'!''-'i lAfi' - . ,- v- -v'r r I I Sributte. armtton 1 TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1900. TWO CENTS. BIG BATTLE IMMINENT Boers Arc Concentrating in Country Near Bloemfontein. HARASSING THE FARMERS Johannesburg Mounted Police Carry ing Off Cattle Lord Methuen and Forces Have Been Ordered Back from Klmberley Mafeking Bom barded Seven Houro on Tuesday. Lord Kitchener Will Be Offered the Post of Commander-in-Chief of India. London, March 30. ( a. m. The. Boors arc concentrating In force about fifteen miles north of .TJIoemfonteln, In the roar of Glen, and Lord KoBcrts Is ' sending forward troops to engage them. The Seventh Infantry division and part of General French's cavalry havu been sent up to Join the Fourteenth brigade and the two cavalry regiments that are holding Glen and Its environs. It docs not seem probable that the Doers will give serious battle In tho fairly open country north of Glon. Still, their evident strength Indicates more than n corps of observation. In small affairs the Doers are dar ingly nggresslve In all parts of the field of war. The Johannesburg mount ed police, esteemed by tho Doers to bo their best mounted commando, are raiding the country near Dloemfontcln. harrnjslng the farmers, who have given up their arms to the British, and carrying off cattle. There Is a Doer report from Natal that a Russian soldier of fortune. Col onel Ganotskl, with a hundred horse men, Is operating close to the Drttlsh outposts on the western border. The Doers have ro-occupled Camp bell, and are In strength near Taung and Darkley West. They shelled tho Dritlsh camp at Warren ton, Wednesday, but moved out of range that night. Yesterday (Thurs day) two Dritlsh guns enfiladed tin; IVior trenches, quieting their Mausers. Methuen Ordered Back to Klmberley. Lord Methuen and tho forces that have been operating In the Darkley district have been recalled to Klmber ley by Lord Roberts. No explanation has been given for this, but tho mounted troops are dissatisfied at hav ing been ordered back. The Doers and disloyalists at Ken hardt have been dispersed and caused to retreat. General Parsons Is about to enter the town unopposed. Lord Roberts is making extensive arrangements to police and safeguard all the Free State- towns In the terri tory occupied. Dispatches from Mas eru assert that the Dopra who returned to Ladybrand from Clocolan have tak en up strong positions and sent pickets far in every direction to watch Basuto land, In the expectation that part of General Dttller's army will Invade the Free State on that side. According to Pretoria advices Mafek ing was bombarded for seven hours on Tuesday. It Is leported in London, in a well Informed quarter, that Lord Kitchener will he offered the post of commander-in-chief In India, succeeding the late Sir William Lockhard. so soon as de cisive successes have been obtained in tho Transvaal. General Sir Archibald Hunter will succeed lilm ns Lord Roberts' chief of staff. The Indian newspapers have been arguing Kitchener's appointment. London. Marih 30. A dispatch to the Dally Chronicle from Bloemfontein, dated March 2S, says: "The Boers are active north of Glen, about fifteen miles from here. It In reported that they are concentrating in considerable force. "Reinforcements of all arms are be ing sent up from Bloemfontein, Inclui Ing the Seventh division nnd a portion of General French's cavalry. "The Johannesburg mounted pollca nre still raiding cattle and harassing the disarmed burghers who aio return ing to their farms." Oom Paul's Boast. London, M,nrcb 30. The Bloemfon tein correspondent of tho Morning Post, telegraphing Wednesday, says: President Kruser boasts his Inten tion in rciaKe uioemtomein wmun a week, and It appears probable that the Boers are advancing In force south ward." No Census of Yankees Abroad, Washington, March 25. The officials of the census bureau at one time contem plated taking a census of Americans re. siding In Kurope, but before consultation with state department officials It was decided, as It would bo Impossible to collect statistics approaching nocuracy, not to mnke tho attempt. Police Captain Indicted, New York, Match 29. The grand Jury today huiulud up tlilee Indictments ngalmit Pollco Captain Andrew J. Thomas of thu Went Thirtieth street station (Tenderloin district). The Indictments were found under section 151 of tho penul code for falling to, suppress Immoral re. sorts In his precinct. French Steamer Founders. S.into Domlnpo, March 29, The French steamer Georges Crolse, bound lor C'ub.i with catllo and eighty patuenrfers. is sunk outside this port, Tho steamer New York, which has Just nrrlved here, ren dered her assistance. Four lives were lost by the sinking of tha steamer. Another Counterfeit Dollar, Washington, March 29. Chief Wllkle, of the secret service, today announced the discovery of a very poor counterfeit one dollar treasury note, check letter it, scries Ml, H. K. Luce, register. BASE BALL. At Atheni, Gu. Cornell, i; ucoigla College 3. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Judge Woodward's Opinion Will Furnish Incentive for Test Case. Wllkes-Barre, Pa., March 29. Judge Woodward rendered an Important de; clslon In court today. It was the case of John B. Hoyt vs. the Kingston Coal company. When tho Hoyt family leased their coal lands to the defendant In 1S67, one of tho provisions of the lease was that the company was only to pay for coal that would rasa over a certain screen having meshes five-eights of an Inch square. Of late years the market has demanded a smaller size of coat and the coal companies have put In screens which would turn out the size of coal wanted. JudRc Woodward de cides that, atthough the small size was not mentioned In tho lease, tho K' lgs ton Coal company must pay the own ers of tho coal land for the same. Nearly $200,000 Is Involved In this suit. The case will be carried to the Su preme court at once, as it is looked upon as a test case. There nre scores of cases of a like nature and the rul ing of the higher court will bo awaited with much Interest by owners of coal lands and coal operators. BOERS SOUGHT WAR. American Correspondent Says They Were Planning It Twenty Years. An Unpleasant Picture of the Peo ple Who Have Posed for Sympathy London, March 29. The most serious Indictment of tho liners' methods nf warfare which has yet appeared In Knglnnd cornea from Julian Rnlph, the American war correspondent, In a let ter from Klmberley. published In this morning's Dally Mali. It Is In part as follows: "It Is a war steadily and stealthily planned by the queen's Dutch subjects and the Dutch roiiiihllos for no.irlv , twenty years. For between four and six years they have been equipped for It. They began purchasing nrms and 1 planning defenses before the Jameson rail. Lot no one fool you with a false- . hood about that. Finally, President Kruger begged President Steyn to de- clare war three weeks before President Steyn consented. Next rid your mind I of tho notion that you are crushing , two farmer republics. There Is not a . fnnner in the two countries, and only one, the Free State, was a republic In any way. These people nrt. ''order's of catne, sneep and goats, like tho Is raelites of old and tho Afridis. Turks and Balkan peoples of today. His (the Boer's) so-called farms are as nature made them, merely ranches on the veldt Whereon tho cnttlo irr.io. Cm J each one he has put up a home, but Its surroundlnca are almost tnvnrl.ihlv more repellant and disorderly than any houses I ever saw except in tho cabins of freed slaves In the United .States. "Their camps and strongholds from which the British have routed them nre the filthiest places I have known men of any sort to live In and I have seen Red Indian, Chinese and Turkish cnmp3, and the camps of many sorts of black men, "As to their bravery and honor I have, seen and heard sufficient to nil a page Of the Dallv Mall with nrnrnnln i of their cowardly and dastardly be i havlor before I came to Klmberley. But , hero I find they have been guilty of i different and original enormities. Here they killed British wounded and laid their bodies In a row after one of tho many blacks to fight against the Brit ish, showing all tho world how scan dalously fraudulent were their excla mations of horror nt the Idea of the latter employing native Indian troops. There has hardly been a battle In which tho Doers have not nhnsct either the white flag or the Geneva I Cross, or both. At Splon Kop, the I Dritlsh saw them loading Maxims In ' j ambulances, in order to get them safe ly away. That we saw them do at the I IModder River also, and Klmberley !s I wnere me lioers shelled the funeral ' cortege of George L. Abram, an Amcr- I lean. "At some places they fired on British ambulances. I saw them do It at the ' Modder River and saw them n'ro nn , stretcher bearers In that battle time and time again. When the British en tered Jacobsdal that place looked like a city of doctors. Every man in the streets wore the Bed Cross bandage on his arm. "These were the men who had Just been shooting British soldiers from behind garden walls. There was noth ing novel or original about their seek ing their cowardly shelter of the doc tor's badge. Wo have become quite accustomed to it. We once entered a Boer longer after n 'otory and found twenty-seven of thee? bonus doctors nnd seven or eight wounded for their j patients. They have not been content with looting tha houses of the loyat ! Ists In tho British colonies, but in Na tal. In scores of instances, the navo smashed Into kindling wood and torn Into ribbons whatever they did not want or could not carry off. Worse yet, they have fouled the walls of the hemes of defenseless women with ob pceno writings. They never knew th value of an oath or promise, and have not learned It since the war began," KILLED BY A CAVE-IN. Hpokane. Warh., March 29. Flvo men were killed today and several seriously Injured by a cave-In on the Groat North cm right way of track on Washington street. A mass of brick weighing hun dreds of tons, toppled over, burying a whole gang of workmen. Machinists on Strike. Pallas. Texas, March 29.