aagaass & flje JM&mWb . FIRST PART. v , PAGES 1 TO 8. i - -- i . to t FORTY-FIFTH YEAR. PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1890 TWELVE PAGES. Ay THEEE CENTS &n TANNERNUMBERIWO Commissioner Baum Already in Hot Water, Haying A FIGHT ON WITH BUSSEY, The Man Who Really Euns the De partment of the Interior. A KUMBER OF EMPLOYES FIRED, Bnt Promptly Reinstated j the Power Behind the Throne. THE ILLINOIS MAX TOO POOE TO EICK The Pension Office is already the scene of another battle. Commissioner Eaum has crossed the path of Assistant Secretary Bussey, who was the cause of Tanner's fall, and a conflict is inevitable. In carrying out his policy Eanm dismissed a number of employes, but his orders were promptly re voked. The Commissioner needs the salary of the position, but may be forced to sub mit for that reason. IFBOH A STATF C01UtESPONT)Eh-T.I Vashkgios, March 20. The Pension Bureau see:cs destined to be always in a condition of unrest. General Green B. Eaum was selected for Commissioner of Pensions bs the result of a consultation between Presi dent Harrison, Sc cretary Noble and Assist ant Secretary Bussey. Eaum promised to carry out the policy of the Interior Depart ment to a dot if h: were pnt into the office, and he has endeavored to do so as he under stood the policy, hut he, like Tanner, ap pears to have ru n against Assistant Secre tary Bussey, and again there are "strained relations" between these two officers. General Eaum started in with a will to turn out the empl oyes who had carried out the policy of Corporal Tanner in regard to relating and othe r matters. Months ago he recommended a ;aumber of chiefs of di visions, examiners' and other clerks for dis missal, and the employes were asked for their resignations. SOON STRUCK A SNAG. The latter refuted to comply, and when General Eaum proceeded to order their dis missal, he was in tercepted by the higher court in the great building of the Interior Department. It is only a few weeks since the first employe was dismissed, and he was Mr. Smith, a chief of division, a Democrat from St. Louis, appointed by General Black. Later came another dismissal. Clerk Hersee, who was appointed during Presi dent Arthur's administration, but who, after the election of Cleveland, became a violent Democrat, and in the Democratic investigation into the methods of Commis sioner Dudley, General Black's predecessor, Hersee gave vicious testimony against his former chief. Clerk Phillips, another dis missal, was a Dartic ular and demonstrative friend of Corporal Tanner, and did not be come discreetly quiet after the removal of the Corporal. Major Wrigh another clerk, who was recommended for dismissal simultaneously with Hersee, was .another close friend de fender of Tanner. NOT rOB THAT CAUSE. It may be said, therefore, that not a single clerk has been dis missed on account of being re-rated and receiving thousands of dollars of back pension m oney, though this was the bugaboo which sc ared the department, and led it to declare ihat not a single re-rated man ihould remain in office, and that the pension of every re -rated man should be held up to make restitu tion to the Government of the amount of b ick pay. In the most cold-blooded manner Eaum has insisted -on the dismissal of one-armed and one-legged soldiers, to carry out this thrcatof the department, butsome powermys teriously above" him, in direct opposition to its own policy announced when Eaum was appointed, has stayed the hand of the execu tioner, and the clerks are all at their desks. Possibly this is" the result of a discovery that under the law the department cannot compel restitution of the back pay without resort to the courts. This has been decided in earlier case s, and is probably the reason ior the modified policy. WORDED VAGUELY ON PURPOSE. There is no doubt in the mind of persons whose business it has been to follow pension legislation closely, that the law was intended to leave the way open for re-ratings of the class objected to by the department. The act was drawn "by the One-legged and One armed Veterans' Association. When it was presented to Senator Mitchell, of Pennsyl vania, then Ch airman of the Senate Com mittee on Pensions, that gentleman told the Boldiers the wording of the law must be altered or it wou Id not pass, as the Demo crats of the Hou se would oppose all further legislation granting back pensions. The wording w "as therefore made so vague that a Commissioi ler of Pensions or Secretary of the Interior at all friendly to crippled veterans might fairly construe it to allow re rating. A discovery of these facts has made Assistant S3 ecretary Bussey hesitate, though General E aum would willingly cut a wide swatli with his headsman's ax. Major "Wright was saved from dismissal by the timely interven tion of the Ohio Repub lican delegation in Congress, but when no one stepped,in to save re-rated clerks, Bussey himself has kept th.sm in place. BUSSEV'S FIKM STAND. "Within 24 hours Commissioner Eaum has Insisted on the removal of several of the re rated men singled out for dismissal months ago, and Bussey hsis not only stood by the crippled veterans for the moment when it seemed as if their last gasp had come, but has assured them, at least some of them, that they shall not be removed at all. Baum is very indignant at this, and has appealed to Secre' '-y Noble. The latter is inclined to side b the Commissioner, but he has , great confidence in Bussey, and will, it is thought, hardly split with him. ' So far as Bussey and Baum are concerned, something like the Tanner-Bussey warfare seems about to be began between them. One thing which will tend to make Baum tractable, however, is that he cannot afford to give up the salary of the office. He is poor, and his law practice amounted to lit tle, and the appointment was a godsend to him. The situation is interesting, for the particular reason that it now has the same phases which immediately preceded the out break of the Tanner-Bussey quarrel. LlGHTNER. THE LEADERS ALABMED Became or the Lack ot Progress of Im- partnnt Legislation In Congress fceuntor 10 Take Action Looking to a Focedy Change. ISrECIAL TELXORAM TO THI DI8rATCn.l "Washington, March 20. The Eepubli can leaders in both the House and Senate are becoming alarmed at the outlook for the important legislation to which the party is committed. Almost four months of the session is gone and practically nothing has been done. On Tuesday night a conference of Republicans was