REVIVAL OF
The Election of Brlgham H.
Utan is a Test Case by
' Christian churches of different de
nominations, all over the land, bare
now taken up the anti-polygamy cm
lade, and, at the present time, it is
lb absorbing topic.
For the second time in our history,
the hydra of polygamy has lifted its
bead in delinnce of the American peo
ple. Utah, repudiating the sacred
pledges it gave as an essential condi
tion of admission to Htatehood, has
not only failed to suppress the crime
of plural marriage, but has promoted
and encouraged it. Emboldened by
apparent public indifference, it lately
elected to Congress a notorious poly
gainist with three wives. This man
convicted offender is knocking at
the doors of our national legislature,
nd claiming the right to a voice and
vote in making laws for the American
people. Public indignation, slow to
awake, has beon fully aroused in pro
test against so ebanieless a proceed
ing, and the demand is universal and
insistent that Congress should exer
cise its prerogative and purge itself
of the contamination. From every
State Utah alone excepted there
rOLTGAMIRT BOBKBTS DISOCIHED AS A
TRAMP.
comes a mighty note of warning to
Congress against the seating of an
avowed polygamist as a member of the
House of Representatives. As yet,
the storm is only rising; presently it
will thunder like a Niagara, and our
legislators at Washington will do well
to give it need.
Resplendent in the gold seal of the
State of Utah, handsouibly engrossed
on parchment aud signed by the Seo
retary of State, the credentials of
Eriguam II. Roberts, of Utah, have
finally put in an appearance in the
House of Representatives at Washing'
ton. They were received by Clerk
McDowell, and after being indorsed as
to the time of receipt were deposited
in the big safe wherein all the creden
tials of members of Congress are pre
served. The document is a vory simple one,
.-except in the elcgnuoe of its execu
tion, and in this respect Utah has
-called in the best resources of the
ateel engraver and engrosser. The
credentials were executed at Salt
Lake City on December 10, but not
until now nave they reached the an
thorities of the House for filing. They
are about the last to come, as most of
the credentials were filed soon after
the November elections. The matter
' now goes over to the Fifty-sis Con
A 4a Aft
"jjflf ilium llllil
THE GREAT MORMON TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE.
No Oentile eyes have ever gazed upon the Interior of the Oreat Temple at Salt
tuaktt. Not even all Mormons are admitted. Only those high In the Church have ever
passed within Its portals. It Is deolared that secret tunnels oonnoot It with the moun
tains back ot the elty. The Mormons worship In tbe Taberoaule. In the Temple are
aepi me resoras oi (as pmrai marriages, suie
grass, which alone has power to deal
with Roberta. '
Roberts's nomination for Congress,
it is said, was brought abont through
the inSuenoe of the Mormon Apostle,
Heber J. Grant, and the "Churoh of
the Latter Day Saints." His record
was well known, and it was deolded
to make an aggressive campaign and
xert all the influenoe of the Mormon
tierarohj to eeoure hie election, and.
POLYGAMY.
Roberts to Congress From
Defiant Mormonism. , Q
admission in Congress. Repeatedly
the chnrch was nrged to withdraw
him from the race, but it refused. In
the very crisis of the campaign, the
Governor of Utah, who is not a Mor
mon, wishing to avert the shame that
would come upon the State from such
a choice, pleaded with the people not
to elect the avowed polygamist; lint
the Mormon power was supreme, and
Huberts was triumphantly elected.
'JJ-4 'JjT-
LION AND BEEHIVE IIOU8E9 OP THE MORMON'S AT SALT LAKE.
The Lion Home Is the building on the rlalit. It contains the President's Council
Chamber, In whloh am held the meetings between the President and Ills chief advisers.
On the left Is the beehive house, dwellings which Brlgbnm Young built for his wives.
Brigham H. Roberts, according to
the published accounts, has contracted
three marriages. His wives are Louisa
Smith Roberts, Celia Dibble Roberts
and Margaret C. Shipp Roberts. The
two first named live iu Centreville,
near Salt Lake City, and the third is
a practicing physiciau in that oity. In
February, 1887, he was indicted by
the Grand Jury of the United States
before the Third District Court of
Utah, for continuous and unlawful
cohabitation "with more than one
woman as his wives." The indictment
was filed February 14, a warrant was
issued the same day, ho was arrested
on the fifteenth of the same month,
but was not arraigned until April 21),
1880, when he entered a plea of
guilty. On Mny 1, 188!), Le was
sentenced to four months' confine
ment in the Utah penitentiary and a
fine of S'JOO.
