-v 4 xsSB1 Sribuue. mutton & ttftls SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MOHNIXG!, FEI3KUAKY 12, 1900. TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. $j-iWi sbi HUNGER AT KIMBERLEY Rations Since January 8 Have Been Principally of Horse Flesh. THE DEATH RATE HEAVY Censor Has Not Allowed the News to Be Cabled The Unexpected Strength of the Boers nt Rensburg Is Also Causing Great Anxiety. Military Expeit Williams Points Out the Folly of Wasting Time Upon Kimbeiley and Ladystnith. Shnip Criticism at Loudon. T.ontlmi Feb 12. StaiMIng grneo comes fuiin K mbctloy Intolll in the Capo newspupois' JiM iceelved by 111 ill In I. union. It appeals tli it since .Tammy 8 the tutlons at Kliubcrlev li tv neon for for thojni'st put horse flesh, leptig nint to women and ihlldten th iL nunv lofuse in i at It alo appeals tint the ele itl late li is boon heavy and tli.it the pi iv aliens uf tie nanism hn been ini n "i-itu? "to'ullly. Tills HOWS Is stlltllllg because til" tonsoi lias not allow d It to bo oabb el Possibly sin!' londltions pxplaln tho pi i since of l.oul Unbelts ut Modeler llvei and tile app.il out pi pu.ltl')in fur an advance fioin that point. The mention In the dl.-.piteh of linb oi ts to tile w.u nlllee vtrtetiliy of (ienoinl 'loim nt's omiuand at Mens burg Is Intt tpiitoil to show that lien n. il Frcnih, with his iv.ili. has moved to join l.oid l!ol,ott. aid that lonsidei.ible ch.inpts i-i the dltilbll t!on of tioops in that elistilct line oe -c in ud The unixpoited stiength iml nctivltv of the Moots at Koiisbuig. whole thev ale nth"i ptesng the HrltNh thin being pi esse il bv tip m. e ellses ,iniet Theif Is no i unfit matiur. oi the iu port of ascitic f u n I. idvinlth. Tho l.itet illspitoh finni theie. dated Wod ncsiliv lit. 1 1 pint, tint all -vas ipib't then and tint Instiucllnns hid be-n i-smd to liew.in of tin possible- ap proach of Hocis in the miIsp of n Fng llsh h"Ii f foici. Toduj s'-es tin- beginning of the tifth month or the nr. Clunks William, l hi" nillltiuv cxpei' savs- "Atei all thin lntnv.il oin tine his aimv, instead of hi Ing fieo to m.i noi'viie in the Held Is tied liv tho left log to Klmbeilov in older to pleas,; Cei 11 Mhodes. and by the right leu to Liclvsmlth, in older to phase Joseph Cbatiiboilaln Yet neither town has the veiv smallest m!lltiii alne." Although the Miltlsli will soon lia .Min.nni) men In South Afik.i. the Dally Mall and otln I papus ate still asking for mote troop". The stoppage of shtpmt nts of sold and diamonds lPMilttd 111 expoits fiom Cape I'ulony last month valued at 211. 1S0 pounds as a,; Must ., il.'.MI pounds lu January of last ear Spveie Criticism. London, Fi b U 4 4o a. m The lat est desp.iti In s ft mil the fiont showing the loal leasniis lor Genet al Mulki's ittiicnietit and hi-, intention to tiv again, quite tlcstinv the comforting and Ingi nlous ilium v that tho mine Hunt was an il.iuot.ite lelllt to f.lclll tate tho main advance of Lord Hohetts, a thtoiv wlikh obtained atteptanro laigolv hei.iusi of Mr. Maltoui's mis leading statement in paill.iineut These se'emlngl Useless lotkoneos and pievaileatlons on the p.nt of the government and the war otllev ate be ginning to be criticised seeielv. No word his et issued fnmi tin w.u oflke I or. tl dine (ieneial Mullet's latest attempt, although the i oi itspondi nts ate allow (d to tihtapli with a fair aninnnt of fn e ilnni, and thus far onlv a paitlal list ot casualties has been publlsln (I The elating ..if niessases fiom Pule ("amp may Indiiate that (ioiui.il Mallei has witlidiawu all his foi is theie. The London newspapeis, Ii.uIiik be i omo an tistonied to ehei k, maintain a hnpi fill tone, but the Kliuatlop Is miii U inoi" thieatenlnc than It moiikiI to be a weik .iko Pioofs of tin? Ulilble MtieitRth and niobllln of the Moei ai iIIIhij, toKrthu with tho uiiiior that tienoial Joubeit Is t.iklim; tin InitUtlw with the objeet of i uttlnK fJeneial nilllei's i ouilllllllli aliens, .lie III no w.l le-assuiliiK. liven the niiit sanguine poisons in Kill to ee that It Is iiilte hopeless to xpeet the lollcf of I.,nl smith, whlio It Is deal that. If it bo Impossible for Mallei to leaih l.ad.VMiilth, It Is eiiual h Impossible foi the giiilion, e haiisUd by Hkkiitss anil piiatlons, to cut h wa nut, Hepoits of the lloei athatii" tlnough '.alula nil me illsipiiellng If tlie Fhould bo able to stiiko nt firejtown (ioiur.il Mullor would be lompollod to tut n his atti ntlon to the eastern slip) of Natal The fact that l.onl Moheits anieil nt Moddei Ithfr Fi Id ty seems m show that ho Ins booi on a round of Inspee tlon of the chief ooniiiiands and tint tho main ndwinui Is not so neat s has boon mppoid. BOERS OUTFLANK BRITISH. The Engagement nt Rensburg Two Conespondents Lost. ItciisbuiK. Fib. Ju. The