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SCR ANTON, PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1900.
TWO CENTS.
vVTO CENTS.
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NO HOPE FOR
LADYSMITH
British Obliged to Relin
quish the Advantage
Obtained.
ROUTE TO BE ABANDONED
Gravity of General Bullor's Failuie
Realized Militaiy Critic3 Aban
don All Hope of Early Relief of
Ladysmith Urge Chango of Plan.
Another Long Fauso Regnided as
Inevitable.
T,onloii, .Inn. CO. 11 j a. in. llNteiy
pauses lor a tlmo In Snulh AH Km. It
s out! of those uns.itistaetury inures
tin' nit ne.uly as ti ing in Piltlsh
nerve as a iiit'ii. f ii'Mrii'". ami .
iipp,mi'tt It will ttiiuln ito only wli:i
l.ird Kobei t.? fIm tin- wonl fur the j
feu ward movement Into tin- Vice State,
which, tit rcmlliiL,' to tlii. most cii'M'tful
lev in1 Mill In- unable to do for i
lortms'it.
Win t'li r ho will penult (Jenc-i il Uul
h'i tn in,lc .motlm (itli'itiiil to ro
ll v Liil,sni'ili Is (tilti outside th-
kpov ledt'i even oi those ilos.lv con
nected Willi tlio war uflh o. With the
tioopi dm to anive r.tt month he,
may think litiuilt strong enough t)
trv two latrv op.'i.itlon". Combining
th" fulfil undr 'ieiuiuls Met'nion,
l'u it'll .ind Oa'.aue olid .'deling ii
tin in the airlving tioops, I.oid ltob
eili voiild lia( 70 mhi iin Hit Invasion
of the 1'rte Stall. Mill: lu.wi) to :,n,nn
mi mill g iPiiiinunlc itions and 40.n j
tiv'-ig tn 1 1"- tic l.'u'.v-miith.
"'In' ;ul)li' hut in villi Impatience
1 1' it ( iiellil'iK should bo dene
to nlMii'-t Mic 'I'-t nf a big 'M w pump
'l Ill-It' lit lllllltiiIUl' tlllt some
thing h 'Hid ho done hut thin
is milling tn do lull to wait
mi tlu )iitiiii.itit irt tiioiiii or
Ink an. pniied out In advance.
Oi i tir -s .tli at vvnik In the loilitis
t !14ltHT ti.o pn-ple tlii' i:i(,;liiil h.'.s
M'l I'l t" III ill SI Mil ill l( I'lllllllllilM to
ice It tliiotiirli
Tlii" govt i nun nt' doi li'iatlons in
)i ulianii in, tin lonntii i us-n stious
of tli -i nnt-ddi tin' fun iinr.i'iit 'tnl
tlii museum n' din iisMu'i Hi th- pi ess
.mil 'il th '.iltii"i stli public Inti'i-
l-it
I'M i. !i" i agns. that unite jii"ii
ll'ltst u- 'I v t in v I hot's in 1 two hun
dn 1 and jiifii and IV gun- itli .it
-I I'l ' -i tliotf-tnl int. mil v and
'.'.tui'i mviiv IticHidl'i ri (100 women,
nic i t ,n i i'l ii-adv to cmb.uk,
tlHM'i ui 'i r ii inn r.t without do
ing sun' (.in pi no at the dl pnsal of
Lotd Houctt. lo.iWn additional men
and 11" gt lis.
The fuither imt o-t - of the war of-
lllU ,Ilt SUPPOSl'l' to Olllbl.lie soiu -
white In fin in ighboihood of ."n.OOO
lnoio inoii A.-, tin- Indiiatlon Is that
t undid ids v ill ho lather sc.iicp. the
war otliir h.ii Issued onlcis for tho'c
tpsetvist.s who wei found unlit at th
previous mobilization examinations to
icpoit for t in tin r (iininatlon. Ap
plicants fo; eavahy seivh-e uip still
fit ply otfi'iiiiK a.s jeomamy.
(h'llei.il littllcr's opetatloii has cost
niL' men. so far otllclally icpotlol,
within ten davs.
Apphlnp: to the SOS Spina Kop casu
altips. repot tnl toil.iv tin- iulc of pro
jmitlou the lo?sch ot olllcpis Int1li'.ltr
pioh.ihly r."0 c,i-it'.ltlt'it Pt to t'oiiic.
Thf total (MMtaltii.i of the war. (om
Alled 1 1 oin ollli'l.il loporti ate ;"i.'!,
aily a division Of tin m . .'.ISC, a,t"
Killed, 4, Ml woiuulid and tin ii"t pii-
tr.ei. The aemtri.itc lhitlhli tioop-.
In South AfiK'a nuniher llti.tiOu, the
N'atallans. T.l.ls, and tho Capp Colou-
lltlS, ''1,1111.
Ladysmith Still Holding Out.
London, .tan. mi Ootii'ial Ittitlot 's
casualtli'i wpip uy lic.iy. tlu war
ollh'p annoiitiK.s The INt is to lie pub.
llslu'it tonlKlit. Kad.Minith In Iioldlin;
tun, and Ioi ti D'.iudoirild t tataliy
fort( is .sif. , with tin ipiuniuilpr of
Waiicii's iiouin on the Miutli of tlio
'i'tlf.'Pl.l liter.
Ahy attinuiti- to inliilm!. the hPti-)iiMio-t
of tlu tdtUiitlon In South At 1 1' i
Mltieli luni liiep made line after loi
nu r lPtPins to litltish nuns nie laiK
Iiik this afteinoou, and It is niktiol
ctlKPil f lankly that tho most set Ions
cflntl nf the piet-tin war has failed
dlHiiall,
ThPie h no hIkii ot a wish on the
pait nf the Kaih-i of pulilie uplulnn.to
illsKl'ifi the HKly f.ii'lH, hilt, on the co'll
Iriuy, thPip is cm ty dhpoHitlon to faci
the full dittiPiiltli'S and dlscuvoi' tho
het-t win out. In tdioit, tin pulley
UIKOd i('lWllPte W the KlltliPiliu; up
of foieih for moip effoitltp lilmnt,
All hope of tin speedy lelK'l of Ladv
emlth has Ik en abandoned, and the i on
hPtlSUS of Pvpeit opinion HI Res the llu-
ineillatP fdilfttiijr of the tlic.itm of llr
fioni the mi lv kupjes of Natal to the
open veldt of the Kn-e State.
