The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, March 22, 1899, Morning, Image 1

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TWO CENTS. ,
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,.yi RAGES.
SCU ANTON, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1S99.
TEN RAGES. TWO CENTS.
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THE BRIBERY
INQUIRY IS
UNDER WAY
Witnesses Before the Com
mission at Harrisburg
Yesterday.
MR. MOYLES TALKS FIRST
At the Evening: Session the Com
mittee Hear the Testimony of Ex
Senator Coylo-The Latter Hints
That Membois Hay Havu Con
spired to Sling Him Into the
Case Does Not Remember tho
Brick House Remaiks A Villian
ou3 Cross-Examination.
Ilm i ittbuiK Muich Jl The commit
tee to investigate tin1 thaigcs oC al
leged biibciy In connection with tho
mnsideintlon ol tin' MeCanol Juij bill
In the house nut Ibis nltei noon In tin
loom of thi' huuue ( oininlttoi on pub
11c loud'- Tlicimui M Movlts, of Luz
erne (oiint, wis cillod and saol h
reset vul the light to make n stolen'" nt
a In binl been txmniuid. Hi tostl
Ikd iini1ti xumlnatlon b Chub man
Fow tbnt he seiveil In the legislatuie
with Peter .1 OMi'. of Nnithuniboi
land and hi- paid sou ml file mil visits
to him Mr Movie said lie untlci stood
b i ommoii liuiioi vli.it he wau di irgid
bj Mi Crlsto with eiittuullv so'kltl'i'f
blin to Milf to leionsldet tb" Mi Car
nil bill Mi Modes said h" w.t V
tnllj hid listed In the bill, became
h v.i charged in the Limine loitrlv
minis lot alleged toiispiiiu ant' ad
mlUid that In u'nuested M Ctkti
to go mil In tin- to tumid of the cipltol
with hlni to dist ttss the bill an 1 J-nled
that In offered hlni money to Hipp.u.
it Mi Movie1 lontinnltg said
Tb iti'iui? bt ought to boar upon
member-, of tin legislatuie to tinmp
up hinges against in tain pel -sons nmv
have induied Mi. Ctiste Id make Ibis
dingt against me I know of no other
motlu for hlni to make the dim go
lllitt I ofttiid hlni mono to vote for
lie 1HII 1 ilim't lecnlleel of Mr. Code
having h loiiveis.ttlon with Mi. Crlsto
at his suit while tin lattei and 1 weio
ill. vi-aliiFC the mtastue. I never told
i line that I had a ionveiatlon with
i o I. in which I told blm 'Cilste Is all
ignt ' I did not tell Cilste tbcie was
i hi ei in it for hlni If he could vott
hi ipi onsldcr the bill."
lit Movie mi Id bo argued with Ml.
i rlsti to .suppoit the bill because It
v.is a Rood Domociutlc mensiuc and
If ted to prepare n statement for him
giving his lousons foi fawning the bi'l.
Wild the witness was dictating th
-iiinncnt a motion prevailed to mi
lium the house to prevent a leoon
suleiatlon of the bill and nothing fur-th-i
was done.
Did j on hear ex-Senator Covlo sav
to Mi fiisto 'vote for the McCnrxll
bill and leave the rest to mo?' "
I did not."
Did you say to Mr. Cilste, 'If 51m
will move to reeonsldPi the Mi Cm 11 11
bill thue Is a thousand dolluis In it for
you?' "
"X did not"
At the conclusion of .Mr. Modes' tes'
tlmony the committee udjouinid until
7 o'clock this evening.
Evening Sossion.
The conimltteo mot this evenlnjr In
the hou-o judiilary Kenei.il committee
room to hear testimony of ex-Senator
Coxle. Mr. Mokh was recalled, and
nsked who was prtsent when ho dic
tated tho statement to be used by Mr.
Cilste In nioiiig to n consider tho Mi
Cmiell hill and replied that Mr. Colo
was present, but not within healing dis
taiuo Mr. Coyle testllled that he lived
la Philadelphia and Is a. silent paitner
In the Insurance business with his
brother at Mahanoy City. lie came to
Harrisburg Dec. .10 or 81 to bo pusent
ut the nepubllian caucus to nominal -
a ciindldnto for United Statts senator.
He had adjoining looms nt the Lochlel
hotel with Mat tin Lawler, of Shennn
doah "What Interest have you In the Mc
Carioll hill?"
"Xo particular Interest. T favoied it
id-cause It was a meritorious nieasiue
and was bclnp; fousbt by the enemies
(if Mr Quay. Mr Costello brouRht Mi.
Ihisler to my room and said he (Ihm
ler) wanted to meet some peisons of
our tellKlous bellor T don't know what
motive Mr. Costello had In hi lupin;
him "
"Why did you ask Repiesentatlve
Miller to nlp;n the Spatz paper?"
"I didn't ask him to sign It. I nmv
have advised him to sign It."
Mr Cojle said he had never visited
the house with Mr. Moylcs to ask Itfp
lesentatiu Cilste or an othei niein
ber to vote for the MiCariell bill When
Mr KnKlei visited Mi. Cole the latter
took him Into a vaiant loom, because
tbcie weio some gentlemen In his 100111
at the time. Mt Cole left the inuin,
tind when he leiurued KiikIoi and Cos
telloweie disc usslni; the hill Ihirtlei said
he was voiy fi loudly to the bill and he
thought It oiiKht to pass, hut be did not
think he would vote for It because the
leaders of Lvooniltig county weio op.
poceil to It. KiiKler said IT voIIiir for
the hill would not i rente u bieak b(
tween lilinself und Senator C'odiuin lit
would vote foi It Coylo advised Ihis
lei not to vote for the bill If It would
ireate any tioubh with his 11 lends. The
witness denied that ho otfeied Itepie
sentatlves IhiKlei or Millet nn inouev
to vote foi the bill 01 to vole to lecon
tlilci It.
