i''" T.""'il f insBaRBESsaen V 4 THE ONLY SCRANTON PAPER RECEIVING THE COMPLETE NEWS SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GREATEST NEWS AOENCY IN THE WORLD. TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, .1900. TWO CENTS. as v .;, fl- BSwSW-1 a amnwm "sjPfc HPHpiPUK' mMJ rt IS'- 1 Ir f r, FIGHTING IN CHINA Chinese Rebels Are Defeated In an Engagement with the Im perial Troops. DEMANDS OP MINISTERS Plicy Unanimously Recognize the Necessity for Insisting Upon the Death of All the Instigators of the Rebellion Proof Is Received In St. Petersburg That 400 Native Christians "Were Massacred nt Nunkden Earl Li's Diplomacy. tiy Eicliuhe Wire from The Asjoihlcd Frrn London, Oct. 28. A special dispatch from Shanghai says Unit a battle was fought between imperial troops and rebels on October is, and that tin- rob ipIh were ultimately loutcd, six hun dred of thorn being slaughtered. Paris, Oct. "S. According: to a d! , patch from Tien-Tain, u Itusso-Ger-'mun detachment is preparing to at tack ten thousand Boxers and dis banded regulars southeast of Tung Cheou. A dispatch 'to the Havas Agency Bronx Pekln, dated October 27, says the ministers held it second meeting today !lo examine M. Deleasso's proposal, and they unanimously recognized the ne cessity for demanding the death of all Ithe Instigators of the rebellion. There is reason to believe, the dis patch adds, that If the ministers In sist, anil satisfaction be obtained, no reply will bo made to the last note of Prince Ching and LI Hung lining. St. Petersburg, Oct. 28. Dispatches from Mukden received at the war ofllco sav that proof Is at hand that four hundred native Christians were massa fcred at Mukden before the Russian oc cupation. Fifty modern guns, mainly ICrupps; several thousand small cali bre rifles and 20,000,000 cartridges have been found. lions? Kong, Oct. 2S. The Chinese Mutual Protection society, of the Hoi .Plne district has offered $500 for the head of Dr. Sager, of the American board of missions, and $300 each for icada of the Rev. S. G. Tope, a Wesleyan missionary; Dr. a Southern Baptist mission ary, .and-Dr. Beattle, of the American rresbyt'erlan board. The placards say jthe heads must not be secured in Hol TPng. The magistrate or that district Ss notedly anti-foreign, and inspired the posting of the placards. Protection has Ihoen guaranteed by placards to all who (destroy the property of the mission aries or of converts. Rome, Oct. 2S. The Peking corre spondent of the Mcssagero cables the leport of an Interview with Li Hung Chang, in the course of which the lat ter deplored the rebellion and said that China would have to submit to punish ment soon for the grave faults of a ffow thousand rebels. Now that peace Js almost concluded, be hoped'the pow ers would appreciate China's desire to j;ive just satisfaction, and would with draw their troops as soon as possible, Karl LI spoke with enthusiasm of the resumption of eommeVclal relations. The ImpressHn of the Messngero's eor-3-espondent Is that LI Hung Chans is fully aware of the disagreement among the allies, and that this constitutes his strength. ACCUSED OF COWARDICE. minister Conger Hakes Charges Against an Officer of Marines in Pekln. By Exclusive Wire from The Amoi Kited Pre. Washington, Oct. 27. Minister Con ger has preferred charges of cowardice against Captain T. T. Hall, of the marine corps, the second in command of the marine force at Pekln during the siege. The details are closely guarded, the regulations of the war and navy department strictly forbid ding publicity at this stage. It is un derstood, however, that Mr. Conger questioned Mr. Hall's courage because of the latter's declination to carry out certain military operations suggested by the minister. The charges, In the ordinary course of affairs, passed Into the hands of General Chnifee, the com mander in chief of the forces In China, who examined them, made an Inquiry n his own account, and thou, con cluding that the whole matter rested on the difference of judgment between the minister and the captain, sent tlu papers to Washington, with a recom mendation that no further proceedings ho had, a finding vindicating the cap tain. From the war department the papers went to the navy department, and after some consideration It was deter mined that the high morale of the marine corps required the most formal and complete acquittal of an accused offlecr from such a charge. In order that he might not In ut'ler years suf fer