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CHINESE REBELLION GROWING
Barbarous Insurgents Slaughter People
by the Hundreds.

Barbarous Insurgents Slaughter People
by the Hundreds.
Victoria, B. c., March l2.-Details
Of the insurrection in the central prov
inces OF China. received by the EN-
press OF India, state that the rebel
force and the imperial troops met in a
pitched battle on January 2S. and the
latter were defeated with great slaught-
er Hundreds were killed and their
bodies. after having been mutilated.
were thrown into the river, until, ac-
cording to correspondent OF the China
Mail, the stream was like log -jammed
creek. After the defeat OF the imper-
ial troops, the victorious rebels swept
on to the cities of kuyang and Meng-
Sheng, which they took after short
seige. AS soon as they passed the walls
they Massacred men. women and chill
dren. and performed all manner Of re-
voting cruelties- They then burned
the captured towns.
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N.~ Mags.ln. Rlf,s Tested.

Washington, March l2. There was
a private test at the navy-yard today
OF new magazine rife, the invention
OF s. NJ. McLane. Of Cleveland, O.
General Miles and some other army
officers witnessed the test The new
gun uses the gases generated by the fir
ing to operate the magazine mechan-
ism. 1t can be so arranged that one
pull Of the trigger empties the maga.
sine. or il can be fired as slowly as de-
sired, the automatic arrangement eject.
ing the empty she'll. reIoading and
cooking the piece. The test oD the
whole was satisfactory.
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INCREASING THE ARMY.
The War Department Begins the worl
OF Recruiting.


Washington. March 12.--The war
department has commenced the work
OF recruiting the additional 25, 900 men
to give the regular army a strength Of
60. 900 instead Of 1000 men.
The number OF recruiting stations
has been increased from about 40 to
between 70 and 80. The principal sta
tions are at Chicago, New York and
Philadelphia. New stations have been
established at Augusta, Admission, Al
bany. Chickamauga Park, Macon. Sa-
vannab, Hartford, Conn.,. Harrisburg,
Pa, Columbus and other towns, prin-
oipally in the East.
Men will be first recruited for duty
in the Philippines. and will be ORDER
ed, upon acceptance, to join the six
regiments--9th, 9Th, 18th and 2lst
infantry and 9th artillery--which are
under orders to reinforce General Otis
at Manila as soon as the transportation
can be arranged.
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Washington. March lS.-The state
meat can be repeated on the authority
of officers of the navy department, that
Admiral Dewey will not be relieved al
Manila until he chooses to make appli-
cation for such relief. Consequently
there is no foundation OF the story that
Rear-Admiral Schley or any other off,
Ger has been selected to take command
OF the Asiatic squadron.
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Cemlna en the se.aal..

Manila. March 3.--The remains Of
Colonel w. B. Smith. Major McCon-
vile. Captain David s. Elliott and
Second Lieutenant Eugene s. French.
who we're killed in action. were ship
ped home today by the United States
transport Scam, Nth military hon.
ors, the Second Greg ssolunteers fur.
nishing the escort through the city. A
battalion OF the Twenty -seeDaj infan-
try has reinforced General Wheaton's
brigade.
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ordsrsd to RonainIn.

San Francisco, March IS. THE was
department has informed the local
army officials that four batteries OF the
Sixth United States artillery will be
stationed at Honolulu. II Is UNDER
stood that the Second volunteer sngi-
neers will be recalled. leaving the arr
tillery az the sole garrison for the Ha-
waiian islands. II 10 probable that the
twenty fourth United States infantry
will be sent here from Fort Douglas.
Utah. and Fort Russell, Wyo., where
II 10 now stationed,
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Santiago de Cuba, March l2.--Major
Wilson. Of the Third immune regiment,
who was recently tried by court martial
on charges Of forgery, Justification of
records and conduct unbecoming nm
officer and gentleman, has been con.
victed and sentenced TO dismissal from
the service. forfeiture Of pay and allow
ances, and confinement for one year at
hard labor in the penitentiary.
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Poudar Erploaaa.