"Did you say to Mr hitr that
Archbishop rtyun favored the bill''"
"I did not "
'What do jou think Mi Ihielofs
motivii In for making this statoninnf"
"I not know what, unless b
wnnts to secure the brlbety row aid
offered by tho Uushics Men's league."
Something in It.
Mr. Cojle snld Neortsentatlve John
ston hilU him that bu thought there
whs something In It to sign the Sjuts
papei, mid HUiTsested that he was n
doctor und might vvilte u prose llption
for Mr. Coyle If there was something
In It for blin. The witness replied
that he never offeied nnv one money
foi votes on legislation or nil thing
else, and f.uggested that wilting a pio
scilptloti was a good u) to get around
the law. llepresentatlve Mlllei 111I
inltttd to Mr Cole In the pioeme
of f 1 lends that he novel told anyhoil
tbnt tin witness had offend him
mono to Mippoit tht Mi Cm roll bill,
l'olo said Mr. Crlsto was nilstaken in
living that ho (Coyle) told blm In the
present o of Mr. Moyles "to go along
on tin M(C.iuell bill and have the
lest to me " Mi. Cov lo was asked If
Mr. I.awlei had ever been limine Kit
ed anil lefused to answer becnti'-o lii
believed 'It was villainous cios-e.-aiiilnntlon
'
"Did oti at an time offer to nil
one nnv moiiov 01 nnv lowanl to vote
foi the Mi Cut I ell bill 01 1111 other
legislation? '
I dbl not."
"Wire ou piesent when Mt. Mojlis
was lkt.itlns the lein.irks to be made
by Mr Crlsto In moving to reconsider
the bill'.'"
' I was nut '
"Did oti .it nnv time elk title any
le minks to bi made hj nn piisun on
the Mtfairell billV"
Xo. sh."
'.Mi Ihilet has dniged oit with
olteilng him 20, to vote- for the Mc
C.nroll bill, is that true ""
"It K absolutelv untiile Wt nevir
had any tiuiii..vtluii about money, ov
popt vli.it Mi lhiglT menllnn"d about
Ills campaign opons-os"
"Do nit know of ajiv loasons why
llepieseiilntlves llnglti. Cilste. Hell,
Mlllei and Johnston should make
ohm Res against vou of oliering them
nionev to suppoti tilt .Mi Villi 11 bill 01
sUn the Spit petition'"
Believes in a Conspiiacy.
' I do inn, unless thev want to obtiln
tb hilbeiv nwniel 1 believe tber Is
.1 oupli.ii hetwein .Mlllei and John
ston to min me '
leiioinl Koont. ho was It that
aid ii'it.iln pit sons built btlik hints
when thv went home fioiu the l"gls
hi tin 1 "'
('olo "That wa ntit sab' In my
ptosencc"
Mi. Youngs "Vou say you .11 e a pelt
tkian" Covle "I didn't sa tb it '
Young "Ob ot. vou did'
Co.vle- Well if 1 did I npologt:.e."
Mr row' 1 think any Jut would
tur 0ti of that ihaige."
Mr I'o.vle s.ild the Spat? p i 01 In 11
gtnoial way pledged the Demottnts to
stand b Ml. Jenks for United StaUs
senator and b nieil that It inutnlned
.111 tiling about the .lrf'aticll bill or
nnv other legi'l.ttion The wltniss
said ho was it, Hairisbuig in the inter
ests of Si nati 1 On iv n-elet tlon and
did not know that he had aseil n Doni
01r.it ir Republican to vote lor Mr.
Qitav
Yotiiif, "Arc ou expoetlu; i.ny 10
waid for 0111 seivltes to Mr. Quay'"
Cov It 'I am an appllinnt fot .1 pi ice
In the custom house."
Young-"Do ou want tho commlttoo
to btllevo that ou aie here In the
interest or a met bullous nuasuiu 01 .1
nieiitorlous man, 01 both" '
Co le "Hoth."
young "If vou have asked no Dem
ocrat 01 Ht'DUbllcnn to vote foi the
Mt Cm ill bill 01 Mmatot Qunv, vthitt
huvo ou do'ie'"
C(k "I have lead tho ncwspapois
and talked with the legislating about
the sonatoiial niatlor"
Kovv ' How dots It tome that jou aie
so tonveisant with the testlmon ?"
Colc "Ikcause I 11 an It. lt was
fuinishid to me bv attoinevs. I took
It litinit mid hud It there last Sundnv "
Tow "Who gave It to joui attor
neys .'"
t'ole "I don't know '
After stating t lint be was it member
of the senate fm four veins from the
noithetn dlstikt ot Sehiilkill lounly
Mr. (ti)k was excused and the com
mittee went into oNooutlve session.
A motion was made at the oeiullvo 1
session mat tveiy memoir ot tile house
he subpoenaed and r.illid, the vote
being n He. A motion that a soile.s or
questions bo pieparcd and that no oth
er be nski d the member on tho stand
was not agrted to. Tin toinmlttee will
meet again tomonow aftetnoon in t t
cutlve session to 1 (insider tho mattei.
An open session may be hold at night
Coroner of Philadelphia.
HaiiUburg Match 21 'I In governor
todav htnt to tin nuati the appointment
of Tlinmius Dug.111 to be coiontr of Phil,
fiilelplila 10 surtteil Samiitl H AshhrltUi
vbo his keen clecttd mi 111 of l'lilliukl.
phla and will be sworn Into his new of.
lice April ". The appointment was coa
flrinnl bv the sentte without opposition
Mr. Ditgan has for n niinibii of veins
hi Id the position of ilcpui loronti.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
Wellington March 21 The momlilv
stittnunt ot the collections of Intiiuul
it venue shows that the total inclpts fot
Pi bruit Ulii. vvi n Jisi,,qiij. .m pi.
crease as eoinpui.l with Fehruir. lis,
of $7 null' For tho tight mouths of tho
present llscil i 11 the total receipts
from Internal nunue soute-es v.eie 17
7S1C4", IncKiise as cninpiiietl with the
same pi rlod In lS'ii. $i)S,jiiiiiV
Elliott's Remains Intened.
