jgfi Transient AflTertisements Received AX the Branch Offices or TJao "Dis-patelx For to-morrow's isue up to? o'clock p. m. or list of branch offices in the various dis tncts see THlrtD PAGE. FORtT-iTFTH TEAS. Than the Last License Court Gave Occasion for, Among the Many Applicants- 307 PITTSBURG LICENSES, And Just 67 in the Eirst Pour Wards Over in Allegheny. LOTS OF NEW BARROOMS, With Eestaurants Attached, Will Spring Dp on Both Sides of Both Eivers. A WAY TO CRUSH SFEAK-EASIES, Or to Make Their Easiness Less Profitable, to be Tried Hereabouts the Coming Tear. LIST OF THE LUCK! AND UNLUCKY The Point Walls and tho mil Cheers Over the Heull Twelve Wards That Were Dry La&t Year Can Lnbileute Here after Wllliont Resort to tpeak-Enslcs Only Two Wards Without Ucenif Samuel Bine Fails to Secure His Own License Quite n dumber of Last Year's Lnckr Ones Fntl to Get There Again The 1.1st Late In Appearing;. The Judges apparently deem that good cheer Will not mar Pittsburg's chances of heaven; While with S3 saloons we have jaggell through last year. They now grant us three hundred and seven! For appropriateness it is plain that they try. Though the times arc so much out of joint. For while at tho "Hill" they have made figures high. They're at low-watermark round the "Point." The agony is partly over, and a liberal list is given out. Judges Ewing and Magee, at 9:20 o'clock last night, finished their work and handed down the names of 307 success ful applicants in Pittsburg and 67 in the first four wards of Allegheny. The propor tion of grants in this city is 3 out of 7 applicants, and in Allegheny one-half of the applicants. There were in Pittsburg TOG applications and 307 licenses. One year ago Jndge "White had GIG applications and granted but 93 licenses, one out of seven. The present Judges have been three times as liberal. Jndge "White refused to grant licenses in 14 ward?, the Sixth, Seventh, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Twentieth, Twenty second, Twenty-third, Twenty-seventh.Thir-ty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth. Tbls Year and Last. The hill district, the residence wards of the East End and the "West End of the Sonthside were made prohibitory districts, and the speak-easy flourished. This year licenses are refused in two wards only the Thirteenth and Twenty-second and the speak-easy will wane and die. The recommendation of Assistant Super intendent O'Mara that there should be 300 licensed houses, seems to have been conso nant with the views of the Court. Around the Point the houses are reduced. The Jndges think that district needs severe purifying. Several holders of licenses in the First ward are this year refused, notably Durr, Fallon andMcDonough, while others who were confident received a severe set back. Mr. Bing, of the Fourth ward, is sot on the winners' list. Only One Case Held Over. In handing down the list the judges ac companied it with the following written statement: "And all other applications that have been heard for said districts of said cities are refused, except in the case of the appli cation of J. S. Oehling, of the Fifteenth ward, Pittsburg, which is held for further hearing and consideration." The Conrt says that P. J. Haggerty, of the Fifteenth ward, must amend his peti tion so as more accurately to describe the locality; before license issues. Joseph S. Moore, cf the First ward, Allegheny, must remove his billiard table from his house. In several cases where the applicant died since filing his petition, the Court will still hear the issue of transferring to the widow or other heir. Waiting- for the Verdict. It was 9.20 o'clock when the work was ended. "Word waB sent down to the office of the Clerk of Courts, on the first floor, where the reporters were waiting, that the list was ready to be copied. At that time quite a crowd had collected around the eastern door. Applicants and their friends stood in the rain and gazed at the tongueless, iron-bound doors,'as if they might speak a word of hope. They did not speak. Now nnd then, when some impa tient fellow kicked one of the big doors lustily with his boot-toe, the tipstave within opered about six inches, glared and growled, and banged the ponderous door to again. In the saloons down town there were live ly, expectant crowds. Saloon keepers actual and expectant were in from the outside wards in force, and were accompanied by their friends. They litfed the bars, and in dulged in much surmise and speculation. Itcttinc on the Uesnli. During the afternoon there was a great deal ot betting on the outcome. Half a dozen men would form a pool, the man who guessed nearest the total number in the city to take the money. There were bets on Mil TO SMILE xaIj ,. r... iiriisMssiilif"f '-'- -? " de" 'JifeEi jiSS !Lsfti. ie, ij- -iJ -'c"':avan1fSHsii? ' ,-YTilAJsfcis'm single wards and even on individuals appli cants. Most of the bets on individual were on Samuel Bing, but those who were will ing to stake any money on him asked odds. Before the Judges left the Court House for their homes they announced that the wholesale applications for the first 14 wards of Pittsburg would be heard next Monday. HOW IT WAS DONE. A LONG HOLIDAY SESSION FOR TOE TWO JUDGE". Almost Beaten Ont of Their Dinners How They Arrived nt Their Conclusions The' Way la Which tho Ward Maps Came la Ilnndr. Few people in this city worked harder on God Friday than Judges Ewing and Ma gee. While many people were enjoying a holiday or attending divine service, those two eminent members of the judiciary were seated, for many weary hours, at their courtroom desk, pouring over multitudinous records and manuscripts or listening to the reading of shorthand notes, and puz zling their brains about whom to license and uhom to refuse. The Judges repaired to the courtroom at the regular hour, 9.30 in the morning, and took their usual seats upon the bench. They were accompanied by Samuel L. Full wood, the License Court stenographer, who had all his notebooks containing tbe testi mony taken during the past three weeks. The Judges had the private record made by Judge Ewmg in 1888, the private record made by Judge "White one year ago, the ap plications and bonds of the petitioners, and the W3rd maps of A. Y. Lee. Took a Good Rest. After the late adjournment of court Thursday evening, the judges were tired, and did not remain to review the day's work, as was their custom. They thought it better to go home and secure a good rest in preparation for the arduous work of yester day. Accordingly, the first work to be done in the morning was to go over the cases of the 54 applicants from