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The record-union., 1897-12-20
THREATENED STRIKE.
Managing Potters and Emv'oyes
Are SC1sl at Outs.

TRENTON On. j., Dec. 19.-The
managing potters and their employees
are still at outs over the matter Of a
scale Of wages to so into effect on
Christmas, the time when manufacture
ers promised they would restore the
121a per cent. cut made in the wages
Of the men at the time of the passage
OF the Wilson tariff bill. The men do
not want a uniform 1919 per cent raise
of the wages they are now getting, but
want notifications made to meet the
changes that have been made in the
matter of designs of certain lines of
goods and the changes in the demand
for different goods.
Several conferences have been held
without result and the men are threat
ening that unless a satisfactory scale
is agreed 10 by the manufacturers by
Friday nignt they win go on strike. The
manufa cturers will hold a conference on
Tuesday morning at the Colonnade Ho-
tel, Philadelphia, for the purpose of
considering the matter.
The record-union., 1897-12-20

other with the west coast. SO as to have
connection with the Pacific Ocean. The
deal is one of the most important ever
recorded in the mining history of this
country, and the mines under new
ownership will be made some of the
best copper producers in the world.
Railway earnings continue to show a
remarkable increase, and the internal
revenues as well as the customs du-
ties are giving the Government funds
in excess of its actual needs.
The American Club, which is an i'm
portant social organization, will give
a reception to Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
tomorrow night.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
COLLISION AT PONTIAC.
A Brakeman Was Unable to Move
the Switch and Close It.

PONTIAC 0ll), Dec. 19.-An open
switch on the Chicago and Alton Road
was the cause of collision this after
noon between the st. Louis limited
passenger train due here at 1:35 p. m.
and a freight train on the sidetracK.
The brakeman whose duty it was to
close the switch was unable to move
it. The passenger train was approach
ing. He jumped on the track and sig
nailed for it to stop. The engineer ap-
engine, but it was too late and the
passenger went crashing into the
freight. The seriously injured
j. c. Bushner, Boswell, Ind, train
man, arm broken and badly bruised
about the head and face.
John w. White, Bloomington, ILL.,,
fireman, injured internally.
j. w. Jones, Peoria, engineer. injured
internally.
L. j. Sutton, Chicago, baggageman.
slightly bruised.
A. G. Haines, Atlanta, Ill.,, passenger.
bruised.
Miss Minnie Countryman of this city.
cut and bruised
j. c. Bushner was riding between the
baggage car and the tender. The two
engines and two freight cars are total
wrecks.
The damage to other cars can easily
be repaired. The combination baggage
and mail car was derailed and had to
be left here.
The mail and baggage was trans
ferred to another car. The passenger
train was delayed about three hours.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
A SPANISH VICTORY.
Insurgents Destroy a Fort, but
Leave the Soldiers Alive.

HAVANA, Dec 19-The official
statement as to the execution by the
insurgents of Lieutenant-C Colonel Joa-
quin Ruiz says he was shot on Friday
last by order of the insurgent com
mander Alexandra Rodriguez with the
approval of the insurgent commander
Aranguren.
A Spanish detachment at Guamo on
the Cauto River, north of Manzanillo,
in the province of Santiago de Cuba
was besieged, according to official ac-
count, from November Sth to 10Th last
and valiantly repelled the insurgents.
On November 9th fierce attack was
made on the fort by a large body of
insurgents with two cannon. More
than 13O cannon shots made a sieve
OF the fort and destroyed a factory
Finally the insurgents got inside the
wire fence around the fort and called
upon the garrison to surrender. The
garrison still refused to listen to the
demand, and with heroic pride con-
tinued the defense
The insurgents left twenty-six killed
inside of the wire fence and a quantity
of arms and ammunition. which the
garrison used, according to the official
account, 10 pfOIOnS Its desperate de-
fense.
General Aldave, while reconnoitering
in the neighborhood, found the bodies
of three other insurgents and many
graves.
During the siege and the attack on
the fort, the insurgents lost, it is Off
cially asserted, 200 killed and wounded.
The garrison had only six killed and
-i1ir'ty-one wounded. But the fort was
completely destroyed, and the garri-
son was without water, with pestilence
all around and only little pork for
food. General Blanco will recompense
the garrison for their losses.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD.
Death of the Eminent Member of
Parliament at London.

