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LEGISLATIVE
PROCEEDINGS
Philadelphia Board ot Revision ot
Taxes Bill Is Re-Reported
to the House.
SHORT SENATE SESSION
Mr. Vnughnn Ptesents a Bill to
Amend Boiough Act of 1851 Mr.
Belford, of Philadelphia, Intio
duces Henry Senatoiial Appoition
ment Bill Mr. Coiay. of Luzctne,
Calls Up the Postponed Bill to Al
low Relatives of Almhouse Pa
tients to Claim Their Bodies in
Case of Death Bills That Wcio
Passed Finally.
lij l.xcliivve Mic fiorn Hit V-outi'd Pies
lllilllshuig. Apiil !' Tho senate hold
a shmt session tonight mil i Ion led tlio
cnlondai nl Mils mi 111 st find second
reading. This- bills weio Inti odni -"d:
.Mi Vuiigli.m, nl Lackawanna
VniciiiJIiiur tho boiniigh ail f is"' ''
thai llio Inn koss nl a hoiuiigh, or tlio
town council nr tweiiiy-ihe itialllled
Iii-tuis i-nn niaUo application to tho
iniiits 101 ti bniourh. previously incoi
pnilotl. to become subject to the io
siinlliiiis ,inil possess the povvcis and
pilvileges i unlet ml by tho net of IS'.l.
il-.ii a bill validating the indebtedness
n' municipalities Inclined in the t-iee-t
i . Hi ami rnnsti notion ot water woiks
also a bill piov Itllng tluit the boaid of
.IUV.-.MI1-., appointed under the new
second l.iss ill ehiutor. .shall take lor
thi basis nt the assfssmonl of 1P0I the
s-es-am nts made by their piodcees
oi s in iiilno md the assessois .so ap
pointed sh,i iiiiioeeil, use said assess
ment a- a bisis. to amend, classify, al
t"i ur change the same s as to con
tuiiii with the piovislons of sacl net
and piuiocil to hear a i peal s thereon an
iigulale d bv law.
In the House.
'I he i'liiladelphia boaid ol ievsion
ct tfiMs bill was re-repoi ted to the
home tnda.v. with amendments Insert
ed ,il a meeting last nlprht of the mnni
iip.il ociipniHtlons lommltUo. The bill
as aniendtd piovielis for the election
ol the boaid al lbe Nnvomboi elec-tion
instiacl ol the rebruuiy. and fles the
tonus of the membeis at lliiee voars
Instead ot foin It pi o hies nl-o "that
l lie- mrinbcis ot the beiaid of ieision
of taxes shall be and they ale hoioby
established as i onnty olllcor-." The
liill will bo taken up tomtviow Tor
thlid leading inel final pnssn V
.Mr. Hoilfoirl. of Phll.idt lph . intrn
ihned tho lb-niy -entttniial nppoi
tlonmeril bill
The Indli lal appm lioniiKiit bill was
ani'lldoil ill loniniiltee oil the whole,
on motion or .Mr. P.iteiMiu. of I'.lair,
bv 11x1ns the number of fudges in
ISInil toiinlv at one instead nt two.
altet which the bill passed thlid load
ing and was laid aside- lot piinting.
'1 he lollowing bills passed linnlly:
.im ntllnir the genual i r.l pnration act
ol 1 b-T 1 so as -o aiithni ie the lotma
tion ( c oi lunation" for anv lawful
iui0is nut otheiwl-o spoeillcallv
piev.did loi by act of f sspjnhiv: te
p.aling the .let ol Apnl 11. Ish'l. Ilv
ing the i ompensatioii of tho dlioetois
and count coinmissicmoi-s of the poor
ol I'ainbila eoiintv.
Mi, Coiay. nt laifi-iiie, i nihil up the
postpum-d bill to allow lelutlvos or
1 1 lends ot pel sops who die In tilnis-hoit-rs
and pi Nuns in laini llieh bod
ies toi bin lal. Me xphtluoil that tho
bill was intliuliued by the late .Ml.
Colter, ol JlcKiM'i whose luin i.il took
pl.it o this morning and suggested
that It be pa-si-d -is a mullor ot sen
liment The "hill pissed by a nte if
Hi to :'..', aftei whieli the lniiiso nd
.luuined out ot ies)i-el In tho iiieniory
o Hie dec eased member.
Bills Pa&setl Finally.
illhmi7lm. l ill' lnuks In luni la iih' un I 10
-ciiiiin uf ImiiiN .mil iuuit.rii.1". mi ic.d i-t.itr-mil
li Inii't Hull fiuuN in -u.li lii-iits mil
mi-its lur-. iiul ill liiti-p.t In nini, Immk, iU.
Iti'ic-ihii(r I lie .nl ul iiil -'. I'-'. lmnlilliu
tin llio iinMiiiitiiiii .mil iii.iliilrniliii- nf t'int
will., in (hatklN 'ii-it, I'nloii : 1 1 . I ItiililliMiii
r jniiilii, Mliulunv uMiiiti in mi (u .n II if.
Itcs to 1 .iiriil, I li nil. is aii-1 scntl lomuhl.-.
Ilcclniiu .i li-ili-ituii el i ilinlti iii'-ii imii
lutnidil nl In iiu uillilii -'in' m.'I
The hill to piovldo lor .snli-t -suiilds
upon passi-iiHet and tieltrhl flevaloi-"
ah iudellnitelv pnotponed,
The bill IniieasiiiK the mtil I lui IN
renio t.o tioill fit t V i outs to M iis
ilofealed, alter nuifll debate.
