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LabOrite Elected to Parliament q
Succeed Conservative.


LONDON, Feb. 3.-At the election just
held in the Southwest Essex, or Waltham-
stow division. for a member OF Parliament
to succeed Mr.. +. w. Byrne, Q. c., Con-
servative who recently resigned his seat
because of his elevation 10 a leading posi-
ton OH the bench, Mr. Woods, the Radical
and Labor candidate. was elected over Mr..
Denver, the Conservative candidate, by a
majority OF 279 The polling was fol-
lows: Mr.. Woods, Laborite, 6.5ls; Mr..
Dewer. Conservative. 6.239
The editorials in the liberal papers as
sumo jubilant tone because of the result
of the elections. The Times. commenting
on the defeat of the Conservative candidate,
Mr. Denver. calls il startling and an un-
pleasant surprise" and proceeds TO read the
Conservative government a severe lecture.
Says the Times editorially in conclusion
1T is time that the Conservative ministers
should pull themselves together. The result
of the last two bye elections Is not sur
prising when the government appears ad-
dicted to policy of shilly-shally. The
voters should give the ministers a sharp re-
minder that they are mortal. Mr. A. j.
Balfour. the Conservative leader must
shake off his philosophic Indifference to the
essential facts of life"
The Standard says that il is useless to
try to explain away the victory and that
ii must be taken TO heart as a lesson be-
fore 1t Is too late.
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CLIFTON KNORR'S CONFESSION
Put Poison I'm His Mothers Coffee and
Diphthe ria Germs i'm Her Clothes.

BLOOMSBURG. Pa, Feb. st was ru-
mored here to-day that Clifton Knorr, who,
along with Lloyd Wintersteen. was indicted
yesterday on the charge of attempting to
kill Levi Waller and family by blowing up
the latter's house with dynamite, had made
another confession. The alleged second
confession, however, turns out to be part of
a confession made several weeks ago. In
it he admits trying TO poison his mother.
and he also says he intended to shoot Levy
Waller knorr is said to have put poison
i'm his mothers coffee twice, but was de-
tected by the servant. who threw il out.
He then spread diphtheria germs among
her clothes. but to no effect. He says that
he purchased revolver at Wintersteen' S
suggestion, and lay In wait to shoot Mr..
Waller as he went from his Office to his
home. but failed to find him. 1t Is now
said that Win.ersteen Is charged with the
burning of store he owned at Moordans-
vile, "A few miles from here. and upon
which he received the insurance The store
was stocked with goods he removed from
the Orondale Company store
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osGOoD's STORIES OF CUBA.
PosthumOus Letters from the Well
Known PennsyIvania Athlete.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 3-In the Feb
ruary number of the Red and Blue, the
magazine of the University OF Pennsylva-
MIA appears a number of extracts from
letters to his father. written from Cuba,
by Winchester Dana Osgood, Pennsylva-
MAS old half back and celebrated athlete.
The extracts are taken consecutively from
letters written between April II, 1896. when
Osgood received his commission as major,
and July ). The final line o. the extracts
was written by Osgood before the fight I'm
which be was killed. The letters In part
fol ows:
'At last IL seems a proper time TO write
and tell you what we have been doing. for
to-day, April II, 1896. received my commits
sion as commandant in the Cuban army.
the grade next above captain. and next TO
colonel and corresponding TO our major. Ii
has been hard and anxious work since I
wrote you on the fly leaf OF the Spanish
book. which l suppose you received in due
time. We landed on the north coast. coming
ashore in broad daylight. having failed I'm
the darkness TO find the inlet which We
intended to enter. / was the first man
ashore and had 10 race and beat y. TO reach
IL first. He Is the other young American
who has come with the expedition TO work
the cannon and together We are assigned
TO the cannon and hope TO give good ac-
count OF II.
After we had safely cached All the arms
and ammunition N the woods ashore. we
started inland. finding az last a deserted
house surrounded by cocoaEut trees. ripe
fruit all ready for Us. Marching further
south. we came to an impassa5le mangle
swamp. and after suffering day for water.
we had TO return at last TO the house. Here
we had TO leave y. and b. exhausted al
ready having left $. sick at the beach with
nothing but salt water. IL after dark
when we found water. and 1 walk I'd back
two leagues 10 give :. a drink. l found the
poor fellow asleep I'm the bottom of ONE OF
the boats and very grateful for some water
Next morning We turned one OF the boats,
and. calking with a shirt hoe We had
chopped i'm the other sailed around into
the inlet / had discovered and up the seven
miles 10 It's extremity end without seeing
a soul. In fact, every inch Of the shore Wa
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1EFIED THE WAR SHIP.
