-tibutt THE ONLY CANTON PAPER RECEIVING THE COMPLETE NEWS SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GREATEST NEWS AGENCY IN THE WORLD. a v- TWO CENTS. TEN P SOKANTONV PA., PJRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1002. TEN PAGES TWO CENTS. TCO Mlilitaft1frtiitr HHlM w ' I VENEZUELA British and German Representa tives at Puerto Gabello Are Seized and imprisoned. AMERICAN CONSUL IS DISREGARDED His Effoits to Intervene Ale Treat ed with. Contempt Venezuelan Authorities Aie Fortifying the Town A British Steamer Dis charging1 a Cargo of Coal Is Seized ,by Venezuelans at Puerto Cabello. The English Sloop of War, Aleit, Captures Two Venezuelan Vessels in the Gulf of Patia. Bv Licluc Wire ftom The Associated Pics. London, Dec. 11. A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Willemtad, Island of Curacoa, dated Dec. 11, says: "The Venezuela authorities, nt Pupito Cabello ate foitifylng that town. They have seized and Imprisoned the Brit ish and Gorman consuls theie, as well as, other Britons and Germans, and have taken possession of their prop erty. The authoilties also seized a Btltlsb steamer which was discharg ing a cargo of coal at Puerto Cabello. This vessel was unable to escape, owing to a bieakdown in her machinery. The American consul at Puerto Cabello at tempted to intervene, but he was disre garded." American Government Thanked. V.iubington, Dec. 11. Acting 'under table Instructions lecelved today troni t licit home offices Mr. Von Hollehen. th Grrman ambassador, Sir Michael Herbert, the British ambassador, today presented to the state department the thanks of their governments for the services of Minister Bowen, acting on behalf of the United States, in secur ing the leltaso of the German, and Brit ish subjects arrested by President Cas- tro BRITISH SEIZE MOKE SHIPS. The Venezuelan Coast Guard and a Troopship Captuied. IS LvchiMic Wire fiom The socialed Prcs. . Kingstown, Island ot St. Vincent, Dec. 11 Tbe Venezuelan tioophip Kamois and the Venezuelan cc.st guild vessel Veinte Ties do Mayo wore iptured in the Gulf of P.xria and taken to Poit of Spain, Tunidad, this morn ing' by the British sloop of war Aleit. THE LONG DETERRED IRVINE TRIAL BEGINS A SinguJai Case of Intel est in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. Bj txelu.ne Wire fiom The Asioaatdl Pro!. Huntingdon, Pa., Dec. 11. The trial of the long d fori ed and celebrated case of Dr. I. N. Initio, tho deposed icc tor o fit. John's Uplseopal ohuich of this plat o, against Uishop LUlulbeit Talbot, ot tho Crntinl Pennsylvania illch'os-c, ind Mr. anil Mrs Alexander HllloU, of Iluntlngilon, began hoio to f In 3". l'r. Iivlno r lunges conspitaoj, nnd asks $;,or'0 d image When Dr. Initio came hno in IS'iS, tlio memboisliip of tho church ln.so liom about twonty to oxer 200. Mis, lllllott, ono ot the loading pailshloiicis, liernme ongaged In a personal eontio voiey over chuich niuttets with tho now i color, and It Is iillegrd by tho lat tor that she ontored into a ronsplrmy villi Bishop Talbot to hae Dr. In I no clcpoaoil. The ptesout action hinges on a letter vultten by tho bishop to Mis, Elliott, in which he said: "Dr. In hie cannot bo dismissed. I can find nothing against him, morally or eanonleallv, but If ou will huo him convicted In the rouit of lootrnj, I win unfiook tho slimy tdlow, and I udviso von to do mi," Mrs, Elliott then biought an nition ngulnst Dr, Inlno for foigeiy, alleging that he signed her niuno to a letter to tho bishop without her authority. This indictment wub quashed. Both sides have retained some of tho best legal talent in the state, and the case ib uttiucttiig unusual public In tel est. Will Appeal Stoie Order Case, III I'.vclrMie W Ire (rum The Assoc laM l'ic. Iluulsburg, Vu Dec, 11. The attor ney general's ejepaitment is picpailng the papeis to take an appeal to the Su ineme couit fiom Judge Klmonton's de cision that tho stoio oider tux bill Is unconstitutional. Tho decision was made in the tax appeal of the Lehigh foil and Navigation company, and It will bu fought to a Jlnlsh In tho higher couit. DAIRY ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICERS. Hj IUclu,hc Wire from Tlio .Usociitci l'rrj3. Hairlsburj, Deo. 1I- At tho State Daliy association this afternoon tho fol lowing oMIccis who elected: President. Dr, U. U. Adumsby; (list vice piesldcnt, D. L. May; second ea pusldent, W, D. Shuck; ticasurer, W. V. .Perhamj seeiotary, Dr, Com ad; dlrectois, ilium aicaparron, Henry I'uimer, nry m. comfort, Hon. W. C. Norton, B. Huroer aim Geoigo Malonoy. ke speakois at this afternoon's session Piofessor