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SCK ANTON, PA.,' TUESDAY MOKNIXfl, rEHKUAltY 19, 1805.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
SILVER FAVORED IN SENATE
Friends of Mr. Jones' Coinage Bill
Prevail by .Majority of 3.
LEADING UP TO PKCB COINAGE
The Vote on Motion to Tukc I p tho Hill of
the Senator from Arkansas Icm
onstrntcs tho Strength of
Stiver Advocate!).
By the United Press.
Washington, Feb. 18. Today's session
of the senate was Interesting from start
to finish. Karly In .the day the resolu
tion offered last Saturday by Mr. Stew
art, Nevada, declaring that there was
no authority In law for the purchase
of gold coin Id preference to other coin
was laid before the senate, und Mr.
(ray, Delaware, took advantage of It
to reply to the attacks made last Sat
urday upon the president In connec
tion with the contract for the purchase
uf gold by the Issue of 4 per cent, bonds.
Mr. tlray entered into a defense of the
ncl'on of the president and showed that
the president had twice appealed to
congress for aid In sustaining the credit
of the United States; that congress had
Pat dumb und Irresponsive to those ap
peals, and that the executive action
was dictated by his duty under the
laws. It was entirely the fault of con
gress, not of the president. If the gov
ernment had to pay interest at the rate
of I! per cent. Instead of i per cent.
Senator Sherman, Ohio, also ad
dressed the senate, contending that a
promise to pay In coin meant payment
in such coin as the holder of bonds de
sired, and that as the government had
required gold coin to be paid for all the
bonds Issued since WJ. honesty and
fair dealing required their re-payment,
principal and interest, in gold coin. Mr.
Sherman, however, was far from ap
proving the contract whereby 4 per
cent, thirty year bonds were sold to the
syndicate at I'M'::, when they were
really worth, in the English and
American market. M.
He characterized the bargain us faul
ty and Improvident on the part of the
Vnited States, but concluded that It
had now to be submitted to. There
was no action on the resolution.
Leaning Toward Silver.
Then Mr. Jones, Arkansas, came for
ward with a motion that the senate
proceed to the consideration of the bill
reported by him from th finance com
mittee on Feb. 1:1 providing fur the
Issue of bonds and the coinage of sil
ver. This motion was antagonized by
a motion to adjourn, made by Mr. Hale,
Maine, but the senate, by a very deci
sive vote of 17 to :;tl, refused to adjourn.
After some Intermediary skirmish
ing the senate came to a direct vote on
the motion to take , up the silver bill;
and the friends of that measure pre
vailed with a majority of three, th
vote being: Yeas, Z); nays, 27; as fol
lows: Yeas Messrs. Allen. Date, lierry, P.la-K-bnrn,
Butler, Call. Cameron. Clark, Dan
iel, Dubois, Hansbrough, Harris, Hn
ton, Jones, of Arkansas: Jons. of Ne
vada; Kyle. McLaurln, Mantle. Morgan,
PetTer, Perkins, Pettlgrew, Pugh. Squire-.
Stewart, Teller, Turple, Voorhees, Walsh,
White. .TO.
Nays Messrs. Allison. Brlee. Camden, '
Carey, Chandler. Davis, Dixon, Frye. Hal-
linger. Ceorge. C.ihson. tirav. Hale. Haw
ley. Hill. Hoar, McMillln. Mcpherson,
llandcrson, Mitchell, of Wisconsin; I'.il
mer, Pascoe, Piatt, Proctor, ljuay, Kan
pom. Vilas. 27.
The following pairs were announced:
Messrs. Mill and Sherman, Wolcott and
Murphy. Coke ami Dolph. Vest and Wash
burn, Snoop and Smith, Faulkner and
Wiggins, Poach and li-irrnan, Irhy and
Morrill, f'oi krell and f'ullom. I:i.no h:i r d
and Burrows, todge and Martin.
Mr. Jones' r.ill.
