f"5 aWwhVlifSj-'iSlvWf' " '""(jS! "WWP1 WITiW?iiB?? If ih'!!! iM!-- V swr'X7' l, THE ONLY SCRANTON rAPkft RECEIVING THE COMPLETE NEWS SERVICE O F THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GREATEST NEWS AGENCY Itf THE WORLD. TWO CENTS. SCKANTOjY, PA., FMDAV iMOKNING, .JANUARY 17, 3002. , TWO GENTS. Stimtiie; THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ft Bill Greatfng tlie Above Gatiscs Llvclu Debate in the Senate. SEtlOUS OBJECTIONS TO PROPOSED MEASURE It Is Pointed Out That 1 the Bill as Reported Becomes a Law the Sec retary of Commerce Would Have Moro Power Than, the Secretary of the Treasuiy. By Kvlnshp Hlrr fiom The Asvoelalcd Pro". Washington, Jan. 16. The senate lo dn.v for a hi lef lime had under consid eration the bill ci natiner .1 depaitment of connueice and tho discussion tended to show that the meusuie ill have to be amended In many partlfulais Ijp forp It c.in loieivo the appioval of the senate. Seilous objections weio inlsed to the transfer to the ptopospd depait nipiit of rev oral Importmit buieaus now a pail of other dep.u tments of the government. It was pointed out th.it if tho bill as repotted bep.mip a law it would cie.ite tho gieatost de partment of the government and that the secretary of cnuinierep would hap more power epn than the societal y of the treasury. After some minor amendments to the bill hud been offoied bv Mr. Nelson (Minnesota) and adopted, Mr. Lodge offpied an nniendmcnt to seition 11 of tho bill piovldiug that the seciptaiy ol state should designate an oilii lal in his dep.it tment to furnish insti notions to tonsillar ofliu". supplied bv the spc iptarv of comniPtce and to piep.ue tlti dispattlips of the lonsulai otlicps for transmission to the scci clary of eoni- 111P1 CC The amendment moused lonsideiablp I'oinment, all ot it being l.ivorablo to Mr. Lodge's pioposllion. Mi. Hale shruply ciiticiscd the bill. 3Ip wild the ineasuie so suddenly Hashed upon the senate cieated thp largest deDaitinent in the government. It did not beginjn n modest way, but lnni.icked every depaitment of the gov eriiment for ImporlanT bureaus to lump into this new department. Thp now secretin y of commeice would be come the most Impoitant member of the cabinet. He would he e en a moie Important official than the seeietaiy ot the tieasuiy with all his great admin istrate c duties. MaiTy buieaus had been included In the pioposed depaitment that have no moie i elation to commeice than light hah to daikness. He lefened paiticu laily to tho ttnnsfer to the new de partment of the coast and geodetic snuey and uiged that If th.it buieau were changed at all it should be placed under the navy depui tment. He le fened to ai iutis "navies" in the sev eial departments. Mr. Tillman on His Teet. This bi ought Mr. Tillman to his feet. "I would like to add another navy to those enumeiated by the senatoi," he said. "That is, the aimy tianspoit seivlie. That is assuming gieat pio portious and about it 1 have heaid some scandal." At the instance of Mr. Teller the sec tion piovltllnj, fur the transfer of tin geological Hini'j to the depaitment of I'ommmc was stiicken out. Mr. Hale g.ve notice ot an amend ment piovldlng for the tianster of the oast and geodetic suivey to the nay dcpni tment. Alter Mi. I'lalt, of Oinnei tit ut, had ciitiolsed the bill and uiged that no action be taken at this time, the mens iip went over, I'pon tetuest or Mi. Hoar, the leso lutlon adopted yestenlay In lefcionte to supplies sent to the Hoets In Uer iniidn was leutlled, the Benator salng the United States had not adopted tho particular ptovlslon -ot The Haguo tieaty covering this iiuestlon. The ipsolutlon went to the toielgu iclii tlons committee tor investigation, The house runout lesolutlon piovid liig for memorial sen Ices, Feb, :!7, in honor of the late Piesldent McKlnlev, was adopted. Mr, Malloiy. of Flotilla, anil Mi. Cla.v, of Cieoigia, declined they had been piisieprcsented In a New Yoik paper, which said they favoicd the Panama canal. Uoth sulci they weie for the Nlcuuigua tiinnl. The senate passed the house lesolu tlon nppiopi luting $00,000 to pay tho opcnse of tho government eMilblt at the C'huileston exposition, Senator Mltchell.of Oiegon.liitioduced a bill piepaied by the Puclllo coast senators, and representatives, for I'hlnnse exclusion. Ho said that tin gentlemen who piepaied It agreed to its provisions geneially hut reserved tho light to offer amendments when the bill was under ronsldeiatlon, A largo number of uncontested bills and private pension measiiies was passed, after which the senuto ad journed until Monday. Collector for Philadelphia. H.t rcliilc Wiie (rout Hie A.olatnl