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SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MOMMNG, FEBRUARY 26, 1900.
TWO CENTS.
BOERS POSITION
NOW HOPELESS
British Guns Dominate
Sloping Ascents from
Ail Sides.
3R0NJE WOULD SURRENDER
But Is Ovciboine by the Young
Bool's fiom the Tinnsvaal Oencial
Robeits Offeis to Allow Women and
Children to Pass Out fiom Boer
Lines to Places of Safety, but the
Offer Is Rejected Eveiy Shrap
nel Shell Finds a Victim and the
Boci Foice Must Sunender 01 Be
Annihilated.
P i.n di beig, Dian'o Kiee State, P b
S' itenei.il fioni ''s position Is moie
hopeli s tli.iu pn. Oui guns doiiiln
nte tbt sloiing asents fiom the liver
on nil sides and bv the lush of the
shiopshlios mi Wednesday night up the
1 1 t-1 licil the Koeih lost 200 aids space.
In tin it com".
I)es"iteis i the Hiltlsh file has
been M'iy deadl and ulllr that flen
fial Cionje himself Is willing to sill -itiidoi,
hut Is ox ci borne by the young
Hoc i fiom the Tr.msMiul.
Thete .lie women ind chlldieu with
the ISoei force. Ocneral Hobnts pro
posed to lei them piss out of danger,
but this suggestion, as well as ihe
proffci of mediation, has been lejected.
The kopje e an led by the Hiitish last
Wednesday when fifty pilsoneis wno
taken, Is a most Important Miategleal
position Its possession enables us to
li'pulsc .an liocr lelnfoiiements fiom
the e .ihtwaul.
London. Feb. 2."i Tho war ofllce pub
lished the following despatch from
I.oid Itoberts:
"P.iaide biTg, Pol) "i P.ilties of
Poors ice tntlv .ii i hod fiom Natal -it-t.uked
our outposts In foico again es.
teid.n. They lost a good m.inv killed
and woundeel mil neirl 100 piUnneis,
liiiludlug a e omm imlant and thicss
tit Id toinctx. Oui easuultles weie lout
olhccis wounded, nine men killed,
twcnt-tlne e men wounded, two men
mlshing. On Peb "1 and "2 one ollleer
and thirteen men weie wounded. Sl
men were wounded tfeterda b hol
low -nostd Mausei bulb ts. Tho nlcKel
i ise is silt with tour slits,, making the
piojcctile of the most iu,inshi and
tUstiuctlve natuie possible. A wound
i il Hooi brought to our hospital had
ilt ot thtse bulleth In bis liotkets.
Dining the ichaiitf to and in Klm-
lii'ilov tho t'.isu lltle.s weie: Olllctis,
tuo Ulllod, thlitien wounded, nun
lout killed si t nt-sK wounded Clht'
iiIHppis' tasuiltlis hud piexlouslv btcn
Kixirted).
Fouith Day ot the Fight.
Paaidcdiiiig. Oiange Piep Stalo,
AVedneselu.x, lVb SI.- The fmi'.th il.iv
of Oenei.il fioi-Je's line defense opniod
in stiulliig fashion Soon afte i ei.iwn
a most teiulli initio ot lllle tile lnoKo.
waking tTio hltopliu, camp It was the
lie.ulist file eliuing' the war and all
awaited with foicbodlnj, the newHof itj
tllnt.
H soon ilcMdopcd that the tilouei i
teis and los had lost their w.i and,
hid lihouteil In e nor, close to the Poor'
l.iaRii on tho noith Mile of the ilui.
.s soon as they wpio piroelved by tha
luemy the litter fuslladcd. AVondei
lul to tell the Hiltlsh casualties wore
p.actlcallj none.
Theio was cbsuitoiy tiling all d iv
long on both the noith and fcouth
b.ink. Central KnoxV bilgadc. liold
ing and pushing foiw'.ud the line south
of the ihcr, while Gcneial Smith
Dorrlen on the ninth side, walked to
wird tho laagci. Meanwhile General
French achancpd, In n far i isteily di
lectlin, neai u kopje in Id by a strong
foice of Cionles men, ulnfoiced by n
l.ady.smlth pcntlupont. At the e imo
tlmo Oencral Hioadwood's biigade.
with a battalion of hois,e nitlllery, took
up positions to the lett and ip.u of
tho siiup kopje.
The front of the hill was thoioughly
hearched by a raking Hip. Suddenly
the lJneis bolted fiom cvuj fide to
wards fieneial Pieneh. who headed to
waid the dilft, shelling i,jntousy. A
grout number escaped but iwi'ij weie
kllleil by tiliinputl, ami about fotty
xvere captured.
As toon as the kopje was emeu iteil
this correspondent lslted It. The po
sition was fouiul to b? wondei fully
strong and to fonn tin uvl Ue.e to tin
position In tho cjto of d-f( use agilust
Hoer lelntortement.s aehanclng fiom.
the cast.
Our (list contact with the- Lidyamlth
Hoors w.vs slngulaily uiifnitunute for
them. A gie.it dial of foiagp, pienls.
Ions and eetulpmc'nt was c iptured and
the kopjo was fipciuently dotted x.l'h
blood, showing, that many voundtd
had been removed.
The Boer method of rmoln(; thou
dead Is to tin a couple of 'lues to the
bodies, xhlch aie thus diagged (,rr iy
two horsemen at full gallop.
Foolhardy Transvaaleis.
There wpre boxcral pouipailni, tudav
on tho subject of a shoit aimlsthc, it
seems thut Clenual Cronje lb willing
to surrender, but that the oung Tians.
aalers refuse. Tho other beleagueied
Hoers aie anxious to glvo up.
A Hrltlsh doctoi, who lslted thp
Boer lines to see the wounded, foun 1
the. trenches along the lhei full of
wounded and saw many dead.