Mooik out flanked the Miltlnh litre entorduy. A conFlderable fiuec of tho enemy a tlur.itrnliiK the Miltlsh i oinuuiuii atlons between Ronhburir and SHiiBeisfontein. twelve miles away and, dining a ie connalssame by some .IiinlsklllliiKu and twpnty Aiistralluiis fiom HllnBorn funteln. the Moeis weie dlacmcird at tempting to get it gun In imsltion to ahell the Miltlsh camp. The Australians-, having come Into very close contact with the enemy took eocr tinder a hill about 2,oni H!ds ft mn tho lamp Thcirupon the i?oerH took up a position with a lov of preventing their retliemint. Some btligheiK got within 200 at ds of the AustiallaiiH and called upon them to siiiiendoi. They lepllrd by Using ba.vonets and shouting delhtnee. Hor geant IMwatds and two men made a dash and, galloping under a hot Hie, passed a number of hills hold by the lloeis, took wind that the Austiallanc weio safe and lonthknt of holding the one my at bay and of getting out after datk. which eventually they did. The lunlskllllngs pipventod the in cmy getting their guns In position. The Austiallans lost one man killed and time wounded. Tho convnH have been successfully gotten to Sllngers fonteln today, tho liiltNh eseorts hav ing hud spvoi.il blushes with p lilies of fiom twenty to thlity Moeis Infi sting tho legion. Lieutenant Colonel Page, with a seetlon of nttlllery and lin horses, got one large convoy through bv shelling the enemy out of the road. The Mot rs also outflanked us on the west, placed a gun In position nt Mus tards Neck and (lied on one of our out posts, dilvltig off 1,000 sheep. "In 'Widnosdav's brush two eoires pondents, Mr. Hales, (f the London Dally News, and Mr. 1 -amble, of the Melbourne Age. fell behind. Mr. Hnlps, who was sllghtlv wounded, was eap tllied by the Moors, and Mr. Lanible was killed. The Mrltlsh took two prlss-onets," BOERS MOVE TO KIMBERLEY. Their Numbeis Are Apparently Re duced. Moddn lllver, Saturdiy, Fib in Appjietitlv the Moors have hi ought all theli big guns fiom Mnftklng to iell Kltnbrilej. Oin naval guns shelled Magi tfon teln tculTV, but tho Moot guns weio silent. It is supplied that the inemy has withdiawn their mtlllei.v. They niu Mowing up the peimtnetit wav bevonel Motion skiing The Moeis still mm theli tienehes, but llulr numbeis aie uppiriiitlv io duied The bulk of their force has gone to Kimberlev oi towaid our Hank. Moddei Klvei, Saturelnv, Fid) 10 The Highlanders letuir.fil last rlgllt. Mefme ictlrlng they tound the bodies of twelve Moeis. They believe the losses of tho enoniv were hoivlor than those of the Mrltlsh hie ause it Is known that In addition to the do id Moors tound srveral had been bailed. AUSTRALIA AOITATED. Caidinal Moran Makes a Remark able Speech. London Fob 12 The Dally Mall publishes the follow Ins: dispatch fiom Svdney N. S-. : 'The nev of fitneial llullet's io-V'-tses his taiped a gre it sensation hero Cardinal Monn, in a le.nark able speech, has advoiiited eonsciip- ' tlon In Australia. In lew of the pos sible complications. H thinks It may soon bciome neeessary to defend Aus tralia, and thirefore regiets the d--jiartuie of the local tioep.. WHITE MAN LYNCHED. Result of a Verdict of Not Guilty at Fort Ai-thur, Texas. Kansas C'ltv, Feb. 11. A Times spo il il fiom Poit Attluir, Texas, savs. "James Sweeney, white, was l.vuclied at 1 o'clock this morning Kwinny was a eotion snowman foieinan and hid killed (hallos Crumbaeh, a' fellow' laboiei, by jamming a bavonet tluough his neik. 'The i lime was committed on the afternoon of Feb 1 In a loom with no wltne-ses pieMMtt. and It Is said to have lesulted fiom a saloon llsht that took place a few houis pievlously. Monday, Sweenev was Inillitod for minder In the tlit degiee. He was plaeod on tilal at Moaumont, Tixas, Friday and last night the Juiy letuined a eidict of 'not gulltv." As soon as he was leleasid Sweeney i etui nod to Poi t Al thut, in living lieu' at 12 "0 this morn ing. Won! had b.en telegiaphed ahead that ho was coming and a mob met him at the depot, matched him up town and stiungrfilm up to a telephone prist without cnemonv. In the first attempt the mpi bioke. The second attempt was made suiee.sful by tlolng Sweene.v's legs so that his feet could I not touch the giound and ill awing the lope taut. Theli wink accomplished. the mob, vvlili h was made up of Port Althui eitUens, dlpeiseel euletl. Sheiitl Laugham, of Meaumout, was notllled of the mob's weuk and Imme diate lv stalled for Pol t At thin. He leluiniil to Beaumont tonight with "Jack" Mai tin, a boss stevedoie and a fellow woikmau ol I'liimbaclt's In n todv Mai tin Is lulieved to have boon u rlngleadci In the 1 m hint; P rt ithui ! the southein teimlnus of the Kansas City, Plttsbmg and (lulf lalliotd. The town whs liullt with the