!' w'rn'im- v. ---. iw - '.j. , i nbtttie. trmttim - -TSjS TWO CENTS. TWELVE RAGES SCRANTOX, PA., WEDNESDAY 3IORN1NG, MAY 2, 1900. TWO CENT& TWELVE PAGES -W 1V uh4p?xt a vt bZ&. s5' fil PORTO RICO'S NEW GOVERNOR Charles Herbert Allen lib augurated with Appro priate Ceremonies. LAND AND NAVAL PARADE Tho Tomer Assistant Secretaiy of the Navy Now at the Helm Gov ernor Allen and Genernl Davis Bc view the Iilllltary Parade The Governor's Addiess to the People of the Island. an Juan dc Porto Rico. Slay 1. Charles Herbert Allen, formerly nsslst :nt secretary of the navy, was Inaug urated as the Hist Ameilcan civil gov ernor of the island of Porto Hlco to day v.ltli Impressive ceremonies. Gov crnoi Allen and General Dax If, the nillltaiy governor, lcxlewcd a parade of rutted .States t tnops and s-nllois and native tumps and chic societies. The n.itln of otlVo was administered to (ioM'iiwr Allen by Ciller Justice Quiimnes. of the Supiemo coin t of I'oi'o ttteo, under a Haw ciniop) In fiont of tin- fxeeutlve mansion. The foits and xcssels of the Heel Ihfd sa lutes of seventeen guns, and addresses were tlcllxciccl by Hovel nor Allen, Judge gulnones and General Davis, Governor Allen's Speech. Hoeinoi Allen said: xt th inipiesslve icinnon 1 bring lo xnu tin itil'ibltaiil of the 'm-r faithful" ilanl of I'urto linn tin loiigralulitinns nnil good wishes of I lie xople iif tin I mini states. linroing as the otjiihi is in itself, and fir leaching ax il elicit mav I"' i'n tlii" fu ture f vour beaullftil island. It is (specially slirhlfu mt lui tii-i ll marks tlio first t i In the establishment here it civil goierninmt 1.11 ilir I Ik rlair cl llu I nited Statu of xmerlea, ami ltli the blessings and opportunities Hut go with II new pigo tin been tinned In tin" volume oi jinn lit-torji . ami .i mu eia Inauguiatpil in tin- development of jour island W liether it -hall turn out will or ill now ut penile largely upon )oinclcs. The greatest constitution mak ers i an mil) Ijj I Ik- fnuroUtion The building of tlie sup, rstrueture whether or not it "halt I),' tutel)v lifiuitifn an'l enduring must rest Upon tlie lndiitrv and wisdom of tho people tl emsclvcs. 'I he foieiiiniuil.il pi in presented in act of congi.ss is otilv Ihe foundation. To )our care it ii committed, and jou todiy assume u gicat tiut No gi cater woik eer lonfrontnl a people than tint of building their oun fortiiun. It will hthnul lie )ou also to bear in mind that a great ti 1 1 ion of scvent) millions of cople aerovs the w ikr, )it close at hand In communit; of thought and intciest, is watching )our iwry clloil, iiadv to hilp )ou and to assist )ou to help v ourselves. 1'illow eni7cnsif l'orto fllco fot, as I hate taken the oath of ofliee heir tenia), so from this time I heiomi one of vcu in inv endeavor lo werh with )ou und for joi in all tint Undj tu the tin intercuts of the island -I bring this inrssiic from the piesldent, and I place myself in full axord with it, that It Is liis intention to cite to )ou, so far as all otlicci.s are con cerned, whcthir se lei ted from xour own nuin bcris or from the t'nited Hates, men of ilur.it til mid standing, who are iriilinsiatic and ilili pent and Industrious nun of high sense of lion or, who will not icik to advance llieir own tor tunes at jour ixpuifi1, and who will not allow rthcis to do i; mm who will see that justice and stiaichtfoiward honesty wil be meted out to in., and who will hale a note iei;ard for the wel faic of IVntn llico and the honor of the mrri i.ili Euwinineiit in its illations to it. If in woikinjr out the provislmiK of the act of imiKriss whiih enable )mi to putieipate in the Kotiriiinrut and to proudi jour own liKislathe assembly )oi aic uctuated In the same purpose to elect men who are devoted to the general In teiests of the Island the people of Porto llico, we iiij) lonlldently txpect that, thus woikinn nil tocethcr, we shall make this Island, so rishly ' blessed hj- a Divine Prov litem p in Its wonderful nitural ipsumirs, not onlv another ireni of the Antilles in respect to nitnial beaut), but an example of what an industrious and lionist poo pit mav aicoinplUli when pioperly direited by lc policy of civil government. I Iirlnj: jou also tlie j.Miranc.e that evci) man, be he hish en low, rich or poor, ilndei the ad ininlstiatlon of this fuim ot Riivcinnitnl and under tne noverelunl) of the United States, shall be lutl) treated, and that his ilithu shall be lespcitcel. llenieforth we are tinder one Dai;. We me iindir the sdine Institutions ot freedom, equal itv and education. Togethu we move on In tlie meat Aim lit an iiirrcnt of advancing civlli.