-"V s :'e MYSTERY OF THE SEA. A Passenger Steamship Discovered Abandoned in Mid-Ocean. MANX HUNDREDS WERE ON BOARD "ffhen the Fated Vessel Lett Port for the Shores of America. AIL OP THE BOATS WERE MISSING. r Tb Agents Believe the Passengers Were Eescued by ", Another Ship. The steamer City of Chester discovered the Denmark, of the Thingvaila; line, abandoned in mid ocean. The ihip was in a sinking condition, and all of her boats were gone. The Denmark left Copenhagen with oTer 700 persons on board, including passengers and crew. The officials of the company cling to the hope that these hare been rescued. The passengers were mainl y immigrants. Sew York, April 12. The news of the discovery of the steamer Denmark, aban doned in midocean, caused the greatest ex citement in shipping circles here. The matter is as yet truly a mystery of the sea, and it is impossible to say whether hun dreds of persons have found watery graves or whether a single soul has been lost. The Inman line steamer City of Chester arrived at Qneenstown yesterday, and her Captain reported that on April 8, in lati tude 46 north, longitude 37 west, she passed the Danish steamer Denmark, from Chris tiansand, Copenhagen, etc., for New York. The Denmark had been abandoned by her crew. Her stern was level with the sea and her bow stood high out of the water. She was apparently sinking. All of the boats were gone from the davits, and the aban doned vessel had a most melancholy ap pearance. After watching the wreck for some hours and observing no sign of life the City of Chester resumed her course. The Denmark was a vessel of 2,260 tons and belonged to the Thingvaila Line. She was commanded by Captain Knudson. The Denmark was formerly the Belgian steamer Jan BreydeL She was a bark rigged vessel and was 340 feet long, 40 feet in breadth and 26 feet deep. She was built at Newcastle, England, in 1880. ANXIOUS EMENDS. Punch, Edye & Co. are the If ew York agents of the Thingvaila Line, to which the abandoned steamer belongs. They refused at first to believe the reports, but full ad vices showed conclusively that it was the Denmark which the City of Chester had seen. The office of the company was soon thronged with people anxiously inquiring for news. One of the firm said: We have a cable dispatch to the effect that the Denmark Jef t Chnstiansand on March 2fl, on her first voyage under her new flag and same. She had been completely overhauled, and It was thought by all that she was the best of our fleet. There were on board of her at the time of her departure at least 710 people. Of these 6S0 were passengers. To manage and to look after the comforts of this large number cf passengers there must have been at least 60 in the crew, and probably the number may have reached 100, or perhaps 125. There are therefore to be accounted for the lives of from 710 to 775 people. No list of the passengers on board the ill-fortuned steamship is to be had in this city. Among the first callers at the office of Punch, Edye & Co. was Morris Stover, a young farmer from somewhere in Massa clmtts, who got there last night to await the arrival ot the steamer upon which his brother and sweetheart had taken passage. His grief was uncontrollable. A DELUSIVE HOPE. It was hoped the steamship Eider might bring in the passengers, or at least some news of them. The Eider reached her dock alter 1 o'clock this afternoon. She did not see anything of the Denmark, and her offi cers were greatly surprised,when told the, particulars. The steamship Iceland, of the Thingvaila line, which lett Copenhagen four days later than the Denmark and is due here now, will probably bring some intelligence of the disaster. The Denmark was formerly the freight steamer Jan Brydel, of the White Cross line. Last fall Messrs. Punch, Edye & Co., who are also agents of the latter line, had the vessel put in condition for passenger traffic, rechristened her Denmark and trans ferred her to the Thingvaila fleet. This was the vessel's first trip lrom the other side under her new colors. Tne reported dis aster vividly recalls the collision of the steamship Thingvaila, of the same line, last summer, by which many lives were lost. THE COMPANY'S IDEA. The agents of the steamship line this "veil ing issued the following, which indicates that they still hope for the best: As some of the comments on the reported loss ol the Danish steamer Denmark express the apprehension that this disaster may have been accompanied by heavy loss of life, we beg leave to state, for the benefit of all persons who have friends on board the ill-fated boat, our be lief to the contrary. When sighted b y the City Chester on Monday last in latitude 4a55 north longitude 37.16 west, the decks aft and the sails were in pieces, but the vessel was floating, and, although the reporting steamer expressed the belief that she would shortly founder, this did not occur during all the time that elapsed from the hour she as first sighted. The Denmark was floating directly in the track of the transatlantic steamers, and we believe bejond peradventure that the passen gers and crew were taken off some time, possi bly as far back as a couple of days before the City of Chester sighted the wreck, since the Denmark, having left Christiansand on the 26th of March, should, under ordinary circum stances, have advanced considerably beyond the position found in. If the wrecked passen gers and crew had not been picked up they would naturally, even if embarked m BOATS AJTD ON BAFTS, have remained in the neighborhood of the wreck, the presence of which wonld be much more likely to attract the passing steamers than small boats or rafts would. The City of Chester evidently did not find the slightest wreckage near the vessel, such as might be at tributable to smashed or otherwise incapaci tated boats, while the steamer bore no sign whatever of human life. We confidently be lieve, therefore, that, with the possible excep tion of single casualties, such as may occur during the transfer of so many people from one vessel to another, the passengers and crew of the Denmark are safe, and will ere long be heard of as on board of one of the transatlantic steamers. Very respectfully, Fusch. Edye 4 Co.. General Agents Thingvaila Steamship Co. -,The business of the Thingvaila company is" confined largely to immigrant traffic, and it is almost certain that the great proportion of her passengers belonged to that class. The