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TWO CENTS. SC1UNT0N. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1900.
SHOCKING
TRAGEDY IN
KENTUCKY
Three Prominent Men at
Frankfort Are Shot
Dead.
FOURTH VICTIM MAY DIE
Ex-Congressmnn Colson Buns Amuck
and Shoots Into a Crowd in n Ho
tel Lobby Several Bystanders Arc
Hit Two Revolvers Were Used
nnd Bullets Ralu Through the
Lobby of the Hotel Colson Alleges
That Three Men Were Shooting at
Him During the Battle Three
Hundred Guests in the Dining
Rooms Tumble Over Each Other to
Escape Most Sensational Tragedy
in History of the Bloody Ground.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. If.. A shocking
tragedv. In which the lives of three
prominent men were sacrificed and that
of a fourth hangs by a slender thread,
while two others miraculously escaped
with painful injuries, occurred here at
I o'clock today. The principals in tha
tragedy wore ex-Congressman Davis O.
Colsin, of Mlddtebornugh, and Lieuten
ant Ethclhert Scott, of Somerset. Scott
was shot six times by Colson and al
most Instantly killed.
Luther W. Dcmarre, assistant post
master at Shelbyvllle, an Innocent by
stander, was shot three times and died
Instantly. Charles Julian, another by
stander, was shot and died In half an
hour, and Captain I?. 15. Golden, of
liarboursvllle. commonwealth's attor
ney of the Twenty-seventh judicial dis
trict, was shot In the back and Is noi
expected to survive the night. Colonel
Colson himself was shot in tho arm.
Harry McKwIng, of Loulsvillo.was shot
In the foot and W. O. Kldpatch, of Chi
cago, sustained a broken leg by the
lifeless form of Scott falling against
him ns It rolled down the stairway.
Tho tiagedy is one of the most sensa
tional in the history of "the dark and
bloody ground."
Tho killing occurred In the lobby of
the Capitol hotel, the principal hos
telry of the state capital, the room
being well filled at the time with poli
ticians and others who are here attend
ing the contests for state officers before
tho legislature.
Colonel Colson is In Jail tonight,
charged with murder, but he claims'
self-defense
Conflicting Stories.
The witnesses to the affair were taken
so much by surprise when the snooting
occurred that most of them were al
most panic-stricken, and there are
many conflicting stories ns to how the
fight began. Colonel Colson and a par'.y
of friends, among whom was Dcmarre,
were sitting in the lobby engaged In
conversation as Scott and Captain Gol
den came up from tho barroom. When
they had advanced about half-way
across the room, walking In the direc
tion of Colson, the latter, It Is said,
half rising from his chair, fired at
Scott, who Instantly returned the tire.
Tho shooting then became general and
bystanders are at variance as to the
number engaged In It. Demarre wus
standing In front of Colson and young
Scott Is said to have crouched bchinU
him to escape bullets from Colson's re
volver. In an instant Demarre fell
dead, pierced by three bullets. Captain
Golden, who uccompanled Scott, reeled
to one side, falling Into the arms of ex
Governor James P. McCreary, exclaim
ing: "I am bhot."
The smoke In the locality of tho an
tagonists became dense but Colson
continued to press Scott, who retreat
ed backward us he moved. Colson
emptied tho chambers of a .IS-callbre
revolver and quickly brought a II
callbre into action. Scott by this time
nan been shot several times, and us
he staggered back and fell down the
hlalrway. CoUcm. who was within a
few feet of him, continued to flro un
til the form of Scott toiled over nnd
showed life wus extinct.
Colson Surrenders.
The battle was terrific nnd bullets
fairly rained through the lobby of Urn
hotel, several of which went wild,
pierced window glass or embedded
themselves In walls 'and furniture of
the hotel. It was no discovered for
several minutes afterwards that Juli
an, who died later, had been shot, nnd
at first his wound was thought to bo
only trifling. After tho killing. Col
onel Colson ran out of the hotel and
hurtled to tho residence of Chief of
Police Williams, where ho surrendered.
He was almost oxhaustPd ard as h'l
entered tho house gawptd: "I am sor
ry he would not let nw alone. Them
were three of them shooting at me."
Meantime the- wildest excitement
prevailed In tho hotel lobby, where tlu
killing occurred, and In tho dining
room nearby, where about 300 guests
wore seated at dinner when the fu
sllade began Falling over each otlwr
In frantic efforts to get to safety, wo
men fainted und It was several min
utes before the full scope of the trag
edy was fully known. Tho dead were
left lying In pools of blood and met
engers were dispatched In every di
rection for physicians pnd nurses to
care for tho wounded. Charles H. Ju
lian, who was shot In the leg, died
shortly nfter reaching u room, death
being dun to loss of blood and tha
hock to his nervous system. Captain
Golden was removed to n room and
made a statement thnt Colson was
the aggressor.
