rwul SiKttl?. ,. j oooi Kit annfcm TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING MAY 15, 1900. TWO CENTS. Snmute. BfclS j THE BOOK CONCERN DISCUSSED A Subject for Warm De bate at Methodist Conference. PLEA FOR MINISTERS Rev. Albert Rich Introduces a Reso lution to Make the Division of Profits of the Book Concern with any Object Save That of the Sup port of Superannuated Ministers, a Violation of Sacred Trust Com mittee on Elections Makes Report Regarding the Election of Bishops. Chicago. May 14. The general con ference of the Methodist church today discussed tho question of confining the profits of the book concerns to the cup port of superannuated ministers. The question Involved tho withdrawing of subsidies fioni church publications that could not exist otherwise and the pay ment of conference expenses. The dis cussion was lengthy and at times spir ited, but the matter was finally laid on the table by a rising vote. Discussion of the report of the commission on the revision of the constitution and the re port of the committee on rules for tho general conference elections took up most of the time of the conference after the morning recess. Just before adjournment, Chairman Buckley, of the committee on episco pacy, read the report bearing on the effectiveness of the board of general superintendents. Kvery bishop at pres ent acting was recommended to be con tinued In the present relations. Bishop Fitzgerald provided at today'? session. After unimportant routine business, a motion made by Bishop Hurst that a commission be created by tlie general conference, consisting; of one member from each general confer ence district, to select the 123 delegates to tlie ecumenical Methodist conference In London, was adopted. A Hltlc poli tics was then injected Into the procerd' Ings by a resolution to allow delegates the privilege of vacant scats in their delegations for their friends. This was opposed on the ground that it gave too much opportunity for lobbying.and was finally defeated. Rev. Albert H. Hlcli, of Dubois. Pa.. Introduced a resolution to make It a violation of a sacred trust to ievote tlie profits of the book concern to any other object than the support of superannu ated ministers. This was Introduced to stop payment of the expenses of th general conference out of this fund and the subsidizing of non-paying official papers. Mr. Rich said, if necessary, an injunction should be served upon the general conference, or those holding these trust funds, to prevent their diversion to any other channel than that for which they are Intended. Dr. Raton, of Troy, N. Y agent of tho Eastern Hook concern, made a strong plea for the adoption of the resolution. "In my judgment." he said, "we have too many periodicals in the Methodist church." The Matter Tabled. Dr. IaOwis Curts, of the western book concern, also favored the resolution. A motion by Dr. Buckley to lay the whole matter on the table resulted In a lengthy debate. Dr. Buckley's motion to lay on the table finally prevailed by a large ma jority. The regular order of the day, the organic law of the church, was then considered. Article 10 being read for amendment or adoption. This ar ticle defines the powers and restric tions of the general conference. Af ter some debate the resolution was re ferred for further consideration to the committee. The report of the committee on elec tions, which was made public Sat urday, recommending that the election of bishops bo held under the two thirds rule, was brought up and re sulted lu a spirited debate. Dr. J. M. Buckley, of New York, editor of tho Christian Advocate, made a strong plea for the adoption of the report, which he said would tend to neutral ize electioneering methods. The report was voted on section by section. Tho section providing for tho election of edltois of tlie several advocates was recommitted to tho book committee for further action, the intention being, it Is understood, to discontinue some of iho subsidized publications for which editors are to be selected. The two. thirds rule on the election of bish ops was then ndopted by nn over whelming vote. , Tho time of the session was extend ed to hear Chairman Buckley's report, No, 2 of the committee on episcopacy, the report being on the effectiveness of the board of general superinten dents. The report, which was adopted after a short debate, recommended thnt the whole list of present acting bishops be declared effective. Tho conference then adjourned for the day. Temperance Resolutions. Chicago, May 11. The Methodist Episcopal general conference commit tee on temperance, of which Samuel Dickie, of (Michigan, tho chairman, and of which Congressman M. N. Johnson, of North Dokata, author and champion of tho antl-ca.iteen law,' Is a member, adopted resolutions today, which In the minds of a number