- (v C& :riktie. imntott -;c5iacia.? e7:r-r rv: 1 .- mb took' J13y TWO CENTS. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1900. TEN RAGES. TWO CENTS. Vfl"" ft t N" f UNITED STATES SENDS Brigadier General Chaf fee to Take Com mand. PLANS OF GOVERNMENT An Adequate Military Force Will Be Kept in China Until tho Troublo Is Over in tho Flowery Kingdom. The Cabinet Sustains the President in Refusing Chinese Minister's Be quest Minister Conger Is Still Si lent. Washington, June 26. Tho purpose of the government to place an ade quate military force in China was made perfectly clear today, when or ders were Issued to Brigadier General Adna It. Chaffee to take command ot the forces In China ami to proceed at once to assume his new duties. More significant, probably, than the assign ment Itself was the wording of the for mal orders to General Chaffee, Issued late In tho day by Acting Secretary of War Melkeljohn, directing him to take command of tho troops ordered to China, and to proceed to Pekln by way of San Francisco and Taku, accom panied by his aides. It had been ex pected that the military force would be concentrated at Che Foo or some other convenient military base, but the direction to proceed to Pekln, the capi tal of the Chinese empire, indicated a firm determination on the part of tho government authorities to have a strong military force at tho seat of the Chinese government. The announce ment of General Chaffee's assignment, and tho orders to proceed to Pekln, came after the state department had declined to accede to a second proposi tion from six great viceroys of China that foreign troops be kept out of China until Li Hung Chang reaches Pekln. In more formal manner, with the signatures of the six viceroys rep resenting the greater part of the em pire, Minister Wu repeated today his plea of yesterday that the foreign troops be kept out of the country. Secretary Hay laid the formal re quest of tho viceroys before the cabi net meeting, but there was no disposi tion to vary from tho president's de termination, already made known by Secretary Hay to the Chinese minis ter, to send our forces to such points as were menaced and where our offic ials and citizens were In danger. While the viceroys spoke for their provinces, they could not speak for Pekln, and It is certain that the officials must anx iously look. Conger Still Silent. Minister Conger Is still silent and tho latest advices have shown that little reliance can be placed on the dis patches from Shanghai saying that the ministers and legations at Pekln were safe. For this reason the orders to General Chaffee to proceed to Pekln took on an added significance. General Chaffee was In conference with the war department authorities much of the day and in the afternoon spent nearly an hour with Secretary Hay going over those phases of tho Chin ese situation In which diplomacy will have to be mingled with military ac tion. Secretary Long received no news during the day beyond an enrly dis patch from Admiral Kempft stating that the combined forces had entered Tien Tsln, and that the Seymour ex pedition was reported ten miles from Tien Tsln, surrounded. This cleared up one situation, only to present another condition which may prove even more grave. The casualty list of tho first engagement Is awaited anxiously and ariangement were made by the officials to have re lays through the night in order that this list might be handled with the greatest despatch und be given to the public at the first opportunity. Europeans Are Safe, Paris, June 20. The Chinese minister has communicated to M, Delcasse, the minister of foreign affairs, this even ing a telegrnm which ho received today from the viceroy of Yunnnn saying that M. Francois, the F rench consul, and those with him at Yunnan-Sen, started June 24 for Tonquln. The viceroy, it was added, had a number of well oillcered soldiers accompany ing the party for protection over tho entire routr nnd it was believed they would bo able to leave tho province without difficulty. The minister also said ho had received a dispatch say ing tho Europeans at Pekin on that date were well and safe, but its im portance was lost, as It was not dated. Fresh Fhase in Situation. London, June 27, 3.45 a. m. A fresh phase of the ebulition In China Is the probability of Immediate outbreaks in the great southern provincial cen ters. The populace there is dally as suming a more hostile attitude to wards foreigners; nnd the latter per ceive symptoms of a .general rising, 'especially at Nanking, where, accord ing tt a dispatch to the Dally Express latl yesterday, Kane Wu, one of the TROOPS TO PEKIN most truculent enemies of foreigners has nrrlved by way of the grand canal, armed with full powers from the em press to deal with