1 '4 ' TranslHit AarerflsemBiils "ew v.wv. ak " ;PK',?!'-. a .jt ' JlX tlao Branch Offices For to-morrow's issue up to 9 o'clock P. M. For list of branch oflices in tlio various dis tncts see THIrtD PAGi- FORTY-FITTH YEAE. mmm Talk of Withdrawing From Old Allegheny and Forming a New County. TIRED OF THE HEAVY TAXES Hungarian Neighbors and Similar Disadvantages They Are Yery ANXIOUS TO BE ISOLATED. Portions of Butler, Westmoreland and Armstrong Are Embraced in the Flan. TARENTUM BAS SOME AMBITION. The Lively Town Would like to be the County Seat if the Scheme Proves" to he Successful TEET DECIDED OBJECTIONS ESTEEM) The scheme to form a new county out of parts of Allegheny, Butler, Westmoreland and Armstrong counties is explained in de tail below. The Hungarian population of "Westmoreland, paying little or no taxes, has made the farmers along the Allegheny riTcr tired, and many of them declare they are ready to cut lose from "the Star of the "West." Tarentum, in Allegheny county, throws out aline to capture the new county Beat TEOSi A ETXrr COBItrSPONDBHT. Takexxum, March 2L Alter slumber ing for nearly 40 years the giant Secession again stalks abroad close to Pittsburg. He takes a morning bath in the swift waters of the Allegheny, refreshes himself at noon in the depths of the Kiskiminetas, and per forms his evening ablutions along the ro mantic Connoquenessing, taking moonlight strides down Bull creek to the shadows of this town. He is trying to hollow out a den, something like the cave of Adullam, among the hills which, just north of here, form a corner out of four counties Alle gheny, Butler, "Westmoreland and Arm strong. The scheme is to organize a new county, with Tarentum as the capital. It is a pity that plans, already so complete, lack just one thin: exact details as to the size, shape and cost of the Court House which is to beautify the sylvan streets of Tarentum. Searly Successful Once. Only one obstacle prevented this scheme from being legalized by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, away back in the 40's. That was the opposition of the town of Freeport Tarentum was very ambitious then. Its residents objected to paying taxes to keep up the courts for Pittsburg's almost ex clusive use. And in those days the canal furnished a verv slow method of reaching the county seat It was proposed to secede from Allegheny county, and several shrewd baits were thrown out to towns and town chips of the neighboring counties for sup port. As an example, Saxonburg, in Butler county, was told that if she would desert the soap mines and Jake Zigler's newspa per, a magnificent plank road would be built at once from Saxonburg to Tarentum. Big meetings were held, spread-eagle speeches were delivered, and not all the orators have yet been gathered to their fathers, for I talked with one of them in Tarentum to-day. The Old Project Resurrected. The excitement was at fever heat, and when the right time arrived a bill was sprung in the Legislature, where Abner Lane was one of the prominent and influen tial representatives from the localities inter ested in the measure. But, alas, it was dis covered that Tarentum was striving to cap ture the Courthouse buildings, and Taren tuni's sly scheme could not be swallowed by rival towns, such as Freeport, end the bill failed to pass. 2ow, the project is resurrected. Dr. Montgomery, of Tarentum, hasbeenfiguring on the proportions and advantages of a new county. Some of the local papers along the Allegheny river are advocating the advisa bility of such a movement, and in two coun ties, at least, there is a strong sentiment in favor of it. It is urged that all Constitu tional requirements can be easily met in forming a new county. Section 1 of Article XHX, the Constitution of Pennsylvania, says: No new county shall bo established which Shall reduce any county to less than 400 square miles, or to less than 20.000 inhabitants; nor shall any connty be formed of less area, or con taming a less population; nor shall any line thereof pass within tea miles of the county seat of any county proposed to be divided. Plenty nnd to Spnrr. The would-be scceders have called au thentic statistics to their aid. They show that Allegheny county has an area of 757 square miles, and 355,869 population under the census of 18S0. Butler county has an area of 848 square miles, and had a popula tion in 1880 ot 52,530. Armstrong county has C12 square miles, and 47,041 population. "Westmoreland county has 1,040 square miles, with a population of 70,036. Butler county's area and population would, under the strict constitutional requirement, quoted above, permit the forming of two counties of it alone. The are.i of "Westmore land is nearly large enough for three coun ties of constitutional kiis, and both Alle gheny and Armstrong counties have nearly of The Dlspatcli T.T4V V ; t ...(H . C . . Z. I.I H. M., M.. enough for two new counties to be taken out of each of their limits. As stated above, the four counties come together at a point between Tarentum and Freeport, forming a corner. The proposi tion is to clip enough off from each of the four counties at this corner, to form a fifth organization, and in this way the third con dition of the Constitution would be full filled, viz: That the line of the new county would not pass within ten miles of the county seat of any county proposed to be divided. Exact Area of the New Connty. A tracing orthe map in Dr. Montgomery's possession is printed in The DisrATCH to day. The dotted lines are Jhose of the pro posed new county. Beginning at Hulton, this line runs eastward to a little place called Sardis; thence northeast to Apollo, or a point near Apollo; thence northeast to Monroe station, on the Butler branch, of the West Penn railroad; thence southwest to Bakerstown, and thence southeast to THE TEOPOSED HEW COUNTY ITS Harmerville on the Allegheny river. The new county thus surveyed would take from the old counties the following communities: Allegheny County Townships of Richland. West Deer, part of Indiana, Harmer, Spring dale, East Deer, Fawn, Harrison and a part of Plum, including the towns of Tarentum, Hulton, Natrona and Sprlngdale. Butler County Buffalo and Clinton town