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THE DISPATCH always aims to
advance the mtercstsof Pittsburg and
contiguous territory. It spares neither
expense nor enterprise in thts direction.
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Now Sweeping Down on Pitts:
burg and the Coal Mines
in This Vicinity.
OVER SIX HUNDREDSTRONG
They Slip Through Castle
Garden and Will he
Here To-Day.
K0THING CA1T ST0PTHE1T.
All La-wful Questions Were An
swered, but the Superintend
ent Has 2o Doubt
THEY CAME UNDER A CONTRACT.
Quite a Xnmber of Them Have Their Wives
and Families, and Hare Evident
ly Come to Stay.
HANI MOKE AEE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW
A p"ty of COO Hungarians, bound for
Pittsburg, arrived at Castle Garden yester
day. They were questioned closely, but
were prepared with answers. This being
the case, there was nothing to do but let
them pass. Superintendent Simpson be
lieves, however, that they came under an
implied contract. They are miners, and
expect to get work in this region. It is be
lieved that this will be a big year for im,
xnigrants of this class.
rrrxciAi. telegilam to mi DisPATcn.i
Kew Yokk, Maich 11. Among the 927
imm'grants who landed at Castle Garden to
day from the North German Lloyd steam
ship Eider were at least 600 swarthy, lusty
limbed Hungarians, whose destination, ac
cording to their own testimony, and, what
is more conclusive, their railroad tickets, is
the Pennsylvania coal mines in the neigh
borhood of Pittsburg. The Government
inspectors were unable to find out whether
any of the Hungarian horde came here
under contract, although there is little
doubt in the minds of those who are familiar
with the landing of immigrants that such
is the fact.
An Anawcr for All Queatlom.
The registry clerks at Castle Garden asked
the usual questions of the Hungarians as
they filed through the narrow wooden-fenced
passages into the wide inclosure reserved for
immigrants who are allowed to land. Every
man ot them declared that he was a laborer
or a miner; that he had money, and that he
expected to find work in Pennsylvania.
The Federal Labor Inspectors questioned
a dozen or more of the Hungarians through
an interpreter, and got no information from
them that would warrant their detention as
contract laborers. Like all of their class
who arrive here, they evinced s wariness in
answering questions that plainly indicated
that they bad received instructions as to
what they ought and ought not to say.
Tlie Superintendent's Opinion.
Superintendent Simpson looked at the im
migrants as they elbowed and shoved each
other on the way to the floats which took
them to the Pennsylvania Itailroad station
in Jersey City, and remarked: "There goes
a gang to take the bread out of the mouths
of the miners of Pennsylvania. "We could
not detain them, because we found it im
possible to get anything from them showing
that they had even verbally agreed to work
for anybody over here. They are able-bodied
nnd have a few dollars, and-that is about all
that is required of an immigrant by the law.
Some of them have relatives and friends em
ployed in the coal regions, and it may be
that thev were persuaded to come here by
them. But I doubt it. They look to me as
if they had been gathered together byagents
on the other side and sent here for a pur
pose. A Lack or roiUivo Evidence.
The Emigration Commissioners told The
DisrATCH correspondent that they had no
legal right to stop the Hungarians, as they
bad not a scintilla of evidence that they
were under contract. Every man denied
that this was the case, and none bad in his
possession any document to show it They
might have been detained for a day or so
pending investigation, but their release
would follow inevitably. This plan of tem
porary detention has been tried before, and
has resulted always in the liberation of the
suspected immigrants.
Some of the Hungarians are accompanied
by their wives and children. They started
west on an afternoon train, and probablv
will arrive in Pittsburg to-morrow morning.
Labor men here are wondering what the
mining companies want with additional
men just now when idle miners are craving
the bare necessities.
TIio Fonlblc Object.
They suspect that if the Hungarians really
did come here under contract to work in the
mines, the mine owners anticipate troutile
at the beginning of the busy season and
want a lot of cheap men on hand to take the
places of the old miners. This is not the
first consignment of immigrants that have
passed through the gates of Castle Garden
this year under suspicion of having come
here under contract to labor in the mines or
on the railroad.
The Emigration Commissioners say that
from present indications this year will be a
great one for immigrants, especially from
Hungary and (contiguous countries. The
arrivals at this port for the last two months
have greatly exceeded those of last year and
there ii little doubt that in April, when the
Federal authorities assume charge of im
migration here, there will be an unprecen
dented influx of slaves, bound for the coal
nd iron region.
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no authority to go very deep in investigat
ing a suspected lot of immigrants. It is pos
sible that when the immigration business is
in the hands of the Federal Government a
war may be devised of keeping out the kind
of men who will be dumped into Pennsyl
vania to-morrow morning.
KO HUXGAKIANS WANTED.
The Hirer Operator Wouldn't Employ the
Slavish Forclcncr.
It was reported that the river operators
intended to run into the Monongahela
mines from 800 to 900 Hungarians from
New York, as an experiment. The reason
given for the move was that the miners were
about to ask for a further advance, which
the coal men could not stand.
"When Captain O'Xeil was asked about it
at the Duquesne last evenintr, he laugh
ingly replied: ''There is nothing in that
report. We are satisfied with our men, and
we wouldn't have the ignorant foreigners in
the valley. The operators are having no
trouble with their men. The latter are
satisfied with the wages paid, and we have
to be, but nobody is complaining, and
everybody is happy."
BAY HAS A SMALL E0W
With Captain Stone. Who Wants tho Mc-
Keesport Fostofllcc It U Fossiblo
That the Matter Mar bo
Left to n Vote.
rP-EOH A STAFF COBltESrOXDENT.l
"Washington, Jfarch 11. Captain Stone,
who is here to feel the ground in regard to
the McKeesport postoffice, does not appear
to get much comfort out of the situation.
The Postmaster General will give no indi
cation of his intentions until he is convinced
that Congressman Bay will refuse to make
any other recommendation than Captain
Thompson. Then, if he carries out his
present purpose, he will withdraw Thomp
son's name, and then be open to conviction
in a new fight.
