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SCHANTON. PA., WEDNESDAY MOUSING, FEBRUARY 14. 1900.
TWO CENTS.
Jm?&
THE PLANS OF ,
GEty. ROBERTS
London Expects to Hear
of a Decisive Move
ment Soon.
CAUSE OF LACK OF NEWS
Belief That Important Operations
Are to Be Begun Everywhere Sim
ultaneously Report That Boers
Have Been Shelled fiom Hlang
. wan a Hill, Near Colenso 200
Buigheis Said to Have Been
Killed or Wounded at Koodoos
berg Boer Invasion of Zululand
Causing Anxiety.
-finikin, Feb. 14. 4.20 a. m. The
news of the day Is the cnfoiocil ictlie-nu-nt
of tho Biltlsh fiom the Coles
berg district, under heavy Boer piess
uie anil probably after btlsk lighting.
Thus, at u time when Loid Huberts Is
npp.it cutly ;i In nit to push an at my Into
the Km- State, the Boots make a
lountir strode In unknown but seeni
liiKly great fin eo, not fat fiom the vlt il
line of uillwuy coiincctihg De Aar and
(Jiange llvei.
M lllt.it y nbsoiveis do not itgard th's
as nmie than u menace. Newi thelcss.
the news piodui.es an unpleasant Im
piession lieie. tiruuiit Fi encil hail
niuticeuveied the Boots out of Kens
buig In Dccciubci. On Januaiy 1 It
was re pulled that he could take Colea
beig in two das with loliiloriements.
These wpip s(.in, but the Bneis al"o
wwo iclntoiceil. Shite then the HritWi
lines have been cMended east and west,
so that the opening of this week they
enlist Untiil a gteat hotseshoe, twenty
five miles In length. Thu lines wci.s
not continuous, but all the stiong posi
tions were held.
iPiteial Fiencli. when he joined Loid
Itobeits, piesumably took most of hl
civility, (ietieiul Clements was left
.ith the Infiintiy to hold the Boots
In check, but Commandant Debit cy,
with a double turning movement, h.i"
fompelled the Biltlsli to concentrate at
Hcusbuig, beside threatening I.oid
Knbeits' communications.
The Indltattons as to Oeiuial Bul
let's imnipfllate intention aie contra
dictory. One informant, who has Inti
mate lelations with the war ofllcp, pre
dicts a mmement within thu next two
das.
Fighting at Colesburg.
London, Fob. 14. A spi elal dispatch
to the London Daily Mall from Kens
burg, dated yestetday, ays:
"Theie has bien haul fighting for
two davs neat Colesbtig. the Boera
making Mienuous effoits to outllank
the British left. The inemy 'occupies
strong positions fiom Aehtertun.?.
tluough I'olfonteln to ti point tlvc miles
south of Ja'tointcln.
"The fighting at the outpost lamps
has been eiy ceie during the past
few das. Ycsteiduy the liners ut
taiked the position of the AVouosteis
to the southeast ol Colesbuig. Fight
ing lontlnued all day and after daik
it was rnnsldned necessaiy to wlth
eliavv to Itensburg. Our losses aie not
vet Known,
"On the lett the West Australian-",
with the Woicestois and Berkshius,
had hot lighting, but hild their posd
tlons against long odds. The Boer
losses wi'ie conslduable.
"Owing to the giowlng dllllculty ex
piiienced by convoys in reaching tho
lamps all of the latter weie vacated
last night, and the ttoops wlthdiew to
Kensbuig.
"TIip Uneis aro laiiuiug the farms of
lb" Legalists, but the lalttr hive con
trived to get away with their stock."
London, Feb. l; The laik of war
news fiom South Afilcti Is ugaiiled as
an Indication that the ItiltMi piepaia
tlons for a move liom Modder ilver
have been completed unci that Impoit
ant operations are to ho attempted
within n few dajs. Iliteust Is focused
on Field Maislial Loid Ilobeits. es
pfflally slnie Otneial Build's lepoit
of the withdrawal fiom Vnal Kian'
nmie thiDUgh him. Tli.it shows that
the dltteifiit opeiatlons over the wlil
Held aie heieatler to be eo-ordlnaiei:,
It is known that the fotelgn nillllaiy
attiiehcs liae gone to join Loid Unb
elts at the Madder i Ivor. That is an
other move which piecedis an atlv am e.
A dispatch finiii the Moikler liver an
iiountPs the ni i Ivtil tliPie of 1,100 lefu
gees fi Olii the llaikly West distill t,
who had beiii mdeied away by the
Hoeis, because they ictiisul to Join thu
llllgliois' foues. The lofugcis leaihcd
the Modikr liver via Knodoosberg.
It Is learned that 200 Boers wer-'
tilled or wounded dining Ueneial Mac
lonald's ici onnalss.ini e.
No confirmation has been ietelvi'1
leie of the lppoited sol tie or Biltlsh
loops from Ladysmltli or of the Boer
iiillluuklng movement.
A lepoit comes tiom Duihan that
Biltlsh aitllleiy foiced the Boeis to
vncuate their camp at Hlangwant
llll, south of Colenso. The occupation
t that position would give an import
ut advantagi! to thn Hiltl-di.
