stf1 ffrWflffillD1" i IPSA t T . u.- " yrizfri- AV5i OTrvh4b ..? - ..jfhj.i s . . .:. KtH i.-j - - rs Vi V && ,. -. --;-; f. A ,t ' ' - V 7n i'-i A RICH HARVEST Will be reaned advertise in The Dispatch. It reaches ererr borne and is read by everybody. If you are in business let the Bublic loiowlt HSPATCH. FORTY-l-OUBTH YEAR ffl Senator Cooper Says the Repub lican Party Cannot Turn Backward ON THE LIQUOR QUESTION, Jlr. Shiras Give3 Tip All Thoughts of the White Impeachment. BROOKS WILL TOIE NO ON PROHIBITION. The Author of the High License BUI Thinks Highly of Hia Handiwork Senator Cooper Sayi the Saloon Must be Re placed by Hoteli, and tie Bepnbllcan Party la Bound to Accomplish the Work Liquor Legislation to Largely Occupy , the Attention of the Next Legislature Party Caucuses Held and Revenue Com mtssloncrs Selected. Senator Cooper, ex-Chairman ot the Ke poblican State Committee, says the Repub lican party cannot turn backward, but, having tackled the liquor question, it must inarch forward to its conclusion. He says the end must be that only hotels shall have liquor licenses. Mr. Brooks, of the liquor law bearing his name, says he will vote openly against the prohibitory amendment. He is satisfied that the high license law is practical prohibition, if rightly interpreted. Mh Shiras has given up all hopes of getting his Judge "White impeachment resolution before the House. tFKOM A STAFF COEEESFOXDE1TT.I Hahmsbueg, May 7. Mr. Cooper's sup plement to the Brooks' high license law is again before the Senate, with two more amendments, and to-morrow will be voted upon finally by that body. It is not likely it will pass. Mr. Cooper is not claiming a victory for it. He-admits the vote will be close, and that even should it pass the Sen ate it is likely to die conference" commit tee, as there is no time remaining to make a fight of any size. "Do you think," he was asked by The Dispatch correspond ent, "that license legislation will have a prominent place in the next Legislature?" "It will, beyond a doubt," "was his reply. "It is quite likely to have the most prom inent place. I think it will be he leading uestion, should the prohibition amendment lot be carried." Cnn Take No Steps Backward. ' "Are there other restrictions you would "Jfuggest beside those vou have incorporated fn"the measure you are now advocating?" "The Republican party," said Mr. Cooper, "must go ahead on the liquor question. I think the policy of the future will be against the saloon the mere drinking place. Hotels and restaurants, where people are accom modated with lodging and food, should be the only places to have licenses to sell liquor. Places that making the selling of liquor their prominent feature will be wiped out." "And how about the license fees will they be raised?" "I am yet in favor of that feature of the bill I introduced early in the session, which doubled the license fees." Its Opponents Admit Its Good Points. "The Philadelphia Law and Order dele gation which came here," continued Senator Cooper, "to oppose reconsideration of my bill, admitted in conversation with me that it is a good measure. That feature of it which absolutely 'forbids the participation of children in the purchase or sale of liquor they especially like. No law has ever for bidden it, and it is something that should be stopped. It is not necessary to explain the reason why. That will immediately present itself. The only argument they use against my bill is that it is unwise to have any license legislation now, on the eve of the prohibition election. They think it would impress some people as an exhibition of bad -faith." Mr. Brooks is opposed to Mr. Cooper's bill on just these grounds. He was also asked whether, in the event of the defeat of prohibition, license legislation would be a feature of the next Legislature. The Republicans Most Move Forward. "1 don't like to say that," he replied.' "I don't want to say or do anything, one way or the other, that will influence the June vote. I can say this, though, that if the prohibition amendment is not carried, the Republican convention to nominate a State Treasurer will meet early this fall and will deal with the subject The Republican party isn't moving backward in this mat ter." A friend of Mr. Brooks quotes him thus: "On the morning of the election I will go to the voting place, walk right up to the man who has the negative ballots, get one with a 'Ho on it, hand it in and go right away." Mr. Brooks was asked by The Dispatch correspondent whether in his opinion his high license law gave Judges the authority to be so radical as Judge White, of Alle gheny, seemed to be. "It certainly does," he replied, "and the Supreme Court says so. They can go even further, and Grant No Licenses at All, if they think them unnecessary. Don't you remember that in Huntingdon cssnty the Presiding Judge, said licenses wejj?nec essary and the two Associate Judges over ruled him and said they were not? The Presiding Judge told them they were fools, and they replied that perhaps they were, but they would let the Supreme Court de cide that point. The result was that the Supreme Court said they were all right, and refused to reverse their decision." Hon. George Shiras was asked to-day whether he intended to push his resolutions against Judge "White. 'What is the use?" be replied. "They have half a dozen peo ple here ready to object, and I can't get the resolutions before -the House now without unanimous consent." Mr. Cooper's latest amendments to his supplement to the high license hill re that : one of the 'bondsmen of the applicant for' license may be a surety company, and' that jetties jOr counties shall be responsible for constables' fees. - ' . Simpson. 1ST 1 - - -f ., '. .. m ' V" bv all who through THE THE BEVENUE COMMISSION Party Caucuses at Which Members Are Chosen Democrats Select Mr. Wherry and Republicans Chooso Mr. Tag- gort as Against Calvin Wells. ITBOM A BTAIT CORRESrOXDET.l Haheisbueo, May 7. The Eepublican and Democratic caucuses of the House met this morning, and, after choosing candidates for the commission to count the vote for State Treasurer, after the fall election, also named candidates for places on the new Revenue Commission. The Republicans had conceded to the Democrats the right to name the taxation expert, and the Demo crats selected Hon. S. M. "Wherry, of Cum berland, who was a member of the last com mission, but who is betiter known in the present Legislature in connection with his gallant though futile attempt to have the House pass an anti-discrimination bill, and for his effort to have the Legislature Teform the plan of management of the sinking fund. .Mr. Wherry says the original plan was to select Mr. Smgerlv, of the Philadelphia