held at the house of Mr. Edmunds, where Senators gave free vent to their feelings on the situation, and protested that immediate steps should be taken looking to the disposal of some portion of the mass of im portant legislation piled up on the calendar and in the committees. Senator Ed munds pointed out to his colleagues their duty in very plain language, and the result ot the meeting was an ap pointment of a committee of Senators to arrange an order of business, which it is de clared will be religiously lived up to. Among the measures which the Senators are committed to and which are all con tending for the right of way. are the Pacific Eailroad funding bill, the dependent pen sion bill, the general land erant forfeiture bill, the customs adminis trative bill, the Sherman anti-trust bill, the Windoni silver bill, and a score of others of equal importance from a party point of view. So far the committee to ar range an order of business has not been able to come to any formal agreement, as they have not succeeded in reconciling the conflicting interests. It is probable, how ever, that the land grant forfeiture bill, the dependent pensions bill and the customs ad ministrative bill will be taken up in the order named, and the arrangement of the others determined upon hereafter. Mr. Edmunds has given notice to his col leagues that he will expect to-morrow to go into executive session, and remain there until after the nominations of the Florida Judges shall be disposed of. Alter that an adjournment will probably be taken until Monday. TOO MANY KICKERS. Tbe Republican Member of tbe Ways and Means Committee Forced to Post- pone Tbelr BUI Tbe Schedule on Raw Silks AlrendT Changed. tFHOM A STAFF CORKESI'OJTDESJT.I "Washington, March 20. The protests which have been coming in from Uew Jer sey and Connecticut with regard to the pro posed duty of 1 per pound on raw silk have caused the "Ways and Means Committee to reconsider that portion of their bill. It is learned to-day that a change will probably be made so as to make the duty 30 per cent ad valorem of the raw silk. This will not be entirely satisfactory, but the silk men will probably accept it as a compromise. The manufacturers in this instance want free raw material. The Republicans of the "Ways and Means Committee are beset on all sides to change the details of the tariff bill. Items that were agreed upon after mature deliberation are attacked. Business interests affected by the proposed changes are clamoring for a reconsideration, and members, acting upon requests from their constituents, are seeking to secure protection for their interests to a degree beyond that fixed in the bill. As a result the completion of the measure is delayed, and it is now stated that it can not bcreported to the full committee to morrow as intended. EVAETS OPPOSING HAEEIS0N. A Diipnto Between tbo Two About tbe Presentation of a SlednL rEFECIAL TELEQEAM TO TUB DtSPATCrtl "Washington, March 20. By authority of an act of Congress, the Secretary of the Treasury has had prepared a gold medal to be presented to Joseph Francis, the in ventor of the life car. The medal has been struck and is now in the keeping of Secre tary "Windom. Mr. Francis live3 in Brook lyn, but for many years has, during the ses sion of Congress, resided In "Washington. The presentation of the medal will be made in a few days. Delay is caused by a curious complication. President Harrison wants the presentation to be made at the "White House, with cere monies commensurate with the importance of the event, commemorating as it does one of the greatest of humane inventions, and convej ing to the venerable inventor the all too tardy recognition and thanks of this country. On the other hand. Senator Evarts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Library, who has charge of the mat ter for Congress, for some inscrutable rea son or other, wants the medal taken to the inventor by a private messenger. COMMERCE WITH CANADA. The Home Committeo Takes a Step in Favor of Reciprocity. "Washington, March 20. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day by a unanimous vote instructed its Chairman, Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, to report to the House the following joint resolution: That whenever it shall be duly certified to the President of tbe United States that the Government of the Dominion ot Canada has declared a desire to enter into such commercial arrangements w;th the United States as wonld result in tbe complete removal of all duties on trade beveen Canada and tbe United States, he shall appoint three commissioners to meet tliose who may be designated to represent tbe Government of Canada to consider the best method of extending tbe trade relations be tween Canada and the United States, and to as certain upon wbat terms greater freedom of in tercourse between the two countries can be best secured, and said commissioners sball report to tbe President, who shall lay tbe report before Congress. STEEL KAILS F0K MEXICO. Americans Crowding (be European Article Out ot That Marktt. "Washington, March 20. Consul Gen eral Sutton, at Neuvo Laredo, Mex., has re ported to the State Department that 25,000 tons ot American steel rails have been re cently imported into Mexico for use in the construction of the Monterey and Mexican Gulf Bail way. He says the Presidentof theroad informed him that the cost was less than it would have been on the same quantity of European rails of the same grade, and the Consul con gratulates the country on the transaction as being the first successful competition in Mexico with the European product. TAMPERED WITH THE JUKI. Sensational Charge Blado by the District Attorney Against a Wisconsin Sheriff". Ashland, Wis., March 20. District Attorncv Bossman has practically charged Under Sheriff Cohen with tampering with the Perrin robbery case jury. The two men came together to-day in the Municipal Court and there was a sensational scene. SOLD BY THE SHERIFF. Another Torn In tbo Misfortunes of the Boeder Glne Company A Proposition for n Compromise Belnc Consid ered br the Creditors. SewYoek, March 20. The "William A. Baeder Glue Company, at 283 Pearl street, was sold out by the Sheriff to-day under several executions. The company has made a proposition to compromise with the creditors at 25 cents on the dollar, 10 cents cash and 15 cents at four and eight months, and a committee ot creditors, com posed of S. Townsend, G. F. Taylor and "William Flaccns, have