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SCRANTON, TA., MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 4 1900.
TWO CENTS.
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HAS AGUINALDO
BEEN KILLED ?
Filipino Officer Falls Be-
fore an American
Volley.
JNDOUBTEDLY AGUINALDO
Major March nnd Els Men Ovcrtftko
n Party of Filipinos Near Lagat.
An Officer Killed or Badly "Wound
ed Is Bollovod to Havo Been Agu
lnaldo or His Adjutant Tho Horso
TTpon Which tho Officer Rodo "Was
Richly Saddled Tho Saddlo Bag3
Contained Diary of Agulnaldo and
Speech of Senator Bovorldgo Body
of tho Officer Is Rapidly Carried
Away by His Followers.
Vigan, I.,uzon, Juno 2, via Manila,
Juno 3. Major March, with his detach
ment of tho Thlrty-thlnl regiment,
overtook what Is believed to have been
Agulnaldo's party on May 10 nt I,agat,
One hundred miles northeast of Vlgan.
The Americans killed or wounded an
Oillcer, whose body was removed by
his followers. Agulnaldo had one hun
dred men; Major March. 125. Tho
American commander reached Iaboa
gan, whero Agulnaldo had mado his
headquarters since March C, on May 7.
Agulnaldo had llod several liouro be
fore, leaving all tho beaten trails and
traveling through the forest along tho
beds of streams. Towards evening May
19, Major March struck Agulnaldo's
outpost, about a mile outside of Lagat,
killing four Filipinos and capturing
tut). From tho latter ho learned that
Agulnaldo had canned thorn for tho
night. Although exhausted and half
starved, Major March's men entered
Lagat on tho run. They saw the Insur
gents scattering Into tho bushes or
Over thGDjataau. A thousand yards
beyond the town on tho mountain side
tho figures of twenty-flvo Fili
pinos, dressed In white, with thtlr
leader on a gray horso. wcro sllhoutted
against the sunset. Tho Americans
fired a volley and saw the officer drop
from his horso. His followers lied,
carrying the body.
Tho Americans, on reaching the spot,
caught tho horse, which was richly
saddled. Wood from a badly wounded
man was on tho animal and on tho
ground. Tho saddle-bags contained
Agulnaldo's diary and somo prlvato
papers. Including proclamations. One
of these was addressed "To tho Civil
ized Nations." It protested against
the American occupation of tho Phil
ippines. There were also found copies
Of Senator Beverldge's speech trans
lated into Spanish and entitled "Tho
Death Knell of the Filipino People."
Major March, believing that the Fili
pinos had taken to a river which Is a
tributary to tho Chleo, followed It for
two days, reaching TIao, whero ho
learned that a party of Filipinos had
descended the river May 20 on a raft
with a body of a dead or wounded
man upon a litter covered with palm
leaves. There Major March reviewed
tils command, shoeless and exhausted,
and picked out twenty-four of his
freshest men, with whom he boat tho
country for six days, but without find
ing any trace of tho Insurgents. Tho
American pushed on and arrived at
Apalrrl, Mav 25.
Agulnaldo or His Adjutant.
The officer shot was either Agulnaldo
or his ndjutnnt, and as tho horso was
rich caparisoned, it is a fair presump
tion that it was Agulnaldo.
Tho ftolillers of General Young, mili
tary governor of Northwestern Lu
zon, captured early last month nn In
surgent officer with papers revealing
Agulnaldo's whereabouts. General
Young immediately organized a pur
suit, giving Major March a chanco
to finish tho work begun In November.
Major March left Canxon May 10,
hurrying north towards Laboagan,
while Colonel Hare, with a battalion
divided "nto two parts, started from
Bangued, provlnco of Abra, covering
the trails westward. Tho garrisons In
the Cagayan valhy wero disposed In
such a way as to guard the avenues
of escape eastward.
Spies heralded tho approach of
Major March with signal flres. On
reaching Laboanga he apprehended a
letter in Agulnaldo's hand writing, tho
Ink of which wnp hurdly dry, address
ed to an offirerof guerrillas of the
Filipino army, and paying: "There
having arrived this morning at Lab
oanga a hostile column from Bokhoc,
I havp set out with all my force. My
road has no fixed destlr.atlon."
Thi was signed "Colonel David," &
sobriquet. Agulnaldo called at the
preslclencla, from which he Issued do
drees and celebrated Easter with a
banquet, a regular trlsngular banquet,
when speeches were made eulogizing
Gregolrlo Do Mllar.
