SCOTT'S VINDICATION.
Erie's Koted Citizen Writes an Open
Letter to GoYcrnor Fifer.
THE ILLINOIS COAL TROUBLES.
Charges Against the Spring Talley Com
pany Strongly Refuted.
FIGDKES TO BACK UP HIS ARGUMENTS.
All Malicious Statements Bro Been Male lor Partt
sin Effect.
W. L. Scott has -written an open letter to
Governor Fifer, ol Illinois, concerning the
trouble in the coal regions of that State.
He ascribes the charges that have been
made against his company to partisan
malice, and denies all of the more damag
ing statements. Comparative figures on
the wages paid are given.
Chicago, September 27. Congressman
"W". Ii. Scott, of Erie, Pa., President ot the
Spring Valley (111.) Coal Company, has
written a long open letter to Governor Filer.
It is a defense on the course of the company
in closing its mines on the 1st of May last,
because no agreement could be reached with
its miners as to the price to be paid for
mining. The men have been idle ever since,
and Mr. S:ott and his company have been
subjected to severe criticism in the public
press. On this subject he says:
"Venal and partisan papers, as well as politi
cians, desiring to serve pnlitical ends, together
with a few honest and charitable citiiensand
misguided clergymen have, -without the neces-
Bary facts or Lnowledce to enable them to zorm
a correct opinion, heaped upon this company
and its officers, through the press, an amount
of falsehood and slander that is perhaps with
out parallel in the industrial history of this
country.
SCOTT'S SHOWING.
He goes on to say that no Illinois capital
ist would risk his money in these mines;
that the Spring Valley Company, knowing
it could hope for only a moderate return, in
vested 5650,000 in them, ot which about half
went to the larniers of the surface above
them to lilt the mortgages on their land. He
then shows the vast capacity developed in
these mines for the production of coal, and
continues:
"The ability of the company to operate its
mines, to give steady employment to its
men, and to sell its coal, is contingent upon
two factors first, the cost of mining at
Spring Valley, as compared with the cost at
the mines in the other Illinois coal fields
with which we come in competition; second,
the cost of railroad transportation from
Spring Valley to competitive markets, as
compared with the cost of transportation
from mines in the other fields to the same
markets.
"Ihe price of mining in the Peoria mines
last year was 60c a ton, as against 90c
paid at Spring Valley. The distance from
Peoria to Chicago is 161 miles, and from
Peoria to St. Paul, via Chicago, 571 miles.
Now a ton of coal shipped irom Peoria to
St. Paul, via Chicaga, a distance of 581
miles, pays only the same rate per ton for
transportation as a ton of Spring Valley
coal pays for 420 miles, with a difference of
35 cents per ton in cost of mining in favor
of Peoria."
SOME CONCLUSIONS.
Mr Scott then proceeds to compare the
character of the work and weigh the ad
vantages and disadvantages at Braidwood
and Spring Valley, handling the matter in
a technical way. He reaches the conclu
sion that, with tuning at Braidwood at the
present price, 67Jc cents per ton, the
equivalent price at Spring Valley should
be 68' cents. Here, however, he says the
miners demand 8Jjc for mining and 20c for
brushing, making $1 02J. The entire let
ter is a very lengthy document. Toward
the close he savs:
We have never asked, expected or desired a
miner working in our mines to mine coal for ns
at one cent a ton less than a fair relative price
as compared with what was paid in other acids
in Northern Illinois. As every intelligent coal
operator and miner knows, in fixing a rate for
mining coal, there are advantages and disad
vantages to be found in the same veins, even
in the same field.-ft Mch must be taken into con
sideration in arriving at what are fair and
practically equal prices to be paid for mtoing
at the different mines in such held. It would
bo clearly unreasonable to expect, and unjnst
to ask, miners to mine coal at Spring Valley at
the same price paid for mining in the Braid
wood field, if it can be shown that the disad
vantages at Spring Valley are greater than
those at Braidnood; and ot conrse the forego
ing applies equally to Braidwood if the condi
tions be reversed.
There is not in the State of Illinois, norin
the United fetates. a coal property where men
can work with less discomfort and greater
Fafety to life and limb than they can in the
Spring Valley mines. During the four years
that the mines have been in operation, not one
life has been lost. The mines are practically
free from water, which fact inures greatly to
the comfort, not only to the miner, but to his
ability to mine coal therein.
ONE EXPLICIT DENIAL.
This company and its officers have been
charged with closing down the mines and re
fusing to negotiate with the men, with the ob
ject in view of obtaining a reduced and unfair
price of mining, regardless of the welfare of
the men and their families. To this I answer
that it is false: that I went to Cbicaco in Annl
on the invitation of a committee renresenting
our men. to meet them there, and alter 1 bad
traveled 1,000 miles to comply with their re
quest the committee could not travel 100 miles
to meet their own engagement.
If the statements herein and the conclusions
drawn irom same are rename, you. sir, and an
intelligent public will admit that the closing of
our mines bn May 1 last was not for the pur
pose ot forcing our miners to accept starvation
prices for mining our coal, but that we were
justified in so stopping until some fair and
equitable basis for the mining of our coal conla
be agreed upon, based on the price paid for
mining at other mines in the fctate where the
conditions are similar.
