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TWO CENTS.
Weather.
Showers tonight and tew
morrow.
PROBING THE 'PEW
Inquiry by the I. C. Commission
Was Resumed
IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY,
further Evidence as to Alleged Dis
crimination
IN DISTRIBUTION OF CARS
Preferred Stock of Coal Company
Presented to Railroad for
Traffic Reasons.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 5.?It 1b not
certain that A. J. Oassatt, president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, will be
called as a witness before the interstate
commerce commission, which today re
sumed Its Investigation Into alleged dis
crimination In the distribution of coal cars.
No subpoena has been Issued for President
Caseatt. and Commissioner Clements Indi
cated that he might not be asked to testify.
Mr. Clements said:
"We will not ask the highest officials of
any of the roads to appear until we huve
learned all that Is possible from their sub
ordinates. and then If we think we want
more light on the subject we may send for
them. However, we will not stop until we
know all about this matter. As far as I
know there has been no communication on
the subject between the commission and
President Cassatt."
A number of officials of the New York
Central railroad will t>e among the wit
nesses during the present hearing. Among
those who are expected to testify are:
Some to Be Called Upon.
F. K. Hcrrlman, coal traffic manager;
John Carstensen, vice president and In
charge of the accounting department: E.
V. W. Rosslter. vice prestdent and In
charge of the financial department; A. H.
Smith, general manager; J. P. Bradtleld,
general superintendent; C. H. Ewllngs, su
perintendent of freight transportation; P.
E. Crowley, assistant to the general super
intendent. and D. W. Dlnan, superintend
ent of the Pennsylvania division, with
headquarters at Corning. N. Y.
E V. W. Rossiter, vice president of the
New York Central and Hudson River rail
road, In chaigo of the financial department
was the first witness. The examination was
conducted by Attorney E. B. Whitney of
New York in answer to questions Mr.
Rosslter ftated that he Is a director of
the Beech Creek Coal and Coke Company,
representing the Interests of the railroad
company on the board. He explained that
the railroad originally held 5.000 shares in
the Beech Creek Coal and Coke Company
and that the company was absorbed by
the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company. '
While now a part of the latter company Its
business was conducted under Its original
title. The railroad, the witness said, owns
5.001L shares of preferred, 5,0(10 shares of
common stock and $500,000 worth of 5 per
cent bonds In the Pennsylvania Coal and
Coke Company.
Stock Given for Traffic Reasons.
"How did the railroad acquire Its stock
In the original Beech Creek Coal and Coke
Company?" Inquired Commissioner Cock
relL
"It was given to the railroad In 1001,
when the coal company was organized."
"The railroad paid no cash for It?"
"No. It was given for traffic reasons."
Continuing Mr Rosslter said that a con
tract had been signed by the railroad and
the coal company stock was given In con
sideration of the contract.
The contract was produced by counsel
for the railroad company and read by Mr.
Whitney. It was dated January 17, 1901,
and by Its provisions the coal company
agreed to mine at least 1,000.000 tons of coal
every year, and the railroad agreed to fur
nish cars equal to that amount of coal an
nually, exclusive of fuel cars. The railroad
further agreed to Interest Itself In no other
coal company excepting the Clearfield bitu
minous coal corporation. The railroad
also agreed to purchase 500,000 tone of fuel
coal every year.
The total capital of the Pennsylvania Coal
and Coke Company. Mr. Rosslter thought, is
?10,000.000 or f12.000,000.
A Merger of Small Companies.
Mr. Rosslter. In answer to Mr. Whitney,
said the Clearfield corporation was a
number of smaller companies owned by the
Now York Central. These companies, xie
paid, supplied only fuel coal to the railroad.
The capital of the corporation, he said, was
$1,000,000. The witness stated that the
railroad also owned the entire stock of the
Oallltsen Coal Company, but had an agree
ment with the Webster Coal and Coke
Company and the Pennsylvania Coal and
Coke Company by which the latter operated
the mines.
Commissioner Clements questioned .air.
Rosslter concerning the policy of the New
York Central as to Its officials holding
stock In coal mining companies.
He said there was no absolute rale, but It
was tacitly understood to be against the
policy for officials to hold such stock.
C. H. Ewllngs. superintendent of freight
transportation, was next called. He was
questioned concerning the distribution of
cars and said the company never refused
to Inform a coal company as to Its rating.
