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FORTY-FIFTH YEAS.
ONE DAY'S JOURNEY
Completed by The Dispatch
Explorers Without Any
Serious Accident.
APLUNGEINTOAMUDHOLE
The Only Misadventure That Befalls
the Party in a Ptidc of
Nine Long Hours,
TRAVERSING 20
UF ROAD.
Washington County Highways a Great
Improvement Over Those Lying
Nearer Home.
BOTH TEEI HARD 05 HORSES, HOWEVER
The
Fiery Spirits of a Bncephalns Being Tamed
Far More Quickly Ihan by Any
Other Method Known.
A TRAVELERS LIFK OX A TKAIEIE ECH00SER
The Dispatch explorers have started.
They find the rural roads bad enough, but
sot altogether impassable bo far as they have
progressed. The first day they made 20
miles in nine hours and only got fast in the
mud once.
fFBOM OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER.
The Pittsbubg Dispatch
countby boad expedition.
"Washington, Pa., April 9.
Bucephalus did not rest well last night.
That's our lead-horse. It was singular that
The Dispatch Publishing Company
should have purchased an equine with this
particular name for the important work of
exploring country roads. Bucephalus, it is
claimed, is actually descended from that
k illustrious horse-family which furnished
Alexander the Great with the famous steed
that carried him through his victories. As
a warrior the original Bucephalus was a
road destroyer and a bridge-burner. And
judging from the vast quantity of the old
"Washington Pike splashed up in our eyes,
over our faces and athwart our clean shirt
bosoms from the amount of roadbed trans
ferred by Bucephalus' restless feet to the
bottom of our wagon the Dispatch's
Bucephalus has also started out to be a road
destroyer. But he rested uneasy last night
because he had found the roads already de
stroyed. For him there are no more worlds
to conquer.
A Studious, Plodding Animal.
, Our other horse came to us without a
name. He was unknown to fame and for
tune. But we have now given him
both. "We have called him "Beaver." He
is a slow, conscientious horse, and with head
generally bowed he seems to be engaged in
an unremitting study of th-. road. The
name is appropriate, the reader must admit,
for was it not Governor Beaver, who, after a
long study of country roads, set on foot the
movement to rebuild them? The Governor
will go down in Pennsylvania history as a
road builder. So will Beaver, our horse, if
the way he mixes up turnpike macadam
with his hoofs is any indication of character.
This team of horses pranced down Fifth
avenue in Pittsburg shortly before 9 o'clock
Tuesday morning, drawing The Dis
patch's exploring party's wagon after
them. At this writing, the expedition is a
day and a half old, and all is well. My
traveling companion, who handles the reins,
has believed it wise to adapt a railroad trick
to an overland journey. At every tenth
mile post he sounds the wagon wheels with
a monkey-wrench a la Altoona or Cumber
land. Thus far the sound is good. The
spokes and tires are O. K. The axles are
intact.
The Outfit nnd'Impcdlmcnts.
Onr wagon is just the thing lor an over
land tour of Pennsylvania, although it re
minds one of a prairie schooner. The bed is
about 12 feet long by 4 wide. With no bag
or baggage except a few gross of Faber pen
cils, a ream of reporters' paper and a pho
tographic camera, this affords ample room
for the three members of the expedition.
Our cot beds fold up on either side nnd our
coffee pot swings contentedly from beneath
a seat. These we only expect to use when
some unfriendly farmer exposes the rust of
his latchstring and his bulldogs try to 6teal
away some of our horse flesh. The dash
board lantern and the inside lamp hang
suspended from the wagon inside. They
got all banged up in our ride of yesterday
and their oily contents, dripping down upon
the bundle of blankets, made the paper cov
ering waterproof.
"Within an hour after we had left the "old
Stone Tavern" of Temperanceville behind
us the rain descended in torrents, and the
sea-going qualities of our land schooner
were tested for the first time.
Comfort in a Rain Storm.
"We reered all sail, i. e., let down the can
vas sides from the extreme front to "the
hindmost rear," put up the rubber apron in
front and lashed the end gate to Bucephalus'
tail. Then we let the thunder storm rage.
Inclosed in our moving canvas house we
were as cozy, as well protected and as com
fortable as though taking our usual noon
day lunch in the stone fortress of the Du
quesne Club on Sixth avenue. This rain
lasted nearly two hours, but that was noth
ing to us. We made as good time as wc had
before the rain, and the team seemed to be
enjoying their bath.
The Dispatch wagon being built on
plans furnished by the manager of this ex
pedition is fitted with various contrivances
ifor all sorts of emergencies. As necessity
rfequ!re their use we will explain them, not
before. We don't propose to disclose our
architectural secrets unnecessarily.
Ronto of the Expedition.
One little idea, however, will serve to
illustrate the practical ideas on which this
chariot was built. To the inside of the can
vas peak, in the front ot the wagon, has
been pinned a type-written itinerary of the
expedition. Every day's progress is there
written out in advance the names of ham
lets on the roads between county seats being
especially noted so as to prevent losing
our way. Then to the canvas sides are
tacked county and township maps, which
are changed daily from a large sectional
atlas of Pennsylvania, to suit the day's pro
gramme. These maps show every country road in
the State. They form a regular network or
cobweb. A substantial box underneath the
floor of the wagon contains a good compass.
Now, as frequently happens in the back
woods, and as did happen to us yesterday,
two or more roads meet in a forks. Which
one shall we take?
Gnided by a Magnetic Needle.
There are no finger boards nailed to sur
rounding trees. No dwelling house rears its
friendly chimney within sight. To take the
wrong road means a half day's time lost.
How are we to avoid becoming belated?
