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SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 190
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REVISION OF MIFF
NO CURE FORWRUSTS
Tlic President Asserts That the
Two Questions Have No Rela
tion to One Another.
INTERESTING SPEECH
AT CINCINNATI
President Thinks That Competitors
Would Suffer with Trusts in Case
Too Much Tariff legislation Is
Brought to Boar Upon Them.
Small Concerns Would Be Ruined.
Plan for - Government Supervision
of Corporations Again Advocated.
By Exclusive Wire from Tho Associated Press.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 21. "Boosevelt
day" at the Cincinnati Tall festival
broke all records of attendance nt these
annual carnivals. Tho weather was
threatening when the president arrived,
and during the Indoor receptions of the
morning, but exceptionally pleasant for
the afternoon and evening demonstra
tions. Cincinnati never contained more vis
itors In one day and never had a more
enthusiastic and satisfactory holiday.
President Roosevelt was the attraction
ns well as the guest of honor, and he
served his hosts with untiring willing
ness continuously from 10 a. m. until 10
p. in. without consulting hi3 own con
venience or comfort.
The president was kept on his feet
and busy for more than twelve hours,
with the exception of the time nt the
noon luncheon and the evening banquet
and even then he was engaged in dis
cussing matters of public Interest with
the guests of honor at his table.
After this experience, he was escorted
Into the auditorium of Music hall, and
delivered an address to an Immense
audience, with more than 1,000 business
men and manufacturers seated on the
stage with him.
The President's Address.
V - The presldent-saicl:
Today I wish to speak to you on the
subject, or group of subjects, which wo
mean when we talk of the trusts. Tho
word Is used very loosely and almost
always with technical inaccuracy.
But the average man when he speaks
of the trusts means rather vaguely all
of the very big corporations, the growth
of which has been so signal a feature of
our modern times, and especially those
big corporations which, though organ
ized in one siaie, io iwhiiicsh in several
states and some of which have a ten
dency to monopoly.
This whole subject of the trysts is of
vital concern to us, because it presents
one and perhaps the most conspicuous of
the many problems forced upon our at
tention by tho tremendous industrial de
velopment which has taken plnco during
the lat half century, in all civilized coun
' tries, and notably In our own. Many fac
tors have concurred in bringing about
these changed industrial conditions. Of
M, these, steam and electricity are the chief.
The extraordinary change In tho meth
ods of transportation of merchandise and
of transmission of Intelligence has ren
dered not only possible, but Inevitable,
the Immedlato lncreaso In tho rate of
growth of Industrial centers that Is, of
great cities.
Hence has resulted tho specialization of
Industries, and tho unexampled opportu
nities offered for tho employment of huge
amounts of capital, and therefore for the
rlso In tho business world of those mas
ter minds through whom alone It is pos
rlblo for such vast sums of capital to bo
employed with profit.
Now, It matters very little whether or
not wo like these new conditions, tho
creation of these new opportunities.
Many admlrnblo qualities which were de
veloped In tho older, simpler, less pro
gressive life have to some degree ntro
. phlcd under tho conditions of our rather
feverish, high-pressure, complex und
specialized life of today, Hut our likes
and dislikes havo very little to do with tho
matter. Tho new conditions are here.
They havo produced both good and evil.
Wo cannot got rid of them oven If it
wero not undesirable to get rid of them,
and our Instant duty Is to try to accom
modate our social, economic mid legisla
tive life to them, and to framo a system
of law and conduct under which wo shall
get out of them tho utmost posslblo bene
fit and tho least amount of harm. It Is
foolish to pride ourselves on our mar
velous progress and prosperity, upon our
commanding position in tho international
world, nnd nt the same time havo noth
ing hut denunciation for the men to
whoso commanding business ability wo
In part nwo this very progress ami pros
perity, this commanding position.
To Control n. New Evil.
Whenover great social or Industrial
changes take place, no matter how much
good there may he to them, there Is sura
to bo some evil, nnd It usually tnkes man
kind a number of years and a good deal
of experimenting before they tlnd tho
right ways In which, so far as possible,
to control tho now evil without at the
Hfltno tlmo nullifying tho new good, in
theso circumstances, tho effort to bring
(he new tendencies to a standstill Is al
ways futllo and generally mischievous,
hut It Is possible somewhat to develop
them aright.
Law can to n degree guide, protect, nnd
control Industrial development, but It can
never cause It or play more than a subor
dinate part In Its healthy development.
Unfortunately, it Is easy enough by bad
laws to bring it to an almost complete
Hop.