He did not recall ever having been asked
by one operator for the rating of another,
and said It was a rule of the company, gen
erally observed, that when It was Intended
to change the rating of a mine the operator
was consulted He was asked If he had re
ceived complaints from operators of a
shortage of cars.
Complaint is Common.
"A man wouldn't be a mine operator un
less he complained.' was the reply. "Wher
ever shortages occur we endeavor to make
them up as soon as possible,"
Mr. Ewllngs said the rating of a mine was
established by Its possible output and ac
tual production during a given period. He
stated further that there were no Individual
cars on the New York Central railroad
other than those of the Beech Creek Coal
and Coke Company. The railroad policy,
he said, was to furnish sufficient transpor
tation facilities for all coal mined, and that
there had never been such a scarcity of cars
at any time as to seriously hamper the In
dividual mine production.
Mr. Ewllngs said the ratings were made
by him personally or by competent clerks
in his department.
Commissioner Clements asked the witness
If he did not consider publicity In the mat
ter of distribution a better policy both for
the railroad and the coal company. Mr.
Ewllngs said he could see no objection to
such a method.
TWO WOMEN DROWNED. '
An Ohio Village Washed Away To
day.
IRONTON, Ohio, June 5 ?Scottown, a
village twenty miles north of Ironton, with
a population of 200, was washed away to
day. Not a house was left on its founda
tion. Mrs Sayre and daughter were
drowned Bridges were wasbed away and
telephone lines are down.
A
MR, WYNNE A WITNESS
Consul General Testifies in
Green-Doremus Case.
CALLED BY GOVERNMENT
Bias on Fart of Former Fostmaster
General Alleged.
HEATED ARGUMENT BY COUNSEL
Jury Sent Out of Court Room?Was
Beavers Persuaded to Plead
Guilty P
Consul General Robert J. Wynne of Lon
don. formerly Postmastxer General of the
United States, was the principal witness to
day In the trial of George E. Green and
Willard D. Doremus In Criminal Court No.
1, under consolidated Indictments alleging'
bribery and conspiracy In connection with
the postal Irregularities. Though Mr.
Wynne was summoned from his foreign
pest at the request of counsel for the de
fense, he was called to the stand by the
government.
Mr. Wynne's direct examination, which
was brief, related to his connection with
transactions Involving' the purchase of
Doremus canceling machines, and was
devoid of any feature out of the ordi
nary. But under cross-examination, con
ducted by Mr. Worthlngton, the question
oi bias and prejudice on the part of the
witness against the defendants arose, and
a lengthy and heated argument between
counsel developed. Before the discus
sion on this point was fully gone into
Justice Gould directed the Jury to retire.
Claim of the Defense.
Counsel for the defense claimed that evi
I dence should go to the Jury tending to show
: that Consul General Wynne had persuaded
George W. Beavers to plead guilty under an
Indictment in which he and Green were
Jointly charged with conspiracy to defraud
the United States. Mr. Worthlngton as
serted that Mr. Wynne had Induced Beavers
to plead guilty In that particular case for
the purpose of Influencing the Jury against
the co-defendant. Green. Counsel asserted
that In effect Mr. Wynne had said to Beav
| era:
"If you will come down there and help
us to convict that man Green In the com
ing trial we will let you oft in all of the
other cases against you."
Against the Proposition.
MaJ. Holmes Conrad, special counsel for
the government in the post office cases,
Joined the United States attorney in argu
ments against the proposition advanced by
the defense. Connsel for the government
claimed that there was nothing in the case
to show that Consul General Wynne had
been Influenced by any motive of hostility
toward either of the defendants.
Justice Gould, at the conclusion of the
arguments, ruled to allow the questions In
dispute on the ground that such evidence,
if it could be adduced, would be proper
for the Jury to consider as bearing upon
the contention of bias and prejudice.
Mr. Masten Resumes.
John M. Masten, formerly chief clerk in
the office of the first assistant postmaster
general, resumed his testimony this morn
ing. under cross-examination by Mr. Worth
lngton. The witness was closely questioned
as to his testimony given yesterday, when
he contradicted the statement made last
Friday on the witness stand by H. Clayton
Graff, formerly a department Inspector of
canceling machines, to the effect that Mr.
Masten was present at a certain Interview
between George W. Beavers and George E.
