? hi tr fc u Si ' g ' THE PITTSBURG WiT'SINTOIND? Col. McClure Intimates Some thing Has Happened in the Democratic Ranks. PATTISON LEADS JUST NOW. Randall Alive and in Health Could Not Hare Been Ee-Elected. TARIFF REFORM TOO POPULAR. A Disappointed Montana Statesman Ana lyzes Eepnblica. ism. JIIUEAT HALSTEAD HAS HADE A MISTAKE Colonel McClnre, the Teteran politician and editor, interviewed at New York, inti mates that something has occurred in the Democratic ranks that makes Fnttison's nomination probable. Tariff reform ronld have defeated Bandall had he been able to stand for re-election. rrriciAL telegram to tkx DisrATCn. New York. May 3. An interested oc cupant of a Broadway car on Thursday morning was the handsome and genial Colonel A. K. McClure, editor of the Phila kelphiarimej. "I like" to tafce aBroadway car on such a loTely day as this," said the Colonel, "as one can see more life on Broadway than while being snaked over the house topiby the Elevated." The Colonel looked brighter and in better physical condition than I haTe seen him for a long time, and he was just as chatty po litically and socially as he is usually found. Perhaps no man in Philadelphia has a wider political experience or is a better judge of men and things than Colonel Mc Clure. I asked him how the Gubernatorial campaign pointed now. He said: "It looked very much in favor of "Wallace until recently. Owing to the impossibility ot "Wallace securing the Philadelphia dele gation his nomination for Governor is im possible. A little while ago it looked to me as if Wallace would be tbe man, but now I think Pattison is a little ahead. There are still, indications, however, ot a very lively fight when it comes to the convention." baxdaxx, couldn't hate tvon; "Bid the death of Bandall have any in fluence upon the chances of Wallace for Governor?" "2o, I think not Bandall was elim inated from State politics long before his death. He never had any influence, so to speak, outside of national affairs. Of course, Bandall. would have been returned at the Congressional election while he was sick. As a well man, however, he would have been defeated in his own district and re tired to private lire." I expressed my astonishment ac this declaration. "Yes," said the Colonel, "politics has been changing considerable in our part of Pennsylvania." "In what respect, Colonel?" "In respect to the tariff, I mean. Bandall went to Congress again and again as a hich protectionist A large number of peonle in his district are not in lavor of protection, and- never were. They voted for Mr. Bandall because he was a very able mau and a representative man, and had the respect of everybody. They ignored his views as a great many other people ignore the views of the man who represents them, because of his national character, and be cause the majority of the party desired him to go there. A TARIFE BEFORMEB WILL WIS, "Of recent years these more liberal Demo crats are increasing in number. People out side do not understand this as we do in some parts of Pennsylvania. The proba bility is that a tariff reformer will occupy the seat no long and creditably occnpied by Mr. Bandall. The protection Democrats of his district will be compelled to vote for such a man, the same as the others were compelled to vote lor Bandall, because he will be the party nominee. The feeling that we must have a reduction of import duties and general revision of the tariff laws is growing every day, and the party that ignores this fact makes a mistake. Tariff reform does not necessarily interfere with the principles of protection, much less does it mean free trade. The Times has steadily called attention to these facts, and thev cannot safely be ignored." The Colonel then went into a learned dis" quisition on the requirements of tariff re lorm, which I do not care to attempt to fol lowiere, for tear that I might do him an injustice from deficient memorv. "What do they think here" of Mr. Hal- "Vjstead's newspaper change?" inquired the Colonel, becoming in turn the interviewer. HALSTEAD'S GEEAT MISTAKE. "I don't think the people of New York know much abont Mr. Halstead's new ven ture, or care much abont it," said L "Mr. Halltead, to all intents and purposes, is lost to the world in the Brooklyn Times Union. "That is as I expected, said the Colonel, "Mr. Halstead made the greatest mistake of his life in continually meddling with politics, in view of elevating himseli to public office. He should have let that alone. I told him so a long time ago. The greatest mistake that an editor ever makes is to put himself up for office, for in that act he loses sight of the true public sentiment, and loses at the same time his influence as a journalist I have al ways believed that tbe editor of a metropol itan journal should stick closely to his own business, and leave himself Iree to criticise men and affairs in an unprejudiced way. Halstead's blunder in tbe recent Ohio cam paign grew out of the fact that he was him seli an aspirant for tbe Senate. The result was that be lost his standing as a journalist, lost his position on a great newspaper and didn't get the political position he was after. He is a very able man and a clever fellow, and one of the best editorial writers & of bis time, yet be migbt as well be in Cam f" den, N. J., as in Brooklyn. REFUSED A SEW YOBK JOB. "Halstad was thorouthlv identified with the political interests, men and things of Ohio. For any journalist of reputation - and prominence to come to New York is , always a mistake. I was offered several vears ago tbe editorship of a prominent "New STork journal at a very flattering sal ary. I refused it, and in doing so I told those who offered it that I was not worth tbe money to them, and I would also do a great injustice to myself to leave a city where I had made a name, and a State wherein I had someltandihg as a political writer." Toe Colonel thinks that the World has a very serious libel case on hand in the Hil- ,- ton matter. What the Colonel don't know ..