The homely slmilo of what can bo dona
with a greut rlvor Is far from inaccurate.
Tho Lower Mississippi fertilizes a great
country and also at times ravages It by
floods. To attempt to dum It in order to
, Mop these Hoods would bo futile, and
overt If not futllo would be harmful. Hut
,f It Is entirely feasible to build a system of
levees by which these llooiis shall be
largely controlled. The levees tuke time
and trouble to muke and to keep In order,
4iul they do not by any means avert all
mischief.
Vet they do accomplish much good, nnd
Ihey offer the only method of accomplish.
Ing uny good. Tho only way In which
, to build them or to exercise control over
the current Is by thoroughly examining
Into the facts In the first place, and In
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the second p1ntlJey proceeding In a
spirit of eomblneiif 'jilty and resolution:
avoiding above alllldngs every form of
hysteria, panic and blind rage, nnd not
expecting the Impossible either In time or
accomplishment. Incidentally, It s also
necessary to beware of the type of ex
cellent person who Indsts thnl Moods do
good and not harm, and that, In any
event, the effort to control them will
doubtless somewhat Interfere with water
supply and damage the Mississippi river.
In dealing with the big corporations,
wo Intend to proceed not by revolution,
but by evolution. We wish to face the
facts, declining to have our vision blinded
either by the folly of those who say
there nre no evils, or by the more dan
generous folly of those who either see, or
mak'o believe they sec, nothing but evil In
nil tho existing system, and who. If given
their way, would destroy the evil by the
simple process of bringing ruin and dis
aster to the entire country.
Evils of Overcapitnlization.
The evils attendant upon overcapitaliza
tion alone, are. In my Judgment, suffi
cient to warrant a far closer supervision
and control than now exists over tho
great corporations. Wherever a substan
tial monopoly can bo shown tn exist, wo
should certainly try our utmost to devise
nn expedient by which It con he con
trolled. Doubtless some, of the evils ex
isting In, or because of, the great cor
porations cannot be cured by nny legisla
tion which has yet been, proposed, and
doubtless others, which have really been
incident to the sudden development In tho
formation of corporations of all kinds,
will, In the end, cure themselves. Hut
others will remain that can bo cured If
wo only set about curing them with san
ity. Tho surest way to prevent tho possi
bility of curing any of the evils Is to ap
proach the subject in a spirit of violent
rancor, complicated with total Ignorance
of business conditions, and of fundamen
tal incapacity or unwillingness to under
stand tho limitations on the power or all
law-making bodies. No problem, and,
least of all, so dlfllcult a problem as this,
can be solved If the qualities brought to
Its solution arc panic, fear, envy, hatred
and Ignorance. And there can exist In n.
free republic no man more wicked, no
man morn dangerous to the people, than
he who would arouse these feelings in the.
hope that they may redound to his own
political advantage.
A Business Evolution.
Corporations that are handled honestly
and fairly, so far from being an evil, arc
a natural business evolution, and make
for tho general prosperity of our land.
Wo do not wish to destroy corporations.
We wish trt,mako t'.'em subserve the pub
lic good. All Individuals, rich or poor,
private or corporate, must be subject to
the law of tho land, and the government
will hold them to a rigid obedience there
to. Tho biggest corporation, like the
humblest private citizen, must bo held to
strict compliance with the will of the
people as expressed In the fundamental
lav.
Tho rich man who does not see that
this is in bis Interest Is, Indeed, short
sighted. When we make him obey tho
law wo Insure Jor him tho absolute pro
tection of the law. Tho savings banks
show what can be done. In tho way of
genuinely hciicflccrt work by large cor
porations when Intelligently administered
nnd supervised. They now hold over ?2,
C0O.O00.O0O of tho people's money, and pay
annually nbout ?100,000,000 of Interest or
protlt to their depositors. There Is no
talk of danger from these corporations;
yet they possess great power, holding
over three times tho amount of our na
tional debt, more than all the currency
gold, silver, greenbacks, etc. In circu
lation in tho United Slates. Tho chief
reason of there being no talk of danger
from them Is that they are, on the whole,
faithfully administered for the beneflt of
nil, under wlso laws, which roqulro fre
quent and full publication of their con
dition, nnd which prescribe certain need
ful regulations with which they have to
comply, while nt tho same tlmo giving
full scopo for the best enterprise of their
managers within these limits.
