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MR. ROOSEVELT
OPENS SENATE
The Vice President Becomes Impa
tient at Applause and
Issues Warning.
MORGAN ON THE TREATY
Ho Addresses the Senate lor Nearly
Two Hours His Admonitions to
Great Biitaln Ate Pniticulaily Se
veie State Dcpaitment Advised
Concerning the Asphalt War.
D.i Inclusive Wile from 1 lie o lil il l'n
Washington, .March u Again today
Vlce-Pio-ddont llooevelt was tlicien
trnl Ugife of tho opening in n eec'lngs
of the minute. When h- .ipiaicd at
his desk to c .ill the senate to older .1
wave of npplinii swept ovti the
tluonged galleiles. He evld ntly .n
impitleut tit the dciuouttlintlon, and
shniplv tapping his desk with the
y,i -I, warned the spci tntois lli.it a
r petition of tile applause would lovtilt
111 an oiiler to il-ut the galli rlo".
ftiu u In Iff dilute the annndmint
tn the lilies of the senate placing a
limit Upon deb He. olfclcd est-iduy bv
Senator I'lutt (Conn.), was telotied
hi I Ik (onnnlitee on i ules. The ill hate
developed the tact that no intention
exists on the pan of tin opponents
ot the amendments to titgc Its dlsi us
slon at the jircjont etiaordlnaiy ses
sion Mi Moigun (Ala ). who yeaterd 1 of
fn il a tesolutlon declining the ubto
nation of the Clavtori-llulwtr tleaty
between the Pulled states and (Jre.it
Urit.iln addic-sul the senate foi neatly
eo bonis upon his pioposltlon HIa
.i lmonltlons to Gicut Britain weie
mi td ul it lv shot p. He df eland that
f lti at Britain should ndonvor to
toi ee the terms of the tieaty the iffoit
would icsult In a war In which the
Mat I'liiplre whhh had ronti oiled for
miikh of veins the commeioo of the
otld would lie swept tiom power and
h"i new king would he l- f t with only
sovcielgnty oei his one Island.
Tho Asphalt War.
i 'I lii Htatc di naruneiit Jius ben otll-
tally udled that thu ufcphalt eon
trovctiy hdK at last been biouhl be
fore the Venezuela eomts. The advice
until nih the utioinclal icpmt ieceled
(ant wtek to th? clfeit that the Wai-ntr-Qulnlaii
elalmants uil a few
wurhmeii on to the lale elalnnd by
the Heiniudce eompani , they weie
fj i ted and suit was begun aBalnst
the Ueiniudese company befoio tho
VentKuelii i otitis. It Is the Intention of
the state tep.n tment to Jet the coutto
Acrfv be tiled out befoie the Veue
tie i tiibiin.il ho that the lu'tiiliiKS
Mit(li have be n In prowess at tlie
t.ue department In Washington ptoh
nbl -will bo supi nded lor tho time
IielllK
With some feeling, in leleienee to
he cia ton-Rulwer tuiit.", Mr. Moi
hau h.ud
,'We will muUo no coniiiriiiis with
(iit-.it Hiltaln tipnji that siiijeet. Wo
will make no eonenislon to Cieat J.ilt
alu in lelation to that trent. What
we hhall do with It (and wine of our
people ate opposed to e l that) Is Hint
" hhall declare It tibioKiitcd. It the
vote, on mv i evolution tould be taken
today It would Infoini the piesldent of
the t'ntted States that he has no two
thlid majority In the senate to adopt
.mv compiomlbo he may innkc with
Clrcat Itilt4iiu. It It Is the pin pose of
Orcat Urltiiln ntlll to look for delaj.
."he will not get It. If it be her dctet
minntion to pli k a ipiim! with us
about it, she will lind tho Ilnltnl
States can iniihtet nt leafet lialf the
number of men who voted Or th
pi evident in the l.i.st eleetlon ilgimn
men. And she will Hud. when tin v.or
iejmlnate!. that the steel hand which
binds the thioitu In London with An .
ttalla and India and passes throiiuh
CnnudA will have been lent In twain,
and v lilt lis sevcrenee, down will go
the empire
rfhe will find tint her poselons In
he Cntilbean sea have lapsed She
will llnd that she has nxeitavcl our
patience The has stalled with a new
king and upon a nev,- caieir that will
break up the unplii and mime tile
kliipr to the soveiclwity of hit own Is
land Does Oieut Hiltaln suppoje the
can eseapo tiom the teiroi.s of the e.
IrtinK situation and the pupectlve
Fituatlon eveijwhetc and that she can
find a l.ivotablo oppottunltv to dls.
rl'iv hoe mllltaiy powei against tho
t'nltcd fitntoi.. '
Did Not Boast il i'owei.
Mi Morgan said lie did not boact
ol the jiowu of the United Si.U,s In
money, men or valm, but ho was thor
oughly conscious of them and gloiied
in that coiifci loudness because he
Knew when tho mipiomo moment
should come and any jiower In Urn
woild hhould iiitdeitaku lo bildle the
Tnited sjiates by placing such 10
sttuluts upon lier Fovcielgnty ns wcto
tontalned In tin t'lavton-Hulwer
treaty, tho Auk i lean people would le
gist to the bitter end.