the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth wards of Allegheny, heard on Thursday. This work required over two hours. The Pittsburg list was then taken up and gone over for the second time. As already stated in The Disfatch, on the authority of Judge Ewing, nearly every case had been already decided each evening after court ad journed. On several evenings the two Judges sat at their desk, without supper, and toiled at their puzzling task until after 9 o'clock. There were left over in each ward a few undecided cases, and these were the most difficult to pass upon. As a matter of course those marked for approval were not irrevocable, and it is probable that some of them may have been reconsidered at the last moment illnny Things to Consider. The questions which the Judges were com pelled to consider in order to lead them to a decision were many. It was necessary first to decide how many licensed houses should be given to a ward. Then came the ques tion of the manner in which they should be distributed on the various streets or sections of the ward. This brought the matter down to the various applicants and their houses. A basic principle was that no drinking place, which was nothing more than a drink ing place, could be licensed. Judge Ewing he'd that the Court did not possess authority to license a saloon. It could only licens the keeper of a hotel or eating house to sell liquors at retail. It mnst be the hotel, and not the saloon, which was licensed. The Judges considered that those per sons who received licenses one year ago, and had obeyed the law, kept orderly houses and accommodated the public, were first entitled to license for the ensuing year. In the cases of those not now li censed, a chief consideration was the matter of accommodations for the public which they possess. Blast Act In Good Faith. A man mnst have a good honse and a bona fide hotel or restaurant, or have con vinced the Conrt that he was preparing, in good faith, to open such a house. Those having their places already in operation oc cupied the better position before the Court. The reputation of the house had much to do with the decision in some cases. At no time during the term have the Judges been much impressed with the statement that a honse has been a saloon stand for years and years. Such a statement, in many cases, did more harm than good. Judge Ewing is wonderfully well acquainted with Pittsburg, and knows the reputation of many old taverns and liquor dens too well. He holds that when a house acquires bad habits it is a very difficul. matter to reform it. He prefers a new house, with a clean record. Then, the personality of the aoplicant entered vitally into the considerations. He must have a clean record. He was preferred if he were a man not content merely with the strict letter of the law. "He wonldbea poor man," said Judge Ewing, "who would not try to keep a better house than the law absolutely required." Good Lookers stood Some Show. In manv cises the personal appearance of the applicant, when before the bench, weighed as heavily as the words -which he uttered. The pleas and statements of attor neys had little weight with the Court. The man was required to be a man of experience and of temperate habits. If a total abstainer from intoxicants to much the better. It was impossible to reach a perfect deci sion in all cases. Many other contingencies affected results. In some neighborhoods a number of good men, otherwise wholly elligible, were located almost tfr altogether side by side. In such a case some one or two mu6t be selected. In another locality, where the Judges felt that there should be a licensed house, none of tbe applicants were up to the standard. In that case the best of the bad mnst be taken. In these cases of close decision, Stenographer Fullwood was called upon to read ait large from his notes, and this required time. In many cases the Judges were doubtless sorely puzzled. Tho Boroughs Borne la Mind. In several localities the list of applicants from the boroughs and townships adjoining the cities were consulted. This was particu larly the case on the Southside, where there are applicants from Lower St. Clair town ship, Knoxville and Beltzhoover boroughs close to the ward boundaries. The Judges worked steadily until 1220 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Then they de cided to go to the St. Charles for dinner. When they descended the stairs to the east door on Ross street they found it securely locked. The doors on the Grant street front had been looked all day. Only one tipstave had been in the building, and he had gone to dinner. Here was a state of things. There was nothing to be done except to wait until the bailiff came back from his dinner, and that was 1 o'clock. Then the weary Judges and r their stenographer were re leased. They returned within an hour and re sumed their task. All afternoon thev labored. Many anxions applicants haunted the vicinity of the Court House and gazed at the windows. Toward evening many thought the Judges might come out, but they did not. The electric lights soon shone out in their room, and far into the night notified all nassers-by that the task was still unfinished, WW THOSE WHO GOT THERE. THE FULL LIST OF LICENSES AS FAB. AS GRANTED. Tables for Significant Comparison Only Two Wards Where No License Is Granted Federal Street Saloonlrts Not so Lonely as Formerly. The following tables show the wort of the court, as far as accomplished and announced, as compared with tbe number of applica tions and licenses granted each year since the Brooks law went into effect: Pittsburg. Ward. ffH l-3 I? I? p4 s3 PS P"- P a a ' o ft o ft C. c. C. e. First 17 9 30 16 47 Second 20 9 35 21 33 Third 29 16 44 27 41 Fourth 12 6 14 11 15 Fifth 7 4 20 7 18 feixth 4 0 11 4 17 Seventh 4 0 10 2 11 Eighth. 5 I 12 6 10 Ninth 15 8 31 20 39 Tenth 5 2 11 T 16 Eleventh 5 0 9 5 lb Twelfth 11 5 36 15 42 Thirteenth 10 7 0 6 Fourteenth 13 5 32 11 32 Fifteenth 11 3 25 11 38 Sixteenth 6 0 23 7 21 Seventeenth 9 1 26 11 34 Eighteenth, 3 2 15 6 16 Nineteenth 6 4 19 9 18 Twentieth 2 0 10 4 8 Twenty.first 3 1 18 7 19 Twcntj-second 0 0 10 1 Twenty-third 6 0 15 8 15 Twentj-fourth 6 2 21 9 22 Twenty-tlftb 10 4 2S 11 33 Twentj-slxth S 2 27 10 24 Twentj-eventh 1 0 10 4 10 Twentv-eigbtb 10 3 21 14 20 Twenty-ninth 10 3 24 U 26 Thirtieth 8 2 14 6 13 Thirty-first 2 17 5 8 Thirty-second. 2 0 7 5 9 Thirty-third. 