The absence of ( tenet ul Fiench fiom
Mi" Kensbeig ilisttlct seems to lmt.
glren the Boers an opportunity for te
nowed activity. Appaicntly they have
besun an extended attack on the Kilt
Jhh lines, and are meeting with minor
successes, which aie having consider
able moral effect on the bonier colon
IMs. Invasion Causes Anxiety.
Tin Koer Invasion of tfululaiid Is
canning anxiety. Apart fiom the fact
that It. thieatens (ierleral Kullei's coni
iiiunliiitlons. It in dlflieult to bpllpvo
that tie Zulus can long be kept qules.
tent vihlle their euttlo Is comman
deered aiifl their tommy nveirun by
their lipredltary foes,
Tha fiends of Cecil Uhodes ate he
coming alarmed foi his Fafety. TIipv
JJHVU M-fl nil el"u. it" . ) .v,H
the dlplom.ttle asent nf the Boers In
ICurope, to nsceitaln If possible the
cntiihc thu Boeis would pursue fhould
they capluic him. Dr. Leyds ustiied
thu Intctiiiedlailcs that tin; Boeis did
not Intend to kill Mr. Khodes.
Ilu added that should thu Boeis eap
tuie Mi. Kliodis they would icrtalnly
hold hint as a hostage until the Indem
nity for the Jameson, raid had been
paid. In view of the dcvulopnianta
since the i.ild the Boeis have also de
cided to double the amount of the In
demnity ik mantled,' so thai Mr,
Khodis' f i lends will have to hand over
j,0i0,aao befoie h" Is leleared If ever
he falls Into the enemy's hands.
It has been learned definitely that
Dr. .liiiiicMm Is still at Lad smith, In
spite of all thu repoits to thu con
tiary. The fact that Ceneral Bailor's dls
patih levlslng the casmltles to tho
Biltlsh tioops nt Fotgli tor's Diltt Is
dated from Chleveley, Is taken In some
qtiiiteis as an Indication that Ocnerat
Buller has icmoved his headnuarteis
to that place. Nothing Is given to In
dicate whether or not hu left tiny latgj
fotce at Spilngfl9ld,
KINGSTON VALLEY ROAD.
Another Hearing on the Application
for Permission to Construct is
Had in New York.
New York, Feb. U. The hearing on
thp application of the Delawaie Valley
anil Kingston Railway lonipany for
permission to constiuut a lalltoad fiom
Lackawaxen to tidewater at Kingston,
along the line of thu old Delawaie
and Hudson canal, was continued heie
today before the state tailioad com
missioners. Kdwatd Covkcnilall. su
perintendent of the Ulster and Dela
waie lalltoad, was the Inst witness
of the flay. He told of the terminal
fat littles of the ptoposed line and the
connections to be effected with the
1'lster and Delawaie and the Dela
waie Valley and Kingston lalltoad.
Connections could easily be maintained
with the Xew Yoik Cential tailioad.
Coal bi ought fiom the anthracite le
gions by the new livid to Kingston
would be can led IS"? miles In all. Fn
iler piesent conditions it Is curled
lltst to Albany by the DeUwatc and
Hudson route, ICO miles, and then sKty
miles bat k to Kingston. t
Mr. Co.vkendall held that the con
sti action of the now toad would i educe
the pi Ice of loal at least SO per cent,
per ton In Kingston and neatly as
much in all sections of Ulster and Sul
livan nullities.
Ciamsel for the opposing toads have
shown that the Kingston and Rondout
Valley Katltoad companj has a fian
chlse to build a load tapping the dis
trict which the Delawaie Valley am!
Kingston load will have to depend up
on for lrelght. Ml. Cojkendall de
clared that the Kingston and Rondout
Valley load existed only on papet and
that It had no tetnilnal facilities at
the Kingston vvuter front.
John B. Ketr, vice-president of the
Ontario and Western railroad and gen
etal counsel for th" Kingston and Ron
dout Valley railroad said that they
could buy tetmlual facilities easily
enough. Samuel Cojkendull, who was
seateil among the spectators, Inter
jected the reply:
"We own them and wc aro not sell
ing the in."
Samuel Cojkendall Is ptesldent of
the Cornell Steamboat coinp.m. It
was he who purchased the old Dela
ware and Hudson canal lights and sold
them to the company who eonvced
them to the Dolavvaio Valley and
Kingston Kallwuy company.
I Mr. Kerr made no t espouse and Kd-
ward Col:endall went on to show by
In map the ease with vvlilih the Dela
ware Valley and Kingston in id may
no consiiuctcu and operated at a pro
tit and the dllllculties that must con
front any other raihoad trying to op
51 ate In thu same dlstilct.
J. Oiaham Rose, supeilntendent of
the DWawate and Hudson eanal, for
j the steamboat company, testified tint
tor the last year the only icmuner
1 atlve ttafllc or. the eanal has bten for
, the twenty-ilght miles between Kings
ton and Ulliuvillc. That section In
itiates the lement making district.
The canal Is not In sood condition, nn 1
although It loutd be opeiated loeallv
for one seaton It uaild not be put In
tonditloii lor through tiatlle without
an outlay of mone.v not justified by
the outlook. At Rondout, Kddyvlllo
and Lllenvllle, impottaut canal sta
tions, Mr, Rose said, di zens of stoics
that foimeily depended on the iaii.it
lor business ate now closed. The eon
Htmctton and opeiatlnn of the pro
pos'd lailin.td fiom Laikawaxen
would ipsuuect those vlllaces and
give cmplovmi-nt to evety laboter in
the section.
