X&mfo "" .iVSftirJI? - TWO CENTS. f&S sfiS SCRANTON, JAM THURSDAY' MORNING, APRIL 33, 1890. TWO CENTS. .ta ov i ' THE si en iJUl IS RULED OUT Not Considered by Judge Biddle as Proper Evidence in the Quay Case. It Was Not Found Among- the Books of the Bank at All Lawyers for the Defense Disappointed That All Books Were Not Excluded Argu ments on the Manner of the Introduction of Bank Books A Point in Quay's Favor, Philadelphia. Apt II 12. Senator Quay gained u paitlal advantage In c-ottit luilnj bv the appaient letusal of Judge Blddlo for tin- present at least to ad mit as evidence against him tho lu nioiis "red hook." which has Itemed soptomlriently In the trill and which Is alleged to contain the key to the i use of the commonwealth. This book was found In the desk of Cashier Hop kins of the People's bank, alter the Institution had closed Its doms, and that Indhldual had taken his own life. It Is an ordinary da -book about twelve Miches long und eight Inches wide with about two bundled pages. Twelve pages ate deoted to what the proseiutintt ehntges Is Hopkln'.s record of his inuiMiL'tloiib in nionej deposited b.v Mn state treasurer for the nd antage ol Senator Quay. It contains entiles eteiidlng oer seve'ia! oais and Ugutes ate written in it whkh nppatentlv show the calculation of In tel est on sums of money apptoxlm.it lug the slate deposit, less vet tain de duetlons foi the benellt of Senator ejuav These tlgutps, the pioseeutlon alleges weie "posted" ftoni the ted i,...i. -. .i ... . . . Munis in me leguiat leoger oi tne iiank containing Senator Quhj's nccouiu. In passing upon the question of the ,id misslbilitv of the led hook Judge iild dle said It does not strike nie that knowl edge ot the book has been brotic-ht home tr Senntoi Quay It was not found among the books of the bank at iiP It was, loiind in a diawer, not In the ouleilj shape In whlih books of i public Institution aie kept, but crowded In with a sort of rubbish, nnd an investigation ot that book revealed these figures J , not ..itihtu.,, theie foie that this book has been made competint evld. me against Senator Quay.' This decision was pan ot an dial "Pinion b the judge In which he es tablished the point that the iegui.tr books of the bank weie admissible -ls testiinonv Ulstilct Attorney Bother me (tulcklj saw the disadvantage the Inttei pan of the opinion placed him In nnd hi sprang to his feet to nssuio the comt that he had not aigued foi the admission of the ted book, had not loimatlv otfeu-d it in evideme and might not tlnd It necessaiy to make such ofter Judge Diddle leplled that he had undei stood the aigument ot es terdaj and this morning to be on the idmls-dnn of .-J 0f the books and pa leis, but in Mew ot Mr Uothetmel's statement In would withhold his e ilslon on chin book until it is legulaily off -ied and the question nigued. Coun sel for Mr Quay seeing their advant age Insisted that they hud Included th. led book In their aigument ng.ilnn the admission ot the books, hut the Judge dismissed the matter fin. the present Commonwealth's Claims. Tl'e ummonwealth contends that al though the ied book was kept by Cash let Hopkins in a sepaiate (dmpait meat aiuij tiom the e.ves of the other emplojes t was ne.ess.uily a pan of the bi.okk.eping sjhtem of the banl nod it will have to bo submitted to corioboiate and explain entiles In Sen alor (Jun s account In the ledgei The law vers for the defense wci evi dently disappointed at their falluio to seeuj-e Hi. ex. Union of all the books of tu '..ink md thus pi actually destroy tin eas. f the piosecutlon It Ins lrell iiul.,., 1 .1... . ... "" i.i-eem.; . , " '. . .. " r ". l,l"ou s ' ' "" VillMJ IIS IOI I mi, " ui miiKiiiK a light against the books All of the evidence piaetkally ageinst Scutot Quay is docuiueiuniy n th -hope of letlets and book en r.e.s and the attitude of his counsel ins ei ,-ij indicated a puipoo to fight t" he uei end against the Intio iiiiilm i-i such evidence-. Their fail ure I. this uspect was not complete le.wev.-i ,es they have appnienlly se ctiu'd the exclusion of the vital evi-den.