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VOLUME X1AMI?XUMBEll 140. WHEELING. W. TA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1899. PRICE TWO CENT5.{^r^. MR. SCOTT'S TITLE : ; i Toa Scat iu tlie Senate Discussed . in Washington. 5 C . CASE OF THE WAR SENATORS j 1 Jtcviewed by Representative Miller. ! of the National House Judiciary 1 Committee?The Point That They ] f Held Incompatible Offices at the! * Same Time will not Hold "Water, j j V. S. Senate Cannot Reverse the c Action or the State Senate?The ; i PosJ IJ on Taken by Mr MeGraw. j iij'C-Isil Di&patch to the Intelllgpnecr. j "WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 1.?The : i declared purpose of the defeated ean- j didate for the United States senatorsliip j in West Virginia to contest the election j of his competitor, upon the grounds i s t hat the eholce made by the legislature ' C Mas not a majority choice, and was j v Therefore invalid, was under discussion j a in an informal way to-day. when Hep- t resentative Miller, of the Fourth "West }, Virginia district, was asked for his v views on the point raised. His opinion T was that Mr. Scott's title is beyond L luestion a legal one, and that the United States senate, the only arbiter cf the matter, will so declare. Mr. Miller, with others, thinks it to be o Improbable that any contest of the elec- <; tion is seriously intended, but upon the declared purpose to make such an ap- c peal?regarding it as a real purpose? I he said: ; "The alleged invalidity of the election ?m- th., U.P-icl-atin-.- rtf Woof " ginia of Hon. N. II. Scott to the TTnited | t States senate is based on the fact that i ? slate senators Pierson and-Getzendan- t ner. who voted for Scott, had. since j a their election and qualification as mt*rn- j < h?rs of the legislature, accepted com- j v missions and served as officers in th1.' | t ITnlted State? army. i -j "Both Pierson and Getzendanner -were duly elects to the state senate for the i j term of four years, at the November ejection in ISf'G. At the organization of J t the legislature in January, 2K97.. they > [ qualified and participated as such sen- | . ators in the business of that session 1 until its close. Some time in ISl'S. after . the commencement of the war with Spain, both were appointed, commis- r sioned and acted as officers in the army. .. "It is now contended thautlie acceptance by Pierson and Getzendanner of offices in the army ipso faeto vaeuted their offices as stat:- senators.' neither I ?>:' ihem having resigned as senators before or since that lime. Our state eon- 1 siiiutk.n provides that 'Xo person L holding a 'lucrative office under this state. the TTnited States, or any foreign 1 government. shall be eligible to a seat 1 in ihe legislature.' By another provis ion o: our constitution ii is declared that each housn shall be the judge of 1 the flections, returns, and qualifications > ' f its own members, thus providing n i Tribunal by which all questions affect- 1 inp membership of the legislature j r shall be determined. t "Before the meeting of the legislature h "n the 11th day of last mouth, both Pierson and Getzendanner resigned tl eir army, and their res- ' j icnations were aecepled. They were jnot then holding any lucrative office undf-r the United States. s "The inhibition in the constitution !s. smong other things, to restrain a person from undertaking the discharge of Incompatible official duties, each of ^ v-hich might require his services:, and subject him to different jurisdictions m the t.amf time. For example: A seat j i:i the legislature would subject the i member to the rules and orders of that body and require his attendance : sessions. Being a soldier, or officer, in | the army, would subject hjm t?? tlie or- J tiers and authority of his superior in j command, thus bringing about a cor.- | ffict of authority. Many other reason: . might be stated for the. provision first ; above cited. v. r-... u.- . "But at the mee'tlns of the legisla- j 1 lure no such conrli'.-: - f authority-o- I 1 duty could have arisen. The senators | 51 iv re enrolled as5 members. They had ^ resigned from the army. The senate *v could nut know officially. until brought " tu Its attention in the regular way. that Piersor. and Getzendanner had served In th'- army or had done anything Our- 1 ins the recess of the legislature that ^ would then justify their expulsion. 1 Their appointments to offices in the i army, anrl their f-ligibilltj to seats j were, however, mad*- the subject of in- j vestlgation by th.- senate, after th<,'j 1 meeting of the legislature but before the election of Ivlr. Scott. upon a challenge of their right to membership In that body. This investigation then nec- ? essarily involved the consideration and f determination of all the law and facts , affecting their right, or eligibility, to Peats. "Under its constitutional pow?