'And that icHlhUnci." he evelalmed
vohainently, "will menu the wiping out
if anv jiowct cm catth that undeittiked
th" Job,"
He tfUiiideil tl I'l.iyton-Uulwor
treaty In the natuio of an alllanee
'h shameful ulllaiuu" with Oteat
Britain and denouneed any suggestion
nf the Inability of tho Vnlted State i
to se(,r such nn allium o without I't
"uning the penalties of war, Ho
li'ilntuined that 111 spite of tno slhiUee
nf Clio it Iliituln, tho rnltcd ri'ules
-ould nhiogato the tieuly nt any tlnm
ind until It was abio;:ated It would
nt iik n clog upon the extension n
he c numeric of the country
Without loncludlug bin !(,vh, m ,
Morgun .vlelded tho door. Tin hmiute
lieu vscnt Into eNoeiittxe setiion .md
ihottly uftciuuidt adjourned
PRESIDENT'S CALLERS.
The White, House Ovcnun with
Visitors,
ny Kxcliwlvo VMrs from The Asclilcd Prtjs.
WnslilnRtou, March 0 Tho whltu
houso was fulrly ovenun with vlsltots
today. Thoiitunds of those vvlio wcio
hero to attend tho Inauguration cloud
ed the ground!! and nil day they clam
oted at the doors of tho mansion for
admUslon. However, the doois weio
elobed to nil ccept delegations mid
otheis who had utianged In advamo
to bo i delved. Tho Lincoln club, of
Toledo, known ns the "i all-splitters,"
and tho Minneapolis Flambeau club
weie received In the oast jmilor by tho
president and UMiop Ainott, and tho
executive council of tho Soutticin
Ilaptlst churih (colored) vvcie lecelvcd
In tlio room adjoining tho cabinet
chamber
They ptcsentcd nn address making a
plea for tho appointment of coloied
olllcois In the miny.
Manv i orgressnien wlio aie to leave
for their homes called to bid the ptcM
dent good-b.ve. nnd seveinl of the
leaillng Jtepubllcan sonntoisi saw him
for ti shoit time. The latter seemed to
be generally or the opinion that the
ostium dlnaiy session of the senate
would not last over ten days and that
no clotiue mlo would bo adopted.
BISHOP POTTER
ON SOCIAL REFORM
An Enot, He Thinks, to Imagine
That It Can Be Seemed
by Legislation,
tl ImIu.iu Wire ti.iiu Hie wuiaud I'n.i.
Xovv Voi Is, Match (i Hlshop l'ottcr
this of let lioiiii made an address on
"What a Young .Man Owes to HlH
Clt." to the .students of Colmnbli
unlvorsitj. He tuld, In p.ut.
'Thete Is no cnor moie dangcrotiF
than to l)ol!evo that bv legislation we
can secute inoi.il or social Kfoini. Vou
may elevate the standaid of jour leg
islators and make moie sevete the civil
set Ice examination with no bcneilclal
lesults, for good govcrnivent consists
not In the laws or in the men who
nuct them, but In that public senti
ment which Is so often atrophied by
liHBllgetteo of our duties
"In u. southern state iceently, a patty
of which I was one talkid on nollee
sstcin in New Yoik. A gentleman of
this city, icfidlngucai President Low's
home, told us of a burglary In Ills
house. He had taken every juccautlou
against buiglnrs. but they entered his
house and robbed It. jieverthelevs.
When the butglaiy was announced tho
police of tho succinct visited him, and
so did men from the btnglar Insurance
company. Ho did what 1 tonslder a
ei wrong thing. He offcied the
policemen a Iiundtcd doll.u.s each It
they would tatch the burghu. The
leply was: 'Oh. hell, theso men offeicd
us J300.'
"This should cause a blush ot shame
on every honest man's face to think
that a policeman should have to be
bilbed to do his duty. To what a pitch
of dogtadatlon have we come. Theie
must be something done to awaken
men to ptotcct Innocence, ptovent
ciintc and compel ollictals to do their
dutv.
"It Is not vigilance alone tlint Is ic
(jutted, but It Is personal service that
Is the dutv of civuy man We must
leeognlze good seivlce and condemn
bad seivlce. However couupt an ad
minlstiatioii may In, It is possible to
make It so odious as to piodtlee a social
nnd inotal upheaval"
DARRELL CAPTURED.
The Caviihymou Accused of Muuler
Gave Ofllceis a Long' Chase.
I!. l'ulmnc Wire fitni fn Iwuiutvtl I'icu
Nev "ioik. Maiih C.-On hoaid the
steamer Holuiuollem, vhlch nttlvol
tonight tiom (icnoa. Naples and dlb
i.iltai. Is W. (). Dupuy, an ofllcor of
the Tnited htates scciet senleo, hiv
ing In charge an a ptisoner Louis Uai
lell, foiinetiy seigeant in Ttoop it,
Seventh l'nlted States i avail y, who Is
accused of mtit del lug nnd johlilnr, a
(omiadc at I'lnar Del r.lo, l-'tiba, n
Juno hist.
D.mclli after tho eilmo, suneeddi in
eieaplng to Now Oilcans vvhu he
embtiiked for South Aftl a ( leer
DupilV hi listed lilin at IJell.i, AT' ten,
It til t vas obliged to o to Lisbon In
oi (It to obtain n iiqulsltlon foi his
cxti'iidlth n. I'lio papeih weie finally
ice I veil nt Hrha in Jan. .'0 nnd tho
utile cr stalled for New Ymlt with his
pilonor. A lcwaid of i-'.OOO will bo
pild OMUer Dupuy when he an Ives at
Havana, wheie the ptNoner will bo
tinned ovei to the l'nlted States au
t ioi lib s
Consumption Incieaslnj;.
