uLin TWO CENTS. TEN PAGES SCllANTON, lA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AP1UL 11), 1890. TEN RAGS. TWO CENTS. "pap-J AMERICANS AMBUSHED BY FILIPINOS Officers and Men from Ilie Yorktown Are Captured. THEIR FATE IS UNKNOWN While Visiting Baler, on the Kn-it Const of Luzon for the Purpose of Rescuing the Spanish Forces Sur rounded by Filipinos, the Men of the Yorktown Aie Ambushed mid Made Prisoners After Taking tho Prisoners the Filipinos Refused to Communicate with Americans in Any Way Admiral Dewey's Des patch Causes Great Anxiety .it Washington. Washington. Apill IS. The navy de partment has iccelved the follow Ins despatch from dmlinl Dewey: Alunlln, April K Secretary ot the Nnvy, Washington; The Yorktown v lulled Holer. I.u.in, east coast of Luzon. Philippine Islands, Apr'l 12 for iho pui-pOM" of rescuing and blinking mi'iiv the Spanish forces coa Mstlng of civilly soldiers, three oMeers ami two priests, which were Mitrotm led lij iw insiugcnts. Some of the Insur gents aimed with .Milliter lilies ' by native-. Lieutenant J: ' Glhuoic, w'uli making v ambushed vvcio llred upon find captured. Kale unknown, u insurgents refined to eeminunlente ufi rvvurd. The billowing are nils'lug: Tin otlleer previously referred to, Chief Quiii'iermiisifi W. Walton. Coxswain .1. KllsuiTth, dinners Mate II. .1. Hygurd, Sallm.ikcis Mate Vcnglt, Seamen 11. Rynders and C. W. Woodbury, Appren tice I). W. A. Veiiille, A. J. PetciMJll. UuUnury Seamen )'. I!l l.-olcse. O. !. Ale. Doniild. Landsmen L. T. Kdwuids. I''. An dersen, J. )lli.i mid C. A. AJorrloy. rSlRiietll Dinvtj. The asterisks designate portion ot tint despatch which could not lie ile. elpheied. The despatch caused niueh excitement In naval circles as soon as Its contents became known. Uthough the despatch sjave no indi eatluii that Lieutenant Cilmoro and hU nii'ii hail lost their lives, yet meat nnx et was aroiihed bj the mystery sur rounding their fate while In the hands or mi uncivilised enem.v. This Is the lust lapture of any Americans, mili tary or naval, bo that It is unknown how the insurgents will treat our men. If civilized methods were- pursued an exchange could he quickly effected, as U neral Otis lias n largo nuiuher of Filipino prisoners, hut the liisurgeiitsi lime heen averse thus far to exchang ing Spanish prisoners, find this raises a question as to what they will do with the "iorktown's men. The purpose ot ofllcinls here is to snare no el'foits to secure the siieedy release ot our men. STATE APPROPRIATIONS. House Measures Concurred in by the Senate Yesterday. Harrisburg. April P-. These house appropriation bills were, this evening, concurred in by the senate. 1 hihidelphia Lying-in Charity hos pital. $10,li"0: I'hiladelphla 1'olyellnlc, $25,000; Kane Summit hospltnl, $i'.,ou0; Rush Hospital for Consumptives and Allied Diseases, Philadelphia. $10,000; Packer hospital, Suuhury. Ss.uoo- Potts vllle hospital. J.'ii.O'W; St. .lolin's hos pital, Allegheny, S,UOO. Reading- hos pital, $15,000, Philadelphia Ortluo padlae, $5,00(1; Peiins.vlvaniu Nautical schoolshlp, Philadelphia. 521,000; wil llumsport hiispltnl. $11,000: oil city hospital. $15,000: Pittsburg Newsboys' Home, Jb.000: Fiilon Home lor Old l,adies. Philadelphia. Sl.ooft; Pennsyl vania sylum for Indigent Women and Single Women. I'hiladelphla, $5,000' St. Suite's hospital. South Uethlehem. $22, .100 Ladles of tin G. A. It. llnmt department of Pennsylvania, Haw kins Station, Allegheny county, SVOOO; Reading Homeopathic hospital, $VOM0; Western T'nlverslty of Pennsylvania, for the use of the Iteineman Fratcrn it hospltul. of Pittsburg. $5,0o0: Penn sylvunla Society to Protect Children from Cruelty $2.ono. Temporary Home for children, Allegheny, $2,000; St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia. Ji'j.uoo; Fraternity hos pltal, Philadelphia, f.'i.-.j; for the uses and care of the Sinn erne court' li brary, Philadelphia. $4,000; Howard hospital, Philadelphia. $r..ooo; charity hospital of Montgomery count), $lu. (Jt,0. Lancaster General hospital, $(i,000; Kensington hospital, Philadelphia, $!, 000 Aged Colored Women's homp. Pittsburg, $3,ooo; Hpi.evo'.wit Associa tl'jns" Home for Children, Pottsvllle, JI-,500. Homeopathetlc hospital, Plus bun,'. $3,000; IIoiik- for Cloied Chil dren. Alleftheny, iinuuO; Carbondale hosjiliul, $10,000; Chester ltOKpltlll, $10,- 000 Allentown hospital, $5,otK): Curtis homo. PltlsburK, $:i,000; Home for Frkndless Chlhlren, lemllni-, .S2.000; German hospltul. Phlladeliilua, S2O.O00; AlleRlieny General hospital, $40,000; Harrlshur hospltul, ST.omj; Children's ld Hoclety, Phlladelphlu. StO.Ouu; Jlndford hospital, $0,u00; Jiuhl hospit al, Sharon, $7,v00; Kyo and Kur hos pital, PlttsburK, $.1,000; ilaston Home for Aped and Infirm, $2,000; Children's Industrial Home Ilarrisburti. $1,000; Pennsylvania Memorial home, Iirook- Mile, $7.0j0; Heaver Vulluy hospltnl, S.'