C S. Plumb, on "Breed- I'aim Animals"; Professor 11. Hay- . '-some questions bt Keeding," and Ronald Pearson, on "Immunization Itlo Against Tuberculosis." BEGL '$ HOSTIMTIES NEW STATE CAPITOL. Contractor Payne Fixes the Value at $4,000,000. II) Kvtludic Ire from flic towel ttcd l't. Hnrrlsbutg, Dec. 11. Contt actor Payne, who will build the new cupllol, took out a building permit today, fixing the value at 54,000,000. A commltteu ftom Wlnnsbotu, S. C, where the gran ite for the new tupltol Is to be quarried, called on Governor Stone today to pio test against the action of the Pennsyl vania Granite Cutteis In demanding that the granite be diessed in the noith, because of poor labor and low wages at Winnsboto. They said the labor at Winnsboro quaiiies Is skilled and commands good wages. The governor referred the mat ter to the contractor. CLEVELAND PLEADS FOR THE NEGRO Addresses a Meeting in Philadelphia Held in the Interest of Berean Manual Training School. By Kvcltuiie Wire ftom Tlie Associated 1'ics. Philadelphia, Dec. 11. Former Presi dent Cleveland presided tonight at a, public meeting in aid ot" the Bertan Manual Training school, an institution which alms to give members of the negio race the benefits of an industrial education. The meeting was attended by prominent juiiBts, educators and business men. Mr. Cleveland was the principal speaker, and Booker T. 'Wash ington, president of the Tuskegee in stitute, also made an address. The institution was established less than two years ago, and has an enroll ment of 200 students. Mi. Clevelind is personally interested in the school, and in accepting the in itation to attend the meeting, he said: I regai d tbo object which tho meeting Is called to piomoto bo bencllcent and so Impoitant to tho advancement of a mass of our citiyonship, greatly in need of im piovoment and care, tint I lnvo consid ciod it my duty to comply with tho to quest to preside at tho meeting. The coloied population of this cltv is 60,000, and increasing at tho late of 10,0u0 a car, nnd tonight a mooting was held for the purpose of inteiostlng tho peoplo of Philadelphia particularly and of the country geneuilly in their Relocation. Mr. Cle eland's addiess was in part as follows: I am impicssod with the impoitonre of this occasion. It is absolutely certain that cverywhoio in this broid land, good people should bo kecnlv nlivo to their dut and intcicsts .i, lolatcd to the col oi(d men, women and rhildii.ii, who con stitute a fnctoi, large or small in tho population of eoiv ronununltv. It is foolish for us to blind our oks to tho tact that nioio should be done to impioe tliu condition of our nogio population; and it should bo cntitelv pliin to all ot its that tho soonoi this it, undertaken tho soonei will n sciious duty bo dischaigcl and tlio moio suielv will wo guard our selves against lutuio tiouble and danger. No one 'who has given tlio subject do Ilbcinto thought can doubt that, if wo an to bo just and fair towaids oui ooloicd lollow citizen", and It thoy mo to be moie completely made self-iCHfvctlng, tmelul and safe niembois of our body politic, thny must hi tnimht to do something nioio than how wood nnd ibaw water. 'J he wav iinut be opni'd loi them to engage in something hotter than menial S(iiee, nnd tht.li- Intiiotn must he moused to rewaids of liitilligout occupa tion and carolul thrift. I bollew) th.it tho oxlgoncy can only be adequately met tluougii thn insti imen tality of well equipped muiunl tialning and liidustrl it schools, conducted l.ithir Indopeiidcnllv or In (oniioetlon with oidl n.uy r duintioiMl institutions. 1 am enn inced that good citizenship, an ordoily, oontontcd life, and a piopor concepllon of oiie lituo and obligations is almo't certain to mow out of a fair banco to cnin mi honest, hopeful livelihood, and u satlstled sen.-o of secure piotcutlon and consldciate ticatmnnt. 'lho objects of our assemblage tonight aio to leaiu tho dotatis of tho work dono by a manual tialning and industrial school located heio in tho city of Phila delphia and to extend to it our aid and cneouiagemeut Study, If tho liberal citizens of Phila delphia nin at onoo satlslicd that their duty to their less foituinto nelghbois de mand the Increased succc-s of this insti tution, It slio-ild not be difficult to India e thorn to ctcnd tu It a helping hand. We cannot anticipate that Its neglect will bo ehargeablo against tho people of this phil anthropic nnu p miotic city. Steamship Arrivals, Ilj Uxdushc ire- from The Assoclitcd J'cs. NewVotk, Dec, U. Arrived; Kronpiinz AVIIhelni, lltemen. Balled: La Lot rain, Uawo. Southampton