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-rlbtme. &&8S.4 TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1800. TWO CENTS. IH iW llH ih ii ""T"--! i ii irm riTi fVrniTi r rttTT V In' ku r7tltnii! . rcW? IfJtKt - ' J A 1 I n :- ---riosN8HhSVAVKWcjHi5.v i MWk'aKAv Jxn5fip?ij- - . r- 1 .iSOM !! -:siSAKtA'rot,,2?J M flaEEEauSkftl -L r B-fa? ";5i?fri'"rffi.j PA., SENATE MAY VOTE TODAY Preparing to Consider Resolutions Relating to Expansion. MR. SULLIVAN'S OFFERING A Resolution to the Effect That a Ratification of the Treaty Shall Not Commit This Government to a Colonial Policy, Nor Embariass the Establishment of a Stable, Independent Government by the People of the Philippine Islands Whenever the Conditions Will Make Such a Proceeding Desirable. iishlngton. Teli 1 Foi a fen min utes In tin' senate tills afternoon it seemed llkel tint a ote mlcht be taken on one 01 mote of the lesolu tlnns relntlng to expansion that an? pending before that body. An unusual Ij large attendance of Itepubllcun sen ators wns present, all of them having been notified to be piesont in the eent ut a ciltlcal vote on the pending ques tion 111 U.ieon (Gn.) h.id tailed up his lcsolutions and Mr. Chandler (N. H ) bad withdrawn his motion to refer tluni to tli" eonimlttte on foreign ie lattons Alt Sullivan (Miss) had en tered a motion to substitute his ieso lutlon for thost of Mr Bacon, while Mi Davis, chairman of the foreign le-lutioii'- toininittee. bad announced that be wns willing that .1 vote should be taken lnimodlntelv. As it was evident, however, that a vote on the iciMilutlnns ind amendments could not be taken lit fine " ii'rlock the hour fixed bv iinnnlinous onsenl fbi the senate to gn Into executive session Mr. ltucun asked fie unanimous consent that a vote be taken at 12.30 tomonow'. To this i 'ipiest Mr. Carter (Mont.) object ed dinl tin whnli question was left Mipindcl in the all Mr Rawllnf (I'tab) ailt'iesTd the senate upon the Nest antl-c.pansion les-olutlon, devot ing the mentor pait of his time to a defense of hl position that the con stitution applies as well to people of oui tt u Itoiies an to those of the elate. SltLUVAN RESOLUTION. Tin Milllvan resolution follows: That the unification of the pending tieatv of peace with Spain shall in no wle ill ttrmlnc the pollcj to be pursued In the I'nlttd States in rtgard to tho Philippines nor shall It commit this gov i rnmrnt to a tolonlul polio, "or is It Intended to embarrass the establishment ot n stnble link pendent government by tho people ot those Islands Tint never con ditions m ike such a proceeding hopeful t success and desirable results The house entered upon the consld eiatlon of the ilver and harbor bill to day and made rapid progiess. Fifty ot the olghtv-six pages of the bill had been completed when the house ad journed The bill appropriates dlrect ! nbout $12,500 000 and authorizes con ti.uts to the extent of $1S,000,000 addi tional. The genviul debate was unus uallv bilef. Its feature was a speech in opposition to the bill by Mr, Hep burn, of Iowa, who has fought every liver and barbor bill for the last six eais. He ald lie knew his opposition would avail nothing, as the votee for Its passage had beer, ai ranged for by the appropriations In the bill He at tacked partlculatly the Mississippi riv er lmpiovement, which was ably de fended by Mr Catchlngs, of Mississippi. Practically the only amendment today was one striking out an appinprlatlon of $250,000 for a channel from Galves ton to Texas Clt.v, Tex., which was opposed by Mr. Hawle, of Texas, be cause the war depuitment had made no ieport upon the feasibility of the pro ject. Mr. Ulngham (Rtp., Pa) moved to lnctease the appioprlatlon tor the Del wale rlvei from $300,000 to $500,000 in order that the Improvement might be completed. The appioprlatlon of $300, 000 In the bill was to "complete" the project Mr Hurton opposed the amendment, because It might commit the govern ment to a further project for expendi ture of $3,000 000. The amendment was lost, but the word "complete" was changed to "continuing. -m- BROSIUS BANKING BILL. Favorable Report Received fiom the Committee. Washington, Feb 1- fuvoiable re port on what Is known as the Hioslui-" bill covering financial features in line with thoje recommended In the pisl dent s message was. made today by Heprosentathe Van Voothls, nf Ohio, in behulf of the committee on banking nnd funotic). As to the provision al lowing banks to Issue circulation up to the pui wilue of bonds deposited in stead of ftO per cent of the bonds as at present the lepoit states that the change would add to the circulation $2j,641,5M. The ltpoit urge that if tills hill becomes a law thete will