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OF DUTCH
REPUBLICS
Field Marshal Roberts'
Triumphant Ride to
Bloemfontein.
RAISING OF UNION JACK
lag Made by Lady Roberts for the
Purpone Hoisted Over Govern
ment Buildings Looting by Kaf
flis Stopped Proof That Life
and Property Will Be Guaranteed
by the British Little Opposition
to the Occupation of the Town.
Main Body of the Army Kept Out
side. i
liondon, March 10. At precisely 1.S0
o'clock on Tueduy uftetnoon a British
Union Jni.lt, made for the put pose by
Luly Robctls, was hoisted over the
presidency at Bloemfontein amidst the
acclamations of the commander In
hlof's battalions, In which, cui loudly
enough, the Orange Free State burph-c-is
appear to have Joined with lematk
ablo heartiness.
1 he opposition to the entry of the
Hiltlsh Hoops into the capital was In
significant, lioers were found occupy
ing .1 few hills south of the place, but
a low shells diove them olt. and at 10
o'clock In the moining some newspaper
ooiiospoiulents eliteicd tlie town, found
Mr. Fmzer and other olllclal.s and guid
d them to where Loul Robeits stood
on the top of a hill, waiting for them.
Ah spokesman, Mr. Fiuzet asked pio
lectlon for life and piopeity, and stii
l ndeied the kes.
Loid Hobeits. accompanied by Ills
staff, wide at the head of a cavalcaeb
a mile long to the presidency. Alone;
the t utile he jecelved an ovation vvhle'i
culminated in a remarkable demonstra
tion at the maiket square. At riving
at the government buildings Lord Rob
uts took possession of tho Llty In the
name of the queen, and then icpalied
to the piesldeniy. wheie the ceremony
of hoisting the Union Jack ended foi
'i'i', incoiding to universal opinion
here, the Boot government of the Free
State.
No Looting Allowed.
Dining his piogtess through the town
l.oid Itobcits stopped and ouleied the
lntant icpluccmont of goods which
who being looted from the aitllloiy
o.muks by Kailhs, thus giving th
populace an earnest of the tieatmont
tlie might expect fiom the victors.
Piesldent oti;, n lied to Kiooustadt
without implying to Loid Roberts' de-
mainl loi Ids suirendei. and the torn-
in indrr-ln-thief lemaiked afte-rwiud,
dining the cour.se of con eis.it ion.
while bieakfasting at the faim of
Piesldent Ste-.vn's In other, that tho
"cx-piosl'lcnt" had "become a noncn-
tltv."
The Hillish tioops, with the excep
tion of those necessary to police the
town. 1 1 main outside.
The piess dispatches giving most of
the itboe Intcicstlng details also set
tle the point lalseil about the cutting
of the lailtoul and tilegiaph noith of
Bloemfontein. They show that It was
a pliukv net. Malor Hunttr Weston,
ot the Roval Engineers, ne companieel
by ten men. ti.iversed the Uoe-r lines
and succeeded ill eutting the wires and
blowing up the tiaek.
nioomfontclii is now icgart'ed there
as a sou of half-way house and base
of opeintlons for tho advance on Pic
toiia. Events Ate Satisfactory.
London, March 1C "5 a. in. Events
are moving In the South Afiican cam
paign In a speedy und b.itlsfactoiy
manner fiom both the mllltaiy anil
political points ot view. It could bald
ly have been expected by the most san
guine Kiirflishmeii that they would
take .i tin u so favoiable. It appeals
that when Major Weston cut the t all
way uoith ot Hloenifonteln he thoioby
lnteuepted Genet al Joubert. who, fur
fiom having tetlred fiom the cam
paign, was then uinilng southwnid
with tf.OOo men, inestimably to super
intend the defense, Fluboiate defense
works thiee miles long had been pie
paied outside the town,
Xu Boer wounded were left in Bloom
fontein. When ask d the jeason by
Loid Robe Its, Ml. Ftaztl leplled:
The buighirs don't like lish and
would not cue to go to Cape Town."
The evidence goes to 'show that so
far as tho southern part ot the Fieo
Stato Is concerned there will bo no
further leslstnnce. It is understood
that Mi. Fiazer, Mr. Wcssels and oth
er leudeis are qulto piepated to aeiept
tho position of a self-governing British
colony.
The cheers which greeted tho lead
ing In paillument estcrday of the eor
lespondenco with the United States aie
ro-echoeel throughout tho country. The
speech of M. Deloasso has inuvased
this satisfaction and, taken with tho
general belief that Hmperor Nicholas
Is peisonally averse to any Intei voli
tion, these Incidents spread the Idea
that there will be no further seilous
attempt to Intel fere from any quarter.
Mr. Montagu White's Uncut, In
American nevvspapeis, that the Boeis
will sacilfico Johannesburg and raze It
to tho ground If necessary, Is not taken
vciy seilously. Mr. Chambei Iain's
statement that Piesldent Kruger has
nlteadv been warned as to the conse
quences of such conduct Is regaidcd
as showing that sufllcotnt piecautlon
has been taken. Tho Times suggests
that the burghers should bo warned
that their fuims will be taxed as a
guaiantec against any damage to Brit
y lh propprty; hut no serious apprehen
sions aie entei tallied of such conduct
ns Mr. White Is said to have foii-shad-uwed.
