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ROBERTS
RAPIDLY
ADVANCES
He Is Again Misleading
the Boers by Contin
uing Southward.
NO FOREIGN INTERVENTION
It Is Not Thought That Austria,
Hungary or Italy Will Respond to
the Appeals of the Boers for In
terventionThe London Morning
Papers Hold That the Government
Will Decline to Open Negotiations
with Republics Except Upon Basis
of Complete Surrender.
Ixmdon, Mauh 13, 1.20 a. m. Loid
Roberts is making a von rapid ad
vance, and lie Is again misleading the
Bnors by continuing the advance south-
vrard Instead of through the Il.it coun
try due cast of Aasvogel Kop. He will
probably seize the railway south of
Bloomfonteln. and although another
battle hs possible. It is nnne likely that
the Boers ate only endeavoring to ib
liiy his advance until all the rolling
stock of the railway and the stores nnd
troops from llio Oi inge ilvor district
be gotten away. Such conlldence Is
now felt in the military operations that
Int-iest lather centres In the political
aspects of the war. The Dally News
quotes YVhltelaw Kelt as saying. In a
ptlvati- letter:
"I give ou hearty congratulations
on the changed aspect of the war. It
Is mi Immense relief to us all, as well
as to ou."
"This view." snvs the Dally News, "Is
welcome, as expicsslng with an un
usual measure of authoilty enlight
ened public feeling in tlie United
States."
Fruitless Oveitures.
Uecpt In the ec of Uirin.iny, the
replies of the powers to the Boers' ap
peals for Intervention are not jet
Known tmblk'lv heie. but it Is quite
eitain that Austria. Hungary and
Italy will decline to Inteifero and there
is no apprehension that anything will
ennio of the overtures of the two re
publics. A despatch from Loienzo Marques
announces the arilval there of Hi.
Fischer, the Orange Pico State sccie
taiy and Mr. Wolmarens, a member of
the Tiansvaal executive council. It I
not known whether they aie bound on
a mission to n lorelgn power or to
Sir Alfred Milner. Mr. Wolmarens Is
In President Kiugcr's confidence.
Cecil Rhodes has Issued a statement
that his forthcoming visit to Unglund
has solely to do with pthatc business
and is in no way connected witli tho
South Afiicau .settlement.
All the morning papers tnke the lino
that the government will decline to
open negotiations with the republics
ccept upon the basis of a complete
surrender and will also mnke It pei
fectly clear that nothing In the shape
of foreign Inteiventlon will be toler
ated. On Road to Bloemfonteln.
Venters Viol, Oiange Free State,
Monday ccnlng, Mar. 12. Tho British
forces, which since the lighting at
'Drlefonteln have been matching
hither, have turned the Boer position.
Our calvary aie ahead.
The Boeis weio icported this morn
ing about 12.000 Htiong, with eighteen
guns in position on u range of kopjes
commanding the direct road to Bloem
fontein, which Is distant fifteen miles.
GERMANY DECLINES.
Is in No Way Concerned in South
African Conflict.
Durban, Monday, March 12. The
Transvaal has appealed to Cermnny
for mediation or Intel ventlon in the
war with Great Biltaln, CJeinuny has
replied that she declines to Intel fere,
as she Is in no way concerned In thy
conntct.
Tho Hague, Mar. 12. It Is learned
from a tellable source that Piesident
Kruger, tluough the consuls at Pie
torla, has appealed for the inteiven
tlon of the great powers in the Trans
vaal war and has also appealed to the
governments of Belgium, Holland and
Switzerland.
Philadelphia Democrats Organize.
PJilludclphla. Match 12,-Tho Demo,
cratia city committor orsunUed tonight,
ro-ekctlng CharK'S V, Donnelly rhatr
mail. Delegate;! to thfl Democratic statu
convention weio alto elected. A leso.
lutlon was adopted providing for the ap.
pnlntmnt of commltteo to confer with
National Committeeman Uuffey regard
In a plan for Imrmciny In the party In
this city. The committee, however, did
nat adopt Mr. (liiffey's mggi-sllnjis for
u. confetence between tho factions here.
Victojy for Jeffords.
BrfTnlo. March Yt .lint Jeffords, of i.
Ifxri'la. wax given the decision over Vu.
ler Johnson (colondi, uf Philadelphia,
hi twenty round at the Hnwthoine un
law lnlflit. Th3 bout was rather latue.
DALEY INVESTIGATION.
Coroner's Jury Heats Testimony in
the Case.
Pittsburg, March 12. Cotoner Jesse
M. MoGeury began the fourth session
of the Imiuest Into tlie death last Jnnu
ury of William H. Daley, the Phila
delphia traveling salesman, lit 2 30 p.m.
