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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1890 TWELVE PAGES.
) THE WAR OF WORDS,
Formal Opening of the Great
Debate Upon the Republi
can Tariff Bill.
A PLEA FOR PROTECTION.
McKinley Inaugurates the Oratorical
Contest With an- Argument
Which Wins the
APPK07AL OF HIS COLLEAGUES.
lie Important Points of the How Measure
Described at Length by the
Buckeye Congressman.
ME. MILLS, OF TEXAS, 10 THE FEOKT.
El Bitterly Anaicns the Entire Scheme, ChirElng
That it Is Kothlng More Nor Less
Than Highway Bobbery.
SAECASJI OP
t
IDE BOCTHEES ETATESJU5
McKinley opened the debate upon the
tariff bill yesterday. He presented the Be
publican arguments at length and was con
gratulated npon his effort. Mills attacked
the measure on behalf of the Democrats,
characterizing it as highway robbery.
Several of the lesser lights spoke during the
evening session.
If riCIAL TELEOItAM TO TBI DIBPATCH.1
Washington, May 7. The House of
Representatives is again in the throes of a
general tariff debate, and will remain in this
condition for two weeks. Between this time
and Saturday night there will be in the
neighborhood of 35 perfunctory speeches
delivered and printed in the Congretsional
Record, that number of members having
already signified their desire to address the
House and their constituents on the burning
political issue of the tariff.
Even the Democrats were surprised at
the lack of interest displayed by the public
" and the House itself in the opening of the
era of speech making. "When Major Mc
Kinley arose behind his barricade of books
and manuscript at 1 o'clock there was no in
dication that a subject of more than ordi
nary importance was before the House.
There were no more people in the galleries
than can be seen there at any hour of any
dull day.
Prominent Visitors Very Scarce.
No public men of distinction were there
and the absence of the prominent women in
official and social life who generally grace
occasions of this kind, was especially
narked. "When Major McKinley moved
that the House go into committee of the
whole to discuss his revenue measure, Mr.
Mills, the leader of the minority in the
coming fight, crossed over to the Bepublicau
side, and took a seat a few feet distant
from the champion of the Bepublicau cause.
Mr. Mills was the only Democratic mem
ber who sat on the Bepublican side of the
House, but there was another alleged Demo
crat but a few feet away, who listened at
tentively to the larger portion of Major
McKinley's speech. This was Benjamin F.
Butler, who strolled into the House a few
moments before the tariff bill was taken np,
and afier shaking hands all round dropped
into a chair to listen to the opening of the
great intellectual debate.
Carlisle at Beck's Funeral.
Mr. Carlisle was conspicuously absent,
having gone to Kentucky with tne Beck
funeral party, but Messrs. McMillan, Flow
er and other Democrats of the "Ways and
Means Committee followed very closely the
eloquent words of their Chairman. Mr.
Payson, of Illinois, presided over the com
mittee of the whole, and was kept busy in
listening to the appeals of various members,
anxious to have their names put in a desir
able place on the list of tariff orators.
The Democrats are not at all pleased with
the action of the Bepublicans of affording
such a limited time for debate, and poi nt to
the fact that when the Mills bill was before
the Honse its opponents were given all the
time they wanted in which to make known
tneir opposition, A large number of Be
publicans believe as the Democrats do in
this matter, and went about the Honse urg
ing their friends to stand by them in a re
quest for more time.
Applying the Gag Rule Strictly.
They will be unsuccessful in this eflbrt,as
Messrs. Seed and McKinley have decided
that debate must close on the day fixed and
that it is useless to lumber up the Jiecord
with more speeches than have already been
provide i for. It was conceded by Demo
crats and Bepublicans alike that Major
McKinley wa never in better form than he
was to-day. His speech was very carelnlly
prepared, but he did not stick close to the
text, depending npon its appearance in the
Congrettional Record to afford a complete
and correct document for the use of his
party in the campaign.
The speaker brought out his points with
remarkable clearness and was very vigorous
in his delivery throughout the entire speech.
It was a rather peculiar fact, however, that
he addressed himself almost entirely to bis
Bepublican colleagues, who lollowed every
point with generous applause. The points in
his speech that seemed to please the Bepubli
cans most were his reference to the beauties
of tne agricultural schedule and his claim
that the people of the country are more
pleased with high ad valorems and low
prices' than in high prices and the low ad
valorems, that seem to have such an attrac
tion lor the Democrats.
