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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20
TWO DESERT QUAY
BREAK SEEMS TO
RE AT HAND.
BUT CAUCUS STICKS TO HIM
AT Meeting Held to Consider Advisa.
bility of Naming Conference Com
mittee To Compromise With An
It's, . 1t Is Resolved to Reject Prop
osition and Remain Firm.

Harrisburg, Pa, April 1S.-A confer
ence of the republican senators and
members voting for Senator Quay was
nelo last night to consider a letter of
Senator Flynn, chairman OF the anti
Quay republican organization. suggest
ing that a committee of conference be
named on the part of those vollng for
Quay, to confer with a like committee
on the part OF those opposing him,
with view of adjusting the factional
differences and the election of IA SEN
ator. There was large attendance of
legislators and republican politicians
from all over the state Senator
Grady read lelIer from Quay written
at Philadelphia Monday in which Quay
deprecated any change in ttle position
by his followers in the legislature.
Pending ttle proceedings in Philadel-
phia,' he said, any one who would
change his position might as well come
here and go on the witness stand
against me- Speeches were made by
United States Senator Penrose and
others contenoing that Quay was the
regular nominee and entitled to
the support of every republican in
the legislature. The meeting declined
to confer with the anti-Quay members
and adopted resolution declaring
Quay the unanimous choice of the re-
publican caucus composed of more
than two-thirds of the republicans of
the assembly and calling on those now
opposing the regular candidate to
lay aside their factional feeling and
unite in the election of a United
States senator. After the conference
State Senator MaGee OF Pittsburg. who
has steadfastly voted for Quay, an
nounceJ that he would not vote for
the ex-senator today and that other
members from Allegheny county had
also east their last votes for Quay. He
predicted thai Quay would lose 20
supporters today and said the pros
poets were bright for the election of
a senator. Representative Hosack OF
Pittsburg also announced that he
would not hereafter vote for Quay.
The bribery investigation committee
last night recommended to the house
that criminal proceedings be instituted
in the courts against Charles b. Spatz.
John r. Byrne. Parker Titus. Frank
b. Jones, Monroe II. Kip, Thomas M.
Moyles, Robert Evans, John J. Coyle
and NJ. ]. Costello for corrupt solicit
tation in connection with the balotlng
for United States senator ami consid-
Grafton OF the McCarrell jury bill.
Spatz Is a member 81 the house from
Berks county and is a democrat. Kulp
was member Of the 54th and 55th
congresses from the nth Pennsylvania
district and Is a republican. Coyle,
Costello. Byrne and Moyles were form
erly in the Legislature.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

Madison, April 10.-The legislature
will probably adjourn sine die about
April 81, though possibly one week
earlier. In the assembly today Mr..
overlook was given authority to in
troduce two bills, one giving more
blue books to state officers and legis-
lators and the other for state loan
to Sturgeon Bay. The Mills bill COM
pelling railway trains to make con-
nections at junction points went to
the railroad committee after an ex-
planation by Mr.. Vandercook that
IL was desirable to add some amend
ments that would really clothe the
state railroad commissioner with such
authority as would render the office
az some practical value to the people.
The Farr bill making an appropria-
ton of 81, 500 to the northern state fair
was killed, while the Frost bill which
aims at the effective taxation of mort
cages went over till Wednesday on
motion of Mr.. Eline. after Mr.. Frost
had spoken in its favor at some length
and quite fully explained its provi-
siOns.
In the senate the first bill on the
calendar for passage, No. 90 (McGilliv-
raw. to regulate the profession of
public accountant by providing that
a set of rules governing it be prepared
by the governor, attorney general
and one expert accountant, brought
on a debate in which Senator Roehr
opposed the measure as impracLica0fe
while Senator McGilivray defended it.
The bill passed, III to s. Among the
assembly bills concurred in were: Nos.
164a (True). requiring county clerks
to send blanks to treasurers; and
375a (Grube), extending time for COM
pletion of sidewalks in certain cases.
Another flood of protest came in
against the passage of No. 14a, the
orion life insurance tax bill. The
most important report received was
that of the fish and game committee
which recommended for passage the
bill prohibiting spring shooting. or
making a closed season from April /
to Sept /. The joint committee on
claims reported favorably on No. 355s,
appropriating $500 for a medal for
Prof. Babcock, and unfavorabfy on
Nos 327s, to increase the salary of
the clerk in the bank examiners office,
and 304s, relating to the appointment
of a treasury agent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20