"Now, of course, savings bnnks are ns
highly specialized a class of corporations
as railways, and we cannot force too far
tho analogy with other corporations; but
there are certain conditions which 1
thinlc wo can lay down as indispensable
to tho proper treatment of all corpora
tions which from their slzo have become
Important factors In the social develop
ment of tho community.
The Wrong Procedure.
Before speaking, however, of what can
bo dono by way of remedy, let mo say a
word or two as to certain proposed rem
edies which In my judgment would bo In
effective or mischievous. Tho llrst thing
to remember Is that If wo are to accom
plish any good nt all It must bo by reso.
lately keeping In mind the intention to
do away with any evils In the conduct of
big corporations, while steadfastly refus
ing to assent to indiscriminate assault
upon all forms of corporate capital an
such. Tho line of demorkatlou wo draw
must always bo on conduct, not on
wealth; our objection to any given cor
poration must be, not that It la big, but
that It behaves badly,
DonuiBOglo denunciations of wealth is
never wholesome, and generally danger
ous; and not a few of tho proposed
methods of curbing the trusts tiro dan
gerous chiefly because all Inslncero advo
cacy of tho Impossible Is dangerous. It
Is an unhealthy thing for a community
when ttho appeal Is made to follow a
course which those who make the appeal
either do nq,t or ought to know cannot bo
followed; and which If followed would
it'Hult In disaster to cverybudy, Loose'
talk about destroying monopoly out of
hand, without a hint ns to how tho num.
opoly should oven bo defined, offers a
case In point. Nor can wo afford to tol
erato any proposal which will strlko at
tho general well being. We are now en
joying a period of great prosperity, Thin
prospeilty Is generally diffused through
all sections and through all classes,
Doubtless there nre somn individuals who
do not get enough of It, and there me
others who set too much.
By this Is blmply (mother way of say
Ing that the wisdom of mankind is Unite,
that oven the bust human system cannot
work perfectly. Tho nren who propose
to get fid of tho evils of tho trusts by
measures which will da uwuy with this
general well being advocate a policy
which would not only bo a damage to tho
community as a whole, but which would
defeat. Its own professed object. If wo
nre forced to tho alternative of choosing
a system under which most of us prosper
somewhat, thmis.ii a few of us prosper
too much, or else a system under which
no one prospers enough, why of course
wo will choose the former. If tho policy
advocated Is so revolutionary and de
structive ns to Involve the wholo com
munity In tho crash of common disaster,
It (i a certain ns anything can be that
when tho disaster hits occurred nil efforts
to .regulate tho trusts wilt cease nnd
that the one nlm will bo to restore pros
perity. The Trusts Defined.
A remedy much ndvocnted at the mo
ment is to take "If tho tnrlff from nil
articles which are mndo by trusts. To do
tills, It will bo necessnry llrst tn dellno
trusts. The language commonly' used by
the ndvocatcs of tho method Implies Hint
they mean all articles made by large cor
porations, nnd that the changes In tariff
are to be made with punitive Intent to
ward theso large corporations. 01 course,
If the tariff Is to be changed, In order to
punish them, It should be changed so ns
to punish those that do III, not merely
those that are prosperous. It would bo
neither Just nor expedient to punish the
big corpol aliens as big corporations;
what we wish to do Is to protect tho
people from nny evil that mny grow out
of their existence or mnladmlnlstrntlon.
Some of theso corporations do well and
others do III,
If In any case the tariff Is found to
IContlniitfil on I'.ise 2.1
PRESIDENT IN DETROIT.
For the Second Time in Its History
the City of Straits Entertains the
Chief Executive of the Nation.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 21. For the sec
ond time In its history, the city of the
straits is entertaining the chief execu
tive of the nation. President Theodore
Itoosevelt ornived in the city nt 8
o'clock this morning over the Michigan
Central railway. He found Detroit
awaiting his arrival In gala uttlre.
Flags were Hying from every stuff in
the downtown section and the city was
bright with bunting. Pictures of Presi
dent Roosevelt greeted the eyo at every
turn. Throughout the day the president
was greeted with tumultuous cheers at
his every appearance.
Crowds lined the streets about the
Hotel Cadillac, anxious for a glimpse
at the chief magistrate nnd his ap
pearance was always the signal for an
enthusiastic outburst of cheers. The
weather was all that could be desired.
A little cloudy during the morning, it
cleared by noon and this afternoon was
bright nnd warm, with a pleasant breeze
stirring the air and fluttering hundreds
of flags.
