Qtobtttte. mnton r v J "V aV t: - TWO CENTS. SCR ANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNINU, FEBRUARY U), 1000. TWO CENTS. GENERAL CRONJE HAS ESCAPED Mathematical Precision of the Kimberiey Campaign. THE BOERS DISHEARTENED Rapid Movements of Troops Under Ocneial Roberts Have Been n. Sur prise to Them In Consequence of Lord Kitchener's Transpott Ar rangements the Four Divisions Moving Over the Sandy Veldt Are Well Fed and Watered A Mobile Foice Cieated The Tioops Endure Frightful Fatigue Without Com plaint Geneial Kelly-Kenny in Hot Fuisuit. London, rob. in. 1 i'iO a. in It Is miw amply onllunul that C.oiuial Cionji xiapul. Hvny detail leielvcd, how evei, ptoves hnu udmliably Loid Unb elts' plans wete e oust i ved and weie phi i t tiling I'.nt lor tin1 unexpected do I.iv at nickel's dilfi. whlih was almost Impassable fni wagons, the whole Boor fin ip would h.iM1 boon sitiuiiimloil. Th (b'liij Hi one (1 ly tlitio gave them their ilianip lni a h.iMv iptuat. All lh othir movement uf Lend Hnlints we to executed p.u tlv to thp titup. Appni piitly. fiem-ml Cionjp Is ictuatlng with thp main at my, anil It ocu hi' escapes altogether Iip will piobablv lo-p hH baggage. TIkip Is seeming doubtfulness about thp i aptuio nl' tlio Miltisli miivnv. Ao cmding to a tiill Mall eoucsponileiit with tlip i onvnj , which touslstid ot '.'00 wagons, pub huded with sl tliousind puunils of unions and of foiage, and oith ill awn bv viMpfn iipii, It a ipilto inn Mu'pti'illv att.ukod by a min ni. Hid siippiisui to pomp fioin Coles bin jr. Tho i Mint, consisting of eighty of the (imiliin Highlanders, loity nion of the auuv soivko emps and a low of Klti lu'iii'i- hoi si, maintained a do-li-nsp until tun iinlval of lolnfoui--nii'iits, sustaining inslgnlllcnnt pii.su il tks. London. Feb. 1'L Tin- Stnndatd's eor uspmidtnt at Jnenbsdul, telcgi.iphlng Tliui.sday, Helmut y in, sajs: "An attack w.is made estoi day upon thp ifar gti.ii el of our main body by si foiii of l.luO I5i)oi s, who weie bin i led up fiom Coleslmig. They succeeded in capturing some ot oiu wagons, but I.Td Huberts did not delay his march to letako tlipsp, TliPio were few ca.su .iltlcs on our hide." specials fioin Lad smith lepoit an apiiarent movement by tho Boeis lo waid tho Fiee State, picsumably with tlip object of assisting Oeneial Cronj , Fiecision of Fiench's Movement. .latobsdal, Oransp Fioe State, rild.i. Fob. 1C Loid Unbelts" combinations for tho movement ot thu corps weie dovetailed with pieelsion. although ob stacles that had not bten foi seen had lo be oveiconie. The execution of his designation be gan at i a. m. Sunday, fie nei.il Fioncli lode Into Klmbule.v Thursday aftei noon, just w litn ho was due, ai cm dim; to the Held maish.il's time-table, bav ins In four and a half dajs niaichul ninety miles with aitllleiy and Infantrv and having fought two small onBage mtnts. The lelhf of Klmlmley was accom plished with the loss ot only fltty men Twenty thousand infantiy made splei. illd maiehes under n stib-tiopleal sun and thinugh a dust stoim to liold the positions whiih Ceueial riench lool:. Loid Kitchener was with Geneial Tuckers division In consequence of his tianspoit ntiangements the four divisions moving over-tin sandy eld' were fed and waleiod. It It haullv jiosslble to uppieclalo adequately lb- mathPinatlcul pieeWon with which every pan of the ilcpaitmont has worked, matching tluough the daj, victualling the aimv and evolving evc'iy hour somethln' deilnlte iiom seeinhiK c linns. Km boil did what was expected fiom him cheeifury, ihoiiKli (liduiinK IrlRhtful tatlKiie. Tew slept moie than thiee limit k The battalions, hour after hoiu. tollej ihroiiKh the lu-uvy sand uiuomplaiii ingly, and when now and then a man fell out of the lanks exhausted, ho would lejoin his company later after ie had lested. Some fifty or slMy weie iveieome b the heat and had to bo nnt to the tear in the backwaid delllu Jf empty wuKiius The lapldity of Iiul Hobeits' move nents away fiom IiIh base has sohed ne of the pioblenis, pel hips the ihltf iroblem of the .r lie and Lmd iltchenei have cieated a mobile foiee, able to moe In iMnlor lines and to outflank the lloeis, themselves so won del fully mobile. The position of Ha. liner aimy at Spytfontoiltelll belllK untenable, fien eial Cronje ordeied a letieat. At th moment this dls-patih Is wiltten it l unceitnln whether his whole foiie or only u poitioii has Rone tow aid llloem fontein. It Is possible that a part H Kulng noith of Klmbeilty. It i supposed that a twenty-nlni ton cun is still in the iieluhlimhnod of Klmbeiley. The road fiom Jucobsdal to Mndder liver station Is now