That night Major March's men slept
In the bamboo, resuming the advance
in the morning, and reaching Lagat,
forty miles distant, In two days, al
though It was raining hard In tho
mountains all the time.
Agulnaldo's papers are very Import
ant. They show that ho took refugo
In Isabela province, whero he remain
ed until he established himself at
laboanga, provlnco of Abra, whoro ho
proposed to direct the rainy season
operations. Until recently he was
Ignorant Of outside events, making no
jirtenBu of directing tho Insurrection,
happy In tho hopo that, he might bo
able to keep nllve among tho hostllo
Igorrotes, who killed several of his
followers.
THE COMMISSION
NOW AT MANILA
Members Arc Wolcomod by Qenoml
MacAxthur Judgo Toft Maps Out
Plan of Work Goneral ItacArthur
Will Act as Governor.
Manila, Juno J. Tho United States
transport Hancock, from San Fran
cisco, April 17, arrived hero this morn
ing with tho members of tho Philippine
commission. At noon tho commission
ers landed and drove to tho palace,
escorted by General MacArthur'fl staff,
a band and two companies of tho
Twenty-sixth infantry, with artillery.
At the palaco the commissioners
wero welcomed by General MacArthur
In a short and forceful address. After
Judgo William II. Taft, president of
the commission, had replied, the com
missioners returned to tho Hancock,
where they will remain until they havo
selected suitable, dwellings on land..
During the morning tho members of
tho Filipino Supremo court, tho local
editors and many of tho leading mer
chants repaired to tho transport, whero
they conversed with tho commission
ers. Tomorrow General MacArthur will
return tho call of the commissioners.
Plan of Operation.
Judgo Taft, speaking today In reply
to n representative of tho Associated
Press regarding the powers nnd future
work of the commission, said, in part:
"Wo have full Instructions and ex
tensive powers. The latter wo shall
not exorcise until we have had amplo
time to acquire sufficient knowledge of
tho situation to enable us to proceed to
enact legislative changes and reform-,
preliminary" to tho establishment of a
stable, civil government. Until wo as
sume authority. General MacArthur
will continue to perform tho duties and
exercise the powers formerly performed
nnd exercised by General Otis: and
even after we take active and full part
In the government. General MacArthur
will continue as the executive head,
unless upon our recommendation to
President McKinley It shall seem to
the president that the time has arrived
for tho appointment of a civil execu
tive and for making tho military forces
merel, auxiliary In carrying on the
civil government to be available only
In cases of emergency, suppression of
lawless violence too formidable to be
overcome by tho regularly organized
local police.
"Iteprescntlng tho sovereignty of the
United States in the Philippines, which
It Is the purpose of our government to
maintain, we are here to do Justice to
the Fdlplnos nnd to secure for them the
best government In our power and such
a measure of popular control as Is con
sistent with the stability and security
of law, order and property. We are
civil officers, men of peace. Tho field
of our work Is necessarily confined to
regions where tho armed enemy has
ceased his operations. We cannot deal
with armed men. General MacArthur
and tho army will do that."
MISSIONARIES
ARE MISSING
French and Belgian Refuges from
Pao Ting Wu Arrlvo at Tien Tsin.
Fato of Nino Others in Doubt.
Tien Tsin, Juno 3. Six men and two
ladles, French and Belgian refugees
from Pao Ting Wu, havo arrived hero.
Nino aro still missing.
A tody of mounted eossacks havn
gono In search of tho missing nnd to
tako food to Yan Lu Ching for tho ro
Ilef of tho party there.
It is reported from Pekln that Mr.
Stevenson, of tho Church of Kngland
mission at Yemchlng, has been mur
dered, nnd that Mr. Norman, of tho
samo mission, is missing.
CHALON-StTR-SAONB STRIKE.
Tho City Is Now Thickly Studded
with Soldiers.
Chnlon-Sur-Saono, Franco, Juno 3.-
The strike here reached a critical stage
last night and today the city resem
bles one besieged, so thickly Is It stutl
ded with soldiers.
The trouble began during tho after
noon, the strikers throwing atlcks nnd
stones at the gendarmerie. When night
came the street lamps were extin
guished and missiles of all kinds were
thrown at the cavalry and gendarmerlw,
who fired, killing one of the rioters and
wounding twunty, somo of them seri
ously. Fifteen gendarmeries and two caval
rymen were Injured. Reinforcements
quelled the disorder, but tho trouble la
not yet considered ended.
Singing Societies Meot.
