r mm EKJHT PAGES ." COLUMNS. SCUvtTsTON, 1A., MONDAY MOKNINO, FE1J1MJA15Y 25, S1)3. TWO CENTS A COPY. A DICK QUAY IS PERSISTENT He Will Insist I' pun u Lcxow Com mittee fur riiiliiiklpliiii, MARTIN TIRKD 01' 1'OLITICS lie Contemplates u Trip to i:urope-Cup-tain Kciancy Will Accept u Lticretlvo Offer from Unltiiuoro-Work lie fore the Legislature. Special to the BiTiintou Tribune. Harrlsburg, Peb. 24. The decision of the bou t'd of public buildings ami grounds to appoint General John K. lioblnson, of Juniuta county, superin tendent of buildings anil grounds, an otlice now held by Major John I.ock hur,t, of Philadelphia, was arrived at In consequence- of the decision of Captain John C. Delaney, of this city, but for merly of Dimniore, to accept a highly lucrative offer made for hla services by the Southern Immigration society of Hal tiniore. of which Chuunoey 1-'. lllaok, of York. Is president. This society has been desirous for some time of adding Captain l'elaney to its corps of execu tive olllcers, but it was nut until It largely augmented Its inducements that he decided to enter its service, thereby retiring from the political Held In this city. An endeavor has been made to convey the Impression to Captain Delaney's friends that the captain has been "thrown down" by the slate adminis tration: but this effort of his enemies to breed dissatisfaction can be easily dismissed by the assertion that Gover nor Hastings has personally assured Captain Ivlaney (if his regret that the captain does nut see his way clear to remaining n Harrlsburg, in a posi tion of responsibility closely connected with the governor's administration. What Ahotit Philadelphia .' "Dick" Quay is behind the movement for the proposed Investigation Into the municipal ail'alrs of Philadelphia by a senate committee. Those who talk by authority say Senator Quay is indiffer ent on the subject, but that his son is urging an investigation in the belief that It will force Martin and Porter and other anti-Quay people in the Quaker City out of polities. The defeat of Senator Penrose for the mayoralty nomination was a sorry blow to young Quay. It disarranged all his plans and he has vowed ven geance upon those Instrumental in bring ing it about. The gossip on the Inside at the state capital is that "Dick" and Magistrate Durham expected to go Into business together next spring In Phila delphia as contractors and that If Pen rose had been elected mayor they hoped to secure, through his Influence, the bulk of the city contracts. Doesn't Want an Investigation. Senator Quay la quoted as having fr;id to certain friends within the past week who saw him at Washington that he can see no good to come from the proposed Investigation and that he Is unwilling to lend his name and assist ance to it. Young Quay Is persistent and revengeful, though, ami Insists that this Is the only hope his father lias of bringing his former colleagues to terms. If a Lexow committee Is appointed by the senate the friends of Martin and Porter will move for a house committee to Investigate the state departments, especially the state treasury, covering a period of twenty years. The Phila delphia leaders have a large following In the house and profess to neliey. through certain friendly Influences they can secure a committee that would make ns much trouble for the Quay people by probing the affair at the capital ns their opponents expect to make for them In Philadelphia. Hut there may not he an investiga tion. The election of Warwick, it Is thought, will put an end to the move ment. Senator Porter, It is said. Is will ing to retire from polities, and so Is Martin. It Is the belief here that with Porter out of the way the quarrel be tween Quay ami Martin will be patched up and that they will be friends again. The feeling between Quay and Martin Is not near so hitter ns between the silent penntor and Porter. The latter fHijsed Penrose's nomination from the utarf, and when Quay tried to force him Into line he stubbornly refused to yield. They had a conference about a month before the nomination of War wick, at which Quay Insisted that the ex-clty chairman should suppore Pen rose and Porter peremptorily refused. Hot words passed between -them and they have not been friends since. KavlJ .Martin Is Indifferent. Martin's supporters deny the story that he contemplates a tour of Kurope. They soy. however, that he Is anxious to (jet out of polities. His reasons fire that he has been made the scape goat for all the alleged wrongs that have been committed by the party repre sentatives in