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TWO CENTS.
SCRANTON, PA.. FRIDAY. MORNING, APRIL 13, 1900.. TWO CENTS:
WORK OF A DAY
IN CONGRESS
Mr. Burrows Discussion
on the Quay Case a
Senate Feature.
CAREFUL HEARING GIVEN
Tho House, After Spirited Debate,
Adopts the Rcsoluti6n Repotted
from the Insular Affnhs Commit
tee to Authorize the Secretary of
.ho Treasuiy to Designate Deposi
jilcs in Puerto Rico, Cuba and the
'hilippines New Pension Piivl
leges. Washington, April 12. An cffoit was
made in the senate today by Mr. Mor
gan to dlsjilaee the present unllnlshi d
ouslncss the Spooner Philippine bill
by the substitution In Its stead of the
Nlcningun i anal bill. While Mr. Mor
gan's motion failed, 15 to st, the Phll
Ipulne incisiue hud a mil row escape
fiom being displaced liv the Alaskan
civil code bill mi motion of Mr. Caiter.
the motion being defeated on a loll
call ii to Jl. The featuie of the day's
pioceedlngs was an exhaustive discus
sion of the Quay cae by Ml. Buriows,
of Mtehli'.in.
Seiiat' is on both s'des of the iham
bei gave him most aieful healing, and
at the inmliislo', of his speech warmly
congratulated hi in Ml. Jones (Alk.),
cliRlinim of the Democratic national
committee .opened the session with .1
shaip icioit to a chaise made against
him In t'v house yesterday bv Mr.
Dolllvci of Iowa. The senate will not
be In .s-vnm Good Kild.iy, adjourning
oer until t-atuiday.
Scnatoi Ilui rows' Aigument.
Senator Bunows, speaking on the
Qilaj case said that as a member of
tho committee on piivllcges anil elee
tloiis, called upon two jcnis aso to
i onsldei the case of Iliniv V. Cor
lietl, appoint! d a Trial, i 'iy the gov
ernor of Otogoii. he "was foiced to tho
conclusion that lln1 iwvver of appoint
ment In that case was not lodged with
tho c( (.tithe, and a majoiily of the
committee so irported. The senate sus
tained that u-poit by a. ote of CO to
lit." He added;
slim tint t inn- I Ii-jiv-Wwiii thing tn (.iu-c
Im ttiiieirsi in judicium! fintlur i vaniiuttinn
In screed ritlicr to Mtniulhin and cnnlhni it
I lie in it i i it fai H iti the 1-0 me the haiuo ,n
tint were In that The conttitntii n it tin .111
Tin piiinlmtH are tho name. Tho oiilc (hinge
i 111 tin it line nf the parlv Hcckini; ihuiHnm
In th eniti linn it t 11 e Spnatoi (nrbett,
lum It N i-enitor Oim V chaua'c of pirtlc
tirtiinl ought in t to pioduce a iliinui (if ton
U tii ns
Ml Bullous o.tiofulty levlewcd the
Qua ease from Its inclplency, and as
serted. It li a iiictiou of sun. nu- moimnt la all the
people of llio stitu tint t liis cult cnunpil of
(tales shall into ttithin its muni ership lhoe,
anil onlt those, who lo.ir ireiiontials nf un
iHiinniil iiuthontt To admit others, fo per
mjnjI in pirtiMii navoiK, would degrade this
Ikidt to tin lew I nf a politieal (aiicin, shake
ptildic iiuindiiiip brine the senate into contempt
mid Inrliit 1 lilott upon representative govern
Hunt finm ttliCih it iniilil not tptdilt iceowr
No gotptnor Ins tit attunpted to laU the
niatlir if hplpcting Miiitors out of the hands
of the leuMitiuv .md tiiak( temporal appoint
iiirnt to a vacant when Hie legNitiuo ttas in
nituil mvIoii it uill he .1 nine matter of thin,
houner, if Klliiiiupiit of (omtiiKtion (ontinuo,
vvhui the rxiiutlti of i-t.ite will usurp all the
fuiitlons of 11 lrgilaluie md nlake appointments,
even ulicn the hm-l mm in In mviuii lie (an
now, in Iht pi 1111 language nf the coiHtiuitlon,
appoint onlt to tai nicies tthltli "hippui during
the leiess of th( legislature "
Time (annul possible he an.t conlrocers (is
to tin uuanlng of the words "dining tlic mess "
Tint is u fixnl. li finite p.riod of tliiu -fiom Hie
da the Ipgishtuie adjourns to the dn of its u
sw milling; und tin tai inn whhh the ivMUtlec
of the stiti is authmirid to supple mu-t "hip
pen" dining and within that period
As this vacancy oecuired not dur
ing the lecess of the leslslatiue," but
while It was In session and remained
In session foi fortv-sevon days nfter
waid Mi. Iluuows malntaliied that
the Boxernor deaily had no constitu
tional authoiltj to uppolnt Mr. Quay
or anybody else
'I he whole tniilcntnn o' Mr. (uij's fuends is
tlut the (eiutte nuv 111 an) jijiic lie llnds
r.IMIng nlim the l(glliuip is in ip(es In this
ei use, as an illustiatiin, in the approaching
election in I'ennstltania. n lj aliout ti niouths
iliatant. if eMnatoi (juat should l 11 landidato
for ip.rlKtiuii it will not he iui(-.sai,t lei liim to
larrt a luajoritt of tin hgilatuie, hm nnlj to
ecure d ttillicirnt niwilier of iiillitniits to pre
ent an deitlon and fom nu adjournment, when
flotunor sne , , rAllt ,,ngdU ,,.