.Otnl. .vterey hospital. 1'lttBburK. $20,000: McKeesport hospital, $10,000; Philadelphia Homo for Infants. $1,200; Children's Aid society, Western Penn sylvania. $S.00O; Frederick Douglass School for Nurses, $in,000; l'aston hos pital, $12,000: Home for the Friendless, llarrldliiit'K. $2.i"00: M'estmoreland hos pltul, $12,000; Jtethesda Home, PlttK l.lltK. ?3,0o0; Phlladelpllla Home of Invalids. $15,000: Memorial hospltnl, St Timothy' church. ItoxboroUKh, Philadelphia, $",0ini: Home for the Friendless, Wllllamsiioit. $S,000; WII llamspoit Training school. $3,000; Iloslno Home, Philadelphia. $2,000; Old Toadies' Home, Philadelphia, $1,000: board of Kiinip. commissioners, $102,500; Lacka wanna hospital. .Si'iuntoiq. $:!0,00o; Chlldfpn'8 Honiejiathle hospital, Phila delphia, $12,000: Allegheny County As sociation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, $2,000; Master Builders' Mechanical Trude school, Philadelphia, $7,000; Pittston hospital, $12,000; Wash ington hospital, $2,000: Columbia hos pital. $1,000; Children's Aid society of Franklin county, $2,000; Du Hols hos pital. $2.0ihi. MR. MAGEE JOINS THE INSURGENTS The Allegheny Senator and His Fol lowers Confer with the Auti Quayites as to the Best Manner of Breaking the Senatorial Dead lockThe "Insurgents" Declare Their Willingness to Vote for Any Republican Save Quay. Harrlshurff. April IX. Those llepub llcun memmljeis of the senate and the house of representatives who desiio ! the election of a United Stntes senri- ! tor at tills session of the legislature met in the senate chamber this morn ing to confer as to the advisability of Jointly supporting a candidate. Heslde the regular fifty-Mix anti-Quay Itepuli-. llcans who have been voting against Colonel Quay for re-election there were present H number of those who until this time had observed the rule of caucus and voted for Its nominee. Con spicuous among those were Senators C L. .Mngee, of Allegheny; William J. Scott, of Luzerne; Samuel A. Losch, or Schuylkill, mid members of the Alle gheny delegation In the house. Senator Scott was elected chairman and Hepreseiitatlve George M. Hosack, of Allegheny, secretary. .Ml. Hosack offered the following resolution, which was unanimously udoptcd without any debate: Whereas, On January ;!, lm. at a Joint caucus of the Republican members of the senate and house nf representatives, attended by a malorlty of the ItenuMI- I cans in both brandies, bill at which a ma jority ot me icelslMtuie was not present and participating, Hon. M. S. Quay was nominated for Cnlted States senator, and Whereas, licglnnlm,' on Wednesday, .January IS, ls;o, and continuing on each legis'lutlve day since, a ballot Has bi en taken In the joint convention and tho said M. S. Quay has not icctheil a ma jority one-tlilid ot the Itemihllcoii niein- bershlp having refund to vote for aim, J und Whereas. Th legislature will ndlourn at noon on Thursday Apill 2e, 1SW, and leave the Mute. If no election is had meantime, without lu constitutional r. p icsentutlon In tho cnngicss of the Culled nl:il. fit n mrwt imnnrtunl . ...-!. ..4 I.. I public alfahs. a failure 'in duty which will I niw th,u lf tnt f"r'l1 Ul'1'1' c"ul(1 (Jt In lug upon the Itepiilillcan majority the ' be taxed no tax should he placed on condemnation of the people and ih ' home products. After further dlscus paity. therefore, be It ' H0n the bill was defeated by a vote Resolved, That the time has cmno of 13 to 27, those voting in the ntlirmn wlicii fidelity to the people nt Pennsyl- i tlv0 werc: ..i.ssl. Cunnings. Fllnn. Minla and the Republican party demand. Hnnlenberirh Heinle Ilen.-v Kemerer that public and party Interests should ' ''"rdenbergh, Heinle. I lom . Kernel er, b- paramount to the Interests of anv In- I I-'-'t'' :soeI-v- ult'e' Mlneinan. Wusli dividniil (ind that It is the lutv f all l burne. Weller and Wontsc. i.epuiMicnns, wimoui regard to past cau cus action, to take Immediate s.eps to s. cure the election of u Republican to tho Tutted Ktut'.a srnatorship from Pennsyl v.mlu. Purpose of Insurgents. Senator William Fllnn. of Allegheny, chairman of the nntl-Quay Republi cans, announced that at a meeting ot that organization this morning no can didate had been selected for whom 1 they would cast their vote at today's Joint ballot, but that the "Insurgents" were ready to vote for any good He ! publican other than M. S. Quay. Sen ator AInpeo moved that those present should todav vote for IJ. F. Jones, of Allegheny, "than