isKiagi3f!asMsTHM ggamgtgmbagmaaugmngjm ,.f- v w- " . i I .-J. ".-. iFVx , ' - l 9. 5maiai Hr JUfai(k ' JkW " 'TIS A PACT " ' JM III mT J B III More help-hunters, sellers undbuv- jj yj .? M sP B V.l Ml erscanbereachedthroughTHS DIS- U rF LW 'V m ' PATCH than any other channel. JH MAY 14, 1890. J-A THREE CENTS 'M NOTE THia THE DISPATCH reaches more in vestors and business men than any newspaper in Western Pennsylvania. k ' "V FORTY-FIFTH TEAK. THE ADVANCE GUARD Of the Original Package Liquor Houses Has Already Moved Upon The CAPITAL CITY OF KANSAS. Quart Beer Bottles Ueatly Enclosed in Pasteboard Boxes for the Purposet COLD WATER ADVOCATES IN ARMS. Thej. Will at Once Carry the Keir Issue Into All the National and Con gressional Elections. LICENSE LAWS SURE TO BE AFFECTE3. trorernor Humphrey Believes the Supreme Court De cision mil Eeach Far Beyond Its Authors' Intentions. THE EA1IE SITT71TI05 15 THE H1WKETE STUB Two "original package" liquor houses yesterday commenced business at Topeka, Kas., and many others will soon be in line. The prohibitionists will make no effort to to stop them until national legislation is secured. All of the cold water agitation "will now be on that line. Beer in quart bottles and whisky in half pint flasks are regarded as original packages. rsrxcux. txlzgkak to tux dispatch. 1 Topeka, KAS., May 13. During the past week preparations have been made in all the leading towns and cities of Kansas for establishing "original package" bouses for the sale of liquors under the recent de cision of the Supreme Court. Two of these places opened in this city to-day and it was stated that a dozen more will be in operation before the end of the week.; Shipments are made in all places from a pint of whisky and a quart of beer to a case or barrel, but in no case are these packages broken for sale. One of the Topeka houses received a large consignment of beer to-day in bottles, each bottle being inclosed in a pasteborad box and sealed at the top. The Chirr Source or Supply. Liquors are shipped mainly from Kansas City dealers, but several Missouri and Illi nois brewers are establishing agencies here for the sale of their goods. At Wichita, Leavenworth, Atchison, Arkansas City and other points "original package" houses are springing up, and it is the opinion that within 30 days every town and city in Kansas will be flooded by foreign liquor, which, under the decision, will be sold as free as sugar and coffee. The decision has greatly encouraged the re-submissionists, and it has also nerved the prohibitionists to a united and determined effort to secure relief from Congress. It has not shaken the faith of the Bepublican party oi Kansas in prohibition, but has served to unite its members more firmly in the determination to bring to the attention of Congress the injustice ot this decision. Governor Humphrey Ha an Opinion. Governor Humphrey, in an interview, says: "It seems to go a long way in the wrong direction, from the Kansas stand point Indeed the enemies of prohibition, who seem to be so hilarious, after the result will find that it is more far reaching in its scope and inevitable influences than would appear at first blush, and in that respect en tirelv too sweeping for their purposes, for the blow leveled at prohibition by the prac tical effect of the decision also strikes down the license system prevailing in most of the States. I do- not suppose that the framers of the Constitution ever dreamed that the phrase 'Commerce between ihe States' should ever be belittled and tortured so as to cover and include the transportation of a dozen or two pint or half pint bottles of whisky from one State to another, to be sold in such original packages, in defiance of the laws and the expressed will of the people of Buch State. The Constitution for years hedged about and protected human slavery, and has been made to cover other wrongs, but it remained for the present court to find within its provision a shield and Protection ror the Traffic in pint bottles of whisky a traffic that has been under the ban of the law and of popu lar judgment lor hundreds of years by ele vating it to the dignity of commerce be tween the States. Until Congress shall act, the whole question by the new doctrine of the Supreme Court becomes a matter of national as well as State politics. This is significant. It will figure in Congressional and national elections, unless eliminated by the relief suggested. The friends of the saloon will find their victory short lived, if, indeed, any victory at all. Their favorite in stitution is not coming back to Kansas." Chief Justice Horton said the decision was far-reaching, and that the sale ol liquor in original packages was permanent, but that it would be only temporary, as Con gress could act speedily and remedy the law. Attorney General Kellogg said: "The decision is far-reaching in its character. It will apply to the license States with the same force and effect as to the prohibition States. It will as seriously impair the High license Jnr ot Nebraska as the prohibitory laws of Iowa and Kan sas. The Court has abandoned its own hon orable record in relation to the temperance legislation of the several States, sustaining the prohibitory law or Kansas in the Mugeer case as a proper excise of the police power of the State. It now denies its power as to imported liquors. Congress should promptly act in the matter by suitable enactment, permit the States to regulate the sale of iu toxicating liquors within their several lim its, each in its own way, without distinction between imported and domestic liquors. The local officials have m. .