tibum. orattto TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., TIltRSDAY MOHNING, AP1UL C, 1899. TWO CENTS. srfroffi H?y m rs$$3 PROBLEM OF SAMOA Commission's Negotia tions Liable to Be a Long Affair. MORE HASTE DESIRED England's Reasons for Deshing an Agreement Pending Final Results. Geimnny's Facificatoiy Measures. Her Supeisensltlveness Over Col onial Commercial Rivalries The Three Governments Anxious to Cccme a Rtttlement in the Near Futme. London, Apill 3 Though the thlee governments elcslie to expedite mat te! s In the arrangement of the per sonnel of the Samonn commission, it will piobabl.v lenutre some weeks to settle the piellminarles, with Wnsh hiKton the se.it of the dellbeiatlons. Futeseeing long and remote Investi gation and subsequent negotiation", the English foielgn oflke Is especln'l anxious to anange a modus Vivendi for temporal- adtnlnlstiatlon that will also aeit futthci embauassing plo tted lugs by the admlials and consuls on the giound, of which, at Muscat and elsewhere, Loul Salisbury has re cently had unpleasant experience. This deslie sulllciently explains the cautions Biltlsh acceptance of the commission. Woid comes "i urn Beilln that the new Get man lepiesentatlvo. now en loute to Samoa, mules lestialning hints to Gei man tiadeis theie. The Gei man foielgn olllce also llnds pre cedent In Blsmauk's londemnatioi) of acts of the German consul ten yeais ago in Samoa that will aid It In dott ing now w Ith Uaffel and Rose and in soothing sensitive Gel man opinion The ultimate Gei man aim is a filendly division of the Islands, to which piopnsitioii olllelal Berlin be lieves America will not oblect, If its coaling stat' n Is secured, English policy rather uwaits cautiously the re sults of the Inquliy. Angiy Gei man attacks are aimed now noie at England than America ' and come maiiil from Inesponslble i louinalK. Allowance must be made for German supei sensitiveness ovei colon al coimmulal ilvalries THE COMMISSION'S RULES. higland Expected to Agree to One of Unanimity. Beilln. A (a 11 r The negotiations be tween the Gei man minister ot foielgn nffahs, Ii.ii on von Buelow ; the United States ambassador, Andrew is. White, unci Biltlsh ambassador, sir Fiank C Lascelles, continue The repiesenta tive of Great litltaln still favors the majority uile within the proposed Samoan Investigation commission, Germany wants unanimity, according to the Heilin act, and the United States ascjulesee. Mr White said to day. "I believe that England will jleld to unanimity. The delaj In a decision Is piobably due to Lot el Sallsbuiy's ab sence. As a compiomlso I offered that each power appoint three commission ers with seven to decide. ISut this met with small favor. Germany thinks that it will not be dltllcult to secure unanimity with the commis sion If the commissioners aie Instiucted to be conclllatoiy " Ofllclal dispatches from Washington say the Ameiican lepresentatlves at Samoa have been Instructed to proceed cautiously and to retain to the status quo. All other lepoits, such as that the United States and Great Ilritnln will hold Gei many lesponslble for the deaths of blue-jackets dining the re cent fights, are baseless. TO OBSERVE DEWEY DAY. Pioclamation Issued by Governor Stone. Hanlbburg. April 5 The governor tonight Issued the following pioclama tion H authoilty of the eoncunent lesolu tlon of the Ic-sNIatuie of lVimsyhuiucI, unproved Mmeh .'1. l-s'iy. which iccognles Monda, Mav 1 IVi'i us the flisi nuiil veis.u.v of the victor) of the Ametlcaa squadron i.ommui'ded by Admiral Dewey, in which the Spanish licet w.is sunk In Manila huiboi, nm ot the greatest achievements In naval wurlnio the vvoild has eve! known: and to enable the peo ple of the common weal th of Puiiisil. Lvania to take part with the cltUuis of lather states In the piopoi observance of '.lid ela I Willlum A Stone, governor of the lommonwealth of Pennsylvania, do heie. u mime .Moneiav, Muj 1. 