The Jones' bill provides as follows:
Th-it frrm on.1 oflA, the r ,-. .. .t . rt thta
ft. the secretary of the treasury Is hereby
authorized and directed to receive at anv
T'nlted Stales mint from tiny citizen
the t'nlted States silver bullion of stan-l-ard
fineness, anil coin the same Into sil
ver dollar of 41'j grains each. The scltrn
lornge on the said bullion shall belong to
the t'nlted States and shall be the differ- !
ence between the coinage value threof j
nnrt the market price of the bullion !n i
X, York on the day the deposit Is made, I
ond all expepdllurrs for coinage done? un- j
der the provision of this net. shall be paid .
out of said selgnloraire: and the secretary f
of the treasury shall deliver to the riepod- '
tors of such bullion standard silver dollars
equal In amount to the price thereof nq j
aforesaid; and whenever the said coins I
herein provided for shall be received Into I
he treasury, certificates may be Issued !
thereon. In the manner now provided by ;
law. - !
MRS. MANSFIELD INJLRr.l).
The Actress Receives Scvcto Shock In a
Tnr Wreck.
Uy the United Press.
.Milwaukee, Feb. IS. P.entrle.e Cam
eron, or Mrs. Klchnrd Mansfield, ns
she la known In private life, sustained
serious Injuries In a peculiar railroad
accident here this afternoon, and Incon
sequence no performance was given nt
tho Davidson theater this evening.
Upon the arrival of Mansfield's eom
panyrom Chicago t his afternoon his pri
vate car was switched out Into the St.
Paul yards. Mrs. Mansfield and her
maid were the only occt.pnnts, and
were preparing to leave the car when a
passenger coach crashed Into It with
terrific force, through the open switch,
wrecking both cars and throwing Mrs.
Mansfield and her maid to the floor with
great violence. The former sustained
several cuts and bruises about the head
and face and was rendered unconscious.
Her maid escaped with a few bruises.
Iate tonight It waa announced that
Mrs. Mansfield would probably be able
to pluy tomorrow evening.
seeking Tin: on jc.es.
An Army of Applicants Dcslro Positions
in Department of Agriculture.
By tho United Press.
Ilarrlsburg, Pa., Feb. 18. Tho gover
nor. Is beselged with applications for
place In the department of agriculture,
created by the bill on the calendar for
second reading In the senate. Chair
man Moore, 'of the agriculture commlt
. tee, who had charge of the bill in the
house. Is a formidable aspirant for
dairy and food 'commissioner In the
proposed new department. Other as
pirants are the Incumbent, Kastbiirn
Reedor, of Bucks; J. Cheston Morris,
of Philadelphia; Captain Levi Wells,
of Bradford; and Jason Sexton, super
intendent of William M. Slngerly'a
Montgomery county farm.
Commissioner Reeder Is being urged
by Justice Fell and the leading dairy
men und farmers In eastern Pennsyl
vnnlii, und is opposed by Chairman
(illkcson, of tho Stute Hepubllenn com
mltteo, a neighbor. The grangers tire
urging the appointment of Moore, who
Ih a member of the Stute Grunge legls
latlve committee.
Dr. U. II. Warren, of West Chester,
state ornithologist and author of the
famous "l'.lrd Hook," may be economic
zoologist.
HAYWARIVS STAR WITNESS.
Maggie Wachtcr tilings AJry Into the
Case by Degree.
By the United Press.
Minneapolis, Minn.. Feb. 18. Maggie
Wachtcr, the star witness for the de
fense, told her story this afternoon,
and the true Inwardness of the Hay
ward defense is coming to tho surface.
Front Increasing evidence that Adry
was In some way connected with tho
murder the belief Is gaining credence
that both men were mixed up In the
plot. There is certainty expressed In
some quarters that the state Is aware
of Adry's complicity, but has promised
him Immunity for his testimony against
Harry.
In this event the defense will be able
to prove its alibi for Harry Hayward.
and that It was Adry who met lillxt on
Kenwood boulevard. The defense will
try to prove by testimony that Hay
ward really had the money which he
claims to have loaned Miss tling, tak
ing the insurance policies us securities.