open. Gencial Kenny on the Tiail. lacobsdul. Fb. IT. ( initial Kelly Kenny Is still purbulnu thu Hocrs. Ho tins now laptund mme than one bun died wapitis. The Highland bilg.ute M'lnfmi nl him aftei a foippd nuiteli. tii net a I Kieiiih has left Kluibnlpy to iolu in llie pursuit ot the Hon iiinn The guilds hae iiiiupled tin Hoel piioltlon In MageisfontPln. Furt'ier i!p tails uf the Unci" lPtlp.it show that the oupin.v has In n lighting a good tear guatd ai'llmi and oniipvllig sueiesslve Uopjps In ohJpt to allow the mining inmnjs whli h an- going at a slow p.u e. to Keen ahead, the animals up pan nth liplng dp id lir.it. The latest li'iioits show that th IJijpis In the tiplghboibood of Kllpp Ki nils, on the light, aie undoub'edlv dlsheai toned. tSeiii i il FrcnrhV inagnllleent man h Is still the siibjdt of adiiiliatlon, espe i Lilly In view of the dust stmms and thiitnlei stoi ins that all experienced. The wink of shelling the Hocrs pio ipeds lgorotls. Owing to the stvle of aetlou the Hopis ale bound to show In the open whenever they aic obliged to li ,ii- the kopjpii. Laagers Abandoned. 1'ipip Camp, Feb 16 The ISocis Invo abandoned seveial laageis. fleneial Huller i enow id bombaidiueiit of the Hon position without eliciting a teplv. Another lorwaid move Is leganh I if eminent. London, Feb. 18. Itumms ha hi en In 1 1 ni'.'t on at the elubs and o's -where that Geneial Cionje. with an aim of T.oon has born i.iptuud. Ap paiontly they emanated fiom tho con tinent. No continuation of them can be obtained hole Lad.v smith. Feb. Hi Hv hellogiaph and native lunnii. via Chlovelo.v. Ilr. Jameson has the fever The heat Is tioinenilmis but tho inoialo of th camp Is oxcdleiit. Majoi Dovcton's wife, who was given a sate conduit tliiough the Hier llm s, anived hen on the 11th to nurse her husband Major llovoton died Feb lu.uy 11. London. Feb. is. A dlspatih fioin the Swi'llind boidei, dated Firt.l, Fi'biuiiy Pi, .'.ivs- "The liner agent at Uieiur i.-doif Ins In on malm lining tegular ommunlca tlon with DelagoL Lav. vli Svv latz Iniid. Coolie can liis hive b. ni be ir Ing sacks, supposed to lontain . lit, tliiough Tonga I mil On e inilnatlon it was found that the sichi contained gunpowder." I'hlovelev Wedmsda.v, Fib. II. (Uolavid bv lensoi.l The movement noitheast began this morning. Lmd Oundon ild, with eavaliy and aitllleiy. occupied Hu7ar Hills, live miles north of Chleveli. The Inlantiv en trenched thu hill. Ocneial Lyttlctou winked aiuiind to tho light and Sir Chailos Wimen In f i nnt and to tho left. Tho T5oers were heavily Piitienched on Hlaiigwauge and Montipiisto Hills A s'tead.v, Indcpcndi nt flic, with " cjslonal volles, was maintained for some hour and tho en inlcs" tienelios weie lgoioisv shelled. The Hoeis had ow gun in ,u tlon duting tho otiIj pnit ot the day, but when we In g.in shelling they moved it aeio-s thf liver. They uced one Notdcnfeldt. Our casualties wete few. PRISONERS WELL TREATED. Captain Longhurst Impiessed by Kindness of Boers. Arundel. Situiday, Feb. IT. rn--celved by dispatch rider.) Captain l.onghuist. of the Fiiltish medical coips, spent a night at Hobkltk's tarm, attending the woinded Australians He siys that the enemy weie irmaik ubly kind to the wotindtil, providing them matti esses and giving them all the eggs tliev had The lioer eoni mandei and C.ipt iln l.onghuist found thai thi y had imiturl U lends In Lon don and wtio soon on ine best towns. The Boer and Hiltlsh wounded fialern 1ed. Noting ih.it the Handollcrs o! the oiiem weie tilled with soft-nosd bullets inn ot our men said: "Von ought not to In Ing such thinu's to llie rt f" The Hoeis leplled: "We must u-i wh never we i an get." This paitleular Hoei i mitingent hnl point fion the noithein dbuiet of the Ti.iusvnal. vvlieie the Hous aie use 1 to hunting big game alonr th Llm- popi. Tlio men had obt"iln".l thtlr ai.- muiiltlon lor that puip ie One Hilton, v.ho-o thigh had been 'dntteiod, ie idled lo this oii!aiin!i n "VW11 t 'wish you hid bei n kind enough t i 'boot :ue lowei down" .vfter the ic thei.ient of tin Hi'llsh fouo the Hocrs held a pti.vtt nuetlnt' imkI thanked Heaven foi thpli snece-srs, Then lliev sepa-ated into small paitkr and iinuod to their vuilous outposts ihnntliig lomns as they went. Captain Loughuft say tint he was mutli ImptesM-d by tin it ionldeiato tiealiui-nt ot the ililtisl BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED. The Sabine Has Been Captuied By the Gunboat Tluush. I'.nt Hllaheth. Feb. 18. The HiltUll steamer Sabine. Captain Taylor, fiom Ne Yoik, Jan. 4, witli u inlscvllaiif. ous caigo, has been seled by the I!rn ish gunboat Tluush and biought to Delagoa