1WIB Visit of Filipino Officers to Gen eral Otis Returned. A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES Hbed For by General Luna. Hut Otis Demands an Unconditional Hnrren der Capture of Calumpit, the Fili pinos' Second Capital. Manila, May 2. General MacArthur Us sent officers to General Anionia i una. the Filipino commander, under U flm of truce, carrying money and provisions for American prisoners in fills hands, and asking an exchange of nrlsoners and the naL.cs of such as he may have. It is reported that the Insurgents have two officers ana lb otners, ami It Is supposed that among these are ! Lieutenant J. C. Olllmore and men of the crew of the United States gun- fcoat Yorktown. who fell Into the hands ! of the Filipinos last month, when tne cunboat visited Baler, on the east coast of Luzon. Major Pell, with a squad of scouts, i has captured the town of Macabebe, hout four miles southwest of Calum- it. the people ringing bells and thout- ing "vivas. The American army Is now employ ing Marahehees Instead of Chinamen, and they are delighted to get 50 cents a day. declaring their loyalty to the Americans. Major General Lawton Is advancing. He ha6 orgnnlred a band of 40 scouts to go ahead of his column. The band, which is under W. M. Young, an old Indian fighter, who killed five Fili pinos last week, includes liiamonu. Harrington, Somerfleld and Murphy. f the Second Oregon regiment. Yesterday, the anniversary of the lattle of Manila bay, was observed hy the United States fleet, the usual lrills being omitted. Admlrnl Dewey had many visitors and the American I nnd British merchantmen dressed ship. I Calumpit, the second Filipino cap!- . tal, was captured last Wednesday, and the flower of Agulnaldo s army was nrnrtlcallv annihilated. In the as- sault on the city eight Americans were j killed, but the rebel loss was terrific, this city, ann tne casning ot tne war r.fmernl MacArthur had 6.C 0 troons i rants Is expected to be made later engaged. The march on Calumpit began last Tuesday, when MacArthur's brigade fought its way to the trenches beforo GENERAL LUNA. Calumpit. In the fighting six Ameri cans were killed and 28 wounded. Com pany K, of the Twentieth Kansas, per formed a most brilliant achievement in charging a quarter of a mile over an open field In the face of a deadly fire from the Filipino trencheB, to protect the armored train from the robels' fire. The rebels were driven out and fled to the jungle. The rebels had cut the main supports of the bridge across tho Bagbag river, hoping to wreck the train, but the bridge fell of its own weight before our troops reached it. Colonel Frederick Funston, of the Kansas regiment, swam across the river with bullets spattering all about him, accompanied only by a volunteer private. Holding his revolver aloft In one hand, and carrying a rope in his teeth, he made the work of pulling over the poontoons loaded with troops easy of accomplishment. Colonel Funston said afterward: "It was not much to do. We knew they could not shoot straight, and that our boys would at tend to them while we were crossing.'' Then General Hale's men began to ford the river, the general himself wading up to his neck in gettlngarross. Then the capture of the trenches on the other Bide of the river was easy, and our troops quickly took possession of the town, which was in flames. The Filipinos left 70 dead in the trenches. McArthur's troops added to their dally victories on Thursday last by capturing Apalit, together with 20 prisoners. Only one American was killed and nine wounded. Two Filipino officers, Colonel Manuel Arzueleses and Lieutenant Jose Ber nal, came in under a flag of truce last Friday, saying that they were the rep resentatives of General Luna, who had been requested by Agulnaldo to request a cessation of hostilities until the Fill pino congress could be summoned. General Otis told them he would not recognize the congress. The Filipinos returned to their lines on Saturday, bearing General