b r '- .'' ii ,f-k,;i-""' ."Mt7i 'T- ,Vy T-57; ribtiwe fwj -l!- TWO CENTS. TWELVE RAGES SCttANTON, PA., WEDNESDAY 3IOHNINU, FJSmtUAKY 28, 1900. TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. ' "! ' " '" ?i v ' " '8S iHWtttlVMr M GENERAL CRONJE YIELDS AT LAST The Boer Commander Surrenders to Avoid Massacre of His Troops. ABOUT 4,000 PRISOiNERS TAKEN Majority of Them Burghers of the Transvaal. Surrender Was Unconditional Bu.ghers' General Made Overtures at Dawn Or dered to Present Himself Before Lord Rob erts Assured of Kind Treatment for Him self and His Men Wife and Grandson in the Laager All to Be Sent to Cape Town. Canadians and Highlanders Brought About the Climax Dissension in the Camp and Heavy Bombardment, However, the Prin cipal Factors Rejoicing in 'London Anni versary of Majuba Hill. London, Feb. 2". 4.J0 a. m. From I .lolin fVGroats to Lands End there has ' been cheering today for the queen, , and a universal singing of the national . anthems. This, with mutual congrat- . t'latlons, Is the Briton'.1 way of cele brating the most cheerful day of the I war. ' There Is no disposition to overesti mate the subject. The government en tei tains no Illusion. As announced In the nonse of commons, 10.000 addi tional troops will Immediately go out and the effective will be kept near io.ono. Lord Roberts has done more than to rapture 4,'joo Boers and a few puns, He Is within striking distance or one of the Hoer capitals ami Is master of a large district of the Frc State. He j has given a shock to lioor confide nco and Immeasurably restored the spirit or his own troops. In capturing cronje he has taken a leader whose presence alone was worth thousands to the Boer cause. The best opinion here Is that the Transvnalers are certain to continue the fight with undiminished valor, but it is not so certain about the Free Staters. Lord Roberts has not allowed the corps of descriptive writers with him I to supplement his plain narrative as yet and there are some points in doubt. It Is not clear whether the -1,000 pris oners include those taken in small parties before the capitulation or what has become of the rest of the Doors tvho held the Magorsfonteln lines, and whore are the big guns. The small ness of Cronje's force causes some wonderment. Tho morning papers, without excep tion, comment on the achievement of tho Boer leader and men in holding off Tor ten days a force from six to eight times as large as their own. British opinion Is far more generous in victory than In defeat. Sir Redvcrs 3uller is having a hard time In Natal. It Is evident now, after a fortnight Jghtlng, that ho was misled when ha vlred that there was only a weak rear ;uard between him nnd Ladysmlth. ipparently some of the hardest right- ngr of the war took place at the end of st week, as an armistice was agreed pon to allow attendance upon the rounded and burial of thu dead, lloth ides must havo lost heavily. At any moment, however, news may "lie of General Butler's success. Frl- ay will begin the fourth month of the legre of the garrison, which Is seem- igly In a position where It Is unable do anything to help General Buller. STORY OF THE SURRENDER. ord Roberts Dispatch Announcing the Capitulation. London. Feb. 27. It Is announced of Iclally that General C'ronje surren Jered with his whole force uncondi tionally at dawn today. The following Is the despatch se.it y Lord Roberts: "Paardeberg, Feb. 27, 7.4T. a. in. O.-n-iral Cronje and all his force capitulate I incondltionally at daylight, and Is now i prisoner in my camp. The strength of his force will be communicated hter. I hope that her majesty's gov irnment will consider this event satis Victory, occurlng ns It does on the an llversary of Majuba." The details promised by Lord Rob. ts In his first despatch were pub tfhed by the war olle at .1.20 p. m. l"'iy. They were as follows: "Paardeberg, 11 o'clock, Tuesday morning, Feb. 7. From Information furnished to mo dally by the Intelli gence department It became apparent that General Cronje's force was be coming more depressed, and that the discontent of the troops and the dis cord among the leaders were rafddly increasing. This feeling was doubtless accentuated by the disappointment caused when the Boer reinforcements which tried to relieve General Cronje were defeated by our troops