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TWO CENTS.
SCIUNTON, PA.. TUESDAY MOUSING, MAKCII 14, 1899.
TWO CENTS.
CITY OF PASIG
IS CAPTURED
General Wheaton's Men
Take the City with
Slight Loss.
SIX AMERICANS ARE HURT
Filipinos' Loss Thlity Killed nnd
Sixteen Mtule Piisoners They
Made a Stand for an Hour An
Eaily Morning Advance by the
Divisional Brigade The Fourth
Cavalry Lead the Column Twenty-Second
Regulars and Washing
ton and Oregon Volunteeis En
gaged Rebels in the Jungle
Shelled by a Gunboat.
Manila, "vlnieh 13, -S :.i P. At. General
Wheaton attacked anil captured the
city of Puslff, east of Manila, this after
noon The enemy made n stand for an
hour, but at the end of that time werj
forced to to treat.
The loss of the t'lllplnos vn thlity
killed and sixteen prisoner". Ol the
I'nited States femes, nix wcie wounded.
.1 l"i A. M. At elnv light today Brlga
tllei Gonnal Lloyd Wheaton's dlvlslon
al brigade consisting of the Twentieth
i'nited infantiy, the Twenty-Second
Infantiy. eight companies of the Wash
ington volunteeis, seven companies of
tin Otipm volunteeis, thiee troops of
tin rotirth I.'nlted States cavalry and
a liuunte-d buttery of the Sixth mtll
lei was diawn up on a lldgo behind
San Pedro Alnoatl, a mile south of the
tow n
Tin advance was sounded at fi.30 tu
in tin i. u .dry loading the column, tit
a smart ttot, across the open to the
light, eventually leaching a clump
commanding the rear of Guadaloupe,
Supported tiy the Oregon-, the nd
vmu fi-tie opined a heavy (lie on the
teKN The lesponse was feeble and
de-sultoiv apparently coming fiom
handfuls uf men in every ioert. While
the right column was swinging toward
th. town of Pastg, the left advanced,
pouting vollev s into the bush. A small
boelv of lebeis made a detei mined stand
it Guadaloupe church, but the enemy
was unable to withstand the assault.
Gunboat's Woik.
At 7 00 n. m. a rier gunboat stait-d
ownrd Pasig. The lebels weie llrst en-
ouiueied by this vessel In the jungle
nun Guadaloupe.
Stemnlng slottlj. the gunboat pouted
a ten lie lire fiom her Gatltng suns
Into the. brush. Tor an bout the w hil
ling of the rapid-Ill e guns alternated
with the booming of th" heavier pieces
on bonid
Alcanwhlle.rieoU's battery ahhore was
shelling the tiencbes and diilng the
enemv Kick The aitillciy then nd
wnii i d to the lldgo e)t bamboo and
nunc a few of the onetn.v's shaipshoot
eis nwuv with volles from thtir e-ar-bltie.
The aitlllety then advanced and
met with little opposition
In th meantime, the infantiy had
bten sent forward in extended older,
tlu Washington legiment lestlug on
the bank nl the liver, each regiment
deploying on leaehlng its station and
furnishing Its own supports. The en
tire column then wheeled toward the
liver, diivlng the enemy tow aid his
supports and the-n ad allied on Guada
loupe Tin aitilletj mined to a ildge
commanding Paslg und Paileios.
H thl time the enemy was in full
Hight along a line oer a mile long and
Hit llrlng was discontinued temporal -ill
In en eh i to give the tioops a rest
befoii making the attack on Paslg.
The enemy's les was believed to be
severe, but only six Atnci leans were
wounded.
At this stage of the engagement it
wn.i raining heavily.
Attack Resumed.
7.55 v. m. After a short test, Gen
eral Wheatnn resumed the attack on
I'usltr
Siott's battny, suppoited bv two
companies of the twentieth icgiment,
advanced on Guadaloupe by the load
along the river bank, the remainder of
the twentieth and the twenty-second
ieKiim.nl following with the reserve of
the Oregon volunteeis. At 11.30 o'clock
the column came In contact with the
enemy and a gunboat steamed to the
filing line and clcaieel the Jungle on
both sides, while the battery took up
n position on a bluff at the right. The
first shot from the Ameilum Held
pieces, at 1..200 vniels range, dislodged
a gun of the enemy at Paslg.
Af toi the tow n had been shelled the
twentieth legiment lined up on the
bluff and the twenty-second took up
a position on the left of the place, with
the iaalr In the center, whereupon
the enemy letieuted to the town.
The gunboat then moved Into a bind
and a hot tire on the rebel position
was maintained along the whole Amer
ican lino until 2.20 p. m., when prep
arations wcie made for tho attack
At 1 p. m our gunboat started In
pursuit of the enemy's mined tug chas
ing hei to the lake.
The whole American lino bivouacked
ot " -clock About 700 rebels were)
reporter! to be marching nouhwaul, a
few miles to the southwest
- -av-.
Eckley Held Responsible.
Alionna. Pa, Maich 13. Hairy Kckley.
the t'lograph op'.-iator who gave a whlto
block to tho pin-singer train that after,
wards iau Into u irelght Until, causing
tin death of Knylnrer John Tair and
riri'timn Georgo Kiene, hint Thursday,
turned up at tho iniiuect today. The tury
rendered a verellct holdlne: him criminally
responsible for ttio ncclih 1 1.
