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SCIUOTON, PA., THURSDAY itfOllXJLNG, JANUARY 3.0, 1002.
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NAVAL RESERVE
BILL
ttr. Hale, of Maine, Provokes a
Llvelu Time In Which Mann
Senators Join.
HOAR CALLS ATTENTION
TO BERMUDA CASE
Pension Appropriation Bill Before
the Houae Two Branches Will
Meet on February 27 to Listen to
Eulogies Upon the late Piesident
William McKinley.
By rnrliisice ire from The Associated Pica.
Washington, Jan . 15. A spirited dls-cut-sion
wua pteqipltutcd in tlm senate
today by some temaiks submitted by
Mr. Hale, of Maine, in respect to bills
relating to the foimatlon of a naval rc
stre, which he introduced. Ho took
ptioiig ground against the organization
of n naval rcscne, his comments being
construed by sonic of the benutor.s Into
a i eflpetlou upon volunteer soldiers and
Kind mllltla. Half a dozen senatois
were on tlieir feet in an instant to de
fend the -volunteer and the National
Gua: d of tlie various states, and the
debate took so -wide a range that sen
atois went back in tlieir lecollcctions
to the dujss of the levolullon to seek
Illustrations for their ai guments. While
no action was possible at this time, It is
HUt'ly the diseus-slons upon the lueas
uie, should they bo tepeated, would be
ciy llely. No business of important e
was tiansactod, the time of tlie senate
being consumed by ln.Uteis of loutine
.Ufa lis.
After the adjournment of the senate,
Mr. Hale said the naval leseivo bill in
loduced bv him today had been pic
lented bv request of persons iutetested
n smh legislation. In the same man
.i( r he had intiocluecd bills lepirsont
Jng both the nay dpp.iilment's Ipws
nlitl that of indildunls or in gniiiiMtlonft
on the question of a naval rescue. He
peisonully, however, did not stand coiii
initted to any of them and he ques
tioned whether any satisfactory lesults
would tome from them.
In the rourse of the debate today, Mr.
Hoar mudc thoieruuilt that it was tlie
New Ihiglaiidsaliora who won ourvin
dependence in the war of the i evolu
tion, whereupon Mr. Tillman insisted
that Mr. Hoar should give some of the
eiedlt of gaining Independence to other
states besides Now Kngland. Amid
laughter and applause, he declnicd:
"There's, glory enough to go round, as
our great admital in command at the
battle of Santiago said."
In the senate today Mr. Hoar intro
duced the following resolution:
"That the president, if in his judg
ment, it be not incompatible with the
public interest, be requested to inform
the senate whether the department of
state has any ofilcial Information
whether the British government ex
acts duties on goods intended for pils
oners of war in Bermuda, In violation
of article 16 of the convention adopted
at The Hague, which Is as follows:
Gifts and relief in kind for prlsoneis
of wur shall be admitted free of all du
ties of entry and others, as - ell as of
payments for carriage by the govern
ment railways.' "
In explanation of his icsolutton, Mr.
Hoar said that some charitable organi
zations in this countt y had sent sup
plies and comforts to Boer pilsoneis
detained in Bermuda. Upon these sup
plies duties had been collected in con
travention of The Hague tieaty. ifo
desired merely to ascertain whether tlie
stato depaitment hud been iufoimcd of
the situation.
In the House.
c The house today passed the pension
appropriation bill, which 1ms been un
der discussion for tlnee days, and then
adjourned until Satin day. No amend
ments wero adopted. Tho tesolutlon
piepared by the special committee on
tho McKinley memorial exercises, pro
viding for an address by Sectetary of
State John Hay In the hall of repie
sentatlves Feb. 27, was adopted. The
two houses of congress will nsseinblo
in tlie hall of representatives on that
day to listen to Seeretaty Hay's address
upon the life nnd character of William
HnKInlcy.
The president pro tenj and speaker
tt tho house will also invite the presi
dent and ex-presldents of the United
States; ex-vico-piesidents, tho heads of
tho several departments, tho judges of
tho Supremo court, the representatives
of foreign governments, the governors
of tlie several states, the lluutenant
general of tho army and the admital
of tho navy and such oiilcets of tho
nrmy nnd navy as iiavo leceived tho
thanks of congiess who may then be
nt tho seat of government, to bo pies-,
ent on the occasion and such others
as may he suggested by the oxecutlvo
committee.
Mr, Moody (Massachusetts) lepoited
r Joint resolution approptlating J90,Q00
In connection with the government o
hlhit at tho Chaileston exposition. Mr.
Payne (New York) opposed tho meus
tire. Mr, Moody said that with this
resolution the government's expeiiBo in
connection with the Chuileston expasl
tlon would cease. The lesolutlon was
passed. On motion of Mr, Pnyno the
bill to allow the redemption of wur
revenue stamps within two yeats was
passed.
Februnry 1, at 3 o'clock was set aside
for paying tiibute to the niemoiy of
tho late Representative Hi otitis of
Pennsylvania. Mr, Wooten (Texas)
formally announced tho death of tho
late Representative Uuike. of Texas.
which occurred Just summer, and tho
house as a mark of jespoct adjourned
until Saturday.
S DISCUSSED
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WAR ON "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN."
Daughteis of Confederacy Begin Ac
tive Campaign Against It.
lit i:tluihc Wirt! firm 'Hie ssnliled I'm".
