. SOLID FOR EASTINGS.
Keally Ko Opposition in Center and
the Adjoining Counties.
TO-DArS VISIT TO JOHNSTOWN.
An Informal tut Pleasant Beeeption at the
General's Home.
PATTISON IS THE DEMOCRATIC CHOICE.
Krai in Wallace's Own Keijhboihood the Ex. Governor
is Id tbe Lead.
General Hastings entertained a number of
political friends at Bellcfonte last night
All agree that Center and the neighboring
counties will stand firmly by the home can
didate. The General and his family will
leave for Johnstown this morning. Fattison
seems to be the Democratic favorite.
FItOJt A STAFF COBBESPOXDEXT.
Bellefonte, Pa., February 7. At 10
o'clock to-morrow morning Adjutant-General
Hastings, with his wife and
little daughter, start for Johnstown
to attend the reception to which
the people there invited them. This
time the General will not be dressed in top
boots, flannel shirt and slouch hat, nor will
Mrs. Hastings hold the ribbons of a team as
she did when she drove across the mountains
to join her husband in his work of relief in
the stricken city; yet the family will make
the trip in a very quiet, unostentatious man
ner. To-night General Hastings library and
smoking rooms were filled with gentlemen
who had dropped in to wish him a pleasant
experience in the hands of his enemies, as
such a paradox may be presumed, since Del
amater pocketed the Johnstown delegate to
the Gubernatorial convention, but the big
jolly soldier told tbem he had no enemies at
Johnstown, and that politics had nothing to
do with the trip. That assertion may be
taken as sincere, because all the recentions
in the world could not take Delamater's del
egates away from him.
A LITTLE TOO LATE.
Had the reception only been held before
the Cambria County Convention then the
delegates could still have gone to Dela
mater, but the pill for Hastings would have
been sugar-coated. He had to swallow it,
bitter as it was, and now comes the sugar
coating two weeks after the pill has been
digested. Poor Johnstown 1 Her flood de
moralized everything even her system of
medicine giving has been reversed. But
Hastings understands Johnstown.
Colonel Spangler. General Coburn, Sheriff
Cook, Postmaster Fieldler, County Chair
man Brown, J. M. Dale, Esq., and other
attorneys, were present at General Hastings'
informal gathering this evening. It was not
a political party at all. It was only the
first evening lor a long while that the Gen
eral had been at home, and his friends took
advantage of that fact. The county Bepub
lican convention, when it meets here, will
instruct its delegates to the State convention
for General Hastings as Governor. Of
course, this being the General's home, noth
ing else could be expected, yet Delamater's
managers were ready for any adventure
alter their Cambria county sport. Some
people thought they would not stop short
alter that of invading General Hastings'
own town. In fact, the capture of Center
county by Colonei Andrews for his young
friend, Delamater, would have caused less
surprise than Hastings' apparent loss of
Cambria, with his great record there.
SOLID FOB HASTINGS.
But there is no chance for Delamater to
force a breach in Center oi surrounding
counties. It was tried and proved a failure
some time ago. Clearfield county is a part
of this Congressional district, and in Clear
field Delamater made, one of his earliest at
tempts to dig intrenchments. It is said
much money was spent by his managers
there to carry the delegation, but when the
friends of Mr." Hastings heard of the opera
tions a few of them went over from Belle
fonte, and in one day all of the opposition's
money and power was useless, so strong were
Hastings' friends in that section of the Con
gressional district.
"Of course had Delamater succeeded there
the effect would have been bad for Hastings,
and it was the same in Cambria," said Law
rence Brown, Esq., Chairman of tbe Center
County Republican Committee, to me this
afternoon. "The great mass of the people
were the General's friends, but Delamater,
by sharp practice, got the delegates. Had
Hastings done the smallest bit of work there
we would have secured the delegates, but
the office oi Governor is exalted and digni
fied, and General Hastings does not believe
that it should be secured through methods
both petty and questionable. Hence his
quiet, gentlemanly campaign in Cambria
and Clearfield is a good illustration or his
fitness for the candidacy. Though in the
former county his rival has the delegates,
the masses are for Hastings. It is not
usually the man who is really popular with
the people who makes the strongest oppo
nent against the Democratic candidate.
KO OPPOSITION THERE.
"There will be no opposition to Hastings
in our county convention. Clearfield has
already instructed for him. I think there
will be no trouble in Huntingdon countv,
and, although Montootb, of Pittsburg, has
quite a number of warm friends in Blair
county, yet I think they will only go to the
extent of merely complimenting him and
then turn in heart and hand for Hastings.
Here at home everybody loves Hastings.
Why, look at the Democratic
papers every week. With one ex
ception they have all boomed
liitn for the candidacy, printing his picture
and saying all sorts of pretty things about
him. The Center Democrat, of Belle.'onte,
is staunchly in his favor, and the Center
Hall .licporter, one of the deepest dyed,
seems to take to tbe Hastings boom."
This conversation took place in the law
office of Governor James A. Beaver, where
I had accidentally met Mr. Brown, in com
pany with J. M. Dale, Esq., one of the pres
ent Governor's law partners. Lying on Mr,
Dale's desk was a recent copy of thiB Cen
ter Hall Xevorler. I noticed this para
graph in its editorial columns: "Notice to
Quay bosses: Ton may be able to lick Gen
eral Hastings, but you won't be able to
'lect Delamater."
BEAVEB'S POSITION.
I was curious to know the attitude of
Governor Beaver in this campaign. He
has been very useful to Senator Quay in the
past and here is oneof his own townsmen
training for his position, and that candidate
not Quay's choice. Of course, the matter is
of little moment, for he wields practically
no political lever. lam told that Beaver
regards' himself as in a very delicate posi
tion. Three members of his Cabinet are
candidates for Governor, Adjutant-General
Hastings, Secretary Stone and Lieutenant
Governor Davis. He must show no favor
itism in his own executive household, and
he proposes to stand aloof and see the Inn.
Before reaching town I had heard a rnmor
of Republican disaffection in Center, and
among the first persons I met was Clement
Dale, an attorney, who declared himself a
Republican, but not for Dan Hastings. He
averred that there were others like him, but,
remarking that he was not an offensive
partisan, he could not promise that the op
position would be carried into tbe conven
tion. I Cound no other opponents to Hast
ings in Republican ranks and consequently
there is no disaffection. Just the reverse is
true of the Democrats in this section of the
Congressional district." Clearfield county is
the home of "William A. Wallace, and one
would suppose for the same reason that
Hastings is strong among Clearfield Repub
licans. Wallace should be popular with
Center county Democrats.