Colson's Career. v
Colonel Cttlson, who killed Scott an I
who Is charged with thn killing of both
Dcmarre and Julian and with shooting
Golden, hus long been a prominent
figure In Kentucky politics". He served
two terms In congress and declined a
rcnomlnatlou at thn hands of thn Re
publican party of the Eleventh district
In 1S9S In order to accept the colonelcy
of the Fourth Kentucky regiment In
thn Spanish war. Scott was a lieuten
ant und Ooldcn was captain of a cav
alry troop In Colson's rejJment and
tho trouble which led to the tragedy
began then. A feud sprung up be
tween Colson and Scott while tha
troops were In camp at Annlston, Aln.,
and In which, It Is said by Colson's
friends, that Captain Golden was a
warm partisan of Scott. Tho trouble
between them at that time culminated
In a meeting In a restaurant, which
resulted In Colson being shot by Scott.
The regiment was shortly afterwards
mustered out of tho service as the re
sult of the feud between the otllcers
and the serious charges and counter
charges which they made at Washing
ton against each other as otllcers.
Since then the parties had not met un
til today and It has generally been be
lieved that blood would bo spilled
should they meet, as both were un
derstood to be looking for each other.
Begs for Ball.
Colonel Colson remained nt tho resi
dence of Chief Williams, while tho sur
geons dressed his shattered arm, and
ho was then taken to Jail. He begged
to be allowed ball. The grand Jury in
In session and an Indictment will prob
ably be returned against him tomor
row. Coroner Meagher will also hold
an Inquest tomorrow morning. Colson
tonight still declined to talk.
He Is lii i
a highly nervous state, and appeared
to have been weeping when a reporter
called. He suffered a partial stroke of
paralysis after he was shot by Scott
at Annlston and had never fully re
covered from It. Colson was the most
widely known of those who figured In
the tragedy, but none of the others was
obscure. Scott was a young lawyer of
Somerset und a nephew of ex-Governor
W. O. Bradley, his mother being a sis
ter of tho ex-governor. Ho was about
thirty years of age.
Julian was one of thn wealthiest
farmers of the county and was active
In local politics, being a Democrat. His
family are among the best known peo
ple In Kentucky. Demarre was about
thirty-two years of age, and In addi
tion to being assistant postmaster at
Shelbyvllle, was a large real estate
owner. Captain Golden is one of the
best known lawyers In the southeastern
part of the state, 'and has long been a
leading Republican politician in his
section. Both Colson and Scott were
regarded as dead game, and both had
figured In shooting affrays before.
SHOT BY HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
Elmer Barner Kills Isaac Miller at
Halifax.
Harrlsburg, Jan. 16 Elmer Darner
shot and killed Isaac Miller last night
at the house of Miller in Hallfux. In
tho spring of 1899 Darner left tho
neighborhood of Halifax to locate In
South Dakota, leaving his brother-in-law,
Miller, on bad terms. He returned
there, stopping with Miller.
During the evening Miller was en
deavoring to have Darner acknowledge
that ho had unjustly dealt with him.
and becoming angry, Darner drew a
revolver nnd shot his relative near the
teit eye, instantly Kilting mm. Darner
Is aged thirty-eight, and has a wife
and two children. Miller was forty
eight, and leaves a wife. The murderer
was brought to Harrlsburg at noon.
TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS.
A Farmer and an Engineer Killed at
Lebanon.
Lebanon, Pa., Jan. 10. Two fatal acci
dents occurred hero today. Davllla Dut
ilorf, used "0 years, a farmer of Crcus
Kill Mills. Derks county, wus killed by
being thrown from bis canlage which
upset nt a steep embankment near tho
city. He leaves a wife and several chil
dren. At the Lebanon chain works this morn
ing Frank H. Wack. an engineer, was
caught In the shafting while oiling and
was Instantly killed. Both legs and tho
right arm were torn from the body. Ho
was 2S years of ago and camo hero a few
months ago from Hamburg, Derks coun
ty where his wife and several children
reside.
Chicago Platform Democracy.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 13. The Chlcah..
platform Democracy today filed with the
secretary of state a certificate of Incor
poration. Tho principal olllces is to bo
located In New York city. The organiza
tion la formed to extend tho knowledge
of Democratic principles as tot forth In
the Democratic national platform of IVjO.
