e ' ) i i 4. THE! DON'T WOERY. People Indebted to Dnclo Sara Lose Little Sleep on That Account. A SO-CALLED CONSCIENCE FUND Whose flijtory Closely Resembles That of Snakes in Ireland. UXEAKKED SALARIES AEE RETURNED Onlj en Eire Occasions bj Statesmen of These Litter Days. An amusing and interesting history or what is popnlarly known as the conscience fund is given in the following dispatch. Up to date only two Congressmen have covered back into the Treasury money paid to them through Silcott's defalcation. In 58 years the receipts of the conscience fund were only 5220,000. rFITCJAI TEIXGBAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 "Washington, May 2. Bepresentatives Bland, of Missouri, and Sayres, ol Texas, have returned to the Treasury a month's pay, amounting to $116 each. This sum they are entitled to, according to the de cision of the Court of Claims, for money lost through the Silcott defalcation. So far as reported these two gentlemen are the only members who have pursued such a course. We often hear of the conscience fund in the United States Treasury, but there is no such thing. It is only a name; only an ex pression. If vou suppose you can go to the United States Treasury and see a picture of the American conscience, drawn in a pile of cold, hard cash, kept apart from the other piles of cold, hard cash in Uncle Sam's vaults, you make a mistake. What is called the conscience fund is not Kept distinct from other moneys in the Treasury, and even the letters which from time to time come to the Treasury Department accompanying the conscience contributions are not ken apart from other correspondence. There is no distinct conscience fund and there are no distinct conscience fund papers on file in the Treasury Department. MANNING'S DISTORT OP IT. About lour years ago the United States Senate called upon Mr. Manning, then Sec retary of the Treasury, for a history of the conscience fund, and the communication which he made in reply, under date Febru ary 3, 1886, althought quite a short document, is the fullest account ol the"conscience fund" extant In a certain sense Secretary Man ning's history of the conscience lund is Tery much like that celebrated essay on "Snakes in Ireland," which consisted ot one brief negative statement, "There are no snakes in Ireland." Here is Secretary Manning's communica tion in full: Tbe Department is in receipt of Senate reso lution ot the 28ih ultimo, directing the fcecre tnry of the Treasury to inform tL Senate as to the origin of what is known as the "conscience fund" in tbe Treasury of the United States, the amuunt of tbe same, and what disposition is made thereof. In replv thereto, I hare tbe bonor to state tbat the term "conscience fund," as applied to donations received by the Treasury from un Xnuvrn sources, has its origin in the popular belief that such donations are made br persons who bare at some time nrongfolly taken or withheld from the United States moneys which were justly due, and ho thus seek to make restitution to the Government. RECEIPTS FOR 58 TEARS. Tbe moneys which nave thus been received from time to time have been covered into tbe Treasury as "miscellaneous receipts from per sons unknown," and have been used for tho general purposes of the Government in connec tion ith monej s recei ed from other sources, bavin at no time been distinguished from other monejs in the general Treasury. The first donation of tbis character of which the department has anv record was madebv the Kegister of tbe Treasury in 1827. "for moneys received from a person unknown.stated to be on account of imports and tonnace,' and tbe total amount received by the Treasury up to June 30, 1S&5. was S2M.747 26. 2"o distinction is drawn at the Treasury Department between the "conscience" dol lar and the conscienceless dollar; but it is there just the same. One of the latest contributions to the "conscience fund," and one ot the largest in a long time, was received through Postmas ter General Wanauiaier in the latter part of March. The letter accompanying it was a fair specimen of all such letters and was, of course, anonymous. As a fair repre sentative of its clats it may be worth print ing in full. Here it is: . A. SOUL SEEKING PEACE. JEW ork, March 21, 1SD0. lion. John W'anamaLer: Inclosed you will find $1,500, which I wish you to place to the credit of the conscience fund. Years ago I defrauded the Government or quite a lame sum of mone. Since then I havo be come a Christian man and have had this matter lying very heavily on my conscience, and, as I have made a little money, I have sent it to tbe Government, so that I have returned all that was fraudulently taken, and the inclosed is the balance of 25 per cent over and above tbe amount stolen. I pity any man if lie must pas through the anguish of mind that I have ex perienced, and even now, though I have made restitution, jet my conscience is under con demnation and I suffer very deeply. Dovon not think that 25 per cent additional restitution is sufficient to bring peace to a sorrowing soul? j-.case &rc iuab mis money goes to tne proper place. There is no need of my name. The largest and one of the most notable contributions to this fund was made in the year 1873-'74, when 26 Senators and 52 Bep resentatives in Congress returned to the Tnasury for the benefit of "consrienep" their share of what was known as the back salary grab. By an act passed March 3, 1673, the members of the Forty-third Con gress granted themselves A retroactive increase of salary, but that act was repealed at the beginning of the next Congress, on January 20, 1874. Some ol the Congressmen that is to say. 26 Senators and 52 Bepresentatives thought they had no moral right to take ad vantage of the short-lived law, and so re fused to accent the temporary increase of salary. This conscientious resolve benefited tbe conscience fund to a large extent. Among the conscientious Senators who re fused to take the "grab" were Ferry. Zach Chandler Henry Wilson, Carl Sell urz, T. F.Bayard, CharlesSumner TTnnniV.-,! xr., lin, Thurman, Frelinghuysen, Fenton, An thony, O. P Morton and John Sherman; and among the 52 Bepresentatives who re turned the monev were Garfield. Hawlev George W. McCrary, J M. Busk SS Cox Frye and Hale ot Maine, C. B Farwell' Philetus Sawyer, Charles Foster J M pm' dleton. H. C. Burchard. L. P. p1" George F. Hoar. Tne list has never been made public and this is the first time that so large a selection ot the names bas been printed. spinner's tain efforts. But Uncle Sam ought to examine his own conscience and send a few remittances anonymous or otherwise, to certain persons who are entitled to them. Mr. F. E. Spin ner. when Treasurer of the United States" once tried to stir the old man up to a sense ot duty, but in vain. If every man had his own Uncle Sam wouldn't have a cent of tbat "conscience" fund, which now amounts to about $250,000. In his annual report, dated October 29, 18T2, Treasurer Spinner isaid, amonz other things: Tbe conscience fund was increased during the year in various sums accrecating S22.997.4Z SJ,?WJ!."J5R,? ?lr7? 