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TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS. J&r SCHANTOX, PA., MONDAY MOKXING, JAN r All Y :,(),
IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION
Matters of Interest Before
the Senate and
House.
ACTION ON PEACE TREATY
Senate Will Dovote Practically All
of tho Time This Week to the Con
suleuitioa of the Treaty Friends
Are Sanguine of Success The
Auny Bill Also in a Fair Way to
Be Properly Disposod of in the
House.
Washington, Jan. ."). The st-natt will
devote piaetlenlly nil ot the time this
weeds to the consideration of the peace
tienty Senutor Allison, (hiilimun of
tho committee on appropriations. sas
he will not Intel ferr nt mi time with
the consideration of the treat, I) uk
Ing to have appioprlatlon bills taken
up, and as a tonsco.in.net; tho tieaty
will have tompli to light of a
This week will ee the cloe of the
intmoialile debate, hoth In exorutlve
session and In open senate, as the vote
Is set for 3 o'clock .1 week from tomor
row Notice has been given of set
speeches for every day except Monday
of the pi orient week Senator Beny
will speak Tuesday. Senator Spooner
ft'edncsdi. Senator Knwlins Thuis
da Senator Mono rrliluy and Sena
tor Chilton Saturday. These speeches
will lie bnsed upon the various resolu
tions on the geneial question of expan
sion, and will he delivered in open ses
sion Tin will. howeei, ho praetle-
nll devoted to the tieat, and will!
affoul semtors an opportunity to ay I
.titfnli i 11 tlirtv t ,.tl,l eiv In ..nr.t
session it the lesolutlous weie not un
dei toridtiation. Therp will he an
effort to get the spree lies In before 2
o dock each da, in orilei to penult the
elong of the doois at 2 o'clot k. In
ip cm dance with the unanimous ngiee
ment to that effect when the treaty
will l taken up formallv and the ex
ec utlvi tonslderntlon of the subject
pioceeded with Scnatoi Kacon and
Senator Mason both nnnounoe theli in
tention of continuing theli effoite to
gel at lion upon the resolution to l.itlfy
the tieatv and hope to succeed some
time dining the wet k.
The fileiKl" of the tieatv .lie stilt
most sanguine ol "access and most of
them announco that thev will accept
no torn promise Others expiess a will-lngiu-s
to accept some suth resolution
us that of Senator Sullivan Those pro
fessing to know, say it Is the policy to
tout- the tientj to ,i vote before taking
ict ion on any (omptninlsp piopolllnn,
nnd that If the tieatv should bv any
lianie be beaten to move to ieeonsld"r
uid then to t onslder the question of
incepting some compioml lilte the
fl-ioon it solutions bi'foie final adjoin n
nn nt In Mm eh Almost a month of
the seson will be left after the Mite
wi uwuitiii nn, - null li. tllL rUIItllU , ., , - . .
should pi efer to at cept the treat vvlthl""" at"m U J1 ' t110111 Irl som-
of Mondav week, so that If the senate
a lesolutlon or constitution and In
stitution, to postponing action foi an
tia session. It could not do so
THK ARMY HILL
luteipst eentPis in tho mmy bill In
the house or lepresentntives (luting the
e.ul patt of the week The final vote
will be taken ut "5 p in Tuesday. Pi lot
to this, the debate will he undei the
five .minute rule lr tin main, although
sufficient time his been ieserved to
give Mr Hallev and some or the lend
eis an oppoitunlt of extended
spcechef Chulunmi Hull, or the mili
tary committee Is confident the bill
will pass, MijiiiK that the Republican
disaffection will not exceed tight, while
seveial nfflrmntive votes will come fiom
h- Demociatlc s(P The opposition
v III direct It effents tow aids having
the bill leiommitted
With the aimv bill disposed of. the
bouse will tuin Its attention to tin. im
portant rlvei and hmboi bill, ami then
to the mllitni acidemy appioiulatlon
nill The IVd and hmbor bill piob
ablv will liuvt Wednesdaj, with two
home debate on a sldi The mllitni
neademv bill Is not likely to take moie
lime than Is lequliedtc. lead It thiough.
No exact progiamme has been fixed
fill the i est or the w eek Hut Cltiilt man
Meei, of the committee or public
1 ulldings and giounds. has been ptess
mg loi a hearing on some of the pub
lic buUdlus bills now pending and In
Is llkel to get a ilav. Chaiiman Licey
also wants a da on public laud cties
tlons Th- Hawaiian bill h the most im
ro.t.ent piece ()r genei.il leitlslallou
rtlilch will be urgtd to a henilng al
thuugh Its Mends ituiv let It g() ovi.j
Until iie-M week
DEATH IN AN AVALANCHE
Mrs Randolph Hnd Two Children
Aie Swept Away.
Ait Colo Jan. L'9 Mis W. H.
Rudolph and hel two ihllclien. aged i
and 4, lost theli lives In a snow-slide.
Snov has been falling almost iculluu
all duiing the past week and hnd
re.ic lied a depth of llfteen feet on the
Hi i in ii t nil i Hides
The pack gave nwn.v todav swept
dim n on the Itudolph home mid entiled
It away. Mrs. Kutlolph's hushtud es-
ellped
Elopers Arrested.
