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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1000.
MR. WOODRUFF 10
. COLORED MEN
lieut, governor compares
. -:m"'kinleyto Lincoln.
Address to Negroes nt Blnfjlmmton.
Anniversary Colehrntlon of Eman
cipation Proclamation Freedmen
Reminded That the Republican
Party Bestowed Their Liberties.
Dy Inclusive, Wiie from Tin! Associated 1'iess.
DlnBlfntnton, N. Y., Sept. 27. Lieu
tenant Governor Woodruff addressed ft
Janro gathering of colored persons of
this and other states today. In celebra
tion of the anniversary t the Kmancl
jiatlon Proclamation. In his speech,
without dwelling upon the Issues of
tin two political parties, ho paid par
ticular attention to the characteristics
of Abraham Lincoln, which he said
v.or .found In ft marked degree In
President MeKlnley. Ho said In part:
Tlic girat part) which conferred rillrcnslilp
nnd the right nt gnlTragx? on the iieiro stands
opposed t the con-piracy which In tome places
robs him cf the ballot. It has gone t the ery
serge of its constitutional power nml nuthori'y
to protect the negro In the exciclc ot hi rights
as n citizen. In nil your thoughts tor the ele
ction nt jour lace do not forget that the ex
tent ol the cxccutlte picrogatltc is linilti'il.
Tlie president rannot independently Interfere
with these matters, but inuit look to the con
cross ot the nation. J'ou may dcpcnl upon It
that had he the power jou would have thanks
to glto upon this day for a wider freedom,
emanating fiom his eetise of fair play. which Is
n conspicuous characteristic ot our present ex
cciitltc, William McKlnUy.
Tlie crowning glory of Lincoln's ndminislra
tlon was the emancipation of the black Uses
of tho south and the lilwratlon of their while
masters from a wholly unrrpubliean condition of
life. The crowning glory of McKinlcy's ndmin
Istratlon has betn tlie liberation of the people
nf the Philippines, nf Cuba, nf Porto Hlco. fiom
tlie tyianny of a dynasty still bhrouded in the
tlarkness nf the middle apes which threatened
the neighboring spirit of nineteenth century
republicanism.
Lincoln Kidded tlie ship ol state safely amid
the dangerous rocl.s of foreign complications
by the rarest diplomaci, narrow 1) ntortlng a
war with Knghnd. MeKlnley, with equal suc
cess, steered clear of the mines laid for our
detraction bv the powers of'contincntal Kurope
who sympithb-rd with Spain as Kngland had
eytrpithizcd with the south.
tallied in war have been the Kins of jour
race. In the Citil war move than 1-0,100 negroes
were enlisted and took pirt In 250 battles. In
the forefront of the fight the coloied men were
fovid ot 1'ort Pillow, the Crater, Port Hudson
and Wilson's laimllng. In our late war with
f-prln the negro soldier at m .liian Hill and on
the sea won iinmoital time with the heroes of
Jf.nili ll.iv.
In eelebritlng this aiuiitcrsiry of your freeilom
remember, my friends that the parlt nf I.m
roln, (ii.int and MeKlnley is lospoiisihle for all
the- libertv jou now enjoy You o.c to tlie
nrmlcs of the republic in nlilili ou fought
nnd to tho ttat n-.cn of the party o( human
rights the r.iiUude you hate met to csprcss on
this aiir.iicrraiy of the day when, thirty -five
jeais ago, jou wcim baptize 1 in the Fiiuliglit
cf fieieloin and licuins cltizeiu nf the treat
American rej U.lic.
GENERAL CHAFFEE VISITS LI.
a;
An Informal Discussion of the Set
tlement in China.
(Copyright, 1100, The Asoi iated Piess.)
Tlen-Tsln, Sept. 24. Gcncial Chaffee
has arrived :ind conferred 1th tho
staff olllceis of different departments,
with a view to establishing a winter
babe in the vicinity of Tlen-Tsln. lie
vent to Tongku and made a genet al
Inspection. The present plan, It Is
understood, Is tentative and based on
the possible retention of the existing
foice. The plan contemplates placing
tho troops under canvas outside the
c!t
The general visited 1.1 Hung Clnng
and informally discussed the outlook
for a settlement. It Is understood he
proffered an American officer to accom
pany the viceroy to Pekln. Xo other
power except Itussla has yet officially
recognized I.I Hung Chang's pretence.
Field Marshal Count von Waldeisee,
commander In chief of tho interna
tional forces, arrives here tomoriow.
He will ha received by a review of the
troops of the allied nations.
It Is reported that the TJusslans,
after the capture of the I.u-Tal forts,
began rushing troops north along the
railroad for the purpose iif occupying
Shan-Hal-Kuan.
MORE MISSIONS DESTROYED.
Numerous Anti-Christian Riots in
Kwang-Si and Kwang-Tung.
in- Kxelmlte Wire from The Assoclitcd Press.
'Hong Kofigj Sept. 27. The American
Presbyterian and Catholic missions at
Shek-I.ung, on the IJast river (Tung
Klang), have been destroyed. The
priest In charge of the itter mission
escaped and was protected by a man
darin. Numerous anti-Christian dlstuib
nnces nro also reported In the prov
inces of Kwang-Sl and Kwang-Tung.
Tlib authorities are employing active
measures to suppress the outbreak, and
theio have been several executions.
Native Christians are (locking to Can
ton. MOUNTAINS OF ANTHRACITE.
tfearly a Million Tons of Reserve
Supply in Jersey.
fly i:clusnc Wire from Th. As-oiuteil Prc.
New B'-unswIck, N. J., Sept. 27.
Half of the reserve anthracite coal
supply of tho eaut Is at present In
Middlesex county, within twelve miles
Df this city. Tho exact supply Is given
ns 2,193.nno tons, of which 930,000 tons
ar, in thl.s county, being distributed as
follows: Perth Amboy, 300.000 tons;
South Amboy, 310,003 tons; South
Plalndeld, 310,000 tons.