Tho Foul (onipuNoiy edniatlon hill
witr. u fided op motion ot .Mr. fluni
.snii., hilnilelphlu. s-ti as tu piovldo
rliat it 'shall not apply to ihlldien
between IS and It. c,ii.s who tan lead
in wilto tho ihiglNh laueiiasf lutolli
i;intly and ale usulaily eiigagoil In
any useful omplnMncnt or iieo. Af
ter u.tdhiK the till! the thliil time, It
was laid iihlcle for pilntlnir.
The Choiv hill, punhhlii!,' by twenty
yeai.s hupilsoiiinenl lor tlin erime oC
nhdiictliK,' pet sops or dcpiivitnj them
of thedt llbeity with Intent to cntmt
nionc' or oiljor lewatd ftoni but U
peiosous, theli iclalhcs or irlondn,
wnb'iiuienik-d so tin to icpenl all eslst
ing aeis lel'itlut,' lo kltlnapplnt,'. and
1 asstd thlid leadlnfr
The Evening Session.
Al the evening session of the huitsu
the order ot business was bills on sec
oil'd leadhmr. Tho Jlertena hill, tolat
Inp to Vrescpie island hay, was amend'
en to gio the eity of Krlo thn right
to sell or donate the land and witter
liont on Hie shotes ol the hay
Tho hill ptovldliig that tlm dlsttlc-t
attoineyri hi eoiimles whose popula
tion does not exceed one bundled
thouraud shall be paid a salaiy In
lieu of fees and that fees upon lu-dli-tnientH
shall icnutin as heietoforo
for the hrnellt ot the piopor county
was amended to apply only to eotin
tivs liavlui,- a population of moie ilia.
150 000.
Tho bill muMiip h unlawful tor flrst
cotKlns to ho Joined lit innrrlnBO tind
dpeliiiltift nil inarrliiKcs hereafter con
li acted In violation of the not void
wan amended so u to provide that
Itshnll not beeoinc operative until .Inn,
1, 11U2.
Mr. Coiay, of Lukoiiio, called up hla
loiolutlon ashing- for Inlorniation fioiu
Attorney Oelietal Ell.ln and .Secretary
of lntei mil Affairs Lathi relative to
the gtnutlng: of wnrtants to certain
potsonn for stale lauds In the heel of
the Monongnhelii jlvct.
.Mr. Ueni-oni, of Westinoteland. salel
It was lldlcttlotts to chII up the oftleet.i
of the statn for anything1 that was of
puhlfc record and was open to the In
spection or evetybody. Air, t)lon, of
JSIIc, uiged the passage of the lesoltt
tlon. Mr. llosttek. of Allegheny moved
to uineiiil the ipeolutlon ly striking'
out the nnmes nf Albert T). Bovd and
all pet.-ioiis mentioned as having se
cuicd wan ants for land under and
ntnntr the Monongahelii liver plnce- Jan.
1. The amendment wasndoptpd. after
which tho i evolution was adopted.
Among the bills which passed second
leading was thai piovldlng for the
lomovul of Judges of the .supieme. su
pi'iloi, eninmou pleas and orphans
coin Is permanently disqualified by
I'msou nf physical or mental dlsabllltv
to perfonn their Judicial functlous and
duties with half pay for their uner
plted t-ims and the filling bv the gov
ernor of vacancies caused by such ic
inoval. Mi. Iletidcison. of Allegheny, intto
diieed n. hill levying n Iiik of live mills
on oeiy dollar of I he actual value
of tho capital stock of tnllllcl.il gas
companies.
The house adjourned at 10 o'clock
until 1() o'clock lomonow morning.
CUBAN CONVENTION
RECONSIDERS VOTE
Will Send Committee to Geneial
Wood to Discuss Method of Pie-
senting- Case at Washington.
ft I cluiive Wire f 1 0111 rbe .Asorulrrl l'if
H.uanu. Apiil !. The Cuban consti
tutional convention today fbimally ic
considered the -vote against sending a
eominissloii to AVashlngton. the tinal
vote standing "0 in favor of ic-consld-eiation
to 8 against.
The piograninie is now thai a com
mission of live who shall in tho flrst
instance wait upon Governor General
Wood, discuss the situation with him
and ask his advice legaicling the pio-ceduic-
necessary m the piesent case
at Washington.
MURDER OF ADAM RHODES.
A Well Known Citizen, of Parsons
the Victim of Brutal Thugs.
B.v rxdti-aee . lie from I tic As-.oclatisi I'rew.
Wilkes-Ranc, April ft. Adam
Rhoades. a well known citizen of Pat -sons,
a small mining town thiee miles
noith ol this city, was biutally inm
dered on the public highway nt an
e.nly hour tlii.s morning, llhcxides.
witli a companion named Matthew
Coo)3f, spent the evening in Wilkes
Barie. Hhoi tly titter midnight they re
lumed to IMisons. At the depot they
jaited company to go to their tespec
live homes, lihoades had not gone
far up the stieet until Coopr heard
him ft- I to went to his assistance
.ind when he came near the spot where
ho was lying he saw a man tun away.
Coopoi picked up his lilcnd and tonnil
him lo be unconscious and the blood
gushing from a wound in tho nick. A
doctor living nearby was summoned,
but when he airhecl the man was dead,
lie had been stabbed In the nee k, a
wound six Inches long being- inflicted.
The r.Mgedy is w lapped in moie or
l.-ss mv.steiy. Cooper thinks the nun
deied mm was held up a by a Hluvon
iin who demanded Ills money, inJ,
Ithnades, leslsting, was stabbed. The
deiiil iiiiiu was S yeais of age and Is
survived bv a wile and two c hilili u.
I'm oner McKeo empanelled n juiy and
will make a thouuigh investigation.
ANNIVERSARY OF
LEE'S SURRENDER.