Green in the office of the superintendent of ;
the division of salaries and allowances,
Post Office Department. When Mr. Masten
was asked yesterday about his alleged pres
ence at the Interview in question he denied
1 that he had been there and said that his at
tention had already been called to the testi
mony given by Mr. Graff. On being further
questioned the witness said he had seen an
account of the testimony in a newspaper.
The witness this morning was asked to
state definitely where he had seen the re
| port, and when he mentioned a certain pa
per ot was handed to him with the request
that he point out the statements from
which he said he gained his Information.
Bald He Was Misunderstood.
After perusing the paper, apparently with
out discovering what he was seeking, the
witness said he thought Mr. Worthlngton
had misunderstood him. His previous tes
timony on that point was read without
being questioned by the witness, who then
I stated:
"I now say that I intended to say that
I knew of Mr. Graff's testimony by seeing
a newspaper account of it, and my atten
tion was also called to his testimony by
some person whose name I do not now re
call."
"Are you sure that It was not one of the
Inspectors or anybody around the district
attorney's office?" Mr. Worthlngton asked.
"It may have been. I am not certain
about it," was the reply.
Continuing his testimony under cross-ex
amination. the witness declared that his
relations with Beavers while both were em
ployed In the department were strained.
He declared he would not trust Beavers any
farther than he could see him. Mr. Worth
lngton asked if the witness had communi
cated his suspicions of Beavers to the first
assistant postmaster general, but the ques
tion was stricken out on motion of counsel
for the government.
Mission During a Trip.
Mr. Worthlngton then questioned the
witness concerning his mission during a
certain trip he had taken to Rush. Pa.,
about a year after he had left the office of
the first assistant postmaster general.
Counsel for the government objected, but
the examination, with certain restrictions,
was allowed by the court when counsel for
the .defense explained that the purpose was
to show bias and prejudice on the part
of the witness against the defendants, .ir.
Masten said he had been under verbal In
structions from the flrst assistant post
master general when he made the Journey,
being detailed from the railway mall serv
ice for the duty. He testified his service
while on the trip was In connection with
procuring evidence In relation to the post
office cases.
Result of a Search.
H. Clayton Graff was recalled by the gov
ernment to testify concerning the result of
his search yesterday In the flies of the Post
Office Department for memoranda which
purported to have been sent down to the di
vision of salaries and allowances by the
Postmaster General, directing Beavers to
forward orders for the purchase of can
celing machines. The witness said he had
found a number of papers bearing on the
ordering of machines, but most of them bore
dates prior to the period related to In the
original testimony of Mr. Graff. The wit
ness was not cross-examined.
Consul General Wynne was the next wlt
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
WHAT WE NEED
IT NOW.
NONE
BETTER I
IS EFFECTIVE LAWS.
NO FURTHER DISORDER
TBOOPS PUT A QUIETUS ON
STRIKING OHIO MINERS.
STEUBEN VILLE, Ohio, June 5.-Quiet
reigns today at Plum Run, Bradley, Dillon
vale and throughout the coal regions of
sub-district No. 5.
No further disorder has been reported
from any point, and with the arrival of the
troops today It is expected peace will be
completely restored.
The first detachment of troops, number
ing 300 men, reached Dillonvale at 6 o'clock
and marched at once to Bradley, the scene
of yesterday's conflict. On their way to the
mines the soldiers passed several groups
of strikers, but the latter made no demon
stration.
The state troops summoned to the mining
district, as a result of Sunday night's out
break, arrived at Dillonvale at 0 o'clock
this morning, and by 8 a.m. were in camp
at Bradley. Matters are so quiet that the
troops wonder why they are there. Under
the surface there is much ugly feeling,
however, and threats are made to destroy
the company's property. Officers and citi
zens are protesting that troops are not
needed, and their early recall is looked for.
There are parts of nine companies on the
ground, two of the 8th and seven of the
4th, with Gen. Speaks and Col. Weybrecht
in command of the respective regiments.
A signal corps and hospital corps are with
the troops, who will make the affair an
encampment. Sheriff Vortiees and Pros
ecuting Attorney Alban went to Bradley
today to look after the situation, as the
troops will act under the orders of the
civil authorities.
The miners are restless today, as they
claim that, now the troops are on the
ground, they will be evicted. Strikers from
thirty mines marched to Bradley during the
night, and are to be seen by the hundreds
viewing the troops with awe. They are to
hold a monster meeting near Bradley to
day.