Broken, Bow. Neb, April ia
prairie fire which started In he sand
hills is raging northwest and west of
the town, consuming everything In it's
paih. Tom Morrissey OF Eureka Val
ley was caught while trying TO remove
his horses from the stable ana con
sumed with them John Koch started
10 return to Gis house from some hay
stacks which he had been trying to
save and vas burned TO death A dis
patch from Ainsworth. Brown county,
says the country is III up with big,
prairie fires and thousands OF dollars
worth Of property is being destroyed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20
QUAY SCORES A POINT.
Judge Rules in His Favor on Several
Important Questions.

Philadelphia, April lS.-Meyer Gold
smith, the wealth's expert ac-
countant was on tGe stand all day In
the trial of Senator Quay making
statements OF fact apparently damag-
ing TO the defendant. Goldsmith IS
the main witness for the prosecution;
il is true some additional documentary
evidence is to be presented. lie came
into court in the morning with num-
Der of typewriter sheets containing
figures gathered from the various
books, relating mainly to the deposit
of the state treasurer and the account
of Quay. The district attorney o1erea
these papers in evidence. This was
OBJECTED to by the defense on the
ground that SUBJ papers were not testl-
mony. The judge decided in favor OF
the defense. Just before the close or
the proceedings there was another rul-
ing by the Judge in favor of the de-
Tense. Tue status OF limitations has
been pleaded by Quay's lawyers as a
bar to most of the testimony presented
by the commonwealth. As Quay was
indicted Nov. H. 1898, the TWO years
allowed by the statute for prosecution
would extend only 10 November u,
1896. On this basis Mr.. Watson fire.
quently urged Ju0ge Biddle 10 exclude
the mention of Transactions dating
back to 1886, when Quay was state
treasurer. The court uniformly teld In
effect that the statute Of limitations
does not affect the evidence, but does
affect the crime. The district attorney
pointed out that he alleges the oefen.
dants guilt during the two years the
law confines him TO, and to prove this
corroborative evidence of previous
years should certainly be admitted.
The Judge decided against the com
monwealth. He ruled that the eyid-
ence should be confined to me corsplr-
acy alleged and not to relate 20 some
other conspiracy. The lawyers for the
defense claim the decision practically
rules the figures out TO Nov. u. 1896.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20

New York, April lS-ln the session
of the Mazet legislative investigating
committee Monday Richard Croker
was again the principal object of Mr.,
Moss examination The most import
ant development was the probability
that the Tammany onieftain and John
+. Carroll will be the subjects of con-
tempt proceedings before the state leg
islature adjourns. All during the
evidence Monday Croker parted the
questions of the counsel. An adjourn
ment of the committee was taken in
the afternoon until Friday morning.
1t was stated last night that when Fail
lows of the committee, left in the af-
ternoon for Albany, he had instruc-
lions TO prepare papers adJddging
Croker and John f. Carroll in con-
tempt for refusal to answer questions.
When the committee began its in
qury Monday, about the first thing
brought up was the resort known as
the Broadway Garden, which had
flourshed in the upper Broadway dis
trict for some time. In this place it
is alleged the robbery of former may
or of Trenton, Frank Mcgowan, took
place and Simon Butner, former pro-
prietor OF the garden, and several
walters were examined, Butner
made startling charges against Police
Captain Price and the walters corrob-
GRATED him. Assemblyman Hoffman
offered a resolution to have certain
prominent men summoned before the
committee because of the rumor that
a certain law firm by and with the
assistance of other persons by corrupt
methods secured the passage through
the assembly" of the Astoria gas fran
chise whose real purpose, was to en-
able the Consolidated Gas company to
force a consolidation or all the gas in
terests in the city, to the end that the
supply of gas might be controlled and
the price regulated by the So
called consolidation. Hoffman
wanted TO subpoena the law firm
of Tracy, Noardman & Plat; Elihu
Root; incorporators of the Astoria
Heat. Light and Power company
Thomas c. Plat; Benjamin b. O'DelL
Lemuel f. Quigg and John D. Grim
mons. The resolution was defeated
the republicans opposing 1t, and the
? democrats. fayoring 1t. Richard
Croker was called TO the stand soon
after noon and occupied the attention
of the committee for the rest OF the
session He testified that the police
did not contribute cent to the ram
many campaign last year. but ONCE
holders did. He could not tell the
amount of money raised last year;
nor did he know in what bank the
funds were kept. He said that he mad
never received cent from Burke
Cochran. He also swore that he was
never caught short with Manhattan
u" stock and did not lose $4,000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20
VOLUNTEERS FROM CUBA.

