AGAINST EXTRA SESSION
Cabinet Decides That It Is Not
Yet Justified.
DISCUSSING PLANS OF CAMPAIGN.
A \ tillable Forrcn In 1 'lilted States,
Culm nit (I I'orto Itico to He Kiimlmml
to China—.ll in Ik tor IV u Henri* Tlint I
Mummcre Storj Win* False.
Washington, July IS. —A decidedly j
more hopeful feeling with regard to the
Chinese situation is apparent in all ad- |
ministration circles. The tide of senti
ment. which had hern markedly pes
simist ie, turned yesterday with the an
nouncement of tiie vietory of the allies
at Tien tsin and the capture of the forts
and native city and gathered further
strength from Minister Wu's cablegram
declaring that the foreign ministers at
Peking were safe July !>. Aside from
these dispatches the arrival of the presi
dent and the special cabinet meeting
called to consider the situation were the i
features of the day. They met at 2:510
o'clock in tlw> afternoon, less than an ■
hour after the president reached the
White House. Over 100 newspaper men
thronged the corridors while the cabinet
was sitting behind closed doors. The
scene resembled the hottest days of the
Spanish war.
There were present Secretary Hay,
Secretary Hoot, Secretary Long. Secreta
ry Gage and Postmaster General Smith.
At the conclusion of the session, which j
lasted two and one-half hours. Secretary
ltoot gave out the following formal state
ment of the action of the cabinet:
"The president has determined that
the facts now known to us do not re
quire or justify calling an extra session
of congress. Should future developments
indicate that lie is unable to do what is
required with the means now at his com
mand and the action of congress is neces
sary to furnish either men or money or
authority he will not hesitate to call it
together."
More 11 ojM*f ii 1 Feel ins:.
While only this meager formal state
ment was given out it was ascertained
that the whole Chinese situation was
thoroughly discussed by the cabinet. The
decision that an extra session of congress
was not demanded by existing conditions
was the outcome of the showing which
both Secretary Hoot and Secretary Long
were able to make as to the force that
can be thrown into China without the
authorization of additional troops by con
gress and also the decidedly more hope
ful feeling entertained by the president
and the members of his cabinet as to the
safety of Minister Conger and the other
foreigners in Peking, due to the cable of
Minister Wu reporting the safety of the
ministers July p. two days after their
reported massacre.
While this cable is not regarded as
conclusive, it is accepted in good faith
for the present. Hut the administration,
it can be definitely stated, has set in
motion some machinery by which it is
confidently predicted absolutely authentic
news as to the fate of our minister and
the other foreigners at Peking will be
ascertained. Through what channel the
administration expects to receive this
all important news is not known, but
that a definite statement of the situation
in Peking is daily if not hourly expected
can be stated with the utmost positive
ness. The advices received from Peking
probably will be the determining factor
in blazing the future course of this gov
ernment. If Minister Conger hps been
murdered, an extra session of congress
seems inevitable.
To linsli Ite-enforcemcnts.
Admiral Honey's message of the suc
cess following the earlier hard lighting
at Tien-tsin helped to relieve the anxiety
of the president and his advisers, but
Minister "Wu's message was responsible
for the really hopeful feeling that pre
vailed. Secretary Hoot furnished to the 1
cabinet a summary of the troops nvaila- <
bio not only in ibis country, but in Cuba
and gave it as his opinion that between
10,000 and 12,000 troops in all could be <
" spared for service in China. These re
enforoemoits are to be rushed through at 1
the earliest possible moment. Most if
not all of ihem, it is believed, can be
landed by the end of August or early in
September.
The appointment of Earl Li as viceroy i
of Chili is considered by Minister Wu
as one of the most important develop
ments in the entire situation. Chili is
the great province in which Peking is lo
cated and is the very heart of the Boxer '
movement, so that the great viceroy now '
assumes supreme power at the point of '
greatest danger. Minister Wu is satis- ■
lied that if Li Hung Chang had been at 1
Peking there would have been no such 1
outbreak as has occurred, as the viceroy !
is a stern military man, who believes in !
nipping such movements in the bud. The ;
state department ollicinls are anxious to ■
accept Wu's message as accurate, but '
there are some clouds of doubt about it. :
The question naturally arises, as it has !
many times in the past two weeks, if the (
Chinese government can communicate in '
this way with its representatives abroad,
why can it not permit the foreign minis- 1
tors represented to be under its protec-
tion also to communicate with their gov
ernments?