0 0 111 Thirty-fourth 3 0 9 4 8 Thirty.flfth 0 0 113 Thirty-sixth 4 0 7 4 10 257 93 616 307 706 Allecheny. Q Q , J& 00 S QCU poT3 ODU OO? Wabd. ga p jSE .g $Z 'a r- " a n a O, C ft S p. First 8 2 11 8 14 Second 8 4 17 7 15 Third 15 7 40 26 43 Fourth 20 14 47 26 65 ' 51 27 115 67 132 The following lists show those granted, those refused and those who withdrew, died after application or are held over. Those who are at present licensed are indicated by an asterisk (). PITTSBDRG. FIBST WABD. Granted. Boley, Samuel C, 31, S2 nnd 33 Diamond square. Uarson, Alet. SSand SOlhlrd avenue. Goettrnsn, G. 1". &C. P., 3 and 4 Diamond square. "Heck. Ilarry, IS Diamond square, Jacob. "tt 1111am II., 7 Union street. Kohlbecker, l'cter, 35 Diamond square. Larkln, frank D 34 Diamond square Lojrsn, Martin. 8, lOand 12 Penn avenue, uttridre, Thomas, 22 Diamond square. Porter, Edwin W., IS Diamond square. "Kelneman. Georee, 33 Diamond street. Sncier, Fred, 11 Diamond square, btevens, Charlej W., 200 31 irket street. Sanders, Frederick, 51 and 64 ater street. Snyder, N. b 34 and 3o Fourth avenue, "stroup. John C, 25 Union street. Meuscd. Buch, Mrs. Barbara, H Pcnn avenne. Uardslc). John, 46 and 43 Fourth avenne. Boblncer. Charles. 43 Fourth aven ae. Becker, Jacob, 26 Fourth avenue. Call. Patrick J., 227 Penn avenue. CaTanauEh, Matt, corner or ater and Liberty streets. . ,, Durr. John K.., corner of Fonrth avenue and Market street. Dertne, Thomas, 33 1'enn avenne: De'aney. 'J nomas, 113 and 115 Market street. Evans, William, 10 Market Btreet. Fallon. Georges., 13 and IS Penn avenue, Foley, Martin, KM Penn avenue. Feen v. Michael J. . 45 "t ater street. Goldthorp, John P., 1 ood street. Hollander, Adolph, 41 "fourth avenue. Hard, John P., Third avenne. Ileckmann, Oswald. 237 Market street. Kellcrman. Frederick. 101 Market street. HIuk. John. 37 Pcnn avenue. Xlnir, Peter. :3 Penn avenue. McDonough, Patrick. 20 Penn avenue. McCarran, Charles 105 ater street. McGlnnls. Bernard, 20 Water street. McUononfrb, John, 21 Pcnn avenue. Nee, John, 219 Pcnn avenue. Porter, Edward K., corner Market and Water streets. Prlnty. William. 333 Liberty avenue. Withdrawn, Ueck, John, 31 Diamond square. Granted, IS; refused, SO; withdrawn, 1; total, 47. SECOND WABD. Granted. Anderson, G. B and Kowan, John, 118 and 215 Smlthfleld street. Brown, John H lKhecond avenne. Bayley, Neville, 4C6and407 bmlthfleld street. Brady. Daniel. Boss street and becond avenue. h rey, Michael M 60 and 62 Diamond street, Fllson. James H., 209 Grant street. Goodwin, T. J. and C G., 115 Fourth avenne. Gill, Charles II., Wood street and Third avenne. Gallisalth. Bardele, 43 Diamond street. Hutchinson, Alex. 187 and 138 Water street. Holmes. C, and Arnald, H. H., Water and bmltbllcld. Miller, Wollaang. SO Diamond street. Maloney, M. F 119 Diamond street. Mihm, Amand, lOlbinlthfield street. Mohler. UirryB . 110 bmithfleld street. Maynard, E F., 16 bmitu leld street. -Vary, Daniel C. 116 bmlthfleld street. Paisley, bamuel, MI Fourth avtnue Preston, Charles, 5, 7 and 9 Ross street. Kuppel, I-ouls, 212Smlthfleld strict. bchmidt, Fred, KDlamon 1 stree- Jlefused. Blackmore, Thomas J., 131 and 132 Water street. Drhcw, John, 2 Grant street. Dlenam, John F. & John T., Jr., 10 Bmlthneld street. Eckert, Philip, 52 Diamond street. Ulson, John A. & beorca L 313 Grant street. Hughes, Owen, 205 Grant street. Lutz, Kohert J , 210 Grant street. Moore, John J.. 115 Grant street. Meyers. Frank, 411 hmltlifield street. Miller. George. 212 becond avenue, bchnette. Otto, 232 Second avenue Weldmeyer, I rederlck, 135 Fourth avenne. Granted, 21; refused, 12; total, 33. THIBD WABD. Granted. Uihlman, A. B. 4, sons, 49 and SI Diamond street. Cjrr. Joseph & George A., 814 and 816 Liberty street. Cappcll, Charles, 142 Fifth avenne. Dlmllng. Geortre, 17 Diamond square. Elchleay. John, 10 Masters street. Freibertzbauser. Charles, W6 bmithfleld street, Mirer, Charles F., 4 blxth avenue. Herzberger, Henry, 974 Liberty street. Hermann, John, 617 Smlthflsld street. Keller, Jacob, 642 bmilhflcld street. Kittner, Charles, 60b Liberty street. Lenz, V llllam S. Klelnschmldt, bixth avenue and ood street. Lauber. David, 101 Fifth avenue. Mashey. George N.. 82 and 83 Fifth avenne. Mlhm. UustaveU., 623 bmlthfield street. Hcimbuechcr. S. H., and Mllligan, T. II.. 636 bmltbfleld street. Mlhm, Oscar, 645 bmlthfield street. Piatt, James W 428 bmlthfield street. Kelneman, Eeckhard, 603 ood street, "bchinldt. Henry, 32 and 31 Seventh avenue, schrlbncr, Alex., 1002 to 1006 Liberty avenne. Vow Inkle, Charles, t blxth avenue. Wilson, Baker C Liberty and beventh avenue. right, Wm. J. 2 and 4 Masters alley. oog, Frank X., 604 Smlthfleld street. Witherow, Wm.. Wltherow, Jas. P.. Deegan. Thos., S20 and 52! Smlthfleld street. """ 'Weiss, Mathlas, 432 bmlthfield street. Refused. Arnold, George, corner Grant street and beventh avenue. Asbworth, William W.. 002 Liberty street. Barberlcb. George J., 005 Grant street. Davis, Harry. 63 Diamond strict. Delph. Leonard, 1012 Liberty street. GUtluan, James 0 STi Liberty street. Hohmann, John, 638 bmlthheld street. Keller, Plus P., i84 irth avenue. Heeler, John. C37 bmlthileld street. Larger, AloIbC,' 6J4 bmlthfield street. Martcll, Andrew K., 115 and 117 Fifth avenne. McCarthy. William H.. .445 Mood street. McCoy, i rands. 600 Liberty street. McGarvey, Owen, 637 Grant street. .Nolte, Jacob, Jr., 610 Liberty street. bpencer, Charles M., 62J Filth avenne, baucreln, Christ, 603 Grant street. Granted, 27; refused. 17; total, 44. FOUBTH WABD. Granted. Hover. J. B. , Dnqnesne way and Beventh street. Brown A Tavlor. &L 625 ant Boehm, Anna Mary, Penn avenue and Ninth street. McKtnle & Beam, Sixth street and l'enn avenne. McCarthy, Owen, 16 blxth street. Itedenbach, Edward. 14 beventh street. Itueckclsen, W illtam. 31 Sixth street. BIchter, Otto, 920 Penn avenue. bchlosser& DeUenbacb, blxth street and Penn avenue. Tann, George. 64 Tenth street. Thompson & Booth, 7 Blxth street. na o.u reaa UTenue. .Continued on Seventh JPage. w 'iB$rm$; PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1890 TWELVE MUST TOE THE MARK. Congressmen Closely Watched Their Soldier Constituents. by ONE KICKER AGAINST PENSIONS Forced to Withstand the Attacks of His Colleagues. All ANOTHER T1CT0ET FOR WANAMAKER. He Wins a Little Tariff Ffeht With the rhlladelphla Custom House. The House of Representatives celebrated Good Friday with a fierce pension debate. One Missouri member attacked the present plans as extravagant, and was sat down upon by both Republicans and Democrats. The soldiers are watching the position of Congressmen very closeiy. rrr.OM A STAFF COIIRESrONDEHT. Washington, April 4. Good Friday was pretty well observed in pious political circles, among which, however, the House could not be included, as it indulged in an acrimonious wrangle over pensions, such as has not been had for many a day. The Sen ate and Supreme Court