Consul at St. Johns.
Washington, Alaielt U Alurtin .1. Car
tel of Pennsyhanlii. baa been appointed
consul for the United .SIiUob at St, Johns,
n r.
PRESIDENT'S OUTING.
Leaves "Washington for a Vacation
of Ten Days in the South.
Washington, Atarch 13. President
and Airs. AlcKInley nnd u party of
friends left at C.40 tonight for a vaca
tion of ten days or two weeks at Thom
osville, Ga, where the train Is achcel
uled to arrive at thiee o'clock tomor
ieiw afternoon. The tilp will bo made
by way of th Atlantic Const lino nnd
tho Plant system, ubo.it d a. special
truln of Pullman cats, pettect In
equipment with every provision for the
comfort anil safety of the paity. The
president occupied the manlflcent Pull
man observation cat "lolnnthe," at the
lear of thu special train, the remain
der was made up of the compartment
ca- "Horatio." the sleeper "Clematis."
the' dining car 'Aberteen" nnd the com
bination baggage and smoking ear
'Caslus" all handsomely fitted out
for the aeiommodatlon ef the distin
guished travelers Ten minute's befoie
tialn time the ProM'lent and Airs. Alc
KInley reached the stulon. wheie a
nunibei of people had assembled, and
went nboatd the train and gieeted
those who nciompaiib-il them em the
flip. These include the Vice-President
nnd Alls. Hob.irt, Ataster Hobai t. Sen
ator and Alls, llnnna. All's llanna, Allss
Phelps, Dr. J. N. Klxo.vn and Alls.
George 13. C'oitelyou, secretin y a.d
tant to the piesldenl. and H S. Haines,
one of the executive cleik'.
decretal y Alger, Postmaster Gcniral
Smith, Seeretaiy to the Presldonl Por
ter and Gene-rat Ceirbln were at the
station to bid the patty farewell.
CLEMMER VERDICT
IS AFFIRMED
The Supieme Court Sustains the
Finding of the Montgomery County
Jury.
Philadelphia. Alarch 13 The Supienio
coutt toelny alllrmed the vudlct eif th"
Montgomery county eouit lltullng
James A. Clenuner gulltv of minder In
the Hist degree, tor cemipllillv In tho
nun tier of Airs. Ihiinia P. Knisei mi
Oe tober 28, lSv'16
Chailes Kaiser, Airs KiiI-pi'm husband-
Clenimer and the "Woman In
Ulack," Lizzie LVKiilb. .-nlired into a
conspiracy to kill Kaiser's young wife
foi the sake of $10,000 Insurance upon
hi r life The partv nii't in Noiilslown
and Kaisei took the unsuspecting wife
for n elile Clenimer and lizzie Ue
Kulb followed in nnothei buggy. On
a lonely load Kulse-r sat in the buggy
and pinioned the woman's nuns, while
fie miner stood in the mailuay and shot
her to death Then tei e olm a stoij of
an attack on him by hliJivvavmcn.Clpm
mer shot Kaiser in the mm and took
what valuables he had. Clemmer and
Lizzie DeKalb, who had remained seat
ed In her carriage while the bloody
eteeel was being committed, diove tap
lelly back to Norristown and lied from
that place.
After his confederates had driven
aw. iv. Kaiser made an outer, and told
his tale of assault and muteler by foot
pads. At (list he was belieeel, but
subsequently suspicion fell on him and
he was ai rested, tried and com icteel
Clemmer and Li .zip PeKalb lor
months e ailed an est. Finally they
were Mapped and biought to Noirls-tow-n.
Lizzie DeKalb turned state's
evidence against her lover, Clemmer,
anil the man was convicted.
KaNer, after Clemmer's conviction
nnd a few weeks before the day set for
the trial, wns placed In a cell In Xor
listown. The woman In black Is now
In Jail
DELANEY ACQUITTED.
Much Indignation Over a Vcidlct
at Media.
Aledla, Pa., Alaich 13. The Juiy in
the lase of Aliuus Delanej, clanged
with the minder of Atis. Ann Lcon
.11 cl. of Chester, today to tinned a er
ejlct eif aeimilt.il. The Jury has been
out since Saturday evening.
Alls. Jjeonard was muieleiecl and her
hubband was teulbly beaten by two
coloitd men on Sept. 21, fs'iS. Joseph
Hi own .mil Allnus Delaney were subse
quently ni rested chaigeil with the
crime and e.uh blamed the other for
tho murder. The husband lies at the
point of death but was able to attend
eouit last week and testify. He said
that lirown had stiuck him and that
Delaney had stiuck and killed his wife.
Urown wa conMcted of manslaughter.
Atter tho dltect testimony of Air,
Leonard it was thought a veidict of
murder In the llit digiee would be the
result of the July's deliberations.
Much Indignation Is eptessed at the
result of the pullet.
Tho Samoa Affair.
Washington. Alurcb 13 -After nuintioji
confereniis and exchange of notis be
tween Seciitury J lay and the Uennii
ambassador, nnd understanding will l.u
reached betwien the tlilco puwirs inter
ested in Samoa as to the conditions there.
This t-eiks to open a new account of
Samoa to obliterate the troubles which
huo lecently uccuircd thee.
Steamer Laden Well.
