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SCKAXTON, PA., WEDNESDAY MORXING, SEARCH 29, 38JM).
THA PVGiES.
TWO CENTS.
K
AGUINALDO'S
LAST DITCH
The Filipino Army Crowded Back
Malolos by American Vol
unteers and Regulars.
General McArtliur's Troops Press Forward with
Great Enthusiasm
Their Officers Attempt to Charge Upon the Ad
vancing American Hosts, but Break and Run
After a Few Shots Many Acts of Heroism on
the Part of the American Troops.
Manlla. Maich US. General MecAr
thur and his army are resting on the
plain beyond Marllno, after three days'
scrambling In the brush, fording rivers
and thaiglng trenches in the binding
sun The men are tired but are In
splendid spirit.
Thi' engineers are repairing bridges,
tli" r. hols having failed to destroy the
iron work and the railroad Is kept busv
burning- supplies to the front. The
country to Malolos Is level, with occa
sional stream- uiul patches of wood
but there is no more Jungle.
The Amoiiian trnnp will ailvaife at
da' llu'ht. taking four days' rations with
tl
ni and having two hundred rounds
o' ammunition In their belts. They e.
pei t in take l!oeavc on the railroad to
tb -iM of Dulacun tomorrow. It Is a
tllfl. 'Ht oltin. protected by streams.
Tb iihi'I(iiii line y about 1U'0 ynrd
fitm tiuit of the lebeK Desultniy
slii ti were exchanged today.
The Aineriean loports show that U')
,11. ! were killed and ill wounded on our
- i yesterday. The Dakota regiment
Ins; m men killed am bad "7 wounded,
v ii.tillnu in iirlx'in-is :n toe hai.ds
of the AiiK'iieanx Atvoinaldo's genralx.
Garcia. Tofivu and Pacheco were with
he Filipino army yesterday and drove
UH.r follow eis into the first uggressiv
deiuoiixtriilloiis. Tlio rebels attempted
te , hargp aeriixs (la plain east of the
, hi'i nail, but tin Aineileaiis cliarged
to mni t hem and the Filipinos bolted
.id r :i ten shuts, leaving seven nl m''n
KiMi ! on the i'I''.
Thf- rillpini' piioners furtlier doe-lure
1 1 -i tin- rebels liavi lost all taste for
iighnmj anil that their uttli-i.-rs have to
I. " them in line by heating tli m
itl )-vorx,
'". nf tlie mowt billllanl and costly
ii '(i-xeineiits nf tb" campaign was the
ehirgi of .Major Howards battalion
a' loss the nvei Advancing at th i
double iiilcl; th'V found the river lie
maili them and xplushrd access with
ii yii. swimming and wading, with
bullets splattering in the water and
riixht'd upon the rebel trenches. Ten
nKli weie killed ami eh veil were
wounded in die charge.
Incidents of Bravery.
At the captuie of Millllilo llieie Were
ktvi'i'ul Incidents showing the bravery
of our troops. Some Filipinos were
entrenched on an Island In a bend of
the river. The Americans approached
in a tri-augular formation with the
Third artillery In the apex and lh3
Kansas and Pennsylvania regiments
I'jlinlng the sides. Colonel FilliSlon
ailed tor volunteers to swim tho ilv
n. Two men crossed under fire and
secured materials with which a cross
inn was eventually effected.
-Major Hell, of General MneArthu.'s
ftufi, with company I, of the Penn
pjtvania reslmont, and Lieutenant
Abernethy and ten men engaged in
similar exploits. After tho Filipinos
hail raised the white Hag many of
.horn attempted to run und sever.il
vei" shot for so doing.
In the church yard of Murllao the
Miui-ionns found thirty newly made
hch ot Filipinos and a dozen bodies
w.iv seen drifting down the river wiin
gruesome wound.
The prisoners arc digging their
former comrades' gravi s.
Man huts are Miioklng ruins, hav
ing been burned by the Inhabitant!).
Tin Americans are not burning any
buildings.
our tumps captured four Spaniards,
who were lighting with the Insurgents.
General Mai-Arthur was under a
heavy lire yesterday.
The prisoners hay Agulnaldo has ele-chu-'d
that If the Americans can take
the Filipino capital he will surrender,
Spanish Steamer Captured.
Manila, March lis, 7.11) p. m. The
I'nlten States gunboat Vorktown his
m rived here with the Spanish steamer
Mundara owned by the Mendezo com
pany, of this place. The steamer was
captured after a hIIIT chase In tho
gulf of Unguyen, i'4,l miles north.
When hIic w-a Hist lghted the Mun
dara was entering the gulf but, sho
headed seaward. The A'orktown llred
two idiots before the stoamer was ov
erhauled. PREPARING FOR THE END.