11 I ululti Wire fiom The .Vsoeiatiil I'uv.
Ibllnl.liit.i, MjiiIi (l-diicr t. I.cuU (,ol,
nf llif In. loan ( luallh, in hii anuujl iq"it,
talis tlul ci ieuinillon ictciU In moitalll ,ny
kliclo (ll,i,i-. the mimlici ot d. at lit from tu
KuiilniU iluilti; the uit fir bilnif 2,717. Thu
In Jul it It. mil Ii rcrlou'l (iiiiililcilnt; tin. ml
ljlilllt vt iccmtin hi ling In tu losNtaluro
tho ilu lug ut (on.uinpllon on the lUt o( ion.
ll.-liiii iIImjmc Such .Ktluii hi brill ucuii
innuJiil In iln PlillailtliliK Comity Meillcul
nnlit mil tin- l'iiuii.lnU hx.hu lur the
I'leicnllui u IWu rLiilolf
Spanish Claims Commission,
ll lAdii'lf Wire frum The Vkihlid hei
Va.hingloii, Manli il hx senator Win. I.
Ilijinllcr, ci cw llanihlre, ha hvrn mUcUi)
I he pitsld. lit ot the bpiuUli clnlnis coinmU.
thM 'llio other nppciintimnW "ill kocn (nllo.v
cr.'l t I. liitmaVil tint tin loinnilxlon bhill .it
lo work di oon ..i ioll le in view n( the VJtt
jinrimt t wk in l,o (I Jin
Durant Still Alive,
lb l.uliurte Who (roni 'flio .0(.l,nnl Pue..
Prl, Murih f, 'iSV a. ni -The rrpuit tint
Mm Wllwiti lluriiit, o Mlwn, V. , who lud
lifii llilin; (hiring the lJt two )imi in I'.irli
')llh hl inothir, lul Utn killed nt O.lrnd in
u diul ulth u ltntan count, u un limntlon
of lili own Mi Diiiji.t k Hill alive.
Judge Mezat Killed,
Hi l(lule nil from Tim AtcUlid Pif.
Managua, Mearajua, Jlanli n, Juilee Uat,
ol (hi Murawunn hiiprrnir comt, w killed
(wterday it CuiU'lo, hy xrinr .ieau4, uIiom
fallur lui I iff u well knonn In Murjjvun a (Tall I
MANCHESTER
IN TROUBLE
The Duke Is Met with a Breach ol
Promise Case as a Result
ot His Marriaoc.
DENIESKN0WLEDGE0P1T
Miss roitia Knight, of Loudon, Who
111 ought the Suit, Regiets That tho
Affair Has Been Made Public, and
Hopes It Will Not Be Taken Up by
tho American Fapeis Feels In
Duty Bound to All Her ruglish
Ftlends.
By i:clu.ic Win dun The Aoi i !) I'rcn
Liverpool, Match C On his niilvnl
heie unlay on tho steumshlp Oceanic,
liom New York, the Duke of Jlnn
theste'f, who, with his bilde, was a
passenger theieou, was seived with a
writ for an tillegi d bleach ol piomWo
at thu instance or Miss Portia Knight,
of London.
London. Match C The Duke ot M.nt-
ehi ster says he was not seived with a
wilt and dues not know ail thing about
the loporttd suit foi bienih of ptomlse.
Miss J'ortli lCnlght Is tin Ameileau.
JJ or "i mih ol tige Slu was on
the Htage 111 New Vol k foi a shoit
time and has been living privately in
London tor a viat. She sent a top.
lesentntlve ot the Associated l'tess to
her law jets. The wilt has been out
foi .some time, she said, and she did
not know whethet It would be seivid
in Ametica or Huglaiid MNs Knight
was glad to heat that It had been
seived In Llveipool
"I legret that this nffulr has become
publli ." she said ' I thought It would
all be done quietly. I do hope It
vxlll not be taken up bv the Ameileau
papeis. I have bi ought the suit not
because I deslied publlcit. but be
cause l felt In dutv bound to all mi'
friends In Hnglnnd Tot their sake,
as well as my own, I have eeiv wis i
that tho proceedings should be as ptl
ate as possible
"1 oulv met the Duke of Manchester
sines I came o Kimlind a eiu ago,
but leally I must icfer jou to my so
licitors." Whet. Miss Knight's solicitors weie
called upon they declined lo give any
details or to moie than conlliin the
lepoit that Miss Knight had com
menced action
The M tnchestt i sensation piomlsis
to i hill the Westminster scandal. Al
though the Duke of .Manchester as-etts
that the wilt has not been servid upon
him In tlie suit lor alleged bieach of
promise, this is iiulte immateiinl as
tho will lias been Issued and ptoci Til
ings have eoinmetieid
This entholy unexpected scone! to
one ot the most Intel tsttn; maulages
between Ameileau Ik Ins sea and iep
l'sentotlvcs of the UiltHh peerage hud
its inception shottly afti r the Muke of
sranehester so suddenl in tde Mies
Zliiiiuciman a diiihcsi Miss Kulghl's
allegntlons ate not et obtaluabk, but
It Is evident that she U in earnest, and
that tho suit was bi ought without anv
idea of Tuinlng publlcit She Is bout
the oame age as the Duke of Jlan
clKhter, possibly a mile oldct.
Their ncspialntunee began, a lepie
sentatlvo of the Associated I'ics s
Infoifned, -when JIIss Knight was liv
ing In Sthmlns iuiiihIois, in London,
wheie the duke fieqtientlv visited the
emplojes of the mansions say the ac
quaintance ripened to a-stage whote
the, qitaireUd ltequentl, and thu
the visits continued until onlj about
six months ngo, vhei the duke no
longer calkd theic, and Silas Knight
took a Hat elsowheit She Is now liv
ing In London amid ft lends of posi
tion and means.
Unlike the duchess, Mh-s Knight Is a
pionounccd btunttte. with an ollvo
t omplCNlon.
THIRTY MEN PERISHED.
Snow Shovelers R,un Down by n
Train.