PATTISON THE CHOlfcE.
But Bob Pattison, of Philadelphia, is
preferred to Wallace. Of late years Will
iam A. Wallace's connection with railroad
corporations is said to have lost him much
of his popularity with the poor rank and
file iu the neighborhood in which he lives.
He is wealthy and a railroad magnate.
His railroad is an important feeder to the
Reading system, but some peonle I have
talked, to say that fact has not secured them
any more generous terms and treatment
than they get at the hands of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad. Others believe he would
make a weak Gubernatorial candidate, for
the reason that the powerful Pennsylvania
Railroad influence would be brought to
bear to defeat him quicker than any other
candidate, because of his connection with a
rival road and his attitude on the question
of freight discrimination.
This class of Democrats don't mean to
say that they do notwant a candidate who
is not opposed to railroad monopolies, but
they believe that they must have one with
as little as possible aggravation about him,
so as not to excite the ire of a powerlul
enemy. Patt'son, they think, would be a
more powerful factor. Had the Constitu
tional amendment been adopted last sum
mer, Cbauncey F. Black, with his famous
personal liberty platform, would have been
the nominee, but whisky still flows and
Chauncey is a dead issue for a time.
L. E. Stofiel.
FIGHTING AT A BAPTISM.
Young Women Enrage in Hair-Palling Be
fore n Large Congregation.
Louisville, February 7. A successful
revival has been going on at the Methodist
church in Utica, a small village six miles
up the river from Jeffersonville. The other
evening the pastor announced to his con
gregation that the meetings would come to
a close and on the following day there would
be a baptismal service in the Ohio river.
There was a large number of the flock pres
ent at the water's edge yester
day afternoon to witness the baptism
of tLo-e who had taken member
ship in the church. Among those in at
tendance were Miss Mary Hooper, aged 19
years, and Miss Rachel "Ferguson, who is
only one year her senior, said to be the
handsomest girls in the village. Between
these two, after a red-hot conversation,
there took place one of the liveliest hair
pulling times in Utica for several decades.
Miss Ferguson sustained a badly-damaged
nose and black eye from the fist of Miss
Hooper. When the congregation thought
it about time to part the female belligerents,
Miss Hooper defied anyone to touch her,
and intimated to Mrs. Wesley, the preach
er's wife, that she would get hurt if she did
not get out of her way.
Mrs. Wesley endeavored to pacify Miss
Hooper by explaining to her that she was
simply acting in the capacity of peace
maker, and that she thought it very un
ladylike that such .proceedings at God's
fountain should exist. Miss Hooper finally
appeared very penitent, was constrained to
tears, and after asking forgiveness of those
around her, including Miss Ferguson, the
rites of baptism were resumed and six im
mersions were made.
A GROWING SOCIETT.
Tbe Tobds; People' Methodist Society Hold
a Convention.
Chicago, February 7. The Board of
Control of tbe Epworth League, the new
young people's society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, has concluded a two
days' session in the city. Bishop Fitzger
ald presided, and there were delegates pres
ent representing nearly all the General Con
ference districts of the Church, the Sunday
School Union and Tract Sdciety, and the
Board of Bishops. General and local con
stitutions were adopted. The reports show
a marked rapid growth, and the league num
bers 110 chapters with a membership
of over 300,000, all enrolled within
the last 'seven months. The officers
selected were Rev. J. L. Hurlburt, D. D.,
Plainfield, 2T. J., Corresponding Seretary;
R. .R. Doberty, Bayone, N. J., Recording
Secretary; .Kev. J. m. freeman, u. u.,
Morristown, U". J., Treasurer; O. L. Doly,
Cleveland, O.. W. W. Cooper, St. Joseph,
Mich., Rev. Leman Prentiss, Knoxville,
Tenn., Rev. Arthur Edwards, .Chicago, are
the officers constituting tbe Executive Com
mittee. The meetings were enthusiastic and
closed with a stirring mass meeting,
with addresses by Rev. S. M. D. Carrel, W.
H. W. Rees, W. I. Haven, and Dr. Hurl
but. IMPORTANT RAILROAD DEAL.
Consolidation of West Virginia Lines In
Which PIttsbarg I Interested.
Zt.rZ.ClKL TBLEGBA1C TO TH DISPATCH.I
Wheeling, February 7. A railroad
deal that will occupy space in the history of
this State was consummated at Weston in
the past two days. It was the
consolidation of the Clarksburg,
Weston and Midland with all its branches
yet unbuilt with what is known as tbe
West Virginia and Pittsburg. At tne
election ot officers held to-day Hon. J. K.
Camden was made President, and H.
Kunst, Vice President and General Man
ager. The road to Braxton Court House is
to be pushed through at once.
The Buckhannon branch will be extended
to the Gauley river, near the junction of the
Cherry, a distance of about 75 miles from
Buckhannon, via Webster Court House.
It is generally understood that the Balti
more and Ohio is back of this move, but
nothing authentic is to be had as to this.
The road will be of standard gauge.
AN EX-GOVERNOR'S PROTEST.
Hon. A. G. Cnrlln Indignant nt Ihe Fight
Orer the World's Fnlr.
Philadelphia, February 7. Ex-Governor
Andrew G. Curtin, who is now in this
city, to-day expressed his indignation at the
way New York has been fighting over the
World's Fair question. "It is outrageous,"
he said, "to place the whole idea of a
World's Fair in jeopardy from personal or
political motives. Philadelphia was pre
eminently the place for the Centennial, and
New York is the city for the Exposition.
The Centennial for America commanded
the respect and admiration of all tbe world,
and it gave this country a lasting impetus.
"If New York strangles the World's Fair
the whole country will rise up and protest
in the strongest terms. Thistsnot a local
or a State question. The nation at large
has lor it a deep-rooted sentiment which is
stronger than those wrangling New Yorkers
realise."
TO REPEAL THE AMENDMENT.
The Leading Lawyer of Mississippi Hat
Pronounced Against Negro Suffrage.
rSFZCIAL TXLXQBAX TO TBE DISPATCH.1
Jackson, Miss., February 7, Judge
Wiley P. Harris, the most eminent lawyer
in the State, has answered a letter from a
member of the Legislature giving his views
on General West's memorial, now under
discussion by tbe Legislature, for the repeal
of the Fifteenth Amendment. He favors
the passage of the memorial.
A FRENCH CARATAN MASSACRED.
The Attack Is Said to Hare Been Instigated
by Englishmen.
Paris, February 7. A dispatch to La
France from its correspondent at Obock
states that tbe Somalis, instigated by the
English, attacked a French -caravan en
route to Harrar, and massacred the persons
belonging to it.
