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INTERESTING
WAR RESULTS
May Follow Present Lull
in Military Oper
ations. I IE REPUBLICS DISSOLVED
Indications That the Republics Will
Be Administered as Crown Colonics
of Great Britain No Other Settle
ment Possible President Steyn's
Bluff.
London, March SI, 4.30 a. in. While
lliejc Is a lull in the military opeia
tlons, the present surtoundlngs of the
war show Interesting developments.
The colonial oince has telegiaphed to
Cape Town foi information concerning
the destiuctlon'of ptopcrty. This will
not be published In London until after
Its piomulgdtlon In South Africa; but
it Is known that It will convey an In
timation that any wanton destiuctlon
of British ptopcrty during the war will
be legatded as warranting a claim for
compensation and as justifying a levy
upon private property, should the tc
souices of the Transvaal lepubllo
prove Inadequate.
The fact that the pioclamation is
Issued by the colonial offlce Is regard
ed as a significant indication that the
icpubltc will bo administered as
crown colonies. In this connection It
Is understood that the leaders of the
opposition In parliament now admit
that no other settlement Is possible,
dtice the republics Insist upon their
demand for absolute Independence. In
view of this the effoits of the llbeials
w III be confined to securing In the
settlement the best treatment for the
Dutch population. Including security
'against their disfranchisement.
It Is becoming rcgaided as quite a
settled matter that should the war be
ended, as is no$ hoped, before June,
the government will dissolve patlia
ment and appeal to the countiy on the
basis of a successful South Aft lean
policy. Should the war drag on, dis
solution will be postponed until next
spring. In any event, one of the
foiemost planks of the government
platfoim will be aimy icoiganlzatlon.
Theto Is no further information as
to the movements of Sir Alfted Mllner.
It is logardt'd as certain, howevei,
that he has gone to Bloemfontein to
auange foi the tempoiary administra
tion of the Tree state.
Indications from Natal seem to hnw
that Oeneial Buller's forward move
nicnt will not be long delajed.
Despatch from Loid Roberts.
London, Mai eh 20 The war office
has received the following despatch
from Loid Roberts, dated Bloemfon
telii. Tuesday, Mai eh 20:
' Kitchener occupied Prieska yester
day unopposed. The icbels sunendcr
ed their aims. The Tiansvaalcrs es
caped across the liver.
"Mi. Steyn Is circulating a notice,
bv means of despatch lldets. In reply
to my pioclamation, to the effect that
anv burgher who signs a declaration
that he will not tight against us again
will be tieated as a tiaitor and shot.
'The Bloemfontein ptople aio af
foiding "s evciy assistance In the
matter of hospital accommodations.
Wo have consequently been able to
finalise foi 500 beds.
"Thlrt-thieo pi boners were taken
at Piieska, 200 stands of aims and
some supplies and explosives.
"The Boers bavo begun to suriender
on the Rasutoland fiontler." "
London, Match 21. A despatch to
the Daily Mall fiom Donklspoit, dated
Mnndiy, M.iiiIi 13, fays:
"A tcconnalssanco tow aid Phillppot
is. t cntv-dvo miles west of Spilng
'onteln, found thy faints all living
white Hags. The British troops weie
iordlally lecelvcd.
"It is lepotted that Mr. Stevn Is
ivlng to tally the Boeis. hut the lat
'cr say they havo had enough."
Ft eight Rate Abolished.
SI. 1'aul. Minn , Man h 21. The dlffcren
tlal Height t.ito if 10 per itnt. on the
c'anidlan I'aiitle between the cast and
Sin Pram Isco w is iibullthcel today. This
Is the outcome of a mo ting held In Chl
ago, at which agents of the Ameilcan
line threatened to seethe legislation lt
IiuiIiib tho Can iillan Paeifle fiom par
tit Ipating In tratllo oilgiuatlug in the
Pulled Slut6s, if lite differential was con.
tinned.
Tenement House Exhibit.
Chleagn.Mureh 20 The tenement liotiso
exhibit, undor the nusplccs of the) Archi
tectural club and the Arts Crafts society,
opened at tho Art Institute today. The
soclrtlcH havo furnished tbo rooms as
completely as If u family were living in
them. The object Is to show how far
artlxtlc taste and economy can go to
gether. m
Red Men Meet.
St. Joseph. Mo, Muich 20. Tho annual
session of tho great council of Missouri
Improved Order of Red Men, was opened
hero today, and will continue until March
21 Several hundred delegates are pres.
ent.
Fatal Fall Down a Shaft.
Wllkes-Barre, March 20 Samuel Coop
er, an ewploie of tho Susquehanna t'oal
company at Nautlcoke, fell down a shaft
a distance of 100 feet today and was In
stantly killed. Nearly every bono in tm
body was broken.
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Republicans Meet.
Little Rock, Ark.. March 20 -The Re
publican stuto convention opened hero to
day. '
HIDEOUS NIGHTMARE.