-AI1 machin ists In Munger's Cotton Machinery Manu factoring works, tho largest ot tho kind in tho world, wont on strike today. The men refused to do extra work required by tho company, and the International Association of Machinists authorized the Mi Ike. Persia's New Minister. Washington. March 9. The Shah of Persia has appointed Mofukiiam 13d Dow. leh, minister plenipotentiary of Persia to thn United States. The Persian mission hero has been vacant for some years past. Steamship Arrivals, New York, March 2D.-8alledi La fouralne, for Havre. Rotterdam-Ar-rlvcdi Statendam. from New York. WAR CLOUD IN THEJAR EAST CONFLICT THREATENED BE TWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Preparations for War in the Mi kndo's Empire Russian Admiral Ignores Nagasaki Harbor Author ities Mobilization of Japanese Navy Russia Asks Permission to Land Troops in Corea Latter Gov ernment Wants Outside Aid. Seattle, Wash., March 29. The gov ernment transport Garonne, which sailed from Manila February 17, has arrived from quarantine with news of active preparations In the military and naval departments of Japan for war with Russia. The Russian tleet nt Nagasaki has disregarded the harbor authorities and has anchored where It pleased. Tho war spirit Is said by Captain Conrad, of tho Garonne, to bo strong In Japan on account ot tho czar's se- ret attempt to gain Influence In Korea, in violation of the treaty. A grand assembling of the Japanese navy, to be followed by inanocuvers from which foreign newspaper corres pondents and tho public are to bo ex cluded, was fixed for the last of this month. London, March 29. The Kvenlng News publishes a dispatch from Kog?, Japan, under today's date. In which It Is announced that Russia has demand ed leave to land troops near Masan pho, Corea, and that Corea wants out side Interference. Paris, March 30. The Gaulsls In an articlo discussing the eventuality of i tending for six months the period of a Russo-Japanese conflict, says: I "me allowed Spanish residents In tho "It is not likely that Great Britain I'hlllpplnes to elect whether they shall will Interfere, being too much occupied remain Spanish subjects or surrender In the Transvaal and In watching her their allegiance and adopt the nation frontiers. Japan, therefore, will be al"' of the territory In which they left alone, no other Kuroponn power reside. The article In the Paris treaty being Interested In aiding her. and the bearing on this subject allowed the united States, with whom she sym- pathlzes more than nny other nation, having its attention occupied in tho Philippines." JOUBERT'S FUNERAL. His Remains Will Be Buried Quietly at Rustfontein and Without Tilli- tary Honors Body Lying m State f ofl ci rretona. Pretoria, Wednesday. March 2S. General Joubert was taken 111 Sunday morning. Jlc was at hl3 office the p:e- vlous day. Ho differed great pain, but became unconscious some time before doath. The complaint was acute in flammation of the bowels. The body will lie In state tomorrow nnd will then be taken by special train to the farm at Rustfontein, near Wak kerrtroom where it wll be burled ' quietly, ns Joubert often requested, I and without military honors, Michael Davltt has gonei to Kroon stad. RAPID RAILROADING. Peacock's Special Runs 443 Miles in 441 Ilinutes. Denver, Colo., March 29. With a spe cial train rushing ncross the continent the Sante Fe road Is trying to break its Nellie Bly and all other records In order that A. It. Peacock, one of the directors of the Carneglo Steel com pany, may arrive In Pittsburg in time to attend the annual meeting of the ! directors at noon on Saturday. i The train left Los Angeles at 10 , o'clock on Tuesday night and passed through La Junta at 11.30 last night, ' making the run of 1,256 miles In twen- ' ty-four hours and a half. The special stopped at La Junta Just I long cnouch to chance enclnes. mndo the run to .uouge City, Kansas, 203 miles in 192 minutes, reaching that point at 3.12 this morning. The next spurt was to Newton, a distance ot 167 ' miles, which was made in 163 minutes, reaching that station at 7.13. I It Is estimated from tho rate nt which the special has been run so far that Mr. Peacock will be landed at Pittsburg Friday night, thereby mak ing one of the best long-distance runs that has been made across the continent. Kansas City, March 29. The Santa nenrlng completion. Two detachments Fe special train, on which A. R. Pea- . of life guards left London this even cock is speeding eastward, reached Ar- . ing to act as the royal escort, and the gentlne. a suburb of Kansas City, ton ' trials of the royal trains have been minutes oerore noon today, nnd at . 