-e ..iiuiined In the little menior iindum ' nl; known for purports of idtntitl. ati.m ns the "ied book." which gains Its title fiom the fact that tho -ompiuatle.ns of Intoiest In It weio mado In led ink b Hopkins. They were unsuciessful in the eftoit to keen out the letteis and telegrams wilt ten by Senatoi Quuy to Hopkins, dliecllng him to make certain tiansai-iions In clocks These weio mi m,i(U, pujlIc ut tho time of Senator Qiuv'h piellm lnaij heating In October UM. Tho letters aio In Senator Quav's handwriting with ono or two excep tions VII of ihls afternoon the lawveis ar giud at cioss putposes on the manner i' th . Introduction of tho bank books. Th' distilct attorney wanted to avoid th physical inconvenience' (f bringing Into eouit seveial wagon loads ut ltd- BOOK gcis and accounts books, asking that they be Idontllied In a lump and sep al ate books bt ought into coutt as need ed. The defense would not consent to this and the matter was still under discussion whtn coutt adjourned until toinouow. RED BOOK HELD UP. Judge Biddle Not Satisfied That It Is Evidence. Philadelphia. Apill 12. When lourt opened for the thlid dav of the tllal of e-Senator On.iv. tlu.e.. nu ..,. t.. dieation on all sides that the oiitlcal point In the nimin ,n,.,,n. i. ,.i been reached, namely the question of the admission of the books of the I tank as ivld. nie. and espe( allv those doe- timenls found In the ptlvate desk of Cashtir Hopkins The masterly lo- leal aigiimpnls made vesterdav bv j)1- vld T. Wat-on, counsel for MT bu-i'v in opposition to their aclnii-slou cen- daily, and specificalb to the piivato letteis wiittcn by Quay to Hopkins, which were Identified bv Teller Tabor, wn the subject uppeimost In the pub lic mind A decision in favor of the defeiisi vlttuallv means the lollapsc of the tiiul, while the admission of tho books mnv piove a seilous blow to the defendant. Distilct Attorney Itothermcl began his ieply to .Mr. Watson, uiglng the nd nilsdou of i he books ot the bank. Ills lifbt point was that all manner of crim Proven by eh etinisUintia; evidence. ' "o ' inal tlintges were stab ished mul the cilme of conspliacv being frequently. piovm in this w.ij. Mr. Itiitheimel bore slionglv on lho continued iia.vment of inteiest on -the commonwialth's deposit in the Peo ple's bank to Senntor Quav. lie of fered to prove by letters and telegiams that Mr. Quay was hot rowing money fiom the bank for the pui chase of 'tock and that he paid no Interest on these moneys. This continued loan ing of money, Mr Hotliennel contin ued, was in fiiitheiaiue of the con spltaey between Cashier Hopkins, State Tieasuier Havwood and Senator Quay. He took up the petlod for six months ending October, 1SU7. when tho commonwealth's deposits varied fiom $.-.20,000 to $5C0O00 During this time, he said, Mr Quay had a loan of $ls.", ooii and paid no Inteiest, Ho pro posed to show by the wilting on one of the bodies, the now famous "ied book. that Hopkins had caiefullv computed interest on the amount of this deposit not used by Quay, which Interest was divided into tlireo r,!iit I ... . .- ' 1 two or which weie deposited lespec-1 lively to the credit of Havwood and Quay, the remnlnlng patt going, Itwni alleged to C. M. McKee. or Pittsburg. He inouosed to show the verv scheme,! he said, which was ado'dod to c m-I ceal the opeiatlon fiom the other I clerks of the bank. Quny Indebted as an Endoiser. Mi Rothermol said he would show that on Oct 1. 1S9T, Mi. Quay was in debted to the bank as endorser for his son In the sum of $100,000, and how that debt was created. Ho would show that the dheetois agieed to discount the note provided a ceitnln letter was obtained fiom State Tieasurer Huv wood guaranteeing the deposit of an cqunl amount. This letter Is ono which tho distilct uttoiney Is endeavmlng to have ad mitted, and hopes by It to prove tho existence of the alleged w llful conspir acy. It is geneially legatded as the most damaging pleco of oviden-e "Bainst lllchuid It. Quay Continuing Mr. Itotheimel said he would piove Mr. Haywood leeelved In teiest on that $100,000. On the question of books not being competent evidence because entiles In them Involving Senutor Quay was made by thlid parties. Mr. Hothermel maintained that such entries mndo contemporaneous with tho acts they stated to can be admitted as clicutn stantlal evidence All of tho entiles wore made by cleiks on tho direction of ('ashler Hopkins, nnd wero theie foie piactlcally made by him fiom llg uies euteied by Hopkins In the "u-d book." All the entiles were Indisput able evidence of the i.Ulllcatlon of tho conspiracy between Quay, Haywood und Hopkins Hopkins acted, he said, virtually under tho direction and con trol of Senator Quay, and the books of tho bank thercforo become, for tho purposes of proof of conspiracy the books of