whom there Is no better He publican," he said, "no better man In the stale of Pennsylvania " The conference decided to vote f()1- jfr. Jones and adjourned to meet nt the call of tho chair. The chair was em powered to appoint a steering com nilltep of live to look after matters pertaining to the organization. Air. Jones Is connected with the firm of Jones ,t h'lughVn. of Pittsburg, Iron and steel manuf.ie Hirers. Ho was chairman or the Xntlonal Republican committee In 1SSI. and conducted the campaign of the late James G. Plaliv for president. He was .Mr. niulne's personal choice for this honor. lie has been a lifelong Republican and has never held any public olllce except presidential elector. He was voted for by Senator .Magee and his ftiendi In tho Allegheny delegation at the cau cus which nominated Colonel Quay for re-election. I A feature of the meeting was the i presentation by the members of that I organization of a handsome silver lov i lng cup to Senator Fllnn. The prosen ! tntlon .--pc ch was made by General W. II. Koontz, of Soineiset. Air. Fllnn j thanked his colleagues for the gift and , assured them that he would treasure It os one of his most valued posses sions. Acting on the suggestion of Senator Fllnn it was decided to form tno auti-Qiiayites into a permanent At'lT. I Ivftll.ll, TUn,. ...Ill ..-.,..-.. 1.. 111.1 VlhUI.IW.IIH. 4 IICJ 11 III IIU'Ul III J'llil- I adelphtu shortly to attend their first annual ulnnev as the guests ot Senator Flinn. Colonel Bryan at the Shore. Atlantic City, .N. J.. April IS. W. J. lirymi arrived here this evening. He. came to visit Clmltman Jones, of the National Democratic committee, who u Improving. This evening between S and 9 o'clock Air. Hrvaii held a publlo rcceu tlon lu the Seaside hotel reading room. He will return to New York tomorrow. Hcplclns Knocked Out. Wheeling, W. Vn., April IS. Ueforo tho biggest crowds ever lu tho .Metropolitan club Oscar Gardner, of this cltj. tonight knocked out Joo Hopkins, of Buffalo, in thc fifteenth round ot what was to have been u twenty-round bout. BUSY DAYS OF THE CLOSING SESSIONS THE SENATE CONSIDERS MANY BILLS ON FINAL PASSAGE. Appropriation MemUkCii Passed. House Bills That Puss the Senate. Order of Business in the House. Bill to Regulate the Sale of Oleo margarine nnd Butter House Re fuses to Concur in Amendments to Eastern Penitentiary Appropria tion Bill. Hurrlsburg, April is. When the sen ate convened this morning the Fow multiple store tax bill came up on sec ond reading and was amended. I'poii motion of Mr. Fllnu a proviso vvus at tached to the bill providing that the act shull not apply to stores or depots kept mainly for distribution when the actual store or counter sales shall not exceed the sum of $5,000 n year. The bill was further amended, upon notion of Ml. Henry, us follows: That the act shull not apply to proprietors or owners of stores and other con cerns who shall pay to their chief clerk or manager, In addition to his salary, SO per cent, of the prollt. The bill then passed second reading as amended. Through the efforts of Mr. Washbuin. the health and sani tation committee, was instructed to report later in the day the bill regulat ing the sale of vinegar with or with out umcnumctit. Mr. Grady started the debate by saying that the II rut bill taxing for eign beer 4 a cent u gallon unques tionably legislates for other states. "I say, therefore," continued the speaker, "the measure Is unconstitutional. The pel sons behind the bill do not seek to protect home Industries; but the bill Is vicious anil fruitless to this state. It will not hold water. It will not stand In the courts." Mr. Fllnn was the next speaker. He 1 attacked Mr. Grady, saying: "The chairman of tho finance committee has with one exception, advanced the same reasons for opposing me oilier bills that have been before this legislature. While he has favored the direct In heritance tax bill he lias stated .-o.t the other revenue bills are either un constitutional or else they will not pro produce revenue." The Allegheny senator then chaiged that outside Influences that control the senate were protecting the beet Inter ests. "Unless this bill Is passed," he added, "I doubt whether nny revenue bills will pass this legislature." In' reply. Mr. Giddy asserted that -Mr. Fllnn had evidently picked out revenue bills for his support, that had no show of final passage, and that ho hud selected otner revenue bills, which could raise but little money, so tint he could sneer at them. "All but one revenue bill, the Creasy bill," he con tinued, "have oeen acted upon favor ably by the finance committee. What more could we do'.'" Mr. Grady In sisted that the