LONDON. Dec. 19.-Sir Frank Lock-
wood. Liberal member of Parliament
from York City since 1885, is dead
Sir Frank Lockwood was a son of
Charles Day Lockwood of Doncaster
and was born in 1916. He was edu-
Gated at the Manchester Grammar
School and Caucus College, Cam
bridge, where he took his degree as
Bachelor Of Arts in 1865. In 1874 he
married Miss Julia Schwab. daughter
of Sails Schwab of Glingarth, Angelsy.
He was called TO the bar at Lincoln Inn
in 1872, and became a @. c. in lSS2 and
a Bencher in 1887. He had been Re-
corder of Sheffield and in 1880 was
Royal Commissioner to inquire into
corrupt practices at Chester election
in 1884 he was Solicitor General. Prior
TO securing his seat in Parliament for
York City, he had unsuccessfully con-
tested the seat In 1883. His knight
hood was effected in 1894. Sir Frank
Lockwood accompanied Baron Russell
pf Killowen. Lord Chief Justice of Eng
land when the latter came TO the Unit
ed States in the summer of lS96 to ad-
dress the American Bar Association at
Saratoga.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT
Pittsburg Will Raise Soldiers
Monument.

PITTSBURG. Dec. 19.-The initial
step toward securing the G. A. r. en-
campn@nt for Pittsburg in 1900 was
taken last night by the Allegheny
County G. n. r. Association, and the
plan will be agitated at the coming
Cincinnati encampment
In connection with the eneampment
II il should be held here. it is proposed
to unveil grand soldiers monument
to cost in the neighborhood of $500. 900
The CT. A. r. encampment of 1898
passed an act empowering each county
TO erect suitable soldiers monument
at the expense of the citizens. the nee
essary amount to be raised by taxa
tion. 1t is believed by the veterans
here also that 1900 will be the last year
The record-union., 1897-12-20
AMERICAN RAILROAD MEN.
CONSUL-GENERA GOODNOW
WARNS THEM.
Tells Them There is no Chance for
Them to Obtain Employ
ment in China.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The first
report to the State Department from
United States Consul-General Good
now at Shanghai, contains warning
to the American railroad men not to
go to China for employment. Says he:
The American only invites starvation
who comes here without a definite con-
tract of employment with some reputa-
BILE firm made before he leaves Ameri-
ca I must advise the United States
railway employees that there is at pres
ent no market for their labor in China,
and should more roads be constructed
there i'll be a market only if these
roads are built by Americans"
The Consul-General says he has had
many inquiries from Americans as to
the chance for employment in China.
so he describes the small Chinese rail-
road systems to show the hopelessness
Of looking in that direction for work.
There are only two railways in opera
ton with a total mileage of 2}312
miles. They employ only twenty-seven
foreigners, of whom four are engineers,
and the managers and division Super
intendents. The operatives are prac-
ticaly all Chinese, and a foreigner can
salaried natives are the telegraph op-
orators, at $40 per month. Engineers
get 500 to $50 and train hands and
track men So to so per month. All
of this is in Mexican silver, worth "A
cents in gold on the dollar. The roads
are paying Is per cent. dividends.
Another road is under construction
from Shanghai to Woo Sung, fourteen
-
work. and on December 18th the first
sod was turned ON the projected road
from Hankow to Peking, the compile
tion of which depends upon the sue
cess of the Belgian syndicate in float
ing it's loan.
Mr.. Goodnow recounts the ambitious
schemes of Director Sheng of the I'm
perial Railway to create a vast system
of railways in Central China. and in
closes a map showing the projects. He
says Sheng's plan Is to build these
roads as money can be borrowed out
side of China He proposes to couple
with the railway loans a Government
loan of $S0,0000oc to pay the balance
of the Japanese war indemnity. In this
way the option of building the Chinese
roads would be held out to the par
ties taking the Government loan and
the support of foreign Governments,
for the Government would be secured
by allowing the syndicates to furnish
all the material and skilled labor need
ed for the railroads. Mr.. Goodnow
points cut that under these conditions
there will be no market for American
railway material or labor unless
Americans furnish the money to build
the railways.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
OFF SPITHEAD.
Prince Henry of Prussia and His
Two Cruisers.

