- Simme. cranton 0$Q tf3 ." TWO CENTS. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, PA., FRIDAY 310HXIXU, FEBRUARY 10, 1900. TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. TBM DELAWARE VALLEY HEARING "he Necessity of a Rail road Shown by Am pie Evidence. JUDGE HAND QUOTES LAW Mr. E. L. Fuller Presents a Letter Asking to Have It Incorporated In the Record to Show the Opposi tion of the Lawyers Employed by the Existing Anthracite Coal Cai lying Railroads Senator Thorn ton's Testimony. New Yoik, rob. 15 1 lie hc-irlng bc-fote- tho state l.illioid commission on tin- application of the Delawaie Valley mil Kingston Hallway comp.m lor pet mission to lonsfiuet a uiHioad along the line of the old Ik'l.iwaio unit Uwlm canal, from Lackaw aen to Kingston tldcw.itoi. w.is eontlnm I bete toil iv, the llfth elav of the heir ing, and J. W. Donaldson, a wholesale groicr of Kllcnvllle-, was the Hist wit ness of the di. All. Donaldson sill that the pstablNhnu nt of a new line would awaken .1 healthy competition and help to develop the lumber and ounny losouices of the vnllev. The witness salel that the population of Klli nvllle, which Is estim ited at about 3 noo, bad eieireised considerable- wP'i the diminution ot ean.il traliie. To Fiank I'latt, of opposing counsel. Mi. Doniil Kon s.ild be tindit stood tint the Kingston and Itnundout iuIIwhv line so-caued -paper ioinpan) nil acqulte'el l.iml at Hllenvllle for a i.ill load station. I. H. Teiwllllgcr, of HI lenvillo. pioprlutor of a siiinmet hotel, described the l'llcnv ille- suction lioni .1 bot'dkcepei's point of view and ns "eite.l that an eia nt piospeilty would open to .Sullh.m and Ulste-r counties which would bi iiowded with "mem beis of the IcImiii clause -eeklti'j t'l" beauties of natiiu." Mi. Teiwllllgcr pic-intcd two petitions- fioni the Hlk-iiviHe section, which the commlssoncis admitted, di spite Mi. I'l m's obit etlons The eotiiml'-'loin is sustained the on Jectlon oi Mi. IMatt to the udmlsslnn of u petition signed by the Individual Coal Uperntnis' association of Sci. in tern The gi minds for the nil lug wen that the New Yenk state- e onimisso'i- rs weie not lntcictcd In the people. Wi. Tullei's Lettei. 1" 1. Fullci, of the association, in l.spcnso to that inline,', pipstnt-el a genual lclt-i whti h counsel foi the iipplknm eompinv will ask to have Incorpoiiited in the weoid of the pro ceedings. The httei states. "thtough the opposition of the lnweis eniplojed ly the esistliiK anthracite coil cair ing i.iihoid, the individual opeiatois, inembeis of the Anthiatlti' Coal Op ei.itot.s' association have been pu-. vented f i urn petitioning the lallmad commission ot the st.it.. of New York to siant a cbniter to the Delawni Vnllev and Kingston rallioad. which has offe-ied to e-ariy tli"ir coal at a lovvei piiee tlutn that demanded by the piosent railioids" Iy-C'ongiesman Isaac X. Cox, now dealer in luinbei, rallioad ties and gonral lneiehandl'e at nilenvllle, sail the coi.sttuctlon of the railroad as proposed by the neluwau Vnllev and Kingston Uailioad i ompanv would bo of meat benefit to Fller.vlllo mil vicin ity. Tile projected Kingston A'nlley and Ilondoiit load could be of no ser vice because of Its hu of tidewater fac llltles at Klnpston Alfred Hand, of Sri anion, an o Justice of the supieim- comt of Penn svlvanla, was called to show by th Pennsylvania statutes that It Is legil foi an existing rallioail companv to liaialiel Its own line's. W. I'. S Thotne pioFleUn' ot the P-law aie Valley and Kingston hall way company, Is also vice picsident of the Kile ant' Wyoming Valb-y Ml mad, whose line pai.illels the rouij eir th piojeeteel level for ten miles belo v Lac Law axon. Judge Hand Quotes Piecedents. Judc-o Hand ipiotid p indents in suppeut of the imposition o the ap. pllcnnt cominnv and said that tin Pennsylvania emits hive nlwavs con strued the statutes liberally In 5 an nuel muttcis. Thev have novel, he insisted, put any obstacle In the v.nv of the constiue. tlon of lailwajs llkelv to octuflt tho piodlictH of tho state. "What is the polio v of Mie il( .1 asked Ml. Shc-iman. 'in i.gnd to tlie paiallel and competing lines.'' "Tha policy of the law !s to encout ugo them and pn-vent consolidation " c piled the witness Mr. I'latt objected tr, the question and answer ami the ennimlsslonei sus tained the objection. The commissioner sustained other objections of Mi. I'latt ti. a like liUj of nuesttonlns. Tho commission then consldeied the letter uu sauted by Mr. Fuller for tho Individual imthrnclte coal operators Finally Colonel Cole decided that tlie foimer rult upplng to the lesldents of Pennsylvania must stand ami c eluded the letter. Htnte Senator Jacob lUte. ot Ulster count., muele an appeal for the permit usked. He said hun dreds of men had bouKht little home? along the canal and will have