Newport News, Viu, March H. Tho
riulsir Chicago and the transport Aleide,
which Is ccmclng J3 0,cW to Havana
to puj off the Cuban tiiKips, siilbd troni
Hampton Itouds slmuliantously this af
ternoon. THE DEATH ROLL.
London, Alunh IS. "Willie" Wilde,
brotlur of Oscar Wilde, Is dead
Chicago, Munh 1J Hon. I). J. Biker,
es-Juelge of the Illinois Suprcini eouit,
died loduy of heart disease
WashliiKton, Murch U.-'Iho treasury
depart mem h.is iccclcd a tth mam im
uounclng the death i.t Newberne, N. C
of Captain M. L. Phillips, of tho ri-iiiui-cutter
lioutwcll. Cuptiilti l'hllllps ,s a
very efficient officer and hud been In tin.
ten leu thirty-eight jems.
Lancaster, Pa., Mm eh 13. He v. 1M
wind Cooper, M. D., pastor ot Mentor!, it
I'rcHbj Urlan church, uled trday, agcel SI
iars Ho was born In New York In 1814,
and befoio entering tho mlnlstiy was u
luww-r und editor. He wan npiiolntcd a
rhapliln hi thu urmy and served during
tho entire war
South Hethle hem. Pa.. Alarch 13 -Dr W
J. ltilnhard, who founeily wus connected
with tho Kciley sanitarium at Harris,
burg, died suddenly today at his tlsUr'H
homo In Hcllcitown Ills death was said
to h.iNo been duo to tho continued utc
of morphlnei and cocaine. Ho was i'i
joais e ago and was u grndiiito of Jcf
fetsoii Alodlcal collegu of Philadelphia,
THE CUBAN TROOPS
MUST DISBAND
GRAVE FACTS IN OTHERWISE
ENTERTAINING INCIDENTS.
A Portion of the Army May Reject
tho Porter-Gomez Agreement nnd
Refuse to Disband A Forcible
Disarmament of the boldleis.
Havana, Alarch 13. Should a portion
of the Cuban army suppoit the nillltmy
asembly In i ejecting the- Gomiz-Poiter
agreement anil In refusing to disband
without linger um than $.1,000 000, for
cible dlsiuinninont, In the opinion of
Americans well eiuallfied to Judge.wouM
follow. This is the onl grave fact
in an otheiwlsu entertaining neiucl
of Incidents
The I'nited States Is completely com
mitted to the nrrnpgement't made by
Robert P. Porter. President AIcKlnley's
special lcpu tentative, with General
Gomez and thu details of the p'-in of
distribution aie aheady far advances!.
The opinion of Cubju civilians Is that
a considerable portion of the army,
probably tho larger pait, upholds He-petal
Gome? In his contiael with the
United States, and, therefoie, the
American mllltuiy udinluistriti'ni sees
no ulher couise open than the foipbl
disarmament of any faction of the Cu
ban Hoops, which, after being duly
warned should persist in keeping th?
Held.
TERRIBLE WIND STORM.
Much Ptoperty Destroyed The Loss
ot Lifo May Follow.
Alilford, Pa , Alarch 30 A wind storm
of mills, tnl eloiltv swept over a laige
section of PU e connlv lust night, caus
ing i onsldi'inble damage In piopeity
and diluting a number of pusons, sev
eial of whom will probablv die
The stoim was most sin etc at Oep
hollow, abo'lt thirteen miles fiom h-ie,
wheie lightning accompanied the stoim
und stiuck the house of Hlljah Van
dermark, sheillt of the county Vnn
dirmaik has .seven childten and M.iu-ib-e
Yo atier, a relative, escap-il troin
the houe safel", bu, was tlnov n to the
giound. Jinrph, one if the children,
aged 11 ytais w is baillv injineel, nrel
will die : Youns received a coiiliiuloii
of the btain. Othii buildings on the
lurtn were burned mid tlnie i ows weie
killed. The barn of Cyrus Tltman,
half a mile ellstanst, was also destioy
ed. Chatles Kontley, who was dilvlng
hum" was thrown fiom his cariiige bv
reason of his horses becoming fiight
cnel and received S'iious Intiinnl in
Juiies. GEN. BOOTH'S CONDITION.
Head of the Salvation Army Re
coveiing Rapidly.
London, Aim eh 13. Inquiries made
regal ding the dispatch from Atelbouine,
Vlctoiia, published In New York, say
ing "General" William Month, commander-in-chief
of tlu Sulvatlon Aimy,
was blng so seilouslv ill there that his
leiovery was doubtful, silmx tlmt a
dispatch has been lecclve-dnt the head
qtimter.s of the Salvation Aimy heie,
fiom Adelaide, South Australia, saving
General Hooth has been suffering
from dsentery, that hi Is ii-coveiing
as lapidly as expected, and that he will
be able to piocced to New Zealand to
morinvv for the putpove of conducting
a Salvation Aimj inmp.ilgn In that
e olony.
OFFICERS MUSTERED OUT.
Older of the President Affecting the
Volunteer Aimy.
Washington, Match 13 liv elhrctlon
of the president today an older was
Issued mustering out a huge number
of genet al and staff oflliers of the vol
unteer aimy The otitic is who have
not been musteied out will be letalned
for service under the provisions of the
te-oiganlzatlon law. The geneial of
licers musteied out touay are
Alujor General Joseph . . Kelfer,
Urlgadler Geneinls Arnold, Alexander!