adjourned. Heads of departments sent the cheering news to the department employes that apy of them who desired to go to church would be ex cused, and the amount of religion and re spect for Good Friday suddenly developed was astounding. The feeling excited in the House by the anti-pension speech of Stone, of Missouri, who is something of a crank on economy and all other subjects, made it perfectly evi dent that members recognize that the day has not yet come when it is safe to sneer at the demands of the Grand Army of the Re public, and to call the veteran soldiers beg gars, who are always asking alms of the Government. ALL AGAINST HIM. Mr. Stone received a terrific setting back, and from some Democrats as well as the Re publicans. Members are not for a day per mitted to forget the powerof the old soldiers. The least tendency toward timidity or illiberality on the part of anyone is a signal for a shower of criticism from soldier con stituents, and from others not constituents, lu every part ol the country. Mr. Morrow, of Kansas, Chairman of the House Committee on Pensions, is in daily receipt of many letters from veterans de nouncing him for the tardiness of the com mittee and the parsimony ot the proposed service pension bill, which grants a pension of $12 per month to veterans after they have reached the age of 60. Many of these let ters aie insulting and threatening, but of course these are not from the leaders of veterans' organizations. A circular which has been sent to every member of Congress is signed "a Hoosier Soldier," and is dated Indianapolis, of which the following are specimen extracts. HIS LITTLE SCBEED. Early in the session of the present Congress Speaker Reed, with proper emphasis, declared that tbe majority mnst rule. The Republicans bavo the majority, and will be held accountable to the people for the manner in which they rnle. The very air of Washington appears to bo filled with iobberv. vet we hear of nothing but tbe cold shoulder being turned to the .sol-1 uier. because uanrr was mc irlena oi the soldier, he was told that ho must go and be was made to go. Governor Uovey, the friend ot the soldier, not long since went to Washing ton to labor for the service pension, and lie too was told to go home, that it was too early to apply for a service pension, that it would ruin the Republican party, and the old man returned to his homo despondent and disheartened. Mr. Peters, of Kansas, in the debate upon tho World's Fair, declared that the annual appro priations would exceed $400,000,000, which is more than 100,000,000 in excess of tbe appro priations of any one year under Democratic administration. Galveston, Tex., wants 6.000,. 000; Sault Sainte Marie Canal demands $5,000, 000, and Hav Lake channel modestly asks for 3,000.000 only, and similar demands without number are pressed upon Congress. Nothing for soldiers, but everything for jobbery. Of course constant communications such as these tend to make Congressmen timid in this year of Congressional elections, and even those Republicans who are most sin cerely enthusiastic for the soldier declare that the pension legislation is beyond com parison more delicate and difficult to deal with than any other, and that the next ques tion of the tariff is as easy as lying com pared With it, IiIGHTNEB. ANOTHER TARIFF KICK. Tho Glove Importers the Last to Protest Against McKlnley's Measure. "Washington, April 4. Messrs. Crom well, Holzmeyer, Foster and Gibhs, of New York, representing the glove importers, ap peared before the "Ways and Means Com mittee this afternoon to urge the substitu tion of specific for ad valorem duties on gloves. Mr. Cromwell said that the change was desired to protect honest merchants from the undervaluation practiced by dis honest importers. He said that every collector had condemned the mixed duty imposed by the pending bill as mischievous. What the importers wanted was some thing clean, fair and positive a specific auty nasea upon tne material ana length ot the gloves. The specific rate could be fixed upon present values so that they would be equivalent to the mixed duty and the Gov ernment would lose no money, while the same degree of protection would be afforded. TAKING IN TflE CAPITAL. A Largo Delegation From Pittsburg Seeing Everything of Interest. tTKOM A STAFF COBRXSPOXDENT.J "Washington, April 4. A large excur sion of Pittsburgcrs arrived late last night via the Pennsylvania road, and another section of the same excursion came on in sleepers last night, arriving early this morning. To-day they crowded the depart ment and Capitol corridors, took in the "White House, Corcoran Gallery, Smith sonian and other places, and generally seemed to enjoy themselves hugely, though they had to contend against Good Friday dullness and capricious April showers. LOOKING AT RAI'S SEAT. John Todd, of Washington County, Has a Liking for Congress. rrrtOM A ETAFF COBRESFOITOXNT.I "Washington, April 4. Mr. John Todd, of "Little" Washington, who has been an nounced as a candidate for Congress against Representative Ray, is in the city looking about, and learning something of what it means to be a Congressman. Mr. Todd's first work as a candidate, however, will be to capture Washington county from the able and genial editor, Acheson, and even Mr. Todd, judging from remarks to some of his friends, does not appear to think that in this he will have a walk-over. To Elect Senator by Popular Vote. Washington, April 4. Representative Henderson, of Iowa, to-day introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution providing for the election of Senators by the qualified voters of the States. AN ALCOHOLIC INQUIRY. Tho Majority of tho Iloaso Committee In Favor or Such a Move pno New York Congressman Enters a Vigorous Objection. Washington, April 4. Representative J. D. Taylor, from the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, to-day reported to the Honse the bill agreed upon by that committee providing for the appointment of an Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Commission. The report of the committee says that a large portion of the people have for a long time desired an honest, intelligent, impar tial and thorough investigation of the liquor traffic in all its phases. Reference is made to inquiries by similar commissions in England, which have had remarkable results, and warrant further investigations. Reports indicate that the liquor traffic causes four-fifths of all the crimes com mitted, wastes one-half of fixation, causes the expenditure of 5800,000,000 a year in drink, incapacitates mentally and physi cally half a million people for labor and