Ocoige Chiistlaus, a saw mill and
blue stone ciuat ty owner of Buii.vvllle.
testllled that l.n k of tiansport laclll
tlcs made It Impossible to tuny on
business at a piollt. The bildge over
(ho Delawaie Is inadequate and the
tolls aie too high. The construction
of a rallioad along the lino of the
canal, the witness said, would put Into
the market tlio pioduct of twelve
squaie miles of lumber count! y and
of a laige section of blue stone nuai
llea. Without railroads and with the
canal closed Mr. Chiistlaus said all
the nearby towns and villages in Sul
livan county must be abandoned.
David W. Bogart, of Huguenot, Sul
livan county, testified that thu best
blue stone belt In the state of New
Yoik lies In the Bunyvlllo section and
that It could be developed If u i.illioail
tapped the district. Mr. Bogart pie
sentcd to thp commission a petition
signed by very lesldent of his spctlon
asking that a penult to build he grant
ed to the Delawaie Valley and Kings
ton Railway eompiny.
Andievv l'aje, a lumbei, bilck and
cement duller of Pond Uddy, Sullivan
county, testllled along the same lines
as the preceding witness. When his
examination was concluded the hear
ing was adjourned until tomorrow.
Noted Crook Captured.
WllUea.liaire, Feb. IX-ChaUes Moran.
all is Hi ici, snld to bo a nut eel crook
tic in Philadelphia, broke Into thn post
oflli o at Nantlcokc early this morning
and was about to blow open tho safn
when ho was urristed by two night
watchmen who had been watching his
muvemi nt. He was brought bulore I'nl.
led Slatis Commissioner Halm, In this
illy and In default 1' 'J a" bill was
FRICK FILfcS A
BUI IN EQUITY
FIGHTING THE TRANSFER OF
HIS EXISTENCE.
Rcmatkable Document Showing the
Enoimous Fronts of the Cainegle
Steel Mills Carnegie Owned Over
Fifty Per Cent of Stock of the Old
Firm and Retained the Same In
terest in the New Combination.
Flick's Offers.
Flushing. Ph., Feb. 13. Henry Clay
Fihk filed a bill In equity toduv In
the coui t of common pleas, No. 1, of
Allegheny lounty, against Andrew
Carnegie and the Carnegie Steel com
pany, limited, playing,
First For a decree fiom the uie
lended transfer ot his Interests In the
company on tho gtound that It was and
is null and void, and that he Is still
the ownpr ot all such Intel est and. Is
entitled In eveiy lawful way to lepra
Hent und act for the same.
Second For an Injunction lestinln
Ing tho defendants from any Intel fer
eiice with his Intel est in the snld com
pany .and from excluding him from
participation In the catc and 'tuinagp
meiit of the assets and buslnms.
Third A decree ordering tne defen 1
nnts to cancel upon the books of the
flint nny assignments or transfer heie
tofoie made or pretended to bt ti.ade
to said association of the plaintiffs In
tel est In the lit m.
Fotnth A decree onlerlng tan de
fendants to cancel and oras all entiles
upon the books of the flint of the Cai
negle Steel company, limited, of In
sulllclent, unfair and Improper valua
tions of Its assets and nf the plalntllf's
Interest theieln and to cause the said
books so to be kept as to falilv and
fully show the leal value of the Car
negie Steel company, limited, and the
plaintiff's lnttiest herein.
Fifth In case the defendants shall
refuse the offeis made by thu plaintiff
and shall refuse to continue the said
business and allow him to participate
ilk the management and conttol theii
of and of the piopeitles of the Car
negie Steel company, limited, in con
junction witli themselves and shall in
sist upon the exclusive management
by themselves of said business and as
sets, and shall continue to exclude the
plulntllf ft 0111 his Intel est in tlio busi
ness and assets of the said firm, that
the court will thereupon allow Cite
plaintiff to decline the said linn of the
Cainegle Steel company, limited, ills
solved, and appoint a iccelver to take
ihaise of all the business anil assets
of the said Him, permitting said ie
celver to fulfill impel formed contiacts
and to do whatever shall be necessaiy
In and about the pioptr liquidation of
Its affalts. and that, after the eon
vet slon of the entile nssi-ts ot the com
pany Into money and the payment of
the debts of the said companv. the
coutt will then dlstlibiite the I1.1l.tn1 e
theieof among the petitioneis in pio
poitlon to their intetests.
Sixth That an account be taken be
tween C.itnegle and the plaintiff whete
by Carnegie shall be ehatged with all
the losses, expenses and damage he
has caused by his illegal and fraudu
lent conduct; and that If Carnegie per
sists In his said fraudulent scheme and
lefuses the offeis herelnbefoie made,
and thus causes the actual dissolution
of the Mini, all losses Incurtcd by thu
plaintiff by leason nf the bald dissolu
tion and forced winding up of the film
shall be chai god against him, and that
he shall be decieed to make good and
pay to the plalntilf the diffeienee be
tween what his interest was falily
vvoi th on or about Febiuary 1, lSOD,
and the amount he shall tecelvo
through the deciee of this comt in
final liquidation and settlement of the
said film.
