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PROBING THE
COAL PUZZLE
The Investigation bu the Indtistrla
Commission Was Contin
ued Yestcrdau.
WITNESSES EXAMINED
President of tho Plymouth Coal
Company Defines an Independent
Coal Operator Mr. Henry Flem
ing, Secjctaiy of Anthiaclto Oper
ates' Association, Gives Impor
tant Testimony.
By lAilwhe Ulrc from The Asuililnl l'rrs.
New Yolk, Feb. 19. The sub-commit-I
o on tiatispoi tatlon for t lie industilal
iimmlsslon heard John C Haildock,
president of tlu Plymouth Coal com
pany today. The witness dcllned an In
dependent operator as one who dis
posed of his own coal on contracts
made In advance, lie said that the
pioflt on aiithraelto coal mined by enn-
mi tiflllintcd with tallroad companies
hid liuicasL'd )car after car and tin
ier existing elictimstanees It pa.vs bet
ter for tho independents to sell to u
i nlli ond than to bilng tho conl to tide
water himself. The sale of independent
luopettles in the Schuylkill region to
the latltoads had been facilitated eaily
in the HovcntlcH by the outlawry of
the Mollic Magiilic-s which had made
It unpleusant to be ldentllled with coal
mining. The witness leculled that In
ISil-85 operators were able to find
transpoilatlon for the output of their
mines for only twenty-seven days In
th tee mouths. Lattetly, however, they
had fared better. One firm the witness
n Id had been so dlhcriminuted against
that It ltnd'hren obliged to build foity
miles of railway for Itself, nnd since
that tho Hi m had been given nil man
nri of concessions. In Mr. Haddock's
opinion the peifeetlon or the "com
munity of Interest" Idea. In the coal
tiadn would cause the small operators
ic "go the way others have gone be
toic." Mr. Fleming's Testimony,
lb my S Fleming, secretary nnd
trcasuier of Hie Anthracite Coal Opcr
atois" association, whltli is compos d
of so-eallcd "independent" operatois,
'iv" evidence. He raid Independent
"poiatois last year produced SI per
cent, of the haul coal nolil. This had
tallen to L"i per cent, this ie.it. He
said that many ot the small opeiatois
had .-olil out. The witness said that
most of the membeis of his assocla
Mon sold their coal to linger coal com
i' Mile-, nt to the iiillio.uR He did
lot think theie was any discrimina
tion against the Independent opuatois
tn thf contiol of cats.
He said the membeis of the. associa
tion nie generally signing the new ton-
ra is, In which the roads agice to pay
" per c. nt of the tlileu.it r pike. Ho
"aid tlnv inund this ii saving, as It did
'v.iv with .New York oflices. Witness
bought the contracts give opeiatois a
i in Mime of the profits. In answer to
'iiiistloim fiinn .Mi. Hntils. the vvlt
's said that except to Canada, veiy
111. anthiaelte coal was expoiteil.
lb. expou of h0ft coal, he said, was
cinsldetable. and witness thought that
vlill, we toiild never touch the north-
ni pan. wo might llnd .i favorable
niiiKi t In southein Hurnpe.
The witness said tho price of nnthru-
Ite coal was about ::u to sr. cents -i
ton lilulmr this year than i1Ht, j,u
bought any attempt at fmther wis.
'iig the price would i.e piomntly
lucked by a larger use of gas and of
bituminous coal for steam put poses.
"mii say, Mr. Flcinlinr. Mint i... i..
i.i.i.. .. . " -
'ilium operatois have no
inces'"' asked Prof. Itipley.
g lev-
j Mitt mat I am not iiuthm Ized to
tale nny." leplled the witness, "t
eillv don t wish to go any liuthei
At this point the beailng was mj.
J mined until tomuriou.
.Mr. Hauls, who has piesldcel at the
session thus far, said today that Mr
Moigan piobahly would hot be called
upon to testify until toinuriovv.
MURDERER AT HAY.
William Fiancts Will Be Starved
Out of Fmse Glove Hill,
n.i U'lieivo Hire from Ihe Vnchtrd Pi.s
Clarksburg, Feb. lH-DuUn,. n mmi.
ie at McDonald, a lallioad amp at
AVolf Summit, William FranelH shot
and killer' Haie Itlggs. 'IV mm del .-r
then letreated into a new tunnel being
ut through J'uisc (Hove hill and de
bed uirest.
He Is aimed with n "Wlnchestoi ,m0
and (ho hundred lounds of ummuul.
tlon, but Is without food All woik
has been stopped on the tunnel and the
ofllceiK Imvn decided to stiuvo him
out.
BOGUS 'ORDER REPUDIATED.
Neither Roberta Nor Kitchener Is.
sued Order Concerning; Khaki Uni
forms, Dy lAclmae Vlia from The Visoclatrd Pum
London, Fob. 19,-Tho wnr in South
Africa again furnished the subject for
many questions In tho house ot com
mons today. The societal) of state
for war, Mr. llHidihk, gave an oillc (ul
denial of the stoiy that oideis had
been Issued that all Hours captuied In
khrtkl uniforms wem to bo shot.
He said that neither Lotd ltobeits,
.General Kitchener, nur any other i
sponsible person had Issued such in
oider.
.
