The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, November 14, 1901, Image 1

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'J 1115 ONLY SCUAXIOX 1'APIvR KKCE1V1XG THE COMl'LXTR XKWS SERVICE OE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GREATEST XEW.S ACiEXCV IN THE WORLD.
SCRAISTON, 1A., THURSDAY 3IOJININC, NOVEMBER 14, 1001.
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RATHBUN'S
ADMISSION
The Insurance Swindler Tell a New
Storu Which Brines His
Wile In the Case
NOT IN GOODMAN PLOT
He Insists That His Wife Had No
Knowledge of the Contemplated
Scheme to Make Away with the
Mnn Rnthbun Is Accused of Hav
ing Murdered One of the Perplex
ing Features.
i I silu-ne w'lie fi..in Thr Av,ri.ilcil ii o- .
Louisville, Ky Nov. 13. Newell C.
Yluthblin.wlm was arrested here nn stls
)ili'lnn of having caused the dentil of
('hark s Ooodniun, who was foimil dead
In a Iiott'l In Hint eily lust Thursday,
rt-.uth having resulted, it is supposed,
from laudanum poisoning, is tonight in
the i 'lurk county, Indiana, jail nn a
charge of murder. 1'nder instructions
from the wnr department nt Washing
ton, Ttiitlibuti, who is a deserter from
1ho Tnited States army, wns this t-ven-
hit turned over to the Indiana authori
ties and token across the- river.
Knthhun told the Louisville police lo
ilitj th.it hit wife ;il Utile Koek had
known ol' his plan to defraud the in
Mir.nn company, though not of tho
murder feature of it.
Other features of the case today were
'In- .k'eision of the authorities to have
ihc body of the supposed Goodman rt -tiiriud
to Jc lfers on villi- ltom Little
UofU for an autopsy and iilcnlltlrathm
nt'd tin- refusal of the loeal authorities
to smd Knlhhiin to Utile Bock tu
t'slify ill the coroner's incplest over tlm
eorpe that was slili-ni-d there.
in the jail nt .Irlfersonville tonight
Bathbuii uu asked whether hi? wife
at Uttle Book was implicated In the
plot to rolled the insnranee. After
fi v. ral moments silence he replied:
"No- there was nohody in it at Little,
Bock."
A IdeRitim has le en n-eeived from
he chief of police of Kv.lusville, Jnd.,
slating thru iloodmun was n resident of
''ripple fj-uek, fol.. wli'-re lie wns .1
br.isn Murker. When asked for his
.pinion as to the elnim made by Mrs.
Itnthhuu that the eorpse. shipped 1o
Little Koek wns that of her husband.
RalVibui! buiffhed and renuirked:
"Maybe it is his eorpse." This is all
lie would wiy on the sub.jeet.
A .Telfersonville druggist eloji? to the
unricrtuUtnir establishment of B. M.
'oots .C- Sons was in the morgue when
he alleged discovery was made that
(loodmnn's stomach coat.iimd lauda
nuni. The funics were unmistakable,
le insisted. Corom-r 11. 31. Coots
walked Into the room and instantly
said: "Laudanum. Open the windows
and doors."
Or. Doolittlo says he will swear
l.itnlniiuin w.is in Liooilmau's stomach
in a largo ipiantily.
'J'he Louisville polh e today begun
i-ending nil over tlie Tinted States
photographs find 11 d seription of Bath
laiii in an elfort to positively identify
him.
Olio of the inns!, perplexing features
of the ease as it. now presents itself
to the police is in reward to tiie real
identity of the prj.-oner here. That lio
lias been passing himself over the coun
try us Lieutenant Newell C. Ilathhun,
Hint he was married In Little Koek
under Unit name, and that lie was in
sured for $1,000 uppi-nr to be certain,
but the detecthos are convinced that
it is an alias, ami that he lias never
told his veal iianto or his real home.
juie Identification.
Little Koek, Nov. ::. In order to es
tablish the identity of the man under
arrest tit Louisville, Ky., and said to
bo Newell (.'. Itathbmi. deputy sheriff
Max A. 1!. Chichester left this after
noon for Louisvlllo accompanied by
Knill T. f leoekler, who knows ltiithbuii
well. Today ("Virmvr Youmr took tes
timony louchiiiK the identity of the
dead body sent hero us that, of P.ath
lmn. Charles JlctCeown, whoso wife In
a sister of Kathbuu'.s wife, testified that
be wits well ncuuulnted with Uallibun.
Ho hail looltoil at the body and thought
that it was undoubtedly that of Kath
1 an. Witni'KH received the remains nt
ti'.c depot Sunday morniutj and liad
them conveyed to bis house on Third
und Cross streets. "When Om i-olllu was
opened Hatbbun's wife viewed the re
inaliis niiil said, "That's my darlhu?."
'Die tirst intimation lie hud that auy-thliu;-
was wronjc was when 3Irs, ,1, C,
U'utkins fiinm to his houso Sunday
mil after lookiiu,' at tho body said it
was not that of liaihbtin, Chris Klkins
testified that ho knew the man who
vii 8 hero tis recrulliiiFr sei'Keanl and
n-ho kiivo the iiuiiKi of ltiithbuii. Ho
mteil somo resembliinee, lint could
lot litnte positively whether tho body
rt-as ltaihbuu's or not.