Becord, for this place, but repeated tele grams to him on the Subject remained un answered. A Granger Gets tbe Plum. The Republican caucus had to choose be tween Representative Taggart, the grander member from Montgomery county, and Cal vin "Wells, of Pittsburg, as the representa tive of the manufacturing industries of the State. Mr. Taggart, according to a proa inent Republican, had gone carefully through the House yesterday, in his own in terest He had 37 votes this morning, against 20 for Mr.Wells. Mr. Taggart is not a manufacturer. He is a farmer and a prom inent member of the State Grange. He is best known in connection with his fight for tbe dressed beef bill and for House bill No. 10, and better known as the granger tax ' bill, which latter passed the House and was delayed in the Senate Finance Committee so long that it was useless to try to do any thing with it Mr. Taggart thinks that ifit had been re ported .to toe Senate in time it could have been placed on the calendar.thoush Senator Brown, of York, failed in an attempt to do this when he tried. Why Tagffart Was a Candidate. Mr. Taggart says he wouldn't have been a candidate had Speaker Boyer consented to lake a place on the commission, but when he refused, Mr. Taggart thought himself entitled to a place in tbe gift of the House, and especially so as it was virtually settled that Worthy Master Rhone would repre sent the State Grange, which is given the right to name one commissioner. The facts urged by Mr. Taggart for his right to the place are his services in behalf of the grander tax bill, which Senator Dela mater and Chairman Andrews had. he said, promised him should be passed as a salve for the wounds cansed by the defeat of the beef bill. Mr. Taggart had made a study of the subject of taxation, and is well qualified for a place on the commission, though a manufacturer would undoubtedly be much more acceptable to manufacturers. A Tax Expert One of the Chosen. The Senate has elected John A. Wright of Philadelphia, a lax expert, to a place on the commission as such. The Democrats cast their vote's for Senator Belts. As the Governor has not yet signed the resolution, the House has as yet proceeded no farther than the caucuses. Auditor General McCamant, who to-day commenced his term ot office for which he was elected, does not think the commission will amount to much so far as practical re sults are concerned. Me. thinks it impossi ble for the conflicting interests, it .will con tain to harmonize on a, basis for 'taxation. They will, in his opinion, pull apart rather than together. A COMPfiOMISB EFFECTED. The Allegheny County Oil Ganger Will Con tinue In Business. ffFZCIAL TXLEGKAH TO THE DISPATCH.! Haeeisbueg, May 7. A compromise was effected to-day by which the Pittsburg ganger bill is permitted to fail. The test case in the Allegheny courts will be dropped, and the ganger will only gauge and collect fees on oil refined and sold with in thecountyof Allegheny. Attheconference the refiners were represented by D. P. Reighard, S. M. Willock and E. S. Craig, attorney. On the other side were William Plinn, V. Stevens, the interested ganger, whose office the refiners sought to abolish; J. O. Brown, Chief of the Department of Public Safety, and his attorney, Charles McKee. Mr. Brown merely agreed to use his influence to have the City Councils agree to the terms of the compromise. The bill had passed the House, and was on third reading in the Senate. Each side at this stage was afraid to test the strengthl ot me omer. xne tnree Allegheny Senators here were against the bill, and Senator Delamater, who was for it, wasn't sure he could carry it The Pittsburg street bill has passed the Senate, and the House will concur in the merely verbal amendments. HIGHER SALARIES FOR JDUGES. The Bill Passes tbe House Finally, Mr. Hall Being Muzzled. rTEOM A STAFF CORItESrONDENT. Habeisbueg, May 7. The Judges sal ary increase bill passed the House finally to-night by 116 to 74. Hon. Henry Hall, who was placed in the chair yesterday and to-day by Speaker Boyer, whose health will not stand the continual strain, was thereby put in a position where he could make no more speeches against the measures. The Allegheny delegation voted as fol lows: Yeas Bulger, Chalfant, Lafferty, Lemon, Marland, Richards, Shiras, Stewart, Weaver and White. Nays Graham, Jones, Marshall, Kesbit and Robison. ALL FATOR CAPTAIN DELANET. His Petition for n. Federal Appointment Signed by the Senate rFBOU A STAFF COEEISPONDEXT.7 Habbisbubo, May 7. Forty-eight Sen ators joined to-day in a request to Post master General Wanamaker to join Messrs. Quay and Cameron n recommending to President Harrison the early appointment of Captain Delaney, Librarian of the Sen ate, to the position of Commissioner of Registration and Elections of the Territory of Utah. The two Senators who did not join in "the request are at home, seriously ill. The 48 who petitioned also wrote letters in the same vein. HB.;SH1RAS MEANS WHAT HE SAIS. Judge White Can bo Reached In Two Years as Weil as Now. v IFEOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.: Habbisbubo, May 7. Hon. George Shiras says when he says he has SO specific charges against Judge White he means what he says. He also says the Judge Will be just as readily reached two years hence as now. Mr. Shiras says he is not a candi date for re-election, but will either come back to Ihe Legislature or name his suc cessor. MUST SET A iiATER DATE. The Dedication Services nt Gettysburg Can not bo Held May 21. rTEOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.! Habbisbubo, May 7. May 21 ami 22 hau been fixed as the time for the dedication.' services at Gettysburg, but. tbe Monument! uimunwu a meeuug; tomorrow, W1U; .probably make the date later, for this rea son: . A bill hasjmly recently passed appropri ating $50,000 for the transportation of Get tysburg veterans to the field on that occa sion, and Adjutant General Hastings, who is empowered to make the necessary ar rangements, cannot have them completed in time for the date that he3 been fixed. THE REVENUE BILL READY. Some More Changes Made In It Tbe Street Railway Bill Now Ready. rFBOU A STAFF COBBXEPOKDEXT. HAEEiSBUBO.'May 7. The general reve nue bill is ready for the Governor, and wnl be signed by him, although he does not ap prove the reduction of the tax cm gross premiums of insurance companies from 3 to 2 per cent, which will reduce the annual revenues from this source about $150,000. The main amendment made to to the present law taxes the judgments and mortgages of corporations. Another change from existing legislation provides that one- l.lJ -xt. - . j ' J r - miru oi me revenues uenveu iruw uu. uu personal property be diverted into the