tlites of his mtn toimitution, nluw to tall a
Mktluii of llu legiiliture aid u.iln ivm his
lorniuis-lnii to Smator (Jiuj to hold 1 ,al in
this limit until tin. next mining ol tin I, gjs
lature, and linn, upon tlic tlieor of the minor
II, lie would le aeatid, and thus repp.il the
process for tin full teun of i. tiai, md 1.0
tontinue to hold ,i wai in llils hndj lP,t tin fa
loritlsm of the gotemcr ami indi pi nde'nt of the
Rill of the legUlatuie Af tlie tlale of Piim.tl
Ulilj Is the Hum ol tlie l'nited 'states pie
pared tn indoie llu construction whWh would
uad to sudi iesulttv
t'ndir tlic construction of tin inluoritt upon
Hie admission of u new slate Into the I nion, it
the legislature idiouhl neghct or Kfiie to eleit
lenatnre, win (aiiiiol th( ixciutitu of the Btale
ippoint Miutois until seme leglfclaturc shall
ilertt Tills ilodrine. it miiiu to me and, in
Irfil, It lias been frenuenllt asserted lp ids 111
ivltihly to this coniliiilrn If this iloctiinc is tn
e put into piaclical operation, while pos.lM;
t mat keep tlie sinatc alnajs full, In tlie Jan.
ruage of the senator Iron laacliuwtts, tet
roil maj he sure It will also keep tlie Ktutrn'al.
Rajs full of iIImoiiI, illftritlou, Ined ilanirirous
factions, hnaW up paillis, otcilliruw niajoiltles
and aiirclj- end In letol and retolutloii
After icvlevdng at great leneth the
prerodents, Mr. Burrows cited the toll
call on the forbett case, showing that
Mr, Penrose (Pa.) voted against for
bett und Sir. Quay himself wast paired
against him. In conclusion he paid:
So aooner nhall jou hate eslahllkhcd the doc
trine contended for b Hie minority tliau theio
will he a putar u rising in (his country tvlilcli
no power can resist or suppress to take from
stite legislatures and governors all control oter
the election of scnatoin and lodge It witli the
sotcrrign loplc,
In the House.
Tin) house today, after a Hpliltcd do
bate, udopted tho 1 evolution reported
from tho Insular nffali.s committee to
authoilze the aeeietary of the treasury
to designate deposltoiles In Puerto
Hlco Ouba and tho Philippines for the
deposit of government funds. By tho
teims of the tesolirtlon it applies to I
vuuu oniy so long as tlie island snail
bo occupied by the United States. An
amendment to Include tho Philippines
in this provision as to Cuba, offered
as stated to emphasize the desire of tho
opposition not to retain the Islands wns
defeated by a patty vote.
A senate bill w hlch will permit the
dependent mothcis of soldiers or Ball
ots of the Spanish war even though
they mairlod Confcdeiate soldiers to
ieclve tho benefit of the general pen
sion laV, was passed. The remainder
of the day was devoted to debate upon
a resolution from the committee on
election of president, vice presidents
and repiesentntlves In congress for a
constitutional amendment cmpowcilncr
the legislatuie of the states to decide
whether Hulled States bcnatois shall
be elected by the legislatures or direct
ly bv ih people. A substitute resolu
tion was offered by the minority of the
comndtt.'e which dlffuied fiom the ma
jority 'esolutlons, In giving tho states
no option, but 1 rovldlng that In all
statts the people should vote dltectly
for United States senatots.
DISTINGUISHED
METHODISTS MEET
Preachers fiom About the State
Make Anansements for M. E. Con
ference to Bo Held in the Fall.
Phil.ulelinla, Apill 12. Distinguished
Methodlrt preacher"-. ici resenting
practically etery section of the s'.iie,
all of whom iu niemlCrs of th? exec
iillo mniit-irtoo having diaigo of the
atraiig-ments for the state MethodMt
Episcopal conference to be held in the
fall, met hoie loda. Bishop Cytus D.
Koss pieslded, and 15e. M U. Smyser,
of Altoooa, acted .13 seetetaty. The
statu tonletenco will piobably be held
in lldi rlsbutg beginning Oct. L'J and
continuing foi thteo dns, although th
selection of the place of meeting has
been left to a stlb-1-1 iiimlttee
Tho auangomcnU of tnplis to be
(liscused and the sile 1I111 of tin mm
to present thm has b""ii left to a
committee it seven, of whln PNhop
Koss is chaltmiin. Topi -s sugsjsted at
tho meeting loi.ay wen:
"i:.uigc11..tinti of 'he L.tivje Citns
of the State," "Tho Caie of U1t.1l D's
tt lets," "Solidifying tn Denomination
in tho State Now Dhldvl In Fouiteen
t'onfeifiiccs," "ltevhal Movemi nl.t,"
and "i.ung People's Otginizatlns "
The hut named will piooably bo jit
hcntcd by the Pittsburg -lolcRiti"ii
Among those who attoii'led todav's
mettl'ig weie;
I'lUddphia nnfdince- S W. 'Ilionns 1). I);
r V Itcswdl, II. Wheelei, I) l . Wallace
MiMiillru, I) I) : .lolin K. .rums. M I)
Central I'i iiiitltauii ( 01 tenner- M. I. btnj
mi. W . I.i.uis, P. J. Cira.t. II II Powell.