.1'. b, Uobl.soii, the inillionaite
mine owner, sajs he docH not believe
the Boera would be so foolish.
Ill the time Loid Roberts reaches
the Vaul river ho will command some
M),000 men, while General Duller will
have 40,000. Fiom the military point of
view the (titles now think thcte la
nothing to fear.
GATACRE'S ADVANCE.
Has Crossed tho Orange River With
out Opposition.
London, March 15 The war office
has received tho following from Loid
Robeits;
Woe mfonte In, Thursday, March 15, ; 55
p. m. General Qatarro crossed tho Or.
ange river and occupied Bcthulle this
morning.
Colonel Tole-Carey with f,000 men of
tho Guards brlgide, two guns and n. small
body of mounted Infant r, left hero in
three trains this morning to Join hands
with General Oatacre and General Cle
ments, llo hud passed Bethany by 4.10
p tn. without meeting opposition, having
been ablo to supply from hid troops en
gine drivers, firemen, litters, moulders,
smiths, carpenters, etc.
FRANCE HAS HAD ENOUGH
Many Hard Knocks Has Convinced
Her of the Folly of Looking for
Trouble Away from Home.
Pails, March 15. The minister of foi-'
elgn affalts, M. Delcasse, in the senate
todav, repljlng to a question logarel
ing thp Intentions of the govemncnt
of Fiance respecting events in South
Afilca, said tho presidents of the twe
republics had solicited the Interven
tion of the powers. "Hut," he addeel,
"In the picsence of telegiams ex
changed between the British govern
ment nnd the two lenubllcs. It ap
pealed that the Inteiventlou of the
povvcis had become almost ImposslbK"
The- minister then denied that Fiance
had lefused to join Rtnsla In maklnir
a friendly suggestion In the dltection
of peace.
Tlie union between Fiance and Rus
sia. M. Delcasse declared, diaws closer
every day and detles all malevolent as
sertions to the contiarv. i-iance, ho
added, has never ceased to be a gen
eious nation.
Fiance had never cased to be the
geneious nation the world has knon
and admired and sometimes aband
oned. Rut after so matn- hard and
sometimes cruel expeilences, rhe can
no longer admit that her dutv to the
woild should stand befo-e bet obliga
tions to heiself.
SWINDLED OUT OF $100,000.
Franze Mayer Bought Woithless
Stock.
New Yoik, March 15. Pianze Mayer,
a well-known German lcsldent of this
city, who owned a sign manufacturing
company, which he valued at $100,000,
says he has been swindled out of it,
and today caused the arrest of Hugh
Mason, thlitv-llve jears old, and
Geoige Van Si.mdt, fifty jears of age,
both of this city. Mayer and his law
ver allege the men aie membeis of
Rllen Peek's gang. The men weie held
In S10.000 ball.
Majer i-avs he detei mined to oigan
ie a stock eompanj to 'ake eaie of
his business, and his confidential cleik
ntioduccd him to Mason and Van
I Zandt ak men who could buy stock In
i the compan.v. He said ho sold them
I W000 worth of stock in exchange for
I deeds for 10,000 acies of eoal and wood-
land on the Sandy ilvei, Kentucky,
The men, he declaies, said the Ian l
was woith V-0.0O0. Lalei. Mn.ver sar,
he was intiodueed to Miss Jessie Seal,
to whom he wja he gave S.000 shaies
. of the stock In ovi hange for nioitgages
'on propei tv near Atlantic City, N, .1,
Maver said he was then visited bv
, i:ilen Pee'? herself and ho declaies hi
gave her K.,000 shaies of stock foi J.0C0
I acres of gra.lng land In Bosque county,
I Texas. Maver as the others m,.t
.aftei they had taken his stock and
voted him out of the company. He de
claies tlie company went Into the
hands of a shciift and was reoiganlzed.
He savs he found his land and deeds
worth nothing whatever.
WILL HAVE SPEEDY TKIAL.
Men Accused of Being Accc:c:ies in
Assassination of Goobr,
1'iankfoit, Ky., March 15. At a con
feienee between the county and dis.
lilet court officers here it was dcter
iiilne'd to have letmned heie Sccietnry
of State Powcif. Holland Whltaker.
W. H, Culton nnd Captain Davis, the
four alleged aecet-soi ies to the assassi
nation of (ioveinor William Goebel and
to give them a speedy examining tilal.
The order of transfer from Loulsvlilo
was made today by County Judge
Moore, and deputy shciiffs left at onee
to bring the piisoneis heie.
The prlsoneis will be analgned Sep
aiatcly and.lt is thought that ball will
be gi anted to two of them by consent
of the commonwealth.
Tobin Capias Set Aside.
Pllthbuig, Muiih r,. Judge John P.
