d" l(.T. f 1 V"-nffr?,. f ymjiiVj, jr33p '.,ii- I "'Jt " ' v Sibiute. omton SCR ANTON, PA.. SATURDAY v MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, J 900. TWELVE PAGES TWO CENT& TWO CENTS. TWELVE RAGES KJTrV C i i .(V .ii?TM j-VV 'rw' )'r 1 -1 ' - KIMBERLEY HAS BEEN RELIEVED General French with Flying Column Arrived on Thursday THE CAPTURE General Cronjc's Base of Supplies Seems to Have Been Taken Lord Roberts' Dispatch Dated from There Details of the Rapid March from the Modder to the Diamond City Boers in the Way Surprised and Defeated Laagers Cap turedPraise for Kindness of Boers Toward Wounded British Soldiers England Rejoicing. London. Fob 17. 1 IS a. m. Ocneial Cronje, with a s-tmt ot i duy oi two. Is seemingly In full ictioat fiom Lord Roberts, moving noithward, General Fiench, with the lavalty. Mm ply stnjcd over night hi Kimhciley and then pushed nn to get Into touch with the letlrlng eneinv. A lung l!nni w igon trnln Is mmlng tov.aid Hlnemfonteln, followed preMimnbly by a laige fotie t Hiltlsh Infantry. In their hasty depattute the Roers lost quantities of supplies and ammunition. Opinion Is that Lord Robot ts vv 1U not push far after the Roots Imme diately because of tianport pioblems ii ml the need of lest for the troops. He has to feed 70,000 rersons in his at my nnil the whole Klmbeiley population. Ho must rebuild the railwav from Modder river town to Klmberley and l evict ml the Jut tot. eioncn.l Flench InM a few men onlv In action, but the forced matches and he.it have -probably m.ide manv 111. Numbers of remounts mut be pro vided. Lord Roberts ha- wrought ft genuine piellmln ii v such v. and the impres sion is that he has done enough for the piecnt. He will need to prepare lor another .stiuggle. All oer Rngland tonight thete hnvi been evidences of public joy. The First Intelligence. London. Ftb. 107.41 p. m. Tho war ofllc e makes public a dispatch fiom Field Maislml Loid Robot ts, saving: "Jncobsdnl, Feb. 16. The following fiom Genual Fiench was teceHed this morning: 'I have completely dispersed tho en emy from the southern side of Klmbet ley, front Aloxandct fonteln to Ollp pahtsaotititn, and am now going to otcupv theii ground. Hae captuie.I the enemy'-, laager and stoic depot, supplies and supplies of ammunition. Cnstiultlis about twenty, of ull 'ranks, wounded. "Kimbtiley cheerful and well kept." London, Feb Ifi Genet il Robetts also sent the following dispatch "Jacobrdul, Feb. IB I h.ue Kooil ieo son to believe the Mngeisfonteln t tenches hae been abandoned and that the Hours aie eiuhavoilng to escnp-. General French is mouiIiu; the coiinttv north of Klmberley. One of Oenei il Kolly-Kentn's biigndei ot Infantry Is In putMiIt of a large Roer convoy mov ing toward Hloemfnntein." London, Feb. 16. 11.55 p. m The war office has Just Issued the folowlng fiom Loid Rabeits: "Jucobsdal, Feb. IB. 7.41 p. nt. Much gratified on nnlval lieu; to lind admit -able ho.spltal auangcit.euts, made by the German ambulance corps, under Doctors Kaettnei and IRldebrand, who, with thelt staffs. hne shown the gioit cst kindness to our wounded, as they have to the Boer wounded. Some of our wounded have been here since De cember. Home were bi ought In yester day." The Boers Rett eat. OutsldeJaeobsr3.il, Orange Free State, Feb. 1.". Jacobsdal Is now In pu ses sion of tho Riltlsh. Yesteul.iy a small cavalry patrol euteied the place and found It full of wounded, Including several British fiom RenMiuig. a'lte place was only occupied by a small force, which fell hack befoie the pattol. After a series of small skltmlslus a battery of artillery shelled the environs and drove nut the last of the Hoers. Early this morning a large force of Boers from Colesburg, with ten gum, attacked a convoy of two hundred wag ons at the Rlet river, shelling vigor ously and doing damuge. Rut strongte Inforcements have been sent hence nnd It is hoped they will bilng In the whole convoy In safety. General French's division seized three dllfts on the Modder river. At the third dt 1ft the Roeis were fulily strong entrenched. General French bombard ed them and diove them off. Today he moved rapidly In the direction of Klmberley. I Th Hocrs have left Alcxandorsfon teln. which the Riltlsh now occupy. General Roberts Is In excellent health and spirits. The hardships and rapid marching appear to agree with the whole nimy. who are In splendid spir its under the leaflet ship of "Robs." Detaila of March. London, Feb. lt, !.30 p, m, The foi lowing despatch from Geneial