Savannah, April 18.-The transport
Thomas arrived yesterday at auaran-
tine with the 3lst Michigan and one
battalion Of the Sd engineers from
Cienfuegos. The transport Havana
also arrived with two battallons each
Of the 30 and I'd engineers, from Ha-
yana and Matanzas After going
through quarantine the Michigan
troops will be sent 10 Augusta for
muster out
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20

panies. The committee substitute to
the Orion bill was the special order
lor $3.50 O'Clock. When 1t came IN Mr..
Hall submitted amendments providing
for taxation of per cent. on the
gross earnings of roads that equal or
exceed $4,000 per mile; So per cent.
when they are between $4,000 and
$4,000; per cent. when they are be-
TWEEN $4,000 a.nd $4,000, and Az per
cent. when between $500 and $4,000.
During his speech Mr.. Hall declared
that the state should receive $500 900
more from the railroads than 1t does.
He disliked to see favoritism and cow
ardice shown in the attitude OF the
legislature toward great corporations.
He believed the railways had never
pair their share Of the taxes and in
1897 he gave figures to prove this and
subsequent developments, he said,
have shown that he was right. He
gave elaborate figures on the values
and earnings of the roads in Wiscon-
sin and said that it was time the pol
icy OF heads | win, tails you lose"
that the railroads have carried on
should be changed and argued for a
higher rate OF taxation. The bill then
went over for a day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20

II is said that fruit growers expect
a large crop OF apaples this year. Civ
ing for their reason that the early
cold prevented the sap from rising Ia
the trees. The recent cold snap would
not affect the trees under these cir
cumstances. 4..!t,... trs,tftts
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20
FATAL PRAIRIE FIRE
NOW FIERCELY RAGING NEAR
BROKEN BOW NEB
TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH

Tom Morrissey and John Koch Fall
Victims TO the Flames While Try
ing to Save Some OF Their Property
Thousands of Dollars Worth of
Stun Burning.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20
CROKER GETS UGLY
HE MAY BE TAKEN BEFORE LEG
ISLATIVE BAR.
WON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS

John +. Carroll Also Offenos the Mazet
Committee-Proprietor of Broad
way Garden Give Some Startling
Testimony Against Police Captain
Price.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20