business, causes three-fourths of the fearful increase in insanity and im becility, and does no good to any body. On the other hand these state ments are denied and pronounced to be the hallucinations of a diseased brain. There fore, says the report, let us have an investi gation, and let the world know the truth or fahity of these assertions. Representative Quinn. of New York, pre sented a minority report in opposition to the bill. He says that under the terms of the bill while the commissioners shall not be long to the same political party, they may all be Prohibitionists. The majority con cede that Congress has no power to regulate the liquor traffic in the States, and it is therefore a novel proposition that it shall investigate a subject without possess ing the power to carry out by legislation the recommendations made by the commission. Mr. Quinn maintains that there is no in formation on the subject that has not al ready been published; no argument relating thereto that has not been already made. It has been agitated and discussed for 40 years by the people, and it is an in sult to their ability and intelligence to say that they are not informed on the subject, and that this commission can in two years give them what they do not already know. In conclusion Mr. Quinn says that un doubtedly the bill is one of those numerous measures originating outside of Congress under the pretense of some great public benefit, the real purpose of which is per sonal advancement and selfish interest. The bill is intended to infringe upon the rights of the people, and is un-American in its character. WANAMAKER A "WINNER. The Trcnsnry Depot tment Decides a Tariff Dispute in Ills Fnvor. Washington, April 4. The Treasury Department has sustained the appeal of John Wanamakcr from the decision of the Collector of Customs at Philadelphia assess ing duty at the rates of 45 and 50 per cent ad valorem on certain so-called bead orna ments. The articles are squares and stripes of cotton net, embroidered some with beads, add others with metal thread. Mr. Wanamaker contended that they are almost exclusively used in making and ornamenting hats and bonnets, and conse quently were entitled to entry as hat trim mings, dutiable at 20 percent ad valorem. The department coincides in the view, and directed a readjustment of the entry. CHINESE DECORATION DAT. Rich Tlnods and Puper Wives Flared- on tho Graves of Dead Celestials. NewYobk, April 4. Notwithstanding the rain and the heavy road, at least 500 dead Chinamen were made happy to-day at the various New York cemeteries. It was Deco'ration day among the Chinese of America. On this day the dead Chinamen have a big demonstration at their respective residences the graves, whither their friends and relatives are expected to bring them their annual provisions. These consist not only of choice roasted pigs, chickens and other delicacies of the Chinese mar ket, but servants. These last are an imperative tribute, although in life the deceased may have been bachelors and not rich enough to hit the pipe but once a year. J. hey are supposed to have left tbe misfortune of poverty and all others behind them into the body, while their spirits enjoy the life of nabobs. But these enjoyments must be started to them from this side of the mysterious river. The paper blouses and money that devo tees burnt to-day at the graves are changed into silken garments and the yellow paper slips into pure gold bars to-day in the other world; so were the beautiful paper wives and pretty paper servants of both sexes. There were about 200 of these females re duced to ashes in Evergreen and other cem eteries, and almost as many roasted pigs were set before the graves, and afterward swallowed by Chinamen who were not yet dead. A HUSBAND'S C0STLI SLANDER. He Most Pay 85,000 for Calling Ills Wife Hard Nnraes. rSFSCIAI, TBLEOItAJt TO THIS DISFATCB.J Chicago, April 4. Mrs. Mary Williams to-day secured a judgment of ?5,000 in Judge Anthony's court against her husband for slander. This action is the first of its kind in the history of Cook county. The defendant is a retired capitalist who enjoys an income of 55,000 a year. Mrs. Williams is 50 years old, gray and stately, and a member of one of the most aristocratic fami lies in the west division. Mrs. Williams says her husband told her neighbors that she was a woman of bad character, that she was unduly intimate with a well-known Board of Trade man and that she was a woman of notorious character before he married her in 1889. Mr. Williams, it is said, did not content himself with stating these facts by innuendo, but used the most broad and unmistakable language. He also accused her of having attempted to murder him by putting poison in his coffee and whisky. It took a jury about two minutes to award the plaintiff 55,000 damages. A CARGO OF WINE SEIZED. Severe Penally for Attempting to Ship In. toxicants to Alaska. San Fbancisco, . April 4. The bark Hope, which cleared from this port yester day for Alaska, has been held here by the Collector of Customs for having about 2,000 gallons of claret wine aboard, the importa tion of which into Alaska is forbidden by the laws of the United States. The vessel's manifest made no 'mention of wine being aboard. Collector Phelps has sent to Washington for instructions. Tbe statutes provide a penalty of 5500 fine or imprisonment not to. exceed six months; tne lorienure oi liquor, and, where the value of the wine equals 5400, forfeiture of vessel. It is believed the value of wine aboard the Hope equals 5400. The Grand Army la Politics. EFXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATOB.l COLUMBUS, April 4. General Russell A. Alger, Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, was tendered a reception by local posts to-night, and made a speech in which he advised the selection of Congress men who would look after their interests. Mgmiai PAGES. IT WAS AWIR FIGHT Stockholders of the Chicago Exposi tion Have an Animated QUARREL OVER THE DIRECTOR!. Ex-Mayor Carter Harrison Makes a Hot Speech Demanding FAIR REPRESENTATION FOR POOR MEN. Anotber Speaker Denounces the Ticket Prepared and Frinted. The stockholders of the Chicago World's Fair had a very lively time yesterday in en deavoring to select a directory. Heated speeches were made, and the proceedings al most culminated in a riot. Finally every body nominated their favorites, and the re sult wifl not be known until the votes are counted, which will take some time. Chicago, April 4. The stockholders of the Chicago World's Fair Association, rep resenting 500,000 shares of 510 each, met for organization at Battery "D" Armory this morning. At 