Creede, Colo, March. 1S.--An ex.
plOsion Of several hundred pounds Of
powder this morning In the Commo-
dore mine. created great havoc and
killed at least four men. The dad 90
FAR found are 'Scotty" Wilson. Frank
Hess and John SaRner. II is certain
one minor. name not yet ascertalned,
was killed and II Is believed the dead
number six. and there are several 9th.
ers seriously injured.
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Tacoma, WASH, March l4.-orient-
al papers brought by the steamship
Victoria contain the following extract
from the Republ;ca Filipina, the in
surgent paper;
Splendid demonstration of the Ca
vite women, without distinction OF
class or age, unanimously requested
with enthusiasm to be permitted to
take the place Of men II the men per-
ish in the struggle against the Ameri-
cans for the defense of the independ-
enoe Of the Philippines.
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Ci,r of Pushia ,g,,harnun.

San Francisco. March 49, The Unit.
ed States transport City OF Puebla.
which arrived from Manila on Satur-
day night, will probably not he rechar-
tered for the transport service. AS her
owners wish to use the vessel on the
Puget sound Hawaiian route Tha
transport Conemaugh will leave here
on Thursday. She carries rnisceI.
laneous assortment oi supplies. besides
500 mules and l5O pack saddles.
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The Baker Chain Company, at Pitts.
burg. Pa. has advanced the wages Of
all employees from 8 to 10 per cent.
The increase affects 800 men.
Articles OF Incorporation Of the Park
Steel Company has been fled with the
secretary Of state Of New 5ehVy with
q capital stock Of $1,000. .00Q. The
company ID authorized 10 acquire the
foundry property of the Park Bf@hera
q Co. limited, oI Pittaburg, ana 10
mannfaotprc any ioim Of iron or nteAl.
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BLOODY Bat.le m rou.aor.

Washington. March 10. Minister
Sampson. at Quito. has reported to the
state department that in the battle
that ended the revolution in Ecuador
900 we're killed, several hundred NOR.
tally wounded and 400 prisoners were
taken.
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Puebla Remalns IN Service.

San Francisco, March is.--Ths gov
ernment has revoked the order cancell.
ing the charter Of the transport City OF
Puebla. and the vessel will be fitted
out for another trip to the Philippines.
The steamer Conemaugh is now load
ing mules for Manila and will probably
sail on Saturday.
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burned 20 I,..tb.

Vancouver. March 49, News has
been received from Hosmer. on the
Crows Nest Pass railway. OF the burn.
ing to death OF Ben Moore. His com.
panion, James Lewis. was seriously
injured. The men were asleep in their
cabin which was burned to the ground.
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Topeka, Kan. March lit is ofi.
cially announced that the Santa Fe
will enter San Francisco over its own
tracks by the middle of July or the LIST
Of next August at the latest. This Ia
a much earlier entrance than was Il,
first announced.
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Pa.rlarch q ,he o,nlah churoh

Hopedale. ILL.,, March is. Christian
Naffzeiger, senior bishop Of the omish
church and founder Of the great Omish
congregations OF this place. is dead.
aged 80. He was one OF the patriarchs
and leaders OF the Omish sect in the
West.
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Chicago. March IS. s.--Chiei Quarter
master Lee. OF the department OF the
Lakes. will open bids March 80 for the
erection OF large reirigerating plant
and ice-making machine at Manila.
under the plans and specifications re.
Gently revised by experts.
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London, March lS.--AcooTdiEg to .
dispatch TO the Times from Sydney. N.
s. W.. no lever than 900 persons per-
ished in the hurricane that just swept
the northeast coast Of Queensland.
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new STEAMER ASHORE
Allan Liner Castilian Strand.
ed at Yarmouth, N. S.
SHIPS INSTRUMENTS AT FAULT
There Was No Panic ON board -Tugs
Sent TO the Rescue. and Pas
sengsrs Taken on.