Wiisblugliiii, Mai ch Jl. The re mall 01
Miutciinnt William iknigi Klllott. Vnltnd
States of Amtrl'n v lioso dtatli occuired
August 11 hiht nt Sinilago, wire li.tenoii
with mtlliai honors at Ailhigton toduv
Tho Fifth Victim.
Atlanta (l,i Muich 'Jl.-John Ln,lr
who was shot b tin P.ilniitlo mob lust
'I lllirsdii died hue toel.i. His dialli
in ikes the lll'lll vkllui. '11k olleu we.t
wouuileil
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Ittilln Miirili 'Jl. Dr Htiuor, Hid tinl
lie nt aniIoglKt nnd uiKtubci of thu pihj
council, Is ik.ul.
Phllailflphla Muth -'I -Saluiml O
King who was mnvor of this dtj fioui
Itkl to UM. illttl nt his lioiin In this oily
this inoutlng iib'cil M .tn
Toronto, Om . Miuih L'l-ILaij I.liv
lex K died bore last night of p.italygU. in
his da. Im was 01 o of thu best Joikvys
111 Ann ik a At one tlmo hu was the elilof
Jocltej lor Plerio Lorlllird. who paid him
fl'MHu i ,cur unit ullouod hlni the prlvl
Icit ot mlctnir oUiei irounta.
MORE BODIES
ARE RECOVERED
THE WINDSOR HOTEL DEATH
LIST NUMBERS 15.
Fiist Ghastly Find in the Hotel
Ruins Is That of a Womtui with
Arms and Legs Missing Fives
Bodies nt tho Moigue, Each Tag
ged with a Number Identification
Almost Impossible 111 Nearly All
Instances.
Xew Vui It. Mmdi '.'1 Tlnce bodies
were recineieil tioni the ruins of the
Windsor holel toda. The are badly
1 barn (1 mid giont diillcult Is hi lug
oxpei lenoed in the itidentlllc ition The
lltst boil leiuveted todav was tb it of
a lemalo of small statin e. The .111111
and legs weio missing II was 111 -t
thought it was the bod of Miss Dot 1
1 toft num. of Daltlmoie, a woman 'SO
(.us of ngt. who Is among the miss
ing Tonight, honour, two of tin em-
pluyes of tin hotel culled at tho nun gun 1
anil dnlmiil to indcntlfv the remains
as those of Mrs. MaiKiiret Alle. of
Xew Yoik dl Tin iiion 1110 William
Ciitian, pat lot 111 111 at the hotel, and
.liitues Tinlnor, 11 wnltei Hotb wete
positive as to the Identltkatlon
Iheio 1110 now live bodies at the
morgue, eatb tagged witli a number. I
which, witli the ten known dead, hi lugs 1
lite list to (litem. Tlio list of uilhs- .
lug is still vctvlaige The inluied nt
the hospital me all lecoveilng
The unknown bodies me as lollows
Xo 1 itcoveieil lliiiul.1 . mule logs,
aims mid head missing
Xo. 2, lecouied Motidu.v woman,
supposed to bo voumr. 11111 pctiuulriiblo.
on one hind jrnit or a l.kl glove with
peatl buttons, black doth butlon on '
di ess marked "made V .v.- K. Co ex-
tin ' Sitpposed to be einploe of the
hotel i
Xo 3 lecovtiod Tuoscl.iv , ft male; '
supposed to bo about 1.0, small st.uiuo, '
iinni and legs missing Identified as
Mis Maigiuet Aue. ot Xew York.
A" 1 lecovtied Tiitsin tiagmmts
or what appeals to be n wommi's bodv.
Xo .", whollv unietognlz.ible The
legs aie gone vvhnt leinalns of the
.urns folded over the hi east Bodv
ihmied and slulvelli'd to about half
Its natural size The teeth are in ex
cellent condition, not n tooth miss
ing, none mt tilled The ate sham
pointed and appniontl thine of a
woman thev me tho onls nosMoie 1
ninik of Identllkatlon.
Mis. Auze Identified.
The tiMignitlon of Mis Matgaiet
AU7t made liv the two omilloes of
the hotel tonight seemed to be ver.v
positive Hoth leiognieel tin headed
dioss, pan of which lemnlneil. Mis
Aitiio h.ul been a guest at the hotel lor
tltieen cars and Tralnei s id ho al
wnvs waited on hot In the dining room.
He identllletl hoi hy the pioiulneiit jaw- '
bones and by the ttoth Ctninn also
lecognUtd thosi foatutcs
JIis Aiue and .Miss Doia Utilfinau,
of Baltlmoto, weio , en, it Is snld to
go to their looms on the tirth floor
slioitlv 1 11' fole the the I1111I.1 mil im.l
lt is thought almost a lettalnty that
both polished.
Although the woik of dent big aw a
the debiis Is piogiesslntr as lapbll its
possible, It seimed tonight, when the
shirt or Wt men was maib , that but a
small put of tho lulns had bet 11 io
movtt An elfoit was made to pull
down the set lion or the n.n wall h
means or a win- (able but the table
bioko and the wall Is still standing
bancs ot polkiiiien mo ihawn all j
aiound the mlns, and the big irowds
tliut -3 till gatbti mo kipt ott a long ills,
timet The sinots about the rulm me
impassable and tin debris is piled lo
11 height of fifteen 01 twent feet on
the Fifth avenue sldi of white the
building stootl. On tne Pott -seventh
meet side tho plli of delnls Is even
more loimldible, as 111010 woik his
been done along the edge of the mint
hue.