John Redmond's Idea of Political
' Life in Ireland.
London, March 20 At a notionalist
btnquct a I the hotel Cecil in London
this evening, John Redmond, leader
of the nationalist parly In the house
of commons, who presided said he
regarded the last nine jears of
public life In Ireland as a hideous
nighlmaie.
"Our lcunlon Is Hlnceie," he con
tinued, "and there Is nothing, humane
ly speaking, which the eighty-six
Irish members of paillament cannot
obtain from the exigencies of the
British parties. It is incredible that
English statesmen can be so blind
to the leaching of history as to Im
agine that serious practical griev
ances can be mitigated by a rojal
visit to Ireland or by British celebra
tion of St. Patrick's Day."
Mr. Redmond denounced the war as
the "most damning of which there Is
any record in hlstoty:" but he evoked
tiemendous enthusiasm when icfer
rlng to the gallantry of the Irish sol
diers. Edward Blake, member of parlia
ment for South Longford, who pro
posed the toast "Ireland, a nation,"
was greeted with hostile cries.
A ellsturbance ensued and the police
were called In to restore otder.
GIGANTIC COMBINATION.
Union Traction Company Will Ab
sorb the Pittsburg Lines.
Plttsbuig. March 20. The organiza
tion of the Union Traction company,
which will absorb the Consolidated
Traction company and other local
street passenger tallwas, will have
been completed within the next ten
davs. Tomortow the books for the
transfer of the stock of the Consoli
dated company w ill be closed and the
matter of putting on the finishing
touches of the big combination will be
gin. Senator C. L. Magee. president
of the Consolidated, who is in Fhlln
delphlawlll return to attend the spe
cial meeting of the stockholders on
Satutday, March 31, when a vote will
be taken on the question of authoriz
ing the lease of the property and fran
chises of the company to the Union
Traction company.
Circular lettpis setting forth In de
tail the manner In which the glgantie
combination of eanltal will bo effected
In consequence aie being awaited with
Interest by local capitalists. Judge J.
H. Reed said that the deal was pro
glossing without a hitch.
ADMIRAL DEWEY ILL.
Unable to Attend Reception
Ar-
ranged at Savannah.
Savannah. Ga , Match 20. The- pio
grainme for the entertainment of Ad
nihal and Mrs. Dewey was btoken this
evening by the illness of the admltal.
A public teceptloii had been arranged
for and 5,000 pet sons gathered at the
De Soto hotel to giect the distin
guished visitors. But the admiral was
too 111 to appear and the function was
abandoned. The admiral suffered an
attack of indigestion on board the
revenue cutter Hamilton while the
patty was on a tilp down the river
and haibor this afternoon.
The udtnital Is resting easily tonight,
and his phvslclaus say he will no doubt
be able to go on with the ptogramme
of atrnngements tonioiioiv.
Mis. Dewey was entertained this af
ternoon bv a committee of ladles at
the Yacht club, vvhete she heard plan
tation songs sung by a chorus of lice
field pickaninnies.
JENNINGS WILL RETIRE.
Famous Infielder to Join the Staff of
a Philadelphia Newspaper.
Philadelphia. March 20. A letter re
ceived bete today fiom Hugh Jen
nings, tho famous Infielder of the
Btookljn Base Ball olub, makes the
announcement that ho will not play
base ball any more. Jennings says
he has not yet signed the contiaet
tendered by the Biooklvn management
ami will not elo so.
Ho is al Ithaca, ttalnlng the Cornell
unlvetsity tiam and ho states that ho
will go south with tho college playets
on March 26. jettitnlng to Ithaca with
them from the southern tour. At th
expiration of his eonttact with Cor
nell. Jennings, It is stated, will be
come sporting editor of a Philadel
phia newspaper,
m
Atlantic Ball League.
Wilmington, DeJ . Mireh 20 Horace
Pugtl. of Phlliiileljil.la. piesldent of the
Atlnntln I! iso Hull league, has notified J.
Albert t'tu iv that the- league will hive a
club lot iteel In this (t5 ,mU that ho will
iiirlvc bete tomorrow to lent the grounds
and m.iko preparations fm establishing
the team.
Steamship Arrivals.
Boulogne Mill eh al. Silled: Phoenleii,
from Itamhutg for New Yoik. New York
Sailed: I-tlin, for Bremen via. South
ampton. Aitlvul Nootdlaud. front Ant
werp. I'leuted Kensington, for Antwerp
via Southampton: Otitic-, for Liverpool;
f Hemic, foi Liverpool. Klnsale Paused:
Covlc, from New Yoik for Liverpool.
Solid Quay Delegation.
Carlisle, Pa., Mulch 2i1hn e'umbei
land eoiuitv Republican convention today
eleete-el William It. Itupli j, Jaeul. 12 Rail
Ing and Utoiso B. We Uel dcltg.ttts to the
stato convention, and Charles 11. Milliu,
delegnto to the u itlonul convention, Tho
delegation Is solid for Quay.