M'isuidi: di:it:ati. i).
Liable to He Killed Out of the New York
Convention.
By the Vnited Press.
Columbus, I)., Feb. IS. At the ses
sion of the National Miner's convention
today, Patrick Mcllryde, of Pennsyl
vania; W. O. Pearce, of Ohio; P. II.
l'ennu, of Indiana, and J. C. Clarkson.
of Iowa, were elected delegate:! to the
convention of the American lV-d.-ii-tlon
of Labor, which will meet in N.nv
York next December. John Mcl'.rido
was defeated for a delegate, and unless
he secures u proxy und gets In the con
vention In that way. he will be ineligi
ble for re-election as president.
A resolution was adopted excluding
a local newspaper reporter, because the
paper hail denounced national otlicials
in strong terms editorially, especially
the McBtides.
JF.RMYN HOTEL 1 IRE.
The
House of I'ntertuininent
kept hy
Louis Huff is lltirncd.
Special to the Seranton Tribune.
Jermyn. Feb. IS. At u.uO this morning
lng lire was discovered In the hotel of
Louis Huff. Crystal Fire company
were on hand at 4 o'clock, but owing to
the plug being frozen were not able to
get a stream on for some time.
The hotel building and a dwelling
house adjoining were totally consumed.
Both were the property of James Tim
lin, and were partially Insured. Mr.
Huff looses nearly all of his house
hold goods, the tire burning to rapidly
that there was no time to save much.
It is supposed the tire originated from
the kitchen stove.
SLIGHT FIRE AT PITTSTON.
The
Residence of T. It. Stale
Scorched
hy the Flames.
Special to the Seranton Tribune.
Pittston, Feb. IS. About 7.4" this
evening the house of T. K. Staley was
discovered to be on fire. An alarm was
sounded and the local fire companies
Ml.,CRl iexpunue.1 UN.. iwunn ...e fm ,.,.,., hs ,,
Mat-, which were confined to a bed- ori,,n ,.lMnK nilus,.a lln,, s,.kll(.SH llllti
room. The damage was about $JtiO and , , man ,.,, ,,, ,,. ,,,.,, ,, nell,th
was caused principally by water al), ,,,. . np , t( ,..aVl. ,,,
It is supposed that the lire originated j nijUS,
from a parlor match which Mrs. Staley , , ,av r two ..go. after having taken
stepped on In the bedroom about 5 i ft .p,. (lf InH1,.ue. the lizard was eject
o Hock In the afternoon. The fire i , .,.,..,., .,, ..,.,
burned slowly about the room until a
bed was reached, when It was dlscov-
pred
(j ENTRY STILL AT LAKfiK.
Police Cannot l ocate the Murderer of
Miss Yorkc.
By tho United Press.
New York, Feb. IS. Detective were
sent out from the centrafoiflce to look
for James 15. Gentry, the murderer. of
Miss Madge Yorke, the actress, early
today, but up to 11 o'clock tonight no
clue of the mnn had been obtained.
Kvery policeman on the force
been furnished with a description of
Gentry.
Old Soaks Vindicated.
By the United Press.
Washington, Feb. IS. The bill to In
crease the tax on beer Is presumably tle.id.
It was referrel to a sub-committee of the
house committee on ways nnd means.
The favorable showing made by Secretary
Carlisle satisfied tho sub-comtnittee that
the tax Is not needed and It Is understood,
therefore, that no further action will bo
taken upon the measure.
bishop Ohcrholtcr Dead.
By tho United Press.
Allenlown, Pn., Keh. IS. Bishop John II.
Oherholtzep. of the MennotOtn church. Is
dead at Center Valley, aged S7 yenrs. lie
was n t the head of a schism In tho church
In 1SI7, when many left with him to form
ii new church of more liberal views In
matter of worship, Sunday schools und
dress,
.
llurdwnro Works Kesuino.
By tho United Press.
