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SCRANTON, PA.. TUESDAY MOUSING, FEBRUARY 27, 1900.
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BOERS IN
BURROWS
The Shell Proof Position
Enables Cronje to
Hold Out.
INEFFECTUAL SHOOTING
.May Not Surrender Until Ammuni
tion Has Been Exhausted Hns
Plenty of Food Lord Roberts'
Reason for Not Pressing His Ad
vantageEngineers Working For
ward Steadily An Estimate of the
Number of Troops in the Field.
London. Feb. 2C If the latest
dis
mv patches from Piinrdcbotg thuiw
liglit on tlie situation they snow unit
General C'ronjo's fotoos have far more '
protection fiom Field M.-.rehal Loul
Robot's heavy tire than the llrst dls. ,
paicnes imiicuieu. . special iiispuicn
fiom l'aardeborg. dated Saturday
Fobruniy 21, published In the seeouil
pdltion of the I")al!y Chronicle today,
says:
"A balloon has discovered the enemy
wt-ll covered by a system of burrowing
In the river bank, which resembles a
rabbit warren and nftoids shell-proof
position"." I
That, perhaps, more than any other
olroiimstiinee, -xplalns the pr.ilongn
iImii of what Is regarded here as Gun
cral Cionje'" death st'.tlggle. It will
not eaiw astonishment If lod'iy and
tomorrow the nimlver-ary of MnjtihL
IIIII pass without being marked by
th Mirietid. r or annihilation of the
coll. ml hand o overwhelmingly
hemmed in.
Tin- military oiltlop, although but
little better Informed than the public
fin to tin- eoiii!U'.inder-ln-ehiif's m
tlves, are Inclining to the view that
i In main reason for the Fanrdeborg j
affnlr being so lung drawn cut is Lord
Robert's, unwillingness to risk the great
loss of III,, which an assault wouM en
tail mid his deslri; to nl tract to thj
vicinity -is many reinforcing and re
lieving Boor units as will conic, feeling
strong enough to treat them as Gen
eral Jotibert treated (Jeneral Bullor's
attempts ti relievo Luilyfiliillu. Tu
other words, Lord Roberts holds a po
sition almost analogous- with that held
so long by the liners 'at Ladysmlth.
An Genci ul Cronje Is reported to have
plenty of food, the plan of starving him
out can scarcely avail, so Lord Roberts
must either wall until the Moer com
mander's ammunition, of which It li
said he Is short, runs out, or the ad
vice of those of General Cionje's forces
wlui are counselling surrender prevails.
In the meanwhile Lord Roberts' en
gineers are sapping steadily toward the
Itoer laager, and. according to a specl'il
dispatch from Pnardeberg. dated Sun
day, February 25, the cordon is gradu
ally being drawn closer.
Troops in the Field.
London, Feb. 1:7. i.2u a. in. The
Boers ure nsscmbllni; an army near
Bloemfontcln with which to dispute the
Invasion of Lord Kobcrts. Tins Intelll
gence comes from Pretoria, by way of
Lourenzo Murquez. The commandos
are described as "hastening fiom all
quarters of the two republics."
No estimate is made of their num
bers, but the wltdrawal of the Boers
from most of the places where they
have been In contact with the British,
except the district near Ladysmlth,
may raise the resisting force to 40,000
men. This figure assumes that the
'Boers have between 60,000 and 70.C00
men in the field.
The gathering of this army across
the path of Lord Roberts gives signifi
cance to General Cronju's steadfast de
fense. He has engaged the corps of
Lord Hoberts for ten days now. and
whether he Is relieved or not, ho has
given time for the dispersed Boor fac
tions to get together and the propo
sltlons the British advance when Cron
je is overcome and Lord Roberts moves
forward.
It Is difficult to conceive that the
Boers are strong enough to take the
offensive and to rescue General Cronje
from his precarious situation.
The war olllco had nothing after
midnight to Indicate his collapse, and
no may hold out for a few days. Th.-
correspondents seem to have no exact
intormatloii respecting his resources.
Some say he has plenty of food but h
short of ammunition. Otheis assert
that ho uhnudoiud his food supplies
but kept abundant supplies of cart
ridges. Strenuous Fighting.
General Holier on Saturday faced
the last and strongest positions of the
Boers who bar his way to Lu.ly.snilth.
The strenuous Opining Indicates a bat
tle between armies, rather than rear
guard actions protecting u rtt-eat.
On Thursday and Friday h,. lost
forty-three ofllcers killed mid wound
ed, representing probably a total Io.-h
of from 100 to 500. General White's
guns worked on Saturday upiur the
finer position and holloginnis from
Ladysmlth reported that the Hoers
wore retreating and that larger
rations weiv being Issued in vitw it
the tact that relief seemed- aC hand.
Nothing hns been heaid from Mnfek
Ing since February 12. The movement
on the Veldt uwny from the railway
Is becoming Increasingly dilllcult for
large bodies of troops, us the grass la
burned up. General French has to
wagon forage for his horses, nud even
the Infantry llnds the long inarches
harder than before, as forage for the
transport ai.lnials must bo cnrrled.