be an in crease In the amount of i Ik illation Is suitl when the demnnug of buMivss re quire It and thus a distinct penellt v. ill come botr to the banks and to tin co'ii munlt without In the slightest degiee endangetlng note holdeis. f'oniernlng the piovlslon pin lug tnu bunk tax on capital suiplus and un divided profits. Inst' ad of on circula tion as at piesent. the lepoit savs the tax on capital will yield $2,40,M'5 is ngalnst J.MU.SVt on circulation. Tli advantages of holding national batiks established In small imwhs as iovlded In the bill aic also set forth Pennsylvania Postmastois. Washington, Feb 1 -The folluwlm; fuuitli-olasM poHtm inters weie appointed today for PeniiHjIwinlu. Djuti. I.ewU Alvtrsoil, Oak Forest, A. 13. MuClelluntl; Ttootvllle, Lnfajette roM'nugii, Webster, P. W. Uareehere. BROOKS PENSION CASE. Trustees of tho Soldiora' Homo Insist on Retaining PcnBlon Money. Eric, Pa., Feb. 1. The case of An drew H. IlrooltH against tho ttunloe3 of Hie Soldiers' Home In this city was called today for trial befoic Judge Walling. Biooks claims he wns com pelled to sunender all of his pension over four dollars a month. He al leged he. hail a wife nearly CO jeatn old teslding In Sciunton and said that the pension money taken from him bv the ttustccs should go to her. He testified and piovcd he had sent the foui dollars of his pension allowed him to hei, that she was poor and suppoit ing heiself by going out working by the day when able. H pioduced .t letter wiltten her by the commander of the home lef lining her any portion of her husband's pension, Messrs. linker and Olds represent the old veteran and contend the rule requiring payment of pension money to the trustees l with out authority of state law, that money taken Is not expended for thtlr maintenance or go to the common wealth, but held by Tieusuier General Wagner. Captains Whlttlese and Ramse, of Philadelphia, for trustees, contend they take It as n disciplinary measure and at some future time Intend applying to the legislature lot permission to build un addition to the home hospital and If Iiiouks does not want to pay hid pension money over be can leave the home and support his wife the best way he can The case will be conclud ed tomonow Judgment Is promised befoio next pension daj Judge Wall ing lntlmatid strongly that the legls latuie should take up the matter. TRANS-ATLANTIC LINER ASHORE The Big Steamer on a Shoal Near tho Delaware Breakwater Pas sengers and Crew Aro Safe. Philadelphia. Feb. 1. The Trans-Atlantic Unci, Rhjnlnnd, Cuptaln Han nah, fiom Liverpool for this poit, went ashoie on Cotton Patch shoal, about four miles ninth of Fciiwkk Island life-saving station, during last night's) stoi m. At a late houi tonight she wab still stranded, but lay In an easy posl- on, and It wns hoped to get hei oft' w, i the next high tide. The tug North ! America went to her assistance this ' morning and succeeded In movln? her a shoit distance. Later In the dav the tug went to the Delaware breakwater and brought back the llghtei L,ottie. Part of the steamer's riugo will be taken off and when this has been done there is little doubt that she will l safely floated. The Ilhvnlnnd's pro peller Is broken and It Is thought that hei i udder has been carried away There are forty-two passengers and i a crew of seventy-nine men on board, and all are well. Fenwlck Island light Is about twenty five miles below the breakwater, which would Indicate that the Hhynland w is a few miles out of her course when she grounded. This Is easily accounted for by the condition of the weather at the time. A dense snow storm was pre vailing and the island light could not be seen The fact that the big steamer was ashore on the shoal became known nbout midnight, when a patrolman of the life-saving station saw her light. He gave the alarm and the station crew went to her assistance. It was found, however, that the steamer was In no danger. Her Identity was not known until this morning, when the tug North America went to her assist ance. The "Ithynland Is an Iron bcrew steamship, with three decks, two of which are of Iron She was built In England by the Ilairow Shipbuilding company and was launched In March, 18i9. Her tonnage Is S.OS'l gross and i.S'je net. She has four masts, Is baik rlgged and her water line length Is 402 feet, 40 feet beam, 36i feet depth of hold, and 24Vi feet draught She Is a sister bhlp of the Ilelgenlnnd anc Pennland, and Is owned by the Inter national Navigation company. The cabin passengers on the steamer are W. It Hobb, Mrs Phenplay, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lawience Hugh ISoo ney, James J. Inglls, W. J. Smith and Hugh Thomas. Captain