Otis' terms for cessa- iinn of bnatiiiiioa unconditional sur. render. The President Returns to Washington New York, May 2. President Mc Klnley spent a quiet evening at the Manhattan hotel and left this city at 10 o'clock last nlgut for a special train in Jersey City, which left for Wash-: sier. ington at midnight. The president re-1 day, dismissed the writ of habeas cor tlred as soon as he got aboard the V "the case of Roland B. Molineux. special train. The party as it left for .Washington consisted of the 'president end Mrs. McKinley, Assistant Secre tary Cortelyou, Dr. Rixey, Stenograph er Forater and several servants. Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKinley accompanied the party to the train, which reached Washington this morning. Blzty-two Miners Drowned. St. Petersburg, May 2. A gold mine at Kahnar, in the government of Oren burg, was flooded by a sudden Inrush of water and a miners were drowned. IDAHO'S MUtMWUS ITtfcERS. ITe Attempt to Rename Work Pendtna ; the Arrival of Troop. Wardner, Idaho, May 2. There was no disturbance in the mining district I yesterday Eleven men war seen from Wardner going over the moun tains, each with a rifle on his shoui der, but their identity or destination was not known. A considerable num ber of non-union men left on the train ' yesterday and also a few strikers. Citizens are in dread of further out rages from now until the arrival of troops. State Auditor Barlett Sin clair la here searching for evidence against dynamiters, but cannot make much headway before the arrival of troop. James Cheyne, wounded by ' dynamiters on Saturday, is not ex- nected to live. Pending the arrival of the troops the town Is In a state of suspento. Wblt heightens the anxiety la the gcte il I doubt ns to when the troops will arrive iu the absence of troops It would ie folly tonttempt the resumption or wor nt the Bunker Hill with non-union 1st Yesterday the body of Jack Smith, wh was killed by his U low rioter. Was brought down from Lttei l.iiners' nlon h:ill at Burke, and Is at Wal- 1 lr.ee In charge of an undertaker. The I . ...in I. 1 1, 1, ...... In Him I I Clll.l i II Mill UV IflUIIKIU UVIV IU .,v for tn( inquest Saturday noijn, Exemptions of the ruins of the nil! disclosed 'he fnct that the vnult and safe had been successfully blown open by the rioters before the building Itself was destroyed. Only a few smouldering ashes were found within the safe. The loss to the company from the destruction of hundreds of valuable documents will be Immense. PAYING OFF THE SPANIARDS. Conqueror i'ny the Representative of , the Conquered 10,000,000. Washington, May 2. The last move In the nemttntlons terminating the war with Spain occurred yesterday, when Secretary Hay paid to the French I ambassador, M. Catnbon, the $20,000,-, 000 provided by the treaty of peace for the centon of the Philippines. The payment was made in lour treasury warrants of $5,000,000 each, and was receipted for by M. Cambon, as com- pletely liquidating the obligation of the 1 nitea states in tins connection, The ambassador deposited the $20,- 000.000 in Uy; Riggs National bank of through the City National bank 01 New York. The Spanish government was notified by cable of the payment, but nothing will be done as to forwarding the funds to Europe until Spain directs the exact course to be pursued. An Oculist's Terrible Mistake. Montreal, April 29. Seven years ago Thomas Stewart, then 10 years old, lost the sight of one eye, the blade of a penknife having been accidentally run Into It. Dr. Alexander Proudfoot at tended film. Recently Dr. Proudfoot advised the removal of the eye as the only means of preserving the Other intact. This was agreed to, and the delicate task was entrusted to; Dr. Proudfoot, who Is assistant oceullst and aurlst to the General hospital. The operntlon took place at the family resi dence, and at its conclusion it jvas found that a terrible mistake had been made the healthy eye had been re moved. On recovery from the effects