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FORTY-FIFTH TEAR.
PITTSBURG, MONDAY, APRIL 21. 1890.
THKEE CENTS
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OVER BUTLEH HILLS,
A Journey That is Both Difficult
and Perilous, Accom
plished by
THE DISPATCH EXPEDITION-
Highways That Are Worn Deeply
Into the Earth by Heav
ily Laden Wagons
TERY ABUNDANT IK OIL REGIONS.
Surprising Story of the Mud's Depth.
Told and Sworn to by a Pitts
burg Drummer.
BUILDIKG ROADS "WITH FENCE-RAILS
Checked at Its Inception by an Angry Fanner
Who Summons Ticlons Dogs to Keep
Off the Trespassers.
HOUSES KILLED BT THEIE HAED WOCK
The Dispatch commissioner finds the
roads of Butler county indescribably bad.
They are so deeply cut that in many places
teams are obliged to go through fields in
order to get alons at all. This state of
things is partly due to the great amount of
heavy hauling in the oil region. The ex
plorers found difficulties and even dangers
in their tour of the county.
i
traoM ocb srzciAL commissioxeb.
The rmsBURG Dispatch 1
Country Boas Eh'ekiiox,
Bctleb, April 20. Obadiah Feewell is
Justice of the Peace at Buttercup postoffice.
The following document was executed be
fore him the other day:
BUTTEECUP P. 0.,"
CONXOQrENESSIXG TOWNSHIF, 5-
Butleb CO., Pa., April 16. J
Personally appeared before me. O. Feewell,
a magistrate in and for the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, one Abraham Meybeer, who
being duly sworn, deposes and avers that the
statements made by him to the members of The
Pittsburg Dispatch Country Road Explor
ing Party are the truth, the wbolo truth, and
nothing hut the truth.
Whercunto I have this, tbo 16th day of
April, Anno Domini, IKK), set my band and
seat Signed O. Feewell,
Magistrate at Buttercup.
Witness O. Feewell IL
(Fees, 25 cents; fees, 15 cents.)
ia Affidavit Deemed Necessary.
I had met this Abraham Meybeer in the
"Hundred-foot" oil regions of Butler
county. He is a traveling salesman for a
necktie and suspender house in Pittsburg.
After some startling revelations he made to
us concerning country roads out here, I
deemed it expedient to accompany him to
the office of the nearest notary public The
foregoing affidavit was the result of our con
ference there with Mr. Feewell.
This traveling salesman says that on
Thursday a week ago, he was driving a
buggy on what is known as the Itibalt road,
from the nearest station on the Pittsburg
and "Western Railroad, to Amberson bridge,
in Connoquenessing township. He was
deeply buried in meditation on the bill of
extra charges, -12 cents, handed him by the
baggage master of the up train that morn
ing for carrying his sample boxes, and he
scarcely noticed anything by the wayside.
Suddenly, .however, his thoughts were re
called to the wet, muddy world by his mare
coming to a halt.
Away Down In tbe Mire.
In the mud in front of him was a peculiar
black object resembling a stiff felt hat, quite
high in the crown. The roadway was simDly
one continuous succession of sink-holes.
The hat seemed to rest on the surface of the
mire, but looking closer, Meybeer discovered
A. Wreck by the Roadside.
that it was a few inches higher. It moved
moved with a sort of twitch. Frightened
nearly as bad as his horse, the commercial
traveler leaped out of his buggy, and was
about to go ahead for investigation, when a
Toice apparently from beneath the hat, a
Toice so faint as to suggest suffocation, said:
"Hold on, there! Den't drive any more
derrick engines or oil well tubing over me.
There's a mule underneath met Go slow. I
can still breathe a little, but the mule "
The mule! Oh, where was Ire?
Tour explorers find the roads of Butler
county fully as bad as those in Washington
county. They are far worse in the oil re
gion, but a trifle better in the remote agri
cultural and forest sections.
Well Graded, bat Muddy.
For five miles on either side of Zelienople
and Harmony there have evidently been
attempts to mate mnd roads scientifically.
That section of the county is largely farmed
by the Germans, Harmony having en
settled originally by the Fconomites, v ,
then under the leadership of Rapp, wt j
styled the Harmonites. The .highways in
this locality are well grade 1, i. e., they slope
toward either side where there are cutters to
drain off the water.
But while good enough now, these same
roads are said to cause more or less trouble
Wit
w '.
during the winter and early spring. Ma
cadamizing would make them perfect, but
the Germans do not care to macadamize un
less they have good stone. They believe no
stone is so well suited to this purpose ns
limestone, and that is only plentiful in the
northern part of the county, along Slippery
Bock creek. To distribute it to the south
ern and other parts of Butler county would
cost a great deal of money for railroad
transportation and teaming, they say.
Roads Id tbe OH Country.
Those to whom I talked were anxious to
know if the State Government would stand
the expense of transporting limestone all
over Pennsylvania if the State Commission
and Legislature should decide to adopt it as
the standard Sot a general macadamizing.
No words of mine are adequate to describe
the condition of the Butler county roads in
the famous "Hundred-foot" region. They
are awful. "Within (he last few months the
activity in this territory has been great The
hauling is heavy all engines, boilers, cas
ing, lumber and pipes having to be brought
overland from the railroads many miles. "We
left Harmony one morning at 7 o'clock and
reached Amberson Bridge a conple of hours
later. This is a city of oil derricks built
upon one of the Connoquenessing creek bot
toms. There the trouble with roads began.
A Badly Sunken Track.
Although the sun and wind of the past
week have pretty well dried up the mud
elsewhere, it is still as deep, slushy and
soggy as ever at Amberson Bridge, and for
four miles northeast of that. Beyond tbe
bridge the road scales a hill and so cut up
is the road that the loaded wagons coming
down grade have actually dug out a track to
the right fully two feet below the track to
the left, which unloaded teams going up the
grade use. It is worth a man's-Hfe to ride
up this hill, as we found out.
A TYPICAL
On the summit an oil town has been built
in the woods, which is illustrated in this
letter. Some endeavor has been made to
keep the road there from sinking out of
sight by throwing logs and planks across it
Beyond and ontof the woods teamsters have
for weeks abandoned the main road and
taken to the adjacent fields. The road yet
proved so treacherous that we had to do the
-same. In front ot ns were three loaded
coal wagons, with a team of draft horses to
each.
Hard Line for Horses.
Presently tbe caravan reached the other
end of the wheat field, where the fence rails
had been removed to allow wagons to climb
up and out upon the road again. The first
coal wagon tried the ascent The horses
accomplished that easy enough, but
the moment they touched foot to
the road outside down went the
vehicle to its bed. The team couldn't budge
it. The horses were whipped and-beaten,
but to no effect The assembled drivers
started to take off rails from the fence to
pry out the wheels, but the farmer, appear
ing on the scene, objected. He said he
didn't propose to be robbed of all his fence
rails, no matter how badly petroleum wild
catters got stuck.