of the com mitteemen at least, is a direct slap ut President MeKlnley, because of bin ac quiescence In the decision of Attorney General Griggs, declaring tho law In effective. The resolutions are a por tion of the report of a sub-committee, Into whoso hands the task of prepar ing the committee's report to the gen eral confeience bail been pluced. and was adopted after a two liourB" de bate. In which tho members alternate ly arrulgned and championed Presi dent MeKlnley on his stand on tho anti-canteen law. The resolutions says In part: Upon the president, as .commander In chief of our sttny, rests tlie responsibility for the can tcn saloon, an oil which ho has ample power to suppress, and which, to quote the episcopal addrcsf'is a more deadly foe to the soldier than bullet or tropic heat," Wc urge upon the president an early extrclne of the power veiled In him to the end that tlie authority of the government instead of hclnj ued to place temptation kifotr the toldler ahull be iMd to save him, as far as possible, from tlie moral hazards Incident to military life. After a stormy session, the eom:.ilt tce on episcopacy today decided to recommend to the general conference that two new bishops be added to pro vide for possible deaths on the board during the next four years. The body voted down a report from a sub-committee In favor of petitioning the con ference to elect a colored bishop. Chairman Buckley will report these findings to the conference tomorrow, and If tho recommendations arc ap proved, the balloting for candidates for bishop may begin Immediately. Both reports are certain to be 'bitterly con tested on the lloor of the conference. Tho time limit for Mefnodlst preach ers seems doomed. By a vote Of 82 to 21, the committee on Itinerancy today decided to present to the general con ference a report favoring the abolition of the time limit now In force. TRIED TO KILL A PRIEST. Strange Attempt Made to Assassi nate "Father Brzdis. Wilkes-Banc, "May 14. Early this morning an attempt was made upon the life of Father Brzdis, of this city. Some months ago a number of par ishioners of St. Mary's Polish Catholic church, on Park avenue, left that con gregation and purchased the old Primi tive Methodist church, on Sherfdun street, the Primitive Methodist people having decided to erect a new church. The old church was fitted up to suit the form of worship of tho new faction of Polish Catholics and a piici was brought here, and ho moved Into a house near the church a. short time ago. Sunday evening Father Brzdis was called to see a woman who was ill at the Empire, and on his way home was met by a man with two large medicine bottles In one of his hands. He asked the priest to accompany him home, saying that his wife was ill. The priest consented and then the man said he wanted to go after the medicine and requested the priest to wait along the railroad track until he returned. The man wus gone only a few minutes, not long enough by fifteen minutes to go to the nearest drug store. Father Brzdis, however, had become suspi cious, and asked a resident living near by to accompany hiiri. They were soon rejoined by the man with the bottles and the three walked along. At the rallioad tracks two men were sci along the road in the darx, and when they saw the three men they walked off. The man with the bottles also dis appeared, ufter offering excuses. The priest returned to his home and, as he was not sleepy, sat in the parlor and picked up a book. In about half an hour he wus startled by a revolver shot and he was Instantly In darkness. The bullet had crashed through tho window, broke the lamp chimney and extinguished the light. The clergyman communicated with tho police, but there is as yet no clue. CUBA'S POSTMASTER. Joseph L. Bristow Will 'lake Charge of Postal Affairs of the Island. Washington, May 14. The postmas ter general, after a protracted Inter view with tho president today, an nounced that Joseph I Orlstow, fourtli assistant postmaster general, will pro ceed to Havana next Wednesday to take charge of the postal affairs of th island of Cuba. The postmaster gen eral declined to sav whether or not Director General of Posts Ituthbunu would be suspended. It is said, bow ever, that the fact that General Bris tow will assume these duties does not necessarily Indicate that R. Rathbone will be relieved of all connection with the service. General Bristow outranks the director of posts, and the latter might operate as a subordinate, though on this point no statement Is vouch safed. Mr. Bristow will remain In Cuba dining the pending Investigation and probably until the service Is reorgan ized. Further than the announcement that Mr. Bristow would go to Havana, the postmaster general said there were no new developments In the situation. He said that there had not been an