-r th<* \ Fenate decided that both wen- legally entitled to seats: and to participate in ? the business of the legislature. The \ whole matter therefore is now res ju- a dleata. The most that ran be urged is j that Fierson and Gets?*ndanner were , and are senators de facto, which is not , admitted: l>ut. if true, their acts were . not. arid are not void, for that reason. "The senate may have erred, it may * b" said, for the sake of argument. In its judgment declaring the eligibility "f c Pierson and Getzendanner. y?-i that ;1 Judgment is binding until reversed by } puiire t>u>ipui?r constitutional piwcr. j 1 "Who will reverse the action c?f tin- suit- ! ' SB s-nate of "Went Virginia? Certainly j f H 1 ht- senate of the United States will not : $3 inquire Into the legal status of Plerson ! B and Getzendanner. after the decision of i p B our state senate has fixed It." Mr. McGrawV Position. a| In this connection it is proper to stat-.r1 , |8 that. Mr. MeGraw arrlvvd In "Washing-! ' n ton Monday, and has announced the j' gj? purpose of his presence to be tin- suh- I | B mission of liis "case" to the United ] |B| States senate. He sayt-: j < B "There is no question that the from i i CT th" standpoint of constitutional law ?c Hj and the unbroken precedents of the i a B senate, there was no election in "West j S3 Virginia, and I ."hall submit the eatB to the senate with a great deal of conlJo then goe.- over the ground hither- ' B to outlined by him. citing the undisput- , , B ed facts that Mr.' Scott received hut i . rag forty-eight votes, and that the legisla- ! B lure should havo 'iT numbers. 3Ie snys I B there was a written contract entered ! 19 Soto that one of ninety-six members . HE reeognisrd on tb~ rolls of two houses <.f B the legislature should n?>t counted, ! j B It docs not take .t skilled mathemnti- ' B eiati he thinks, "to determine that 48 j B not a. majority of 1<7," which Is Uouht- ' B less true. It 1b believed, however, that ' B the great majority of th<- United Plates B senate, If not the entire hody, even in- , 0 B eluding so rirotiOiiTi.-.-?.i t\ - . - %. .J i " imn i a i (ill(J f Iko ablr a consUtuiloaal lawyer as Sun- ' ;iT/>r y&'JlkmT, will indorse ih?- for?nr >- ' i:iK propriRition advnw<!?] by 1 :<r;u*?-.vcn 1 - v sitlvw Mjlior, *.vho Jr. hlniK'ir an ab!<' 3:iu yor, a member of lhe judiciary com- , ' ml*Tru of the bour.fc .and fit.mHhtr alr.i? t : : jontcstants from having served on the. lection committee of the house. "When the late Senator Kenna ;^as re-elected." Kays Mr. McGraw, "he tad forty-eight votes for a good many lay? In that hard struggle, and none if his friends claimed his election until ie got the necessary forty-nine votes >n the last day of the session. Of the forty-eight votes cast fur Mr. Scott, wo were clearly not entitled to vote j tnderthe constitution of West Virginia. >y reason of accepting commissions in he army while holding legislative Kits. Other .matters are involved. he details of which will be presented n proper form to the senate, and if it houlri be decided that Mr. Scott is egally elected under the elrcum;tances. the precedents of a hundred ears will be overturned." But it looks very much like the presents ore not in the way. perhaps iir. AlcGruw will find it out later. columbus5"big blaze. fall* a Block.of Building- in tlic Bussincss Portion oft lie City Destroyed. Many Injured by Falling "Walls. COLUMBUS, O.. Feb. 3.?The mOft ; erious conflagration which has visited Columbus since the million dollar Chit- < enden hotel fire occurred to-night. Half , block of line buildings in the heart of he business portion of the town have | een destroyed and the department 1 lave been destroyed and the depart- j nent have not yet gotten the flames mder control. | me aire is mougnt to nave started in he basement o? the Dunlap building:, ccupied by the Chicago Bankrupt ; nothing; Company, it swept up the J levator shaft and soon the whole >uilding ivas a blaze.* Several alarms ivre sent in and the whole department, Ithough doing their best work, seemed o have little effect in staying the progress of the flames. The audience in 1 he High street theatre, which is across in alley from* the burning: block, vis iismlssed in a hurry and this- crowd v;:s soon swelled to enormous proporions by a mob of excited people from .11 pans of the city. . The lire soon communicated] to the ones block on the le'.'t and the Soulder , c Bright building on the right and . hese with the wholesale milliner?- store if Soulder & Bright and the store of D. \ Am bach Clothing, were as complete , vreeks as the Dunlap building. A lire va1! four feet thick separated the flnr. >loci: of Green, Joyce Ac Co.. wholesale Irygnods and notions from th?' others, jt this was no barrier, and at 1- ; 'clock Thursday morning: the fire had aien its-way through and was burning iercely in the upper stories. At 21:50, with scarcely any warning, he front and rear walls of the Dunlap )ui!dinr. as though rent asunder by an ...l-r.vr lUf Oil JU^a Street. JTIC he other completely Jillins :he .alley in he rear with bricks and debris. Portalately the police ha J kept the street airly clear. or the loss of lijv. would lave been enormous. As it a as, u nu.rs- ' >er of Bremen were caupht while living: rom the crumblinp wall.