11 lAcliwho Wire from flu Avwiiiatcd Piffj
London, 3I.il ih ".The Moscow eor
lespondent of the Dally Mall s,is
"Dining the iceent heavy snow
stotms fifty men weie sent to clear
the snow out of a i.tllway cutting
n?ar Wolovo on the Ulazan-I'ial line.
They vere Just leaving tho ruttluy
when the train came down at full spei d
and (lushed thltty men Into shapdess
masses, their clothing' clogging tho
axles and stopping th ti.iln. Inqiili.v
.shows that tho engine dtlvet and the
guards were diunk "
Cut His Wife's Tin oat.
J! Hkcliuhc Whe fi-orn The Witlated l're
Uoston, Man b C Iliomas .1 llnin.., nf muU
llohtcn, win Mas inariUd lirin ahuui hK wh-U
a co, kllhd hli wife till, runln li uillui- lin
thinat ulth i rizor. Ituinc a ;initnl II r
luilbe foi the (lime liu not I.e. it jhiU lined.
The police say that lluinj 1i rt wllh liU !'
diih a khoil time uhen i Kiuntliui oiiiiunl
ourt lie mt to Niv nil. lie nine baik to
lav, ant .-ulni; to the plain wIkio tin umun
llnd, liilhd her
Rear End Collision,
Ily lALluiho Whe film I he .isal id.J 1'h.i
CCUtCatllll. Pi, Mlllll C. J IlC fllAl klClloll
ot tho iakt hound AtUnth ivpict... on the I'ui'i.
;luriU rjllioad i.ui into the im end r( local
ficl,ht latt lioun!. tlnee nillr. veil of lieu,
tola Three fieltfht cam. the inaliin on tho
e-fresi nnd threo ciuplv luuuitro i,iu, ni,. ,
nUl car eiu wiccked Ihi njlincr mil
flit nun (tl the rvprot (iap(d injut I no
pitoinoeni were lnken up. but nut .ulonily
Injured
Mr. Ailcs Takes the Oath.
11 Lxrla.hc Wire from The voclatcl 1'nvi
Watlilnsten, JUlch r. -Mllloli 1, ,M,,, of
Ohio, ho ifcuitly wis nmnliiiUril um mie
firmed n al.larit won Ul of the lieaturt.
In nifienl Mr. Ik A uiidiillp, re.lgn.-l, tock
tlio pieberlhed (atli lodai, in the ptfeii(e of n
larks iiuuiher of ticmiirv otlunl., nr,i nitdfd
upon hU no iliitlit,, Vi, Vaicleillp w ill tail
tn t'uiope nest SalnrdiJ
BERLIN IS SATISFIED.
President McKinley's Inaugmal Ad
dicss Pleases the People.
Ily I'Mlcuho Wire from Ilia Aocialcd l'rr
lletlln, March fi Piepldent -MeKln-ley'H
Inauguiul uddicss U the subject
of much discussion today In govern
ment circles. Ills remark about a lib
vial commeiclnl ttctity policy for the
l'nlted Htates causes' much satisfac
tion A high oltlcial pointed out that
this was the most Important declain
tlon In the addiess of me point or view
of (let many, adding:
"Our rinses for complaint In the
Amcilcnn tin Iff ticuttucnt of tier many
have lecently been much fewer than
these weie fcvciuI years ago Our gov
ernment In negotiations on the subject
bus been Inspired with a desire to
avoid a niptuie, thus exposing Itself
to nttack fiom parties upon whom the
government iclles for suppott In tha
iclchstag
"The Immediate icsotiicus of tho
l tilted States and the stiong position
cT Amciiiuu Inihtstilea make It pos
sible foi the American government to
puisne a llbctal (ontmciclal policy."
The Hei liner Neusta Nnchtlchteu,
discussing tin latest and most chiboi -ate
tepotts ot tho addles", concludes
Its lommiiit lu the following stiitlu:
"The pie.-ddent leatds the polio of
( onqttost as imllnlshcsj; and wo may
llnd lu the Imiuguial mldiess the same
sphlt with h dtove the l'nlted States
into wot with Spain and which, despite
tin c II ( pi lleiiKs of the I'hillppluus,
Is still the witihwotd of American
polities"
JOHN REDf40ND
GIVES OPINION
He ClaitiiE That the Scene in tho
House of Commons Was the Dl
lcct Result of a Ttick.
Oy LreluMio Vtiie tarn The SoOcliteJ Pirn.
London, Match 0. John Iledmond to
day said to a lcpiescntatlve of the As
sociated l'l"s
' The scene last night In the house
of commons was the direct result of
a ti It K on tho pait ot the government.
Au account for seventeen millions had
been brought up for discussion. It
coveted a multitude of Items, and In
cluded ov r jdiidtMiO pounds for lilsh
pm poses 'I hr discussion was Inlllut
ed bv i'i Knpllsh membeis on the
Hnglish i dticitlonal question and It was
uulvcisall nuclei stood that the whole
night would be devoted to this liigllsh
question and then the debu'o on the
icmatnlng Items would stand ad
journed. On this undet .standing a
huge number of lilsh membeis, in
cluding Mi'ie of the most experienced
membeis of the paitv, 1 'ft the house
Suddenly nt the iloie of tin- sitting at
midnight Mi. Il.ilfoui pioposed to clo
stlie the discussion on the entile vAto
of 1TUkhhii) pounds This uatuially
ptovoked an outbutst on the patt of
the lilsh niMiibers who weie In the
house. 'rl.e --ccne was one most dls
giaccful 1 1 the Cuglisli pat 11. inn nt We
Inti ml to raise the ni.ittei ns a (tics
tlon ot pi lv liege. As a. matt) r of
fact some ot the membeis wete Untied
out ot the house who took no p.nt
lu tin scene and the most In tit .U vio
lence was c vhlblted In the icn.ovlng
ol soini! of ct.i menibits Tl." i i tlun
of the government is llkel io defeat
Its objei t and will make tin lilsh
more dit. milted than evet to lcslst
the governments plan to .poke the
discussion of lilsh affnlis"
AN ATTACK ON
THE EMPEROR
William Is Wounded by a Piece of
lion Thiown at Him.