on Feb. 23. I reso.ved, therefore, to bilng pressure to bear on the enemy. "Each night the trenches were pushed forward toward tho enemy's laager, so ns to gradually contract his position, and at the same time 1 bom barded It heavily with artillery, which was yesterday materially aided by the arrival of four six-Inch howitzers whkh 1 had ordered up from De Aar. "In carrying out these measures a captive baloon gave great assistance by keeping up Informed of the dispo sitions and movements of the enemy. Canadians' Dashing Advance. "At ". a. m. today a most dashing advance was made by the Canadian regiment and some engineers, support ed by the First Gordon Highlanders and Second Shropshire, resulting In our gaining a point some 000 yards nearer the enemy and within about eighty yards of his trenches, where our men intrenched themselves and main. U'ined their positions till morning a gallant deed, worthy of our colonial comrades, and which, I am glad to Fay, was attended by comparatively slight loss. "This apparently eiinehed matters, for at daylight today a letter, signed by General Cronje, In which ho said that he siinendeied unconditionally, was brought to our outposts under a ilag of truce." "In my reply I told General Cronje lie must present himself nt my camp nnd that his force must come out of their lauger after laying down their arms. "By 7 a. m 1 received General Cronje nnd despatched a telegiar.i to you an nouncing the fact. In the course of conversation he asked fur kind treat ment at our hands and also that h!s wife, grandson. prlate secretary, ad jutant and servants might accompany him wheiever he might be front. 1 re assured him, and told him his request would be compiled with. I lnforme.1 him that a general ofllcer would be sent with him to Cap.; Town, to In sure his being treated with proper ic bpect en route. IM will n'.art tills afternoon under charge of Mijo.- Gen eral Prettyman. who will hand him over to the general commanding at Capo Town. "Tho prlsonp's, who number about 1,000, will bo formed into commandos under our own ollicers. They will alsj leave here today, reaching tin Mod der river tomorrow, when they will be railed to Cape Town In detachments." In ii supplemental y despatch Lord Roberts says that of th Uoer prison ers about l.l'il' are cltl?en3 of tho Orange Free Slate, Tho remainder are citizens of the Tiat'.svaal. Forty-seven Officers Captured. Twenty-nlno Transvnul ollicers wero captured and eighteen Free ritate offi cers were made prisoners. Tho officers captured, In addition to General Plot Cronje, Incitido the fol lowing named well known command ers: Chief Commandant M. J. Wolverans, a member of tho volksraad. Field Cornet Fruit, u Scandinavian. Major Albrccht, tho famous German artilleryman. Major Von De Wltz, the German offl cer lesponslblo for most of "tho engi neering works of tho Boers since tho beginning of tho war. The guns captured from the Trans vaal forces wero three 75-eentlmetro Krupp, nlno I-pounders and one Max im g.un. From the Free Stutets one 73-centl- Continued on P.ige Z.l TES1IM0NY IN THE CLARK CASE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MONTANA ON THE STAND. Ko Explains Payments Hade in Ob taining Evidence Position of the Newspapers on the Whiteside Case. $500 Given to an Editor Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court Called. Washington, Feb. 27. Attorney non oral Nolan, of Montana, was recalled In thu Clark rase today to testl'y further tegardlng the Montana election laws. lie cited all provisions of the state laws bearing on the subject of elections. Mr. Nolan said that he had glvn small sums of money to persons who had gone ove-r the state In search of testimony In this case. The monry hid hoon aiit-nllnil liv Mi'. Pntntiliotl. He ll 1.1 also obtained J)30i fiom Mr. Campbell I as a gift from Mr. Daly for the ed tor I of an agricultural newspaper in llei. n i. Ynother Item chaigd to the wltnss was $2,fi0n, which had been advanced to pay the expenses of witnesses In th" Wellcome dlsbaunont proceedings. That money had been recc vd fiom Mr. Campbell and most i.