United States Troops Will Strike the
Final Blow Soon.
Washington, March 2". There was a
lull today In the reports from the
scene of action north of Manila which
fer a time was rather mvstlfylng to
the war department puthnrltlcs. Only
one despntch. from General Otis was
received during the day, dealing with
the t-ituatlon at the front and this ro
luted to yesterday' afternoon, It was
The Insurgents Goaded by
not unlll the Associated Press dispatch
came late In the day telling that the
Ametlcan forces were resting beyond
Murllao, that General Otis' silence In
todays movements was explained. Af- i
ter the arduous work ot a tin en days'
fight under a. fierce tropical sun, through
rice Mvamps and jungles It was ex
vcetetl by the authorities here that
Mueithur would conserve the energies
of his men by a halt It ng enough to
rest anil tak" supplies b.-lort the llnal
blow against Malolos, the li.surgtnt
capital. The supply trains are Well tip
with the tioops, according to Otis' re
port todav. so that lb" j-H pel mtts
full supplies of jmintmltioii anil food
to be dlsli United.
The American ai.vanut line is now
bryond Matllao ami almost ill- to the
large town of Hulacan. The exact
distance to M, Utiles is unci rtam owing
to the lack of ii-tormatlon as to Just
where they arc resting but at most the
distance cannot be more than leu or
twelve miles, on a direct Mm- along the
railway at the rate of piogrcsx made In
the last tivo dayt-, the next 111 hours
should bring the American force well
up to tho insurgent capital, If indeed
ilie assault on that place is not begun
li that lime.
The navy departint nt rf eclvd noth
ing from Admiral Dewey during I ho
dav and up to the clos-e of ofllee hours,
linthlnp uilli-h-l laid been received con
cerning the achievement of the Vork
town In eapttiilng u Spanish merchant
man In the gulf ol Lingaven. While
the dispatch Is silent as to the cause
fot the capture it is surmised that It
was due to her carrying contraband ot
war.
PRESIDENT'S RETURN.
Train Beaiing the Excursion Party
Arrives at Washington.
Washington, March US. President
McKinley this afternoon retained to
Washington after an outing of two
weeks ami a dav. The speclnl train
bearing the president and the members
of the party whu have been with him
through the trip pulled into the Penn
sylvania depot here at exactly 3
o'clock this afternoon. The party com
prised President and Mrs. MoKlnley,
Vice Piesldent and Mrs. Hobart, Gar
ret llobart, Jr.. the vice president's
son, Postmaster General Charles l-hn-ory
Smith. Dr. Itlxey. V. S. N the
president's physician, Mr. George 13.
Cortelyou, secretary to the president;
Mr. Clarence Kdwnrtl Dawson, secre
tary to the postmaster general, and
Mr. Tlarnes, stenographer to the pres
ident. The trip was without special
Incident, though at several points
along the route large crowds had gath
ered anxious to gel a glimpse of the
chief executive.
Owing to a lack of definite knowl
edge of the exact hour of the return
llieie were onlj a few people gatheiod
at the Pennsylvania depot to witness
the arrival. Acting Secretary of War
MelkleJolin, Adjutant General Corbln,
Secivtury Porter nnd .Mrs. Smith were
in waiting and carriages were In read
iness. The piesldent and Mrs McKln-
ley both allowed they had been much
refreshed by the outing. The party
entered the carriages and drove to
their homes. Mr. and Mrs. MeKlnlev
being driven direct to the White.
IlOUt-O. .
Pcnnsylvania Directors.
Philadelphia, March :s. At the annual
election of directors of tlio Peniisylvanin
Railroad company held at the general
nlHces here tmu.v. tlio following were u.
lected: Fiii nl: Thomson. Alexander M.
Fox. Alexander llltldle, N. Parker Sliort
rlilge, William L. Klkln?. Alexander J.
Cassatt, Clement A. Grise-om, nenjamlr.
It. Comegys. Aino R. Little. William It.
Raines. OeorKi- Wood, C. Stuart Patter
sou, LttliiRhum M. .Morris.
Quayite Majorities in Lancaster.
Lancaster, l'u. Maich U. The ollicl.d
totals of the Saturday's Republican prl.
mary election weie conipulid laHt night.
The majorities of the Quuy ticket for
county olllei-rs i-ance fiom I.n72 to TiM'i.
For delegates to the state convention the
Quayltes have an uvcruge inajurlty In
the county of 6,3 10.
WAR HEROES PASS AWAY.
Geltysburg, Pa.. .March US. A dispatch
receive!! here toilnj from Buffalo, N. Y,
(old of tho death uf Colonel Michael vcii.
rich In that city. Colonel Wleilrlcli was
commander of the Wk-diieli New York
light buttery during the Civil war.