FiIibuster DauntIess Refused TO Stop
when Ordered nv the Newark.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 3.-The
steam tug Dauntless went down to the bar
this morning with an officer from the cut
ter Boutwell, on board. speaking the New
ark after crossing the bar. IL was given
permission to speak a schooner TO the north
of the Newark and after doing so headed
for one to the south. Shrill blasts from
the Newark signaled the Dauntless 10 stop.
but il continued towards the schooner at a
fast rate OF speed. Considerable excitement
was visible on board the cruiser. but no de-
cisive action was taken and the Dauntless
soon returned. The captain OF the Newark
refused TO let the tug go 10 the south on
a wrecking trip, even though an officer
from the Boutwell, was on board. The
Dauntless returned to this port and this
afternoon permission was received from
Washington TO allow IL to go a wrecking
trip. taking an officer from the Boutwell,
along. A telegram has been received by the
collector Of customs from Washington ex-
pressing dissatisfaction at the affidavits
made by the captain of the Dauntless and
Three Friends that the neutrality and nav
igation laws will not be violated The Three
Friends will be seized and lbeled for pir-
acy upon its return TO this port.
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scheme That Is Intended to P1acate
Autonomists and Give the Colo
nfsts Partial Home Rule.
PROVISIONS OF THE DEGREES
CUBANS TO BE PERMITTED TO
MAKE MOST OF THE LAWS,
But Spain to Retain the Treaty-Msk-
regarded by the Tug DauntIess.

LONDON. Feb. Am Associated Press
dispatch from Madrid says the Spanish
Cabinet yesterday finally agreed on
scheme for Cuban reforms which will be
submitted to the Queen Regent for sigma
ture to-day The text will probably be ga
zetted Saturday. The Council of State will
examine the programme Tor reforms after
publication. The date on which the reforms
will be carried into effect will depend on
the progress of the military operations In
Cuba.
A dispatch 10 the Times from Madrid
saws that the scheme for reforms on the
Island of Cuba. which will be submitted
to the Queen Regent for signature to-day.
contains a large number of elaborate de-
crees which will ocupy several pages or
the gazette The correspondent OF the
Times announces that he has been unable
TO obtain copy of the proposed pro-
gramme for reforms. but that il is UNDER
stood that the most important changes con-
sist of the creation OF an assembly TO be
called the council of administration. This
assembly will be composed of thirty-fve
members. Twenty-one of these members
will be elected by the people of Cuba, six
will be elected by the different corporations
and the remainder will be selected one a
magistrate, one a university professor. one
an archbishop and five former senators or
deputies. This council of administration
will be empowered. firstly. TO prepare the
budget: secondly, 10 examine into the fitness
OF officials appointed; thirdly. to make a
tariff subject TO the condition that Spanish
imports are TO have an advantage over the
imports from other countries.
The governor general will represent the
-x~fIl h.
right TO nominate officials, who should be
Cubans or Spaniards who have resided two
years in Cuba Nevertheless, the men fill-
ing the offices of governor general may ex-
ercise a wise discretion in the nomination
of high functionaries, such as magistrates.
projects. etc.
Others DEGREES concern the organization
of the provincial municipalities, which are
to be literally representative of the mu-
nicipal council. They will be generally en-
powered to elect their presidents. and will
have exclusive control OF the matter or
public education. According TO another de-
cree the government reserves TO itself ex-
traordinary powers i'm the event Of any dis
turbance of the public order in Cuba. Cuba
will continue to elect senators and deputies
TO the Spanish Cortes as at the present
time.
Taken as a whole, the new scheme OF
Cuban reforms is along lines of much
broader decentralization than were found
in the plan of reforms granted 10 Porto
Rico. The powers of the governor general
are much extended, and while the council
will. il is expected, be fairly representative
OF all parties and all interests, the Spanish
government will continue to vote budgets
and treaties for the colonies.