Viaa, WjithliiKlon, 'Inn IU.1lo pre.ldutt todi) nut in mo unaie the noiiiln itlon of (.. Wmhj pniinai line picsmt Incumbent) o Ik1 lOllutoi cuionw m inc nutria u( l'h jic i.ila. .mil jM II .lunls, c( rumih.inli,.to lie iunur puttum lor tlie )llrlit ot la.Ka, late Geneial Butterfield's Successor, I Jvicluihc Wire from 'Jhr AjwjilJtcd l'less lM!)Jii, N. , -Ian. .10. (imuum (Moll lu lliolntcil Colntifl 'lluiinn U, lludlp.v, of Oraiuc L -J. II infill., i.f ,1m k.n ...I .,.,.. I kKjK- ....,..". v, .. ., iwiu 9taiv mill. ui iiiu niii,.uiii- any ruiiinoOjfa lut L fJo till tlie Mctmy causeil ly tlio tlpatli i lite (jiutfjl uauicl lliittcrllelti. BATTLE UNDERaROUND. Thieves, Officers and Employes Have a Dcopornte Encounter In ti Mine. Dj r.xclmhc Wire from 'llic A-aoclatcel rri. Victor, Col., .Ian, 10 A desperate battle four hundred feet under wound, between ote HiIpvps and ollleeis and dusted employes, otcuned In the Inde pendence mine, on H.ittle mountnln, to day. Hetween llfly and spventy-llve shots weie oxchanged between the op posing pintles. ivpp Oloekner, n lneni bpr of the companj's fence, was shot twice, but not seriously in lured. The light was most detei mined, but the thieves finally gained tho upper hand and fotrcd the company men to lPtieat towaid the big shaft, giving the thieves an oppoitunlty to escape. The management of Stratton's Independ ence company, of tiondon, Mnglund, which owns the Independence mine, has been nwaio for a long time that ilch deposits of sjhnnlte In the mine wpic being systematically lobbed, the steal ings amounting to thousands of dollars a month. Detecthes weie employed, and it is said the thieves weio delected in the act of looting a ilch seam of cue. They escaped thiough the undei ground woi kings connected with an adjoining )i opei ty. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TUNNEL WRECK Manager Pranklin Admitted Ttain men Had Complained That Sig nal Eights Could Not Be Seen. Br Ktclusuc Wire from fhr ssotiatcd Trei New Yoi k, Jan. 16 The oroner's inquest, to detei mine the lesponsibillty for the death of seventeen poisons, in the New Yoik Ceutial lailioad tunnel last week, was begun today. Coioner Hi holor piesided. District Attorney Jerome and attoinpjs lepiesentlng the aiious Interests at stake weie in at tendance. The district attorney ad diessed the lneiubeis of the juiy, say ing, in pait: "It may be that theie weie one or moie persons ciiminallv lesponslble for the deaths or the ictims of this dis aster. It Is your duty to say whether these victims came to their deaths through criminal negligence of some person. This is sour piovince and if jou go bejond it, you j JeUl, peihaps, to public clamor and you do not thereby aid the caue of justice." William T. Dcviue, a passenger on the Xew Uoehelle tialn, testilled that llie train had been standing still for about a minute befoie the collMon. Policeman Patiick II. Fox said ho asked Wisco, engineer of the White Plains tiain, what had caused the acci dent, and he ic plied: "Theie was a tialn passing and the sniokt. and stc.im shut off the signals." During the attei noon session Joseph H. Franklin, manager of the Gland Cential depot, was on the stand. The district uttorney questioned him. He admitted I that he had lecehed many complaints from trainmen legaidlng the signal lights in the tunnel. These men hud called his attention to the fact that on foggy days the lights could be seen only a ery shoit distance. "So, especially dining the winter months in -ev Yoi Is," JDistilct Attoi ppy Jeiome asked, "theie aie many days on which the signals in the tunnel cannot be seen only a eiy shoit dis tance?" Witness admitted that tills was tbo case. On the day of the wieck, how cei, he said, he cousldeii'd tliat con ditions weie eiy tin oi able He said that 323 schedule tiulns i.iu thiough the tunnel eveiy day. Mr. rrankllu said he was under the oideis of Piesldent Newman, or the New Yoi it Cential, and Piesldent Hall, of the New Yoik, New Haven and Hinttoid inilio.id. Ho said he had spoken to them about the tunnel lights when they had taken him to task about tiains being late Nothing in paitlcu lar, hu said, had been done about the complaints of the cnglneeis concerning the lights, Ansueilng Mr Jeiome Manager Franklin admitted that the muiky moinlngou which the disaster oceiiried was the flist time lhiglneer Wlscn hud taken a passengci tialn thiough the tunnel. Counsel for Vs(o asked to put some questions to Mi. Franklin, hut thy dls tilct attorney ubjeeted, and the (orouer sustained tin objection. Ail inurnment was then had until tomouow. PRESENT FOR MISS ROOSEVELT. Piince Heiuy Will Bring a Souvenir of the Launching of