I.i ic (onfeii nie I'. II dattfcril, It 1.11k,
II I) ; I. N. riadenlioiirgh, l). 1) , Mr. (;. I".
II11U1II.
l'lttshutg toiifnrmc ('. W ShimIi, U. I) , T.
M. Motle, 1). I) , I!. P. Ilraell, 1) P.; Mr. It.
V llopiwind
Wtimlng Confcniice I. I. 'iiugue, I) I).
New 'iorK Cdiltal Conference Itct. 1. G.
Hull
fjcmsspp Conference -M H Wcii-.ter
Delaware onfcrcncc II. . Minioe, I) 1).
tfEW CHEROKEE TREATY.
Indians to Be United States Citizens
and Receive Land.
Vlnta, I. T., April 12. The CheioUo"
delegation In Washington has just
made and feigned a new tieaty with the
liawcs commission. A synopsis of the
provlblons, as given In a despatch fiom
a member of the delegation. Is as fol
lows: "I'ach citizen Is to iecelo eighty
acies of land in fee simple The aver
age value of nn allotment Is to be
$520. Any allotment being valued at
inojo than $."20, tho citizen receiving It
shall pay the excess Into the common
fund, and a citizen icceiving eighty
acies of land woith less than the aver
age of &320 shall lecelve moie land un
til his share Is woith $520. Forty notes
Is made Innllonable and non-taabl-
Tho nation 01 any citizen may sue the
United S'ates In tho couit of claims.
The census 1 oil Is to be made under
the ruitls act of Apill 1, 1S19; and 137,-
000 auti' of land aie to be reseived,
subjict to the decision of tho court
of claims In tho Delawaie ense. The
Cheiolae public debt is to be paid anl
all citizens of the Choiouee nation aie
to become citizens of tho United States
when they lcelve tho deeds to their
land "
NEW PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Paity of'Forty-thiee Peisons to Sail
fiom San Fianclsco.
San Fianclsco. Apill 12. All die
numbers of the Philippine- commission
fie heie except Henry C. Ide, of Ver
mont, who Is expected toda. Profes
sor Heinutd Moses, the California
membei, will enteituin his colleagues
ut tin Unlvctslty club today, a'(ter
which they will hold a foimal meeting
to elect a seeretaiy
The coiumlssloncis expect to sail foi
Manila on the tianspoit Hancock about
Apill 10, They aie all accompanied
by theli families. Tho cleilcal force
consHts of a secietaiy, assistant sec
letary, Spanish secretary, a tianslator
and 11 ptlvate secietaiy for each mem
ber. Theie will bo foity-thiee people
In the paity. The ladles and children
are to be left at Yokohama for a
month, until tho commissioners lmvo
obtained houses and made overv thing
ready 'or their comfoit.
Money Oiders for Cape Nome,
Washinglm-, April 12. 'llio Hkto!tup depart
ment lias made arrangements foi protldlue a first
cla.s money order sjideui for Cape Vdine, Alatla,
Poatal mone.t ordeis ma) lion lie lemitted, pay
able at Nome and persons at that place iimj re
init in a like manner to any money order office
In I lie fnltcd Mates.
Philippine Commissioners Honored,
San 1'rauclsco, ,rll li. A luwpiit was ten
dpiiil the I'lilllpplue i)inmtitlontra tonlelit hy
1 he men hand nf this citj. The principal address
was made bj Hon Whltelatv Itcld.
Increased Coal Shipments.
Plttsliurir, April J2 ln leased foiclRn demand
lias been thu cause of lm Making coal shipments
to the cast nf about 2,00(J,0o) bushels for the
past .war.
CIVIL GOVERNMEWT
FOR PUERTO RICO'
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OP THE
NAVY HAS BEEN CHOSEN.
Clin lies H. Allen Has Accepted the
Post Tendeied by President Mc
Kinley Ho Will Go Alone to San
Juan at the Earliest Possible Mo
ment Observations on the Island
Will No Doubt Materially Assist
in the Selection of a Cabinet Mr.
Allen's Intentions.
AVushlnglon, April 12, ('hailed II.
Allen, at piosent assistant secietaiy
of the navy, was summoned to the
white house by the piesldent late this
nfteinoon and foimally tendeied the
post of civil govtinoi of Puerto Illco.
piovlded fot In the Ptieito Itican bill,
which b"camo a lav. today
Mr Allen tetuined a piactlcal ac
ceptance. Then the piesldent and the
governor of Puei to Rico spent an hour
In elose confsrence respecting the ntnt
tcis to be arranged In tho Immediate
futuic Ot'lng to the fuct that little
moie than iv.o weeks' time Intel ven-'-s
bofom th- evil government must go
into oper-itlon, aicordlnir to the teims
of the net sf congress, It was decided
that It would 1 ot be piuctlcable to com
plet(i the cabinet of tho governor' In
that time Theiefoie, .Mr Allen will
go alone to San Juan at the eaillist
possible moment cftei Seeretaiy Long s
ictuin 1.1 Wa-hlngton, which should
be Satuulay next. He will be accom
panied by Mrs Allen on his first li lp
to his now post.