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 15. At a meeting
of a special committee appointed by
the Albert Sidney Johnson t haptcr of
tho Dtutghteis of the ('onfedetaey to
day, It was tleclib'd to begin an active
campaign ugulnst the pt eduction of
"Untie Tom's Cabin,"
Resolutions were adopted pledging
the meiubeis support to work In oeiy
way possible to pi event the play titim
being put on any stage In the state nnd
the book was denounced ns a base libel
on the south, and especially on the In
stitution of slavery,
Tlie resolutions state llairlet Reedier
Stowe, the author of the book, had
expiessed legiet that he had written
It, after learning the true condition of
nffahs In the south. No action was
tnken residing an appeal to tho Ken
tucky legllntuie.
THE POPE VERY ILL.
Rome Coi respondent Believes That
His Death May Be Expected.
Bv IlMlti-she Wire fiom Hip A'snrlaled I'tr'.
London, Jan. IB. Vault v Fall's cor
respondent at Komo wiltes:
The death of the pope may be ex
pected any day. as his holiness cm
only be said to be just nllve. Ho takes
little nouiishment and is geneinlly
half unconscious. He suffcts no pain
and simply dozes the bonis away with
out compiehension of what Is going on
mound him."
BLOODY BATTLE 0E
THE VENCBLSICKS
Woman's Despeiate but Vain Eight
for Life Against Hei Murdeious
Husband, at Pittsburg.
Ill Excluic W lie fum lhe Wotifit'd Pints
Plttsliuig, Jan. 1". A gh.istlv .Ps
ion ciy was made at in.in this morning
when some neighbor, liciilnu (tics
coming fi oin tlu' ipshlcn. t of Vint ent
Voncelhlik, a Pole at .'ni ,ning alley,
hi ok" open the doois nnd found tlm
bedioom of the homo pat mated with
blood. Mit. Voncels'i'k lay beside bri
bed, hei Otc a-nl head unshed almost
bejottd tei-ognlllmi, iImiI. Tlnee little
childien, their hratls and bodies iov
eipd with cuts and gashes, ant the
husband almost dead, weie thing on
the Poor.
Fiom what could bo Pvinied It np
peais that Vent elslcl: tamo home In
toxicated last night and atsaulted Ins
wife with a ia'1 euttoi. The (list blow
inflicted an uglv gash on her shoulder
and knocked hei down but she was on
her feet again In an instant, and with
such weapons ns she could find in her
loom, she defended herself.
The thteo children were asleep In
one of the beds and the brutal father
becoming so angry at his wife uished
to the bed nnd mined blow after blow
upon tho sleeping little ones. The
sharp edge of the cutter hocked the
children in a frightful manner and the
hospital physicians say that there Is
little hope of their recovery.
The attack on the children Infuriated
the wife and with a knife In each hand
she spiang nt her husband and stabbed
him a number of times. He managed
to get a number of blows dm lug the
close battle and seeing that he was
getting weak lie gtne her a shove and
as she staggeied back, bi ought the
cutter down on her skull with all his
foice, crushing lmr skull, and she fell
to the lloor dead.
By the time he had killed his wife,
Voncelslck was exhausted, He sank on
the lloor and lay theie thioughout the
night, unable to move. The moans of
the chlldirn this morning, nnd one of
them crlng was what attiarted the
nelghboi s.
Vepcelskk, It Is all, was not mar
lied to the woman whose name was
Rosa Lock,
A strange man who wns found In the
house by the pollen was locked up. He
refuses to talk.
Further Investlfatlou levenls that
the name of the mm doted woman was
Uosn XmU, aged 40 eais and names of
Injuied. Vlneenzo Vlsolek, 3"; Delia,
Finnic and Anna Vlsolek, agetl icsppc
tlvely S. fi and 2 years,
Developments tonight add m story
to tho tragedy whkh may end In a
wholesale minder. Tlnee Poles who
were hoaideis In the hnjso iup under
an est nnd the police aio scorning the';
city foi John Okcnshl, who was also a
boaider, but who has not been seen
since the muider was discovered. U is
learned that the woman had $t.!!00 on
her pei sop last night and this Is also
missing, Okenskl Is accused of having
set flic to a limitless 111 the house n
week ago and later Vlsolek tiled to
huvo li t in ui tested because he hail
threatened to nib the luSuse,
When found the woman was lying
nuo.ss u couch which belonged to
OkensUI, with her face ami head bat
tel ed almost to a Jelly. Vlsolek's.lieatl
was beaten and his skull fioctuied,
Tho chlldien's heads weio also unshed
In and physicians at tlie hospital say
none of the Injuied cup lector. Up
to a lute hour tonight pone uf them
hud legalned (ousclousiiess.
Ohio Mine-Woikeis.
fly l-itltu Wire (run 'I lie AsocUtul I'p.
CoImuliiH, O., .)jii 13. -ll.c llfucntli miuiut
Miintiitlou of tliu Oli'u Mine WurUirs detotal
toJaj'. mslou to ait itiuvllgutloii r.f cIuiku
UKJliut fconio uf (ho urfitiM. It is nudrritoml tl.at
the soulUcl Irrtjtilirlttt'i go bat.L (u WHO.
Population of Canada.
Uy Dxcluflie Hire (luut 'tho Aiilatea Picu,
OIIjmj, Out., Jsu. IJ The population of Can
ml.i a? officially announced liy tlu citwtt depart
ineiit today U liown tg lw fi,S6D,CiM), an Inucnn
of J!ii',L'4 lor tlie decade.
FURNACES TO BE OPENED.