Philadelphia, June, . The northern dlrlslon
of the United Workman's Singing societies of
tha Unlttil Mates, held Its annual meeting here
toilay. Delegates redrew nting slit) societies
were prucnt frcra Connecticut, Xiw Tori, Mas
sachusetts, Hhodc Island, New Jersey, Peniiil
ranla, Delaware and Uarjland. The censentloi
dicldtd to hold the next biennial (eitlral In this
city during July, 1007.
Confedorato Voteran' Reunion,
lx)ulillle, June 3 Th hit exercises con
nected with the tenth annual reunion of the
Confcredato Yeterani took plaee today when the
ninity-iecond annltersarr of the birth of Jeffer
son Darla waa obsereed at Reunion hall with
unices In memory of the Confederals dead.
No Outburst Against Loubet.
Parts, June a. Tht grand steeplechase t
Autcull, Ust year the aeene of a turbulent dut
l.urst against I'resldent boubt, raised oil to
day with out a sign of political dliturbsnee.
M. Thibet witniaicd the rare. He was ic
i,irUitl,il I i Inti't,
NO DIRECT NEWS
FROM PRETORIA
FRENCH'S CAVALRY WITHIN 18
MILES OF THU CITY.
Correspondents with Iord Roberts
Aro Unable to Get ft Lino Through
Regarding tho Operations at Jo
hannesburg An Effort Was Mado
to Check tho Advance of
Roberta North of Bloemfontoiu.
London, Juno 4, o m. There Is no
direct news from Pretoria of later
date than Thursday evening. General
French's cavalry wero then nt Iren.
eighteen miles south of Pretoria, and
firing was heard thre. Lord Roberts'
messages about secondary operations
elsewhere nnd the situation at Johan
nesburg, dated at Orange Grove, a
farm four miles northeast of Johannes
burg, show that on Saturday at 8.10 p.
m. ho was twenty-llvo miles from Pre
toria. Tho correspondents with Iord
Roberts havo not got through a line
about tho operations nfter the occupa
tion of Johannesburg. Official mes
sages continue to come through, but
press telegrams nro held up. probably
to avoid their giving even a hint as to
what may be the pending operations.
From tho other side there filters
through Lourenzo Marques a mass of
statements, somo contradictory, others
obviously Improbable, but tho follow
ing purporting to be facts:
"Passengers arriving at Lourenzo
Marques Saturday, direct from Pre
toria, say that tho capital was prepar
ing to surrender when they left Thurs
day. The forts wore dismantled. The
Boer guard at Komatl Poort searched
all trains and turned back most of tho
fugitives, among them deserting for
eigners who were striving to reach neu
tral soil.
"Immense Boer convoys of provis
ions nro between Pretoria and Middle
burg. Fifteen trains are sent dally to
Machadasdoran with supplies for Ly
denburg. Pretoria Is pictured by tho
refugees as in a state of Indescribable
confusion and chaos. Tho populace are
dismayed, and the British are expected
hourly."
Some foreign attaches have nrrlvod
at Lourenzo Marques to communicate
with their governments for orders to
leave, as they consider that organized
war on the Transvaal side Is at nn end.
Flying among tho Boers are reports
that the British havo been beaten back
nt Llndloys, with heavy loss; that tho
main attack on Elandsfonteln failed,
and Lord Roberts was forced to retire
to Kllpsrlverborg; that the railway has
been cut behind him south of Vereenlg
lng, and that a provision train has been
captured.
An-Effort at Opposition.
Without crediting nny of these Boer
bulletins, everything from the Held of
war behind Lords Roberts points to a
great effort last week to paralyze his
advance by a bold stroke from the
eastward at tho railway north of
Uloemfonteln. Unless four Boer col
umns were In a movement Beemlncly
with this objective, there was a com
mando, In front of General Brabant,
near Fleksburg, another faced General
Bundle, near Senakal, a third occupied
Llndley and pressed toward the rail
way, and a fourth seized Ilollbron and
pushed toward Kroonstad. These oper
ations, assuming them to havo been
independent, all appeared to havo
failed.
Tho revival of tho Doer fighting pow
er east of Lord Roberts' advance, al
though fruitless, is a symptom that the
Boers aro not yet crushed. In General
Bundle's attack on the entrenched
Boers, seven miles enst of Senakal,
May 29, the British did not see a Boer
nil day, so completely were they
screened. The British infantry did not
get within one thousand yards of their
riflemen. The 1S2 losses wired by Lord
Roberts were suffered by the Grena
diers and SVnts Guards while advanc
ing over a level from which tho grass
had been burned. Tho Britishers in
khaki wero a conspicuous target
against the black background.
