The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, February 06, 1900, Morning, Image 1
t f r ' t - rowvn Sribtnte. arrattott v TWO CENTS. THV PAGES. 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. t WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Feb. 5 Foreesst for Tuesday For eastern Penn s lvanlu, fair Tuesday; increasing cloudiness Wednesduy; varlablo winds, shifting to Miutherly, T f t t t t 1 1 1 "t