An Unprofitable Corn Crop.
Chicago, February 7. The Illinois
agricultural report shows the corn crop of
1889 in this State to have cost nearly $10,
000,000 more, than its total estimated value,
which is placed at $58,337,010, and the total
cost of production at 168,272,872,
' A LONG, HAED FIGHT.
TBE M'CAUTIIY-DIXON MATCH
CLASSIC BOSTON.
IN
The Principals In Prime Condition A Lot of
Secrecy About the Place of Meeting '
Big Money Bet-A Very
Lively Battle.
Boston, February 7. In this town to
night there are men who would be quite
willing to place spot cash from $100 clear up
to $400 and $500 to know where Dixon and
McCarthy are at this writing. The fight be
tween these two bantams, fixed to be pulled
off to-night, is, however a limited "scrap,"
limited as to the number of those who
shall be witnesses. The men with
money but no information are
such as are not desirable
at a ring side, and they won't be there when
the lads square to each other. The lelt-at-homes
not knowing, however, may be vastly
nearer the fighters while the affair is in pro
gress than they now have any notion. Night
before last Jack McMasters'and his young
colored pet went ont of town, presumably to
meet the young Jerseyman McCarthy, who
should meet them to-day to weigh in.
CONDITION OP THE PBINCIPALS.
Little Dixon, the 114-pound champion,
when last seen was in prime form, while
McCarthy, after punching a ball smartly
for an half hour held the scales at poise on
the UG-pound notch. He knows the
proverbial hardness of the African top fix
ture, and his training has been largely bent
to heart and body blows. The rumors that
the ebon fighter would rush him to death
from the "go" and kill him in the first five
rounds reached the Jersey lad and he
smiled.
The men who are doing the knitting
weaving plau for successful retirement and
quiet, would have the anxious believe there
are two halls engaged, many miles apart.
In accord with this tip, the talent are scour
ing in widelyopposite directions for the bat
tle ground. Not a little money is hung up
on the result of the event. No
odds have been had in this city,
though the colored lad will doubtless be the
favorite at the ring side. There are compli
cations, too, which render it not at all
improbable that both principals may be at
1 a. k. asleep under city roofs, no fight
having taken place.
THE BATTLE IN PBOGRESS.
Latee The complications referred to
earlier were partially overcome, and in a
clubhouse in South Boston the principals
and their retinues were got in readiness.
A semi-surveillance rendered it judicious to
have the contest considered for points, and
medals and all that, but it was good lor
blood.
At the forty-ninth round Dixon had the
best of the fight In the sixty-ninth he was
still holding out and proving the better man.
The fight was declared a draw at the end
of the seventieth round.
A B. & 0. TRAIN DITCHED.
The Through Mail Rons Into a .Snow Bank
and Cars Are Overturned.
CONNELLSVILLE, February 7. The
through mail from Baltimore on the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad ran into a moun
tain of snow three miles east of Ohio Pyle
at 7 o'clock this evening.
The engine and tbe combination
postal and baggage car went over the bank
into tbe river. The smoking car followed
half way. Engineer Bush, of Pittsburg,
was badly burned, but not fatally injured.
Fireman Lewis Barcher sustained a terrible
scalp wound but will recover. Baggage
master Isaac Ingles, of Pittsburg, was
burned by the car stove.
The only passenger injured was John
Lindsay, of Glenwood, who was master car
penter bf the road. When the smoking car
went over the bank he was thrown forward
and fell heavily over the seat, severely in-
juring himself internally. He will not
probably recover. A relief train was sent
from Connellsville, and the wounded are be
ing cared for.
NEARLY 200 LIVES LOST.
The Extent of the Colliery Disaster Grows
Hour by Hour.
London, February 7. The list of those
who lost their lives by tbe explosion in the
colliery at Abersycban is constantly increas
ing. One hundred and seventy bodies have
thus far been taken from the pit, and it
is believed that the total number of persons
killed will reach 190. The ventilation of
the pit has been restored, and this greatly
facilitates the efforts of the workers.
A very pathetic incident in the work was
the finding of the body of a father and bis
five sons lying in a group. They had not
been burned at all, and they ap
peared to be calmlv sleeping. All of
them had died from suffocation. Several of
the men who had volunteered for tbe work
of rescue were sickened by handling the
burned bodies and were obliged to come to
the surface.
HE DENOUNCED THE DANCE,
And So Colored Pastor Gilnmere Was Ex
pelled From His Club.
SFECXH. TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.1
Columbus, February 7. Rev. Mr. Giln
mere, a colored pastor of this city, was
expelled to-night from membership in
the Pytbianic Club, an organization
among the colored people, for con
duct unbecoming a member. Some days
since the club arranged a reception for J. P.
Green, the member of the House from
Cleveland, and he failed to appear. The
ministers of color were present,
and the club turned the oc
casion into a dance. Green did not
send his regrets or pay any attention to the
invitation.
Gilnmere took exceptions to the dance,
and wanted to resign from the club; but,
instead, the club expelled him for his con
duct in writing letters in regard to the
affair.
PLAIING WITH A SHOTGUN.
The President of nn Athlrtie Club Gives
nis Friend a Bad Wound.
San Francisco, February 7. L. R.
Fulda. President of the California Athletic
Club; John Furguson, a director, and Frank
Renfree were chatting together in
a saloon on Kearney street this
evening, when the latter picked
up a shotgun standing near and began hand
ling it playfully. While doing so the gun
was discharged and the full load entered
Furguson's spine, some few shot seeming to
pass through Furguson's body and into Ful
da's face. The wounds of the latter are
slight. It is possible that Furguson may
die.
A TRIO OF OFFICERS INDICTED.
City Officials Charged With Issuing Illegal
Naturalization Papers.
St. Louis,February 7. EdwardNoonan,
late Clerk of the City Court of Alton, 111.;
Frederick Valbracht, late Deputy Sheriff,
and J. P. Thornton, late deputy clerk of
the same court, were arrested in Alton last
night by United States Deputy Marshal
Hobart, they having been indicted bv tbe
United States Grand Jury at Springfield, for
issuing illegal naturalization, papers.
Movements of Ocenn Steamers.
Steamer. Arrived at From
Germanic New York Liverpool.
Labn New York Bremen.
Anchoria Morllle. New York.
Baltimore London Baltimore.
CL EASED.
Bark Pearl San Francisco.. Melbourne.
T AVPfi f Statesmen is tbe subject of Miss
1AJ I AVO Grundy, Jr.'s Washington letter for
to-morrow's mammoth issue ot the people's
paper.