the southern prov inces. The friendly attitude of Viceroy Liu Kun Ylh townrd foreigners has brought him into disgrace with Prince Tuan, president of the tsung 11 yamen. The unrest at Canton Is described by a dispatch from that city to tho Dally Telegraph dated Monday via Hong Kong, yesterday: "It is feared that we are In for a scene of bloodshed In the two Quang3 only parallelled dur ing tho Tal Ping rebellion. The signs of a murderous uprising are so mani fest that wealthy Chinese are hurry- THE BATTLESHIP OREGON. Famed for her long and perilous voyage gallant warship Is adding another laurel to her wreath by her splendid dash from Manila to Tien Tsin to check the Chinese fleet's bombardment of the American and European quarters of that city. lng from Canton and vicinity, taking their wives, families and valuables. "LI Hung Chang has again been per emptorily ordered to Pekln. His ene mies declare that they will murder him before he can reach there. His presence nlono restrains tho revolu tionary elements. His departure will let loose the black flags and red gir dles. Knowing this, LI Hung Chang's trusted ofllcers are sending their fom ilies to Hong Kong. "The viceroy himself trusts the Amerlcms In this crisis. He says that they alone want no territory and he places himself largely, almost unre servedly, In their hands. Missionaries Leave 'Canton. "At an important conference today, he reiterates this statement. "All the missionaries have been noti fied of the imminent peril through con fidential runners. They are leaving Canton hurriedly and only a few are now here. "Commander McLean, of the United States steamship Don Juan De Austria, is the first here to protect foreign In terests. He is capable and energetic, and Is reinforced by her majesty's steamship Itedpole. Two hundred for eign residents at Shameen are armed. "Tho Canton population reaches 2, 000,000, In addition to 250,000 living on Junks and sampans (llat-bottomed rlvre boats). "Most of these people are disaffected, nnd Incendiary proclamations are In creasing tho number of the virulent. "Shanghai cables that the French consul there has received a telegram from Shang-Tung, asserting that 11,000 Chinese troops are making a forced march from Shang-Tung to Pekln. "Two Jesuit fathers and one hundred native Christians have been murdered In the southern part of the province of Chi-Ll. The Chinese military author ities have been discovered recruiting at Shanghai, inside the foreign settle ment, and have been arrested In the act of constructing entrenchments around the European concessions. "A Chinaman, conected with war purchases for the Chinese government In Europe, who has been interviewed by the Dally Express, says that China has Immense quantities ot arms and ammunition and will 'stagger human ity' If driven to defend herself." DR. SWALLOW EN ROUTE. He Is Not Seeking n Nomination on Frohiblton Ticket. Pittsburg, June 20. The Hev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow, of Harrlsburg, passed through Pittsburg on his way to Chi cago to attend the Prohibition national convention. "Tho Prohibition party Is certain! stronger than it was four years ago. I look for an increased vote all over the country. The stand the adminis tration has taken in behalf of the army canteen will be of great aid to the Prohibition party. "I am not seeking tho nomination for president, but If it is tendered me, I shall accept. I will receive my great est support in the convention from my own state, the middle and eastern states." "Syndicate" Miler Case Up Again. New York, June 20. William V. Miller, the former manager of the Franklin syndicate, was brought from Sine Sing to this city today by Detective Jackson for a further hearing in hU bankruptcy case. Miller's attorney! fay lie will follow the sami. methods previously pursued, by refusing to state an thing regarding himself, on the ground that It might tend to incriminate him under the indictments still pending against him. Missionary Safe. New York, June 2ft At the board of for. elgn missions of the Methodist L'plscopal church today, it was said that a cable had been re celled through an Intermediary agency from Kcv. II. F. liajner, of lien Tsln, China, say. lng that Hev. F. Brown, a missionary at Che loo, vas safe. One More Body Recovered. McDonough, Ca., June 28. One more body, that of William Lawrence, section foreman, was recovered today from the wreck of the Houthern train. The swamps arc lielng searched for miles below the wreck. Many bodies are still uniden tified in McDonougU TOM SHARKEY GOES DOWN THE HEAVYWEIGHT MEETS HIS FIRST DEFEAT. Sailor Falls Beforo Gus Ruhlin in tho Fifteenth Bound in tho His torio Arona of tho Seaside Ath letic Club, Coney Island A Des perate Battle