advent, a few iars ago, of the i all load, and most of Its i Itleiis aie not th em people. The cltiens deploii' the 1 lulling, hut none of thorn appear to londemn It. ANOTHER CARNEGIE STORY. Henry Phlpps, Jr., Has Bjoken Re lations with tho Big Mill Owner. Plttsbmg. Fob. 11. Tho Dispatch Io nian ow will sav : "One of the sensational develop, incuts ot the) expected suit of H. C. Frlek asiilnst the Carnegie Steel eom P my, limited, Is the lopoit tli.it Homy Phlpps, Ji next to the laigist stoc k holdei hi tho company, has biokeii the. business lelitlons with Mr. Caineglo, whkh havn been exceptionally close dining the Litter's bus.uess life. The two steel kings have been associates slnco bojhoocl and their Intensts have bien Identical not only In a business way, but In their philjuthioplo woik and soilal .ctandlng. The announce ment of the bieaih will theiefoie, be a sui prise In the steel vvoilel." - No Tiouble Expected. London, Kv Feb II 'llio exodus of the ligNlriteis to 1'r.inkfcnl bigan Mils innrniiig, when prohiMy half of thini depaitoil, Tlio-n iPini Inlng spent Ihe day on an riuisou to Cumin i land (lap, re. tinning to London In the ivinhig ami they left foi I'lankfortnt midnight. 11ii nplidon vmis geneiiillv etiiised bv llio nicnibeis that no Ire utile will oiiiu wluii tlin Irslshituio N loiviucd at t'l.inUful I tomorrow or heieuftir. ROLAND MOLINEUX DECLARED GUILTY VERDICT OF DEATH GIVEN AT 10.50 O'CLOCK SATURDAY. Mother and Wife Away Waiting at Home, While the Mollneux Men Faced the News The Prisoner Un moved by the Verdict of the Jury. Impressive Scene in the Couit Room Calendar of the Case. New Yoik. Feb. 11. Holand lliirnham Mollneux was found guilty last night of murder In the tlist degree In iiins 'ng the death of Mrs. Katharine J. Aiianis by means of polsoni d bromo si Itor suit to Hany S Cornish. The vet dirt was le-aihed after m.itly etrfhl bonis of deliberation, the Juiy going out nt .121 j) in. and iipoitlng the finding nt 10 ! p. in. The mint's e barge ocmpled over font houis. Calendar of the Case. Trial opened, Nov. 14. 1MW. Juiy obtained Nov. ".0. Cnp foi the prosecution opened Dee. 3. Taking of evldenie begun Dec. fi Til.il postponed because of the Ill ness of Miinhi Ini Mi own. Jill oi No 10 Jan. 24 to Feb 3. Ilvldetiie for pioseeiillon mmpletcd Fib : Counsel foi the defense, without of fering ev Idene e, slimmed up for defen dant Feb ti and . Piosecutlon's sunimtng up Feb 8 and 0 Veidlct of gulltv Fcb 10 Duration of trial Thirteen calendar wicks Time ocmpled In poeuilng a Juiy Twelve court dais. Time occupied In taking evidence Thlitv-nlne court davs. Time oi cunled in addiessis of loun spl and e hat go of the judge Six couit dii. Total nuinbei of eouit davs Flfty seve'i. ntlmatod cot of tho trial to the state $200,000 Scenes at Court. Mollneux took the blow without flinching; steady (lOileral Mollneux is stone. His fathei, took It like an old soldloi. man In Theie was not a man ot vvo the eiowded genet.il sisslons couit room who did not at that moment give thanks that the mother and wlf of the pilsonor were not theie to heir the lesult. At the close Uiioider Ooff departed fiom the usual luoceduie on the side of mercy, and peimltted the gelieial to follow his son to his cell. It was the most Impiesslve siene, Iiei haps, in the hlstoiy of eilinlml pioiedute of the piesent time, cotnlncf ns t did at the end of tho longest an 1 most bltteily fought mm dot trial on lecoid, when Foieman Matthias L M Mai tin, tinning In his place to loon the defendant full In the fat e said slowlv, anil with the gieatest distinct ness on eveiy woid; "We find him gulltv of niurelei In the fit st degree." One false alarm had ahead v amused the couit loom, when, at 10 4"i o'clock, the ordi r came that announced the le.idincsw, of the jury to lopoit. With their coming a minor was whlspoied tluough the couit loom that the veidlct would be against the defend int. It was possible to read that In the loun tenanies of the juiymen. Juijmen Millings and Hnes had deep circles under theh eves. Thompson was hag g.ud. Post walked with hanging head. Crane was pale and looked fixedly In f i tm t of him, stumbling once or tvvlio as ho walked. Foieinan Mai tin walked erect and with face tlim set, but theie weie lense lines around the miners of his mouth. Not one of tho jur.vmen looked toward the pilsoner anil his fathei. It needed no piophet to foie tell that they had no good news tor cither. Two or tin ce minutes weie taken In getting Jut or Mi own. who seemed barelv able to walk, to his seat. Then a loiut officer rapped sharplv foi silence, anil needlessly, ten the loom was absolutely still. The ptlsonei was biought In. walking sturdily, but even mote l.ipldly than usual. Ho took his seat between his fathei