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SENATORS
DISCUSSING
THE TARIFF
An Extended Conference
Upon the Puerto
Rican Tariff.
tHEREIS MUCH OPPOSITION
Many Senators Will Support the
Schema to Place Duty Upon Pro
duct of Puerto Rico, Simply Be
cause It Is a Party Measure All
Agree ' That Almost Any Bill
Would Be Better Than None.
Washington, March 13. The Republi
can senators were in conference for
two and one-half houis on the Puerto
Klcan bill this afternoon, and at 6
o'clock adjourned until 2 o'clock to
monow, when the discussion will be
Jesumed. No action was taken on any
of the various propositions before the
conference, but, as a lcsult of the con
ference talk, the impression prevailed
that thcie was a great deal of oppo
sition to the bill, which opposition, It
tint placated, might endanger its pas
sage. It was also apparent that a
mimbei of senators thought the legis
lation was Ill-advised, but, while op
posed to the bill, nevertheless they
would ote for It as a party measure.
Deep feeling was displayed over the
question by a number of senators and
especially by those of the middle west,
pome of Whom did not hesitate to af
firm that any effort to place a tailff
upon the exchange of business between
the United StateB and Puerto Jtlco
ptobably would have an Injurious ef
fect upon the Republican party in
those states. Thjre were some sharp
passages nt arms. It was generally
HgKHd, however, that, from a par:y
standpoint, almost any bill would be
better than none, and this feeling gave
the fi lends of the measure hope. de
spite the apparently unyielding attlt
tudc of the opposing factions. Tiny
me still holding to the bill as oilitt
nally'lntiocluced and exptess the belif
that.lt will' Tot m the basis of what-jvor
settlement is agreed upon. This opin
ion is based upon what was said in a
goneial n,iv and not upon mv poll
uf the case, as there was nothing ap
proaching a vote clminc the meeting.
One indication that an agreement is
expect eel tomoirow Is the continued de
teimluatinn of the Cuban suh-commit-uo
to leave here tomonow night for a
tour of Cuba.
The Course Would Be Humane.
Those senatui.s who favored the
proposition for n tailff on Pueito Rican
goods coming Into this country and
fiee trade for goods going to Puerto
Itlio said that this course would be
humane In pilnciple, since it would af
foid fiee entry of food and supplies
rteded by the Pueito Means, while, the
tailff on goods coming into this coun
tiy would supply revenue for the island
and also retain the people of the pio
ifitlon. Several times dtning the de
bate the course of the administration
was mentioned, and the statement was
made that the country was nvoused
because It had seemed that congress
was acting contrary to the wishes of
the piesldent. Seveial senatois assert
ed that the president wan now anxious
for the pmpo'.pd tariff of fifteen per
cent.
Senator Foiaker talked at consider
able length and vigorously supported
the bill and whs especially detennlnccl
that the governmental features should
not be abandoned. He also defended
the tariff piovlslons as being of ad
vantage. Instead or a hardship upon
tho people of Puerto Rico. He declared
that the bill as amended by the com
mittee levying a fifteen per cent, duty
on products both wajs was the best
measute that could be passed, but said
lie was willing to accept the compro
mise levying a duty only on Puerto
Rican products coming to this coun
tiy. Senator Hanna made a speech that
.vas listened to with givat interest. He
favoiod the house bill and especially
the tailff provisions. He said that from
a party view the tailff ought to re
main. This was a Republican con
gress and there should be Republican
legislation. If the bill was defeated,
hc'risserted, It would hand the admin
istration over to the Democrats. He.
also spoka of the effect a fiee trade
measuie would have. Ho ureed the
Republlcann to stand firmly together
for the bill.
Senutor Pioctor, of Vermont, said
that he believed In fiee tiade with
Pueito Rico and thought the matter
could be adjusted by having a terri
torial government and not attempting
cither a civil government or tariff leg.
lslatlon at the present time.
Senator Fall banks depleted the situ
atlon and expressed tho hope that there
might be some adjustment. He said
there was no question as to the feeling
of the people in his state, who weiu
for free trade with Puerto Rico.
Sjcnatur Davis, who lecently Intto
eluced an amendment extending that
portion of the constitution iclatlvc to
taxation over the island, made quite
an. extended Bper.ch, taking strong
grounds in favor of fteo trade with
Puerto Rk-o.
Senator Perkins, as well as other
membeis of the Pueito Rican commit
tee, wanted tho bill agreed upon with
out contpiumlse or amendment. Quito
a number of senatois In this connec
tion expressed the opinion that the ma
jority would vote for tho bill as re
ported and took occasion to criticise
' the unstable policy which was being
puisued. sayinc that tho constant
changing had done morn to shake tho
faith of the country than Anything
else.