Pottsvllle, Pa,, .March 2S. Dr. D. W.
niaml died suddenly tonight while enioy
Ing the society of his family after attend,
tug to his patients as usual today. Dr
Bland was tho surgcaii of the Ninety
Hlxth Pennsylvania volunteer Infantry
durlnsr tho Civil war and for nearly forty
years was u leading praolltloner at tkis
town,
GEN. ALGER IN CUBA.
May Leave Havana for Pinar del
Rio Today.
Havana, March I.S. General Alitor
may go to Pinar del Rio today. He
will (to to Cienfuogos, stopping at Mat
unzns en route. The question of re
ducing tlic number of military depart
ments he has left to Governor General
Hrookc.
To witness the review of the Sev
enth army corps yesterday afternoon
at Quemados, the secretary rode with
General Brooke, General Wilson and
General Hnsbrourk from KI Veilado to
General Lee's headquarters, where he
was received. Thence ho proceeded to
the parado ground. The review whs
begun at 5 o'clock und ended at fi.r.0.
General Alger rode over the Held with
Generals! Hrooke, Lee, Wilson and Chaf
fee. The Fourth, Ninth and Second Illl
itr.ls regiments, the Third Nebraska,
the lfilst Indiana, the Sixth Missouri,
the Second regular iirtlllery and the
Seventh cnvalrv passed In loview be
fore tho sectetarv. General Gomez was
S','"'
Flvn
to attend, but could not ue-
companies of the Fourth vir-
rnvnPu
cers. sailed today on tho
guranca lor Savannah.
The recent Ion In honor of the secre
tary of war, General Kiwell P.. Alger,
h Id at Governor General Brooke's res
idence at Vcdado last night, was a
brilliant nffalr. Among those present
were the following named: General
Maximo Gomez and his staff, the otll
cers of the Seventh aimy corpx of
Havana dt!.- General Fltzhugh I.e,
eoiiitiiander of the Seventh army corps;
Major General William Ludlow, gov
ernor of the department of Havana;
General J. ". Hates', commander of
the department of Santa Clara; Major
General J. II Wilt-on. military gover
nor of the department of Malanza
n,ipildler General H. C. Hasbrouck,
military governor of ihe province of
pinar del R0- Fedeneo Mora, civil
governor nf Ijnvana: General renin n
do Frcyie de Andrade, president of the
Cuban assembly. Perfcr-to racoste,
mayoi of l!annn, and also many Cu
ban and American civilians.
The llfith Indiana regiment expects
to leave Matanzas for the I'liiled States
sfM)I1, 1n bcar.l the transpcrt Tliomas
HONORS FOR THE BULGARIA.
The Kaiser to Send the Cuirassiers'
Band to Meet the Steamship.
J Plymouth. England. March 2s. -Tho
l Hamburg-American line steamship
Ht'lgarla. Captain Schmidt, which left
New Voi k on .Ian. US for Hamburg
und arrived In distress at St. Michaels.
Azote Islands, on Feb. L'l, leached here
today.
The mayor or Plymouth and the
townsmen presented Captain Schmidt
with a congratulatory address. The
Hltlgariu will pim-eed to Hamburg, anil,
It Is announced. Kmperor William has
I decided to send the band of the cnlr.is
j slers to meet the steamship there.
ARGONAUTS MAY BE SAFE.
Probably that the Ford-Thames
Party Is Still Alive.
Victoria, 15. C. March US. There
seems to be a strong likelihood that
the Ford-Tim nies party of nine
persons reported lost In the sloop This
tle, between Alert bay and Hornby Isl
and, are safe.
A sergeant of the provincial police
saw Ford's sloop at North Knd island
on .March !', Ford having gone north
to pilot some vessels. The party was
awaiting his return. That would mean
that they wen- in wufety long after
the time mentioned as the probable
date of their loss.
EPIDEIIIC AT LANCASTER.
Cerebio-Spinal Menengitis Is Caus
ing Alarm in the City.
Lancaster, Pa.. .March :'b. Tiie piv
valance of cerebro-splnal monegltis, or
spotted fever, which has assumed epi
demic form, is causing serious alarm
hi this city. At a special meeting of
the board of health strict sanitary reg
ulations and private funerals were a 1
vlsed. During the past week nine deaths
have occurred, several of the vi-'tlms
dillg within a few hours of being
stricken, anil nil experiencing the
excruciating imln. In some cases, the
bodies turned black at death.
HATCHING A NEW PARTY.
Political
Schemes of
J. Sterling
Mot ton.