bill was certainly un constitutional. Mr. Magee stated that the (jueauun was whether Pennsyl vania could put a tax on the products I of other states. For this reason he de clared thai tie was against me tun, As soon as the vote was announced the bill putting a tax of three-lourths of a cent a gallon on domestic beer was defeated by a vote of 27 to 12. The appointment of H. A. Gripp, Ulair county, to be a member of the state board of agriculture, was con firmed. Adjourned until 1 o'clock this after noon. Afternoon Session. The senate this afternoon spent most of Its time In considering house bills on llnnl passage, these bills, among others, being concurred In by the sen ate: University of Pennsylvania, $7", 000: Stnte hospital, at Dlossburg, $12. 000: State hospital at Fountain Springs, Schuylkill county, $ii2,T."0; Coneinungh Valley Memorial hospital, Johnstown, $12,000; Western Tempor ary home. Philadelphia, $3,000; Cony hospital. $C,0i., Woman's hospital, Philadelphia, $S,O00; Xorthern Home for Friendless Children, Philadelphia, IU.000- Home for Widows and Single Women, Lebanon, $2,000, York Hos pital and Dispensary. $.V000; Western Pennsylvania Humane society, l,inii: Pittsburg and Allegheny Home for Friendless, $0,000; Packer hospital. Sayre, $10,000; Home for Grunt Army of the Republic veteruns nnd their wives, Philadelphia, $3,000; .Midnight mission. I'hiladelphla, $1,000; Home for the Aged. Philadelphia, $1,000; Good Samaritan hospital, Lebanon, $,0u0; Gyneceun hospital, Philadelphia, $20, 000. The governor notified the senate that he has signed the amendatory act em powering counties containing moie than one city of the fecond chibs to establish a public morgue In ench city of said class and fixing tho number of persons to be employed nt each puullc morgue so established. The house bill authorizing the topo graphical nnd geological survey of the stute In co-opera uon with the Unit'" ! States geological survey met with some opposition from Air. Grady when th" bill was called up on third ioad- lng- The government, according to Air. Sproul, has promised to upend $10,- 000 lu Pennsylvania dining tho ne.t two yeats It the state spends a sim ilar amount. Scheme to Get Money. However, Air. Grady characterized the measure us a scheme to get money out of the state treasury, but he was the only member to vote In thu nega tive, thirty-nine having voted In the atllrinatlve. Tho whiskey tax bill, to which wnK tacked the direct Inheritance tax, passed tho senate on third reading, nfter u brief discussion, the yeuB bo Ing 28 nnd the naya 10, These house bills nlso passed fie senate finally; Allowing medical col lege of the stute to confer dlplomaii In public health. Authorizing the em ployment of male prisoners of the Jails of the commonwealth. Providing that the treasurers of the scverul counties of the commonwealth shall transmit annually to the state treasurer the one-fourth part only or such portion as the commonwealth Is or may be legally entitled to retain of the tax collected on property subject to tax ation for state purposes. Authorizing the election of borough supervisors or the keeping open und repairing said streets In all boroughs. Providing for an additional law Judge In the Sixth Judicial district. The senate adjourned until 8 o'clock this evening. Business in the House. The order of business In the house today was the comddeiutlon of senate Mils on third reading and final pass age. The hill to encourage persons who have been convicted of crime to reform and to protiet persons who huve reformed from having their previous recuid used against them In any mini-in-r and to protect minors who may have liei-ii committed to any place of reformation iroin having their record used against them unless under certain circumstances was defeated bv 91 to 51. iho bill to regulate the manufacture or sale ot oleoinai-Kaiine and butteiine and other similar nioduets to nrovent fraud and deception by the manufac ture und the sale thereof as un Imita tion of butter, the licensing of. muuu fuctttrers of and dealers v.