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THUBSDAT EVENING, APBIt 10, 1883.
The Hcilig t-'ase.
Judge Patterson has called upon ub
te say that in the Heilig matter he act
ed in the usual course in discharging
the prisoner upon the statement of the
district attorney that he bad examined
the case, and found no evidence upon
which te ask conviction ; that a day or
two afterwards the district attorney In
formed him that he had made a mis
take and that he had found sufficient
evidence te convict Ilei'Ig and
asked for a bench warrant for his
arrest, which was granted. Judge
Patterson says that he bad no
reason te knew that Mr. Davis had will
fully misrepresented the matter te him
te secure the discharge of Heilig. The
judge was reminded that the Lntelli
genceu had declared that Mr. Davis
had stated in this office that in saying
te him that there was no evidence against
Heileg he had acted entirely en inferma
tien from the prisoner's counsel, and
that he thought he was right in
accepting such a statement from any
reputable member of the bar, though he
was counsel for the prisoner. Judge
Patterson said that Mr. Davis had net
told him that such was the source of his
information. lie did net think Davis was
warranted in making the statement te
him that he did, upon the statement of
the prisoner's counsel : and that if this
was stated te him in court he would
have ground upon which te ask an ex
planation from the district attorney ;
and that it seemed te be such a case as
the bar association had been formed te
take cognizance of and call te the atten
tien of the court. "We understand from
the judge that he is ready te consider
any representations en the matter which
the bar association is disposed te make.
Judge Patterson thinks that he is net
bound te take such notice of a news
paper statement as he should accord te
one made him from the bar ; which may
be true generally ; but in this case the
matter is one between the judge himself
and an officer of his court who has secured
his action by misrepresentation. As
the matter is new fully brought te the
judge's knowledge, the question for him
te consider is as te whether he should
permit a misrepresentation te him by
the district attorney, which has secured
the defeat of justice, te pass unnoticed.
Passed at Last.
The great contest ever the recorder
bill has at last closed with the unani
mous passage of the bill iu the Senate
and its adoption by a heavy majority in
the Heuse. The fight against it was
stubborn,and it is surprising te find that
at its conclusion there was se much
uuauiuiity of sentiment as te it. The
senators who have given it their reluc
tant votes have hardly explained very
satisfactorily why they were se slew te
comprehend the propriety of its
passage. They had a geed deal
te say te show why they talked
one way and finally voted another,
bat their explanations are net very in
telligible. Perhaps they voted for the
bill, finding that it was going te pass
anyway, te preserve the consistency of
their declarations that they were for it
while they were seeking te lead it with
amendments that would have been the
death of it. Strange thirgs have been
said and done in the course of the action
upon the measure, net the least remark
able of which was the conduct of the
Heuse in refusing te concur in the
Senate's action yesterday, but yielding
its hearty assent te day. The enemies
of the bill appear te have been inclined
te make a last essay te defeat it by
fraudulent representations te its friends
in the Heuse ; an undertaking which,
however, was speedily defeated by the
grossness of the deceit. A bill of com
paratively small consequence aroused a
remarkable degree of feeling before it
was finally disposed of aright. We trust
that the ether mere important issues be.
lore the .Legislature will be as success
fully disposed of.
Only One Side te It.
The interested audience of the sena
tors who discussed the pipeline question
in this city received abundant informa
tion te warrant their approval of the
legislation proposed te secure tree com
petition in the trade in this great product
of our state. There is absolutely nothing
of any value te be urged against the
proposal te give the free right of way te
oil pipe lines in the manner proposed by
the law. The restrictions imposed are
such as te fully protect the interest of
the land owners and the community,
and a sufficient reason exists for the
transportation of oil in pipes rather than
en railroads in the greater cheapness of
this method of carriage. The cry that
there is danger te be feared from the
bursting or leaking of pipes has no sub
stantial foundation. There is probably
far less danger from the transportation
of oil in pipes under ground than there is
in its carriage upon railroads. There
are manifest dangers in railway trans
portation which de net exist in the
flowing pipes. We all knew that it is
net uncommon for collisions of trains
and ether accidents te cause the leak
age of tanks and the disastrous confla
gration of this product. Frem such dan
gers, at least, pipe lines are free ; and
while it is possible that there may be
leakage and bursting of pipes, danger
from them is at least as readily guarded
against as that from the burning oil
tanks of railroads. The question has
but one side, as these who heard the
senators' discussion doubtless have made
up their minds.
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Over two hundred Lancaster county
farmers have been secured te sign away
the exclusive right te pass a pipe line
through their farms, and while these
were being obtained the-newspapere and
people who are new clamorous against
the pipe lines never raised their voices
in pretest. Why V
Democratic members of the Heuse
who play baseball while important votes
are being takeemay find themselves left
en the base when their time for re-election
cpmei around.
Senater Wallace, for his Demo
cratic colleagues in the Senate, and the
Philadelphia Times, ter the press which
has been interested in the absolute re
peal of the recorder's bill of 1878, de sim
ple justice te the perseverance, intre
pidity and parliamentary skill which
characterized the management of the
figh' te that end by Senater Kennedy.
When the experienced and astute Re
publican Senater Cooper taunted him
for parliamentary blundering he woke
up the wrong passenger. Kennedy
found the way out for his parly and his
cause and vesterdav had his merited
reward in seeing the whole Senate fall
into line in behalf of the unconditional
repeal, while the red plume of the Re
publican leader was bedraggled in the
mire of defeat with dishonor. In a
moment of forgetfulness, stupidity or
misled by bad counsels the Heuse re
fused te concur, a dozen Democrats aid
ing in the work. Te day's reports snow
that they have recovered their wits and
the bill has passed the Heuse, as it
came from the Senate, by a nearly unan
imous vote. That settles it.