This requ'res the formation of gar
risoned depots.
The ordinary campaigning season Is
over, and tha sickly season for both
men and animals has set In. Tech
nical military writers take these things
Into consideration In forecasting
events.
The Dally Chronicle says U lenrns
from private letters that llrltlsh rllle
and ammunition have been landed on
the southern roast of Cape Colony, pro
sumably for the rtitch colonists.
Lord Roberts hnn recently received
seventy-two additional pieces ol artil
lery. Whether all have been sanl to
Paardeburg Is not known. Probably
the Eighth division will leave England
next Monday.
Cronje Frustrated.
London, Feb. 27. A despatch to the
- ally ritronlclc from Faurdeberg, dat
ed Frliay. Feb. 2.1, Bav?:
"General Cionje's attempt to mount
guns was frustrated by our artillery."
London, Feb. 27. The Dally Mall has
the. following despatch from Pnardo
berg. diited Sunday:
"There- are about 4.0. men be
leaguered In General Cron.le's camp,
exclusive of the losses he has hitherto
sustained. His wife Is not with him,
although there are women and chil
dren In camp.
"The Boer position now Is nlmost ex
clusively conllned to the river bed.
The I'lH'iny Is entirely at our mercy,
nut Lord Roberts Is treating them
with grout consideration, from motives
of humanity."
Boers Concentrating.
London, Feb. "7. A despatch to the
Rally News from Loronz Murquoz,
(luted Friday, Feb. 23, says:
"It Is reported hero that S.000 burgh
ers have left Ladysmlth for the Frcu
State. The Boors are concentrating
their forces thirty miles outside of i
liioenifontoln and the Free stiite gov
eminent Is moving to Wlnburg.
-Reinforcements from all parts tire
nSsliiK thromrh Bloomfnntoln hourlv.
President Hteyn has telegraphed Presi
dent Kruger that Lord Hoberts Is
within a tew hours of Bloemfonteln,
and he urges that every man, Irre
spective of nationality, should be com
mandeered. "President Steyn Is said to favor
peace. The Hoer general who was In
command at Colenso sent n message
to President Kruger saying that he
had been smashed up then.' and rec
ommending overtures for pence. The
Burghers at Mufeklng are also report
e to have sent word to Kriiger that
they would rather defend their own
farms than light elsewhere.
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work. Understanding how continental
shareholders are affected by the clos
ing of the Uohinson bank. President
; Kruger allowed the Institution to re
open.
British Casualties.
London, Feb. 26. The war ottiee to
day Issued an additional list of the
casualties sustained by the Fifth bri
gade, under (icncial Buller. February
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mii-ii. niuiij-inuT ununited aim one
missing.
General Btiller's death Hit eontalns
the names of three lieutenant colonels,
Thackeray, of the First Royal Innls
kllllng fuslleeis; Sltwt-ll, of the Second
Royal Dublin fuslleeis, and Thoiold. of
the Royal Welsh fuslleers. An addi
tional list of the British casualties at
I'aardeberg, February IS, is announced
and gives a lieutenant and eight men
killed, a lieutenant and seven men
missing and thirty-eight men wounded.
FIRE AT BANGOR.
Entire Portion of the Business Dis
trict Threatened.
Easton. Pa.. Feb. 2i. -Fire at Bangor
tonight threatened the entire business
portion of the town, but the timely
arrival of arslstuneo from Mast Ban
gor. P.-nn Aigyl anil Raston put an
end to the coiiilan'at.on, after about
$I0."G0 damage had lm-n done. The
fire originated In Slllton Florls' Hour
mill, a four-story brick and frame
structure. Tho building was destroyed.
The flames spread to the adjolnin?
building and that too was destroyed.
The building was a thrc-e-stoiy brick
structure and was owned by the Ban
gor Electric Light company. The
building was occupied us a nhirt fac
tory by Snlaiit. Ilarwilis & Salaut, a
New York firm. They employed
seventy-ttvc hands. From the shirt
factory the (lames spread to the plant
of tho A. Florls Manufacturing com- i
pang, and destroyed tho engine Iiousj.
Tho lire was checked here.
DEMOCRATIC DECLARATION.
Chairman
Jones Maps
Out the
Programme.
St. Louis, Felj. 20. Senator Jones,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, In an Interview today said
the Democratic, party will be opposut
to Imperialism on the po nt of acquisi
tion of territory remote from the coun
try. He added that the party has al
ways favored the intension of com
meice, whin; the Hi publican party by
lis protective pulley has always op
posed and dlscuuiaged It.
Ho said the declaration In the next
plutform on the question of blmetii'lsin
will be as strong ns In lS'.iD. but whether
sliver, or opposition to trusts, or im
perialism will claim most attention he
could not venture to say. He belit-vea
Bryan will be tho candidate.