Anlvlng in Puei to Hlco, Mi.' Allen,
who will cany his commission as gov
ernor nlth him, vvhl t'Ut himself In
toiun with Gencial Davis, now mili
tary governor ol the Island, and spend
a shoi t t!in In acquainting hlmsilf
with the Insulin affalis and In htutly
Ing the 1 hit actor of the men who pre
sent thenuMv-s to Ills' notlcs as pioT
or mntcri.il for members of the new
cabinet. While the acttnl appointment
of these olllcl.ih will devolve upon the
prcsldeni, Mr. Allen':) obseivntlon
while Pi Puei to Ttlco are oxoected to
maleiially assist in tno selections. As
soon as ho has established himself and
gains the knowledges he seeks, rjover
nor Allen will teturii lo the United
Slates. It may be that ho will leue
CtPUciDl Davis In charge dining his
nnscllcv. but In case It shall have been
found possible lo (omplete the 101111a
tlun of the cabinet or oven if only one
member shall have been appointed then
that person will art as temporary gov
einor. His Intentions.
As .- his Intentions' respecting the
administration of the Island's atfalis,
Mr. Allen disclosed these during a
short interview this afternoon, in tlic
com so of which he said:
"li Is true the piesldent has asked
me to jo to Puero Hlco as tho dvil
gov el 1101. I logaid this tender in the
spirit In which it Is made as a g 0 it
compliment, although Its acceptaii'-e
means undertaking giave tesponsl bill
ties. "My own Inolinition and my. peisonal
Inteioslh uige me to decline: but ofo
should not always choose tho easy way,
there is a patilotlc duty sometimes
to be performed.
"My effoit will be to admlnlstei the
government p'ovlded by congtcss in
hucIi a manner as to command aiid I
hold tho confidence of the people. To
help them so far as I may to reall-.e
the best theio Is In them, to assist 1
them in the development of the island,
along the lines which have made us
such a piosperous nation. My deep re
giet Is leaving th" navj department,
my service theio has been of the hap
piest sort, and the attachments theio
formed will always lenaln a pleasant
niemoi y."
MURDERED BY FILIPINOS.
Nineteenth Infantryman Captuied
and Killed by Insurgents.
Hazleton, Pa., April 12. In a letter
wiltten under elate of Febiuaij 10 ard
lecelved last night bv Patilck Hoyle,
of McAdoo, Pa., John Boj le, a member
of Company G, Nineteenth United j
States Infantry, on duty in the Phil- I
ippiucx, says tnat Jienty Uiltllths, a
Huzleton boy, was recently captuied
by Filipinos and muidered.
Pilvute Boyle writes that he and fl"e
other membeis of his company Pi I
vates Dorsev, of Scianton. Wendllng,
of Lancastei , Dow llng.of Philadelphia';
Orltllths and a man whoso name he
does not know stiayed away fiom tho
leglment while on a maieh. and weio
suipilsed by Insuigents. All but Oilf
llths escaped The latter was captuied
and murduicd.
The Army Canteen.
WaadiiKtoii, pril 12 Itelatite In a puhlMicd
sliiteinciit ixdihcd to lllshop Hurst tn the efTed
that tlie incident had made a substantial ar
ii'cmcnt in the army canteen, it is learned at
tlie tear department that no clnntro vthllteter
has been made in tint Institution, ami, aitord
ln- tu Secretary Hoot, no chance is eontemplitid
in ixIsiIub methods
Canadian Whist Congiess.
Toronto, lint, Apill 12. -'Hie cotisicss of tlie
Canadian Whist IcaircV opctiid hue toda,t, mid
will continue until tlie llth. Hie tontisls include
championship four, pairs and mixed palis as -ell
as compass gamis, and women arc clisible for
all matches large nuirbei ol Amciicaii' ate
pattlcipatlui;. v
Kansas Will Retain Convention.
Kansas C its. April 12. The sub conimittie of
the national Dtmooatlc committee today diddid
to let Kansas Cit.t trtalii the national cunten
Hon in Juh, the local conunitleis batliia; made
fatlifaitoij promises of a ball
Dates of Hanging,
IlarrUburg-, April 12, Com r nor fetone todaj
fixed June i for the execution of Win. Hummel,
of l.jcomlnc count), ami June 12, for tlic cvecu
Hon of Vlaik Thomas Hats, of I'ajette lount)
Nominated on Forty-First Ballot.
Marjstille, ., pill i:.-.Im:e William II,
Waruoek ttas nominated on tlie foity first ballot
"today by the Itrpubilcoii ronttruidonal contiit
tlon'of the Eighth dlstilct.
BASE BALL.
At Carlisle Indians, Tj tyraiup t'ultersit), 2,
At Wasliliiglou deurgetottn, 7; Vale, 1.
SHIPPING SUBSIDY BILL.
Intention of Republican Senatois to
Pass It This Session.