Senator Mason took strong giomid
In favor uf fiee ttadc with the islands
it they were to be retained as a pes
session of the United States. Ho said
that the trouble was not with Puerto
Rico, but with the Philippines. This
could he easily averted by answering
our determination not to hold the Phil
ippines, but to grant thorn the freedom
which' many of them sought, and to
assist them to form a stable govern
ment. It would not he difficult then
to enter Into satisfactory trade rela
tions with hem and our laboring mcrr
would not then be threatened with
cheap Malay labor, which, he Raid,
seemed to be troubling a great many
advocates of the present tariff.
PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.
The On Hundred and Thirteenth
Session Will Begin Today.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 13. The
one hundred and thirteenth session
of the Philadelphia conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will be
gin tomorrow In the Arch Street Meth
odist Episcopal church. This Is the
mother conference of the seventeen
branches of Methodism In this country
and contains three hundred and ninety-five
churches in the fourteen coun
ties of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Bishop Charles H. Fowler, of Buffalo,
X. T., will preside.
The churches of the conference hare
a membership of 68,096; probationers,
4.5J9; local preachers, 343; Sundav
schools, 402. with 10.177 officers and
teachers, and 89,469 scholars. The 395
churches are valued at $6,546,352, and
the 189 parsonages nt $778,740. The
present Indebtedness on church prop
erty Is 91.18.634.
The Historical society of the confer
once held Its anniversary tonight. The
principal feature of the meeting was
an address by the Rev. Frank M, Bris
tol, D. D , of Washington, D. C.
ENACTMENT OF THE
FINANCIAL BILL
Last Legislative Step Taken Con
ference Report Adopted by House.
Nine Democrats Vote with Repub
licans. Washington, March 13. The last
legislative step in the enactment of
the financial bill was taken by the
house of tepreseritatives today, whni
the conference report on the bill was
adopted by a vote of 168 yeas, 120 nays;
prcaent and not otlng, 10. The sen.
ate had alicady adopted the confer
ence report, so it lemains only for
President McKinlev to affix his sig
nature to the measure to make It a
law.
Representative CKerstreet, the au
thor of the bill, will take I' to the
White House tomorrow and the sig
nature is likely to be affixed soon
thei (.-after. Already arrangements
have been madp for securing the p n
wl'li which the president will :ign the
bill.
The debate on the report coitlnued
throughout today, Mi. Overstrcct. of
Indiana, opening, and Mr. Brailus, of
Pennsylvania, closing In supirt of ill?
measuie, while Mr. Little, of Arkansis,
closed In opposition with a sjve-.c ar
raignment of the bill.
Thr vote was on party lines, oxeept
that nine 'Democrats Joined with the
Republicans in supporting the confer
ence report.
Nine Democrats voted with tho Re
publicans to agiec to the i onference
report on the financial bill: Clay tin.
Hi lags. Underbill. Levy, Hunddr, all
of New Yoik; Denny, Mary'aud; Mc
Aleer, Pennsylvania: Thajer, Massa
chusetts, nnd Fitzgerald. Mus.-achu-etts.
In other respects the vote war.
on paity lines.
Personal explanations weie made to
day In the senate by Mr. Allen' Ne
braska) and Mr. Butler (Populist) of
their position on the fluanciil ques
tion. Both announced their billet In
the free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver at the ratio or 16 to 1. The state
ments were called out bv npotts to
the contrary which had gi'ned some
cli dilation. Mr. Turner (Washington)
began an extended speech on tho
Pueito Rico bill, maintaining that the
pending measure clearlv was uncon
stitutional. He expressed the belief
that it would be so held If It were
passed upon by the supreme court.
BARBER MURDERED.
Frank Knobl Killed While on His
Way Home.
Hairlsbutg. March 13. Flank Knob!,
a barber, nged 22 years, was murdered
last night on his way home In the
Southern section 'of the city. Knobl
met a man while ciosslng a bridge and
what passed between them is not
known. Four pistol shots were heard
and two men who were ahead of
Knobl, on huirylng to his assistance,
found him lving on the bridge with
four bullets in his body.
Ho was taken to the Pittsburg hos
pltal, where ho died today. Knobl's
sweetheart says a ceitaln man was
continually trjlng to prcvoke a quar
i el with him. and, It Is suspected that
he Is the murderer.
PITTSBURG LEPER DEAD.
Arthur D. Wilson Suffered from the
Disease Ten Years.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 13. Arthur D.
