fe&r ribtme. xaxwTsa j- V V " ..tt&S TWO CENTS. SCRAXTOX, PA., FRIDAY 3LORXJX0, JANUARY 12. 1900. TWO CENTS. -n n ii in iiiw .-3mL7-rsEsamiiQmagmB!t mm;srn7zmr- teTK B TVH qH rTV H IH'xTkM AA wggj KT3VdBABMRrJliaUlininVVK'V inn -L. .M P 1" - ':?s2S!p3BrUJ!''si&9mEiM WAR PLANS OF THE BOERS The British May Return to Their Original Scheme. BULLER DEFEAT REPORTED Great Cential Advance on the Cap ital of the Orange Fiee State. Loid Hobeits May Not Be Able to Move for a Month. Lomlon. .Jan. l. 1 a. lit Lee-Met-ford c.uti Ides .110 running short In the Hiltlsh migizines, .uul nccuidltnj to .1 semi-official lepoit the win otfk" pi opuses to fall back tempmnilly ilium KM 000,000 "inaik IV" expanding bullets, most (if wlili h aie illicitly stoted In South Aft ha. The war ullUe, linwexir, has Issued a stiht older tu the volume eis th it the lift iiuii.ds ut 'maik IV" glvmi them must be used In pi.utlce at home, nore being taken to South Afilcii. After the public announcement tint Ho such bullet would be used In this war, It! i mplo imiit, the Dillv Chi on lele thinks would be a sulous buaih of faith, i spec I ill as the Hiltlsh tom m.itidcis hive ( omplalm d tint th' lions occalsioniilh lisp smh piojictlks. 'I he nevvspiptts wue it tunc 11 'd ellli Ing the inilv di.vs of the wai to a itnsnishlp, taking II toi gl. lilted tint full nai lathes sent 1 mall would sup ply all delltkiic. I'm Mime weeks, however, pm the m ill oi a stimuli nee that has in ihed In London has shown sUns of h ihltual sclssoilng by the cen soiages JIi'si i;;cs are liuinbeied with out iluolioloKli.il oi IokIliI connection, loiving the happt nlngs di sullied quite unintelligible 111 inanv ( ises. Tilt ctll tois, .ii tliiK nosslblv In (oiueit, are lay ing tin so tails liefme the public and Insisting th n they be pcimltted to know and to pilnt the fats The Dalh .Mull foimallv act use the wai alike oi ' dm toting ' In editing olfl ilil dlspitihcs betoie tluir Issuamo, and cites p ii Hi ul us. The 11 illy Cluonkle aus that llute seems to be an titbit i! lomplt.iey against lettln? the tiuth be known. Although the iniiiilier of deiths fimn ilvsuii' i ..ml int. ilc fier at Laely Miilth lie limi publlshid bv the war ollitc, since Satuid iv'.t light, nothing has hern glen out it ending the looses In the eng igenn tits The war ollli " a-siits that it has nothing to Rili' nut Aim-ihili nltli. win). In the ab siiite of lepoiteiii! r ntlh I a I descrip tions Horn the -ut nt .ai, pom foith pages m leiijeitnre and opinion, ion i hub that not niiuh Is to be expected of the HilllHi hosts lu South Afll"c, until l.onl Hobeits sh ill lino hid Plentv of time to thick, h its shall hr atihtd winking nn fm the Roeis. m tlti s nun e ili'Utult the .iml fush Time is F'.tch day time be- le.ig'.ewd positions -1 though the " ,u ofllio declines to cmii'iin the i limit that Lord ..Whuen lias ljtin ut ilUu to I'ngl mil, Inqtiliy made h an Associated l'n ru tones, pendent .it Ueneial Methiun's hotn at Wlllshho hae eliiltid the Infor mation tint when be icceived his wound this thieu him heavily ami spin ii and otlnr injuilos supei veiled. The theon is now .iclvanctd th.it the mIui is of tin lei man mall steumois Hei7og and (Jeiural, since uloaud. were made mi pin pose Iv misleading Infm inatlon supplied to Hiltlsh agent", the ck'siui belli.? to i-nbioll (iieat Riitnln and Geinmnv In a (imiiel. London. Jan, U.Tln Dallv Mail is. "H learn that In the attack on lid.'smlth last SUutdiv. January 6, the Hrltish losis wcie touiteen of ceis killed. thlrt-four v.oi'iulpd and ovei N)rt noii-Lommlssloned ntlheis .in I men kllleil or wounib 1. The Boer loss, we b.'aul, was tsllnntici at be tween L',000 and 'i Oio." Ladysmlth's Piovialons. Loudon, Jan. 1.. A disp-uh to the fiailv Mail fiom I'litenn Hitching, iated Janu.uy i, sas' '1'ihate uihleis f i om Ladvsmlth, dated .lanuaiv .', mv that latlons of biead and meat aie plentiful, and tin Paulson hid not thei, toiulvd the 'bull' beef and biscuit supplb b Lu' ui Us me s-Liiio In Lid smith, but th hospitals are veil Mipplied with milk and the bor.ses are In f,n id condition." London, Jan. 11 The annouiuunent of the ai rival of I'll Id M.ushal Loid Robeits and llenetal Loid Kitchener Bt Capo Town h w lallid to stem tha growing Impatieiue of the lountiy at the prolonged Inactivity In the main Biltish Limps and the entlie absence of news f i om the fiont. The public, and piess being unable to tonn any Just Judgment as to the actual po-d". tlon of aff.ilis, upoith ai ife th it Inaction Is infoned on Cienernl Uulle" owing to the exhaustion ot the ic erves of nminunltion, and th"ie aie even iiimms of a shell famine at home It Is almost unlveisall assumed th it with the landing of tJent i.ils