ships. Westmoreland Connty Townships ot Alle gheny, Lover and Upper Barrel, Washington, Bell, and the towns of Parnassus and Valley Camp. Armstrong County Townships of South Buffalo, Gilpin, Parks and Kiskiminetas, in cluding tbe towns of Freeport, Leechburg, and Apollo, Those Who Favor tho Plan. This would give the new county an area of something over the constitutional limit, and, even by tbe census of 1880, would give it .t papulation of from 31,000 to 35,000. That would be considerably increased by the forthcoming census. A large number of "Westmoreland county people living along the Allegheny river are strongly in favor of the scheme, and they promise to secure influence for the secession if it is properly launched. From the coun try around Parnassus the people to reach Greensburg, their county seat, must either come by the Allegheny Valley Railroad to Pittsburg and thence go by the Pennsylvania Railroad to Greens burg, a total distance of 40 miles, or else by way of the Allegheny Valley Rail road and the "West Penn Railroad to Blairs ville Intersection, and thence by the Penn sylvania Railroad west to Greensburg, a dis tance of 45 miles. To drive across the country, some 25 miles, in weather like this means a whole day wasted. Tarentum, as the capital of a new county, would bring them within an hour's drive of their court house. A Region Without Criminals. Besides all this, the Westmorelanders say that the great bulk of the population in their county is in the coke regions, south of the main line of the Pennsylvania Rail road. This population is composed largely of Hungarians, a non-tax paying class. For three years the section of Westmoreland county along the Allegheny river has not furnished a criminal case for trial in the courts of Greensburg. All the criminal cases have originated in the Hungarian region, and the people along the Allegheny line, being peaceable and industrious lar mers, say they are now sick and tired of paying taxes to keep up the courts tor the benefit of the Hungarians. For these two reasons they are ready to secede, one of their number told me, from the "Star of the West." Many of the Butler connty people along the Allegheny lincjarealso willing to take up the enterprise, because they believe their business lays naturally in the Pittsburg market anyway, and that they would reap several benefits. .tinny Different Views. In this section of Allechenv countv the sentiment is divided. Up at .Natrona the people would be rather glad to see such a division. In Tarentum there are perhaps none who want to leave the parent county, unless Tarentum itself should benefit. I happened to be in the office of R. S. P. McCall, Justice of the Peace, yesterday, when the subject was under debate among some of the substantial residents of the town. John Kennedy, the banker, said he would be glad to see the county formed, pro- I ViUlU Aniwimm nas ujaub hue vapiull. That would show the wisdom of the secessionists, and would certainly make Tarentum what her position on the in dustrial maps entitle her to be. He was pleased to see that Tarentum was just about in the center of the proposed new county. Opposed to tbe Plan. Negley Humes rather favored the move ment, but not if any other town than Taren tum would be made the county seat, and he feared a fight would ensue on that question. Freeport and Apollo would both claim the same honor. Mr. Humes said Tarentum was 22 miles from the Court House in Pitts burg, and had to pay heavy taxes to sup port the criminal courts for the big cities' benefit. 'Squire McCall said: "I am opposed to any movement to divide the 'great State of Allegheny.' Let it remain intact The valuation of Tarentum borough is about 5800,000. The valuation of the Third ward. Pittsburg, is $10,000,000, and the Second ward, Allecheny, comes next with several millions. These figures show who pay the bulk of the taxes in Allegheny county. No, the proposition for a new county is chimer ical. I am in favor of one secession, how ever, and that is to go up to the top of the Allegheny Mountain, draw a line from the north to fie south, and call the rich and progressive country this side of that line the State of Western Pennsylvania." Manufacturing Towns Included. Dr. G. M. Goetz said there was no de- BUTLr&ft J ARMSTRONG I s' AL&E&g&NY J "s V L i WESTMORLAND. Iin 4 4TTTi2 Ittf Wt T- 4 IT C mi 1 C II mand for a new county in his opinion, and that Pittsburg as the county seat suited well enough. The new county would be Republican in politics. It would also rank as one of the largest industrial connties in the State, notwithstanding its youth, be cause it would include the manufacturing towns of Tarentum, Natrona, Leechburg and Apollo, with all their iron and glass factories. Powerful opposition, however, would be encountered from the office holders of all four counties and from the politicians. Allegheny county would never allow the dismemberment, and Armstrong county, being robbed by the movement, of the three most populous towns within its borders Apollo, Leechburg and Freeport would be Jairly stunned bv the sugges tion. Where Kickers Would be Numerous. In other ways the scheme lacks shrewd ness. Hulton, on the Allegheny Valley Railroad, and Bakerstown, on the Pitts burg and Western Railroad, are both within easier distance by rail to Pittsburg than to Tarentum. The people there would therefore regard the scheme as a retrogade LIMITS INDICATED BY DOTTED LINES. A committee which is to select a name for the new county will not make its report until the architects report the dimensions of the Court House to be built at Tarentum. In the meantime, the backers of the project will be glad to receive suggestions from the public as to a name. "Grant county" is what one man suggests. That will be ac ceptable, although it should be distinctly stated that hero an understanding now exists that under no circumstance will the region be christened alter Benjamin Har rison, Esq. "Enterprise county," or the names of eitherof the great minerals under lying the hills there, will be considered. L. E. Stofiel. A BISHOP CONVICTED Of Falsehood, Slander and Stirring; TJp Strife Ills Suspension Recommended EsbcrWill Ignore the Tribunal