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THE FUTURE
OF RAILROADS
View o. the Situation as Given In
the Annual Report o! the Inter
State Commerce Commission.
MORE POWER IS WANTED
It Is Believed That All Railroa .a
Should Be Compelled to Mnke
Equal Charge for Equal Service.
Main Trnnspoitation Lines of the
Country Liable to Be Thrown Into
Great Groups Which May Do
Away with Competition That Be
gets Worst of Discrimination.
6y Uxilu.lre Wire fiom The Associated I'reu.
Washington, Jan. 4. The fourteenth
annual report of the Interstate com
merce commission, transmitted to con
gress today, culls attention, for tho
fourteenth tlmp, to tho need of lesls
latlon to give It power to do the things
It Is supposed to do. 1' especially
wants power to compel all railroads
engaged In Interstate commerce to
make an equal charge for rqunl ser
vice and it points out how necessary
this hus become since great combina
tions of railways have been formed,
with aggregated powers of resisting
regulation. On this subject it says:
The cimimltrion lias no official knowledge ot
llii c'tent ot recent rallveay combination), but
It lias iroimed ite':lf as well as possible from
unofficial sources. Tlicre titte absorbed in van.
nn vvajs between July 1, ISO), aud Nov. 1,
19U), 25,311 miles of railroad. There arc In the
wlmlo United States something less than 2H0,00ii
rules of railroad; and uioie than one-eighth ol
this entire mileage was, within the above pcilnd,
brought, in one way and another, 'tndcr the
control of other line.). It becomes evident thut
In the Immediate future the m.iln transportation
lines of tbii country will be thrown into great
groups, controlling their own territmy, and not
subject, with respect to must of their t raffle,
to Hrloui comictltion.
Hutu n condition Ic not wittiont Its bcncHtf.
The evils which competition begets will largely
ili.sappcar with that compotltlon, and many of
the worst form.! ot discrimination will cease.
Tin- danger lies in the fact that the only check
upon the rate is theieby removed. Hitherto core,
petition between einrlers lias Kept down the prlco
cf carriage. If that Is taken away nothing re
mains except the force ol popular opinion and
the feeble icstraliiti ot the picMiit law, which
-o. of little eflctt when directed agulnt fcllgbt
n.d gradual advances. It will lie within tho
rower ot two or three men, or ut most u nrall
croup of men, to say what tax shall lie imposed
upon the viit tratile moving between the Lut.t
and West. The nature of the sen Ice and tho
conditions under which (Ids species ot ptopeity
ii operated may be fcuch that It can not be,
and perhaps ought not to bo, biought under tho
continuing force of competition, but thofo veiy
conditions make it imperatively necessary that
sotno other control should be substituted for
competition. It Is both human nature and the
lesson of history that unlimited power Induies
mliiise of Hut power. Hallways are not com.
binlng for the purpose of "extortion anil abuse,"
but none the less thould the people provide tonic
protection against that poslbli result of tho
combination.
Advance in Rates.
Under this heading tho commission
says that Sl'4 changes were made In the
official classification on January 1, 1900,
by carriers using that classification, of
which SIS produced advancer In rates
and 6 resulted In reductions. The aver
age advance way r,.".5 per cent. The re
port adds:
Dy these changes In ehittifleatloii rates upon a
considerable ;urt of freight liallic in all portions
of tho United Stales, many of them appl.iitg
on the most common article of merchandise,
have been very materially advanced. In addi
tion many commodity rates have been with,
drawn, ihus making the aiticlo.c affected tako
higher class rates. Tlieio was no claim of any
unusual need of revenue. Not for years had
trattio been so heavy or gross iccelptj so largo
as then.
Tho commission says its purpose Is not to critl.
dbO tho action of the railways In this lespect,
but rather to call attention to what has been
done, and thereby to what may be done. It liui
been the understanding ot late that tho statute
of tho Uidted States prohibited the odiance of
Interstate rates by concerted action among Hie
carriers, jet here wo lind an Instance! where In
every part of this country raiders have by
concerted action, without any notice to shipper,
anu inueeei against ino vehement protest ot ship
pers, advanced their rates upon a large portion
of the merchandise carried under claw tales nn
average of one-fourth. It this can be done with
respect to that portion ol railway Iratfle, it can
be dons with reNct to all of it; and If ralei
can bo advanced 55 per cent, they can be still
further advanced by the Mine nietho. Neither
can it bo said that tho public can ci-oap such
sn advance, however unjint. Hundreds of per.
sons have demanded relief fiom what has been
actually done. In homo instances, where the
shipper wan great enough or the organization to
which bo belonged powerful enough, that relief
has been voluntarily granted by tho railways,
but the general public and the small shipper
lavo been compelled to make the best of It.