to epilt iinlesii tho Pelawuie Valley and KIiibs ton Halhoad company bo permitted to build. He told of small homesteads worth ?.., 00 each If the toad Is built that are dear at j:00 If fiekht ond tratric facilities are denied their local ity. The piojeeted Klnirston Valley and Itondout load, he said, could not All thn bill. No road could he of .set Vkc to the section without tidewater facilities at Kingston. Mr. Tlatt asked tho witness If he were a candi date foi re-election next full and Mr. lticc replied: "it this application Is denied I should like to run for governor on the lallroad eiiestion. I could ptuiiralitee to carry two counties." Senator Thornton's Testimony. State Senator William Thornton, ot Sullivan county, next testified. He coi -roborated nil tint the previous w lines had said about the iked of a rallioad cunm dint; with tidi water nt Kingston to develop the valley district and kcii ernllv dee lined lilnistlf and bis con stituents nnloun to see the proposed road built. Share t .1, Van InwcKOti. n merchant and general dealer of Hurjuenot. ile cl ired that the Hile mllrond had not treatiel the stone and tunibci dcilei.-' falrlv. He said tho salvation of tin dlsttlet liy In building 11 compstlht; road .lions' the route of the nhandonc I canal. James I.ounsberv, of Kerhonkon, t'lster county, who lopresentcd tho dis trict for four tt rms In tho assembly said the unanimous sentiment of the district Is for another road. Thomas Sntler, e-supervlsoi ot HIkIi Talis, and an e-assemblm in, Dr. Y. i: " i:. Little, of Hosend lie. Hemv McXumee. ot laid, ville, Riivr similar testimony. Colonel Cole adjourned the session until March 1 1 when it will be resumed In this city. CLASH AT FRANKFORT. The Republican and Democratic Branches of the State Government Ate Unable to Harmonize. I'latiKfort, Ky., Keli lri. The clash between the Demociatie and Republi can branches of the state government was emphasized by the piNon olilclals releasing John Seals, a r.oulsv llle e on- let, on a paidon Issued by Governor Beckham. Deputy Win den Punch was acting Vtiudeu tonight, anel when the paidon papeis weie presented to him he cudeied Seals released unci tho lat ter left the city tonight. Douglass H.IJ.S, a Knott county con vict, iccentlv paidoned by CJoveinor Taj lor, is still In conflnenie'tit, the Pi Ison olilclals lefuslng to lecognbo Tavlor as goveinoi Atteiinevs for contestce anel contestants toelaj signed Hie following ngi cements as to thu con tests of minor state ollkei.s: "We, the tllielei signed, nttoinevs foi 1 onti st mts anel eontesti'cs, heiebv agree that all the testimony taken in the contest tor governor and llcutem nit gov ei nor In the city of rianktoit. a-, far as the sumo may be competent and le lev ant, may be lead as evidence In the contest for the minor state otllces now pending befme the state bond of election comml-doners now sluing as .1 contest bo.iicl; aiid It is further nuieeil that the said contests shall b submitted to said bo.uel without nigu ment. the counsel for neither side nor any other poison to be pi cent eliiilng the tiial anil the contest! es cvpiessly ieci.liig nil rights to accept, object eir dcimii to the evidence 01 otlie r pioeeed Ing which they may have under the livv. anel fiuthei that the s.iiel eontes tees do not by the agreement waive 01 lellneiulsh any objection to the juiisdie tlon of the boaid and this agieement is to take- effect after tin boaid shall have acted on the primal motions an I nfilelavlts heictofoic filed befoie s.ild I'oa'd b the satel eontestces and all ot the in which shall be shown by thu iccoiels, and In the event said motions, supplementeil by the said atlidavlts, shall be overruled b the board. This agreement Is to be In effect and bind ing at once, this 15th day of I'ebruaiy, lSOO." The contest board met at 3 o'clock when the leading of testimony was be gun. THE MOLIKEUX CASE. Death Sentence Will Be Pronounced Today. New Voik. Feb 13. Roland H. Mol- I Ineux will bo aunlgued befoio Record 1 er Goft in 1'art IV general sessions I at 10 .10 o'clock tomoiiovv morning. He will be sentenced to death, the time of the execution to be named bv the I recorder. oheilff Oiell hat. arranged to have the piisoner removed at once to Sine Sing. INHERITANCE TAX VOID. Minnesota Law Declared Unconstitu tional by Supreme Couit. St. Paul. Feb 1" Tho supieme court bis dielaied the Minnesota Inheiltani-e tax law to be uiiioustltutloiial on the giound tint it Is (onti.iiy to the con stltullonal piovislou ieiiililng ecjunl taxitlon, becnuge it exempts 1e.1I piop crty anel asses-es such n ta- only on piis-oii.il piopcrty and because of either exemptions Bankruptcy Petitions. Plttshuig. Peb Pi 7 ho following pell, tloiib In binkruntcy were filed toda in the United Stales district mint: Will iam Giles accountant, of J'lttMon, Lu zerne, lliiblllties $lrt0, iismIs $m; Alex ander Plxliir. Slicnuiho towuslilp, Law rence, liabilities Jli.ol'J 10. asets $"p0; liar lfson A. Kltchui. of Wan en, liabilities ttO'.ssi, assets $2u0: Abi.ili im Ilralv, Wllllamspoit, nnel Jacob N, ('.ml. in, of Scinntou, were illbchaued fiom bank ruptcy. Held for Serious Charge. Newport News, Vn., Peb n Willi .in J G11 land was arrested at Phoebus, Vn., .sirdij peiulii g nn lim itlgiiiimi of tho eleuth of his septuagenarian wilt. 7'he In. vestlgulluii of tho roiuiic-i thowe-d that ne-edlps had be.n tlnusi through ihe wo in ill's heait. 