'. rF?fri -f' ' ..'. tw - " ribtme TWO CENTS. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1900. TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. 1!!5S?J!l??fl7TT THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION Pledges Support to Col. Quay as Candidate for Re-election, THE TICKET NOMINATED . B. Hardenbergh, of Wayne, for Auditor General; Gulusha A. Grow, of Susquehanna, and Robert M. Foerderer, of Philadelphia, for Congressmen - at -Large Senator Fllnn, of Pittsburg, Protests In Vain Against the Endorsement of Senator Quay Senator Penrose Is Greeted with an Ovation Mr. Fllnn Is Greeted by Jeers Will iam Connell Named as Delegate-at-Large, and James Moir as Presidential Elector Governor Stone's Remarks The Platform. HarHsburg, April :!5. The Iteptibll mi state convention which was held n tills city today cordially endorsed the administration of President Wll iam McKlnley and instructed the del .'gates to the national 'convention at Philadelphia to support his candidacy for rcnoinlnatloii. The convention also declared In favor of the election of t'nlted .States senators In the same manner that state officers are elected; endorsed Senator Penrose, the admin istration of Governor Stone and other state official and pledged Its "hearty and cordial support of Colonel St. S. Quay for election to the United States senate." The convention also nominated Sena tor K. B. Hardenbergh, of Wayne county, for auditor general, and Ga lusha A. Grow, of Susquehanna coun ts, and Iiobert II. Foerderer, of Phila delphia, for congressmen-at-Iarge. The endorsement of Colonel Quay was op posed by Senator William Flynn, of Pittsburg, the leader of the anti-Quay UepuHlcuns In the Inst legislature. Mr. riinn explained that he was In sympathy with the platform in every thing hut this plank and moved that it be stricken out, His motion was de feated and the platform was adopted as reported from committee. Those voting against Colonel Quay on the Fllnn motion were the delegates from the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Sev enth and Eighth Allegheny districts; A'illlam M. Ely, of Bucks; George W. learne and James II. Smith, of Craw ord; 15. K. Phillips, of Greene; Iiobert I. Moore, Juniata; John Melly, of Leb anon; John D. Formun, Daniel G. Har ley and Stanley Finner, of Luzerne; Johnson Mutliershalght, of Mllllin; J. H. Wagner, of Northumberland; ten from Philadelphia; two from Warren: five from Washington; Charles C. Wolfe and John B. Anderson, of West moreland, and the five delegates from York. The delegates from the First and Second districts of Allegheny voted In the negative. Several delegates re frained from voting. CONVENTION AT WORK. An Ovation to Senator Penrose Sen ator Fllnn Greeted by Jeers. Ilarrlsburg, April 25. The conven tion let out the first big yell when Senator Penrose rose ;o present a for mal resolution prnvdiuy; for a com mittee on resolution!! to whi-h all e?o Iutlons shall bo rer:-rel. The ap plause was so prolonged that Mr. Pen rose was finally compelled to acknowl edge the oatlon by rising and bow ing. There wni another outburst ot cheering when Mr riitrhum. of Phila delphia, offered ;. resolution naming elght delegates -at largo, leading oft with M. S. Qu.iy. lie did not gft 1 yond that name, tin the ch.ilr decided that this was m t the time for Mich a motion. A resolution v,h adopted po vldlng for a special committee of sev en on contested seats. Scnntor William Fllnn, of Allegheny. the leader of the anti-Quay foices. offered three resolutions propare.l by Mr. Quay's opponents. Several dele gates objected to tl reading of the resolutions. Chairman Oliver i tiled that they could tie read but not de i bated, and thft lust was rend AvKhout creating much comment. The other two were greeted with jeers an 1 hisses, so that scarcely a dozen delegates knew what the clerk was reading. Mr. PUnn demanded that the reso lutions be read to that they could tc heard, II was hissed and howled down, and finally order was restored by Chairman Oliver ruling that they could he read and debated when tho platform was reported to the conven tion, Tho three