It Is wrong and Intolerable that a rlasslflc.v
tlou committee or a railway manager should bo
able by a stroke ot the pen, without ronmlta.
tiou vvllb the public, without even informing
the public, to arbitrarily change tho rates at
which freight trattio shall be handled. Carriers
should have tho right to agree upon a uniform
classification and to amend that classification
lilt when hundred of idilppcrs complain that a
imi'iiu wrvam uas perpetrated a wrung upon (ho
puhllo in the discharge! of n public duly, there
should be tome tribunal before which inquiry
can be bad and by which ledrets can be admin.
Istcred.
Hallway Statistics.
The safcty-appHanco act became
fully effective) on August 1 last. Since
the law went into effect no rotnuloto
o" accurate Information regarding nc
cjldents hus been obtained. Hut in this
connection tho commission makes n
suggestion. On June 30, 1S99, thero
were 928.01.M persons employed on Unit
ed States railways. During the year
ending that date 2,210 of such employes
were killed und 31,923 wero Injured tin
railway accidents. The number of
killed and injured In coupling and un-
iuipllng cars was somewhat less In
fiat year than In tho year areeedliic.
lables comparing accident statistics in
F93, 1897, 1898, 1&99, and partial statist
ics for 1000, show on tho whole! hoiiio
I'creaso In tho number of accidents In
199 and 1900. In 1S93. In coupling and
irounllng cars, the ratio ot killed and
Injured to the number omploycd was:
Killed, 1 In 349; Injured, 1 in 13. In 1S93
these ratios were: Killed, 1 In 003, and
injured, 1 In 22.
"To the end that overy precaution
may be taken, and thut no careless, In
different, Ignorant, or selfish individual
may be permitted to endanger his fel
lows, a system of public supervision
should be maintained," says tho ro
port, "and a close Inspection made of
the rolling stock in service, so that no
wear or breakages may go unnoticed
and unremedied. It Is not proposed
that such public Inspection shall In
any respect Interfere with tho duties
of the operating companies respecting
repairs. Such inspection will require
some- expenditure of money small,
however, In comparison with tho In
terests affected."
MAHON WILL VOTE FOR QUAY.
Ha Has Pulfllled His Pledges to tho
Antls.
I!y L'xchulve Wlic fiom The Associated Press.
Wllkers-Uurro, Jun. 4. It la reported
In political circles tonight that Repre
sentative Muhon, of the Third district,
will vote for Mr. Quay for United
States senator in joint ballot. Mr. Mn
hon did not vote for Speaker Murshall
and refused to enter tho senatorial
caucus.
The friends of Senator Quay claim
that .Mulion has fulfilled any pledges
he made to the nntl-Quayites und that
now ho can follow his own Judgment
in voting for senator.
Mr. Mahon was not elected by anti
Quay votes. Fuller Hcndershot, a
rabid nntl-Quay man, run against him,
and It is suld this will be Mr. Mahon's
excuse for cdiange o base.
EARL ROBERTS WILL
TAKE NO HOLIDAY
Kitchener Is Calling for 5,000 Men
to Guard the Band Mines En
listing Men in Cape Colony.
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
London, Jon. C Karl Roberts, of
ICanduhar and Pretoria, Is already Im
mersed in his arduous new duties at
the war olllce. lie will take no holi
day. There is no further news from Lord
Kitchener, who, according to a Cape
Town dispatch, Is calling for Jive thou
sand men to guard the Hand mines.
Enlisting In Cape Colony continues ac
tive and COO "men will leave Cape Town
for the north within the next few
days. Information regarding the in
vasion is scanty. Colonel Williams at
tacked the eastern Invaders, January
1, near Mlddleburg. but failed to dis
lodge them, lie has since been joined
by Lieutenant Colonel Oreenfell, and
the Boers have retired.
General Brabant has arrived nt Craaf
ltelnet.
Advices from Maseru, Basutoland,
dated yesterday, say that three separ
ate columns are still pursuing General
DeWet, but with no success bevond
taking twenty-eight prisoners. Can
non firing is continually heard.
All tho Kngllsh have deserted Fleks
burg, taking their stocks of grain
across the border, and the Boers have
looted the town.
According to the Dally Mull's corre
spondent at The Hague, the director
ate of the Netherlands South African
railway has applied to the Amsterdam
courts for a suspension of payments.