Shafer, of the common pleas c ourt No. i",
today tiled un opinion In tho ease of Dr.
8. H. Halston against Attorney Franc is
T. Tobln. of Philadelphia, who rcpre
scnts tho estate ot William II. Daley, at
tho Inciuest by tho coroner Into the
caute of Dalei's death. Tho heating wns.
concluded veMeiday. and today Judge
Shafer tiled his decision, setting aside
the capias upon which Tobln was nrrest.
ed and the bond under which lie was
held.
, Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washlrgtou, Match 1". Prnom.-. In-crease-R.
V. Whitney, North Jackson,
Bubquchai mi. II" to W, P. 8. Handon,
Canton, Bradford, $17 to $3"; I. R. Park,
Monroetoiw- Bradford, li to 24: J. I".
Bass, I'nlomlale, Susquehanna, t, to j;
Jacob Rynanl, Parsons, Luzerne; Wj
Benjamin Harmon, Rock Ulen, Lu
zerne, jx.
m .
Maine Monument Unveiled.
Kev West, Flu., March 15 -Tho unveil,
lug of the monument dedicated by citi
zens of Key West to the heroes of tho
battleship Maine who died In Havana
February 13. 1S3S, and were burled here,
took place this afternoon. Over 10000
people were present unci viewed the pro
cession of military and naval repVven-tatlvc-s
and clvlu societies.
INTERVENTION
CORRESPONDENCE
TELEGRAMS tROM CONSUL AND
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The First Request for Intervention
Comes from Pretoria Consul Hay
Ptomptly Forwards the Request to
the Home Dopnitment Tho Polite
Refusal of Great Britain.
Washington, Mauli 15. In lesponse
to a resolution tho piesldent today sent
to the faonnte the coirespondencc relat
ing to the requests for mediation tn
South Africa.
Tho first document is a dispatch from ,
i ii'iuiiu uiicea .uuicii iv, w iucu scutes;
"Am ofnclallv requested by Uie govern,
ments of tho republics to urge your Intel
ventlon with view to cessation of hos
tilities; similar request tnado to repre-se-ntiillves
of Kuropcati powers. An
swer, eontlim tceelpt. '
Amerlc in Consul.
-Mr. Hay responded:
Your tclcglum asking 'oftices of United
States to bring about ec .'nation of ho
tllltles has been made sublect of frlendlv
conimunle.itlon to British government
with expression of president's earnest
hope for peace. Haj.
Steietary Hay tclegiaphcd Mr. White,
secretary of the American embassy at
London:
By way of fi loudly good ofllcoM, ou
will Inform British minister for lorclsn
affairs that I am todjy -in receipt of a
telegram from tin United Stales consul
at Pretorli reporting that the govern
ments of the two African lenubllcs re
quest president intervention with it view
to cessation of hostilities, and that u
similar tequest Is made to the represen
tatives of nuropean powers In commu
nicating this lequcst I am dliected bv
tho president to express his earnest bono
that a way to bring about peace may bu
found and to say that he would be glad
to aid In any frleiuUv manner to piomoto
so happv a result. (Signed) H,i.
Mr. White replied to Mi. Hay, under
date of March 13:
I cotnmualcated estcrda to tho under
secretary of foielgn affairs, having been
unablo to see Loid Salisbury, the con
tents of .vour telegrnm dated 10th Instant;
toda I have had an Interview with his
lordship, who requests mo to thunk the
piesldent for the friendly Interest shown
by him and added that her maJcstv'H gov
ernment cannot accent the Intervention
of nil) other power. White.
Mr. Hay telegiaphed the consul at
Pretoiia, under date of Maich 14, tho
following:
Youi communication ot request of ie
publics for Intervention of president to
cause- cessation of hostilities was at
once conveed to British government with
opiolon of president's gratification
could he aid to proi vote peace. Our em
bassy nt London i-c-plles that Lord Sails,
bury thanks president foi' friendly Inter
est shown and adds her majestj's gov
ernment cannot aeeept tho Intervention
of anv other power. (Slgneil) Ilav.
The president's message is simply one
of tiansmlttal.
Salisbury's Act Appioved.
London, Match 16 Loid Sallsbui's
attitude towaid, the United States le
gal ding the otter of mediation In the
South Afiican war meets with tlie tinl
veisal apptoval of the piess. The Daily
Gi.iphlc savs:
"It wus not an easy task, but Loid
Salisbury has acquitted himself with
conspicuous success."
The Dally Mall says:
"Kngllshmrn aie siiflieleiitly ac
quainted with Ameiican affali.s not to
mlslnteipret the attitude of the Wash
ington cabinet. Piesldent McKlnlcy
had behaved to us with scrupulous
fairness. The very eouectness of his
attitude has become a danger to him.
It is idle to deny that the lenelci.s ot
both parties In tlie United States aie
now exposed to a stiong temptation.
We look to the Republican leadcis to
ilse above this devils bait.
London. March 16 The Standard
sayb: "Lord Sallsbuiy's reply will not
be mi -(understood In Washington or in
other civilized capitals. Wc rue giate
ful to the Amei leans for the It good
wishes, and we should l- delighted to
accept theit assistance if It weropos
slble. But this quatrel Is our own and
we must settle It In our own way.