Kcnnlngton. Snvder, Itandall, Sheil
dan. Douglas. Hovnton. AIcKlbbin,
Carpenter and Humphrejs
THOUGHT TO KEEP HER WARM.
Little Boy Places Live Coals on His
Sistei's Bed with Fatal Results.
Alaishlleld. Wis.. March 13 A shock
ing tragedy has occuueu at Alllladore
Alls. Ei hard, u widow, left her home
to call on a neighbor, and locked hei
two chlldien, u girl nnd boy, aged three
and live oars, lespectlvely. In the
house
The little gill went to bed and com
plained of being cold. Her little brother
theieupon went to the stove, sciaped a
few live coals together and laid them
on the bed beside his sister. The bud
clothing Ignited and binned tho little
one to a crisp.
Fire in Glass Works.
Atco, N. J.. March 13. Klro today di
strojtd JwO.OiO worth ot piopert of ihe.
im glass works. The (lames originated
In the rear rooms nnd befoie tiny could
be gotten under control tin- engine house,
tho cutlery home, ll.ituulng house and
warehouse were destroyed, Theio woit
lO.CKO boxes of window glims In the ware
house valued at about J.'j.imo. J.oss on
buildings, JJ.uuO, partly linuuil.
Reward for Sandt.
tlaiTlslmig, Alarih 13 The Phlladel
phli blanch of tho HuMiiesK Alen s lingue
hi Id a meeting todu In I'hliulilplila nnd
adopted resolutions Instiuctlng Its trcas.
uier to pay Clvde K Sandt, of North
ampton enurty, 1.V0 for Infoi mutton
which led to tho dlsclosuten nrule b) the
inembBis of tho limine of rcpiesentatlves
of that county befoio tin brllie ry Inves
tigation committee
Killed Coupling Cais.
Altoona, Pa., March 13.-Ptinnyhniili
ltallroad Yarel Ccnductor A. L. Sinker
was found dead on tho rclhnaet trtiel,
in this city early UiIf mnrulrg. Ills lgs
were giound off, It l said he whs klllecl
while eouplliv tais.
ROOSEVELT FIRM.
Will Not Sanction the Proposed
Compromise with Armour 6c, Co.
Albany, N. Y , Alarch 13. Governor
Hoosevelt has refused to sanction the
pioposed compromise of suits brought
I y the New ork state against Atmoitr
.: Company, of Chicago, for violating
the state butter laws and has ordereel
the attorney general te pioeeed with
the prosecution of the cases. Four
yeins ago suits were brought in the
iouus by the state to lecover from Ar
mour a Company penalties amounting
to $1,'.'")(),00(I Tor selling oleomargarine
In this state as an Imitation of butter.
An agreement was cnteied Into by Ar
mour & Company, the state commis
sioners ot ugileultuic and the allot -
n"y gent'inl, that the suits should be
discontinued on tho stipulation that
Atinour Company pay to the state
$20 000 and iwree to spII no more nleei
margin Inc In this state The agt co
me tit was signed by Commissioner
Wbtliifr nnd nttotnev general Hancock
din lug the uclmlnlsttatlon of Gov pi nor
Ulack anil was piesentid to that exe
cutive chiimbei for neallv two vems.
11 was brought ( the attention of
Governor House velt bv -l senate resolu
tion adopted a Week igo. Governor
Hoosevelt In mnioiitii lug his decision
toil, iv said that he did not think It was
pioper to compioinl-e under the condi
tions proposed. If the state had giotmd
for bringing suit for the oiigiual sum
It would be Inipropei to eompiomlse
foi f.'Oinu. h was of the opinion that
the cites should be decided lu court
on the lr me 1 its.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S REQUEST.
He Asks foi Reappointment of Oifl
cers Congress Failed to Piomote.
Washington, Alate-h 13 Seeietury
Long lias i etched a letter fiom Kenr
Aclmliiil Sampson in which, aftei re
feu In-; to the allegations that the list
"f olllieis lei omniended foi piomotinn
for gallantly off Santiago had failed
of c on 111 illation because it included hi
name, he- nskeil the sucretnry to im
inedlatel leappoint theui. ollicers,
omitting bin own name
The text of Hear Adniiial Sampson's
lelte-r K as follows.
I'. S. ringshlp Ni w York, I'ij-st Hate.
Havana, Cuba Muich , lS'J
Sli I respectfully ask jour attention to
th- Inits iintaltiid la tills lctln, and
thai It mav bo oltlclall tiled as pail of
mv record in the t'nlttd States invv
When the late war was threatening. I
was placid In command of the Ninth At
lantic tlei-l. mill, niter tin clu 1, nation of
w.n, was ap oiniid bv iln piisldont a
liar admiral and confirmed in my com
mand
This dut and respoi.-llilllt en me to
me entlnlv unsennmt uoi hid I un es
ptciul wish foi it though it cognizing Uio
gu.it honor th-n lonferrttl upon me.
