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FROM THEJTATE CAPITAL
Assignment of the Various Commit
tees in the Senate.
MR. YAIGHAX'S MAIDEN SFEECH
lie Introduces Ex-Congressman Aracr
man's Bill to Abolish the Death Pen
nlty for First Degree Murder Many
Bills Presented for Consideration.
Bpeclal to tho Scranton Tribune.
Harrisburg, Jan. 10. The assignment
of committees In the senate places Sen
ator Vaughani on 'the committees on ac
counts, congressional apportionment,
constitutional reforms, education,
finance, judiciary general. Judiciary
peclal, legislative apportionment and
printing. It Is slgnitlcunt of the tem
per of the Republican politicians here
that Senator Clanrence Kline, of Lu
zerne, was named chairman of (he com
mittee on new counties. Hla activity
at Hazleton, the day before. In or
ganizing the sentiment of lower Lu
zerne In behalf of Quay county, makes
It a safe guess that the quay county
bill will not get "hung up" In the sen
ate committee of which Clarence is
chairman. In addition to presiding
over the deliberations of this commit
tee, Senator Kline will serve on the
committee to compare bills, on Judici
ary general and judiciary local, on leg
islative apportionment and on public
buildings. The assignments of Senator
' E. B. Hardenbergh, the genial mem
ber from Wayne who has been gradu
ated from the house after an Interval
of employment as a railway conductor,
itake him to the following committee
rooms: Banks, legislative apportion
ment, vice and Immorality, public
health and public buildings.
Senator Vaugliun's Dchut.
Senator Vaughanvthls morning made
tils first bow as a senator of Pennsylva
nia to his predecessor and preceptor,
who occupied the presiding officer's
chair. He signalized the occasion by In
troducing ex-Congressman Amerman's
bill to abolish the death penalty for
first degree murder; also bills to per
mit school directors or controllers to
establish free kindergartens for Infants
and children under 6 years of age; pro
viding for an appeal to the supreme
court to either plaintiff or defendant in
any case tried in courts of common
pleas from the judgment of said court
in granting a new trial; making a ver
dict and Judgment In an action of eject
ment conclusive between the parties;
permitting a married womnn to ac
knowledge her deed, conveyance or In
strument In writing, without being ex
amined separate and apart from her
husband, with uhe same effect and
validity as If she -were a femme Sole.
Senator Kline Introduced his Quay
county bill.
, Many bills were Introduced In the
house this morning, among them one
r-T)y Representative Connell, appropriat
ing $81,600 to the Pennsylvania Oral
School for the Deaf, which Is located
In Scranton. Mr. Farr re-Introduced
his mechanic's lien bill, which passed
last session but encountered a guberna
torlal veto.
In the senate. Senator Grady's bll!,
reducing the bond of the Philadelphia
city treasurer to the state from $130,-
000 to $50,000 was passed.
The following bills were introduced:
By Mr. Becker Providing for adop
tion of trade marks by labor unions.
By Mr. Laubach Appropriating
$200,000 for high schools; regulating the
establishment and maintenance of high
schools.
By Mr. Fllnn Authorizing traction
or motor power companies to enter Into
contracts with ach other for the Bale,
lease and operation of their respective
property and franchises.
In executive session pn motion of
Senator Gobln the following nomina
tions were laid over: George B. Luper,
to be Insurance commissioner; Robert
Vatchorn, factory Inspector; members
of the board of public charities and
health and vital statistics; fish commis
sioners; managers of the Huntington
Reformatory; members of the pharma
ceutical examination board; inspectors
of the Eastern penitentiary; commis
sioners for the promotion of uniform
ity . In legislation; geological survey
commissioner; forestry commissioner;
Valley Forge park commissioners;
medical examiners, representing thy
medical society and Homeopathic
Medical society; trustees of the asy
lumB at Harrisburg, Danville, Werners
vllle, Warren, Norrlstown, Ashland,
lilossburg; commissioners to build a
home for feeble minded children of
western Pennsylvanla;o.uarantlne phy
sician of the port of Philadelphia; mem
ber of the Btate quarantine board for
Philadelphia, and a number of n-.-iies
public.
A long list of notaries and Justices of
the peace was confirmed. -
PITTSTON CITY POLITICS.