The Rally Chronicle advises that
favorable attention should bo given to
a movement, reported by Its Montreal
correspondent, to Induce Sir Wilfred
Lauiier, tho dominion premier, nro
vleled the colonial olllce consents, to
proceed to South Africa as a commis
sioner empowered to Intervene, with a
view to the restoration of peace.
VENEZUELAN WAR CLOUD
News from Minister Loomis Is of a
Disquieting Character State De
partment Declines to Give
the Details.
fly inclusive Wire fiom Tho Associated Pre'.
Washington, Jan. 4. Cable advices
received at tho state department to
day from Minister Loomis are of a
disquieting character.
Tho department declines to make
public tho details but It Is surmised
that there Is a possibility ot resistance
on the part of one of the asphalt com
panies to the legal processes of tho
Venezuelan government that may re
sult seriously.
Win. Bryan on a Lecture Tour.
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Tyler, Texas, Jan. J. William J. Bryan lec
tured here tonight to a largo audience. An in
formal reception was held during the afternoon.
Ho left tonight for Paris, where be will lecture
tomorrow night. It was erroneously reported
last night that Mr. Dryan bad parsed through
Pcnsacola, l'la., going to Tallahassee to attend
the inauguration of his cousin, William S. Jen
nings, as governor of Florida,
First Electrocution in Massachusetts
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Boston, Jan. 4, Lulgl Storl, tho young man
convicted of Killing Michael Calucel with an axe
after a game ot cards vn Nov. 7, 16M), was sen
tenced today by Judgo Ilond to be electrocuted at
tl.o state prison some time during the week be
ginning Sunday, Arrll 7, If tho sentence in
carried out Storl will be the first murderer elec
trocuted In Massachusetts,
Monument to Confederates.
Hy I'.xcluslvo Wire from The Associated Press.
LnVo City, l'la., Jan, i..K monument erected
in honor of the confederates who fell in tho
battle ol Otustce wax dedicated hero today,
prominent military men and confederates front
all over the state taUlng pait,
Boston Bicycle Race.
Py Kxcluslve Wire from The Associated Prcn.
lloslon, Jan, 4, The forty-ninth hour score In
thu sin day bleyclo laco vrta: MrPaclirm, the
leader; Haver, Walthour, Rtlnson, McLean, Dow.
rey and r'Uchcr, all W) miles 2 la Habcock,
tws.01 Mullcr, KK.
WEST POINT
CADET TRIALS
More Lifllit Is Thrown Upon the
Booz Case at Hearinos In
Philadelphia and Bristol.
TESTIMONY OP PHYSICIAN
Dr. Martin Believes That Tobasco
Sauco Would Create a Condition In
til Throat That Would Make Good
Ground for tho Lodgment of Tu
berculosis Germs Ex-Cadet Al
bert Tells of Abuse Heaped Upon
Freshmen.
Cy llxelinive Wire from The Associated l'rcv,
Bristol, Pa., Jan. 4. The house com
nilitce of live congressmen appointed
by Speaker Henderson to Investigate
the Booz hazing charges began Its In
quiry here today. The committee eem
slstii of Charles Dick, of Ohio, chair
man; Edmund H. Drlggs, of New
York; Irving P. Wunger, of Pennsyl
vania; Walter I. Smith, of Iowa, unit
Ii. T. Clayton, ot New York. They ar
rived from Philadelphia at 9 o'clock
this morning and Immediately went
Into session at Pythian Hall. Major
II. A. Casson, of Ohio, was selected
for sergeant-at-arms,
William H. Booz, father of the dead
cadet, was the Hist witness. Ho re
lated again the story ho told before the
war department Inquiry several weeks
ago. He said Oscar did not complain
of "eagllng," but told him that he had
black and blue marks on his bodv as
tho result of an encounter with nn upper-class
man, and reluctantly said
that tobasco sauce had been forced
down his throat three times. The boy,
tho father said, tried to conceal the
condition of his throat after he left the
academy, and never gave the names
ot his tormentors, lie had tontendeel
that it would not bo manly to de so.
Dr. William H. Martin, of Bristol,
who examined Oscar Booz's physical
condition preparatory to the young
man going to West Point, testified ho
found him a fair specimen ot man
hood. He noticed, however, his lung
expansion was slightly deficient. Af
ter Oscar returned from the academy
he treated him for tliro.it trouble. lie
was practically cured or .that ailment.
In the early part of l'JOO Oscar wns
ugaln treated for tuberculosis of the
throat.
Effects of Tobasco Sauce.
Witness, in answer to a eiuestlon,
said burns produced by the swallow
ing of tobasco sauce would leave a
good ground for the lodgement of
tuberculosis germs.