Fund for the Hospital Ship Maine.
New York, Mnich 20 -The pei formamw
for the benefit of the American hospital
ship, Maine, the American soldiers In the
Philippines and the British Reel Cross so
eletv will bo given tonight at tho Metro,
polltan Opera house. Mmcs. Lames, Nor
dlca and Sembrlch will appear.
Asphyxiated by Gas.
Boston, March 21 Philip Cohen and
Agnes Dunn weie found de id In bed In it
south end lodging house today with the
gas tinned on full. Cohen was about 31
jears of ago and the woman about 13, It
hi not known whether tho deaths were
accidental or suicidal.
Prohibitionists' Convention.
Minneapolis, Minn., March 20 The state
convention of the Prohibition parti
opened hero today, and will continue un.
til Match 22. A thket will be nominated.
Admiral Fairfax Dead.
Nple, Mai eh 20. Admiral Sir Henry
Fairfax, British commander In thief at
Plymouth, died heic today.
Al. E. CONFERENCE
FOR EXPANSION
REV. DR.
NEELY'S PAPER IS
ADOPTED.
It At rays the Philadelphia Confer
ence In Support of the Expansion
Policy of the Present Administra
tion of the United States Rev.
Dr. Lippincott Makes a Vigorous
Protest Agaitst the Action nf the
Conference.
Philadelphia. March 20. The Phila
delphia Methodist Episcopal conference
will meet next ear at Stroudsburg,
Monroe county, that city being chosen
at today's session over St. George's
church, Philadelphia, by a vote of 09
to SO.
Rev. Dr. W. J. Mills presented the
report of tho education committee,
which was adopted with an amend
ment presented by Rev. Dr. J. A. Lip
pincott, endorsing the public school
system and upholding the withdrawal
of public school monovs for private
or parochial schools and eleclai Ing that
the public schools should not be al
lowed to fall under the malign Influ
ence of partisan politics. A lesolutlon
piesented by Rev. Dt. A. C. Kvnctt,
depiecatlng the action of the attorney
general of the United States In setting
aside the act of congtess abolishing
the army canteen was adopted.
Rev. Dt. T. B. Neelv offered for
adoption a paper which arrayed the
conference in suppoit of the expan
sion policy of tho ptesent admlnlstia
tlon of Hip United States. It Is In all
respects similar to one adopted re
cently by the South Kansas confer
ence and is ostensibly a call for vol
unteers to go to the Philippines for
evangelical wont.
The pteamble, howevei, Is couched
In tho following language:
Whereas. God In His wise providence
bus tccently redeemed from bondage,
despotism and siipcistltion more than ten
millions pouls for whom Christ died, and
has brought them under the Fhelletlng
folds of our gloilous flag and m ide them
ptrtaktrs of out Inheritance of llbttty
at a great tent of treasure, suilcrlng and
blood, etc., etc.
Providential Occurrence.
Dr. Neely stated that he was an ex
pansionist: that he belleveel nothing
more providential had occutred in re
cent years than the acquisition by this
tommy of the tertltory in the Pacific
ocean. We had reached a point, he
said, when the Pacific ocean was be
coming a European lake, and It was
absolutely necessaty that we assoit
our power. He said he, for one, re
joiced lit the resiiltB that had acciued
and that we now have stepping stones
across the Pacific. Rev. Dr. J. A. Lip
pincott objected to tho phraseology of
the preamble. He said he and many
other members of the conference were
directly opposed to tho position In
which the adoption of the paper would
plate them. He declared tho govern
ment's policy In the Philippines nnd
the tesL't of our war there had simply
ledueed the natives to another fotm of
slavery. This elltited cties of "No!
No!" fiom several members, and when
the mattet was forced to a vote the
paper as oilginally piesented was
adopted.
The report of the confeience temper-
.IllPfl fnvm ry I f Iiva rttttlit ml Mia ctxaii !.
ii1B ntnn nvii rt ,i,,..,i ti,
armv canteen. It also embodied the j
i solution lecently passed by the Phila-
delphia Women's Chilstlan Temper- i
nnce union concerning the experiments I
of Piofessor Atwater. of Weslevan
semlnai y, with alcohol as a food.
Dr. F. B Lynch objected to the Im
plied trlticlsm of Professor Atwater,
and as the eonfeience endorsee! his
views, that part of the repoit was elim
inated. Bishop Fowler this evening made the
announcements or appointments for
the ensuing year.
CENTRAL CONFERENCE.
Closing Sessions Held at Hazleton
Yesterday.
Ha.letou, Pa., Maich 20 The clos
ing sessions eif the Cential Pennsyl
vania Methodist Episcopal conference
weie held todaj. In executive session
the confeitnte adopted a resobjtlon ele
clai Ing that It will not be lespnnslhlo
for'the polity of Di. Swallow's Fenn
svlvanta Methodist.