Cornelius Kennedy, a Hotel Henry
porter, told of Daley's Illness, corrob
orating the testimony of other wit
nesses, with the additional Infm mu
tton that he had seen Daley taking
medicine In tho form of tablets.
Anna Purdy, a muse from the West
Penn hospital, who took charge of
Daley, testified that ho was uncon
scious from the time he was taken
there Satutday until his death at !.20
u. m. Monday.
Mary Talbot, another hospital nurse,
who had charge of Daley Saturday
nlsht. testified to marks on his body
and that he was unconscious all the
lime she was with him.
J. Hemy Long, employed at Fuller
ton's undertaking establishment, who
embalmed the body, told of seeing
black and blue marks on It. He foun-1
no broken ribs.
James Lioughrey, supetintendent of
the morgue, testified to seeing Daley's
body at Undertaker Fullerton's nnd
remarked to Fullerton, when he saw
the blackened eves; "What are you
doing with our case?"
"It Is not yours," Fullerton lcplled;
"Dr. Balston furnished a certificate."
"You had better look out," Loughrey
had replied.
W. r. McKelvey. of the bureau of
health, produced the certificate issued
to the bureau by Dr. Ralston. , The
caue of death, It stated, was uiaeinla
with cardiac exhaustion as a compli
cation. The length ol Illness given was
ten days.
Adjourned until Wednesday.
DAY IN CONGRESS.
R. A. Wise Is Given the Seat For
merly Occupied by W. A. Young.
Rawlins Discusses Philippines
Question.
Washington, March 12. Dining al
most the i utile session of the enUe
today Mr. Rawlins (Utah) occupied tha
floor In u discussion of the Philippines
question. He went deeply Into the con
stitutional pl.nses of the fUestlo.i and
his atgument was hugely legal and
technical. He Is opposed to the hold
ing of the Philippines. All tho private
1 cnslon bills on the calendar, e'ghty
sl in number, weie passed.
Today foi the second time within a
week n Dcmociut was unseated by the
house and n Hepublican scatel in his
place. H. A. Wise was sivcir tlie sv.it
hlthetto occupied by W. A Young
fiom the second Virginia district. Pie
vlmiK to taking the vote John A. Wise.
of New York, who was formerly i
member of tho house fiom Vliglnla,
and who is the hi other of It. A. Wls
and his attorney In the case, was ex
cluded from the hall by Speaker Hen
derson on the protest of th; Democrat
that he was abusing the prl lieges of
the tloor, to whlili he was entitled by
the lules, by Intel rerlng with the de
bate upon the case. Tho voter was ex
ceedingly close. While none of the Re
publicans voted with lb; Demounts,
enough were absent an! unpaired to
leduce the Republican niaioilty upon
the final vote- fiom lfi. the normal ina
Joilty. to 7. The vote- dee luring Mr.
Wise entitled to the seat was VV; to
125. An uigent dellelr ucy bill i arryllig
I.I3'),GSS was p.is-ed.
CIGAR MAKERS' STRIKE.
Eight Hundred Girls Among the
Number at New York.
New Yoik, March 12. About 2,300
cigar makers, including about M0 glils,
employed by the tinn of Keibs. Wei
thelm & Sehlffer, aie on a stilke. Al
though the strike was declaicd because
of an alleged poor grad of stock the
strikers have asked lor an Increase
of vvngci i mining from 20 to :;o per
cent, und that the factory go under
control of the union.
Tho stilkeis. with the exception of
about 600. are non-union. The stilke
Is being conducted by Nathan Rosen
steln nnd Albert Marousek. the presi
dent and fccietary. respectively, of the
Intei national union. Mr. Rosenstdn
said today that tho two out of town
shops of the fit in would go on strike
at once. Tho .shop In Lancaster. Pa.,
where then- aie 270 bands, would go
on strike today, and the one In Hauls,
buig, Pa., piobably tomorrow.
KNOWS IMPROPER RESORTS.
Henry Bun- Submits Evidence Be
fore Grand Jury.
New Yoik, March 12. Henry Buir,
superintendent of tho Society for the
Prevention of Cjinie. was before the
giand Jury and submitted the ovldeno
In his possession regardln improper
resorts In this city.
Ho tefused ab'utelv to communi
cate his evidence 'o DIstrlit Attorney
Gardiner, saying that the Information
was for the grand Juiy alono and un
diluted. Alleged Conspirators Arrested.
SlMinokln. Pa.. Match U-Cuimcltmen
Tlioinus Holl, W. 8. Zimmerman, 11
ward O. Xtup and BvCoumllmeu Oscar
J, He-cd und William Hepptud were ar-ic-sted
today cimrgi-d with con-iplracy
and bribery In connection with thc-awurd-Ins
of ctilnln contracts for brick pav
ing. Tho wurrants were swoin to by
Constable William Taby. The deti-nilantn
weie taken bt-rore- Justice F. M. Rnwe
but wuUed a hearing and entered bail In
the- sum of H.r.00 & for their appear
nnce at tho Ma term of court.
