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SCALH.iiit
PASSES HOUSE
Railroads Triumph After
a Struggle of Ten
Years.
TALKING IN THE SENATE
A Long Debate in Executive Session
Upon the Subject of Confirmation
of Hawaiian Commissioners, Is
Stilted by Senator Hoar Mem
beis Object to the Appointment of
Senators to High OiHcinl Positions.
Senator Aldrich's Foint.
Washington, Deo. 7. No business was
transacted by the senate today In open
session. A few minutes after the sen
ate convened it went lulu executive bos
hod At 2 lr business in open session
waviesunied, the deaths of Representa
tives Noithwa.v, of Ohio, and Love, of
Mississippi, vveiu announced and the
senate adjoin ned us a. mark of lespect
to tlielr mommies.
Theie v.is a Ions' debate In executive
session upon the tnibject of conflrmn
tion of the Hawaiian commissioneis.
The deliato was started by Senator
Hoar, who made a vigorous piotest
against the praetlec of appointing sen
atom upon such a commission. He
bald these senatois vveie, when ap
pointed, ncttng under the direction and
become duly authorized asents of the
president to cany out his ideas and
vvlsbes What became of tlielr func
tions as senators, he asked, when the
repot t the make, as In the case of the
Hawaiian commission, comes before the
senate a co-ordinate branch of the
government diiectV In the case of
joint high commission negotiating a
tieatv of peace with Great Britain and
tin peace commission now in Paris,
theie vveie the same objections, but
applied with gt cater force. Senators
should hold aloof trom such imsltlons,
because tlieh acts us commissioners
weietobe passed upon by themselves as
senium . a veiy reprehensible practice
in the opinion of Mr. Hoar. He inti
mated that senatois uctlng for the
piesldeiil as commissioners, which,
when dealing with a foreign country,
have to art as a body, might be placed
in the position of supporting a cause
which the as senators would reject.
The method of appointing .senators
and commissions was defended by Scn
utois Motgan and Piatt, of Connecti
cut who claimed theie was nothing In
consistent In so doing. The debate
thou became somewhat geneial and
Hie constitutional pierogatlves of the
pusldent and the lights of the senate
wet' discussed at length upon the legal
and technical phase of the subject.
Other -ppakeis ill the controversy
weir- Senators Chandler and Hacon, In
opposition to the too tiee exeiclse by
the piesldent ol the power of appoint
ing senatois to other position. They
pointed out that theie was a law on
tbe statute books Inhibiting citizens
from holding two officers with pay at
the same lime and insisted that such
appointments was contraiy to the spir
it of Ameilcan institutions.
SENATOR ADDRICH'S POINT.
Senator Aldilch was among those
who contended for the light of the
president to call Into the seivice of the
lountry the talents of senators and
members of congress in other lines
than those in which tlielr oillces Indi
cated. The contention on this side was
10 the effect that the piactlco was an
old one and they cited n supieme couit
decision to vshow that two olflces
might be occupied hv the same perron
In cases wheie the sei vices did not con
Ilk t
Senator Aldilch made ihe point that
the position of commissioner In .such
duties as those of the Hawaiian com
mission and the Pails peace commis
sion was not Inconsistent with the per
foimance of senatoilal duties Those
positions were, he said, not oillces in
the usual Inteipietatlou of the woid.
rind to pi event the piesldent'.s culling
foi theli services for such woik was
to often depilve him of the best assist
ance available In special cases like
those in which Senators Mtngan. Cul
lom Davis, Vijo and othets weie en
gaged Senator Vest was among those who
nttackd the practice of appointing
senatois to the place of rommlt'i-'oiiei.s.
H s;.,i n a? especially reprohensl
bl hei auso of the fact that senator
ncei pting such places weie often called
iipcu as sen itor-. to pass upon their
own ii ts, thus nlailiig themselves In
tl e double position of members of the
i unit and a paity to the suit on tilal.
Ml 'enatoii making speeches ells
elaln i-d .inv Intention of peisonaily nt
tackint, iinv senator occupjlng the po
sition "l o'limifsioi.or
rw i nu and a half houis of ells
eiifsiui tin question was lefetied to
tin tuillclaiv i onmilttte ivith instruction-
to investigate and lopoit upon
tt- iiuinlnation of the commissioners.
Tlv en.itc in executive Hc-slon con
firm! d the appointment of lion John
Hi" 's '"Hietny iff state.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Anti-ticket Scalping Bill is Passed
by a Vote of 110 to 101.
Tl. house today passed the unti
tle kei s.aipipg bin by a vote of 119 to
Jul This action U the culmination of
u ten veins' stiugglo on tho patt of thu
lallioiulr to put an end to the business
of ticket scalping Tho interstate com
merce' commission Hi st called attention
to the subject In its repent of 1SSS and
It has been bnfoie enngiess ever since
In one form or another. During tho
list scission, oxtei.slic; heatings woro
given both to tho reptesiontat'vcH of
the latltemds unit the sealpuis and Mr.
aVliaii$nun' "' S('U ork. teemed ii
TBrogcs for tho measute. it wan, how
evei, deemed inadvisable to btlng the
measute forwatd until the piesent ses
sion The debate today lusted four
houiH and was splilted upon both sides.