Captain Stone called on Representative
Bay this morning and attempted to induce
him to take some definite position with re
gard to a new candidate. Captain Thomp
son was present at the interview and Mr.
Bay said in ilr. Thompson's presence that
be was lor Thompson as long as there was a
possibility of Thompson getting the place,
and, that ending in failure, he would be for
no one. If the Postmaster General refused
to recognize his first recommendation he had
no second choice.
Stone, whose temper is somewhat fervent,
grew wrathy at this, and he and Bay bad a
lively tilt tor a few minutes, and if Stone
ever stood any chance ot getting a recom
mendation from Bay he will hardly get it
now. But as Bay has declared that be will
resommend anybody this will probably
make little difference to Stone. In case Bay
persists in his present determination it is
probable that a word from Senator Quay
will decide the contest, though there is a
hint that McKeesporters will be asked to
make their own choice through the medium
of the ballot box.
DABNEI AND CRAIG ARRESTED.
Constable Belcher's Murderers Ran Sown
nnd Lodged in Jail.
rErCCIXL TELEGUAM TO TUB DISPATCH. I
PEiNCrrrON, "W. "Va., March 11. Chas.
Dabney and John Craig, the two negroes
who killed Constable Belcher, near Bram
well, Mercer county, about a week ago, and
the day after Dabney had murdered a negro
companion in cola blood at Pocahontas, just
across the Virginia line, were arrested at
Baleigh C. H., Saturday, and were brought
here to-day and lodged in jail. Constable
"Walker and two companions followed the
murderers after Belcher was shot, and
trailed the men through the woods and over
the mountains for a week. Friday night
"Walker became satisfied that the men were
in a barn on the farm of J. A. Ewart, two
miles west of Baleigh C. H., and a posse
was summoned, which surrounded the
building at daybreak Saturday morning.
The negroes were awake, and both being
armed, they prepared to make a desperate
resistance. Seeing a chance to escape, how
ever, Dabney made a break for the woods.
Several shots were fired at him, to which he
replied, but he got safely away. Craig was
captured and taken to jail, and then the
posse started after Dabney. He was found
at the house of William Abbott, on Dry
creek, and was surprised while asleep, with
a revolver in his hand. Both men are of
the most desperate and brutal character,
and it is not impossible that both may be
lynched by a mob of miners froji Poca
hontas. GE0KGE WASHINGTON BOUNCED.
An Infant of That Nnmc Not Allowed to Star
In America.
rErECIAE TELEGRAM TO TH! DISPATCII.1
New Yobk, March 1L Mary Dever
eaux, a young Irish woman, and her American-born
infant, George Washington, were
sent back to Ireland to-day on the steam
ship Wisconsin. The child was born on
Ward's Island the day after she got here in
November last. She had not been "landed,"
technically speaking, that is, had not passed
the barriers in the way of pauper immigra
tion. The Emigration Commissioners wrote to
the Secretary ot the Treasury asking if
Mary was entitled to stay in this country
because her infant had been born here.
The Secretary referred the matter to the
Solicitor, who has not given any opinion.
The Commissioners wrote to the Collector
and got no response. Then they decided to
send George Washington, a native of the
United States, and his alien mother to Ire
land. A 11DEDEKER ELECTED.
The Friends of an Ex-Convict Stand br Illm
at the Foils.
(SPECIAL TELIGHAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Moulton, Ia., March 11. One of the
most exciting elections ever held in this
city took place to-day. The occasion was
the choice of School Directors. The pecu
liarity of the contest was that all party
lines were thrown aside and ths whole fight
centered around the issues of a murder.
Dr. W. F. S. Murdy, who was sentenced to
the penitentiary for ten years for the murder
of Silas Tipton, a butcher of this place, has
a host of friends who contend he was wrong
fully accused.
On the other hand, Tipton's friends claim
Murdy was coldblooded and malicious in
shooting Tipton. The community has taken
sides in the matter and the most bitter feel
ing exists. This is carried into politics, and
the election to-day was fought on that issue.
Murdy's friends came off victorious.
DE. M'CRAI EETURNS HOME.
Owlne to Unpleasantness Ills Wifo Sacs
Illtn for Damnses.
rfFECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB CISPATCU.l
Fbaxkux, March 11. Dr. Mills Mc
Cray. whose elopement with Miss Lou
Brown created a sensation, returned home
this morning. This evening his wife, Mrs.
Vinie Tyson McCray, entered suit against
him for 55,000 damages, alleging that on his
arrival home he proceeded to abuse her ter
ribly and attempted to force, her to drink
some drug for the purpose of destroying her.
Failing in this he turned her into the street.
To-night he visited Miss Brown at her
home and her parents and brother, it is said,
attempted to wreak summary vengeance for
the disgrace heaped UDon them bnt iTpfini
iBucceeucu au Eiuiuag mem
HALSTEAD ON OHIO.
Ho Thinks Tbat the Kcpnbllcnns Will Soon
Redeem the Slate Oklahoma Shonld
Iio Made n Black Terri
tory Exclusively
rtrECIAL TELIGBAM TO THE DISrATCH.3
New Yokk, March 11. Murat Halstead
was in town to-day. Talking ot the gerry
mander in Ohio he said: "The Democrats
have redistricted the State, it is true, but I
do not think the Bepublicans will lose more
than two Congressmen by it. The way
Hamilton county has been cut up to suit the
Democrats is ludicrous in the extreme. The
Bepublicans had a line running north and
south to make the two districts, but the
Democrats have simply run a letter S from
east to west to take in Democratic strong
holds. I think the Bepublicans will carry
the State next time. Governor Campbell
will not be re-elected. We were beaten in
Ohio the last time by a Sunday closing law,
which alienated the German vote in Hamil
ton county."
Mr. Halstead has a new scheme for paci
fying the South. Said he: "A new black
State should be made out of the Indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma. If this is done, and I
shall urge President Harrison to favor it,
all the discontented negroes in the Southern
States can migrate to the new State and
practically govern themselves. I do not
think the white people of the South will
object. The plan is perfectly feasible, and
I think would materially assist the Eepub
lican party. President Harrison, in his
Federal appointments in the black State,
would doubtless select none but negroes. It
would give that race a chance to learn how
to govern themselves and be a place of
refuge for them. This is no Utonian dream
of mine, but a programme I think should
be soon carried out. As to the Indians in
the Territory, why let them remain and mix
with the negroes."