One thlir-f appp,ii,s n rtain anotlipr
Ioiik p'liiro Is liipvltable uiiless the
Hoc-re asstiino tile oftenslve. buaiiso
V(-n !f fieiiei.il IJuller Is to iiKnlu at
tempt to leaeli Laih smith, the plan
nliiB of a new tnote will, npcess.uily,
oetupy tlr:p.
The afternoon newspapers ate diaw
ltiK attention to tho closenpss of tho
parallel liptween the Kedetal attack on
ienetal I.ee at Ftediiplsliur; and the
oppratlon-i on tint upper TukpIu.
Hellef Is pxpeileiii-fd, pspcclally In
nillitaiv clicles, tit the news th'jt thu
Hrltlsh are t-afely south of the. .URela,
for the repoits of Satuid.ty nad con
Jilted tip lslutis of Kieat dii-aRter.
The nfteinuon patier. am dlselinFliiFr
the question whence aie to eoim the
tioop for a piotiucttd eamnalt;n. It
Is recosnlzed cencruliy that some form
ot tonipulsoiy serthu Is liecomlnK tiiori
and mote Imminent. The St. James'
tlazette, however, says that the effoit
to solve I lie ptohlein of the South
Afrh.m war by .inuring mine Iroops
Into .South Afili-.i jtuviiifcof tho Span
ish aillon In Cuba, ami adds that miik
Inw better me ot the tumps there might
tUKKest Itself.
The nut en's sppfeh at tho rcashem
blliiR ot patlliimeiit toiiioiiow Is await
ed with unusual luttie.st, In the expec
tation that a t-onsldei.iblo Increase In
the naval and mtlltaiy expenditure will
he ucipssltated apait altogether fioni
the special war vote.
British Casualties.
London, Jan. 29. tiem ml Duller
wires fioni Spe.irnuiu't Camp, Jan. :;!',
that the casualties amoiiK the iiIIKom
of the I'ltth division mounted hrK'.ulo
at Splon Kop, Jan. I'l, were: Killed,
iJ; wounded, 20; mls-slti;?, G.
The killed italude Captain the lion.
V. II. 1'etif and Lieutenant C. U.
Oicnfell, both of Thoineycioft's iiiuunt
i'il Intimity. Anionp; the wounded aio
Coloiud Hlomlleld, Seiond Uint.ishlti
ftisllt- :., who was taken inhonei;
tJeneial Wooduato, datiReiously, and
Major i: W Stott Moncielff. It will
be seen fioln the
pmt that the an- I
iiouiu intents ot CJenor.il WoodK.ito d
death was eitoneous.
STEYN IN PRETORIA.
Hoad of Orange Freo State Wel
comed by Transvnal Officials.
Pii'toila. 1'iiday, Jan 2S. Vic-ldptit
Ste.vii, ol tlio 'Iran?' 1'iee .State, and
A. riiiher, of the exeeullve cmint II of
that H public, aiiived help this mom-
liu. They wpic met at the lalltoiul
tt itlon bv I'nsidtnt Ktiniet n'ld other
otllelah-, and were eheeted while dilv
Ini? to the lesldence of the ptesliknl oi
thp Tinnsaal.
The Volk'Meni, th- ctlifi.il in Kin of
th" Kovdiituent, in weltoinliiK the I
Riipsth of the statp, says-
"IJ'lt ! )1 tl.e tout i it cults attitude of
tlv I-'ioe State tin tonditliv.is of the I
ineselit stlllfwle would be pbanm d. It
would have In en Impos-slblo for the i
Ti.intv.iil to have talun the tntitse
followed with such sintiss."
BRYAN VISITS EAST.
Tirst Step in Extensive Speaking
Tour Taken at Pawtuckct
1'iovldenc, It. I, Jan. 2 1 William
J Iti.van .ml i'oiiKio;?-'iiiau Lent, or
Ohio, allived ill this eit.v today fioni
.N'( w Yolk but thev )ii(i(peded Inline-
II itelv to rawturkPt. At New ll.iveil
.Mavor (linn, nf Woonioikit, .Mi.vo.
I'ltt'Ri laid, ot I'awtud.it. and a com
mittee 1 1 nni the Ui mociatlP state i-a-ti.
il eoiuniittie of Uhoile Iil.mil .ni t
the vMtots and at . onip.'uie 1 the .1
tin remainder of the loin m v.
Tli" flisl stop In the extensive speak
ing toiu of New Iln;;lauil plana-d lor
I'oloncl 1 it .in In tin- iipm ten tliv
v is iiiuIp at I'l.i tucket duiiiiR tli
a'teino if.
I'.ivv tucket, It. I., Jan. 2!. W. J.
Hi van was well pleased with the n Milt
ot hi.- Hist in pi h in the st.UP ol Kliode
Island at the opii.i house heie this
afternoon. The lam" aiiditoiium ns
p.u'l-'-d and tin te vvah nun h eiithu-l-asir.
.Mr IJi.van was Eivin the findnui of
tin- city by M.i. John J. I'lti-Rtiald,
who IntriVluied him The colonel kppt
pveiy one in rciihI humor h apiilvlnsr
blbllc.il siIiirs to his hiibjtet Mi.
Hi .van dei lined that the t'hltapo pl.it.
Im m stands today th" only one adopt,
(d In IS'Mi that vill be li-nii mbi led tor
all tiuip.