Shackford, of New Yoik, marine supetlntendent of the Interna tional Navigation company, reached Lewes, Del., tonight with thirty-six men They boarded the tug Juno and started for the stranded steamer. Cap tain Shacktoid sujs the Ilh.vnlund has nine hundred tons of valuable cnigo aboard .Manager Orlscom said tonight that he had received no Information as to the cause of the accident, but he had been notified thnt the tug North Amer ica had moved the steamer 25 feet dur ing the morning and that she would piohably lloat at high tide. In maritime circles there is u differ ence of opinion concerning the cause of the grounding. Twice befoio dur ing the past live years vessels have sjonc nbhore at this same point. Sonr mnriners believe thnt Captain Hannah mistook the Fenwlck island lightship for Cape Henlopen light and thought he was entetlng Dolawaie bay, while others hold that the thick weather was alone responsible. De-tote he became mastti of the Ithynland Captain Hannah was chief olbcer of the Ameticau llnei Pails. Dying in a Bank of Snow. Wilmington, Del , Teb 1 In a bunk of snow beside the I'eniihylvunla inll road trucks near Cltjmont today wus found a welbilrested man, apparently about 25 eius of line. In the lust htugea of titezltih Hi was hurriedly brought to tho Dtlnwart lumpltal In this ilt. out died a few inluutis ufltvr learning theie In his pocket was found i clip of paper beailng these addressee "Jo-t'pti Pan. MS North Wolf street. Itulllmorn, Mil.. ' "Joseph Iluborg, iUJ North Clufitu slretit, lSnlt Inline, Md " Mrs. Piovenchln Arrested. Poitland, Me, Feb 1 Mix Lizzio I'm. venchla, who shot and killed Miss Annlo Cox, hei buhband's liousektepei, in ItocheHter, N. II., yekteuluy, was nrrebt. td In this city today. Estorhazy at Rottoidam. Hottt.idam, IVb. I. Comtc l'eiilinand llHtorrmssv arrived horn toJay from Paris and left Immediately for Amsterdam. ANTI-QUAYITES IN THE SENATE THEY DESPERATELY FIGHT THE M'CARRELL BILL. Mr. Weller Challenges Friends of the Measure to Show an Instance Where an Innocent Man Has Been Punished by Reason of Standing Aside Jut ore Arguments by Other Objectors to the Passage of tho Measure. Haiilsbuig. Feb. 1. Dlseuxlon of the McCnnell bill to pi event dlstilct at torneys from setting aside Juiois, occu pied the greatei part of the benate's session toda. It came up on a special older foi tliltri reading Mr. Met'ancll began with the state ment that the measuie M Intended to place the commonwealth and the de fense on the same plane as far as the selection ot a jurv in concerned The Jut oi r names" be continued, "an at the outset selected b the common wealth's olllceib and this bill Is for the purpose of taking away the further advantage of setting aside jurois." Mr. Welk r, in reply, Fald: "I chal lenge the frlendt of this measute to show me one single Instance wheie an Innocent man has been punished by setting aside Jurois." He cited the Molly Magulie eaaes, and said that con victions could not have been had had It not been for the standing uslde if jurois. He added "N o district attorney has ever pios tituted the power of standing aside a juior. If he did he would be a per Juier, Hvcn If a district attorney did violate this function, It would be no good cause to amend this law." INOPPORTUNELY PRESENTED. If this is a law for a special cape." said Mr. Weller, "If you will Introduce a bill to Inciease the numbei of per emptory challenges, t will favor such a bill; but do not let it pats us in It piesent shape. No sound reason can be advanced for the passage of such a law. In no other state does such an absuidlty exist If there is any ineilt In this bill It could not have been more Inopportunely presented to the legisla ture. It has been said that the measuie Is Intended to help a candidate foi tin United States senate, but 1 do not ari sen this. I do say that this bill Is false In policy and false In morals and upon this ground 1 will oppose Its paj sage." The chief clerk lead for Mr Gibson, who wns Indisposed, his opinion of tho mvmnv According to Mr. Gibson, J1'0 vrownt law was unjust and unfair to defendants: that most of the oppo sltlon to the bill was due to the fact that It was feared that the measure might ros'lbly help Senator Quay. Mr. Vaphburn snld that In li9l a bill ! was introduced into the leglslatuie granting the commonwealth and the flitfniiDii mt,l ,t,rV,l (n Lioml nal.lo 4... or. At that time, said the speaker, Mr. Grady, Mr Osbouin and Mr. Mc Carrell, at present members of the senate and favoilng the McCarrell bill, opposed the measuie. It was his hope that the senate would show Itself above being Influenced by Senator Quay. "We are satisfied that Mr. Quay cannot es cape conviction," he stated, 'without the passage of this legislation." "This bill has become notoiious by reason of a notoiious case," remarked Mr. Biovvn, of Lawrence, "and I um glad that It Is so, became the measuie has been called to the attention of tho people of Pennslvanla, and they fa vor its passage However, I want to say that I do not think that the pres ent district attorney of Philadelphia would take unfair advantage of the present law; but Mr. Quay's case has been brought In so as to obscure the real Issue." AS TO FAIR PLAY. 