Throughout, New York, June 26. For the first time In his' pugilistic career Tom Shar key went down to a decisive defeat to night in the historic area of the Sea side Athletic club, Coney Island, and big Gus Ituhlln, the Ohio pugilist, was his conqueror. It was a clean knock out after fifteen rounds of lighting that made a memorable ring battle. Save In the matter of aggressiveness, Ituh lln led from the start In every feature of the game and at all times had tho fight well In hand. Sharkey did not give up his place in the light of first class heavyweights without a desper- around the Horn during our war with Spain, this ate struggle. No soldier ever gave more desperate battle, no man sinking to unconsciousness ever clung more de terminedly to his vitality. The deci sive battle and unexpected result was a surprise for the sporting public. Sharkey had met and at least stood oft all of the leading heavyweights now In the ring. Ho was known to be a giant In strength, courageous to a point beyond discretion and aggres sive. Ituhlln, on the other hand, had never made a particularly good show ing against any man of reputation and was regarded as a second-rater of a pronounced type. Hence there was apathy as to the light and, while there was some spirited betting, Ituhlln never showed better than seven to ten and It was even money that he would not last ten rounds. The management, in fact, de cided to put the general admission down to $1. There was a big crowd on hand, however, and they were treated to a rattling good fight with surpris ing results. Ruhlin Shows to Advantage. Ituhlln showed to great advantage from the spectators' viewpoint when the men stood up together. He had height and weight and reach, and looked big and muscular. His condi tion showed perfection, and his work as tho battle progressed showed that It was. Sharkey was not lacking in the matter of condition, either, and that cannot be urged In explanation or extenuation. At 10.15 when the men, answering the gong, came to the center, speculators went through the crowd offering two to one on Shorkej. At those figures there was a heavy play, and the talent did the paying. As the men sparred to an opening, It could be seen that Ruhlin showed im pioved footwork and greater clever ness In avoiding punishment. Ability in that respect, coupled with his nat ural advantages, gave him a superior ity which he never waived. He also showed fierce punishing powers, and It was only Sharkey's superb vitality that kept him from defeat earlier in the battle. He rather lacked in aggressiveness, and If he had gone In could have fin ished the battle much earlier than ho did. Sharkey, with that marvelous ag gressiveness which has made and marked his pugilistic career, made the pace from the square-off until he was helpless. He had met his master, how ever, and defeat, although slow, was inevitable. Each round brought him closer to It. Ruhlin kept away from his wild swings and desperate leads, and kept hammering his left and right into face and body. He cut the sailor's face until it was bathed In blood, and marked his chest and sides where he planted his powerful punches. They clashed In desperate clinches and were broken time and again. A Dramatic Finish. Sharkey showed an Inclination to rough it and wrestle In the clinches and the unsympathetic crowd would hiss and hoot at him. Cries of "foul" rang from the crowd, but the referee refused to -interfere. The finish was dramatic. Sharkey had gone down in the eighth round and had struggled through tho fourteenth by a desperate effort and was but little revived when he came up for the fifteenth. He made a wild try with his left nnd when he missed ItuhtTn caught him on the Jaw with his light. Ruhlin sprang In and beat the Irishman down to the floor with a volley of punches. The resolute fighter struggled to his feet and when Ruhlin came In, clutched him around the waist. Ituhlln shook him oft and dropped him again. A thousand men, frenzied In their excitement, surround ed the ring and thero were a din of hoarse yells, Sharkey scrambled up again and then stagged against the ropes, Ru.illn seemed unable to finish htm and that would have been a char ity. Sharkey went down for the third time, but, with dogged determination, staggered to his feet. He was blind and unsteady and a punch put him down. The referee stepped in and end ed the contest. Sharkey was helpless. Billy Madden sprung into the ring and kissed his portege, and then aided In carrying him from the ring, Ituhlln was unmarked, while Sharkey bore n score of bruises. Sharkey was much downhenrtened, but said he had no excuses to make. He was willing to meet his conqueror again, and had $10,000 to wager that there would bo a different result on the next meeting. When