Arrived: St, Louis, Now York. Queeiihtown Sailed: Cynulc (fiom Liveipool), New Votk. Hottcrdam Ai lived: Potbdnm, Now York. Sailed: Amstcidam, Now Yotk la Boulogno Sur Mer. Naples Aril ved: Allor, New York (ami sailed for Genoa). Hamburg Ar tived: Uiaf Waldcrsee, Now Yoik U 1I mouth and Cherbouig. Liveipool Ai iied; Celtic, New Yoik via Qucenstown. Danger from Thaw. By Exclusive Wire from the Associated Prfi. Shnmoktn, Pa Dec. II, A sudden thaw last night combined with lain today is melting the snow on tbo mountains so lapldly that wator is entering tho mines to such a depth that unless cold weather soon sots in a number of collieries be tween heio and Mount Carmcl will bo diowned out, Pumps and water hoists aio being woiked to their fullest capacity to keep tho water ftom leaching tho tunnels and gangwas. Valuable Salt Sellar. Dy Ficliulve W Ire (rem The Aatoriitrd PrN. LoilonJec. II. A silver Dllzabethlan salt fellar of tho dato of 1)77 and weigh ing nine ounces was sold at auction heio today for $15,000. m Pension Granted. By Exclusive Wire Irom The Associated Preij. Washington, Dec. 11. A pension of $6 has been granted to John II. Hoffman, of Scranton. PHOPESSOIt LORENZ AT JEFFERSON COLLEGE. The Bloodless Surgeon Performs Op erations Upon Four Cases. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Prut Philadelphia, Dec. 11. Pi of. Atlolph Loienz, the Austrian bloodless stngeon, today conducted a clinic nt Jeffeison Medical college. Hundreds of students and many phslclans of this uud other cities witnessed the operations. Of tho twenty oases submitted to him, Prof. Lotenz selected four, tlnoe glrlH and a boy. The chlldien's ages uinge irom three to nine years, and at the con clusion of the clinic Dr. Lorenz staled tli.it In every case tho operation was successful. In that of the eldest child, on account of whose age It was thought the operation would be moie dltllctilt, the bone was manipulated into Its proper place with more cae than any of the others. Betoie pioceedlug to operate upon his patients, Pi of. Lorenz addiesscd the students, describing his method. He said In congenital dislo cation of the hips the age limit at which a double dislocation could bu cured by his method was sl. yeais. The age limit in the case of a single dislocation he plnoed at ten years. Among the surgeons who witnessed the operations were: Dean Marshall, of the ITnheislty ot Pennsylvania; Dr. Estes of the Heth, lohem (Pennsylvania) hospital; Di. J. C. Bltldle, State hospital, Ashland, Pa.; Dr. Cole, Portland, Oie.; Dr. W. "W. Keen, Jeffeison hospital, and Di. W. J. Hearn, of this city. Prof. Lorenz will leave heie tomonow tot New York. C0MPUMENTS THE GUARD Major Duvall Recommends Changes That Will Bene fit the Organization. Bj Exclusive W'nc n om 'the Associated rrp1-. Harrlsburg, Dec. 11. The report of JIajor "William P. Duall, Aitllleiy Corps, U. S. A., detailed bv the war de partment to islt and repoit upon tho division encampment oi the Notional Guard of Pennsylvania last summer, wjth extracts of reports fiom other .cgular officers detailed for the same seivlce, praise the guatd for Its ex ceptional efficiency. They weie made public in an order to a guard today, nnd in a preface Governor Stone con gratulates the Notional Guard of Penn sylvania upon the splendid work done by the division In the recent encamp ment. The governor sajs that "the icport indicates marked advancement over past yeai s and show s that tbe National Guard of Pennsylvania is consideied by those cornpetent to judge to be tho most efficient organization of its kind In this country." JIajor Duvall concludes his report with tho following euiogium of the guard and some lecomtnend.Uions for changes In the guaitl system: 1 givo it as mv tixod opinion and cool lodgment that tho division of the Na tional Guard of Pennsylvania is today tho most homeogeneous and solid, the most unlfoimly accoutred and equipped, tho most sphlted, and the most valuable dhislon of tioops that tan bo got to gether In tho samo timo in this oountiv and in this estimate I am including all troops, icgulais, volunteers, mlhtii, or what not, and T would liico to emphasUu this fuithei by sijing tint vveio 1 a gen eral olllcer, I would iather command this division, iather take my chances ot Hiicccts with It, than any othei dlvidon that it Is practicable to oig.mlro quickly In the United State .s. Changes Beconvniended. Holding these views icgirdlns this or ganization I am naturally lotiiont to ieo ommond changes In a custom under which such excellent lOKiilt.s have abo.idy been fvcure'd. Hut It does seem to mo tint no nigumont Is ncdul to show that ach of tho following changes, if made, must bo beneficial. 