nnd Its Terdlct. Reading, Pa., March 21. The commit tee of ministers investigating Bishop J. J. Esher, of Chicago, for the past three days, arrived at a verdict this afternoon. They found him gnilty of all the charges, false hood, slander and reviving old difficulties for the purpose of creating dissensions in the church. They recommended that Bishop Esher be suspended as a Bishop and as a minister of the Evangelical denomination until tbe General Conference in 1891. Bishops Dubs, of Cleveland, and Bowman, of Allentown, have already been deposed. Bishop Esher was not present during the proceedings, remaining at his home in Chi cago and putting in no defense. The de cision of the committee will be sent him by special messenger, but it is supposed that he will entirely ignore it, as he has all along maintained that he is not subject to the direction of the committee which tried him; that the charges against him are old and that he had previously been fully exoner ated. A CLEAE CASE AGAINST HIM. Krout Scored by ibn Judge and Held In $1,000 Bond for Trial. rtrECIAL TELEQBAll TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 Chicago, March 21. Clarence Krout, the candy manufacturer, who is charged by Miss Leonora Ensell with conspiring with her mother to secure the plaintiffs money, was before Judge White to-day. Miss En sell swore that she met Krout in St. Joseph, Mo., and promised to marry him. When he disappeared she followed him to Des Moines and thence to Chicago. Mrs. Whitehead testified that she heard her sons in Kront's rooms conspiring to keep the girl close at home, and by sending her father a bogus marriage certificate to secure the 52,000 he had promised. The witness had seen Krout beat Miss Ensell, and heard him say that he wished the girl was dead. ICroct was nervous on the stand. He frequently contradicted him self. He denied tint he had abused Miss Ensell, but confessed that be had promised to marry her. After listening to all the testimony Judge White held him to the Criminal Court in $1,000 bonds, and fined him $100 for abusing Miss Ensell. The judge gave the prisoner a merciless scoring before he was removed to jail. IT WILL TAP PITTSBDEG. Now Trunk Line Contemplated Through Canonsbura nnd Wheeling to Chicago. rSrZCIAL TELEOHJLK TO TUX DISPATCH.: Canonsburg, Pa., March 21. There is strong talk of building the Canonsbuurg and State Line Railroad daring the coming summer. A very enthusiastic meeting was held here a few days ago, and the final ar rangements are to be completed on next Tuesday at a meeting which is to be held at Wellsburg. The intention is to build a new trunk line from Chicago through Wheeling and Canonsburg to Pittsburg, tapping a region of country that has been without railroad facilities. This would be a fine opening for Pittsburg, which is destined to be one of the greatest cities of this continent, and is fast becoming so now. WALKED INt5 THE EITEE. Tbe Mysterious Disappearance of a clnnati Merchant Cleared Up. Cincinnati, O.. March 2L A Cln. body fonnd in the Ohio river 20 miles below the city on Wednesday, was identified to-day as that or H. W. Longley, of Dayton, Ky., a well-known merchant of this city, of the firm of Longley & Garlick. He had been missing since February 3, and it now appears that he walked into the river in a state of temporary insanity. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1890 TWELVE PAGES. NOT LIKELY TO PASS. A Number of Eepublicans Against the.Federal Election law. THE RIVALRY OP LODGE AND H0AK. Senator Quay Was in Favor of the Blair Educational BilL NO PAEK ON THE OLD HOSPITAL SITE. A Eumor Tbat MeCallin is Anxious to be Collector ot the Fort Several Republican members ot Congress express themselves as opposed to the Lodge Federal election bill. It is thought that the measure will fail. Senator Quay was wrongly reported as being against the Blair bill. He was paired in favor of it fSFECIAL TELEOItAH TO TIIE DISPATCH.! Washington, March 21. There seems to be much more opposition in Congress, among both Democrats and Republicans, to passing a Federal election bill than either of the ambitions Massachusetts statesmen iden tified with this subject has dreamed of. Among the Massachusetts delegation it is an open secret that the rivalry between Senator Hoar and Representative Lodge as to which should b? known as the father of the new law was such that it was in a fair way to fall between the two and be lost sight of altogether. The sentiment among Congressmen, gen erally, moreover, is growing so rapidly that it is possible that had there been no contest between old Mr. Hoar and young Mr. Lodge, the measure might have died of its own weight. Messrs. Carlisle, Mills, Mc Millan, Breckenridge, and other leading Democrats of the House have already been interviewed on the subject, and have placed on record their strong opposition to the adoption of any Federal election law. SOME REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION. Now the Republican members are begin ning to talk in the same strain, and owing to this opposition, which is nearly all be neath the surface as yet the proposed meas ure is not being urged in either house of Congress. Two representative Republicans have openly announced their opposition to the agitation of the subject at this time, and their views are interesting and important, as they undoubtedly afford a fair idea of what a majority of the members think. Captain Allen, of Michigan, one of the strong Republicans, who has repeatedly de nounced Southern election methods in the House, and who is one of the so-called Grand Army of the Republic Republicans, franklvsays: "I do not think the Lodge bill will be pressed at this time, and I think probably it would be better to wait a while yet to see what public sentiment will do be fore resorting to radical action. I think we should hold our hand ready to strike if necessary, but I think it will not be neces sary. The Southern people are already be ginning to see that it will not do to keep up their old methods. Public sentiment is against them, and they are shamed by their conscience and public exposure. TIME WILL CUBE ALIi. "I think the thing will work itself out in time, and