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SCR ANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY (J, .1000.
TEN PAQES.
TWO CENTS.
SUPPOSED TO
BE FIGHTING
Gen. Bullcr Has Made
Another Advance on
Ladysmith.
NOTHING DEFINITE KNOWN
General French on His Return to
Rensburg After His Conference
with Lord Roberts Sent an Over
whelming Force of Infantry to
Seize Norvnl's Point Many of the
Guns That Have Heretofore Been
Used Against Lord Mothuen Are
Believed to Be Now at Norval's
Point Somo Hard Fighting Is
Promised.
London, Feb. fi 1 a. m. Military
opinion In London continues to assume,
fiom veiy sli ml r inatoiiuls, that Gen
eral Buller Is again tin owing bis in my
against tlio Boer winks A retired gen
oral. Sir Willi. un lle-niy Gieon, whose
distinguished an it (fives weight to
his opinion, thinks th.it Geneial Bullet
with 23,000 men is making .1 wide de
tour to the west ,md not th. In order to
.iold the roughest parts of the coun
tiy. As Genet. tl Hiiller must have some
thousands of wagons, sir William
Green points out that the advance
Mould nocosarily he slow.
No authentic word is nt hand, savo
that the war oilleo lealllrmed oiully
the new.spaper Inquiries at a late hour
that it could not confliiu the loported
advance. There the Hatal situation
1CS(S.
It is fiom the western tlulil that more
tic Unite statements come. Lai go oper
ations are apparently ahout to begin.
Oeneral Kiemh, who has now leturncd
to Rensbuig from his confrw-nc-c- with
Lord Unbelts, lias sent what Is de
srilhed ns an overwhelming force of
Infantty to seize Nerval's 1'olnt.
Where Railway Crossed.
This Is whoie the lallway, before It
was desiioytd, crosses the Oi.ingc; liver
and connei ted with the Fiee State
trunk line with Blomfonteln. Norvnl'n
Point Is nlnetet u miles north of Coles
buiR and twenty-live miles :wim G-n-ornl
French's headquaitcis at- Rens
burg. The Boers at Cnlesburg have
been In danger of being suriounded by
the laigely jelnforced and extending
lines of the British. An occupation of
Nonal's I'olnt in force would ptosum
ably render Colesburg untenable.
The Boers aio showing grfat activity
In the Naauwpoort and Colesburg dl--trlcts.
Many of the guns hitherto fac
ing Lord Mothuen are believed to have
pone to Nonal's Point. The Biltl-h.
theiefore. mav And fotmlelible bodies
of Boeis there.
The censorship seems to lwo com
pletely shut down the correspondents
nt Spearman's Camp. No dispatch
fiom that point appears in this morn
ing's papers, and nothing ha been al
lowed to Issue slme Sunday evening.
Hard Fighting Promised.
A dispatch to the Times fiom
Queenstown, Cape Colony, dated Mon
day, says: "General Biabant, while
addressing one of the icgimeuts of the
Colonial division, on paindo yestetday,
said they were leaving the next mum
Ing for the fiont, not to return, ho
hoped, until the task entrusted to him
by Lord Robetts had been successfully
ac compllshed
"He could not disclose the plan of
operations, but If his Intentions were
carried out the great si glutton of
fighting among them would have his
fill."
CHAMBERLAIN'S ADDRESS.
He Dealt with the Broad Issues
Arising from the War.
London, Feb. B. In the house of com
mons In tho debate on the address In
teply to tho speech from the throne.
Sir William Veinon Haicouit, liberal,
declared the war Was due to a reveisal
of the policy laid down by the govern
ment In 1SS7 and 1S!i3. He, however,
contended that though the wnr was an
unhappy business It must be fought
out to the bitter end. Mr. Chamber
lain followed. Tho house was packed
nnd several members of the United
States embassy were ptesent.
The colonial secietary spoke for foi
ty minutes, dwelling on the broad Is
sues and not dealing so much with
details. Ho was enthusiastically
cheered by the ministerialists and oc
casionally Interrupted by the Iilsh
niembcis. Mr. Chninheil.iln paid a
plowing tilbute to the colonies and tho
nrymlso of the futute fedeiatlon of the
implre.
Critical Stage Reached.
M '. Chamberlain admitted that a
Iritlcal stage of the war had been
.cached and that the situation was
andoubtedly serious, though, he added,
io did not bellee the countrv was In
danger. Ho lefuscd to discuss the
.south Afilcan committee, and lnleiiy
summarized the negotiations with the
Tiansvaal. pointing out that the Issues
between the lloers nnd British weio
real and gieat and Inherent in the
differences between the Unci and Brit
ish civilisation. If the prepaintlous for
war weie Insufficient, he continued,
It ds wholly due to tho fnct that the
government was determined to do
everything to secure peace and to do
nothing to endanger It.
Mr. Chamberlain futther deflated
that the war was Just, necessmy and
righteous. Ho legietted tho pioposed
amendment to tho nddtess, because, he
said. It would throw doubt upon tho
unltedness of the kingdom.