The entire Frolestant clergy of the
State of Utah have united in an effort
to defeat the Mormon plans, and ba,ve
issued a statement exposing, in no
MOItMON TITRINd HOUSE ONB BOCBCB
OF MORHOX STRENGTH.
In this house the Mormon Church gnth
em Its sinews of war. Every Mormon,
high or low, rich or poor, must contribute
his share to tbeiniilntenaunaofthe (Jlmr.'h.
This Is the place where the f: ithful deliver
their financial ottering, which amount
every year to a gigantic sum. Through
the tithing system the Church has secured
funds to carry on the war it la waging (or
lloberts.l
measured language, the general con
dition of the Mormon element in Utah
to-day. That statement among other
matters, says:
"Of such cases ('celestial' or 'plural
rom uoniue eyes. J
marriages'), more than 2000 have oome
to onr notice, and thia living has re
anlted in the birth of more than 1000
children ainoe Statehood was granted
January 4, 1896. Religious adultery
goea unpumsnea and the 'kingdom'
growe apaoe. From the heads of the
ohuroh down polygamy flourishes. It
teaches that men may become godi by
practicing adultery under the eu
phonious title of 'plural' or 'celestial'
marriage. Mormonism is both anti
Christian and anti-American."
The Kinsman (a Oentile weekly
paper, published in Bait Lake City),
in an article entitled, "The Edge of
the Situation," puts the ltoberts case
in a nutshell, in these words:
"If the Mormon theory of marriage
is right, then we ought all to follow
the Mormon priesthood and rely on
Prophet, Seer and Revelator Snow for
guidance in every spiritual and tem
poral concern. If the people of the
United States are right on the ques
tion of marriage, then the Mormon
god is a polygamous adulterer whose
'chief glory' is the commission of
crime. If the people of the United
States are right, this god exists only
in theory and for the purpose of mask
ing the Inst of the Mormon, Melchize
dek priesthood.
"The election of B. II. Roberts is
the practical challenge of Mormonism
on the question of whether plural
marriage is a virtue or a crime. How
are we going to answer tbe challenge?"
II there are any who anppose that
Brigham II. Roberts is going to drive
npthe fight he is makiug to secure a
seat in Congress and resign, they mis
take the desperate character of the mnn.
One incident in his career shows his
bulldog tenacity. Roberts, with two
other Mormons, went to Tennesseo to
do missionary work. His companions
were killed by angry citizens when the
nature of their mission became known,
aud Roberts himself barely escaped
with his life. Detormiued to secure
the bodios of his comrades, and know
ing upon his return to the scene of the
trouble that recognition would mean
instant death, he disguised himself as
a tramp. As such he again invaded
the einomy a country, secured the mis
sionaries' bodies and caiyiel them
back to Utah.
It is evident that the Mormon Church
and State officials in Utah are in great
trepidation over the popular uprising,
which threatens the entire Mormon
fabric Lorenzo Snow, President and
head of the Mormon Churoh, has is
sued a long statement iu which he de
clares that plural marriages have ceased
forever in Utah, aud that Roberts was
not elected to Congress as a Mormon.
Both assertions, however, are flatly
contradicted by the facts. The Pres.
bytery of Utah has declared publioly
over their signatures that no lass than
2000 polygamous marriages havo taken
place in Utah within two yenrs, and
is admitted by prominent Morm H8
that he was elected through the in
fluence of the Mormon Church, bis
nomination by the Congressional Con
vention being brought about through
the personal efforts of Ueber J.
Grant.
First Cantilever Urldge,
Vhat is said to have been tbe first
cantilever bridge in existence is the
Kintal bridge, near the station of
Iwakuni, on the Sanyo Railway in
BUILT IN JAPAN 240 YKABB AGO AND
GTILIi IN SERVICE.
Japan. This bridge was built some
210 years ago by Daiinio, the gover
nor of the province of Swo. Tbe
bridge is called the "Kiutaikyo," and
extends across the NisUikigawa river
and is famed throughout western
Japan. The bridge consists of five
semi-circular wooden arches of 150
feot clear span each. The piers of
the bridge are 33x18 feet in plan, the
stones being cemented by poured
lead. Each span is formed of five
wooden girders imbedded in the ma
sonry of the piers and extended length
by length toward the center and held
together by iron bolts. The spans at
center are eighty feet above the water.