Tho directors are: Samuel Seubury,
James It. Drown, George P. Thompson,
Louis D. Parsons and II. C. S. Thompson,
of New York city.
Blackburn's Election.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 10. Tho election
of J. C. S. Blackburn as United States
senator was duplicated In both houses
of tho legislature today, this action be
ing taken on account of a question among
lawyers us to whether tho election last
Tuesday was legal.
Presidential Nominations.
Washington. Jan. 16. Tho president to
day sent to the senate for conllrinutlon
tho nomination of S. A. W. ltttcron, of
Pennsylvania, to bo second lieutenant
In thn marlno corps: alto the name of L.
W. Snyder to bo postmaster at Bethle
hem, Pa.
Senator Magee Improving.
Harrlsburg. Jan. 10. Friends In this city
or Senator C. L. Magee. of Pittsburg,
have learned from un authoiltullvo ourcu
that ho U much Improved In health and
that ho will return to Philadelphia this
week from his sojourn In the south ready
to resume his business affairs.
Killed by Rock.
Harrlsburg, Jan. Pi. Arthur Hammond,
aged 21 years, was killed by a fall of
rock today ut thu bottom of the slopo
of the Lykens Valley colliery at Wlscon
sico. DEATHS OF A DAY.
London, Jan. 16. Earl Mnnvcrs (Syd
ney William Herbert Plerrpont) Is deul.
He was bun Murch 12. 1820.
, Omaha, Neb., Jan. 10. Jay D. Bur
jows. one of tho principal organizers of
the Farmers' Alliance and tho Populist
party In Nebraska, died suddenly at his
homo In Lincoln today from lumbago.
Mo was T years of age, a native of New
York and hus lived In Nebraska since
1M0.
REPULSE OF
THE BOERS
The New Zealanders Drive
Them Back with
Bayonets.
LOSS OF THE BURGHERS
Attempt to Rush a. Hill Near Rcns
burg Held by tho Colonials nnd
Some of tho Yorkshires Burghers
Had Twenty-one Killed nnd About
Fifty Wounded No News from
Buller Daily Shelling nt Modder
River Molteno Occupied by Gal
acre's Men Report That Lieuten
ant General Tucker May Succeed
Mcthuen.
Hensburg, Cape Colony. Monday,
Jan. 15. The Uoers this morning at
tempted to rush a hill held by a com-
pany of the Yorkshires and the New
Zealanders, but they were repulsed at
the point of tho bayonet. Tho Doers
had twenty-one men killed and about
fifty wounded.
The hill commands a tract of coun
try off the main position of tho Doers,
and they had determined to make an
attempt to seize the heights.
They advanced cautiously, directing
their lire at a small wall held by the
Yorkshires, and compelling tho latter
to keep close under cover. When the
Doers rushed tho wall the Yorkshires
fixed bayonets and charged. Just at
that moment Captain Maddocks, with
a small party of New Zealanders, camo
up and tho combined force leaped ovei
the wall and charged straight for the
enemy, who fled, followed by a wither
ing fire at close range.
The Doers literally tumbled over each
other In the hurry to escape, but tho
persistent lire of tho British inllicte.l
a heavy loss.
Desultory firing continued for some
time, but the attack was an utter fail
ure, and
the Doers retreated to the
shelter of the small kopjes at tho base
of the hill.
Modder River Advices.
London, Jan, 16. The absence it
news from Natal proves that the cen
sor will allow nothing to pass until
General Puller's plans have been exe
cuted or have failed. Even General
Itoberts, In his report yesterday even
ing, refrained from mentioning a word
about Natal or General Duller. From
the other forces there Is little new3
of moment.
Modder Diver advices of yesterday's
date report only dally long-range shell
ing. The Doers, It Is supposed, have
suffered severely.
A despatch from Sterkstroom, dated
Monday, Jan. 13, reports that General
Gatacre's troops had made a demon
stration beyond Molteno, In the direc
tion of Stormberg, in the belief that
the Doers Intended to seize Molteno.
The burghers were not sighted and tha
British remnlned nt Molteno. Arrivals
from Stormberg estimate that there arc
4,500 Doers at that place.
The majority of that force consists
of revolted colonists and Free Staters.
President Steyn's brother Is the land
rost. Evidence accumlates that General
Methuen's so designated gigantic blun
der at Magersfonteln has lost him the
confidence of his force to such an ex
tent that, It is asserted, It Is doubtful
if tho troops would follow him In an
other attack on the Boers. The war
ofllce. It Is understood, is in possession
of a letter written by General Wau
chope the night before the battle, say
ing that would be the last letter he
would ever write, as he had been asked
to perform an Impossible task, and
he had either to obey or surrender his
sword. An Immediate change In the
command of the force may, therefore,
e expected.