Madison, April I'm the senate
the bill appropriating $lS6,0e0 for i'm
provements at the university was on
the calendar for passage but went to
the committee on claims, on motion
of Senator Green The only hill re-
ported by committee was the blanket
fish and game bill. BY its provisions
a resident will have TO be provided
with a license, costing 81, TO shoot
ducks and geese, prairie chickens, or
any kind of game, and nonresident
will have to pay $40 for the same priv
ilege; if the latter wants to shoot deer,
he must pay s25 license, this including
small game also. The proceeds are to
go to pay 80 deputy game waroens.
Another important change is that no
game shall be shipped out of the
state unless accompanied by the man
who shoots it. The provisions as to
closed season are the same as in the
present law. The committee reported
a separate bin prohibiting. spring
shooting of ducks and geese. The
Dresser house bill was concurred in
which permits an increase in the
weight of engines on public roads from
to tons. Without debate the sem
ate refused concurrence to the Wheeler
bill for the licensing of BARRIERS. A
debate ensued on the Dahl bill pro-
viding for the examination of the Tor
rens land system, but it too was killed.
In the assembly the tax committee
returned bill relating to taxing street
railway and electric light companies
with a minority report signed by Mr..
Hall, in which he urged the repeal OF
the present law tayirg such companies
on their gross receipts ana compelling
them to pay taxes on property basis.
The Keene bill, 337a limiting the rate
OF street car fares in Milwaukee UNI
der certain circumstances, was re-
jected, 81 to %, Among the house
bills passed were: Nos. GA tuer-
mer), making the legal cranberry bar
rel 2512 inches high, IL in diameter
at the heads and Is at the bulge and
making cranberry crates % inches
long, II wide by ~ high inside; ia
(Anderson), providing that towns neeo
not aid villages in the construction OF
bridges, goa tPoley), requiring super
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20
hi NEEDS MANY MEN
LAWToN BELIEVES 100 600 NECEs-
SARf TO PACIFY PHILIPPINES.
PUSHING CAMPAIGN NORTH

A Number of Towns and Villages TAX
en- Are Evacuated Because There Is
Not Sufficient Force for Garrison
Duty-Rebes THROW Up Fortitioa-
tons in Plain View of Americans.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20
CHICAGO MARKETS.

The following table shows the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing prices
OF produce Monday at Chicago:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20
TO PLEAD INSANITY
State Concludes Direct Testimony
Against Mrs. George

Canton, o.. April l8.-T'ne state con
Mrs George Monday There was
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-25
A HARVARD SONG.

The effort to produce a new Harvard song, which has resulted in the request of the '99 class day committee for verses from every member of the uni versity, is scarcely likely to meet with great success, and there are very many Harvard men who will not join in the desire to give up Fair Harvard" It is true that Fair Harvard" does not sound well when sung at football game, nor can it be given effectively by any gathering of untrained voices, but would any song with dignity be any better in this respect? If the Harvard men are looking for something that will sound well when sung by crowd of men who cannot sing, they can do no better than place the laurel crown on the brow of the author of "Ump-Tarad- dy," in spite of the objection that the sentiment is somewhat childish and al- together lacking in the finer degrees of courtesy, and that realization of the fact has caused 1t to fall in popularity of late years.
 At least, there is nothing about drink ing in "Ump- -Taraddy." The sugges- tion of revelry is one of the faults to be
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-25
ATROCIOUS.

The horrible atrocity committed near Newman, Georgia, which the telegraph
 yesterday announced, shocked law and
 order-loving people all over this fair
 land of ours, and is disgrace to civil
 ization. It was f1endish crime, an
 appalling tragedy. As has been appro-
 priately said, mo band of cannibals
 ever inflicted more savage tortures up-
 on human being than were imposed | upon the ignorant negro victim by his white eXecutioners. The spectacle of two thousand persons assembled on Sunday afternoon to cheer the hideous mutilation of q captive outlaw, and af-
 terward engaging in a wild scramble
 for bits of his charred bones to carry
 home as souvenirs is so frightful that
 mankind shudders in horror at the mere mention of it. The recital adds the blot
 of an unutterable shame to the fair fame of Georgia"
 Christianity stands appalled, at the commission of such an infamous deed as this in this land of churches and schools-a deed committed within sound of church bells, within easy reach of halls of justice. The victim of this monstrous work, moreover, was al- ready in the hands of duly qualified of ficers of the law when the mob took him, and would undoubtedly nave suf- fered the full legal penalty of his out rageous crime. Georgia courts of law are swift and sure to punish black men accused of crime of whatever nature. There was, therefore, not the slightest ground of excuse for the mobs action. For unadulterated f1endishness their crime has hardly ever been paralleed in any civilized community. Savage, murderous, fiendish, was the deed An awful thing threatened in connection with this monstrous outrage was most fortunately averted. Had Georgia's governor, an eminent, upright man, been assassinated by one of the mad men for his brave, manly and noble ap- peal to the mob, which terrible murder was barely frustrated, the whole civil ized world would have receiled with horror. Had he been thus murdered the horrible malignity of lynch law would have stood out so plainly and the ter rble lesson would have been so indeli- bly, so ineffaceably impressed upon the people of Georgia that the reputable, abiding people of the State would preasion of this abomination so peculiar to the southern States.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-25
SORDID.