Wilson, a leper, who has been confined
in the Pittsburg pest house for two
years, died today. He was a civil en
gineer and contracted the disease In
Brazil fifteen years axo. Two years
ago he was discovered living In this
city and was sent to the pest house,
wheiP he has been Isolated and closely
guaided ever since.
It was found that he had been living
In Pittsburg and mingling among tho
people while suffering from leprosy
for more than ten yeais. It was nec
essary to keep two nurses for the af
flicted man and It is estimated that
he cost the city $5,000.
Funds for Beckham 'a Array.,
Frankfort. Ky., March 13. The house
this afternoon paused the BenatH or trip
let resolution, appropriating IJOO.ooo for
tho use of Governor Beckham In "equip--ping
and reorganising tho itate militia."
British War Loan.
London. March ItThe war loan bill
pawed Its second reading In the house of
commons today by a vote of 2(1 to 81.
HEARING IN THE
RAILROAD CASE
DELAWARE VALLEY AND
KINGSTON STRUGGLE.
Hearing on the Application Before
the State Railroad Commission of
New York Mr. Thorne, of Penn
sylvania Coal Company, Gives Tes
timonyMr. Piatt, of the Opposi
tion, States That His Case Will
Consume About Three Weeks.
New York, March 13. The hearing
on the application of the Delawate
Valley and KlngBton Railroad company
for permission to construct a railroad
along tho routo of the old Delaware
and Hudson canal from Lockawnxen
to Kingston tidewater was returned
today before the state railroad com
mission. The railroads represented in
opposition were: The Ontario and
Western, the Erie, the New York Cen
tral, tho Port Jcivls and Montlccllo
and the Kingston and Rondout Valley.
Mr. Garver for the applicant, an
nounced that the case would bo closed
upon the presentation of some maps
showing the lines of the opposing
roads. Mr. Piatt for the opposition
said that he ieared It would take thiec
weeks to close his case.
Mr. Thome, manager of the Penn
sylvania Coal company, capitalized at
$1,000,000, of which his father is presi
dent, answered most of Mr. Platt'i
questions relating to the methods,
earnings and profits oC that company.
A series of questions brought out the
fact that the Erie and Wyoming Val
ley railroad, which Is to be paralleled
for some miles by tho proposed road,
Is leased to the Ei le Railroad company,
but Is owned by Interests fiiendly to
the Pennsylvania Coal company. The
railioad has never paid any dividends.
The explanation of Mi. Thorne was
continued after recess. Mr. Thome
said the Connell Steamboat company,
from which his company purchased
all the rights, etc., of the Delaware
and Hudson company, has assured him
that the ptopeity was free and clear.
Mr. Piatt declared that .there Is a
$5,000,000 mortgage on the company's '
property In Pennsylvania and Samuel
Coykendall, president of the Connell
Steamboat company, Inloiruptd to say
that the, moi tgage had been dls
chaiged. Mi. Piatt contradicted the statement
and offered In evidence a copy of tho
mortgage as r.H'oided. The commis
sioners held that It lefi-ired to the
Pennsjlvnnla. end of the.pioperty and
was of no concern to rhem.
President George Williams, of the
Chemical National bank, Identified a
newspaper interview In which he said
the proposed load was to be built in
the lnttests rf the Pennsylvania. Coal
company,
Mr. Williams said he spoke gcneially
In making the statement. He had no
definite know ledge and meant only that
the load would benefit the companv.
Adjournment was taken mil II 10 o'clock
tomonow morning.
RAIDS IN NEW YORK.
Women Are Diiven from Tenderloin
Resorts Into the Streets Proprie
tor Arrested Gambling Dens
Visited.
Now Yoik. Majch 1 :. By decision
of Chief of Police Pevery tonight a
number of resorts In the Tenderloin
districts were ihldud and tho piopiit
tors placed under arrest. The aticsta
were made under the law forbidding
the keeping of a dlsordeily house or a
letuge for dissolute women. The pio
piletors were subsequently leleased on
ball. The ai rests caused much excite
ment. As fast as tho detectives went
to one of the plares they searched the
men out they wanted and drove cveiy
woman found In the resorts. Into the
streets. The men In the resorts wcie
not distui bed.
There were hundiedH of women in
these concert halls and they made a
consldeiable commotion after they had
all appeared on Sixth avenue and
Broadway, Big crowds gatheied when
It became known that the police were
i aiding the Tenderloin, and Upper
Broadway was in a state of excitement
until long after midnight.
Captain Thomas, of the Tendeiloln
precincts, although called upon a few
days ago to make a tepoit oB the dis
reputable places In his pieclnct. failed
to leport many scores of these, not
withstanding the older of the chief of
police, until he received dliect orderH
fiom the chief himself, who specified
the places that should be raided.