.". oik. J.in .."'-Mlm Mabil lleivll.
son 1' ynirs nld, of tiD Sotitli Thlul
BlUiet PIiIIhiIoIiM,i and Doran M. Cor
till Jfi yeuis old ol TiU Muster sticrt,
riillniloliilita, an tlictilenn, uro under nr
itbl nt J. rsej Clt) police ht.idiiuiirti is
en (he cninpl lint ot Hit girl's motliw.
ills HeultHou s.ijs tliej ilopcil fiom
I'lificulellihln on Jni,iini ;.
Fourteen Persons Killed.
Alueli Hpaln (un ?. fourteen per
sons were killed todHj, i.v mi oxplcisinn tf
g.i in Hie I'allu mini, i.rnr Maz-it ton, J
mill' west of Cnrioieua Tht othr
m'lerr am cs,dt'Ml 111 mnlcliiK thlr enmipe.
VULSURrAIlE STARVING
jHnn1
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r Tvjjisht Indication of Conditions
"' of Santiago.
Santiago do Cuba, Jan. 23. The Cu
bano Libre publishes n long article set
ting foith Its objection tu the projects
of foreign capitalists for working
"Cuba h virgin soil," cmistiuctlng mll
toads, establishing electilc light plants
and earning on similar enterprises.
"Wo do not want nny one to invest
capital in Cuba except tht unlives."
suvs the papei. "America Is proof of
vt lint monopolists can do In mining u
to Ultl "
The ball given b the Santiago tlub
(list evening was the most Impoitant
social event tnat lins oteurteci ner
sliue the American occupation More
than 2j(i weie piesent, teprestntlng the
piluclpal elements, Anieilfnn and Cu
ban, in Santiago soclctv The United
Stntes navv was well represented, th'
olllLer.s of the nctiolt and Ynnkton at
tending The health of Santiago was nevei
bettor than it Is now Only otic death
has oc t Hired within the c Ity limits dur
ing the lat five days. Nothing np
pi onchlng this Immunity Is reccmled In
the hlsloiv or the t Itv. The vultures
which vi ere lormetl the cltv seuven
geis, are "taivlng and now pminte on
tats and small dogs a circumstance
Veiv significant as Illustrating the
changed stnltmy condition"-
DREYFUS FLOODGATES
ARE AGAIN REOPENED
A Proposed Bill Is Considered an
Evidence of Weakness on Part of
Government.
Pat is. Jan. IV The government's de
cision to submit to the chamber of dep
uties lomoirow a bill providing tint
cases on tilnl revision shall be brought
before the united sections of the point
of cassations, has re-opened tho llooC
gates of the Dreyfus agitation The
situation appears more confusing and
menacing than evei
Kor days the antl-DreyfusItes have
bjeu ilamoting tu havo the cup te
foned to the united sections because
the have considered It citnln that
among mine than 30 Judges they could
lelv upon an mitl-Dif vftist major
itv.
In today's iichn eie Pails, M Qllts
nny tie Nea'irepaiie, who, on Jan. !.
resigned the piesldencv of the civil sec
tion of the court of cassation as a
piotest against the way in which th"
cilinlnal section, under tho piesldencv
iot M. Loew, was conducting the Uivv-
fus pioceedlngs, again Justifies his u'
tlon In a seiiiiming scieed, nnd asserts
that the ministers hold a decWlve docu
ment, while MM. Coppee and Jules
Lom.intre have Issued a manifesto on
behalf of the oiganizntlnn known as Li
I'atrle Franais- claiming credit for
urging the government to take its
piesent course and declatlng that it
tin Drevfus affati be once -ubmltted to
this titily supreme tilhunal. It will re
telvp such a solution as villi eiviuv
the tountr s repose"
M. Loew, iireldent of the crlmlml
thainbei. who was asked his opinion
leg n ding tin government's proposal,
said" "I am glad to be lellevcd of the
icponslbilltj. but the government's
action Is revolutlonai '
The anil-rev Islonlst papers are jubil
ant, but the most set ions and impartial
Join mils deptecate the government's
weakness. In all political eenties to
diy theie has been unusual exeltement
(putters that the senate will refuse ti
incept the bill, thus producing a con
stitutional cilsls
Tin disturbance at the Xouve.ui the
ater last Trilav evening when at the
conclusion of the pel rot mane e or th"
phi ' The King of Home," the Hona
partl"ts In the house hoisted a til
color flag, sin mounted by an Imperial
eagle, and shouted "Viva 1'ninpeteiis,"
was very slgnlllcant or the attitude Iho
Impeilallsts take In the clicumstaneos.
rrom stalls to galleiy 1,300 Honapmt
ists eiowded the theater Ptince Murat
mid all the titled and prominent jep
lesentatlves of the paity w-ete jiresent.
Vat lous pei tint nt allusions 'n the
(liama. which Is a gloilneatlou of the
Nnpoleonle legend weu gieetee with
thundeis of apjilittsp
FIELD FOR RAILROADS.
! An Inciease of Prosperity Exneetnd !
In California. '
San Francisco Jan i"i The Chion
Idi s.is. The evidence showing that I
the Vandei bills me about to take step I
lo i xti'ud theh railroad sstem to Cal
ifornia fiom the piesent teimlnus of I
the l'nlon Paclllc at Ogdt n, has awak
ened keen Interest In business chcles I
The leeent Investments of the Suntu
Fe compam in this state, amounting !
nheady to oei $1000.000 and Involving!
eNpeiidltuies of piobabl half ns miieh
moie within the pment ear. have
opened ees to the fact that eastern
capital has si lected California us a II -Id
foi inihoad Investment. The (list ciitn I
lietlng line will be open to tldewut-r
nt Point likhuiond befoie the uuiuicr
Is over. It a third line should dtcldtt
to enter the slate it is not easy fo pi t.
diet the Increase of pmspeilty and of
population that would follow
Savannah's Winter Hospital.