Mr. I'hambeilnlu nsked the oppoi
lnn whether they believed In tlio ptop
isltlon that the war was neiesaiy,
nd sild the opposition proposed to
all the war "unjust and unuecci-
i-nty," :uid then vote for Its vigorous
pioseciitlon.
Could Not Be Avoided
The w ir, the secretaty claimed, totild
not be avoided except bv the absolute
Mil lender on the pait of client. Britain
of nil to which she attached linpoit
nncc. Believing the war lneltuble
how could they ote for iunendni"nt
that said the wnr was avoidable A
policy of that soil was said to unite
the patty, but In the o.vos of Europe
It tluew doubt upon the union of the
United Kingdom.
' We hae suffeied clucks," ald Mr.
Chamberlain, "and hae mnde mis
takes, I am not anxious to dispute as
to the blame. Let thfi goveintnent
bear the brunt until the times omes
when, under happier iiisplcof, we can
see how fai the blame Is to be appor
tioned between the system nnd those
admlnNteilng It. In the meantime
blame tis.
"What Is now in gent Is to i ell ess
those checks and to n pair mistakes.
You say we Pave sent too few tioops,
but we ale pouring them Into Se'tith
Africa. In a few weeks we will linv
00.000 men there. We will have 'is
manv mounted men ns there ato
mounted Itoeis. Our cob tiles an mill
tlpl.lng their offers every ofter Is
gratefully accepted, and Lord UobetH
lias selected from among the colonial
his guard of honor.
Spirit is Unbroken
"Meanwhile the spit It of the nation t
iinbtoken. Theio Is no ski Hit
whli h wc .lie unwilling to make, Theie
is no sacillVe we are unwilling to ask
of the colonies. If wo think It nues
s.ity to sucieed. 1 mut go fill tiler
than this and admit th' war, undo.'
new conditions lu a n-w lotintt:', with
new aims, igalnst a new people whose
tenacity and i outage ate edmli ible.
and the s.mie of out own sddleis his
loipilied a larger scheme than any th
government has .et been tailed upon
to meet.
"One of the lessons of the wai Is th
enormous defensive power possissed b
tioops defending their own country.
The second point Is that when we pin
nose a sthenic to meet this emergency
we shall do so not ai n patty, but as
a nation No other nation has ever had
.1 btttei light, however, to be pioud of
her soldleis Xeset again shall the
Boers elect In the heart of South Africa
a iltadel whence to pioieed to disaf
fection and nice animosity. Never
again shall they be able to endanger
the paramountcy ot etieat Britain.
Never again shall they be able to ttent
nn Kngllshman as though he belonged
to an Infctlor race."
No National Gloom.
Referring to statements lcgaullng
"national gloom," Mr. Chambeilaln
said: "I do not accept the phrasf. I
know of annoyance nnd of liiitatlon,
perhaps, hut not of vaccination ap
proaching fear or gloom." The colonial
secietary concluded ,wlth a glowing
trlbiii to tho manner In which the
colonics have l allied to the emplte.
ICoiitluiied on T.ige J.
WAY CLEARED FOR
NICARAGUA CANAL
Great Britain Relinquishes All Voice
in the Matter and Withojit Com
pensation, Great Diplomatic
Triumph.
Washington, Feb. 5. Tho final papers
relating to the convention which abro-
gates the Cl.iton-l!ulwei tteaty were "",lc'l '' n few Bepublleans that the
signed this morning in the state di- b'glslatlw session in London was about
paitnient by Lend Pauncefote foi Guat '" '-"' (-allt'( " Tho Demounts claimed
Biltain and Secietary Ilav for the m llad tho highest nosslblo as
I'nlted States lesoectlvely. ' The neiv ' U1 ances that Governor Taylor would
tteaty, which cleats the wnv for cmi. ' take such action nnd that tho next ses-
stiuctlon of the Nlcaiaguu canal, Is to
be sent to the senate for latilli.ttlou U
onee. That bod.v will, it Is almost cer
tain, apptove It ptomptly. Societal,
1 lav's success in making the conven
tion Is legal ded at the state depait
ment as a ci owning diplomatic tilutnph
for the McKlnley adnilnlstiation.
Membeis of the foielgn iclatlons com
mittee who are In Secietary Hay's ton
fldenee say that the convention gives
absolutely nothing to Great Britain by
way of compensation It Is undeihtuoj
that theie is nothing In the tieatv to
preclude the fortification and piotee
tlon of tho canal by the United States.
On the contiary, the Tnlted States gov
ernment Is expected to foitify and
maintain It. All Butopean nations nic
expected to join In the cuaiantee of
neutiallty.but the pollc Ing of the canal.
the pioteetlon fiom attack by land an I
sea. Is Incumbent on the United State s.
Any piovisloti in a (invention forbid
ding siuh foitlilcatlon nnd pioteetlon
would be opposed In the senate and It
Is doubtful whether any bill can go
through congtes.s which does not eon
template such pioteetlon of capital In
estid. MORMON CONVERTS ARRIVE.