Asked ns to Oscar's physical charac
teristics and general make-up, Dr.
Martin said ho was not given much to
athletics und was rather reticent. He
was little below tho standard measure
ments for one of his height.
The committee then neljourned, to
meet In Philadelphia.
Testimony of Albert.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4. Slgmund S.'Al
bert. an ex-cadet, who was a class
mate of Booz, stated that ho was In
two fights. His second contest was
with a cadet named Doyle, of his own
class, whom Albert called out for In
sulting him. Ho did not lemembcr for
what offenso ho had himself been
called out. He said each class had a
lighting committee, which was ap
pointed by tho class. Albert said ho
was more severely hazed than other
cadets of his class.
Ho was asked why, and answered:
"Principally because of my religion."
False Demerits.
Albert, who Is a Hebrew, said he e
signcd from the academy partly be
cause life there was unbearable and
partly because he disliked military
life. Albert further said that If a
fourth class man Incurred tho dis
pleasure of an upper classman, the
sentinels, who wero mostly of tho up
per classes would placet false demon ts
against victims and in many cases the
unfortunate cadet would thus bo
forced out of tho academy. Cadets,
he? said, had tho right to appeal from
the demerits
Albert firmly believed that ho was
ostracized at West Point because) of
his being a Jew. Hee lestlllod that ho
had been called "a damned Jow" by
Cadets Meyer and Jordan, ot the third
class. Albert at first refused to give
the names of those; boys.
Tho last witness of tho night was
IC. S. Shields, of Bristol, n companion
of Oscar Booz, who testified to Os
car's good character and apparent
good health.
At midnight, tho committee adjourn
ed to meet nt Bristol tomorrow.
Blhsop Nindo's Death.
Dy Excluvlve Wire from The Associated Tress.
Wllkes-Darrc, Jan. 4. The death ol Itlshon
Nlndo has upset the plans for tho conference ot
the Methodist church ot the Wyoming district,
which meets at West PItliton In April. The
bishop was to havo prosldeel at the conference
anil was In WllhcadJarro two weeks ago to make
final iirrangeni'iitp.
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Millinery and Bankruptcy.
BY Exclusive Wiro from Tho Associated l'reu.
Trentor, Jan. 4. Mary 0. Itujle, imw of
Iltdgewood, N, J,, but formerly of Scranlon, l'a,,
today hied a petition in bankruptcy. Mio states
her liabilities an $19,671, with no avscts. Her
debts wero contracted for millinery and dry
goods,
The Bosses Will Recover.
By Kxcluslve Wire from The A8oclated Tress,
WllkcsDarre, Jan. 4. William L'atly and
Martin Fortune, tho two tiro bosica who wero
overcoino by black elamp In the Pine Itldge col
llrry last night, oro much Improved tonight, and
the chances now are that they will recover,
James Kelly Hanged.
Dy Exclusive Wiro from The Associated Presi.
Charleston, S, C Jan. (, James Kelley, col
ored, was banged hero today for tlu murder last
August of Willis Bonneau, an aged nemo.
COLLEGE MEN TO PARADE
One of tho Conspicuous Features of
the Forthcoming Inaugural Fes
tivities 43 Institutions to
JJo Represented.
By Exclusive Wire from The AssoclatcJ Prcs.
Washington, Jan. 4. It Is proposed
that one of the most conspicuous fea
tures of tho forthcoming inauguaral
parudo shall be a section composed of
college men from all the leading uni
versities ot tho TJnited States. Ar
rangements are making to secure the
uttendanre of a very large contingent
ot those men, und assurances havo
been received at Inaugural headquar
ters Indicating the presence In tho
parade of delegations ot from fifty to
two hundred men each from forty
three educational Institutions.
It is proposed that each body ot
students shall wear tins distinctive col
ors or insignia of tho college or uni
versity It represents.
THREE MEN ARE
BLOWN TO PIECES
Half Dozen Others Arc Bruised and
Cut by Flying Debris in Dy
namite Explosion.
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Aociated Pre's.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4. Three men
were blown to pieces today and a halt
dozen others wero bruised and cut by
flying debris as the result of it ter
rific explosion of dynamite ut the
works of the Ilepuuno Chemical com
pany, at Thompson's Point, N. J., a
thinly settled spot on the Delaware
river, twelve miles below this city.
Tho killed, who were workmen, arc:
Oliver, Mcllvane, aged 24, Glubstowti,
N. J.; William Whyne. aged 23, Olbbs
tnwn. N. J.; John Klrby, aged 2J,
Thoroughfare, N. -I.