--. W. ., .. , -,,: " "w """i" amlt parties for lelliis;. Tn only hop j of the temperance people is for Congres sional action and petitions by the thousand will be forwarded to Washington. Fart of the Slate liw Told. Judge Crazier, of the First Judicial Dis trict ot Kansas, has rendered a decision de claring part of the State Prohibitory Law unconstitutional. The decision was ren dered in a case where the Assistant Attor ney General of the State summoned Street Commissioner Byan and others, of Leaven worth, before him to give information under oath as to violations of the Prohibitory Law. Byan and the others refused to give any information, and the Assistant Attorney General had them committed to jail for contempt. Habeas wrpus proceedings to secure their release were begun before Judge Crozier, who handed down a lengthy de cision ordering their discharge from cus tody. In the decision the Jndge pronounces unconstitutional the provision of thelaw con ferring power upon the Attorney General and his assistants to snmmon persons be fore them to testify as to violations of law, so that they can issue an indictment against the persons informed on, as it is an attempt to confer judicial power upon a prosecuting officer. ORIGINAL PACKAGE HOUSES ALREADY OPENED IN THE TOWNS CITIES OF IOWA. AND The State Authorities Are Afraid to Meddle With the New Industry It Will Play it Prominent Part la the Future Politic or the State. rSFXCLU. TaXEOBAJI TO THX DISPATCH.! Des Moines, Ia., May 13. The Su preme Court decision regarding inter-State commerce in original liquor packages has not had much appreciable effect upon this State as yet, for the reason that but few places in the State had been deriving rev enue from the sale of liquor, while inmost ot them all the liquor that anyone wanted could be had with very little trouble. The decision will probably make a difference in one respect, however, which is that where liquor has been sold clandestinately openly through "original package" licenses, which are being established in all the cities and towns of the State. There are a number of these new institu tions in this city and liquor is delivered openly to any part of the city. No attempt is made to sell it by the bottle, the agents preferring to keep safely within bounds of the Supreme Court decision and sell only by the case or keg in varying sizes. Whisky In Package to Snlt. The parties handling Hermitage whisky propose to sell it in pints, quarts and larger packages. So far the searchers have mani fested no disposition to interfere, while the package dealers have been conservative in beginning operations, fearing to transcend their rights. The searchers are similarly cautious, through a desire, douDtless, to avoid conflict with the United States au thorities. The beer-hunting searchers and Doodling constables are rather careless in their operations under the State law, but monkeying with Uncle Sam's buzz-saw is a different thing, and they consider discretion the better part of valor. There is, however, plenty of boot-legging business going on, and the searchers are kept busy with them and with holes-in-the-wall, which continue to exist The temper ance people are not idle, but are keenly watching the course of events, and propose to fight all violation of laws in the courts. It is a little soon yet to estimate the effect the decision will have upon the politics of the State, though it is more than likely the temperance question will figure largely in Congressional elections: One or the New Feature. Sow that liquor from other States is per mitted to be sold here, while none is per mitted to be manufactured, there is a dispo sition to open up the breweries and distil leries again, but this cannot be done except by a change in the law by the Legislature which meets two weeks from now. Some of the breweries in the border cities have already started up, and there is little disposition to enforce the law upon them. Reports from over the State show the saloon element is active, and that when nominal fines have been paid heretofore in lieu of license none will be paid now, but the sa loons will be turned into original package houses and drinking clubs wiil be formed to consume the contents of packages when broken. These clubs are conducted on the same plan as any secret society, except on the subject of dues instead of beine lined for absence, 60 cents is assessed each member present. What the Club Meets For. The feature of the meeting is the opening of original packages. There is a great variance of opinion as to the full scope of the decision, and anti-prohibition Bepub licans are well pleased with it, and hope that it will not only knock prohibition out of politics and recruit the party, but also take the wind out of the Democratic sails in some places where original package houses have been started. The Councils have passed ordinances and propose to collect a license from them, and to test the law on this point if the license fee is refused to be paid. COLD WATER MEN EXCITED. THEY MUST BEGIN THEIR OVER AGAIN. BATTLE ALL Leavenworth Will Soon be Dotted Wllh Orlslnal Package Establishments Whisky In Gill Bottles at Ten Cent Each Outlook lor the Future. ISFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Leayenwobth, Kas., May 13. The original package decision recently handed down by the United States Supreme Court has created quite a stir among the lriends of prohibition in Kansas, and it has seemingly great encouragement to those opposed to the prohibitory law. In this city, where the most determined fight against the prac ticable enforcement of the prohibitory law has been made, and where those making it had about crushed it out, the decision has given them a new lead to work on and they are now engaged in a fresh legal contest to see how they can sell under the decision in violation of the State law. For the last vear here the prohibitory law has been as well enforced as any criminal law of the State, and it has made it impossible for any person to sell intoxicants for one week at one place. So well was the law en forced that a pontoon bridge was built across the Missouri river here so persons could go to Missouri for liquor when they wished but since the original package joints have opened up it is now verv easv to set linnn. here. The enforcement of the orohihitnrv law is in the hands of metroDoiitan Tinlir.. appointed especially for that purpose, but lately it seems they have released their efforts to enforce the law and a system to ar rest the jointfceepers and fining them 5100 nas oeen auopiea, wmen practically amounts to high license. Last Sunday several ministers of the citv denounced that method of treating the liquor question, and now there is no telling how long it will continue. Deports from other places adjacent here show that saloons are opening up in guise of selling in or iginal packages. In fact, in some places they have whisky sent to them in bottles holding a gill, which they sell for 10 cents. i"?e"Li'."J". """" SK. nas oeen aucuiutcu uji itcibuus selling nave been fined and Mat to jail. The decision has the effect of greatly encouraging persons who have been working to haye the pro hibitory constitutional amendment re-sub-mittedtoayoteof the people, and it now looks as if re-submission will be the leading issue at this fall's election. NO CHANGE AT ATCHISON. FORTY PLACES SELLING LIQUOR THERE ALL THE TIME. An Organization Formed, However, to Test the Fnll Extent of the Supreme Court Decision Missouri Wholesale Dealers Will Furnish the Necessary Fund. ISriCIAL TSXXOKAK TO TUX