Big Collieiy Burned.
P'.tlsUlle. Pa., Murch U'.-Thc Spilng.
dale colliery at Mulmnoy City, owiud by
I.enu & Co., or Munch Chunk, was com
pletcly destroyed by lire this iiiurnlng.
entulllng a Iosh of $5),00O. which In partly
covered by insurance. The. fire is juid
to Iijvo been caused by a spark from u.
pussliig locomotive. The flic communi
cated wltli the culm bank, which ut this
writing aio still burning fiercely.
Steamship Arrivals,
liuvte. March U.-Arrlted La Nor
mundte, from Nev York. Plymouth-Arrived:
Hotterdnm, from New York for
Hotleidam. New York-Clcarrd: Kaiser
Wlllielm Der Grossc. for Bremen l,i
Chri'inurg und fiouthampton
ANSWER OF CARNEGIE
STEEL COMPANY
THIRTY INDIVIDUAL DEFEN
DANTS NAMED.
The Document Complete Makes Near
ly 80,000 Words, Meeting Every
Avciment of the Plaintiff in Full
nnd Detail It Denies That An
diew Carnegie and Others Named
in Plaintiff's Bill Executed Ai ti
des for tho Carnegie Steel Com
panyAverments of Plaintiff with
Reference to Change of Business
Denied.
Pittsburg, March 12. Late this after
noon the answer of the Cameglo Steel
company, limited, defendant in the
equity suit of II. '(.. Trick, to determine
the value of his holdings In said com
pany, was tiled In common pleas court
No. 1.
The answers Hied aie for the Car
negie Steel company, limited, and the
thlity Individual defendants below
named: The Cainegle Steel company, limited,
Andrew Carnegie. C. N. Schwab,
Thomas Morrison, James Oayley, W.
W. Blackburn. J. Ogden Hoffman,
James Scott, W. T. Cony, L. T. Brown,
II. J. Lindsay. II. C. Tener, Jr.. W, B.
Dickson, John McLeod, A. 11. Hunt,
1'. T. Berg, L. C. Phlpps, W. II. Singer.
D. M. Clotmon, A. M. -Mot eland, John
C. Fleming, Geotge S. McCngtle, H. P.
Dope, Joseph L Schwab, J. G. Keir,
H. J. Wood, O. D. Packer A. C. Case,
C W. Baker, A. O. Dinkey, f'hatles
McCieery.
The other iudl Idual defendants are
as follows:
Heniy Phlpps, Jr.. Geoige Lauder,
now in Uurope: H. M. Cuiry. secre
tary: A. It. Peacock, now In Califor
nia; r. T. V. Lovejoy, who has-alieady
answered; George II. Wlghtman, now
in Florida: Charles L. Taylor, now In
California; A. B. Whitney, now In Cali
fornia: Millard Hunslker, now In Lou
don, und Georre Megrew.
Tho document e-omplcte makes near
ly 20,000 words, meeting every aver
ment ot the plaintiff In luM nnd detail.
It Is denied that Andiew Carnegie, and
otheis turned In the plaintiff's bill, dur
ing April, May and June, 1S92, executed
urtlcles of association for the Carnegie
Steel company, limited, but they did
subset Ibu to an unieiidment of the otig
Inal ceitlncate under which Carnegie
Bros, & Co., limited, had been organ
ized as a limited paitnership associa
tion. Said amendment was not for the pur
pose of ctcatlng a new pntneisblp or
new partneishlp association, but for
modlfIns: the temis of the oiUlnal
ceitlllcate. At a meeting of tho share
holders. Mai ch 25. 1S92. at which tho
plaintiff. H. C. Uiick. was piesent,
H'solutlons were passed providing for
such an amendment and a committee,
consisting of II. C. Frick. H. M. Cuiry
and F. T. F. Love-Joy, was appointed
to carry out the details of a gi-m-i.il
plan which had been outlined. Mr.
FHek was the pilm-lp.il fuctor of that
committee. At a sha'croldeis ineel
llW. July 1, ls9. the- committee through
Mr. Filck submitted the amended cer
tificate with the statement that It had
been duly signed and executed by
evciy member and had been rec-otded.
Upon Mr. Flick's motion said amend
ment was upproed and adopted. If
there was any defect in said article,
as plaintiff now .neis, he Is piimailly
responsible for such In not properly
and in good faith directing the details
of the amendment entrusted to him by
the other members of the association.
