi lal to The Ser.uitou Tiloime Plttston, Dtc. 20 A most distressing fntalitv was that which befell Miss Hildget Hlen Keiwln, aget( about 20 ycuis, daughter of Mi. and Mis. Pat rick Keiwln, of Seaile Mieet. this tltv, lat evening Foi the past month the young ladv hid been staying at the home of her brother on Washington tcince. About r o'clock she had "' ei slon to go Into the cellar and took a lamp with her. As hhe descended tho uutT'e cellar steps the lamp glob tlpp"d over and In an effort to c ilc h the globe she natuially t'rew the lamp lose to bet. and lui clmiiing instantly Ignited Just ubove the waist. She was. soon envelopid in Harms, an 1 affr making u fiultless effoit to quench the lite be ian scteamlng into the hous and fiom there Into the y.ud. Her hi other seized a piece of cat pit and quenched the flames. A physician was hastily summoned and found that the voung lady had been frightfully buintcl about the. body fiom the knees up Ilei fa e alsi had been tenlbly burned and her hal" was burnt off. It win? not thought that the Injuries would if-mlt fatally and eveiv effeit was made to lelleve her siiffenpg. but all to no aval!, and sh" p issed aw ty about J.'!0 o'e lock this morning. STRIKE AT PITTSBURG. The Seven Daily Papers Not Affected by Action of the Men. Plttsbuig, Dec. 29 The pi Intel s' strlice In Plttsotitg has not affected thu seven dally papeis. All mo Issued on time and In Just as good shape as be fote the stilke. The 3teicotypeis ic fused to go out when oi dered to by the International Tp.vographkal Union.. The ehiular of Ptesldent Donnelly, of thu 1 T. V., declaring all machinists (200,000 In number) to be lats hub en listed that body In favor of tho pub lisher and their clicular letter, un der the seal of their organization, Is being dlfati United among the other la bor organizations. The public recog nize that this Is a struggle between labor organizations and denounce the pt Inters for violation of contract. L'v cry paper affected by the strike Is In good shape. Typographical union No. 7, the local oiganlzatlon, having had no voice In the ordering of tho strike, seems to be waiting orders fiom In ternational headquarters at Indianapo lis. Meanwhile, their positions aio being rapidly filled. The allied print ing Trades and Glassvvorkers' union have refused to countenance the sttlke. The boycott effotts of tho pt Intel z have fallen flat, both in tho dicta tion und advertising departments. Decision for White. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 29. Tho bout bo twtcn Tommy White and Dick Uittn, laid In the Grand Opera houso here to. night, resulted In a decision for Whlu. George Slier was rtfeice. The mem went tho full fifteen rourds and ulthough In be .second Green scored u clean knotk cut. it was not a fast fight. White elcjrlv had thu bctt of It on pi.iuts, GERMAN LINER QfiTIIE ROCKS BIG MAIL STEAMER GOES AGROUND. The Position of tho Strnnge Vessel Is Very Serious ncavy Seas Are Breaking Over the Ship and Life Boats Aio Unable to Reach Her. Signals of Dlstiess Out. London, Doc. 29 A luge Germnn mall steamer, whoso name hus not yet been ascertained, his gone ngiound during a teitlllc gale In I'ast Hay, about a qu.uter of a mile fiom Dun gesse, thu southern extremity of Kent. Heavy seas at o hi caking over the vessel and the life boat.) are unable to reach hoi, Keflrs are entcitalned for the safety of the passengers. It Is believed the steamer Is onu of the llambuig Ameilcan llneis. It Is repotted that the position of the liner Is vety serious. Tugs and lifu boats were urgently requisitioned fiom Dover and Folkestone, but they had the tttmos dil'lculty In getting oft, owing to the gale. The sign lis of dlstiess were observed fiom the Sandhead light ship. THOMAS MACKELLAR DEAD. Tho Well Known Typo Founder Passes Away. Philadelphia, Dec. 29. Thomas Mnv Kalhir, senior member of the film of MucKt'llar. Smith & Jordan, type founders, died to lay of pneumonia at his home In Ueimantown. Mr. MacKollar, who was a pi Inter, poet and author, was born in New Yoik, Aug. 12, 1S12. At the age of 14 yeais he evinced an adaptability for the pi Inters' a aft and was given em ployment In the ofllce of the New Yorn Spy and later In the publishing house of .1. & J Hat pet In 1S3J he e line to this eltj and seeuied employment as pi oof reider In the tvpe and steieo tpe foundry of Johnson & Smith. In ISli he was taken Into thu business as a pirtner. n tho death of Mr. Johnson a now