In offering our men Toe per ton for mining a
ton of coal in our third vein, including 30 inches
of brushing, if they desired to go to work,
which is "c more than is paid in the fitreator
field and 6.b6c per ton more than an equivalent
of the price paid in the Braidwood mines, we
felt and still believe that we had made all the
concessions that we cin possibly make to our
men and be able to maintain ourselves in a
competitive market.
Respectfully yours,
W. L. Scott,
President of the Spring Valley Coal Co.
LITRAKI CIRCLE FORMED.
The Iiuwrencevlllo People Will Start a
Chautauqua Class.
The first Chautauqua literary circle was
I formed in Iiawrenceville last night The
meeting to inaugurate the branch was held
in the parlors of the Butler Street M. E.
Church. A large crowd who were eager to
become associated with the Lakeside Uni
versity, were present.
Lawyer J. "W Kinnear, who is intimately
connected with the circle, presented the
Chautauqua plan to the audience.
Alter his speech he made a canvass of the
meeting, and secured a large number of
members to join the course. He stated that
at the present time 30,000 men and women
were reading the Chautauqua course. A
meeting will be held on Monday evening
to organize the circle at the house of Miss
Laura Grine, Forty-first street, who has ac
cepted the position of secretary.
, Sunday behool Ulcciing.
xne XiiecuiiTe vomnmtee oi Sunday
Rpbnnl Superintendents met veBterdav- fn
tbeT. M. C. A. rooms and agreed to hold
the afternoon session of the forthcoming
Sunday School Workers' Convention in the
North Avenue M. E Church at 3:30 P. m.
They also decided that the evening se&cion
should be held in the Second TT. P. Church,
on Sixth avenue. President William Eey
nolds, of PeorlK, III., and B. F. Jacobs, of
Chicago, will nddrt-ss the meetings. The
convention 'takes place on Sunday, Octo
ber 6.
Men's underwear.
Jakes H. Aiken & Co., 100 Fifth are.
A BIG DEAL COMPLETED.
rittbnrg-er Palling Million of Dollars
Into mines A Nntlve-Born Idahonn
Visits the City.
There is a party of gentlemen in the city
at present, the presence of a portion of
whom carry recollections of old-time news
paper boys back nearly 40 yean. There
was one young man in the party, "W. H.
Dewey, who was taking in the city under
the guidance of Mr. John H. McGraw, who
is a native product of the "wily and wooly
West," having been born and raised in
Idaho. He has jnst obtained his majority,
but as a cosmopolitan Territorial product
might be expected to be, is as cool and self
possessed as though he ha'd had the experi
ence of circumnavigating the globe a dozen
times. He will visit the effete East quite
thoroughly before going back to Silver City.
Away dick in the dim past, as time is
reckoned in the United States, Colonel John
H. Dewey and Hugh McGraw, the latter a
brother of John and Robert McGraw, stuck
their picks into the mining ground ot Idaho,
and after leading activ lives until they
have accnmulated more filthy lucre than a
score of men actuallv need, they have de
cided to sell a portion ot their possessions
known as the Black Jack and Empire State
mines, near Silver City, and they were yes
terday putting the finishing touches on the
transfer. The purchasers are James Mc
Kay, once ot Spencer, McKay & Co.. John
Irwin, Jr., President ot the People's .Mu
tual Accident Insurance Company, and a
member of the firm of T. H. Nevin & Co.;
H. F. Little, for many years with Graff,
Bennett & Co., and several of the Nevin
family. The parties in interest refused to
state the amount of lucre involved in the
transaction, but it is understood to run into
millions of dollars.
"Some old-time newspaper men will re
member John Lamb, who was once a re
porter in this city. As a money gatherer
while here Mr. Lamb was not a. conspicu
ous success, and in a despairing mood he
finally drifted to Idaho and succeeded in
falling into the good graces of Messrs.
Dewev & McGraw. In a short time he
was able to stand on his own pins, and not
long since disposed of an interest in a min
ing enterprise tor 38,000, and is said to be
worth in addition at least (73,000, and per
sonally doesn't care at what hour ot the
morning "30" is called.
John McGraw, well known in newspaper
circles, while not a miner himself, is inter
ested in them to an extent that at present
makes his dreams comfortable.
FEMALE HIGHWAY ROBBERS.
A Brace of Bandits Tried In the Tombs
Police Court.
New York, September 27. The novelty
of seeing two women arraigned for highway
robbery was one of the features of the pro
ceedings in the Tombs Police Court to-day.
Early yesterday morning Samuel Whitt
lock, a molder by trade, was passing
through Battery Park. Without any cere
mony the women gave him peremptory
orders to go along with them. Whittlock
refused, whereupon the Amazons seized him
by the hands, knocked him down and took
50 cents in small change from his pocket.
The molder, who comes from Jersey City,
lustily cried "Police 1" The women were
arrested and at once disgorged the proceeds
of the robbery. They gave their pedigrees
as Mary Fitzsimuions, 56 years, and Mary
Ann Beals, 35 years. They were held in
52,000 bail each.
SEPTEMBER,
1SS9.