The averments of plaintiff with lef
cience to change of business an- de
nleil, ns in the amended certificate tho
same change as was i mploycd in the
cliai.ictcr of the business.
WAYNE CONVENTION.
Wright Endorsed for Congress Har
denbergh for Auditor General.
Honesdale, Pa., March 12. The spilng
convention of tho Republicans of
Wayne county was held In the city
hall. O Alexander, of Scott, and Dr.
L. R. Cook, of Haw ley. were chosen
delegates to the- state convention and
Instructed to support Hon, K. B. Har
denbergh for auditor general. Con
ferees weie chosen and lustiucted for
Hon. C F. WiJght for congress and
Colonel Coe Duiluud for delegate to
the national convention. Id-solutions
weie adopted endorsing President Me
Klnley, Governor Stone und otheis.
No contest was made by the- anti
Quay faction, and the convention was
unanimous In eu-iy way.
BOILER EXPLODED.
Two Persons Badly Injured at
Johnstown.
Johnstown, Pa March 1!. A holo
digger Is all that Is left of John Gia
wall's planing mill at Bockwood, Som
erset county, as the tesult of a boiler
explosion today. Mr. Grawall, who was
working on the tloor about the boiler,
was severely huit. Prank Giawall, his
son, who was standliifT besde the boiler,
was blown through two partitions and
Is not expected to recover.
The loss Is placed at $200 000.
Corporations Chaitered.
IlarrUburg, March 12.- Charters wvre
lftsurd at the stulo dcpuituicnt iodu us
follons: C.ul.Ujns company, of Philadel
phia, phcrmacoutlct I fperlaltlps, capital
HU.0CO: ltaccat i-omi uny, of Barrel town
chip, capital $,0CO; the New Freedom
Who Cloth eompu ny, New Freedom,
Yoik county, capital $100,(WJ; the Realty
r.nlldlnp nnd Loan association of Phila
delphia, capital H.OOO.OWj the Sharon Tin
Plate- company, Hickory township, Mer-c-er
county, eapttul Jjno.oo): rho Brie Pop
sin Gum company. Brie, cfipllnl $25.oou;
the Wrber tlanltaitum, Philadelphia, cap.
Hal, $30,000.
m
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Wellington, Mireh 12. Pennlon certifi
cates under dato of Fetuuuiy K. In-
I ciccise Wllllnm II. Illmei, Ve-nt Uazle.
ton, Luzerne. $1S to $17.
BASE BALL TALX.
The American Association Will Fur
nish Amusement This Year.
Chicago, March 12. The American
Association of Base Ball clubs, backed
by the National league, will furnish
base ball the coming season In the fol
lowing cities: Baltimore, Washing
ton, Louisville, Cleveland, Chicago, St.
Louis, New York and Philadelphia.
This announcement was made today
by James Halt, rresldent of the Chi
cago club. President Hart returned to
day from the National league meeting
of base ball magnates at New York.
In Baltimore, Washington, Louisville
and Cleveland tho grounds made ten
antless bv the elimination of these
cities from the National league circuit
will bo used. In the remaining cities
tho National leuuue grounds will be
used, as a schedule will be arranged
whereby tho dates of tho two organ
izations will not conflict.
"The new association," said Mr.
Hart, "Is a business necessity. The
league has cut down Its) circuit and Is
morally bound to look out for the
plajeis who were made so much excess
baggage by the reduction. The- ar
rangements as made, however, will
continue until ownership independent
ot the major league, but not Inimical
to its Intel ests, can be aiisutcd."
Mr. Hint also gave out today tho
real story of how tho l eduction of the
National league circuit was accom
plished. Baltimore, Washington, Cleve
land and Louisville, 'Mr. Hart ex
plained, tendered their icslgnatlons
from the league. These weie placed on
file, but not accepted. The twelve-club
circuit, there-fore, could be lcsumed at
any time bcfoie 1902. when the ten
etr agreement expires.
MRS. SLUTTER A HEROINE.
She Carries an Aged Man . from
Burning Building.
Special to the Seranton Tribune.
Stroudsburg, March 12. Mis. J. A.
Glutter ran Into a burning buildtiui.
and while flames were raging In the
bedroom, carried out Michael ( Uuth. a.
bedridden old man, aged 83 years. Mrs.
Clutter beat out the fire that caught
the clothing and burned tho old man's
leg. The heroine was poinfully burned
while performing the act. The Bush
houe Is situated half a mile from the
nearest neighbor. Bush has been an
Invalid for ycais, and besides his
daughter, Mrs. Slutter, and a ounrf
child there was no one at home at the
time the house caught. Nothing was
known of the fire until Michael Bush,
who was In bed upstnlis yelled with
pain.