unci Ml. Weeks, and leaning ovei to the latter spoke to him In Inn iled whlspois, his eves scanning the jiu.v. Facing the Jmy. Aftei what seemed to be a long time, hut wits In nallty onlv a minute or two. Menu del Liu if. enteicd. Oenei.il Mollneux, who had ptessed close to his son's side with bis head bent, lltted his fan and looked at the lei older and fiom li I tn to the Jui, not did he again lowei his ga?e. "(ientlenif n of the Jui.v." began Ckik Miophv, but the leuudei liitciiupted and spoke to him. aftei whlili he con tinued, "have ou agiied upon a vei- dlctV" "We have," .insweicd Foicuunn Al.ir lln, Using. "Juiois, please ilse," said the eleik. Tho juiois ioe, looking sti.tUht ahead of thorn. "Deleiielant. please ilse." Mollm ux almost spiang to hi" feet, ami with bis slinulderi cpiaied back, ns If foi a blow, turned to tan the jui. "Juiois, look upon the defendant" The volie of the cleik shook a little. As If moved by one common spilng the jurors tinned upon tlulr feet and he and thev slated steadllv Into one anothei's ejos. Seveial of the jilion chopped their glumes. Juior Post's eves weie full of teais If Mollneux lead his fate, he made, no sign, showed no expiesslon of II. "How sav ou, gentlemen of the Jill'?' said Cleik Miophy. "Do oil find the defendant guilty of the tilinn of minder us ehuigul In the Indict ment, oi not cullt V" Aftei ono look at the defendant tho foieiuiiii had turned hack to the cleik. Now he tinned again to the defendant with his head a little lone led, and, lalslng It, look'-d the defendant bo. tween the ojes nH he said slowly, but In steady and cleat tones; ' We find him guilty of muuler In tho Hint dogieo." Mollneux did not sth u niiisi Ie. His father did not stir u mutch-. Ills counsel, Mai ton S. Wicks, caught his bn ith and then lose-, Tluough the court loom went a llttln rustle of emo tion. From outside the door could bo beard a little setitlle: then a umr of many voices; then Rome cries; then ab solute silence within and without tho coin t. Mollneux Sleeps Well. Mollneux was said today, bv Warden Hagan, to havesslept aa calmly on Sat urday night us ho did on any other night slnio his Im arc oration In tho tombs, being neatly a year ngo. The Nerdlct ot the Jurv, pionniineed late Saturday night, the watden said, did not seem to have In the least affected Mollneux, so far as his outward tip pearaliio was concerned. The warden said that Mollneux's demiMnor Is In "diking oontraut with that of other tulsoneis who had boon In his charge and who had within the lust tlneo j ears been lonvlrted ot minder In the flist degree. "He slept like a child," was the wav the waiden put It. teter tlng to Mollneux after his return to bis cell fiom the couit loom on Sat in day night. Today he arose at the usual hour, took exorcise foi one hour , In the ptlson vntd and the usual buak fast supplied bv the prison cateier, and lead with apparent eompositie the morning newspapeis, after which ho attended the usual Sunday sei vices. The condemned liiiin had but one visitor today. The i alter was his gilcf stricken and venerable fathei, who has not vet given up hope and expects that the higher mutts, which will be ap pealed to, will fiee his son. C.eneial Mollneux ai lived at the pilson about 8 SO o'clock this morning and remained with the prisoner for about half an hour. Dining the d.iv voung Mollneux le m.ilncd In his cell In niuidorer's tow. 3,000 COAL MINERS STRIKE. Trouble Staits in Pennsylvania Without Waiting for the Indian apolis Decision. Altoon.i, Pa., Feb. 11. Tin ee thous and coil mlucm In the Marnesboio, "pangler and Hastings districts struik vesteiilay morning. At a meeting held on last Thursday the men resolved nit to wall until Apill 1. the limit set by the Indianapolis convention for the opeiatois to grant the concessions, and they demanded an Immediate udvanee fiom no cents to CO cents n gross ton. The companies. In which aie Included the Steillng Coal company of Spanglor it. Hnstlngs, the Mitchell Coal and Coke company, of Hustings, and tho M.unes Coal mmpanv, of Mainesboro, answeted the demand with a blank io fus.il and veste idav moining not a man went to woik. The stilke. which Is confined to the Cambila and Cleat Held fields, is chiefly dangeinus bv teason of the Inflamma toty tendetuv it miy develop In nearhv fields. Tin ce thousand more men along the main line of the Ponnsvlvunlu rail road who stiitck Nfv- Year's day, but weie Induced to tetuin to woik, may go out again at any time. The men In the Jeffeison and Indlunn legion, aggre gating a total of 53,000, have stood toady to stilke since the Cleaifleld meeting In December. TROOPS LEAVE FRANKFORT. Only a Few Soldiers Remain to Pre serve Order at the Capital. Finnkfoit, Ky.. Feb. 11. All day long tioops