Nothing is easier. First consulting the
itinerary. Finding there the name ot the
nearest village or crossroads,reference is then
made to the country man; next to the township
diagram, and there it is ascertained the road
wc want runs south southwest or north
northwest, as the case may be. Then the
little trap-door to the compass is opened,and
by this magnetic needle the right highway
is selected. We have adapted ocean meth
ods to our land schooner, as well as railway
ideas.
I said the horses "pranced" out of Pitts
burg. Well, they continued prancing until
they had reached the top of the hill beyond
the West End. Then they quit their over
fed stylishness. It was not compatible
with the depth of the mud or the size of the
stones which somehow rolled in front of the
wagon wheels.
Terribly Harsh Horse Tamers.
The rural roads of Allegheny county will
tMJA ""V, 1 A "WCT'lTSBURG DISPATCH . 9
prairie schooneb and paety.
subdue the most unsubdued horses in Paul
Hacke's stables, we venture.
The once celebrated Washington and
Pittsburg pike is simply frightful in Alle
gheny county. We only found two fair sec
tions of it in your county. One was two
miles of the road in Greentree borongb.
That was macadamized by the borough soon
after its citizens seceded fromTJnion town
ship. w
"Our taxes are only 3 mills higher now
than they were before we became a borough,"
said Town Conncilman Thomas Cutter to
me, "and the township caused us to lose
more in wagon repairs and wear of horses on
account of bad roads than 3 mills. This
increase of tax is not all due to the road im
provements, but if it was J say it is cheaDer
in the end. And besides that It is only first
cost."
William Fleming, once a member of the
firm of Fleming & Oglevee, hatters, in
Pittsburg, lives at Greentree. We met him
driving to Pittsburg. He read the sign on
our wagon.
Tax Money Thrown Away.
"That's a grand scheme," he said. "No
mission Tiie Dispatch could undertake
will accomplish more good for Pennsylvania
than this. Why. sir, you see how" awful
this road is, and yet this is the best highway
in this part of the country. The farmers
must be educated. They must be made to
feel that they lose more by wear and tear on
wagons, premature aging of horsee, and the
loss of marketing profits than they could
ever spend in high road taxes I mean taxes
paid and expressly stipulated for macadam
ized roads. Tne taxes they now pay are
thrown away."
"Your horses are not strong enough,"
yelled a farmer, as he read our signs when
we passed his house.
"Are yours?" I shouted back.
"Now vou've got me, stranger. They
are not. Every time I've had the market
waon out this winter and spring I've had
to double-team it. I'm going to move
West."
That reminds me just now that on our
whole ride to Washington we passed 15 ve
hicles. Only four had two horses. The oth
ers had four horses each.
Cosily Freight Transportation.
At Canonsburg we were told at the Sher
man House of an oil driller who wanted $25
worth ot ireigbt hauled live miles into the
country. He tried it with two. They got
him stuck. He added another team. They
got him deeper in the mire, where he could
never go back. He increased his motive
power to six horses. His expenses tor haul
ing that $25 load were ?30.
At Woodville Robert Lee showed us a
horse which uad to be dug out of the mud on
a branch road. It was still sick and yellow
with clay.
The moment we approached the Washing
ton county line tbe roads improved. The
pike in upper St. Clair township, of Alle
gheny county, and Cecil township, of this
county, are prime, broken limestone being
well scattered on top and the under bed of
50-year-old macadam furnishing a good
foundation. Nearinf Canonsburg the deep
rnts were so well filled with water that the
sun shining upon them for a mile in advance
apDearing like two bright lines of steel
rails.
twenty miles a day's joueney.
Within a mile of Canonsburg we stuck
fast in'a two-foot sink hole. Exasperating
as it may seem, just the very first time we
wanted to' borrow a fence rail to pry out the
wheels, hedge rows formed the fences on
both sides of the road. A friend, with his
horsescame to our rescue. We put up all
night at Canonsburg just 20 miles from
Pittsburc. It was 6 o'clock when we cot
there. Twenty miles in nine hours is not
very rapid, but actually that is better than
any other teamster along the line offered to
make it
Leaving Canonsburg at 10:15 this A. M.,
we stopped here for dinner. Between Canons
burg and Washincton the pike is in fair
condition. My next letter will embrace the
country between Washington and TJnion
town, including a night stop overat Browns
ville. L. E. STOFIEL.
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A 8200,000 Fire In Alabnmn.
Decatub, Ala., April 9. Fire de
stroyed the forging and machine department
of the United States Boiling Stock Works
this evening. The loss is $200,000. Four
hundred men will be thrown out of employ
ment. ' ,
KEMMLER'S execution.
Arranging the Details for the First Legnl
Death by Electricity How the
Law Forbidding Publicity
is to bo Eroded,
fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TELE DISPATCH. I
Albany, April 9. Superintendent
Lathrop, of the prison department, Warden
Durston, of Auburn, and Dr. Carlosa
McDonald, of the commission that reported
in favor of the substitution of the electric
shock in place of the noose in the infliction
of the death penalty, met here to-day in
consultation to perfect the arrangements for
the execution of the sentence of murderer
Kemmler, who is to be the first victim
of the new mode of punishment. After
other matters of detail had been considered,
the provision of the law forbidding the pub
lication of anything but the mere statement
that the sentence was duly carried out, came
up for discussion. It was decided that a
representative of the Associated Press and
one of the United Press, properly certified
to as not connected with or interested in
any electrical company, should be given
places on the jury which the law authorizes
to be present
No authority to make the details of the
execution public is to be granted to them,
but, if in view of the great public interest
that attaches to the experimental execution,
they should be tempted to write up the event
thev are to do it at their own risk and on
their own responsibility. Should they be
proceeded against from any quarter for a
violation of the law either with a view to
their punishment or with the purpose of
testing the constitutionality of the provision
against publicity they or their employers
must attend to their own defense and not in
volve the prison department or prison au
thorities in the responsibility.