Whan tho transportation companies
sere, some yeara ago perplexed by tho
noblem of keeping tlvslr rolling stock
n motion, tho plan of storing tho coal
n immense piles was devised, and
Unce, that time the storage grounds ut
louth Amboy nnd South Plalnfield
lave been used for thnt purpose.
WAYNE COUNTY FAIR.
attracts Large Crowds at Honesdnle.
-., Exciting Races.
Ipeejal to tli Sciantou Tribune.
ilonesdale, Sept. 27. The crowd at1
the. fair yesterday was tiemendous, tho
attendance exceeded any In the history
ot -tho fair. Tln balloon nu(?nslon
was ft success, and all the races ex
citing. In the 3.00 class Albert, en
tered by rt. M. Abrams, of Pll'tston,
took the puise nnd lirst place In all
three heats; Kiss, by H. T. Whitney, of
Ilonesdale, ptond 3 I! 3; Lolu C. by G.
It. 'Orevellng, Cnrbondale, storxl 3 2 2,
and-H. C. W.,by Wllllnms of Carbon
dale, fourth place In the three heats.
In the 2.23 class Wilkes Medium" won
In, the fourth heat as follows: 2 1 1 11
Gold Keeker stood l 3 3 2 Strathallne,
8 3 2 3. Tho third race, 2.40 clnsB, was
won by Allen R, of carbondale, in the
fourth, heat as follows: 112 1; Albert
stood 2 2 12; Independent Claru, by C.
M. Leonard, Afton, N. Y., .13 3 3; George
Dewey, of Port Jervls, 4 4 4-1. Tho one
hundred yard foot race was won by
Walter Swiff with Ned Swdyer second;
It. Dlsch, third and Jacob Stohr,
fourth. Time, eleven seconds.
Silver Chimes, of Hcrttnlon, broke
tho tiack iccord of 2.17"i. making It
2.16i. To beat double team track rec
ord was made by Nancy Tlmo and
Wnnda, of Scranton, In 2.-31. They were
entered by J. L. Crawford.
The bicycle race was won by W.
Welser. Time, 2.33. with Webb second;
SchlFsler. third; Kggleson, fourth, und
Keller, fifth place.
Asa rtryant In his attempt to brenk
the 1.03H record, made It In 1.07. J. 11.
Kelley, of Ser'nnton, was starter of the
races.
GAY MASHER JAILED.
Married Man Engaged to a Dozen
Belles Is in Trouble.
Uy Kxeluslte Wiie from The Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Sept. 27. Arthur Green,
formerly a well-known salesman, re
siding In Allegheny, nnd considered one
of tho handsomest men In this vicin
ity, Is now confined In tho Mayvllle.
N. Y jail, until he decides to pav a
Judgment secured against him In a sen
sational suit brought by Miss Cather
ine H.ibcock. of Jamestown, M. Y. At
torney David L. Starr, of this city, was
interested In the case at Chautauoua
and stated yesterday that a large
number of Pittsburg girls have boon
fooled and are wearing dejected looks
because of Oreen's attentions at Chau
tauqua. He was engaged, It Is alleged,
to a dozen girls from Allegheny county
at one time, although ho is a married
man,
Tho story of the man's alleged de
ception as recited by Attorney Starr
yesterday is astounding. Gieen, who
removed from Allegheny three years
ago to Massachusetts, with his family,
spent much of his summer vacation at
Chautaurj.ua. In 1S99 he became en
gaged to Miss Uabcock, a well-known
Jamestown society belle, and she al
leges they vere about to be married,
when she learned he was a married
man. She had a capias lfsued for his
arrest and nsked $10,000 damages. He
skipped out befote the capias could be
served. Later she hecured a vet diet
against him for $'.',000. Ho paid no at
tention to the verdict and In August of
this year returned to Chautauqua as
usual to resume his flirtation. She
had hlin arrested and he Is still In jail,
becaus. he jefuses to pay the mony
In the meantime Mrs. Green, who
was also well known here, secured a
divorce. Since the story came out It
developed that Green was paying at
tention to a number of gills from
Pittsburg and that he was really en
gaged, It Is said, to at least u dozen
fair dames from this section. There
was considerable anxiety In social
circles here for fear these ladles' names
might, in some manner, be disclosed
or used during the ttlal of the case.
MURDERED BY BURGLARS.
Hired Boy Found Employer with His
Throat Cut.
fly Kxelushc Wire from 'Ihe Associated Press,
Waverly, N. Y., Sept. 27. Herman
Clausen, a farmer living about three
miles from here, died this morning from
the effects of a murderous assault
made upon him at bis name Monday
night, lie was a bachelor anel lived
alone with a hired boy.
During the night Clausen heard some
one In the house and found two men In
the sitting room.
They at once attacked him. Indicting
fatal stab wounds w It'll a knife. The
boy knew nothing of the affair until
morning, when he found his employer
lying on the floor with an ugly gash
across the throat. The motive of tho
assault was robbery, as Clausen had
about $J00, which the assailant's ob
tained. One arrest has been made.
TURKEY SAUCE TO BE COSTLY.
Jersey's Cranberry Crop Is Cut by
More Than Half.
Ily Ksxlusiic Wire from The Associated Press.
Medford, N. J.. Sept. 27. As was pre
dicted, the cranberry crop In the south
ern part of Huillngtou county has been
cut very short. The bogs of nvans &
Wills, nt Friendship, yielded 9,000 bush
els. Two years ago the crop was 23,000
bushels. The Taunton bogs owned by
the Hlnchm.in estate, which in former
years avetaged 13,000 bushels, yielded
lens than 2,000 this year, while 3,000
bushels were picked fiom Edmund
Praddock's bogs this year, to an aver
age of 7,000 In other years.
In smaller boss, wheie tho average
picking Is from 500 to 2,000 bushels, it
is cut down thlc year to from 300 to
1,200 bushels. The glowers, however,
expect good prices.
FORTUNE IN A NAME.