Robot's 0, JACOBSDAL Illls the gaps In the earlier despatches: "Modder River, Teb. lo The SKth left Wnlketlll drift eatlv vestctday motnlng and matched heie, going on the same evening to Roiuleva.il dilft to hold the trussing of the Modd-r liver and leave. Geneial French ftee u act. "Shortly after irilvlng hen- the mounted Infantry vIMted Jacobsd il and found It full of women nnd ihil- I dt en, with four of our wounded men, doing well. On our way back to the mounted Infant! y we were attacked nnd nine men weie wounded, e'olonel Homy and Major Ilatchell and ten men were missing. Roth otllcers weie sttb-e-quently fi Mid at Jacobsdal, slightly w ounded. "The eawilrv division is moving In a northerly direction and has appar ently already t educed the pressure on Klmberley, and Kekewlch signals the enemy has abandoned AleNnndersfon teln and that he has occupied It. "Frmoh has advanced as far as Alns Dai.i, wlti slight los, nnd is rushing on the posts, his rear being held by mounted Infant! v. "Cloments, hav ing been pressed bv the Roers, Jns retired to Arundel to cover Nauuw port." All Quiet at Ladysmith. Head Laa-jer, Neir Lad .smith, Wednesday, Feb. 14 The British from Chelvely have been bombarding the Roer lories nt Rlaauw Kiantz, ease of Colenso, since ycsteia.iy afte-noon. the bombardment continuing through out the night. The Roers responded with tide tlte. Paitlculnrs nu Lick ing. All Is quiet around Lad.smith. CHOYNSKI DEFEATS MAHER. The Californian Given tha Decision. 5,000 Witness the Fight. Chicago, Feb. 10. Joe Choynski was given tho decision over Feter Malic r In a slx-tound contest befoie the Fott Deal hoi a Athletic club tonight. The blonde Cnlifninlau evidently h.id not fotgotten his foimer cefe.it ut the hands of the Iiishm.ui, for throughout the light he took but few chances, con tenting himself with Jolting l'cter with his left, a task which he found com p.itatlvely easy, in the last two lounds of the light, Mallei, maddened by th Ming of Cliovnskl'B left glove, rushed furiously, but was almost lnvailably straightened up and during the closing minute of the last round was so badly punished that he was btaggcilng us the bell rang. In the dtst round, Choynski caught Mahcr with a left hook squarely on the noint of the Jaw a second befoto the bell rang, and it Is probable that If thi round had lasted a moment more Choynski would have won light there, as the blow made Maher reel llku a drunken man. Maher made Joe go to the boards In the second w Ith a hard left to the chin nnd stomach, and had a clear lead during thnt lottnd. Thereafter, how ever. Joe had the better of it. Choyn ski left the ring with scaicely n mails, while Peter's tight ee was In bad shape. Probably r.,000 people saw the tight, which took place In the Second regiment armory. Kentucky Injunction Cases. Ftankfort, Kv Feb. 1G Nothing was done In the Injunction pull of llovenur Beckham ag.ilnat (eovernor Taylor und Lieutenant Governor Slirshall before Judge Cantrlll. Bv ngieement between tho nttornevH the heating was . post poned until Feb Si. Meantime the nt turnes will tty to nsreo on sonif mode of procedure. Tho matter Is to be brought up before Judge Cantrlll ut Frankfort Fob. 21. It no ueieement Is leached In the me.invv bile, Cigarmakers Strike. Philadelphia, Feb JR. Over KM clgal niakers, tho entlro force of. the Vincent Portuondo factory, went on htrlko today. Fourteen packers. men who put Me cigars In boxed havo ttfiised to Join the elgai makers union, and the members ct tempted to Induce Mr. Portuondo to foice the packers Into tho urganlz itton or discharge them, He declined to do either and tho strike resulted. Honors for Mr. Devlin. Buffalo, N. Y Feb. IG.-Krnnk M. pev lltl, correxpondlng ncreUiy of the Uni ted Tradea and Ldber council, was thlt. afternoon appointed superintendent of the buieau of labor ot tho Pan American exposition. Steamship Arrivals. Browhcail. Feb. 10. Passed: Kteamcr Lucnnla from New York for Liver-, pool. roik-Clmrtd: KutrK fot Liver, pool: Wothemlnin, for Rotterdam; Graf Wulduse for Hamburg, via Pi) mouth M0L1NEUX IS SENTENCED CONDEMNED TO DIE MARCH 26. ABOUT The Prisoner Speaks When Ar raigned for Sentence Declai os That Evidence Did Not Point to Ouilt-A Victim of "Yellow Jour nalism" Denounces as Black guardly the Reference to His Wife. Taken to Sing Sing. Now York. Feb. IB. Roland R. Mol- Ineiiv. convicted nt the murder of Mifl. ' Kntharlne J. Adams, was this forenoon sentenced by Recorder Goff to die In ( the electric chair during the week be ginning March 6. DeCoie sentence was passjd, Mollneux made h speech. In whlrh he claimed that evidence against him did not point to guilt. In closing, be said: Yellow Journalism put n pilco upon my lit-nel It was an invitation t" every blackmailer, evtrv periurer, every rogue, evirv mnn without principle but with a price, nml to that Invitation Mr. lleck mnnn lexponded. The handwriting a- ports who have testified nc.itnst me, our , r"r:h"iiv r J' ,"P,r..r.n,,..1uV.i '. f,,,. nn-, .".