-i-lion Loving oui country, unimatesl bv a high fcnv of honor, devoted to a common htmunitv, wi lake oui place before the Wuild, and in okc on our proKiPhg the bl.s.sin of Minlclity God. Great eiowds of natles filled the siieets surriiundlnp; tlie mansion. The people were exceedingly quiet, oicterly and undemonstrative. They expressed their feelltiB of applause by handclap. Thete were no loud shouts, cat-calls ot whlbtllnfr, such as iharacteiize Ameil can eiowds on such occasions. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon Sails. New oik. Ma) 1.- Ile. ("haites J. Mirlduii, who leienllv idilid the lopeka Capital for one week, sailed for I.nitlaiid toda). He will elcvon two months to spejkliiB and oiRanlzlntf the movement of practical Chrlstianitj in that coin tt) and wrlll then return to the Unite si Mates, where lip will establish lieailquaitirs in sonic raslctn elty and eonllnue the woik of ipeakinit and oiBanllnic in ever) state In the I'nion Strike at Sharon. 'sharoii. Pa., Hay 1 the ulul.l erew at tin. .American iMeet Castlnc; compan)' work airuek for an Incrcasp In wairen of 20 cents for ten ho ir work, Tho eoniianv lefuseel to iceide to the demands of the men 'Jhe inoldcn vvlio struck jeiteiday are still out and unless 'a settlement la effeitcd tt may result i a shut clown of the big plant. Superintendents of Nurses Meet. New York. May 1, Tho annual convention of the American Society of Superintendent! of Training School for Xurses will lx hclel early till month. Much proerrem has hem made by thl circanltatlon duilng the pant year, and a luge attendance is ussuied at tlie meeting. G. A. B. Encampment. Fn Luis Obl.). Cal., May 1. -Tho ilcparlment oncampment of the (Jrand Army of Ihe Hrputi. lie of CillfornU ontntd it Ihe -Hotel lUmona today, tad will ccnllnuu until I'rtdjy. HEAVY FIGHTING IS THREATENED A Battle Imminent Near Thaba N'chu General French Has at LenBt 15,000 Men. London, S!a -', 4 it. m. Fighting, heavier than any since Ladysmtth, seems to be Imminent nrai Thaba N'chu. The dispatches of Lord Rob ert h, dated Monday and Tuesday, show that the Hoer rear guard, stubbornly leslstlng tils ndvnnce, roroed the Brit ish on Saturday and Sunday to act chlelly on tho defensive. Clcneial French, who Is dlrectlnp; the operations, has at teast 15,000 men. Some estimates give him .10,000. The Itoers aic estimated to be at I'as 6,000 slicing and possibly 10,000. Ac cowling to a despatch from Pretoria, April 30, they wete expecting to ijlve bnttle and hae numerous aitlllen. So long as the Hoers engage the at tention of half of Loicl 1'obertb' foiee at Tlnba N'chu his advance tow aid Pretoria v. Ill be delayed. No one hew, howtnei, eonsldeiR that Ctenerat Iloth.i vlll be able to stand longer than a few days. The feeling Is that he niutit be beatPii off li the masses of Lend Jtoberls. The Hoeis attacltecl the British out posts at Hoshof, the headfiuartcrs of Lord Methtien. mi Apill 2!. but witli otlt I f stilt. The HrltMi guns at Wai renton stielleel the PcerK out of theii half constructed trenches. Sunday. A native runner got thiough from Mafeklng tei Otsl. sixty-one mllei north, on April 22. with dispatches for ! nearly all the London dallies. The I Vti.rnl.,1. lne, "t..L.. "We ean stick It out for two months or more. Nobody minds " Colonel Plumer, who appear to hae been relnfowed lately by mow ttli'odp slans, seems to be advancing again. MR. SMITH flAY BE CANDIDATE Postmaster Geneial Publicly Cheered for Vice Presidency Enthusiasm at Banquet Given to Celebrate Success of Rural Fxee Delivery System. Westminster, 3Id., May 1. A bati-e-piPt was given at the Westminster hotel last evening by citizens of this , city to Postmaster Geneial t'harles i Ihnorv Smith, Flist Assistant Post master General Perry P. Heath, ard other oltlcials of the postofTloe depart ment und members of congress lo cele brate the success of the free luial de livery svstym, which a few months ago was Inaugurated In Carroll county. Postmaster General Smith responded to the toast, "The President of the United States." He said In part: It Is iharactcristic of the American people that the) icveienee the emblems of nuthority. The)' honor the piesident, who ever he mav be and in the present instance, as I stand in the pics encc of those of both parties, 1 am sure I speak tlie sentiments of every gentleman heio that the) reiogni7e in the piesent iniumbinl of thai high ollicc a tine patriot anrl an honest man. I am also sine that in this mini deliver) s'.s Icm )ou recugnie tlie success of an experiment which will In history be always associated with (lie name" of Carroll counlv. tl is a matter of triumph lo Cm oil that this county is