-labout libel suiti, I need not siy. is not worth mentioning. At this point I had nrnved nt mv lumninp.olr nlnrf ann I If.lt the great Pennsylvania editor to continue jhis tranqnil trip down Broadway. A MONTANA STATESMAN. - "1 had an interesting chat yesterday with I EsTKfe aasssamte- Mk. BBjkiffiafarl-,tfr lataTsaMiliaHalikf'itil mififtfiM Tn ' v ' - - Major Maginnis, the bright Montana man who wore the-toga at home-and lost-it-whea his case came up in the United States Senate. Unlike a great many other disap pointed politicians, Major Maginnis is not disposed to do an injustice to his opponents. He said to me: "There ista large repre sentative body of Bepnblicans who con scientiously believe that we Democrats are enemies of tbe country. Thev are willing to recognize as as gentlemen, individually, and as honest men in our political beliefs, but really believe that our accession to po litical power is an actual damage to the in terests of the country. I am sorrv to say that there are some of them who will not go thus lar, and do not even give ns credit for honesty of purpose. This representative body, of which Mr. Speaker Beed is the leader in the House, honestly believe that any method by which we can be kept out of power is justifiable. Though you and I were soldiers, and a great many like us have been Bepublicans and are now Demo crats, they will not give us credit for any motive which actuates them in politics. ONLY SPTJBIODS PATRIOTS. "In other words, thev are the true patriots. and all the rest are spurious. It is just this that led to tbe enactment of the force laws of tbe Sonth. It is this which has led the pres ent administration to indorse the design to strengthen those laws in order to seize upon the whole Southern section politically." "Do you think, Major, that the recent move on the part of the President with re gard to the Florida troubles, looking at it in a political sense, is a wise one?" "I do net," said the Major. "On the con trary, I think that it is a political blunder, even worse that the first blunder, because there were some prospects at this stage of political affairs of breaking the Solid South. There is -no such prospect following upon the recent movement in both branches of Congress and seconded by theadministration. J.ne result will be to cement the entire re spectable elements of the South and make them of one political accord. By its act the administration destroys at a blow the good results of its policy since the Kuklux trial:,. Unfortunately for any advantage to be derived from a renewal of this persecution, the peonle to whom it appeals are ignorant, unable to read'" or wiite, and cannotbe reached byihe party press. QUESTION Or POLITICAL OUTRAGES. S "lam not prepared to say," continued the Major, "that there are not political out rages in the South, but no one will attempt to deny that there are political outrages of another nature annually enacted in the orth by our opponents. Everybody knows that. "In tbe Montana case we had no show from the beginning except in an honest judicial determination of .the case. This, knowing as we do the methods ot the Be pnblican party, we had no right to expect. The policy of the Bepublicans is to bold the Senate at all hazards, no matter what be comes of the House of Bepresentatives or the administration ot be Government. The Senate is an effectual check upon any politi cal movement designed by their opponents. In my opinion no stone will be left unturned to preserve Bepublican ascendency in .the Senate. No scrnples as to the use of power or money will be allowed to stand in the way." Chas. T. Mubeat. SCULL'S FRIENDS HOPEFUL. THEY BELIEVE THAT HE WILL BE OWN SUCCESSOR. HIS A Washington View of the Hente'd Cong-rei-alonal Contest Qony Is Not Interfering With the Fight Tbe Sodden Kesnrrec- tlon fCe.nn. trKOM A STATU' CORBESFOXDEXT.t Washington, May 3. A very lively fight is now on for the representation in Congress irom the Somerset-Blair-Bedford district, and as Bepresentative Scull has made a host of friends during his several sessions in Congress, the contest excites considerable interest here. Mr. Hicks, a young attorney of Hollidaysburg, has just been nominated as tbe candidate of Blair county after a heated contest with Hon. Benjamin L. Hewitt formerly Speaker of tbe House ot Bepresentatives at Harrisburg. Hon. John Cessna) who has not held office for a nuraber.of years and was almost forgotten outside or his c&untybobs 'up "as the leading candidate in Bedford county, for the purpose, it is said, of securing a. vindication. He was defeated'disastrously.j a jcr ur iwu ugu in uis cauuiuacy jor a county judgship, and wants to prove that the people will yet stand by him. It was announced some time ago that Bepresentative Scull would not be a candi date for renomination, as be had been elected president of a bant in Somerset, and was expected to settle down into the condition of an elderly gentleman retired with honor from successful politics, with honorable and lucrative business associa tions occupying just enough of his attention to amuse him. PLENTY OF ASPIBAXTS. Other ambitions aspirants came into the field for Congress, among whom was General Koontz, and none of those in the field seem ing quite to fit the situation, Mr. Scull's old friends demanded that he submit to their judgment Mr. Scull could not refuse and so he is in the field, and from all accounts will easily get the nomination in his own county, and then play a lively three-handed rubber with Hicks and Cessna, if the last named makes the landing in Bedford. With two such old war horses as Scull and Cessna in the field, it is the opinion that Hicks will easily be driven to cover, and then the shrewdest political manager will capture the Blair county delegates. The only argument, apparently, used against Scull is that he has bad enough honors and should now step aside and give the youn? ones a chance young ones lice tbe,vener- able John Cessna, for instance. Of course, Senator Quay is reported to be taking a hand in the fight, but that is not evident to anv but tbe gossip mongers. It will be remembered that the Senator was said to be using his influence in support of Beed's candidacy for Speaker of ther House, and that he was displeased at Scull's sup port of McKinley, which support was said to have been given on account of Scull's friendship and possibly his business asso ciations with a brother of McKinley, who is a citizen of Somerset county. NO EVIDENCE OF IT. After the episode Scull was placed in the very short catalogue oi anti-Quay Congress men from Pennsylvania, and it has been as sumed by those who are always ready with sensational assumptions upon the slightest basis that Senator Qnay would oppose the renomination and election of Scull. This may be true, but no evidence, of it has come to light at this end of the line, and Scull's friends claim that Somerset is absolutely sure tor him, and profess to believe that he, on account of his personal and political in fluence athome and record for faithfulness and good judgment in Congress, will as be fore, score a victory in tbe district One thing that conphcates the situation for both Mesa?. Scull and Cessna-is that at the primaries which will nominate for Congress, delegates will also be elected to tbe State Convention,and nomination will be made to county offices to the number of a dozen or so. This will give great chance for trading, and there is a remote possibility that it may seriously affect tbe result Mr. Scull seems very confident of success in his county, so confident that he does not deem it necessary to go home to look alter the condition of his fences. ntTKWDLY TO SEHATOE QUAY. The Primary Election in Armstrong- Conntr Goes In That Way. rsrzciAt. TM.XPRAM o th Disr-ATcnvi Kittaknino, -April. 