1. That tbo peilnd of tho annual en campment lt at least double rt 2. That tho ontiic guaid bo rutin d with thn United States magazine lillo, the sooncnt practicable-, 3. That the elective sssteni of choosing officers bo uttcily ubollsbed, 1. That tho medical doputinent bo oi gauized on a basis more belitting its ne cessity and dignity, und moio conducive to its efllcicncy than at pio.sent. S. That an indepi ndent signal corps bo oigauizcd or men bo detailed ftom each company and sultablv insttuctexl, at least In tho elementary duties of such tech nlcal troops. G That this complete clMslou, or such patts of It as may b'o practicable) to utilize, bo employed by tho United States in any fiituio Held manouovios on a huso scale, tho United States to bear all c ponses Incident to this Heivice. Including full pay lor ull giaues and ranks, MR. VANDERBILT'S CONDITION. A Comfortable Night Passed No Change Reported, Ily Evclusho Wire from The Asoelatocl 1'riss. New York, Dec. 11, The condition of Cornelius Vundeibllt, who Is ill with typhoid lever at his jesldence, '22 Park avenue, was unchanged this moiulng. Mr. Vanderbllt had passed a faiily comfoj table night, It was said. Dr. Austin i-'iiut, jr tno nttcmung physi cian, at 11 o'clock issued tho following bulletin; "Mr. Vanderbllt is resting' quietly, His. condition Is verv Isfactory. So far thete have been complications," MAINE ICE PROSPECTS GOOD. Keunebeo's F" xa Is One of the Best ''Tears, By Excluhe Wi.j i.tn'The Associated Press, Gardiner, Me., Dec. 11, Icemen on the Konnebeu are well satisfied nt the pros pectb of an excellent harvest. Tho "freeze" is one of the best In a number of years. About 800,000 tons can bo taken care of on this river, The Penob scot fields are not up to what the deal ers would like. Mills Close for Xack of Coal, Hy Fxclushe Vi ire from The Associated I'rcts. South Manchester, Conn , Dec. U. The American Writing Puper company was compelled to shut down its mills at Oak land because of lack of coal. Ono hun dred and twcnty-IHo persons aio thioun out of employment. COMMISSION'S COMPENSATION Senate Fixes the Amount to Be Paid Members Who Are Not In the Government Service. MATTER NOW OUT OP PRESIDENT'S HANDS The Sum of $4,000 Fixed Upon as the Proper Remuneration Name of Commission Changed to "Au thiacitc Coal Strike Aibltration." The House Devotes Practically the Whole Day to Wagoner-Butler Con tested Election. Case Arbitration. Pioposed in Venezuela Affair. By I.vcliwie Wire from The ASaocutcJ Prm. Washington, Dec. 11. The enate late this afternoon passed, with several amendments, the bill fixing the com pensation of the Anthracite Coal Sttike commission, and it now goes to confer ence. The sentiment of tho senate was strongly in favor of allowing the niem beis of the commission who aie not in the civil or military service of the gov etnment a lump sum for their set vice, and after considerable debate, $4,000 was settled upon as the proper amount, thus taking the matter out of the hands of the president, as tho bill oiiglnally piovlded. Several other amendments to the bill were adopted, fixing the expenses of the commission ers and assistant recorders at $10 in stead of $15 per day and leav ing the qutstion of the amount ol salary to the assistant re corders and assistants to the commis sion. Tho name of the commission was changed to "Antlnaeite Coal Stiike Aibltration." An amendment offered by Mr. Daniel, (Va ) intending to ptohlbit officers in the civil or military branches of the government from serving on commis sions or pertorming duties other than called for law provoked a lengthy dis cussion, and in response to the appeals of Mr. Allison and Mr. Hoar, finally was withdrawn. At 2 o'clock the statehood bill came up and there v.as a brisk ex change between Mr. Quay, who favors the omnibus bill and senatots who op pose It, regarding its consideration. Mr. Quay and Mr. Bate said they vveio ready to voto. Mi. Bevendge. Mr. Ioelgc, Mr. Halo and others protested against pressing the bill so soon after it was reported, and it went over until Mondav on which clay tho senate ad journed. In the House. The house then devoted practically the whole day to discussion of a leso lution to limit the period of taking tes timony in tho Wagoner-Butler contest ed election case from the Twelfth Mis souri dlstiict to forty days and finally adopted a resolution to that effect by u patty vote 155 to 113 The pmpose of the resolution is to permit tho house to p ifs the case at this