we had better wait for awhile and see. The Republican party is the de fender of justice, and the mere fact that we don't need the South to make up our ma jority in the House will not influence us Jo abandon the Southern Republicans, bat there is no need fur hasty action." Mr. Payson. of Illinois, who may be fairly called one of the leaders of the Re publican side, speaking on the subject, said that he thought that something was neces sary to improve the political situation in the South, but that there was a question as to what that something ought to be. He hardly thought the time had come when a Federal election law would be necessary. He rather thought the situation was im proving, and would correct itself with the assistance of strong public sentiment. . Mr. Lodge, who hoped to make a record on this bill and undo his rival, Mr. Hoar, is not very well pleased at the outlook lor the success of bis pet measure, for the pas sage of which a special committee, of which he is Chairman, was organized by the present Congress. INTEEYIEWED ALL THE SAME. Harry Ollrer Did Not Go to Washington Yesterdny ns Expected. FBOH A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.! Washington, March 21. An interview with Mr. Henry W. Oliver attracted con siderable attention here to-day. It was a severe arraignment of the Committee on Ways and Means for their reduction of the duties on steel manufactures and on fencing wires, ft appeared under a Wash ington date. Mr. Oliver was to have put in an appearance here to-day to suggest some points to Congress men in support of what is known as the Bailey bill, which is a bill granting Bailey & Co., of Philadelphia, the right to go to the Court of Claims and bring suit to re cover the difference between 30 per cent ad valorem and 45 per cent ad valorem, charged bv the Government on steel blooms imported into this country some years aeo. In one case it has already been decided thatthisdifference could be recovered. Many firms interested failed to bring suit until they were stopped by the stat utes of limitation. The bill provides (or the waiving of the statute. Were this bill passed it would open the way for many other claims of a similar character, in which Oliver & Co., Collins & Co. and other Pitts burgers are interested in the aggregate to the amount of about $1,000,000, the entire amount involved being in the neighbor hood of $3,000,000. The bill was to have come up in the House to-day, but was crowded out, and therefore Mr. Oliver did not come on, though he was interviewed all the same. IS M'CALLIN A CANDIDATE ? Tho Position of Collector of the Port Will Soon be Filled. rnOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. 1 Washington, March 21. Four years ago to-day tbe second commission of Col lector Barr, of Pittsburg, was dated and signed. His being a "recess appointment" he received a second commission after his nomination and confirmation when the Sen ate convened. There is nothing doing for the time in the matter of the appointment of his successor, but a change will undoubtedly he made very soon. A report was received here that Mayor McCallin was out as another candidate for the position, and as a friend of the Quay faction, so-called, but if so no trace ot the matter can be found among the applications on file at tbe department. It is probable the appointment will be made soon after the 1st of April, if not before. Q0AI WAS FOR THE BILL. His Position ou Blair's Measure Stated Wrongly In tbe Senate. Washington, March 2L In announc ing pairs on the Blair bill yesterday, the rela tive positions or four Senators were, mis stated on the floor. Senators Quay and Ransom, who were for the bill, were naired with Senators Butler and Casey, who were against it It was the reverse of this tbat was stated. NO SHOW FOR A PAEK. Tbe Action or tbe Surgeon General Spoils the Plans of Representative Dalzell WIndom Did Not Know of tbe Sale. TEOM A STAFF COKRESFONPBTT.I Washington, March 21. The bill In troduced in the House by Representative Dalzell, at the request of many citizens of Pittsburg, for the transfer of the property on Ellsworth avenue purchased by the Gov ernment some years ago for marine hospital purposes, to the city of Pittsburg for a public park, will probably be pushed no farther. It is found that the act appropriating money for purchase iB construed by the authorities of the Treasury Department having immediate charge of the marine hospital service to prohibit the use of tile property for other than marine hos pital pn -roses, and to provide expressly that if not so employed it shell be sold and the proceeds devoted to marine hospital uses. Mr. Dalzell secured a favorable considera tion of the bill of the Committee on Public Lands, and consulted tbe Secretary of the Treasury to learn whether such bill would meet his approval. Mr. Windom cordially assented, but almost immediately following this there appeared in Pittsburg newspapers an advertisement of the sale of the property, to which the Secretary's name was attached. This seemed so extraordinarv that Mr. Dal zell at once called on Mr. Windom to ask an explanation, and the situation became somewhat humorous when the Secretary de clared he was as greatly surprised at the advertisement as Mr. Dalzell himself. The truth was under the law the Surgeon General had power to sell the property, and, finding it wholly unsuitable for the use for which it was purchased, and knowing noth ing of the movement ot Pittsbnrgers to se cure its use as a park, had taken steps toward the sale, and, as is the usage, attached the Secretary's name. In view of the con struction or the law it is the only use tbat can be made of the property, and" therefore, notwithstanding tbe effective work of Mr. Dalzell, the favor of tbe committee and the heartv acquiescence of the Secretary, Gen eral Negley's fortunate sale to the Govern ment cannot be transformed even temporarily into a public park. WEST TIEGINIA EITEES. Beprescntative Wilson Argues for tho Im provement of the Upper Mononguhela. fFPOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. 