I) l.cliiilve Wnt fiom The ivmlatis.l Pirn
llienun, Match 7 While Jhnpeior
William was dr.v ng lrom the Hath
skellor to the tullvvuy station hem
esteida a woikman named Dletilth
Wellaud thtcw n plcc of lion Into his
niajest's cart luge. Wellaud was ai
itsted. The empeior seems to have
been slightly Injiticd on the chock, but
continued his Journey without Intci
t option
Wellaud, who is nn epileptic, gave
confusing aiiMVeis to the policu le-
1 rr.ii.1ll.rr 111. IllllltlllU
j h".nit l ..."... '
DRANK POISON IN
SON'S PRESENCE.
He Saved Mothei's Life by Knocking
Bottlo Out of Her Hand.
D' l.vtliwbc VMie from I he An elated Tiei-
Chester, Pa. Match 0. Llttlo Mi
chael Kelly, of No. CM Potter stiect,
s.ivcd tho life ot his mother by
knoi king a bottle of laudanum out of
her hand as she was chaining tho con
tents today. Mis Kell, liowcver,
swallowed some ot tho poison and was
In a stupor when an ollior aiilved.
Dr. J'.vnmi lcvlvnl tho woman, who
is said to havo attempted her liro on
in count of a family imauul.
Decapitated by an Engine.
lb l,rltilu Win' twin 'Hi Vwoilutul 1'kiX
In dik hi in, Maiih c eilmi latach, ". iari
I lite, Mill of 'pel Inn lulent l.buih, oi (he
11. llililicni I Iniric l.lithl lonpiny, wiw doi
llatid lonlitht 1 the llilhlehim Steel loiupans
i-lilllli ;. (i Kim nt he hi. Icolns thu iir
lo ti-L the titn nf Un Cf" ' the Imt motive
vvlili h tan him down an I ml hi- luad oil
Hay Signed Commission.
11 lt liii.lv t Win. llem Thu A.mvUleil lr
Wjj.hln.tu. VUkIi il -fi-rctai Ha ha lurn
1 1. II. ul to t'.lll to II- oaii ahilit mid I'nUIlt .
lull he iluiii.il lu ii vii (OiiiliiU-loil, m he 1.
nuiil id tu r.ll.11 all thi. ioiiir.llHii.ln of cabinet
lili ii., nnd he tl.nihv ihclaml that he liu
.r., .1 implicit i mliili mo in IiuimIi and in iU
i .ii ndclit and nl IHtv
Southwaik Agiound.
Il I.Mliif.lvi) Wlie fium The Awilated I'lnJ
Nen oil, Vlardi il- I .. iairhip Soulhvor'rf,
vshtili lift till (Hi fi'i Auliveip, ueni uproi.nc)
nt sinrl Monk tonight. Il tried lo pull her
rn, hut dhl let ilm.l and the tlll inilllnv
i;ioiii,.l it a tan hum toul.ht
RODERICK'S
DEFENSE
Gommlttee on Mines and Mlnino
Meets to Discuss Garner
Resolution.
HISTORY OF THE CASE
The Chaiges Regarding Reinatks
Mado by the Mine Inspectoi Mr.
Rodeiick Submits a Sworn State
ment Mr. Garner Takes the Floor.
Mr. Reynolds Censuted Colonel
Sweeney Causes a Sensation.
Srii. il fiom i Malt orrctpoiult i
Hniilsbuig, l'a March 0. The com
mittee on mlms and milling met this
evening to consider the (Sinner ifsolu
tlon, which calls upon the gov ci nor to
kmiiovu Chief Itodetlck, of the buie.iu
of mines, for alleged leinuks deioju
tuty of the miners.
.Mr. r.odulik did not appeal lu pel
son to answer the chaiges, but sub
mitted a Hvvoiu .statement setting foith
all that tiausjilied on the occasion In
question. The i evolution chaiges that
lte declined to Mr. O.tiuir, In the pres
ence of Mi reueboe nnd Mr. Key
nolds, tlint "It does not matter now
adas what the miners want; theh
hands are i.ilsed against cvoijbody
and eveiybody's hands ato uilsca
against them."
What ho claims he did sa Is given
lu the following statement.
Mr. Rodeiick's Statement,
fo the ( halrman and Mrmbert of the Coininllteo
rn Mines and Mlnln?
(.entlrniin. The filloulng 1 t full slitement
of all that traii'piud 1x tvvccii u Un of the
miliiUrc in the hoa-o nnd iio'tlf, tn the best
nf in knowledge and Inlkt.
fnr It iv lug tnv otltet, aluut S oi 0 p m , the
lltli Inst , 1 Mint in cr tn tin home tu ire
ulnt a HOlng on, but not tu lohh, an I till
no lnlneit In at initter tint wan Kfutc tho
Iiounc I found tint the hoii.-o had adjourned
ami there veie onlj n few mcinbeih on lh floor
at the time I lud mil Mr. Davl. fluin l'.iJiUo
rounti, aiid Hr. t'nlkln, (run Lack uvanna c ,
t hefoic, and one of Hum Introduced tne to
Mr l!i nolil", a mcuhrr fiom Lackawanna tome
t, viho aflero ird Introdiicel mc to Mr. Icrre.
hoe, fnmi 'ilmvlklll roiml viho liter intiu
diucl nn tu Mr. l.aiiicr, aUo a member from
MhuWkill.