-. Whitney Davis i? misslnsr and while his cornad r? and the police are cnakin? ?-very Sort to discover his remains, they 1 lave not yet been fcarid. Captain Jack Welsh Is badly bruised ; .bout the leys and bodg. s-rioa^y Jn-_.. una. Otis "V.~imoourn "bruised a boot [ it-ad and body, may die. John Dcnahue.hurt intern-:*.. snd bad j calp wound. * j , Charle? Connfr?. lindlv inimv.ri Bob Kerrins. also bf-dly injured. AI Beeves. Pat Sullivan and TVi!Iia:n i wit't are also more or less injured. Mis- Carrie Johnson, a foang ladv. , vas knocked flown and run over bf a uii~v *er 1. Her richt leg was broken, : i.'id the bone crushed out v-f all shape. :hr hr.r numerous other injuries a.nd is t n a precarious condition. Sc-'j-s < [ .-ther people were slightly njureci when the walls gave way. by he flying debris. The State Journal the entire loss at 5750,000. Tobacco House Destroyed. PEOYIDENvE. Ky.. Feb. 1.?One of he largest tobaeeo houses ip this secion of the stutlocated at this place nd operated by J. O. Glvens, vas detroyed by lire last night. It contained even hundred thousand pounds of fine trip tobacco, possibly two-thirds of J his season's purchase. The loss will each SGO.OUO. The origin of the fire is inknown. Seventy hands aye thrown ut of employment. The house and con- 1 cuts were insured. CROOKED TRANSACTIONS n Omaha Tangling tip tin* Conduct j of the City's Business. OMAHA. Feb. 3.?Omaha city bur- J I ness may soon have vo be transacted j | roin the .iail unless a solution is found I or the tangled web of litigation and iharges of crookedpess now being investigated. Some time ago Police Judge Gordon sentenced Captain Her. of the police ' orce. to jnil for contempt of court, ) :nd the case is now pending on appeal. ic threatens tu order the arrest of ?ity Attorney Connell unless papers n the hands of the city attorney, which 1 clou gto th<- police court records, are turned. The city council in debating he question of bringing impeachment : barges against Police Judge Gordon. 1 md in all jtrobabllity will do fo unless he legislature can be induced 10 legis:ite him out of his oflice. The board of , ducatlon is investigating charges of '(irruption made In connection with the American Book company contract for uraishlng geographies t<? the public ehools, and the city council is also la>orlng with charges made by the city ngineer that a ring within that body s running the city affairs for its own , xilitical ar.d pecuniary benefit. A clash b--tveen Judge Scott and the : X' board is likely to land that body .. ...... avi i Lintciii))!. in cuurt jor rerus- : nff 10 comply with the court's order. j mpeacbment churges against Judge "f-ott have been tiled with the lepiplaure. and Unaliy the quo warranto pro- J ( din^?; instituted by ex-Mayor Moore ; re still pending In the supreme court. ' m j Ut Adau^ TViisoniui; Cum*. NEW YORK, 1-Vb. 1.?Activity is ; r.irr.i? d investigating the poisoning i* Mr . Adams. Acting on the orders < if l">i.?trj'.'t Attorntr Gardiner, Coroner iart to-day deSlg7ULied Friday as the lay on which lie should begin the In- 1 lui*Kt. Chi-1' of Detectives McCluske.v leciured '.hi? .liurnoon that a new and mportant cine had been discovered In ! he poison nspit'cry; and tbai before the , Is. otit disclosures will l?e made . hat win cause a meat surprise, lie re- , 'UKi'd t i make an: 'further definite : mtemen: in the matter. Two members , if th" Knickerbocker Athletic Club, not } c: mentioned as suspects, are attract- i ng the at tent-ion of the detective*. In- 1 ormatlon -tending to connect them | v'ith the cam- has ronie to Captain Me- 3 Jluskey's notir?\ it 5k said that in the ; t f each num. there <xht- a mo- j ! Iw that might load him to attempt the I fe of Hai;y Ornish. I ( s. HOAR AND TELLER Measure Lances on the SpanishAmerican Treaty. NEW POINTS BROUGHT OUT. The Colorado Senator Contend* that tlic Filipinos Have not yet Ilea eh cd The Staije Where They Could be Considered Capable of Taking Care of Themselves, and Quotes from Ajruinaldo'sProclamation to Prove bis Contention?The Massachusetts Senator Compares Ajpiinaldo to the South American Patriot, Simon Bol i var?Proceedings of Congress. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.?Senators Hoar and Teller were the speakers in the executive session of the senate today. Mr. Teller made a set speech in support of th treaty and Mr. Hoar replied. Both went over much the same ground thai had been covered before, but some new points were brought out. Mr. Teller devoted especial attention to the capabilities of the Filipinos for selfgovernment. He contended that they had not yet reached the stage where they could be considered capable of taking care of themselves and he based much of his argument upun the incupahlliTV nf Imiinohln nnrl Vine He read extracts from, the Philippine leader's proclamation, contending that they demonstrated beyond question lhat he was ignorant of the first principles oT popular government, especially a democratic form of government. He referred to the fact that the Filipino leader had in some of his pronunedamentos spoken as a dictator, which the Colorado senator said did not accord with the professions of democracy made for him. Mr. Teller also referred to the general situation in the orient on the necessity for the United States to hold the footing which had been secured through what might also be regarded as providential means. He dwelt upon the reports of vast c-oal deposits in th<- Philippines and said they were invaluable 0:1 this account, for >n the future the country which controlled the coal deposits of the world would dominate the other nations., both from a commercial and military point of view. At present the United States, Great Britain and Japan control the principal coal supplies, and he predicted that so long as they continued to control them and were friendly with one- another, they would hold the reins of power. Oilier European nations appreciated the importance of the coal supply, he said, und this fact .more than any other, accounted for the anxiety of Russia and Germany to get a foothold in the Philippines. Jlussia was. he said, especially prasping. and it behooved this country to be on its guard against the encroachment of that gr^at power. In conclusion. Mr. Teller referred to his antagonism to the administration, faying that he expected to oppose the puny 3ff potver In th;* next caTnpaTgn. but strongly as he felt in questions which separated him from that party, he was nevertheless willing to ?ink party questions and subordinate partisan advantage to what he believed to be a much broader view ? a patriotic iiiua u jiai i:>uu \ it'v.. Rising to reply. Mr. Hoar saJd there could be no doubt of Mr. Teller's attitude towards the Republican party after his anxiety to have the treaty ratified had been made so evident, for he could not possibly do anything that would go farther toward encompassing the disorganization and defeat of the Republican party than to make certain the ratification of the pending treaty. Mr. Hoar devoted the greater part of his reply to a defence of Aguinaldo, whom he compared to Simon Bolivar, ihe .South American patriot. It -would be remembered, he said, that Bolivar also had upon occasion taken upon himself the title of dictator and vet who, on this account could accuse the Bolivian patriot of being false to his people or to their aspirations for freedom. Aguinaldo had so far shown himself to be a shrewd and able leader and he had not by any act of his shown himself to be incapable of the highest degree Df leadership. During the course of his remarks, Senator Hoar said that the argument hed been advanced that the United State? should be near at hand to participate In the predicted partition of China and proceeded to say that this argument Indicated a disposition to 5ra.?p even more territory than had yet bet:n taken. Such a policy h" thought should be nipped In the bud. as he was very confident that the people cf the I'nited States would not prollt by joining the Buropean powers In their efforts to distribute among thmselves I he possessions of this ancient empire. This last remark brought Senator Davis to his feet. While his name had not been mentioned. It was evident that Mr. Hoar alluded to a remark of the Minnesota senator. The latter said he had not advocated any participation by the United States In the process of dismemberment, but that he had only alluded to its probablitiy and had said merely that the United States should be L?n hand to protect their own interests. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Vearly a Vote on Kxpausioii K('.solution*. in Senate?Kivcr and Harbor Hill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.?For a fewmi nutes In the senate this afternoon it seemed likely that a vote micht be Luken on one or more of the resolutions relating to expansion that are pending before that bodj\ An unusually large number of Kepublicnn senators was n attendance, all of them having been | notified to present Jr. the event of i critical vote on Uu* pending question. Mr. Bacon (Go.) had called up his resolutions and Senator Chandler (N. 11.) tiad withdrawn his motion to refer them lo ihe committee on foreign relations. Mr. Sullivan (Miss.) had entered a motion to substitute his resolution for those of Mr. 13acnn. while Mr. Davis, hairman or the foreign relations committee, had announced that he was