lioh eitH and Kitchener :t pioinpt letuin Is to be made to the oilglual plan of campaign, namel.v. n great ccnti.il nil. vnnce on Hloemfonteln. Ilut the most Impatient of the enthusiasts admit that Lord Hobuls will be iimble to move bcfoie the end of the month. Up to the time of llllng this despatch no news of any Impmttuice hid been received today from South Afilea. REPORTED DEFEAT OF BULLER. Another Paris Bourse Canard Circu lated in London.. London, Jan. 11. On the stieet today Kattlr securities weie weak, owing o a icport fiom Pails that (Uncial. mill er had met with another defeat. A lepoit wait cunent In the clubs later In thu day that a butlu was progressing ut the Tugela ilvei. but nothing could be obtained In ecu rubor tion of the icport. METHUEN NOT RECALLED. Officlnl Denial of a Report That He Was to Be Replaced Unconfirmed Statements About His Mental Con dition. London, Jan. II. The nniclnls of the war ollke bete deny the ttport, pub lished In the United States, that Gen eral Methtlen had been re culled. Chicago, Jan, 11. A cable dispatch fiom London to the Chicago Tribune ta.vs. "Lliuteli.tnt-Ciehct.il Lord Mi -thin n, ininiuandlng the column advanc ing to the tcllef of Klmbelley, is to be relieved of his command within two weeks'. Liter ho will be sent to Capo Town and eventually ordeied home. When lie leaches Kngland lie will lu let lied. These fai ts have been con tinued by an oilklal of thu war oilier. "Loid Methuen'H case Is a sad on. AUvus a man of lather frail phvslitu nlthough an uthlete and sportsm in. his constitution began to show slcns uf breaking down almost lmmcdl Uelv after he took command of his division 'I hi to dus after the battle of llelmont Uclieial Vv'olseley suggested to the war nmeo that Lord Methtlen be r--lieved. The advise wtis not heeded, but the wisdom of thl aged but keen commander-in-chief')! suggestion Is now realized. "Krlends ot Loid Mcthuen Insist that he is only In btoken health; that the sti.iln ot many campaigns has shat teied his natuially nervous sstem. Those peisons who knnvv the clituin stancis and the stluatlon on the Mod clei river equ illy well and who aie willing to give out fatts plalnlv, sny that the general's mind Is unbalanced. Constant proof of that, they say, h in b"en coming to the notice nf the olll clals of the war ofllee for weeks It Is .I'soited that the commander of the Modder ilvei foiees has s, nt to the government .some of the most remark able me-isngts ever leeched fiom a geneial In action One. leeched a few dav c ago, is u f ill sample of the ot'i eis, n contained onlv thiee vvouls: 'Darkness afti i Diwn." "It Is akl by those acquainted with the Inner woiklngs and plan of catn pilgn adopted bv the war ollke that Lmd Kltihnei, the heio of Omdurmaii, who, with Lord Hobeits, ,u lived nt C ipc Town tod i.v, will pioceed Imme diately to Motldei ilvei. He ni.iv not take ai live Held coiniu md of the tiooi p, hut -vlll put the column in winking oi dei ng.iln and then assign some one else, piobablv (U-netal Cohllle, to taka Metbtii n's place. "Lend Methtlen, in addition to his I othe i eteeiitikltles, has qua! relied w Ith a nuinbei of officers uudi I him Thie of them. Colonel Aithui I'.iget, Colon d Ciougli and Ciptaln Caniphtll, he or deied home. Thev ai lived In London today. Colonel Uotigli is seeking a vin dication bv coiiit-miitl.il. When the colonel attempted to discuss the plan if the Mngeisfontein attack Mcthuen oi del eel him under amst. 'The lyondon piess Is eo'isldeiably suipiesslng the tine state of aff.ilis so far as Jlethueu's ailment is concerned, but tile newspapcis do not hesitate to pilnt the haid facts about the battle of Miigersmontcln, which aie just reaching them tlnough the mails. They I all go to show. In the language ot an office r, that 'the attack was Hint of a madman.' AGAINST THE RUSSIANS. Julius Rosendale Thinks They Should Be Excluded. Washington, Jan. 11. Jullu" Hos endale, special agent of the denuit- ,.,. r ..i..i.n n... ..i.... i, -.. .. i wX" ;:.'