The building In which the explosion
occurred was u one and a half story
frame affair and was apurt from tho
other portions ot tho works. Tho
throf men killed were its only occu
pants. The building and machinery
wore blown high in the air and scat
tered some cllstntiiic" awny. Pieces of
the men's llesh were picked up over a
hundred feet away from tho site of
the building. The men had been
punching the dynamite Into clght
Incli paper shells for use In blasting.
It is probable that the machine used
In packing the dynaniltei Into the
shells created a spark nnd set off the
deinliy uxplosivf'H. '
Oillclals ot tho company say they
cannot estimate the loss, but it la
thought It will not be over 5,000.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
Ordinary Increases of Business Con-
tlnuo to Make Gratifying
Exhibits.
By Hxcluslve Wiro Irom The Associated Pre-ss.
New York. Jan. 4. tt.G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will
say:
The ordinary measures of business
continue to make gratifying exhibits.
No alteration has yet occurred In quo
tations of Iron und steel products and
this Industry is on such a firm founda
tion that most large concerns have
maintained wages at the old scale, In
stead of making tho reductions antici
pated. Iron ore prices ure also un
changed and no action Is now expected
until March, although a lower rate was
looked for early In January. Coko Is
firmly held at Gonnellsvllle, and thero
are fewer Idle ovens, while the much
discussed fall in prices appear confined
to inferior qualities nt outside fur
naces. Pig Iron sells freely for deliv
ery up to April and there Is no Indi
cation of weakness. All finished pro
ducts aro early sought, many large
contracts having been placed for struc
tural material, and others are under
consideration. An Amerlpan company
Is the lowest bidder for the largo
bridge at Sydney harbor, Australia.
The purchase of seven hundred acres
near Pittsburg by a leading steel com
pany Indicates great enlargement of
Its plant.
Tho market for textiles has been
featureless. Wool has again declined,
and there Is much uneasiness over the
statements of largo stocks at the end
of tho year. Trade In cotton goods Is
checked by an abnormally high prlco
for raw material. Local Jobbing and
retail trade Is brisk In boots nnd shoes,
and many manufacturers are behind
with orders.
Steamship Arrlvnls.
By Exclusive Wire from Tho Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 4. Arrived: Ilcsperia, from
Naples. Cleared: Statendam, Rotterdam, via
Boulogne; Ltruila, Liverpool; Furt Bismarck,
(llbrultar, Naples, Genoa, etc. Hailed: Patrla,
Naples. Queciiotown Arrived t Campania, New
York for Liverpool and proceeded. Naples Sail,
ed: Columbia, New York, Islo of Wight Passedt
Spoomdam, Itotterdani for New York. Lizard
Passed: Vadcrland, New York for Antwerp. St.
Michaels 1'assed: Aller, New Yoilc for Naples,
etc,
Big Deal in Coal Land.
By H.wluilvo Wiro from The Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Jan, 1. Tho coal under the thirty
seven farmi surrounding Indiana, aacrrcratluj
ncarly'l.OOU neres has passed Into the post vi
sion of tho Uuflalo, llochesler and Plttthur Coal
and Iron company. Tho laud la underlaid ly
veins of coal from four to seven feet In tide!,
ness. Tho prico paid to tho land ownefi was
fcli:S,M.Ui, and tho holdlnitt ot tho company ate
thereby Inereated to about 10,000 acres of roal J
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(UI.U.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
By KncIiisIio Wire from Tho Anocufed frees,
Hjracusc, N. Y Jan. L Kit T. Banc, n con
tractor and millionaire, died today ut hit home
at Kayettevlllc, alter a loner Illness, lie bad
been engaged In many Important government
contracts, anions tho mora not.tfilo belnp the
coifetriictloii of tho Sjult Ste. Mario locks, DcU
vvuio breakwater and Charleston haibor. He
vvua 73 )eara of ago.
DIED PROM AN
AWFUL WOUND
Barber Barnatto Papa Uses a Razor
with Terrible Eitect on Ex-
Puolllst Harm Davis.
TRAGEDY OCCURRED
IN DEWEY HOTEL
Papa Was the Principal in a Fight
Over Some Dissolute Women and
When, After Being Separated At
tempted to Benew the Attack, Da-
, vis Interfered and Like a Flash,
Was Laid Low with a Gash from
Papa's Razor Wound Was Seven
Inches Long: and at One Place Two
Inches Deep Tho Slayer Is Ar
rested Almost on the Spot and the
Razor Recovered.
Rivalry for the smiles of Dandy
Delia. Dig Alice and Little Georgia, a
trio of dissolute women ubout town,
started a fight In the back room of the
Dewey, at 103 Lackawanna avenue, last
night, which ended In the killing ot
Harry Davis, an cx-puglllst and well
known character about the central
city.