The less of oil by fire and of
ether property from coal oil fires
in this .state during the last twenty
years has been very great in con
flagrations occurring from accidents
te railroad trains carrying oil in tanks.
In this locality several such, of alarming
proportions, have occurred, and nothing
mere dangerous than this method of
transporting oil can be conceived of.
Manifestly if farms and city property an;
te be protected from the -dangers te
which they are constantly subjected by
these magazines en wheels the state and
the community should eagerly encour
age the cheap, noiseless, ineffeusive and
innocuous method of transporting oil in
the underground pipes, in which is the
greatest possible protection te life and
property.
Dennis has been indicted and his le le le
couizance forfeited, though he was iu
the custody of the
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bheriff. Where's Ilei-
TiiiioueuouT Illinois ou Tuesday forty
eight cities and towns voted upon the
liquor question. Seventeen declared for
prohibition or auti-liccnse and thiitj-oue
declared for license.
The Louisiana Presbyterians have been
agitated ever the question of a man's
right te inarry his deceased wile's sister.
The decisions previously recorded against
such marriages are likely te be revcised.
The state medical society will meet en
the 9th, 10th and 11th of May, in Nonis
town, and besides many professional
papers, the features of the meeting will
include a visit te aud an inspection of the
new state lunatic asylum located there.
An impecunious English baronet has
found employment as a clerk in the Bank
of England, another in the Oriental bank,
and a third gains liia livelihood in Ireland
earning tbe meagre wages of a humble
policeman. It would pay such unfortun
ate dignitaries te come ever here and set
themselves up as champion prize fighters.
In Batavia, N. Y., last fall au oil lamp
icii irum .i woman a nana, uie lluid ex.
pleded, the house was destroyed and the
owner's daughter burned te death. It
was found that the oil was of a grossly in
ferier quality te that allowed by law te be
sold and much mere inflammable The
dealer has been convicted and his sentence
may serve as a useful example
Iu-d.yy is the anniversary of the firht
bloodshed in Lexington, in the Revolu
tionary war, aud of the stieet fight iu
Baltimore, which opened the civil strife of
18G1 5. It also was en the 19th of Apiil
that General Washington, in 178a one
hundred years age te-day announced te
the American army iu general orders the
signing of the pteliminary treaty of peace
between the United States of America and
the United Kingdom of Great Britain aud
Ireland.
Tun German agitator, llerr Most, whose
frothy denunciations have doue much te
lesseu the dignity aud value of the efforts
of that class of people whose object is te
overthrew despotism, and in the absence
of semething better, substitute something
worse, has received a decided set back at
Washington. The Federation of Laber
which Most expected te address, held a
meeting last evening and by a majority
decided that they did net wish te listen
te any dynamite, bleed and thunder uou ueu uou
sense. When the effervescent Socialist
and would-be destroyer of society and
government has been .shown that legiti
mate organizations, which have been
founded for the advancement of sjiue
laudable purpose, have no desire te hear
his wiudy arraignment of existing things,
he will begin te comprehond the fact that
the assemblages he addresses in back
rooms, amidst the sti filing smoke of tobac
co and beer fumes are net of the American
public.
M5RSONAL.
Oscau Wilde has written a play called
"The Duchess of Padua "for Mary An An
dereon te display her millinery.
LeitNi; and Louise were net at all terri
fied at the sound of muskrat shooters'
guns in the neighborhood of Rideau hall.
Jimmy Elliett's mother has sent back
Harry Hill's contribution of $50, as she
says she wants no bleed money from the
man who caused her son's murder.
Jehn Biught thinks oaths and oath
making have done mere than any ether
tning te impair antl destroy any regard for
truth.
. Prof. O. C. Maksii has been elected
president of the national academy of
sciences, Washington, D. C, vice Prof.
Rogers, deceased.
Manageii Kelly, of the National thea
tre, Philadelphia, is te be bored full of
holes by the Ferd brothers when they
reach that city, because he refused te let
them open in his play house before July.
1982.
Jehn A. Legan raises his voice for the
peace that ensues when the lamb lies down
inside the lien. Hear him : " The presi-
dend must crush this half-breed faction
into submission te party decipline. Pat-
ronage must be taken away te the last
crumb. The patronage must be riven te
Republicans who have earned it by fidelity
and service. If these several things are
oet done4he end of the Republican party
will date from the '4th day of March, 1885.'-'
THE WOBLD'S WAY.
MJMEUUliS UIUME9 AND CALAMITIES.
Harder. Accidents ana Other Sensations
TSe Unhappy Hesultel a Urin'a frall
, ure at I'lttaDurgh.
Ar Wiueua, Miss., Tuesday. A. S. Lom Lem
an was fatally shot by his brother-in law,
J. A. Hirscb.
A disastrous flood has occurred at Ya
hualica, Mexico. The river rose rapidly,
swept away several houses and much
ether property, and drowned six people.
Jeseph Gunnelli and Frank Cassidy had
a fight yesterday at New Yerk en the third
iloer of a warehouse, when Gunelli was
knocked through the elevator hele aud
killed. Cassidy was arrested.
J. A. Yates, civil engineer of the Canten
Aberdeen and Nashville railroad, was
shot and dangerously weuuded en Tuesday
by C. A. Campbell, contractor for the
same read, at Starkville, Miss.
