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KOONTZ AND
KREPS MEET
They Indulge in a Lively
Till in the
House.
PEACE FINALLY RESTORED
Wnrin Debate Ovei Resolution, to
Enlarge the Biibery Investigation
Committee Speakei Fair Repioves
Mr. Koontz for Revealing Seciets
of the Committee Meeting Kreps'
Amendment Finally Withdrawn
and Koontz Resolution Is Adopted.
llarrisbuig, Aluuh G The luill of the
house ot leprcsentatlvor ias crowded
with sputators at tin1 evening session
in anticipation ol a lenowal of last
Friday's scenes. Speaker Farr e ailed
the house to uulir shntly ' after S
o'clock and announced that the flirt
order of business was lepoits from
committees Sevoial bills were ic
puited, aflci ,huh the- following hills
were lntioduii'd
Hi Simon of AlliRlieny Appropriating
yunoo to the littsbutg ami Allegher-y
home for tin friendless.
tr. Henderson, of Allegheny Legallz
ins chittel mortgages
Mr Bdmlstnn of Bradford AjiproprI.it.
big W)() fm tin' Investigation of the
ellse-usi s ot domestic animals
Mr Sheridan ot Cumin la Approprlat
Inr, $12 OXi to tlu Concmaugh hospital,
Johnstown
Ml Harris of Clc.11 field Authorizing
orphan1'' com Is to decrease specific pci
formuiHes of contracts )oi tho sale of
il.i1 estate where the vinder Ins died
without coiivevlng und ilso in casts
where I hi 1 1 mlee bns died without hav
ing puld tin porch i money.
Mi. hi s.ti n of Alontgnmeiv To pro
Mile for tin sift ill 1 ruction or disposal
of thi otinaxsiM and of tho paits and
products of animals nfHIcUd Willi dang
erous and Indent diseases.
Air lr.i, of Lucerne for the preser
vation of inn ts
Air .Smith of Oreene Appropriating
J30.HM in tin Wnv nesboro colli ge.
Mr Aliicomboi, of York Providing for
the establishment of a division of pom
olugv and hoitlculture In the department
of am It ilium
Mr Vein hie- of Philadelphia Appro
priating $'i)om) to the Samaritan hospital,
Philadelphia appropriating Jl.OOO to mid
night million 1'lill.idclphla.
Mr Colrillc of Philadelphia Appro
priating JC.HiKi for the home of the deed,
Philadelphia
Koontz Resolution.
Mi Koontz, of Someiset, offeted a
resolution lulling for the appointment
of fotn additional members of the com
mune to investigate the chaiKcs of
biiber In comnctlon with the passage
of the MiCanell jury bill In the house.
Tin- resolutions teclte that on robin.
aiv J4. I'i9 Jlest-is Kieps, of Franklin
Koontz, or Somerset, Vooihees, of
iPhlladelphla. Tight-, of Luzerne, and
Skinner, of Fulton, were "appointed a
cininilttce to Investigate cettaln news
paper chaises and rumois of alleged
brlber. or attempted bribery of mem
bets of the house," and that the com
mittee oiganized March 1 by the ap
pointment of Mr Kreps, chairman, and
Mr Vooihees seeietary. and agreed to
meet on Match 1 to heai testlmori :
that the committee Issued 11 subpoen i
to the bergeant-at-arms to summon live
witnesses to appiai befoie the commit
tee and that they wore niesent and
ready to testifj
The resolutions further teclte that "a
majority of the said committee tefued
to heai tho testimony of bald witnesses
and bv resolutions, adopted by a ma
jority of the committee against the pio
test of the minoiltj, refused to perform
the duty Imposed upon It by the house
and decided that It would not act as an
Investigating committee, bin as a Judic
ial body, that It would not Infinite Into
01 investigate the charges and tumors
set foith in the j esolutlon under which
tin committee was appointed and would
only try pi i sons who might be spcclflc
nllv accused and would only act upon
such accusations when both the ae-
used and accusei weie pie-sent, there
by rendering the Investigation impob
hl'jl. '
The resolutions pioWde that Alessis.
Robeit K Young, of Tioga; rtandall.
of Chester (Republicans); Dixon, of
i:ik and Fow. of Philadelphia ( Demo
crats), "aio heieby appointed addi
tional members of the committee with
Instructions to pioceed to bear such
testimony as niaj be otfered pursuant
t'i said resolutions "
Speaker Fan's Suggestion.
Mi Koontz explained that his oilg
Inul lcsolutlons were picsented after
the publication of an attlcle In the
Philadelphia Pi ess charging brlberj.
anil juoceeded to tell what oceuireii
Jfter the 1 evolutions weto offeied,
Speaker Fair reminded Mr KoonU
that he had no light to disclose what
had been done by the committee. "I
am reciting Just what occulted on the
floor of the house," letotted Alt-.
Koontz I have a light to do so."
