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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-06
DAYS D0INGS In
DUNMORE BOROUGH
PATRoLMAN BULGER sCALDED
WHILE AT WORK.

Was Assisting in Removing a Sec
tion of Steam Pipe-steam and
Water Poured on Him Funerals
of Robert Mclaughlin and Mrs.
Maria Moffatt Held on Saturday.
Many Letters Still Uncalled for
at the Postoffice-M Connerton
Surprised Other Items.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-06
EXCITING SCENES
AT CAMP M'KENZIE
FIFTEENTH MINNESOTA MEN
CAUSE TROUBLE.

One of Their Number Killed in q
Saloon in Summerville - Arm
ing Themselves, About Seventy
Five Members of the Regiment
Started for the Scene of the Killing
Determined to Avenge the Death
of Their Comrade.-Captured After
an Exciting Chase.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-06

Michael Bulger Of Throop street, an
employe of the Pennsylvania Coal
company, while at work at No. coll
liery saturday was severely burned by
escaping steam and water. His left
shoulder, side and arm to the finger
tips, and the left side of his neck arc
almost raw. The injured man was re-
moved to his residence and DR.. Gar
Ney called to dress the wounds So
great was Bulger's agony that it was
FOUND necessary to administer an
anaesthetic while the wounds were
being dressed.
AT the time the accident occurred
Bulger was assisting in putting in a
new length in the steam pipe. When
the length to be removed was unioint-
ed the other length of the pipe sagged
down and the scalding steam ana water
poured out of it onto Bulger, who stood
beneath. He jumped aside. but was
too lato to entirely escape. The in
jured man, who is also a patrolman
on the Dunmore borough police force,
will be unable to attend to his duties
for sometime
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
BRITISH ESCAPE EASILY.
English Parliament Convenes to Consider
Conduct Of War-Speech of the
Queen-Views Of Salisbury and
Sir Campbell
Irish Members Dissent.

London, Oct. IA special dispatch
from Cape Town says that 300 Beers
and IS British have been killed in a
battle at Mafeking. 1t is reported that
heavy firing can be heard south of
Mafeking.
corps of experienced continental
engineers, former officers say, has left
Pretoria for the southwestern border,
escorted by a command of picked
Boer scouts. It is probably intended
for large dynamiting operations.
big engagement is expected short
ly in the vicinity of Ladysmith. The
forces Of Commandant Pet Vys are en-
camped on a mountain overlooking
Dundee, from which point they will be
able to observe the movements of the
British troops.
According to a dispatch from Pre-
toria, the Transvaal government re-
ceived an offer from a wealthy Euro
pean recently to supply fleet Of COM
pletely equipped torpedo boats, for the
purpose of blowing up the British
transports on arrival in South African
waters. The offer was curtly rejected.
President Kruger refusing even to con-
slider it. The originator of the scheme,
who had been in Pretoria only "a hos,
left immediately
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
The Strange Affair
at the Bay State
House.
WOMAN DEPARTED YESTERDAY.
She Was Formerly a Sales
lady at a Store in
This City.

