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FREELAND, SEPTEMBER 17, 1900.
End of the Horton Law.
Boxing la now not legal In New York
state. A great many sporting men of
the better class think this Is a good
thing for the game. There are a great
many people who like to see a good ex
hibition of scientific boxing, but will
not countenance the slugging matches
and disgraceful scenes witnessed under
the Horton law In New York. One of
the things that went a good way to
ward causing the repeal of the Ilorton
law was that the promoters and others
worked so many fakes In on the public.
Boxing in New York has Indirectly
had a good deal to do with the decline
In interest noted in many athletic
sports in the past few years. The yel
low journals came out every morning
and evening with their sporting pages
completely filled with large pictures of
fighters posed In every imaginable po
sition and the remaining space with
gossip of the "pugs." People who read
such papers naturally came to the con
clusion that boxing was the only sport
left. In small type, put in here and
there to fill up space, would be short
accounts of the doings ou the tennis
courts, baseball diamonds and other
places of sport. People flaturally began
to think other sports were not flourish
ing and of small Interest and that box
ing was the only live one left.
There Is an old Chinese legend, per
haps the oldest of the traditional lore
of the Middle Kingdom, as it relates to
the very beginning of the empire, that
the first of the Chinese emperors was
half dragon and half ox, who set up his
government In precisely the region
whither, if reports be true, the royal
family and clan have betaken them
selves to escape "the foreign devils."
There seem to be some elements of
truth In the story that the Chinese em
pire began and gradually grew up
around the province of Shensi, and
there Is significance at least for the
fanciful that after many centuries—so
many indeed that they cannot be num
bered with any degree of accuracy—
the Chinese imperial court is again in
its earliest home. It has traveled a
wide orbit in the Intervening ages, but
it returns to the starting point scarcely
changed from what tradition says it
was originally. The description of the
first emperor as half dragon and half
ox is of course figurative, but the figure
is not altogether inappropriate as ap
plied to his latter day successors. One
must trust to imagination for an idea
as to the Intellectual qualities of a
dragon, but they are probably ruthless
and malicious, while we generally re
gard the ox as stupid and strong. If
these are not the traits of the actual
holder of the Imperial title, they are
remarkably well developed in the real
holders of power, who are using him as
a helpless Instrument. Thus the resem
blance between the old and new re
mains perfect, and the ancient legend
holds true today.
There is a general impression that
the Chinese language, being made up
largely of words of one syllable, Is easy
to learn, but this hardly appears to be
the case. The tongue of the Celestials
has plenty of monosyllables, but those
who speak It usually have to employ
more of them to convey their meaning
than they who speak the Anglo-Saxon.
For example, "Go there" in Canton
Chinese is "Iloay-gaw-chew-ee," which
is three syllables more than the Anglo-
Saxon. "Come here" is "Loy-ha-clia."
"Can you Is "Nung-but-nung-ah?" And
"What is your name" Is "Ne-qu-zu-mut
me-ung-ah?" These examples are quoted
from a circular to American soldiers in
tended to enable them to learn some
thing of Chinese. They seem to show
that the soldier has a hard task before
him to pick up even a few Chiuese
phrases and that as a world conqueror
the Chinese language has no chance
with the Anglo-Saxon.
The progressive nations of the world are II e
greut food consuming nations. Good food we 1
digested gives strength. If you cannot digest
all you eat, you need Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It
digests what vou eat You need not diet your
self. It contains all of the digest ants com tuned
wit h the best known tonics and reconstructive?.
It. will even digest all classes of foods in u bottle.
Noother preparation will do this. It instantly
relieves and quickly cures all stomach trouble.
Grover's City drug store.
Smoke and chew Kendall, Clock it
CO.'H XXXX union-made. Mnftd by
the Clock Tobacco Co., Scranton, I'a.
ISR. ROOSEVELT'S REPLY
Formally Accepts Vice Presi
dential Nomination.
THE LEADING ISSUES DISCUSSED.
Governor DevoleH Much Space to
the Philippine Quentton. Which.
He Sny N. IN Not a Xew One— lll* tory
of ICspitiiMion.
New York, Sept. 17.—Governor Roose
velt's letter of acceptance of the nomina
tion for vice president lias been issued.
Governor Roosevelt says:
1 accept the nomination as vice president of
the United Stated tendered me by the Republican
national convention with u very deep sense of the
honor conferred upon me and with an infinitely
deeper sense of the vital importance to the whole
country of securing the re-election of President
Mcßinley. The nation's welfare is at stake. We
must continue the work which hus been so well
begun during the present administration. We
must show in fashion incapable of being misun
derstood that the American people, at the begin
ning of the twentieth century, face their duties in
a calm and serious spirit; that they have no in
tention of permitting fully or lawlessness to mar
the extraordinary material well being which they
have attained at home, nor yet of permitting their
fing to be dishonored abroad.