It is stated that District Attorney
Gai diner will tomoirow appear before
the grand Jury and ask that body to
find an Indictment against Captain
Thomas on account of neglect of duty.
At midnight tho police, under the
dliectlon of Superintendent Burr, of
the Society for the Prevention of
Cilme, i aided a gambling place at lid"
Broadw ay. They ai rested sixteen men
and marched them pi Isoners down
Broadway, followed by hundred? of
people fiom the theaters. Sevctal
games of faro, red and black, Klondyko
and poker weie In pi ogress at the place
when the police bmke in.
"8AFHO" NOT IMMORAL.
Philadelphia Grand Jury Ignores the
the Bill in Case of Kline.
Philadelphia. March n.-The Phlladel
pliia grand Jury today decided that
"Sapho" Is not an Immoral or obsceno
book. This decision carao as a result of
their examination of the book while in
quiring Into the casn cf Ik i nurd Kline,
who was arrested on tSo 4th Instant
while selling copies of (lie book and com.
mlttcd on the charge of "selling and ex
posing for Hale an Indecent book."
After perusing thn book tho grand Jiny
Ignored the bill of Indictment and placed
the costs upofi the county.
Looking for Lost Votes.
Philadelphia. March U-Thc Demo
crntlc Investigating committee) which was
appointed to find tho cause of tho railing
off of tho Democratic voio In certain
counties of the! ntte held another hph
slon hero today. Tho ccuifeieme wan held
behind cloned doors and nothing was
made public.
MAFEKING'S SAD FLIGHT.
Several Strange Messages Received
in London Today.
London. March 13. A dispatch received
In- a South African In London, dated
Mnfcklng, Tuesday, March , via Lo
batsl, March 9, sajs: "All well, but town
still besieged."
A dispatch to the Times from Mute
king" dated Monday, March II, sava tho
garrtion at that plate is feeling acutely
tho stress of the siege. It has been re
duced to tho use of horseflesh and bread
made from horse forage, while the water
Is parasitlcally contaminated. Typhoid,
dysentery and diphtheria are epidemic,
but it ts impossible to isolate the victims.
The sufferings of tho women and chil
dren are terrible, and there are deaths
In the women's larger dally. Tito native
population is starving.
Tho military operations progress favor
ably. They have been extended to tho
brick fields, whence the enemy has been
expelled.
A number of other persons have re.
celved cabl Messages from tho besieged
town today. One dispatch was sent to a
Birmingham firm esklng It to ship goods
immediately. That indicates a belief in
tho town that icllof Is at band. Lady
Gcorglana Curson received the following
dispatch from Lady Sarah Wilson:
"Delighted to receive your cable of
February 20. All well March 1."
The latter message was dispatched from
Mafeklng, March 4, by way of Colonel
Plumer's camp.
The Indications are that Colonel Plum
or was at Lobatsl March 0, and as that
Is only flftyseven miles from Mafeklng
definite news ought to be forthcoming
spoedll;-.
PROGRESS OF ROBERTS.
Nothing Can Be Said of His Ad
vance on Bloemfontein Kruger
Steyn Appeal Will Have No
Weight.
London, March 14. 4.S0 a. m. Noth
ing can be said of the advance on
Bloemfontein beyond Lord Roberts'
own dispatch. Nothing more has been
pel mlttcd to coino through. Doubtless
Lord Roberts himself is fully occupied
witn important military operations.
The dispatch from Cape Town, saying
that .General French has "arrived at
Bloemfontein," probably does not
mean that he ha3 entered the city.
Lord Roberts' messages may mean
either that the Boers have cut the rail
way to the northeast or that the Bilt
ish cavalrv have done so. If the for
mer, then It may be assumed that no
rolling stock has been seised, but by
genera', assumption the latter interpre
tation is regarded as correct.
This would greatly facilitate obtain,
ing supplies from Orange river, an Im
portant matter, as Lord Robetts' line
of communication with Modder bridge
Is now one hundred and ten miles iong.
The Boers may make another fight,
but there la little doubt that Lord Rob
erts will occupy Bloemfontein today
(Wednesday). The Boers retiring from
Oronpe river will find themselves be
tween two British armies, and their
guns are almost bound to fall Into the
hands of the British, while occupation
of the capital of the Fiee State will
strain the alliance of the two repub
lics to tho utmost.
Tho cToveiiiment will not allow the
Ki uger-hteyn appeal to Influence In
any way their deteiminatlon not to
-pare any effort to prosecute the war.