county treasuries, which now receive none of this tax. The amendment of the House enabling taxpayers to deduct from the tax on mortgages and judgments their debts does not find a place in the bill. The hill for the incorporation of street railway companies is ready to be messaged to the Governor. A few amendments in serted by the House after it had passed the Senate were stricken out by the conference committee. One of these was put in the bill at the instance of Mr. Fow, requiring rail way companies to pave the streets through which their lines run. ITWASAQrjAYYICTORI. Only Two of the Lancaster County Dele gates nre Mngee Men. IFEOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. J Habkisbubo, May 7. Amos-Ziegler, of Lancaster county, is the gentleman who was claimed by both the Quay and the Magee men after the primary election in Lancaster county. Mr. Ziegler was elected a delegate ttrthe next State convention. He was in Harrisburg to-day, and unhesitat ingly told the correspondent for The Dis patch that he is a Qaay man, and that in consequence of his position the delegation stands four Quay men to two Magee men, all of them, however, being for Boyer lor State Treasurer. "It was this way,"said Mr. Ziegler: "Mr. Kauffman asked me to run in Quay's inter est, and I did. The fact that I was for the Magee candidate for District Attorney made many consider me a Magee man. We did not make the fight on district attorney, though." COME TO A CONCLUSION. The Contract System of Soldiers Orphans' Schools to bo Abolished. tFBOMA STAFF CORBXSFOJTDrKT.l Habkisbubo, May 7. The Conference Committee appointed on the Soldiers Or phans' commission bill have come to a con clusion. The amendment of Senator Bates abolishing the contract system has been re tained, but the time to make the necessary arrangements for its abolition has been ex tended from four to six months. The commission proposed to be appointed is authorized to rent the necessary buildings for the accommodation of the children of soldiers, and to exercise a general super vision of them. It is also authorized to place .them in normal schools', State c 'leges and SoldiersLHumesif at .should see'urouer to iaxe eucn acMon, v COUNCILS MUST CONSENT. Dr. SlcCnllough's Electric Light B1U Passes. Uenvily Amended. tFBOX A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. J HABBlSBUBG.May 7. Dr. McCulIough's electric light corporation bill', amended to include some of the important features of the Fletcher bill, passed the House to-night, and will come up to-morrow for final pass age. It has been through the Senate. This bill, however, makes it necessary for com panies to obtain the consent of councils be fore entering on streets, lanes or alleys. W. B. Rogers, Esq., who has been here since last week, succeeded in having the McCullough bill amended to .suit his ideas. COST OF A CONTEST. The State Taxed 838,000 to Unseat a Mem ber of the Senate. rFBOU A STAFF C0BBESP02TOEJJT.1 Habbisbubo, May 7. The Senatorial Committee on Contested Elections seats Sen ator Osbourne and unseats Devlin. The minoritv report admits Osbourne's election, but denies his right to a seat on technical grounds. The cost of the contest to the State is $38, 000. Both gentlemen get their salaries. Liquor Selling on Dccorntlon Day Goes. rFBOU A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Habbisbubo, May 7. The bill to pre vent the sale of liquor on Decoration Day was lost in the House to-day by one vote. WIPED OUT BY A CICL0NE. A Kansas Town Coined nnd Many of Its Inhabitants Killed. rsrxbiAi. txlxgbau to tbe disf atcr.i Hutchinson, Kah-., May 7. The town of Stafford, Kan., was wiped out by a cy clone last night A 'number of people were killed and about 50 wounded. The wind had been blowing a gale for three days and developed into a cyclone that swept over the counties of Stafford and Rice in a northwesterly direction. Crops, farm houses and barns were mowed down, and the full extent of the damage is not yet reported. The town of Stafford wa3 entirelv de- destroyed, but fortunately thepeople saw the cyclone coming and had tihie to escape to cyclone cellars and places of safety. The Eureka school house was next to go, and all there is left is a few foundation timbers. All the houses were frame, and were lifted up and distributed over the ad joining fields. The path of the cyclone was clearly defined,-ns the houses on either side were scarcely shaken. FROGS FROM THE CLOUDS. The Phenomenon Whtcu Slartlo'd tbo Resi dents of a Dakota Town. Jamestown, Dak., May 7. About 6 o'clock last night a pecpliar circumstance was noticed by a number of people. A small black cloud, rather low, was noticed to move rather queerly, when suddenly the cloud was lost sight of and a precipitation of frogs Tas seen. There were, several hun dred of them and could be seen hopping in the street a block away. A number of dogs were ou hand and made it' lively for the. hoppers. It is claimed that a funnel-shaped cloud, indicating a cyclone, was seen in the west shortlv before, and the theory, of some is that the frogs were caught up from some slengh in the whirlwind and carried in the air until.it spent itself, which happened to be over the center of the principal business streets. - The Electric Sugar Refining Fraud. New Yoke, May 7. May 20 has been set down for the trial of the parties con certed ia the alleged electric sugar fraud. -The Ante of .Howard will come dd first, and rsieantim'edepositioasV'ill be taken oft-wit-.J fiesses who'are'in'Chicago.-'- ."iCjfb I mm ym$Mm PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1889. A WAR m PIG IEOJE One , Leading Northern Company Slashes Prices in Order to f MEET SOUTHERN COMPETITION.' The Beginning of a Fierce Contest Between the Sections. SMALL FURNACES WILL BE FORCED OUT A Bale of Eteel Bails Hade at a,;Wee far Below tho Baling Flssns. The Thomas .Clarke Iron Company has re dnced prices on pig Iron to the lowest figure ever known. This is announced as an effort to keep out Southern competition. Atlanta iron men assert that they will be able to hold their own, and even go still lower. The price of steel rails also seems to be af fected by the situation. ISPECXli TXXXOBAU TO TBS DISFATCII.l New x"obk, May 7. The reduction of the price of pig iron by the Thomas Iron Company made a great sensation in metal circles in this city, though it was not en tirely unexpected. It seems that the com pany reduced the price to the basis of $16 60 for No. 1 and $15 50-for No. 2 to consumers in this city during this month and June, while the prices quoted yesterday, $17 for No. 1 and $16 for No. 2, is for iron at points further,away from the furnaces and for de - lltrflrw Httviw flio van livery during the year. This