Fundamentally and primarily the present con
test is a contest for the continuance of the con
ditions which have told in favor of our muterial
welfare and of our civil ami political integrity. If
this nution is to retain either its well being or its
self respect, it cunnot afford to plunge into finan
cial and economic chaos; it cannot afford to in
dorse governmental theories which would unsettle
the standard of national honesty and destroy the
integrity of our system of justice. The policy of
the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1
is a policy fraught with destruction to every home
in the land. It means untold misery to the head
of every household and, above all, to the women
and children of every home.
When our opponents champion free silver at 10
to 1 they are either insincere or sincere in their
nttitude. If insincere in their championship, they
of course forfeit all right to belief or support on
any ground. If sincere, then they are a menace
to the welfare of the country. Whether they
shout their sinister purpose or merely whisper it
makes but little difference, save as it reflects their
own honesty. No issue can be paramount to the
issue they thus make, for the paramountcy of such
an issue is to be determined not by the dictum of
any man or body of inen, but by the fact that it
vitally affects the well being of every home in the
land. The financial question is always of such
farreaching and tremendous importance to the na
tional welfare that it can never be raised in good
faith unless this tremendous importance is not
merely conceded, But insisted on. Men who are
not willing to make such nn issue paramount have
no possible justification for raising it at all, for
under such circumstances their act cannot under
any conceivable circumstances do aught but great
harm.
Tin? Trnut Problem.
One of the serious problems with which we are
confronted under the conditions of our modern in
dustrial civilization is that presented by the great
business combinations which are generally knovyn
under the name of trusts.
The problem is an exceedinly difficult one, and
the difficulty is immensely aggravated both by
honest but wrong headed attacks on our whole
industrial system in the effort to remove some of
the evils connected with it ami by the mischiev
ous advice of men who either think crookedly or
who advance remedies knowing them to be in
effective. but deeming that they may, by darken
ing counsel, achieve for themselves a spurious rep
utation for wisdom. No good whatever is sub
served by indiscriminate denunciation of corpora
tions generally and of all forms of industrial com
bination in particular, and when this public de
nunciation is accompanied by private membership
in the great corporations denounced the effect is
of course to give an air of insincerity to the
whole movement. Nevertheless, there are real
abuses, and there is ample reason for striving to
remedy these abuses. A crude or ill considered
effort to remedy them would either be absolutely
without effect or else would simply do damage.
The first thing to do is to find out the facts,
and for this purpose publicity as to capitalization,
profits and all else of importance to the public is
the most useful measure. The mere fact of this
publicity would in itself remedy certain evils, and
as to the others it would in some cases point out
the remedies and would at least enable us to tell
whether or not certain proposed remedies would
be useful. The state acting in its collective ca
pacity would thus first find out the facts and then
be able to take such measures as wisdom dictated.
Much ran be done bv taxation. Even more can be
done by regulation, by close supervision and the
unsparing excision of all unhealthy, destructive
and antisocial elements. The separate state gov
ernments can do a great deal, and where they de
cline to co-operate the national government must
E\|ia u* ion.
While paying heed to the necessity of keeping
our house in order at homo the American people
cunnot, if they wish to retain their self respect,
refrain from doing their duty as a great nation
in the world. The history of the nation is in
large part the history of the nation's expansion.
When the tiisl Continental congress met in Lib
erty hall ami the 13 original states declared them
selves a nation, the westward limit of the coun
try was marked by the Alleghany mountains.
Even during the Revolutionary war the work of
expansion went on. Kentucky, Tennessee and the
great northwest, then known as the Illinois coun
try, were conquered from our white and Indian
foes during the Revolutionary struggle and were
confirmed to us by the treaty of peace in 17H3.
Yet the land thus confirmed was not then given
to us. It was held by an alien foe until the
army under General Anthony Wayne freed Ohio
from the red man, while the treaties of Jay and
l'inckney secured from the Spanish and British
Natchez and Detroit.
In 1803, under President Jefferson, the greatest
single stride in expansion that we ever took was
taken by the purchase of the Louisiana territory.
This so called Louisiana, which included what
are now the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Louisi
ana, lowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, North
and South Dakota, Idaho, Montana ami a large
part of Colorado and I'tah, was acquired by treaty
and purchased under President Jefferson exactly
and precisely as the Philippines have been ac
quired by treaty and purchase under President
McKinley. The doctrine of "the consent of the
governed," the doctrine previously enunciated by
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, was
not held by him of by any other sane man to ap
ply to the Indian tribes in the Louisiana territory
which he thus acquired, and there was no vote
taken even of the white inhabitants, not to speak
of the negroes and Indians, as to whether they
were willing that their territory should be annex
ed. The grent majority of the inhabitants, white
and colored alike, were bitterly opposed to the
transfer.