Child Burned to Death.
WIlkes-Harre, Feb. 20. A house occu
pied by Michael Weiitis In thu vlllagu of
.Udell caught fire from an overheated
stove early this morning. The tumily hi
making their escape through thu ilames
were badly burned. A 1-year-old daugh
ter died from her burns shortly after bo
lug taken out uf the burning building.
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President Will Accept.
Washington. Feb. !(!. President MeKiu
ley has accepted an invitation to attend
tho baii(iu-t of the Ohio society of New
York at the Waldorf hotel on Saturday
night iwxt. It Is thought tho pn-t-ldeiit
v III leave hem on Friday' and spend Sat.
unlay In New York.
Big Order for Locomotives.
Philadelphia, Feb. 21.-Tho Baldwin
Locomotive works of this city has io
celved an order from the Paris und Or
leans railway of Franco for thirty ten
wheel passenger ensliies. This Is the
first locomotive contract ever plueml by
this railway In America.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, Feb. 28. Pension certifi
cates lnMie.l nailer dute of Feb. 10: In
cienso II. R. Church. Husiiueluiiiiiii; J'l
Io $s. War with Spain, original James
H. Scott, Old Forge, Luckuwauna, "..
ADtolRAL DEWEY'S
PRIZE CLAIMS
OPINION RENDERED BY UNITED
STATES COURT.
Decision of the Lower Courts Re
verted The Admiral's Claim Is
for $200 for Each Man Belonging
to the Enemy' Crew Court Holds
That the Claimant Has Right to
$100 for Each Man.
Washington. Feb. 2fi.--The United
States court of claims today rendered
an opinion on the claim of Admiral
Dewey, his olllcers and men for naval ,
bounty under section 4,C:i3 of the re- mini and a speedy arrest and ronvlc
vlsed statutes for the destruction of I tlon followed. Farrero seemed to take
the Spanish licet In Manila Bay. May
1, 1MI&, the court holiTing that the
clnlnitwit hns a right to recover for
each person on boaul the enemy's
ships, the sum of tW). This decision
Is upon the basis that tho Admiral's
lleet was superior to the Spanish licet,
excluding the snoie batteries, tho tor
pedoes and tho mines In Manila Bav.
Admiral Dewey's claim was for J200
for each man belonging to the enemy's
lleet, Including the supporting shore
batteries, mines and torpedoes. The
principal question Involved In the case
was whether In detot mining the ene
my's force the supporting shore bat
teries und mines and torpedoes should
be Included. The government Insisted
that the statute fulled to provide for
the rniitlnirniev of the eo-oiieratlon of I
land batteries with the naval foues
destroyed and that the court Is pow
erless to supply the omission.
The court. In deciding tho case held
that the law applied only to the force
of tho vessels engaged In the action,
and that In this Instance, taking the
number and character of the vessels
Into account, the strength of their bat
teries on board and all other matters
which properly go toward the deter
mination of the actual lighting
strength of the two opposing llccts,
that of the United States was the su-
'"no' ,
f"r Admiral
understood that counsel
uewey will take an ap
peal to the supreme court ot the Uni
ted States. Under today's decision
Admiral Dewey Is personally entitled
to $9,570.
The general debate on the Puerto
ISIcun tariff bill In the house was to
day extended until tomoirow night. In
terest centered In the conferences now
going on among the Republican lead
ers and the dissenting Republican In
their efforts to compromise their dlf-
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ri,r(.nct.p ,1poll tho i,. The speakers
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ham (Pa.) T.d Reader nCnii.). for th-.
bill, and Messrs. Bartlelt (Ga.), Lnn
ham (Texas), Jtonn (Trim.). Williams
(111.), Johnson (West Va.). Sutherland
(Neb.), Jett (III.). Noon m till.), aiU
Wilson (Ail;:.), agali'ot It.
PENNSY'S NEW LINE.
It
Will
Soon Run
Direct to
BuiTalo.
Philadelphia. Feb. 2R.-The Pennsyl
vania Railroad company will within a
short time have a line of its own to
Buffalo, und the work of locating lhi
nw road will begin shortly. Tho tirst
step towards tin- building of the now
line was made a few days ago, when
i the company announced It would pur
chase the stock of the Krle and West
ern Transportation company. It was
slated today that tho leaser, for se
curing the steamship company was to
prevent it fiom parsing into other
hands, or eventually going Into liqui
dation. I At the present time the Pennsyl
vania Railroad company has no outlet '
of Its own Into Buffalj.
It is the Intention of the company
to build a ngw line from Kane or Wll-
cox, on the Philadelphia and F.rlo uill-
rnad, to Buftalo, a distance of about
12.. niile, This rood will give the
Pennsylvania Railroad company ti
good line to Buffalo. i
Besides the const i uctlon of this Unn
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
will build other sections of road and
It Is contemplated to construct a lln-
from Mt. Jewel to Lcmont und thou
to Emporium on tho Philadelphia and
Erie line. Thlf will cut off a number ,
of miles and will give the company a ,
shorter haul to the seaboaid. When
the new line 1 completed all the busi
ness for Bii'Yulo fiom Pittsburg will I
be taken over the Allegheny Valley ,
division to a point on the Philadelphia
and Erie road.