Yacht. lb. Kxdmhe Wire from lliis ,koclatcd I'res., New Yoik, Jan. 10. Piiuco Henry of Pinssia will bilng fiom Oermauy a handsome picsent for Miss Alice Itoosevelt fiom the empeior In lecognl tiou and ns a soueulr of her part In the launching of the now loyal yacht, Announcement of this fact was made today in a dispatch to the StuutH-Zul. lung fiom HeiHn, Tim cablegram also said that Pi Inc o Henry hnd been dl iccteil to auungo for acquatlu spoils butween Aineilcan and Oeuiiau tors In tho foielgn pints wheio they meet, Tlio Ucrmuu goveiiiment lias accept ed Mnor Low's offer of thn usy pf West Tli!it -louith sticet pier for e Imperial yacht Hohenzollein dining the lsli to the city of Pi luce Hem. v. The acceptance Is accompanied by an OMnesslon of thanks in the numo of PHnco Htnry. Yoik Democratic Ticket, B Hxthuivc Wire fnmi 'I he AssjriiteO I'rm. York, JM., Jjii. 10 Hu' Ilcmocutlo (uiiferira tonight wkUnl tlie dillowliis iHUt to bo fctpij fui at tlie JVlmuij rlectloiii Jljjvr, I ntlacr A. Wiulli trMMiiu. I', I'. Wilt; i-omiollu, pr. C. 1'. Illic, illy uori, Utorge hnjlni, fj. A. llo;cr and Harry K. Jlejcr." HOLD UP AT SPIRO. Southbound Kansas City Tiain Is Bobbed by Masked Men. By TicluMie lr from 1 he AtwUted I'icsl Fort Smith, Aik., Jan. 10. The south bound Kansas City Southern passen ger tialn was "held up" last night at 11 o'clock half a mile noi lit of Hplio, I. T by seven masked men. Tlio o. piess and mall car weie entcied. The local snfo in the oxpioss ear was opened, but nothing scented from I1. Tim robbers tried to open the thiough safe hut failed. Then they lllled the mall car and, It Is said, seemed a quantity of leglsteicd mall. Tho prone of thp robbeiy is llftecn miles fiom Foit Hmlth. A lepoit to day fi om theie says that United StatPS marshals nro scouting the lountiy in HPtueh of tho robbeis. Tlueo suspects, miners, have been nnestcd and taken to Potonu, I. T. Itulliond and oppress ollicials decline to state how much uooty was secured. It Is slated, howper, thrtt the robbeis got uwuy with $2,000. The robbers llaggccl the train between Spho and Itcdlnnd, While two of the seven men coveied tho engineer and fli email with ieolveis, others foiced a poi tor, who had appeared on tho steps of the forwaid coach, to uncouple the baggage car fiom the lest of the tialn. John Block, a traveling salesman from Fort Smith, alighted from the tialn and was about to file upon one of tho 10b beis when he was piecnted by Con ductor S.ulllvan, who feared that tho men would file Into the passenger coaches. The baggage cat uncoupled, tho engineer was compelled to pull up the load a distance of one mile. Theio the robbeis. after dlsniming the mes senger, went through the baggage and mail car. Their woik llnMied, one ot tho lobbeis handed thp messenger the levolver taken fiom him, and all made for the Umbel. Postofllce officials heie denied that any registeicd mall was taken, and the expiess officials say that one package containing $3 coeis their loss. FIRE IN CHICAGO. Flames Bieak Out in the Ticket Of fice of the Union Station. Ilr rjuluiiic Wire from 'Hi" As-ornlcil l'ie-' Chicago. Jan. 10. File bioke out in the ticket office of tho Union station, Adams and Canal stieets, today, and for a time tlneatened the destiuction of the building. The smoke and Jlumes spicad so l.ipidly that sity employes ot the several roads that make the station their Chicago tei mlnal, had an exulting time to escapp sulfcatlon. The men weie busy at woik on annual statements in offices just above and lo the iear of the tlckpt office, and a number escaped by jump ing fiom a low window to the structuiu of a viaduct on the Adams stieet side of the building. Two men weie helped down laddeis by fliemen, but no one was iujuied. Over a million dollats' woilh of un stamped tickets of tlie Pennsylvania Uurlington. Alton. St. Paul, the Pan Handle and Foit Wayne toads and tin Pullman company, weie destroyed, but it is thought no valid tickets aie miss ing. The station, whlih is the piopei ty of Die Pennsylvania lines, was dam aged to the extent ol $13,000. The an nual prssengei statements ol all the loads weie destroyed and will be de layed two weeks. RAILROADERS WANT INCREASE Lake Shore Employes Make De mands of Officials. Bv i:cliwoe Wire fiuri Tlis AssociatrJ tr Cleveland. 0 Jan. IC Officials of the Lake Shoie load weie again in conteience today with a committte lepieseiittng the locomotive englneeis pmploed by that company, i clatlve to tlie recent i equest made by tlie men for an advance In wages. No agiee meiit was icpoited today and another meeting will be held tomouow altei . noon. It Is umlei stood that the fielghl en gineeis ask toi an iuciease ol S'i per lent., passenger englneeis, S and yawl englneeis, 7',i per tent. The nienibeis ot the committee cpiess the opinion that the englneeis will he gi anted an advance all mound, GIFT TO ALBION COLLEGE. President Dickie Announces Receipt of 310,000 Donor Unknown. Ily 1.mIu1c Wile fiom '1 lie .W.djiel I'm.'