9" tbT other ........ ... uuiicuoiamisinaeotea to Individu als on various accounts, but principally for un claimed interest on bonds. Government should set an example of honesty to tho people. uUrtui2n-S??ni fran no,1st indebtedness is as dishonest; and is more mean, than an ab- SOlU?j;e,'?!?1 Jk par uU .'"- therefore, recom mended that there should be prepared and published, after tbe close of every fiscal vear a list of all unclaimed balances due from the Gov ernment that have remained on the books of the department for two years or more, said list tostatetae names of the persons to whom moneys are due and tbe amount due each re spectively. No attention has, ever yet been paid to this equitable recommendation; bo that Uncle Sam leaves himself open to the impu tation that while his children have a con science he has none. VriHDOU OS TUB SURPLUS. THE ADMINISTRATION NOT CONTRACTING THE CURRENCY. A Statement of the Fundi In the Tveasnry Actually Available Really Only aXHllo Money Which ii Not Needed There Fisnres for It. Washington, May 2. Secretary Win doni has written a letter in reply to an arti cle in a financial newspaper on the general subject of the currency, in which he refutes the assertion tbat the administration favors a contraction of the currency. He gives fig ares in regard to the circulation and treas ury holdings May 1, and makes comparison with the estimated circulation of the princi pal countries of Europe. According to these figures, and estimat ing the present population of the United States at 64,000,000, tbe amount of metallic and paper money in tbe United States, not including any portion ot the amount held by the Treasury of the United States, is $22 36 per capita, or more than in any of the leading couutries of Europe, with the exception of France, in which the circula tion is estimated at ?57 36 per capita. THE SUPPOSED SURPLUS. "In regard to the moner supposed to be hoarded by the United States Treasury," the Secretary savs, "aside from the funds deposited in the Treasury by national banks for the redemption of their notes which have been retired, which the Government holds as S trustee, and the balance on de posit in the Treasury by disbursing officers, the only reserve which is kept by the Treasury is 5100,000,000 in gold for the re demption of legal tender notes as provided by the acts of 1875 and 1882. "There is no disposition on the part of the administration of the Treasury to hoard money, and the so-called surplus, which is the excess ol the receipts over the expendi tures, can be used under the present law only in the redemption of the bonded debt of "the United States, which is being done as rapidly as the bonus can be judic iously purchased. The surplus ou the 1st inst. amounted to only S35,930,G23 (exclus ive of fractional silver coin), of which 31.- 648,898 was on deposit in national banks per orming the duty of a circulating medium. It is the policy and purpose of the department to withdraw a large portion of this depositrand invest it in United States bonds as rapidly as it can be done without danger of decreasing the actual circulation." THE FIGURES FOR IT. In support of this statement the Secre tary says of the 666,643,261, total amount of money in the treasury April 1 last, $134. 938,079 in gold coin was deposited lor the redemption of gold certificates, and $290, 605,562 in silver dollars for the redemption oi bilver certificates. Neither ot these amounts belongs to the Government, but both are held simply in trust for the re demption of cold and silver certificates out standing; $67,891,267 were held as a fund for the redemption of national bank notes, consisting of money paid into the Treasury bv national banks for that purpose, while 38,972,181 represented the money to the credit of the disbursing officers, and kept in the Treasury merely as a matter o convenience and which they check against; $6,074,537 consisted of silver bullion from melted trade dollars; $4,634,901 silver bullion at the miuts pur chased lor the coinacre o'" the silver dollar in process of coinage; $22,814,564 of fractional silver coin largely mutilated and abraded, for which there is no current demand, and $100,000,000 was held as a leserve for the redemption o' legal tender notes as required by law, a total ol $565,931,037. The Stcretary closes his letter as follows: "I have already recommended in myannual report an increase or currency amounting to about $50,000,000 per annum. It should be evident there ore that this letter is not in tended to express any opinion as to the sufficiency of our currency, but only to cor rect certain statements as to its quantity." THE "BATTLE STUL OK. Sir. Been Decllnea tbe Honor Mr. Ear Would Thrust Upon Him. ;RTECtAL TELEOUAM TO THE DI6PATCK.1 McKeespokt, May 2. GeorSeEees.who was recommended for the postoffice by Con gressman Bay, will not accept the honor, and Mr. Bay will have to make another recommendation. Mr. Bees called upon candidate W. E. Harrison to-night and stated emphatically that be would forward to Mr. Bay to-morrow a telegram declining the recommendation, stating that he did not care to enter the fight, Mr. Harrison, as a candidate, was prepared to make a fi?ht for the office and so are his friends, and also other candidates. The outlook presents a very formidable appearance all round. It is, indeed, an angry looking battle vet. and from the movement of the oppo sition to-day it looked as though they meant to make another vigorous fight for the plum. "Who will be pushed forward now by Mr. Bay is a question tbat cannot be answered. Some think it will be left to Senator Quay and Tistmaster General Wauaraaker, while others feel that Bay will either name some other man or ask for a ballot to decide the question. GOOD RESULTS EXPECTED From a Railroad Conference to Supplant 1 the Inter Stnte Commerce Association. Chicago, May 2. A meeting of the Presidents of the Western roads has been called for next Monday to further consider the question of a new organization to take the place of the Inter-State Commerce Bail way Association. The Missouri Pacific will be represented, and Charles Francis Adams, of the Union Pacific, has agreed to be present in person. Presidents Manvel and George C. Ma goun, of the Atchison, Toneka and Santa ife, will arrive in Chicago Mondav morning on their return from the West, and will at tend the conference. The indications are that an earnest effort will now be made to adopt a new agreement, and good results are expected. AN OFFICIAL ANACHRONISM Will Probnbly Delny Legislation on the Oklahoma Question. Guthrie, May 2. Another very import ant error has been discovered here in the Oklahoma bill, in section 21, alluding to tbe commutation clause. It reads as printed in the bill and copies of the Congressional Record received here as follows: "Within tbe limits described in the President's proclamatioioi' April 1, 1889." The President issued no proclamation on that date relating to opening Oklahoma or any other subject. The proclamation re- ferred to was issued on March 23, 1889, de claring the countrj open for settlement on April 22. 