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FORTY-FITTH YEAE.
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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
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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
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V L i WESTMORLAND.
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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
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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
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