When I v,a IntiodiKid to VIr. Icrnhee, I re.
numbered having hcanl that ho vac preparing
a bill to Incirts. tin number of liispeclon in the
anthriclte coal IlihN I mentioned In him uhat
I hid lu.ird and asked him if he had his lull
read lie aimuicd that It mis rcadv and pro
dined it, s.'il:g that he would In- gild lo hate,
mc read it and tcinmuit on It I took the 1111
and lead il komcuhil cnefullvv ami the featme
thaa clrcw my rpedat attention vi is the chuo
linn jsir.t' the niunlcr of aiitluaelte lii-pntuni
from elc,ht to tnculv four, ami the on ndudiii;
then lalitles from ,,m to $2,000 per annum
I ald. "Mi leucine, there Is no need of
twent four mine lucctors lu the antlnaclte roal
held, as there aie only leu iiiipottoi.c In the bi
tuminous dtntiieli., who have more than twice at
linn minis to look after, as per the irpoit of
lsi, oi, to be more exut, 771 to JAi in the aie
thiatlic '
ah lcriebci, In lather an excited tone, and
vcr.v much in (Jiiii.it, said. 'Tin Inspector
ate not ilolnif tlule duty, a they hardle ever
vLsit the fan nf the working places In sc
that the vciitihtlou is piopeili- conduetel nnd
that the minus for that nason vicie tultcring
from bid aii " I answered ty ealng that if I
tccotlcctct aright moie tlian tjj per eert. of the
mliis in the antluaellc roal dUtilet vecre cm
erilltig tplolve (.-it, and that .ilino would ir-luiie-
good vnitllitlon, and that there U no ria
cn v.li iniectbi mgleetcil ventilation of the
few nun gasioiis lulnes. "Ilo tli.it as it tun,"
(aid Mi, renebec, "the mlnera lie tunning from
II o laik of puru air" I lepllnl tint It waa
Mtnewliat remark iMc that tliee men would
surter vulliout tnaltiiar my comilalut lo (ho
inspectors or to IlanUljiiig, as that Is wtnt wo
arc here foi -to attend to the.c nuliera. Hut t
am not ejected tn know the nitual romlltloti
of tie ventilation In all the coal mines in the
ktate, which number our l,lfi, but am i.lwas
ready ami willing to tec that anv and all vlo
lillons ot tho mine land aie roiteclnl, If I am
a I prUcd ol the fait
Tew Complaints.
1 further raid that I had arked all tin Indus
I rime in contact with to hue all c mipliiuts
..lit to the bureau of mines ami that they woul I
b attended to, but few complaints were n
nlvid, in I thrv received clue itlention. VIr.
lenibio sail the men were afiald tu rntir rein
I laliils to the In.pccloi!-, but did not know why
lair hid nut complained tu llai (Uliurg
VIr lencbee'a other tuinplalnt ainliist the in.
peciora was that the did lot inuM on tniii.
1 lianec viitli the law tint whtneicr ten men
itatli Hi" dot of thafl oi nlope. the flnll bo
hoivted 11 said that fometlnifa fitly and thty
pcrons were kept waiting for a ride up tliii
lutt or blope, as the caw uil,ht be. I tald.
"Has any cuoii lefused to hoUt the men, and
ilo the men tnako a practice of asklni; for an
unity car or ease when ten men reach the
bottom!" Ilo said that he did not khou of
a i i ( rural, but the men were afiald to at
Ho then iriited his own tvnrienu of eaia
jn I hald I ttechrd two suih lomplaints and
Ihi i-ne tiom the Sh.iiuul.lii ilUtrlcl, nnd that
I had t.il.in the mattrr up and hid It umulied
I tin tin i raid that miiio cf the seiutarli ut
the lu lis out wekt v.eie in the habit ot inaklng
i lie coiniiUliiH foi tho mui, and na far f 1
knew un (oinplaiut evil leielvid had ton
iiieiitliratrd ind Kmnllnl, anil if tit mini is
of tlie tatl were afraid tu nnl.t n mplalnt, tin
fCiietni.ia of tl.' local colli I ill it tir tin m
1 lold him ll.-l I would guiianlee id Inieslliiaic
evnt complaint and mat llnin un llielr mirit'
I tlen lock up the other point and whl "Mi.
Kirrebee, win di juu auk for the ri-duetun of
the nalarlc. if the iiupectonif ' Hi uld lint
I londde.-ed sJ.liuO per (ar a fair rUx,
mil that he viat afraid it hx kept it at the
! 1 fluiire lili bill would ln.i I m mc a j
1 rinuiknl tint the talirles if the mini in
i.pcctii vile Miiall as coiupaicl wllh the .jli
rn paid (flint) ntlldaN, cipeilill) In buieiir,
Laikawitma nnd Schmlkill euuutiir., and tint
teull) the tjlaiir of tho inspector weie lo
low, ioi inkilntr thu lupjn.lhlltilis utlnt' u
tl cm and tho treat pil.onal daiipi t In v unn
lon.tantlv ixp. (d to as after ivptoilom of tar,
inluii tins, eivliuln and all Mich anidents tint
aie pceullii to leal mine th" Inferior Is th
man alwa tkpeitid lo dliiei and had and I)
thu ri( n'lhle man in all (alaitiuphu. He is
of ttii (ailed out nt nlaht when anv serloiu or
wippoerdly kerloua actldent occur, which Is more
frequent lu the autliratitn Hun in the bituminous
(Villi n Uisl un I'Jgc 1
THE NEWS THIS MORNINU.
Wather Indications Today,
FAIRl ftiaiNO TCMPKHATUHE.