All Koontz then told about hf efforts
to have certain witnesses appeal be
'nrt the committee hist Thursday even
ng and sent to the Work's iiesk and
nail tead as it pu- of his remarks the
csolutlins adopted by the cominllUp
'egiilatlng the method of ptoceduto of
,hf investigation. Mi. Koontz then re
cited what had occutred nt the v-aiious
meeting" f the conimittee. All Con
liell, ot Philadelphia, niUed the point of
crder that the gentleman had no right
to disclose what n-cmied In commlt
te. The speaker mled the point well
taken hi cause of the great puhlh In
teretd In the matter and the deslie of
the rhalr and the members that ever v
thlni: -hotild bo brought out. Mr.
Koontz then proceeded to criticize the
lesoliitlonR which the committee lied
adopted and Insisted that If the inquiry
was conducted along those Uhph thero
would ho no Investigation, IT the no
rusocj were ulver twelve hours' notleo
to '.menr bjfon the committed h'S
would have ample time to get to Can
ada or to leave his -mtntrv for his
countty's eood. He demanded that
these rrsohitloriH ho set aside by tha
committee and that the Investigation
ho conducted ptoperly and legally.
Kreps' Amendment.
Mr Kreps. of rtnnkltn. offered the
following amendment to tho resolu
tions1 That tho committee to Investigate cer
tain i hinges lelntive to the passage of
the MtCnrell bill und to tho pending
senatorliil rnntest, be enlarged by add
ing theieto the names of all the mem
ber! ot the house of icptcscntatlves, not
already members thereof, and that ull the
member:) of the house ot representative!
will sit as iiiemlieis of said commlttio
with the Hon. V. II. Koontz, as chali
mnti and that upon the organization of
tin house of replete illative"1 as such com
mittee, which organization with a view
to an early Investigation, shall bo effect
(d tomorrow afternoon, March 7, Imine
dlatilj upon the adjournment of tho
house, the present committee of Investi
gation be and is herebv discharged fiom
the furthci e ousldeiatlon of said chdigcs.
Alt'. Kreps said he offered his resol'i
t on In pel feet good faith and that A'r.
Koontz' ciillelsms of the committee
weio unjust f i oin the fact that they
conceal certain actions Air. Kreps
said he was not Influenced by party
partisanship and the committee cannot
be made now to Milt pattlsan purposes
He argued that the accused had the
right to face his accuser Air. Fow,
of Philadelphia, raided the point ot
order that the Kieps amendment was
out of order and was not sustained
by the speaker. All. Stew ait, of Phil
adelphia, bffeted an amendment to the
amendment to discharge the committee
from tuither consldeiatlon of the
charges. Air, Cieasy, of Columbia, s.ald
in behalf of his Demociatlc colleagues
that they weie satisfied with the le
solutlon as offered by All. KoonU.
"With the (unbent of the house Air.
Stewart withdrew his amendment and
Air. Cieasy resumed his speech. He
said the Democrats were satisfied with
tho men the lesolutlons named and
every member on the floor should hi
In favor of the resolution. Air. Koontz
said his resolutions do not charge anv
member of the house with being bribed,
but to investigate rumors of alleged
bribery. He had the evidence befoie
the committee to substantiate th
charges embodied In his resolution?
and he was there to hear this evldeii'e.
Air. Kreps wanted to know wh his
colleague refused to hear certain wlt
neses who presented themselves be
fore the committee last Friday, after
that body had suspended the rule3 and
agieed to hear these witnesses.
Denied by Koontz.
Air. Koontz denied that he Interposed
to delay and reminded his colleagues
of the abrupt manner In which the
house was. adjourned last Friday to
shut out his resolutions to enlaige the
committee. He said Air. Kreps came
to him last Friday with outsti etched
hand and said he was not feeling well
enough to go on with the Investigation
and that another member of the com
mittee pleaded for delay on account of
sickness in his family.
Mr. Pllss, of Delaware, mpved that
the session of the house be extended to
allow this matter to be fully debated.
The motion was adopted and Air. Bliss
spoke against the Kreps amendment.
I He argued that the Investigation could
'hfi fnoilnpterl liv tho rnmmittwi is 111 n.
vlded for b t evolutions offeied . this
evering bv Air. Koontz. Air. AlcClaln,
of Lancaster, said it was time that the
members stop quibbling In this matter
and pioceed with the Investigation.
C'rtnln charges have been positively
and unequivocally made by a reputable
newspaper- nnd it Is the duty of the
house to further and assist this inves
tigation rather than lesttiet It. He
had full confidence in All. Koontz and
did not believe he would wilfully harm
a member. It the charges made In
Air. Koontz'1' lesolutlons are unfounded
the best waj to establish that fact Is
to throw open the door and make tho
Inquiry most seai ( hlng Air Vooihees,
of Philadelphia, denied that he staed
away from the house to prevent Air.
Koontz from securing copies of subpoe
naes to serve on witnesses. Air. Dum
bauld, Vit Favette, offeied ji substitute
that the committee be discharged fiom
fmther consideration of the charges of
biibery and elect Alessrs. Koontz, of
Someiiret; Hauls, of Cleaifleld, Dix
on, of Illk, Brooks, of Kile-, and Wch
mond, of AIcKeau.