. Albion, Mleh., Jan. 10 Piesldent Dickie, today announced the gltt of $10,000 to Albion college, but tho nanus ol the donor Is pot ghen, On Tuesday Mr, Dickie lecelved u letter J torn a gentleman saying that he would pass thiough Albion on AVednesday, on his wuy to Chicago, and asking Dlcltlo to meet him at the trnln. His Insti actions weio followed, and at the tialn Dr. Dlckio was handed an envelope, with the i equest not upeu it until lie i enched hln ollltu. On opening It, he was Hiupilsed to Jlnd tho above gift, Moro money is expected soon tiom tlio same quniter. Aries ted in a Hospital, Hv llicltishr Wire from 'I lie Aiioilalnl 1'rf.sL lfuiltbliui, .tan ID. -Sjinurl llomk wjs ni -listed h) ("omit Ditrcthe WiiIIcih kl.iy .it tho HaiiidmiK hospltll, vdiile Iu lllg .1 bullet vtmuul In lil right liaiul ilroicil llouek U tiuieitnl nf li.uliii.' ultiniH((l l loti the junk shop ot Hivlil Cuujici in thi iltv Ijit nlifht. t'uopev ill In (eil a til hikc nun IixIiik In iiitu Ids pUte uiul llml umiiiI holn at htm fiuiu .1 ictuhci, uhu of Ahldi (uiik eifecf In liU luiid Total Treasuxy Receipts, Uy laclmlte Wire fiom 'the Assjclaled 1'ifsi. ii in Wiui ir, J.1H. jo, ihp rcpoit pf state TieJsmer II illicit fur the IKcal .ve.u iinl'iip; ol'. to, jbOl, kliovn tlut the total luasuiy iiiclpl fin tint period vat W,'JJ,ii.ia. A otlun vt this jiiiount will be irluipril tn tlio roiintles, to Hut tlio Jtruiegute im'lpli ictjlueil b) the l.ite will not cmiuI tl'i.OOO.OO). 1 Jut pirt of the lepoit holni; the fpiinllturr for tin )em lus not jet bun picpaicil b Colonel Uir, nett. , .. . m ... Mine Inspector's Repot t. D) K.vclmhe Wire fiom 'I lie .VocUtLiI l'rca. SliaiiK.kln, Pa., Jan. 1(J Mine Intpxtor Kl ujhI Iticiiiuu'd jrmuil repoit lious theie vm u) rutdt uiul ys lion fatal uiUiUuta in the Scuntii UItrlet the pat jit, e life bdii; ncrltUvd for every 1'iwj ton of crul mUicil. E PARLIAMENT Gontraru to Exiinctatlons No De finite Statement Is Made Reoardina Boer War. EXTRACTS FROM KING'S SPEECH His Majesty Regrets That the War in South Africa Is Not Yet Con cluded, but Makes No Suggestions. Iiish Land Purchase Bill Sug gested Refetences to Sugar Con ference and Isthmian. Canal Tieaty. B i;cliihe Wire from The Vioi latcd l'rci. London, Jan. Ifi King Udvvatd opened paillainent this afternoon with a eeie monliil in nil essential respects identi cal with Hint of Feb'maiy last. The procession to the house of loids was of a diameter similar to that witnessed on the occasion of the opening of the first puill.iment of King Edward's leign, while within the upper house was seen the same state pageantry, the same hlstoile diesses and the same le vlvnl of ancient forms. After loblng King Lklwaid and Queen Alexnndia cnteied the house of peeis and occupied their tlnones, beneath a canopy, with the Prince and Pilneess of "Wales on either side of them. The other inembeis of the iov.il family weio seated on chalis at the foot of the steps leading tn the thrones. The gentleman ushei of the black rod, Geneial Sir Michael Biddulph. having summoned the speaker and the mem beis of the house of commons, bis maj esty lend the speech tiom the tin one. His majesty lefened in terms of giatiflP.itlon to the wotld tour of the Piiuco and Pilneess of Wales, ex piessed legiet over the fact that the war in South Aft lea was not concluded, said he ti listed the decision of the sugar confpience would lead to the abandonment ot bounties and noted the conclusion of tho Isthmian canal tieaty. In lofeience to the tour of the Ptince and Pilneess of "Vals the king said: "They weie everywheie received with demonsti ations of the liveliest affec tion, and I am convinced their piesence seived to rivet moie closely the bonds of mutual legaul and loyalty by which tbo vlgoi of the eipplie i.c maintained.