the f.ret in all America to successfully establish rural free deliver). This marks the most important slcp in postal devilopiunit that this country has seen for imny )ears Hural free elelhen has already made Itself self sustaining, and it has carrieel the rcgMry s.vstem farther than we antlcipited Tills expeji inint has been watched all over the countiy. It i marks the establishment of a s.vstem which. In my opinion, Is to pla) a great part In the de velopment of our ruial regions 'Hits occasion has a slgnfkancc leaching tar bc)ond the borders of Can oil, bound lo be heard at Washington and bound to brings its response from all quarters of the countr) Mr. William K. Curtis, of the Chicago Record, responded to the toast, "The Press." His speech was practical. His suggestion of Postmaster General Smith as a. vice-presidential candidate was received with vociferous applause. He predicted that Carroll county, as the scene of the inauguration of the free delivery system, would become know n the world over. "The Postal Service: Its Past ana Present," was the theme of A. W, Machen, superintendent of free dellv ei y. He closed, eulogizing the admlnlstia tlon of Postmaster General Smith, "who is often at bis desk long after his 600 clerks have finished their day's work." Mr. Machen was followed by Con gressman Sperry.of Connecticut; Judge H. M. Clnbaugh, of Maryland; R, F. Crouse. and Dr Wesley R. Davis. Judge Clabaugh aroused gteat enthusi asm by greeting Postmaster General Smith as the next Republican vice piesidentlal candidate. Armor for Bussian Ships. Ilcthteheni, Pa. Mav 1 Nineteen cai loads of Krupp aimor plate was shipped tonight from tie llethlehcm steel works to t romps' ship .vurdj at Philadelphia. The lonsignmeut lonsisted of Mm tons for the Ituosian battleship Jtelvltzan and fill tons for this government's irvv battleship Mabama. 'lhr value of the shipment Is 5HH.0O0. Floating on the Susquehanna. W'llkis Dane. Mas I The bodv of a man sup. PomcI to be I'. K. Dills, i, Hiinrliamtoii, N". V., was found floating in the hi nine lianna livci here toda). (In one of the fu.gell was a ling with the name 1'. K. Dills stau cd on it. The bod) wu in the water about two weeks and was badl) dic.onipo.Ml Two Men Smothered. Minefield, W. Va , Ma) t -A mine Kting in tlie Pine Itun mine on Toms ilcek took fie and .1, '., MoiilKomci), of .laeUon, ()., und W, A, Thomas, of Itoanoke, Va., were smothered to death. Several eithcis were oureune I.) the sinuke but weir irscued and louscltatrd. The Siegel-Cooper Company. Trenton, Ma) l.-The Siegel Cooper company, capital il.OdO.Ow, was imoipciatcd today to dell in goods of all kinds in Chicago, New York and other eltles, Of tho capital slce.k, ll,U0,u00 li preferred with C per cent, cumulative dividends and the remainder Is amnion stexk. Lower Cable Bates. London, May 1. Ileglnniiig today the cable rates to Tasmania, Southern Australia, and West ern Austialla wire reduced, by contract agree ment, about 23 per cent, Pennsylvania Pensions. Waihlnglcn, May 1 Mary flrnnitt (widow), of W'yoirlntr, Luzerne county, la. Urn granted a penilou at ?i a month CONSIDERATION OF NICARAGUA CANAL POSITIVE ACTION FOB FIBST TIME IN FIFTY YEAKS. House Enters Upon the Considera tion of a Measure to Actuolly Authorize the Building of a Canal. Lively Debate Is Aroused Power ful Opposition Is Doveloped Mr. Burton and Mr. Hltt Contend That the Bill Would Viclnto the Clay-ton-Bulwer Treaty. Washington. May 1. For the lbs' time dining tlie fifty p.us of agita tion of the project for tlie construction of an Inter-oceanlc canal, the houo today etiteied upon the consideration of a ineasuie to actually authorize the building of u cnnnl. Many tlmesproposltlons bearing upon the subject have been before the hou-p, but this Is the first time positive 'te tloti can lie predicted. Tnmonow th bill will h oted upon befow adjourn ment The debate today was memor able beeuiisc of the line xpeetedlv pnv erful opposltlnon It developed. Mr. Bur ton, of Ohio, chairman of the rivers and harbnis committee, Mr Hltt, of Illlneils, chairman of the foreign at falts committee, and Mi- Cannon, of Illinois, ehali'man of the appropriations' committee, threw the weight of their Inlluenee against t. not ecnusc they are opposed to the building of tho canal, but because they considered that the time for authorizing its eonstuic. tlon was not ripe Mr. Hurto'i and Mr. Hltt contended that the bill would lo late the Clavton-Hulwer twaty. which guarantees the mutiallty of the caml. and Mr. Cannon quoted Admiral Wa' ker, chairman of the isthmian canal commission, as sajing that the com mission was not yet prcpaied to