session. Under tho icgular method of piocedmo, sever al months aie given to the prepaiation of a contested election case. Mr. But ler, tho sitting member, was unseated at the last election and again ictuined at the last election to till tho vacancy. Ho had oer six thousand pluiallty on the face- of the present leturns but the letiuns aie contested. The house agieod to hold a session on Sutiduy, January 25, for the put pose of paying ti Unite to the memory of tho Into Itep lesentnthes Russell, of Connecticut, and Hheppard, and Do Graffcnrcld, of Texas. A joint resolution was olfcred by Mr. Shafroth, authorising tins piesideut to pioposo to Great Britain and Germany to submit their.clalms against Venezue la to arbitration and to guarantor- tho payment of tho awatds tint may bo found. MANGLED BY CARS. Three Miners Are Killed While Walking Up a Slope in No. 3 Mine at Edvvardsvlllc. Ily Evcluslvc Wire fiom I tic As-oclalnl run Wllkcs-Buii'p, Dec. 11. Tlueo men lost their lives and one was .seilously injutcd In No, 3 slope of the Kingston Coal company, at IMwaidsville, a small mining town near this city, this even ing. Tho men, who had Just finished their shift, wens walking up the slopo behind a trip of loaded cats, Tlio slope runner deshed to shift the caia and he notilled tho men to step one side. Thoy did not heed the warning und they for- ' leltod their lives In t onseciuenee. In' shitting the trip a coupling broke and the cats dashed down the steep Incline, plowing into tho men and hurling thum with gient foire against the loof and sides of the slope. When picked up It was found that three of the men woio dead and onu badly injiued. The names of the dead aio: Iienjamin Dav Is, miner, aged is, mar ried, vylfo and five children, John W'ashkU, laborer, mauled, Peter Pedo, laborer, single, Injured; Anthony Zucko, The bodies of the dead weio honibly mangled. Davis had his head cut off. Tho mnaway cats did not go far until they jumpedthe track and toie clown tho woodwork lining of the slope tor a distance of seventy-flo feet, Aa Engineer Killed, n Exclusive Wire from Til's Associated Tress. Cannndaigua, N. Y Dec. 11. Tho Koithcrii Cential through train trom Hal ti nioio, duo In Rochester at S30 tonight, w;as wrecked nt Stanley tonight. Dngl n'eor Jeromo Daniels, of DRnlia, was killed and PI reman Collins was seilously injutcd, No passenseis wcio hurt. GOVERNOR YATES CONDEMNED. Breeders' Association Adopts Reso lutions of Censure. Uytlvclmhe Wire Irom 'lho Aksoclited l'rc!. Harrlsburg, Dec. 11. The Joint ses sion of tho Pennsylvania State. Bracel ets' association und Pennsylvania Statu Dairy association this afternoon adopt ed a series of resolutions sovetely con demning the action of Governor Yntes, of Illinois, and the Illinois State Bouid of Livestock commissioners, for their recent action in banlng Pennsylvania cattle from Illinois on tiro alleged ground that foot and mouth disease pievalled In Pennsylvania, and lecoin mendlng to Governor Yates and the commission that Pennsylvania be le moved from the list of dehaired states, because the disease dues not exist heio and that nil lustrlctlons upon Pennsyl vania cattle be removed. The associa tion elected the lollowlng ofllceis and adjourned: President, W. C. Xoiton, Aldenvllle; Hi. st vice president, Henry Palmer, Avondnle; second vice president, M. V. Shoemaker, Gieensburg; secretaiy, K. S. Bayard, Pittsburg; tieastuer, J. V. Lantz, Isabella. THE REPLY OF GOV. STONE Controversy Regarding Penn sylvania and Illinois Cattle Continued. By Exclush c W ire from The vsociateil l'rcsi. Hanlsburg, Dec. 11. Governor Stontj, In his answer to Governor Yates, of Illinois, concerning tho latter's letter on the forbidding of the importing of Pennsylvania sheep and cattle into Illi nois, continues his protest against tho quarantine, in the following letter: Harrisbuig, Ta , Deo. 11, 190'. To Hon. Itichaid Yates, Governor of Illi nois, Springfield, III. Sir: Responding to your letter of tho Sth instant, I havo the honor to submit tlio following: In tho absence of jojr proclamation, your telegram to Secietary Pearson, dated December 4. 