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I STILL SOME KICKING.
T A K umber of Stale Legislators Who
Do Sot Want to Celebrate.
THEY WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST,
And Endeavor to Keep the Treasury From
Footing the Bills.
ETERITHING IS BEAD I JOE THE FBAI.
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Tickets for the Big Amendment Contest Being Pet in
Circulation.
The opponents of the Legislative trip to
the "Washington Centennial celebration are
still at work. An effort "will be made to
pre Tent the payment of the expenses by the
State. A half million amendment tickets
have been sent to Allegheny county. A
number of Legislators are in the field for
lucrative offices.
FSOK X ETXTT COKJirSPOKDEJTC.3
Habrisbubg, April 18 The opposition
to the New York trip is not dead. It is not
even slumbering. On Mo nday evening it
will appear again in the shape of a resolu
tion designed to prevent what many mem
bers feel is a very impolitic excursion. Mr.
Lytle tried it to-day, bnt, resolutions not
being in order, it was objected to by Mr.
Brooks and others. The resolution was de
signed to prevent the payment by the State
of the expenses of the trip, except such as
had already been incurred. Mr. Lytle sat
down with a smile when the objections were
made, satisfied that he had at least succeeded
in making himself solid with his constitu
ents. A little scare was circulated among the
members to-day in the shape of a rumor
that the State Treasurer would advance no
money for the trip until an appropriation
bill has been passed. As the resolution for
the trip provides that the money shall be
appropriated in the general appropriation
bill, and as there is no likelihood that the
bill will pass the two Houses and be signed
by the Governor before the time lor the trip
there was reason for the agitat'on.
As the Governor approved the resolution,
it is quite reasonable to suppose he will ap
prove the appropriation. A. hint from him-
that he will do so will be sufficient to in
duce the State Treasurer to advance the
necessary cash, just as soon as the Joint
Sub-Committee of the Centennial Commit
tees or the two Houses decide how much
tbey need.
READY FOR THE FRAY.
Six Hundred Pounds of Amendment Tickets
Forwarded for Allegheny.
tTKOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. 1
Harbisbtjbg, April 18. Secretary Stone
sent the tickets ior the Constitutional
amendment election to the Allegheny Coun
ty Commissioners to-day. There were 124,
200 tickets onjeach side of each amendment
to be voted on, a total of 496,800 tickets.
The ti-.kets were shipped in two big boxes,
and weighed 600 pounds.
Secretary Stone and Chief Clerk Gear
hardt. aided by Corporation Clerk Glenn,
have worked harder on the instructions to
County Commissioners and election officers,
and on the preparation of the ballots, than
can be readily told. This work be
gan before the the bill had become
a law, and is not ended. All sorts of
questions are being bred at the btate De
partment, and the department is courteous
enough to answer them, though not re
quired to do so bv any law. The informa
tion is given unofficially by Secretary Stone.
He has written the Allegheny County Com
missioners that it would be safer to -send
new registry lists to each election district,
and he doesn't think the question of ballot
boxes is important except that separate com
partments be provided lor the ballots on
each amendment.
The State Department has been given no
extra help ior the immensely increased
work, and the chief officers of the depart
ment have done it all.
Seven million tickets are to be sent out,
of which 1,438,000 will go to Philadelphia.
Tickets have been sent to Adams, Alle
gheny, Armstrong and Beaver counties.
TO BE STATE PRINTER.
The Present Incumbent Has a Number of
Very Active Rivals.
rrilOM A STAFF COHRESrOXDENT.1
Habkisbueg, April 18. W. Hayes
Greer, the present incumbent of the office of
State Printer, is a Democrat and a Grand
Army man. H? wants to continue the office
under the Republican Governor, and has
worked the Grand Army to help him to that
result He has filed letters and petitions in
his favor lrom 5,000 Grand Army men. H.
P. Barbour, of the Bradford Star, is a can
didate, as is Barton D. Evans, of the "West
chester Village Record.
Some verv strong influence is being
brought to bear in favor of Thomas M.
Jones, city editor of the Harrisburg Even
ing Telegraph, who is a practical printer.
Mr. Jones is a master-of his art, and would
fill the office to perfection.
TWO LEGISLATORS
Who Are Very Willing; to Accept the Survey
orshlp at Tbli Port.
tFBOK A STAFF COBBXSrOKDIST.1
Habbisbubg, April 18. Hon. C. W.
Bobison, of Allegheny, has entered the race
for the surveyorshipof the portof Pittsburg.
His name was brought up in an influential
quarter a week ago by friends, and the re
sponse was such that he is making an active
canvass for the position. Mr. Bobison has
an opponent in the Legislature in the per
son ot Hon. John Dravo, of Beaver, who
has been in the race ior some time.
AS A MATTER OF COURTESY.
The Pittsburg Street Bill U Still Held Up In
the Committee.
JTKOII A STAFF CORBISPONDEXT.
" Harrisbueg, April 18. The Pittsburg
street bill is still in the Municipal Affairs
Committee of the Senate, and Chairman
Mylin says it has not been acted on as a
matter of courtesy to Senator Upperman, of
Allegheny, a member of the committee, who
has been absent.
The grade crossing bill is hung up in the
Senate on the second reading calendar,
owing to the opposition of Mayor Fitter, of
- Philadelphia.
- AGAINST QUAY'S ORDERS
One Street Hallway Bill Panes Through
the Lower Home.
rrSOX A STAFF COEBEKFOKDEirT.l
Harrisburg, April 18. The street rail
way incorporation bill passed the House
finally to-day, and the amendments will be
concurred in by the SeU.te next week.
"When the bill passes finally the people of
the 8tate wilt be indebted principally to
' Hon. Thomas Capp, of Lebanon, for it.