Then the assembled teamsters surveyed
off another route, farther up through the
next field to a point where they could get
the wagons out upon the road above the bad
spot
A Farmer's Strong Protest.
No sooner had they began to tear down
the fence than the farmer ran up, this time
with help, and said "he'd be blanked if one
gap in his fence wasn't enough and they
shouldn't go an inch farther through his
fields." As The DisPAicn wagon was in
the fields with the others we were compelled
from motives of self-preservation to take part
in the melee. "But Mr. Farmer was staunch.
He whistled up his dogs. They were vicious
looking, and so that fence was rebuilt
very promptly. Back to the en
gulfed coal wagon the teamsters went
They were mad now, and where you run
across an angry teamster in the oil region
you are sure to hear profanity. They un
hitched the horses of all three coal wagons
to add their combined power to each of the
wagons as they sank one after another in the
mud-trap. The men sworn without ceasing,
and half adrztn whips were laid on as many
horses without mercy for tbe next half hour.
I pitied the poor brutes.
Tbe Oil Men Are Blamed.
And this road I am telling you about is one of
principal highways In Butler county the main
road from Harmony to tbe town of Butler.
Tbe farmers disclaim all responsibility for its
shameful condition. They declare that tbe oil
interests are to blame that tbe oil corpora
tions, tbe Standard Oil Company and tho spec
ulators in the oil exchanges of the land reap
the financial benefit of tbe country roads, de
stroy them and pay no tax toward keeping
them up. Of course many a farmer is en
riched by tbe lease of bis land to tbe oil corpor
ations and oil capitalists, but he says
in reply to that that his share of the
profits are not a shadow to what the capitalists
corporations and speculators gain. Farmers in
the oil fields of Butler loudly demand that tho
new State Commission take this inequality of
road tax into consideration. They believe it
unjust that they have to pay all the road tax.
The oil interests should be included by a spe
cial tax, or covered by some other method, they
argue.
While in the oil region we took a photograph
of a wreck by the wayside. They are distrib
uted all over tbe roads of central Butler county.
It Salts tbe Wagon Makers.
No wonder a blacksmith and wagon repairer
at Unlonville, Beaver county, said to me:
"Wo are not particularly anxious for better
roads. They would hurt our trade."
It is stated in Petersburg, on the Harmony
pike, that no less than 12 horses have been
killed by the frightful state of the Ribolt road
this spring. That highway leads up to the
Hundred-toot region from the Pittsburg and
Western Railroad.
We arrived at Butler town at 1 v. jl, alter
six hours' tussle with ten miles of horrible
road. After dinner we pressed on toward New
Castle. Northwest of Bntler tne roads get
better the farther they leave the oil regions In
tho sontb. But they are all dirt roads. In
some sections the clay gave way to a sandy soil,
which never makes a very bad road in winter.
The grades were all heavy. There are enough
kinks and bends in the roads, for the purpose
of avoiding hills, to make any averare citv
horse dizzy.
A Sbort-SIghted Granger.
. "What do you want the roads macademized
for. anyway?'' sneered a rural hanger-on at the
tavern in Portersville, the hamlet whore we
put up for the night. "The wind dries them
np all right every April, and that makes good
roads again without adding to our road taxes
as tuo State will do."'
This remark needs no comment. It is an ex
cellent sample of tho type of the interior
farmer, who is willing to put up with impassa
ble roads every winter to await the economical
improvement of Damo Nature in spring. But
that class is small.
My next letter will embraca tho roads in
Lawrence county on either side of New Castle
to Mercer, thence to Venango county and
thence to Crawford county.
It E. STOHSL.
A FALLING BRIDGE
At a Baptism Injure Half a Hundred Peo
ple, Fonr or Whom Will Pie A Son
of Ex-Speaker Keif cr Among
Those Herloosly Han.
rSPSCIAI. TBLEOBAM TO THS DISFATCn.1
SrniNGFlELD, O., April 20. Four per
sons were fatally injured here to-day by a
falling bridge.and 50 were seriously injured.
The accident occurred near a colored bap
tism given by the Third Baptist Church. The
beautiful day brought hundreds of people to
see tho immersion of 19 candidates. Probably
2,000 people were present. They lined tho
banks and filled up nearby bridges. The lime
stone bridge, 100 feet east of the baptismal pool,
was loaded down with about COO people.
It consists of two spans and there are foot
bridges on each side. The Race foot bridge
was packed, about 2,000 people occupying it.
The bridge has been weak and almost unsafe
for some time. Elder Green had just emerced
from tho water after having fixed hi3
stake, when a shout of horror went up
from tbe assembled crowd. The Race
foot bridge had fallen, carrying its human
freight down 15 feet. The section breaking
was 100 feet long and 15 feet wide. The con
tinuous guard railing did not break. This
caused the falling part to swing with an anglo
of 45 decrees. The caplng stones thus foil
first. Had the railing broken .the stones would
have fallen on the people and probably 50
C?(H s
OIL TOWN.
would have been killed outright
Those fatally injured are: Mrs. Margaret
Flannery, aged 70; Andrew Lehman, aged 55;
Mrs. Charles Meyer and son, aged 6 years. All
of these had bones broken, and are more or
less injured internally. Horace, son of Gen
eral Keifer, had an arm broken in two places.
Following is a list of those seriously injured:
William A. Bnms. Mrs. Morgan, Carry Stakes,
Mrs. William Slouch. Sam Foley, Mrs. Mattie
Payne, Georgo Metcilfe. Mrs. Saylers and
others.
PEETTI MRS. CLEYELANrj
Attracts tbe Attention of Admiring Crowds
nt Atlantic City.
(SPECIAL TELEQEAII TO THE DISPATCH.!
Atlantic Cm-, April 20. The hundreds of
Visitors who came down to this popular resort
yesterday and this morning and the great army
of sojourners already here hurried down to the
ocean boulevard to-day with an eagerness, not
born alono of a longing to be in close proximity
to Neptune's domain, but through curiosity to
see the pretty young woman who but a short
time ago was tho first lady of this broad land.
Tbo fact that tho much-praised Mrs. Grover
Cleveland was apt to be among the promen
ade rs of this cosmopolitan highway was a
sufficient Inducement to bring even the grand
est of tho wealthy dames at tho big hotels
out in small force, and it is a question if ever
before on a Sunday morning such a large and
fashionable throng trod the airy sea walk. But
before Mrs. Cleveland sought the inevitable
boardwalk she, in company with Mrs. MacAilis
ter Laughton, attended services at the Church
of the Ascension, on Kentucky avenue, where
tbe Rev. Dr Avery officiated.