1 Oeneril Minn Irettor JtodetlckV refetwe,
ltlpptr 11111 Still Unsigned.
lee I'lmlijeiit ll(K-vclt Opens the Senate
Duko of Maiiclittter Sued.
e
J dcncral Ltekawanna County Kena
.1 Cineral-Mlne' bnpcttnr l!'Icilek's Ikfcnc
(Concluilcil )
4 lilltoHal.
Note and Ciniincnt
5 Local Conference in Inkiest uf Mission
Wot!..
tl Local Wiving Snulon nf the t utheran SitioO,
Heard of Health and lleatlw) fiom ( onlaplous
Pl.ear,e.
Toda'K farade of ilk Still ns
7 l.oeal-ltcarins In tlie Coiitidlmit Ic Uilbery
CiMd
Y. M C A in Hie I'hlUiplues
$ Local U'eat setaiiton ind Siibjibu.
0 r ernal Vmlhearlrni 1'eiin.vlvanli
rinandal and Ceinnneicljl.
10 local-live .Vew of Hie l.ibor Woild
NO UPRISING OF
THE CUBANS
People Intoi tsted In tlie Welfaie of
the Island Aie Satisfied.
11 Ivilu.ivc Wue f i wilt II.' V.o laint I'ioi
IKuunii. Miuch o Au Investigation
Into the icpotl diculated In the United
States liy ,i nows agency that the
I'nitid .States senet seivhe olllclals
htio had been inlornied that plans ate
on foot for a Cuban uprising and tit it
dlsotder Is only avoided now b tho
elfotls of Ieadeis to hold the i evolu
tional clement In cheek, elicited the
following .statement from Senor Oon
7.ales He Quesnda, who was the special
commlcsloner of Cubo. at Washington
and who was said in the dlspitch le
lcncd lo to have continued the state
ments made:
"I liave not made any statements ic
guiding nn uprising. If anv poisons
ate Interested In fomenting an upiln
iiiff they are not tho Cubans who are
In favor of Independence, hut patties
desltous of seeing Cuba crushed for
ever. AVh.it wo have to contend against
now Is Amcikan public opinion. Theie
la no piospcct of llghtltij Iicie"
MOTT COMMITS SUICIDE.
The Slayer of Madame Alberta and
Mis. Stelnbauer Hangs Him
self in Jail.
llv J.Nduiiie Wirt from The Avotiainl PiirH
Lancaster, March i!. William I.
Mott, who was awaiting trial for the
muider of two women last October at
Columbia, committed suicide this even
ing in his cell in the county jail. Mott's
cell was .shared by James Moote, a
horse thief The hitter was taken Into
the bookbinding dcpaitment about I
o'clock this nfleinoon to do some wotk
there, leaving Mott alone The mur
deted unscrewed an Iron bir fiom his
cot and insetted It In an opening In the
wall. A lope had been Used to senile
a cupboaid that stood In the cell. Mott
made a noose of this lope, fustened It
to the bar and sti.ingled himself to
death. He was found dead about r,
o'clock.
Mott was tvvcnt.v-nluc years old. and
his homo was In Xoifolk, Va , wheie
Ids sister and sevcial childtcn re
side. I-nst fall he came to Lan
caster with Madame Albeit. i, a
palmist, with whom he had been ti.tV
cllng about tho count! y. The palmist
opened nn ofllce In IhU city and lu
Columbia, icsldlng with Mott at the
latter place. Mott began to dilul;
heavily and became v lolcntly jealous
of the palmist, who vva.; a veiy nttiact
Ivo woman. On October 8 they had .1
(liuiiicl In their loom. Ho diew a re
volver and began to fires Madame Al
berta was instantly killed, and their
landlady, Mi. Ullswhoth Stelnbauer,
who attempted to tapaiato them, also
wns shot twice, dlng the following
day
Mott talked ficcly ot the cilnie, and
said he pm chased the i evolve r pur
jiosely to kill Madame Albeita, but that
the murdui of Mis. Stelnbauer was ac
cidental, and he was sotry that It had
oceuired His case, after seveial post
ponements, was to have come up ut
the April session of couit. M.uliinio
Albet la's mil name was Anna Hten
nan, and she claimed that her husband
wan a hotel man living at l'.eigen, X.
.1. Mott's fathei losldes at Wllllston,
Long Island.
S?veinl letters, wilttcnou sttay bits
of jraper, wcro found in Mott's pock
ets. On one sciap. date(J IVhtuniy 23,
ho had wiltton "Pled of sttaugula
tlon. AVlllltun Mott."
In a letter vviitteu on rebiuniy 27,
he icquested that his lemalns bo sent
lo ltalPlRh, X. C, nnd buikd beside
tho.e of his niothei. He directed hove
the body should be dressed. In an
other letter he said that' tho eauso of
his downfall was whiskey, nnd ho
warned young innn against Up unit of
life ho had li-d. lb committed the
muider, ho wtob-, wlun hU icasoti was
ileslro.vcd b dllnk. and h' was'dilven
lo It. ho claimed, by the Interfeteiico of
a Columbia woman, whom ho named,
In his domestic nfiulrs. In a letter to
hia counsel, he thanked them for th
tioublc they had Jneu put to In his lie
halt, and legretled that no could not
pn t he m One lettei contained a pn
llietlu appcul for tho welfaie of his
little clilldti'li A plctuie of Mndamo
Albeita was also found lu his pocket.
AIR TORPEDO IN SWEDEN.
Auny Oftlceis's Patent Government
Oi. ints Subsidy to Exploit It.
Dt r.iclusive Wire firm flie AtsccUttd 1'reis.