Obseived with an Elnboiate Banquet
at Chicago.'
Ill l,()u,ii- Mill fiom Hie Aniiiulnl fn
Cnleago, Aptll 11. The nimiveixaiy of
the hiu tender nf tienetal I.ee, at Ap
pomattox, was celehinted by the Ham
ilton club this evening with an elabor
ate baiKiuet, to which .'!,"00 Invitntioni
weio Issued and of which two-thluh
wiii! accepted, The dinner was at
tended by many of the alumni ol the
Mhhlgan unlveislty and of the fnivoi
slty ol Chicago, as well as tho niem-bt-iv
of tlm club and Invited gnents.
The ehlei -.poakets ot the owning
wile lil.shop Dudley, of Kentucky, and
1'iesldeiU Angoll, of the University of
Michigan. T'tesldent Angoll spoko of
Gencitnl Giant In the uilenl." and
llNliop Utnlloy dellveied the piliKljial
sickliest, nf the evening.
WELLS COLLEGE REUNION,
Ui l.vhhiM' Win fitmi llif A?i)clitcil l'ri-s
New Yoik. Al'iH f The annual le
unlnii of the liastein tissoelutton of
"Wells c-ollegi- was hidd at Shorty's to
day. .Miss Helena Zanhos, tho prest
dent ol tho as-bochitlon, occupied tho
chair, mid nt her tnblo weio Prof, "WIN
Hani M, SSoaiie, ol (.'olumhln unlveislty.
Mis, firover Clevfthttid, Miss Melon
M, iloulil, mid otheis. .Mis, Cleveland
Picseiitpd tho plans for iclehrutlng the
twenty.flfth aiinlveisav of Pean Jjelen
V, Hinlth'.s touneetlou with iho col
lege, iiml "WelK Piy" at Rulfalo, on
JtniQ IS, was disc usetl,
Rejuleve for Stoiti.
lie l.viliiMH- Wiif fiom "I lie Cisochtdl I'ic.f.
Iloetoii, .piil t The ctciutlui Lounril today
lumcil a ) inlcvc ot tlilrt dats to liilgl .sloiu,
tlif iiiiiidercr, who I. sili) to h diintr In tho
bUK- inNou ul I l)0lU-ilo, Jlnl who hlil been
cviitlciunrd to In put to ilc-itli li electricity tldn
w.ek. 'I lie iPiplle RUiildl IIl Mplic al mid.
nltit of J I,',
Sale of Stock Exchange Seat.
l)j Kwliisbc Who fiMii "llit- isiiliteil l'ref.
New oi!,, Apill !). It wjs stated un the (.lock
cm lunge tncJjy lut a ml hut been fold lor
tJ8,W)H, The h.'M price paid keietolore waj
i(irt), which i? olitulncil h) Ceor,e VV. 1 ly
fnr sj Ht ' J.
ATTORNEYS IN
A SQUABBLE
The Lawuers Enoaoed on the. Rice
Murder Gase Induloe in
Personalities.
OSBORNE AND MOORE
The Success of ,Mi. Osboine in
Wringing Impoitant Testimony
from Witness Jones Justice
Jerome Overrules Objections The
Lawyeis Continue the Dispute to
the Door of the Couit Room.
Bt' kelis! Wlrr limn Tin" oiialnl Pic-.
New Yoik, Apill !). A featiue or (ho
ennilnatIon of Vale I .lones in the
day's session of Iho healing concern
ing the death nf William Mutsh Klee.
the Testis mllllonahe. was a line if
riuestlonlng which led to a heated
scene nt the noon iccess between At
torney Jrootc, who lepiosents Lawyer
Patiick. and As-islant District At tot -ney
Osborne.
The oause of the dispute was .Mr.
Osbotne'.s success in wiinglng from
Valet Jones ecttaln testimony against
Patrick. Fiedorick Horse is one of
Patilrk's lawvois. Prcvicus to .Tones'
tinning- state's evidence. .Mi. House
lepiOMJlitert the valet also. Bv a, ml
ing of tho com I, Sir. Osborne was al
lowed to ask the witness what he and
Patrick had told their lawyer at their
111 st lntei view in the Tombs, Jones
leplled that it was a complete confes
sion of murder, difleiing not at all
fioiu his story at the he..ilng.
During all the long eioss examina
tion of Jones, which ended only an
hnut before leecst-, lit. Mooio made
it appaient that his sledge hammer
questions weio all directed at one
point. He sought to show that Jones'
stoiy wasi concocted at the instigation
of .some of the men intetested in dls
piovlug the second Rico will. Ho laid
special stiess on Jones' conveisatlons
w Ith Captain IJalcer, executor of tho
Hist will. The cioss examination was
full of Insinuations and ioci (initia
tions, against Jones. Sir. Osboine and
Mi. Battle, the latter Jones' special
ounsel. ,
When at last Mr. Mooio said: "We
me through with Ihe witness." Mr.
Osborne, on the ichuttul. leaned back
In his chair and asked quietly:
"Jones to whom did you fltst tell
the story of your haUng ohloiofoime.l
Sir. nice? I mean the same sloiy
you told here?" ,
"To Sir. House," was the iepl.
The nuetlon apparently was a siti
prlse. Sir. House flushed and looked
haid at the table. Patiick tugged at
liis beaid and Mr. Slooie spiang to hi
feet.
"We object In that Ue-tioti." he
shouted. "We have some lights in
this rouit. Anything the witness said
to his lounsel Involves the pnsoner.
It is a piofesslonal onlldence wIiIlIi
must not bo teve.iled."