100., ns follows: "Illinois eiuarantined against Pcnnsvl vania cattlo on aecotint of foot and mouth disease. Rlchaid Yates," misled us as to tho exact wording of your proc lamation. "It Is not lho embaigo on cattlo going from Pennsylvania Into Illinois that wo complain of, as scafcolv moio than twelve or fifteen held of cattlo pass from Penn svlvanla into Illinois annually, as esti mated on such infoimatlon as wo aio ablo to obtain, but tho suspicion and Im piesslon that yotlr pioclnmatlon cieates of tho danger of disease to Pcnnsjlvani.i cattle, which may lnjuie our expoit trade. Whllo you may not intend to totally o cludo Pontic l a nla cattle fiom Illinois, you do neveitheless place an obstacle In the second painpiaph of jour proclama tion to the shipping of cattle fiom Penn sylvania to Illinois on account of foot and mouth disease in Veimont. Massa chusetts and Hhode Island by stating as lollows: "No cattle, sheep or other luminants, or swine, shall bo biought into tho state of Illinois li om slates or piovinces boi dciing on tbo states of Veimont, Massa chusetts, Connecticut or Uliode Island, or adjacent thcicto, namely the states ot Maine, Xcw Hiunpahlie, Now Yoik, New Jorsev or Pennsvlvanln, Nor fiom tlio piovinccs of Quebec or Ontaiio, unless said animals mo accompanied by the af lldavlt of tho owner or shipper, or, by n, ceitllleato signed bv an Inspector of thu United States biiieau of animal Industiy or .a duly recognizee) Inspector of the stuto 1 1 om which it is desiiod to niaKo tho shipment, stating tint tho nnlmiils Involved in such shipment nto bealthv and fieo liom said disease, nnd that thoy havo not been hi contact with nor ex posed to anlimis affected with contagious toot and mouth disease, nor cposrd in any manner to tho e ontaglou of siUd dis ease, and havo not within thhty dujs prior to lho dato of attempted entrance into tho state of Illinois, been within tho border of cither ot tho said state of Ver. mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut oi Rhode Island." Illinois Shipment. "Tlio shipment annually of cattlo ftom Illinois into and through tho state ot Pcnnsjlvnnl i is fiom one hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand head. Those cittlo pass through and Into Penn svlvanln. A lnigo majority of them aro shipped to foielgn countries and many of tlieso cattlo mo slaughtered In Penn sylvania ami supply our local needs. Just why tho state of Illinois should appre hend danger by tho shipment ol cattlo finin any of tho Infected states Into her holders. It Is dlflleult to comprehend, ns practically nono aro shipped and tho In fected states, nanioly, Veimont, Massa chusetts, Connecticut nnd Rhodo lsluud, mo already Htrlutly quarantined by tho United States gov eminent uud Just why you should consldir that Pennsylvania Is u state bordering on and adj tcent to tho Infected states Is alo difficult to comprc hund, as Pennsylvania Is not only pro tected by other Intel veiling statoH, but by a distance of over two bundled miles to tho territory actually Infected, and be cause thero Is substantially no shipment of cattlo fiom either Vermont, Massa chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island Into oi through Pennsylvania. It Is dlflleult to seo why j on should ibsuo any auarnu tine proclamation at all. Cattlo ute not shipped west, but east and thei harm and tho Injury which our proclamation to tho Industiy of the shipping ot cattlo to foreign countries, is that It gives notice to theso foreign countiles of citiarautiiin between tho mutes and gives them plenty i of oxeuso for eiuaiuiltliillig our cattlo when thoy touch their pons. They havo In different foreign countiles excluded our cattlo and swlno for much less ciiuso limn this. Tho oxport of cattlo from lios ton and Poi thine! Is entirely suspended by lensou of tlio ruuruntlno maelo by tho L'ulteel States government. That Increases the shipment of cattlo fiom tho west and thiough Peiisjivtinla for oxport and the mentioning of I'ensylvania In vaur iuai untluo proclamation works tho injur)' in creating a false linpiession ns to tho ex istence nnd probablo distribution of foot mid month disease. In cattlo shipped fiom Pennsylvania, to totelgn ports. As more o-utlo from Illinois uio' exported from Pennsylvania than cattlo raised In Penn sylvania our stuto will probubly suiter less by your proclamation than )our own state. But Inasmuch as I'ensylvania may suffer considerably by Injury to tho ship ment from cattlo fronj her poit, I must continue my protest tig.iliidt your quaran tine proclamation. 'Very truly yours, "William A. Stone. 