Wife of a Grocery Clerk Left $35,000
by a Philadelphia Namesake.
Py r.xeluslie Wire from The Asioi iated Pro.
Lynn, Mass., Sept. 27. From a 510-a-week
position to a fortune of $8300
without warning Is tho experience of
Ora Hortsman, whoso wife tecelved
wo'M this morning that n namesake of
her'! In Philadelphia, who was not
even a i dative, had left her her es
tate. Mr. Hortsman Is a grocery clerk and
has been dependent on his week's
wages for a living. On receiving this
sudden Information, he was almost
overcome, but, after the excitement
had worn olf, he askd for a brief
vacation, which was granted.
Mr. and Mrs. Horatman will go to
Philadelphia nnd arrange for the
transfer of tho property. Mr. Hurst
man, who Is about 30 jears old, now
lias visions of n store of his own,
PACIFIC COMMERCIAL MUSEUM.
Coast Products to Be Exhibited in
San Francisco.
Py I'xclmiio Wire fiom Ihe ssoelateJ Press.
San Francisco, Sept. 27. The Pacific
Commercial Museum, modeled after
similar Institution at Philadelphia, has
completed Its organization by electing
Irving M. Scott, president, Eugene
Goodwin, secretary, and Isaac I'pliam,
treasurer.
It Is amply provided with funds, and
will soon begin the collection of tho
products of the Pnelile coast, which
are to form a permanent exposition In
this city.
NEW BESSEMER PLANT OPENS.
Republic Steel Woiks at Youngstown
to Employ GOO ISTon.
Dy Ilxcluolio Wire fiom The A-uoilatcd Press.
Youngstown, O., Sept. 20. The new
Uessemer plant of the Republic Iron
and Steel company was lighted early
this morning.
The mill has a capacity of COO tons of
steel billets a day, and will Give em
ployment to 600 hands.
DAVITT SAYS BOERS
WERE BLUFFERS
SYMPATHIZER LEAVES TRANS
VAAL DISGUSTED.
Gratltudo Never Shown Liberty or
Death Cry Before Battle of Kroon
stadt a Sensational Play to Gal
leries. lly Hiclmitc Wire from Tlie Associated Press.
London, Sept. 27. The Pretoria cor
respondent of the Standard In a recent
dispatch throws an entirely new light
upon Michael Davltt's experiments In
the Transvaal and his feelings townrd
the' Uoers. In view of Mr. Davltt's
contributions to tho American press
during nnd subsequent to his visit to
tho seat of war, the Standard's dis
patch Is of Interests. It Is as follows:
"Mr. Michael Davltt left Pretoria on
the 15th of May, 'broken and sick nt
heart,' accorellng to the words he him
self used on the railway platform. The
Rev. H. I. Batts, Uaptlst minister, has
recorded them, and they are testified
to by the Ilev. Henry W. Goodwin,
Congregational minister.
" 'Ho told me,' says Mr. Butts, 'that
he that morning advised tho Transvaal
government If they would commend
themselves In the eyes of the world and
obtain the sympathy of the European
nations that they should at once wire
Lord Hoberts to this effect: 'Now that
the Free State Is conquered and we
are quite unable to resist alone tho
might of England In the Interests of
humanity nnd to prevent further blood-
nbo,l svn e-11l ailrronr1e '
" 'Instead of doing this,' said Mr.
Davitt. 'tliey have Fent a message oi
a threatening character, telling Lord
Hoberts Hint they will blow up the
mines or destroy Johannesburg If some
terms are not made. What the terms
are they do not state, and they do
not really mean to carry out tho
tin eat. Their whole action will cover
th"in with Ignominy and contempt be
fore the civilized world. They purpose
prolonging the business without ser
iously meaning to fight, for the ono
object of heaping up tho bars of gold
they nro teklng from the mines nnd
of accumulating nnd hoarding them
In obedience to the dictation of that
old man, Paul Kruger.
" 'That ol d man, Paul Kruger.' con
tinued Mr. Davltt, 'Is engaged In a
sort of spiritualist teance business
with some blind boy, predicting events
that are to happen on certain days. I
came out here at my own expense; It
has cost me $300. I was full of en
thusiasm for these people. They know
me, they know my feelings, but they
have never trusted me. Today they
rt fused to give me any Information as
to tho situation for my papers, and I
go away broken and sick at heart. I
nm thoroughly disillusioned. For nut
to remain In this atmosphere Is no
longer possible; I .-annot endure it.
They ask mei'Why go away so soon?
Things are not so bad as you think.'
'What.' said I, 'when 10.000 men re
tire, as at Kroonstad. and practically
run awny without ring a shot.'
Burghers Are Ungrateful.
" 'I went down to Kroonstad and saw
their positions. They were excellent.
The Doers thoroughly deceived me.
They assured me that they would dis
pute every Inch of ground and would
sell their liberties with their lives.
What happened you know. All along
the lino I have been refused their con
lldence, and have been thoroughly de
ceived. I wrote to my papers this rub
blsh nbout the grand stand that was
to be made at Kroonstad speaking
tthrough them to Europe. I would give
100 to withdraw what I have written.
I go away today, but do not know
that I can get a Drltlsh passport from
Delago Ray.'
" 'Hut,' Interposed Mr. Batts, 'there
are other English journalists heie be
sldrs yourself.'
" 'Yes,' replied Mr. Davltt, 'but I am
journalist plus politician. There Is a
difference.'
"A French baron came up at this
moment. 'That man,' said Mr. Davltt,
'has fought through the war. He has
given up everything for their cause.
Now he Is going away a pauper, utter
ly neglected, without money enough to
pay his fare." "
CATHOLIC CONVOCATION.
American Archbishops to Meet in
Washington on October 10.
By i:clusic Wire from The Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 27. Tho meeting
of American aichblshops at the Catho
lic university hero has been set for
AVednesday, October 10. It Is believed
that at least twelve of the fourteen
archbishops governing provinces in this
country will attend the convocation.