Bill Summaiized.
The bill in equity is quite lengthy,
and, as summaiized by Willis Mc
Cook, esq , touusel for Mr. Flick, Is as
follows:
In 1S92 theie weie two limited part
nei ships, (1) called Cainegle Hiotheis
& Co., limited, with a 1ault.1l of $:,,
OOO.uiiO. which made steel rails, and
(owned only tho IMgar Thomson ste'l
1 1 all mill in Braddock township; and
I CM called Carnegie, Philips & Co., U111
I ited. with a capital of $5,000,000, which
made all kinds of steel plates, stiuc
j tuial matetlal, lion tot glngs,-made the
imitetlal lor and built bildges, made
tumor plates and made mateiial for
the same.
This latter film owned the upper and
lower mills In Pittsbuig; the exten
sive Homestead mills at Homestead:
the Keystone Bildge works In Pitts
buig: the aimor plate mill near Home
stead; the Hartman Steel woiks In
Beaver county, and other piopeitles
Cainegie owned over fifty pei cent,
of stock of the old 111 in, and he, with
Flick, Phlpps and othets owning In.
teiists in lath, foimtd in 19J what
constituted a new pat tnci ship, called
the Cainegle Steel lonipany. limited.
In this, Cainegle letalned over tiftv
per lent, and now has tiftv-eight and
one-half per cent, while Fi Ick has sK
per cent. Both old linns weie ineiged
Into the new, which had n capital of
$.'..000.0ii0. and operated all the old
woiks. This new 111 m was under the
Immediate cue and supervision of
Frlck, as chairman, front 1S9J to De
cember ,r. 1S93. It greatly enlarged the
capacity of Its diffeient woiks, enlarged
their output, and pill chased other
plants, cue mines, etc
Caineglo lived In New Yoik. passed
much of his time abioad, lemainlng at
one time for eighteen consecutive
months. Be did not pietend to man
age thu euriPiit business, although he
was consulted as to Impoitant matteis.
Thu business from 1S9J to 1900 was
enoimously pi olltable, giowlng by leaps
and Jumps, from ear to year, until. In
1S99, the Hi 111 actually made on low
priced contiacts in net piofits, after
palng all expenses ot all kinds, $21,.
000,000.
In November. 1S99, Carnegie estl
mated the net piotlts for 1SI0O ut $40,
000.000, and Frlck then estimated them
at $42,500,000. Cainegle valued the en
tile piopeity at over $210,000,000 and
avowed his abllltv In oidin.ully pios.
pei oils times to sell tho property on
the London maiket for one bundled
million pounds steillng, or $500,000,000.
In May, 1S99, Cainegle actually ie
reived In cash, and still keeps, Jl.tio.
000 given him as a mere bonus for his
ninety day option to sell his fifty,
eight und one-half per cent. In the
Steel company for $1.1",:inrt,00n.
Flick's six per cent., 011 this basis,
would bo worth $16,23S,000.
Frtck's Allegations.
Flick now alleges, right at the height
of his enormously successful business,
wheieby. at least. In pait, ho made
for Cainegle theso enoimous piotlts
and values that Carneglo suddenly,
nnd with malevolent Intent towaid him
on Dec. 4. 1S99, uibltiailly demanded
of him his resignation as chairman,
and this without iPaon except to giat
Ifv Carne-slcV malice.
-1 1., -, Inteiest of hiimouy,
gave his resignation, and subsequently,
unci on tho 11th day ot Jan., 1900, af
ter Cainegle had thus dcpilvcd him
of his office, he (Carnegie) demanded
of Flick that he (Frlck) should sell
to tho lit m his Interest In It at a figure
which would amount to less than 'one
half of what this Intoiest Is falrlv
worth. Flick refused to sell at that
ptlce, but offeied to sell and allow Hupp
men to value thu Inteicst sold. Car
negie refused this and left Flick,
thieatenlng him for not yielding to
his demand.
Fikk now alleges that after his re
signation and at the time of this last
Interview, Cainegle was fraudulently
nnd secretly, without Frlck's knowl
edge or consent, attempting to carry
out a scheme which, If successful,
would 1 liable Carnegie, as Carnegie
Imped, to conllseate Frlck's Intel est In
the linn at probably not much over
J1 per rent, of Its leal value; that Is
not over W,000,O00 for what basis of
Catne'glo's option was worth $16,238,000.
This scheme, Frlck says, he can provu
was to lovlvc and reinstate and make
oppiatlve an executed and abandoned
so-called Iron-clad agreement ot 1SS7,
which related solely to Carnegie Broth
ers & Company, limited, and did not
Include the Carnegie Steel company,
limited: and, also, to an attempt to
make binding on Ft hi; another so
called lion-olad agiecment of 1S92,
which Carnegie never before had exe
cuted and which manv other partners
had never signed. This agreement,
contemplated In 1892. Carnegie knew,
as Frlck now alleges, was absolutely
void In 1S99 and yet Carnegie appears
at a meeting of the board of managers
of the Carnegie Steel company, limited,
held Jan. S, II 1, In Frlck's absence.
(Continued on Page 4,
LESLIE'S CONFESSION.