Inti mation that there had been any wrong doing In tho postal affairs or either tin? Philippine Islands or Porto Rico. THE CASE OF DRIEST. Called Up for Argument in the Su preme Court Yesterday. Philadelphia, May 11. In the su preme court today the matter of the commonwealth at the relation of the attorney general against W. W. Grlest, secretary of the commonwealth, camo up for argument. On April 4 last the legislature passed a resolution pro posing amendments to the constitu tion for the amendment of election laws, requiring registration of voters, etc., which resolutions were certified to the governor, who vetoed them. The arguments made were on the same lines as those that were ad vanced before the Dauphin county court and were of a technical nature. Havana Postal Erauds, Havana, May If. The extent of the postal fraud is far greater than what was originally expected. Tlie result of the investigation at the local postofflcc was the suspension today of Postmaster Thomson, who waa installed In Apill of last year and the ariest of Mnya and Mascara, stamp n-Hera In the main office", fur ther arrests are expected tomorrow. As many as sl otheis have been placed under tho closest supervision. MeKlnley Endorsed. JcnVintown, Pa., May H. The republican convention to select delegates to the national romention from the Seventh congressional dls tiict was held here today. The resolutions en dorse President MeKlnley and, t'ongremmin Winger. Needed Dividend. Boston, May H. tlie receiver of the Massa chusetts Herein society today paid its tirst and final dividend of iM per tent. THE NAVAL BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE FOUR DAYS DEVOTED TO AR MOR PLATE. Secretary of the Navy Is Directed ns to the Price to Be Paid for Ar mor Plate, and Is Also Instructed to Purchase Flvo Holland Torpedo Boats The Free Home Bill Passed. Bills Considered by the House A Boer Enthusiast. "Washington, May 14. After a dis cussion lasting five full days the sen ate today passed the naval appropri ation bill. Practically four days were devoted to tho consideration of the' armor plate proposition which was agreed to finally as reported by tho committee, with tho exception that tho secretary of the navy Is authorized to make contracts only for such armor cs may be needed from time to time. The secretary of the navy is author ized to procure armor of the best quality at $415 per ton, but if he is unable to obtain It at that price, ho Is then authorized to pay $.'45 per ton for the armor for the battleships Maine, Ohio and Missouri and proceed to erect an armor factory to cost not to exceed $4,000,000, one-half of which amount Is made immediately avail able. The committee's proposition carried by a vote of 32 to IS. The secretary of the navy Is di rected to purchase live Holland tor pedo boats at a price not exceeding $170,000 each. The Gathmann gun amendment to the house bill was with drawn by the committee, the navy department having declared against It. Just before adjournment Mr. Nel son, of Minnesota, called up the "free homo" bill and it waa passed without a word of debate. A bill was passed to apply a por tion of tho proceeds of the sale of the public lands to the endowment, sup port and maintenance of schools or departments of mining and metallurgy in the several states and territories In connection with the colleges for tho benefit of agricultural and the me chanic arts. In the House. The house today passed the general deficiency appropriation bill and tho Military academy bill, the last of the supply hills will follow it tomorrow. The deficiency bill carried J3,R3i.n2l, and was pusscd substantially without amendment. The general debate was devoted principally to political topics, the feature being a so-qre arraign ment of the administration by Mr. De Armond (Mo.). Mr. DcArmond charged the adminis tration with cowurdlce for allowing no ofllclal utterance of sympathy to go out to the Boers struggling in South Africa to repeat the splendid story of the American revolution. He concluded by charging that there was either a secret understanding with Great Britain, or an American administration truckling to wealth and power had overlooked and forgotten the rights of humanity. TAX DECISION. Supreme Court Announces Opinions Regarding Government Bonds. Washington. May 14. The Supreme court of the United States today an nounced; opinions in the cases arising under the Inheritance tax provision of the war revenue act nnd also In a case involving tho applicability of the state inheritance tax law of New York to estates composed of government bonds. There were five decisions un der the federal law and one under the state law, but two of the former class applied, as did one of the latter class to the taxation of government bonds. The court held that neither under the state nor