Air. Dumbauld withdrew his substi
tute, after which Air. Kreps withdrew
his amendment and seconded the
Koontz resolution. The original ieo
lution was then adopted by a vivo voco
vote.
Air. Skinner, of Fulton, asked that 1
his name be btrlcken fiom the commit
tee and was reminded bv the speaker
that this had been done
Creasy's Resolution.
Air Creasy, of Columbia, offered the
following resolution, which was unani
mously adoptnl:
Vheroas, The Unil inllouinment of the
legislature has been iUed tar the LOth of
April ni-Nt, and
Whcrea". It Is necossao lh.it wt pass
1 he needed appropriations, wlncii will
take nearly onu month, theiefoie, oe It
ItesoHed, That the eomtrltter on appro
priations and committee on wavs and
means he Instructed to lnivi all bills now
in the hands of the committee repoited to
tho housi not Intel than March 24, and
that the general appropriation lull be le
ported out lor H11.1I action not later than
April 4, ISM
Air. Turner, sf Armstrong, oifrrrd a
resolution that the biibery Investiga
tion be required to lepott to the housi!
on March 13 and that the committee bo
given pei mission to fit dining the ses
sions of the house. Adopted
Senator Jones Is III,
MNnnhlngton, Alarch fi-jAtter improving
steadily for about ten da). Henalui J.
K. Jones, of Ai Kansas, this afteinunn
hud a sevcro incurrence ot his troublo,
the paroitvsm lasting something over an
hour. Tonight ho is n sling easily und
Is free from pain. His phslciun attri
butes the attack toda to tho senator's
exerting himself in trying to attend to
some pressing matters und bus Issued
positive instructions that no one shall bo
allow ed to see him for an Indellnlto
period.
Lighter TamesI Stranded.
I.enM, Del. March 0 The llgluor
TamesI, from Noifolk for Weston, It. f
whl( h stranded on Williams shoal, tlueo
miles tasl of Wallops beuoh llfo saving
ulutlon entetiluy. has broken In two and
will be u total I04.
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SENOR SILVELA'S
WARM RECEPTION
SAOASTA'S SUCCESSOR ENCOUN
TERS A STORMY SESSION.
He Attempts to Rend the Deciec of
Dissolution and Count cl'Almenas
Tiles to Moko a Speech, But His
Voice Is Drowned by the Crowd.
Tho Session of Senate Closes In an
Uproar.
Madrid, Alauli ll. The initial npiienr
nme In the senate today of Sonor Sll
vcla as premier was marked by a some
what stormy session. He attempted to
read the decree of dissolution and
Count d'Almenas tiled to talk, but his
voice was di owned with cries of "Con
spue, conspuez."
The president of the houe vainly en
deavoted to quell the disturbance, hut
finally Senoi Silvela completed reading
the decree amid cheers for liberty
mingled with cheeis for the que on. the
army and the navy.
The session was declared elose'd
amidst an uruoar.
There wore similar scenes In the
chumber of deputies and shouts of
"Down with the Jesuits'" and cheers
for the lepubllc and for llbeity.
The session was closed In a general
uproar, the ushers having to dtive the
public from the lloor and platform of
the chamber.
The Duke ot TeUian, former minister
of foreign affairs, and twenty-seven
Conservative senators and deputies
have decided to oppose tho government
and will lorm a Dissident group.
CONDITION OF THE NAVY.
Through Action of Congress the De
partment Has No Men for the New
Battleships Soon to Be Completed.
"Washington, Alarch 6 The officials
of the navy department are leellng
grateful for the small mcasuie of to
llef extended by congress In the In
creased foico of enlisted men, although
the total Is small and Inadequate under
sound Diactite for the needs of the
navy. Congress authorized the ineieare
of the fotco to 17,500 men. Last Sat
uiday thoie wen in the navy 17,511
men.
The officials think that they can contrive-
to gel along for tho piesent with
17.C0O men, and, while they will not be
under the necessltj of putting out of
commission any of the laigei ships now
In active service, thev will be left ab
solutely without piovlslon for manning
the big battleships Kearsago and Koii
tucky, now nearly completed at New
port News, or the cruiser Albanv, al
most finished at Aunstiong's, in Hng
land The department will be obliged
In older to man those ships, which the
government is bound to lake off the
contractors' hands as soon as they are
complete, to put some ships out of com
mission. JOSEPHINE KIPLING DEAD,
Daughter of the Author Succumbs to
Pneumonia.
New York, Alarch C Josephine Kip
ling daughter of the author, died at
fi M o'clock this morning at the home
of AIlss Do Forrest, Ul East Thlrty
fltth street
Josephine was taken sek the day af
ter her father became 111, Ihliteen dajs
ago, with the same disease by which
her father was prosttated, pneumonia.