bay on suspicion of having on boaid articles contraband of war, Holoie, the Sabine sailed fiom Xmv Yoik it was lummed that she had on boaid a lingo iUintlty of pir vlsl in., aims and ammunition, ami) blankets and general supplies, but no combina tion of' tho liunoi could be obtained. The vessel was ileaied fin "Delagoi bay. Shot Sweetheait's Fnther. Ottnmwn, la. Feb. 18 Ltslle Lustbiil li, aged ". shot and killed .lacoli Sutton, an agul citizen of lib outlaid, loilay. Last burn ealleU at Sutton's homo to take Hel ton's lS-iMr-olcl dauRliler to chuiili, Tan l.itlur ordeied him away and an .iltiv cutliMi ensue il. I'lriillv wi.ipmiH vvete iliawn bv both men and the okkr wh tlmt befene ho uiiikl raise his wiapoii, liaslbuiu gave lilm-cll up, tilling Into Sutton's homo and consoling tlio ilaiightci until un olhccr arrived. SENSATIONAL TALE FROM GAY PARIS OFFICIAL INVOLVED OFFERED TO FURNISH INFORMATION. His Letter Seized Thtough Aid of Dr. Lcyds The Official a Sub Chief of One of the Bttieaus of the Ministiy, Has Absconded Btitish Embassy Issues Foimal Repudia tion of Relations with the Man. I'm Is, Feb. IS. The sensational news, papeis of Paris publish a stoi v with liquid to a mih-ihlif of one ot tho but cans of ministiy of marine, named 1'hlllpp, who was said to have In en Ini- iilliated in an offer to furnish tiieut Hiitaln Infot inatlmi iilatiug to llvj within twelve toet of the main coin fu Ightlng of vesstls for the 'I'l.iiisvaal , pass and ihionometei The electilo In Ftench polls. It Is alliged that In itii-eitt affected the compass and t lu ll lettei eontalnliig his proposal ho bildge was (onstantlv sh iken by the askid 'iUOii 1 1 ancs In letuin for the information It Is alleged that the let ter was scb.i d mi the strength of in foimatloii g'.Ncn thioiigh Dr. I.ejils, wlioioupi'in M. I'hllipp absconded. The Nationalist Juuuiuls Insinuate that he leielved timely warning fiom tho Fteni'h government and w.vs thiin enablid to i scape to Ihigland. Dr. Li'Vils, howevii. denies the pait atttlbutid to him In the affair, and tho Hiltlsh embassy has Issued a formal lepudlntlon of anv lelatlons dliict or Indliei t with PhlllPP. Aoi ol ding to the Juili Ji.il Des Debuts, rlilllpp has gone to the United States, when he fount tlv lived, and whole, it is said, he botanic a bankiupt as the lesult of his unfoi lunate mmagtmeiu til his business as u plctuio dealer. The methods by which he wis tiapped leonlls the Dreyfus affair. He lpcvlved a loiter Inviting him to mi et a veiled lady, as In the notoilotis case of Lieutenant Colonel Du P.itv Do Clam, at a well-known itife heio. Ac cm ding to this stoi y, he Indlscieetly levelled his designs to the ladv, who immediately informed the depaitmentat iiimmlsslon, which piomptly.ptoi leded to investigate. Hofine action imild be taken, however, the lilt il had lluvvn. PROCLAMATION OF ROBERTS. Butghcis of the Ftee State Warned to Discontinue Ftuther Kostilities. Capo Town, Feb. 1'. Lmd Itobnts h is siu,i a pioclain Uion to tho buigheis of tho Oiango Fm State, saving that he feci- It his dutj to make it known to all the bin glims that lb i.iusp ot the coming of Hiltlsh, as well as to do all in his power to teimlnitc the devastation caused bv the wai. and that ho Issues tin pioclamitlon in ni; dor that if tho btirgheis should stop fighting they may inn do iguoi.imly. but with a lull knowledge ol their u. sponsiblllty betoie (bid for the lives lost n the campaign. The proclamation goes on to sav: "Tho Hiltlsh government hi Hums the wanton and unjustifiable invasion of i the Biitlsli teiiltoiy was not committed with tho general nppinv.il of the ptople of the Fid State, with whom the Hilt lsh government has lived In haunonv for manv eats. It believes the re sponsibility lests wholly with the gov i turnout of the Flee State, acting not In the Intel ests of the country, but under mischievous! Influences from without. ''5ie.it liiltaln, therefoie, wl-hec the people of the Free State to understand tli.u It bcais them no Ill-will, and that so far as is compatible with the suc cessful conduit of the war and the ie establltfhment of peace, it Is anxious to pteseive them fiom the evils brought on the vviongful actions of their gov ernment.' In conclusion. Loid Roberts wains a'l buigheis to dest from furtln r acts of hostility toward hi r majesty's govern ment and tioops, and ho gives dhoc tlons ugaidlng ieiulstlmis and torn plaints. M'CRUM IS PLEASED. Ex-Consul Highly Gintlfied That His Tal'i Attracted Attention. Flushing. Feb. IS, Chailos H. Mc- Cium, rnlted States con-ul at l'i- tm la. South Uiioa, left lo; Washing- ton toiilght at 10 o'clock on the