1889. This error will probably further delay the passage of the bill. THE WIFE OF A CARPENTER Falls Heir to the Fortune Left to a Montana Ollncr. frECTAL TXLEGKAU TO THE DISPATCH. 1 New York, May 2. By a decision ren dered in a Montana court last Tuesday Mrs. Harriet Sheffield, the wife of a car Pe"'e,"" '" New Eochelle, IT. Y., falls heir to $410,000. She is a niece of Andrew .T. Davis, who died in Butte, Mont,, 7 months 8P aE? ft t0 hi heirs n fortune of more than $7,000,000. At the time of has death it was supposed that he had left a will bequeathing the bulk of his lortune to a few favorite rela tives. Davis, who accumulate! the lortune, went to Montana from Munson in 1861 as a miner. The imperial pin patterns only sold at Beining & Wilds'. 710 Penn ave. We are the sole agents in Western Pennsylvania, Iff ITCALLA'S DEFENSE. IIo Testifier to tho General Toughness of the L'rcvr. Navy York, May 2. In the McCalla court martial to-day Commander McCalla was sworn in his own defense. He prefaced his testimony by saying that he desired to assume all responsibility for all acts on board the Enterprise cruise, whether he was present or not. The crew was an aver age one. "Witness named the worst ot the Sjcw. Sixty-three men deserted during the cruise and 66 per cent of the crew were aliens. Witness then gave an outline of the cruise. At many ports the facilities lor de sertion were excellent. AtOrau three men had "jumped the ship." They were ironed together by witness' orders to prevent repe tition of the act. Tbe punishment had been a disrating and extra duty. During the cruise the witness had investigated all complaints before fowarding. He described the Cronstadt Target party and said all were confined for sale keeping. Witness assumed all responsibility !or the tying of Fitzgerald to a "Jacob's 'ladder" and for the punishment inflicted on Walker and Henning. He had never civen orders for the removal of the hammocks. He did not know of this until the sitting of the Court of Inqniry. LEFT THEM IN THE LUECH. Disappearance of n Man Who Wan Indebted Even to His Fnrm Ilnnds. .'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO fRE DIS"ATCn. Concord. Mass., May 2. The sudden disappearance of Willard White, who had tbe reputation of being one of the wealthiest men in Concord, leaving heavy liabilities, was somewhat different from the ordinary style ot getting away from creditors. He owned a big stock farm, on which he had expended thousands of dollars. He also spent several thousands in addition in building and furnishing a new house. It is said that his outlay aggregated $50,000. The farm was stocked with 200 head of horses and 150 head of cows, all pure blooded. Tbe farm hands did not asK him for money the last year or so. As a result he was indebted to them in sums varying from $50 to $400. The farm was heavily mortgaged but no body in town knew about it The property was so covered with mortgages that there was little left for tbe farm hands. White once owned considerable mining property in Pennsylvania and ran a line of boats on Lake Chautauqua, N. Y. His whereabouts are unknown. HOVEL MARRIAGE CONTRACT. California Ceremony Which Dispensed Entirely With the l'rencber. rSPEnALTELIOIlAlC TO THE DISPATCH.' San Francisco, May 2. Since the Sharon divorce case San Francisco has gained notoriety for its extraordinary mar riage contracts, but the queerest document on record was filed to-day. Itreads: "Eecogniz ing the eternal laws of nature and marriage as to the right relation of sexes and recog nizing also the natural eauality of women, and believing her advent upon this planet was thesame as that of man, not as recorded by Christian nor other gods, we, by these presents, make known to all whom it may concern that we hereby assume the relation ship of husband and wile, and agree to love and cherish each other through life if we possibly can." The parties to the contract are Henry F. Ebers, a German 50 vears of age, and a resi dent otCaiadoro, Caf., and Nellie J. Lenont, an English woman of the same age, and a resident of Northfield, Minn. Ebers ap plied to a notary public to acknowledge the contract, but the notary advised Ebers to jump overboard because he was insane. TRIFLIKG WITH UNCLE SAM. The Principal In the Boycotting ot a Poit ofUce Arrested In Crawford County. sriCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.: Erie, Pa., May 2. An information was made in this citv to-day before United States .Commissioner Frank Grant, against John Cooper, of Bundell, Crawford county, for being the principal in the boycotting of a postoffice. Deputy Marshal Hugh Lord brought the prisoner to Erie to-night. John Cooper was postmaster or Bnndell for some time. The office was given to the present incumbent, postmaster Boberts, who also keeps a store. The change made a bitter fight among the friends of both and a bocott was organized. Cooper not only kept his old boxes and other office furniture in place, but had a list of those who adhered to him, and made it his busi ness daily to send his son to the postoffice, get the mail belonging to the disgruntled patrons and then distribute it in his boxes, as ot yore. "While the fact of boycotting may be construed into an offense against the Government, it is also an offense to run an institution in the form of a postoffice with out being duly authorized. THREE WIVES TOO MANY. An Ohio Alan Gors to the Penitentiary for Marrying Too Often. ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.t Findlat, May 2. William C. Gearheart was to-day sentenced to the Ohio Peniten tiary for 18 months for bigamy, pleading guilty to the charge. Gearheart has four living wives. About four years ago he came west from Pennsylvania, stopping at Trombly, north of this city. He was married to a ladv there in less than a month. A week later bis new wife went to Ottawa to visit her parents, and dnring her absence be went ten miles away, to the town of Cygnet, met a youag lady be had Known m his youth in Pennsylvania and at once married her, bringing her to the city lor that purpose. He was caught, but after his preliminary hearing he succeeded in getting away from the officer and getting to Canada, only to be captured and brought back here for trial. Come and Take Tour choice of 1,000 men's fine suits to-day at $12. cutaways or sacks. Free with every sale of $15 or over an elegant French clock; perfect timepieces. P. C. C. C, opp. the Court House. Nevt white broadcloth reefers at $18. Jos. Horne & Co.'s Pcnn Avenue Stores. For a bargain in black silks attend our Friday sale; regular $2 quality at $1 25 a yd. Htjgus & Hacke. ttssu New Parnsolsl We have them in newest designs, fringed, plaid, striped or plain, for ladies, misses nnd children, 25e to $15 each, at Boseubaum & Co.'s. WThs Just Received. Special line ladies' aprons; three lots 50 doz. at 25c, 35c, 50e and 65c. These goods much below regular prices. Open until 9 p. m. Saturdav. A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth ave. New Blazers in the jacket department, plain cream silk-faced, $9 and $10. Jos. Horne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Be one of the people, day Dupatch. See page 14, Sun- Do Yon Know? One dollar will buy a pair of lady's but ton shoes at G. D. Simen's T8 Ohio street, Allegheny, Pa. vrs Go to Hnmllton's Musio store for bargains in pianos and or gans. Men's silk underwear for spring and summer at James H. Aiken & Co.'s, 100 Fifth avenue. A HOME on $1 Sunday Dispatch. capital. See page 14, THE SCOTCH CHUJJCH Is Upheld by a Close Vote in the Eng lish Parliament Yesterday. THE GERMAN ARMY RECRUITING. Gladstone Bays the Day May Come When Labor Will Overpower Capital. THE STRIKES IN FOREIGN IANDS. Eiolons Demonstrations of Strikers In France, Spain and rorlujal. The debate on the Scotch church disestab lishment in the Commons results in its being upheld by a small majority. Steps to in crease tbe German cavalry and artillery are taken. Gladstone writes an open letter on the labor question. The European strikers are riotous and troops are called into requi sition. London, May 2. In the House of Com mons this evening Mr. Cameron moved the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church of Scotland. Mr. Gladstone, replying to a member's assertion that the majority of the Midlothian electors were against disestablishment, said he would be glad to answer to his electors for the vote he was about to give. He would be thankful to govern, if they gave him an opportunity to do so, at the earliest possible moment. The only ground in defense of the church establishment was that it was per forming some special religious work in the country. He believed that the condition of Scotch opinion which Lord Hartington de scribed in 1877 as justifying disestablish ment was row reached, and he, therefore, supported tne motion. In bis opinion there never was a country where tbe question was so simplified as it was in Scotland. It would not entail a tenth part of the violence entailed by the disruption of 1863. There was no sign that the change would be attended by anv of the characteristics that belonged to violent tra ditions. Lord Hartington said he regretted the new position which Mr. Gladstone had taken up. He was unable to agree with him that Scotland had pronounced unmis takably on this question. Besides that it was necessary to know the lines upon which it was proposed to act. In opposing the motion, however, it must not be supposed that they opposed the necessary reform of the Scotch church or even disestablishment should reconstruction prove impossible. Mr. Cameron's motion was rejected, 256 to 218. STANLEY IS HONORED. Tho Great American Traveler Is Cordially Welcomed by Prince Albert. London, May 2. TheEmin Belief Com mittee gave a reception in honor of Henry M. Stanley this evening. The Prince of Wales presided. Among the guests were the Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Christian, Prince Albert Victor, Prince George, the Duke of Fife, the Lord Mayor of London, and a large number of distin guished persons. Tbe Prince ot Wales, iu the name of the English people, welcomed the illustrious traveler and said he was glad to accord him a hearty greeting after all he bad gone through. Mr. Stanley, who was received with pro longed cheers, said his position was a diffi cult one in addressing them, the committee hampering his freedom in regard to what he should say. He defended the route across Africa which he had selected. He paid a high tribute to the devotion and courage of his associates. He said he could have dis pensed with the services ot none of them. When Emin was relieved for the second time, said Mr. Stanley, his so-called subjects had revolted four times. Belief reached biiii at a critical period. The Prince of Wales proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Stanley, which was adopted by acclamation. ENGAGING DT RIOTS. Spanish Strikers Cnnse a Deal of Tronble nnd Some Shooting. Madrid, May 2. The strikers at Barce lona conducted themselves in a riotous man ner throughout the day. They impeded all kinds of business, stopping market carts and scattering and trampling upon their contents of provisions. The civil guard was continually endangered in attempting to disperse the rioters, but failed to quell them. Finally a state of siege was de clared. At Barcelona a mob of strikers set fire to a tool hut. The guard charged the mob, and two of the strikers were injured. Sev eral shots were fired. Another group of strikers attacked the printing office and put a stop to the work. The authorities were obliged to have the proclamation printed elsctvhere under militarv protection. AN ATTEMPT TO PLUNDER. More Riotous Demonstrations Stopped by the French Police. Paris, May 2. The Boubaix strike is extending to adjacent communes. At Croix the strikers attacked Holden's factory, intending to plunder it. They suc ceeded in shattering the windows, when the troops compelled them to desist They then proceeded to the telegraph office and wrecked the interior. Turkey to Evncnnte Egypt. Constantinople. May 2. It is re ported tbat Lord Salisbury offers to con clude a new convention with tbe Porte, ar ranging for the evacnatiou of Egypt pro vided it be given the right to intervene at any time and reoccupy Egypt without no tice. Temperance In Opposition. London, May 2. The temperance party has decided to oppose the Govern nient bill for