Uarnato Papa, a young Italian bar
ber, is locked up In the Center street
station house, charged with the killing.
Davis Interfered to save a friend
from Papa's attack, and, like a Hash,
Papa droiv u razor and gashed Davis
In the throat. It was a vicious lunge.
The blude swept across the throat from
a point under the left ear. making an
Incision seven Inches long anil two
Inches deep at one place. Davis died
hi twenty minutes. Papa was cap
tured Just outside the hotel and a
razor with blood on It was found on
the street car tracks directly In front
of th,e hotel.
An fur as could be learned tho two
principals of the tragedy had no ac
qualntanca und tho probabilities are
thut Papa never set eyes on Davis un
til he turned on him with the razor.
Fapa and His Friend.
Papa entered tho hotel about 10
o'clock and joined two of his friends
who wero drinking nt a table In the
rear room, where was gathered a
motley crowd of men and women,
most of them regular hub!tuc3 of this
and other like resorts.
Davis and a friend, Harry Matthews,
of Carbon street, came in together
about 10.15 and nfter having a gloss of
beer, started for tho rear room.
Harry Davis, tho victim, stopped on
the way, and, after chatting with :i
couple of acquaintances begun to do a
jig on tho bar-room floor to the music
of the auto-piano which is located at
the rear of the room. Arthur Davis,
of 407 New street, one of Horry
Davis' acquaintances, went In, an1
It appeals mixed up with tho
crowd of men and women, of which
Papa was' a part, and made himself'
obnoxious by trying to win tho at
tention of tho women from Papa.
No one seems to know Just what
precipitated the fighting, but In tho
courso of a very few minutes, Papa
and Arthur Davis wero engaged in a
rough and tumble encounter. Papa,
who Is lame, was getting tho worst
of It when one of the bartenders, G,
A, Clark, separated them.
The crash of a breaking chair, which
Papa threw at Arthur Davis, was
heard above tho thumping of tho auto
pluno, and tho ribald s-ongs and gen
eral bolslerousness of the bar-room,
and tho crowd that wus drinking thero
flocked back to tho rear room to see
tho trouble.
Harry Davis accompanied them and
remained thero nn Interested listener
to tho post-bellum exchange ot warm
words.
Papa was sitting on a chair at tho
roar window, in tho extreme westerly
end of the room. Arthur Davis was
standing in the easterly corner. Harry
Davis, the victim, was ono of the group
In tho center of tho room.
Davis Grasped Fapa.
Papa suddenly Jumped from his sent
and mado for Arthur Davis, as If to
renew the attack. Harry Davis saw the
move, and Jumping forward grasDed
Papa by the shoulder and pulled him
backward. Papa had hardly rccovero.l
his footing when his right hand
emerged from his coat pocket, clasp
ing a long-bladed, black-handled razor,
and with a vicious swing ho brought
It across Davis throat.
A hush fell over tho assemblage. Tho
drinking ceased, and everybody stood
up dazed. Papa took advantage of thei
momentary stagnation and, sliding out
a hallway partitioned off from the bar
room, ran through it halfway und then
cutting through tho barroom d'aBhed
outho front door und Into tho street.
He turned to enter tho Roma hotel,
(Continued on 1'age 0.)
TUB NEWS TIlIS HORNING.
Weather Indications Today.
FAIR) COLDEST.
1 General Bcport ot the interstate Commerce
Commission.
Physicians Testify before the Booz Hazing
Commission.
Conejrrslonal Doing.
Kx-Puglllst ilurdcied.
2 fiencral Carbondale Department.
8 General Amos Cumnilnjs on the Wntk ol
ConcrrcM Before tho I led Ida) .
I lMltorial.
Note and Comment.
5 Local Social and Personal.
One Wor.sn'a Views.
0 Local Municipal Lesuue Alter the IHk fel
lows. ItiorKanlzatton of the Poor Boatd.
7 Ical ileanina; ol (Quay's letory in the
Senatorial l'ii;lit.
Moving Day in the Court llenisn Olficc.e.
6 local West Ftranton anil Sii'juitjn.
8 General Norlhcartern I'cniuyliaiili,
rinanclat nnd Corrmiciciat,
30 Gei.eial "The Olficer's Conscience"
11 Local Sundiy School I,eson for Tnniorinw.
Hcllirloui News of the Week.
12 Local Live Ne of the Woild ot Labor.
INSURGENT CAMPS
ARE DESTROYED
General Wheaton and Bates Report
Many Small Captures ol'
Supplies.