Thirty-five Come Ovor on the Steam
ship Anchoiia,
New Yoik, Feb. .1 Thh ty-llve Mor
mon converts, many of them women,
anlved heie today on the .steamship
Anchoiia from Glasgow, The patty aie
on their way to Utah. They aic from
Belgium and Swltsotland Theie ni-
some jening glils in the paily who aie
pretty unci rellned looking.
As the Immigrants fulfill all the con
ditions of the lmnilgi.it Ion law, they
weio ullowed to pioceed west.
Big Deal in Coal Land.
Pittsburg, Fib. r. A sndlcale of Pitts,
burg, Buffalo and wtstein capitalists has
scented options jn about SM) acies of
eo.il land between Plttt-buig and Lake
I'.rlei lallioiiil and the Pan Handle load.
The pioperty bus a fiontiigu oil the Ohio
rlvir. It Is proposed to develop this
piopeily, The siullcato' is n presented
bv John Blyth, an old coal opeiatoi, and
It. J. Bnllev , agent for W. P. Itenil S. Co.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
I'biimbersburg, Pa., Feb. C Hec, II, a.
Hassior, one ot the best known minis
ters of the Kefornud church in this sec
lion of tho country, 'Hod suddenly today
at his homo at Foil oudon. Bev. Ilnss.
Icr was bom In Mcrcersburg, this county,
In 1SJI.
New York. Feb. 5 -William Henry Gil
der, the explorer, a brother of rtlchuid
Watson Glider, died at bis home in Mm
rlhtowu, N. J,, today. Ho was bom hi
Philadelphia In l;.:s
AGREEMENT HAS
BEEN REACHED
TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN
FROM FRANKFORT.
Order Convening the Legislature at
London, Ky,,Is to Be Revoked and
the Regular Sessions Are to Be
Resumed at the State Capitol
Without Molestation This Is
Said to Be the Result of a Confer
ence Between Republicans and
Democrats Held at Louisville
Loulsllle, Kv Feb,
A confeience I
between accredited lcpiesentntlves of
the two state governments was held at
the Gault house In this city tonight a.s
a step tow.iiil bringing about a peaco
lul settlement of tho disturbed politi
cal conditions now existing. After
four houis of piellmlnniy talk, th
confeteiue adjourned nt 0 e.'clock for
one houi. When the recess was taken
all the pal Help. Hits v. vie very reluc
tant to talk about what had been done.
Go. ernor Ta!or was topiiscnti-d by
Lieutenant Governor ,Jt hn Marshall.
Attorney l).ild Fnllelgh. General
I'anlil LlniKu, T. II. F.dlln, Judge i
llobeit Pair and Postm.ifter T. H
Biker, of this c Itv. Tor the Detno
(iats theie were present -enator-cleci
Blackbuin. e-Govcilu.l J. B. Mc
I'le.u.v. Judge ItoNrt .T Biciketnldge,
Democtatlc candid ite tot attorney
geneial, and Colonel Phil Thompson.
Shoitly .i!tr midnight the coufeiees
came to an ngiceintt. It I? si Id the
am cement is decld"dly favniable to
the Deiniici.its. Governor Tavlnr Is to
vvltlu'taw the tioops fiom tnc :tnt-lnillilliv-s
at Fr.inktoit and send them
home. The oulei convening the legls
latino at l.ni.don. Kv Is to be joo1d
lid the tegular sessions of ttie general
-isse'iibly are to bo lo-utmed at th
' sato capltol without nio1etntlon.
I It Is believed the uncle i standing ar
lived at tonight will lesult In an
.unliable settlement of the dispute be
tween the two parties In this state and
do away with the du.il governments
now asset ting themselves.
Governor Taylor's Offer.
Fiaukfoit, K , Feb. ."i Governor
Taylor tonight made a distinct and
positive offer to submit the merits of I
his claim to the gubernatorial chair of I
Kentucky to any three fall -minded men
In the woild. tluve three men to be
selected by the I'lilted States Simteme
comt. Ho will allow them to aibltinic
the eas-e and will abide by their decis
ion. This announcement he made to n
eoricspondent of the Associated Pi ess
nt fi o'clock tonight In his ofllce at the
executlvv building. The dcclatatlon
made by Governor Tayloi legatdlng
aibltration was Immediately wiied by
the Associated Pi ess to Lieutenant
Governor John B. Mai shall and Attor
ney David W. Farlelgh, Bepublican
members of the political confeicnce
held tonight at Louisville.
''haotlc Is the only word that will
descilbe the political situation as it
existed today In Frankfoit. This con
dition nio.se not so much fiom anvthlng
that was done by either side as fton
the coi'iitless stories and lumois tint
weie snre.ul broadcast during the day.
Superabundant Humors.