tho national enactment were national bonds exempt from taxation. Tho validity of the general federal law was afllrmed, but it was held to be purely applicable to legacies and not to th" entire estates of deceased lersons, the court holding that "tho tax is on the passing of legacies or distributive shares of personality, with a progressive rate on rach, separately determined by .the sum of each of such legacies or distributive shares." The djclslons dealing with the fed eral law as a whole were handed down by Justice White and those relating to government bonds by Justice Shlras. NEGRO CONFERENCE. Questions That Will Come Up for Consideration. Topeka, Kas May 14. Prominent colored men from all parts of the state are In conference here today. Their purpose Is to consider the following propositions: "First Our relation to the state and national administrations. "Second To discuss public ques tions. "Third To consider plans for a per manent state organization." The conference expects to close to morrow. CHARLES H. COLE SENTENCED. Boston Bank Wrecker to Be Impris oned for Eight Years. Boston, May 14. In the United States court this forenoon Charles II, Cole, former president of the Globe National bank, of this city, who re cently pleadud guilty on several counts to an indictment charging him with misappropriating the funds of the In solvent Institution, was sentenced to serve eight years In Greenfield, Mass., fall. Tin Workers Demand Increase. Pittsburg, May 14. The Tin Workers Interna tional Protective- association, composed of work men not eligible to the amalgamated association In session here, decided today to demand' an ad vance of25 per cent, for all workers receiving lesa than $1.60 a day and a 20 per cent, advance for all who now get more than $1.50 a day, Philadelphia Secures tho Money. .Philadelphia, May 14. At a meeting this aft ernoon of tne ftiianjc committee of the citizens' national Itepublfcan convention committee tlie announcement was made that all of the '100,000 pledged by thla city for the Republican conten tion bad been, raited. STRIKE AT BUFFALO. Railroad Officials Ready to Grant Conference No Transportation. Now York, May 1. Commissioner Francis B. Delehanty, of the state board of arbitration and mediation, received a letter today from Commis sioner Webster, at Buffalo, asking Mm to arrange for a conference between tho striking freight handlers of that city and the Erie and New York Cen tral railways. The freight handlers requested that the conference should take place in New York and that transportation should be furnished them. Mr. Delehanty, after an Interview with the superintendents of botli muds states that tho position taken by both roads is to the effect that they are ready to grant an Interview now or at any time, cither In New York or nl Buffalo, but that transportation will not be furnished strikers; that tlie ttrlkers may go back to work If they wish; that their places are open to them and after they tro back to work, if they have any grievance, either real or funded, transportation will bo furnished to them and they will bo granted an interview. CAR STRIKE SETTLED. The Men Will All Go to Work at St. Louis Today Tho Union Recog nized. St. Louis, May 14. There were im portant developments in the street car strike situation today. At a confer ence held between the officials of the Suburban Railway company and a committee of its employes an ainlcabl adjustment was effected and the men will return to work tomorrow morn Inc. On just what basis the strike was settled could not be learned tonight, but It can be positively stated that the union received full recognition. In many quarters It Is figured that the settlement of the strike on the Subur ban presages an adjustment of the dif ficulties between the Transit company and its ;t.r.00 striking employes In tha near future. CIGAR GIRLS STRIKE. A 17-Year-Old Striker Arrested in Philadelphia and Held to Bail. Philadelphia. "May 14. The strike In the clear trade In other cities spread to this city today, when about half of the flvo hundred employes of Ham burger, 11 onian & Co., which also has a. factory in New York, went out on strike. The strikers, all of whom are girls, hud out about flrty pickets to In- fdtice other girls not. to go to work, and they were assisted by members of thr three local bodies of tlie International Clgarmakers' union, the grievance com mittee of which Is conducting the, strike. During the day the pickets be came Involved with the police and as a result about a dozen persons, includ ing a seventeen-year-old girl striker, were arrested and held In ball for court. Tho bookkeeper of the firm was also arrested, charged with assault and battery and pointing a pistol at a Htriker. The strikers want the same w-ages as paid In New York, They say that in the metropolis