The church, as is alnajs the case on Sundav
mornings, was crowded, but the distinguished
visitor was not annojed by curious stares dur
ing the service, and It was not until she reached
tho crowded boulevard that she became the
target for the admiring glances of tho prome
naders. Sho looked particularly bright and
snrightly, and walked with an clastic step.
Her toilette was decidedly stylish and attrac
tive, and consisted of a handsome gown of gray
and brown cloth, a directoire jacket of blue
with white and silver garniture, and a becom
ing little toque, in colors to harmonize with her
gown. Sho walked on beach and boulevard,
rested awhile at tbe fashionable park bathing
pavilion, and enjoyed the delights ot a bright
sunshiny day by the sea as any other sensible
woman would.
NO VIRTUE IX A MADSTONE.
A Kentucky Farmer Dyinjj In Terrible Atony
of Tlydropliobln.
Louisville, April 20. Near Bowling Green,
Ky., W. J. Isbell Is dying of hydrophobia. He
has convulsion after convulsion and connot live
more than a few days. His physician, Dr. J
J. Jepson. pronounces it undoubtedlv genuine
rabies. Isbell is a prosperous farmer of Warren
county, about ten miles from Bowling Green.
He was feeding his hogs one morning about six
weeks ago, when a dogbelongingto him bit one
of the hogs. Attempting to strike the dog, tbe
animal turned and snapped at him. biting him
through the thumb. In about eight or ten davs
the dog died of spasms, and this alarmed Isbell
and he bad a madstone applied.
Last week bis hand and arm commenced
s elling and giving him Bain, and he again, on
Indaylastcatne to try an application of the
madstone. That night at supper he complained
of difficulty in swallowing. A little while
after starting to take a drink of water the sight
of it threw him into a spasm. He complains of
great thirst but cannot swallow water or any
thing else, as all the muscles of the deglutition
seem to be paralysed. A rubber tnbe was in
serted in his mouth and by means of a rubber
bulb a few drops of water was forced into bis
throat, but tbe result was to cause another
convulsion.
BLOWN TO SHREDS.
An Impatient Qunrrruian Killed While
Examining a Lighted Fane.
ISPECIAL TELKGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
New Castle, April 20. George W. Grass
man, met with a fatal accident in tbe Marquis
Limestone quarry in this city yesterday. He
put a shot in a hole for blasting and placed the
match to tho fuse and then ran away to await
tbe explosion. When he thought the charge
had had sufficient time to go oil bo went back
to see if tbe fuse had not remained lighted.
While tbe unfortunate man was examining
the fuse an explosion took place tearing the
entire upper portion of his body into shreads.
He was killed instantly. He leaves a wife and
four children.
A Desperate Woman's Snlclde.
Cleveland, April 2a Mrs. John Schu
macher, aged 45. and living on Lester street,
went to tbe attic to-day, pounded her bead
with a hammer until almost unconscious, and
then hanged herself from a door binge; It is
thought she was insane.
Warrior WIssmnnn Will Fight.
Zanzibar, April 2a Ma jor Wissmann Is pre
paring to occupy and garrison Lindi. Sharp
fight lag is expected.
BOUND -TO SUCCEED.
Secretary McGnire Says the Eight
Hour Day Has Come to Stay.
MASTER BUILDERS ARE PREPARED
Their Estimates for Future Work Figured
Upon Accordingly. .v
CHICAGO CARPENTERS SDEE TO WIN.
Big Strike Threatened in Colo Region Units an Em
ploye is Reinstated.
P. J. McGuire, Secretary of the Carpen
ters' Brotherhood, says the eight-hour move
ment is sure to succeed. He further de
clares that the contractors have allowed for
an increase in wages in figuring upon future
work. Many strikes are in progress at
home and abroad.
rsraciAL telegram to the dispatch.
Philadelphia, April 20. General
Secretary P. J. McGuire, of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, re
turned to the city yesterday from Koch
ester, N. Y., where he had been attending
to the affairs of the order. In answer to a
question as to the condition of affairs in the
carpenter trade at the present time, Mr. Mc
Guire said:
"Tbe condition of affairs in onr trade has
never been more hopeful that at the present
time. Neferhas there been better pros
pects of a busy season, and notwith
standing the eight hour agitatiou,
which many thought would have a depress
ive effect upon building operations through
out the country, the amount of work at
present in the architects' offices is very large.
Besides that already contracted for by
builders, the work held in contemplation by
business men generally, will probably ex
ceed the business of last season by from 15
to 25 per cent. Brickyards are running to
their fullest capacity. Manufacturers of
building material of all kinds are making
every preparation to satisfy the increased
demand.
CONTBACTORS ARE PEEP ABED.
"To meet the probable adoption of eight
hours as a day's labor many of the builders
have made their estimates for future work
accordingly. The agitation of this ques
tion has been going on for a period of many
years, but tbe agitation of tbe past two years
has more than ever prepared the employing
builders for the adoption of tbe eight-hour
system. This was manifested in the action of
the Employing Builders' National Association
at their convention In St. Paul last January.
They decided to prepare the way for the advert
of tho eight-hour system bv paying the men by
the hour. This, however, is by no means an in
novation in the trade, as m the winter season,
when the journeymen work from eight to eight
and one-half hours a day, tbe custom has been
to nay by the hour. In fact, it is quite the gen
eral rule in many cities to pay men in that way.
This decision of the Builders' National Con
vention made in connection with tbe eight-hour
movement is significant in givinggcncral recog
nition to tbe principle which has already been
recognized."
"What will be your future movements in re
gard to this question of eight hours?"
"Wo propose to push tho movement and
in a few months tbe result of our work will be
apparent We are satisfied that inalarge num
ber of leading cities eight hours will be firmly
established as tbe length of a day's labor dur
ing the year."
ADOPTED IN MANY TRADES.
"Tho stone cutters havo had it for a number
of years in nearly ail of tbe leading cities. In
over a score of cities this year tbe plasterers
have secured it without .any serious trouble.
The carpenters propose to be no longer the tail
end of the building trades, and they will secure
it in a great many places this year. Our asso
ciation, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, is now organized in
531 cities. There are 5SS local unions, and they
embrace a membership of over 70,000 mechanics.
We are part and parcel of the American Fed
eration of Labor, and in this fight we have tbe
support of tbe 600,000 skilled workmen who are
membors of that organization."
"What effect had the movement of 1SS8 up on
the hours of labor?"