THE HTTSBUEG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
DEAD BENEATH RUINS
The Manager and Assistant Manager
of Blairsville New Glass Works
KILLED BY ITS FALLING WALLS.
A Farion3 Wind Storm Wrecks the New
Plant and Does Other Damage.
CONNELLSYILLE'S LOSS IS $10,000.
Houses Demolished, Chnrches Unroofed and Easiness
Property Damaged.
Yesterday's storm wrecked a new glass
house and killed two men at Blairsville.
In Uniontown and vicinity the wind blew
a perfect gale and demolished several dwell
ings. Churches were also unroofed and
stores and offices damaged. The country
districts also suffered greatly. From points
far West come reports of heavy snowB and
high winds.
ISrZCIAI. TILXOKAM TO TBS DISPATCH. 1
Bi.aibsvh.le, February 7. The heavy
gale this afternoon blew down part of the
West Pennsylvania Glass Works. Several
men were working in the building when the
wall blew in on them, burying several
workmen, the following are known to be
killed:
JOHN T. BEBNKY, Secretary and Assistant
Manager, taken ont dead.
CHARLES E. BARK, tbe Manager, buried In
the ruins.
A laborer named Shaler, who resides here,
is badly injured. Mr. Berney's body was
taken out ot the wreck mangled almost be
yond recognition. The wind was so fierce
that for some time it was unsafe to make
search for the remains ot Mr. Barr. They
were not recovered for several hours, and
were terribly mutilated. A part of the roof
was hanging over the wreck, liable to drop
upon the searchers.
The glass works were new, and were to
have begun operations on the 17th instant.
No estimate of the property loss can be ob
tained to-night. Tbe storm subsided at 10
o'clock, and no further damage is antici
pated. HOUSES AND CHrBCHESWBECKED.
A special telegram from Connel sville says:
The worst mountain storm lor years began
here this morning and did not subside until
late this evening. As telephone and tele
graph lines are down, the exact extent
of the damage cannot be learned. In this
place it is very heavy. J. M. Herpick's
store and house, on the pinnacle, were com
pletely wrecked, the inmates having a nar
row escape from death. A house belonging
to Harrison Miller, on Prospect street, was
completely demolished. The steeple of the
Baptist church is out of plumb five feet,
and that of the Catholic church is in a dan
gerous condition. In New Haven the gable
end of Markell's drugstore was blown away,
tbe falling debris crashing into the adjoin
ing building, almost demolishing it. The
people occupying it ran for their lives.
A telephone message from Dunbar says
the Knights of Labor hall at Morrell was
entirely blown away. Reports from Leisen
ring say all the shafts of the H. C. Frick
coke works are down. A large number of
smaller buildings were blown away, but no
fatalities have as yet been reported.
DAMAGE TVIXI. BEACH $10,000.
A later dispatch from Uniontown savs:
The storm is still raging in the mountains.
A horse and wagon driven by a man named
James Rush was blown over Gray's Hill.
The wagon is lying with the wheels whirl
ing in the air. No one was seriously hurt.
Postmaster Baker's new residence was
nearly demolished, also James Franken
berry's bouse, and John Wringer's bouse
was leveled to the ground. The telephone
and electric light wires are all down. None
of the coke works are running south of
town. The Redstone Coke Company s
offices at Brownfield were entirely demol
ished. The end was blown out of the engine
house at Leith. The stack of the Warren
Glass Works was blown down. The total
loss in and around town will reach at least
$10,000. A big $1,200 window in the
Lutheran Church was blown out and the
Methodist Church was unroofed and im
paired throughout.
WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION.
As the roof was blown from the Methodist
edifice a part of it fell- on the house of John
Brown, crushing it like an eggshell. The
tower of the church, it is feared, is so badly
shattered that it will have to be torn down.
The roof of the large new building, lately
erected by the Pennsylvania Construction
Company, below ttown, was also blown off.
There was great consternation among tbe
school children . here at the dinner bour,
many of tbem fearing to go home and cry
ing piteously. Parents were rushing to the
school rooms in search of their little ones.
Teachers were half frantic with the noise
and tumult. Many of the children, on their
way home, took refuge in stores, outhouses,
and, in fact, in any place which would afford
tbem shelter. Reports from Ihe country say
that much damage has been done. Hay
stacks, barns, buildings, eta. being demol
ished on every hand.
TWO STORMS IN CONFLICT.
A Signal Service Man Explains the Cnnio
' of the Rough Wenther.
Chicago, February 7. Snow has been
falling, with brief interruptions, nearly all
day, but, owing to the mild temperature,
nearly ail of it has melted. Said the Signal
Service man this afternoon: "There are two
storms moving toward us, and this is just
the beginning. One is from Minnesota, is
a snow storm, and a big one, too, while the
other is a rain storm from Louisiana and
will turn into snow before it gets here.
"When the two meet a big wind storm
will probably result After that the
weather, so far as the indications go, will
be clear and cold."
STREtTS FILLED WITH SNOWDRIFTS.
Itlnnltoba Experiences the Worst Storm It
Has Known for Elffht Years.
Winnipeg, February 7. The worst
snow storm known in Manitoba for years
has been raging for the past 24 hours. The
main streets of the city are piled with drifts
three feet high, the schools are closed and
business is practically suspended. The
trains from the east, west and south are all
from six to ten hours late. The Manitoba
train for St, Paul steamed out with three
engines attached this morning.
It is the heaviest fall of snow since 1882.
The wind is blowing a fearful gale, but no
fatalities are feared, as the thermometer is
high.
A HEAYI FALL OF SNOW
Seriously Interferes With the Movement of
Railroad Trains.
f SPECIAL TZLZORAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Tybone, February 7. About eightinches
of snow fell here to-day, interfering to a
considerable extent with the movement of
trains on the various railroads centering at
this point. It commenced to snow at about
noon and continued until late in the even
ing, when it turned into sleatand rain. '
There was also a heavy fall of snow
throughout Blair, Cambria, Center and Clear
field counties.
WIND FIFTY MILES AN HOUR.
The Blizzard Raging Furiously In tbe Red
River Region.
St. Paul, February 7. The blizzard of
to-night seems, according to dispatches from
the Northwest, to be confined chiefly to the
Bed River Valley, and is raging fnriously
at Fargo, Pembina and other points in that
district. The wind was 60 miles an hour at
Pembina, and similar reports come from
other points.
INVASION ATTEMPTED.
Wonld-Be Settlers, Anxloas to Rash to the
Sioux Country, Stopped by Officers
A Lively Stnmpede Toward
the New Eldorado.