Crown Point Works nt Poit Henry
Have Been Leased.
Dy Hxcludic ttlie from The Aaociited I'rut
PInttBburg, N, Y Jan. 15. Wlther
bpe, Sherman nnd company, of Port
Henry, N, Y,, have leased Cedar Iron
furnaces at Port Henry to Mcssis.
Pilling and Crane, of Philadelphia, for
a term of years. Woik will be begun
at once to put the ftirnuco In good
shape and to enlarge the stove and en
gine capacity, which will gieatly ln
ciense the output of pig lion, lly Apt II
the fin mu e.s will piobably bo ipntly to
be blown In. Tin1 furnace at Poit
Henry lias been Idle for seven years.
Two bundled men will be employed.
Pilling & Crane will also lease the
Clown Point furnaces at Crown Point,
N, Y and will use Iron oie fiom mines
at Mlnevllh', six mites fiom Port
llein.v, at both places. The woiks at
Clown Point, which ure owned by the
flitted States Steel cot notation will
employ tho same number of men.
The output of the Port Henry fur
nace Is about two hundred tons of pig
lion a day. The two furnaces nt
Crown Point combined can make about
as much more.
PRINCE HENRY'S VISIT.
He Will Arrive on. the Kion Prinz
Wilhclm on Fcbruaiy 22. Prep
arations for Enteitainment.
He I.ielmhe Wlie from 'Iho .VMiciitttl l'li-t.
Washington, Jan. 13. Dr. Von Holle
lion, the (icimun ambassador at Wash
.ngton. today received a cablegram
fiom Rpilln giving the dates of atrhal
and departure or Pilnce Henry nnd a
list of the pattv who will accompany
him to the United States. Prince
Henry will auhe on tho Kion Prinz
Wilhclm. Febtiiaty 22 and will nail for
npimany on the Hambutg-Ainptlcan
liner Columbia, Mauh S. He will be
accompanied by Hofinaischall. Vice
Admlial Von Peekendorft and two aides
tie tamp. Liciitontnt Commandeis
Schmidt, Von Scliwitid and Von 12gldy.
His chief phBieian will be Dr. Reich.
Herr Aron Tiipitz, tho nerman sec
lPtuiy of state lor the iiiw. with his
aide do cm m p. Lieutenant Commander
Yon Tiothfi, will also uccompuny the
p.nly. Ihnpeior William will send his
adlultmt gptietal. Von Plessen: Cup
litiu ot the X.tvy Von Mueller and Von
Cirtimnu, aide do camp to the eni
peior. T'llnto Hciny will 1hp his own re
tiniif of -.Pivnnts and p icb of tlm gen
tlemen of tlie paitv will bilng his own
mi let. Hun Hlnte, eleik to tlm sec
lelarj of state for tho nay, will be
imp of the party.
Hecretaty Iong today called Rear
Admital Robley Ramus into consulta
tion lpsptttlng the coming jlsit to the
1'nltPd Slntf.s'of Prlntt'-'l'lenlv. of Ger
many. The icnr admiral has not yet
been gh en wiltten ordeis detailing him
to act as the lepiescntntivc of the
navy at the loeeption, but that matter
ItHi been agieed upon, and Secretary
Long today chaiged Admiral Rvtins
with the pteparatlon of a naval pto
giammo for tlie icceptlon. In view of
the number of distinguished offlteis
who ate now lepoited to be about to
accompany the pilnce on his visit, it
is evident that Admiral Evans will le
nulie the assistance of a number of
junior officers. They will be detailed
as occasion requlies.
New York, Jan. IS. Mayor Low has
taken up tho consideration of plans for
the reception of Ptlnce Henry of Prus
sia, He announced today that he would
name a laige and representative com
mittee of leading citizens to arrange
for the welcome of the distinguished
visitors. In case the pilnce comes
hero by steamer n pier will be spe
cially reserved ns a. landing place.
London, Jan, 13 The Candid Friend,
a weekly newspaper, clnlms to be In
a position to make tho announcement
that should Prince Henry's visit to the
United States be as successful as ex
pected, Rmperor William himself will
visit Ameilca in the autumn, with tlie
Hohoni'ollern and a huge escoit of
wot. ships.
Reilin, Jan. 13. Gorman naval office a
mo eager for assignments to accom
pany Prince Henry to tlie United States
and many young noblemen aio bilng
lug Influence to bear to obtain appoint
ments for this duty. The list of possi
ble appointments Is aheady sevewil
times laiger than the suite which can
bo sent with Prince Henry. This pres
suio to secuio places may cause the
pilnce's suite to be enlaiged. The lack
of accommodations for a number of
pprsons on bouid the Hohenzollein U
the real leason why Pilnce Henry does
not sail on the Impeiiul yacht.
EIRE AT EDINBORO.
Disaetious Conilagintion Sweeps n
Town Without Five Piotection.
II) i:eliisic Who fiom "I In VuUjtul 1'icsj,
I'llUlmri;, .inn 13 1 l'lli', Ph., ronniK i ill-..
u-tir.in million turn tint litokp nut uliont 9
o'tlocU tli U etcnhi'j at IMInboto, sltmi miles
from that ilt.i ami Is irpoited to lie seeplm;
:iuj nwm of the lmlnes lu.n-.ei ami luldemc-i
in itn I'-i'.li,
As I.illnbnrn lias no (lie luuUitiui, IMu lin
ixtit atkul for (.Wtutue, uml lits hint n hteiuar
In Ititht the iho "Hi the I'lle mil IMInliiro 'liac.
tiou (Oiiiii mi's tuiL-i.