General Bundle withdrew his whole
force at sundown to Scnekal, having
succeeded In drawing the Boers from
Llndley, allowing the threatened force
to get away sfaely. Tho Boers sent to
the British for medical help, saying
that Commandant Do Vllllers was sor
iously wounded. General Rundlo sent
a loctor with a bottlo of champagno
and his compliments, as well as a
message that ho would relcaso all tho
Boer prisoners at Senekal.
DICKINSON COMMENCEMENT.
Twclvo Hundred Attend tho Exer
cises nt Carlisle.
Carlisle, Pa., Juno 3. Twelvo hun
dred persons attended the Dickinson
commencement In Allison Memorial
church today. Rev. Dr. W. W. Dvans.
and Revs. Armstrong nnd Benfer as
sisted in the devotional exorcises.
President Reed, who delivered tho boc
calaureato discourse, took as his text
Mark, 12:13, "And tho common people
heard him gladly."
He said It was tho rich and the
prominent who persecuted Christ and
they would havo crucified him sooner
had they not feared the common peo
ple. If a monument to Christ had been
raised a fitting Inscription would bo,
'Tho common people heard Him glad
ly.' They followed hot becauso the ser
vice waB easy and attractive, but be
causo Ho moved among tho poor,
labored with them and served them."
The speaker scored theologlclans who
attempt to prove everything. He said:
"Christ proved nothing but asserted,
and his example should be Imitated by
young ministers, People still hear Him
gladly from the church, and denomina
tions had better preach Christ than
dispute over a revision of creeds and
tho election of bishops."
Rev, Charles Tiffany, of New York,
preached the annual sermon before tho
Christian associations this evening.
Tho orntorlcal contest for Plerson
prizes last night resulted: First piizo
to George Bonner, of Johnstown; sec
ond nrizo to J. Perry Wood, of Tyrone.
Earl of Radnor Dead.
Iiondcn. June . The Ecrl of Itadnor Is dead.
lie waa bom June 19, 1641.
CLOSING BUSINESS.
Oleo Men Threaten Trouble In tho
Oenato.
Washington, Juno 3. Oonfcrcnco ro
ports on appropriation and other bills
promise to occupy tho attention of the
houso to tho exclusion of everything
else during tho closing days of tho ses
sion. Only one piece of general legis
lation seriously threatens tho pro
gramme tho Grout oleomargarlno bill,
Tho friends of this measure havo been
very Insistent and havo threatened, In
case the scnato does not agree to tho
resolution for final adjournment on
Wodneeday, to hold up any amended
resolution until they can havo an op
portunity to vote on their bill. A way
out of the difficulty was suggested yes.
tcrday which may bo put Into opera
tion tomorrow. Tomorrow being sus
pension day, Mr. Tawncy may be rec
ognized to move that an hour on Tues
day bo given to the oleomargarine bill.
As this motion will require a two
thirds vote, the powers that bo aro
willing that the mensuro be consid
ered, if it can command much nn over
whelmingly majority of the house.
There nre a considerable number of dis
puted Items on tho appropriation bills
which the houso probably will settle by
direct vote tho appropriation of ?5,
000,000 for the St. Louis exposition nnd
some less important Items which the
senate placed upon the sundry civil
bill; the armor plate provision and the
paragraphs relative to ocean and like
surveys and the abolition of tho sea
course for naval cadets In tho naval
appropriation bill Is tho Mlles-Corbln
nmendment on tho military academy
bill.
In the house there is nothing on tho
horizon which threatens to prevent
final adjournment on Wednesday.
There Is now hardly any doubt that
tho senate will agree to the houso res
olution to ndjourn tho session next
Wednesday. The passage of tho last of
the appropriation bills which waa ac
complished Saturday leaven no ob
stacle In the way of final adjournment
except the amendments mado to thoso
bills by the senate, and tho opinion
is now almost universal that theso
differences can be adjusted and all
the business of the session concluded
by the time named. The only Items of
difference which might cause material
delay nre the armor plate amendment
on the naval appropriation bill and
the amendment on the sundry civil
appropriation in the Interest of tho
St. Louis exposition. Tho leaders vojf
nil parties apparently are united in
the wish to bring the session to n
close on Wednesday and by beginning
the daily sittings early and allowing
them to contlnuo lato they will suc
ceed. The remainder of tho session will
be given up to conference reports on
the appropriations, to tho considera
tion of comparatively unimportant
bills on the calendar and to tho mak
ing of speeches on political questions.