3wThe Bepubli cans of Armstrong county held their nomi nations to-day and at this hour it is impos sible to learn the exact result From the returns received from tbe districts that can be reached bv telegraph it is safe to say D. B. HeinefwilJ have-" a majoritv-of.at least 1,600 over his opponent, Joseph Q'. Beale, for Congress. Frank Mast and S.B.Cochrane will-probably be the candidates lor Assem bly. The county ticket is so badly mixed owing to the number of candidates being In the field that it will take the official count to settle the result For State delegate. John F. Whitworth, a staunch friend of Senator Quay, will be elected by fully 1,000 plurality over the other three candidates, with J, B. Hender son, another friend of the Senator, second. 1 TflE FIGHT IK LANCASTER, A FIERCE CONTEST, WITH CHARGES OF BRIBERY. The Martin Delernte Seem to Have the Advantage Broslm Evidently Re nominated for Congress Tho Result cf Iheltllnor Strug-ale. .SFltCIAi TZUOKXX TO TBI DISFATCn.1 Lancaster, May 3.-The 'Bepublican primary held in this county to-day was the most exciting ever known here. A large vote was polled in every district, and, as tbe ticket is very large, containing 94 can didates, the returns are coming in very slowly and little can be learned to-night In'this city there was the usual amount of disorder, with fights at several polling places. A great deal of money was used, and men were bought singly and in bunches by all factions. Tbe prices paid for votes ranged from (1 to $6, and at one poll a crowd of 20 was bought for $80. Although most ot the leaders stood by their combinations some are charged with treachery, while many of the workersjdisre grded the order oi their bosses. There was a tremendous amount of cutting and cheat ing, and the number of short tickets polled was very great The number pf votes polled in this city will reach about 4,000. The meager returns that are in show thatBrosius for Congress will have a large majority over Myers in the city, and the few county dis tricts show that the former has polled a large vote. He has been renominated by a Urge majority beyond a doubt W.W.Frank lin tbe Hartman candidate for Assembly from the city, has been renominated by a majority of several hundred over B. Frank McClain, who bad the support ot both Mentzer and Sensenig. John Sides, for Sheriff, has a large majority in the city, and the county returns indicate his nomination. Hartman, for Prothonotary, will carry the city by a decided majority over ex-Mayor Stauffer, the next highest man. Beturns from the conntv are in his favor, and his friends claim his nomination. The vote between Bichard Blickenderfer (Martin) and Dr. H. E. Muhlenburg (anti Martin), for delegate to the State Conven tion, is close, ann both men claim to be elected. The Martin delegates in the county are supposed to have been elected. Cllnton Conntr tor Hastings. SriCIAL TXLEORAX TO TUB BISrjlTCH.1 Lockhaven , May 3. Hastings has car ried his native county, and from all ap pearances every precinct has instructed for him. Delamater's friends have given up the contest KILLED ON THE FT. WAYNE. Lndwig Belntz Falls From a Freight Train John Chalfant Injured by a Broken Flywheel Other. Who Met With Acci dents Yesterday. Ludwig Heintz, a German weaver from Wheeling, fell off a freight train in the Ft Wayne yards and had both legs cut oft He died soon after the aocident occurred. It is supposed he was stealing a ride. t John Chalfant, an employe at Shoenber ger's mill. Sixteenth street, fell into a fly wheel pit yesterday and broke his right leg. He was removed to his home on Spring alley. Heinrich Friedrick, aged 23 years, em ployed at Price's Foundry, at the corner of Fifth avenue and Stevenson street was brought to the Mercy Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from lacerated wounds about the arm and legs, which he received by tbe bursting of an emery wheel. John Kotiski, employed at the locomotive works on Beaver avenue, Allegheny, had his left foot severely crushed yesterday by a wheel falling on him. He was removed to his home at Woods' Bun. August Hetzell, a painter, was working on a ladder yesterday painting the front of Brace Bros.' store. Hetzell fell through the plate glass window. He wasn t even scratched. Christian Borner was injured by a blast in Heeling's quarry in Brownstbwn. Mr. Sloap, one of the Adams Express collectors, fell down an elevator shaft at the railway depot, corner Eleventh street and Penn avenue. He received a slight spinal concussion. Daniel Sweeney, a workman on the Alle gheny bridge, fell. to the river shore yester day and was badly hurt A VISITATION OF FLAMES. The Wormier Glass Factory Destroyed and n Close Call for a It. R. Station. Laughlin's station, on the Baltimore and Ohio road, caught fire at 11:30 o'clock last night, presumably by incendiarism, as there is no fire in or abont tbe building1. An alarm was sent in from box 94, and the fire was promptly pat out, but the loss will reach $270. r Before the engines got away from the vicinity, a fire was seen in the factory of the Wormser Glass Company, near by. It is but a small chimney manufactory, and the flames spread rapidly throughout the building, so that it was impossible to check its progress and the place was wholly con sumed. A loss of about $3,000 was entailed. It Is the second time the place has been burned out in the past six months and it is supposed it was set on fire. Another fire in the vicinity was discovered at.l o'clock by Officer Smith, who found the blacksmith shop of Peter O'Donnell on fire. The officer quenched it without sending in an alarm. All of these fires are said by the police to be of incendiary origin. Smith Still In Ignorance. Sheriff McCandless has not yet informed murderer Smith of tbe adverse action on his case by the Pardon Board, and he is sIl in ignorance of his fate. TOWN TALK. The Bargain nt Thompson's New York Grocery. 15 lbs. granulated sugar... ( 1 00 16 lbs. clear white sngar 1 00 10 lb. pails home-made preserves 1 00 30 lb. pails jelly (all kinds) .'. 1 25 30 lb. pails apple butter (choice) 1 35 3 lb. cans Calilornia white cherries.... 20c 3 lbv square cans asparagus 18c 3 lb. cans Bartlett pears. 15c lib. prepared cocoanut 15c Choice sugar corn, per can 5c Solid packed tomatoes, per can 8a Choice peas, per can 6c Choice string beans, per can 6c Choice blackberries, per can 6c Seedless raisins, per lb 10c 1 lbs. evaporated apples 25c Choice apples, per can 6c Choice table peaches, per ran 15c Frtie table peaches in heavy syrup... 18c 3 cans finest apricots .. 50c 1 cau greengage plums. 15c Choice French peas, per can 10c Extra fine French peas, pej can 15C 6 lbs. sun dried peaches 25c ualilornta peaches, perlb 10c 4 lbs. evaporated apricots 25c 5 lbs. Carolina rice 25c 7 lbs. rolled oats 25c 8 lbs. large lump starch 25c 12 boxes bag blue 25c 15 lbs. pearl hominy 25c 7 quarts green peas 25c Sugar-cured hams, perlb. (large).... lOJc 1 galon good. Orleans molasses... .... 38c 6 lbs. 20-cent tea.. ,.... l 00 6 lbs. 25-cent tea...." 1 00 3 lbs 40-cent tea '...', 1 00 4 bottles home-made ketchup. ........ 