from its repetition. Consequently, the papers were referred to General Heywood, the commandant of the ma rine corps, who Is taking steps to have a thorough Investigation made by a proper court. It happens that the only leport of the conduct of the mailiu-s at Pekln to reach the department was fiom Captain Hall, the senior ofllcor, Cap tain Miles, being too 111 to report. LEDGER COAL ARTICLE. Brisk Season Is Anticipated When the Mines Resume, fly i;iluIvc Who fium 'lhe U-.ni.iiei I'm. Philadelphia, Oct. 28. The, Ledger ill its coul urtlcle. tomorrow will say: "Tho anthracite coul trade Is every where preparing for tlio resumption of mining this wet:, and nvlirlsl; season at full working la, anticipated at the mine. It will take several days to 'je J BrlJfc foraVS, get everything In good moving order, hut onco begun n prosperous winter Is evidently In store for the anthracite trade. "The market Is quite bnre of coat anil there Is a rush of orders to bo filled, so that enormous quantities Will bo sent to market at the earliest op portunity, every available ear being now sought to send to the breakers. Vrlres fire expected to be fully main tained, and while n few operators may still stand out, It Is probable that ad justments will soon be made with them so that the collieries will also start, and full working bo universal throughout the anthracite fields. DR. T0WNSEND0N THE PATERS0N MYSTERY He 'Makes a Statement That Throws More Light Upon the Sad Pate of Jennie Bosschieter. Dy lltclu-ixe Wire Iroiu 'llic Affiliated Prcs. Now York, Oct. 2i. It Is now said In Patcrson, N. J., that the present grand jury will take up the Inquiry Into the death of Jennie Bosschieter, for whose murder McAllister, Death, Campbell and Kerr are confined In Jail. Where as statements have appeared tending to show that there would likely be a delay by the authorities, It Is now given out that the Investigation is to be pushed vigorously. Dr. Townsend, who refused to appear on the witness stand yesterday, will appear at the In quest next Tuesday night. His reason for not answering the subpoena was an order from the authorities to testi fy regarding the visit of the prisoners to him on the night of the murder. Dr. Townsend now makes the follow ing statement of the mldnlghc call and his connection with the case: "it has been stated that the four men made two calls at my ofllce and that the girl was alive when the car riage first arrived. They came but once and it was too late to render any aid to the unfortunate. I am positive ot the exact time of their arrival, be cause when the bell rang at the head of the bed 1 looked at the clock on the mantel and saw it wus 2 o'clock. Through the speaking tube I Inquired the cause of the summons and was told there had been an accident and was asked to com? at once. Through the tube 1 asked particulars and was met with the word that the patient was In a carriage at the door. It was cold, but I waited only to don a bath-robe and went down stairs. When the door opened two men, whom I knew as George Kerr and Walter Mc Allister, quickly stepped Jnstde. Then I was told that a young wo man had been hurt and both men declared that they would carry her in. "But without further parley, I brushed past them and went out to the carriage. It was a two-seated ilg that l had often seen at the Kile depot. I did not see the hnckman. There were two men standing at the curb near the door of the carriage, t knew Campbell by sight. Inside the carriage, on a rear seat, a young wo man was half seated, half .lying across the back of the seat. Her head lav sideways across her breast. I lifted her head and laid It back gently. It was limp and lifeless. The clothing was disarranged, the hair hangins about her neck and shoulders. Her waist had been loosened and only the two top buttons of the waist were but toned. There was no pulse. The heart beat had been tilled, "When I climbed into thcirig to make a closer examination, four men gath ered at the side of the carriage. Their faces were white and they looked a quesilon. The body was cold. 