Heading, Pa., Feb. IS.-The Heading
Hardware works will go on full time,
sixty hours a week, next Monday. For
some months the company hns been work
ing but forty hours a week. Over 700
hands are employed.
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' Candidates Kill Hustle.
By tho United Pross.
Bethlehem, Pn., Feb. IS. Congressman
Mutihler telegraphed from Washington
this afternoon that, nn election for post
master will be held hero on Saturday. A
dozen ciMullihites started to work Im
mediately to get votes.
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.
Allegheny City proposes lo borrow JHiO,.
fltm and build wuler works,
(ill men nt Pittsburg have subscribed
fi.i'io for the new company urKiinlzed lit
Bradford to oppose tho Standard Oil com
pany. Judge Yerks, of Bucks county, declares
ho will revoke the license of any saloon
keeper who sells drinks to prison Inmates
or paupers.
About 125 wages claims, aggregating
$3,1X10, have been Died against Contractor
!', J. Amweg for work done on the We.r
ncrsvllia lnsano asylum. '
Owing to snowdrifts, Mrs. Fcrguo Me
Dermott, living .two miles from Altoonn,
only reached that town yesterday with
the news that her husband fioxe to ileum
eight days ago,
GREAT CONGRESS OF WOMEN
Types of l'cminine licanty nt the Na
tional Council at Washington.
OP ALL AGES AX1) CONDITIONS
Drcsf Reformers and llutterf lies of Fash
ion brush Against Lauh Oilier Mrs.
Sowull Advocates Kevislou of
the Laws of Divorce.
By the United Tress.
Washington. Feb. IS. Tho leading
feat urea of the opening session of the
second triennial congress of the
National Council of Women of the
United States In Metzerott hull today
was the address of the president, Mrs.
-May Wright Sewall, of lndiunupolis.
in her opening address she advocated
a revision of the luws of divorce. She
took high ground In favor of more
sensible und hygienic living and jess
ing, for a greater regard being paid
to the physical and social culture of
the young, und for the patriotic In
struction of all the youth of the laud.
She gave a brief and Interesting ac
count of the general work done by the
organization and its members since the
preceding session four years ago, und
also since Its organization In 1SSS, and
predicted greater changes und more
sweeping reforms in the coming ten
years than those through which they
had just passed. The address was en
thusiastically applauded und greeted
with the waving of hundreds of hand
kerchiefs. President Sewall represented her co
workers on the board of general olllcers
und the presidents and delegates of the
i organization composing the council.
1 who were gathered about her on the
stage. The gathering was not only rep
resentative from a geographical stand
point, but from those of appearance and
sphere. Dress reformers and women
In gowns of the mode sat side by side,
while here und there could be seen
the quaint bonnet of a Quakeress. All
ages were likewise In evidence, rang
ing from more than three score and
ten of Miss Susan It. Anthony, to the
1.'.t years of Miss H. Augusta Howard,
of Georgia. It was truly a national
council of women.
After President Sewall had delivered
her annual address a recess was taken
until It o'clock, when the olllcers of the
council held an Informal reception In
the F.bbltt House parlors which lasted
until 5 o'clock.
SWALLOWED A LIZARD.
It Lived In a Deputy Sheriff's Stomach
fourteen Ycurs and Then Died.
By the United Press.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Feb. IS. Four
teen years ago, while Deputy Sheriff
Frank M. Ford was riding olong the
highway near Morgantown, he stopped
at a roadside spring for a drink. While
in the net of drinking Mr. Ford saw a
small lizard, which, he says, looked, to
be about two Inches in length, glide
toward his mouth. Before he could pre
vent it the lizard shot Into his mouth
and he felt It as It slid down his throat.
Greatly alarmed, Ford tried In every
way he could think of to dislodge his
uncomfortable tenant, but in vain.
j He then mounted his horse and made
his way home as rapidly as possible,
! and as soon as he got there he took a
i strong emtio, hoping thereby to dislodge
' the reptile, but failed. From that day
pearance of having been deati but u
! very short time. The reptile had been
j In the man's stomach fourteen years,
i George Hoffman, tin acquaintance of
j Sheriff Ford, visited the hitter only a
ilny or two ago and was told of the final
riddance of the reptile.