Savannah, lis , Jen -.Mufnt Apt)
of the medical coips of the army Is lini
lo tak' charge of the new winter hoi-pl-lid
ut this place He nnjiotiucpn mil iv
that tho lirspltal would beln to icnelvci
fi Ulents in thiee weeks iiotliwltlninniUiig
ull of tho buildings will not Ik luinpMiil
within that time There ore rmtv-sl
buildings In the establishment Twcn'y
of the in will be n ady for oc cup utcj n-t
week and the hospital ship Mlssotul will
bculn to bilng patients fiom c'tilu and
I'oito Rico
Ex-Senator Slater Doad.
Ii Grande. Ore.. Jan. i.'.- H-Vnli eel
Stfietf Senator Jienies H. Sinter died lust
night. Ueceasrd wan born In Illinois In
1425. went to California In 1M9 and p.imo
to Oiegoii In Vt. In 1870 he wus elected
to tho Tort -second eongiesM and In 176
was elected United States senator, whom
her served until HS3, He leaves a widow,
four (laughtcis and live sons
Steamship Ai rival.
1 1 ii We. Jun. LN. Sailed; La Ilirmuie,
New Yolk. QiieciiHtnun 8 illcil: Lll.
cunlu, Liverpool, ror New York,
ENGINE RUNS OVER
TRACK REPAIRMEN
TWO ARE KILLED AND SIX
TEEN WOUNDED,
Teirible Disaster nt the Western
Opening of the Qallitzin Tunnel,
Locomotive Ploughs Through a
Gang of Workmen Huddled on a
Track -Injuiy.
None Escaped Without
Altoonn, I'll. Jan 2' A gang of
twent-?lx tiack repair men weie
w oi king on the ralltoad nt the wt st
em opening of the Gallltzln tunnel f.t
i o'clock this afternoon w hen th -y
heard the appioach of a lot (dilutive
which was running wet tluougli the
tunnel The workmen all stepped from
the noithern trat k. on which west
bound ti.ilns move, to the south tl nil,
The smoke In the tunnel prevented
them fiom stelnc the nnnroachlng loco
motive, which, In older to avoid oh
mictions on the north track was uin-
nlng on the south Hack, ltuslilng out
of the tunnel, the locomotive ploughed
right thiough the gang ot workmen all
huddled togcthei on the south Hack
One man was liistantlv killed, one died
in the Altoona hospital, and sixteen
w ere more oi
None escaped
less seriollsl
liijuie d
without Injtii.
The
dead me
DAVID WILT, uged l. killed Inslniitlj.
THOMAS W SAMilllt uBCil :" (Hod 111
tho hospital
The mote seriously Injured lire II
C Hull, gang foreman, ankle biokcn;
(Jeorge Smith, aged 21, left leg broken,
George Guor, aim and nose btoken;
Henry Hurkln aim bioken. C,alllt7lu
Is the home of all the men
The locomotive that struck the men
was l mining eniptv fiom Altoona to
Conemnugh to bilng mat a fi eight
tialn
ELECTION AT MANILA.
Ramon Melliza Chosen President of
tho Visayan Federation.
Manila. Jan. 29 Aicoidlng to advices
just received from Hollo, capital of the
Island of Panav, at the elec tlon held
on Jan. 17, Senor Komati Melliza, was
chosen president of the so-called VIs
aan federation foi a teim of two
years, I. Is pit decesvoi General Copes
(Iopez) being appointed coinniinder-In-chluf
of the fones of the revolution
ary government. Senoi Meii.a is
kindly disposed to the Am-1 leans and
It is hoped that the dlfflcutlv betv cen
the nvllves and the United State au
thorities vv 1U be settled amicably
lUlsinesa wus bilng lesutncl theie
when the dispatches In question left
and suga- was entering Horn the Island
or Htgros Ships weie loading hemp
The sugat nop Is tin bel w the aver
age and shoiv an estimated dellclrney I
or about 9,000 tons
Six native commission' rs. headed bv
Senoi Itamon veiipnnn, a lawyer, ur
rlvoel tndav fiom Hollo bv the United
States transpoit St Paul. Thev have
come to consult with Agiilnaldc
A nuinhei ol nitlve -oMlero who had
been tianspnited. wre landed on .Inn.
!" on the Island or F'.i'istv about 2"
miles north of Ilolli
IRELAND AT ROME.
Tho Archbishop Visited by Many
High Ecclesiastics.
Home Jan 2i Aichblshop Ireland
went to the vatic an todav and had n
confeiente with Cardinal Kampallo,
papal seeretai of state Many cmdl
nals and othet high P1 clesiastlts n
ItPd the iiichbishop at the Hotel litis
tol, when he is stujing
In the course of
an Interview the
archbishop declared that theie wa.s ab
solutely no foundation for the state
ment that he had been ehaigtcl to rep
lesent the United States at the loith
comlng conreience legmdlng the lim
itations or armaments The United
States, he wid, had not yet nominated
a delegate,
The aiclibMiop wus verv leseived In
his replies to question-, lespectlng re
ligious problems in America, on the
ground that It was necessary tot him
to wait for the hoi see to pass upon
such mattoiH
-
G0BIN OUT OF THE ARMY.