Mr. Capp's gallant fight after Mr. Quay
had ordered all street legislation killed in
the House committee was all that secured
this very necessary legislation.
Unseated by Party Tate,
rFBOK A STAFF COBBXSrOariEXT.l
Habbisbubg, April 18. Mr. Nicolls, of
Philadelphia, was unseated by the formal
action of the Legislature, and the Republi
can contestant, Mr. Finley, given the seat.
The-vote was a strict partv one. with the
ji exception that Mr. Baker, of Delaware,
woiea. wjui toe Democrats, stating mat in
i opinion me evidence did not justlly tne
;i we contestant.
TROUBLE IN THE CAHP.
A Fight Over nn Amendment to the General
Revenue Bill.
fFXOX A STAFF CORHESPOXDEXT.l
Habrisbubg, April 18. In the Senate
to-day Mr. McLain made a strong fight for
the amendment Dr. Neff had inserted in the
general revenue bill The Senate Finance
Committee had stricken it out, but Mr. Mc
Xain succeeded in having jt 'restored by a
vote of 17 to 14. It provides that a man's
debts shall be subtracted from his credits
in assessing his money at interest. In the
form in which the amendment now is Sena
tors MacFarland and Cooper insisted it
would open a door for frauds -on the part of
individuals and for corporations also to
escape taxation. The amendment is as fol
lows: Provided, that In all cases when money owing
by solvent debtors inclndlng upon agreements
and accounts Is returned as herein required,
the taxpayer, where the same are individuals,
shall be entitled to dednct therefrom up to the
amount thereof, all debts in the shape of
mortgages, ail moneys owing, whether by
promissory note or penal or single bill bond or
judgment, all articles of agreement and ac
counts bearing interest which such taxpayer
may at that time actually owe. and the amount
of sneb debts shall be verified in the same
manner and with like penalties for false swear
ing as provided for in regard to the return of
the credits or moneys aforesaid.
Senator Brown, of York, thinks theproviso
can be made satisfactory to the opposition
by making it apply to debts ot record, but
the opposition says no, and that the proviso,
is not stricken out, will kill the bill on final
passage, when more than 17 votes in its
favor will be needed.
Will Pnv the Soldiers Way.
fFROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Habrisbubg, April 19. The Apropria
tions Committee wrestled nntil this
morning with the recommitted general
appropriation bill and recommended the
appropriation for the trip of the militia to
New York.
Morrow Opposed tho Bill.
tFROK A STAFF rORKKSrOlSDEXT.
Habkisbueg, April 18. Senator New
myer's bill, providing for the renewal of
municipal liens every fire years, passed the
House to-day. This is the measure to
which Controller Morrow was so strongly
opposed.
A SHAD AS BIG AS A NAN.
The Wonderful Fish Cnncht by a Sober
Trnthteller From Cblcngo.
Chicago Times.
Horace McVicker,being of age and sound
mind, duly deposes and says: "Last sum
mer I went fishing near the beach down
East. "I had been lolling in my boat all day
and not a bob of the line had cheered my
lonely hours. Late in the afternoon I saw
the line quiver and felt the boat careen. I
began toying with my line and very quick
ly discovered that I had an immense flound
er of some sort. I coaxed him slowly to
the side of my boat.r He raised himself
slowly out of the water as if he despised my
assistance. I stood there looking at him
and he at me. He was a noble shad, as largo
as L While looking nt him he gave a
lurch and sprang into the stern end of the
boat. .
"Ashe did sol jumped forward to keep the
boat in proper position. His tail hung over
the stern of the boat into the water. As
soon as he had fixed himself he began work
ing his tail. The boat was headed for the
point from which I had embarked. Tnis
living shad skulled me back to that place
as skillfully as I could have done'it my
self. Having arrived at the point named
I jumped out and pulled the boat in and
turned it over. I landed Mr. Shad And tied
him to a tree for the night. The next day
I went down there with some friends and
we lifted him up to a limb and butchered
him the same as tbey butcher a hog in the
country. I had not been drinking."
DASHED TO DEATH.;
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A Fatal Accident During the Removal of
Wires In Newport.
New Yoke, April 18. The removal of
the electric wires and poles on Sixth ave
nue, this morning, was attended by an un
fortunate accident. Michael cEarley, un
married, age 33, of Brooklyn, a lineman
employed by the Department of Public
Works, and Hugh Beilly, age 31, a married
man, with a wife and three children, were
both dragged from a window of the third
story ol 387 Sixth avenue by a rope attached
to a falling pole, Parley being instantly
killed and Beilly seriously injured.
The men are linemen in the Bureau of
Encumbrances, and were engaged in staying
a pole that was being cut down when the
accident occurred. When the pole was
chopped off at the bottom the base slid along
the sidewalk throwing the top out, pulling
both the men from the window. Earley's
body was picked up in a terribly crushed
condition and was Temoved to the Thir
tieth street police station. Beilly was
taken to the New York Hospital. Both
bones of the left leg were found to be brok
en below the knee. Several of the smaller
bones 'of the right foot were also fractured.
In addition to this there was a severe con
tusion of the back and a lacer
ated scalp wound. The surgeon believes
there is a possibility of the spine having
been fractured.
SUBSIDIES FOR STEAMSHIPS.
The Canadian Parliament Decides to Fur
nish Money to Ocean Lines.
Ottawa, April 1& In the House to-day
Minister Poster moved the ocean steamship
subsidy resolutions. Hon. Mr. Laurier
wanted to see the contract between the Gov
ernment and the Canadian Pacific Bailway
Company with reference to this subsidy,
and what correspondence there was
on the subject He moved in
amendment, "That consideration of
granting a subsidy for a steamship service
between British Columbia and China and
Japan, be postponed until the Fovernment
lays before the House all correspondence
with Great Britain on the subject, and also
all correspondence with the Canadian
Pacific Bailway Company and all agree
ments entered into."