Inmirrrctlon In l.ouiNiniin.
An armed force of United States soldiers had to
be hastily Font into the territory to prevent in
surrection, President Jefferson sending these
troops to Louisiana for exactly the same reasons
and with exactly the same purpose that Presi
dent McKinley has sent troops to the Philippines.
Jefferson distinctly stated that the Louisinnans
were "not fit or ready for self government," and
years elapsed before they were given self govern
ment, Jefferson appointing the governor and oth
er officials without any consultation with the in
habitants of the newly acquired territory. The
doctrine that the "constitution follows the flag"
was not then even considered either by Jefferson
or by any other serious party leader, for It never
entered their heads that a new territory should
be governed other than in the way in which the
territories of Ohio and Illinois had already been
governed under Washington and the elder Ad
ams. The theory known by this utterly false and
misleading phrase was only struck out in po
litical controversy at n much later date for the
sole -purpose of justifying the extension of slav
ery into the territories.
The parallel between what Jefferson did with
Louisiana and what is now being done in the
Philippines is exact. Jefferson, the author of the
Declaration of Independence and of the "consent
of the governed" doctrine, saw no incongruity
between this and the establishment of a govern
tnont on common sense grounds in the new
ritory.
Governor Roosevelt then recites the
history of the acquisition of Florida,
Alaska and Hawaii, likening it to the his
tory of the annexation of the Philippines,
and closes as follows:
Properly speaking, the question is now not
whether we shall expand—for we have already
expanded—but whether we shall contract. The
Philippines ure now part of American territory.
To surrender them would he to surrender Amer
ican territory. They must, of course, he gov
erned primarily in the interests of their own
citizens. Our first care must he for the people of
the islands which have eoine under our guardian
ship as a result of the most righteous foreign
war that has been waged within the memory of
the present generation. They must be udminis
tcn*d in the interests of their inhabitants, and
that necessarily means that any question of per
sonal or partisan polities in their administra
tion must be entirely eliminated. We must con
tinue to put at the head of atTairs in the differ
ent islands such men us General Wood, Governor
Allen and Judge Taft, and it is a most fortunate
tiling that we are able to illustrate what ought
to be done in the way of sending officers thither
by pointing out what actually has been done.
The minor places in their administration, where
it is impossible to fill them by natives, must be
filled by the strictest application of the merit
system. It is very important that in our own
home administration the merely ministerial and
administrative offices, where the duties are en
tirely nonpoliticul, shall lie filled absolutely with
out reference to partisan affiliations, but tiiis is
many times more important in the newly acquir
ed islands. The merit systetm is in its essence
as democratic as our common school system, for
it simply means equal chances and fair play for
all.
(■ovorniiiu; the Inlands.
It must be remembered always that governing
these islands in the interest of the inhabitants
may not necessarily be to govern them as the
inhabitants at the moment prefer. To grant self
government to Luzon under Aguinaldo would be
like granting self government to an Apache res
ervation under some local chief, and this is no
more altered by the fact that the Filipinos fought
the Spaniards than it would lie by the fact that
Apaches have long been trained and employed
in the United States army and huve rendered sig
nal srviee therein; just as the I'awnees did under
the administration of President Grant; just as
the Stoekbridge Indians did in the days of Gen
oral Washington and the friendly tribes of the Six
Nations in the days of President Madison.
There are now in the United States communi
ties of Indians which have advanced so far that
it has been possible to embody them as a whole
in our political system, all the members of the
tribe becoming United States citizens. There are
other communities where the bulk of the tribe
is still too wild for it to ne possible to take such
a step. There are individuals among the Apaches,
Pawnees, Iroquois, Sioux and other tribes who
are now United States citizens and who are en
titled to stand and do stand on an absolute equal
ity with all our citizens of pure whHe blood.
Men of Indian blood are now serving in the army
ind navy and in congress and occupy high posi
tion both in the business and the political world.
There is every reason why as rapidly as an In
dian or any body of Indians becomes fit for self
government he <fl - it should he granted the fullest
equality with the whites, hut there would be no
justification whatever in treating this fact as a
reason for abandoning the wild tribes to work
out their own destruction. Exactly tlie same
reasoning applies in the case of the Philippines.