Philadelphia, and that he Is constantly accused by the newspapers of misdoings of which he Is Innocent. These charges nre annoying to Martin and for the sake of his reputation and that of his family he has concluded to surrender the party leadership nnd go along with the procession. As to the Investigation, Martin's friends say ho Is Indifferent; he has never held nn of fice of Importance and professes to have no fear of the most searching Inquiry into his public and private life. There will be a complete re-organization of Internal affairs when Secretary elect I.atta takes hold next May. Of the twenty-one places In the depart ment only two are filled by Phltndel phlans. The pressure on General Latta from the Quaker City for place Is no great that he hail concluded to drop Rome of the Incumbents nnd fill their placed with worker from that city. Henry W, Fulmer, of Norrlstown, mes senger, will probably ho transferred to the adjutant general' department under his personal friend and former chief, Genera Htewurt. General Latin's Nomination. In making these changes Genernl I.atta will be guided largely by the advice of David Martin. A strong per sonal friendship exists between the two, and no matter what mny be tho outcome of the quarrel between Senator Quay and the nntlnnal commlttemnn It ' In believed the secretary-elect Willi enst his fortune with tho Bhrewd Phlladel phlan. The reason Is obvious, Latta CHves his fftTmlnntlon to Martin. A year ngo when the party leaders were dis cussing 'the sla.te for the June conven tion only one name was considered for secretary uf internal affairs, and it was mutually agreed that the party service of this person entitled him to the nom ination. Hy a force of circumstances, one of which was the nomination of Galusha A. Grow, the sage of Glenwond, for congress-at-hirge, tills person was dropped and others were taken lato consideration. Martin saw an opening for Philadel phia to get a place on the ticket and quietly sought the man for .the place. One bright day last spring while Gen eral l.atla was hurrying down Chest nut street a hand was laid upon his shoulder und a familiar voice said to him, "General, how would you like to succeed Tom Stewart as secretary of Internal affairs?" "I am sure 1 would have no objec tions," was the quick response. "Then put yourself in rcudincss to announce your candidacy; meanwhile rest assured you will be nominated If It is within my power." That hand and voice was David Mar tin's. The next day he went to Wash ington und held a conference with Sen ator Quay and secured his promise to support General Latta. Within a fort night a conference was held at Phila delphia between Martin, 1-atta and three or four embryo candidates for secretary of Internal affairs, at which it was deckled that the general should be a candidate and all present pledged him their support. The other aspirants quietly threw aside their ambitions and the next morning the Kepubllcan newspapers of Philadelphia announced In their editor ial columns the candidacy of General l.atta. He started in the campaign without opposition for the nomination, and except the candidacy of Charles K. Voorhees and Lucius Rogers, of Smith port, which were never taken serious ly, he had a clear field and was nom inated by acclamation. The most formidable aspirant who stood aside in favor of the general has since re ceived his reward according to an agreement made at the gathering. This is how General Latta came to be nominated and the story has never be fore appeared In print. As to his suc cessor as clerk of the quarter sessions court of Philadelphia the lucky indi vidual will be Magistrate Ahern. fie has been endorsed by Senator Porter, David Martin, City Chairman Clem ents and all the leading politicians, and unless there is a new deal he will be appointed by the governor early In April. i Work Ahead in the Legislature. There are many important bills on the senate and house calendar relating to the educational interests of the com monwealth which will be considered when the legislature re-convenes to morrow. Some of these are well ad vanced and will reach the governor within a month. Other bills of like character are under consideration by committee and will be disposed of final ly during the coming week. In the sen ate a bill has passed finally requiring school directors and controllers to pur chase out of the school funds American flags to be displayed on the school houses In their respective districts. The bill increasing the minimum school term to seven months was killed by the senate. The