'The gentleman fiom Lawrence," said Mr. Fllnn, "says that he asks for fair play. In m eight vears' experi ence the spirit of fair play has never been Invoked The snme power that is behind this bill tried to oust not long ago a legally elected mayor of Pitts burg and ho tiled to disfranchise llie city I lepresont In this body. T doubt that It could be possible to convict any criminal with influence under this bill. I have taken the trouble to wilte to one of our judges who has been on the bench for twenty-five yeais, and In answering me, he said that he up- proved of my course In opposing the jurors' bill, that he nevei knew of a. case where an injustice was done to a defendant by the commonwealth, that this power was right and just Continuing, Mr. Fllnn said1 "In Pittsbuig the Jury commissioners send to the political committeemen lor a list of names and I do know that Jury fixing Is an art. The commonwealth has no motive to fix Juiles and It Is nut a fair deal to tie down the number ot petemptory challenges on the part of the rommonwealth to four. "I will vote for this bill," said Mr. Fllnn, "If It Is fashioned after the New Ycik law. For heaven's sake, if this law Is not right do not lt us substi tute this monstrosity. However 1 do not believe that the legislature will pass this bill; and I do not believe that tho power that has eonti oiled the legislature for the last thirty-five eats will control this leglslituic. Talk about fulr play, the people of Pennsyl vania aie demanding mote fair play. They want a larger llbeity." Mi. Flinn concluded by reading a letter from the dlstilct attorney of Al legheny county In opposition to the passage of the McCarrell bill. THR BALLOT Tin vote being taken on llnal par age showed that 2h members voted tor the measuie and 17 against it Tho membeis lined up us follows Veil Messrs. Bod. Ill own, of Law leuce, Blown, ot Philadelphia, Blown, ot Westmoreland, Crawford, Cummlngs, Bby. Gibson, llnidetitieigh, llcrtsdcr. Hummel, Lntih. MtCunell, Magtt, Jlei rdltli, Meirlck. Mitchell, of Biudfoiil, Mitchell, of JelTtrson, Muelilhroum r. Osbourne, Hcett, of Iauuiue; Hoot I ot Philadelphia; Siidor, Stiles Hllneman, Stnber, Varo and VauBlmn. Total 3k. Nays Mescrs, Chlsholm, Ctihian, lllnu, llalnox. lit in . Holzworth. Kemmmcr. Lee. Martin. Miller of Burks. Mlllil. ot l mnberliilid Netl nice, Sprmil. Wash burn Wellor and Wentz Total, I". Absent Mcs'te Grady, Ililnle and Hlgglns Totul C An aiiulisls of the vole showed that the senatois lined up on the bill ac eoidlng to their factional affiliations. All but two Demounts, Messrs. IJoyd and Stlleu, voted In the negative with the antl-Quayltcs After this, tin- gubernatorial appoint ments sent to Hie senate weie con Ill intd, and tht chamber adjourned un til 11 o'clock tomoirow morning. A memorlnm wns lecelved fiom the trustees of the Pennsylvania State col-lep-e. asking for a voatlv nppioprlatlon of $10,000, so as to fulfill the conditions upon which Andiew Ontnegle promised to donate $100,000 to the college. Mr. McCnnell lntioduced by unani mous consent, n bill ptovlding that the president judge and one associate Judge or the president ludge In single Judic ial districts shall have tower to bold the courts of common pleas and the quaitrr sessions. SPANIARDS PROTEST. They Will Submit to No More Abuso in Cuba. Havana, Feb. 1 HI Dlarlo de Ii Mtulann will toimntow publish a lead ing editorial declaring that. If the Cubans continue theli threats anl abuse with respect to the Spanlaidt, the latter will be foiced to leave the count! y oi to nray the t'nlted States to annex the Island foithwlth. HI 1)1 ;ulo repiesonts the consrivatlve Span ish Intel ests and it managers decided upon the publication of the article after .v consultation with the leading Span iards In Havana. The editorial will say. "All the newspapeis support the pol lcj of an amalgamation of Cuban and Spanhh Intel ests Inaugurate!! by On oial Maximo Ciomez. Hut they also pi Int diatribes against the Spaniards and the Cuban autonomists They ap plaud when an nnnv man Is appointed to a position, but the censure when a paclflco Is given woik by the Ameii cans If the mnttt i