But Justice Jeiome only said, 'Ob
jection own tiled," and Jones then de
scribed at length his flist interview
with Sir. House in the Tombs' i ounsel
loom. On Poll kit's advice, he had
lold the tiuth, he said.
Admitted Muidei.
"1 told Sir. House that I iiiunle it d
Mr. like," said Jones,
"I told liim thai t gave him nieuuiy
pills, whcie l got the e hloroioini and
all about it."
"Did vou tell him about lb. nvillc
acid .'"
"Yes."
"And wiial did Mi. House s.iv ."'
"He told Patrick that it would not
do lor him to put nil the blame on me;
that ho was as much in It as I was,"
.Mr Osborne bi ought out the tact
that the talk with Mr. House utc lined
seveial days befoie the dlsttict attor
ney had the faintest Idea that the
pilsoiier would make a confession.
"What did Pntiklc sav to Sir,
House?" srr, Osborne asked.
"Why. he explained thai wo had put
UIe out of the way because the charts
worn conilnsi1 due fioiu Texas," .said
Jones,
Court then adjoin nod until '2 nMwU,
A few minutes later Justice. Jeiome
wont nut, and the couit ioc)in was
eleaied of evc-iy one save lavvyets and
repoitets, jij., Osboine atose 1mm IiIh
Mdo of the table and stalled for the
door. Sir. Slooie met him at a minor
of the table, "Mr, Osboine," he began
In a ciulet voice, "I waul to loll you
that your oimduet in making Jones tell
about his couveisullon with Mi, llouso
was nnpiofes-slonal. It was not tight,"
The dlstilet attorney' face was
crimson In a minute. "I only did It,"
he said, "because ot yoiu Insinuations
that we concocted Jones' story, You
have casl u-llectlons upon Captain
Baker. He l" my filond. T guattl his
leputatlon ns vcalnnsly as 1 do my
own,"
At tho mention of his n.ipio captain
Baher stopped torwnrd mid stood nt
Sir. OHbeu m's elbow,
"You havo not .stiuliglhmieil volir
ense," lontliuied Sic, .Moore "You
have only put Sit, Hoiiho in a hole,
1 toll you It wasn't fair." '
"I don't give a d for llio wav ou
do thines up the stale," shouted sir,
Obovne, lofeiilns to Sir, Sloont o- be
ing a ieoeiU artlval in this city. "You
attend to your own Mclo of the nise.
If you had a piofesslonnl souse, of hon
or you would not Intorfeii? with mo In
trying tho ttiw oul of couit."
Assistant Dlsttict Attorney Unnnn
then stepped between the two nion.
Amid a lunnlng lle of accusations nml
leciiinlimllons Sir. Osborne went bade
lo his ollke. Sir. Mooio followed him
in fat as the hall.
Furnaces Resume.
Ily i;xeuho Mi from the Atootljiul l'ic-.
fcharon. I'J., April ft The Ilia lila-t lurniic.
at Wett Middli.tv. have rc.umcd ojuutiinn jllei
m idline' el ovei one jeai. '1 lie ronnlc ami
sharp-Wile funuu-.. I In- uld .lack. In the lit In-
i Ity, will klait Mj ll.
APOSTLE CANNON ILL.
His Death Is Hourly Expected,
Sketch of His Life.
By Ktelulc Wire from The Awnclltrd Pifl
Monterey, Cat.. Apill 1), l.KO p. ni.
Apostto (Gannon, of the Mormon church,
Is Hlnkhig inpldly and death Is hotnly
expeeted.
Salt Luke, Ulnli. Apill fl. George Q.
Clnnnoii wnt hnni In Ijlve'rpool, Kn(j
.fun. II. IS27. He came to Amcilcn In
1S14 and waH nt-dnlned an elder of the
Mormon church In 184i". tn 1R48 he
Jolnpd the main body of Hie Slot minis
Horn Xntivoo. Ill,, on tho wnv lo Utah
and ie.it lied hole hi 1M7. In 1S19 he
went to California on missionary work,
and In ISi'O wont to the Hawaiian
Islands mid remained lliete for four
vein". In IS" he established! the West
em Standard In San fra nelson. In
1SiS0 he was matlc a inoinhor of the
(luoium of Iho twelve apostles. He
was a delegate In congiess fiom 1872
lo 1SS0, and Is one of the coltusclora to
the piesldent of the Mormon chinch
lc Is prominently connected with
ninny ot the business enterptlses nf
rtnh.
CAPTURE OF A "NIHILIST"
Ellas C. Katz Weeps When Con
fessing Thnt He Wrote Tin en t-ening-
Letters to Fenniman.
f! l,uhi-iL- Wire fnim flu- snociti-il PiVj.
Now Yoik, April s. Confessing lh.it
It was ho who wtote the letter to
(Teotgc- II. Pennlman thieatening to
blow up the latloi's house, on Fifth
avenue, unless 50i) weio placed in a
hiding place whcie ho could Unci It,
Kll.i.s C. Kat, IS oais old, is a prls
onoi at police he.ulciuartois, having
been anosited by detectives, who
.shadowed him lor moie than twenty
tour houis.
In his confession,' iv boy said he
wicite the thieatening letteis because
he w aniod to laise nioiiev enough to
go on the stage. Two letters were
wntten to SIi. Penniuian, the first de
manding V.00 and the second $700.
One lettei was wtitteu Filday and
the other since then. The letters wens
signed "Nihilist."
Sir. Penninian and his son-in-law,
ftobeit A. Lewis, went to police heatl
qu.ii lets today and confionted Katz.
The lattoi btoke down and oiled befote
them, saving that he legretted having
caused I hem so much tiouhle.
Aftei the hist letter was received.
Mr. Lewis lepoitecl the matter to Cap
tain Titus, ot the detective bureau.