Farr compulsory education bill Is on the house calendar for second reading and will be considered next Tuesday if called up. There are also on the calen dar bills providing for township high schools and appropriating $i'O0.)00 for their support; designating the first da of May as "Sanitary Day" for the pur pose of holding exercises relating to sanitary science; authorizing school di rectors or controllers to appropriate annually from the school taxes not exceeding 2 per cent, to establish find maintain public school libraries; pro viding for a census to ascertain how many children of a school age do not attend school; prohibiting trustees of state normal schools from making or being Interested In contracts with such schools; extending the provisions of the act authorizing eontrn! boards of education In cities of the second class to establish and maintain schools for Instruction in the mechanics' arts and kindred subjects to cities of the third class; authorizing school directors (r controllers to maintain out of the pub lic school trerrsury free kindergartens for children under C years; authorizing boards of townships or districts to pro vide for a supply of water therein for tire and sanitary purposes and to locate lire plugs near the school buildings; Increasing the number of boards of ex aminers of the state normal schools from live to seven nnd permitting the superintendent of public instruction to appoint the examiners at his discre tion; authorizing the trustees of nor mal schools to arrange with the school directors of nny adjoining school dis trict by which the pupils of such dis trict may be instructed In the model school of nny such district; authorizing boards of controllers or director to direct instruction to be given by means of pletorlally Illustrated works In any of the several branches now taught; providing that the compensation of ill rectors attending triennial election of county superintendents shall not ex ceed $3 a day. The Iiouthett bill providing for the purchase of sen ol books lit publishers' prices Is on the house calendar for first reading on Monday evening. The head ulllclals of the department of public Instruction nre earnestly opposed to the bill and decline that If It becomes a law It will Increase Instead of dimin ish the price of books. They coptend this is true In Ohio, whero such a law Is in operation, und that books were never cheaper In Pennsylvania than under the present system. Th- bill Is aimed nt the school book trust. Six bills providing varlouB methods for dis tributing the school funds are slumber ing in the house committee on educa tion. CONDI'NSED STATE TOPICS. Captain George W. Hklnner, ex-usncm-blyinan, tins sold the Fulton County Dem ocrat to H. W. Peck. Aged llenjamln Knlttcl fell from a snow drift upon the railroad track at Lyons and whs cut to pieces. A broken axlo derailed a Wilmington and Northorn freight train at Isabella, wrecking eight cars and Injuring Plar ninn Daley. . At the Ihlgh university Junior orator ical content yesterday tho prlxes were won by Harry N. Herr, H. A. Held and 1 A. Duboll, respectively. Kxecutlons for KC7S worn Issued Sat urday night agulnrtt W. Purke Cummings, a large denier In machinists' supplies and steam Utter of Lancaster. The liabilities are lurge. RUIN BEFBREJBE ORE IN Late Discoveries in the Mesubu Kunijc Imperil Capital Greater Thau WEALTH 01' THE ROTHSCHILDS .Muro Iron in tho Kongh Than the Lntire World lias I'se for Towns boomed to bankruptcy Uockefel ler Probably llitteu. By tho United Press. Milwaukee, Feb. 24. Solomon 8. Curry, president of the Metropolitan Iron and Land company, the largest producer of Iron ore In ithe world, has made an astounding statement regard ing the future of that business, and predicts a revolution In the industry und bankruptcy for those interested therein. "Over $100,000,000 have vanished," he declared, "and the owners of Iron mines will want to know where they are at." Mr. Curry returned yesterday from Cleveland, where he attended a con ference between nearly all of the rep resentatives of the principal iron 'ore corporations in the United Slates. "The mooting." he says, "was like a funeral dirge. Tears trickled down our cheeks, and we sobbed at the sight of wealth as great as that of the Roths childs vanishing Into mist, all through the discovery of ore fields from which can be mined more ore than the world needs. Hopes of n Short Supply blasted. "This is nil due to the development of the Mesabu. range, and the, billions of tons of ore which can be placed upon the cars