DISPATCH.! Atchison, Kan., May 13. The "orig inal package" decision will not cut much of a figure in Atchison. No matter what the final interpretation of the decision may be it cannot possibly increase the amount of intoxicating liquor annually consumed in the city. Immediately after the open saloons were closed four years ago under the prohibitory law the joints spmng into existence and an average 40 of them have been running full blast ever since. They are under police surveillance -the same as gambling houses and dis orderly houses, the proprietors being ar rested once a month and fined $50 in the police court under a city ordinance pre pared especially for the regnlation of what are generally known as necessary evils. There is a scheme on foot, however, to test the decision. A number of dealers will start an original package store, liquor will Ik; iiupuneu m cases oi various-sized oomes, each bottle being done up in a package. The cases will then be broken and the bottles sold singly. It is understood that a large amount of money has been raised by wholesale liquor dealers in Missouri to be used in event that the proprietor of the store is prosecuted for violating the prohibitory law, for the purpose of fighting the case through the courts. If the liquor dealers eain their point joints will be established in every village in this section of the State. This will cause so much dissatisfaction among the people that they will demand the repeal of the prohibitory law and the passage of a high license law. But if their point is lost the present condition of affairs will remain unchanged, Joints abound in the large cities and the law will be enforced in villages. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS 0FFEBED. The Louisiana Lottery Will Giro Bis Bonos for a New Charter. nrSCIAL TELEQEAH TO TBI DISPATCH. 1 New Orleans, May 13. John A. Mor ris, speaking for the Louisiana State Lot tery Company, after consultation with his lawyers, to-day offered the State Legislature, now in session at Baton Kouge, 1,000,000 a year for the extension of the charter of the company for 25 years $25)000,000 for the entire term, the annual bonus to be divided among various public institutions. To extend the charter of the company an amendment to the Constitution must be passed by two-thirds majority by both branches of the State Legislature, and must then be submitted to the people at the next State election, in 1892, and carried by a ma jority of votes. Governor Nichols has de clared very emphatically against the pro posed extension of the charter, and in his message to the Legislature to-day he re viewed the subject at length, more than one third of the message being devoted to this question. It monopolizes political attention, and will occupy the time of the Legislature until disposed oC ,Xheiight in that body promises to be,a long and bitter one, entirely free from party lines, and with chances at present in favor of the lottery company. SIMON CAMEBOFS PARTNER, Jesse Huston, Formerly or Pittsburg, Dead at the Ago or ST. rBTXCIAX. TXXEQBAK TO THE DISPATCH.! "Washington, May 13. Mr. Jesse Huston, who died here to-day at the age of 87, was for many years a business partner of the late Simon Cameron, and was a cousin of ex-Senator Clayton, of Arkansas. Many years ago Mr. Huston entered into a busi ness partnership with Mr. Cameron, and the two men engaged into extensive enterprises. Mr. Huston started large lumbering estab lishments in Pittsburg before the Pennsyl vania road was built, and afterward engaged in like enterprises in Little Bock, Ark. Three of his sons, who were like the father, Republicans, were killed in the famous Baxter-Brooks feud. One of the sons, Captain Sam Huston was one of the most noted Mississippi river steam boatmen, ITS INSOLVENCY ADMITTED. The American Life Insurance Company in a KecelrerV Hands. rSPECIAI. TELEOBAJC TO THB DISPATOB.1 Haeeisburg, May 13. Counsel for the American Life Insurance Company, of Phil adelphia, to-day filed a paper in the Dau phin County Court, admitting its insolv ency, and Judge Simonton appointed the Beal Estate Title Insurance and Trust Com pany of Philadelphia receiver, to wind up the business of the wrecked insurance com pany. The bond required is $500,000. The action ot the American Life dispenses with the hearing appointed for Monday next by the Attorney General at the instance of the Insurance Commissioner. The hear ing was fixed to require the company to show cause why its business should not be closed. eot spehtcs heated. Fire Destroys a Number or Business House bat Is Subdued by Rain. Hot Springs, Ask, May 13. Fire which started in D. S. Sheldon's grocery on Central avenue at an early hour this morn ing, burned out S. Clement, tailor; O'Neill Bros' meat nkrket; Bobert Hurley's drug store; Harry Parker's saloon; G. H. Fort's hardware and Sheldon's grocery. The loss is $35,000, mostly insured. A heavy rain saved the balance of the block and the Hotel Eastman across the street EUROPEAN TEAIN B0BBEE3. Montenegrins Attacked and Plundered by a Party or Albanians. Cettlnje, May 13. A party of Alban ians has attacked and plundered a provision train which was on its way from Irek to this town. A woman who was a passenger on the train was killed and several other people wounded. The Montenegrins are greatly excited and conflicts are expected, although the Porte has promised to bring the perpetrators of the outrage td justice and to indemnify the sufferers. Embrxzler Archer Escapes. tEPEClAJ. TJCLEOaAM TO THS DISPATCB.1 Baltimore, May 13. Owing to a defect in the indictment, ex-State Treasurer Archer cannot be convicted of embezzlement A demnrrer had been filed by Archer's lawyer to the charge of embezzling $132,000 from the State and after argument before Judge Stewart of the Criminal Court this morning it was sustained. Arrested lor Election Frauds. Chicago, May 13. George Henring recently indicted in Peoria for alleged im plicit? in election frauds whereby Edward Speliman, the Clan-na-Qael leader, was re cently elected to the City Council, was ar rested here to-day. The prisoner asserts that he was to meet Speliman. Speliman is now in Philadelphia, It Is said. PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY, "?" DELAMATERMTINIT. Candidate Stone Easily Captures the Delegates From McKean. WATSON A WINKER FOE CONGRESS. Emery Baerificed Himself to Defeat the Crawford Leader. ANOTHER OPPONENT FOE CULBERTSON. Last Nljnt's Eepnolican Primary In Congressional District the Tbiru The McKean County Bepublican Con vention met at Smethport yesterday. Stone easily defeated