25c Goods delivered iree to all parts of both cities. To those living out of the citv will prepay freight on all orders qf f 10 and up ward. Send for catalogue. ) ' M. B. Thompson, i 301 Market street, corner Third avenue. Wholesale and retail. , $8rHBy;-'f ?.. ' v 'FwWwW ".. ' ' ?Plr "G'FsTewJSsPPFi5 NEffENGLAND FARMS. Thirteen Hundred Productive Ones Lie Idle inNew Hampshire. LANDS IN VERMONT DIRT CHEAP. Tired Capitalists Are Looking Northeast for Country Homes. BIG BOOM m AGEICDLT0EE COMING. Kline Farmers Ire Making Znonch to Boy Up Western Mortgages. Frank G. Carpenter has been investi gating New England farms, and thinks they are great investments just now. Those who are farming are making money, and a reac tion after the Western fever is bound to set in. fSTBCIAL TXLEGBJUC TO THE DISPATCH. I Washington, May 3. The discussion regarding the mortgage-laden farms of the West calls attention to tne vast extent of waste lands in New England. In New Hampshire, by actual count, there are 1,800 deserted farms, and in Vermont thousands of acres of unoccupied tillable land, con taining fine homes and situated near rail roads, churches and schools, are offered for sale at prices fully as cheap as the almost inaccessible lands of the West In this article I aim to give some idea of the extent and character of these New En gland farms. I have interviewed some of the leading Senators of these States at Washington, and have corresponded regard ing them with the agricultural boards of the respective districts at their State capitals, and I find the story an interesting one. New England is virtually wrapped up in it Vermont and New Hampshire have organized bureaus of immigration, and the matter has been discussed in the Legisla tures of the other States. NEW HAMPSHIBE FABMS FOB A SONG. The Hon. N. J. Bachellerr the Commis sioner of Immigration for New Hampshire, writes me that the abandoned farms of his State vary in size from 5 to 500 acres, and that they can be purchased at prices ranging from f 200 to $5,000 apiece. These farms, he writes, have not been abandoned because the soil has become exhausted, and in most instances they will fully average with the occupied farms. They are located in all sections of the State, and many of them have lately been made more desirable by tbe building of new railroads, which are continually being extended in various di rections. The price of these farms in many instances is less than tbe value of the buildings upon them, and they will be sold for little more than the land would be worth without buildings, for pasturage or for tbe growth of wood and lumber. There are to day many thousands of cords of wood stand ing upon such farms which would afford the purchaser lucrative employment for many winters in marketing if he desired. They will afford superior advantages to young thrifty, energetic men with small means who desire to tollow farming for a livelihood. The buildings upon them are ready for occupancy, the soil will liberally respond to good husbandry, the climate is unsurpassed, the educational advantages excellent and the home market made by our 600 summer hotels, accommodating 30,000 or 40,000 people, and by our scores of man ufacturing cities and villages, is not ex celled anywhere. A LAND OF COUNTBY HOMES. "The tide of emigration from New Hamp shire," continues Mr. Bacheller, "has al ready been checked and during the next ten years we expect to see 75 per cent, of the now vacant farms of New Hampshire oc cupied. They will not all be held by farm ers. New Hampshire has become within the past few years a noted summer resort for wealthy people, and there are many of smaller competency who annually spend a few weeks among our granite hills. Manv of this class are .purchasing such farms and spending much or little upon them, as their wealth and inclinations dictate, feeling more satisfaction and liberty than in our summer hbtels and boarding houses. There are in the cities and villages of the country a large number of people who have secured a competency and who desire to be relieved from the continuous and exacting demands of business life. These people want to pass the remainder of their lives in quiet, independent country life, and from these we are getting many inquiries and some purchasers. As to our farmers them selves, they are more satisfied to-day than ever before. Our farms are more in telligently cultivated, and such people as come to New Hampshire will find a live agricultural community interested in the districts in which they live. SENATOR BIiAIB BOOMS HIS STATE. Senator Blair glows even more over the agricultural beauties of New Hampshire than he does over his educational bill, and he says that the New Hampshire tarms are fast being taken up by rich New Yorkers who have large business interests in the metropolis and who want good places in which to rest Said he: "The wear and tear of money making has made the summer vacation an absolute necessity to the capitalist, and these farms of New Hampshire will add ten years to the life of any man who buys one. The lands can be had for from $5 to $20 per acre, including the improvements, and tbe dwellings upon them are comfortable and the varieties of forest trees whichlsurround them are unsurpassed. There is no more bitautiful scenery in the world than in the New Hampshire mountains, and you breathe champagne with every inhalation of mountain air. I own one of these farms myself, and I think they make the pleas antest homes in the United States." The Hon. A. B. Valentine, the Commis sioner ot Immigration for the State of Ver mont, writes me that the statistical informa tion concerning tbe deserted farms of this State is comparatively meager, but be gives me letters describing the condition of the farming population in the various parts of tbe State. A letter from the town of Bead ing, in Windsor county, states that 4,000 acres can be purchased in that town alone, and that one-half of this is made up of farms of from 70 to 200 acres in size. OPPORTUNITIES IN VEBMONT. Many of these farms have buildings and they can be bought with the improvements from S3 to 54 per acre. The remaining half of the 4,000 acres was formerly made up of gooci larms, wnicn were ueseneu long ago, and which are now growing up in timber. The fences are not kept up, the buildings have fallen into decav and old cellar hole.