A deserter who came Into (amp last
night sajs'that esteiday's bombatd
inent was appalling In Its effects, es
pecially In the ose of the howlUeis
battery enfilading tho iher.
The jiosltlou today Is practlcallx the
wine, Tho Hoeis aie strengthening
their entrenchments aiound tho laager,
but the case Js hopeless, The charac-
tor of the kopje todnv bus eh on the
Htltlsh u splendid position and will pie-
t-iit ii Hooi i piloting lot lc loathing
Cionje,
Hxeij bndvadmlips tin- splendid stand
of the butghus. but fumi it humanl
tin Ian point of lew It Is eonsldorc 1
tlir.t fin t lit t resistance on tho putt of
(f tmitil ('intil. will hi. i rlmlnnl
Ihei.x sliinptitl Khell llnds a xlotltn. I
'mil tiiiR"-n a miracle ocluis his force
must lie whud out or captured. The
o.meii.Miltlstenlbletocouto.iiplite.
but, although It would leiiulie a few I
ilJJi, It would bo east, to nicouiplMi.
Today 1.UI d Unbelts sent Gelutil
Cionje an ofier of a safe conduct for
the women and chlldieu, togcthoi wltli
a f u e puss to any point foi them, and
also an ntlti of doctois and niedh Ire
'ioiip'h lepl.x was a nut icfusal, and
iff xultiii v shelling was ltsunicd.
Advance of Shropshircs.
Shelling continued dining the eulv
putt ol 1 ist n'ght As soon as th" 1 ist
gnu wax filed the Shiopsbln s, who ha '
net n oicupxmg mo lier bed hiiilv
Kiiinl.iy, lushtd forwaid. seized an ad- i
dltlonal L'01 vaids of noim gioiind '
and entrenched a flesh position before
du bieuk At dawn Oenriil Cioiijc i
lound hlmclf docked that amount of
space. The hlm.rhlris had done es-
(client woik undi'i a Killing ilio slm i
Sundax, and thc weie itllet-d bv th
Gonlons tod "V.
The exehango of positions had Its
amusing lc.ituns In spite of the dan
g'l. The Cordons ci.iwled on their I
stoimchs to tho tienehcs, and tho I
Shtopshlles oiept out of thctp bv ,ic-
tuallv leaihlng met the (Ionium
Tho seen" ol the last lixe dues" fight
ing Is one of the prettlc H spots In
South Afihu. The ihei. at the point
whete General Cionje Is entrenched
and lighting for life use rubles sonm
puts of the Hudson ihci, the sround
all mound slojilng towatd' the stteam
All the highlands aie coxeied by Hilt
lsh nrtlllciy. Cronje Is fared In the
front and ipu fiom both banks by th
Htllish, while C.enei il Tionch's hois
fir awav on the (links, iitxents a
mdden Intusli of Hoc l s
Dm lug tho nttllleiv tiling ln-t tven
Inc the iniihs ot the t'lt,ht-so(on 1
fiitterj, which had lein.ilnttl hitched
to the ran luges, st.delonlx st impede 1
and galloped off enm.isso, but tod iy
the,- wagons with one exception woi
lOdlMlOd.
Pilsoneis Taken.
Gcnci.il KiPiich In; sent In eentv
flo piloneis. Itiillsh pallid, clgiit
miles to the west dlscoxeied thlitv
Hoeis w.indeilng aw iv and roiial-d
them. Alieldy this foieo has ciptuiPd
4f0 of the enei.n, v hllc nnnv eh a I
Hoeis hip been een
The Hrei pilsoneis ne .ill ilppnssl
at the pi r sent eoiiiso ol vtlu- wai mil
thev iiimninit blttoih upon (Jen l.il
Clonjc's pi isistenee, whlih Uiev e.ilt
"millde i."
Tod i a Geiimin iinbulunio at
tached to the Pool ton is w is iipiwi 1
to ti ieiso the Hiillsh 11m s In front
ot .larobsdul
Quantities of cuttle, sheep and tu'k
oe n Ii.im- be en i iptuioci while w in
duing fiom the lioei In.igei.
PianliUeig Pi Id iv, Feb 'J1 Th 1
Hiltlsh are giaduullv i lohm in on
Ot npi.il Cionjp fium all s(i s nnd m ik
in his position nienp linp'issible thin
o or
Iuiing th toiiise of last night the
Hiltlsh nitllleiv pouted in 'cmiiI
iiiunds Theie wis n ten ible r ilr and
tjiunder storm e uly in the ixoning
Thp Canadians were hnxilv engigp
in Siiud,i,'s fight, Ichixliig most gal
lanth. Piisoneis at Cape Town.
Cape Town. Suture! ly, Feb 24. With
in the last few das two bundled prlh
oners hae uiihecl hetp and prepara
tions are being undo to lecphp laige
numbeis. Pitt nflliPi" rnd men have
been dispatched to Waltlsch Hay.wheip
it is reported that the Hoei munitions
aip being landed It is stated tint
about fifty per cent, of the (list fho
squadrons of Hiabants hai taken
theli illi liaises, haxlng lotnplcttd
theli engagenipnt foi thiee months.
Vniious icasons mo len.
Scouts Compelled to Retiie.
Steikstioom, Suiidin, Feb. J" A io.
connalssinco pstenhi. In l'oiee undtr
(Suiieiiil Gaticie.with tight guns, foun 1
the Hot is oenipelng a ildge thico
miles beyond Moltno In the Stoimbetg
dim Hon.
Montinoioncy scouts ehaiged the
Hoeis, who eiept lound the stouts'
Hank, iiouilng In a deidlj Hie. The
scouts wen 1lnull eompelled to letlte.
haxlng lost hcaxllv. Fouiteen aie mM
ing. Captain Moutmoiene waskllltel.
Balloon Discaveiies.
Paal debut g, Satuidaj. rob, J I, Th'
Hilthh took clglu pilsoneis as tho
lesult of otore'u'i engagement A
bnlloon ascended in lii(ionii sev
enl woik, which iiie Hiltlsh guns
shelled toda.v.