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsyl
vania Honorably Discharged.
"Washington Jan 29 Hilgndler Ge n
eial J. P S Gobln, of Pennslvania,
was yesterday honorably dhchnigid
from the voluntiei mniv
The letltenitnt of Geiitinl C.obln
from the auny Is thought to be due
to the latt that he is aim Lieutenant
Govetnor of Pennslvanln Thtie has
been much tnlk among his pollticMl fis
ot Investigating his right to hold the
two oflltes Hlinultnnenuslv. The iuatl"i
has grown acute, owing to the hltti r
fight to prevent Senator Qua t.-iiru
to the senate from I'e iins.v Iv.uila. Gen
eial Gobln Is an active paitlsan if
Quay
Geneial Gobln but leeoutlv issue a
htateiuent defending his right to mid
the two ofllees In iiuestlon, but he has
nppauntl reionsldeied the matter.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Toronto Jan 49 Joe (Sans, of Haiti
mine Rot the decision mer Mm tin Judge
in a Jii-roiuid bunt last uluht
Mivuunah G.i , Jan 2s -The transpoit
Chulei with tlio Thlrty-list .MleliK-in
liglment went to sea eluiday lioiind
lor Clt nluegoi
Atlanta, G.i . Jan J!' Snow is lepoileil
as giniir.il throiUhuiit Cuitial mid South
Georgia and Ahibiuna lodij. in Atlanta
titarlv five Inches bus fallen
Middle Khoio Jau L") -While eaps nt
tempted to whji Tom Jackson In llltIni
count' last iilttlil. when Jac kum s wife
Interfered, killing William WiIbIU, inc
Kadei
IIollidashurg, Ph., Jon I1 -Cnlitlel
Ilendei. a former eciuncllmiin nnd well
know a conlractoi died toduj, aged "t
jears Mr. Header was one of the orig
inal contractors or flu1 South Toik dim.
Cainbiia count). The dam btust In 1WJ,
causing tho JohtiHtown llnod
llethlehem. Pa., Jun 'i-Jhiucv I'
liable j, aged 42 eais. committed sul
rtdo today bj taking embolic add. lie
came here from l'hllub Iplila klx juirs
UK 0 and opened a tailoring oxtahllshmpiit,
but ror some time past business 1ms bun
dull. Ho leaver a widow and six ihlldicli,
DEPEND UPON AMERICA,
Right
Hon. Walter Hume
Long
Expects an Alliance.
London. Jan 29. Right Hon Walter
Hume Long. jueldcnt of the boaid of
ngilultute euidti'sslng the Kiirmet's
club at N(W Castle vesteiday, used th"
word "alliance" In leferrlng to the fu
line leljtlons between Great Biltain
nnd the United States The flank em
plovment of this let in b n member" or
the government Is likelv to evoke much
dissension, not all of which will be of
the friendliest ehtiractM Inasmuch ns
seeking an alliance to light Ilngland's
battles Is not teRiirdetl us the best pol
icy to piomote .an Inglo-Anicrlcnn en
ten le.
Mr. Long, who had boon discussing
the pioposals to establish national
granailes and had said "that after all,
and in last lesort, Luglund's sufet de
pendicl upon having i nnv stiong
enough to meet nnv possible lomblni
t lull the nations could bilng against
lift , moceeded as follows
' I am glad or ntn Impioved relations
with inn Amtiiean cousins because
thev have the title meaning of that
filendllness. the inei linns lealle
"Ut blood lelatlonshlp and have ill inly
resolved that if Hit it IJillalu Is i ailed
"P" ft" dillltultles she shall not
-'"c them nlnne but In iilllanre with
' llor uealthv and va-tlv populous sister
icounti, the lopublle of the ITnlted
Slates I un conllclent s-elngtlmt
I 'he two countries puisuing the same
policy and have the same ends In v lew
thev must be friends, film and true to
one another "
REV. CHIDWICK ON
IMPERIALISM
The Chaplain of the Maine Inter
ests a Lai go Audience at Carnegie
Hall.
New Yoik Jan -H -An lininen-e
throng filled Carnegie hall tonight to
hem the benellt conceit and the 'e c
tuie by the Hi v John It Chldwkk,
who was chaplain on the battleship
Maine, on "Om Wat with Spain. Us
Cause and Results The conceit and
lectuie was foi the benellt ol the
Catholic leading loom toi young nun
on Chi (stopper stieet
Governed Honstvelt lneslded Major
Geneial Itoe, with his ataff, AdmlralH
Hi ben and Miller, Lieutenant Coni
manelci Delehant.v, Adjutant Gener..I
Avei D Andiews Colonel Tieadwe'I,
Commodore I'hlllp, Captnln Gooduch
and hundieds or othei olllceis weie
pitsenl
Goveinoi Uoosevelt -n.ul a In lei ad
el. ess aftei which F.Uhei Chidvvick
sroke foi an houi giving an Interc-tln
acpount of the sailing of the Maine for
Havana, the epcilcnie tu Hivnna and
tin blowing up of the ship
' Imperialism, What Do Thev Man
bv Impc ilulism?" said In, In the pouiso
i ol his addrtss. tJod foi bid that evr
Impel Inllsni mav find a loothold In our
pouutrv
roiefutheis I. new vi hat Im-
peilalisiu meant the had learned it
f l om Kngland when the loilgbt ror
liberty Thev roi'ght to istabllsh the
)iioiosltion, and wtote It In blood that
ull good gov ei nine tits iests upon the
will or the governed penple
'I do not mean to niiaign the gov
ernment as lr Jt were te-poiis-'ible ror
such a pollcv. I llimlv believe that
theie Is no gieatM Aineticnn than
I'lesident Mc Klnlev The holding of
the Philippines is not agnlnst tin piln
e Iple- of oin nation. The holclln: of
the isltnds is an absolute tteeesslt.