Archbishop Feehan'.s Ill-health prob
ably will prevent his attendance. Dr.
Chepelle, archbishop of New Orleans,
Is at Manila, as apostolic delegate to
the Phlllniilnos.
Several prominent suffragan bishops
will be In Washington coincident with
the meeting, ns on October 0 the board
of directors or trusteer of the Catholic
university are to assemble In yearly
session. Besides a number of urch
blshops, the, board embraces the aux
iliary bishop of New Yoik and the
bishops or Covington, Detiolt, Peoria
and Cleveland. Cardinal Gibbons, as
head of the American hierarchy, will
pteslcle at both meetings.
TO SUCCEED MACDONALD.
Manitoba Conservatives Decide Upon
R. P- Roolln.
lly r.kdusitc Wlic fiom The Associated Pica.
Winnipeg. .Man.. Sept. 27. H. P. Roo
lln, member for Woodlands, has been
decided upon by a caucus of this con
servatives to succeed Hush John Mac
Donald as piemlej of Manitoba. Mac
Donald, It Is said, favored the selection
of DaUdson for tlie place, but was out
voted. Hoolln will have to go to the country
for re-election.
FEARS FOR STEAMSHIP.
The Robert Dollar Sailed for Cape
Nome a Month Ago.
Dy llxrluslie Wiie from The Associated Press.
Port Townsend, WaBh., Sept. 27.
The steamship Charl.is Nelson has nr
Uved from Nome, bringing 423 passen
gers. She sailed two days ahead of
tho steamship Roanoke, but was
caught In a severe storm and made for
Dutch Harbor.
Cliavo tenia are enteitalned among
ehlplpng men for the nnfoty of the
steamship Robert Dollar, which sailed
from hero for Cape Nome on August
23 and had not nrrlved on September
14, when tho Roanoke nailed from that
port. The arrival of the Nelson from
Dutch Harbor and her failure to ie
port the Robert Dollar there Increases
the anxiety. It is said that she should
have reached tho vicinity ut Uehrlng
Sea about the time that section was
visited with a sevoro storm, which
lasted from Boptcmbor 1 to September
7. She had a full cargo ot miscellan
eous freight and a few passengers.
The steamship Queen, three days
overdue from Sknguay, arrived last
night with 170 passengers nnd $200,000
In gold.
' -
CRESCEUS WINS ?20,000 PURSE.
Undoubtedly the Greatest Race Ever
Witnessed in New England.
Dy Kiclushe Wire from Tlie Associated PieM.
Boston, Sept. 27. Cresceus, tho king
of stallions, added a jewel to his crown
today by winning In five hnrd driven
heats the $20,000 race at the meeting of
the New England Trotting Horse
Breeders' association on the Itcadvllle
track. So much a favorite was the son
of Hobert McGregor before the great
trial began that the pools were barred
ngatnst him. It looked for two heats
ns If the great stake would be wrested
from the king by that wonderful little
trotter, Charley Herr, the winner of
the Massachusetts stake race last year.
But gamey as was Charley Herr, his
strength was not equal to the task and
his star set In the third heat, when
Cresceus beat hlin nt the wire. Once
after thnt. In theTourlh heat, the Lex
ington horse made a wonderful bid for
the race, leading to the three-quarters
and then being beaten out on tho
stretch by Cresceus, who seemed to
have marvelous speed just when it
meant so much to him.
The race as a whole was undoubted
ly tho greatest ever seen in New Eng
land. It recalled the stallion event,
years ago, at Beacon pork, Cambridge,
when Nelson crowned himself by win
ning a $10,000 purse. The day was per
fect for the race, and the track, while
looking n. trifle soft, was evidently
prime footing. The crowd must have
gone well over the 2G.00O mark, the peo
ple swarming over the grand-stand at
$2 a seat, filling tho bleachers at $1 a
head, while tho grounds everywhere
around the stands were "standing room
only" for thousands, Cresceus was
driven by Ketcham, and Charley Herr
by Kelley. Following Is the summary:
Stallion championship, free for all, pure, $20,
000, trotting
Cicsceus 2.01) 3
Charley Herr (2.01) 1
2 1
l
12 2 3
:i 3 3 2
fi 5 5 S
14 4 1
8 ell",
dis.
(rattan Hoy (2.0S) ...
Arlon (2.o;a4)
Lord Vincent (2.0S14)
Denton M. (2.10)
Jupe (2.0714)
Time 2.07!J ; i.oT'J ;
2.1)7';;
! 07'j
03?i.
SCRUTINY INCREASED.
Punitive Expeditions Have Excellent
Effect in China.
Dy Exclusiie Wire from The Associated Press.
London, Sept. 2S, 4.30 a.lm. The only
dispatch of special Interest from China
this morning Is one from Dr. Morrison
to the Times, dated September 21:
"The recent punitive expeditions hove
had an excellent effect In Increasing
security and facilitating the entry of
supplies, but nothing can be counted
as effective until Pao-Tlng-Fu has been
razed and the foreigners and refugees
at Chang-Ting and other places known
to the generals are rescued.
"M. De Glers has addressed a me
morial to the empress dowager, offer
ing her the protection of Russia, and
requesting her to return to Pekln.
Forty chief Chinese officials have sent
a memorial to the emperor and em
press dowager beseeching them to re
turn.
"Tho conllletlng Interests of Russia
and Great Britain prevent a syste
matic attemnt to reconstruct the rail
way, although restoration would be
easy. It turns out thnt Cheng Yin
Huan, whose death In Kashgarla was
recently reported, was executed under
an Imperial decree at the same time
with the other pro-foreign ministers
who were executed.
Cheng Yin Huan was special envoy
to England at the time of the diamond
Jubilee. Ho was hated by the empress
dowager, who exiled him to III In 1S9S
The Russians, according to the
Shanghai correspondent of the Morn
ing Post, have virtually abandoned the
province of Chl-Ll to Germany.
GREEK WARSHIP HERE.
Nauarchos Miaulls First of Her Na
tionality to Visit This Country.