-... . . . . si.nnM Tim TAnn n.,1 Vlnnnnt r.ArJ Ann. not beinir intended to be hostile .Tflmne! HfimlHftn HnwpllO JnnPS. M llare Rtaionto Complain i """ A
SCORE FOR THE TRUSTS.
A Circuit Conrt of Missouri Declares
tlio
Lnw Unconstitutional.
tSrECIAL TELEGEAM TO TUB EISrATCII.l
St. Louis, March 11. The Missouri anti
trust law came in for a "knock out" in the
Circuit Court to-day in the test case against
the Simmons Hardware Company. This
case will be fought in the courtB to the end
and its progress is watched with great inter
est by a large n umber of corporations in
this State and outside. If the law is not
"knocked out" completely in the lower
court, the co-respondent will appeal the case
to the higher courts, and if it is, Circuit
Attorney Clover will lose no time in learn
ing the opinion of the Supreme Court Judges.
Judge Dillon's is the first decision in
the State on any point of law. Last Decem
ber Secretary ot State IJeseuer wrote to the
Simmons Hardware Company asking them
to make an affidavit saying the corporation
was not a member of any trust, monopoly
or combine whose object was to destroy com
petition and raise prices.
The company refused to comply to the
first or a second letter, and suit was filed in
the Circuit Court asking the court to de
clare the charter of the company forfeited
for not complying with the law. The Sim
mons Hardware Company filed a demurrer
to the petition questioning the constitution
ality of the law, and on this Judge Dil
lon "rendered his decision, sustaining the
demurrer.
THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Tbo Anti-Trust Act Receives a Black Eye In
Missouri.
St. Louis, March 11. The anti-trust
law received a black eye, figuratively speak
ing, in a decision rendered by Judge Dillon
this morning. It was in the case ot the
State of Missouri at the relation of Circuit
Attorney Ashley Clover against the Sim
mons Hardware Company. Last December
Secretary of State Leisure wrote to the Sim
moos Hardware Company, asking them to
make an affidavit saying the corporation
was not a member of any trust, monopolywr
combine, whose object was to destroy com
petition and raise prices. The company re
fused to reply to the first or second letter,
and suit was filed in the Circuit Court, ask
ing the Court to declare the charter ol the
company forfeited for not complying with
the law.
The Simmons Hardware Company filed a
demurrer to the petition questioning the
constitutionality of the law, and on this
Judge Dillon rendered his decision sustain
ing the demurrer, and thus virtually de
claring the law to be unconstitutional.
ACKNOWLEDGES HIS GUILT.
Phillip Sellers Confesses That Ho Helped
to Rob Farmer Frencle.
rEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.)
Maxsfield, O., March, 11. Phillip
Sellers, the man arrested for complicity in
the attempt to rob farmer F. J. Frengle, near
Crestline, February 1G, confessed to Sheriff
Tressell about 10 o'clock last night. He
said that he and Dcvinney were the only
ones concerned in the attempt and that he
neverlsaw Devinney before Sunday.February
15, when an acquaintance was struck up
while both were near Frengle's residence.
Sellers said that he wanted to back out a
couple of times before he reached the Fren
gle residence but Devinney would not let
him. After he was wounded he went to
his sister's residence and dressed bis
wounded arm, but did not confide his secret
to any one. After his arrest he said that he
was wounded in a scuffle with his brother.
A WILD TALE ABOUT WALLACE.
Tho Ex-Senator Allcznd to Have Been In
the Country for Weeks.
f SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Haebisbueg, March 11. It is reported
here to-night, on what seems reliable author
ity, that Senator Wallace, who is generally
believed to be in Europe, has been in this
country for several weeks. He has not
reached his Clearfield county home, but is
expected there in a few days.
It is also reported that Wallace has been
quietly looking after his chances for the
Democratic nomination for Governor since
his alleged arrival in the United States.
THE PARDON BOARD.
A Commutation of tbo Death Sentence to bo
Asked for the Mcely Brotbnrs.
rSPECIAL TELEGUAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Someeset, Pa., March 11. When the
Pardon Board meets at Harrisburg next
week the application for commutation of
the death sentence in the case of Joseph and
David Nicely will come up for final settle
ment. Depositions on the part of the con
demned have just been taken before 'Squire
Lint at this place. The examination of
witnesses was conducted by Messrs. Coffroth
and Koontz on the part of the prisoners, and
by F. J. Kooser on the part ot the Common
wealth. JUDGE M'COMUS DEAD.
Wbtlo Lieutenant Governor of Tlreinla Ho
8Iens John Brown's Warrant.
Foet Scott, Kan., March 11. Judge
McComus, who signed the warrant for the
execution of John Brown, died to-day aged
74 years. He was Lieutenant Governor of
Virginia at the time John Brown was
hanged and the signing of the warrant de
volved upon him in the absence of Governor
Wise. For some years Judge McComus
I was editorof the Chicatro. Times. I
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ONE TOE? CONTESTED
UlJ!ilU II l U VJiJlIJiU Lord Bandolph Churchill's speech was a U. YY HI JLUIAL, I 1 LUi 8 mm, auUu " ? '' L fl I UMUL 1
The Young and Eloquent Lord Ran
dolph Churchill Bitterly
ARRAIGNS
PARTY ALLIES J
For Their Headstronj: Course in tho Perse
cution of Parnell.
THE LAW WAS OUTRAGEOUSLY BROKEN
la the Futile Endearor to Fasten Crime Upon the Irish
Leader.
Amid the cheers of the Liberal members,
Lord Randolph Churchill last evening at
tacked the Tory Government in open Parlia
ment. The most bitter assault yet made
upon Salisbury's government came from his
own camp. The orator denounced the Par
nell Commission as violating the Constitu
tion, and branded the Pigott forgeries with
scathing invectives.