To turn over the islands to Aguinaldo and liis fol
lowers would not be to give self government to
the islanders. Under no circumstances would the
majority thus gain self government. They would
simply be put at the mercy of a syndicate of
Chinese half breeds, under whom corruption
would flourish far more freely than ever it flour
ished under Tweed, while tyrannical oppression
would obtain to a degree only possible under such
an oligarchy.
Ferryboat In Collision.
New York. Sept. 17.—The Pennsylva
nia Railroad company's fast ferryboat
New Brunswick just after leaving her
slip at the foot of Cortlandt street,
North river, for Jersey City was run into
by a steam yacht, the name of which
could not be seen. No person was in
jured on board the ferryboat, but great
excitement prevailed until the passen
gers were assured of the safety of the
vessel. The New Brunswick was struck
amidships, making a hole ten feet in
diameter in the ferryboat's side above the
water line. When the yacht got clear, it
was seen that her stem was badly stove
in, her foremast cut away and her main
mast broken above the masthead. The
New Brunswick lay by until it was seen
that the yacht was in no danger, then
went to Jersey City. The yacht proceed
ed down the river.
Howards For Foreigners* Heads.
Victoria, B. C., Sept. 17.—The finding
of the heads of foreigners in sacks car
ried by Chinamen, which has been a fre
quent occurrence since the outbreak of
the Boxer uprising, has an explanation
in news brought by the steamer Brecon
shire from the orient. It is related that
in the memoranda of the viceroy of Yu-lu
was found this grewsome entry: "Paid
100 taels for heads of two American ma
rines killed in advance to the relief of
Tien-tsin." At an engagement at the
llsi arsenal a Chinaman was killed who
had a sack in which was the head of
Watkins of the United States marines.
Shot ly n ( oloii<*l.
Atlanta, Sept. 17.—A special to The
Constitution from Covington, On., says
Colonel Usher Thomason, in command of
the Second Georgia, shot and perhaps
fatally wounded Otto Fowler. Both men
were armed, but Fowler was prevented
from shooting Colonel Thomason by his
(Fowler's) brother, who was with him.
The shooting took place in front of
Fowler's residence. The trouble between
the two men is said to he of long stand
ing. Colonel Thouuisou's home is at
Madison.
Gallantry of Gcrnuin Cavalry.
Victoria, B. C., Sept. 17. —A story of
gallantry in which Dr. Scliramier and 10
German cavalrymen were the actors is
brought from tin- orient by the steamer
Breconshire. They attacked Taetse
chwong, sealing tin? walls, opeidng the
gates and rushing the ynmen. Then they
took the officials prisoners and made
them revoke their hostile proclamations.
The ill treatment of Christians in the
city was instantly stopped.
Lleatenunt (■ iliMon llron K m Down.
Chicago, Sept. 17.—Lieutenant Gibson,
the great .'l-year-old who was the short
favorite in the American Derby and for
whom *2<>,gnu was refused by Charles
llead Smith, hns broken down complete
ly. Mr. Smith said he would be retired
to the stud and as soon as possible will
be shipped to Lexington, Ky.
llnil Firi* In AiiiNli*rilniii, \. V.
Amsterdam, N. Y., Sept. 17.—The large
dry goods store of Young & Striker in
this place has been entirely destroyed
by fire. The bookstore of Seeley A* Con
over and the furniture store of Hanson
A Dickson were damaged by smoke and
water. The total loss is *40,000, par
tially covered by insurance.
Proinlit c nl -101 in Irn Man Dead.
Klmirn, N. Y., Sept. 17.—Thomas Ger
ity, the oldest contractor and builder in
this city, is dead at the age of 84. He
constructed many of the finest public and
private buildings in Elmira. He is sur
vived by one sou, W. S. Gerity. head of
the wholesale drughouse of Gerity Bros.
TUJN IMPEACHED BY LI
Recognizes Necessity of His
Punishment.
VON KETTELER'S ASSASSIN SHOT.
Comm iNMloner Hocklilll Starts For
lVkliiK-llenKal Lancer* Rescue n
Com pit iiy of Fourteenth American
Infantry—Other SliiiiiKhnl News,
London, Sept. 17.—A Shanghai dis
patch to The Times says:
"I learn on trustworthy authority that
before his departure Li Ilung Chang,
having been convinced by his interviews
with Mr. Kockhill and Dr. Milium von
Sehwartzeustein that it would be useless
to discuss any settlement excluding the
punishment of the empress dowager and
her chief advisers, sent a telegraphic
memorial to the throne impeaching
Prince Tuan, Prince Chang and Tsailan,
Prince Tunu's brother, as well as Kang
i, president of the war board, and Chao
Shu Chiao, commissioner of the railway
and mining bureau and president of the
hoard of punishment.