It Is anticipated in some quarters
that Lieutenant General Tucker will
succeed General Mcthuen.
Rumors No Longer Heeded.
London, Jan. 17, 4 a. m. Even ru
mors are no longer telegraphed from
Natal. Tho conclusion deduced from
this silence by the military expert.
generally Is that no decided blow has
been struck either way, as In such an
event there would be no necessity for
silence.
Tho South African conciliation com
mittee, quietly formed to represent tho
peace minority, announces Itself to tho
country today and asks for support.
Among the members are Lord and
Lady Coleridge. Herbert Spencer, Sir
Robert Threshle Hold, George John
Shaw-Lefevre, Frederic Harrison, Ste
phen Gladstone, the Countess of Car
lisle and other notable persons.
Capo Town, Tuesday, Jan. IB. Sir
Alfred Mllner. the governor, has pro
claimed martial law In thu districts of
Hopetown and Phlllpstown.
NEWS FROM THE BOER CAPITAL
Maf eking Fort Destroyed Lndy
smlth in Sore Straits.
Pretoria, Saturday, Jan. 1!!, As a re
sult of the bombardment of Mafeklng
yesterduy the Drltlsh fort eastward
was demolished and tho Drltlsh re
tired. One Boer wus wounded.
Advices from the head laager at
Ladysmlth report that the attack on
that place Jan. 6 was disastrous to
tho Drltlsh, and that Ladysmlth ap
pears to be in sore straits.
BOER LOSS AT LADYSMITH.
More Than Ninety Dead Bodies
Taken from One Hill Alone.
Ladysmlth. Monday, Jan. 8 (by mes
senger to Weenen, Jan. 16). A repre
sentative of tho Associated Press vis
ited Saturday's huttlellcld this morn
ing and saw large numbers of Doeis
dead. Thu Drittsh guns seem to have
worked great havoc. One poor Boer
was completely disembowelled, another
had his hend shot off and two others
had been killed by the same shell, evi
dently while they were eating their
luncheon, na half-eaten hard-boiled
eggs lay beside them. Some Natal
Dutchmen were recognized among the
dead. A number of Coer bodies and
carcasses of horses have been washed
down tntombl Spruit, which became a
raging torrent during a heavy thunder
storm. The British, while digging graves,
were llred on by Uoer artillery and sev
eral of them were hit. Soft-nosed bul
lets and dum-dum cartridges have been
found on wounded prisoners. Volun
teers carried tho Uoer dead off the hill
and handed thn bodies over to their
comrades at the bottom. More than
ninety were thus carried off Wnsgon
hill alone.
FIRING NEAR LADYSMITH.
Latest News from tho Scene of
Conflict.
London, Jnn. 17. The exchange and
telecrnph company has received the
following despatch dated Tuesday,
Jan. lfi, from I'loiermarltzburg:
"There Is no news from the front,
but heavy firing was heard today ltj
tho direction of Frere. It Is probable
that General Duller Is engaging the
enemy.
"A rumor Is current hero that a por
tion of the Drittsh force Is near Lady
smith." MYSTERY SOLVED.
Tho Ship Wrecked Nearly a Week
Ago Was the Heligoland.
St. Johns, N. F, Jan. 16. Everything
goes to show that the wrecked steam
er Is the Heligoland, the property of
the Dutch-American Petroleum com
pany. A ship's boat was picked up
today off Cape Pine, near the scene of
the wreck bearing the name "Heligo
land." This, without doubt, Is one of
the boats of the sunken steamer. Tha
Heligoland sailed from Philadelphia,
Jan. 5, for Dergon, Norway, with a
cargo of 1,100,000 gallons of refined pe
troleum. She was commanded by
Captain Van Rlttern nnd had a crew
of thirty-five men, all Germans. Be
yond finding the boat and some other
wreckage Indicating that the sunken
steamer is the Heligoland, the day's
operations by the steamers and fisher
men were disappointing. The former
luifl ( nli'inrlim urn v If mvlnir in thf
heavy sea. as they couid not approach
the wreck, and tho shore boats found
the task equally difficult and were
obliged to abandon It earlv. .
Landsmen were unable to get down
to the beach and t hereforo wore un
able to recover the bodies, which have
been lying there exposed llvo days and
nights. Seven bodies are now ashore
and can be reached when the sea "be
comes smooth. There are five others
in the wreckage near the ship.
LEHIGH VALLEY MEETING.