Press Agent of Miller Explains the
520 Fer Cent. Swindle.
New York, Feb. 13. The Evening
World today says:
Cecil Leslie, "press agent" and etn
ploje of tho Miller 520 per cent, swin
dle, has made a long confession to the
Bvenlng Woild. Btlelly epitomized,
Leslie savs:
"The Fianklln sjndicate was a colos
sal bunco game. Some of the men who
wete Intel ested in tho concern were
foimeily manageis of Lyons & Com
pany and tho U.S. Dean company, in this
city, which were lun on similar lines.
Miller must have gatheied at least
$1,000,000 out of the scheme, probably
more. He had behind him 11101 e politi
cal backing than any schemer, swind
ler or gambler this country ever knew.
Politicians of highest rank, senatois,
assemblymen and leadeis of both par
ties wetc his clients. The syndicate
stock market connections were fairy
talcs. It was oiganUed with Its fitst
clients fiom among membeis of the
chinch In which Miller taught a Sun
day school 1 las". The wives of high
poller ollleials and a gteat number of
policemen and lliemen weie among his
Investors. When I last saw Miller he
had MO.000 in Jew eh y on his person
and always cariled an Immense amount
of money in his pocket. The Miller de
posits of $1,000,000 In the Wells-Fargo
bank have not been vvlthdtawn. Les
lie is now out.tif the state, hut the
Uvening Woild knows where he Is."
MRS. LANGTRY'S CONCERT.
Liquors at Fifty Cents a Drink A
Financial Success,
New York, Feb. 18. Society and the
stage, repieseuted by women of wealth
land bcautv, ciowded the ball room at
Shenj's this af let noon, patronizing the
"conceit" at tanged by Mis. Lungtty to
lalse lunels for the Ante t lean hospital
ship Maine, now In South Africa. Al
though young women did not sell cock
tails and other icfieshments at the
"American bar," as had been "expected,
theie was a big crush.
The ball room and the communicat
ing cotrldois and looms, trom half
past three on, wete crowded with peo
ple. Instead of voting women, the Uarl
of Yarmouth and sevei.il piofesslonal
battendcis set veil liquois at llfty cents
! a dt ink.
Theie was no mistaking the fact that
tho entertainment had been planned to
icallze money, even the pi ogi amities
selling at ?2 each. Something over $0,-
000 was sild to have been taken In.
DEPUTY MARSHAL RESIGNS.
Will Accept a Position in Hono
lulu. Philadelphia. Feb. 1.!.- Deputy United
Slates Maishal Snlnmon Foster, jr.,
has leslgnid bis otJic to accept tho
pie.sidency of u company with largo
eiimmeiclal Interests In the Hawaiian
Islands, and he will shoitlv ulait for
Honolulu.
Mr. Foster was appointed deputy
maishal in 1&riG by Matshal James ft.
Rellly. lie Is u lavvyei and a fm liter
newspaper man and halls f 10111 Potts
vllle. Schuylkill lotintiy
Mr. Fostei's tenn of ollice would not
have epltcd until Maiih 31. It Is not
thought that a successor to Mr. Fo-i-tcr
will be appointed until that time.
Chaiters Granted.
llilirisburg, Feb. 1! f'luirtris weie Is.
stud tisl.il at thn statu di pal tuieilt as
tcllows: Uveigrecn Sliiet Rallvvav com
pany, Alkgheny. capital JI.'.OOO; Nuiiiuiy
Hill Stieit Railway company, Allegheny,
capital J.'l.Oo); MeShi rrvslo-vn Building
and Loan association, No. 2, capital
vit),noi): OomIoii hind inmpanv. Wash
lilKtnn. capital JJI.dhij; Urlu Pump and
Biigine company, capital SI'i.OM; W. C.
Hess, Art and Manufacturing companv,
York, capital $31000; Colonial Coko com
pany. Smock, Fa ette county, capital
$,(XW),
Quiet at Frankfoit.
Fi.mkfort, Ky, Feb. II Another day
01 extreme quiet pissed hue, there be
lug 110 developments In thu political situ
ation, Tho eves ol the Icuileis 011 both
sides are mi Cincinnati, white Jiuigo
Taft of thn federal conn will tender a
deilslnn tonmriow on the question wht'th
cr tlio fedeial courts havo Jurisdiction 111
the contest cases.
Judge Mitchell's Illness.
Wcllsboro, Feb. 1 ! -Thn enndllloii of
Judgo Julia I. Mitchell, of the superior
conn, who was stricken with paraisls a
few weeks ago. Is still vety discouraging.
It was expeiteel that ho would F0011 re
cover fiom tho attack but he has not
yet been nhlo to leave his bed, Tho
niemliors of the family and tho attending
phslc '.ins 1110 In dieail or the woist.
Employment for Over 1,000.
Pittsburg. Feb. 13.-Tlio Monongahcla
Tin Plate woiks and tho Slar Tin Plato
works, both owned by tho Amoilcan Tin
Plato company, which have been' closed
lor two months, will resuma operation
mi Feb. 20, Tho two employ over 0.10
thousand workmen.
THE ANTI-TRUST
CONFERENCE
RESOLUTION CONDEMNS CUR
RENCY BEFORE CONGRESS.
A Declaration to the Effect That the
Bill, If Passed, Will "Enthrone"
a Money Oligarchy Warning
That It May Cause an End of Free
Government on Earth.
Chicago, Feb. 13. Judge George W.