"Wo have no reason to complain of
platonle and vkoiious affcetlon for in
teiventlou so long -is eveiv govern
ment Is quite icsolvod to leave it to 1U
neighbor to begin."
The Times ns: "Piesldent MeKln
lej's mrpstge does not amount to much
of rouiFf, although It W mow than wo
ever thought of doing when tin- Unlteit
States was jus-t beginning to break
down Spanish leslstance. He could
baldly have anticipated any other reply
than Loid Salisbuiy sent."
General Merrlam's Statement.
Washington, March 15 Brigadier Gen
oi n I Met i lam, of the aims who was In
command of the troops at W.ndiier,
Idaho, last car duiliu the mlneis' trou
bles in that state, toduy denied published
reports tint ho hail suggested to tho
president the enactment of a law making
labor unions a crime mid also dented
that he had ever used profane language
In connection with his duties at Wuidnoi.
Ho said that at no time hnd ho made
any recommendations nt nil to tho piesl
dent on the subject ot labor unions.
Flemmlng Convicted.
Norfolk, Va March 15 --In tho Pilnccss
Ann cuunty conn today Oscar L. 1'Ie-m-ming,
the magistrate who shot and killed
Clarence I. 8nder. of this city, last No
vembor, was convictctl of muider In the
second degree and given fourteen ears
In the penitentiary. Ho will tako an ap
peal to tho higher courts.
Wrecked a Safe for $5.58.
West Chester, Pa., March 13 -The rail
road station nt Pcmeroy, near here, wis
entered by burglars early this moinlug
vvho blew open tho safe, the building be
ing badly d imaged by the explosion. The
robbers secured from t'io safe aw one
cent stamp and 5S ci nts In money. They
made good their eErape.
Place for Anthony's Widow.
Washington, Mare h 13 The director of
tho census trelay appointed the widow
of Bill Anthony, of "Maine" fame, a
cleik In tho census buieau.
Lenny Knocked Out.
Philadelphia. Murch K. McOovoin
knocked IMdy Lenny out In thli second
round at Industrial hall tonight In what
was to havo been u slx.iuund bout.
WITNESS MISSING.
Dr. Blackwood, Who Wat to Testify
in Daley Case, Has Disappeared.
Pittsburg. March F..-Dr. William R.
D. Blackwood, the well known Phila
delphia physician, vvho came here to
testify in the now telebrated Daley In
quest before the- toroner, is missing.
He elNappcaied lather strangely after
the hearing vesterday afternoon. He
was to havo gone- bnck to Philadelphia
with his assistant. Dr. t B. Knorr.
hut was not on the train at Hast Lib
el ty last night.
Francis T. Tobln, the Philadelphia
nttorney, vvho brought him here, was
seen and asked If he had jet heard of
the missing physician. He said:
"I have not. I do not knovvi where
he is and I am xo far quite unable to
find out. I have telegraphed to Phila
delphia and thev have started out to
hunt him theie bv this time I presume,
'hut I have hnd no news et. He did
not come back last night to the hotel
(the Sehetily), nor was he on cither
section of the tialn ho was to have
taken. The gtiaids at the gates at
Union station say ho did not pass
them last night. They ate quite sure
of that. The- police dcpaitment ot this
city has heatd nothing of him. In
short he has completely dlsappeaied.
I am greatly alarmed about him, for
I am not able toform a conjecture as
to his whereabouts and I even fear that
some ill may have befallen him."
Tho police department has not jot
been able to locate the missing man.
Philadelphia, (March 15 Dr. William
R. D. Blackw ood. of this city.vv ho w ent
to Pittsburg to testify In the Daley In
quest, nnd who Is reported to be miss
ing, is at his home In this city, ho
having arilved from Pittsburg today.
Dr. Blackwood sajs he left Plttsbutg
carllei than ho expected to, and the
luinois of disappearance piabably
aiose fiom that fact.
M. B. CONFERENCE
AT PHILADELPHIA
Bishops Fowler, Hurst and Rev. W.
F. McDowell Deliver Addi esses.
Clergymen Advised to Many.
Philadelphia, Maich 13. At todav 's
fees-Ion ot the PhlladelbhU Methodist
episcopal conference the committee
appointed nt the last conference to as
cot tain whether the law of the church
Is in harmony with the law of this
state on the eontiol and disposition of
chui ch pioperty, made a unanimous
leport. The committee found that the
two laws aio at variance, and lecom
mended the conference to mcmorallze
tlu general confeience to so amend
tho chinch discipline as to conform to
the law of the state.
Rev. J. P. J. McConnell, D. D, op
posed the adoption of the lc-rort on
the giound that an appeal should fit st
be much- to the state legislature to
change the state law. Further consid
eration of the leport was postponed
until a later day.
It was announced that the following
second j car probationers had success
fully passed the examination and were
competent to be admitted as members
of the confeience: H'avne Channel!,
Tower Hill: William K Coffman.