8tat9 Guards in Camp.
SMITH FIELD, Ohio, June 5.?Two de
tachments of the Ohio National Guard
reached this town, four miles from Brad
ley, early today. Under command of 2\laJ.
Gen. Speaks and Cols. Ammel and Volrath,
the militiamen marched to Bradley at once,
where they went into camp. Everything
was quiet this morning around the mine.
AGAINST PASS PROHIBITION.
Senate Besieged With Telegrams
Prom Railway Employes.
As Senator Tillman suggested, there was
"a streak of yellow" in the Senate today,
due to the fact that practically every desk
In the chamber was covered with telegrams
of protest against the anti-pass provision In
the railroad rate bill as reported by the
conference committee. Senator Hopkins
announced that there were 0,000 names at
tached to the batch of messages sent up by
him, and, as several others forwarded as
many, the total number received was quite
formidable. They were all from railroad
men, and In each case consisted of protests
against cutting off the privilege of riding
free. In addition there was a formal state
ment on behalf of engineers, firemen, con
ductors and trainmen, saying that they
represented 230,000 railway employes.
While the messages were raining upon
the chair Senator Tillman made protest,
saying that the telegrams could and. In the
interest of time saving, should be presented
through the secretary.
"I hope," Interrupted Senator Foraker,
"that the senator will not insist on his
point, as by so doing he would suppress all
knowledge of the popularity of the rate
j measure."
It was then that the South Carolina sen
ator made his suggestion concerning the
prevailing color in the Senate. He also
made the statement that the telegrams bore
evidence of the possession of a good many
telegraph franks in the country. He called
attention to the fact that the bill applies
only to interstate business, and expressed
the hope that If the Senate would proceed
with business there would yet be "a sane,
reasonable and just measure" evolved.
ILL TREATED BT PANAMANS.
Rough Handling of Men and Officers
Prom the Columbia.
A cablegram received at the Navy De
partment from Commander Boywer of the
cruiser Columbia, now at Colon, confirms
the press reports of the maltreatment by
P^naman police of some of the officers and
men of that snip while they were ashore.
It Is said that two young officers, who
interceded In behalf of some of their men,
were attacked and beaten by the police.
Commander Boywer states, however, that
the vice governor Is making a thorough ln
1 vestigation of the facts and has promised
to punish the guilty parties, meanwhile ex
pressing his deep regret at the occurrence.
The marines who were taken to the isth
mus on the Columbia from the United
States have now all been sent inland and
placed In camps at Empire and alone the
route of the csmI,
STARTLED THE HOUSE
FEASANT MEMBER OF DOUMA
MADE NOVEL FROTEST.
ST. PETERSBURG. June 5.-M. Ohlpko.
a peasant of Stavropol, created some ex
citement at the opening of the lower house
of parliament today by protesting against
allowing: the ministers to speak from the
rostrum. He said: "We have already ex
pressed our distrust of the ministry and
government, and it is useless to waste the
time of the house in listening to them."
President Mouromtseff called M. Ohlpko
to order, pointing out that the ministers
under the law had the right to speak from
the rostrum. The president added, how
ever, that hereafter assistant ministers
! like M. Gurko would not be permitted to
do so unless they came by special authori
zation and as the representatives of their
chiefs.
The house subsequently discused the
proposal for the appointment of a com
mission to Inquire into the "illegal acts of
the government after the emperor's man
ifesto of October 30."
After a lengthy debate the house ap
pointed a permanent committee of thirty
three members to investigate and report
upon the lawless acts of the military and
civil officials.
ENTIRE ARMY UNDER TENTS.
Good Results Expected From the Com
ing Encampments.
The governor of Kentucky has notified
the War Department that as the state mil
itia Is about to go into camp of its own
this summer it will not be possible to
send any of the guard to Join the regulars
in the encampment at Indianapolis,
Nearly all of the states addressed by As
sistant Secretary Oliver In regard to the
Joint encampments have responded, though
final arrangements have not yet been made
with Maine and Louisiana. New Jersey has
Just given notice that the state will send
a full regiment to Gretna Green and Mary
land has undertaken to have two regiments
there.
Orders have been given f:.- the regular
infantry troops to be ready to march from
their present stations to the four great
camps by July 15. The infantry will make
the Journeys afoot where the distance from
their stations to the camps does not ex
ceed 250 miles and the cavalry will ride
where the distance is under 300 miles; be
yond these distances the soldiers will
entrain.