-ns taken up meeting of the committee was held at for third reading und tiual passage on I which 11 was decided to request the a special order and provoked a long adoption of both reports and a supple-dis-UKsion and then pasod. j mental report In the shape of n yeso- The house moceeded to the election lutlon designating a committee to of six telleis nil the part of the house to compute th" vote for slate treasurer at the next general election. Mr. Mar shall, of Allegheny, named the candi dates of the Republican caucus, und Mr. Dixon, of Klk. the choice of tho Democratic caucus. Kncii member voted for three candidates. The result was: MesMh. McConnell, Morrison, Hrltton (Hep.): Smith, lloag. Deyar inon iDi'in.) The house then adjourn ed to b'lllot for I'nited Stales senator. After the recess, when the senate amendments Increasing the appropria tion to the Medlco-Chlrurgical hospital from $70,(00 to $10,000 wus taken up for concurrence. .Mr. Skinner, of Fulton, moved to non-concur. This provoked a short debate In which Fow, of Phila delphia: Harris, of Cle.niield: Mar shall, of Allegheny, and M.Nees. of (incurrence In I Armstrong, advocated the amendments. Mr. Coray, of Lu zerne, suggestid that the house better go slow in Increasing impropriations. Mr. Skinner said It his colleagues were satislled that the state had the money he was satlsiied that the Increase should be made. The amendments were concurred In. The house refused to concur In tho am'vndmenls to the Eastern peniten tiary appropriation bill wbjwh. the sen ate amended by reducing the salary list of the officers and employes from $120,000 to $100,000. A communication was received from the governor announcing his approval I of the Allegheny city merger bill and the bill requiring the examination nnd (licensing of engineers having charge of steam boilers, steam engines and I appliances connected therewith in cities of the first class. ' The senate amendments to the T'nl jveislty of Pennsylvania hospital np I piiipiintion hill Increasing the appro priation from S.'O.Ouu to Si.i.000 and the Jeffer.ion hospital from $:0.000 to $75,000 were concurred in and the amend- tuents to the Stnte college bill decreus- lug the appropriation from $07,000 to , ,... ,..,..' Un.ennoiirreil In JIS.Oiu) weie non-i one on i el in. . THE JONES BOOM. Seventy-ninth Senatorial Ballot Was ',,,, t Attended by Excitement. Huirlsburg, April 11. Fourteen votes dropped iiwuy from Senator Quay at ,,,,,,,,. j.,.,,. inilor foe United State, t"!J..- 3'n, J't '.. I?' . !.J?, , " .: senator. The anti-Quay Republicans and the followers of Senator C. !. Alagee-, ot Pittsburg, combined and cast their votes for II. F. Jones, if Pitts- - iiu-vi.) '"i""""" followers ot Senator C. !. burg. The break was stnrted by ken- . ator Crawford, of Allegheny, who ' switched from Quay to Jones and was followed by Senators Alagee, of Alle gheny, Losch, of Schuylkill, and Scott, of Luzerne. The first break from the Quay runks In the '1st of members was Air. IClark, of Washington, whoso colleague, Air. AloLnrn, wer.t vith him. Air. Alurdock, the third member from Washington, remained loyal to Colonel Quay. Otheis who changed from I Quay to Jones were Alessrs. Hosack, ' Klumpp. AIcFarlane, A!eVhlnney, "ls- bert, Robinson, Shaw and Rhodes, of Allegheny. Senntor Hummel, of Sny- i der; Hertzler, of Juniata, and Repre- ' sentatlve Harrold, or Heaver, who risnetl the call for a general confer- 1 ence of the Republican senators and members te discuss the senatorial dead- 1 lock, voted for Air. Quay. i i It was 12 o'clock when the house ' committee announced 'the piesldent I pro tern and the members of the sen- I ale." The most exciting moment ot I the senatorial contest had ni lived. The i I strength of tliu opposition to Senator I Quay was to be finally measured Nearly every member wus In his seat I land those absent were paired. An I ; Immense crowd, given color and life , I by the presence of handsomely gowned , women, tilled the side and rear aisles of the house. So Intense was the ex- ' cltement that It was Impossible to pre- I serve order and the whispered Ituiuliies I of visitors disturbed the harmony of 1 the proceedings. Tho ballot, which was the seventy I ninth, resulted us follows: Quay Jellks Joue3 9! s.-. Total 217 Necessary to a choice. 21; palled or not voting, 0. No election. INDIANS DOING TO MEXICO. 5,000 Reported to Have Set Out to Establish a New Colony. Guthrie. . T.. April lb. Five thou sand Indians, dissatisfied with condi tions existing In the reservations In tho Inulan Territory, havo left in a body for Mexico, to establish a union reservation on a largo truct ner.r Guadalajara. The emigrants belong V tho Cherokee, Creek and Delaware tribes, They afe said to have a cap ital of $123,000. BRIBERY COMMITTEE MAKES ITS REPORT EIGHT MEN CHARGED WITH VIOLATING CONSTITUTION. Michael J. Costello, John J. Coyle, Charles B. Spntz, Thomas M. Moyles, Robert Evans, Monroe U. Kulp, John R. Byrne and Frank B. Jones Are Caught in the Inves tigation Drag Net A Commltteo Appointed to Push n Trlnl Mr. Spatz Demands Speedy Heaving. Harrisbitig. April IS. The feature of the day's proceedings In the legislature wua the consideration In the house of the leports of the committee uppolnted to Investigate tlu- churges of bribery In connection