Chambeblain, S. D., February 7. A
report was received this afternoon that the
proclamation opening the Sioux reservation
had been issued, and large numbers of pros-'
pective settlers at once left for the west side
of the river. Many have for many days bad
their wagons loaded with lumber and every
thing ready to move at a moment's notice.
The settlers were, however, intercepted by
Indian Agent Anderson, Indian Police, and
returned to the east side or the river. In the
absence of reliable information from the de
partment to the agent a correspondent inter
viewed Major Anderson, who said that
while he fully expected the proclamation
this evening or during to-morrow, until defi
nite and reliable information was received
he would exert every effort to resist an inva
sion of the reservation by settlers.
For the last few days settlers have been
arriving in large numbers, usually with
teams, and they have at once secured all the
necessities for establishing homes in tbe
reservation. The town is now filled with
them; and while orderly, they are deter
mined not to allow the grass to
grow under their feet when
the proclamation is once issued.
Tbe river is frozen over at this point so that
a crossing can be safely made on ice, and
the reservation, lying directly west of the
river, can be reached in short order.
The town is wide awake to-night and the
wildest and most exciting scenes ever wit
nessed in the Northwest will be seen here
when definite news of the issuance of the
proclamation is received. Major Anderson
will have troops on the ground to preserve
order.
A CRUSADE AGAINST SFEAE-EAB1ES.
Missouri Ladies Smash In Saloon Doors and
Destroy tbe Liquid.
Lathbop, Mo., February 7. For some
months past two saloons have been per
mitted by the city authorities to be kept
open in defiance of the local option law.
The ladies determined to close the places.
They went in a body, first to the saloon of
Thomas Ward. He'had notice of their in
tentions, and had barricaded the doors. But
the crusaders were not to be stopped by such
obstacles. They battered in the windows,
broke down the door, demolished the saloon
fixtures, rolled the barrels and kegs into the
street, burst them open and allowed the liq
uor to flow into the gutter.
From there the ladies proceeded to the
saloon of James Carroll, which was also de
molished and his stock of liquor poured
into the gutter. Three drugstores were vis
ited and their proprietors given notice that
their establishments would be treated like
tbe saloons if they did not cease to sell in
toxicants in violation of the law. About
$1,000 worth of liquor was destroyed by the
crusaders to-day.
THE! WANT THE FAIR FIXED.
The Adherents of Chicago Are Anxious for a
Decision.
Washington, February 7. The Chica
go World's Fair adherents are anxious that
the qnestion of site shonld be settled, and it
is probable that when tbe consideration of
the new code of rules is finished
another effort will be made to get
the matter ont of the bands of the
special committee and into the House.
When Mr. Hitt proposed this course some
days ago Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Reed, ot
the Committee on Rules, opposed
reporting a resolution having this
effect, the former on the ground that the
Democrats had reached an understanding
to oppose legislation until a set of rules was
reported.
As soon as this objection will no longer
hold good, another endeavor will be made
to secure a report from the Committee on
Rules unless the special World's Fair Com
mittee should, as does not now seem proba
ble, bring in a report in the meantime.
FROM DENVER TO THE GULF.
A Company Incorporated With Capital
(stock of 820,000,000.
Topeka, Kas., February 7. The Col
orado, Kansas and Gulf Railroad Company,
of Coldwater, has been incorporated, capi
tal stock, $20,000,000. Directors, B. F.
Smith, W. D. Weller, Parker Wright, S.
M. Judson, J. F, Miller, Thomas Morrison,
Benjamin Harmath, A. Darroch, H. H.
Rich and L. Epson. Tbe purpose for which
this corporation is formed is to construct,
operate and maintain a line of standard
gauge railroad, commencing at Denver and
terminating at some point on the Gulf coast
of Texas, a distance of about 1,000 miles.
A CHICAGO EDITOR BAILED.
James J. West Will Fllo an Application for
a Writ of Error.
Chicago, February 7. A supercedeas
was to-night granted ex-Editor James J.
West, of the Chicago Timet, sentenced a
few days ago to five years in the
penitentiary for fraudulently over
issuing about $130,000 of the stock of
the Times Company. Justice Magruder
in granting the supersedeas made an order
admitting West to bail in $10,000 pending
a hearing on an application for a writ of
Court House and Contents Burned.
Dallas, Tex, February 7. The Dallas
County Court House, with nearly all its
contents, was destroyed by file this after
noon. The loss is estimated at $80,000; in
surance, $10,000, mostly in leading eastern
companies.
The Wnrrant Served.
Helena, Mont., February 7. News
was received here to-nigbt from Miles City
that the Senate officer had Backer, the
fleeing Senator, under arrest, and that the
Senator would arrive in Helena to-morrow.
JUST TICKED FROM THE WIRE.
Cardinal Pecci's condition is hopeless.
Two cases of typhus fever have come into
Now York within a week.
Eight hundred and twenty-six foreigners
landed in New York yesterday.
Ten thousand 'colored peoplein Canada
have sent the Goprnor General a royal ad
aress. Dennt Shea and Paddy Tracy, of Michi
gan, fought a knuckle fight to a draw in Mary
land yesterday for 500.
Sam Morgan, at Rhynbeck, N. Y was yes
terday blown by dynamite into such fine pieces
that they can't find any of bim.
Lioe Moore, the murderer of Laura Pratt,
was hanged at Greensboro, N. C yesterday.
He died protesting his innocence.
Fears are entertained that the negro who4
entered the store of A. Rogers at Camak, Ga.,
and killed its proprietor will be lynched.
Bekzon, who is charged with forging drafts,
was arraigned yesterday in Nice, but was re
manded for a week, owing to the illness of the
Deputy Public Prosecutor.
Ix,Rome it is reported that England and
France have asked Italy to consider the condi
tions upon which they will collectively recog
nize tbe President of Hayti.
The revenues of the Hungarian Government
for tbe three months ending Jannary 81 ex
ceeded those of the corresponding three months
a year ago by 21,000,000 florins.
The Virginia Legislature yesterday passed a
bill giving tbe consent of tbe State of Virginia
to the erection of a hotel at Fort Monroe by J.
C. Asbnrg (colored), who is the Common
wealth's attorney ot Norfolk county.
Members of Rev. J. W. Mitchell's Baptist
church in Plainfield, N.J.. charge him with im
morality. At a meeting Monday night the pas
tor's wife smote Mrs. Connett, and now Mrs
Mitchell is under ball for the grand jury for
assault.
fflTflYFAT Church Goers, pictured and
jUUUil J AU paragraphed, in TO-MORROW'S
20-Paoe Dispatch. Tbe cburch customs of
the Pnritans will be graphically described.