'Boys,' 1 said to them, 'T can do nothing, she is dead.' They seemed to draw back, and were all together when I stepped within the door and left ihem in con ference at the curb. It was live min utes nfter two when I returned un stalis." Dr. Townsend said the men had In sisted that the woman should be taken into his ofllce, even after she was pro nounced dead. Ea-ly the next day he saw the account of the finding of the body of Jennie Bosschieter near Waga law bridge. Duilng his examination of the young woman in the carriage it had been too dark to distinguish the features, and the circumstances of the position ot tho body with the gash In the buck of the head and the fraetuied skull, re ported In tho autopsy, added to the mystery. On Friday ufternoou he decided to seek the advice ot professional friends who were made acquainted with the full details. When It appeared that tho cases wore idontleul.jtho author ities were notified. Dr. Townsend vis ited the chief of police und gave tho Information In his possession, land the an est of Kchultoxpe, Kerr, McAllster, Death and Campbell followed. WOOLLEY'S SPECIAL TRAIN. n- nxi'Iiuhe Wire frwu The Awoi-liiuJ I'rci Albany, ,V. V., Oil, 23, The I'luhlliliimi Piie- ciJl train with Jo'in U, Wnolley and paly at(.ii ill, leilod on a aiding .a S.aiituira tint ty, un lit i.U thli- alti-mouii whi'ii It wai ittai'ml to tin' rear u( it kkiiI.ii nail- aulilnir .it Allim.v r.( 1,'ie. Mi, mill .Mi. Wmiley wuii ciiiiriiin.nl at dinner by Ml. Allila Colo, of Kaiatoj.i, 'll.e imiIv went In lli'rUniiT Ionium, A It.c.il of dciiii t"in ;ue M.licilulnl luimiimv, ROOSEVELT AT BINOHAMTON. Dy Km Hulio Wire fiom The Aisociatrd 1'u'u. Illiifiliainton, X. Y Oct. US..- (iciM-inm Hnnseuit pent the day veiy quletl lieu- laklng a lone dritu with Mrs, Itoo.vcvi'lt limine the day anil b'oiiii; to tlio :lcopj i lunch in I ho i-uio line. The trip tomorrow Include-, lint ilnci! lon, Cortlam), ulieie the party ofuji for one boiirj lllura, where a three liouu' nop will lie made, and Klmlia, wlieic the paity tJ). tor the night. STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS. fly Kxcliuhe Wire from The .Vtoilstrd l'iei. I'onti 1'ui-aila, Oct. 2$. Passed: Aller, New Vcrl; lor liibraltir, Nr.le anil fienoa. Ant woip Airbed; Wciteniloiiil, New Veil:, llairc - Sailed: l.a Touulue, .V York. Fouthainp tim-Sailul: PeuUihlaml (fiom Hamburg), tflieilmuik" und New York. O,ucentoun -Sailed; KtiiirU (from Mrci-oyol), New YoiW. WHITE MAN IN COMMAND Gaotain BelQler'a Men Have a Des perate Encounter with a Bodu of Filipinos Near Looc. AMERICANS FORCED BACK They Retire Before Overwhelming Numbers of Insurgents David Fagin, Now a General in the Fili pino Army, Sends Threatening Messages to His Old Comrades. By Kxclmne Wire fiom The .V-soclated PreM. Manila, Oct. 2S. -While scouting near Looo a detachment of tho Twcntlctn and Twenty-eighth regiments, under Captain Belgler, wore attacked by 100 insurgents armed with rllles, under th command of a white man whose na tionality Is not known to the Ameri cans. The Insurgents for the most part were entrenched. After an heroic fight Captain llelglcr drove off the enemy, killing more than seventy-five. The fight lasted for two hours. Captain Belgier and three pri vates were slightly wounded, and two of the Americans were killed. An engagement took place Oct. 24 between detachments of the Third cavalry and the Thirty-third volunteer infantry, numbering sixty, and a force of Insurgents including 400 riflemen and 1,000 bolomen. The fighting was desperate. Finally, under the pressure of overwhelming numbers, the Ameri cans were compelled to retire on Nar vlcnn. Lieutenant George L. r'ebeger and four privates were killed, nine were wounded and four are missing. Twenty-nine horses are missing. A number of teamsters were captured by the In surgents, but were subsequently re leased. The enemy's loss Is estimated at 150. A civilian launch towing a barge loaded with merchandise, near Ararat, wns attacked by a force of 150 Insur gents under David Fagln. The Ameri can troops, on hearing the firing, turned out In force before the boat could be looted and re-captured It. Fagln, who holds the rank of general among the insurgents, has sworn spe cial enmity toward his former com pany. Of the twenty men he captured a month ago. seven have returned. One was killed In a fight, his body being horribly mutilated. Fagln sends messages to his former comrades threatening them with violence If they become his prisoners. It was Fagln's men who captured Lieutenant Frank V. Alstuetter, who Is still a., prisoner. Hall's Expedition. General Hall's expedition, with a force of nearly S00 men, through the moun tains to Binangonar, province of In fanta, in pursuit of the insurgent gen eral rallies, although It dlscoveied no trace of the enemy, encountered great hardships on the maicn. Twenty Chi nese porters died