The woikmen have succeeded In
dialing aw.i tonsldei.iblo of the deb
iis for a distant o of about twent fit t
tmvanl tin inteiior of the mass mid to
11 dlsta.iie downwa.d ovei this teultoiy j b Pittsburg Capitalists,
to tin idling of the u ji, Thev had , ,, " . . ,
st.uck at lntttvuls what appealed to I VMnhmg. Mat.h Jl -A ntw Indu,
i. n...n ..ii- n,i ...nii.. . .L .11 , tty will toon be hi ostabllslu d hy Pitts-
,.."nn,i th,, .r..,,.,.i ,i,... i &
aiound them towmd tin giound
Iho servants of the hotel wtie for the
most pint on the top iloor of the I'ortv
siventh stioet side and the woikunu
have lint at thed many cbampd m ticks
of cheai clothing In this vh Inlty and
i heap Jtweliy ns well, which evidently
bdongi d to the domestics.
U was estimated that with the speed
with which the woik Is piogiesshifr at
piesent It will be at least a week ho
lme the pile will have bet n gone over
nnd It may bo longer. All du lug tho
night aitli'lts of mmo or less value
weio biought to the sulfate bv the
i woikmen'B si ends and tinned ovei to
thn pollionun who wci fciatlonid nnoiit
to loeilve, nu.nbor tin in and taki thin
lo tho Plfty-flitt stnet station lioiiso
to await some one to come und Identify
tht in. All of the most valuable of the
ui lit lis are tuined over to the coroner's
ofllcc. Many ol tho things: found nro of
no value to nnv body, hut aio taken
just us min ti tan of b tin polite as If
th y wot vvoith Hull weight in rfold,
The list of missing now numbeis 47.
Resolution by Aldorinou.
Xew Voik, Muich 21. The following
pioainhle and ttsolutlon l elating to thu
Wlndsoi hotel tlio weio passul iiiiaul
inoiisl todu hy the buaid ot altki
men. SShoii-as Tin It i ilblo lattstioplu of
thu WludMii hotil ltl e. with me acciiiu
P in Ins loss ol llfu and millions of piop
til, bus vlvkllv enilid the attention of
tin pnbllo to the iiitikslty foi grt.tlir
piotectlon to Hit lion I living people,
therefore bo It
itpsolud, That the Itgislattile Is JiTi 1j
ipspectfullv ipqiiisud to pasj, and tlin
gov 1 1 not to sign a bill which will rIw
tho coiniiilsRloiiei of lailldlmju In iho tin
of Xow York full powci und autlnulty lo
lnveMtlg.iti. if Uoitsulj. dt niollsll all ho
ttl tiullilbig) In said cits not absolutely
llrepioot
Bouudry Convention,
l.oiuloii, Slincli Jl Tho eoiivcutlon Irj
tweon Oieut Hrltulii nnd Fraiite. delimit
ing their respvi'tlvo imntlirt. hi tin v.il
le of tho Nile, was elm id tulilhlit b) the
Maioiils of Sullsliuri nnd the Prt m b nil
J bwaador, M Paul Cuiubon, uspi'itlul
JOHN T. SHAYNE SHOT.
A Wealthy Furrior of Chicago Fa
tally Wounded hy a Tailor.
Chit ago, March 21. John T Hhayne.
a wealth fuirler and a prominent
Democratic politician, was shot and
probably fundi j wouiitlnl this after
noon by lluriy II Hammond, a tailor.
The shooting occunert In the nife of
the Auilltoiiuni uine, whole Slinyne
wiih slttliiij ut lunch with Mis Ham
mond, the invoiced wife or Hammond,
und two other ladles.
Tho puily had been stated at thu
table foi some time whin Hammond
enteied and walking up to Shaiie.
who was sitting with his back to
wmd him, drew a revolver and fltoel a
bullet into his bad; Shaviie foil un
der the table and Hammond, pulling
up tin table ilotli, ilellbcratel Hied
two more bullets Into tht lielilts
uiiin Ho was iiiilekl.v pltKoil under 111
lest. Hint 110 who Is a wblowet, had bteu
In tonuuiuy with -Mis. Hammond a
gteit deal "lute hei divot ce fioin
Hmnmond, and tin to was talk of an
appi nadilng muiriage between them.
Mis. Hammond seemed n divom tioni
Hiimniond neatly a M.ir ago on the
giountl of habitual diunkenness. Xo
tnu-o for tho shooting Is known unless
it i an bo nttiibiitid to Hammond's
i tiloiisv of his divorced vife
MILES AT BOSTON.
The 0,d Wftn.io, Enteltained in the!
.
Legielatuie.
llestoii,M.nt It 1 -Majot Henetal Xel-,
"""n A. Milt s v lslte tl tin loglslatuio this I
allPinoott He lit r was leteived hy
the senate, win it li made ti bilef inl
diess, evpiosslug pleasure at being able
to visit the bod then wont tu the
house, w In u n similar ptogiutntno wan
airied out. Hub brittle li look a 1 e-
toss, utlei (icllPinl Miles, bad ttililit'ssed I
'hem. dining which the niombeis vviiu.
luesi mod to tho vlsltoi
knei.il Miles closed the da bv at-1
tending a banquet givin him bv thel
Men bants dub at tht Algonquin club
tonight M010 than 'I00 loading luei-J
elismts of this dt wen ptestnt
The eu nt or the evililng was the
nailing of tho Assoolnttd T'icss dls-
p.itth ilenlng that .lohn hrimnn was
do ltl and the proposing b (.k'tieial
Mlks himself, as he inst 10 spnk of a
to ist and long life to tin Htntt sinan.