Election at Lock Haven,
B. F.xclmhf Wire ficm lit .vmorhted lrm.
brick Haven, r IVt.. 10. Ihn voto lirre wji
vr.v Unlit. V. 1 Klllott, the Itrpuhllcnn In
iimibent, wai detutH foi le election in mujnr
) w P. bpculnir, Deiimcrit. Vote not jet ill
lounttil, but Intllcatlom uie tlut the llepuMli mi
cleet two et ilju four niiildite for touni.il. uuj
thiee rl the fUc (nniHcl4lvi for nhuol dlrectorj.
"MOTHER" JONES TALKS.
Addresses Silk Mill Strikers nt
Wilkes- Barre.
By cluihe VVlie from Th AvoelttrO Pimh.
Wllkcs-Hane, Kob. 19. "Mother"
Mary Jones addressed a large crowd
of striking mill girls nt 11. I. A. hall
this afternoon. She was received with
much enthusiasm.
Hon. P. J. Moyle presided at tho
meeting, and n number of the local
labor leadeis were piescnt. In her nd
dicss "Mother" Jones deplored the
present condition of female labor in
this country, but said there was a
brighter day coming, and If the women
toilets were true to themselves better
wages und shorter houis of labor wero
bound to come In the near future. Tho
temarks of the speaker were frequently
Interrupted by applause
There Is absolutely no change In the
strike Munition here. The girls pio
fess to be as steadfast as ever, und
after healing Mrs. Jones' address this
afternoon they seemed to be moie de-ti-i
mined than ever to hold out.
DELAWARE DEADLOCK
BROKEN AT LAST
Addicks Makes Gains He Secures
Four Extia Votes.
Ilv IxilinUe VAiro frnm The notUtnl I'reit
Dover, Hel., Keb ill. There was a.
bieak lu the tanks of the regular lie
publicans today, when the ballot for
I'liltid .States senator was taken. Tour
"regulars" who have st'idfistly p
posc.l the election of J. Hdwaid Ad
dicks to the United States .senate,
fenatois droves and McKuiIand and
itepresentatlves Uaymnd and IJayett
voted foi him today for the short
teim. This is piobahly tho foierun
ner of what the Addicks followers
hove been claiming for seveiat days
past, namely that theie would be a
serious bieak in the ranks of the tegu
lar Republicans and that their can
didate would ultimately be elected le
the senate.
Theie was no matetlal change in the
lb st ballot, but when the short tetm
ballot was taken, Senotor Oroves was
the iirst regular to cast bis vote for
Addicks. Then followed McFailan.
Haynard and Dajett, in the order
named.
Applail'e greeted each of th IfgH
laor.s as he cast his vide When the
count lind been concluded It was mum!
that Addicks was sl votes short of
election. The billot for the short
tui m resulted: Saulsbury. JXni.. ''.:
Addicks, Union Kepiibllcan. 20; Hur
ton, Union Republican, C: Hlch.ird,
tegular liepubllcan. 2. Nccessaiy to a
choice 2fi.
Of the four extra ot,es secured by
Mr Addicks, two, Senator droves and
Itepiesentutlvo Havnaid, weio elected
as Union Republican, and have been
ci edited to Addicks fiom the flist, or
whenever he needed them Senator
McUailan voted for Addicks two
y-ais ago. This leaves the vote of
lioptescntatlve Dayett as the only
gain (or ddlcks.
The ballot for the long term tesulted
as lollows. Kenny. Deiuoci.it, 2!, Ad
dicks, Union Republican, 1C. Dupont,
tegular Kepubllean, 7: Higgine. regu
lai Republican, fi Rlid, lvgular R.
publican, 1
HEROIC ATTEMPT
TO RESCUE MINERS
Six Hundred Feet Below the Earth's
Sutlace a Little Band Is Working-
at Cumbeiland.
Hi l.clu!Hf VMie frcm The nsociatcd Pios.
Cumbeiland, 11. C IVb. 19. Six hun
ch oil toot below the giound, and over a
thousand yatds fiom the foot of shaft
No. .I, a little gung of men were woik
ing this evening lu an heroic attempt
to i each the bodies of their follow
mlneis who petlshed In Xiiduy's e.v-
Plosion, j'-ottr iiociles hae so far been
teeoveied. Tile first body found wus
that of Duncan Molnnls, a Scotch
mlmr, who iccently came to Cumbei
land Neaibv was 'hat of his Juuan
es helper. These two weio lying on
their bucks clove togethet, with their
hands up to their foieheads. There
aie no minks of burning, and the con
clusion theicfoie Is that they were suf
toiated by the iifteulamp. They had
evldentl.v moved but a fuvv steins tiom
their vvmk when oveiconie. Sevcia!
boms after the dlscoveiy of Jlelnnls'
bodv two moie bodies veie found.
These have not vet been ldentllled.
Thev weie mangled bevond recogni
tion The work of endeavoring to io
i ovei the bodies is now pioceedlng
tioni both No. r and No. fi shafts, and
It Is expected that many more at the
bodies will be recovcied beloio morn
ing STEAMSHIP STRUCK.
The Oiegonion Refuses to Slip Down
Into the Water.
Bv lviliiiiie (Wro bom The Wsociatid Piejj.