According to Frank P. Douglass, the
proprietor of the Bay State House, the
name of the woman found almost dead
in his house Monday evening about 10
o'clock is Mollie Maui, She is said to
have been a saleslady for Richard Hea-
ly at one time She is well known in
Northampton and in this city.
This is the name that Mr. Douglass
gave Lieut.. Johnson at station l when
he reported the matter to him Monday
evening, after the woman was discov-
cred insensible in her room in the Bay
State House, but it is not thought that
the name is the correct one.
Yesterday morning The Spy's exclu-
sive story of the affair was the talk of
the city, and the first that many of
the employees of the Bay State knew
Of the matter was when they read it
in The Spy. Frank 2. Douglass, pro-
prietor of the house, who was inter
viewed by a Spy man Monday evening,
refused to say anything further on the
story yesterday, other than to corrob
crate it in every particular. Yester-
day morning the woman took breakfast
at the hotel, and stated that she felt
perfectly well. John McAleer a hack
man for Beaudry, the proprietor of the
Day 0tale SIelDleSt was SullllOHtu W
the side entrance Of the hotel, and told
to take the young woman to the Union
station. He carried her as directed,
and says she left the carriage at the
Union station.
Whether she left Worcester on the
Gas train, which was in the station at
the time, or waited until a later one is
not known.
One hackman at the Union station
told a Spy reporter that the woman did
not leave the carriage at all, but was
driven farther on, and it is stated On
good authority that her identity is
known at St. Vincent's hospital. At
the hospital last evening no one semed
to know of her, and if they did they
would not say anything.
The Young woman, when she left the
Bay State House yesterday morning
appeared to be about 25 years OLD, was
stylishly dressed in a black silk waist
and a blue serge skirt, with d black
hat with two white birds breasts in
front She carried a small handbag
and blue serge Jacket. She was dark
and extremely pretty and slightly taller
than the medium height.
Frank P. Douglas, the proprietor of
the Bay State House, stated yesterday
morning that he did not know har maine
or where she lived, and that he YVES
glad she was gone. The Spy man
learned, however, that Mr.. Douglas
gave the name of Maui to the police,
although he would not admit that she
gave rame when she registered.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
STICKS TO HIS COLORS
Senator Hoar Reiterates
His Belief in Anti
Expansion.

Washington, Oct. 17-At the national
conference of Unitarian and other Chris
tian churches, Senator Hoar of Massa-
chusetts, president of the conference, de-
live nl his annual address and took oc-
casion to reiterate his views on the ques-
ton of expansion His remarks elected
considerable applause.
He said he did not believe in fatalism
or in blind force. He believed that ma
lions must work out their own salvation
without coercion; that free institutions
could not be given by one people to an
other. but must be an indigenous growth;
that a republic was better than an en-
pire and that a Wash - yton was better
than a Bonaparte. he concluded that
whatever clouds darkened the horizon,
ward Everett Hale of Boston deplored
the lack of earnestness in church work
by both ministers and laymen.
DIR. Hale made the reply for the coun-
ell of the conference He said the in
crease of the Unitarian Church was es-
pecially within the ranks of other denom-
nations and that Unitarianism was Of
ten ably proclaimed from Presbyterian
and other Orthodox pulpits.
He predicted that the extension of free
and undeflled religion in the next half
utterances of laymen quite as much as on
the pulpits of an ordained clergy.
olutions for larger contributions;
DR.. Hale, for the committe of ten on
changes in organization and methods to
extend Unitarian influences, reported res
olutions for larger contributions; extern
sion of church supervision to cover the
whole country in the interest of weak
churches; the sending out of preachers
freely and systema tically to all parts of
the country to quicken religious life
through special religious services; and
deploring the apparent lack of interest in
the life of the church as a whole by
many ministers and laymen.
Rev. Samuel A. Elliott of Boston, sec
rotary of the American Unitarian So
ciety cortended that the enemies of the
religious liberty were compactly organ
lied and the believers should similarly or
ganize; urging a sound, healthy and es-
prit de corps,
The National Alliance of Unitarian and
other liberal Christian women held its
biennial meeting this evening and elected
Gannett Wells, New England; Mary
Louise Catlin. middle states; Antoinette
Danforth Smith, southern states; Fanny
Field, central states; Mary w. McKit-
trick middle west; Rebecca p. Utter,
Rocy mountains; Lucy NJ Stebbs Pacific
coast.
Directors Sarah H. Fairfield Hamil-
ton, Me; Mary A. Downing. New Hamp-
shire: Elizabeth p Charming, Sarah E.
Hooper, Sarah G. f. Wellington Abby A.
Patterson; Lillian M. Cresssey, Phoebe NJ.
Waldo, Carolin /. Chaney, Abbie L. Stone,
Ella P. Judkins, Elizabeth B. Lombard
Sarah B. Williams Massachusetts
The Unitarian temperance society at
sion. Tonight the SESSION was devoted
to addresses on The higher nature Of
man" Rev. Charles II. Dole of Boston,
the chief speaker, touched on man In the
light of idealism, which he characterized
as the science of values.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
ANNUAL REPORT.
Good Work Done BY the American
Missionary Society.