have poured out of Fiankfort on special tialtis, and tonight only the soldiers fiom Covington, Ncwpoit, Lexington and Moigantovvn ate tamp ed In the capltol square. The leaving of the troops was tho only fevituio In the political situation in Fiankfoit to day. loveinor T.ijlor leinalned quletlv In the executive mansion and did not visit his office, glv lug himself a day of rest, of which he stood gieatly In need. Ad jutant (ionei.il Colllei said this after noon that onlv a few companies ot Infant! v would be kept on duty heii. for a shott time, to do police work .iiotind the capltol sijuaio and guard the people In the building. They would Intel feie In no way with tho mcmbeis of the li glslatuie. and .ncess to the legislative halls would be as flee and urn est i. lined as It was before ioveinoi Tnvlot Issued the ptotl.uni I tlon deelailng Fiauktcut In a state of i Insuii 1 1 tlon. ) The lnenibeis of the Kepublkan leg islative wile exoee tid to aulve- fiom London late this afternoon, but woid was lu ought that tiny had spent the dav In an ixiuision to Cumin i land (Jap, mid would not for the most ptrt ai live until tomoi uiw morning About six of the Republicans e.inii' In on the night ti.iln fiom London. No Intima tion has been leceived lino ns t w bethel oi not the Deinocintlc ineiri- beis of leglsl.ituio would adjoin u their t session nt Louisville and come to Fiankfoit to take pait In the ctnir.il session. It I expieted heio however that they will do so piobahly bv th lattei p lit of the week VICTORY FOR TANNER. Defeats Senator Cullom in the Lat tei '2 Own Home. Spllntield. 111.. Feb. 11 After one of the hai dost fought battles at the pilniiules that has ever taken place' in is.iiiR.i'iioii curly. Governor Tanner setii.il a vletiry ovei sii,itor Ciillmu In the latin's own home it was 1 o'clock this mumlug I e fine the 1 mint was coniplited In this cltv, the bitter I U ll Detweiii ine two 1. 11 nuns Having1 biought out the full p.iuy vote of tl Itepublkans. The it suit Is that of the convention whlili meets next .Monday rind which has IS" delegates, Cioviinm Tanner has ninety-two, 01 11 lute miijoilty. Roosevelt on the Cnaal. Now York. IVb M (lovniioi Moose velt Is-unl this slati mi nt tonight; "I most eaiittstlv hope that thu pi iidlng llialj 1 miii mine llio Isthmian e.iuiil will not bo ratlllnl, unless aim inled so us to piuvtile that the canal whoa built shall benholh iindii the eeinllol of the Unlled Stalls alike, lu peine mid var. This stems to me vital, no cfs fiom tho standpoint of 0111 pea i.wci than fiom tho staiiiliMihit of the Monrou doclilnc.' Pilnce Henty at Vienna. Vkni'ii, Feb. II. I'rlni'u Henry of Pius, (la arrived heir todt.y, Kinpiror Fran cis Joseph 111.1 him at Hi" lailvvay Mil lion ami aieompanlcd him to tho 1 Inf inite. The popuhtcu gavu tho piluro an ovation. HAWAII TO HAVE NEW GOVERNMENT REPORT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES. Grave Doubts ns to the Power of the Hawaiian Government to Grant Franchises for Industrial and Commercial Enterprises Thous ands of Dollars Needed to Sup press the Bubonic Plague The Population. Washington, Feb. 11. llcprescntatlve V. S. Knox, of Massachusetts, ihalr m in of tho house committee on terrl toiics, has completed his report upon the bill for the ci cation of tho terri torial foim of government In Hawaii 'd It will bo submitted to the house tomotrovv. The leport Is a very vol uminous document of ono handled and eight pages, going exhaustively Into all the questions Involved and thor oughly i overlng every phase of the bill which the committee has agreed upon after many hearings and much Investigation. Chairman Knox sas there Is Imperative nied of early enaet inent of nn organic act for Hawaii, as It has become apparent that there Is much doubt of the extent ot the power granted to the local government of Hawaii by the provisions of the Joint resolution of annexation and In many i Impoitant lespects there Is something like an Intetiegnum In Hawaii. Many doubtful questions of admltalty and , niailtlme jurisdiction have ailsen. as win as ot cilmliuil piociuure, lenuer lng It uneeitaln whether there Is now any tilhunal for the decision of Im poitant questions affecting pioperty and nnv existing method by which criminals may be Indicted or kgal Juiles empaniled for their ttlal. Theie Is also grave doubt eonceinlng the power of the Hawaiian govern ment to giant franchises for Indus trial or commeiclal enterprises, or for tailioads which have been projected. In many respects the business affairs of the tenltoiy are biought to a stand still. Many Amei leans have bought government land since annexation on which they have built residences and planted ciops, but their land titles are now In dispute and cannot be settled