seen In his dressing room, Ruhlin acted like a big child. "Well, what did you think of it?" was his greeting to the Interviewers. "Didn't I do all right. I'm a big, slow fellow and can't fight, maybe, but I won, didn't I? I'm not hurt and feel fine." REBELLION NOW OVER. Sir Charles Warren Reports That the Trouble in Cape Colony Is at an End. London, June 26, 11.23 p. m. Tho war ofilce has received the following dis patch from Lord Roberts: "Pretoria residency, June 26. Sir Charles Warren reports that tho be belllon in Cape Colony, north of the Orange river, Is now over. The last formidable body, under Commandant Dp Villlers, surrendered on June 20, consisting of about 220 men, 280 horses, eighteen wagons, 260 rifles and 100,000 rounds of ammunition. "General Baden-Powell reports that pacification Is going on satisfactorily In the Rustenberg district." LADY CURZON ON FAMINE. Almost 850,000,000 Have Been Dis ' tributed in Relief. Chicago, June 26. Lady Curzon, vice reine of India, writing to S. D. Etd rldge, ot tho Chicago India famine re lief committee, says: "The famine is greater in Its Intens ity over the areas afflicted than at any previously ded visitation. Fewer persons will die, yet Incomparably more persons ore suffering. The abso lute falluie of the two last autumn and spring harvests and the unprecedented loss of cattle in western and central India makes the task of recuperation more arduous than on any previous occasion. "The government has reduced the rate of mortality, and even in the worst districts the figures show only a slight excess over the normal rate. The gov ernment has spent $26,000,000 upon di rect relief, $10,000,000 upon suspensions and remissions of land revenue, $0, 000,000 upon advances for the purchase of seed and cattle and J5.000.000 upon loans to tho distressed states. The re lief committee has distributed $2,500,000 through various channels." NEW PHILADELPHIA MINT. How 71,000,000 Silver Dollars Wore Transferred to It. Philadelphia, June 26. Seventy-one million silver dollars have been trans ferred from the old mint on Chestnut street to the new building at Sixteenth and Spring Garden streets. The dollars were coined as security for the last Issue of silver certificates. Every precaution was taken for the safety of the money. One thousand dollars were placed In a single canvass bag and the bag was labelled with the number of the counter. The bag was then placed In a small pine box, also numbered. Express wagons were util ized In carrying the money from the old mint to the new, one hundred boxes being -daced In a wagon. Two armed guaras accompanied each wagon. The silver vaults at the new mint have a capacity of 110,000,000 sll er dollars. ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS. They Nominate a Partial Ticket at Little Rock Boom for Hill. Little Rock, Ark., June 26. The Democratic state convention today nominated the partial state ticket, headed by Jeff Davis for governor and John W. Crockett for secretary of state. The ticket was not completed, owing to a wrangle over allowing the vote of Mississippi county to be cast by a proxy for state auditor, and the convention adjourned until tomorrow. A resolution was offered Instructing for David H. Hill, of New York, for vice president. A demonstration fol lowed and there wete loud cries of "Yes," nnd "No," the Hill contingent seeming to be in tlu majority. Under the rules, the resolution was referred without debate to the committee on resolutions. The H1U followers claim the reception accorded the resolution by the convention today Insures Its adoption tomorrow. POSTMASTER AT HONOLULU. President Signs Commission of Jo seph M. Oats. Washington, June 26. The president signed today the commission of Joseph M. Oats as postmaster at Honolulu. Tho commission for postmaster at that place had previously, through an error, been made In the name of John M. Oats, brother of the present ap pointee. WILL CALL FOR S5,0O0,000. Secretary Gage to Notify Govern ment Depository Banks. Washington, June 26. The secretary of the treasury will, tomorrow, Issue his third call on depository banks for $5,000,000 held by them as deposits. The money is to be returned to the treasury July 16. Captain Powers Arrested. Louisville, June 2U. A despatch from Harlan was arrested here today, charged with being an wa anrsted hero today, charged with being n aciessory to the murder of Governor Coebel. Powers at once instituted hibcas corpus pro. cccdlngs. lie holds a pardon tiwucd by Cover, nor Taylor while In ollkr, and was released once before on habeas corpus proceedings in Kno county. Captain Powers is a brother of Former Secretary of State Caleb Powers. m i Young Negro Murdered. Molena, Oa., June CS. Jordan Hlmes, a young negro, was pulled from Ills bed Isst night, takru about a mile from home and shot to death by unknown pjrties. No cause for tho killing Is known. MANSION THAT MAY lHKfev4 vj-f.i. ".