'T- "J oW rihrae omttou SCKAXTOX. PA., WEDNESDAY MOHNING, FEJUIUAKY 7, 1900. TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. TAYLOR HAS NOT DECIDED His Name Is Not Yet Attached to Agree ment. 'CQNSIDKRING THE MATTER Stated Last Night That He Will Not Announce His Decision Until To dayHe Had a Consultation with His Attorneys About It Senator Blackburn Says He Would Not Like to Think About the Conso quences That Will Ensue in thn Event of a Failure to Settle the Trouble at This Time. rrnnkfoit, Ky. 1M. C Whctliu It skill lie war ii 11, no In Kcntuiki lets tonUht with (inveiiiiir Tt)lor' alum-. Tin question h.if In in on h's i mind nil il.iv :inil tonight hi derl.it ed Unit In li.ul ii.n lu"i tin deilsn'ti mill will tiiiiiDiiin i! mine b'loio turnout). v. Tin text nf tht ngteemont i cache I liv tin Louisville f I'lifciuice last night mhs hi ought tn him till? mor'tlng by a coiiiinitipc lors-lTtliif! of (Scnet.il Daniel Lindsay, T. Ji. Biker and T. 1.. Udelln. The handed Com t nor T.'i.slor a inpv ul the agreement, Wiio eloselPd with him for a hott thm and then dpparti-1. s they left the bulld Intr Mr. I! iker lcmnik'd. "I hopi und believe that the entile untie r -v. Ill he amicably adjusted. Moi" linn this. 1 am tin ilil. to s,,y at the piosuit time." Oenpial Lindsay and Mi. Utlolin spoke In similar terms, and whi'e all 'prfsM(i themselves a te.isoniblv , confident that liovirnoi Tuvlor would auUlpsC,. h, n, tHum of the app,- , incut. IIipx all deshpd to lie under- I ilood as saylnr that thoy had no all- thorltiiliM' iiasun fiom Uoinor T.iy- I ior ior eniet tinning the Tucllef thev a- PlCss(d, What the Governor Said Umly in the moinlng, before he had iciehed a mpj of the ngieeiaent, CoM'inor Taylor dlseus'-ed the londl lliins as he undot stood theni to be be foie n eehlng o'llc ml notice, and sild: "I'ndi r no chi umst.U'ces will 1 dH ( uss the ami enient befoie a copy of It has leached im . It would be most un l.ili mid innsf dsl(iurtei us foi me to do su Spiaklng geneially, however, 1 wouid sev that If an agieenient can be made by which an eliction law will b" ghin to the piople of Kentuckv, tluousrli the opeiation of which a filr ilu'tiiiii and an hoicst ioi:it .no js. Mill 'I " At lei the tin eo gentlemen who bi ought the ugi cement had letlnd Gov einor Taliu lemaimd alone in his of Iki with th- cmv of the asm-mont. He studitd it i.uelully. went oei ita pioIsloiis in an t .haustie manuir, and late In thi atteineou deelaud that he would take no action wliatoet un , t il tomottou, 'I wlli to stl. niv attoinej'S," ho aid. "..ml to lonsult with then, about ceit.iin tonus ot the amecment befoie I minouire im Intention I will not i s,i" what I Intend to do until iifter ! I ha ibtaltn d le;al advice." The eon- sultatlon of the .ittoines was he'd tonight in iJuxernnr Tayloi's utile e? and adjoin ned nt a Into houi. Blackburn's Opinion. M-initoi llkukhuin, wt.o i etui ned his mottling fiom Loiils uu. espussel 'linisolt tonight as beliu mntidmt that the tiouble would be selthel peac t tully. ' Il is emit el v natuial," he said "that the other side should wish to take tlmo to consider the agt cement, nnd to pie. paii' its statemetnt to he issued al lite s.eiiu time tlte slgnatuic is itthvd, f lu'e no knowledge of what will bo done, but I 111 inly beliene that the agieenitut will be uccoptt d substan tially as adopted by the members of the Liulsillc eonteienee, and that all chance of tiouble wilt be- .tMildeil " When iskid for his opinion of Ihe Miiisiiiueni e s should Governor Ta!or deeline to aieept tlie ngic'ment Sena tor Hlaekbuin said. "That Is a ijucstlun I do not caie to illsetiss not to i un think abtutt. If no settlement Is made now, It will lead to endless complications befoie the end Is i em lied." Theie Is not in the elty uf Kianktort a -tingle mi'iubtr of th" leglslalute. Tlia Tlepublleans ate all at London and tho Demounts in places thing the bonier "f tin slat. from wheic It will he iasy to escape should anv atturit be mail" hi the inlllt.u. v to must and convoy them to London. But miiIi Itepubli- i. ins or promineni'o as me neu. scni Ine lined to believe that Gouinoi Tay. lor vv 111 accept the ugtoumnt They all admit, howevei, thu- he has glwn as ct pel oi il or Wllltill evidence ot his Intentions ' An Attorney's Viewr. One of the attort'C'Vs, who has b"pn (lionilnent on the llepublle.iu sub la th" . cutest cases, und who theiotoro do".s i"t wish hi; n im us.d In con-iii-it Inn with tr ititei view, tuld to night: "It Is in my opinion the (buy of Govc-iuoi Taj lor to sign tho agio', 'iient. If he doe.i not he will lose greatly In stttntiing In bis own juiitj. I know that he- will do what hi br-lldv?s to be right one' best lor the welfutc