until the p issage of this bill. Meanwhile no Amei leans can settle In Hawaii on homestead or land to bo bought from the government and a veiy desirable class of citizens is there by shut out of this new teitltoiy. The Bubonic Plague. The prese iipo In that city of the Mu bonlc plague Is calling for drastic measures by the Hawaiian authorities. Involving the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollais. In older t provide for these expenditures and to compensate the ovvneis ot buildings which have been burned In the effort to suppiess the pestilence It is pi ope and Just that a territorial legislature be provided by congress w Ith no un neeessaty delay. Since the adoption of the resolution of annexation large numbers of Japanese contract laborers have been brought Into the Islands. The exac t number is unc ertaln. but at lease 17.000 and piobablv moie than J" -000; and delay In extending the laws of the Fnltecl States to the islands will be taken advantage of to increase their numbers. The foim of government pioposed by the bill for the Hawaiian Islands Is territoiial In foim similar to that of the late ton Unties of the Unite! States a governor, a secietary, both nppolnted by the pteslelent: a treas- uier. attorney geneial, commissioner of ii, V i . puuiic- minis, euunius-Moiier oi iigueui- tmo and foiestiy. superintendent ot publlp works, supeilnteiideiit of public In- ti notion, auditor and deputy audit or, suivejorund high sheilff, appointed by the gov ei nor. The kgislatuie Is provided, consist- ing of a senate and house of repiesen- tatives eieeteei uy me people The tor lltoiy Is to be lepiesented by a dele gate in mug! ess. Tho ten Hoi. i made a Judicial district of the United States, with .1 til' ti let couit. The ju dicial powoi of Hie teitltoiy is vested in .1 supreme couit and In supoiior tout Is to be established by the legls latin Tho constitution of the liws of the Pulled States locally applicable nie extended over the new tenltoiy, .mil the laws ot Hawaii not Ineonslst 1 nt with the constitution or laws of the United States aie continued In fon e. The teirlttuy Is made .1 customs and revenue dlstilet and becomes sub ject to the tarlft laws of tho United States. The Population. Tim upoit disc iissps the population of the islands with a view- to estab lishing this proposition. Of the 109.0JD Inhabitants lu 1S16. 81,010 weio Ha waii ins, K,46 pail Ilawalians. 3 0: Ann 1 leans, 210 lirlllsh, I f"..' diiiu.in. 101 Fit noli. .ITS Noiwegians. 1,m Portuguese, 2.407 JajurU'Su L'l.hlO Chin ese' mid 1,113 of oilier nationalities. The report says thtin his doubtless been .some Increase In the population slnee lS9i! fion Ameilean and Ihirop can immigration and veiy consider able Increase fiom the impni tatiou of Japanise luboieis slme tho passing of th" annexation n solution, whlili m iv , 1... i.L.n ni n nno e., Hm.i ehr. .a..,,i.. ,on nr ,iu, Hawaiian Islands at pies- out may be plated at moie th in ino.ooo. Of this population the gi eater poitlon uie Asiatics Chinese anil Jup.nes-. With the passage of this bill tho Chinese will be excluded and the Im position ot Japanese contract Inboi cis piohlblted. Neither the Chinese nor Japanese have political power and weie not ellglblo lo citizenship under tho lopiibllc of Hawaii, nor muld tiny obtain homestead lights. The Poituguesn wilt furr.hh a put of tho citizenship of Hawaii. They ar.t 01 del ly, peaceablo intelligent unci In elusttious. The native Hiiwallans will fut nish also a part of tho eitlzenshlp. They .111. un liuliibtiioiis, peaceable and geneious peoples who luivo shown stoaclv advancement under tho in fluonce of education and Christianity plmo tho advent of tho first mission aries fiom New L'ngland. Tho Oer mini Mrltlsli. French and NorweglanB will also be given citizenship. THE NEWS TUIS MOltNlNU Weather Indications Today t CLOUDY 1 EASTERLY WINDS 1 Oeneriil Smith African War Situation, (iiicrlllit Tactics of Philippine Insur gents. MollnctlN DpcHiocI Utility of Murder. Progranimo of Woik In ConMts.s. 2 Oncral-Northe astern Pinnsjlvanli. rinni'dnl and Cummoielal. 3 Local-Sermon bv He v. A. L llanicr. Mention of Men of the lloui. 4 IMItorlal. Local Political Chit. 5 Local-Controller Howell Angry nt tho Major, l.niknwanna Telephone Compmy (Irnnfcd a Franchise. G Local West Scranton nnd Suburban. 7 Hound About the Count v. 8 Local Llvn Industrial News, Sitnrdaj's Court News. PROGRAMME OF THE WEEK IN CONGRESS Currency Bill Will Occupy First Four Days Will Be Voted on Thursday Friends of Senator Quay Fully Expect to Get Con sideration of tho Resolution In His Behalf. Washington, Feb. 11. The Hist four days of the week will be given up to the eurtenev bill In the senate, ami after that measuie Is disposed of there will be a contest for pieeedence In the interest of seveial measuies These include the bills for piovldlng forms uf government for Hawaii and Pueito Hko, the Nk.uagua canal bill and the resolution for the setting ot Senatoi Quay upon tho appointment of the gov ernor of Pennsj Iv.inla. Which of I .