Delamater for the delegates to the State Convention. Watson secured the indorsement for Congress. rSFXCTAL TXLXOBAX TO THE DIEPATC&.1 Bradford, May 13. The largest con vention ever held in this county was called to order in the Court House at Smethport at 125 this afternoon by Chairman W. B.. "Weaver. Credentials were presented and read, and Lucius Rogers, of Smethport, was elected Chairman. Bogers is a pronounced Stone man. He was elected by a vote of 30 to 35. His speech was a plea for harmony in the ranks of the Bepublican party. "When Secretaries were elected a Com mittee on Credentials was appointed, con sisting of Loyal Ward, Mayor of this city; W. C. Gallup, F. W. Sprague, Nelson Per kins and H. B. Day, all Stone men. Tne convention was already in the possession of that faction, and Delamater stock was marked down a pee or two. Perkins, of Kane, offered a resolution declaring the Delamater delegates from Eldred, a con tested district, elected. It was deleated by a vote of 34 to 27. no contests tolerated. A memorial was presented setting forth irregularities in the election of delegates in the Third ward of Bradford City. In this it was alleged that several of Stone's sup porters at the primaries in that ward were pronounced Democrats and others were Prohibitionists. A similar complaint came from Lafayette township, and both were re ferred to the Committee on Credentials, who failed to throw out the districts. By a resolution it was decided that dele gates to the State Convention be first elected. Hon. W. W. Brown and Colonel A. L Wilcox lor Stone, and A. F. Bannon and Joshua Douglas for Delamater were placed in nomination for State delegates. Captain W. B. Chapman made a stirring address for Stone and reform, and his refer ences to the candidates caused prfound en thusiasm among their respective followers. Some routine work followed. Then com menced the balloting. On the first ballot the Stone delegates received 37 and the Del amater men 31. The Stone delegates were declared elected amid tumultuous ap plause. The election of a Congressional, candidate was next in order. Samuel Smith, Lewis Emery, Jr., and L. F. Watson were named. On the first ballot Smith received 11 votes, Emery, 27, and Witwn, 29. On the second ballot Smith's men pulled out and ten of them joined forces with Watson. - BBOUGHT TO A CLIMAX; fA This brought the contest down to two candidates, and on the second ballot Wat son received 39 votes and Emery 28. One delegate, a Bradford man named Willough by, refnsed to vote. Watson was declared the choice of the convention forCongress and the agonv was over. The convention was conducted in a business-like manner, and was devoid of sensational features in its proceedings. Everything had been arranged for the occasion. There may have been some money distributed, but it was done, if at all, in an artistic manner, and was not apparent to the expert observer. Emery is much downcast over his defeat and is not very enthusiastic over Stone's success. The Stone men were willing to have Emery defeated in order to strengthen themselves with the Bepublican powers that be. It is stated that Emery stands a good chance of being nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the district, and, as Wat son, the present incumbent and candidate, is quite unpopular with the soldier element and oil men, Joinery may be elected on a "get even" issue of the kind mentioned. THE F0BI0BK HOPE. A Light Tote at the fiepabllcnn Primaries In the Randall District. riFECIAX. TELEOEJJt TO THE DI8PATCH.1 Philadelphia, May 13. Bepublican primary elections were held to-night in the wards comprising the Third Congressional district, and 119 delegates were elected for the purpose of meeting in National Guards' Hall on Thursday night to nominate a candidate for Congress in opposition to Mr. Vaux. The vote polled in the various divisions was light, not only on account of the rain, but because by rea son of a number of conferences held by the leaders of the district, who have agreed upon a line of policy which has been acquiesced in by the active division workers of the sev eral wards. tjlf Bobert Adams, Jr., consents to accept the nomination it will be tendered. It not, some active Bepublican resident of the district will be chosen. The Bepublican platform will declare in favor of the McKinley bill and the nominee of the convention will represent the stalwart element ot the party. When asked to-day regarding the situation Mr. Adams replied as before: "I am in the hands of my friends and cannot at this time say anything lurther bearing on that subject." HO CHOICE IN KENTUCKY. The Anti-Carlisle Men Trying to Wear Out ' the Ez-Speaker'a Forces. Louisville, May 13. The Democratic caucus at Frankfort to name a candidate to succeed Senator Beck has spent the night to midnight in making speeches to put men in the fiield. The Hon. P. Cooper led off with an ambitious effort, putting forward the name of ex-Governor Proctor Knott. He was followed by Laban T. Moore and then by Senator Mulligan, naming Congressman McUreary, ana uariisie. respectively. According to the resolutions passed by the caucus last night, the Democrats to-day scattered their votes, complimenting their friends, and, in many cases, voting lor each other. This is to prevent the possibility of rushing through a nomination before the caucus has acted. The Bepublicans voted solidly for the Hon. Silas Adams, of Liberty, Ky., their caucus nominee. Car lisle's men arc for poshing the contest to a conclusion, but the opposition united on everything but a candidate, control the caucus, and hope to wear out the Car lisle supporters. Acbeson Alone In HI Glory. SFTCXAX TXXEGBAM TO TSK DISPATCH.! Washington, Pa., May 13. Messrs. Hart and Todd to-day declined to run for Congress in this district. This leaves Acbeson a clear field. Plumb Wnnts to be Congressman. ISPKCIAI. TZLXOBAX TO THB DIBFATCH.I Erie, May 13. William C. Plumb, I editor and proprietor of the Corry Daily Flyer and Weekly Republican is announced as a candidate for the Bepublican nomina tion for Congress in the Twenty-sixth dis trict, in opposition to Congressman Cul-bertson. VOTING ON REVISION. RETURNS FROM ALL BUT FIVE OF PRESBYTERIES. THE Not Quite the Necessary Two-Thirds Tote In Favor or the Chance Fennsylranla Voted Aye bnt New York Take the Opposite View. New Yobk, May 13. The Independent of this week publishes returns from all but five of the Presbyteries of the Presbyterian church showing that 133 have voted tor re vision, 69 against revision, and 6 have de clined to vote. Most of the Presbvteries not heard from