resolution follow: R'sobed, Tint In view of the open ami fla punt vlolatltnj ol tho prmnt election law and rameful ccposuica made In the city ol Phlladil. phi a rccertly tliii contention decline, in laior of a new and itrlngcnt ballot law which will make tlie stuffing of ballot Ikum the impersona tion of votcra anJ fiai.dulent noting a irlme, the penalty (or which shall be imprisonment for a period of tin jcara and llir nmi.titutloii.il iiU fmndilsemrnt; and furll.tr detiatrs in laior of a law making- pergonal icgbtratlon In rille lie basis of registration for II purpose of mllng. Rtsocd, That thla comentlen diTlarts In favor I a (tscitl primary election law which will provide for prhnaij elections to bo held through out the commonwealth on the same day and which will provide that the debauching of elec tions by the jnc of money, the slutting of ballot boics, tho Impersonating o' voters and fraudu lent voting shall be a crime punishable by not h than ten 3 rai V Imprisonment and consti tutional dliframhlsemcnt. Rrsolved, That in view of the repeated attempts made to ccriupt legislatures throughout Ills country In the election of t'nlted States senators, thin contention declares Itself in favor of the election of senators by a direct vote of tho peo ple and requcsti senators and uprisentatlves In cemgre to support any proposition looking to this end. Mr. Campbell's Breeze. James A. Campbell, of Philadelphia, created a slight breeze In the commit tee on resolutions by offering the fol lowing resolutions: Resolved, That this lonvention denouncej the methods which hive bled scandals In connection with the awaidliiR of public contracts In Alle gheny county which have lieen the means of bringing discredit upon the llepubllcan party of that fount and this state. Senator Fllnn, at whom the resolu tion was directed, said there wore no such scandals In Allegheny county. Mr. Camnbell withdrew tho resolution. The three Fllnn resolutions were not considered by the committee on reso lutions. Presidential Electors. While the committees were in ses sion the following district presidential electors were announced: fir.-t Kdwln S. Sliiait, Philadelphia. Second W. V. Oibb.i. Philadelphia. Third George K. ilotlm.in, Philadelphia. Fourth On. C. Illation, Philadelphia. Fifth-Daniel P. Greenwood, Philadelphia. hltli William M. Hates, West Chester. Sevi nth Charles V. Ciessman, (Jiukorlovvn. Klglith Ilobcrt If. arc. South ltethlehem. Ninth--ltu'ell W. P.ivcnport, South Hethlchem. Tenth-. I. V'ranlt Kellir, Lancaster. Klevenlli-James Moir, Scianton. Twelfth Wni. .1. Harvey, Wllkes-Dane. Tlihteenth Itobcrt UIon, Port Carbon. Fourteenth Jacob I.. Hauer, Lebanon. Fifteenth .lolm II. down. Canton. SMoenth -Ofo. Weymouth Lack Haven. Seventeenth Coitoa II, Jennings, Lopez. Flgthteenth-James (J. Thompson, Mexico. Nineteenth T. Frank Small, Yoik. Twentieth Henry A. Crlpp. Tvione. Twenty-nrst Mortis .1. Lewis, lllalrsvllle. Twenty-second Robert Pituilin, 1'ltti.hiirg. Twenty-third -Divid Fdgar I'arke. Allcf-heny. Twcntyfnurth Thos. S. Crago, Wanebur(r. Tnenty-lifth Ceo. W. Johnston, Vow Castle. Twenty-sixth William ILndulik. Krie. Tpnty-seientli-llnaril II. Clajson, Kane. Twenty-cichth Harry It. Wilson, Clarion. Candidates Nominated. Tho convention then proceeded to the nomination of candidates. The name of Senator Hardenbergh for au ditor general was presented by X. K. Hause, of Hawley. Candidates for congressmen-at-large were next placed in nomination. Mr. Grow was nominated by Frank Wheaton, of Wilkes-Parre; Mr. Arnold was named by W. C. Miller, of Clear field: Dr. Flood by General Charles Miller, of Franklin: Iiobert II. Foer derer, of Philadelphia, by ex-Speaker Walton. A resolution was adopted Inviting Governor Stone to appear and address the convention. Senator Penrose then read the platform as agreed to by the committee on resolutions, of which he was chairman. Auditor General McCauley was chosen chairman of the committee on permanent organization. Senator lie Carroll, of Harrisburg, was. chairman of the committee on contested seats, and Senator Penrose was the head of the committee on resolutions. After