-, stray chimneys and miles of stone wails are all that testify to the former cultivation of tnese lands. They are, ho-vever, capable of cultivation, and can be bought from $1 to $2 per acre. In Essex county there are more than 125,000 acres which are in unoc cupied contiguous lands which are, or soon will be, open'for settlement. These lands, the Essex county Hfrald states, will make good productive farms. They are well watered, have timber for home cousumpsion and want nothing but energy, bone and muscle to clear them up. My advices from Connecticut are that there are lew vaeaut farms in that State. Senator Hawley says that tbe best land is in use, and that the most of it is very valu able. Said he: 'I believe that the condi tion of Connecticut larms is in general a prosperous one. We have no committees of immigration, and we have not yet discussed the question of abandoned farms. If we have any they are in the hill country and off oi the railroads." SITUATION IN CONNECTICUT. Mr. T. S. Gold, the Secretary of the Connecticut State Board of Agricultnre, writes: "In one sense we have some vacant and deserted farms in Connecticut but in the real lense we hare not Alio our '5r VDISPATOH, .SJJNDAYjri, X . lands except where there is some question of title or peculiar conditions of ownership are in some way fertilized, and such farms as are not under cultivation have been turned into pasture. Upon the pasture lauds farm buildings may have been allowed to go to ' decay and some farms have been used lor the growing of wood. The change in our farming methods from raising onr own breadstufls to dairy farming, requires larger farms with less labor for their culti vation. Location has more influence on the value of farms now than it had in the past The farmer uses less and less of his own prodncts. Tbe modern conveniences of city and village life with their so-called social and educational advantages are drawing away the population to business centers and farm property is depreciating. It has now no certain and fixed value in New Hamp shire. At a forced sale it will only bring the honest estimate of its worth and tbe conditions of its purchase are changed. "I believe," continues Mr. Gold, "that there is no better place to bring up a child than on a Connecticut farm."" The boasted high schools of cities and villages fail to give him that habit of foresight and that self-dependence so necessary to success. Many of the farms of Connecticut HAVE NEVEB BEEN SOLD and they are still occupied by the descend ants of those pioneers who cleared away the forests. Not only does sentiment give value to snch farms, but well managed by a fam ily trained to frugality they lurnish means for liberal housekeeping, generous hospital ity, education of the children, charity and the institutions of religion. The supply of village and city markets have largely en hanced the valne of larms in some localities in Connecticut, and in other places not so well located there is no sale and there is a consequent depression of prices. The most of the money saving by our farmers goes into Western loans." Bepresentative Boutelle, of Maine, in speaking of the beauties of the scenery of his State and of tbe prosperous condition of its farmers, tells me that a large number of Western mortgages are held by them. He describes a Kansas man, who, in traveling through Maine, stopped over night with a a farmer. The farmer had 160 acres of stony land, and the Kansas man asked him how in the world he could get a living off such barren soil. He replied that he did it by cultivating it and selling tbe products, and that he not only made a living, but had something each year to invest He thereupon asked the Kansas man as to the value of certain property in the town in which he lived. GBOWTNG DEEDS OF TBUST. He seemed to know all about Kansas bank stocks and Kansas mortgages, and finally opening a box in one corner of the parlor he took out a number ol papers, which, upon examination, proved to be deeds of trnst on the most valuable property of the county in which his visitor lived. "These," said the Maine Yankee, "came out of that barren, stony ground, and yon will find a dozen of my neighbors who have grown other seeds quite as valuable on no better'soil." Senator Frye, of Maine, tells me that such vacant farms as exist in his State are far from the railroads. "Our boys have left them and the old people are not able to carry them on. Some of our young men go West Others are engaged in the manufac turing interests of the East and we have a few who stay at home. Maine is a far bet ter State than it gets credit for. We have, in fact, some of the best farming land in the United States, and in the northern part of Aroostook county a man raised, last season, 748 bushels of potatoes on a single acre of land, and the wheat raised in that county is better, both in quantity and quality, than any grown this side of the Bocky Moun tains. Our river valleys all contain fine farming lands, and ex-Governor Bobie, who is President of the State Grange of Maine, lately made a statement in which he said that 75 per cent of the farmers of Maine are making money." That these abandoned farms will be reoc cupied and refilled within a few years seems snre beyond doubt, and the interest that has been awakened in the subject is already bringing to tbe leading men of these dis tricts letters from all parts of the United States. Frank G. Cabfenteb. AFRAID THEY'LL RUST. Cblef Brown Gives Ilia Reason for Chang Ins tbe Location of Firemen A More Equal Division of Labor Why Some Men Object. J. O. Brown, Chief of the Department of Public Safety, proposes that none of tbe men under him shall rust, if he can prevent it In pursuance of this resolution, there was quite a changing aronnd of men in the Fire Department on the 1st of the month. Firemen located in Southside engine houses were sent to Glenwood, and men from the East End were brought to town, and vice versa. This change provoked some dissatis faction, especially among tbe married men, who claimed that it prevented them going home to their meals, and they say they are afraid to move their families, because they do not know how soon auother change might be made. One or two of the more radical or sus picious members of the department insinu ated that the move was for the purpose of forcing resignations from firemen who were unpopular with the heads of the department, but "whom it would not be.good policy to discharge. Chief Brown was asked yesterday in re gard to the matter, and said: "The changes made in tbe fire department this month are in tbe interest of discipline, and for the purpose of keeping the force up to the high est degree of excellence. The old system of leaving a fireman at the engine house to which he was originally detailed was bad for the men and worse for the department In the outlying engine houses the men might have nothing to do for weeks, or even months, and when their services were no longer called for, in the event of a big fire, they were not as ca pable as men who were kept more constantly in service. On the other hand, the men in the downtown engine houses were often overworked, perhaps having to respond to one or more calls every night tor weeks. "This was not a fair division of labor. By changing the men around occasionally we expect to keep the efficiency of the entire department up to the standard. Tbe fire men of Pittsburg are well treated, and they are the only employes of the city who re ceive pay for 36 days each year when they are not working." SQUELCHnro THE SFEAK-EASDZS. Inspector McKelvey, of tbe Sontbilde, After Illegal Sellers. Inspector McKelvey has mapped out a regular campaign against