and forty men were sent Into the hospital. After station ing a gunlson of 2H0 men in Hinaii gonan and visiting Polillo island, off the coast of Intuntu province, General Hull and the rest of his force eni bniked there on the transport Gar i nnse. Iteports fiom General Young's dis trict show a dally Increase of insur gents tlieie. owing to the fact that re cruits arc going thither from the town;;, AVhile n detail of the Thlrty-thlid Volunteer Infantry was returning fiom Hangued on rafts, It was fired upon by insurgents. Sergeant Berdstaller being killed and two ptivates wounded. Chapelle Welcomed. Archbishop Chapelle, who lecently left Manila, accompanied by several friars, for the northern district of Lu zon, under conditions that aroused tho suspicions of the Filipinos heie that he Intended to establish the filars In par lilies theie, was warmly welcomed on his arrival at Dagupan. As two yea is have elapsed since nil opportunity for baptism had been pieseuted, anore than 2,300 persons have been baptized. Tu view of the protest of the parish against the appointment of a friar as parish priest, Monslgnor Chapelle did not attempt to make it. NO RESUMPTION ATJVIJLNESVILLE Officials Cannot Afford to Pay the Ten Per Cent. Increase in Wages, Demands of Railroad Men, Hi- i:i 1iiInc Wiie fiom 'I he Admitted l'ie. llazleton, Oct, US', The Lehigh nnd "Wllkes-Barre Coal company, operat ing the Audenrled, Hunoybrook nnd Green Mountain collieries in this ills. Hint, has not yet compiled with llu demands of the anthracite miners, t Is said that the company will grant the concessions by Nov. I, when woik will be resumed. There will be no re sumption of work at the Mllnesvlllo colliery, which Is operated by the A. H, Van Wyokle estate, Owing tu an agreement wlh the I'ennyylvunlu rail road the oillcluls say they cannot ul ford to grant an Increase of ten per cent, and If the men return to work they will have to be contented with the old rate of wages. The Van Wyo kle company hns granted the Increase at Its other collieries ut Coleralne and Ileaver Meadow, It Is said that Calvin Pardee, owner of the Latthner mines, will not take back those men who struck before tho mines were closed down by 00 murcheiK some weeks ago. The firemen and hrakemen on tho Delaware, Kusqueliniinu and Schuylkill railroad have submitted a number ot demands to the railroad oillcluls. The former demand that thirty hours con stitute three shifts and thnt they he paid $7 for the same, Instead of Jfi.tO, which they rerelve nt present. The hrakemen demand an Increase of 10 per cent, In their wages. The engi neers have no grievances. This rnll toiil Is owned by Coxe Urns. Co., which operates six collieries In tills region nnd wns built for the purpose of hauling coal from Its mines to the trarks of the Lehigh Valley railroad, MEMORIAL SERVICE. Held In the Fifth Avenue Presby terian Church, New York. Py Kxetimlve Wlro from The AMorlnleil I'll". New York, Oct. 2R. A union service In memory of the Presbyterian mis sionaries who were killed at Paotlng Fu on June .10 last wns held today at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. The missionaries so remem bered were George Yardley Taylor, M. D., Courtlnndt Van Renneler Hodge, M. D.. and Mrs. Hodge and the ltev. and Mrs. Frank K. Slmcox and their three little children. .lames Hodge. Jr., of this city, a cousin of the late Dr. Hodge, was present at the services. Five Presby terian clergymen took part In the ex ercises, the Hew Dr. George T. Pur res, pastor of the church; the Hew Dr. Howard Agnew Johnson, the ltev. Dr. George Alexander, the Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Drown, one of the secre taries of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions, and the ltev. Multble D. Habeock were present. FOUR CHILDREN ARE DROWNED The Fatal Ending of a Boat Ride in Sandusky Bay, Near Port Clinton. Py Kvln'iie Wiie from The Aii laled Pir Tort Clinton, O.. Oct. 28. A quad ruple drowning occurred near Plaster bed, on Sandusky bay, eight miles east of here, this evening. The drowned are: Douglas Stark, aged three years; George Stark, aged five years; Alfred Stark, aged eight years; Henry Stark, aged thirteen years. They were the children of William Stark. Mr. Stark and the children went for a boat ride this afternoon. On return ing to shore the boat became fouled in a fish pound net and the oarsman could neither force the boat ahead or go back. The children became fright ened and, leaning