Herman Ruff was attacked with delirium
tremens at New Yerk en Tuesday, aud
ran through Bleekcr street shouting that
he wanted te kill President Arthur. He
was arrested.
The body of Mansou Briggs, of Spring
Greve, Virginia, was found iu a creek
near that place yesterday. His horse was
tied te a tree. It is net known whether
it is a case of Filicide or foul play.
The schoeucr sunk by collision with the
Bteamer City of Merida, off Cape May,
was the Mary J. Russell. Her captain and
crew were rescued by the brig Rebert Dil Dil
eon and arrived at New Yerk yesterday.
The steamer Jehn S. Brauferd, cu route
en the St. Francis river for Caire, with
100,000 feet of Walnut lumber, struck a
reef yesterday at Deau's Island, forty
miles above Memphis, aud sank. Ne lives
were lest.
An extraordinary laiufall in the coun
try around Norfolk, Virginia, ou Monday
aud Tuesday, did much damage te the
crops. The il.it lauds are covered with 12
inches of water and many bridges have
been carried away.
A freight train ou the Richmond &
Danville railroad rau off the track near
High Point, North Carolina, yesterday.
Eugiueer Gayle was killed and the fire
man aud train hands were all slightly
wounded. The accident was caused by
an obstinate cow which could net be forced
off Uie track.
Geerge C. Kellogg, a retired merchant,
G5 years old, was found dead iu the bath
room couueeted with his rooms in the
Clarenden hotel, New Yerk, last night,
with his head partially submerged. Death
is supposed te have been caused by apo
plexy. He was formerly a member el the
firm of Kemp, Griswold & Ce.
AHSOLCfKL, ItUINEU.
Jhihch Marshall & Ce. '8 Failure Reduces a
Wealthy family te Poverty.
At Pittsburgh a sad feature of the fail
ure of James Marshall & Ce., which was
net ascertained until Wednesday, is the
absolute ruin which it entails upon a
family once among the wealthiest in the
city. The widowed mother and young
sister et Mr. Marshall, are left without a
cop' of their own. On Sunday night Mr.
Marshall said that all the money he had
was iu his pocket, aud with a sraile he
held out te a friend soma silver amounting
te sixty cents. The honest, straight straight
lerward manner in which Sir. Marshall
has acted, aud his evident desire te pay all
the debts he can without regaid te the
consequences te himself, has excited a
great deal of sympathy toward him, aud
will tend te the happiest solution of the
troubles possible under the circumstances.
It is stated en geed authority, that iu
order te realize as much as possible for
Mr. Marshall, the banks holding his pig
iron certificates will place the whole
amount in the hands of a syndicate, te be
disposed of at net less than market rates.
This will be of great assistance te Mr.
Maishall, aud will also prevent the break
in the price of pig metal, which was feared
Tuesday.
Mersey's ratal .Shet
Fuller accounts of the distressing acci
dent en Monday night, iu Montgomery,
Ala., in which Themas Dersey shot his
wife, mistaking her for a burglar, say ;
" There have been several thefts lately
committed about Dersey's premises. At
midnight he heard a neise en his piazza
which seen ceased, te be followed, how
ever, by a second sound like footsteps.
He rose, grasped his pistol, aud
started toward the outer deer. When he
reached the hall he say a figure and fired.
He was horrified te hear his wife exclaim:
" Darling, you have shot me." He had
believed her te be iu bed asleep and did
net suspect her presence in the hall. The
fatal shot passed through the liver and
stomach. Mrs. Dersey was conscious te
the last and told the neighbors and
relatives, who were called in, " I don't
wish anything dene te my darling hus
band, for he knowingly wouldn't have
doue it." Medical assistauce was at hand,
bu1; it was of no avail and the peer wemau
died about daybreak. What makes this
gloomy affair still worse is the fact that
the unfortunate lady expected te beceme
a mother iu a few weeks. Dersey is al
most distracted. They lived happily to
gether, had been married two years, aud
had no -children."
Expensive Georgia l'astltneg.
One year age Miohale Berni an Italian
image vender peddling wares iu Douglass
county was arrested by W. S. Lindley,
Sheriff Jehn Vandergriff, and Charles
Camp, prominent citizens of the county.
They broke Berni's images, took him ime
the court heuse, spat upon him, rolled
him iu en the fleer, and when they were
exhausted with this they all sat down ou
him at once, singing Hengs aud telling
rude jokes. He staid in bed 10 days, and
at the end of that time was able te get te a
train te come home only by being trans
ported in n chair berne by two stout
negrees. The parties being in official
positions, the grand jury refused teiudict.
The Italiau then employed counsel te
bring suit against the persons named in
the United States court. Mr. Hugh
Angier acted as interpreter, and it has
progressed rapidly. The defendants set
up for defense that if they did as charged
they were tee drunk te knew what they
Wire doing. The jury brought in a ver
dict for $1,250 damages.
Murdered In Her Beuse.
Ellen Ilallassey, aged 05 years, was
found dead in her house, in East Tauuten
Massachusetts, yesterday morning, with
indications that she had been murdered.
She was lying with her head in a tin basin
and surrounded by peels of bleed, and
with a hole ih her forehead. Wm. Flynn
and two sons of the woman who had an
altercation during the night have been ar
rested. A later dispatch says that an
autopsy shows that Mr. Hallasey's death
was caused by suffocation. The supposi
tion is that she rolled from a lounge,
striking her forehead en the basin, " and
that she was either stunued or tee drunk
te raise her head."
miner Slatters.