"Earl Li. being unable to consult the
viceroys <f Nankin and Woo-chang, in
scribed their names to the memorial, tak
ing their consent for granted, but it ap
pears that the Woo-chang viceroy disap
proves of the use of his name. This
means a rupture with a large and influ
ential party.
"The staff of Li Ilung Chang includes
a son of Marquis Tseng, Yang Tsung Yi
and Liu Scueli Sluing. The scene of em
barkation was almost squalid. Sheng
declined to accompany Earl Li on the
plea of illness. It is asserted that Li
Hung Chang endeavored to obtain from
the Shanghai fiulhorities 20,000 taels, the
cost of his recent telegrams to St. Peters
burg. The taotai refused to pay in the
absence of orders.
"Dr. Munun von Sehwartzeustein in an
interview with Sheng expressed tin l opin
ion that, although the powers were
averse to the partition of China, any de
lay in negotiating was calculated to pro
duce that result and that Germany was
prepared to remain in occupation indefi
nitely pending a satisfactory settlement.
"Earl Li accordingly telegraphed to
General Yung Lit to use every effort to
persuade the empress dowager and em
peror to return to Peking and to remove
Priuee Tuan and his entourage."
The Peking correspondent of The Dai
ly News says that the assassin of Baron
von Ketteler hns been shot.
The Morning Post's representative at
Peking says that tin* question is being
discussed of souding relief to a few
British, French and American engineers
who are besieged in a city 200 miles
south of Peking.
Hiinn I a ii l.cKiition Leaves IVkiiiK.
It is probable that the Russian legation
has already been removed from Peking
to Tien tsin, but there is no definite news
as yet as to whether Li Huug Chang will
after all go to Peking.
The Americans have begun at Ho-si
wn a permanent telegraph line between
Peking and Tien-tsin.
Shanghai advices say that a house hns
been engaged there for Count von Wal
dersee, who is expected to arrive next
Saturday.
Chinese officials estimate that 20.000
disbanded Chinese soldiers by the simple
expedient of turning their coats managed
to remain behind in Peking.
Other dispatches confirm the report
that in addition to Hsu Tung, guardian
of the heir apparent: Yu Lu, viceroy of
Chi-li, and Wang Yi Yung, president of
the Imperial academy, with 200 members
of official families, committed suicide
when the allies entered Peking.
Chinese regulars are reported to have
relieved the Roman Catholic stronghold
at 110-ohien, in the province of Chi-li,
which the Boxers had been besieging
since June.
It is reported from Shanghai that the
Russians have seized valuable railway
property at Tien-tsin in defiance of the
protests of the British commander.
Dr. Morrison, the Peking correspond
ent of The Times, in the course of a lo :g
dispatch dated Sept. 5 continues to pro
test against the evacuation of the capi
tal. but ho agrees with the Peking cor
respondent of The Morning Post that
the withdrawal of the Russian troops,
owing to their barbarous habits, would be
an unmixed benefit.
He asserts that further convincing
proofs have been obtained of the inten
tion of the empress dowager to massacre
all the foreigners. Prince Cliing. ho says,
fails to realize the real situation, evi
dently being convinced that all the pow
ers can he squared by the payment of a
money indemnity.
li'iiKitl Lancers Itcscncil Anierlcnim.
Tien-tsin. Sept. 17. Mr. William
Woodvlllo Rockhill, special representa
tive of the United States in China, has
left for Peking. In an interview before
leaving he said he did not expect to re
main there more than a few (lays. The
Tu-liu expedition has returned to Tien
tsin. The march hack was unopposed,
and it is reported that the Boxers have
retired in force to a village 30 miles up
the Graud canal. The Americans did not
participate in the burning and looting of
Tu-liu, and this caused much comment
among the commanders. The Sixth Unit
ed Stall's cavalry, it is reported here,
have been ordered to camp at Ynng-tsun,
up the Pei-Ho, with a view of
strengthening the line of communica
tions. The regiment will take two heavy
guns.
Corporal Hughes of the Third United
States artillery was killed and his com
panion wounded while trying to force a
passage of the French bridge after dark.
Yankee Marines Looted n Mint.
Hancock, Mil., Sept. 17.—Henry Buck
holder, on board the United States flag
ship Brooklyn, now at Taku, China,
writes to friends here under date of Aug.