if the sl'ite. II seems tn nip that iiudei then cite uiiiHtuncf t then- run luirdlv In- two opinions ns to what his course must be." Ki.tnkfmi today enjciel ut least ono day of ililet, the titst It has expel lenced slnco the fJoebel-Teylor contest begun tluee weeks ago. The town w is bate of politicians, tin to was no c iltenient In the- Mii'i'ts, no uowil.c around the cm nets and no throngs In the lohhli s of the C ijillo! Uoti'l. It wa a lut'iitliitiK flit'l fullv iiTm t-Iattd by lliu c'tlcns of tin city. Tcnns oi the Agreement. The am noun nl In substance Is . follows: I'll j t Tluit II tile M nonet assembly In joint session shall nilnjit u te solution tall Ivlng tlnlr tcccnt mtlnii adopting thn 'oiidit u ports seating Umbel nml Beck, liiitn, tint conttstees, S. Tnj lor Hint John Mai -hull, shall submit without rut. tiff plotcst. S"iond Tint nil put Hi n shnll unite In mi effoit to bring i.biiut Mich u modltie.i. tlmi of tliu election law us will tuovlcle for non-partisan election boiuels and Ilium- froo nnd fair elections. Third Hint Ihi' conditions "hull ri'miilti In status otio until Holiday, the general assembly n citing und luljni.iulng fiom il iv to dav until that thm. Fourth Thill nothing shall he doni to hlndii or pitvent a Joint session of tin guieiul assembly for taking notion on tin- i.itlllt utlou let oil lion. ritlh Thai Urn state contest tin ltd shall unit und adjourn ftom dav to dav until Miinduv without tcklng unv nctlon on tin contests for mil. or state otllt es. This postponement Is suggntptl In nnlir that the nitlnii of thn genual i.ssembl. on the r.itlllcutlott icse.ltitlon in ly In' taken Hi it. Sixth That the statu troops shall he re moMd fioin the ntritt latillol at on-c, though with nil nriiary precaution foi tin public safetv. This mattor Is to be under tin dliietion of (jcnci.il Dan Llinl suv, of Ui.inkfott Seventh That the llipuhlliaii olliilals and olllecrs of the state git. ml sh ill h.no Ininiunltv fiom ihi.tgis of mason, tistup itlon, inui t-niui Hal or an other sm h (llll 1S('S The senate also hi Id a hilef session with thirteitn memheis piospnt. S n.i I tor Jolly wits pleited pieslduit pin I ti'in. A. P. Dohe. of I.atnel, was made i acting secietuiy. The i ('solutions tie 'plollng the ili.ith of their e ollpuglie, Senator Ooebel, weie lead and adopted I and the senate adjourned to meet at 1J o'clni k tomoiiow. THE BIG CANAL TO BE NEUTRAL Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Lays Down the Same Rules as Govern the Suez Canal-OpontoAllat AllTtmeson, Equal Tcnns. Wa.shlngton, Keb The text of tins Hny-P.iuncetoti'tteatj'ubiogatlnBpJt Is the Cluvton-Bulwer maty concern Ing 'the proposed tians-isthnilan canal, was in ule puhlle to 1 iv. It provides; j xho i anal shall lie flee und open, in thno of wat us In lime ol pnuc, to tlic essils ot euniniciif. and time shall Lo no dNirinih utlon aguiiist any nation or Its iltizins or hiihjicts In lespect of the Kiiidltlons or ihiio'ift ol tralllc, or olli crwlst. The c.iiiul shall iu or he bloi kuileil, nor sh ill un light of war lio iMicsd. inn linv ail of l.ost'llt. he conimlitid within It. 3Vi'sseis ot wai ed a billlgeieiit shnll i nut ielitual nor take aiiv stores In the t filial ii'pt so fai us may be strictly neiess.uy, and the ti.mslt of such cssils thiough the canal shall bt ctftctcd with the least possible dili. In acioid.uue wllh tho l emulations in lone, and wllh only suih Intel mis .ion as mu usidt Horn the necisstili ot the si i lie. 1'iUis shall be h' all lopeits subject to the same inks as M'ssUs eil w.u of thu bcl llgi'ieuts. 1 No belllgeicnt shall embark ol dls emh.uk troops miiiilllons of war m w.u llku matcrlils In the caii.il ciept in easu of accidental hindrance ot the transit und In such iaso the transit sh ill be ic sinned with all pctslhle dlspitih. ri Tho JiloNlslens of this aitlile sh ill I applv to watus adjaceiil to thu unci, within thno matlnu miles of either end. I Vissvs of w.u of a belllgeient shall not ic in iln In such waters longer than tweiit.s-four horn b at an one time ex cept In case ol dlstuss, and In such caso they si ill elep.ut as lomi as possible; bill a Msi) of wai of one lie lligi it lit sh ill not ileput within twe uty-four hours ?.ru"' Vlu C1.'.1.,U1U' ot il Nt"-SMl ot wal ut . " . . " '.' in., .trie, i I,. I irTciii.r ij '1 ho plant, utabllsliments, hulldliihs and all winks nice-sary to tho com mic tion, lii.iinte iiiiih e and opcintlnu of the; canal shall hodnniiil to be p.ut thereof. te.1 the puiposcs of this convention, and In time ot war, as In time of peace, shall euiey complete ImniiuiiU fiom attnk or liijiuy by btlllgeuiitr anil fiom acts e..l culated to Impair their usefulness as p irt of the i until. 