Alv sole aim was to mliltvi sueces to
blockade Cuba, ilestioj (iivcraV fleet
and to maiiitulu an etlleleat war tbet
It is not uecessarj to iliml qpcin tlw
liiildciits of thu w.u. which uc nil now
well known Based upon these Incidents,
eei tain olllceis, dlstlnguMiiit toi faithful
sen Ice. wen- named bj me. In the e.ir
fl'eot mv n.itui.il duty as commatider-ln-i
lili-f. tor promotion oi suili other re
ward as you sli, might deem dcslrabk.
Tlios,, tianies j ou hiivt bien pleasi-d to
nnnilnite to ihe Vnltcd ht.itis senate for
iroinotlon, and jou have tlnne me the
honor to add my name to that 1st ol of
llee is
It now appeal.! that the senate, though
Will ellspoMfl to most of the names on
that list, has, for lensons tot neiessaiy
to be bore, discussed objected to m pro
motion, anil has similarly failed to con
firm the ilcsorving otlkers about whose.
mi i its there lutf bun no ilount or discus
sion lllthfilo, Air. President. undlstiflHd
bj .mv i.iRi-r eleslie lor advancement or
an other loun ol reward for doing mv
dutv, I have not spe(lnll concerned my
seT with mittus outside of that dutv.
I have telt that I hive done mv duty In
the conduct id the West Indian campaign
to ttio utmost tMept -it mv ability as
thorouglilv as I was able, and It no ic
witrd shall senile I could be satisfied with
tin ceinsi lou-iiess of h ulng done my best.
1 dlel not howevel antliipati- thit ells
satisfaction with an in t or actja of mine
would cause the- senile to withhold fiom
other olllceis a pinmotlon which the'y
have well deserved, anil which has
bein piomptly granted In similar circum
stances to otlieis. Therefoie I nspect
fullj Mikgcdt, Mi. Picsldrnt. that join
appointment t the otllcers about whom
tlinre Is no dNcusston. should at once be
le new eel lu order th.it tluv may thus
se-euie their pi emotions undei the perMin
nc'l bill, to which tbe aro entitled, and
without ci eating confusion.
Veiy rtsiiectfiills
V T Sampson,
The pieslclillt of the I'lilteel Statis of
Ameilea.
Through the seeietiuj of the niw.
Seiretnty Long will not accept the
suggestion made by Hear Admiral
Sampson in his letter published todav,
and make appointments of otllcers w ho
failed of confirmation at tho last ses
sion of congress. The matter will be
allowed to remain Jiibt as It stnnds
until the next congress meets, and th n
all of the nominations will he sent In
pieclsely as they stood at the end of
the last session.
CROWN PRINCE HISSED.
Demonstration Against the Regent
of the Dual Kingdom.
Chrlbtlanla, Noiway, Alarch 13.
There was a popular demonstration
hein yesteiday against the ciovvn
pllnco. Pi hue Gitstaf, Duke of Werm
land, who was recently appointed ie
gent on account of the Illness of his
father, King Oscar II. The prince was
rt-turnlng from the Atllltnry club when
ho iiii-t a crowd of people, who hooted
hltn, hissed him and pelted him with
snowballs. Tho cimvd wsu dispersed
by the police und tvcvcral auc-sta wote
niaele.
The Norwpglan papets condemn the
ilenioustiation.
I-- i
Quay Man Selected.
Lewlsburg. Pa. Alauli 13 The (ppub
lean reilurn Judijes fiom tho several dls
trlcts of I'nlon rounty met today und
counted the returns of SatunUv night's
prlmmv elections. W. II lleitheimel,
laiidldntn for the Quay faction of the
paity niched a nnjonty of J39 for d. le
gate to tho stnto convention over Will
lam Al. Glutei', aiul-ljuas A A tiein
bertlner and h. O. Uaihers n. tui utv
eoinmlssloneis, wcie ie-elected
Exposition of Farmers.
Toledo, O, Almeh 13 The bi-ennial ex
position of Aim-ilcnn fftnncin, an orisiin
lntlou with u meiubirshlp of nboul i"-0,-WO.
njienctl Iipio today. Hon. W. H. lion
nelly, nf Albany, In the piesldlng nfllcer.
Itnutlnt) buriiucs ocruiliel the stti-lon,
IN MEMORY OF THE
TENTH REGIMENT
BILL APPROPRIATING 810,000
FOR MONUMENT.
Other Measures Introduced An Im
portant Measure Concerning Insur
nnco Policies Mr. Spatz Endeav
ors to Secure Bounty for Spanish
American War Veterans.
Hintlsburg, Pa , Alarch 13 A bill ap-
propiiatlug $10,000 foi the election lu
the eapitol giounds at Harrlsburg of
u monument to the memory of the sol
ellets of the Tenth legiment. Pennsyl
vania volunteeis, who lost their lives
In the seivle-e eif their country in the
Philippines, was Introduced In the
house this evening by Air. Dyeimon, of
Fajeltt- A bill taxing stoic orders,
checks, dividends, pass-books nnel other
pa pci h lepre-sc-ntlng wages or earnings
of an emplovct not paid In cash to the
ctnplo.ve or member of hlfc family, was
piesented by Air. Harris, of Cleat field.
Air. Alexander, of Clearfield, intro
duced bills lepeallng the second and
thlul sections of the Ae-t of Atnrch 23,
I87S, to change the time of holding the
township elections in Clearfield county
and to fix tho compensations of the
election olllceis theieln. providing that
constables sh ill letelve out of tho
countv tieasutj, on ouleis drawn by
the county comml.ssioners, suih com
pensation mid mileage as is now or
hereafter provided bv law for making
quaiteily lt-tuins to the com t of quar
ter sessions of the peace.