over the isfde ot the small craft, 1t capsized, resulting In the four deaths by drowning. Mr. Stark came here fiom Toledo three weeks ago. He then had a fam lyl of a wife and ton children. Last week Harvey, aged four, died, and the week before another child, aged three months, also died. FATAL EXPLOSION OF GAS. James B. Clark nnd Matthew Ed wards Killed in Barnum Colliery. Special tu the Scrunton 'filuune. Sprii.il tu the S, l.mlon Tiilunir. Pittston, Oct. 2S. A fatal mine ex plosion occurred In Bniuuiti colliery of the 1'eunsylviintn Coal company at Upper Tittston, Saturday morning, re aultiug in the death of two men. The victims are James P.. Clarke, of 'Par sonage striet, and Matthew M. Ed wards of West Pittston. Roth men are employed as fire bosses at o. ;t 'ulliery. The colliery has been idle over since the strike commenced, but has been visited by the fire busses every day. Saturday morning about 7. IS o'clock. Clark and Kdwerds went Into the Pittston vein for the purpose of clearing away a small body of rock which had fallen on the main gang way. No gas was known lo be in this vein. In fact none bad been le purtcd there lor the past few years, and the men carried their naked lumps, although Clark had a safety lamp In his pocket. As they entered a chamber to secuie some miners' tools, a short time after being lowered Into the mine, they suddenly came In eouttiet with a body of gas and a ter i llic explosion followed, which shook the bulldiiiRS about the head of the shaft. A rescuing party immediately entered the mlno and a short time later found Kdwurd wandering through some old workings endeavor ing lo make his way to the foot of the shaft, lie had been tenlbly burn ed, lie was I alien to his home on Wyoming avenue, mid his injuries were not thought to b serious. Tlio llro, however, had been Inhaled, Indict- ing Internal burns, nnd utter much sutfcrliuv death came to tils teiiel on Sunday morning at 11. II o'clock. Ills wlt'.t was visiting In Scrantop on Sat urday and was unawaie of the fate that had befallen her husband until she arilved home at f o'clock that evening The rescuing party had considerable dllllculty In finding Clark. The deadly after-dump wus fast spreading through tho mine ittul the woik of rescue was slow, several of the resellers being overcome by the fumes. It was about ll.UO when the body of Clark wus found In the chamber where the explosion Is thought to have occurred. Life was extinct. Tim body had been fairly roasted, and an ugly gash on the lu,ud showed where he had been stiuck when thrown by the force of the shock. Considerable damage was iluiiu to the niliio by thu explosion. Kdwards wns u married man, 4S years of age, and had llyed hero for tvventy-six years, twenty of which he had been an em ploye at the colli ry where ho received his injuries. A wife, but no children, survive. The funeral will take plucu Tuesday nt 2,:10 o'clock. Clark was it widower with four grown-up children, and was n well known Hugheslown resident, being at present a member of the town council of that borough, RATS "CAUSE A FIRE. Xhv Y'rl, Oct. Si. The plJiit of the t'liapoi t'hamoli t'onipmy ut 1'l.iinfteld, .V, .)., wjs iwei't by lire toiUy and the lok U plaeed Jt $75,0"), with un In.uraiKo of ?W,000. lUt unions nutcliis Is chcu u Um cause. BRYAN STILL FOR SILVER He Tells an Audience at Cooper Union, New York, That He Still Gherislics the Old Faith. FIRM IN CONVICTIONS The Subject Generally Avoided In New York Is Referred to at a Meet ing of German-Americans After the Emphatic Declaration in Favor of Debased Currency the Speaker Quickly Switches the Current of Eloquency to the "Paramount Issue" and the Usual Condemna tion of Republicanism. By i'.wliulvc Who fiom 'I he Axuiiated Pre. New York, Oct. 28. Mr. Bryan, on the platform ot Cooper Union, last night again proclaimed himself a free silver advocate. He had to speak to several thousand German-Americans, with whom the hall was crowded, and, having stirred them to a high pitch of excitement by a tirade against Im perialism, he opened his heart on tho sliver question. On his last visit here Mr. Rryan was absolutely silent on this Issue. Tammany cheerers carried the ap plause along, but many of his auditors could only shake their heads. The free silver proclamation came like a streak of lightning out of a clear sky, because Mr. Bryan uttered It of his own will, and without being questioned by sharp-witted college students, as ho was when forced to a similar