Illinois llnttcvjr Wants 1< Fig-111, 1
Springfield. Ills., July 18. Governor
Tanner last evening received the tender
to the government for service in China of
Battery A of the Illinois national guard
nt Danville. The governor transmitted
the communication to Washington.
Three Itcjglnirnts From Indiana.
Indianapolis. July IS.-Governor Mount
lias telegraphed President MeKinlcy of
fcring the services in China of three regi 1
incuts and three batteries of Indiana for I
protection of Americans in China.
Tli i ril fieorftla Volunteers.
Athens, Gn., July IS.—Colonel P. U. 1
Thoinason of the Third Georgia regiment '
has offered the services of his regiment :
to tight the Chinese.
l.ieutciiiiiit HoliNon 111. i
San Francisco, July 18.—The Coplie '
luid Lieutenant Hohson as n passenger '
from Hongkong for San Francisco, but 1
lie was obliged to leave the vessel at '
Yokohama for medical treatment. lie is
alllicted with oriental ophthalmia and
will go from Yokohama to Tokyo to con
sult a Japanese specialist. <
More Marine Corp* Olllcers. i
"Washi -ton. July I.B.—Judge Advocate 1
General Lemley has rendered a decision *
to the effect that the president has the 1
authority to appoint lb more second lieu
tenants in the United States murine
corps. J
THE POWERS TRIAL.
Fin ley Anderson Testifies Tlint I'rls
' oner Said He Would lilll taoebel.
Georgetown, Ky.. July IS.-—Not siuce
, the opening of the trial of Caleb Powers
• has there been a day so full of sensations
j and dramatic incidents as yesterday's
sitting of the court brought forth. The
j two incidents that stand out with the
I greatest prominence are the testimony
of riidcy Anderson, the Western Puiou
1 telegrapher of Barboursville, and the ex
! animation upon the witness stand of Miss
! Lucy Brock of London, K.v., the suppos
! (1 sweetheart of Powers.
Anderson spoke of u conference among
, Republican leaders nt the hotel of his
, father on the night of Jan. 8 and related
a conversation between Caleb Powers
and himself, which contained the most
startling statement as yet testified to.
"He told me," the witness said, "that
he wanted a body of a thousand moun
tain men to go to Frankfort in order to
intimidate the legislature and. if neces
sary. tn kill iiff enough Democratic lead
ers to give the Republicans a majority.
Ilf had another conversation with me at
the telegraph office on the night of Jan.
24, when he said: *(Joebel will never live
jto be governor. If we cannot get sonic
one else to do it. I will kill him myself.' "
Anderson testified to other facts of
minor importance, which went to prove
that Powers took an active part in having
the mountain army go to Frankfort.
Following Anderson Miss Lucy Brock
took the stand. She was questioned as
to a conversation between herself and
Caleb Powers which occurred at her
home in London the day before the moun
tain men went to Frankfort. She said:
"If I remember correctly, Mr. Powers
said that it was Governor Taylor's idea
that the men be brought to Frankfort,
but Mr. Powers himself said that if
Democrats did not quit robbing the Re
publicans be was in favor of an open
declaration of war."
This closed the testimony of Miss
Brock and the morning session of the
court as well.
Senator Newton Frazer testified that
the shot could not have, come from the
steps of the executive building, as he
was facing the steps at the time, not 50
feet away, and they were unoccupied.
Other witnesses were Captain F. J.
Ilahn and James K. Wat kins of Bar
boursville and Williamsburg, who stated
that Powers wanted their companies to
join the hand of mountain men, and they
had refused to allow it.
ltohl II obhery lii Jersey City.
New York, July IS.— A hold robbery
and one that incidentally resulted in the
death of an aged woman was committed
in Jersey City yesterday. Laura Kicke
rich, 2d years old, the cashier of the
Prudential Life Insurance company in
Jersey City, went into the Hudson Conn
ty National bank yesterday to make a
deposit. She carried in her hand a grip
in which was $ 1,000 in cash and cheeks.