1 Washington, March 21. West Vir ginia rivers occupied the attention of the River and Harbor Committee for a portion of to-day's session. Representative Wilson appeared in behalf of the continuation of the improvement of the upper Monongahela, where two dams have been completed by tb3 Government, and others are recommended. He asked that the recommendation of the engineer in charge of the work that $50,000 be appropriated for next season's work be complied with. He also asked for $13,000 for clearing ont the Cheat river so as to enable them to raft out the fine timber growing along its banks. Representative Alderson was also before the committee, and spokej generally in favor of continuing the improvement of the Kana wha and Ganley rivers. TOO MUCH PMCfl. Oulcers ot the Enterprise Occasionally Half-Seas-Over When Upon tbe High Sens A Coal Heaver Knocked Down Be came Ills Shoes Were Dirty. New Yobk, March 21. Captain McCalla testified in regard to his dispute with Chief 5ugfoec:r'.til,ristle. He claimed the latter failed to obey orders and was impertinent when rebuked. Entwistle went on the stand and denied that he disobeyed orders, and stated that the captain refused to let him explain. The complaint of C. J. Hobbs, a coal heaver, was that, because his dirty shoes made a spot on the deck Lieutenant" Inger soll caught him by the neck and threw him down and ordered Corporal Cook to throw water over him. His shoes were taken off. Cook testified he was ordered to throw com plainant and take his shoes off, but as be was not quick enough tbe Lieutenant threw the man to the deck. The Judge Advocate then said he had one or two questions to ask Lieutenant Inger soll. "Do you know of any officers of the Enterprise during this cruise who were in temperate in the nseof intoxicating liquors? and if so, name them and the occasion or oc casions." "I do know of certain cases where certain officers were under the influence of liquor. At Fayal, Bennett and Davis were sus pended and punished for this offense. At Villefranche in February, 1889, Lieutenant Lemly was under the influence of liquor. In Lisbon, in December, 1889, Mr. Lcmiy was also under the influence of liquor." The Court said he must give no names but those he could positively swear to as to his own knowledge had been drnnk. Mr. Lemly wanted to make a brief statement to the effect that he had partaken freely of punch on board tbe Lancaster. He was not on duty, and all he wished to do was to re tire. In regard to the Lisbon matter, he wanted Mr. Ingersoll to be more explicit. CAN CAEE FOE BEE P00E. Wilkesbarre Receiving Mcny Offers of Aid for the Starving Miners. Wixkesbabee, Pa., March 21. Mayor C. B. Sutton, of this city, is in receipt of innumerable letters from the cities of this State, New York, New Jersey and other States asking if any help is needed in re lieving the distress of the mining popula tion. Some of the most generous offers of assistance have been received, bnt to all he answers that no such help is needed. Wilkesbarre is an exceptionally rich city and her people are very generous in all such cases, so she is abundantly able to care for her own poor. The Mayor is not pleased that any idea to the contrary should get abroad, but highly appreciates the benevo lent spirit which prompts the kind offers. EXPEESS AGENT SUICIDES. He Gets on a Spree and Goes to Chicago to Die. Chicago, March 21. W. S. Barber, of Naperville, 111., committed snicide this morning. Barber was an express messenger at Naperville. The other day he went on a spree and disappeared from home. The Chicago police were notified, and told that he would probably commit suicide. This morning Barber locked himself in his room, and pulling out his revolver shot himself. He died in a few minutes. In Barber's left hand was found a letter di rected to his brother, Dr. H. B. Barber, of Naperville. In it tbe writer said he was about to commit suicide. Shot His 16-Yenr-Old Sweetheart. SPECIAt, TELIPBAX TO TUB DISPATCIt.I Lehighton, Pa., March 21. Walter H. Campbell, aged 16, shot and killed Cor nelia Hiskey, about the same age. He claims it was accidental, but has been locked np. They were engaged to be married. A New Postmaster for Corry, Soon. IFROH A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. J Washington, March 21. ThePostoffice Department has decided on making a change in the postoffice at Corry, Pa., and Mr. Cul bertson, in whose district it is, has selected Mr. Frank Button as the new postmaster. PARNELL VINDICATED Salisbury's Savafje A"ttack Upon Him in the House of Lords PK0V0KES A SPIRITED DEFENSE From Peers Who Think the Home Baler Was Treated Unjustly. WALES PATS A TISIT TO WILLIAM. Emperor and Prince Exchange Compliments Congratulations, and The House of Lords has approved the re port of the Parnell Commission, but not without a severe criticism of tbe Govern ment's course in the matter, provoked by the Marquis of Salisbury's savage attack upon Mr. Parnell. t3 London, March 21. The Marquis of Salisbury moved in the House of Lords to day that the report of the Parnell Commis sion be approved. He referred to Mr. O'Brien's statement before the commission, in which be withdrew the accusations against Lord Spencer while Viceroy of Ire land, but maintained them against his subordinates. This form of withdrawal, said the Premier, was an atrocious imputation on Lord Spencer, suggesting his readiness to put on the shoulders of his subordinates the defamation leveled at himself. The Parnellites congratulated themselves upon being found not guilty on certain charges, but there was evidence to show that the Parnellites in Parliament were ready to make use ot crimes committed by Parnellites ontside of Parliament. A SEBIOUS ASSEKTION. The Irish party had their hands on the throttle valve of crime and let go or re strained criminality as their political ne cessities required. How could the country assent to committing the Government of Ireland to men thus linked with criminal ity and immorality? The commission had laid bare and indicated the spirit of the governors of Ireland. It would be a queer prospect if an industrious community, es pecially that of the prosperous Protestant section, which, through good and evil re port, had clung to England, were handed over to such men. When the American Revolution was pro