J. G. Bennett & Co. sell the genuine You
man hat, price $5.
Also sell the Youman new fall stvle, price
?1 50, $1 75 and 3.
J. G. Bennett & Co. sell the genuine Dun
lap hat, price $5.
Also sell-Dunlap's new fall stvle, $1 50,
2 and $3.
J. G. Bennett & Co. sell the genuine En
glish hat from Heath & Co., Christy & Co.,
Lincoln, Bennett & Co., price $5.
Also sell the English (all styles, $1 50,
51 75, 52 25.
J. G. Bennett & Co.,
Corner Wood and Filth avenue,
Hatters and Furriers.
The Finest Alaska Sealskin Garments
Are now here, and we invite visitors to the
Exposition and all parties contemplating
the purchase of seal, short jackets, English
walking coats and sacques.in the regulation
lengths, 40 inches, to call and examine our
new stock, thus securing the advantage of
choice, carefully selected goods, made up in
the best manner and of the highest reliabil
ity. Prices are now as low as they will be
at any time during the season. Some en
tirely new and novel styles in short seal
jackets lor young ladies.
Jos. Horne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Beautiful simply Benntlfnl
Is the display ot misses and children's
cloaks, newmarkets and jackets shown in
Kaufmanns' cloak department, and as far
as the prices are concerned they will please
the most persistent bargain hunters.
Visit our cloak room for the newest
styles in jackets and long wraps.
TTSSU HtJGDS & HACKE.
Till 9 P. M. To-NIebt
You can secure the great bargains in
medium and heavy-weight underwear in our
men's department
JOS. HORNE & CO.'S
Penn Avenue Stores.
Ladles, Always Bear In Mind
This fact: Every garment offered in Kauf
manns' cloak department is tailor made. No
other store can truthfully make this claim.
Death to the Oyster.
The oyster season has come and with it a
big demand for Marvin's famous shell and
hand-made oyster crackers. There is no
danger of the supply running out, however.
You can get all you want from your grocer.
TTSSU
Hosiery Bargains To-Day All New Goods
In heavy cotton and cashmere, for ladies'
and children, at 25 cents a pair and in
better qualities.
Jos. Horne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Trade Has Been Brisk
In Kaufimanns' cloak department all week.
Superior styles and qualities, together with
matchlessly low prices, are doing it.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. is
the place to get your teas, coffees and bak
ing powder. Beautiiul presents. Ths
Fob best brands of pure rye whiskies, go
to Geo. H. Bennett & Bro., 135 First
avenue, second door below Wood street
The J. n. fc Co. Unlanndrled Shirts the
Best
Ever sold at 51 00 each, for wear, fit and
finish. Jos. Borne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Extra good values in black silks at 65c,
75c, 85c and 95c a yard.
TTSSU. HUGUS & HACKE.
Ladies, Too Miss a Treat
If you fail to see Kaufmanns' importations
of ladies' wraps, cloaks and jackets. The
prices are more than reasonable.
Use Thea Nectar Tea.
Ths
Why Is Dreydoppcl Soap Like Mr. EHf
Because it gets there; washes clothes
clean, beautifully white, sweet and health
ful to wear; is the finest, best and most
economical for all purposes that soap can be
used for. Eeduced to 8c a lull pound bar,
at grocers everywhere.
BE A I. E&TATE SAVIN GS BASK. I.I3L,
401 SmUbdeld Street, cor. Fourth Arenac.
Capital, $100,000. Surplus, 545,000.
Deposits of 51 and upward received and
interest allowed at i per cent. . xxs
NO MORE POLYGAMY.
its Open Practice in the Territory of
Utah Has Been Stopped.
ONLY IN THE SECRET HAUNTS
Is the Policy Advocated by Brigham Toung
Still Pursued.
ALL f BIS0HEE8 CLASSED AS MAMIES.
Strong Measures Proposed to Stamp Oat the Last
Traces of Monnonism.
The Utah Commission has made a report
showing the present status of affairs in that
country. Open polygamy has been abol
ished, although those imprisoned on that
charge are regarded as martyrs. Stringent
immigration laws, especially passed to catch
Mormon proselytes, are advocated by the
commission.
Washington; September 27. The an
nual report of the Utah Commission has
been received by Secretary Noble. This
commission, under authority of Congress,'
has general supervision ot all elections in
the Territory, and is especially intrusted
with the enforcement of the "Edmnnds
Tucker act" of March 3, 1887. The report
says that the commission on November 3,
1888, appointed a canvassing board of five
reputable citizens, three of whom were Gen
tiles and two Mormons.
This board made returns of the votes cast
for delegates to Congress od the 6th of that
month, when it was found that John T.
Cane, a Mormon, had received 10,127 votes,
E. N. Baskin 3,484 votes and S. K. Thur
mau 511 votes. Caine was therefore given a
certificate of election.
AN HONEST ELECTION.
With but one exception, the report states
there was no charge of traud in the conduct
of the election. The commission has, con
tinues the report, followed in the footsteps
of the first Utah commission, which recog
nized the fact that Congress, in creating it,
desired it to use its best endeavors to wipe
out and extinguish polygamy, and as far as
possible, all polygamous influences and ten
dencies. With this purpose in view, the commis
sion, in appointing registrars of election,
selected, when possible, those belonging to
the non-Mormon element, and always ap
pointing a majority of them judges of elec
tion. In some, places, however, there were no
Gentiles to fill the positions, and in these
cases Mormons were, of course, appointed.