It Is said at the War Department that
the coming Joint encampment will see the
entire United States army, except the coast
artillery, under canvass for three months,
which has not been the case in time of
peace before, and Important results are ex
pected from the experience.
FROMFT ACTION URGED.
Senator Hale Directs Attention to the
Appropriation Bills.
Before the Senate had begun business In
e. ??nest today Senator Hale took the floor to
urge the Importance of all possible prompt
ness In the disposition of the appropriation
bills.
"This," he said, "is absolutely necessary
If we are going to adjourn before the end
of this month, and to do the very best W?
may, it will be the very last days of the
month before we can possibly get through."
He gave notice that Immediately after
the close of the routine morning business
today he would move to take up the naval
appropriation bill, and he suggested that
this bill should be followed by other appro
priation bills even to the exclusion of con
ference reports. He called attention to the
fact that there are six of the big appro
priation bills still unacted upon by the
Senate, and said that the conference re
ports can be delayed with much less Injury
to business than would follow a similar de
lay in the consideration of the appropria
tion bills, for the reason that the reports
Indicate a far more advanced stage of
business than do the supply bills.
SECOND FIRST IN TWO WEEKS.
Tko Kon Cotton Warehouses Burned
on Stater Island.
NEW YORK, June 5.?A second fire with
in a space of two weeks today destroyed
two more warehouses of the American Cot
ton Dock Company at Tompklnsvllle, Staten
Island, and caused a loss estimated be
tween $150,000 and (200,000. The buildings,
which were one story structures, were part
ly filled with manlla and hemp and were
located among a group of similar ware
houses on the shore of the harbor. The
damage was confined to two warehouses.
The origin of the fires is unknown.
Fireman George Bradler was crushed and
partly burled under the ruins of a brick
wall of one of the burning warehouses. It
Is feared that be is fatally injured.
THE OANANEA TROUBLE
MEXICAN1 TOWN STILL UNDER
MILITARY CONTROL.
BISBEE, Ariz., June 5?Col. W. C.
Greene^ president of the Greene ConsoH
dated Copper Company, who Is at Cananea,
Mexico, sends the following signed state
ment:
To the Associated Press: Some accounts
of disturbances at Cananea very much ex
aggerated. Mexican authorities are giving
full protection to our interests; work being
resumed at mines and smelters. Gen. Tdtres
In absolute control of situation. Evidently
false and malicious report has been ex
tensively circulated by interested parties
for ^mercenary motives.
(Signed.) "W-. C. GREENE."
BISBEE, Ariz., June 6.?A telephone mes
sage was received here last night from
Cananea to the effect that the town is still
under control of the Mexican military au
thorities. Mexican troops and rurales hav?
continued to arrive until Gen. Torres and
Col. Kosterlitzky now have sufficient force
to control any outbreak that might occur.
So far there has been no disposition
shown on the part of the Mexican miners
to return to work and the smelting plant
of the Cananea Consolidated Copper Com
pany and the mines are working shortliand
ed.
The banks and stores were opened for
business after remaining closed since Fri
day.
That the outbreak of- Fridav was of a
revolutionary character was proven by the
discovery of the following circular, copies
of which had been distributed among the
Mexican miners:
A Revolutionary Circular.
Mexican Workmen: A government is
elected by the people to guide them und
satisfy their necessities In all requirements.
This Mexico does not possess. On the
other hand a government exists which Is
composed of ambitious persons who crim
inally contemplate oppressing the people,
being elected by the worst of them In order
that they might assist them In enriching
themselves. This Mexico does not need
That the people elect their officers to gov
ern them, not to ridicule and humiliate
them, is what the republic should be. peo
ple, arouse yourselves and act, learn that
which you seem to have forgotten. Con
gregate and discuss your rights. Demand
the respect that is due you.
"Every Mexican whom the foreigners de
spise Is worth just as much or more than
those foreigners if he will join with his
brothers and claim his rights. Curse the
thought that a Mexican is worth less than
a Yankee, that a negro or a Chinaman is
to be compared with a Mexican. That this
is a fact is a result of a very bad govern
ment which gives the advantages to the
adventurers rather than to the true own
ers of this unfortunate land. Mexicans
awake. The country and our dUrnity de^
mands it."