is the lowest regular trade price ever know for pig iron in this country. The general impression In this city is that it will cause a quite extensive blowing put of furnaces, as there are many which cannot make a profit at these figures. It is be lieved that the older Lehigh furnaces, which have advantages in ore, can make iron and deliver it at tide at an average cost of $13 75 per ton for the three grades. Some of the smaller furnaces cannot lay down iron at tide for less than $16 per ton. x southern men excited. The agents of ihe Southern iron in this city are greatly excited over the action of President .Clarke. They say they can com pete in Northern markets at the reduction and will do so. There is some foolish talk of making a war, but it costs so much money to run a non-paying iron furnace that this is not likely, as the Southern concerns are, known to nave little or no capital to waste. Agents of Northern iron companies say, allowing for only small, profit at the mills, Southern iron cannot be laid down on the wharves at Northern cities at less than the Thomas Company's prices. The production of the Southern furnaces is estimated at nearly 2,800 tons of pig iron 'per day, and the con sumption in the South at 2,200 per day. The action of the Southern iron makers will be awaited with a good deal of anxiety, but it may not be fully developed for several president B. G. Clarke, of the Thomas Iron Company, was a very busy man to-day. The notice of a reduotion in the price of iron by his company .was widely circulated;' and -a number f customers and others called. on him lor information: sir. uiar&e. was very frank with everybody. WHY IT WAS BONE. "The reduction in the price of iron'te said, "was made because we found that otner people were taking Our trade. The Southern furnaces and others have been going to onr customers and cutting prices. "We found that this made some impression, and we- made a move to preserve our trade. That is all there is about it" "What effect will this have on the iron trade generally?" "It will decide the question whether we can make and sell iron in our own territory as cheaply as anybody. This move is the first step in a contest between Northern and Southern irons, and it will have to be fought out "We propose to retain our trade until we can make no profit in making iron, and if that time ever comes we will sur render, but not until then." "Will the reduction increase the demand for iron?" "The demand for iron is very large now. and the consumption is enormous. We are not anxious to sell iron, and we are making no special effort to do so." "What can the South do in the way of further competition?" "I don't think they can sell below these prices." "How about the future of trade?" "I think the present prices are the lowest we shall see. They, are certainly the lowest prices ever known for pig iron of reputable brand in this country unless at a forced sale." MB. CLABKE'S HOPES. Mr. Clarke expressed himself as hopeful' that after a short time the trade would pick up, especially if the production of iron is lessened. The competition among the makers of steel rails is sharper than ever. It is reported tbat a sale was made to-day ou the basis of $24 70 per ton. This is $1 15 below the lowest pries ever made in this country before. A dispatch from Atlanta says: The cut made in the price of iron by the Northern dealers in no way disconcerts those inter ested in the iron business in this section. The price of Southern pig iron, while below that of Pennsylvania, is by no means the lowest figure that can be given. The iron business is in its infancy here, the methods or work are crude, the labor costly because inexpert, the business is loaded down by inexperienced managers and handicapped by many outside expenses. It is under this condition of things that Southern iron has put the Northern product on the run. Experience is taking the place of ignor ance, the labor is becoming more expert, and, therefore, the production, per capita will be so much greater and useless ex penses are being lapped off. In this way the price of iron may be materially reduced without destroying a profit. Such are tbe views as collected from ihose here who are engaged in the iron interest SOMETHING OF. A SUBPBISE. A. dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says: "The cut 'in pig iron made by. the Thomas Company was a surprise to Southern iron men," said a prominent .manufacturer to night "We have been looking forward to at least a slight advance in price, and were unprepared for a further decline. Southern furnaces have been kept in blast fill ing contracts aud stocking up. Some of the Birmingham furnaces have been selling iron right along, perhaps without loss, bnt certainly not mak ing any money to speak of. Some of tbe furnaces in this district, I believe, can meet the reduction and still have a small margin, but a very small margin. Profiting bv the experience of the past we may be able to make iron cheaper in future than we are making it now, out no Southern furnaces now in blast-will make much money at pres ent prices unless we get bettefTreight rates." "Will the reduction cause any oftthe Birmingham furnaces to go out of blast?" , "I think not We may get better freight rates soon. Anyway ho turnace in this district is to go out of blast, so far as I know. It may be that theeduction will be promptly met and we may go them one lower, but jt.will be our policy to maintain prices if possible." A-disnatch from Chattanootra.-savs:' The out made by an Ohio furaace on account of the'low. priees of SouthernTrdnt-h'aaVas 'yet made no sensation among fumacemenin this region, and. in the opinion of the best posted experts will not So far 'there has been no corresponding reduction to meet ii StUl, new furnaces are going into blast -almost daily, and the cost of making pig iron her'eabo'ut is very small comparatively, as iron, coal and limestone are found almost in the same ledge. Unskilled labor ,is cheap, and strikes almost unknown. South ern iron men claim that the advantage Is J-.with them, and thatthey may-carry the war on prices stlfl farther, as their marKe-. must be for the greater part in the North. CHARGES OF MUBDEB. tThat Is lbs Allegation Bronsbt Against An other Chicago Charitable Institution Patients Sold to Have Been Virtually Killed by the Attendants. v Chicago, May 7. A number of ladies interested in the Home for the Incurables to iay. applied -to the courts for the appoint ment of a receiver. The bill says: That the matron of said home Is one Caro-. lino Barlow, whn is a nersnn tthnllv unfit and rjmpropertofill said position; that charges of uuuroDer conauct, uisnonesc practices, ot vio lation of the rules of said home, of mismanage ment, of want of -proper attention, and crnelty to patients have been repeatedly made against her; that an investigation was made into the conduct of the matron, but though manrfthlngs were stated and proved which should have pro cured the removal of said Caroline Barlow, a Part of tha Expp.ntfvn Committee and Presi- L dent of the institution kept the matron in ber position contrary to ana in violation ox every interest of the institution. It is further asserted that Madam Barlow, though knowing nothing of medicine, under took to treat the patients; that the patients at the poor house received better treatment; that the incnrables were fed indiscriminately; that their treatment depended on the ''likes and dislikes of Caroline Barlow;" that the J - tremej and that M the phygicians resigned UL.Mil 3! 