Chicago March !!S. A speclnl ills,
patch to the Tribune from Omaha
credits J. Sterling Morton with the In
tention of forming n new political party
which he deelates will bt the greatest
political org-enlzatlen 3lncc the. forma-
Discussing the proposed new party
., Mm .ln c.,.u. ii.nl,.. !,,, ,
.,,.. ...u. ..... .rfi,. .lit- inn- H'ttl ilTIU
Its momentous Issues, the struggle of
the two great parties over bimetallism,
the rise, decline and absi lute decay of
Populism, nil these elememts contrhute
to u situation as prcui.ant as thoso
which gave birth to the Republican
party on the approach of our civil
sulfa."
"Chicago Platform Dinner."
New Yoik, March US. M. V. Brewster,
who bus charge of tlie arr.ingomcntu for
the .1 a head Jefferson ellnimr of New
York Democrats, anuoiiiicid today twit
ho had received a telegram from William
J. Bryan saying that he would attend
the dollar dinner on April 1. .Mr. In-utv-ster
said the dinner weuM be "Chicago
platform" from beginning to end.
Will Press Cotton,
Treiitriii, N, J.. March 2?. Articles of
Incorporation of the Hgyptl.m Compressed
company with a cipltnl of Jl.VMu.Oio vvim
tiled with the M-eivtnry of stale today.
The company Is empowered to maim,
facturei ami deal In and uUn to operate
niachlniij for compressing cotton and
other materials.
Bill to Detect Writers.
Springfield. III., .March UK. Rep resent a
tlve Rankin today Introduced a bill pro
viding that every nrtlclo In n nevvspai)r
or other publication tending to Impeach
tho ropututlon of any person shall bo
signed by tho writer theiouf. The bill
!l modeled uftei the Cuulfurnla Taw in
Otitis subject.
THE BRIBERY
INVESTIGATION
Representative Kendall
Claims to Have Been
Approached.
THE. OTHER TESTIMONY
Laubach Claims to Have Been Ap
proached by Frank Jones Who
Asked Him to Vote for Quay.
Representative Brown Was Per
suaded to Take a Walk Ho Is
Threatened with Imprisonment for
Contempt of Court.
Hatrlslaitg, -March !'. The lnvestl
gatl&n Into tho charges of the alleged
bribery in connection with the consid
eration of the McCarrell Jurv bill In
the house was resumed this afternoon
In one of the house committee rooms.
Representative Kendall, nf Somerset,
t-stil'ecl that a person not a member
of the legislature bad approached him
and said he would like to have his
vote for Mr. 'Juav for senator nnd that
If bo could see his way clear to vote
that way he believed he would receive
a sum equal to $5,000. Ml. Kendall de
i lined to give the name of the party,
but said he was a resident ot Merlfortl
countv and wanted it understood that
it was not Frank Willing Leach, as
ha been alleged. The w ituess answer
ed the forma' questions In the nega
tive. Several others were called and
all answered tho iU"Stioiis In the nega
tive. Mr. Ke.-Uor. of Philadelphia, testllled
that a member ndinllte-' u- him that
he was approached on the senitorshlp.
Tht? witness- prefctred not to give the
name of the member as he has not yet
been called before the- committee.
Messrs. Ford. Haag, lies nek, Hoskius.
McC'andless. Harold. Henderson, I lersh, I
Harris, Hcldtlbaugh. Woodruff, Moyer,
Ki l pel". Ki sslt-r, Keyset". Klunipp,
Kran.llch. I.azolere. r.eard, Lewis, Sav
age. Scott, Kceean were called in the
jorder mimed and unsweieil the formal
'inestions In the negative. The- com
mittee took n reens at :i o'clock until
7 o'clock this evening.
The bribery committee heard more
u-siimony tins evening. .Mr. Luubnch,
of Philadelphia, testilietl that the
r...w.i.. .. ;.n ,i. .,.. ..,..,
' " ") iuiiunniK me iiepuiiii.-nii sen-
aloiial caucus he was approached by
Frank Jones, of Philadelphia, and
aske-d to vote for Senator Quay. Ml", i
Laubach replied that he was instruct
ed by tin convention which nominat
ed him to vote against .Mr. Quay and
that he would not violate his Instruc
tion. Jones then asked Laubach If he
knew when his (Liiuha-h brother
would be In llarilsburg. Jones and
Lauhach'n hi other IIvp neighbors, and
when the latter cume to llarrlsliurg
Jones Is alleged to have told htm that
If he could persuade Reprennuatlvo
Laubach to vote for Mr, Quay ho
(Jones) could get a good position for
the legislator and u salary for live
years. L.uibach's brother refused and
then .(ones Is alleged to hnve ap-proae-lied
the repiesentativc. "He
called ai mi room at the Hotel Arn
old," Mr. Laubach said, "and not llnd
mg me iheie he left his card with
Mrs. LuulMi-h and went away. Later
I met Jones at tlie hotel and he In
formed me that if I voted for Mr.