The be if lnvtstlgatlon was lotuied
to bv some of the speaktts but mil In
.1 geneial w.i.
MURDERED FIVE CHILDREN.
John M0010 Suspected of an Atio-
cious Crime.
Hutthlnson Kas . Match 21 John
Moote unib'i an est sum ii tul of litiir
detlng liN five .voting chlldien then Ur
ine the house ovei theli heads to (over
tho cilmo. his been taken to Mt Pher
son to pi event a lv nthlng Thi leellng
against him Is Intense P1I01 to the
fire lit was considt red a haid-worklng,
uptight man lo vcnii it partlculnrH
load of his childicn.but olten expressed
the fc.u that tht would glow up
woithloss He has been subject to epi
leptic fits
This iiltornonn u butt bet bespntleicd
with blood was disiovend in the ashes
of tho destnued Mooie house, near
whole tht chlkkeii s lied had stood.
The shall' side oxnctl llts the liidon
tut cs made in tin skulls ot tho vlctlnu
POPE'S HEALTH GOOD.
Physicians Declnro That His Con
dition Could Not Bo Better.
V.onie Mitdi 21 The pope's phvs.
t Ian J A I. ipponl and Profe-tor Mi7
7011I. vlsiitil his hollmss nt "1 o'cloi k
this .iftoiuoon and found his gereial
lnnlth good and tho seat ot the recent
tipeuitlon In ev client condition
I While convising with them the pope
tpies-o(' tk'ep gllef at thi talse stoiies
(ltculalod ii lo hid liMltli espetiully
the it ports uboul a sitond opeiatlon,
I which h 11I so (llstuibetl Cnthtillt s deep
ly Interested In 1 Is welfvie
Atler the visit the phv-ic inns de
tliiittl tlmt his (ondltlrn of health, all
things conIik 1 d, could not he hettt r.
WILL MAKE STEEL BARGES.
A New Indufitrvto Be Established
buig o.ipltallsls. who propose to en
gage hi tho maiiiifactiiie of stiel bai
gos1 and sted boats The ptoniolois me
Captain S S III own. the wculthv coal
opeiator. and the Messis Sihult. of
the h'diultz Itiulge mid lion company
Tht tlrst mtt ting was held this ur-
! 01 noons at whlih plans weio illscu. d
nnd aiiangonit nts nuuli tot forming
a coiiipaii. the capital stoik will
piobably bo ?l.Q0U.OQ0.
SENATORIAL BALLOT.
' iiaiiisbuig. Munh Jl Unas laike.l is
I vote foi I'liltcd Stales sptiutoi toiliv.
! siveral nuinbeis helplnt to Iniut,' tills
about by liliii aln.nt wlthimt milts
Th billot was the llliy-fourth anil wis
us tollows
(juay S
Jotiks To
DaUell 1"
Stuvvalt li
Huff R
Hkt 2
Itltor 1
Wldiucr 1
Stone .... I
lrdn ......... .. . 4
Tubbs
.Smith
Grow
Total 2U
N'cees-iiir to t boloe Idi, piuied ami imt
voting ti, no ckt lion
Carlos Will Issue a Manifesto.
Madrid Jlutih Jl rion ("alios, tin,
Spanish prettuiki Is tpicttd to Issuo
a ni inlfeMo ut hi eaity tUtt ligaitlluii
bis plans for the fiitun lt Is ollklall)
denied thai Hit CiiillMs have succeeded
In liitroiliiilug arms Into Hpiln.
Gardner Defeats Bofjun,
Hot Spilngs Aik, ltirdi 21 Uitcar
ibiidner, of Pitisburg tusllv heat Pud
tilo Hoi4un, (humpliiii oi tin Pacllto
nasi, hi llvo itiuniln at Wblttlugtou pink
this iifieinoDii Iloitnn was mime .but
maid not stand the coiutunt liammeilng
ovei tho heart ndmhilsieiul b Gnnlnor
Steamship Arrivals,
Xiw Vol It Match 21. -Sailed I. ihn. Iiro-
iiwti via boutbamptoii Chaml Ten.
tonic l.lveipool: Kenslnglon Antwerp
Aitwup - Arivod Hiiiiihve.irk '-mi
New Vork
SICK SOLDIERS
IN PHILIPPINES
QEN. OTIS CABLES VOLUNTEERS
WILL SOON BE SHIPPED.
The Department Gratified That the
Sick and Wounded Mon Will Bo
Returned to America at Onco.
Transport Giant Admh ably Equip
ped foi the Service The Casual
ties of a Day.
Washington, March Jl The win tle
p.ntinenl lecelved the lollovvlng to
day "Mutillu Muicli Jl.
Adjutant Heneial, Washington
"Trimtpcnts Ohio nnd Senatot left
20th. Uinni tlilaPd fm neieusiuy 10
ialr. Stin ts 2'ith Cm 1 les all skk and
wountbtl neiessniy to shlli. Sherman
evppcteil tonight Cannot ( oniniento
shipment of volunteois at piosent, hope
to do so soon Shin additional batta
lion California to Nctriot this after
noon "Otis " ,
This illsputth Is veiv gt.itlfvlng to
the will ilepjttmcm. n It Is felt tb it
nil the ulik and woundul soblbrs in
the Philippines will be st nt home at,
once The iranspoit Giant, which will
have last. Is iidtnliablv equipped for
the s.'ivlee. It 1ms been tin Idetl b the
department to havi the tiunsports met 1
at San Tranilsco bj otllcers who will
pt oil the sokHois, pive thein their
ilisibaige ami semi tbeni to their
homes, with iinnspoi tiitlou paid. Their
soj vices will end when thev icneh the
United State". Those who rile until to
travel will be suit to the hospital until
they aie In condition to stand thejout
ney Washington. Maich 21. (ieiioral Otis'
list of eusualtb s up to da bfote yis.
lei day Is as follows;
Repoitof Casualities
.Manila. Man h Jl
"Adiutant Oetviul, Washington.