Quay himself Quay as the Bank's Depositor. When Mr. Rothermol concluded Judge Biddle asked. "Mr. Quay was a depositor In tho bank, wah ho not?" "Yes, sir: but these tiaiiHactlons are out Inly outside of his deposit." Continued on Pago 4.J " BUSINESS LIVELY IN LEGISLATURE MEASURES CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Hosack Bill Falls on Final Passage. Scheme on Foot to Amend the Constitution BUI to Create an Assistant District Attorney Falls to Pass Appiopiiatlons Reported. Harrlsburg, Apt 11 12. The first half ot the morning session of the house was consumed In discussing the Ho sack bill amending the general corpor ation net of 1ST4 ho ns to authorize tho formation of corporations for any law ful putpoe not otherwise piovldtid foi' b the net. Mr. Hosnek could not es timate the piobable revenue It would raise, but stated that It It had been u law for n year past, tho state treus ui y would liuve been a half million dollnrs richer. Ho knew of two Penn sylvania cotporatlons which had gone to New Jersey for chai tors that w ottlil have paid over S.'oo.nno bonus Into tho state treasttiy. Mr. Hosack said theso cotpoiullons Fecure a chatter olse- wheie and then operate In Pennsyl vania while from either the state gets nothing their capital stock or bonds, the counties only locally tning tlieir plants. Mr. Bliss, of Delawat , insisted that the measuio was not la revenue bill ond had no right on the calendar as Its real purpose was to luciik down the corpouitlon law ot tho Kate. Tho bill was laid aside to take up several bills on special oider. The following passed finally: Annuitizing the employmttit of male prisoneis of Jails and workhouses. S hours a day. except on Sunday and holldas; extending the provisions of the net of June 2, sst, relating to the condemnation of turnpikes, toads and hlghwajs, so us to authorize the con- lemn.ulon of anv turnpike, road or highway in whole- or In part located furnish smile lent money for all charl lipcn tho line dividing two counties tins. and to assess the damages payable to : The governor appioved the bill the own"r or ow tiers thereof equitably granting consent to the acquisition by beiwiut such two counties; amending the United States of land at Wilkes- t',PUrt of I""0 s-"i relating to man eiamus, etuiiigmg the common pleas of county in which the -eat of gov- I f'imn"nt '" ,r ma bt' loiated to l.s-tte wr,t, of ,mi,ll'1,"lf'- The TJaldwIn dluet Inhetitance tax ,'1" as nint-'mUHl R as to limit the 't'B't0' f"cs to not more than 20 ' u,"n nny ptitat0 nl"1 tll" Pas-ed thlid 'eaiimg. i ne ijosuok bill was again taken up nnd after a shoit sneei h against It bv Mr ir.isfui. of Venango, it failed on lln.il jiassnge. To Amend Constitution. Speaker Fair uuiiouikcm) the appoint ment of Messis Palm, of t'lawfoid; AVadsworth, of Philadelphl.i, and Rich mond, of McKeun, as a committee on the patt of the house to confer with similar committees fiom tho legisla tures of oth."- stutes with n view to bringing about an amendment to the tedeial constitution to provide for the !t'?. , V"' Licsldent ami United Slates .senator by a direct vote. The Keatnr .11 to pi event the pollti- tlon of the water supply (Jf cities of I me ium miss passeu unany at tno af ternoon session of the house. These bills also passed finally: Re pealing the fiist and second pioviso9 of the elec tlon section ot the act of April 2, 1S0S, i elating to the fees of ceitaln olllcers, piovldlng that "the act shall not applv to the counties of Alle gheny, Lancaster, Montgomeiy, Phila delphia. Washington and Heaver, be and the same aie lieu by repealed." Authoilzlug election assessors in cltles of tho Hi st class to take a census of school children at least once a jear In older to enlorce the piovlslons of the act of July 1.1, ISO", relating to the distilbutlon of public school fund. To tax all oulers, checks, dividends, coup ems, pass books or other paper repie sentlng wages or earnings of an em l'loye not Paid In cash to the employee '" ,nel",ur of his family, to provide " a report to the auditor geneial of .1, n cn.nn n .. .1 fr .1. (..tl .. . iov name twiu mi uic 1UI1U1C lO UUlhe lepoits. The bill to piovide for the punish ment and prevention of cruelty to an imals was defeated. These bills also passed finally: To allow medical colleges to confer diplomas In public health; amending tho net of Juno 20, iS')j, relating to boulevaids, to reduce the minimum road bed of boulevaids from