dim was formed under the title of MacKellar, Smith H Jor dan. Mr. MacKellar received the degiee of doctor of philosophy fiom the Univer sity of Wooster. Ohio. He was the au thor of numerous books, poems and hvnins, his most successful ventuie In the literal y line being "Tne Ameiicin Printer." a tieatlse on piactlcal pi lut ing. He was president of the Type Found ers' Association of the I'nltud States, and was a member of numinous other organizations. LIVINGSTON RELEASED. Evidence Shows That the Wife Mur derer Acted in Self-Defense. H.iltltnoie, Dei. 29. Franklin 1$. Liv ingston, thu blind man who late on i htlstnms night strangled his wife, Doia Livingston and on the following day paid a man a dollar to Tead hlni to the pullce station, Tins discharged fiom custody today by Judge Stock bridge. Livingston was bi ought Into court on a wilt of habeas cot pus. His attorney askod that he be released, on the ground thut the coionet's Juiy had decided that the murder was commit ted In self-defense, and tint the com mitment of the tot oner chniglng Liv ingston with murder was defective. Judge Stockbrldge took this view and dismissed the piisonei Tho evidence showed that Livingston had been attacked In the middle of the night by the wife und that he choked her to death to save his own life. Witnesses testified that they hud herrd Mis. Livingston tin eaten to kill her husband and a revolve! was found In her room when tho police seaiched the place HE HOPES TOR PEACE. President Mitcholl, of United Mine Workers Tiled of Strikes. Indianapolis, Deo. 29 John Mitchell, picsldent of the United Mlnu Workers, bald tod.iv "Thu coming convention wilt demand and the delegates fully expect to le celve a substantial advance In wages for coal mining Thote Is every as surance that wo shall have our de mands gi anted by the operntors." Discussing the icport ,if a strike In the Cential Pennsylvania district, no said: "I hope there will be no tiouble theie. In Tioga county there has Doen a stilke Involving 12,000 men for a good while and the operatois were given until Dec 28 to grant certain advances In wages, with the understanding that a failure to do so would involve i general strike and tho calling out if 40,000 miners in the district, of whl'h Cleat Held Is the center. I hope this trouble wilt not come. It Is all over w ages." Tim Pleased tho Ciowd. Detroit, Dec. 29. Retereo Tint Hurst pleaeed 1,500 spectators tonight when lo gave Cuilcy Supples, of Huffalo, the de elHlon over Dmll Sanchez, the "Cuban wondei" at tho end of their ten. round Lout before the Cadillac Athletic club, Anothor Kid Put Out. Ssraeuse, N. Y., Dec. 29 Arthur Jones, of Wasl'lngton, put out Kid Goulette, of Rochester, In the llrgt louml of what won to hoo been a tm-iound bout In this city, tonight, with a right swing on tho Jaw. Stata Treasury Repoits. Harrlsbuig, Dec. 29. Tho state treas ury leports that at the close of busl ttfss for December there wus $1,805, CCS r.S In the gunerul fund. During the month tho honoring of many school watt ants t educed the fund materially. Contribution of the Prince, London, Dec. 29 The Prince of Wales hus accepted the chief colonecy nf tho Imperial yeomunry and has con tributed 150 for the use of the organ-ieatio THU KKWS THIS MOilNLVIi Wealhor Indlcrtlom Todiyi PAIR AND COLO. 1 General Americans Carry a Filipino Stronghold. South African Wur News. Kvldetico at tho Mollneux Trial. Illg Gcrmar Steamer on tho Rutks. 2 Geneial Not tbeastctn Pennsylvania, Financial nnd Commercial. 3 Local-Tho R.tchelurs' Hall. i Kdltorlnl. News and Comment. 5 Local Social and Personal. "I'etmsy's" Washington Letter. G Local Lupllnskl Not Guilty of Lar ceny by Uullce. , Meeting of Armory Tittstees. 7 Local Hlg Increase In Capital Stock of the I, 1. A: S. Co. Lackawanna Cut-Ibtto Law vers. 8 Local West Scranton and Subuiban, 9 Round About the County. 10 Local Religious News nf tlio Meek. Sunday School Lcs-on foi Tomorrow. It Story "lirundon's Daughter." 