111, ,,s Dewey yaj and designate the same as a l g,i olldav and iccuniinend to the people ot o state us pioper uuservunce. WOMEN VICTORIOUS. They Scoop the Offices Against Men at Beattle, Kan. Heattle Kan., Apill 3 In the citv electloir here two tickets were in the field, one composed of w.omen mid the othei of men Mrs Chailes Totten was elected fot mayor and Mis. Chel don, Mrs. Schalght. .Mrs. Smith, Mia. KIrlln and Mis Watklns for council, while Miss O'Neill foi It 1 k won euslly. The women drove their own canlagcs thrown the blinding snow storm, cany Ing voteis to tho polls The police Judge, and marshal aie men. Captain's Daughter in Office. Cotteyvllle, K1.11., Apill 3. A claugliiei of Captain D 3 Klllott of the Twentieth K 1 sub regiment who was killed at Ma nila recently, was estciday elected city cleik without oppeiiilun, her mime in tug on both tickets. BASE BALL. April 5. i.'oiuoll, U, OIui Louisville, pics, 2. l ROUBLES. i .V . V Glasi6V.ctnufaoturers Sign Scale. Situation in Philadelphia. Mlllville, N. J., April G. Two big glass manufacturing linns today agreed to the teuns of the glass bloweis, making thto Huns to sign the agreement up to date They 1110 the Whitney Glasi company, who signed yesteuloy and Moltitlie Sr Co. and l'arkei Bros., ot ilildgotoii, who accepted this morning. Vice President Doughty, of the Glasi Blowers' union, was In Btlelgeton to day In conference with the non-union glass manufacture-is. This Is the last liailnt? thai will he given befoie the demands of the weakens will bp entu-d Into oi)eratlon. Piesldent Haves, of the Glass Plowois' union, addressed a, meeting In Clayton tonight. The strike will piobably be Inaugurated on Mon dny. Philadelphia, Apt 11 3. Todav about a doyen pollcenif n were detailed to guard a number of tailor shops owing" to the attack made bv stilkeis on Jacob Coo per's plate last night In which an ef fort was made to burn the establish ment. No distill banee occuned, how ever, and no more tumble Is anticipat ed. Warrants ate out for the curcst of the leadeis In last night's light. More than half of the pants makers have returned to work. Nineteen con tractor have signed the new scale and four others will do so today. CHEMICALS FOUND IN ARMY BEEF Traces of Boraclc nnd Salysillc Acid Discovered in the Refrigeiated Ar ticle Canned Roast Beef Not Suited to n Tropical Climate. Washington, Apill 5. The two prin cipal witnesses befoie the beef inquliy couit today wete Piofessor ItU'-sell II. Chittenden, of Yale college, and Dr. Samuel A. Cuttle, who was lieutenant colonel of the Second Now Jersey regi ment, which was stationed at Jackson ville dining the wai. Professor Chit tenden is one of the chemists selected by the government to analyze the can ned toast beef. He undented his re port, showing the beef geneially was good Chemicals lias been found by him in Its prc'paiations mid It was generally wholesome He, how even, expiessed doubt ns to w hethei the heat of a tt ep ic al climate would cause the fat m the cans to liquify and thus lender the food displeasing to the sight. Colonel Davis stated that most of the cans fiom which the samples weie taken tor analysis had been expose! to the he.it of tioplcal count! ios, some of the cans being hi ought fiom Havana for tli purpose of the test. Dr. Cuirle testified tint the refilg eiatoi beef supplied at Jacksonville had on some occasions made the men sick. He had made chemical tinalvsis of the be"', v.hlc'i In one case showed the piesencc of saljsille aeld and in an other of boiaclc acid Dr. Maus, chief surgeon of the Sev enth army coips. Colonel Huntington, of the Maiine coips, and Mi Raphael, Aimout's Xew Yolk agent, wete also heat d dining the day. Major Lee piesented moie of the cor respondence between Genet al Mile and the couit and put In a request on be half of the general that nine of the ICO witnesses whose names he had here tofore suggested be called, saying that they would testify concerning refilgor ator beef nnd chemically tteated beef. The court did not Indicate whether the request would be complied w Ith. THREE JURORS ACCEPTED. Pieliminanes in the Trial of Mrs. George. Canton, O., Apill C The stnto ex hausted its peremptory challenges to day In the elfoits to, obtain a Juty for I the ttlal of Mrs. Geoige for the inuider of .Mr. Geoigo D. Saxton, while the defense at the adjournment of court had twelve challenges left. Tluee I juiots were accepted. A special vcnlie was demanded by the state and court adjourned until tomouow morning. They will be from Massillon and A11I- ance. West and Hast Ohio, and less faml'lnr with the details of the ciimc. Sixteen aiu being summoned. Many may disqualify and as the de fense still has the light to lemovo twelve, It would be no surpilse 11 the next vonlie was exhausted and the juiy not completed tomouow. The Pope's Health. Home. Ain II 5. Drs. I.appc nl and Maz zoui have Issued an Informal denial ot the disciUletiliK stories cilcllluteU about the pope's hciillh They declare be fol lows his uua1 oceupatlons. giants au diences daily unci celebrates miss almost evety morning. Dr. L.epponl declares th- pope Is now In the same health ns ho has enjojed for tw 1 cr thuo eais part President Invited to Philadelphia. Washington, Apill 5-A prominent dele gation of Phllndclpl.lars, headed bv John II. Converse, called upon the piesiclent today and Invited bun to alund tho un veiling of the Giant statue at Philadel phia April 2'.'