By an unanimous vote It was decid
ed to hold the next confetence at
Chnmbersburg.
The teport of the statistical commit
tee show a membeishlp ot 62.87S, a dc
ctease for the voar of 227: theie was
an Incitase of six t hutches. The to
tal mlsslonaiy e:ollet lions for the jcar
weie J1.S4S, an inueaso of $.'.246 over
latt jeai.
The delegates to. tho genei.tl confer
ente weie Insttueled to vole for an
amendment to the dlsiiplluo of tho
ihureh placing menibeis of the Metho
dist church who sign applications for
liquor licensee and Methodist attor
ney who plead for the giantlng of
liquor licenses under tho Kimo discip
line as is provided for in tho case of
t hurt h membeis who rent propeity for
saloon purposes.
Rev. S. C. Swallow- was re-iippolntcd
supeilntendent of tho Methodist book
rooms at Hunlsbuig. A resolution
was adopted requesting the bishop to
fix the time of meeting for next ear's
conference at the same time the Balti
more conferenco meets.
Tho appointments aie as follows:
Danville dlsttlct-Presldlng eldtrs. Will
lam Evans. Ashland. Edwin Wltmanj
Bee-ch Haven, Samuel Kox; Beaver
Meadow, Itaao Cadman; Benton, John
Wllhtlm: Berwhk, Rlthaid Gilbert,
Bloornlngdalf, Jacob Dlchelj Bloomsburg,
William Fri singer; Buckhorn, Timothy
Tubbs; Oatawlssa, Samuel Wilson; Cata
wlssn. circuit, Rimer MiL'lvy; Centrallo,
J. AV. Bucklcv; Coningham, Richard
Biooks; Danville. St. Pauls. Benjamin
Dlmmlck; Danville. Trlnltj. Orlando
Heick; KlyshurA James Uluss; Espy anil
Lima Ridge, Wllllnm If. Hartmait: Excel
slor, Frank 11, llrunstetter; Fountain
Spring. Chailes H. Barnard; FieeUnd,
W. W. Hartmah; Guidon, Reuben Wil
son; Harveyvllle, William Rothrck: Ha
zleton, Diamond, Alfred Miller; Hiizleton,
St, Paul's, Isaac N. Moorhead: lush VM
Icy, Oliver 11. Albcrtccn; Juni!uu City,
llcrrn Fredln: Jeaticsville and Audcn
rlcd, John Blskel; Jeddo. William Arm
stiong; Jersey town, David Bronte; Jones
town, Samuel Carnll: Miminvllle, George
Savldge; Mllnesvlilo nnd Latttmer, Amos
Brnco: Mt. Carmel, W. A. llouck; Nesco
pec. Joseph Clemens: Northumberland,
Joslah Mumper; Orangcvlllc and Light
Street, John Grimes; Park Plaeo and De
lanco, Wilson Vanelermnrk; Riverside,
Freeman Vought; Rohrsburg, Scth Crevc
llng; Sellnsgrove, Henry Portncr: Bhn
mokin, First chare h, Alexander Miller;
Bhamokin, Second church, Crawford Ben
scotter; Shamokln, Shumokln mist ton,
Lewis Dier; Shlckshlnny, John Douyh
erty; Silver Biook, Robert Allen: Sn
elerstown. Robert Armstrong; Sunbury,
James Htcln; Town Hill, Edgar Hickman;
Trevcrton, William Hamlin; Waller, Jas.
Bcttens; Wapwallopen, Philip Thomas;
Washlngtonvllle. Robert M. Binder;
White Haven, S. Mllten Frcst.
NOT IN SHELDON'S STEPS.
Topeka Capital Stockholders Decide
Against Continuing His Policy.
Topeka. Kan, Maich 20 The stock
liejldorr. of the Canit.tl have drtldcd
that the ?oiit!n j.iicc cf Mich a paper
as the Riv "!. Sheldon conducted
would be a mistake nnd a losing ven
tttie. F. O. Pepenoe, the ptlnclpal
stockholder savs, however, that he
desltcs to oendttet the paper along
higher lines and make uf it a publi
cation that will be weleonv 'n any
Christian home, Blvlnrr nil the news
of the world, eliminating b-'d news
and objectionable advertisements. This
Is the scheme agreed upon.
Pepenoe hope" to hold many Shel
don subscribers and foti'ign adver
tisers under this ananser.ient. The
socialistic mntter explolte I promi
nently In the Sheldon edition will be
eliminated.
Oen. Hudson, editor-in-chief, de
clared last night that there would be
no more nonsense or "Chrlstl m dallv"
foolishness while he was In control.
ALL CANDIDATES QUAY MEN.
Hnrmonious Proceedings at the
Huntingdon Convention.