Harly In the motnlng It was positive
ly asseited by the Democrats and ton-
slon of the legislature would be held In
Ftankfoit In the capltol building to
nionow morning. Governor Taylor late
In the morning, however, altered tho
situation entiiely by declaring that
nothing had been published i evoking
tho meeting nt London and that It
would proceed ns originally Intended
b him. He denied In the most em
phatic manner that there had been any
intention on the pait of the Bepublican
patty to abandon the London session.
This wns a bombshell to many of the
Denim i itie members of the leglsla
tine who, acting on the advice of
th-h attomejs. had left the city Sat
in day night and Sunday moiulug in
oi del to be awav from the capital In
case It was decided by Goi ernor Tay
'"'' '" eonvev them to London for the
I purpose of helping out a quorum. They
,'"1 ,ul lne '' ''l1 nit ft led, and oatly
this moiulug n laigo number of them
wrre told to letuin, as ever) thing had
been settled and an ngieement redched
which would allow the logislatuic to
occupy Hi., chomhcis In the capltol
building
On a Vain Errand.
They came In from nil directions and
by noon fully thlity of them Ind in
lived. They know nothing o! the sit
uation except what has been contained
111 messages lecolivel by them, and
those weio lound to be misleading,
when they were confi anted mi their
tinlval In Ftankfoit by the statement
of Gov ei nor Taylor. Thej Immediately
began piepar.'tlons to leave the (itv
and at nightfall Democratic members
weie as scarce as the were !n the
motnlng bfote the 'lrst tiulu anlved.
Late last evening word came that an
adjustment fav enable to the Demociats
might be made at a confeience at
Louisville, which was expected, how
ever, to last thiough the ci eater por
tion of the nlqht. Hy this time the
Demociatie membeis weie pinning
faith once moic to legal advice, and
weie bev olid the leach of lenssurillg
telegiams.
TAYLOR INTERVIEWED.
Gives Reasons Why He Will Not
Yield to Rump Dictation,
Frntikfoit, Kv Fob. . In an Inter
view today Governor Tavlnr said:
No acts of tlie legislature) In icanl to
my e iso h ivo been legal her iuso no
meeting of the legislature! has been held
according to lew. The censlltutlnn pro
vides that thcflfglHlattiic Mi. ill consist
of two bodies, tho senate and the, lower
house, and shall sit at the scut of gov
ernment. That seat of government Is
In frankfoit, linleirs the governor con
venes the legislature nt some other point.
I have convened the legUlutiue at Lon
don, where it will ecuitliiuci tu .-It for the
lreml nt least and no action by tho
Democratic numbers of tlio legislature
tan, thcrcfoie, havo tiny leial standing.
Another thing, I have i.evi r been nlvm
formal notice tint 1 had been deposed by
act of tlio b gMnturo. Win n such no
tlie of the act of tho Dcnuiftiitlo mem
birs of tho legislature Is given me, 1 will
ilther Ignore It or veto It.
ciovetnor Taylor then Mated that he
was still willing to leave the settle
ment of tho controversy to three men
selected by tho supieme coutt of the
lTnlted States.
TAYLOR TO ROOSEVELT.
Informs Him That Kentuckians Are
Struggling for Freedom.
Albany, Feb. 5. Governor Roosevelt
has iccclved tho following telegram
from Governor Taylor, of Kentuckv:
1'rankfort. Ky Feb. f. l'nw.
'"" Governor Roosevelt: All liberty
icning people, in uoniiKKy Honor and love
ou. Wo arc struggling for freedom.
(Slgiuil) W. S. Tailor.
HERMIT BROTHERS
BURNED TO DEATH
One Was Worth a Million 'and a
Half Dollars and the Other Was
Well to Do -They Had Lived
Alone and Apart.
Pottland, liul., Feb. r, William and
John Newton, wealthy bat lu lot bioth-
els, utile leilllid to death In Itie inline
of the formei. one tulle west of here- I
today. The lite was discovered bv a
nelghboi, but when he leached the
burning house he was too late to ren-
der any assistance. No evidence
foul play l.as been dlseoveied.
William Newton was 75 eats
and one of Hie wealthiest nun in
of
state, his estate being: stlni.itcd at
jd.roo.CW. Ilnth ireii wcte c entrlc
and lived In the most frit nil manner.
-AWTON FUNERAL PLANS.
Honorary Pall-Bearers Announced.
Naval Salute to Bo Firod.
Washington, Feb. n. Adjutant Gen
eial Cot bin was today informed that
the funeral tiain beating the bodies of
Gtneial Lawton and Major Aimstrong
wilt nriive In tills pllv Thin sdn v. It
was arranged today that the navy and ',
the mailne coins shall take nart in the .
ceremonies. A full battalion of ni.i
llnes, headed by the Miuvne band, has
been assigned a plate In line, and a
worship, probably the Dolphin, will tire
mlnute-guns as the funeral coitege
passes ovet the Aqueduct bridge on Its
way to the i emetery.