willing a vote should be taken Immediately. As it was evident, however, that a rot" on ihe resolutions and amendments r-ould not be taken before 2 o'clockhe hour fixed by unanimous consent for the senate to go Into executive session ?Mr. It neon asked for unanimous consent that a vote be taken at tomorrow. To this request, Mr. Carter fMont.) objected, and the whole que*ion was left suspended. Mr. Itawlins fl'tah) addressed the senate upon the Vest anti-expansion resolution, devotng the greater part of his time to a clc'eune of bis position that the constitution applies as well to people of our Lerrlforles as thorc of the stater. The house entered upon the eoiiKld Jutlon of the river and harbor bill to day and made rapid progress. Fifty o! the eighty-eight pages of the bill had been completed who the house adjourned. The bill approrjrlates directly aboul 512.500.000 and authorizes contracts tc the extent of *18,000.000 additional. Th* general debate was unusually brief. It! feature was a speech In opposition tc the bill by Mr. Hepburn, or Iowa, whc has fought every river and harbor bill for the last six years. He said h? knew his opposition Mould avail nothing. as the votes for its passage had been arranged for by the appropriations in the bill. He attacked particularly the Mississippi river improvement, which was ably defended by Mr. Catchings, or Mississippi. Practically th? only amendment adopted to-day was one striking out an appropriation ol ttf.0,000 for a channel from Galveston tc Texas City. Texas, which was opposed by Mr. Haw ley. or Texas, because tht wffr department had made no report or the feasibility of the project. NATIONAL DEBT. The Monthly Statement?Increase by Redemption of Bonds. "WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 3.?The monthly statement of the public deb: shows that at the close of business, January 21, 3S99, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to 51.152,624,750, an increase for the month of 522.44S.4G4. This increase is principally accounted for by the redemption of government bonds issuf d in aid of the Central.Western and Union Pacific railroads, which matured January 3. 1SD9. The debt is re-capitulated as {Villous: Interest bearIn? debt, $1,040,502,030. Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity. 51.2.17.150. Debt bear In? -no interest, S3S5.430.245. Total. Jl.427.20S.42r., This amount. however, does not include 5552,853,782 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury held for-their redemption. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold. J261.Cfl2.27!'; silver, J506.512.55C; paper, 554.0HR.472. Bonds, deposits in national banks, disbursing officers balances, etc., S8y.6G5.721, Total. 5Hl.!'CS,02(i. against which there are* demand liabilities outstanding amounting- to 5627,384,250. which leaves a cash oalar.ee in the -treasury of 5274,. 5S4.G75. Alder's Inspect ion Trip. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 1.?Secretary Alger is arranging to make a visit of inspection of Cuba and Porto Rico, starting from New York on March i next, on me transport Berlin. xae military committee of the senate and the house of representatives will i>e of tht party. The trip will consume a month, Quickest, oh Keoord. WASHINGTON, P. C., Feb. l.-A re. port 10 Second Assistant Postmaste: Gen-.ral Shhllenberger from che railway mail division headquarter? ai New Tort announces the transmission of n mat package from Juneau. Alaska. to destination In New Jersey, in eleven days, This is the quickest transit on record. Trolley Cars lor Kjjypt. PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Feb. 3.?TrolJej cars of Pittsburgh are to invade the land of th" Pharoahs. Negotiation; have -just been closed- by theTVestinghouse Electric and Manufacturing: companv for the etiuli-nv/nt of fourteen cars ! . r . 1......... e I v?? mc ui uumi j nwur; i*|?c iui u.*?C n j the ciiy of Cairo. This line will If.* thr | first in the country, but it is proposed j to build another line to the Pyramid' j as soon as the natives become accus; tomed to the operation of the cars, and later to connect Alexandria and Cairc by trolley. This is the second important order received in Pittsburgh withir ii week for Egyptian improvements. The Schoen Pressed Steeel company J? to build 400 cars for the Soudan railj way. Fell Fifty Feet. ' DUBOIS. Pa.. Feb. 1.?One man wa? j instantly killed and three others fatally I injured by falling a distance of fifty feet to-day. while working on a bridrte on the extension of the Buffalo. Rochester it Pittsburgh railroad near Punxsutawnev. Charles Mothimer, of Hamburg, Pa., was killed and J. S. Tellear and Edgar Siegle, of Saline Grove, Pa., were internally injured. C. "W. Mertz, o! Swansville, N. Y.. fractured his skull. The Injured were taken :o the Adrian hospital, where the physicians say they cannot recover. The men were working on