speak-easies, and last night commenced to lollow Chief Brown's May edict on the upper Southside, Francis Mever. ot Brownsville avenue, was brought in by Detective Carrigan, and gave $500 bail on a charge of sell ing without license. Liter in the evening tbe inspector walked into the station bouse with Mrs. Elizabeth Coxin, Sidney and Twenty-filth streets. Up to a late hour last night she had not obtained bail. In the West End John Shay was arrested for selling without a license and gave 51,000 bail. The inspector said last night that in formations would be made out to-day for Bridget Laffey, proprietress of a noted re sort at tbe head ol Tenth street, and for George Swertzel, Twelfth street At about 11 o'clock last night the in spector and Detective Carrigan visited the place of Jacob Eichley aod found things in lull blast He joined the others at the station. Tbe inspector said that he intended tn ar rest every one fonnd selling illegally. He would much rather they would quit them selves and save being sent to the work house. A Wreck Delays Railroad Travel. The. track of a freight car jumped the track yesterday afternoon at Coultersville, on the B. & O., and struck tbe West New ton accommodation. A bad wreck was caused, which delayed travel, but no one was injured. 4 1890. TAMMANY BOODLERS In Bad Shape Before the Fassett Com mission Investigation; MAY0B GRANT PUT ON THE STAND He Asked That the Fullest Light he Thrown on tbe Subject. HE WAITED CODKSEL'S PE1TILEGE8 Ex-DUtrict Attorney Delaney States That Grant Jlu Sot Implicated. The feature of the day in the Tammany investigation at New York yesterday was the testimony of Mayor Grant He waived even the privileged communion of counsel and client Ex-District Attorney Delaney exonerated the Mayor from any complicity in the aldermanic boodling cases of 1884. New Yobk, May 3. The State Senate Committee, Mr. Fassett in the chair, held another meeting to-dav to investigate the working of the various city departments. Mayor Grant, being called on the stand, was the great card which drew a large number of spectators to hear him exculpate himself from the charges made by Patrick McCann. Mr. McCann was again put on the stand and cross-examined by Mr. JCockran. He said that Mr. Croker owed him $3,000, in curred by supplying groceries to Mr. Croker's family. The debt had been grow ing for seven or eight years. It was in curred before be took the Mouut Vincent restaurant, in 1885. That $3,000 had been wiped out when he purchased the restaurant. Since then a debt of $4,000 has grown and is still growing, for supplying Mr. Croker's family. He 'had kept 'a mourning goods store and had failed in 1879, but he did not include his full claim against Croker in his schednle. The witness had seen Mr. Ivins at his (witness) house before giving his testi mony before the committee, and had spoken to him concerning what testimony he could give, but did not tell him all he knew or what be testified to. SOMEBODY HAD BEEN SEEN. In half an hour or less Croker came down with the satchel still in his hand, and said be would not trust Adams. When Adams came down he hurried out without saying a word. Croker had said to him that there were two aldermen whom he wanted to reach, and Tom Adams knew them. Mr. Croker had subsequently said that he had seen these two aldermen and he understood that everything was satisfactory. "I knew," he said, "somebody had been 'seen.'" The witness said he could make charges which he did not care to put forward volun tarily at present, and that "the less those gentlemen have to say, the better for them selves." When pressed by Mr. Ivins he ad mitted having a conversation with Grant about his connection with the Broadway Bailroad bribery in 1884. Mayor Grant here arose and said he wanted Mr. McCann to withhold nothing he knew concerning him. Witness then told. of a day when he (Mr. Grant) and Alderman Mooney had been to a lawyer's office together, and Mr. Grant. referring to the Broadway railway bribery I and of his obligations to Mr. Croker, said: I "ii it naa not Deeu lor nis advice ra nave been in that deaL-with the other fellows," meaning, as witness explained, the alder men who had accepted bribes. Grant, he said, subsequently repeated the same thing in presence of Mrs. McCann and Mrs. Croker. Mrs. Croker and witness had a conversa tion in January or February, 1885, about the $180,000 Mr. Croker brought to his store abont a month before. She told him that Mr. Croker had brought home a large sum of money about that time and that she sat up at night to guard it until he arrived at the honse. Witness had heard nothing to show that it was the same money. Senator McNanghton asked witness a number of questions presumably in explan ation of his testimony, but no one except himself, McCann and Senator Fassett heard either questions or answers. McCann's examination being concluded Mr. Cockran called as witness James H. Dunham, of Dunham, Buckley & Co., dry goods merchants, who testified that he would not believe McCann under oath if he bad any motive to testify falsely. OBANT ON THE STAND. In the afternoon the court room was still more densely crowded, and Mayor Grant, being called to the stand, was asked if he ever was a candidate for Commissioner of Public Works. He replied, "I was not." "You did not go so far as to secure counsel to aid your appointment?" "Secure counsel? No, sir." "Did you not retain Colonel Bliss?" "Oh, at the suggestion of Mr. Kelly I re tained him in this room to have an injunc tion restraining the Board of Aldermen from acting on the appointment of a Commis sionerof Public Works." The Mayor went on to sav that Mr. Kelly had suggested Mr. Bliss' name, he believed, in consequence of an interview published about that time. Mr. Bliss had said the injunction could not be maintained. fMr. Boardraan said that without his con sent Colonel Bliss, of course, could not give testimony as to what had passed between them as a counsel, and asked him if he would waive objection to Colonel Bliss testi fying on the matter. The Mayor said be would waive all objec tions. Colonel Bliss was at liberty to tell all that occurred. Asked about the disposi tion of the money he had given to Flossie Crocker, tbe Mayor said he had no personal knowledge ot wbat was done with it, but he considered the money the child's still. He did not know that the money had been used to pay on the mortgage on bis bouse. Mr. Boardman here consulted with Mc Cann, who sat behind him and asked the Mayor how long it was since he had seen Mrs. Croker, and he replied he had not seen her in about seven months, nor had he seen Flossie in that time. He still felt same interest and entertained same kindly feeling toward Mrs. Croker. Senator Fassett questioned the Mayor about his candidacy for tbe Mayoralty, and was told he was nominated by Tammany Hall. He had contributed about $1,500. To Mr. Boardinan's qnestions the Mayor said Mr. Newcombs bad not attempted blackmail, nor had he (witness) said such