'Iney weie mairtel six iiionths 7 ho police think cliiiland drugged her and killed ht-r eo ux pos. H'S-bIou of her estate . Life Sentence Confiimed. Dillas, Te-., Peli. 13 Tho state court of appeals bus atflnned tho eleclslon ot tho lower court, scntcneln,; to llfo Im prisonment c x-County .ludgo O, D. Ct'n .11011, of liobertsou count), for the niur-d-r of W. 7'. Gray early In isi-i. Gn.y vns shot In front of hie homo at '-'link. Un, vheio he was superintendent of pub. He tschools. Pennsylvania Pensions. WaBhliigton, Peb. J3 Pensions Issued under date ot Pehiiniry i: I in rease 11. n jiniln J. Jnmlhon, I each Haven, Lii-erne, $1 in $10; Noah P. "Inffe. Athens, Hrml. leirel. $1.' to $17. Orlkliiil wldotts-Lvclli Lue-lnda llraeb-r, Keinnton, $; banih A. Nliliolbon, Muellwjiivllle, Laekuwanna, i. THE CLARK CASE IS WARMING UP SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY IN TRODUCED YESTERDAY. Justice Hunt, of the Montana Su pi erne Court, Testifies of What He Rcguids ns an Attempt to Con sider a 6100,000 Bribe in Favor of Lawyer Wellcome Judge Pig got's Opinions. Washington, Tcb. 1 o Highly sensi- tlonal testimony was developed today tu the Investigation by the senate com mittee on privileges and elections ot the elee tlon of W. A. 'Claike to the I senate from Montana. Justice Hunt. .1 Republican member of the Moiitant supreme couit, testified tii.it bis tamllv physician, Di. Tiacey, hid mnde what he regarded 113 tin attempt to have him consider a $100,000 lnlbe to favor Lawyer Wellcome, one nL Mr. Cl.uke's 'attoine.vs In the disbarment ptoceed ' lugs against Wellcome. The witness j did not diiectly at least connect Mr. Clarke with this bilbciy pioposllleur. the hitters counsel. es.-Senator I'auU ner, moved ti) stilke the whole testi mony lrom tho recoid, but did not sue--ceed. The w lines 1 testllieel that the same day other attempts to bilbe had been maili 011 Judge Plggott, Justice of the supieme court of Montaiu. Counsel foi Mr. Clarke cross-questioned Mi. Hunt quite fchnrply as to why he had not prosecuted the doctor or made a statement nt the time according, the leply In substance belnrf that witness was too much humiliated by the pio posltlon and nlso believed that Dr. Tiacey did not realize the enoimity ot his offense. The committee held a night session, at which Justice Plggott testified con cerning the lem.uks to him ontwoda.s when Dr. Trace had interviews with Justice Plggott Tiacey testified tint the accused had said 'to him In an ex cited manner that ho had Just been accused by Mr. Nell, of Helen 1, that the supioiiie court could be unduly In fluenced in tho Wellcome disb.ument pioceedlngs, wanted to know If It wio tine, and spoke of denouncing nnv such attempt. Witness had intoimel counsel that be never he.ud of such an attempt fiom him d'iggott) foi be woull kill an one coming to him with a blibe offei. FIRE AT LANCASTER. Almshouse Barn Burned ?10,000 Worth of Piopcrty Destroyed. Lancaster, Feb. 15 About 7 o'clock this evening fiio biol.e out in the liu'i fi une bain on the county aliinhoiic pieipeitv. Fanned bv n stioug wind j '.lie II lines spuael with amazing quick ne-ss. ueioie e 1101 is weie made to ics e lie Hie Impiisoned live stock and a iiumbei of horses weie taken out, but several mules anil four heat's ot cattle peiMied. The building was complete ly de st 1 ov eel, together with its con tents of v.ilinblc- faun Implements, ve hicles and ciips Including twenty tons of hay, eight bundled bushels ol wheat and four bundled bushels ot oats. The loss amounts to about tin Tin, initially coveied by insuiance. Tit flu- is thought to have been the woik of an incendlaiy. This is the foi.ith bain that has been burned down 01 this site In the past twenty jeai.. GEORGE WEEKS HANGED. Executed at Moyamenslng Prison for Murder of Alice White. Philadelphia, Pa., Peb 1.. George Weeks, colored, was hanged In Moy amenslng prison today for the minder of Alice White, also colored, on Dec. connected with Weeks for the same murder, was hanged last Thursday. Weeks went to his death bravely and did not show the slightest evidence of fear or nervousness. The cilme was committed dining 11 celebration at Christmas. Alva White and May Johnson, a colored woman, and