the employes get one dollar a thousand more for rolling cigars than In this city. There Is also a difference of $2 a week In the wages of the bunch breakers, they say. Rosa Golden, a twenty-year-old girl from New York, Is one or the leaders In the strike. The firm claims that the employes have not yet made any de mands on it. STRIKE IN ALASKA. May Interfere with Supplies for New Army Post at Valdes. Seattle, Wash.. May H. The trans port Roscncrans has arrived from Port Valdes. Six discharged soldiers and Mallcarrier Pratt were her only pas sengers. The Bosencrans went north with a company of Infantry and a cargo of supplies for the Valdes post. Captain KIchardson says he found four feet of snow at Valdes. There Is much talk there about the construction of a railway from that point to the Yukon. Tha post Is four and a half miles south of Valdes. A letter from Captain Abercromble tolls of a strike amoug tho laborers In that district and says he may be un able to get hay cut for tlie horses. In such an event he will be supplied from here. BUTTONWOOD STRIKE" OVER. All Departments of the Mine Now in Operation. Wllkes-Barre, May 14. In accord ance with an agreement reached Sat urday the miners of tho Buttonwood colliery of the Parish Coal company, who went out on strike last Monday and later participated In a strike riot, returned to work this morning. All departments of the mine were In operation and all the old hands were at work. Pennsylvania Branch. Philadelphia, May 14. The Pennsylvania nail, roid company has awarded the contract for the construction of the Petersburg branch from Petersburg to Etna to L A. Sims. This line will be twelve miles long and tlie work will consist of gradinz and masonry and getting it in shape to lay the rails. The work u to be done at once. Over Three Thousand New Citizens, New fork, May It. Immigrants to the num ber of 3,100 passed through the barge office today. They came in on the steamers Oraf Wat dcrseo from llainhurj; Ncrweglan, Glasgow! La Oascogne, from "-'ranee; Oirnum, from Lisbon) Donna Maria, from I.UI.on. The Phoenicia, due in a few days, has 2,1108 steerage paa&engera from Hamburg. Shooting in Kentucky. Frankfort. Ky., May II. -private Thomas Kane, of Lexington, was shot and Instantly killed by Private James Rohertson today. Both were members of the lleikhain militia and the shooting took place en the second floor of' the court house, which la being used as an armory. Itohertson claims that his guh was discharged accidentally. ' Steamship Arrivals. New York, May 14. Cleared! Latin, Bremen, via Cherbourg and Southampton. Sailed! Ceric, Liverpool. Antwerp Arrhedi Noordland, New York. Cherbourg Sailed! Pitmen, firemen for New York. Southampton Arrived! Kaiser Wll'iclin Der Grouse, New Ycrk for Urcmeu, WANAMAKER VINDICATED ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE MU NICIPAL LEAGUE. The Members Hold a Meeting and Condemn the Attempt to Intimi date Mr. Wanamaker Tho Resolu tions Passed Mayor Ashbridge Called Upon to Disavow the Affair or Resign. Philadelphia, May 14. The sensation created last week by John Wana maker's statement, In which ho charged Director of Public Safety English with threatening to tarnish his personal character If he did not use his Influ ence to have the newspaper attacks against the city administration stoppel, is still a topic of discussion. There is general talk of holding a public Indig nation meeting, but tho ma.ter has not yet taken definite shape. Considerable Interest was centered today In tho ac tlon taken by the board of managers of the Municipal league, an organization founded for the purpose of advocating municipal reform and good city gov ernment. The league Is composed or many Influential citizens. When the subject was brought before the meet ing there was about fifteen minutes' debate, and at Its conclusion the fol lowing resolutions were adopted: Whereas, A thai go has been made by Mr. John Wanamaker that the director of public safety of tl city of .Philadelphia on Thursday. May 10, lot, attempted by thieats of pefsccti-" tlon of Mr. Wanamaker. to"acfcr a newi,papr In which he was alleged to hive an Interest, from criticism of Mayor Ashbridge and Pirector L'nglish; and Whereas, Such an attempt nt intimidation of a private citizen, by a public .oHcial t.s dest.