there at a low price, assuring the world of an adequate supply of the mineral for 1,000 years, and this con dition confronts us just as we had con menced to believe that a famine in the production of Uessemer iron ore was about to be inaugurated. "We had some of the most experi enced iron men in the world visit Lng land, Spain, Algiers and Cuba ami make an examination of the Iron mines, and from the reports they made we be lieved that in a few years Kurope would lie obliged to call upon America for Its Bessemer ore. This will prove to be true, for the United States has the ore und the fields In the old country are playing out; but of what good is this new condition to the old-timers who have invested millions In the Lake Superior district? Even Rockefeller will regret his investment in Iron mines unless he secures a monopoly of the transportation facilities into the Mesaba district, which he bus attempt ed to control." Towns f orced Into Ilankrtiptey. In the course of his talk Mr. Curry made dire predictions regarding the future of a number of cities In the Lake Superior country, "Uocklnnd ' and Greenland," he said, "were at one time two of the most prosperous cities In Michigan, and were the richest and greater mining camps on the globe. Knglish money poured into both places, but now they nre deserted villages and property is almost wortnless. The dis covery of the Calumet and Hecla mines, and the consequent production of copper at less than l." cents a pound, brought about this change and de stroyed the value of the region in which our Uritish friends spent their millions. The same destiny awaits Ishpemlng, Negaunee, Iron Mountain, Norway, Crystal Falls, Florence, Uessemer, Ironwood and Hurley. (MIGHT BY T1IK FREIGHT. Two Young I, adics Instantly Killed and Others Wounded at a Knllroud Cross ing. Hy the United Press. Linden, ()., Feb. 2-1. This morning a west-bound freight train ran Into a double rig containing a party of young people on their wiiy to church, killing two and probably fatally Injuring two others of the party. The dead are: Miss Allle Hunt, aged lit; Miss Hessie Hunt, aged 1.0. The Injured are: Mips Margaret Hess, aged 17, badly hurt, Internally; Miss Louise Camp, aged 111, leg and arm broken. Walter lirlggs, the driver, was slight ly injured. MADE SILVER DOLLARS. (Jang of Italian C ounterfeiters Arrested it St. I only. Ey the United Press. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 24. -The police arrested yesterday Francisco Uomera, Frank Nicolas nnd Joseph Stambola, three Italians, who, they believe, are western distributors of a counterfeit ing gang located In New York, known nn the Adams gang, which Is said to have coined one million dollars of spurious money and circulated It in all parts of the world. Considerable couif terfelt money was found on the prison ers. The "queer" captured Is almost perfect. The police say the Italians are agents of a gang reported to have coined from pure silver lit least one million dollars In dollars and smaller denominations, circulating In this country, Canada and Kurope, thereby making a profit of $j00,OO0. VIOLETS NOW IN ORDER. Tho Murderer of Madge Yorke Is Decern ing Moro Cheerful, By the United Press. Philadelphia, Feb. 24. James Ti. Gen try, the murderer, was reported this evening to bo Improved, anil unless bis condition does not again change for tho worse, he will undoubtedly recover. Gentry Is much more cheerful than he was, and takes a decided Interest In what Is going on around him. American Cnttlo liar red Out. Dy the United Press. Paris, Feb. 21. At the cabinet moetlng todny M. Gtulaud, minister of agriculture, iniulo an order In council forbidding the Imiwrtntlon of American cattle Into France on account of tho Texas fever und pleuro-pneuinonia, with which they uro alleged to be Infected. Settled for $2,500. By tho Unltod Press. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 21. TUchard Mansllcld, the actor, received J2.5UO from the Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt. Paul rail road as a settlement! for the Injuries Ills wife received In the Union depot Mon iluy, when a switch enable crashed Into his private cur, i IS, fit r f The Governor Is WANING DAYS0F CONGRESS The Coniiiiii Kedi Kill 15c Liuly in ISoth Semite und House. .MANY AITKOI'KIATIOX iilLLS In Some of the .Measures Are. Radical Points of Difference between tho Tuo lloiiscs-Wurm Debutes Arc Promised. By the Unltod Press. Washington, Feb. 24. There are but three great appropriation bills that have received the approval of the executive. Six