LONDON, Dec. 19.-The German
cruisers Deutschland and Gefion ar
rived off Spithead tonight during a
heavy fog. Salutes will be exchanged
Tomorrow.
The Deutschland and Gefion left Kiel
on Thursday morning last and are
bound for Kiaochau Bay China, as a
part of the German cruiser division in
those waters Prince Henry of Prus-
sia, the brother of Emperor William,
who is In command of the division, is
on board the Deutschland, his flagship.
Prince Henry of Prussia landed at
Cowes and proceeded to Osborne House,
where he dined with the Queen.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.-The fol-
lowing cable advices were received at
the SpGnish legation to-day:
HAVANA, Dec. 10. - Absolutely
trustworthy reports permit us TO af-
firm that Ruiz was shot with Arangu-
rem on Friday by order of Alexander
Rodriguez. After several letters ex-
changed between Ruiz and Aranguren,
Ruiz left Havana on Monday to meet
Aranguren, not upon an official mis-
sion, but only as a friend. 1t is not
known how Rodriguez arrived, but the
fact is that the leader ordered the
shooting of both
The ferocity of such act and proceed
ing indicates better than anything else
the faith in autonomy, the intransi-
geants being obliged TO resort to mur-
der in order to prevent the disbandinE
OF their bands. Such is the general
opinion, and public opinion unanimous
ly Qualities such an act as savage and
unworthy. CONGOSTO.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
DR.. DAYS BODY.
It Was Brought to Baltimore and
Will be Buried There.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 19.-The body of
the Rev. DR.. David A. Day, the diStin
guished missionary of the Lutheran
Church. who has served ait Muhlen-
burg mission on the west coast of Afri
ca for nearly twenty-five years, and
who died on the steamship Lucania
last Friday, one day out from New
York, was brought here to-day.
At a special meeting of foreign mis-
sionarleS, arrangements We're made for
a service in the First Lutheran
Church in Baltimore on Tuesday next
at = p. m, when prominent clergymen
and laymen from all the large cities
of the East are expected to be pres
ent
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Jumped the Track.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 19.-While plotting a
heavy freight train up the Merchants
bridge incline to-day, an engine of the
Terminal Railroad Association jumped
the track and plunged to the ground
below. Fireman Al Pensinger was in
stantly killed. Engineer J. H Mac
Cullough was dashed head first through
the cab window and badly injured, and
W. H. Cobb, yard agent had several
ribs broken, in addition to receiving
other injuries. Pensinger was crushed
into an unrecognizable mass under the
engine. He leaves a widow
The record-union., 1897-12-20
GERMANY THREATENS.
She May Take a Hand Between
Norway and Sweden.

LONDON, Dec. pa dispatch from
Chrlstlania to the Daily Chronicle
says the political situation since the
failure of the United Committee on For
eign Affairs has become critical and it is
feared that Sweden will seek an occa-
sion for armed Intervention in Nor
way. The dispatch adds that the Swed-
ish press hopes for assistance from EN-
peror William.
The Admiral of the German squadron
which has just left Christiania, at a
dinner of Norwegian officers, made a
speech which, if not openly menacing,
conveys an implied threat The Nor
wegian officials were much disgusted.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Deny the Murder.

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-Chris Merry,
charged with the murder Of his wife,
and James Smith. alleged accomplice of
Merry, arrived in Chicago to-day from
Princeton. KY, where they were ar
rested. To-day both men We're con-
fronted by Joseph Hickey, upon whose
confession they were arrested, but they
stout1y deny knowledge Of Mrs. Merry's
death. They were placed in Jail pend
ing examination
The record-union., 1897-12-20
A YEARS RESPITE.
Senior De LONE Cables to That
Effect.

LONDON, Dec. 20,--The Madrid COR
respondent of the STANDARD" says:
General Blanco reports that negotia-
Gcns with several influential insurgent
chiefs are progressing so favorably that
he hooes TO detach from the rebellion
important forces which are willing to
accept autonomy.
Senor De Lone has cabled the Gov
efnment that the American Government
expects to command a sufficient ma
Jority in the House OF Representatives
TO check all military motions until the
summer recess in July next, thus secur-
ing Spain respite for q year.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
MINERS AND OPERATORS.
They Will Hold Separate Conven-
tions Before the Joint One.

PITTSBURG. Dec. 19.-Coal operators
and miners will hold separate and i'm
portant conventions tomorrow, pre-
liminary to the joint convention that will
be held Tuesday, 1t is expected that
the miners will frame their demands
and the operators will devise plans to
meet them with advantage to them
selves.
The joint convention promises to be
interesting and last for several days.
District President Dolan of the Miners
Association says rate of IS cents will
be demanded by his men.
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wRoNGFULLY CONVICTED.
Romie Cotelli's Lawyers Say They
Know the Real Murderer.

AKRON (O), Dec. 19.-The lawyers
Of Romie Cotelli, the boy who was sent
to the penltentiary for life about year
ago for killing Alvin Stone, his wife
and hired man, say the boy was wrong
fully convicted.
They assert a confession was extorted
from the boy by the detectives who, ac-
cording to experts, were irresponsible.
The lawyers say they know the real
murderer and have almost enough evi-
dence to convict him. They promise
to cause his arrest soon.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
The Ains1ee Group Bonded.