The supposed "dynamite cartridge"
found in the cellar of a New Yerk manu
factory, a few days age, turns out te have
been nothing but glucose.
Navigation is new open from Quebec te
the sea. The water in the St. Lawrence
at Montreal has subsided two feet, and
there is no longer any apprehension of
floods.
Herr Most, the Socialist, delivered a
harangue in Washington last night, the
greater part of which was devoted te de
fending himself against newspaper cen
sures. He wound up by advising the
workingmen in this country te organize
for the securing by force, if necessary,
their rights againat the encroachments of
capital.
Iadlaa Vamp Fires BUuIes;.
A dispatch from Calabazas, Arizona,
says that a prospector was chased within
three miles of that place en Tuesday nighr.
The town was surrounded by Indian camp
fires and signalling was going en from the
surrounding mountains. A special train
from Camp Huachua is en its way with
troops. Captain Black and his rangers
have arrived. Twe scouts counted sixty
two warriors in camp aad saw a large
amount of plunder and a great many aui
mals. It is said that General Creek will
have supreme command, both of the Amer
ican and Mexican troops,and will enlist 150
San Carles Apaches. A vigorous campaign
will be immediately commenced, aua it is
believed that the annihilation of the hos hes
tilcs will alone make peace possible.
Tbe Uukuetrn Meau of seven Fine.
.ome farmers, in plowing the old battle
field of Seven Pines, near Richmond, Va.,
have brought up large numbers of bones
of soldiers who fell and were buried there.
Many of the skeletons are encircled with
leather belts with the brass plates " C.
S. A." upon them. Seme years age the
bones of what were supposed te be the
Union heldies who fell thereabouts were
taken up and buried in the National ceme
tery. It was, however, in a large measure
guess-work, and the bones plowed up new
are believed te Include theso of many
Union soldiers also. Ne steps have been
taken towards getting the remains to
gether and prepsrly burying them, but ex-
Confederates there are speaking et organ
izing measures te this end.
Disastrous Fires.
The Cellier house aud four stores at
Indian Springs, Ga., were burned last
night. Less, $20,000.
A block of stores in Oakville, Ontario,
in which were also the Masonic and
Orauge halls, was burned yesterday
morning. Less, $-10,000.
Nearly a block of stores and dwellings
iu Huntingdon, West Virginia, were
burned yesterday afternoon. Less, $30,
000. Twenty families were made homo home
less. Cholera aud JTever.
The national beard of health is advised
of the disappearance of the cholera from
China, Japan and India ; also that the
smallpox is raging iu Rie Janeiro.
A telegram from Havana says that
" owing te the rarity of cases of yellow
fever," vessels from that pert will receive
clean bills of health until tbe middle of
June.
Kennedy's Modeling l'lume.
Philadelphia Times.
It is worthy of note that the youngest
of all the senators has most gallantly and
skilfully led the battle for the repeal of
the recorder act. Senater Kennedy has
exhibited his pluck en mere than one ec
casien, but never did he display his qali
ties te tbe same advantage as in this
contest. Even the veteran leader, Wallace
paid a most giaccful tribute te the young
leader, when he said that his party had
" followed the nodding plume of the
youngest senator en the lloer." When
weak men were in doubt and whispered
of compromise, Kennedy gave the order
te advance, and he has wen the most
creditable parliamentary achievement of
the session. The lccerder act of 1878 is
dead. It never de-served te have been
born, but it could have been made useful
had net the temptation te subordinate
usefulness te plunder prevailed, and new
it dies by the suicidal greed of its wor
shippers. n.VTCUIKG CHIUKKSS.
1'ateut Incubators Superseding liens.
Hatching eggs by artificial means is
nothing new. A great variety of incuba
tors have been manufactured which have
been operated with mere or less success,
and several parties iu this city have used
them and experimented with them, but
without profitable result. The difficulty
has beeu te keep the heat at exactly the
light temperature during the three weeks
incubation. It has very frequently hap
pened that owing te some defect iu the
incubator, or some neglect ou the part of
the attendant, that the air became se het
iu the incubator that the unhatched chick
was killed, or se cold that the process of
iucubatien was checked, aud the eggs
could net be hatched. Iu this way hun
dreds of eggs and much valuable time
have been lest, and swallowed up what
ever profit thore may have been en suc
cessful hatches.
Frank Humphrey ville, -138 Seuth Queen
street, has invented an incubator that
appears te be se nearly perfect as te
entirely avoid the evils complained of in
ether similar machines. He has at the
present time two of them iu full blast in
his hatchiug heuse. The smaller ene
holds 1G0 eggs and the larger ene 350. Iu
a recent hatching, 110 eggs were placed
in the small incubator aud 05 chicks were
hatched. Iu the large incubator, out of
225 eggs there were only half a dozen that
did net hatch. The chicks are niore
healthy and are thriving better than if
they had been hatched by a lien; ier they
are perfectly free from vermin, which is
very apt te infest chicks that toest under
their mother's wings, aud there is no pos
sibility of their being trampled te death,
or dragged about through the wet grass,
as is semetimes deue by the hcu when in
search of feed for her breed.