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry, of New
York; Dr. Southwick, of Buffalo, and other
members of the commission that selected the
mode of execution are also to be present at
the execution, and Harold P. Brown, the
commission's expert, and five assistants as
well.
CARPENTERS' STRIKE IN STATD QO0.
Strikers Aro Closely Watching iho Oatposts
Urging Men Not to Work.
Chicago, April 9. There is no change in
the situation in the carpenters' strike. The
strikers have pickets at the depots in almost
all suburban towns, and wlien they find any
of their trade coming to the city they labor
with them, and almost invariably succeed in
inducing them not to work. The strike is
costing them between 53,500 and $4,000 per
week, but they say they are prepared for an
all-summer siege. They have large accumu
lations in their treasury, and say that when
this money is exhausted they can fall back
upon the National Council. The struggle is
for a recognition, and the master carpenters
declare that they will not grant this.
The clgarmakers' strike took a new turn
this morning when 0 non-union "bunch
makers" employed at the Columbia factory
struck for higher wages. The employers
caused the arrest of Frank Kemp and John
Debow on a charge of having intimidated
some of the non-strikers. Subsequently the
striking bunch makers voted to join the
union.
This evening 14 master carpenters, em
ploying COO men, were closeted with the
committee several hours. These master
carpenters, none of whom belong to the
Carpenters' and Builders' Association, made
a proposition to the committee to lorm an
offensive and defensive alliance with the
strikers. The non-association masters are,
and have been, willing to grant what the
men asked, but as the Builders' Association
refuse to arbitrate or settle with the men
those outsiders are compelled to stop work
and lose time on their contracts.
MORE OF THE GLUE FAILURE.
A Judgment Against Baeder Entered
in a
Philadelphia Conrt.
ISPECIAI. TEtEOllAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, April 9. Following
the failure of the William A. Baeder Glue
Company, of Pittsburg, there was to-day
entered in Court of Common Pleas No. 3
against William A. Baeder, a judgment
for S18.927 57 and a foreign attach
ment in which bail was fixed at J13.172 76.
The judgment was entered by Mrs. Emily
L. Bentz on a judgment note dated January
25, 1890, payable in one day. The foreign
attachment was issued at the suit ot the
Market and Fulton National Bank of New
York against Wm. A. Baeder, Howard K.
Kern and Louis C. Haughey, who have
been trading as the William A. Baeder
Glue Company.
The attachment consists of an ordinary
summons in debt against Messrs. Kern and
Haughey, a special clause for the attach
ment of whatever property of Mr. Baeder's
could be found in tbe jurisdiction of the
Philadelphia court, and a summons against
the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit and
Insurance Company as guarantee.
ENGLISH BREWERS BOYCOTTED.
Compelled to Sell Tbrir Detroit Establish
ments to Former Owners.
Detroit, April 9. The Detroit brew
eries, which were organized into an English
stock company last spring, have not been
successful under the new ownership,
although practically under the same man
agement as before the sale. The manage
ment attribute the falling off in business to
the patriotic retailers, who would not
purchase their beer of a foreign corporation.
The chairman of the English company
arrived in the city recently, and to-day con
cluded negotiations, the terms of which are
not made public, by which the former
owners resume control of their respective
breweries at a price, it is understood, greatly
below what the English company paid for
the property originally.
Somerset Won't Go Dry.
IKPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Somerset, April 9. The license business
of this county was finished to-day. Judge
Baer granting a license to Mrs. Jane E.
Winters, of the Commercial Hotel. This is
the first license issued in the borough since
the Brooks law went into effect.
1
PITTSBURG-, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1890. J& THREE CENTS Jj
TORNADO'S PROGKESS. en in the eiveb. THE END NOW NE AE. SSJSST . SaSiTwH AS A NAPOLEON. I
Everything Leveled in Its Course for
About Six Miles.
CARRIED SEVERAL RODS.
One House Took Fire and was Burned With
All Its Contents.
MONET, STREWN
FIELDS.
Twenty Honses and Many Barns Demolished in Hnron
Connty.
"Two clouds came together Tuesday even
ing in Medina county, revolving in the
fashion of a tornado, and doing a large
amount of damage to houses and other
buildings.
'SPECIAL TELECnAM TO TIIE CISPATCn.I
Akron, April 9. Two clouds came to
gether Tuesday evening about two miles(
northwest of Sharon, Medina county. Peo
ple who watched them say that two minutes
later they began to revolve in tornado fash
ion and bear down upon the village. Tbe
tornado's progress was marked by roaring
nnd grinding sounds. In ten minutes' time
it had leveled everything in its track, over
six miles of farm land for the width of 30
rods. Dozens of buildings were demolished,
and one man was killed instantly,a man and
a woman fatally injured and many others
were seriously hurt. Forests in which were
trees two feet in diameter, were cut down as
though they had been cornstalks. The first
building caught up was the barn of James
Hartman, northwest of Sharon. It landed
several rods away and was torn to kindling
wood. Then in turn were taken the houses
and barn of Uriah Woerstler, the house and
barn of Isaac Brown and Frank Lecroix,
the barns of Bichard Brown and C. (J.
Crane. These are located just north of
Sharon. Then,
MOWING DOWN A MILE
or so of timber land and fences, the swirling
monster jumped into its work anew at the
farm of Christian Wall, east of Center. The
large brick barn was torn into little pieces,
which were strewn along over a mile. A
large two-storv house was blown from its
foundations and tipped over on its side. A
barn nearby was demolished and a horse
killed. The brick barn of Mathew Brom
ley, just across the road, was
then given a whirl. Mr. Bromley
was caught up and deposited several rods
away badly crushed under timbers. He
was unconscious to-day and cannot recover.