are foreign. The Independ ent also publishes the vote in detail for each -Presbytery. According to its footings, 2,332 ministers and elders have voted against revision and 3,334 ministers and elders have voted for revision. Twenty seven of the Presbyteries cast a unanimons vote 12 against and 15 lor revision. The largest majority either for or against revision was given by the Presbytery of 'Huntingdon, Pa., the vote being 2 for re vision and 70 against. Syracuse gave 52 lor revision and node against. New York, which cast the largest vote, gave 64 for re vision and 15 against, snowing a majority of 49, which is exactly what the Presbytery of Brooklyn gave on the same side. All of the Pennsylvania Presbyteries, save Erie, Lackawanna and Northumberland, voted against revision. Most of the Presbyteries of New York voted for revision. Many of the Southern Presbyteries, com posed chiefly of colored people, voted solidly against revision, as did also the Presby teries of California. NOT HELD AS IAB0BEES. The Straus Orchestra Will Hare a Chance to Show Artistic Ability. rSFECtAL TELEGRAM TO THB DI8FATCH.1 New York, May 13. The North Ger man Lloyd steamship Werra, from Bremen, having on board Edoard Strauss and his celebrated orchestra, arrived this morn ing. "When the Werra reached her dock in Hoboken quite a large crowd was in waiting, drawn thither by the num erous reports published that the collector would detain the orchestra in view of the protest made by Mr. Coyle on behalf of the musical union. Staff Officer Wilson in formed a Dispatch reporter that he had not received any order to detain the musi cians. They were landed, as are all first class passengers, and their baggage regu larly examined. The entire party left for Boston by the New York and New England road this af ternoon and will make their American debut to-morrow night there. Labor In spector Conkling had previously come to tne conclusion that he was not competent to decide whether or not they were artists. Pending the decision, he will consider them so, and so he reported to Colonel Weber. The latter determined that he would let them land and get experts to pronounce judgment after they have per formed. A EEIGN OF TEBBOB Inaugurated by a Florida Mayor and HI Ally, the Town Marshal. Jacksonville. Fla., Jday 13. New has been received from Cedar Keys, Fla., that that city has been in a terrible commo tion since Saturday. The Mayor and Marsnal are holding high carnival. The light-house keeper had a pistol discharged at him while he was on the street, and warned to keep off the street. An inoffen sive man, an Episcopal clergyman and his wife have left the city to avoid horsewhipping. The United States Collector has been held up by Mayor Cottrell and his ally, the town marshal, and threatened with imprison ment if he stepped out of his office, and B. M. Dozier, Agent of the Florida Central Bailroad, was waylaid and an attempt made to shoot him. The telegraph operator was terribly whipped by a negro, Mayor Cottrell holding a loaded pistol to the negro's head and forcing him to do the whipping. He grossly insulted ladies of the town, and in fact things are so bad that manv old and leading citizens have left the place, including several ministers. It is a perfect reign of terror, and every person met on the street, for the last few days, has been armed. A E0MAKTIC SHAKEBES3 Desert the Society and Marries a Total 8trnnger From Pittsburg. ' rSFSCIAI. TBLKOBAM TO Tint DISPATCH.1 Franklin, Ky., May 13. Miss Ida Ladd was until Saturday last a member of the Shaker Society. She is a beautiful girl of 20 years. She seemed to be entirely con tent with her lot until last week when she informed the members of the Shaker com munity that she had made up her mind to leave and that she would be married before she left. Sunday night, at the hotel at Smith Union, Miss Ladd was married to Mr. B. A. Fairtrace, said to be a civil en gineer, lrom Pittsburg, Pa., the ceremony being performed by Eev. Mr. Howard, of Auburn. The young man had never seen his sweetheart until the day previous to the marriage. Some time ago Miss Ladd grew tired of her quiet and lonely life. She was looking and longing for some one to love. The rules of the Shakers forbid marriage. She got over the difficulty by advertising for a correspondent. An exchange of photo graphs and an engagement followed. The young couple will visit the Mammoth Cave, after which they will go to Pittsburg. HEEDING; THE CHINESE. San Francisco Removing tho Heathen to the Outskirts of the City. San Francisco, May 13. The first arrest was made to-day under the new city ordinance requiring the removal of all the Chinese to a district on the outskirts of the city. The person arrested was Chae Yuen, a member of the firm of Ichy Lung & Co. Shortly after the arrest the Consul on be half of the prisoner applied to the United States Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus, setting forth that the prisoner was a subject of the Emperor of China. The writ was granted and the prisoner was re leased on bail. Argument will be heard in the United States Circuit Court July 14. STEUCZ FOB A D0LLAB A WEEK. Telegraph Line Bnllders Want an Incrense of Wnges. Los Animas, Col,, May 13. All but two of the gang of men constructing the postal telegraph line west of here struck this morning for higher wages. They havebeen working for $25 per month and wanted $30; that being refused, they quit. Most of them return to Kansas, from whence they came. New men are expected from Kansas in a day Senator Wolcott Will Wed. Buffalo, May 13. Senator Edward O. Wolcott, ot Colorado, and Mrs. Frances Metcalfe Bass, of this city, will be married tn-mnrrnw. Thpv trntn WjflMri(Ttnn whprpft home is provided. ' ' TIN PLATE'S TARIFF Made the Object of a Fierce Attack From a Powerful Lobby. A BOMBSHELL FROM BUTTERWORTH The Buckeye Eepnbllcan Arraigns Entire llcKinley BilL the SEffATOES ABB UPON THGIB DIGNITY. They Will H.t accept the Morrill Pension Bill Fused bj the Hnue. Benjamin Butterworth, a leading Ohio Benublican Congressman, yesterday at tacked the McKinley tariff bill in general and the tin plate duty in particular. An organized and powerful lobby in the canued goods interest is working hard.against pro tection for tin plate. Mr. Butterworth also arraigned the sugar bounty feature. FROM A 8TAFT COKEESPOXDKNT.l Washington, May 13. No better organized or more persistent attack is being made on any portion of the tariff bill than on the dnty on tin plate. The agents of the' canned goods manufacturers are here in force, and are using all the arts of the lob byist