Panyvllle; Thomas W. Davis, Phila
delphia: Alfred P. .Dlngee, Belfry:
Fiancis Hawke-. Tullvtown; Rogtt S.
Haikinson. Philadelphia; Frank Mack.
Fremont: Samuel MaeWHIIams. Wayne;
Udwaul F, Randolph, Oaiiettford;
Trod A. Waiden, Mllletsvllle. and
Charles B White. Lima. They were
addressed by Bishop Fowler on the
duties of clersymen and all were ad-ivs-ed
to mairy. They will be admitted
to the conference tomonow.
Bishop Cjrus D. Foss was presented
to the conference, anil called attention
to the convention to bo held by the
Methodists of the state at Harrlsbuig
In the fall. He asked that the conference-
elect delesates to that gathering.
The ma'tei- was icfened to the pre
siding eldeis. vvho w 111 name a spec 111
committee, to ariange for the election
of delegates. The' morning session was
closed with a benediction pionoum-ed
bv tiles Rev. Dr. Bovle, piesldlns elder
of the Pittsburg confeience.
This afternoon the annlversaiy of the
Woman's Foielgn Missionary society
was celebrated. An address was made
by Mis. S. L. Baldwin, president of the
New York blanch, who spoke of her
eighteen veais' woik as a mlsslonaiy
In China.
Bishop Huist and the Rev. W. K.
McDowell ek'llveied ncldiesses tonight
in tlie Fiist chinch on behalf of the
New Jeisey confetoiiee educational so
ciety, and the Rev. John O. Woolley
delivered an addies before tho con
ference tempcinnoo society In Tilnlty
chinch.
STEEL WORKERS DISAPPOINTED
Sales Sheets Do Not Entitle Them to
Increased Wages.
Pittsbuig, Maich 15 The delayed
conference icgardlng tlu- -..ages 'if tho
vvoikcrs of the Amalgam iti-d Associa
tion of Iron. Steel and Tin Plate Work
ers, who are emplncci In tlie sheet
mills, was held hem today. An ex
amination of the swot n sales sheets
of the manufactuieis was made, unci a
conclusion was i cached that the sheet
will workeis are entitled to no Incioaso
In wages, as b'ales weie m.Tlo at the
same figures as vvero submitted at tho
settlement two months ugei.
This Is a disappointment to the
woikers, who expected an advance In
view of the fact that maiket quotations
have Indicated better prices.
Rhode Island Democrats.
Providence, R. I., March 13 The Dem
ocrntlo stato convention met today for
the nomination of stato c'lhieis and tao
selection of delegates to tho Democintlo
national convcillon, Fullowlng are tho
nomlnitlons: Governor, N, W. Little
field: lieutenant govcinoi, Dr. J. K.
Duc-her; secretary of ttate, Clarko Pot
ter: general treasutei, Fayetlo Ballets;
attorney general, Denrls J. Holland,
Mlneis Discuss Wage Scale.
Altoonu. Pa. March 13 'I lie Pennsjl
vanlo. and Marlund coal miners hold an
executive sttsloii this morning behind
i losed doms. Tho enthe time w is c-ecu.
plwl by n illscusuli-i. "I ht- via- -"'-,
width was finally adopted. A committee
ol tvwnt)-live win- ..voitue n l inese kite
opeiutors and nrrunho methods of io
eodure for n Joint convention of miners
and optiutuiw,
REI I Z'S REFUTATION
OF SALISBURY
A REPLY TO THE BLOEMFON
TEIN NOTE.
State Secretaiy of the Transvaal R
publlcClaims That the British Gov
ernment Endeavored by Threats to
Force Changes in the Internal Gov
ernment Contrary to the London
Convention.
Pretoria, Wednesday, March 1.
State Seciotary Reltz' refutation of
Lord Salisbury's aigitments In reply
to tho Bloemfontein Joint note was
Issued today. Mr. Rcltz says:
"The British government, after the
Blo'emfonteln conference, endeavored
to enforeo by threats certain changes
In the Internal government of the
Transvaal lepubllc, conttary to the
London convention. They also Im
ported troops In great numbeis and
bioko off negotiations with a, threat to
take their own means to remove the
gilevances of their subjects. After
waiting a fortnight, while an army
corps was prepared and tho reserves
were being called out by the British,
Piesldent Steyn asked the reason of
these proceedings. Sir Alfred Mllner
refused to leply.
"Meanwhile Mr. Chamberlain, in his
speeches showed the world that Eng
land had decided on war. Accordingly
the Transvaal republic addressed to the
British government a demand for tho
withdrawal of their tioops, as othei
vvise it would accept tlie presence of
the lioops as a declaration of war.
That was not necessarily Intended as
a message of war."
Concerning the aimaments Mr. RelU
says: "These were bought openly In
Knglund and In Ihnope, and the high
commissioner boasted full knowledge
of them at the Bloemfontein confei
ence and alro full descriptions of these
aimaments were found among the of
ficers' papers at Dundee.