In spite of the biave woman's burns
she- went back In the house In the
hopes ot saving some of the furniture.
Going upst.iiis Mrs. Slutter was about
to carry down an nitlcle of furniture
when tlie icof fell lr. Kscaoc, from
the- stairway was cut off. She made
her way to the window and Jumped
down to the yaid below.
PAISLEY ACCUSED.
It Is Alleged That He Padded
Pay Rolls.
Pittsbuig, Pa., Muieh 1.'. Samuel L.
Paisley, former superintendent of the
buieau of hlghwnvs and sew pis, who
Is under Investigation for alleged pad
ding of pay-rolls and other hiegulai
itles, tendeied the finance committee
of councils a certified check foi $4,200,
The letter acumip.uoing the check de
nies emphatically any vrongdolng und
stlpulites that the money bo refunded
should his lesponslblllty be not proven.
The check is given as an evidence or
good faith and to show that he stands
leady to make good any possible Ir
ri'BUlat Hies la his otflce.
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
Already Subscribed.
Buffalo. N. Y., Mai el 12. Thtec hun
dred thousand dollais has been suh
sctibed by the following lullroad com
panies to tlie capital stock ot the Pan
American exposition:
Vnndeibllt lines. $1.10,000: Lackawan
na road, $50,000; Urie lallroad, $30,000;
Lehigh Valley, $10,ou0; Western New
Yoik and Pennslvanla tallroad, $10,
000; American i:piess company, $1.",
000: Wells Fargo Express company,
$15,000.
This amount Is not mme than half
of what was expected.
SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES.
Arguments Heaid in a Number of
Cases.
Harilsburg, March 12. The superior
cotiit convened In this city this after
noon to hear arguments In a number
of oases. Judges Smith and Mltchel.
who have been 111 tor some time, were
unable to bo piesent. The court Is ex
pected to hand down a number of Im
portant decisions when it rises next
vv eok ,
The sitting JudgtH will be enter
tained at dinner by Governor and Mrs,
Stone at the executive mansion on tin
evening of Match II.
SnuS Trust Formed.
Trenton. N. J.. March 12. Tho Amer
ican Snuff company was lncot poratcd to.
day with an nrnhoiU. d capital stock of
f23,ej0,000. Half rt this amount Is to bo
III lire fei red stock bearing G per cent,
nou-cumulatlvo dividends and the re
mainder common stock. Tho company is
to absorb tho loading snuff Industries of
the count! y.
Fatal Dynamite Explosion.
ll.ulclnn. March 12. By an ej.ploslon
of d)namlto which u number of men
vve.ro attempting to thaw out today
Frank Ward was killed and Foreman
MiCiivlien and several otherc were budly
Injured at the No. 3 strlpplrgs, near litre
Cardinal di Canossa Dead,
Verona, Italy. March 12. Cardinal dl
Cpnosaa, bishop of Veronu, Is dead, ltq
was (lie oldest niemtcr of tho sacred col.
lege- raid was Austria's delegate In the
conclave which elected the pope-.
Twenty Bound Draw.
New York. March 12. Young Mahoncy,
of Philadelphia, and Mj'sterlous Billy
Smith, foujsht a W-round draw at the
Hercules Athletic club tonight.
AiANY PERSONS
PERISH BY FIRE
NEWARK TENEMENT DESTROY
ED BY AN INCENDIARY.
Fifteen Bodies Found in the Ruins.
One Man Arrested on Suspicion
That He Started the Fire Burned
Building Was Formerly a Church.
Halls So Narrow That Fleeing
Tenants Were Jammed in Them.
Xew York, March 12. Many lives
were lost this morning In n fire which
destroyed a tenement in tho Italian
quartet- at Morris and Fourteenth ave
nues, known uh the Hill, In New at k,
N. J. The lire statted at D o'clock, and
In half an hour the entire house was
a furnace. No accurate Information
legardlng the number of dead has be-cn
obtained by the police, but llfteon
bodies have beeir found.
The entire tire department ot the city
was summoned, but the large force of
firemen could do little townrd saving
life, as long before tho greater number
of the hook and ladder trucks arrived
opportunities to use them had passed.
Attention was turned, Therefore, to
saving adjoining houses from the
flames.
Several of those killed Jumped from
upper windows. Policemen nnd citi
zens saved scores of lives by using luel
deis obtained from neighbors.
The soread of the flames was so
rapid that a rumor that the lite was
the work of an Incendiary soon spread.
The police- ian the report down 'and
suspicion pointed to one man, who was
ai rested.
The fire was under control at 7
o'clock and at 9 search of the ruins
was commenced. Fourteen bodies wen
found In the first fifteen minutes. Vol
unteeis weio called for by the chief of
' police and scores of citizens answcied
and aided In the work of digging into
the pile of smouldering timbers.