Non of the amendments ofCeted weie
adopted and the bill passed as repot t
cel by tho committee.
Mi. Sherman (Hep., X. V.) explained
Hut the bill was eiy simitar to too
one passed by the hoife dining the
lotil c ougrcss. The changes w ero main
ly restrictive! upon coipe lathing.
The bill lcqulri'd tho can lets sub
Jeel to the Intel stale e ommeioo act to
piovlde null n'ent allthoibeil to sell
tickets with a e ci title ate and made it
unlawful foi an ollleer of such ouirler
to supply tickets to any but aulhoiized
agents. It made violation ef these pro
vision! a misdemeanor and ptovldcd
lor the ii'il'Miiptlou of unused oi prior
partlall.v used lie Ke Is and also provid
ed penalties fot foiglng or nlteilng
tickets, Mr. Sherman said this leg
islation had ben lepeatcdly recom
mended by the. interstate loinmeice
commission, that It hid the mippoit
of the newspapeis mid commercial
bodies anil that ever 3,000 petitions in
Its lav or had been piesented to the
bouse during the piesent congress. The
business communities had come to look
upon the ticket biokoiago business as
illegal. The amount of fiaud practiced,
if known, would startle any one unfa
miliar with the lads. Mi. Shut man
ellsplayeel a great m-iss of fraudulent
tl. kets which he said would gives a
faint Idea of the fi.iuds piactlced upon
tho uillioads and the innocent travel
ing public.
Mr. Uiiinduget Pern , Alk ,) offered
as an amendment a piovlso to the et
fect that the act should not apply to
tickets that aie issued by any lallioad
or other common catiler for the pui
poe of being transferied.
In explaining his amendment Mr.
Biundage declared that the real pui
posc of the bill was to pi event cer
tain lailroads fiom placing tickets In
the hands of scalpers for the purpose
of being transferred. Tho provision re
lating to forgery was unnecessaiy. liv
ery state had statutes against the Is
sue of foiged instruments.
SOURCES OF OPPOSITION.
Mr. Hepburn, in advocacy of the bill,
said there weie but two sources of
opposition to the pending measuie, the
ticket scalpers who made money out
of the business and certain lailroads
who succeedeel, tlnough the scalpels
In violating the Interstate tomineice
law. He said that there were loads
which did 95 per cent, of their busi
ness tlnough scalpers, and he appealed
to the fi lends of the bill not to allow
the amendment to prevail
Mr. Mann (Hep, 111.,) said theie were
some weak roads which would not be
able to compete with their stiong riv
als except through the agency of the
ticket brokers For some years, he
said, there had been a movement for
the p.issage of a law to legalize pool
ing of fieight nites. Tills Mien; bill to
luthoiize the lalhoads to pool their
passenger business.
The supreme couit of New York had
decided that a lallioad ticket was piop
ci ty which could be bought and sold,
and Mr. Mann said the house ought to
be very caieful ubuut enteiing upon
legislation which might not be upheld
by the supieme couit of the United
States, and which undoubtedly would
do gieat Injury to ceitain roads and a
vast number of indlv IduuR He assert
ed that ffieat piessuie had been
brought to beai in eveij dliection to
create sentiment in favor of the pas
sage of tills measuie Tills distinc
tion was in the Intiiest of the laigcsf
and strongest lalhoads.
Mr. Uland (Deni., Mo ) said he fnv
oied tbe ISi lindane amendment, but
was opposeil to the bill ns a whole. If
the amendment pi ev ailed he thought
the ti lends of the bill would lose In
tel est In it.
The pui pose of the bill w.ie to le h1
ize pooling oi passenger tialHe and
to tnke away from the states as far as
possible juilsdlctlon ovr this subject.
Jilt TrPDKGKArF'S SPKUCH.
Mr. Updegiaff (Hep., Iowa) niaele a
warm ppeech In opposition to the bill.
H" could not, he said, allow so mon
strous a piopositlou n.s this bill con
tained to pass without .i word. It
ought to be entitled u bill to suppiess
competition in passenger traflie. He
had loved the Hepublicau partv, Intel
lejolced 111 its achievements, it had
done much to elevate maiiMnd and was
now riding high on the tide of popu
larity. This bill would muik the be
ginning of its decadence. Its pissuge
would Impair in the minds of tlv mass
es the honest j and Inteejilty of his
party.
Mr. Marsh (Hep, 111.1 and Ml. Con
nelly (Hep. 111.) fy-lli antagonized the
bill In a vlgoims mai-nei.