ceeding it might have been prophesied from the previous record of Washington what the future Government would be, and that he would carry into the council chamber the same high spirit of integrity that had distinguished him in the field. The same rnle applied to the Parnellites, whose con duct ought to frighten the country from ad mitting the possibility of ever confiding to them the rule of Ireland. LEADING TO MUBDEK. Here were men whose political objects were systematically pursued by means lead ing to outrage and murder, and their politi cal career ought to warn tbe country before hand what would be the fate of loyal adher ents of the crown if ever these criminal con spirators got control of Ireland. The House owed thanks to the commission for its im partial exposure of this episode in the his tory of Ireland. Baron Herschell attacked Lord Salisbury's speech in referring only to charges on which .the Parnellites were found guilty and omitting mention of the graver ones on which they were acquitted. Tbe Govern ment, he said, had constituted a new court, creating it by political means to try political opponents, and even this court had been constrained to CLEAB THE PABNELLITES on all butcharges on which the Government did not dare to invoke the infliction of a practical penalty. The verdict of public opinion was on the side ot tbe Parnellites now, and when the story of the episode was fully written on the pages of history the praise and the blame would be awarded in a very different fashion from the way in which they were awarded bv Lord Salis bury. Condemnation would not rest upon tbe Parnellites, bnt would concentrate upon their accusers. Lord Kimberley said that the whole case was pivoted upon the forgeries, and it was only just to record that the charges based thereon had collapsed. He thought Lord Salisbury lacked animosity, and cruelly treated a man whom he considered fit to make a political alliance with in 1885. PAKNELL EXONEBATED. Lord Spencer said he would venture to say that the commission would never have been appointed but for the forgeries. The motion of Lord Salisbury placed the House in a dilemma. It must blindly accept the report or act as a court of appeal. The first course was an unworthy one, and the second impossible without entering into political matters, which would place many transactions in a different light He could not support the motion without also recording the great wrong inflicted upon Mr. Parnell. The old methods of govern ing Ireland had failed and the only remedy was to throw upon Irishmen the responsi bility of managing their own affairs. Lord Derby denied that the commission was unconstitutional, and declared it was far more fit to deal with the matter than a select commission would have been. It mast be remembered, he said, that Parnell relnsed a 5ury trial. The commission had thrown upon Irish affairs a light far from agreeable to Parnell. CENSDBING THE GOVERNMENT. Lord Roseberry said that adoption of the motion would do a grave injustice both to themselves and to the Parnellites. It was degrading to Judges to thank them for im partiality. The great objection to placing the report on the journals of the House was that it tailed to distinguish between moral guilt and political crime. None of the find ings of the commission were so serious as they appeared. If tbe Nationalists had used seditious language, so had the Ulster men, and that with sanction of Lord Salis bury, Lord Randolph Churchill and Sir Henry James. At any rate the Parnellites had been whitewashed by the alliance of 1885. He severely censured the Government for offer ing no reparation to Mr. Parnell, and for taking no steps to punish the Times. He concluded with an eloquent reproach and warning to the Irish aristocracy, saying that all history gave evidence that an aris tocracy separated from the people was a doomed aristocracy. A GOVERNMENTAL DENIAL. The Lord Chancellor here denied that tbe Government had instigated the charges against the Parnellites. Lord Granville reproached the Govern ment tor leaving the burden of debate to Unionist peers, whom he congratulated on their chivalry in defending one of the least defensible acts of the Government Lord Salisbury's motion was adopted without a division. Forcing tbe Issue. London, March 22. It is expected that Mr. Gladstone will appeal in the House of Commons for a day to discuss Mr. Parnell's forgery motion. In the event of refusal the Parnellites will raise the question during the discussion of the estimates. roianign;. WALES AND WILLIAM Meet In Berlin and Enjoy a Love-Feast They Drink Each Other's Health, and Speak of tbe Friendly Relations Between En gland and Germany, Beblin, March 21. The Prince of Wales arrived here this morning. He was re ceived at the railway station by the Em peror, Empress Frederick and her daugh ters and a number of princes of the reigning families of the German empire. The Em peror was attired in the uniform of a Gen eral of English dragoons, while the Prince of Wales wore the uniform of a German General. A banquet was given at the Schloss this evening. The Emperor took in Princess Frederick Charles, while the Prince or Wales took in the Empress. Prince George escorted the Princess of Saxe.Meininger. At the table General Von Caprivi, as Chancellor, faced the Prince ot Wales. Count Von Moltke and Count Waldersee were also present. During the banquet Emperor William toasted the Prince of Wales in the most complimentary manner. He expressed thanks lor the reception given him in England, and declared that both the array and the navy were proud because the Queen had created him an admiral of tbe fleet that bad made England's greatness. He was pleased to see a representative of the British army in the uniform of the regiment named after Blucher, who, with the Dnke of Welling ton, minglea German and British blood on the field of battle. He drank to the contin uance of good relations between the two na tions and hoped tbat their fleets and armies might still co-operate in the cause of peace. The Prince of Wales made his reply in German, thanking the Emperor for the com pliments paid him. He said he had already telegraphed Queen Victoria an account of