Death of George Wooley Allen.
Philadelphia. Feb. M.-dcnrg.i Wooley
Allen, for mora than thirty years one
of tho editors of the Evening Telegraph
of this city, died at his homo hero yester
day hi the sixty-second year of ids age.
Mr. Allen had been In falling health for
some time past and last week ho fell on
the snow covered pavement in front of
his rcMdence, tho shock resulting In
death. Mr. Allen Joined the htuff of tho
Evening Telegraph in PWi and was eon.
tlnunlly engaged In editorial labor upon
that paper until within a week of hi
death.
Pure Food Delegates.
Iluriisburg. Feb: 2i5. Tho governor up.
pointed these delegates to the pure food
und drug oongicsr. which meets in Wash-
'i",'0" eof-; ;Mil!uh "U 'n'omMf M;"t,1," -
dale. Philadelphia; George A. Kelly.
Plltslnirs: J. L. Wuldschnildt. Pittsburg;
A. Knysor, Philadelphia; William Sand
ley. Philadelphia; A. S. Deber, Heading;
C. A. Oelfey, York; W. 11. Nelson. Che.'
ter; C, j;. Woods, Allegheny; Thuina
(,'asstdy, Wllkes-Rarre.
Despeiate Character Arrested.
Harrlsbuig, Feb. 2. Local detectives
tonight arrefcted Melvln Mann, a ilespor
ato character, charged with attempting
to murder and rob Farmer Lawrence
Crupper, of York county, last September.
Before Mann wus taken he tried to shoot
the ofllcers but his pistol missed the. Be.
tectlvo Wulllek, of York, took him lo th.it
place la to tonight.
'Unclo Alvin Joslin" 111.
Pittsburg, Feb. Ji!. Charles L. Duvls.
proprietor of Alvin theater, this city, and
well known throughout thu country for
his impersonation of "Alvin Joslin," i.s ly.
Ing di.iigerusly III at his homo at Avulon,
Pa. lb- Is suffering from an attack of
pneumonia, and the gravest npprehen
nloilS are felt bv hl lihvsle'e.i
FARRERO ELECTROCUTED.
An Italian Murderer Suffers Death
Penalty in Sing Sing.
Slug Sing, Feb. 20. Anton Farrero,
an Italian murderer, was electrocuted
in the prison here today. The execu
tion passed orf without Incident.
Farrero was led Into the death
chamber shoitly after S o'clock this
morning. At twenty-live minutes past
the hour the death current was turned
on. The voltage was 1,540. Five
shocks were administered and at 8.2S
Farrero was pronounced dead.
Tho crime for which Farrero paid
the death penalty was the murder of
Luciano Mareho, an Italian laborer In
Brooklyn, Sept. I. 1S9S. A dispute
arose over a game of cards und an ad
journment was taken to tin; sidewalk.
Here Farrero drew a razor and cut
Marcho's throat, killing him Instantly.
The light was witnessed by a police-
no Interest In his trial.
A plea of Insanity was raised In his
behalf, but
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ii commission pronounced i
h!.,i s'.ne. The .umrt of uppeals
MIM'U (o KiaiiL lion ti iiui nun.
Farrero has given more trouble to
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; and yelled, causing much dlscomnture ,
to ine inner I-IH1I.L-... ..en intniix-i. i
No man ever met dcatli In the chair '
with gi eater Indlfforeiuv than Farrero.
A half-hour before he was led Into the
death elinmber Rev. Father Allussl. of
New Yoik. and Rev. Father Smythe
pleaded with him to nccept religious
consolation, but without avail.
Farrero walked Into the executive
chamber holding the arm of Keeper
Connnuglitun. 'tnougii one ot tne mo-u
viclous and unruly prisoners ever con
lined In Sing Sing, he made no sign or
utterance and tool: his seat with sullen
Indifference. Father Allussl cried con
tinually: "Antonio, listen to me," but
the Italian paid no attention. The cur- !
rent was turned on five times before he
was pronounced dead. He was one of
the hardest men to kill ever execut-d
here, lt Is a peculiar fact that the man
believed electricity could not kill him.
He had said tills to his keepers fre
quently and last night he boasted of it
to a Sister of .Mercy. Five times the
current was turned on for periods
varying from ten to twenty seconds
before the physicians pronounced F'ir
rmo dead.
When Farrero started for tho death
chamber the curtains ot the other con
demned men's cells were drawn. War
den Johnson said he felt sure that the
other condemned prisoners. Including
Roland It. Mollnenx and Dr. Kennedy,
knew nothing of what was going on.
DALY ON THE STAND.