--.. - ii &..- DI : : :il:; - - sisiiiiiiiiiisiisBHPPxi l'i ''""""'i i; SM WinJt MEA,', Hf-vv4EflLliHsysilssiiiH ' sHnLJ :;"'M.iflsVb&-rk (ijM WffjitWt $ MtBUEjm " vsHmmJiMjI Uk)JHssiiiiiiBs?! X r fWkWtWWsMWC? H The United States Legation at Pekin Is quartered in a handsome house In the centre of a line garden. When the cherry blossoms full upon its pretty portico and the airlsalla-quiver with vernal scents, It is a charming rcsUence. Just now it Is (eared the stately building may be a charnel house, tesmlng with the reek of recent slaughter. Our mln ister and alt his per sonal and official family are believed to have been massacred by the Boxers. PENNSYLVANIA LAWYERS MEET SIXTH ANNUAL GATHERING AT CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS. Over Three Hundred Judges and Lawyers from All Parts of the State Assemble A Chief Feature o tho Session Was the Reports of the Committee Containing Sugges tions for Reforms in Laws of the Commonwealth Address by John V. Richards. Cambridge Springs, Pa., June 26. The sixth annual meeting of the Penn sylvania Bar association began today at the Hotel Rider, in this resort, and from present Indications will be replete with interest. About 300 Judges and lawyers from all parts of the state are in attendance. The chief feature of the opening sessions was the reports of the committees containing sugges tions for reforms In the laws of the commonwealth. Alexander Simpson, Jr., of Philadelphia, chairman of the committee on law reform, presented a proposed act of assembly radically changing the law regarding municipal claims. The report of the committee on legal education, submitted by Rob ert Snodgrass, of Harrlsburg, Its chair man, contained the draft of a statute placing admissions to the bur under the control of a state board of exam iners consisting of five members from different counties, to be appointed by the supremo court. The committee on expert testimony presented a bill providing for official experts In court cases, thus raising In another form a question which was hot discussed a year ago. Walter George Smith, of Philadel phia, outlined the progress that had been made to bring about uniformity In legislation In the several states, and William Penn Lloyd, of Mechanlcs burg, reported as treasurer that there was $3,722.02 to the association's ctedlt and 844 members on the roll. Addresses of the Day. The report of the membership com mittee showed that seventy-six law yers had been admitted to the organ ization duilng the past year and twenty-two were on the waiting list. Tho addresses of the day were made by Lyman D. Gilbert, president of the as sociation, and John K. Richards, solic itor general of the United States. Mr. Gilbert took for his topic the changes which had recently taken place In the practice of law. He pointed out that the modern practitioner was no longer a student and advocate, but has grown to be a man of many affairs, who was apt to lose sight of the Ideals of his profession unless he held them faith fully In mind. In the evening Solicitor General Richards discussed the logical position of congress and the adminis tration In relation to our foreign pos sessions. Full text of the address by Solicitor General Richards appears on page 5. STATE EDITORS MEET. Editorial Association Views the Sights at Wilkes-Barre. Wllkes-Barre, June 20. The mem bers of the Pennsylvania State Edito rial association are holding their twenty-eighth annual summer outing In this city. Tho board of trade, In con Junction with the city councils and tho local newspaper men, have prepared an elaborate programme for the enter tainment of the visitors. As fast as the visiting editors nnd publishers ar rived today they were taken In charge by reception committees and escorted to their hotels. Late this afternoon many of the visi tors were taken In special trolley cars to Wyoming monument, the scene of the great Indian maiVacro In 1778. This evening there was a reception at the Hotel Sterling, which was largely at tended. Prohibition Convention. Chicago, June 20. Tho state prohibition con vention today selected delegates at large to tbc national convention which will meet tomorrow. No Instructions were given the delegates and It Is understood the v.otP still be nearly evenly divided lietneen Hale Johnson and John (1. Wool ley, who are both ot Illinois. A full state ticket was nominated, headed by Judge V. V. Barms for governor and J. A. Henderson, for lieutenant governor. i . Spanish War Veterans. Orank Forks, N. D., Juno 26. The State 0. A. II encampment is being held here today and will not break up until the 2Sth. The provisional department of Veterans of the Spanish War will work during this encampment to perfect an or ganization for this state, Pennsylvania Pensions. Washington, June 26. Tho pension of Mary D. Douglass (widow), ot Wilkes-Barre, bu been increased to $10 a month. BE CONGER'S TOMB. THE NEWS THIS JIORNLYG Weather Indications ToJayt 1 LOCAL SHOWERS. 