"disunities Match 17. near blockhouse,
font Wounded Tenth Pennsvlvaitli,
Coniiianv K. Seiond l.leutinanl John
Tliompstiij thigh inoilit.ito, Pilvato
.lohn A .Mi Vov, shouldt 1 model ate. C,
Seigt.int AltMitidti Mid, uii It, ftue.iini,
mixlii.ite Mardi IS. 11e.11 Tagulg.
Killed Twvntv -second infantr, H,
Pi hate .lohn Sdnnklt, Chinks W.
Fiedii1(ks. K, Hem v W. .fohnslon;
wounded. H, Captain Fiank H .lones,
thigh miidcMle' Piiv.ues ltnbtit Ilh c,
nbtlmnrti, sevtio Chillies H. Poimoi.
bade, spvcie P.alelgh T Whltt, hip,
seven William Hills thigh, severe,
Le.inder Mlnglo. thliinb, sevete. Call
Ciuinpbol, loreniin sllKht. Menltt
Porter too seveie D Xvlson Arv Idon,
thigh, severe. Prank Yount chest, mod
erate, l.eirv II Young, kg sou 10, rj,
Chalks IJ Halev, foot, slight, Frank
Hnefoi. rhln, slight. K. Il.ii 1 Hdwanls.
foot, sevoio, M Corpoinls .Tames Cum
Intord, thigh, model ate, llw.itd r.
Wilson, linger severe H. Prlvnte
Ciioige Snder. clubbed b enemy, se
veie Injuiv, K, August Schmidt, aim,
slight Xem Pasig Killed Second Ore
gon, D. Pilvute James Page. Wound
ed M Coipoial Kietl D Llow lie thigh,
slight Xear Tagulg, Fhst Washing
ton K Corpoials Robert IJ, nuckllue,
thigh, seven. D, Hugh Wnlors, lung,
seveie .Piluites Heurv O Xess arm
and side stveie. Hdwatd R. Rartlett,
lung, seveie Otis "
STOLEN CHILD FOUND.
Gerald Lapiner, Who Was Kidnap
ped, Is Discovered at Faine3Ville.
Chkago, Marth 21 Gerald Lapiner,
" voais old who was kidnapped fiom
bis home sev.Ml weeks i'ijo, was found
today nt Pilnesvllk, o Thret tlns
ago Mi Laplntr lvulvid a telegram
from Sheilff Ma of Paine sv Hie. satiig
he had a bov in his custody who nn
swetod the elsciiption or Oeniltl Mrs
l.aplnor left at time for Ohio nnd tod'ey
teh-gripht (1 that the hi was the ltng
lost (Joiald, for whom the police have
hot n se.ndilng the entire countiy.
The pollct authoiltles also jeclvtd
a tclegi-im fiom tb shi riff at Palnes.
vllk -living that tin t hlkl liuo been
itlentintd and tha' his supposed abduct
ois, u worn, in n.Miiid Ingersoll and t1
mail naiiiid Collins, weio under aircst
tbcie
ANTI-POLICE RIOTS IN HAVANA
Shooting of Major Martinez by Lieut.
Emil Cacsin Condemned
Havana, Manh Jl. Majoi 1 Maitl
nu. of the Cuban forcis, who was shot
vistonlny evening at the Hotel Ingla
ttna by Police Lieutenant Ihnll Cas
hlu. the foimer tiumpetei of tho Hough
Ilhleis who acionitianlcd Govcintn
Thcodoto Hoosevelt on his iinnpalgn
tour thiough Xow Voik state last au
tumn, is not expected to llvo. Cassln,
Viho Is an Italian b.v di scent, has been
plnced In bill His action Is uoneiallv
condemned as iinwauaiitid and as due
to his oMltablo totnpftnment.
The session of the Cuban mllltnr as
sembl, which was to have hem held
estenlay, was postponed until this nf
tei noon.
BUFFALO EXPRESS DERAILED.
No One Soiiously Injured Engino
Thrown Down an Embaukmont.
Wllkos-Haiio. Pa . Mutch 21. The
Buftalo txpross on the Lehigh Valb
ralboad was derailed ut Xoith Wllkci
Hat to this mottling hi 1 1 ashing Into an
oiiglnt which ovei lapped a swltih. Tht
tiiglue of the I'Nptess was thrown down
an embankment and time cars wete tie
Hilled Tho onclueer nnd III email cs
taped with a few bruises.
The passengeis weie shaken, but none
was Injund soilousl.
Vet ei nn Insane.
Moiitieni, Munh 81 Homy Mllhr, the
old voltiriii who sent threatening let
tus to Prtxldent AlcKlnlc ami others
and was iiutsttil at the itanest of the
United Sinus (otnml gnu til. has bum
iMiiulnid bv tin polln phsl(l,ius and
fouiid to bo liiHjui.
Will Advance Wages
Cleveland, O, March 21 'I ho Oils Sttd
toinpan of this ell will advance thu
wages of al nut sl liumlred ol lis cm
plois 5 ptu cent, commencing Mey 1.
Tin lucniiMi Is inmlo volunlaillv on the
I part of the lomuani.
THE NEWS THIS M0RN1NU
Weather Indications lodiii
RAIN WARMER.
1 (lenernl Work or the Hrlbeiy Inves.
ligation Commission,
l'ntiil Kite at Omaha.
Search for Windsor Flip Victim
Condition of the KoMlers In the Phil
ippines. I General Work of I lie Slate I.kw
tnalii rs.
flu iiirlnl anil Commi nbil.
3 General News of .1 Div in Pitt-tun.
llilltorlnl
News and Comment.