It was a restful-day for the president,
although his time was completely occu-:
pled by the programme mapped out for
him by the local arrangements com
mittee. Immediately on his arrival, he was
driven to tue Hotel Cadillac, where he
occupied corner rooms on the parlor
floor, which were especially decorated
in his honoc At 10.30 o'clock lie at
tended scrvIees'aV'the Fort Street Pres
byterian church, driving from there to
General R. A. Alger's residence, where
he was entertained ht luncheon.
He returned to the Cadillac soon after
3 o'clock, only to leave again In a short
tlmo for a drive nbout the city. During
the drive, ho called at St. Mary's hos
pital, where Thomas K. Doherty, a local
veteran of the Spanish war, is dying of
consumption. Doherty had expressed a
wish to see the president. Doherty is
unable to sit up, and the president re
mained at his bedside for some min
utes, chatting with him and expressing
words of cheer nnd hope.
The chief executive occupied a car
riage belonging to the police depart
ment on his afternoon drive. Captain
Guyman, In police uniform, had the
reins, and as tho president stepped in,
he remarked laughingly, "Captain, this
looks as though you were going to lock
me up."
Washington avenue was crowded
with people and the air rang with
cheers as the horses started up tho
avenue at a sharp trot. Tho presi
dent's party drove out Woodward ave
nue four miles to the boulevard which
encircles the city. This was followed
to its Intersection with Jefferson ave
nue at the approach to Hello Isle bridge.
The Intention had been to drive back
by way of Jefferson avenue, but here
the crowds on the watch for the presi
dent's coming wero so groat as to ser
iously impede the progress of the party
and tho carriages wero turned into
more secluded streets.
Two little girls had a narrow escape
from being trampled upon by tho
horses attached to the president's car
riage. They had darted out suddenly
from the curb almost under the horses'
feet. Captain Guyman was compelled
to throw the animals back on their
haunches to keep them off the e;lilldren,
The occupants of the president's car
riage wero brought to their feet in
trembling anticipation of a tragedy,
and it was only by a hair's breadth
that the little ones escaped. Then the
route was changed to less congested
street. President Itoosovelt had sug
gested a change us soon us ho saw the
crowded condition of Jefferson avenue,
and the party had proceeded only nbout
two blocks when tho narrow escape of
tho two little girls proved that his
fears were well grounded,
Mayor Maybury and Socrotnry Cor
telyou rodo with the president, and a
secret service man sat on the box with
Police Captain Guyman,
Tho party drove from 3.30 until S.3Q
o'clock. Tonight the president dined In
the Flemish room of the Cadillac with
a party of friends. Among tho guests
wero F, II, Clergue, of Suult Ste Marie,
General Alger, lion. William K. Quln
by, Genernl II, M, Dullleld, Mayor
Maybury and Secretary Cortelyou,
Tomorrow will be a very busy day
for the chief executive and his party.
The president will address tho conven
tion of Spanish wur veterans nt 10 a,
in.; at 11 o'clock ha will bo driven to the
steamer Tashiuoo, for a ride on the
river, returning nt 3 o'clock; ut 4 o'clock
he will review the parade of veterans
and military, a unique feature of which
will be the presence of the Twenty-first
regiment of Essex Fusiliers, from Can
ada; at S p. in., he will attend tho
banquet of tho veterans In Light Guard
armory, where he will make the ad
dress of tho evening.
Tourists Fall Over Mont Blanc.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Geneva, Sept. 21,-r-Two French tourists,
two guides and three porters, who were
making an ascent of Mont Blanc, havo
fallen over a precipice, and It Is feared
that they were, all killed
SEARCHING
FOR YOUNG
The Police of New York and Sur-
rounding Boroughs Running
Down Clews.
MURDERER MAY HAVE
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Captain Titus Inclined to Believe
That Finding All Avenues of Es
cape Closed, the Alleged Slayer of
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Has Made
Away with Himself Story of the
Stranger in the Boarding House A
Man Answering Young's Descrip
tion Is Arrested.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Now York, Sept. 21. The search for
William Hooper Young, the man wanted
for the murder of Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer,
whoso mutlluted body was found float
ing in the abandoned Morris canal, near
Jersey City, Thursday morning last, has
up to tonight been unavailing. Tho
police forces of this and the surround
ing boroughs have been bending ull en
ergies and running down all clues
which come to them to locate Young.
Tho chief development of the day
came from Brooklyn and it leads the
police to believe that the fugitive has
escaped to the vicinity of Canarsic, L.