Cionje Has Good Covei.
tiondon, IVb. Jii 'Ihe Times pub.
llshes the follow In,? lioni Paatdebei.
dated Wednesday. "Gentuil Cionj -'s
foite hae good ioei fioni the HiltWh
aitllleiy Hip and liae (onsldeiable
stoics of pioxislons,
Kiuger Uiged to Sue foi Peace.
London, Feb. 2"i The Louieusjo Mai
ciie. correspondent of the Tlnus sas:
"The feeling In olllc lal clirles at 1'ie
torla Is all consternation. Oeneiul
I.ouis liothu and President Ston aie
both inglng Piesldent Kiuget to sue
for peace. At Hlooinfonteln, Geneial
Cionje's position Is regaided as hope
less." Very Seveie Fighting Expected.
London, Feb. SO. Thu' Times pub.
HhIic'h the following' dispatch fiom Co
lenso, dated Satuiday: "The Hiltlsh
aie now within two miles of being In
touch with l.udysmlth! but tho ground
still to lip coM'ied Is tho baldest pait
and eiy severe) lighting must be ex
pected." Captain Montmniency Killed.
StPikstiooni, i"ob 2" Onei il Qat-
H'ontlnuid on Puju J
BIG STEAMSHIP
GOES ASHORE
THE CALIFORNIAN WRECKED
NEAR PORTLAND.
All Passengers Aie Safe, Though
Still on Boaid tho Vessel It Is
Valued at S3,000,000, and Cargo
at $'300,000 The Passengers to Ce
Removed Today.
Port land. Mo., Tob. 23 The IIk Al
lan II in- steamship Callfoinl.ui, which
"ll ml uncK at- miuiiigiii, worn usnoie
on Hum Island ledge, Just outside ol ,
the hniboi. .1 feu mlnutis .iitei hoi .
the hniboi. .1 few minutes attei hoi
,1(lt ,lf h , , ,. A ,
, ,
I'.i-HiiKeis me mi,, uminugn llll
ahoud Mo.t of the local s, atai In,; ,
lllon aie of tho opinion tint the locs
huxo ptiietiuted the bottom of the v.-s.
lHlietl.Uid tile bottom of the es.
el In pei.il pi u is, and tl doubt
mm tiilli.li If she can be intil 'I he
ossi.l i alind at Oniii.nnfi, the i.i'gn
at J.-onono Theie ari. sl i.iblus, tl c
Inttrmedl ite and ten stieiige p n-sen-Ktrs,
b(hlfs i new of sevcnu-lhe
m,,n
The cabin pi-spngpis ,u Mi mid
Mis. H.itton, Motitii..il, Jli and Mm.
Wilson, Toi onto; Mis Hullej u-
tuwu, and Mi. Hiowell lNnulmult,
jj c
' , , , ,
' he I'-engnswlll piolnbh . t.U.u
u lomouow moiuing wiuioiit iiung- i.
and If the sea lie smooth the wmk of
lemoWng the cargo will bo ooni
meni eel
The Callfomlan was bound foi (II is.
giw b wa of Halifax. Captain l.e
loud savs the cabin Is full of atei th
llics nro pxtlngulshed, iheie Is a hen v
sea and tile passengers aie pel fee th
sife Met cargo consists of gialn
meats and a goneiut c.ugo
COAL SHIPMENTS.
Heaviest Tonage in the Hibtoiy of
Trade Expected at Pittsbuig.
Plashing, Ha, Feb J". It Is learned
fiom an olllc lal of the Flushing Co U
coinptnj, ino toe n e oiiiuination, tint
like shipments will commence much
oil lit! this serisun than last; In t.-et,
u innge incuts hae been ptiftittd to i
begin .shipments soon Last e.u the
seisiiu was not opt ncd until May 1 and
as a result coil men could not 111! m-di-ib
for about &00 Ono tons because of
the short season Ore snippets, it Is j
learned also hn o ai i.ini'cd for an eirlv
opening and epi i t to stait shlpnn nts
bj Apill ir,
Hoth coil and oio- men expect the
heixltst tontMe in theli hlstoix this
M'.u, with top-notch piltts The null
tonnnge last eu of the Pittsbuig ills- )
tiki was 1C IMO 000 tons This .en It i
will be lucre is, d to JO Ofin ono tons, 7,- 1
iiOfMiou ot wide h will fco to the likes I
Tho toil eoniblti uiolis, it Is nt.it 1,1
h.ixo thiip-Mj.il eoiUi.uts tot alini
Its eiHiio tiiunuge at pikes whbli will
ell iblo the opei Uilis tnpij w Igcs th It
Will plPMIIt hllikes li tin inlneis
BARGES RUN ASHORE.
Keystone and Otto on the Bleaker
Rock at Boston Light.
Ho-ton, Feb. '-'I The bilges Kev
stone and Otto, of the Philadelphia and
Ite nliiig roinpans, while Inuaid bound
tiom Phlladeli hl.i foi Huston with coel,
in tow of the tug Oiinnsbing, iau
ashoit on Hipal.tr lock, Host on light,
this moiuing, and the Ki stone will
luobalilj lie a total loss with licrcaio
ol l,ri00 tons of i o il. Tho ri tws of both
bilges, i (insisting ot roui mm t.nh,
wero saved
The Ko.vstonP, It is bpliened, will go
to pieces The Otto tan pmbably bu
s.i i d.
THE COAL FAMINE.
Aitlficial Coal From Peat is Being
Made in Germany.
Hoilln. Feb 2".. -Ill-pints of th"
weakening In lion pikes in the I'nlttd
States ( heck spec illation In he n sinus,
although domestic i audition" lu-tlfv
the gioatest eoulldpnte. The tninaios
burnetii mly (oxc-icd theins-ehes foi
1000 at the Ineieaseel pike. These facts
aie Inteipitttd by the trade as gnat
nnttelng the longtxltv of the boom.