the matter under advisement, and will make an examination of the accounts. The statement of the com pany's creditors shows gross liabilities of $343,728, of which 5125,500 are preferred. The nominal assets in New York are valued at $191,500, against which there are judgments and other claims to the amount of 5108,500. The nominal assets at Pitts burg are about 562,800, which are fully covered by the confessed judgments and wages, so that the actual assets, all of which are in Hew York, are atout $83,000. The company was not incorporated, but was a co-partnership composed of Messrs. Kern, Baeder and Haughey. The latter, it will be remembered, was accused of causing the failure of the concern by using the com pany's notes for his own benefit. A KICK FE0U THE BREWEES. They Claim an Equiility With All Other Manufacturing; Concerns. ISfECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATClt.l Haekisburg, March 20. The brewers of the State are generally resisting the tax on their capital stock, because, as manufactur ing corporations or firms, they cannot be constitutionally taxed while other manufac turing concerns are exempt from this species of taxation. To-day 12 appeals were filed in the Prothonotary's office in this city from as many brewing companies from the settle ments made against them by the Auditor General. The capital stock of the complain ing companies reaches about 54,700,000, and the tax aggregates about 515,000. Tbe following is a list of the cases, indi cating the amount of tax involved in each: Keystone Brewing Company, Allegheny, $750; the Eberbardt and Ober Brewing Company, Allegheny, $700; J. L. Ober & Bro. Brewing Company, Allegheny, $9G; C. Balnerlem Brewing Companv, Allegheny, S600; F. A. Both Company, Philadelphia, 51,044 33; Lauer Brewing Company, Bead ing, $112 50; Germania Brewing Company, Philadelphia, 51,500; Lewis Bergdoll, Phil adelphia, $1,800; John F. Betz & Son, Phil adelphia, $1,806; Bersner & Engel Brewing Company, Philadelphia, $2,880; Arnholdt & Shaeler Brewing Company, $1,578 90. THE CHINESE MUST GO. Master Laundrymen of New York win Commence Action at Once. rSFICIAI. TZLEORAM TO THE DISPATCH.! XewYork, March 20. The Executive Committee of the Master Laundrymen's As sociation met again to-day in the Metropoli tan Hotel. President Gates H. Barnard said that the company bad decided to begin operations in this city. They had ascer tained that there were 57 Chinese laundries on Eighth avenue, between Fourteenth and Forty-second streets, and only three laun dries run by white people. He said that the sub-committee would try to persuade the pa trons of the Chinese laundries to take their custom to the Caucasian laundries. It was said by other persons that a very energetic campaign would be begun against the Chinamen. Men would be stationed outside tbe doors of the laundries who would urge, by argument, the withdrawal of all patronage from the Chinamen's laundries. Also, persuasive arguments would be used to induce the Chinamen to give up their laundries or to induce the landlords to turn them out. A LUNATIC SUICIDES, Rather Than Allow Imaginary Pursuers to Mnrder Him. rSFKCIAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 "Wheeling, March 20. John Bine, an old and well-known citizen of "Wheeling, committed suicide at about daylight this morning by drowning himself in the river. He had been illjfor some time, and had been confined to bed in his lather's home. About 4 o'clock he ran from the house under the hallucination that some one was trying to kill him, and despite a vigorous pursuit in a buggy he reached Benwood, four miles from his home. He told some people there a party was pursuing him to kill him, and then leaped into the water. Officers arrived on the spot a few minutes later. They found his hat and slippers on the bank, but np to late this evening no trace of the bod v. F0EGEE WOOD AS A FEEAK. He Will Lecture on tbe Ballot. Box Episode In n Dime Munrnm. ICFXCIAI. TELKOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Cincinnati, March 20. The proprie tor of a dime museum in this city has en gaged E. G. "Wood, the notorious ballot-box forger, to exhibit himself on the stage in conjunction with life-size wax figures of the persons engaged in the investigation of the forgery at Washington. Toe representa tions include Governor Campbell, ex-Governor Foraker, ex-Mayor Amos Smith, Gen eral Giosvenor, Murat Halstead, Charles Kurtz, Senator Sherman, Congressman But terworth and others. Wood will deliver a lecture at each per formance relating to tbe investigation. E0BBED OF HIS ALL. An Old Sinn Becomrs a Victim of a Tblef Who Looked Honest. Cleveland, March 20. J. L. Sterrett, of Sterrettania, Pa., left St. Louis last night on the Big Four road with $2,300 in his in side pocket. On the train was an honest appearing man who said he lived near Mr. Sterrett's home. When the train arrived here to-day the strange man snatched Sterrett's pocketbook and escaped with it. Sterrett is an old man and is left penniless by the theft. GLASSWOEKS SHUT DOWN. The Advance In Sodn Ash Porcine Them Out of Business. Cleveland, March 20. An advance of 150 per cent in price of soda ash caused the Canton, Ohio, Glass Company to close its doors to-day. Work will be resumed Mon day to fill present orders, but if the price of soda ash is not reduced the company will go out of business. The factory employs 150 men, and has been rnnning night and day for more than a year. A TEANSP0ETATI0N TEUST. Vessel Owners Consolidate to Control the Lake Trade. Cleveland, March 20. The Wilson Transportation Company with a caDital stock of $1,000,000 was incorporated yes terday. The principal incorporator is Captain Thomas Wilson. The incorporators own 18 vessels engaged in the lake trade and tbe object of the corporation is to consolidate interests and insure larger returns from the business. A WEOiNGED WOMAN. Mr? Lippincolt Enters a General, Particular and Emphatic DENIAL OP ALL THE CHARGES Made Against Her By Her Husband, and Many Other Persons. THE ALLEGATIONS OF FOEGERI FALSE. Her Sodden Flight Was Not Caused By Any Fear of Being Arrested. Mrs. Lippincott, of Philadelphia and At lantic City, whose recent disappearance created such a sensation, has made a state ment of her troubles. She emphatically denies all the charges of forgery and swin dling, and says she took nothing that did not belong to her. tSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH-l Philadelphia, March 20. Mrs. Julia