Huntingdon, Pa., March 20 Tho
Huntingdon county Republican con
vention here Ijday was conspicuous for
Its harmonious proceedings and biut
dutatlon. No icsorutlons were offered
or adopted. All tho candidates on the
ticket are avowedly favorable to the
political Interests of M. S. Quay. The
ticket follows:
Congress, Thaddeus M. Malton; state
senate. Oliver M. Stewart, of Hunting
don; legislature, Thomas W. Mont
gomery and John C.Tnvlor: poor direc
tor, Robert Mason; coroner. Dr. P. L.
Sclium; jury commissioner, G. M.
Cutschall. Call M. Gage, of Hunting
don, was acclaimed nntlonal delegate,
to select his own conferees, and C.
Chalmers Port, of Huntingdon, and I.
X. Swoope, of Mapleton, delegates to
the state convention. Ex-County Com
mirsloncr A. S. Welsh, of Mt. Union,
was elected chairman of the county
committee.
BANK CLERK MISSING.
Thomas Stewart of Easton Skips the
Country.
Kaston, March 20. Thomas A. Stew
art, a ererk in the First National
bank of Easton. has absconded. He
took $1,700 or the bank's money. On
Saturday Stewart was sent' to the
Noithampton National bank In this
cltv to make settlement of the pte
vlous day's business between tho two
bank. The balance due the Fltst
National bank. $1,700 was paid Stew
art and he departed.
He teported to the Flist bank, but
did not leave the money theie. He
said he was sick and was permitted
1 to so home. Yesteidaj the theft be-
' nniviA r tirtir-
came known.
Stewart, who Is about IS jears of
age, has not been seen by his mother
who Is a poor widow, since Saturday
morning. Aithur Clements, an otphan
and a companion of Stewart, has also
been missing since Saturday. The
btijs are supposed to be together.
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MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.
Mrs.
Dietzeler Throws Light Upon
Strange Death.
Lancaster, Pa March 20 Mia.
Frank Dietzeler. of No. 7?4 East Mar
lon street, this city, tells a stoty that
she thinks may throw aome light on
the mysteiy of the voui.j: woman
found in Magoth liver, near Annapo
llj by fishermen on March 10:
One evening in Jnnuary whilo walk
Ing on the bildge that ciosses the
Susquehanna at Columbia, Mrs. Diet
zeler met a man and woman walking
together talking excitedly. Just after
oh.4 ioLtil tlintn t.1vn Viv l rl n utiliuTi
rMH' JUivu in in fin- iiiiiiu nj'i tin
and ety and looking diound. sawt-the
couple had ellsappeated. The finding
of the body stlengthens her suspicion
th it they committed suicide by Jump
ing into the Stisquehannu, which
wnshe Into the Magothy. She Is un
able to give anv elescriptlon except
that tho man woie n gi cy overcoat.
Corporations Chattered.
Hurrisbiirg, Man-It 2n Charters weie
lsued at the state dr partmenl teHliv as
follows: The Wiislilugton Steam Heating
companv, of Washington, eapital, $1,200;
McCltntlc-Maifliall C'ontrui tlon com
ptnj. Pittsburg, eapital jrwittO; Con
nellsvilln Oil and Gas tympany. Councils
vllle. eapital J'.onO: Seaboard Steel Cast
ing company, of Chester, capital $.V)iKi;
the MoMann company, Pittsburg, capital
$10 000.
Murder Case Records.
Harrlsburg. March 20. Two records In
murder cases were received at the state
department today and laid before Gover
nor Stone. They aro tho cases of William
Hummel, who killed his wife and three
children In Lycoming county, and Milton
Sheets, of Somerset, who killed Augustus
Glesner.
,
Frenchman Jilted Mrs. George Law.
Paris. March 20. Gerald Lefevre Pon
tall, the Finchman who somtlmo ago
Jllttd Mrs. Georgo Law, tho American
millionairess, will bo matrled to Miss
Lnoux today, Pontalis is tho son of the
president of the French Cable company.
Drowned in the Pond.
Northampton, Mass, March 20 Aithur
Llovd and Georgo Bcrlr.ind. each aged
nbnut 10, were elrnwned In the mill pond
at Last Hampton today, Tho bejs had
been plajlng on tho lee.
United Mine Workers of America
Convene.
Terre Haute. IiieL. March 50. The Pnlt-
cd Mine Weaker of America' hrld their
state convention here today,
CONVENTIONS
FOR Itk'KlNLEY
SENTIMENTS OF THE GATHER
INGS YESTERDAY.
Arkansas Republicans Favor Expan
sion and the Annexation of the
Philippines The Party in South
Carolina Also Forwards Endorse
ment of the Administration.
Little Rock. Aik., March 20. Tho
Republican state convention adjourn
ed late tonight after electing delegates
to the national convention and de
claring for the renomlnatlon of I"t evi
dent McKlnley. The plattoitn adopted
endorsed the administration of Presi
dent McKlnley and says:
"We favor the expansion policy of
the administration. Wc favor annexa
tion of the Philippines as the most
benlficent thing that could happen to
the Filipinos andvns giving us com
mand of the vast trade o: ihc Orient
not otherwise possible."