- ..Ml .-I... 1 - I... ... ",m "'" V l-it'ccui-ncc- .eu.a.i.s ... bo determined. Just now theie Is some sharp span Ing foi first plat e The curiencv bill will be voted on Tlunsday and all the time not clvt-i to such routine business as tho Intto ciut tlon of bills and the piesentation of leports and petitions will bo devoted to this measuie until It Is acted upon by the senate. Monday and Tuesday will be con sumed with sot aigiimonts for and against the hill, propane! In advance, and Wednesday and Thtuselay will be devoted to speeches not exceeding ten minutes In duration on tho vntlous amendments to the bill. The most Im portant of these amendments Is that offered by the Demoeiats, tluough Sen atoi Jones, of AikanTs, foi the fiee coinuge of silver on teims of eeiualitv with gold. Following this uumetous other changes will be suggested, but It Is well understood that all of them will be voted down unless proposed bv the committee on finances, with which the bill originated. The Democrats count upon getting all the Demociatle, Popullstle and Sllvoi Republican vote-., except those of Senatois Caffiev and Lindsay, Gold Democrats, for their free eolnnge amendment, but thev will fall far short of the necessary num ber. No one doubts the passage of the bill by a large miijoilty on the final vote. Senatoi Aldikh savs he counts on a niajoiltv o. 0 oi 12 votes. The opposition do not tone ode so nuinv. but admit that the total against them Is formidable. The friends of Senator Quay "j they fullv expect to I),, able to get eonsld etation of the lesolution In hN behalf Immediately after the liiiane lal bill ! disposed of, but theie Is uiiquestioniiblv .. e,,-,,.)-.,!, m on etie pen oi nine oi the Hopublieail senatois to eiowd the matter ovei and tnko tin i Itlu r the Pueito Illc.in oi the Il.iwallui, bill, tli ihancos bnween these two Inlng la- I . 'iiiaoie ie ine I'tieiio ituun meuMUP. The Indications aie that tin Nicai.igtii I canal bill will be post opul until aftei' the Hav -I'nuiu efoli' li"it Is ai led i upon bv tho eoniuiittee on foieign n- latlons, though S untor Mngan savs l I he will nsk foi the ronslib r illon of th bin at the enillest opt oitunll.v. In the House. The lime of the home will be 10111 pli tely occupied this weel- The wot I; under the lilies will b ilootd to Dis trict ot Columbia bu'dm s up Tues day the leglcltlvo. exeiutlve and ju dicial appiopil.ition bill, wliU li will b ' repoitcd to the hmi" tomminw, wl'l b taken up. It Is expected to con sume Tuesiliv and Wednesdiv and on Thin sduy Hip linns., will enter upon a week's discussion of the Pueitn Ith an t.ulff bill. This mi aim o, as tin entering wedsc in the inattti of legls. latlon foi inn insul'i' possessions, ni tuiullv iitti.uts mud' .ittuition, mil tl'iio has alien ly ikvelopid gieat piis-iire for time and pilm Ipellv upon the Deinoiiatle side, so that It Is pm slble that nlfjit session, niav b held the latter put of llu- week Two Persons Binned to Death. Halifax. N. S. Feb II.- I'll o at Olarrj biv earlv this mm nine ilc-trowil a I nge teiiemcnt house Miss Sink ami In r nephew, a Iii-vwil-nlil b.iv iiameil Me Intvre, win- binned lo de ith, tin wo man hiving gone Into the hiiintu,; build ing to use no the sin plug 1"'. DEATHS OF A DAV. Pi lO. O T. Feb 11. Mini Chief, the oldest chief of Pe.Ta.Hiiw-l.'IfHiit bi.ul of I'.iwuie llnll ins, Is .le .nt. He w is ou of the most Intellectual mm of his tiilii. t'liuloll, Mo Feb. 11.- lie iiton (i. liuoiie, attuinev pcneial of Ihe slato In 14, and lornierly a member of the Icj,lnl.itun , died at his hiiiiiu heie toila ot heart illxease. He was boiu lu ISA Sail L.iki. I'tith, Feb. II. Thoiu.is G. Men 111. wklelj kuewn as an e nerolli worktr In thu silver taiixe, died lu this ill tod o New Yolk. Fib. ll.