Becman, of Indiana, was tho first
speaker today at the anti-trust con
ference, here, called by the National
Anti-Trust league.
Resqlutlons Introduced by Judge
Fleming, of Kentucky, .nnd adopted
by a rising vote, strongly condemned
the currency bill now before congress.
The resolutions declured that the bill,
If passed, will 'Enthrone a money ollg
uichy, nnd establish a bank trust, en
slave the people and desttov the re
public, to the end that free govern
ment may perish from the earth." A
committee to prepate a memorial to
the United States senate against the
bill was provided for and the people
of the country urged to gather at court
houses, school houses, and other public
places to piotest against the measure.
Immediately after the adoption of the
Fleming resolutions Amasa A. Thorn
ton, of New York, notified the presid
ing officer that he would refuse to de
liver the speech for which he was
scheduled today. Mr. Thornton made
no statement on the Moor of the con
ference legardlng the matter, but In an
Interview later he explained his tea
sons for lef using to take fuithet part
in the confetence.
Non-Partisan Gathering.
"I wus hssuiqiI, ' he said, "that this
was to be a non-paitisan gatheilng.
I had that assurance over the signa
ture of President Loekwood, of thu
Anti-Trust league, and I am ceitaln
that he does not approve of the par
tisan resolution against the curtency
bill. Mr. Loekwood was not present
when the tesolutlons were adopted,
and if he had been hete they might
have met a dllfetent fate. I have posi
tively refused to addiess the confer
ence and will not bo fuither Identified
vv Ith It. as I consider that today's ac
tion makes it a pattlsan gatheilng."
After the adoption of the resolutions
W. A. Spalding addressed the confer
enc e.
Thomas L. Johnson, of Ohio, chair
man of the committee on permanent
oiganizatlou, leported In favor of
Frank S. Monnctt, formerly attorney
general of Ohio, for permanent chair
man of the confeience and peimanent
vfce-ptesldents representing most ot
the states and terrltotles were recom
mended and appioved by the confer
ence. Mr. Monnett was escorted to the
ohalr. He spo'ce btlotly, jntioducing C.
J. Buel, of Minnesota, who also spoke.
In response to calls from tho crowd,
Congressman John J. Lentz. of Ohio,
made a few" lemarks. He denounced
the McKlnley administration nnd ad
vocated the government ownership ot
all telegraph and telephone lines. Tho
mass meeting was then declared ad
join ned.
It is announced that the committee
on national oiganization will submit
a leport tomonovv lee.inunendlng that
anti-trust leagues be organized in
cveiy state and cltv In thu country.
ASSIGNEES OF TONTI.
File Fourth and Final Account at
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 13. Tho fourth
and flnnl account ot Francis Shunk
Blown und the Land Title and Tiust
company of this city, assignee of the
Older of Tout!, which failed May 18,
1S94, was filed In court lieic today. The
balance for dlsttlbutlon to the membeis
of the defunct order is $S6,!69, or a
ttlfle over 3 per cent, on pioved claims.
The aggiegate of claims against the
older was $2,500,000, divided among
moie than 11,000 membeis Including
today's account theie has been dlstil
buted to membeis a fraction over 40 per
cent.
The assignees repoit that all of tho
assets of the older have been c onverted
Into money and this will be the final
dividend, thus closing their aduitilstiu
tlons of the asslgntel estate. The In
ventory at the time of the assignment
valued tho estate at $1,007,880 and the
expense of administration has beeu 12?i
per cent, of the amount collected, the
total collections being $161,000 In ex
cess of the inventoried value.
FITZ WANTS TO FIGHT.
Ready to Meet Jeff lies, Sharkey or
McCoy.
New Yoik, Feb. 13. Bob FiUslmmons
today posted $5,000 with the sporting
editor of the New Yoik Journal as a
forfeit to bind another match with Jim
Jeff iles and Issued an open challenge
to meet any fighter In the world.
The ex-champlon said that his money
would remain up under the following
conditions: To glvo Jeffries the first
chance, piovidlng ho would sign uni
ties now,
"1 do not ca to when the light will
take place." said Fltz, "all I want to
know is that Jeffries means business.
"If Jeffries does not show any deslte
to meet me and cover my money with
in one week I will take on Sharkey.
But a tight with tho sailor must bn
for a side bet and winner to take all.
I will meet Jeff lies under the .same
conditions. If Sharkey is not piepaied
to conio to tho teims, McCoy or any
other middleweight can have a mutch
with me."
Drowned in the Schuylkill.
Taniaqun", Feb. 13. Kdvvar Hauser.
Democratiu candidate for council, Ml
Into the Schujlklll river hero toduy and
was drowned. Ho was crossing thu river
on a foot brldgo when hu lost his balance
and fell ovei board. His body has not
fl been recovered.
Steel Dividends.
Now York, Feb. 13. Tho directors of
tho Federal Steel company havo declared
a dividend of W. per cent, on the com
mon stock, p.ialilo March 20. This com
pletes tho thrco quarterly dividends of
l' per cent, eucli out of tho earnings of
lvJ-9.
T11E NEWS THIS M0KN1NU
Weather Indication! Today!
rAllf; COLDER.
1 General I.ondon Waiting for News
from General Kobetts.
Government of Iho Philippines.
Record In the Carnegie-I'rlck Suit.