Th'.-rc are n half d men sonators who
want to be heard at some length, and
they will bo accommodated.
RIOT AT ST. LOUIS.
A Disturbance in Which a, Boy Is
Fntally Shot Polico Disperse tho
Rioters.
St. Louis, Juno 3. A riot of small
proportions during tho progress of
which a small boy was fatally shot
and a dynamite explosion marred what
would have been otherwise an un
eventful Sabbath. .Is a car on the
lower Grove lino wavpasslng Twelfth
and Calhoun streets a crowd of strike
sympathizers began throwing stones
at It. An unknown man leaned from
a window of the car and fired a revol
ver shot toward the crowd. Tho bul
let sped over the heads of tho mob
and lodged in tho breast of Peter
Frank, aged 16, who was sitting In
tho doorway of his father's homo. Po
lice dispersed the rioters and carried
young Frank to tho hospital, where
It Is said tho wound will prove fatal.
Late today an explosion of dynamlto
shattered thu cable conduit and
switches in tho Ollvo street lino at
Maryland and Boyle avenues. No one
was injured, but tho traffic on that
end of the line had to be suspended.
There Is no clew to the perpetrators.
With additional police protection tho
number of cars on tho various lines
of the transit company waa materially
Increased today.
PRESBYTERIAN CREED.
Chanoellor MncCracken Comments In
His Baccalaureate
New York, June 3. In his baccalaur
eate sermon beforo the members of tho
graduating class of the New York uni
versity toilay, Chancellor MacCracken
commented upon the movements for
revision of tho Presbyterian creed.
"The Attitude of the Thinker Towards
Rllglous Truth" was the subject of his
sermon. In commenting on tho church
problem, ho said:
x this closing year of tho century
Me odlsm has shown a new vitality
In rtsolvlng to lay asldo one of the
famous methods by which she obtained
the name of Methodism. Compulsory
Itineracy has been Judged by her no
longer as the strong or desirable pillar
of tho truth. She has quietly put It
aside. Presbytcrlanlsm In like manner
has this same year shown new vital
ity In the refusing to consider her an
cient creed that attempts to establish
a chronology of workings for tho divine
Intellect while It forgets almost en
tirely to mention the divine heart.
Such a creed Is not the best possible
pillar or support of religious truth. Th
church today Is resolved to build a
now pillar and support that shall stand
side by side with the old. The old mav
remnln also as an antique, honored and
cherished, but yet an antique. To build
a new pillar Is both easier and better
than to try to piece out tho old, than It
were to put new clothes Into an old
garment."
Steamship Arrivals.
New Tork, June 3, Arriredi Statcndam, Hot
terdam via Iloulogne; I.a nretagne, Harre.
Sailed Potsdam, ItotterJim Tla Doulogne.
(Jueenatown Sailed! Campania (from Mrr.
pool), Kew York, Southampton Sailed: Fried
rich Per Gross (from firemen), Neir Yorle.
Mra. Gladstone Sinking.
London, June S. It la announced thla evening
that Mr. Rladttone li In a seml-concloua con
dition nt.d that her strength is declining steadily.
MARTIN
in
Martin MaInnls, Governor Smith's apr o
FIRST REPUBLICANS
WILL BE HONORED
THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO
PHILADELPHIA.
The Veterans Who Organized tho
Republican Party in 1850 Will
tha Gucita of Honor at the Coming
Convontion At Philadelphia Bo
Fr as Known Only Fourteen of the
Delegates Are Now Living: List
of the Original Rpublicns.
Washington, Juno 8. Tho suggestion
ndoptcd by the committee In charge
of tho Republican National conven
tion that tho survivors of the first
national gatherings of Republicans,
held at Pittsburg on Feb. 22, 185G, and
later at tho convention held In Phil
adelphia on Juno ISth of the same
year, bo specially honored with Invi
tations to this year's convention,
came from William Paul Weyand, of
Pittsbufg. Tho Idea met tho approval
of Senator Hanna, who has sent the
following letter to each of tho surviv
ing delegates: J
The nepuMlcan national oommtttro jrc.nU
Ita compllnunts and congratulations to you m
cne of the few IlepuMlcana, now llTinjt, who
participated In tho Republican contentions of
165ft at l'ittshurg and Philadelphia; and on he.