Just as she stepped inside the doorway
she felt her arm pinched, and her grasp
on the bag was relaxed. At that mo
ment ihe grip was snatched from her
hand. Turning quickly, she saw a man
run down the street, and she raised a
loud cry of "Stop thief!" In answer to
her cries a crowd of fully 2(H) persons
joined in the pursuit. The thief jumped
over a number of fences and finally rush
ed into the fiat house at 1(11 Sussex
street. In the doorway of 108 sat Mrs.
Henrietta Folding, til years old, an in
valid. When she saw the thief running,
she thought he was making for her, and
giving one scream she fell hack in the
chair dead. The man escaped.
Hohloii Chiiiiniieii AdilrvHN McKlnley.
Boston, July IS.- The inhabitants of
Boston's Chinatown, all of whom have
been much agitated over the reports < f
the outrages committed by the revolu
tionists in Peking and other places in
the north of China, met yesterday to ex
press their sent intents on the matter.
C. W. I b oy, one of the most intelligent
Chinamen in Boston and a leader in so
cial affairs here, presided. He read a
letter which had been drawn up and di
rected to President McKiuley. The text
of the letter expressed sympathy with
the American people for the losses in
< "liina and said that the Chinamen of
Boston are true Americans and hate
those who arc opposed to reform and
progress in China. At the end of the
meeting all of the prominent Chinamen
signed the letter, and it was forwarded
to Washington.
Deaths From Hen I.
New York, July IS.- There was no re
lief for suffering New Yorkers yester
day. In fact, it was hotter than Mon
day. and there was scarcely any breeze.
As was the ease Monday, many business
houses were compelled to close early in
the afternoon, and it was almost impos
sible for laboring men to work in the
streets after 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
In Greater New York there were about
85 cases of heat prostration. Three
persons died from the effects of the heat,
and one person who had been overcome
and taken to a hospital committed sui
cide.'. Oilieially the mercury ranged from
02 to 100 degrees between the hours of
10 a. in. and 5 p. in., but many ther
mometers at different points throughout
the city registered as high as 100.
A|i |xii nI ed In II in i i'ii Kefnrniutory.
Klmira, N. Y., July 18.—•The board of
managers of the Elinira reformatory at
its meeting yesterday appointed P. J.
McDonnell assistant superintendent of
the institution, which means that he will
ultimately succeed '/. R. Brockway as
superintendent. Mr. McDonnell was for- i
inerly warden of the Erie county peniton- j
tiary in Buffalo, lie assumed the duties
of his new position at once. No charges i
were preferred against Brockway, as
was expected, at Ihe meeting of the
board, but it is intimated by the members
that such action may yet be taken.
The Itlankct Indian Trouble.
Red Lake, Minn.. July 18. A large
force is being armed here in anticipation
of trouble with the Blanket Indians!
across the lake. They were given until
last night to desist from the war dance, I
but, it is reported, they have not done !
so. It was rumored last night that a
member of the Indian police force had j
been fired on from ambush. It is feared
the Canadian Indians will join the
Blanketers if hostilities are opened.
Killed In Three Cornered Dud.
Owciisboro, Ky.. July is. In a three
Cornered fight at I.lawcsvillc last even
ing between Allen and Frank Pullinm
und Jack Ilesson. 1 lesson and Allen Pal
liani were killed. Hcsboii killed Jack
G. Daniel in 1807. The Ptilliains are
nephews of Judge A. M. Pulliam.
Weather Forecast.
Fair; fresh to brisk northerly winds.
BREVITIES.
Hazle park has been engaged by tho
Highland Social Club for next Saturday
! evening, and the members of tho club
propose to conduct one of the biggest
picnics ever held at the park. Special
trolley cars will leave Freeland at 7.12
p. in.
Heavy thunder showers passed over
the region last evening and the rain was
gratefully received by those who suffer
ed from the intense heat of the pist
three days. The thermometers of town
i yesterday registered from 110 to 112.
! The Christian Endeavor Society of St.
' John's Reformed church last Sunday
raised sls for tho India famine suffers.