Washington, April 12. The dentilf
Intention of the Republican senators to
seek to have the shipping subsidy bill
parsed at the inescnt session was an
nounced In the senate committee on
coinineicc today. Tho present puipou
is to have the bill given the place of
"unfinished business" when the Qua
lesolutlon and the Phllluplnu bill ar
disposed of The fi lends of thu ship
ping bill esllmute that tho Philippine
bill will bo out of the way by the time
set for a vote on the Quay case, which
Is the 21th Inst. The Democratic mem
bers of the committee expressed sui
pilso at tho announced decision sai
Ing that they had understood that all
parties were to unite for 11 final ad
journment In June, nnd they foaied
this result could not be secured If tho
shipping bill was to be taken up with
the view to Its passage. They Indi
cated unnlteiable opposition to the bill,
and expressed the opinion that pio
longed debate would follow an: effott
to pass It Some of them snld they be
lieved It would be good politics for the
Democrats o allow the bill to become
a law, but tlut this would not be pei
rilsslble without m least sulllcient dis
cussion to explain the effect of tho
measuie
Messts. Hanna and Fijo stood out
stoutly for the bill, Mr Hanna declar
ing that to postpone consideration until
after the election, metely because of Its
possible effect in tho campaign, w ould
bo cowardice. He said the puipos
would be perfectly understood, and tho
courageous course was to take It up
nnd pass It now, even though It de
layed adjournment Furthormoio, he
believed the bill would stand on Its
own met Its. Some of the Democrats
Indicated a desire for a moie deliber
ate eonsldeiatlon of the Philippine bill,
as .1 consequence of tho Intention to
take up the shipping measute.
COLLAPSE OF A
BRICK BUILDING
ICumber of People Bulled Thiee
Aie Dead In Addition to the
Fatalities Seveial Persons Aie
Badly Injuied Building Inspec
tor Will Begin nn Investigation.
Plttsbutg. Ami 11 1 1 Without warn
ing, anil with a lush and a 10.11, the
foui-stoiy bilek building at tho corner
of Second avenue and Wood street col
lapsed todaj, bui.vlng In Its ruins a
number of people, three of whom weie
taken out dead, slv weie badly hurt,
and t-evetal otheis slightly injured.
The dead:
Mils MVKIHV JCNKS oced fil, of jll Second
slnet
MiU'M: llhl(N'lll:lT. need SO, of 1.0S Vim
halt in Hint. Vlhi,h(iit, ealcKinin for Ana
tlnliR VUhilt.l ecmpallt.
Os( VI! Illiil 1 II, ( upentrr: linnc said tn lie near
HanWiurg; tun emplcjid b.t Contractors
McCovrrn k l.ttle.
The Injuied:
Noel Caspir. ot l.msttoillv Nile intent for Ann.
tionc &. Vfdtiltt (i ni am; li broken,
hidlt biulhcd,
lokqih sos, lleuteiinit flic eotniaiiy No 1, nhs
broken
Mil linl shun;, Mramhtlir. Irg btoken and aim
crushed
.lames Sullivan, sti imrittii, built cut and
bruised,
lames V Mms, ( irpentd. bandit s lit and bruised
Vucul Kerdecaid, ui.il III, ttas found in the
u'lir of the tticiknl buildiiis, aufTired se-
ten It from the -ho.k.
The builtllng was occupied bv the
Aimstiong-McKeUoy Lead and Oil
company. It was being remodelled b
t'ontiactors McOovein and Ljtle, who
weio converting the lower lloois of the
stole and that next door Into one huge
loom, which vtas to have been occu
pied by the lead company. About for
tj -eight feet of tho middle paititlon
nnd been lemoved and steel glrdeis
supported by heavy lion posts, weie
In place, and the finishing touches weie
being put on the 'lemodelllng woik.
The flim this morning Iregan the tians
for of their stock fiom one loom to tho
other and appaiently centtallzed the
heavy weight of the lead and oils about
the middle of the stiucturo. t'p to the
ptes-ent .this is the only solution ad
vanced Tor the collapse which began
by the second Moor breaking tlnougli
ean.ving with It the two lloois abo-.e,
making a bieach fiom top to bottom
thiough the center of the building.
Tho fact that tho leai poitlon of the
building on Second avenue did not col
lapse saved many lives. It vtas In that
portion of tho building that the ofllces
weie located, In which there weie about
ten peisons Thoe who weio In tho
lear portion of the building heaid the
collapse and inn nut of tho side door
into Second avenue and escaped.
Humors of many people being htn led
under the debt Is weie life, but the
list above compiises all the casualties.
The loss to the fit in will be about
$10,000.
When the accident happened business
was being tiansacted on the flint floor
as usual. Mis. Jones was theie for
some paint and had evidently Just
completed her purchase, for when her
body and that of the salesman. Bom
hurdt, who waited on her, weio found,
tho man had n $" bill In his hand nnd
the woman clutched her poeketbook,
demonstrating the fact that the col
lapse came so suddenly that nelthet
of them had time to move.
Within a fetv minutes after the acci
dent hundieds of men and women
gathered, all anxious to help In the
iescue of the nuinv supposed to be
burled. Firemen and policemen, how
ever, soon had the place loped off and
the wink of lesctie was catrled on sys
tematically and notwithstanding the
gieat danger from the toppling walls,
the lescueis woiked until all the burled
weie extricated
Building Inspector J A A Brown
will begin an Investigation toinoii on
to leatn the cause of the accident.
Serious Gasoline Explosion,
C.IK iisbm tr. Pa, April Ti llrnry Drotieani
and sou, llarr, ttire Hilousl) burned In a gaso
line explosion lietc, tlic latter bclinr, It is
thought, fatally Injuied, The evploslon occuned
while tbanim; ilothlnir In an outbuilding ad
joining their risldilfce, Tlie father, tthlle serious
It bunted, it Is thought will iccoter.