Bodies Taken Out.
The bodies taken out were those of
'the- following-named:
Tony Pulmlsono, 39 yetrs old; Mary
j Palmlsono, his wife, sumo age; two
Pulmlsono children; Mrs. Gactanl Pal
mlsono. 30 years old, slster-ln-lnv of
Tony Pulmlsono; Kugenlo Cassllo, ii
years old; Mrs. Cassllo; their four c hil
dren. nged' respectively 2. 3, 7 and 9
years; Guise ppe Bui to, 4! jears old;
Mrs. Barto, 43 years old; Theresa Br
to, 7 yeats old.
The building was a threu-stoiy fiame
structure, formerly used n.s a church,
but transformed Into a ten-nicnt house,
w ith small rooms, scarcely eight by
ten feet In dimensions, opening into
a narrow hallway nn both the second
and third floors. It was n vei liable
file trap. It vvus In the heait of the
Italian district, and the greatest ex
citement prevailed when It became
rumored th it tho file was of Incendiary
origin. Within fifteen minutes of the
time when this repoit was first clicu-latc-d
men and women, well nigh erased
with gilef, i an around the streets lo ik
ing for the man who was responsible
for the tragedy and threatening ven
geanc e.
When the fire vvns discovered the
tenants poured out of their rooms and
ran hither nnd thither, unable to find
nrean.s of escape. L'vcry room emptied
Its oecurpnts Into tho n.urovv little,
halls and then- was no eseupe for the
frightened Itullans because of the Jam.
There were not less than twelve fam
Hies In the place, sixty persons in all,
of whom perhaps forty were child! en.
Four men ran to a front window an 1
Jumped to the street. Several otheis
were hurt by Jumping, and after
crawling to places of temporary safety
waited until help came, when they
were sent to hospitals. The flames
spiead from room to room and from
tloor to floor with frightful rapidity,
and tho keen March wind sent the
spaiks to the southeast, threatening
all the frame tenements In that direc
tion. Man Arrested.
The man who was arrested was Vlto
Credavo. With his wife and two chil
dren he lived In the real of the- third
floor. Virginia Dl Prillu, a Hoarder In
the house, told Police Captain L'dwards
that when he was awakened by the
smoke he found Credavo and his fam
ily fully diessed and ready to leave Un
building. Dl Prula told this story after
having been arrested, as the pollen had
heard thut he. had told several persons
that If a reward weie offered he- could
tell who the Incendiary was. Credavo
became greatly excited when arrested.
At tlrst he denied tho charge, speaking
English, then when hu was questioned
further he pretended not to understand
what he was asked. An Interpreter
was sefcured, but tho only thing ho
would say was that ho had ncC set tho
house on fire.
Eugene Smith Dead.
Wllkm-IfiiiP. March 1.'. Bugeno Smith,
the .voung man who was shot by Henry
Dubois early Sunday morning whllo hi
the act of robbing Dubois' rhlckin coop,
died in the city hospital today. Ho re
fuced to divulge the names of hlj ivvo
companions who wero with him when
the shooting took place. Dubois was ar
raigned before Judge HaUey this after-t-oon
and r cleared upon furnishing J1A')
ball.
Hummel Declared Guilty.
Wllllamsport. March 12 The Jury In
tho cao of William H, Hummel, the ra?
peddler, chaiged with tho murder of bis
wlfii and her- three children cime. In Into
this afternoon with a verdict of guilty In
the first degree, Hummel asked If ho
could not bo sent to the penitentiary,
sniliig that ho would rather go there,
than bo hung. Tho Jury was out K-3s
than two hours.
Indian School Commencement.
Carlisle, Pa., March 12,-The twiltth
annual commencement of the: Iiidkin In.
dustrlal school opened tonight with a
Bjmimsflc drill. This marks the twenty,
first anniversary of tho foundation of tho
school. There Is a eluss of thirty-six
graduates, representing fifteen tribes.
Large delegations from Washington und
New York will attend.
THE NEWS THIS M0HN1.VU
Wiathtr Indications To.'ayt
FAIH; WARMER.
General-Belief That Uncle Sam Is
Is Moving for Pence In South Africa.
General Roberts Continues Ills Ad
vance. Fatal Nowark Tercment Plres.
Answer of Andrew Carnegie to Suit
Against Him.
General Northenstern Pennsylvania.
Theatrical Gossip.
Financial and Commercial.
Local United States Court Begins Its
Work.
County Court Proceedings.
VMItorlal.
News and Comment.
General How Captain Lenry Reigned
In Guam.
Local Supreme Court Decl-dons
f.
fcctlng I.nrkawanna Cases,
rommllties ot tho Boaid of Control.