to defeat that part of the bill which refers to tin plate. That most specious of all arguments and at the same time one of the most misleading, the welfare of the farmers, is being used for all it is worth on all sides, though at the same time the free - traders laugh in their sleeves, knowing that the profits that arise from free trade in tin plate will not benefit in any way the farmer, but only the wealthy traffickers in canned goods.. The farmers have their representatives here, but they take no part in the fight. It is begun and kept up by the canned goods men. The persistency of the effort and the amount of capital represented is attracting a good deal of attention, and a good deal of curiosity is manifested to know just where the results of this missionary work will be most ap parent. v- A determined fight. The friends of the dnty imposed by the bill, which is such as would result in the development of the manufacture of tin plate, are watching the movements of 'the oppo sition lobby closely, and will make the most determined struggle to maintain the terms of the bill. One of the features of Congress man Butterworth's sensational attack upon the new tariff bill to-day was a bitter ar raignment of the tin plate duty. Mr. But terworth, who, by the way, is supposed to be a warm personal and political friend or Chairman McKinley, cast quite a bombshell among his colleagues in the House. Dnring the course of his speech the Buck eye Congressman insisted that we should not create any inequalities here. He de clared that the protective system dealt with conditions and not with National boundary lines, except when the presence of those National boundary lines indicated the pres ence of those conditions against the in fluence of which it was necessarv to inter pose the barrier of a protective tariff. Com petition never eresuair new industry they were created by the ..work of the brain, by inventors. The committee had trild to do the best it could in framing the bill, but it was not always safe to rely altogether upon the testimony of the beneficiaries under a law. Applause on the Democratic side. butterworth's bombshell. He had indicated his belief respecting the proper function of a tariff act, and would sooner resign his seat than depart one hair's breath from that belief. Of course he re spected the wisdom of the committee, but wny was .raui lavorea ana .reter turned down? Why increase the profits of certain classes? He could name capitalists whose profits had exceeded those of all of the agri culturists in any State of the Union. Ap plause on Democratic side. He was not, he said, disturbed by the applause on the other side. He was exceedingly grateful that they began to realize in any sense that our countrymen deserved protection. If, when we had protected equally and lifted up all our industries, the time should then come when we could not hold our own being the most intelligent, the freest and ablest people on earth then we had better retire from the field. Democratic ap plause. Mr. Butterworth then proceeded to ex pound his views touching reciprocity with Canada. He said that we were endeavor ing to cultivate relations with 50,000,000 people to the southward and yet were afraid of Canada. Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant were not suspected of lack of patriot ism, yet they favored reciprocity. There were some things in the bill be did not like. 1 He had known of an industry that had been able to make $60,000,000 dividends on a capital of $1,250,000. Protection! My, the country could in such cases better afford to keep these men in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, pay their board and expenses, and set them up in tne banemg business. a modified protection. He favored proper protection, but those men hold the world in their grip. When he said he did not favor that kind of protection he was told: "You are not sound on the tariff." The time has come when some lit tle concern should be shown to American homes and American firesides. He did not believe it to be wise or prudent to matce such a sweeping reduction in sugar to be supplanted by a bonnty. In conclusion he said that the gentlemen were very much mistaken it they thought that the greatest desire of his heart was not to pass a bill reflecting in the highest de gree a protective system. What he wanted to avoid were such features as be had pointed out in this bill there was such a thing as paying too much for an industry. Such was the case with tin plate. The duty would be a tax on every farmer's patch on every can of goods. That tax would amount to $50,000,000 before the manufac turers of tin plate could declare a dividend. He was anxious thai his party should not take a false step. He did not expect to par ticipate much in the deliberations of the House hereafter. He was quite as ready to go out as his Democratic friends were anx ious to cet rid ot him when they gerry mandered him out. He was already out before they took action. THE MISSOURI IDEA. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, who'had been re fused an extension of time, said that the re fusal was the highest compliment paid to him. Of this pending amendment, he said that it proposed to prevent an -increase of duty on an article used as a fertilizer on every farm, an increase made for the benefit of two manufacturers and against the inter est of 3,000,000 farmers. The bill sought to draw a veil over the farmer's ryes by pre tending that he was protected. Mr. Niedringhans, of Missouri, moved to am;nd by reducing the duty of refined borax from 5 to 3 cents per pound. Mr. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, read a list ot what he singled out as executive duties, laying stress on the duty on ready-made clothing, which he held was in the interest of Post master General Wanamaker. You tickle me and I will tickle you, you legislate in my favor and I will put up campaign funds that was the explanation of many ot these high duties. Mr. Niedringhans' amendment was re jectedyeas, 61; nays, 81. " BnflB SEBATR " P.s I iw I mn nnuuu 1 THE HOUSE PENSION BILL GET THROUGH. Morrill's Measure Does Not Suit the Upper Branch of the National Legislature The Cast of a Service Pension Some of the Objection Advanced. Washington, May 13. Senator Davis, with the unanimons concurrence of the other members of the Senate Pensions Com mittee, to-day submitted a report recom mending that the Senate do not agree to the amendment made by the- House to the Senate dependent pension bill. The differ ences between the two bodies are radical and the members of the Senate committe announce their determination on not to agree to the House bill under any condition. The bill as it passed the Senate was a de pendent pension measure identical to that vetoed by President Cleveland. The House amended the bill by passing a substitute measure the Morrill bill which is both a dependent and service pension bill. Senator Davis makes a long written re port upon the differences betwee'n the two houses. It says that in the opinion of the Senate Committee the two measures are en tirely irreconcilable, and, in the commit tee's judgment, the House bill is wholly in adequate. The House piovision benefits those who do not need a pension at the ex pense of those who are in absolute need. It is the opinion ot the Senate Committee thait is the duty ot the Government be fore entering upon any other pension legis lation to provide for the needs of the dis abled and dependent soldiers in the most liberal manner possible. The Senate bill was framed upon, this theory. Its object is relief to the necesi tous, and not to those who do not need. The report then says the service pension is a matter which should not be involved with a disability bill. A service pension is a mat ter requiring the most careful consideration in order that justice may be done both to the soldier and to the country. Estimates prepared by Captain Ainsworth, ot the Ad jutant General's office, show that the ap proximate aggregate cost of a service pen sion, upon a basis of 62 years as the age limit, will be $1,182,095,525. Upon a basis of 60 years, the cost will be $1,333,109,820. QUAY AS A HISTOBIAK. A Public Building Bill Gets a Little Boost From the Senator. ISriCTAI. TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH.! Washington, May 13. Senator Quay is a very busy man. Ir has found time, however, within the pz. i few weeks to make a little study of the history of his native State, which enables him to add an inter esting chapter to the historical records of Congress. He has performed service in a report drawn up by himself in favor of the passage of a bill providing for the erec tion of a public building at York, Pa. Senator Quay was born within a lew miles of this pretty little town, and no donbt the memorv of that fact caused him to take an additional interest in the welfare of the locality. The Senator's report shows him to be a man of some sentiment, as well as an historian of accuracy. In his report he gives the usual statistics as to the popu lation of the city, the amount of public business transacted, etc., and then he adds as a reason why the bill should pass this bit of sentimental and historical informa tion: In the public square of York, In history com monly called Yorktown, in a building known as the Bute House, sat the Continental Congress during tbe gloomy years of 1777-78. It was there that articles of confederation were completed and' adopted by Congress. There the Conway cabal exploded; there Lafayette came to support tbe Commander In Chief, and there the Board ot War guided the Berolutlonary struggle, under the Presidency of John Adams and Secretaryship of Thomas Paine. These important historic events can be appropriately commemorated upon a public building at that city. Your committee, in con sideration of the foregoing facts, recommend the passage of the bill. HOPEFUL OF SUCCESS. Chairman Henderson Belle-res the Rirer and Harbor Bill Will Pass. tPEOM A STAFI CORBESPONDIXT.l Washington, May 13. Chairman Hen derson, of the House Committee on Bivers and Harbors, said to The Dispatch corre spondent this afternoon: I cannot say at tbe present time when the river and harbor bill will be taken up. As soon as tbe tariff bill is out of the way we in tend to attempt to get it belore the House, and when once up there is no question as to Its passage. I know that there has been eomo talk in tbe newspapers of tbe failure of the bill, but I'm confident that tbis emanates from men with whom the wish for tbe defeat of the measure is father to the thought. It strikes me that the assertion that the passage of tbe bill would be a bad move politically is about as abBurd a statement as could be made. In my judgment President Cleveland made one of his mistakes when he vetoed tbe river and harbor bill. It is a measure in which tbe whole country 13 interested, and the present bill is one of the best tbat has ever been offered to tbe House. It is free lrom tbe objectionable feat ures which in the past have led to tbe charge of log rolling, and as far as possible we have Ignored tbe little streams and creeks entirely wbich can never be of importance from a com mercial standpoint. There may be an attempt made to prevent us from getting the bill before tbe House, but there is no chance for tbe suc cess of tbis attempt. I am confident that It will come up very soon after tbe tariff bill is disposed of, and I have no reason in tbe world to suppose tbat the President will veto It when it reaches him. BEEB FOB A PIPE LIKE. Senator Spooner Ha a Measure Legrallzlng Tfaat Method of Transportation. Washington, May 13. Senator Spooner appeared to-day before the Senate Committee on Finance and made a state ment in wbich he urged favorable action upon two bills affecting the regulations for the sale'and export of beer. The first per mits the transfer of beer from a brewery to a bottling-house by a pipe line or other conduit for bottling purposes only.undersuch restrictions as the commissioner of internal revenue may prescribe. This will obviate the delay and expense for trans ferring beer by wagon and prevent the deterioration consequent upon a second ex posure and change of temperature. The second bill authorizes the export ot beer under bond, tbe same as is now done with distilled spirits. Under tbe present law exporters of beer are required to pay the revenue tax upon it and later receive a drawback. The exporter is thus kept out of his money oftentimes for months. A great amount ot bookkeeping now required will be obviated by the pro cosed change. The bill shall take effect January 1, 1891, and affects no exporta tion made prior to that date. The com mittee ordered favorable reports upon both bills. HAEBISOK PBESHJED At the Meeting; of the National Marine Washington Memorial Association. Washington, May 13. The first meet ing of the Board of Directors of the National Marine Washington Memorial Association was held this afternoon in the Green Boom of the White Hause. Tbe President of tbe United States, President ex-officio of the Board of Directors and the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and the Governor of Virginia