Cllister. Ia., I-'e-b. ID. The steamship
Oiegonlan, of tho Ameilcan. Hawaiian
company, which was to have been
launched today ltoin lloach's shipyard,
Is fust on the ways. The boat ic-hised
to go when the plank was cut awav
anil after an bout's effort It was de
cided to tie up foi the da
It Is supposed that the tallow is ,i0.
feclive It Is piobable that anothei
eltoit to pull the steamer off will be
niailo tonionow. A big eiowd was
liieseiit to witness the launch, for
which spiclal piepaiatlons had been
made,
SILK THREAD COMBINATION.
fti I've tuiii e Wire from 'Hip Vttoelited pien.
hlcaijo, Kel). Ifi. The Kiconl tonionow y
mm "All the hlif kill, thltui! inaiiutirtiiiing
ionetin in the I niled State are to b mmoli
iljled The moiij N to he fmnl.hcd tiy the
roate riiiad company, an rnglUli lorpoinlon
liKkp'l l, ctplKI klorl. of ifJis.") rh
led lll It ihwd within a few dayi, The if.
mil of the (iHioei inu.iilldatlDn, It l ald,
will he the uMltloii of maii.i oft!ei md Irimh
h'MUM at pie.enl i.iiied by Indlilljal ivru-paukt
KIDNAPPER
CAPTURED
One ot the Three Men In the Giidahu
Case Has Been Arrested
and ldentllled.
HE IS NOT PAT CROWE
Much Mysteiy Sunounds the An est
of the Alleged Kidnapper, but Ho
Has Been Rocoguized by Edward
Cudahy as the Man Who Hod the
PiUouer in Chiuge.
fly Kucliwice Wile from flic Aochte-il I'rcv
Omaha, Neb.. Keb. 19 One of the
tin co men In the Cudahy kldnapplni;
plot has been attested, ildward Cud
ahy, r., this af let noon positively
ldentllled the prlsoui'i. He said.
"Till' Is the man who asked me to
get Into the wagon. There Is no doubt
about It; ho Is the man "
Although the police lelusc to di
vulge the pilsouei's nnme, lMwnrd
Cudahy, the mltlloiialie packer, v-ho
paid $2r,('00 In gold for the release ot
his sou, this afternoon stated to the
Associated Piets lepiescntative that
the man under an est has been Men
tilled bv bis son as the man who ac
corted him In fiont of the Cudahy
lesldence and who kept him company
in the house to which he was dilven
on the night of the abduction. Mr.
Cudahy said tho pi Isoner also has been ( gether a half hundred officials of
Identified by one of his servants, v, ho , banking Institutions thioughout Cen
saw the letter demanding the ransom J tr.tl Penm!vunia. l.aneaster, Hairis
thrown upon the Cudahy lawn, and . burg, Mlllllntow-n, Lebanon, and a
by another person whose name he will
not make public for the present.
Much Mystery.
Much mysteiy surrounds the uricst
of the alleged kidnapper. Not until
this afternoon was a wend pcimlttcd
to be made public on the case, al
though It has been learned that the
nrrest was maile Saturday night. Two
local olllceis aie said to have made
the captuie. The pi Isoner Is said to
have been under suivelllance for nomo
time, as It was believed he had been
writing letters concerning thn case.
When the detectives bad fully satis
fied their suspicion they placed the''
man In the city Jail. Separate Inter
views with the thiee peisons men
tioned stiengthened the belief that olio
of the principals Is at least caught
and tho partial announcement of his
at rest followed.
Late this afternoon it was learned
that James Callahan, an ex-i'onvlct, Is
the man under nnest. He has lived
several years with his sister, Mrs.
Kelly, at Fifty-third stfet and 'U'ool
w ai th avenue, und Is tald to have
been an Intimate friend und associate
of Pat Crowe.
James Schneldervvlnel, owner of the
house vvheie young Cudahy was con-
fined pending the negotiations fir his
raiibom, ldentllled tile prisoner as tho
man who accompanied nle Ught-com-Plexloned
Individual In his negotia
tions tor the renting of the house.
Was a Friend of Pat.
Callahan denies ub.solutel that he
had anything to do with the kidnap
ping, but admits that he was a close
friend of Clowe. Ho says ho can piove
an alibi and states that dining the
time which it Is elalm-d ho spent
guarding young Cudahy he was at the
home of his sister, a Mis. Kelly, liv
ing fit Poppleton avenue and I-'Ifty-third
street, which is a short distance
from the Melrose Hill Hotibe.
Mis. Kelly waa asked tonight con
cerning the wheieabouts of Callahan
at the time of the abduction and said
the day following the deed he was
at her home, but acknow ledges that
she did not know his whereabouts the
night befoie.
Tonight the pollco .seemed Intoima
tlon which they expect to lead to tho
arrest of another man conneeteii with
the ctlme. He Is a coachman ,of u
fumlly friend of Mr. Cudahy mij' It is
claimed he has been acting veiy Ul-oi-ly
In the matter ever since th kid
napping. The chief ol police t-iys ibis
man will bo at tested tonight or in
the morning and he epects him to
thiovv addition tl light on tne mat"oi.
Callahan Is .IS yeats old and has lived
In Omaha for seveial yeuis. He had
been employed In the packing house of
the Cudahy Packing compaii at South
Omaha up to three months ago, Hn
has not been employed tor some time,
but the police clulm lie has been upend
ing money freely and taking life easy.
He has set veil sentence for highway
i obbet y.