Local Dr. O'Mallev's Mnldi-n Speech
Stlis l'p tho School Controller".
Interesting .Paper on Tardiness hi tho
Schools.
Local ,West Seranton and Suburban.
Round About the County.
Local Live News ot tho Industiial
World.
"POP" IS EXCLUDED FROM
MR. SHELDON'S PAPER.
Theatrical Reviews, Coiset Adver
tisements, and Stock Quotations
Also Receive the Blue Pencil.
Topeka, Kan., March 12. Rev. C. M.
Sheldon, who edits the Top.-ka Capital
this week, was nt the citric e of the
paper at S.30 o'clock this morning and
made n hutried Inspection of tho var
ious departments. At lu o'clock he
had u confeiencc with the visiting coi
respondents, promising to give them
uch information us lie e.mld dining
the week. At 11 o'clock In- met Hie
working force of the papT and gave
out Instiuctlons for tlvj da v.
At noon Mr. Sheldon s.itj to the re
porters of the vnrloui 1 c il and outside
papers In connection with his experi
ment ot running the Top-i t Capital
as Jesus would:
"My first editorial will set forth the
scope- of the paper. Without being
discourteous to you, I would lather b
dumb myself and let the paper do all
the talking for Itself. Tills work means
evetythlng to inc. It is seilous woik,
not play,"
When asked by a eonespondeiit of
a Chrlrtlnn paper whether he bus
given any Instiuctlons regarding ray
ing, Mr. Sheldon spld:
"No sit; vve have- elcrit our playing
befeno this." t
Rfgurdln ofllce rules, Mr. Sheldon
said:
'There will bo no smoking in the
editorial rooms."
Mr. Sheldon has instiuctcd his re
loi ters not to use the woid "Pop" In
lefenlng to a member ot on? political
party. In Interview Intra man tlie mat
ter must be icfeiied to hliii befene
public ltlon. If In- declines to be inter
viewed his wishes miii-l be i expected.
Kverv thing political must be non-partisan.
The "main purpose- of the paper- will
be to Influence Its reuleis to s s k til. si
the kingdom of God "
Rev. Mr. Sheldon will make the above
announcement in his editorial lender
outlining his policy tomorrow moming.
Tin- paper will be absolutely non-partisan
and partisan and political news
will be given scunt notice.
'lMay God bless the use of this papei
to the gloty of His kingdom on c.uth,"
says Rev. Mr. Sheldon In concluding
his leadei.
The first Item on the- lliut pise to
morrow will bo a prajer written by
Bishop John M. Vincent, of the Meth
odist Bpiscopal church.
Kdltor Sheldon went to the oilh e at
8.80 o'clock this morning and will ba
on duty until the paper goes to pi ess
at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning. A page
will be devoted to local news and the
leading features will be reports of a
temperance revival and an antl-clgar-etto
meeting. Mr. Sheldon instructed
the police leportei that In c-abo of a
murder or other ulme to write a bau
statement of the fucts. If he had the
spaco to spate Instead of tilling It with
the- usual details he would go into a
dcussion of the causes lending up to
the crime.
During the confetence the sporting
editor lomnrked that there would bo ,i
bawling contest nt the Young Men's
Chiistlnn association rooms tonight.
"I think." sulci Mr. Sheldon, "that
that Is a good, clean sport. Voir may
print it."
The dramatic- editor asked Instruc
tions about theaterr,
"We shall not want anything of that
kind." Mr. Sheldon said.
One page ins been reserved for tele
graph news, vvhlih oi dinar lly occu
pied about three times that space. Tho
Associated Press report Is necessailly
being "blue penciled" with a ven
geance1. The maiket reports will be cut fiom
four columns to one, All iiuatutlons
on stocks and bonds, giving options
and other matte! s Involving the trail
taction In futuie.c have been consigned
to the waste basket und only "the nc
tit'tl cash pilccj of grain, produce, elc,
will be eiiioted. A notable featttie of
the paper will be tho method of hand
lllif." advc i Use incuts. They will be
banished from th news and editorial
pages and will be bunched In places
leserved for them. The censorship
here Is even moie ilgorous than in the
news columns, nnd a lr.tge quantity of
this class of rinttu-i' has nlready been
cut out, Including all -.elating to the
patent medicines. The familiar corsv-t
advertisements with cuts In the maga
zines have sought in vnin for space.
Nn retail ndvet tlsernentn from Ivans is
City or other out of town tradesman
will be accepted. Mr. Sheldon holding
that thl would b- an Injustice to home
merchants. Tho twenty-dollnr-sult-of-clotnes
for $H,5 ndveitlsernent Is nlsfi
baried.
'Khaki's" in Demand.