-uttivc of the constitutional' guarantees of liberty ot speech and freedom of the press, and the priv ilege of individual criticism for the 0flki.1l acts of public offlclaN, and subversive of the funda mental rights of popular government and In dividual liberty ; now, therefore, be it llesnlved, Py the board of -managers of the Municipal league of Philadelphia that unless tho above attempt at Intimidation was made by tbe director of public safely, the mayor's authorized .went and by his evpiess orders, it is the plali duty of Mayor Ashbridge to disavow all con nection with tills outrage and to Institute im mediately an investigation into the conduct of the offending official; and In the crnl of the charges against him being substantiated to dismiss him summarily from office; and, be It further "Resolved. That In the event of Mayor Ash bridge being unable to disavow responsibility for this action of the director of piihlle safetj. It Is his duly, to rrslgn his position as the execu tive head of the city of Philadelphia. NEGRO LYNCHED. William Willis Who Shot Alex Whit ney Is Hanged and Riddled with Bullets Augusta. Ga May 14. William Wil lis, a negro, who shot and killed Alex. Whitney, a popular young man of this city, yesterday afternoon, was lynched near Oroveton, about twelve miles from here, today. The mob which dis posed of Willis took him from Rich mond county officers, who boarded a train for Atlanta soon after the mur der was committed. The mob held Wil lis In the woods, near Oroveton, dur ing the night, awaiting Identification. At 10 o'clock this nlornlng he was fully Identified, and was then swung from a tree. The rope broke in tbe first at tempt and a second was made, which was successful. The body was then riddled with bullets, and a plicard was placed upon It bearing a warning t) other negroes. The coroner was noti fied and Is 'now Investigating Alex. Whitney was on a crowdsd street car yosterdav afternoon when Willis and another negro boarded lr. No seats were available and one of the negroes sat in Whitney's lap. Whitney struck the negro, and Willis commenced Pr lng from a pistol. The first shot struct Whitney In the head, causing almost instant death. Willis was overpowered and later placed In the hands of the officers. DECISION REVERSED. Opinion Piled by Judge Acheson in the United States Circuit Court. Philadelphia, May 14. Judge Ache son filed an opinion In the Unltei States Circuit Court of appeals this morning, reversing the decision of Judge Bullington In tho Circuit court at Pittsburg, who had granted an In junction to the Dixon-Woods company, enjoining Hepry Relneke and others from the making of an alleged in fringement on a patented Improvement In gas-stoves. Tho Appellate court directs the dismissal of the bill of com plaint. Judge Dallas filed an opinion in tho same court, reversing p. decision which had been rendered In the Circuit court at Pittsburg In favor of the Hanover Fire Insurance company, of New fork, against Thomas Bradford, and under which the Insurance company was to recover $3,103 from Bradford on the ground that the latter, while serving as agent for the company, had Insured "potteries" while Instructed not to do so. It was held that the Insurance In question was contracted for by a man in Bradford's employ, and who signed Bradford's name without authority. Corporations Chartered. Harrisburg, May H. Charters were Issued at the state department today as follows! The Darlington Brick and Mining company, of Pitts burg; capital, $50,000. Kensington Shlpyaid ctfmpany, of Philadelphia! capital, $500,000. Di rectory, Edwin S. Cramp, Francis I Cramp, Samuel DicVson, Harry W. Hand, Janim II, Mull, William P. gmitli, all of Philadelphia, ami fieorgc C. Thayer, of Marlon. The Allentonn Sewerage company, Allentowni capital, $1,000. Monongahela Land company, Pittsburg) capital, $3,000. Independence Publishing company, Phil adelphia; capital, $10,000. Lumber Company Chartered. Doier, Del., May II. The Smoky Mountain Land,- Lumber and Improvement company, of Coudersport, Pa,, to do a general lumber busi ness and Improvement of property capital, $A30,. 000, was Incorporated here today, ' Golden Jubilee, Lynn, Mass., May II. This proud, oh city 1 1 celebrating her fiftieth anniversary tyljy. There will be i.piradc, and the day U rosifi a day of rejoicing. TIIE NEWS T1IIS MOUNINU Weather Indications Today! FAIR AND WARM. 1 General General Puller Forces the nlggars burg Passes. Methodist General Conference Reports. Senate Passes the Naval Dill, business Men's League stands by Wanamaker. S General Northeastern Pennsylvania, financial on"! Commercial, 3 Local Pay's Work of the Locat Courts. . Opinion In the School board Case. 4 Editorial. News and Comment. 5 Local John II. riilllips Succeeds His Prothcr on the Board of Control. Grand Jury lleturn. 0 Locat West Scranlon and Suburban. 7 Pound About the County. Dase Ball News and Comment. 