10 describing the battle of Tien-tsin. lie
says that immediately after the surrender
of the Chinese the looting began. The
American marines started for a mint and
ransacked it, obtaining n large amount
of silver bullion, which the officers after
ward took from them. One soldier, the
letter states, got a box full of diamonds
for which Admiral Seymour offered him
$20,000.
rwciity-one Fisliliia Schooner* I.list,
St. John's, N. F., Sept. 17.—Seven fish
ing schooners have gone ashore at
Conohe, on the French treaty coast; four
at Engiee, three at Griquet, five at Croc
and seven at Quirpon. All are likely to
go to pieces. About 40 others have been
more or less seriously damaged by the
storm. Fortunately no lives were ldst,
as all the vessels were in port at the time.
1 KILL PRO-AMERICANS.
Armed Filipino* Pat Tea Country
men to Deutli.
Manila. Sept. 17.—During the last fort
night ten Filipinos in Luzon and the Vl
sayas, known as American sympathizers
or as aiding in the conduct of municipal
governments established by the Ameri
cans, have been murdered by their coun
trymen in arms.
The provinces of Morong and Laguna
continue tranquil.
United States troops originally destined
for China, but now diverted to the Phil
ippines, are being sent to points where
they are most needed.
Last week 40 Filipinos were killed.
One American was killed, three were
wounded, and two were captured.
Mr. Wright of the Philippine commis
sion is preparing a bill for harbor im
provements here. It contemplates an
appropriation of $1,000,000 gold for the
construction of protective dockage. The
proposal is favorably commented upon,
especially by the Spaniards, and the car
rying out of the work, which will be
completed in about 18 months, will he
greatly beneficial to commerce.
At the commission's session next
Wednesday a civil service bill will be in
troduced. It will provide for a civil serv
ice board consisting of one Filipino and
two Americans. The examinations in the
United States will be held by the Wash
ington civil service commission and those
here by army boards appointed at Wash
ington.
KRUGER'S PLANS.
WnrNliln Offered by Holland to Con
vey 111 in to That Country.
London, Sept. 17.—A dispatch from
Lisbon states that the Portuguese gov
ernment has telegraphed to the governor
of Mozambique authorizing the departure
of Mr. Kruger for Europe.
The governor, however, must satisfy
himself that Mr. Kruger is really going
to Europe. Meanwhile he is instructed
to tnko all precautions to safeguard the
personal security of Mr. Krugen.
The government of the Netherlands
has telegraphed to Loureneo Marques
offering a Dutch warship to bring Mr.
Kruger to Holland.
Mrs. Ivrugcr, according to a dispatch
to The Daily Express, has arrived in
Loureneo Marques.
The Lisbon papers say that Mr. Kru
ger will take the German steamer Iler
zog at Lourefico Marques, his destination
being Holland by the way of Marseilles.
A dispatch from Gape Town states
that the military authorities have taken
over the Netherlands railway.
General Mac Donald, operating in the
northeastern corner of Orange Colony,
compelled the Boers to make a hasty
flight from the Vet river. He captured
31 wagons, a quantity of cattle and
stores ami 05,000 rounds of rifle ammu
nition.
Iron anil Sti*ol In Pennsylvania.
Harrishurg, Sept. 17.—A compilation
of the annual returns to the state bureau
of industrial statistics shows that in 1880
Pennsylvania produced 0.542,008 gross
tons of pig iron, the value of which was
nearly $100.0(10,000. An average of 15,-
347 workmen were employed during the
year in the making of pig iron, the aver
age yearly earnings of skilled and un
skilled labor being *405.18. Pennsylva
nia produced 0,440.159 gross tons of steel
of all kinds in 1800, or over 00 per cent
of the production of the United States.
The number of workmen employed in the
steel industry of the state independent
of those employed in the rolling of black
plate was 09,082, their average yearly
earnings being $550. The aggregate
value of the .'131.083,734 pounds of tin
and terne plate produced by the 25 es
tablishments in Pennsylvania last year
was $12,105,870. Twenty-three compa
nies produced pig iron in 1800, Allegheny
heading the list with a production of
3,278,420 tons.
Greek Warship at I'll ilnili*liiliin.
Philadelphia. Sept. 17. The first Greek
warship that has ever visited the United
States dropped anchor in the Delaware
river last night a short distance below
this city. The vessel is the corvette
Nattnrclms Miaulis. which sailed from
the Piraeus on the 17th of July and has
visited Malta, Gibraltar, Madeira, the
Cape Verde islands, Martinique and St.
Thomas, Danish West Indies, from which
latter port she sailed last Monday. The
Nauarchos Miaulis is used as a training
ship and has on hoard a number of naval
cadets. The vessel was sent to Phila
delphia by the king of Greece in order
that the naval cadets on hoard may have
an opportunity to visit the shipyards on
the Delaware river as well as the great
steel plants of Pennsylvania. After her
visit to this city the vessel will proceed
to New York and Boston.
Primaries In llnviiun.
Havana, Sept. 17.—1n the elections of
delegates to the forthcoming constitu
tional convention the National party
again triumphed In the province of Ha
vana. Not only did it elect the five dele
gates of the majority representation, hut
It also captured one of the minority rep
resentatives, the Republican party elect
ing tlu other two—namely, Manuel Snu
guily and Berriel. Returns from the oth
er provinces come in slowly owing to the
heavy rains. In Pinar del Rio there
seems to he no doubt of the election of
Gonzalo de Quesado, Rius Rivera and
Civil Governor Quiles. Nothing definite
is yet known here as to Santiago because
of the difficulty in getting returns from
the outlying country districts there, but
it is reported that Juan Gualberto Go
mez is elected.
DiovNon'M Output,
Vancouver, B. C„ Sept. 17. W. A.
Bacr, a mining engineer of this city, has
just returned from Dawson. He says
that, according to the latest information
in the possession of the gold commission
er's office at Dawson, royalty will he paid
this season on $10,000,000. The actual
clean up will be $0,000,000 more. Just
before Bner left Dawson encouraging re
ports had come from Stewart river plac
ers, 200 miles distant, and that another
exodus to that river had taken place.
Good reports have also come from Little
Salmon.
Fire In Brie, Pn.
Erie, Pa., Sept. 17.—Fire broke out
yesterday in the p'.nnt of the Erie Litho
graphing and Printing works, doing dam
age to the amount of between $40,000
and $50,000. The loss is fully covered
by insurance. The firm will continue to
fill orders promptly with the assistance of
the other printing offices in the city.
Weather For const.
Partly cloudy and cooler today; fair
tomorrow; fresh to brisk northwesterly
Winds on the lakes.
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
Slay 27, 11)00.
AHKANQEMENT or PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FHEELAND.
0 12 a m lor Weatherly,' Muuch Chunk,
Allen town, Betlileliem, Euston, Phila
delphia and New York.
7 40 u m lor .Sandy Hun, White Haven,
Wilkes-llarre, Pittaton and Heranton.
8 18 u in lor Hazleton, Muhunoy City,
Shenandoah, Ashland, Weatherly,
Muucli Chunk, Allen to vrn, llethleheui,
Easton, Philadelphia and New York,
i 9 30 a m lor Huzletou, Mahanoy City, Shen
andoah, Ait. Caruiel, Shamokin and
Pottsville.
1 1 46 a in lor Sandy Hun, White Haven,
Wllkes-Harre, scrautou Und all points
West.
1 30 P in for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Al
ieutowii, liethiehem, Easton, Philadel
phia and New York.
4 42 p iu lor Ha/.leton, Mahanoy City, Shen
andoah, Mt. Caruiel, shuiuokiu and
Pottsville, Weatherly, Maueh chunk,
Allentown, Bethlehem, Easlou, Phila
delphia and New York.
0 34 P in for Sandy Hun, White Haven,
Wilkes-Harre, scrautou und all points
West.
7 29 P in lor Ha/.leton, Mahanoy City, Shen
andoah, Alt. Caruiel und Shuiuokiu.
AIiHIVE AT FHEELAND.
7 40 a m from Weatherly, Pottsville, Ash
land, Sheuaudouh, Mahanoy City and
Hazleton.
9 17 am from Philadelphia, Easton, Bethle
hem, Allentown, Maueli Chunk, Weath
erly, Hazleton, .Mahanoy City, Shenan
doah, Ait. Caruiel und Shainokui.
9 30 a in from Scrautou, Wilkes-Harre und
White Haven.
1 1 46 a in l'roui Pottsville, Shamokin, Mt.
Caruiel, Sheuuudouh, Mahanoy City
and Hazleton.
12 66p in Irom New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Hethlchuni, Allentown, Muueh
Chunk und Weatherly.
4 42 |> in from Scrautou, Wilkcs-Hurre ami
White Huven.
0 34 p in from Now York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Potts
ville, shamokin, Mt. Caruiel, sheuuu
douh, Mahanoy City and Hazleton.
7 29 p ni lroiu Scruntou, Wilkes-Harre and
White Haven.
For 1 uriner lntormation inquire of Ticket
Agents.
uuLijlN H.WI LIJUH, General Superintendent,
20 Cortiundt street. New York City.
CHAS. S. LEI., General I'astenser Agent,
20 Cortlandt Street. New York City.
J. T. KEITH, Division Superintendent,
Hazleton, Pa.
THE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND
SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table Hi effect April 18, 1807.