7 Nu luitihiatloiis shall be elected comiciiindlng tin cat al or tho watei ad jacent. The United Statis, howcer, shall bo at libeity to malntalu such mill tin v nolke along tho canal as may bo ' 11. i imvii i lii nint.rt It itirnlnt.t l.ittlo.u. Hess and disorder. TOR A FORTIFIED CANAL. Noted Engineer Would Annex the Central American States. Chicago, Veb. 0 L. L Coolev, en gineer, who was one ol thu otlgliial Nltaiagunii canil upi mfr-i. Is heart ily In f.uoi of a foi tilled canal, and If it cannot be obtalmd in any other way he w mid favor the annexation of NI citagua and Costa Ilict. QUAY CASE TO BE PUSHED. No Delay After the Financial Bill Is Out of the Way. Washington, l'en. (. In the senate 'o day, Mi. Hhoup (Idaho.), ni'iiouncul that It was the Intuition ot the ehalimau of tho commlttio of ptl lieges and dictions j to press thu conslduatlon of tho case of foimtr Senator Qiiuv. of Pi nnsylvanla. as soon us the lliiuntl.il bill had bun disposed ol. Paper for Australian Colonies, Viine'oiivei B. r, Feb, ii So great Is the demand In the Aiistilau lolniil. s fur Amt'ilmn and Ciiii.idlin paper foi news p ipei pi hit that even outgoing steam tlilp foi tills pmt for tho last six months 1ms curled largo ic i.slgnmenls of paper to Svdney . The nvirr.ge shipment bus 1 cen ICi tons. 'J he next steamship to sail will ecu', double that amount. Reading Dividend Declared. Philadelphia. Ucb. 0 -The bond of ell- lericus ot the Beading miupanj met to day and ele eland e dividend of l'O ptr coil on thu t.',t1,w Hi Mt pruit tied stock of the i oMipauy, puisuant to thu leeoiiiniend.itloii ol thu oMcutbfi com mlttee, which met jcsterdiy. Granted a New Trial. Buffalo, l'eh. 8. llowunl (', Benham, thu banker of ll.ita.li, under I'eiiii-nco of death tor tho murder of his wife, bv polnonlng, )-!ih been gnnitid a new til.il, Lawton Fund, 008,054. Waslilnmon, l'ob fi.--Tlii Lawton fund at neon today reached t'.'k.OI ARE SOON TO GO TO THE PHILIPPINES THE NEW C0MMIS3ION IS TO SAIL MARCH 15. Judge William H. Taft, of Clnciu cinnati. Named as Its President. Civil Government to Bo Organized at Once Proceedings of a Day in Congress. WashlHRton, Kcfo. H Thi' pti'slilent today appointed Judnc William II. Taft, of rinelnntitl, and United Stntei juilKc of the SKth Jthliiliil flit tilt, tn he presliK'til or the now t'hlllppliu I'diiinilhulnn. .Juds?e Tuft's plnec on the In mil wilt he tilled hy thn appointment of Judge Henty r. Setems ot liinnU llapUN, Mh h. These annoimeei.ients weic niade at the elohe of the alilnet lueellm? to day. .Indue Taft has b i n In Wasliltiff ton seveial dus. piesumahly lUtnliiK at the tiquest of the picsldenl. This mornlnc; h tailed at the white hous j In f3liip.ili wllh .ludRe Ua, loiniei ! sptletmv of s-tiite nnd Intel president ' of the J'ails pe.Ke i oiMiilssioll. They I leiitalneil wltli the pir-lucnl until the, i.ihliiit met at II o'l lis k and Joined lilin .ikjIii utter the labinet hid ad- i Join ned. On lialnK the white hull Judffo Taft st-ited tlia the uiiuiiltto, , of which he lent been itppolnlnl piesi- dent, would sail for the l'hillpplm s I Minn after Mauh 1.", and Its spei I il j mission would he the istabllslunent of ' a ilvll Koveinnient Joi the sand. rill ther til in that he was not at llheitv to ""'leak. It H undelt-toed that th other lnembei' of the ci mmlssliin will be des-lKnateil within a m ry s-lioit Hum and the special instructions whlrh will Kiilde them In the ilisi li.it rto of their duties will be piepaied at as c.ulv day as passible. i Tho First Step. The appointment rf Judge Taft maiks the llrst seltetlon for the new appointment rf Judge i Philippine commission. Thrie will be me inemb.is on the commission, mid Uil Ol Wll'lll . 1 1 1 III" lllllilI- .11. Schmmmi, president o the ex'stin;; eommlssion, ha:i deellmd foi buslnesi re isons to lemaln upon the i omrali slon. so Judtre Taft will be uresident in bis place. Mt. Denny and Pi of. I Woici'ster hsivc b "n tin lied to necept le-appolnttnents, but "o far hne not signified ill' lr Intentions. Admit al Dewey will not j;o back to Manila and Geneial Otis will give way, like him, to a civilian. As some stirpilse has been caused by the willingness uf Judge Taft to Miirinder a life petition of the dignity and emolument of United Slates ell -cult judge to join the commission. It may be said that the pievalenl lmpres- slon I that ns soon as the lommUtlon ' shall hae sue c ceded In le pi icing the existing mllltirv pnvi inment In the, Philippines with it.tbli cfil gnein nienis, Judre T.ttt .ill be n.'i'iPil as the Hist civil goetuer genual ot the ' mehipelago. It Is not thought that this change will take place at once, but the commission Is cxpceteei 'o, mow steadily touaid that object and to