8 Local Live Industrial News. DISCLOSED THE KICKER. Eleven of tho Lutz Jury Wore Rib bons' on Their Coat Lapels May Be r Fatal Irregularity. Three hundred and forty-three hours had passed at midnight last night since tho Lutz jury, In Wllkes-Barre, re tired and tin agreement Is apparently as far off as ever. On tho way to dinner yesterday elev en of tho Jury wore smull bov,s ot blue "baby" ribbon on the lapel of their coats. The one undecorated Juror was the foreman, r. A. B. Koons. It is isupposed the majority Jurors took ""tllisvihcthod of telling the. public who Is 'the obstinate one of their number. It is known to a practical certainty that the division Is eleven for convic tion and one for acquittal. Tho "ribbon" Incident was widely discussed, as may be believed, and among the lawyers there was a very general debate as to whether or not this ifctlon could be construed to be an irregularity ot sufficient gravity to make grounds for a new trial In case tho verdict was not acceptable to the defense. The fact that It was a very appar ent attempt to dlscloso to the public the identity of the obstinate Juror, with the hope that his knowledge of tho disclosure would tend to bring him around to the majority, was viewed by many as an error that might pos sibly Interfere with the finding when it docs come. ODD FELLOWS AT HARRISBURG. Grand Encampment Opens with 100 Members Present. Ilarrlsburg, May 14. Tho grand en campment of the Odd Fellows of Penn sylvania met here this morning at Odd Fellows' hall, about 100 members being present. Grand Chief Patriarch Hughes presided. The report of Grand Scribe Nicholson showed a decrease in tho membership of 233. The present membership is 12,152. The total amount paid for relief was $68,000. The balance in the Grand en campment treasury Is $992. Seven new encampments were Instituted, one re organized and six surrendered their charters. Grand Patriarch John A. Fleming, of Shlppensburg, announced the following appointments: Grand marshal, R. W. Hockersmlth. Shlppensburg; grand sentinel, George W. Jackson, Ilarrlsburg; grand outside sentinel, George C. Hoster, sr., Phila delphia; finance committee, C. Hendel Laudln, Charles Pllaum, Harry S. Wright, of Philadelphia; credentials committee, Frank II. Flncthorn, Bead ing; Cleon Glcquelais, Pittsburg; F. is. Berkhelmer, Woodbury; appeals, Henry Kongott, Peter Fritz, Usher A. Hall, Philadelphia; by-laws (three years), James H. Avery, Philadelphia; repre sentative to Orphans' home, Ben Avon, M. D. Wiley. Allegheny; representa tive to Philadelphia Orphans' home, X P. Hale, Jenkins, Norrlstown; print ing, Theodore Yarnell, Robert Gorman, Philadelphia; John P. McClure. Sellns Grove; state of order. Henry W. Bailey, William King, Philadelphia; Frederick Williams, Pittsburg. The grand patri arch also announced tho appointment of a district grand patriarch for ever county in the state. A session of the Grand lodge was held this evening, at which the Grand lodge degree was con ferred on a large number of candi dates. At the same time the drawing of seats for the sessions of the Grand lodge took place. The sessions of tha Grand lodge and the Daughters of Rc bekah will begin tomorrow morning. AUSTRIA AND THE BOER WAR. Mediation Out of the Question Rela tions of Powers Undisturbed. Budapest, May 14. During tho course, today, of his customary speech to the delegations, the Austro-Hungar-Ian minister of foreign affairs, Count Goluchowsky, declared that the contl dence he had previously felt that tho South Afrlcun war would not danger ously affect tbe relations between the great powers had so far been fully realized. He added that he hoped hostilities would soon be terminated, and said mediation appeared to be out of tho question unless both belligerents de sired It. DAY'S DEATH ROLL. Vork, .May 14,-Hev. II. I!. Nile, D. D pastor of the Klist Preslijterlan churcu ot Vork, died this afternoon. Dr. Mica was pastor ot the First church since April 13, 1WJ. He was born Aug. 15, 1823,, at Soutli Haddon, Mass., gradu ated from I'nio'n college, Schenectady, N. V., In ,1811, and from Princeton iiieologlcal seminary In 1818; was ordained by the Presbytery of Co lumbia and Installed pastor of YalaU. (Ginder hook) N. V., Oct. 21, 1818. He served churches at Angelica, N. V.; North church, St. Louis, Mo,, and Albion, N. Y., from where ho was called ti York. Cape May, N. .1., May 11. Dr Colemsn V. Learning, of Capo May court h6uw, tiled last night, aged 82 years. He was believed to lie the ra.,niest man in tlie county and was direc tor of tlie West Jersey railroad for thirty-three jears and county loan commissioner for seventeen years. He practiced medicine In .cw York city several years ago. Altoona, May H, Insurance Agent James II. Winn died today, aged 40 jears. He was liorn In this, city nnd for eighteen jears was con nected wltli tho local poatoflke, pa it of tha time as assistant postmaster, lie ' served two terms as city treasurer. He leaves a vSKs and four children. GEN. BULLER ADVANCING Turning of Biggarsberg Position a Bold . Move. RAPID MARCHES DAILY Breaking Into Fornur British Terri tory at the Rate of Fifteen Miles Dally An American Scout in tho Squadron That Cut tho Railway Beyond Kroonstad