the suspension of licenses. The Irish landlords will oppose the addition of the Parnell clauses to the land purchase bill. Increasing the German Armr. Berlin, May 2. The Vossische Zcitung says that the army peace footing bill in creases the infantry by 5,000 men and the artillery by 6,000 and adds four batteries to the field artillery. Labor Troubles Abroad. A Prague dispatch says: Six hundred employes on the State railway have struck. At Hamburg 9,000 men have been dis missed for being absent from wort Hay 1. Itnilwny Strikers Return to Work. Dublin, May 2. The railway strikers will probably resume work on Monday, Archbishop Walsh having accepted the modified terms of the railway directors. A New Russian Curriculum. St. Petebsbubg, May 2. The Council of the Empire'has sanctioned a new curricu lum for classical gymnasia, reducing the hours of study ot Greek apd Latin. Itnula Wants tn Exhibit. London, May 3 Bussia has subsidized a syndicate of South Bussian firms to pro mote an exhibition at Hamburg of Bussian produce. Pnrtocnese Give it Up. Lisbon, May 2. Strikers have resumed work throughout the country. The police here have arrested a foreign Anarchist. THE AEEESTS HT PARIS. Three Hundred Persons Jailed During the Bis Labor Demonstration. Paris, May 2. The Journal des JDcbats says in connection with yesterday's labor demonstration tbat it would be a mistake to treat the celebrations as affairs of no import ance seeing they showed that the working men obeyed the word of command to mark the aay in some form. The total number of persons arrested in Paris daring the day and night was 300. Of this number only 150 were detained over nifhL The iniuries received bv a number ol persons during the row in the Place de la Concorde consisted of slight bruises. The stokers in several gas works have struck. Their places have been taken by Belgians. A general strike in collieries in the South of France is threatened. General Saussicre, in a circular, thanks the troops for their services yesterday, and promises to recompense them. GLADSTONE OK LABOR. Ho Snya the Day BIny Come When It Can Overpower Capital. ' London, May 2. Mr. Gladstone has written a letter which will appear in the en larged Lloyd's News on Sunday next, in which he exhorts tbe working classes to con sider closely their present position. He says: "There may come a time when labor will prove too stronir for capital and may use its streneth unjustly, but capital will surely hold its own." In conclusion he expresses a wish to see labor and art allied, with the view of allevi ating and adorning tbe Hie of man. Tbe Emperor's Russian Trip. St. Petersburg, May 2. It is expected that Emperor William's visit here will ex tend over three weeks. TOO MAHY FINE FEATHERS. THE DUNKARDS WORRIED ABOUT YOUNG. PEOPLE'S ATTIRE. P A Committee Investigates and Finds Church Rnles Disregarded by Slen and Women Fnahloonble Dress nnd Ornaments Worn Contrary to Ancient Usage Bad Peeling Aroused. ISFECIAL TELEOBAH TO TBS DISPATCH.! Beading, May 2. The annual conven tion ol the German Baptists,' better known as the Dunkards, of the Eastern district of tbe United States a quaint and curious re ligious denomination adjourned at Ephra ta, 12 miles from here, at noon to-day. Del egates from a number of States were present. The most important work of tbe convention was the presentation of the report of a com mittee appointed to visit certain churches and ascertain whether the strict rules of the denomination, with respect to dress, was ob served. This committee reported consider able bad feeling and disturbance on account of the efforts to enforce the rules of the church. They say that some of the women do not wear tbe plain white caps that the rules provide; that the men no longer wear their hair long and part it in the middle as of old; that the women wear fashionable attire, gold ornaments and feathers, and that tbe men wear mustaches without full beard, all of which is contrary to the rules. In its travels the committee ionnd women wearing fashionable hats, with feathers, while in several churches there were organs, and the young people were more and more giving themselves over to frivolity, dressing as they pleased. After a lively discussion it was agreed to bring the matter before the general meetine which will assemble at Warrensburg, Mo., on Whit-Monday, the 26th inst., and which will probably be at tended by 120,000 people, including dele gates from all parts of tbe United States. VALUABLE COAL ttart! The Hollenback Cont Lands Transferred to the Lehigh nnd Wilkcsbnrre ConI Co. Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 2. There was placed in the hands of the Becorder of Deeds here to-day one of the most important documents that has been filed in that office for some time. It is a lease dated April 1 between the Hollenback Coal Company of one part and the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company of the other. By the terms of the lease the Hollenback company agrees to Ipese to the Lehigh and Wilkes barre company 289J acres of coal land, known as the "Baltimore Vein." It lies partly in Wilkesbarre township and partly in this city, and is one of the most valuable in the Wyoming coal field. Iu consideration of the exclusive use of this vein for the time fixed, the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company agree to pay to the lessors $16,000 for the first year, $24,000 for the second year, and $40,000 for each suc ceeding year, to be paid in equal quarterly installments. The lands are leased to the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company until the mineral has been mined out and removed. This, it is thought, will take at least from 15 to 20 years. Frnley Effects a Settlement. St. Louis, May 2. Moses Fraley, the grain speculator, who failed here a few weeks ago, has compromised with his cred itors on the basis of 40 cents on the dollar; 20 cents in cash, 10 cents in notes for six months and 10 cents in notes for a year. Mrs. Fraley, who is reputed to be ricb, is to indorse the notes. The Wonderful Aeollans. Greatest of all musical instruments. They are perfect parlor orchestras, and no home is complete without one; they play waltzes, ballads, hymns, overtures, operas, symphonies, everything, and play them more perfectly than can be done by any human being. Any person can play an Aeolian and without any knowledge of music whatever. Call in and see them and hear some of the music. On exhibition dally, and visitors are always cordially wel comed. Only to he seen at Mellor & Hoene's, 77 Fifth avenue Tennis Blazers, coats and fine Scotch flannel suits. Jos. Hobne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Always