Directors Elected at the Annunl
Meeting in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Jan. 11'. The annual
meeting of tho stockholders of the Le-
i high Valley Uallroud company was
1 held here today. The following dlrect
1 ors were elected: A. Walker, J. H.
Garrett, P., Doric, J. D. Wharton, I-:.
1 Deland, F. T. Stokcsbury, C. II. Cos
; tor, I. A. Stearns, A. Nesbltt, W. 3.
Jilssell and R. M. Galloway.
Tho directors elected the following
officers: President, A. Wnlker: vlco
president. J. D. Garrett; cent roller. I.
McQuilkln; secretary, J. L. Fan
shnwe; assistant secretary, D. 3.
Dalrd: treasurer. J. Andrews.
The- onlv change in the board of
directors If Mr. Galloway, president of
the Merchants' National bank, of New
York, In place of Justus C. Straw
bridge. A resolution was offered- that the
Incoming board of directors ho au
thorized to appropriate $3,000 to the
Franklin Institute nnd to the Purdue
university, of Lafayette, Ind,, for the
purpose of determining "the quantity
of the Hammer blow, tho centrifugal
lift, the tangentnl throw of a locomo
I tlve's driving wheels caused by tha
counterbalance thereon." The resolu
tion was referred to tho board, for
consideration.
BRITISH SHIPS OVERDUE.
Fears Felt for tho Reliance and the
Annie Thomas.
San Francisco, Jan. lfi. Fifteen per
cent, reinsurance is now offered on tho
British ship Reliance, which Is 1SI days
out from Hamburg, bound for this
port.
The British ship Annie Thomas Is
also causing some anxiety to her own
ers and the Kngllsh underwriters. Sha
Is out from Antwerp for Acapulco lul
days, anil the rate of reinsurance has
advanced to 23 per cent.
Spanish Prisoners Home.
Barcelona, Jan. 16. Tho Spanish ttnni
Atluntlo steamer Leon Kill has arrived
hero from thn Philippines with former
Spanish prisoners and their families. A
mnjorlty of them aro tu a lamentable.
plight. The town authorities and Red
Cross met them und gave asslstunco to
tho sufferers.
Governor's Appointments.
Harrlsburg. Jan. 10. Governor Stone
made the following appointments today:
Members of tho state medlcnl examining
board, Dr. lleniy Bates, Philadelphia;
Hiram 8. McConnell. New Brighton; R.
W. Ramsey, I'hambeisljurg; initio In
spector, Kllus Phillips. Lemont, vice
James M. Patterson, of Wcllsboro.
Dr. Clarke's Missionary Tour,
Boston, Jan. 10. Rev. Dr. France S.
Clarke, founder and president of tho
United Society of Christian Klldcavor,
left Boston today, accompanied by his
wlfo for his third missionary tour through
tho world. On January 21 they will leavo
San Francisco for tho Orient.
Champion Game of Tennis.
Tuxedo Park, N, J.. Jan. 10. Lawrence
Stockton, amateur champion of Amer
ica and Putor Latham, professional chain
plon of the world, played a game of ten
nis hero today ut thu Tuxedo Tennis und
Racquet club. Latham gun odds and
defeated Stucktou In two sets out of
three.
WEAVING THE NET
ABOUT MOLINEUX
EFFORTS TO SHOW MOTIVE FOR
POISONING OF BARNET.
Recorder Refuses to Allow Tary to
Consider Much of the Evidence of
a Character Calculated to Show TXp
the Prisoner and Miss Chesebrough
in a Bad Light.
New York, Jan. 18. In tho trial of
Holand D. Molincux the prosecution to
day continued Its effort to show a
motive for the poisoning of Henry C.
Damet by Molincux nnd thus to quote
the assistant prosecuting attorney,
"throw light upon the workings of the
prisoner's mind." Dut Itecorder Goff
threw out the evidence, declaring that
the Damet case had nothing to do with
tho present trial.
Andre Dustanoby, superintendent of
the Knickerbocker Athletic club, said
that Molincux had ordered the goods
mentioned In certain bills sent to "Miss
Dlanche Chesebrough," at No. 231 West
Seventy-fifth street. One of tho bills
called for whiskey.
it was nt this house that Mollneux la
alleged to have lived with Miss Chese
brough before they were married.
Minnie Belts, tho servant In Mrs.