BOISE CITY Udaho), Dec. &c. S.
Jennings Of Spokane has bonded the
Ainslie group of five gold claims in the
Neal district. He has secured the
property for w. j. Harris, manager Of
the famous Leroi mine in British Co
lumbia. Recent developments in Neal
indicate that it is likely to be one of
the greatest gold camps in the country
The district is eighteen miles from this
place.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Mrs. Ballington Booth Better.

NEW YORK, Dec. 19-Mrs. Balling-
ton Booth. who is a patient at the
Presbyterian Hospital, was said to be
improving Tonight
James K. Hackett. the actor. who is
i'll with typhoid fever at his home in
this city, is still very sick.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Shot His Wife.

ALPENA (Mich), Dec. 19.-Maurice
F. Casey. aged 10 years, a teacher of
boxing and q former saloCnkeeper of
this place, went to the home of his
wife's mother this afternoon and, call
ing his wife to the door shot her four
times with a revolver She cannot
live. Casey then went toward the riv-
er and it is thought ne drowned him.
self The couple were recently granted
a legal separation.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
UNION PACIFIC SHOPS.
Order Shortening Work Amounting
to a 30 Per Cent Reduction.

CHEYENNE CWyoD, Dec. 19.-No-
tees have been posted in the Union Pa
cific shops at Cheyenne and Laramie,
reducing the time of the men employed
from five to four days a week and from
eight hours to seven hours per day,
taking effect Immediately. In addi-
ton, the employees are given ay-off
Of ten days during the holidays. This
is equal to a reduction of thirty per
cent. in wages.
The reduction is said to be caused by
a falling off of business on the Union
Pacific equal to forty per cent. of the
business done during the summer
months.
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THE MONETARY COMMISSION.
Hanna Thinks It's Plan the Most
Satisfactory Solution.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19.-H. II.
Hanna returned to-day from Washing
ton. where he had been attending the
meetings of the Monetary Commission.
1.-The plan recommended by the COM
mission" said Mr.. Hanna, lis, / be-
heve. the most thoroughly satisfactory
solution of our currency difficulties that
has yet been suggested and I believe
it will commend itself to the sound
conservative business sense of the
country. The convention that gave
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Wage Farmers Will be Benefited.

P1TTSBURG, Dec i9.-Notices have
been posted in the majority of the forty
lamp-chimney factories in the country
that instead of the usual two weeks
shut down there will be only one day
of idleness Christmas during the hoi-
idays this year. The extra work means
thousands of dollars in the aggregate
to the workmen in wages.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
FIRE AT GRAND FORKS.
1t Threatened the Business Portion
of the Town Last Night.


GRAND FORKS IN. D., Dec. 10
The business portion of the city was
threatened by another fire tonight,
which might have been more destruc-
tive than that of Friday, when the Ho-
tel Dacotah, the Mercantile Company
and Nash Brothers buildings We're
burned
Shortly after 6 O'Clock smoke was
seen coming from the first floor of the
big department store of Benner & Begg,
and in less than fifteen minutes the
building was in flames and the fire had
spread to Stanchfield's clothing house
and the H. A. Stone jewelry store in
buildings adjoining.
After three hours work the fire was
subdued. The damage to the building
and stock of Benner & Begg will be
$4,000. Losses to the other firms will
be small.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC.
A Branch Of the Road Sold Under
Foreclosure to the Frisco.

VINITIA CT. t., Dec 19.--,The sale
of the Central branch of the Atlantic
and Pacific, a branch Of the Frisco.
took place here yesterday. E. c. Hem
derson bid $500 600.
1t was sold to him, and by him trans
ferred at once to the Frisco Company,
which OWLS the bonds.
Mr. Henderson is the general counsel
of the Frisco Company. The sale was
under decree of foreclosure of the Fed
era! Court. The line extends from Sem
eca to Sapulpa.
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About to Resign.

MADRID, Dec. 19-Lieutenant- Cen
eral Marin. Captain General of Puerto
Rico. Is about to resign, owing to the
impossibility of reconciliation of the
different parties in the islands with a
view of establishing autonomy.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Fire Breaks Out ON a Steamer.

LONDON, Dec. ia fire has
broken out in the after hold of the
British steamer Silverdale from Calves
ton via Newport News, for Bremen. be-
fore reported put into ST Michaels with
rudder broken and other damage Eff
forts are being made to extinguish the
flames.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Fatal Locomotive Explosion.