His son landed in the hay mow. The house
of Frank Bromley, a quarter of a mile fur
ther on, was blown a long distance from its
foundations and, taking fire, was burned up
with all its contents. The family escaped
by taking refuge in tbe cellar. An orchard
ot 50 apple trees was mowed clean.
Just a quarter of a mile southwest of the
Bromley house was that of Hughes Frank.
Here destruction was most complete.
NOT A STICK LEFT.
Not a stick of timber that a man could
not easily carry was left. About 150 leet
from the house Mr. Frank's dead body was
found, with the brains oozing from a hole in
the head made by a fiat iron. An ear was
torn from the head and the legs and arms
were broken. In a clover field, 20 rods
from the house, lay Mrs. Frank unconscious,
with her collar-bone broken, several ribs
dislocated and injured internally. She is
not expected to survive the night The
family dog lay dead beside her. There., were
no children in the house. About $300 in
paper money and silver that was in the
house was strewn over the fields for a half
mile. About half of it was picked up.
At the end of its six-mile sweep through
Sharon, the tornado rose high in the air,
and jumping over the southern part of this
city, dropped down upon Sprmgfield town
ship, just southeast of Akron. The house of
Scott Sweitzer was whirled from the founda
tion and scattered over a ten acre field.
Sweitzer, who had laughed at his wife's
fear for going to the cellar, with her baby,
wa; picked up and thrown head foremost
down the cellar way, and quite seriously
iujured. Tbe family was found ensconsed
under the debris uninjured. The pen full
of pigs was hurled to their death. Of two
carriages in tbe barn, only a few 'spokes
could be found.
HOBSE AND BUGGY CAPSIZED.
As Fred Harwicks was trying to hitch his
horse at 0:45 p. M., the tornado caught him
and with the horse and buggy was blown
quite a distance, receiving severe injuries.
Daniel Brown owned five acres of timber, of
which not a tree was left standing. George
Wise's ten-acre forest was also mowed down.
The houses of Kobert Callahan, John Robin
son, Elias Kuntz and Eli Frank were
riddled and their barns blown away. The
storm trailed along into Stark county, leav
ing debris scattered over a stretch of 15
miles. The loss will amount to tens of
thousands.
The following persons were injured at
Norwalk, O.: Dora M. Palmer, killed,
head crushed; Carrie Pettit, cut in face;
Louise Brutsche, cut in face and badly
bruised about head; Maggie Elme, cut
about head and face; Bose Lyke, caught by
falling timber, bruised about the shoulder
and hand cut; Arthur N. Sprague, bruised
about body and face cut. Forty girls were
employed in the umbrella factory. The
alarm was given of the approaching storm,
and they tried to escape Irom the building,
but were not quick enough.
A special from Sa'em says: Cyclone
here last night, in which several houses
were blown down and stores damaged, so
that they have to stop business. Damascus,
a village four miles from Salem, was also
completely destroyed.
At Townsend and Collins, Huron county,
the storm did more damage than in Nor
walk. At Collins Mrs. Hoff and daughter
received what are thought to be fatal in
juries. Arthur Ely had three ribs broken
and his wife's arm was shattered. Several
members of the Mead family, L. D. Vining
and wife and Mrs. Adam Kile received
serious injuries. About 20 houses, two saw
mills, a cheese factory and a dozen barns
were demolished, trees blown down and
fences destroyed. The storm continued
for seven hours and was the worst that ever
visited that section.
C0LUMB0S IS VISITED.
A Shaft is Blown Over, Crushing the Roof In
Its Fall.
COLTMBTTS, Ga April 9. Tnis after
noon Columbus was visited by a fierce
cyclone, which came from the Alabama
side, and swept over the city with terrific
velocity. The shaft over the electric light
company's buildings was blown over, crush
ing the roof and damaging the house of A.
J. Norman. '
Norman had a narrow escape. The elec
tric lights are not burning to-night. Some
houses were unroofed and a number of signs
blow down. The wind was followed by
heavy rain and hail. The storm was very
severe in East Alabama.
Crusoea for a Little While.
f SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Philadelphia, April 9. The steam
ship Cuba, Captain Middleton, arrived here,
having on board nine shipwrecked seamen,
whom she rescued from an uninhabited
island on Morant Key,.near Jamaica, in a
starving condition. The men were the Cap
tain and crew of the Swedish bark Hirno
sand, which struck on Morant Key March
22, And immediately became a total wreck.
The Entire Hungarian Population Ducked
by Angry American Miners Tho
Result of a Rather Obnoxious
Easter Custom.
rSPECIAI, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Shamokin, April 9. Between 50 and 60
Hungarian women were thrown in the
Shamokin creek this evening by the angry
miners at Hickory Bidge, and kept there
until thoroughly submerged and exhausted.
Many savage struggles occurred between the
men and women, and while none were fa
tally injured, dozens will feel the effects
for weeks. The Huns have
a peculiar custom amounting to a
religious duty of throwing water on people
for two days after Eastar. They think it
bad luck in the thrower to fail in an attempt
to cover the victim with water. If successful
both will be blessed. The custom obtains,
among the most ignorant of the Huns, of
which the hamlet of Hickory Bidge
abounds.
-No matter who would pass along the
highway these Huns would hurl the water
at tnem. As each year passed the American
miners would invariably be greeted by
buckets of water in the face as they emerged
from the mines. Of course fights occurred
when the Huns men fired the water, but
the miners were too chivalrous to battle
with women. To-day the miners heard of
an attempt by the women to duck Holden
Chester, Jr., and William Ehinehart, two
of the bosses. It was decided on quitting
work this evening that if any of the men
were attacked they would duck all the Hun
women in the hamlet. The whistle sounded
"all home" at G o'clock, and when the first
four men gained the earth's surface they
were almost drowned with water from the
buckets of a score of women.