Thtit will be no diminution of meas
iii cs calculated to maintain the full
cfllclencv of the field foice, and what
ever icliiforcements were previously
consldeied advisably will still be sent
out.
Lord Salisbury's icply meets with
unanimous apptoval among conserva
tives, and it is the universal opinion
that the Boers, by their extravagant
i lalms and canting tone, meant to In
fluence foreign powers, have again
ovrri cached themselves, as they did by
the ultimatum.
Joubert at Pretoria.
Pretoria. Saturday, March 10, via Io-n-nzo
Marques, March 12.-Gencral Jou.
bert has arlvcd hero to consult with the
government. Rumors of peace ovcitures
ate In tho air.
All attention 1- directed toward the
Blltixh advance upon Bloemfontein. but
tho tedciuls arc still confident of being
able lo check it.
Zulus Are Restless.
t.ebambo, March 3. via Lorenzo Mar
ques, March 12. Trouble Is expected be
tween Chief Oirelcquana and Chief llin.
bogaseln in British Zululand. Tho Bourn
are anxious that the chiefs should quar
rel and they are piepared to support tho
former, as Is also tho Swazl queen. The
Zululand kins, however, upholds Vimbo.
ganelu. The women at Plet Rtof laager
are lamenting over the heavy Boer loss
around Lad smith.
Plumer Occupies Lubatsi,
Cape Town, March II General Plumer
occupied f.ubaWt without opposition on
March 5.
REV. SHELDON'S PAPER.
Contents of the Publication Today.
An Anti-War Cartoon.
Topeka, Kan., March 13 The leading
Ktoiy cm the first page of Rev. Charles
M. Sheldon's Christian dally tomorrow
morning will be a brief statement by As.
soctito Editor Chase, telling of the
prompt response to the appeal made in
this morning's paper In behalf of the
famlno stricken in India. The Chiistlan
Rndeavor Woild of Boston, telegraphed
Mr, Sheldon urging him to open a fund,
but ho says ho Is ton busy to attend to
the work and suggests that contributions
be fent through regular channels.
Uoverror Stanley writes a column ar
ticle on tho most gratifying feature of
his administration, which he savs Is the
prison reform that has been made In tho
state. Another feature of tho pago will be
an anti-war cartoon by Beard, and In this
connection General Otis' latest list of
casuulttfs in the Philippines will be rrn
as comment. The Icacilrg article on tho
local pago will be a statement from tho
Kansas MIIIcih' usfioclatlon, protesting
against alleged unjust treatment which
they receive at tho hands of the rail
roads, On tho telegraph paao much will
be made of tho war and Editor Sheldon
wilt comment freely on the news.
Theio will bo a long rpecial from Grin
nel, lu.. telling of the terlgnatlon of Trci.
idc-nt Gates, of Iowa college, and giving
hl reasons therefor.
The editorial leader will be headed
"What Can Wo Do to Make This n Bet
ter City?" It advocates non-partisan
politics.
Philadelphia Buys Slange.
Philadelphia, March 13,-The Phlladel
phla. baso ball dub has purchased from
the Washington club the relcaso of Out
flt'lder Slange. It Is probable that ho will
take. Delehunty'H place In left field, "Del"
going to tlrt lue.
UNITED STATES
OFFER DECLINED
CABINET RECEIVES NO FORMAL
ANSWER.
The Government Therefore Will Re
fuse to Make Public Any State
ment Relative to the Part the
"United States. Is Taking in the
Effort to Terminate the War.
Washington, March 13, Up to the
time the caiblnet meeting adjourned
today no answer had been received
from the British government to the
representations made through Mr.
Choate, touching the restoration of
peace In South Africa. In view of this
fact it was decided by the cabinet,
Upon an explanation of the case by
Secretary Hay, that it would not be
proper at present to make any state
ment relative to tho patt which the
United States government is taking in
the effort to terminate the wai. It is
held that whatever matter Is to be
made public touching the peace nego
tiations must emanate from one of the
principals, Great Britain or the South
African republics, and the United
States, being nothing more than an
intermedia! y, la not justified In betray
ing the secrets of the principals.
It ts stated again, on the highest au
thority, that In Its present capacity the
United States government is not a
mediator, but is simply a go-between.
Not a single proposition to serve as a
basis of a peace agreement between
Great Britain and the Boer republics
was set out In the communication to
Lord Salisbury. All that was ventured
in this first overtuie was an Inquiry
as to what Great Britain was likely to
demand as the price of stopping the
war. To have gone further and have
proposed terms on our own account
might have placed the United States
In the position of an uninvited media
tor. Secretaiy Hay was almost speech
less from a severe cold and when the
cabinet meeting adjourned he was
obliged to go home and go to bed. If
any answer should be received during
the next few hours It will therefore
probably be dealt with directly by the
president.