are In conference and in some of them radical points of differ ence between the two houses nre in volved. Chief among these is the diplo matic bill which carries the senate appropriation of $r00,000 for the com mencement of the work of laying a cable between this country und the Hawaiian Islands. The house by a for mal vote has refused to agree to this amendment nnd the senate by a good majority has directed its managers to insist upon It. Mr. Hlackburn, one of the senate conferrees, is authority for the statement that the president would veto the whole measure if this pro vision were left in the bill. Four of the appropriation bills still remain to be acted upon, the sundry civil bill having been made tho unlln ished business for tomorrow morning. This Is one of the most Important of the appropriation bills. TheO amend ment reported by the appropriations committee providing fr.r .the Issue of treasury certillcates to meet the cur rent expenses of the treasury will be antagonized by tho silver men. Mr. Mills' proposed amendment, of which he has given notice, repealing author ity for the issue of bonds In the future will also be strongly opposed by those who look upon the authority found in the resumption act as the only barrier between the treasury and a silver basis. Sugor Bounty Will Cnuse Trouble. The sundry civil bill also curries the senate amendment appropriating for the payment of the sugar bounty earned prior to the passage of the new tariff law, a matter Involving an expendi ture of between $4,000,000 nnd sn.voO.OOO. This one Item, it Is thought, will furn ish a heavy stumbling block for. the conference committee. A majority of the senate appropria tion committee are said to be against the construction of the three battle ships and they make a report to the senate reducing the number nnd thus precipitating a light. Advocates of this battleships will have the unanimous support of the senate naval committee which endorsed the bill ns it passed the house. Night sessions will bo the order this week. There Is a probability that on Saturday, March 2, the senate mny re main In session all night, taking recess for a few hours only during the middle of the day on Sunday. , No programme hns been arranged for the last week's business of the house, anil, under existing conditions, none can be outlined In advance. The gen eral deficiency appropriation bill Is still undisposed of and the mannger of that measure, Mr. Hrccklnrldge, of Ken tucky, will doubtless contest with Chairman Heard, of the committee on affnlrs of the District of Columbia, for the right of way tomorrow. The indications are that with th" exception of some private bills, for which consideration may bo had by unanimous consent, no further legis lation will he accomplished at this ses sion save appropriation bills. - BURIAL OF lRLI) l)Ol'(iLASS. Itcmulns of the Colored Orator' Will He Taken to Rochester. Hy the United Press. AVashlngton, Feb. 24. The funeral services over the late Frederick Doug lass will be held tomorrow In the Metro politan African Methodist Episcopal church, the lurgest of the denomination In the city, und the demonstration on that oceuslnn is expected to be one of tho gren.test ever seen In Washington. At 7.10 ihe body will leave for Roches ter, N. Y vhere Interment Is to take place. GENERAL CAR It DEAD. Commander of tho Third Division, Now York (iiuiid, Pusses Away, By the Unltod Press. Troy, N. Y Feb. 24. (Major General Joseph 1J. Carr died at his home this morning after an Illness of long stand ing, though he was confined to his bed only six weeks. A cancer, which had Its Inception In the cheek, and which later spread to his Juw and throat, was the cause of death. Joseph H. Carr was born In Albany In 1828. At the breaking out of the re bellion he took an active part In organ izing the Second regiment, New York State Volunteers, and waB elected com mander. He participated in a number of buttles and continued In the service until the close of tho war. On June 1, 18C5, he -was notified of his appointment as brevet major general for meritorious services. In January, 1807, he became major ' general of the Third dlvUlon, a pp o p?ia rtoftfl f 30,000,000 lit A iiiw... , J, iMk jrmm t&mm a Good Barrier to Legislative Extravagance. National Guard of the state of New York. There will be a military funeral Wed nesday under the direction of the Third brigade staff. CITY OF MOROCCO LOOTED. Rebels and Residents Have bloody l ights on the Streets-Jewish Quarter of the City lias Been Spared. By tho United Press. Paris, Feb. 