Almost Immediately after she became
sick she was taken from the hotel to
$he house of AIlss De Fori est, a friend
of the family. There Dr. Janeway has
been visiting her and ti eating her. Her
condition was regarded as serious fiom
the llrst.
Josephine was sl years old, being the
eldest of the authoi's tluee chlldien.
When she became ill It was thought
better that she should not be kept in
the Hotel Gienoblo, wheie her father
was, but that she be removed to some
other place w hei e she- e ould be as w ell
attended, so AIlss De Fouest, a filend
of Airs. Kipling, olTeted to take the
child to her home on Hast Thlity-flfth
stieet. This was done It was theie
she tiled and It was AIlss De Fot rest
who went to the hotel this nioinlng
to notify Air Doubleday of the gill's
death.
SUGAR ADVANCED.
Trust Is Now Prepaied to Squeeze
the Consumer.
New Yoik. Alarch 0. An all-around
advance In the price of refined suguis
was made today by the Ameikan .Sugar
Refining company, At buckle Bios, and
Howell Son & Co , the last rained firm
representing the Independent rehiieiles.
The advance Is 'f, cent a pound, bring
ing barrel sugar up to riis and package
sugar 5i cents.
The Alollenhauer Refinery, one of the
Independent concerns, resumed opeia
tlons today.
British Cruiseis at New Yoik.
Now York. Alatch (. Tho thlid-elais
lliltlsh ciulser Telliot, Captain Gamble
arrived here todav from Bermuda and
anehoicd In the upper bav. The Talbot
waw ordered nere 10 tianapoii trio imii
of Lord Herschell to Bnglund. The ends,
er was met at querantlue bv the I'nlted
States levenuo cutter Manhattan and
escorted to her 011 borage Just i-uiith of
Liberty lsl ind by the cutter
Big Stone Syndicate.
Wlllces-Buiri1. Aluich (!. Klehatd Ciok
ei Jr, John Rodger. 1M Atlller. At. A
Aliller, npresentlng a Now Vork sndl
cate, nrrlved In town jesterday, and to
day Inspected a big stcno quarry on tho
Wllkeo-Barro mountain It Is believed
tiny will purchase the quuio
lion Woiks Will Resume.
Tamaqua, Pn Alarcn 0 -Tile Vulcan
Iron works, which aro controlled ly
WllkPS-Uarre-capitalists, and hovo been
Idle moro than u year, will shortly re
sumo operation with contracts on hand
that will requhe a ear's lima to com-
J Dlete.
THE ANOELLS APPEAR.
Missing Witnesses in tho Gould Caso
Como to Testify.
Albanv, N. y, Alarch ti Airs. 'Sarah
Ann and John Angel!, the missing wit
nesses In the Codv cas-c were on hand
at the opening of the court In the Cody
Hint today Airs Angell Is the vvomun,
who, It was contended, had been mar
rhd to Jay Could, and who was the
mother of tin child, the alleged birth
lecord of which Is in tin books ot the
Cooperville church. Is tho basis of the
case ot .the prosecution. Inasmuch as
expetts claim to have discovered era
sures and changes in it.
Mis. Peguin. of Itoros Point, testified
to having written a. letter to Airs.
Heebe. at the dictation of Airs. Cody,
In which she lndlteetlv .inked fot funds
with which to prosecute her lnvcsllgo
tlnn as to the man logo of Jay Gould
and Alary Brown. She s tlcl In the letter
that while It would be very dlllkult to
pioeurc a until Inge round, the other
fthe bit th recoid) was "now all right."
second litter identified by Airs.
Seculn as fiom Alls. Cody to Alts.
Beebe aske-d for tlui) and told that Mis.
I'leice's lawyer had arrived In lbany
with a deposition from Alls. Angell to
the effect that she v. as never mairled
to Jay ttiiuld. The niarrriage, the de
position K-t forth, was to a rienchman
named A'lelas, "who staived her." Alls
Codj'.s litter lotitiniies "I think th
woman is nan I am going to tiy and
get an affidavit fiom hei to the effect
th it she had a e hild by Jay Gould.
Isn't It a shame that the illlaln at thlb
late dav should foil us "
It will be contended by the defense
that Alls. Cody's pait In the alleged at
tempt to etor I monev from the Goulds
had nothing ot blackmailing attaching
to it.
ALGER AGAIN HAS TROUBLES.
Neaily All of the Volunteer Officers
Desire to Remain in Service.
Washington. Alarch 0 Seeietary Al
ger was falily ovei tun today by con
giessional callers, nearly every one of
whom had one or more candidates for
appolntme nt In the regulnr or volunteer
aimy under the terms of the reorganiz
ation act. It is a safe estimate that
75 per cent, of the nlllcens in the pre
sent volunteer army aic anxious to re
main In the lervlci The secretary, in
answer to a question todaj, said that
he had not yet been able to make any
selections for appointment.
There is some doubt whether ap
pointments of ofllcers for the volun
teer blanch of the service under the
new law will not have to be deferred
Indefinitely, that Is until Mich time as
the volunteer regiments have been ac
tually recuulted. As theie Is a dispos
ition at present to get along without
these volunteer soldleis as long as pos
sible the chances of any appointments
being speedily made in the ofllcers
grades are not ver bright.