( I advined f the state treasurer to secuie him for the payment of those expenses. Mr. Nolan said that he had advised thu state treasurer to pay those expenses on the assurance that the expenditure would bo made good. Among other pel sons to whom Mr. Nolan's account showed that be had paid exp nse money for crll'ct'ng vl- dence In the dlsbirment case was the ( clerk of the state Supreme court. Mr. i Foster ci.oss-quostloiiid the vltnes to I show that the clerk had tramcend mi ! his olllc'al duties, as the case was bo- fore the cou-t of which he v as an olll- ' cer. Mr. Nolan said that h e'erl: had gone to a number of polut.i to Pmst.- I gate tho evidence. He had paid ,V3 ' purely for expenses, and not at tin addi tion to his salary. Newspaper Hnn Gets R500. The payment of S5no to a Helena newspaper was made to a man named Grcenileld, who, It appeared, was als i t correspondent of some fHhtern papers, Mr. Nolan said that after the White side exposure llfty-twa of the tlfty-slx papers In Montana were engaged In iRiieiincIng Mr. Whiteside and that when that condition of affairs was re ported to Mr. Daly he hnd vduntcrcd to give the man $."0O. Mr. Nolan also tostltlod to a conversation with Green field In which he said that the latter had told him that Mr. Clark had sought to change his (Greenfield's, ac count of the Whltcddo episode, that he had refused and tint then Mr. I'laik had offered him employment at $30 a day. Henry G. R!"kert, clerk of tho Mon tana state supreme court, was called to controvert testimony given byt Thomas E. Lyon to the effect tint Mr. Campbell had offered him Jl.on.) to make false statements before the in vestigating committee, He said that he had seen Lyons on the day of thu Whiteside exposure when Lyons told him of his connectlrn w.th lb" briber of members of the legislature. Lyon1 then said, according the witness, that he had "fled" two members of the legislating and that another woul 1 vote as he want"d him to. In last March, witness said, he had nnotlvr comtisntlon with Lyons, in whb h tlu latter had told him that he had mad! a little money out of the ci.ui.- elc -tlon, mentioning $3,fftf), and saving that he had not only that amount but more-. Mr. nickorts said that ut times Mr. Lyons bad alo told him that the pur chase ol the Warner property by P. W. Clnik was not bona tld? and that thi property wis se'd for taxes in S'j On another occasion l.jons had told him that he (Lyons) had told Mr. Campbell nil be knew of the proceed ings of the Clark Interests. On cioss examlnatlnn, ' Mr. Rlckerts said th.it his Interest In the Clark mutter was due to the fact that he had asslste I In tho election of state senator War ner ns an anti-Clark man and wii disgusted with the course he hid taken in voting for iMr Clark. What he had done was done with the view of exposing Mr. Warner's conduct. The Deposits of Blwater. Washington, Feb. 27. Thu piocccdiuua of tho senato eimmlttei on privileges and elections In the cne of Senator Clurls, of Montana, muay ue.iu wttn tnu bunk ar counts uf sumo of the members of the Montana legislature. Ouu of thes-e ac- counts was that of Representative Sic. phi'U Jihvater of Flat Head county, who deposited t.'.OOO in tho bank ot Montana, at Helena, on tho third of last March after the adjournment of the legislature. Mi: lllwnter was put on the stand. To said that he had brought t'',,ifM of this sum to Helena with him and kept It lu his pocket all winter while .f5,() had been received from Ids brother as puichasu money on it sale of mining stock. He de. ciarcd thin ho hud never lecolved any pay for his vote from Mr. Clark for the senate but said that Mr. WhlteMdo h-d told him thai he could get tJ.'M for mp. t,0 management of the State Inditstil.il porting Mr. Clark. s hool for Girls held Its first meeting other witnesses of the day were Clerk tula iiftcinooii. Three witnesses wero e. Rlckerts, of the Montana state supremo ' umliied, Mrs. Wright and Scott, tiacb court; 1. (. Kurtz, of tho Motunna No-I ers of the school who recently icslgned. tloral bank, both new witnesses, and At torney Oenciul Nolan, Mr. Whlteilde anil I), ti. feeler lecalled. Alfred Monl3on Indicted. New York. Feb. 27. The Westchester county grand Jur, at White Plains to.l.iy bunded down an Indictment for murder lu tho first degree against Alfred Morri son, who shot and killed tho woman known as his wife. It was understood that the district attorney produced it number or witnesses to idinw that tno shooting was not accidental, though Mor. risen had