Burgess Thomas Maloncy Named for
Mayor by Seventeen Citizens.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Plttston, Jan. 10. A meeting of the
Citizens party was held this afternoon.
Seventeen persons attended. Burgess
Maloney was nominated for mayor un
der the new city charter; Benjamin
Harding for city controller and Tax
Receiver E. J. McDonald for city treas
urer. ; The last nomination was a sur
prise, as Borough Treasurer M. J. Lan
gan had expected to receive tho in
dorsement of the Citizens' movement.
The Democrats will name Maloney
and Langan for mayor and city treas
urer respectively; while for controller,
the choice lies between George liaga
dorn and David Shelley. Tho Republi
cans will name a straight party ticket,
headed In all probability by Colonel
Cyrus K. Campbell, ex-postmaster and
a promlnentand eloquentbuslness man.
CUS THOMAS. OUTLAW, SHOT.
Tho Southern Desperado Killed by
"Drummer."
By the United Press.
Memphis, Jan. 10. Meager details
ihave reached 'here of a double killing
in Hardin county. Qua' Thomas, the
inost famous a nU desperate of south
era moonshiners, was shot to death by
a commercial traveler named Steel,
who In turn 'Was shot to death by t
party of Thomas friends. The drum'
tner was taken for a revenue spotter
end the tragedy followed. ,
Thomas brutally murdetred l)r. Martin
of Kentucky at Red Sulphur Springs
a, week ago, and la also the same person
whose iw-rest was attempted by Mar
shal Browne and posse of .this city, a
couple of years ago, when that officer
was seriously wounded and one of hla
deputies named Garner was slain. Har
din county is the Meal haunt of the
reckless 'shiners that Infest it.
FIRE IN A GIRLS' SCHOOL.
Some Sick with Measles Rush Into tho
Cold Streets Half Clad.
By tho United Press.
Chicago, Jan. 10. Over 100 girls were
driven from their beds at 6 a. m. today
by fire, which damaged the upper story
of the Chicago Industrial School for
Girls, at Prairie avenue and Forty
ninth street.
None of the girls were Injured, but
several are likely to die from exposure.
Measles had been epidemic In the school
and about twenty-five of the pupils
were 111. They, with the others, were
compelled to rush to the street In scant
attire. The fire was extinguished with
Blight damage to the building.
ALTGELD'S UTTERANCES.
The Governor of Illinois Thinks Amer
ica Is Becoming Kusssianized-Queer
Mcssugc to the Legislature.
By the United Press.
Springfield, III., Jan. 10. The message
which Governor Altgeld sent to the leg
islature today Is a long document, high
ly tinged with his Populist and Socialist
leanings. In connection with the Chi
cugo strike he assails the constituted
federal authority and particularly the
administration of the federal courts.
Taking up the question of the great
strikes, he reviews the many reports'
which have been made and says the
placing of United States troops on duty
in Chicago under the conditions that
existed presents ai question of the most
far-reaching importance. He con
tinues: The old doctrine of state's rights, says
tho governor. Is in no way Involved. No
body for a moment questions the supre
macy of the I'nion. The great civil war
settled that. We should not have an
archy. It remains to be settled whether
the president can, at his pleasure, in the
first Instance, send troops into any city,
town or hamlet In the country under pre
tense of enforcing some law, his Judgment
being the sole criterion. There can be no
difference whatever In thlsresnect be
tween the powers of the president and
those of Kmperor William or the czar of
Russia. If tho acts of the president aro
to stand unchallenged and thus form a
precedent, then we have undergone a
complete change In our form of govern
ment, and whatever semblance we may
keep up in the future, our career as a re
public is over. We still have a rapidly In
creasing central power controlled and
dominated by class and corporate Inter
ests. If these conditions are to continue
the fate of the American laborer Is sealed.
He must be reduced to the lowest condi
tions otk existence, and this must de
stroy thin, very capital which Is now push
ing him down, for with the destruction of
the purchasing power of the American
laborer will disappear our great Ameri
can market. Further, this process must
produce discontent, disturbance and ha
tred, and will Increase the expense of gov
renment and consequently taxes. Rus
sianizing a government is an expensive
business, and has never yet succeeded
not even in Russia.
Our government Is not in the slight
est danger from the anarchistic mob. Our
danger comes from that corruption,
usurpation, insolence and oppression that
go hand in hand with vast concentration
of wealth wielded by unscrupulous men
and It behooves every friend of Republi
can institutions to give these things most
Berious consideration.