SO to !0 feet; relating to re-Insurance and the tiansactlon of business by lite Insui nnce companies or associations other wise than through lesident ngents. to authoiize county commissioners to build bildgea or to furnish money to aid In building bridges In boioughs, ho erection of which would require moi o expense than It Is leasonnble that tho boroughs wherein It Is to bo located should bear; to provide that the itreabuieis of the several counties or city co-extenslve with a countv, shall transmit annually to tho state tieasuier the one-fomth part only or such portion only ns tho common wealth is or may be legally entitled to letaln of the tax collected on property subject to taxation for state put poses; making unlawful the wilful Injury to or obsti action of side paths, declaring such injury to bo n misdemeanor. A bill creating tho office of assistant district attorney In all counties hav ing a population of less than one hun ched nnd fitty thousand inhabitants and exceeding seventy-five thousand Inhabitants and piovldlng that where the court of quaiter sessions is of tho opinion that such nn offer Is necessary he shall be paid from tho funds of the co'inty for which he Is nppolnted was dc fcated The house concurred In the senate wolutlon authorizing tho governor to appoint thirty commissioners to tho Paris exposition. Appropriations Reported. Tho following nppropilatlon bills wc-io reported: Wat ten Emergency hospital, $1,000: St. Mary's hospital, Philadelphia, $1,000; Lock Haven hos. pltnl, 2.000; Lackawanna hospital, Sorantou. $3,000; Mercy hospital, Wllkes-Bnrte, $5,000, Meoclvlllo City hospltul, $1,000; City hospital, Mead vlllc. $3,000: W. V Powell, second lleu tppnnt, Co. I, Ninth regiment, for disu tility Incurred nt the Hazlotou riots, $"".0: Children's Aid society, Went nionlaml, $2,000, Todd hospital, Car lisle, $1,000: St. Trancls hospital, Pitts bvrg, $3,000; Wagner's Free Institute, Philadelphia, $1,000; Charles N. Rob inson, Seaman, for Injuries received at Sim Francisco, $150 to Investigate dineasrs of domestic nnhnals, $8,000. Mr. Fow then rose to a question of personal privilege, and stated that he was convinced that the resident clerk hid tlu authority to print the repot t of thii bribery Investigating committee) In tho ah'ence of the thiol clerk, who Is away 111, nnd again offered the reso lution. Speaker Farr declined to make a ruling on the resolution and submit ted It to tho house. roll was then called to ascertain If theie was a quorum and showed tho presence ot 111 members or moie than a quorum. A roll was then called on the Fow resolution and It was adopted by a vote of 90 to 9. All further ac tion under the call of the house was surpended and on motion ot Mr. Stew art, of Philadelphia, an opponent of the Vtre bill the house adjourned until S o'clock. Metcantllo Tax Bill. The laildwln mercantile tax bill parsed the senate on final passage tnls morning by a vote of 3b to 0. A motion was made by Mr. Miller, of Uirks. to pi no tho Cieasy revenue bill, which was negatived by the flnnnce- commit to, on tho calendar. ' In smnmrt nf ' the motion Mr. "Washburn declared that a majority of the people of the state tnvored the bill and In his oplu- ion ne tnougnt it right to be placed on , the calendir nnd falily consldeud. i , Mr. Merrick also supported the mo- i "on. He said It would do no harm to ' oi.slder tho bill. "If this bill does not I ptoduce mote revenue than the law under which we are operating." said, "then I will oppose Its passage; but bv all means let us consider this bill out in tin open." In opposition to the bill Mr. Grady asserted that a dose calculation show ed that Its passage meant a loss of $1. "00.000 teventte annuallj. Fuither than this, he said, there weie lovenue hills now before the senate that would I anv foi the erection of n postotllce. tnetc House tppmpilntlon bills were , oneurreit In by the senate: State asy- '"m for the chronic Insane. $"i000- for ,,,L' 1'ioteition and propagation of fish. 2 '.000; refonnatoty at Huntingdon, SKO.soO- Pennsvlvnnla Oral school for i the Ueaf, $31,500. for cnie of the In- j dlg"tU Insane. 1,.