Tht coal famine contlnuues, and ni
tllici il mat limn plat Is belnt, nuiele
it Kiel and M innheliii. TIip Wt-st-phallan
coal sxndleato ueknowlodgt tl
its Inability to nitpt th" domands mail
upon it, but tefuses to i.iIm pilcps of
the coal and . mis middlemen again it
lalslng them.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
cult-go lob .'-. -in A It Wilfcht.
of Hiinulo, .S Y , is ek id lit tit Joseph s
liospltul ill I'hliai'o Hi uulxetl In it
'Ihillsdix to i (insult Hi Nle bolus St lilt
about his Illness, .xttn ente ilni, the bos.
pltlll 111. Wllhllt IjIIhI to I.lllx beellllst
ol bin ui'e. "1 xr.trs 111. W'llght won
one of the toil most hoiueon llllie phx si-
e bins of Aintik i lb win- born ul Cn.xx
liud N In Oetobt-i h.1. ami nittrtd
the Itilltulo Mi dlt id collcgt hi KJ Attei
Modimtloii lie cm ut to India ami China
and strxtd us a siiimoii on a steanui tm
two i JIS
Nt xx pen l Ntxxs 'u Fib J"i I.xe uigut
l.ulllli ot Chiiuho, tht wt tlthx 1.1.U
powdei mumil.ieliiii i ilittl iiiduj lint -ptit'-illx
ul the e hunibiil iln hotel, Old
Point Coiiiliiit lit unlxol Iioiii i "hi
iakii kii il d.txx at," Mi I.ulilu was
ono ol tlie piluelpul slut khtildi is In tin
llaniptou Holds' hotel, oxxntis of I lit
l humlii l lain hoti I,
I)iliiii, O, Fib 2" Hex. Hdxxutit Low
au, t ill! tn ot the (lei mull pnlodkals of
the Fnltt el Hrctlinn ihurch, and toi
inoio than loitx xcars u prohibit nt mill
istd hi tlie di nonilniulun, Is deud, uu the
result of a iiipturo of u blood xessel In
his bt.ilu, occ.isloned bx a p.noxxsm of
riiili'lilug, lie hud dl ilge of the hiIm-Iuii-nrx
xvoik In Gei many for a numbei of
jeaiK and oicupled pulpits In Clexelund,
Tob tlo, Cincinnati and oilier cities.
New York, Fob 23 Geoige Work, tho
clubman unci plccon stint, died locldy at
Dofixts Plaits, bwltzerhincl, of consump
tion, aged 1.' fuis. Ho InuJ tho urn i
ti ui pigeon shooting recoid, huxlng killed
'(S out of too birds In a miitth against
HrexMi, a profesiilomil, His icpututluil
as ii xving slim xxas iuteiiiitloii.il, he
huxlng taken putt In c ontests hi Huglaud,
Fiuiku and Monte CutfeT
FIRE NEAR PARIS.
Two Millian Fiancs Dosttoyed by
the Flames.
Pails, Feb J'". As thi' result of a
flic tint bioko out this mottling at
St. On n. ti sttbuib of Pails, In ti col
lettlon of uluihol and oil stoies, u stiles
of explosions oe cm i ed, sptc.idlng the
Ilium's until a block of Immense wute-
llOUsps WHS IllXlllXcd 111 l bilge COI1-
llugiutloii.
A gieut concouiso of spt-Uutois had
assembled and had appioaehed too
ni'ir, when suddenly and unexpectedly
the explosion (iLtuiied. A huge nuni
be i nt people, IntUielllig sonu firemen,
xxeio niol o ot less Itijutcd.
Thi) olllelul tonipututlon shows that
110 wue. hint, (piltp u number of them
sttloiislx. The los Is estimated .it
nmnoi) riant -
The liloik of w.utlunisew was almost
Mil loiinded hi iinocc uplt d gunnel, eixoi
wliUh th bin nlng ah ohol spio.id whtn
.1... I. ..I, .11.. .. . ..It ...J..l .-.II..1. I... iluii
. ill.' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .: i. ii i Lirii. i -ci 1 1 1 t . .11-mi.
i ,, ,,, .,,,i M1,li.w , nnstormv-
tlm thioiighoul the dltiliW. PeoiAO
Hi the iui lllmr-, In gall lemming tliell
ll"""l i no s,,i., a, ,K ,,,,-, ,,,,,.
peitii llie 'Mils hi iiio me linguae .x
liuiubii ol en,'lti swiieKHiit fiom Pails
to .issi-t A di tin hni"iit of s,,deis
aided the tluinni In emptxtng the nd
J it nt limit i s or tuinituio mid the nni
bul mi ts inn busv In ecrnlug Ictlnis
I lo tin nelghbiii tu hospital.
, I'oitilliutt l, tin limit did not UM(!l
the Immeiist i.tiloi ot pietioleum.
I , .
I FOUGHT AS THEY RACED
Ctews of Rival River Packets on the
Ohio Engage in a Lively Row.
Put koi shin g, Va Fob .'.Ihe
Ohio ilni p u kt ts Vullie Hello mid
IIMam Duff' nH'iiIed -Vial's ktl mil,
foui miles alinii' hole, at noon es!oi
d i .ilmnst tog"tliPi. As sunn ,m tin.
u it In d thai watti thi' begin a l-r-oious
i. no fin the Pmi Itersbius whut
boat, eieh etttlnc; ovciy eneigj to
ltfih hei II "t Foi about two boms
thee i.in sii b side lboilt twoi'.X
lull s ajiait This so excltod the in .c
tint the left theli duties ind ciow.l-i
ti the gin' 1-inlls Thieats ueip fol
low vl b the di iwlng of ieMiheis mil
out Vullex Mtlle man bee mup ',, ui
i iged that he Hirl at the stokers on
tlie Dull. nn-'-Ing one of them but a
few' inches A deck hand on the l)utt
attempted to tluow an axe at the bull
et of the Hello fot the purpose of dis
abling hoi
The tight kept up until the bouts
le idled the Hiltlmoio and Ohio ratl
in id biltlgo, when the Duffy drew away
Horn liei opponent. Though she
leached the wh nf boat first, she stiuek
wltli such foice that she was disabled.