general opinion in shipping circles is that the passengers and crew were trans ferred to some other steamers. If they had only their boats to depend on, there could scarcely fail to be great loss of life. VERT PKITATE EXECUTIONS. Some Kewn In Mexico That the Newspapers Did Not Publish. rsrxctu. tzlzbuxxto the dispatch. New Yoke, April 12. A private letter received in New Ycrk yesterday, from a trustworthy gentleman residing at the City of Mexico, says: Four of the men arrested on the charge of being implicated In the derailnientof President Diaz's train a few weeks ago, have been shot. The execution was carried out very quietly, as not Infrequently happens in such cases in this country. Newspapers and news agencies did not publ'sh the fact, as editors stand in wholesome awe of imprison ment and do not give publicity to events which the Governmental authorities prefer should re main in obscurity. Sy the way the prospect now Is that we are going to hare exciting times before lone. The impression is deepening in many minds that President Diaz will not be able to maintain his position to the end of the present term. In deed, many think that General Gonzale will succeed to the Presidency before 18 months tave passed. STREET CAB STRIKERS Prevent AHCnra From Running In Minneap olis nnd St. PnnI Mounlpd Police Charse the Crowd -The First Blood Shed. Minneapolis, April 12. The street car strike is becoming more lively. A few minutes before 4 o'clock this afternoon there was a serious disturbance on Wash ington avenue near "West avenue south. A Fourth avenue car had with great difficulty made its way to the turntable and was on its wav hart. It was surrounded by a huge and excited crowd, who hurled abuse of all sorts at its occupants. Finally someone set the brake on the rear platform and stopped it. At this juncture a squad of mounted policemen dashed out of the alleyway lrom the Central police station and rushed at full speed Into the crowd with clubs drawn. Once in the enter of the crowd they arrested three men aid retreated. The crowd was constantly augmenting and getting very violent. To make matters worse a number of express wagons filled with strikers drove in front of the cars and succeeded in so filling up the -Ima f melrA n fvimnletft blockade. The driver of the car finally unhooked J his horses and went Off amid the cneers oi the crowd, leaving the car standing on the track. One of tho policemen valiantly shot a dog, and the poor canine's blood was as far as is known all that was spilled on this the second day of the strike. The street car strike extended from Min neapolis to St Paul this afternoon, when all the men, except those on the cable lines, went out. The cause of the strike is the same as that at Minneapolis the men object to the reduction of 25 per cent in their wages, which has been ordered. Ev erything is quiet. TROUBLE IN TWO CHUECHES. Saothern Presbyterians and Episcopalians Worried Over Old Sores. rsrxciAi. tixxqkax to TuiDisrATciM Chablestoh, 8. C, April 12. There is trouble in the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches in South Carolina. In the Pres bytery to-day occurred the election for del egates to the Presbyterian General Assem bly in the South. The vital issue in this church is the "Body of Man," which was made an issue by the expulsion of Br. Woodrow from the Theological Seminary of South Carolina. Dr. "Woodrow believed in the evolution of man, subject to the divine act of creation. He was expelled some three years ago, but his case has been brought up again and again before every Presbytery, Synod and Assembly in the South ever since. At the Charleston Pres bytery to-day a distinct issue was made, and the anti-Wobdrow delegates were elected by avoteof23tol4. The negro is the issue in the Episcopal Church. He has been an issue for six or seven years. Three Tears ago he became so prominent an issue that nearly one-half of the parishes represented in the Diocesan Convention seceded, and these parishes have since kept out of the convention. To-day a meeting of the seceders was held in this city, and it was decided to make an effort to patch up a peace. With this object the conference recommends the seceding par ishes to elect delegates to the coming con vention and to ask a preliminary con ference before the meeting ot the conven tion. The plan of the proposed compro mise seems to be to admit the negro clergy men who are now on the 'Bishop's roll, but to bar out all new comers, and to establish a sort of side convention for the negroes, subject to the Bishop of the Diocese. B0EEY HE HAD TO U0. Secretary Blaine's Letter of Regret at Perry Belmont's Leaving Spain. "Washington, April 12. The following is a copy of the letter which Secretary Blaine sent to Mr. Perry Belmont, in re sponse to the latter's cabled resignation of his office as Minister of the United States to Spain: Department of State, J Washington, March U, 1SS9. ( Sib: On the morning of the 1st instant a telegram was received from you reading as follows: I hereby place mv resignation at the President's disposal. as Minister UILMONT. Your request has been complied with, and I am directed by the President to inform you hat, in deference to your expressed wish, you-1 resignation is accepted, with regret; that your voluntary retirement deprives the service or a faithful and competent representative. While it is naturally inferable, from the language of your telegram, that yon hold yourself at the service of the President, and while it is gratify ing to assume that you will continue to accept ably perfoim the duties of your office until your successor's arrival. it appeared courteous and proper, in advising yon by telegraph of the acceptance of your resignation, to ascertain your willingness to remain at your post until relieved, and I have accordingly to-day telegraphed ou, saying your resignation is- accepted, and askinr whether it onld be agreeable to await the ar rival of your successor. Pending the receipt of your reply to this inquiry, further instruc tions in regard to the presentation of your let ter or recall are necessarily deferred. The President has sent to the Senate the nomina tion of ex-Senator Thomas W. Palmer, of Michigan, as your successor. I am, etc... etc, James G. Blaine. SATED BT A SCREAM. A Woman Supposed to Be Dead Suddenly Returns to Life. tSFXCIAZ. TKbEGRAX TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Chicago, April 