The platfoim opposes tuist'i, favors
the Nicaragua canal and endorses the
protective tariff policy.
Every mention of President McKln
ley's name was cheered and the dele
gates to the Philadelphia convention
were unanimously Instructed for his
renomlnatlon.
Columbia, S. C March 20. Th" state
Republican convention today elected
four delegates to the national Repub- i
llcan convention. A score of the U"
delegates were white men and the
tempoiary and permanent otflcets
were negioes.
The convention adopted a platfoim
entbtaclng the principles of the Re
publican party as st forth at St.
Louis in 1S96. MeKinlev's adminis
tration was endorsed and Bryanlsm
and Democracy denounced as menaces
to prosperity. The delegates weto In
stiuclcd to support McKlnley.
AUDACIOUS ROBBERY.
Four Hundred Thousand Francs
Stolen in Paris.
Paris, March 20. An audacious rob
bery of 400,000 francs was committed
today from the Not them railroad.
The company, which three .times
weekly deposits laige sums with the
Bank of France, sent 630,000 francs
today, of which amount 400,000 francs
was In small bills. This was placed
In a satchel and the money was con
veyed front the station to the bank in
a cart which was in chat go of two
clerks.
Before thpy stai ted one of the clerks
placed the satchel' beside the coach-
,men. Two men then appioached and
engaged the attention of tho clerk and
coachman, while a third man picked
up the satchel and bolted with It. The
loss was not noticed until it was too
late to apprehend the robbets.
QUEER COURT OPINIONS.
Magistrates Hold That an Inventor
Has No Right to His Own Ideas.
Washington, Match 20. Inventors In
German factories have a hard tlnn to
piofit bv their brain work, accoidlng
to a report to the state department by
Consul Geneial Guenther at Fiankfott.
He cites the case of a foreman, who
Invented a substance used In finishing
velvet. Because he Imparted his In
vention to net sons outside of the llrni
of which he worked the foteman was
tiled and convicted of revealing trade
see rets, although this secret way his
own.
The German court took the ground
that It was a. duty of the foreman to
make expeilments; that his Inventions
belonged to his employers and that he
had no right to expose them.
WILL BE TRIED BY JURY.
Justice Fursman's Decision in the
"Sapho" Case.
New York, Maich 20. Justice Furs
man today made it decision in the
"Sapho" ease, dliectlng that It be sub
mitted to the grand juty. The appli
cation was made by the defendants
through counsel that the case. should
be taken fiom the cottit of special nest
slons ami tried by a Jury In tho court
of geneial sessions.
The procedure now to be followed
will submit the case to the grand Jury,
I -
"" inuicimeitis uic lounn me ue
fendants w HI be
tried by a Juty In
geneial sessions.
Independent Telephone Combine.
Wouiuwoga.WlK., Jtarch JO Tho meet
ing of all the Independent telephone com
panies In Wisconsin Is In session hero to.
day and will continue In such until March
2.'. The object of this meeting Is to form
an association for tho purpose of ulti
mately connecting all Independent e otn
panles, of which thctc are more than
seventv-Hve In this state. In one smtein
ns a ilval to tho Wisconsin Telephone)
compuii).
New York City's Debt.
New York, Murch 20 Controller Coler
mnelo public today a ftatement of the city
debt on February 3 Tho total gto'.s
funded deht was $J0I.19j,s:.9; the net, il'
r.tS.lSf. and the net bonded debt. .'".8.240..
0S4. Thero wero then besides outstanding
bonds of various corporations, now wholly
or partly Intludcd In tho city of New
York, amounting to JI.SS5.30l.
Strikers Return to Work.
Wllkes-Barre, March 20 The five hun
dred miners at the A. J. Davis collleiy,
Warrior Run. who went out on strike a
week uifo. will return to work tonionow
a satisfactory agreement having been
leached with their cmploic.
Cornell Base Ball Team Starts South.
Ithaca, N. Y., March 20 Coach Hugh
Jennings and the Cornell Base Ball team
left for Calhoun, S. C today, where they
will prepare for tho coming season.
Sumner Will Depart for Manila.
San Francisco, Cal . Mure h 20. Tho
transport Sumner, with l,ooa recruits on
board, sails for Manila today.
Coshocton's Centennary.
Coshocton. O, Manh 20 A big cele.
bratlou In honor of the passing of tho
century mark In this town's cxlstcneo is
being held hero today.
THE NEWS TUIS M01N1NU
Wither Inllcttloni To.'ayt
fAllfj COLDER.
1 aencrat Boer Republics as Crown
Colonies.
State Conventions Favor McKlnle.
Methodist Confetcitee Favors Bxpan-
slon.
Doings of tho National Lawmakers.
2 General Northeastern Pennsvlvanli.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Local Convention of Return Judges
In the First and Second Republican
Legislative Districts.
4 Editorial.
News and Comment.
& General Hlctory's View of Consent of
the Governed.