Py Kxcliiidvc Wile from The wiitid 1'iess
Manila, Jan. -L Generals Wheaton
and Hates report many small captures,
the destruction of Insurgent camps anil
tho seizure of supplies, unlmals and
other necessities. Among the captures,
in Smith's district was Colonel Teehon,
the Insurgent governor of Tniiae. Gen
eral Grant Is personally in command
of n mounted expedition In tho moun
tains ot Southern Pampangas. which,
ho says, Is tho only locality where the
Insurgents are In force in his district.
Insurgents entiM'eel f'apan and San
Tslelro. In Gen?ral Funston'n district,
during tho night and burned a score
of houses. Their tiring was Ineffective.
General 'MooArthur has commuted
several death sentences of military
courts to Imprisonment.
Washington, Jan. A. The following
dispatch was recelvcil nt the navy de
partment this afternoon from Admiral
Remey:
Manila, Jan. I,
Bureau Navigation, Washington.
An attack on the monilni; nt the :M, by tho
fourth Infantry mailnes and navy at ("us He
Vlejo, resulted In the capture of one lieutenant
colonel, two majors, five captains, one lieuten
ant, foity-clght private Insurreetos and four
ladiones. (Signed) Iteiney.
GEN. BATCHELDER DEAD.
Served with Distinction During the
War of the Rebellion Re
tired in 1800.
By Kxcluslve Wire from The Associated PiCbS,
Washington, Jan. 4. General Hatch
elder, former quartermaster general of
the army, died here this afternoon.
General Hatchelder had been In deli
cate health for several years past, but
his Illness did not assume a crlttcul
phase until Just before the holidays,
when he suffered from an attack of an
gina pectoris.
Interment will be made In Arlington
cemetery Monday, after services In All
Souls' Unitarian church at half past
ten In the morning. General Batcheld
er served with distinction during the
war and was awarded a medul of honor
for "most distinguished gallantry In
action against Mosby's guerillas." He
received the brevet rank of brigadier
general of volunteers for "faithful and
meritorious services during tho war."
In 1S0U he was promoted to be hrlga
dled general In the regular army and
entered upon his duties ns quartermas
ter ot the army. He retired In lSufi.
REAL ESTATE DEALER
GETS FIVE YEARS
Frederick Clark, of Philadelphia,
Had Numerous Victims Among
the Foor Feople.
By Kxcluslre Wire fiom Tho Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Jan. I. Frederick T.
Clark, a former prominent real estate
dealer, who victimized a number of his
clients, was today sentenced to live
years Imprisonment.
Thero were nineteen Indictments
against Clark, charging him with
making fraudulent mortgages, ground
rent deeds, etc., embezzlement by
agent and tho forging of csrtlllcates of
record In tho olllce of the recorder of
deeds. Ho pleaded guilty to three of
these indictments, the balance not
being pressed.
Clark's peculiar methods netted him
thousands of dollars. He Is about CO
years old. In passing sentence, Judge
Audenreld said:
"It Is men like you, who prey upon
poor widows and orphans, who do more
to shako confidence In the community
than uny other class of criminals. Not
only this, but you bring into doubt tho
certificates of record in our public
ofllces. Thero ha been too many epi
sodes like your's in the community of
late, and it Is time a halt was called
and nn example set for llko offenders."
COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.
By I'.xcluslvo Wire from The Aisoclalcd Press.
London, Jan. . The following colonial ottlce
appointments were announced this evening: Mr
Allied Mllrcr to bo governor ot tho Transvaal
and British high commissioner; The lion. Sir
Walter l'rancis llely-llutchlnson (governor of
Natal and Zululand sinca UW) to bo governor of
Capa Colony: Lieutenant Colonel sir Henry Ed
ware! McCaltum (governor ot New I'oundland
since 1898 and (Ida de camp to tho enieen since
11)00) to be governor ot Natal; Major Hamilton
John Goold-Adams (reuldent commissioner cf the
Bechuanaland protectorate) to be lieutenant gov
ernor of the Orange Mlvtr colony.
ARMY BILL IN
THE SENATE
The Philippines Question Threshed
Over at Great Lenoth In a
Five-Hour Debate.
OPPOSITION TO AN ARMY
House Has Another Spirited Strug,
gle Over the Olinstoad Resolution
to Investigate the Abridgement of
Rights of Suffrage in Certain
Southern States with Vlow to Re
apportionment. By Inclusive Wiro fiom The Associated I'icm.
