Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-09-30
HARRISBURG.


A bill in equity was filed IN the
Dsuphin county courts last THURSDAY
Nv attorneys Gowen, Hood, & lngersou'
Of Philadelphia, and Attorney NJ. L.
Olmstead. of Harrisburg, on behalf OF
Alden g. Harlow and Cope & Steward
son. against Governor Daniel ID Hast
ines. State Treasurer B. }. Haywood
Auditor General Amos H. Mylin, 3 ).
M. AlcCarrell, President protein OF
the State Senate, and Henry K Boyer
Speaker of the House of Representa-
t;ves all members of the Capitol Com
mission. to restrain them by lnJunctlon
from selecting an architect in any man
ner save that provided in the program
established by them for the selection
of an architect for a new Capitol build
ing.
Death warrants were signed Tuesday
by Gov. Hastings for two Allegheny
county murderers. George Douglass Is
to be hanged November 80 and Phillip
Hill is to be hanged December s. They
are negroes, and one of them was CON
yicted for one of the murders along the
new Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Enc
railroad. Another death warrant sign
ed same day. 1t was for the execution
on December of Herman P. Schultz
of Pike county. Douglass and Schultz
will be executed on Tuesday, while
Hill is to die on Wednesday, indicat-
ing that the Governor is not IN sym
pathy with the old rule of making FIJI
day hangman's day.
The nomination papers OF William II.
Thompson, Pittsburg banker, lnde-
pendent candidate for State Treasurer,
were filed at the State Department
Tuesday. Some of the papers were re
jected because of the neglect of the
signers to give their occupation, but
not enough were thrown out to keep
Thompson's name off the ballot.
A preliminary injunction was grant
ed Architects Alden & Harlow at Har-
risburg on Monday in the suit brought
by the Pittsburg designers against Gov
ernor Hastings and the Capitol Com
missioners to prevent those officials
from breaking a contract. The hear
ing for the answer and argument was
placed for Friday, this week, when it is
expected permanent injunction will
be granted, as Governor Hastings him
self refused to join his fellow commits
sioners in their action.
Attorney General Mccormick has de-
clined to act as counsel for the Capitol
Building Commission in the injunction
proceedings brought by certain archi-
tects in the Dauphin and Lancaster
county courts. Auditor General Mylin,
Senator McCarrell and State Treasurer
Haywood waited upon the Attorney
General Tuesday and asked that the
represent the commission in the litiga-
.ion pending against il. Mr.. McCor-
mick replied that he had, by the unani-
nous request of the com missioners,
given written opini on sometime agu
as to their legal duties under the pro
gramme of competi tion for architects
for the erection of the proposed Capitol
building in which he advised them tc
adhere to and observe all the require
ments Of the programme as they had
promised to do, and that four of the
commissioners had declined to .accep
p0sItfon 70 Them. Pelng now asked to
reverse himself and go into court and
take a position directly opposite to what
he believed, and believes now to be the
duty of the commissioners, the Attorney
General declined to do so unless con
vinced that his previous position was
erroneous.
State chairman Elkin has appointed
the following Executive Committee;
Hon. Henry X. Boyer, Philadelphia;
Hon. Walter Lyon, Pittsburg; Mr..
Charles f. Kindred, Philadelphia; Hon.
William II. Andrews, Crawford county;
Hon. John b. Robinson, Delaware coun-
ty; Hon. Boise Penrose, Philadelphia;
Hon. James s. Mexican, Pittsburg; Col
onel William J. Harvey, Luzerne coun-
ty; James b. Holland, Esq. Montgom-
cry county: Hon. w. J. Scott, Luzerne
county; Hon. Lyman d. Gilbert, Har-
risburg; Hon Thomas V. Cooper, Del
aware county; Hon. Louis A. Watres,
Lackawanna county; A. NJ. High,
Berks county: Walter l.. Jones, Esq,
Lehigh county.