Texas Press Association,
llrenbani, 'ley., Apill lj The aninnl merlin;
of the Tex is Press attoilr.ticui opened here to
iljt, ami ttlll (ontlnuo until the llth. Nittspj.
pr men from all parts of llu- slain aie piesrtit,
fter tlie meeting an ixcutsluu ttlll bo bad lo
Ualuston and llcaumout.
BRITISH SCOUTS SCENT A BOER TRAP
,- - ;; i , Mtyu
V w v . 'v - ..
All InciJent near Bloemfontcin A part of scouls r:i ltly passoJ out into tlu b-ol.cn
country beyond the waterworks Thev had dismounted and were eiiRageJ In a tour of ol
servation when one of their number became suspicious that all was not we.1 A oukU rus'i
for the horses was made, and tlic snapping ol the .Mausers of the hidden cnomv there told
of the trap vv hicli ha J almost s ticceeJcd.
MURDERER ESCAPES.
Milton Sheets Under Sentence of
Death Bieake Out of the Jail at
Somerset Stiange Detective Ex
perience. Johnstown, Pn . Apill 12. News was
lecelved heie this evening that Mil
ton Sheets, undei sentence of death
foi the minder of Augustus Gle,ssner,
bioke Jail at Somerset this evening at
T.'.'". tVlock. S.Uv.i.'ts.d.Wjiid Ahe bais of
a window In the jail and climbed d.iwn
a spouting to the yaid, walking out
unmolested. A man named Wulkei,
who wns In j ill for stealing cattle, es
caped with Sheets.
Sheriff Saylor was absent at tho time.
Ills daughtei noticed Sheets In the
Jail ai el near the door and at once
untitled tho deputies. By tho time th"
latter lushed out Sheets nnd Walker
had mnde good their escape.
Sheets and a companion named Wel
ler, followed Glessiier, who hnd ben
di inking after drawing a laige sunt
of money out of the bank one Satur
day night last fall, and a shoit dis
tance from tho place attneked Gless
iier fiom oehlnd with a fence paling.
Alter muidering Glessner, Sheets took
what money lie had on his jioison
We Her, who seems to have been led
Into tho crime, afteiwaid confessed,
completely breaking down the case es
tablished b.v a well known Pittsburg
detective who was sent here to hunt
down the murdeieis, and who had
fen mod a veiy stiong case on circum
stantial evidence against two lnnoont
men. following Wellci's confession
thli- detective save out a lengthy In
tel vlnt. In which he declared lie never
again would sek to convict 11 man for
niuioVr on chcumstantlal evidence.
Weller was iccently sentenced to ten
yents In the western penitentiary for
his pal tl 'inatlau in Sheets' cilme.
Sheets' attorneys. ox-Congressman
Georsre It. Scull and Kooser & Koosjr,
hnd made pi ep.11 attorn for a speedy
appeal of his case to the suniemo
couit of Pennsylvania. Immediately
after the escape was dlscoveiod tele
ginms nee sent out to tho 1 ollco olll
clnlH of all tho towns and tho Baltl
nioi e .md Ohio special olllceis warn
ing .hem to be on th lookout for
Slwets
Bishop Seymour Officiates.
P.mh. 111. piil li.-Tlie Ut. itct Oiorge V.
Setlnour. bishop of spimfld , outdated in M,
I'aul's Ipi.-npil ('mull IomI is. In addition be
will take part tu the three bouts' detntlninl ser
vile tomonott, (ood liidat. He is a w I ml ltly
piclate, and one of the most fotccful and at the
same time most po ill 11 men in tlie cpiscopitc
of tlie da.t
Smith Sentenced to Be Hanged.
lUllimorr, Vprll M Vinos II Smlili, eoloied.
ttas MMitdKid to be hanged bt .indue Phelps in
the criminal court toda) Hi vtas found guilty
on Tucsdn of mindiring Saibe .lames, ttllh
tthom he had been litlng as Ills ttlfe, 1 lie got
ernm Ins not jet fixed the day of execution.
Steamship Arrivals,
"tctt ork, pfil 1.'. Nett ork Virited, Ijhn
from Piemen and Southampton; sallid, KiNei
Krledricb, Hamburg via l'lyimnith and Cher
bouig Mlir, for (ienoa l,ueen(on 11 Sailed,
Tiiitonii fiom l.inrpool. Sett nlk. Llterpool
Sailed, Taurii, Nett 'Voik.
Another Lady Lawyer.
Philadelphia, Vprll lJ-MIs Mat I, Ires
cott, of Wilkes llane, vtas today admitted to
praitlie In the Supreme couit, Mis Tnxnlt
is tlie third ttniiiau ttlm has lieeti granted per
mission to pbad 1 1 fore the coin I.
Telegiaph Operators Stiike.
( haUnuooga, ptll 12, The sti,ke of telegraph
operatois on the Vlah-ma (aeat Suuthern and
Memplils illusions of the Southern lullttav u
complete tonlelit. Nn lofon-e could be obtained
to calls for any station along tho line,
Pennsylvania Pensions,
Washington, pi 11 li. Pensions: Lawrence K
firantccr. Canton, lliadford, U m ss; .lacob
Itelpir, Wilkes llane, W lo Ha; William llaueh,
Aldeison, Lueine, 10 to H2.
