ei on us ive -oof IVtl ve U1S OK UK tr IDS tn lag ton m Mix tag mil tre eek irtr ove trtt iins j an irrjrt QDH SOuJ est- Ingl roeBJ ove DON 'est din irry i roe itre 'est! rest1 j wmmwKL Report That He Haa Joined British Defenden of Ladyunith. WORT OF SUUDAY'S FIOHTIIO. Te Battle Field lbodi la Hills Favorable to Guerrilla Warfare, at Aoeordlaa- to British Report Born Are Gradaally Retreating. London, Jan. IS. An unofficial dis patch cornea from an excellent aource In Pietermarltzburg that Lord Dundon ald has entered Ladysmlth, with 1,600 man. This Is not confirmed from any other quarter, but It is known that Lord Dundonald's flying column haa been acting well to the left of the line of the advance. The Daily Mall has the following, dated Sunday night, from Spearniuns Camp: There has been hot fighting all day. At dawn our attack was resumed along the entire line, all the brigades taking part. We soon discovered that the Boers still occupied the range of hills In force, their position being very strong. The range 1b intersected by steep ravines and many approaches 'erf very difficult of access. Today the Boers who were driven from their trenches yesterday took cover in Dongas and behind the rocka LOBS DU It DONALD. with which the hills are strewn. The H-lforces, therefore, commenced the task fBW KAM .... - .I ,,.i. IM UllflUg ,UUi UJl UU DCL lit NUIK with good heart In the early morning. Much firing too place, and our firing U alow, but gradually British pluck Id its tale, and the enemy fell back two another kopje. We swarmed on and , iloccupied it, and then the attack recom- -imanced with the utmost gallantry, j ; The country simply abounds In hills " .favorable to guerrilla warfare, and our ' task Is an arduous one. Nevertheless, "it la being gradually accomplished. J Whenever any of the enemy were ob served taklnz ud a fresh noaltlon our T field batteries do u red In showers of urayoai mam uvo rapiu nmrnnit ui the guns, followed by accurate shoot ing, must hare greatly distressed them. H The enemy were on the defensive al- I T'most the entire day, save once, when . X they attempted to outflank our left and " Tjwam .!nnnll .1. -1 -A TU..., led almost entirely on rifle fire. A few hells were fired from a heavy piece f ordnance, but these fell harmless. We now occupy the lower crest on e left, and are converging slowly but purely to the Boer center. The Boer Tloss ia unknown, but must have been eavy. Their killeu and wounded are arried away to the rear rapidly. Itrong rumors are In circulation that he Boers are retiring. The battle will resumed tomorrow. SA dispatch from the front dated Sat day gave the British losses in the at day's fighting as 11. officers and 9 men killed and wounded. The British in other districts in 1 ' outh Africa continue Inactive. Lord ' ', ! lethuen'a 13,000 men remain behind i lair works. General French's 4,000 I Pensburg were roused on Sunday ', t m general alarm that the Boera H4 are attacking, but It turned out that perc was no basis for t'-ls. General natacre is quiescent at Colesberg. riaratlaaT Paymaster" Critically III. Omaha, Jan. 23.-' -Brigadier General '. H. Stanton, U. S. A., retired, for terly paymaater general of the army, Fa generally Known as me uguung ymaster," la lying dangerously 111 his home In this city. There are mall hopes entertained of his recov ry. His trouble Is a general break lg down of his system, and Is concili ated by grip. Stanton Is one of the est known and best liked men in the rmy, having served with distinction hroughout the west. He earned his tie of "fighting paymaster" by sl ays Insisting on being transferred to he line when there waa any trouble Kb. the Indians. Oar Kipeaslve Coamliiloai. Washington, Jan. 23. The president Bsterday sent to the senate, in re- bonae to a resolution of Inquiry, a re rt from Secretary Hay as to the por lon of the $50,000,000 defense appro bation expended by the state depart- ent. The total amount waa 1493,860, e principal items being: Paris peace Immlsalon, '155,102; Philippines com- Isslon, $136,420; transportation of Kltute refugees from Cuba and Porto t $14,890; pay of special agents, 0,326; cablegrams, $8,624. The Clark Election Conteat. Washington, Jan. 23. The senate immiuee on privileges and elections id but a brief aesaion yesterday on leount of the non-appearance of wit- is. Representative Murray, of the nntana house of representatives, tea Bed that he waa offered $10,000 to te for Senator Ciak by persons pom he considered representatives of t gentleman. Ylratlala'a Invitation to Bryan. Richmond, Jan. 23. The