Quay I could have the chief clerkship
of the mint or of tin custom house.
Ho offered to secure l.uuo signers hi
my district to a petition endorsing my
action, and 1 told III in I coulel not sup
port Quay under any i-lrcumstumes."
Brown's Testimony.
Representative IJrown, of Union,
svvoro that on the evening of Jan. i7,
tho day before the llrst joint ballot
for .senator was taken, a gentleman
met him at tile i.'onimoiiwealtli hotel
and Invited him to call on Mr. Quay,
Mr. Mrovvu declined and then the gen
tleman persuaded hliu to take a wnlK.
They walked to a dark street and
there the sentleman asked .Mr. Drown
If he could not go away and not bo
present the next day in the joint con
vention when the ballot was taken.
"J refused," said Mrown, "and then ho
offered me $U00 If I woulu go to Phila
delphia and mUs the train. 1 ngai
refused and lie raised the price to
$",00, ami said If 1 would go Into the
convention and vote for Mr. Quuv tht
price would be altogether different. He
asked me If I could get any other
member to do this, und rcout-sted me
to meet him later. I refused and went
to my room and did not see him again
that night."
"Wnat Is the gentleman's naiuoV"
cimli man Kovv askul,
"l priier not to give it, because ho
is a friend of mine," Mr. Mrown te-
plleii.
Ml. Mrown related that the noxt day
after his meeting with this gentleman
a page brought to his desk a card
signed by two strangers, whom 3
lent ued uftei ward had voted fot' Sen
ator Quay In the Joint convention, who
wanted to s-.-e him In tho lobby. T-i-j
refused to go. .Mr. Mrown was again
asked to give the name of the pa-sun
making him an offer of money nnd ho
r. -pUcci that ho wns not a member of
the legislature and that he prefeircd
not to tell.
Mr. Young suggested that the witness
ought to b Informed that a refusal to
answer puts him In contempt with the
house, Mr. Dixon advised the wltnets
to unbosom himself nnd he replied that
tho committee ought to extend to him
tho courtesy of not asking him to
disclose the name. Chairman Few said
the witness owed it to himself, the
house and the commonwealth to tell.
"I iiuido a dear promiso that I would
not, tell." Mr. Mrown tepllcd.
Threutemod for Contempt,
"The. next meeting nf this omninlttM
wll hs hold toniorrcw," Mr. Fovv wild.
"Ttnlcss you reveal the name of the
person you will be given Into the cus
tody of the neiieant-at-nrms to he tak
en to the Dauphin county Jail for con
tempt." Other tnembets of the committee
urged Mr. Iirown to tell and ho asked
time to consider. Mr. Dixon suggest
ed that the witness should not lieHltate,
but toll without further delay. Mr.
Hi own then said the person was ex
Congressman Monroo H. Kulp. of Sha
mokln. The witness testified further
that Representative Miller, of North
ampton, showed him a memorandum
book some time ago which showed that
Miller and his colleagues. Representa
tives Johnson and Hell, hud been of
fered "so much" for the three votes
from Northampton county on the lie
Carrell bill. Mr. Hrown explained that
the price wius not uniform and one of
the members did not seem to be on
the ground lloor. He said Represen
tative Hersch, of Montgomery, had told
him that a member had said to him
(Hersch) that then- would be $50 In It
If lie would vote for the McCarrell bill,
Messrs. Moore, of Itutler; Moyer, Ma
lonoy, MeNees, Marshall, McFarlane,
Linton, MclClhaney, McAnlls and Lln
gle were called and answer in negative
the formal questions, .Mr. Caldwell,
of Mercer, testified that K. A. Thomp
son, of Mercer, who was an appllciin
for u position In the leglslattite told
hltn that he (Thompson) could get a
place if he (Caldwell) would vote for
Mr. Quay. Mr. Caldwell saw Attorney
General Elkin and was told that the
usual way to secure positions of that
kind was to go Into th" caucus and
support the organization. The witness
wanted it understood that Mr. Klktn
hail inatlp him no offer and that was
all the attorney general had said. Tho
cammltttitj will meet nt 0 o'clock tomor
row mottling.
GERMANY HAS
BEEN PLACATED
Berlin Was Disturbed at Our Re
ported Intention to Act with Eng
land Representation Made of
Contrary Treaty Pi o visions and
the Danger of Violating it.
Merlin. Marth Ui. The correspondent
here ot t'n- Associated Press has ob
tained ('mm the highest authority at
this capital the following explanation
of a feature of the Sainoan iiuestlori
I which has lately arisen. On the report
that the American government had
cabled to lis admiral at Samoa i act
In accordance with the decision of two
out of three of the ri prescntntlvex of
the pmvvrs, the German government
inadi. eerne-si representations to the
American ambassador here, Andrew D.