In the repairing of thia bridge it
has been the custom to renew one of
the arohes thoroughly every five years,
ao that once in twenty-five years the
whole structure has been renewed.
The structure is attractive from an
engineering standpoint and many
travelers go each year to view this an
cient but durable pieoa of bridge
building.
Aocoinwoflatlng,
She (her first season) "I have
been shut up in boarding school so
long that I feel very awkward and
timid in company. I do not know
what to do with my hands."
He "I'll hold them for you."
New York Weekl.
KEYSTONE SINE NEWS CONDENSED
FELL DOWN STAIRS.
An Aged Lady Loan Her Balanca, Falls Back.
ward, Rupturee a Blood Veaiel and
Oaa Shortly Afterward.
Mr. Bheffler. wife of Israel Shcirier,
a farmer near Ureensburg, mot with
an accident the other evening wlhch
resulted In her death a short time .
afterward, She was ascending a flight
of stnlrs at her residence when she
lust her balance and fell backward.
Mrs. Bin-flier was unconscious when
picked up. The physicians concluded
a blood vessel was ruptured by the
fall. Mrs. Hheffler was 6f year old.
1 ho following pensions were Issued
Inst week: Amos Hclmnn, Hlnlrsvllle,
IS to 112; John It. Stewart, I'lumvllle,
inuiann, IB to 110; isnno t 'nl belt son,
Klnsiin, Wnrren, $fl to 18: Mnry Moy-
er, Mnzcphn. Union, $8; Hnnnnh
Kllnk. Fayette Bnrlnirs. 18: Marv K.
Jnckson. Slgel, Jefferson, $12: James
It. McCoy, Hickory, $12: John M.
Phillips, Iteinlngton, Allegheny. $8:
John Jnckson, Scholldd, Warren, $0;
Charles H. KlfT. Athens, 8; Reese W.
Kvans, Allegheny, $: J. Wilson
Meanor. Ellwood City, $6; George I.
Allshoiiso, Wllrnerillng, $8; Rumpel
Knslon, New Castle. IK to 112: Joseph
T. Swlers, Mlll'-rshurg, Center, IB to
$10; John R. (Inllniich.T, Cnllcry, Hut
ler, IS to IS; ChnrlcH M. Iteed. Hlnlrs
vllle. t) to $8; Edwin O. Hldgwny,
Wbentlnnd, IS to $10: Jnmes Miller,
Pittsburg, ti; Wm. Hwearlngen,
llnrshvllle. Denver. $8: Thomna Knth-
fon, I'nxtonvllle, $6 to $10; Ephrntm N.
Hmtth, Mnnsllfld, Tioga. $2 to $1;
Frank Qulgg, Upper Bt. Clnlr, Alle
gheny, 18 to $14; Clins. Dlvely, dead,
Herlln, Bonierset, $17: Jns. M. Matte-
son, Emporium, $11 to $12; Archlbnld
llncldnn, Covode, Indlnnn, $6 to 18;
Samuel ltnuch, llrnddock, $8 to $8;
Henry Mess, Midway, IB to $8; Snm-
som Taylor, I'lttsburg, $8 to $10: Mary
A. Conrnu, Urlilsonm, $12; minors or
John Young, Altoona, $12; Catharine
Dlvely, Herlln, $12; Wllllnm fltithrle,
Htrnttonvllle. $l; Milton A. J. Ogden,
Kylerton, $S; Lewis Oenrge, Klderton,
ArmHtrong, $0; l'ellx Conway, Sold
iers" and Pnllors' Home, F.rle, $12;
Chnrles Hents (dead). Carnegie, $12;
John A. riuse, Youngsvllle, $10 to $12;
Levi Foust, Armngh, $8 to $12; Oeorgo
H. Frnnce, Hrndford, $8 to $12: Wil
liam W. Wnlthour, Oreensburg, $14
to $17; Arnold Motsberger, Webster,
$1; Hnchel Donaldson, Freeport, $8;
Kllsa It. Mong, mother, Warriors
mark, $12.