claimed ho shot tho woman on waking from a drrum that burglars wero lu the house. Smith Pleads Guilty. Philadelphia, Feb. 27, William R. Smith. Jr., firmer postmaster of Park cis Glen, Pike county, today pleaded guilty In tho I'nltcd States district court to making n f.ilso return to tho auditor lu oider to Increase his pay. Judge Mc. Phei-MJii sentenced Smith to tlx niontlu from the diito of commitment. Tho pris oner hud already been In Jail about two months. State Eclectic Medical Socioty. HnrrUburg. Fi-b. 27, Governor Stone today leappolntrd the following member. of the Stilto Eclectic Mcillcj.l society: L. P. O'Neill, M0eh.mlcsl.11r2: II Veugley. Lancaster: H. M. Evhr,. Tv- r CHARGES AGAINST DR. HOCH. It Is Alleged That He Sold Exam ination Papers. Harrlsbuig, Pa., Feb. 27. The report of the- committee of the state medical board created to Investigate tliu charges that me Heal graduates of col leges obtained tlm elimination papers used In the examinations at thu meet ing In Harrlsbiirg last Juno and wore thereby tn.u.cu to pass the examina tions nnd secure certificates, was made public today, together with the report of the state medical counsel committee appointed to pass upon the state board's lupnrt. Dr. Routes, who made the report for the state medical board, says that the evidence clearly showed tin ' the examination p.ipeis were In po.-sosslon of applicants for certificated and that Dr. 1). B. Iloch, of Indiana county, hud confessed that he had a copy of the papers, which were sent to I mm, m- in- iuieKe.-, uiuii iiiuum- nmiu In Philadelphia, but he Oops not know, or at least win noi ion. wno sent mem to him. Th" report charges that Dr. I him. Th Hoch sold th- pipers to others and I says' that for months a conspiracy ex- . istoil lo obtain possession of the pa pors. The report of the state counsel com- l mlttee, prepared by Lieutenant C5oor- I nor (Jobln. Is to the effect that Dr. neates' report Is eo-rect, bat the rules , of evidence were disregarded In get- ' ting nt the nllccd facts, and that Dr. Iloch's tcstliiumy Is unreliable. Ac companying the report was some of the testimony. HARRASSIKG THE RIME AND WYOMING A Bill in Equity Is Piled in the United St3tos Court at PUiladel- phla by thy Erie Railroad Company to Fieveut the Building of a. Rival Road in Wayne County. Philadelphia. I'a , Feb. 27.-Tlu; Erie Railroad company today fil-d a bill I In niitiv In Hie t'nllorl Stales circuit court against the Hrle and Wyoming Valley Railroad company and the Pennsylvania Coal company to en join the defendants from constructing a railroad track from Hawley, Wayne county, to Lacknwaxen, Pjke county, in this state. The complainant alleges that the Erie nnd yomlng Valley company en teied Into nn agreement with it on Feb. :.', 1S!S, w Hereby the Eric rail road was to have the right to trans port rocl for the Pennsylvania com pany over the tracks of the Eilo and Wyoming railroad. Tho agreement was to List till Dec. 31. 1!0!. The two defendant companies, the bill further alleges, have commenced to build a rival road' along the route operated by the complainant between Hawley and Lackawuven, for tin jiLrpeo of trans porting roal for the Pennsjlvunla com panv. c?EB IN BLAZE OF GLORY. The General Debate on the Puerto Rico Tariff Measure. Washington, Feb. 27, The general debate on the Pueito U'.co tariff bill In the houuti closed today In a blaze of glorv. The gallerl's w-re banked to the doors and every rent in the floor was cccupied when the lival champions of the respective sides. Mr. Dolllver, or Iowa, and Mr. Bailey, of Te::aa, mndu the closing arguments. Each spoke for an hour and a half. The sp'?eh of Mr. P.alley, devoted as It was al most exclusively to the legal phases of tho controversy, while It was pro found and impressive, did not uroue the unbounded enthuslafm which swept the galleries when Mr. Dolllver was speaking. The Iowau was at hia ibest and his wit, ebullience nnd sar casm In turn drew salvos 'of applaiuti I from ins Republican associatts. i.