Culnan Lippincott, the wife of Edwin Lip pincott, the proprietor of Haddon Hall, At lantic City, to-day broke the silence she has maintained since her disappearance from Medford, K. J., several weeks ago. Ever since the first appearance of the stories tell ing of the many financial operations of the clever little woman and the elaborate ac counts of her alleged forgeries and stock gambling operations, she has kept her own counsel. She said to-day that she has pre ferred to wait until everything that could be said against her was said. As an oppor tune moment, in her judgment, had arrived, she consented to give to the public her side of the story that a few weeks ago caused such a sensation throughout South Jersey and in financial and business circles in this city. COMING BACK AT THEM. Mrs. Lippincott went over her troubles from the very beginning.and handled without gloves many of those who have talked about her. Upon C. B. Edwards, of the firm of Frymier & Edwards, she places the respon sibility of the beginning of all her troubles. In her statement Mrs. Lippincott tries to tear away the cloak of innocence that her husband and her cousin, Mrs. Haines, have covered themselves with. All the forgeries are emphatically denied, and she says that the reason ot her flight was to get away from the rumpus the whole thing bad caused, and not from any fear of arrest. Mrs. Lippincott began by referring to a notice which appeared in a daily paper some time before her flight, in which her husband advertised that he would pay no debts unless contracted by himself. Mrs. Lippincott said her husband denied having put the notice in the paper, and she charges that it was maliciously done by C. B. Ed wards, of the firm of Frymier & Edwards, to whom, she says, she owed a small sum of money. SOME CONTRADICTORY FIGURES. "It has been said that Mr. Lippincott paid for me $4,000 of the claims and called me to account. He never paid that amount perhaps about $2,000. He also is alleged to have said that I had ruined him. How, I cannot think Mr. Lippincott would make such a speech. If he said the payment of $4,000 would ruin him after the close of a year s business nt -tiaduon nan, it certainlr does not speak well of the profits, and I don't believe he would sav it. "The $2,000 he paid l" considered as be longing to me, as in 1S81 he borrowed ot me 1,B00, for which he agreed to pay me G per cent interest, and he gave me a note payable on demand. He only paid me the interest once, so that in 1890 out of $2,220 he owed me there would be a balance of $2,100. An other thing let me say right here. Mrs. Haines never called me to account. She never censured me, but, on the contrary, said I should have all to the last penny she ever had. We did all we could for each other ever since our aunt's death in 1881. Our interests were the same." A GENERAL DENIAL. Mrs. Lippincott, in referring to published statements that she would demand loans of tradesmen under threat of taking her trade away; that her notes usually went to pro test; that she gave checks on Philadelphia banks where she had no fnnds; that she drilled pet dogs in the basement of the hotel; that she lorged the name of George Myer, the Union marketman, for large sums; that she practiced copying people's names as Laundress Jack son asserted; that she opened other people's letters and obtained small sums from her employes, made a general denial, saying: "It is positively false about the demand of loans. My brother did all the marketing aud it was not in my power to take away trade. Notes were never payable at Atlantic City banks, except in a few instances, and I had no account in both the First and Second National banks, and notes never went to protest until after the publi cation of that notice. I never gave checks in Philadelphia, as I had no account there. My time and business were in the hotel con stantly, and I had no time to drill dogs. I never was disturbed by a single individual for debt at Atlantic City. HER DEAD BROTHER'S PART. "Now, about George Meyers. A number of times for the past two years Mr. Meyers has indorsed my paper. We had always been friends. As our house bill for supplies paid to Mr. Meyers yearly amounted to about $10,000 he never objected, aud last August my brother, now deceased, gave me several notes indorsed by Mr. Myers, which I did not then use. I want Mr. Mvers to prove his assertion. If he did not sign the notes I cannot say who did, as they were given me. I did not see him sign any one at any time, and thev have not been peddled promiscuously among any banks, brokers or note-shavers in Philadelphia at a ruinous discount. "I never carried a batch of notes indorsed or checks signed, and anyone with common sense would know I wouldn't expose them. As to opening letters, I never opened any but my own, and never made an associate of any of our servants, and if the woman Jack son has said all that is accredited to her she has lied without limit. I also deny that I ever scrutinized express packages." Mrs. Lippincott continued af great length to show that all the notes issued by her were genuine, and that many of the persons who claim that she owes them are really indebted to her. She claims that Stock Broker George H. North took advantage of her ignorance and inexnerience, and in violation of her orders and his promise sold out her securi ties. She claims that she is a much injured woman. PAID HIS PARE WITH HIS LIFE. A Railroad Conductor Kills a Colored Man Who Resists Being Ejected. Mobile, March 20. E. B. McCurdy, conductor on the south-bound Louisville and Nashviile road, was shot and seriously wounded by a negro named Jake Dauiels, and in turn the conductor shot and killed the negro. This happened on the train this afternoon while it was near Bay Minette, Ala. The negro refused to pay the rate of fare demanded by the conductor and the latter tried to eject him, but the negro resisted, drew a pistol and fired, hitting the con ductor in the right breast. The conductor then fired four times, hitting the negro each time, and then stabbed him with a pocket knife. The negro died almost instantly. The conductor was brought to this city for treatment. WALLACE AND ANDREWS. The Democratic Gubernatorial Cnndldate nnd tbo Republican Chairman Both In 1'hlladelphia The Former la Conference Willi Singerly. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, March 20. Ex-United States Senator William A. Wallace, who is regarded as the leading candidate in the race for tbe Democratic nomination for Gov ernor, arrived in this city this evening and is stopping at the Continental Hotel. But few persons knew of his 'arrival, as, when he came to the hotel after having had a conference with William M. Singerly, he at once sought his room with out registering, in order that his presence might not be known. When seen at his room to-night, Mr. Wallace, who was some what indisposed, declined to discuss the politic.il situation, and asked to he excused from giving any expression of opinion re garding the contest for the nomination for Governor. The ex-Senator looked as though his months of travel had told on him, physi cally, aud his general appearance gave the impression that he was in need ot rest. It is known that shortly after his arrival in the city he called upon William M. Singerly and remained closeted with him lor some time. In view of the fact that shortly fcefore his departure for Europe, Mr. Wallace had an extended conference with Mr. Singerly and some other friends, the impression is that yesterday's talk wa3 de voted to a consideration of the present polit ical situation. William H. Andrews, Chairman of the Eepublican State Committee, who is occu pying room 22 at the Continental Hotel, was called upon to-day by a nnmber of active Republicans, among whom were Congress man Jonathan P. Doliver, of Iowa; Will iam H. Pray, Chairman of the Eepublican State Committee of Iowa; Mr. Wright, pri vate secretary to Senator J. Donald Cam eron; Henry K. Boyer, State Treasurer elect: E. H. Mastin, of Lancaster; Collector David Martin, Chairman Charles A. Porter, Samuel Kurty, of Lebanon; Frank Bruner, President of the Leeds Eepublican Club; Magistrates Evans and Durham and Repre sentatives Connell, Brooks and Hoskins, of this city. EAILEOADS AND TUE1E DEBTS. West Virginia's Supreme Court DcctdesUpon tbo Priority of Liabilities. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCIt.l Charleston, W. Va., March 20. In the Supreme Court to-day a very important decision was handed down by Judge Bran non. The case was that of the Fidelity In surance, Trust and Deposit'Company versus the Shenandoah Valley Eailroad Company, and grew out of the failure of the railroad company to deliver bonds as per agreement. It is held that the Central Improvement Company is entitled to equitable compen sation under the agreement of April 27, 1878, for the failure of the railroad company to deliver the second mortgage bonds and increase bonds called for by that agreement, but it is also held that this compensation must be held subject to the first mortgage bonds held by the trust company, as trustees, to the amount of $135,000 per mile. Tbe decision holds that the amount of compensation to be allowed tbe Central Im provement Company is fixed by the face value of the bonds which were to be deliv ered to it under said agreement, as follows: fS2000, with- interest' from April 1. 1879, subject to a credit ol $11,000, and a lurtuer sum of $377,224, without interest. The first sum represents the second mortgage bonds, and the second sum the increase bonds. The decision fixes the priority in which the liabilities of the railroad company must be met when the road is sold. GOBBLED BT THE WESTERN UNION. A Four-Wire Lino From Chicago to Cleve land Cnptnred. ISFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCII.1 Cleveland, March 20. Two deeds of importance were filed in the County Re corder's office to-day. One is from the United Lines Telegraph Company to the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Com pany, transferring a line of tele graph poles with four wires extending from Cleveland to Chicago via Hammond, Ind. The consideration is an order of March C, 1889, of the United States Circuit Court of the Southern district of New York, in an action in which the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company was complainant, and the United Lines Com pany, Bankers and Merchants' Telegraph Company and others respondents. In tbe other deed the .Bankers and Mer chants' are the conveyancers instead of the United Lines. Both conveyances are sub ject to the terms of a mortgage or agreement from the American Eapid Telegraph Com pany and its auxiliary companies and the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company as true. The deeds are dated a year back. It is understood that the Western Union Com pany has already secured possession of the wires in question. C0-0PEEAT1TE BANKS. The Canadian Minister of Finance Intro duces a New Financial measure. Ottawa, March 30. In the House of Commons to-night the Minister of Finance introduced a new banking act. The Government refused to adopt the American plan of guaranteeing the national currency. The new act provides thst all banks operating in the Dominion shall co operate so as to guarantee the currency is sued by any one bank. The act also pro vides for the annual Government audit. There is strong opposition to the bill by the banks at present, and it is likely that it will be amended. The act will pass this session, and has been introduced on account of the charters of all the Canadian banks expiring in 1891. PK0HIB1T10NIST BUENED 0DT. A Colorado Springs Coincidence Is Attributed to the Ijiqnnr Element. Colorado Springs, Col., March 20. For over a year there has been a bitter war between the Prohibition and tbe anti-Prohibition element in this city, a feeling so bitter that two months ago the residence of Mayor Stockdridge, a prominent Prohibi tionist, was burned to the ground. Lo3s, $11,000; and it was rumored his political enemies had a hand in the matter. At a meeting of the Eepublican and Lib eral parties, last night, Stockdridge was re nominated Mayor, and this morning at 3 o'clock his new residence was fired and burned to the ground. The Ios3 is $3,000. The American Hotel, adjoining, was dam aged 53,000. HE WILL NOT SELL THIS TEAE. The Perry County Court Reverses the License of a Judge. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Harrisbdrg, March 20. Judge Bar nett.of the Perry County Court, has revoked the liquor license of Associate Judge Woods, which was granted iu the absence of the President Judge by the two associates. Two Arbor Days This Year. 'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE P1SPATCH.3 Harbisburg, March 20. Governor Beaver to-day fixed the 11th and 25th of April as Arbor Days. Two dates have been fixed in the hope that it will lead to the planting of more trees than heretofore. EUROPE IS AFRAID That Bismarck's Kesignation Will be Shortly Followed by the SLIPPISG OF THE DOGS OP WAR. William is Sorry to Part With the Iron Chancellor and CEEATES HIM DUKE OP LAUENBEEG, French Captires Are Kates Congo. by Cannibals of the The resignation of Bismarck has shaken all Europe, and early war is predicted. Emperor William compliments the Iron Chancellor, regrets his retirement and gives him a Dukedom. Berlin, March 20. Imperial rescripts have been issued cordially thanking Prince Bismarck for his services and appointing him Duke of Lauenberg, a Colonel-General of Cavalry, and a Field Marshal General; also appointing Count Herbert Bismarck ad interim Minister of Foreign Affairs, and General Von Caprivi, Chancellor and Presi dent of the Prussian Ministry. In the Emperor's first rescript he says that, acceding to the request made on the 18th inst., be grants Prince Bismarck permission to retire, hoping confidently that tbe Father land wiil profit in the future, as it has pro fited in the past, by his counsel, energy and faithful devotion. The Emperor savs he had hoped that the necessity would not arise for Bismarck to think of separation during his lifetime. BISMARCK AS A DISPENSATION. He regards it as the most provi dential dispensation of his life that on several occasions be has had Prince Bismarck by his side. What the Prince has achieved for Prussia and Ger many, and what the Prince had been to him and the house of his predeces sors, he will ever preserve in grateful remembrance. Bismarck's wise and energetic policy of peace, by wbich His Majestv is resolved to be guided in future, being fully convinced of its correctness, wilt always be remembered abroad and well de serves recognition. It is not in the Emperor's power to re ward Bismarck for his services, bnt as a sign of his lasting thanks he confers upon him the dignity of Duke of Lauenburg and presents him with a life-size oil paint ing of himself. AN EJIPEROR'S GRATITUDE. In a second rescript the Emperor thanks Bismarck as military leader for his invalu able services in the army during the time of William I. and to tbe present day, adding that he Knows he will be at one with the army by retaining Bismarck in tbe highest rank by appointing him a Field Marshal General and a Colonel-General of Cavalry. Dr. Lucanus, Chief of the Civil Cabinet, accompanied by General Hahuke, formally waited upon Prince Bismarck this afternoon and presented the Emperor's acceptance of his resignation. Prince Bismarck's acceptance of a duke dom, the offer of which from Emperor William I. he repeatedly declined, has caused surprise. A MONARCH'S EMOTION. In the first rescript the Emperor ad dresses Bismarck as "My Dear Prince," and savs: With deep emotlon.I have seen from your en treaty of tbe IStli that yon are determined to retire from the offices you have occnoied so many years with such incomparable suc cess. Obliged to familiarize myself with the thought of parting, I do it certainly with an afflicted heart, but with a firm hope that compliance with your request will con tribute to sparing and saving your life and powers, which the Fatherland cannot rPDlace, as long as possible. Tbe motives yon advance for your determination convince me that any further attempts to Induce you to withdraw your request would have no chance ofsuccess. Therefore, I respond to your wish. The rescript concludes as follows: Uod bless you, my dear Prince, and grant you many years of untroubled old age. brightened by the consciousness of duty truly fulfilled. With these sentiments. I remain nowandalso in the future. Your truly obliged and grateful William. WILLIAM'S AMBITION. It looks as though young William, filled with exalted ambitions, has determined to occupy the position of central figure in Ger many. There has been much in his actions to make a surety that he would be a second Frederick the Great. Having this figure presented before his ambitious eye, he is filled with enthusiasm to work good as well as great things, and before him is unfolded a field of the richest, rarest and most abundant opportunity in the condition of oppressed labor. Whe'ther this last move has met the bitterest opposition of Bismarck and led to his resignation cannot be told. Whether this action is clearly and purely out ot his own erratic fancy or not is difficult to say. Cer tain it is no ruler took as bold a step with more apparent thoughtlessness. It is no wonder that the Iron Chancellor shook the dust of the court from his sandals, and, followed by his son, suits with many a dire prediction in his camp, while the rest of royal EUROPE STANDS AGHAST at the sight of tnis rash young man playing with fire brands. For in tbe interference with labor can be seen nothing else than the encouragement of social disturbances involving the worst results. With socialism rampant, with anarchy, with nihilism, in the very air he breathes, would he the incarnation in po sition of everything antagonistic to such sentiment stoop to offer them his knee by which to mount to his throat? This is what the employing classes see in nts dangerous move. This is what Bismarck sees. As for the labor class, they will surely take advantage of his more, but it will be to the empire's cost. HOLDING THE DOGS OP WAR. Meanwhile with Bismarck out, the peace of Europe is in the hands of this rash young ruler, with France and Germany, each like dogs separated only by a frail barrier, re garding each other with sullen eyes, and the while augmenting gradually their already enormous armies, and with them their burden of taxation, until each array now represents quite 3,000,000 men, while the financial burden is fast ap proaching the limit of ability of even those frugal people to bear up under. The question is: Will these immense armaments be peacefully dfscontinued or will war ensue as the solution? Which will succeed, and what will be the effect on the map of Europe? To the first question em phatically yes. There will be war, and the question Is who will win France or Ger many? SQUALLS AHEAD. The casual observer is liable to promptly say Germany. Be not too sure of this. What French soldiers did in Europe under Napoleon the Great indicates what their rank and file were. There is nothinz in their defeat in 1870 to cast one shadow on their courage. Be assured it was bad generalship and corrup tion that had to do with French defeat. The high explosive, smokeless powder, magazine gnns, military railways, electricity, all