.Mi. Hepburn, In enaige eif the bill,
teplled to its ciltlc.-i. It was not ele
slgned to stllle competition ne taid
on a Using- vctn the Hitmduge
amendment was defeated. o to s
The vote was then taken b a yea
and niiv. Tho amendment was defeat
ed 101 to 12-'. The vote then lecuned
upon Mr. CoilKs' nmendment. It was
al'i d"feated. Mi. damson ilJem.,
Gu ), Mi. Gaines (Dem, Tenn.) and
Mr. Todd (Fus, Mich.) opposeil the
bill. The latter maeie a tei rifle on
slaught upon tho railroads aftei which
tho bill was placed on Its passage. The
bill was passed, 1 lit to 101, the an
nouncement o' the result being jecelv-
eel with applause. The house then ad
journed. Pennsylvania Pensions.
WushingiHi, Dec 7 These Penusvha
n!a pensions have been issued: Oi Initial
1 human J. Nicholson, l.iinesboio, Sn
aiithanna. 110 Inei ease Edwin c.
On i ne. Canton, llradford, til to $1,,
Bnlgevvlck H Huff, Huwley, Pike, if, to
$5; Orlardo '.Vavmiui. New Albiny. Iliad
fold, $11 to $17. Oriph.al widow, etc
llunr.ah J. White. Mco, Wnvne. ii, Mnu
Vnndcrlmre. I'ittgton. K
Brewers Object to Tax.
New York. Dec. ".About .TOO lnowera
fiom all pans of tbe countiy met In ihls
clly today to protest against the contiuu
unco of tho war tv of a dollar a bar
rel on bcor and to tormulato measures to
securo Us abolishment. Hepn sentiitlves
of all tliolarfccst brewing concerns In .ho
I'nltnl States wco piosrnt.
Pennsylvania Postmasters.
Washington, Dec, ".Tho following
fourih i less postmasters wem nipolnli
today for l'eiiislvanla: Ureuid Mountain,
D. h. Wellcrj llrookljn, H. H. Klclrliltni;
JlrovMis, Anthony llrelim; Denier, Mlllma
Collin; Keiiidiill, Mary M. McCoy i Touah
ktiiainun, T. W, IUtj.
CUBANS CREATE A
ROW AT SANTIAGO
AN ARMED BODY MARCHES
THROUGH THE CITY.
Sevcnty-rivc Men Aimed to the
Tcetli March Tlnough the Streets
and Shoot nt tho Bell Ringcts in
the Cathedial Sevcial Bullets
Strike the Tent of Colonel Ser
geantThey Celebrate the Death
of Macco.
Santiago de Cuba, Dec. ".A baud of
Cubans on hoielmck cnteied the prem
ises of tbe Spanish club lieio this nf
teiiinoii and bioke sevetal lamps with
their mm htles.
The United .Stales authollties acted
piomptl. As a lcsult nt the outrage
at least half the pollie foice will be
discharged
Today Is the iiunivc isurv of Antonio
Mae en's dnith and lousldciable annoy
tirce was oie.isloned to the United
States iiutboiltli'S bv the fact that some
seventy-live nun. Cubans, mulched thu
entile length of St. Thomas sticet,
aimed with lilies and machetes, al
though all Cubans aie well avvaie that
sue,, conduit Is sttictly against the
tegulatlcinr, aimed bodies other than
United Stales tioops not being allowed.
The offenders in question did not ask
pel mission to match aimed, and their
Intention was not made known to the
Ameilcan authorities. Indeed the
eatlicdial bail been t cached by the pa
ladets befoie the fact was I opiated to
headuuarteis.
Colonel Iteaconi, who Is chlel In com
mand here during the absence of Gen
eral AVood, Immediately called upon
the major icgardlng the affair, and
was bv him refened to Colonel CJarcia,
who sent an oiderly directing the Im
mediate appeaiance of the offenders at
hcaduutirters.
Tiiitci: voi,i,r:Ys kiui:d.
Meanwhile the aimed bijuad had
fired thiee vollevs, many using ball
caitridges, whose bullets, stt iking the
upper portions of the cathedial, caused
the bell ilngeis to llee from their post.
In less than n ipiartei of an hour an
oflleer from the Fifth immune regiment
ai rived at headauaiters with a mes
sage f i om Colonel Sargent, stating that
several bullets linel struck his tent at
different points, and asking Informa
tion to the cause. Colonel darcla said
lie was under the Impression that the
men used blank cartridges and that
the United States authoiitles had been
notified of the Intention of a number
to match armed In connection with the
celebration
Colonel Heaeom lepoitod that he
knew nothing of it, and that the Cu
bans had evidentlv done their best to
conceal theli put pose. He then oi deled
Colonel Oareia not to allow his men
to attend the evening procession aimed
anil snld he would penult the continu
ance of the moinlng procession only
with the distinct undeistanding that
theie vi as to be no nioie llrins. The
sole re.uson vvu the offtndeis weie not
attested was that they weie within the
cathedral limits at the time.
MUSICIAN BARNES DEAD
Died of Fevei in tho City Hospital
nt Hanisbutg He Was Stricken
Soon After Reaching Cnmp Meado
in Septembei.
Special to the Scrartou Tl ilium
Camp Me Kcwl. uginta, Gn , r e.
7 The list ol the Thliteenth's eleael
numbers one mine.