Binghamton, n. Y, Oct. 1.-THE SO an
nual meeting of the American Missionary
society opened here today Rev. A. H.
Stimson, D. D.. of New York will pre-
side at the convention, in the absence
of Rev. F. A. Noble Of Illinois, who is i'll.
Rev H. Hazen of Boston is recording
| secretary. The treasurers report showed
the receipts 6S1 for the year and ex-
penditures $296,Sl0
Among the expenditures were the fol-
lowing: For work in the south, 1882 S1S;
in Porto Rico and West Indies, $390S.
Among Indians. $37,572; Chinese, $13971 ;
foreign missions. $4435. The report of the
executive committee was presented. 1t
showed that the association has located
school at Santruce, Porto Rico, near
San Juan, and will locate another at
Utuado.
The reports of missionary work were as
follows: Southern church work: Mum
Der of churches, Pill number of ministers
and missionaries, 140; number of church
members, 1,39S; added during the year,
l447 Fifteen new churches were added
and dropped Indian missions, includ-
ing Alaska: Number of churches, 49,;
membership, 1887; number of schools, g.;
number of pupils. S6S missionaries and
teachers, SO. Chinese mission, California
and Utah: Schools, including Japanese
I'll teachers, including 10 Chinese, S5
pupils, 1860
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
OPEN a CRUSADE.
Boutwell, Unable to Attend Chicago
Anti-imperiaIist Meeting.

Chicago. Oct. 1.-THE opposition of
the anti-expansionists to the subjuga-
ton Of the Filipinos took tangible form
today in the meeting of about 100 dele
gates from different parts of the coun-
try to launch a crusade against the pol
lev of the administration in the Phil
ippines. The meeting was called to-
gether in Central Music hall by tempo
rary secretary Edwin Burt Smith Of
Chicago.
The committee on organization Ct the
conference was appointed ds follows:
George Mercer, Philadelphia; Frank H.
Scott, Chicago; Dana Est, Boston;
Louis II. Fhrict, Colorado Springs. Col.
and Paul r. Coste, st. Louis
owing Il the illness of his wife,
George H. Boutwell, could not be pres
3ent, but letter from him was read.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
WON ON A FLukE.
Columbia Benefits BY Misfortune te
Her Rivals Top Sail.

New York, Oct 17.-Clear weather
and fine wholesale breeze greeted
the shippers and crews of the racing
yachts when they turned to" this
morning. An early start was the order
and both yachts were towed out past
the point of the Hook at o'clock. The
Shamrock's mainsail was hoisted soon
after. and at 500 she cast off her tow
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
WORST NOT KNOWN.
Only Few Bones in Hull of Nutmeg
State Remains.

New York Oct. 17--It is the general
opinion that the number OF persons who
lost their lives by the burning of the
Nutmeg state, will never be known. A
number of persons were seen below
deck after the fire cut off their escape.
a search was made today of the hull of
the vessel, which lies on the beach,
find of a few bones in the wreckage
led the wreckers to believe that the
bodies had been consumed. Later they
came on mass of charred bones in the
forward part of the hull, believed to be
the remains of the body Of Mate Patrick
the ship.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
WIRE TRUSTS RIVAL.

local iron men that the newly organized
rival to the American wire trust is ii
reality a branch of the Carnegie Stee
company. The capital is 100000, to be-
increased to 1000 next spring. The
Melons and II. c. Frick are back of tht
venture. Mr. Prick ia chairman of the
Carnegie company.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
GERMAN FiLIBUSTERS.
They Try to Land Ammunition, but
Are Swallowed by British.

Port Said, Oct 1.-THE German
steamer Kaiser, from Hamburg, is dis
embarking at the entrance of the Suez
canal, four thousand pieces of ammuni-
ton consigned to the Transvaal. This
step is taken in order to avoid seizure
in the Red sea by British cruisers. The
ammunition will probably be re-em-
barked for Hamburg on board the
steamer Herzog, which is shortly ex-
pected here.
The Kaiser was Swallowed by the
British second-class cruiser Thetis,
through the Mediterranean. The The
tbs passed into the canal this morning.
1t is reported that several German Off
GERS are on board the Kaiser, bound
for the Transvaal.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
Beers HEAVY LOSS.
Attempt to Hold Up a Train Proves
Disastrous.