I. Captain Titus, of the detective
bureau, is Inclined to believe that
Young, finding all avenues of llnal es
cape shut off, has fled to this spot on
the Long Island coast to commit sui
cide. The captain ordered a special
force of detectives to Canarsle to con
duct a thorough search of the neighbor
hood. Tho story of this clue is that late
Saturday night a man, supposed to
have been Young, was seen in a lodging
house in Brooklyn. When he applied
'for a room he was told there was none
vacant, and he was forced to bo satis
fied with a chair. Soon afterwards he
became nervous and arose to his feet.
Some of those In the room arose simul
taneously. Then tiio stranger dashed
down the tjaek stairs of the hotel to the
yard, with some of tho lodgers after
him. Vaulting the back fence, closely
pursued, tho fugitive fled up the street.
The pursuers gaining upon him, tho
stranger halted, drew a revolver and
brought the lodgers to a stand. Turn
ing again, ho caught sight of a Nost
r.ind avenue car bound for Fulton
street nnd raced for it. Before tho
lodgers came up, the car with the fugit
ive on board was blocks away.
The above story was told Captain
Titus early today, and this evening ho
received a corroboration of It. This
was, that at 3.30 o'clock in tho morning
a man resembling Young had been seen
In Canarsle. Captain Titus' informant
told him that the man seemed all worn
out; that he looke'd fatigued and almost
exhausted. The captain added that
Police Captain Short4 of Canarsle, and
all his force were scouring the country
thereabouts for the man. The captain
said, however, that ho feared they
would succeed only, in case the man
was really Young, In finding his dead
body, as he is of the impression Young
would commit suicide.
Derby, Conn., Sept. 21. A man who
tallies exactly with tho description of
Hooper Young, who is wanted by the
New York police for the murder. of Mrs.
Annie Pulitzer, was arrested by the
local police tonight. The man is held
here awaiting instructions from Cap
tain Titus.
SHILOH VICTIMS BURIED.
The Funerals Over the Remains of
38 Are Hold in Birmingham.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Birmingham, Ala,, Sept. 21. This was
a day of funerals in Birmingham and
the remains or 38 victims of tho panic
in Shiloh church were Interred in the
various cemeteries for negroes around
the city. All of the negro churches
wero crowded and the naturally excit
able nature of the Southern negro was
wrought to a high pitch by the eulogis
tic sermons over the dead bodies at the
various churches from all of which
wails of grief stricken negroes could be
heard. Great throngs of mourners fol
lowed the hearses to the cemeteries.
Tho death list is now known to num
ber 105 and ono hundred of these have
been identified. Tho police assert that
at least five bodies havo been taken to
private houses nnd that they have not
been reported. This would Increase the
number to 110.
All of the dead negroes Identified last
night and today are residents of Bir
mingham except George Wright, who
Is said to bo froln Savannah, Ga,
In nearly nllof the churches for white
people, money was raised to assist the
negroes who aie unnbla to glvo their
dead proper burial and with amounts
contributed by citizens a burlul fund
aggregating $500 has been accumulated,
Telegraphers Issue Cards,
By Exclusive YVhe from The Associated Press,
Chicago, Sept. 21, Tho International
Union of Commercial Telegraphers was
formed hero today by a convention of
forty delegates, representing as many
cities throughout the United States. A
constitution, patterned after that of tho
International Typographical union, wus
adopted, providing for tho Issue of a
working card to each member ovory
threo months.
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Killed by a Train.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
York, Pa., Sept. 21.-A. D. Strlckler, a
wealthy farmer, of Stickler's Station,
while walking on tho Pennbylvanlu rail
road tracks near Wrlghtsville this af
ternoon, wns struck by a special train
and killed Instantly. Tho train was con
veying New York troops home from Gettysburg,
BENEFIT FOB MINERS.
Actors' Protective Union Gives an
Entertainment in .New York.
By Exclusive Wire Irom The Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 21. President John
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers'
union met a number of local labor
leaders here today, and In the evening
attended a theatrical benefit for the
miners. It wns under tlic auspices of
the relief committee of the Amerlcnn
Federation of ijtibor. The Actors' Na
tional Protective union gave the talent
for the performance of vaduevllle acts
and the management donated tho then
tor for the evening. Mr. Mitchell wns
greeted with enthusiastic cheers us he
entered the theater.
There was an Immense: throng In the
theater. The actors' union gave $100
for one gallery seat and sent word that
Mr. Mitchell could have the services
of the members of the union whenever
he wanted to give a benefit for the
miners in any city In the union.
ATTEMPTS MURDER
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
David Goughnor Seriously Wounds
Loerena Winnebrenner and Then
Shoots Himself.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Johnstown, Sept. 21. David M.