say which was the best route. Mr. Can non contended that the authorization of the const! uctlon of the canal over th Xkaraguan route at this time would delay Its building for years and cost the government $'.0,000,000. Other Lines of Opposition. The debate also developed othpi lines of opposition. Some of the Demo crats Insist that the amendments, strik ing the words "defend" and "fortifi cations" from the bill ate designed to make It harmonious with the Hay Panncefote treaty and that It Is thPie fore objectionable, and Mr. Shackle ford, of Missouri, desired the bill amended so that If the treaty Is tall fled the bill will not go Into effect. The anomalous tdtuatlon Is therefore presented of practically every member on the floor professing his friendship for tho canal and ypt of powerful op position arrayed against It on various grounds. The bill was ablv and vig orously championed by Chairman H p burn, of the Interstate commerce com mission: Mr, Levering, of Massachu setts; Mr. Ransdell, of Louisiana, and Mr. Corliss, of Florida. Mr Fletcher, of Minnesota, was the only member of the Interstate commission who opposed the passage of any bill at this session. During the debate today ex-Secietary of State Sherman was one of the In terested llsteneis on the floor, and Ad miral Walker followed the proceedings from a seat In the leserved galleries. SENATE PBOCEEDlNGS. The Alaskan Civil Code Bill Passed. Other Matters Considered. Washington, May 1. After having been under consideration for mote than two months, the Alaskan civil code bill was passed by the senate todav. The amendment relating to the alien location of mining claims has delayed the passage of the measure for several weeks and at times Mas engendered a deal of feeling in debate. Mr. Carter theiefore withdrew the amendment and all other points In dispute and a few minutes later the bill was passed. It provides a full civil code of procedure for the dlstilct of Alaska During the gi eater part of the ses sion the army opprnprlatlon bill, car tying supplies for the military estab lishment of more than $111,000,000, was under consideration. The feature of the discussion of the measure was a debate on trusts pteclpitated by an amendment offered by Mr. Harry (Dem., Ark.) providing that the quar tet master's department should not pur chase supplies from any recognized tiust. The amendment was defeated. The bill had not been completed when the senate adjourned. Steamship Arrivals. Sew Yolk. Mjv J. Atiied: Kriesland, fiani ntweip, r'riedrlch Per Crosse, Iircmen; Kaiser Wilhelnt De (iiosse. Ilreincn. Allen, Ocnlo. hailed: Tauiic, lor I.ivnpftol; Saile, lliemeii via Cherbourg and South nnpton Cleaied: N'ooidtand, Antwerp; Ccimanla, Liverpool; St Louis, Southampton. (Illnaltai Aiuved: Kaiser Wtllielm II. cvv- York for ("e 110.1, eti. Sailed: Kins, from Ccnoa and Naples, New- Yolk. South ampton niveil: Kaluriu Maria Theresa, Neve York Will Aid Kansas Printers. New Yoik. Mny l.-At a tpeeld meeting ol the New Ycik T)pothe'ete toda) the following lesolutlon was unanimously p.itud. "ltesoltul, That the members of the New- Voik lypothaete subscribe a fund ft ij:o,l)iW to ah) the einploiing printers of Kansas Cit) In resisting tho unjust ileniiiids made upon them tint oveif office in the cit) shall tie unionized. Membeis of the Mafia Anested. ttome, Ma) ). Fort) iM-inbru of the Matla have hee-n urrestcd at Palermo, Sicll). One ofTeied violent resistance and Hied upon tlie police. A great impiet.ioi liar been caused b) the aricsts and It is expected that others will lie made Spaniards Given More Time. Wasliirgltn, Ma) The president lias Issued a proclamation extending for six months f r iu April 11 the time allowed Spanish subjects in the Philippines to designate their allegiance in ac cordance wi... the treaty of Paris. DEATHS OF A DAY. New Ycrk, Mi) 1. E. O. Leech, the tanker ind ex-director of the mint died tonight. York, Pa., May 1. Frtnk Ceise, mayor of York, died at U.sS tcntght, aged about 63 .veils. Berlin, May J. Baron Cohen, who was the priwto batiker of L'mpeior William I from If 13 to th" death of the emperor, died today, Herlln, Mav 1, (Jeneral Von Steuben, who vis, Ited tho United States at the time of the York town irntinnlal celebrations, when he rrpreserred the Meibeu family, ii e'ead. i- " ' l?Sffl " " .1 ,J ?CX' f ?'.'JT'!'i''"t'' '" S !" Ml" " ' " ' 'J&'t' sf - v '" ' V 1b Irflr ,..,ir .' " ''-k 'y tTiSl&isrt , 2&dS'V , SeSSSSaJSLW' o $$& i f - wk.) m wml ifflBm '- mm k- m, mz&k & mmt mmw vhSS? vI ltvmti&mi$ iumMiWMm U-$l'vA 8 . if 88 Prr .; i : r-rrp This building may be ranked amoiifi the grounds, and In its design is both curious and STRIKE ON D., L. & W. Nearly. 