. The ju c sklent cxpicsM'd his Intel est in tho ecrcmonv and piomlsed to attend If circumbti nccs permitted. Steamship Movements. Xow Yoik. Apill B. Arilved. Anistcr dum, Itotterdam. Cleaud: Auguste Vlo terla, Hamburg via Cheibourg and Suiith ainpton. Sailed: Rotterdam, Kotterdam; New Yoik, Southampton; l-'ili slaud, Ant vveip; Majestic. Liverpool. Southampton Sailed: I.ihn, fiom Hie men, for Now Yoik, Annual W. C. T. U. Convention. Philadelphia. Apill S The twetitN llflh iiinuul conveulloii of the Women' dirixtlun Temperarce union of Penn Fltinlu will be held In the Olivet Pie" bterlan church, Twenty-second and Ml, Vernon HtrectB, this illy. October 1 to 30, Inclusive. To Build Steel Bildges. Philadelphia, Apill CI -The Philadel phia and Heading Hallwu company has awarded contlacts for the erection of six sliiRlo track steel bridges 011 the C'ata wlssa rallioad to the Pencoyd iron weiks of this clt. aid Smith J Campion, of Maliuiioj Cits Pennsylvania Pensions. W.illjtoii, April C These Pennsyl- vauluHnix have been Issued; Ortk'i- nil 'ML Ooodenouffh. Ulleyvlllo. Wa tMeiicrcane Paul Q, CatM, SUjuKforcl, J17 to 21. v , FEATURES OF BRBIERY INQUIRY CHAIRMAN FOW'S REMARKS ABOUT MR. TIMLIN. Information Furnished by Anony mous Communication Postmaster Haider, of Danville, Denies Asser tions That Have Been Made Against Him Tho Influence Brought to Bear on Mr. Poster. Harrl.sbuig, April . Mr. Wilson was called ut the opening of the afternoon sesnlon unci said he had no desire to divulge the inline of the pel sou who Is alleged to have offered him S5.00J to change his vote to Quaj, but if the committee Insisted he would give the name. The committee decided Wilson should name the party, wbetoupon he said It was ex-Keptesentathe John It. Byrne, of Scottdale. llnuv llovai'J, of Oieeiisburg, told of the visit he and Hdltor Ileuy, of the Latrobe Clipper, had made on Kepiesentative Young son, of Wcstnioi eland, during vvhli 11 Iieny Is alleged to have said to the member that lie was a poor man with a family and that It might be wi.itu his while to go with them to the Com monwealth hotel He denied that any such lemnik was made either by him self or Heny. 01 that any Inducement was offered to Youimson to vote for Colonel Huff. Mi Timlin, of Lackawanna, an svveied the lormal questions In tne negative, and Chalnnan Fow said that M, S. Collins and Thomas Hendiieks, of Jeimyn. who will swear that Timlin leeelved a sum of money fiom a man named Covle, have been subpoenaed to appear befoie the committee. Mr. Fow stilted the Infoimatlon about Timlin was furnished him by .111 aiioto mous letter, and that he had ascertained that Collins and Hendricks weie tellable persons Messrs. Kieps and McClain objected to Mr. Fow ex amining the witness on an anonymous communication The chalnnan said ho had no deslie to lellect 011 the mem bers integiity, that he had his confi dence and that he would not hear Mr. Timlin until after these two men hive been heaid On motion of Mr. Mc Clain tho mattei was oideied ta bo expunged fiom the iccoid The seigeant-at-arms was direct d to subpoenu .Mi Heme nnd Mr. Uaud', ol ilangoi, who was paid MO.OOO by the Business .Men's league foi fmnshli the information about the alleged at tempt to hi Ibe the Noithampton coua ty meinbcis. The committee th'n -id-jouined until 7 o'clock this evening. Danville's Postmaster. Chailes P Ila'dei, assistant postmas ter at Dim tile, was called at the even ing se-sion and denied that he told Hepiesent.itivo Foster, of Montoui, that If he v.-ent lute, the Republican sena toilal caucus and voted for Senator Quav he was authoilzed by Mr. Quay to say to I'ostot that he (Hauler) would be appointed postmaster. Hardei stated that Mi. Quav had never told him that he would be appointed If Foster went Into the caucus and voted for him. Ho admitted that he advised Foster to go Into the caucus, because he was elected us a Republican and insisted that he held out no Induce ment to him to attend the caucus or that he talked with him about tho post olllce when this conversation oc culted. "You can assign no leason for your neighbor making this charge against jou?" ' I cannot " "Then his statement about the post office Is a pure fabtlcatlon?" "It Is." "Did ou ever endeavor to Inlluence Mt. Foster's vote for Senator Quav?" "No sir." "Did yeai urge him to go Into the caucus. If he did not vote for Mr. Quav?" "Yes sir, and he said thete would bo no