Mr. Clark's Political Enemy ns a
Wit si esc'
Washington, Feb. 2f. Marcus Daly,
the millionaire miner of Montana, was
the principle witness before the senate
committee on privileges and elections
todav. Tie was on the stand for about
two hours and at the ci.lritlon of this
.i. ,-.,u .i .. .1,.-. t.i.. ii,,,t h
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was not well and lint the questioning
process fatigued lllin.
Mr. Daly confe-sed that hf had con
trlbuted $20,00(1 or 2r,fln,i to the prose-
I eution of this case, but he nt'surted tha)
ho had not entered Into any conspiracy
bforo Mr. Clarke's election to injure
him. Ho hud not contributed any of
the $30,000 used In th- Whiteside ex.
posure. In conclusion lie tendeied his
checks and check books for the pa.it
live years for th'i Inspection of tho
committee. Mr. Clarke listened atten
tively to Mr. Daly's ttstlmony.
LUZERNE DEMOCRATS.
They
Elect Delegates to State
Convention.
Hazleton, Pn., Feb. 26. The Demo
cratic convention of the Fourth Legis
lative district of Luzerne county today
elected John McPrierty, of Fieelund,
and Dennis O'Dounell, of Hazleton, fol
lowers and supporters of tho Lenuhan
faction, delegates to the Democratic
state convention. O'Donnell received
thirty and Meltrlerty twenty-eight of
the votes.
They will express sympathy with tho
lloeis, denounce trusts and Imperial
ism and endorse Colonel James Guffey
and Hon. J. P. Hall as the candidates
for deb-gates-at-lurge to the Demo
cratic national convention.
MILLING TRUST COLLAPSED.
A 835,000,000 Company Pail3 to
Float Securities.
Milwaukee. Wis.. Feb. 2u. The Unl-
! ted States Milling company, generally
known as the flour trust, collapsed
i Saturday afternoon. The collapse of
tho company was due, It is said, to Its
, Inability to lloat us secuiltles on the
' open market.
I The United States Milling Company
' was formed with a capital stock of
$2."..i)00,00o, April 27. 1S90, having se
cured control of several big Hour mill-
' Ing properties In different sections of
I the country.
LILY IN PHILADELPHIA.
Mrs, Langtry Gives Recitations for
Benefit of War Fund.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. 2. The Broad
street theatre was crowded this after
noon with members of tho fanhlonablo
i not-let v the occn
! for the benefit o
fl,,ni1(,s. lullll ,
I ll,nllK-s 'u,ul- -1
islon being a concert
f the British soldiers'
bout $3,00.1 was rulse t
by tho entertainment and this sum will
be divided between the Princess of
Wales' fund and tho lord mayor's fund,
Tlie teaturo of the concert was the
appearance of Mis. Lily Ljugtry, who
recited, in her khukl uniform. "Tha
Absent-Minded Beggar" and "The Wo
men of Britain."
Frozen to Death.
West Chester, Pa., Fib. 21. James
Johnson, age "J, a prominent and wealthy
resident of Pomcroy, was found frozen
to death today In a public road not far
from his home. He, left ltumphreyvllle
last night to return home and It Is sup
posed ho beenmo dazed by the severe
cold and finally succumbed to It,
Altoona Strike Settled.
Altoona Feb. M. The strlko at the De
limey mine of the Altoona Coal and Coke
company at Kittannlag Point has been
settled to tho satisfaction of all parties
concerned, and tho four hundred miners
i-i were out renuined work today.
CUT IN PUERiO RICAN
TARIFF MEASURE
BILL
WILL BE REDUCED TEN
PER CENT.
Time Limit to Be Placed on the Law.
Republican Leaders Confident It
Can Be Passed Then Another
Conference to Be Held Tonight.
Ways and Means Committee Will
Announce That the BUI Is an Ad
ministration Measure To Walt on
the President Today and Declare
Their Intentions.
Washington, Feb. 26. The Republi
can leaders, after one hour's consul
tation with Speaker Henderson today,
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announced emphatically that tho Pucr
1
re-.,,,,,, thn, HM ,n0w lt wouM,,
lie
passed.
The changes which the leaders have
' -"" h .-.-
decided on ate a further reduction of
tllB du"t' to hc levied on American
BOOllmporio,l Into Puerto Hie,, and
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States from 2S tier rent,
tariff, ns provided In the
bill, to 10
per cent.
The bill Is also to be made tempor
ary In Its character.
Representative Tawney. of Stlnne
sota, the Republican whip, after can
vassing the situation today, sold that
only live Republican votes would be
cast against the compromise measure.
The committee of ten appointed at
the Republican conference to consider
differences on the Puerto Rico tariff
bill had reached no agreement up to
noon today, and members of the com-
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the conference of Republican members
!U x o'clock tonight. The s tuatlon
in tne committee was aescnoeu o.v us
I members as a deadlock.
I Chairman Payne and Mr. Dalzell, of
tho ways and means committee, who
' arc also on the commit Ire of ten, saw
the president during the morning, but
no outward change In the sltuntlon de
veloped.