William O'Coimell testified that
ihnro iniKht bo a sllslit resemblnneo
ar.tweon ltathbttn and tho corpse, but
ie was posltlvo tho corpse was' pot
that of Itathbtm.
nurand "Whipple tlinM posllivoly
Hint the dead body here was not that
C Rathbun.
Bathbun's wife did not appear before
tho coroner's Jury today in respoiiho
to the summons served upon her. She
has been Jn a coniiltlou of nervous
prostration for several days. The ink
Hip of further testimony was post.
I'oned until tomorrow.
An Appeal for Help,
By Kxrlwhr Wire Iroiu'ltio AvorUtM fini
rmnbtrliiKl. MJ., X". I'l. A colli lini,.ln
nln teriay vdilul I11 tTie (lii'Ojnful of llu- lliom-
nri rfr.)iu tn lik' liomrloM hy llie tlie at TIioiii.h,
V, V.-i,, )ricnjv. M.ijor Joni't Ini font ..'it
o apical (or anl ami (ivnniior U'Iihi. In v,..in
tt!i;rairl fw Iwlp.
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Pennsylvania Pensions.
B i:Uvlia Wlic liom TI.e A-tfeolatcil 'iit.
WaUiinijIvii, Not. J.i.-to jil U'illiii.vr, u(
lHlUis..lJi(;, Ijjs Jhiii ,-iaiiud 1 I'tmion t :.
PHILADELPHIA'S
OFFICIAL COUNT
G. Harry Davis Elected Judge Over
Henry Budtl.
tly Inclusive Wire troni The Ainoclnltil VttH.
l'iilliulolphln, Nov. 1... Tho ofllcinl
count of lust Tuesday'.'! election in
Philadelphia county, which was com
pleted today reveals the fact that .
Harry Davis tllep.), one of the can
didates on the t'nloii party ticket, for
Jtidtto of common pleas court, No. R,
was elected over Henry lludd (Dein.)
his colle.'iKiio on the Onion ticket. The
unolllclal liKiires Inst week npparcutly
eleclcd Klidd by about -100 iiltirallty. but
the olllcltil count shows Davis to have
received i,1 votes more than Limb!.
At the recent election three Judges
were to be elected for court No. "
on"h elector belli),' entitled to vote for
two candidates, thus tissitrlnfi; the min
ority parly representation In the court.
Tim three present members of tho
cottit who were appointed by flovernor
Htone after tho legislature had created
the new tribunal were candidates for
election. .Indues J. Willis Martin and
Robert Ihilslon on the rofcttliir Repub
lican ticket and IMuxwell .Stevenson of
the regular Democratic ticket. The
Union party placed Davis and Lludd In
Hie ileM. l:irrhi mid KmIkIoii were
cleeted by larifc majorities and Davis
and lludd each received lnucli larger
vote than Stevenson.
THE TRAIN ROBBERS
ARE INDICTED
Harry Longbaugh nnd Laura Bullion
Are Each Held on 17 Counts by
St. Louis Grand Jury.
U; i:cliisiu U'ii'i' fiom Tin' Aoci.itcil Pre-.'.
St. Louis, Nov. in. Charles II. Smith
and AVilliam O'Neill, express messen
gers and llreinen respectively, of the
Ureal Northern llyer that was bold
up liirt July near Wujrnur, Mont., ar
rived hero today and identilled tho sus
pect under art est as Harry LonsbaUKh,
th" man who held up the train and
took the lead ill Intimidritinp the train
crow and blowing open the express
company's safe, from which nearly
SK'D.nr'i) in unsigned bills of the Na
tional bank of Helena were stolen.
O'Neill sayp that LongbaiiRh is tho
man v ho limbed over tlm tender and
held up Knuiueer .lones and himself
and then superintended the blowing up
of the safe. His recollection of the
episode was so vivid that he could de
scribe the two revolvers that the rob
ber used. The police say they are the
same weapons that were found on the
prisoner when he was arrested.
Smith and O'Neill lame to St. Louis
atcompanied by D. I Klliot, general
manager of the tlreat Northern Kx
press company in whose care the bank
notes were when stolen.
The federal grand jury today re
turned indictments against Harry
Longha-ngh, alias "John Arnold," the
mysterious 'Moutant train robber sus
pect and his companion, Laura liul
lion. I'Jacli was indicted on seventeen
separate counts.
Longbaugh did not. ilhuli 'ulion the
idenllllcation was made. He merely
looked nt the men .aid sniffed con
temptoitsly. chief Desmond asked
Longbaugh hist real name.
"I will talk when the time conies,"
was the reply, and not another woid
could the chief get out of the stubborn
prisoner. Since this last evidence has
turned up it may be deemed best to
lake Longbaugh to Montana for trial,
where the offense of train rubbing Is
punishable bv death.
TURKEY SETTLES WITH
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
The Porte Agrees to Pay 90,000
Trancs to Armenian Victims and
by Adjusting Wrongs.
ll.v I'M liiihe Win1 tiinil'llir .Vooi-i.iti.l l'ii'.
Vicuna, Nov. J;:. The numerous
grievances of Austria-Hungary against
Turkey have been settled by the agree
ment nf the1 potto to pay un.Ouij francs
to tho Armenian vli thus and by ad
Justing', linanclally and otherwise, the
wrongs arising fioni eight other mat
ters of dispute. Tin"-!, include tho
claims of tlie Oriental Hallway com
pany, It war- the pin nose of Ailstrla-llwn.
gury to tniopt effective measures had
the parte not yeld"d.