Legal ai thin will be taken In tho m'
tei in the United States tomt on Mou
di. Ihe lhes of the pisseiujeis on
nun id we io linnet IUpiI
MENELIK IN PACIFIC MOOD,
No
Intention of a Hostile
Move
Towaid the Nile.
Muiseilht, ivi, .- Hen llg, King
Menellk's chief e ounscllor, nnhed fiom
Abxs'inli today. He will pass n eit
in Huiope, dining whlth he Intend'-,to
xKit Piemler Waklonk-Houssuu mid
M Utltusse, ministei of foicign at
t all s.
In in ItitiMlew lien llg slid King
Mtiullk's Intentions wne most pac ltlo,
and he desit.il to lieo at none with all
nelghbiiilngpoweis lliny fiontloi In-
c hit nt touching ltuh oi Fgept. he do-
(Kited. Ind cither be m stltled oi was
on the wax to n fi icndh' ai laliupmeiit.
King Mom UK hoot d to xlslt the expo
bitlun The fou going statement dls)ioses of
tin sens itkmal stotics published in cet -tain
neuspippIS to the ettcct tint
Me tie Ilk xx is Inclined to tike adx.int
tge ol (licit Hiltalns ditlie tilths in
South Afiha to make a moxe towaid
the Xlle.
ANTHRACITE COAL TRADE.
Pi ices Aie Well Maintained, with
.. .
Better Business.
I'lilludelphla. Pa, Feb. 2'i The
Ledgti In Its eoal uitkle totnorinw
win sax:
The anthtaeitt coal u idt- is piactic
allj without featuie. The s axin gut-s
along with about the usual demand,
xxhlth the i iimp inles are abundantly
libit- to fill, and while then- aie inlet
told spells, the compiiatho mildness
,i,.,rtu i.i.. l..I.x.l tin.. IiIli llnnn ,V...
l-'i "in- ,ii, r t i"iir itii.'.'vt .,iwu i,ii-
stocks on hind Prices .,ro well main-
trlned. and this, with the betten bus-
ntss and gt nt-ially good outlook, en
couiages the antlu.iclte compiiiles In
the seeuilty niaiket. Huxlng little to
repent on these uui hanging conditions
tin nnthiadtf tiude Is ilieeiful, but
substantl illy without news.
CONDITION OF MRS. SARTORIS.
Physicians State That No Cancer
Has Existed.
Xew Yoik. Feb .''.The following
statenunt itintixe io tne condition of
Mrs. Giant Sat toils was ghen out to-
dux bx the attending phx sic Kins;
".Mis, Giant bat ten Is Is now tonxal
estlug tiom an opeiution and xxlll be
about in a few duxs On iiccouul of
publk statements that hei mattei xxas
caiuer, xe state that attei tho opciu-
Mion then Is no ex Idc in f that cmtel
lias pmi existed.
Spotting Editor 111.
Clinlimnil. O Feb S.-ll.iuy Wellilun,
for twenty t.us the spm ting cdltoi of
the tliieiiiniiii HikiuIui. was stiickcu
Willi piuihsU teid i 'lilt stloke docs
not alleet the In ilu Up Is nitettl ton.
si loin but Is uuulilo to speuk. Ills gieat
i.' lL,ht, mi poind-.. Is souitwli.it iigiilmt
him, xet Ills ph Kb (in sues his diuiite.i
for ite oxt ix uu- good.
Meinoilal Set mon.
Washington, Feb. 23 Vl tho Mttic.poll
Inn .Mtthod.ht Hulitoii il tun , h totlax,
lib hup John .). I tin st ptputhet'i a tiitmor
lul ! riiioii at a soocl il sifk-o I eld In
h iii(i -ind lemt n biiiniu of Hlslioii John
(' Nt xx mnn. VolwIlliMiuidlnir the cold
tho uudltoilum x.us illlod to tho iliors.
I'li'-lilciit Mohlnk'j xmis an inteict-Ud
llllttllll
An -uciease in German Cavalry.
Heilln. Feb. s'-ln German mllltar
clrcks It is In 11pm d that tho ksons
taught by tho Hoer win will mako a
huge luci easei neccssaiy In tho Germun
e ax airy, anil xxlll also lead to a thorough
diaiiKo of rax ahy t.utks, eliminating
mut-seel chatgts, of xxhich Hmperor Wil
liam showtd hlim't'lf so fond at tho re
cent at my manoeuxt'is-
FORECAST OF THE
WEEKJNCONGRESS
SEATING OF SENATOR QUAY
WIL BE DISCUSSED.
Hawaiian Bill Remains the Unfin
ished Business, Suoject to Removal
at Any Time by the Quay Matter.
Senator Chandler Will Speak for
Mr. Quay Today and Senator Tur
ley in Opposition.
WnshliiRton, Fdi. ii The time of
the ennte dining the pi-sent week will
b illxlded between the questions of
the limine es, the go eminent pulkv to-
unitis cue ii'stiiui ptts'4lf'ltMls tiiiu tit
eating of Si nutoi cjuax upon tin nom
ination ot Ciineinoi Slum ol Pennsxl
xuula, Th" ll.iwullin 1 III lemnlns the mi
llnlsbttl buslnisM, suiilt't to iiiuoxul at
mix time be the (Juax millet.