sot up local ci 11 governments us fast as the I'lllplnoa shall clemonstiat. their woithlness. In tho House. The Philippine eiuestlon ngaln oc ctt pled the attention of the house today with a sllfht dlgii'ssiou concerning the war In South Afiica. The leatuie of the debate was the speech of Mr. Wil liams, (Miss.,) who made an mgument against the annexation of the Philip pines whli h attt acted much attention. It was devoted almost e-nthely to the commeiclal aspect's of the acquisition, holding that tho ahsotption of the Isl ands would be ultimately ruinous to the Ameilcan piodutcrs of cotton, rice, tobacco, hemp nnd sugar. Mr. Mollis, (Mini'), made an exhaustive leeai aisument in suproit of the light to hold and goein the Islands. The other speakeis were Messts, Gibbon, (Tenn.), W. A. and H. C. Smith, (Mich.); Cochran, (Mo.), and Neville, (La). The geneial debate on the diplomatic bill closed today and tomouow will be taken up for amendment under the tle-mlnute lule. In the Senate. Until the financial measure now pto ceedlng before the senate shall have been disposed of officially, It will be consldcted by the senate evety legisla tive dav to the exclusion of all ex cept putely loutlue business. The ngteeinent will hive tho effect of cut- ting otf all debate upon the Philippine eiuestlon or other matters except by unanimous consent of the senate until senatuis choose to discuss other ciucs tlons In the- time they devote to th financial hill. Befoie the senate committee' on pilv lleges and elections today In connection with the Investigation ot Incidents con nected with the election of Hon. W. A. Cl.uk to the suiute fiom Montana, State Senntor Cullen testified that piovlous to the meeting of the leglsla tuie, Mr. Mateus Daly told him that if Cknk was elected to tho Semite hu should not take his seat and that his suppotters would be denounced in btibe takeis. WASHINGTON NOTES. Washington, I'eb. 0 Senator Pinto e. of Peiuislv until, today Introduced a bill extending thu pulsion laws to poiui.s who sciMd hi thu i Ml law ior only ouo uioiith Mi Jones, ol Atk.ir.f- is. today lutio cl in ed In thu housu an mnendnifnt to thi uiiirency bill now pending In tho suiato directing thn seuctmy ot tho tiuitm.v to constantly ketp on hand an uneigeney fmiit tiiiioimtlng to "o(i 0,0 .0 of I nlted States ueusuiv notes which tn.iv bo Is sued to any chimin of tho I'nlted State ut a dlsioiuit of lo pc: cent, hi exchan'.o tor Unltid Stutes boncW, the bondi tri In held for not to eveeed u juni nnd tho holder to pay c per cent, interest 1'athc r loseph Aline. S, .1.. eliiector of tho obseivatory owned by thu Jesuits at Manila, wus Introducid to the preslcli nt today by Senator Levi ridge, It Is said that he 1ms como to Witshlnuioii at thu lecpipst of the war clep.it tmutt ami has broiiKht with him maps und otlu r tine lime ntN debited by tho I'hlllppino commission In tho prtp.tiatluu of the bceond pail uf tlie-tr report- BANttUET OF BANKERS. Toast to President of United States Received with Enthusiasm. New Yolk. roll. 6. Men o j intu itu me 111 hanking and monetary ch iles to the number of neuUv -Ian met tonight at Hie itntuml biinuiiet of rJrotip S of the Xe" York fttite IL'tiUeln' a" hodjllon, held at the Waldott-As-uula. It had been epeetcd lhit Peeietnty of tilt Tie.iHtltv '4tn would be at thu banquet, but a tehKinm wis lend from him In whlih It wan .stated that he lotild not be piesint mi account of hU health. The tonst, "The Prcldent of the United Statis," was dtar.k plaiidliit; mnld Bicut onthliHliism. Speeches wore made by Postmaster ("leneral Smith, 1 'nihil States Senator llevi rldt; , (but i nor Ioospeli, liiv. Dr. Stilk(3i mid Simon Kord. BRYAN STILL TALKS ON. Says, in His Latest, the Volunteer Auuy Was Democratic, liuei'.slldd. Mass., ivb, ; William .1. liiv.ui in ide n blief Mop In this i Ity , lodav. He wild Whin tills tuition was hnohed In a war with Spain and a llppuliliuiu pusl di in pallid for wilur.tei u, a oil "anaiih lsts" of '!" m idi up the majority ot the timiv In ''i. The tnajoiitv ot the jml.Ofm Mihllitiei i wile nun who hud Mitcd against the. piilditil la l1-'"!. HIGH HOiNORS TO THE NATION'S DEAD Thousands of Mon, Women and Chil dren Astcmblo at Indianapolis to Pay Tribute to tho Memory of Geneial Lawton. Indianapolis, Feb. 6. Tho body of (icuiial Homy YV. Lawton, which at- iled In tills city fiom Kort Wanu list night, was transfer! ed to the state caultul at 11:,;0 today wheie It lay in state this afteinoon. Gieut itowds lined the striets fiom tho station to tile inpitiil ftiounds. The military and civic bodies of the state made up the gieatcr jiatt of the procession. The eapltol was elaborately ilccotated In honoi of the dead soldier of Indiana and