caucus." Haider said that he and Thomas ,T. Pilco weio applicants for the Danville post office, and by agreement with e-c-Congiessnnin Kulp, of Shamokln, he withdrew and Price was appointed and the wit i"-s sflected ns his assis tant. Mr. roster In leply to Harder pieented n letter fiom the latter dated Feb 2, ls9D, asking that he bo apnolnted deputy nostmaster by tho department Instead of Pi Ice Mr. Fostet said that he had wiltten Post master General Smith, nsking for Hauler's appointment nnd piodm-ed Mr Smith's letter In reply, which stated tint ox--Congiessman Kulp In sisted on Pi Ice's appointment and sug. g"stlng thnt Harder he aopolntecl deputy. Mr Hauler was lecalled and nsked It he even had any conversation In Haulsbuig with Mr. roster about the Danville post ofllre and ictdlecl that he had not. The commltto will meet at 2 o'clock tomouow afternoon. WILL MAKE A LOW RATE. Railroad Decide tho Giand Army Encampment Matter. Phildalephla, Apill & A Joint com mittee repiesentlng railroads In the Trunk Line and Cential pa&sengor tet iltorles met at the Hotel Walton to day to decide upon passenger latea to be put into effect dm Ing the G. A. It. encampment In this city next Sep. tembcr. A low rato was ndonted, but It will not be made public until the commit toes hold two lnuio meetings one In New Yoik next Tuesday, and one in Chicago on the following Wednesday Two Prlsoneis Bleak Jail. Cleat field, Pa.. Apt 11 & Kdwaid Vlard and James Mollis, both of this county, awaiting trial foi l.ucenv, made their es cape from Jail hero last nUht bj digging through the wall with a pick and lowei itu themselves to the giound bj meaim of a lope made from 0110 of their blank ets They weio not missed until todaj nnel had several hours' stmt when the fheilff's posse began a seaich for thein. I Election in Rhode Islnnrl. Provldei ce, II. I., Arill 3. A llsht vole vvus cast hi tho state election today. The indications at S oelufk point to the re election of Der (ttep.) for governor b over ROW piutnllt. The le-slsTaturr will Dd oM'iwhelmlrgly ilepubllcau as uauul. QUAY PREPARES FOR TRIAL. Spends the Gi eater Portion of tho Day in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Apill G. Ex-Unltcd Stutes Senator Quay did not go to Haiilsburg tonight and declined to say whether ho would go thero tiny day this week. He remained in this city ull day, and occupied the gi eater por tion of his time In consultation wltn his counsel, going over the ptepara tlons for the trial of himself nnd h.s son, Kichaid. The latter arrived fiom Florida this moinlng and Immediately Joined his father at the Hotel Walt-m. The ex-senator went to the ofllce of his senior counsel, Mr. Shapley, a"? euily as 11.30 o'clock. Hetc he wna Joined by David T. Wotson and Jo seph M. Svvuirington, of Plttsbmg, as sociate counsel, and a few minutes later by Hlchaid it. Quay and Insur ance Commissioner Durham. The con ference was not over until nearly 2 o'clock. The ex-senator declined to c.scuss the senatot tal situation, unJ in leply to lepeated Inquiries said that he was in the city only on legul busi ness. Dining the afternoon Mi. Quay and his son called on Geoige A. Huhn .fc Sons, who are his brokeis. Later In the day he had a long talk with A. S. 1. Shields, another of his couiuel In the case. He also visited Senator Pell lose at his home and confciraJ with Attorney General Hlkln Hlehard It. Quay tonight left for Pittsburg. PAYMENT OF CUBAN TROOPS. Likely to Begin in the Vicinity of Havana Within Two Weeks. Havana. Apiil 5. Dissolution of the Cubnn military assembly, announced In these despatches last night, does not cause any particular comment among the Cubans or Americans heie, such a i-top having been discounted two weides ago. The American miut.it y authori ties, while pleased that an obst-ud" to the dispo.al of the Cuban aimy has been lemoved, had ben preparing to , ell-tribute the $JO0l.0OO without the aid I ot the assemblj's lolls, by causing to be drawn up duplicate lolls. In that woik the piovlncial governors were co-operating with the Cuban commanders In their piovlnces. In addition, the as , sembly rolls aie being verified and cot 1 leeted bv Independent Infinities, though I that til- mav l.v-t another month Hut in spite of that, the distilbutlon of 1 money to the Cuban soldleis will pos sibly be be gun in the vicinity of Hav ana within a foi might. The geneial rules contt oiling tho ills- ti'liution ate to exclude all men who have enlisted since July IT, ISO, and to I exclude foi me: soldiers holding govern ment positions or belonging to the ru 1.1I guauls, iirst paying each