Hettinger's house, No. 257 West End
avenue, who testified yesterday, was
then recalled. It was at this house that
Dlanche Chesebrough lived after she '
left the house on West Seventy-fifth
street, and the prosecution endeavored
to prove that Darnet visited her In her
new home, thus rousing Mollneux's
jealousy and hatred, resulting finally j
In Mollneux sending to Darnet tho '
poison from which he Is alleged to have
died. Mr. Osborne began his examina
tion by asking Minnie If she could re- '
member the name on the card handed
her by the "nice-looking man who came I
to see Miss Chesebrough." The re- I
corder would not permit tho witness to
answer.
Mr. Osborne then handed tho wit
ness a photograph and asked her if It
was the picture of the man who called.
The court refused to let the girl Iden
tify tho photograph, which was that of
II. C. Darnet, ns being a likeness of
Miss Chesebrough's visitor.
Rebuked by Recorder.
Finally the recorder said: "Mr. Os
borne, you have been trying to Intro-
I dl"-' nere circumstances connected
with a case entirely outside of this
case. Now It Is time the court ruled
on this matter.
"The court entirely disregards the
contention that the showing of a mo
tive In the Darnet "caseshows a mo
tive In the Cornish ense, and I Instruct
the jury to disregard the testimony on
that point."
Tho prosecution went back to the
Adams case, calling Joseph J. Koch,
proprietor of a private letter box agen
cy on Droadway, who positively Iden
tified Mollneux ns the man who In
quired about a letter box on Dec. 12,
1S9S. Later, a box was hired by a man
who gave the name of "H. Cornish,"
but who. witness declared, positively,
was not Harry Cornish. Koch testified
as to the mall received In tho "Cor
nish" box. The prosecution seeks to
prove that the lessee of the box was
Mollneux and that he used It for ob
taining patent medicines from manu
facturers. Court then adjourned.
CASHIER KILLS A TELLER.
Tragedy in n Bank Murder Fol
lowed by Suicide.
Columbus, Ga Jan. 16. Captain J.
W. Murphy, cashier of the Third Na
tional bank, Instantly killed Teller P.
T. Shutze this morning and thsn com
mitted suicide. The murder and sui
cide occurred while the bank was filled
with customers and tho full corps of
clerks. Captain Murphy, who did the
shooting, has been one of tho most
prominent business men of the city
for n number of years, but of recent
months he has been In III health and
has suffered two strokes of paralysis.
It Is believed that he was tempor
arily Insane when the shooting was
done, as he and Shutze had long been
the closest of friends. The evidence be
fore the coroner's Jury this lafternoon
showed thnt Murphy, presumably In
sane, placed the pistol close to the
temple of Mr. Shutze and fired. il
then placed the pistol In his own mouth
and fired twice, both balls penetrating
his brain.
COLLAPSE OF A CHURCH.
Nineteen Persons Killed nnd Sixty
eight Wounded.
St. Petersburg. Jan. 16. A church
collapsed today, during the celebration
of a mass In Maloouzcne township,
Sumara district.
Nineteen persons were killed und
sixty-eight were wounded.
CHINAWARE TO BE DEARER.
Thirty-seven Companies Unite to
Raise Prices.
Akron, Jan. 16. Joseph Cook, presi
dent of the Akron China company,
gavo out a statement concerning tho
alleged combination umong the china
manufacturers. The arrangement Is
simply iin agreement to raise the
selling prices and has been accepted
by thu thirty-seven companies.
Prices aie to be raised on an aer
ago of about 40 per cent.
English Would Accept No Pay,
Washington, Jan. 1C William K. Kng
Unit, a son of the former Democratic vlro
presidential candidate from Indiana ai'J
a captain of volunteers In the war with
Spain, has relumed to tho treatairy a
check for f 1,172 sent him for pay for his
army services with tho statement that
ho would not accept pay for service to
his country In timo of danger.
Negro Lynched.
Memphis, Trim., Jan. 16, A negro
named Andtrson Cause was found hang
ing to a limb of a trco near Hennlng,
Tcnn., this morning. It Is supposed ho
was lynched for aiding In the escape of
thn Olncrly brothers, colored, who re
cently murdered two officers near Rop
ley, Tcnn.
TUB NEWS THIS MlMNlNU
Weather Indications Todays
FAIR, NORTHERLY WINDS.
1 General Doers ltcpulsed at Itcnsbtirg.
Kentucky Shooting Affray.
Tho Mollneux Murder Trial.
One Day's Work of tho National Law
makers. 1 General Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Increaso Shown by December Regis
tration Superior Court Nearly at End of Work
Here.
4 Editorial.
News and Comment.
5 Local Water Date Meeting Has a
Poor Attendance.
Common Pleas Court Proceedings.
6 Local West Scrnnton and Suburban.
7 Hound About tho County.
S Local Llvo News of tho Industrial
World.