Proceedings of tho Anti-Trust Conven
tion. 2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Fii'.neial nnd Commercial.
3 Local Rev. Jiunes Hughes on the
Brltlsh-Bocr War,
Court Proceedings.
Likelihood of Baso Ball In Scranton.
4 Kdltorlal.
News and Comment.
6 Local Railway Companj's Offei for
tho Went Side Viaduct.
6 Local West Scranton and Suburban.
7 Round About the County.
5 Loenl Traverse Jurors for March
Court.
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS
Financial Debate in the Senate
Reaches Its Climax Brief Ses
sions 'in House.
Washington, Feb. 13. The financial
debate In the senate reached Us climax
today. Two great speeches, one lu
favor of the pending senate substitute
measure and the other In opposition to
It, were delivered and both were list
ened to by senators with close atten
tion. The first was delivered by Mr.
Allison (Iowa), the ranking membei of
thp finance committee. He had been
an attentive listener to the speeches
delivered on the other side of the
chamber, and In the course of his nigtl
ntent he piesented his nnsvvers to the
points talsed agalnst the pending sen
ate bill. Mr. Jones, of Nevada, de
clared tint the bill was vicious and
unvvartanted, confettlng too gieat
power upon national banks and fasten
ing the country to a gold cutrency. He
discussed the question fiom a histori
cal and philosophical view point.
Tomorrow the senate will begin th
consideration ot the bill and amend
ments under the ten-minute tule.
The house held a very bilef session
today. Soon after the body assembled
the death of Congressman Chlckeilng,
of New Yoik, at New York city today,
was announced by Mr. Pavne (N. Y.).
Appropriate resolutions weie adopted
and a committee appointed to attend
the funeral unci the house then, us a
fuither muik of tespect, adjoin ned.
ENTOMBED MINERS DEAD.
Killed by Rock and Coal at Wilkes
Barre. Wilkes-Barre, Feb. 13. The bodies
of Patrick Qulnlan and Anthony Leg
er. the two men who were entombed
In tho Mulllt mine at Sugar Notch yes
terday by the root cav ing In, tver
recovered at 11 o'clock tonight. At
first there was slight hope that the
men might be behind the cave In, in
which case theie was a chance of their
being alive.
This was an incentive for the rci
ctteis te ledouble their effoits, and
after thirty-two hotiis' hard wotk they
finally tcucljed the place 'where till
two men weie last at vvoik, only to
find their mangled bodies.
MEMORIAL DORMITORIES.
General Nelson A. Miles Lays the
Corner Stone.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 15. Major
General Nelson A. Miles'todav laid the
coiner stone of the tower and gate
way to be erputed at the dm initiates
of the Unheislty of Pennsvlvanla in
honor of the university men who set veil
in the war against Spain. Ttustees of
the Institution, oftlcets of the aimy and
navy, thousands of students and In
vited guests were piesent. The uni
veislty was lepresented In every en
gagement of tho war.
Cielieial Miles, after hide boon, was
escoitetl to the university by the Flist
City tioop. At Houston hall he met
the ottlcers of the at my and nav.
The eeiemonles weie uptned by pi aver
by Bight Bev. William Hobatt Haie.
of New York. The comer stone was
put lu place bv Geueial Miles, and tho
intioductory remaiks by Piovost Hat
rlson follow pel. tleneial Miles made an
eloquent ndduss,
STRIKES THREATENED.
Leaders Will Not Be Able to' Control
the Men, It Is Feared.
Indianapolis, Feb. 13. At the he.ul-
quaiters o'f the United Mine Winkers
of Ameilca today It was asseited that
information from the autht actio niln
ing'ieglons of Pennsylvania Indicated
( that tile national olliceis will not h
able to hold the men In cheek. The
ml nets turned down the pinposal of t 11
cents per ton advance offeied by tho
Tioga, county opetalorH and the strike,
which has been on for several months,
is In worse shape thaii ever befote.
The coming meeting of the I'nlteet
Mine Workers at Scranton ptomises to
develop stilting Incidents, as the 01
cuuled men decline that they aie de.
teimlned to fence better conditions. If
thev go out, every effoit will be made
to have thu bituminous mlneis assist.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington. IMi. 13.-Peuslon certifi
cates Issued under date Jan. .'11: Addi
tional, Stuait Lincoln, Honesdale,Va l.e,
tt to 110. Inciease, Delansou Kellogg,
Monroeton, Bradford, Sit) to SU: Willis
II. Andrews, Fassett. Bradford, Jl to Jm
James l. Becker, Alba, Bradford, $17 10
$21: Simeon U. Cuse. Troy, Bradford. Mi
to SB: Daniel II. Klsenhart, Hliamoklii,
fS to Slit. Original widows. Sarah Bvt
land. Tons Hill, Luzerne, fS.
No Sympathy for the Boers.
Annapolis, Md , Feb, 13. The resolution
expressing Fvmpathy with tho Boers, In
troduced In tho house a few days ago by
Delegate Robinson, was unfavorably re
ported toduy by the committee on fed.
oral relations, Mr, Robinson moved to
substitute tho bill for the unfavorablp
report, but after protracted discussion
tho motion to substitute the bill wus lost
-20 to S2.
RULE FOR THE
PHILIPPINES
Growing Strength of the
Spooner Bill.