12 Local Llvo Itydimtilal News. DUN'S REVJEW OF TRADE Collapse in Copper Stock Swells the List of Failures Commercial Lia bilities Small. New Yoik, Dec. 29 R. G. Dun & Co.'s 'Weekly Review of Trade will say In tomonow's Issue No coriect repoit of fniluies In IS)) can be made until the year his closed. A collapse of speculation In toppen stocks has swelled the aggiegate at noston alone ovei $lS.C0O,000 within n few days, and might et add to th tec cud. The fniluies thus far reported me fewer In number than In any year since 189". and smaller In amount of commercial liabilities than In any year since 1881. The week has been exciting onlv at Doston, wheie the falluies glowing out of speculation and the tffoits to te establlsh banks and linns .impended have not given the wiek a holiday diameter. Yet genural business is thoioughlv safe and piospemus, and no impel taut firms have tailed save, some which were individually connect ed with coneeimi Involved bj specula tion. Wheat and cotton specullalon has taken a holiday, pi Ices heitcely varying, and the movement of both Is ruiprlslngly small Atlantic e.poi ts of wheat, flour include, hive in four weeks only been 8,27S,C1S bushels, against 1V71 .v,7 illst voai, and Pad lie opotts 1,31I,2U bushels, against .!,83C, 80S last cur The corn oports tun-tint:- about au large u? last yeat. but cotton expoits this ipon'h have been less than halt 'ast veai's, with some eb'ciease in takings of splnnciy Ac cumulated -.locks In mills and maike'ts both heio and ubto-id ate ho luge that theie is no haste to ;i,'jr the pi lie asked. Th" Industtles ate i losing the most cAtijoidlnaiy yen of their history. The Ituie.ise in demand foi Iron aim steel products is the gicai fi-atui of thu car. With 41),::: tout, unsold and 211,516 tons piodiVMl v.nkly Januaiv 1 last, hlmleied by seveie weather so that the output March 1 tlruppi d lfi.Olj tons, but expanding In ovoty month nltei wards, the Industiy is now pio cluclng about "uo.ooo tons weekly and unsold stock nre i educed to 122,92.! tons, tind vet oideis unfilled will ro;ulio six to nine months' wink 'torn most es tablishments Pi let s have ne t ( hange I the past week, though demand for seine pioducts Improved a little. Tho nveiage of pilces closes 119 5 per cent, higher than January 1 foi pig end 102.S ner cent higher for rioduct Industrl's which depended on Indivi dual consumption have gained less, though more th.Mi populatl in. Con sumption of cotton has been l.ugor than evei. with an avenge udvani of 29 5 per i-nt Wool ha been mised bv speculation ::" per cnt., but n.ts been latgelv lommived. with cieit de mand for goods, which have iuIvuhimI but 17 pe- cent. Of boi.ts and jfhos east has shipped 40C.OO) cases, or 9 per cent, moio than last veai, and 27'i per cent, more thin In 1S92. but pt Ices "have advanced about 11 per cent, since J m uiry 1. In all these pioducts tiad shows a continuing stn.ng demand, il though quiet in the hnlieU y week. Fall uies for the week line been 221 In tho I'nl'ed States, against 2."2 last year, and twentv-flvu in Panada uguliibt twenty-two last .veai. SAMOANS BECOMING HOSTILE. Englishman Mux dered and Miny Torelgn Residents Threatened. I Vancouver. H. C, Dec 29. Details ot ino muruer or i'tanit Cornwall, th) richest Rtltlsh planter in tho Sanioun group, In his Samnan home. Novem ber 12 last, were brought by the steam ship Aorangl. Cornwnll was mmdeiod by natives while he was asleep. Hlth eito foielgners have lelt secuto In Samoa In times of peine, because tho Samoans biw looked on foielgn lives as sacicd and would never approach a white man with tho dellbetolo purpose of hnrmlng him. no matter what ag gravation he might have caused them. Hut that feeling towr.ids foreigner has changed, and although young Cornwall was generally popular ho Is only ono of u number of prominent foreigners whose Uvea have been threatened. Harrichurs Charteis. Hatrlsburg, Dec. 29. Charters wero Issued at the statu depuitment today as follows. Rilo Lithographing and Printing company, capital J200.000; Dnagltiited Water Freezing companv, of Philadelphia, capital $!0,000; Kottl (c Hall Lumber company, of St. Muivs, Hlk county, capitul $200,000. floland Roed's Condition. New Yoik, Dec 29. It was said at midnight at St. Luke's hospital that tho condition of Roland Rued, the actor, was practically unchanged from yestetduy. Steamship Arrivals. New York, Dec. 29. Cleared: Maas dam, for Rottordanii Campania, for Llvutpnol. Hamburg Ai rived: Pula tla, from Now York, CAPTURE OF A REBEL FORI Americans Carry a Fili pino Stronghold by Assault. COL. LOCKETT'S VICTORY Largo Number of Insurgents Killed, Several Takon Prisoners One Can non, Forty Rifles and 20,000 Rounds of Ammunition Captured. Casualties Among United Statoa Troops Slight. Washington, Dec. 2'). The adjutant geneial inched a cable message from Geneial Otis this morning, telling of the enptuto of u mountain stionghold bevond Montntban, nottheast of San Mateo, foi