Girl Confesses Cilme.
D,t Kiiluihi- lie from 'I he .'UMxIaU-il Press,
Iihlti, Kiiji , Ian. 11 -Vcllle Ci itielsun, the
lilt) wliu Mltnl her lnhj (-Uier with u iiinr .us.
Iiubv ami tli'U'.'i'l lu r ft .uur oM lunthii i.illi
lh 1 1 inn, coif( stiil Iml.ij tint the illd It, hut
M muhle lu iis.slgn miy icusou fm the ail,
She mill the notion to Mil the hlstei unm lulu
Iter lu.nl uml thin the could not rinUl her uil,
den usskui fui hlooil.
Pickpocket Sentenced,
fly llidulvc ) ire fiom Tlie Auoehtcd Presv
llo,toii, .Jin, JV JMnjid, idlxi "Ohl .Mas"
llano, 1' lin iw! Iirought hi)ik from i.w Ane.
ha recently to he tiled for hating: tikin a at li
from the pocket of I'olUe Captain arn'n in
!b', ua kenteiicei to four nui a lulf )iui lu
ttato't jirUon totUy. IVvv plckpacUtU ale bet.
tti Known throusout the country lluu lluuey,
r -t
Murderer J3eig pies In Hospital.
Dy lUtluklie V)r from 'Ihe Atsotlateti I'iim.
MidUon U., .Ian. 3 -PeiiJii)ln JCelj )m
inunlered hU wife s duail ut Ihe liopljal, lielj
cut lits ulfe'a throat sltli a butcher knife iiul
thin thshcil Ilia own.
FUSION FALLS IN
PHILADELPHIA
Negotiations for a Three-Headed
Gombine Gome to an Ab
rupt Flnlsli.
COULD NOT AGREE ON
DIVISION OF HONORS
The Interests of tho Demociats, tho
Unionists nnd Municipal League
Are Varied Democratic City Con
vention Has a Hot-Air Session and
Adjourns in Disorder Eepubll
cans Hold Primaries.
Dy Exclude IV Ire from The Atsocltted 1'rfw
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15. Negotia
tions between the Democrats, the Mun
icipal leugup and the Union paity for
a tuslou city ticket came to an abiupt
end this afternoon. At a joint confer
ence of the tlnee Intel eats the Demo
ciats insisted on o--Clty l 'hah man
Chailes P. Donnplly and James 1. Gor
mun, also a Democrat as the candi
dates for magtstiate; the Union party
Insisted tliut one of the nominees
should be a Union party man, anil Hip
Municipal league was willing to accept
any two men, but would not accept
Donnelly. The Demociats were will
ing to nominate a .Republican for c itv
solicitor If the other two paitles would
accept the two Democrats as magis
trate candidates, The conference was
a piolonged one, and as none of tho
tlnee would yield, the eonfetenec ntl
jouined without arranging another
meeting.
The Democratic city coinentlon met
tonight for tlie put pose of nominating
a stialght Demociatic candidate fur
citv solidtor and two magistrates. The
leaders had decided upon Donnelly and
Got man for nnglstiatps. This was not
acceptable to the fi lends of John IT,
Keenan. The coi ventlon proved to be
a lui Indent one, and after wiaiigling
for tnoie than two homs the conven
tion adjourned amid gicat disorder
without accomplishing anything. It
will be rconvened either on Fiiday or
Satutdav.
Kepubllean pilmary elections wpip
held tonight in tho 1,045 dhlslons in the
city nnd delegates were elected to the
citv solicitor's magisterial inle revis
ing and waul conventions. With but
few oveptloiivi tffi pilriaries wcr"
without nnv friction, and the delegates
chosen will nominate tomoirow the
candidates previously decided upon by
the party leaders.
STATE BASE BALL LEAGUE.
Beading Meeting Announces That
Scranton Is in It.
By Exclujhe Wire fiom Ihe Associated I'rcM.
Reading, Pa., Jan. 15. At a meeting
of the Pennsylvania Base Ball league
heie today, William A. Wlttman, of
this city, was elected president, tec
rotary and treasurer.
It was announced that Scranton.
Wilkes-Barre, Reading, Lancaster and
Lebanon have Joined the league and
will put teams on the field, and that
applications have been received from
Easton, Harrlsbuig, Pottsville and
Ilazleton. Action on these appllca
tlons was dofened until the next meet
ing, which will be held Feb. I'd. Geoigo
Can men, of1 Lancaster, was chosen a ice
piesldent.
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THIRD DAY'S RACING.
The Philadelphia Contest Marked by
a Nasty Spill.
Hj Kiclushc Wire from The Associated Treat.
l'hilailelnliit, Jun. 13. 'Inch e minute before
the (lnUh of the third tU'it riling In tlu bl-
dajs' bicjele conttst at tin. ""icond ItcKlmcnt
armor)" timWit, there wa-c a iut ndll, ill
which four i filer were m'ed up, HatlkUl lud
hU collar bout brol.cn, 1'n.eriiau bully bpraincil
his ilulit Miouldit, uml l'Mier usil (Smurnllr wnu
(onldeiablj tliikin up. 'Ihe i-plll v.h tinned by
feinihi, Illie had bicn t-riurtlni; with the othtr
lidirs iluse up Siidileult lie bwcttul i-li.Ittly
and his uhicl Mntck that of Haiti. Id. 'Iho latttr
fell and the otlicis also went duii, I.c.imlci t"t
copul, Ifitlield, 1'lsher and 1'itemin weio im.
prlli d to leio the tincU and their pUirs wem
taken h their teim miles Cfnuitidts nmtiiiued
rldlm; aflu he hid been furulhnl with u n';
wluel f,oimil.'ii tldiuir w u tin" tcitiue of the
i1j . Ills 1 i.l 1 1 1 it l , WiUon, i III, mid the I'lilHh.
man u H compelhd o ilde the entire eli;ht houm.