London, March 11. In the House of
Commons this evening Lord Bandolph
Churchill resumed the debate on the report
oftheParnell Commission. He said that
from the inception of tho commission he bad
watched the proceedings with feelitfgs of
sorrow and apprehension, which had grown
deeper and stronger as the proceedings de
veloped. From beginning to end these pro-'
ceedings were vitiated by their thoroughly
unconstitutional character. Cheers from
the opposition.
When the Government decided to set
aside the ordinary tribunals it must have
held that the charges against the Parnellites
constituted a prima facie case against the
accused. When a Government held that
there was a prima facie case it was its duty
to prosecute criminally. Parnellite
cheers.
A LOGICAL CONCLUSION.
If this was a prima facie case to justify
an extraordinary tribunal, was there a
prima facie case to proceed by a criminal
prosecution. Hear, hear. In the first
place, the Government in order to ascertain
the truth of criminal charges agoinst its po
litical opponents, discarded and set aside
the ordinary law of the land Parnellite
cheers. Secondly, the Government con
stituted under a special act a commission
consisting of three judges to fulfill the
functions of judge aud jury, for the purpose
of trying a criminal conspiracy.
It decided to place political opponents on
trial on criminal charges without the pro
tection a jury would give. Cheers. Thirdly,
the Government nominated the tribunal, so
the accused unlike the meanest criminal,
would have no voice in selecting and chall
enging the jury. It was argued that the
commission was a court of arbitration,
wherein the whole history of arbitration was
one party to a suit left voiceless in the selec
tion of arbitrators. Cheers. Fourthly, the
Government inflicted a heavy penalty in
the shape of a large pecuniary fine on its
opponents, amounting to nearly 10,000.
WITHOUT ANT PEECFDENT.
He argued the matter on constitutional
grounds, and defied any lawyer to show a
precedent or parallel for anything approach
ing the Government's action. Parnellite
cheers. He apnealed to the House to vote
against proceedings so utterly unprecedent
ed. Never within a century and a half had
any public man been exposed to such tests
and trials as had Mr. ParnelL Parnellite
cheers.
When certain persons imagined that Mr.
Parnell quailed before the proposed inquiry
he put such a pressure on the Government
that the free gift character of the proposal
disappeared and it became a measure forced
upon the House at any cost. Opposition
cheers.
Every clause except the first was forced
through without debate by a use of cloture
so ruthless that nothing hut the most urgent
consideration of public safety could justify
it. Opposition cheers. The Constitu
tional party that, in 1882 resisted cloture,
now applied it.
AN INCONSISTENT GOVERNMENT.
No Minister could accuse him of incon
sistency when the enormous inconsistencies
of the Government were considered. In
1882 the Government declared that cloture
was a most unconstitutional and dangerous
innovation; in 1888 it used cloture in a most
unconsittntional and dangerous manner for
the purpose of forcing upon its opponents
an unprecedented, unparalleled and tremend
ous instrument of oppression.
A .Nemesis attended tne liovernment lor
adopting such methods. What had been
the result of this mountainous parturition?
A reptile monster Pigott Parnellite
cheers. In appointing the commission the
Government violated the constitution.
In making this motion the Government
was violating its own law. The report con
demned certain persons and acquitted
others. But did it condemn all the guilty
parties? It condemned the Parnellites on
certain charges. Did it condemn the Times?
If the Government insisted upon its motion
and compelled the majority to assent to it,
he would insist upon his right to vote to
condemn not only the Parnellites but also
the Times, which had been found guilty of
an atrocious and unexampled libel and
slander.
CHAHBEBLAIN'S EEMiT.
Mr. Chamberlain said it was on the invi
tation of the Parnellites that the matter was
made a subject of inquiry. If the Govern
ment had instituted criminal proceedings, it
would have been open to all the censure
which Lord Bandolph Churchill had be
stowed upon it. The Government treated
the allegations as libels which might or
might not be disproved, and indicated
then that the accused should take the usual
steps to defend their characters.
He denied that the commission was the'
result ot bis personal suggestion. Expe
rience showed that it was the best and only
tribunal to condnct the inquiry. The chief
objection to it was that the Judges would not
be impartial. That was not said now.
Parnellite cries of "Yes."
It was urged that the Times, if found
guilty, would have absolute immunity in
subsequent proceedings Parnellite cheers,
but allegations against the commission
proved to be baseless.
THE TOBY VIEW.
No parliamentary committee could have
conducted the inquiry so exhaustively and
well. He urged that there was no reason
for receiving the findings of any consti
tutional tribunal with suspicion. Mr.
Gladstone had admitted the assiduity,
ability, learning and perfect absolute good
faith of the Judges. Cheers. Sir Charles
Bussell had spoken ot their judgment as im
partial. The fact that the Judges were
spoken of as having prepossessions and
political sentiments should not vitiate their
findingston matters of fact
The House would simply adopt the gen
eral effect of the report without pledging
itself to every word. He asked to whom
the House would appeal if it refused to
adopt the Judges' opinion on matters of fact.
He warned the House, with an imperfect
recollection of the terms of the report,
against assuming judicial functions by de
clining to accept the Judges' findings. He
urged the House to leave the matter in the
hands of the nation. Cheers.
Mr. Jennings withdrew his amendment
Mr. Caine (Liberal Unionist) moved a sim
ilar amendment, condemning the Times,
which was rejected 321 to 259.
A COMPLETE SUEPEISE,
Mr, Jennintra explained -that. ia-bad no
desire to stab the Government in the back.
Lord Bandolph Churchill's speech was a
complete surprise to him and changed
his position, his own amendment
not being intended to be hostile
to the Government. He contended that
a commission shonld never have been
appointed to inquire into the minor charges
against the Parnellites, which in 1885 had
not deterred the Government from accepting
Irish support Had the serious charges
been proved, Mr. Parnell must have been
expelled and prosecuted.
Mr. Labouchere said he expected to see
Lord Bandolph Churchill blossom into a
genuine Eadical. He related from his own
independent inquiries the circumstance of a
meeting between a constable of Pinkerton's
men and a British constable, Jarvis, at
Kansas City, both employed by the Times
as agents, p'roving that the Government had
abetted negotiations which amounted to
offering Sheridan 25,000 for a document
that would incriminate Mr. Parnell.