with the contest for Uni ted States senutor and the McCarrell Jury bill. A majority and minority re port weie filed yesterday and by nsree nn nt between members of the com- nilttee It was ugieeil to take them up iU "'clock llils afternoon. When that hour was reached Chairman Fow asked that consideration of both reports be postponed until this evening and the house gave its consent. Meanwhile si prosecute the persons charged with bribery. The matter was brought up In the house during the evening by Chairman Fow moving the adoption of the majority report und Mr. McCl.aln, of Lancaster, moving to supplement the minority report. Air. Fow accept ed the motion of his colleague and of fered a further supplement to both re ports after the reading of the third document. Mr. Kreps. of Franklin, a member of the committee, moved the adoption of the tlnee reports and af ter a spirited disctisslson his motion curried by a vote of 111) to SI. The sup plemental report to the two reports llled yesterday follows: Whereas. The committee appointed by the house to Invstlgute charges of cor ruption and Improper Influences In con nection Willi senate bill No. u, known as "lu ih'Carrcll bill, and also with lefer- ence io toe eieciuui ui a i.iim-u i.mn senator and the conduct of thoxQ who ure not members of this house In having ap proached or offered anything of value to Influence the official action ot tho members of this house huvo reported that John J. Coyh, Alkimc! J. Costello and Charles H. Spatz, Thomas Al. Moyles, Alonrou 11. Kuln and John It. Ityrne, Parker Titus, Robert K.vuns and Frank 11. Jones, in their opinion have vloluted sectiun aO of article 2 of the constitution and tho first section of tins act of as sembly of April 29, 1S71, dellning and pre scribing the punishment ot corrupt so licitation of members of the general as sembly, etc., and that there Is evidence of a violation of tho constitution and law n foresaid on the part of John J Coyle, of Philadelphia.; Michael J Costello, of Philadelphia: Chailes II. Spatz, of lioyr tovvn; Thomas M. Moyles, of Wilkes Uarie: Robert Hvans. of Philadelphia; ' .Monroe II. Kulp, of Shaniokln; John It. Ilyrne, of Kverson. and Frank ll. Jones, of Philadelphia. And Whereas. The dignity and honor of tho public demand that these men should bo brought to punishment, therefore, be it Resolved. That John H. Fow. of 1'hll- udeliihln: Robert IC. Young, of Tlosra , and Charles K. Voornees. ot Philadelphia, be constituted a committee ol tho house represent the said house and on be. I lm,f of Hil,d Um," t0 commence criminal proceedings against such of them they I may be satisfied there is sufficient ovl- 1 deni i against to warrant the court of ouarter sessions of Dauphin county to , order an Indictment of the same; and , that the attorney general of ihe mm- , monwe.ilth be requested to lend them ..,, ..,,, as thc... may ,.ea- in conducting such prosecution and that the sum of t.M or so much thereof as nms b necessary, be appropriated by an Iten contained In the general appropriatlo, lie m Itlllll mi U) pav tm, xenseil of swh P(,m. milic.0 t0 i)P .,,i by the state tir.iuiy i on a settlement between such members and tho auditor general. bill to pav the expenses or ,n,Ut.e t0 ,, .,,i by the st.i Lively Discussion. Air. Hurgravo, of Westmoreland, ' moved that the appropriation clause be stricken out of the resolution In tho supplemental report. This provoked ' a short discussion In which the mem ! bers of the committee took part and I contended that It was unfair to put 1 the? expenses of the proposed trial up on Dauphin county. I Air. Scott, of Philadelphia, said he I did not believe the $3,000 would be used for sending the men charged with bribery to jail and was called to order by Speaker Farr for his remarks. Air. , Towier, of Forest, criticised the ma jority report of the committee and Air. Dixon, of Klk. made a speech in de. fence of that document. He salt! ; hordes of political bribers and heelers have come Into the house and occupied I seats during the session and the house I bhould repel the insults of these vipers j and heelers. A vote was then taken I on the three reports ami they were ' adoptetl ns a whole. ' Air. Spatz Is the only member of the house charged In the report with brlb , cry und on the motion to adopt tliu reports he voted aye. After the re sult was announced he arose to n eiues 1 tlon of personal privilege and stilted that In voting for the adoption of the reports he did so wishing to linve a speedy trial and full vindication of the Infamous charges against him and he would demand that the matter be Im mediately brought to the attention ot tho district attorney of Dauphin