IJjltl- mme and Ohio load. Hotoio lenvln,? ho s'lld "I do n it wlthdiaw i. word of my chaigts against the Hiltlsh oflliials In south lilca If I am called upon I am piepiied at any time to testify e thorn and furnish evident i uf their tiiithlulno-s " Mi Met'nnn Is ovidiiill.v dtlighlol ovei the ill"it of his statement, made public last viik, and nays that al though ho is not iu(ti(.liiicd with Con- i gies-mun Whofler, of IContuoky. who Intiodiiied a lesolutlon in the housj !.ki.g foi ar investlgiHon of his c.i h" will mil uiion him tot.iorio.v ur next dt Tho o-tonsul snvs lie Is not going to Washington mi any spiilul mission, but wants to be on the giouud to give Ids to'tlmony should it be ll-'odeil, TROUBLE THREATENED. Kentucky Leglslatiue Will Meet Today. Funklmt. Ky Feb. IS. Many of tho Diinoci.itlt Irglslatui)' .letuined heie tonight and numerous eonfeii nies weie In piogiess duting the evening lelatliu' to the polltk il airaigu.iful tuniuiiow. when iho Dniniuiatli. and Hepubllcan btanihis of the logislaUir. will meet togethei for Iho Hist time sliin the minder ol lioebel. Tho quest Ion whether Lieutenant Gov ei nor Maishall, as piohlilcnt pin teni, will pieslde In the son ito Is as wide open tonight as ever, (loveinor Taylor weul to ehuidi to day without a mllltan esioit. and spent the lemalnder ot the day at tti. manslnii with his fandlv. Gov pi nor HeclUnm lotiiriid to the city tonight with tho Dimoiiatle loadeis and will luivi his heiukpiaiteis at the Capitol hotel, Increase in Wages. llarlelnn, Cob. 1S. Tho nun employed bv the A. S. Van Wlckle piiiup.inv. nil thrailto enal mine opeiulori ill .Mllnet vlllo and Coleiiilne, have liiru grunted anotliir i i r lent Inert use In their wagis, making a I per tint, advance within tin list two month. I'lfin n hundred lunula uio affcitcd. IS THE MISSOURI WORTHLESS? Master of the Hospital Ship Declares Vessel Unsafe and a Mere Shell. San Francisco, Feb. IS. Captuln Dil lon, ni istcr of the hospital ship Mls sotttl, has asked for a stuvev on his vessel, and Major V. II. At Hint, the mh germ who has commanded her since she onlcied the service, has been to leased fiom duty on her. Captain Dil lon eoiisldois that he was foitunatc In getting the Mlssotill to this poit, al Ihought 54 "0,000 had boon expended In making her lendv fur set vice. Up clurgis that Major Arthur has cot the government a large sum because lie peislsled 111 commanding the Ml-i-souil, although he was densely Ignoi nnt of nautical affalis. Dillon deelaus that tho ship was not sen-wotthv when she lo'ft New York. A bond ot siiivev in del pd on her tli'.l. ho snvs, was a moie Inter. In iccoli sti noting tin Milp Major Aithui h.id elcitili il.vn.imos placed under and nun him i. The llie ainiaiatils was woithless. The i hit f englncei lepotted iliiectly to Aithur. Captain Dillon savs that a bnllei which had been con ilcmned for a lighter In New Yoik was put In the vessel and the Mlssoilil liLver made moie than ten knots in sol vice, though she made twelve and a half on her tilal tlip. Dillon also savs that the supoisliui tuie of the Misiiiul Is so pooi that if then had been a heavv sia tho two foiwaid holists would have been cir lled away. I'ndcr Major Arthur $1"0, OOU has been spent to make the vessel Into a model hospital ship, but Dillon sas todav she Is a mere shell and can not bo kept In .sailing condition. PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S CAR. Negroes of Omaha Piopose to Have It Restored. Omaha, Neb. Feb. IS. Tin Lincoln car. built at tho opening of the war, is to be placed by the illy of Omaha In a public building, If plans of Omaha col oi oil people do not mlscaii y. For many jiutH this cm lulls piece ot lallioad ti'tilpiueni has been occupying a vacant lot at the t'nion l'acllle vauls with other cast-oft tolling stock. The company bought the car sluutly after tho Lincoln fuuetnl and used It in the far west as a pay car, it being es pecially desiiablo for this put post, as it had within Its sides, concealed by up holsteilng and nrihogany, half-Inch hoik r plates. Tho.v wen placed theie as a piotectlmi to pi event I'leshlent Lincoln being shot while at the fionl, when he fieiiuntly went In this ai -moied tar. The glass was long since leinovpd and the windows ate botrdod uii. Tho steps have decajed and fallen nil and all tho line tiimmlngs have rotted awav. The negioes of Omaha piopo'-e to have the city louncll appiopiiite money to semio the car, have It lt stoied as nearly as possible to its up- pearance when I'icsldent Lincoln U'ed It, 'and place It in a i jbllc building in the city as u curiosity, Dr. M. O. Hick- etts the well-known