The tieatv does not say that we are
to hold them eteinnll. but the Ameri
can people must not let then go back
to Spain but mu-t hold them till this
nation can place them us thev must
be pac,ort, among the free people's of
tht eaith. The pussuie upon the
piesldent to compel him to tormulnti
I a policy In regmd to the Philippines Is
I wtong. He cannot formulate a policy
ill resmd to a people of whom we aie
IgnoialU The Islands must be kept
like Cuba till wise statesmanship can
decide whitl Is the best pollcv toward
the m. '
JUSTICE WILLIAMS' FUNERAL
Last Rites Attended by Many Dis
tinguished Citizens of the State.
WelKboro, Jan !'J. The funeral ser
vices of tin late lustke Hent War
ren Williams weie held liom the Pies
bterlmi chinch .U 11 o'clock estudav
inoiulnt. The i dltlce was eiowded to
the doois Vive ot the village ministers
p.utleipaled. The eulogy was ele liveied
b Hev Di A C. Shaw, pastor of the
chuiih. who look his U.t fiom Isaiah,
111 1-.'-'
Governor and Mi W Stone mid
AttouieV Genual HII-lli repiesented the
state admllilstiatloii The supicme
colli t vviih l efire c llled b .lustlees
Demi, Fell, Green and McColluni. H
Altotnc Guiii.tl .MiCoiinick of Wll
IIainsioil Judge- ichbald, ol cr.iu
tou Judge .Mav ol Lock Haven, and
other men piomlnent In public lire were
In iittendiiuie.
Tin soivliiJ nt the grave weti In
chatge ot the Gtmul Masonic lodge ol'
Iinnslvaiilii. of which tJie di censed
wus at the time oi his death right wor
shiped giimd master The Interment
wis in iho 1'ainllv vault in this village
THE STRIKE AT COLON.
An Uneasy Feelinp Pi evails Per
sons Not Allowed in Ciowds.
Colon, Colombia Jan. J' Tin strike
conditions do not Improve sjitclal
tt.iln fiom Panama bi ought iclnfoi co
ntents last night mid todaj the whole
city has been under imlltmy gumd.
Xevei theless an tineas feeling pre
vails eveiy whole, for though quiet h ia
be i n restored feirs are ente i tallied on
ull sides that the sulking dock men
and rallwu employes mo only await
ing an opportunity to fire tin city.
This morning a proclamation wus Is
sued foi bidding thn usscnibllng tltero
In public place of mote than three
poisons, under pain of Impi Imminent.
All American Route to Yukon.
Scuttle ft ash. Jan JO Private ad
vices reselved lure suite lint tie govern
ment will si ud three d.it.icliim iuh of nil
dleis Into tho Coppi i ilvti illstilct ot
Alaxka next hii litsf to In out n until
mute to the Yukon livei and istnlilNb
posts. 'I ho purpose Is to establish an all
Aineillcnii iiiuto to tho Yukon. II will
ox.ii ml from the mouth of Coppei iivoi
to UngleCIl, dty nillou below Uawpon
QUAY DEADLOCK
WILL CONTINUE
NO CHANCE FOR BREAK BE
TORE THE TRIAL.
It Is Not Expected That a Quorum
Will Bo Piesent at Harrisburg
Today Headquarters of tho Con
tending Paities Present a Lifeless
Appearance No Prospect of Set
tlement This Week.
Spe c lul to tlii- Stranlon Tritium
Marilsbuig, Jan ?5 It Is not expect
id that a (UiKiiini or mombcis will be
piesent al the joint assembly toinoi'
i"v and consi iiuently the beginning of
the Ihlul week of the balloting for
I tilted StHtet senator will produce no
substantial tesiilt.
The he.idciuarter.s of the contending
factious piesent a liipcs appcaianco
tonight and theio Is no Intonnntlon
leading to the heller tnat Senutoi
Quay's surcp'-sor will be pIiospii this
week. The oplnlnti piev.illf nninnR the
Inst inleimed politicians that the dead
lock will lemnln unbioken until arter
the Quiiv tilil as theie are no percep
tible lguv of n bienk In the lines he
roic the Indictments -hall hive been
disposed or. j j, xx
SOLDIERS AT CHURCH.
The Sixty-Ninth Attends Services at
Cleveland Cathedral.