Senator Penrose read the plat form and moved its adoption, Senator Fllnn was recognized by Chairman Oli ver. There was a disposition to howl Mr. Fllnn down, but the chairman in sisted on fair play and there was little disposition after that to intertupt the Pittsburg senator. Mr. Fllnn said that he was opposed to that plank of the platform which advocates the re-election of Colonel Quay, because he was not Instructed by his constituents to approve his can didacy. "We don't Intend, no matter what you put In the platform, to sup port Colonel Quay. We believe he lias forever disappeared from the United States senate." Mr. Fllnn then moved that ull refer ence In the platform to Senator Quay's candidacy be stricken out and demanded a roll call on his motion. Senator Penrose us'eJ Mr. Fllnn to answer the .lucstlon wn.-lhor he would, after participating in Mil convention, support the candidate olvsen and en dorse the platform jh Wih-n they stand. Mr. Fllnn replied that nub a ques tion came with 111 grace from a man who had made such efforts to break down party discipline In Philadelphia, by advocating a candidate for sheriff (Mr. Crow) who never received the party nomination. "I have given the hcfct yeais of my life to the llepubll can party. 1 have never voted for a Democrat in my life and I do not in tend to. We do not want to elect a Democrat to the United States senate but a ptoper Republican." The motion to strike out reference to Senator Quay was lost, yeas, 60; nays, 2S0. The committee on contests reported In favor of the sitting 'if delegates from Center county, Gray and Worn elsrdorf. Delegates at Large. Mr. Din ham presented and secured the unanimous adoption of tho follow ing list of delegates und alternates nt large to tho national convention and electors at large: Delegates ut large, ColoiKd M. S. Quay, of Beaver; John II. Steel, of Westmoreland; Frank Heeder, ot Northampton: William Connell, of Lackawanna: II. W. Green, of Cam eron; Charles A. Poiter, of Philadel phia; James Klveison, of Philadelphia; John K. LeUenrliiK, of Luzerne. Al ternates at large, J. Preston Thomai, Chester: W. 13, nice, Warren; C. Bar clay, Cameron: Edward A. Price, Del aware: M. V.. Lllley, Bradford: W. C. Kreps, Franklin; Jesso L. Hartman, Blair: Dr. George Kdward Heed, Cumberland. Hlectors-at-large: Clarence Wolf, (Continued on fne S.) TURKEY'S TROUBLES ARE INCREASING OTHER NATIONS MAY PRESS THEIR CLAIMS NOW. All Due to the Attitude of the United States Representatives of the Powers Ask for Instructions. Sultan Showing Every Considera tion to Our Consuls Hdpes He May Induce the American Gov ernment to Grant More Time for Payment. Constantinople, Tuesday April LM. In view of the stops taken by the United States government In regard to the claims arising out of tho Armenian massacres the embiKSles of Great Brit ain, France. Austria, Italy and Ger many have asked their governments for Instructions as to their similar claims. The promulgation ot the Ir.ide au thorizing the rebuilding of the Ameri can structures which were burned at Kharpnt and tho enlargement of Rob erts cclb'ge Is regutded as showing clearly tho desire of the lldlz Kiosk to be agreeanle to the United States in tlie hope thnt the latter will not press for the payment of tin Indem nity. The United Statts government, howevr, hat no Intention of abandon ing Its claims. The America! l"g.itlon has also sue 'eed"d In obtaining pot mission for the continued working' by American mis sionaries of the hospital at Kalsarleh, which t'le authorities have been try ing o shut, on the pretext that cer tain local regulations had not been observed. Tho American vice consul at Alex andrettrt. Walter F. Wclker. was re cently prevented hv the police from shipping two naturalized American Ar menians, who wo."o on their way to the United States, on the ground tint they originally left their native coun try surreptitiously. The legation to day called the attention of the Porta to the nfl'alr, and orders were sent to Alexandria to permit the embarka tion of the Armenians. The teport of the vice consul Is awaited at the legation, In order to determine if