Under instiuctions, sir. Lewis seemed
the monev, as dlieeted In the letter
and loll his house at J o'clock mid
night, walked up- Fifth aenue, turned
lovv.nds iho Paik, and deposited the
money In the place designated. The
olllcers had meanwhile taken up a posi
tion In the park, where they Kept the
nionev- under watch and awaited de
velopment. About a rntJitcr ol an hour after
midnight thev saw a young man ap
pear and walk up and down in the
neighborhood of the; place where the
money was, but for some leason he did
not attempt to get it. Instead, he
walked down Filth avenue and enteied
a house on East Highty-eighth stieet.
The detectives shadowed' the house all
night, reliev ing each other at inlei v.ils.
Thev watched It the greater pait nf the
net d.iv and iinally saw Kat. come
out and post a letter. By anaiigc
nietit with the postal authotitios tho
dote t lives soctiied the letter Kalz had
post Ml and saw that II was atldiessed
to .Mr. Pennlman.
The letter -was duly delivered. The
w i iter told Mi. Pennlman that lie. or,
as he oxpiessed It, "we" would noi. bu
e.niglit with such chaff or in such n
gime as the detectives had planned.
The loiter contained other eliieetiotis
with tefeience to the deposit of Iho
money and demanded S.700 instead of
the original '0U The deter lives saw
that the hatidwiiting was the same
ami at nine took Kiitss Into custody.
MORGAN WILL CORNER
DEPARTMENT STORES.
lit DviUwi. Win- tic.in "llii" Vv.iiUIpI I'le
New Yoik, Apill ft. Ofllclal notice, of
tho iniiioieil combination of department
stoics was given today by J. Pietpont
Moigan .V Co., who sollr.it subset Ip
tlons to the stock of the Associated
Sloichants' tonipany. The company is
c.ipUnllssed at tJO,000,OOu and proposes
to acquire) city goods businesses or In
tel eMs In this and other oltlos. The
pinspeetus Mates, i ha I a one-half in
terest has been seemed In both tho II,
11, ci.illln company and the Adams
Di y Hoods tampan, and that thn
,Ianti.s SlcCu-ety r Company's Tiveti-ty-lhlid
stieet .store has been bought
oulilght
CLAY COAL BEDS
TO BE DEVELOPED.
lh 1 tliiiifl Whr fiom 'Hie S-.SOI liiltd l'n
Pu Ili)Is, 14,, pi II I1. 'llio imiufii.t' coal jml
Hie eliv led' owliril by the Clinton CojI rom
p Hiv nlonj tlm I Jt branch of ihn husiptt hantia
river am UKely fucn lu he dcvenied The iont
pmv U ccinpii"il of kijiiio eatein capitall.ti,
etho, it Is, tllri, tv 111 1 0111101 nee operation
within thn e Mvtv ila.s, Thn tDivm ol Wet
pui I. Inel. Ilaicn. Ucnovo and Milntrran will
lie pnatl l-eiiclited li the o)cranon are (.tarl.il.
'I he film 'nf s-,cii,llifi U llivolud
Kuiger Coming to AmeiicaP
lb iln-lte li' fii-ni Ihe wirlitnl l'i".
l-arl-, Mull 1l. l.t 1'ijhail, ulili.li In. i.
iej h pnhlM ed .eviul leiiuilnblo klatiiueiiU
ji In the pi ins ol Vlr. Kni?ri. illilis Ihc fob
Io ln' ill-pittli fiom The. IlaKiic till. luornln,':
"Ml Knifct'i'i. dtpaitmr foi lite 1'nllcd StJtrs
lu hoen lived for M rt St. Hi villi let lino In
I unman lull .iliout .lime e. 1 the i,uet of the
ptniocralle pain."
Steamship Airivnls,
fli lxela.lv w'lre, limii flic Asioelite-l ri.
Sew orU, Spill 1. -Cltaied: southwaik. Ant.
vtcipj Ocinianle, lav ri pool; New Yoik, South,
.million Anlvvfip Viriud: .Vooulland, New
uU. Havre- Airbed: l-i I.wcoki c, New Yorl..
snulhamptoii Mrjvedi Kal'er willuhii Ier
(Iiiam, .Ni' mk for ftieineil. Muqmol Vr.
lived l.Uiiria, New iik. Iliciiun Mrlvril;
KwiiIkIh Lultf, Nevv orl ( licrboure .sailed;
Vndiilaiiil. soutliaiiiitoii, eev lork I'rivle
Pnliil l'Ted I'aiiula, llanitnirv for Neff
VnU
SITUATION ON
THE CENTRAL
Tlif, Vote of the Oroanizations Is
Awaited with Much Interest
Everuwliere.
CHIEF ARTHUR'S VERSION
He Snys That Mr. Wfliien's State
ment Is Misleading- Chiefs of the
Railroad Organizations Wete Un
able to Get an Interview with Him
After Waiting- Five Days Mem
beis of the Biotherhoods Are Re
ticent. ,
lb i:cliiaiti- in Hum I lie A not luted I're-w
Cleveland. Apill fi. Otand Chief P
1. Ai thin, of the Btotherhood of
Locomotive Englneei s, commenting on
the statement of Vice Piesldent Wnr
icii, of the New Jersey Central, that
the company was willing to tieat with
llio nun, sild:
"To say the loal, 15 1 r. Wai roll's
statement Is misleading. The chiels
ol tiie oigaiilzations icmolnetl in Now
York for live days tiying to obtain a.
innleu-nee with hlni. AVheii we were
adtislled thnt 5Ir. Warren oil Id not
talk with 11 , we lelt. Crand Chief
Claik, of the Conduelot's Brothev
hood. remaliei on the ground as the
leptosentatlve of all organizations, f
have not been officially advised that
a vole is being taken today on the
Hi Ike pioposltion, but the lepoil li
ptobably correct."