Nothing Re garding Mafeking. , London, May 15, 3.13 a. m. General Buller's turning of the Blggarsbers position was effected by u bold move ment. The Boots had evacuated Help makaar, but were milking a stand Mon day evening ut Blcskopluagtc, seven miles from Durfdeo. The ciirrcsponn ents on tho spot regard this as a rear guard action, Intended to cover the re treut of tho nrmy.. At tho same time General lltldy.ird took .Indobu, and It is reported that the Boers withdrew In disorder. General Buller, who seems to be cm ploying his full strength, Is expected to 'push on. His first marches wero forfy-fly.e. mjles In three days. He Is thus breaking Into British territory which had been administered for six months bv the Transvaalers as their part of the republic, they holding courts and levying taxes. Ills success, therefore, has political as well as mill' tary consequences. . Whllo Lord Roberts' Infantry aro concentrating at Kroonstad, whore they will rest for a day or two. his horse men have penetrated eighteen miles northward. In the squadron, -which cut the railway llfteen miles beyond Kroon stad, was the America!) scout, Fred erick Burnham. Two hundred Boers, who had hidden in the river jungles near Kroonstad to cscapo service, havo surrendered to the British and taken the oath of allegiance. According to a dispatch from Ben nett Burleigh to the Dally Telegruph, dated Thursday, May 10, Paul Botha und MacDonald, members of tho Freo State's volksraad, demanded that tho chairman should call a meeting to suo for peace, as further resistance was suicidal, and proposed to make Presi dent Steyn a prisoner. Nothing definite has been heard heard about the expected relief of Mafeking. The Cape Town correspon dents continue to wire that relief is Imminent, fixing Tuesday or Wednes day as probable dates. Inquirers t the war office are told that the news of the 'relief will bo made public Im mediately upon its receipt. No word has come to hand at midnight. Fast of Bloemfonteln General Bun dle Is advancing toward I.adybrand. Ills troops and those of General Bra bant are stretched over n distance of thirty miles. The Beers are described as quite disorganized and ns retreat ing northward. President Steyn'a nontenants are trying to rally them. Burghers Attack Mafeking. Pretoria. Saturday, May 12, via Lu renzo Marques. A bulletin has been issued announcing that the British aro advancing against the federals at Hulpmaakar and Tonitcrs Nek. Tho burghers this morning attacked Iafe king. The telegraphist at Mulopo say.-, that a heavy rifle and cannon fire was heard before G o'clock today and that tho "Kafllr location" was In flumes, within nn hour and was totally destroyed. At 10 o'clock, he adds, everything was quiet. At a meeting of 350 Afrikander women, held yesterday. It was resolved to ask the government for arms and ammunition, and suggest that they do the work of the olliclals In the town, who, they declared, "ought rto be fight ing ut the front." The resolution wa? carried unanimously. WELLS WIELDS THE AXE. Special Agent Robert M. Simmers Is Dismissed. Harrlsburg, May 14. MuJor Levi WnltK whnfco rosiirnntinti ns rlnlrv nrwl ' ..- , .. ---........--.. .. - food commissioner takes effect on Wednesday, today dismissed Rqbert M. Simmers, of Phoenlxvllle. a special' agent of the dairy and pure foodrdlvt slon of the department of agriculture Wells says Simmers' removal, ivhljjh takes effect at once, has been in Orfi templatlon for somo time. He ffvo out' a statement tonlRht in whlcThf ho accuses Simmers ot defrauding tltef de partment and giving false testimony In cases against persons charged with tho sale of adulterated foods. Sentence of Get-Rich-Quick Man. Trenton, X. J., May U.-0mer W Roper, who conducted a gct-rlch-quick convfrn in New ark, was today sentenced In tlr I'nlteil States court to one year's imprisonment In the Kssex penitentiary and to pay $1(10 titoc He has al- ready been in jail Hie iiinm.m and Is without money, m i Linemen Strike. Philadelphia, May It. (lul.ilc electrical line,, men to tlie number of 1.7i. shuck today tol higher wages and shorter hours. Thu men clainl that tho eoniruntes have Icanreil their Hm.inH, Nl'hey ask $2.75 for a day ' nluo hours ami tlrol and a lull for overtime, with double pay tol bunouy and Holiday uoik. C Pennsylvania Postmasters. Washington, May If, -Tho following fourj class Pennsylvania pofmasters wero annoint today: .Itlchmond Hill Susquehanna, John La nan. f -- -4- 4- WEATHBR FORECAST. 4- Washlngton.Miy 14. Forecast for Tues. -4- dav and WednMdav rp.i.M n , 4- vuila ralr, csntlnued warm Tuesday;! -r vroiirMMy, par-iy wouiiy, poihly thun-J -a der Uomia amt'ecnUr In !.- 4AP. J . . r t --. . ... ,,,v ...iuu.JII D1 -r cmnus; una, iouui 10 west winds. TTTTTTTTTTttttT' i
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