Mr. Humphreyville and Jeseph White
have applied for a patent and have overy
prospect of getting one, as the incubator
contains several devices unlike any ethor
in existence. The boiler, the tank, the
regulater aud the slides ou which the eggs
are placed for hatchiug are uulike any in
use and possess advantages that ethers de
net. The machine is se uearly automatic
that it requires no attention from the
time the eggs are put in until they are
hatched, except te keep the lamp that
furnishes the heat burning, and
te turn ence a day the slides con
taining the trays. The regulater works
with such precision that it keeps the heat
almost exactly at 101 degrecs. As seen as
it reaches that point a valve opens and lets
off enough het air te reduce it te the prop
er tempcratue and then it closes. Should
the machine be tampered with, or any ac
cident happen it by which its heat becomes
grcater than 104 erdess thau 95, during
the absence of an attendant, an electric
battery connected with it rings a bell in
Mr. Uumphreyville's room, giving timely
notice that something is wrong.
The temperature is kept at 101 degrees
during the first two weeks of incubation,
and reduced te 9S or a little lower during
the third week that being the tempera
ture of the body of a healthy setting hen.
After the eggs have been in the incuba
tor six days they are examined, one by
ene, by placing them against a piece of
pastebeard in which a hele has been cut
a little smaller than the egg, and exposing
them te a bright light. If the eggs are
fertile they will distinctly show a series
of veins and a partial formation of the
chick's head. If they are sterile they will
remain clear, showing no veins or ether
evidences of incubation. In that case
they are removed from the incubator te
make room for geed eggs. The sterile
eggs are then boiled and used for chicken
feed.
It is the intention of Messrs. Humphrcy Humphrcy
ville aud White te manufacture and sell
their invention. A machine holding 1G0
eggs, with battery and everything com
plete, can be sold for about $30, and the
large ma'chine, holding 350 eggs, for
about $80. There will probably be a
lively demand for them, as their use will
"give the hens a rest," or at least give
them an opportunity of laying many mere
eggs in the course of a year than they can
possibly lay when they have the care of a
large family of chickens en their hands
or rather en their backs and under their
wings.
A FEEE PIPE LINE.
LAKUE MEETING IN TllK COURT HUCS.
Speeches et Senators Lee and Emery The.
mil Explained And tue rtidsrd
Oil Company Arraigned.
There was a large assemblage iu the
court house last night te hear Senators
Lee and Emery discuss the merits of the
free pipe line bill new pending in the state
Legislature. The audience was composed
of the most substantial business men and
farmers of Lancaster city and county, and
that they almost unanimously agreed with
the sentiments of the speakers was
evinced by the frequent applause given
them as the mere telling points of their
speeches were presented.
On the platform in the bar of the court
room was placed a large map of Pennsyl
vania and -adjacent parts of New Yerk,
Maryland, Delaware and Ohie, en which
were drawn in heavy red lines the routes
obtained and te be obtained by the Stand
ard oil company te convey oil from the oil
regions te their refineries in Butlale,
Cleveland, New Yerk and Baltimore.
These lines form a cordon completely
around the oil producing country, and
give the Standard company au exclusive
right of way in se many directions, that
it is impossible for auy competiug
company te get either te the oil
well or te build a competing line te the
seaboard.
The meeting was called te erder by E.
K. Martin, esq., who iutroduceil te the
meeting State Senater Lee, of Venango
county.
LEK'S SPEECH.
Answering tbe Objections of the Standard.
Senater Lee said he was glad te have an
opportunity te meet se many of the peo
ple of Lancaster aud explaiu te them the
purpose of the free pipe lice bill new
before the Legislature. The peculiar
methods of a great monopoly, te misrepre
sent and defeat the measure, must be his
apology for appearing here, if indeed a
measure providing for a free line for con
Toying oil from the wells te the seaboard
need an apology. Se long as the great
monopoly controlled state Legislatures it
cared net for public opinen ; but new that
tbe Legislature has been emancipated
from their oentrol, and thore is a prospect
of the revival of the industries of the state
which the monopolists have crushed out,
for their own selfish purposes, they at
tempt te alarm the people with ground
less fears. Fer years the people of the
western portion of the state petitioned for
redress which was denied them ; they new
apply te the enlightened judgment of the
people. The interests represented by the
speaker commend themselves te all Ponn Penn
sylvauiacs, and he expected a patient
hearing aud an impartial judgment.
What are the facts of the case ? The
opponents of the free pipe line r.ay that
the farmers would be iujured by its con
struction. The law proposes te give te a
chartered corporation the right te trans
port oil through pipes te auy pert or
city in the commonwealth. It carefully
guards private property. Ne pipe can be
laid within the limits of any borough or
city until consent te de se has been given
by the proper authorities. TiJ rough farm
lands the pipes must be buried at least
two feet below the deepest pleughing,
aud the right of way must be paid for,
befere the cempauy enters upon the land,
and the cempauy must give bends te pay
for all damages that may subsequently oc
cur in consequence of the laying of the
pipe. The difference between this law and
the railroad law is : that the pipe line is
made liable for all subsequent damages
done by the breaking of pipe, &c,
while the railroads are liable only for
damages done at the time of the construc
tion of the read, except where the damage
is shown te have occurred through the
company's carelessness.
The peeple of Lancaster are most
favorably situated ; they are rich in min
eral wealth aud have the finest agricultural
ceuuty in the world. If it cau be shown
that no damage can come te them
through the construction of a pipe line,
we ask that the advantages possessed by
Lancaster county shall net be made a
barrier te the development aud success of
less favored localities.
lteasuns Fer lr.