met ly supposed to be Impreg nable, and the capture of rseveial prls oneis and a laige quantity ot nrmt and ammunition. The dispatch Is as follows: "Manila. Dec. 29, 1S99. "Adjutant General, War Department, Washington: "Colonel Lockett, with leglment, two battalions Forty-sixth (Colonel Schuy ler),one Fortv-llfth (Colonel Doist) nnd company Twenty-si venth lnfnntry.two guns, Captain Van Dusen. attacked en emv COO stiong on mountain strong hold bevond Montalbiin, northeast San Mateo. Lai go number killed and wounded: twenty-four taken pi Hon ors. Loekett captured ono canno'i, fotty titles, 20,000 tounds ammunition, fino pounds powdet. arsenal, fortifica tions, all food supplies and consider able other piopuity. This captured point located on mountain trail, and foimeily supposed to bo Impiegnablo. Our casualties. Lieutenant Dnslow, Eleventh c.ivuliy, and live enlisted men wounded, mostly slight ; Private Mut oon, Foity-flfth Infantry, di owned." Terrorizing Natives. Manila, Dec 29, 10.10 p. m. The In stil gents who evacuated the coast towns between Dagupan and Vlgan, fleeing to the mountains before tho advancing Anieiicans, are returning In small bands to the towns the Ameri cans do not oooupv, teirorlzlng the natives and Chinamen who showed friendship for the Amet leans. Tho natives and Chinamen arc seeking the protection of thu Ameilean garrisons. Colonel Wessels cavalty, while scout ing in the vicinity of Tilnldad, foun 1 evidence of Filipino soldiers being In that vicinity, but It was impossible to bring about an engagement. Tho leient llie lease In the gatrlson at Nauiacpacun against a threatened lebel attack on Chilstmas day. aveited double Colonel Luther R. Il.ue, of the Thlrty-tlilid Infantry, 'vv ho has been following a patty of Ametlcaa piHoneis, lost ttack for thieo days about jjoc. 2j of such signs and evi dences of their passages that they customatily left behind them. It is thought the pilsoneis weie sep al ated and conveyed to l emote parts of the mountains, thus Inc leasing tho dlfllctiltlis of Geneial Young's ttoops to effect a icscue. Geneial Wheeler, who was letently In Manila lenuosting an appointment south In the line of the expected cam paign, Is now at Panlque. DEATHS OF A DAY. Tnwandn. Pa., Dee. 29 J. Perry Van fleet, who since 1S(H. with the exception of ono lei m us sheriff, h is been deputy sheilff of Hiadford tountv, died nt hH home hoie this evening, aced t.9 veai si. Consumption was the cause of death III ISM Mr. Vnnllcet was elected sheitff nnd set veil till oe j ears Previous to thnt he was county troasuioi for two veins. Ills wife survives St. Paul. Dec. 29 K. V. Smallej. edi tor of the Noithwestern Magazine and ttt'ietaiy of the National Sound Money haguo, died tonight lather suddenly He had been suffeilng for a few das fiom neivous dy.mesla. Huffalo. N. Y. Doc. 29. Ludwlg C Nenningeii, editor and proprietor nf Deutscher Xeltung of Aubuin, N Y, was found dead In a room In Cm tin's hotel today. The cause of death Is un know n New Yoik. Dec. 29 Mrs. Florence Munstleld Wotth. wlfo of Hrlgadfor Geneial William S Worth. V. K. A , retlied, died vcstertlny at Fort Hamil ton, N Y. Noffro Roubterc Drowned. Shrcvepurt. La., Dec. 29 The steamer Linda, of Shreveport, burned to tho waters edgo and sank off Vancevllle. on the Red ilvei, today. The officers nnd ctew weie compelled to take to tho water and swim for whole, as it wan linpoi sible to run the boat ashore win u tho tlio was discovered. Five negro roustets fiom Phrevepoit wero either 'mined to death or di owned. Th" cause of the fire Is unknown. Lieutenant Taylor Dead. Washington, Dec. 29 General Otis at Manila cabled the war depaitment today that I'ltst Lieutenant Kdvvai 1 R. Tnyloi. Twelfth Infantry, was run over by n ttaln crossing the Agno rlvei, near Hautlstit, on tho 2Cth Inst, and died In a few hours. Lieutenant Tay lor was born In Illinois and was ap pointed to the at my fiom Idaho In June, 18S9. Pennsylvania Postmasters. Washington, Dee. 29 Pobtmusters for olllces of tho fourth class In Penn sylvania were appointed today as fol lows: William Thompson, Rovvman Creek, Wyoming county; 13. O. Dlm inlckj Klmer Slaughenhaupt, Schultz vllle, Lackawanna county, 4- -- -t-4- -f X WEATIIER FORECAST. t 4. Washington Dec. 29 Forecast f for Saturday nnd Sunday Dastern - f Potumvlvanla Fair, continued cold -f Satuuluy and Sunday; freah west -f -f to north wlrcis t tTttt-ttt t ttt
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