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POpulists Still for Silver.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-Populist men,
bers of Congress. ii is said. do not take
kindly TO the proposition of National Com
mitteeman Washburn, of Massachusetts
that the Peoples party abandon the silver
question and fall back on the two ques-
tions of government issue of paper money
and government control of railroads. Like
wise they are not in favor of calling a con-
ference OF the party leaders to determine
what shall be done. as proposed by Ma
tional Secretary Edgerton. Senator Butler
and Senator Allen and others are strongly
opposed to a conference, and they are just
as strongly opposed 10 any change from the
issues of the last campaign. Chairman
Butler expressed the opinion to-day that
the Populist party is committed to free
silver as the main Issue until that ques-
ton is finally disposed of; then he thinks
il will be time enough for the party to
take up.other issues.
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WOMEN'S FRANCHISE BILL.
Important Measure Passes It's second
Reading in the Commons

LONDON, Feb. 3.-The womens parlia-
mentary franchise bill passed its second
reading i'm the House of Commons to-day
by vote of 22S to 157. The debate was con-
Quoted in a jocular spirit. Mr.. Labouchere
Radical, and Sir William Vernon Harcourt
the Liberal leader in the house, were the
principal opponents of the measure. The
latter pointed out that there were 1,200 600
more women than men in Great Britain,
and. he added, the ultimate result of the
adoption of the principle would be a funda-
mental change in the parliamentary con-
stitution, and such result ought to be in
troduced on the responsibility of a respon-
sibe government. Charles w. Radcliffe
Cooke. Conservative. referred TO women s
suffrage in Wyoming and Washington. He
said that only the most remote and unim-
portant districts of America had given
votes to women The voting on the bill
was of a mixed character the minority
opposing the measure, including George n.
CurZon, parliamentary secretary for the
Foreign Office. Joseph Chamberlain, secre-
tarv OF state for the colonies, and other
members of the government.
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HAS MADE HIS MILLIONS.
CammncI. a Famous stock
Speculator, to Retire from Business.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Addison Cammack.
the famous Wall-street operator. has decided
to sell his seat in the New York Stock
Exchange. He has been Il member since
March 10, 1915. He is millionaire. His
money was practically all made in stock
speculating. He was born in Kentucky
and his friends say that when he came to
Wall street from New Orleans. shortly after
the war he had less than $4,000. He be-
came associated with Charles j. Osborne
and carried through some daring stock op-
erations with the latter. He later was also
associated in stock operations with Charles
T. Woershoeffer and w. III. Vanderbilt.
He operated on the bull side of the stock
market at times He is famous as one of
the most courageous and successful oper-
ators on the bear side of the market that
Wall street has ever seen. About ten years
ago he married Miss Hildreth. of Washing
ton. He was sixty years old at the time
and his wife twenty. For over year
nast Mr.. Cammack has had little or no in
terest in the stock market.
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THE AUSTRALIAN HOLMES.
Butler. Whose Real Name May lie
Ashe, Anxious to Return.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 3.-ButIer. the al
legged Australian murderer. processes to be
anxious TO return at once to Australia. al
though his attorneys are putting every legal
obstacle i'm the way OF extradition. lie
says he easily show that in the pros
pecting camp with himself and Weller was
a third miner. whom Butler charges with
being the real murderer. He refuses. how
ever. To give the name Of the accused
partner.
Eta Butler. the Napa woman. who yes
terday claimei Butler as her husband. who
had deserted ner. saw the prisoner and de-
clared IL "A case of mistaken identity. The
police now believe his real name is Richard
Ashe. AT least that il the name by which
ne was known when here four years ago.
Ashe was a suspected murderer when he
deserted from the ship Star OF Russia in
1891 being accused of the murder OF an
Italian named Napon.
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MANY SERIOUS CHARGES.
Pcnitentiary Qua ards Accused of q
Great Variety of Misdeeds.

PITTSBURG. Feb 3.-Commissioner Of
Charities Frank j. Terrence announces to-
night that undoubtedly a public and tho
rough investigation of the Western Peniten-
tiary will be conducted in this city, COM
mencing probably next week. Mr.. Terrence
SAYS the crusade against the institution by
the Pittsburg Dispatch has developed so
many explicit charges against officials in
the penitentiary that the state board is
bound To learn their truth or falsity The
charges made by ex-Convct James j.