Halifax, N. S.. March l4.--The new
Allan line steamer Castilian, from
Portland, for Halifax, went ashore Mt
Gannet rock light, near Yarmouth, this
morning at low tide, in dense fog,
her c0mpasses being deranged. Two
compartments are full Of water, and
tugs have gone from Yarmouth to the
scene. The Castilian arrived at Hall
fax from Liverpool 10 days ago on her
maiden voyage. and went to Portland
to load cargo for return. She is 5000
net remisteIed tonnage. being the
largest Allan line steamer afioat.
The ship is in charge Of Captain Bar
rett and ofiicers formerly Of the steamer
Partisan, the entire crew Of the Parisian
having .heaA.. transferred to the new
boa mer was due to embark
Sl Rngers. here for Liver
s|4*ff began baking immedi-
|sN, slss atr1cR, but the best dis
q prevailed among the passengers.
They feturned to their berths, and wefe
CALLED out again to don life preseryefs,
which many were wearing when they
reached Yarmouth on tugs at 8:15 this
evening. The passengers and crew all
saved their baggage. The steamer
went on at low tide, which will be in
her favor.
The place Of the disaster lie few
miles from where the Morayian. OF the
Allan line, was lost some years ago.
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Cheyenne, Wyo., March l3.--one of
the worst storms Of the season is rag
ing here today. Stookmen say this
blizzard, following the extremely SO.
we're weather OF the past six weeks, will
undoubtedly cause heavy losses in cat
tie and sheen.
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SwitSerland's tourist business 10 the
most profitable industry she has. and
what's better, she has a cinch on IL.
II 10 absolutely secure from competi.
tion.
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Deaths Of the war.

Washington. March is.--The fol-
lowing statement has been issued.
showing the total number OF deaths re-
ported to the adjutant-geneial's office
between May /, 1898, and February IS,
1899: Killed in action. sac; died Of
wounds, 1876; died of disease. 5.a77;
total, b.73t.
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The royal crown Of Persia. which
dates back to remote ages, is in the
form Of pot Of flowers. surmounted
BY an uncut ruby the size Of hens
egg.
fremont, the thoroughbred stallion,
the property OF General W. II. jack
son, at Nashville, Tenn, was found in
the stable with his stifie joint broken.
Nothing could be done. and the stall
lion was killed. He cost General Jack
son $4,000 some years. ago at swi-
gert's sale.
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d. ~ nooAs
PHYSICIAN AND sunoEoN.
cenaea. o..
and residence u y. y, SHUT.
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Dwight L. Moody.

~ HERE is NO limit to the IN
nuence for good exerted by
the life and work of man
ike Dwight l.. Moody. I'm
like the energy which men put into
industry or commerce, it is not meas
urable by figures nor subject to the
approximation method of inventory
For generation he threw the full
powers of an exceptional personality
into the cause of practical religion;
the kind of religion which shows up in
good works; and mankind is immense
ly the better for what he did.
There is a lesson, too, in how he
worked. He did not preach or pray at
randora. but with the keen executive
instincts of great organizer who ap-
preciated the business as well as the
sentimental! and emotional side of
Christian evangelization. He was not
an enthusiast although he was in all
things enthusiastic; he did not dwell
with his head always in the clouds,
although no man ever cherished puret
ideals. He looked weak humanity full
i'm the face and met scnsibly the con-
ditions which he saw.
In deed and in example such a ca
rcer is a priceless legacy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-23
Rev. Mr.. Pierce.
n RESIDENT HOMER GREl