PAWL1XCS AWFl'L ACT.
t'nlon County .Man Shoots Ills Wifo and
l our Weeks' Old Infant and Then Hangs
Himself.
By the United Press.
Lewisburg. Pa., Jan. 10. White Deer
township, this county, was the scene of
an awful tragedy this morning, Wesley
Pawling having shot his wife and child
and hanged himself.
Pawling was a well-to-do farmer and
lived about half a mile west of New
Columbia. At about 8 o'clock this morn
ing he went to the house of his mother-in-law,
a half mile distant, and bade
finoorpnnnv h'Ti hack home to wit
ness "a grand shooting match." This
she did, and upon their arrival at the
i-awimg homestead, he took from his
pocket a revolver and shot his 4-weeks-
old child dead, and then shot his wife,
but it is thought not fatally. He then
went quietly to the barn and hanged
himself.
Jealousy Is assigned as the cause of
the young man's rash act. Mr. Pawling
was a Bon of the late B. S. Pawling, and
was married a few years ago to Miss
Ella Bohr.
CARS FALL FROJrt A BRIDGE.
Traffic Delayed for Several Hours on the
trio Railroad.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Carbondale, Jan. 10. A wreck on an
Ontario and Western switch at North
west today delayed trafTlc for several
hours on the Erie railroad.
The switch runs over a bridge above
the Erie tracks and several coal cars
fell from the bridge to the tracks be
low. Nobody was Injured.
lee Ilrcnks in Susquehanna.
By the United Press.
Wllkes-Ilnrre, Jan. 10. The Ice in the
Susquehanna river broke hare tonight and
the water raised ovor three feet In a few
hours. There Is every prospect of an ex
tensive freshet within the next twenty
four hours. At 10 o'clock tonight the
water Is over eleven feet above low water
mark.
FLASHED FROM THE WIRES.
A bill to prohibit Infant life Insurance
was Introduced In the Missouri legisla
ture. Executors of tho Fayorweather will,
which gave $3,000,1100 to various colleges,
will appeal the case to New York's su
preme court.
For the embezzlement of $30,000 from
the National Hunk of Commerce of New
York, Clerk Edward S. Carter goes to
prtsol for six and a half years.
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.
The thirty-sixth annual meeting of tho
Pennsylvania Horticultural society will be
held at Reading on Jan. 16 and 10.
President Edward Ford, of tho Pitts
burg Plate Glass company, denies that a
plate glass' trust has been formed.
Herman Stump, Maria Miller and Rosa
Butler were placed on trial In York yes
terday on the charge of poisoning Charles
Hartman. of Delta, In July, 18D4.
Twenty employes of John Balslcy & Co.,
Philadelphia, employed on Btngmaler'd
new brewery, in Wllkes-Barre, struck, yes
terday for an advance of 20 per cent.
New men will be procured,
WHITE METAL IS BOOK
Southern Democrats Are Inoculated
with Silver Virus,
DEMOCRACY KILL DISSOLVE
Old Leaders Aro Dropping Out and Stal
wart Silver Men Are Filling Their
Places iu tho Southern States,
New Party May Arise.
Washington, Jan. 10. The prediction
Is made in silver circles that the action
of Senator Blackburn in renewing his
allegiance to free coinage In the face
of the administration's latest attitude
on the financial question will prove to
be but the forerunner of similar action
on the part of other southern Demo
crats of equal prominence. The neces
sities of such aotlon are represented as
being great, and as growing mo less
out of the past record of those men
as out of a wise and necessary provi
sion for the future. The south. It is
asserted, Is not now In the humor for
compromise on Uhe silver question, and
will be likely to withdraw her commis
sion from any man, no matter how high
Ms reputation or how loyal his past
services, who wavers at this time on
the Issue.
In support of this assertion two In
stances are given. The situation in
North Carolina Is offered first, because
tlhat is believed to afford the most strik
ing 'illustration of the truth of the
whole silver contention. The legisla
ture in that state js on the eve of as
sembling, and one of Its acts will be the
retirement of Senators Ransom and
Ja.rvls and the election of a Populist
and a Republican, to succeed them.