24. A dispatch from Tan gier says that rebel tribesmen have en tered and looted 'the City of Morocuo, and that the rebels and the Inhabi tants of Morocco have had bloody lights In the city's streets, and that many have been killed and hundreds Injured. The Jewish quarter of the city is said to have been spared. The city of Morocco, one of the capitals of the empire, is situuted ill the southwest of the country. It Is surrounded by a strong lime and earth wall thirty feet high. The town is 111 built, and the streets narrow, Irregular and unpaved. The houses, generally built of the same ma terials as the wall, ore one story high with flat roofs and narrow openings Instead of windows. A large portion of the space within the walls Is occupied with gardens, open areas and market places. The city possesses twenty mosques, of which six are remarkahle for 4helr size and elegance. There are several tanning nnd leather dyeing es tablishments, some of them of great extent. The population Is estimated at about 60.000. On the south of the city, outside the walls, stands a palace of the Sultan of Morocco occupying a space of about ISO acres. Morocco waa founded in 1072 and reuchcil the summit of Its prosperity 'in the thirteenth century, when It had more than 700.000 inhabitants. It hns since been rapidly decaying and is now half in ruins. HOWIE'S FATE IX D01BT. The Japanese Government Docs Not Look With l uvor I pon the American ln enter of Infernal .Machines. Py the Unltc-il Press. London, Feb. 24. The Central News correspondent In Toklo snys tho naval reports from YVei-Hat-We! mention eleven foreigners who were captured with the island forts last surrendered by the Chinese. Ten of them swore to take no further port In the present war and were set free. - George Howie, the American, who came to tho east with a scheme to blow up Japanese vessels with submarine infernal machines, has been detained aboard the Japanese Hag ship pending the decision of his fate. The Japanese made a reservation us to How.le In the articles of capitulation. They nre in clined to treat him severely, as he was let go on parole after his arrest nboard the steamer Sydney, yet lost no lime in breaking his word and placing his ser vices at the disposal of the Chinese. The Central News ' correspondent In Pekln says: "High olliclals here express the hope that 1,1 Hung Clmng's appointment to be pence envoy will be acceptable t.) Japan. He will have full power to dose the negotiations without referring mat ters to Pekln. The time nnd place of the negotiations have not been deter mined." DOWN ON Ol'AY. Pennsylvania Railroad Officials Anitutcd Over Dclnvuirc bridge Question. Uy the United Press. Philadelphia. Feb. 21. Pennsylvania railroad olliclals are anything but pleased over the success of Senator Quay In inducing the United States senate to pass his resolution suspend ing work on the Delaware bridge until u commission of army engineers can report upon the proper height of It. If the movement .to have the height of the bridge above high water Increased from fifty to seventy feet proves successful, a prominent official of the company ntated last evening, It may result In the practical abandonment of the project, liotwlthptandlnit the fact that consider able work ha4 already been done on tho npproaehcfl. and that the contracts fur the masonry nnd structural Iron work have been awarded. Should Sena tor Quay's resolution pars the house und become effective nnd the commission be appointed, this will cer tainly cause the suspension of opera tions for months to come, EX-SEN ATOR PLAIT ILL. Confined to Ills Room nt the f ifth Avcuuo Hotel. By the Unltod Press. New York, Feb. 24. The Recorder will say tomorrow: "Kx-Senator T. C, Piatt Is quite ill In the Fifth Avenue hotel. His aliment, diarrhoea, Is not serious, but It confines him to his room, and by order of his physician no visi tors at the hotel were allowed to see him today. -He was taken sick on Fri day, nnd grew worse until Saturday night. Then a physician was called, who ordered rest. The ex-senator's Illness prevented a conference vVhleh was to have been held by Borne of his friends who do not approve of certain appointments of Mayor Strong. ! L SWGATE DANCED FOR JOY Acquitted of Charqes of Haviny Km' bezzled $11,800 from Government. DISTINCT ATTORNEY ANNOYED The Verdict of the Jury Regarding Statute of Limitations Will Permit a Trial of the Prisoner Upon Other Indictments. By the United Press. Washington, Feb. 24. Captain Henry W. Jlowgute was acquitted today of the charges of embezzling $11,800 from the government while holding the position of disbursing officer of the United States signal service, and of forging a voucher for that amount to cover up his al leged wrongdoing. On the point of llowgate's alleged crimes being barred by the statute of limitation the Jury found for the government. The verdict was rendered about noon today, when the Jury had been locked up nearly seventy-two hours. Captain Howgate received the announcement without emotion, but after he had been taken to his cell he danced for Joy in the re alisation that part of the burden and anxiety of fifteen years had been lifted from his shoulders. There were only a few people in court when the verdict was rendered. While the Jurymen were going to their homes, Howgate was skipping back and forth like a boy on the hard concrete of his cell. He said he was very much pleased, of coursce. and said that he thought the verdict could not have been otherwise In view of the evidence. District Attorney's Opinion, District Attorney Uirney said he was much annoyed at the verdict. If the Jury had found that the statute of lim lations applied In the case, he would doubt, he said, his right to bring How gate to triul on the other Indictments, but as the Jury had decided that the statute did not apply, he would, accord ing to his present intention give the defendant another chance to show whether he was not guilty. The whole delay on the part of the Jury In reach ing an agreement was caused by the Idea concerning the statute of limita tions. Howgate gained his victory princi pally through the construction placed by the Jury In the evidence gained by Hoswell 11. Hochester, of New York, treasurer of the Western Union Tele graph company. Mr. Koohoster's testi mony that he could not have specifically denied tha t the signature to the voucher for JU.SOO for services rendered by the telegraph company was his own, Uf it had not been In connection with the Howgate case, was considered by the Jury, according to authoritative infor mation, as particularly significant In the defendant's favor. A number of indictments charging forgery ngalnst Captain Howgate still remain on the docket. . . . OI.ll-.ST MAX Dl'.AI). "rather" (iihson, Who Wns between 1 1 7 and IIIO Passes An ay. By tho United Press. Philadelphia, I-Vb. 21. At the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored pepole, tilrard and Itclnumt nvenuvs, on Wednesday -the oldest man In Pennsyl vania, John (ilbson, colored, died lifter iv lingering Illness. He was burled nt Olive cemetery yesterday afternoon. He was better known as 'Father" 151b son, and when ho entered the home, eleven years ago, he said positively that he wns 11! years old, which would make him ISO nt tho time of death. Other testimony ns to the colored patriarch's age varies as follows: An adopted daughter says he was 123, hav ing been born nt Snow Hill, Maryland, Jan. 26, 17H2. Others say he was but 117 years old. Until the war of the rebellion "Father" (llbsnn was a slave; but dur ing that struggle he escaped and came to Pennsylvania, subsequently settling in North Pcnn village in 1.S60. In that section of Philadelphia he founded the first colored church, and was long one of Its exhorters. He has a son 92 years old now living In the south, and one of his daughters lived to the age of 72. WASHIMITOX GOSSIP. Pi lilting of the new bonds has begun. Itusfilan Secretary of the legation llog Uatioff, who committed suicide, whs burled In Hook Creek cemetery. Thero Is some growling that Justlco Jackson, who Is not poor, should hold on to the supreme bench while unable to per form any duty. The bill postponing the enforcement of the International regulations of August, lhW, to prevent collisions at sea, has passed congress. j l-'iro at PlttHtou. Specln! to the Bcranton Tribune. PHtston, Feb. 25. The tire department was aroused at 1.45 this morning by a small blaze In Al Smith's hotel, on North Main street. Tho fire was discovered In the bar room. Tho names were oulckly extin guished, the damage being slight. WEATHER REPORT. For eastern Pennsylvania, fair; warm er; south winds. INLEYS SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Opened this week ia our f! ill DEPARTMENT, Comprising a new and elegant line of FINE KOYELTIES, PIN CHECKS, HAIR LINE STRIPES, SILK AND WOOL BROCHE AND BROCADE EFFECTS, ENGLISH TWEEDS, AND YIGOUREUS, ETC., ALL EXCLUSIVE. These guodti are specially adapted for Early Spriaj Wear tad will be bard to Und later, THERE BEING N3 DUPLICATES. 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