.;.".:.' .""H ' .ifjii.i.1 .a uiriiiii: n.j Iit4iinkl J.ll I Mill mission today and spoke on the sub ject of the immlgiatlun of Husslan and Yiddish Jews. He desetlbed the condition of these peisons In tlie. city of Phil uklphli, thawing a glomuv pic. tin? of the conditions, existing in tho slums t'lelc. He advocated an amendment to the law i, forbidding tuither Immlgi.ition ot the i lapses mentioned and said that In his opinion thu municipal authoil ties should exeielsp dllect contiol in the matter of cnfotcli.g ck lnllnes and useful labor in connection with such linm'gi.ints an aie now heio. HOPE TO ESCAPE HANGING. Gang of Eight Convicted of Muidei Want New Tiials. Pottsvllli. Pa , Jan. 11 -A motion rr a new till! lias been nnde tor Hollas Hub. ness, i onviettil 1 eie tsti iduv of numler In thu Hi st tic-re foi plotting with mviii otheis the death of Jostph Hut IdoWhkv, who v.. is killed at Willi mi Penn 'I bo evidence tended to show that Itollus stiuck tlie t it.ll blow. As to Matt Hubncss, his biothii. who was aeqiilttnl, ft was (.liovvii that ho at ted '.ithei as a tiiacitniket than as a pioinotcr of tho tumble The iiiiiuUt.il or Mutt Hllbucs, will be the bislt loi arKU'iiciit for a itvltw of the c.ihps of the clht men convicted of inurdei. SERIOUS TURN OF A JOKE. Boy and Gill Locked in n Church Neatly Died from Gas. Hethlcheni Pa, Jtn, 11. Aftci a re vival meeting In tho Hvangc Ileal church, at Hellertown, nrictleal jol'iis locked a boy anil a gill in tho galleiy of tlm church, and when the couple wire ies. eueil li tho janitor thev wcro suffering terrtbh fiom ispitplng ccal g.o-. As the jokers drove u wedge In tlio ki.vhole the tiustees of tho i luire h will prosecute them foi damaging propel t). Jury Pleaded Guilty. Holltl isburg, l'n. Jan. 11. I) ihlel Jur pleaded guilty In the Hliilr county court tot'a to muidei in the Mcond lc gne. He was sentenced to vui jouh and four iiiinths Imptlsonuitnt lu the evestern penltontlniy. Ten months ago Jur killed P.Uikk Sliechun In Altoonu bv slrlkii g him over tho head with i neck uke. 'I he fi ct that ho wns ilruiik ut tho time mvul him from biasing. Snow's Sentence Commuted. Hoston, Jan. II Ilv an iitiinimuuH voto tho OM'cutho eouniil today t ninmutdl the scnttlicii of lMwaid Huy Snow, the ltl-ear-old bo inurdi rer, liom death by rlec trlilty to life Impiltonmeuf bnow re. e-ently pleaded guilty to a chaigo ot niiir derli'g James T. Wliltttnuuo last Sep tenibc r. Nominations Confhmed. lishll gton, Jan, 11 Thu senate toJuy coi. Hi mid tho nmnli utlmiH of 1'iauk Ii MouN, nf ulilo, to bo auditor tor the war ilepnilnunl, i.i d V. W. Hiovvu, of I'enn. svlvanlu, to be audltur foi tho imvy department. ENGLAND'S REPLY TO MR CHOATE VIEWS IDENTICAL ON THE SUB JECT OF SEIZED GOODS. British Government Doc3 Not Claim That Any of the American Goods on the German Baik Maria Weio Contraband of Wat Investigating Facts in Connection with Goods Received. Washington, Jan. 11. The answer of the Hrltish government to Ml. Chcutu's septesentntlons rrspo( ting the selzuics of Aineiiean Hour and othei goods on the vessels iJcntilee, Maslion.i and t Maria has been iccelved. Just as the officials of the state- ikp.it tmelit ex pected. It nmountid onlv to a pattlal unsvvei, vciy satNtactoiy as tat as It gots, disposing of the ch. u deter of Mime of the goods sclztd, but not tin ally deciding bioadly whether or not foodstuffs ate to be regatded as con ttaband. The Hiltlsh government adopts pieclselv the point of lew 10 gatding the seized goods that was as sumed by the state rtrpai Intent and embodied by Ml. Choate In his note , on the subject addressed to the Hiltlsh foielgn olliee. In this Mr. Choate le pmtb as follows: "That the answer Is highly satisfact ion that It it broul and libel al In terms. The position assumed bv the Hiltlsh government Is that foodstuff) In tianslt to a hostile destination can be i emit dec! as contiabaiid of wai only when they are supplies for the client's foiees It is not suflklent that they ate capable ot being used for the bene llt of the enemy; it must be shown that thev aie so In fact tluoiigh their destination at the time of the stUtiie. The Hiltlsh government does not el tlm that any of the Atnetlcan goods on the C.eimin buk Maiia and the Hrltish baik Miifhona weie conliaband of war. The Hiltlsh government is Investigat ing the faetb In connectiin with the goods Felzed on the tblul vessel, the Heat! ii e. Nothing was Tid in Mr. Choito's lepoit explanatory of the pieiedlu incssjgp, touching a leleisp of the seized goods, but of course, a fair lu fetenee fiom the st itement that the goods on two ot the vessels had been found to be not loiitiabind Is that they either will, or have been ah each" leleaseel If any question arises as to compmsulon to the owneis on ac omit of these sel-cines that can be adjusted 1 itei on. It Is piobible, howevii, that the Hiltlsh government will not wait foi anj hint, but will voluntirih make sue h amends us stem to be fail. It Is believed that the unccitaln'v as to the i haunter of the Heatriie'd c.ugo Is b iscd upon an Imnufect knowledge of the owneishlp ot the goods. Liter In the c' iv the following ofll c 1 il statement was given out by the I ruuc iic'i'.u iiiiiru i A telcgiam has been leeched fiom Ambassador Choate leportlng an in terview bad by him with the Maiquis of Sillsbuiy on the afternoon of the 10th Instant, In icgaid to the Aineiiean shipments' ot