were confined to the press, it would not be Insupport able because, niiMtit, Mom temporaiy excitement and hatieil, It would bo modified in time; but the luct is that action follow wends l'eihnps the day U not distant when the Spaniards and Cuban autonomists may have to con sider seiluusly tin question of leaving the countrv, us tht y nio dally told to do, or to bend every eneigy toward the annexation of Cuba to the United States." ADAMS POISONING CASE. Activity Is Promised in the Coming Investigation. New York. Feb 1. Activity Is prom ised in investigating the poisoning of Mis. Adams for acting on the ordeis of District Attorney uarVilnei Coioner Hart today designated Filday as the day on which he shall begin the In quest The coroner had previously fixed Feb. 9 for the inquest, urging thai the coioner's couit would be occupied light up to that date In hearing other cases, but the district attorney In a sharp letter to the coroner today point ed out that there had been unwarrant able delay and that the Inquliy must proceed with all dispatch. Theie Is now a rounding up of all witnesses In I he ease and by Friday sill those who have had any connection whatever with the Investigation as- made during the past four weeks will either be requited to furnish ptoper guaiantce that they will be ready to go on the witness stand or will be de tained In charge of a police o'llclal, Chief of Detectives McClusky de clared this afternoon that a new and Important clue bad been dicnveied in the poison mystery and that before the week is out disclosures will be made that will cause a gieat surprise. He refused to make any further definite statement In the matter. Two members of the Knickerbocker Athletic club, not yet mentioned as sus pects, are attracting the attention of the detectives. Inloimatlon tending to connect them with the case has come to Captain AlcCIuskey's notice. It is said that In the case of each man there exists a motive that might lead him to attempt tho life of Hairy Coinlsh. The question of motive In the Barntt case Is receiving especial attention at present from Captain McClusk. In this he thinks may be found the keys to the whole mystery. PERISHED IN THE FLAMES. Tragedy of a Midnight Fire in Michigan. Sears, Mich, Feb 1. File last mid night destroyed the home of Thomas Low den, s"even inlks north of heie. After lescuing wife and four children. Mi. Lowdun ie-enteied the dwelling for his five-year-old boy and both per ished In the flames. Mrs. Low den walked barefooted and lu her night-iobe, with her baby in aims, to the neatest neighbors, halt' a mile distant. Victim of a Philadelphia Delicacy. Philadelphia, Feb, b C'tiailts II, Tay loi, uged 53 j ears, ,t well-known coal mcichant, died suddenly In his olllce at American and Yoik stnets todai. Mr. Taylor's death Is btllevtd to have been caused by ptomaluu Ji luculng, the ic sult of Impure meat used In the man ufacture of sciapple. which article, of food ho ato at bieakfast today. Spanish Prisoners Released. Madrid, Feb. 1 A dispatch receixed from General Itlo the Spanish otlleer In command ot the troops ot Spain in tho I'blllpplnt Islands mih the tioops lmpi Honed on tin Island of N'tgros huve ben released by the Insui gents and have airlved at Sambnunea, tho town on tho southwtst cxttemlty of the isluntl ol Mindinuuao ot the Philippine group. Big Fire at Lock Haven. Lot It Haven Pa, Ftb. J. l'iio todvy destiojtd the lnrge thieo-storj building occupltd by the paint Miup uml waio rooms of the Look Haven Kurnituie com- pany. Over tour nuntiuu sums or furni ture and ottnr mnteilnls wtu butued. Loss. $j.',eu(.i, luHUiaiiec Jl'Juou, origin, un known. Robbed of Fifty Cents ; Then Shot. Dubois, Pa., Feb 1. John Hughes, a tramp printer, walked Into a stole near I'unxsutawney last night nnd fell to tho floor bleeding; from a bullet wound. He was tukon to the Adiliin hospital, where ho died this morning, Hughe said no had been robbed of llft cents and then shot. SAMOAN CHIEFS STILL, WARLIKE THE WORK OF PILLAGE STILL CONTINUES. Home of tho Late Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson Among the Houses Looted Mataafa's Follow ers Routod in the Bush by Malie toans Collision of Authority at N. Z., Feb. 1. The follow ing advices have Just been received hete from Apia, Samoan Islands, under date of Jan. 24 from the correspondent of the Associated Press: "There has been no further general lighting between the partisans of the rival chieftains since the last advices were foi warded, except that a party of Matanfa's followers was routed In the bush b Mnlletoans. It Is expected, however, that fighting will be resumed, as Mataafa Is real resting persons who have been ulready