MR. WALDO CAUGHT NAPPING.
A Humorous Incident in the House
This Afternoon.
An exceedingly humorous Incident oc
curred when the first bill under suspension
of the rules was called up in the House to
day.
Mr. Waldo (N. Y.) previously had asked
for recognition on the part of Speaker Can
non for'the purpose of passing a bill to pay
certain claims of citizens of foreign coun
tries against the United States and to sat
isfy certain conventional obligations of the
United States. Hardly had the Journal been
approved, when the Speaker, with a slam
of his gavel, called out, "The gentleman
from New York, Mr. Waldo."
But Mr. Waldo had said nothing to war
rant such distinction, and sat mute.
"Did not the gentleman from New York
ask for recognition on H. R. 19006? ' asked
Mr. Cannon, and he looked as if he was
about ready to recognize some one else.
Then Mr. Waldo's memory began to work
? ? I!*? ,n?tMt,y on his feet admitting
the soft impeachment." But he did not
have a copy of the bllL
The Speaker came to the relief of Mr
Waldo, and. passing the bill to the reading
clerk, directed that It be read. %
Mr. BarUett (Ga.) thought It was bad
practice to pay the obligations of private
citizens of other nations while the claims of
our own citizens against the government
were allowed to go unpaid for years
Mr. Waldo believed that the Kovernm^f
was in duty bound to pay the cUUms of for
eign citizens, even if It would bankrupt the
government. He explained thattheclaims
nial Sertlfied t0 the committee on
by Secretary of State Root, and In
cluded six items?for the Canadian Electric
Light Company of Levist Quebec" Onat
Northwestern Telegraph SS?k.T3w
damages done by the United Statesjrunboat
Essex by fooling her anchor with the cable
of this oomoany: for give. Wright,
Co.: claim of Will la
tleraent of German'
HAKKfR FORJMflMONY
Unique Situation of Pennsylva
nia Republicans.
NEW SHIBBOLETH RAISED
A State Convention Without Dicta
tion.
BOSSISM TO BE BELEGATED
Most Important Political Gathering
in the State Since the Civil War
?Reform Pressure.
Specltl Dispatch to The Star.
HARRISBURG, Pa.. June 6.?For the
first time since the civil war the repub
licans of Pennsylvania propose to hold to
morrow a convention without the dictation
of a boss. After nearly half century of
bosaism this state seems to have at last
emerged from the rule of political dictator
This year the candidates will be named by
the delegates, and the platform will be of
tbefa- making. Republican conventions In
Pennsylvania have had little to do with
either ticket or platform. Both have been
prepared In advance by the machine. Now
mJ,?. C, a,ne"<1 Last ^e spirit of po
litical Independence swept over tue state
and sent the machine to Its doom.
crlt l?:.eTber thC Pe?ple eIected a <5emo
Z LZ * -aSW'r by a ma-i?nty of about
.' >ear be'o?* Pennsylvania had
mnlnHf'681^"1 RooseveIt more than 500,000
Uon?the rnn*?t spl<?"d'd Political organisa
ev? ^s?^ byl8the?Ucamerons
Machine Died With Quay.
RfTer6 r"b,eS,?f thC machlne started soon
after the death of Senator Quay. He had
controled It absolutely. No one was strong
enough to take his place. Quay's logical
successor was Senator Boise Penrose, but
Penrose made the mistake of dividing his
power &nd the direction of mn.vi
passed into many hands. Its down??fl be
gan with the charges of corruption iu con
nection with the proposed sale of the eas
plant In Philadelphia. Kas
The people linally asserted their lnde
Under the leadership oi
Major Weaver swept Boss Durham from
? years Durham's will in Phila
delphia had been law, and his fall was
great. He Is now In the far west and his
former followers say he Is dying. The ln
dependenta followed their victory in Phila
delphia by smashing the machine In Vh?
cratfee'ir^t'?nS ,T^n they eIected a demo
cratic mayor of Pittsburg and organized
the councils there. Now they propose to
turn the state administration over to men
who are free from the taint of bossEm"
lr?cfy Ca1 thls the redemptfon of the
Keystone state will be complete
stake ls involved In the
elections in Pennsylvania this year. There
will be elected a governor, lieutenant gov
ernor. secretary of Internal affairs ana
auditor general, a legislature, including
twenty-five state senators who will vote
'?* Senator Penrose's successor in the
L nited States Senate, and a congressional
delegation of thirty-two members. Penn
sylvania ls one of the few states that have
no civil service laws.