700 Cars Bepahers at Buf falo Quit Work on a Sympathy Move. Huffalo, Mil) 1. Approximately TOO car repaiic-is have Joined the stiiko which wits begun by the men of that i r.tft emplii)f I by the Xew York Cen tral Railway, and this constitutes "o day's active developments. The much di.eiicd ultimatum stands oer mi'tl tomoriow, when Superintendent Wnllt, of the motive power department of the Xew Yoik Central, Is expsMed fioni Xew- Y'oik lo confei with the ex ecutive c. mmitteu of the strikers. Tne attike of ooO rttid ISO Xlekel Plate hop men this afternoon Is not technically regai dec! as an aggressive extension of the stilke, according to laboi othies, but a logical sequence to a dcm-ind that they rcpiii cilppled cais of lti Xew Yurk (Vnti.il Of course, tlune men struck b an otllclal older ot their en sanitation It did not nppc.tr to be the policy of the executive committee tonight to ex tend the strike until after the confer ence with Mr. Wnitt tomorrow. Xew York, May 1. President W. II. Tmeselale lonllrmed the statement that the shop men of the Delaware, Lackawanna and "Western at Ruffalo had stiuck, hut siu that tho number was about 1X.0, instead of 550, as esti mated at Buffalo. These men, together with the freight handleis, who wont out la,t night, made the number of Lackawanna strikers between 250 and S00 Mr. Truesdale said: "The action of these men in making demands on one day, to be compiled with on the next, was vei-y high hand ee'ed and arbltiary, und their demands will not be acceded to. The attempt to tie up the. moving freight on the road will not succeed, because instead of sorting it. at Ruffalo as it has been contenlcnt to do, we will simply sort It at other points This will cause ad ditional trouble, but It can be done, and the freight moved as If no strike was on. There is no tioublc at any other point on our line, and there Is also no likelihood that the trainmen will go nut. I am certain of thet. I leel nn apprehension ni all for I do not think It possible to tic up the Dela wa:e. Lackawanna and Western tall way " Piesldent Tiuesdalc said that L. T. Canflcld. master ear builder ot the road, was on the giound nt Ruffalo nnd had charge of the entlte matter there. STBIKE ON A TBESTLE. D., L. & W. Employes Quit Work at Oswego. Oswcifo, N. , May bout siuv emplo.ves of the Delaware, Lackawai na and Wcstein coal treitte struck today because of dissatisfaction ovir tlie wane scliiclule. 'the compaii) sa)a tliat Italians will le Imported to tako th. itrlkrrs places if tncessary. Tlie stiikers claim that the) can cripple the tiestlo and purpose to induce oilier cmplojcs to quit unless their demands aic granted. Italroid rmplnjr here say they will not Join in a strike. Not on Political Business. Chicago, May 1. llobert K. Pattison, ex-sov-cn.oi of Penns)lanla, a lav delicate to the Methodist KintraJ convener, artivtd hue toda). "I jni not heic in tlie furtherance ol inv can didacy foi the vice piesideiic)," said Mr. Pltti son. "I am interested deeply In tlie work of the church and am beie sold) foi tlie purpose of paitlcipAtinK in the dcllbeiallons ot tho month Ninth District Collections. I-incasttr, May J. C'oleclor llersliey reports re ceipts of the Ninth Internal rtvinue dLtiirt tor April to have been ?2ij,5T0 Ol, the principal items belli; ilirars, $178.fi2l.7u, tobacco, SI, 271.1,!: spli its, t2,U13.7l; boe-i. W7.0IJ.O2; documentary stamps. $13,1(4 07; proprictar) stomps, Sl,IO2.o0, Tlie receipts lor prll, 1&'i9, were UW,70i fl). New Hall for Princeton. Prlmeton. . J.. Ma) l.--'lhc new- 30,000 hall of tho Princeton univeisity was completed to day. The bulldinif will be known as ljodse hall, and Is an addition to Murray hall, which is the headquarters of the Philadelphia society and the Y. M. f. A. The bulldinif Is the rift of WIN Ham K. Podge, of New York. m Troops for Alaska. Seattle. Wash., Ma) L The followiuir troopi embarked for Alaska toda). to form aetdittonat garrisons in the new- nillltaiy department there: Companies A, II, I and K, Seventh infantry, to lie stationed nt Kort St. Michael; Company 0, Seventh infantry, Poit ahlei. The Public Debt. WashlrmUii, May 1. The monthly stutcrient of the public debt shows that at tlie close of bus iness April ao, 1000, the debt, less cash In the treasury, umounteel to l,12l,o02,0"J. Tlie cash balance in the treasury Is if2f)0,117,3S. s Sympathy Strike. nulfalo, May L Tli.i shop men of the Dela ware, Laekawarna mid Western road went on trlke today in s.viiipalhy with the Xew York Central men. At the union headquarters it was estimated thit adds fffi men to the atrlkinc force. Corporation Chartered. tlsnlsbunr, May . A charter was Iwnied by the slate department today to the tseneca Coal compan), rhtladelphiai catital, tlW.OOO. life 4. -, !