There is a belief In some quarters
here, founded on our own history, that
the British reply to the overture will
bo a polite reference of Presidents
Kiuger and Steyn to Lord Roberta
as a person fully, authorized to make
known to them tho terms. upon which
the British government is willing to
cease hostilities. In such case the
first answer of Lord Roberts Is ex
pected to be "unconditional surrender."
That, however, docs not signify, in the
opinion of th. officials here, that other
terms cannot be made. While it Is
felt that It Is doubtful whether or not
peace will follow this movement in
which the United States has taken so
prominent a pait, it at least marks the
Initiation of the effort to attain peace,
and in a measurable degree makes
easier the way tor a further and maybe
more, successful attempt.
The cabinet also discussed the reso
lution of Senator Allen railing for In
formation as to what steps had been
taken to bring about peace In South
Africa. It was decided that no state
ment on the subject could be given at
present cwing to the fact that the
correspondence Involved other nations.
BETTER PAY FOR MINERS.
President Wilson's Statement to
Mine Workers at Altoona Address
of Mrs. Jones.
Altoona, Pa.. March 13. Representa
tives of all the miners In district No.
2. of the United Mine Workers, as
sembled In annual convention here to
day. Over one hundred delegates were
present. President W. B. Wilson, of
Blossburg, presided. This morning's
session was taken uo with organiza
tion, the appointment of committees
on credentials and order of business.
Upon reconvening after dinner tho
order of business was adopted, and
pending the report of the credential
committee, Mrs. Mary Jones, of Chi
cago, a labor leader, 'who spent some
time In Tioga county, where an eight
months' strike was recently settled,
spoke on the labor question. The great
hope of the future In labor movements
was in the young men, she said. She
blamed the miners for their conduct,
because they failed to Insist on their
rights. She was loudly applauded.
A prolonged discussion was provoked
by thn credential committee seating
John Harvey, of Baker's Mines, and
Joe Boggln, of Jefferson county, who
were sent to the convention by un
organised miners, but the question was
finally settled by allowing them In the
joint conventions, but giving them no
voice In this convention.
In President Wilson's report he dis
cussed tho affairs of the district, set
ting forth that as strikes took up a
considerable portion of his time, they
pi evented organization, but there had
been a healthy srowth, nevertheless
Ho regretted that the district was not
self-sustaining. He was pleased to an
nounce that miners were getting from
five to twenty cents better wages per
ton than last year, and this means $1,
250,000 to the miners, when It is know n
that 25,000,000 tons of coal were mined
in this district laBt year.
Fought with Convicts.
Columbia, 8. C, March 13. 1 his morn
Intr five convicts or a penltentlarv faun
near this city attacked Abe Hailing, a
guard. They got hU Winchester, but did
not know how to operate It and fousnt
tilm with hecs. He succeejed lu drawing
hli pistol after u desperate fight and
killed Tom Houghton, a negro desperado,
and wounded another. Two sunendcrccl
and the fifth escaped.
Steamship Arrivals.
New Vork. March 13 -Cleared: West.
ernUnd, for Antwerp; St, Paul, for
Southampton, dalled: Georgia, for Liv
erpool; Kaiser Wllhelm dcr Uiosse, for
Bremen via Cherbourg and Southampton.
Antwerp Arrived! Frlesland. from New
Yoik via Southampton. Plymouth
Sailed; Grant Walderseo, from Hamburg
for New York.
THE NEWS THIS M0KN1W.
Wtithtr Inllcatloni Toi'syi
QKHBKALLY fAltf.
1. General England Rejects the Boers'
Overture for Peace,
Senators' Views as to Puerto Rico
Tariff.
Hearing in the D. V. & K. Railroad
Case.
No Official Answer to Uncle Sam's
Tender of Medtatlrn.
3 General Northeastern Pennsvlvanli.
Financial and Commercial. , '
3 Local One Day's Record of the Local
Courts.
4 Editorial.
News and Comment.
5 General William J. Boyce's Enter
taining Letter from tho Philippines.
6 Local Proceedings of United States
Court.
Conforenco of- School Controllers and
County Commlssloncis.
T Local Dr. Br.teaon Flays Osteop.ithv.
A Warm ControverFy at Special M cl
ing of Common Council.
S Local West Scranton and Suburban.
9 Round About tho County.
10 Local-Live Industrial News.
WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Mr. Taylor Will Continue to Act as
Governor Democrats Prepared to
Fight at the Proper Time.