"I have a hichcr ambition than to be
piesldent," said he. "Th.it Is to do
Miinelhlnt,' to make the rovci tililPtit
better. I have no doubt that the time
will tome when the tnlntiple of tho
I'hlcnRO plHtfoim will be a pal t of the
liw of the United States. I believe In
Its ultimate tiiumph."
Mr. Iltjati rcfened to the inonetaiy
tomnilsslon sent to Ilutope bv 1'iesl
dent MeKlnlej-, and said that the ph si
dent h.id betiaved the petiole by tiy
Iiir to sot the fou-lRn Rnveinineiit to
help the t'nltpd StatPS Ret lid of a
thiliK that people had alieady deelaiel
for.
The siiiaku relet red to the panic in
London as the tesult of a 'eveie In
South Attlea, and Hip panic In the
I'tilted Stater in a fuither l ill't.
"If fie tew leveises ot .'Innland dis
till b tin llnauics nf this loutir-.," said
In, "wheie will ou be If ever 'InKland
takes a nation of her hU' 'We will
nevei be Independent until e have a
niijntiiil system of our own."
SPANISH MAJOR RESCUED.
Taken flora tho Filipinos by Adju
tant General Washington.
Washington, Jan. 2D The following
has lit en iceeived at the wai dppai'.
iiu nt:
".Manila, Jan. iX Uihttaut eiciieial
Washington lescind s.pmih nialn
who repotted that ho suv Major Hoc-k-efeller
in Noithein '. uiib.ilcs, Die 1.'.
Another Spanish tilllcer In Snuthein
l,uon slates that he saw him tlieie a
shoit time ago. No safe eonchniou
can bo tenched. (Signed) Otis"
Coal Rates to Bo Advanced.
Phllitdt lphl i, l.m. .''. Thu Mil lulls bitu
minous dial i an v lug nillio.nl.--, altci a
liumbt,!' ol toillf tenets, liavi piaetleallv
ngieiil to ailv.imc the mitslili tftlevvat i
ratis about U5 tents per ton 'the new
l.ites will go Into i ffi ct cm Vpul 1 Thn
Inside tlilewatir l.ites have hot et been
tlM d, but It is btlli'Md the new lUuiiri
will shew mi advance of iiliimt .i'l ctuts a
ton.
Choked to Death.
Wilkes-Hiirie, Jan. Si. (hoi go Stanton,
nged TI, a iisliKnt ot khiKslou, was
ehokrd to death last en nin?. lie was ill
and bin supper was muled to Ids loom.
A plico of moat India d in his tluo.it and
bet oi it nicdiiiil assistail" could leach
him lie cplnd.
Miss Gould's Generosity,
Now York, Jan. S9. Hov. William fjood
ell I'rost. president of Hen a college, Ky.,
anniiiitictd today that Miss lliltu M.
Clould had contributed J'.oou toward tlio
fund of JiOO.On which he Is iiihlng lor
tho colli u'c and thut li.ilf the fund was
ulrcady siibst rlbtd.
President's Birthday.
Washington, Jan. 2X Piesldent MeKln
ley It 57 e.ir old today, having hem
born at NIIph, Tiumlmll county, n,, Jim,
!", U. He lectin d niiinv t uiuiatula
tlous and telCKlitnis ti lit IIiiiIiir IiImi upeii
tho octaslua. Muuy lloiul te-iiumliraiiees
wr Hent hid.
OUR COLONIAL POLICY
HAS BLEN OUTLINED
ADMINISTRATIONS DESIRE RE
GARDING PHILIPPINES.
Formulation of an Elaborate Scheme
of Government at This Time Is
Deemed XJnwiso The Republican
Lenders Want Islands Ruled ns
Dependencies Question of Consti
tutional Right to Hold Territory
Not an Intogial Part of the United
States Probable Action Regard
ing Puerto Rico.
Wa-dihiKton. Jan 2'J. The .idinlnls
tiallon Is anxious that tnintre-M sdinuld
act fpcullly with levjutd to the l'hll
Ipl lues by passing kKlslatlon ot thu
chat.li.tei' ot the bill ItitloiltK i d by
Stnatof Spoonir. viliKh I1S--PI ts the Jttr
Ntllition of Loiniess vhllc vestlnir si-I-'
power tempoiailly in tho pusldent of
the fulled States. ll Is s ild tint
tu Ithi-r the piesldent nor the Kepubli
(.iti leadeis In coiiKit-i'i deem it wls
to attempt any (laboiate ! Illation
at thU tlnip m to foii'iulate a -olit nn
of o, eminent for th' l'lilllpplnes. (
They de-Ire nitlief "'i.K' KkI'IiuIimi I
ptovldltiR for the lontiol of tho Phil- I
Ipplnts ami of other ii'tilir posips
slons ni dependencies ol the Unit -d
States, but not as an ltitpst.il pait of
tlu- tenltoiy of the United States. The
lawypiH of the udmlniMiatlon luive
been devoting much time and itu.lv to
consltleilnv the Kr.iI and eonnltittlon
al tiuestioiis Involved In the liolditiR of
the l'lilllpplue-i, and the ptc-ddent is
convinced th.it It Is within the power
of coiiRre'-s and the executive to Rev
et n the Insular po-sesslons as tcirltoiy
.ipppitalnliifr t the I'nlted States
without extending- over lliein the ton
stltulion oi RiviiiR to them the pilvi
leRej which the constitution itetoul.-. to
iltUens of the states and teniloiles.
Hut tlieie Is no foim.il deihlon of the
stipieme court to sustain oin. view or
another, and until null a lninial de
i islnn Is obt. lined the picdddlt is m
iolIs that toiifipis ihould do nothln ;
vvhlc-h would seive as a jitncedi nt lor
tie.ititiR the Pldlipplm-i as an intiRi.il
pan ot the teiiitorv of tli" I'nlted
States.
Spooner Bill.