.This course, the report states, has had the
effect ot decreasing the Mormon vote.
Touching the question of polygamy the
report says:
THE STATUS OF POLYGAMY.
Polygamy is not at the present time, prac
ticed openly, except perbaps, in a few remote
and out of the way places, bat the non-Mormon
element insists that plural marriages are
solemnized clandestinely and practiced secretly
in the larger centers and throughout the Terri
tory. This may or may not be true. The com.
mission neither affirms nnr denies, in the ab
sence of positive evidence. Doubtless many
members of the Mormon Church never have
practiced and never intend to practice polyg
amy, and perhaps man j of them per se, do not
believe in the practice, but from the standpoint
of tbeir faith and creed, they accept it as a rev
elation from God tbrongh the prophet Eeer
and revelator, Joseph Smith, ratified and ap
proved by their great President Brigham
Young; and that whoever desires to do so
should have the right to comply with this ordi
nance of the church.
All laws forbidding the practice of po
lygamy, the report continues, the Mormons
p'ronounce unconstitutional. There are
grounds for belief, it is stated, that polyga
my is still taught by the church as a saving
ordinance, and that those who practice it
are assured of a higher exaltation in heaven
than those who content themselves with one
wife.
If plural marriages are now celebrated,
says the report, it is done in the secret cham
bers of the temple. "If polygamy is prac
ticed, it is with the secrecy with which the
burglar guards his housebreaking aud the
thiet his larceny." The report says:
MORMON MARTYRS.
Those who are convicted of polygamy regard
themselves, and are so regarded by their
friends, as martyrs, and think it no disgrace to
be sent to the penitentiary. The courts are
commended for their vigilance and also for the
mercy with which its mandates are tempered
The commission, in view of the present condi
tion of the Territory as regard, polygamy, does
not think that Utah should be admitted as a
State.
The commission makes a number of re
commendations, among them, that juris
diction of all polygamons offenses, without
regard to the place committed, within the
Territory, be conferred on district courts;
that the term of imprisonment be extended
to at least two years for the first and three
years for the second; that it be made a penal
offense for any woman to enter into the mar
riage relations with any man knowing bim
to have a wife living, undivorced. coupled,
however, with the provisions that in cases
where a polygamous wife is called as a wit
ness against the husband, her testimony
could not be used in any future prosecution
against her and a like provision as to the
husband.
That the laws with reference to
IMMIGRATION OF CHINESE
and the importation of contract labor,
paupers and criminals, be so amended as to
prevent the immigration of persons claim
ing that their religion justifies the crime of
polygamy; that the constitution should be
amended so as to forever prohibit polygamy;
that a law be enacted creating a board to
consist of the Governor, Utah Commission
and the Secretary of the Territory, to ap
portion Salt Lake City into aldermanic and
councilmamc-districts.
It also recommends that the commission
be authorized in its discretion to cause to be
made annually a new registration instead of
revisions oi former lists; that Congress pass
laws for the government and conduct ot the
public schools in theTerritory of Utnh; that
as soon as the result of the eleventh census
is known the Territory be redistricted lor
legislative purposes. The commission be
lieves that the limitation on prosecutions
lor polygamy and bigamy should be ex
tended and sentence to hard labor should be
added, "that their confinement may not be
spent in idleness and glorification of their
supposed martyrdom."
ANOTHEB RECOMMENDATION.
The commission has no doubt that punish
ment of the woman for entering into the
polygamous relation, would do much to les
sen'lier'zeal tor the peculiar institution and
thus tend to remove one of the strongest
bulwarks. In regard to prohibition ot im
migration, the report says:
While we forbid the immigration ot the non
proselyting, peace-loving, docile Chinaman, be
cause we tear a lutcre danger from his coining;
while we furbid the landing on our shores of
contract laborers because they cheapen wages
of American born citizens, and paupers be
cause they become a bnrden, there is far greater
reason for ciosine our doors as a nation and
forbidding cmzeiuhip to the hordes who
are brought here to swell the ranks of an
utgamzed body which teaches them in
advance to bate our government, denominates
its executive, law-makers, judges and prose
cutors as persecutors, and instills into every
mind the constant teaching tbat tbeir pre
tended revelations are more binding than the
highest and best laws of the land, and that
resistance to such law is a virtue and a
rendering of obedience to God. How far short
of treason these teacmngs are we leave to
those who can answer.
In concluding the report the commission
says that Congress should take no backward
or even wavering step in the enforcement of
the laws against polygamy.
Use A. & P. Baking Powder.
Ths
CHARLES BRANDON, KKSSS?
gives o verbatim report of a sermon preuche A
in theFloridaorestt by a Pine Knotvrcather.
THE YOUNG BURGLARS.
Desperate Attempt of the Leader of tho
Gang to Resist Arrest Three Bodies
Recovered nt Johnstown Oilier
Neighborhood News.