General Kamsom, has been In the senate
for nearly a quarter of a century, and
until recently was considered Invinci
ble at home. Marlon Butler, the Popu
list leader slated for his seat, Is young
enough to be General Ransom's son,
and lhas been prominent In the politics
of the state only a very few years. His
rise, the silver men claim, has been due
almost exclusively to his bold cham
pionship o silver.
The second case cited by the friends
of silver Is the complete revolution
effected in South Carolina. This also Is
ascribed primarily to the unsatisfac
tory course of the national Democracy
on the money question. The first
rumblings of discontent are said to
have been occasioned by the failure of
Senators Hampton and Butler to take a
decided and advanced stand for silver.
Tillman, then an obscure young man,
Baw his opportunity, took tills com
plaint against Hampton and Hutler for
a basis of action, and founded an oppo
sition party with free coinage as its
cry. Mr. Butler tacked at last, and
during the silver fight at the special
session stood on the free coinage course.
But he was too late to save himself.
He is to give place to Tillman, whose
course as senator is expected to be gov
erned entirely by the programme of the
Bllver men.
Reference is also made to the situa
tion in Tennessee, where Mr. Harris Is
standing for re-election on a free silver
platform. The Democracy, though sav
ing the legislature, suffered a defeat In
that state last fall. The rank and file
of the party refused to go to the polls,
and only for the reason, as the silver
men charge, that the national Democ
racy had done nothing for silver.
Sliver Spirit Spreading.
The silver men claim that this split Is
spreading and growing. They are ex
pecting it to find controlling expression
In all of the southern states. They are
declaring that what has taken place In
North and South Carolina, Tennessee,
West Virginia, and. In a measure, In
Alabama, is on the cards In Kentucky
and elsewhere. Mr. Blackburn, as they
believe, has wisely divined the popular
tendency, and Is eminently wise in his
latest silver deliverances. He sees that
the Populist vote In his state Is grow
ing, and that the recruits are coming
from the ranks of the Democracy,
There Is talk even of an alliance be
tween the Kentucky Populists and the
Kentucky Republicans, by which tho
next election in the Blue Grass state Is
to be carried, and the fruits of victory,
us In North Carolina, divided between
the allies. Such a result would mean
the retirement of Mr. Blackburn from
political life, and the sending to tho
senate In his place of either a straight-
out Republican, rhosen In exchange for
some Popullstlc favor at home, or of
some Populist pledged to assist Repub
lican measures other than Bllver.
Some of the most experienced men In
public life frankly confess that such a
Btate of affairs has never before come
under their observation. It Is full of ln
consistencies and even the boldest para
dox. The southern combination be
tween the Republicans and the Popu
lists seems absolutely Inexplicable, ex
cept upon the score of an effort to sup
plant the Democracy In thnt section
with some new pnrty, leaving every
thing else to the future.
LEVIED ON THE TOWN.
The Sheriff Scoops in a Alining Hamlet
Near Sliamokln.
By the United Press.
Shamokin, Jan. 10. Tho Bhorlff yes
terday levied on the plant of the Penn
Anthracite Coal company at Natalie,
near Mount Oarmel, on a writ of at
tachment Issued by the executors of
the Packer estate, on account of the
company having defaulted in payment
of the remainder of a heavy mortgage,
the amount of which was not men
tloned. The mine, breaker, railroad.
sixty dwelling houses, a school house
and company store form a portion of
the holding levied upon.
The entire plant will be sold by sher
lff's sale in Sunbury on Saturday morn
ing, Jan. 26. This Is a valuable mine,
as It embraces 2,040 acres of the best
anthracite coal land In the state. The
operators have wiped out a big portion
of the mortgage since they purchased
the land from the Packer eBtate sev
cral years ago.
DIG CLAIM AGAINST SIAM.
S. I. Cheek Wonts $4,000,000 for
Breach of Contract.
By the United Press.
San Framstsco, Jam. 10. Among the
arrivals in this olty yesterday was 8. J,
Cheek, of Bangkok, Slam, who is en
route to Washington Inl connection with
a $4,000,000 claim for damages against
Hlam. The case Is sensational, mnd has
been pending before the state depart'
ment for some months. The trouble
Is over a 10-year concession to 'Dr. M. A.
Cheek, formerly of Oakland, for han
dling the teak wood of Siam.