Tin p.it-i.mi of the Spoonei bill would
ludlc.itL the puipoie of ( oiirk ss to have
the Insula" i uti iiiniis litnteil .n tie
pindeurlts oh eoloilies. The p.'las.lRe ot
u similar bill with icr.iuI to I'ueito
Itii o would tonllim and stieiiRtliPii
that position, and for ihitt le.ison the
sentiment, both in uilmiulitiatiou and
toiiRli.islnnal tlicK-s, .iR.ilnst atlempl
iiir elaboiate 1i-rs1 itlo i for I'tnitn
Hit O Is RIOViHR StlOllRC" dulv. It 11
bellevi-1 that whatuvu is dmi ah Hit
I'm i to Itiio now should be doiu- witli
a view to Hi lioisible eiT"tt on th
tn.itment of the l'lilllpplnes later.
Tlieie an- Miy fevs Ii-r.i1 opinions of
any gnat weight oil the ictttitlon ot
the new poiici-doii". The moil Im
portant opinion Is thit of Chief Justie
Manhall It Minis lo In aRaiuit th
contention that then- Is nothliiR in the
fonitltiitlmi to pmlillilt the holding of I
tenltoiy without nuking it a pait of
the I'nitid Mites and subject, theie
foie, In all ie-piel.s to the piovisiuns
of the Constitution. Hut it Is believed
that whi n the Supieine mint comes tu
i (insider the question In the IIrIU of I
toiidltlons as they exist today its d--ilsluu
vvlll be favoiable to tlio tliat
nient of I'ticrto Hlco and the Philip
pines as teirltory appei talnliiR to the
'United States, but not a pait of t lie
United States. After an opinion of thr
eouit has been Riven cohric-s can act
with a full knowledge of its constitu
tional poweis.
If eoiiRtess undertakes any K-rIsI.i-tlon
foi the lellef of Puerto Hlco it W
practically settlpd that piefeiential
tut Iff Kites and not absolute ftep ti.ule
will be rImii. That would open to
Ptieitit Hlto the American markets
without establishing a pi et ode lit whlih
might ( mb n i ass coiirioss later In deal
Ins with Cuba and the l'lilllpplnes.
Should a bill be p.isied for Puuto
IJieo on the lines of tho Spooner bill,
th admlnlstiatloi'. of the likunl wnukl
lest with the president. That would
give the tulhst uieaiuie of elasticity
lit adinlnlstiatlon
HUMMEL SENTENCED.
Eighteen Months for Enticing Minor
Child.
Philadelphia. Jan. :9 neoij.- Hum
mel, of Habttiti was K.-utilleed tod iv j
to i-lghtteii niontlis in tlu Kastiiiii
pc-nltentl.ny on tin thuge of entklng
a minor child to this t Ity it r iminoi il
liuipuses. Anna Ihwlebeii. of this tllv,
was aim giv mi llfteen months for h.u
holing the ihild.
Tin si't-tltie chaige ncainrt the de-
ftntlauts vx.is prt-ftiied by Anna Schil
ling, ot South liothlehem, who t- sti
lled that lluiumel brought her tn this
city and placed her in the woman'n
home. Seveitl other minor gills gave
testimony. I
Will Not Reconsidor Samoan Tieaty
Wasliiiigtou, Jan K'.-Tho senate in e..
((ii.tln se.idmi tcicl.iv tli elded by i'l to
"i mil to icioiisidii thn vote by whith
tin S inio in Unit) was latlllod. Si nu
tor H.nls, ih.iliiniiu ot tho fun Uif lela
tions toiuinlttto dining the cvi'iitlvr se'
slon liifoi intd tin sPii.ito that tomorrow
ho will uk It to tako up Th H113110
peatt) tituly.
Charters Granted,
ll.inlsliiiig Jan. ?i-C'lmiti is wcin l
sin d today at thu sliilc dtpaiimul us
follows: Tho A tr i ik" in lie lompimy,
Phlkiile-lphla, eapital K-u.OOn; Mlttlln Nat
ural Has company, of niiiiii'iiie, tapltil
JIO,i0j Osteopathia Heal Kstnto com
puny, WllkcH-llarre. capital I,0).
Molineux Trial Postponed.
New Yolli. Jan. ?. Tho tllnl of Holaml
H. Mollnifx. chiuvcd with tho murder
t'f Mrs, Katliprltio J, .ilums, was today
fuither potpnnei1 until Tluirnluy on ao
i ouut uf the tontliiue'd llliieii of Juior
Hrown.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Wtishliigton, Jan. I"). Pension ceitlll
cilcH Issued under dale of Jim. IK: Ito.
situation and lui-roio-iv Am.is.i P. Ho
ten. Atht'iix, Hiailford, $ to JIT. tliimual
vvldiiws Hiiinui I.. Ci.tlliiji. Hiultlon, l.u
reine. fS
CHINA AGITATED.
Trouble Feared Because of tho Depo
sition of the Emperor.
Shanplial, Jan. 29. Thu deposition
ot the liupeior KvvmiR-su has causjd
preat dissatisfaction amoiiR the Chi
nese olllelals In the YatiK-te valley,
nnd the native mcicatitlle circles are
dlstui bed, fearltitf troiibK'. It I'l lis
tened that the empetor will he leln
stated In one year.
St. Petetshuip, Jan. Lfl. The news
paiu'ta ht'te ate p.ijinR conidetabli
attit'tlon to the events In China. Tlu
Xovostl explores the opinion that the
d.Miaxty will last for u lout; time to
eonip. but adds that Chlntu will never
be lestoied te her winter condition
and that tli" "unavoidable woil
ot ,
partition will be aceompll.ilied peace
fully, thoimli, pet haps, in the distant
futuie."
The Isoxslja .ii-otti' that it was not
tippesaiy for i:usIa to take a hand In
tho coup d'etat, and adds;
"A UiiFso-Japanesi alliance Is In
evitable. It Is only a nuestlon of tline.
In the me mvv hlle It Is Itupot taut that
the tontiol ol the naval and nillitaiv
fones of t 'bin. i dois not fall Into the
hands of tho Aniei loans, Hiitlh or
(iPinmns"
The paper loneluiles'
"Wo must Ktcp on the alert and sco
how the new- --Ituatlon affects tho In
tel ests of vvctem Kuropu, above all
those of llnnl.intl."