5 l.oial Decmatlons Ale ItdiUestn bv
the t'omtnllleo of Soldiers' Hoc pflon,
Piovkleine Pitvo In Sight.
( Local Whit Ilnppentil, tn Grin ml
Giant.
7 I.ocil Awllll UesllltltliM) of 11 Nnrlh
l.'nil I'atiilh.
s Local West Soiiintou unci Snbtiin in,
' Xiws ltouncl About Seimtou
lij Local Court Proceedings
JOHN SHERMAN
IS STILL ALIVE
No Ti nth in Statement to the Effect
That He Died Yostoiday-Is Ex
pected to Rocover.
Santiago do Cuba M.inh Jl 7 p in.
Thole Is no ttuth In Hit statements
publl-thcd. In tho I'liltid States and ta
bled bade hen lepieiontlng tb.tt .lohn
Sheiiu.iu Is dead. It Is incoiupi divisi
ble how thfK rcpotts origin ittd
Til American lino ste.initu lul ir
rlved heie this evening beftuo dark
and It was initnedlatelv rr pulled lli.it
Mr .lii'inimi wup not onlv alive but
beltel, lestlpg oasv and epnted 10
1 et ov or
lie will b trausfeneo if ll go k
favoi iblv, to the Hnltud Stales 1 miser
Cbieago on ThuiKa Th iii'l-ei is
now coaling at Kingston, Jauiilra
Washington, Mmdi Jl Setrelii'
1.011? leielveel word toil l v fimu Cat
tnln Cooper, of the eiulser Chli.igo.say
ing tliat vrsse' had nut 1 11c Pails. n
v liii li e-S( cictai Sheim.in Is .1 pas.
scn-fcr oft Kintrstou, Jamaica. Tho
Chicago was despatthctl bv the navy
depaitment to Klngsfon to hi in" Ml.
SI ei man to the nutted Stntts ltniuodl-
alelv as the Puis wa not ep i ted to
letuin with lie 1 cMiusioulsts foi some
time The f ikngo hovvevet did not
nadi Klitgsto'i in lime but upon meet
ing the PniU made .11 tiang metils to
take Mi. She: man oft tin- letter vessd
on rriel.i, the (hango to be mail- at
Calmaneia. :. few miles er.st of Santia
go Captnlu Coop0!'! tk'spatth var as
follows
( ihiiiiiein Cub 1, March Jl.
Mtt Pails usurdu oft Klngslon bound
fot Sintlago Ciul lit 10
on botnl Prklav.
'I ike sjhermiu
QUIET AT JEKYL ISLAND.
Piesident McKinley Enjoys a Full
Day of Rest.
Brunswick, Ga , Maich 21 Piesident
McKinley enjood a full day of quiet
nnd lost In the retliernent and fine
di Ives of Jekl Island and night fell
without any confidence with Speaker
Heed or an dlffeionie In the relations
between the two Republican leaflets ns
i lesult of their "Iniultnneous ptosence
on tht Island
The weather or a day's outing could
not have been llnei. The teinpoiaturo
was mme modtialo, a delightful brac
ing hieezc tamo In fiom the sea mid
tho sun shone vvnim. but not nppres
siu'h Theie wns an Infoimal son of
leeeptlon In the Baker i ottage about 1
o'clock, at which all the lland colony
wcie piesentcd to the piesident nnd
Mrs McKlnlev This Included Speaker
Heed, who celled lathei late and sin-nt
a few minutes shaking hands w lib the
president and i hatting- with him and
the otheis piesent. The piesident will
take nnothei drive tomonow morning
nnd n tide on the reveniie cuttei Col
fat:, leaving hre for Thomasvllle about
1 o'clock Senator Ilanua Is endenvor
lng to Induce Mr McKinley to take a
tilp to Tallahassee and Mr McKinley
maj aceiuieste, though no definite de
t Islnn has been i cached
Tonight an okl-fnshloned cake walk,
nartlclpatrd in bv tho coloted people
about the Island was given at the club
house nnd wns attended by Speaker
Hoed club members and guests on the
island
THE BEEF INQUIRY.
Dr. Senn Entirely Dioapptoved of
Canned Roast Beef.
Chkago. Match 21 The government
touit of Innuliy tonight examined two
witnesses with refoitncc to tho beef
(lUPitlou Dr Xkholns Senn and Lieu
tenant Colonel A W. Cm llss. Dr. Senn
enthely dlsappioved of canned roast
beef ns an aim ration for any length
of time, and Colonel Coillss told or tho
soldiers' dislike of It
Tho court will hold an all-day ses
slon tomonow, expecting to leave for
Xew Voik tomonow evening oi Thilis
diiy morning The lemiilnlug witnesses
will be those suggested bv Major l.ee
In behalf of Majoi Geneial Miles.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
uslilngton Mart It 21 Those Penns I
vnnla pensions wen Itsiitil. tklitionul
Pvl Fullti. Ih .dfoid, $lrt lo $1J. Hfslbi.i
lion and lelssiu llo'iitt Piikltis,
de.nl. Hast Sinlthlklil Bradford, fi In-
tosaii-Jutob Boiiiiwlt West N.inileokc,
lauoiuo. 'i lo , Wlllliiin II Poitti 51')
lo 51J llrlfiliuil wklows-i'liua A. !' r
IvIiih. Bast hmllhfltlil Brnirold 3s BUu
S Wilson, Scranton $IJ
Salniies Inciense.
llitillsblllK Mnlili 21 -lloveinnr Siotlt
todu slKind a bill Incn'iiNlng th. siihiili
ol till' tollowlng uflli'tU hi Alltvhi nv
count. Coionei frrm ti .) to y.M a
enr, dcilt of oouil fiiin to ',. Jtill
phvsiclan Jl JXl lo JI.Mki, coiim contiol
lot, $()) to $("'
Robbed of Jewels,
ltinin M.inh 21. Ilanniom von Uuiitvk
httrg. nttording to u ilixpaii'h to iln
Tiibtmi from Pisa, has jusubteii r ' '
of Jewils valutsl at lo7onl friuiis ami
cash to thu amount of lenw fiunts htis
nli'tun nolnts ton seivant who bus illsap-
CJ I'dilt'ii
DEATH IN
THE BLAZE
Two Persons Cremated
in a Fire at
Omaha.