1 l R TIMES MIS liRIDI'.
Young (ilrl Ibis lit) J Ihrcc Nuincs and
l our Di orcc Suits,
By the United Press.
New York, Feb. IS. One of the most
remarkable stories of marriage and di
vorce on record cnine to light In the
superl ir court on a motion to file nn
amended complaint. Krom the papers
It appears that a girl aged 1!) has been
married four times lo the snme man,
has begun nnd discontinued four suits
for divorce, has tried breach of promise
proceedings, litis figured In the courts
under three tin rues, hns three lawyers
ami has llgured ns co-respondent once.
The girl's latest name In Muggle
Pratt. She litis appeared In the divorce
courts before as Maggie J. Flnncrty
and Mnrgnret Kluley. The defendant
Is much older, nnd bis name Is Spencer
Chnrles Pratt. He says In his answer
that the whole business Is blackmail,
nnd cites the vnrloun Pulls against him.
The girl had been married In Philadel
phia twice, and In Itahwny nnd
Itnyonne once each. Pratt's lawyer
said that his client had not been mar
ried. AGED PHYSICIAN KILLED.
Dr. Dyus of Chicago Struck hy o Hallway
Train;
By the United Press.
Chicago, Feb. IS. Dr. William God
frey lyas, one of Chicago's pioneer
physicians. W'as killed by a Lake Shore
train at the Sixty-ninth street crossing
last night. It Is supposed that the old
gentleman did not see the approaching
train because of the heavy snow which
was falling nt the time. Dr. Dyns was
born In Dublin In 1SU7, and was gradu
ated from the Itoynl College of Sur
geons In Is.'UI. lie came to Chicago
early In the fifties, and was for some
time editor of the Chicago Journal.
He afterward resumed active medical
practice, nml retired but a phort time
ago.
He was one of Ihe founders of the
Women's Medical college, and was for
mime time Its president. He was also
consulting physician for tho Women
nnd Children's and tho Cook County
hospitals.
Rlekorson Pleaded Utility.
Bv ths United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. lS.-In ths United
Slates district court today Chnrles C.
Blckei-son, a. 17-year-old youth of I.nncus
tvr, pleaded guilty to sending obscene lit
erature through the malls. Ho will be
sentenced on Wednesday. Anthony Corn
stock, of New York, who gathered evi
dence In the cuse, was present In court,
POTTSVILLE MINE KORROR
Death Pollotvs a Terrific Explosion of
Gas in West Hear Kitlnc Colliery.
MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED
Six Miners Are Taken Out Alive Though
Terribly Injured-! Ivo Dcud Bodies
Kecovercd-Other Victims Still
in the Mine.
By tho United Press.
I'ottsville, I'a., Feb. IS. A terrific ex
plosion of mine gas took place at 10
o'clock this morning In West Hear
IMilge colliery, belonging to the Bead
ing eompnny, and located at Mahanoy
Plane. The following miners were
taken out seriously und probably fatal
ly burned:
Anthony Myers und F.dward Davis,
of Glrurdsville; William Mlunich and
Wllllum Golf, of Ashland; John I.amey,
Mahanoy Piano. William Davis, of
Mahanoy Plane) was slightly burned,
but was able to walk home. There are
still live men In the workings, and
these are all supposed to have been
suffocated or killed by falling debris.
The explosion sid fire to the timbers
of what Is called the '"Monkey" air
way, and thus the ect of the five
miners was cut off. Six men are now
reported killed. Between 2 and . 3
o'clock this afternoon the bodies of the
five men left In the mine were recov
ered after a hard and dnngerous strug
gle on the part of the rescuing pnrtles,
who were fighting In constant fear of
being overcome with after damp or the
smoke of the burning timbers.