-UII-, ........ ..... ..... ... wh.it thev think, but I know that theie hinds nevir put pen to jjper to addro-s t tli it polon package or to write tho i'Is- ' putcil letter". Your honor w ill not per- . mu us to m iKc mention oi tim tcreai in justice which Is a matter ot hlstorv, but espertK In It indvvrltlng have mule mis takes bi fore nnd thev have rem. it"d It here Your honor, all this Is as nothing to what N In my heart at this moment. Above nnd be vend evel.v thing else I de nounce and dcf-flse the action ol the i l trlct attorney In attempting to villlfv and attack the ehniaeter of the pule nnd lovely woman who hesus my n line-. It was the ait of n bl.iekguald' It was a dnmn ible He! And now jour honor, 1 am lirenircd to hear jolt sentence me. I am not afrild, because I am not guilty. Taken to Sing Sine. Mollneu was taken to Sing Sing this afternoon by Shetllf Gtell and a dep uty. They rode In the smoking car, wheie they weie joined by Genet al Molineitx. Passeiifjei s crow ded Into the c ar w hen they heard Molineux was there, and stood in the aisles nnd sat on nuns of seats to look at him. Mollneux did not seem to care, but his father hardly tel ished the actions of the p issengers. Recorder OofC sentenced Mollti' ux to be executed during the week beginning Maich 26. "" Sing Sing, N. Y Feb. 16 Roland R. Mollneux Is now In a condemned cell in the death house nt Sing Sing prison havlng arrived here this afternoon. I moits piollts when prices of stejl pio There was a curious crowd about the ! (m.t, doubled last year and when station. Mollneux appeared cool and , peace was kept bv the gigantic Inn i did not seem to notice the eiowd. Mol- i Inelis was taken nt once to the death house, where he took leave of his father his brother and Lawyer Rattle, who accompanied him here from New Yoik. He maintained his wondeiful nerve an 1 shook hunds with each, nnd In parting with his father, said: "Good-b.ve. gov ernot." General Mollneux boie up bravely, but showed that he was passing ' thiotigh a fearful ordeal. F"0UR MORE GIRLS ESCAPE. Mis. Eyler's Pupils Continue to Take to the Woods. Trenton, X. J , Tob. 16. Four In mates of the Girls' State Industrial school escaped this morning and no tince of them has as vet been ells cov ered. MIfs Wtlght, a teacbei at the home, and who was one- of those- who testified against Mis, i:Icr nt I he time of the Investtgitlon, today piesentrd her teslgnitioii Since the Investigation the lelntions between Miss Wright and Mis Rvlei have been very muili sii alned. JH,ivAL AND ROBERT HELL.. Scranton Officers Await Opportunity to Brine? Thorn Back. Monti cal, Feb. 1C Moral and i. j cit, the two men arrested here for shooting and wounding two Scranton policemen, were today committed for extradition. Scranton otllceis aie here waiting for the men. SUFRWWT COURT DECISION. Wlllinm-pori, Pa., Feb, It! Tho tallow ing cbclslons weie banded down todu In tlm superior court: Uy Rice, P. J. Mutse, appeal, Lehlgli Co, ntllrined: Commonwealth vs. win kle mun, Northampton Co, affirmed: Loan association vs. Webb, common plcan No. 2. PhiUdelphla Co , reversed: Thran vs. Horzog Lancaster Co, reversed: Loeb vs. Mllltger, Lancaster Co., re versed; Marble rompinv vs. Wiggins, common picas No 1 Philadelphia co , ntllrmed: Hover i state, ouarter sessions Philadelphia Co, affirmed; City of Rile, s. Carev, Rile Co, reversed Ry W. r. Porter Illghsry, appeal. Dauphin Co., affirmed; road In Dunbar township, Fnette Co, affirmed; Com monwealth vs. Mahon, Franklin Co, nf llrmed; Pattcisous uppeftl, Mercer Co., reversed: Davis vs. Patterson, Mercer Co , offirmed Ry W. W, Porter Dieineu s. Choiles, Lancastir Co, leversed; In re-Knox stieet iiunrter sessions. Philadelphia Co, nffirmed; Winner vs. Ti action company, common picas No 1, Philadelphia Co, reversed: Mitchell vs Tiacilon com. piny, common pleas No. 1, Philadelphia Co , nffirmed. Ry Mitchell, J. KlFcnhowor vs. school dlHttlet. Columbia Co., alarmed. Ry Reaver, J. Commonwc alth vs. Lit