Wa-hltiKton. Jin. 2'). Xo (onhtniii
tlon has le idled the state dcpai tint nt
of th lepoited death of the Chinese
cinpi'ior. Hecause of the loundabout
way In which the stoty was circulated
Its at cut. icy is subject to consldeiahle
tloubl.
At the Chinese legation It was said
that absolutely nothing o'.llcial had
bein lei'.-lvpd on the lepoited death of
the empeior, not had the legation had
unv le.ison to believe the lepoit true.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Bill lor Reorganization and Im
provement of Weather Bureau
Receives Black Eye Other Busi
ness. Washington Jan. 20 The bill for
the lioiRanir itlon and impinveni-'iit I
of th" weathei lam au, which includes
ptuvMmi for penii'iitlng disabled and
I ai'Pil einplo.vii ot the s-ivlce, ust'iv-d
a hlick p.vp in the houn toda. Th"
bill wus bltttrlv t'oiifht bv the oppon
ents of ( iv 11 pension lolls in at count
ot the lite tni'-e prevision 11 contained, I
lid it was slditl.uked on a test vote
b -i7 to T: Although the speaker
tilled tint It if in lined uiitlnMi"tl busl
ni si, vhtn the house wis agiinst It
In i oninilttef of the vvbole. the oppon
ents ol the meisiu,' bMicvo the T-tion
ot today kills It.
Th-- early poitioti of the d-iv 'iv.is
devoled to a lively sctiium.iRe om r the
snilei ns-olutlon to Investigate Sceie
taty ti tge, v.hlih thp eoniniitti" on
lilies ii commended should be sent to
th- was and in- .ins et'innilttee, as tli!
latter lommlttee Ins the lespoiite of
the M'Clct.ny ill its potieision. Tlieie
was no objection to the pr lptned a--tion
but Mr. Hlehaidsim (Ti-im.i, and
Mr. Sul.er (Xi-vv YtnK), used It as a
tet tor teiiewlng tlu-lr attaelc upon
i the iptiet.il v. Mr. f!iR. w.n defendea
bv Mr. Hopkins Hill. Mr. Hill (Com.),
mid Mr. rxi'ell (Pa )
A bill to ieiiilro idiots and otther
of i team m suds to make tilth 'i
their applb.ilions for lKetii-s wat pio
senli tl.
FILIPINO BARBARITY.
Mutilated Bodies of Three Ameri
cans Found Near Calino.
W.iteitown, X. Y., Jan. L'O. The
Standard today pilnts a letter ftom its
coiieFpondent with the TwentV-sK"i
infantiy, 1'. S. V.. dated ot Hollo. IM
nay Island, Uee. lfi. vhich ?as that
thiee men. VlllIain Hupan. IVn-ls I,.
Hajts -ind Michael Ttacv, who wi ic
lepoited missing at Calino, when th
lolunm under tieneial Ilughet sioppet!
at tint town, have been inur leied.
The tin ee men belonged o Company
H. Second battalion of tin Twenty
.ith infantiy.
The bodies of the men w v found on
the giound 111 a coeuauut giov near
the town of Calino. The.r lilies un.l
ammunition belts had been tauen fioiu
them. Their tluoats wc".c cut from
ear to ear mid the bodies w mutil
ated in a honible ni.miiei. Tl hornet
nf the thiee men hip not known heie.
They ,uol-ably belonged In t' Miti.il
pait of the state. It Is said tlu'
Tracy's home It In Ithaca, N. Y
RAID ON CHINATOWN.
Opium Dons and Fan-Tan Houses in
Philadelphia Cleaned Out.
Philadelphia. Jan. L'fl. The death of
May Hiblghaui, a nung woman of n
Mi' '-table fiuullj t oniiectlons, fioni opi
um p isoning in a "furuithed loom
lioife" In Chinatown last week was
the, cause of a police laid in th.it sec
tion today. Seven opium ileus and
fan-tail establishments wcie visited
and forty Chinamen, t mr white wo-
"' "" Nl,Uo '" "l Nerc ""f t"1'
The pilioneis were nuaigiied for .1
pilioneis
hearing on vailous chaiges. Including
nplttni snioklng and maintaining ill
leputablii and RambllllR hoiu-t-s.
The alleged pioirletots wtie held tor
trial in $M0 ball and the inmates In $'iOO
hall.
Appeal from tho Peace Society.
Hoston. Jan. 21. The board of dlrectois
of th" Anieileaii Pence society today for
winded an nppi.il to Piesldent MeKln
ley to offer tho good utile es and medli
tlon of thn T'nllid Stubs to Great lint
tt In and tho Transvaal, basing the action
e.n the fact that thn wholo clvllUctl world
has not foigotteu that one of tho mo.st
benign features of the sclu mo approved
bv ull at Tho Haguo tonftmui' was that
which entltltd good nlllrea and mediation.
Modal for Miss Gould.
Washington. Jan, '.'). Mr. Hilggs, nf
New York", today inti educed a bill giving
the thanks ot coiikuss and n gold medal
to Helen Miller tiould for patrloilu sol
vico during the war with Spain.
"Kid" Out in tho First Round.
New Yolk. Jan. 29 -Kid Mel'artlanil
was knocked out III thn llrst itiund by
Matty Matthews at tho Iletcules Athletic
rlllb 111 WcfrtVlwi. Innlwlit.
THE BOERS DESIRE
MORE VOLUNTEERS
WELCOME TO FIGHTERS WHO
WILL PAY OWN BILLS.