-ji i lWt.en Renovo anil Oroya Fork, for the fore these closing speeches were made, manufacturing and passing of ooun Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, clialrmnn of . teifelt inonev. the npptoprlntlnn committee, and ono of the veterans on (he Republican hide, made an effective llve-mlnute speech in support of the bill. Morsr1. Carmack fOeiu., Tenn), Cliyton (!nm., Ala.) Uleberght I Hem.. Tex.L Peari-3 and IVarmond 'o.) bad also made speeches 111 oppor'tlon to the bill. The Republican managers aie now con fident that with the modifications agreed upon at the confetence last nlKht the bill will command n narrow majority on flic final vote temonow. At me niKin sosion ;urssis. laiuei c . .... -....,-. i ........ ..- ' GJem.), Bellamy (Uom., X. ('.), Bmnv : (Bern.. Mil,), Buike (Pom.. Tex.), Ouartz il)em.. Va.). Dougherty (Dein.. Mo v Hixev mem. Va.). Stone mom.. S. ('.), and Stevens (Dem., Tex.) spnlo against thu bill. At 9 o'clock the housj adjourned. m INVESTIGATION BEGINS. Testimony Is Given in the Case of Mrs. Eylev, of Trenton. Trenton, N, J., Fob. 27. The special committee of the assemble to !nv.stl'jjile and Rev. Cltor-o C Mnddock, tt uiem her of the old board of trustees. The testimony given was to the ilToct that the witnesses believed the main trouble at the school was due to the general lack of homo tieatment under Mis, Eyler's mnmiginient cud a lao,c if that affectionate euro which Is ncee-wirv for ihe reformation of his N'ono of the witnesses ever saw any :.is-s tf cruelty hi tho way of corporal piinisSuucrt, but believed they existed. Lehigh Valley Earnings. Philadelphia. Feb. 27.-Tho January statement of tho Lehigh Valley Railroad company, Issued today, shows tho gross rarningrt for the mouth to have been J2.202.SI7, an Increaso of JI35.r,7ii over tho same period In iw.ij net earnings, snil.iiU, an Increase of J2r'2.S"'i. The grosu earn legs, of tho Lehigh Valley Coal company fur January wero $1 (i"2.2:'l, an Increaho of J.15.W2; net hiss. J2I.CI1. Tho not los-s for January vas 2n,31l, V Prohibition Convention. Philadelphia, Feb. 27,-The Prohibition state legislative, conunltteo today decided upon August S as tho rtoto for the state convention. State Chairman Jane was authorized to visit Johnrtown and Will l.imsport and reprrt as to the advlnabll Ity of selecting either of thee cities ns the place for holding tho convention. DISASTROUS F1RK SWfcEPS NEWARK LARGE3T CONFLAGRATION HISTORY OF THE CITY. IN Several Thought to Have Perished. A Number Are Badly Burned. Score of Buildings Burned and Losses Are Estimated at Over a Million Dollars Four Firemen Burled Under a Wall Superinten dent's Narrow Escape. New York, Feb. 27. The greatest tiro Newark, N. J., over experienced swept th,.OUKn the rctnn jry EOods ,ilHtrict tonight, destroying a milMIng. The loss Is scorc or moru estimated at over 1. fthO... ftft Snvpr.ll ttvnu linvn li,i i,,,,t ,imi aVu,.ni nrcnn. ...! i.nHU- burned. ti,,-. Ii irt,i i w v uv,Wa department store, at Broad and Cedar stieets, a four story building of 75 feet froi,tapo an,i extending 20o"feet alo f..nf iiltitiir rvrt.-n- kh- vh ,t,.r.L- wU v..iu.,i nt half a n,mon dollars and nothing W11S . Tho bullaln(. wus burned ., .t,,, ,ii,. Tlie lite, which broke out at fi.20 o clock, extended In different directions from Snyder's store and was not got ten under control until HU0 o'clock. The several nundred employes had lef Snyder's building shortly before the tire, bioke out, but the engine room force and a number of sweepers were still there. Whether or not tnese all escaped Is not i.nown. Four tlretnen we,e burled under a falling wall and two of them, Captain Walter Harrison and Fireman Thonins Brown, are be- lleved to be fatally Injured. J lie prinelplal losses are: w. V. Snvder &. Company, $30-3,000; buildings, various owners, ?27.",0(ii): .T. M. Mnntz, L. Uornsteln and L. S. Plant & Com pany, Sl.'i.OOO each. A number of firms are losers to the extent of from ?5,000 to SIO.OOO each and the scores of smaller losers will bring the amount of losses up to more than n million dollars, It Is estimated. Couine of the Flames. From Snyder's store the flamessprenj northward on Broad street to the build ing adjoining, occupied by Mantz, dealer In laces on the first floor nnd offices on the upper floods. The build ing was totally destroyed. Then fnllowerl the buildings occupied by 11. Allen, caterer; C. B. Paddle. bunks, an,l the big department store of ' B. S'tinuss. The rear of the latter ! building was gutted nnd the flames t weie here cheeked. Southward on Broad I street from Snyder's store the llamei took in