Mrs. Edward Stehling, whose serious
illness was announced on Monday, is
improving and is now out of danger.
The sidewalks along a number of
streets are in need of repairs. If not
given attention soon, accidents to pedes-
I trians will result and damage suits
against the borough will follow.
Smoke the John Smith. At Helper's.
Attorney George T. Brown has re
moved his oillce from the Birkbeck brick
to his father's property, corner of Centre
and Walnut streets.
A marriage license has been granted
to Eugene H. West, the popular bar
tender at Condy O. Boyle's hotel, and
Miss Bertha C. Betterly, of Drums.
Councilman Kline is having his house
remodeled and treated with a fresli
coat of paint..
Mrs. William Weaver and family, of
Joddo, have moved into town.
An alley ball game for $25 a sido will
be played on Saturday at llazleton.
Burns and Jacko, of Jeddo, will test
iheir skill against Carter and Chisnell,
of that city.
Jessie and Laurie Cabey, the two little
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William
I'abev, of South Birkbeck street, are
recovering from a slight attack of
measles.
The Ladies' Aid Society of St. John's
Reformed church will hold an icecream
social at the Public park in the near
future.
Dwelling houses are again becoming
scarce.
A young son has arrived at tho home
of Morgan Jones, West Walnut street.
Jacob Naglo, of North Washington
street, is recovering from an attack of
cholera morbus.
Gentlemen, for hats and caps go to A.
Oswald's. He has a nice varietv.
St. Ann's band has been engaged to
furnish dance music for the White
Haven Relief Association picnic at
Mountain park on August 25.
Matthew Thompson, tho Traction
Company motorman who was running
car No. 38 at tho time of the collision
on Sunday, has tondered his resignation,
and the same has been accepted.
Morgan DoFoy, of town, had a narrow
escape from drowning at Hazle park-
Monday afternoon. He was bathing in
tho pond and went down three times.
He was rescued by companions.
PERSONAL.
Edgar Schmidt, who taught school the
past term in Montgomery county but
who has been appointed to a similar
position in town, returned homo last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Parry, of
Elwood, Indiana, are visiting Thomas
Roberts, West Walnut street.
Mrs. Lucia Reynolds, of Penobscot, is
expected tomorrow at tho home of Mr.
and Mrs. Grovcr Tuttlo, South Rirkbcck
street.
Mrs. William Roth, of South Birkbeck
streot, will go to Conyngham on Friday
to spend a few days with relatives.
Robert Boyle, of Walnut street, Is
spending the week at Tamaqua.
Miss Maude Schaller, of Wilkesbarre.
is visiting her mother, Mrs. A. Davis,
South Birkboek street.
James Boner and John Gallagher, of
Adams street, are spending a two weeks"
vacation at Atlantic City.
Miss Nettie Neußurgor is visiting
relatives at tho county seat.
Miss Sarah Solt, of Nortli Washington
street, and her guest, Miss Blanche j
Brock, of Scran ton, called on Drifton j
and Jeddo friends yesterday.
Myron Zimmerman, of North Wash- '
ington street, who has been assisting
his father-in-law at Pond Creek the past
two weeks, returned home last evening.
Was Not a Success.
For some reason or other, the early
closing agreement has no| proven a suc
cess. Nearly all the stores wore more j
or less open for business last evening, j
and merchants or clerks worked until
9 o'clock or later. The promoters of ,
the agreement claim that the movement j
would have succeeded had all business I
people been parties to it. With a few
remaining open, tho temptation to do
likewise was too much for those who
favored it.
PLEASURE.
July 21. —Trolley party of Highland
Social Club to Hazle park. Round trip
tickets, 25 cents.
July 28. —Trolley excursion of Fear
nots Athletic Association to liazle park.
Round trip tickets, 25 cents.
ROUND THE REGION.
John Colvor and Charles l'ashka,
Hungarians, of Wiiburton, Columbia
, county, wore given a hearing before
United States Commissioner Ilill, in
llazleton yesterday. The men rofused
to answer questions asked by a census
enumerator. They wore committed to
jail in default of S3OO bail.
Postoffice Inspector Gorman arrested
James Flaherty, Patrick lloileran and
Martin Golden, of Parsons, yesterday,
on the charge of robbing the postoffice
at Parsons. 'The prisoners were held in
default of $1,500 bail.
Sam Lee, an Olyphant Chinaman, is
supposed to be suffering from leprosy.
The local-Hoard of Health is investigat
ing the case.
Michael A. Costanzo, aged 27 years,
employed as a repairman on the Phila
delphia and Reading Railway, was in
stantly killed near Pottsville yesterday
by an express train.
Joseph Fltlar, aged 38 years, of Ston
ton, was struck by the "Dorothy," the
private engine of the officials of the Le
high Valley Railroad*, at Coplay, and
instantly killed.
The McAdoo Industrial Works are
idle, the female employes having struck
for a half-holiday every Saturday during
the summer months. The girls work
from 0 a. in. to G p. m.
The Switchback Railroad at Mauch
Chunk broke its record on Sunday by
carrying 3,200 passenger.
Many prostrations, in which death
followed in some cases, occurred through
out the region during the past few days.
Chief of Police Ferry, of llazleton,
has received a letter from an attorney
in Hartford, Conn., requesting informa
tion as to the whereabouts of August
Schrimer, a former resident of that
city, to whom a large fortune is due.
Efforts are being made to locate him.
The second convention of the Polish
Young Men's Alliance of America is in
session at Wilkesbarre. The delegates
are from RufTalo, Chicago, Milwaukee,
Brooklyn, Hartford and many Pennsyl
vania cities. The alliance is six years
old, was organized in Chicago and has
many members.
Motorman John Scanlan has been pro
moted to engineer at the power house of
the Lehigh Traction Company at llazle
ton, succeeding Hugh McNeils, whose
failing health compelled him to resign.
Sheppton is to build a $4,000 brick
school house.
Frank Eckman came east to attend
the funeral of his brother, William, a
justice of the peace at Trevorton, and
whilo the mourners were on their way to
the grave a detective arrested Frank
for doserting his wife several years ago.
Eckman was committed to jail.
Epworth League Officers.
The [olluwiiig have been chosen as
ollicors of the Kpworth League of the
Park M. E. church:
Prosidout—William lieers.
First vice president—Carrie Welch.
Second vice president—Elmer Hlntou.
Third vice president—Anna Sonsen
bach.
Fourth vice president—Uessio Sbel
hatner.
Secretary—Mabel Mismer.
Treasurer—-Edward M. Jones.
Junior League superintendent—Mrs.
C. O. Stroll.
Tigers vs. Plymouth.
At the Tigers park next Sunday the
Tigers will cross bats with tho Plymouth
team, one of the strongest base ball
clubs in the upper section of the county.
The game will be called at 3 o'clock.
In connection with the game the Ply
mouth club will run an excursion to
Freeland over the Lehigh Valley Rail
road.
CERTAIN MATTERS.
Irish mayors are advised that in
future they need not meet judgeu nor
attend courts.
English volunteers are to be pen
sioned if wounded or invalided when
on active service. 4
The Royal Scots militia, over 600
men, at present in Ireland, have volun
teered for active service.
It is said that South Africa has en
tirely knocked out Brazil as a diamond
exporting country.
The revenue of the Manchester (Eng
land) ship canal in the last six months
was £140,591, and the expenditure*
£99,806.
The Japanese House of Representa
tives has passed a proposal to pro
hibit boys below the age of twenty
from smoking.
The Spanish village of Ataquines
has been to a considerable extent de
stroyed by fire. Over 420 houses were
burned.
On the opening day's sale in London
of works contributed by British artists
to aid the war fund, £7,359 was real
ized.
Descendants of the missionaries in
the Hawaiian Islands constitute about
one-twentieth of the white population,
exclusive of the Portuguese.
A Sheffield, England, firm has pro
duced a steel plate three-sixteenths of
an inch thick which cannot be drilled
or pierced by a Lee-Metford bullet.
A sail maker in Sydney, Australia,
has fallen a victim to the plague. It
is believed that the infection was
traceable to a dead rat.
An "authors' home," under the pro
tection of the Grand Duke of Saxe-
Weimar is to be established in the
llttla university town. QLJefiA,
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