BOERS NOT YET FOR TEACE.
Envoy Wolnmrans Say Repoits of
Negotiations Are Absurd.
Il l.vluir WIip fiem 'I lit Asoi iateii I'lut.
Ilcilln. Nov. li!. A. II. Y, WollU'ir
1111s, the lioer envoy, now nt Amster
dam, Is (pioled Jim declaring that tho
alleged Impending peace negotiations
between the Hums and lirlilsh are un
founded. "So long." sas Wolnmrans, "as tho
lirlilsh ministry maintains the uiil
tude outlined by .Mr, chamberlain's
and Lord Salisbury's last speeches, tlm
tpieslloll of pe.iee -annul bo Ciller
tallied, The idea of the cession of tho
gold Holds Is absurd."
Snow Storms In Maine.
Uy I'mIumvp Who ti-uuiThe Avofjjlcil lv,,
Puller, Me., Vnv. !!. t In nmtv ioun ulipli
bocan in 1 tull'l ton e 4 1v.1v lile '.if,.i,i',
il.'tlcici 111 MiciuiIi iliitiit!; tlie nlliI .an) lo.liy
laiiiil with nil tin' fu'.irliccs M ,1 iniilwlulcr ilu-vn.
ull. llcpoiia pom lirumdlc ijie ili-i usU-en
u.ihi'a n( Mi.nv li.ni I j Ilia ll.ttr .11.1l ni.jiil ,1 i'.n,t
jii I!..' luuili line el I Lie llnii'or jli'l Aiu.'tid'j'c
IjiIiujiI.
Scoie of tho Pittsburg "Pods,"
Jly Cxclutiif Wire Iroiu'llu' Avucblcil I'inj.
I'itlfliinv, N'o. 4it. 'I lie Jtoio Jt, inl'iiiiflit ef
llio liii Ic.iJu. m tlie Ml II, in.' nutc'i i(i!,,i'. ,:
("jsjMiugii, 2W,i)j Pmii, !U7..": lljimi', OVi.Ui
W11I1. .11, :'lli N.ruii.ic, Jll.10; llrvi'liiMii,
'J.t..1; I..KUln. i'i',1.1: iljclji, ISj.0; )jy,
IT5.V: Mil UV..I. IT.-j. IC
Lehigh Beats Haveiford.
ty I'iiiibi' Mire from Tho A-oocljloil I'icsj.
ISitliliiKin, Nov. 3.-. Ilivrifiu'i), by tfiiiriMi.1' !t
I'vini.itlon, miiii'iI .l lo'jLliil'iwn in tlie fit. lull',
iil'liliia U'IiIkIi 111 viry i'1'iwitunlij. In H
iwonil lult l.olilijli huh into thi' fuy iHiivUto
l.v, j ml uhcl) ll;r t.'Jlm' WW eml,it l.tnlilli I. id
nun ly a ktoic of 21 tu 5.
RAILROAD
SITUATION
The Control o! tlie Northern Pa
cific Appears to Have
Been floreed to.
PREFERRED STOCK TO
BE RETIRED IN 1902
Funds Necessary for Retirement of
Stock Should Bo Obtained by the
Salo of 75,000,000 of Four Per
Cent. Bonds Number of Roads
Will Be Controlled by the North
ern Securities Company,
By l'ctiui' e Wire from Tho. A&ociateil I'rrt'.
Trenton, N. J Nov. 13.The North
ern Securities company, capital, S-IUO,-000,00(1.
was incorporated at noon today.
The company is formed to acquire and
deal In stocks and securities of corpor
ations. The tiling fee of SS0.000 wns
paid, the chock 011111115- from J. 1'ler
pont Morgan & Company, who arc un
derstood to be identilled with the com
pany. Tho incorporators arc George 1
Dakcr, Jr., of L'5S .Madison avenue, New
York; Richard Trimble, No. M Knst
Twenty-fifth street, New York, and
Abrnin W. Hyatt, of Allenhurst. N. J.
Tho certificate of incorporation was
filed by the New York law linn of
Stetson, Jennings & Kussell. It is un
derstood that tho company is formed
for the purpose of carrying out a plan
of consolidation of some, western rail
road interests, including the Northern
1'acillc. The powers conferred upon the
company by the articles of incorpora
tion include those:
"To acquire by purchase, subscrip
tion or otherwise and to hold as in
vestment any bonds or securities of
indebtedness, or any share of capital
stocks, created or issued by any other
corporation or corporations, as.-ocia-tion
or associations of the slate of
New Jersey, or any other state, terri
tory or country.
"To purchas-e, bold, sell, assign,
transfer, mortgage or otherwise to dis
pose of any bonds or other securities
or evidences of debt created or issued
by tiny other corporation or corpora
tions, association or associations of the
state of New Jersey, or any otlur state,
territory or country, and wlill-- owner
thereof to exercise till llio litiht. pow
ers and privileges of such ownership."
The capital stock of tlie company is
divided into 1,000,000 shares of SlOiieach,
till of which is to be common stock.
Important Developments.
New York, Nov. J", There were two
important developments in the railroad
situation in the Northwest, and both
tended lo contlrm the existing belief
that it llnal basin of settlement of the
contest for the control of Northern
Vaeitic hail been deliniteiy agreed to.