Cleveland O , Jan. 3. The Sixty
ninth leglment of New York elt,
which ban been In camp In the South
since emly In Mav. uiivid In Clove
land nt !i o'clock this evening from
Huntsvllle. Ala. on Its way to New
York. The membeis or the regiment
attended sei vices In the Catholic cathe
dral In this elt and a special mass
was said for the soldIern at one of tho
side altais b the leglmentnl chaplain,
Hev Father D.ilv, one or the assist
ants In St Patrick's cathedral, New
York The leglment left for the east
over the Lake Sheue at 11 o'clock this
mm nlng
Itev Geoige Vnbey. pastoi of the
Cleveland cathedial, said their pios
ence In the house of God was .in net
or the sinceievt patilntlsm. It showed
also, he said that the Catholic citi
zen Is alwtts loyal to his countiy In
time of Its need, alleged patriotic or
ganizations to the contr.uy notwith
standing IVITCCTNn T TMT-
I iiiojiuu i-inn.
i
IN ADAMS CASE
Georjjo W. Koutnik Has Been De
tained a3 Witness He Mailed
Package.
New Yoik, Jan jy Interest lit the
Adams poisoning case centcied at
police heiil(timteis todav. A stoty was
(iiirent that George W Koutnik, a
onng man living In Hoboken, N J,
had furnished one of the missing links
to the polh e He told the polite that
on the evtnlnu of Dec. .'1. he had met
a man at Madison avenue and Vottleth
stieet. who asked hlin to dellvei a
package addiesed to Hmi ComWi
at the Knickerbocker Athletic club.
This he refused to do. ho said, but
agieed. to mull the package at the gen
eial postofllce, which he did Accoid
Ing to the sloiv. also, the man from
whom he letelved the pae knue an
sweied the decilptlni. of one of the
men iiromlnentlv mentioned In the
poisoning ease This arternoon Kout
nik was taken heron Ciller Devery and
Captain McCluske, Dlsttlet Attorney
Gmdinei and others ut police head
ciumters. and aftei the conference, Cap
tain McCluske said that Koutnik had
piuctliMllj tepented the story to the
olllelals as he had oilgluall told it.
Koutnik was thereupon detained as a
witness In the ease
Geoige W Koutnik, who Is bettei
known us William Koutnik In Hoboken,
has, however, been befoie the police
several times befoie. He was mauled
tin Sept JS last mid two dnvs latei
an oi ding to the Hoboken police ie
poits. what was supposed to be his
coip- was round In the Hackensack
liver The iepoit that Koutnik hud
dt owned himself was given extensive
publication Tt stibst-queutlv dev el
ope d that Koutnik hud slmplv disap
peared rioni Hubokeli and that the
diownlng slot) hid been planned some
time before To help the deception
Koutnik" hat had been tin own Into
tht live! nnd pottlons of his clothing
were found on a pier.
Hegmdlug Koutnik's stoty to the New
Yoik police Captain MtCltiske said
he Is liivtHlHiitliiR. He declined to say
how mm h weight he attuihed to It.
liohinil H Molluenux.wlth his chums,
Lai low Weeks mid George Gordon
Kittle, hnd also an hour's eonfei enco
with the police this ufteinoon but the
naturo of It wus not disclosed
FLIGHT OF JAIL BIRDS.
Six Piisonois Escape from County
Prison nt Canton.
Canton, f) Jun 2J Six prisuueis es
caped from the i mint jul! this morn
ing Ihiv wen James Sullivan,
ch.ugod with highway robbery IV II
Cunimlngs llalph f'ai nahmi Charles
Heed, Viank Sallcu and James Camp
bell, i harged with Inn glut. and lar
eenv Cimpbell was "a ti list" mid Satui
da night pi ('tended to lock the coll
elooifi Iiihtead he till lied the ko.vs with
the bolls outside the giooves. allowing
the itiei. the llbeity of the eouldor.
The huts of a I ear window weie sawed
unci the piisonois escaped,
Task for Mi. GiecofF.
Sollu, Jan 1.'. Prince iVrdluand has
entrusted to Al tlicoff the formation
ot u coallllun cabinet to succeed the
StollotV inlnlstri which ttslKlied lust
week In roast epic nu ot the c1lH4ittisrni,
tlon cuiseil bj the porslstence of tho
pr -11111 r In ld scheme s lor assisting thn
Macedonian niitniinim wliloli his nppo
lieuts cnntililw uiitiigonlstlc lo llitlgarliiil
iiHpliatlnns for piidoinlnnnct In Mine
ilonluii u f fill IT,
THE NEWS THIS MOIININU
j Weather Indication Todyi
rirj Variable Wind.
1 General The Seimlorlal Deadlock
Cubans Hrcct a Statue to Ux-l'rttdilont
Mnrtl.
rorrciist of tho Week In Congress
1'atnl Hallway Disaster Nuir Altoona
1 General Happenings In the Clt of
I'lttstoti.
3 Locil-Sermon bv Kov Dr. Gllllii.
Interesting Letter fiom Mrs 1-, M.
Gates
4 IMltorliil
Golp at the State Capital
"i Locnl I'lrr Destrovs the Kliitt nnv
list Church
Judge Purely ItefusPs to Itelnstule Cor
nillus Smith.
t, rocal West Scrnnton and Subuibaii.
7 Nimvh Hound About Scranton
5 Gcnernl News of the Soldleis ut Camp
Maelvenzle
Control of the Haul Coul Onlptii
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
Ninth International Gathoring to
Be Held in Atlanta About 2,000
Delegates Expected.