12. Eleven weeks ago Mrs. Aimer Wells, of this city, was pros trated with rheumatic fever. The disease finally penetrated the spinal marrow and the sufferer became unconscious. Xast Monday she appeared to be dying. Her eyes became glassy, her head fell back and her jaw dropped. Her heart, it is said, ceased to beat. The nurse declared that the woman was dead. Mrs. Wells' mother was not in the room at the time. When she entered the chamber half an hour later the aged woman screamed and fell upon the floor. As she did Mrs. Wells' eyes opened and her heart resumed its work. When she returned to consciousness the sufferer exclaimed: "I was far, far away. Up above the earth and free from pain. I heard you when you called me first and heard you afterward and saw all that you did, but so free lrom pain was I that I did cot want to come back. Then I saw mother enter the room, and still I wonld not come, but when I saw the look of anguish in her face as she saw me dead and uttered her heartrending cry, I could stay away no longer. So I came back." Mrs. Wells, it is thought, will recover. . POSTMASTERS FOE PENN8YLYANIA. Another Bis Bitten of Keystone Slnte Fourtb-CIass Postmasters. ISrXCIAI. TELXQBAH TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Washisgtos', April 12. The following postmasters were appointed to-day for Penn sylvania: II. M. Masser, Aronburg: Jacob Anman, Aitch; P. M. Phillip, Beaver Meadow; E. C. Beecher, Foxburg; D. F. Alexander. Genesee Fork: T. A McCoy, Granville; A L. Shomn, Hamburg; C. H. Davis, Harrison Valley; F. Deshong, Hastontown: L. H. Beck, Keenv. ville; J. 8. Yearick, Kratzville: Mrs. L. Ham ilton, Little: 8. G. Guletlns. "Wlllnelm; Henry Neff. HefTs Mill; William Palmer. Werfords burg; E. J. Trout, Wheatland Mills; J. D. Fuller, Newton Hamilton; J. F. Hoffman, PortTurestnn; J. C. Clements, Sprlngdale; H. R. HllLTivoli; John Kirder, Mlnersvillej J. G. WeIls,Wellsville. Dag-os Choke a. Woman. Three Italians, while under the influence of liquor, last evening entered the house of Mrs. Crawiord, No. 14 Isabella street, Alle gheny. They were ordered to leave, when one of them proceeded to choke Mrs. Craw ford. She called for assistance and the Italians were ejected. One or them was arrested bv Officer Moreland, and, subse quently, detective Murpby' arrested the other two. They will be given a hearing by Mayor Pearson to-day. THE PITTgBUKG THE RUSH FOR LAND : . Bound to Result in Serious Trorfrile in Oklahoma Monday Week. f ' TWO LETTERS OF GREAT INTEREST To Intending Settlers Made Public by Com missioner Stockslaser. HOW TO MAKE APPLICATION FOE ENTBI. The Precautions to Present Tolerable Order Thought to be Sufficient. Never before was there such excitement over the settlement of Government lands as at present over the coming opening of O kla homa. About 100,000 people want to settle there, and there are but 10,000 quarter sec tions for them. The authorities anticipate considerable trouble, but feel able to cope with it. Washington-, April 12. The Commis sioner of the General Land Office has made public the following letters, as being of general interest to persons contemplating settlement in Oklahoma: Depastuekt or the Ixtzrior, ) ' Gbxebaz. Land Office. WASHTNQTON, D. O, April 12, 1889. ) O. M. Wilson, Esq., Arkansas City, Kan.f Bra Yonrletterof the 4th instant, addressed to the uon. Attorney General, In reference to the Oklahoma lands which are to be opened to settlement under the act of Congress of March 2. 1889, has been forwarded to him by this Office for answer. In reply 1 have to state that the lands in question are to be disposed of to actual settlers, under the homestead laws only. A party desiring to become an actual settler under the homestead laws may initiate his claim by entry at the District land Office, after properlv examining and selecting the land de sired, in which case he is allowed six months from date of entry within which to establish his actual residence on the land, or If he so elect, he may initiate his claim by actual settle ment on the land, which must consist of some act or acts connecting himself with the par ticular tract claimed, said act or acts to be equivalent to an announcement of such as his intention, and from which the pnblic generally may have notice of his claim. Thereafter he is allowed three months within which to make his claim of record by entry in the District Land Office. I inclose for your farther Information copies ot circular of January 1, 1889, and April 1, 1889. Respectfully, S. 11. Stockslaqee, Commissioner. PEOVISIONS OF THE ACT. WaShisGTOH-, D. C, April 12. Bon. J. 3. Ing&lls, United States Senate: Deab Sib 1 have had the honor to receive by reference from yon, and herewith return, a letter addressed to you by Mr. G. T. Sommers, dated at Oklahoma station, Indian Territory, the 29th ultimo. In reply I have to state that the act of March 2. 1889. to which Mr. Sommers refers, provides, as he states, that no one shall be permitted to enter or acquire any right to any of the Oklahoma lands, to be disposed of thereunder, who violates its proTisions by en tering upon and occupying the same prior to lz o'clock, noon, of April 22, 1889, the date fixed in the President's proclamation of March 23, 1S89. for the said lands to become open to settlement. The statute makes no exception to this provjslon. I am inclined to think, however, that when a person was already within these lines at the date ot the approval of the act by .proper authority, his presence should not be regaided as a violation of this provision of the act. The primary jurisdiction to act upon applications to enter rests witn tne district lanu omcers, anu mi. Sommers may present this application for entry to them, with proper proof of his allegations. Should they ref nse to permit an entry, he may appeal from their action, which would bring his application and proofs before this office for its adjudication of the case. Respectfully, S. M. Stocxsiageb, Commissioner. THE GREAT BUSH TOE XAND. In speaking of the great line of immigra tion now getting toward Oklahoma, Com missioner Stockslager to-day said that from newspaper estimates, and from information received through official and personal sources, he was of the opinion that fully 100,000 persons would enter Oklahoma within a month after the 22d of April. For these 100,000 people, said the Commissioner, there are only about 10,000 homesteads