The five bodies recovered were those
of Peter Greenback, St. Clair; Joseph
Glitz, Crescent Hill; Thomas Dm lain,
Glrardvllle; Benjamin Header, Maha
noy Plane, and Peter Kline, Ashland.
While being taken to the Miners' hos
pital at Ashland, Anthony Myers, one
of the men rescued this morning .died
of his Injuries. The heads of tho bodies
were bruised nnd scorched und this In
dicates that they were killed by the
force of the explosion.
Caused hy a Naked Lump.
Major lleber S. Thompson, of I'otts
ville, was In the mine at the time, but
be escaped without Injury. This col
liery, which Is owned by the Heading
Coal ami Iron company, Is situated on
the G Irani rnnl land, of which Mr.
Thompson Is the general superinten
dent, and he was making nn Inspection
of the mine this morning In his olllclal
capacity when the explosion occurred.
The origin of the explosion is not
known, but It Is believed that a naked
lamp Ignited n large body of gas that
had been let down when a blast was
nuifle In the gangway.
The lire is still burning fiercely,
though the employes of the company
nre fighting It with energy. Several
thousand feet of hose was procured
from the hose company of Mahanoy
Plane and Gllberton ami this wns put
Into use. The fire Is located In the
northwest Monkey airway, and Is In a
place that Is not easy of access. The
otllclnls hope to be nble to extinguish
the lire before It gets a hold on the
con I. Should the latter disaster follow,
the mine will have to be Hooded, and In
that case over WW men would be thrown
Idle. This colliery has a capacity of
2G0,00 tons annually.
CONVENTION OF WHEELMEN.
I'oiirtocnth Annual (lathering of tho
League nt New York.
By tho United Press.
New York, Feb. 18. The fourteenth
nnnunl convention of the League of
American Wheelmen begun this morn
ing In the Grand Union hotel. Then
was about 1 'Jf. delegates present. They
represented nearly every state und
territory In the union. A new presi
dent will be elected.
There Is only one ticket In the field,
A.' C. Wllllson. of Maryland, who wns
tho vice-president of the League of
American Wheelmen, heads It. He will
Hiicceed Charles II. Luscombe, who re
tires today. Charles A. Perkins, of
Boston, will be made vice-president.
There nre four candldntes for tho sec
ond vice-presidency. In nddltlon to tho
election of olllcers, new rules will be
adopted.
NEW JERSEY IT END'S ACT.
After Abusing Ills Wife Spcnrllng Cuts
Her Throat with a liuor.
By tho United Press.
New York, Feb. 18. Mrs. Helena
Spcnrllhg, 42 years of age, of Itoboken,
N, J., wns killed by her nusbnnd this
morning. Hpenrllng had abused and Ill
treated bis wife for Homo time nnd she
complained to' tho police, who arrested
him, and he wns Rent to tho Snake Hill
penitentiary. This' morning the couple
had a quarrel In their bed room and ns
Mrs. Hpenrllng turned to leave the room
her husband seized her nnd drew a
rasor across her throat, severing the
wind pipe and nearly ctiMlng her head
from the body.
After cutting nis wire sv Tpear
1
Business Men or Boodlers for Council
llng allowed her body to drop on the
floor of the bed-room. He wiped his
hands on tUe bed clothing and then
went Into the kitchen. He paid to his
mother In a calm tone: "Mother, 1 have
killed her." When the police arrived
all they could do was to notify the cor
oner. During tho excitement the mur
derer made Ills escape.
MARRIED HIS SEVENTH WIFE.
A Pauper Oil Yeurs Old Weds a Girl of
Only 10.
By tho United Press.
Luwrenceburg, Ky., Feb. 15. One of
the most remarkable marriages ever
witnessed In Kentucky was solemnized
In this county Friday when Colonel
Cody Bourne wedded Miss Hose lirown.
He has passed bis ninety-third year,
while his bride Is but a few clays over
slxteent. She Is the seventh woman
who has stood before the colonel and
promised to love, honor und obey him.