Goughnor, a well-known young man,
shot and seriously wounded Miss Leo
rena Winnebrenner, aged 17 years, near
her home in Connemaugh, near this
city', last night, and then sent a bullet
into his own heart, dying instantly.
Jealousy and a desire for revenge are
given as the cause for the act.
Miss Winnebrenner, accompanied by
a friend named Edward Kaylor, were
walking leisurely along a street. Gough
nor passed them, evidently In a hurry.
When a few feet ahead, he suddenly
turned and, without warning, com
menced firing. The first shot struck Miss
Winnebronner Just below the breast
bone and took a downward course.
As the girl turned and started to run,
Goughnor tired again, the bullet strik
ing her in the left side, making only a
slight wound. A third shot grazed her
loft wrist.
Kaylor ran when tho fusilade began
and escaped injury. He says Gough
nor llred two shots at him. After emp
tying the revolver, Goughnor reloaded
It, and, jjlaclng the muzzle against his
breast, fired, killing himself almost In
stantly. At the Memorial hospital tonight, it
was said that, while Miss Wlnnebren
ner's condition Is extremely serious,
she may, recover.
DRIVES HIS DAUGHTER AWAY.
King Leopold Refuses to Recognize
the Princess Stephanie.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated I'ress.
Brussels, Sept. 21. A dispatch to the
Patriote from Spa says that when King
Leopold arrived there he refused to
speak to the Princess Stephanie, count
ess of Lonyah, and compelled her to
leave the royal palace. The princess
consequently left Spa suddenly. She
rode to the station in a hired carriage
and, amid demonstrations of sympathy
from the people, took a train for Brus
sels. Princess Stephanie Is the second
daughter of tho late Queen Marie
Henrietta and King Leopold. She mar
ried the only son of the emperor of
Austria In 18gl, and was left a widow
in 1S89. She was married the second
time, in 1900, to Elmer, count of Eonlah
Lonyah, This marriage was against tho
wishes of King Leopold, who refused to
permit It to be legalized. He has been
very bitter against his daughter, and
courts friendly to that of Belgium have
declined to receive the princess.
WRECK NEAR JOHNSTOWN.
Fireman George Freeman Is Instant
ly Killed.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Johnstown, Pa,, Sept. 21. In a wreck
on tho Pennsylvania railroad near Cono
maugh tonight. In which two freight
trains wore Involved, Fireman George
Freeman, of Pltcnirn, was Instantly
killed. His body was dragged for several
hundred feet under tho engine and hor
ribly mangled. A westbound freight had
been held Just eust of Conemaugh on
signals and had received a clear block.
Tho engineer had Just called In his flag
man when an extra, westbound, crashed
into tho rear of tho train,
All four tracks wero blocked fur sev
eral hours. Tho wreckage took fire, and
at a lata hour tonight was still burn
ing. MASS FOR THE QUEEN.
Wi; Celebrated at Belgium To
day Special Trains from Brussels.
By Exclusive Wirt from The Associated Press.
Spa, Belgium, Sept. 21, A requiem mars
for tho Into Queen of tho Belgians, at
which tho Bishop of Llegu will officiate,
will bo celebrated hero tomorrow, Spe
clal trains will be run for tho occasion
from Brussels to bring members of the
loyal family, who, after tho mass will
conduct tho remains of tho Into queen
back to the capltol,
King Leopold arrived here today,
Stabbed His Comrade,
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Salem, N, J.. Sept. 2l.-Cornellus Wed
dlo, a private in tlio Forty-second coast
artillery, stationed at Fort Mutt, on tho
Delaware liver, near here, was stabbed
to death late last night, lie and a fellow
soldier became involved In u quairel with
John Ryan and Wllllum Lacey, of this
place, nnd It Is alleged that Ityiiu stabbed
Weddle with a pocket knife. lyan and
Lacoy wero anested. Weddle's homo
was In Faubus.li, Ky,
Guidi Consecrated,
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Itome, Sept. 21, The consecration today
of Monslgnor Guldl, apostolic delegato In
the Philippines, ns archbishop, which oc
curred In tho church of Santa Maria In
Aqulro, which Is owned by tho Somas
chlan fathers, his first Instructors, as
sumed considerable linportunce, as It was
conducted by Cardinal Itimipollu, who.
uftcr tho pope; Is tho highest political
personage In t,lte Vatican.
MEETING OF THE
RAILROAD MEN
RUINED BY A "NAGGING" WIFE.
Dramatic Ending of the Trial of Rev.