Chailes Mooie, a white man, weie drinking together when Si. Clair and Weeks burst Into the nouse. levohera In hand, anil opened fire on the little party collected then. The two women nnd Moore weie wounded h the liv ing bullets and tho White woman sub seciuentlv died. ATTACKED BY INSURGENTS. Five Thousand Men Engage Ameii cans nt Manila. Manila, Peb. 1". Insuigent fences es timated to number 5.000 soldiets, most ly bolo men. attacked the Ameiiean gauison in the convent ut D.uoga, In the piovlnce of Albav, dining the night of Feb. 5. They were lepulsed, however, after thev hail huimd much of the- town, Om lieutenant wounded was th" only loss sustained by tho Ameiicuns. CONSUMPTIVE CIOARMAKER. Oideied to Desist fiom Wetting the Ends of Cigars with His Lips. P.uffalo, Peb. 15. Inspector Wlllard of tho health department has repot te) to Dr. Weude that a man In the ad vanced stages ot consumption was making clgois In a factory In this city. Tho health commlssioneis Instmcted the Inspector to oider the mun to do slst from wetting the tips of his clgm with his toiiguo and to direct him to use. a damp sponge or some other me chanical contilvnnco lather than ele ctive him of his means of livelihood. Gift to the U. P. Philadelphia. I'cb. I', Piovost Hunt son, of tho University of Ponnsslvnnh todiy announced that a gift of jr. (WO his been made to the univcrslt. b Mrs. Thomas MoKcun, nf this eltv. 7'he gift Is made In memory of Mis. MeKcun's father, the late George M. Whaitoii, nnd Is a contribution tovvurd the cost of th.. new liw school building, which Is to bo loimullv opened nnel dedicatee! on the 21st Instant. Supported liy House of Commons. London, Pcli. lS.7'ho Iiciumi of com mons this evening udopti-1 thn govern m. nt nitllt.ity mIu mo ba vote of 113 uciilnst 10, tin-nilueiltv conslMlinr eliiulv I of Iilt.li un nihil, CARNEGIE ACCEPTS SERVICE. Reasons Why Other Members of the 'rirm Envor Mr. Filck. Pittsbutg. Peb. 15 The following will tleai all doubt ns to tho Cameglu nttoinea having accepted seivlce: "There Is no mystciy In th's case." said Clouigo II. Got don, ot the ill 111 of Dulzell, Scott & Gordon, tonight. "1 have accepted rervlce for the Carncgl .Steel company, llmltel, In the suit of H. 0. Prick and for su li othets of the detcndantsiis can be puelily reached." The recoulei's olllcf of Alloghenv countv furnishes un laterostlng piece of news lelative to tho ptcsnt quutel and the lovelatlons of the peiweis ot nttoinev filed bv ndirvv Cainegic icl-illng to H. C. Frlck. P. M. Cutiy. V. T. P. Love-Joy. Mr. Phlnns and Mr Pll'l's, Ji and which deptlvcd them ot ' inv lights to sign or net for him. which they hive hail foi yen is, rdds another pipe to the contioversy and furnishes one leison whv Mi. Frli It's 'itto-nejs stic'c that the unilmcu or s mie of them favor Mr. Pilch In the pie cnt quired. In the reeonls It up. 1" .i'm that Mi. c.iimfo tool; all the lecelpta 01 bis attcinev 11s fm- pack .is Decfinbei. IS'ia, or about th" time Ik- was confeirlng with Ml. Schwab li New Yoik. Tiie action was taken in that state and forw aided at once to I the lecordei's office hei-, wheio It v as riled and recoiebd De-ccmbe-i 21, or four cl.ivs before Mi. Cninigii cum to . Pittsbutg. and e'l-nnnde 1 Prick's ies. nation as chilrman of the boaid ot managers of the Carnegie Steel com pany. M'QRAW THREW UP HIS HANDS th: New Base Ball Association Receives a Sejtback. Riltlnioie, Mel, Peb. 15 The new base ball issnchiMun received a "c-t back today that will piobauly delav its organization foi a yeat. If it docs not enlliely blast Its hopes. When the meeting ot the association t Chiiaco I adjourned It was agreed between Mc- I Gtaw and An'on that if Philadelphia ellel not jest Its money within a week the two leaders would chop out. He I Giaw was assigned to sec Mi. Gllmore, pioptletor ot the nudltoiluiu. In the Qimkei City, who was said to be wil ling to put up the cash. When Mc I Gi aw c.illcel em Mr. Gllinoie today he was infoimed that the citv of Philadel phia owned the only available bill giotinels in the citv. and that thev weie to be- linpioved. Mr. Uilninro added that In the ibs:ice ot 1111 option 01 suitanie- gi omuls, he- piefeiied not to deposit the money. Possibly In two w ecks he would see- bis w'ay clear, and would then nnkc good his lontrlhutlnn te th Philadi Iphl 1 club. Ppon bis 111 rival In Ilaltlinoie this evening Mc- (Jiaw found a teleginni fiom Mi. Gll- , nioic awaiting him, asking that the us- soclatlon wait tlue weeks. McGraw the u upon tluew up his n mils ard tele- giapbeil A ut. n th it he would with- , diav. fiom the as loclatlon. He sill tonight that It wns useless to do burl- ness with a sK-elitb ebeuit, and tblt the horded debt ol the United States the loss of Phllidi-lnhla meant th by the Issue of bonds be 11 lug .' p'-r falluie of the