8, 1890.
HARRISON'S SHOCKED
By the Sudden Action of the North
Dakota Legislature in
DECLARING LOTTERIES LEGAL.
Some Appointments May he Revoked Be
cause of This Move.
WAXAHAKER DENOUNCES THE MEASURE
i. Decision Against the Pennsrlranla and Baltimore
and Ohio Bailroads.
The news of the action of the North Da
kota Legislature in chartering a lottery has
caused great surprise in Washington. Pres
ident Harrison, Postmaster General Wana
maker and Attorney General Miller all
speak strongly upon the subject. Any Fed
eral officers who may have been interested
will probably get into trouble.
Washington, February 7. The news
of tbe passing oi one branch of the North
Dakota Legislature of a bill chartering and
legalizing a lottery in that State has at
tracted much attention in Washington offi
cial circles, in view especially of telegraphic
advices that this legislative action is in be
half of a branch of the.Lonisiana Lottery
Company, against which the Postoffice De
partment and the Department of Justice
have been waging a contest for many years.
At the White House it is intimated that
news has reached the President that persons
who had been appointed to office or were
candidates for appointment were promoting
this legislation, and it was added that
should this prove the case, it would likely
prove fatal to them.
HARRISON SURPRISED.
A further remark was to the effect that it
was not believed to be possible that the new
State would adopt a measure that would put
so indelible a stain upon its escutcheon.
Postmaster General Wanamaker said
with reference to this subject: "As Post
master General I' cannot be interviewed
upon the subject of legislation as pro
posed by States except to express my regret
that mails or any of the machinery of the
Government should be used to any extent in
any part of the country for the lurtberance
of lotteries, but, as a citizen, I am free to
say that it is a cause for great alarm when a
new State proposes to spread this evil over a
new country and extend a species of gam
bling that ruins the young and deludes the
ignorant, for tbe enrichment of a few un
scrupulous stockholders. If this kind of
legislation is to succeed, Congress must be
invoked to enact laws to suppress this in
iquitous business everywhere."
entibelt unexpected,
"I was astonished beyond measure," said
Attorney General Miller this afternoon, "to
hear that any bill of tbe kind bad gone
through one branch of the North Dakota
Legislature. I had hoped and believed
that the day for the chartering of new lot
teries had gone by. I had supposed that
the only reason for the existence of a lottery
anywhere in the United States was the fact
that it had been approved by a sort of pre
scription so entrenched in some localities
that it could not be easily removed. That
the Louisiana State Lottery, for instance, is
a great public evil, I think is generally
conceded, and I as little expected the Leg
islature of North Dakota to sanction a lot
tery as that the Legislature of Massachu
setts would legalize polygamy."
AGAINSTJTHE EOADS.
An Inter-State Commerce Decision Forbid
ding; Discrimination In Corn Untes
The Pennsylvania and Bal
timore and Ohio AflocteJ.
Washington, February 7. The Inter
State Commerce Commission rendered a de
cision to-day in the case of Harvey Bates
and H. Bates, Jr., owners of the Indianapo
lis Hominy Mills, against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, tbe Pennsylvania Com
pany and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company in favor of complainants. This
case involves the question of whether a dif
ference in the rates on corn and on corn'pro
ducts from Indianapolis east to the sea
board is legal, and tne commission decides
as follows:
The defense of water competition from Chi.
cago and tbe Lake shipping points to sea
board points east, as a justification for an
otherwise unjustifiable discrimination in rates
between corn and its direct products from
Indianapolis to said seaboard points, was held
to be untenable, owing to the situation of
Indianapolis as to the lakes and tbe location
of tbe territory where the corn was mainly
raised that was marketed at Indianapolis, and
to the other facts established in this case.
When an existing classification and rate are
shown to operate injuriously to tbe carriers
from a given point or to give nndue advantage,
to shippers, a change is not justifiable that
materially injures an important industry and
a class of snippers at the point who have
built np tbe Industry in reliance uuon a con,
tinuation of the previous classification and
rate first established and lone maintained by
the carriers themselves without complaint
from any quarter. Such change in classifica
tion and rate wonld subject the persons en
gaged in the industry and tbe locality and tbe
particular traffic to unreasonable disadvantage
within tbe probibltion of section 3, of tbe act
to regulate commerce
A discrimination between the rates on corn
and its direct products from a given locality
resulting from a redaction of the rate
on corn below tbe rate on its
direct products, which subjected per
sons in that locality engaged in the business of
manufacturing corn into its direct products
and of selling the same, to unreasonable preju
dice or disadvantage, and was without neces
sity or advantage to tbe carrier, or any reason
fonnded on tbe character or condition of the
traffic, held to be in violation of section of tbe
act to regulate commerce, notwithstanding tbe
new rate on corn was reported to all persons
equally and with equal service. When carriers
other than tbe respondents of record are corn
mi ttingtbe same violations of the act to regulate
commerce as the responden ts,an order may lssne
against the respondents and the case be held
for tbe purpose of bringing such other carriers
into tbe case to be proceeded against unless
tbey comply with tbe order.
A LULL AFTER THE STORM.
The Dav In Speaker Reed's Department Is a
Very Quiet One.
Washington, February 7. After prayer
this morning the Speaker stated that the
Journal Clerk had been bnsy in preparing
the new code of rules for publication, and
that consequently the journal ot yesterday's
proceedings was not ready to be presented to
the House, but would beready subsequently.
Therefore, tbe usual contest over the ap
proval ot the journal did not take place.
A bill increasing the pension ot General
Abram Duryea to $100 per month was passed
after some debate. Mr. O'Neill reported
back the bill appropriating $25,000 for the
erection of a monument to Major General
Henry Knox at Thomaston, Me. This meas
ure gave rise to a great deal of discussion,
and, pending action, the House at 3:35 ad
'nnrned until Monday.
ALL WANT SUBSIDIES.
Leading: Shippers of the West and South
Favor Such Action.
Washington, February 7. The House
Committee on Merchant Marine and the
Fisheries to-day continued Its hearings on
the bill to grant subsidies to American ship
pers. Mr. James G, Montgomery, of Port
land, Ore., and Mr. J. B. Miller, of New
Orleans, made statements before the commit
tee concerning shipping matters in their
respective localities, and all declared them
selves in favor of the payment of subsi
dies. Mr. Montgomery said that the amount of
foreign commerce on the Pacific coast was
very large and was growing constantly, and
every ton was exported in British bottoms.