which maybe entered under the President's proclamation. Therefore, for each quarter section open to entry, there will be at least five or six applicants. Never before in the history of the country has there been a parallel to it. The in evitable result of this tremendous influx, the Commissioner thought, would be a great many contests, and probably some, personal conflicts. A further result, he feared, would be the spreading of this immense surplus over the adjoining Indian lands, from which it would be difficult to dislodge them with out much trouble and possibly some blood shed. If the commission appointed to treat with the Cherokees for a cession of the Cherokee outlet could complete their labors within the next few months, so that the new tract might be open to settlement before Congress again meets, this might, and prob ably would relieve the pressure. Other wise, he feared matters would become com plicated and the equilibrium restored with difficulty. N pbesent pbecautions sufficient. However, the commissioner has no doubt that the precautions now being taken to preserve order in Oklahoma and to keep the intruders from the adjoining lands will be amply sufficient for the purpose. The newly appointed registers and receivers of the recently created land offices at Guthrie and King Fisher stage station, with their clerks and two special agents of the depart ment, will meet at Arkansas City, Kan., on April 17, and together proceed to their posts of duty. Every facility will be extended by the local officers to applicants in making their filings, and every effort made to dispatch the business of the offices with expedition. In order to save the time of the receiving officers they will be supplied with rotary consecutive numbering stamps instead of making their indorsements with a pen. The order in which an application is re ceived, as indicated by the number stamped upon it, will determine and settle its priority over applications bearing a higher number. A force of clerks in the General Land Office has been hard at work since the Presi dent's proclamation was issued preparing platbooks, blankbooks, blanks and supplies of all kinds for the new offices, and every thing is said to be iu readiness. BEVERLY CIUMPiWiSSS Ms account of a cruUt among the Wat Indian Island). He writes from Porto Rico, and de scribes the people and scenes of that most beau tiful island. For the Better Accommodation Of the large number of people who desire to witness the elaborate ceremonies arranged for the celebration of the Centennial Anni versary of the Inauguration of General Washington as first President of the United States in New Xork, on Apnl 29, 30 and May 1, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany will sell excursion tickets to New York, from principal stations on its system, be tween April 27 and May 1 inclusive, at 3 cents per mile. The rate from Pittsburg for the round trip will be ?13 32, and propor Mnniiilr fmm all other stations. Tickets are good only for continuous, passage on 1 it 1. -!... fn Tffw Vnlr Vmtt, Amtl OT mruUKU WM w .m.. .v., ..vu. .... -.. to May 1, bnt no ticket will be sold on May 1 for any train arriving in New York later than noon oi that day. Returning the tickets will be good for continuous passage on trains leaving New York on April 27 to May 9 inclusive. A Fine Piece of Work. Harper's Condenser and Daily Statement oi Accounts, which ( does away with trial balances, is jnst from the press of Percy P. Smith, Virgin alley, near corner of Smith field street. , G. W. Schmidt will sell you one quart of 1880 cure rve export whiskv "for SI. 85 !.and 97 JFifth avenue, city. i. .DISPATCH, - ' SATURDAY, NOT SO YERY SLOW. Democratic Postmaateni.Fired at the Kate of 769 a WeekThe SpoBs System at Its Height Erery Democrat Most Walk the Plank. ISriCIAL TILXORAKTO THE SUFATCB.3 Washington, April 12. If the Presi dent is moving slowly in, making appoint ments the same cannot be said of at least one of the departments." "In the palmiest days of the spoils system Jiever was there a more prompt and sweeping policyof removal than is now going on under the management of Postmaster 'General Wansmnker, though Assistant Postmaster GeneraLClarkson gets most of the credit. The number of appoint ments of fourth-class 'postmasters for the two weeks ending April 6 was upward of 1,400. This week about 800 more will be added to the long list, making about 2,200 withjn the short space of three weeks. Nearly all of these arc removals. Resignations are very rare, but they are promptly and invariably BCCCpKU wncu tucy wmc. At this Tate all but about 15,000 of the 48,000 fourth-class postmasters of the United States will be appointed before the expira tion of the first year of the administration, which .rate xf "speed President Cleveland now probably wishes he had emulated. During the four years of his incumbency, Mr. Cleveland's Postmaster Geuer.il only succeeded in displacing about the same number which vflli be relieved by the Re publican administration the first year of its term, tor at the close of his administration he had still remaining in office upward of 16,000 Republican postmasters. No time is wasted waiting for charges, or investigating them where they are made. The simpler plan is to remove summarily the moment it is known that a satisfactory person has made application for an office. Frequently a cbuntjr will be swept almost clean of Democratic postmasters in a single day, as Clarion county was yesterday. The pace seems to, be growing rather than di minishing, and it is probable that the first year of the administration will see nearly every postofficeot the country filled by a Republican. The appointments of to-day numbered upward of a hnndred. The only other department which appears to be showing any disposition to compete with the postoffice is the Interior. Here, especially in the Pension Office, the removals have been rapid, and Commissioner -Tanner declares that he will not rest till he has fired out every able-bodied Democrat, es pecially those who were not soldiers or who were in the Confederate army. While Secretary Noble is not so radical in his declarations, he evidently smiles encour agingly upon the enthusiasm of the Cor poral, as Mr. Wanamaker does upon the energetic, not to say merciless, Mr. Clark son. DREAMED OF TRAIN BOBBERS. A Sleeping Preacher Jumps Head First Through tho Car Window. ISriCIAJ. TILrORAM TO TBS