fioin the time the rotllu was placed on the catafalque in the great rotund t "ntll the cloois were closed the streim of people was unbioken. Excuislon 'trains bi ought thousands of people fiom oer the state and business was suspended dining u portion of the duy. The schools wete dismissed eatly so that the chlldien might join In the last ttihutc of lespee t. The south and east entianics to the statu house weie wieatlipel with tlagr, blended with cri.))2. At the cast en hance weie two brass cannon, idles of the Chll wai. A guuid of honor was i stationed near the eollln. The funetal tialn will leae for Washington tomor low morning. At G o'clock when the eloois of the capital building wuc closed It Is e-tl mated thut about -10,000 people passed through the building . . ,,' lew eel the temalns of the dead gen eial. The ii mains were taken to the tialn at T:.!0 o'clo-k and ti.monnw at S:J0 o'clock the funeial party will con tinue its Journey to Washington. BIMETALLISM'S LAST GASP. Meaningless Amendment Is Tacked on to the Financial Bill. Washington, Teh. C Tho penatp fi nancial committee todnv adopted a new section lo tno tinaneiai out. as follows: Tint tho piovlslors of this act ato not Intended to pi ice an, obstacles in the way of the accomplishment ot Intel na tional blmt tallism provided thu same bo leetlved by cotieiuir nt action of the lead ing commercial n itlors of the woild, and at a ratio which shall In-'iite permanence ol lclutlvo value between gold and silver. Senator Aldileh, chuiiman of the committee, laid In teply lo (inestloiiii that the amendment was to meet the criticism that the P.r publicans had abandoned the position for interna tional bliiiPtallsni taken by it in the St, Louis convention. BARD ELECTED SENATOR. Chosen to Fill the Vacancy in Cali lornia'u Representation. Sacramento Cal,, Feb. fi Thonns U Haul was today elected United States senator to succeed Hi my M. Wiilte. In the senate the vote was ns follows. Thomas It. Pard (Hop.), 2S; James D. Phelan (Dem.), 10. In the assembly the vote stooei; 15a: d, ,".1; Phelan. 20; Whlt6, 1. Bard was de- clated elected In both houses. Both houses will meet in joint ses sion tomorrow to lati'v the election of Batd. MINE WORKERS ADJOURN. An Assessment of 25 Cents Monthly Levied on Moinbeis. Jiull inapolls, Peb. C Tim nation il e ecutho boiud of Ihe United Mine Wotk-v cis ot Amu lea finished Its session today und adjoin md for tluee months. Thu most Important uetloii lakui wus thu levjlng of an nsscssmint ul SS cents muntlil. upon thu meinbeis. 9- Judgo Clayton's Will. Chester 1'eb, C The will of the lain Judge Cl.ivtou was ailmltted to piobato today. 'I Im istuto is . ilmd at JJW.Oin and one-h ilf of iho Im omo dining lur life In clun to tho vnIiIow. J'bo otlu r half Is dhldeel iimcing Sittuu! L i'Ih tun tin sou, mid the two chlldiou of Mt.'. Caiollno liil Bosque, the deceased daugh ler ot the late JiuIji' 'iho I iw llluarv is beiiii Hind to tho sou. General Armstrong's Remains. Washington, Ucb C The leiailns of Maloi Genual Sami-cl T. Atmstiong, singe on United States voiimtciis, vil.o dlid In the Philippines, m rived Into to day and v fin i seorled to Alllnglon tetnn. tciy by 1 1 oops fiom I'ort Meer. They were placed hi a vault pending thu fu neral ceremonies which will piobiMy take placet next Satin da). Honors for tho Dowoys. New Yntk. Pih. ii Tho bond of alder men today unanimously p.issid a lesolu tlnu extending tho giee tings ot the inu tile Ipillty to Admiral mid Mis. Dewey und bestowing upon the in tho freedom of tho city upon tho oecaslon of their Vlblt hcru thU week. NO TESTIMONY FOR MOLINEUX DEFENSE FAMOUS CASE DRAWS NIGH TO ITS CONCLUSION. Upon the Flea That the Prosecution Has Not Made Out Any Case, the Attorneys for the Prisoner Waive the Calling of Witnesses and Pro ceed to Address the Jury. New York. Feb. 6. Counsel for Ho land H. Mollneuc, charged with mur derliiK Aria. Katharine J. Ailumw, by poison, Mnt to Hat iv c'ornlsh, In De cember 198, took a bold and unex pected step todnv, announcing that thj detente wotttd sbumtt no evidence. Jast night Harlow S. Weeks counsel for Atollncuf, stated thill the defense would eonsume U'sj time than thu piosc ctttlun, but It had been the gen ual epeetutlon that many witnesses would he called, Including Writing K ,,,, ciivalalio and a number of pe: sons who would attack the el'ntiicter of Hurry Cornish. In a number ot tilab- in this city those of ''atllslo, Hants Mo.M'r nnd Ms. Fleming, the defense i.ilhd no wltr.essis. IlatrM und Mi er were convicted and executed and Mis. Klcining went lice. Mr. Weeks began his summing up tmluj, anil had not finished when mint adjourned. He spoke wllh gieat eainestniss and the jury listened to him