there aio grounds for demanding reparation. MINISTER STRAUS TO RETURN. Expected to Go Back to Turkey in a Week or Two. New York. April 215. Oscar S. Straus. United States minister to Turkej-, who Is at present In this country on leave of absence, will probably return to Constantinople In a week or two to see that the promises of the sultan to pay Indemnities and grant permits for re constructing buildings at Harpoot are carried out. An old report of two months ago that Mr. Straus had resigned was re vived today. It Is true, as was ad mitted at the time, that Mr. Straus had offered to resign. When Mr. Straus had obtained the sultan's promise to pay the Indemnities ho Informed Presi dent McKlnley privately of his desire to retire. Both the president and the secretary of state, however, requested the minister to remain In office till the sultan's promises were fulfilled, and he consented to see the business through. Whether Mr, Straus will resign his office after that is not yet settled. It Is quite possible that he may continue to act as minister to Turkey for some time to come. It Is asserted positively by those who are In a position to know that the talk of the United States being compelled to mako the sultan carry out his prom ises by force of arms or by a show of force Is nonsense. They say that the promises of the sultan will undoubtedly be carried out and that the whole question will bo settled diplomatically and peacefully. OHIO REPUBLICANS. State Convention of National Im portance The Hanna Slate Goes Through Without a Break. Columbus, O., April 25. The Repub lican state convention here today was of national Importance. Tho delefntes and alternates nt large are close per sonal, as well as political friends of the president, and the platform Is just as It came from Washlngtiii. with ihe addition of an anti-trust plank and in omission of the Porto H'eo resolution. The so-called Manna slate on dele gates and alternates at large and the state ticket went through without any breaks, though there was opposition to General Grosvenor for delegate from the friends of ex-Governor Hushnell. There was also some opposition to Food Commissioner Blackburn, be cause he was running for a third term. The convention was unusually har monious, with the exception of the per sonal lights made on Grosvenor and Blackburn, both of which won. The ticket nominated Is as follows; Secefuy of stale, Lewis ( Iaylln; supremo fudge, John A. Shnuek; board of public works, Charles A. Goddard; state school commissioner, I.. D, Bone brake: .Inlry and food commissioner, J. K, Blackburn; presidential electors at large, Colonel Myron T. Horrlek nnd Geo. W. P. Orr; delegates at largo, Senator Joseph B, Fornker, Governor George K. Nash, Chatles Dick, Gen eral Charles Grosvenor; alternates at large, Hon, Charles Foster, lion, My ron O. Norrls, Hon. W. C Brown, Geo. A. Meyer". The plunk In th? vlat'orm regaidlnjr Insula; nffnlis is as follows: "In the broader Held of world duty and Influence the administration has met an unavoidable war for humanity with unequalled vigor and success; has crowned the matchless triumph ot our arms on sea and land with tho courageous acceptance of Its high and solemn obligations, has faithfully stud led and cought equally the true honor of the nation and the greatest good ot the peoples who have cr.nio under our flag, and Ins through the wise use of expanded opportunity led our country on pathways of greatness and renown, "We reiiflirni tho principle In which the Hepurllcan party has its birth and ONE OF THE BOERS' CONVERTED PRISONS. 'ii.lffliiii ,( iii, "r fl 'I'ljt'lW il(i .i';-ir3 tiwy-'v ;V,vt,'-sVfVtV;''?-C' - V,jy.vtt'"V'v'7:;'' X c'sil&sn&. 