lined and released. "The work of pillage continues, among the houses looted being Vall liiui, the home of the late Robot t Louis Stevenson, tho novelist, "The exiled Mnlletoan chiefs were landed at Pago Pago, on the Island of Tutulla, the schooner on which they weie being unable to proceed to the Island of Manua, owing to adverso w Inds. The Tutlans gave them a hear ty welcome and made an attempt to setee Mataafa'e son, who was on bonrd the schooner, but the captain put to sea COLLISION OF AUTHORITY. "There has been a collision of au- thoilty between Chief Justice William L. Chambers, of the supreme court, and Dr. Joannes Raffel Kegerman, presi dent of the municipality of Apia. Herr Gioamuhl, a German tesident of Apia, was was arrested for smashing the windows of the supreme court cham ber, wns sentenced by the chief Justice to Imprisonment and to pay a fine. Dr. Knffel Instructed the police authorities to lelease Herr Groamuhl, whose fine was subesquently fixed at $1,000. "The German consul, Boss, thereupon wiote to the American consul, Lloyd W. Osbourne, and to the British con sul, K. B. S. .uaxse, protesting that the action of the chief justice in fining Herr Gioamuhl was an Infringement of German consular rights Messrs. Osbourne and Maxse jointly replied In their official capacity that, the proper tiibunal having dealt with the matter, the consuls could not interfere. More than this they declined to have fur ther Intercom so with the German con sul or the German municipal president. except in writing, or to attend meet ings, except to consider tne acts of the municipal council of Apia, unless an apology, with full retraction, was of fered for the behavior toward Chief Justice Chambers. At the same tlmp the supreme court summoned Dr. Bnf fel for contempt of court in releasing Herr Groamuhl. SHERIFF MARTIN'S CASES. The Remaining Lattimer Cases Are Nol Frossed. Wilkes-Banc, Feb. 1. District Attor ney Mnitln, who prosecuted the case against Sheriff James Martin for the killing of twenty-one miners and the wounding of over fifty others by the sheriff's deputies at Lattimer In Sep tember, 189S, today announced that the remaining Indictments against tho sheiiff and his deputies had been nol pressed. Sheriff Martin was placed on trial for murder one jcar ago and waa acquitted. There still remained nineteen indict ments for murder and thirty-six for felonious wounding against the sheriff and his sixty-eight deputies, which are now disposed of. The nolle prosequls were entered last September, but owing to the fear of the effect of publicity on the minors It was deemed advisable to withhold the announcemnt until all dangei of an outbreak had passed, Ryan and Sharkoy Box. Syiacuse N. Y Feb. 1. eighteen hull died psoDle witnessed the six-round bout between Tommy Ryan and Tom Shar ke befcro the Monarch Athletlo club to nlqlit. Tho tvent was purely an exnlbl tlon, In which Ryan cleaily demonstrated that he was far the juperlor of his an tagonist as a boxer, landing freely. &har ke. was sGmcwhat da?cd at the showing, and frequently laid himself open. No d image was done by either man. Window Glass Combination. Pittsburg, Feb. 1 It Is reported that a combination of window glass factories In the Indiana gus belt is about to be formed by J. Plerpont Morgan and Brown Brothers of New York. Tho new sndl eato proposes to buy all tho factories with the understanding that the sellers will not enter the business again for a period of ten jears. Fitz Will Not Fight McCoy. Suglnaw, Mich.. Feb. l.-Bob Fltialm mons today declared there Is no truth In dlspati tics stating that McCoy has challenged htm He says turthrr that if the "Kid" does fight him, he must wait until ho (I'iizHlmmonsl has first tukon caie of both Sharkey and Jeffriis. Mr. McKinley's Health Good. Washington Feb. 1 Secietary Porter oahl today that President McKlnley 's tlrtd and worn as the result of the hard woik devolvid upon him by the wai and Its subsequent development but that tt was uutruo that he was In any danger of breaking down. Honors for Admiral Dewey, ft nshlngton, Feb. I. The senate com mittee on naval affairs has decided to report fuvorabl tho joint resolution re viving the rank of admiral In the inter est of Rear Admlial Dewey. The resolu tion was so amended as to extinct the time of his rotlrument ten yea is Firo at Columbus, Columbus, O., Feb. I. Tho worst tiro known lu Columbus In venrs Is now rag ing lu the heart of tho bufliiens section of the city. The wholesale dry goods store of Green, Joyce & Co. Is doomed. I.oih may reach hundreds of thousanus of (lobars. Three Hundred Houses Burned. Buda Pott. Ftb. 1. Firo lust night In the vlllngo of Nugyproluoez, In tho