' AN EXCITING SCENE.
A scene of the most intense excitement
lasted several minutes. Mr. Goschen
taunted air. Sexton in reference to the
Salisbury letter, and both rose to their feet
and neither would give way. Mr. Goschen
and the Parnellites burled such epithets as
"coward," etc. Mr. Goschen defended him
self with the reproach that the attacks of the
Opposition were based upon information
which they themselves had purchased.
Amid shouts of "adjourn" and calls of
"Morley," Mr. Caine moved his amend
ment. Mr. Morley congratulated him for
the courage ho displayed, and said he would
support the amendment, not because it
would do much good, but because it was
necessary for the dignity of the House.
Mr. Smith invoked the cloture rule, and
the division was taken on Mr. Caine's
amendment. Mr. Smith's motion with ref
erence to the commission's report was then
agreed to, amid cheers from the Ministerial
benches.
AMEEICAN CATTLE
To bo a Subject lor Lcelslntion In England
This Tear Steps to bo TaKon to
Insure the Receipt of
Uenltfay Animals.
London, March 11. Mr. James William
Barclay, member for Fordyce, asked in the
House of Commons to-day whether the
Government would take measures to ascer
tain if cattle from the Western States of
America were free from contagion, and if
they were free, whether they could not be
conveyed to England without contact with
animals from the Eastern States, among
which disease might exist.
The Bt. Hon. Henry Chaplin, president
of the Board of Agriculture, replied that
such an inquiry as that asked for by Mr.
Barclay would be impossible. In 1888, he
said, pieuro-pneumonia existed in Chicago
and the surrounding district. In Illinois
alone, 1,425 head of cattle were affected. It
was therefore hardly probable that the dis
ease had disappeared.
He further said that the Government in
tended to introduce legislation in connection
with the subject, which he hoped would be
passed this year.
IN THE INTEREST OP ART.
Many Students, Including; Americans, Hav
ing Trouble Willi tlio German Clericals.
BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPACT.
Munich, March 11. The artists and
students here, including many Americans,
are greatly incensed at the clerical majority
in the Chamber expunging from the budget
all grants from the promotion of art and
science. Small riotines have taken place
daily and are to culminate in a monster pro
test meeting, which has been fixed for Luit
pold's birthday, on next Wednesday.
The Clerical leaders, Dolle Geigerand and
Orlcrer, are especially unpopular, and have
asked for police protection. Otherwise they
are afraid to attend the Chambers. Geiger
and states that he fears a renewal of the
revolution of 1848.
THE LATEST TORT SCHEME.
It Is Probablo That the O'Shea Divorce Case
Will Come Up Soon.
London, March 11. It is improbable
that the divorce case in which Mr. Parnell
is a co-respondent will be tried bpfore au
tumn. Mr. Parnell is entitled to three
weeks in which to tile his answer, but he
will probably apply for an extension of
time.
Going to Elovnto tho Stnse.
TBT DUNLAP'E CABLE COMPANY.
London, March 11. Lady Colin-Campbell
is stage struck. She has written a
drama in which she will take the leading
part, and is negotiating for a London theater
in which to produce it.
Lo Cnron is Becoming Sensitive.
London, March 11. Le Caron denounces
as a forgery the letter which Mr. Sexton
read in the House of Commons, purporting
to be from Le Caron to a son of Mr. Pow
derly. TO HEAL A LACERATED HEART.
A Chlcoco Womnn Suesn Clothing Merchant
for 8100,000 Damages.
CniCAGO, March 11. A suit for $100,000
for breach of promise of marriage was com
menced in the United States Circuit Court,
yesterday, against Louis C. Wachmuth,
senior member of the firm of L. C. Wach
muth & Co., wholesale clothing dealers.
The plaintiff is Miss Jennie M. Paul, a
stately brunette of 25, daughter of the late
A M. Paul. Miss Paul's attorneys de
clined to give any ot the details of the case.
Miss Paul is in Washington visiting her
sister. Her attorney also said: "I had ex
pected that the suit would be settled, but I
doubt whether it will now."
Wachmuth is single, 37 years old and
quite a favorite, belonging to the Farragut,
the Union and other clubs. Miss Paul is a
member of good society, and has moved in
South Side circles quite extensively. Mr.
Wachmnth was absent from his place of
business to-day. His brother said that it
was claimed by Miss Paul that Wachmuth
had paid her attention since 1883, and that
he had frequently promised to marry her,
but had not done so. Wachmuth has en
gaged lawyers, and is alleged' to have pre
pared to fight Miss Paul's big claim.
PENNSYLVANIA PLANS.
Tho Issno of 400,000 Additional Shares of
Stock Unnnlmouslr Authorized.
Philadelphia, March 11. At the an
nual meeting of the Pennsylvania Bailroad
to-day, after the reading of the annual re
port, which has already been published, the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That in view of tho statement
made In the annual report jnst presented, tho
stockholders hereby authorize the Board ot Di
rectors of the company to issue from time to
time 400.000 additional shares ot the capital
stock of this company, tbe said shares to be
issued, apportioned and disposed of as the di
rectors may deem for tbe best interests of the
company.
In reply to a question by Mr. William E.
Lockwood, President Boberts stated that
the amount of stock unissued and authorized
by the stockholders was $750,000. The total
amount of authorized stock at present is
$37,450,550. The increase about to be made
of 400,000 shares at $50 a share, amounting
to $20,000,000, would still leave the amount
unasked for; and which the company is em
powered to issue under its charter, $17,500,-
ooo. This statement was greeted witnac
plaujset
a wrrv rumTKr t tmt?q . vt.vwv.k AnnrrRTCKR rsfc ip si i nn umir a
James Hamilton Howells Jones, of
Pitfeburg, Attempts to
END EIS LIFE BY TAKING ETHER
In the Church of the Heavenly Eest, at
' New iork City.
A LETTER TO HIS TWO SISTERS HERE.