Mr. Aithur said he still had hope
thai the ofllc ials of the company would
decide to settle the grievances 01 tho
men without a stijki .
"1 am satlsllod that the existing- dif
fciences could be settled within a. veiy
shott time If the eompanv Would
giant us .. heating," said Mr. Aithur,
in conclusion.
Bethlehem, Apiil 0. Jeisey Cential
employes in the Bethlehems teluse to
discuss the stiike situation. Uveiv
thing is veiy quiet In this vicinity and
the men aie all at work as usual.
Haston, Apiil 0. Jeisey Central em
ployes heieabouts die "saing nothing
but sawing wood," as one of them
put it today. The men admit the road
is being polled by lopieseutatlves of
the hiotherhood. but they won't admit
that should the men vote to strike
they will go out, for they are still look
ing for an amicable settlement of the
tiouble. Nothing is known bote of
the leport that men aie being hiied
and being sent along the lines to take
the places of the employes should they
quit, and no stiangets aie to he found
about the hotels and districts whete
lailioadeis- live and congregate
At Wilkes-Barre.
Yv'ilkos-Barre. April it. The lesiilt or
thu balloting among the employes of
the Cential Hailioad of New Jeisey on
the Mi Ike question will not bo Known
for seveial days. The vote of each
division is first sent to C. W. Wnite,
geneial chiiluuan of the gilovance
committee at Jersey CItv. The brother
hood men in this vicinity aie leticent,
but there seems to be no doubt that a
majority of the men on the division
between Maui h Chunk and Hcianton
have voted for a strike. The oxcep
lionn woie old englneeis and some oon
duetois. The .sub-giievance committees are
much pleased with I he latest statement
issued by Vice President Wan on. They
say it is more conelllntorv than tho
first statement and theie Is .stilt slmng
hope among the employes of the io.ul
that .1 stiike may be ctvoilcil,
The brotheibnod employes of the
Cential Hailioad of New Jeisey hold
.1 Hireling at Ashley tonight. The
gatheiing vva for the purpose eii learn
ing some news from Now Vmk, but
none came, and the meeting' Adjourned
shoi tly alter 10 o'clock. Another re
port Is that the lesult of the voting
on th" stiike question was made
known at the meeting. No Informa
tion was given out beyond tho fact
that tho hi otliorhoocls weio almost un
animous for fi strike.
What Sargent Says.
IV01I.1. 111., Apiil 0. Fin iilt I'. Sar
gent, grand master of the Htotheihood
of Locomotive Fhemon, lelurued tiom
Now York today. Uegaidlng the sit
uation on the Jeisey Central lie said:
"I do not eaie tn discuss piolubill
tles, especially in view of tho fact that
It will ho definitely known In a shoii
time what tho action of tho men Is to
be. Ofllceis of the dlltVrent brother
hoods weio unable to obtain any satls
actoiy answer fiom the lailroad offi
cials, and so the committee piepaicd
a clicular which was submitted lo tho
men, by whose action wo shall be gov-
tuned,"
- . .
REPUBLICAN CLUB BANQUET.
Bv llvtliu-he Hue from llii. ,oi Uteri ie,
Philadelphia. Apiil 0-TIie twenty,
first annual banquet of tho Young
Men's Itupuhllcun club was hold heio
tonight. Anions tlm speakeis weie
men of national linpoitunco, They In
cluded iiovotiiot Shaw, of Iowa; (env
oi nor Stone, of Pennsylvania; Piilted
Slates Senator Pentose and oiheis,
(joveinor Shaw was tho orator of tilts
occasion.
' ,'
Suicide at Mt, Joy,
III ,v(lii.ue Mil fioiu The ,,.oialCil l'o
hancdtttr, iiiil f'. n ituknovvn iiuii.eviihiiilv
a traveling nun, tomirillled tuiiide IhU mornlnj
in tlio I'enn.lvanli btallon at Jit Io,i bj i,hoot'
Ins Iniurrlf In .. t- head with a pistol, Then- w,
UutliliiK on his body t) lea 1 lo liU idcntiti hut a
btnh for a poati! older l.ited bj Malioii N'o. ,
rhiUdclihla. He uaa five ftet rle.Mii iniln'., tall,
vvilstud 1'I poumh and ua- about foin vcats
old
Luzerne Postniasteis.
11 Kvduibe Who from The VocIalril l'ic.
W'3..Miijtton. Apill n.-'lhc follovine I.uene
comity pi-ilinastcm were-apiiointed luda : A II.
Wolfe, ItogUter; W. II l.cuy, V8ta
THB NKWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indlcitlom Tadt) 1
PAIR; MOHTHBA&T WINDS.
I (leneral Central Italtroid Strike -sttnalioii
Wyomlnp: t'onference Opens 'I'odi.t,
WotU of the sliiti- l,e(rllator,
Atloinejn Wtmsle I" Hie like 1 ae,
1 OeiieiaJ Oiihcndale IVpaitinent.
S lioe-al C'ritnlml Coi.rl Procccdlnn.
liill Mst for Civil Couit.
Iaisl Jilglill Pi wlinc Seorrv
4 Tallloiiil.
Note and C01111111M1I.
ft 1 oial Intimate I oiniiilllet. 'Ilirn ifee
"rlniir."