'Ihe It. idem cmritd 1UI miles tudai, .ik iliist 112
iitirili, and 173 on MoihIii. The xKUC at the
i hi.-e o tnnl'ht's latins was at followi'
Mouioc and McDichtrn ,111 1
I'icmiim and Mato , .Ill 1
(loiiKoll und W'll-ou fill t
laaudei and ItuU .Ill t
I hoallti- and I'l-lur , fU It
Hut Held and Kwg ... ,, .112 10
Mueller nnd Piulay .,, , 5IJ J
. I.
Holland's Premier Returns,
II) i:tlusiie Wile from 'I1u Asscilitid 1'ieM.
Anuterdaui, lau. !, Pi. Kim pet, the piemltr
of llollmd, who Iils jii.t rtturncd here (rotn I'iu
laid, t-.ii f- Ms Unit tu London wis on purely
pusoiul lunlneM. lie iidd-i tint lu did not U'o
.no olitlclans oi olllil.il-i and tlut ho his ncur
bun uitiiHtcii with a Hi iiiihalnii u llal( of iho
IIoim, ilthtr tu 1 ontlnn or llrmnN.
Stewnship Arrivals,
1j Kxcluslve Wlie from Ihe Acoclated Pre
.Vw Voile, Jun, 11. riiarid! l-i (iaccosne,
IliMC. Sdledi J-tT l.ouls-, huutlumploii, I'rlid.
Ijnd, ulv.tipi Tiutonic, l.heipool, Uenuj
rrvtd: l'in.rt IIUuuicl:, New oik tluf
liDuru Ariluil: I'atiicia, ivw Vmk ia l'b
liumtli foi llambuiv. .
Pour Thousand Out of Wotk,
Uy i:c)uhe Wlie from The Aooclatcd i'teaa.
lluffilo, Jan. 13. A preiil fiom PunklrU taa
Hut more than 1,000 iti.oin 1um been thrown
out of work by tho ttoppao of Ihe intake plpj in
Lake Illie which t.upplIe-1 thu city ami many of
it imluitrici with uaui, 'the pipe U filled wli
lus)i lie.
m "
Tyfo pmdiej?, Peilsh in Eire.
By fcei.j)B yif (fcjjii 'lie Associated Prei
tt, I.oiiU, JJo.i -Ian. IS.-rJylm and Ilemy Kin
der. UKCjil rfspecfluli I ami 8 eii, oai uf
htcplu'ii Kinder, ft I'-ikt Sit. JifluU, puljacd to
day in tile tJia? iletroicl their borne. Tho
pi renin lud left the ihtldien alone In the lioiu.
DOWNEY'S RECORD CLEARED.
President Pardons the Sailor Who
Visited His Dying Wife.
Dy llxcludte Wire from The Associated 1'irM.
Chicago, Jan. IS. A message Baying
"Piefltdent has signed pardon" camo to
Ezeltlel Downey, ot Chlcngo, ft oin
Washington today. Downey enlisted In
the navy In 1SU0 nnd later participated
hi tho naval opcrntloiiH In the Missis
sippi. In July, 1SC3, hu received wind
that his five chilthcn had died in one
week or dlphthorlu, and that ids wife
lay nt dentil's door. A leciuost for leave
of absence was lefuscd. A second let
ter to him told him to hurry homo If
ho wished tu see his wife alive.
Permission to Ieao was again refused
and Downey left without It. He wns
detained twenty days in Chicago, nnd
upon his lotllin to tho poulb found
that his ciew had been musteied out
of the service and his own name placed
among deserters, Numerous bills to
clear his lecoid have been presented to
congress since that time, and the case
has been icviewcd by several admlnls
tintlons. Attorney General Knox re
cently suggested a pardon by the presi
dent ns being the only way out of the
dlfllculty. and the latter accepted this
suggestion.
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SHERIFF AND DEPUTY
KILLED IN BATTLE
Frank Smith and George Beck Aie
Slain in an Attempt to Ar
rest Highwaymen,
US i:chnio Wire from The Associated I'rew
Guthrie, O. T., Jan. 15. Slieiiff Fiank
Smith and his deputy, Geotge Beck,
were killed by highwaymen early thU
morning in the vicinity of Anadiuko,
the home of tlie ofllceis, A posse ot
100 men stai ted Immediately on the
twill of the murdeiers but no nriests
have been made. The post-e expects a
fleico light before the men shall he
taken, and It is known that the notori
ous highwajmen, Hob MtCune, Ben
Ciavens nnd Bob Sims aio at the head
of the gang in that legion. A number
ot murders and lobberles aro chaiged
to the gang that murdered the ofucers,
and effoits to tupturo them have been
made by all the olllcers in that vicinity.