1 iir e il 2-i!i !. ....J condition of-aflairs was shocking in tbe ex- from tbe medical staff of the institution, and that a majority of the Executive Committee uiu likewise. The most startling charge in the bill is one where it says that a patient, James Bo t top, was virtually murdered. at the home "by the attendants and nurses of the home with tbe knowledge and consent of Caroline Barlow," and that "Caroline Barlow con spired with the attendants to cover up said case and obliterate the manner of the death of Botten, putting it on the false ground of accidental injury." Another case cited is tbat of Annie Gustfeusen, a con sumptive. It is said that Mrs. Bar-. low .abused and threatened her; that one of the nurses brought food to Annie's bed, jerked up the patient, slammed the tray down upon her and left Annie fainted and remained insensible for two hours. That night she died. The incident was re ported to Caroline Barlow, who, it is al leged, never so much as reprimanded the nurse. There are a number of other cases wherein it is charged that the patient died under cruel treatment either at Mrs. Barlow's hands or at the bands of some attendant Judge Tuley decided not to grant the peti tion for a receiver until notice had been served upon the' accused. TBUE PHILANTHEOPY. Dr. Passavant toErectjin Orphans' Home in Montana Imnd -and Farming Imple ments Pnrchnsed His Many Friends Surprised The Institution Will Be Non-Sectarian. rsrxciAi. TSLiaitAX to thz dispatcit.1 Helena, Mont., May 7. Eev. William .PfiiSddrsnt. who- iff well known aver tbn United States -by his efforts- in charitable" works, has perfected arrangemnts here for the erection and maintenance of an orphans home and industrial, school, to be under the control of the Lutheran denomination. He has purchased 676 acres of land, with water rights, farm implements, horses', stock and buildings, just east of Helena for the home, and a site in Helena for a church. The home and school will be non-sectarian, receiving wards of all classes and religious belief. A manual training- school will be connected with the asylum. Mr. Passavant announced before departing for the West to-day, where he will visit Portland and the coast cities, where he goes to continue his missionary labors, that the institution will I bo opened to the public in the near future. A Dispatch reporter called at Dr. Passa vant's residence, 12J Center avenue, to inquire the reason of the establishment of an orphans' home in snch a remote and recentlv develoDed 'country. None of the immediate family were Home, xne sister oi tne qoctorswiie coma not enlighten tbe reporter further than what she had heard indirectly from his letters to the family. She stated tbat the doctor was now at Helena, whence he would go to Portland, Ore., and then to San Francisco. The lady knew nothing at all shout the school. Mr. Harry Passavant, local agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a son of the doctor, was also seen, bnt his -information was very vague, and indeed ho first beard of tbe fact when the reporter apprised him of it. Dr. Passavant Is a well-known local public benefactor and philanthropist. It is said a Mr. Thompson, of this city, is associated with him in the Montana home. A SOLDIER'S LINE OF DUTY. It Is Decided to Bo Wbcn No Rule or Regu lation Is Violated. Washington, May 7. Assistant Secre tary Bussey to-day rendered an important decision in the pension case of Mary E. McNeil, widow of Alexander McNeil, late private, in Company D, One Hundred and Nineteenth Illinois Volunteers. The case involves the important, question of "line" of duty," aud Assistant Secretary Bussey's in terpretation of the law with respect to it is even broader and more liberal than in. the Ammerman case. The former decision is reversed and the Commissioner, of Pensions is directed to place the name of the widow on the pension rolls. ' In speaking of this" decision Assistant Secretary Bussey said to-day that he was of the settled opinion that a soldier is in-line of duty, within the meaning .of the pension laws, when he is not engaged in violating any order, army rule' or regulation, or. vio lating any instruction of his superior officer for the police regulation of the camp. YANKEE NOTIONS FROM AUSTRIA. Foreign Imitations of American Goods Sold Extensively in Malta. Washington1, May 7. Consul Forth ington, at Malta, has sent a long report to the State Department touching the possi bility of extending the trade of United States manufacturers with Malta. He says that our goods bear the. highest reputation for excellence, and need only a proper intro duction to find a large market Energetic drummers . carrying -samples are needed, and European markets are employing them largely in Malta in pushing "Yankee no tions," made In Austria and elsewhere than in the United States.- The Consul incloses a list of American articles that might, by well-directed efforts, be profitably brought to the Maltese mar ket INDIANA'S OIL WELL. Terro Haute Excited Over One That la Be lieved toliead the World. Tbbbe HArTE, May 7. The oil well at this city was visited by thousands of people? last night and to-day. No stronger flow has ever been found in this country.' A 20 barrel tank was filled in just 20 minutes. The well is thought to bo good. for at least 1,000 barrels per day. ' A great quantity was wasted on the ground before the check valves were put in, but the flow Is.now under perfect control. The product is shown by analysis to be' a Buperiur quality vi muncBung ou. i i-ii -i i ii ' AVOIDING THE SOUP. Senator Qnay Remains in Washing ton to Attend to Business. HIS EMENDS. TO BE REWARDED, And the Appointments of McKean and Gil lelahd Expected Soon. - PALMER IS THE PUBLIC PRINTER, And Two Cltll Berries Reformers Are Appointed Cea mlasloaers. """" j f Senafor Quay is doing business at the old stand, and something may drop hereabouts soon. The surprises