tle, Laekawanni Co, affirmed; Stclner vs Insuraneo company.Ncirthampton Co, affirmed; Stocklcy vs. Hartley Hi on., common pleis No, 1, Allegln ny Co . if ilrmrd; In re-finshocl;er nvvnue. epinr ter session, Philadelphia Co., affirmed; Koch vs. County, Schuvlklll Co, reversed with venlro; Commonwealth vs. Hart, qtnrter sedulous, Philadelphia Co , nf. tlrmedf Riley vs. Insurance comuanv, Luzerne Co, reversed; Rothschild vs. McLaughlin Reliwuc Co, affirmed; Moore estate, Ch"ttcr Co, leversed, By Orlady, J. Trout vs. Railway com pany, Rlalr Co, revcred: Hirst vs. Maug, common pleas No. 4, Philadelphia Cn. nffirmed; flelHelmau vs Oravel, common pleas No 1, Philadelphia Co., reversed; Stephens vs. Rlsihoff, .common pleas No. I PhlHdelnhl" Co., reverred; Commonwealth vs. Rrubaker. Lebanon Co, affirmed: In re-luniiey of Smith, Noithumberland Co, affirmed, AN AGITATOR ARRESTED. O. W. Purcell Is Accused of Violat ing Kentucky Law. Indlnnupolls, Ind., Feb. 1C National officials of tho United Mine Workers' association todny tecelvcd a telegram from G. W. Purcell, member of the miners' national executive board, say ing he bad been placed under arrest at Jolllcu, Tenn.. for "unlawful assem blage." Measures aro being considered at the miners' headquarters here for securing Pure ell's release. Knoxvllle, Tenn., Feb. 1C Mr. Pur cell whs at Jclllco, presumably to es tablish the mine woikors' organization against one company not recognizing the union. It Is understood effotts have been made for several days to effect the at rest. Purcell hitherto has 1 bun on the Tennessee side. He went to Kcntueky Pntutday and was ar- rested for "disturbing public works." us the Kentucky law Is against such agitations. DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. Business Continues Larger Than Ever at This Season of the Year. Effect of Frick Suit. New York. Feb. 18. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade will say tomorrow lioness continue s larger than ever .1.1.. nr... 1.. ...... i. nfr .. .,. ' " w '""' '" "'"""" '" '"' - nients, and on the whole as largo is over In retail deliveties, though nov transactions do not yet give assurance . that It will hold at the rame l.ite. I Impoitant bunches of business are hindered by lubot troubles, of which the building ttude strike at Chicago afleets tin- guatest number of con- . ... r... ......... I .1 I. ...... 1 .1... iriciH lur mm, i .im.-c , .inu cue- , I anor ana wages or inc- g.eaeese nunc- I .!'.. !nrn'- ... . , i I lie i io oi I oiion niK cuusen koco an IncreiFe. In iccelpttt In putchasiM for export thnt teaction would ordinar ily follow Goods have been tuithcr advanced, but It does not appear that the demand foi them hus been st engthened. The llse In wheat also brings out larger western retrlpts In two weeks, ri,5tJJ ngeinst 6,236,166 last year, but Atlantic exports of flour in the sime' weeks have only been 3.613,108 against 6,1'J2,407 bushels last year. The price doed H cent higher lor the week. Corn export was 0,410,000 against I,- S07.323 b'fhels for the same weeks last year, seems to Justify the Use of one cent, ns western receipts fall a little below last je.ir, In two weeks, ll.Oi), 973 against 12,0"S,ft79 bushels last year. The suit of Mr. Frlck against the Carnegie company to obtain an ac counting and settlement discloses cnor- iiru pt,,r lonvjv-L,, That result of g,eat Importance 'may spilng trjtn a contest affecting the control of so tnnnv (ton works Is evident. The new st"el company has united owners of one hun dred and sixty mills, It Is bald, but for widely known teasons controls only fifteen mills, the bilance laving lefused to Join. Prices of pig hiv not changed, though considerable s,ale. In cluding -ome for export, have ben made, but the supplv over deniaic' ' Ineie.ised bv the st irtlng of a new fuinnce with a eapicity of too ton-, dally. A sale Is repotted of 19,000,00) Calumet nnd Heeln copper to tha con sume! s of the Naugatuck Valley at IB cents. Heavy sales of "oIe leather at Roslon I exceeding 100,000 Bides at a reduction ot one-half In the price, with unusu ally laige sales of hides at Chicago, also nt lower prices, Indicate that the dealeis and conMimets who have look ,1 for cheaper boots and shins may bo sitisned. Shipments of shoes since , since Feb 1 have been 2S.O0O cases oi nentl) ;u per cent, i.uger man in enc two weeks of nny other vear. but many of the works are neatly out of i oideis. Wool sales at tlnee pattern niaikets hive been only 12,314 416 pounds