fiom and piol-dons in the detained Hiltldi steaineis Heatilco and Masheitn and the Dutch steamer Maiia. Tho Hiltlsh position as 10 foodstuff and hostile destination i that they can only be tousldeied con uaiiaim ui wai u b traband of wai if supplied the enenrv'n tric. It net being sue dent that thev aie capable of being so used; but It 'must be shown that this was their destination at the time of seUuio. This qualification xlrtually concedes tha American contention that tho goo Is j weie not subject to sMuie and piac I tli ill disavows the selzuies: it not being claimed that theie Is any evi dence ot hostile destination. STUDYING THE VOTE. Democrats Will Tiy to Investigate I,ocses. Philadelphia, Jan. IL Tho commute of Demoeiats appointed by dial! man Hilling of the Domociatie, state com mittee to investigate the falling oft lu the Detnociatle vote in i'hll.idelphl i, Allegheny and other counties in tlie state held .motliei meeetlng heie to d.i. The committee his held suveial meetings heio at which thlit-tlme jieisnns gave testlmon. This ineetlng, like the pievlous sessions, was 3d behind closed doois. Nine wlrtiess's were hc.ud, the last that the ptoseti'. tion expects to call. Tho committee will hold Its nect ineetlng at Plttsbtug on Jan. IS, and will sit in this city again on Jan St. Hetwcin tbo lSth and 21st Inst, the Investlhatms will hold n session In the interioi of the state. The time an I plate for which j-esslon will bw decided on lalei. FETTEROLP'S NEW JOB. Will Take Chaige of the Business Men's League. Philadelphia. Jan. 11. A. D. Fottei olf. of Montgomeiy county, who last week icslgned his position us lesldcnt tletk of tho houhu of lepiesentathe?, was toduv elected stelctarv of the i v. i ec utlve committee ot tin state Itepuh- llean oiganiatlon opposed to Quay, unci his re-ckctlon as United States senator. Mr. I-'etterolf will take chu'o of thu details of tho appiouchlng campaign for the committee. In conjunction with V. A. VnnValkenliuig. of the Uuslncs Men's league ot the stute. Indictment Against Hosser. New York. Jun. 11. The rfrimd jury to. clay found an Indictment loi assault In the first ileguo against Willis Hossir. tho uiedlcnl btiidcnt who at thu i lose or tho six dty lilcvdo liien lu Miullsein Square Garden, on Oic. fi, shot Pmkile hlutci, of Itahwii, N. J., In a qururtl ov r a bet. ting dispute. Koss. i, while a soldiei, u ccntly klllnl u nun In ban Pranilcii und was tiled for muidei nnd acquitted. Twelve-Yeai -Old Boy Lost. Hpeilal to tho Bci.inton Tribune. Tciwiinclii, Jan. 11 Perry Vaudeiponl, of Terry township, this county, vmis la town estcrclny searclilng foi hltt 1J-iiu-old sou. It is claimed that a tramp had enticed the boy from hnniei mi Yi.eiluy, .uul that tluv eiune townul Tovv.iiiiln, tli., f.inlij lin.lt.r. I..... ...I.I..I vl..i..lt i...u .us.n ,.., ii. ii. .ii ,v,,... .,..(,, was continued tuvwutl thu statu hue. THE MOLTNEUX TRIAL. Prof. Rudolph Whltthaus the Prin cipal Witness Yesterday. New Yoik, Jan. 11. The principal witness todiy In the trial ot Holand H. MollnctiN. for the minder of KuMiirlne J. Ad tins was riofps.'cu lludulph IL Whltthaus, the well known chmuht. who made an nihil sis of Mrs. Ac' tins' stomach, of various portions of Henry C. Harnet's evhumccl body and ot the box emit lining an elfeivescent silt which it Is said Hirnet took befot : his death. llr. Whltthaus said he found mer curic! cvanlde In the contents of the lai net bo and the common constitu ents of Kutnovv powder. He found a sin ill quintlty of cvanlde and met -liny In Uainet's liver. In the kldnes he found mercury, and lu the butln, lilt II tu v. Witness tin n took up the Ad ims case. In the deadly bromo seltzer bot tle Prof. Whltthaus said all the con stituents of the powder found bv him were the icgul ir constituents of biomo fccltzer except nuieury and cyanogen. The imalvls was made ot powder 1 taken icspec tlvely fiom the upper and lower p.uts of tho bottle. The fminer ! developed the piesence of 11 43 pel cent. cauidc of meicuiy, and the latter I 4J in per cent. Mis l'lore tu e lingers, daughter of Sirs. Adams and who was piescnt at the time of her mother's death, de scilbed the poisoning. Mis. Hogers was vet self-possessed and showed no emotion. Hei stmy agreed with that told by Hanv Cennlsh and a long emss-eximlnatlon did not shako her tc stimuli , Hi of. Whltthaus will go on the stand agiln toiuotrow to tcstlf as to his ninth ss of the contents of the glass fiom which Mis. Adams diank the l.i tal cli aft, and as to his unalsls of Mts. Adams' stonach. DR. TRENCH DEAD. Was the Most Successful Woman Physician in the Countiy. Hoston, Jan 11. Dr. Hllrabeth J. riench. of Phil idelplila, one or the best-known woman