Cape Town, Oct. Accommodation
with Belmont station, 60 miles south
of Kimberly, is still open, The fight
with the armored train from Kimber-
w. in which the Beers lost more men
than they did at Majuba, hill, is held to
prove that their shooting is not so
good as it IS reputed to be.
1t is the general belief here from
items of intelligence received, that the
Beers actually attacked Mafelling and
We're repulsed. The reports Of contin-
ued fighting there are regarded as
proving that the Beers failed to score
a success.
The Beers seized the telephone at
Modder river last evening, and at
tempted to speak with Kimberly, hop
ing to learn the disposition of the Brit
ish forces there. The maneuvre was
discovered and frustrated.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
INSPECTED BY PRINCE.
cots Guards on the Eve of Departure
for Front.

Scots Guards on the Eve OF Departure
tor Front.
London, Oct. 17.-Today was the last
day for the reserve to rejoin the colors,
and the latest report from the prin-
cipaI centres show that virtually all
the reserves had presented themselves,
The Prince Of Wales accompanied by
the Grand Duke Michael of Russia,
made a special inspection this morning
of the Scots Guard, prior to their de-
parture for South Africa next Saturday.
He cordially congratulated the COM
manding officer Col. Arthur Paget, on
having so fine a battalion. and briefly
addressed the men. Afterwards he
conversed at length with Col. Paget
and his American wife.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
A BAsHUTE RISE.

London, Oct. 1.-THE Morning Posts
LAdysmith correspondent telegraphs
that the Bashutes have risen against
the Free state.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
EXCITING START.

Never probably was there a more
exciting start in cup contest and the
Irish sloop carried eff the honors. The
two yachts wheeled and circled about
like big white gulls, each striving for
the advantage.
The Shamrock finally got the Colum-
bia under her lee two minutes before
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
WEATHER REPORT.

Boston, Oct 17-Local forecast for
Wednesday: Threatening weather, prob
ably rain; cooler tonight; variable winds.
Generally fair Thursday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
PARLIAMENT OPEN.

Lords and Cormoners Meet to Look
After Vital interests.
London, Oct. 17.-Parliament opened
today in extraordinary session to con-
slider the South African situation.
In the speech from the throne her
majesty said
MY lords and gentlemen: Within a
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-21

on the field. The English, commanders
appear to have marched into country
without that knowledge of its roads
and passes which in military science IS
considered imperative, In order to
safely advance large bodies of soldiery
The errors of the campaign have now
been discovered, the English are set
ting about to correct what should
never have occurred. Modern artil-
lery for the field Of such character as
will remove the gunners from close
range of the Boer marksinen, is being
shipped to the field of war, and scout
ing, not mere advance of brigade lines
Of scouts, but scouting on the large
scale that amounts to exploration by
cavalry, is being made an essential. The
mounted scout is the feeler of an
army, and scouting bodies in large
number in modern warfare are thrown
forward so much in advance Of a
moving column, that surprises are
next to impossible.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-21

nonsense. The author has done his
work in an admirable manner. and the
result Is a combination of many charm
ing bits OF humor. He has plainly
gathered his material first-hand from
the old darkey mammies, the fruit and
vegetable dealers, the fish women and
other negroes. The book also contains
many OF the Southern nursery rhymes,
which though old, have never before
been published. "Brer Rabbit Am One
Cunnin' Ting" must have come from
the haunts of Uncle Remus. cor Dan
Tuckuh" and 'Sir Oddly Good" Wig
ely Willy and the Sailor Laddie,"
The Squirrel With the Bushy Tail"
In fact, all of the numerous person
ages, animals and birds that appear in
the volume will make a permanent
place for themselves in the world of
the funny-folk. AS an example of ar
tistic color printing the book is en-
titled to rank with the first among the
numerous color books of this year.
Little Folks for December (Boston)
is full of attractions for youngest read
ers. Leading features are: Fronts
piece, Twas Christmas Eve" Joseph
w. Anderson, M. D.; "'Twas Christ
mas Eve frontispiece, E. F.. P; 1.-The
Three Little Small Bears" Daisy D.
Plympton; Mothers Present Box"
Jessie L. Britton; How Annals
Christmas Tree Came" Elizabeth Rob-
inson; Watching for Santa Claus"
Lila Thomas Elder; 1.-THE Yellow Cap
ped Monkey" Sophie SWEET; Lemon
Pigs" Martha Young; 1.-THE One to
Blame" Henrietta R. Eliot; 'Her First
Christmas Stocking" L. E. Lummis;
''The Strange Adventure of Maize" A.
I. Lyman; Jimmy Crow H." Edith F.
Foster.
The Christmas number of the Sat
urday Evening POST (Philadelphia)
marks new departure in periodical lit
erature-the first successful attempt to
give for cents stories, articles and
pictures by the same writer's and artists
who make the high cost magazines.
For example, the opening story in the
Christmas Post is by Rudyard Kip
ling, and the tale that of Private Orthe-
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-21