coloiod doctoi, is behind tho plan. A monster petition has been piopared, but the negioes v.ant the sole honor ot the movement. Major Mooies Is a Civil wur veteran and looks upon tho pi. in with favor. The Fiiion I'acifie lias not Indicated what it will .ueept for the car. but the opinion is expie sed that it will bo donated to the dt. The old car his -i number of bullet holes and shell maiks on it. STATE SCHOOL FUND. Treasuier Beacom Completes Distil bution for Current Fiscal Ypar. Hurrisburg, Fu.,Feb. IS. State Treas uier Heacom has completed the distri bution of the school appropi latlon for the curient fiscal ear ending May "1 next. This Is thu flist time the school districts have been paid befoio Mai eh 1 since the appioprlatlon was Inci eased to $".,;oo,000. The state fiscal ofllcois estimate the statu levenues for 1100 at $12,121,44S "i0, nr about $0O,00O less than the leccipts for 1'.'3 Ml. Heacom savs if business condl- i lions continue as good for five war as they have the past eighteen months i the stale will be able under the ius i out leveniie law to meet it? oblicn- tlon". but that oven the piestnt cou- illtlons will not Justifv unv Incieisj l of appiopilatluns. IU' believes it would boa mistake to i hango the- pies c nt svstem of state tiitlnn It Ponn svlvanla. The l.ugi Ineieaso in the state loioniles tin p.st vein over th pli-vlmis twilve mouth ha e i n'ibl.il the nnto tioasuior to sittle piomptly all tin claims ugiiinsi the i omnion wealth VILL INVESTIGATE RAID. I Soldieis Taking Pnit in Distutbance at Folt BHss t0 Be punlshed, ,,, ., , ,, , ,, . i.i laso. i i'v i to is, i no torn- miinillng geneial of the department of Ti mis, at han Antonio, has ttlegiapheil oideis to C.tptain Loughbiuoiigh, iom mandlng at Fort Hllss, to not penult any soldieis to leave the gaulson until t Hither oideis, and to make provisions for tlio detention of all tonnected with out and impilson every soldier believed to have taken pait hi thu laid on the police station and the muider of Policeman Stewait. It Is thought that not less than ton nfgio soldiers uvj In tin paitv, which was undrr the lindeishlp of Cm poi.il Hull, who was killed. Captain Loughbmoiigh t of used to give any information us to what Is being done at the ga.rfson. fuitlnr than that ilgkl investigation Is In prog less Theto Is no unusual oNcltfinent In tho iliy. MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Young Woman Who Died in Pitts buig Was Minnie Horuilcle. Plttsbuig, Pa.. Feb. IS. The Miling wiuiian whoAi nivsteilous death oc culled in a Pen 11 avenue restiuuant Msterday was today Identified as Mil lie llornlltle, tho dauglUtr of Contiae tor August Hmnlkle, ot Mlllvale, a suo urli of this city. Tho father this af teuioon touk the lemains to his home. It Is said In police dicier, tonight that seveial .11 rests will bo inndo to mouow of pel sons who are supposed to have caused tho death dhectlv or Indirectly to what Is comeded bvall to be a muiikr. PROGRAMME OF THE WEEK IN CONGRESS ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO OUR INSULAR POSSESSIONS. Probabilities Aie That the Ha waiian BUI Will Be Debnted at Consideiable Length, and the Fuel to Ricnn Bill May Also Re ceive Attention in Senate and House The Question of a Tariff Will Be Difficult to Decide. Washington, Fob. K The attention of the simile thl.s wool; will bo given laig.'lv to the lelatlons of the United States to Its insular possessions. The bill piovldlng a fmm of government for the Hawaiian Islands has light Jt way and If it should be so foilunnti as to be tin, illy acted up ill befote the i lose of the week tl'.e Pilot to Hlcall bill under the agrccmi nt made by the Hopithlhnti c Ulcus la-t vveik will be Immtdlatclv taken up. The piobablll ties aie (hit thu Hawaiian bill will he debated at loiiskletable length mid that manv amendments will be offeied lo It. On this account, and because It may be made Iho basis of moie or leas general talk on tho polity to be put -sued towards tho now posyosslohs, i consideiable debate will be necessary to the final disposal of the bill. , All udmlt the urgency of legislation ' giving the Hawalians a government, but theie aie some points in which theie aie tadlcil differences of opin ion, and these will have to be fought out. The most Important of these Is , ns to whether tlio common 111 Intel -comic betwten the Unlttd States and the Islands shall b under a laiiff or ! under the free ttadu system allowe 1 between the states of the union. The bill piovldis for flee tid". but ,'ovoial senatms under the leadiishlp of Sen- alor Plitt, of Connecticut, an tanking an elfmt to senile i ulknl