The selection of honoruty pall-bearers
was announced by General Corbln
today as follows: Admiral Dewey, rep
icsentlng the uavv; Major General
Miles, Brooke and Shatter, represent
ing the army; Brigadier General Bieck
Inrldge, lopiesenting the cotps to which
General Lawton belonged; Senators
Hnwley and Sewall, tepresentlng the
senate: ex-Goveinor Hull, of Ohio;
Colonel Steele and Mr, J. M. Robinson,
of Indiana, repre.sentlng the house of
icpresentatlves; General J. M. Wilson,
lepicsentlng the Loyal legion; Colonel
Farnswoith, lepicsentlng the Grand
Aimy of the Kepubllc; Colonel Cteigh
ton Webb, United States volunteets,
tepresentlng the ofllcers of General
Liwton's statT elurinu the S-intlago
caminign: Colonel M, I". I'rell, tepre
sentlng the veterans of the Spanish
war and the District National guaid.
WANT EARLY CONVENTIONS.
Organization of the Republican Con
gressional Campaign Committee.
Warhlngton, Feb, 5 The ne.vly or
ganised Republican national eotigns-
sion'il committee luld'ile lnltl.il meet-
iug today for the selection of ollicerj
and adoption of eeneial plans. Bepre-
sentutive Bnbcock, of Wisconsin, was
elected chalinian for thu thlid time,
Representative Overstreet, of Indian a
secretary, and W. B. Thompson, tteaS'
in or. Mr. Bnbcock wart empowered Uu
name the executive committee, which
was given authorltv to c.ury on the
work In the absence of the full com
mittee The full committee will as-
. semble once a month dining the ses-
slon of torgiess.
A lesoltitlon was adopted te questing i
that eaily conventions be held lu the
vailous clistilcts, In older that the na
tional committee mav leun tin. nom
inees and otllieis nnd bring about gen
etal eo-opeiatlon.
USLARK'S MEN DENY.
Swear They Did Not Receive Any
Money in the Montana Fight
Washington, Feb. .'..The two most
Impoitant witnesses before the (Mails
Investigating committee" of the senate
today weie Bepreentatlve Jacqulth, of
the Montana leglslatuie, and A. B.
Cook, ex-state auditor. Mr. Jaco.ulth
Is one of tho membeis In whose namo
Mr. Whiteside claimed to hive re
ceived $.'..000 for voting for Mr. Clatk
for the senate, and Mr. Cook hi'
been lepiesentedby SpeakerStlff of the
Montana house as having tiled to In
duce hliy to vote for Mr. Claik tor a
money i onsldoiatlon.
Both denied these chaiges. A half
dozen other witnesses weie examined,
all by the defense, and each In lefuta
tlon of some testimony offeie-d by the
pic--cutlon.
Nicarugunn Canal Troaty L M.
Washington. Feb. 5. The IIay-lnlincc-foto
tieiui. amendatory of the e'lavton
Bulwer tieaty. relative to the cointrue
tlnii of the Nic lingua nn.it was slgneel
it Ihe state elepaltiiu nt tod ty by Skcie
tnry Hay tor the United States and the
lit Hon Le id P.iuiicelole, of Prctlon.
for Gnat Biltnlii
m
Two Men Drowned.
New Yoik, Feb fi. Dining the heavy
rain cinlj tndiy the bildwe over He c oiul
liver at Nvnrl. N J., was wished
away. Louis Glger w.ih diownid and
James Dale, who hud charge of the
mill d.im gale at the bildge, Is missing,
and was probably drowned.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, Feb. .1 Anlved, Htutciulam
fiom Bottcid.im. ("leaied, S.iale, Bre
men l.i Southampton.
Llza.ul Passed Iloordland, Antwerp
for New York.
Liverpool At rived Campania, New
York.
Uottcrdam-Ai rived, Amsterdam, New
York.
iHR. SIBLEY ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE
GOADED INTO MAKING SUCH
DECLARATION YESTERDAY.
Democrats Consume the Hours of the
Sessions in Making Assaults on
the Administration's Philippine
Policy Senator Caffrey Breaks
New Ground in Developing His
Position as an Anti-Expansionist.
Washlngton, Feb. 6. The Democrats
of the house continued their assault
upon the Philippine policy of the ad
ministration dutitig the general debate
upon the diplomatic and consular ap
propriation hill today. Two speeches
wete made by Democtatlc members of
the foreign atfairs committee, Mr. Dins
more, of Aikansns, and Mr. Champ
Clatk. of Mlssouil, opposing the re
tention of the islands. Tho speech of
Mr. Clark, which lasted almost two
hours, was n notable effort, replete with
unique epigrams, and attracted much
attention. No Itepubllcan spoke In de
fense of the administration's policy to
dav. Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, ivho was
elected as a. Democrat, but who made
a speech last week, defending expan
sion, was goaded today Into the an-
nouncement that the Democrats could
consider bis seat constructively on the
Itepubllcan side. Before the debate be
gun an effort was made to pass a bill
looking to the appointment of an ex
pert commission to examine Into the
oM pollution of the watt i supply of ilti".
th,biit it was defeated. The Chicago
membeis considered that It was aimed
espec lally at the Chicago drainage
canal,
Clark Talks Politics.