state aa pbly yesterday adopted the following Int reeolution: "Resolved, That Hon. Ill lam Jennings Bryan, the greatest ring exponent of the honored prln blea of the Democratic party, la here- lnvlted to address the Virginia leg- kture at auch time during the pres- as najr beat suit hla con- NEORO RUNS AMUCK. Two Dead aaa Two Wonnded la aa Attempt ta Arreat a Desperado. Macon. Ga., Jan. JS Two negroes I shot to death and two white men des perately wounded were the casualties in an attempt to arrest a negro here yesterday. J. H. Butler, who did most of the shooting, was himself shot to : death. His victims were Armstead I Bryant, colored, shot through the heart and instantly killed; B. Seltman. t white, shot through the stomach, will i probably die, and John Reed, white, shot in the necit, is in a precarious I condition. t Butler threatened to kill a negro wo ' man and when Policeman Peace at I tempted to arrest him the negro be ! gan to shoot. He ran up Fourth Btrect, one of the busiest streets in Macon, pistol in hand, firing at everybody In sight. The shooting attracted a num- i ber of policemen and citizens. When I Butler fell, mortally wounded, five po ! llcemen and 15 citizens were firing nt I him. When examined it was found I that three pistol bullets had gone oom I pletely through his body, and there I were other wounds. Wk He l.rft the Mlnlatry. Oakland. Cal.. Jan. 22. Rev. James O. Mm el lines, pastor of the Oakland Congregational chapel, yesterday an nounced his retirement from the min istry. Said he: "1 believe in dancing and a long liHt of other things that are tabooed by church goers when Indulg ed In by ministers. If a man needs a drink he has the right to take It. When I meet a man on the street I like to slap him on the back and say, 'Hello there. Hill,' In a good hearty voice. I believe in God and Christianity, but the church is burdened with false ideas and full of sinful hypocrites, and some of my friends who might be call ed 'luBhers' nre inflnately better than these frauds of piety. The ministry Is no place for a young man whu want! his personal liberty." Profeaanr Huron Kntally Injured. Washington. Jan. 23. Henry A. Hazen, professor of meteorology and one of the chief forecasters of weather conditions of the weather bureau in this city, was probably fatally Injured last night by being thrown from his bicycle. The. accident occurred while the professor was on his way to the bureau. At the corner of Sixteenth and M streets he ran into a colored man, the force of the contact throwing him from the wheel and pitching him forward on his head. The skull was cracked from over the nose to the back of the head, and there was also a hemorrhage of the brain. Physicians afterward trepanned the skull, and re moved a large clot of olood from the right aide. Ex-Cnuanl Maeraai Salla For Parla. Rome, Jan. 22. Charles E. Marcum, former United States consul at Pre toria, who arrived here Saturday, left yesterday for Paris. Mr. Easton, of the Washington Post, who accompani ed Mr. Marcum, aaid, In the course of an interview at Naples, that the Boers know they must ultimately be defeated, but are determined to resist to the last. He praises the Boer tactic and ex presses admiration for the bravery of both armies. The Afrikanders are re garded by Mr. Easton as "a permanent danger to the British." The Seoarge la llonolnln. Sioux City, Jan. 23. Chrys Moller, a bullion broker of Tien Tain, has Just arrived here. He says the bubonic plague In Honolulu Is worse than re ported, and that a dozen people are dying dally. He describes the burning of Chinatown by a vigilance commit tee while his ship was at Honolulu. The citizens claimed that the location was unsanitary and favorable to the spread of the plague. The Celeatials were given time to remove their prop erty, and were ordered to live ou a hill top on the edge of the city. Lecturer Ultteu by a Kattleanake. Baltimore, Jan. 23. Dr. Howard A. Kelly, professor of gyneacology In the medical school of Johns Hopkins hos pital, was bitten on the right hand last night by a large rattlesnake, which he was exhibiting to Illustrate a lec ture in the medical school. The doc tor sucked the blood from the wound and continued his lecture for nearly an hour after the occurrence. When he left for his home he expressed the conviction that he had succeeded in drawing all the venom from his wounded hand. Auatrlaa Mlarra on atrlke. Vienna, Jan. 23. Thirty thousand more Austrian miners have gone on strike, their employers having refused the demands for higher wages and an eight hour day. The