Washington, Jan. 4. For live hours
today thu senate discussed tho army
reorganization bill. The ilebate took a
wlele range ut times, but was conttned
principally to the eiuestlon of tho nec
essity for the lucrctisi! in the regular
army provided for In tho pending
measure. The Philippine question was
threshed over at great length, but few
reully now points were ndduccd. It
wns urged by the supporters of tho
army bill that tho situation In the Phil
ippines demanded tho increase of thn
army proposed. This was controverted
by the opposition senators, who, while
they were willing In a general way to
provide for such tempornry force ns
might bo needful, were vigorously op
posed to tho creation of a permanent
standing, army of 100,000 men.
Speeches were made by Mr. Carter,
of Montana; Mr. Teller, of Colorado;
Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts: Mr.
Stewart, of Nevada, und Mr. Caffrcy,
of Louisiana. One of tho sharp collo
quies of the session was between Mr.
Carter and Mr. Wellington, of Mary
land, and In the course of It tho Alas
kan boundary dispute was brought for
ivarel prominently, the Marylnnd'sena
tor charging that the president hud rci
llntiulshcel sovereignly over tho terri
tory, tho title to which, he maintained,
was vested clearly in the United
States.
Mr, Hoar advanced n proposition to
appoint a commission to bo composed
of nil shades of political opinion to in
vestigate tho entire Philippine ques
tion and report Its findings to congress
in order that a basis might be formed
for intelligent action. Some slight pro
gress was nnide toward tho completion
of the pending measure.
Struggle in tlnS House.
The house today had another spir
ited struggle over the Olmstead reso
lution to Investigate the abridgement
of the suffrage In certain Southern
states, with a view to reapportionment
upem the actual basis of suffrage. It
was finally referred to the census com
mittee, where tho opposition desired it
to go originally. Some of the Repub
lican leaders were not In sympathy
with the resolution. Mr. Olmstead
tried to get Mr. Hopkins to agree that
tho committee! would consider within
a week, but the chairman of the cen
sus committee declined to make any
pledge to that effect.
The debate upon the resolution was
marked by exceedingly tiunkncss.
Some of the southern members avowed
that tlie attempt to enfranchise tho
negro had been a lamentable failure,
and the action of certain states In
legally eliminating the blacks as fac
tors at the polls, they said, was In the
Interest of civilization anil progress.
Mr. McDormott, of Now Jersey, as
serted that every state In thu Union
either added to or subtracted from tho
constitutional reeiiilremonts of voters,
and challenged any member to show
to tho contrary one that did not. After
the resolution hail been thus illsyosed
of, tho reapportionment bill was taken
up and debated by Mr. Hopkins, ot
Illinois, nnd Mr. Shnfroth, of Colorado.
An attempt to agree upon a time fot
thu llnul vote on the bill failed, al
though the general Impression Is that
the debate will conclude early next
week.
COFFMAN'S ESCAPE.
He Receives an Infernal Machins
Through tho Mails.
By Exclusive Wins from The A'sociatcd Pre".
St. l.ouls, Jan. 1. A special to thft
Post-DIspateh from Paris, Ills,, says:
Thomas f'oft'man, an attorney and
collecting agent, residing nt Hiinic.
narrowly escaped being blown to
atoms with an Infernal machine re
ceived through tho mall today. Tho
box was of wood, with a sliding lid. It
contained a pound stick of dvnamlta
and several match heads, which, how
ever, failed to Ignite wncn tho box was
opened. Two thicknesses of heavy
brown paper covered tho box, which,
was addressed to Dr. Sylvester Coft
man, tho attorney's brother. It la
thought thu jolting of tho box In thu
mall disarranged Its mechanism. An
indistinct postmark seemed to indicates
that the box was mailed at Logans-
port, Ind.
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Charters Granted.
By Hxcluslve Wire trorn Tho Associated Presi.
HariUburg, Jan. 4. Charters wero Ibsuecl to
day as follows: The Cliapot Chamois Co., Great
Ilend; capital, $50,000. Tho Clipper PublUhlnj
Co., Grcembuig; capital, $25,000. The Men
ongahela OH Co., Pittsburg; capital, $1,000.
Poors Recross the Orange.
By Hxcluslvo Wire from Tho Associated Press.
Cane Town, Jan. 4, Two hundred Boers bavei
rccruitwd tho Orango river going north. Tut
Itusslan commandants, fotrowkk and Uu l'louy,
wero killed lu the flghtlnj at Utrecht, Dec M.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
f
W.ildngton, Jan. 4. Forec.st for Sat
urday and 8ur.dsy: Eastern Pennsylvania
I'alr and coldei Saturday; northwest
erly wind; biik en the coait, Sunday,
fair.
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