Word has been leeeivod from the
citv hospital at Hairlsburi, stating that
John P. Bams, a fevei pttlent, passed
awav theie The deceased leached alt.
Gietna with the first batch of leerultu
May Vi, and two ela.vs later was mus
tered In as a member of Company G.
l.atei he was tiansteued to the band.
H-jines became ill Sept. 10, slu.l tly
after thu regiment reaehed Camp
Meade and rn Sept. Ill, he was taken
to the Flist division hopItal and later
to the Hed Cievs hospital.
Fieim that place he was removed to
Ilanisburg whcio he llnottd to the
end.
This makes the thlnl death which
Company G has had and the .second
member ot the band to pass away.
The deceased was twenty-one jearo
old. 'Io lived witli his mother and
two brothers, his father having died
some time ago, in Hallstead. Hesides
bniUrT a flist class musician ho was
pleisant and companionable In mauuei
and had endei.ied himself to all who
knew him. His death Is much lament
ed. Hit haul .1. 1 lotlike.
RUSSEL ALGER, JR., IlvuURED.
The Secietaxy's Son Victim of a
Toboggan Accident.
Gland Mel-, Que Dee 7. Hus?el A.
Alger, ji.i son of Ameilcun seeietaiy
of war, and manager of his father's
pulp e-onipany lieio. was badly Injuied
on Sunday by being t hi own from ids
toboggan.
Tho toboggan eairjing Mi. Algol shot
over an embankment, dropping 20 feet.
His companion fell on top of him. Mr.
Alger's spine was injuieil and his
physicians say It will bo nt least two
weeks before he villi recover. At pres
ent he Is confined to his bed.
Hannon Ringing Case.
Now Yoik. Dec. 7. Tho petition trom
John Ilunncn, Jr.. a either of Jolmstow 1,
I'a for a rihearlnir on the riiurce of
linglug at Cleveland lust October, wis
before the board of review h of the Nn
tloiial Trotting association today. Decis
ion was reserved.
Piince Will Not Come.
London, Dec. 7. An otllclal denial Ii'ih
been issued of the luport from Annuel
saving tho Piinco of WiiIoh coutcnipludK
attending thu eentuiilil.il culeliiiitlini
the clt of Wajlilngtiiii as capital of thu
United BtaW.
MYSTERIOUS HERMIT.
Lived and Died in Easton and No
One. Know His Name,
Kaston, I'a., Dec. 7 About twenty
Scats ago a stt anger went to live in
11 piece of woods not far tioin Peters
Mile in tbbt couutv and has made his
homo in a miserable hut, which he
constructed with his own hands and In
which lie lived until be died a few elnvn
ago. The stt anger dm lug his twenty
.v ears' slay In the nelghboibood men
tioned seldom spoke to any ono and
no one wart ever welcomed that visited
his nilseinblc habitation. The hermit
never spoke ot his past life nor men
tioned the names of anv of his tel.i
tlves. although It was geneiallv known
that be came fiom Philadelphia, wheie
it was believed he was at one time
verj wealthy, but lost all, after which
he wltlidiew fiom his ft lends and foi
iner as'-toe lutes to letlie1 to a secluded
spot where none would know him He
subslstcil chictlv em vegetables with an
occasional inbbit 01 bit el added to his
veiy fiugal fare It Is also known that
he lecelved an oiuislonal icmittauce of
small amount" of monev, but 110 erne
ever knew fiom wheie thov came.
No one evir knew his name, and
when he died his body was taken to
Philadelphia In a lough wooden box,
but wheie and to whom It was shipped
the iiillroad olllcl.ils would not disclose,
so that nothing of this mysterious hci
mit could mil be learned even after his
death.
HULL'S ARMY BILL
IS INrRODUCED
Not Like the Measure by General
Miles, But Piovldes for the In-
ciease of Regular Army to 100,000
Men.
Washington, Dec. 7. Hepiesentatlve
Hull, chilli man of the house committee
on military nffaiis, today Introduced a
bill increasing the tegular nrmy to ap
pioxlmately 100,000 men. Tho bill was
finmed at the war department and has
the approval of the secretaiv of war.
It Is not the bill trained by General
Miles as this measute has not the high
rank monosed by the Miles bill and
some of the appointments are open to
officers of the volunteers, from civil
life. It provides for a. lieutenant gen
eral and what Is consldeied a sulllclent
increase of malois and brigadier gen
et als to command an army of 100,000
men scattered fiom Porto Hlco to Ma
nila. The artillery arm is reoiganlzed
separating them into toast and field
aitllleiv, but promotion to be by sen
iority of tlie whole mm. A decrease
of the enlisted men is to be made so
that the at my can bo Incieased by
reciults in case of war to full stiength.
The cavalry is Incieased two regiments,
the infant! y five The enlisted strength
ot an Infantry company Is not to ex
ceed 745 so that In case of war new
icglments would have to be formed
probably nil of which would be lolun
teer, but the legular aim would make
a substantial first line. The bill pio
vldes feir the three battalion foi rant Ion.