All. Aleals, ot Dauphin, introduced a
bill piovidlng that every Insurance
company issuing any policy or cer
tificate upon the life of anj citizen of
the coniiiiniiwi ilth without a certifi
cate tiniii in pievlous examination by
a dul.v legist! red physician shall win
In case .if suit after death, nml the
compau.i simll pay an piemlums on
the policy to person oi persons entitled,
Uvery ltisui.nue company Issuing pol
icies or certllliates upon the lives of
citizens of this commonwealth with
out examinations by a duly registered
phjsiolan shall on or before the tenth
day ot ench month file with the Insur
ance conimKslonci n statement duly
.swoin to by Its piesldent or secietary
showing In detail all such Insuianco
in foice on the last day of the next pre
ceding month. Falling to comply with
the proposed act shall be prohibited
by the Insui ance commissioner fiom
doing business In Pennsjlvanln
Air. Cory, of Luzoiiie, Intioduced a
bill leeiuosting the state mllltuiy board
to audit the e lalms f Gent go a. Jones,
Philip Kit noilc. Thomas Fre. is. K.
Vost mid Joseph Juniper for claims
against the state for services as meni
beis of the Wyoming aitillciy, N. (.
PeiinsjlvnTila, In gum ding a state prop
el ty in 1S75, and providing for the
payment of the sume if found con ecu
Air. Stewart, of Philadelphia, intro
duced a bill fixing tne fee to be col
lected for lecoidlng and amplifying In
struments of writing in counties con
taining more than ."00,000 inhabitants.
A bill was introduced by Air. AIcAn
drews, of Luzerne, to iegulato and
maintain fences
Effoits for Bounty.
Air. Spat, of Beiks. offered a resolu
tion, which was defeated, that the nc-g-atlve
bill giauting a bounty of J100
to the soldiers and sailors fiom Penn
sylvania who served in the Sp.inish
Ameilcan war be placed on the calen
dar. Un motion ot Air. Hnrrls, of Clear
field, a special order was made for
the senate bill appropriating $P,763 73
to the statu fall commission. The bill
was read the second time this evening
and will be taken up tomoirow for
third leading and final passage.
Air. Stall, of Hlulr, offeied a resol
ution, which failed by a vote of 90 to 21,
less than a constitutional majority vot
ing, to place fin the calendar negatived
bill to lelleve boards of health from
maintaining systems of marriage le
gislation. Chairman Stewart, ot the rules com
mittee effered a resolution fixing th
hour ot meeting on Kiiday at 10.30 a.
m.. whli h was adopted. The resolti-
' Hmt, :elsn nbrncn tes thr rule, tlvlnr- tVirt
hour for adjournment on Friday, which
has cieatcel so much trouble the past
two weeks'.
Tho calendar was cleared of fit st
leading bills and then the house ad
iouined. I In the Senate.
The senate met this evening and con
i sldeieil second leading bills. Included
In the measutes that passed this read
ing were the following:
Providing that cities of the second
class authoiit to appioprlate annually
the sum not exceeding J3O0 for the sup
poit of each National Guatd.
Providing foi th" payment of school
elliectots at the late of $3 a dav for
attendlns the triennial convention for
the election of county supeiintendents.
The muendatoiy net to the present
banking department law.
Hequlilng Insurance companies to
publish twice In November a complete
list of their assets.
An amendatory act permitting prize
fighting In Luzerne countv.
Ci eating the ofllce of an additional
law judge in the Twenty-fourth Judic
ial dlstilct.
The bill enabling Indians to bring
actions and suits foi the tedress of
civil Injuties In comts of jecord.
The senate adjourned until 10.S0
o'clock tomoirow morning,
Ballot at Harrlsburg.
Harrlsburg. Alarch 13. Tho Joint asscm
by voteel toduy without u iiuouun. Tho
usual pielimlnailes were dispensed with,
except piavcr by Chaplain Dlnimock and
tho vale taken with tho following usulf
Qunv Senators .Me le-.lllli Snvder. Uid
rescntatlves Lbenezer Adutns, HosUlns,
Kulptr, Meals. Itutherford. Hldil, Todd,
Towhr. total. 10. Jenks-Senator W. J:
Jllller, Iteprchcntntlvcs Hrophy, Creasy,
Deyirmon, llubold, Hiismiii, llojt; total,
i. Irvln Ileprcsentatlve Alexander.
Big File nt Fhlladelphla.
Phlladelphl i. March 13 -The Chailes
Scott compiuo's spring woiks nt liii
Newmarket tit(t wcie dihtiovi-d by fire
this afternoon i mailing a loss of 1.V),000.
Two other buildings, tho huh works anil
the brass works uf B, II. Mill adjoining,
were slightly demtged,
THE NEWS THIS MOKNtNU
Weather Indication) Todayi
RAIN) NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.
GeneralAmerican
Cltv of Paslg.
Army Takes the
Li-glslnture Atodlllcs
the Obnoxious
Hide 59.
No Alternative Hut Dlsoiindmcnt for
tho Cuban Army.
One Duy's Legislative Work.
Gcnciallliippenlngs Down lu Plttslon.
Financial and Oommetclal.