In the couise of his speech, Mr. Clark
recalled. President McKlnley's speech
at Boston, Febiunry 16, 1899, ten days
after Ihe peace tteaty was ratified, In
which the president said tho Phillp
iiine cuiestion was now with conciess:
that congiess was the conscience and
judgment of the country. Yet, he said,
the executive, and not tho legislative
-jepatttnent of the government, was
determining the question. Congress had
fallen so low that was simply a regis
ter for the will or the executive de
partment. If we took the Filipinos into
paitnershlp the knell of the American
icpubllc wns sounded. "As a private
citizen." said he. "I wish the piesident
long life and pio.speilty. As a politic
ian, I hope his death Is set for high
noon, Match 4, 1901." (Democratic ap
plause.) Ho would, he said, saerltiee,
as much for his country as any man.
but William McKlnley was not the
country.
Mr. Clark raised a laugh by his ref
erence to the tteaty made by Genetal
Bntes, upon behalf of the United States,
with the sultan of Sulu. Democrats
and Bepublleans, he s ild, had Joined
In putting B. H. Roberts out of the
house because he had three wives. He
asked the Republicans to Join with
them In keeping out of the country a
sultan with 300 wives. "This distin
guished Bepublican official," said he,
"sets MjO a month and the keeper of
his haicm s"3 a month. If tills keeps
on the time villi come when no Be
publican ofllclal will be piopeily
equipped without a haiem and a
keeper of a harem." (Laughter and ap
plause.) Mr. Clatk said he was not opposed to
expansion. He was today In favor of
taking ev cry foot of tho British posses
sions in Noith America. This utter
ance evoked Democratic applause. He
ptedleted that Great Britain spreading
i herself over the globe In her attempt
to throttle the lepubllc: of South Atrlc.x
I was to take the llrst step upon tint
dismal path that all nations had trod
i before. "I believe It the beginning of
the end of Great Btitaln," said he, "and
1 say. God grant It."
Sibley Replies
Mr. Clark spoke almost two bouts.
After he had concluded, Mr. Sibley
(Penna.) called down upon himself the
wtath of the Missouri Democrats by
reading a letter' from a "foimer Demo
cratic member of tho house from Mls
souil. who suppoited the Chicago plat-
fonn" endorsing the speech he made a
few dn.H ago. He drew a round of
applause from the Republicans by tell
ing the Demociats that hereafter they
could consider his seat const! uetlvvly
on the Itepubllcan side,
Mr. Cochran (Mo.) replied to Ml. Sib
ley in a warm five-minute speech,
Senator Caffery. of Louisiana, In a
discussion of the Philippine question
in tho senate, broke new ground In de
veloping his position us an anti-ex-panslonist.
In lesponse to an inquiry
as to vi hat. In the present circum
stance, he would do with tho Filipino.,
he said with characteristic courage of
conviction:
"Tin n them loose as soon as wo can
get ild of them. That would be better
for them and Inllnltuly better for us."
Mr. Caffery's argument was mainly
a discussion of the constitutional ques
tions Involved In the Philippine prnb
lem. He maintained that tho Consti
tution extends absolutely over the Fili
pinos and that they were entitled to all
the lights and privileges of citizens of
the United States guaranteed by tho
Constitution.
The senate 111 executive session iatl
tied The Hague peace treaty, also the
exti.idltlon tienty with Argentine to
pilbllc. Both weie adopted without ob
jectlon or division.
ENTOMBED IN A MINE.
Idon at Oakdale Colliery Thought to
Have Been Killed.
Pottsvllle, Pa., Feb. !".. Catmel Popa,
of IJbervalc, and John Tilvas, of Hasle
ton, were entombed In Oakdale col
liery today by a fall of rock. It Is bo.
llevcd that both are dead.
The men, with others, were at woik
near the gangway when thousands of
tons of lock caved In without warning.
Several other miners made narrow es
capes. Fight Declared Draw.
New York, Feb. 6-At tho Hercules
Athletic club, Brooklyn, Kid Broad and
Kddy Lenty fought tho limit In their
M-round bout It was declared a draw.
THE NEWS THIS MOKNINU
Weather Indication! Today)
FAIR, VARIABLE WINDB.
General Belief that Itullcr Has Made
an Advance, on Ladvsmtth.
General Kobbe Garrisons 1'hlllpplno
Towns.
Warm Kxpunslon Debate In Congress.
The Kentucky Situation,
v
General Northeastern l'eiins lvanlu
Financial and Commercial.
Local Circular with Reference.
Ilt.ral Free Postal Delivery.
The Heavctis In February,
Kc'Uorial.
News and Comment.
to
General Career
Leonard Wood.
and Methods of
6 Local Burglars riead Guilty.
Quarter Sessions Court Proceedings.
7 Local-Lively Little Wordy War.
Judge Archbald's Opinion In an As-
scsmcnt Case.