8.30 o'clock a wicket in the great doors at the entrance was opened, and the stockholders, with credentials in hand, began to pass in at first a few, but later in compact line, the number outside seeking entrance constantly increasing till a solid mass surrounded the doorway. The line, as it entered, was gnided to a large room on the second floor. Here clerks ranged behind tables scanned the certificates presented, showing that the bearers or prox ies had paid the required 2 per cent upon the number of shares subscribed for, where upon, either as subscribers or as proxies, they received certificates showing the num ber of shares which they were respectively entitled to vote in the meeting. mebelt a suggestion. It was nearly noon when Mayor Cregier, as Chairman of the committee to secure the fair, called the meeting to order. He was chosen Permanent Chairman of tbe meeting and James W. Scott was made Secretary. Previous to the opening of the meeting, printed tickets bearing 40 names of promi nent citizens, who it was suggested were well fitted to become directors of the association, were passed around. It was explained that this was merely in the way ot suggestion for the benefit of stockholders who had not the acquaintance or the time necessary to make up a good ticket, and that five blank spaces were left to be filled in by each individual voter, in the belief that the meeting would want to make the board consist of 45 men. It soon became evident that there was an element of dissatisfaction in the meeting. NO show fob pooe men. As soon as the preliminaries were disposed of, ex-Mayor Carter H. Harrison, who had previously addressed a meeting in one corner of the hall, walked to the front, and mounting a chair, said he desired to move that tbe number of directors be increased to 75, so that the poor man would secure a fair representation on the board. He did not want to cut out the names mentioned; they were good men, but he wanted to seelocalities represented which.were now being slighted. Mr. Harrison was followed by Washing ton Hesing, who made a great sensation when he openly charged star chamber pro ceedings, and that the ticket had been pre pared by the Southside Street Railway and the First National Bank. A few hisses greeted this thunderbolt, but the cheers were weightier. Foreign nationalities bad been overlooked. There were 24 nationalities in the city. The Germans had been honored with two names on the proposed board of directors and the Irish one name. GROANS A2TD CnEEBS. In behalf of tbe whole city he deplored the attempt to force the 40 star chamber names on the city. It was narrow-minded and selfish, and he seconded Mr. Harrison's motion to make the number 75. More hisses and groans and loud cheers followed this. Victor F. Lawson moved as an amend ment that the number of directors be 45. A viva voce vote on these propositions was found to be unsatisfactory, and a formal ballot by shares of stock was called for. Then 15 minutes were consumed by speeches by Mr. Harrison and others, and "in points of order on the rulings of the Chair, etc. Thomas B. Bryan took the platform and spoke eloquently on the dangers of dis sensions which were arising and tbe Chi cago's rivals for the fair would gloat over the quarrels of this meeting, and that the whole world would know of it, and that the oft-boasted unanimity would be widely ridiculed and Chicago would be the sufferer. ALMOST A BIOT. At 1:15 o'clock the noise became simply deafening. A hundred stockholders, big and little, jumped to tbe seats ot their chairs, and all were talking at once, and during the whole trouble the only question which had yet been put to the meeting was concerning the number of directors to be elected. The followers of Mr. Harrison and Mr. Hesing seemed to be as strong as the advocates of those who favored a Roard of Directors containing 45 members. Fifteen minutes of something which more nearly approached a riot than anything else were spent before the tellers supplied the hundreds of voters with ballots. Speeches were made in a dozen parts of the hall at the same time. When the vote was finally taken and announced it was fonnd that the motion to increase the number of directors to 75 was lost, 54,345 shares of stock'being voted for the motion and 246,444 against it, making a totol of 300,7S9 shares voted. WHOLESALE NOMINATIONS. Victor F. Lawson moved the nomina tions be made by the voters present sending to tbe Secretary the names of whoever they desired to represent them. The motion prevailed, and each.of the several thousands present prepared a list of 45 names and sent it up. Then Secretary Scott drew a long breath and proceeded to read. All 40 names on the printed list were nominated, and many more, ranging from Channcey Depew, of New York, to John Smith, of the Sixth ward. A ballot was then taken for the pur pose of choosing 45 of the nominees to act as directors of the corporation. When all of the votes had been cast, tbe meeting ad journed. A great deal of time will be re quired to count the votes, as ctmalative voting was provided tor. The lesult will not be known till next week. ASKING CONGBESS TO HUBBY. Shortly before adjournment the following resolution was passed, and ordered sent by telegraph to the Senators from Illinois in Washington: Resolved, That tho vast meeting, representing the. great majority ot "shareholders in the World's Exposition ot 1892. and representing also the larger body of citizens ot Chicago, ap prove and confirm all pledges heretofore made .on onr behalf by our Representatives In Con gress. Wo earnestly appeal to tho United States Senate for a prompt and favorable considera tion of the House bill on tbe World's Columbian Exposition, In order that our people may expe dite the needed preparation for the stupendous undertaking to be confided to us. THE DIBECT0B3 ELECTED. It was lacking but a few moments of mid night when the count of the ballots was finished. With three notable exceptions the ready-made list of 40 names was successful. The three were Colouet G. B. Davis, J. W. Doane and L. Z, Leiter. Another one of the 40, John Dekoven, bad withdrawn be fore the balloting beznn. Much surprise was expressed at the defeat of ex-Congress-1 man Davis, who has been quite generally credited with having taken a leading part at Washington in the man euvers that led to Chicago's success before the House of Representatives. His friends were not slow to attribute his defeat to the machinations of political ene mies. Colonel Davis lacked nearly 4,000 votes of reaching tbe minimum requisite to election. The 45 directors chosen are as follows, the first 