STATE MEDICAL COUNCIL.
The Resolutions Offered
by
Dr.
Beates Adopted,
llarrlsburg, Feb. 26. The State Sled
Ical council met this n'ternoon and
heard representatives of minor col
leges regarding a request that the rule
requiring a full course ot four years
In medical colleges by graduates of
minor colleges bo modified so as to
permit the latt.'r to enter as on their
second year. After some consideration
the following, offered by Dr. Beates,
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Whereas, The act. of aemtily requires
' that "nnnllcunts must have pursued the
I study of medicine at least four ears, In.
! eluding three courses of lectures in dlf-
ferent years in sor.in legally. Incorporated
medlcnl college or colleges prior to the
granting of i-ald diploma," therefore.,
be lt
Resolved, That In the Judgment of the
council, vhn the medical course of the
literary college, as proven by the exam-
I inlng of the student by the medical col-
j lege, covers the entire work of the first
year of actual mt-dlc.il study, such coursu
may be accredited by tho medical col
lege as the tlrst year of medical study re
quired by law.
The board adopted the report ot the
state medical board on the investiga
tion of the alleged stolen examination
papers and the report of the special
committee on the same subject, but
declined to nmk them public at pres
ent. TO PERPETUATE DEWEY ARCH.
Meeting of Committee to Consider
Subscriptions.
New York, Feb. 26. At a meeting
today of the executive committee ot
the citizens' committee for perpetuat
ing tho Dewey arch. It was decided to
make public on offer by Howard
Gould. ln response to a letter asking
him if he would renew his subscilp-
tlon next year. Mr. Gould wrote that ,
he would be one of the four men to I
rubseiibe S2u,00fi each to be paid on
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UCC.-II.li-.-r .il, ww, i-KMiucu u u uu.
time the
subscrlptlor.s amounted to
$400,000.
The committee was much encouraged
by this offer, us It Is tho tlrst largo of
fer yet received, and they have a
pledge from another ir.nn who has an
nounced himself willing to give as
much as any other subscriber.
Corporations Chartered.
Ilarrtsburg. Feb. 1U Charters were Is
sued ut the state department today us fol.
lows: Central Land company. I'lttsburg,
capital $1.W: Union Real Kstate Title
company. Warren, capital IR; Henry
Altemus company. Philadelphia, eoptt U
M.'.O.OOO: Walnut Creek Has company,
Krle, capital fiO.OOu; Northeastern Heat,
Light and Power company. Pittsburg,
capital $1.0M; tho Woodson Fciry com
pany. Pittsburg, capital 500.
Against Sabbath Desecration.
Readlng. Feb. 2fi At today's scrlon ot
tho Kvniigellca! cr r fereiicej $I.30r. was1
apportioned to superannuated ministers
and widows. licnuutioiib were passed
were
against Sabbath dcsecrallQii. Sunday trat
! He at camp meetings, Sunday nov.-epa-1
p-ts and sacred concerts on tho Lord'H
i day. Tho licensing of saloons was de
nounced and the Women's Christian Te-ni-I
perance union and untl-vuloon leagua
: wero endorsed.
Prohibition Convention.
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Philadelphia. Feb. W.-A meeting a t e
Pro!, t Iblon stato leBtsloUve com mlltc.
at which step may bo taken Indicating
peclullv tho approaching executive light,
will bo hold In this city tomorrow. The
eommlttco will fix the time of holding
tlie statu convention and will name tlm
policy of the meeting. The convention Is
likely to go to JohnBtown.
Quays En Route for Florida.
Way Crossing. Ga Feb. 28.-Unlted
States Senator Quay and family, occu
pying a private car. passed through Way
Crossing en route to St. Lucie, Fla.
Steamship Arrivals.
Bremen. Feb. 26. Sailed: Bremen, for
New York. Liverpool Arrived: Etrurla,
from New York. Bremen Arrived: H.
If. Meyer, from New York.
lie- pull s luuira ill ... t.w......,
THE 1HKMS THIS MOUNIN'U
Weather InJIcatlont Today)
PARTLY CLOUDY 1 WESTERLY WINOt.
General Stubborn Resistance of Gen
eral Creole's Men.
Ruling on Manila Hay Prlae Award.
Debute on tho Quay Case In tho Senate.
Puerto Rico Tariff Rill Modified.
General Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Financial and Commercial.
Local Attempt to Enjoin the Coroner.
Court Proceedings.
Kdltoiiat.
News and Comment.
Local Four Men Hurled to Death at
Sit. Pleasant Shaft.
School Controllers In a Quandary.
L'cnl West Soranton and Suburban.
Round About tho County.
Lr.cal Kstlmated Dctlclcnoy
Board of Control.
Live Industrial News.