of the dayat Washing ton were the appointment of Frank. W. Palmer as Public" Printer, and Messrs." Roosevelt and Thompson as Civil Service Commissioners. , , ISFZCUt, TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.l ,. Washington, .May 7. Senator. Quay did not get leave of absence this, morning, as he expected, to depart for Philadelphia, there meet Mrs. Quay, and go on to Long Branch, as was the programme. The office seekers brought a pressure to bear upon him which he could not resist To quote the words of one of them: "I told Qnay that he would be turned down, and we Would all be turned down, if he didn't stay here and at tend to his and our business. It's all well enough for him to go to the seashore, but while he goes there we go into the soup. He lost that place for Gilkeson by going away, and the only sure thing is to stay on the ground and watch the fellows who have the appointing power. I tell you, you can't trust them out of your sight" Senator Quay called at the Department of Justice to-day, and had another confer ence with the Attorney General in regard to the appointment ofGilkeson to the Flori da District Judgeship, and also about the Marsbalships and Attorneyships for Penn sylvania. Ha and Colonel Bayne also had a long conference with Postmaster General Wanamaker. The net result, of that con ference is locked in the bosom of the par ticipants, but there is a broad hint In cir culation that all differences were healed, and that Quay's candidates for postmaster ships, with the exception of Philadelphia, will soon be given their reward for loyalty and good service. It is believed that Field will very soon be appointed postmasterfor Philadelphia, and that at about the same time McKean and Gilliland will be given tbe office of Pitts burg and Allegheny. There's also a rumor that Holliday, of Erie county, is certainly promised the office of Commissioner of Cus toms. NEW CITIL SERTICE COMMISSIONERS Theodore Boosevelt and Hugh S. Thompson Secure the Appointments.1' Washington, May 7. President Har rison this evening appointed Theodore Boosevelt, of New York, and Hugh D. Thompson, of South Carolina, to be Civil Service.Commissioners. Mr. BooseTelt is a well-known member of tha Roosevelt family.-of Now. York, ana has taken an active part In the pbllfic3jf that Ste. Ho Jwame;t)rthe delegates at large to the Repub- Itinn PAntfahMnn I 'rifrai In TBftJ and ismsi lican Convention at 'Chicago in IBM, and was Republican candidate for Mayor of New-York City at the election preceding the, last Mayor alty contest, running against Abram 8. Hewitt and Henry George. He has been a decided civil service reformer all his life, and while in the State Senate ' of New York secured' the passage of what is known as the Roosevelt reform bill. He is a man of literary tastes, and has written a number of magazine articles descriptive of life upon the large ranch which be owns in Montana. He is about 30 years of age, and is a quick, nervous and energetic worker. He is not now in Washington, bnt was here in con sultation with the President before be accepted tbe appointment. Mr. Thompson Mr. Thompson is tbe well-known Assistant Secretary of tbe Treasury from South Carolina, appointed by President Cleveland. He was. born In Charleston, a. U., and is about GO years of age. He was educated at the University of oonin uaronna, ana alter ne was graauatea therefrom studied and practiced law for some time in Columbia, tbe capital ot the State. He .was elected Governor of the State, wbicb .'office be resigned to ac cept the Assistant Secretaryship of the Treasury. He was one of the most popular of the appointees of the late administration, and. President Cleveland in February last sent in nis nomination to the Senate for the office to which ne was this evening appointed, bnt it was not confirmed, tbe Senate having adopted a policy of non-action on appointments made by President Cleveland toward the close of bis administration. His appointment was urged bva great many prominent Democrats, and also, it Is said, by a number of Republican Sen ators and Representatives. PUBLIC PRINTER PALMER, The President Selects a Veteran Newspaper Man to Succeed Benedict. ' Washington, May 7. The President this evening appointed Frank W. Palmer, of Illinois, to be Public Printer. Mr. Palmer was born in Manchester, Dear born county, Ind., on October 11, 1827, and at the age of 15 was apprenticed to learn tbe printing trade. He first worked as a journey man in New York City, and then removed to Jamestown. N. Y., where for ten years he was the publisher and editor of tbe Jamestown Journal. He was a member of tbe'New York Assembly in 1853 and 1854. In 1858 he removed' to Iowa, and became editor and part owner of the Dubuque Times. In 1S00 be was elected State Printer, holding the office eight years, while at Des Moines as State Printer he secured control of the State Register, tbe paper now' owned by First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson. InlSSShewas elected a Representative from Iowa to the Forty-first Congress and was re-' elected to the Forty-Second Congress. After leaving Congress Mr. Palmer bought an inter est in the Chicago ihter-Octn,whlch bad been started about a year or two previously, and he at once assumed an editorial relation with that paper. He remained with the Inter Ocean until tie was appointed postmaster of Chicago by President Hayes, which position he filled during tbe administrations of Garfield and Arthur, President Cleveland appointing his successor on tne expiration or. nis term or office. Since relinquishing the postmastershlp, jeen engaged in editorial work on Vari- he has been engaged ons papers, among tnem Deing tne Chicngo Herald. Mr. Palmer was not a candidate (or fo; the place, and the only letters on file at tbe White House in connection with his appoint ment are commendations sent in voluntarily since bis name was publicly mentioned. He Is a practical printer and is also a bookbinder. WON'T PLEASE POLITICIANS. The friends of Civil Service Reform Have Cause to Rejoice. tSFXCIAI. TILXQEAJC TO TOT DISPATCH.1 Washington, May 7. The selection of Theodore Boosevelt and ex-GovernorThomp-, son, of South Carolina, for civil service commissioners, will please tbe civil service reformers of both parties, but will hardly satisfy the politicians of either. Mr. Boose velt is a very positive and pronounced sup porter of the present law. Mr. Lyman, who has been the sole mem ber of the commission for some time, will at last have two colleagues who will be in hearty accord with him, a state of things that has never existed before in the history of the Commission. BACKED BI QUAI. Thompson and Roosevelt Satisfy Onr Sen ators A Concession to' Mugwumps. rSFZCIAt. TXLXGItAV TO TOT DISFATCII.l t Washington, May 7. Thompson,-' the new,. 