I'ldenl Couit llenlna".
li loul-w'nl seianioii and snhuihin
7 (leiidiil Nnitliea-tcin I'eiitujlvmU
lin.iiiiiil and Ooumiou lal.
fet il Wvvt in Hit Woild of I.Jli.n
MAJOR BROWN
WILL ACCEPT
No Tiouble, with Pittsbuig's New
Recoidei His Position.
lit l.vilniM' Who finin I he kcnialnl I'n-"
Piltslitiig. Apiil 'I, It was said tndav
that .Mant A. M Ihovvn had piai
llcally decided to aooipt llio ic-coitler-shlp
nl I'ltlsbutg. While Ibis .111
notiiiceinent was not made by the 11111-lot-.himself.
It comes limn some nt
his closest 11 lends, vvho aie In a posi
tion lo know. When asked totlav
whether ho whs lemly to announce
his acceptance of the locoidetsblp.
Maior Hi own said:
"No, I will not
decision todav."
"Nothing cm bo
make publlt un
done tovvaid as-
timing the new office until a Supieme
couit decision Is handed down. I will
not wait that long, however, befnie
making my ilec-laiallon known. I will
pi nimbly be 1 early to make a definite
statement within thiee or tour clays."
Major P.iown, as an iiltoinev. M
ois waiting tor the .Supieme court
decision on the iliailer bill. lie be
Hpvos that it it is favotable be will
havo no tiouble In taking his office.
Mr. Blown has si lulled the charter
eaiefull and believes thai it Is en
tirely const'tulional.
"I believe that the chatter and tip
pet will be sustained bv the Supieino
eouti." he said. "I believe that it is
constitutional. The question whether
the leglslatme has the light to pass
the chattel under the constitution la
in contest. T believe the couit will de
cide that It is legal. I am not dis
cussing the advlsn.b)liiy of Upper legis
lation, but simply looking at It fiom
a legal standpoint."
MR. JOHNSON WOULD
INCREASE THE TAXES.
The New Mayor of Cleveland Pie
paies to Squeeze Corporations.
By 1'vtliisivc- lrc from The- Kouited Prei
Cleveland. April 9. 5Iayor Johnson
has decided lli.it the corooiatlons do
ing business In this city don't pay
their just propoi Hon of taxes and lias
taken .steps 10 have their assessments,
Inei eased. A toi ce of t lerks have been
put lo vvotk ptopating a list of all the
big concerns together with blue prints
of their establishments and the taxes
they pay.
"When full Intoiiualtoii has been ob
tained the mayor proposes to go befoio
the city boaid ot equalization and de
mand that the cot potations be com
pelled to pa.v what ho terms equitable
taxes.
The mayor. It Is announced, will
make 11 special effort lo show that the
steam and oleetilu lailwavs an- 11s
sesst ti iur loo low.
CABINET MEETING.
New Attorney General Is Piesented
to Hi's Colleagues.
B llvelu.ive Nile lioni file Vwienlid l're
Washington, Apill 0 The cabinet
meeting todav lasted about un hour.
51r. Knov, the new attorney geneial
was presented to his colleagues,
5Ittc.h of the time of the meeting was
given up to a discussion of the in
demnity vvhleh the povvois aie demand
Ing ot China, Itepie.-ntatlons con
cerning' the oNcossivo demands of smuo
ni the powct.s have boon made by tho
1 'lilted States, hut without otfeet. No
0llici.1l eonfli mntlon has been teeelvotl
hv Ihc government of tho inported re
pudiation nf the Plait amendment bv
the Cuban constitutional convention.
The matter was discussed by the cabi
net and It wni considered s-ttango thai
tlur.mal Wood had 110I communicated
so Impoitant a tact, If it weio Into,
RETURN OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
Pive Transpoits Bearing Tioops on
Their Way to San Piancibco,
llv I,iluJve Who fiom 'Ihc ocilnl 1'it
San Franolcoo, Apill f'. Tlio ti.iu.s
poit Garonne, bilngtng the Twciuy
sisih A'ohinloef Infnntiy icsiineitt
liotu Manila, is duo to attive lime lo
da, Tho Thomas, sailing fioiu Na
gasakl on Maith -M, a ml tho Kosen-c-ians
sailing limn thnt pint on tho
2.1II1. will ho duo this week with tho
Twenty-eighth uiid Thhty-llftli icg
inents, and the K.iwtnii, with pan o?
the Twnnty-nlnlli, Is nlco iwpootod to
I each pint boioie the wuk is ctuletl,
Tho Hi mil, with prill ot the Twenty
ullllli and Thirt -second legiments,
Conipnny r of the Twonty-Msth and
ISC sick soldleis, Is out ion das from
Nagasaki and will bo due In about a
week.
BASE BALL.
t lAilii.ne W110 Item rii"" A-uiiaitd l'ie
Vt I'liiladelphia - I'lilladtlphla (Salional
l.iasut), '1; Moutiral t
M I'lillaiklphU PliilnMi'hU ( Viuciican
beaue), SJIj Caiteiet . A . 5.
Al .NoifolU Uculoii (National leisne), .";
Norfolk, U.
At Reoigelovvji-Ocoigcloun, I, Vale, l (tea
iunhips UaiknocJ.
M fhaticl Hill. r.-lehkhj 1! t'nlurjil.v
V Noilh Carolina, i
CONFERENCE
OPENS TODAY
Preliminary, Meeting Held last
Night in West Plttston
M. E. Gluirch.
DR. OAKLEY'S ADDRESS
Spoke to the Membeis of the Grant
Aimy of the Republic The Con
feience Which Opens This Morning
Is the Fiftieth and Will Be Pie
slded Over by Bishop Fowler, Who
Will Be the Guest of Rev. Dr. O. L.
Severson, Pastor of the West Pitt
ston Chmch The Fiogiamrne t'01
Today.
spisiil limii isiirl 1 miti-iiuiitUiit.