the Dest. Don't be deceived by flaming advertise ments. Marvin's superior breads are the only ones tbat equal the famous loaves tbat your mother used to make when you were a boy. Don't get any other. When you want bread always ask your grocer for Marvin's. MWS Think seriously while you. read page 14, Sunday Dispatch. At Oar Moro We will sell to-day 500 men's good quality cassimero suits at S10. P. C. C. C, corner Grant and Diamond streets, opp. the Court House. An elegant French clock presented free with every sale of 15 or over. Go to Hnmllton's Muiic store for bargains in pianos and or gans. Our $1 nnlaundried white shirt "unxld." Oos. Horne & Co.'s Penu Avenue Stores. REAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANE, LIIIT., 401 Smlthfleld Street, Cor. Fonrtb Avenae. Capital, 5100,000. Surplus, 561,500. Deposits oi SI and upward received and interest allowed tit 4 per cent. tts Cabinet photos 51 per dozen. Life-size crayons cheaper than anywhere else. Son nenbero's Societt Gallert, 35 Filth' ave., Pitts.; Branch Gallery, 52 Federal St., Allegheny. No taxes no interest. Bunday Dispatch. See page 14, HILL SIGNS THE BILL And Gives at Length His Reasons for Approval of the Measure AIMED AT ELECTORAL REFORM. Tho Importance of a Free Ballot Has Here- tofore Caused Him to OPPOSE BEEDLESS fiESTEICTIOSS. The T Ital JlighU or Voter?, He Says, Should be Care, fally Protected. Governor Hill has at length approved the New York electoral reform bill. He re gards it as a step in the right direction, and thinks it will help to purify elections. Albany, May 2. Governor Hill to-day, in his approval of the electoral reform bill, says: "It presents as a whole a fairly ac ceptable measure, capable of effecting some substantial and practical reform. 1 have not believed that reform consisted merely in making the exercise of the elective franchise difficult and complicated. I have regarded it as important that the path to the ballot box shall be made as free, plain and unobstructed to the honest elector as a simple and practical statute could render it, and as the public safety, would permit. I have steadily opposed every effort to impose unnecessary restrictions and impracticable regnlations upon our election system, which are not adapted to our free institutions, or which would render our elections enormously expensive and vexatious. It is to be regretted, however, that such endeavors have only been partially success ful. In tbe interest ot an ,honorable com promise ot diverse opinions and with a sin cere desire to agree upon a bill which should accomplish something toward the purifica tion of our elections, even though it shall not be wholly satisfactory, I have felt con strained to yield my views as to several pro visions which I must still deem imperfect and which I firmly believe will be so gen erally regarded when the defects shall be more fully disclosed in the practical opera tion oi tne new system. "I have not strenuously insisted upon my own convictions in regard to the mere de tails of the measure so long as no surrender of essential principles has been suffered principles vital to the maintenance of tree manhood suffrage. In one sense it may be urged tbat the exclusive official ballot is still retained. That may be so, but in a broader view it is evident peculiar charac teristics have been largely destroyed or eliminated. I am not disposed, however, to haggle about mere words or use less technicalities. It is immaterial what the form of ballot or the method of voting prescribed in this bill may be called, so long as the vital and essential rights of electors, for which I have always contended, are substantially prescribed and protected. During all the controversy of the past three years I have invariably insisted upon the right of an elector to prepare his own ballot at borne and to bring it with him to the polls and to vote it, and so long as this bill does not materially infriuge upon that right I am content," SPEINTEES apt; t.tkt: POETS. Thoy are Born, Not AInde, nnd Training; Doesn't Help Them Olnch. New Yort Snn.1 The one branch of athletic sport in which there has been recorded no improvement, which has been virtually at a standstill, is sprinting. While the record tables show marked improvement in running, still in sprinting proper from 50 to 300 yards the athlete of to-day does not seem able to sup plant time made by his predecessor of a dozen or more years ago. The explanation of this is simple sprint ing is not an acquired accomplishment, but rather a gift of nature. No amount of as siduous practice or training will develop au athlete Into a successful sprinter unless he posesses this natural speed. A natural runner may be made a whit faster by learn ing to start and run properly, but no amount of tuition or perfection of starting and running will make an athlete run 100 yards in ten seconds or a fraction thereof unless he is a born runner. ACCUSED OF B00DIJNG. A Canadian member of Parllameat Resigns Ills Seat In tbe Hoase. OTTAWA, Ont., May 2. J. C. Eykert, M. P. for Lincoln, bas resigned his seat in Parliament He walked out of the House of Commons amid an uproar. Mr. Bykert was charged by the opposition with "bood ling." He is charged with having received $70, 000 for using bis political influence with the Government to secure a timber limit in the Cypress Hills, Northwest Territories. The Government was paid $5,000 for the limit, which was subsequently sold for $180,000. This was four or five years ago. This session the Government was forced bv the opposition to appoint a committee of investigation. This was done and the charges were clearly proven. . The resignation to-night was not a very great surprise. Mr. Bykert said he bad not been treated fairly either by tbe Government or the committee, and he would seek fair play at the hands of his constituents. WESTERN UNION EXTENSION. The Lines of the Son Antonio nnd Aransas Railway Purchased. San Antonio, May 2. L. C. Baker, superintendent of the Western Union at St. Louis, has been here ten days negotiating with President Lott and Vice President Yoakum, of tbe San Antonio and Aransas Passenger Bailway, for the purchase of the road's telegraph lines by the Western Union. Vice President Yoakum said to-night that the negotiations had been concluded, and tbat the lines of the railway would pass into the possession or the western Union lor a consideration of about 5100,000. It is also rumored here tbat the Aransas Passenger Bailway may be sold to Jay Gould. AN INJUNCTION GRANTED To Prevent tbe lllnnnfacture of Certain f-prlnc Cnltlvniors in Ohio. Cincinnati, May 2. In the United