of the anaesthetic the patient found himself blind. Defused to Dissolve Injunction. Fort Smith, Ark., May 2 Judge Rowe, of the state court, yesterday refused to dissolve the injunction ngnlnst the Kansas and Texas Coal compnny and the 'Frisco railway, re straining them from bringing In negro miners to take the places of tho strik ers. The court held that the peace of the state was paramount to the wel fare of 'the property of the mine own ers. The coal companies can now pro ceed under the injunction Issued from the federal court covering the mine-; nt Coal Hill, Denning and Jenny Llnd and fill up tho camps with nccro min ers, nnd the opinion Ib widespread that there will be serious trouble when they do so. ! Finance Conferees Ready to Deport. Atlantic City, May 2. The national house of representative? Republican caucus committee closed ltd sessions yesterday. To a press reporter the chairman of the committee, Mr. Hen derson of Iowa, said: "The committee reached unanimous agreement, and is ready to meet the Republican mem bers of the finance committee of the senate to submit their views to the consideration of the Joint conference. Until such meeting the work of the house committee will be withheld from publication." A Nation's Gratitude to Dewey. New York, May 2. While at the navy yard yesterday President Mc Kinley sent the following cablegram to Admiral Dewey: "On this anni versary of your great victory the peo nle of the United States unite in an pvDresslon of affection and gratitude to yourself and the brave officers and men of your fleet, whose brilliant ashievements marked an epoch in his tory which will live in the annals of the world's heroic deeds." Hopkins' Hoom For Speaker. Chicago. May 2. Ten of the 14 Re publican members of congress from Illinois met In caucus here yesterday and unanimously decided to support Congressman Albert J. Hopkins, of Aurora, for speaker of the national house of representatives. Some time next week the Republican congressmen will meet again to lay plans for the furtherance of Mr. Hopkins' candi dacy. Mollnoux Domains In Prison. New York, May 2. Justice Book- accused of the murder of Mrs. Adams, and ordered that the prisoner remain in the tombs. The grand Jury will now decide upon the issuance of another in dictment. A BIb Load of Immigrants. Halifax, N. S., May 2. The Hamburg-American liner Brazllla, which left Hamburg Thursday evening and is due here on Saturday, brings the big gest load of immigrants since the coming of the Dourkhorbers, the num ber being 1,898 all told. In the Famous Pfiilitdclphia-Lan-caster Couuterfoiting Caso. EENDIO MAKES A CONFESSION. Declares That Ex-Dlstrlct Attorney lilfrhuiii Vfm to Deceive 8,000 a Month For "Protection" Ingham and Nowltt'n Hall Increased. Philadelphia, April 28. A most sen sational revelation of the details of the alleged conspiracy to bribe United State secret service operatives in con nection with the great counterfeiting plot was made yesterday at the hear- lng of Ellery P. Ingham, former Unl- tea oiaies uisuici uiioiucv, uuu nm- ey K. Nowltt, former assistant dis trict attorney, by William L. Kendig. one of the principals in the plot, who made a long confession iu which he implicated Mr. Ingham. The witness was tnarvelouly Belf possessed, and never was rattled for a moment. In repartee with the law yers he Joined, and even made laugh- W. L. KENDIG. WHO CONFESSED, ing replies to Mr. Shields, who Is at torncy for Ingham. He avowed that Mr. Ingham had proposed reaching Secret Service Agent McManua with a bribe through un Intimate friend, Rich ard J. Lcnnon, but fulling in securing an Intermediary to reach Lennon. he declared, so the witness said, that he could set ut McManui through a high official, Intimating that he meant Dis trict Attorney Beck. It Was eventually agreed, according to the testimony, that the counterfeit ers should pay Mr. Ingham $3,000 a mouth for protection, which, It was said, the conspirators wanted only for 18 months or two years, at