The angry miners were reinforced, and
while a dozen rushed upon the women and
dragged them to the creek a body went into
every house in the hamlet in search of Hun
women. The fight that resulted was very
exciting, and the scene a strance one. In a
short time the creek was alive with strug
gling women, while the banks were lined
with hundreds of miners and English-speaking
residents. As each woman would climb
the banks some workman would rush at
her, and, on picking up the woman
in his arms fire her back into the swift run
ning stream. Great care was taken that
none of the women would drown, although
quiUa number of them fainted. The Huns
are enraged over the affair and threaten
vengeance.
NO DATE FOR THE CONVENTION.
Tho
Democratic Committee Meets,
But
Tnkes No Decisive Action.
fSPECII. TELEGBAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.
HarrisbubG, April 9. The Democratic
State Executive Committee held a meeting
here to-day to decide on the time for the
meeting of the Democratic State Conven
tion. Some of the members favored an ag
gressive campaign against the party in
power in the State, and as a means to
promote it suggested the advisability
of an early convention. Others
thought it political sagacity for the Demo
crats not to nominate their candidates and
adopt their platform of principles until
after the Republican convention. There
were present at the meeting ot the committee
ex-Senator Coxe, of Luzerne, B. F. Meyers,
of this city, Marshall Wright, of Allentown,
Charles P. Donnelly and Mr. Aiken, of
Lawrence. The latter earnestly advocated
a late convention, and ex-Senator Coxe, who
had previously expressed himself in iavorof
an early meeting, admitted that his opinion
had undergone a change. Messrs. Kisner
and Meyers took the ground that an early
convention was demanded by the political
situation.
As the meeting was not fully attended
and tbe views of members of the committee
differed widely on the question indicated no
action was taken on it. .Another meeting
will be held in a tew weeks, when the time
for holding of the convention will be fixed.
Senator Wallace was in the city to-day, but
he refrained from making any suggestions.
'to members of the Executive Committee.
WILL DEMAND EIGHT HOURS.
The
New York Cnrpenter Will Make a
Move on May 1.
tSPECIAL TK.EPBAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
New Yobk, April 9. The Carpenters'
Union of this city met last night in Web
ster Hall to discuss the question as to
whether they shall demand a work day of
eight hours on May 1. Of the 3,500 union
carpenters in this city only 899
were in attendance. Though the demand
for an eight-hour day originated with the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers, the other three unions joined in the dis
cussion. The most of tbe speakers were
from the Amalgamated Union. They talked
against an eight-hour work day as an unwise
step to take just now. Tbey said it was cer
tain of failure.
The vote to demand an eight-hour work
day on the first Monday in May was 721 iu
favor and 175 against. Later it was decided
to make the vote unanimous. It was said
after the meeting that the hostile remarks
were inspired by members wno belonged to
unions that were not in sympathy with the
United Brotherhood, which alone is at
tached to the American Federation of Labor.
THEY VOTED AT NIGHT.
Democrats Adopt an Original Method of
Electing a Senator.
Pbovidence, April 9. A report has
Been received from West Greenwich that
after the polls closed yesterday afternoon
and the vote had been counted, disclosing
no election, tbe Democrats organized an
other meeting and resumed voting. The Pro
hibitionist Town Clerk had gone home to
attend to his chores, but the Democrats
elected a Town Clerk pro tern. Fish (Dem.)
was elected Senator, and Bathbone (Dem.)
Bepresentative.
It is reported that the Town Clerk will re
fuse to issue certificates of election to Fish
and Bathbone. The composition of the
Legislature now stands: 52 Republicans, 19
Democrats, with 9 members to be elected.
OPPOSED TO SPECIAL PRIMARIES.
Friends of Stone Against a Movement by
Detamaier's Friends.
SPECIAL TELE01IAM TO THE DI8PATCH.1
Erie, April 9. There is something of a
contest in this county between Senator
Delamater and ex-Lieutenant Governor
Stone for the delegates to the State Conven
tion. Delamatei's friends are making an
effort to secure special primaries at an early
date, at which the delegates will be
chosen.
The friends of Stone are opposing the
special primaries. To-morrow the Republi
can County Committee will meet and de
cide the matter. Mr. Stone is making
an effort to secure the delegates in this
county.
MEETING OF ERIE PRESBYTERY.
The Absorbing Question of Revision to bo
Discussed To-Dav.
I SPECIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Ebie, April 9. The Erie Presbytery,
representing over 50 churches, is in session
here, with over 100 ministers and elders
present. Bev. Dr. Jonathan Edwards, of
Meadville, was chosen Moderator, and Bev.
Amzi Wilson Stated Clerk. Bev. Amzi
Wilson and Bev. Dr. Kneeland, of this city,
were elected delegates to the General Assem
bly. The subject of revision will come up
to-morrow on a majority and minority re
port. The committee stands 7 to 2 in favor of
revision and the Presbytery will undoubt
edly favor revision by a large majority.
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Eandall's Family and Friends Have VIGOROUS LANGUAGE. ) Township in Bucks County I
KEED. HIS FORMER ANTAGONIST, Mr. can Prevent, a Final OPEL .jNS OF SHELLENBERGER. M
uauea ar tne uouse, out AoDoay u as day resumed consideration of the Montana A" oi tne iraaesmen and Even Many ol J
DEMOCRATS WILL SORELY
Another Debate Upon the llnch lined Montana Sena
torial Contest.
It is now admitted by all that Congress
man Bandall is very near the end of earth.