The San Francisco "Argonaut" in its
issue of December 18th declares that
the United States Senate very reluct-
antly approved the treaty of peace with
Spain which provided for the payment
of money in consideration Of the ces-
sion of the Philippines. In one form or
another that paper has said as much
several times. 1t adds to its statement
now that the consent of the Senate was
secured to approval of the treaty "only
by the casting vote Of Vice President
Hobart If the "Argonaut" does not
know its statement to be false, then
it is guilty of ignorance which discredits
any assertion it may make in the prem
ises and all it's argument advanced
Ringing upon it. The fact is that the
United States Senate approved the
treaty by one more vote than the neces-
sary two-thirds majority, the vote
standing 81 ayes to 81 nays, six being
absent and paired. There was no cast
ing vote about it, and in a two-thirds
requirement there could be none. The
"Argonaut" confuses a subsequent de-
feated resolution with ratification of
the treaty. But history should not be
thus misrepresented and false impress
sions created in the minds of the peo-
pie,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-21

Notwithstanding all the affirmative,
contrary, there are still those who in
s.st that there is question whether
there was not made by some one with
or without authority, to Aguinaldo, a
promise of recognition Of his so-called
Government, or some sort of recogni-
ton Of his flag. Patience is exhausted
with such people. There has not been
advanced the slightest evidence that
any such promises were made or recog-
milton offered outside of the bare asser-
tons of Aguinaldo and a few of his
chiefs, and the fact that General Ander-
son did ask for passes for some Ameri-
cans through the insurgent lines, prior
to the instruction and while Agui-
naldo was maintaining military force
in Cavite province. But no one at all
familiar with military usage will for
moment claim that Anderson's request
amounted to any more than a formal
and entirely proper precaution to avoid
trouble and to secure the safety of
those for whom he asked the passes. All
the documentary evidence Is on file re-
lating to this matter, has been officially
published and has been transmitted to
Congress by the President in a COM
pact volume. 1t is passing strange that
Americans can be found who will still
base even doubt upon the bare, bald
statements of insurrectionists, against
the positive denials and affirmative
proofs of their own officers and Govern
ment
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-21

The '"Thunderer" has spoken; the
London Times is roaring, and right
Justify, too, because the English War
Department sent obsolete artillery to
South Africa. Mistakes which cost HUI :
man lives are not to be made light of,
and are never the proper subject for
humor. But it must be recalled that
the London Times has many a time
been the severest critic of America re-
garding her war equipment and our
martial methods. 1t seems now that
had the ''Thunderer'' have earlier
looked into it's own camp it would
have been better employed. Apparently
it is the old parable of the mote and
the beam over again. We cannot forget
the roastings the Times has given
this country on these subjects.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-21

The humiliating confession Is now
made by the English people that they
had underestimate the fighting ca
pacity of the Beers and that the I'm
telligence Bureau" of Great Britain.
which stands for the same service as
do the General Stats of Germany and
France, was deplorably, nay inexcusa-
bly, deficient of information concern
ing not only the natural features of
the country OF the Beers, but Of the
provinces of England in South Africa.
1t is also now confessed that the field
artillery of the English used in South
Africa is largely obsolete, that it is of
a character requiring for effective use
the bringing of the artillerists within
such close range of the Boer rifles that
the heavy pieces are speedily deprived
Of support. and have to be abandoned