private and non-comml'sioned ofbeer $100 T hen, If as expe c ted, a balance re mains, $100 will be paid to each officer. It, after that, theie is nny monv left, It will be disposed of as the president dliccts. . r TRAGEDY AT ALBANY. Walter R. Jackson Kills Wife, Child and Himself. Albany, (la, Apill 5 Walter H. Jackson one of the most prominent young men of Albany, killed his wife and three-months-old child and then shot himself dead in his home here last night. Jacl-son is supposed to have mur dered his family and then slain hlm lf in a fit of desperation caused by the loss of his position as cashier and bookkeeper of a local thin. Jackson and his wife were among the most popular peonle of Albany and everybody thought their home life seiene and happy. This morning a servant went to the 100m and found the dead bodies. The baby was held In its mother's aims and the lifeless form of husband and wife weie sti etched on the bed side by side. The only occupant of the house ewcopt the Jneksons was Mis. Kdwaul Itich-aul-on. Jackson's grandmother, who did not heat the shots. - - BREAK FOR LIBERTY. Twenty-Five Gills in nn Industrial School Escape. Chllllcothe, Mo., Apill 0 Twenty-five Inmates of the state Inelustilal homo for Inconlglble glils In this city made a lncuk for liberty. Alined with butcher knives and other vi capons they diove back the gaurds, but were Imallj liin down and cap tuieel by the police aftel a Ion.,' chase. Republicans Take Rhode Island. Provide nee 15 I. Apill fi The state cleHllon toda lesultod In a Ite publican victor. The eutlro Kcpubllcan staie ticket was successful and the geneial as. senibl) will he Republican bj a large ma jot Itv. The Socialist vote was large la the cities and manulactuilng towns, iaghty districts out of Jul in tho state rive for governor, Dju. ilepubllcau, 3b M2. Greene Dcmoeiat, !VJ, llenlck So cialist Lalior, 1,017, Peckham, Prohibi tion, l.OIJ. Homeopathic Medical Society. Haiilsburg, Apill 5 The) board of tx unilueis representing the" Homeopathic Medical socle t ol Pennsylvania held their annual meeting today in this city. Dr. Augustus Kornelctfe r, of Philadelphia was re-elected president. The next ex amination of applicants for license to piactlce medicine hi Penus lvania will be belli June 20 to 21. Ctook Sails for Santiago. New York April 5. 'lho United States ttanspoit Crook sailed today foi San tiago to bring back nnothei consignment ot bodies of soldleis and sailors fiom the 1,'JOO more bodies which have been accu mulated, ot which iiJ bodies of soldiers were biought hero by her ua her last tilp. Guilford Trial Postponed, llildgepoil. Conn., Apill C The trial of Nancy A. Guilford, elmrgiel with the murdei of Ihnma GUI, has bein post poind until Tuesday next, to await the lesult of Juror Gregory's Illness, The Jul or who Is about i'iO years of age, Is threatened with pne-umoiilu. Pennsylvania Postmasters. Washington, April f, - PeniiHjlvunla postmasters, for oliices of the fouith flass, were appolntid today as follows: Clifford, Susquehanna county. IJ, T, Ben netli l.lbeily Ccineis, Bradford, Frank O, Van NnHti Scutt, Lackawanna, C. Ci. Hleillhy. STATE EXPENSE APPROPRIATIONS OVER FIFTEEN MILLION RE QUIRED NEXT TWO YEARS. Ordlnaiy Expense, Interest on Pub lic Debt and for the Support of Schools Bills That Have Passed Finally Baldwin Mercantile Tax Bill Considered in the Senate. Measures Intioduced. Harrlsbuig, April R. The general ap propriation bill, nppropi luting $15,800, OflO for tho ordlnnry expenses of tho state government, Interest on the public debt and for the support of the public: schools lor the next two fiscal years was lead the first time today In the house. The bill appropriates $1,102, S13.2C for the ex-penses of tho executive brandies of the state government, us follows: Hxccutlve department, $."0,593.20: state department, J&S.100, auditor general's department, $92,'J00; tieasury depart ment, $34,800; attorney general's de partment, $.'"),)00; department of in ternal affairs. $130,000, banking depart ment, $102,000: depuitment of public instruction, $42,400; adjutant genaal's department. $42,600; state library, $41,-330- public buildings and grounds, $b2. 