I sm Hot Aldrh h bur ghni notit o
that ho will make a sp nil In explain
tloii ot the euiloiiex bill iiMemellt on
Wednosdux and tint be will (all It uti
thp next dux and then ask final action
'upon It. 'Ihe ipiiuii-t ur (ouisv will
lie nl to a spirited debate, to munv
slmip spt-Mits and to the flu il adop
tion of the icpoit bx pt.ir lualh th
snnie xoto bx which the bill eiilglnillx
' i assed th" senate The niattet in iv
be Ik foi the senate on sexoitl duxM.
' 'I hole will bo sextril s oeehes dm
Ilia tho wiek on th diiax it solution
mid thoie Is n lob ibllltx .1 i idling
o xoto on It tl e Iiitioi p n t of tl p xxeck.
St imtoi Ch.ind'.oi piol, ,M' will sjmk
lot Mt tjiinx Moudtix and Senitor
Tuil" in opposition Litet in th
W"p1 Senators Hoi' md Pmrose v 111
talk tot Mi. Qinv 'ind Seivitoi Hiii
lows In oppod'lon Aftt". this onh'
shott spt te lief will be lit u'ti. Senator
1'eniose sis he will mike an ettoit
t line tile discussion i ontlii"d to the
morning houis yn is not io Inttifei"
with othei qui stlonsbut If i disposi
tion to delax the xote should become
app.it ent he xx 111 then picss tho Qu.iv
niattPi Up counts upon a vote laf
In the xxcek mo sixs he ipeets a
hug i xoto than xx is i.ist In Mr.
iQuux's tixoi In takliit, the icsolutloii
up.
When the Hawaiian bill is xoted
upon the Puerto Hkun bill will hi
taken Sonutoi Dopew on Tuesdiv
xx ill spi ak oi the problems tPimettJd
xxlth thp Philippine Islinds.
In the House.
Washington, Fob. -'" The ex ent of
the week In the house of iepresnta
tixes will be the taking of a xote on
the Pun to Hie an bill. This has been
st t foi -' p in. on Tuesday, althougn
the dlffeiences xxhich haxo ailsen on
the bill max compel a uaiiangemi nt
of the piogramme. The. geneia' debate
on the measuio will tloo on Mundav,
and on Tutsdaj up to the hour of
xotlng the debate will plotted undci
the (ixe-mlnuto rule Hxti aordliiary in
terest attache to the outcome of this
siiujjglp. owing to the dltlPiPiicts xxhlth
liaxp ailsen on the Hepublkan side of
the (huinbii. It has been ananged
that tho debate shall piocepel Mondiy
night, but" this must glxe wax to thj
Hfpublliau ccinfeience, hen a fin il
ei'iott will be mide to leconclle the
dlffeiences and agiee upon a eonipio
' so bill,
1"'" the
Pioieduie
nst of the wpek no v,ut
has been ananged. except
Alabama contested election
I "lit 1 110
i rase oi Aldrlch xs Houulns xx ill be
I (onsideted as soon as the Pueito Rlcan
.
bill Is out of the xxay. This case in-
xoh(s iu(p eiucstlons and ghes the op-
portunitx foi that extended lunge of The biggest meeting or tla- d iy oe -debite
usuill excited by questions of cm red in theopira house it ! 3n o'clock
that natute. The nuny nppiopilntiot tin the afternoon A long list of speak
blll I, on the calendar and doubtless eis took place. At the -amc hour a.
will lecelxe consideration the latter
put of the xxeek
Owing to the extent of the army In
the Philippines, the appioprlatlons this
! 'Mr lr, " ' y, 'T'1 MT
on a geneial discussion of army af-
f , nn(1 tnP Philippines The Vn-
1 w.ilian bill and the Nicaragua bill are
, also waiting a lieu Ing, although It Is
not likely c ithor of them will lie taken
up tms xxeck.
Pueito Rlcan Bill.
I Washington, Feb 25 The effotts to
I unite the Hemibllcans In the Pueito
Rlcan bill haxe failed and at midnight,
after piolonged session, It was stated
i . ,,,in,. ..Uo.rt
i lna- -' "' --"' "-';
J" ""'p J"-teclB. Other efforts at
1 nnimonx iiiaj ut- main- h-hu-ih,".
I A long conference was held tonight
at the residence of Ropiesentuthe Mo
Call, ot Massachusetts, between the
committee appointed at the Republi
can confeienee i.ist night, repiesentlng
liie Republicans In fax or ot the pend
ing Pueito Rico tat iff bill, and a com
mittee ngieed upon today bx those op
posing tne nieiisuif. ihe latter com
mittee was made up of Mests. Powers,
o Voimont: Crumpet , ot Indiana;
Lumper, of Illinois; MtCall, ot Massa-
diusetts. and Llttlelleni, ot .Maine. tre
lllniliidiy to this meeting the opponents
lof tht- bill to tliu number of about tm
I bud assembled at Mr. MtClll's house
huil assembled at Mr. MtCall's house
during the afternoon and dctei mined
upon the stand thex would take and
upon their llxo it piesentutixes. .mi.
Weeks, ot Michigan, was among thoe
at the afternoon session, and he ic
inained with the committee of fho to
participate In tonight's meeting. Pro
positions pio and Pon xxeio mado by
..oth sides, but none of those made nn
behalf of the adxocntes of the pending
bill amounting to nn abandonment of
the piindplo of the measuie, viz: the
light of the United States to levy a
til Iff on goods or Impotts fiom Puerto
Rico, no ngieement would be leached.
It was suggested by opponents of the
pending bill that tho whole mattei be
left In the hands of the piesldent, with
tho understanding that Pueito Rko
should have free trade with the United
States, but this was objected to and
nothing camo of It. The opponents of
the committee bill also suggested that
tno oilglnal bill Intioduced by Mr.