a steel beam when it snapped without warning and they fell, striking the ice of the river below. Important Bankrupt Decision. MILWAUKEE, "Wis . Feb. 1 ?A decision of the greatest importance in bankruptcy proceedings throughout the country was banded down .by Judge Seaman. In the United States circuit court in which the court holds that when a man files a petition tin bankruptcy he waives his constitutional privileges of refusing to give testimony under the plea that it may rend to criminate himself and give rise to criminal proceedings. Tin- decision is rendered in the contempt proceedings instituted against Louis Saplro. a "Waupun bankrupt merchant for failing to produce his books of account. Don't Like lo Think. NEW YORK, Feb. I.?The new treasury regulation providing that American tourists returning home shall make detoiled declaration of all things purchased abroad, went into effect to-day. The cabin passengers by the Buffalo, Aller and "Westr.rnlund, aggregating seventytwo. shivered In the cold while the customs Inspectors examined their small est belongings. One small valise anil hand-bap took twenty minutes to examine. What xvill happen when the Majestic comes in. the customs house employes cannot tell and sav they Jo not like to think. I A Shocking Scene. ! P Alt IS, Feb. 1. ? Albert Puegnez, a youth, who murdered a woman and boy, was guillotined here to-day. The fact is notable a? being the last execution which is to take place on the Place de 1 la Koquette of Paris. A11 immense crowd [ of people witnessed the beheading of the j murderer and there was much ribald rowdyism during the night. As Pueg| nez's head was being adjusted in the I guillotine he shouted, "1 will lit ver con; fess! 1 Will never coti !" Here the knife fell and the sentence was never ! conflicted. Spanish Prisoners Released. MADRID, Feb.. 3.?A dispatch re' celved from General lllos, the Spanish officer in command of the troops of Spain in the Philippine islands, says thai troops imprisoned on the island of XcKros have been released by the Insurgents and have arrived at Sunibanga, the town on the southwest extremity of the Island of the Mindanao uf the Phil Ippine-L'roup. MEASURES PASSEi By Legislature of Special Intere in Wheeling. SENATOR WHITAKER'S B1L Making Important Chance^ In t! Savings Bank Ijaiv of the Stat Provision for the Assessment i Foreign Building ami Loan Ass ciations?A Mcasnre of Interest the Working People?'Why the A' ditor Declined to Honor a Warrai for Money due a Senate Furnltuj Purchasing Committee. , Special Dispatch 10 the Jntcllifrencer. CHAHLESTOX, W. Va.. Feb. 3.?Se: ator AVhitaker has succeeded in gettii through the senate a hill which mak several imnortariL rhaniri-'K in th*? en ings bank law of the state. At prese: the law provides for twelve directo and allows only ten per cent, of t! dividend to bo put into buildings. J amended it will provide for fifteen d rectors and allow fifteen per cent, the dividends to be put into building 1 The latter change is of considerab moment. There is an amendme: which prohibits the trustees from r . eeiving any remuneration for their.se i vices as such. j Another important bill went throuf , the senate yesterday at the same tin ' [ as Mr. "Whitaher's. It provides for tl assessment of foreign building and lot associations transacting business this state, and for the assessment . ; the stock of such associations held 1 , i persons residing in this state. The b . I was introduced by Mr. "Watson. It w I voted for by every senator except M J | Getzendanner, who opposed it on tl , ground that the poor borrowers wou ; suffer. j Mr. Farr's bill to protect the lives a: health of persons working in manufa | turing establishments and other indu i iritrs, was zuso pussea yesiercay in u senate. The bill makes it incumbent < , : such employers to furnish seats for er j ployes, to provide for fire escapes ai I to furnish all aceommodationr. j ! Mr. Cushwa's bill to authorize tl ; corporation of Martiiisburg to refut | its outstanding bonds, was passed j the house without opposition. ! The bill authorizing the same town ! issue bonds for public improvemen ! passed-to its third reading. - j The house also passed yesterday . 1 bill which, if it becomes a law, will pr , vent rabbit hunting by ferrets. . I present ferret hunting is illegal. TJ 1 I measure originated with Mr. Merrill. The Auditor Declined. J The house has on its calendar f j Friday the senate resolution allowii I to the members of the committee a; 'pointed at the lart session to purcha: . i fiimllnr fr.r- tK? . V, ? per diem and mileage. The resolutk ' passed the senate by an unanimoi I vote a wee): ago. and the clerk was d rected to draw his warrants on ti auditor, '.he money to be payable 01 i of the contingent fund of the senat The auditor declined to honor the wa j rant until it was directed by a joii resolution. The senate resolution wi . therefore sent to the house, where 1 j came up yesterday. ! ; The Democrats became all at oni . . exceedingly economical and opposed i ! bitterly on the ground that the su j asked is extravagant. Alter conside i i able discussion the matter was deferr* . j till Friday. I The committee which purchased tl furniture consisted of Senators Getzei ! danner and Dotson. and ex-Senator j M. Hensley. of Mason. The membe j had to pay their expenses out of the own pockets and it is argued that it | unfair to refuse to reimburse them. Tl i resolution was not opposed by t! . 