dec laration in Ithaca. Reference to Silver. In the course of his speech Mr. Bry an said: If the Republican tells me the Dem ocratic Germans left the Democratic party to save the gold standard, I reply that they have come back to save the Declaration of Independence I have made no attempt to conceal my views on the money question. (Applause.) I would be unworthy of your confidence, I would be un worthy of your support for any office if my opinions could be changed to suit an occasion or to win a vote. If I would surrender my convictions on the money question in order to get to be President, I might surren der my convictions on the trust ques tion, on the Army question and on imperialism after I got to be Presi dent. Ileie the sliver oralur 3aw u blank look come over the faces of some of his hearers and quickly added: "Hut, my friends, while .-.iy views aie known on the money question, I be lieve that questions of government are more Important than questions of money. I believe that It is more im portant that we shall have u republic than that we shall have any particular kind of money standard. In 1S92 we discussed the tariff question, we be lieved that a tariff law modified was better than a high tariff and we made a fight. In lS!)t) the money question Itad become more Important thnn the tariff question, lor any money question is mote Important than a yuestion of tax ation, and after the money question was framed we discussed the money question, but in the last four years the P.epubllcau party has thrust Into the aiena of politics a question which leaches deeper, higher, further than any question which the American peo ple have considered in a generation. The Kepuhlleans have attacked the doctrine that governments derive their Just powers from the consent of the governed. All history presents but two ideas of government; one Is that a gov ernment conies up from the people, and the other Is that which Issues fiom the cannon's mouth. Those are the only two Ideas of government ever known among men. For If you tell me that the doctrine that kings rule by right divine is another doctiine, I tell you that It belongs to the doctrine of force, for no king can ever rule by divine right unless he has a blggeriarmy than the other man." NOTICES ARE NOW NEARLY ALL POSTED Coal Companies Will Grant the Ten Per Cent. Increase President Mit chell Visits Pittston. Uv i:iluilie Wiie from Ihu AmikIhUiI Ticti. 'Wllkes-Hune, Oct. 2S. All the coal companies In the Wyoming region, with u few exceptions, have now post ed iiollees grunting their employes the lu per cent. Increase asked for by the Scranton convention, The exceptions urn a few Individual opeiulors who do not employ many bunds. But It Is said that when the men employed at these collieries leport for work to morrow they will be told rtiut they will receive the same wages paid by the other roinpnnles. The Kingston Coal company had notices posted Ut ility granting the Increase, This com pany employs 2,200 men was the lasl of the bid Individual concerns In the valley to grunt the Increase, The oillcluls, of the Susquehanna company had u conference with their employes Saturday night apd agieed to pay them the advance, President Mitchell nnd the executive board of the United Mine Workers vis ited Pittston this afternoon. They wore, lecelvod by a large crowd and there was the greatest enthusiasm. Ad dresses ivero made by President Mitch ell, Fred Dllcher and others In un open lot. Mr. Mitchell told all the miner to go to work tomorrow. He also con gratulated them on their good behavior during tho strike, THE NEWS THIS MOBNINfl Wtathcr Indication Today, QKNKHALLY FAIIf. 1 (fdi'ral riRhtlitK (.'onlliniM In dilnt. Poem Ai:ln Arc Acthr. .. White Man In Omnianil. Ilij.in Still fr blhrr. 2 lieneral N'orthf.iletn l'inn.th.inl,i Se. Hicrlii' Proclamation. S I.00.1I-Painters of the ClirUtljn. lllltht OIHerlci May Not Work. 4 ttlilorhl. . Newt ami Cuniiiien IS Loral United After Many Yean. Ohscrtancc of the S.tbbath. d 1.0(.il W'eat Pcranlon and Suburban, 7 Pound Ahoi't the County. 