Lip tuu dlstilct, cltbtiuyiil three hundred houses Many lives were lost durluK the conflagration. THE NEWS THIS M0RNINU Wtcther Indications Today! Partly Cloudy; Kiting Temperature. General Senate Approves of the Mo Carroll Bill. Senator Carter Prevents a Vote Oil an Kxpanslon IliFolutlon. Big Ocean Liner Ashoio. Samoan Affairs. General In the Piny llonnec Financial nnd CommorcUI. Local Dr. Allen's Vltws on the Grip. Criminal Couit Proceedings, Hdltorlkl. The Island of Luzon. Local-ThlrtcMith Re'glmrnt Will Bo Mustered Out. Coal Company Is Ctnsuied. Local WtBt Scrauton and Suburban. News Round About Scrni.tou. General News of thr Soldier Boys at Camp MncKenzle s MR. HENRY'S OPINION. The Senator from Philadelphia in Denouncing the McCarrell BUI Says That It Is in Quay's Interest. Harrlftburg, Feb. 1. Senator Henry, of Philadelphia, speaking tonight for the anti-Quay Republicans, In discuss ing the passage of the McCarrell bill In the senate this afternoon, said: "The passage of this bill through the senate was not a surprise to the op ponents of Senator Quay. The McCar rell bill It purely In the Interest ot Senator Quay and It was to be expected that those who aie voting to return him to the senate would favor Its pass age. It was hastily drawn by senator McCarrell and referred In the senate to the Judiciary special committee, of which Senator McCarrell Is chairman. That committee Is composed of eleven members, nine of whom are now voting for Mr. Quay's re-election, notwith standing the five criminal Indictments pending against him. It was tavorably reported Immediately after the com mittee's appointment and vitally amended bv Senator McCarrell on the floor of the senate. Should this bill become a law it will revolutionize tho trial of criminal cases In our state. Every Demociat In the senate, except ing Senators Boyd and Stiles, voted against the bill, nnd every Republican who has refused to support Mr. Quay until he has cleared himself of the criminal charges against him, also voted against it. There ts little pos sibility of It being enacted Into a law, as it will surely meet defeat In the house of representatives. The forcing of this Ill-considered and dangerous measure through the senate shows to what extreme measures Quay will re sort In order to gain his ends. Never before In the history of this state has such a desperate attempt been made to defeat the ends of justice. It will fall, however, like all other such outrages on decency deserve to fall." COLD DAY AT PITTSBURG. James Fryer, of Apollo, Is Frozen to Death. Pittsburg, Feb. i -This was thp coldest day of the .Inter, the mer cury dropping to zeio in the city, while In the surrounding towns of Western Pennsylvania It registered from five to thirteen degreMM below. At Vandegrlft, James Fryer, of Apol lo, was found frozen to death. He had fallen and broken his leg and died be fore he could reach home. The Monon- gahela river Is frozen over from Pitts burg to the headwaters and the Alle gheny Is closed above Sharpsburg, Pa. POWDER MILL EXPLOSION. Two Employes Are Rilled and Build ings and Machinery Demolished. Youngstown, O,, Feb. 1. The press mill of the Ohio Power company's works, located about four miles north of this city, exploded with terrllllc force shortly before noon today, killing two employes, David Evans and Daniel Davis, and totally demolishing the building and machinery. SLEIGHING PARTY LOST. Five Men and Eighteen Horses Aro Believed to Have Been Killed. Aspen, Colo., Feb. 1. A sleighing party was caught today in a snow slide In Lincoln gulch, nine and one half miles above here. Particulars are lacking, but It Is be lieved that five men and eighteen horses weie Pilled m Blast Furnace Sold. ontron, Pa.. Feb. 1. The Ella blast furnace nt West Middlesex, owned bv Boyce. Wheeler & Co , was today sold to I'ickands, Mather &. Co , or Cleve land, O., for $35,000 The owneis will ex pend thousands of dollars In Impiove ments. and when completed It will be put In blast, employing over V") mm Fitzsimmons-Sharkey Fight. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 1 Tom O'Rourke announced tonight that Joe Maclas set rotary of tMe tei ox Athletic club, would leave here tonight foi New York with a certified check to cover Fltzslmmons' for feit of J2.M0 in behalf if Sharkey 'lbo light is to takti plaeo befoie the club ottering the largest purse. Anarchists Arrested. London. Feb. 2. Accoidlnt, to tile Konio conespondont of the Dilly C'hionlcl man anefcts of anarchists have been mado ut Ltghorn, uipltal ol tho provlme of that name flftv miles southwes-t of riorenio, wheie tho plot has been dis covered foi the wluleHrtln murder i.f po- llci men Attorney Evans Dead, Wllkes-Burre, Feb. I. R. D nvuu a prominent attorney of Luzerne count v bar, dleel ctrly this morning from burns ircelvcd In the Osterhnut building tiro last week. Deceased was a graduatu of tliq Lewtsburg unlverslti, class ot '". Pennsylvania Pensions. Wnsblngton, Fib. 1. Then" I'eniisvl- vnnlii penrlous huve been Issued. Mease Philip H. Relfeuburv Wist burn, 8ustuchnnna, JIG to SB. in-,u- Steamship Arrivals. New Yoik, Feb. 1 Sailed. St. Paul. Southampton, , Southwark, Antwerp; IDlltuillllt, J.avri iiui'l ,i!lliui .iiujvftiv, l.lveipool. M'CARRELL BILL PASSED The Senate Approves It by a Vote of 28 to IT. ITS MANY ADVOCATES Tho Sole Purpose of tho Opponent Apparently Is to Embarrass and Persecute Senator Quay Tele grams Received from Judge Arch bald, of Scrnnton, and Many Others. Interest in tho Senatorial Contest Has Been Transferred to the Meas' ure, Special to The Tribune. Hanisburg, Pa., Feb, 1. Tho Me Catrell bill, limiting and defining tho powers of dlsttlct attorneys In stand ing aside Jurors, and which has become Interlaced with the senatorial question. passed the senate finally this evening by a vote of 27 to 17. The discussion of the measuie pructlcally consume tl the entire session of tho senate, during which time the shafts of sarcasm that Hew thick and fast, and the flowers of rhetoric that wcro profusely displayed. Interested and Instructed tho largest crowd that has listened to a debate since the leglslatuie convened. That the bill is a meritorious ono Its advo cates clearly showed, and the argu ment of Its opponents only strength ened the belief that their sole purposo in standing In the way of Its passaq;o Is to embarrass and persecute Senator Quay. Senator McCarrell, who mndo the prlnctpal argument In favor of the mespage, rend telegrams nnd letters favoring It from Judge Archbald, of Scranton; Judge Savidge, of North umberland; Judge Wallace, ot New Castle; Judge Wilson, of Beaver; Judge Miller, of Mercer; Judge Gordon, oC Clearfield; Judge Rlppert, of Fayette; Judge Grler, of Butler; George J. Wad linger, oe Schuylkill; ex-District At torney Seltzer, of Lebanon, and ex-District Attorney Detweller, of Harrls burg. The friends of the measure sav that Its manifestly Just provisions will appeal to the fairness of the member i of the house and that that body will emulate the example of the senafe and give It their approval. Interest In the senatorial contest has been to some extent shifted to Senator McCarrell's measuie, because It Is ie garded as concomitant feature of tho other fight and Its disposition will ma teiially affect the outcome of the trouble, Theie aro no developments tonight to justify the prediction that the senatoilul election will bo ended before the Quay trial begins. J. P. D. THIRTEENTH BALLOT. Characterized by the Best of Feeling and the Figure 3. By Associated Press, Harrisburg, Feb. 1. The thirteenth joint ballot for United States senator was taken today with thirteen absen tees and Senator Quay thirteen votes short of the number to elect. Ono more than thirteen candidates wera voted for and 13J votes were case against Mr. Quay. Of the two absen tees without palis one is a Quay Re publican and the other a Democrat, The only change from the vote of cs teiday was that Representative Nor ton changed from C. W. Stone to Col onel Irwin. The ballot was as foi low si Quay 10S Jenks b- Dalzell 1ft Stone I, Stewart 7 I luff i; Iiwin n Tubbs - nice ., , . .. Grow I Murkle - Wldener " Rllir 1 Smith 1 Total. Hi Necessniv to choice, .'l. Paired S. Absent without pairs, :'. .No election. The best ot goixl feeling pic-valled. among the fi lends of the various can didates and at times furnished niiic't amusement to the spettatoiA Tlw Quay leglslatois started In by votlntf for "Cotniade" Qua). Mr. MeCandless voted for "Statesmun" Dalzoll and Mi .Spatz created a ilpple of laughter h voting for 'Captain Jinks" Mr. Fow voted foi 'Friend Jenks" and Senator Wushbutli lor the Honest Gecuge A. Jenks." Mr .Smith, of Tioga, voted for Charles Tubbs, "the man who nevet shook a plum tiee," ami Mr. Alexai der cast his ballot tor "Comiade" Col onel Irwin Mr. Hui grave, who petve as a oiivate In the Tenth leglment ai the battle nf Malate, voted foi "Com rade" Geoige F. Huff. Chalimun James R. Jones, or the slate Piohlbitiou com mittee, and Colonel James M. Guffev of Plttsbuig. member or the natlnuu Dumociatli loininlttee weio among tht spectators on the Hum of the house during the balloting -"t"r-t -rTHTM-t"T - f - WEATHER FORECAST. - Washington lb 1 Forecast for Thurhdu Foi DuMej-n Penn sjUanla. ptittly cloud) uiathi. lowl rlhlng temperature; light to fresh ersterly winds. fr-r-t--fi-r-f-H-f-H-ff-r-f-H--r-t-t1