Callahan Is held as mun No. '1, as de-
penned in tne ciicuiar recently si'iit
bioadcast describing tho time men
supposed to be the abductois nnd for
whom theio Is now a combined rewaid
ot neatly Wi.OOO.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Dl Kvclurlte Wire fiom The- A-oelaled 1'irn
llairMmiv. Ye: 10. Pr William II. 1 j,
lietisl gincilneitt and liUtnilan, died lonlrht at
hla hoim. in tliU city of pneumonia, afiir a
liihf llllun Mo a sraduittd horn the iiudi.
ill ilipiitnicut )i tlin CniuLlU ul Piniil.
vault In l'il ami In 1H.2 writd ai. nUtatit Mir.
kion ul lliu Mnett alli I'iiiiK.iliaiila iiclinrnt.
In IM.t he was .ipi'nintiil miiupoii ot tin Poiij.
eventli Piiiii'Vhania i y Inn nl . uul mm. I until
H.cpuihu, Hij. in il.i.il, Is7. he a up.
nlntrd ttllo llhiaiiiu, huh itloii hi hi hi
null tie app-iliitniem of IU pr Cenrgr ;
liicd, of Carll-le, in lr He mi thn iniihoi
ol a Id torj of IVniil,.uIi mid a hike nun
hi I oi other Idstorlial inLlli..iiiou.
Billiard Match.
U bxiImUe Wire from The. Ai.od.Uid Pipm
New ork, Teh. in. In tlie second nlght'a play
In the profeulonal billiard malcli hetwrrn Ora
('. Vfornlnititir, of f blraro,aul l.ionud IlinUou,
of Ottawa, Out., at Ualy'a hllllard rooini, the
Canadiuii phoned to much hettrr ailv.itit.iKc than
he did lait night. Wliru play wai. reuuird In.
night llolion'a aeore a 21J, an afcain.t 300
(or Mornlng.tar. Hut when Hip men lelt off
llnulton waa in thp lead wltli a total of oOO
to viornliiB.tar'ii 57.1 Thp game 1 he con
llnued rwry nlshl this iik, the men plajinr;
bhwLi of 300 point! each night
WAR REVENUE BILL.
Is Causing Considerable Apprehen
sion in the House.
lty i:vclulc VVIr from The .AraoeUted Prr.
Washington, Feb. 19. Tho status of
the war revenue bill Is causing1 con
siderable nppichentdon among mem
bers of tho house, as the two sides
aie uppaiently diwllocked in confer
ence with no present Indication that
either will yield. The conferots have,
not met since Saturday and no time
has been set for a. meeting. Under
the t lieitniHtHiices there was some talk
today of a confcience or caucus of Re
publican members of the ways und
means committee to decide upon a lino
ol action, and before the bill Is allowed
to fall some such course will be
adopted
The li lends of the bill are sangtilno
that If It gets before tho house ng-iln,
u motion to concur with the senate
will iccelvo united support on tho
Demociatlc and such scattering sup
P'nt on the Republican elde that It will
P'evall. The opponents of the bill also
icallze that this may occur and for
that reason theie Is less belief that the
bill will fall, although Its condition Is
looked upon as rather precarious.
STATE BANKERS
AT LANCASTER
Group No.
Biosius-
5 Is Addi cased by Mr.
Marvelous Oiowth of
Business Is Discussed.
Il.i CvihiMve tvue frnm The Ai.UiieJ 1'rr..
Lancaster, Feb. !. The annual
meeting of dioup 3. of tho Pennsylva
nia State Hankers' association, was
h"ld at the ll'inilltoii club, In thin
city, this afternoon. It brought to.
number of Cumberland Valley cities
being lepiesented.
The business session was convened
at ?.sn o'clock by President W. I..
deorgiaa, of llarrlsburg. John Hertz
ler, ot the Lancaster Trust company,
tills city, was elected president, and
F. K. Plojcr, of Mechanlcsburg, sec
retary and tieasuter.
1'pon the dose of tho business meet
ing, a banquet was served by Caterer
I'avne. of the Hamilton club.
Congichsmau Marriott Hroslus,
chaUman of the national bouse com
mittee on banking nnd currency, wis
the principal speaker. His subject
was "Ideal Money and Dank Curien
cj," and, in paif, he spoke a-, fol
lows The rjilil prow I h of th" commercial lntcrnt
if the country will mike iiocNUrj In tho future
an enlargrnietii uf tho InnMns: tmwer of thn
country. It U Jii-aiy ingcsl ly fcomo finvnoitM
(hit the rental tor mnnc.t iniit bo lwcrtd In
tliU eniintrv in the Interest of the borrower uul
the producer md nrt,anlzir ol industry and llw
employer of lilior, in imlcr to innejse his joer
of competition with forelRii ilvals ami enlargu
Ills I'l'iairtiuiity of sillinr his cockIi in foieijjn
maikcH The nurvrlnn urovcth In the lnt fifty
jear cf the lianMftg power of thij countri ac.
iciituilis the cii'iirioi-i ilatlcily of our iredit
currency. si there l an octuil neeejltc for
Kicalir (lixihlliiy in our lMnk iote eurrenej than
i" "" poe.e. Tlicic are iluctuationi in bid.
lies-, whkli li'iuiie a coiTtMion limr tixlhlillj
in the lurrenij ulii'li coctltutis the td? of
ivihance Nicic ale fci'aon. In cvhlcli the luov
Inc of erops requlim on Increase in the ilrtu.
latin.: medium and then, are times when to lrvn;ti
Ihc iltiiN of tin liiuiditlcu of credits incident
In a pinle ImritKed I'anl iuei ore deslnhl .