DISPATCH.! Kansas Cut, April 12. One of the chair car passengers of the Wabash train due here last night suddenly jumped from his seat when the train was about 40 miles out, and after yelling at the top of his voice that -the car was full of train robbers, drove. head first through a .window, of the car. A fellow passenger grabbed him by the legs and held on until the conductor came to his assist ance. The man was all out of the car ex cept his feet, and it was with considerable difficulty that he was drawn in again. To the conductor he said that he was a preacher living at Moberly. He had fallen asleep about 40 miles this' side of St Iionis and dreamed that train robbers had taken pos session of the train. His wounds were not serious and he was able to leave the train at Moberly without assistance. In the same car were a farmer and his grown son, bound lor Kansas. After leaving the little station east of Mo berly the train begun to run 40 miles an hour. The boy got up in his sleep and walked out to the rear platform and stepped off the train. He'was not even scratched. BOULAKGER'S TRIAL BEGUN. The Donshty General, However, la Very Conspicuous by fit Absence. Pabis, April 12. When the Senate met to-day the President read the decree consti tuting that body a tribunal for the trial of Gen. lioulanger, Count Dillon and M. Roche fort. The Procuruer General, Quesnay de Beaurpaire, then, read a statement setting forth the crounds upon which the prosecu tion of the accused is based. When the reading was concluded the Senate went into secret session and the public withdrew. The trial of General Boulanger and his as sociates was then formally begun. The Sen ators had been requested to appear in even ing dress for the occasion. This request was ignored by the members of the Right, all of whom wore frock coats. The members of the Left were attired in evening dress and wore white cravats. Several members of the'Right refused to accept a seat on the Senate committee. Marshal Conrobert, in an excited speech, said he would never be a partv to the wrong done on snch frivolous ground's to a General who had well served his country. The sit ting was a stormy one. A HEART WORTIL$5,000. The Fair Defendant la a Breach of Promise Case Gets 3 Per Cent of Her Claim. tSrECIAI. TELXGBAM TO (TUB DISFATCB.I Elmiea, N. Y., April 12. A breach of promise case which has been on trial all the week in Cortlng came to an end to-night with a verdict for the plaintiff for (5.000. The defendant in the suit is George W. Jones, ot Denver, whose father left him 100,000 at his death a few years ago. Jones is only 23 years of age, ana formerly lived in Hornellsyille. So aid the plain tiff. When very young the girl, whose maiden name was Dora Snyder, was married to a jeweler named Wells, who soon alter the ceremony went to Wisconsin and met a tragio death. Mrs. Wells was then courted by voung Jones. .He afterward forsook her and married a Western girl. A STOCK DB0YER CAQED. He Is Charged With Receiving Goods Stolen by Three West End Boys. Prank Rummel,ra stock broker, living on Ann street, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Michal Hanley on a charge of re ceiving stolen property. The arrest was the result of the case against Harry An derson, Fred Wise and William Albertson, the boys who were arrested tor stealing a horse from the West End car stables. The boys.it Is claimed, also stole ft set of harness and a wagon, oi which they after ward sold the harness and a saddle to Rnm mel. Yesterday one of the boys pointed out Rummel to Officer Hanley as the man who bought the stuff and he was arrested and lodged in Central station for a hearing, In Memory of a Iiate Justice. Washiitgtony April 12. In the Su preme Conrt to-day Attorney General Mil ler paid a tribute to the memory of the late Justice John A. Campbell, and upon his motion the resolutions recently adopted by the bar were ordered spread upon the conrt record. CAPTAIS IISGfTo'S" tvliiMlrring account of a wild ride with General Crook in'phrsuit of Crazy Borse, end ing in a hot fight with Indians. Those who are not acquainted with the various makes and styles of furniture should always deal with a firm thafhave ut one firice. and who can be relied upon .as carry ng tne very -latest designs. Such a firm is Dain & Daschbach, 111 Smithfield tt. Axii the leading brands of imported champagnes sold, by, G. W. Schmidt, 95 and 97 Fifth avenue.. AgBIL 13. 1889. BED AN EAST DEATH.' Wherry's Anti-Discrimination Bill Receives Its Coup do Grace'. A REPUBLICAN RESPONSIBILITY. The Passage of a Similar Measure for the Belief of Shippers HAS BECOME A POLITICAL NECESSITY. A Em Proposed to Pm-nt the EeitrlcUan of the Coal Output. The anti-discrimination bill introduced into the Legislature by Mr. Wherry has been finally knocked in the head. It ap pears that the defunct measure has per formed its mission. It is now conceded that the introduction of a similar measure by the Republican legislators has become a politi cal necessity. rraoM a start coKaisroxnzxT. HABniSBUBG. April 12. Mr. Wherry's anti-discrimination bill having been roundly denounced by Mr. Capp, of Lebanon, as Democratic clap-trap, gotten up purely for political effect, was permitted to die with comparative ease. His motion for a special order received 87 votes, after Mr. Hall,, ol Mercer, had come in late and placed himself on record. The negative vote was 78. Mr. Wherry, therefore, had a majority of 9 votes, but he needed a two thirds vote to score a complete success. The moral effect, however, is an indorsement of the principle of his bill. Mr. Kauffman, of Lancaster, made a happy hit when, speaking from a Republi can standpoint, he declared that Mr. Wherry's measure should not be rejected becanse of its Democratic origin, but should be considered purely on its merits. The re sponsibility lay with a Republican Legisla ture, and the Republican party would ob tain whatever credit there might be in its passage, as it mnst shoulder1 whatever of discredit attached to its defeat. Mr. naun- man was, of course, vnnwa1 II mtioll tlV personal interest asi: 6 lAlVVft. WW ..... . bv political sagacity. He is interested in a large rolling mill at Columbia, and has suffered with his part ners from the inroads of shippers more favored by the railroads. LIFE TS IT TXT. But anti-discrimination is not, after all, killed for this session of the Legislature. In the Harrisburg