TWO WEEKS' TB0UBLE.
The New Bales Will Not Be Adopted
Without a Fierce Debate Radical
TIews of Leading Democratic
Blembers.
CFEOM A STATT COEBESPONDEMT.3
Washington, February 7. The discus
sion on the new code of rules for the House
of Representatives, which will begin on
Monday, is exDected to occupy at least two
weeks. There is every disposition on the
Republican side to afford the Democrats as
much time as may be deemed necessary to
fully and fairly discuss the code as its im
portance demands. Tbe Democrate side of
the debate will, of course, be conducted by
Mr. Carlisle, while Mr. Cannon, of Illinois,
will have the matter in charge for the Re
publicans. Now that tbe full purport of
tbe new rules has become understood the
Democrats profess astonishment at what
they term the preposterous position taken
by their opponents. Mr. McMillan, of
Tennessee, savs that it is a most iniquitous
code, and will set a premium upon plunder.
Mr. Breckinridge, the silver-tongued and
silver-haired orator of Kentucky, agrees
with bis Tennessee colleagueinthis opinion.
Talking with THEDlSPATCH correspondent
Mr." Breckinridge said: "In putting up the
barriers against the fihbusterer they have
taken away all the safeguards against the
plundering of the treasury. If the Speaker
happens to be in favor of any particular bill
which may be before the House, and I offer
an objection or an amendment to it, under
the powers which this code furnishes
him he can refuse to consider my objection
or amendment, ruling it out as dilatory, and
who is to say him nay? Every power in the
House is, under this code, vested in the
Sneaker and the chairman of committees.
The individual rights and privileges of
members are things of the past. It is, in
deed, a despotism that is to be established,
and, as Mr. McMillan say, an apology is
due to the Czar for calling Mr. Reed by his
title."
A little uneasiness is manifest to-day
among some of the Republican members
over the rules adopted by their caucus, put
ting the Invalid Pensions Committee on the
same footing with the Ways and Means
and Appropriations committees in making
privileged matters reported therefrom. One
of these Republicans came to Mr. Carlisle
to-day, it is asserted, and suggested that if
the Democrats desire to defeat that portion
of the code it could be done by the assist
ance of himself and other Republicans
thinking with him.
The Ninth Virginia Contest.
Washington, February 7. The House
Committee on Elections, this morning, in
the case of Rowen versus Buchanan contest
from the Nineteenth district of Virginia.
Mr. Chapman, of Virginia, represented the
contestant, and Mr. Buchanan appeared in
his own behalr. The points involved are
chiefly ot a technical nature, though there
are a few instances of alleged intimidation.
Congressman Cuteheon's Militia Bill.
Washington, February 7. Represen
tative Cuteheon's bill to revise the militia
law, provides for an increase of the Federal
allowance for militia purposes from $400,000
to $1,000,000 per annum. Pennsylvania's
qnota under the present law is $27,000, bnt
it this bill should pass the amount would be
increased to $67,000.
Tbe Torrv Bankruptcy BUI.
Washington, February 7. The House
Committee on the Judiciary is progressing
welHn its consideration of the Taylor (Tor
rey) bankruptcy bill, and it is probable that
its consideration will be completed afterone
or two more meetings.
A DASTAEDLT DEED.
An Assassination Which Resembles the
Murders Committed by the Motile
Dlngalres A Special Officer
of the Reading; Road
Killed.
' 1SFECTAI, TH.ZOHAM TO THE SISrATCH.1 .
Reading, Pa., February 7. The mur
der of Engineer Patrick Haganey near
Pbcenixville was, in many respects, very
much like the dastardly assassinations of
the Mollie Maguires. Haganey was 40
years old, and was employed by tbe
Reading Railroad Company as engineer
of their pumping station near
Pbcenixville, where the locomotives are
supplied with water. When not working
there, and when on the day turn, he was
engaged as a special oiheer to guard the
company's loaded coal trains, and he
assisted in breaking up illegal liquor
selling. Haganey made oath against one
Barney Mellon, a well known character of
Tnnnel Hill, alleging that Mellon sold coal
to Huns stolen from the Reading railroad.
Mellon was committed to jail on the day
set apart for his trial, and when Hrganey
was in the Court House Mellon was dis
charged from custody because Haganey
did not appear against him. At
that time Haganey's iriends thought
he might have been scared or
intimidated, and that he failed to push the
prosecution, believing Mellon had been suf
ficiently punished. This was about a week
or ten days ago. Haganey had also
assisted in raiding a saloon, in which
this same Mellon was interested.
This-was tbe condition of affairs np to last
Saturday night. Haganey went on dnty at
the pumping station, although it was not
his night on.
At about 120 on Sunday morning a sharp
pistol shot was heard, and soon therealter
Station Agent Higgins saw a man reel
ing up toward the tracks
from the pumping station. He
was holding his abdomen witn
both hands as though in great pain. The
man was Engineer Haganey. Suddenly he
reeled and tell. The agent summoned a
doctor, who probed for the ball, but
failed to find it. Haganey appeared to
be in mortal agony and would say nothing.
Haganey lingered in mortal agony, sur
rounded by his wife, Father Kelly and
Magistrate List. Before he died he made a
statement in presence of witnesses that the
man who shot him was Barney Mellon.
THREE RAILROAD MEN DROWNED.
The Engine Leaves the Track and Flanges
Into the River.
rSHCZAl TSLEPBAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Baltimore, Md., February 7. Inform
ation has just reached here of an accidenton
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, near the
Big Penn Tnnnel, between Hinton and
Lowell, "W. Va. The switch had been
left open, and a freight train dash
ing .along at a fair rate, shot
ont of the track and into the Signal sta
tion which was built near the track and on
the bank of the river New. The little house
was torn from its foundations, and, with the
telegraph operator, carried into the river.
Tbe locomotive tender also went over.
The operator, engineer and fireman were
drowned. Owing to the tearing up of the
tracks and damage to the roadbed, travel
was delayed, and th a first train arrived here
this evening. The story of the accident is
told by passengers on this train. No other
information is obtainable.
FRIZE FIGHTLR JAILED AND FINED.
Pugilist Ed. Corey Given a Taste of Hoes
Isr State Law.
Lebanon, February 7. Ed Corey, one
of the principals in the Corey-Keating prize
fight December 29, was to-day sentenced
to three months in jail and fined $50.
Corey's seconds are under arrest and war
rants are ont for others who were at the
fight,
Corey's antagonist, Keating, has fled this
State, bnt in being actively traced.