"Well, to begin wo will go back to 1SS4. In
that year our delegations to the Federation
wero instructed to press for the agitation and
the general adoption by the associations repre
sented of the eight-hour day. This culminated
in the movement made in i486. Out of it cams
good results. In our trade 27 cities now havo
tbe eight-hour workday, and the honrs of labor
have been reduced among tbe journejmea
brewers, bakers, street-car drivers and conduc
tors, and the clerks and saleswomen in the
stores from a former average of 11 to 15 hours
a day to the more general average of ten hours
per day. This, as you can see, makes it all the
easier to establish the eight-hour day eventu
ally. THOUSANDS ALREADY BENEFITED.
"In the building trades of Chicago, St. Louis
and Denver alono over 60,000 have been bene
fited by the inauguration of the eight-hour day.
The agitation of 1S86 has made It possible for
us in tbo carpenter trade to institute in 192
cities nine hours as a day's labor. This affected
over 60.000 carpenters in those cities and made
69,000 hours less work a day and allowed tbe
employment of 6,000 more carpenters to do tho
same quota of work. Another good result of
that movemont was that wages wero advanced
in those cities without a strike."
"riow is the strike in Chicago progressing?"
"Since April 7 our men in Chicago have made
a stand to more firmly establish the eight-hour
system. In a week or ten days that trouble
will be settled in favor of tho men. Never in
tbe history of any city has there been snch a
revolution in public sentiment as is taking
place in Chicago upon this question at the
prescne time. Both in Indianapolis and in Chi
cago we are gaining ground dailv, and the non
union men in both cities are with us heart and
soul. Tho building trades in both cities are
completely tied up, and if the struggle con
tinues much longer we will furnish tbe funds
to set our own men to work. We will take
contracts oui selves and that will disnense with
many of thn contractors who are tne middle
men'in the business.
A FATEFUL DAT.
"On May 1 we expect to havo from 35,000 to
40,000 carpenters on a strike for eight hours.
This will also involve from 150,000 to 200,000
workmen in tbe building trades. Looking
over the country, I can say the prospects have
a cbecrful aspect and aro pregnant with
success."
"How do you account for the action of tbe
workingmen of this city in deciding upon nine
hours for a day and refusing to demand eight
hours?"
The reason for this apparent unwillingness
can be found in tbe fact that there has been no
activity in labor circles in this city. There has
been no general agitation here for tbe last
threo or four years, and the organizations have
become stagnant. They have confined them
selves to other issues of a trivial character in
comparison to tho demand for eight hours.
The bricklayers of this city gave the movement
quite a setback in declining to take the initia
tive m making tbe demand. Having a strong
organization, their refusal bad. a bad effect
upon the other branches of the building trades.
I am Inclined to think, however, that a large
majority of their members regret the step
which tbe union has taken, and had there been
a more thorough discussion of the question
among them, a more favorable course would
have been taken. You can rest assured that
we havo yet to come to this city, and that next
year will witness a gigantic eight-hour move
ment in Philadelphia among tho building
trades. The example presented by other cities
will be an incentive to the workmen here, and
the Importance of Philadelphia as a commer
cial and industrial center will not permit its
workmen to remain behind in the struggle for
Industrial development"
A STATE FEDERATION.
movement to Unlto All tbo Pennsylvania
Trade Organizations.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Erie, April 2a Tbo labor organizations in
this end of the State, especially the builders'
trades organizations, are preparing' for a con
certed movement on the 1st of May. The Erie
Central Labor Union Is tbe promoter and chief
mover In tho schemo for tho organization of a
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor.
The Central labor unions are now under tho
control of tbo National association, which is
becoming very large, suggesting tbe wisdom
of thoiState associations. A committee which
was appointed here reported responses to-day,
from a large number ot State unions.
OPPOSED TO SOCIALISM.
Tbe Central Lnbor Union Rejects a Reso
lution to Dcclnre May 1 a Holiday
Honsesmllbs'tlnlon Ask for an Ad
vance Cigarmakers Troubles.
.SPECIAL TELXORAU TO TIIB DI8PATCII.1
New Yoke, April 20. At the meeting of
the Central Labor Union to-day, Ernst
Bohm offered a resolution that a mass meet
ing be called to boom tbe agitation for an
eight-hour work day and to declare Mayl a
holiday. Tbe Central Labor Union did not
pass them, but agreed to urge all its component
Unions to attend tho meeting of tbe Socialistic
ilibor Party on May 1 in Union square. In
Their speeches on the subject the Knights of
Labor used a now phrase. This phrase
was, 'the selfishness of eight hours," and they
used it as if they bad got usod to it in their
own secret meetings. A resolution offered ask
ing that a mass meeting be called to score the
Solice was pronounced a Socialist scheme and
id not go through.
The Housesmiths' Union held a meeting to
day in Clarendon Hall and decided to ask their
employers to advance wages from 83 25 a day
to $3 60 for setters, from 3 to $3 5 for black
smiths, from J2 75 and S2 90 to S3 for derrick
men, from 52 75 to S3 for finishers, and from
3 75 to 3 lor helpers. They will ask also for a
nine-hour dav. It was said after the meetin?
that to enforce tbe demands for increased
wages it would be necessary to order a strike
on May i.
The cigarmakers talk of ordering a strike to
raise their wages to what they were in lSbG, or
nn advance all around of some 25 cents- By the
rules of 'the Cigarmakers' International Union
no strike can be maintained and supported by
the union until May 1 this year, and it is not
likely that anything will be done before that
time, Bernard Davids said to-day: There were
strikes recently In the shops of Louis Asch, of
Third avenue: Kahner & Co., in One Hun
dredth street: Lichtenstein, Bros. & Co., Thirty
eighth street and First avenue, and Jensen &
Co., on Seventy-fifth street, and the firms con
ceded tho demands of the local unions. There
are strikes now in tbe shops of Kanffman
Bros. & iioudy, Kaufman Bros, and S. Adler.
DISSATISFIED EXPRESSMEN
Threaten to strike If Tbelr Wagos Aro Rc-
duced ns Proposed.
Chicago, April 20. The great dissatisfaction
among tho employes of tho United States Ex
press Company over the order reducing salaries
in all departments culminated to-day in a mass
meeting of the Chicago employes, at which
about 300 men wero present Tho document
giving tho details of a sliding scale making
cuts varying from 10 to 20 per cent was read,
and then one alter another a score or more of
men some of them emDloyeswho have worked
from 20 to 30 years for the company arose and
denounced the proposed measure as an in
justice to themselves and families and, one as
needless as it was unjust.
Alonzo Wygant, tho Chicago General Agent,
who was present by request, said the United
States Express Company and some others are
paying most of their profits to the railroads.
The future of tho express business is .not
bright, be said, and he would not put a straw
m their way if any of them conld better their
condition elsewhere. A strike wonld be fruit
less, for tbe company would c ertamly resort to
the employment of unexperienced hands.