half ot the dclogatci to the comina contention
the Republican rational contention extends to
you and your aurrltlrg asioclates In thcfle his
toric ctinta a cordial IntiUtton to be present
at and occvpy a eeat upon the platform of the
conttntlon which meets on tht Uth day of Junn,
1V00, In the city of Philadelphia.
carl7 half & century haa elapsed tine you
participated In la.Tlnc the foundation of the
Republican party, you hare witnessed Its mag.
nlflcent grewth, from a popular tote of l,!4t,
2i and lis electoral totes for Fremont In lll,
to a popular oto of 7,101, 77D and 271 electoral
totes for MrKluley in 160(1: and therefore, the
RepuMleans of today, profoundly appreciating
the work of yourself end other ploneera of our
party, will ftcl honored by your diatingulsh-d
pn-kence, anJ we tenure you a most cordial wel
come. With considerations of high eitcem,
Vtry truly yours,
M. A. Ilanna, Chairman.
Charles Dick, Secretary.
The Survivors.
60 far as known there aro only four
teen surviving delegates. Their names
are:
John Howard !)ryant, tiorn 1507, lltts at
Prlnctton. III.
W. I'enn Clarke, born 1S1T, Htca at Washing
ton. I). C.
Sidney Edgcrtrm, bora 1S1B, lltes at Akron, O.
Alia A. Craig, born 1M0, lltes at Corry, Fa.
Charles O. Dstls, born 1S20. lltrs at Fly
mouth, III.
S. F. UcCWraon, born IBM, llvrs at Frank
lin, Fa.
fleorgo II. Frelr, born ISM, litca at Spring
flsld, O.
Rush It. Sloan, born ISIS, lltra at Sandu.ky, O.
Raellf! RrlnXerhofr, born 128, lira at Mans
field, O.
Jacob Weyand, Heater, ra.
William A. Cook, Wiililngton, D. O.
William S. Lane, Philadelphia.
R. II. Stimpson. Marietta, O.
Twenty-seven states nnd terrltorlos
were represented at the mas3 conven
tion and at the national convention,
June IS, 1S5C. held In Philadelphia.
Old Lafayette hall, In Pittsburg,
where the mass convention was form
ed, is now demolished, Its site being
occupied by tho Tradesmen National
bank. The convention was Informal,
tho delegates showing no credentials.
Horace Oreely, editor of tho New
York Tribune, made one of his famous
speeches, urging moderation and that
a convention be held later to nomlnato
candidates for president and vice
president. His advice waB followed
and the first Republican convontion
met In Philadelphia.
This year's Republican convontion
will be held In tho samo city Just 44
years lator.
Senator Ehull a Candidate.
Stroudtburg, June 8. Ex-Stato Senator Jo-ph
II. Shull announces his candidacy for tho Dem
ocratic nomination lor corgre-a in the Eighth.
district comprising the counties of Uouroc, Cur
bon, Northampton and Pale. Other candidate
In the field are the pniient rongnviman laird
II. llarbcr and John K. Iiuer, of Carbon. It U
thought that ei-Congrusman Howard MutchUr
will abn announce himself as a candidate.
Rishop of Savannah.
Richmond, Va., Juno S. Iter. Il.njimln J.
Keller was consecrated bishop of Satannah at
St. Piter's, the cathedral church of the Virginia
dloees- In Richmond today. Cardinal Olbbon
of llaltimoro, was tho consecrator, asslited by
the lit, Ket. John J, Uonaghan, bishop of Wil.
mington, Del., and the Rt Ret. Henry P.
Vorthup, bishop of Charleston, S. C, lao Ret.
rrencia Zatler Ucdrthy, & T., ni tho preacher.
Relta Predicts Trouble
Berlin, June J. Dr. Heltt, the Tranttaal state
lecretary, ttyt In the Cologne Oaiitto, that
England will require a permanent garrison of
Wi.OfO soldiers in the Transtaat, and that "re
billion may bo expected for centuries." He be.
lleves that many Doert will trek to German
South Africa.
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THE NEWS THIS 3I0KNINU
Weathor InJIcatlom Toilay:
PARTLY CLOUDY.
1 Ocneral Report That Agulnaldo Ills Heel
Killed.
f;urtlora of the Hrst Republican Cont-nllon
Invited to Fhlladdphia .Meeting.
Rotlew of Work of Prccnt C'orgrits.
Philipplno Commission Arrltrs at Mnnllv
Dearth of Definite News from South Africa.
2 C-encrnl Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Financial and Commercial.
8 Local Ret. Dr. Faton Fpeaki In First and
Second Presbyterian Churches.