One Devoted Husband Julius, you don't mind my house-cleaning, do you?" NO, dearie you don't make half as much muss and discomfort as my mother used to make" ."--Detroit Free Press.
 Dot man." said the bartender, point ing to customer who was going out of the door, "has peen in dis country feefteen weeks, und all he can say in de American lankwidge is 'ein glass peer!'-Chicago Tribune.
 DO you love me so much" she de- manded, that you would be willing to give up your all for me?" "Yes," he replied Il would willingly give up all for you, but of course that doesn't in- cude what I expect from your father" Kalamazoo Telegraph.
 He had done his best to explain to her all about the Apia difficulties. "So, you sec" he concluded, its the old story of too many cooks That's the history of the whole Samoan trouble" Yes Charley dear; it's all as clear as day, except one thing. Who is this Sam Owen n?"-Washington Star.
 The mother of one of our soldiers in the late war was busy packing a box containing food to send to him, and the servant was watching the operation. Having placed the last article in, the mother said, q guess that is all Nora; we will now nail it up." Excuse me, num-" said Nora, but how is he ever going to get it open unless we put in an axe?-Harper's Bazaar
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-25
LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

The white mans burden" in the Philippines is, according to some au- thorities, the unhealthy climate there encountered. Our troops mainly accus- toned to temperate zone weather, have lion in the way, it has been often said, in the heat of the Philippines, a foe which no amount of bravery or valor can withstand. The health of our brave boys in those far-off tropical isles is in- deed a matter appealing to all who love our flag. It is gratifying, therefore, to hear reports which are cheering and lessen alarm. With hygfenic living or at any rate, avoidance of eXcesses, re- ports comes that our boys can stand the climate all right. The European residents of those islands have managed to stay there and enjoy good health, even with the unsanitary surroundings Now comes our Consul, MT. Williams, who reports to our state department words of cheer on the subject. Despite the lack of frosts and their invigoratng effects, and despite the average high range of temperature in the islands the weather is devoid of extremes and on the hottest days the heat rarely exceeds S5 degrees in the shade or 95 in the sun. New Haveners can recollect various hot days last summer which were hotter than that. Moreover in the absence of sewers, the abundant downpours of rain in the islands,-the annual precipitation is ten feet--wash and SCOUT the streets and carry away to the ocean much of the defilement and decay. In Manila the city water is abundant and wholesome. It is brought in big iron pipes from pure springs seven miles dis tant Then, too, the energetic sanitary work which is being prosecuted is pro- ducing splendid results. All this good news has an important bearing also upon the future of American rule in these islands in the days when peace reigns again there and when Americans are building railroads and otherwise | opening the new territory to business and a higher civilization.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-25
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
 OF 1q00

More than two years have elapsed since the democratic national commit tee had it's meeting at Washington to arrange the form of the call for the national convention of July, 1896. at Chicago.
 The number of delegates to the Chi cago convention was 930, and the same number will participate in the demo- cratic national convention of 1900, for there has been no change in the num- Der of presidential electors since 1896. and there will be none until after the census of 1900. The apportionment of six delegates for each territory, ire spective of it's area or population, has become established in democratic con- ventions, and none of the six territories so represented at Chicago in 1896 has since then been admitted to statehood On the preliminary vote were cast in the affirmative, or clear two-t thirds majority of the whole Against the platform 301 votes were recorded and one Minnesota delegate refrained from voting.
 The four states of New York Penn- sylvania, Massachusetts and Wiscon- sin cast collectively 1S7 of the 301 votes recorded against the Chicago platform of 1896 At that period New York was represented in the United States sen- ate by two democrats The chairman of the democratic national committee, who called the convention together on July :, was W. F. Harrity of Pennsyl- vania. Massachusetts presented as it's