Despite Mr. Wygant's assertions, however, the
men expressed themselves in unqualified terms
in favor of taking a firm stand and holding out
against tbo company. Finally a committee was
appointed to wait upon Vice President Crosby
and make an effort to adjust matters by arbi
tration. A VIC10RT FOR LABOR.
Paper Hangers Gain Tbeir Polntand Harness
Mnkera Threaten to Mrihe.
Chicago, April 20. The union paper hang
ers, who have been striking sluco February,
held a meeting to-day and appointed com-n-Jlioes
to arbitrate with tbe employers. It is
expected that the men will gojoack to work at
tbe old prices. This will be virtually a victory
for tbe strikers. The strike was against a cut
of 40 per cent in wages. Tbe men went out at a
time when there was only 50 cents in the treas
ury of their union; but contributions began to
come in from various trade organizations all
over the country. Tho strikers have been sup
ported for two months and now have 3100 in the
treasury.
A mass meeting of journeymen harness mak
ers was held this afternoon tor the purpose of
discussing tbe demands wbioh have been sent
to tbe manufacturers of this city. These wero
an increase of 15 per cent on the present rate
of wages, to take effect April 28. A circular
was sent to the manufacturers, announcing
that a committee wonld wait on them Wednes
day to receive their answer. Speeches were
delivered urging tbe men to stand firm, and ad
vocating a strike if the demands were not
agreed to.
ADSTE1A IS FRIGHTENED
By tho illarvelonaly Unpld Growth of the
Eight-Hour Movement.
Viexjja, April 20. Tbe workmen of the
mines and iron works of tbo Prague Indus
trial Company, and of the Austria Alpine
Mining Company, demand a working day of
eight hours, threatening to strike if tho de
mand is not granted. Their movement is
ominous of a general striko throughout the
Empire and causes the gravost fears among
the authorities. Tbo movement is traced to
foreign meetings, first affecting tho smaller
trades ot Vienna, Prague and Gratz. and next
tho masons of Vienna, followed .by the bakers
and turners.
The present state of general excitement in
sures demonstrations on May 1. The authori
ties are nervous, and the Cabinet Council has
prepared a proclamation, which will be pub
lished shortly with a view to influencing work
men. The authorities at Kladno, where 17,000
men threaten to strike, ask for troops, and
other industrial centers where there are no
garrisons make similar demands, the local au
thorities declaring that they will bo powerless
to maintain order.
COKE W0KKEES STRIKE.
One Tbonsnnd Men Demand tbo Reinstate
ment of a Discharged Employe.
rSPECI AL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.'
CONNELSVILLE, PA., April 20. A strike
which will affect nearly 1000 coke workers, in
cluding nearly all of tho men at tbo Wheeler
and Montrell plants of the Cambria Iron Com
pany, will go into effect In the morning. One
man was discharged fordisobedience to orders,
but tho others claim tbe dismissal was unjust
and ate prepared to resist it by striking for his
reinstatement.
The strike at Ralney's plant still hangs fire.
Master Workman Kerfootgoes to Pittsburg on
Tuesday to make an agreement whereby the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers will refuse to use coke made by non
union men. This will affect 700 workers.
ENGLAND WILL CELEBRATE MAT DAT.
The Lnbor Unions Will Turn Ont In the
Eight-Hoar Demonstration.
Loxdon, April a). Eighteen district meet
ings were held in London to-day in response to
the call of tho Federation of Labor Unions,
and all voted in favor of tbe proposed demon
stration on May L
Tbe largest contingent assembled in Hyde
jfark, and was addressed by the Socialist, John
Williams, whoso remarks were loudly cheered.
He said that tbe workmen had four holidays
forced upon them yearly by the capitalists
whether the men wanted them or not. Let
them now show tbelr pluck and nmte with
tbeir brother laborers abroad in taking May 1
as their own holiday.
German Manufacturers Agitated.
Beulin, April 20. Notwithstanding the ad
vico of the Socialist leaders against a complete
suspension of work on May 1, numerous meet
ings of workmen in Berlin and at other cities'
have adopted resolutions in favor of a holiday
on that day. Thirty owners of metal works at
Magdeburg have warned their men that tbey
will bo dismissed if they quit work on May
day.
A Child's Terrible Dontli.
ISrECIAL TELEGRAM To TIIE DISPATCH. 1
Conhellsville, Pa., April 20. The 6-year-old
daughter of Jacob L. Stautz secured tos
sesslon of some matches and ignited her cloth
ing this morning. Her screams attracted at
tention, but she was burned to a crisp before
help' could reach her.
A NOTE OF WARNING
Upon the Silver Question Sounded
by Secretary Windoin.
HE PREDICTS DIRE DISASTERS
If the Demands of the Western Enthusiasts
Are Conceded.
BANKER CLEWS OF THE SAME OPINION.
A Republican Congressman's Vigorous K'ck at One
Tariff Feature.
Secretary Windom predicts ruin to the
financial credit of the country if the desires
of the extreme silver advocates meet with
snecess. He thinks that his own bill goes
very close to the danger line. Henry Clews,
the New York financier, also fears eventnal
disaster if the currency is inflated.
"Washington', April 20. Secretary
Windom to-night permitted a reporter to
make a copy of the following, which is taken
from a letter addressed by him to a Western
correspondent in answer to comments and
inquiries upon the present status of the sil
ver question:
The bill recommended by the Treasury was
framed mainly for two purposes: First, to meet
tbe demand for an increase of circulation: and,
second, to enhance the value of silver by pro
viding for it an additional and safo use as
money. If approved by Congress it will, in my
judgment, accomplish both of these objects,
and at the same time afford a fair and just
basis for harmony of action on tbe silver ques
tion. To the sliver interests it offers every
substantial benefit that can be granted without
peril to our financial system, and tar greater
advantages than can be found in free coinage.
SHOULD SATISFY ALL.
To those who demand "more money," it offers
an annual increase of from 50,000,000 to 60,000,
000. To those who insist upon a sound cur
rency, it gives the amplest guarantees against
degradation of tho American dollar. But to
those wno wonld inflato the currency by in
jecting Into it a large volume of money with
out adequate safeguards against depreciation,
it offers no comfort whatever. And right hero
Is found tho secret of much of the opposition
to some of Its redemption features.
In reply to your friendly criticisms, let me in
vite your attention to tbe extraordinary con
cessions which aro offered to the silver senti
ment ot tbe country. First, it is proposed to
absorb all tbe silver produced by tbe mines and
reduction works of the United States, thereby
withdrawing from the market nearly one-half
af the entire silver productions of tbo world,
and thus greatly enhance tho valno of the
whole.
second Not content with this concession,
which is surely without a parallel as to any
other product tho Senate Committeo insists
that the Government shall bo compelled to
purchase 54,500,000 worth of silver in each
month, making $54,000,000 a year, which, with
the amount needed for tbe arts and onr trade
with China, will exceed our own production
abont 510,000,000 per annum. How is this ex
cess to bo obtained? Only by purchase from
abroad.
A POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY.
In tbe event of an unfavorable balanco of
trade, when our gold will be most needed at
home, we shall be compelled to export $10,000,000
of gold,which we will then surely need to pay for
$10,000,000 of silver, which we will not need at
all. This compulsory purchase of so great an
amount will make tbe Treasury the largest
operator in the most gigantic "corner" ever
organized.
Third The bill repotted by the House Com
mittee provides tbat notes issued for silver
bullion shall be redeemed in standard silver
dollars if demanded by tbe holder. This will
give to tho owners ofsilver bullion tho power to
convert every ounce produced in this country
into standard silver dollars at their own will
and pleasure. True there is not thorsightest
danger that this power will be exercised, be
cause no sane man will prefer to convert
Treasury notes,which the Government is bound
to redeem in gold or its equivalent, into stand
ard silver dollars unless he may want a limited
number of them for some specific purpose.
Under this bill the Government will not
force silver dollars into circulation, hut it will
permit any one to have coined as many of
them as he can pay for with Treasury notes.
What more can tbe advocates of silver coinage
demand? Surely nothing unless tbey desire to
compel tbe Treasury to force standard dollars
into our circulation for the sole purpose of de
preciation and degrading it
A DIEECT QUESTION.
Is it not enough that we take nearly one-half
of the world's silver product and lock It up in
order to increase tbe value of tbe other half;
tbat we join the sliver producers in the most
gigantic corner" ever organized, ana that we
give to the owners of silver bullion tho right
and the power to convert every ounce ot our
production to standard silver dollars if they
choose to do sd?
For all these unparallel concessions to the
silver interests, what is demanded in return?
Only tbe privilege of protecting the bonor and
credit of the nation by a grant of power to re
deem its notes in either gold or in its equiva
lent of silver bullion. All of the bills on this
subject contemplate a policy to extend over an
indefinite period, and which will result in the
issue of a vory large volumo of Treasury notes.
If they be made redeemable In lawful
money they must be paid in the best lawful
money if demanded, in accordance with the
high rule of honor this Government lias thum
far maintained, and by which It has established
a credit the prido and boast of onr people. If
tne uaiance i traue snail turn against us, or,
if distrust shall arise as to our ability to pay in
gold, as it surely will, under such aprovlsion of
law, or if for any other reason we shall be una
ble to redeem in gold when demanded,' tbo
Government will be compelled to discriminate
against silver dollars, when gold will at once
command a premium and this nation will step
down from its present proud position and take
its nlace on tbe financial basis of China, India
and South America.
TO AVERT THE DANGEB.
It is to save us from this danger that I have
insisted so strenuously for the provision to re
deem in gold its equivalent of silver bullion.
I know of but two ways by which the proposed
issue of Treasury notes can be anchored to the
recognized values of the commercial world.
One is the bullion redemption feature provided
in the Treasury bill, and the othBr is authority
to sell bonds in order to provide a reserve fund
to meet tbe constantly increasing volume of
proposed Treasury notes. The latter I believe
to be both unnecessary and unjustifiable. Tbe
former I believe to be entirely practicable and
safe. Even with this safeguard against de
struction to the fair fabric of onr national
credit, tbe extraordinary concessions above
mentioned approach as near to tho "dangerous
edge of peril" as prudence will daro to tread.
Rather than go one step further in that di
rection I firmly believe tbat it would bo far
better to have no legislation on tho subject.
A dispatch from New York says: Henry
Clews & Co.'s financial circular has the follow
ing concerning silver: "The silver question is
destined to soon become a much more import
ant factor in the stock market From present
appearances there is every probability that
Congress will pass a bill providing for deposits
of domestic silver bullion, and tbe issue of
notes against tbe bullion value thereof, re
deemable in lawful money. Of course such a
measure means; nothing short of general in
flation: inflation in securities as well as mer
chandise; Inflation which Mr. Windom had
carefully endeavored to guard against. The
demand, however, for
EXPANSION OF THE CUEBENCY
is too urgent to bo ignored. With many the
question is more the result to be obtained, than
the method employed. Too many think tho
end justifies tbe means; and as the plans of tbo
silver barons appear to satisfy this demand, no
matter how unwise they may be, they receive a
support which they could not otherwise com
mand. Tho effect of adopting present proposi
tions for practically unlimited silver coinage
will inevitably be to stimulate speculation and
raise values to higher level, until tho point of
reaction is finally reached. How far distant
that may be no one can teU; but tbo country
is making such rapid and energetic progress
that tho day of reckoning is likely to be
postponed to a later date tban expected by
those whose soundness of views had led them
to anticipate earlier punishment, and who. for
tbe same reasons, have too easily become pes
simistic in their opinions. We can only liken
the situation to the Inebriate who ignores the
consequences of indulgence until the after ef
fects of debauch bring bim to bis senses.
Meanwhile, shrewder men see opportunities
for speculation which they will not neglect,
and the stimulating effect of any posstDle sil
ver legislation is not likely to lose its force for
want of assistance. For a period, therefore,
o
we may expect to see a general up
ment which will not bo restricted
street"
o.
A EEPUBLIOAN KICKEKv V UissinS WiU of a Cincinnat
T-;. t, i Millionaire Has Been
One Congressman Who Hn Some Decldea,,
Objections to tbe Now Tariff Bill
The Daly on Freestone
Ills Object of Enmity.
TEOM A STAJT COBnESFONDEXT.
Washington, April 20. A Republican
member of Congress whose constituents are
largely interested in the quarry and build
ing interests is intensely disgusted with
the action of the Committee on Ways and
Means in advancing the duty on freestone.
"This stone," said he, "is used only for
purposes of elaboration. It costs more
at the quarries than any American
stone. It has no competition, and very
little of His imported, and it does not conflict
with any American product. For every dollar
tbatis paid for the stone to foreigners from S3
to $5 is paid to American workmen for dress
ing and lading. There are only seven importers
in the country. Six of them are Republicans.
One of tbe six, to my knowledge, contributed
85,000 to the Republican party lu tho last cam
paign. I saw bim tbe other day. He is yet a
Republican, but he is not shouting tor the
party, and he says he'll bo blessed it he ever
?ives another rent tn the Rennbllcan cause.
tho former duty was- Jl per ton, whiclB
amounted to about 7 cents per cubic foot. The
duty imposed by the new bill Is 14 cents .per
cubic foot, and tbat they might appear to be
consistent tbey advanced the duty on dressed
freestone from 25 to 50 per cent ad valorem,
though tbey knew not a ton of tbo dressed
stone is brought into tbe country.