This was voted down. All the resolutions
were reported, and on each of them Mr.
Laurier moved similar amendments, which
were voted down.
FELL AMONG THIEVES.
A Jersey City Dlerchant Is Drug-Red nnd
Robbed While on a Pleasure Trip.
rsrxcxAi.TEi.xa BAH TO TBI DISriTCn.l
Helena, Mont.,18. John Stewart,a Jer
sey City merchant,arrived at Butte a few days
ago on a pleasure trip. While traveling he
made the acquaintance of H. W. Straight,
who seemed to know all the prominent peo-
pie in New York. While stopping at a"
hotel in Butte, Stewart was drugged end
robbed of $1,600. Straight disappeared, but
was arrested at Silver Bow to-day. About
5500 was recovered.
Letters found on Straight show that his
family occupies a good position in the
.Metropolis.
A BANQUET AND EXCURSION
Conclude the Annual Convention of Rational
Water Works People.
Louisvilxb, April 18. The National
Water "Wjjrks Convention elected the fol
lowing officers to-day: J. H. Decker, of
Saline, Kan., President; J. M. Diven, of
Elmira, N. Y., Secretary and Treasurer.
Thej decided to hold their next meeting
in Chicago, and adjourned sine die. They
had a banquet to-night, and will visit
Mammoth Cave to-morrow and Saturdav.
Six Prisoners Escnpo From Jail.
Madison. Dak., April 18. Sir prison
ers in jail here made their escape to-night,
after locking the "iailer In.' One'pretehded'
sickness, and knocked the jailer down. .
THE PITTSBURG
LET THE SOUTH ALONE
That is the Unanimous Flea of the
Leaders of That Section.
THE WHITE RACE MUST EULE.
There is bat One Southern Question and
That lathe One of Race.
YIEWB OF PROMINENT POLITICIANS.
Boms Interesting Answers to a Connie of Eather
Direct Queries.
In answer to questions the leaders of the
South give their views on the so-called
"Southern Question." They are -practically
unanimous in asking to be let alone to work
ont their own salvation. Nearly all assert
that the white race must control the local
government. One or two say that there is no
such question.
Philadelphia, April 18. The Phila
delphia Inquirer will publish to-morrow in
terviews which it has colleoted with prom
inent men and politicians of the Southern
States. Only men well known in their sec
tions were applied to, and to these the fol
lowing questions were put:
L What is the Southern question T
2. How should it be met to produce the
greatest good to tbe South T
The idea of the Inquirer was to obtain the
views of Southern leaders upon a subject
which is becoming very prominent. The
responses nearly all voiced the same senti
ment, that the race problem is the great one
to be solved, and that the South should be
allowed tq,manage her own affairs without
interference. Following is a briet summary
of some of the opinions.
THE RACE FBOBLEM.
Governor Bichardson, of South Carolina,
says that the Southern question is the race
problem. He continued:
Shall the African or Caucasian predominate?
The solution ism the strict avoidance by the
general Government of any distinctively South
ern policy, and in leaving to the States them
selves the management of their own domestic
affairs.
Governor Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, says
two distinct races are wrestling with each
other for political snpremacy. The question
is, therefore, whether the Southern States
and cities shall be retained in the hands of
the white men, or whether there shall be a
war of races. The prosperity of both races,
and that of the States in which they live,
demands that each State should be allowed
to control its own internal affairs without
Federal interference, and to exercise those
rights reserved with the great care to the
States, by the representatives of those States,
who framed the Constitution in the city of
Philadelphia over 100 years ago.
no such question.
Governor Buckner, of Kentucky, pro
tests that there is no such question. He
says:
The so-called Southern question seems to be
a hot-bed plant of Northern growth an exotic
which wilt not flourish in Southern soil. Such
unpatriotic sectional: agitations, whether
originating in the North or South, should not
be encouraged by the people of any section,
and that injury resulting from such agitations
to the whole country would be reduced to a
minimum if the people of each State would
continue to attena to tneir own anairs in ac
toidance with their local constitutions and
unite in supporting the General Government
in Its just exercise of all legitimate powers.
A. P. Bussell, Superintendent of Public
Instruction of Florida, says as the question
is discussed in Bspublican journals he is
led to suppose that some special legislation
is to be inflicted on the South,bnt the South
has no fear. If the question means how can
tbe Southern people be made Bepublican,
it cannot be done. The truth is, the so
called Southern question can best and
wisest be answered by letting the South
alone in its enjoyment ot her constitutional
rights.
AXI. IK GOOD TIME.
Oscar H. Cooper, Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction of Texas, says the difficulties
of the adjustment of the relations of thetwo
races are being met and overcome by com
mon sense.
T. M. Miller, Attorney General of Mis
sissippi, says:
The contrast between the negro and white
governments have been so decidedly in favor
of tbe latter that the white people are deter
mined there shall be no return to tbe former.
Indeed, a military despotism would be pre
ferred. If our political dominion at home is at
all questionable in its simpleness of origin, let
it be remembered that we view government
here as a matter of business, not glory, and we
protest against interference because we know
that oar State affairs are managed in the in
terest of all.
We say to the Republicans, take your new
States and keep control of tbe general Govern
ment, if you chbose; keep up a scheme of taxa
tion revolting to justice and oppressive upon
the agricultural sections and we will submit
cheerfully, but don't set ignorance and vice
to rale over the South. Lastly, when interest
and judgment, instead of passion and preju
dice, shall control tbe Southern negroes; when
there shall be freedom of opinion among them,
then tbe whole question will be solved. The
white people are solid because the negroes were
solid against them.
KEEP HANDS OFF.
The State Treasurer of Arkansas, W. P.