White, that the Merlin treaty requires
the concurrence of the three powers,
and called attention to the dangcM
which wcie sure to arlsj If there wns
I anything like a violation of the treaty.
.... ... .
, in Aiiv-ri'-ati government made a
franl
and c lcillntiiry answer, which i
lias
is caused much satisfaction here.
ll i-ecognlzcu tin necessity for imau-
I
imity upon the part eif all three powers
tindti tlie treaty as a condition of any
settled policy or pi-rmam nt action and
deelunil the admiral was only author
ized to act (n agreement with a ma-
I lorlty of the rpprexentitlves of the
pi wets In a case c,f ipci'genc which
absolutiiv dofs not admit of delay; but
that In such a case ns rallfi-mlloii or
adjustment tl.e nnanlnv.ius vote of tin'
I line powers li;.st b
sought at the
nist possinie moment, -.r.u no perman
e'tit arrangement can lie made without
such unanimity.
The American government, it Is add
ed, cabled to Its representative in Sa
moa to pumu- tlio 1110-.1 friendly nnd
conciliatory policy toward the German
representatives and Gon-ian Interest,
carefully avoiding everything likely to
be nilconstrt.ed or creitl' ill-will.
In consequence of the stories regard
ing Miituufu having sanctioned sectar
ian tyranny, tlie German government
assured Mr. White that all Its Iniluence
would be eviied against Interfcieiice
with tlie religion of t.ny sect.
WORKING FOR THE CHINESE.
Efforts in Behalf of the Heroes of
Manila.
Philadelphia. Match 2S The Chris-
I tm" League and the Have Stieet Chl-
nese mission of this city have espoused
tho cause of the Chinese who fought
with Admiral Dewey at Manila, but
cannot be admitted to this country bo-c-aus-
of the exclusion act. An appeal
will shortly be Issued In the celestial's
behalt.
The Philadelphia Chinese naval re
serve battalion is now lully officered,
uniformed and equipped with arms. It
Is not Improbable that the battalion
will participate In the national peace
jubilee to be held in Washington In
.May.
WIEEBACK TRIES SUICIDE.
He Lights a Gas Jet and Sets Fire
to a Mattress.
Lancaster, March US. Ralph W.
Wireback, condemned to be hanged
on May 17 for the murder of Bank
President D. M. Landls, today attempt-
ed to commit suicide in his ceil in the
county Jail. Ills cell had been strip
ped of everything except a mattiess.
From this the murderer managed to
take several straw.. These he lighted
nt a gas jet and before the death wutch
could Interfere ho set tli-o to a mat-
lie-na.
Ho stood over the lire that resulted,
but was rescued befuro being seriously
Injured.
Killed by Electricity.
IIniTiidiurc. .March Us.-Wllllum Fisher,
aged 2i. ivus instantly killed this even
lug by coming In .contact with a cut-ore
box belonging to tlio electric light coni
ptr.y. The box was en tiro and Fisher
lighted a match In trying to seo tlio num
ber and name touched the l.ox and ot tlm
traiiio time stepped Into a pool of water.
He it celved U.flviu volts.
Biennial Bill Defeated,
Albany. N. Y., .March i Tho hill pro-
vldllig for bleiinl il eessloiiB of the leu
Mature was defeated hi the senate to
day. Pennsylvania Pensions,
Washington, March 24, This Pcnnsyl.
vnnln pension has betn Isguodi Qrlghnl
Nelson La Rose, Soranton, ?C
THE XKWS THIS M0IIN1NU
Wcither Indication! Todtyi
RAIN.
1 Gercrnl Ileglnnlng of the 12nd ot the
Philippine Rebellion.
ICx-Senator Quay Will Remain a Can
didate Lviilnce In tho Jury Hill Investigation.
L General Day's Work of tho Sta e
lawmakers.
Financial anil Commercial.
3 Locul Commen Council Passes Ustb
mutes Ordinance.
Whitney's Weekly News Budget.
4 Killtoiial.
Yankee Aptitude for Tirge Tasks.
C Story "A Willful Princess."
C Local Inspection of tlw Third Brig
ade. Animal Turin of District Court.
7 Local James Whltcomb Rlloy nt the
Lyceum.
Looking for the Sixth Maytlelil Rob.
be-r.
Great Work of the H. It. Y. SI. C. A.
5 Local West Scr.tnton and Suburban.
! News Round About Scrantoli.
10 Locul Colli t Preceedlng.'.
SOLID FOR DALZELL.
Anti-Quayites Vote as a Unit for the
First Time,
llariisbuig. Mim-h l'8. Congressman
John Dalzell received the solid vote of
the untl-Qiuj Republicans hi today's
loint ballot for United States senator.