FAITH IN THE MBASURB
Its Principles Popular in the Senate.
Precedents on Which It Rests.
How It Has Worked in Hawaii.
The Government of Louisiana Un
der Jefferson Was Based Upon the
Same Law.
Washington, Feb. 1.1 The sentiment
In the senate lu favor of tho adoption
of some measure like the Spooner bill
for the government of tho Philippines
grows stionger dully, and It will prob
ubly not be long before this bill or
something very much like It 13 brought
befoie the senate and put on its pas
sage. The only objection comes from
thoe who profess to fear that the bill
puts too much power in the hands of
the ptesldent, and, In conferring upon
hint authority to provide for the gov
ernment of the lslunds, takes a step
In the dliection of "Imperialism." Very
few Bcpublic.ins are tioublcd by this
suggestion. They recognize that the
peculiar stiength of the bill lies In Us
definite asset tion of tho authoiltv of
congress, and that the delegation of
this nuthoilty temporarily by congress
cannot bo so "Imperialistic" In Its nat
ute us would be the continuance ot the
President's absolute control under mar
tial law.
When the bill Is laid befoie the sen
ate the Democtats will find some dlttl
culty lu advancing aiguments against
it. The Idea Involved is not new. Thi
government of Louisiana under Jeffer
son was based upon a bill drawn In
almost pieclsely the same terms as this.
A precedent Is also to be found In the
euily government of Floilda. There Is
a very recent precedent which seems
to have escaped the attention ot those
who ate now In full cty after the ad
ministration because ot the supposed
tendency towaid "Imperialism." This
is In the Act or 1S98 providing for the
government ot Ha wan. That act con
tains a clause which almost word for
word Is the Spooner bill; yet It was
legal cled at tho time as so Innocuous
that It was not once referred to In the
com so of a long debate chatacterlzed
with some vehemence of declamation.
This clause leads as follows:
"Until congress shall provide for the.
government of said islands, all.tliei civil.
Judicial and military powers exercised
by the ofllceis of tho existing govern
ment of said Islands shall be vested in
such pel son or persons and shall be ex
eiclsed in such manner as the president
of tho Fnlted States shall direct: anl
the ptesldent shall have power to re
move said ofllceis und to fill tho
v 111 ancles so created."
This is the law under which th"
president is now acting In Hawaii. It
has worked satlsfactoilly and theio
has never been a vvoi el of complaint
about "Impel l.illsm" or. hlgli-haiide-.l
pioeeedings or any other deiiloiable
thing It Is pieclsely what Senator
Spooner ptoposes for the Phlllpolttes.
So far as Known these aie tho only
piecedents. In New Mexico the ptesl
dent e.veuised mllltaiy control until a
tenltoiiil foim of gov 01 mm ut was es
tablished. The piesldent exeitised mlll
taiy emit ml In California until It be
came n state.
MYSTERIOUS DEATHS.
Jhn Peach and Wife Found Deai
in Bed.
Philadelphia, Fib. U-John S. Peae
ugtd 10 yeais, and his wife. Margar
27 .veals old, weio today totind eltail
beel at No. 2IJi! Insetsoll street. I
which house they had moved last
urelay. Poison was the cause of t'
.deaths, but whether It was sulcldi
I the pait of both or whether it w
I case of uiuiilet and suicide the 1
aie unable to ascertain, Tho cej
1 with their two thlldleii, aged 2
eais, came heie a lew week
fiom Washington, whete Pen if"'
founeilv eiuplojeel on the- Metio11
police foiei'
Peach iiiulel not find emp'o.v m'n ,
last week the liiildien weie glvVl"r
to tho cue of one of TV.n n,..Pl1',,
and he and ills wife moved '
Ingeisoll stiect house on vday.
They wete not again situ J iU,(J
the supposition is that they' ,
nlrht While U Is possible t'c,l,,Irt
may have resulted fiom uiallto
poisoning, the police aiithef ,
Hove that stiess of pover
under
vv lilt 1i Hie eminlii llvn a lhUSO of
the tragedy. The only turn ',l tho
house was the bed on whlcne' eX"
piled and a dunk.
Roosevelt on the BoxiIaw'
Albii.y. N. V. Feb. -Qovernor
lloospvelt slated tod ly that'"5 watcli
lug with a gteat deal of hilt-the pro
gress of tho bill tc iepea Hoi ton
boxing law. He feels tli.ucent senti
ment throughout the stutiiomd ;',,H
aroused as to render a P1 ot l"
Low Is bill impossible. governor
thinks that tho recent bUR tontesis
ill New Yoik cltv show t." tho repeal
of the law should pats.
Defeated by Slkey.
Philadelphia, Feb. U.-sir Tom Shar
key and Jco Goddard. thcSarrier eham
plen, met tonight at Instiial hail In
what was to be a slx-re'l bout, l.oa
dard, however, was c leJy outclatseel
and was saved in thuutddlo of tlu
fouith loiuid from nuJlnmst certain
knockout by his trainer. )ck Dougherty,
throwing up the tporgc
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4- WEATHER FOEOAST.
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Washington. FcbU.-l-orccast
for Wednesdny od Thurtday:
4- OiiHteru Pennsylvala-Falr and
f colder Wednesday' diminishing V
northwesterly wins. Thursday,
4- inerpaslnc clnudhirs and warmer.
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