In two weeks, against 12,CJ,00O last vear. Falltncs for two weeks hive been $VI73,17S, manufacturings, $2,350,281, nid trading. $2.509.1.00. Failure for tho week have been 21S In the Unlttl States, against ITS last ea!. and 12 ln Canada, against IS labt jear. AKEMEN BLAMED. Verdict of Coi oner's Jury in the Ashley Case. Wllkes-Haire, Teh. 10. The coroner's Jul v Investigating the cause of the wreck und dynamite explosion on tho Centinl Rallio.id of New Jersey at Afhley on tho night of Januaiy 23, by which sl lives were lost, returned a vet diet this evening that the accident was caused by the falluie of tho brake men on the train to apply tho brakes at tho mopcr time. Their neglect to do so caused the train to get lwoud the control of the engineer coming dow n tho steep moun tain grade and the collision at Ashley, at the foot of the mountain, vvab un av oldable. weath of General Williams. Harrlsburg. Teh K The dtalh of Oeneral R C. Williams, who served with distinction In the Mexleuti t nil Civil wais, and hud the honor ot raising the tlag on the citadels of Chapultcpee nnd City of Mexico, occurred this morning ut his homo In Chapman, Snider county, after a long lllnem, aged s ears. He was commissioned a brU'adler general by Governor Cut tin, nnd organized Camp Curtln at this point. Another Increase in Wages. Ilcilutou, Feb, 10. Tho etnplojes of tho Lehigh Valley Coal conipuiy in tho Hn-ilctoii region were notified todiy of another increase ot i per cent in their wages, tho lin reubo having gone Into effect Fib 1, 'I lies new wage sc lie 1b 2 per cent, below the 3 bisls and Is the lilghcet wages paid bv the Lehigh Volley (llico Scenting iciiitiol ot the eolllelles 111 this icgliu. About two thousand mca uio effected, Judgment Affirmed. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. An opinion wih tiled today by Judge Gray ln tho Unit' d States elrctdt court ot appeals, oflliinlng the Jmlgmrnt of tlm circuit court In the suit of John Weiss agiilnst the Ilethle hem Iron works, gi.n tlug $7,600 duni iii;ej. Weiss wan a laborer at tho Ret!., h hem Iron works and met with an accl dent that tieretHit ited the amputation nf (i.io leg und nu arm. PENSION DKBAfE . WARMS THE HOUSE INSINUATION THAT NORTHERN SOLDIERS ARE CLAMOROUS. Mr. Pearre, of Maryland, Arouses a Storm by the Assertion That Mas sachusetts Soldiers Who Had Never Smelled Powder Had Applied for Pensions The Senate Occupied by Discussion of the Philippine Ques ton. Washington, Feb. 16. The house to day Indulged In Its annual Joke o striking from tho legislative appropria tion bill all provision for the civil ser vice commission. This action Is taken each year in committee of the whole where the members do not go on rec ord and the provision Is then Invarl nblv restored when the bill gets back In the house vvhero the members have to respond to their name3 upon a roll call. The vote todny to strike out was 7"i to 67. Tomorrow they will rever3 this action us usual on an aye nnd no vote. Most of the time of the house i In and that occupied In the discussion i of tho civil sen Ice law was devoted to attacks upon the stieech made by Mr. Simpson (Deni., Tenn.), on Wed- '1 - ", nfsdav in which ho furnished some figures of the pension olllce showing the number of applicants for pensions tild 1v sc Idlers of the volunteer legl menta engaged In the Spanish wur to hhovv that the not them soklleis were much mote clamotous In that icgnid then the southerners nnd at ti United It to the debauching public sentiment In " ,,, mil t)l on thc t,ens!,m Ul.sl. M , Vcaw (Ut. , Md)t lilUlcrt tho Htornl ,,y Jii liferneo to those PguiiH and the statement that httnilicds of Massachu setts soldiers who never smelled pow der had ntiplled fot pensions. This bieught an Indignant teply from M." Fltygetald (Dem., Mass), who detailed the record of the Massachusetts volun teers In the late war. He was followed bv otheis who defended the records of soldiers fiom their seveinl stVes. Considerable temper was dlsplaved during the debate. Philippines Debate. Consideration of the I'.nanclal meas- i ute having been concluded, discussion i of the Philippine question was lesumed In the senate tndav. Mr. MeEnery (Dem., Ln.), strongly opposed the per manent acquisition of the Islands nnd believed the United States ought to relinquish them as .soon as thc au thority of this country had been as serted. Mr. Stewait (Pop., Nev.), took a pronounced position in favor of tho admission of the products of thc isl and possessions