Grant who was released on Christmas. are
sensational i'm their character and allege
against the guards all sorts of immortality
excessive brutality toward insane prison
ers stealing of private property, smuggling
lidUor To conVicts. incompetency. etc. Sim
liar accusations have been made by a num-
Der of other convicts. Mr.. Terrence says
the investigation will be very thorough and
all convicts and others having charges TO
prefer will be afforded every facility to
substantiate them.
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Salt Lake City Lawyer Who Grad
uated from the Indiana State Uni
versity at bloomington.
EDITOR H0N0RED BY M'KINLEY
j. A. PORTER TO BE PRESIDENT
ELECTS PRIVATE SECRETARY.
Judge McKenna Not Yet Certain
OF the Incoming Cabinet.

SALT LAKE, Utah. Feb. 3.-Rawlins, 50;
Thatcher, %; Henderson. /: Brown. l.
This was the result of the fifty-third ballot
OF the Utah Legislature. which elected Jo-
seph l.. Rawlins to the United States Sen
ate and closed one of the most exciting po-
litical contests ever held in the State
To-day was what might be called church
day in the joint assembly. Church talk
was injected into the proceedings so often
and so persistently that several times the
presiding officers had TO call attention to
the fact that it was civil body for the
purpose of transacting state affairs. on
the first ballot Thatcher lost one vote
while Rawlins gained six from Henderson
putting him at the top OF the list. A recess
was then taken till p. m, and when the
Assembly again convened over an hour was
lost in efforts by the Thatcher following to
force an adjournment. When the balloting
began nearly fourth of the members made
speeches explaining their votes. Nearly all
of Thatcher's friends made open charges
of church influence against their candidate
while his opponents were vehement in de-
nial of such charges.
Mr.. Sloan. chairman of the Democratic
State committee, and one of the Thatcher
leaders, said he had in his possession a let
ter written by members of the Legsla-
ture in which he said he recognized high
er authority than his duty to the State.
Sloan served notice that if United States
senator was elected by the vote of that
member he would contest his right to vote
on the question. When the roll call was
finished it appeared that Rawlins had
thirty-one votes, within one of election,
while Thatcher had only twenty-four. Sew
eral members changed to Thatcher from
other candidates until his vote was brought
up TO twenty-nine. During the time the
changes were going on the excitement was
intense. Finally Representative Hansen, a
Republican. who had voted for Goodwin,
changed to Rawlins, and his election was
officially announced.
| Joseph Lafayette Rawlins is forty-siX
| years DID, and was born III Salt Lake coun-
| ~, Utah. he received part or MS educa-
ton IN Salt Lake CITY, graduating later
/! from the Indiana State University at
| bloomington. lie STUDIED law IN Salt Lake
| City, anu was admitted TO the bar IN 1870.
lie has always been ldentlned with the
democratic party OF Utan,~ and. .iS-,an-.- -ad-s
vocate OF the Tree coinage or silver he
was elected to CnogreSS as a delegate on
the Democratic ticket in lS92 oeIeating
| Frank J. Cannon, but was defeated by
| last Democratic national convention, and
was a member of the committee on resoiu-
| tions. He is at present "A member OF the
| law firm OF RawlinS * CritcnloW, Oh Salt
| Lake CITY, He will succeed Senator Brown,
whose term expires next month.
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BREAD RIOTS AND STRIKES.
Thirty-TwO Spnniards Wounded i'm a
Conflict with Soldiers.

LONDON, Feb. "A dispatch TO the
Daily Mail from Madrid gives additional
details concerning the recent bread riots
and strikes at Madrid and Aranjuez. The
latter town is still quiet. The town hall
is strongly guarded by police and soldiers.
1t Is announced that thirty-two persons
were wounded in the conflicts between the
authorities and the populace, and that
many more would probably have been in
diers who refrained from firing on account
of the presence of women and children.
New negotiations between the strikers and
their employers have been commenced by
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CHAPMAN EXONERATED.
Justified I'm Rnfding Sherry's-Dc-
lNurrer To Indictments.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.--The police commits
sioners to-day dismissed the charges
against Police Captain Chapman. growing
out of the captains raid on the Seeley din
ner at Shcrry's.