Hefore Judge Taylor nt Washington
Andrew Lang, a miner in the lllnck
Dlnmond mines, was on trlnl a few
dnys ago for causing the death of
Tommy t'lendennlng, a 7-yenr-old boy,
by Klvlng him whisky. Lnng was In
dicted for voluntary manslaughter
and furnishing ll'iuor to minors. Evi
dence wns produced that Ijing lived
In a little shanty and that Tommy was
a frcUeiit visitor anil a grent favor
ite. Lnng always kept whisky, and on
the evening of December 15 gave the
boy a half pint. The boy died the next
day. The father found the boy In
Lang's Hhnnty In ft dying condition.
The plen of the defendant was that
the boy, during his absence, secured
the whisky and drank It. Lnng said
he had given the child whisky before,
but the buy told lilm thnt he drank it
lit home.
Patrick Touhey was Instantly killed,
Donald O'Connell fatally hurt Rnd Jo
seph Dclno were seriously Injured In
Masters & Sons' slate iiunrry. Pen
Argyl, near Enston lust week. The
men were standing on a large block of
slate trying to 'dislodge another block
thnt hung threateningly over the hole
when the entire mass slipped away In
side the quarry and fell 60 feet. The
four men were carried down with the
rockB and rubbish. Touhey was dend
when found and O'Donnel died Inter.
Dare had n leg and several ribs brok
en and Is Injured Internally.
Mrs. F. D. Muse, wife of F. D. Muse,
and an employe, Emily Kllgore, wera
alinoKt victims of gas nsphyxiatlon In
a rather unusual manner, at Handy
Lnke, a few days ago. The gns was
turned on full force and more escaped
than wns burned, tilling the ri m
where Miss Kllgore was at work and
ascending through a register to a
room In the second stnry, wherj Mr.
Muse was lying sick. When help ar
rived both were In a dangerous con
dltloTi. Clayton, the Infant son of II. II.
Greenly, died a few days ago from
burns Inflicted by his four-year-old
s.rter, Edna, of Lancaster. The little
girl hen tod a poker In tho absence of
her mother and playfully pointed It at
the bnby. His clothes caught fire and
he was terribly burned. The mother
was called to tho room by the screams
or both children, and her hands were
badly scorched In extinguishing the
flames.
With the top of a Pullman dining
car In a blase the Pacific express en
the Pennsylvania railroad the other
night made a wild dash for relief at
Downlngtown. The car took fire In the
roof over the kitchen, and when dis
covered It was beyond control. On ar
rival at Downlngtown the rcof waa
chopped away and a bucket brigade
put out the flames by hard work.
Auditor General McCauley Is mak
ing a strong fight for possession of the
$50,000 estate of Martha S. Newhard,
an old maid, who died In Allentown
week ago, and who left no heirs ex
cept cousins. The Auditor General
claim that under the law the latter
ore not "blood relatives" and that the
property escheats to the State.
The Titusvtlle radiator works was
partially destroyed by fire a few days
ago. The loss Is estimated at from
$35,000 to $40,000 with partial Insur
ance. Tho plunt was recently merged
with others In the American Radiator
Company, and employed 200 hands. It
will be rebuilt at once, and work re
sumed Inside of three months.
A large block of slate on which four
men were standing at the Excelsior
slate quarry. Pen Argyl, one clay last
week, gave way and the party was
hurled down 60 feet among the rocks.
Patrick Tonkey and Donald McDonald
were killed, and Joseph Dare and
Joseph Gelene seriously hurt.
Harry Swelgart, a young man living
at Thorndale. was a few daya ago one
of a happy gathering at the marriage
of his sister at Cedar Lane. Lancaster
County. Less than twelve hours later
tie-was a horribly mutilated corp.e He
was struck by a train while crossing
tho railroad at Cain atation.
Little Elisabeth, daughter ot E. W.
Redfleld. of Glenalde, was at play a
few days ago around the carriage
house when a heavy door fell squarely
upon her, indicting Injuries that were
almost Instantly fatal. She waa about
five years of age.
Attorneys Irvln P. Kulpe and Mar
garet Richardson, of Morrlstown, were
married the other day. Mr. Knlpe is
borough solicitor, and his bride Is thi
only woman ever admitted to the
Montgomery County Bar.
It has Just been learned that Ethel,
the 8-year-old daughter of Will am Po.
well, who resides near New Cast's, wai
killed a day -or two ago by morphln
admlnstered by. a traveling medlajnt
vender.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Hot at.