association. He will pent. Inteiest. and lnrest of thc&e tiiohahly sn a leigiie centi.ict In a 1 bonds to be paid In gold. The 2 pel few davs. A meeting of the compiiiv I 1(nt. bonds shall be issued at not lea which was oiganled to luek th"- Ilalil- 1 than pir. Any nitlonal bank, by de mo'v club, will bo held tomoiiovv and porting with the United States treas thc". mii'teis be " pl.ilnnl to tin 111. uly honds of this countiy, shill be riilca-'o. Peb. 1." Picsident Anson, ,,0imltted to Irene cliculitlng netcs to of the Ameiiean liase Pall nssoclitlon ,nP. flUO ,,u of ,,, ,,on0, deposited, which v.iis oiganleenuesday, declaie.l ' nuiU ,,; uU(uvod to !uc rlrcu. tonight that the new oiganizatlon was a failuii- and would be disbanded. MRS. EYLER VINDICATED. Another One of Her Critics Is Dis placed. Tienton, N ,L, Feb. 15. At the annu al meeting of the board of manage is of the state inliistil.il school f.n glils. Mis. i:lei, the principal, was con tinued in hei posplon, vvldcl. 'vns an implied approval of hei cotiisc- as pilu 1 ill al. I The onlv Impoitunt change made In the ollkers w is the substitution of Di. Geoige Parkei foi Di. Lntua Satter- 1 thwaite as tho xlsitlng plivskiin. Dr. Satteithwalte was .one of those who I e-iltlclsed 5hs. Ujlet'a methods. She 'declined tonight to discuss hei dis placement. UPRISING IN FORMOSA. Rebels Raid Japanese Offices and Obtain 3,000 Yen. Tae-oma. Wash., Peb. 15 Advices hioucjit bv the steamship St. Iiene say that a 11-bel baud last mouth 1 aided j Jipinese oillces at Mate), anel obtained 1 "000 veil. 7'hat outbie.ik followed the le'tusal of the Japanese to lend the lebcls foitv lilies 10 go bunting with In thic-e othii localities of southern I'minosi bindits were- plunderlnif, 1 Con .Ulei able success m-i ms to be at- 1 tenellng the Jiipmese- goveinment'.s c-x- pcilmput of eniollliig Its I oinios.in sul) Jects tor militaiy service. Victim of Toiil PlayP W.itciteiwn, lib. ij A knMhy st.iti--nient his lie en IsMiiel kIbiucI b Mis. I'liieibs A. Chleki III g, widow of llipie--scntiulve Chleki-ilnir. who v .ib killed m Nuw Yoik on Tin Mhiy by fading fiom a loiuth Hluiv v. billow of tho G'-and I'limn hotel. Ik. II. II. Oramci mil J. S. Mitch- 11, Mr ('hlclceiliig'b private sf-cictiu... In whli h it was staled that thoy buluvo tint Mr. Chlekeilng was the victim of toul play. Bryan in the South. Columbia. S C. IVb. 15 W. J. JUj.in, nciompaulid by a commlttie of leglsln tots and cltieus tint wiut to Cliailotto tei nu't-t him liiht night, arrival hero at 11 SO today At 1 p. m. ho addressed the nieinbe-is of tho gi in ml assembly and a largo concourse of people, many having eeiniH fiom all see Metis it thn slate lie spoke for two hiiuis from a stand crertcel at tin- south enhance to tho state house. Testimony Regaiding Trusts. Washington, Pi b I' 7 he iuelustrl il commission has reielvid fiom tho prlntci the testimony taken b tt la regal el to Musts and today took up the qui stlon as to whether 01 not x ropoit shall bu mulo to cot.giess upon the subject on tho tes timony transmuted without comment. A ele-clsiou upon this point Is not expected foi scivt-i.il clas. Steamship Aril vale. Qiiieiistowu. Pib. 15 Airhtd; (ki munlc, New York foi Llverfionl. Sailed, Teutonic) (from Liverpool), New York. Uottililnni Sailed- Itnttirelam, New York. Airlved: M inselum, Now York. New York Failed: 7'aiiiic. Liverpool; La Gascogne, Havre. Soiuli.impton Ai rlved: St. Paul, from Now York. Huvro Arrived: Luhti, from Uietneu. CURRENCY BILL PASSES SENATE DECISIVE MAJORITY OF 46 TO 20 IN ITS FAVOR. Mr. Kyle, of South Dakota, the Only Senator Who Did Not Vote The Bill Provides That All Forms of United States Money Shall Be Maintained nt a Parity With Oold and Shall Be Redeemable in Oold. Washington. Feb. 11 "flic senate substitute for tho house cuircncy Din w is passed by the senate today by the deelslve-niajoiity of 46 to 2'i. Prior to the final passage ot the bill amend ments weie corsleleied under the- ten nilnuti 1 ule. Onlv tw o ot these nine nd luents were' adopted, viz: one offei ed bv the- tlnenci- committee keeping tho doeii open to Intel national bimetallism, itml one by Ml. Nelson, of .Miniiesotl. providing for national banks with $J". uno capital in towns ot not moio than 4,000 inhabitants. Tho vot. s taken on the vailous nik-nilnietits olTeied were practlcnllv along paity lines. Mr. Chandler (Rep , X. II.,) voted for the bimetallic ani'-nd. ment but against the bill. Ml. Cat. feity (Dem , La. A and Mr. Lindsay (Dem, Ky..) voted against the com mittee amendment but for the hill. Mi. Kyle (S.D.) was the only senator who did not vote and was not palled. Tho fiee 1 live r substitute offeied by Mr. Jones, the leader of the Demo ciatie side-, was defeit-d by a majority of 1i, the votev being 47 to 2s. The hill ns parsed consists of ten sections, which