correspondence in to-day's Dispatch it was stated that the Repub lican leaders were promising an anti-discrimination measure of their own. Mr. Capp boldly inquired this morning why Mr. Wherry wanted to take up the time of the House and block other legisla tion for several days when a measure similar to the one he was championing had been killed in a Senate committee, and the passage of a bill through the Senate was therefore an improbability that amount ed almost to an impossibility. Mr. Wherry may be able ere long to turn the inquiry on Mr. Capp, for it is more than likely some measure will be presented to the Legislature from a Republican source, and that quickly. Whether it will be honored with a special order and passed is another question. Bnt whether it is passed or whether it is not, it will be in dorsed by the Republican leaders, and the word will go out to the people of Pennsyl vania that the grand old Republican party is determined to shield them from.the op pressions of grasping monopolies. HOW THEY VOTED. The yea and nay vote on Mr. Wherry's motion was as follows: Teas Messrs. Bachert, Baker, Baldwin, Beatty. Bentley, Blackburn, Blair, Bliss, Boyer. David A.; Brown, H. Wallace; Brown, John B.; Burdlck, Caflrey, Cole. Collins, Coray, Culver, Davis, Dickinson, Dodge, Donahue, Eugene; Elliott, Evans, Lewis H.t Farrell, Flsd, Fow, Fox, Gaffrey, Uallagner.Graham, Haines, Hall, Harwick,Helfrich,HertzIer. Hickman, Hind enacb, Hoffa, Holt, Jones, D. R.; Jones. Will lam E;: Kanffman, C. C; Kelly, Kreps, Krlck baura, Kutz, Lenker, Lesh, Loser. Lytle, Max ey. Miller, Morrison, Morrow. Mnlhn, McCor mick, McDonald, M. E.; McKinnon. Nearick, Pautscb. Qulglet, Randall, Bbey .Roper. Rose, John M.; Rowland, Sando, Sbllllto, Smiley, Speer, Squires, Stegmaler, Stevenson, Stewart, William . xaggart, .i nomas, vvuiiara u.: Thompson, Titman, Waddell. Walter, Weber, Wherry, Whitney, White, Williams, Wood mansee, Zeigler. Nats Allen. Andrews, Bain, Barnes, Bean, Billingsley, Brooks, Brower, Brown. Hartford P.; Bunch, Campbell, Capp, Cballant, Chap man. Council, Craig, Dearden, Dlngee, Donald son, Dravo, Eunls, Ernst. Faulkner, Fletcher, Folght, Follmer, Franklin, Garrett. Gatcbell, Gentner, Hager. Hassett, Mays, F. W.: Hos kins, Johnson, Jones, Ben).; Jones, &.S. W.; Jones, Jr., Nathan; KauSman, Nathaniels; Keeper, Keyser, Kldd. Knight, Laffertr, Loomls, Mackey, Marshall, Mlsslmer, Moore, Myers, MacDonald.A. P.; McConnell, Mc Cnllongb, Nell, Patterson, Potts, Pngh, Ranck, Reed, Richards, Richmond, Rlebel, Riter, Robtson, Rose, William B.; Russell, Scott, Shaffer, Shoemaker, Smith, Jnbn M.; 8troen,8wartz, Talbot, Thomas C.: Wesley, Walk, Weaver. David E.; Weaver, Francis A; Boyer, Henry K., Speaker. A POLITICAL NECESSITY. Anti-discrimination was a prominent feat ure among the legislation that didn't get through the last Legislature. There were a number of bills. One, known as the Watres bili,was indorsed by the Grangers. Another, the Dravo bill, was known as thecauens measure. As the former appeared in the Senate this session as. the measure of Sen ator Brown, of York, a Democrat, it will probably not be considered. The Dravo bill is the more likely of the two to be approved. But a new bill may appear, or some other measure may be in dorsed, or the railroad 'commission bill In troduced early in the session by Mr. Will iams, of Luzerne, may be taken up, in spite of the fact that it was negatived in commit tee. Something will be done, because it is felt there is a political need for a measure of the kind, and the prospect lends interest to the closing days of the session. Simpson, HO TRUST IN COAL. A BUI to PreTent the Restriction of the Output of Mining- Corporations. rsrrciAL tileqbamtotiie disfatch.i Habbisbubg, April 12. "Mr. Williams, of Lnzerne,offered a resolution in the House to-day for the formation of a committee of three Representatives and two Senators to consult with the Governor and Attorney General, relative to the restriction of the output of coal by mining corporations with a view to the drafting ot a bill "For the cor rection of so stupendous and far-reaching an evil." Referred to the Committee on Mines. Den't Care for Uniformity. tlrZCIAI. TXXXORAX TO THX DISFATCH1 Habbisbubg. April 12. Dr. Neff, of Fayette, called up his resolution to-day to place on the House calendar the bill relat ing to uniformity of school books through out the State, but the House voted it down. t ' Knocked Ont Again. tSFXCIAL TXLXOBAU TO TUB OtSFATCR.1 HABElSBrrBO, April 12. Mr. Marland to-day called up his resolution to place on the Houses calendar his bill to "repeal the oleomargarine law, but it was defeated by a vote of 113 nays to 47 .yeas. EAST AND WEST, Snu3 powerful historical story, is continued in to morrow's Dispatch. ,A synopsis of the open ing chapters is given. East and West is pure, patriotic ana fascinating. Kid Glove Sale. 1,500 dor. 5 and 7 Foster hook kid gloves, "76c, SI 00, $1 25,-$l 50, SI 75, S3 00; 4 and 5 buttons. 48c. 75c. SI 00, SI 25, SI 50; best for the money anywhere. I ROSEXBATOC & CO. H0G&AND WHITE CAPS Cause R Lively Battle Is Indiana Several Whlto Caps Severely Injured The Hog Impounder TIctorloaa Midnight Outrages. SrXCIAX.TXUORAKTO THX DtSrATCH.1 Evansviixe, Ind., April 12. The in famous White Caps, unterrified by recent prosecutions and rather emboldened by the release and acquittal of a number of the band, have commenced fresh depredations in 'Warrick and Dubois counties. John Lansford is a road supervisor in Madison township, Dubois county, and one of his duties is to lake up stray hogs. Recently he has gathered in this way and impounded a large number of porkers, which he refused to release without the cus tomary fine. Last Monday he received a notue from the White Caps in regulation stvle that those hogswere the property of poor people unable to pay the fine, and if notpromptly released he would be visited on Wednesday night and compelled to sur render them. Sure enough yesterday morn ing at 1 o'clock thev appeared, to carry out their threat, and Mr. Lansford was awak ened by a body of 20 masked men who de manded the bogs. He refused, and thev dismounted and proceeded to go through his premises. He warned them to desist, and when they disregarded him he opened fife with a double-barreled shot gun, wound ing two with the first volley. The White Caps immediately Teturned the fire through the window of the- house, wounding a