TWENTY - FIVE INJURED
A Conflagration Comparatively In-
significaut in Fropeity Destruc
tion but Appalling in Its Haivest
of Death and Suffering Flro Orig
inates from a Gasolino Stovo Ex
plosion Teirible Panic in a Lodge
Room.
Omaha Xt b . Marth 21 Compara
tive! Insignlfli mt In material destruc
tion, but appalling in Its harvest of
death and mitferlng, was a the that
pnitiall destrocd the Battel son block
at Seventeenth und Douglass strcetH
this af tn noon Two of the victims
have ubeatlv died, one moie Is not ex
pected to llvo mid about twenty-llvo
otheis mo Mifleriiig fiom broken limbs)
and binned and lacerated llcslu
Killed Mis Thomas Taylor, Mrs.
Anna Schnmcl.
Injuiod Mis. C V. Btoslus, Mrs. A.
King, Mis. A. L Samuelson, MUy Satn
UtMson. Mis G. D. Wilson, Mis. J. C.
Holt, M.itguorlto Holt, Mrs. Mary Hop
kins, Mis. Man Sullivan, Mis. W. A,
Hex, Mis Hdwaid Schlner, Mri. A. A.
Smith. Mis. Kicnch, Mis. C. K. Allen,
Mis. Thomas Thornton, Walter Scott.
Fit email Wllllum Gulder, suffocated
and fell from hiddei. Internal Injuries,
will pi oh iblv die
Lieutenant .lames Adams. Injiueil
about hips bv falling down stuirs
Of the lnjuietl. Mis. Kdwaid Schlnet,
Mrs. A A. Smith nnd Marsrueilte Holt
may die
Tho blare staitttl shortly after 1
o'clock. A gtoup of women, busy with
the uflalis or the secret orders with
which thev won ntliliated, wen In i
moment biought face to face wit'
death A moment later seven or them
lav binned and blot ding on the pave
ments to vvhlth thev had dropped rortv
leit below and the others wen ns
ouecl attei tluv had been mote oi less
seveiely lnjuied In their despeiato dish
down the single flight of stalls that led
lo sarelv
The Gasoline Stove.
The flit oilglnated rrom a gnsollne
stovt explosion In a room in the re it
of the third floor of the building and
next to the elevator shun. it was
not discovered until It hud soiead to
the adjoining apartments und the en
tire floor was filled with smoke and
flame About twenty members of thi
Women's Lodge of Maccabees were at
tending a meeting In the fiont wait
ing loom on tho same lloor. The'
weio unconscious of danger until .i
janitor threw open a door and to' 1
them to set out be'ore the flames on .
them off. Tho warning came too lai. .
The fire swept through the floor and
down the single stall way. Those nc li -est
the door lied thiough tnc bllndlns
smoke and leached the street vvpli
hands and fates burned nnd blistered.
The rest faeel a olld wall of flames
Theie was a lire escape at the south
Tiont of the building, but none of them
thought of It. Thev rushed panic
stricken to tho windows through 'which
tho smoke was already pouring. Tho
Ike, scaicely a root, behind them,
caught their clothing and scorched
their races.
In another Instant the spectators, af
ti acted by the douds of smoke, wore
lion Ifled to see one after another spi ing
t.on the open window and fall hcavllv
to the pavement They were cjulckV
can led to a physician' office across thu
street.
As fust as dressings could bo applldt
the victims weie taken to thu Clarkson
hospital. Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Scam
mel died without lecoverlng comclom.
ness. Aside fiom the fatalities nnd tho
Injuries to peisons, the flro was not a
serious one Tho loss will not exceed
$30,000, halt of which was on tho build
ing. The losses are fully covered hi
Insurance Vni ous secret societies
which occupied halls on tho second an I
third floors lost all their lesalU mil
papers.
IN FAVOR OF DISBANDING.
Tho Cuban Assembly in Favor of
Dismissing tho Army.
Havana. Mmdi PI. Tn todav's sps
slon of the Cubin assembly a motion
was mude In favor of disbanding tlio
Cubun aimv and dissolving the assem
bly, with pennis-slon to the Cuban sol
diers to accept gifts of money fiom tho
United States If thoy so doslied.
After "or.sldeiabh aigument, tho gisr
of which was that the assembly could
not discuss such mattei s without pte
viciiih eonsldeintlon on the p.nt of in
dividual membets it was dcildpd to
postpone tho publl. tllst uslon of the
uiJiion.
Elmer Drake's Suicide.
Hazleton. Pi. March 21-l.lmet Ui.iku
committed suk'lile this attiiticon li ink
ing t ti built atlil He Is Hu third tin m
hir of the Inmil to tint ills lift within
tlin peiloil ol u enr Drul.c's bioilu i
swnllouoil puisou about a t u ago .nul
Ills rnliei mei.ily Ulltd liluiM k ill Mill
aik lphlu. ,
Sailor Will right McCoy.
New Yoik, Mn ih .1 -Tom Slinikt s
man igor niiiioiiiii i th it the sntltn iu.1
Kid M(C't). .sill ilr.li! at Ui .una Ah
letli' (lull l.i t In Jilllt
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ilhllliMt ni, .Mm ill Jl -I'oiecuHt -
fot e ilncitliiv Poi tiihtein Ponn-
ivlvauli lulu w.tuai brisk
soulheiisioil winds beccunlng huh
on the toast t
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