'Democratic member, of -the Civil. '.i 1 1 1. i) ! SPLEHDH MEDIUM. of the. Pennsylvania Senators, andSesator Quay, at tie request of Hon. Henry Cabot lodge, of Massachusetts, to-day indorsed the candidacy of Mr. Theodore Koosevelt. Therefore the Pennsylvania Senators may be said to. have backed both of the new Commissioners. Boosevelt is looked upon as a direct concession to the Mugwump ele- DEPEW ON THE STAND. -. The Railroad KagBato Appears Before the Senate Investlgatlag Committee HI. . Idea of What Most be Done J ivitn tne vanaaian wiau A Little Dispute. rftlOAl, TXUOBAUTO TBX DISPATCH. New Yobx:,, May 7. Chauncey M. De pew told the Inter-State Commerce Commit tee of Senators at the' Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day that he had given a good deal oft at tention ia the extension of Canadian rail road lines into the United States, and that .he did not favor such extension. At the same lime he did not favor such a rad ical measure as cutting them out entirely. .He said:, - They are now practically In a positionto dic tate' to American roads, not Deing subject to the restrictions of tbe inter-State commerce law. The Chicago rate governs our whole traffic, but they can fix'wbat Chicago tate they please, and recoup by raising rates on their local business. We must meet their Chicago rate and onr local rates nnder the law must go down in proportion instead of going pp. Tbey have limitless opportunities to undercut us. They can take freight by steamer and so avoid the jurisdiction of theommission entirely. It is only as a matter of policy tbat they keep up any rates at alii There is no remedy except to repeal thaJnter-State commerce law or to ap ply ft to Canadian roads. We don't want tbo law repealed. I should consider it a crime to repeal the law. If the Canadian roads were ex tinguished absolutely it wonld increase tha cost of transportation in the United States. General Manager Joseph Hickson, of the Grand Trunk line, told the committee that "we consider that all our business carried from the'TTnited States through Canada into the United States, or out of the United States, .into Canada, or out of Canada into the United- States, is subject to the regula tions of the inter-State Commission. We publish our rates as required, and abide by them absolutely. Our through rates are fixed with the idea of making a profit on them; We do not recoup on local traffic, and we hare not raised local rates cotem poraneously with or on account of our con forming with the inter-State law." Mr. -Felton could not explain the Grand Trunk's sudden increase in business out of Chicago. He did not think terminal facilities accounted for it. He had never before known such an increase in business to any road without there being rebates or some other crookedness as to rates to account font As to the export business he in clined to the theory tbat there was some sort of an' arrangement with the steamship lines by which it is guaranteed from loss and makes whatever ocean rate is necessary to get the business. Charles Francis Adams will be examined by the committee to-morrow. ROBBERS WITH WINCHESTERS. They Hold Up a Posloffice and Fight for Their Booty. Colorado Springs, May 7. Last night about 8 o'clock Frank Costello, postmaster -and storekeeper of that town, with' his two clerks, was getting ready to close the office, when three men entered and covered the occupants with guns', arid sAWtbej. wanted money. One of the Jilerks -named Pfitnam began to parley with- the robbers;' when he was severely clubbed. Postmaster Costello seeing the robbers had the drop on him, handed over (200 in Government money and (200 of his private funds. All the time the money was being counted tbe robbers kept the men-covered with their Winchesters. Alarm was at once given and a party started in pursuit The robbers were overtaken a short distance from the town and a fight ensued, in which one of the pursuing party, William Brady, was shot and probably fatally wounded. The robbers succeeded in getting away and reached the mountains. A DRUG CLERK'S MISTAKE. He Poisons a Woman by an Error In Com . pounding a Prescription. tSFXCIAI. TELZGHAJI TO TEX DISFATCII.l EVANSVTLI.E, Ind., May 7. Maynard Castle, a young druggist of this city, about 20 years of age, filled a prescription three or four days ago, for an aged lady by the name of Spitzmiller, and by a fatal error put belladona in it, which came near killing her instantly. She rallied, however, from the effects of the first few spasms, butis still in a critical condition and not expected to live. The matter has been kept very quiet, al though the woman is being regularly at tended by two reputable physicians of this city, and was only made public to-day, when the "worst was feared. Young Castle has not yet been arrested, but it is thought will be, should the unfortunate woman die. BRICE IS CHAIRMAN. Senator Gorman Says the Oblo Millionaire Will Fill Bnrnum's Place. tSFECUf. TELXOHAM TO TOT DISPATCH. J New Yoek, May 7. A special meeting pf theDemocratic National Committee will be called for some date about the middle of next month to act on the death of Chair man William E. Barnum. SenatorGonnan is authority for the statement that there is no foundation for the stories of disagree ments in the committee about the filling of the vacancy caused by Chairman Barnum's death, o rivalry among various members of the committee lor tne succession f to the chairmanship. He says: "Hr.Brice will undoubtedly be unani mously chosen to be chairman of the com mittee until the next National Convention. It is. the business of that convention to de termine who will be put in charge of the next campaign." JS PLACE OP THE ROPE. Tbo'Stato of New York Laying In a Supply of Electrical Apparatus. NEW Yobk:, May 7. Contracts were signed to-day by which the State of New Yori purchased for the electrical execution of condehied crimicals, three Westinghouse alternatingurrent electric light dynamos. The State prisons nt Sing SIng,-Kuburn and Clinton are each to have one of Mese deadly machines, which will be drivel by the en gines already in place. I ' ' The current will be applied fb the unfor tn nates at 'the jume-pressure' Vised by this system for electric lighting, and tbe State's experiments have shown that death will en sue lnpess' than 30 seconds. r They prohibit Everything In .Michigan. Lansing, May 7. The Senate to-day passed the Rogers bill prohibiting the sale of .tobacco, to minors under 17 years of age and the Jackson bill prohibiting the manu facture and sale of cigarettes. Both of these bills have passed the House and only require the signature of the