P. J. Henness.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Keokuk, In., Sept, 21. The case of
Hev. P. J. Henness before the Iowa
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church, came very dramatically to an
end early today. After tho trial com
mittee, appointed by Bishop Hamilton,
and composed of thirteen prominent di
vines, had been in session far Into the
night, Mr. Henness himself took tho
stand.
He said It wns evident to himself and
to his attorneys that he was not to
have a fair trial, and handed tho parch
ments of his ordination to the com
mittee, following with his resignation
from membership in the church as well
as from the ministry. Turning to his
wife, who was present, the self-unfrocked
minister exclaimed:
j'Woman, behold the wreck of a man
you have made." His wife broke down
nt this dramatic exhibition. Tho com
mittee for the triul of Mr. Henness
Immediately closed its session, having
lost Its jurisdiction of tho case by his
action In placing himself outside the
pale of the church,
Mr. Henness, after maintaining si
lence stubbornly for a year, said today
that the reason he left his wife was
because of her continual "nagging,"
which broke down his health and ren
dered It Impossible for him to do the
Lord's work. The charge against him
was the separation from his wife,
whom he agreed to support, but refused
to live with. No' question of immoral
ity was involved, the claims of tho
prosecution being that Mr. Henness'
conduct was unclorlcal, nnd that a
minister so separated from his wife
should not be sent out as pastor over a
ehifrch by the bishop. Mr. Henness
will go to North Dakota to engage In
tho mining business. His friends say
that a movement will be started from
his case to have the general quadren
nial conference of the Methodist church
take action against one of the oldest
and most prominent bishops, who also
separnted from his wife under similar
conditions.
STAMPEDE FROM PANAMA
British Steamer La Plata Brings
Number of Refugees from the
Location of Disturbance.
By Exclusive 'Irc from The Associated Press.
Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 21. The
British steamer La Plata arrived here
today from Colon, bringing a large
number of refugees from the Isthmus.
It is reported that owing to ,jjie fear
of rebel nttacks a great inanj' people
are leaving Colon and Panama. The
Colombian government Is still sending
reinforcements to the isthmus and the
La Plata carried 1,000 government
soldiers from Cavanllla to Colon." The
Colombian revolutionists are said to be
massing In the neighborhood of the
railroad over the isthmus. The refugees
declare the situation at Panama and
Colon to be extremely critical.
Ofllcers of La Plata say they were
Informed while at Colon that several
liberal sympathizers had been imprison
ed at Panama because they violated the
order recently Isued by the government
ands appeared upon the streets of that
city.
Business at Colon is entirely suspend
ed.
The Intention of the revolutionists
would seem to be to attack the govern
ment forces without Interfering with
railroad traffic over the isthmus.
VAILSBURG RACES.
Threatening Weather Keeps Down
the Attendance.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Newark, N, J.. Sept. 21. While the
threatening weather kept down tho at
tendance at tho Vnllsburg bicycle track
today, the racing was excellent
throughout. The motor cycle five-mile
heat race resulted In a victory for Joo
Nelson, who won both heats in clever
fashlo'u. Time, 7,01 and CM 2-5. Free
man was second, Butler third and Maya
four. Intermediate! records wero made
from ono to four mile Inclusive. In tho
intermediate, times, 1,23, 2.401-5, 4,09,
5,30 3-5 nnd 0.50 2-5.
Hurley won the two-mllo open for
amateurs, but In tho one-mile handi
cap, Hurley nnd Boot finished so close
together that the judges called It a
dead heat,
WANTS NO DISPLAY.
Senator Hanna Says That the Presi
dent Desires no Demonstration.
By Exclusive Wire from Tho Associated Press.
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept, 21. Senator
Hanna tonight stated that President
lloosevelt hud made the request that
no public demonstration be made over
his visit to Cleveland as the guest of.
Senator Huumi next Saturday night
and Sunday, The visit is not a ptibllo
ono nnd the president wishes to spend
the day as quiet as posslblo at Senator
Hannu's homo on Lake avenue.
Senator Hnnna wus asked what he
thought of tho president's speech at
Cincinnati yesterday but declined to
make nny comment or statement.
Neither would he make any statement
as to what transpired nt the conference
at Oyster Bay a few days ago.
Movements of Steamships.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Now York, Sept. 21. Arrived! SCeeland,
Antwerp. Lizard Passed: Vaderland,
New York for Antwerp; Frlesland, Ant
werp for Now York. Queenstown Sailed:
Ktrurla, from Liverpool, New York.