the end of which the principals hoped to leave the country. So far into details did the evidence go as to show an alleged plan of Mr. Ingham, In tho event of his death, to continue the t-rrangement for payment of money to the parties to be bribed, through the agency of his wife, who was to entertain the Idea that the money was to be used In speculation. These parties were known by num bers. "1, 2 and 3." Agent McMunus was "No. 1," Agent Burns "No. 2" and the person who puid them the money "No. 8." "No. 3" was unknown to Ken dig. Money was alleged to have been paid twice to the secret service men through the agency of "No. 3." "It reads like Gaboriau," was tho comment of the attorney for the de fense. At one period the witness said that Mr. Ingham's first report of alleged bribery was "My God, I've done It.' The climax came when Kendig avowed he could Identify a $100 note he hud paid to Ingham by u rusty nail mark on the vignette. This note was produced and Identified by the witness. It was stated that the note wus one of the first $300 paid to William J. Mc Manus, secret service agent, us a bribe. Durham mid Newltt Must RtMDd Trial Philadelphia. April 29. Tho hearing of former United States District At torney Ellery P. Ingham and ex-Assistant District Attorney Harvey K. Newltt, who are charged with attempt ing to bribe Secret Service Agent William J. McManus, In connection with the great counterfeiting conspir acy which was unearthed in this city last week, wus concluded yesterday, and United States Commissioner Ed munds increased the ball of each de fendant from $10,000 to $20,000. which they furnished. Their trial will take place at the May term of court. POWDER EXPLOSION KILLS SIX. Government Inspector Was Loading Shell by it Sew Me.tliod. Pcnnsgrove, N. J., May L William Prussel, of this place, who was ter ribly injured In the explosion at the Dupont powder works, at Carney Point, N. J., on Saturday, died In the Delaware hospital yesterday. This mukuB the sixth deutb as a result of the explosion. The full list of dead Is as follows: Captain Stuart, 45 years old, government powder luspector; George Yeager, 22 years; Amos Mor ris, 17 years; William Freint. 28 years; Harry Smith, 52 years; William Prus sel. When Francis G. Dupont, a member of the firm, was asked yesterday what he thought the cause of the explosion was, he said: "At the time of the explosion Cap tain Stewart was loading a shell by a new and original method of his own." Mr. Dupont wouiu not say what this method was. Decided AcInst (icneritl Miles. Washington, May 1. The Wade court of Inquiry, in its report now in the hands of President McKinley, finds the charges of "embalming" the fresh beef to have been unsubstantiated by tho testimony, and says no chemicals were used to preserve it. It also finds that it would have been impracticable to se cure beef on the hoof for the Cuban campaign. The finding Is likewise in opposition to the assertion on the part of General Miles that the use of tho beef was an experiment. Hat tic With Indlniis, Cornwall, Ont, May 2. The St. Re gis Indian reservation, on the south side of the St. Lawrence, anout six miles east of here, was the scene of a fatal affray yesterday between a de tachment of Dominion police and the Indians. Jake Ice was instantly kill ed and two other Indians were wounded. Mi A WEETS NEWS CONDENSED. ' . Weanesglajr, April CO. ,j . There is talk of sending colored troops "to fight the Filipinos. Senator Frye. of Maine, says he will vote to seat M. S. Quay In the senate. Governor Tunnell, of Delaware, will not appoint a United States senator to succeed Gray. Russian Intrigue In Cores bids fair to make that country practically a Rus rlan province. Arrangements ore being perfected for a transatlantic cable connecting New York and Ens. Germany. An explosion of benzol at Fleer's chowlng- gum f.