He Desired EeT. Maxwell, of Trinity, to Officiate at
D:s FnseraL
James H. H. Jones, of Pittsburg, took
ether with suicidal intent in a. New York
church yesterday. He was taken to a hos
pital, and will recover, which fact he greatly
regrets. He wrote a letter to his two sisters
in Pittsburg, explaining his motive. He
wished Bev. Maxwell to bury him.
rsr CIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
New Yoek, March 11. In Lent the
Church ot the Heavenly Eest, in Fifth ave
nue, near Forty-fifth street, is open from
10 in the morning until nightfall. It is no
uncommon thing for 50 persons to be in the
chnrch at once in the afternoon. They pass
in and out at will, sit in the pews, kneel on
the cushions to pray or wander up and
down the aisles. There were several persons
in the church at 330 o'clock this afternoon.
The janitor's assistant was sitting near the
door talking in a low tone of voice to a
member of the choir.
The door opened and a young man entered
slowly. He was well dressed. The door
man and the singer merely glanced at him
as he walked slowly up the middle aisle and
took a seat close to the altar and directly in
front of it. Then they went on with their
whispered conversation. A noise as of
something falling made everyone in the
church look toward the altar.
STAETLED THE SILENT CHUKCH.
The young man had slipped from the seat
partly to the floor. A moment later he
dropped wholly on the floor. The noise he
made would have been inconsiderable any
where else, but in the silent church it was
startling. The doorman and the choir
singer ran to the young man's assistance,
They thought he had had a fit until they
reached the pew and caught a strong
odor of ether. Then they sent people for
Dr. Bainey nnd a policeman.
The excitement spread outside the church
at once and the people ran in from the
streets until they were obliged to close the
doors. Sexton Alexander Davidson and
policeman Joseph Sontheimer came in.
The policeman rang for an ambulance. The
man seemed stupid at first A surgeon
from Belleville hospital gave him a dose of
something which woko him up and he ex
claimed: "O, why didn't I die?" He con
tinued to make this exclamation at in
tervals. He had dropped a letter when first picked
up. The policeman and the doctor shook
him and walked him about in the church,
and poked him and did all they could to re
vive him. Every now and then he wonld
stiffen himself and mutter something.
TO DIE AT THE ALTAE.
"I came in here to die," he exclaimed.
"I wanted to die in church, close to the
altar."
He had swallowed the ether. He said he
was James Hamilton Howells Jones, of
Pittsburg. "He had been in New York a
week, and was boarding at 36 West Twenty
fourth street, where a couple of pawn tickets
might be found. He said he had not a cent
left, and wanted to die. All this came out
in disjointed sentences. The policeman
took notes. Tn half an hour the doctor
thought ther could move him safely, and
he was put in the ambulance and taken to
Bellevue.
There was a great crowd waiting outside
the church and this disturbed Jones greatly.
"Oh, LordI Idon'twant to face thatcrowd,"
he exclaimed. "I'd rather die." At the
hospital he was searched and nothing was
found but a scarfpin with a tiny diamond in
it. He had neither money nor papers The
letter which he dropped in the church was
written upon Windsor Hotel note paper and
enclosed in an envelope bearing the hotel
mark. It was unsealed. The address was:
"Mrs. Ben Balston, 144 Forty-fifth street,
Pittsburg." The letter read:
TEXT OF THE LETTER
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Emma and Marie:
When you read this I will be no more. I was
so unhappy that I bad no desire to live. I ask
your forgiveness for leaving home. Eliza,
yon find my standing in tho lodge
of A. O. K. of M. C. is all right
1 paid up in full to 1st of April. The money
I want to go you. Have the lodge bury me. I
should also like to have my pastor, tbe Rev.
Mr. Maxwell, rector of Trinity, to preach my
funeral services. You will And in my inside
coat pocket two pawn tickets, one for a ring
and watch. Excuse the writing of your un
happy brother, as I am very nervous. With
lovo to all, from your unhappy brother.
JAMES HAMILTON HOWELLS J OSES.
Mr. Jones will have an opportunity to ex
plain the circumstances of his attempted
suicide in person to his brothers and sisters,
for there is no danger of his death. He did
not take much ef the ether, the doctors said.
He was put in the cage and will be ar
raigned in court on a charge of attempting
suicide as soon as he can get out He re
fused to talk to the doctors about himself.
He said he was 24 years old.
HARRISON IS SAFE.
A Successful Test of tbe Wbtto Uonse
Fire Alarm Apparatus.
Washington, March 11. A test was
made this morning of the new fire alarm ap
paratus in the White House, and of the
efficiency of the district fire department
Both were highly satisfactory. In two
minutes from the time that the alarm hook
was pulled a stream of water was flowing
from a hose in front of the house, and in
7 minutes and 50 seconds four engines were
on the spot and at work. A hook and
ladder truck and a reserve squad of police
men had also made their appearance, and
ladders were raised to the roof.
The alarm was a complete surprise to the
fire companies, who made wonderful time in
getting to the house. Engine No. 6 traveled
a distance of 11 squares and a half in 3 min
utes and 40 seconds.
DALZELL FOE CONGRESS.
The Private Thinks He Can Carry One of
the Gerrymandered Districts.
ISrECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATOn.1
Caldwell, O., March 11. Private
Dalzell is a candidate for Congress in the
gerrymandered Sixteenth Ohio district. It
is ordinarily Democratic by 500 to 1,000,
but the Private's friends claim that inore
than that many Democratic soldiers will
vote for him, and have no doubt whatever
of his election.
The soldiers throughout the country, ac
cording to Dalzell's triends, would hail the
Private's election to Congress as a favorable
omen tbat they are to be recognized and re
warded politically as they never were be
fore. Burglars nave a Hearing.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.'
Scottdale, March 11. At the hearing
in the case of Cranbcry and Carling,
charged with larceny in entering the Hunter
boarding house, the former was released and
Jtha latter taken to jail,
Confront Captain McCalla ns Men Who
Have Rensoa f o Complain of narsh
Treatment A Surprise at the
Opening of the Trial.
1SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
New Yoek, March 11. The court ap
pointed to investigate the charges of cruelty
made against Captain Bowman H. McCalla,
of the United States sloop-of-war Enter
prise was organized at noon to-day in Boom
7 in the navy yard. Bear Admiral Kimberly
sat at the head of a table, with Commodore
William P. McCann and Captain Oscar F.
Stanton, his associates in the tribunal, on
either side, while Judge Advocate Perry
Garst occupied the end of the table. All
were in full uniform. At 12 o'clock Captain
McCalla, also in fall uniform, entered, ac
companied by his counsel, Joseph H.Choate
and Gustavus B. Menzes, a lawyer of Indi
ana, formerly in the navy and a classmate
in the training school with the defendant
The President announced that a visit
would be paid to the Enterprise. When the
court had boarded the vessel. Commander
McCalla mustere'd his men, and Jndge Ad
vocate Garst read the orders from Washing
ton. Admiral Kimberly then stepped for
ward, and commanded all men or officers
who had any complaint to make about harsh
discipline and cruel treatment during their
terms of service on the Enterprise, to step
forward to the starboard part of the quarter
deck. There was a dead silence. Com
mander McCalla looked anxiously over his
men. Judge Choate smiled, and the mem
bers of the court-martial looked surprised.
Suddenlv one seaman stepped forward.
This broke the ice, and five more followed
him. Then two firemen stepped out, and a
marine came down from the bridge. Chief
Engineer James Entwist came forward, and
Ensign G. W. Cline followed.
Eleven men in all stood in a row silently
signifying that they had complaints to make
of harsh treatment. Their names were: M.
Keary, William Fitzpatrick, J. W. Bitner,
Paul Henning, J. W. Henning, S. G. West
berg, A. C. Neill, Ensign G.W.Kline,
Engineer James Entwistle, Jeremiah Shay
and J. M. Hughes. After this operation
was gone through the court adjourned until
10 A. 21. to-morrow.
TO INVESTIGATE TANNEE.
A Southern Representative Makes an Appeal
for Speedy Action.
Washington, March 11. In the House
to-day Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, as a matter
of privilege, moved to discharge the Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions from the further
consideration of a resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Interior for the evi
dence taken and report to him by
the committee appointed to investigate
the management of the Pension Office un
der Commissioner Tanner, for information
as to what steps have been taken to recover
the money paid to persons who were illegally
and imDroperlv re-rated: for a list of the
employes of the Pension Office who were
engaged in re-rating themselves, and for in
formation as to whether any ot them have
been discharged on account of participation
in such frauds upon the Government.
Mr. Enloe said that the country desired
this information, but that the committee had
taken no action upon the resolution which
he had offered early in the session. Com
missioner Tanner had kept in good faith
the promises he had made on the stump,
and the country wanted to know
the reasons why he had been
kicked out The entire administration
of the Pension Office should be thoroughly
investigated and overhauled by a commit
tee of'the House. The day for shaking the
bloody shirt as an excuse for robbing the
public treasury ought to pass. If there had
been robbery and corruption let the light
of day be turned on and let the men who
were concerned in it be consigned to eternal
infamy.
A TEEI N07EL WEDDING.
Tbe
Combined Ages of the Bridal Party
Amounting to '-GO Years.
rFFECTAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Wilkesbaeee, Pa., March 11. A
novel wedding took place at the Courtright
House this city to-day. The combined ages
of the bridal party was269 years, as follows:
Bridegroom, Shabrack Gregory, 81; bride,
Mrs. Mary C. Marr, 61; groom's best man,
E. V. "Vanhorn, 63; bridemaid, 64. Justice
of the Peace Colen, of Union township, tied
the knots. The bride was dressed in her
first wedding trousseau, made 42 years ago.
She was as frisky as a young girl ofl7, and
the bridegroom climbed three flights of
stairs on a time bet He performed the task
with the agility of a youth.
Addressing the 'Squire before the cere
mony, he said: "Now, Justice, don't
imagine that because I am four-score tbat I
am a fool. I don't know how much love
theie is in this match, bnt there is enough to
make Mame and me happy until we are
parted by death. There will" be no divorce
in our case. I am lonely; so is tbe woman.
We want to enjoy each other's company in
our old age, and that is what we are nere lor.
Proceed with the ceremony.
A EEAL ESTATE AGENT AEEESTED.
Accused of Hnvlng Fraudulently Obtained
8200,000 Worth of Land.
Chicago, March 11. Jay Boride, a
Kansas City real estate agent, who is ac
cused of having fradulently obtained a con
veyance to himself from two illiterate
colored people of that town of $200,000 worth
of real estate for $1, is under arrest in this
city. An officer lrom Kansas City arrived
here this morning with a requisition from
Governor Francis, of Missouri, and he will
take Boride back with him to-night In his
possession were found the deeds given him
by the Sweeneys.
Examining Treasurer Noland's Books.
Jeffeeson Cut, March 1L It is be
lieved the commission investigating the
books of the State Treasury will complete
its labors to-night Finis Marshall, a mem
ber of the commission, says the shortage
will be in the neighborhood of $32,800.
Lou V. Stepbors, of Booneville, Mo., is
looked upon as Treasurer Noland's suc
cessor. '
Mrs. Storrs Awarded n Limited Divorce.
New Yoek, March 11. Judge Ingra
ham, of the Supreme Court, has awarded
Mrs. Allien F. Storrs a limited divorce from
George M. Storrs, son of the late Emory A.
Storrs, of Chicago, on the ground of cruel
treatment and habitual drnnkenness.
AWcalthr Block Broker Dead.
CniCAGO, March 11. John T. Lester,
the wealthy stock broker, died to-night He
has been an invalid for two or three years,
having become broken down physically by
excessively close attention to business.
A Bali Plnver Found Guilty of Murder.
New Xoek, March 11. A verdict of
murder in the first degree has been found
against baseball player James J. Slocum,
who murdered his wife in New York on
New Year's eve.
Denlh of Rev. John F. Cowles.
Obeelin, March 11. Bev. John P.