8 Ioc.iI-IIIkIi School Peteati Kejstone at Foot II..II. biihutri.il Jottings. GAVEL1S FOUND DEAD ON RAILROAD TRACK Coroner Found Three Wounds on the Head That Might Have Been Made with an Axe. At 1 o'clock Saturday morning the dead body of Simon Oavells, of 1423 Nny Aug avenue, wns found on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad tracks about four hundred feet from the switchman's shanty at the Brlsbln breaker. The nature of the man's Injuries, revealed at the coro ner's autopsy, lends to the suspicion thnt be was murdered. The wounds Indicate that the man was struck on the head with an axe and that then the body was placed on the railroad tracks to cover up (he crime. Switchman Filer and Conduc tor Price saw the body and had It re moved by Undertaker D. D. Jones. Coroner Roberts wns summoned and make a post-mortem examination. Directly over the left eye there Is a long fracture, between two and three Inches In length, which caused a se vere depression In the skull. There Is another similar fracture on the back of the head and a third behind the tight ear. The skull was also frac tured at the base ot the brain and several blood clots were found In the brain, showing that Gavells was the victim of a terrible assault. Either one of these fractures was sufficient to have caused the man's death. There was not ti scratch on the body and the man's clothes were free from dirt. Fie whs not struck by a train. Cinvells attended a wedding Friday night and quarreled with several of his countrymen. The ceremony oc curred at the home of the dead man's brother on Elizabeth street, near the Rrisbin mine. Some of the men drank to excess und quarreled, liavelis was quite drunk. When it wus apparent that lie would get in trouble, Michael Unveils, a brother of Simon, persuaded him to go home. He remonstrated with his brothel-, but left the house. When Simon, with four or live of bis countrymen, reached a point some distance front the bouse, he refused to go any fur ther and said he would return to tin scene of the wedding. His companions went on and that was the lost seen of him alive. The Idea of robbery Is scouted by the dead man's brother, although the lin ings In his vest pockets were torn and no money wus found on the body. Unveils was :!0 years of age, married, live feet three Inches tall and weighed about ISO puuuds. He was a native of Utissia and had only been In this country about eight months. The coroner empanelled ti Jury com posed of Charles Hemming, J, F. Mc Donough, W. U. Moser, W. It. Hughes, Joseph T, Powell and P. .1. livnelt and, after viewing the remains, decid ed to hold an Inquest later. County Detective I.eyshon began work on the ease on Saturday. ami lute that night caused the arrest ot'John YearsavFtch, who was one of the men who quar reled with fiavells, He was locked up lit the Xorth Scranton police station and at iu o'clock yesterday morning was given a hearing before Alderman Myers. There was not sufficient evidence to hold lilui and he was discharged. When Detective I.eyshon visited the place yesterday where the body was found lie discovered there a pool of blood, nnd from a statement obtalnod from Conductor Price, who discovered the body, he Is led to believe that the man was struck by tin engine. At the hearing before Alderman .Myers the friends of the dead mult made contradictory statements, nnd denied assertions which they made to Detective I.eyshon on Saturday. Coroner Roberts will hold the !n- quest lit the case tomorrow al'teiuoou a It o'clock iu the arbitration mom of the court house, when the mystery will probably bo unraveled. SAYS IT'S PERSECUTION, E. E. Roberts Is Arrested by Cor respondence School's Agent, lly Kx-Jiuhe Wiie fiom 'I he AifoflJte-l 1'ima Hcheneclady, N. Y Oct. 2S. 1-J, K, Huberts, employed as solicitor for Hie local branch of the American Corres pondence school, ol' llOHtou, was ar icsted late lust night, on a ehurga of Mubei-.zltfineiit, piiifi-rred by Norinan Foster, manager of the Erie, Pn branch of the Scranton School of Cor icspoudciice, which employed "Roberts for ubout a year. It Is claimed there Is a shortage In bis accounts, Huberts declares his arrest to be a cuse of persecution. TWENTY CARS SMASHED. By Kiihislie Wire fiom The Associated Prcw. llaiibbius, Oct. 2S. One of the moit disaitioiu fniuht v'iii'U in .m-jis iHi'iini'd at Duneannoii, on tin- Middle divitioii of the iVniH.WvanU mil. load today. Twenty cars were completely de molished and the roadbed badly damaged. Pi scuKcr trjillc uj.i ilclajul over nix hours. A hrolien ulc r.iucd the wreck, Nubody iru hull BOERS AGAIN ARE ACTIVE ft Larae Force Surrounds the Pa trol of Gape Police and a Sharp Flaht Follows. ROBERTS' RETURN URGEI The Government' South Afrittuf Policy Severely Criticised la Lon. don An Increase in the Army I Called for and It Is Urged That Lord Kitohener Be Allowed ta Quell the Disturbing