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I in. tlinnil-trjlllllll'l HIllllTl '- ' s '"i """ t..J-n tn. ilsnH I i i n.lii if a ' nil " This shows the model school In Pre.oria, where the British officers captured in various eiiKaueinents lmve been contineJ The prison has not proel a safe inc. however, for j number of officers .rU o'hv. linnlUh captives, including Winston Churchill, hive escaped trout the buikiinc I'art of the prisoners have iieon transferred toother quarters, and there is talk of placing th.m all in some more secure bjildms. on which Abraham Lincoln was elect ed president; th.it the tepresentatlvcs of the people have full power over ter ritory belonging to the United States In haimor.y and subject to the funda mental safeguards of our free Institu tions for liberty. Justice and peisonal rights. We sustain the president nnd congress in exercising l his power with due regai d for the safety and welfare of the union und with the onost Just, generous, humane and fraternal con sideration for those over whom the authority of the nation Is extended. We advocate for them free schools, full security for life, liberty and pros perity, the most liberal measures for the development of their agriculture and industry and the laigest degree of local self rule for which they are fit ted. We have faith In American pat riotism and character, and we know that the American government will extent! the Inestimable blessing of free dom, law and civilization to the peo ples who are brntigK'tv tinder our pro tection. "The wisdom and the success with which President McKlnley lias per formed the duty Imposed by the treaty of Paris, und the fortitude and hero ism of the soldlrs and sailors of the United States, through whom It was performed as well as the provisions of the treaty Itself, are heartily approved. It Is declared that sovereignty over the new possessions must not be re pudiated and that the "high purpose of its origin must be accomplished In the establishment of peace and order and th" blessings of individual llberts' among the peoples of the Philippine Islands." MANILA CAMPAIGN. Details of a Fight, in Which Eighty Filipinos Were Killed No Ameri can Casualties. Manila. April ii, Olllcers who have arrived here from Nuevita. Caceras, province of South Cnmarlnes, bring details of u light, Apill 10. In which eighty Filipinos were killed. The American outposts reported S00 natives assembled three miles from the town, and General Bell sent three detach ments of the Forty-fifth regiment, with two Maxims, who neai'ly sur rounded the Fllininos, the malorltv of whom were armed with holos and wore carabao hide hehnets.coats and yhle'lds. The Fllininos were quickly put to lllght, leaving the' Held Htroi.n with minor. Their riflemen were unable to shoot straight, and the bolomen never got near enough to the Americans to do any execution. Theiel'ore, none ot tho Amei leans were wounded. Lieutenant Balch.wlth twenty mount ed Infantrymen from the Thirty-seventh regiment, cornered fifty bolomen In a river and shot everv one, the bodies floating away. One soldier had his head struck off with a bolo: General Bell's two regiments are hard worked in clearing the country. They met mum small squads of bolo men and last week killed a total of 123. In a fight at Sorogoson, Albay prov ince, on April 16, three companies ot the Forty-seventh Infantry, Captain Gordon comandlng, routed a large force of Insurgents, mostly bolomen, killing fifty-three. Engineer Burned. Eugene Blttenbender. of 117 South Bromley avenue, nn engineer In chargo of one of the Lackawanna's big en gines, was badly burned about the hands and face yesterday by hot gas while his engine was stalled In tho Mauch Chunk tunnel. The wind blew the hot gas from the smoke stack Into the cab. Ho was treated at Stroudsburg and afterwards removed to his home. TWO NEGROES HANGED. Mi-Mimirillr, Tonn,, Apill 23.--.lolm Watson nml Utll llrown, both while, ami iionnle drain, colored were hantrrd litre today. Watson w.n romieted nt having ihot Ilia neighbor, James Willi, from Ambuh, in Pcccnitor, 1S0S. llrown nan charged with complicity In the minder of his wife, drain vaa a double mur deier. He wa convicted of h.vtlng killed another t.rcro and while nerving IiU tentence killed John llrown, a fcllcv prisoner, in Jail here. Will Rebuild American Structures. London, April 2C Tho Contlnople corropend. ent o( the Hail Teleicraph )s: "The porta romlden that lt oiler to lehulld the Ameri can ttruotiire burned at Kharpnt will dote the ipiettlon. It hate thi belief on new that Ru lu hai