PROSPERITY'S FRUITS.
Wages Advanced at Various Manu
facturing Plants.
Pittsburg, Alarch 6 The Baker Chain
company advanced the wages of all
emplojes todaj fiom 5 to 10 per cent.
The increase infects SCO men.
The strike at the Sehoen Pressed
Steel comuanv is still on. An advance
of 10 per cent. In wages was made bv
the flini on Saturday, but the men are
not satisfied and the ear depaitment Is
still idle-.
Hollldaysburg, Pa , Alarch C The
puddlers employed in the Portage lion
works at Duncansvllle have been grant
ed an increase of 25 cents per ton. All
other emplojes aie allowed a 10 per
cent Increase Irr wages. This advance
In wages affects 500 men.
RUMORS IN MOLINEAUX CASE.
It Is Alleged That Mr. Gallagher
Has Confessed.
New Yoik, Alaich 6 Theie was a
minor current today that Felix J. Gal
lagher, for whom Roland B. Alollneaux
obtained a position as clerk In the
Knickerbocker Athletic club, has made
a confession. Assistant District At
torney Alclntvie stated he had heard
of no conleslon
It was also stated that Gallagher
had given some complete data to Cap
ptaiir AlcCluskey In connection with tho
case which will gieatly assist the pros
ecution in bringing the case- to its cli
max at the Inquest
KIPLING'S CONDITION.
Is Impiovmg Giadually and Takes
Nourishment.
New Yoik, Alarch C Air. Doubleday
at 7?0 o'clock tonight said
"Air. Kipling has hade a splendid
und comfortable day. He is beginning
to take nourishment of a more sub
stantial kind Of course has has the
appeal ance of a man who has been
at the point of death and his mind
woikst very slowlj. Ho has not been
told of his daughtei Jobpphlne's death.
Klsle haw been somewhat better today
and T think she Is well on the mad to
lecoverv."
GERMAN SHIPS AT TANGIER.
They Will Foice the Sultan of Mor
occo to Pay Up.
Berlin Alureh 0. Tho German school
ships Car lotto and Stosch, the corres
pondent of the Auboclated Piess Is In
formed on authority, have arrived at
Tairglei, Alorocco, to enforce the de
mands made for the pavment of an In
demnity to the German victims of tho
Aloroceon outrages
The sultan bus failed to act up to
the agieements ni rived at 111 the mat
ter Masked Robbers Get $2,500.
Jliigersto.vn. Alarch ft KUc muskrd
robbers entered thH house of Miss Bll.i
Waltz, air uged maiden Kiily near Cuve
town along the western Alaryhmd rail
road about woven miles from thlti city, at
1 o'llock thi moiiilng, and, securing U.
600 in cash, escapesl AIlss W'ultz and a
bov named Holtzman aged 10 seals, were
1 he onlv personH In the house
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Upholds. Shuck Jury Law.
Trenton. V. .1.. Alarch $. -The couit of
errors and appeals this niornlujr sus
tained, tho conviction of Janus K. Blown
for the killing of Polk email Gobhnrt, of
llnhnkvn, and thdibv uphold the cm
Htllutlonullty of the Struuit iury law.
UNITED STATES
TO HOLD ALOOF
WILL NOT JOIN THE RAID ON
THE CHINESEI COAST.
Tho Government Has Remained Pas
slvo During the Execution of tho
Italian Project to Secme an "Open
Door" Through the Acquisition of
Sau Mun Bay and Outlying
Islands Will Take No Action
Save to Piotect American Inter
ests. Washington. Match C The tTnlted
Stalis -'overnment has lemalned abso
lutely passive throughout the execu
tion of the Italian project to secuie nn
"open dooi" on the Chinese coast
thioiigh lire acquisition of San Alltn
bay and outlvlng Islands. Some days
tiro Unitid States Allnister Conger, at
l'"klitg, acquainted tho stale depait
ment with tile f.iet that Italy bad pre
fericd a lequct on '"'hlna for a lease of
the spot selet'ed but he has made- no
icpotl s'neo and It Is not known ofll
elally whelhei 01 not the Italian forc
es have bei-n landeel at San Alun.
One ef the hlchest authorities today
sild- "The government of the United
States will net take any Pteps In r
gatd to the Italian demand for the ces
sion of Bticli Chinese territory"
In other woids our government, re
sisting fiom motives of broad policy
alluring Intimations from other pow
ers to the eftect that the time is ripe
for a raid by tho United States on somn
pait ot the Chinese coast line lns defi
nitely detormincHl to kee-j hands oft.
But one motive could Induce tho gov
ernment to change this policy nnd that
would be a desire to protect our enor
mously valuable commerce with China
fiom the danger of being completely
cut off through tho gradual extension
ot the lease holds of European nations
over the whole Chiieso seacoast. So
long as our tiade Is let alone, or Is at
least allowed fair oppoitunltv for de
velopment and Is not made the subject
of discrimination so long will the Uni
ted States government refrain from
any inter ferenre In Chinese affairs. Air.