00; board of sinking fund commlsslon ei s, $1,500; board of pardons, $7,600; depaitment of agriculture, $110, S00; de partment of public printing and bind ing, $5,900: board of revenue commis sioners, $2,4'(i- factory Inspector's de partment, $7S,000, Philadelphia harbor I ofllccs, $110,100 medical council, $3,000: I dental council, $1,301; college nnd unl veislty council, $l,ono j The bill appropriates J1.3!4i00 to the 1 judiciary department and $3I7,C7G.7U to the legislative bianch as follows: Senate, $13-.,r,S.70. house of lepre sentatlves, $412,33s. Mr. Peoples, of Lancaster. Introduced ' a bill taxing game and fish caught In the sti earns of the state. Sportsmen ami fishermen are required to go before justices of the peace and make oath ot the amount of fish caught and pay the tax to the county trcasuier. The bill rixes the tax at from cent to 13 cents per pound according to the kind of llsh I A bill taxing oidcrs.checks, dividends, coupons, pass books or other papeir, u-piesenting wages or earnings of an employe not paid In cash to the employe ot member of ills family was defeated. The Hosack bill providing for the pay ment of one-third of one per cent, upon the- capital now rctually employed in (Vnn-ylvanla or foreign coiporatlons, limited partnerships nnd Joint stock associations, passed finally. Bills That Have Passed Finally. These bills also passed finally: Appreciating $108,300 to the Mor ranza Reform School, $124,000 to the Hasten n penitentiary, $149,000 to the Feeble Minded Institution of Western Pennsylvania; $210,000 to the Pennsyl vania Institution foi Deaf and Dumb. Mr. Colvllle, of Philadelphia, called up the conference committee report on the bill Increasing the number ot employes In the senate and house. The original bill called for twenty-seven employes, but aa amended in commit tee it creates only twelve new places. The bill provides for four committee cleiks In the house, two committee clerks in the senate. Janitor of the elevator, a day watchman, a property clerk, a property janitor, chief pages of the senate and house. The report was repected. In the Senate. The Baldwin mercantile tax bill was a special 01 dor on second readinsr In the senate this morning. Mr. Miller, of Herks, opened the debate by pro posing that the graduated sale of tax ation be dispensed with; that retail storekeepers be taxed one mill on th dollar and the wholesaleis half as much. In suppoit of his amendment Mr. Miller said that the constitution demanded a uniformity of taxation and according to his opinion the bill as framed Is unconstitutional. Mi. Brown, of Lawrence, opposed the amendment. He said he favored letting well enough alone; that the bill would equalize the meicantlle tax; that the small shop keepers, If the bill became n law, would not have to pay more hereafter In piopoitlon to the business tiansacted than the big de paitment stoics. After a further debate, in which Mr Fllnn stated that the merchant prlnc of Philadelphia had told him he favoied the bill, the asseitlon of Mr. Drown, of Lawrence, to the contrary notwith standing, the amendment was adopted by a vote of 26 to 13. The section as amended vvns agieed to. Upon motion of Mr. Grady, the iev enue bill piovlding that where any pel son, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall maintain more than three places In one county, a tax of $300 a ear for each stoie over that number shall be paid, was recommit ted to the committee on Judiciary special. DEATH OF LILY POST. Opeia Singer Succumbs to Heait Falluie in nn Asylum. San Ftanclsco, April C Lily Post, the opera singer, is dead of heait failure, She was taken to the Insane asylum on Monday by her son, who had tumble In lestrainlng hei. On Tuesday she was stricken with heart trouble and died peacefully. Jury Condemns a Otade Crossing. Hurrlsbiirg. April j The coionor's jury completed Its Investigation todav into thn decapitation of Mrs. Amaneia J McWIl llams, aged GO years, by a shifting engine at tho Philadelphia und Heading rail load grade erossp.g In this city last nlgnt. The Jury condemns tho crc.sslng "as an houtly mei aco to the lives ot th iltl ens of Harrlsbuig and Dauphin county." State Bank. Examiner. Pittsburg. Apill 6, 1 H. Mulkle, lor tlie past six or nuen years rashici of 'he Plisl National bonk of Coiry, anlved hi the city today to assume the duties of state bank examiner. He succeeds A. ti. Glow, of Lock Haven, and will remain here suveral da s to assist Uxamlnprs Law and Cochian, who aro now at work here. TUB NEWS THIS M011NINU Weather Indication Today: FAIR, 1 General Humors Tliut Agulnaldo Has Deen Deposed. Wrestling with the Samoan Question. Work of tho Legislature. Jury Hill Investigation 2 General News of Pittstoti. Financial and Commercial 3 Local Increasing Attend incc at the Te-achers' Institute. City Hanks Do Not Favor the Now York Check Order. I Helltcnlal. Yankee Genius In Havana. 3 Local Tvvltchell-Wlnton Nuptials. Scranlon Will llavo 11 Nut und Holt Works. I Local West Srranton and Stibuibau. 