"Both the army and the ultimatum
were piotectlve mcnsuies, subsequent
to tho laid and to the discovery,
through concealed cables, that British
cabinet minlsteis were Implicated In
the attempt to filch away the indepen
dence of tho lepubllcs. Now all doubt
Is icmoved by Lord Sallsbuiy's tele
gram. Tho burgheis must light for
their national existence, tiustlng that
God will defend the right."
WEATHER FORECAST.
The March Blizzard Is Felt Through
out the Land.
Washington, Match 14 The dcpics
slon which was ccntial In the Gulf
states Wednesday night has developed
Into a severe stoim, which Is central
tonight in Southern South Caiollna.
It has caused general lalns In the
south, with some sjiow In the upper
portion of tlu Gulf states, general and
heavy snow In the upper Ohio Valley
and Middle- Atlantic States and lighter
snow In Southern New Ungland, the
lake regions, the lower Ohio und mid
dle Mississippi V'allejs. "Warnings ot
heavy snow stonns weie distributed
Thursday morning in Ohio, West Vir
ginia, the lower lake region, middle
Atlantic- states and Southern New Eng
land. In the west, geneiallv fair
weather as pievalled. except some
snow In L"aseern Colorado, In Kansas
and Northern New Mexico. Tempera
tures were eveij where low east of the
mountains, except on the South .At
lantic coast, there having been a de
cided fall in the- middle Atlantic and
freezing tempeiature as far noith as
Georgia. Temperatuie have albo fall
en In the north and west, but not to
so gieat an extent. In the Pacific
coast and plateau regions the weath
er has been fair, with somewhat high
er tempeiature.
Snow will continue generally Satur
diy In the middle Atlantic states and
snow oi ialn, followed by dealing
wcuther in the south Atlantic states.
There will also bo snow Friday In tho
eastern lower lake icgion: elsewheie
geneially fair weather is indicated,
and on Saturday the weather will be
mostly fair, except on the New Hng
land coast, wheie mow will likely-con-tlnucr
There will be a cold wave Fii
day near the south Atlantic and gulf
coasts, with temperatures near the
fieeziug point. It will continue cold
elsewheie. but on Saturdav tempera
tures will ilse west of the Mississippi
river.
On the New Ihigland and middle
Atlantic coasts the winds will be high
northwerterl.v. shifting to noitheaster
1 Saturdav or Satuielay night, while
on the south coast they w ill be high
northwesterly on 1-riday.
Stoiin signals are displaved on the
Florida gulf coast and along the en
tire Atlantic coaFt.
Cold wave signals aie dlsplaed at
Wilmington. Augusta, Charleston, Ma
con, Montgomery, Pensacnla, Mobile
and New Orleans.
Steamship Anivals.
New York. .Match V -Arrived: H. II.
Meier, fiom Bremen. Sailed; Fuerst
Bismarck, for Hamburg via riymouth
and Cheibourg. Rottei dam Arrived:
Botterdam, from New York via Plv
mouth. Queenstown Sailed: Teutonic,
for New Yoik. Bremen An Ivcd: Saule,
from New York. New Yoik Arrived:
Lahn, from Bienien: Cuflc, fiom Liver
pool. Que e-nstown An Ivcd: Germanic,
trom New York, New Yoik Sailed:
L'Aqultane, for Havrn.
District of Columbia Appropriations.
Washington, March 33. The DIstrKt of
Columbia appropriation bill carrying fo,
01S,J"s was pacM-d by tliu house today.
A bill was also passed granting tho
abandoned Fort Hns military reserva
tion to tho stato of Kunsas for an ex
peiinienlal station and normal school
purposes.
Pennsylvania Postmasteis.
Washington, March 13. Tho following
fourth ola ' Pennslvonla. postmasters
weie appointed today: Kmdiedsvllle, Sul
livan county, J. L Snder; Olnmlllc,
Tioga count), A. W. titration: South
vVllllaniiiport, Lycoming county, Charles
Be-amcr. ,
War LoanPassed.
London, Mulch 1.'. The- war loan in the
house of commons today passed Its third
reading by a veto ot ": to '11.
THE NEWS THIS M0 UN IN l
W4th:r Indication? Tolayt
SNOW Off SLEET.
1 General Senators Penrose nnd lul-
llnger Have a War of Words,
Lord Roberts at Bloemfontein.
Correspondence Relating to Requests
for Mediation.
Secreturv ltell Refutes Salisbury's
Arguments.
2 General Xorllicustrrn Pennsylvania
Financial nnd Commercial.
S Local Methodist MIlonnry Workers
Meet.
Work of a Dav In the Local Courts,
4 l'dltoilnl.
News and Comment. '
5 Local-United States District Couit Do
ings.
Routine Business Trail-noted by Se
lect Council.
6 Local West Scranton and Suburban
7 Round About the County.
Theatrical Gossip.
8 Local Live Industrial News.
DELAWARE VALLEY
RAILROAD STRUGGLE
Testimony Presented by the Oppo
sition to the New Line.