I'"iiial r.itilicntion of this agreement
will bring into existence the greatest
and most oftVolivo example of (he
community of interest idea as applied
to the railroad system of the country.
The Ill's I of today's developments was
the incorporation at Trenton, N. J., of
the Northern Securities company with
a capital slock of $Oii,Q0i),not) and the
scuind was the unanimous adoption
by the Noithern I'.iclllc directors hero
of a. resolution providing for tho re
tirement at par of the company's piu
ferred slock on January L ISO;.
There was a full attendance at tlie
meeting at which this action was Lik
en, those present Jin ludlng George V.
Halter and ('h. tries Steele, repiesentlns
J. 1'. Morgan i Co. j, n. Harriman
of the Harriman syndicate, which is
in control of Union J'acillc, .lames .f.
Hill, president of the Hroat Norlhetn:
Samuel Ilea, vleo-presidont of the
1'ennsyrvaula; James Slilltnan, of the
National City bank; II. MclC. Twoinh
ley, for the Yanderbilts and William
Itoeki.'feller,
The directors decided that the funds
necessary for the retirement of (ho
prcforied slock should lie obtained by
the sale at not less than par of .$":.,
(Wii.iiOu r lour per cent, bonds conver
tible Into conunoli stock, each holder
of common slock now outstanding be
ing ennil"d to purchase at par an
iimoiuit ofiial lo 7." eighteenths of the!
amount of bis present holdings, it I
wis lurther provided that two divl
dends nf one per cent each bo paid
on the preferied stock heroic its retire
ment. Samuel Spencer wan elecied a inniii
ber of tho board In place of Itoben
Huron, resigned, and the board organ
ized by re-electing' ul of the company's
present olllcers,
No Oflicial Statement.
No ofllcinl statement was ohtnhm'oln
this alternooii as lo tho scope of Hie
newly-lncorporutcd Northern Securities
company, bin it was generally under-
moon una mo company wns founed to
take over and control tho shares of the
Northern Pacific and llio Great North,
era railways, and of their leased Mik's-',
Groat Northern's outstanding capltul is
5125,000,000 par value, selling at SIOO ip
tho market, while Northern Pacific's
lota) uutstundlub' slock, tificr tho re
Uremoiit or the preferred, will bo $30..
000,000 par value, making a total of
5:03,000,000 par value fi,r nK. shares of
the two companies. At L'OO for Circuit
Northern, the amount would bo ip.
creased to $32Q,000,000 for the shares of
the two companies.
UurJIiiBion shares, it is understood,
me not to ho turned over to the now
Northern Securities company. That
stock Is now held as collateral for
the outstanding Hiit-ltiif-tuii collateral
bonds, with voting rights vested In the
Northern Paelllo and tho Great North
ern railways. '
It is uuderstod that L'nlon 1'acillc
and Chicago and Northwestern inter
ests agreed to retirement of Northern
Pacini- preferied and that l'nlon 1'a
cillc will huvo a heavy Inlerest In the
capital of tho now company, ccnsldcr-
iably beyond Hid par value of their
present Northern I'ttclilo shareholdings,
which nro placed nt 78,000,00O pur
value, just over 11 majority of tho total
Jir.:i,0UD,i)00 Northern I'acillo slock capi
tal. No Information was obtainable as
to what shiiro, If any, the Vanilerbllts
and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul are to have In llio new company,
t'ndcr the new arrangement, the
Union Paelllo railway will have voting
rights in tho Burlington.' the board of
directors being about evenly divided
between the Union Paeille and the Hill
Interests. The suggestion was made
today Unit the Hurlliigton stock may
be held In a voting trust, under the
agreement between the (wo interests,
in this case, .T. P. Morgan will bo tt
voting trustee.
Had n Conference with Morgan.
After the meeting of tho Northern
Paeille directors, J. J. Hill mid George
V. linker went to Mr. Morgan's of
fice and had it conference with him.
littler, Jacob Schlff, of Ktllni, Loch &
Co., and K. H. Harriman, called. All
declined to bo interviewed.
A member of the llrm of ,T, P. Mor
gan it Co. said that the Northern Se
curities company would be the holding
company of the various roads inter
est ed, but he declined to say what
railroads there, were, on the ground
that the details are not yet completed
nnd premature publication might in
terfere with their consummation.
"You may lest assured," lie said,,
"that all ditricully over the Northern
Pacific matter is now at an end, and
this has been accomplished In a man
ner highly satisfactory to all con
cerned." KENTUCKY AGITATORS
BECOME TURBULENT
They Object to tho Advice of Ex-
Comessman Breckinridge 011
tho Strike Question,
Ky Km-Iusi-p Wire from The Asoc!.ilcil Pre.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. IB. After a
turbulent meeting, Ihc Kentucky Fed
eration of Labor adopted it-solutions
today denouncing ex-C'ongressmun
Tirecl-inrldge for sentiments expressed
last night, expelling from tho Federa
Hon and convention and denouncing
Vice President !'. C. Learning, of tho
Federation nnd president of tho local
Typographical union, who arranged the
meeting and presided and calling an
other meeting for Thursday night, at
which tho views of tho dissatisfied
delegates may be expressed publicly.