-Mov. Lnuls 1) So ini. lee tor of St, Mini's Unman Catho lic chinch, Jersey City, cilul tod.is, aged S7 leais. He built schools and cliunhcs at t'li ell n.'itl. Newark, I'ateison, Dover, l.odl and Jei.sc y City. Father Henei w is noted ns a pulpit orator, uud was nn atithoiltv on doctrinal law. New Voik, Fob. 11. George ltecslt, who boasted that ho had worked half a century In Paterson, N. J., and was the rlclust wm kinsman In tint city, died today at tho age of SI. Thirty jears ago he was a blacksmith In tho old Grvnt locomotive works and thero laid the foundation of his 1200 ono fortuno by Icnd- Ing money to his comradcb. GUERILLA WARFARE AT LUZON The Insurgents of Albay Adopt Harrassing Tactics. DISAPPEAR WHEN PURSUED They Camp on the Hills and Keep Up a Constant Fire Upon Ameri can Outposts, but Scatter at tha Approach of United States Troops. Much Suffering Among Non-combatants Who Have Been Driven to the Woods by the Insurgent. Five Men in Colonel Schwan's Troop Are Wounded. Manila, Teh. 1010 r.O p m. Of lat the Instil gi nts of Albay province, Lu zon, have adopted h. massing tactks against the towns which the Americans have ganlsoncd. They camp In the hills and maintain a constant fire upon the Amei lean outposts. When th tioops sally against them, they scattei, returning when the Americans lettie. Thev shoot binning arrows, and have thus burned a huge put of the town I of Albay Indeed, must of the larger ,,, n t,ml ,,,,,, ,e 1)r.lctlc.llly dcfcCt,u NL0,)t liv thu Barrsons. Siiiieely any of the Inhabitants return to their hollies. They aie camping In the Interior, and It Is supposed armed Insui gents prevent them going back. It Is lepoited that theie Is much suf fering among them owing to lack of food. Aa a tesult of these conditions tile hemp business In that section it seilously lilndeied, and ships going for cargoes are compelled to take gangs of coolies to do their loading'. Hemp held lu the Intel lor Is quite Inaccessi ble. Colonel Mill will take two regiments and a batteiy through the piovlnccs of North and South Camarincs, going theie on tianspotts Many Insurgents letreatid to that pait of tho island from Cav Ite and liataugas provinces. Another expedition will soon start to gatrlsnn towns along the north coast of tho Island of Mlndln loa. (tiieillla waifare continues south of Manila. Two attempts have been made to ambush the Americans Five Men Wounded. Colonel Sehwan. while returning to Manila with his stuff and an escort of a bundled eavaliy fiom Matangas, was attacked bv the Insurgents. The lat tei weie dlspci sed, but the Amei leans had the men wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Meacom. with six: coinpinies of the Foity-setond Infant ry, had a two hours' light with Oen ei al Pin Del Plait's c ommaiiil, which attempted to ambush the Amei leans along, the tiall tluough Mounig piov ince, near the lake. He to also the In sui gents weie ellspiisid, but the Amei bans had seveial wouiieli el, among them a captain lit nii.nl llnll It. rmm n t Itic uimlliu.ir 1 tlllnllBll Z.lllll) lie's piovln.e with .1 , vlll.i frtr, ,. Aiu.llni vn.vllll.in Is mn. i ,,(Mnnjf tioithwaid fnmi Sublg. It Is inputted that the Insurgent gen I ei.ii, .MCiijaiiui me, mis iiioiieu iioui his wound and has assi nibh il a latgo foiee In tint dlstilet The plague continue '. Fight t.ios weie lepoited last wiek aiilong lh natives and Chlnesi. Theie s no ex. tlti mint, howevit, and liusluess nnd oelal life at,o undlstuibi d, Smallpox is pi evident among the na tives along the l.illioad, and In the towns In notthein Coast. Two oflkeis of the Thlilv-sixth voluntiir Infantiv have died of the disease and another nlllc ei and seveial soldleis have been Still ki 11. COAL TRADE DULL. Demand for Authiacite Has Not In ci eased. Phil idelphl.i, Feb. 11 -The L"dgn in Its coal at th It ton, on iw will si.v. The .tilt lu .ii it inil tiade Is latlur lull. The demtlid hai. not inci eased niui h sluc tho e losL of Jiinuu.v and the lonipanks have no dlflkulty in piovldlng for ill the l 1 1 1 1m t ieiuin. inents. Tile .liiiiuaiv output Is esti mated at MV..oon tons, n is vi'd tint to Indue o pun hases t lit i o U shilling of rates on some etialltles and sizes of iii.il. The maiket is pii ttv well stoeked up and dealers in various luaiteis seem to have' the Idei tint b.v holding b u k their cu.lerr theie may be fuithcr concessions Induced. Tho tt.ide does not offer much news of spec 111 teatutc. but the fact tint tho veiy largo l"eiiase of pioductlon last .voni has been about tiilly maikcted and at better pi Ires than for a Ions? time, has made all tho coal managoia cln ei fill. Bishop Guest of the Fiesldent. Wiisliliigtim, Fill. 11 -Tim president to d.iv hud for his gin st his lib ml, iheven ci.ibln Mlshop Wiililmi, of I'iiitlnn.itl, O, It lie ing tho hitter's lilrthdiv. Tho bishop sit, with tho president In his pew nt tho Metropolitan ehiireh, and after the ser mon dined with the prisiilenl and family. Frozen in the River. Fon Du Lac, Wis . Feb. 11. Tho body of UllJah Cone, need 72 jenis, one of th oldest newspaper men In the state, vun found frozm lu tlm river hero tod.iv. Ho was editor of tho Foil Du Lao Dally Novvh and a graduate of 'V.alo college. f -f-f-f -f-f s WEATHER FORECAST. Wnshlngtnn, Ftb. 11 Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: For eastern Piiiiisvlvnnl i. cloudy Mon- tta ; r.iln Tucsd i j light to fresh e.istfily winds.
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