This was the first time thev voted ai
a unit for one candidate since the bal
loting begun. Heretofore they scat
tered their Aotes among a dozen "fa
vorite sons" Including Congtae-ssman
Halzell and Congressman Stone, Col
onel Huff and Colonel Irvin. The fol
lowers of Senator Quay maintained a
solid front and polled their full vote.
The Demociats were united for George
A. ,lenk. Representative Peoples, of
Lancaster, created much enthusiasm
among the Quayltes by voting fer Mr.
Quay as "Lancaster county's favorite."
Representative McFarlane, of Alle-
I gbeny. voted for "Matt" Quay, end
I Rcpre'ontatlvv Keyser. of Philadelphia,
i for ''omrade Quay. Representative
Woodruff, of Philadelphia, voted with
the anti-Qui'v Republicans for Mr. Dal
zell. While' he has always voted
against Mr. Quay he has never co
operated with the anti-Quay Republi
can organization, and bis vote was
glevtetl with applause from that side.
The ballot was the sixtieth of the Joint
session. The vote wan:
IU1
Jellks
Dnlzell
Tntlll
Necessary to clinlce,
voting. I'l.
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10-1; .-.bsent and not
TEN MEN BURNED.
Monster Cylinder Head Blown Off
J '
Johnstown
at Johnstown.
Pa.. March US. Ten men
were horribly burned, two of them
probably fatally, by tin- explosion of
a monster cylinder head on a blowing
engine in blast furnace No. (1 of tlie
Cambria Steel company tonight. The
cylinder head is about four feet by six
In size. One of those burned is a mere
boy. 17 years of age. The victims uic:
James J. Miller. George Halieikoin,
face Meatnod until the llesh looks like
'aw ueetsteaK: .lames Minster, ii years,
overcome witn gas unit nurneit about
i the faie; John Barrett, Samuel Mar
! kett. Heniy Kukue-k. nrms baked:
.Michael Shugruef, Henry Herion, W.
Mowers, wounded on head by Hying
lion.
All the injure ii men wen at once
taken to the Cambria company's, hos
pital. The physical), In charge reports
tile condition of all as seiious.
MR. SHERMAN'S ILLNESS.
He Returns to Old Point Comfort on
the Cruiser Chicago.
Old Point Comfort. Vs.. .Maich Ub.
Tlie cruiser Chicago, witli i-x-Sccretary
John Sherman on hoard, arrived shortly
after noon today.
Later In the afternoon .Mr. Sbe-iman,
closely inullled and with hi features
entirely concealed beneath a heavy
black veil, was placed in a steam
launch ami removed to the tiler and
was then borne in a litter to the Cham
berlin hotel on the broad shoulders of
four marines. A crowd ol several hun
dred people wltnesi-eil the removal of
the sick man to the hot-l.
At il p. m. he vnis again placed on a
Utter and taken on board the Wash
ington boat.
That Mr. Sherman Is a very sick man
no one who got a glimpse of his pal
lid features can doubt.
DEATH OF BIRKET FOSTER.
Tho English Artist in Water Colors
Expires in London.
London, March 2. Hlrked Foster, the
iirllst. died yesterday.
Blrkol Foster was born at North
Shields on Feb. 4, 1SU3. Ho was a mem-
j ber of the ltoynl Water Color Society
and nn honorary member of the Royal
Academy of Merlin,
During the early part or bis cat cur
he Illustrated many books, chiefly poet
ry; but in IMS he abandoned Illustrat
ing and became a water color painter.
Fisher Gets Decision,
Baltimore March Us. Hairy Fisher, of
Brooklyn, got the decision tonight over
Abe I'llinan. of Baltimore, In a UO-rouud
contest before the Kureka Athletic club.
Flshc-r pummelled the Ballimnri'un llerce.
ly nnd on several occasions tlie gong
saved ihe latter from a knockout.
Transport Crook Avrlves,
.Ww York. .March US. -Tin- rnltcd State
transport Crook arilvcil here tonight
having on board the bodies of tlio sol
diers who died during the campaign in
Porto UIco and tin boJles of 1171 soldiers
dead from Santiago. She will remain In
the bay all nlglit.
Senator Losch Still Speechless.
P)tiHvllle. Pa.. March .- Yesterday
3enutor Losch lapsed Into inieon"Clous
uesn and remained so for seveitt'l liourr
after which ho revived but wns unable
to speak and was still speechless today.
Dr. Shoemaker, of 1'lillndclphla, tins bee-n
nujiunoiicU.
QUAY WILL
REMAIN IN
THE FIGHT
Decision Made at a Meet-
of the Senator's
Friends.
OPINION OF PENROSE
Mr. Quay Will Remain a Candidata
for Senator Until the End, and If
There Is no Election by tho Pres
ent Legislature to Submit tho
Question to tho People in tlio Elec
tion Two Years Hence.