BRVRNTT-SIXTII DAT.
The House Saturday spent two
hours upon the Naval Appropriation
bill without making any progress, and
devoted the remainder of the session
to eulogies upon the life and public
services of the late Representative
Northway, of Ohio.
SEVENTY-EIGHTH DAY.
A separate bill appropriating $20,000.-
000 for payment to Spain under the
provisions of the treaty of Paris, wsa
passed Monilny by the House under
suspension of the rules.
The House renched the last page or
the nnval bill Tuesday and adjourned
with a point of order pending against
a provision fixing the price of armor
pinto at $r43 a ton. The provision In
the Mil went out on a point of order
on the ground that It was not limited
to the armor to be purchnsed with the
appropriation In the bill, whereupon It
was modified to meet this objection,
and against It the point of order
pending at adjournment was raised.
Much of the time to-day was occu
pied In debating the nmendment offer
ed by Mr. Mitild, of Mnryland, appro
priating li20.ooo to complete the three
buildings authorised to be erected at
the naval Acndemv nt Annapolis.
EIGHTIETH DAY.
Washington's Farewell Address was
read In tho House of Representatives.
This was an Innovation In the House.
Mr. Hnlley (Dem., Tex.), the Dem
ocratic leader, asked and obtained un
animous consent thRt the address be
read from the clerk's desk. The read
ing occupied 45 minutes. At Its con
clusion there was hearty applause. In
the Senate Mr. Wolcott (Col.) read the
address.
Mr. noutelle's amendment fixing
the maximum price of armor plate at
$d4S per ton. but restricting the pro
vision to the appropriation made In
the present bill, was ruled to be In
order, whereupon another proposition
was offered by Mr, t'nderrfood (Dem..
Aln.),or the erection of an armor
plnte plant by the Government. A
point of order against the latter pro
position was pending when the con
sideration of the hill wns suspended.
EIGHTY-FIRST DAY.
The nnval appropriation bill passed
the House Thursday afternoon after
four dnys of acrimonious debate. The
amendment to build a Government ar
mor plnnt was ruled out upon a point
of order. The maximum price for ar
mor was cut down from $'i45. the price
which the committee Insisted was be
ing paid for the new Krupp armor, to
$44."i, and a proviso was also added
precluding the Government from pny
Ing more than was paid by any other
foreign government for similar armor.
The rehabilitation of the naval acad
emy wns also prevented.
EIGHTY-SECOND DAY.
Mr. Johnson. In a speech before thi
House Inst Friday, sneered at the
President nnd the Influence which he
alleged controlled him; Impugned h's
motives, questioned his sincerity and
likened him to Dickens most con
temptible character; charged his Sec
retary of War with Incompetency, and
predicted that the President would In
the end he engulfed by adverse public
sentiment. Although his utterances
were far more sensational than tho?o
In his former speech, and dased some
of his auditors by the impetuosity with
which they were delivered, the speech
did not raise about him the storm of
his former speeches.
Mr. Landls, one of his Republican
colleagues from Indiana, briefly stated
to the House that Mr. Johnson's con
stituents had repudiated him, and the
two members had a wordy duel,
f enate.
SEVENTY-SIXTH DAY.
The Senate spent most of Saturday
on the Post Office appropriation bill,
but failed to complete It. After ani
mated discussion of the pneumatla
tube system, Mr. Cullom's amendment,
lncrsasing the appropriation for this
purpose nnd designed to extpnd the
system to Chicago, was tabled. An
echo of the old star route develop
ments was heard when several Sena
tors criticised the method by which a
combination of speculators secured the
star-route contracts.
SEVENTY-EIGHTH DAY.
The Hull bill was taken up in the
Senate Monday by a vote of 44 to 2ft.
The Democrats, with the exception of
Murphy, Mallory, Pasco, Lindsay,
Kcnney and Morgan, voted against
Chairman Hawley'a motion to consider
the bill, while the Republicans, ex
cepting Quay. Pettlgrew and Teller,
voted for the bill.
Mr. -Haw-ley, Chairman of the Mili
tary Affairs Committee, moved to
tnke up the army reorganization bill,
unanimous consent having been fe
fused to take up the measure without
displacing the unfinished business, the
antl-scalplng bill. Mr. Hawley's mo
tion prevailed, 44 to 28, this making
the army bill the unfinished business.