In tho
PREPARATIONS FOR
THE CONVENTION
Kepublican Clubs of Philadelphia
Are Actively Engaped Pro
gramme Arranged.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Feb. 2tf. Tho ar
rangements for the social side of the
Republican national convention uro
rapidly assuming shape. The allied j
Republican clubs' executlvo commit- I pared tho majority report of tho corn
tee, which represents every Republican mlttee on the resolution and spoke in
club In the city, has this part ot tho j opposition to the seating of Sir. Quay,
convention arrangements In charge, . The uctlon of UlP KOVornor waH
and Is now actively engaged In perfect- n the teeth of every provision of tlw
ing the detullP. The programme for tho I constitution bearing unon thi suhlert "
week has practically been decided upon
U .U.IIJWP.
Monday. June IS Special committees
representing the allied clubs will meet all
trains and receive visiting delegates and
alternates, and political organizations or
riving In u body und escort them to their
headquarters.
8 p. m. Grand torchlight parade of po
litical organizations, all visiting organ
izations being given tho right of line.
June 1!) Opening of the convention.
8 p. m. Reception at the Academy of
Music. Speeches by prominent national
committeemen, dele-gales and others.
June 20 Second day of the convention.
S p. m. Smoker In tho Academy of
Music to the visiting delegates and en
tertainments at tho various local club
houses.
June 21 Third day of tho convention.
S p. m. Entertainments at tlm local
club houses.
The work of collecting the ?ino,000 to
be given to the national committee Is
progressing satisfactorily. The second
Installment of $2.ooo will bo forward
ed to the committee In a. few days.
HARD FIGHT WITn 7AQUIS.
227 Mexican Soldiers Killed in Bat
tle with the Indians.
Potam, Sonora, Mexico, Feb. 26. Tho
Mexican federal troops under General
Torres have saved Guaymat. from tho
Yuquls. but by dint of the tiercest
fighting of the war and at u saifc'tlcc
Of "nO.H.llrllerM. Tlio Imin Iw.vn lx llll,l
with wounded men,
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anticipated the Intended surprise of
the Yaquls. The Indians wcie accom
panied by ten adventurers, miners and
cov.-boj-H, who acted as commanders of
separate companies of forty men each.
They had also a Maxim gun, which
had been smuggled through at Blsbee,
Ariz., In a load ot machinery. The
gun was operated, the Mexicans say,
by two ex-Rough Riders.
General Torres rcuched here Thurs
day afternoon and decided to dlvldo
nls army of "00 men Into two divisions.
The first and strongest, flanked by the
gunboat Democrata, left here nt day
break Friday morning. No scouts pre
ceded the forces, and the first Intima
tion the general had of the pre-senco
of the Yaquls was a deadly tire from
their Maxim und title volleys from
fortifications concealed In a. dense
thicket. The first division of the Mex
icans retired In confusion and was
sheltered In the timber Growth along
the river. More than lot) men fell at
that first tire. The Democrata then
steamed up and swept the thicket with
her machine guns, but Ineffectively.
Her forward decks were swept and
her protected upper deck wns pep-
i pel eu wnn ouiieis irom tne .uuxim
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11-
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1 bolo of the armv were killed. 1 he
UCIOU. Ulil u.li.cit !IT ll!ltl niai. Ili.ll
a mile until a bend In the river shel
tered her.
L..ito In the afternoon hill signals
told the waiting e-ommonder of the
llrst division that the second detach
ment had reached the neighboring
heights lo the southeast In its flank
movements, A simultaneous attack
wus then made from the front and
Hank, and the Indians retreated. Thu
' Jlaxlm BUl) disabled i
,...,., lnto p.1t.,m
!"1 "'" ,'"t ,,.'' "' '
Indians the ofilclalie
disabled and useless, was
Seventy-three
eports says, were
found deud. The Indians must hnvo
withdrawn In good order. During tho
first tire of the Yaquls twenty-three
1 Mexican soldiers were driven Into the
river In a panic and were drowned.
The total Mexican loss was 227. Tho
Democrata has been taken to Guay-
mas for repairs,
That was tho first time the Yaquls
nilvo maile use of fortifications.
1 Phil D. Armour's Will.
Chicago, Feb. 2'!. The will of tlie late
Philip D. Armour. Jr., was lilcd for pro.
! bate hero today. Tho instrument dls
, poses of property valued nt Kao'wo.
itf.vou.on) in pursonitl property nud the re
I malnder In leal chtatu. Ouo-thlrd of tho
estate Is left to tho widow. May F. Ar-
. mour, nnn iwo-iuuu . k.v ... hum
h' executors for the two surviving
f .,, testator. UvMor nm, ,., ,).
Armour. Jr.. died recently in P.isa-
denu, Cal. Ho was tho soo of P. D. Ar
mour, the millionaire head of tho Armour
Packing company.
Respite for Epps.
Huriisburg. Feb. 20. William Epps.
alias "Face," under sentence of death on
February 2 for the murder of Mrs. Mary
Lawler In Philadelphia, was today erant
ed a resplto by Governor Stone until
March 8.
Shade Cloth Plant Burned.
