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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.
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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.
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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.
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