piovlde that the dollir ot 25 S-l) gi alns of gold nine tenth" fine, shall be the st.mdaid unit of value and that all foi ins of the United States money 1 shall be linlntalned ut a parity with . it. and the tieisurv notes and gioen- bicks shall be lceleeinablo In gold. Empowered to Sell Bonds. The seere-taty of the tre.mny is to set aput a fund of $130,000,1)00 in geild for the icdemptlon of these not"s and to maintain this fund at u figure not below $1011,000,000 he Is einpoweied to sell bonds of the United States bear ing Intel est at not. exceeding 3 per cent. It shall also be tho duty of the sec retin v of the tieisury, as fast as retire notes standaiel dollars ato coined, to In full the amount ot treasury I "-" to Issue sliver ceitlficates ngalnst the siivci so coined. Under certain ptovlsions, too, gold ceitlficates shall be issued tiealnst the gold held In tin ln-asuiy. No Unite il States notes or treusurv notes shall be Issued in do nominations of less than 10, and no slhct c rtlfk'ite-s lu ib-nonilnations of mole than $1(1 The Sfetaiy of the tie.isiuy is also ititheil7cd to lefund latlng notes in excess of the amount of the paid in capitil stoilc of thi bank. After the presentation of the financial bill the senate made the Ha waiian bill the unfinished business. MACRUM CONTRADICTED, State Department Not Notified That Mall Had Been Opened. Washington, Fib. 15 While state do n.iitiiient odirinih were noiso torinv to dlseiisslnir the nublished statement Ing the publi of ex-consul Macrum, it was said au thoritatively that a search of the ree onls failed to show tint Mr. Macrum had ever reported to the department ' that his mail was being regularly tam- pered with by the British authorities. Tho department Investlga ed the mit- lei anel learned that no unnecessary delay existed and does not credit the statement that tny correspondence, ofllclal or otheiwise. was opened. In spected and delacd by British uuthoil ties. In the house Mr. Wheeler, of Ken tucky, today offered the following re solution: Whereas, Cbiiles 1:. Macrum, lite a consul ot tho government of tho United States nt Pretoria, in the Transvaal 1 I' ll bile, over his own signature, charges; "When Mils Oils) mall was finally feu viarded to mo, aftei Colonel Stowe, tho American consul general at Cape Town, hail seemed Its releiiM, I hud thu Mil initiation, ns the repieent!itlvo of tin Am 1 lean geiveinmi nt, of sitting in my olllci! in Pi 1 ten la nnd looking upon cn Vilocs bearh g the illkial seal ot tho Ameiiean government, openwl ami olfl clallj scaled with .1 sticker, notltjlng mo tint Mir contents had been road by the censor at Dm ban," and Whereas, He further states in tho same nitlile: "Whin 1 accented m post as consul I knew rothlng of nn secret nl II nco between Amcilca and Great Hilt filn;" then fine, be It Hesolvcd, by the house, That the secre tary of stalo Is ellitctul to li-form the he use of representatives whether said Charles P. Macrvm, as conul ot tho American government, inf iimcd tin state depaitment that Ms ofllclal mull bad been opened and nnd by tho BrlM-n con. sor at Duiban. nnel, If so, what steps, if stcr mi) 1 have been taken to obtain an expla nation anil upoiogv iiom the lirilisli gov eiiinient; unci it Is further dliected to In. foi in the house of icoresontutlvis whut truth theie Is In tho '.barge that 11 se cret alliance exists between the republic of the United States and tho empire of Great llrltnin. 7'ho speaker icferied the resolution to the foreign affairs committee. After Fraudulent Voters. Uuzleton, Peb. 15. Constable Purren, armed with warrants for the arrest of a number of Kline township Italians 011 charges of securing und using fraudu lent naturalization papers on the strength of which It Is alleted they voted at thn November elections, went to Hunker Hill Inst nidit to servo the warrants, but none of the accused could bo found and It Is stated that thev h&vo fled. Over thirty win rants aro out. Duke De Sldonia Dead. Madrid. Pch. lr.-Duke Do Medina Sid onla. grand chnmherlaln and chief of the i ro)al household, is dead, the m;vn this mouninu Wctther InJIcatlon Today! rAIRl COLDER. General London Pleased with General Roberts' South African Campaign. Dvldenco Pnvornblo to New Coil Road. Keniito Passes the Currency Hill. Sensational Testimony In tho Clark Cuse. General Northeastern Pennsylvania. Whltnej's Wceklv News Huelget. l'liiaticlnl and Comim rclal. Local Trial List for March Term of Court. I Pelltoilal. NVvvs and Comment. 