ANOTHER BIG FIRE
AT DAWSON CITY
Property Valued nt Half n Million
Dollars Reduced to Ashes Mer
cury Forty Degrees Below Zero.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 16. The steamer
Danube, at Victoria, from Skaguay,
brings news that a large part of the
business portion of Dawson was wiped
out by tiro on the night of Wednesday
last. A despatcn was received nt
Skaguay on the same night. Tho loss
will exceed half n million dollars.
There are no names of the buildings or
losses. The Skuguay telegraph oper
ator says that great suffering would
undoubtedly follow the fire, as tho
temperature at Dawson was forty de
grees below zero, with a high wind
blowing.
The city Is without the regulation
water supply.
WHISKEY MEN AT ODDS.
Stockholder Brings Action Against
So-Called Trust.
Albany, Jan. 16, John K. Delehanty,
of this city, as counsel for Melville A.
Harris, of this city, yesterday filed
papers In an action attacking tho i0'
cently formed so-called whiskey trust,
Mr. Harris Is a stockholder of the
Amorlcan Spirit Manufacturing com
pany, which the trust Is attempting
to absorb.
Mr. Harris says In his complaint
that the Distilling Company of Amcrl-
cu, tnougn capitalized ror ju,tjuu,uu(,
has In cash less than $1,500,000, and its
other principal assets consist of the
assets of the manufacturing and other
companies referred to In his complaint,
and that the purpose of the formation
of the Distilling Company of America
was to nbsorb the assets of tho man
ufacturing company and the other
companies.
WAGES INCREASED.
Yard Rates Adjusted by Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
Harrlsburg, Jan. 16. Tho Pennsyl
vania Railroad company has re-adjusted
the wages of Its employes In the
yards along the entire system. Tin
new adjustment went Into effect Jnn.
1 and the men will receive their firat
benefits on February pay day. The
now scale Includes a rate for night
and day service and the amount to
be paid per hour, in: follows:
Knglneers, from 23 to 27 cents per
hour; firemen, from 13 to 17 cents;
conductors, from 20 to i2 cents right;
brakemen, from 15 to IC cents day,
from 17 to IS cents night: car drop
pers, from 1RV4 cents to HVi- day, and
from 104 to 18 cents night.
NOT IN FAVOR OF POLYGAMY.
A Manifesto from President Snow
of the Mormon Church.
Washington, Jan. 10 Senator Rawlins
today presented to the senate a bllef
memorial from Picsident Lorenzo Snow,
of tho Mormon church, on the quotluu
of polygamy. Mr. Sninv nays he Is per
suaded that thero is much inisiiiul.T
standing upon this qtiti-tlnu,
lie says that In accordance v.lth the
manifesto of President Woodruff of 1SW,
"the church has positively abandomd
tho practice of polygamy ! the solemn
ization of plural marriages in this 'I'tair
and every other stuto and that no mem
ber or officer thereof has any authority
whatever to perform u plural marriage
or enter Into such a relation." "Nor,"
ho continues, "does the church advise or
cr.courago unlawful cohabitation on tho
part of any of its members. If, there
fore, any member dlr.obes the law lther
ns to polygamy or unlawful cohabitation
ho muat bear his own burdens; or. In
other words, bo unnwernhlo to tho tri
bunals of tho land for his action per
taining thereto."
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Meeting of Hoxse Trainers.
Cleveland. Jan. 10. A meeting or sev
eral prominent hnrso trainers und drivers
was held today at the Glenvlllo track to
take nctlon against heat betting. A com.
mltteo was appointed to draw up resolu
tions and present them to tho different
trotting associations.
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Miss Gould's Contribution.
New York. Jan. 10. Miss Helen Gould
has contributed $30,000 to uld In tho build
Ins of the new homo for tho naval broach
of tho Young Men's Christian association
In Brooklyn, a work that Is being under
taken by tho International committee of
the association.
Steamship Arrivals.
Liverpool, Jan. 10. Arrived: Cuttle,
from New York. New York Sailed;:
Bovic, for Liverpool; Travc. for Bremen
via Southampton. Arrived: Amsterdam,
fiom Rotterdam. Cleared: St. Paul, for
Southampton.
Reception to Mounted Police.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 16. Three hundred
mounted pollco arrived this afternoon
en routo to Halifax and were given nn
enthusiastic reception. They took trains
for tho cast two hours later.
Threw Up the Spongn.
Utlca, N. Y Jan. 10. Tommy Dixon's
seconds threw up the sponge In the fif
teenth round In the match between Billy
(Ryan.