-.ctory, Philadelphia, killed two men and destroyed over $100,000 In property. In Camden. N. J Edward Oswald killed his wife Mary and 0-year-old daughter Gussie, then cut his own throat, but will recover. Another child 9-year-oU Edna, was saved by neigh bor. HwreQey, April 87. Count Hohenwart Gerlachstein, ex-prep-'-- of Austria, died In Vienna, aged ' j. A man nmed Herrman. on trHI nt Bretlan, Germany, is charged with 2'J murders. Our soldiers and sailors In the south generally took part In the observance of Confederate memorlnl day. United States Judge Kohlsatt. at ChlcagOl decided that Chinese uctors tannot be excluded ns laborers. Joseph Smalley nnd Daniel Line, well shooters, were blown to frag- outs by an exploding torpedo near Bradford, Pa. At Philadelphia Dr. IWnnrdr t?tt- flcd that the late William M. flnrorlv was a confirmed drunkard for montlM I before his death. Merit L. Davis, member of Dela i ware's legislature, was Indicted charg ed with trying to purchase a vote for Addicks for senator. The widow of President U. S. Gr-nt. j h's son, General Fred Grant, nnd his grandchildren took part In Phlladel i phla's unveiling of nu equestrian statue ' of the soldier-statesman. M Friday. April tfM. The president Issued n proclamation I rntiftying the extradition treaty with i Mexico. Twenty-five customs Inspectors have been suspended at New York for ac cepting "tips." Robert Ocelot, the New York mil lionaire, died on board of his yacht at Naples. In the International Sunday school convention at Atlanta (Ga.) separate sections pro provided for whites and blacks. ' ' The bill to prohibit acceptance of passes by public official nnd political convention delegated passed the Wis consin lefrlslnture. Ernest B. McNalr. treasurer of the Wilmington (Del.) Savings Fund so ciety, confesses to embezzling $10,000. He made the loss good. Dead holdlers brought from Cuba must alt be Interred In Arlington cemetery to prevent exposure of tho bodies and danger of Infection. Saturday. April Vft. The Phoenix Bridge company, of Phoenlxvllle, Pa., has contracted to build 12 steel bridges for uso In Rus sia. Cyclone which swept Klrksvllle. Mo., destroyed many houses, nnd made, 200 homeless. Thirty-three dead bodies re covered. Mrs. Anna E. Gcorr , rhnrged with killing George E. Suxton, Mrs. Mc Klnley's brother, at Canton, O., was acquitted. Mrs. Adams witnessed the hanging of Tom Robinson (colored) at 11111a boro, Tox., for assaulting Mrs. Adams' daughter Mary. Henry T. Slonne, the wealthy New York society man. was granted an ab solute divorce yesterday. Last night Mrs. BlOane was married to Hon. Perry Belmont. Monday, Mnv 1. President Kruger says the gold out put of the Transvaal In 18118 was 1G, 240,630. The bodies of Colonel Egbert and Captain Gregg, killed at Manila, were landed at San Francisco. Our exports of manufactured goods for March aggregated $30,025,733, a 2.') per cent Increase over any precious month. Prairie Arc, swept by a cyclone, burn ed u strip of 25 miles, a mile wide, In Nebraska. Two persons and many cat tle burned to death. An excursion train Jumped the track while speeding around a curve near Rochester, N. Y. Two men were killed and 50 persons Injured. Hon. Lewis Baker, ex-minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador, and n noted Democratic Journalist, died in Washington, aged 67. THE PRODUCE MARKETS As Reflected by Dentines In Philadel phia and Ilnltlmnre. Philadelphia. May 1. Flour weak: win ter Hupprllne. I2.1M2.40; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $yu3.25; city mills, extra. 2.50(Q2.75. Rye flour quiet and steady nt S3.2U per barrel for choice Pennsylvania. Whest strong: No. 2 rfd, spot. In eleva tor, 76!ji"6c. Corn firm; No. 2 mixed, spot, In elevator, 39339.; No. 2 yellow, for local trade, 42(42Hc. Oats quiet and steady: No. 2 white, 34034Hc; No. 2 white clipped, 34V&03SC. Hay receipts small; choice timothy, $12.50 for larpe Imles. Beef steady; beef hams. ti: ! I'nrk ensy; family. fll.76aT2.25. Lard weak: western steamed. $5.42(115.45. Flutter steady; New York dnlry, 13lGc. ; do. creamery, 14V4 17o.; western do.. 14HC17C.: factory. 