Pane, and providing for free trade, bo
substituted on the tloor of tho house
for tho committee bill, but this liKe
wise failed to recelvo favorable con
nldeiatlon by tho advocates of tho
pending measure. Consldeiable talk
was Indulged In over the proposition
made by the committee bill advocates
to fix u tlmo limit, dutlng which time
the tariff of 23 per cent, against tho
ImpmtB of Puerto Rico shall remain
effective, this vaiylns from two jeara
THE M:VS THIS M011N1NU
Wtathtr lodlcitlom Todayi
FAIItj NOT SO COLD.
lleiurnl-Oinerul Cronje Still Holds
Out. , .
Fho Persons Meet Di itli on tho lc
high Valley.
Forecast of Wick In Congies".
Ociiui Stetimshlp Ashoie Oft tin Maine
Coust.
(Irncrfll Nortlipnsti m Petmsvlx aula.
Financial unci Commercial
Local Patriotic S'tmon bv Hex. 1!. A
ltox 1.
Situnlix's Court Proceedings.
Hdltorliil.
N't xx s md Comment
l.ocul-Fi'leciist ot School P.oird He-
OllXlllllZlltloll,
Xairow i:cnpe of Hnglneer rih.ifer.
I.oeiil-it Scrniiton and Sulilirban.
Hound About the Coimtx'.
l.eial l.lxe lndlitll il Niws
to an liick'tlnlte pel Ind. but the opposi
tion Indicated tin II nil lltel iblc iipp(i
sltlon to mix tnilfl, no mattci how
shoit the thin or Its elteet may be.
The achocalts of the lneasuto nflei
the (onfoience tpiessed the opinion
tint the bill flnallv will be'e cune u liw,
with u ptoxMon limiting the tlmo dut
Ing which It shall innalii In foi to.
STRANGE CAREER.
Hamilton H. Greyson Had a Check-
eted Career.
Phlludtlphli, Feb 2" -A man regis
ttit'd at th Fennsvhunla hospltnl as
II nullum H. Gipxson died In that In
stitution toe! ix fiom hiccoughs, and
I fiom lctteis found among bis effects
Is -mill used to hax'.' a lemiikiolo
tuieer and a xxldp experience In var
ious puts of the xx olid. Letters -to
hlni Horn Cecil Rhodes, Genctal H nlen- j
Powtll, Geneial Miles, General Wheel- I
pi, tlie lite General La -x ton and Assis
tant Postmastei Getitial Allen xxero
found. The Allen k'ttei was dated at
Washington Apt il. IMi, and bbowod
that Grixson hud la en appointed post
mastei at Manila. Anothei letter
shoxxs that ho icsUned that ofllce In
Septembti. is'i". on utcoi'ilt of ill
health i
The Haden-Powtll letter was dated
"In tlie Held Monibaia. Afika. July ,
12, 181)6" In this ittte.' he xxaa known
as HeiiM Herbert Guscin. and it
rtconnmnded him lot the Vk'torii
Cioss foi goid xxoik clone as a bos
pit il sutgto.i I
At his bo n cling house en little w n
knoxxn of hhn He no,ii speko of hi
family, but is Ik Hexed to haxe a son
in tlie lallioul Dismiss in xxasnin-
i ton, 1). C. Gipxsm ciiuld speak tho
! Iinguuges, xe.is engaget In mining In
Hr.i"II for an Knchsli i cup nation, aril
aided In building a lallioad to the top
of the Andes mountains In the s.im-"
(ountrx, he tlixlng been a eixil and
mech.inkal t-irlneei. 11" xns ilso en
gaged In mining in th" western put
of this coiiuti and tiom auothet lettei
found on hlni must but llxed in Sm
Fiandsto in 'M
Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION.
Last Mettlng Is Held at Williams
port. Wllli.imspott. Pa . Fib 2-. The last
meeting of the Voting Men's Clulstlun
association state tonxtnllon took pi ice
bote tonight. The meeting- of today
.. . ..... .
b"gun this morning at v ntlocK, xxnen
Di. I'leison delhned his hmt uddiess.
Hs sublet t xxas "Holiness and Ni -
i xkp." The meeting xas a big ono.
XMimen's meeting w is held In the First
Presbjterlan clutuh. The Hloomsburg
male choius sang anl seixkes cal-
tulated to Interest and aid women xxei,-
(ondutted
ln the iissotlatlon hill tho box s'
meeting xxas held The meeting x.i.
of sudi a natuie ih.u the outh was
itistrueted In the pilnciplcs of the as-
sotlatlon -ind its wmk without fhulin-r
It tiresome or ills inn-cable In anv way.
At the faiewell sprxke. which was , slon. W. H. Met-h in, 000 Chestnut street,
htld In the association hill, the dele- Philadelphia, or to any commissioner,
gates elided about the room and gh Ing at the same time the number of
Joined hands xxhllp they all sang the bchools tic shed to supply. The com
hxmn xxhkh has been so popular nil mission also announces the sjllabus for
i thiough the eonxentlon,
Hlost He tha
Tlo That Hinds."
FERRARO RESIGNED.
The Italian Murdeter Will Make No
Ttouble, It Is 'x bought.
New Yotk. Feb. 2.1 Iheix thing is In
leadlness for the execution of Antonio
Feitaio In the dec tile chali ut Sing
Sing toinoirow moinlng. The cxetu-
ton Is set foi tin coming week and it
l-i almost ttitaln that It will take pl ito
befoie noon Mondux. The last details
haxe been attended to and the Usual
ttsts huxii been made.
Feir.uo, ionti.il to expectations,
t ),as iesgiied hlmsell to his fate. He
iu ,,,.. , .ilm nml suxs hi- xxlll iro to the-
Is now- talin, nud sujs lie will go to tlie ( Uitd. Those sustaining serious in
chalr without tumble. This Is mote jUIiHtn,.: Motoi man George Maddox;
than was expected. Tho loss of all n,.rschell Delupeny.polkeman; Eugeno
hope his woikeel a wundeiful change cokei, polkeman; D. Coogler and B. W.
in the man. Ho has lost the sullen and Wallace.
xltlous manner which niaiked his con
duet all thiough his long Iniiulson
nient. On Apt II 4. isos. in a light with a
fellow -(.oiiuti) man, Luduno Muchlneo.