Thus far tho whole case lias been tho
subject of secret correspondence be
tween the two goverments, but as S. J.
Cheek Is now personally going to see
Secretary Gresham he sees tio reason
for keeping It quiet any longer. On the
steamer on which Mr. Cheek arrived
were sundry documents from the Siam
ese government to Secretary Gresham
regarding the case.
WILLIE K. TO GO ABROAD.
Will Sail on the Teutonic Unreconciled
to His Wife.
By the United Press.
New York, Jan. 10. William K. Van
derbllt has engaged passage on the
White Star liner Teutonic, which will
sail from New York Jan. 19. A suite of
staterooms was engaged for him and
party by Wlnfleld Scott Hoyt, Mr. Van
derbllt's intimate friend, several days
ago.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbllt Is not to
be a member of that party. It is said
that she Is even Ignorant of her hus
band's plans. The reports of a recon
ciliation have been without founda
tion. INCOME TAX WRANGLE.
A Preliminary Skirmish Over Items in the
Urgent Deficiency Bill-Thc lluwuiiun
Question Again Discussed.
By the United Press.
Washington, Jan. 10. A preliminary
skirmish over the Items In the urgent
deficiency bill, appropriating $211,800
for 303 additional deputy collectors of
Internal revenue, and $18,000 for ten
additional revenue agents in connec
tion with the enforcement of the In
come tax took place in the senate to
day. The amendment prepared by Mr.
Quay (Rep., Pa.) that nothing In uny
law to the contrary shall preclude a
court of the United States from con
sidering and determining as to the con
stitutionally and validity of the income
tax, was offered by Mr. Hill (Dem., N.
Y.), who explained that a certain sec
tion of the revised statutes stood in the
way of a suit for injunction against
tho assessment or collection of a tax;
and It was that section which the
amendment proposed to set aside for
the special purpose of testing the con-
ttitutlonallty of the income tax.
A notice of the amendment on the
Kan.) and was'defeated, whereupon the
Kan.) and was defeaed, whereupon the
bill and the amendment went over
without action till tomorrow Mr.
Quay giving notice of other amend
ments to re-enact the whole of the Mc
Klnley law, to re-Impose the wool tax
and to repeal the Income tax.
The Nicaragua canal bill was taken
up and an argument was made against
it by Mr. Caffery (Dem., La.) The
Aldrtch resolution declaring the sense
of the senate to be that one or more
ships of the navy should be stationed at
Honolulu went over till tomorrow, when
the latest correspondence from the
Hawaiian islands to which Mr.
Aldrlch wished to refer will be printed,
The) re-instatemtint of Mr. Harris
(Dem.,.Tenn.) as president of the senate
pro tern, in place of Mr. Ransom (Dem.,
N.- C.,) who retired voluntarily from
that position, took place with all the
necessary formalities.
The house made a record In the mat
ter of transaction of business today
that, compares favorably with that of
any previous day for a long time. The
Hawaiian correspondence made public
yesterday was laid before the house and
referred "to the committee on foreign
affairs for report, upon the reconv
mendation of the president that the re.
quest of the Hawaiian government to
be permitted to lease Necker Island to a
British submarine cable company be
favorably acted upon by congress.
Saturday, the Bccond of February,
was set apart for the delivery of eu
logies on the life and services of the
late Senator Alfred H. Colquitt, of
Georgia. A number of pension bills
were passed.
CAUGHT IN THE COG WHEELS.
Fatal Accident to u Superintendent of an
Indiana Pulp Works.
By the United Press.
Muncle, Ind., Jain. 10. Superintend
ent Charles Cunningham, at the Mutv
cle Pullp works, attempted to cross over
the top of a big vat near a pair of
3-foot cogwheels last night. He lost his
footing and fell.
His feet were pulled between thecoma
t( the knee. The two two limbs clogged
'the wheels so that a. belt broke and the
grinding ctosed. The man was held
fast for nearly ten minutes before the
other workmen could get the wheels
apart. There Is no hope of his recov
ery. He has a family, and Is -5 years
old.
HEARD OVER THE CABLE.
At a court-martial held In the Gironde,
France, a soldier hus been sentenced to
death for spitting in the direction of the
president and for flinging his kept at the
representative of the government.
Purulent pneumonia Is prevalent In
Purls. It originated In a cargo of green
parrots lanuea somo years ago at Hor
deaux. The birds were 111 and took the
malady to the different towns to which
they were Bhlpped.