12V6 13,c. Cheese dull; larife. white and col ored. 12c; small do., 12V4J12e. ; new cheese steady; larpc. 9V4c; small do., 9o. Eggs barely steady; New York and Penn sylvania, 13 V.; western, i:..ltc.; southern. 12iil2-c. Baltimore, May l. Flour firm: western superfine, $2,802.40; western extra, $2.503 $.10: western family, $3.353.60; winter wheat, patent, $3.750$.9O; spring wheat, patent, I3.90ft4.10; spring wheat, straight. $3.G!Vfi3.8S. Wheat Arm; spot, TtttOTOfca.; month. 767c.; June, -,C1Vv.; July, 77c; steamer No. 2 red, 711,671 V; south ern, by sample, 71W77V-: southorn on grade. 724277c. Corn steady; spot, 3"'( 39c; month. 38tt38c.; June. 3SH38Ttc; steamer mixed, 37Q37V; southern white, 4U41V-; southern, yellow, 40rv Oats dull; No. t white, 35635V-: No. 2 mixed, J2..-.33c Rye Arm; No. 2 nearby. 606 tic: No. I western, SSc Hay Arm; choice timothy. $12.50. raided mxm Cubans Loot Village? In Puerto Principe Province. C0N8PIRACY TO SAVE ESTERHAZY I'sty Do Clam Declare Htiii.clf "the Mont Discipline! soldier on Berth," and Declare He Acted Solely onOr der- of His Superior onicvrs. Paris, May 2 The Figaro, continu ing Its publications of the testimony I before the court of cassation In the ' Dreyfus revision Inquiry, prints today the deposition of Lieutenant Colonel Paty du Clam, who on April 1 deposed that, on being Invited to reply frankly to statements of Captain Cuig j net, he had obeyed as a soldier, with I out asking written orders from his i superior, contenting himself with oral ' ones. I Referring to his silence In the face of accusations, nnd to his being pieced , on the retired list, the witness asserted that he was "the most disciplined of soU.lcrs." and had not merlte! th" f.To i meted out to him. He demanded to I be confronted with Captain CulgMt ' end his other accusers. in replying to numerous questions 'he said that when General I.e MoutOll de Bolideffre, chief of the French gen eral Htaff In ISiM. wanted him to act 1 as a police officer In the Dreyfus af fair h asked to he excused r.nd rec ommended Lieutenant Colonel Plc qrrt for the t.'.sit. General do Dole- i deffi e refused I a acco; t this suggestion Throughout the Inquiry, tho wttneti fflrmod, he hsd only acted on the v vice 1 1 the experts In h tndwriting, Mx. Bertilllon nd Cochofort. M. BertlN Hon advised Mm dictate Hues In Dreyfus, and M. Cor.hefart accompanied hit The report was presented la October 1S04. It did not draw the inference of the guill of Dreyfus, mil merely rttited cettnln ' m December, 1894, Coh rol ; 'ndberr pent him (Paty 'iu Cli m) a d osier i f secret document- to : rt upi n and the report, which v"-1 the result of hi collabora tion with Cob r.cl '.' ndherr, went t j General Mccler, :l en minister of war Coming c- wn to the events of ISM'.. Colonel Pnty du Clam said he was Ignorant i ' ihc rl Ings of the Intel ligence bureau during this pencil, but he Indicated M, Deorlon ns being nt the hiid forgeries (table manufacture of Lleutenunl Colo-el for Henry. Colonel Petr eral GcnKo told du On in sild Gen him In 1 snv that h had minutely Investlm and had proved Enterh ted the nffaii sy's Innocence 1 of treason i Gonse told Again in If SS General him It was imperative to ' save Esterhnzy nt any price, In order to prevent his committal of the ir reparable arts of suicide or flight, anil also to avoid diplomatic difficulties, aa war, owing to tho lack of preparedness, I would then be disastrous. It was doclded. the witness contln- I I ed, to save Bsterhazy, and MM. Gribe- lln and Pmiffln de Stniorel and the witness were entrusted with the task. Then, for the first time, the witness acted, he declared, w-ith Bsterbaiy, whom he had only seen once In Al geria, IS years previously. He accept ed the responsibility for what be had i done, but declared that he only acted jon orders. He admitted giving Ester 1 haiy a draft of the article signed "Dill" and also drafts of letters nd I dressed to the president of the re Ip'tbUr, 'he 'ending of