Thoy Promise Nothing for Ameri
cans Who Will Enlist and Fight
tho English, but Intimato That
They Will Bo Pleased with Ameri
can Aid Shy Bid of Consul Fierce
New Yoik.Jan. 39. Charles D. Pleiee,
the consul general In this tlty of tho
(Jraiige Free Stale, today received a
tiimmunlcatlon fioni Vr. llcndtlck Mttl
ltr, tnvoy cttnotdlnaiy ot the Oiange
Fipp State, consul genc-inl to the Neth
ei lands at Thu 1 lactic. The letter, In
patt. leads:
"As to volunteciH tiom whom 1 re
ceived n huge number of offeis fioni
Amulet by eveiy mall, none of them
may be e-ngaRed either by Dr. Leids,
envoy c-xltamdinaiv of the Ttansvaal
lepubllc jit Hiussels, or by any re-pte-senlatlve'
of the two republics.
"Anv pcison who wants to go to
South All lea must do so on his own
uetoiint and at his own risk, via De.-
ltigun Hay.
"It thereto! c must bo cleat ly under
stood by men wishing to volunteer I hat
I cannot pay them any money and th it
I cannot engage them. The only thing
I can do Is to lecommend to the Hoer
authorities people who have presented
themselves to me and are possessed ot
ext client testimonials and ciedentlals.
After arriving heie, they will be ad
vised veib.illy how to get to the. frem
iti r without much dllliculty. I have not
the light to give them any assunme-j
ieg.ii ding an engagement by our gov
ernment. The same tlifllculty as to sur
geons and ti.ilned nuiscs. To be ad
mitted to the Held of war by both bei
llgeicnt pat tle, they must be legiti
mated bv a ii cognlitil lied Ctoss sotl-
et. Ot coui.se, mllitaiy men who will
go for their own ateount, who know
how to shoot with t.innon or gun, who
do not claim to ask a commanding posi
tion, knowing that a Hoer never llRhts
under lotelgn command, will be wel
comed If they tan piove their ttut
woithv t har.it tei. Aim cleetiiclan. or
otlu-1 technical people may be useful,
but our government has positively 11
luiiil to live an older about them.
Should suth people he sent out for love
of our c.iuie. In case they tatiuot pay
their own passage money, this should
be done by us or by our friends in a
pilv.ite capnilt.. It Is, of couise, vety
po.islhlu thit the two lepubllcs, after
a happv tinlsh of the war, will tepay
some of such money if the olunteeis
, have rcndeied nal seiviei, but tlieie Is
no ollicl.tl ceitainty about this.
I "Am to monov, will say that this Is
' most urgeiitlv ie(tilicii for niaiiv pur
poses'. Theiefore I shall be paitluul.it
I ly h.ipp.v If money N sent me. It Is
piolotted that the donois do not stipu
late anything", but that it should bo,
spent for the Orange l-iee .tate rov
ci nnu lit, whli h lpquest vvlll be M-iy
t ai efully obieivpil. I have myself spent
a small fat tunc already lor our just
t aine."
WILL FAN THE FLAME.
Tho Irish Joan of Arc Arrives in
This Country.
New Yoilc. Jan. iV-MIsi Maud
(lonne, the Iiish Joan of Aic, auived
today em the steamer Ha Xtamandio.
from Havre.
Mies eionno could say but little about
her futuie movements In this country
beyond the fact that she would stay it
month and then hurry back to Ite
land, as her lime was fully engaged,
there. She will adthess several meet
ings in the Intel est of the Boers.
On the uirlvnl of La Noimnndie at
tho pier Miss eionno was escorted tn
the Fifth avenue hotel. "The object
of mv islt here," said Miss Oonne, "1.4
to aiouse sentiment here In favor of
the Hoers. I have hpen in Franco
elermanv and In Holland nnd thero
liava heard c.xpiesslivir of suiprls-;
that America was not foiemoft In
ehampIoniiiR the Hoer side. They nro.
struggling for liberty, they are tight
ing as ou did for Indei-endenee. I
believe that the seutimtut heie In
favor of the Hoeis is growing and I
shall do all in my power to fan tho
Ilamc.
RUSSIA'S INDIA MOVEMENT
Gcoiffo Kennan Thinks It May Bo
Only to Harass England.
Chicago, Jan. 1'J. Oeorgo Kennan,
Sibcilan e.p!oiet, wilier and one of
the best Intouued Americans on the
Internal conditions of Hussla and i's
lelations! with the nations of the woil I,
when asked last night whether the
movement of Hussi.in Hoops towai 1
tin Indian bonier was an Inetdent ol
its di she to inter Htitish tenltor.v,
said'
"No: I luu illy think that Hussla has
any serious intention In India, mid the
mobilization of troops may mean noth
ing more than ti wish to hat ass uaJ
woiry Hnglaud for other put poses."
Commissioner Payn'o Successor.
Albanv, Jan. ? A featuio of tho stn
ate tonlshl was the sending in of tho
name of Prancls Hendricks, of Syracuse,
by (lovernoi Itoi)ivelt , to succeed Louts
I. Pa) ii as slate supeilntt iitlent of In
surance. Steamship Arrivals.
New Ymk, Jan. 19. Auived: La Nor
inamllt, fiom Havre. Cleared: Aller. for
Hronitn via Bouthamptou: llottcidain. lor
Holtcidani. Liverpool Failed: Tiiuile,
for New Ytrk. Hainbuig Sailed: (Iraf
Waldersce, for New York.
-
Jack Ward Knocked Out.
Haltlmore, Jan. 29 Terry McGovcin
knocked out Jack Wuid, of Newark, to.
might in two minutes and llvo seconds.
Tho men vvero booked to go twenty
louuds.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Willluinsport, Jan. 9. Stephen S.
Ilioun. one of thu most prominent lum
bermen In this stcllon of tho state, died
today, lined iO. Ho was a. descendant uf
tho family that tounded Brown unlver.
slty. Ho canio to Willlamsport In 18JJ
mid soveu c.irs later started in tlio
lunitier bti!liiess, his operations being on
mi exteuslvo scale mid continued until
M d.iilli
THE NEWS THIS MOKNINU
Weather Indications Todayi
FAIR AND WARMER.
Oeiiei.it News of the South African
Win.
PltUlmrg HollliiR Mill Winked.
Thu Hot is Seek Voltintet is.