amendments in this tesp"ct. I Senator Cullom. in chin go of the bill, will be insisted, and he will he suppoited bv some IV'publlcar.s and ncuily all the peinouatb 111011111018 Pi.it llcally the samp fight will be madj on the Puerto Hlci'li bill. On Wednesday Pcnatur Lodge will deliver a ptepued speech on the Phil ippine sltuttlon. deillng with th" whole Insular question to an extent. Senator K nny ilo will ib liver a set ; poeeh on the Philippine ouostlon on Tuesday. it Is ipilte possible that the con ferencu lepoit on tho cmiencv will bo biought In duting iho week and if so tvciythlng else will be laid aside for Its conrldetatlon. A very shmt debit Is epicted over this report when made. The iliplr.inatlc nppinpi latlon bill may be lonsldned Ibis v.cok. In the House. The house tnmouovv will enter upor. the 1 onskieiation of the. Pn-nto Wean tariff bill and the debate upon it piomlses to be memotable in the hls toiy of this congress. The vital ques tion at Issue in tho bill is whether tlu tlau.-e of legis-lation providing for eqimlltv of import and excise taxes throughout TTnlted States Utiltory ex tends over the island of Puetlo Hlco. and In this If involved, pet Imps, the determination of the future status and gov eminent uf our new p i-ressions. Tho Hi publicans In fi imln-; the bill have proceeded upon llie theory that the constitution and its immunities do not extend over Puerto Hico. The Democrats aie solidly arrayed upin the other side and In committee, they were Joined by one Hepubllcan. Mr. McCall. Among the other Republicans who take the same view Is Mr. Little field, of M line, who succeeded tho lata Mt. Dlngley. He won his sputs In the debate on the Robot Is case and Is nljpulv considered one ot the inept powerful debaters in the house. The suppoit of thei two piominont men has raised some hopts In the opposi tion that they may be able to dote it the bill, although this hardly seems piobable .it this writing. Hoth sides are piepailng tor a roval struggle. Mr. Payne, th. floor leader of the major ity, will open in -I'ppmt of the bill. He will be followed by Mr. Hlohaidson, the mlnmlty lendei, Mi. Halley. of Texas, will clo for tho mlnniltv. Tho debate will cnntlniii thioughout the. week anil the Mite will be taken mi tlu following Monday. EFFORTS 0" REVIVAL. Basket Factoiy Obliged to Suspend Operations. Shaip-town, M., Feb. li. Owing to Iho lesult.s of a levlval which Is bel ig held heie at the Methodist chili 'l a huge basket lattery had to elo .e. down Fildny. Soon after S o'clock In tho mmnlug about thlity oung men em plojid In the factoiy became enthused with lellglous feivor and began to sing, pi ay and shout. The men at wmk In another depattment weie attraciel 10 tin scene. The owner of tho factoiv, who Is a pioininent Methodist, was called. He made no effort to control the girls, but told them to shout and icjoice and he would pay them as much for this as w 01 king. New s of theunexpc ctod demon stration spiead, and so many persons visited the faetoiy that work was biought completely to a standstill. Piobably TiOi persons visited the scene. Without stopping for foad or lest the set vices were continued until late in the afternoon, when tho peoplo went to their homes completely exhausted. A number of conversions vvetc made. Wisconsin Boomeis. Milwaukee, Feb. is A delegation of about irn) boomers, Including piomlncnt politicians from Tt.iclno, Wuuktshaw. Ton Ha Lao and other Wisconsin iltlis left Mllvvuukeo for WusHngton on a spe. tbil liitlu over tho Chicago, Mllwaukio and St. 1'aul load today. Tho ttaln was transferred to tho Pennsylvania sjstun at Chicago. Tho delegation will work hard to sccuro tho Democratic national convention for Milwaukee. Fighting the Mayas. CiiMicn. Mexico. Feb. K General llravos' torocs of government troops has diivcn back the Ma-a Indians and taken possi f son of sevci.il Important towns that vvero occupied by the irbols during tlio week. Tho country occupied by tho Mavas Is llttlo known nf In outsildo world. Its nuturul riches aro great. THE NEWS THIS MOUNLVli Weather Indications Today) FAIR; WARMER. 1 General Smith Afrlt.ni War News. General Wood's New Older In Cuba, Piiigrnmmo of Wuk In Concuss. Franco Has Another Scandal. 2 li in ralNol thf astern I'piiusvlvnnln, Financial and Commt-lclal. P. Local Interesting Sermon by Itov. Di. McLt oil. Opponents of the VI idiicl Did Not At tinil Public Meeting. 1 Hdltoilal. News and Comment. 5 Local Tho L ukaw.uina's Aunu il Llictlon. Mention of Some Mm of tho Until. 6 Local West Hcranton and Suburban. 7 Round About the Count v. S Local Llvo Industrial News. Sattllda's Cotllt News. ANTHRACITE COAL TRADE. Highest Rate of Wages Ever Paid in Valley. Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. is, The Li d ger in Its toal at tick tomoirow will say: The nntliiaclte ioal ttade presents pt.ictically nothing thut Is new. Tho companies aie marketing their output, but it is not as lurge as formerly, nor Is theie the demand that they would like to see. The weatner not having stimulated consumption, the trade in going along about as heietofote, and the smaller coals are being better tak en than tlu linger sizes. Priies aro pretty well maintained, and those con ditions aie expected to exist until spilng opens, when, lake navigation being lesumed, then will come natur ally a better movement wostwaid, as the upper hike potts will then be rather baie of coal. The continuing starch of bituminous Is promoting the use of antlitaelte in vailous localities for steam pioduclng. Tluough the ad- 'nurd basis of wages the atithiaelto Illinois In tho Pennsylvania mines tie now tecelvlng the highest late of wage? fm jeais, with Schuvlklll being cmi sldeiably lbovo. the 5J M b isis, rinl the Lehigh Valley coal company last wo.de announced a futthcr advance in the wages of Its mlneis of L per cent, mak ing the highest l.ite it has ever paiJ. CONFERENCE AT ALTOONA. Chief Aithur Meets the Pennsyl vania Engineers. Altoona, Feb. IS. Today 2W dile gatis loprosontlng th cnshuei' em ploved by the Peiwsv'vanlu Itallioad I company In Its entile sy-tepi. met lieie and held a stciot confi renco to ad lust gil'vances over wages, A session was held in Odd Follows' hill this atternoon mid another tonight. Bath were attended by Oinntl Chief P. M Aithui, of the Uiothcilioud of Locomo tive lbiBlnoi!j. The rvLiv.'inpi") o'i sist pilncipally ovtr the big engines recentlv Inticduccd 0.1 the Pennsyl vania 1 ailroad. Hnglneers claim they lequiie more woik and that the men who 11111 them shoifld have moie pay. The delegates wou eloe-moutbed about the lonfcroneo and would give nothing out ftv publication. The ac tion of the confoiente will be submit I ted to the national lodge for unifica tion. lii'ind Chief Aithur will leave for thel west tomouow. $450,000 FOR AFFECTIONS. Two Young Wotnen Sue Millionaiie Strong for Breach of Promise. Coloiado Springs. Cok,, Feb. lv Samuel Stiong. the lnllllonane piesl- dent of tho Five '""olnagr (told Mining company, of Cilpplo Cieek has bon sued for In each of p'iriisj by two young women, whu affooilons. ttnv say. have. l-in lamagid in tin aggie gate !4".i00i v irMi, rifonc; was 111 u 1 l"d on rebiu"y C to Miss H'g.na Ntvllle, tho belle of Aiti.i.m, tho "ap 1t.il of the Bull Hill :oi,on of Ciipplu 1 Cieek. A'l ur.invitea suest was an ofllcor who, Immediately after tho eoiemony. suved pipeis In a mit for J.'SO.Oafl tl images bioiulit by Miss 'Vane-, of tho cltv of linldflild, ne-ar bj. Yostotday Miss Neillo Lewis, bite of Cilpplo Cieek, biought suit fo.' ffjnfiooo diinviRes. She .iHegod thu in August, l&'S, she ,n comp tilled defen dant to New Voik cltv .111 a tontiact to 111.1115 hi m on nulv nl. The niar liage did not otiur, Litir ho sent h'r and hoi idsteis to pas.idi 11a, Cal., wheie she was awaltim," hlr aulval when she learned of his mniilag-. ARRESTED AS POISONER. Dan Smith, a Fnimer, Is Accused of Seiious Crime. Fiedeilck, Mil., Feb. lv Dan Smith, a f.irmoi of Wolvesvllle. Fiedeilcl; county, was auested today, ihaiged vltli causing the iKatli ot his wife, Maiy Smith, by admlnisteilng poison to her. Tlio woman, who was sixty five yeuis of age, died Wednesday night. Smith, who is thi 00 veurs her senior, it is said, had fieiiuent quar 1 els with his wife. It Is stated that on Wednesday Mrs. Smith ate heattllv of a pudding for dinner. She then went to visit her daughter, u Mis. Case, who lives neurby. Soon nflet auivlng them she was taken sick. She told Mis, Case obout tho pudding and lemembeied that her husband had not eaten of It. The authorities begun an investiga tion, which resulted In tho an est of Smith today. When brought to Jail to day, Smith, who Is stiupod with age, wept bltteily, but claimed to bo Inno cent of the eilme. He will huve a heal ing Tuesday. The body of Mis. Smith will be exhumed, -' Steel Plant for Mnxico. MonlPiev Mi Feb. IS An Amerlian sinlliiiin with a capital of Jlfl.dW.Ow) will immediately begin tho constiuctlon of n great steel plant In lids city. An abund ance ot hlgli guide iron 010 and coil nto within easy shipping distant c. It will glvn employment to about t.OOO men. Hev end American capitalists In Monteroy uro huivy stockholders In tho enterprise. Sat ah Porter Dead, ' Hartfoid, Conn, Feb. IS -Miss Sarah Porter, head