~ RESIDENT HOMER GREENE
in introducing the last speaker
of the evening, Rev. Robert f.
Y. Pierce, of the Penn Avenue Baptist
church. referred to the importance OF
the minister in the old Puritan days,
and added that it was therefore emf
nently proper for a local preacher OF
the gospel to speak at this New Eng
land banquet. Rev. Mr.. Pierce's toast
was Landmarks of the Pilgrims" and
he said "It was with rare delight
that he was present on this joyous Oc-
casion to commemorate the lives and
virtues of a noble ancestry. We stand"
he said lin wOnderment at the achieve
ments of the past year, which marks
history making era among the ma
tions of the world. AS this old year is
rapidly dying and the shadows of the
new year are already falling athwart
our pathway, bringing its visions oe
bewildering greatness and glory, we
turn to inquire what part our ances-
tors played in the great drama of ma
tional progress and development. and
the place we shall take in the onsweep
of the century.
American greatness was not born
NiOi NilS suns VI our naval nero thun-
dered against the door of the future
and the shout of victory was heard in
Manila bay, nor was it born at San
tiago or San Juan hill nor when our
immortal Lincoln signed the emanci-
patton proclamation and broke the
shackles from the millions in bondage
on Liberty's soil. Then was a great
wound made in our civic federation
which was sewed by the crimson cord
of brothers blood.
THE beginnings of our greatness
must be traced beyond the battles of
Lexington and Concord, and back of
the declaration of our independence as
a nation; back beyond the colonial
home, beyond the swelling tides which
break on New England shores. away
| to that era when everything breathed
! of liberty. In that period when Ra-
| phael liberated angels with brush ana
| canvass, when Michael Angelo liber-
! ated angels from stone; when Tyndale
| and Wycliffe liberated the Bible; when
! Columbus liberated a continent from
| its ocean bounds. Puritanism began
| with a heaven born thought of liber-
| ty."
The speaker closed with this beau
| tiful thought:
THE great searchlight of investiga-
tioL and observation, through every
| night of storm and tempest should re-
veal the American standing with flag
unfurled watching and waiting for the
coming day of eternal glory and peace.
The Stars and Stripes, the Banner OF
Liberty, is the ensign of Americas
| glory but the trlIe man is the eternal
| pledge of Americas greatness"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-23

-" WO VERY considerable ad
vantag IS weigh heavily in ia
Vor of General Wood in the
new task before him in Cuba,
and these without reference to his pe-
culiar abilities. In the first place, he
goes TO work absolutely frec-handci.
He is under no Obligations to consider
the military preCedertS when these
conflicts with what he snail deem to DO
the best interests of the island. His
own appointment was in disregard Cf
military precedents and no officers IN
tho army serving under him can ba
more disgruntled at a future time than
those are now who place greater "m-
phasis on military traditions than they
do on the necessities of the situation,
Secondly, he has, what his prede-
ccssOrs lacked. the benefit of great
prestige. What ne did in Santiago is
known to the Cuban people and most
Of them, at least most of those aspir.
ing to be regarded as representative DC
the Cuban people, have ndorsed it
strongly. Hc Is the governor general
comes to them with a record which
they have approved he does not in
the slightest degree stand for The mill
IarY nedautly of W hich they have com
6iained; lie Is tihder no embarrassing
obligations at ,he beginning, and,
moreover, he is known not only by
words but by works as true friend.
All these things put the American case
in the best possible aspect and make
tie success or failure or Woods admin
lstration simply a matter Of Cuban ca
pacity. If he cannot succeed in fitting
the Cubans for self-eovernmeut no
Inan in this generation can and the
consequences will have to be faced
accordingly
II is encouraging tO police that at
this time there seems to b. real and
spontaneous cordiality toward him
among all classes at Havana. Tho
nature of the population is such that
this beautiful harmony cannot be ex-
pfeted TO last. When General Wood
begins to go against established
abuses, as he will, without fear on
favor, there will be squealing from the
pinehed and signs Of excitement on
the surface. But he Is used TO that.
1t viii not scare him nor swerve him.
He vii! go on quietly hut firmly' IN tho
performance of duty rs 1t appears to
him, ard ooventually the making OF
faces which accompllshcs nothing will
cease. The island of Cuba Is now in
safe hands. Would That all our trou-
.bles. were so wisely provided for.
The hostilities In the British Boer
affair have already developed a class
at London that apparently has a bet
A.. t,,,.,,Ioao,o 90 t,o ,,annar A., u,li, /,
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that republics are ungrateful. In the
chorus of eulogy which his heroic
death has called forth there is not IL
discordant note; and what is more to
the point. this disposition to do honor
to his memory is fast assuming a sub
stantial form which will not only erect
suitable monuments in his honor, but
also see that those whom he left without
means of support shall be cared for
fittingly and in keeping with the spirit
which animated his faithful and brill
liant public service. Those whose
habit it is to rail at the American peo-
pie would do well to study the signifi-
canoe of this admirable example.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-23
A Lesson for Anne ricans.