The bride Is the daughter of Jackson
Brown, of the Shiloh neighborhood, this
county. Until last October Colonel
Bourne wns an Inmate uf tho Anderson
County poorhouse, where he had been
confined for ten years.
His life Is full of sensational situa
tions. In the prime of manhood, away
back In the thirties, he defied fate as
a Texas ranger ,when he was known
ns "Fleet-foot Cody." a title lie earned
because of his proneness to walk or run
for miles rather than go horseback or
in the stage coaches. Leaving Texas
shortly before the Mexlcun war, Col
onel Bourne walked through the coun
try to this county, some yeurs later en
listing in the Union army nnd fighting
to the end of the civil war. At the close
he came back to Lawrenceburg. He
was so Infirm nnd poverty stricken
that the county authorities gave him
a home at the poorhouse. He hud been
mnrrled four times previous to his en
trance there In lsss. Soon after he be
came one of the county's paupers he
mnrrled one of the Inmates of the alms
house, who lived but a few yenrs. Col
onel Bourne repeated this matrimonial
venture by eloping with another In
mate and walked to Indiana on a bridal
tour. On their way they met a proneh
er, who performed the ceremony on the
public highway. The wedding Journey
was continued through the Hoosler
state. Colonel Bourne and bride re
turning a few months Inter to the poor
house. This wife wns Mag Booth, who after
ward went crazy and died in the Lex
ington asylum. Thus the present Mrs.
Bourne, the child-wife, Is Ills seveiuh
spouse.
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IRWIN VINDICATED.
I'ittsburg Jury Acquits the Discretionary
Pool Operator.
By tho United Tress.
I'lttsliurg, I'a., Feb. IS. The sealed
verdict of the Jury in the case of I)j
cretlonary I'ool Operator (leorge M. Ir
win wns opened by Judge Kennedy to
day. The lltiiling was for ncc,uittal, de
fendant to pay the costs, so far as the
charges of false pretense preferred by
Mrs. Brown nre concerned. The court
room wis crowded to the limit.
The verdict created no surprise and
Irwin "was tho llrst man to leave the
room. Irwin considers the verdict a
complete vindication. The future action
of both sides to the case Is yet unde
cided. -
I'YRicii ri:m:asi:d.
The Court Considers Him Capable of Man
aging Ills I suite.
By tho t'nlted l'rcss.
llarrlsburg, I'a., Fell. 18. As a result
of habeas corpus proceedings today
Judge Slinonton ordered the discharge
of William ICyrlch from the hospital for
the Insane In this city.
The testimony went to show that Ev
rlch was able to lako care of himself.
Ills home Is at Bending, nnd there was
somo trouble about his property,
--
i ori:k;n noti:s.
Archduke Albrerht, Held marshal nnd In
spector general of the army of Austria,
clleii at Arco yesterday morning from con
gestion of the lungs, lie was In his seventy-eighth
year.
WAI TED 1 ROM Till: WIRES.
Strikers on two Ilrooklyn trolley roads
have declared tho strike off.
Vor the murder of Knuna Hunt, who
rejected his suit, Wllllum Lake, ot tl
blon, N. Y., was sentenced to death.
Hloux (Mty temiMtrance women mndo tho
round of tha saloons, singing hymns, and
will enjoin llcpior seller that break the
law.
John Y, McKano, tho Imprisoned Orave
send buss, is ordered to return to Mrs,
Paul Haaer tho stolen estate, of her dead
husband,
Doctors and undertakers disagreed as to
Mrs. Petei tlswell, of lennox, Mich., be
ing really dead, and the funeral is post
poned to settle the question,
For attempts at bulldoElng voters In tho
November election, 1). II. Chapman, a
Democratic! challenger, ot Chicago, was
given eighteen months In prison.
Itlehunl Pcmody, charged with the mur
der of Lena Tapper, at Denver, Col., has
been rearrested, a new evldenuo has bucn
found, lis Is one ot the "Btranglers."