Local First Da's IluMnrts In License
Court.
Supreme Court llullng lu Six Lacka
wanna Cases.
Editorial.
News Hound About Sciuntmi.
Local An Ival of Secoinl nnd Thlul
Sections of the Thirteenth.
.Minority titles the llomil ot Control
War Tax on Aloitifage Hands
Local West Set.intoti and Sulmiban
News Hound About Hit union .
Local Arrival of Serond and Thlul
Sections ot Thirteenth (Concluded).
VILLA MIL'S REMAINS.
The Bones of the Spanish Admiial
Aie Identified by General Wood.
Santiago dp Cuba, Almch If Yester
day Geneial Leonaiel Wood, military
gen el nor of the department of Santi
ago, In the piesence of other officers.
nosltlvol Identilled the lemalns of the
Spanish oflleei dlscoveieil a few days
ago among the locks on the Hhore
about foui miles west of HI Aloiln as
those of Admiral Vlllamil, who emn
'nninded the Spanish torpedo boat ele
strojer Pluton In the naval battle
which resulted In the destiuctloti of Ad
miial Ceivetn's squadron.
Accompanied by the olllceis, eieneiul i
AVood went to Investigate personallv as
to the truth of the repent that the body
of a Spanish ofllcer hud been found at
the point designated. The repent ptoved
WPll founded. Neatly opposite- the point
wheie the wrecked torpedo boat de
sttoycr 'Pluton lies the ndinlinl with
ropes tied around hltn mid an old e hair
was found It Is evident that the buz
zards had shipped the bones of flesh.
tt is understood that Admli.il Villa
mil was taken ashore until the Pluton
In a dying condition, in the arm chnlr,
and the supposition is that he died Im
mediately on reaching the shoio and
that his body wns abandoned.
The ndmhal, it Is known, wns wound
ed In the light arm and left leg. Gen
eral Wood put the bones together,
showing the unmistakable minks of
wounds In these places. The identifi
cation was in every respect complete.
General Wood, thiough the war de
partment, w ill notify the secretary of
state of the finding of the remains, so
that tbe can be removed to Spain If
the Spanish government so desires.
Pending final disposition, they will be
kept at the arsenal here. The unlfoim
will nlso be held subjeet to oiders from
Spain.
THE BEEF INQUIRY.
Rapid Progress Hade at Chicngo
Yesteiday.
Chicago, Alareh 13 Uaplel ptogress
was made today by the government
court of inqulty Investigating the beef
contioveisy. Nearly a dozen wltness-s
weie examined, thiee of them being In
spec toi s of tlu government buieau of
animal Industry, and the lest of them
employes In various capacities at w
eral Chicago packing houses Colonel
Davis, recoider of the eouit. stated to
nlclit that he was unable to approxi
mate the length of time It would take
to exhaust the list of Chicago wit
nesses, but It seems llkelv that two cr
three elavs will be tequlred and pos
sibly the entile week befoie the mem
bers of the court inn eave for Kansas
City.
The witnesses today wuo closely
qupstlonpel leuppctlve to the meats nnd
the methods following In the packing
and canning, but nothing w.fs nscei
tainpd tu show irrcgul.ntties in any if
the establishments. None of the wit
nesses who were connected with the
packing houses had any knowledge of
chemicals having been at nny time
used for preserving the meats.
G. A. R. COMMANDER.
Call for a Meeting to Elect a Suc
cessor to General Sexton.
Cincinnati, O., Almch r W. C.
Johnson senior vlie-comnnnder-ln-chief
of the Grand Aimv ot the Re
public, today lssue-d a cull loi the exe
cutive committee oil the national hoard
of administration of the Grand Army
to meet at ihe Continental hotel in
Philadelphia, on 'Wednesday, April 12,
to select a commander-in-chief to suc
ceed the late Geneial James A. Sexton.
Senior Vlce-Cominander Johnson has
been endorsed bv the depmtnient of
Ohio as well as by the local posts of
this city and will be a candidate for
election as the siiciessor of Sexton,
New Officers Appointed.
Washington, March 11 Tho list of sec
ond lieutenants appointed under tho in my
leoiganlzjtion bill was made public to
day. There uro 123 lu the list, among
them the following Puinsjlvanlans: Will
tei Al AleCiiskpy, private, Pouith 1'e tin.
slvaula volunteers Howard C. Pi Ice,
first lieutenant Sixth Petins.vlvaula vol
unteers: Jumes Scottfelt, second lie men
ant, Piiurth Pennsylvania volunteeis:
Kiunioml W. llnidcnbergh. roipoinl,
Tlili tec nth lnnslvanlii volunteers II
Call Young. I'lfth Pennsvlvaiila volun
teeis. Three Hundied Minets Strike.
HlooinlnKtim. Ill- Match U Thiee bun
dled miners implored bj th McLean
Coal lompany hit tick toiliu foi the scalo
of wages agreed upon b the Springfield
con vint Ion,
Pennsylvania Pensions,
Washington, Alarch 13.-Pensions for
Pennsjlvunlu: nilglnal Joseph Mel
bantu, Scranton t Original wldows
Kllzabelh Heeel Timkhannciik Wjom
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Supeilor Coutt.