36 being from the list pre pared beforehand: Owen F.AIdis, Samuel W. Allerton. W. T. Baker, Thos. S. Bryan. Mark L. Cofford. W.H. Colrin, D. C. Cregier. J. W. Ellsworth, Stny-ves-int FIsb. Lyman J. Gage. H. N. fllcin botham. C. L. Hntcbinson, F. P. Jeffry, R. A. Keyes, M.M. Kirkman. H. H. Kohlsaat, L. F. Lawrence, T. J.Lefeni, Cyrus H. McCormick, Andrew McNally. Joseph Medill. Robert Nelson. Potter Palmer. J. a Peasley, Ferd W. Peck. F. M. Phelps, F. S. Pike. M. A. Ryerson, Charles H. Schwab, A. F. Seeborger. W. F. Strong, R. A. Wilier, Edwin Walker, John R. Walsh, C. C. Wheeler, Otto Young. C. H. Wacker, F. G. Keith, F. B. Butler. F. 8. Wins ton. A. Nathan. C. T. Yerkes. W. D. Kcrfoot. J. J. P. Odell, J. V. Farwell, Jr. THE SENATORIAL IDEA. Chicago Mnst Furnish Proof That tho Sub scription List Is Sonnd A Committee Appointed to Investigate tho Matter. Chicago, April 4. The Senate Commit tee on the World's Fair was in session sev eral hours to-day. The bill as it passed the House was read in full, together with Sen ator Daniel's amendment proposing that suitable ceremonies be held at Washington October 12, 1892, in connection with the un veiling of a statue of Christopher Columbus, the opening of the fair at Chicago to follow. When this had been concluded, Chairman Hireock raised tne question of the quality of the subscriptions to the 55,000,000 guar anty fund. Senator Farwell, representing Chicago's interests on the committee, stated that Mr. Lyman Gage, Chairman of the Finance Committee, had appeared before the World's Fair Committee of the House and testified that 98 per cent of the subscriptions could be collected in cash; and he (Senator Far well) bad asked Mr. Gage to make the same statement to Senator Hiscock as Chairman of the Senate Committee. He supposed this had been done and that the statement wonld be satisfactory to the committee. Senator Hiscock said he could not nse a statement made in that way as evidence be fore the committee. It was finally decided to refer the investigation of the subscription to a sub-committee consisting of Senators Hiscock, Hawley, Wilen, of Iowa, Gray and Daniel, to report within a week. After a consultation with the members of the sub committee, Senator Farwell telegraphed to Mr. Gage at Chicago to send to Chairman Hiscock the following: First A certified copy of articles of incor poration of the World's Fair Exposition with a list of directors to be chosen to-day. Second A list of 1,000 of the largest sub scribers to the guaranty fond, together with the amounts they subscribed. Third Tho number of subscribers of less than 5100 and of tbe number from $100 to 500. Fourth The plan proposed for increasing the guaranty fund and what has been done to carry it ont. Fifth A statement signed by Messrs. Gage, Doane. O'Dell and Wirt as to tbe responsi bility of the sicners of the subscription fund and tbe probability of collecting the amounts subscribed. YELLOW JACK HEEE. A Teasel From Rio Quarantined at BaltU more With iho Disease Aboard Three Seamen Die oa the Voy age and Bariedat Sea. Baltimore, April 4. Quite a commo tion was caused among shipping men to-day by a report that the American ship A. Mc Callum, Captain O'Brien, from Rio, was detained at quarantine with yellow fever aboard. The rumor gained a good deal of credence because it could not be verified, the Health Department being closed. Cap tain O'Brien was not allowed to come to the city by order of Dr. Heiskill, who is in charge of quarantine. It was definitely learned later that three of the sailors bad died on the passage, the first of yellow fever on February 13, the other two on February 21, and on March 2, respectively. Captain O'Brien said the lat ter two did not die of yellow fever, and that there was no epidemic on his ship. The man who died contracted yellow fever while the ship lay at anchor at Rio. All were buried at sea. Dr. Heiskill quarantined tbe ship. CARRIED A REBEL BULLET In Bis Arm for 28 Tears Without Knowing It Was There. JSPXCIAI. TXLIOBAM TO TOE DISPATCH.' Middleton, N. Y., April 4. Lieutenant Harvey B. Morenus, of Walton, while serving In Company E, Third Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry, in July, 1862, was wonnded near Kingston, N. C. A minie ball, fired at close quarters, shattered the cavalry pistol which he carried by a belt around his waist, and the conension fractured two of his ribs and knocked him senseless. His horse reared and sprang forward, throwing him to the ground with such violence as to fracture his right shoulder. A surgeon who attended him found an incised wound in the fleshy part of the right arm just above the elbow joint, to which he paid little attention, as the bone seemed untouched. Wben the wound healed a large protuber ance remained there, leaving the muscles stiffened and tbe arm seriously disabled. A few days ago Morenus accidently got a violent blow on the arm by apieceof Inmber. The lump became instantly painful and swelled and suppurated. The surgeon who was called cut from the arm the minie ball which the Lieutenant had unconsciously carried there for almost 28 years. It is ex pected that he will nor recover the full use of the arm. SOLDER SHIKAGO'S DEATH. A Handsome Foreigner Dies at Harrlsbnrg Under Peculiar Circumstances. Habbisbubg, April 4. A distinguished looking foreigner, who registered at the Bolton Honse on Wednesday afternoon as "Holder Shikago," died in his room yesterday from apoplexy. Suicide was at first suspected, but the physicians decided that a clot o blood on his brain caused death. There is nothing about him which would lead to identification except perhaps a locket which contains the pictures of a woman in middle life and a young man of 25. The stranger was a man of fine presence, over six feet in height, handsomely propor tioned, wearing a full beard of dark brown color, and about 48 years o( age. He had a few dollars, a gold" watch and a revolver, but no baggage. His remains are held awaiting identification. SMUGGLING IN CHINAMEN. Small Craft Ship Celestials Through South ern California Into the States. San Fbancisco, April 4. A local paper which has been investigating the mat ter of Chinese immigration from Mexico, states one or two small craft are almost constantly engaged in bringing Chinese from Lower California to San Diego and landing them at night, whence they make their way to Los Angeles and other points. Several hundred Chinamen and a number of Chinese women are believed to have fonnd their way into California by this method during the past year, Transient Advertisements, INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS. FOB SALES. ETC., FOB