Tn'.riug the day and preceding tho
adoption of the. resolutions, the ques
tion of adjourning to tMiother city o
conclude its labors was considered,
but defeated. Colonel Hieckluridge's
speech was considered courteous nnd in
the vein of a supplemental welcome to
that of the mayor, Colonel HrocMn
ridge said he wns the friend of labor
orgaiilnatioiis: that he heartily favored
the organization of labor, hut that he
thought that its battles should bo
fought with reason and not with force;
that thu day of strikes was over, citing
and criticizing the big steel strike. He
said further that, he did not believe it
conducive to the best interest of labor,
but unjust and was an abrogation of
personal liberty, for unions to say to
the employer, "You must employ only
whom we choose, pay them what we
demand," nnd say to the workinginan,
"Unless yon Join our union you cannot
work."
This expression of opinion was not
pleasing lo a number of Hie delegates
and several wanted to make speeches,
when Colonel lireckinridgo. bed con
cluded. Tho chairman, Vice President Learn
ing, announced that tho programme
was concluded and declared the meet
ing adjourned. Agitation of the griev
ance today led the dissatisfied dele
gates lo declare thft organiz-d labor
upportunlO to defend Itself.
JEFFRIES-RUHLIN FIGHT.
Odds Are Still 10 to 4 and No Ruh-
lin Money Is in Sight.
Ily l.'U'ViNiu- Wlic from 'llio A-wiJt.'il I'K'-a.
Sail Francisco, Nov. l;!. While inter
est grows in Friday's Jeffrlos-Ituhlln
light, tho odds are still 10 to I and no
Kuhllii money is to be seen, lioth thu
champion and the "Akron Giant" were
visited nt their quarters today by ad
miring throngs. The men havo prac
tically ended their preparations for the
1 onlest. Very light exercise was all
that Ihey gave themselves today. To
morrow 'morning a short ramble will
bo the last work they wilt t.tko und
Friday will see In tho hands of their
l rui tiers and rubbers.
Hilly Delnnoy. acting for .lelfrlcw, has
made arrangements with the San
Francisco Alhlctlo club to bring about
a. meeting between him und Sharkey on
December -0 in tho event of Chumplm)
Jeffries being llu winner. Sharkey is
expecleit to arrive Friday morning
und If thu outcome of thu big battle Is
favorable lo the proposition ho will
go iuio training' immediately.
LABOR LAW VIOLATED.
Board of Inquiry Orders Importation
of Three Engravers,
ll.v CM-liinte Ire freni Tlie Avoilatcil Pic-',
New York, Nov. 13. Through a com
plaint lTiado to Immigration bureau au
thorities, three out of llvo expert en
gravers who camo hero from Kn;luiid
a ymr nfi' d ' work In n. Ilackep
sack wall paper factory may ho deport,
cd for violation, of the contract labor
law.
The three enslavers wore before tho
board of special Inquiry today and were
ordered to bo deported. Their case was
appealed to the secretary of ihu treas
ury and they will bo detained until his
decision Is nuido known, Tho Inspec
tors have not yet located the other two
enslavers.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Sp.il.il tu llio Su'iiituii Tubiiri-.
Mniii'Mimsr, l'.t Nov. J.S.--C, tl. Oplui'i, a
KUiliulc Hum W)iiilii somliuiy al Kiniu'ou,
jini j Micciwfiil iDiilr.iUpr ami biill-lcr in Wilk.'s
ll.ii'1'u for .1 numliiT 01 j'l'Ju. li.u sttiMuiilv ui
iiiiiiliod Pi uul.vrK Ho uji HI iiu tit Ji' Jiid
1111 Jitlvi) immWr if llie Itpulillcin put)'.
BULGARIA'S
ATTITUDE
Disclaims flnu Intention ot
terlerlno with Work of
Mr. Dickinson.
In-
MISS STONE'S
FATE IN DOUBT
Humors That She Has Already Been
Murdered Mr. Dickinson Besieged
by Bulgarians Who Desire to Sell
News Concerning the Captives.
American Board of Missions Makes
"Explanation.
Dy lclui( Who from Tlie A-oc!.ittil Prc.
Sofia, Uulgaria. Nov. 13. The Bul
garian ofllclals disclaim any intention
to interfere with Consul General Dick
inson's private negotiations for the re
lease of Miss Ellen M. Stone from the
hands of tlie brigands, but they decline
to become 11 parly to an nirrecmenl
sanctioning brigands or the emissaries
of brigands coming into Bulgarian ter
ritory to treat for Hie ransom of per
sons captured in a nclghborinc slate.
In defense of the interests of IJulgarln,
the olllclals cannot show weakness
towards the brigands or repudiate re
sponsibility for the conseneimces. The
government would, however, respect,
subject to certain conditions, safe con
ducts granted by Mr. 'Dickinson per
sonally lo private emissaries.
It is suggested that Mr. Dickinson
give the bandits a. tlxod time in which
to accept tho amount offered and tho
conditions of payment as" tho only
means of bringing the matter to a
speedy conclusion, inasmuch as the
prestige of the United States is injured
by tho present inconsequent negotia
tions. Hardly it day passes without persons
calling at the hotel where Mr. Dick
inson and the newspapers correspon
dents are stayinir witli information lo
sell regarding the captives. This in
formation Is either stale or fabrica
tions. A Greek priest was introduced
yesterday.
Rumors of Mulder.