phvslci.uis In the count!", died at her daughters home late this afternoon. Dr. Hi each had leached hei eigh tieth pu She was widely known I'm" mauv t.us her petmanent nsi dence was lu Philadelphia. In this citv she not only had a most success ful cm ii in the pt act Ice of medicine In association with hei d.uightei, Ui. 15 Kieiith-Patterson, who Is also n leglsteied pi.ictitlonci : but In addition Hi. 1'ieiuh was long ic cognized as one of the call lcadets In the adv anted lositlons lu the fields of exai t silence, now s,, inigcly occupied by highly edu cated and ambitious women. The ad vantageous use of tlectilclti" In medi cal thei.ipeuties unhen il fn the piac the of todi was flist niiile.iuspklous 1)' her diseovciles and her teachings, aim wnne sue nail to oviicome tn 1 usual obstu l.-s eocounteied in tin progiess ot any novelty In medical silence, her Inventions and her skill in the const! tic tlon of medical bctteilcn and similar appliances for udmlnlstei ing electilelty In the tieitment of phy- - - slcal ailments bi ought her both fame and foi tune. In Philadelphia, until bet' gieat bodily activity was hlndeicd by an nceident that made her lame for the test of hei life, Ui. riench took ,a foremost pait In all the public pio jects and undertakings of her ovv n sex to lessen tho sufferings of the poot ; and she dlsti United her l.uge means I with unstinted hand for ehuilty pei poses Intellectually, she was a woman of gieat fmce; and with a commanding presence, a powerful and melodious voice, and that rate quality of mag netism which is almost hpnotk. Hi. , Fieuch was an aggiessive and a con futing advocate In discussions, al though In her democratic life she was as gentle as u timid child. Hi'. 1'unch was boin In Mechanics lung, Pa, in 1SJ1, the dauqhtei of a phsclan, and fiom .in eaily ago w olketl with hei father at the place of berblith. Litci.aftei hei m.uilige. she lemoved to New Yoik and con tinued in Pi.ietice theie and in Phila delphia for many eais, nnel fm the last six e.us in Hoston. Hi. Punch was one of the ablest unci stiongest advocates ot tenipeianee of her day, hiving kenned extensively on this subject and belli,; the oilgini tor of the w omen's piavlng band, Shu also was the author of sevtial books on her special medical work and upon tenipeianee. m BATTLES IN THE CONGO. Repoits of Two Engagements with Rebellious Batatelas. Htussels, Jan. 11. The Holt today s.is that a detachment of Congo Fiee Mate' ttoops, untiei H.iiou Dhanls, the Helgian coinmandci, hid two battles with the lebellious Hatatel.is in the lieighboihood ot H.naki, enly In Oc tobei last. The paper adds th it nine ty of the Ultatelas weie killed, but that the Congo Pico State t loops suf fered no casualties. Among the killed weie time e hlefrf. The Coiijjo tioops weie undei the Im mediate (otuinnnd of Lieutenant Hecq, though Haron Dh.inls directed the op eiatlous. SANK THROUGH THE RIVER ICE Stranger Walking Across When He Suddenly Disappeared. Norilstonn. Pa . Jan. II I'miii her homo along thu b ink of tho Sclui Ikill, ut Port Kenucih, Mis. Jacobs was this inoinlng wall king a man iioss thu liver on the be, when suiUleul. as shu gl inrnl asldt tor a moment bo disappiMrid Sho sas he mint biivo gone clown ttiimmh u hole and tli owned, Mrs. Jacobs was aim e in the house nt the time and was unable to c to tlie bt!nns,cri assistance. 'J ho coronet baa been ucillllctl, Steamship Artivals. New Yoik, Jun. II. Sailed, Li Cham, pigne, fm llavie. Airhed" Tiave, fiom Uicmrn. Queeiwtown Killed: Oi eanlc. lur New Yoik. Hiemen Arrived: hiilscr Willie Im Del" (!loi"e. New Yoik ll Clicl bonis und Souttiiimpton. Off for Natal. New York. Jun. 11. Tho steamship Au cheiuudeu stilled todii fiom Urookhn tor Cape Town, Hast London ai.d Poit Natal Uesldis an ImmciiMi caigo of provisions, llniir and grain, tlm cirrlrs thirty tuiop horses and flity tiuuspurt mules, STEAMER WRECKED ON A REEF Passenger Ship in Dis tress Off Newfound land Coast. BODIES WASHED OFF DECK Passengers Were Clinging to the Rigging Just Before Nightfall It Is Feared That They Will Perish Before Daylight The Boat on Fire. St. Johns, N. I'., Jan. 11. A large htcamer, believed to be a passenger ship, whose name cannot et be as certained, v.ts vviecked on it reef in St. Maiy's bay, about livo miles from shore. The vessel, which lies with her heal low In the wtter, is on Hie aft. Sevei.il persons have been vvabhed oft the deck dining the day. Just before nightfall othcis weie dcbcricd In the lining. It Is feared that these will pcrl-di befoie daylueak. At this hour. !) p. in , it Is Impossible to se nile any turtlier putkulais, nor can uny be obtained before morning. lUATION AT MANILA. Admiral Dewey Was Aware of the