5 Gc GeT.il Governor Tajlors Mews on the Kentucky Political Muddle. Iocnl Men's Union Listens to Strik ing Speeches Comt Proceedings. Locat-niilx for Lighting the City. New Tiollcy Ronel Sttlkes 11 Snug. Local West Seranlon and Suliuibin. I'.mmd About the Count. Local Llvo IiiihlHtiinl News. NO MORE RACING UNDER THE L. A. W. National Assembly Decides to Re linquish Contiol of the Business. Officers Elected at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Keb. 13 The national I assembly of tho League of Ainerle-an I Wheelmen todav relinquished control ! of lacing anel nbollsheJ the amateur clause of membeishlp. All other ref erences to amateur wheelmen were stiliken from the constitutions. Th amendments brlnglnp; about tills sweeping change on tho conduct of the league were offei oil by I. U. Pottei, and were adopted amid the e beets ot tin- de legates. Tin- work of the -league In the caus ot highway Improvements, Piesldent Keenan sale!, has not ceased duilni; the past year. With rferenre to ias Ing l.e said: "Uy the- alnnelonment of racing by the league the leglsl.atlv e committee has nothing officially to iccotnmeiid. It does, however, suggest that th" ele ction of the society against cemtlol of it be solely 111 on the giounds of o pedlency ns lcgards the vvelfaio of the ensue. Killing owes ev ore thing M ' tnc Ifac,,p n,1(l t,1(' league owes notb- ' -rs to lALlnB Tlu 'uutrol of racing by an oicinbation with puulv tier- ciliary obects in view, no mitier what the lcgislitlve ability tint It may ellspliy, can hardly be conducive to the puilty nnd elevation of the spot t ....a . .11 .n ...1.1 ... u .. 1... 1 .1 .ui iit-i nwi in n-i iiiunii.-iiij 11 the results of the past s-ason are to b- taken as .a erlteiion." 7'he tieasuier, James ('. TattersaM, lepenteil receipts from Jnnuaiy 1 to Ucceml.er 31, JhVj. to be i0.'.o.:i! M: cPs-nuiseme-nts, "5'jO tfil.70. hilance em hand, HfiT 11. After the it)orts hrd been lend and ncted 111 oivthe dclcgjf-s took a iecc.se acted utouth of two limn' and itonvpin-d at .: o'elock. when the following olliceis. weie elected- Pisle!cnt Conway W. Sum. Man land: first v lee preside in, Thibet t T. Klngsbuiy. New llnmpdihe, second vice pie-ldent, A. r t'hoito. Minnesota; tieasuier, .lames ('. Tat tersill. New Jersv; auditing commit tee, Clarence W. Smell. Maine; Aaron Wolfson, MussuhuseUs, and T. M. Sklles, Mar.vlund. A resolution was adopted recom meue:ing the presentation to the ni tlonal congress eta request fo.- umkiiu; larger apptopiiations and cuallng an ofllce of irud Ineiuhy. ind lccoinmend. Ing Otto Domer, of Milwaukee, for the position of director of the ollire. Vai- I ou other resolutions of n minor char- , actpf aeloj.ted. Th- lacing and amateur etuestlons wens then takn up and the amendments lellnqulshlng control of meets and tit.r.-gatlng the amateur claiife weie idoj ted without difficulty. t "''moer 01 amenanients leiatlint ' .- iiiiiuuii mm mc uji.iws "? ' r1t,,errc" to eommittces. after . M(,h tll(' assembly ailjoumed until 1 m"rn . f' Tonight the vls'tlng deiegites are being entei tallied by the local blevelo clubs. SWINDLED THE HAKRISONS. Ex-President and Wife Were Sys tematically Robbed. Indianapolis, Peb. 15 It is being 10 lated here tonight that both ex-President Ilauison and his wife wen- sv.. I tem.iticnllv robbed and nthervvlsi I swindled dining thoit- visit to Pails last suiniiii'i when the f.ini-i.il wet engaged In th' Vcneiiulaii elalnis nf. fair. The c-x-preMelent was ask?d about the matter tonight and lie un lit med the stoiy, although he- said In did not know that It was nbrond and I did not nuthniUe it. He- now think" that a oung Fierehman who acted is I his valet wiif the swi.idki. or If not. that he knows all nbout Hie l.nceny Aside from sums of money that the ' A conespondent wilting fiom Chleve-e-presldent ml"sed, the best and most J hy. Fob, 13, bnvs: nccoinpllshd op-ratlon of all was sev-1 "w'o aie still hopeful of rellovlng cial foigeries perpetrated on Mis. Hui- Lailsmlth." llson Dining the summer sin looked 1 )o,. solnB diafts due on some pilvato . invo. ,,... of .,. .. Thn ',..,,. " of ' or,,OH"' 7 ' ntn01 cnnu' "lllu' rLCl?tly -iw diatts eaim to her with her nitne falily veil en dojseil on tlkm. Tin' amount ot the vailems drafts In the named toigeiy could not bo learned. Geni-al Haul son would give no details byond siy. Irg that the story was substantially coireit. Opposition to Eight-Hour Bill. Washington, Feb. 15 nepu-Fcntatlves of tho ship bulldlrg, urmor plate manu facturing and steel concerns which fui ulsheil supplies to the government were heard today by tho houso committee on bilior lu opposition to tho bill tKlng an eight-hour day on government work. In eluding thut done under conlrait. V. K, MiCummen and cx-Representntlvo Pay. son argued that tills was a form of pa ternalism und would operate toward a confiscation of tho plants. 