-. ot uvi uui rupHisBrsrBi . urncn i. r ; rse rsvvvvrr -nj ' .aiBBsssssssBBssa(sis7 ar r fisssi sssssssi in I l risvwr. ' s wm .d BULGARIA'S BUILDING. r , , i , :i f . i wumm MMfc wmm 7 lIW Uff I s-.!' ,.s most attractive ol the various foreign palaces striMng. THE DEWEY DAY CELEBRATION SIX HUNDBED THOUSAND PEO PLE GATHEB AT CHICAGO. The Beception to the Admhnl Is Most Enthusiastic Cheers Become a Continuous Boar Along the Line, and tho Heio of Manila is Greeted by Showers of Bouquets. Chicago. May 1. Today's colebia tlon, tho first In America in which Ad miral Dewey could be present on the annivoisary of tho battle of Munll.i bay, was uoithy of the famous vic tory. Fully six hundied thousand peo ple were gathered along the line of match of the day's p.uade and for four hours the admiral was busy bow ing acknowledgements of the clicjrs that met him fiom all sides. When the paiade cnteied the thickly crowded stteelK down town the admiral mot with his leal reception and It was moat enthusiastic. The cheeis made practically one con tinuous roar, at many times so loud that It was dlfllcult to hear the music of the band which matched ahead of the admiral's carriage. The sldewalkp were packeel from cinb to walls and all Joined In giving the admiral a wel come which In point of enthusiasm has never been surpassed by that extended to any man who has ever been the guest of the city of Chicago. On the steps of tho Art Institute on Michigan avenue were gathered 300 young women, a number of them clad In white, being so placed as to spell the word "Dewey." As tho carriage containing the admiral approached their vjIcos burst Into "See tho Con quering Heio Comes," nnd the inarch was stopped until the song wan fin ished, the admiral exptesslng great pleamite at the singing. Naval, military and civic organiza tions folio ved the carriage containing the admit al through miles of streets decorated with Hags and bunting and with models of the cruiser Olympla, made from various materials. Not less pleasing to the admiral than the ex piesslon of greeting and uood will show n by the elecoratlons were the manv spontaneous pi oofs of a real welcome that he roceUed. If the ad miral's carriage came nar enough, women threw flowers from windows of high buildings, and the sailors around his cairiage picked up many bouquets that had missed their mark and fallen In the street. After traversing the buslncs part of the city the parade was levlewed by Admiral Dewey In the present e of thousands of people, wedged llteially In masses for blocks on etthT hnnd. A luncheon at the Union League club followed, nnd at x p m.. Admiral Dewey and his uldes were the utiests of the TTnlvrrlty club, while Mrs Dewey and the members of the recep tion committee were entei tained at dinner by Mrs. Atthur Caton. At 11 p. in.. Admiral Dewey and his party visited the Naval ltesorve Veteran as sociation 1 all at the Fhst Regiment ai mory. Indian Beservatlon Opened. Taeoma, Wash., May 1 Tlie north half of the Cedvillc Indian reservation opened for settlement today. The district contains rich attricultural, timber and mineral lands, and boomers arc msle inif across tlie line The ellstrlit comprises a million and a half acres of line!. The ceiled mineral portion of the district is known to con tain immense bodies of low grade oies. Indiana Sheep-Shearing Festival. I.ifajctte, Ii.d., May 1. V sheep sheirintr fes tival Is biinc; held tndiv, under the auiplces of Purdue universlt), on the Ceillecje faini. The purpose ot this fo.tlvil is to (five exhibitions ot siieiirliijf, both with shears and shearing midlines and sheep-dipping, Prizes hav been offered to amateur shearers over 21 )iais of age, and also to hova under '21 )an. i m Goes to Teach Girls in Japan. New York, Mi) 1. Miss S L WIediier. of Kl.itiock, O., who va iiseiitl) elected b) th" rorctpi Mission board of the lti formed Church of I ho United States lis t 'acher in tho fids' school ut Send.il, Japan, will sail foi that polnl rally this month. ' Bush in Alaska. Siiattle, May L The great stampede lu the gold hi his of the northwest has faiilv begun, and Is itnpieecdented, Capo Konic seems to be tin princlpil objective point. Ar carl) spvlng lias made the streams fordable, thus staitlni' the ru-.li eailler than usual. Boer Prisoners nt Jamestown. Jamcstov n, St. Helena, May L The Uitll.h aSllir,v transport Bavaria lias arrived here fiom Cape Town with 1,101) Boer prisoneis. All are In eiccllcnt health. - i Boberts Jury Disagree. Salt Lake, Utah, May 1. The Jury In tlie case) of II. II, rtoberU. on trial tor unlswiil cohibl. UtioD, disagreed today and wss discharged. wmmm$m m$ ff'.iiiifmuifts) in - ! .'J-1 anJ pavilions crettei on th j I'aris tnpasitloii THE KliWS THIS MOUXIXN Weather InHcatloni Today: QCNCRALLY FAIR. I Hi in rat Mole- linn One Hundred Peisois Killed In a ft ill Mine Kvpbiou. t'haili'S It. Mien Inaugurated as l.eivcinoi cf Piirtr. llico. House Considers the N'lcaia:uu (anil. '2 lienci ii Noillirastrin I'l nn-)h,nna. I'iuaneial and Onnnuil.ll. 3 Sports Atlantic, Natlonil and Oilier League Disc Ball (lames. 