ISrZCIAI. TILKOBAM TO TUB DIsrATCH.1
"Woosteb, O., September 27. Hartley
Shaffer, the 18-year-old burglar, was brought
here from Mansfield late last night and
jailed. When arrested at a relative's
near Mansfield he attempted to shoot
the officers. He was arraigned this
morning and waived examination. Bond
of $1,000 was fixed on each of
the three charges of burglary against him.
His partner in crime, Will Eakin, now desires
to make a clean breast of the whole affair.
The young burglars had dug a cave several
miles from the city, and a lot of stolen property
was found there. Fred Foote, held as an ac
complice, was released for lack of evidence. A
special grand jury is now in session hearing
the charges against young Shaffer and Eakln
and Mrs. Shaffer. ,
Portions of the plunder have been found of
at least half a dozen burglaries committed in
Wooster the past year, and more developments
are awaited.
NO DECISION RENDERED
In the Hearing of the Standard OH Com
pany's Last Bis Salt.
rSrXCIAI. TZLEOKAM TO TIIX DISPATCH. I
Finblay. O., September 27. The Injunction
suit of the Standard Oil Company against the
Toledo, Findlay and Springfield Railway, to
restrain that corporation from constructing
their tracks over lands on which the Standard
holds oil and gas leases, was heard before Judge
Pendleton, of the Hancock County Court of
Common Pleas, in chamber, this afternoon.
Both sides were ably tenrescrted, and the ar
guments were long and exhaustive. The
Standard's were to the effect that an oil and gas
lease carried with it exclusive rieht of the
premises, except for farming purposes, and on
this ground, money is invested for the benefit
of both. Therefore, in the construction of pipe
lines or other obstruction, a license to bulla the
same mnst come from the lessee, jointly with
the lessor. The rights of lessee to eminent do
main for all purposes, except agriculture,
should be protected. Hence this suit.
After hearing argument combating this view
from the defense. Judge Pendleton reserved
his decision until Monday.
THREE BODIES "FOUND.
One of Those Discovered Was a Passenger
on the Day Express.
rSFXCIAI. TILEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Johnstown. September 27. The members
of the State Board of Health were all here to
day, and drove over the whole town, making a
thorough investigation. They found that the
work bad progressed very satisfactorily of late,
and Captain Hamilton was highly compli
mented on the manner in which the work was
done. Dr. Mathews submitted a report cover
ing all the work performed since the 3d of
June, which wax approved by the board.
Three bodies were found to-day, one of them
being identified by Harry Biscuoif, ot St. Louis,
as the body of his sister, Mrs. Edward Swine
ford, who was lost from the day express. Mr.
Biscboff has been here ever since tbe flood
searching for her body. The removal of the
unidentified dead will be done according to tbe
instructions from the State Board of Health,
and will begin some time next week.
Tbe Reward of His Treachery.
Wilkesbabbe. September 27. Francisco
Chirracco, of Philadelphia, who was placed in
jail here in February last on the charge of be
ing an accessory after the fact in the McClure
Flannagan murder case, was brought into the
Criminal Court this afternoon, and released on
his own recognizance to appear when wanted.
Chirracco was a personal friend of "Red Nosed
Mike," and was used as an important witness
against him at his trial.
Honors for Scott, of Erie.
rSPXClAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCB.1
Erie, September 27. Probably tbe largest
gathering of representative Democrats ever
assembled in Erie was held this evening to or
ganize a Democratic society subordinate to the
State organization of Democratic societies.
Hon. William L. Scott was unanimously elected
President of tbe society, which is intended to
cover tbe whole of Erie county.
A Farmer Meets Death on tbe Track.
Huntingdon, September 27. While Eph
raim Hazlett, a rich farmer of Allenville.
Mifflin county, was driving across the Pennsyl
vania Railroad tracks, three miles below this
place, this afternoon, be was struck by the sec
ond section of the day exmess and instantly
killed. One of the horses was also killed and
tbe wagon was broken into a thousand pieces.
Recistercd Letters Stolrn.
' Alliance, September 17. Several mail bags
were stolen at tbe Salem depot early this morn
ing as they were thrown off the Ft Wayne ex
press. They contained a number of registered
letters. No clue. United States Inspectors
are investigating.
A Prisoner Commits Snlclde.
Bradford, September 27.Jobn H. Quinn.
who murdered his wife at Alton yesterday
moraine by firing live shots into her body,
committed suicide in Smithport jail last night
by hanging himself with a sheet from his cot
THUMA'S DANCING ACADEMY,
64 Fourth Avenue,
Opens next Tuesday for the season. Appli
cations taken at Academy at any time.
See amusement column.
Till 9 r. IU. To. Night
Ton can secure the., great bargains in
medium and heavy weight underwear in
our men's department.
JOS. HOKNE & CO.'S
Penn Avenue Stores.
Ladles, Always Benr In Mind
This fact: Every garment offered in Kauf
manns' cloak department is tailor made. No
other store can truthfully make this claim.
A Home Industry
Always deserves patronage. Prauenheim
& Vilsack's celebrated Iron City beer is
made right here in Pittsburg, Drink it.
You will enjoy it.