Theatrical Gossip.
6 Local Defense Wants the Martin
Case Continued for a Ytar.
Common Pleas Court Proceedings.
7 Local Grand Jury Looking Into Clly
Mlsgovornment.
Meeting of Boaid of Associated Char
ities. 5 Local West Scranton and Suburban.
9 Reiund About tho County.
10 Local Live Industrial New.
PLOT TO BURN BREAKERS.
Number of Boys Are Under Arrest
for Participation.
According to a confession made by a
lad named Murray to Dlsttlct Attot-'
ney Jones last week, a plot to bum
down all the breakers between this city
nnd Carbondale has been In existence
foi some time.
Acting unon the storv told bv the
boy, w ho lives In Arehbald, County De
tectlve Levshon on Saturday last ar
rested Murray, Michael Flaherty, Trel
Sldons and Michael Manley, all, young
boys, ranging In age from twelve to
sixteen years. They were taken befoie
'Squire Gtldea, charged with arson, as
accoidlng to Murray's story they ate
responsible for thp recent burning of
the Katydid and other breakers up the
Valley. They all waived a heating and
entered ball.
The Munav bov has Just been In
dieted by the ginnd Juiy for stealing
biass and old Iron. The county detec
tive learned from some of the boys at
the hearing that a Junk dealer had In
cited them to bum the bieakers, that
they might have a plate to steal old
metal from without arousing suspic
ion. HOTEL BUILDING IN FLAMES.
A. P.
O'Donnell's Hotel Property
Badly Damaged.
The A. P. O'Donneli hotel building,
at tho corner of Btlck avenue and Oak
street, was damaged, probably beyond
repair, by a fire of unknown oiigln,
which bioke out at 1 o'clock this morn
ing. The flames .started In a bedroom on
the second floor, which was occupied
as a residence by John Lukan, lessee
of the hulldlng and ptoprlttor of the
hotel. What tuused them the Lukaus
could not explain. The intetlor ot the
building, with most of Its contents, was
destrov ed.
By well-dltected effoits the Hiemtn
succeeded In tontlnlng the (lames to
the hotel building. The hall In the
rear nnd tlie O'Donneli tesldence, to
the noith, on Hiltk stjeet, escaped.
The building and stock weie both par
tially insured.
Only a week ago a flic stattcd In tho
Lukans' kitchen, but was extinguished
before any appieeiable damage ic
sulted. A few months ago Mr. O'Donneli lost
his laige undertaking establishment, on
Oak street, by flte.
BASE BALL FOR SCRANTON.
Prospects Are Now Bright for an
Atlantic League Team.
M. K. Sanders, of this Ity. who is
looking after the local base ball in
terests, and Is trjing to establish an
Atlantic league team In Scranton, ves
teiday reeelveil a letter from Presi
dent Horace Fogel, stating that Wal
ter Burnham, of Portland, Me, who
has managed teams In the New Eng
land league 'for several yeais. would
b In the city today. Mt. Burnham
will probably manage the team In case
Scranton enters the league, and will
also be one of the heaviest stockhold
ers. Mr. Sandets reports tltat neailj all
atrangements have now been com
pleted, and that it Is almost assiued
that Scranton will have professional
ball this season, A meeting ot the
dliectois of the various teams making
up tho league will be held Filda af
ternoon In the Hotel Joimyn, at which
diianrenientx will be made for the
coming season.
Mr. Burnham arrived In the city
eatly this morning and will have a
conference with the men Interested In
the sport today.
Bishop Hurst Misquoted.
Phlladelphli. Mai eh J1 -Bishop Hurst,
who Is presiding over the New Jereej
Methodist Lplscooal cnnfeienin at Mill
vllle, today denied tho published rtate.
tnent Unit he had itnm iiiicts! to the con
ference jesterd.il that Piesldent McKln
ley had accepted the ehulr of Interna
tlunal law In tho Ami i lean university at
Washington. The bishop expressed his
regret that he was tnlrquoted and ellrect
eel his secretary to telegraph a denial to
th president.
Bell Stock to Be Increased.
Philadelphia, March 20 Al ax special
meeting ot the stockholder of the Hell
Telephone company, oftphllaelclphla, hcio
todav. It was voted to Increase the eanl
tal stoe k of the company from Jt.OU.OOO to
JG 0X1,000 The new sloth may be sub
scribcel for at par, i'A, until April 20. pa
mi'nts to be made May 2i, July 20 nnd bep
tembtr 20.
Missionary rfeoting.
Bethlehem, Pa.. March 10. The Wo
men's Foreign Mlsdonar society of Le
high Prcsbjterv. met here today In an
nual convention. The sessions will con.
tlntio tomorrow. More than W delegates
ate In attendance. Mrs. R, M, Mnteer and
Dr. Jessie Wilson, returned missionaries,
addressed todn: 'a scudons.
Bundy's Shortage.
Elmlrn. N. V March 2 The examin
ation todnt of tho books of Frank M.