total number now out Is 70,000, and before the end of the week it is expected that 20,000 others will have Joined. The employers threaten dismissal and eviction within three days. Police precautions have been taken to prevent violence. The coal famine threatens to check every branchy of Austrian industry. Oamaa Diana Captured. Cairo, Jan. 20. News was received here last night that Osman Dlgna, principal general of the late Khalifa Abdullah, has been captured. It had been known that he was in the neigh borhood of Togar six days ago, and several expeditions were organized from Suakim, under Captain Burgess, with the result that Osman Dlgna was taken unhurt in the hills Thursday. He arrived at Suakim today. A Hitch la Bera-aiaa'u Fire. Lorain, 0., Jan. 23. B. Bergman, proprietor of a clothing store In this city, was arrested yesterday on a war rant sworn out by an Insurance agent, charging him with having attempted to burn his stock. Fire was discovered in the store early In the morning, and was quickly extinguished. Piles of clothing were found saturated with gasoline. Bergman was unable to give bond. Jamaica Rejecta Fruit Trade Scheme Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 23. Jamaica haa emphatically rejected Joseph Chamberlain's English direct fruit scheme to divert the bulk of the colo ny's trade from America to England, and which calls for a subsidy of 40, 000 annually, Jamaica paying one-half. The consensus of public opinion Indi cates a preference to depend on Amer ican trad. .... vO - He Bitterly Denounces Paris Ro ' ports That He Gambles. WILL BRING SUIT FOR DAMAGES. The I'nrlK Killtor Kara He Will lie Delighted t '.Iret the Count In the Luw CMnrU, 1'i-ovltled the Trial Ue a flt'rlnu One, New York, Jan, 23. Count Boni de Castellane, who arrived here with his Wife (nee Ann;; .oulU) yeateruay from Havre, Franca, is very Indignant ovei the stories puu.tshed in Parta news papers regan Ing him. lie declares that he hi S never gambled In any form and has never lost In specula tion. Regai ding Bdltor De Rodaya, of The Figaro, he says: "He is a liar, a nonentity. He Is not the kind of man to accept a chal lenge. No, I shall not challenge him. but when I go back 1 shall use my cane on De Rodaya if he does not re tract." The count has Bent the following cablegram to De Rodaya: "Sir: There has been communicated to me on board the ship the calumny in the ParMan papers which emanated from The Figaro. You Will at once print a formal denial. I reserve the right on my return to tell you what 1 think of your disloyal act." hater the count sent a second cable gram to M. De ltodays, as follows: "I have just learned of the Infamous lander directed against me by you at the Inatlgatton of the Dreyfuaards, My father has already denied it and has expressed his contempt, to which I Join my own. 1 shall have recourse to the law courts and shall sue for lOO.ono francs damages, of which the poor of Paris will eet the benefit." DITOR UK ItOUAlS' RBPLY. Will Wrlroine a Suit Par llmiinui in a Nerloua Trial. Paris, Jan. 23.- -The Figaro publishes , Count Boni do Castellane's cablegram ' and says: j "We disdain hiB insults, which do i : not harm ub. We shall be delighted to meet him in the law courts on condl i tion that the trial be a serious one, and that nothing be kept back which would throw the fullest light on the 1 TTI attar lint nurinn1 1 1 in rirnfooi! Innnl "' a I a-rui " "'h IU iUO jiiiii- ' 'i"Uiii secrecy of stock brokers there Is only one means of clearly establishing the truth, and this menus lies in the hands of De Castellane. Let him request the minister of finance to send an in spector to inquire of the stock brokers the minister of finance can alone do this at De Castellane's request--and then we shall know positively if De Castellane has been slandered and If he never speculated on the Bourse. This Is the only course open to De Castellane. Everything else In his cablegrams of threats Is what the Americans call a 'bluff.' " .BUSKIN'S RESTING PLACE. Mated Brltlau Author to Be Barled la ( onlaton ( liurrbrard. London, Jan. 22. The remains of John Ruskln, who died at Brantwood of influenza on Saturday, aged 81, will be buried In Coniston church yard, In accordance with a wish he expressed some years ago. For many years his mind had been Impaired. The funeral will take place Thursday. His book, "Modern Painters," pub lished anonymously In 1843, waa a THE LATE JOHN RUSKIN. bomb in the camp of criticism. Inas much as it passionately protested the superiority of the new masters of painting over the old, adducing Tur