Intimated an Intention to oppose, an at. tempt on the part of the I'nited Mtalea tn en force payment." REBELS IN CHINA BECOMING ACflVE GENERAL UPRISING BELIEVED TO BE IMMINENT. Twenty Thousand Mauser Rifles S'dpped Into Interior Provinces This Year Camps of Chinese Drilling in Preparation for Revolt. Foreign Ministers Force Tsung Li Yamen to Issue Edict Against "Boxers." Vlctorid, H. C, April 23. According to news received here by the steam ship Kmr-ress of China, great prepar ations are being made by the rebels of China for a revolution. A Macao correspondent says there Is not the slightest doubt that a vast army of rebels will soon rise in the Interior rf the empire. During the four months of the present year no Ices than 20,000 Mauser rliles and a great quantity of ammunition and oth er war material have been taken In land from that port and colony. On Marsh 19 a German steamship ar rived there with cases of what pur ported to be merchandise, but which held 6,000 rltles and a large stock of powder nnd ammunition. The captain of the steamship said the arms had all been sold to the Inhabitants of In land China. A correspondent of the North China. Pally J-'ows in Shantung says .the movement of the "Boxers" continues to grow. In many places there are tamps of Chinese drilling with more or less publicity, with the firm expecta tion that In the near future there is to be a general uprising. The rebellion In Shantung Is gi owing to an alaimlng extent. It 1st even re ported by some correspondents that the revolutionists have readied the neighborhood of Tlenstln. If they should attempt to enter that settle ment foreign troops will hive to land to protect Ufa and property. The viceroy of Canton has taken ac tive measures to capture Au San and Fo Tsar.bol, leaders of the Salchiu brigands. A reward of it.'.CW) and offi cial rank ate offered for the capture of each. In obedience to the pressure on Ihe tsung h yamen in Pekln by foreign ministers, nn edict has been Issued prohibiting the Boxing society, which was responsible for the minder ot Mr and Mrs. Brooks. The four men di rectly concerned have been convicted and wtie under deferred sentence. A telegram was received In Canton fiom Pekln that Shet Ping, a leader In the reform party, win sentenced to servitude for life. - m INSTRUCTED FOR BRYAN. Kansas Populists in State Conven tion. C'lav Centre, Kan., April 23, Kansas Populists In state convention here to day elected eighty-four delegates to the national convention at Sioux Falls and Instructed them to vote solidly for Bryan. The delegates then proceeded to tho depot to greet Mr, Bryan, who came In from the Wichita banquet on a special train. Five thousand people escorted the Nebraskan to the city square and cheered him heartily as he spoke on the Issues of tho day, In Ihe convention during the vote on delegates, GeorEe Kasterwood, of Kan sas City, said he had heard that Dem ocrats would spend $1,000,000 in the Kansas City convention to beat Bryan. Queen's Last Day in Ireland. Dublin, Apill 25. Queen Victoria spent wli.it ii piattically her last day in Ireland very quietly. 'Ihouch she droie out thla afternoon tho did not visit any institutions. Iter inajtkly will leae tlio vice I fir J I lodge at noon I onion ow and after the nhoit train Journey to Kingston will (muatk on board tlie royal yacht and, escoited by the channel fleet, will tall for Dngland an hour later. It is riqicctcd the queen will airhe at Windsor Prlday morning. m i Hugh B. Christy Dies. Viunifiitown, 0., April 23. Hueh It, ChiUy, who was shot by Lucy alesseumlth Monday night died at the hospital at an early hour this morn ing. After nhootlni; f'hllsty, Mm. Messmerimith committed tuliidc, Roosevelt Leaves for the West. Albany, X. Y., April 23. flomnor ltoote velt left here at 7.K0 tonight en route for tho west, lie will mVe npcci'lirj at Chicago and Galena, 111., arriving home early Sunday morning, T11K NKWS THIS M0IM.VU Weather Indication! To.lay: FAIIIs NORTHERLY WINDS. General Harmony Dominate? tlie llepuhliean Slate, C'omentlon. HoeiH Will Kstapo Iiobert!,' Lmhcling Net. Miltan Worried ier Attitude of the I'nwcr Insurrection threatened in China. f.enerdl Noitheastein I'ennsjhanla. Itjse Hall Nevn and Comment, financial and ('ommeicial. General Kcumctiieal Conference Desirei Kdu cation In t'oielsn I'ields. i Kditorlal. Speech of Senator 1'enios.e (Continued). 