W. T. Rae's Jewelry store, P. .1. Garrlgan's drug store. Cairn's pho tograph gallery, the Pee Hive dry goods store, owned bj L. S.' Plaut & Co., and the lire was checked at this point. On Cedar street the progress of the fire wus not great, but extended from No. 2 to No. 2t. Tluss were all small stores, and the upper floors were occupied largely us dwellings. There were several exciting rescues fiom the burnlmr buildings. From the second floiv r.f the Snyder building he firemen rescued Oscar O. Schalketon, sixtj years of age, thu superintendent of the store. His clothing was uhlaz when lie got on tho ladder, and the fire men tru-e the burning clothing from ! him. lie was leiuoved to a hospital, badly burned. - - ALLEGED COUNTERFEITER. Bogus Five Dollar Notes Found in Austin's House. Couclorsport. Pa.. Feb. 27. W. T. Flynn. of the United States secret ser vice at Pittsburg, arrested George Austin Sunday afternoon on the Tam arack mountain, Clinton county, be- At his house was found counterfeit five-dollar notes on the Gallatin Xa tional bank of New York city and counterfeit ten-dollar notes on the Flint National hank of HomellsvllK N. V.. and fifteen different plates for i mr.kln:? counterfeit notes, which the oflL'ur declined to describe. Today Flynn arrested Claude C. Kimball, a photographer of Coudersport, on the chnrge of making counterfeit paper 1 money by the use of a specially con ! structed camera, While the. officer i ""-- - - ; wouU, )0t Btato tl)f fuU rosult of n(4 search sufficient evldenco was present- ed to Justify the man's commitment. GEORGE BARROW INSANE. Tho Kidnapper of Baby Clarke in a Straight Jacket. New York Feb. 27. George B. Har row, who with his wife kidnapped "Baby" Chuke in Central Park, thU city, last year, and who was sent to Sing Sing prison for fourteen years, was today taken to tho (uylum for ln sani' criminals at Mattcawan, having became. Insane. About two weeks ago Barrow became violent and had to be pu: in a straight Jacket and placed in a padded cell. He was adjudged Insane by u commis sion, hut as ho sc'incd to become ra tional ngaln he was kept under treat ment In the prison hospital. Las: night he had another severe attack. Barmw's wife Is In Auburn prison serving a six and a half years' sen tence. MORE SOLDIERS' BODIES HOME. Transport Hancock Brings 505 Dead from Manila. San Francisco, Feb. 27. The work of moving tho deud from tho transport Hancock began today Tho Hancojlt brought r03 bodies of soldiers from Ma nila, Tho total number of bodied re turned from tho Philippines Is J.U6. The bodlca oro to bo met at tho Pre sidio wharf bv a detachment from tho Third artillery, which will escort them to the buildings where they o.ro to await the disposal of relatives. Gettysburg College Alumni. Hiirrlsbure, Feb. 27. This evening the first annual banquet of the Hanisburg Alumni association of Gettysburg college wiv held at the HsrrlFburg club. The guests Included President McKnlght, of the college and Judge J. TLur ww" t tho Su'",io nru lilti MitVS THIS .UOKNINJ Weather Indications TuJavi ItAIN Off SWOW; WAR MB R. 1 (icncrnl General Cronje Surrenders, Ptbato on tho ljuay Case. Flames Sweep Newaik's Dry Gooda District. Testimony at the Clark Bribery Inves tigation, 2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania, Financial and Commercial. 3 Local Court Proceedlnus. Programme of tho W. C. T. U. Con vention. 4 Kdltorlnl. News and Comment. 5 General Whitney's Weekly Budget of News. 6 Local I'rerldcnt Scranton Before the Light and Water Cuiuniltteo of Councils. Constable Soldman's Urlbeiy Charges Not .Sulirtantlatid. 7 Local Itcnrganlzatli.il of the Board of Control. UstlmatcM Committee Finishes Its Work. S Local West Scranton and Suburban. 9 Bound About the County. 10 Story "Hard Lines." It General Tons of Honey In Texas Caves. 