There was a constant stream of visitors at
his residence yesterday, including Speaker
Beed, but none were permitted to see the
dying man.
rSPFCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. .
Washington, April9. Samuel J. Ban
dall has but a short time left to live. His
family and friends have to-day been forced
to admit that his strong constitution and his
iron will is giving way at last, and death
must follow soon. The almost hopeless con
dition in which Mr. Bandall is now has ex
isted practically since Saturday last On
that day his life was despaired of and he
has had but few bright hours since.
He was feeling better last evening, and
talked with one or two friends and glanced
for a few moments at the newspapers. This
brief respite from pain was but the shadow
of coming evil, however, and to-day the
vitality of the great Pennsylvanian has
sunk to the lowest ebb and his friends are
compelled to give up hope. All duiing the
week Mr. Bandall's colleagues in the
House, who have been made aware of his
real condition, have talked among them
selves of their coming loss, exchanged
reminiscences about the life and character
of their friend and co-worker.
ALL HOPE YANISHES.
It did not become generally known until
to-day that Bandall's condition was so crit
ical. It has been known for months that
his hold on life was slight, but yet there has
been during all of that time the possibility
that he might at last shake off the dreadful
disease and recover. When to-day this one
slender hope was blasted, members freely
expressed their sorrow and spoke of the
great loss in store for them.
All day there has been a constant stream
of visitors to the little red brick house in
the quiet street on Capitol Hill where Mr.
Bandall has made his home for many
years. Speaker Beed was one of the first to
call, but even he was denied the privilege
of shaking the hand of his friend and old
antagonist. As the morning wore away and
the hour for the meeting of the House ap
proached, callers became more numerous,
until the family was compelled to request
that hereafter all inquiries should be made
of Mr. Bandall's physician, who lives just
around the corner.
A NON-COMMITTAL PHYSICIAN.
To all of his visitors the young doctor re
plied that Mr. Bandall's condition was criti
cal in the extreme, but would not say that
death was near, or that absolute recovery
was impossible. From the accounts which
Dr. Mallan gave, however, it was plain to
everynodv that Mr. Bandall's days are
numbered, and all who talked with him
carried to the House the news that the Dem
ocrats would, never see their great leader
there again.
' Daring the oast day or two the relatives
of Mr. Bandall, mostof whom live in PennA
sylvania, have been made aware ot his criti
cal condition, but none have yet been sum
moned. Ail the members of his immediate
family are here. His wife is in constant at
tendance, assisted by her married daughter,
Mrs. Lancaster, of Washington,, and her
unmarried daughter, Miss Susie, and her
son Samuel J., Jr., who is about 18 year3 of
age.
The news this morning that Mr. Bandall
had but a short time to live fortunatelv did
not come to his old colleagues in the House
in the nature of a painful surprise, as they
nave Deen prepared tor this lniormation for
many months. Mr. Bandall had been so
many years a leader on his side and the one
man alwavs looked to when the party needed
a spokesman of force and action, that his
absence from the House has been mostkeenly
felt
NOTHING BUT PATIENCE.
Even those Democrats who disagreed
with Mr. BandalHa regard to his attitude
on the tariff question respected and admired
his ability, and had nothing but praise for
him as a man. He has so often fought
battles for his party in the House, often
times, against great odds, and with such
wonderful success that he had come to be
looked upon as practically invincible. Dur
ing the recent contest over the adoption of
the new rules, Mr. Bandall was most sadly
missed, and a thousand times a day during
that exciting debate members were heard to
regret that he was not present to hold the
party together, and make a concentrated
fight, that would have robbed 'the Republi
cans of much of the honor of their victory.
In all of the discussion that has arisen
since his illness regarding his life and char
acter, the most prominent feature has been
the universal testimony to the man's unim
peachable honesty and integrity. Mr. Ban
dall nas fought many bitter fights in the
House, and has arrayed against himself the
most powerful combinations and corpora
tions, but to his honor it must be said that
his personal honesty has never been brought
into question. He has never been accused
of jobbery or corruption, and the simplicity
of bis daily life bore testimony to his hon
esty of character.
NOT FOND OFlDISPLAY.
For several years he has lived in the most
modest manner possible. He and his family
took no part in the social yfe pf Washing
ton, and except among public men, with
whom his daily work brought him in con
tact, he bad few companions. His evenings
were spent in his library, and hard work
clung to him there as it did in the House
all day. He was happy in his domestic re
lations, however, and always seemed content
to live in tne privacy ot his own family and
friends.
Mr. Bandall possessed little in tbe way of
wordly goods, never having had the time to
make money. His family will not be left
unprovided for, however, as friends in Phil
adelphia stand ready to create' a fund to be
invested for their benefit at Mr. Bandall's
death.
IT WILL BE A SUCCESS.
Echols Thinks the Prospects for the Scotch
Irish Congress Bright.
rFROM X STATP CORRESPOHDEITr.l
Washington, April 9. Mr. John
M. Echols, the Pittsburg attorney, who is so
enthusiastic in his labors for the success of
the Scotch-Irish Congress, to be held soon
in Pittsburg, passed through the city to-day
on his way home from New York, where he
has been working to further the interest ot
the gathering. Mr. Echols states that the
propects are all in favor of a great success.
About 3,000 specially invited Scotch-Irish
citizens of local or National distinction have
signified their purpose to attend. It is prob
able that at least 15 Governors of States of
Scotch-Irish extraction will be present
Still No Action In the Senate.
Washington, April 9. The Senate
World's Fair sub-committee talked over the
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Senator Tarple Grows Warm in Discussing
the Montana Election Contest
Mr. Call Preveats a Final
Vote on tho Matter.