Fiankfort, Ky Match 13. The leg-Islaturc-
of Kentucky udjourned sine
die today. A conference hetvvp.m Ail.
j Jutant Generals Collier and CasU-man
icsulled in a perfect undei standing
bi'.ng reached.
Governor Taylor will continue to act
as governor. Governor Beckham will
mate no move toward securing pos
session of the state buildings until af
ter the court of appeal has decided
the disputed governorship. The legis
lature appropriated $100,000 for the
use of Governor Beckham In re-oigan-Izlng
the. state mllltla. This in brief
Is the situation in Kentucky politics
tonight.
Among the more conservative ele
ment in each party the opinion pie
valls th the worst is ctj-er and that
when the court of appeals rendeis Its
decision the danger of civil war In thu
commonwealth, which has been teirl
bly Imminent, will have enthelv
passed away. To the Democratic lead
era, with a full undei standing of the
situation, only one cloud uppears, that
Is Governor Taylor's future course.
Governor Taylor himself w 111 not out
line his plaiiH of action, beyond the
statement which he made to the Asso
ciated Press correspondent today that
ho would continue to act as governor.
Republicans In Governor Taylor's
confidence, however, say that he will
remain at Frankfort In the discharge
of his duty until the couit of last le
sort pas-ses upon the question at issue.
Then, If the decision be against him,
lu- will step out at once, and tuin over
the state buildings to esovemor Heck
ham, Tho Republicans wilt make eveiy
effort to carry the , dispute Into tho
federal courta In case the- decision of
the court of appeals, the Supieme court
of Kentucky, Is against them; hut, fall
ing in this, they will consider the ques
tion settled, though still believing a
great wiong has been done them.
The Democratic leadeis assert that
they will eheei fully abide by the de
cision of the court of appeals. Rut
should the decision bo In their favo
they will Insist on tho occupation of
the state building, "peaceable 11 pos
sible, but forcibly if necessary," an it
was expressed today. Not until that
decision Is tendered will fuithcr action
be taken. The final adjournment of
both houses was tuken shoitlvkaftei ."
o'clock and the evening trains fio-n
Frankfort were crowded with legisla
tors ictuinlng to their homes. By to
morrow afternoon the olty w ill prac
tically bc deserted by politicians, and
beyond a few soldiers In tlm capital
square, little will remain to show how
near Kentucky has been to civil war.
NEWARK FIRE VICTIMS.
Two More Bodies Recovered from
Ruins Yesterday.
New ,York, March W.-Tvvo more bodies
vvero recovered today from the ivilns yf
the Italian tenement which was burned
esterday morning In Nowiuk. N. J. 'Iho
list of dcud now numbers It, and live otlitt
supposed victims have not yet been ac
counted for.
Tho bodies discovered today were thoso
of Luclla Caslllo, two years old, and one
unidentified child about the tame nge.
Two men. two women and ono girl arc
still unaccounted for.
Tho finding of tho bodies today vwis a
surprise, as the firemen had boarded up
the ruins, believing they had out all the
bodies, and only went back for nnothfr
search upon tho persistent picas of thu
Italians In the nelghboihood,
Vlto Crc-tonzo, the Italian, who was
arrested cm suspicion of having set tiro
to tho house, was analgned In court to
day on s-isplclon of arson and lenuind
d until tomoirow for a further ncnrlng.
ROOT AT HAVANA.
The Secretary Visits the Cruiser New
York.
Havana, March 13 Secrctaiy Hoot
visited the armored cruiser New York
this morning and war received with a
salute of seventeen guns. Tho greutei
part of the day ho spent In receiving or
ganizations representing tho different in
dustries of tho island, among them tho
Sugar Plantcis' association, lie received
also a deputation from the municipality
of Havana,
He held a loag Intoi lew with Collector
Bliss and attended to numerous mattci
of minor Import nice. Tomorrow be will
visit Marlanao chiefly with the idea of
devoting tho day to the examination of
many papers, owing to tho great number
of callers he has found It Impossible to
read here.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Toulouse, France, March 13. Pero
Henri Dldon. the celebtated domlnlcan
Pieiicher and authot, died suddenly to
day of apoplexy, lie was w ears of uee.
Towand.i, March 13. Edward VanDyke,
for forty jcuis a resident and business
man of Troy, and a pioneer among tho
operators of larc tanneries In this sec
tion, died today, ugtcl 7.1 car. Forty
yc-urs ago he operated the lime-, tanueiy
at Granville, then tho largest In this
state. He was a mini of great wealth
and is futvlved i his wltc, two sons
and a daughter.
BOERS' OFFER
IS SPURNED
BY ENGLAND
Great Britain Rejects the
Overtures tor
Peace.