Tbe speaker held, first that the pipe
line bill is a necessity te protect the inter
ests of the state ; second, that the Legisla
ture has full power te grant te a pipe line
tbe privilege te enter upon lands, giv
ing the owners thereof full com
pensation therefore ; and third, that no
damage can occur te the owners of lands
or ethers that will net be fully compensat
ed. The speaker thought that none of
thtse prepositions needed argumeur, if
they were correctly stated. IIe then went
en te give a brief history of the discovery
aud weuderful progress of the oil interests
of this state. He showed that Pennsylva
nia preduced four-fifths of all the oil pro
duced in the country, and that up te 1872,
95 per cent, of the crude oil was refined
in this state ; that then the
Standard oil cempauy, a foreign
corporation, ebtaiucd a monopoly of the
business, carried the crude oil beyond the
limits of the state, crushed out our local
refineries and all ethor individual ' oil in
dustries, raised the price of oil en con
sumers and amassed immonse wealth in
the hands of a few monopolists. The
monopoly originated under the name of the
Seuth Improvement company, a corpora
tion that was given pewer te de almost
everythiup, and they at ence proceeded te
de it. They made au arraugemeut
with the Pennsylvania railroad company
by which they obtained an exclusive re re ro
bate of $1.05 per barrel en all oil shipped
by them, thus crushing out all competi
tion. The Pennsylvania railroad company
agreed te protect them against all oppo
sition aud assist in securing them large
profits. Iu a short time all home trans
porters aud refiners were crushed out and
Pennsylvania gave ever te Ohie and New
Yerk the manufacture of this great pro
duct. Most of the profit of the oil interest
is made in refining, and this is almost all
done outside the state, the ratio having
fallen in ten years from 95 per cent, te 10
per cent. Hew was this done ? The
monopoly purchased lauds, built lines te
Cleveland, Buffalo, from Bradford te New
Yerk. Through these lines they can
pump from the oil regions te Cleveland
30,000 gallons per day; te Buffalo 40,000
gallons, and te New Yerk 45,000 gallons,
thus affording ether states the vast ad
vantages of refining oil that ought te be
enjoyed by our own.
The Keductlen ex Product.
In 1872 the product of oil was 80,000
barrels per day, aud new it is only 03,000.
This being the case, it is often asked:
"What necessity is there for new pipe
lines ! " The speaker answered that the
necessity existed because the monopoly
refuse te transport oil en equal and liberal
terms. They carefully avoid Penn
sylvania towns and cities and
carry our own product beyond our
own borders for manufacture by mo
nopolists in their own foreign refineries.
In one year they declared a dividend of 105
per cent, en their stock besides building
new lines and buying new rights of way
te shut off competition. Under this con
dition of affairs what is the interest of
Pennsylvania? These profits can only
come from the producers of crude oil or
from the consumers. If there was a
competing line the price of refined oil
would come down or the price of crude oil
would go up, either of which would bene
fit Pennsylvania, and the monopoly would
have te be content' with less exorbitant
profits.
But you will say, " Why net purchase
the right of way the same as the Standard
company has done ?"- The answer is :
it cannot be done ; the Standard has pur
chased an exclusive right of way. Ne new
company can cress their lines.and without
cress. ng them, no new company can get
either te the oil wells, or te the seaboard.
Tne monopoly owns a double cordon of
I'mes that cut off all competition, aud they
have determined te refine the oil of Penn
sylvania in their great relineiics at
Cleveland, Ohie aud New Yerk. Under
the proposed free pipa line bill the Stand
ard at well as any competing company
weutf be obliged as common carriers te
transport oil for producers or purchasers
te such points along their lines as they may
want it ; but under th existing law the
monopoly is net obliged te de se ; they
carefully avoid Philadelphia aud ether
Pennsylvania cities, aud carry the oil be
yond our borders.
The speaker said if the pipe line bill
passes the Legislature there will be, no new
pipe Hue laid because it will net be neces
sary ; but tbe passage of the bill will bring
the monopolists te terms and compel them
te de their duty and treat Pennsylvania
re liner.; fairly, aud thus prevent tee con
struction ei a new line.
There has been some question raised
as te the power of the Legislature te grant
the right of euiineut domain te a pipe line
company, but the speaker had no doubt
of its power te de se, because it is a pub
lic use, te protect the people from a mon
strous monopoly. The Standard oil com
pany commenced business en a capital of
$100,000, and have increased it te $80,000,
000, besides declaring immense dividends.
While this great company has grewu rich
en the products of Pennsylvania, the pro
ducers have grown peer. There cau be
ue doubt that the people possess the pow
er te protect themselves from blighting
monopolies, whether foreign or domestic,
aud the courts h:ive decided that they de
possess the power te grant the right of
eminent domain.
"Will this proposed pipe line be au in
jury te Lancaster county ?" has beeu
asked. The National Transit company,
which is only another uame for the Stan
dard oil cempauy, has already secured au
exclusive riijut et way through the north
ern part of this county. Why did they
want an exclusive right '.' Simply te pre
vent any competing line Jretn being
built te interfere with their monop
oly. They assured the peeple from whom
they purchased the right of way that there
was ue pessible damage that could ceme
te them from its construction. It is euly
when a free pipe line bill is bofero the Lsg Lsg
islature that they report breaks iu Stand
ard oil pipes, outside of the state, aud
attempt te scare the people into a belief
that thare is danger. They want you te
instruct your representatives at Harris
burg te vote against the bill, se that they
may have a continuance of the monopoly
they possess. Mr. Lee lu conclusion
called upeu any one in the audience who
wished te ask any questions en any
point that ha had net made plain te spaak
out, aud he would try te make it plainer.
Mr. R. J. Housten asked what was the
relative cost per barrel of transporting oil
from the wells te Philadelphia by rail aud
by pipe line.