States Circuit Court in tbis city Judge Sage granted to the E.igle Cultivator Man ufacturing Company, of Davenport, la., an injunction restraining P. P. Mast & Co., of Springfield, after the close of the spring trade irom man ufacturing or selling spring cultivators con taining the inventions covered by what are known as the Wright patents, which have been in litigation tor several years. Sweet Cream for tbo Face. It is not general known that one of the best balms for a skin that has been irritated by excessive exposure to the sun or spring winds is pure, sweet cream, rubbed gently into the skin at uight. The face and hands should first be washed with a silk sponge or any cloth kept for the purpose in water as bnt as jou ran bear it. Do not add soap, as nil suap by tbe nature ol its manufacture contains alkali. The Election forRnndnll's District. s, xiaauxquuau, iuay .." governor xeaver lias issned a nroclamation for a snrci.il elec- tion to be held on Tuesday, May 20. for a , 1 I successor to the late Samnel J. Bandall in tbe Third Congressional district, A HUSBAND'S FAITH. James Moron Has Implicit Confidence In ills Wife's Innocence Peculiar Letter From a Sheriff" Generous Inducements Held Opt for a Confession. Mrs. Ida Moran. who is charged with the murder of Palmer Bich at Norwich, N. Y., is in the Central station awaiting the ar rival of Deputy Sheriff" W. W, Brown with extradition papers. Mrs. Moran said yes terday that she was perfectly willing to go back and stand trial, as she is innocent of the crime charge.! acainst her. The Sheriff was expected last night, and James Moran stayed around tbe Central station to bid farewell to his wife. Mr. Moran, who has the build of a trained athlete, as he is, and is very intellisent, is confident of his wife's innocence. He pro duced a letter be received some time ago from Sberiff L. F. Kinney, of Chenango county, New York, in which he asks Moran's co-operation in discovering tbe body and the murderers of Bich. The let ter states that Mrs. Moran was at the house of Mrs. Fox on the night Bich disappeared, and must know something of the case. She is promised a reward of $1,000 if her testi mony convicts the gnilty parties, and she is assured immunity it she was concerned iu the crime. The "letter further says that if Mrs. Moran declines to testify she may be convicted,as there is ample evidence against her and tbe other parties implicated. Mr. Moran and his wife talked over the letter and decided not to answer it, as it ap peared to them to be a peculiar communi cation from an official. Mr. Moran says the man who is said to have seen Bich go into Mrs. Fox's house afterward repudiated the statement, Mr. and Mrs. Moran have been married for three years, and are both expert club swingers, while Mrs. Moran periorms an reri.il act. They instructed Y. M. C. A. gymnastic classes at Norwich, and Mrs. Mo ran is the possessor of a gold medal presented to her by theY.M.CA. Thecduple have lived happily together, although they have had to work bard, and Moran says he is confi dent his wife would have confessed to him if she had been connected with Etch's murder. THE CLAYTON CASE. Situ Further Witnesses Examined In the ConsTPstlonnl Contest Trial. LITTLE Bock, May 2. The Clayton Breckinridge Investigating Committee held two sessions to-day. Thomas C. Hervey, one of the election judges of Seward township, Conway county, testified as to what he knew about the steal ing of the ballot box. Tbe first informa tion he received that the box was taken was when told by Hobbs, an other judge who was at the polling place when the masked men entered and tool: the box. He had just left Hobbs a few minutes before to get a lamp, to see how to count the votes. Witness thought that some ot the negroes in the township had some thing to do with the stealing. Colonel W. H. H. Clayton was examined at length. He told about his going to Plummerville on January 30, 1889. the day after he heard of his brother's death. He said no one in Plummervilleofferedhimany sympathy or any assistance; tbat the houses were closed; no one was on the streets, and that everybody avoided him. He thought that the conspiracy to mur der bis brother was concocted in Mor- nllton, and that it was known to at least 25 men in the county tbat it was to occur. He believed that his brother was killed by Oliver T. Bently and Bob Pate. He was firmly convinced that the persons who stole the ballot box killed his brother. He'did not charge the Democratic party with being responsible for the crime. He believed the community in Arkansas de sired that the murderer should be caught and punished. He believed that tne Gov ernor had done his duty in his efforts to ap prehend the assassin, bnt thought he bad been led off on the wrong track. A number of witnesses testified that they were in Howard township on the day of tbe November election and voted for C. B. Breckinridge. WATIAMT: DE VEEE GUILTY. The Jury Decides Tbnt She Forged tbe Richard Brown Notes. Toledo, May 2. The trial of Madame De Vere, the clairvoyant, on the charge of forgery and uttering forged paper, which bas lasted over a week, ended late this afternoon in a verdict of guilty ou both counts. It will be remembered that both she and Joseph Lamb, for years a trusted employe of the United States Express Company here, and a man of high standing, were arrested for forgery notes to the amount of something like $25,000 having been negotiated by Lamb at various banks here, to which the signature of Bichard Brown, the wealthy iron master of Youngstown had been forged as tbe maker. The case had excited intense interest here, opinion being divided as to whether Lamb or Madam De Vere were fellow con spirators, or one the dupe of the other. Lamb was recently tried on an indictment for forgery, but was acquited. Another in dictment against bim is pending, however. Madam De Vere's counsel will move at once for another trial. GOT THEIE GOODS BACK. Creditors Kcclnlm Their Supplies From Fechheimer's Shirt Firm. New York, May 2. Several creditors of Fechneimer, Bace & Co., shirt manufact urers, of Broadway and Franklin streets, to-day renievmed a large amount of goods. Most of the goods were found in tbe original cases, just as the suspended firm bad bought them. Among those who obtained writs of replevin were Bliss, Fabyan & Co., fl4,000; James Talcott, $1,000; E. Albermann & Co., J5.000. The real estate transfers show that on Thursday Mr. John Bau, of the firm, con veyed the house and lot, No. 49 East Fifty seventh street, to Bobert Naunheim, the consideration being $8,000, and on the same day he gave a mortgage to Isidor Felthei mer for 510,000 for