We are up nuw to tie ijrestlun whether, in vie
of the monetary rrqulriiiKiiU of our oennie poi.
M'iun the itenlmi of trade and the eipan
lon of commeree anticiiatul In the mar future,
the griilkdlv iliminlfhlni; amount of bonds that
v 111 I"-' available lor lunklne pmpoe under
our piuent Kjttcin aid tlie pie imlnenea the
t liilul sut,. lro t0 Jiold flhat.clally and in.
cli.liialli a more couiprehimible ij.tem suited
io conditions, which in the nalure of thinii
mini be mrt in tlie not remote future, it Is not
desirable at an early iljte to enter tentatively
at itat upon that svstem whicli promiaen to
jicld remits commenurate with tlie rccda o' a
gi on ina; and rounding country. Mueh eareful
tti.dj and anlom thought hare brought me to a
riJIzaliuti of the necessity of a forward Hfp
In tin- illrcrllon of whit may rot iniptly be
eiiUcil a mere (.clcnlific MfUm of bank note cur
rem ,
1 rredom of Uue within the limit of paid-up
capital ulthcnt the jinestmcnt in bends .in e
curit will uaord all the elajtlcltj desirable.
Tlie Kiiaranteo of the Kovermnent of the villi.
mite iidemptlon of the noten m nndir eNlatlnt;
law Mill rindcr the notes ahsolutele wfe. I hnUi
In the tuiidiiuental piopoiition that It Is th
clutj of the gnvn'inent to trnaranter every note
It authorlrra to he iiifd for use as moi'ir) bv
the pe.ple -fhe piarmtee of the go i rnment
dill i;he the cuiuncj a national ilnraelcr
ulilcli will make it current In the lemotist
lorner of the cuunln
I would therefore unguent a the rjvtem of
teink note eurrenej for which we should strne
a best mlted to Inline condition when Kovcrn.
nic nl bonds have reaml to be available e .i.
alralilc as a bisis of tank note lUiTrnrv.
I list, a eireiilitlor nuranleed bj the povern.
mint villi proper piovUlon foi ita'lnileninit) In
the nature of a sifctv fund md a latevhle llm
In favir of the poieniment with other eredltors
on js.ils on failed hauls
Pieond, i rlrenlallon biued aeainst the aksets
ot tne luiik ,'s ali.ie llnilled nd a .vfetv lund
pmviilcil bj Hie binks unlet such i-onditlons and
ielrlitliin will render inprohahle uch an
extinsho Is'lp ra would aflect the moiemeut of
rold
Other honmnry guests weie e.. At
torney fieneral W. V. Hensel, of this
cltv, and William I'enn I.lojd, of
Mi-idianlcsbtirg, both of whom dollv
i'td uildt esses upon tho financial ron
elitlon. Tho nddresses weie lnfoimally
discussed by the membeis of tho asso
ciation To Give the Piesldeut Authority.
flv I'xiliislic VMiii fiem the Wioclatul Pieak
VVasltlnRton, lib I" -Ihe ub roimnltten of
(In neuile cu nillllnn nftilr haiiui; in iharsc
Hi" mine m l'lopihtion hill his imcl to add
to the hill Sinilor "jiooncr's amendment iovicJ
Ins loi a i ill Kournment in the Phil pju.j-arihlpclia-o
The ummitli-e will rentore 'the
"Judlelil," ellmlnited fiom Ihe amemlnient by
thn Philippine roninilttee, thus idrinx the prevb
deiu cvpllelt authority over the Judicial branch
of tho k'ovi rnment.
Lady School Director at Pittsburg.
Il.i i:clnilvc Win fiom Die Vesoelated Press,
I'lltfdninr, V'eh. 10. I.lltle or no Intfrcat ui
taVen lu ihe elei tlon in .Wleghcny county today,
the rnntecu helm; few and tlie election of th
llrpulillran tlelcpt a forrgone conelimlon. I'rob
Rblj the biiritet mirprlas naa in Araloa borough,
where Vim p. btan Marlln waa elected achool
ellieitor en an Independent; ticket of her on.
ThU was the third time Mr. Martin had made
the um an
ACTION ON THE
MILITARY BILL
Senate Rejects the Conference Re
port bu a Vote ol Eighteen
to Form-two.
SAMPSON-SCHLEY BILL
An Effort to Obtain Consideration
for the Bill Is Unavailing The
House Spends the DAy Upon tho
Sundry Civil Approptiation Bill.
Dy Kvclualte Wire from The Amoclatcd rn.
Washington, Keb. 10. Hy the em
phatic vote of is to 42 the senate late
this afternoon rejected the confeieiice
repoit on the military academy appro
prlatlon bill. This action came at the
conclusion of a spirited debate upon
the provisions against hazing Insetted
In the report bv the tonfeience com
mittee of the two branches of congiess.
Discussion of the provision, which was
precipitated at the close of vestnnl.iVa
session by Mr. Daniel, of Vliglnla. oc
cupied the gi eater part of today's ses
sion and the tepoit ot the confeiecs
vvns rejected because It was tegarded
by a huge majority of the senate as
too drastic and while no instiuctlons
eoultl be given the conferees by the
senate. It vvns understood that to se
cure a favoiable action by the senate
a modified ptovlslon us to the penalty
for hazing would have to be presented
and agreed upon by the conferees.