New Yoik, March 15 Additional te
timony was presented to the stato l all-
road commission today In opposition to
tho application of the Delawaie Val-
' ley and Kingston Railway company
for permission to consttuct a tallioad
along the route of the abandoned Dela
ware and Hudson canal,
Tho applicants have bi ought de-legates
from eveiy village and town
along tho proposed route to urge tho
constitution of the new load, and Mr,
Piatt, counsel for the opposition, has
piomlsed to bilng like delegations In
opposition.
Today a laige number of witnesses
f i oni towns along tho loute- of the- pio
posed toad weie heard In opposition.
Ftancls La Bau, geneial freight
agent of the West Shoie- nnd Wall Kill
I Valley rallioad. presented a statement
of the freight traffic of the loads ho
leprescnted. The statement showed
that about 1,200,000 tons of coal and
cemeni would annually be diverted
from his roads to the pioposeel road.
A. B. Godeffiey, president of the Poit
Jervls, Montlcello and New York Rail
road company, said the load, with Its
Summcivlllo blanch. Is In flist-clas
condition now, and tho construction of
the new road, which Is to tup the teul
tory served by the bianch lino, would
work its mln.
WHEELER'S PURPOSE.
Will Urge the Acceptance of His
Resignation.
Atlanta, Ga., March IC General Joe
Wheeler was in Atlanta a couple of
hours today, on his way to Washing
ton. "As soon ns I get to Washington, I
shall urge the acceptance of my iesl;
ntalon, and then I rhall put myself be
foie the bar of the house- of lepresen
tatlves to take the oath of ofllie," he
said. Tha geneial did not say what steps
he would take (f his light to take th
oath Is questioned.
Knocked Out by Shaikey.
llartforei, Conn.. Murch 15. 'iom
Sharkey knocked out Texas Jim McCoi
mlek nfler thlitv -eight seconds of light
ing in tho Coliseum tonight befoie the
Nutmeg Athletic club. A lelt to the
bodv and a light hand uppeicut sent
MeCormiek down and out and he was
groggv when he was assisted to his feet,
lie did not stand a chance against the
sailor.
Charles Adams Killed.
Cincinnati, Match 13 -Charles Adams,
a passenger agent tot the- Fnlon Pae lllc,
with idtlces In II Is cltv, was shot unci
kllleel tonight bv his wife In their up irt
ments. Mrs, Adams, when attested said
that her husband hud been habitually
ciuel. Tonight at suppei, she said, he
stuiek her and knocked her down.
Boer Sympathizes Meet.
New York, Maich 1" There was a
miss meeting of Boor svinpathlrer at
Cooper union tonight nt which Geoige
M. Van House n lucslded. Montague
hlte-. the Boer lepnscnlatlve-, John 12,
Mlltiolland and P. Loute-r We-'sels. a iep
resenlatlvn of the Oralis-) 1'ieo State,
made speeches.
Big Tin Plate Plant.
Shuon, Pa. Much 13 -The Sharon
Steel company has aw aided the contract
foi the election of n ten-mill tin plate
plant to H. Ncwbold i Co, id Noirls
town. Pa. The mill will contain ten hot
and nluo cold rolls and will furnish un.
plojment to seveial huinliiil men. The
work of erection will bcfeln soon.
New National Banks,
Washington, March )'. Applications lor
autliuritv to oiganlze lullonul hanks hivo
been approved by Hie coniptibllei ot th-i
emrenc) for the First National bank of
Wvaluslng. Pa., capital Wi,O0o, and the
Hellevlllo Nation il benk, Ilellevllb-, Pa.,
capital I2500.
-
Ex-Judge Fullerton Dead.
New Yolk, Maich 13 Kx-Judo Will,
lam l'ulleit'jii, who was one of tho lav-vi-n
In tho gnat trial of tho Butcher
Tiltnu scunelal case heie, died at hU hoiac
In Not. burg today, aged K jears, Judso
Fullerton was at one time a law partner
of Ch.nles O'Conuoi.
Agrltultuie Bonid at Lock Haven,
Loelt Haven, Pa., Match 13 Tho mem
bers of tho local ndvii-oiv. committee re
ceived woid today that lhc stato boaid
of agriculture will hold the summer
meeting at Lock Haven June 5, 6 und !.
The wlndup of the farme is' instituted will
bo held at the same time,
Mrs. Burnett Married Again.
Washington, D C, March 13 A cable
giam today received lieie announces tha
marriage of Mrs, Ftuucci, HoUksou Bui
nett, nuthoirsh of "Llltlu Loid Faiilltl--loy,"
to Stephen Townse-nd, F. It. C. S,
of the Inner Temple, Continental club,
Loudon,
Nantlcoke Strike Settled.
Wilkes-Barre. Pa., March 13 TIip old.
i-l.i Is of the Busftuehuium Coal camp my
nnd a cnmmltteo of their striking miners
at Noutlcoke havo icaclicd an amicable
agreement and tho men will ictutn to
work tomonow.
ENCOUNTER
IN SENATE
Senators Gallinger and
Penrose in Hot
Debate.