SALISBURY READS REPLY
Refuses to Assent to Retention el
Independence by the Transvaal
nnd Orange Free State Tender eC
Mediation by the United States
Declined Form in Which Inter
vention Was Proffered.
London, March 13. In the house of
lords today the premier, Lord Sails-
buiy, lend the British government's
leply to PiPHldents Kruger and Steyn.
The concluding iientcnco Is ns follows!
"Her majesty's government can onljr
answer our honots' telegiam by say
ing It ls'not prepared to assent to the
Independence of either thu South Afri
can lepubllc or the Orange Fioa
State."
The United States government, at
the request of Piesldent Kruger and
President Stejn. offered to the British
government Its services as mediator,
with the viev; of bringing about peace
In South Africa, but the offer was de
clined. No desire to Interfere was shown In
the ippiesentatlons made by the United
StateH government. The communica
tions from Adelbert R. Hay, the United
States consul at Pietoria, weie trans
mitted and assurances were given that
anything which the statet department
at, Washington could do In the inter
ests of peace" would be undertaken
gladly.
The suggestion of mediation sprung1
from Pretoila, wheie Mr. Hay. with
the other consuls, subsequent to tha
dispatch by 1'iesldentn Kruger and
Stcyn of their pc-ai c table to Lord Sal
isbury, wcte asked to endeavor to en
list the good otllcPK of their respective
governments, appanntly with the
view of bilnglng outside- Inlluence to
boar on Loid Hallsbiuj's reply to the
Boer overtuies. The cffoits of all th
Kuiopean poweis'iepnesvntutlves In tho
Tiansvaal capital appear to have been
f i unless, but the icpott of tho United
States consul was foiwaidcd, March
1.'. from Washington to the United
States embassy in Londun, with the
proffer as befoie outlined. Mr. White,
the harge d'affaires, presented then
poison.illy to f,oil Salisbury, who je
celved them coidlally, but did not com
mit himcclf to any definite oxpiesMon
of opinion. This evening Mi. Whltn
waited on LohI Salisbury and ivieivcd
flic- foimal leply declining tin- offer.
As tin Boer ovei luii-s- had been an
sweicd to flu' effect that no proposi
tions Including the- leltntlon of the re
publics' Independence could he oonsiel
eird, the- presentation of the Ameilian
offer was loo lite, but the piemlpr,
appirentlv, deemed It a matter of suffi
cient Impoi tiiuce- to put himself on i sc
ot el with a fouual answer.
TEXT OF BOERS' APPEAL.
Message Sent to Loid Salisbury nnd
the Latter's Reply.
London, Muich IS. A pai'liamentaty
paper e outalnlng the cable me fage
sent to the Biltisli government by the
presidents of the Soutii Afilcan re
public and tin Oiango Free State and
Gical Bilta Ill's leply thereto was is
sued this afternoon. The text uf the
message rent bj the two piesldenls to
the Mantuls of Salisbuiy follows:
Bloemfonteiii, March 5. Iho hlooel
and the te.us of thousands who have
sufteicd by this war and the piospcct
of nil moral nnd economic iiiln wheie
vvlth South Africa is now thw-iitcnecl
make it necessary foi both belliger
ents to nfik themselves dispassionately
unci as In the sight of the tilttne God
tor what are they fighting and whether
tho aim of e ich Justifies all this ap
palling mlsciy and devastation. With
this object and In view of the au-ei-tlons
oi various Hilthh statesmen lev
the effect that this vwir was begun and
Is being can led on with the set pui
poto of nude l mining her majesty's
uuthoilty In South Afilc.i and of set
ting up an administration over all of
South Africa independent of her maj
esty's government, we consider it our
duty to solemnly cledaie that this war
was undertukHii solely as a defensive
measure to maintain the thieatened In
dependence of the South Afilcuu le
publie and Is only continued In older
to tiecuic ami maintain the incoutcst
Ible Independence of both lepubllcs as
sovereign International states and to
obtain the msuranco tint those of her
majesty s suhlects who hove taken
pait with us In this war shall suffer
no bairn whatever In peison or prop
erty. On these conditions, but on those con
ditions alone, we tue now, as In tho
past, desirous of scelmr; peace ie-c-s-labllshcd
In South Africa, while If her
majestv'H government is determined to
dcstiov the Independence of thu re
publics theic Is nothing left to us and
to our people but to perscveie to thu
end In the com so nlieady begun.
In Hplte oC the overwhelming pre
eminence of the British emplie we am
confident thut ihiit God who lighted
the unextlngulshahln fire of love nuel
freedom In the hearts of ourselves and
our fathers vvll not forsake us and will
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