the brilliant reception accorded him, in cluding mention of the splendid bearing of her regiment. He said he was always pleased to visit Berlin, and trusted that he would have fresh opportunities to meet the Emperor, both here and in Great Britain. He thee drank to the welfare of the Em peror and his empire. LARGEST m THE WOELD. A Company Organized in Chicago to Oper ate a Mammoth Plato Glass Factory lalndlana Will Compete lth , Foreign Manufacturers. CniCAGO, March 21. A company has been organized here which, its promoters say, will bnild the largest plate glass fac tory in the world at Ellwood, Ind., and prove an important factor in competing with foreign glass. An application was sent to the Secretary of State for a charter to-day, and the capital stock is fixed at $2,000,000. The President of the company is Colonel A. L. Conger, of Ohio, and among those associated with him are E. G. Keith, of Chicago, and George T. Perkins, of Akron, O. For some time past Colonel Conger has been experi menting at Kokomo, Ind., in the manufac ture of plate glass and the result has been the production of a glass which he says equals or excels the best French plate. "We shall begin building at once," said Colonel Conger to-day, "and will soon have works at Ellwood that will turn out 20,000 feet of finished glass per day and trive em ployment to about 2,500 men. We have what we believe to be inexhaustible natural gas wells and will give foreign manufac turers active competition." BETTEE LUCK YESTEEDAT. Harrison Only Takes Time to Eat and Kills a Dozen Ducks. ISrECIAT. TXLSGRAX TO TUE DISP ATCH.1 Bengies Point, Md., March 21. The President had. great luck to-day and suc ceeded in bringing down 12 ducks. He spent nearly the entire day in the blind, coming from the point only long enough to get his meals. He will return to Washing ton to-morrow. This afternoon Mr. Frank Thomson, Vice President of the Pennsylva nia Railroad, and several other Philadel phians came down and took a hand in the sport. The President says he has enjoyed himself very mucb, but is put out over "the publicity given his movements. He told a reporter who was lortunate enough to get near him that he was tired of being ran after in this way, that he had enough of that sort of thin? in Washington and that it was to escape it that he came to Bengies Point "I don't want to shoot in the presence of 60,000,000 of people," said he. Then he made lor the blind and orders were issued tbat no one should be permitted to go near the President Members of the club, as well as employes, guarded the point and saw that this order was enforced. Mrs. Harrison, it was said, did not like to have his movements watched. He is a very patient sportsman. Senator Sewell is his constant companion until nightfall, when the entire party assemble in the cozy room in the house and spend the evening in con versation. ALL HAVE 12 CHILDEEN. The Offer of tbe Province of Quebec a Suc cessful One. ISPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.! Montreal, March 21. The offer of the Government to give a free grant of 100 acres of land to every father having 12 children has so far proved a great success, the pres ent appearances being that most of the un occupied lands in this province will soon be taken up. Although it is only about three weeks since the Government was ready to receive applications, over 140 claimants have already had their claims recorded and applications are still coming in at an aver age ot five or six a day. It was already well known that the French-Canadians are a prolific people, but it was not expected that they could make such a showing as this, and the public is surprised and pleased at the result. FATAL FEEIGHT WEECK. Tbe Train Breaks nnd the Two Sections Collide and Scatter. Middletown, N. Y.. March 21. An express freight train on the Ontario and Western Railroad was wrecked at Rock land at midnight last night The train broke in two and the second section ran into the first, sending tbe cars in all directions. One car plunged into the station, injuring the telegraph operator. Augustus Chase, of Walton, a brakeman, was iatally injured and has since died. EEMMLEE MUST MEET HIS FATE. Tbe Supreme Court Declares Ezecutloa by Electricity to be Legal. Albany, N. Y., March 21. The Court of Appeals has affirmed the judgments of the courts below in the Kemmler murder case, declaring the electrical execution act constitutional, and holding that no error was committed at the trial of the accused. The court is unanimous. Only one opinion is written. LAITI EEPEESENTATION Ts Discussed, but Not Changed, by the M. E. Conference. Caelisle, Pa., March 21. The Central Pennsylvania M. E. Conference to-day con sidered tbe question of increasing the laity representational tbe General Conference.and after a lengthy discussion of the subject, voted against the proposed change. Tbe vote stood 31 for the change and 144 against Transient Advertisements' 4 INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS, FOB SALES, ETC., FOB TO-MORROW'S ISSUE May be banded in at tbe main advertising office of The Dispatch, Fifth avenue, up to 'i. thFI CENTS, M. o ws. lOLEolWICIDE Advocated liy a i$AYJio Himself Leads the ? v. r. J A YERY STRANGE STORY. M. A. Collins, After Failing in Hi3 Earnest Endeavors to ESTABLISH A NEW SOCIAL SYSTEM" Ends His Existence to Draw Attention to His Theories. THE WEIED LETTEE HE LEFT BEHIND M. A. Collins, a labor and social reformer, of Chicago, is believed to have killed him self by drowning. He left a letter advo cating a wholesale system of suicide under public control. In this he saw the only method of regulating the law of supply and demand. Collins had devoted all of his small means to an unsuccessful attempt to found a new labor organization. tSFEClAZ. TZLZGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Chicago, March 21. The history of sui cide has added to itself a new and ghastly chapter. In the mysterious disappearance and probable self-inflicted death of M. A. Collins the novelist can weave the fabric of a weird plot and the playwright devise therefrom a startling situation. The social stndent will find in the contemplation of the pitiful tale food for serious