BRIEF MISUNDERSTANDING
The Senator fom New Hampshire
Accused of Obstructing the Quay,
Case Mr. Wellington, of Mary
land, Presents an Elaborate Argu
ment Against the Seating of the
Pensylvania Senator.
Washington, Mnich 13 "I assert
most emphatically that when the sen
ator says I told him that I shoul 1
not speak on this subject he docs not
state tho truth."
This was the sensational retort made
In tho senate today by Mr. Gallinger
(Rep , N. H.,) to a statement just
mndo by Mr. Penrose (Rep , Pa.)
Senatois were astounded nnd the au
ditors In the galleries quivered with
excitement. Theie had scarcely been
the .slightest Intimation that the de
bate would tako such a turn. For
neatly three houis the senate had un
der discussion the bill appropriating;
$-09ri,000 for the benefit of tho people
of Puerto Rico. Mr. Fairbanks (Ind.)
had Just concluded some remarks on
the me-asuie and suggested thut the
senate proceed to the consideration of
executive business.
Pending a motion to that effect, Mr.
Penrose, who has charge of the cise
of Senator Quay, suggested that a
time be fixed for a vote on the case.
In the course of his remaiks he Inti
mated that certain senators were
Iht owing obstacles In the way ot a
vote and Indicated that Mr. Gallinger
was one of those senators.
Mr. Gallinger quietly replied that he
desired to be heard on the questldn,
but had not had an opportunity to
speak. To this statement Mr. Penioso
letoited that the New Hampshire sen-atoi-
had assuied him that he did not
expect to speak on the Quay casp.
'-stuntly Mr. Gallinger was on his
feet, und, with evident feeling and with
great -vehemence, replied as above
quoted.
"I don't know whether I do not speak
the tiuth," hotly replied Mr. Penrose,
"or whether the senator fiom New
Hampshire failed to tell mo the truth."
Mr. Gallinger'retorted that the vvholo
proceeding of Mr. Pentose was unman
ly and beneath his notice.
The pioposltion to fix a time for a
vote was postponed until tomorrow,
but it wus some time befoio the ex
citement subsided.
The debate on the' appropriation bill
developed a decided difference of opin
ion, as Mt. Jones (Dem , Ark..) of
fered as n substitute for the measure
a bill to return the duties to thoso
vvho had paid tin m nnd piovlded for
absolute free ttade bewcen the United
States and Piieito Rico. The bill had
not been disposed of when the Quay
case was called up. Mi. Wellington
(Rep, Md.,) piescnted an elaborate ar
gument against the seating of Mr.
Quay and the remainder of the session
was consumed In a tunning discussion
of the constitutional questions in
volved. Wellington's Argument.
Mr. Wellington (Md.) presented an
elaborate- argument ngalnrt tho seat
ing of Mr. Quay, holding that as thn
legislature of Pcnnsjlvanii was In set
Hon, when the vacancy occuried and
that tlie legislature has end-avntcHl to
lilt the vacancy by taking many bil
lots, the governor was estopped fiom
making an appointment.
Mr. Wellington maintained that tha
gov ei nor of Pennsjlvanla ought to
have called together tho legislature ot
the state, as had the govHtnor of Cali
fornia, for tliu puiposo of electing a
senator. He pointed to the fact that
California was now leprescnted In the
senate by its two senatois,
"Had the governor of Pennsylvania
done likewise," salel Mr. Wellington,
"either Mi. Quay would now be seated
here- with n full light and title to his
se-ut, or tome other eltireii of tho gieat
commonwealth of Pennsylvania would
be heie in his hteael." Peisonallj, ho
said, lie would bo glad to have- Ml.
Quay in tlie bonate, but In view of tho
constitution and the pieeedents lie felt
that ho could not oto for his admis
sion. At the conclusion ot Mr. AVclllng
ton's speech a tunning colloquy on the
onstitutional questions involved In
tho Quay ease was paitlcipatcd in.. tho
pai tie Ip.mts being Mr. Spoonor, Mr.
Wellington, Air, BuriowJ, and Mr. Al
len Tho senate then adjourned until to
monow. Ten Thousand Dollar Blaze.
Phllllp-buig. N. J. March ll.-rire
eurlv this moining dcsHojed the b irn
of How aid Motile k, at 8tewartsvllle, a
few miles below here. Five hotses. six
cows, ono hunched and llfty chickens,
and twelve hegs perished and two
wagons, slcigbx mitt In fact nearly all tin
contents of the building were destroied;
Tho loss will bo about $10,0'.
Aguinaldo's Son Dead.
Manila. 'Match 13. 330 p m, I lores,
Aguinaldo's HCictuiy of war, has stir
tendered to lic-uc-rat Mac Arthur, Aguiu
nldej's Infant t-oti, who was cautured in
November, ami who Ins been suffering
from Ml uPpox, U elci.d.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Mure h 1. Foterast
f for 1'ilclay anil Saturday: For
eastern Pennsylvania, snow or
sleet nml continued cold Pi May:
Saturday, fair; high northeasterly
winds In coming uoithwesterly by
l-'rid.ij night.
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