7 News Round About Seranton S Local Da v's Doings In the Com is. Meeting of tho Hoard of Health. ANTIS VOTE FOR HUFF. Result of the Sixty-seventh Ballot for Senator. Hairlsbuig, Apill 3. The mitt-He-publlcans cast their votes for Colonel George F. Huff, of Greensbuig, ut to day's Joint ballot for United States senator. A meeting of the "Insurgents" was held this morning, al which It was de cided to shift from Judge John Stew ait, of Chainbeisbuig, to Colonel Huff. The colonel's candidacy made no Impression on the follow e'ts of Senator Quay, tho Republican caucus nontlnee.anct George . Jenks, the choice ot the Democratic caucus. He received the votes of the two Westmorland members Hargiave and AVllson who have been voting with the antl-Quayltes rrom the be ginning. Senator Brown, of Westmore land, a Quay Republican declined to vote and Messrs Stevens ana Young son, of AVostmoreland, voted for Air. Quay as usual. Colonel Huff ha serv ed! In congress from the Twenty-fouith Pennsylvania district and at huge He was the choice of some of th anti Quay Republicans fioin tho opening of the contest until It was dee ided to con centrate on one candidate This was the sixty-seventh Joint ballot. The vote was as follows: Quav j', Jenks 7 Huff on Total L'U Necessity to a choice. 105; paired or not voting, ti WIFE ELOPES WITH A BOY. Strange Infatuation of a Woman of Nearly Foity. Baltimore, Mel, April 5. Mis. Allen Ashman, a pretty woman of 33, de serted her husband and little daughter yesterday at Weems, Lancaster coun ty, Va and eloped with Llewellyn Ashman, a youth of 18 and a first cousin of her husband. They arrived here on a steamer this morning and the woman went to the tesldence of her sister. Dr. W. J. Newhlll. of Virginia, who was a passenger on the steamer, had heard of Mis. Ashman's Infatuation for the boy and ndvlsed them to teturn home Immediately. Mrs. Ashman, the doctor says, confessed to him a mad 1 Infatuation for Ashman which she could not resist. She declared that her husband, aftar upbraiding her, ..ad told her that she had better go away with his cousin; that he would get a divorce, and then she could marry the boy. She had begged her husband, she said, to take her back, but he had refused, and now she would marry her companion ns soon us her husband obtained a di vorce. KNIGHTS HONOR SOLDIERS. Fellow Members Welcomed Back by Seranton Council, K. of C. , Seranton council, No. 2&0, Knights of Columbus, held a reception last eve ning at Its 100ms on Wyoming avenue In honor of thiee of Its membeis who weie lecently mustered out of the volunteer service. The pel sons thus honored were Corpoial Hlchaid J. Bourke, the flist grand knight of tho local council, who leslgned the olllce because of his absence with the icgi ment; Morris Hmbtey and Lieutenant Thomas P. Muiphy, all of the Thir teenth regiment. A laige number ot the membeis of the council wen- present lei welcome their associates and biotheis. The house committee, under the di rection of Lectuiei T P. Dufly, had charge of the arrangements for the re ception and they deserve hearty com mendation lor their work. Lectin er T. P. Duffy pteslded as toastmaster and displajed i.ire discrimination In the selection of speakeis for the 10 sponses. The honor ot extending the welcome of the council to the soldlei -members was accorded to John M. Gunstei. He acquitted himself In his usual fuult less style He Informed the soldier boys of the gieut rtgiiul the councils felt for them, not only because of their soldiering expeilenee, but for their manly qualities und true patriotism. The response to Mr. Gunstei s nihil ess wns mudo by Richard J Bouike. In 11 modest way, in behalf of himself and his eomiudes, he recounted some of th" cxprlenees of camp life and told of the delight he expeilenced in meeting other membeis of the unlet, both In the- other regiments and In southern cities. T.aisls we're also lesponded to by Monls I'mbu-y, Lieutenant T P. Mur phy. Grand Knight T. J. Duggan. At torneys M. I. Donohoe. M. J. McAn divw. Dr. Price, Olypbant. P. McCiea, J. .' Collins. F. J. McAndlew and many others, Tho council double qu.utette tendeied seven ul pleasing glees and chemises and recitations bv vailous membeiH. not ably II. P. Mellett, concluded an enter tainment that was most enjoyable and served Its Intended purpose Uttlngly. Wirelebs Telogiaphy. Palls, April 3. In view of ihn muccss of the e'xpeilmi'Ms with the Marconi sys tem of wireless t'lcgrauh acioss the strait of Dover, the authoiltles propose lo transmit messages to Ihrjlaud fiom Pai Is. Tho terminal here will probably be the