PHILIPPINES
QUESTION
IN SENATE
That Body Stilt in the
Throes of Warm Dis
cussion. THE SPEECH OF MR. VEST
One of the Notable Flights of Ora
tory of the Day The Urgent De
ficiency Bill Taken Up in tha
Houso Under an
Which Limited the
Agreement
General De
bate Richardson Rehearses tha
Charges Against Secretary Gage,
Washington, Jnn. 16. The senato IS
still In the throes of discussion of tho
Philippine question, and apparently,
thero Is ns near approach to n deliv
erance upon the subject. Mr. Vest
(Mo.) today voiced th opinion of
many senators when he said that such
discussion as now in progress was of
no consequence ns the country was
confronted by a state of facts that
could not be changed bv talk.
Mr. l'ettlgrew's resolution of Inquiry
and Mr. Lodge's substitute for it wer.-
laid en tha table today nnd Mr. Hoar's
general resolution of inquiry as to thu
facts of the Philippine war was taken
up. An effort of Mr. Pettlgrew to
amend It no as to call for the presi
dent's Instructions to tho Park, peaca
commissioners led to a prolonged do
nate. After the senato had considered
tho matter behind closed doors tho
amendment was rejected by a vote of
41 to 20.
The debate for the dt'y va.s conclud
ed by Mr. Vest who made a notablo
speech In opposition to tho assumption
In scmo quarters that every man who
i does not agree with the policy of tho
' administration Is a traitor to his coun-
try. Mr. Vest threw into his utter
ances all the nervous force and ener
gy, and the accomplished oratorical
ability for which he is famed and
commanded the attention of tho sen-
i ate throughout.
McLaurin (Dem., S. C), addressed
, the senate on the financial question,
i making an argument in favor of his
' proposition to confer authority upon
state banks to Issuo circulating notes.
Urgent Deficiency Bill.
Tho urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was taken up In tho house today
under an agreement which limited tho
general debate to today. It was tha
general expectation that It would open
up a stormy debate upon tho question
of expansion, In view of the largo
army and navy Items It contained,
but the members early became very
much engrossed in a discussion of an
Item of $150,000 for rural free delivery,
In which all are personally Interested.
' and the subject of expansion was bare
, ly touched upon. The last hour of tha
, debate was enlivened with an attack
by Mr. Richardson upon tho secretary
of the treasury for his course In con
nection with tho sale of the New York
custom house. He rehearsed the
charges that Secretary Gage had been
guilty, technically, of embezzlement In
connection with tho sale of the custom
houso In depositing the proceeds In a
national bank, which was a govern
ment depository, Instead of the treas
ury of tho United States, but declared
thnt this charge would not hold. His
purpose, he said, was to show that tho
National City bank had been favored
on account of the contributions of Its
directors to the Republican campaign
fund In 1S90, and to show that tho
course of the secretary in nllowlng tho
purchase price to remain In the bank,
while at the same time paying rent
for tho property and keeping It exempt
front taxation, was not dealing fairly
with tho trust funds of tho govern
ment. Mr, Hopkins, of Illinois, championed
the course of the secretary, declaring
that his reply to tho houso resolution
answered every charge brought against
him and displayed business ability that
must meet the upnrnvnl of nil fair
minded people. He insisted, further,
that tho title to the custom houso
passed to the bank when It purchased
and took possession of the property,
and that It had not been exempt from
taxation since It had been purchased.
Tho debate caused very little excite
ment, nnd there was no attempt to re
new the assault upon the secretary
after Mr. Hopkins closed. The urgent
deficiency bill will be taken up for con
Hlderutlon under tho llvo-mlnuto rule
tomorrow.
MR. BRYAN BANQUETTED.
Honored by Democrats of the Ken
tucky Legislature.
Frankfort. Ky.. Jan. lfi. Colonel W.
J. Bryan was banquetted by the Dem
ocrats of tho Kentucky legislature to
night. The banquet was also a cele
bration of thu election of Senator
Blackburn. Mr. l'lryan was met at
tho train by u, commltieo of which
Blackburn und (Icebel were members.
Tho toasts responded to wero as follows-
Dy W, J. Bryan, "The Demo
cratic Party, Its Future und Its Pol
itics;" Senator J. C. tf. Blackburn,
"Old Kentucky," Senator Wm. Goa
bel. "Kentucky nnd Her Relations to
tho National Democracy."
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Jnn. 10. Forecast
for Wednesday nnd Thursday: For
eastern Pennsylvania, fair Wed
nesday and probably Thursday:
light north to northwest winds.
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