Conger has icported th it Pekln has
been unusually quiet dui Ing the past
wlntir. He does not undertake to say
whether 01 not the presence of marine
guards at the United States legation
and nt othei embassies and legations In
Pekln had an thing to do with repress
ing illsoider but his statement bears
tho affirmative' Interpretation.
The Chinese minister called at the
state depai tnient today and hnd a con-ferer-ce
with Secretary Hay.
WHOLESALE POISONING.
An Attempt to Kill a Whole Family
Tails.
Camden, X. J., Alarch 6. The author
ities todaj begun an investigation ot
what they believe to have been an at
tempe to kill a whole family by pois
oning. AI10. Itebaeea Alorgan, a widow
aged CO, lesidcs at 139 Wiliams sttct.
and with her lives her son, Henry, aged
30, his wife nnd two children. Airs.
Clara Caiter, 1 wvlow. aired SS and
Charles Applebach, aged 10. The latter
is a stieet car motor man. On Friday
morning last Applebach, as wan cus
tomarv, ate his bieakfast much earlier
than the others of the household, the
loeaktast being prepaieer by the elder
Airs. Alorgan. After the others hud
partaken of breakfast they all become
very ill and Dr. Wallace AIcGeorge,
w ho attended them, says the sv mptoms
were those of aisenical poisoning. Not
until todiy did he consider his patter ts
out of danger. Applebach called on
Dr. Alt George and complained of ill
ness. Ho was treated by tho phyr:
clan, but his condition was not as ser
ials 113 the others. Applebach and
Airs. Carter were engaged to be mar-'
rleel, hut the engagement was bioken
off last week.
The detectives, Investigating the case
say they have their susplclo u as to
1 the D'-rson who placed poison rn tnu
I food, Lut they refuse to disclose the
I name of the person they suspect.
SUSQUEHANNA AT SUNBURY.
Fall of Tempeiature Checks the Rise
of the Water.
Sunbury, Alarch 0 The- fall in tem
peiature last night checked the rapid
line of the Susquehanna river at this
place cnul vicinity. Sunday the water
lose tluee Inches per1 hour' and L now
eight feet above low water tnaik. No
fe.iis of a. Hood aie entet t.alned here,
however, owing to tire high bank built
1 by the city nuthotltles several years
. au-o.
I All the low fat 111 lands between this
I place and Wllllamspoit are pattly sorb.
meipeil but no damage has as yet 10-
! suited to property. All the big ice
gorges In the river 1101 th of here wer
eaten away bv thu muddy water and
passed off without doing any damage.
At I o'clock todav the water began to
leeede at thi 1 place.
FirTY CORPSES RECOVERED.
Echoes of the Explosion at Toulon,
Finnce.
Toulon, Alaich 6. About 50 corpses
have now been iccovered from the
scene of the explosion of the powder
magazine yestetdav morning between
La Seyne urrd Toulon. The remains of
several other victims are still buried In
the debris
Loudon. Alarih C A special dlspatcn
from Bails savs that It Is tumor cd that
orro of the soldiers who perished In the
explosion of the powder magazine yes
terday near Toulon had for a long tln.o
been the victim of systematic p.-i'joiu-tlon
on tho pait of a corpoial and had
vowed to be revenged. It Is added
that this man is suspected of bavin-,:
blown up the magazine.
Expensive Sire at Wilkes-Banc.
Wilkes-Banc, March (. Geimmilu, hall,
a largo building In tho center of the city,
was destroyed by lire at noon toil ly.
Loss, j:o,(K) puitly liuuired
Steamship Arrivals,
New York, Alaich ft Antwerp Arrived:
Noordlaud, vv York, GllualtarAr
lived: Bins, Now York for Naples and
Genoa,
TIIK NEWS THIS JIOUNLVU
Weather Indications ToiUyi
FAIflj COLDER.
1 Gcneial Spirited Times In State Leglu.
In tutu.
Many Tribes About Alanlla Will Join
thu Ameilean Forte b.
Undo Sam Will Aid In the Paitttlon
of China.
Warm Reception for the New Spanish
Premier.
2 General Plttston City Happening.
Financial and Commen lal.
3 Local Seventeen Remonstrances Piled
Lackawanna Lumber Company Afn1s
a Largo Purchase.
1 IMitorlal.
News and Comment.
5 Local Board of Control Committees.
Acildent Unavoidable! In the Jovco
Case.
New President of the D., L, A W. Will
Bo Hero Todtiy.
G Local West Sernnton and Suburban.
7 Local New h Round About Scruntoii
D.av's Doings In Dunnioie
Adjournment of IVder.il Court.
QUAY WILL NOT WITHDRAW.
Rumors to That Effect Ate Ridiculed
by His Manngers.