Big Ileal Kstato Deal.
8 Local West Scratilon and Suburb in.
0 Bound About tlio County.
10 Local Live Irditsdrl.il News.
M0LINEUX TRIAL
AGAIN UN&KR WAY
Prosecution Rests, After Having
Called Nearly 200 Witnesses and
Consumed Sixty Days Dofonse to
Begin Today.
New York. Feb. 5. -The tti.il of Bo
land B. Mollncux, ch.uged with the
murder nf Mrs Tf ullinrlnn .1 Ait. nut. In
i)PCeinber. ISflS. bv poison sent to Hairy
Cornish, was resumed today after an
Interval of fearly two weeks, caused
by the illness of a juior. The state
e ailed a few unimportant witnesses
and then lested. It had been expected
that Assistant District Attorney Os
borne would Intioduce some sensa
tional testimony, but he did not. Ho
even recalled a handwtltlng expert.
When tho court reassembled at "J
o'clock this afternoon Mr. Weeks,
counsel for the defen0", asked an ad
journment until tomoriow morning
and the iciest was gt.inted
The state has consumed sixty ilav.
Ncarlv I'OO witnesses have been ex
amined for the prosecution nnd Mr.
Osborne contends that he has proven
the case In all particulars. Mr Weeks'
says that he does not expect to tnko
up as much time as tho state occupied.
SIBLEY WILL BE A CANDIDATE
He Makes Reply to an Address from
His Constituents.
Oil City. Pa., Feb. 5. The "Dei rick
will tomorrow publish a letter from
Congressman Joseph C. Sibley, ad
dressed to the voteis of the T.ventv
seventh cllsttlct, wilt ten in i espouse
to a call from friends In the -caiious
counties of the district, asking him to
be a candidate for congress on the Ite
publlcan ticket.
"When a candid ite lor our suf
fiagct, I pledged myself to support
measures coming Lefoie congress, le
gardless of political bias, anil to give
to their consideration the best qual
ities of head and heart In my posses
sion. Tills pledge I havo honestly ami
earnestly nttemfited to maintain. I
have suppoited the administration be
cause X am In sympathv with its no
tion of the past, the piescnl and the
alms for the futuie so far as tin y are
outlined. A'ny measures which In their
tendency Uneaten present piosicrltyi
aie to be uvolded."
He concludes by annnuncl'iR that ho
will be a candidate for lo-eleetlon.
STRIKE AT SHIPYARDS.
Threatened Break Did Not Occur at
Cramp's Yesterday.
Philadelphia. Feb. ."..The tlue.itened
hi oak In the stilke At M limps' shlp
ard did not take place as was ex
pected today. It was announced at the
plant on Satin day that the men had
declared the strike off and those still
unemployed, numbeilng about 1"0
would tetutn to work today. Instead,
a largely attended meeting of stiikers
was held and addresses weie made by
George AVarner. New Yotk business
agent of the machinists International
association, and William J. Bovlo, iep
tesentlng the New York bollertnaktrs
and Iron ship builders union
Contributions of $1S0 fiom the New
York machinists and tl00 from the
United society, of bollei makers and
Iron-steel ship builders of Great Brit
ain weie received for the support of
the stiikers. Accompanying the latter
contribution was the announcement
that an assessment of twelve cents a
member had been decided upon to as
sist the dlssatlstled Cramp emplovcs.
Fraudulent Banker Pardoned.
WiiKhlniztiin. Ueb. C.-The piesident has
granted a pardon to William M. Cotter,
who pleaded guilty In 1''S to tho ehuigR
of defrauding tho National Hank of Del
iiwaro at Dover, and was sentenced to
eighteen months In the penitentiary and
to pay a line of $1,000. The paidon was
gt anted on the recommendation oi the
district attoirey, the trial judge, and ten
ot the Juiors In the c ise, it appearing
that tlio pilsoner U mulcted with an In
euiable dlseaso of the heart anil that his
life would be endangered by fuither eoti
llnement. Bryan Talks On.
Plttstleld. Mass., iMi, .'..Willi mi J.
Brvan this afternoon ndeltisscd a mas-.
meeting In the Casino, attended by peo
ple, from all paits of western Massa
chusetts. Mr. Biyan deilaud that tho
only question at issue today Is whothir
this iiitlon shall stanel on. tho Declaia
tlon ot Independence or off It. That dis
tinctly stales that wo eunnot buy gov
ernments with or without the consent
of their people, But the purchaso of a
people and their conquest by "Mar are
against tho Declaration.
The Plague at Honolulu.
Washington, Feb. B. United States
Ate nt Hnjwood hns cabled tho state do
paitnient from Honolulu, dated Jan
uaiv 21, as follows: "Since tho 17th of
January thoro have been twelve new
cases of bubonic plague at Honolulu and
bIx deaths."
California Hotel Burned,
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 5. The Kcho
Mountain House, a larce hotel on M unit
Lowe, near Pasadena, was destroyed by
flra today. All tho guests escaped unln-
jured. Tlio loss Is about 1100.000.