coun ty for trial. FISHING SCHOONER WRECKED. Eleven of a Crow of Fourteen Aic Lost on Rose and Crown Shoals. Nantucket. Alass., April IS. The fishing schooner Kllza, ot Heverly, Captain Hopkins, which sailed from llynnnls yesterday evening for fishing grounds, struck on Rose and Crown shoals during the night und eleven of the crew of fourteen men were lost. Tho three survivors reached Sluscou set In the schooner's small boat to day. The dead Includes Captain Hop kins ids two bi others and u cmihln. Flaherty ' eta the Decision. Albany. N. Y April 18. At the West Knd Athletic club tonight Alurtln Fla herty got the decision over Larry Hums after twenty rounds of the tlercesl kind of lighting. MR . QUAY ha: AN Commonwealth Witnesses Make Many Favorable Admissions at Yesterday's Sessions. Expert Accountant Meyer Goldsmith Under Scorch ing Fire of Cross-Examination from Attorney Shields, Explains Away the Most of His Import ant Testimony Evidence Shows That Mr. Quay as an Endorser May Have Been the Victim of His Friends The Sting: Removed from the Plum Tree Joke. ' Philadelphia, April l.v The deteiicu had its Innings today in the trial of Senator Quay und It made the most of Its opportunity. Fxpert Accountant Aleyer Goldsmith, the commonwealth'!! witness, wus under a scorching lire of cross-examination all day, and Hie re sult thereof Justifies the opinion that the net work of evidence wrought by the prosecution from the books of the broken bank, tending to show Senator Quay's guilty participation In the un lawful use of the bank's money, was veiy much shaken by the udmlssion of Attorney A. S. L. Shields, admitted ly the ben cross-examiner practicing ut the Phlladelphlu bar. Nearly all ot the apparently damaging entries at tached to Senator Quay's name or ac count in the bank as testified to yes terday, were explained iiwuy or greatly modllled by the statements of the com monwealth's own witness. Judge Rid dle's ruling of yesterday hud the, ef fect of confining testimony tending to show the existence of a consphucy be tween Quay, Haywood and Hopkins, as charged In the Indictment, to tho two yeats ending Nov. 17, wj.. Lawyer Shields got from the witness the nil mission that If Hopkins had properly credited Senator Quay's account with amounts that belonged their- the books would show that nt the beginning of the allegeel conspiracy, Nov. 17, I .SOU, the senator owed the bank only $2:i'i, Instead of over $70,000, us Is alleged. laklng up the allegation that Sena tor Quay had borrowed $ls."i,ooo during the "settlement period" ending Oct. ol, 1S97, the lust settlement before the bank closed. Air. Shields forced from Goldsmith, piece by piece, facts tend ing to show that In nearly every In stance the amounts charged to Sena tor Quay were reallv loans to other persons, politicians mostly, for whom Quay endorsed. Where there was a definite loan to Senator Quay the re payment was dearly proven. In this connection It might be well to say that District Attorney Rothermel claims that he has clearly established the fact he started out to prove, namely, that $200,000 of the state deposit in the bank was set aside for the use of Sen ator Quay, and whether he used It himself or loaned It to others Is not material in proving the conspiracy. Was Quay a Victim? Toward the close of the day's pro ceedings Air. Shields asked Goldsmith some questions which Indicate that the defense is about to attempt to prove Its contention that Senntor Quay was the victim of Cashier Hooklns. who, they assert, used the name and account of the senutor without the hitter's knowledge, to covi r his own Juggling with the bank's funds. Hopkins, they say, appears to havo used fictitious names tor loans, pre sumably to himself, as well ns the name of Senator Quay. He had the reputation of being a heavy specula tor 111 the stock market and th.; In ference Is that the defence will attempt to prove that Senator Quay bad no knowledge whatever eif the alleged ! Ion mi on his account. .Mr. Shields put I u tllffeient complexion on the entiles In the "red book" by compelling the witness to ntlnilt that manv of his figures were not pi oven by entries In the tegular bank books, but wore the result of whnt he practically acknowl edged to lie Ills "guesses" at the mean ing of certain unintelligible Prop . TIIK KKWS THIS MOKXIXIi Weather Indications loifiy: j SHOWCRS PROUABLE. ' l 1' General Kvideuce Favorable to Quay. Olllcei's and .Men of the Yorktown Captured by Filipinos. Husy Sessions of the Leglslaluie. Jlilbery Report Submitted. 