-" Cheat Di Main's) lelatlons with f oi -eign tommies weie disposed of briefly, as follows: "My lelatlons with other poweis continue to be of a fiiendly ch.n.icter." Contiaiy to expectations, the king's lefciencc to the vv.u was as Indefinite as the statements on the subject made in the last half doen messages tiom tlio tin one. "I legiet," said his majesty, "that the vvai In South Afiica is not yet con cluded, though the eouise of the opei atlons has been lavoiable to our arms, tlie niea of war largely reduced and industries are being lesumed in my new colonies. In spite of the tedious chaiacter of the campaign, my soldiers, thiougliout, have displayed a cheerful ness In the endurance of the hardships Incident to guerrilla warfare, and a humanity, even to their own detilment, In theli tientment of the enemy, which aie deseivlng of the highest piulse, The necessity for lellevlng those of my tioops who have most felt the stialu of war has alfoided me the oppoitunlty of agulu availing m.vself of the loyal and patilotlo offeis ol my colonies, and further contingents will shoitly teach South Afiica fiom the Dominion of Canada, the commonwealth of Aus ti.tlU and New Zealand." In lespeot to the sugar confeienee, the king said: "I trust Its decision may lead to the abandonment ot the sstem by which tlie sugai-pioducing colonies and home tnanufactuieis of sugar have been unfalilv weighted In tho pios-eciitlon of this Impoitant Indus ti)." Then came the following clause: "I have concluded with tho piesl dent of the United States a, tieaty, tho provisions of which will facilitate the constiuctlon of an Inteioceanlc tannl under guiuaiilees that its neutrality will be maintained, and that It will bo open to the connneico and shipping of all nations." Net followed lefciences to the An-Rlo-lJutzillnn tieaty, to tho refeitlng ot the Hellish Cutuna-Uiazil boundary questions to the iiibltiallou of tho king of Italy, to tlie necessity for the contln lianco of tiimlue icllef meusuies in In dia, and to tho death of tho Ameer of Afghanistan, "whoso son, Habll VU lut), has espiessed an earnest deslio to maintain tho fiiendly lehitlous of Af ghanistan with my Indian emplie." After announcing that tlie estimates have "been framed us economically as due leguid for their efficiency leudeiti possible in tho special clicumstnnees of the present exigency," tho speech concluded with mentioning pioposed legislation, of solely domestlo interest, with the exception of a bill to faclll title the sale and puiclmse of land in li eland, Their majesties then letlied amid a fnnfaie of trumpets and attended by tho same legal ceieinony as accom panied their entry Into tho house. House of Commons, Tlicie was only a. meagie attendance of nioinbets when the house of coin moiis met at I o'clock this afternoon to commence tlio woik of the session. Iiish alfnirs ciopped up almost Imme diately, i:ail Peicy, conservative (eld est sou of the Duke of Noitluimber land and member for the South dlvls Ion of Kensington) moving a resolu tion to the effect that tho election from Outway of Colonel Arthur Lynch "who was commonly and notoiiously report ed to huvu aided tho king's enemies'' was mi Insult to the house, and a com mittee should he appointed to consider tho com so to puiHtie. The speaker, William Couit Gully, declined to nctcpt the motion until no tice of it was given In the usual way. The chancellor of the exchequer, Mir Mlrlmel HlcltM-Hcach, has given out n definite assurance that theie will ho no nltciation of tho coal tax in the forthcoming budget. Mr. MucNelll, Irish Nationalist (member of South Donegal) created the fhst scene of the session by de ploilng the fuel that Nationalist mem bers had been hummed In dungeons nt the behest or Mr. Wyndhatn, tho chief secretary tor Ii eland. Up moved the appointment of a committee to In vestlmato the matter. When tho speaker declined to accept the motion Mr. MacNelll questioned his t tiling and was called to order. After tho speech fiom tho throne had been foimally lead and the address In reply had been moved and seconded, the Liberal leader, Sir Homy Camp-boll-Banncrman, spoko In general teims ngainst tlie com so of tho government in South Afiica, uiglng conciliation in place of hi ute force. He said the same, to a largo measure was ttue nf Ireland where the government, at pres ent was "floundering between conces sion and coercion," and urged the adoption of the most liberal pro gramme toward Ireland. The Irish members held their usunl sessional meeting today and decided to movp amendments to the uddress in re ply to the speech from the throne, con demning coercion, the South African war, tho concentration camps in South Afiica and the financial lelatlons be tween Ireland and Gieat Hrltaln. In the House of Lords. In the house of loids today the Pitncc of Wales occupied the seat formeily used by his father. Many peet esses weie in the gallery. The loid chancellor, Eail Halsbury, formally read the king's speech. The Earl of Hatrovvbv (Conserva tive), in moving the address in reply to the speech fiom the tin one, leferred to the non-Inteifeienco of foreign powers in the South Afilcan war as being evi dence of their fiiendly lelatlons. The Earl of Litton, who