a thing. Ex-Assistant District Attorney Delnncey Nicoll was placed on the stand, and declared under oath he had stated in a letter toMayor uratit mat in nis extensive examination into the matter of boodle in the 1884 Board of Aldermen be never heard anything about Grant being a candidate ibr the office of Commissioner of Public Works. The com mittee then adjourned, subject to call. The next session, it is said, will be called for the 15th inst. GOSSIP OF THE WHAHF. Excursionists Taking; Advanlnse of lbs Pine Wenihei Bnnlan nnd Hoimrr. Yesterday was a brave day on the rivers although the slightly cloudy condition of tbe sky betokened a fall of rain. At 4 p. k. the Wood sreet gauge showed a depth of T feet 2 inches and falling. The Lewis A. Bherley packet came and went as usual yesterday. She carried a host of ex cursionists. Hanlan and Hosmer had another pull up stream yesterday. It will be their last tor some time, at any rate, on Pittsburg waters, as their company leaves town to-day. Never have the wharves been so clean before. The edict of the wbarfmaster baa produced excellent fruit, and all tbe old dirt and dis array nave vanished. Klvrr Above nnd Below. CINCINNATI River 28 leet 3 Inches ana station ary. Italninfr. Departed Hudson, for 1'lttsburr. LocisviLLJC Klver rising: 10.7 in canal: 8.3 on falls: 24 at root of canal. Business good. Weather partly clear and partly cloudy and sultry. Memphis, Txuir. Klver rose flve-tenthi. SHrw OblxaKS, LA.-it&lny. Elver faldnx. ' - .i v ---- EIGHT HOURS IN CHICAGO. THr ARBITRATION COMMITTEE MAKES , NOTABLE PROGRESS. The Demands of ibe (Strikers Practlenlly Granted, and Work to be Resumed on Monday by ns Many Carpenters ns the New Association 'Can Find Employ ment For. Chicago, May 3. The arbitration com mittees of the Carpenters' Union and the Carpenters' Association met again this morning, and when a recess was taken for lunch it was announced that they had pro gressed so far ."ill their efforts that it had been determined that work would be resumed on Monday by as many carpenters as the members of the new asso ciation could find employment for. The de mands of tbe Strikers have been substan tially conceded. They are to work eight hours; none bnt union men are to be em ployed, and to have union foremen. The secretary of the committee said bnt two points of difference remained, the price per hour to be paid and the government of apprentices, which will be submitted to the three judges who are acting as umpires. As to wages, the bosses think 30 cents per hour a fair compensation, while the men want 40 cents. GAS MET WILL GO OUT. Incensed at the Slnsnlar Action of the Trnst Tbnt Employs Them. Chicago, May 3. The employes of the Gas Trust wil on Monday demand eight hours, and as there is little hope of their employers granting the de mand, it is probable that Monday night will Bee between 600 and 700 gas men out. The trust laid their entire force off last Wednesday night, with instruc tions to be on duty Monday morning. They gave the men no explanation of the three days of idleness. The men became incensed, called a meet ing of tbe union, and ibis morning decided to have an eight-hour day or strike. THE Y0TOGST0WJT CAEPEHTEHS assured of Support by Tbelr Brethren From General Hentlqaaners. ISPECLLL TXLIORAX TO Till DISPATCH. 1 Younostowit, May 3. All the carpen ters are still out and there is practically no change in the situation from yesterday. A committee of contractors presented several propositions to-day, but the Carpenters' Union rejected them. The planing mill proprietors refuse to recognize the union and all their mills are shnt down. The carpenters received notice to-day from the general headquarters commending their actionand stating that they would be given financial aid dnring the pending trouble. THE BUILDING TRADES STRIKE And Operations Are Suspended at Johnstown lor Some Time, rerxenx. nixoiux totbi mirATcti.t JOHirSTOWir, May3. The general strike of the building trades was Inaugurated here to-day in accordance with the resolutions adopted at a meeting of workingmen last night. The strike is for nine hours as a day's work. It has caused a suspension of work on all bnildings in course of erection in this city. The strikers have issued an appeal to workingmen in other places set ting forth their grievances and asking them not to interfere. Labor nnd Strike Netrn. There are strikes in the mines at Lincoln, Panaand Bloomington. HI. The report that the Chicaeo carpenters wonld go to wont Monday was officially denied at midnight. Over 1,000 carpenters and Joiners at San Francisco have struck for eight hours, joining the 750 mill workers, already out. There is practically no chance In the car penters, strike at Philadelphia. The bosses who have given in to tbe men, form abont one fourth of the whole nnmber. Yestxbdat was, the third day of the car penters, strike In Boston.Tb.ere was an en thusiastic meeting of the men in Tremont Tem ple, hat no notable change In the situation. Now Union men are joining the ranks of the strikers in Detroit and yesterday over 2.000 carnenters were out Threehnndred and fifty carpenters have been granted their demands and returned to.work. FOE WXSTEEN PEJfNSrLTA- kia : "Variable Wetds, ThheatekingWeatheraud Bain, Slightly Cooler. Fob Ohio and West Virginia: Vari able Bains. With Occasional Storms. Pittsburo. May 3. 1890. The United States Signal Service officer In this city furnishes tbe following: Time. TJier. Ther. .. 74 .. ai . 63 .. 21 W THE WEATHER. A Maxlmnm temp., Minimum temp... Mean temp........ Kanee Rainfall Trace. Hirer at 5:2) p. M.,s .g feet, a fall of 0.5 feet in 24 hoars. DIETJL CONWAY On Saturday, May 3, 1890, at 11:45 p. jr., at her residence. Mayflower street. East End, Johamsah, wife of Michael Conway, aged 33 years. Notice of funeral hereafter. KENNELLY On Saturday, May 3, 1890, t 10 P. M Mart, eldest child of John and Gedena Eenneliy (nee Stack! ae-ed 2 years 6 months. Funeral from the parents' residence. Mill vale borongb, on Monday at 2 p. m. Friends of tbe family are respectfully invited to at tend. 2 PARSONS On Sunday. May 4, at 1:30 A. M., Joseph Parsons, aged 75 years. Funeral from his late residence. No. 1 Race street. Allegheny, on Monday at 3:30 p.m. Friends of tbe family are respectfully invited to attend. 