Woodruff, thinks the question can be solved
by remitting to the States chiefly affected
all local subjects, the Supreme Court of the
United States being the final arbiter.
George M. Adams, Secretary of State of
Kentucky, says: "I am one of those who
believe in the right of the people to regu
late their own affairs in their own way."
Solomon Palmer, Superintendent of Educa
tion of Alabama, thinks the South will
work out tbe solution if left free to do so.
Lieutenant Governor Maldic, of -South
Carolina, says:
The Federal Government can help the South
by appointing to o(Sce men of character and
capacity, by dealing generously in the matter
of ner internal improvements and by refund
ing to her people the cotton tax, so unjustly
collected from them. In other words, I say,
let the South alone.
GREETED BY THEIR SISTERS.'
The Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary
Society's Meeting In Brooklyn.
New Y-obk, April 18. The "Woman's
Baptist Poreign Missionary Society con
tinued its session to-day in Brooklyn. There
was a full attendance of delegates
and many visitors from other
missionary societies. Mrs. Gardiner
Colby presided. After devotional exercises
a telegram of greeting from the Western so
ciety, now in session at Cleveland, was read
and responded to. Mrs. Meredith tendered
tbe congratulations of the "Woman's Board
of Missions of the Congregational Church to
tbe society.
Mrs. Jackson, of the Presbyterian Board
of Missions, spoke of their work and wished
her Baptist sisters success in their under
takings. Brief addresses were then made
by the secretaries of the different State
boards, all speaking of the success of the
work.
SUNK WITH ALL ABOARD.
Ah Unknown
Vessel Goes Down Within
Fight of Land.
fi
;olk, Vav April 18 A vessel went
asnTemiast aignt. near me saving station
No. 21, but as all on board were drowned
before any assistance could reach them, and
the vessel went to pieces shortly after she
struck the beach, it has been impossible to
ascertain her name, destination or cargo.
New Soils Colors and Black
In our ladies' snit room. All are nicely
made, $10 to $125. Come in and see them
to-day. i ' Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
- v ., Pcnn Avenue Stores.
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DISPATCH, lETHDAY,
MUST COME T 0 TIME.
Tho Inter-State Commerce Commission Dr-
cldes That the Canadian Grand Trunk
Is Amennble to Its Holes on
Business Done In
This Country.
"Washington, .April 18. The Inter
State Commerce Commission to-day promul
gated its decision in the matter of an inves
tigation 'into the 'acts and doings of the
Grand Trunk Bailway of Canada. This
decision has been looked for with much in
terest by railroad officials, many of whom
were present at different times during the
progress of the investigation when the
Grand Trunk officials were before the com
mission. The decision, prepared by Com
missioner Schoonmaker, is as follows:
First The provisions of the act to regulate
commerce applv to common carriers engaged
In the transportation of passengers or property
for a continuous carriage of shipment from a
Jilacolnthe United States to a place in an ad
aeent foreign country.
Second Such common carriers are subject
to the provisions of the act In respect to the
printing of schedules of rates, fares .and
charges for tbe transportation of passengers
and property, the posting and filing with the
Inter-State Commerce Commission of copies of
such schedules, tbe notice of advances and re
dactions, and the maintenance of the rates,
fares and charges established and published
and in force at the time.
Third Such common carriers are also sub
ject to the provisions of tbe act in respect to
joint tariffs of rates, fares and charges for con
tinuous lines or routes.
Fourth The carriage of freights cannot be
prevented from being treated as one continu
ous carriage from the place of shipment to the
place of destination by any means or devices
intended to evade any of the provisions of the
act.
Fifth Under the" provisions of. the act the
Grand Trunk Railway Company, of Canada, is
required to print, post and file its schedules of
rates and charges for the transportation of
property from points in tho.United States to
points in Canada, and cannot lawfully charge,
demand, collect or receive from any person or
persons a greater or less compensation there
lore, or for any services in connection there
with, than is specified In such published sched
ule as may at the time be in force.
Sixth Upon an investigation by tbe Commis
sion it appeared that the Grand Trunk Rail tray
Company of Canada transports coal and coke
under a schednle specifying a total rate from
Buffalo, Black Rock and Suspension Bridge, In
the United States, to Hamilton, Dundas and
several other points in Canada; that the pub
lished tariff rate for such transportation from
the points named to Hamilton and Dnndas is
& a ton, but that it accepts a reduced charge,
or allows a rebate of 25 cents a ton in favor of
certain consignees at Hamilton, Dundas and
other points in Canada.
Seventh Held that the reduced charge ac
cepted or rebate allowed Is in violation of the
act to regulate commerce and unlawful.
Eighth The Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion has authority to institute Investigations
and to deal with violations of the law inde
pendently of a formal complaint, or of direct
damage to a complainant.
HERALDRY IN AMERICA.
Something About the Stars and Stripes and
Boss Tweed's Coat of Arms.
London Standard.
The introdnction of gunpowder, and the
consequent disuse of armor and its em
blazonments, reduced heraldry to a means
of establishing nothing more than tbe right
of claimants to civil distinction and prece
dence. As such. It does not seem to have
lost much of its old popularity. Repub
licanism and an espousal of the theory of
equality do not bar the way to a love of this
relic of" a feudal age.