of the United States J free of dutv, . The bill piovldlng a form of govern ment for the territory of Hawaii was read but beyond thut foimallty noth ing was done with It. DIED OF HIS INJURIES. Richard Franklin Passed Away at 0.15 O'clock Last Night. Richard Franklin, of Beaumont ave nue, who was Injured in the Von Storch slope, Wednesday, died last night at .ir o'clock. A wife and one ehl d sur- ! vlve him. Ho Is another victim of a defective fuse. After dunging a hole, he lit tho match and retired, as is the custom, to a place of safety. When mote than the usual time had elapsed and the bl.it did not occur, he supposed the fuse had liernrnrt e tinflll jluwl rin.l wont lin.l.' 4 .1 I re-llght It. He was within u few feet , of the hole when the blast ncctitied and bulled him undet a mass of rock. , aiH s,,ne a, lnjuied, ten of his libs ' ccte bioken and bo was otheivvlsu sevetcly injured. LORD ROSEBERY MISTAKEN. No Overtures Made by Great Btltnin for Alliance with lis. Washington. Feb.' IS. Lot d Itobe- 1icr's statement ln pirllament yester- ' " lu.V ulltul ulut ",8V "ecenioer Hie Riltlsh government made uusuc cessful ovettutes to the United St He, and Geruuny for un alliance has caused the greatest 'Utptlse among the slate department officials, and while they are not In a position to make an official dentil they do not hesitate ptlvate'.y to assert their absolute Ignorance of any oveituies of the kind described. Officials heie Intimate that fiom his position us an opponent of the present L'ngllsh government, Lend Rosebety is not In a position to speak by the card as to what took place ln matters s.s Important as this. SENATOR CLARK'S CASE. Walter Cooper the Principal Witness Yesterday. Washington, Fob. 16. Tho proceed ings In the alleged bribery case of Sen ator Clark, of Montana, today did not reach the high point of inteiest at tained jesteiday. The principal wit ness of the day was Walter Cooper, one of Mr. Clark's managuis ln tho campaign. He Is a resident of ex-Representative Hurtman's home town, and personal tilts between the two served to relieve what would have otherwise been a commonplace Htoiy. Mr. Faulkner sought, in behalf of Senator Clnik, to leopen tho question as to State Senator Whiteside's effort at bribe! y during his own election, but the committee adjourned for the day without deciding tho question of rele vancy. Philadelphia Put3 Up the Cash. Philadelphia, Feb. IC.-Mijor Ash brldgo ti day sent to National Clinlinian llamui a check for $2o,iioo, representing the fast quarter of the amount litis clt has promised fo kiIpu for the Republi can national conveptlon In June. Tho wnik of colle ting the second quarter begun today and nearly $j,CO0 was ob tained. Suit Against the Duponts. Wilmington, Del., Feb. lO.-Sult has bien entered In the United States court heie by Wolff iS. Co, powder manufac ture is of Piula, against tho Dupont Powder company Wollf & Co, seek to recover for alleged Infringement of ehemlcnl process In manufacture of THE M,V8 THIS MOK.MNU Weither Indication! Todsil SHOW J OOLOCff. 1 General Klmberley Relieved. Superior Court Atnrms the VerdloC In the Little Libel Suit. Mollneux Sentenced to Bo F,lectro- cuted. ) Congresulonnl (Proceedings. 2 General Northeastern Pcnnsv Iv anta. Financial and Commercial. 3 Oeneral "Penns) '" Washington Let ter. In tho World of Sports. Editorial. News and Comment. 5 Locol Social nnd Personal. One Woman's Views. 6 Local City Rstlmatcs for the Next Fiscal Year. Ouo Day's Work of tho Courts. 7 Green Ridge Women's Club Listens to Lectures on Practical Sanitation. Political Paragraphs. R Local West Scranton and Suburban. 8 Round About thc County. 10 Local Religious News of the Week. Snndny School Lesson for Tomnriow. It Story "Tho Girl from Roslon." 12 Local Live Industrial News. R0SAR STABBED IRVING. They Were Employed in the Cliff Works Rosar Was Arested Last Night and Locked Up. Thomas Irv ing. of Cnpouse avenue. a foteman in the Cliff works, vwis stabbed yesterday morning by Louis Rosar, a fellow workman, but luckllv not foilously Injured, tho blade pene trating tho left side and entering th" llcsh about an Inch nnd a half. Rosar was arrested at his home on Ptospect avenue, by Mounted OIllcci Jostph Block, and Patrolman Peter Haggerty, and taken to the Centre street policy station. He will be given ei heating this morning at 9 JO o'clock In Alderman Millar's olllce. When ar rested ho at first denied thc crime, but later admitted that he had been drink ing and that he really could tint le member Just -what had happened. The stabbing oceuned about 7.30 o'clock. Rosar came to work, It Is said, drunk and In an ugly humor. He entered Into a quanel with living and suddenly drawing from his pocket an ordinary pen knife, ho plunged It Into Irvlng's breast, over hlr. heart.