young son of Lansford, who was descending the interior stairway. The old gentleman took down a brace of seven shooters, after discharging his gun, and con tinued to pour lead into the ranks of his as sailants, who, after discharging their weap ons, heat a hasty retreat, bearing three pf their wounded comrades ont of the yard, one of whom has since been identified bv the serious wounds he received, and through him it is learned that three of the White Caps were wounded. Xansford's son only received a flesh wonnd, which is not serious. Mr. Lansford is satisfied that he knows sev eral of the White Caps, and they will be at once summoned before the grand jury. The White Caps also appeared last night near Newburg, Warrick county, about 12 miles from this citv. A band of ten visited the house of W. T. Masterson, who is al leged to fall to provide for his family. He was given 10 lashes and promised 40 more if his ways didn't improve. The same night they visited a negro named James Crews, who has a white wife, and who bad been previously warned. They took him to a wood nearby, tied him naked to a tree, and administered 40 lashes to bis bare back, laid on hard. He was left tied to the tree, where some of his friends subsequently res cued him. THEI MET A3 ENEMIES. How a Father and Son Coras to be Soldiers) Voder Different Flags. C. E. Wells, In Globe Democrat. The most remarkable case I never noted of individual friendliness between North ern and Southern soldiers occurred at a camp on the Rapidan. Yidettes of the op posing armies were stationed on either bank of the narrow stream. Just after dark one night the silence was broken by the shout : "Hello, Johnny Reb," from a Union man. He was answered in a moment by his oppo site sentry with "Hello, Johnny Yank." Then this colloquy occurred: "Who are yon?" "Taylor, of Company A, First Massa chusetts. Who are you?" "Taylor, of Company E, Fifth Louisia na." "What's your first name?" "Charles E. What's yours?" "Charles E., too." This peculiar coincidence attracted the attention from all of the two armies within hearing, and they listened to the stdry yelled across the river from one army to another on the eve of the battle. It devel oped that they were father and son. The former had opposed his son's marriage to a factory girl, and the son had married just the same. He and his bride had taken the money the wealthy father had allotted him, and suddenly disappeared. Then the father relented, and continued an unavailing search until the war had called him. The son had gone to New Orleans, it transpired, and there had gone into business and grown wealthy. He nad been imbued with the Sonthern spirit by his surroundings, and bad taken up Southern arms. Next day two boats, under flags ot truce, met in the river, and two armies wit nessed the reunion. The following morning Charles E. Taylor, Jr., was missing from our command, and we never saw him until after Appomattox, when he walked into camp and told us he had gone over, taken the oath, and gone to his old home, where he had remained with his wife until Lee's surrender made it safe to see his old com rades.lHfs desertion had been to avoid.fight ing his father. HEADACHE AND HAIR. A Barber Telle Haw to Care the Former and Preserve tne Latter. Barber, In Minneapolis Tribune, j Yes, it is a mistake to change the way or style of Combing your hair. A man should decide early Jh life which way he is going to arrange his hair or beard, and keep it that way for life. It is wrong to cultivate a "pompadour" in summer time and wear the hair plastered on the head the rest of the year. When the time comes to make the change, the course of the hair has been changed at the roots, and the hair will not lie down. If cut short it will stand out like porcu pine quills; and again, when the "pompa dour" is being cultivated, the wearer is liable to tire of it before it is mastered. Yon will always find that the men who plaster their hair on their heads become bald years before men who wear "pompildonrs" or "half-pompadours," for the reason that the air does not get to the scalp and the roots of the hair die for the want of it. A scalp plastered with hair .never per spires and headaches follow. Anyone snbjectto headaches can overcome them very easily if he will bnt rub his scalp gently and throughly every morning and evening. It causes.a -circulation of the blood, creates a heat that draws perspiration, accompanied by natural air, which feeds the roots of the hair itself. Get in the habit of doing this and you will surprise yourself. If you con tinue this, the flow of natural oil will be so plentiful that pomades of every kind will be dispensed with. 8EYEBE ON THE SENATOR. A Backwoodsman Geta Back at the WIseon la Statesman In Good Shape. Hew York Tribune. 3 Senator Sawyer tells a good story on him self. There was a man up in the Oshkosh country by the name of Hutchinson, who was a great boaster. If he cut one log of wood he would be sure to report a hundred, and if he saw a dozen blackbirds sitting on a stump (hey would be a thousand "before he told about them in the nearest saloon. One season he did some logging for Mr. Sawver, and for his pay received a check on the Northwestern National Bank for S120, payable to his order. Mr. Hutchinson had never had such an experience before, and he -showed the check to his friends with a great deal of pride, be fore he took it to the bank to get it cashed. When he did so the teller, of course, made him write his name on the back of the paper, and that was an .incident of still greater importance in Mr. Hutchinson's life. Then he went to his home in the woods, and said to everybody whom he met on the way: "Old Sawyer can bra; at much as he's a mind to about his money, but the bank made me indorse his check before they would cisldrteT him." ITWASABOOMEBMi?., Bailroad Comi9siouer Cappellar Courted InvestUjatiou, Bat HE GETS MORE THAH HE W1HTED. Bis Business Methods Disapproved .by, Legislative Committee."' A LOOSE SYSTEM OF J00IKEIPiltGr lad American Sews Exchange aad IU Shsrt, Ckeek. end Career. Railroad Commissioner Cappellar, Re publican State Chairman of Ohio, is the, latest victim of an investigation which ha courted. A legislative committee reports that Mr. Cappellar' system of keeping ao connt of State money was dot of the best. Then the history of the American New Exchange, of which Cappellar was Presi dent, is reviewed, and the report