Ilnrrbbiiig, Almch 13. The Almch u-rin
of tli Superior court opened Ihltv nftel
noon In this city with a seoto of local
cases on tho lulendar for argument. No
iU'csloii wcie handed dawn.
SPEAKER FARR
TRIUMPHANT
The Obnoxious Rules
Are Again Recognized.
MR. STEWART THIS TIME
He Otters a Resolution Abolishing
That Part of Rule 50 Relating to
Adjournment Humiliating Posi
tion of One of the Leaders of tho
Opposition Speaker Fan- Com
mended on All Sides.
Haulsbuig. Pa, Almeh 13. Another
mid a more complete acknowledgment
was made ut this evening's session of
the house that Speaker I-'uir was right
lu his lnti-ipietatlon and enfoi cement
of Hule j9, relating to adjournment,
on Pildny men nlngs, by the adoption
of the- ipsolution offered this evening,
by Hon. William F. Stewart, of Phila
delphia, abolishing that part of RuIp
VI relating to adjournment, thus ad
mitting as the speaker claimed, that
the hour for adlournmenl had not been
e bunged. Air. Stewait was one ot those
who took part In the rump proceed
ings piotestlng against Speaker Parr's
unfair decision, aibltraiy ruling and
the like
II is a humiliating confession on thu
pari or those who sought to mislead
the public and gain a point in their
opposition to Senator Quay, which wass
the sole puipo.se back of their levolu
tlonaiy movement, but it has given
tile speaker a v Indication ihat Is com
plete for him. They ellseoveied last
Krlday moiulng that Speaker Part- had
not been awed b their t evolutions,
and that the misrepresentations and
attaiks of the anU-ijuay newspapeis
would not phase him in his purpose,
to pan J out the tuit-s of the house, and
they dee-med it wis, not fuithcr to
tamper with ills ideas of what he re
gnided to be his duty. Speaker Parr
comes out ot this contest with his col
ots lljlng commended on all sides for
his feai le-ssne-ys and deilslon of chm
actei. EXPLOSION AT TOULON.
No Clue to the Cause of It Has Been
Discovered.
Pails, Alatih 13 The minister ot
marine, Af. Loekro.v, leplylng In the
chamber of deputies toilaj to questions
on the subject of the leie-nt explosion
of a powder magazine at Lu Goubrau,
between Toulon and La Seym-, said
the Ineiultles made have not yet led to
a positive u-sult, Inasmuch as no tiaees
of the oilKln of the disaster weie dls
coveiablc, most of the witnesses of
the disaster being eithii dead oi in
capable of liiinishlug Infoi ni.itlon.
One pint of the magazine, the min
ister continued, was filled with powebr
liable to decomposition, owing lo th
fact that It contained ether, liut he
did not think that decomposition took
place In the case of the magazine at
La Goubian.
Al. Lockioy alio said attention hail
been directed to the possibility of otit
l.iges belnu committed j,v u10 ni,0.
dui tion of infernal machines among tho
powdei, and the magazines, hencefoith,
me to be isolated.
Opinion of Robeit P. Poitei.
IteMllll. Alarch I-! Itobeit P. Porte,',
who. as spielal agent of Piesldent M -klnlev
visited Oeuci.il Maximo Clonic z
on I'e bnuire 2. and who seciiied from tho
Cuban conimiinde-r In chief an agreement
to bring about the dlsbundment of thu
Cuban uiiuv on the pavniont of Jjono
em to the Hoops txpiesscs the oiilidou
that the- action ol the Cuban mlllmi
ns-.embl in relieving Gomez of his coir
in I ml will enable tile authorities t
Washington to emplov the gincral to be
ter advantage lu promoting the deslics t.t
the Cnlted States and tho Interests it
Cuba
Suffocated by Smoke.
Philadelphia Alarch IS During a tire
this morning nt 5S Knee stieet Mis.
Cntlmtlne Alaillu, ngeel f.S wus suf
fuiated In smoke William Marlln,
hei son was badly Injured about
the bejel and nice by falling trom a win
dovv whllei trlng to ese-.ipo and Prank
Lew. ugid "o, vas overcome bv smoke
lie- I lu a precarious condition Niifl
othir persons who occupied rooms In th
house sueeieded lu esiaplng utiheiit I
Delawaie Deadlock Unbroken.
Dovei, De-1 , Alarch 1.1 The geniini as
seniblj iiiljciiirnetl nt 3 Dei p m wuhout
elee ting a I'nited Stutts senatoi l'ii
te-en bnllots were taken tulaj The elee
tion of a Senatoi row goes on uinit
1'KiI unless a spe eiil m-kIoii of the leg.,
I ituii) Is call it for the purposi ot un P
tini.
Stewait'a Candidacy Endoised.
Yotk. Pel , Mmch it.-At a meeting of
the Ymk liar m-soclitlon usoutlons wero
udoptwl endorsing the landldney of A
roclato Judso W. 1 Uy Stcwmt. t
Yotk, for supiemo Judge, A conimitte
was appointed to w tit on Governor Stono
und uige the appointment.
Libiaiian of Congiess.
Wiishlngiein, Mnreb II The. presel eil
tod ly appolnie-d Heib.it Putnam, of Hon
ton, to be Ilium tan of congress.
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Washlhton, Aluuh IS. I'orecast
lot Taenia' Tor , -n rn Pinn
slv,ula, tlnuiiv ; r.iln, winds he
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