of a famous school in l'arm Ington, and sister of tho 1 ito Noah Pnr. ter, died today, aged f3. blio established her school about fifty jeais ugo. SENSATION CREATED BY WOOD'S ORDER Many Cubans Have No Faith in Our Promises, POLITICIANS IMPATIENT The Cuba Libra Claims That It Is Meely a Trick in tho Interest of Prolonging Ameilcan Occupation of the Island The Spaniards Aro Anxious and Have Little Faith in the New Government. Santiago He Cuba. Feb. IS. Oovol noi lioneial Wood's general orders, Fpeolfylng tlio iiroiogatlvc of mill tiny conimatidei.s and civil governors, nip pleating a sensation here. The ptoFS, with tho oNceptioti of the viol ently patllr.in lotal Cuban organisa tions, comments f notably upon the measure, saying that they indicate an honest effoit In the Intervening gov ernment to fulllll Its promises. The Cuban Libre, which is antagonistic, to tho governor geneial. rays the gon eial's ordois an "merely a trick to piolong thi. Aiuciican ouupatlon." The piovlslon Uansfonliiff publlj wmks to tlio civil depaitnitnt un April 1 causes nlaun among many Amctican employes, as they opeet dismissal when the tianslor Is made. The manageis of Amuilcan and for eign business ontoipttsts aie also sumevvhat coneoined, as they have no eonlldence In the coming Cuban nd mlnlstiatlon of public nffahf. Tin Spaniards, who contio'. thf principal busincfs undoi takings heie, are pai ticulaily anxious. As public hnptiivomints will for some time bo tho pilurlp.il source of business, the Spaniards expect but little patronage under a Cuban admin istration. The civil governor, Castillo, 1 pays he w'll lo-opeiato with the mili tia y .icVfArltks, but thousands of Cuban politicians confidently expect lecognltion when tlio transfer is made MAY BE THOMAS R0G-AN. Man Killed at Pittston Last Satur day Afternoon. A man believed to hitve been Thomas Itognu, of Ol pliant, while walking along the Lehigh Valley tracks near Pittston on Saluidav afternoon about l.:'.u o't lock was stunk by a gravel train and Instantly killed, tho body being fiightfully mangled. Itogan left his home In Ol pliant on Situiday motning under voiy peculiar clrc umstatues. He was stiff ei ins from what was supposed to he typhoid fever and bioke away fiom his attendants. They endeavored to stop him, but bo managed to elude them and nothing had been heaid of him up to last night when his biothei heaid of the incident ut Pittston. The de-i ilptlon tallying. 1 even to tho coloi 01 the clothes, almost 'exactly. It Is veiv piobable that the 1 man killed at Pittston was Hog.m. The latter was powerfully built, weighing l'.iO pounds; was "Jl p.us old and unmarried. He had bpun 11 sol dier In the tegular ai my fo several eais, and. ills team of set vice explilng just at the outlneak of tho Spanish Ameilcan wai. he ic-enllsted and served with the Thiitienth itgulais In Cuba under Colonel and aftoi wauls 1 Gem lal Kent. 1 He was soilously wounded in thi fighting 111 ni'id Santiago, b i , shot 1 in Hit b.n's of the neck, the ball jilit glazing the spinal coul, Ft an this wound hi.iln tovei Is thought to have developed fioin the lever. Tlu man who was killed at Pittstoi was notk ed acting stiangely 1 few miles fin titer down the ti.uk. Tins be.us out the themv that it was Ito gan. His In other John w III go to Pitts ton this mniulng fm the pin pus of identifying the lemains. Baiber Shop Rifled. Between 10 and 11 o'clock esteulay 11101 nlng the bather shop of FJ. J. Mil lion, at 11." Penn avenue, was bioken Into and tubbed of $' or $10 In t is.i mid ptveial i.izois. The thieves weie not .ippuhended. m Early Morning Fiie. Flu broke out in Mai tin Uiuau'd jewelry stou. on West Market stieet, near Wayne avenue, at 2 30 o'clock thli morning and consideiable damage vvaa done before it was got undei coutiol. Killed by the Cais. Wllkes-Huiio. Feb. is. Walter Culsho. ol Nantlioko, was nm down by a Penn s)lvanla passenger ti.itit while ciusng ,i bridge Satuidiiy evtnlug He thought ho muld gel over tho bridge beforo thu tiain reached It. Tlio man's body was found Imbedded In the machinery of tho locomotlvo and It took some tlmo to ex t ilea to It. Ho died a shmt time, after being taken out Steamship Anlvnlb. New York. Feb. IS. At rived: La Tau rine, Havre; Astoria, (llasguw; Phoenicia, Hamburg: 81. Louis, Southampton. Qii"cnstown Sailed: Covlc, trom Hv ex pool, New York. f -" ""- WEATHER FORECAST. Wahhlngton, Feb. 1!, Forcc.tirt for Monday: For eastern Ffnnsyl- vanl.i, fair and warmer Slonday: Incie.islng cloudiness nnd maimer Tuesday: light westerly winds. sttttttttttt-tttti-ttt. 1
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers