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FREELAND, PA., AUGUST 20. 1900. Death of John J. In galls. From the Phila. North American. Time was whoa tho death of John J. Ingalls would have made a considerable political vacancy, but his life lasted a good deal longer than his career as a public man did. It is to be regretted, indeed, that he ever took to politics, or law either, for that matter, since nature designed him for a writer. He wrote very well, but would have written much bettor had he not acquired in part the mental habits of the politician. Ambition led him into oflice-seeklng, but once In oftice his instinctive dislike of large and solemn pretense and his fondness for saying sharp things caused him to lose favor. lie was essentially a critic. Gifted, or cursed, with a ponotrating eye, a pointed tongue and a scornful pon, his most effective place was outside and not inside tho breast works. He had too much wit and was too impatient of humbug to keep step with that time-serving mediocrity which sets the pace in official life. Tho practice of oratory, necessary to a politician, spoiled his style, and his tendency as a speaker and writer to tell more scoffing truth than is expedient in party politics undid him as a poli tician. lie illustrated what a misfor tune It is for a man not to follow tho bent of his most obvious talent. As a journalist, content to be a journalist, Ingalls would havo taken rank with the highest, or had he chosen literature there can bo no doubt that he would havo shone. A very clever man has gone, and one of sturdy character, too. He was not ashamed to work. When he lost his seat in the senate and was without means ho took up his pen in his old age and made an honorable living with it, feeling that there was no discredit in seeing and writing about anything— from a prize-fight to a political conven tion. It is a pity that so brilliant a mind as that of Ingalls scattered as it did. Nevertheless, he enjoyed life, and never so much as when ho escaped from the harness of party politics and gamboled over the common of journalism. Personally ho was respected and liked by those who knew him most in timately, for Ingalls had an Independent spirit. Ho was a man. One Political Trust. At tho head of tho trusts associated for profit through political action stands the Standard Oil Company. Tho wealth of tho Standard is colossal. A few days ago it declared a dividend of 8 per cent, or 88,000,000. In March of this year it declared a dividend of 20 per cent, and in June another of 10 percent—a total of 8-18,000,000 for nine months. Pre sumably there will be a fourth quarterly dividend for 1000 that will bring the year's revenues close to 850,000,000, on a capitalization of 8100(000,000. Mr. Rockefeller owns 51 per cent of the stock of this prodigious trust, which gathers in $131,500 a day, or $5,479 an hour. Allied with the Standard are many subsidiary companies, of the stock of which the parent concern owns 51 per cent. Tho remaining 49 per cent of those subsidiary couipanios is the property of Mr. Rockufollor. Of tho 838,000,000 dividends declared by tho Standard from June to September, his sharo is $11,780,000, and his per cent share of the prolits of the subsidiary companies is $36,510,000, bringing his income from these sourcos for nine months up to $48,390,000. 1 A COUNCIL OF POWERS. May Be Called to Sit on the Chinese Question. PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S PEOPOSAL. Wiiiitg It to 31 ii I%c* ii I'erimiT!cut Settlement of Enatcrn Trouble. Lnited Stnt l'M Will Not Agree to DlMiiiemberiueut of China. Washington, Aug. 20.—President Mc- Kiuley is considering the advisability of proposing to tlie powers the organization of an international congress, which shall sit in China and recommend to the sev eral governments represented a perma nent solution of pending questions. This proposition is the development of that to send a commission to China to as sess tlie damages sustained by citizens and the interests of the United States preliminary to the submission of a de mand for reparation. The president rec ognizes that the duties which Minister Conger will be called upon to perform will be so exacting and arduous that it would be unfair to ask him to take the additional burden *.f discussing n method of settlement of the matters in contro versy, that Special Commissioner Hock hill will be too busily employed in ob taining information and in communica tion with high Chinese officials to give time to them, and that direct negotia tion between the powers is likely to prove unsatisfactory and give rise to complica tions which might otherwise be avoided. Tho proposition is, therefore, to send n third representative to China, who shall be charged with the work of dealing spe cially with the larger questions involved in the situation, and in his work he will have the assistance of Minister Conger and Mr. Hockhill. Who this representa tive shall be has not yet been determined, but he will ho one of the strong men of the country. I.ikoly to Accept, Talks with diplomats here indicate that their governments would be willing to join In n congress for tlie settlement, of the Chinese question, and Baron von Sternberg, the German charge d'affaires in Washington, has been suggested as the representative of Germany. Such a congress would discuss tho char acter of tho demands to be made united ly upon China to prevent a recurrence of the present trouble and to indemnify the powers and their subjects for the dam ages which they have sustained. Tt would furthermore embody in formal conven tion tlie principle of the open door and make binding the promises given by the powers in their notes handed to Secreta ry Hay some months ago. Of course the governments would have the right to disapprove the action of their respective representatives, but as the latter would act under instructions it is safe to say that nothing would be determined upon to which any of the powers could take exception. No final action In the matter of sug gesting the organization of an interna tional commission will probably he tak en until the president has heard from Minister Conger and General Chaffee. Rear Admiral Kcmey reported that there Is an interruption In the wires between Peking and Takti, and until this break is repaired it is not likely that any mes sages from the American officers will get through. Meantime the president will continue to formulate his plan to effect n permanent solution of the pending questions. Tie does not propose to per mit the United States to become em broiled with other powers at Shanghai, Newcltwang or any other point. It is bis purpose to steer clear of complica tions in every honorable way. Object of Troop* Accoin pi islicd. "The United States landed troops at Taku," said an official last night, "for a distinctive purpose—the rescue of the Arnerieun minister and his staff and those under his protection. This pur pose has been accomplished. Troops will not be landed at Shanghai or any other point unless Americans or their interests are threatened. This has often been done in Central and South America." It was stated yesterday that the Unit ed States would share in the dismember ment of China if there were no other solution of the trouble. The official quoted above said—and he was most emphatic—that the United States wants no Chinese territory and that the presi dent lias been exceedingly careful to avoid taking any action which would even cause such a suspicion. "The United States lias been open and above board from the first," he continued. "As soon as tho president hud framed his policy he communicated it to the powers. The administration is still fol lowing that line and will continue to do so until the purposes therein expressed are achieved. Other powers formally as sented to that policy, specifically declar ing that they did not propose to disturb Chinese entity. This government will expect them to observe those declara tions." A roll liialiup Ireland Spoil KM In Koine, Rome* Aug. 20.—Yesterday being the feast of St. Joachim, the pope's patron saiut, there was a large gathering at the Vatican of cardinals, bishops and presi dents of societies. The pope, who was in excellent health and spirits, spoke at some length regarding matters of Catho lic interest and then, with n compli mentary introduction, invited Archbishop Ireland to address the assembly on mut ters in America and the relations of the outer world to the holy see. Mgr. ire hind, who was frequently applauded dur ing a speech of 20 minutes, spoke glow ingly of the fidelity of American Catho lics to tlie Roman church and tlie holy see. He described liberty under the American flag and set forth the necessity of the pope as tlie head of Christendom being free and independent of any one civil power. The address gave visible satisfaction. Mgr. Ireland hud a final audience of the pope on Friday. He left Rome last evening. Seritennt "Buck" Toy lor Dead. Washington, Aug. 20. Sergeant "Buck" Taylor, known as "king of the cowboys," u dashing cavalryman and one of the best known of the Rough Rid ers, who was in the charge up San Juan nill and accompanied Governor Roose velt when he toured New York during fhe last gubernatorial campaign, has died lit Providence hospital of consumption, the result of illness contracted during the Cuban campaign. A telegram was sent to Governor Roosevelt informing him of Taylor's dbnth. Taylor's correct name is suid to have been Berry F. Tatum. He was the son of a former well to do merchant of Montgomery, Ala. He was about 42 years of age and was employ ad us u copyist in the census office. IRON HAND FOR BOERS. ItolicrtN onl<• I'M All Treated m Prl iitrn of War. Pretoria, Aug. 20.—General De Wet has appeared north of Comman Nek, 20 miles from here. Me sent a ling of truce to General Baden-Powell demanding his surrender. This, however, was only a plan to discover the strength of the Brit ish force. General Baden-Powell, seeing the ruse and hoping to detain General I)e Wet. asked what terms would be given him if he surrendered. The messenger was equally sharp and, having learned the strength of the garrison, returned to General De Wet, who at once resumed his nuireh northward without the formal ity of sending his terms to the British. General Baden-Powell is following him. General Roberts has issued a procla mation canceling his previous order re ! parding ontlis of neutrality and passes. Hereafter no oaths will bo taken or pass es granted, and all the burghers will bo regarded as prisoners of war. Houses in which armed Boers find shelter will bo liable to razing and farms used by the fighting burghers will be destroyed. Dam age to the railways will be punished by fines on land. The reasons for this action are the lack of appreciation shown by the Boers and their misuse of the lenity shown them, they taking advantage of it to continue their resistance to the Brit ish. and the continual breaking of the oath of neutrality, which the government of the Transvaal, it is said here, has ad vised the burghers is not immoral. General Paget has blown up with dy namite the pass at Monde's Nek. ten miles from here. Yesterday he drove the Boers out of the surrounding district, kill ing four. General Roberts has confirmed th" award of the queen's scarf to Trooper Chad wick of Roberts* horse, who was chosen by the troopers as most distin- i Swished for bravery. Chadwick proves : to be an American. Me was one of the boat's crew who cut the cable at Santia- i go (Cienfuegos?). The queen gave four scarfs to be awarded for bravery, one each for repre sentatives of the colonial troopers from Australia, Now Zealand, Canada and I South Africa. Africa's scarf will there fore go to the United States. General Kitchener has relieved Colonel Hoare, who was besieged by the Boers at Elands River. The besieged made a magnificent defense against the burghers, fighting from the cover of a ravine. There wore 50 casualties, most of them being slight wounds. The ease for the defense in the trial oi Lieutenant Cordnn of the Staats artil lery, charged with being concerned in the plot to kidnap Lord Roberts, was con cluded Saturday. Lieutenant Cordna's counsel admitted that the accused was guilty of breaking his parole and of attempting to plan a conspiracy, hut he asserted that the at tempt was a failure. Counsel also main j tained that Gano suggested the entire plot and egged on the prisoner. On these grounds he asked the court to find that the charges had not been proved and begged its mercy for his client. Gano, /who is said to be of Amerieau birth, denied having suggested the plot. Counsel for the prosecution will sum up today. Attempt to Wreck n Train. "Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 20.—A daring attempt to wreck a train on the Lehigh Valley railroad was made yesterday. A heavy steel rail 30 feet long was placed on tlie track near Port Bowkley. Tin road winds around a deep curve at thi. point. One end of the heavy rail wa imbedded in the rocky embankment and j the other extended over the truck. It j had a 45 degree pitch and was intended i to strike the cylinder of the engine. A policeman from an overhead bridge hap pencil In look down and saw some ob ject extending over the track. Me hasti ly investigated and then gave an alarm A freight train was stopped in time t<. avoid a wreck. It required four laborers to remove the rail. It is believed the oh j jeet of the men who placed the rail on i the track was to wreck an express train and in the confusion that would follow to rob the safe in the express car. Jolin J. I n KII MM' Funeral. Atchison, Kan., Aug. 2b.—Funeral services over the body of ex-Senator John J. Ingalls were held yesterday afternoon at Trinity Episcopal church, und subse quently interment was tnudc in the fund- j ly vault in Mount Vernon cemetery. The I little church was filled with friends ot the family. The exercises were very sim ple. Chopin's funeral march was played i as the cotlin was borne into the church. Only members of the family and the pall hearers. young men, sons of old friends of the dead ex-senator, Went to the cem etery. Ex-Senator W. A. Peffer, who succeeded Mr. Ingalls; Judge W. A. ! Johnston of the supreme court and A. A. | Goddard, attorney general, were among , those who attended the services in the I church. Judge A. G. Otis, a close busi- ' ness and personal associate of Mr. In galls. estimates the ex-senator's fortune at $250,000. Trotlln ix Record Broken. Pittsburg, Aug. 20. —P. C. Knox, a prominent member of the Alleghany I county bar. yesterday broke the world's ! 'record of personally driving his trotting team, Wert and Dr. Leek, a mile in 2:lOi/,. The world's professional record was made in 1880 by Geers driving Jus j tina and Lady Mac a mile in 2:12%. The trial, while not a technical test, was j made for the purpose of breaking the record and was in the presence of 40 spectators on the Brunot Island Gentle men's Driving park mile track. Twenty watches were held on the horses, and the I big majority of them recorded 2:10%. Futiilllies In l'ittMluirif. Pittsburg, Aug. 20.—Four drownings and one death by burning is Pittsburg's fatal accident record for Sunday. Chris Paffenlmch, aged 50, fell from a raft in the Alleghany river and was drowned. ' Edward G. Brillinger, 8 years old, fell j from a raft while fishing in the Allcgha- i ny river and was drawn under and drowned before his father, who was u short distance away, could rescue him. James Gallagher and Hugh MeGrady, , boys, were drowned together while swim- j tning in the Monongahela. IfSOO.OOO I.OMt 111 FIIIIIICM. Alexandria, Ind., Aug. 20.—The entire plant of the Kelly Ax Manufacturing company, valued at SBOO,OOO, has been destroyed by fire. It was the largest ax j factory in the world, employing about 1.000 men when running at full force.! W. (). Kelly, president of the company, tvlei formerly owned a factory in Louis rillS removed to this city in 1883. The company went Into the hands of a ro ceh er three years later. THECfIPTUREOFPEKING Officially Reported by General Chaffee. EIGHT AMERICANS ARE WOUNDED. | Cable From Admiral llemey Says JnpaneNe Reports Have the lim presH DoiviiKi'r l!out bit riled In tke i Inner City. W ashing! on, Aug. 20.—1s the dowager empress within the forbidden city? This question is being asked by offi cials of the administration us a result of ; the following dispatch received from Rear Admiral Homey under date of j Takii, Saturday: | "Peking telegraph line # interrupted. Information Japanese sources dowager empress detained by Prince Yungeile in ner city, which is being bombarded by allies. Chaffee reports entered legation grounds 14th. Eight wounded during day's fighting. Otherwise nil well." Minister Wit says that there is no "Prince Yungedo," and he suggests that 'lie person referred to is Prince Yung Lu, though he is disinclined to believe the report that the empress is detained, as he has information that the court tied westward before tin- arrival of the al lies at Peking. Officials consider it ex tremely doubtful that the empress is in the forbidden city, as she undoubtedly fears that she would be harshly' dealt with if captured. Persons here acquainted with the Chi nos© say that the entrance of foreigners into the forbidden city would deeply shock the natives, hut it is hoped that if such a step were deemed best the bril liant success of the allies would prevent any demonstration. The fact that the telegraph wire is interrupted is not regarded as serious, though it is admitted that it may have been cut by the Chintse and that the force of the allies at the front is small. Military experts are confident that the Chinese are demoralized, and they do not anticipate any further organized resist ance. Two other dispatches relating to Pe king were received here yesterday, one by Colonel Ward, acting adjutant gen eral, from General Chaffee, and the oth er by Mr. Tnknhirn, the Japanese min ister. from Tokyo. The substance of the Japanese dispatch as received direct from Tokyo was published Saturday. General Chaffee's dispatch, under date of Peking. Aug. 15, and Chofu, Aug. 1!, is as follows: "We entered legation grounds at 5 o'clock last night with Fourteenth and light battery. Eight wounded during day's fighting. Otherwise all well." War department officials think that the date "Peking, Aug. 15," in an error in transmission. They believe it should be Aug. 13. as all previous reports indi cated that Peking was captured on Wed nesday. CABLE FROM BRUCE. Sny* Street FiulitinK Continue* I*. Peking;. London, Aug. 20.—Rear Admiral Brno cables the admiralty from Chofu, Aug. 10, as follows: "Am informed on the authority of the Japanese that street lighting still contin ues in I'eking, part >f which is on lire. "Yang Sa prevented the empress from leaving, and a last stand is now being made in the inner city, which is stir- i rounded by the allies and being bom- I barded." Despite defeat, the Chinese are appar ently resolved to make a desperate strug gle not only in their ancient capital, but also in other parts of the empire. Chang Chi Tung, viceroy at Hankow, and Liu Kunyi, viceroy at Nankin, according to advices from Shanghai, have threatened the consuls that if the person of the em press dowager is not respected thoy will withdraw from their present friendly at titude. Another Shanghai dispatch announce? the death of 1A Ping Hong, Cheng and Chang Id Lin in the fighting before Pe king. The mandarins in the southern prov inces, according to a dispatch to The Daily Express from Hongkong, have is sued an important proclamation recogniz ing the capture of Peking as a just pun ishment of reactionary officials and warning the people not to interfere with foreigners, hut also pointing out that tlx sole object of the powers should he the punishment of the Boxers and then the restoration of peace, confining, however, their operations to the north. Suicide After a Quarrel. Paterson, N. J., Aug. 20.—Annie Mc- Lain took enough carbolic acid to kill a dozen persons ami died a few minutes afterward. She had quarreled with her husband at their home, 240 Market street, and she went to a friend's house at 35 West street, where she took a large vial full of the poison. When they were lovers, they were accustomed to ar range their meetings on Sunday morn ings when the chimes of St. John's church rang. They eloped five years ago and were murried. Yesterday Mrs. McLain sent a note to her husband after leaving her home that if he did not moot her at 35 West street as St. John's cfiimes were ringing she would end it all. The note dwl not reach McLain in time to respond to the old time lovers' signal, and the woman carried out her threat. liOiiiNiuuu Pureliuse Centennial. St. Louis, Aug. 20. —Plans for the re sumption of work on the World's fair fund of $5,000,000, which has been so often interrupted, are under.daily consid eration by Chairman David R. Francis and William 11. Thompson of the two principal commit tees. Ex-Governor Fran cis expects to sail for Paris about Sept. 15 and hopes to have things in such shape by that time that the fund will he practically complete. The traveling men. who have been among the active workers for the fair, have asked permission to lo cate their special building first. Grade Cronnlngr Accident. Syracuse, Aug. 20.—A special dispatch to The Post-Standard from Fulton says that James Iloran and Peter Flannigan of Oswego tried to cross the railroad tracks in front of a fast train. Their carriage was struck. Flannigan is dead, and Iloran Is probably fatally hurt. Sir William Stoke* Die* In Xntal. London, Aug. 20.—The death is an nounced of Sir William Stokes, M. D., nl Pietermnritzburg, Natal. He was sur geon In ordinary to the queen in Ireland and professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons. He was born Id IS3U. PVTDLIC OPINIO*. Opinion* From ViirioiiN Sources on m troin New York, Philadelphia, Huston, Bethlehem, Allentown, Muueh Chunk aud Weatherly. 4 42 p in lrom Seranton, Wilkes-liurre and White Haven. 6 34 P iu from New York, Philadelphia, Huston, licthlchcm, Allentown, Potis ville, Shamokin, Mt. Carmei, Shenan doah, Mahauoy City and liu/.lcton. 7 29 t> m lrom Seranton, Wilkes-Hurre und White Haven. For lurther information inquire of Ticket Agents. itcriiMN 11. WILRUH, General Superintendent, 20 Cornundt btreet. New York City. CH AS. S. LEE, General Pusceuger Aaeut, 20 Cortlandt Street. New York City. J. T. KEITH, Division Superintendent, llazleton, l'u. THE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND (SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in elfeet April 18, 1807. T rains leave Dritton lor Jeddo, Eekley, Hazle Urooa, btoekton, Heaver Meadow Road, Hoau and Hazleton Junction at b 80, OUU a iu, daily except buiula} ; and 7 08 a in, 2 :tb p in, Sunday. Trains leave Drilton lor Hurwood, Cranberry, I'onihieken and Deringer ut 6 80, tilt) a m, daily except suuduy; and 7 08 a m, 288 p m, Sun day. Trains leave Drifton for Oneidu Junction, liar wood Head, Humboldt Itoud, Oneida and •Jhepptou at liuu a m, daily except Sun day; ami i 03 a in, 2 JJB p m, Sunday. Trains leave llazleton J unction for Harwood, Cranberry, Tomhicken and De-ringer ut. U3f a ni, daily except Sunday; and b 58 a in, 4 22 p ui, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood ltoad, Humboldt Itoud. Oneida und Sheppton at b 82,11 1U a in, 441p m, daily except Sunday; and 787 a in, Jll pm. Sunday. Trains leave Deringer for Tomhick -n, Cran berry, Hai wood, HazJeton Junction und 'loan at 2 ~0, 5 *0 p in, duily except Sunday; ana J 87 a in, u U7 p iu, suuduy. Trains leave sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Hoau, Harwood Hoad, Oneida Junction, llazle ton Junction and Hoau at 7 11 am, 12 40, 622 P m, daily except Sunday; and 8 li a m, 8 44 p ui, Sunday. Trams leave Sheppton for lleavcr Meadow Road, Stockton, llazle Brook, Eekley, Jeddo and Dritton at 522 p m, daily, except Sunday; ** a m ' :i R I' lll * Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meadow Hoad, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eekley, Jeddo and Drifton at 6 45, b2b p m, daily, except Sumluy; and 10 10 a in, 5 40 p in, Sunday. All trains connect at llazleton Junction with electric-ears lor Hazleton, Jeanesvillo, Audcn rled and other points on the Traction Com pany's line. Trains leaving Drifton at 6510, 000 am make connection at Deringoi with P. R. R. trains lor Wilkesbarre, Suubury, Tiarrisburg and | oiuts west. For the accommodation of passengers at way stations between Hazleton Junction and Der tngcr, a train will leave the former point at iiiO p iu, daily, except Sunduy, arriving at Deringer at 5 00 p in. LUTHER C. SMITH, Superintendent. BREVITIES Every stranger who enters the wniro House is counted by nil luitoinnlle register. The instrument is held in the hand of one of the watchmen sta tioned at the door, and for every vis itor lie pushes tlie Imtton. Congress men. senators, members of the cabinet and newspaper men are not counted. The extraordinary unlienlthiness of some parts of Assam is fully detailed in a recent report. In the Surma val ley, which is estimated to contain about 2,1300,000 people, there were only 75.000 births In ISPS, but 04,000 deaths. Also in the Assam valley there were only 71.021 births and 85,000 deaths. A houseboat which has attracted at tention for several years on Long Is land sound Is not only a luxury, but an economy to its owner. He Is mar ried and lias two small children. Dur ing the winter he boards In New York, and as soon as the weather permits he moves Ids family to bis houseboat, and there they stay all summer. The tax budget of the city of Paris Is $75,000,000 a year, or about $10,000,000 less than the amount to bo raised in the city of New York from taxes tills year. The volume of taxation would be considerably greater ill Paris but for the fact that many functions which are in New York chargeable to munici pal-expenses are in the French capital paid for from national appropriations. Machine Mnili> Jokes. Some time ago a fellow got lip a little booU Riving lilnts on i, ow tll tlo funny. Copies of this book nre evi dently in common use by the fenny men connected with many of our news papers. \\ It n ess this spec linen joke attributed to n Chicago paper: lie—Mho Is that ugly old woman over there by the piano? She—Oh. that's Mine. Cosmetlque, the famous beauty specialist. The book tells just how to make this class of jokes In bulk. The same Idea will do for a whole batch. "He" asks: "\\ ho Is that hahlhcadod man?" "Site" answers: "That is Dr. Quncknostrum, the llair Iteuewer man." Again, "He" asks: "What is the matter with those crying brats?" And "She" responds: "Their mother has gone to lecture on the training of children." Once you catch the Idea you cntt produce funny things of this kind automatically, and If yon are a funny man on a news paper your readers will laugh every time and other papers will quote your jokes and give your paper credit for them.—Pathfinder. Read - the - Tribune.