12.0S pulled out for Chicago. Tho run from LaJunta, Colo., to Emporia. Kan., 413 miles, was, made In Ui minutes, actual running time. LIVED IN THREE CENTURIES. Two Women Die at the Ripe Age of 103 Yoars. New York. March 29. Mrs. Cleary Hyland Is dead at her home In Orange, N. J., aged 103 years. For the last year of her life she was totally blind. Plymouth. Mass.. March 29. Mr?. Felicity Plckard died at the home of her son, Edy, aged 103 years, 7 months, 16 days. Until very recently her mind was clear and her health good. Jowett Must Serve His Sentence. Boston, March 29. Tho United States circuit court of appeals this afternoon dismissed the appeal of William S. Jew ett, of Lawrence, who was convicted last year of misappropriating tho funds of tho Uiko National bank of Wolfboro, N, II., whllo acting as, liquidator of that Insti tution, which hnH been closed several years. Mr. Jevvett formerly was presi dent nf tho bank. Last year ho was sen tenced to servo seven years In Lawrcnco Jail, but since his appeal he has been out on ball. "Stockings" Slept in Third Round. Baltimore. March 29. Tom Sharkey and "StocklnsB" Coi'rny, of Troy, N, Y wero to huvo gone ten rounds at Muslo hall tontcht, under the auspices nf tho Kureka Athletlo club, but Sharkey put Conroy out In the third round with a stiff left punch on tho Jaw. . - Will Plant Shamrock Seeds. London, March SO. The Duke, of York has accepted from a leMdcnt of Cork a thousand packets of chnmrnck seed, which will bo sown upon tho graves of Irish soldiers In South Africa. ANTHRACITE COAL TRADE. Outlook Is Promising for a Better Demand for Foreign Consumption. Philadelphia. March 29. The outlook Is promising for u better demand for anthracite coal by foreign countries. While tho foreigners have been anxious to secure bituminous coal there has been no demand for anthracite. To day, however, one of the leading coal companies received a request from a prominent coal house to state terms and tne number of thousands of tons of anthracite coal it could deliver at St, Petersburg, Russia, by October 30. This request was somewhat of a sur prise and It was agreed to give the writer a rite at Perth Amboy, The letter was as follows: "Please inform us ns quickly ns pos slblc your lowest price for each size of your anthracite coal per ton of 2,210 pounds, delivered, freights paid, (ship load loti or less), at St. Petersburg, Russia, nnd state how many thousand tons you can supply delivered at St. Petersburg before the latter part of October, duty free. Also send correct analysis of the coal you would deliver. In case of your cliarterlmr American versels to make the trip direct to St. Petersburg we think w0 can supply , "'turn freight via Hamburg and Hull . lo America. In this manner cheaper freight rates could be secured by you.' GIVEN TIME TO THINK IT OVER Six Months' Extension to Spanish Residents in the Philippines for Purposes of Mediation. Washington. March 29. Secretary Hay and the Dna D'Arcos, the Spanish minister, today signed a protocol ;x- t'l'anish residents one year from tho date of the exchange of ratification? ot the treaty within which to make their choice. That period expires on the 11th of next month. The extension arranged for does not apply to Cuba or Puerto Rico. It is confined in operation to tho Philippine Islands for the reason that conditions in the archipelago have been so un settled as to warrant the Spanish resl- I dents in hesitating to make an election I ,n tnifl important matter. Many Un j ,,ortnnt towns In Luzon where Spanish subjects reside are na yet without American garrisons and the assertion ' of American sovereignty over them has bPen rather technical than practical, . wblle on many of tho Philippine Is- lands no American .troops or ronresen tatlves of the American government have ever landed. These considerations are deemed suf ficient to warrant the extension to the ''Pn!sh residents of more time to mru UP 'heir minds ns to their future. it may ue mar, ine spanisn residents In these Islands desire to avoid mak ing a choice until there has been some authoritative nnd final determination In tho United States of the exact status of citizens In the insular pos sessions of the United States. DANGEROUS CAVE-IN. Disturbance in Kehley Run Mine