-.00,000. '"f nouse rerusea to concur In the senate amendments to the mercantile tax bill. The bill now goes to a con- lerence committee. The hou.e then adjourned until tomotiow a.t 10 o'clock. STONE RECEIVES THE VOTE. DariNliurg, April 12 -l-Congisman thiul.es W. Stone-, ot Wairen. vins i.itnl for by the unci Quuy Itepublicans at to- ; do's Joint ballot for I'nlted States s. ua- toi. Ah Ston repieauited the W.iricn- e'inngo-.VIcKean-e'aint.'iou dlstrh t In loiigiiss until Inst November, vviun he . was beaten for n-ekctlon bj Joscpli u. Sililev, of Franklin. He has also vCrcd in the state -enuto as lieutenant ov- einor and secietary of lommonwr alth I under General Beiver. He whs hii un- sUiMisslul canilldati) for governor before the lam Republican convention S. na tio c'limmlngs of Warren, and hi i ol league, Representative Parsluill, who have been voting for Senator (Jimv slnco the beginning ol tho seuatoiial ek-adlock. refused to desert their oilglual chclco for the local candidate. Tin le are emu Republican senator and three meiubeis from the Stone district and all ot theso veitiel for Mr. Qu.i.v Tho others ale Dumocrats anil scpportPd (Jeorgo V. Jcnks. Tho voto follows: Qu iv if, Jcnks e. Stone. ,",j Total Xecessaiy to choice voting '."i, no election ... . 221 p lired or not Hi, BAD GANG BROKEN UP. Desperate Band of Burglais Sent to the Penitentiaiy. Gaston Pa, Apill 12. A desperate hand of butglais that has been operat ing In this section of tho state and In New Jersey, has. It Is believed, been eifectuully broken up. In the court today three members of tho band which was known as the Pan Handle gang, were sentenced to long terms of Imprisonment nnd "Scranton r.ieldy,' the lender, pleaded guilty to vat ions crimes and will be sentenced tomotiow. William Smith was sen tenced to three and one-half ye.ns: fames Mai tin to ten oais, and James IPrs'j Killed by a Txam. Philadelphia, Apill 12. Mrs. nilza Haurey, aged ol yearn, and her s-yeai-old grandson, C. Walter Knmenzlrrd, were Instantly killed by a train on tho Penn svlvnnla railroad In tho northern out skirts of the cltv tcnlav. They wero gathering dandelion sptouts along tho Hacks when lho New Yotk express ran them down. Shot His Brother. Fort Wavue. lad. April 2 At a vllln, twenty rnlle-s north of this city, this morning, Walter Goodrich, aged 11, tilint i his brother, Wallace, aged Si, and then I blew Ids btalns out The biothers had Uiuarrellcd over whr should hitch up a hortio and the shooting was the result. The wounded lnotlur will not 11 o. Steamship Airivals. New York. April 12 -tinned. Work emdnni, Amsteulam, Iliilunnic- Havre. Genoa Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm II, fiom New- York vl i Giliialiar and Naples. Cherbourg Sailed- K.elscr I'lledilch, Bremen via Southampton for New York. Queonsieiwn Arrived: Majestic. Now Yoik for Liverpool. Idle Furnace in Blast. Reading, Ph., April 12 The ttmdlng Iron comu ury today put Into blast the Bmuus furnace which Inn been Idle a long time Tho tut trace has n i-npiirltj of sOO tons weekly. Hv reason of this resumption of opcrntlcmu the compiuy vvlll glvo empto) incut to ISii additional men. Fatal Collapse of a Dock. New York Apiil u -One inun was killed nnd fouitii-ii others had uariow cHcapos ihls afternoon through the col lapsing of a aovvly liullt dock ut Port Richmond. Stiiteu Island. Tho nun killed was John llulao, aged 21. LAWTON PURSUES THE FILIPINOS INSURGENTS DISPERSED TO THE EAST Or SANTA CRUZ. A Spanish Gunboat and Vessels Cap tin ed Rebels Near Malolos Driven Ten Miles from the Railway Line by General Wheaton Our Casual ties Slight Spain to Evacuate Mindoin. Washington, April 12. Tho following cabligiam liu been iccelved fu.m Geneial Otis: Manila, April 12. Adlutnnt Ucnrnl, Washington: Yeateidiy in tho lake region Law ton pursued Insurgents eastward from Santa Cruz, dispersing them. Captured all tho linger vessels used In the lake irado and Spanish, gunboat. He is now endeavoring to pass them from river vvheru concealed Into lake Wh'.itnn diove ercmy ten miles to east ward nf l.illwuj line of cnmmu.ilc.Uious with Miilolns Law tun's nnd Whcaton's casualties few and slight, un enemy tinile no stand Notified by Spain that she will evae Uitc Mlndrta and Polo soon. Otis. It I" mote than likely that the wotd "Polo" In the above despatch should read "lolo," which Is the designation sometimes given the Sulu group of Islands. Spain has had a gatrlson at Mlndor.i and Jolo, and It Is probable that she is now ready to lemove her soldiers. Resistance Near Santa Matia. Manll i. April 12. General Wheaton staitcd ut daylight, with the Tenth Pennsylvania and the Second Otcgon teglmetils and two guns, to diive the jebels fiom the American right llnnk, betwien the