seconded tho motion, congratulated the government "on their more than friendly relations with the United States and the South Ameilcan lepubllcn." He added that though affalis in Ii eland weie consid ered critical, they might safely be left In the hands of the government. E.nl Spencer (Liberal), ciltlcizing the nddies, said that while Iip leeognized the impossibility of gi anting the Boer demands for independence, he depre cated Insistence on unconditional sui render. His loidshlp uiged the govern ment to piomise tho Boers autonomy similar to that possessed bv the gov ernments of Australia and Canada. The premier, Loid Salisbury, whoc entiance Into the house was greeted with heaity applause, said he wos glad to hear Eail Spencer ent nn utteranip for which he, the piemler, had been fiequently and unspailngl condemned, It was quite tiuo that theie uus no possibility of gi anting the Boeis inde pendence. Neither was it the govern ment's business, after being gratuitous ly attacked, to infoim the Boeis on what teims they would be foi given, es pecially since the Boeis hnd not et ox piessed a wish to be forgiven. Loid Rosebeiy said he favoied a passive policy of peace which would leceive overtmes when made, and that In this connection he wished to know tlie truth of the rumois concerning the visit to London of Dr. Kuyper, the ptemier of Holland. Had Dr. Kuyper biought such overtures, he asked Loid Sallsbuiy. "Not so far as I know," answeied Lord Sallsbuiy. "Have any overtures been lecelved fiom the Boer leaders In Euiope?" asked Lord Rosebeiy. To this question Loid Salisbury an sweied, "No," WILL ENTERTAIN THE PRINCE. Ambassador Von Holleben Has Given Notice to the State Department. Uv llxcluilve Wiie from 'the Vv.oci.iteJ Pre Washington, Jan, hi. Ambassador Von Holleben. who was at the state depaitment today, has given notice that he will enteitain Pi hue Heiuy and suite nt the German embassy heie. Dr. Hill, the liist assistant secretin y ot state, who by icason of .in extended tesldence In Ueimuny Is peifectly con veisant with the Geininn language, may be cluuged to lepiesent the de paitment of stute in the ceiemonlcs connected with the leceptlon of the pi luce. Governor Finncls, of Missouil, also called on Secietaiy Hay In connection with Pi hue Henty's visit. He uiged that the piogriimme tor the pi luce's entertainment be made to Include a visit to St. Louis, in older that the piince might pee the scale on which tho uppioaclihig Louisiana puichaso expo sition Is piojected. Chemist Gets Good Fee. ujr Kiilusitu Hlii- from flip AssoiUlul PrtM. Niw om .l.iii 10. v Jury in ths .Snpuinn court today unileuil a venllit for $o,(Ui.iiv in faior of Pi of. llnilolpli wlttliaun, who hid mwl the city to ricoxcr $0,leil for mm, Ires lemleied by him In miking a iiicinlv.il aniljsls on portions nf tin- Kin 1 1 ns of lliniy linnet, ulioso th'itn ftgiirnl In tho iiuliclinint mid dial nf Itohiul II, Moliui-iiX. 'Ih uxllit Included KIWI'S In teictt on tlio nuioinit sun) foi. Sphited Debate on Schley Resolution II Ihilusivc Wiio from 'I he vssociatcd Picas. I'riuikfoit, Ky., .Ian. JO TIip Ihmim todaj, af ter a spirited debate, adtpted a letolutlon mni inendatoi) of Adntlril S1i1m, The Jtepublii nil oppuMd lint pait of the le-otulion whlili on ilunmil I ho i tut of lniiili that sut m the Sildtj l4e and refused to u whin the loll M tilled. All nf the K'veiit.n Detuociaii vottd for tho looliillon Mr, Clevelaud Gains Stiength. 0 KicluJh Wire (run The Awjcialed 1'ieia. Princeton, N. J Jan, III. -llxd're.ldtnt CleNe land Ins tufflcitnlly luoteitd from liU illni-.i to rnjov slioi t ilrhes in the cunnlrv. 'lodiy he and Mi;, I luuland drow tlnouirh I he street and a thoit ilUtamo out of town, Mr. ( leuluid looked uell. If lie loiitlnues to gain in btiiurili lie will i! on j southern htiutiiv; trip with frlciuU next vMik, Corporations Chattered. By llvelmivo Wire from 1 lie Anocioted I'reM. llarrkburif, Jan. 10 Chartir vmio l.ettej by (lie itate diurlnient todas In the olloulnf; tor poratioiu: I'itUburs lueandesient I.jiiip torn panv.i, I'ittiburg; capital, O.noo, I)rpjili I'liblislilnj company, Nllti'u-IJaire; rapltal, pfiQO. SOUTH AFRICAN STOCKS ACTIV1 MR. SMITH RETIRES. Will Immediately Resume Editorial Control of Philadelphia Press. 