1 Democrats in the senate. Senator Ge ! r.andanner stated that the house In I nothing to do with the matter, as tl ; money is payable out of the contingei ! fund df the senate. He thinks tl j trouble will be adjusted after the pro] ! i er explanations are made. Const it ut ional Amendments. i Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. : CHARLESTON. W. Va,. Feb. 1.?'Tl ! report of the constitutional revisic ' committee was presented to the sena ! to-day. Colonel Fast, the chairman, hopeful that many of the amendmen will go through. The senate committee on privilegi and elections will meet to-morrow consider the advisability of taking t the Morris-Kidd contest at once. Tl committee is anxious to expedite a se tlement of the matter. The legislature will to-morrow atter in a body the dedication of the sta home for incurables at Huntington, special train will be furnished them. WEST VIRGINIAN lU'RIKI* I At Stenbonville?Was an Soldier an Horn in King; wood. I Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. : STEUBEN VILLE. O.. Feb. l.?E i Albright, a veteran soldier, was i>uric here to-day, under the auspices of tl j G. A. Ti. and 3. O. O. F. He was born j Kincnvood. W Va.. and served in tl ISiVth W-k! VJririnlo anr) n-t en years of ase when he died. His wi: was Lizzie A. Huff, a native of Loudo county. Vu . and beside her there *ui vlve Ave children. Of his brothers en sisters, the followinp liv in TV est VI: pinin: David, Meno;vn ar.d Lucien. a:i Mrs. Susan Mason. The deceased vra manager of a stone yuarry a: Emph for years. Joseph K. 'Sarralt. who was in tl: watchmaking and jewelry business her for fifty years, was buried here to-ua: Dmtli of Mi*. Kidenour. m>cnui j to tne imelligencer. CHAKLES TOWN. W. Va., Pel.. ].Mrs. Helen Kidenour, widow of the lat Samuel Kidenour, ut one time n prom nent citizen of this place, died here th! evening, after an illness of about tv weeks, aped about TS years. She i survived by a Flep-daupht??r. Miss An ulo Kidenour. of Washing-ton, b. C and a sister, Mrs. Emily Moire, of iiul timorr. She wnt^also a sister of the hit I.?r. John .J. H. Siralth, who was at on time one of the most proxnient physl cians m jenerson county. IliintiiigUm Itailroad Clinrtml. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. CI IARL12STON, "\V. Va.. Fe b. 3.-12 Knsign, of the Ensign cur "\vorkR. u Huntington, and P. 12. Cunda. a Nci York capitalist, are at the head of company which was chartered tn-da to construct ? . railroad connecting th different railionds and monufaciurln. pk points about Huntington. The objoct I is to facilitate the transferring cit the cars and freight. The enterprise la backed by a capital of 530.000. AFFAIRS IN SAMOA. . Fighting Expected to be ITcfumcd. L lirit isli and American Consuls Clash "With tlie German Representative* AVCKLXSD, X. Z., Feb. 1.?The follc lowing advices have just been received ?* here from Apia, Samoan Island, under of date of January 24 from the correspondo. ent of the Associated Press: . "There has been no further sreneral fighting between the partisans of th? u- rival chieftainK since the last advices were forwarded, except that a party of 11 Mataafa's followers was routed in tho rc bush by Malletoans. It Is expected, ) however, that fighting- will be resumed.. as Mataafa is re-arresting persons who have been already fined and released. "'The work of pillage continues, among the houses looted being Vaillma, n* the home of the late Robert Louis SteJg venson. the novelist. e5 "The exiled Malietoan chiefs -were landed at Pago Pago, on tho island of v~ Tutuila. the schooner on which they nt were being unable to proceed to the rs island of Manua. owing to adverse * winds. The Tutuilans gave them a hearty welcome and made an attempt to seize Mataafa's son. who was on |j- board the schooner, but the captain put of to sea. "There has been a'collision of nuthor'* ity between Chief Justice "William L. le rhambers. of the supreme court, and n? Dr. Joannes KafTel, the German president of the municipality of Apia. Herr e" Grosmuhl, a German resident of Apia r- who was arrested for smashing the windows of the supreme court cham. her. was sentenced by the chief justice to imprisonment and 10 pay a fine. Dr. liaffel Instructed the police authorities ie to release Herr Grosmuhl. whose.fino was subsequently