12 Local Live Industrial News. WRECK IN A BLIZZARD. Crash of Trains In a Snow Drift Near Konsas City Several Killed and Injured. Kansas city.. Mo., Fob. 27. In a ter rlilc blizzard tonight the St. Louis ex press on the Missouri Pacific railroad, while stuck In a snow drift near In dependence, about twelve miles from here, was run Into by a local passen ger train. The parlor car In the feat of the express train was literally cut in two and lire added t- the horrors of tho wreck. Mrs. J. G Schmldlapp, of Cincinnati, and another woman, as vet unknown, were killed, nnd finite a number of persons Injured. Among these are I. G. Schmldlapp, of Cincinnati, and Ids daughter. The wife was Instantly killed. Air. Schmld lapp Is president of the 1'nlon Savings Bank and Trust company of Cincin nati: the Clifton Sraings Distilling company, nnd is connected with other enterprises. Ho Is n, muitl-mllllniialr?. It Is feared other bodies may bo touml In the wreck. FETE OF MARDI GRAS. Drizzling Rain Interferes with the Festivities. Paris, Feb. 27. A drhzllng rain and a leaden sky threntem-d to make Hie feto of MntMi Gras a complete failure so far as Parts Is concerned. Never theless a good iiumher of people gath ered elong tho boulevard where con fettl battles were allowed, and, splash ing through the mud and rain, ex changed volleys of missiles. As even ing approached, however, the rain ceased. Crowds flocked to the averius Des Champs Elyseo and the boule vnrds.where all stores were closed, and soon thu traditional gaiety of Palis as scited Itself and king carnival reigned supreme. From one end of Paris to tho other the air was filled with clouds of con fetti, especially in front of the eafe-t, from which colored Jeipentlncs were thrown In return. A living sea of merry makers thronged the prluelp.il thoroughfares and the loads wero inches deep with the eonfettl.as though I'aiisi had passed through a varlgated snow storm. TROUBLE AT EASTON. Henry Geisup Accused of Having Violated Election Laws. Barton, Pa., Feb, 27. --Henry Geisup, supervisor of census of the district comprising Northampton, Lihlgh. Car bon and Monroe counties this morning appeared before Alderman Stocker and gave ball in the sum of $1,30 1 for a heating. Geisup is charged with hav ing violated the election law on Tues day Inst. His bondsman Is Henry Weldkneeht, the Democratic candidate for select council, to accomplish whose defeat Gclmp Is t-ald lo havo voted non-residents of the First ward. Joseph Yaten. one of the colored men arrested on Saturdiy and who was saved from going to Jail by James W. Corral, :i prominent meichant, and latj Republican candidate for mayor, hut disappeared and the police are unable to locate him. PUERTO RICAN TARIFF. Mr. KcKinley Favors the Fifteen For Cent. Compromise. Washington, Fob. 27. The cabinet was In session little moio thun an hour today. There was a general talk on the pending finance bill, the conference agreement on which la known to be satisfactory to the piesldent. The Puerto Rlcnn tariff bill wan taken up uud discussed at Home length. It was stated after the meeting by a member of tho cabinet that the presi dent favors the passage of the fifteen per cent, compromise measure. DEATHS OF A DAY. Lebanon, Pa.. Feb. 27.-WIUI.im llray Bod, a wealthy former Philadelphia, wan found deed toduy at his lrime, Fair view .Farms, at Hunker 11111, this courty, whero he has resided tho hut ive years. Death was duo to heart .llsaiso. Ho had been in poor health for ionio time out bis death woa sudden and unopec:id. He whs 21 ye-irs of ukc and wns the son nnd only child of tho lato Ciptam fioyd, Fnlted States navy. He was well lii.own In Philadelphia and New York society and was a member of -.he Uimn Lcuvua of Philadelphia. Wage Advance of 13 Per Cent. Pittsburg, Feb. 27. It Is learned tonight that the eighteen thousand coke workers In the Connellsvllle region will tumor. row receive notice ot an a ranco lu their I wages of about 12 per ceo. . DEPEW ON THE PHILIPPINES Policy of the Administra lion Is Strongly Upheld. ARGUING THE QUAY CASH Sir. Turley Resumes His Speech o tho Constitutional Points Raised in the Case Mr. Penrose and X Spooner Join in tho Debate Tin Cases of Mr. Allen and Otheri Cited During the Argument Mr, Teller Explains His Vote in th Mantle Affair. Washington, Feb. 27. Mr. Dcpow, of Nov York, addressed the senato today on the Philippine question. Ills ora tlon was beautiful lu oratory and dic tion. He strongly upheld the policy of the administration and In conclusion pictured so brilliantly commerce nnd civilization moving hand In hand for thu happlne.