make war a different thing now. It is safe to predict the future war for war there will be will be short and nnsanguinary. What kaleidoscopic changes it will make on the map of Europe is beyond the ken of man. England, jealous "of Russia's en croachment in the East; Eussia, jealous of Austria, jealous of the power of Germany; England, worried at a certain uneasiness in India, whose sleepy people are held subject by bribery and a p. ? "landful of troops, but who are bcink JiJyVd to the fact. There is in this sittY -r' ul iiily food for contemplation and coniect. There are squalls ahead. There are clouds upon the horizon, whose shadow is now spreading over Europe like a somber pall. A SLAP AT BALFOUR. Harcourt Tannts II I m With Answering Charges Thronzh the Newspapers Tbe Irish Tired of Hcarln Him Repent tbo Snnie f'Peceb. London, March 20. In the House of Commons to-night, in Committee of Supply, there was a long altercation between Mr. Balfour and tbe Parnellites. Finally, after continual bickerings and appeals to the Chairman, Mr. Balfour protested against the eternal repe tition of exploded calumnies by the Par nellites, who, he said, were wasting the time of the House without presenting the slightest-new feature of interest, either to the Government or to the opposition. Sir William Vernon-Harcourt taunted Mr. Balfour with always making practically the same speech, and represented bim as re sponsible for the Government of Ireland for asserting that the House was bored with Irish matters and for concluding that all debatable matters were answered by a letter from his Private Secretary to the newspapers. It was Mr. Balfour's tone of lofty con tempt, Sir William continued, that kept alive tbe exasperation of Ireland. Thouih the Government might idehtify tlemselves with the Times, the House was unable to recognize letters to that newspaper as com plete answers on the part of the Govern ment to serious charges. Mr. Balfour said he would endeavor to adopt Sir William's tone and menner, and then he would be certain to conciliate every section of the House. EXD OP THE GEEAT STEIKB. Encilsb ConI Miners Accept an AdvanCB of 5 Per Cent nnd Go to Work. London, March 20. The strike of the coal miners has ended. A conference of delegates representing the coal mine owners and the miners wa3 held in Westminster to-day. at which it was agreed to make an immediate advance of 5 per cent in the wages of the miners and a further advance of 5 per cent on July 1. The men will resume work immediately. Arrangements for dealing with questions of wages in the fnture were agreed upon in principle. CAFEIYI IS C0SSEETAT1YE. An Old Schoolmate Talks About the New Chancellor. Berlin, March 20. Dr. Meyer, can didate for the Eeichstag in the first division of Berlin, in a speech to the electors to-dav, said that General Von Caprivi was a former schoolmate of his. The new Chancellor he said was a Free Conservative, bnt would deal fairly with views opposed to his own, and would be willing to discuss matters in an attitude to which the opposition had hitherto been un accustomed. Increasing; the GoTernmeni's Strength. Pesth, March 20. The Archbishop of Erlau, a prominent member of the opposi tion, has informed Count Szpary of the adhesion of his party to the Government. This betokens an early fusion of the Mod erate Opposition with the Ministerial Lib erals. Flatters the French. Paris, March 20. The news that the German Emperor had bestowed the Order of tbe Eed Eagle upon Jules Simon made a pleasant impression here. Foundered nt Sen. London, March 20. The British steamer Bon-Accord, from Blighth for Malta, foun dered off Cape Filisterre during a gale. Her crew escaped. Frenchmen 'Entcn by Cannibals. PARIS, March 20. A Congo dispatch says that the bodies of the victims of the recent massacre at Obungus were eaten by the natives. METHOMSTS IN C0NPEEENCE. Proceedlnes of the Body of Divines Now Assembled nt Carlisle. rSFXCIAL TELEOEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Carlisle, Pa., March 20. The second day's session of the Methodist Episcopal Coherence of Central Pennsylvania opened with devotional services conducted by Eev. G. Guyer, of Tyrone. Bishop Foster presided. A letter was read from the Peace Society of Philadelphia asking for a protest against the building of coast defenses. It was referred for considera tion to a special committee. The committee to which had been referred the matter of the publication of a conference weekly asked for an expression of opinion in regard to sev eral points. After a vote favoring a weekly paper, a motion to indefinitely postpone the whole affair w s carried, thus disposing of the matter so far as the present Conference is concerned. Presidine elders of several districts sub mitted their reports showing the condition of affairs during the year. On motion, cer tificates of ordination were re-issued to Eev. George Klenper, of Selins Grcve, and E. Warner and G. D. Pennepacker, of Clear field,the originals having been destroyed by fire. The anniversary of the Home Mission ary Society of the Conference was celebrated at2 o'clock. Mr. Pardoe presided, and ad dresses were made by Mr. F. L. Tompkiu son, Eev. Dr. Stever, of Utah, and Eev. E. H. Yocum. This evening a meeting was held in the interest of the Church Extension Board. Eev. J. W. Lantz presided, and Eev. H. L. Jacobs and Eev. Dr, A. J. Eynett made addresses. THE JUEi IS SUSPICIOUS. It Recommends the Revocation of tbo Li cense of n Chlcnso Suloon. Chicago, March 20. Tbe Coroner to day'completed the inquest in the case of Poland Leach, the New York commercial man whose disappearance from the Palmer House and subsequent discovery in the river excited so much interest. The police have been unable to get any tangible evidence to support tbe suspicions that Leach was mur dered, and the jury returned a verdict of death from drowning, cause unknown. During the inquest Charles Donner and George Povda, who own the saloon where Leach was last seen, contradicted each other on oath, and showed such an evident dispo sition to evade telling the facts in the case that the jury incorporated in its verdict a recommendation that the license for their saloon be revoked. ONCE AROUND THE CLOCK. The Cnnadlan Government Asked to Adopt the 24-IIonr Notation. Ottawa, March 20. A large number of petitions were presented in Parliament to day urging that the 24-hour notation of time and the hour zone system of reckoning be sanctioned by law in the