intently. He told of his lonr pct stmal filendshl) ,ltlt Mollncux, and he I attackid Hatty Cornish bitterly. The tenoi ol nts aigtimeiu wan tn.it ine pi oofs pointed more stionglv to Coi nlsh as the muideter than to Molliu ux Mollneus.' fathei, mothei and wife were In couit, as was also Coinlsh, who .a. vislblv neivous. Molltuux t,ecmed eoul .ind collected. QUEST OF GOLD GOES RIGHT ON Big Hush of People from Skagway and Dawson City to Cape Nome, a Journey of 2600 Miles Over the Ice - Temperature at Dawson. Washington, Feb. C The Cape Nomo excitement continues unabated, ac cording to a report to the tstate depart- i ment, dated December i, ftom Ronald Morrison, vice consul at Dawson City. He writes that manv people are mik ing pieparatlons to get to Cape Noma fiom Skagvny, t.la Dawfon, over thu Ice, a journey of L'.fiuO miles. He sas If all who aie contemplating It make thu ttlp this w Intel there will be one continuous line of people from Bennett to St. Michicls. The tian&pnrtation companies have abeady airangcd to handle 3.000 passengers. The weathpr at Dawson was com paiatUely mild, from lfi above zeto to IS below. This nilldiiets lias Intel - icieil Willi mining uy iiuuuii'k iiiu drifts, and the gold output will UU shot l of the estimate ci $i ".,000,000. LAND NEAR NEWARK SOLD. It Was Being Sought by a Combina tion of Coal Operators. New Ymk, l'ob. 0 Ten ucies of land running from the uplands to tldewatu , In Newark bay, at Nevvaik, N. .1., which i wue being sought by a combination of , coal opeiatois In Pennsylvania as a ter- minal lor a new coal road were sold bv Master in Chutiooty Walter J. Knight ut tho New.uk court house today. Geoiue W. Tlchinoi, of Newark, was thu purchasci. Mi. TIchcnor declines to s iv who he repicspntcd in the deil and It "is behoved tint ho purchased the land for one of the existing coal loads. The 1 md In question was foimely owned by Vet plan Colvln. of Albany, N. V., aiif. tho heirs nnd assignees recently began piocecdliigs tor i paitltlon of the prop el ty. FOUR TERRIBLE BOERS. They Hold Up and Defeat Nearly th Wholo British Army. Modder Spruit, 1'eb. C On Situiday tho 1'iotoiU corps discovered a paity of British frum Lad. smith entienched ut a rulhoid bridge, prutectlng a number of coolies who were cutting grass. A patty of Iloers dispatched to the scene was'attacked from the tienchcs and all letreated except four, who, hiding, poi mltted thu British to ailv.inct to within tlfty vat ds. whin they llred a volley, '" n uutu " n.i.i ,, -.,. which fired a shell and sunt tavahy to assist the British. The Boei.s beat tlicm back, killing twe men. Fraudulent Naturalization. Now- York, Keb. i!. Tho federal grand Jury in Bioukbu tod ty handed up to United States Judgo Thorn is, sitting nt circuit Biookln, foity-eight Indictments based on fraudulent uatutalU.itlnn, chaiges inlvanccd hy Stipulntuident of Ulcetloiis JlcCullouch, Judge Johnson Now. Chester, Pj . I'eb. C Captain Isaac Johnson vr.s swotn In ns piesldent Jitelho of tho several couits ot Delavvaro coun ty today In tho pieseneu of the mem bus of tho bur and a number uf other spectitots. Movements of Vessels. Boulogne, Peb. fi Sailed: Phoenician, from Iliimbiug tot Now Yolk, New Ymk Siiltd: S.iale, for Bitmin, Clean d. Vt'i'stc'riilaud. lrom Antwerp; aunuinlo, for Livctpool; St. l'.aul, oi Southampton. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR NOTES. Calcutta, Ucb. C Tho. mahrajah of Jutpur ha.', ir.ade a iloimtlun ot !00,t0 lupcis to tho South Africa war land. Loiiilnn, Peb. h. Tho ctlcctlon In Yoik city today for a sticceBfor In thu house f commons to Bear Admiral Chalks Bcifsfurd, recently appointed to lao lommund of the second illusion of thu Hrlttsh Mediterranean licet, ri suite d as follows: l'nber, Unionist. 1.4. imijotlty. In tho previous election Betestoid's mi jorlty was 11. London, l'ob. (J. Tho houso ot com. nions tonight rejected Lotd K dinuiid Kltzmuuilco's nnicndment to the addiess In 1 1 ply to tho speech from tho thiono by .'.V! against tho amendment to ll'j in Its tiivor. Moddu Spruit, Ib. C. Messages from Lud) smith, dated )cstorday, Peb, 5, say: "Continuous caniio-iadlng Jias been pto. cecdlng sluie 5 o'clock In tho moiulng with the occasional rear of a Long Tom." J "The tlrlne," It is added, "continues,." TUK NEWS THIS MUU.MN'U Weather Indications Todait RAIN PROBABLE. (lencrnl South Africa War Situation. Governor Taylor and tho Kentucky Muddle, rhlllppliio Commission Appointed. Mollneux Defense Offers No Testl- moiij , Henernl Northeastern Ppiuu'J lv.inli, Plniincl il and Commercial. Local Doings of a Day lit tho Local Courts. Ddltorlal. Senator UoeriilKe's Speech Hrforo tho New Vork Uunkeis. Local Site Secured for the New At . morv. Annual