Wrecks Houses. Shenandoah, Pa., March 29. The resi dents of Line street, between Jardln and Chestnut streets, this city, were suddenly awakened from" their sleep at C,I0CK lmfl morning iy the swaying. frtaklS and loud cracking of their '10me,s- uron Investigation It was founa th,at ,the disturbance was due to a. cave; n ln the ln"1(Je working of "' Keh ey "un cmr'- J.?e Pln8ter fo" f"m the walls and '"ngs nnc water pipes hurst, flood- Ing the cellars. The houses are from ten to twelve inches out of line and are In a dangerous condition. Th PPorty owners entered suit today ""."" ''"" iiNfl cue mners of ,no nilno- for damages. TO WELCOME THE QUEEN. Arrangements for Her Visit to Ire land Are Near ing Completion. London, March 29. Arrangements for the nuoen's visit to Dublin nro rnnlillv completed along the entire route. Gerald Balfour, chief scciotary for Ireland, who Is Just recovering from a serious Illness, will leave tomorrow In order to welcomu tho queen, who will probably be accompanied by Lord Lansdowne, pecretary of state for war, Pennsylvania Pensions. Wushlngton, March 29. Pensions: In crease Philander Putnam, Granville Cen tre, Bradford, 117 to $21; James Johns, Cnrbnndale, JO to JS; David Wayman, New Albany. Bradford. $17 to 2l; Geo. B. Lester, Kqiilmtnk, Wayne, $8 to $10. War with Spain. Original Jane L. Barnes, mother, Ilallttead, Susquehan na, $12. Frlck Present; Carnegle( Absent. Atlantic City. N. J March 29.-II. C. Frlck, of tho CarneRle Steel cRnpany, arrived here about noon today In his private car, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Helen, Inquiry at the leading hotels falls to sustain tho report that Carneglo Is coming. Must Register to Recover. Philadelphia, March 29. The state su premo court today filed an order In which tho court holds that a company Incorpor ated under tho laws of another state, and which falls to register in Pennsyl vania, cannot recover In a suit at law. Wage Increase at Shamokin. Shamokln, Pa., March 23. Tho shamo. kin Silk Mill company, employing threo hundred persons, today granted an In crease In wnges of 10 per cent. In tho winding departments, and 20 per cent, ln tho warping departments. m ' Editor Scott Dying. Pittsburg, March 23. John Scott, for many years editor nf the Western Melh odlst Protestant and Methodist Recorder, and writer of several well known works on Methodism. Is dying of la grlppo at Ills homa lit ntilerui'llte. a. C0NFEREME WITH SECRETARY ROOT NEW PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ARRANGING TO GO. It Will Have Much Broader Powers Than the First Commission, but Its Instructions Are Not Yet aReady for Publication. Washington, March SJ. The Philip pine commission met this forenoon and agreed upon the personnel of the staff that Is to accompany the commlsilon to iManlta. They aUo agreed upon cor taln outlines which they will follow in their work In the Philippines. By appointment the commission waited on Secretary Root about 3 o'clock this afternoon and they spent three hours behind closed doom In ! earnest conference. At the conclusion ( of tha. conference the secretary sal 1 that the discussion had covered the probable scope of the work of the com mission for the next two years. So far he had not been able to present tho commissioners' written instructions, and what passed today was rather pre paratory to the reception of those in structions. It was not tho intention at this time to make the Instructions public. Broader Powers. But it might be stated In general terms, the secretary said, that tho new commission would have much broader powers In dealing with tho problems arising In the Philippines than had its predecessor. The primary purpose was the establishment of local civil govern ments throughout the islands. In tho selection of the civil officers the coin mission would have a free hand. When asked whether tho civil authorities would domlnata the military, the sec retary contented himself with the re ply that as he saw It no question was likely to arise on that point: there would be no chance for friction. The commission will meet again to- ' morronj and will continue the confer ence with Secretary Root In the after noon. That will be the last meeting of the full commission In Washington be fore the departure for Manila. Personal Movements. The members will dine with the presi dent at the white house tomorrow evening, and tomorrow night threo of them, General Wright, Judge Ide and Professor Worcester, will go to their homes to prepare their private affairs for a two years' absence in the Philip pines. Judge Taft, the chairman of the commission, goes to New York Satur day, but will return to Washington be fore starting on his voyage. Professor Moses also leaves Saturday, going di rectly to his homo In