Plight of the Spaniards. Washington, Jun 11 Het ponding to the senate's i isolation ot Inquliy the M'cietniy of the navy today sent to the senate a i opy nf Admnal Dewey's ltpoit ftom Hong Kong, dated Mitch "1, Is'Js, if lathe to the. situ itlon at Manili. The text of tlu npott shows that it was made lu i espouse to a tel" giam eif inritiliy fiont he 'ecietaiv, and the adrilri'l gives In detail the names of the available csels unefei" bis commancl. and also list of Spiln's vessels und other means of de- I t.rw . nt Mnnlln Tie stated that his i. - ... .. . own squadtmi was in a high htato or plllciencv. Speaking of the Spanish forces he said it nuinben il "about 13000 soldiers of all aims In all the islands, of which half ate In the x'hin- Hy ot Manila. The hl.inds are now In a state of instil icrtlon and my in- formant.s "Lite that even the Spanish soldiers who constitute only a small part of the whole aie disaffected. Hoth ships and forts aie in need of ammu nition " To this stnteni"nt he add?d the fol lowing. "I believe T am not ovei cnntident In stating that with the squadion now undei tri command the vessels cculel bo taken and the de fenses ut Manila i educed In one day. Theie Is eveiv reason t) believe that with Manila taken or blockaded the rest of the inlands would fill either to the Insiu gents or ouis-eh p", as th -y aie onlv held now through the suppoi"t ot the navv and are tlppendent upon Manila for sup lies. Ipfotmatlon Ins just icaehed me tint thoto are r. 000 armed icbels in camp near Manila, who aie willing to nssdst me." ANOTHER COAL ADVANCE. Bituminous Will Be Increased 30 to .35 Per Cent. Philadelphia. Jan. 11. The Press to monow will s tv : On Apt II 1 thpre Is to bo an advance of at least .10 to !!j cents per ton on bituminous coal Height l.ites and a meeting of the bituminous coil carry ing roads Is to be held within u few dis. This advance will cause bitum inous coal companies to put up the pike of coal us In the Cumbeilmd legion the mlneis will get at least In per cent, more per ton, and In the Cleailleld legion the cents mote, while the total Increase In the cost of pin ductlou will be L'5 cents pei ton. Tho bituminous ti.ide Is In u flout ishlng condition, tint the operatois aie hav ing tiouble In secuilng enough eui.s to meet deinends. The lallroads aie using mote bituminous than they have for e.us. and factories all over the countiy aie asking for speedy ship ments, as their supplies aie limited. In Hoston soft coal which hi ought fiom $-5i to $J00 per ton six months ago, now leadlly sells for U 50 and $3. Dewey Home Volumes. Washington, Jan. 11. Treasurer Hob erts and Atslstant Secietnry Allen this afternoon nresertcd to Admiral Downy tho beautiful volumes recently prepared containing the names of tho contributors to tho Dewey home, tcothrr with a Ids tory of tho efforts to r Use tho money tor tho home. Tlie pitttntatlon was made at tho admiral's hcniu nnd was without cere moil. Tho admiral c: pressed his giatl tilde foi thu l letent. Suicide of an Odd Fellow. Philadelphia, Jan. ll.-W. P. Jennings. arid Si) ears, unci of the eldest Inmatts ot tho Odd Pcllows' homo In this city, committed suicide tod ly by stabbing him c.lt with a shoem ikt r'b knife, lln Ji id been a sufferer fiom rheumatism tor sumo time. Bryan's Delaware Date. Wilmington, Del , Jan. 11. Tho date of William J. Bonn's visit to Delaware has been set for Prlday. January 25, whin ho i ill make an oeldrehs In tho evening at tho Orand open home. This will probiblv be Mi. Hoan's only elate In Delaware. Latham Defeated, Boston, Jan. 11 Ueoigo Standing, Amrilcaii piofesslonul racquet champion, defeated Peter Latham, world'N cham pion, today on tho U. A. A. court, throe straight games, 13-0, 15-9, lij-p THh NEWS THIS MOUNINU Weather Indications Today) RAIN, General L irgo Steamer Wrecked Oil New l'aunilliiiul Coist. Houth African War News. Coiigresson.il Doings, Hiiglaiid's Heply to Mr. Clioite. (leneral Northt istrrn lVunslvaiila. 1'lu.incial and Commercial. Local Common Pleas Court Dolngsc Work of u Day in Superior Court. lMltorlal. News and Comment. Locul Trolley Car Wrecked and Many Persons Injtued. Pour Arrests for Hleellon Prauds. Local West Ser.ititon and Suburb in. Hound About tho County. Local Clnrcnco Hozello's Vnyago to the Philippines. Live Industildt News. TRADE TREATY WITH FRANCE. Report of Strong Opposition in Washington and Paris Denied. Paris, Jun. IL A representative oi the Associated Press lias been Informed at tho foielgn ofllee hero that, so far ns the officials are aw aie, theie Is ab solutely no truth In the despatches fiom Washington, published in Lon- , don, to the effect of stiong opposition In the United States senate and the 1 Trench