Ilanquct of Keystone Alutmil. Local West Seranton und Subuth m. ltound About tho County. Loenl Llc lndUMtil.il News. ADJOURNED OUT OF RESPECT FOR DEAD The Republican Branch of the Bifur cated Kentucky LegislatuioAdopt". Resolutions Concerning Senator Goebol's Death. London, Ky.,Keb, U. Secn iepresin tmhts and tluee senateus iulred heio today. Theie ate now thiity-lout iep lesentathis and twelve scnatois in Loiidem. all Hpjiubllcmis except isena tor Hues, who Is a lliown Dimocl.i'. The house of icpte-ivntalUes ioi'- eneel at 12:05 p. in. on the giound Hour of the Lautel Seminal v. Owln-j to the absence of Speaker Tilnib' , Hepiesentalhe Uethtim was selected in speaker pro tern. The following tes'iUi- tlons In icspect to Gineiiior Goebil's death wete adopted: Whcipas, Vllli.iui Gorltl, a ineinhci of the senate of the commonwealth of Ken tucky, died on the third da, ot lVbiuarv, his death being latisul bv a wound In tllctid at lite hands of an unknown as sassin; theitfole. be It ltesolvtd, I'll st, that we legal d this cilmu as an outrage upon humanity and the fair namo of Kentuckv; second, th it wo deeply s,mpithUo with the ivl.it 1ms titicl friends of the decenstd In their tlni.t of benaM-ment. Third, that ns u niitk of respect to his memory, this house shall now stand adjoin ned until noon to morrow. The house theieupon nd join tied. BONNANI WAS DISCHARGED Miner, Shot at Jessup, Yesterday Left Lackawanna Hospital. August Uonnanl, one of the Italian I miners who was shot nt Jessup bv Peter Chiprlano, Jan. 1!2, was estei day dlschaiged fiom the Lackawanna hospital, where he baa been lecelvlng treatment ever since the shooting took place, he and Amerlco M.itlaugello being hi ought to the hospital together. Uonnanl, who lives at Nnnlicok. was shot In the tight shoulder, and shoitly after his aulval at the Insti tution the bullet was disco. cied by means of the X-tavs nnd lemoved. Alter that ho made steady piogiess and was dlschaiged yesteul.iv. He will continue to return ceiy two dajs, howevci, nnd have his shouldei exam ined. Marlungello is still at the hospital and, although he suffers veiy little pain, it would be Impossible to dis charge him jet, as neither of the c.u tlldges, which lodged In his right leg and left shoulder, have been discovered and removed. Tho bullet In the leg necessarily Inteitetes with locomotion and nt ptesent It is Impossible t ir him to move aiotiud. As the bullets do not si em to :1 e him any p tin they will pi nimbly b allowed to lemaln as thev ate, t't'd ' time villi probably be so linbidiie that they will Intel fere in no wav w..i. his movements. STILL AT POLICE STATION. Harry Moran Will Soon Bo Sent to a Reformatory. Unity Mm an, of Keller touit, ur tested Sunday evening on th" catn philnt of his mother, Is still in police custody. The ease has, however, boon given over to Mts. Duggan, agent tor the Associated Chin Itles, and the lat ter will see to It that the boy is safely lodged In some lefoimatoiy. He Is a lad huge for his age mil appaiently Intelligent nnd blight. He denies the stoty of having tin own Hat lions at his mother, mid of having act ed In mi Incotilglhle munnei. He works as a slate 'picker in the Dmlso mine, nnd it seem that It was In some dispute over the dlsp i.ltlon of bis wages that he had th" eiuaiul with his widow mother which lesulted In his nirest. When Hist hi ought to he police sta tion he wept and cried tor a long time, but yesterday lenialned In a cuile", passive state und appealed perfectly lesluned to the Ide l ot going to the l efoi matoi y. VETERAN MASON HONORED. Sciauton's veteran Mason, I'uos T. Hall, was pleas mtly suiptlseel at his home. rtO'J Luchuwnnnu a venae, on thu occasion of his seventieth bbMidiy, by a number of his Mnsouie fi lends urd piesented with a Ivndsamo easy chili' and several bov s ot clg.us, Mr. Hall Is- one of tho gi"nt't au tltot Itles In this patt of tho htatc n tho unwiltten ioik of the oider, anil no ono In thu Masonic ftitetnlty I more onthiiislat-tlc than he in Its w cl inic State Boaul of Veternarians. Unrilsbuig, lb Cove nor Ktonr. today appointed the lollowhw membeis ot the statu Inatd ot vetoiimirlans. .1. W. Salhuie I'ottsvillo; Jacob llcllmet, heruntou, and William It. lllelae, Tic vose. Mr. Hay in Pretoria. Pretoria, Peb. il, Adelbert S. Hny, tho new United States consul here, w iu le celved by tho Transvaal government to. day nnd piesented his credentials. Ho created uu excellent impression. Executive Council of Mine Workers Indianapolis, Feb. 6. The executive council of tho United Mine Workers ad- ourned today utter a three days' bcsslon. HE ARRIVED JUST IN TIME Gen. MacDonald and His Infantry Made an Ira- portant Move. IS NOW AT K0PPIES DOM