thought. If M. A. Collin3 has obeyed the impulse which inspired him to write the remarkable letter now for the first time made public, he has done so in the firm belief that a future gen eration will cherish his name and memory, and revere him as a martyr to the cause in which he laid down his life. Five weeks ago M. A. Collins called at the office of his employer, W. H. J. Jack son, a contracting carpenter, and after a few commonplace remarks, took a package of manuscript from his pocket and banded it to Mr. Jackson, remarking as he did so that the document was of some length and could be examined at his leisure. AN ANAECniST SYMPATHIZER. The letter is now in the possession of The Dispatch correspondent, and explains it self. Before submitting the letter a brief s&etch of Collins and his history is in place. M. A. Collins arrived in Chicago from Tex as early in the summer of 1886. Chicago was wild with excitement over the Anarchist case. Of a sympathetic temperament, Col lins espoused the cause of the imprisoned men, and for months was tireless in his efforts to raise funds for theirdefense. When judgment was finally passed against them Collins superin tended the work of preparing a petition for executive, clemency. In this work Collins lost sight of himself and for days went with out food and almost without sleep. His later history will be better understood after reading what is supposed to be the la3t statement of a snicide. It reads as follows: Nature is mercilessly crncl in tbat she gives life and then takes it away. Man being the most perfect manifestation of nature's laws, is the most perfect embodiment of cruelty in its refined and intense form. The fact that man has abandoned the forms of bodily torture which his imagination invented, in what we now call the dark ages, is no proof tbat be is not equally as ingenious to-day in invention of torture for bis f ellowman. A PESSIMISTIC YIEVT. Bodily torture in tbe form of slow starvation, wasting disease. Insufficient protection, and en forced overstrain of tbe muscular and nervous system is tbe penalty tbat people pay to-day for being so heroic and self-sacrificing as to labor with bands and brains to produce tbe comforts and luxuries tbat should exalt and embellish civilized life. Ment?l torture too intense and exquisite for human language to describe, and in my case, as in many others, making exist ence impossible, is the reward of the man or woman whose sole desire is to see men do justice to each other, and learn to live for the benefit of others. When sucb a person has sec himself resolutely against tbe practices of fraud nnd chicanery, upon which all busi ness must live, and has grown too sensitive to endure the tortures which wage slavery inflicts, there is no resMnir place upon tbe earth. When tbey die and death must come soon to this clas3 whether from disease or by their own hand, or at the end of tbe hangman's ropo, society should at least render justice by giving them a decent burial and inscribe on their tombs words bke these: "Murdered bysocietv," or, "Crowded oft tbe earth by tbe competitive system." Men have been compared to animals when lndulziDc; their "elfish and lustful propensities or when perpetrating cruel and unreasonable tortnres npon their fellowmcn. This is a base libel on tbe animal kingdom and should be de nounced as a foul slander on even the most ferocious of beasts. Animals destroy each otberfor a purpose; men destroy each other from puro unadulterated flendishness. Tbe character delineated by the word fiend has never yet found expression among animals of the lower order. IN A PURELY PSYCHIC SENSE. That role has been monopolized by men and women many of them wearing the fairest ex teriors of flesh and blood; persons who, when not in the role of a fiend, often give expression to the tenderest and highest emotions of the soul. (I use tbe word soul in a purely psychic sense without any reference to future exist ence.) It is these peculiar psychic manifesta tions which have baffled tbe researches of mental and moral philosophers in all ages, and will perhaps continue to "do so for all time. And herein lies the despair of all true re formers who pnsh their investigation into the psychic realm. It is despair, utter and hope less, tbat comes to the Dest and bravest when they find in all the wide world of humanity not one kindred soul who can come into their lives and help or cheer or even tolerate them in their struggle. The unselfish mind will tolerate its existence in the body only when it can see a hope of ac complishing eood in the world, or when it can see a way to live without impinginz on the hap piness of others or accepting tbat most hateful oi an doous, mat wnicn me worm cans cnarlty. Tbe true reformer will study to find a way to reach the hearts of people, and if it requires tbe surrendering of bis life he will cheerfully give it. I have but one ambition in life, and tbat is to say or do something tbat will reach the hearts of at least a few of the ruling and prosperous class and cause tbera to think of the miseries tbey are constantly inflicting on others, and to persuade them to nse their influence, and give their support to some movement of a reformatory character. A MODEST INDIVIDUAL. Of course, I am not so foolish as to think that any act done.or anything that can be said, by one man or woman can go very far toward reforming tbe world. The point I wish to make and the bopo that inspires me is this: If I leave this manuscript, written by the hand of a man who deliberately puts aa end to his life, accepting tbe dieau which all people naturally have of death, and that self-inflicted, and doing so in full possession of all my mental faculties, the novelty, together with tbe horror which attaches itself to the situation, will give it a publicity which the thoughts it contains could in no other way receive. The horror-lovins sentiment of humanity will prompt thousands to read tbe dying declarations of a suicide where not a dozen people would look at it If written under any other conditions. I believe tbat if there could be established Continued on Sixth Page. "41 1 iLifijWiiALijitt
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