2 General Atluntlc League Hase Hall Schedule. Financial and Commenial. :; L-hoI Wyoming Conference Appoint, litems. Whitney's Weekly News Hiiilccl. I Kdltoilnl. News and Comment. '. Story "Told fiom the Deacon Se.ir A Lumber Camp Stor). tl Local Second Day's Ilui-lnesa of the Lackuvvanna Pie'sbj tcry A .Modernized Hose lloiiw. 7 Local .Mention of -Men of the Hour. .Meeting of tho Luther League, t, Local West Scranton and Suburban. !i News Round Abutit Surantnu. 10 Local Harbor Asphalt Compuii Will Tost .Mayor's Veto of Paving Ordi nance. Criminal Court Procevdlngs. written In the "red book." Gt.ld- INNINGS fciullh was still on the stand when the court adjourned for the day and tho questions put to him near the close, were full of promise of Interesting de velopments tomorrow. .Much of the sting was taken out of the famous "shake the plum tree" by the statement that the purchase) of Aletropolitan stock contemplated thereby was made with 510,000 of Sen ator Quay's own money, his deposit ut that period exceeding $00,000. While Senator Quay was listening In tently to the cross-examination of the expert a telegiam wns thrust Into his hand containing the announcement or the breaks' in his ranks ut Harrlsburg. The senator caiel'ullv adjusted Ills glasses and read the despatch. Then a hair fiown came over his features and his face turned from the witness to the court room window, out of which he guzeii in a contemplative manner for j-ovorul minutes. Ile made no com ment to any of those scaled near him on the news the telegram conveyed to him. FAVORABLE ADMISSIONS. It Appears That Mr. Quay Wns nn Indorser. Philadelphia. April R.. When court opened today In the dial of ex-Senator Quay it was evident troiii the brief ex amination of Aleyer Goldsmith, tho ex pert accountant, by District Attorney Rothermel, that Judge Riddle's decis ion ruling out testimony relating t. other than the alleged specific conspi racy prevent the revelation of many alleir.d manipulations by state treasur er and others of the state funds on deposit in the People's hank. Mr. Goldsmith was on the stand for less than live minutes this morning. In that time Air. Rothorml brought out the fact that on Aug. ", lSriS, $W0.oip were deposited In the bank by State Treasurer Huvvvood. making the stat" deposit aggregating $t;eo Ooo. Two iluy later a loan of $nn,nn) wns made' to Itlchurd R. Quay on a note endorsed by Senator Quaj. The witness said the books did not show whether the lo'in of $100 Oee was paid off or not. It has he-en tntei. however, that the loan was lepald after the bank closed March l'J, l.s'K "To whom was Interest paid. If anv, on this $e0.0nn of state money depos ited?" asked the district attorney. "To Hip state tieasurer." Air. Shields conducted the cross examination. The 'Witness was qties tii nul about Ins experience ns nn tv. licit. lie said his calculation wei. bused noon suggestions from the led book found bv an examination of tho other books. A long line of questions upon what the witness based his cat. eolations of Interest were then nsked. The witness Indicated that ho explain ed fhe rate of Interest from thu cur rent prices lu the moimv market and not the result of guess. The wltness'n attention was directed to his .testi mony that the books showed Air. Quay owed StSri.15.VU' ut the end of Oct. 31. li'li". He was told to show where such evidence appeared ill the books. Tills necessltnud the witness going over each book bearing on the account and consumed much time. Kept to Bank's Regulnr Books. The ilcfeus- confined the witness to the lcgular books of the bank, and without reference to the red book.black nnd blue books. In pursuance of this, he saltl $57,50."i.l2 was the total loan charg.'d against Air. Quay. There were also numerous cifdit but balancing the flguies kit the Indebtedness as above This left a difference of $I2S -;:,Vi In the amount of $1m.VVVI:! testified to by the witness yesteiday as Iviv Ing been loaned to Senator Quay dur ing the t-lx months Oct. .11, 1SD7. The discrepancy was accounted for, how ever, by the production from tho black book of entries showing purchases of Metropolitan and Sugar rtuck to th value of J51JS.3.V). Air. Shield claimed that the witne bail no right to charge nguinst Senator Quay these purchases of stock nine they were bought through a locnl stock brokerage thin and carried by thei on margin, ai i that not a dollar was loaned by tin biuk on the transactions. The witness was coinpi lied to ndmlt the truth of this The black book Is l'ol llnueil un P..Be " t t t-t t WEATHER FORECAST. 4 f f f Washington, April K -FifiiCiM - for Weihichdiu : For eastern Penn- s.Ivunla, probably sliovveis; frtMll -f eiubt to southeiisteily winds; un- settled weather Thursday, -f ttHtt ttttt ttlt t i tftJU', A
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