Governor to be come laws. Is She a Scott f Yesterdav the inauest noon the Infant which Mary Welsh threw into a vault In the Windsor- Hotel, Brownsville road, was held over to investigate-' tbo matter. The girl still claims to be the wife of Frank Scott, son of the late John Scott Upon this tbe inqnest wasadionrneu to find out tie truth of her statement; No mar irktge -lleeese was issued to. Fra&k Scott and AtaryAve-a. any kind can best bfl adrertlslBK ia i of ThkjDiS- CENTS PAMEL1 .KIGKT. He Easily Explains tne Charge That He Made False Statements. A LITTLE HIT. AT FATHICK FOID, -Who PrintedGarbled Accounts of Speeches! ! dj tne iron Leaaer. NO USE FOR THE DYNAMITE FIENDS. The National Liberal Club Will Support Gladstne u& Parnell. Mr. Parnell hits made a lucid explanation . of his testimony, the other day, in which ha was made to say that he had made falsa statements in Parliament He positively" denies even acquaintance with the majority of the members of the physical force party. Patrick Ford is accused of garbling his speeches while in America. The National Liberal Club has decided to support Glad stone unitedly, and Mr. Parnell has beea elected a member. LondoS", May 7. The Parnell Commis sion resumed its sitting to-day. Mr. Par nell, upon taking the stand, said he desired to correct that part of his evidence given 6a Friday in relation to the statement made by him in the House of Commons' concerning the non-existence of secret so cieties in Ireland. Upon referring to the Hansard reports of the proceedings of the House ot Commons he found that his remarks, which had been quoted by Attorney General Webster, re ferred particularly to ribbonism, and not to secret conspiracies generally. His remarks therefore were a fairly accurate statement of tbe facts, as ribbonism at that time practically did not exist in Ireland. soiie plain statements. The cross-examination of the witness was then resumed. Mr. Parnell said he had not. heard of 100 guineas being paid for the de fense of moonlighters at the Cork assizes id 1881. If he had been asked to make such payments he should in those days have ap- . proved of them if he had reason to believa the law was being strained against a man, but his general rule was to limit such pay ments as much as possible. He remembered one case in which he had sanctioned the payment of money for the defense of a prisoner and the man was ac quitted. In another case he reimbursed Mr. Harris, who had made himself responsi ble for the costs of the defense, but at tho same time witness instructed Mr. Harris not to undertake in tbe future the defense of accused moonlighters. Mr. Parnell said that he some times paid money from -his own private account in oenali ot tne .League. He did not object to an inspection of his ac counts. Attorney General Webster here began a protracted examination of the' witness as to his banking transactions, but failed to elicit anything of note. DOES NOT EVEN KNOW THEM. ' Being further catechized upon his knowl edge of General Millen and other members of the physical force party, Parnell declared that a majority of the members of that party were utter -strangers to him. He had never heard that Mr., Ezaa.jiad joined tbeClan-Na-Gael. He would regrettO-findTthatMriaa. Ecran had rejoined the physical force party, but he should not think such a course un natural. Referring to his speeches made in Amer ica, as published in the Irish World, witness said he could not accept the reports as cor rect Mr. Ford garbled the- speeches ia order to suit the taste of the readers of the Irish World. Witness had never made thir statemenfpublicly before because it was not necessary. Recurring to secret societies, Mr. Parnell said he considered that a person who joined the League and continued to be a member of the Clan-Na-Gael acted to the injury of tha League policy. Any members of tbe League who would advocate the use of dynamite; would be a traitor. SAM0AN NEGOTIATIONS. The Claims Said to Have Been Advanced Its' the American Commissioners. Berlin, May T. The Vossische Zeitung says that tbe American Commissioners to tbe Samoan Conference are instructed by their Government to demand the neutrality of the islands, and the administration of Sa moan affairs by Samoans, and to urge the) claim of the United States to the. right to establish coaling stations at Pago Pago. The demands or the United States, however, are not intended to prevent the other powers from exercising their influence in accordance with their interests. Prince Bismarck gave an audience to the commissioners to the Samoan conference to day. Count Herbert Bismarck was present The audience lasted for three-quarters of aa hour. FOR GLADSTONE AND PARNELL. TheNatlonal Liberal Cub Decides to Sap port Both of Them. London, May 7. The annual meeting of the National'Liberal Club was held to-day. Two thousand members were present A resolution was adopted rescinding a pre vious declaration of the club, "That owing; to the divisions-at present existing in the party) it is not desirable for the club to be actively identified with, any section oi it." To-day's action is tantamount to declare ing the club a Glanstonian body. After an' excited discussion Mr. Parnell was elected a life member of the club by a large ma jority. Arrested for Shouting for Boulauger. Pabis, May 7. Twenty-five- thousand persons visited the Exposition yesterday. During the opening ceremonies the police arrested three men for shouting "Vive Bou langer." The evening festivities in cele bration of the opening of the KxpositioB passed off without a hitch. , The Bnllder of the Tower Honored. Pabis, May 7. President Carnot to-day received M. Eiffel, the designer and builder of the tower bearing his name, and the workmen who were engaged in its con struction. All'the President's visitorsja scribed their names in a book provided for tha purpose. ' , , - , Nihilists Expelled From Switzerland. Bebne, May 7. The Bnndesrath has ov - ' dered the expulsion from Switzerland of a ' number of Russians who are suspected of having been concerned in the secret manu facture of bombs at Zurich. -. BURNED IN HER ABSENCE ,i ;. A Mother Who Left Three Small CMMrea d Alons In the House. "" i " Indianapolis, May 7. At Hijlha,: small town in Dubois county, jtri C. Wilseman left hex; home to visit a neighbor leaving three small children asleep ia the house. During her absence the house, la some manner unexplained,-eaught fire' a-nd -was destroyed. - The two youHgesi' childresN lost their lives while the tBlrd,-aged 9, escaped baVl,; is uiiuiv iujutcu. Ane moveers reson- was dethroned by the'siwek asd she uflivbt asBonufiae. .uf feju Lil 1 f r 'I " --ngiSMB-fTrtTi ;a' i-i -.- j'.,tijHifci.' -;..'.- v.. j lJK, Jf!h'. P29