Dy l'xrlusho Wire fiom 1h5 Vssoeljted Press.
New York, Sept. 27. The Greek cor
vette Nauarchos Miaulls, arrived here
this forenoon from Philadelphia. She
Is the first Greek warship to visit this
city.
The Nauatchos Miaulls Is on a cruise
und Philadelphia was the lirst port In
the United States visited by her. She
remained there ton days. From New
York the ship will go to Boston, and
thence return to the Mediterranean.
The corvette was met In the Nar
rows by the steamboat Favorite, hav
ing on board a largo patty of Greeks
from New York. The Favoiltc es
corted thp war v"ssi up the bay. The
Favorite had a band on board play
ing Greek national airs, and her pas
sengers kpt up a constant cheering.
Tho corvette anchored In the North
river. Theie are 215 men, nil told, on
board.
NOVA SCOTIAN COAL.
Canadian Pacific to Haul It to Mon
treal and the Northwest.
Dy lxcluslie Wire from The Associated Press.
Montreal, Sept. 27. The Canadian
Pacific Railway company Is about to
make the experiment of hauling Nova
Scotia coal from St. John, N. B to
Montreal and the west over its lino
between this city nnd the New Bruns
wick port. The present high price of
coal affords a tempting prospect for
the profitable sale of the Nova Scotia
product.
A contract has been made with a
Nova Scotia Arm for tho Immediate de
livery of 8,000 tons of coal.
FUGITIVE MADMAN CAUGHT.
Found by a Posse in the Woods in a
Starved Condition.
Dy Km lush e Wire from Tha Associated Press.
Franklin, Pa., bept. .-I'dttard V. Dunn.aced
5j jears, was last week aejjuelgetl a lunatic by
u court coiumlolon, and he was taken to the
asylum at Warren this week. Dunn learned of
what was Boli'i on lait Sunday and ran away
from home.
A tearthliitf part w.u oiK,iniztd and for two
data and n, night the Hood for miles aiound
we'ie kt-artlicd, with tho u-sult that the man was
fcund in a utaivcd rendition nine miles from
home. He resisted capture for utthlle, but final.
ly jonscntrd to be taken back home Dunn is
a.ild to hate ion his mind on account of the
accidental killing of his daughter a rar ago.
m
Stops tho Cough
nnd works off the Cold.
Laxative Dromo-Qulnlne Tablets
cure a cold In one day. No Cure, No
Pay. Price 23 cents.
NEGOTIATIONS
UNDER WAY
(Concluded from Page 1.
Mr. Trucsdalo speaks of and says ho
has not been approached In any way.
GAINS ARE MADE
AT SHENANDOAH
Two Big Collieries in Ashland Dis
trict Controlled by the Rending
Compelled to Close.
Dy Eiclusho Wire from The Associated Press.
Shenandoah, Pa., Sept. 27. Today's
developments In the strike situation In
this region showed Important gains on
tho part of the mine workers. Two
big collieries In the Ashlnnd district,
controlled by the Philadelphia and
Heading company, were compelled to
closo and n third worked with a crip
pled force. The Locust Spring collliry
at Locust Gap, nine miles from Ash
land, was unable to work, owing to the
small number ot men who reported.
This operation ordinarily employs
about 1,500 men and boys. The Bast
colliery at Locustdale closed this aftei
noon, and the Potts colliery at Big
Mine Bun worked with a small force.
It 13 estimated that 1,500 men are em
ployed at these two mines.
Tho union mine workers in the Ash
land district say that they have boon
willing for some time to strike, but
were restrnlneel by lnck of organiza
tion. A branch of the union was formed
last night. Organizer Fahy will ad
dress a meeting of tho mine workers
nt Ashland tomorrow night. In the ter
ritory between Shamokln and McAdoo
theie Is but one colliery nt work, the
North Franklin at Trcvorton, and this
Is said to be short-handed. In the
Mahanoj" district all the collieries are
tightly closed. Every breaker at Maha
noy City has been cleaned out ot coal
and the trade there must now tie sup
plied from other points. There Is no
change in the situation here tonight.
Not a ton of coal was mined In Shen
andoah today.
HOPE AT WILKES-BARRE
Business Portion of the City Jubilant
That There Is Prospect of Set
tlement of Strike.
Dy I'xclusiic Wire from The Associated Press.
WIlkes-Barre, S2pt. 27. T. D. Nich
ols, district president of the United
Mine Workers, was in town today and
was in conference with the officers of
tho local assemblies ot United Mine
Workers. He spoke very encourag
ingly of the outlook for the men now
out on strike. The solid tie-up In
the Wyoming and Lackawanna re
gions, he claimed, was convincing
proof that the men mean to stay out
until their demands are granted. He
also said that the miners In the Le
high und Schuylkill regions were get
ting together nicely and It would only
be a short tlmo until they were thor
oughly united for the cause. Mr.
Nichols was shown the dispatches
fiom New York, hinting at a settle
ment of tho strike. Ho said In the ab
sence of anything official he was not
prepared o give an opinion as to
whether the proposed terms of settle
ment would be satisfactory to Presi
dent Mitchell or the United Mine
Workers.
Several coal operators were Inter
viewed, but they said ihey knew noth
ing moie nbout the proposed settle
ment than that was mentioned In the
evening papers. They had no official
Information from New York. The in
dividual operators of this section will
be governed entirely by what the
big companies do. If the latter con
cede the demands of the men they
(the individual operators), will fall in
line.
While the representatives of the coal
companies have no Information from
New York as to the basis of the set
tlement, there Is a feeling that some
thing is coming, and that It probably
means a settlement of some kind.
At strike headquarters the Impres
sion prevails that tho operators are
about tired of the fight and rather
than see bituminous coal get a foot
hold in markets heretofore held by
the anthracite trade, will surrender.