I The staff coips 111 e incieased about 4
pel cent, and with the exception of the
adjutant geneial, Inspeetoi genei.il and
oidnanie aie open to appointments
f 1 0111 the volunteer or civil life The
most noticeable change Is in that of
the mi'dlia! clonal tmeut in which pro
vision Is made foi a hospitul coips of
1.000 privates with the nerts.'iiv non
commissioned olllcers. with a largely
Incieased number of suigeons and as
sistant surgeons. All olllteis and men
serving In the suh-ti epical eountiles
nio to liavo an Increase of J5 per cent.
In pay. Under the immediate control
of the piesldent, inhabitants of the now
eountiles may bo enlisted In the oigan
izations there seiving.
The bill gives a total of fouiteen leg
Iments of aitllleiv, twelve- ot cavahy
and thlity of lnfantiy. Chaliman Hull's
bill Is cast on entliely dlffeient lines
fiom Geneial Miles' bill so that detailed
compailson is difficult. The Miles bill
Is based on the theoiy of one soldier
for 1,000 population while the Hull bill
is based on the idea of a total force of
100.000, the oiganization being e'on
stiucted so ns to teach that total. Gen
eral Miles piovldes for a general and
for two lieutenant geueiuls, while the
Hull bill makes no provision for a gen
eial and has but one lieutenant gen
eial. GEN. WHEELER'S FURLOUGH.
Has Probably Seen His Last Active
Service in the Army.
Washington, Dee 7 Major Heneral
Wheeler piobahly has been hli last ac
tive seivice in the? United Stateti nrmy.
He was at the war department today
nnd had a talk with Secretary Alger
and Adjutant General Corbln. Tt Is
understood that he will be lelloved
from tutther active duty unless there
is a leeuiionce of win, but that he
will lemaln on the active list of the
United States volunteer army until
that army is mustered out of tho ser
vice' by the declaiation of peace.
This ptlvllege Is nccorded him In re
cognition of his distinguished sei vices
and will leave Geneial AVheeler fiee
to exercise hH functions as u member
of the house of rcpiesentutlves during
this session. The command of the
Foiuth corps, with heudquai ters nt
Huntville, Ala, It now tempoinilly
held by General Chaffee, but it Itf un
elei stood that General Law ton will be
the permanent corps commander, in
stead of assuming the command of
tho Second coips, which Is now under
unlets to go to Cuba.
One Mote Botkln Juroi,
San rrauclsco. Dec 7 The Dotkin cas
piogrexsevl slowly toduv. Tho attention
of the court was directed to the filling of
tho Jut y but after two sessions onlv one
luror had been udded to tho ten selected
jtstenlav and another venire bus beei
oielercil for tomorrow morning, when tho
case will bo lesumrd.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York. Dee. 7 -Arrived Majestic,
I.lvoipool, Sailed St. i.ouls, Southamp
ton, llrlttunle l.lveipool Nooidl Hid.
Antwerp, Eiiix, Naples and (lenoi. Souih
.wipton Arrived: St I'uul, New Yoik.
l.lveipool Arrived, Teutonic New York.
Furnace to Resume,
Heading, Dec. 7. Hhollil.li filtnufi'. No.
2, tine of thu lnuct in the I.ctlmnoii val
ley, will go Into blast Imfoiu Nuwt Yea",
afti r two souls' idleness.
GIDEON MARSH
PLEADS GUILTY
NO EXPLANATION Or THE
KEYSTONE BANK MYSTERY.
The Counsel for Maish Offcis a
Statement of the Case Which, tho
Couit Refuses to Receive The
Tilsoner Will Bo Sentenced Next
Tuesday.
Philadelphia, Dec. ".Gideon Marsh,
foimcr piesldent of tho looted Key
stono National bank, tho disastrous
falluie of which Institution wns pub
licly announieel Match, 20, ls!)l, today
pleaded guilty before Judge Uutler In
the United Slates dlstiltt couit to in
dictments 1 bulging htm with conspir
acy with CiiHhler D.iwienco in mlsap
plving the funds of the bank and mak
ing false 1 epulis of the bank's condi
tion to the comptroller of tho curien
ey. He was lemanded for sentence un
til Tucsduy next.
At tho lime of the falluio of the bank
Maish and Clunks Daw 1 once, tho
cashier, weie placed under niiest,
charged with violating the national
banking laws. They vveie admitted to
ball al a hcailng on May 21, ISM, but
011 that datu March failed to put in
un appeaiance and his $20,000 ball was
forfeited. Nothing was heard of the
fugitive bank president until Nov. C
last, when, after wandering about tho
win Id us a fugitive from justice for
over seven years, he returned to this
city and voluntuiily sui rendered to
William H Wanamakcr, his bondannn,
who had been obliged to forfeit the
$.20,000. Accompanying Mr. Wanamak
cr to couit he suirenelercd to the au
thorities. I.awience, the cashier, was convicted,
nnd after servlug seven yeats ot a
long sentence, was pardoned by Pres
ident Cleveland. As an outcome of the
Keyntone bank failure John Dardsley,
then city treasurer of Philadelphia, was
also sentenced to a long term of Im
prisonment for unlawfully loaning the
city's funds to tho bank, Hardsley,
too, was pardoned after an Imprison
ment of about four years.