Atlanta, Gn Jan J The loul com
mittee having In chaige the arrange
ments for the ninth triennial Interna
tional Sunday school convention lo be
held here In Apt II. met in the Young
Men's Christian association parlois to
day and took up the woik of caring
for the big gatheiing and looking Into
othet details. The convention will meet
April 27. 28 and 21, and about 2.000
delegates from all parts of the United
States, several South Ameilcan eoun
trlo, Canada, Mcxic o, and possibly In
dia, villi be heic Seveial davs be
fore the conveiit'on the international
lesson committee. Hev J. D Potts D
I . of Toronto, as chairman, will meet
In Atlanta to map out the Suniluv
school lcsons for the next six yeat s.
Possibly the most Important woik to
come before the committee will be the
study or what Sunday woik cun nnd
should be done In the newly acquit cd
tenitor or the United States and In
Cuba The Haptlst. Methodist and oth
er denominational Sunday school
boards have already begun the estab
lishment of .Sunday schools in Poito
Illco, Cuba and even Hawaii. The In
ternational organisation will take up
this matter and the new acejulsitloiis
to out tetiitoiy will undoubtedly be
taken In the international convention
If the Philippines are peimanently ac
quired, the woik will be cat tied on
theie.
A ntimbei of ibmiges In Sunday
school work will be dlstussed and some
important changes lniiuguiated The
work among the coloied population of
the South will be given especial atten
tion. Mexico has only lecentlv been
taken Into the field, unci the wotk theie
must ulso be eonsldeied The conven
tion does not draw the line at e oloj or
i.ace There will be a number of negio
delegates, nnd In view of this fact t i
or thiee ot Atlanta',-! coloied eitl'tns
aie on the local aiiangeinents . om
nilttei At tod.i's meeting ll was 'o
c Ided to open this ( (invention w ith a
monstei meeting and a t hoi us of lotmo
voices nt the audttoilum In Exposition
park The entei talument comniltl-c
headed by H. H Cabannls lncluds
among its members Hon Hoke Smith
and e-Goernoi Cothein It hu sub
committees In each of the 110 e lunches
In Atlanta
Rev. K It Caiter patoi of u colonel
chuiih with few thousand membeiK, In
leading the coloied people In the meet
ing. The convention will tepresent
thii ty million Sunday school scholars
and about 200,000 schools The laiget
gatheiing In the hlstoi of the Inter
national asjioclutlon Is expected
EXCITEMENT AT LINCOLN.
Present Week in Nebiaska Legisla
ture Will Be Lively.
Lincoln Neb, Jan. 21 The piesent
week piomlsts to be an eiliing one
In the Nebiaska leglslatuie Aside
from thi setiatoilal contest which to
I night shows little change bin which
in i leaih a climax nnv ilav, theie rue
'the ehatgps looking lo lh Impeach
ment of Dlstilcl Judge Scott, or Oma
ha, to he elf alt with, as well as two
contest t HFes fiom Fillmore countv und
the possible impilsoninent ol Countv
Judge Sklpton foi tt fusing lo bilng in
ballots hem Ing on the contest
Impeachment pioceedlngs nuuinst
Judge Scott, fot the time being ex
ilic moie Inteiest even than iho son
ntoiial snuggle Speakt t Clink Is ex
pected to lay the document brrnie the
house when It convenes at noon to-
IllOUoW
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Will Not Sanction Gold Bonds.
NnslivNIe Tenu Jim J9 Goveiiior
MeMlllau bus el nil i lilll aiitho'iriuir
.Mumphls to Issin boeils fur puik pin
pu' bei ease Iho hill allowed the mu
nicipal uuvtinmeul or Miiuplils to li-su
(ot puk pm pores hold bonds Willi lute,
i-t poahleln gold Hi s,i)s In his .u
that he will pot solution leslLi tbui ills
iilnuialliig ngahil I'nltid Stabs li vril
P ndi r ( dins
The Cftlifomta Deadlock.
.sai lanii nto, C il J .til .V -'I lie wick
ofi. us with the rrliutoilill silumlou pre -tlmllv
as It was lusi mik at this time.
I'h ti had been no ili.iime whatevci In
the vole 'louioriow ilie axsemlilv vlll
consider the u port of lliu )i'( lul luvts
tliiKtlnfc loiniiilttec I'ulrss Spi.iltei
Wilght tiktn in lion in fun thin thin a
wilt 111 debute Is liolucl lot
Pilot of tho Paul Jones.
New Oilcans, Jill J. bod loiind
ueai I'ort St Philip was today Ide-ntMed
as that of Captain Stui lev.iut, the fillot
ot the launch 1'ivul Joue. 1'rom the po
sltlon mid clothing of the bod) It Is al
most eei tain he was otf rlut and asleep
at the time death came Mid tli.it the
bout was w lee Led b an explosion during
the night
Attorney General Garland's Remains
Si Louis Jan -. The i cumins ol tin
late e AitoniP General i: H dm land
in rived Into this evening houi Wuslilim
toil ove the Italtlmoie and Ohio South
westt in railway nnd left on a Inter train
over the Mlssoutl Pacltle-iron Mountain
unite foi Little Hock vvhi'ti ruucunl
seirvlies will be I eld tomorrow
THE CUBANS
CELEBRATE
Thousands Listen to Pa
triotic Speeches in
the Rain.
MARTI'S MEMORY HONORED
Men and Women Gaily Dressed
Gather in tho Public Squaio ab
Havana and Participate in tho
Memorial Exorcises in Honor of
the First President of tho Cuban.