ner as Its supreme example. At almost one stroke the work established his reputation as an art critic, and the standard he so fearlessly laid down in the face of all convention have now been finally accepted by the art world. He subsequently became a most pro lific writer, and for many years lived chiefly on the sale of his works. His works on political economy, however, excited ridicule. He declared that la borers should receive equal pay re gardless of their relative skill, and that the labor saving machinery Is the enemy of the laborer. He attempted tb carry his views into practice, and with his overgenerous giving got rid of most of his fortune, great as it was. Twenty-lour Sailor Reaeaed. Norfolk, Jan. 23. The United States revenue cutter Onondaga arrived here j yesterday irom r en wick isiana, wnero she rescued the crew of the British merchantman Sutton, which stranded on the Fenwick Island shoals Saturday night. Two lifeboats from the Onon daga went at night through a high sea to the side of the stranded vessel, and after much difficulty succeeded In get ting the Sutton's entire crew of 24 men into their boats. Owing to the very rough weather the lifeboats were three hours In getting from the Sutton back to the Onondaga. The Texas' New Commander. New York, Jan. 23. Captain Will lam C. Gibson succeeded Captain Sigs bee in command of the battleship Texaa at the Brooklyn navy yard yes terday, and the vessel will start south thla week to augment the North Atlan tic squadron In the tropica. After a brief rest Captain Sign bee will take charge of the Intelligence bureau of the navy department at Washington. His Injured leg la improving slowly. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Wedaeodar, Jaa. IT. Jamea H. Gear was re-elected Uni ted States senator from Iowa. There are 632 Cubans and 105 Ameri cans In Cuba's postal service. The national senate ratified the Sa noaa treat;- without division. President Logan, of the New York Bar association, advocates limitation of inheritances to $10,000,000. The senate committeeoiiir.teroceanlc canals agreed unanimously to report a bill for the oonatl uUion of the Ni-a- ragtta canal. At Frankfort, Ky., in a feud began luring the Spanish war, ex-Congreaa-man David G, Colaon killed Lieuten ant Btheibert Boott, Charle.i Julian and Luther Demaree, the latter two acci dentally. I Tlinrailns, Jan. 18. Kentucky legislature elected J C. S. Blackburn Jnlted States senator. Chicago's big drainage canal has been opened, ;.nd St. Louis lirlncis sui; to proven sewage entering Desplaines river. The senate confirmed Robert M. Mc Wade, of Philadelphia, for consul to Hong Kong, succeeding Dr. Edwin K. Bedloe. Captain Sicsbee has been formally detached from the command of the Texas and assigned to the head of the naval Intelligence bureau. The Virginia house of deletes passed the "Jim ("row" car 1)111, a measure requiring separate cars for whites vnd blacks on railways. Mrs. M. J. Patterson, the only child of Andrew Johnson, is critically 111 at her home In (ireenville, Tenn.. n:u' noi expected to live. She is over 80. Friday, Jan, m. BequestB made to priests for laying masses for the repose of the soul art liable to a legacy tax. Masked robbers murdered a bartender In a Leadville, Colo., saloon, liccaune j he would not throw up hir, hands. Tidal waves, higher than have been known for a long time, have awepl the coast of chile, doing considerable damage. In a Now York storage warehouse five men fell 110 feet with an elevator. Michael McLean and Patrick Ledely. young men, were killed. The Yaqul Indians of Sonora, Mex ico, say they will not molest Ameri cans hi that state since they appreci ate the Indians' struggle for independ ence. Saturday, .Inn. 20. Canon Henry Twells, a well known writer of hymns, is dead in London. Plans arc under way for the con struction of 300 miles of trolley lines in Hawaii. The bubonic plague was Introduced into Honolulu by means of merchan dise from the Orient. John Mitchell and W. C. Pierce were re-elected president and secretary treasurer of the Mine Workers' union. Martin Bergen, catcher of the Bos ton baseball club, while Insane, killed his wife, two. children and himself at Brookllne, Has. A baby bera in Baltimore last Mon day, the corpner's Jury' says, wua ouru ed and straa gied to death. The moth er, Mary Bdrderley, will be arraigned. The John W. Oates, the first 500 foot steamer built on the great lakes, was launched at he yards of the Amer ican Ship Building company, at Lo rain, 0. Monday, Jan. Richard D. Blackmore, the English novelist, died at Teeddlngton, England, aged 75. Lorenzo Borgomast and Baptista Rodescbi, stone cutt&rs, were asphyxi ated In New tork, having gone to bed intoxicated. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author of "In His Steps." will run the Topeku (Kan.) Capital as a Christian daily paper the week beginning March 12. Charles L. Foote. formerly post master and city treasurer of Fall River, Mass., who is alleged to have embezzled $6,000 four years ago, was arrested at Chicago. Mrs. Annie Ellsworth Smith, widow of the founder of the Century com pany, died in New York, aged 73. When a girl of 17 she sent the first telegram from Washington to Balti more. A Sunday fight between Italians In a New York tenement district resulted In the death of Antonio and Caspar Collettl and David Salvatoro. Vlncenzo Spilled and 17-year-old son Frank, the alleged murderers, are In Jail. Tneeday, Jan. 23. Eleven men were entombed and one killed by the caving in of a tunnel in Los Angeles. It is reported in. Copenhagen that the Danish West Indies are to be final ly ceded to the United States. The Chinese government has ac quiesced In French demands for ter ritory at Kwang Chan Wan bay afar two more Chinese defeats. The British royal commission ap pointed to Inquire Into the cause of railway accidents recommends the compulsory use of automatic couplings. Though living In poverty alone, Mrs. Margaret Harold, who was burn ed to death in Philadelphia on Satur day, had amassed a considerable for tune. The United States government Is threatened with a grave situation In Cuba unless It speedily replaces the military by a civil government in the Island. THE PRODUCE MARKETS. Philadelphia. Jan. B. Flour weak; win ter superfine, t2.2&92.40; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.1021.20; city mills, extra. $2.50'u2.70. Rye flour quiet and steady at IS. 1503.30 per barrel. Wheat strong; No. I red, spot. In elevator, ttCTOc. Corn Arm; No. 2 mixed, spot, tn elevator. i8MV;c; No. t yellow, for local trade, S939ic.; Oats steady ; No. t white, clipped. 11 V 32c; lower grade. tsS0c. Hay Arm; choice timothy, SltOM.SO (or large bales. Beef dull; beef hems, 322023.60. Pork firm; family, IWH.SO. Lard quiet; western steamed, eS.25. Butter steady; western creamery. 21025c.; do. factory. l20c. ; June creamery, tOCttHc.; Imitation creamery, U&tc.; New Tork dairy. 110 24c.; do. creamery, S0JEC. ; fancy Penn sylvania prints lobbing at K 27c; do. wholesale. He. Cheese Arm; fall made, fancy, large and small, llCUc.: late made, large. llMltc.; de. do., small, 12 45140. Bgga Arm; New Tork and Penn sylvania, tie.; western, ungraded, at A Offset by a Repulse in the Baton gas Mountains. TEEACHEEY ON NEQR0S ISLAND. Laat Munlh'a I'lirlalns Waa Poarnl ed by tile Ofllolula Who Were 1MB- B-uratrd by Our Army OHi-rri With go Much Ceremoay. Manila. Jan. 22. An escort of DO men of Company c, Thirteenth Infan-1 try, Lieutenant RalHton commanding, Waa ainbiitiliiMl near Lipu, in the south ern part of Luzon island. Saturday. Tim escort consisted of 50 convalescents from the hospital, who were going to rejoin the regiment. The osivrt h;.d charge of a pack train of 22 horses, transporting army rations from Santo Tomaa and San Pablo, iu Laguna prov ince. The Insurgents hid in the busbea along the road and opened lire upon the pac k train from theg sides. T of the Americans were killed, live wounded and nine are missing. The Americans were compelled to abandon the train, and the horses, with their packs, fell in 0 the hands of the in surgents, who pursued the retreating escort for three miles along the road, until the Americana were reinforced. Another ambuscade, in the Batangai mountains, resulted disastrously for the Insurgents. The force attacked was the Forty-fifth volunteer infantry, under Colonel Dorst, The Americans killed eight, wounded three and took 17 prisoners, Inch, ding a Spaniard, and captured six rlllcs. The casualties on the American : ide were only two slightly wounded. Mall advices from Negros !rlng par ticulars of the uprising last month in the touthern part of the island In which Lieutenant A. c. Ledyard, Sixth infantry, was killed, instead of be ing an unimportant revolt of native police, aa wiih at first reported, it ap pears to have been an attempt to over throw American authority. The move ment was started by the officials of the autonomous government, the man who were elected and inaugurated with so much ceremony last November. Kleven of these officials. Including the president and several councillors, were lodged in jail on charges of plot ting