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SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MOHNIXG!, FEI3KUAKY 12, 1900.
TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS.
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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."
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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.