The business portion of the commu
nity Is elated over the prospect that
the strike Is about over. Ono of the
superintendents of tho big companies
said tonight to the Associated Press
correspondent:
"I do not wish to be quoted In the
matter and have no information from
our main offices In New York as to
what the outcome will be, but I think
where there Is so much smoke there
Is bound to be some fire. I guess the
strike will be settled."
DEPUTIES IN TREVORTON.
Car Load Arrives to Reinforce Those
on Guard.
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Shamokln, Pa.. Sept. 27. Another
carload ot deputies from the Schuyl
kill valley arrived In Trevorton tonight
to lelnforce a large number of deputies
who have guarded the works since last
week. It is feared trouble may ensue
between strikers from this place and
tho deputies should an attempt be
made to tie up the North Franklin col
liery, which Is now tho only one in
operation In this section of the coal
fields. It employs 600 men and boys.
Since the strike was Instituted a num
ber ot men ceased w rk, but all ex
cept thirty returned to tho mines yes
terday. Strlkoeaders claim tho oper
ation will not be working by Monday.
Heirs of the Hugh Bellas estate,
among them being the widow of the
late ex-President Franklin 11. Gowen,
of the Reading railroad, through their
administrator, ex-Congressman Simon
P. Wolverton, today notified the Phila
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company that the Henry Clay shaft,
which taps their land ami Is leased to
the company, should not be flooded on
account of the men having gone on
strike. The company hist week hart
the mules hoisted and the pumps
stopped. The Bellas heirs claim that It
the workings aro allowed to fill their
land will greatly depieclate In value.
AGITATORS AT ASHLAND.
They Succeed in Causing Suspension
nt Bast Colliery.
Dy Kxeluslte Wire from Ths Associated Preii.
Ashlnnd, Sept. 27. Labor npltators
dropped In here last nlghtNind suc
ceeded In organizing a branch of the
United Mine Workers oi America, In
conseuuence of which the Bast colliery
was so short-handed that they were
obliged to suspend this afternoon.
Ashlnnd miners could not see. the
wisdom ot striking ngnlnst the Head
ing Coal and Iron company, and held
out ns long ns possible.
CARDINAL GIBBONS
ON ARBITRATION.
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Pih.
Ilaltlmorc, Sept. 27. Card I ml (llbbons has
been asked to act as arbitrator between llie
MrlleltiK miners and tlie cprratois ol the an
thraeitc roal region of I'ennsjhinla. While ad
mitting that he has been approached on the
subject his eminence said tonight that he had
heard from only one lido of tho parties in con
troery and must deellre to discuss the ques
tion of atbiiratlon until all had been heard
Irom.
TUAN'S APPOINTMENT.
Empress' Action Not Influenced by
United States' Attitude.
Dy Hxcluihe Wire from Tlie Associated Tress.
Washington, Sept. 27. The state de
partment has been advised by Shong.
tho tuotnl of Shanghai, of the appoint
ment of Piince Tuuti, the father of tho
heir-apparent of China, as grand sec
retary to the emperor. He s.iys noth
ing of the reported designation of Tuan
as president or a member of the privy
council, but It Is believed here that It
Is entirely according to Chinese forms
for a prince of Tunn's rank to fill both
posts simultaneously.
Tho tone of the foreign press com
ment respecting Tunn's appointment
has gone far to convince the officials
here that the course of the United
States in this matter Is being criticized
on a misapprehension f the facts.
Thus, for Instance, It has been asserted
with great energy In some of the Euro
pean newspapets that tho course of the
United Stntes In rejecting the German
proposition relative to the surrender of
Chinese officials directly Inspired the
empress dowager to the appointment
of Tuan to be grand secretary In defl
nnce of the powers. As a matter of
fact, the records ot the state depart
ment show that Tuan's appointment
wns announced publicly September 23,
having been made several days previ
ously. On the other hand, the state depart
ment did not make public Its answer
to the German note until Sepetmber 23,
nnd It could not have been received in
China, and particularly at the impetlal
court at the Interior, for nt least one
or two days thereafter. In the opinion
of the ofllclnls that Is convincing evi
dence that the action of the United
States government In this particular
case did not have any Influence.
UNSOLVABLE MYSTERIES.
Two Tragedies at New Castle Which
Baffle Authorities.
Hy Kxeluslte Wiie from The Associated Tress.
New Castle, Sept. 27 An unknown man died
at the city hospital this morning as .1 rc-ult of
wounds rccritcd on his head which produced
concursion of the bruin. List I'riday night the
man was found in an unconscious condition in
the railroad yaids at New Castle Junction with
Raping wounds on his bead. He was well
diesfed, but when his pockets weie ueaiched
nothing was found (herein, except u needle and
thread and a pocket comb. It was at first
thought that he hid been struck by a train,
but his injuries were of such a nature that
those who were attending him thlnl; that lie
had liecn waylaid Kiery effort was made to
atccrtaln the nun's identity but to no avail.
He was about 45 years old. fn rac nothing is
heard fiom his friends, ihe remains will be
shipped to Philadelphia to the anatomical so
ciety. Tlie coronet's jury, after three nettings on the
cae of John Ileiber, who was found dead on the
street ten days aero with his neck broken, re
turned a terdlet that the deeeaveel came to bl&
death from causes unknown. It wa.s shown eon-
elusltely that the nun did not die where the
body was found, but that lie mut have been
tarried there after death, and his shre stolen
and his legs tied, in the manner in wlutli the
bodv was found. It is not likely in it the mys
tery will etcr be totted.
NEW JERSEY EXHIBITION.
Large Crowds Visit the Interstate
Fair at Trenton.
Dy Kutii'ite Wire fiom The swciated Press.
Trenton, X. .1 , faopl. 27. Dig Thursday at
Ihe Intei.tate fair was up to the usual record
in the mitter of attendance Oter K',001) per
sons passed through the turnstiles. finvernor
Vnorhecs, I'nlteel Mates Senators Sewall and
Keane, t'ongrcssmsn Gardner and a large num
ber of assembly and state senatois, as well as
state ottieiaU and politicians tiom all parts of
the state were present. There were four laces.