Mr. Lee said he could neb give the
exact figures, but that was a part of the
subject which would be discussed by Mr.
Emery, who was te fellow him. In conclu
sion Mr. Lne called attention te the fact
that the Standard cempauy had escaped
almost all taxation en its enormous
wealth, because it could only be taxed en
that portion of its capital employed in
this state ; and thus Pennsylvania, the
greatest producer of oil, receives little or
ue benefit from it the enormous profits
going into the pockets of a monopoly hos hes hos
tile te Pennsylvania interests.
KKNATOlC KIHERK'S SPEECH.
Tlie Hydra-Headed monopoly Arraigned.
Senater Lewis Emery, of MeKean coun
ty, was introduced by Mr. Martin. He
said it might seem strauge te some peeple
that senators from the Legislature of
Pennsylvania should appear here te argue
a question that should be argued iu the
Senate. But it has beceme a necessity with
theso of the north western counties of Penn
sylvania te protect the interests of 1(5,000
men, engaged in the production ei oil and
of 200,000 men who have bden employed
iu one way or ethor iu its manufacture,
from the ruin brought upeu them by the
most grasping monopoly that ever afflicted
a people. The Standard oil company is a
hydra-headed monster with many names,
the National Transit company and the
Seuth Improvement company being
some of them. The managers at
the head of these companies are
at the head of the Standard.
When oil was discovered iu Venango
county, aud for several years afterward,
auy man could produce and transport it
wherever he pleased ; the railroads carry
ing it at fair prices. Iu 1872 a contract
was made betweeu the Peunsylvania rail
road company aud 12 men iu Cleveland,
representing the Standard oil company,by
which certain drawbacks were te be al
lowed them as transporters, and the rail
road was te co eperate with them te make
the business lucrative Similar contracts
were subsequently made with the Northern
Central and Erie railroads, and all these
railroads allowed rebates te the Standard
companies which enabled them te crush
out all competing transporters of oil. Mr.
Emery then followed iu much the same
line of thought as given by Mr. Lee iu
showing hew the Standard fattoued en the
ruiu of Pennsylvania refinerieB, which had
te go under or compete with the Standard
at a disadvantage of $1.00 per barrel of
oil, the rebate te the Standard being in a
single year $109,000. He then read from
statistics showing the immonse losses sus
tained by Pennsylvania labor and capital
by the exclusive privileges and usur
pations of the Standard. He aeked
if Pennsylvania should be robbed of
these profits aud of the tax that
all ethers except the Standard cempauy
are obliged te pay. He held that the com
pany te-day ewes the state $3,000,000, net
a cent of which can be collected, because
it was chartered by Ohie, and is net
therefore amenable te Pennsylvania law.
Mr. Emery denounced in the most vehem
ent manner the tools of the Standard
company, who were circulating reports
that he and Senater Lee were supporting
the pipe line bill through mercenary mo
tives, and he dared the man or men (if
they were present), who had distributed
circulats at the deer of the court house
aud iu the court room, te stand
up aud own it, and he would prove that
they were net working in the interest of
the farmers of Lancaster county, but in
the interest of the people of the Standard
company.
Mr. Emery here read the following from
ene of the circulars :
"Jflazlng Standard Oil.
" Special Dispatch te the Press.
' Lkavittsijuue, Ohie, April 14. At
two o'clock this afternoon the pipe line of
the Standard oil company burst, discharg
ing one hundred barrels per hour. Tbe
oil tan into a creek, when some miscreant
set fire te it, and the entire vicinity was
filled with the smoke and flame. A cul
vert ever the highway costing $5,000 was
destroyed. The oil is still blazing and
the property in the vicinity is in danger of
destruction. Orders have been telegraphed
te step the supply ; that unless the break
can be mended the entire amount between
the supply pipe and the break will run out.
It is impossible te estimate the amount of
oil that will be lest."
Te show that the above was a lie manu
factured out of the whole cloth, Mr.
Emery said ttnt he had telegraphed te
three reputable citizens of Leavittsburg
and received the following telegram in
reply :
Leavittsbure. Ohie, April 17, 1883.
L. Emery, jr., and H. J. Hutnet, Bolten Muute,
Hamsburg.
We have made a very thorough exami
nation where the break in the Standard
pipe line occurred. Ne outside parties
were in any way connected with it, or
disturbed it. The suppled break was
near the river en the farm of one Mr.
Libby. We saw and talked with him. A
small amount of oil collected iu an eddy
where seme boys were fishing and they
bet Ore te the oil. Ne damage done as
far as we could find out, exvepc what oil
was burned, and that was inconsiderable.
It has been suggested here that if the pipe
was diatuibed ii was by th.- e-vners them
selves. McKean Wuite,
Ciias. McFauland,
F. E. Lewiit.
Mr. Emery said he badbetm an advocate
of a free pipe lice since 1SG5, aud had net
the Lancaster comity members of tbe
Legislature voted against it we would to
day have in the state 200,000 mere popu
lation, that has beeu driveu away by the
Staudard and $0,009,000 par anuum:more
than we new receive from the oil busiueds.
He compared the magnificent palaces of
Standard kings with the misery and beg
gary of their Pennsylvania victims; he
described the maimer in which his ewu
business had beeu ruined ; adding that he
was a Pemii-ylvaiiiaii aud would
stand by Pennsylvania until the
last, if he had te cut weed
or dig ditches'. He asked the farmers of
Lancaster county hew they would like te
be compelled te have their wheat, bay aud
tobacco hhut out of all markets except
these a great tnoucpely ohese te give
them, and have their products shipped at
such, rate as the monopoly fixed, as is, the
case with the oil producers. Ue showed
that under the present moueply every man .
and wife iu Pennsylvania are taxed $1
ah aud every child 50 cents each per
year en tbe oil they burn, that the Stand
ard cempauy may revel iu luxury.