-s and uplifting of tho peo ple of thu Philippines, ns well us theso of this country, that tho galleries wero swept by a storm of applause. After Mr. Turley had concluded bin speech on the Quay case, tho Hawaiian government bill was again taken up, but little progress was made. An agreement was reached that a flnat vote should be taken on the mcusuro tomorrow. Mr. Turley today resumed his speech, begun yesterday, on the case relating to the suutlng of. Mr. Quay, of Penn sylvania. He was Interrupted by Mr. Penrose (Pennsylvania) at the point where ho was maintaining that the. frumers of the constitution Intended that the legislature and not tho gov ernor should name the senators, ex cept In certain circumstances, named by the constitution. Mr. Penrose Inquired If It were not the Intention of the framcrs of the constitution that the senate at all times should be full, so that In view of such Important matters as the Forco bill, an impeachment trial or sonu similar case coming before tho senate. any of which might hinge upon 0110 vote, tho states might have an equal representation. Mr. Turley replied that thut was the Intention of the framers of the consti tution, but It -would not necessarily follow that the senato at all times could be kept full. Mr. Turley, In a , colloquy with Mr. Spooner, alluded to th fact that another objection to an appointment being made by a gover nor was that the governor did not al ways, represent the people, as did the legislature. Mr. Spooner Inquired wliiit emilil lw, ilnnr, In the event nf ii?i I Insurrection breaking out In the statu and dispersing the legislature and thus 1 pi eventing it from electing a senator. I "Well," responded Mr. Turley. "It in my Idea that It the Insurrection ut ' tallied sucn magidtude as to dlspersn 1 the legislature It would be pretty like j ly to have the governor running It." To this. Mr. Spooner replied that tho . governor conn, not very well be "dis persed" and that within the limits of I the slate has has ample authority lo make any proper appointment. Cace of Mr. Allen. Reference being made to the appoint ment of senators by governors who differed from tho legislature in pull, tics, Mr. I'eiirosu called attention to the fact that Mr. Allen, a Populist, had been appointed by a governor elected at the same time as the legislature which had chosen a Republican senate. Mr. Turley discussed thu precedents bearing on the case, maintaining that from 1S25 to the present time not onu case could be found In support of tlm ( contention of Mr. Quay's supporters. "It is Impossible, to find In all tha ! records a precedent for this case," de ' elated Mr. Turley. "To sum up tho ' matter, I may say that whero the legls- lature, either before or after the liap I penlng of tho vacancy, has opportunity to fill the vacancy and has failed to tfo so, the governor, under every precedent for sevenij-tlve yeaiv, has no author ity to make the appointment. That Is the consistent rule for three-quartern of a century. This being the only body which can construe this particular chjiiuo of the constitution, nre wo to ' say in 1S9S, when Mr. Corbett wan knocking at the doors of the senate, one thing und In 1900, when Mr. Quay Is knocking at the doors, another thing'."' Mr, Turley deprecated any question of personality entering Into su h a case as the present one, and he hoped sena tors would regard It purely as a con stitutional question. After Mr. Teller had made nn expla nation of his vote In the Mantle caso and had declared his purpose to stand I by the senate's action In the Corbett case, the Quay caso was laid aside. Mr. Penrose gave notleo that ho would call up tho case tomorrow and every legislative day thereafter, his In tention being only to glvo way to con sideration of the conference report on the financial bill, which Is privileged, - - Third Avenue Stock Falls. Now York, Feb. 27. Th" prlco of Third Avenue Street railroad stock fell l!iJi points to 51?j on the Stock exchange to. day. Exactly ono year ugo thu stock sold at 212. Mechanics liens for J1,SS3,8H wero tiled against the Third Avenue company today and reports wero circulated that application for a receiver wouldbo mtidc WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Feb. 27, Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday: For eastern Pennsylvania, Increasing clnvdlness and warmer Wednesday with snow or rain nnd Itiercaslnir - easterly winds; prubably fair Thursday. 4- t t t t J.
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