infers that the Postotfice Department did right in closing up a concern which appeared to ba taking In considerable money without res dering an equivalent ISnCIAL TXLXOKAX TO THX DlSrATCH.l Columbus, April 12. The Legislative Committee appointed some weeks ago to in vestigate certain charges made against Rail-, road Commissioner Cappellar, made their report to the Senate this evening, and.it will be considered onMonday. The investigation was asked for by Cap pellar. It .was made necessary by tha statements of R J. Fanning, chief clerk, who was discharged. The committee re gret that.they were unable .to secure M. E.Ingalls, of the "Big Four," as witness, whom they regarded important. The report is divided into two. branches Mr. Cappellar's official conduct and tha Mansfield Herald story. They find that ha did not give that "close personal attention to his duties which sound public policy would indicate as 'proper;" that- he drew funds amounting to ?25 and 1200 in 1888, appropriated for 'outside expenses named in "the -performance of official duties," without keeping an expense ac count. Mr. Cappellar and Fanning's testi mony were at variance on this point, and the committee draws no inference in the absence of record, but, they lhsisj. that tha "system" furnishes jio protection to the public a tecuixae Tjsrsnnmoir. The American News Exchange was in existence about three months when tha postal authorities, acting upon complaints, investigated it and found that it was carried on in violation of the United States laws. The Postmaster at Cincinnati was in structed to refuse to deliver letters containing remittances and the exehange was frozen out. The testimony of Messrs. Cappellar, J. M. Boyle and Guy Webber showed that no management had been perfected to take any news gathered, neither had any arrange ment been made with a telegraph com pany to transmit news. "Transportation cards had been furnished, to honor which no arrangement had been made with any railroad company. Theatrical ad missions were also issued withont any pro vision with proprietors to honor them, though they were recognized at certain places of amusement in Cincinnati. The association closed, but, says the com mittee, no efforts 'were made to reimburse those'who had contributed various sums to become members. Advertisements had been placed in f be newspapers all over the conn try offering the advantages indicated above to those who would become members and contribute news. it pais weii - A large number of contribution members, paying from S2 to, S10, were secured, and they were promised a certain per cent of profits. The aggregate amount paid could not be ascertained, butthe.committee thinks the Mansfield Herald's estimate of S4.575 is approximately correct: Mr. Cappel lar was President, J. M. Boyle, Secretary and Treasurer, and Guy Webber, active manager, though, the name of M. McCarthy appears on some of the printed matter as manager. The tes timony shows that the exchange subse quently made arrangements to transfer the business, though no provision was made for reimbursing the agents. The committee declines therefore to dissent from the deci-' sion in the postal department's investiga tion. Mr. Cappellar is Chairman of the Repub lican State Executive Committee, and the intimations in the report that he has misap propriated funds, neglected the duties of his office and been connected with a ques tionable news concern has created consider able of a sensation in news circles. ACRES OP BANANAS. A New York Firm Expects to Ship a Cargo Dalfr From a CubaB Plantation Will monopolize the Trade. Thirty years ago a wagon load of bananas would supply this city a week, just as 60 years ago a like amount of tomatoes would have supplied the demand. It looks now as though could bananas be grown here thej would soon become an article of diet as standard as the tomato. It would also appear that the banana appetite is growing in the, rest of the world as well as here. The plantations which are from year to year projected are of dimensions such as to challenge belief In sections where the fruit baa not yet obtained a footholdV It" is estimated thitanacre planted In bananas will yield a much food as Are acres of wheat, and since transportation, facilities have been so improved that the fruit can be taken to any part of the earth, the banana might be grown In quantity to feed the world. Thomas H. McGowan. of Liberty street, yesterday called attention to the latest great move in the culture of the fruit. Cromwell a Dumols. of New York, have secured an island near Cuba, where they have succeeded In de Teloplng the finest bananas ever seen in the United States. Some of the bunches are very nearly as large as Hour barrels Their planta tion, as far as planted, is 16x20 miles in area. Railways traverse It so as to rush the -fruit to the shore, and. the crops now maturing on 105,000 acres Is 1,500,000- bushels. Beginning with September 1. the Ann. -proposes to land a cargo In New York "everyday. Tfie-amountot money already expended on the plantation la $6o0,000. Labor there Is cheap, and from this time on the principal part of the work will be picking and shipment; The firm expects to control the trade-in the.United States. It has long since practically gone out of the hands of the "Eytalian." A CHEERFUL HUSBAND. He Throws Bla Child Agmlnst the Walt sad Tries M-Murder BIVWHs. Lebanok, April 12. Paijnfeighly took on a. load of the -ardent- yesterday, went home very much under the influence, abused bis family terribly, among other things picking up his little 4-year-old girl and throwing it against the, wall with such force as to Jnflict. serious injuries; broke up nearly all the glass and chinaware the house contained, chopped down one of the doors and cut up his wile's clothesline. His wife, who is an estimable woman, re monstrated when the brute aimed a vicious blow at her head with a hatchet- Fortunately he missed her, and the force of the blow causing him to lose his balance, he fell on the hatchet and severed the radial artery or his right arm. Unfortunately for his family and the community in general. Dr. LeiBert dropped in and attended to his injuries before he bled to death. TlBlHrDCIi7 11T and Us adaptation in J Ai Ail MB A ml) this countryfor house hold decoration is the ruitject of an article by Mary, Oay Humphreys in torptorroto'i CIS
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