MRS. PAlf(WMf,t,bry8dhher
skill In the culinary art: her son Ike has sev
eral excruciating experiences. Bee To-xor
sow's Dispatch.
A CIRCUS THIS TIME,
The Very latest Acquisition Made
by an English Syndicate
FOE A ROUND MILLION D0LLAES
A Controlling Interest in the Forepangi
Show Is Secured.
THE FAMILY WILL RETAIN A SHARE.
Adam, Jr., Will Hana;e the Azcrezation, Wiiei
Will SUU Exhibit Here.
English capitalists have secured a two
third interest in the Forepaugh circus for
$1,000,000. A former offer for the entire
control was refused. The business will
practically remain nnder tbe present man
agement.
JSrZCIAI. nUQIUX TO THS DISrATCH.1
Philadelphia, February 7 The sale
to an English syndicate of a controlling in
terest in the great circus and menagerie
bnilt up by the late Adam Forepaugh was!
consummated to-day. Frederick W. Sutter
lee, brotber-in-law and for a long time con
fidential agent of Mr. Forepaugh, and who
has just returned from Enrope, where ha
conducted the negotiations last night, met
John Brown, one of the executors of Adam
Forepaugh's will, and laid before him tha
subject and offers of the English syndicate
for the great show property.
Before Adam Forepaugh's death the ne
gotiations had proceeded so far that nd
backward steps could well be taken. Mr.
Forepaugh practically agreed to tbe terms!
offered. The agreement was considered
binding by the executors.
THE DEAL CLOSED.
To-day all the papers were properly signed?
to make the transfer effective. It is now5
known that the Englishmen's original offer:
of $600,000 was merely a starter, and what
was subsequently giyen was three times that
amount. The nnal terms were cheerfully
agreed to by all parties interested. Almost
everybody in the show business doubted tha
acceptance of the first offer of the English;
syndicate of $600,000.
It was known that the Forepaugh circus!
had paid' $1,000,000 a year, and many con,
sidered the sale at that price a great sacri
fice. Bnt Mr. Forepaugh had no idea of
selling it at such a low figure, and when,
the proposition was made to bim, he laughed
at it. He informed Mr. Sutterlee what his)
price was and as that gentleman was going;
to Enrope to see English capitalists on an
other scheme, Forepaugh placed tbe matter'
in his hands.
He met the capitalists in London, whoy
included a nnmber of bankers. There wa
considerable difficulty in coming to terms.
Finally it wa3 agreed to form the stock
company, with a capital stock of $1,000,000.
The English capitalists agreeing to tako
two-thirds of the stock, and the estate of
the late showman to retain a one-third in
terest.
vbtTNO FOREPAUGH AS MAN A GEE.
Owing to his intimate knowledge of ihe
business, Adam Forepangb, Jr., has been
selected as manager for a term of years, and
Frederick Sutterlee will represent the syn
dicate in this country and look alter their
interests. Il will be seen that the entire)
management of the show will remain in tha
Forepaugh family. The show will be offi
cered and managed in the future just as it 13,
now and will continue to exhibit in the
country.
All contracts entered into and all dates)
made by Adam Forepaugh will be observed
by the new corporation. As soon as copies
of the agreement can be sent to England the
bankers who represent the syndicate will
pay the money over to the English repre
sentatives of the execntors of the estate, and
it will be transmitted to this country and
will be invested under the provision of tha
will.
GEADI AS A SFRINTHR.
His Hard Tnssel with George Cassln 13)
His College Says.
Hew York Herald.1
People who knew Henry W. Grady best)
affirmed him to be as impetuous as be was
brilliant. His impetuosity was observed
while he was yet a yontb, and he was by no
means an old man when he died. While ha
was in college at Athens, Ga., he was noted
as a sprinter. George Cassin was the best
runner in Atlanta, and the belt was between
the two. The University Baseball Club vis
ited Atlanta, and Grady decided to have it
out with bim. They ran 100 yards and it
was decided that Grady won by two inches
and a half. They tried it again, and Cassin
won by five feet Grady was bound to hava
another try next day, but lost again by five
feet. He was keenly disappointed.
"You've got tne wina on me," said he
"let's make it 80 yards."
This time Cassin won by but three feet.
They tried it at 60 and 50 feet, but Grady
only got second money. Some Atlanta fel
low wanted to bet with Grady. "I haven't
got a cent," said he, and being terribly cut
np he put on his coat and started for home.
Six years afterward Grady met Cassin in
Atlanta and grasped him by the band. "Do
you know," said 'he. "what two things hurt
me most in all my life?"
"I know one," said Cassin.
"Yes," said Grady, "that race was on
and the other was when the Atlanta Herald
went under."
JUST RDB HIS EAR.
A Treatment for Dranks Slorp EfUcacIou
Tbnn Sole Clubbing.
Blakely Hall In Brooklyn Eagle. I
Tbe pastime of clubbing the soles of a
man's feet, a diversion peculiar to tha
guardians of the peace in their efforts to
rouse a "drunk," is not regarded with gen
eral favor at least not by those who never
have any dealings with drunken men, and
whose knowledge of what should be their
treatment is purely theoretical. But there
is another method of treatment which is cer
tainly as efficacious and apparently not so
hurtful. One night recently I saw a police
man bend over a prostrate form in tha
street.
"Get up," he said, shaking the man by
the shoulder. There was no response.
Turning him on his side, the officer began to
rub the unfortunate's ear in a "most energetic;
manner. It was not 30 seconds before there
were grunts and groans from the victim of
the treatment. A couple of minutes' steady
application brought the man to bis feet. Ha
was sober enough to go home and the officer
sent him on his way. It was a wonder that
the poor man had a vestige of his ear left.
"Whenever you want to sober a drunk,
just rub his ear," remarked the officer care
lessly, as he walked away.
THE POWER OF TJ0HB1NATI0N.
Hovr the Short Match Makers Have Forced
Fhort Match Safes.
St. Louis Benabllcl '
"One of the combinations for the purpose
of making money seems to have escaped tha
vigilance of the press," remarked a Federal
official to The Man About Town. "Look at
these handsome and at present popular
match safes. Do you know why they are so
short? Well, the men who manufacture the
small matches actually found very little
market for their product until they forced a
combination with the match safe makers.
They call them the cigar hardware men. In
conjunction with the cigar dealers, whole
sale and retail, tbe short-match men forced
the small match box, and the result has been
the almost total exclusion of the old-time-match
irom thefield. I can't say that I re-J
gret the change, except that I'm forced to'
fill my sa e from certain" parties, but never
theless it demonstrates the force ot combina
tions, even in small things."
m
4
a.