Mr. Emery presented bofero his
audiouce a piece of pipe, such
as is used for pipe lines, lie said the pipe
is tested te bear a pro.sr.ure of 2,500 pounds
te the square inch, though the pressure is
net mere than 150 pounds te the square
inch. The pipe is supplied with valves
that are forced epcu when the pumping
engines are at work. aud close when the
pumps step; se that it is impossible, even
if a break should occur, for any considera
ble amount of oil te flew from the pipes.
Ue held that the only safety for Pennsyl
vania was te pass the pipa line bill and te
have a line of pipe with its exit at or near
Philadelphia, se that the expert of oil
from tint pert, milit be what it was years
age, bolere 'he business was mined
by the St n-Iird monopoly. Mr.
Emery raid he had traveled through
Europe aud A.m.i, aud wherever he went
he saw Pennsylvania oil aud he felt that it
was a burning shaiue that her citizsushad
ue share in the profits of a product that
lights the world. And iie held in his
hands new the names of 220 Lancaster
county farmers who had giveu te the
monopoly which lias brought about this
state of affairs the exclusive right of way
through their firms. In Chester 183
farmers have denu the same aud in Dela
ware 140, seme of whom received net one
cent of compendium for the privilege.
The monopoly has bought or begged rights
in every pessible direction, se that as
things new aie, it is impossible te build
anywhere a competing line,
lletv Kecelved.
The speakers were attentively listened
te, warmly applauded and at the close of
the meeting personally congratulated by
many of their andienee. During the
evening circulars m the same interest in
which they spoke were freely distributed
through the court heuse, aud boys were
stationed at the deer by fi iends of the
Staudard company te distribute circulars
against free pipe Hues.
KUIttiLAItlKS.
A lMvelllui; and Shep Uruknn upon.
The residence of Jacob K. Nissley, near
the village of Flerin above Mount Jey bor
ough, was visited by a burglar or burglars
ou Tuesday night. An eutrauce was pro
bably effected by false keys as the deem
were found lucked after the burglary was
committed. The family heard a noiae
during the night and en getting up te as
certain the cause, it was leuud that every
thing was turned tepsy turvy" iu the
rooms visited by the burglais, but ue val
uables were missed, the iutruders proba
bly being scared off bofero they had com
pleted their work. The thieves were evi
dently looking for money aud failed te get
it.
The same night thieves breke open the
scrap foetu of Henry KraybilPs cigar fac
tory, iu the same neighborhood. One of
them entered the room aud attempted te
break iute the cigar room, while tbe ether
watched outside. The were seeu by Elias
Nissley, who lives nearly oppesito the
place. He raised the window, and asked
what they were doing. They hastily find
from the premises, and as they ran Mr.
Nishley hhetat them four times, with his
tuvelver, hutdid uet hit them.
A KVNAWaY.
Tim KIhcIc Maria " lv.im en i:ie Rampage.
This morning is the prison van, yclept
the " Black Maria." was bringing a pris
oner from the jail te the court the belt
that connects the pole te the body of the
vehicle dropped out. This c.cared the
horses, aud with the pole, double trce and
siuglc trce hanging te them they ran furi
eusly down East King street. The acci
dent happened between Lhni and Shippeu
streets aud the herszs kept the middle of
East Kiu stroet for mero thau a
square, when they ran upon the side
walk ou- the south side of 'the
street until they x cached Demuth's
cigar stere where ene of the horses fell
and pulled the ether with him. Keubeu
Killinger seized them and kept them from
running further. The her.vjs belong te
Mr. Powel, the liveryman. One of them
is very seriously injured one fereleg and
both hind legs being much cut aud bruis
ed, and the horse is se badly lamed that it
cau hardly staud.
l'atent Granted.
A patent has been granted Themas H.
Keller, of Lititz, and Martin S. Keller and
C. W. Myers, of Lincoln, this county, for
a bretzel machine, the novelty of which
consists in its rolling a piece of dough for
each bretzel, twisting the roll into the
bretzel-shape, and delivering it ready for
the. even. Heretofore the machine for the
purpese having simply becu able te stamp
out the bretzel, failing te give the dough
of each bretzel the sepaiate rolling se
necessary te produce the perfect article.
This patent was procured through Wm.
ft. Gerhart, patent solicitor of this city.
Away Frem Heme.
Mt. Jey Star.
The Rev. James Y. Mitchell, of Lancas
ter city, an able divine, preached in be
Presbyterian church of this place last
Sunday morning and evening. He is an
excellent preacher, possessing a geed clear
voice, together with fair and proper ges
tures. Rev. Mitchell has a fine and pleas
ing appearance, his very leeks tell that he
is a deep thinker and a profound reasencr.
He possesses unusually quick, sharp and
expressive eyes.
costly righting.
Ed. Faegley and Henry Swartz, two
mere members of the gang who were
drunk aud fighting ou Seuth Duke street,
en Sunday, had a hearing before Alder
man A. F. Dennelly last evening, and
were discharged after paying a fine el $1
each and costs.
Slander hult Settled.
Jacob L. Heffman, of Elizabethtown,
who was arrested for alleged slander en
complaint of Benjamin Lewin, was dis
charged this morning, the ease having
been settled by tbe parties.