iniltond nnd the foothills. ne mei wun siiitu res stance near ' Santa Mnrla, and had one man wound ed. Hut the enemv bolted when sheileil by the aitlllerv, and burned and aban doned the town of Santa Maiia, where a thousand lebels weio vported to have been concentrated. Dining the Ji"t of tho day the enemy was In full letrent toward the mountains, binning tln villages behind tho retreating fotce. Oeiailonnlly a few of the rob- Is iltopped to tho rear and filed at the advancing Vmericiin troops from , th Jungle, nppari ntlv with the lde-t that this would check our advance and , cover the reti cat of the Filipinos, nut finding these taetlc ineffectual, thesu 'ebeis scrambled after tho main body. I T'se Ameiican guaid ulong the rail rcvid has been mnteiiallv stremithoned. i "td It a not llkelv- that tho rebels will succeed In gottiinr in the futuie to ns clnse qtiaiters as they did yesteiday, even It they lettnn fiom the moun tains. SITUATION IN SAMOA. Grave Apprehensions Among Offi cials at Washington. Washington. Apt II 12. The acute sit uation in Samoa gave rise to giave ap prehension among enllclals during tho earl.v dav in AWi'-hlngton but the con clusion was reached when the depitt ments cloi-ed that the situation is nns that will vield to sensible and cool tu. itinera, if all the parties to the Ber lin tieatv aie sincere in an effort to prevent fmtlier trouble As put bv n cabinet offlcei, the kill ing of the sailors has not materially changed the- general problem, though it has undoubted! added to tho dllll culty of dealing with the specillc situ ation. Polh the Piitlsh and Oct man embas sies hero tonight iccelved long cable grams from the-lr fotolgn offices report ing on tho developments in Samoa. That tiom London was trom tho Brit ish e-onsul at pla and said that tho casualties were one British otllcer kill ed and two or thtee American off'ceis killed and five American sailors wounded with two Rtiglish Milieus w landed. The put pott ot the Geunati dispatch Is not known. MOLINEAUX CASE. Indictment Is Dismissed by Justice Williams. Water town, N. Y April 12. Justice Williams tonight handed down his de cision In the motion made to discharge the Indictment against V,a and B Mo ineaux, charged with sending poison to Harry Cornish, which caused the death of Mrs. Adams, In New York, last December. ausuce vvriiinms Dismissed the In- creel by the grand Jury and directing that tho case be recommitted to the grand Jury now sitting, or to tho next grand jury that shall sit In New York. G. A. R. DEADLOCK. Executivo Committee Fails to Elect Successor to Sexton. Philadelphia, April 12. Tho execu tlve committee of tho national coun cil of administration of tho Grand Ar my the Republic tonight failed to elect a successor to the late Juntos A. Sex ton, coinmnndci -In-chief of the Gtand Army There wns a deadlock on tiro names of Colonel W. C. Johnson, of Cincinnati, and General John C. Black, of Illinois. Colonel Johnson will continue) to net ns acting commander-in-chief until tho encampment heie In September, when a commander will bo chosen. Decision for Everhatdt. .Memphis. Term. April 12. The twenty round contest Lctweeii Jack Bveu.iudi, of New Oi leaps, and Charlie Bums, of Cincinnati, tonight , resulted In a decl.eljn for Bvcrhnrelt because nf a foul blow cle. live red by Bim.s in tho twentieth round, ho hitting Bvciluirdt while tho latter was on his knees Wrote "Old Homestead." Now York, April IJ. lb rijiimln Rjrr, son of George W. Itycr, who wrote tho play, "The Old Homestead," committed suicide today by shooting jjo W(IB a theatrical manager und Jo jcars old. De Oio Still Leads. Chicago, April 12. At midnight dlic score In tho pool match was. Dc Oro, SI; Keogh. 1.11. Grand total: Do Oro. PI: Ki'OElr, 117. THE NEWS THIS 31011NINU Weather Indication! Toitnyi FAIR: WARMER. General Progress of tho Quay Con spiracy Trln 1. Anglo-AmoilifiiH Ambuscaded in Samoa. Work of tho State Legislature. Making It Warm for Filipinos. Genera 1-N'cwH of Plttfton Cltv. Financial and Cotnmi rclM, Ixcal-rirst Day's Sesslun ot Wvo. mlng Confeience. Mlno Workmen Have a Nnirow 1. cape. Fdltorl.il. Locnl Omi Life Loot In Throop Tire. A Sanitarium for Cousiiniptlves. Ical West Scranton and Suburban. News Hound About Scranton Local Work of tho Couits. Dunmoie Doings WILL NOT WITHDRAW Mr. Quay Will Stay in the Fight ns Long ns His Friends Will Con tinue to Support Him. Philadelphia. Apill 12 The Ledger will totnonow