REPTON (Ala-). Dec. 19.-Last night
on the Bear Creek logging road a loco
motive exploded. killing the engineer.
John o'Connor. the fireman. Jack Clip
per, and two other trainmen. John
Johnson and Henry Vickery The ex-
piosion was caused by a defective fiue
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Brazil and Italy Agree.

RIO DE JANEIRO. Dec. 19-The
Brazilian and Italian Governments
have signed an agreement settling the
incident of the killing of Italians at
Spiritus Sarto last month Italy ad-
mits that there was no cause for diplo-
matte intervention
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Sleet Storm in Texas.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 19.-One of the worst
sleet storms in the history of Texas
prevailed in that State to-day 1t is
impossible tonight to get any infor-
nation whatever from Dallas, the CEN
ter of the storm section, as all the wires
are down
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Musou Engaged.

LONDON, Dec. 19.-The Times" an
nounces the engagement of d. NJ. Mu-
son, son Of a former member of the
House of Commons, to Miss Mary
Grouse third daughter Of former Con-
gresham George Grouse.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Murder in the First Degree.

CLEV ELAND (O), Dec. 19.-Louis
fura was to-day found guilty of mur-
der in the first degree, after a trial
lasting several days. Yura was ac-
cused OF killing Isaac HILL a farmer,
whose house he visited for the purpose
of robbery.
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for encampments. 1t is their ambition,
therefore, to have the organization
wind up its career in this city and at
the same time take part in the dedi
cation of the proposed grand memorial
to the nations dead.
The record-union., 1897-12-20
The Plate Glass Strike Over.

kokoMO Qnd), Dec. 19.-The plate
glass strike is over, the 1.6O0 men in
the kokcno and Eliwood plants having
accepted the company's proposition for
hnishers to be paid by piece work.
Both factories will resume work this
week
The record-union., 1897-12-20
Fatal Explosion on a Steamer.

LONDON, Dec. 19.-In an explosion
aboard the steamer Southern Cross
from Buenos Ayres for Liverpool.
which arrived at Madeira to-day sew
eral persons We're killed or wounded.
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Ruiz May be Alive.

PARIS. Dec. ia dispatch from
Havana says that while the insurgents
report the execution of Lieutenant
Colonel Ruiz after court-martiaI, ru-
mors are also current that he is still
living.
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Her Dog Upset the Stove.

NEW YORK, Dec 19.-Whfle Mrs.
Margaret Spencer was cooking with an
oil stove tonight, her pet dog upset
the stove. An explosion followed and
the woman was so badly burned that
she died
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SPAIN'S OK IS THE
ONE G0RED NOW,
Il Makes All the Difference in the
World.
Rai1'S Death Denounced as Savage and
Unworthy.

Cable Adviccs Received at the
Spanish Legation Affirm That
Aranguren Was Shot With
Ruiz, and Say That the Fe-
rocity of the Act Indicates the
Faith in Autonomy of the Gu
ban People aud the Weakness of
the Insurgents Cause.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-03-18
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Some Remarks by tho President That Are
Favornbiy Construed by Friends of the
Latter.
q delegation in favor Of the appoint
ment OF William g. Spruance to the
office of United States judge for the
district of Delaware went TO Washing
ton, Monday, to confer with President
MCKINLEY. The delegation comprised
DR.. j.. P. Wales, DR.. L. q. Shortlidge,
Col. William A. LaMotte, George s.
Capelle, II. w. Cause, james E. Win
chester, O. P. Bisspll, j. p. Wales, Jr. u. D.
Carter, George W. Bush, e. Tatnall
Warner. George Hoffocker, Alfred s..
Elliott, Charles NJ. Curtis, Austin Har-
rington, Anthony Higgins. George A.
Elliott, Henry B. Thompson, Hugh @.
Browne and Washington Hastings.
The interview with the President
was very brief Mr.. Mckinley, among
other things, said that age was IA great
objection to the claims Of an applicant,
but not an insuperable one. The dele
gation took courage.
The President also asked many ques
tions 10 regard to Edward G. Bradford,
who is also mentioned for the judge
ship.
This caused most of the delegation
some uneasiness. The friends of Mr..
Bradford, when they heard OF 1t. were
greatly encouraged. -.,a,s-. $3.50, .. D..
In consequence of the result OF yes
terday'H developments, the feeling tina,
MIR. bradford will receive the appoint
ment has become almost ono of con-
fidence .'st 'ss -s.