T5erlln, Nov. 13. Tho Cologne Gazette
toila:. contains a dispatch from Solla,
Bulgaria, saying- it is feared that Miss
Kllen M. Stone, the American mission
ary in the hands of tlie brigands, has
been murdered, owns to f!i-s delay in
the payment of her ransom.
lioston, Nov. 13. The executive olli
cers of tlie American Hoard of Foreign
Missions, concerning the case of Miss
Kllen M. Stone, issued a s'.itemont to
day intended to be corrective of re
ports that have been widely published
relative to the condition that resulted
in her capture by the brigands. This
statement alilrms that Miss Stone was
in pursuit of her customary duties as
a missionary when she was captured.
The route over which she was travel
ing is one that is continually used by
the missionaries and without reason for
any special danger. No warning what
ever was given to Miss Stone as to
this particular journey, either by the
Turkish or Bulgarian authorities. She
had the usual e.cort of eighteen or
twenty people and was accustomed to
carry with her a Turkish leskre, or
pei mil to travel. One of the mission
aries acquainted with the region states
that tho route Miss Stone took was the
safest of any in that region. Tho state
ment further alilrms that there is no
ground whatever for crltlclslne' Miss
Stone for want of piecniitlou in making
this Journey.
" . .
REMEMBERED THE NURSE
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
Call at a New York Flat to Sec
n Servant Who Is 111.
ll.v Cwliislvi' Wire fiom The Ai-ioiiulcil 1're-v.
Now York, Nov, 13. President Briose
velL called last Tuesday at the flat in
this city where Mrs. Mary Lcdwlth, an
old family servant, Is ill. Ills act was
duo to tho concern which he felt for
the welfare of the woman who had
been thu nurse of his children and nf
their mother. Mrs, Ledwltli had been
in charge of the president's boys and
girls over sluco they were born, lie
fore 'that she Wiis in tho family of Mrs.
Itooyovolt, who was Miss Kdlth Kermlt
Carow. Mrs. Ledtvilh has endeared
herself lo two generations of tin- fam
ily, Mrs, Lcdwlth contracted a severe cold
at the inauguration of President Mc
Ivluley lust March, from which sh has
not recovered. She is now at the hoinn
of her sister. She Is under llio care of
a trained nurse sent iter by tho prcsl
dut. It Is reported that she. Is regain
ing her health, It is expected that she
will bo able to return to Washington in
a few days. President Roosevelt wns
nn his way back to tho national capital
when lie paid Ills visit to Mrs. Lcdwlth
He was accompanied by Mr, (.'oriel
you, recretiiry to the president, and
Willhun Jioob, who has been his pri
vate secretary for several years. Two
secret service men were- In the party.
Mrs. Hooseveli bus also culled to sec
Mrs, Ledwltli, and sends frequently to
Inquire coiiBcrnlne her condition.
MISSING GIRL FOUND.
Miss McCounell Was Thought to
Have Perinhed in Adirondacks.
l),' i:elujiic Who fiom The Aisoclated I'icji
l'tlcu, Nov. 13. Miss Margaret Me
Council of this city, who had been
missing from Minnehaha since Mon
day morning and who was supposed lo
have perished In the Adirondacks, was
found about noon lodliy seven miles
from AVhlto Lake, oil the SVoodhull
road.
Sho was In yood health,
TO FREE AGUINAIDO.
Government Prepared to Prevent
Success of Habeas Corpus Proceed
ings. Ily L'sulmlre Win; from 'Ihc AsmcI.iIi'J IV.i.
Washington, Nov. 1.1. While tho war
department has not been advised of the
reported step to obtain the release of
Aguliialdo from captivity, through writ
of habeas corpus, they were prepared
fur a move in that direction. A few
weeks ago the fhvt application of this
kind was made in tlie case of 11 mili
tary prisoner, and as (hero was some
indication or a disposition on tlm part
of the Philippine commission to up
hold the right of habeas corpus in that
case, the president was obliged to cable
instruction both to the commission
und General Chaffee, the result of
which was .1 practical denial of thu
writ.
Tho war department officials have
deprecated the making of an issue on
this important point, pending the deci
sion of the Supreme court in tho "Four
teen Diamond Jtlngs Case," involving
tho question as to whether the consti
tution follows the Hag.
HARTMAN'S TROOP
CAPTURES FILIPINOS
The Insurgents, Though Prepared
for the Attack, Break and Run
at the Charge of Cr.valry.
Ily nvcltishc Wire from Tlie A.-socialcd Pro-A
Manila, Nov. 13. Captain Hartman's
troop of tlie First Cavalry early this
morning surprised four hundred insur
gents at Uuitti, in Balangas province,
southwestern Luzon. Half the insur
gents were armed with rifles. They
were prepared for an attack and wore
in rlllo pits. The cavalry attacked tho
insurgents on the flank killing sixteen
of them, wounding five and capturing
nine rilles. The insurgents broke and
ran, tho cavalry pursuing them.
Two large boat loads of arms arc
reported to havo been landed on the
southern part of the Batungns penin
sula and taken to Durangan. Major
West, stationed in that locality, is en
deavoring to find these arms.
CRUELTY OF THE BOERS
Xord Kitchener Claims That They
Murder Kaffirs in Cold Blood in
Order to Conceal Tracks.
Vy Kxcliniic iic from The Associated l'rcsi.
London, Nov. 13. Mr. Broderick. the
British war secretary, speaking tonight
at 11 banquet given in London in his
honor by tho City Carlton club, de
clared that the Boers were hiding their
tracks by murdering Kaffirs behind
them.