publish the follow Inc special dispatch fiom rittsbuig "Thomas Diuce. or this city, a vvaiin poison frleml of ex-Senator Quay, to day received the following letter from Mr. Quay, written under date of yes tcid.iv at the Hotel Walton, Philadel phia: " 'Theie need be no apprehension that I will wlthdiaw fiom the senatotlnl contest as long us my fi lends support me.' " PLEA FOR UNION MINERS Edvvnid McKay and Geoige Schlen derbeig Aie Befoie the Industrial ' Commission. Washington, April 12 j:dwaul Mc Kay, of liuena Vista, Va, a member of the executive- committee of the Unit- I ed JHno Wot leers' association, and Ceotgo Schlcndeibeig. a Pittsbuig coal operator, who employs 2,000 miners, were the witnesses befoie the Indus tiial commission todaj. Mi. McKay Mid the association had si own from 10,000 membeis In 1877 to SO.OuO In IS9J, had obtained a reduction In hoin.s tiom 10 to s, and an increase of wages of 20 pur cent The trouble In the Pitts buig distill t dining the past live je-ars, ho said, could be traced to the New Yotk and Cleve'land Ga.s Coal company. They emplojed non-union men, he said, and did everything In their power to pi event union men from coming lit contact with their employes. This complin . he said, was i sponsible for the i eduction of the wages ot 43,000 men, though It only employed 1,000. Mr. Schlenderbeig said his remem brance of labor unions in the coal re gions extended back thirty ears. At that time the unions were overhearing, but of late vears they had been more satisfactory, especially since theie had been closer lelatlons between them and the mine opcjntoi.s Ho -aid his ptiuclpal objection to unions was that tiny weio not able to enfoice condi tions In competitive dlstrli ts where the I pioduct of the mines eomptteel with theirs. In ome caes opuatuis weie able to produce coal mined with the pick cheaper than they weio able to i pioduco it with maehtneiv. This placed l hem at a gieal disadvantage and he- i thought It unfair. He drpiecated stilkes, which, ho said, weio Injurious ! to the opciatur, miner and community. Unorganized minors (nought on moie ! trouble than union men and since the I operators and union hud been woiktng together less trouble has been exper- lcnceu. tie- lliougut eompan stores were ptoper If the emploje could get his goods ns cheap from his eniplovers us from other stores and as cheap .is outsleteis bought for cnsli lie- thought tnlneis should tarn not les tl an ?2 per day. Do they eirn it"" risked Mr. Bate h foid. 'On an aveiage In our district they mlno 2'i tons at W 2-.'. cents a ton." replied Mr. Schlendeibeig. "That Is not two dollars, but u miner who mines less thnn time tons a day has missed his vocation." The miners lived better now than they did T" years ago Oiganlzed la ho, ho said, had helped to hold wa-jes up nnd had helped to raKe the stand ard of the men. A. P. A.'S AT WILKES-BARRE. Laige Number of Delegates Present. Sessions Are Seciet. Wilkes-Bar: e, April IJ. -The seventh annual convention of tho mhiu Amer ican Protective association Is In ses sion in this cltv. State President A i!. llolfman. of Hast Stroudsbuig, Is pn. siding. The sessions nie enet. A huge number of delegates are repnited present. Superior State Secretary John ' T Taylor gave it out that tho national order has now tluee million membeis, and Is In a very prospe-ious condition. Pennsylvania has 7Sii,uoi) membeis. At tenia 's session the resolution to estubllsh a beneficial and unie-ial fund came- In lor a good deal of discussion. Secretary Taylor s.is the establish- I merit of such a fund would menu an inerca-re in the state rueinbe.sh.p of , ,JU'0W- I Count d'Aicos Spanish Minister. VAitHhlnglon. April 12 Th- appointment ut Count d'Atcos, us Spanish minister to tin I'lilled Stal -s. is accented em hi tile. I I ill llioso diplomatic quarteis having full- est information, and It is understood that positive HtntPinilitH to this etfeet have aliuidv eouiu tluoiish ollle lul clu.ii. lie-In. "Gicater Chicago" Project. Spilngflelil. 