one year. The conyey ance of the property, it is said, was made to pay a debt foeest fires in wiscoNsnr. A Nnnibef of Serlons Conflaerntlons In the Northern Part of the State. Milwaukee, May 2. Serious forest fires are reported to-night from the northern part of the State. Mnch damage has been done around Mason, along the Oma ha road, where tbe woods are ablnze' and two or three houses in the town burned. A fire in the stumps and underbrush, nearHurleyandlronwood, spread with great rapidity along the section bordering on the mines from Ashland to Aurora, burning three or four miners' cot tages. Factories at Bice Lake were kept closed to-day so the men conld protect their homes, and a fire engine was sent from Chippewa Falls. ' A STRONG POLITICAL ALLIANCE. The Nevr Forco Which Has Been Organized Throosboat Illinois. Springfield, III., May 2. A political union was formed here to-day by delegates representing the Illinois organizations of the Grangers, the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, the Farmers' Alliance, and the Knights of Labor. J, M. Thompson, of Jollet, Master of the State Grange, was made general president. The confederation will make no separate party nominations, bnt will exert them selves in primaries and conventions to force DSIIO IU uilUilMIGd aUU bUU,GUUUU9 bU tUltQ the nomination of only such candidates as I represent the economic views of the new lbody. SMITH BAS TO HANG. The Board of Pardons Eefnses to Act Any Further on His Case. IN LESS THAN EIGHT WEEKS He llnstf ipiate on the Gallows Hi3 Crims of Wife Murder. THE DAILY LIFE OF TUB' DOOMED MAST His People Seem to Hare Lost All Interest la Hiw Since His Trial. Allegheny county is to be the scene of aa execution next month. William H. Smith, the colored wife murderer, must hang on June 26. The Board of Pardons also refuses to interfere in the case of the Nicely brothers. William H. Smith, the colored man who killed his wife in a fit of jealous anger at their home on Fulton street, will have to hang on June 26. He was originally sen. fenced to die on April 9, but a respite wa granted to allow a fuller consideration of the case by the Board of Pardons. Yester day morning the board refused to take any action in the matter, and the nxoricide wiU suffer tbe penalty of his crime. Sheriff McCandless has not yet received an official notification of the board's action, but it is not necessary that he should, as the respite granted does not affect the original death warrant, but merely defers, the date of execution until June 26. NO INTEREST IN HIM. Smith has not yet been informed of tha board's action, and as he does not read tha newspapers, is not likely to learn of it nntil he is told by some of the jail officials. Tha condemned man seems to take no interest in anything except the visits of his spiritual adviser, Bev. Mr. Pryor, rjastor of tha Ebenezer Church. No other friends visit him, as the members or his race seem to tako no interest in him. Until his death warrant was sent on Smith used to correspond with his brother at Washimrton, D. C, but of late even that has ceased. He talks to no one, and all efforts to get him to converse are fruitless. Tbe warden visits him every ljj, anu mis is tne conversation: "How are you to-day, Smith?" "Oh, very well." "Do you want anything?" "No." "Can I do anything for you?" "No." And then Smith relapses into silence. Tbe man does not apnear to notice tha shadow of the gallows, nor take more thaa the most languid interest in tbe efforts made to save his life. He goes through the jail discipline in an apathetic manner, taking' exercise when ordered, and when in his cell dividing his time between pacing to and fro and sitting quietly on his bench gazing into vacancy. His appetite is good, but he appears to eat merely from force of habit. AS TO THE DEATH tVATCH. No preparations for the execution will be made for several weeks yet, as the rope has already been made and the work of putting; the gallows togetber takes but a few hours. The death watch will not be placed on the doomed man until ten days before the exe cution. The board also refused to interfere in tha cases of Joseph and David Nicely, Somerset county, murder in the first degree; Francisco Cunti, Lawrence county, criminal assault, and W. P. Brown, Washington county, lar ceny. Pardons were granted to Dora Scheu mann, Allegheny county, larceny; Charles Laribee, Venango county, murder in tbe first degree; Daniel Dougherty, Philadel phia, murder In the second degree. Be. hearings were granted Abraham Buzzard,. Lancaster, burglary, etc., and Victoria Sa viuski, Northumberland, selling liquor. Ladles' Salts! Opening Display To-Day. In India silks, challie, henrietta, im ported cloths, lace, black silk, etc, etc. Ladies' tea gownsl In challies, silks, lawns, ginghams, cen tury cloths, etc., etc. Grand opening of new spring stock to day. Jos. Horne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Onr Bite Hat Sale to-day; be sure and call; $1 50 and $2 for the best quality bats made; all shapes and colors. P. C. C. C. Opp. the Court House. Open until 11 o'clock. Men's summer vests, single and double' breasted, in flannel, pique and duck. Jos. Horne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Gentlemen's new kid gloves SI 50. SI 75: best for the moner. at 'fl, "wssu Bosenbaum & Co, Go to Hnmllton's Music store for bargains in pianos and or gans. DRESS trimmings, always the best variety and carefully selected styles. Beining & Wilds, 710 Penn ave. The road to riches Sunday Dispatch. found on page 14,. Kninrnl Gas Cat Glass. The largest assortment. The most shapes. The newest cuttings, at Hardy & Hates', Jewelers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers, 529 Smithfield street, new bnilding. Rnnnrr Baking; Powder. wmm iFWIo)ifuf DFLICATE CAKE. Three-quarters cup ol butter, two cups oi white snsar, one cup sweet milk, three eggs (whites and yolks beaten separately), or the whites only of six eggs, three cups oi flour, having in it one measure "Banner" Baking Powder. COTTAGE PUDDING. On? cup molasses, one cup sugar, three eggs, well beaten, one pint cornmeal, having; in it one-half measure "Banner" Baking Powder, one grated nntmeg, one quart sweet milk; mix all together; add frnit if desired; bake or steam; eat waim with sauce. Now is the season to keep on hand a supply of "SCOUEENE" to do aU your house cleaning. There is no known article for S cents that will so help through house cleaning and do It so well. HOUSE CLEANING WITH SCOUEENE DIED. GETTT-On Friday, May 2, 1890, at U o'clock. x James JL Gettt, ion ol James Getty, Jr aged 25 years. f 4 Funeral notice hereafter, , . J y( 1