11 I'Atlttshc WJre from The Aiioelitcd Tren. Washington, Jan. IC nx-Postinas-ler aeiieinl Smith today culled at the whll" house to take leave ot President Itoos'-velt. Ho left this afternoon for Phlla lclphla where'he will Immpdliilt' ly lesume cdltoilal contiol of the Phll iidelphln Press. It was announced today that one of Postmaster General .Smith's last acts befoie yielding the olllce to Mr. Payne was n decision of considerable Intel est to publlsheiH In connection with the new legulatlons regarding sccond-clns privileges. The decision sustained Third Asslstnnt Postmaster Geneint Madden In excluding under these reg ulations "the olTiclul guide of the rail ways" whose case had been legally piesscd'as In the natute of a test ap peal. Mr. Smith held that tho publica tion does not possess the essential characteristics requited for admission to the second-class under the new mien. Tho character of a publication, it was held, Is determined by the fea ture which attracts public patronage. The Issue, he ruled, was as lo whether the le-publlcatlon of time tables, main ly without change, constituted news. WERE STARTLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE Delegates at Pan-American Congiess Had an Exciting Time Yes terday. Cj Lxclualve Wire from Tho Associated Press. Mexico City, Jan. 16. In this morn ing's session of the Pan-American confeiencp the Chileans piolonged theli dilatory tactics. They said all dele gates ate In favor of the Hague con vention, but added that It must not pass thiough the confeienee without discussion. Mr. Buchanan, of the United States, Senor Macedo of Mexico, and Senor Bermejo, ot Aigentlnc, each made speeches asking in tuin "if we are all agreed, what Is there to discuss." At the afternoon seslon the Chilean delegates lesumed speechmnklng, Senor Alzamora, of Peiu. had Just llsen to ififly, when a ijlsljt shock of earth r quake spiead consternation thiough the' assembly, and for neuily one minute afterwards the gilded hall of sessions swajed like the salon ot a liner. Tho delegates spians fiom their chairs and giubbed their desks In alarm, but weie leassuied by the calmness of the Mexi cans. The pioceedings were inteiiupted lor fully ten minutes. Membeis of the con giess could see fiom the windows of the palace kneeling ciowds on the plaza. AVhen Senor Alzumoua lesumed his speech, ho alluded In tempeiate, al though unmistakable teims to the de lays which Chile had put in the way of the convening of the conference. Blest Gana, of Chile, made an effect ive answer, Tho session terminated without coming to a vote on the plan for the acceptance of The Hague ar ticles. EDITOR KOHLSAAT RETIRES. Relinquishes the Editoiship of the Chicago Record-Heiald. By KmIiuIvc AMre fiom '1 lie Aoeiated I'rr Chicago, Jan. 16. The Recoid-Hetnld tomouow will publish the following an nouncement, signed by Mr. II. II. Kolil saat: "With this Issue of the Itecord-Her-ald I wish to announce that 1 have turned over its editoiship and entile business management to Finnic II. Noyes, who ns publisher has been as sociated with me since the consolida tion of the two pnpors.hist Apiil. "Ily this step, I seek release tiom the evading duties which for seveuil yeais have engiossed my time, to the neglect of other matteis and Inteiests which demand a linger shaio of my peisonnl atttention. I shall still letain close and intimate lelatlons with the Record Heiald as piesldent of the company mid owner of over 60 per cent, of Jts stock. DINNER TO THE JUSTICES OP SUPREME COURT Ilv I.mIihIio Wire fiom The Aswrlitul 1'im, Wellington, .lilt Hi. Din president aid Mm, Ho.i.uelt tonight sine iinolhei of I lie into din Dels inslonvtt.v al thK seisutt of eutli jeal, lie ii 'y 100 guois belnu Invited to ntert the Ju -tins of the supreme lourt. 'I lie tiuln m a'. i a scent shtpo and was lihl In tho l.'il loom, 'the lloral duoritlom wiie etv iliiboiate. 'the l,iKts Intludid a miiiilier of miiudu ind npii tiiitJlhj.s nnd (lull la ln. i Steamship Ai rivals. By Exclusive Wire from llie Anoi istrd I'reu New Yoil, Jm 10 Arrived-lieriniulp, liber, pool and (iiermtnnn. Sailed l.i (lJioi!ue, lime, I Izapl l'aseil: i'lehtnd. New York for Nmlluinploii and Antwiipi I. Aciiiitpne, New ork for llavu "' Wife Muulerer Hanged, Hi i:ilu.he Wire from the AMCclatuI 1'iui VllUilaail I'll) i hid, dan. 17. -Illnkaril, the wile inuideKl, .ai hauled at 1.' II Ill's (l'lldnj tiioinln,-, DEATHS OP A DAY, Ily lAchuivp v(ie fiom 'the .U-Juiuted 1'icm. .New miK, Jon. 1. .1. V S. Oddle, (.eeretaiy of the New Yoik Y.ulit ilub, illnl at Ills teal ili hoc in thN ill.1 todat. Vlt. uddie bad been III for about Iwu wi-hs of 1 Idney tiouble. Mr. Old'o was ilectcd Military ut tbo jaiht club in 1st!) and brlU Hut ollco ivntlnuoiub to the time of hU deith. llu Joined the ilub in 1607, rhllidilphli, Jan. Id. Illchard I'atterwJii, veo iie!dcnt of Ilia National Liquor llealeia' as.wcl4. lion, and foiiurr btato repreoeotatlve, ilKii Ijst nUht at lil( bmnc in VVIs.'ablikon, a suburb, of pneumonia, nged !i .vcars. Mr, l'attcison a .ilvi protdiut oi the t-tatc