Which?
WARWICK-TOON FIGHT
Clectiun in the Quaker City Today
Kill lie .Most Exciting.
THE KESILT IS UNCERTAIN
Leaders of Various ructions Will llo
Abroad ut i urly Mawn prepared to
Carve licgardlcss of Party
Affiliations.
By tha United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. 18. Local elec
tions will be held In every township ot
all the counties in Pennsylvania tomor
row and In every city and borough.
Mayors, burgesses, councilmen, school
directors, election board olllcers and
other olllclals are to be elected. .Here
in this city an interest that lias not
been equalled for years has been
aroused by the mayoralty canvass
made by Charles F. Warwick, the Re
publican candidate, and ex-Governor
Robert E. Pattlson, the Democratic
standard bearer. The contest has been
particularly tierce and waged with a
vindictivoness with which no political
battle In this city has been fought for
a long time.
Under usual conditions Mr. Warwick
would probably be swept into the
mayoralty chair upon the crest of the
usual enormous Republican majority
given his party In Philadelphia, but
local and factional lights in the party
ranks have so complicated the situa
tion that tonight there Is a reasonable
doubt of the certainty of his election.
The normal Republican majority In
Philadelphia on local Issues Is from 21,
mh) to 2.-.,uH0, and Mr. Warklck has been
four times elected city solicitor with an
Increased majority each time, so that
he brings to the polls with him the
prestige of nn unbeaten candidate. The
factional fight In the Republican party
was begun when State Senator Pen
rose did not receive the nomination for
mayor, which he claims had been prom
ised him. The followers of both these
men ure believed to be contemplating
vengeance and It said that they will
"knife" the Republican candidate at
the polls tomorrow.
Mr. Warwick's Associate.
Associated with Mr. Warwick upon
the ticket is William J. Roney, who is
the nominee for receiver of taxes.
Upon the IVmocratlc ticket opposed to
Mr. Roney Is Colonel Sylvester Bonaf
fon, Jr., nn Independent Republican.
The receivership of taxes fight has been
somewhat lost in the great prominence
given to the mayoralty battle. Mr.
Roney Is a brother-in-law of Iivld
Martin, the Republican leader of the
city of Philadelphia, and ns such will
probably be freely "knifed" by the fol
lowers of Penrose, ns Mr. Martin Is
charged with being the man to break
fuith with these candidates.
Mr. Pattlson has the splendid record
of nn unbeaten candidate, lie has
twice carried the city of Philadelphia
for controller, and twice carried the
great Republican slate of Pennsylva
nia for governor.
In addition to the two heads of the
tickets, councilmen and nineteen police
magistrates will be elected tomorrow.
A conservative estimate of the situa
tion tonight makes It reasonably doubt
ful which party will elect the heads of
tho ticket tomorrow.
1.M.C.TKH.1AXS STRIKE.
They Dcslro a Working Py of right
Hours Only.
By the t'nlted Press.
New York, Wb. IS. The electrical
workers, 900 men, went out on strike
today. At noon the board of walking
delegates of the building trades took
charge of the strike, and If any firm
gives employment to any electrical
worker who Is not a member of the
Klectrlcnl Workers' union this board
declares that they will order on strike
every man In the building trade, and as
the board claims Its inundate
will extend to every man nt work any
where within n radius of fifty miles
of this city, S0.O0O men will go out on
strike when ordered.
The electrical workers nay that Ave
weeks ago they notified the Klectrlcnl
Contractors' association that If on Feb.
15 they were not limited to eight hours
for a day's work they would strike,
Wages had nothing to do wdth the ques
tion. Washington ;ossn
Senator Ransom Tins the overwhelming
senatorial preference, fur the Mexican
mission,
Hawaiian revolutionists are entitled to
exile In America, Immigration Superin
tendent Btump decides.
Civil Rervlce Commissioner I.ynmn has
discovered luxltles and limitations In the
Mexican border customs service, which
render smuggling very prolltable.
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair; south
west winds.
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