A demurrer to tho indictments against
Herbert Barnum Seeley. Theo. Rich and
James A Phipps, who prepared the Seeley
dinner was filed with Clerk Hall, I'm Part |
OF General Sessions to-day The three men
were indicted ten days ago for conspiring
10 procure two variety performers 10 ex-
pose their persons. The demurrer alleges
that the indictments are not in accordance
with the law. Ii will be argued next week.
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Hanna subpoenacd as a witness.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 3.-Mark Hanna,
chairman of the Republican national COM
mittee has been subpoenaed as witness TO
appear in the Criminal Court tomorrow.
The cases which call for his presence in
court are two libel suits brought against
the Commercial Gazette and Press Publish
ing Company by State Senator c. l.. Ma
gee and William l.. Finn. The alleged
libels were published during the campaign
preceding the Republican presidential nom-
ination. The article in the Commercial Ga
zette was headed sold Out to Hanna"
The Indictment against the Press is for
the publication OF a similar article and an
X-ray picture of Senator Films head.
showing his alleged principal factors in the
then pending campaign TO have been Doodle
Il IL. rff
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Michigan Gold Democrats.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. 3.-A meet
ing of the National (gold) Democratic COM
mittee was held here this evening. at
which it was decided to nominate candi-
dates for Supreme Court justices and re-
gents of the university for the spring cleo
tions. The date of the State convention
was not fixed. as IL is desired that Henry
Watterson. of Kentucky, be present on that
occasion. The State chairman, w. r. Shell
by, is authorized 10 issue the call.
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PIERRE, S. b., Feb. 3.-The vote for SEN
ator in joint session to-day stood: Picker
80 Kyle q. Goodykoontz "A. Plowman 10,
Bowler >, Palmer 1. The Loucks men went
to Goodykoontz, with the exception OF
Webb of Brown county, who went to Kyle:
The Populist caucus tonight took several
ballots without choice. The highest num-
ber received by kyle was q, ana mis- vote
ran down as low as q. The highest vote
received by GoodykOontZ was -. Plow-
mans vote ran from to 10. There seems
less of a chance of the factions coming to-
gether to-day than at any time during the
10, fla-f
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ICE GORGES BROKEN.
Many Coal Barges Sunk i'm the Ohio
at PomerOy and Other Places.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 3.-There has been
much excitement at the public landing to-
day. The ice gorges OF the Licking river
broke and emptied vast volumes of broken
ice against the steamers on this side of the
river. Several steamers had narrow es-
capes but the damages were limited 10
coal barges. The ice sunk twenty-five coal
damages are reported at other points along
the Ohio river All the tributaries are
pretended and the ice will soon be out of
the tributaries.
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Lyman j. Cages Plans.

CHICAGO. Feb. 3.-Lyman j. Gage. the
next secretary of the treasury, expects to
hand in his resignation as president of the
First National Bank within four days. He
stated to-day that the board of directors
his successor. Mr.. Gage will leave Chicago
about the middle of the month for WASH
ington. He will spend several days looking
UP Washington home. He will then prob
ably go to Old Point Comfort for a short
rest before entering upon his official duties.
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claimed ,o Have Roynr Blood.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 3-There died az
the Receiving Hospltai In this city yester-
tIay "A man who claims 10 have been of royal
birth He gave the name OF Eugene de
Beauharnais and claims 10 be- a descendant
OF Empress Josephine. He also claims TO
have been officer I'm the Confederate
navy. He was arrested at San Diego on
the charge OF trying TO obtain money uE-
der false pretenses- Death was caused by
&poplexy.
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WeIIington's Visit to Hanna.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Senator-elect
wellington, of Maryland. returned to-day
from Cleveland, O., where he talked with
Chairman Hanna on Mr.. Geary's Cabinet
prospects. He said: II cannot say what
the chances OF Mr. Geary's appointment
are. but l impressed upon Mr.. Hanna his
claims to consideration and our wishes in
tho matter. We talked on the tariff Incl
dentally. There is no doubt that the bill
will be passed by the Senate. The free sill
yer Republican senators will vote for Ii
and so will the new senator from Idaho
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Porter Has Accepted.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-It can be definitely
stated that ]. Addison Porter. of the Hart
ford Comm Evening Post, will be private
secretary to President Mckinley. A private
telegram from Mr.. Porter to a friend in this
city states that Major Mckinley has ap-
pointed him TO that position and that he
has accepted. The conference was COM
pleted at Canton this afternoon.