Important Issues at Stake.
A change In administration may mean a
clear sweep of officeholders. The governor
fills by appointment many offices, some of
which pay big money. For Instance, the
secretary of the commonwealth receives In
salaries and fees an amount larger than
any official in the federal government, with
the single exception of the President. And
there are Beveral other places well worm
fighting for.
The governor of Pennsylvania, Samuel W.
Penny-packer, was a cousin of Senator
Quay, and the machine nominated ana
elected him. He ls taking no part In the
selection of the ticket this year. Under
the constitution a governor cannot be
elected to two successive terms. The state
organisation ls under the direction of Sen
ator Penrose. The chairman of the state
committee Is Col. Wesley R. Andrews, Pen
rose's secretary and political manager, and
a brother of "Bull" Andrews, delegate in
Congress from New Mexico.
An of the organization leaders are friendly
to Penrose. Of the 427 delegates that will
compose the convention the organisation
oould cast the votes of at least 375. Phila
delphia will have 114. The organisation can
control all of them. Allegheny county,
Pittsburg, will have forty-six delegates.
They are all friendly to the organisation.
Less than seventy delegates will go into the
convention Instructed as to a candidate.
Thus It happens that if It Is so decreed
the organization could hold the kind of state
convention Pennsylvania republicans are ac
customed to. It has the power, but it does
not dare exercise It. The restraining In
fluence is the organisation of the independ
ents, which now stands at Harrisburg like
an accusing spirit.
Two Great Porces Organized.
The anti-machine forces are organised as
the Lincoln party. At their head ls Wayne
MacVeagh. who was Attorney General In
the cabinets of Presidents Garfield and Ar
thur and minister to Italy during the second
administration of President Cleveland;
Mayor Weaver. E. A. Van Valkenburg, the
manager of the Wanamaker newspapers;
Lewis Emery of Bradford and other strong
men, who for years have vainly protested
against the arrogance of the machine.
The Lincoln party proclaims that Its mis
sion is to purify the politics of Pennsyl
vania, and that It does not seek patronage.
It asserts that the only difference between
a Lincoln republican and machine republi
can ls that the Lincoln republican wants
honest men in office. It has informed the
organization that it does not desire a fight
at the polls, and that if the organisation
will nominate a ticket of "good men" it
will support the ticket. By "good men" ls
meant men who have not been identified
with the machine or the corporations
If the convention, at the direction of the
organization, nominates a ticket represent
ing bossism. the Lincoln party will present
to the people of Pennsylvania a ticket of
its own. Then war will be carried Into
every precinct In the state.
The Lincoln ticket was named at the
Lincoln party convention in Philadelphia
last Thursday. At Its head 1s Lewis Emery,
the candidate for governor. Emery U a
millionaire. He made his great fortune in
olL He Dai been a thorn In the side of the
Standard T>11 Company for twenty years.
He buflt the only independent oil pipe line
in this country. He ls now one of the
largest oil Producers in the Indian terri
tory oU fields, and he te fighting the Stand
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I
THE IISME ASYLUM
Further Testimony Before tha
Special Committee.
THE INSTITUTION EMPLOYES
In Various Branches Told of Their
Work.
QUESTIONED BY CHAIRMAN
Foreman of the Force of Carpen
ters Told of His Servioe of Ovep
Forty Tears.
t
The Olcott special committee heard ML*
number of asylum employe* at the morn
ing sescslon and considerable progress waa
made. Representative Smyser of Ohio cre
ated considerable excitement In the com
mittee room by suggesting that the com
mittee begin Its sessions at 6 o'clock In th*
morning.
"I do so love to hear the little birds sing
ing before sun-up," he remarked. "It re
minds me of that dear Ohio." After Chair
man Olcott had recovered It was announced,
that the session would begin at 10 a.m., a*
heretofore.
Food Used In the Hospital.
James L. Green, In charge of the farm at
the Government Hospital for the Insane,
was the first witness. He testified thati
twenty men were employed on the farm*
not Including patients. Twenty-five of the;
latter work on the farm. Trucking product*
were the principal things raised there. Th?
farm did not produce enough garden truck;
or ensilage products to keep the Institution
supplied. The remainder needed was pur*j
chased outside. Mr. Green went Into St.
number of details of farm management.