5 Story "Roming of Kurd Hampton." 6 l.ocul ltciord of Work of Hie Local CouiIh, Dtilllant Wedding at Cathedral. ' 7 Local Social Scv-lon of the llll.s. Itev. lrUne K)illed from the Kpinopal Ministry. s West SVranton and Suhmban. 9 Round About the County. 10 Local Live Industrial Xew. NEW COAL ROAD. President Fowler Announces That Opposition Will Not Cease with Decision of the Railroad Commis sion. New York, April 2,". President Fow lor, of the Xew York, Ontario and Western railroad, which Is one ot the Interests that has been opposing the project to build a new coal carrying lallroud through the Delaware Valley, said today: "An appeal will be taken from the decision of the state railroad com mission In favor of the Delaware Val ley and Kingston railroad. The mat ter will be carried to the appellute di vision of the supreme court and there Is reason to believe that the state board's decision will be reversed." The men Interested In Ihe new coal road piojecl are elated over the favor ujble decision of the state rullmad board. They .say that they are ready to begin the work of constiuction at once and will proceed to do so unless they are stopped by court proceedings. , .. . RIOT AT CHICAGO. One Man Killed nnd Several Others Wounded. Chicago, April 23. In u labor riot which occurred at Kaclne and Well ington avenues tonight one man was instantly killed, another severely wounded, and six otheis sustained slight Injuries. The dead man Is Peter Miller, who was shot by II. C. Baster, superintendent, employed by the Bak-er-Vawter Printing company. The killing was thu outcoihe of three months' trouble with striking labor ers, The firm emplojs non-union labor, and three months ago several press men and feeders were discharged be cause they Joined the union. Miller with four othure today attacked sev eral workmen as they were leaving tho place and Ba.ttor fired Into the assault ing party, killing Millar and wounding the other. Baster surrendered to the police. Steamship Arrivals. S'e Voik, April 21. -Aniicd: Sooidland, Antuerp. Sailed: SI. Paul, Soutluniptenj Teu tonic, I.lieipool; Ken-dngli n, Antwerp. Chared; l.a 1'ouiainc, llaire; llremin, Oiemen via South ampton. Southampton Anived: I.ol,n, from Xew Vork via Cherbourg, for llrrnien; New York, Xew York. Sailed: Kelrfer Wlllielm Der Gross,. ("from Piemen, Xew Yoik ila Cherbourg). Ai lived: t)i panic, from .New York. Houlogne At lived: Maatdam, Xew Yoik for Rotterdam. Convention nt Milwaukee, Milwaukee, April 2S. The Republican ittate ccnvenllon todaj eleiled the following delegate at large to tho Republican nitional convention: .losepli It, Tieat, August I.uebke, Iaac Stephen ton and Jamea II. Stout. Resolutions indortin both the national and date adinlniitratloiw, were unanimously adoptul. President McKinley at Canton, Cleieland, April 2.5.- Piesldent .McKlnley af ter a brief ilslt with hli rclatiies in thla city, returned to Canton tliii afternoon, Tho president will remain In Canton until 4 o'clock tomorrow when accompanied by Mri. MtKlnley, he will start for Wothlnglon. BOERS WILL ESCAPE ROBERTS Little Cliancc of His patching the Fugi tives. HARD WORK FOR CAVALRY Everything Depends Upon the Pro press of General French's Cavalry Brigades, but They are Entering Very Difficult, Hilly and Practi cally Unknown Country South eastern Corner of the Free Statg Cleared of Doers. London, April 20, 5 a. in. It Is low apparent that the chances of Loc-J Roberts catching the retreating Boers In a net are very slender. The Boero have everywhere retired at the first pressure of the British advance 'incJL the hope that General Rundlp would be able to Induce them to remain at Dewetsdorp until they had been forced to fight or surrender has been dWap polntlng. No attempt was made to pursue tha commandoes retiring from Wcpencr, Everything now depends upon the pro gress of General French's cavalry bri gades, but