Undo Sam's Colonial Policy.
fletipial Niirtlte.istprn Point-. haul i.
I'lliaiielal iilid Comme-ii l.il.
I.ocal Court Proi ceilings.
H'nal ll'tlth UKcts Otllccrs.
Hdltorial.
News and Comments.
Hocnt Publlo Miliary to He C'lnicd
on Aectiiint of I'levnlllng Ilpldiinle.
Spink-ciisy Cotnniltfpo Mieting.
Hubert Jackson's Yiews of the Trans.
aat.
Hocal West Sci.inlon and Siiluirlnn.
Hound About the County.
local Llvo Iniliislilal Notts.
BASE BALL MEN MEET.
Organizers of the Now American
Association on the Giound at Phil
adelphiaNew Magnates Become
Acquainted.
Philadelphia, Jan VK Man bill mii
from vailous tedious of ih- tountiv
who aie iiiteitited ill tlv.' new Ann" -lean
nsst elation, whlih i- to meet to
moiiow lor the purpoie of oiga'ih'in
and to lay out a tin nit, began to m
rlve today. Mo it of th-l'i .lie mm on
the piolllld.
Those here tonight an 11. It 'Jiiln.
president of the association, nnd f. K.
Havener and Josph X .'Uileii, if
Milwaukee; Adtlan C. Anson, of Chl
e.igo; A. H. Hockel, 'if St. I. mis.
Thomas i.McC.itthv Hn-I .1. II Hicwsm.
ot Hostou, ami Phil Peteisoii, Conway
M Sams and John Mctiiaw, of Haiti
mine.
Hettolt will b-' i,iii-iiitfi1 at th"
meeting by ptoy in tho hands ol h
Milwaukee pnnplf. Whli- no on has
yet ui i ived to lake r.at" of Pii.vidi nc a
Intensts, it Is eppctPd tin. icpic.-,cn-tatlvei
lioin that t-itv will a'.nv- to
morrow oi later. Phil nlelphla's inlei
eits aio looked after bv Frank Hleh
fer, but It was slalnl by Mr. Hit liter
tonlsl't thut some one other than him
self who Is Illtc-PMtel In the club to be
placed heie will oilleintlv iopient
this city at tli- iiu-'lln.-. Wlvi thli
representative is hn nit .M t cume to
light.
The l.in to ai live .vas the l'aliimoro
contingent, ml as sum i- th"v got
heie, which vas lite tonight, tli- new
inagnitei u-tlu-d to an upper mam of
111" Hotel H.iliOM'i, wheie .i'l liifnini.il
tonfennie was held. It w is i-pl lined
tint unity of the visitors wcie new to
tuih other and that the i oulctcni c
was held for the soli1 pau-cse ot h -coming
better at quainti d. It is known,
however, that plans for the meet In-?
tomonow wen dlMUSM'd and that
Si.tue of a lough piORiiimino was
in ipped out
It Is belle. eel that then will lip t nli
sldeiable dlllltulty tniouiiten d whin It
conips tc making up the i limit. It Is
known that tin anoil.itloti has inon
than enough appliiations tor admis-don
to complete the oig.mlzatinii Louis
ille is a stiong applicant, and It Ii
undcistood that a delegation Jioin the
Hlue Hiass state is now on the way to
this city for the puiiio.se of pushing
Lnuisvltlu'H application. Washington
and New Ymk aie uNci knocking for
udiulislou. Then vas a luinot aioiind
the hotel eotiidor tonlRht that Will
iam Hai nie Is the moving- sjililt that Is
pushing New Yolk for membeishlp in
tho new oiRanization. Hainie Is now
t unnot ted with the Providence i lub,
and whether the ninior Is tine umld
not be learned tonight.
When President Quin was seen to
night reRaidlng the dispatch fioiu
Washington, which stated that Piesl
dent .Young, ot the National league,
had tecelved appliiations for piotee
tlon and nipinbetship under the na
tional URlceiucnt of the Aniei 1 nil as
sociation fioni v ai loin clubs, he em
phatically denied that any sui It appli
cations had been made. Mr. (juln salt!
that such a thing would be ildieuloiH,
as the new aisoi latlon Is full.v able to
take cue of Itself and does not Intend
tu ask favots of the National leagut.
STANDARD DIVIDENDS.
Statomeut Made Public by Indus
trial Commission.
Washington, Jan, 21 A st.itenii nt
by S. C. T. Podd solldtoi of th" Stan
daid Oil company, i uitcinlug divi
dends of that company liom lSJ to
tin- present cai, has In mi nndi pun
Ik b.v the liidustii.il (ommiislon It
shows that the lompanv'i dlvldenils
have miiIi d fiom .r,i per cent. joi an
num 111 liJ in ill per cent 111 is.
i speaking of the method" that luiv
ill tile the Stuitdaid OH t ouipanv n stic
tess, Mi. Umld says
They have obtained and utilized tho
best si Untitle skill In Invcstlgatlti.r
nnd I'.NpetlnientlnR' upon the obt lining
of new and usettil pioduits liom pe
troleum and have elie.ipeuetl illumi
nating' oil and otheivvNe hem titled
it'iinklnd by the utllUatlon id these
b'-pioducts,
"They hive used their united cap
ital in opening up th" matk'ts of tin
woild for American ictioleum, mil
have held these niatkets ng.ilmt the
lleiet'it fotelgn competition 'Ibis w is
lendeied possible- only by the employ
ment of million of capital in th
cheapening tf ttanspoitatlon at liouw.
acioss the ocean and in fotelgn lauds,
and by the best and cheapest methods
of manufacture."
Dr. Loyds' Visit.
Heilln, Jan. is -An olllclal agency has
communicated tho following to tho pies:
"In spito ot uiiotlKlal statements that
Ur. Lejils, thn diplomatic repreteiit.itlvo
of tho Transviitil Is hero by olllt lal In
vitation, his visit la entirely by his uwn
initiative and though he has lecelved or.
dlnary couittsy. his presence Is entirely
without iHilltlcul slgnlllcanec."