The return of Marsh levlvcd many
stotles which obtained circulation at
the time ot tho failure, to the effect
that some peisons prominent in finan
cial and political elides has profited
by the looting of the bank and that
Maish had been aided in his lliglit by
these men with the object of pre
venting exposure. For iha jeason the
nnalgnment of Marsh In court was
looked forward to with unusual Inter
est, in view ot a probable statement
fiom him which might Involve persons
whose names have not previously been
mentioned In connection with tho
bank's affairs'.
ANTS TO MAKE STATEMENT.
After Marsh had today entered his
plea of guilty his counsel asked the
couit's pernihslon to present a state
ment of his client which would show
mltlratlng itcumstnnces In connec
tion with til" commission of the acts
to which he had pleaded guilt. Coun
sel Informed the court that this utate
ment would show- that after Mr. Marsh
hid assumed the piesldency of the
Innk he found that there existed a
deficiency In the bank of over a mil
lion dolhus. He had, no doubt, erted
in covering this deficit, but the IotI
was too much for the bank to carry
and filially lesulted In its failure. Coun
sel said the defendant had never prof
ited one dollut tlnough tbe bank's loss
's and that when he lied over seven
inis ago no nau not with him one
dollar of tli bank's money.
Judge Butlsr, however, Informed the
counsel that he would receive no state
ment except matters pertaining direct
ly to the indictment anil the defend
ant's plea thereon. He would not per
mit a statement to the court which did
not bear directly on tho acts of tho
defendant and which had no other In
tel est than that of the gratification of
public couitesy.
The court finally dismissed the mat
ter by informing counsel that h would
remand the piisoncr until Tuesday
next when he would impose sentence
after bearing counsel's plea. He, how
ever, would not make this case an ex
ception and would not go into an In
vestigation of the bank's affairs. He
would meiely listen to counsel's state
ment relatlvo to defendant's acts with
the object of determining tho extent
of punishment to bo Imposed.
JOHN SHERMAN JOINS.
He Sends a Letter to the Boston
Anti-Impeiialists.
Doston, Dee 7. At a meeting of the
Antl-lmpeiiallst league's executive
committee today a letter was lead fiom
John Sherman saying: ,
"My hope Is that the senate of the
United States will reject the treaty and
leave the people of the island free fiom
the shackles of Spain and the distant
domination of tho United States. I
sympathlzo with Aguinaldo in his am
bition to found a republic In the China
sea near the equator, and hope ho may
become the Washington of a new na
tion, absolutely fiee fiom European
and American influence,"
Hlsliop Pottei, of New- Yoik, and
James C. Carter, of New York, were
udded to the list of vice mesldents of
tho league. More than 500 petitions
ptotestlng against an imperialistic pol
icy regai ding Spain's conquered pos
sessions have been received at the
Doston office of the league, each peti
tion bearing many signatures and it
was decided today to begin at once
presenting tho potitlon to the senate'.
Dead in n Cellar.
New Yoik, Dec. 7 -Mary McCarthy, a
woman of dlFsoluto habits, was found
dead tod.ij In tho cellar of a house ,n
Thud ftvertw. Thcro wero Indications
that tho woman had been killed by
strangling nnd James Mcl'artland, with
whom she was seen to enter tho cellar
last evening, was urrested 011 suspicion.
Ho was liitoxliateil when found by tho
police.
' ii
Cody-Gould Jury Out.
Albans, N. Y.. Dee. 7.-Tho arguments
In the tilal of .Mrs. Cexly for see king to
blackmail thu Jay Gould lulis were maeto
today and the caso went to tho Jury, 'iho
Juiy bud not agiced at 10 o'clock tonight
and was loekeil up for thu night. It Is
the pi 'Milling opinion mound tho cuuit
100m that thu Juiy will disagree.
THK NEWS THIS M0KNINU
Weather Indications Today!
lain Light Westerly Wind.
1 Geneial Ulllplnen Want Independence
Work of a Dav In ('oiikiiks.
i:-liunk Pi elilc nt Marsh Plcjids Guilty
to Indictments of Cousiilracj.
Santiago Cubans on a llaiiipugc.
2 In tho Plajhiiises.
I'lnauclal and ConimiTclnl.
3 Local Sirs. Colo a Much-Married Wo-
mini
Condition ef tho Men injutcd In tho
PJttstou Mine Dxplobli 11.
1 Editorial.
Comment of the Picts.
S l.oial-HvIdct.co in tho Keller MunUr
Trial.
Charles Lejilen Is DWchaiged.
Local West Scrantem and Suburban.
News Hound About Scrauton.
8 General Thhtcenth Hcglment Soldiers
Do Not Expect to Un to Culi.u
News ot Ou liubifctilcs.
MADISON SQUARE
BICYCLE RACE
Largest Ciowd That Has Gathered
to Watch tho Rideis in. tho Six
Day Contest Eddio Bald Gives an
Exhibition.