1 General Uncle Sam Sends Troops to Chlni. Jr. O. U. A. M. Squabble. Meeting of the Slate Par Association. Pugilist Sharkey Has Ills Waterloo. 2 General Northeastern Pennsjlvanla. Whitney's Weekly News Iludget. Financial and Commercial. 3 General The Kmprrss Dowager of China. "Two Nights in June" (Story.) 1 Editorial. News and Comment. S General Address of Hon. John K. Wclnrds Before the Pcnnsjhanli Itir Association. 8 Local Olwtructlrg Winding-up of Firemen's Convention Fair Matters. Hoy Drowned In Roaring Brook. 7 Local Kverhart's Condition Does Not War. rant Release. Commencement at St. Cecelia's. s Local West Scranton nnd Subnrban. 0 Round About the County. 10 Local Live Industrial News. Gerrity Refuses to Move His Forge. PROPOSAL OF THE PROBITIONISTS They Will Support Bryan in Return for a Temperance Plank in the Party Platform. Chicago, Juno 2G. Tho Record tomor row will say: It developed today ttyat the prohibi tionists of the United States expect to go beforo the Democratic national con vention at Kansas City, July 4, with a list of one million voters pledged to support William J. Bryan If the Demo cratic party will adopt a prohibition plank In Its platform. The advocates of this movement do not expect the Democrats to favor such a plank, but they believe and Insist that It will be the entering wedge which will finally split one or the other of the two great parties and build upon the ruins the foundation of a new party. TAYLOR'S FLYING TRIP. The Former Governor of Kentucky Probably Headed for Canada. Rochester, N. Y June 20. William S. Taylor, late Republican governor r.f Kentucky, passed through this morn ing arriving on the Lehigh Valley fioin Philadelphia. He was driven "rapidly to the New York Central station, where he took a train for Niagara Falls. Mr. Taylor was accompanied only by his wife and carried no bag gage. He was not recognized by manv persons as he had had his moustache shaved off. It is thought that he was des. tlned for Canada. Mr. Taylor refused to answer questions. ILLINOIS PROHIBITIONISTS. State Convention in Session at Chi cago Today. Chicago, June 26. The state Prohibi tion convention met here today to nominate a full state ticket, candidates for congress and the state legislature, and to select'delegates at large to the national convention, which meets here tomorrow. The Rev. II. II. Rannon, of Rockford, wan temporary chairman. As two candidates for the presiden tial nomination Halo Johnson and John G. Wooley are from Illinois, ac tion In regard to Instructions was watched for with considerable inter est. Twelve delegates at large and altern ates were selected. Steamship Arrivals. New York, June 20. Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm Der Grosso, Bremen, etc.; Columbia, Liverpool, Cleared Westernland, Antwerp! Germinlc. Llv. erpool; St. Paul, Southampton. Sailed Steam er Georglc, Liverpool. Gibraltar Arrived: I'.ms, New York for Naples and Genoa. Sailed: Kaiser Wllhelm If, from Genoa and Naples, for New York. Southampton Sailed; Trave, New York via Cherbourg. Arrived: Steamer Kaiserln Maria Theresa, New York for Bremen. Stilly Tassed: Spaarndam, New York for Boulogne and Rotterdim. Lizard Fascd: Steamer 1'atatea, New York for Hamburg. Bethlehem Directors. Bethlehem, l'J., June 26. At the annual meeting of the Bethlihem Iron company today the following cllrettors were elected: R. II. bajre, Joseph Wharton, K. 1". Wilbur, It. P. I.lndennan, Beauvcau Borle, J, II, Llpplncott and R. W. Davenport. There wero 121,091 shares voted. The directors did cot organize ow lng to the lark of quorum. Brooklyn Leaves Manila, Manila, June 27, The United States armored cruiser Brookljn, with 300 marines from Cavite, has sailed for Na?aski, where sbt will coal and from which she will go to Taku. The United States transport Logan with the Ninth infantry and the United States gunboat Princeton will follow tomorrow. THE MECHANICS IN A BIG ROW Jr. 0. U. A. M. Shaken Up at Lancaster. , HALL DOORS WERE LOCKED Tho Insurgents of tho Body Hold a Meeting and Decide to Recede f roml the Order Breach with Officers o tho Old State Council Is Widened by Charges Against tho Officers. Lancaster, Pa., June 26. Up to tha hour ot meeting of the special session of the state council Junior Order Uni ted American Mechanics this morning each faction seemed eager for the fight and a rupture was acknowledged