Revolutionary Government.
Havana, Jau 21 Tour thounnfl por
sons, men In their best clothing and
women gall diesspd, stood amid n
pouting inin lit Paula squute todav,
listening lo lv Intense! pattlotlc eulo
gies upon Jose Marti, the Cuban p.t
tilot and Mist piesldent of the Ciibeu
revolutlonai gov eminent. A tablet to
his memoiy tins unveiled at tin Iioumi
wliele h was born. In n street niarbv,
mid eight v-two societies, consisting ol
2,WMl persons w ith banners. Hags and
five bands, inarched through the piln
ilpjl thoienmhfares to the square.
The ptoeesslon, w hove ell'itiuglllhed
feature wns that of the hmidied ghls
wearing white dresses and red llbcrtv
taps, started at I o'clock, ie idling tho
square two houis latei. The stieets
vi ere gall decorated with Cuban nnd
American flag-, and, though the Intei
est ran high, there was no disorder of
mi kind Martl's widow, mother and
son led the pmade, with the flist Cuban
flag used by the p.ltilot, which was
loudly cheeted
The eulogies contain el few lel'erences
to the United States ot the military ad
nilnlstiatlon, and the only two vltupei
ntlve lefeietices to the Spaniards vmih
quietly lecelved The tendenc of all
the speechs was towaid the ultimate
Independence ot Cuba which the ora
tors tecognlzed as a fact not vet ai -compllfhed.
They declared that all
Cubans should unite to reach that
gieu end, to make their desires known
to the world and to elnlm Independence
as a rlRht when the piopet time nr
ilves Senoi Gonzalez Lloiente suggested
that the Cubans should take steps to
pie-serve the hou-e itself In Mnrtl s
memoiy and should give lin.uie.ul as
uistaiicp to those he had left behind
He called upon the Cubans to go t
woik
GOOD COUNSEL
.In. in Goinc. a mulatto, with .1 con
siderable leptitiitlon us an oinlor, made
the best speech of the day. He coun
selled lit unless, cone mil and determin
ation as means to gain the coveted In
dependence The powei which has Intel veiled be
tween the old iPGlrne mid the one we
hip stilvlng loi." he said, "Is unfamil
iar with the wiis and habits ol our
lace, and natmallv it will sometime s
blundci In Its efloits to fill (11 1 lib obli
gations to Cuba The Cubans mint
tenllze this und keep It In mind. Tin
must calmlv Indicia a mistake when
tt Is made and have faith that the !
nil will be ( uneete d
All the references to Cuba llbn weie
upidauded, and .Mint I was held up nt
nn example foi all Cubans. A tIo
giam ol salutation wns scut to Gen
eial Goinev Onl two Spanish tings
weie on 'lew thioughout the clnv. on
over a building need b the Simnl'-h
stenmshlp line, mid the other nvet th
Kanco Kspanol
The plan of Geneial Gotuc. to ttlilto
the Siianlniils in cub i with tho Cu
bans piopet in a put whose, platform
should be the Ii di pendein i of tie
Island does not altogi the i thilve In tho
Spanish mind
Some Spanlmd- av vps give us thi
Gonit7 piogiaimue of nnltv " Otheis
an silent As for the annexationists,
tin an verv iiiitpnkcu In Havana,
but mom les'ived In the interim of tie
I Islund, viliei ihev mv outniiiubcrcil
land lar fi un the piotectloit of th
' Alltel lean tioop
'lie Mm iiils ot Piiim del uin pm
euiised -nine nppiehenslon mnoug the
Sptniaiils bv the nssertlon that, dur
ing his if cent vHIt to the United Stnts
hi became miiv lined thut the Ameil
i.iii binkeis and met chants (lerlliu to
lend lnonev oi lo give lllnral e-redlts
bemuse thev ti.n that the A mot lean
oceui ullon v ill be bilef mid that the
leconstiui tlon of tlie It ulur sstcm of
i;ov eminent will be tetaldid In con
heuuenct VICTIM OF VACCINATION.
A Boy at Cleveland Dies fiom
Lock-Jaw.
fthvtlaud O .Inn 2J -An Investiga
tion Is being made of tin causes of tho
death of William Nugengast. ugeel 11
which o( tin l eel on Krldii Tin Im
was vaccinated at a flee dlspensui mi
Jun 4 On ThuiPd.u In inlled In see
phslciau His mm was terrlhl swol
len That night In was attueked with
sniptoins of tetanus, oi lockjaw, nnd
died the nut:i morning in terrible
agon. Thiee phslc kins iittciidcil him
nt the last, but (mild do jiiitliinir for
him.
The dot tot who vimiiiattnl hlin sfild
he used pun linph and applied null
septic tt eat mint.
Boxing Tournament.
New York. Ian -" -Tin Amateur Ath.
li'tlo union boNlng inn u unent will la eon
tlnued toiiionow nlK'bt at the Leiinux
Athletic chili ii' d tin i h iniDloilshlp if
e uh boxing ind wirMIlm, class decided
If ll Inkes until du.llght Tuesclny morn
lug ll will take twi nt -st veil liouts of
boNlng to dpolde the ehamplonshlp or !.
WEATHER TORECAST.
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W.islin gton, Jan 3t Uoiecasl
4- fo. Monday. Kor eastern Pt tin, I-
f viinli. fair; light variable vvliid
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