Summarv:
2.-."J trotting, nurse M.OQO Wilcrlid. won; C.
K. J., second; Golden Dells M.ter, third. Time
2.19U; 2.1-Hi; 2.1SVS; 2.18'i
Tree for all, purc, $1,000, pace inbulator,
won; Choral, second; Palsy K., thlnl. Time -2.11U;
2 11'8; 2.15, 2.1314.
2.27 trotting, purse, $500 Karltue, won: Mhs
Shaw, second; Sadie MeOrcgor, third. Time
2.2'U; 2 20!i; 2.PVi.
Double team race for cup
King Harry and John Stewait (P. Dowers) 1 1
Cleovls and Maryland Hoy (Heamer) 2 2
Genoa and Prince (A, Mullen) 3 3
Timc-2.23; 2.21.
CONDITIONS AT GALVESTON.
Dy Kxeluslte Wire from Tlie Associated Press.
Austin. Texas, Sept. 27. Governor Siyers ie
turned fiom Oaltcston today and icporteil cm
dltions In that place as greatly Improttd. The,
relief committee is eloi.i excellent work and
the people generally talk hopefully. There are
about 700 men at work clearing awav the lie
bris. It is his opinion that it ttill icv'lic 4.000
n.en to re-note all debris within the next few
days. CAPTAIN SHARP DEAD.
Dy Kxclusite Wire from Tho Associate Press.
Kansas City, Sept. 17. (.aptaln Prrdcrirk Pent
Sharp, 1'. S. V, ictlic-d, cousin of General I,',
f. Grant, died today in this eity fiom an otcc
dose of broinide, taken for the purpose of r"
liciing neitousnes and pain. ( aptaln Sluip
Has totally blind and il Is supposed Hut he
had bcin unable to propeily c,tugc the quantity
of the drug.
BANKRUPT BOXING MANAGERS.
Dy Kxeluslte Wire from The Associated Press.
Clitcivo, Sept 27. (ieoige Filer, the pute
fight icfcrec, and Lou M. Houseman, Ihe boxing
e.hibitleii in linger, both I'.icd petitions in bank
ruptcy hero today. Slier schedulid liabilities of
6,130, and MoiMinaii, of ifj,75J. Their com
bined a loots weie put at $100.
NEW TAOTAI OF SHANGHAI.
Dy Kxeluslte Who from The Associated Puss,
Shanghai, fcrpt 27. Mceroy l.lii-Kun-Yi has
telegraphed to the consuls thai he is commui.l
catlng with the Imperial court regarding the ap
pointment of a uetv taotat here. The consuls
belle w Dial will delay the Installation of Ihe
objectionable uppolnlee for wiiral mouths.
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BROKE THE TRACK RECORD.
Dy Kxc luU e Wire from Tho Associated Pres.
llonisMlalc, Sept. '.'7. -Tlie Wayne county fair,
which closed hero today, was a lecoid breaker
in attendance nnd exhibit. Silver hiiiics,
owed by J. 1. Ciawford, of Seiantmi, broke,
by on cetond, tho Hack re'cniil of 2 11.
CARBON COUNTY FAIR.
lly Kxeluslte Wlic .fiom The ssoeiatcd Piess.
I.ehlghton, Sept. 27. The largest crowd slnco
the organization of the (air aiotiatlou was in
attendautc today at the annual fair nf the Car
bon County Agricultural sixlety. Fully 15,000
people were present
BRYAN'S FINAL TOUR.
Ho Leaves Lincoln to Be Absent
Until the Eve of Election.
Dy Kxclushr Wire from The Associated Press,
Lincoln, Neb., sjept. 27. W. ,). Ilrvun started
today upon his last tour ol the country in th
Interest of his presidential campaign. Xo un
usual crowd (rathered at the ileriol, and only
Mr. Ilrian's private secretary and three or four
newspaper men accompanied the candidate.
Today Is to be ipent in llastem Nebraska,
and toniuht Mr. Ilrjnn will cross Ilia Missouri
rncr to Sioux City, la., where tomoriow mom.
Inn he will take the special car prodded by
the national committee lor Ms accoinmoditlon
during the rrmalneler ot the campaign.
Mr. Ilrjan expressed himself as feelltia: In
eellent physical condition. lie said he was
he pe ful as lo Ihe outlook, and said that lie
would not return to Lincoln until two or three
daja before the election. He will speak in this
city on the Saturday tilRlit preceding the elec
tlon.
MURDERED BY BOXERS.
English Missionary's American Wife
nnd Two Children Killed.
Dy Lxcliislic Wire from The Associated Press.
Minneapolis, Sept. 27 Mrs. M. 11. Clapp. of
Ibis ill), lodiy melted a letter reportlnc that
her sister, Jits. o. y Ward, formerlt of this
ellj. und tier two little children were murdered
lis the Ilnxen in Chili i about eight weeks wro.
Mrs. Ward, with her husband, who Is an ling,
lisli Missionary. were nt Chain: Sin in southern
China, for seteral jears. Ihey remained at
their post until It becaino ctlelcnt that their
litis were In dancer. Mr. Ward placed his
wife and children -on a, boat and i-tartcd them
down tho ritcr while he and tome nitite
Christians started otcrland. When Mr. Ward
reached the rlier, a hundred or more miles
frem Chain: Kin, he was horrllieel to learn that
his wife and children and nil tho others on the
boit had been murdered. Their bodlct had been
teiribly mutllitcd.
STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS.
Dy Kxeluslte Wire fiom The Associated Press
New York, Sept. 27. Virlted: Pcnnsyltanis,
from Hamburg. balled: Aller, Dremtn, tu
South iniptnn: Kai3r 1'riedrkli, Hamburg, tia
Plymouth and heibourg; I.i (laseogne, Hatre.