Oswego, N. Y., Feb. 20. A portion of
the Mlnctto Shade Cloth company's plant
at Mlnetto, a suburb of this city, was de
stroyed by tire today. Lofs, JOO.ooo. The
tire was caunod by friction in the paint
mill.
QUAY CASE
CALLED UP
Mr. Turky Speaks in 0p
position to Pennsyl
vania's Senator.
ARGUMENTS INTRODUCED
Constitutional Points Presented Mr.
Penrose Interrogates The Ha
waiian Government Bill Arouses
a Lively Discussion Mr. Tillman
Admits That Ballot Boxes Have
Been Stuffed to Maintain Whit
Domination in the South.
Washington, Feb. 26. In the senate
today, Mr. Tuiicy (Tenn.) called up tint
resolution reported from the committee
on privileges und elections to tho effect
that the Hon. SI. S. Quay was not en-
imeu to a seat In the senate as a sena-
tor from Pennsylvania. Mr. Turlev tire-
Ho pointed out that the vacancy had
m-curi-uu eiunng a session or tlio legis
lature. The legislature remained in
session after tho vacunev. vet It ba.i
j failed to till tho vacancy ant! Immedi
ately upon the adjournment of the leg
islature tho governor had uppolnted
Mr. Quay.
Mr. Tuiiny agreed that the represen
tation In the senate from each stato
ought at all times to bu kept full, but
ho did not believe the framers of tlm
eonstltutlon had Intended deliberately
to confer upon somebody else the lib
erty to nil the vacancy in case tha
legislature failed to perforin Its duty.
A Detailed Discussion.
Mr. Turley then entered upon a de
tailed discussion ot tho constitutional
points involved In the case, his doslro
being, he suld, to present uvery legal
phase of the question. Ho pointed out
that the legHlature of Pennsylvania
was In session nlmost two months
when the vacancy existed, and yet by
tho only power In the committees
which could 1111 the vacancy lt had
not been lilled because tho legislature
had failed to perform Its duty. He
then discussed the provision of tho
constitution bearing on tho vacancies
In the senate. In the course of which
Mr. Hoar Inquired whether it wan not
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' hnan" vtcd for " l"w-'s Pen
a fact that a constitutional convention
no limitation upon the governor to ap-
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ey Admitted. Then
Mr. lloar quoted the record of the Con
gressional Recorel to show that th
change had been made on i motion
by Mr. Madison, not with a purpose ot
limiting the power of the state execu
tive but for the purpose of limiting a
doubt as to the reasons for a vacancy.
In reply Mr. Turley contended that
If this clause of the constitution was
the only provision undo which u. sen
ator could resign, then it was Impliedly
a withholding of the rlrrht to resign
from tlie members of tho house of rep
resenlatlves. After some further tech
nical discussion Mr. Turley tald: I
say that It were better for us to have
many vacant scats In this senate than
that wo should have these disgraceful
contests that are now becoming so
common. Far belter for the welfare
of the country and thu safety of tho
republic that every stato be notified In
language that cannot bo mistaken that
Its permanent representation in this
body shall depend upon It electing a
legislature that will do its duty.
Mr. Penrose Interrogates.
"Does rot tho senator absolutely losi
sight of tho fact," Inquired Mr. Pon
roo (Pa.), "that In some legislatures
thero exists an Inability to elect a
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more parties, rendering it Impossible
for one candidate to tecum a inajor
i Ity?"
"I say that tlie belief that the se:i-
ate Is not going tu decide this contest
1 upon legal and constitutional grounds,
but upon personal grounds purely," re
sponded Mr. Tutit'.v, "has gone out. Let
It once be understood that thcuo are
not personal questions and the bring
ing of contests here will soon cease. In
my experience I cannot now recall an
' honest division In a legislature on
' party lines. There are nearly always
i three or more ambitious candidates for
tho same party who create all th
, trouble."
I Further along Mr. Turley sul.l, In re
ply to questions: "In not one slnglo
I case In seventy-five years has a man
been admitted here who was appointed
by the- state executive after tho legls
laturo had an opportunity to elect, and
never In the history of the country has
ii candidate) been seated when the va
enney occurred."
At 2 o'clock the unfinished business,
the Hawaiian bill, wus laid before the
senate-. Mr. Turley yielded thu lloor to
conclude tomorrow.
Consideration of the Hawaiian gov
ernment bill brought out u lively dis
cussion between Mr. Tillman (S. C.)
and Mr. Spooner (Wis.). In which the
former admitted that ballot boxes had
b-?en stuffed and negroes had been shot
In the south to maintain white domi
nation. An amendment wus made to
the bill, striking out the property quali
fication of voters for members of the
legislature, but little other progress
was made.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
WashlnTton, Feb. 20. Forecast
for Tuesday and Wednesday For
eastern Pennsylvania, partly -
cloudy Tuesday: fresh westerly
winds, becoming light and varl-
able; Wednesday warmer with In- -
creasing cloudiness. -.
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