they are entering a Very difficult, hilly and practically unknown country. The cavalry have already had a long march over heavy and sandy roads and nothing Is known regarding the condition of the horses. In any case, It Is now a race between tho federals and the forces ot General French and General Hamilton. The slowness of the recent move ments of the British Infantry nnd pre vious experience, of the ability of ths Boers to move rapidly, with guns and baggage, over their own country, lead to a belief that General lloberts' en veloping operations will fall and have to be repeated further north. At tho most he will perhaps capture some Boer guns and baggage and harry tho retreating burghers. Considerable results have been at tained in the relief of Wepener and In the clearing of tho southeastern cor ner of the Free Stale of Boers, but the Boer army, whatever its strength, has still to be dealt with. NO MONEY FOR MAIL TUBES. House Strikes Appropriation from Postoffice Bill. Washington, April 23. The house To day resumed the consideration of the postofllce appropriation bill. The item appropriating $723,000 for a pneumatics tube service, and Increase of $500,0u3 over the appropriation for the current year, was the subject of a two hours' debate. Mr. Little (Ark.) opposed the pneu matic' tube service as unnecessary and of no material benellt In expediting the malls. The charges for the service In New York, he said, were outrageously exorbitant. The government .was pivy Ing $37,000 a mile rental for six-Inch. iron pipe, besides the cost of operating the machines. Mr. Moody (Mass.) also opposed tha extension of the tube service. If It was entered upon, he said, It would add In the near future millions to tho already swollen expenditures of the postofllce department. It was not u. pleasant thing, he continued, for him to exploit the scandal which had been uncovered by the postal commission of which he was a member, but fn considered it his duty to do so. Hn declared that former Second Assistant Postmaster General Nellson. under whom the ilrst experiments In lib) pneumatic tube service were made, when lie retired accepted from tha company $1,000 In cish and $10,000 stock for his services. The huus-e voted S7 to 30 to strike ouO the appropiiatlon for the service. AGAINST BOGUS BUTTER. I Meeting Held Under Auspices o4 I Pure Butter Association. ! Philadelphia. April i.".. A meeting was bold In the bourse today, under the ausnlres of the Pure Butter Pro tective association, to protest against tlie alleged fraudulent sale of oleo- I ...n ...v., ..I.. n .... nni.lnn 1. ..... lliui kui iih- an liciiuiiir uuiin, Resolutions wore adopted denounc ing the alleged connivance of the state dairy and food commission with tho Illegal dealing In oleomargarine. Gov ernor Stone Is requested to remove from olllce Food Commissioner Major Levi Wells, and the demand Is mado that the department over which Major Wells presides be overhauled and cleared out. The resolutions censuro the stote sectetary of ugrlculturo as being lax in the performance of his duty. Populists Favor Fusion. LiniUville, April C3. - A meeting of Popubd leadeis of thU tale nho favor fusion uilh th PimoiraU was luld here today. Fourteen dele, gatei to the national Hou 1'alli lomcntion, wero selected and rcanlutionsj were adopted, reaf. firming the declaiationa of the national ion icntlon at St. Louis in WW, denouncing lrmu( faiorin; an income tax and endorsing Itryan. Used Dynamite for Fishing. Niagara Palls, Vpril 23. It Is now poslllvely stated here that the men chaiged with dynamit ing the canal locks at Welland were on one of the Islands on the rlier and wero using dynar mite for luhnlg purposes ami uhlle under thu Influence of liquors deilded lo try tho lams method for fish In the canal. f WEATHER FORECAST. 4- -H f Washington, April 2". -Forecast for f Thursday and Friday: Kastern I'ennsyl- -f vanla, fair Thursday and Friday; fresh -f -f north to northwest mir.ds. - -- - . Atf'aua jliii'ifnilrsrt .jfeikiaiito oaai.'rjyfffiirfi -4fry 'ti&'J&&i- 4sOi' ;i4WtrMimto&l!l jjkti.no 4
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