Mention of Some Men of tho Hour.
4 Kdltorial.
New and Comment.
8 Locil Remarkable Career cf Her. Dr.
O. Piton.
Reorganization of the Atlantic IeagiK
fl focil West Fcranton and Suliurbsn.
7 H&sa Dill News and Comment.
Round About the County.
8 local Llvo Industrial Ncfl.
Will of tho I.ato Mrs. Amerman.
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HORRORS OF THE
INDIAN FAMINE
Louis Klopsch. Publisher of tho
Christian Herald, Tails of tho Re
volting Scenes Witnegiod in
Bomb ay.
Rombay, June 3. Louis Klopsch, of
New York, publisher of tho Christian
Herald, who arrived here May 14 and
started at once on a tour of the famine
stricken district has returned after tra
veling through the most sorely smitten
portions of Hombay presidency, Includ
ing Cujerat and Uarolda, He makes
tho following statement of Ids obser
vations: "Everywhere I mot the most shock
ing and revolting scenes. The famine
camps havo been swept by cholera and
smallpox. Fugitives, scattering In all
directions and btrlcken In a night, were
found dying In tho fields and roadhldo
ditches. The numbers at one icllef sta
tion wore Increasing at tho rato of
10,000 per day.
"At Godhra thoro wero 3,t,00 deaths
from cholera within fours days, and at
Dohad 2,500 In the same period. Tho
hospital death rate at Oodhra and Do
had was SO per cent. The condition of
the stricken simply beggars descrip
tion. Air and water were Impregnat
ed with nn Intolerably stench of
corpses. At Ahmedabad the death rate
In the poor houso was 10 per cent. Ev
ery day I saw now patients placed
face to face with corpses. In every
fourth cot there was a corpse.
The thermometer read 115 In the
shade. Millions of llles hovered around
tho uncleansed dysentery patients.
"I visited tho smallpox and cholera
wards at Vlragam. All tho patients
were lying on the ground, there being
no cots. Otherwise their condition
was fair. I can fully verify the re
ports that vultures, dogs and Jackals
aro devouring the dead. Dogs have
been seen running around with chil
dren's limbs In their Jaws.
"The government Is doing Its best,
but the native olllclals nre hopelessly
and heartlessly Inefficient. lietween
the famine, tho plaguo nnd the chol
era, the condition of Bombay presi
dency is now worse than It has Wen
at any previous period In tho nine
teenth century. Whole families havo
been blotted out. The spirit of the
people Is broken nnd there may bo
something still worse to corao when
tho monsoon breaks."
BASE BAJLL UNION.
Walking Delegates Will Soon Con
front tho Magnates.
Philadelphia, June 3. Tho North
American will tomorrow say: A ball
players' union, with grips, signs, pass
words and walking delegates now
looms up to confront tho National
laigU( magnates. In another week or
so, If their plans carry right, the men
who wear on their bosoms the brands
of the eight big clubs will havo or
ganized under tho wing of tho Amer
ican Federation of Lator ob part and
parcel of that body, and entitled to
full protection and privileges.
Next Sunday afternoon nt Brooklyn
n delegation of three players from
each National league team will meet
Samuel Goinpers, pirsldent of the
American Federation of Labor. Tho
object of this meeting Is to organiza
tho ball playing Industry nnd elevate
players to tho plane of skilled labor.
Much caution wi exercised In ap
pointing delegtes and selecting a
secret meeting pUco, Brooklyn was
finally agreed upon.
Social Labor Party.
Kew York, Junn ft. Tht tenth annual con.
tentlon of the- Social Labor parly was continued
today with a morning serslcn In tha grand ccn
tral ralacc. 11. K. Kelnart made an address
and dclUercd a message of greeting from tho
socialists of Paris. Ho also presented to tho
contention a socialist tleg, that had been mad
by tha socialist women V TarlA
THE LAST DAYS
OF CONGRESS
Busiest Session, Accord
ing to Veterans,
in Years.
THB WORK ACCOMPLISHED
Rocord of tho Prosont Body StnndfJ
Woll with That of Othor Con
grcsEos, Though Loss Dramntlo
Thau at tho War Porlocl Import
ant Measures Passed or Started on
tho Road Toward Succoss Frionda
of tho Oloo Bill Throaton Troublo.
Final Adjournment on "Wednesday.