which was au thorized nnd covered by General de Dolsdeffre after a conference with Ueueral Gonse. The Peanut Trust Perfecting. Now York, May 2. A consolidation of the peanut industry of the country under the control of a single company, with a capital of $6,000,000, is nbot to be effected. The promoter of the con solidation several months ago secured options from many of tho peanut grow ers. Some of the large ones declined to glvo options, but it Is said that, now that the plan of consolidation Is known, most of them nre willing to sell und taXe stock In the new com pany. The value of the peanut crop of the United States annually Is es timated ut between $6,000,000 and $7. ! 000,000. It is raised almost entirely in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennes see. Another Prise Klithter Killed. Albnny, May 2. Frank Martin, bet ter known as "Young James," and Frank McIIenry, both of Albany, were to go ten rounds us n preliminary at the White Hall Athletic club, this city, last night. In the third round Martin received a terrible right over the heart. He dropped to his knees and was counted out. He never regained consciousness, and died before modlcal aid could be procured. The principals, all local men, were arrested. Cuba's Ktronic Mm a Phystoal Wreek. New York. May 2. Major Gerardo Domenche, of the Cuban army, who was known In Cuba as the strongest man In the island, arrived here yes terday on the steamer Lauenhurg, a physical wreck, paralyzed from the waist down. He was taken to Phila delphia today. There he will be treat ed, and his friends believe that he will I recover the use of his limbs. 1899 MAY. 1899 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. 759 10 11 12 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES. p Third n 0:46 I Flint m m 0:13 V Quarter A j. u.. y Quarter If p. in. g-iMew 0 0:3 tfFull K 0:48 SJXooa a p. in. I ' i. Moon dSj s.m. p Third ni B:M Q. Quarter 01 p. m. ITEMS OT STATE NEWS. Sharon. Pa.. May 1. Notices or an Increase In wages of ten per cent, taking effect today, are posted stt all the furnaces In Sharon and tshnrpa vllle. Nearly 1,200 men will be benefited by the advance. This is the second voluntary advance at the furnaces within 30 days. Chanjbersburg. Pa.. May 2. K. C Delancey, a native of Perry county who was arrested at Mercersburjr six weeks ago for making and psu counterfeit coin, was yesterday fenced by Judgo Stewart to an linprH onment of two years in the Eai U :. penitentiary. While In Jail await ' trial Delancey was caught makln- f.ve cent pieces. Clearfield, Pa.. April 29. The minor and operators were in conferci ell day yesterday without coming to auy agreement. The Tyrone scale o? 1 cents for pick mining has been vir tually agreed upon, but the rate I I machine work has not been docli! .. the miners demanding 27 cents per Vt nnd the operators refusing that prh e Another meeting Is being held i ;'. . It Is generally expected that a rotr promlse rate of 2." cents for ma '111 ia mining will be agreed upon. Mauch Chunk, Pa.. May 2. By a pre mature discharge of u cannon u ed ! the celebration of Dewey day M :( persuns were badly injured. li were: Jerry Conway, three f blown off; unknown boy. badly 1 ' nnd cut; James McQee, arm t MeGee displayed remarkable nei - : fit" picked up his arm and carried : railroad hospital car. The cauno'i heavily loaded with powder nnd i ' i Philadelphia. April 29. The I", mix Bridge compnny. whose works, cated at Phoenlxvllle. Pa., and thi ecutive offices in Philadelphia, i i i celved a contract to build 12 bridges for the Russian povoniXAUK. and work will be commented on ihi structural material in a few day.;, designs anil p'.: ns having already ' received. The bridges nre for th Eastern Chinese railroad, the u eastern extension of the Trans-; o. railroad. Qreentburg, Pa., May 2. The annual foret lire srere has Invaded the in habited districts of Laurel Hill moun tains, Fierce fires are ruling on (he west side of the range and the Indica