Tbe Larcest Varletv of Heavy Weight
Cotton Half Hose
And best values at 25 cents a pair our
men's furnishing department open till 9 P.
M. to-night. Jos. Horne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
For the Eyes of Lndles Only.
A complete stock of ladies' underwear,
including the best domestic and imported
makes, irom 39c up to the very finest quali
ties at Kaufmanns'.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. is
the place to get your teas, coffees and bak
ing powder. Beautiiul presents. Ths
English linen collars; new style.
James H. Aiken & Co., 100 Fifth ave.
Bed Comforts Cotton Filled $1 nnd Up.
Also the best all-wool country blankets
ever sold for this price(53 75); better and
finer ones, too, are special good value. An
other case of those wonderful $1 wh te bed
spreads just in. Jos. Horne & Co.'s
Penn Avenne Stores.
Bookkeeping, penmanship and arith
metic taught at evening sessions, Duff's
Business College, 49 Fifth ave. . its
Extra good values in black silks at 65c,
75c, 85c and, 95b a yard.
TTSSU HUGUS & 'HACKE.
Use A. & P. Baking Powder.
Ths
Ladles, Ton Miss a Trent
If you fail to see Kaufmanns' importations
of ladies' wraps, cloaks and jackets. The
prices are more than reasonable.
Hosiery Bnrcalns To-Day AH New Goods
In heavy cotton and cashmere, for ladies
and children, at 25 cents a pair and in bet
ter qualities. Jos. Horne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Use "Una" flouiv-llnest spring patent in
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bread flours. "Duquesne" has no equal as
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disability is inch as to secure a pension;
and the machinery of the Pension Bureau
is so perfect that, unless there is collusion in
the interest of fraud, a false claim has al
most no chance of getting through. The
most direct evidence available, such as hos
pital records, affidavits of officers and asso
ciates during and since the war, the charac
ter of the disability during the war, and the
condition of the applicant since the war,
and diagnosis of .the person by physicians
of examining boards is required.
THE NEXT STEPS TAKEN.
These evidences of a substantial claim are
sent to tbe recording division of the Pension
Office, where they are numbered and re
corded; then to the adjudication division,
where all of the facts relating to the con
nection of the claimant with the army are
examined; to the medical division, in which
tne evidence of disability is silted; to the
Board of Revision; and then, finally, if the
pension is allowed, to the certificate
division, where the certificate of pension is
issued. After that there is nothing to do
tor the pensioner except to pay-him his pen
sion quarterly, unless be comes up again in
a new claim tor rerating. In that case the
only question is as to the correctness of the
former rating, and any change must be
based on as sound evidence of greater dis
ability as was formerly admitted, and the
result of new medical examinations. The
latest rates provided by act of Congress for
specific disabilities are as follows:
LATEST RATES OF PENSIONS.
For loss of both hands S 72 00
Loss 6f both feet 72 00
Loss of both eyes.r 72 CO
Loss of an eye. tbe sight of the other hav
ing been previously lost 72 00
Total disability of arm or leg 36 00
Loss of hand or foot, or disability of
either 30 00
Amputation of limb above elbow or
knee. 88 00
Amputation of hip joint 45 00
Inability to perform any manual labor,
second grade 30 M
Disability requiring the aid or attend
ance or anotber person, serond grade.. 72 00
Total disability in both hands or both
feet 72 CO
Totaldeafness 30 00
Amputation shoulder joint....i 45 00
Other special rates range according to
rank, thongh it is difficult to explain on
what basis of justice an officer should have
more than a private, and in disabilities
which cannot be exactly specified in the
foregoing, an effort is made to rate the
pensioner according to his disability. ,
Of course, this situation invites the "ser
vices' oi the pension attorney, and yet,
strange to say, the great majority of the
pensioners
ATTEND TO THEIE OWN OASE3.
The department informs the pensioner
that an attorney is not necessary, and in or
dinary cases, wheie the pensioner is gifted
with a fair share ot intelligence, an attorney
is a superfluity. But in a vast number o'f
cases the. evidence is vague and conflicting,
and an attorney is necessarv to arrange it
and eliminate the contradictory and ex
traneous matter.
Often tbe most absurd evidence is pre
sented of the claims of a pensioner, solely
on account of the ignorance of the appli
cant in regard to what is required, and the
Pension Bureau would throw such testi
mony out wholesale, were it not put in
proper shape by an attorney. The fee
allowed bv law is 10. Rv Rneeial fltrrep.
ment the attorney can charge $25. There is1
really very little money in this fee for the
attorney, and it is only by gaining a very
large business that a claims attorney can
make his specialty profitable. Often a case
which pays the attorney one of these
fees costs him several times the amount.
Often after the pension is allowed there
comes
A GRAND KICK
from the pensioner, and tbe reputable at
torney, to appear generous, gives up his fee
rather than contend for it.
To a Washiagtonian, it goes without say
ing that Captain Lemon stands at the head
of the pension attorneys. His office
is as interesting as a Government' bu
reau. Nearly 100 clerks, most ot them
young women, are required to attend to bis
pension business alone. His office is near
the bureau of The Dispatch, and at
luncheon time, at 4 o'clock, the scene pre
sented is almost like that at the doors of a
department building, and bis rooms
are more interesting in tbeir order and dis
cipline than many of the bureaus of the de
partments. He keeps department hours and
practices, and the applications for a place
in his service resemble those for entrance to
the civil service. His manager, Alva S.