Harrlsbtng, Alatch b The iiimor is
current here tonight that Senator Quay
will withdraw before the close of the
present week and that Colonel George
F. Huff, of Greerisbuig, will be chosen
his successor In the United States sen
ate. There Is nlso talk that If Air. Quay
remains In the fight ti e Lancaster dele
gation will desert him on nreount ot
the icmoval of a nephew of ex-Auditor
General AlyJIn, of Lancaster, by
Governor Stone from a subotdlnnte
position on Capitol hill.
Senator Quay't manageis lldlcule
these reports and Insist that under no
conditions will he wlthdtaw. They
claim their lines are Intact and that
the rumors of further defections In
their tanks aie absurd.
WILL SLEEP IN THE CASTLE.
Ambassador nnd Mis. Joseph H.
Choato Aro to Visit Windsor.
London, Alarch 6 The United States
ambassador, Joseph H, ICIhoate, and
Airs. Choate will proceed this atternoon
to Windsor, where they will dine and
sleep at the castle. A rpyal carriage
will convey All. and Airs. Choate fiom
Clarldge.s hotel to Paddlngton railroad
station, nnd her majesty's master of
the ceremonies, Colonel, the Hon. Sir
William James Colvllle, will conduct
them to the Windsor nnd present Air.
Choate to Queen Victoria before din
ner. The Alarchloness of Salisbury
will present Airs. Choate.
Air. White, secretary of the United
States embassy, and Airs. White aro
also Invited to Windsor, but Alts. White
will be unable to go, as she Is Indis
posed. The Duke of York held a leveo
this afternoln nt St. James palace. All
White presented George W. Wuttz, for
meilv United States charge d'affaires
at St. Petersburg. Joshua Wilbour.
United States consul at Dublin, and
Georire W. Cable, the American novel
ist, nnd Dr. C. S. Weller, of New York.
SPONGED FROM THE "RECORD."
Impromptu Spenker Ward Bliss Not
Recognized by the Legislative
Harrlsburg, Alarch 6. The Legisla
tive Record, containing the proceedings
of the house of Friday last, at which
Ward U. Bliss, of Delaware, ptesiiUd,
appeared last evening orr the tiles on
the membeis' desks, Faily this morn
ing this portion of the Hecoid was ab
stracted from the files b Sergeant-at-Atms
Raw lings. Mr. Raw lings says
these proceedings weto pi lute J and
Hied without his permission and that
he was ordered by a superior ofhier to
remove this portion of the Recoid fiom
the tiles Tho Quay Republicans In
sist that the proceedings weie incgu
lar and they thev should not have been
printed and made a pait of the official
lecord of the house The antl-Republl-eans
and Democrats who participated
at the session over which Air. Bliss pre
sided, claim that It was regular and
that the official stenographer was jus
tified in making the pioceedlngs a pait
of the Rei ord.
Copies of the Record containing Fri
day's proceeding? of the house weie
this evening restored to the files In the
senate and house to avoid threatened
complications.
TO PAY THE CUBAN ARMY.
Tluee Million Dollars Will Be
Shipped to Gen. Biooke.
Washington, Alarch 6 The wui de
partment Is now making arrangements
for shipping to Cuba the $!.0fl0,0i0 asked
for by Genet. ll Brooke for paying off
the Cuban aimv
Definite arrangements have not been
completed, but tho money will be shin
ped the latter- part of the week from
New Yoik and two or tluee paymasters
will be detailed In a day 01 two to
take 1 lung of the nvjiie.v and accom
pany It and turn It over to Geneiul
Brooke's, possession and piobably at
tend to tho dt tails of the pavment to
the pioper authorities on thi part cf
the Cubans The vcsel to (iin.v It has
nor been select d.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, Mnuii C. -These Peniisjl
viinlii pensions h.ivi 1 ei u lusiud: In
ireiisi Latirlhlon S Woodwind, Mniii
ioi., fill to $JI, Stephen L Schooley,
Potty Foil. I.uzeiue $10 to J12 ReUs 10
Special Feb l!1 Hum C Aide 1 son,
Athens, Biadfoid SIT Original widows
Lucy .1. ('nilg, Ashley, Luzerne. i, De
Ijnali f Redmond Lquluunk, Wnvno, S
Jack Bennett a Winner,
littsbuig, .Mauh ii. Jack Bennett and
Joeeph Pluiile, both of this city, met to
night 'for a UJ-rotiud bout. Nearly a.OOo
people wllncssid th. bout Bennett won
the ilerixloH u fur a hard contest laming
the limit
Wages Advanced.
Rethlelv 111, Ph., March 1!. i he Ilethlr.
hem Iron lompany today announced a
ruli-e irr wugew of 10 per cent., affecting
the common laborcis. of whom more than
,mi ure on the pay toll
THE REBELS
AT MANILA
ARE DIVIDED
Ilocanos Will Assist in
Thrashing Hie
Tagalos.
TRIBES ARE DISSATISFIED
Many of Them Will Join the Ameri
cans in tho Work of .Restoring
Peace If Given an Opportunity.