tions are that the damage will be ut; greatcr then the destructive flr. of last sprlnir. when several b mdred acres of the moal valuable timber fn the region was dostroyed. The fir started a few days .iiro. and the counts of the Pmes Ind'rates dimeter to s number of buildings. Itcsldr nts of !he r nge are making n vigorous battle cc'nst the f'.nmes. fi rrl-brrc, May 2. The police are I t'Cillgnting what appears to be Xlt m-iTed murder by Italian Mafia in fi LOU l:tst night. Anionia ard Frank Don ". tallans. resldinu In Hnrris 1 urn. er found lying in front of the resltlrui of Mr. Marsico, In Bteelton. sereiki) s-bbed. owing to the loiw of Moid i n v were too weak to rln. The men mid not be Induced Ut give full particular:; concerning tho affair. The me i were refused admission !ntn the Ita!i;m homes In the Vicinity and were taken to the Harrisburg hospital, Dubois, Pa., May 1. A woman nam ed Hablland, housekn-.ic.- for Fred erick Walker, (f fiOCi v. ayvllle. Jef ferson county, s kite i and killed at Brock port early ycs.erday morning und Walker va:i found near tho dead) woman suffering from tho effects of laudanum, It Is believed Walker shot the woman and then attempted suicide i by swallowing the laudanum. Tuj ' physicians say he will recover. Walker is G4 years of age and has been a peace able and respected resident of Brock ' wayvllle for 30 years. Mth. Hablland ! was ?,'. years of age. had Uvn married twice and had two children. Pittsburg, May l. Evidences of good times In and around Pittsburg are shown by the following notices of wage increases: The Consolidated Traction company of this city yester day posted notices granting their more than 1,000 employes an advance in wages of 11 per cent, This advance will give the conductors and motormen 20 cents an hour, which is said to be Hie highest wnges paid by any traction company In the country. The com pany's men who ure employed In the power houses, where the work Is hard and exhausting, will be granted a re duction of hours without any decrease of pay. Lansdale, Pa., April 89. Herman Kohler, aged 22 years, and his sister Motile, nged 7, were Instantly killed last evening by being run over by an express train on the North Pennsyl vania branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad at this place, and their brother Robert, nged 5, w-as fa tally Injured. They are children of F. W. Kohler. a well-to-do baker o'f this place. Herman was driving a wagon, from which he had been de livering bread, the two younger chil dren having accompanied him to enjoy the ride. Herman was married only a few weeks ago. The stricken parents and young wife are almost crazed with grief. Connelsvllle. Pa., May 1. Tho H. C. Flick Coke company surprised and delighted its twelve thousand em ployes by postiug notices yesti rday at all its plants In the ConncUsvlUa coke region, announcing a genoral ud rance in w'ages, to take effect today. Every one of tho employes of the Frlck and McClure plants, also con trolled by the Frlck company, will re ceive an advance ranging from 6 to 12V4 per cent. The maximum ruto of increase will be paid to the employes receiving the lowest wages nnd the minimum Increase will be paid to thf employes receiving the highest wages. The new scale will bo the highest ever paid In tho Connellsvillo region. Wllkesbarre. Pa., May L When the fast freight from Jersey City arrived at the Coxton yards of the Lehigh Val ley railroad Saturday u trainhunJ found the body of a dead man In a box car. and by his side another man. who was alive, hut In an unconscioita condition. A doctor was summoned and tho man revived. He said hli name was John Hannan, of Weo hawken. N. J.. and tho name of hi companion was George Gassoway. u waiter of New York city. They got on the train at Jersey City and were going to steal a lido to Iliiffalo. They had with them two nuurts of whisky and some wood alcohol. They drank It all and then became unconscious.
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