111.. April 12 -The "Great er Chlnigo" prnjec-i, having In view the cciusollilallcni ot municipal and count governments In that dlstiln was de-fiat id fu the house tnclan. As the leglsla tmo will adjnuin l'iida It Is not like!) the mr-usuro will enmo up iiiuilu at this session Hospital Ship An Ives, Washington. Apill 12. General OtU has nnnounceel th nrilvnl at .Manila nf the hoKpltal ship Relief with all well aboard, AMBUSHED IN SAMOA An Anglo-American Force Are Surprised by Mataafans. SEVEN WHITES KILLED Three Oftlceis and Eour Sailors Killed Bodies of tho Ofilceis Mutilated The Expedition En tiapped on a German Plantation. The Manager Arrested Accused of Having Uiged on the Natives. Two of the Officers and Two of tho Sailois Killed Weio Americang. The Leader of the Expedition, Lieut. Ficenrnu, of tho British Ciulser Tauranga Among tho Doad Ensign Monaghnu, U. S. N., Shot While Seeking to Rescue Hl3 Companions. Auckland. N. ',., April 12. Despatch es leeelved here trom Apia. Samoa, under date of April 1, say that a part of WiAmeilcnn und British sailois was foiced to letteat to the beach, after having been caught In an nmbuh on a (let man plantation that day. Tin- expedition wits lad by Lieuten ant A. II. rieoman, of the British Ihlul-elass cruiser Tautanf,a. Lieu tenant Kie-eman and Lieutenant P. L. Lunsdale, of the United Slates e-iulscr Phil ulilphln, nnd Hnslgn J. K. Mon achal., of the 1'nlti d States c-iul'-er Philadelphia, were left dead on the II. Id. l-nlgn iloiinglian remained to assipt Lieutenant I.auscl.ilo, and vv.is shot in retiring Four sailors were alo killed. The natives engaged were some of Matnafn's warriors. They Fevered the lunds of the British and American of 11c -.-s killed. Priests of the French m'sslon after ward brought the heads Into Apia. The manage! of tin German planta tion has be en arrested and detained on bond the Taru-anga, on affidavits do cknlng he was e-en urging the tebrls to light In a pievinus cnsr.igement twenty seven Mataafa's wairlors wete killed, ami there weie no casualties among tho Liiropenn for-p. It is estimated that about SiXl war rl"ts attacked the Anglo-American prrrv fiom ambush. The Victims. Lieutenant Philip Lanhotn Lansdale was born In the Distiie-t of Columbia, Feb. ID. IS.", and enteied the Naval academy June 6. 5S7.:. llo giaduatcd In 1S78 ami was promoted ensign In lSl. After duty at tho Washington navy ard he was transferred to the Philadelphia in June 1SP0, and was maiic; lieutenant, junior guide In 19.! IJ" us ' c hargo id the Columbus cat - neis ,ic in- miners eair in Liucago, and after receiving his full lieuten- uncy vas, for ti shoit time, on tho bat tleship Massachusetts. In June, 1S90, he was ordered to the Philadelphia. Hnslgit John 11. Mtmaghan was ap pointed tu the Naval academy as a i adit fiom the state of Washington, entering Annapolis on Sept. 7, 1S91. He won giaduatcd and was made an en sign in July, IS'.iT, being assigned tu j the Philadelphia, to which vessel ho I was attached up to tho lime of his death. I The nav.v cUpartmint records of tho service of the two sailors killed at Apia I arc as follows- James Butler, seaman, enlisted nt Boston, .Mass. Bum in Duncarvan. Ii eland. Next of kin. Mis. Kate But ' ler, Spiing Mount. Dungarvurr, In -I land. Has had no previous naval ser vice. Norman Hckley IMsall, ordinary .sea man, enlisted at Toledo, Ohio, "iioni i Columbus. Ky, Next of kin, Bessie H. Eelrull. sister, Giecnville, Mich. Admiral Kuuts's Report. Washington, April 12. Tho following despatch fiom Adinital Kautz has been lece-lved: Auckland N. Z April 12 Secret!!! of Nnv, Washington: I l)n Apill I, while tho combined forces 'of the UrltMi and I'nlted States under i Lie uti mint 1'ieeniaii, British nivv, vver leaoimoiieriiig near Apia, tnoy wero am bushed. Deeply u-gret to announce tho death of Llintii.ant Philip B. Lrnsdale, Ihtstgii John It. Mouaghan, Coxswain James Butkr, ordinal seaman. Norman Bdsdl, and live nie n wounded, belonging to tho Philadelphia. The British loss In Idlli'it. two men and Lieutenant l-'rce- man Mr. Hobai t Improving. Washington, Apill 12 At Vio I'rccl deni Mohan's residence It whs stated this overling riuit tho Improvement r tho past few dajs had continued through out tile day. Cassius Law Hanged. , , ,, .,,.., l X" dol day Law- killed Ills bweetheart last Christmas morning. HAeir tiatt uflMiimLi,, At Philadelphia Philadelphia, 9; jfop. tieal, ei. At Philadelphia I'nlverslty nf Peiinayl- vama, ii oniciisi, ii. At Princeton-Princeton, 21; Columbia, college, 1, I At Baltimore Baltimore. Is: I'nlv.'Uliy of Alar laud, n. At New iluvcn Yale, 1; Wesleyan, 1. WEATHER FORECAST. -t- -t- WiiHhhigion, April 12. -Forecast Tlmisday. I'm custom PemiKyl vnnla, continued fair and warm Thursday: westerly .winds becom ing v hi Iain: Friday fair. t HHti-itt ntttft
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