The Stars and Stripes of the United
States are simply a .slight transformation of
the "argent, two bars gules, in chief three
mullets of the second," borne by the "Wash
ington family. 'All the South American
Republics have their coats of arms, and of
late years the best customers of the pedigree
searchers and arms devisers have been
British: Badicals and Americans. ' John
Adams, when "Vice President of the United
States, was scoffed at by "Pocahontas" Ran
dolph for painting,his arms on the panels
of the "Viceregal carriage," and the flatter
ers of the present Chief Magistrate have
tried to make out that he is descended from
a regicide ancestor, though, to his credit,
General Harrison denies any such connec
tion.. - v "
Time wass when heraldry was so little
understood in the IJew World, that on the
Governor of Jamaica', carriage being sent
to a New York coachmaker to be repaired,
his arms were ''extensively copied as a
pretty ornament for those of the good Re
publicans, and the notorious "Boss" Tweed,
fancying that his name and the title Mar
quess ot Tweeddale were not unlike, is re
ported to have appropriated the arms of the
Hays, quartering .and all. The nouveaux
riches of the New World know better now,
though, perhaps, they are not much more
scrupulous than their cousins on this side
of the Atlantic.
ENOCH ARDEN TURNS DP AGAIN.
This Time He Is a Maine Sea Captain,
Absent 29 Years.
fSFICIAL TELKOBAM TO IHB DISPATCH. J
LEWiSTON, Me., April 18. Twenty-nine
years ago Aaron Harvey, a sea captain in
good circumstances, having a wife and five
children, resided in Machias. In 1860 he
departed on a voyage, leaving his
family in poor circumstances. He was
not "heard from again, but late in
1861 there came a letter in a strange hand,
saying that he rwas dead. In the course of
time the widow became poor, bnt she stuck
bravely to her task of rearing the family,
and mourned for her dead husband. The chil
dren grew to manhood and womanhood, and
one of the daughters, Elizabeth, married
Mr. Demmons, Kenduskeag, -and later the
mother married Mr. Champion, of Exeter.
Last Tuesday, on answering a knock at
her door, Mrs. Demmons, of Kenduskeag,
was confronted by an aged man, who asked
if Mrs. Demmons lived there. He was an
swered in the affirmative, and then he said:
"Elizabeth, don't you know me?
I am you father." As the lady
was a mere child when he disappeared,
she did not recognize him, but she invited
him in and later sent to Exeter for her
mother, who came and at once recognized
the man as her long-lost husband. He had
been shipwrecked and lost a fortune which
he was bringing home. He remains at his
daughter's, but has not yet seen husband
No. 2.
A BANK IN BUSINESS NO MORE.
It Has to Quit Became Its Cashier's Paper
Is Good for Nothlns.
Anoka, Minn., April 18. It has been
decided that the First National Bank of
this city, which was recently cleaned out by
Cashier Pratt, shall go into the hands of a
receiver. The directors do not think lt'wise
to resume business until all outstanding
claims are settled.
Mrs. Nell, the lady who was on the ab
sconding cashier's paper to the extent of
about $40,000, refuses to pay the notes, and
a long lawsuit is in prospect.
LITTLE INCENDIARIES.
Throo Orphan Boys Confess That Tbey Are
Firebues.
Gband Pokes, Dak., April 18. Julia
LeStoe, Charles Gardner and Ervin Mc
Kay, boys whose ages range from 10 to 13
years, were arrested yesterday for various
acts of malicions mischief.
The. boys confessed that they had caused
the numerous fires that have occurred
lately. One is an orphan and the other two
are motherless. They will be sent to the
Reform School.
Suicided for Fear of Poverty.
Peteesbueo, April 18. ATiram "W.
Marshall, an office holder of Lunenburg
county, was at one time the richest man in
his section, butlosing much of his wealth
so preyed'upon his mind that to-day, in thj
presence of his wife, he shot out his brains.
Imprisoned for Life.
Hjjbon, Dak., April 18. The trial of
John Plaherty, accused of murdering his
sweetheart, was. concluded here to-day.
Plaherty was found .guilty, and sentenced
to life imprisonment,
APPJL 19, 1889.
GERMANY FOR PEACE.
Prince Bismarck Again Calls Down
His Warlike Consul at Samoa.
YEEY EBIENDLI TOWARD AMEBICA
The French Senate Is Making a Desperate
Effort to Discover
WHERE BOULANGES GETS BIS BOODLE
Lord Baactolph Churchill and Mr. Chamberlain
Iniolted In a Dispute.
Bismarck evidently desires no trouble
with America. He has again publicly
censured the conduct of Consul Enappo at
Samoa. All of the warlike movements of
this official are repudiated. Boulanger
continues to be a subject of discord in Pari s.
Lord Randolph Churchill has practically
given the lie to Sir Joseph Chamberlain.
Lively developments are expected.
Beelin, April 18. A Samoan ""White
Book" has just been issued, obvionsly in
view of the approaching of the Samoan con
ference. In a dispatch to Herr Stuebel,
the new German Consul to Samoa, dated
April 16, Prince Bismarck censures Consul
Knappe's conduct throughout the troubles in
Samoa: He dwells upon the deplorable fact
that with an inadequate force and without
authority, urgency or a likelihood of suc
cess. Consul Knappe took measures, on De
cember 17, which resulted in the death of a
large nnmber of persons and an undesirable
change in the position of planters, besides
jeopardizing peace with America, while
quiescence would have preserved a tolerable
state of affairs.
The sanction of the other treaty powers
being lacking, he says, Consul Knappe's
demand on the Consul for the foreign Gov
ernments of Samoa was of no force and com
pelled him (Bismarck) to notify Great
Britain and America of its withdrawal.
The Chancellor concludes by declaring that'
Germany has nothing to do with the in
ternal affairs of Samoa; that her mission is
restricted to protecting Germans and en
abling them to develop commercial inter
ests. Prince Bismarck has'Sissned an order in
which he defines the responsibilities of com
manders of war shins, with respect to re
quests of consuls abroad.
The chancellor directs commanders to
examine for themselves the legal and politi
cal grounds for such request,
unless tbe consul produces spec
ial authority from the German
Poreign Office. As the reason for his ac
tion, Prince Bismarck refers to the recent
events in Samoa, where, he savs, an unau
thorized request resulted in great loss of life
and injury to German interests, and danger
was thereby incurred of Germany becoming
embroiled with a friendlv nation, with no
'conclusive reasons existing for the interven
tion of armed forces.