Distillery Destroyed.
HaBfistovva, Md., Jan. . Tho Hoxbury
distillery was destroed by tho today tu
b'ellier with about sixty barrels ot new
no whisky. Tho loss will reach about
JU'.OOO, tally Im-urcd, Tho flames did not
communicate to threo warehouses where
in are stored lwtwecn 6,000 and i.d.n) tiar-
rcls of whisky.
WRECK OF A
ROLLING MILL
A Pittsburg Plant Des
troyed by an Explor
sion of Boilers.
ONE WORKMAN KILLED
Many Aro Badly Injured, and Mora
Deaths Will Probably Follow Tho
Explosion One of tho Most Terriflo
That Ever Occuricd in a Pittsburg
Mill Heavy Beams and Masonry
Thrown from tho Foundations.
Fiantic Women on the Scene.
PMli-butg. Jen. H'i. Tin steel depart
ment id' Phllllpps. Nlmlek .1 t'o.'s roll
ing mill on Wist I'aitoti stieet vv.n
ioniiletely wieiked anil .1 d'w.eti men
wet-- Inllllid bv tlii- i Miloslon of a
liatt -iy ot I'olll I, ll,,'" Imllelp. (Ill- of
the Itijm i'il bis since illetl. 'Ho loss
to the pin lit will be elloinioU'i.
Th" Injiiu-d wcie iiilcl.ly leinnvtil
fiom the lillns. l-'Ive Wen be.dly niul
llateil ami one or two ninit deaths may
ic suit, rollowlng Is the llbt of thu
most serious e isu iltles:
Dead.
SIMON llul.l.ANIi. lilt man; dlnl at
lloiueil albii hn-plliil.
Injured.
IMn'rl Nioi.iii. Iniilv i ill and si.ildnl.
Const intlini liall.igl.i l. I'.idU tut and
lull in d.
William Klikjutriik, net leitlly hurl.
Prank Muiio
Patrick lialv, not b.atly butt,
leieml tli Colllin
Itutiev H.isiiilniig, not tiullv hint.
W T. C(.i.k.
IN t( r P.J lies
The explosion was our of (he most
tPtillle tint enr net ui led ill a Pltts
buig mill The i oof of the IhiIIi r loom
was i ouiplelely llflttl fioni the bulld
iiu; and the living It mi and steel fell
in all din i lions.
Heavy beam" and noitions of thn
mtsoniv wen Ihioun fiom the foun
ilations. The men vveic eitnhrd to tho
giound and these beside the holi'M I
vvei" nalded by the (M.iplug steam.
Women and chlldnn iiishnl at onto
to the mill, civ ing for their loved ones,
and lor a time the fiantic women In
tel fi'ietl with the wotk of tin rccucr.s.
The mill had been stopped over Sun
day and the biili-ii had been just (hod
proi uatot.v to siutipg the mills.
Mole than a hiniiln-l mi u were si Hid
ing .'bout n.ulv to go to wutk when
th-) explo.don mi mini, (Jne of th
boilPis lose on end nnd a sin et of
llanie shot o-it of th" fi'M.iee door,
complctcl1, (iivlopiiiR Hull ii, d.
The i,ilii' of the "plosiou i. intuit
be known until a thoiouuh Invctlga-
ilon Is made. No t stiui.ile (jf tlio piop-
eity loss ( oiild be made.
SIX AMERICANS SHOT.
Were Found with the Ynqui Indians
ot Moxico.
Washington, .Ian J'J. -The snietaty
of state Is In lec-ipt ot ,i flegiain
from United Siati-s Consul Kindilik.
at Jauir, AlPMiti, lepoill.'ig that K
Atueihaiis luive lien shot. Tlu ll
I n iin.-s an lm t'li-u-k, .Ink Adildg-'.
(ii-oij.'-e l.iillt, e'h.nl l.miiei, I.i u
Webster and litlliv Willi nil-. 11 Is
said thit tl'.v win shut bv mil i if
(iPli'i.il Toiios iiein itimjiiiii.is i. n tlu
ground thn tlu wcie louiid with a
qilt Inill ills f
Tin toinul has nut ,-,. bun able lo
toiilii'ii Hits, icpoit. but th ipt 1 1 tar
of slate has suitably li.stiueted our
iiiilb.iti.idor In lt-latlon to the alleged
shooting nnd has aim liistuuttd Con
sul Kiinlilik to t'ct'i tiilii and teport
to the imb.itsador all p.n tit ul.it -.
BASE BALL COMPANY.
Organization Will Back tho Ameri
can Association.
Haltiuinie, Jan. S.). The Haltlmore,
Hasp Hall nnd AuilU'ement company
was tin tu pot atcd today. The iaplt.il
stoi k Is $jn,iKio, and those who signed
the Im oi'iei ition p.ipois ate John I.
Million. William 11 Mi (he. Wlibtrt.
Hoblin-m, ll.tny Coidman, Phil I'ttei
son, James P. Shannon nud Thomas H.
Jenkins. The speillli object of the
company is to conduct piotcsslonal ball
games, atlili tic exlilbltlous and other
amusements.
This is tho company which will hick
the new Auiciicun association club
foimed la this city last week.
Resolution to Withdraw fiom Cuba
Washington. Jan. 19 Mr. Clajton. of
Alabuniu, today Introduced a n solution
providing that on July I, liw, tho military
iird naval forces of the I'nlttd States bo
withdrawn from the Island of CuKl and
thut tho government theieof bo left td
tho Cuban people.
Twenty Sound Draw.
Huffalo. Jan. ?'. Hddin Connolly and
Juck Ualy fought twenty lounds to a
draw hum tonight.
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WEATHER FORECAST. -f
Washington, Jan. 19. Forecast
for Tuesday and Wednesduyt l-'or
eastern Ptnnsvlvanla, fair, warmer
Tuesday; rain or snow Wednes
day; winds shitting to fresh south
erly.
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