Washin oton, April 9. The Senate to
day resumed consideration of the Montana
contested election case and Mr. Pugh con
cluded his argument in favor of the Demo
cratic claimants Messrs. Clark and Ma
ginnis. Mr. Turpie. also a member of the
Committee on Privilegesand Elections, pre
sented an argument on the same side of the
question. He said that the canvassing
board at Helena had no right to throw out
the abstract of returns at Silver Bow, pre
cinct 31. They might have thrown out the
abstract for the whole county of
bilver Bow, hut not a part of it.
They had not dared tq throw
out the abstract for the whole county, be
cause mat would have defeated the Kenub
lican candidates for Congress. The action
of the Territorial Board of Canvassers was
anact ot usurpation, and therefore "Utterly
void. Further on he spoke of the canvass
ing Doard as "A triple coil of adders," com'
posed of "A Chief Justice from Verulam,
a Secretary from Sodom and a Governor
from Gomorrah," and he wound up with a
scathing denunciation of all concerned.
In the course of a discussion as to the
time for coming to a vote it was stated by
Mr. Morgan that Democratic Senators, while
not prepared to fix any limit to the debate,
were ready to vote upon the question with
out further debate. On a question of this
Fort (he baid) the Senate ought to act as it
would on a question of impeachment, in
which no Senator would dare to leave his
seat without a better excuse than the lunch
table, or private business in a committee
room.
The offer to have the vote taken without
further debate was accepted on the Bepub
lican side, but that arrangement was de
feated by Mr. Call taking the floor and stat
ingbis desire to address the Senate on the
subject to-morrow.
AN UNPOPULAR CHOICE.
Halllster Will ProbaDly be Selected as Fost
mnster of Meadville.
fPROM A STATP COREESPOlfDENT.t
Washington, April 9. Postmaster
General Wanamaker to-day called for the
papers accompanying the application of
Loren Hallister to be Postmaster at Mead
ville, the candidate recommended by Bepre
sentative Culbertson. Other candidates were
Colonel J. W. H. Beisinger, who made such
a fine record as the last Bepublican Post
master; Hays Culbertson, N. B. Hoflbrdand
Captain Isaac Myers.
Friends of other candidates say that Hal
lister's appointment will be very unpopular,
because he belongs to what is known as "the
Court House ring," and has been always in
office. He is a veteran one-armed soldier.
TO AEBITRATE EVERYTHING.
The
Final Adjournment of tho Pan-Amer
ican Congress in Sight.
Washington, April 9. The final ad
journment of the Pan-American Confer
ence is in sight It will probably occur
next Wednesday. At the meeting of the
conference to-day, the reports on the Commit
tees on General Welfare, Banking and
Port Dues, were presented, and after being
printed will betaken up for consideration.
The Committee on General Welfare
recommended tbe negotiation of a general
treaty by the Republics of North, South and
Central America and Hayti, to refer all dis
putes, differences and contentions that may
arise between any two of the nations to ar
bitration for settlement.
CHEAP SCHOOL BOOKS.
A Measure Providing for a State Sewer
Passes the Ohio Senate A Stringent
Compulsory Education BUI
Also Adopted.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Columbus, April 9. Although this was
Bipper day in the Legislature according to
custom, the Democrats were unable to mus
ter enough members to enter upon the work.
The most important bill of the day, and
which passed the Senate by an almost unani
mous vote, was the School-book bill. It
provides for a commission to adopt a series
of text books and have them printed at the
expense of the State, and to be furnished to
Boards of Education at cost, with 5 per
cent added.
Jt strong fight has been made against
the measure by representatives of
the school book publishers, and especially so
bytherepresentativesofVanAntwerp.Bragg
& Co., whose agent was denounced upon the
floor ot the Senate, several of the members
saying they wonld vote for the measure be
cause of the outrageous manner in which
they bad been hounded during the session.
It is believed the bill will pass the House
and become a law and thns settle a question
which has been agitating the Legislature
for several years.
Bepresentative Monott, of Stark county,
secured the passage of a similar bill in the
House of the last General Assembly, but it
failed in the Senate. The House passed Mr.
Bramin's bill making important amend
ments to tbe compulsory education law.
Under the amendments parents or guar
dians are compelled to start children to
school during the first four weeks of the
school year, and all youths of school age
living apart from their parents shall be en
titled to free intuition. It is made manda
tory on Boards of Education to furnish
without cost books to pupils ot indigent pa-
NO MONOPOLY WANTED.
Small Boss Carpenters In Chicago
Will
Form an Orgnulzatlon.
Chicago, April 9. On Friday afternoon
there will be a meeting of small boss carpen
ters. These number nearly 1,700, and their
purpose is to form an organization, not to
defeat the aims of the strikers, with whom
they are in sympathy, but to prevent the
association bosses, who only number 120,
from monopolizing the carpenter trade in
tbeir own interest
When the organization is formed it will
immediately arbitrate with them.
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE
Is the Sentence of the Jury In the Peterson
Case.
Chicago, April 9. The jury in the case
of Henry Lyons, charged with the murder
of Ben Peterson, returned a sealed verdict
this'morning, finding Lyons guilty of mur
der in the first degree, and fixing tbe pen
alty at life imprisonment. The prisoner is
only 16 years of age. Peterson was a harm
less Swede, and the crime was entirely un
"provoKed. The condemned youth heard his
sentence with the utmost coolness. He
merely said: "Well, I am in luck."
NEAELI 100,000 ACRES BOUGHT.
The Sam of 8450,000 Paid for West Vir
ginia Timber Land.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Chableston W. Va., April 9. One of
the largest mineral and timber deals
ever consummated in West Virginia has
just been closed, by which Jed Hotkis", of
Staunton, Va., transfers to Low, Aspinwall
& Co., for $450,000, about 100,000 acres of
land in Lincoln and Wyoming counties.