Qiuemlowti Sailed: Teutonie, New York from
1 iterpool. "South impton Arrited: New Yori,
iow lork. Cheibourg Arrited: Fmst Iln
naiil;. New Ytik, .la Plymouth for Hamburg
Sillrd: t.nhn (from Dremen and Southampton;,
New Yoik. Itclttrdaiii Arrited: Amsterdam,
Nev York, tla Iloulogne. Silled: Maasdam,
Uoulogne anel New York. Klnsale I'assed: Tau
lie. New .irk for I. Iterpool.
MICHAEL DEFEATS WALTHOUR.
Dy Hxrluslte Wire from Tie Associated Press
Springfield, Mass., Sept. 27. Twenly-flte bun-
died people saw Jimmy Miihnel defeat Dohby
Walthour in an interesting motor-paced race at
the Coliseum tonight. At the finish Michael was
over four laps ahead of Walthour and was netrr
pushed. Time for the tttenty miles Mictuel,
MM; Walthour, 34 17.
SMALL COAL SHIPMENTS.
Dy Kxeluslte Wire from Tlie Associated Press.
Ttcading, Sept. 2il. The tie-up in the coal re
gions resulted in the smallest shipments today
for ycjrs. 1-.S Hun 400 cars were tent to tide,
rtatcr a shortage from the usual ateragc of tier
1,250 car-loads. More train hands hate been laid
oQ.
DEPTHS OF MINES.
Fiom the Nineteenth Century.
The produce of a coal scam five feet thick is
GOO tons per acre, ond taking this as an aterago
thickness the area of coal annually worked
amounts to nearly 33,000 acres, or four times tha
area of the county of Ixmdor. With this raph
rate of consumption anxiety as to the duration
of the Uritish coal fields is well founded. Pro
fessor Hull estimates that the total quantity nf
coal within a. depth ot 4.000 feet Ft 111 remaining!
is M,GS1,000,O00 tons. Tills estimate is leassur'
ing, although it is not in accord with the less
optimistic and ditergent tleves on the question
expressed by Professor Stanley Jevons, by tho
Ilight Honorable Leonard II. Couitney, by Mr.
It. Price-Williams aud by Mr. T. Forster Dioten.
Ml these estimates arc of slight talue, owing
to the impossibility of prophcstlng cither the
rate of increase in production or consumption,
or the limits at which mining mat- be carried on
with profit. Kaily in the list century i shaft
100 feet in depth was an object of wonder, and
u glance oter the history of the ileptlis hitherto
attained clearly shows the remarkable pinjiies"
that has lieeu made in this respect. At tin
present time the gieatest depth at which Great
Ilritain mining operations ate cariied on has
been leaehcd at the Pendleton lolllcry, near
Manchester, wheie the deepest workings are near
ly 3, "DO feet below the surf ice.
This enormous depth ins, howcter, been exceed
ed in other countries, notably in the Lake -superior
dlstriet, where the Ited Jacket shaft of the
Calumel and HctU copper mine has now al
talncd the record depth of 1,000 feet: and in Del
glum, wheie a colliery al Mens is 3,11.17 feet deep.
Depths such as these kliow that the limit of depth
of 4.000 feet adopted by Professor Hull and by
Ihe Itoy.il Coal Comniissloneis In ISiO, t Hough
ridiculed at the time-, was well within the
hound.! of possibility. In tiew of the inirtelous
etileeieney of modern winding engines, no consid
rrntlons of a ineihanic.il nature in iv limit tlie
prospectlte depths of shalts Dy far the most
Important obstacle to scry eleep raining is the
certain and proportionate incicaso of tempera
ture arcordiug to depth. t the l'.uiwbolU
bore-hole, in Silesia, the denest in elie world,
recently put down by the Prussian goternment to
a depth of (1,57.1 feet, this ineiease of temperature
with depth has been found to be 1 degree Fahren
heit for 62.1 feet. Taking this us a fair aterago
a coal seam at a depth ol 1,000 feit would be,
without Hie cooling action of an artificial ttrw
mating eiirient. bl degrees warmer thin groui
near the surface. f
WORSHIP OF THE BLACK VENUS.
From the Youth's Companion.
l.tcn false lellgions die hard, and there aro
reminders of all extinct faiths still existing in
the world. Ono of the most curious lelits of
paganism uhieh Is Mill worshipped in a hiistun
emintry is die gigantic blick stone figure of a
woman width is to lie found In a finest of the
district of Morbllian, in llrittany.
It is known as tlie "Illack Venus," but piob
ably elates iar bark of Hie time whin the Greek'
and ltomans wolslilpped that goddess. Antiquar
lan.s assert that this ugly Idol belongs to the ag
of tlie serpent worshippers, one of whose subdT
ranean ti'inples Is ill the neighborhood. Ihu
would make the flguie far older than the Chris
tinu era.
The statue is that of a huge, uncoutli woman,
with a sullen, angry countenance, her form tn
t eloped in a loose mantle.
The Mipeistitlous llrctuns hate abtats wr
shlpcd the tUure, asserting that it has power
oter the weather ami erop-i. If tho idol is mg
luted they dcclaie thtt the grain dies on the
ear, and if the anger of the Dlaek Woman is
further loused a tidal watc sweeps oter Moihi
ban.
Twice the stone was rat into the km In pious
folk, who hoped thereby to put an end in this
Idolatry, and twice the peasants dragged it back
ami set up nil altjr before it.
About two centuries iigo Count Picric de Lan
nlon, on whose estate the tlgute stood, in order
to mte the statue from both friends and rnemlcj,
ihagged it by forty yoke of oxen to his oan
chateau and set it up in the courtyard, lie nit
an Inscilptioii on the Im ot the pedestal, etc
i Urine the figure to be a cnu carted by tars
ai's soldiers
The eoiini and hi chateau an both gone, but
the huge Illack Woman, otcrgiown with moss,
still stain's in Ihe foresi ami the peasants still
beseeeb her lo ble.s their Hops.
It iii'i'ils hut a short iiiiie to tulng an error
Inlo the woihl. but Jges an -.omitimcs insuffi
cient to bjiush a
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Cutca nil Throat aud Lung Affections.
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