Taber, is an old pension official, and knows
more of pension affairs than almost any
other person in the business.
SOME SINGtTLAB FACTS.
For his own entertainment and informa
tion, Chief Taber has at times sought out
phenomena associated witn tbe pension
business, which presents some curious fea
tures. For instance, figures taken from the
lit some time since show that the soldiers
suffered more in their left than in their
right sides,, as follows:
Amputations of tbe right arm were 14,661 and
of the left 1,644; of both arms, 71; of the right
foot. 651; ot the left, C34: of both. 32; of tbe
right hand. 397: of the left, 442; of botb, 7; of
tbe right leg; 1,260, and the left, 1,381; of the
arm at tbe shnnlder joint, 413; of the right arm.
7,063; of the left, 7.3S3. and leg at hip joint, 10.
Of wounds in the right elbow there were 410,
and in the left, 4S5; in tbe right foot. ZG41, and
in the left, 3,138: in the right hand, 6,439, and
in tbe left, 6.157; in the right hip, 2,140, and in
the left, 2,045; in the rigiit knee, 1,181, and left.
1.101; in the right leg7,333. and in tbe left,
8,187; in the right shoulder, 4.44S, and in the
left, 4,267: in the right side, 1,502. and in the
left, 1.715; in the right thigh, 6,624, and in the
left, 6,257; and so on.
The almost invariable greater injury to
ihi left side would seem to indicate either
that that side was subject to the greater ex
posure, or tbat surgeons .amputated the left
limbs more freely and treated the left side
more carelessly than the right, or both.
At the time these figures were taken there
were:
,SOME RESULTANT DISEASES.
Twenty-eight thousand six hundred and
thirty-nine pensioners for diarrhea, 693 for
catarrh, 1,871 for bronchitis. 418 for dyspepsia,
7,583 for injuries to the eyes, 6.657 for heart
trouble, 63 from impure vaccination, 1,028 for
kidney trouble, 10,739 for lung tronble, 190 for
insanity, 2,679 for malarial poisoning, 15,547 for
rheumatism. 1.127 for spinal disease, 834 for
sunstroke, 1,019 for throat disease, 3,056 for
varicose veins, 11 for confinement in rebel
prisons, whose disability could not be specified;
6,500 were pensioned for wounds in the head,
l,9u0 for tbe loss of one eye, 10.605 for hernia,
and in fewer numbers for many injuries. and
diseases of a very unusual character.
In truth a volume of interesting matter
might be written of the curious things
associated with the pensioning of old soldiers.
Where pensions will end is what nobody
can guess. It will be easily recognized how
long drawn-out pensioning of widows and
orphans may be. Then the tendency is to
constantly expand not only the laws but the
application of them. Probably only another
war would cause a modification of them,
when tbe pensioners would be so increased
as to lead to the application of peusion
laws to none but those in a condition ap
proximating' pauperism on account of
clearly established' disabilities incurred in
the service. E. W. Lighiner.
River Telesrnms.
(SPECIAL TXLKQHAMS TO THS DtSFATCH.1
Moboantown River I feet 6 inches and
stationary. Weather clear. Thermometer 62
at 4 p. u.
Bkowhsvuxk River 5 feet 1 inch and
stationary. Weather clear. Thermometer 68
at 7 p. at.
Waehbn River 1-10 foot and stationary.
Weather clear and cold.
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Ing fairy story by Ernest B. Xeinricnt in to
morrow's DISPATCH.
FRlTVsT I tTfilTi? in tomorrow's DlS
f II Allfl liUS ill U FATCHTdeterfoes the
features of the exhibits at the Paris Expo
sttion, which are of special interest to the fair
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SOME. MISGIVINGS '- 'wriwaw' ::'-TP
About the Grnail Army Proposition I o Com
plete the Grant Monnment Co-Operation
With the Monument As
sociation Necessary Now.
IEFZCIAL TELZOBAM TO TUX DISPATCH.
New York, September 27. The propo
sition of the Grand Armr to undertake the
erection and completion within two years of
tbe Grant monument, seems to be regarded
with some misgivings by members of tbe
Monument Association. Secretary Dieh
ard T. Greener, of the Association, says his
committee will welcome the co-operation of
the G. A. E. In the work ot providing a suita
ble memorial of tbe great soldier, but some
of the propositions.made by members of ihe
Grand Army cannot command the aid of
the Monument Association. Mr. Greener
vigorously defends the policy of the com
mittee in making haste slowlv.
The situation is this: Th'ere is (130,000
received from popular subscriptions on hand
and drawing a good rate of interest Sixty
or 70 designs in competition tor prizes,
amounting to $3,500, have been submitted.
A committee of experts has selected five ot
these designs which it recommends shall re
ceive the prizes offered. The full commit
tee bas not acted upon this report, and it is
not even decided that one of the five, or, in
deed, any design yet submitted shall be
finally accepted. The members of the com
mittee are many of them in doubt whether
any form of memorial yet submitted is ade
quate to the subject, or would meet the pop
ular taste and exoectations.