Early In tho spring Russian volunteer
ships will carry 4,000 emigrants for tho
Amur, 8,300 soldiers and 1,800 Cossack
families for the Usurl region, and 800 con
vlcts will be put to forced labor on the 81-
berlun Rallwuy works.
Four thousand families, comprising
some 20,000 persons, benefited by the an
nual Christmas day distribution of "hot
pots ' by the Liverpool authorities. Each
hot-pot contained three pounds of beef,
seven pounds of potatoes and one pound
of onions. The committee also distributed
4,000 four-pound loaves of bread, 4,000 one
quarter pounds of tea and 4,000 pots of
jam.
' Charitable bequests In England last
year, reports the Charity Record, were
neither so large nor so ninny as in 18!3,
Tho aggregate Is estimated at $15,000,000.
This sum was given to medical and other
charities and works of relief pure and
simple, and does not Include the receipts
of the great missionary and educational
societies. Metropolitan charities were not
favored by any extraordinary legacies.
An electric lighting Installation which
has Just been put into Warwick Castle,
England, Is notable for the Ingenious en
deavor made to harmonize the new II
lumlnant with Its venerable surroundings,
The great hall and state apartments of
the castle have hitherto been lighted from
massive candelabra. These are to bo re
talned, with the substitution of imitation
candles, made of porcelain, for the wax
cundles formerly used. The electric
wires are titled Into the Imitation candles
and the light aro shaded by white illk
hoods.
IT LOOKS LIKE A BATTLE
Senator Quay's Attack on David Mar
tin Signifies a Good Deal.
POLITICIANS THUNDERSTRUCK
But They Soon Recovered Enough to Ad
mit That There Will Be Plenty of
'Fireworks in State Polities
in tho Near Future.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10. The "day
after," usually so dreary In politics,
was quite as exciting, if not so turbu
lent, here, among those interested in
Republican city and state politics, as
was the dramatic and eventful W'ednes
duy which witnessed the turning down
of Senator Boles Penrose for mayor.
the nomination of City Solicitor War
wick and the open and virulent break
between David Martin and Senator M.
Quay. Every Indication today con
firms ifhe first Impression that this
break will possess far-reaching signifi
cance in state politics.
The general opinion Is that 'the Bea
ver man has declared war, but whether
he will bolt the nomination of War
wick Is yet to be seen. Already there
are rumors .that Colonel McClure, Sen
ator Quay and Penrose will support
any Democratic nominee for mayor in
the Quaker City, that the likely man
will be Governor Pattlson, his remark
able luck as usual not deserting him.
and that Congressman McAleer will
succceed Townsend at the head of ,the
mint to make Democratic harmony
complete.
Stripping for a Fight.
Word from Washington, received to
day, is to the effect that Senator Quay
appreciates fully the Import of his
speech before the senate yesterday. It
is known that the senator has dis
posed of .his holdings of Philadelphia
Traction stock. These circumstances
would Indicate that Mr. Quay is strip
ping for tlhe light. By getting rid of his
traction holdings he will be at liberty
to fight Messrs. Martin, Warwick and
the Traction company. The possibili
ties Involved In this sensational break
between Quay and Martin aire far-
reaching and important. Martin Is the
head of the combine In Philadelphia,
and In full command of a political ma
chine, the value of which Mr. Quay
fully appreciates. He has practical
control of the city. He may be able to
use this against the Interests of Mr.
Quay.
There Is always the possibility of a
rupture of the combine in Pittsburg.
If Senator Flinn, Chris Magee, who is
always an uncertain quantity, and
Martin should combine there would be
an opposition such as Senator Quay
never yet encountered in his career
of thirty years and more as a Pennsyl
vania leader.
"Martin sold Penrose out yesterday,"
Senator Quay said, "and 1 propose to
show him up. He deserted Penrose at
the demand of the Pennsylvania Rail
road company. I found thut he had sot
up all the pins and there was nothing
to do but acquiesce."
That Senator Quay has been hit hard
goes without saying. The desertion of
Martin Is one of the worst blows he has
ever sustained. That he feels the de
feat of his plans in Philadelphia most
keenly was evidenced by his extraor
dinary conduct in the senate. There is
an impression prevalent that this at
tack of Senator Quay's Is but the pre
cursor of a very bitter fight against
Dave" Martin.