Hheuff .Smith and Deputy Reck met
death while storming an Indian hut
eight miles west ot Antulaiko. Hlgh
wumpn, on Sunday night, had held up
and lobbed jiersons going home fiom
chinch and Smith and Beck, accom
panied by Deputy Rnggs, located the
lobbeis enily yesterday morning in tlie
hut. In attempting to enter, Smith was
shot tluough the breast and died in a
few minutes. Beck was also shot
through the bieast and his left aim
was shntteied. Diiggf, was not injuied.
The ltehwyymou 'lobbed the dead
bodies "dfVthe ofllceis and then fled.
Sboilff Smith made a- dying effort to
nuest tho robbers and shot several
times through the door and walls after
being wounded. Beck continued the
hie until death.
COLUMBIAN GOVERNMENT
BUYS A STEAMER
The Chucuito PurchasedWill Be
Equipped with Artillery fiom
the General Pinzon.
Dy Exclusive Wire from Tlie Associated I'reai.
Colon, Colombia, Jan. 15. The Colom
bian government has purchased the
steamer Chucuito, belonging to the
Pacific Steam Navigation company.
Aitilleiv from the Colombian gunboat
Genet nl Pinzon will be mounted on the
Chucuito.
Three hundred of the men bi ought
Rom Suvlnilla by the Pinzon proceeded
to Panama today.
A small sailing tessel, which has just
ai lived at Panama, lepoits that the
Liberal gunboat Padllla (lied eight
shots across her bow, while she was at
sea, but that she was pei milted to pio
ceed to her poit In the department of
Cauca.
The Colombian government has cabled
General Albau, the military commandu
of this dlstilct, that It is aide to send
him WW men fiom litieua Ventui.i, on
tho Pacific coast. Miould he lequlre
them.
Tlm steamer Llbertador, the vessel
being used by Genet al JIntos, of Vene
zuela, lu the i evolution against PiPbl
dent Cnstio of that country, ai lived at
S.-ivlnllla, Colombia, Jiinuiuy 12, with
Genei.il Matos on boaid. Ujion disem
barking Geneinl Mutos took the train
for Rairantiullln, s-eveiiteen miles dis
tant. It Is believed in homo timuteis
that the Colombian government Is In
sjmpnthy with thu operations of the
Ltbertndor,
Ever Liable to Law.
Ilj Kxiliitiie Wire from The Associated Presj.
Inillanipolls. lud., Jan. 13 Tho Indiana Su
preme tourt todiy in nlHimlnr a lower court
judgment, held that an employer euunot, by any
contract lie may make with hU woil.men, ulloie
liluuitf fiom ilutlcc and liabilities wbleh the
law eprc-b inipoc on him 'Ihe deililnu wns
rendered on a mlnei'ii Milt for daiiucen on nc
louut of Injiiiv.
Charles Ghipp Sentenced.
D) Exdnslro u Ire fiom The Anuclattd I'reu
Xew nik, Ian. I? Clurlr Chlpp, Ihe cleik
nf the bureau of nasem-mints and aiieim of thl
eomptroller'-i department, who pliadtd guilty
li't week to four tinllttinrnU for Brand linenv
and one fur fnnjuj, wai ttnteiicetl tpdij by
Judire r'cfttei tu not le.i lun unc u'ai. and not
more thin flu- 3cji' iuiirlMinmenl In hint; Sim;
at haul labor. ( blpp is 37 iau of at;e
N, Y, Cential Stock to Be Inoieased.
D Kelujbo Wire from The Associated IV-M.
New York, Jin. 1" The boird of dlrutoH l
the Xew- vrk t eniral and UuiUon Ithei llail
Voad lompjny Added today, tubject to the up.
pitnal of the HtmUinldi-.-j, to iiiiriin he tap.
Hal luek nf the cniiip.iu) fiom .fll1,im,iXI to
lW,0CO,(itW
Two Wen Fiozen to Death,
Py rjnluilie Wli fiom 1li As-oelalid Piesa.
Cumberland, Jld., Jan. 1 llenty Nuitlnuft
and Ccorgf I'trltiii wire found Ivotiu Jo dciilli
In each cdhera r.nns near Jilui'ti Ml He la-t nltjht.
While drhlnf homo tbey wi.ro thrown oivi an
imbiiikiiicnt into a creek.
MOVEMENT AGAINST
THE PETTY STRIKE:
FELL TO HIS DEATH.
Body of John Hobbs round at Foot
of High Embankment at
the Old Bail Mill.
Patrick Lynott,tho watchniun at the
Lackawnnna lion and Steel vompnny'H
old lull mill, wns making his rounds
last night shottly ufter 8 o'clock, when
lie camo uciosb tho dead body of John
Hobbs, of fill I Hnnlson nvenue, Ivlng at
the foot of a thlrtv-flvc foot embank
ment which, runs from the company's
lailtoad track nboc. The dead man
had probably fallen down this bank.
Clutched in the dead man's hand was
an empty dinner bucket and the body
lay In a most unnatural condition, as
If Hobbs had been instantly killed by
the fall. Coroner Saltry was notified
and he gave permission to have tho
remains temoved to Cuslck's undertak
ing establishment, licit' he jieifoimed
an autopsy and oscertalned that death
had been caused by a biokeu neck.
Hobbs was employed at ono of the
Connell mines as a cornpuny hand nnd
was known to come home along the
steel company's inllroad track eveiy
night. He was last seen while at woik
on Mondav, and it is supposed that he
slijipod while on his way home and
fell down the bank. Ho was about 30
yeais old and was unmarried.
Tlie coroner has empaiineled a jury
and will conduct an Inquest at Cuslck's
this afternoon.