"Lord Kitchener wired today," be
continued, "that the cold-blooded mur
der of natives had become frequent of
late and that two dead natives, their
hands tied behind their hacks, were
found November 10 at the bottom of a
mine shaft. "
Lnfer in his speech, Mr. Brodorici:
said Great Britain now hud forty-two
thousand Hoers in custody in tlie con
centration camps and on various is
lands, and that ll.UOn more had been
killed or wounded or had left the coun
try on parole. He added (hut ho be
lieved the number of Boers now in the
Held was about 10,000.
"The country has set Us t?oth and
intends lo go tlnoiigh the process of
wearing down," he exclaimed. "We
intend to provide Lord Kitchener with
fresh troops to replace the tired ones.
Only today, n curtain colony, made an
olfer of belli."
Mr. Broderii.k explained that four
battalions and two cavalry regiments
would be drawn from India fur service
in South Africa.
MISS HUDDLESTON DEFEATED.
Alvin Joslyn's Money Will Go to
Mis. Simpson.
Ily Km Ui-ivc Who iiom 'llio AsmkUIciI Press.
I'ltlfhtiii!', Not'. 1J. .IiuliiP W (!. Haultiii, (f
(ho AlU'Kliiny iciinity iiqili.1111 court, huiuloil
ilimn .in ni'lni'iri today mi the rserptlons fileil
by Mk Cain 1 hie A. IIiiiMh-toii to the aeeoi.it
i'i cNi'Uitiu- 11! tlio i'-t.iti nt tho lulu Clurliy l
p.m.-. Iietter km.wii .ii Ahln Jcnlyn, ami miior
of the Akin lluMlir. Ml--. Iliullhfnii cT'ipteil
t.i the in (uimt 011 the nroi.iKl". that die v.n the
u-hlim- 01 tlm dead .iitcir-iiumver, 11ml Mio-ihl
tll.e the wMii'v's il.iv.ir in the ilUtrlbiition of
thu oUlc. The eplnli.ii H.iyi tho touit i inllrf
I'ril lint tl.ern '.i 1.0 iii.iiii.i.'o .uul tlierefui'o
the (liiiiMiit li.i tin htalm tu llio rwrpllons to
llic juiN-nt .uiiiunl nur 1111 Interest In Ihu dlv
tnlmtli'ii.
Mik M.irs.iut S'hilvii- Miiiin.mii i.f Pi'llMt,
mi uo.iilu.ny hxilie, will s,( l ""''iO iO,
THOMPSON MAY SETTLE.
Tho Supremo Finance Keeper of Mac
cabees Has 830,000 in Sight,
fly Kuliblw Wire (tern 'fhe Aeoclatril prrn.
Port Huron, 'Mich., Nov. J.'-. It U n..i' lilievd
thai. I li.irli". D. Tlmnipwn, th" ilcf.iuillit'," mi
luuili' ihi.inei' hiepiri't' lliu Hii'icine lent, KnUhu
"l Hie Mauahee.., ttill clfrit J H'llknient uf lif
s.,i,i)iiii.itji1'e. II" ulrudy has s.;n,i) in i'-pd,
u H Mid.
Tlionip'i ii'rf attorney .uul Supreme (Viiiu lllor
Aitkin, ei tlw JI iiealiee.., h.no been hi work
ii.r t'vii il4V iiidemmliu u elicit .1 icltkiiK'Ut.
'Ihc money, however, will not he turned over to
urn euUr hy 'llnmiprf-ir friends until Mi fitter
ivy tut iiiviuiicr that theie will Iw no tt o.cs
nilioii. IGLESIAS STILIi IN JAIL.
Has Not Answeied tho Message of
Mr. Gompeis.
Py Ksiliuivi Wiio fe in Tho Associated ';cv.
sail Juan, Potto lhco, Nov. W. Snitj;ro t.-le.
(.ha, mIi'i iu. :-int ti 1'orlo Ilk 0 hy Hi.; Anieii
tall 1 idcution nf Labor tu urffjnUi) ll.o o,
iiiitiiiin of tlm Iilaiidi and who -n ainstcil rn
nrilvluar heie lat weil; en a t-liuigo of eoitsilney,
has nut et iittiwiicil the ii'iat,-c fiom Jlr.
I.ciiiiri- J to the (uii'0 nl iU detention.
lie h wiihholiliii,' hi it'ply until touioir.vv,
aw.illln? llie alloiney uciM'-il'ii amivii- 10 his
pelilioii to li-neriiiii Hunt 10 he relwijul oil his
uvwi ticonlaiiee. lie H itilt tu jail.
1 I.
Received by the Fope.
Ily Uiet'ijho Wiiu from The Atfociated I'reit.
Home, Nov. pi.-Tlw Klht Iter. Miholn
L'hif.i.toiii Mil. hUl'.oti 01 Dcnvir, t'ol., was rc
U'lvid bv the ju.pi ladi.
MANY CREWS
ARE LOST
The Revenue Gutter ndivc
Wrecked In the Gale Olf
EiiQlish G0u8t.
Is
MANY SAILORS DROWNED
Twenty-three of tho Active's Men
Drowned, and Only Three Saved.
Death List Swells to More Than a
Hundred Channel Craft Hurled
High on Land by Mighty Seas.
Mail Steamship in Collision.
Py Inclusive Wire from The Associated I'rc..