Some of the Consequences.
It is practically certain that the turn
ing down of Senator Penrose and the
explicit and unquestioned breuking
away from Senator Quay's manage'
ment of Philadelphia Republican poli
tics will at once result in the lntrduc-
tlon in the state senate of a resolution
to Investigate all Philadelphia munici
pal departments. While nothing wrong
in these departments is specified, It Is
conceded thnt the implications to be
drawn from the mere starting of such a
crusade might for a time hurt tho party
in this city. Be this as it may. Quay
and Martin have broken apart, and
Senator Charles A. Porter, city chair
man, has gone with Martin for several
seemingly valid reasons.
The secret of Senator Quay's on
slaught upon Martin in the senate Is
thus expluined by( the assertion that
when the senator visited hero, last
Tuesday, he sent for Martin to come
and discuss the situation with him. It
is known Mint Martin declined the in
vitation, and that Colonel Quay re
turned to Washington In disgust, full
of the belief that Martin hud proved
both treacherous and ungrateful and
that Penrose T,vas tto be slaughtered In
the house of his alleged friends. One
of the most widely-circulated Btorles
was to the effect that In answer to
Quay's Invitation to aconference Mar
tin declared that he was tired of an
swering Quay'B orders and that Quay
had better get somebody else to attend
to his affairs in Philadelphia.
Puttlson for Mayor.
There Jrf no discounting the strong
sentiment which is growing for Robert
E. Pnttlson for mayor. If the Dem
ocrats shall Nominate him and It is
the belief of nine men out of ten that
they will the strength of his candi
dacy, It Is said, would surprise people,
The new turn of affairs Is already con.
soltdutlng tho Democrats. The faction
of that party known as the "Pennsyl
vania Democracy" was to have held
Its convention today to nominate its
candidate for mayor, but the conven
tion was nolt held, as It has been deold
ed tlhat the "Pennsylvania Democracy"
followers will go into the regular party
convention. The nght of the "Pennsyl
vania Democracy" against the regu
lar organization will be made at the
primaries and will be, It Is said, within
pa my lines. It is also said that If the
mayoralty nominee Is acceptable to the
leaders of the "Pennsylvania Dem
ooracy" he will be earnestly supported.
The prlnclpnl candidates mentioned
for the nomination are Governor Pattl
son, ex-Collector John Cadwallader
and Colonel Charles II. Banes, but
Pattlson stock heads all the rest. The
"Pennsylvania Democracy" has op.
posed tho faction of the party with
which the governor Is Identified, but It
Is thought that if he is nominated he
will be supported by them.
Harrisburg, Jan. 10. Senator Ten
rose reached Harrisburg last ntgiht,
Just In time to eat a lunch and take his
seat In the senate before adjournment,
Continued on Pag 1
DESERTED VILLAGE.
Male Residents of Fredonia Left Early to
Avoid tho Deputy Sheriff,
Sy the United Press.
Buffalo, Jan. 10. The trolley line be
tween the village of Fredonia and the
olty of Dunkirk, Chiautauqua county,
carried a majority of the male residents
of the village away from their homes
and places of business this morning,
and when, ithey returned home last
night It was late and by stealth. The
reason for the disappearance of all the
men was the report which got abroad
last night that Deputy Sheriff Taylor
waa going to serve a bundle of sub
poenas itoday lln the case of the people
against Anthony Laux, Who was on
trial at MayvJUe, the county seat, for
violation of the excise law.
Nearly every man 'in Fredonia could
give testimony a gainst him, but none
cared to do so. Taylor rounded up live
of his witnesses and took them to May
vllle. This trial 'is one of the events of
the seveniteenV yeair fight which the Pro
hibitionists and the license people of
Fredonia have been fighting. A case
against the proprietors of the Columbia
hotel Is also to be tried. It is In evi
dence that the bar was on the top floor
of the hotetl and each guest who wanted
a drink paid 5 or 10 cents to the elevator
boy, according to his taste. The liquor
men say theiy will appeal to the state
legislature for relief from the enforce
ment of the dry laws.
CURED BY T1IIXDEB.
John Connell, an Inmate of tho Pittsburg
Poor House Who Has Been Dumb for
Years, Suddenly Recovers His Speech.