Loudon, March 12. The subset Ipllou
lists for the "Kh ikls," nthcrvtlxc th.i
British war lorn of i;3y.0iXi,lB. dosed fer
tile town tonight and will dose for thy
country tomorrow. It Is understood that
the loan was covered tvvenlj times.
WORKING
IN INTEREST
OF PEACE
A Belief That the United
States Government
Is Moving.
MR. HAY HAS BEEN ACTIVE
Serving as nn Intermediary td
Transmit Appeal from the South
African Republics to Great Brit
nin and tho Latter's Reply Wash
ington Acted in a Similar Capacity
in Conncetlon with the Japan
China War. , j ,, .
Washington. March 12. There Is rea
son to believe that the United States
government Is using Its good offices to
restoie peace between Gloat Britain
and the South African republics.
No proffer of mediation has been
! suggested. That would be distinctly
lepugnant to Great Biltaln, and, ac
coiellng to the rule of International law
which has, without exception, governed
the- state department In the past, could
not be volunteered by the United States
urrttl It was known thut It would bo
acceptable to both parties to the war.
But the- United States might very prop
erly serve as nn. Intermediary to trans
mit nn appeal for peace and the tcims
on which peace- can be obtained.
The United States has successfully
served In that capacity In tho past,
notably In the teimlnatlon of the
Chinu-Jupauese win, and It Is believed
Its good olllce-s in this line ate now be
ing extended.
If that belief Is well founded then
Adelbert Hay, United States consul li
Protmia. has been the Instrument for
transmitting to the British government,
through the double Intervention of the
dcpaitnient of state and Ambassador
Choate. an application from Presidents
Kruger and Ste-yn to be Informed as to
tho terms on which thu war can bo
ended.
The facts In the case will bo fully
developed In a day or two.
INSANE WOMAN'S DEATH.
Mrs. George Bustin Wandcis Away
to Die of Exposure.
Special to the Sir.lliloii Tribune.
Tow inula. March 12. After thirty
bonis- search, the dead body ot Mm.
George- Bustin, of Slushequin. was
I found esteiday morning on u farm In
i Ilornbrook. She was attired only In
her nlgnt gown and cotton wrapper,
'without shoes or stockings. She had
i wandeied over the lots In the wind,
' until exhausted, she lay down to die.
i For two vcais Mis. Bustin had been
i Insane- and had he-en lined for by hep
husband and family. Shortly after i
I o'clock ti.ttutd.iy inoinit.g her husband
went to sleep and when awakened h
I found his w Ife had disappeared. An
alarm was nt once tlven, and after
surrounding the countiy the woman's
body vvus found frozen stiff and was re-
mov ed to her home. She had wandered
baiefooted over the roads and fields,
, and when found was about two miles
away from her home. It Is not known
how long she had been dead. She was
sixty yeais of agt and leaves a large
family.
BOXER GUIDO DEAD.
He
Confronted Jeffries Seveial
Months Ago.
New Yoik, Match 12. An L'venlnt?
Telegram special from Tarls lorluy
sajs:
I "The Italian boxer Guldu, who .-on
' fronted Jnnie.s J. Jeffries In Paris sev
I era! months ago. died yesterday In the
J hospital Boueelatt. as the result of a
i blow received In the chest.
"Complication sot In and the pugil
ist became very weak und thin as a
skeleton.
"He was bulled today In the church
of Saint Ceclle, near the hospital where
ho died."
HERE'S LOOKING A'j.' YOU.
The Last Wotd3 of Fieeland Leh
man, the Suicide.
Lancaster, Pa.. March 12. I'roeland C.
Lehman, a wholesale tlour dealer, com
mitted sulcido today under sensational
curuimsianif-s. Ho boarded at tho Amt-r-Icnii
Koiiso and shortly before noon
wnlkel up to tho loom of J. A. C. Knoop,
a travt-llng sah-xmau, holding a glass In
his hand,
lie said: "lleic's looking at you. Jack;
I'll meet ou in heaven," andMrank rh
contents vvhlch was afterwards ascer
tained to be carbolic acid. Ho died
twents mlnttl's biter. Ho was 39 "ars
ol age unci hud been dexpoiidt-ut because
of 111 health.
Haxelipp Arrested.
Louisville, K March 12.-W. L. Haxe
llpp, a stevvanl ut thu Central asylum for
the Insane, was nrerstrd today, churgid
with complicity In the plot to assassinate
William Goebol. Ho Is In the custody of
detectives :it Like-laud and will b
brought to Louisville.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Murch 12. KoreeaM
for Tuesday and Wednesday; For
eusteru Fciinsylvnul. fair and
warmer Tuijfday; Widuesduy fair;
winds becoming fresh southeast.
c t ly.
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