treason. Several secured their re lease under heavy bonds, but others re main In priRon. General Smith found evidence thai the revolting police were following the orders of the autonomous goveruiiieiiL. which designed to use the forces un der Its control to overpower the Amur leans. The plot failed through being started prematurely, but Negros was In a state of uneasiness for a week. Two companies of the Twenty-sixth Infantry were hurried from Hollo to reinforce the garrison at Uacolod. The officials arrested include some of the most prominent men in Negros. It Is believed that they will be expelled from he Island. Another Defeat For Filipino. Manila, Jan. 33. Two companies of the Forty-sixth infantry, under Major Johnson, and three companies of the Thirty-eighth Infantry, commanded by Major Mulr, defeated 800 insurgents at Taal, province of Uatangas, Saturday, taking the town. The United States gunboat Marietta also shelled the place. Two Americans were wounded and ten insurgent dead found on the field. Excuniinnnliated Priest's Will. Kankakee, ills., Jan. 22. The will of Father thiniquy, the famous ex communicated priest who died In Mon treal last year, was filed in the Kan kakee county court yesterday. In the will Father Chinlquy Bays he dies In the faith of the Presbyterian church. He renounces more than ever, he says, the churcu of Rome, and calls upon his compatriots to do the same. His prop erty he leaves to his wife, and daugh ters, except his library, worth $7,000, which he bequeaths to his son-in-law. Rev. Joseph Morln, who is carrying on Father Chinlquy's missionary work In Canada. Father Chinlquy also usks that his cohln cost no more than $10. To each of the three poorest women in his parish Is given $100. Moonahlalna, In Mew York City. New York, Jan. 23. A small Ore in the basement of the five story brick building at 89 Madison street yester day brought to light an Illicit distil lery capable of producing more than B0 gallons a day. The place had been under surveillance since its opening, about ten days ago, by Edward F. Long, of the internal revenue service. The Are Itself did very little damage. About ten days ago a man who gave bis name as Samuel Freeman rented the basement for a paint shop. Free man, who was there at the time, did his best to put It out, but seeing that it was Impossible turned in an alarm and disappeared, together with two confederates. HanllVi . rowing Imports. Washington, Jan. 22. The war de partment made public yesterday a statement showing the imports at the port of Manila for the three months of July, August and September last. The total value of merchandise entered at Manila custom house for the three months named was $5,802,581. In ad dition there was $62,520 in gold coin and $255,294 in silver coin from Brit ish India and $332,707 in silver coin from China, bringing the aggregate of Imports up to $6,443,102, or at the rate of more than $25,300,000 a year for Manila alone. Fell Two Thoaaaad Feet ta Death. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 23. Two min ers named Kratt and Sweet dropped nearly 2,000 ieet In the Atlantic mine. The accident came through another accident at the engine house disabling the holat. Both men were horribly mangled. They leave large families. Pertinent Prayer For Lawmakers. Albany, Jan. 23. Rev. George N. Earner, pastor of the West End Pres byterian church, who offered prayer In the assembly laat night, prayed fer vently that the Lord would protect the members from the wine room, the amine board and the lobby. News Items of Interest From All Farts of the State. MUBDEB MYSTEBY AT CHESTER. Body of Georaie D. Kyre Pound In the Delaware River Marder at Seraa- ton ClirlvtenlnaT Trying to Arret a Strike In the Anthrurlte lllatrlet. Chester, Pa., Jan. 22 The inyBtery surrounding , the disappearance of George B. Eyre, of this city, i i Doc. 21, was partially Bolved ye.-.urday, when the body of Eyre was found on the shore of Raccoon Island. In the Delaware river, opposite Chester. When found the feet were tied with a rope. An inquest on the body to at Bridgeport, N. j., showed that deail had resulted from a gunshot wound on t ue back of the head. The bones of the bead had been crushed by a blow from some heavy instrument, and SR pieces of bone and a number Of grains of No. 6 shrt were removed. The jury re turned a verdict ol death by violence at the hands of some unknown per sons. No arrests have been made. atvrder nt n Christening Bcranton, Pa., Jan. 23. At a chrla tpnin": at the borne of John Larda, In Peckville, yesterday. Peter Chlprone had