are ex,-officio members of the board. President Harrison, in calling the meeting to order, made a briet speech, expressing his hearty approval of the work and his 'will ingness to co-operate in every way he could to make it a success. The meeting elected Mrs. Waite Vice President, Mrs. Margaret Dalzeli, Secre tary, and Mrs. E. Grannii Biggs, Treasarer. uiii i wm u i uasr uiii iiiiibii. is ; S Liqtfj? Original Packages Can be Sold Once, by Non-Residents, if It COMES FROM OTHER STATES Light Thrown on the Recent Decision x of the Supreme Court. OPINIONS OP ITS FEW EEADEES. Thej Think it Knocks the Broola Law Into a Cocked Hat. IMP0ETAHT TEJT OP THE DECISIOM The recent decision of the United States Supreme Court on the sale of liquors in original packages is construed by the local lawyers who have read it to mean that non residents can sell once, in any State, the liquor they have imported from another State, despite any State law regarding pro hibition or license. The full text of the im portant sections of the decision as handed down by Judge Fuller is given. One part of it is emphatic on the point quoted. When the United States Supreme Court delivered its opinion last month in what has now become famous as the "original package" case, touching the sale of liquor imported into a State, The Dispatch in terviewed a number of lawyers as to tha probable effect the decision would have on the sale of liquor in Pennsylvania. The interviews were necessarily unsatisfactory, for the reason that most of the lawyers had not seen the text of the decision, and either talked at random or not at all. Yeeterday the complete decision was received, and while only the substance of the immaterial parts is given herewith, the important sec tion bearing on the importation of liquors ia printed in detail. DECIDED IN THEIK VIEWS. Judge Fetterraau and William Price, who read the decision yesterday, were of tha opinion that any man conld import liquor into Pennsylvania and sell it at once in the original package; that these packages, if of beer, could be bottles, or it liquor, pints, half-pints or gills; that when it was sold it then was subject to the State laws, and the buyer would resell at his peril. In short, both gentlemen concluded that the Brooks law was a nonentity in face of this decision. "I wouldn't give a chew of tobacco for a license," said Mr. Price. "Under this de cision a man doesn't need one, provided he imports his stuff and sells it in the original package. Every druggist can sell liquors under these conditions, and the license laws can't prevent them. "Nothing can now be done except through Congress. It would take a year for another case to be brought before the Supreme Court, and in the meantime the liquor men can revel. The whole country is at their feet, but the victory is not all theirs. It is a great day for the Prohibitionists. The issue now becomes a national one, and we will no longer work to secure prohibition in single States." ALL OF THEM AT SEA. No other lawyers were able or willing to talk of the effecfof the decision, not having yet seen it in full, and thus not knowing upon just what grounds these gentlemen based their opinions. The facts in the case are these: Leisy & Co., beer brewers of Peoria, III., shipped some of their beer in sealed kegs and cases to Keokuk, la., where their agent, a non resident, offered it for sale in the original, unbroken cases. The beer was seized by Marshal Hardin, under the prohibitory law of Iowa, which forbids the sales of liquor. Leisy & Co. brought suit against the Mar shal, claiming that his seizure of the beer was unconstitntional and in violation of that provision of the United States Constitution giving the General Government exclusive right to regulsteinter-State commerce. The Keokuk court decided in favor of the liqucr men. The Marshal and his fi rods appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court and won. T brewers then appealed to the United St Supreme Court, and the decision of th' preme Court of Iowa was reversed. DECISION OF THE COTJET. In general the decision of the court is the power vested by the constitution in gress to regulate commerce among theSta has no limitations other than as prescribe by the Constitution itself; that whatever is recognized as an article of commerce br Congress cannot be stopped at the external boundaries of a State; that the right to enter carries with it tbe right of. sale to the extent that the articles may become mingled with the common mass of property within the State; there the control of Congress ceases and the right of State control begins. Chief Justice Fuller delivered the opin ion, with Justices Gray, Brewer and Har iaii dissenting. Theother Judges sustained the Chief Justice. The Court says tha power vested in Congress to regulate com merce among the several States is the power to prescribe the rule by which that commerce i to be governed, and is a power complete in itself, acknowledging no limita tions other than those prescribed in tha Constitution. It is coextensive with tha subject on which it acts, and cannot be stopped at the external boundary of a State, but must enter its interior and most be capable of authorizing the disposition of those articles which it introduces, so that they may become mingled with the com mon mass of property within the territory entered. POWEES OP A STATE. A State may provide for the security of the lives and property of its residents, but a matter confided exclusively to Congress by the Constitution is not within the juris diction of the police power of the State un less placed there by Congressional action. If particular subjects of inter-State com merce do not require the application of a general or uniform system, the State3 may legislate in regard to them, with a view to local needs and circumstances, until Con- , gress otherwise directs, but this power is not identical in its extent with the power to regulate commerce among the States. Tha court quotes the statements of the-Federa.'t'jt in support ot this conclusion. That ardent spirits are subjects of inter State commerce is not denied, and the Court then asks if a State, in the absence ot Congressional legislation, can prohibit their importation lrom abroad or from a sister State or their sale by the importer. If the importation cannot be prohibited without Congressional authorization, the next ques tion, the Court says, is when does the im ported property so become part of the com mon mass of property within a State as to ba subject to its unimpeded control. 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