In Hiooklxn. Ftiiaiu (lit his tlno.tt
with a lazoi, killing hlni Instantly.
Pueito Rico Bill.
Washington Feb 23. -The Itt public ,m
commlttt-e upiiulntid as u lesult of lust
night's house eoiifeunte on the Puerto
Hit an bill, has been In session a luigo
p.ut of Ihe dix, and at 10 M o'clock to
night was still 111 session without lining
reached an ticeeptable compromise on
xxhlth all Republicans could unite.
Mu!es for South Africa.
Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 25 Four hun
dred mules xxero shipped today for New
Oilcans for uso by tho Hritisli In South
Africa, They were bought by Captain
Smith, of the Hrltlsh army, and were
Inspected by him lust wrick.
Canal Commission Well.
Son Juan. NUaraguu, via nah'cston,
Feb. 25 -The Fnlted States canal com
mission, ufler huxlng confined for sev
eral dus with Picsldint Seelaja, left
today for Paimmi, via Cot lulu. All the
numbers are welL
DISASTER ON
THE VALLEY
Train Strikes a Carriage
Killing Five Occu
pants. MEMBERS OF ONE EAMILY
A Vehicle Containing Seven Mem
bers of the Smith Family in n
Wagcn Attempted to Cioss tho Le
high Valley Tracks at Tuttfes
Closing and Wero Struck by a
Locomotive All Aro Killed or In
juieu. Hilffalo. Feb. 2". A special to tha
Courier fiom Genexa, X. V., pis:
Shoitly after midnight Saturday night
the midnight cxptess on tho Lehigh
Vallcv rail load struck a. carriage con
taining sex en persons at tbo Tuttles
crossing, about twcnty-fivo miles oast
from Rochester, instpnth' killing flx'o
of the orcupants, fatally injuring nn
otlipr and badlv bruising the other. All
xxero members of a family. Tho dead:
Mis. Amy Smith. 48 jears of igp; Bert
Smith, 2J; Miss Miranda Smith, 21;
Glee htnlth, 14; C.iMierlno Smith, S.
The Injiued: Potter Smith, husband
ot Mrs. Smith, md father of the other
xiclims; Gnidnoi Smith, 21 ycais of
age.
The family had spent the exenlng at
a filond's house ne.n tho Tuttles cross
ing and st.u ted homo a little beforo
midnight. The carnage In which they
rode was a three seated affair. Porter
Smith and his son Gardner occupied
the fiont scat.
I Hefoic leaching the crossing the car
iluge xx as stoppeel and Mr. Smith list
ened lor the ti.iln. but did rot hear it
' in the howling gale. The hoises had
Just ciossed tho'ti.uk In rafety xxlien
the engine of the express crushed
flfiten noon tbo t.ililii .mil Ite npi ti.
I pants.
Gardner Smith, xxho xxis the Ipast
Injuiid, ctawled lo a station near by
und seeuied assistant e.
The hodle -i of Mrs. Smith and her
(laughte-i Miranda xxeio cariled for ,i,
mile on th ' cowcatcher ot the engine).
The bodv of the little girl and hpr
two biotheis weie found near thu
si tne of the accident.
MAY STUDY FISH.
Pennsylvania Commission Will For
waid Eggs to Schools.
Philidolphla, Fell. 2' Tho Fennsyl
xanl.i fish (ommkslon has prepared a
seiies of tiout eggs In x.ulous stages
of dexelopment, for dlstilbutlon among
the imbllc stliools of the state. Tho
i object in prcpailng this setles Is pil-
niarlly to gh'o assistance to the teach
eis' In nature stuely and object lesson
teaching among the pupils, and setond
ni, to Inxlte the eiuestlon of fish cul
ture and piotectlon. The embryos In
the eggs pupal oil are plainly xislblo
to the naked pe. and xxlll Ih sent free.
except express t hinges, to cities of th
t first, setond and third duss on tho ap-
i plication of tht- sup(rlntpndent of edu-
cation thertof. Smaller cities or tow nt
' may bo supplied thiough the stata
I superintendent of education at Harrls-
lung. Applications fioni tho larger
, cities should bo scut to the assistant
secrotaty of the boird of tlsh commls-
the guidance of teachers xxlll be fur
nished by the assistant secretary be
fore the beginning of the autumn ses
sion. All applications must be made
Imniedkittly to Insure their being tilled.
STREET CAR JUMPED.
Went Ten Feet in the Air and Rolled
Down the Bank.
Atlinta. G.i . Ttb. 23 A street cap
Jumned tho Hack nt Oakland cemeterv
today by striking nn obstiuction which
had ex'identlv been placed aeuoss tins
I track. Tho car Jumped fully ten feet
nt0 the air and l oiled fifteen feet down
., tUbankment. The twehe passen-
,j(.ls on tllo 4lir uolo lnore or e!!S m.
.....a -rl.r.u,. u,w,ninin.r .ln. i..
It Is thought Delupeny and Coker
were fatally injured.
PEACE DEMONSTRATION.
But It Camo Very Near Resulting
In War in Vienna.
Vie una, Feb. 23 A peace demonstta
t Ion. otgunled by the Peuie Associa
tion of the World, vvu he-Id hen- to
day, and was Iargel attended. Mean
while a rather dloide-rly socialist de
monstration was in progiess against
the reactionary measiup leccntly
passed by ono of the pioxlnclal dls
tiltts. Ciowds of workmen taised Insulting
shouts against Dr. Lueger, the burgo
masttr of Vienna. Tho polite mads
forty artcsts.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washlngtoii, Feb. 23. Forecast
for Monday und Tuesdays Host,
crn Pennsxlv aula Fair nml not so
cold Moudo. Tuesday, warmer,
xxlth piob.iblv ruin oi snow; dim
inishing westerly xxlnds Monday.
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