Early In the day Mr. Deboe. of Ken
tucky, delivered his announced speech
upon the Nicaragua canal. He to
viewed at length the proceedings which
led up to the piesent situation and
strongly advocated the construction of
the waterway by the United States.
An effort was made to obtain con
sideration for the bill reviving the
Krade of vice admiral of the navy for
the benefit of Hear Admirals Sampson
and Schley, but It was unavailing.
In the House.
The house spent the elay upon the
sundiy civil appropriation bill and
reached the ninety-ninth page. Tliero
are 13.". pages In the bill. The features
of the day were the debates upon the
question of national irrigation of arid
lands in the west which came up Inci
dentally and a local proposition to buy
borne additional ground for the gov
ernment hospital for the Insane which
has been agitated here for several
years. No material amendments were
placed upon the bill today.
WILL INVESTIGATE
THE ZION CITY BANK
Illinois Legislature Desires Informa
tion Regarding John Alexan
der Dowie's Institution.
By Lxcbisbc Wire from 'Ihe .cclatcd rrrs
Springfield, III., Feb. 19. A resolu
tion was adopted today by the lower
house or the Illinois logislatuto. pio
vldlng for the appointment of a com
mittee of five to Investigate the '.Ion
t?lty Innli, of fhleugo. The resolu
tlons cited tho bank as "an Institution
leceivlng savings deposits nnd trims-acting
other banking business with
out any ofllclal supervision for the
protection of deposltoi.s, said bank be
ing said to be owned, opctated ami
controlled by John Alexander Dowle,
alleged talth healer; that there h.ivo
been deposited in said bank latga
sums of money to be- held in ttust or
Invested for the benefit of depositors."
and that Dowle "or his agents have
purchased hundreds of thousands of
eioiiars' worm or properly at tremen
dously Inflated value ns a. site of a
proposed city or religious community,
and contemplate adding thereon Im
provements which In the aggregate,
will amount to an tnoimous sum, and
failure to iiMll?e proilts on ald real
estate, speculation or nny ehcum
stnnees adversely affecting the suc
cess of that entciprlse, would bo Ilke
l.v to Involve the Dow Jo interests In
financial ruin."
The committee to be appointed was
given full power to examlim Into th
affairs of tho Institution and ascer
tain who, if unyone. Is associated with
Dowie In the management of the
bank.
Chicago, Feb, in.-Alexander Dowle
declared this afternoon that the state
legislators will not be allowed to en
ter the bank or permitted to open its
books and will be prevented from get
ting any Information about the bank's
workings from the Insleje. Dowle says
that his bank is a nlvatc Institution
and no one has a light to foico an en
trance. NO DIVORCE SUIT.
Report Concerning Duko of Westmin
ster Has No Foundation of Fact.
Ily Kxelnslve Wire from The Ateociated Preai.
London, Feb. 19. A icpresontutlve
of the Associated liess lias investi
gated the story printed In a New York
newspaper to the effect that a Bum
mons was serveel on the Duke of West
minster, on the occasion of his mar
ilage to Miss Sholagh West, Satuiiluy
last lu u suit for divorce biought by
Major Atherton, with whose wife the
duko Is said to have been a passenger
on his return from South Africa.
Tho report has no foundation In
fact. No dlyoice suit has yet been
tiled, and a summons could not bo Is
sued before the tllinfr of a suit. Mis.
Atherton Is In Home and Major Ather
ton Is still In South Africa.
Bird Killing Match.
Ily I'.vcluihe Wire fiom run Antedated Picas.
Ncvr York, Feb. Iti. t the Interstate trapa
on Long Island todaj, Htevp Van Alen, of the
Sew Utrecht Run club, defeated Pr, A. A. VWb.
br, of the Medlcua f!un club, In the match,
Willi's; 04 out of 100 birds. Di. Webber killed 88
birds.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
WMtlittr tnJIcatUna Today.
FA'tJ COLDER.
General Our Onvcrnmrnt Protects Against
Further Military Operations tn China.
One of the Cudahy Kldnnpprrs t apturcd.
General Cvrbondalo Department.
bont-Detalleil Vote of Yesterday' Municipal
Election.
Kdltorlal.
Note and Comment.
bocal-Plin to 'Increve Membership of the
Y. Jl. C. A.
Good Vork,of bocal Itowlers.
Local Iloncll Lunacy Case li to Ho Aban-
dot ed
The mbunet I'rlre Story Contest.
Local West Surantoii an I subutlan.
eicneral Vortneavtrrn .enmybanla Nc
Unamlal and I cumuli ial.
local-Lice News of tin Imhiitihl ttoild
.Superior Court Opinion In the Dunltav) Cav.
GEN. MACARTHUR'S
RECEPTION
Moat Brilliant Social Event nt Ma
nilaThe rilipinos Delighted.
More Arreit3.
fly KjcIimIh Wire fMn Vis .Voceiatnl 'i
Manila. Feb. 19 (leneial Mi o
Arthtn's teceptlon at Malaeanan ex
ceeded mi) thing In tin Spanish n-glm.