Hairlsbtirg, Match US. An Informat
conference of friends of Senator Qunv
was held tonight at the executlvo
mansion to discuss the senatorial sit
uation. Those present were Senator
Penrose, ex-State Treasurer Jackson,
of Apollo; General Frank Reeder, of
Easton; Insurance Commissioner Dur
ham, Kditor James L. Kverson ami
Duvid IL Lane, of Philadelphia: ex
Senator W. jj. Andrews, of Titusvillej
ex-Auditor General Mylln. of Lancas
ter and Attorney General Klkln. It
was decided that Mr. Quay would re
main a candidate for United States
senator, and if there Is no election by
the present legislature to submit th
question to 'the people In the election
two years hence for members of tin
legislature.
Representative Mare, of Huntingdon,
who has supported .Mr. Quay since lb
balloting begun, has written a letter
to State Chairman Klkln stating that
he Is dissatisfied with the alleged ef
forts of the senator to prevent the
election of a I'nlted Slates senator at
this session, ll r. Hare states also that
he knows of seven members who have
signified their Intention of withdraw
ing their support from Mr. Quay this
week unless they are given an oppor
tunity by the- senator's friends to vote
for some- other Republican whom there
Is a chance- of eiiectlng. Mr. Quay's
mummers, deny tonight that there are
any signs ot a bieak In their lines.
Senator Penrose's Opinion.
Senator Bolex Penrose, who nrrlvel
fiom Philadelphia this afternoon und
was in consultation with membeis of
the leglslatuie, made tlie follow ln--stutement
tonight. "'Within tho last
twenty-four hours 1 have ben In dlic r
cnniinunii-ailoii l.y wire with Senator
Quay. He is naturally pleased with
the expressions that have coino from
the Republicans of various counties
at t'u- recent rniniary elections, sus
taining ihe action of those members
of th'' leijlsl.lt in e who have stood by
the Republican caucus nominee on th--seuatoi-shlp.
The present senatorial
context involve!, grenier ptlnclples than
nit- presented by any individual cai.
illdac.v. While Senator Quay Is th
unanimous choice, of a legally held ciu-i-us
of Itepulillcaii members of the pre
sent legislature, participated In by ovi-i
two-thirds of the Republican membei -ship
of Hie general assembly, and wiiii
his. candidacy will be suppmted by his
friends vigoiously to the end yet to
every stalwart Itcpubllenn the l.su
involved Is blonder than his personal
canvass and x overshadowed by llm
question of tin maintenance of party
regularity and parly organization. Th.)
principle that the will of the miijoiitv,
legally antl freely expressed, must bo
sustained can be unquestioned. The n
can he no Intercourse or iievpill.itliint
looking to settlement or conipiornts-
with a bolting, factious minority. Such
a minority would doubtless 'm? glad nC
an opportunity to secure such roeor.ni
tion from tlie le'iulurs as would re-dor
them to standing in tin- regular organ
isation of the party which they hav
forfeited. Then? Is only one put'l open
to their return and that Is acquiescent -i
In the determination ,,r the majority,
olherwlite the political career of e-.-u-li
bolter will soon be finished. Already
the sweeping victories of tho regular
stalwart Republicans of Pennsylvum.i
who place paity success nbov- the
gratitlcailon of personal revenge or
misguided ambition affords unmistak
able evidence that the course of tho
regular Republicans In the legislator.
who sustain Senator Quay as the uom
Inee of the caucus will be ivcrvvhelm
Insly vindicated at the next state cmx
ventlon. Tlie regular Republican ele
ment will be In absolute control of that
convention and the result will be lhi
elimination from the Republican or
ganization of those who hnvft been
treacherous and unfaithful to It."
ATLANTIC LINER RETURNING.
North German Lloyd Steamship Be
lieved to Bo Disabled.
London. .Maich us. The North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Wlllehad, Cap
tain Von norell, which sailed from
Mrenien March 19. for New York, pass
ing Pravvle Point, March !2I, passed
the Lizard this morning going Into Fal
mouth. It Is supposed she Is retumtnn on
account of damage to her propeller.
Steamship Arrivals.
Now York. Match U.v.eie,uvd: Nuortl
laml, Antwerp: Kaber Wllhelm II, tHio.t,
Naples, etc. Salted: Kitlsur Frledrtch,
Bremen via Southampton- Nomndle, Liv
urpciol. Antw ip Ai lived: Western
land, New Voile.
WEATHER FORECAST.
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Washington. March "in. Forecast
for WedniMtii-; For eastern Penn
sylvania, uiiii, followed by clear
Inst and colder: Increasing north
easterly winds, becoming high
northwesterly.
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