New Yoik, Dec. 7. The largest ciowd
that has galliot ed to watch tho t liters
In the sK day bicycle nice filled Mad
ison Sejuaie Garden tonight. All the
seats and boxes were filled by 7.30
o'clock and large crowds gathered In
the center of the ring. The rldois nt
7 p. m. were down to twenty-one men.
At 6 p. m. Miller letlred from the track
nnd was asleep for one hour, roup
pearing on the track at 7 p. m. Ho re
ceived an ovation from the crowd.
Plot ce was able to regain his lead over
Miller by the enforced rest of the lntter
and nt 7 p. m. the yixty-seventh hour
of the 1 ace, was 3 miles In the lead.
Up to the sixty-eighth hour of the
race Pierce had taken but four and
one halt's hours' sleep. He was off the
track but fifteen minutes.
When Miller returned to the tiack
and found Pietce 3 miles ahead of him
he rode very fast and at the end of
tho slxty-elchth hour was three miles
ahead of Pierce. He made his lead C
miles In the next hour. Pierce's friends
cheered their man considerably by
sending him a handsome bunch of
chrjsanthemums and Forster received
a larse fioral horse shoe fiom his ad
mit eis.
Waller lan into the rail in fiont of
the pres3 stand near the Fouith ave
nue end of the track and was dismount
ed. Ho quickly resumed, but the fall
appeared to have dazed him. Miller
finished his 1,100 miles at 8.43 p. m and
scorned stronff.
Eddie Eald rode un exhibition half
mile at 9.30, following a tandem pace.
He mnde it In 1.02 2-5. Harry Elkes
rode two miles, following a hot pace
set by Henry Fornler, of France, with
his petioleum motor bicycle. This lace
was decidedly novel nnd stirred the
ciowd to great enthusiasm. Tbe mo
tor is said to be capable of thlity-sK
miles and hour and can theiefore go
faster than any ildor can follow and
that is what the crowd seemed to en
Joy. Elken made the two miles after
the motor cycle in 2.-S 2-.'.
The board of health doctors weie
close observers of the race all day and
made many examinations, fieeiuentlv
cautioning the men to model ate their
pace. At G.25 thoy concluded that Gross
had enough and ho wns ordeied from
the tiack. Dllven, who had been or
dered off the tiack nt 11 a. m, was
given a further examination bv the
board of health dnctois, assisted by
Dr. Frey, representing the riders, but
was found unfit to continue, and was
out of the contest.
Miss Hanson, Miller's sweetheart,
who has been with her lover nil
through the contest to minister to his
wants and inspire him to a gi enter
effoit, tonight telegraphed to hei moth
er in Chicago asking pei mission to
marry Miller some day this week. She
had rot lecelved a reply at a late hour.
Her mother Is Mrs. O'Donni'll, of C4
Lowell place, Chicago
One u. in. scoie Miller, 1150.1; Pierce,
H3S.2; Waller, 111C.7; Albert, 1141.1;
Stevens, 1.10S; Grimm, 1,039.0; Nnwn,
1000.1; Law son, 101S.1; Hale, 1012.C;
Aronson, 9-n; Forster, 93S S; Schlneer,
"1141; Goyeiu, 938 S; Julius, HC!, Pllk
Ington, 8G7.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Important Mattel s to Come lletoio
the Meeting at New York.
New Y01 k, Dec. 7 Tiie annual meet
Ins of the Eastern Daseball league
commenced in this city today. Tho
most impoitant matters to come befoie
the meeting will be the leslgnatlon of
the Duffalo club fiom the league.
Among tho'-e picent weie Geoigo
A. O'Neill, MontienI: W. If. Draper
and H II. Klib$, Piovldence; George
Kiiiitsch, 8j incuse, Charles Shan,
Springfield; Geoigo Stegmaler and W,
Goeckel, Wllkes-Ilane- James Frank
lin, Duffalo, J. C. Chapman and Wil
liam Uainle.
The only matter dlscussoel was tho
resignation ot the Buffalo club which
has Joined the Western lengue.
Piesldent James Fianklin, of Duffalo,
in tendering ills club's xeslgnatlon,
undo a speech In which he explained
his Bounds for making the chnnge. Tho
lesignailon was accepted and the ac
tion of the league will bo bt ought be
fore the national board of aibitiatlon
when it niewts next Tuesday nt the
rifth avenue hotel prior to the annual
meeting of Die National league,
Piesldent Powers villi then reepiest
the national board to ratify the East
em league's action in tho Duflnlo mat
ter so that a precedent may be es
tablished permitting a club which has
fulfilled nil Us obligations to mako
mull a change if it so desires.
Oscar Gardner Acquitted.
Columbus, O Hi 7 Oscor Giudiw
was todas iieiiilitcil bv a Jur 011 tho
charge of 111(41 fighilhg On Apiil 7 last,
ho engaged In u glcvi' contest with Hi urge
bloat liming which tho luttt 1 fell or was
huijckul diiwn, bis ln-ail stilKiug (he llno
aml bijiiilng htout so Unit he illnl An
attempt wns 111111I0 to Indict (limine 1 for
niuiiHluiiKliK r tut i'i iiiciisHiiills. thu
giuuii Jurs roUirnlng au indictment for
piiie lighting.