- The knife Is an Innocent looking blicle enough, but the force behind It waa great and the pain caused was Intense. Irving fell back and Rusar made for the door. The wounded man managed to raise himself on his elbow and hurled n himiner at his depaitlng at- 1 b.illamr - Ho was weak, however, and tho missile (I'd not icacli its mark, living was taken to the Lackawanna lns pltnl. where his Injury was nttendel to, after which he left for his home. Rosar managed to escape from tho building, passing without interfeienco nil the other workmen. The police weie notified and a watch was kept for Rosar with the rcult that he vv.n ai rested last evening as told above. BODY OF AN INFANT FOUND. Was in a Shoe Box When It Was Discovered. The body of an Infant was found ve'teieluv afternoon about 5 o'clock on the bank of the liver In Dodge -town. It was In a shoe but and was w lapped ln an old apron. It was found by Johnny Magulte, a small boy, who was playing on the lank. He opened It nnd was ten Hied to flnd the almost shapeless body of a tlnv Infant In It. He made h! i'is tovciv known and In an Insi.int a crowd gathetfd. Wotd was went to rolico headejuai teis whence Coiontr J. J Robcits was notified Mounted Officer Joseph Rloek was dlsnitched to the fone and the bndv was letnoved to llutib s undi rtaklng establishment on Hpitico .street. The Identity ot the mothei Is not known but vat Ions of the people, who weie at tt acted fo the plate where tho body was found said th it they had seen a woman In the nelghbothood dutlng the afternoon with a box under hei arm acting In nu odd and suspicious man tlet. Coroner Robeits will examine the body this morning and decide whether or not an Inquest Is neccs-sarv. The child was evidently still bom. USED MAILS FRAUDULENTLY. H. S. Gardner, of Stioudsburg, Ar rested by Inspector Goiman. Potnl Inspector Hugh J. Got man, of this e Ity, and Deputy United States Marshal Mers, of Philadelphia, Thurs day arrested Howard S. Gaidner, of Stroudsburg, for using the United States malls for fiaululcnt put pises nnd took him to Philadelphia fot a hearing. Wannnts were sworn out foi G mi ner's arrest by the Mill Creek Mining company, of Ithaca. N. V., and Ftee man 13, Allen, of New Yoik, and sev eral other partle.t. Gat dner's swindling scheme toiislst ed of wilting to I irge companies, such us a milling concern, and seeming a big shipment of Hour, which he then would ship to another stute and there sell It to small dealers below cost In some cases Inspector Gorman claims, Gardner tiled bird to evade nitest nnd when ho saw that he was coiner? I took tefugo In his cellar and was at tested whllo ciouchlng theie, - Gussein Pleads Guilty. Ramon, Pa., Feb. 1C Stephen Gussein, a lliiiinirl in, on tilil tor the niiitder of John Wasco, a Mlow counttjnian, at Lower Saucoii today, wlthdicw his pla of not guiltv and entered a plea of vol mitaiy mitiHl iiightir. The plea was ac cepttd and the trial then ended, Ous. seln will bo sentenced on Monday, Currency Cnnferrees. Washington. Feb 16 Tho speaker to day appointed Ovcrstieet (Rep, tnd.), Rroslus (Hep., I'enna ), ana Cox (Dem., Tenn ) conferrees on tro currency bill on the part of tho house. Senators Aldrlch. Allison and Jones (Ark ) were appointed an conferrees nu the part of tho tenato. APPEAL IN LITTLE CASE DISMISSED Opinion of Superior Court Handed Down at Williamsport, WRITTEN BY JUDGE BEAVER He Says Tnat Nothing Was Offered Tending to Justify the Publication of the Libelous Articles The Cass Was Fairly, Fully and Wisely Tiled and After a Careful Consid eration of All the Testimony There Is No Ground in Any of the As signments of Error for a Reversal of Judgment. Spicl.it to Tho Scranton Tilbune. Williamsport, Feb. 16. The Superior eouit, which has been In session her nil week, handed down an opinion to day in the ease of the Pummnnuriinlili against Richard Little, an appeal from the quarter sessions ot Lackawanna county. The judgment of that court la affirmed. The opinion was written by Judge Reaver and Is as follows: Admitting all that Is claimed by tho defend nit's counsel as to the privileged chnraiter of tho communications con tained In the Indlc tment, under the con stitution, and