Washington, June 3. Tho record ot
the first session of the fifty-sixth con
gress Is now practically closed and It
Is' possible to survey the Important
work It has accomplished during tho
last six months. It has been a busy
congress, the busiest, according to
veteran oillclals, In many years. In
some respects the work has been loss
exciting than that of the preceding
congresses which covered tho dramatic
period when war was declared against
Spain, and nlso tho period of recon
struction and treaty-making with
Spain following the successful close of
tho war. Hut In work actually accom
plished and started toward accomplish
ment the records of tho present stands
well In comparison with the most en
ergetic congresses. Our now territorial
possessions havo received much atten
tion and while there hns been no de
finite action as to the Philippines or
Cuba, a form of government nnd a
means of raising revenue has been
provided for Porto Ulco and a com
prehensive territorial form of govern
ment has been given to Hawaii. Tho
financial net has made Important
changes in the laws relating to tho
parity of the metals, tho bonded In
debtedness, national banks nnd tho
security of the treasury by a gold re
serve. Tho Nicaragua canal bill has
passed the house and Is on tho calen
dar of the senate, ready for attention
when congress reconvenes. Tho anti
trust bill Is similarly advanced, tho
anti-trust constitutional amendment
has a defeat recorded against It. Tho
Pacific cable measure has passed tho
senate and is awaiting final action In
the house,
Sensational Case3.
Tho exclusion of Brlgham II. Roberts
from a seat In tho houso becauso of
his polygamous status, tho refusal of
tho sennte to ndmlt Mr. Quay on tbo
appointment of the governor of Penn
sylvania and the sensational charges,
Investigation and developments In tho
senate In tho case of Mr. Clark, of
Montana, havo added somo exciting
personal phases to the situation. In
vestigations have been prolific, Includ
ing the Inquiry into the Couer d'Aleno
mining riots In Idaho, tho various In
quiries on polygamy growing out of
the Roberts case and more recently
tho senate Investigation of the postal
and other Irregularities In Cuba.
The total of appropriations cannot
yet be stated with exactness, as five
bills are pending, but It Is approxi
mately JiOO.000,000 for tho session.
Tho senate In executive session has
been occupied to a considerable extent
with important treaties. Of these tho
treaties with Great Britain and Ger
many, closing the trlparto government
In Samoa and awarding to the United
States tho island of Tutuila with
Its valuable harbor of Pago Pago, has
been ratified, whllo tho commercial
reciprocity treaties with Franco and
tho British West Indian Islands and tho
Hay-Pauncefote treaty concerning the
Inter-oceanic canal, go over without
action. Tho Alaska code bill, giving a
completo civil system of laws to tho
territory, has passed both houses and
undoubtedly wilt become a law. Other
measures which have passed one houso
or tho other, but nro still ponding, In
clude thoso for the election of senator
by the people, authorizing the presi
dent to appoint a commission to study
commercial conditions In Japan and
China; for increasing the clllclency of
tho army by making service in tho
staff corps temporary; extending tho
eight-hour law; increasing tho annual
allowance of tho militia of tho country
from ? 100,000 to $1,000,000.
STOCK TRAIN WRECKED.
Throe Trainmen and Two Unknown
Boys Aro Killed.
Hamilton, Ohio., Juno 3. Tho en
glno of tho fast freight on tho Cin
cinnati. Hamilton and Indianapolis
radroad Jumped tho track west of thlf
city today. Eleven cars loaded with
stock were wrecked.
Timothy Mahoney, Etigen? Starkey
and Ambrose Smith, trainmen, nnd
two unknown boys who wero stealing
a ride, were kllltd.
Petition for Hog's Livers.
Ilerlln, Juno S. Tho Ilerlln butchers' guild
has presented a petition to tho hundearath In
accordance with the meat Inspiction hill claim
lug that hogi' Ihers and tongues are necessary
In tho manufacture of rausagiH, tint inspection
In such cases Is practicable nnd that their im
pcrtatlon thould l continued.
Pennsylvania Leads.
Washington, Juno ?. The exact numher of cen.
ni enumerator!! now at wcrk Is 62,(131 Pcnn.
sjlvanla leads tho list with 4.07G; New York
come next with 4.(92. Ahka has enly two anil
Neadi. M. Illinois has 3.3!'., Ohio 2.C03, Jiij.
60uri'2,CC2 and Indiana 1,90.
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Washington, June 3. Pcrccast for Mon- 4-
4- day and Tuesdays Kastcrn Pcnnayj. -f-
4- anla, partly cloudy nllli moderate 4-
4- temperaturo Mondaj-, Tueiday fair and 4-
4- warmer! fresh northerly winds. 4-
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