Burlington Extension,
(Jdcago, April 12. Tbo lliullngton railway
ttlll begin a 2UUmlle citen.lon to Dlllingi this
(all.
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$,pa.4 f
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THE SEWS THIS .UOis.Vl.Nli
Weather Indications ToJaj:
FAIR; VARIABLE WINDS.
1 (unci il South Anion War sntiiliiu
-imlor lluiintt's Vlitts on Hie iiiu C.im
(liailes II. Mini p olnted ' ltd (.otemor of
I'mrto Hit o
railing Ili.iMiiig hills and Injures Mans .
" (.emral--nrthia.tirii Pennltiitiia.
1 inincl.il and (omii'ctcial
a laical i:ii, cine In 1 1 10 l.uiMui Murder Trial.
I Kdilnrial
Woman's Itealm
.1 Local Paity of venutonians' Intticlin,; Visit
to Puerto Iii.it.
Councilnian Itellei Deletids (lie l.lbiarj at a
Vfcetln of ( Hindis
ii I.ocil West iNcranlon and S,l,iiiban'
" Hound About the Count
S Local Lite Industiiil Vetts.
MORGAN'S AMENDMENT.
Calculated to Improve the Spooner
Philippine Bill.
Washington, Apt II 1.! Senatoi Mi -gan
today offered the following amend
ment to the Spooner Philippine bill
"Piovlded, that In conducting gov
ernment In the Philippine Islands the
piesldent shall execute In favor of tho
penple theie, tho pledges of the Span
ish government In the tieaty of Hlac-Nii-n.ito,
between Spain and the 1 vo
lutlonaiy paity In Luzon, which treat
the government of the l'nited States
recognizes as having been obllgatoiy
on Spain at the time of the acquisition
of the Philippine Islands fiom Spain,
so far as the tieaty Is consistent with
the ehaiifjo of sovereignty over the
same."
This tieaty piovlded. among other
things, for the expulsion or ,seculari.a-
I tlon of tlie lellglous outers, amnesty
I for all lebels, the I'leedoni of the in ess
1 in denouncing olllelal emulation, rep
lesentutlon of the Philippines In the
1 Spanish government and the abolition
ot the secret depoi intlon of political
suspects.
ARMY SUPPLIES.
Five Thousand Tons of Provision
Leave New York.
New Yoik, April 12. Moie than .".iiOO
tons of stuff fot tho Kngllsh 111 my In
South Aft lea, and a lingo number of
mules, started for Capo Town jester
day In the Ihltlbh steamer Clan Hob
el tson.
In the consignment aio 27.000 bales
of hay, to be pinde-d at Cape Town
Considerable staple 111 tides consigned
to pilvate firms, both at Delagoa Hay
and Heiia, nie known to be aboard tho
ship, but theli ultimate destination
cannot bo foreshadowed. So far as can
bo ascei talned, no powder or guns went
In the vessel One of the customs if
llclals attached to tin Atlantic docks
said today that the Clan Hobeitson has
Veen vvntched by supposed to be pil
Vate detectives since she first went on
the beith to load.
Piesldent Signs Taiiff Bill.
Washington, Vpiil I.' 'I ho prishhni r.i 7
n'dnik this etdiiug slgnccl tlie Puerto lluan
taiiff bill and cltil goteiiimenl bill Old sec
niait Hoot ami Mr Cortcljou, the assistant sec
letar) to (lie picsidcut, ttcic present ttheti tlie
bill b(camc a latt
For Bailter and Donnelly,
lllrmlngliam, Ma, Apill 12 V tonfuinn. of
the leading PtpulMs hue toda dcihUd to send
11 il.legition to (lie iiallo.al roiiteutlon Ironi
Vlahatna instru'lcil to tote foi VI barton Parker
und Ignatius pontic lit foi first and second places
011 the national ticket
George Fred a Candidate.
Boston, Vpill 12 deoige Tied Williams, of
Masai huelH, t is foimall lumed as a vliv
I lestdeullal poslbilit b.t the lliau club nf
Vlass.11 hi sells at a Inn pot In the Quluc Houu
Ictiight. Ills sion'or ttur Riotgc I'. Wasnbutn,
luemler of the Populist rational committee.
Fiist and Last for McKinley,
Cincinnati, Apiil 12. Hie Itcpuhlicin temen
lions of the I'l rt and Serond di.ttlits todaj te
Id ted ddcjMtcs lo tln national contention and
instructed Hum "to vole tirst, latt and all the
time for McKinley."
LITTLE NEWS- -FROM
WAR
IN AFRICA
Lord Roberts Said to Be
Employing His Army
Effectively.
BOER PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Mr. Fischer Hns Asked Italy to In
tervene The Minister's Eeply It
Is Calculated That Lord Kobeits
Now Ha3 314,000 Effectlvo Tioops,
with 12,000 More Afloat or Under
Oiders Hilynrd Steyn's Vie7 o
the Situation.
London, Apt 11 li 105 a. in. In a
lotind about va London beat a that
Loid Kobeits. when vtltliiK to thu
Prince nf Wales at Copenhagen con
Kt mutations unon his eseane 1 10111 as
sassination, added two or tl'ree hope
ful sentences lioiteudlnjr an eailv ad
vaneo with vvlde-ieachlnij comblna
tioiih Oulet asMiitnnces n'e pah'-ed ainund
anion!,' military me 1 that Ird Rob
erts Is emnloylnj,' his gieat armv ef
fectively and that the adventurous
Boer commandoes ate HKelv to bo en
meshed .set alls of ii"WH 11 detail lieio
and anotboi theie have lenelied Ihnr
land tonlKht ovet compaiatlvely Idlo
cables, but they do not illuminate tho
situation.