"When our design is accepted," Secretary
Greener said, "and we show the public iutt
what we want to do, I apprehend no diffi
culty in getting what money we need.
Many people have assured ns they will con
tribute liberally as soon as we are ready to
use the money. We are getting along very
rapidly, in comparison with the history ot
the Washington Monument."
General Floyd Clarkson, Commander of
Lafayette Post, said to-day that he bad al
ready received assurances from other posts
in the State that they wonld co-operate
heartily in the movement to complete the
monument betore 1893. General Clarkson
believes that two years is ample time in
which to comnletfr the monument, and it
should be dedicated on or before the date of
onening the World's Fair. He denies that
tne plan offered by General Viele was the
one favored by his post or committee. He
hadn't heard of General Yiele's plan until
to-day, and had no particular form ot mem
orial in mind. He hoped the Grand Army
might be able to co-operate with the Monu
ment Association in pushing the memorial
to prompt completion.
THE LOSE niGHWAlilAN IN JAIL.
He Has Not Escaped, bat Had Two Steel
Haws la Bis Cell.
MnvwAtrKEE, September 27. A dispatch
from Bessemer, Mich., to-night, pronounces
untrue the report tbat Beimund Holzhay,
known as "The Lone Highwayman of Wis
consin," has escaped.
Great excitement was caused by the find
ing of two small steel saws in his cell, and
this circumstance doubtless led to the jail
delivery story.
Soto Defeats Danforth.
L03 Angeles, Cat, September 27. Joe
Soto, of Los Angeles, and Tommy "Dinfortb, of
New York, light weights, fought last night for
a purss of 650 at the Southern California Ath
letic Club. Danforth forced the fighting from
tbe sixteenth to the twenty-fourth round, when
Soto nearly knocked him out by a right-hander
on the head. Soto drew first blood in the
eighteenth ronnd. In tbe twenty-fifth round
Danforth landed on Soto's eye; blood flowing
freely. At midnight thirty-eight rounds had
been fonght and Danforth was the fresher ot
the two. There was furious fighting in the last
five rounds. In the fiftieth Danforth was
nearlv knocked out by a blow on the neck. In
tbe fifty-fifth round Soto struck Danforth on
the jaw, staggering him. Before Danforth
could recover Soto landed a terrible blow on
his neck, knocking him out.
Got His Money Back.
The claim of Edward Nikirk to recover his
forfeit in bis proposed race with E. C. McClel
land, was heard yesterday morning before Al
derman Maneese. The question in dispute was
whether or not Nikirk, who had violated the
articles of agreement by refusing to run Mc
Clelland, bad a right to the part of the stakes
he had already put up. The stakeholder
abided by the articles until ordered otherwise
by the law. J.H-.Porte appeared for Nikirk
and Major Brown made an able argument in
defense of the articles ot agreement. Mr.
Porte remarked that be had strong scruples
against urging such a claim as his client's, but
he was bound to do bis duty. The Alderman
decided that the articles were null and void.
N ikirk, therefore, gets his S200 back. This Is a
blow to match contests in this part of the State
at least.
Racing nt Beaver.
Beavee. September 27. Tbe county fair
'closed here tenday. Notwithstanding the chilly
weather there was a crowd of 5,000 to 6.000 peo
ple in attendance. The first race, free-for-all
pace Belle B won, Mollie Hughes second.
Best time, 232. The 2:10 trot was won by Wal
ter, Maud F second. Time, 2.40JJ. Special run
ning race, purse J30U, three-quarters of a mile
Robert Fisher won. Time, 134Ji-
Fair Lawn Stock Farm Sold.
rSFXCIAI. TXLXG8AM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Lexington, September 27. A Smith Mc
Cann, this city, has purchased for $105,000 the
celebrated Fair Lawn stock farm, comprising
144 acres adjoining the city limits of Lexington.
He bas bonght none of the stock, which will be
sold at auction here the 10th of next month.
It will be continued as a stock farm with the
get of Red Wilkes as a nucleus.
Stoneboro Fair Races.
Fbankxin, Pa, September 27. The attend
ance at tbe Stoneboro Fair on Thursday was
very large, being estimated from 9,000 to 12.000.
The display of cattle and horses was fine, while
the articles on exhibition were quite up to
those of former years. The balloon ascension
was a grand success, and the parachute leap
was completed without accident. Tbe races
to-day promise to be interesting as there are
good horses entered.
Sports at Waynesbarff.
Watnesbpro. Pa. September 27. This is
the second day of tbe exhibition of the Waynes,
burg Fair Association. The attendance was
unusually large. Tbe exhibit of lire stock sur-
Eaoses all previous occasions. The display of
orsesls excellent Sereial fait races took
place to-day, but the sweepstakes racing will
be done to-morrow.
' Will Flaht With Gloves.
London. September 27. Jem Smith and
Peter Jackson yesterday signed articles to
fight ten ronnds. with small gloves, according
to Police Gazette rules, for 1,000. 800 to the
winner and 200 to the loser. George
W. Atkinson is to be tbereferee, and the battle
is to take place in November.
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