The Senate bill to reimburse the
Governors of States for expenses paid
by the States In organising volunteers
for service In the war with Spain be
fore their muster Into the service of
the United States, also was passed un
der suspension of rules.
SEVENTY-NINTH DAY.
Formal discussion of the Hull-Haw-ley
army reorganization bill was be
gun In the Senate last Tuesday. Mr.
Hawley and Mr. Warren, Republicans,
supported the measure, nnd Mr. Mitch
ell and Mr. Cockrpll. Democrats, op
posed It, while Mr. Proctor, Republi
can, addressed the Senate In favor of
some amendments which he had pro
posed to the bill. All the speakers are
members of the Committee on Military
Affairs.
Mr. Cockrell's speech, though brief,
was particularly notable. He and
those who stand with him are willing
to give the President all the money
and every man he desires, but they are
determined that no great standing
army shall be fastened upon the coun
try without full and free discussion.
The postofftce appropriation bill was
passed Tuesday.
EIGHTIETH DAY.
In the Senate Wednesday eulogies of
Senator Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont,
occupied most of the time. Mr. Vest
(Dem., Mo.), who had served with
Senator Morrill for 20 years on the
committee on public buildings and
grounds, paid a most beautiful tribute.
EIGHTY-FIRST DAY.
At the opening of the Senate to-day
Mr. Faulkner (W. Va.) presented the
protest of John T. McGraw against
the seating of N. B. Scott, elected a
Senator from West Virginia. It was
ordered to lie on the table.
Tho administration and Its repre
sentatives In Congress have reached
an agreement with the minority In
Congress respecting the army reor
ganization bill, which It Is believed
will be satisfactory to all Interests. It
la based on an army of 100,000 men of
whom $5,000 will be known as the pro
visional army and will be enlisted to
serve until 1901. It la believed the
agreement reached removes nearly all
danger of an extra session.
EIGHTY-SECOND DAY.
After a session of nearly eight hours
Friday the Senate passed the river and
harbor bill by the decisive vote of CO
to , Including the Nicaragua Caaal
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The sharpest contest arose over the
canal bill "amendment.'" A volat ot
order was made against It that It waa
general legislation, but the Senate, to
which the Vice President submitted
the point, overruled It.. It was then
attacked as not being relevant to a
river and harbor measure, hut thia,
too, was overruled by the Senate.
To make the day still more memor
able, the compromise army bill, which
had been prepared at the War Depart
ment by representatives of both fac
tions, was Introduced In the Senate.
It provides for a regular army of not
more than 05,000 men, together with a
supplemental volunteer force of 86,0
to meet existing conditions.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Hou aa.
T A I. 1. . . kill
. 1 1 iKiunc nruiirmiHi nuin vie
econd reading was the order of busi
ness and several pnssed this stage.
There was less than a quorum of
memners present, but as the question
wns not raised no notice was taken of
this.
The bill Instructing the stnte board
of henlth to make a special sanitary
survey and Investigation of the
sources of pollution of public streams)
brought on n debate. Messrs. Four
nnd Stulb, Philadelphia, and Nlsbet of
Aiiegneny championed the bill, and
Messrs Towler of Hutler. and Hasson
of Venango urged legislation Instead
of Investigation. Action was postpon
ed for the present, on motion of Mr.
rnuin.
Clinton Rodirers Woodruff of Phila
delphia Introduced a bill In the House
Thursday based on the system of Ini
tiative and referendum, which re
quires that all ordinances In cities of
the commonwealth shall be submitted
to the people for a vote. If 8,000 of the
citizens of any city or 5 per cent, of
the total vote cast at the preceding
election shall petition for a populnr
vote on the question within 60 daye
after Its passage by councils.
The grangers have prepared and will
Introduce shortly a bill to provide rev
enue by Increasing the tax upon all
corporations one mill. Itulldlng and
loan associations alone are excepted.
The bill to punish the buying or re
ceiving of Junk, rope, scrap Iron, brass
or other metals from minors, unknown
or Irresponsible parties, provoked a
short discussion. Mr. Brooks of Erie;
said he Introduced the bill by request
of the councils of Erie. Mr. Dempsey
of McKean moved to amend the bill
by striking out the word "minors" and
substituting "children under IS years."