"This nonsense in regard to freestone," con
cluded tho Congressman, "has led me to look
carefully into the new bill, and my word for it,
it will be shown when it comes up for discus
sion to f nrnish more thunder for tl;c opposition
tban anything tbat has been devised for years.
Notwithstanding tbe fact tbat McKinley is
Chairman the work of the committeo has been
weak, shortsighted, inconsistent and unprac
tical, and, without radical revision, tbe bill can
never pas. To pass it will require as much
work and change as though the House had
taken in hand the law as it stands."
A STATUE TO J0IIN BROWN.
One Congressman Who Thinks He Should
be Thus Ilooored.
mtOM a sTAvr coKBxspoiroEirr.l
Washington. April 2a "Yes, I have In
contempl ation the introduction of a bill appro
priating $25,000 for the erection of a statue to
John Brown, the emancipator," said a New
Yorkmemberof Congress to-day. "But," ho
added, "I don't want the thing let out just yet,
at least in connection with my name, as I am
feeling my way to see how it will be received.
Of course If 1 can't get fair support for it I
will not introduce it: and, strange to say, I find
many Republicans fight shy of it. Why they
should do so I cannot imagine. Some put it on
the ground that it would anger unnecessarily
our Southern brethren, but I can't understand
why a proposition for a statue to grand old
John Brown would make them anvmadder tban
to propose a statne to any Union General. Tbey
all agree that slavery was wrong, and tbat they
are clad it Is abolished. Why should they op
pose honoring the sturdy old fighter who did
more than any other one man to arouse uni
versal antagonism against slavery, aud who
deliberately threw his life away for the pur
pose of exciting this antagonism? We havo
erected many statues to warriors, some of
whom fongbt from pure patriotism, others
because their side was fighting, but not one
among all of them so thoroughly embodied the
qualities of tbe true hero as John Brown. I
do not object to the elevation of monuments to
these soldiers, but I would like to see a me
morial set up bearing the name of at least one
of that noble band of hero-martyrs but for
whose progressive thought, humanitarianism
and self-sacrifice America would yet suffer the
disgrace and curse of chattel slavery."
A DECREASE 0P DESERTIONS.
Secretary Proctor's Army Reforms
Are
Already Beginning to Benr Fruit.
WAsncfoTOX. April 20. Reports received
at the War Department for tho nine months
beginning with tho fiscal year July J, 18S9,show
tbat there have been 1.678 desertions from tho
regular army during that period. For the cor
responding months of the previous year there
wero 1.S93 desertions a redaction this year of
over 16 per cent The percentage of desertions
to the enlisted strength of tho army has been
for this period 6 1-10 per cent and for the same
period last year it was 7 6-10 per cent Secre
tary Proctor bas taken an active personal in
terest in this subject and has labored diligently
to reduce this evil, with some success as the
figures show.
In his annual report he showed that it was
only partly a question of administration, but
that there was also legislation needed. The
House bas already passed bills in the line of the
Secretary's suggestions, and ho believes that if
the same pass the Senate and become laws
they will enable him to accomplish much more
in this direction. Not only is tbo prevalence
of desertion in tho regular army demoralizing
to the army Itself, but the expense which it
makes the Government in the recruiting and
transportation of new men is very large.
THE WORLD'S PAIR BILL
May be Finally Aeted Upon la tho National
cnato To-Day.
Washington, April 2a The World's Fair
bill and the District of Columbia appropriation
bill are both on tho calendar for consideration
by the Senate to-morrow. It Is expected, how
ever, tbat Senator Flumb will not present tho
appropriation bill, but give way to the W orld's
Fair bill. Senator Hawley, who has the latter
measure in charge, hopes to see It pass before
adjournment, and this will possibly bo accom
plished, for so far as known Messrs. Blackburn
and Vest are the only Senators who intend to
speak at any length upon the bill. After the
World's Fair aud District appropriation bills
are out of tbe way, tbo administrative customs
bill will come up, and this measure is likely te
bo debated at length. Tbe land grant for
feiture bill stands next on the caucus pro
gramme. A Democratic caucus will be held to-morrow
to decide upon a cause of action with respect
to tbe business of general interest proposed by
tbe Republicans.
ONLY ONE DETAINED.
A Big Batch of Immigrants Pass In Without
Much Troable.
IBPICIAL TELSGhAM TO IM DISPATCHM
New Yoek, April 20. The hundreds of peo
ple whom the open sky and bright sun led to
visit Battery Park for tho most part gathered
about the granite barge office and watched tbe
landing of 1,330 Immigrants, who arrived by the
Etruria and the City of Berlin. The entrances,
stairways and waiting rooms of tbe new land
ing station were crowded throughout tbe day.
The work of registration was carried out expe
ditiously, but there was delay in handling tbe
baggage. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Tichenor. Solicitor Heoburn. and Emigration
Inspector Layton, of Pittsburg, watched the
working of tbe new system.
The only emigrant detained was Jobann
Teper, SO years old, of Posen, who bad a littlo
money and tickets to Jit. Pleasant, Penn.,
where he toys his two brothers reside. It
was jlecided to hold bim until assurance of his
support can bo obtained from Mr. Pleasant.
Commissioner Stephenson thought one deten
tion out of so many arrivals was a very small
proportion.
KILLED BY HIS DNCLE.
A Family Quarrel Between Farmers Re
sults In a Murder.
ChambeksbueG, PA., April 2a John
Rhodes, a well-known farmer living near Green
Castle, shot and instantly killed bis nepbow,
William Rhodes, last evening during a quarrel
on tbo farm of tho former.
The uncle taunted bis nephew about the lat
ter's crippled son, and the young man threat
ened to shoot him. Rhodes tben stepped into
the bouse, got his gun and fired at his nephew,
who was standing only six feet away. The
load struck tbe young man fair in the fore
head and blew the wholotop of his head off.
The uncle is in jaiL
Moving tbe Crop of Golden Frnlt.
Los Angeles, April 2a Seventy carloads
of oranges have left for the East by special
trains, and railroad Agents estimate there are
500. carloads of oranges yer remaining to be
shipped.
Carnot Decorates Itallaa Officers.
Toulon, April 2a President Carnot to-day
visited tbe Italian flagship Italia and distrib
uted decorations among the officers.