The palace was beautifully cl-eutut 1
and billllantly Illuminated. TliutpMi'ds
of pci sons attended from the num.
navy, otllcliits, consular, clcilcnl, busi
ness and social circles, Ameilcan and
foreign. The Filipino population was
well lepresented. denci.il Harry was
master of ceremonies, fleneial Mac
Arthur and the laelles of the Fulled
States commission iccolved the guests,
The teceptbm lusted till 11 o'cliu k.
Theie was dnnclns; afte rivnid.i. The
affair was thcuoiiKhly enjojable. und
the Filipinos were especially pleased
at being accorded u privilege never be
fore afforeled them. Oeneral Mac
Arthur's tact and courtesy weie great
ly appreciated
Manila, Feb. 19. Captain Jones, of
th Hlghth Infant! y. bus ariested, at
a town cm the bay In tho ptovlncc of
Laguna, Florentine, or Tana and Mig
uel Ponce De Loon, agents of the Tab
aceleria company and William Webb,
Pedro Lorenzo and Vlctoilaeo Sentna,
emplo)cd by the Philippine Ttadlng
companv, on chnrges similar to those
brought isrulnst D. M. Carman, the
American contractor, namely, furnish
ing tho Insui gents with supplies. The
Tabaealerla, the richest corporation In
the Philippines. Is licensed of nldlng
the Insuigcnts often and extensively.
Tho pnrtles m rested aie prominent
petsons und the evidence nvnlnst them
is veiy strong.
M Hrk-Hoelteiman, a lielitlan con
nected with the Philippine Tiadlng
companv, has been arrested at Ma
nila, and JI. IMouatd Aiidte, the Itel
glan consul here and manager of tho
Philippine Trading company, has has
tily lctt Manila with his family, on his
way tot Kurope, on boaul the stecmer
Montcv cello. Vndte hael pievlously
been suspected. Other ancts aie ex
peeled PHILADELPHIA ELECTIONS.
City Councils Remain Oveiwhelin
ingly Republican.
C I.uluslte VMie ii on, The Vsn ulted Pics
Philadelphia. Feb. 19. The ulc?ellon
In this city today was for receiver of
tuxes, two maglstiates, select and
common couucllmen. school directors,
constables and other minor olllceis.
Tho weather was mild, but the eles-tlon
passed off quletlv. With the exception
of a few wards where the contests
weie close, the voting throughout the
city was light.
For leeelver of taxes John V. Daviel
son can led the city by the usual over
whelming liepubllcan majoilty over
Maxwell Sttvenvm. Ibmioci.n. im.
waid A. Devlin, Itepublican, and Hd
ward F. Ternan, Demoivat, wero elect
ed maglstiates. I'ndei the law a citi
zen could vote tor nnlv one candidate,
thus giving the mlnorlt) paitj lepic
Hontatlon. William H. Keyset-, Kepubllean, was
elected state senator fiom the Tbltd
dlstilet to till the unexplied term of
the late Fiancls A. (Hbourne. Kejser
was the' "father" of the statu house ot
tepresentatlves, and icslgncel bis seat
to inakj the canvas tor senator.
Joseph Call. Hepublletn, was elected
lu llll Ke.vser's uncxpiied tetm In the
Nineteenth dlstilet, and Itlchaul Cur
ly, Itepublican, wa selected to fill the
vacancy in the sixteenth district,
caused by the death of William F.
Stevvai t.
THE PITTSTON ELECTIONS.
Dsmocintlc Ticket Elected by Safe
Majorities.
Dy nvclushi Wlr fren The Weelalcd Prrss,
Pittston, Feb. 19. J. ,T. Corcoran, (ho
piesent mayor of Pitlbton was ie
OliM'teel toelay by a majeully ot L'SH,
over his opponent. M. N. Donnelly,
who was the candidate of both the
Republican and citizens' paitles,
lest of the Democialle ticket
Tie
was
v as
elected with n whoop. The lpsult
an follow h:
ii won
T .T. Corcoran, I) ,
M. Pciintdb, l!ep..(It
Titiivsriu.rt.
r. r. .iniic, d
it h. llaidliiK, it
fovntoi.T.r.it.
1100
Mi
11V7
Mi
.1 din hcmipd.v, I), , n
John Vlcllale, It W17
F. K. Lyons and P. V. Doran. Dfnin
ciats, and Louis Smith, Itepublican,
were chosen city assessors.
A. T. Walsh, the piesent secretary
of the school board, was re-elected
Horn tho Sixth waid by a large ma
jority nnd will bo continued In tho
otllce of secietary, the only salaried
position on the board.
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Roosevelt nt Denver.
By Dvclusbe Who from The Associated Tresv
Pcmcr, I'cb. IP, Uoicrnor Itoosevelt nnlved
here from Colorado Kprlnin In a sprclil cui to.
night and left later for Lhlcaso over tho Union
racific
UNITED STATES
AGAINST WAR
Further Mllitaru Operations In
China Will Be Vloorouslii Pro
tested bu Our Government.
CONGER'S INSTRUCTIONS
Ho Is Directed to Communicate to
the Foreign Ministeis at Pekin th
Fact That the Government Disap
proves Fmther Conquest in China.
Tho United Statos Vill Conllnu
Its Toimcr Attitudo.