Washington. Match fi. A Swedish
niniy olllcer has patented tin air tor
pedo, and lecelved n govern in "lit sub
sidy for exploiting It.
THE RIPPER
UNSIGNED
No ExDltinatloii Is Given tor tli&
Governor's Failure to Ap
prove the Bill.
THE VARIOUS RUMORS
Mr. Muchlluonncr Recommlto Hi ft
"Chaser," Which. Is Designed to
Abolish tho Offlco of Mayor Antia
Claim That the Rlppcrites Beallzn
That tho Rill Is Unconstitutional.
A Pittsbmg Politician la of tha
Opinion That the Courts Will Not
Reach a Determination on the Bill
for Two Years. i
Sprdat from a Stall CorrcpuiiJent
Haulsbutg, Clutch fi. The "ripper'1
still remains unsigned. Why tho gov
ftnor withholds ujiproval of the meas
uio ho so earnestly espoused Is tiu
c vplalned. One story has It that hia
excellency Is waiting until ho can .ic
company his message of upproval with)
the nominations of Iti recorders.
In tho senate this morning,. 3d'
MiiPhlbtonucr lcconimltted his- "cliasa
or" to tho "ilppei." which Is do-,
signed to abolish tho oillco of mayoi.
He nij.s theio Is no uso chasing any
supplementary legislation tliiouglu un-
til the couits decldo whether or not
tho "rlppot" Is legal. The Antl-Hlp-pcrltes
claim tint Itlpperltes icalizo
Hint the "ilppet" Is very llkoly to bo
declatcd unconstitutional and not
vvNhltiT to leave Pittsburg without nu
executive they have piactlcally wlth
diawu tho "chaser."
The "rlppoi" Itself provides for the
abolishing of the olllce of mayor, and
the "chaser" Is to all appearances su
peifluous. Senator Muchlbionnrr aavis
the "chaser"' was Intended solely as
a double nssuiance that the ofllce of
major would be abolished. As to
whether or not the "chasci" was nd
veitlsul as the law requites. Senator
Muehlbionncr professes lgnoiance. "It
was hinded to me to Introduce and I
made no particular Inquiries about It "
he said tonight. "I supposo tho sni
vel Using was attended to, If It was
necessity."
Citv Attorney Cl.uoncc HurleUli, of
Pittsburg, was hcto tonight, on his
vtiv home from Philadelphia. When
he leumcd of the i (-committing of the
"Chanel ' and Senator Mitchlbtontiei's
dcclaied Intention to liold It up until
the rouitb had jiassed upon the "ilp
per," Mi. Hurlclgh said slgnillrantlv
"Well, ho will hold It up till after tint
session ot tho legislature at least." M..
Htulelgh wus ot the opinion that tho
couits will not ic.ich a determination
on the "ilpper" for two yeais.
Tho second "chaser." which Is to
patch up the Muehlbionncr bill bv le
sclndlng some of the concessions madr
to Scianton and amending It to nvft
tho wishes of l'lttsbing nnd aMleghcnv
people is In couise of ptepaiatlon and
nny Le piesentcd this week
T. .1. Dufiv,
DUEL IS INEVITABLE.
M. Derouledo dives M. Buffet tho
Requited Insult.
liy lulciiin Who from The AMOclated Pren
I'.itls Match U. Tho not otitis of Jf.
Paul Deroulede and M Andio liuffet
met today to dlsi uss the question of
the proposed duel Uuffefs icpiesMi
tatlves declared that he ha I not In
sulted M. Ueioulede and that theio
was no ground for a duel.
This decision w ts tel'grap'ied to M.
Derouledo at M.--ud and he imnicdl
ately whed M. Ituffct as follows
"Vou tluevv down tho glove to m
and now I have picked it up. It Is
Impossible for tho king's champion to
steal away. I pt(er to believe tha
what exercised you pilnelpally was
the choho of weapons. I let you havo
It. M. Audio liuffot you uio a roj.it
liar"
This Insulting lifsaage renders a
duel Inevitable
'"
Mine Workeis' Convention.
11 I.diblvo Nile fiom The A.oelaled View
llarleton. Minh 0-Tli fulled Mine Vlorkirs
if the tluee antlnaclte dUtiicU will meet In
cliiciitlim heie next Tin !. This inciting
Is to In folhiwisl. It U undeii.tone. ! .1 Jilnt
(iiitncnie Irldi, between Hie' cprritoia ait
the reprekcniilives nf the unirii for the purpo'ri
(f aaidlne upni a teale for tho ensuing e-e r
nnd the ruiifdjlri nf i-oine nillioi (.iliianin. I'
is tin Kuiciat 0 luluii beta tlal He bur iul
innipinies will be represented at thU nifflliu
un! that a titkt ulor mreemeut vrill be tcael
id. thneb iwititijr nil ihiiRcr if nnolher i"
(ial ktiilc t'lesidiiii Villi In II will airle on
MohIjJ iiluhl
ravoiing: Biennial Sessions.
IV. l.uliiiive Wire ircuii Tho .Vsfoilatdl 1'lvis
'lientiu. Mauh n - The eiuic today pan.nl a
coniuireiit nxolutloii irovldltu; tor eonitltu
tlonal unKidmcnl favoilng biennial K.ilons f
l(i,Ulature. Ifie 1 .lulituie nn mcU annualh
-t-v. Hy 4. H--f f-f-f-ffi-av.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Wavhlwrton. March n -torecaa; for
liiuifday an I 1 rlda i Intern t'enmjrl
vaiilj-Ifilr 'lliuodav villi rlsliu ttmp'l
atuiri winds ei'nrralh eiitbwejtrl.T,
(re.li on I ho c'u,t. Iildav, lair.
tttll-f fftl-t
f
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