Elements in His Own Way. fly Ilxclii'lve Wire from Tho Auoolatrd Pre. London, Oct. 29. According to a dls palch from Cape Town to the Dallv; Mall, a force of Boers attacked and surrounded n. patrol of Cope police, with a convoy, near Hnopstad, Orange river colony, last Wednesday, and a sharp fight ensued. "The police," says the correspondent, "were compelled to abandon two Max ims. Ultimately, reinforced by ths yeomanry, they succeeded In getting away with the convoy; but they lost seven killed, eleven wounded and fif teen captured. Tho colonials were out numbered ten -to one, nnd the engage ment lasted for two hours. "The Boers have ir.,00ft-,men In tha Held, noarlv lialf of whom are in Orange river colony. They are divided into commandoes of some 300 each, but are capable of combination for large operations." The military Journals are greatly ex asperated by the recrudescence of Hoer activity in South Africa. The Broad Arrow does not hesitate to snv that Lord Roberts' departure has been de layed too long to permit of aspeedy settlement, and that his method of dealing with the Insurgents does morn honor to his heart than to his head. The Jacobsdal affair has been the last straw, and military men now blurt out their impatience over the employment of a field marshal and an immense army for the suppression of brigand age and for other police work, and as sert that Lord Roberts can galro no further distinction In South Africu, and that Lord Kitchener should be allowed a free hand and the means for operat ing with energy nnd mobility in the disturbed districts. The same authorities are opening their eyes to tho truth that the- pres ence of a large Btitlsh force will be required in South Africa for a long time. Raiding and armed resistance are In pinsress simultaneously at a dozen points long distances apart, and there will be great risk in releasing the lP.ooo Boer prisoners now under irunrd, since theie can be no guarantee that they will not reinforce the raid ers and have access to secret stores nf urius and ammunition. The point now made by military cvpertsi Is that there will be concurrent necessity for maintaining a large army in South Africa and for organizing another great force for foreign emergencies and home defence. They hold that the attitude, not of the French gov ernment, but of a large section of the French people, is hostile to England, and that It Is actually necessary that the British army should be strength ed and rendered more efllcient. Then Is considerable Chauvinism even In. staid and sober England when thesis dangeis of foreign hostilities nro mad the basis for demands 'that the mili tary eslabllstiment should be Increased1 by nO.OOO men. PITTSBURG'S LATEST MURDER MYSTERY Body of Young Woman Pound Bloat in the River The Coroner Investigates. lly Kuliiihr Wiie fiom The A-uueiated Pieu. Pittsburg. Oct. 28. The mystery con nected with the finding ot tho body of .Miss Kmma Seghnieyer Coating in the Ohio river opposite Glenfleld yester day, deepens as Investigation pro ceeds. .Miss Seghnieyer, who was 2 yeais of age and of good family, left the home of her mother at Glenfleld on Oct. IU. to visit an aunt at Sewlckley. The mother supposing hep daughter was with the aunt, sttspeuted nothing wiong until tho body wns found. She says there was no known cause why her daughter should suicide. She was a fitithlul member or church, engaged to be married and appal eutly very hi'ppy. Foul play In the case is Indicated by the fuct that the body of tint yiiting woman was found In the water iui the opposite sido of the ilver from In-r iioine, while the stage of the water since her disappearance has been so low that it would bo almost IniposHlblo for tin current to cany the body a-'ioss the stieuui, In addition the fiu-n und lienil of the victim was badly batieied, so much ho that the. men who took the uiipse rroiu the river fulled to recognize her, though they hud been iicquiilntid with her for yenis. The cm oner is luaklug a seurclllug Investigation. FATAL LTUOMOBILE ACCIDENT, By Kxclnsiie Wiie from 'Hie Atioilated Prcu. l'.irl. Oil. H.-t'ninle Cahen H'Amerne. t will known liitme in I'jiUI.iu wih-ly, was Ullsd today In an uutuunhile accident near Mruertiu. "" WEATHER PORECAST. 4- Wanliluton, Del. 25. Forecast for Kattfru reiinsjlwuli; Ceneially fair 4- Vondiy: Tiirdjy probably rain; freala f northeasterly winds. . -f t m,j -1 'H'y .v ,,.' t t P ? I .If. '.,W- '.' 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