FILIPINOS
SATISFIED
Tl
IjKo; Press, How
WTcontinues to Agi
tate Independence.
PROTECTORATE WANTED
The Moro Intelligent Classes RcnlizS
That It Is Better to Accept tha
Present Situation Than ns an. In
dependent Colony Become tho l'reyj
of So mo Nation Less Liberal Mind
ed Stories of Hostility Felt and
Displayed by Pillplnoa for Amcr
ienns Aro Without Foundation.
."Manila, Dec. 7. The native press cons
tlnues to advocate Independence anil
a lolnibuiscment of the United States:
government of tho amount to bo paid
Spain for the Philippines. The Inilcpcn
densia thinks this course the only Just
one. It insists that tho Filipino- have)
aided the Ainei leans solely because)
they lwllevcel l hey weio lighting for
lndepcndnce. The paper quotes liber
ally from President McKlnlej's last
speech In Chicago to support Its con
tention that the Americans are plcdgeel
to give the Filipinos' Independence.
Chief Aguinaldo and his principal ad
visers fully rccognizo the Importuned
of a strong protectorate In some form.
One of the latter has even ventured
the asseition that If the Filipinos
were granted independence, In accord
ance with the demnnil of tho leaders,
the United Stats would be Immediately
asked to establlh a piotectorate, as
otherwise the Philippines must soonor
or later become the prey of a less lib
eral minded country.
This statement Is borne out by tha
attitude of the better class of Fili
pinos in the vicinity of Manila. Tho
numerous stories as to the hostility felt
and dlsplaved on their part toward tho
Americans are w Itbout foundation. Tho
United States authoiitles expect on tho
pait ot the native a peaceful accept
ance of the Inevitable.
FIGHT AT PARIS.
The Fauie nnd Picqunrt Factions
Clash on the Stieets.
Patls, Dec. 7 An exciting incident
took place tonight nt the opening of
the new Opera Comliiue, which icplaccs
the tuructuio recently destioyed by fire.
The house was opened with a pei
formaneo of "Dame Blanche," In tho
presence of a liiilllant audience, in
cluding M. Fnure, membeis of the cab
inet, senators, deputies, Russian grand
dukes and all leading diplomatic, ai
tlstlc and literal y notabilities in Paris.
Piesldent Fame's urilval was signal
ized b shoutu of "Vive l'Annee."
which weie tinsweied with shouts of
"Vivo Plcquait."
The llval ciowds came into collision
ami theie was some shooting'.
Mai bellies, Dei, 7. M. du Piessense,
foieign editor of the Temps, addressed
a large meeting heie this evening on
the Dresfus nflalr, pointing out tho
necessity for levlslon.
A number of collisions mid light s took
place and some twentv peisons w jre
slightly Injuied. The police made sev
eral ai rests.
GROVER HEARD FROM.
To Be Biief He Is Opposed
to
Everything.
Pi luce ton. N. J. Dec. 7. Foimer
piesldent, Giover Cleveland, was in
terviewed today on tb" new policy of
thi United States and dictated the fol
lowing foi the Associated Press:
"Without t;oing at all into details T
wish to sav that 1 am ardently op
posed to every feature of this annexa
tion and expulsion pollc$ The public
ought to know pretty well what mv
convlitlons aie fiom the Hawaiian
question duilng my administration. I
have not changed my mind and re
main opposed to all this annexation
from I In wall to the Philippine.?."
Geimnny and the Caiolines.
London, Dee fc The lleillii e 01 respond
ent of the Time", who lUnlcs that Uei
m.1115 Is negotiating for the acquisition of
the C.uollnes sijs: "A certain suitl
lueutiil desire exists hi the public inlml
on the subject but the government lip.
not et ii-eertullied tho views of tho
United States n Raiding It anil will do
rothlng until It knows the llnnl form or
tho pence ttriuv lntwci'ii tho United
States and Spain
Shaikey Will Fight McCoy.
New Yoik Die 7 Tin I'ic-s teimonovv
will saj ' Torn Slmileev mid Kid Jlii'uv
liavo been nuitelud to tight 1W rounds m -foro
lilt I.itios. Athletic club In tills cilv
for il pin so of $.'i),0i"J. The luttlo will bo
fought eurlv next inuiiih and tho winner
will go after Hob ritz-Ominous. Toelav
Sharkey and JlcCoy will meet to sU.i
articles.
Mod Mullah Fights Nawab.
Hombnv. D e 7 righting has been re
newed In the Swat valley between Mitel
Mullah and the funis of the Nuwab of
Dlr. Ports were klllid on each side.
New Yoik at Havana.
Havana, Du . i'hi I lilted State nr.
mored irulsii Nov York which left N v
port Niws on December 3, arrived off tin
niriiur ut '. 53 p. m
t WEATHER FORECAST.
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Thur'dav: Tor oatliru Peuussi- ---
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