KUTil towei. tho distance to South Koi eland being 27) miles. RUMORS OF A NEW LEADER General Antonio Luna Will Succeed Aguinaldo. SHELLING OF DAGUPAN Rebels at the Coast City of Western Luzon Open Flic on the Boat fioin the Charleston and Wound an. Officer Quick Punishment Fol lows Reading of the Pioclama tion at Vailous Cities of Luzon. Manila, Apill 5, U.23 p. m. Theie alls persistent rumots today that Aguln aldo, the Insuigent leader, has been supplanted In the council of Filipino affalis by Geneial Antonio Luna, com-mnnder-ln-chlef of the Filipino foices. Luna Is descilbcd us a typical belllgei ent. April 0, II 44 a. m. The United State ciulser Chin leston, which has been cruising along the west coast of Luzon, to the north, sent a boat In shore near Dagupan last Saturday to make sound ings, The rebels opened file, wounding 11 United States olllcer The ciulser thereupon bombauled the town, the In sui gents evacuating It. The Proclamation. Manila. Apill 3. .?" p m The proc -laiuatlon of the United States Philip pine commission was posted in the streets, printed In Ungllsh, Spanish and Tagalos today. It was also dlsti Unit ed In the outside towns, as far as Mal olos and has been received with mai li ed attention by the natives generally and has been appioved by a number of representative Manllans. Kngllsh baiiKeis heie who have been Intfivlewed on the subfect arp optimis tic upon the attitude of the Ainerlcails, assuming that tt Indicates that the de ceive pjlley will undoubtedly be auc-ce-stul. A Spanish brnkei who was Intel view ed expressed fr.it that the proclamation will not teach the masses controlling tlv rebellion, because, be explained, the Filipinos at Manila aie mostly domes tics and clerKs who have no definite opinions and the wire pullers outside of the city have undoubtedly Intel cop ted it. Continuing the Spanish banker said that if the proclamation had been is sued on May 2, or even on Aug 14 of last year the lesult would have been dlffeient, as In bis opinion, based on twenty years' experience, the onlj argument which appeals to the masses here Is the gun. The editor of the Oceania thinks the! proclamation Is the most politic docu ment ever published In the Philippine islands, and that It Is bound to con vince the wavering of the folly ot further hostilities. The Ungllsh merchant says tho Irst clause, with icference to the estab lishment nnd maintenance of Ameri can society and warning the rebels, should settle the question In the mini of every thinking Filipino. A Scotch ship owner thinks it does not leave any further doubt as to the policy of the United States, and tnat consequently Agulnaldo must submit to tho Inevitable, as the continuance of hostilities Is oppo.-ed to the best in terests of the Filipinos. DITCH CAVED IN. Woikmen Injured While at Work; Tifteen Feet Below the Surface. Joseph Cromponl und .1 fellow work man weie caught In a c.ive-ln vvhlln woi king In a ditch on Mulbeny strc t esterday just alter the noon hour. The elite h Is being dug for 11 sew-r main, and where the men were Is tut fifteen feet below the surface. Ciompeinl was bruised and his left leg above the ankle was fiactuied. He was lemoved to the Lackawanna hos pital The other fellow was inmo Ulghtened than lujuieei and was noiu home by the boss. WERE WITHOUT LIGHT Two Bicyclists Artested for Non-Ob-seivance of the Law Two young men, one named Hunts man, of Gieen llldge, the other un known weie at tested by Pattolmen Hait and D.i last night for ildlng without lights on their blejeles The young men left their wheels aa seeuilty and will be given u heailiitj this moining bv the mayoi. The Windsor Dead. Nu York April 3. Tho sixteen uniel. i. tllleel bodies found in the ruins of ihn Windsor hotel and taken to the morgue weie tuteiled ill .Ml Kensleo ecmcteie. today. Miss Gould Remembeis Fiiemeu. New Yoik. Apill 3 -Miss Helen M. Gould sent a cheek tor !l,0t) to the New ork flu- department tod ly to be dovotfd to the lelluf tunc! of the depaitment. Minimum Term Bill Signed. Hairlsbuig, Apill ." - Governut Stone today appioved thee bill extending the minimum school term tu seven mouths DEATHS Or A DAY. Lebanon, Pa Vpiil 3 i:-Muyoi Al beit Gairett, aged i ears, died seal dfiily this evening fiom 1 unisostlim of tho brain, lie was 1 vcteian of the civil war. WEATHER FORECAST. WasliliiBic.il Apill 3- I'oiecast 101 Thin selaj : l'ii mucin IVmisvl vanla. fair Tluiisda), with liieiuui lug cloudlne-ss tow aid nUht, possi bly mill Friday, winds shifting lo -f -f flesh noitbensierly tlttttttttttt I
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