Prevented Two Large Oommanaoeu from Effecting a Junction-He Holds Both Banks of the River. General French's Visit to Cape Town Was to Ask Lord Roberts for 7,000 More Men Lord Methuen Disbands Remington's Scouts. Members of tho Corps Were in Communication with tho Boors. London, Peb. II. The St.itidatd has lecelved the pillowing despatch dated Monday, Tcliiumy G, noin Kopples I Dam: I "( tenet al MacDonalel with a bilgade j of Intantiy, a leglment of lanccis and onebattiiy has icaeheil heic fiom Moilder Itlver camp In what Is ipgard- I cd as an linpoitant moveinent to the light of the Boer position at Mageis- I touteln, I "The anhal of (lenetal MacDnnalfl's column was opportune as It just pie v cute d two huge commandoes effecting a junction. He- now holds both bunks of the liver." It appeals that ilencinl Pieneh'.s vis it to Cape Town was to ask Loid Kobe-its for 7,000 more met. Whether ho got them Is not disclosed. Tioops aie no lunger detained nt Cape Town. They pioeecd immediately to some point at the front. Three thousand dibcmbat keA Slonelav and were quickly sent elsewhere. No pub lic icceptlon was given to tho at riving voluntceis ut Cape Town, because they had to leave immediately. As Lord Kobeits, since the battle of Splon Kop, bus hud 20,000 flesh tioops to dispose It is piobable that sonic have gone; to Geneial Buller. The Wot Id sas It Icains that Lord Methuen bus dh handed Itemlngton's scouts, one of tho most useful colonial commands, because ho had ascertained that some members of the coins had been communicating with tho Boots. Lord Huberts has caused to be dis tributed In the towns botderlng upon the Invaded colonial tetrlloty an Invi tation to Uiee Stateis mid Tr.nsvaul cts to go Into the elesei t, offetlng them good tiuitment and a icstoratlon ti their fnim- on the Btltish uccurntlon of lepublbau tuiltotv. The manifesto guatantces that those btlnglng hotses can sell them. Poi ilgneis will have theli passage paid to Kurope. Colonial lebels me aelvised to sutiend-! In piefeteno to being Ir.i pilsoncd. Not n waul has heel leeedved flciin the coiiespondents with Crucial Duller foi- Mm io d is It Is as though Natal had ben wiped off the map, eveptlnrT the h"logiaiu fiom Lndvcntlth i ivlng that the- Been an cannonading .md that "fighting Is going rn " Oinei-al .V.teDon.ild. with 1.000 n fnnttv, cav Uiy md itt!ll"iv, thii'.il ens th l Sou ilj,ht at Mageiifontuln. This is the- lit st srn of uctlvltv on tlu pat t of Loul Methuen for -onw weeks, and doubtless h is p lation to the move ments of the I'.tltlsh Im titer east. DEBATE IN THE COMMONS. H. H. Asquith Said Countiy "Was Unprepaied for the War. London Ucb. ('. Th' debate on the miK'ii im.-nt to the ai'dit.-s In tepij to tlu sp ech liom the thione was to Miami In ihe hous of i cnunons to lay by '1. H. Asquint, Llhoial (homo sec-letni-y in the Kosebei v niinNtrv ). Hi innintalnt.' that the- war wus n Ither Intended nor ele shed by the govern ment whlih natui.illy explained the counttj'h unpii'pai ed nisi. Mr.Asqullh addul Ilia' the war could have been nvoidecl by I'lcshhuit Kl ti ger accepting ihe ptopcjals made In Scptiiiibi'i which, iiccoullng to tlti speakei, weie poif-cllv c oii'.putlbll tilth the maintenance i the Indi i en demo of th" Tinnoy.i.tl and a pioper Instalment of loug-dc 1 ived justleo to the Hiltlsh iiopululloit of the Trans vaal. Balfour Cheeied. A. J. Balfour, the government lender, appi.iled to the members of the house, lliespectlve of paitv. to lse- to "tho height leached by those we icpieseut." He eleelaied that If they did this then In a slunt thin tho eiiipite would Issuo'' fioin the stiuguilu, "stionger, not only In the i onselousncss ot its sttength, but lit the e)Ps ot tho civilized win Id" Ho icsunied his suit amid prolonged e heeilng. When the division bell i.imr the lilili mein'-ers lose In a body and left tin house without voting. Seveinl liberals abstained. Some otheis voted with the f.ovetnment us did aUo Sir IMward Chukc, member for PI) mouth. Mr. Asqulth votid with Sir Henry Cuinpbell-Bannoiniun for the amend meiit.. - - - State Board of Undertakers. Untilbburg, Peb. ( lioveiiyir Stonrj today reappointed U. S "Mllle r, of lte.ed lug. a membor of the stuto bond of un deitnkeis and appointed Charles L. Mvne, of Philadelphia, In placo of Chai, W. Naulty, of Phlladcliihlu. 't--f f WEATHER FORECAST. 4- 4- -f f Washington, Feb. 0. Forecast for Wi'dnesdny: For eastern Penn- fc.vlvanlu, r.tln lato Wednesday - nnd Wedncsel ly night; Thurpday lain or snow nnd much colder; winds shifting to ficsli bouthc.isU - ctly. . t -t- 1 1 "f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- t U ( jub .ftwiaj;. , d-tAllx.
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