on all sides as Inevitable, while a largo proportion of the delegates expected the sessions would break up In a row. The insurgents were Jubilant over tho legal proceedings Instituted before Judge Weiss at Harrlsburg, yesterday, and exultantly declared they were con fident of winning. The loyalists wero no less conlldent and prayed that their opponents would meet with a big sur prise. This prediction came true, for when the delegates assembled at Ful ton Opera house at 10 o'clock this morning they found the doors locked and learned from the proprietors that tho ofllcers of the state council ha.l paid the rent for two days and, accord ing to a notice tacked on tho door, had adjourned the session until Sep tember. This notice, after stating that the ofllcers were compelled to be In Harrlsburg on account of the legal pro ceedings, postponed the sessions In tho following words: "Therefore, we, the board of ofticcra find It nfceessary and do hereby post pone the special session of tho stato council of the Jr. O. U. A. M. called for June 26, 1900, until Monday, Sept, 17, 1900, at Philadelphia." James W. McCleary mounted tho opera house steps and addressed tho Insurgent delegates. He said that as all the stato ofllcers were absent, it would be proper for tho past stato councillor, Daniel G. Evans, of Pitts burg, to preside, and moved that tho delegates adjourn to tho Orange Street Opera house and hold the sessions there. This was adopted with a yell and the delegates proceeded io the new place of meeting in a body. In the absence of the regular officers were selected, with Past Councillor Evans presiding: State vlco-councll-lor, Thomas J. Mayer, of Unlon'.own; state council secretary, George Ford, Philadelphia; state council treasurer. Warden E. Reese, St. Clair; state council Inside sentinel. v. TTnrrln Downlngton; outside sentinel M. Xoas, Philadelphia; state council chaplain. Rev. Bartholomew, Cressona. A new credentials committee was appointed, consisting of Reese, of Philadelphia; Wcstermun, of Allegheny, and Mc Clung, of Pittsburg. An adjournment was then taken until 3 p. m. Afternoon Session. At this afternoon's session of the "In surgent" convention of the Junior Or der United American Mechanics, tho delegates decided to secede from tho national council. The committee on credentials reported that the creden tials of a majority of tho delegates were correct and they- wero seated, as were also those whose credentials wero not passed upon at the morning ses sion. The principal business of tho ses sion came when a resolution was pre sented, signed by nearly forty dele gates, by which the state council with drew from the national council and severed all Telations with It later. After a lively debate the resolution was passed, with only six dissenting votes. An amendment to the resolu tion was also ndopted, pledging tha council's support to tho orphans from Pennsylvania In the Mechanics' homo at Tlflln, O. The breach with the ofllcers of tha old state council was further widened when tho meeting decided to prefer charges against the old board of offi cers, Including their secretary, Edward S. Deemer, of Philadelphia, for "viola tion of the trust of tho members In this state In misrepresenting tho stato council nnd committing It to long and expensive litigation in collusion with the national officers In an effort to In timidate and coerce the subordinate councils in Pennsylvania. The charge were referred to a committee eomposel of C. L. Wahner. G. R. Lelhton, F. P. Kevins, of Philadelphia., and A. F. Koah, of Pittsburg. Tho stato ofllrers will be cited to appear before this committee. There will bo another ses sion tomorrow. Proceedings Continued. Harrlsburg, June 2C The proceed lngs before Judge Weiss for a, writ ot attachment against tho officers of tho state council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics, to show cause why they should not be imprls-. oned for contempt of court for violat ing an order not to attempt to collect the per capita tax of fifteen cents, levied by the National council at Min neapolis last summer, was continued today until July 16, at the request of ex-Attorney General Hensel, of Lan caster, counsel for the National coun- ell, who was unable to be present. Counsel for the State council agreed that no attempts had been made to col lect this tax or representation denlod to the subordinate councils, which have refused to pay It pending the proceed lngs. f- t -f- -t- -- -f -f WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Juno 26. Forecast for 4- Wednesday and Thursday: F.astern Tenn- 4- lylvania SUowers Wednesday evening or 4- night; brisk southwesterly winds; fair Thursday. -f -t"t"t"t- f ( Y
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