that tho portions of theso articles which deal with facts may be privileged, It Is ltuposlble to see how the pirts which tho defendant says aro descriptive can bo other than libelous Giving tho largest latitude to the de- t fendant's contention and admitting that because tho prosecutor was postmaster .it facranton, and theto was at the tltuo of the publication ot tho libel under dis cussion lit the newspapers and under consideration bv tho people, a channo In tho method of .conducting their primary election", and that the prosecutor wan prominent In political circles ln the com munity, nnd therefore, everything relat ing to his political methods In times past w.ih proper subject of dlscusnlon and comment so that the puollc might be advised as to his character as a. lead er, and admitting that the articles alleged to be libelous were toi.ide upon proper , occasion from propor motives und baneel upon sensonabl or probable caus, it i an sc imi be alleged and has not been 1 rlilir.cd, that they weie made In proper manner. Hut in civil cafe if the manner to Im propci the privilege N lost. It Is not neee"arv to characterize tho rniliner In which wlutever cfitct coii'.'ilnvil in loth the editorial and tho communication re feried to Is coiiveved to the nuVI: ''ho must e timl observi.i vlll be impressed with the motive of thee publications. As the- ilefetnlant li'nn"If nhsetvtd til the ctoss-cMimlnation: "They split themselves nituiallv in tvn pirts." the one part of ftitt nnd tho other of exu berant fancy or tatliei vituperation. There has been and can be no pre tense that either of tho communications on which tho Indictment In this casn was founded w is In effei t, or was Intended to be, a proper presentation of a giavo chirge ngalnst n iltlzen of the com monwealth whose conduct as u publlo map and tin olllce holder vvuh pioper si bject foi public ltnctlgitlan and in fo! mallon. As to the first and second asslgvnonts of errot the testimony offered theielu could not In any wnv tend to Justiiv ll-e I m mm r of the public atlons. even u all i !e In them c oulil ho considered jirlv i He ged communication. .With full latl ' tudo given, the ib lendaiit did not provo the truth ol the facts allege d. The-ensn I was fnlrlv, fullv and wisely tried. Tha '(huge oi the court was entirely ade- quale. AN ii hive given ctieful considera tion to nil the testimony and there 's no ground", n fin as we cm see, In nnv of the assignments of error for reversal of Judgment of the courts below. Thev are iliciefoie all oven tiled and the Judg ment allltmcd. ' Little vvh convicted at the October scfions befoie Judge Edwards of li belling Colonel K. II. Ripple In tha columns of the Seiantonlan. Little was sentenced to six months' Impris onment in the county Jail but had been Incarcerated only a few dnjs when he was released, under ball, bv tha Superior couit allowing an appenl In the cuse to be made a supersedeas. The appeal wus argued before the Superior couit ut Its last session In Philadelphia. A further appeal can be taken to tho Suineiiie couit. ns a constitutional question Is involved. Whether or not this will bo done is a question. It It 1h not done the defendant will be ic qulied to present himself to the dis trict nttoiney to be lemanded to lall till .sentence Is compiled with. The tilal, which ended in Llttlo's conviction, attracted tho most vvlde spiead attention, because of tho prom inence of the prosecutor and the fact that it was generally recognized that he wns proceeding ns tho representa tive of the community nt large rather thon as one seeking personal vindica tion or revenge. Five other libel cases are pending against Llttln and his as sociate, M. J. O'Toole. B. and O. Dividend. New Yoik, Feb. 10 -Tho dliectnr of the llaltlmoto and Ohio iallro.ul company liavo declaied a seml-anuuil dividend of 2 per cent, on Its preferred Htock, tha first since the reorganization of the com pany. Scranton Water Company. I Inn labors, Feb. 10. A charter won Is sued by the state department today to the Cambria County Water Supply com pany, Scranton, capital $10,000. 4- WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Feb. 1(5. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: East ern Pennsylvania Snow, followed by clearing and much colder Sat urday; brisk to high northeasterly shifting to northwesterly winds. Sunduy, fair and colder. I tt-t"t"t"t"t-tttt t ' -' ? ' AjjL.JtJ-t , 8tLjfc.t.- J8.J.. ' l ' f
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