Cowles, aged 85, for many years professor in
the Oberlln College, died at Ipswich, Mass.,
yesterday. He had been blind for several
years,
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via if
-rahela's Dams and
.orth $4,000,000,
Locfe
THEFEANCHISE INCLUDED.
Argnments of the Navigation Com
pany's Counsel Before the
EIYER AND HARBOR COMMITTEE.
Under the Present System the Extent and
Talne of the
COAL TRADE HATE GEEATLI INCREASED
Attorneys Shiras and Carnahan appeared
before the Biver and Harbor Committee at
Washington on behalf of the Monongahela
Navigation Company. They argued that if
the Government appropriated one of the
locks, it shonld take all. Full compensa
tion for the property, including the fran
chise, should be made. The value to the
stockholders was placed at $4,000,000.
FROM A STAIT COBBISP05DEIT.1
Washington. March lL The repre
sentatives of the Monongahela Navigation
Company were to-day accorded a hearing by
the Biver and Harbor Committee of the
Home for the purpose of informing tha
committee of the other side of the proposi
tion which was submitted to them a few
days ago by Mr. John Dravo in behalf of
the Pittsburg Coal Exchange.
It will be remembered that Mr. Dravo
urged the purchase by the Government of
all the locks and dams and other improve
ments on Monongahela river belonging to
the navigation compa ny for the purpose of
relieving the coal men of the necessity of
paying tolls on the coal passing over the
rivpr. Two years ago Congress appropriated
$162,000 for the nnrchaseof one of the locks,
No. 7.
status of the dispute.
That sum was not satisfactory to the com
pany and the matter was referred to an ap
praising committee, which reported in favor
of paying $209,000 for the lock, exclusive of
the company's franchise. The Government
appealed from this decision, and carried the
matter into the courts. The hearing of this
case is set for the second Monday in May in
the Circuit Court of Pittsburg.
On account of the enforced absence of Mr,
Townsend, the Pennsylvania member of the
Biver and Harbor Committee, Congressman
Gibson, of Maryland, introduced 3Ir.
George Shiras, one of the attorneys of tha
navigation company, to the other members.
Mr. Shiras' argument was brief and to tha
point. He said:
I can very shortly stato the position of the
Monongahela Navigation Company in this
matter. Tbo company simply asks to be let
alone. Its stockholders are satisfied with their
investment which, after paying nothing for a
number of years, is now lucrative. The com
munity is satisfied with the work of the com
pany, and it Is a very small band ot coal men
who are in opposition to us. Our works havo
undoubtedly vastly increased the commerce of
that neighborhood. And there ara some coal
dealers who have been made rich by the exist
ence of our system of locks and dams.
MIE TOLLS AEE LOW.
The community at large is also satisfied with
the tolls charged by tbe company, which are
lower than those of any similar company in
the country. Now the proposition is that Con
gress shall acquire the right and title to the
property of this company, and make tha
Monongahela river a public highway free of
tolls. If Congress shonld decide to take
this property, there i3 one point on which we
all agree, and that is that it shall not be taken
by piecemeal.
To take one Iockatatimo wo aid involve a,
great deal of litigation, and the matter wonld
probably extend over -0 years. Such a course
also would work an injustice to tbe owners, as
they would have no knowledge as to when tha
next wonld be taken, and the valne of the
property would be considerably affected. If
taken at all, we want it taken as a whole. Rat
when we come to the question of the necessary
appropriation we differ.
While it is nothing to the coal men how much
or how little we receive for the property, it is,
of conrse, a subject which interests both us
and this committee. Between the estimates
which the coal men give, and the estimates
which we give there is a wide difference, and
tho committee might find it difficult to decide.
AS TO THE FEANCHISE
Owing to the legislation of last year a causa
originated in the Circuit Court of Western
Pennsylvania out of one grotesque feature of
tho bill making tbe appropriation. This pre
scribes that in estimating the damages ot tha
company in the condemnation of lock No. 7,
the franchise should not be allowed for. Wa
claim that there is no constitutional validity in
this clause, and that the value of the property
can only ba determined by a reference to its
earning capacity. We farther claim that tha
question whether a franchise is property is a
Judicial and not a legislative question, and,
should go to tho courts for a determination.
Congress bas no power to settle tbat point
Now. 1 don't see why we shonld be called upon
to come here while this question is pending be
fore a court having jurisdiction over such
matters.
If this committeo deem it proper that tha
United States shonld move in this matter, at
least no move should be made. I humbly sug
gest, until this question is decided. But if you
still decide to move and to take the property,
take it at a fair valuation and as a whole. We
value it at $1,000,000. There will ba 40,000 shares
when tbe existing bonded debt is run into
shares, as is raDidly being done, and it pays 12
per cent on this basis. You will see tbat H000,-
000 is little enough. It is admitted that the
United States has jurisdiction In this matter,
and can make the Monongahela a free highway
if it choose to act, but it can only do so after
giving a just compensation to tha owners of tha
improvements which it proposes to take into its
possession.
THE EEAL POINT.
The earning capacity of those improvements
must be taken into consideration in determin
ing tbe value of those improvements. Wiea
the United States comes to take a valuable
series of works to themselves a just compensa
tion does not refer to how much tha United
States could put the dams there for. The point
is the value to those who bava the property,
not the value to those who take it I will un
dertake to say that the United States could
not pnt down seven dams on the McnnogaheL
as useful and valuable for reservoir purposes
as those now in existence for $4,000,000. En
gineers say tbat dams which have stood tha
torrents of a river for somo years are more val
uable than artificial structures newly put up,
because they become stronger. But tbe point
1 particularly make is that in determining tha
value of a piece of property the measure of its
value is its earning power.
With this Mr. Shiras concluded his speech
and the committee took a recess until 2
o'clock. Upon reassembling Mr. B. B.
Carnahan, another attorney of the company,
addressed the commjttee. In commencing
he described the condition of the Mononga
hela belore the improvements of the com
pany had been made, and told how he used
to walk across the river barefoot He said
that the building of the dams and locks had
created a great commerce, and quoted fig
ures in snpport of this assertion, showing
Continued on JSizth JPoge,
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