BOULANGER'S FRIENDS ACUTE.
The Senate Is Trylns; to Find Where the
General Gets His Money.
Pabis, April 18. Boulangist journals
announce that Depnty Yacher has been
elected Vice President of the National
party, in lien of Boulanger. Meetings of
the party leaders continue to be held at
Boulanger's Paris residence. The Radical
declares that General Saussier has presented
to the Senate Committee a list of officers
willing to follow -Boulanger, compiled by
an officer who has since been punished.
The Boulangist leaders in Brussels have
decided to remain quiet 'durlng'the exhibi
tion, provided the Government adopts a
similar course. The Senate Commission ap
pointed to conduct the Bonlanger trial to
day examined M. Beinach, manager of tha
Republique Francaite, and M. Pressence, a
writer on the staff of the -Tempt. wlth(reler
ence to Boulanger's dealings with English
capitalists. ,
m FRANCE AND ITALY.
President Cnrnot Is Very Anxious for Har
mony Between Them.
Paris, April 18. President Carnot, in
receiving Signor Sonzsgno,the proprietor oi
n Secolo, who has leased the Gaiete Theater
for Italian operas and concerts during the
exhibition, said that he had been a member
of five Cabinets, and never in their councils
had he heard an unfriendly word toward
Italy.
He blamed Prench papers for using lan
guage calculated to endanger the friendship
existing between the two countries. He
promised to attend, with M. Tirard and M.
Spuliter, the first performance of the Italian
company.
THE POPE" 18 BETTER.
He Celebrates Mass In Person, and Is Look
In Very Well.
Rome, Anrit 18. The tope celebrated
mass to-day in his private chapel, and gave
communion to the members of the house
hold. He looked well. On Sunday and
Monday he will celebrate mass in the Con
sistory "hall, to which strangers visiting the
city will be admitted.
It is reported that Mgr. Mocenni, Tinder
Secretary of State in the Pope's household,
will be raised to the cardinalate.
SOMEBODY IB MISTAKEN.
Lord Randolph Churchill Calls Down Sir
Joseph Chamberlain.
London, April 19. Mr. Joseph Cham
berlain, in a recent letter, stated that Lord
Randolph Churchill declared in November
last that he (Churchill) would not contest
the Parliamentary seat of Central Birming
ham. Lord Bandolph now replies that Mr.
Chamberlain's assertion is utterly false.
It is expected that an excited correspond
ence will follow between the two gentle
men. T0UKG WILLIAM'S IDEAS.
He Will Prosecute the Socialist Depntles In
the Reichstag.
Berlin. April 18. Emperor "William
will go to Stuttgart on June 25 to congratu
late King Charles, of Wurtemburg, on his
accession to the throne. It is reported that
the Government intends, after the dissolu
tion of the Reichstag, to prosecute a num
ber of Socialist deputies.
The proposed prosecution is said to be due
to the recent trials atPrelburg and Elbefeld.
-
Russia's Navy to be Strengthened.
St. Petersburg, April 18. Vice Ad
miral Tchikatcheff has submitted to the
Czar a report on the condition of tha navy.
In it he urges the Immediate construction of
a number ot cruisers. He opposes the pro
posed increase of the Bnssian flotilla on the
Black sea.
Government Will be Called to Account.
London. April 19. Mr. Gladstone
writes, regarding the case of Father Mc
Padden, that the Government has incurred
a very heavy responsibility, and that if it
be eventually found that they have no just
reason for their conduct they will be severe
ly called to account.
Tho Dnnmark Mrscery Bcepenlns.
London, April 19. Incoming steamers
reporthaving experienced moderate weather,
and having hailed other steamers almost
daily, none of which mentioned the Dan
mark. 'StIH Searching for Suppose Papers.
Paris, April 18. The. police have
searched the residences of Deputy Tarquet
and five other members of the Boulangist
fiariy for documents jn relation to the Bon
angist campaign.
to be tot oe mr.
Massachusetts Will Toto on Prohibition
Next Monday Tho Wcll-Oranlzed
Campaign of the Temperance
Element Kate Fields'
Position on tho
Movement.
Boston, April 18. April 22 is designated
for the vote on the prohibition constitutional
amendment, and this usually staid and
dignified Commonwealth is stirred to its
very depths. It is estimated that not less than
500 speakers, including Governor Colquitt,
of Georgia, Senators Hoar and Blair, and
scores of notables, are on the prohibition
stump. It is more as the tread of the mag
nificent army over Massachusetts than as the
desultory efforts of an ordinary .reform move
ment. The organization of the Prohibi
tionists is perfect. The programme which'
is carried ont by them with unflagging zeal
includes notably systematic and earnest
appeals to voters through the daily and
weekly press, as also a series of meetings so
arranged as to Cover every hamlet and
school district in tbe State.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars must
be required to carry out, in all its details,
this campaign organized by the Pro
hilitionists "of Massachusetts. There
is no lack of funds at the headquar
ters of the Prohibition State Cen
tral Committee. The old generation of anti-slavery
philanthropists in New England
may have passed away, but it is evident
that appeals for aid, in tbe name of "re
form and -humanity," still meet with gener
ous response in the Bay State.
But while these supreme efforts are thus
put forth by the advocates of prohibition to
secure the adoption of a Constitutional
amendment, the opposition to so radical an
innovation are not idle. Tbe voters of
Massachusetts, as the campaign advances
and the -public pulse is daily more
stirred, are divided into two hostile
camps. There .is, perhaps, nearly
as much effort pat forth by the opponents as
byadvocates of prohibition; but it is, to
some extent, on a different line of action. To
secure the powerful aid of the press, which
is recognized asa great influence in mold
ing public sentiment, has been the para
mount effort on both sides. In Boston and
several of the larger cities in the State
the advantage of possessing the support of
the daily papers has been on tbe side of
opponents of tbe amendment: while in the
smaller towns ana tne rural districts gen
erally a majority of the weekly papers are
arrayed in favor of prohibition.