The colonials at Wepener still hold
off the liners. Lord Mcthueii has
worked eastwaid until he is within
eighty miles of Kroonstad.
liner scouts have Rone aioimd Lady
.smlth and have appealed at Dow dorp
and othei places on General Uulicr'a
Hanks nnd lear. The ollhers of Uul
lei's liioEiilar estimate the lioers In
Natnl at 1S.00O, but tliese flBurea are
piobably excessive, 10,000 belne rc
B.nded here as tlie outside number.
Hart's Brigade.
After (loneral Hart's brigade Ieavc.1
blm, General Huller will still have closo
upon 33 000 men. It Is generally as
sumed that this brigade is going to
Join Loid Hobeits. but Us jlesl Inn tlon
Is 1 call unknown.
The Iioer note to Portugal regarding
the wo b.v the British of th Helta
route for the tianspoi tatlon of troops
to Rhodesia, may, If the Hoets act
against Poitugal, lead Gieat Britain to
land tioops at Lorenzo Marques. This
possibility has been seriously discussed
and Is lefeiied to at length In the
morning papeis today.
The vtork of tho Boer peace commis
sioners hns begun. .Mi. Fischer has
asked Ital to Intel vene and the Kalian
minister of foielgn affalis, the Slarrtuls
Dl Vlnseontl A'inosta. has lep'ieil that,
while he would receive the envoys, tho
best he could do would be to transmit
their piopos.ils to London, thus follow
ing the course of the United States.
It Is calculated that Loul Ilobciti
note has L'll.fiOO effective' tioops, with
12,000 moie afloat 01 under nieleis Thu
win ofllee has Instmeted ofllrers not to
take any moie expanding bullets to
Afilca for itvolveis.
Steyn's Opinion.
Hllynid Stevn. Inother of Piesldent
Steii, tu the coutse of an Interview at
Bloemfonteln, said
"Tlie 111 IkIii.i1 war plan of the Boers
was to over-iun all Cape Colony, but
on becoming Involved In the sieges of
Klmbeiley and Ladsmlth the btiigh
eis found the design spoiled. To this
I attribute the liner lnlluie to conquer
the Biitlsh I expect the war to last
until Chilstnins '
The .seventh month nf the war Is be
ginning with riuxtot-tldfi and the morn
ing papet edltoiiiils expatiate upon tho
need of soberness
ATLANTIC LEAUGE MEETS.
Schedule Committee at Work Urn
plies Appointed.
Heading, Pa, Apill 1.' The Atlantlo
Base Ball league open' d a two elas'
session bete thb nfteinoon. with Piesl
dent Hot tee H Pogel in the chali, and
Cleoi.te '.liiiiueimau, of Mlentnwn, a'l
seeietary The clubs vvcte leprescnt
ed as follows William Bhiuslg, AI
leutown; Benjamin FI Ashman, Head
ing: V. A .Mllloi, Jeiey City; Leo
Belmont. Athletics of Philadelphia. W.
G fljnfc'i. Wllkrs-Bnne: John II.
Ciognii, Newark, W. W. Buinliuin,
Hdanton, and II. C. Hmlth, Ilmlra,
X. V.
The substitution of .leisey City, .V. J.,
foi Wilmington, Del , wns nitlfi-'d.
The meeting icsolvid itself Into ,1
scladulc committee for the puipot" of
at ranging the elate s of games foi tho
coming season. The schedule will not
h.; I'oniptoted until tonionovv, Piesl
dent Kogel annnoiineed that W, Smith
had declined tho ofllee of umplie. Tho
otheis ate Hurdle. Henderson, Thom.11
Phelaii und Kdvvln B Jloigan. Tlio
fouith has not ye' been scdected.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Stinhur. I'j , Vpril 12 (iforite W. Hilglfr,
the oldoit und iuot pruuiiiu nt lauir in N'ortli.
unihrilaiid count, died at hU houit' hrrc IoiiIkIiI.
Ill' w 14 hi iaia of a 21' and had iia(tlcrd law
III Hut lor, IctTciMin, Sii.mIii and Nortliumlicrlanil
coimtin lb' ciwd In tin ktatr lou'llature In
lb.il, lsl'i uul lvil, haciiii; boon ilectid as a
Democrat.
llrnwimllU', Pa. Vprll i:-V.lllam fliatland,
a viiicimIiIr hnlu'ht 'lennilar. died line at 11
o'clock last 11I2I1I in hU ninetieth jcvir. Ho ae
a native if snatfnidon Won, KiiKland, vchcrt
lie vcai bom in IMt Hi- lue hi'rii a Ma ion
and Knight Tiuiiai It i tin re rar.
t- WEATHER FOHECAST.
O -t-
- VWfclilnglnn, Vprll 1 Ton east for I'll, -f
-f dai an I skiihIjv Ij.liru IVnncaula, 4
f Pair, HiM.lldi iuciiiIiiI 1 1) vhoncrs earl 4
f 1 1 1'l.iv ; Niturda fair: vatlahle winde. -f
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