California. The commission will gather at San Fran cisco on April 12 and t will sail for Manila on the 15th on trie army trans port Hancock. Tho personnel of the attaches and start has been practically completed, but Judge Taft preferred to defer tho announcement of their hames until to morrow in order to comply with cer tain necessary formalities. ARMY BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE Very Few Amendments Were Made. The War Department Effectually Punctures Some Democratic Cam paign Misrepresentation. Washington, March 29, After four days of stormy debate the house to day passed the army appropriation bill. As passed the bill Is only slightly modified from the form In which it came from tho committee. One of the last amendments adopted opens the soldiers' home to tho officers and men of the volunteer and regular armies Incapacitated by service during or since the Spanish war. The officials of the war department, taking notice of the criticisms passed in the house yes terday during the discussion of the army appropriation bill upon the al leged extravagance shown by tho quartermaster's department in fitting out tho army transport Sumner, today made public from the records the act ual figures of expenditures, showing the expenditures to bo very much dif ferent from those stated yesterday in the course of debate. For Instnncc, tho war department statement shows that the cost of the repairs at New York was not $8,000, as announced in congress, but $1,945. The three big mirrors In the sideboard did not cost $l,fi00, but were purchased for $12.50.' The sliver service, which was sold to have cost the government $S,- 000, Is only plated ware, and all tho plate on the ship for the use of l.GOO men cost $1,298. The Jersey Lily Barred. Pittsburg, March 29.--Mrs. Lily Lang try, who Is booked to appear at tho Al vln theater ln this city next Monday week, will not be permitted to produce her play "Tho Degenerates." This was decided today by Mayor William J. Dlehl, who has received protests from the Presbyterian Ministers' association, and numerous citizens against tho production of the play on tho ground that It is Im moral. Injured in a Runaway. Lock Haven, March 29. Congressman Packer, of Wcllsboro, and Postmaster Hall, of this city, were driving near Lo ganton, today, when their horses run away down the mountain side at terrific speed. At a sharp turn In tho road thu wheels broke, tho vehicle upset and the occupants wero thrown out. Mr. Packer escaped uninjured, but Mr. Hall sustained a severe scalp wound nnd his right arm and shoulder wero badly bruised. Railroads and the Convention. Philadelphia. March 29. The different railroads will ettnbllth a Joint agency In this city during tho week the Republican national convention meets, for tho pur. pose of extending tho tlmo upon tickets as well as tho dissemination of Informa tion. Bonds Offered for Sale. Washington, March 29, Tho amount of bonds offered for exchange for tho new two per cents up to tho close of business today was $17.C75.MlO, nf which tlS.S71.a50 came frorn Individuals and Institutions other than national banks. TUG NKWS THIS MOR.VIMJ Wtsther Indication! Joityx ItAIN Off 8VOW. 1 General London Thinks a Big Battle Imminent In South Afrlcn. No Freo Trade for Puerto Rico. 1'hlllpplno Commission Confers with Secretary Root. Japnn Prepares for War. 2 General Northeastern Pennsylvania. Financial and Commercial. 3 Local Able Address on Sanitation. Common Pleas Court Doings. Grand Jury Will Mako a Return Today 4 Editorial. News and Comment. 5 Local Mayor Molr Vetoes tho Con troller's Clerk Hire. Successful Llcdorkranz Minstrel Per formance. 6 Local West Scranton and Suburban. 7 Round About tho County. $ Local Llvo Industrial News. pOERS DENOUNCED BY CONFERENCE Oom Paul's People Unanimously Condemned by Delaware Colored Methodists Because of Their Slave holding Tendencies. Philadelphia. March 29. At today's session of tho Delaware Methodist Episcopal conference a resolution de nouncing the Boers as slave-holders was presented by the Rev. F. H. But ler and unnnlmously ndopted. The con ference represents colored preachers and laymen of Delaware, Maryland, and a portion of Pennsylvania. The slavery complained of was tho present apprenticeship system In vogue In the Boer republics. In speaking later ot tho resolution and the reasons for presenting It, Rev. Mr. Butler said: "The Kafilrs and other nations of South Africa are kept ln practical slavery, especially ln the mining d!s trlcts. No matter what may be said against the English, they have always been the first to abolish slavery wher ever they have found it. Tho lives of the colored race In South Africa have been made miserable by this system, which practically means ownership for the men over