Trains leave Urifton tor Jed do, Eukley, Hazle
Urook, Stockton, Heaver -Meadow Houd, Hoan
and Hazleton Junction at 6 Bb, 0 uu u in, daily
except Sunday; und 7 U8 a m, 2 ;mj p in, Sunday.
Truinsleuve Drifton lor Harwood,Cranberry,
Touiiuckeu and Deri tiger ut 6 BU, 0 UJ a in, daily
except Sunday; and 7 U8 a in, 286 p in, Sun
day.
Traius leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
llarwood Hoad, Humboldt Houd, Oneida and
Sheppton ut oOb am, daily except Sun
day; and i 03 a ra, 2 88 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton J unction l'or Harwood,
Cranberry, Tomhioken and Derlnger at 085 a
ui, daily except Sunday; und 8 68 a in, 4 22 p in,
Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Hoad, Humboldt Houd,
Oneida und Sheppton at 0 82, 11 111 a in, 4 41 p ui,
daily except Sunday; and 7 87 a in, 811 pin,
Sunday.
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhick n. Cran
berry, Hat wood, Huzieton Junction and Bonn
at 2 26, 6 40 p in, daily except Sunday; ana J 87
a m, 6 07 p m, suuduy.
Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Hoad, Harwood Houd, Oneida Junction, Hazle
ton Junction and Hoan at 7 11 am, 12 40, 622
p in, uaily except Sunday; and all a ni, 844
p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow
| Hoad, Stockton, llazlo Brook, Eokley, Jeddo
and Drilton at 5 22 p in, daily, except Sunday;
l and 8 11 a in, 8 14 p m, Sunday.
1 Train* leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Hoad, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at 5 46, 020 p m, dally,
except Sunday; and 10 10 a in, 6 40 p in, Sunday.
All traius connect at Hazleton Junction with
electric ears tor Hazleton, Jeanes\ ille, Auden
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drilton ut 5 :>O, 0 00 a m make
connection at Deringer with P. H. H. trains lor
W ilkesbaric, Sunbury, liarrisbuig and i oiuts
west.
For the accommodation of passengers at way
stations boiwoeu Hazleton Junction und lJer-
I inger, a train will leave the foruier point at
| iuO p in, daily, except Suuduy, arriving at
I Deringer at a U) p m.
LUTHEIt C. SMITH, Superintendent.
The lint mid the Title.
There is nu amusing English defini
tion of "gentleman." It is "A man who
wears a silk hat, and if lie lias no other
title insists upon having 'Esq.' added to
his name when letters are addressed to
him."
i The west end Londouer of social
! pretensions accepts this definition in
j practice. Summer and winter, In rain
i or shine, he wears a high silk hat in
| the streets of London and carries it
into the drawing room when he pays
an afternoon call. It is only when ho
: takes a train for the provinces or for
the continent that lie ventures to use
more comfortable headgear.
lie also expects to have the distinc
tion of "esquire" when a. letter is ad
dressed to htm and is highly offended
if he finds ou the envelope the prefix
"Mr." As a matter of fact the num
ber of English gentlemen who are le
gally entitled to the mediaeval honors
of "esquire" is insignificant. It is a
self assumed title which signifies noth
ing that is substantial in rank or priv
ilege.
In common use in London "esquire"
simply means that the person so ad
dressed does not choose to be associ
ated with tradesmen and ordinary
working people and that he is a "gen
tleman" who invariably wears a silk
tat.—Youth's Companion.
xva co .i race a to nope.
When the Empress Frederick, eldest
daughter of Queen Victoria, was a lit
tle girl, her disposition, to the great
grief of the queen, was haughty and
arrogant. Once, when about to embark
on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert,
she was lifted across to the deck of the
boat by one of the sailors, who, as ho
was putting her down gently, said,
"There you are, my little lady."
"I am not a 'little lady;' I am a
princess!" was the prompt and indig
nant reply. The queen, who had over
heard the conversation, detained the
man with gesture, and, turning to her
spoiled little daughter, said:
"Tell the kind sailor that you are
much Indebted to him for his civility
and tlrnt, although you are not a 'little
lady' yet, you confidently hope to merit
the title before long."
Cot Their Fee* Anyway.
Mc.Tlgger Young Dr. Downs recent
ly made SSO in a guessing contest.
Thingumbob—The only one who
guessed correctly, eh?
McJigger—Oh, no. Two other doc
tors got the same, and all three of
them guessed wrong. "You see, they
were called in consultation over a pa
tient.—Philadelphia Press.
DJW'I.'J-IMM'V S ' effective pills made arc
. itt > LittleEurlyKrsi'w. Ihe\ are uncmiiii.
oil for nil liver und b wels troubles. Never
grlj-e. Grover's City d yg store.