chamber of deputies against the latifkation of the comnietvlal tieaty between France and the United States. It is ptobablc, the foreign office offi cials add, that they would have henrd of such action if it had been tekmi, it nothing whatever his been re ceived from the Trench embissv nt Washington casting doubts on the rati fication, and they utterly disitcdn the cabled lepmts They point out that, so fur as the chanibci of dpaties Is concerned, there Is not the slightest leason to suppose that the tat f cation is In jeopardy, and they are lonlb'ent that theie will be no hitch on either side, and that the tieat will soon be In effect. ORGANIZING MINERS. Mr. Mitchell wHilPush the Woik as Rapidly as Possible. Indianapolis, Jan. 11. Piesldi nt Mit chell, of the United Mine woiktis, said that thee woik of oianizlng would be taken up with icnewcd vlgoi Imme diately after the conventions and con feu nee closed. He itmsldeis the an thiaclte legion of Hastcin Pennsl vanli one ot tho most inviting fields In the five counties aiound Haletoii Luzerne county, Pa., time aie JOO.OO) minei", of whom only L'0,000 aie ot- ganized. I jt Mitchell a ' ntinn ..i,.,. ,. ilso s.is the United mr. titfintM Ai kMM nri . ill iiiii.tvJi(jLuiii. i.iir il 111 .. H1..I .1.4.x. II. . ..... U theli organization Into all of the far western countiy wlieievei coal mlneis are working, even though It luings i them Into itinlllct with the westein federation of mlneis. a dozen or more members of the na I tional boaid and delegates ai rived to day and sevei.il hundied aie expected tomonow unci next day. LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION. Officers Elected at Philadelphia Yes terday. Philadelphia, Jan. 11. The Penns! vanl i Lumbermen's Piotectlve asso ciation at It. annual meeting here to day elected the following offkeis: Picsldent, W. M. Janes. Steelton; vice president, H. S. Thomson, Lueme; senetaiy and treasuier. T. J. Snouden, ' Stranton: diiectois for thiee e.us, s Heck, Allentown: W, 'A Senei, Lin eastei: diiectois for one e,u, Hmil Ouenther, Philadelphia: Thomas P. Menitt, Reading: diiectois for two eaitf, A. J. Giatei, Nonistown, an I L S. Hman, Wllkes-Hane. The next meeting will be held In July at Wllkes-Hane. COAL IN SANTIAGO. Business Men Interested in n Test in Mayaii Distilct. Santiago De Cuba. Jan. 11 Huslness men, especially those Intote steel fn mining, weie gieatly Intel est d In a test made tod.iv ot coil leccnth dl-i-eoveied in tlie Ma ail ellstiict. A coil mine in Cubi would be of Hit gu.itest possible value. At piinnt the pile ot coal Is $s per ton for ships and steam plants; and then Is vntuall." no dmnt'stlc consumption owing to this piohihittvc tlguie. Scientist) nave alw,is told tint it was In, pos sible that coil should cnI"1 In Cuba: nnd all test1- eif leputnl discoveiid3 have icsulted lu falluie. Bryan and the Contests. 1'rankfort. Ky.. Jan. 11 -Thu sliver Democrats who .no opposing eioebel cl tlm to have illicit lufoimation tint Colmitl Hi an does not approve of the contests which aie being puhci uted by (inched and otlur Dcnuiciatlc candidates. Thej went m fai today as to sav tint Hi an had wtlttei a letter to Blai kburn discourag ing tho contests. National Committeeman Prey Woodson, who was lu confenn i witli Hr.m In Chic igo list Sundiy give emphatic and positive) cknlal to theso claims tonight. Post Office Robbery. Unlontown, Pa., Jan, 11. The post office at California, Pa was entered lust night ufter 1.' o'clock by thieve, the safe biol. iii open nnd about WJ In c ish, teeO ot wldch belonged to tho government, two thousind two cent ttnmus of other de iiiiniln ttiomi and some vnlunblo checks anil lecelpts taken Antl-impeilalist Meeting. Wuslilngton, Jan. 11 About WW persons attended an antl-ltnperl illst meeting held lu Masonic hall hero tonight. 'Ihei wcatn. er was wet and dlagu cable Tho speak ei i were ex-Senator J. B Heudeison. of Missouri, cx-Uovcriior Boutwell, of Mas. Hiehusclts, and Hepiesentatho Lentz, of Ohio. m Charteis Granted. Ibirrlsburg, Jan. 11. Theso coiporatlons were chartered today by tho state efpp irt ment: Tho Hullshead Coal company, Fcranton. capital J53.000: Country Press nnd Pilntliig company, Montroso, capltul fJ3,000. m Roland Reed. New York, Jun. 11. Roland Reed, the actor, wuh repotted to bo doing well in SL Luke's hospital tonight. INQUIRY ON PHILIPPINES Debate in Senate on Pct tigrew Resolution. MR. SPOONER'S BILL Amendment Offered by Mr. Xodge. Senator from South Dakota Insists on Having His Resolution Consid ered Separately from Mrg Hoar's. Arraigns tho Administration. Says It Is Inspired by England, Criticizes the Manila Censor. Washington, Jan. 11. An unusual amount of toutlne business, including: the presentation of petitions and thei Introduction of bills, was ttansacte4 by the senate today. Among the bills lntiodticod was ond by Mi. Spoonci, of Wisconsin, provid ing, in biicf, that when the lnsurrec tlon of the Philippines shall have been silppiessed the government of the Is lands shall bo vested In such person tu peisons as the president may dl lect, until congress shall direct how the Islands shall bo governed. The resolution of Senator Pottlgrevvl regai cling attempts to open negotia tions with the rillplnos was taken up. Senator Hoar bail offered a similar resolution of broader, scope. Mr. Lodge offered a further amend ment, to Include nny Information com ing to the war department of plans of people of the Philippines In arms against tlie United States as to tho proj"c ted uprising in the city of Ma nila for the destruction of foielgn propet ty and massacre of lesldonts: also regarding tieatment of pilsoneis1 by Insurgents. Mi. Lodge referied to the published tepcuts of tho plan tu throw i1nimlto bombs during the fu neial of (leneral Law ton to cie.ato pink, during which an uprising was to occur. His amendment also cov eted Information rcgaiding the antl Impeil illstlc utteianees which wem being disseminated among the Insur gents, ami alleged documents circu lated among United States soldiers solving In the Philippines last summer tiiglng them not to re-enlist. Infor mation legarding all these facts. Mr. Loelge slid, should be known. Mr. Hoar Assents. 'Mr. Hoar assented to Mr. Lodge's plan, but said he should like also to Include the piesldent's Instructions to the pe ice commissioners In Paris. Hut he presumed theie would be objection to that, ind he would not ptess It. Hut he should, however, pi ess the re quest for all Instructions to the Philip pine commissloneis. Mr. Hoar was also desltous that this Infoimation should be sent In fiom time to time, not In one hughe, unwieldy document. Mi. Pettigiew Insisted on sepaiato action on ills ipsolutlon. He icfeired feelingly to the mannei in which his resolution of Dec. 14 was shelved on the giound that it would be Immedi ate lv telegraphed to the Insurgents, but in leallt.v to pi event the American people fiom knowing the facts. His pusent lesoltitlon called fm specific! facts and should bo passed. He said: "The resolution of Senator Lodgi should lead 'If not Incompatible with the Inter Ms of a candidate for re election' The whole conduct of the adnilnistiatlon sen.itois heie." ho add ed, "Is In line with the policy of con ceiling tlie news and suppressing the facts " Ml. Pettigiew eh.nged that vital puts had been suppiesspil In Oener.il utis' lepoit: tint the news of theSum tie.it had been mingled and sup pi essed until the Ohio election and that (1enei.il Otis hid alteied the presi dent's pioclam.itlon before he Issued it. Otis had defi.iuded the Filipinos and the adnilnistiatlon and had humbugged the Anieik.in people. Dining his icmaiks Mr. Pettlgrevv refined to 'he Insui gent government as a "slstet u public ' Mi. Pettigiew bieime involved in .a simp passage at aims with Mr. Oal lingei. Th" lattei attempted to Inter nipt Mi Ptttigrow, but the South Dakota senator .old lir decline el to eld to a ".stump t peech. ' "That s what the senator from South Dakota h.n been making for live mouths," obsiived Mr. Oalllnger, sententious!". "I do not object to those remarks fimn the s, , tti,t front New Hump shiic." i etui ted Mi. Pettlgrevv, "be cuiso ho Is such a genial gentlcmun, as his colleague knows." Piess Censoiship. Continuing. .Mi. Pettlgrew icfeiied to the letter of 15. M. Collins, tho Associated Pi ess e ouespondpnt In Manila, about the sttlct censoiship In Manila, as a. fill flier pioof that thr. adminlstiatlcm was seeking to keep the truth fiom the Aineiiean people. Mr. Pettigiew said he lefused to leave to the pieMdo-U's dlscietlon tho question of answering his Intel logi toiles. An admlnistiatiou that would suppiess the tiuth fiom tho publls would not hesitate to conceal the facts fiom the senate. Tho policy of tlie adnilnistiatlon, ho (aid. had been, la his opinion, instigated by Hngland. lie clmged that the United States commenced tho war first by the proc lamation by the piesldent in Decem ber, 14SS, and atterwaid by filing tho tirst shot and killing the tiist man. "If I were a Filipino," said Mr. Pet tigiew, "I would fight until I was gray against thl3 policy of criminal aggres sion." f "f -t" "f s WEATHER PORECAST, Washington, Jan. 11. Porecast s for Friday: For eastern Pennsyl vania, rain early l'rlduy morning, louowcci uy lair; Saturday fair: high easteily winds, bocomlne nonnwesieiiy t-t-t-tt-n-t " t-H-t-tlj ;
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