Southampton Sailed,: Fredorlch der
Grosse, from Bremen, New York; Bluch
er, from Hamburg and Boulogne Sur
Mer, Now Yorlc,
ft Rumor That Thcu flr Now to
Take a Hand In ths
Goal Strike.
LAWLESSNESS AT
EDWARDSVILLE
In the Endeavor to Find a Man Who x
Had. Worked in the Mines at That
Place, the Rioters Fire Stones at
Houses and Commit Other Acts of
Lawlessness The Mob Also Fires
Upon the Deputies at the Wood
ward Mine Three Ringleaders
Are Arrested. ,
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Wllkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 21. The
Brotherhood of Railway .Trainmen em
ployed on all railroads centering In
Wllkes-Barre, held a secret meeting1 at
KlngstoA today. The object of the
meeting was to take some action on
the question of brotherhood men haul
ing coal from the mines where non
union men are employed. It is under
stood there wns a lengthy discussion
over the matter. The only Information
that would be given out, however, was
that a resolution had been adopted re
questing the secretary of each local
division to write a letter to Grand
Master P. H. Morrissey requesting him
to come here at once.
Morrissey was in the strike region
some time ago and looked over the
situation. He is said to have come to
the conclusion then that tho time was
not opportune for the railroad men to
do anything.
A repair house at the Empire mine of
the Lehigh nnd Wllkes-Barre Coal com
pany was destroyed by Are at an early
hour this morning. It Is said the build
ing was set on lire.
Lawlessness at Edwardsville.
The mining town of Edwardsville,
near here, was the scene of much law
lessness last night and early this morn
ing. A crowd of men, said to be strik
ers, went in search of a man named
James McGuire, who went to work In
the mines last week. They fired stones
at several houses, broke down the door
In the dwelling where McGuire was
supposed to be harbored and committed
other depredations.
The mob also fired on the deputies at
the Woodward mine. The officers re
turned the fire, but no one was wound
ed. Early this morning three men were
arrested, charged with being the ring
leaders who threatened the life of Mc
Guire. They gave their names as
John Sherbemah, George Strelker and
Michael Mono. In default of ?1,000 bail
they were committed to jail.
GATTLING GUN WILL BE USED.
General Gobin Determined That
Order Shall Be Restored.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Shenandoah, Pa., Sept. 21. Asked to
night If the Eighth regiment would ba
sent to occupy Mnhanoy City, General
Gobin, in command, of the state troops
here, replied:
"That alt depends on circumstances.
If there should be any further out
breaks there not only a regimental but
a Gattling gun will be sent there. The
strikers have been holding up passen
ger trains and trolley cars looking for
deputies, and soldiers cannot venture
Into the town without being Insulted,
The violence that has been rampant fn
that town for several days must cease
and if there Is any disturbance there
tomorrow morning a battery of artil
lery and perhaps a regiment will go
there."
WASHERY COAL SHIPMENTS.
Reading Officials Believe That They
Will Solve the Question of Fuel.
By Exclusive Wire from Tho Associated Press.
neadlng, Pa., Sept. 21. There passed
through this city last night nnd today
three trains containing a total of 150
cars of anthracite or about 4,500 tons.
One-third of this Is said to have been
recently mined and the remainder Is
w'ashery coal and anthracite which had
been held In storage at Cressona, It Is
said the newly mined coal nil comes
from the western end) p Schuylkill
county.
The Heading company's officials hero
believe that the Increased shipments of
w.nshery coal promised from now on will
solve tho question of supplying tho
market with fuel during the strike.
They are of the opinion also, that more
men will return during tho coming
week.
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Admiral Surges Watson Dead. "
By Exclusive Wire from The Aswlatcd Press.
Vnlutta, Island of Mnltn, Spt. 21.-Tha
death Is announced of Bear Admlrnl Bur
ges Watson, of tha Royal navy. Ho died
on board tho British battleship lUmlllles.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
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Local data for Sept. 21, 1302:
Highest temperature, ..., 72 degrees
Lowest temperature ,,, 62 degreea
Relative humidity;
S a. m. ,ihmmmiimi SS per cent,
8 p. m. n... "S per cent,
Precipitation, 24 hours ended 8 p. m,
none. f, J
4- 1 4- -f
4- WEATHER FORECAST,
4- Washington, Sept. 21. Forecast
4- for Monday anil Tuesday; Bast-
-f orn Pennsylvania Partly cloudy -f
-f Monday, with showers In south- 4-
-f cast portion; fresh north winds.
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