4FTEE FORTY TEARS
&
DISCOVERED IN AN OLD S0F
Heirs Left Ont in the Cold Upon the Fij
Distribution
WILL NOW HUSTLE FOR TflEIE BIGDTl
The Last Testament cf General Wade Likely to Cause
Tronlle let
General Melancton S. "Wade died many
years ago in Cincinnati, leaving an estate
worth over f500,000. 2To will was found,
and, notwithstanding tbe protests of those
who expected to be remembered, the prop
erty wa3 divided according to law. Now
the will has been discovered in an old sofa
which had drifted to tbe junkshop.
rSFXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATC7I.1
Cincinnati, April 20. After being
missing for two score of years the will of
General Melancton S. Wade has been found
concealed in an old sofa. The discovery at
this late date of the document means the
fighting in courts for the possession of valu
able real estate, and is the solution of a
mystery tbat was talked of a great deal at
the time of the General's death.
When General Melancton S. Wade, one
of the pioneer citizens of this city and well
known throughout the country as a rich
man, died soon after the war, tbe rela
tives of the deceased were surprised to learn
that the. General had left no wilL His
estate comprised large tracts of real estate,
including property in Avondale, Walnut
Hill and in the West End.
ANT AMOUNT OF SEAL ESTATE.
Melancton and Wade streets were named
after the General, aud he owned almost
every foot of ground on both streets, and
also a large tract in Toledo, which is still in
tbe possession of the heirs. Government
bonds, plate and jewels, and other bonded in
terests, swelled the amount of the dece
dent's estate close np to $500,000. Those
who knew the General best and were
acquainted with his vast fortune mar
velled greatly at the absence of a will.
Administration unon the estate was delayed
until a thorough search was made. But as time
wore on and still the anxiously bnnted docu
ment did not turn up the affairs of the estate
reqmred the appointment of an administrator
who was appointed in the person of Judge M.
B. W. Oliver, and qualified under bond of f6C0,
000 for tho personalty alone.
An ante-nuptial contract entered into be
tween the deceased and bis second wife turned
up at this juncture. This confirmed tbe heirs in
the belief that a will would ultimately de dis
covered. Then trouble arose between the
widow and tbe foursurviving stepchildren, and
it was broadly hinted that someone had
secreted or destroyed the document
Miss Fannie, the General's daughter,
and Miss Catherine Armstrong, a niece of tbe
decedent's first wife, were loudest in this as
sertion. Miss Fannie, however, did not have
as much at stake as Miss Armstrong, and made
no personal endeavor to confirm her suspicons.
Miss Armstrong, however, who often heard the
General say that he wonld remember her in
his will, clung to the belief of its existence.
AN UNCHANGED BELIEF.
The estate was finally closed up, and soma
8,000 that the General had held asher guardian
was paid over to her. Soon after she married
Judge Farrand, of La Forte, Ind- Tbrongh all
these years her belief never changed. She be
came a widow, and from afflnenca
she descended to respectable poverty,
and her only hope was centered in tbo
thought that somo day her deceased benofao
tor'a will would ttrp up and her golden dream,
be realized, borne weeks ago an old sofa, sup
posed at one time to have been in the posses
sion of tbe Wade family, turned up in an
upholstering establishment for repairs. When
the work cover was taken off and the springs
exposed, a paper, crumbled and yellow with
age, was discovered at the bottom.
In some manner Mrs. Farrand heard of this
and from inquiries since instituted by her she
is convinced tbat this paper is nothing more or
les3 than the long buried will. She has written
to numerous friends in this city, among them
Judge Hogans. who will make an effort to
establish her rights, as she claims that a good
slice of the estate will fall to her if it can be
established tbat the document so strangely
found should provo to be the missing will.
HONORS FOR STANLEY.
He Is tho Gnest of Kings nnd Is Warmly Re
ceived by the Populace.
Becssels, April 20. After dinner in the
palace last evening Henry M. Stanley passed
the evening conversing with the King. To-day
ho drove through the city accompanied by
two orderly officers. This evening bo
went to a banquet in the Town Hall
given by Burgomaster Buis. Sixty covers
were laid. The Salle Gotbique, in which the
banquet was held, was handsomely decorated
with the flags of Belgium, Great Britain and
the Congo State. After the banquet Stanley
had a conversation,with the King.
To-morrow the explorer dines with M. Lam
bert, tbe son-in-law of Baron Rothschild.
Whenever Stanley appears in pnblic he re
ceives an ovation. Enormous numbers ot
cable dispatches, letters and presents are
reaching him.
CHANGING THE GAUGE.
Improving the Pittsburg, Akron and West
ern Between Delphos and Carey.
rsrECIAL TELXaBAM TO TIIE DISFATCH.1
Lima, O., April 2a A largo force of men
will be pat to work in tho morning on the lino
of the Pittsburg, Akron and Western Railroad
between Delpbo3 and Carey to change the
road from a narrow to a standard gauge. The
latest improved pattern of steel rail will be
used. Mr. F. J. Galerman. of this city, has
been appointed superintendent of construction.
This route will give our city another outlet
to the Eastern cities via the Lake Erie and
Western to Bluff ton. thence over this new line
to Pittsburg. The work between Carey and
Akron is well under way and will be vigorously
pushed through to completion.
SUNDAY FISHERS FIGHT.
One is Stabbed to Death and HI Murderer
Takes to tho Woods.
tfrECTAL TELIOBAM TO THE DISFATCTLl
Tiffin, April 2a This evening at a point
two miles north of tbe city, on tbe Sandusky
river, where a party of rongh characters from
this city bad gathered to fish and carouse, a
drunken fight took place in which JacoD Mil
ler was fatally stabbed by "Sonny" Diehk Mil
ler was almost disemboweled, and it was nearly
two hours before be received surgical atten
tion. He will die before morning.
Diehl escaped to the woods and has" not yet
been apprehended. All the parties belonged to
a tough gang.
Killed on the National Pike.
rXFZCIAt. TXLXORAM TO TUB DISPATCH. I
WHEELING, April 2a Abont 930 to-night
Patrick O'Brien and John Berry met David
Wilson on the old National road at Elm Grove.
this county, and a quarrel resulted. O'Brien
drew a revolver and sbot Wilson in the back,
making a wound which will probably resale
fatally. O'Brien and Berry escaped.
Jny Goald Interested In BeeC
FortWobth, Tex., April 20. Jay Gould
was here again yesterday and has become
largely interested in the beef packing and re
frigerating works now being carried on at
this point. A large union depot and a two
story brick freight house, with 500 feet front
age, have been decided upon for immediate
construction here.
Gold In West Virginia.
rSPSCIAL TELXQKAH TO TD3 DISrATCILl
Petebsbueo, W. Va, April 2a Gold has
been discovered in what is known as the "Wise
tract" near the county seat. Samples of the
quartz have been assayed In the East and
show an average of J129 per ton. The quartz
bas also been found on farms adjoining the
Wise property.
Ministerial Changes In Brazil.
Rio Janeiro, April 2a General Pelscoto
assumes the war portfolio in place of General
Constant who becomes Minister of the new De
partment of Education, Posts and Telegraphs.
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