GEN. KOBBE'S
EXPEDITION
Nine Towns Are Perma
nently Garrisoned by
Our Troops.
FILIPINOS FLEE TO HILLS
Americans Capture $9,000 in Gold,
Enemy's Money, and Forty Muzzle
Loading: Brass Cannon At Taklo
ban Several Non-Combatants Ara
Accidentally Killed Visayans In
different or Antaganostic to Amer
ican Occupation Tagalo-r Chief
Have Influenced Them Against
Americano -Rush to New Forts.
Manila, Feb. r. 3:53 p. m. Brlgadle
Geneial Kobbe's expedition In tho Isl
ands of Luzon, Leyte, and Satnar, has
occupied permanently and garrisoned
nine towns with the Forty-third and
Foi ty-seventh regiments. This haa
lilac cd on the market 180,000 bules of
hemp. A thousand Insurgents armed
with rllle.s and over five thousand
aimed with wooden swords, bows and
arrows, wore encountered during the
entire trip. The tioops killed 73 na
tives, eleven of whom had rifles. Tho
otheis wete vlllageis armed with
wooden swords. The American lossi
was one man killed and nine men
wounded. Tho Americans captured
$9,000 In gold, enemy's money, and
foity muzzle loading brass cannon.
At Calbagog and Samar the enemy
evacuated the towns, the Amoi leans
chasing, lighting and scattering them
to the mountains. At Catbalogan,
Lukban, the Tagalog general, flted tho
place with keioscne Just before tho
lAmeiienus landed nnd then fought
for two hours with cannon and rifles
from the hills encircling the town.
Tried to Save Town.
When the rillplnos were driven out
the Americans did their best to savo
the town, lighting the fire for several
hours. Thirty stone and sixty other
houses, half the business portion of tho
phu e. w ere consumed. The soldiers
prevented the fire from spreading. The
next day Major Allen, with three com
panies of the Forty-third regiment,
pursued Lukban to the mountain fast
nesses and thence to tho coast town
wheie Lukban was hiding in hopes of
escaping. Lukban, by taxing the na
tives, has accumulated $100,000 in gold.
His captuie Is probable.
At Takloban, Island of Leyte, tha
enemy evacuatrel the town and tho
Amei leans pursued them to the hills.
Several fle-lng non-combatants were
Killed, Including three women.
At Palo, seven miles distant, tho
enemy was found entrenched and re
sisted. Lieutenant Johnston and
twelve scouts of the Forty-third regi
ment diov" out 130 of tho enemy and
captured the town. The insurgents In
these towns were mostly Visayans who
had been Impiessed into the service of;
the Tagalog leaders from Luzon.
Visayans Indifferent.
The Visayans appear indifferent or
sullenly antagonistic to tho American
occ upatlon. The Tagalog chiefs Influ
enced them against us, but when thcyi
perceive we ate much more powerful
than the M'agalogs nnd intend to
maintain garrisons In order to open tha
Islands to commerce It Is believed tho
lebel puty will lose its popularity.
The Americans are gladly acceptect
by the Inhabitants, who aro dally re
turning to the towns. There Is a rush
of commercial vessels from Manila to
these new ports.
HARRY DIDDLEBOCK DEAD.
A Weil-Known Base Ball Magnat
Passes Away.
Philadelphia. Fob. r.. After an III
ness of less than a week Harry If.
Diddlebock. known In local sporttns
and newspaper ciielcs. died today at
his home In this city. "Death was)
prlmirlly due to a heavy cold con
tracted last .Monday night. This de
veloped Into eijslpolas. which at
tacked the heart. Mr. Diddlebock wat
46 years of age.
His first venturo In the base ball Unci
was as manager c.f tlio famous old
Athletics, and later he served through
successive years ns pestilent, secre
tary and Measurer ot the Eastern
Base Ball league. As a (-porting writ
er he occupied positions In nearly all
of the local newspaper otllccs until
lSifi, when he lemoved to St. Louis
and assumed tho management of tho
St. Louis base ball team. He returned
a yen- later and up to Ms death was
on the t.tnff of the Inquirer.
MYSTERIOUS MR. MACRUM.
Ho Carries His Burden of Knowl
edge to His Home.
Washington, Feb. r.. Jlr. Macrum
called at tho state1 department today
at 3.30 o'clock nnd spent about half nn
huur In consultation with Dr. Hill, as
sistant secretary of state, Secretary
Hay having left his otllco for tho day.
Ho still refuses to make any statement
explaining his reasons for leaving Fre
toi la.
Mr. Macium did not enlighten Mr.
Hill as to his motive for leaving Pre
toria. Ho asked permission to go to
his homo In F.ast Liverpool, Ohio, and
It was granted.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Feb. 5 Foreesst
for Tuesday For eastern Penn
s lvanlu, fair Tuesday; increasing
cloudiness Wednesduy; varlablo
winds, shifting to Miutherly,
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