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the Servants Canfrht. -m
100,000 BELIEVED TO BE MISSING. 1
Eaeh Passin? Hunt Increases the Amount of Us '4
Alleged Defalcation. 3
J. Monroe Shellenberger, of Bucks coun
ty, is still missing, and it is now asserted
that SIOO.OOO will not cover the shortage in
his accounts. Doylestown is decidedly
gloomy, as nearly every one in the place is
involved. The operations reach all the
townships in the county and extend to Phil
adelphia. rSrXCTAL TELEOBAH TO THE DISPATCH.1
PniLADELPniA, April 9. The flightof
J. Monroe Shellenberger and the condition
in which he left his affairs proves to ba
much more sensational than was at first
imagined. Doylestown is agitated and ex
cited as it has never been, and there was
trepidation all over Bucks county to-day, as
there is hardly a township without its vic
tims. To-day's developments showed Shell
enberger's operations and deficiencies to be
on a very extensive scale.
They extend to Philadelphia, where single
individuals lose many thousands, and also,
it is said, to Norristown and other parts of
the State. The estimate df the losses in
volved, as given in The Dispatch to-day,
was about S75.000. It is now known there
is over that amount of losses in Doylestown
alone, and trie total defalcation will doubt
less aggregate SlOO.OOO.
ALL CLASSES CAUGHT.
The incident has thrown a gloom like that
of some great calamity over the thriving and
prosperous town. Men wore long faces and
at the banks, hotels and in offices, and on the
street nothing else was talked of. All
classes are affected, and farmers, lawyers,
butchers, bakers, hotel keepers, tradesmen,
bank officers and even servants all suffer
alike, though in a different degree.
Shellenberger has left matters in a such a
condition that no one expects to see him
back. The transactions, some on an exten
sive scale, are ot .such a character that the
missing lawyer stands in the light of a fugi
tive from justice.
A note mailed from Philadelphia and
dated Atlantic Citv, is said to have been re
ceived by one of his children, saying: "Take
good care of yourselves. All will be clear
some day," but nothing would be said about
this at the house. Some of Shellenberger's
friends in Doylestown said they had reason
to believe that he had started for South
America.
TOOK everything in sight.
It now transpires that for several days be
fore leaving Shellenberger secured in every
possible way, not only in Doylestown, but
through Bucks county and in Philadelphia,
all the monev that he could possibly get
It was stated by several lawyers in Doyles
town who are familiar with his latest trans
actions that he must have carried away with
him not less than 815,000 in cash, secured
within a week or two of his departure.
Some of this was on so-called judgment
notes that now prove to be worthless. In
other cases he gave checks, asking that they
should not be used for a few days, and now
these checks, which have been coming in by
the score, are disowned by the Union Trust
Company of Doylestown, upon which they
were drawn and in which Shellenberger was
a director. If there ever was any money to
meet them it has been required to partiallv
cover the paper bearing Shellenberger's
name, which the Trust Company holds for
loans. In other caes the money was bor
rowed outright without any pretense of se
curity. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
This systematic gathering of money from
everyone who had confidence in him by
Shellenberger within a tew days of his de
parture is what gives additional color to the
belief that be has turned bis back upon his
splendid home and children, not intending
to return. Jin tne iacts snow that Shellen
berger's is the old, old story of vanity and
extravagance and misplaced confidence and
venality that is being rehearsed in the
newspapers almost every day. A Bucks
county youth ot more than the ordinary
brightness and intelligence, he was brought
up in a lawyer's of5ce, became a partner,
and when the partnership was dissolved he
carried a good practice with him.
His Pennsylvania Dutch parentage led
many of that strong, thrifty element in the
county to feel a pride in his progress as
well as have confidence in him, and when
he went away be had the largest Orphans'
Court and general practice of any lawyer ia
the county. Possessed of a remarkably at
tractive person, a persuasive talker and
always carrying a bold front, he had just the
essentials to impress the simple but prosper
ous Bucks county folks, who trusted him
absolutely.
INDICTED FOR FORGERY.
Tho Result of a Civil salt Upon Ono of tbe
Upplncott Xote.
rSPECIAL TELEORAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
May's Landing, N. J., April 9. Among
the civil cases noticed for trial at the pres
ent term of the Atlantic County Court wast
that of the Second National Bank of At
lantic City versus Mary A. Haines, foster
sister of Julia C. Lippincott On the
part of the defense Mary A. Haines,
Isaac W. Stokes and Edwin L. Lippincott
were examined, and thev declared the use
of their names on the note, either as makers
or indorsers, to be a forgery.
This being the case, the Sudge dismissed
the suit against the defendant Immediate
ly afterward the grand jury found an indict
ment for forgery against Mjrs. Julia Lippin.
cott.
A TOWN UNDER WATER.
The
Merchants of Arkansas Cltv
Doln
Business on ScnDoIds.
rsntCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1SPATCK.I
Aiskansas City, April 9. This is tha
center of the worst flood on the Mississippi
river between Memphis and Vicksburg.
The town is completely under water, and
about half of the population has deserted it
The houses all stand in water from four to
six feet deep. Merchants are doing business
on scaffolds built with false floors on the
levee.
The present flood, which is two feet higher
than ever known before, is due to the great
volume pouring out of the Arkansas river.
The breaks in tbe levees on both sides of the
river do not relieve the main body of the
Mississippi to any extent
A Yawning GnlTNenr Carbondale.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
Caebondale, Pa., April 9. A cave-in
occurred this morning at Mayville, two
miles from this city, which swallowed up
two houses iu the heart of the village, and
there are fears that it will continue and do
great damage to the place. The space makes
a yawning gulf of 100 by 75 feet and is at
least 40 feet deep.
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