fixed at $1,000. The German consul. Ilerr Hose. in thereupon Avrote to the American consul of Lloyd "W. Osbourne. and the British jy consul. E. E. S. Maxse. protesting that ill the action of the chief justice In fining lis Herr Grosmuhl was an infringement of r. German consular rights. Messrs. OstiL. bourne end Maxse jointly replied in Id their official capacity that the proper tribunal havinp dealt with the matter, id the consuls could not interfere. More c_ than this, they declined to have further p. intercourse with the German consul t ^ the German municipal president, except in writinp. or to attend meetinps, [j. except to consider the acts of the mu1(j nicipal council of Apia, unless an apology. with full retraction wer? u- for the behavior toward Chief Justice uj Chambers. I "At the some time the supreme court * summoned Dr. Tlaffel for contempt of lo court in releasing Herr Grosmuhl." l? ATLANTIC LIXKR ASHORE. riie Khynlantl Strikes on CoMon Patch Slioal?ln an Easy Position. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 2.?The transAtlantic liner Rhynland. Captain Hannah. from liverpool for this port, went or ashore on Cotton Patch shoal, about four miles north of Fenwick's island life-savins station, during the storm ' F.e last night. At a late hour to-nipht she II was still stranded, but lay In an easy position. and.Ur.was.hoped._to pet her . off with the next hiph tide. The tup ** North America went to her assistance ^ this morning and succeeded in moving her a short distance. Later in the day ^ the tug went to Delaware breakwater '* and brouirh: hack the lighter Lottie. Part of the steamer's cargo will be taken ofT. and when this has been done u there is little doubt bur that she will I be safely floated. The Hhynland's pro i pener is uroKen ana it js tnought her 11 rtfdder has been carried away. m There are forty-two passengers and r" a crew of seventy-nine men on board, rc3 and all arc well. Fenwick's island light is about twenty-rVve miles below the breakwater, which would indicate that the Rhynland _ w^s a few 7rjiles out of her course when I'5 t he grounded. This Is easily accounted !r for by the condition of the weather at uw the time. A dense snow storm was pre vailing and the island light could not be ]e seen. l" The fact that a big steamer was 15 ashore on the shoals became known about midnight, when patrolmen of al the life-saving station saw her light. 16 They 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 North America went m je a, n SOME FUNNY HUMORS la Circulation in Paris About Affairs 1 of t he Court of Cassat ion. PAHIS, Feb. 1.?It is persistently re?s iterated in the lobbies of the Palais tf Bourbon that the committee of the chatnbt-r of deputies now considering - the government's revision bill has already decided that the allegations made by Quesnay de Bcaurcpoire . against yi. Loew and other members of the criminal branch of the court of cassation, are without foundation. According to another rumor, ihe committee's examination of the dossier sub,] milted by M. Mazeau, first president of the court of cassation, on the subject of M. de Beaurepaire's charges shows it to contain letters eulogizing the criminal 'H section written bv M. Mazeau's own d colleagues. The Mazeau dossier is alSv* said to contain a let'ter from M. Loew declaring that the members of the n criminal section have received letters ?e almost without number," containing in _ suits and threats of death. M. Loew's ' , letter is also said to explain that he np nnintoil "M <- -- >- * , .. ?u, uii uuiiiairiea n man, to mate the original report on the Dreyfus case in order tha;, if these d threats of violence were carried out, a whole family should not be plunged hit j d mourning. Trouble Ahead in Lilxria. c LONDON, Feb. 3.?An American mis e sionary. the Rev. W. M..23eck, has urri\*vd here on his way to the United States, after spending two years in Liberia. He says there is considerable tinrest and dissatisfaction with Preai_ dent Colem.'.n and that the neighboring tribes are encroaching and Inciting to v rebellion. Mr. P??ck added that !t is re1 ported th French have encroached over Is the frontier from the Hinterland, and n I tllU-t tht? "frmnnc av ? i. -J .... WU1I1IUU1I,< Jt'.itU* is ing: :nonev to the Uberlon Kovernmeni i- In return for concessions, thus* increusinp their Influence and hold on the I- couniTf, chough the Liherlans ixould t> prefer an American or a Urltlsh protece wrote. Woatlier Vopcoas'.t for To-ilny. For "Wrst Virginia, fair: slowly rising temperature: easterly winds. Tor Western Pennsylvania nnd Ohio, fair: slowly rising temperature In southli e: n portions; light to frrsh easterly wind*, t Local Temperature. v The t<,mepnrturi? yesterday up observed liy C. Schnepf. drupKl^t. comer Market :i and fourteenth street*. was us follows: J " a. r.i 1 p. m e !i u. m t; ! 7 p. in B ? m 10 | Weathw?l?alr.