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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
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' 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.
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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.
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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,
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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-
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