3overooi," Attest: Leonard Pearson, Secretary Live Stock Sanitary Roard, MAY CONCLUDE IN THREE MORE WEEKS SHERIFF OF MONHOEi INDICTED. Charges of Negligence for Allowing Prisoners to Escape. IlyKvclibhc w ire fiom The Auwcliled I'ich. Stroudsbtirg, Pa,, Dec. 11. .Sheriff Vincent O. Met vine, Deputy yiieiiff John Mervine, his hi other, and "Will lam Helnhait, Jail watchman hoie and hiother-ln-law of the Mcrvlnos, wero today indicted by the giand juiy on charges of negligence In peinilttlng the escape or two prlsoneis. The Met vines furnished ball. A bench wan nut was issued for Heln hait, who Is said to be in Philadelphia on business The thiee- men will be tiled elm lug the Kuhiu.it y term of couit. The Indictments me the te.stilt of the escape last Suncluy Irom the county jail or Chailcs Gt ether, a con victed muiderer, unci Daniel Van Bus klil:, who was awaiting ttial on a chaige of buiglary. The giand juiy made an Investigation jeslcrday, and tho Indictments followed. SCORES AT THE SIX DAY BICYCLE RACES. Bj Pvcliishc Wire f loin 1 he .U-ocuteil Pi (:.. New Yoik, Dec. 11 Two teams suc ceeded In separating themselves fiom lho otlieis in tho sW-day bicycle lace today nnd by clover team tiding took tho lead. The scoie at midnight,' however, was neaily 1C0 miles behind tlio lecoid lor that time of 1,803 miles., 2 laps. Midnight scoie: Newkhk-Jacobsou 1.70'j Leandei-Klovd Kiebs l.TOi, Mcl"aiinnd-Maja 1,701 S Stonson-Moian l,70"'t Bedcll-Bedoll l.TOiO Butlei-Turvillo 1,703 0 Galvln-Root 1,703 8 Keegan-Peterson 1,703 S Baiclay-Pianz Kicbs 1,703 7 PEACE COMMITTEE WILL MEET TODAY Representatives of the National and American. Base Ball Leagues Wi.ll Hold Conference. By hxcliuti c W ire liom 1 lis AsOLutcJ Piei. New York, Dec. 11. The members of tho committees appointed by the Na tional and American leagues for tho pmpose of effecting a peaceful settle ment of the base ball war, will meet hero tomoirovv. Piesldent Ban John son's leply to the ictjuest for a peace confoienco sent nut Wednesday even ing bv the National league was deliv ered to Chairman Hermann, of the committee of the latter body, just bc- foie tho membeis of tho National league finished their afternoon session at tho Hotel Vlctotia today. The leply tollows: ncc li, ioo:. Mi. August )3. Ilcrmmii. Chili man Na tional League, Committee, Victoila Ho tel, Cit.v. Dear Sir: T bet; to acknowledge the te ceipt of vour communication Tho gen tlemen of our ommi. itlon who nic in tho city will bo pleased to confei with jour committee. Jf It Is ngiceablo to you, a mooting can bo iiii.ingcd lor tomonow morning at 11 o'clock. Youis Huh, U 1!. Johnson. Those who will take part In the con ference aio: Iian Johnson, piesldcnt of the Ainoil onn league; Onirics Homers, ot Cleve land: .1. P. Kllfojle, pie"ldent of the PlcviUnd club; August Hoimann, of Cincinnati; James Halt, of Chicago, and Krank de Haas Robinson, ot St. Louis, the three lust named leinc-cntiug tho National league. Upon the loielpt of Mr. Johnson's letter, thn league magnates leplicd agioeing to the mooting. At the National league meeting today, matters ot minor detail was discussed, Including tbo Manhattan field diiliculty. Tomorrow oflleois will be elected. BOY MURDERED. Recas M. Kiuch tho Victim of a Cen tral Park Sti anger. By Kxchulva Wire from 'lho A&otUled Pic-s. Nou- York, Drc. 11, Tho body of lho lad found In CVntial Patk lato lust i night was tAduy identified ns that of Itoeas M. Kiuih, the 11-jeat-old sun uf a well-to-do tailor. Alter an examina tion of the body, the police c-Npiesscd the belief that the boy was mtudeied. Nino wounds, evidently made by linger mills, were found on the tluo.it, and there wetu other evidences that ho had been strangled. Mr. Kiuch suld his son often sold papeis after school. Civil Service Reform League. Ily I'.icludvo W ire fiom 'Hie Associated Pim, Philadelphia, Doe, 11 Tho twonty-sco- ond meeting of the National Civil Soivleo Rofoim League bewail hoio todaj, Tlio ptihllu sessions wero held, ono this attoi'- iioou and the other tonight Dining tho afternoon tho annual lepoil nt thu ox- ii'iitlvo council was ie.ul Tho lopoit ciimniundoil tho policy of Piesldcnt Rooso- vedt In iiiuKlug tedouil appointments uud culls attention to the "peisislciu iiostIN Hy of piiifcslsonal poIltlcluiB hi both tbo gloat national putties to civil seivleu io- toim " - .... Stoun Sweeps New Foundland, Ily IVIuihp Wire fiuni fl e Ai-oclatce l'riv. St. Johns, N. 1'., Dec 11 Km Ions snow stoims contlnuo to sweep tho Newluoiid litml coast I'mir moio schooncis lmvu been lost, ono with her entlio ctow of tin peihons Other vessels have been elilven to sea and mo bolloved to bu hi meat danger. Tiulns and steamers uio do lajed and theto have been u number oi fatalities throughout tho colon), m Three Trainmen Huit. Py Exchutto Wire from Thu Associated Pms. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 11. The Uutfalo and OH City express on tho Allegheny Valley road was wrecked tonight near Brilliant Station. Three trainmen aio reported fatally hurt and twenty-live passcngcit) Injutcd, more or less seriously. Miners Promise to Have Their Dlr ect Testimony Before Com mission This Week. OPERATORS SAY THEY WILL TAKE TWO WEEKS Discussion Concerning Boycotting1 Between Commissioner Giay and Rev. rather O'Donnell, of Oly phant J. L. Crawfoid, -President of the People's Coal Company, Whs Called to the Stand Yesterday by the Mineis Witnesses Told of! Conditions in the Mines of A. Par dee at Hnzletou. It now begins to look as if the mini stilko commission would be able to con clude' the taking ot testimony In three weeks, not taking Into account tho Chiistinas icccss. Attorney Clarence Daiinvv, of counsel for the mineis, said esteida, to the commission, that his side would in all piobablllty llni-di its piesentation of dl leet testimony this week. D. J. Mc Caithy, another of tho mineis' attoi noyp, said nttet winds, that his side was about ready to cpilt at any time, now that the comtnissionoi will indicate they have hail enough ot such Informa tion as the mineis aie piesentlng. One of the most prominent of the op eiatois' attorneys said his side would likely take not more than two weeks In the piesentation of testimony. This in cludes allowance for a liberal ctoss-ex-amlnatlon. "We feel," said he, "that tho minetss have not made out such a case as re quires any considerable amount of oral testimony from our side. The main questions at issue are wages and hours of employment. Our statistics will speak for us on these subjects, both volumnioi.sly and etiaueniiju. Some oral testimony will be required from the companies paying by the car or meas urement to show the inexpediency and impiactlcabillty ol paying by weight, and explanations will have to be made of why a miner is required to mine L',800 pounds for a ton, and why, under the existing working agreements, ' a miner has no legal or equitable claim for compensation for washery product and other small sizes. He might go into details about the union's responsi bility for strike violence, but recogni tion of the union is not before the com mission, and, at all events, the cont missioneis havo inducted, immcasurc ablv, that strike violence to their mind has little beuuing on the case in hand " About Boycotting. An inteiesting colloquy took place at tho afternoon sc-sion between Judge Giay and Rev. Father O'Dotinoll, ot Olyphant, on tho matter of bojeottitiR. Rev. Father O'Donnell concluded ills testimony on eio-,s-oxiiminaUon by an admission that he Knew of a case ot a hoi el keeper in his parish being com pelled to go out of business because of a boveott plated on hliu by tlio miners. "You don't nppioio of boj col ting, ilo yiiu, lAUhci?" said Judge Giay. "I would differentiate," said tho wit ness. "I would favor boycotting of bad lltoiatuie or imnioial pluv houses." "Yes, yes," said Judge Gia. "If I belonged to an otganlz.ltlon,'' continued the witno-s, "and 1 folt it was to my Interests or to tho Inteiests of my oig.inization to lofinlu fiom put nmUIng soiiio tnoi chant, I would loci justified In doing to " "Of ouuo, I ague with vou so fat," sulci tho Judge, "v temperance society, fin instance, has for Its primal pin po-o tho ln) cutting of snlcinns, and no ono will accuse a toiupoiauce society of being an tvir institution. Hut. Kuthei, how much further would you go.1" "I would udviso niy friends not to pationi.e that nici chant," said the wlt- llOSM, "Just so," said tho judge, "hut you would not bojeott mo if I trliised to bojeott the moicluint, would jiiu'.'" "Oh, no, X would not," answeied the witness. "That's wheie 1 diaw the Hue," the commissioner lelolned. Nothing that the hearing evoked was listened to with moie intense inteiet than this exposition of the legal and uuiml view of the boycott. Mr. Dm tow, by declaratory "Inten li gations," inttodticed the Boston ten patty and the refusal of colonial women tn wear BUtlsh goods In the i evolu tionary period as Instances of boycot ting which no one In lheo paits and day Is wont to adversely ultlcise, Ciawford Called, A bit of a suiptlso was occasioned vesteulay morning, whin Attorney Danoiv enrao over iinm a whlspejed eonfeicnca with the other minors' nt- (.Continued on l'ni;o 3.J YESTERDAY'S WEATHER- Local data for December 11, I0OJ: Highest temperatuie SI degren Lowest temperatuie' .,..,..,..,.. 26 degreed Relatlvo humidity; S u. m. ,, ,,..,.,,,. 63 per ceiit, 8 p. m , uS per cenr, Piecipilatlon, -I hours ended 8 p. n , ,11 Inch. 41 WEATHER FORECAST, r Washington, Dec. 11 Forecast f for Friday mid Saturday: Eastern -f, Pennslvunla Rain or enow Frl- -ft day; Saturday fair, colder; fresh -f, east winds shifting to north. - , I A 4