West IMttstnn, Pa., Apill 1. The llf
tletli session nf the Wyoming confer
ence of llio .Method Isl Episcopal chmch
will be in lull hlasL tomotiow. The
piollinln.iiy meeting of last night was,
as usual, devuled to the C.i.ind Atmv
of the Itepubllc. A most atttaetlve edl
Ike is the chinch In which the ses
sions will be held heie. It Is C.otblc li,
aicliileetuie and fiesh and tlnlntv and
lastetul as to its Intel lor. The hand
some organ was plaved tonight bv ills?
Lillian llonfieltl. a blind gill, whosa
woik was exceeclinglv fell done.
l;ov. Dr. u. k. Sovoion, the pastor,
has sm passed all expectations In his
piepatatlons for the entertainment and
comfoit ol visllois to this beautiful
town bv the liver. At his home many
of the prominent guests will stay tim
ing the confei eiue.
Among these aie Bishop Fowler, Pr.
Oaklev and Ur. Mason. The bishop
was not present tonight, as ho arrived
late from Wilkes-Bane, where he wa
the guest of Dr. C. K. Mogg. He -will
opn the conference tomonow morn
ing. The c hutch was lavishly decorated,
tlio cntlie platform being hidden by
splendid flags. On the platform were
I lev. C. M. Crydenwlso, Pev. D. C,
Paines, Rev. P. P.. Tower, Rev. M. P.
Fuller.
Rev. Dr. M. D. Fuller opened the
anniversary service with prayer, after
which Dr. Sevetson introduced the
speaker, Rev. Dr. J. G. Oakley, of the
New Vol k eonfeience, pastor of St.
Paul's church, at Tarry town. DC Oak
ley is said to bear a striking resem
blance to Abraham Lincoln, at whiet
he expressed himself as feeling some
what afflicted, sdnoe he rather shrink"
fioni being known as tho homeliest
man in the woik.
Ho spoko on the subject. "From tlif
Metropolis to the Golden Gate, or
Actoss tho Continent with the G. A.
TI," and from beginning to end of his
lectute gave the wittiest, brightest
cleverest possible description of that
meniotahlo ttlp. lie spoke to an audi
ence which t toweled the building In
the doots. A veiv laige delegation of
(Stand At my men occupied the centei
of tho chin eh.
Tomonow morning the tegular ses
sions of l he continence will begin at "
o'clock, Bishop Fowler and his cabinet
arlmiuisteilng th- sat lament. The pro
gt amme is;
10 ). Ill- (ll.llilHliili. Illl-llli-i 'ii-ll-ll
' 1.. m l.ili-lual i.cion
.! p. lit Committees' session
4 p 111 - Pi ntccovtul st rv ire-. Ill W il-mi, 1'ifl
idinee, ft I., pie, iih nl.
Toniniiow evening" will bo the annl
veisaiv excti-lses of the Freedmpn'1
A lil and Southern Kduciiionnl so.
cloty. Rev. Pi. C, M. 11. .Mason mak
ing the address.
Di. Mason Is piobablv one ot tie)
veiv- blackest men tu the woild, but
ho Is also a man of tnaivelous intel
lect and gicii cnalniieal ability. 1IW
adihess will doubtless be the most
Inlet oslliif of the night sessions,
II. C P.
CHASED BY A MOB.
An Intoxicated Man Is Diiven U
Suicide by a Cm ions Ciowd.
lit i:1l1t1U1) Villi fnxn "I lie s.uilaleil I'n-
New Yoik, Apill A. Albeit Jensen, t
mechanic, while suflcilng liom over
Indulgence In ll'iuor, wiiudoietl to Pat
teiy 1 1.1 ill today, whcie ho spent main
bouts. Toward evening his poouiia
actions atli acted the notice of a num.
her of bo.VH who began teasing him,
Jensen flimllv ttletl tn escape by tun
ning aiv.i. The bojs followed, and in
Jensen tan up llio.ulwn tho ennui lu
ciea'setl until as many as :,on penpli
weie lollowliiR hlni.
He i.ill tlnoiigh .Mollis snoot c
"West stieet with the big cimvil .velllnr
at his heels. At last .1 well elicssed
young man attempted to stop him, but
befoie lie could get a good hold Jenser
took a tovolvcr ft out his pocket anc
Hied two shots Inlo his own head. Hi
was taken to a hospital, wheie it w.i
said then was no chanco ot recovoty
Lone, Defeats Dobbs,
Dr I lmlw- Wire from the Awociatetl l're '
Meiiiilii, It mi. piil ) llih Imij, 01 Oil
t-iKii, ileleilnl II. l.l lu1ili In Hit- !vlinii
li Ullil
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Ill I viiiiu Who uom 'I lie cnditul 'ie-
r-obmibu-, l, Apill O.fliailes Itenlon I'la.;,
supreme- tiTlai t the Oi-hi ot thu I'nltcd
I'oiniiiiicial Invclei-, died it IiU home here- in
da tiotii pu. 11111 )nia
I'lilladelnliU, April II -Itiv ttle r.il.w. II
l, tho c-hlet .illinium 01 tho I'niienitt u
l'ennlvarila, tiled lenliv at hi, homo here, a&.ir
1 jcj, Hr. 1'ililc va 101 llflt jeits nlentftte
vtith nlucalional mitlti in lhl ill,
WEATHER FORECAST,
W ahIii!,ton, pill tl loita-t foi
ej-tein l'cnu-lvanli: 1'ilr Wedneslat.
I tun's I iv paitlt tl'iU'It, pi-ohihl) ion
hv .illtinooii. Iic.-li to tlll-k 1101U1 to
n-Ttliuil veinil-.
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