TO-MORROW'S ISSUE May be banded in at tie main advertising office of The Dispatch, Fifth avenue, up to midnight. THREE CENTS AHITAT1I0HTERC0LL - Even His 0wiy'3 'utrymen Now Come Fonv'o- 1th a Bitter o -o - ATTACK ON TH' LEGED C0DNT. . o -?: Hi3 Wife's Italian & g .y Make3 Public Some 15 its. ONE TERT WILD AND LTJRID LETTER Written by the Bridegroom to the American Comal at Anconin. The so-called Count di Montercoli is in more trouble. The Italians in Philadelphia are making a bitter attack upon his title and antecedents. An exceedingly foolish and brutal letter of his is made public by his countrymen. rsnciAi.TZLEortAjt to hie dispatch i Philadelphia, April 4. While the right of Guiseppe Carussi to the title of Count de Montercoli has frequently been serionsly questioned, it remains for his own countrymen to make tbe most direct allega gations. The Count was recently arrested here, fined and p,ced under bail for dis tributing pamphl 'i on the public highways derogatory to the character of his wife, for merly Miss Virginia Knox, of Pittsburg. The bitterest enemy of the Count has been the Italian paper, iZ Tetuvio, published in this city. Ever since the Count's arrest the paper has arraigned him in the eyes of his countrymen as'an impostor and a beat. The paper has jnst received from the Chevalier Lonis Di Giorgio the papal book containing an account of the Count's antecedents. The Chevalier Di Giorgio is the lawyer through whom the Countess has been endeavoring to obtain a legal separation in the Italian courts from her husband. Owing to some technicalities of the Italian law the Countess has been unable to obtain this separation in Italy. A thorough ventilation. In the conrse of the lawyer's investiga tion of the case the Count s character has received a pretty thorough ventilation. H Yesuvio will print the communication from the Chevalier in its to-morrow's issue, the editor, Louis Cusobano, doing so at the risk of arrest, tbe Count having threatened him with a suit for criminal libel if he should print it. When the Count wa3 before Magistrate Clements he said his name was Guiseppe Carussi, Count de Montercoli. In evi dence of his right to the title he produced an Italian passport made ont in that name. In its issue to-morrow H Vesuvio will say that Guiseppe Carussi is a fraud, and that he has no claim to the title of nobility that he has tacked to his name It goes on to say that a certificate by the Mayor of Fossacesia, the Count's birthplace, certifies that Carnssia and his parents have never had anv title of nobility, that his castles and wide lands are but airy figments of his own brain. HE PAID NO TAXES. The same certificate testifies to the fact that the Count has never paid a dollar in Government, connty or city taxes. The fol lowing letter, sent by the Count to the American Consul at Anconin, is given a prominent position in the Vesuvio account of Carussi. The letter is under the date of January 15, 1889, and after a preface, giving an account of his marriage and separation from Miss Knox, the letter goes on to say: Now as she is my wife, and it being my inten tion to issue and send to the Italian and Ameri can press in pamphlet which will causo tho complete ruin of my wife and the desolation of ber families and perhaps the death of her mother. I beg of you to return my wife to her senses. To give you an idea of my wife's behavior would send yoa the pamphlet, bat it is too vol uminous. I feel assured that this publication will be the cause of lrrepirable scandal and ex citement. Thus before I be compelled to take such a step try all your best to have ber return to me. Some day ber nncle will give her soma money. Do the best you can. and I shall not be ungrateful to you. Count Cartjssi. MORE REVELATIONS. The paper continues the attack on the Connt by saying that his only claim to the title of Count was by marriage in 1884 to an English girl named Farrel, who in some way had acquired the name of Countess of Mo'ntercole. During his courtship oi Miss Knox rumors of his mar riage reached the ears of her mother and she asked him if it was true. He denied his first marriage, and as an evidence of tbe truth offered to procure an ecclesiastical cer tificate corroborating the statement. This certificate he secured on the oath of two witnesses. Yet the Chevalier Roi Giorgio, at tbe hearing of the Countess' case belore the Italian courts, has been able to produce the marriage certificate of Miss Farrel and the Count, and also the certificate of her death at Naples on January 16, 1888. DOES NOT FEEL LIKE A THIEF. Miss Shipley, the Philadelphia Shoplifters Released oa Ball. Philadelphia, March 4. Mary Re becca Shipley, from Staunton, Va., who was apprehended on Wednesday for shoplifting, and who afterward made an astonishing con fession, has been released on 56,000 ball. Miss Shipley says she does not feel that she is a thief, because she had not taken the goods which were found in her trunk from the various stores with a criminal intent. Detective Smith to-day finished assorting the goods belonging to the different firms, which had been indicated as the owners of Miss Shipley's pillerings, and said he would return tbem at once. He said it was proba ble that this would be the last of the matter. The losers would get their goods back, and nobody felt like prosecuting the defendant, A BREAK FOR L1BERTI. Two Prisoners Escape From nn Ohio Sheriff, but One Is Caught. rSFSCIAI. TILKOBAK TO THB DISPATCH. 1 Columbus, April 4. Sheriff Krider, of Stark county, brought a number of prison ers to tbe penitentiary and at the Union depot two of them broke away in the crowd and escaped. Kelly, one ot the prisoners, was captured after a long chase, but Samuel H. Landis, the other, is still at large. Landis was a one-year man for burglary. He is a railroader and has a family in Penn sylvania. SAFE IN JAIL. A Colored Murderer Pat Behind Stoaa Walls for Ills Own Good. Bbandon, Miss,, April 4. Anthony Thomas, colored, who murdered Miss Lelia Loftin, in Smith county, had a preliminary trial at Polkville to-day, and was held for murder. As the county jail for Smith county is not deemed safe, Thomas was committed to the Brandon jail for safekeeping and the militia returned to Jackson. THE CZAR IS PAINED To Learn That Russian Peasants Retaliate for Being Floaged. St. Peteesbubg, April 4. The peas ants of Riazan, incensed at the continued flogging and outrages perpetrated by the District Chief Mordvinoff, retaliated by thrashing Mordvinoff severely and stoning the police. The Czar was deeply pained oa hearing the sews. -1 3 m I
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