Dominion. This movement in Canada is the ontcome of an agreement with the American Insti tute of Civil Engineers, which is moving at Washington to secure the adoption of this system of reckoning time for the United States. A WIDOW'S ANGUISH. Fireman Henry Woodruff's Wife, in Her Indianapolis Home, WAITS FOE HER HUSBAKD'3 BODT, She Dm Kept Her Sorrowful TIgil Sinca Monday Night, and UTTEELI EEFUSES TO BE C0J1F0KTED. The Mayor Orders All Saaky at Once. Euildinjs Tom Down The work of clearing the debris of the In dianapolis fire, under which lies the body of Fireman Woodruff, has been suspended un til the tottering buildings in the vicinity are torn down. In the meantime his wife waits for his body and refuses to rest or be comforted. Indianapolis, March 20. The wreck of the Bowen-Merrill Company and the Beckerbuilding3 had been sufficiently cooled at 8 o'clock this morning to permit the workmen to resume operations. It was de cided, however, not to renew tbe search for poor Woodruffs body until all possibility of another accident had been removed. An inspection of the buildings on either side of the ruins was therefore ordered at once. The Board of Inspectors made a careful examination and decided that tbe Wasson and Sloan blocks would have to come down. The west wall of the Wasson building was found to be cracked in numerous places, and at several points on tbe second floor there are holes large enough to allow a man to put his arm through. As soon as the report of the inspectors was agreed upon, Commissioner De Euyter began making preparations to raze the buildings. THE SLAUGHTER MUST END. The rear half of the Becker block, yet standing, will be pulled down first.and it is believed that when it falls the Sloan block will tumble also. Mayor Sullivan sent for City Attorney Taylor and instructed him to proceed at once under the law and have all buildings supposed to be in a shaky condition inspected. "Every bnilding that is unsafe," said the Mayor, '"must come down. Serve notices on the owners of such properties and if they do not tear them down we will do the wort for them. This slaughter of human lives must cease, and the death traps must be cleaned out." The home of Henry Woodruff, the fire man, whose body is still in the ruins, is the scene of a heartrending spectacle. When the widow was told of her husband's death, she bore up bravely, and her breaking heart beat in sympathy for her sisters in affliction. She only asked that the body be brousht home instead of to the morgue, that she might give it the last offices ot a loving widow. one woman's woe. Seating herself beside a window she awaited the arrival of the mangled remains. All day Tuesday she sat at the window gazing eagerly down the streel. The Ion? hours of the night she passed at herpoat.Tior did she move the next day. At the rattle of every wagon she started, and then in mourn ful tones she said: "Oh, why- don't ther come? Will they never bring him back to me? My God, why don't they bring him?" Kind and sympathetic friends begged her to rest, but she heeded them not, and brush ing the glass wet with the dew from her eyes continued her vigils. It was early this morning before she was told that another bnilding had fallen over her husband, and her anguish when the news was brought will never be forgotten by the persons present. Hers is not the frenzy of grief, but it is the grief that breaks the heart and kills. WOULD SOT HAEEOW THEIE PEELINGS. A FbTsTclan's Reason- for Concealing: the Poisoning of Mrs. Pettir. Lafayette, Ind., March 20. In the habeas corpus proceedings in the Pettit case to-day Dr. J. W. Yeager, the family physi cian, testified that when he called to see Mrs. Pettit she told him to treat her for strychnine poisoning. She said there was poison in a cup of tea given her by her hus band. In making his report to the Health Offi cer, Dr. Yeager said that Mrs. Pettit's death was caused by acute malaria poison ing. He did not want to harrow the feelings ot the relatives hv stating his suspicions. He said that moral considerations had been brought to bear on him since and he bad changed nis opinion as to the canse of her death. He asked Mr. Pettit why he did not refute the charges oreferred against him at the Methodist Conference. Pettit re plied that he could not without involving another person. APPEALING TO THE SENATE. Livingston Wants Certain Testimony Takes Eliminated. New YORK. March 20. The Inter-State Commission to-day concluded to take testimony iu the East. The commission having refused to strike from the records a motion made by John Livingston, who comes from Owego, Tioga county Mr. Piatt's home certain testimony of Paul Morton, Mr. Livingston has prepared a pe tition to the United States Senate citing the portion of the testimony he wishes to have eliminated. The matter be objected to was the state ment made by Morton that the unfortunate condition of the Western farmer was not due to the freight rates, but to tbe pro tective tariff and high rates of interest. IN A CE0WDED SPACE. One Thousand Scbivelnfarthites With Very Limited Lodclns Accommodation. Eockfoed, III.. March 20. Schwein furthites will hold their first meeting at "Heaven" for the next ten days. As far as can be learned, the gathering will be free from sensational features so far as the public is concerned. Schweinfnrtn will extend the theme throughout the convention, being the doctrine of the new covenant and the con dition of the redeemed when all prophecies shall be fulfilled. There are 1.U0O present bid all sleep under the same roof at Aid. "P. Inasmuch as there are sleeping accommo dations for only about 300, the "angels" are rather crowded, but Schweinfurth said to day that all conld be .accommodated very well. A COMMITTEE WILL INVESTIGATE Tlio Affairs of ilio Boot nnd Shoe Firm of Leonard & Co., of Chlcnso. Boston, March 20. A meeting of credi tors of A. G. Leonard & Co., boot and shoe manufacturers of Chicago and Joliet, 111., was held in this city to-dav. Mr. Leonard presented a statement of the firm's affairs, showing the liabilities to be 5102,076, of which 804,000 is due to Eastern banks. The nominal assets are $130,495, valued at 59'-',-609. Nq proposition for settlement was made, and a committee, consisting of Luther S. Johnson and C. M. Prouty, of Spencer, and John McKair, of Lynn, was appointed to investigate the case. I .1 3 3 i m T - , T jr i. ? AAidaC HliiUft jikJSl. ' . AArfA AjtAit.
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