Liquor Dealers' ano-ilaliou. by RUMOR OF SETTLEMENT AGITATES THE BOURSE The Exact Nature of Negotiations Not Known, but a Representative of tho Associated Press Leains That .the Boeis Have Made Over tmes Looking' to the Ending of the War. Di l.tclushe w,ie front flic withltd I'rcm London, .Inn. If. A stiong belief pie valletl In financial cliclcs here late to day that negotiations for peace hud been le-openrd between the leading Boeis and the Billlsh government. South Afilcan stocks lose In sym pathy with the l epulis. The exact lm tuip of what was going on was not known but a leptescntutlvo of the As sociated 1'iess loitined that leading Boeir had Indliectly appioachetl the goveinment, piotestlng ngainst the aiipropilatlon of f m inn in the Tt.ms vaal and Oiange Itlver colonies by Biitlsh settlein, which system Is now being inpidly pushed and that stiong influence hud been biought to bear on the Boer le.uleis to save at least a vestige of piopeity for their follow els. Whether what Is passing today be tween the Boet.s and tlie Biitlsh gov einment can be leinted peace negotia tions or what will be their le.sult lan only l einiiin speculation ftr the pies ent. Tlio stock exchange evidently takes a hopeful view of tlie outcome. OBSERVANCE OP M'KINLEY DAY Proclamation by Governor Yat03 Has Suggested Jan. 26. u, I'xclt snnWir' fiom the Associated l'reva. 'Clovulautl, O., Jan. lf.-'ftlegiaws and letters lecelved by Itieison ltit clc, secrelniy of tlie McKInley Na tional Mcinoilal association, Indicate a general obsci vance of McKInley Day thioughout the countiy. Alexander II. Itevell, national tiustee at Chiiago, iltes that by pioclumation Governor Yates has suggested the holding of speiiul services in the (hutches on Kundnj, Jan. liG, and esetcises In the schools on Jan. 21). The city council of Chicago will pass a lesolutlon and Mayor Outer Hiiuison will Issue a pi oc tarnation calling for the day's ob servance. In four thousand chin cues in Illinois, special sen ices will bo held. The mlnisteis of the Methodist Episcopal i hut cli ot Cook county have agioed to hold a McKInley Memoiial service and take up a collection. Other letteis and telegiams show gieat piogiess. Coventor Hen eld, of South Dakota, savs that his state has raised the sum iippoitioned. Mi. Hemy T. Scott, national trustee, ot San Fianclsco, wiies that an enthus. lastio meetliiK ot the stute committee was held last night and California will uilse Ms lull ijuota. Theie will he a int'etlng of tlie ex ecutive committee of the national as. soc latlcm in Cleveland on Monday next. VAN STAVEN CONVICTED. Man Who Committed Murder Will Suffer Extieme Penalty. Bj l'ilulp Wiie from 'He Uvjiialcd I'rcci. Camden, N. J Jan. Ill Samuel Van Staveu. an oilcloth pi Inter, who has been on tilul heie foi the minder of his wile, Katherine, on November KO, lust j ear, was today convicted of inurdei In tho fhst dpgiee. Van Stnven hnd been si'iiainted for some time ft om his wife, and on the night of November o0 met her on the stieet and shot her dead Tho defenso claimed Hint Van Slav en was addicted lo tho liquor habit and that his mind was diseased fiom the use of lltpior. THE PHILADELPHIA REPUBLICAN TICKET. By hxcluiltr Wire from The Aisuciitrd I'imi. I'liM nit Iplih, Jan. 111. I no liipitbhian noin. Initliig rriinenlliim uiul a tnlo-. rtvWns; mnieii. lion, loiiipu-iiil of dilesilrs repieeullui, all nt tin 1,013 ileitlou dlvhlmw of llie illv, wvru In Id thN inoiuini.' Hie fullunln III Kit was iiomlniled; f ill " liiitor, Jnlin I., hlu-ie.t i uuiiflKliitltN .hum- V, llrlK, ltobirt J. Moote, David S Sott, William J. Hughe.. In many of the vvnidi louuntloti netu al-o held tu Humiliate candidates for twin clh . .. ! Killed by a Train, lit l,iuho W'fic fiom Tho .soeUted I're, l.otelond, (l, lin. 10. A man nippncd ti lie C'lutlii W- Winpwn, of Western l'iuiivl. t jnl i, Mai l.illtd by a passenger eiigiun hun IihIjv as be stepped from a Ualtiuiore an 1 .soittliuiatiiu train. IV o lettcrj float Viuilo W'afnfnr, Jliluirpuit, l'a,, vveio found in lily pml.it.s aildttiiM-d tn him at 1'ottlt Worth uni llatidli), TfJH lie was about 25 jcara of ane, Pensions Granted, ty l.vtlttdvc Wire from llie Associated Vita, WaihlnKton, Jan. 10. 'tlicso petmioiu lino been giantedt Ceoigcj W, Key, ot Nraiiton, 0J ruiiklin W. Shannon, of Wist lWstou, H r -- -f "f- "f 4v WEATHER FORECAST, -- Wa.ililngtcn, Jan. 16. f'orciaist for 1'rl- - -f dn- and Saturday: Kastcut l'fiiii.-.wnii -f- 4- -Pair and torucHltat coldei I'llday. Sat- 4- iiulaj, fair; light to fresh uoitlierly wind. Financial Gircles rtfjltated News ot Peace Ne-uotlatlons. IX
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