Generally speaking the pulpit and plat
form alike have been surrendered to the
advocates of the Constitutional amendment.
The first preacher of Boston, however,
Phillips Brooks, is against it, and as for
the platform Miss Kate Field delivered an
address at Tremont Temple last Friday
evening to a large audience on "The In
temperance of Prohibition."
PUT A B0I ON THE CUT.
How Tbey Train Their Children Down In
Boston These Days. i
Providence Journal.
A Boston gentleman whose management
of his 7-year-old 'son is amazing to the gos-'
sips, returned home the other evening to be
met with the news that the boy had cut a
hole in the drawing-room sofa.
"Well, my son," the father said after
being informed by the lad that he had done
the damage nnder the pressure of an irresis
tible desire, such as is usually the plea
of children in similar circumstances, "I am
very sorry that you should spoil my sofa.
I have just paid $75 to have it re
covered, and I cannot afford to have that
done over again. The only thing I can see
is.or yon to sit on that cut place when any
body is here so as to cover it. I know you
don't like company very well, bnt I know
mother would be 'ashamed to have callers
see that hole." ..
The small boy was only to happy to get
off so easily. "When, however, he had been
summoned, to sit on that cut two or three
times, things wore a different aspect. He
heard the door-bell ring wih apprehension,
and when he was called for to run to the
drawing-room he burst into wailing and
weeping so Violent that his presence had to
be dispensed with.
"Now, my son," his father said to him,
"I did not make any fuss when you cut
my new sofa covering, and I can't allow
you to make a fuss about bearing the con
sequences of whatyou did to please your
self." The poos little wretch was reduced to a
condition of despair, pitiful to behold, when
his father said to him:
"Now, Willis, I am going to make a 'prop
osition to you. You may do just as you
please about it. I promised von a soldier's
uniform at Christmas; now if you had rather
I took that money and had the sofa mended,
I will put enough with it to get the thing
done. But if I do you will get no uniform
at Christmas."
The lad choose to have the sofa mended,
and at Christmas he bore his disappoint
ment like his father's son. He did have, it
is only fair to his father to add, a good deal
in the way of alleviations of one sort and
another.
KEEP OUT OF OKLAHOMA.
Skunks and Bedbugs Aboand In the Prom
ised Land.
Washington Post.l
"The Oklahoma boomers." savs a retired
,army officer, "will find the whole country
occupied when they get there, and they will
have a sweet, time fighting for possession.
.The first and strongest tenantis the skunk.
They are-therethousands, millions of them.
When I was in Dodge City the Indians
nsed to kill them in season, and sell the
pelts, which were brought to Dodge City in
bales by the Wagon load. It will be years
before chickens can be raised.in Oklahoma.
Next come the bedbugs. They are a thou
sand timer worse than the sandfleas, and
are indigenous to the country. The soil
is full of them. Go into a cornfield and
turn down the husks of tbe corn in Septem
ber, and they will skurry out by the score
I pity the women whs go there;
"Some of the Oklahoma country down to
ward Texas is very good land, well-watered
and fertile, but up through the Cherokee
outlet it is -as dry as Western Kansas, and
as worthless, Not one crop in three can be
matured ori account of the drought."
A TOWN WIPED OUT BI FIRE.
Incendiaries Do Their Work Well and Im
pede thnFIro Department.
Portland, Ore., April 18. The town
of Cheney, Wash. T., was visited by a dis
astrous fire to-day, which swept away a large
portion of the business part of the town.
The fire was evidently the work of an in
cendiary. The fire department responded
promptly, but the discovery was made that
the hose had been. plugged up with wood..
After a long' contest the flames were finally
subdued. Loss probably J60.000; insurance,
525,000.
Poles for Pennsylvania Minos.
Boston, April 18. Fourteen Poles who
arrived from Liverpool on the steamer Kan
sas, and who are said to be nnder contract
to work In the Pennsylvania mines, are de
tained on board by the authorities pending
an investigation.into the allegation of vio
lation of alien contract labor law.
Boys Worih Having.
Detroit Free Press.
Bless the rising generation! A bouse and
lot In Syracuse worth $11,000 was sold for
$8,000 the other day because the family on
each side of it had five, or six children
apiece. The'right aortjf boys can depre
ciate property 2fr per cent.
. 0TSERIHELIHE'.
Continued from Fint Page.
what strained construction it may form the
reason assigned for the use of troops to pre
vent or restrain rioting or bloodshed in the
Territory.
ALL RIGHT IF THE TAX IS PAID. -'
Oklahoma Will Not be a Dry Territory TJn
der the Latest Kuliog. '"
"Washington, April 18. Mr. Mason,
Commissioner of Internal Bevenue, ha Jo
cided that under the recent act of Congress
and the proclamation of the President in re
lation to Oklahoma it ceases to be "Indian
country," and that special tax stamps may'
may be sold to wholesale and retail liquor
dealers, to engage in business there, nnder
the same terms and regulations as in other
States and Territories of the United States.
By a previous act of Congress it was provided
that no ardent spirits should be introduced
'intOithe "Indian country" except Jby the.
authority, and nnder the control of, the
Secretary of War. The Indian Territory
has heretofore been considered as "Indian
country," but the Commissioner holds that
the Government having purchased the in
terest of the Indian tribes in the Oklahoma
country, the latter can no longer be con
sidered as "Indian country," and that tha
general law upon that subject doeanot now
apply to Oklahoma.