Evander French, steward of the asylum*
followed Mr Green. He said he had been
In the hospital twenty-six years, fourteen
years as steward. He Inspected all meats,
both salt and fresh. No canned meatSb
save corned dried beef, were used In tha
hospital. The corned beef Mr. French fre
quently had to send it back. Sometimes 1C
was tainted, at other times too thin for
use.
Inspected All the Heat.
He tested every piece by cutting la
half and smelling it. Ten thousand
pounds of corned beef were used each!
month at the institution. Fresh meat??
about 7.S00 pounds a week?was kept la
cold storage at the asylum until used.
He sometimes had to send back the
fresh meat, but not so frequently as
he did the corned beef. Sometimes It
was tainted, sometimes too fat and some
times too thin. It was rarely that he re
ceived a shipment of corned beef that
he didn't have to send some of it 1-ick.
The fresh beef was Chicago killed, and
was clean. So far as he knew. It was
preserved by refrigeration alone.
didn't know that he could have told
when beef was chemically preserved.
Vegetables and Fruits Eaten.
Eight hundred bushels of potatoes were
used at the institution each month?all pur
chased in the open market. Quantities of
cabbage and kale and other vegetables were
used. The farm did not raise sufficient of
these things fcr the Institution. It tools
twenty barrels of c-abhage for one mesl at
the asylum. Five to six thousand quarts of
strawberries and the same amount of black
berries were used each year. One hundred
barrels of apples were used each month
when they were cheep. Last year apples
were high and none were used. Several
hundred bushels of peaches were raised and
used on the place each year. There was no
discrimination In the distribution of fruit
to the various wards. There was, more
over, a standing order Issued by Dr. White
that no supplies should be purchased spe
cially for any table in the hospital In which
the patients did not share. Radishes, beets,
watermelons, pumpkins, squash, cucumbers,
peas, tomatoes, etc., were raised on th?
farm and used In the Institution.
W. C. Folsom.
W. C. Folsom, since January 27, 1904, th?
chief engineer In charge of the mechanical
plant of the asylum, followed Mr. Frenclw
He said the hospital has Its own Ice ma
chine. Two to three tons of Ice were man
ufactured each day In the winter and sla
to seven tons In the summer. At request
of Chairman Olcott Mr. Folsom described
the lighting and heating plants of the asy
lum, and went Into various other phases ot
his work.
C. A. J. Williamson, foreman of the asyw
lum carpenters, was called. He had been
at the hospital for more than forty yearSL
He had ten men under him, and the forca
looked after general repairs and made tha
coffins for the asylum dead. Questioned at
some length by Chairman Olcott. the wit
ness went Into the details of his work at
the asylum.
Referring to the new buildings erected
three years ago Mr. Williamson said that
the floors had not stood wear as the*
should have done. He had nothing to dd
with the work at that time, however, a*
the Secretary of the Interior had appointed
an Inspector of his own to look after
things. Not only the floors, but other
portions of the various new building*
showed evidence of poor work. He thought
the contract system was a rather poor on*
for the government to fool with, anyhow.
LAID ON THE TABLE.
Mr. Burton's Resignation Announced
to the Senate.
The Senate committee on privileges and
elections, which was to have met today to
consider the question of expelling Senator
J. R. Burton, abandoned Its purpose. In
view of the resignation of the Kansas sen
ator and its acceptance by Gov. Hoch.
Vice President Fairbanks late last night
received the following telegram from Gov.
Hoch: "J. R. Burton has this day tender*
ed bis resignation as a United States sen
ator from Kansas, and I have accepted the
same."
Immediately after the reading of the
Journal the Vice President laid before the
Senate Gov. Hoch's telegram announoln*
the resignation cf Senator Burton. The
chair announced that It would lie on the
table, and beyond this there was no com*
ment whatever. J
Be turn of British Ambassador.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the British
ambassador, has returned to the city from a
short visit to London, where he conferred
with officials of the foreign office regarding
questions under negotiation between tha
United States and Great Britain. He will
probably remain here until Congress ad*
journs. when the British embassy will be
transferred to Lenox, Mass., for the sita*
Bauetai j Bonaparte Betams
IHu i sliiu Bonaparte resumed bis official
duties at the gavy I^partment tbtojy