4 Editorial. . (Jeneral Scrator Vet's Reason fer Voting Against l'.vcnator (im. 6 Local Opinion from the Superior Court Mrs. Swell's Body Not Hxhiiti'ctl. 7 Bis Cetebiatlon of tic Miners. supreme' Court Attltule in the school Board Case. 5 Local West Sciantoii and Kubuiban. U Hound About flic Cut nty. 10 Advcrtlscmmts 12 Local Prcpaiations for the Knight? Templar Conclave at W'ilkes-Barre. 11 AihirllscmciiK STRIKE OF ALLIED BUILDING TRADES Three Thousand Men Quit Work in Philadelphia Many Have Already Beturned to Work. Philadelphia, May 1. The demands of the Allied Building trades, composed of nearly all the building trades unions In this city, for un eight hour work day with increased pay, were put In force today, and as a lesult 3,000 1113a are on strike. The trades affected, and the number of men on strike aro as follows: Mill wood wot keis, 31"; electrical workers, 400. hod carriers nnd laborets, 112; plumbers, including Juniors, 730, paper hangers, 50; sheet metal workers, 700; steamlltters, 225; floor layeis and pinners, 30: Mosaic tile layers, 18; carpenters, 100; other tiades, estimated 250. Men In several tiades not atllllated with the Allied Building Trades quit work this morning, but many of these leturned to their work during the day, the differences with the masters hav ing been adjusted. Slgnatuies of em ployers to agreements, are being con stantly received, according to the labor leaders, and It Is their opinion that many of the trades belonging to the league will have all their men woi Ic ing within a week or ten days. Tho movement for a woiklng day of eight houis nncb tt geneial Increase of wages, averaging about 2"i per cent., began several months ago by the amalgamation of all the trades con nected with building, with the excep tion ot the brotheihood of carpenter and lolners and the biothwhood of btlcklayery, which, though still Inde pendent oig.inlzatlons, aie in sympa thy with the allied building tiades. Mny I was decided upon as the day foi presenting the demands. GOVEBNOB'S TBIP. Will Throw Out a Line for Trout at Wllkes-Barre. Wllkes-Itarre, May 1 GJntc'inor Stone, with his private seeietarv, Hd gar C. Get wig, Auditor General Levi G. McCauley and Dr. Uothtock. the foiestry commissioner, ai lived at Lake Ganoga, North mountain, this morn ing. This afternoon the potty were Joined by a number of ptomlnent AVIIkes-Ban fans. Including ex-Attor-ney General Palmer, Judge Woodward and Colonel R. Bruce Rlcketts. Bright and eaily tomoiiow morning the governor will throw his line for ttout. Pobtmaster Was Shoit. Camden, N. J., May L Postmaster Charles II. Pierxoii, of Utldfteton. who di-appc"ircil several da.vs oto, leaving a shortage ot -i,10O, was ar rested here today by Peput) L'nlted Stales Mar shal ftairisou. He w is given a hearing before l'nlted States Commissioner Morgan and held for eontt. Plumbers Stilke. Halifax., X S., May L The Journe)ineu Plumbeis' union went on strike today for an in' cre.ve of wages. The avciage wanes heretofore had been about $10 per week' The men want 1(2.23 a da). Another Woild's Fair. san r'nnrUco, Ma.v L Active preparations are being nude for a world's fall, to take place in this cit) in Ma), 1M01, which will continue for si months. It is lo be liiown as the Pacific Ocean and Inlcriiattiual exposition. Pennsylvania Postmasters. Washington, Ma) I, The follonli.g fourth-class Penns)lvanle poitmaslers wvre sppolntcd toda)! Cedar Ledge, Bradford county, p. I. Brown; Harlclgh, Luurne county, B. S. Ititttier. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN A MINE Over 100 Men Arc Killed and Many Others Arc Injured. DISASTER AT C0LT0N,UTA Accident Occurs nt the Winter Quar ters of the Pleasant Valley Coal Company's Mine, Near Colton Th Explosion Attributed to the Blow ing Up of a Number of Kegs ot Blasting Powder The Work of' Bcscue. Salt Lake, t'tuh. May 1. A terrlfta explosion occuned today lu the winter quaiters of the Pleasant Vallev eom pany's coal mine at .Schnfleld, on tho Rio Ora'nde Western railway, near Col ton, t'tnh. by which, according to re ports, over one hundred peoplp war killed and many Injured. It Is repotted that ninety bodies have already been recovered. The explosion Is attributed to the blowing up of a number of Kegs of blasting powder. The woik ot rescue Is going on and everything possible Is being done to relieve the suffering and ascertain the number of dead. Super intendent Sharp, of the coal company, and Supotintendont Wclby, ot the rail road company, have gone to the scene on a special train. Among the dead already itffcnttned aie the following: Roger Davis, Jack Wilson, R. T. Evans, Pete Crockett, Anderson, James Wilson, Will Wlnstead, Haddon and son. Se verely injtued: John Kcrton, Thoman Tivsey and son, William Pewter, Thomas Sellers, Thomas Brown. A dispatch from Scholleld states positively that there have been eighty Ave dead bodies taken out of the Pleas ant Valley Cer.1 company mine, No, 4. There were 250 men at work in the two mines, Nor. 4 and 1, The balance of the mlpers are dead. Tho explosion is .supored to have occuired In No. 4, and extended b) a connection to No. 1. TIMES CHANGES HANDS. The Policy of tho Paper Will Be Controlled by B-epublican Ideas. Philadelphia. May 1. The announce ment was made todav that the Inter est In the Philadelphia Times owneel by the heirs of the late Frank Mc Laughlin has been sold to a syndicate of local capitalists, headed by Chailes F. Kindred, geneinl agent of the Rend ing railway. It Is undei stood that Col onel A. K. MeClure, who has been a part ownei of the paper since It wai established twenty-live je.irs ago. will mmnln with the new management a.-s edltor-In-chlef. Mr. Kindred has beets ' a leader of the Republican patty for a I number of years, and It Is stated that the Times will be conducted as a Re publican organization paper. The Times lu Its editorial leader to moriow will announce the change of ownership and the policy of the paper as tollows: The enliie lapltat sine I. of tlie iimr Publish ing eompanv his been puichascd b) an asiooia I tlon of (.eiitlciuen v. ho, undei enlaigcd torpor aie power, will acejiiui- me tiiiiu- pioprny, machinerv, tixturc, tianihlses, good will, as sets and liabilities of the piesent i-oimratlon without eliinge in the editorial diicition of Ilia paper. 1 'the pollev of tlie limes will be rutiielv ion sistent vsllh its pulley In tlie past, in which it 'evci nniutiiliiiil lis devotion to the right as piranioimt to nicie pari) lulciests and fearlesily and faithfull) discussed public men and mo is ures. But new oicashus bring new duties and the issues xx I uli now i-nntiont the merle in people in national afl lit, and which aie aroin ing piotound intcicst In local governmental af falls of e It v and stite, must all feu th nio-t agijiessive action on the pait of Hie ,ntilolia publlt. Joum.il The Tunes believes that un nation can be piosperous at home or respected nlmvad thac does not maintain the highest Integrity in i'l financial s.vsteni, and It will suppoit no condl datii for piesldent who would ilLtuih the prel im financial poliit) tint makes on mone) e,piil to that of the best guv eminent of the vvorl 1. It will oppose elu.ip luoue), repudiitlou, -igi.irl-anlsm and enrv form of political socmlism vvltli all the energy and abllltv- it can lommand, .ml will support onlv national candidates whose record glvis the highest assuianie of tldelltv to public and piivate credit The Times believes that everv foot of Spanish soil on which the Aimricau Ita; was planted by Ihe heroism of our uruiv and nav.v in a w-sr provoktd li) inlolc table Spanish ,, spot ism in Cuba, should lie- held as possessions of riia t'nlteil states, and It ein suppoit no part) that would haul) surrender t lie priceless benefits ot national expansion, m no candidates whose ut terauus lii'piie and strengthen the murderous insurgents in th Philippines to make ciiusclen war agilnst llieii own liberties and sacrifice the lives of cur biave soldicis E, J. McAndrew Dead. U. J. .McAndiew, of 1336 Noith Wash ington avenue, died at 1.30 this morn ing. He was married and is survived by a wife and Avp children. Trainmen Meet. Milwaukee, Ms" 1 The annual convention of the Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen of America will be held hero earl) this month. This will be one of the bluest ami most important conven tions held during the veai. as It will bring to this city at least 2,000 pruple WEATHEB FOBECAST. Uashlnrlon, May I V'orecast for Wed' tr nesds) and Ihursdav: Kaitcin I'ennsyl s- xanis, geueiall) fair Wcdncsdt), and -f and ThiTsrl.1) ; fresh south to vest wlnd, -f- .
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