A COASTING ACCIDENT.
Bob Loaded with Nine Boys Collided
with a Buggy on Pine street.
Thiee Lads Were Injuied.
The (list coasting accident of any im-poittini-e
to occur this season, octuricd
esteidsiv afternoon at 4, JO o'clock on
Pine stict, between Adams anil .Tef
feison avenues, and It Is moit lcmai li
able that, under tho clitumstanccs,
theie was no one killed.
A large ciowd of youngstcis lme
been constlnrj down Pine stieet, fiom
Madison avenue, ever since the snow
now on the giound first fell, endanger
ing their lives ecery time thev came
down the hill, because of the stieet cais
which aie constantly parsing on Adams
avenue. Tt wasn't a street tar, how
ever, that was lesyonslble. for vestor
daj's accident.
About nine or ten 1ms came on the
hill es-teiduy afternoon, after school
hours, with a big "bob" sled belonging
to a boy named Charley Murray. There
were scveial other "bobs" on the hill,
but Mm ray's "double ilpuei" was the
biggest ancl fastest of them all, und the
lads who weio tiding on it woie tlie
most envied youngsters within two
miles,
The "bob" started down the hill about
4 SO with an extra big load on and
skimmed along over the snow at a ter
rific rate of speed. A coloied man di Iv
lng a horse and buggy belonging to F.
S. Godfrey, started to dilve out of
Kressler coutt into Pine street at about
the same time and had Just reached the
center of the street when the "bob"
came flying past Jeffeison avenue.
Cries of warning were given nnd the
coloied man drove light across the
stieet, thinking that the steeisman ot
the "bob" would tuin to the left. The
lattei thou slit that the dilver would
stand still, and turned to the light. The
lesult was a teirlfic collision, The "bob"
sailed Into the buggy with gieut foice,
tinning it ovet and tin owing the hois-e
to tin- giound. The coloied man was
tin own to the giound, but c-taped In
jury. The nine small bo.vs who wcie ildlng
on tlie "double rippei" went sailing Into
the air In all dliections, and the sled
Itself was ruined almost beyond icpnir.
Jerome Caveney, a 10-year-old lad, ic
rldlng on Capouso avenue, stiuck on
his bend on the haul pavement and
was lendeied unconscious. He icvhed
about ten minutes later and was taken
to his homo in the police patiol wagon.
It Is believed that he also sustained In
tel nnl Injuries. t
Charley Hi own, a 0-year-old coloied
lad, living on Gibbon stieet, iceelved a
deep gash on his face and an abnor
mally lurgo bump on his head, but
when "Cap." Burko, the sanitary otli
cur, who witnessed tho accident, sug
gested tho culling of tin ambulance, ho
hkedaddlPd for homo as fast us he tould
go. Cluuioy Muii'u, the owner of tho
sleigh, leceived several deep gashes on
his head, and tho sis other boys got
bad enough shakings up to keep them
fiom coasting for hPveial days at least.
DEATHS OF A DAY,
Dv j:clttjhe Wire from Tho As-elatfd Press,
Philadelphia, Jan. ti-fulond Je.e It Mllll
son, u utenin of tho t'hil war, dltd at a hospital
hue todai of jiueumoula, aiied 71 .u.u-. lie win
bom In Wer Town, I'a , uml wns the litt of his
f itiilb. At tlm ueaMiiliy of llip w ii Oloni I Mllll
on enlUttd us it priute in the Twinty-nltitli
PimiMliiiiila Mihiiili.rk His bi.iu-n earned for
him the rank of caption .ml he wis IjIii up
pointed iiiiJoi, flu ill n.'nitf to Ihe unk of
tolouel,
Strauldljiuir, Jan, J1 tlfuiico I'. Adams, of
IManaie, N, ' pienldent of tho Uiicri'ii lounti,
X, J., bank, pas Mteiumhdl to canitr of tho
ttomaih, astd oer l .tfirs. Peiedcnt wi (or
man) jeirs a luirtlilnl in this plan, uImi diiee
Ur ot Iho I'list .National bank and I'K-niBtr
lialluaj loiiipaii). He w ii a llitkklio Cricnd and
111 politic a llcpublleau.
(ielt.tslmri,-, l'a., Jan, 11. llacld MUwniuglit,
tho oldest member of the wlancs lount) bar, is
eleae). He was id jijih of ae, air McCon
auhy was the oilulmlor ami (or ten )ia picttl
ill it of the (Mt.tthintr Uitllcfleld Memoilil as
uelatlon In ISt,! lie lepmeuted the franklin
datus dUllkt in the nt.ete Kiute, and lme lias
held man) local ofdeet.
S-j racusc, ", V,, Jan. 13. Udw-arel II. Jud-son,
pioldmt of the l'lit National bank ot IhU clti,
and pioi.ilntnt in Ihe ttnaueUl and business liti
of Centul ew York, (or half a century, died
ouddenly at hit home todar. lit wjs b'J jtan
old.
Resolution Adopted nt the Mino
Workers Convention at
Wilkes-Barre.
IMPORTANT GRIEVANCES
ARE CONSIDERED
Among Those Mentioned Are tho
Eight-Hour Day, Coal to Bo Mined
by tho Ton, Instead of Car Piesl-
dent Nichols Urges tho Amalga
mation of Small Organizations.
By r'tcluilte Wire (rom 'Ihe Associated PreM.