By Kvtliiilie tira fiou The Vsaoclalril I'mi
Washington. Feb. H". During tliej
calilnet im-etlng tenia) a cablegiini
from Minister Conger was suhmili'il
refcrilug to the pioposed mllltaiy e
pedltlou in China, under e onminnd of
Count Waldersee. It disclosed the
fact that our minister has protested to
the ininlsteiH' e'ouin II against houlle
niovements of this e liaracter. but that
his piotcst bed tailed to iccelve coli
sleleiatlon, llu otliHi' fcMilgii mlultei.s
tnltlng the giound that thev had 110
authotlty to Influence mllltai) oprra
tlons 0110 way or the other.
Mlnhtei Conger has been instuicted
bv cable to comnmnliate to the lot
cign ministers at' Peklu tlie feeling of
tlie Fnlteil States goveiument Hint
ftnthet hostile e-xpedltlons .should not
be Indulged In at this time.
This nction was taken by the slat"
department after the cabinet ellscus
slon hael developed the attitude of tlie
administration. It Is understood that)
this course vv.'s le-garded us best, silica
It left 100m for mother appeal to ths
powers directly through their foieign
oflices. In case Mr. Coiurei's cffoin
weie tutll
The state depattment ofiicialv eloi lino
to make publlo the text of the not .
However. It was paid to be In peifect
accoid with the policy alreaelv elcvel
oped and to make manifest the deep
conviction of the United Stntes gov
ernment that these pioposed hostile
expeditions aie In violation of tho
rights of the Individual parties to the
peace negotiations, because tending to
hilng about the failure of these nego
tiations. Desire for Speedy Action.
If the thteat of military expedi
tions Is based upon a deslie tu force
tho Chinese envoys to a speedier action
upon the niltilstetl.il propositions, then
It must be stated that out government
dlappioves, feeling that It has not )ot
been demonstiated sufllelently that
the Chinese government is not acting
to the best of Its nblllt). negardlng
the Insistence of the foielgn ministers
on tlie Imposition of the death penalty
upon the whole list of piesulbed Chin
ese ofllclilK, It Is tecalled that the Chin
ese agieeel to minister the seveicst pos
sible puiiishmiieut ami It is con re I veil
heie that It Is entliely Impossible tor
that government to go to the length
demanded bv the ministeis. These
consldeiatloiis aie, of ionise, known to
the foielgn ministeis in pekln, but it
will be Mr. Congei's duty to lefiisii
their 11 collections as to the engagi'
tnenls their governments enteied Into
with the Fnlted States as well a.c with
China and he will point out that out'
attitude' Is lu exact aceonlanix with
the lino laid down in the formal net s
preceding the beginning of the incli
nations The United Htutes goviiiimcii will
continue to deal with tlie povvets
through their diplomatic agendo", br
um ing the suggestion that the minis
teis at Pekln have 110 contiol ovim the
1 nl I It 11 1 foieoH stationed there anil
cariylng out Hie same theoiv Hernial
Clialfee will ait In thoioiiRh )r,ini"iiy
with any suggestions maile b) Mi.
Conger1.
Chinese Will Comply.
Peitin. IVb. in. Pili.c-e riling and LI
Hung Clung have leeeivid a t le
giam which viitually means that Ihe
Chlne'e will comply with all the de
uitiii'lH of tho poweis. although tliev
still de In Infoi matlnu on a i w
mlnoi points. Tho foielgn envoys
look foi win el cnnlideiitly to absolute
compliance bv TIiui'mIiiv at the latest
Pilnce Clilng and LI Hung Chang havo
been greatly vvoiiieel bv the piepara
tlons for the expedltloii Into the In
tel lor and they have sttongly urged
tin mint to yield, pointing mil that
otherwise tho disniembetinent of the
I'liiplli was piobable.
(ieneial Chance, sigimllul the chln
ise new je-nr by calling upon LI Hung
Chung, who seemed to be in much bet.
ter health.
It Is now asseric-d that tho deimani
wll Ituin the rnllroids over to tha
British at the end of the month.
Rockefeller's Donation.
Oj i:cliitlvc Wire fiom The Woctutcd Tru.
ew crk, I'eb. 11 lontiihiitlnu of 1 quar
tu nt a million dollars b; Joliu 1) ltockcfeller
to llionn nnlvrrsli) was iiiinouuieil tonluht at
lie leual dinnir nl the Uroun I tmujilj Alumni
soiiet.i of New oil,, lit Ul at the Lfnherully
club. Ibv. Dr. II P Piunie, nrrsident of
the m limit, nude the aniiou ,c'ner t. Mr,
Itpekrfiller jave aUaO.iletJ lil jear to Pronn.
Hairloburg; Republican.
C) nvcliulia Who from The Associated Press.
IlarrUbiirj:, Pcb 11 The result of todaj'i
eliitlon in Ilarrbhurif eacra tho neubllrani
till in control of select councils an I ten lie
piihlicaiu and ten Democrats In eoniruou couuolt.
SapeiTisora Tress and Campbell, Kepubllcans,
were re-elcctei). The election wa the quietest In
years and a very light vote a polled.
tt -r-t-ft -rt-r sl
. WEATHEIt FORECAST. -f
Waahlnirton, lh, 19. Porerast for
Wednesday and Ihursdaii E litem Penn
Klianla ("older! fall reilni dav, Tliurs.
cli.i, fair and ronllnued colds brish north,
veeoleily vlinb, linouilni; high 011 tho
coatt.
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