7'ho hearing will bo continued on tho 2Jd Inst, Five Per Cent. Increase, Hauleton. Teb. 15. The 1.S00 employes of U, li. Murkle St Co , anthracite coal mine operators, were notllkd ot a 5 per cent Increaso In tholr wnges. tho second advance in the latt two month. THE CAMPAIGN OF ROBERTS London Is Apparently Pleased with the Outline. INDICATIONS ARE HOPEFUL Belief That the Much-Needed De cisive Victoiy Is at Hand. Changes in Commands in Buller's Forces Boer Invasion of Zulu land Boers Are Damming tho Klip River Near Lndysmlth. London, Peb. 15 -Plekl Mai-sbal Lord Robeits' plans of operations In South Afilcii, as levealed by the despatches published this morning, give some fc.it lsfnetlon heie. No fuither news of tho ltiltish advance Into the Orange Pico State-, or of activity at the Modder River has been received, but confi dence pievnils owing to the be-lief that the strong bands of Kobeits and Klt chenei aie shaping matters towatd a much needed decisive victory. As the St. James Gazette says: "Lord Kobeits, with his own line well guai ded and having little reason to fear n countei -stroke attocklng his long line as It swings round, will bn able to force the Boeis to fight under unfavorable conditions or abandon ibelr neavy guns and stores." A special despatch to the Times fiom Chleveley, Natal, dated Tuesday, Feb. 1J, sivs: "Geneinl Lttleton has succeeded to the command of the second division (luring the Illness of Ueneial Clcty, who Is .suffcilng fiom blood poisoning. Colonel Noithcott, of tho Rifle brigade, temporal lly commands the fourth divi sion. The fears regarding a Uoer attack on Zuiiilnncl are somewhat allavcil nr a I special despitch ft 0111 saj that ti column of Durbin, which colonial scouts. ' after ,t foiced inaieli, has arrived at Hshowe. It is n-potted that they are. i splendid fighting foim. They weio pmsucd several times dining the niau-h by the Ueieis, but succeeded In . . lepufsfng them. Boers Damming the Klip. London. Peb. 16 The Dally Mall has tin following dispiteh from Lorenzo M.irfUes, dated Wednesday: "A. piominent Pietorla citizen, just fiom 1. id;, smith, Informs me tint tho lloeis an lap'dly dimming Klip liver. Two thousand Kafllts are employed lit the v oik and thev hive deposited; ' 10,000 ind bigs nliead;. They am onlv able to wmlc .it night, as they I would bt under Hiltish Cue. This e It I 1en, hnwevei. believes tl.lt the opi- ci tlon will be futile " I Boer Jiug'-i, Ne.u Lad.vpinllh, Tues t day, Peb. li Ycsl.--elav (lener.il Potha, with a small toiec, 1 i.ssoel th Tugeili. to 11 il "erted llillish camp, vtiieie he enc untoiid fifty k.nceis, of whom thirteen weie killed, live wound ed mid nine- tikcn pili'ner. One of the prlsoneis was sent to tell the Hilt ish to fetch their wounde-d. Uoer Head Laagei, Lnd smith, Mon day, Peb. 1''. Since Piiduy cver.vlhliu has been eitili't. The Enplli-h, with I their 1.11111011. have moved towaids , Chleveley. They found tho Peer pm! tlon unassailable 011 the upper Tiu-dn. I London. Feb lt!--7'hi c.'ape Town ' ooiicspnndent of the D lily I'lnonicli-, tolegiaphlng Wednesday, i.is: "It Is I lerotteel lni" that the lltltlsli have evacuated Itenshmg an ! tetlred to Vr unda." Wires Closed to Coi respondents. London, Peb. Hi, I.S0 a. 111. Tho wlies ate dosed to conespondents with Lend Kobeits, Ucnot.il C'tonJc-'K eomniuni iiitlons with Ulonifonteln have aheady been 1 ut. The uest news would bo that the Hoe-is have decided to give batllc among the low hills and ildgcH vi est of Klmbeile.v. .Should thoy de termine not to do this they must uilsii the hedge of Klmbetley and 1et1e.it to a point when they would piefer to light. This retirement could be a long ele tuut aiound the head of the Hiltl'li ad vance to Tilomfoiitcin, or, as si ems to militatv students mote piae-tle-alile, they could wlthelinw to the 1101 tli, us ing tin- rallioid fen- guns anil heavy baggage, mining to Finn teen Stteanis station and thence Into Transvaal ter ltton. The lioers have made no piop.ua tlous to defend Hloe nifoutein. Opera- "om eUchcie aie rapidly suspended. ' Colonel IJaelen-Fowell, in a despatch from Mafekfng, elated Jan. ..-. after mentioning niatteis already sent out by 1 01 respondents, glveb his total cas tialtles up to Jan. L'5 as follows: Killed, Ji olllcns and CO men; wounded, 8 ofll ipis and 121 nun; missing, 31 men. No word has been iccelved legaidlng General Gatacre's 12.000 ineii nt Stoims berg. The Impression Is that thesej forces aie on the way to Loid Kobeits. Charged with Killing. Hran, Tex., Peb. I'l.-Fullu. an Ital ian, is in jill cliurgcd with killing Ids wife, her 4-yr-ar-old niece, and wounding tho latter's grandmother, l-'alla hlmtelf is w ounded. The tragedy oce u r rod yes terday. In Mudvllle, In the Tfr.uoa bot tom. Tho cauto ot tho shooting iw ua known, f s.t 4, s WEATHER FORECAST. s f Washington, Feb. 15 Forecast for Pildny nnd Saturday: For eastern Pennsjlvanla. fair nd colder Fild.i; diminishing north westeily wIiuIm; Saturday fair and continued cow, t-ft-t-ttttttttttttt n r
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