Wilkes-Hnrre, Pa., Jan. IB. At to
day's sessions of the United Mjno
"Wot Iters' convention, Dlstilct No. 1, a
consldciable amount of business was
tumsacted. Kesolutlons weio adopted
and forwarded to the secretary of the
national coinentlon of mlncto, which
meets at Indianapolis next week, te
que3tlng that body to .send out wiitten
notices to all the opeiators in the an
thracite legion lenuesting them to meet
the inlneis In joint confciencc to con
sider the giloxauccs promulgated by
the Hapleton convention. The most Im
portant of these gileances are an
eight-hour day, coal to be mined by the
ton, instead of the car, and the recog
nition ot the mlticis' union. A resolu
tion was rilbci adopted which will piob
ttbly put a stop to some ot the petty
strikes in this leelon. Tlie 'resolution
piovldes that the membeis of any local
who go out on stilke without Hist hav
ing obtained the hjui'tlon of the cxecn-
"tle committee ot the dlstilct shall bo
suspended for a peilod of thiee mouths.
Piesldfiit Nil hols. In bis annua! ad
dress, urged the cnirvlng out of the
suggestion made by the Ameilcan Fed
eration of Labor comention at Sctali
ton. vl: That the smaller oignnlsia
tlons of the same ttado be .subsonient
or amalsamntc with the dominant one
In the community. Mr. Nichols said the
dominant oiganlyatlon in the anthia
ctte field was the mlnpis' union. It com
piised '10 nor cent, of all the men om
plojed In and about the mines. It was,
theiefore, not fair to tlie mlneis th.it
they should be at the mercy of the
other four per cent. -That ivas the case
last July, when the statlonaty fheincn
went out on sfilke and tluew nil the
mlneis out of work.
The firemen aie tcluctnnt to give up
their oiganlzatlon, and Mr. Nichols' au
di ess was .i .soit of an appeal to them
to join the United Mine "Woikeis. Theie
aie. now 75,73) men and boys emplojcd
In the mines lu Dlstilct No. 1, which
compitses the tenltory between Forest
City and Shlckshinny, and of this num
ber, 60,000 belong to the United Mine
"Winkers. Theio weie eight strikes in
the district the last six months. The
tuport of tlie tieasmer showed the or
ganization to be in a piospeious con
dition. CONTHIBUTIONS TO THE
M'KINLEY MEMORIAL.
Col. Herrlck Says That Wealthy Men
Have Given but Little.
Bv Km luslic Wire (rom 'the Associated Tretis
Cleveland, O , Jnu. 13 Colonel Myion
T. Hei lick, tieasmer o the McKinley
National Memoilal association and
piesldent of the Ameilcan Hankers' as
sociation, said today:
"There liae been practically no con
tributions to tho McKinley fund fiom
the men of wealth or those at the head
of our gieat tommeitlal and manufac
turing institutions, much to my sur
prihe. They have loft tho buildlnff of
this memorial to the wage-earneis in
factoiies, shops und stores, and to tho
school clilldicn, who ae not faltering
in this expression of their loo and con
fidence lu William MoKlnley. Those
men who should coutiibute seem U
lme delayed or forgotten,"
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.
Dy FicHuhe Wire (rom Ihe Associated Pres
l'hllidelphli, Jan. n. 'Iho directors of tin
Cambria Met I coinpiiiy todiy declared a 6Cinl
annual ilbldeiid oi J'j per tent , equal to 73 cents
pir i-hut' This U the Hut dniilcnd since the re.
oicaulratlnn of the ioinp.ini
thiKtir, Jiu. fi, i liael and John I'lslier,
biothei., weie aillfiKlteil by gaa today while nt
woik in the bla.t fuuiice of tho Tllewater Weel
(onipiny Jolui Hull in wa-f lecued in time to
sjio Ids life, but the oilier two men expired soon
aflu beliiK taken from the pit.
llirrblniiKt ',al1 IV V (barter n issued by
tlie ktatn tleparlinent todj) to ho Champhn
hinllurj 1'nuiml W.ro eouipany, 1)1 ilrs; lite; cap
ital, l0O,00i
l'hllidelphli, Jiu li coi.d reiiop was held
todic ut the IVmojil Iron woiks Kdwein rep.
icHntJthei tif'the Aiuerlean Itrldtro eninpany and
tlu- IlileUo .mil lion Workers' Intdnatioiul union
on thu wane m.i1o (or the intuitu; eir. Ihe do.
iiunda of 111- union include an eight hour daj, ,1
watte rale nf 5U t-tnts an hour and the employ
ment of only union lueu.
Wiisliliu'tun, Jan, in, lteprescnlathc Voun,
of 'lillukl(iliia, und Major John M, Caibon, of
this iit, priMiitui to tho president today 1
bc.intjfullv bound cope- of n'solutions adopted bv
the hue lily of lllendly Sons ot St, 1'atrlek, nl
Philadelphia, on ihe death of President McKinley
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
I.ixal dati fir January 15, JOtei
Ulghttt ttiuperituio ,,,,,,,, IT dtifree'
l.owvt limpet Him ,,. 13 decreet
lliluihc. humldll.i :
N 11, in ,,1, 1. .,..,., 8(1 per cent,
I) p. 111. m S per cent.
Precipitation, "I houra ending 8 p. ni., none.
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4- Masliington, Jan. 11. l'orceast for
4- Thursday and Friday: Katern Vmi.
4- ani4, partly cloudy Thurbdaj; 1'rSday -
4- (atri kllifhtly colder; light wuterly winds. "
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