The Members of the United States
Philippine Commission Aro Now
Sight-seeing on the Islands,
Aguinaldo Wants 7,000,000 for
Spanish Piisonors.i
Alanlla, Alarch ti. 4 p. in.1
-The csX-ll
members of the United States Phllln
plne commission, who 111 rived here oil
Saturda afternoon from Hong Kong
on the United States cruiser Balti
more, landed today, and aie now In
stalled in their quarters, especially pio
vlded for them on the Alalate water
fiont. While nwaltlng the Arrival ot
Colonel Charles Denbv, fo'rmer United
States minister to China, the other
members of the commission will tk -vote
their time to slght-seilng and get
ting famlP-r with local conditions.
Until Colonel -"enby arrives the com
mission will be Incomplete and can du
nothing officially.
The troops wlrlch arrived on Satur
day on the United States transport
Senator und those that at rived yestei
day on the transpoit Ohio aie dlaem
baikiug and all the picparatlons aie
being made to proceed with an aggres
sive campaign befoie the wet season
sets In.
Theiebels, anticipating the American
advance, are busy throwing up n
trenchments In every direction and it
is reported that they are levying men
and supplies In every province. As
a result great dissatisfaction prevnl's
among tribes ordtnarly unfriendly to
the Tagalos, pai tlcularly among Via
Ilocanos, who asseit their desire to
assist In conquering the Tagalos if fur
nished with arms.
Movements of Transports.
The following older has been issu.'d
regarding the movements of trans
ports: 'The Arizona will sail for San Fran
cisco via Hong Kong with all the si' k
on Alarch 9 the Newpoit via Nagasa'cl,
Japan, with all the returning office: st
and their wives on Alaich 10; the Scan
dla via Nagasaki with dischaiged sol
dleis 011 Alaich 11 and the Alorgan Cly
vla Nagasaki on Alaich 12.
The rebels have been concentrated
in the vlcinltj of the reset voir To
du u patrol of Company G, Second
Oiegon volunteuis, was taken in am
bush. Two men weie wounded, but the
Oregonlans held their ground under a
heavy lire until the remainder of the
company, assisted by two companies ef
the Fit st Nebiaska leglnient. Hanked
the eneniv, killing .'.0 and wounL i,;
sev eral men e.
Two battalions of the Twentieth uv
ular Infant! y have reinfoiced Genet ll
Hale's brigade.
All the native huts hate been de
bt! oyed at Alatiqulna and the counltv
there la piettv well cleaicd, but tbe
lebels weie letuinlng In small bodl s
at sundown. ,
Appaiently they have seemed ,1 new
supply of the smokeless ammunition
lecentlv, as there has been a notice
able dlttei elite dining the last f w
days.
The Spanish commissioners who aw
endeavoring to soono the release of the
Spanish prisoneis in the hands, of
Aguinaldo have letuined to Alalol is
to offei $.',000,000 for their release. ' s
Aguinaldo has been demanding $7.0J0,
0011 It is not likely their mission will he
slice e-sful.
TWENTY MEMBERS VOTED.
I Banishing Mauh 1,. The luuio met ui
noon to aliunde ior the meeting of tho
j joint asstiiiblv to ballot for u United
Stati s se'liatin. There were about twentv
1 membeis pre-i nt, and no buslne-s was
transaiteil Air. AloBIIuiis of Allegheny,
objected to the tustomaii motion to dli
in !! with the nailing nl the join mil of
Saturday's si ssluii Mr i. Idwln. of Del
awaie, rose to u point of older, that
nothing was In nrdir but to ai range for
the met ting of the joint aseinbh. Speak
ir Pan1 sild this point would be decided
when llm senalois appealed to ballot for
seu.iloi. When the senators arrhid tho
speakci ordered the cltil; to dlspilisii
with tho lending nf the journal. Air. Fair
vleldid tho eliali to l.ietitt mint Governor
Unhln and tin joint usiimbly went In'o
session The lending of the list of pairs
and othi r piollmlmules wciu dls-pensul
with and the ballot was taken with thu
following HMilf
Quiy .... 11
JcnUs S
Tubbs I
No electioi
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Dyo Works Damaged.
Philadelphia, .March ft Tho Geirnahlc
dvo woiks at Kensington and Alleghonv
iivrraies, owned bv .Ma. Sorfoit. was
damaged by llm todav to the extent of
$1S Oil on building and content?. Tho fire
started In a room used for the storage
of rlienilenln The loss is eovcied by n
siir.inu Librarian of Congress.
Washington, U.i-ci B Tin re Is good
reason to bilUve thai the president will
offer tho position ol llbrarinn of conxiess
to Air I lei ben Piitnim of Boston.
I M--f-r-Hf-H-"H-1H-t--r-r-M-
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I WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Aluich 0 Poreiait
f lor Tuosdnv Fur Bistciu Pe nn- -
f H.vlviinla gemiallv fair and some. 4-
what coldei; frcidi to brisk north --
f to e-iist wlnd-i.
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