~ HE LESSON of Englands
military reverseI in South
II Africa is not without in
struction for the American
people. 1t reinforces the teaching of
their own war with Spain. An army
staff cannot stagnate without imperl-
Ing the public safety; and If reform IS
to be instituted it must hc pushed Wig
orously by the whole force of educat-
ed public opinion.
The trouble with Englands army
was very similar to the trouble with
our own army when first it WAS pushed
into war without adequate prepara-
tion. No fault is found with the En-
Elsh soldier In point of courage, pa
tiencc and obedience he is the peer of
any soldier in the world. The records
of herosm do not show many instances
superior to the unhinching courage
with which the exposed regiments at
ladysmith, at Colenso, and the Tu-
gola river went onward toward the
enemy i'm the face of a leaden fire
which at every second moved down
great SWatnS 81 men. lldu lllc ltstb-
ership been in aoping with the bravery
I'm the ranks. there would today be no
foarfulness as tr the British empire :
future But England's officers. like
our own. had for years been deprived
Of the chance to execute adequately
drill manoeuvers in mass; their eXpe-
ricnCe had been in the management
of comparatively small squads against
inferior foes and when they were sud
denly brought face to face with the
large problems of a war against a
civilized antagonist of formidable
strength they failed humiliatingly.
This failure has pointed out to the
English people what they must do to
guard against its repetition; and it is
Il safe prediction that the lesson will
not be lost. Weaknesses in organizd-
ton were revealed in our war and rem
edy has been most ably formulated
by our secretary of war but will our
lesson also Je needed? This is for pub
lie opinion to decide. If it wills that
the corrections proposed shall be APP
piled thoroughly and in good faith, no
Juggling at the capital can stand n
the way.
1t is a sad fact that whenever q
C,,1larlv tb.
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The Philadelphia board Of education
has decided to try the experiment of
appointing school physicians VINO will
make daily examinations AMI endeav-
or to locate diseases that may be lurk-
ing about the pupils This seems
step in the right direction in the ef-
fort to prevent ,contagion All might
be adopted with beneficial results else
NNb
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taTy convention, which was the strong
force that made effective the recent
campaign for currency reform, now
substantially victorious at Washing
ton. The Press says:
THE history of our national legisla-
tion-to say nothing of financial legis-
lation-will hardly disclose an equal
of Mr.. II. II. Hanna in the fine art
of carrying forward a reform. His
sagacity and far-sightedness are only
eQualed by his tact and diplomacy:
his faith and patience only equaled by
his persistence And, what is most
of all to his credit, his work has at all
stages been conducted on the highest
plane and most legitimate lines. ne
is today probably the most conspcu-
Gus Illustration Of the ideal American
politician, and that without being a
politician at all, But his work for
currency reform, important as It s
and has been, is only a moiety of his
service to the country, AS an exem-
plification of what an earnest, high
minded, clear-headed citizen can do in
present day politics, and do with clean
hands and pure motives, his work is
and will be splendid inspiration "a
the youth and manhood of the whole
country for years to come"
The twentieth century will have more
room and encouragement for politi.
clans of this class than the present
century appears to have.
In the case of General LaWton we
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TWELVE PAGES,
SCRANTON. DECEMBER 90, 1899.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, seml-otti-
cial authority, says emphaticaily there
will be no compromise in the Quay
case and no extra session. Quay is
not the kind of man. it says, Ito get
out when he is under fire. He eX-
poets to be seated by the senate, but
even If he is not there is no doubt os
his intention to fight it out in the leg
islative districts next year" 1t is an
issue for the people.
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a campaign should be conducted than
is possessed by the officers ani men
on the ground. This is one of the in d.
evitable results of any war. II be-
came apparent in the War of the Re
bellion and again during the Sparisn-
American conflict. The home crit' :,
however, though noisy, are seldom dan
gproIs