them. "No matter how much we may sym pathize with the Boers In their strife as a republic, we must recognize the condition of the colored race ln that district." DELAGOA BAY AWARD. Text of the Decision Given at Berne, Switzerland Portugal Condemned to Pay. Berne, Switzerland, March 29. Ac cording to the Delagoa bay railroad award Portugal is condemned to pay 15,345,000 francs. Following Is the text of the decision, which Is In six clauses: I. The Portuguese government, as the defending party, is condemned to py to the government of the United States and to Great Britain, the claim xnts, altogether, ln addition to tho 28,000 pounds paid on account in 1890. tho sum of 15,314,000 francs in legal Swiss money with simple interest on this sum at the rate of 5 per cent, per an num from June 1, 1S99, up to tho date of payment of said sum. II. This sum, after deducting what is necessary to defray the cost of ar bitration falling on the claimants and In addition to the balance of 2S.00O pounds paid on account In 1890, shall be employed In the payment of bond holders and other creditors. If there is need of the Delagoa Bay Railway com pany, according to their standing. The claimants shall draw up a scale of dis tribution for this purpose. The Portu guese government will have to pay Into the hnnds of the government of the United States the sum which, accord ing to scale, shall accrue to McMurdo. represented by said government In her quality of bond-holding creditor of the first and second degree. It will pay the surplus to the government of Great Britain for the benefit of all others having rights. III. The delay of six months fixed by the last line of Clause IV of the arbitration compromise shall run from this day forth. IV. The costs of the arbitration, ac cording to the scale to bo drawn up In accordance with Clause V of the i arbitration compromise, will be born In equal parts by the three parties to tho suit, that Is to say, a third part by each of them. V. The conclusions of the parties In sofar as they differ from the above award are set aside. VI. An authentic copy ot the present award will be delivered through the intermediary of the Swiss foreign con sul to each of the three parties to the case. Tho award Is unanimous. THE BERMUDA SOLD. Filibusters Sold to Sntisfy Claims of Creditors. Philadelphia, March 29. The steamer Bermuda, which acquired some notori ety us a flllbusterer during the Spanlsh Ct tan war, was sold tit publl auction toi'ay to satisfy claims of creditors for $SO,7S0. The British register of tha Bermuda was recently withdrawn b" Consul Wilfred Powell, owing to rumora that she was chartered to take wi mate rials to the Boers. Major Sheafer Dead. Hnrrlsburg, March 29. Major II. J. Sheafer, late major 107th Pennsylvania volunteers, died at his home In this city tonight, aged about 63 years. He was a well known Insurance man nnd had a gallant record ns a soldier. Ho had been In poor health for several months. His son, Wood K. Sheafer, was drowned In the Susquehanna river lubt summer. Death of Consul Merriam. Washington, March 29. Tho stato de partment hnB been Informed by cable gram that Joseph W Merriam, United States consul nt Iqulqule, Chile, died av that post yesterday, Mr, Merriam was born ln Now York, nnd was nppolnted from Massachusetts to be consul nt Iqul qule, In November, 16S3. Corporations Chartered. Hnrrlsburg. March 29. Theso corpora, tlons wero chartered today by tho state department: Tho Clnrlon Flro Hrlck Co., Pittsburg, capital $50,01; Model Homo Co., of Knoxvllle, capital $1,000; Yellow Creek Coal Co., Indiana, capital $10,000. FREE TRADE KNOCKED OUT By Vote of 16 to 33 the Senate Declines to Accept It. BEVERIDGE SPEAKS AGAIN In a Masterly Address He Defines the Constitutional Status of tha Newly AcfjUlrec Territory nrd Ex plains Why He Is for Free Trade with Puerto Rico If He Cannot Get That He Will Support the Compromise Bill in Order to Hasten the Establishment of Civil Government in the Island, Which Means the Hastening of Free Trade. Washington, March 29. A direct vote was taken by tho senate today on the proposition to strike from the Puerto Hieo measure the provision levying 15 per cent, of the Dlngley law duties on Puerto Rico products imported Into this country. Tho proposition was de feated by a vote of 16 to 33. While the vote Is regarded ns presaging the pass age of tho pending measure, It Is not regarded as indicating the final voto on tho bill. The bill was under- dis cussion throughout tho session and several amendments went over for ac tion tomorrow. Thn detailed vote on the amendment of Mr. Pcttus (Ala.) to strike out tho 15 per cent, tariff was: Yeas Bacon. Bate. Berry, Clark (Mont.), Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Har ris, Jones (Ark.), Kenney, Lindsay, Morgan, Pcttus, Sullivan, Turley, Well ington 16. Nays Allison, Baker, Bard, Carter, Chandler, Clark (Wyo.), Cullom. De boe, Fairbanks, Forakcr, Foster, Frye, Oalllnger, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hans brough, Hawley, Kean, Kyle, Lodge, McBrlde, McComas, McMillan, Perk Ins, Quarles, Ross, Scott, Sowell, Shoup, Spooncr, Warren, Wettmorc 33. The following pairs were announced, tho last named being opposed to the amendment: Martin-Jones, of Ne vada; Danlel-Penrose ; McLaurin Prltchard; Hoar-McEnery; Taliaferro Mason; Turner-Aldrlch; Rawlins-Wol-cotf; Money-Teller; Caffrcy-Burrows; Pettlgrcw-Platt.of Connecticut; Slmon Depew; Chllton-Elklns; Heltfeld-Platt, of New York; Butler-Beverldge. No announcement or pairs was made of the ten senators who were absent from the chamber when their names wero called: Allen, Davis, McCumber, Mallory. Nelson, Proctor, Stewart, Thurston, Tillman and Vest. Senator Beveridge's Speech. Tho feature of the debate today was tho speech of Senator Beverldge, of In diana, advocating free trade, or as he termed It, reciprocity between the United States and Puerto Rico. He declared his intention of voting for the free trade amendments but. If unsuc cessful, promised to support the com promise measure. Senator Beverldge devoted the main portion of his speech to an argument upon the constitutional aspects of ex pansion, holding that both ln the letter of the clause respecting territory nnd In the spirit of the constitution we have ample warrunt fur the use by congress of a freo band to deal with these newly acquired Islands as their different condltlonsnnd changing needs demand. In this connection he said: Do you toll mo that under power so brond wo cun set up a king In Puerto Rico, and that therefore we must so con strue tho constitution as to forbid such a fiower? I answer that wo could not, even f another section of tho constitution did not, In terms, forbid It. Why not? Be cause our constitution in terms forbids? Yes. But also because our Institutions forbid lil. Institutional law Is older, deep er, and more vitul tlinn constitutional law. Our constitution is only one of tha concrete manifestations of our Institu tions. It Is our Inhtltutlonal law which, flowing like our vital blood through the weaker constitution, gives that Instru ment vitality and power of development. Our Institutions wero not established by the constitution. Institutional law exist ed before tho constitution. Our Institu tional law. therefore, our unwritten con stitution, if ou will, tho soul and spirit and breath of llfo of our written consti tution, forbids tho establishment of mon archy nnywhete, by and under American authority. Tho Cry of Imperialism. Partisanship shrieks "Imperialism." and asks whero we find words to prevent tho development ot a czar, beginning with absolute power ln our possessions, and ending with absolute power In tho re public. If such a power as the constitu tions confers be exorcised. I answer: I find tho Impossibility of buch a develop ment In our Institutions. I find It In the. speech of tho people: In the maxImH of liberty: In tho Instincts of our blood; In overs- syllable of our Ineffablp history; in the unspoken, unwritten and dlvinn tendencies of our race. Words would not prevent autocracy If the desire for a king was In tho hearts of the people. Words cannot bestow repuhllcun Institu tions. If tho Idea of and preference for an nbsolutn ruler Is in tho hcnrU, the his. tory. the traditions, tho cuttoms and tho practices of a people. Words can not impose a czar upon a people whose very speech Is tho soeech of self-government, whoso Ideas and Ideals ot self-rule for a thousand years have grown.' clearer, brighter, dearer. And those who titter fear of imperialism, meaning by that. the overthrow of republican Institution, are cither Insincere and. therefore, Bubjwts of contempt, or else unbelievers In the soundness of our institutions, the purity of tho American heart, nnd tho noble In tention of the American mind, and, therefore, subjects for our pity. I havo no respect for constitutional learning whloh deals alono with tho writ ten words of the constitution, or even with the Intention of Its framers, nnd Ignores the sources nnd fplrlt of that great Instrument. Tho constitution did not glvo us freo institutions: no the re verse Is true, and free Institutions gave Continued on Page 4.J 4- WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, March 29. Forecast for Friday nnd Saturday: Bast- crn Pennsylvania Rain or snow Friday. Saturday, fair; winds be- - coming fresh northerly. ai j I 4j fi i i 4 3 i ,i it 4 """ ' - w , j v . .rJ&! i'l.. - .. -j:: 4 1 A- jk. i . r.' wns-vf'Siiiifil', i
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