2 WHEN SUCH WHISKY PORE 8-YEAR-OLD EXPORT Can be obtained so easily and at such a moderate price, . JYo Family Should be Without It. Full Quarts, $1, or $10 Per Doz. OUR OLD HICKORY KENTIUJRIBOURBOXWHISKY Is the Oldest, Finest. and Purest Bourbon to be had. One trial bottle will convince you of this fact. Full quarts, $1. For sale only by JOS. FLEMING & SON. Wholesale and Be tail Druggists, 412 MABKEr ST., PITTSBURG. PA. jnjTTSJU 8.00 A. sr 65 H.OO M ..73 l:0OP. M 2:00 p. M. ...70 5:00P. M 8:00 F. H. US BOOMS OF PBOMISE. Cleveland and Campbell Meet With Democratic Favor, "While REED IS THE REPUBLICAN HOPE. The Former Ticket Duly Launched at s Harjland Meeting. FEEETEADEES BECOME ENTHUSIASTIC Ohio's Goiemor, Howeter, Says That He Will Hare U ! Wlniffalnlnl891. At a meeting of the North Carolina Be publican Association in Washington, Speaker Beed was enthusiastically men tioned ror President in lS'Xi. Several lead- ing Democratic Congressmen have declared ' for Cleveland and Campbell. The latter, nowever, says he must mace a winning light next year before he thinks of the greater contest rSPECIAI. TXLEQRAM TO TOT DISPATCH.! Washington, May 3. Tom Beed's lit tie Presidental boom has had its second in dorsement. The last regular monthly meet ing of the North Carolina Bepublican Asso ciation was held to-night at Monumental Hall, on Pennsylvania avenne. Colonel W. P. Canadv. Serseant-at-Arms United State Senate, presided and a large nnmber of other members of the organization were present. Anions? the sneeches was that br Hon. John H. Smyth, who, in the course of nis remarks, said: "it the .Republicans would name a leader In 1892 with the back bone and grit of Tom Beed, the Bepublican party would sweep the States." CLEVELAND'S LITTLE TBIP. TheEvening Critic has been persistent in claiming that tbe real object of tbe recent visit of Grover Cleveland to Washington was to consult the Southern leaders about tbe tarifi policy of the Democratic party. In support of its claim, the Critic this even ing presents the following: .x-rresiaent Cleveland has come and gone. The legal business which brought him here is in precisely the same condition as it was befors he came, and in which it would bare been had not bis ponderous presence adorned tbe dim and dignified chamber wherein tbe solemn and begowned Supreme Court Justices hold sway. Bat tbe political business v, lea. tboagh a side issue, was after all the prilcipal cause of bis coming, received a forward impetus worth tba trouble of the journey from the metropolis to the capital. "The country," he said, "wanted a Presi dent who had the courage to give us a Be publican administration and make possible a iree ballot and a fair count in every town ship, county and State in this country, and Tom Beed has that kind of courage." Wbat was accomplished was not confined to what was done directly by Mr. Cleveland. Nor was the worK of setting the ball in motion con fined to Washington. This was done last night in the ancient city of Hagerstovrn, Md. Tho Free Trade Reform Club of tbattown held a meeting, at which were present the followin" bright Congressional lights of the free trade Democrats: Messrs. Wilson, of West Vir ginia;Breckenridge, of Kentucky, and Springer, of Illinois. These gentlemen are all leaders of their party, and ot the dominant faction of their party upon the floor of tbe Honse and in tbe estimation of the country. When they speak it is with the voice of authority. THEIE words mean something. What they say binds their party and indicates its plans and policy, for tbey do not speak witbont a fnll and free understanding with their colleagues in leadership. The Hagers town meetinir was cotton ud to Dresent an on- ponunity lor these gentlemen to outlinotho desires and intentions of the wing of the party to which they belong the great Southern free trade wing. Tbe meeting was held in an ob scure town, but one of great importance in its State. It was gotten up and held without parade, and under ordinary circumstances would pass without notice. But the circumstances under which it was held were not ordinary. Tbe presence here of Mr. Cleveland just prior to its holding, bis con sultation with bii friends, particularly among tbe Southern Democratic leaders, coupled with the fact that this is the first political meeting held In anv Southern State looking to tbe cam paign of 1S92, gave it a sienlficance altogether beyond its apparent importance. The real in terest and object of the meeting was to set go imrtbe boom for Cleveland aud Campbell in 1892. Tho three gentlemen nameu are all warm ly in favor of tbe ticket, which they fondly be lieve to be a winning one. Beside this a letter was read f'om Mr. Cleve land, in which he reiterated the views of tba. tariff question which lie advanced in his famous' message. It was received with tumultuous en thusiasm. Another letter wa3 read from Gov ernor James E. Campbell, ot Ohio, which was warmly received. Other letters were read, mostly from Maryland politicians. That tho meetinir accomplished the purpose for which it was gotten up is evident from tbe satisfied and complacent looks to-day of tbe tbree gentle men named. They have started the Cleveland and Campbell boom going, and mucb to their satistaction tbey started it in a Southern State, and did so by authority. governor Campbell's ideas. A special telegram from Columbus says: Governor Campbell leit lor New York to night, where he will spend about ten days. Before leaving he was interviewed in regard to the expressions made at the meeting of the Free Trade Reform Club at Hagerstown, Md., at which Wilson, ot West Virginia; Breckinridge, of Kentucky, and Springer, of Illinois, were prominent figures. Thein formation is given out that the real object of the meeting was to give the initial ex pression in behalf of Cleveland and Camp bell as tbe Presidental ticket in 1833. Beferring to the letters which were writ ten to the club by Cleveland and Campbell, tbe latter said he wai invited to sttendthe meeting by Henry Kyd. Douglas, who is a. personal friend of the Governor and his. wife, finable to be present, he sent a letter, partially personal and partially political. He had not been advised, he said, as to whether a boom had been startedlor him, as he had not been giving attention to any booms except that which he had in his office, and he thought it pretty early to begin that kind of work. , It was the opinion of Governor Campbell that unless he carried Ohio in 1801 it was hardly possible that any one would have use for him ou the Presidental ticket. "HETORPRrSIiTrTER. 1L Miss Smothers Whv. Charley, you look too neat for anything. When did you get that nice new salt of clothes? Charley Johnson Why. ahem. Julia, this la my old suit I wore last summer, and inst had cleaned and repaired at Dickson's, 63 Fifth avenue, telephone 155S, until he makes me an elegant new suit which I jnst ordered. Miss Smothers Oh. I remember reading that he's "ot an artistic tailor from the East. " myt-11 TOO LATK TO CL.ASir. w AVTED-SEUON H-HAND WAKDliOIIB AuaresB v a., uifpaicuowce. myt-i-H -rTTANTED- GOOD SECOND AND THIRD IV nana Dater. Call at 2SI4 FEN AVE., rituourjr, l'a. P1IHM IJWK SALE-NEW AND SECOND-HAND 1 fnrnltnre bought and sold at MERRILL'S, SS Federal t.. Allegheny. m j4-l FOR SALB-1 HAVE $16,000 WORTH OP SAL ABLE goods which 1 will sell or exchange lor cool property. Call on U. i, 2313 Penn aye. my4-14S WANTED-CABINET MAKERS AND .FIN-iailr-RS; a good, steady man to work on case work; also one to work on bedsteads; also good finishers. Address, with references . and terms, i O. HVX ZS7, Meadyllle, r. myl-ua " ) ( ( r' A .i
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