The amendment was defeated and the
bill passed second reading.
Mr. Woodruff of Philadelphia op
posed the bill fixing the ssMaries of
constables In Philadelphia at $1,200 a
year for visiting pieces where llquora
are sold. Messrs. Fow and Voorhee
of Philadelphia favored the passage of
the measure on the ground that It
would abolish the office of deputy eoYi
stables. Numerous amendments were
offered to the bill by Mr. Allen of Phil
adelphia, nil of which were voted
down and the measure passed second
reading.
A resolution calling for an Investi
gation Into charges of bribery In con
nection with the McCarrell Jury bill
was Introduced In the House Friday
morning by Mr. Koontx of Somerset.
The resolution calls for a committee
of three Republicans an1 two Demo
cratic members to conduct the Inquiry
at an expense not to exceed $1,000.
The resolution alludes to the newspa
per charges and rumors of bribery and
recites the act of April 29 relative to
the offense and the power conferred
by the State Constitution on the legis
lature to act in such cases.
A large number of bills were read
In place, among them the following:
Mr. Consteln. Schuylkill Providing
for the fire test and Inspection of pe
troleum oils, where manufactured or
distributed. y
Mr. Towler of Forest Declaring tho
species or nsn which are game, and
fish commercially valuable for food,
and to regulate the catching and en
courage propagation, to protect the
wafers from improper and wasteful
Ashing, to provide for the appoint
ment of fish commissioners and war
dens, regulating the artificial propa
gation of game and food fishes by the
commissioners, nnd to regulate the
distribution of such fish. This meas
ure was prepared by the State fish
commission and repeals all former
lews on the subjects affected. D. P.
Corvln. Pittsburg, is secretary of the
commission.
Btnat.
Saturday's attendance at the Sena
torial hallottlng was the smallest slnco
the Legislature began trying to elect
Mr. Quay's successor. Only 15 votes
were cast, of which Quay received 10,
Jenks 4 and Dalzell 1, The paired ab
sentees numbered 1U8.
At the Joint ballot Monday, 1) votes
were cast for the two leading candi
dates. Quay had 9, Jenks 4, and
Grow 1.
No business was transacted In the
Senate either Saturday or Monday
there being no quorum present.
Sixteen votes were cast for United
States senator at Tuesday's session of
the Joint assembly, thirteen members
and three senators voting. Senator
Quay polled 9 votes. George A Jenks
( and Congressman Dalzell 1. Exactly
200 members were paired and several
Others were absent without pairs.
Neither house was In session last
There were only 23 votes cast' for
United States senator at Wednesday's
session of the Joint assembly. Senator
Quay received 12, Jenks 8 and Judge
John Stewart, Congressman John Dal
zell and Col. O. F. Huff one each.
The senate was without a quorum
Wednesday, but passed bills on first
reading and sent the bill accepting
Andrew Carnegie's donation to Penn
sylvania State college back to the ap
propriations committee.
As a result of the 'Joint ballot for
United States senator last Thursday.
Senator Quay still lacked the neces
sary 13 votes.
Senator Grady presented an Impor
tant hill In the Senate Thursday. It
alma to regulate foreign trust compa
nies doing business In the state. It
requires that all such companies shall
deposit $100,000 In bonds with the de
partment of banking, and shall make
semi-annual reports of their financial
status.
Senator Vaughan presented a bill to
provide for more perfect assessment
of land In counties having a popula
tion of 125,000 or more, and for making
maps of such territory by the county
surveyor.
The Millar tax Hen bill passed final
ly. 30 to 1.
Senator Brown, of Lawrence, Intro
duced the bill prepared by the backers
of the sugar beet Interests In his coun
ty. It provides for 12.500 to be spent
for five years In experimenting in the
raising of sugar beets. It provides for
a bounty of 1 rent a pound for five
years, three-fourths of a cent for the
sixth year, one-half a cent for the
seventh year and one-quarter cent for
the eighth year on all sugar, the min
imum price for beets to be $3 per ton.
The Joint ballot for Senator last Fri
day resulted aa follows: Nurnber of
votes cast, 185; necessary to a choice,
93; paired and not voting, 69. Quay
lucaea 14 votes.
Chinese papers ot recent data con
for military service will hereafter
examined In archery and etone-sltng
Int.