London, Nov. 13. Tho revenue cutter
Active lias been wrecked in tho Flrtlt
of Forth. Twenty-three of her crew
wore drowned. Three were saved.
The terrillc gale which has been
sweeping over Great Britain and Ire
land for the last two days continues
unabated at many coast points, Over
the Welsh lowlands tho torrential rains
are Increasing, causing disastrous
Hoods. Reports of wrecks and casual
ties continue to conic In. The death list
has an augrogato of one hundred per
sons. The mail boat Xord, which started
from Dover for Calais at 11.30 last
night, ran down the lightship off the
works of tho new Dover pier. The Nord
succeeded in returning to Dover. Tho
mulls and passengers aro safe. Tlio
crow of tho lightship were also landed
this morning, after passing a terrlblu
night at sea In .-1 small boat.
The British steamer Stelvio, which
left London Nov. 1 for tlie Tync, has
been beached at Dover. She is high
and dry across tlie. Parade.
A French bark struck early today!
off ilciulon, south of Sunderland. Nine
teen of her crew were drowned. Nu
merous other wrecks have been report
ed, but tho weather, in most case?,
prevents the identification of the craft.
Two vessels in distress were sighted
last night oft' Dungeiipss, but tho
weather was so severe that Hie light
boat wns unable to put out to tlieir as
sistance. This morning onn of them
sunk. Tho other a. s-teuinship, reached
West Bay, where a tug is now standing
by her.
Gale at Copenhagen.
Copenhagen. Nov. i:t. A terrible gain
and snow storm, lasting for tho nasi
twelve hours, has done great damage
throughout Denmark. There are live
feet of snow here. Kight vessels mo
reported drifting ashore, two have
been wrecked and many lives have been
lost.
SHIPWRECKED CREWS SAVED.
Survivors of Two Vessels Picked Up
at Terra del Fuego.
By Kxiliuive Wire fiom The Ast.oeiated frni,
Bounos Ayres, Nov. 13. Tho trans
port I'haco, which has arrived al this
port, reports having picked tip at Hla
ten Island, Terra, del Fuego, tho cap
tain, the first and second olllcers and
twenty-one of tlie crow (if the French
ship Astreo, Captain Jiiau.iean, which
sailed from Shields July L! for Valpar
aiso. Thu Astreo had been abandoned
Oct. S, off I'apo St. John, at the eastern
extremity of Stiilen Island. Six other
nieinheis of tho crew, who had left tho
ship in small boats, are missing.
The Cluico also picked up the llrst
officer and two of tho crew of the Brit
ish bark (ilecnlrd, Captain Kngllsli,
which sailed from Phields May IS lor
Francisco. The OI"iicaird was lost off
Port Miirgarel. Statcn Island. The
captain, the second olllccr, the third
ofllcor and the remainder of the crew
wore drowned.
AIiASKAN COAST STORM SWEPT
Huge Icefloes Supposed to Be Result
of Earthquake.
Ily V.u Invito Wne fruin 'llio Awnlatid IVes.?,
Port Townsi'tid, Nov. 1:!. The coas
of southeastern Alaska continues to be
swept by storms, according to reports
brought by the All;!, which has ,1usi
arrived from Skagway, Siiong winds
and snow storms have prevailed ithno'-i
continually during' the last two weeks,
and there is much Moating Ice in tho
channels. Pilot Bradley, who has bi.-n
continually on tho Alaskan routo tim
ing tho last thirteen years, says the lco
tloo Is larger than ho has over known
before, iiud ho accounts for It 11s lining
the result of tho severe earth(iinkt; of
two years ago, which shuttered tlm
various glaciers. Hlncu that limn ihu
sloughing of the icebergs from the
glaciers has been rapid,
Steamship Arrivals.
Hy llv-lir-ive. Wire Irmu The Aoeijlnl 1'iew.
New Voik, Nov. III.- Vvrlved: k.il.er Willi 'lm
Per liro.-o, llienun; Teutonic, I.iuriool aid
(;iieciutown, UoaiC'l: I.i sauiie. lime. .SiiLd:
Oceanic, Umpool; Philadelphia. Soillhinijil 1:
Soittlnvark, Antwirp. ifiiccmtottn AiTlml: Mj-je-tie,
Xi-w Yoili for l.iwrnool. lieiliouur Ar
ihcd: Kah-eiin Maria 'flieii-i.fi, New Yoik f"l
llremui, plynioutli Auivrd: '(itnylranm
Kew York for t licrtiour-j and llauihuri; (an
iti'iee'lidi. llouKinie Sur MerArrived: 1'oH
dam, .New York fur llotlerilam und protvedo,)).
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
Ixieal data fT November 13, 1001.
Highlit t.inieiatiita S3 ilegu'oi
I.oMt tempi raturo ..i.... ......... 53 dc0'recj
llelitne Iluuildit':
8 a. in M.im. M per ci-u.
a i. in. ,, ,.,..,.... 10 per cem,
Pru'ipiUtion, 21 hours ended 3 p. u., trace.
-f 4-
WfiATHEH JfOU(7A5T.
Walilii;toii, Nov. ID. l'orciat fr -f
Tlnuvlay and Friday: Pastern P-mnyl. -f.
vault Ci'enerally fair TIiimmU' and Fil -
iljyj uetli winterly nlnio.
J . T t t t t tt .. it.t.-ti