The effect of this decision will be to allow
wholesale and retail liquor dealers" to pur
chase special tax stamps in Oklahoma nnder
the same terms as in other sections of the.
country. Arrangements are being made to
have a force ot deputy collectors and revenue
agents on hand to see that the lawsare en
forced and that the interests' ot the Govern
ment are protected.
BI THE MULE ROUTE.
Carloads of the Animals to beUsedtoTrani'
port Settlers.
Topeka, Kan., April 18. Eight car
loads of mules went through the. city to
night on a fast freight on the Bock Island
to Pond Creek, Ind. T They wiU 'be used
to transport the Bock Island's, Oklahoma
settlers over the stage route, in addition to
those already provided by the stage com
pany. The reports of high water in the Cimarron
are so conflicting that the general passenger
and ticket agent, Mr. John Sebastian, left
to-day for Caldwell, where two immense
ferries are to be constructed nnder his super
vision, to be used if found necessary. Indica-"
tions point to a very small migration from
this city and vicinity, but advices from the
East and South show that the new Territory
is the principal topic, and large colonies
are forming.
TITANIC TEMPLES.
Marvelous Cayes la tbe illonntalns of India
Palaces of Solid Slone.
An English paper contains the following'
account "of some strange ancient works in
India. It is written by W. S. Caine,M. P.,
who says:
"We have come to Boza to visit the
famous caves of Ellora, the finest and most
perfect of those marvelous temples which
have been cut out of the solid rock by the
ancient people of this land of wonders..
Along the foot of a range of wooded hills,
some COO feet highEabovethe plain, arc 30
temples, Buddhist, Hindoo and Jain. Their
date is obscure, but the newest are not less
than 800 years old. The smallest of these
alone would be & matter of wonder, but,
passing from one to another, we are dumb
with amazement on entering a series of
caves as big as churches, with huge images,
eight or ten feet high, all round the walls,
elephants, lions, tigers, aligators, rams, an
telopes, swans aad oxen, or symbolical rep
resentations of them, larger than life,friezes
of figure subjects as big as that of the Par
thenon (though greatlv inferior in execu
tion), varied by intricate wall sculpture of
all kinds, the whole carved out of hard
rock without a single stone being intro
duced. 'tThe greatest of these Titanic excavations
is a temple which cannot be called a cave at
all. The architect has quarried a huge
chunk of solid rock out of the hillside, leav
ing a mass in the center, standing out alone
from the lofty cliffs from which it has been
cut. He has then taken this block in hand,
hollowed it ont into a vast chamber, left
great pinnacles and pagodas on the roof,
and carved it inside and out with reliefs il
lustrating the history of his gods. In shap
ing the floor of the court in which his tem
ple stands, he has left standing lumps and
pinnacles of rock, which he has fashioned
into elephants, guards and sculptured tow
ers. In tbe cliff walls surrounding the
temple, he has excavated cloistered galler
ies. Every portion of the entire fabno is a
mass of sculptured figures, beautifully fin
ished in all their details. The temple,
standing on its original site as excavated
out of the solid rock, is an absolute mono
lith. The whole structure (it is not a build
ing) is 365 feet long, 192 feet wide, and 96
feet high. It is as though a fine English
cathedral had been carved and excavated
out of the mountain in one single piece in
stead of built stone upon stone."
A DEAD BIRD FLIES.
The Adventure of a New Tork Sparrow to
the Great Blizzard.
Birds suffered much during the great
blizzard of March, 1888, and Mr. Lewis
Frazerhasa very readable article about it
in the last St. Nicholas. Here is one of the
incidents ot the storm: Our neighbor's
housemaid, Annie, saw lying on a spot from
which the snow had thawed, the wet, stiff
body of a sparrow. There it lay on its back
in a pool of wafer with eyes closed and legs
cramped to its body, hard, stark and cold.
"Poor thing," thought Annie, "Imust take,
you in and show you to little Miss Buby."'
Suiting the action to the word, she -picked
up the dead bird and carried it into the'
kitchen. But it was wet and cold, and in
that condition was not fit for Miss Buby'a
fingers. "Sure it will dry if I nut it int
the oven for a few minutes, and when Mary,
the nurse, comes down, it will be nice and
warrnm," said Annie to Jane; the cook.
So the bird was put in tbe oven of tha,
range and the door left ajar. The cook and
the housemaid resumed their work, the one
preparing the luncheon, the other scrubbing
the floor. Some minutes passed thus when
suddenly and without any warning out.
from the oven flew the apparently dead bird,
brought back to life by the warmth.
"The Saints delend ns,"exclaimed Annie,
as the bird flew past her and dashed at the
window panes. "Quick, open tha door,:
cook, and a good riddance to it 1 When a ,
dead bird flies it means no good luck to any
body!" WHEN PRIESTS ARE SHATED.
Why Catholic Cleraymen Are Never Seen la
i Barber Shops.
New York Sun.
Clergymen of the Catholic Church always
appear on the street cleanly shaved. Nine
ont of ten of the thousands of them in tho
United States shave every morning. But!
whoever saw one of them in a barber shop?
It is well known that many of them cannot
shave themselves. Certainly they cannot
trim their own hair, and as yet not one has
been discovered who could manipulate the
locks of a brother clergyman.
But whoever saw one of them in a barber
shop having his hair trimmed? Casual
talks with New Tork barbers show that the.
clergymen of this Church are among their
best customers, and that they appear very
arly in the morning.
DIED.
KEENEY Wednesday, April 17, 18S9, at
6 o'clock P. 31., MBS. ALICE KxxNSTVagedSB
years.
Funeral takes place from, tha residence of
her son-in-law, Mr. John Caviaaugk, M Merri
mac. street, Mt, Washington, 'Fiod AT .at t
o'clock p. Jt.