Bundy. the defaulting city e hamberlnln,
showed a deficit of 113 tt in one tax roll.
It Is now oxpeetcsl that tho totul shortugo
will roach at least Jo0,i.
PUERTO RICO
MEASURE
Mr. Foraker Is Confident
That the Bill Could
Be Passed.
IS READY FOR THE TEST
Wanted Republican Leaders to Peru
nilt Him to Call It Up in the Sea
ate 'Today Votes for It Being;
Gained Rapidly Majority Already
in Favor of the Bill with Free Im
ports Into Puerto Rico The House
Enters Upon Consideration of thf
Loud Bill.
Washington, March 20 Senatof
Foraker is so confident of his ability
to pnss tho Puerto Rican tariff bllt
that he urged the Republican mana
ge) s to let him call It up todav and try
to force a v ote on it. The other
1 1 lends of the mensuio advised a lit
tle longer delny.becausp they feel that
they are gaining votes rapldlv, and
that after a shott time the bill can be
put on Its- passage with the certainty
of a substantial niajoilty.
There Is no doubt whatever that
there Is a majotlty of the senate to
day favoiablo to the passage of thej
bill with u duty on Imports Into Puer
to Rico stricken out, but there are
some who believe that it would be
better to put the bill through Just as
It came fiom tho house, and thus
avoid any complications which might
nilse from sending It back to the
house to be voted on ngln. It Is also
believed advisable to await the re
turn of Senators Aldileh, Piatt and
Teller, all three of whom aie 'favor
able to the bill, but only two of whom
are paired.
The Loud Bill Discussed. ,
Tho house today entered upon the
consldetatlon of the Loud bill to re
st! let the character of publications en
titled to a cent per pound rate us second-class
mall matter. The bill has
been befoie congress for several years.
Mr. Loud defended the bill in a lengthy
speech.
The other speakers wcro H. C. Smith
(Michigan), in favor of the bill, and
Messis. Little1 (Arkansas), Belt (Colo
tado). Ilemy (Mississippi), Stokes
(South Catollna), and Blown (Ohio),
in opposition to it.
Before the bill was taken up, Mr.
Sulzer (New Yoik) delivered a denun
ciation of the administiatlon In con
nection with his tesolutioii of inquiry
calling upon tho war department for
Information as to what foitlllcatlons
trie.it Biltaln was erecting on tho
Canadian border. The tommltteo on
nillltaiy affnlis submitted a reply to
Adjutant General Corbin. sajlng such
iufoi mation was sectet. but that Great
Britain was electing no works whleh
threatened our ilghtf. The committee
leconitnended that the icsolutlon lla
upon the table. The house sustained
the committee's tecommendatloii by a
vote of 110 to (17.
Discussion of the Pueito Rico gov
ernment and tariff bill was resumed In
the senate today, Mr. Moigan, of Ala
bama, piesentlng a speech dealing;
with some of the constitutional phases
of the measuto.
He maintained that as the treaty of
Palis was the supreme law of the land.
It was impossible for the United Stntes
tn abandon either Puettn Rico or tho
Philippines. He held, also, that the
constitution extended to a certain ex
tent, at least, over the acquired tettl
tory anil that the Inhabitants of Puerto
Rlto were cltUens of the United States.
COMPROMISE MEASURE.
The Conferees on Puerto Rican Bill
Have Agreed.
Washington, Match 20. The con
ferees on the Puerto Rli o npptopiH
lion bill have agiced upon a compro
mise moasiito. The senate eonfeteej
receded fiom the senate amendment
limiting the appiopilation to the reve
itucH cedleettd on Puerto Rleo impor
tations until the Hi st of last January
nnd icstoied the clause in thu housct
Mil until the liiat of Met Juniiarv. and
applying to futuiu ic-vcnues, leading
as follows:
Together with dity futtlier e ustorni
levenues collected on Importations
from Pue i to Rleo since Juuunu 1,
1000, oi tint shall heteaftcr be col
lected under existing law.
The piovislou In the senate amend
ment specif) Ing the purpose for which
tho money shall be used Is ictalned,
but an addition Is made dcclailug spe
cifically that it shall be for the "aid
and lellef" of the Pueito Rlcans.
Ardent Quay Men.
McCiinnellsluirA Pi., Marcli 2it The
Roiiblieans of Pulton county held their
convention todav and elected A, D. Daf
bey delegate to the state convention. F.
M. TaIor received the endotsement for
national delegute. Tailor and Dalbey are
both at dent Quu; men.
When Slrams Will Be Hanged.
Harrlsburg, Match 20 Governor Stone
has fixed Tuesda), May 22, as the dam
for the hanging of William Slmms in
Favette count).
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington. March 20, Forecait
for Wednesday nnd Tliuisday; For
eastern nnnxv ivniiia, rmr, colilr,
Wcdnesdav ; Thursday fair; fresh
west lo ninth winds,
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