some words over a trivial matter with August ESaoonta, and drawing a revolver ti;ed a 4-l-callber bullet into the brain of ESaconla. He tired again and shattered the arm of Amerlco Mar raguillo, again and August Bonnie re ceived the bullet In his thigh. The rest of the bullet! he tried to distribute among some thirty odd guests, but no more took effect. Policeman arrived In time to prevent further trouble. Es conla died without a murmur. The wounded men will probably recover. i-iitit of a Veteran Bdltor, Btroudaburtfi Pa,, Jan. 22. Ex-Judge Bchoch, the oldest editor in point of active ami continuous lorvlce oa one nowspaper In the United States, died at his home here yesterday at the. age of SB. Ex-Judge Schoch took charge of The Jeffersonlan in 1S40 and since then hau been editor und pub lisher. He enjoyed the best of health up to within two weeks ago, and did work on his paper until quite recently. He for yearn has been prominently identified wit n the Quay faction iu the Republican party. I'eliitlal Nahnrban Home Deatroyrd. Williams port, Pa., Jan. 20. The pa Intlal suburban home of Charles B. Harris, the inventor, was entirely de Btroyed by Ore late Thursday night, en tail in i; a loss of from $50,000 to $60 000. Insurance carried will aggregate about $28,000. Beyond a small amount of wearing apparel nothing was res cued from the blazing dwelling. The family were forced to l tke a rope out of bedcluthing and lo er themse to a porch, from whenc they leap iht sroaiii. An oieilietUeu furuace is supposed to have caused the Are lilfta to rruna I vanta I'nlTeralty. Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Provost Har rison has just published bis annual re port of the trustees of the university for the year ending Aug. 31, 1899. The report gives an account of the prsent condition of the university, and of the year's work and benefactions. The year's gifts amounted to $616,441 In the 11 1 1 lo less than Ave years of It Harrlson'B provostBhlp the donation have aggregated $2,804,310, but the re port states that at least as much more is urgently needed. Trying; to Avert n Strike. Wllkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 23. Charle J. Thnln, secretary of the I'nlted Mine Workers of America for this district said in an interview yesterday that the only way a general strike could be avoided in the anthracite coal region was recognition of the members of the union by the operators. The Wilkes barre board of trade, Commercial club, business men In general and ministers of the gospel are using every effort tr avert a strike. lrolHhl- Fatal Mine Kiploelon. Scranton, Ha., Jan. 23. A Berious mine explosion occurred yesterday In the Marvlne mines, North Scranton, and resulted In the probably fatal In jury of one man and the serious injury of two others. Thomas Coleman, of Parkor street, aged 19 years, and Frank Parks, of Depot street, aged 20 years, the two most seriously injured, were employed as driver boys. Cole man will probably die. I'aed Counterfeit I n loo I.ahela. Lancaster, Pa.. Jan. 20. Juat before adjournment of court yeflterday after noon U W. Frankhauser, of Terre Hill, was convicted of using counter feits of Cinai makers' International union labels. John C. Flelechman, of Lltltr. and John Hurkholder, of afar tin dale, were convicted of the same offense. They will test the constitu tionality of the law under which they were convicted. Temperance Lecturer Downfall Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Excesuivo use of morphine, to which, It appears, he had been addicted during the past four years, was the cause of the death in a hospital here last night of Will J. McConnell. of Cleveland, well known in the west as a temperance lecturer It has been commonly reported that McConnell used both liquor and drug to excess, though still lecturing. The Coal Rmhararo. Philadelphia, Jan. 20. The Inability of the railroad companies to deliver coal at tidewater points rapidly ensign Is having a serious effect on the coast wise shipping of this and other pjrts. For the first time in 26 years the en tire fleet of the Philadelphia and Read ing Transportation line's fleet of steam colliers is tied up here, and the crews laid off. OsUeer Killed While on Daty. Washington, Pa., Jan. 23. Constable George W. McCammon, of West Alex ander, waa shot and killed yesterday by a young man named Frank Mct.ee. McCammon had an alleged sheep thief In custody and waa taking him to the office of Squire Welti for a hearing. wnea Mcuee interfered. McGee ar rented.
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