By the United Press.
Pittsburg, Jan. 10. John Connell, an
inmate of the city poor farm at Mar
thalsea, since October, will be released
tomorrow. When he went there Con
nell was insane and dumb. His cure
has been affected by a clap of thunder.
Director George Booth, of the depart
ment of Charities, and Superintendent
Liindcrman, of the farm, vouch far the
truth of the etory.
OH Sunday might last Connell went to
his room as s-usual. He had been acting
very queerly, aired 'his roommate was
cautioned to keep a watch over him.
About imldnUfht the two were awak-
eived by the storm which began that
night. The storm was broken by one
tremendous clap of thunder. The peal
had hardly died away when Connell
sprang from his bed and raised a shout
that startled the entire building. Find
ing that he could shout the man began
dancing about the room as if crazier
than ever. He yelled, clapped his hands
and sang while tears of Joy ran down
his face. Up to. that hour none in the
establishment had known his name.
Being dumb he could not give amy ac
count of himself.
Now, however, 'he has given his name
as John Connell, and says he was born
in Pittsburg and seven years ago went
west. Eventually he secured work at a
mine owned by a California company.
His brothers obtained work In the
same mine. One day itfliere was a ter
rific explosion In the mine and Connell
was the only imam taken out alive. His
two brothers were killed. Connell was
removed to a hospital, maintained by
the Miners' union and after being un
conscious for ninety-six hours recov
ered to find his voice gone and his mind
wandering.
He was awakened on Sunday night,
he says, by the clap of thunder and re
gards his recovery as a mlraole. Dur
ing his lucid Intervals Connell says he
prayed frequently for a restoration of
his faculties. He "ays the loss of hla
hearing was attributed by the Califor
nia doctors to the explosion of dyna
mite In the mine.
THE OLIVES WE EAT.
Our Consumption of Them Increasing
Every Yeur,
By the United Press.
Washington, Jan. 10. The consump-.
tlon of olives In the United States is
increasing rapidly as a result of the Im
migration of large numbers of people"
from Southern Europe within the past
few years. 'This fact Is enlarged upon
by United States Consul Adams at Ca
diz, Spain, in a report to the depart
ment of state. He shows thut the
value of the olives Bent to the United
States from the one province of Seville
last year was $326,884, and the quantity
was about 150,000 bushels.
This year's crop Is short about 25 per
cent. The consul thinks the duty of
20 per cent. Imposed by the new tariff
act will not materially affect the vol
ume of Imports and that the treasury
will be a clear gainer.
GETS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Scntcnco Passed t'pon Frederick Buck,
Who Killed His Wife at Klgln. '
By the United Press.
Elgin, 111., Jan. lO.Frederlck Puck,
who murdered his wife In this city Nov.
25, 181)3, was sentenced to twenty-live
years' Imprisonment, with one day each
year- In solitary confinement on the
anniversary of his crime. The case
was called before Judge Kellum at
Geneva, and Buck pleaded guilty.
Buck, actuated by jealousy, shot his
wife upon her return from a call and at
once gave himself up to the police.
Hoth belonged to well known families
here. He is a son of I. N. Buck and is
now 44 years old. She was a daughter
of Mrs. Hnnnnh Swan, and a sister of
Theodore P. Swan, a leading merchant.
IMctzcl Rescued.
By tho United Press.
PottBvllle, Ta., Jan. 10. Charles Diet
Eel, one of the miners who was Impris
oned In Richardson colliery by a fall of
coal on Tuesday, was rescued this evening
alive and uninjured. The dead body of
Burke, Piotzel's companion, was also
taken out.
.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Work In tho patent office has been
brought up to within a month of date.
President Pro Tern Harris was warmly
congratulated, on his return yesterday,
upon his selection for another term.
To prevent the Jams hitherto prevalent
at the president's receptions, the number
of Invitations sent to people not In of
ficial positions will be greatly reduced,
i Captain Krnest A. Darlington, Sev
enth cavalry, was yesterday nominated
to the vacancy In the Inspector general's
corps, caused by the death of Colonel
HoyU '
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, rain; winds
becoming westerly.
Bins
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The boys and girls must
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We have them. They
don't cost much, either.
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POPULAR GOODS,
POPULAR PRICES,
And the population of Scran
ton know where to go for
popular goods at
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