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.
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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
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Even His 0wiy'3 'utrymen Now
Come Fonv'o- 1th a Bitter
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ATTACK ON TH'
LEGED C0DNT.
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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.
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