Pleased With Forcicn Opposition.
Mr. McKinley's vigorous announcement
that his bill is a domestic and not a foreign
one, and that he is pleased to see it meet
with foreign opposition, was also particu-
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iariypleasing to his Bepublican colleagues, J
arid brought forth round after round of ap
plause His party were very well satisfied
with his speech, and congratulated him
heartily at its close.
Mr. Mills, who opened the debate for the
Democrats, received a no less enthutiastio
welcome from the members of his partv. He
also was rather more than usually effective
to-day, and illustrated the points of his
speech with great clearness. Mr. Mills is
not the most polished orator or most
vigorous talker on the Democratic side,
but it mast be admitted that be bas broad
ened as a debater during the past three
years, and his effort to-day was a very credit
able one. He received as generons applause
as did Major McKinley, and when he con
cluded his colleagues congratulated him,
and assured him that they were perfectly
satisfied with the statement of the issue be
tween the parties as presented by him.
The debate will now flow on uninterrupt
edly until Saturday night, with the excep
tion of one evening devoted to the considera
tion of private pension bills, and on Monday
the cross-fire will begin under the five
minute rule.
THE DEBATE IN DETAIL.
MAJOR M'KINLEY'S, ELOQUENT PLEA FOR
PROTECTION.
Tho Opposition of tup Forelsn Element
Welcomed by the Rrpnbllcnns Strong
Points ot tbo New Measure Generons
Applanse from Party Friends.
"Washington, May 7. Just before the
tariff debate opened, on motion of Mr. Mills,
the committee granted to Mr. McKinley the
privilege of speaking without limit, and on
motion of Mr. McKinley a like courtesy
was granted to Mr. Mills. Mr. McKinley
then took the floor in support of the bill.
In the last political campaign, he said, the
tariff had been the absorbing question be
fore the people. It seemed to him that
no extended discussion of this great princi
ple was expected or required or neces
sary under existing conditions; for, if
any one thing was settled by the politi
cal contest of 1688, it was that the
protective policy as promulgated by the Be
publican partv in its platform, as main
tained by the Bepublican party through a
long series of years, shonld be secured in any
legislation which was to be had by a Con
gress chosen in this great contest and in this
mastering issue.
He interpreted the victory to mean; he in
terpreted the majority in this House to
mean; he interpreted the incumbency of the
Presidency of the TTnilea States bv the
present Chief Executive to mean that' a re
vision of the tariff was demanded by the
people, and that that revision should be
along the line and in full recognition of the
principle and purposes of protection. Ap
plause. The Voice of Iho People.
The people had spoken and they asked
this Congress to register their will and em
body their verdict into public law. The
bill presented by the Committee on "Ways
and Means to the House was a thorough an
swer to that demand. It was in full recog
nition of the principle and policy of the pro
tective tariff.
The bill had not abolished the internal
revenue tax, as the Bepublican party had
pledged itself to do in the event that that
abolition was necessary to preserve the pro
tective system, because the committee had
found the abolition of the one was not neces
sary to the preservation of the other. The
bill recommended the abolition of all special
taxes and the reduction ot the tax on tobacco
and snuff, and it removed, the restrictions
upon the growers of tobacco.
With these exceptions the internal reve
nue la w stood as at present. If these recom
mendations were agreed to internal taxa
tion would be reduced a Jittle over $10,000,
000. The committee also recommended a
provision requiring all imported articles to
bear a stamp or mark indicating the country
in which such articles are manufactured.
A Good Reason for Everything.
The reason that actuated the committee
was that it had become too common among
some of the countries of the world to copy
some of our best known brands and sell
them in competition with own home made
product. The next provision recommended
was one extending and liberalizing the
draw-back sections of the laws.
Under the existing statute any citizen of
the United States could imuortan article,
pay duty on it, maue it into a complete
product, export it and the Government re
funded 90 per cent of the duty paid. The
committee recommended that hereafter the
Government should retain only 1 per cent
instead of 10 per cent
This gave to the people of the United
States practically free retail manufactory
for the export trade. The committee said to
the capitalists of the country: "If you think
you can go into the foreign market with free
raw material we will give you within 1 per
cent of free material, and you try and see
what you can do." Laughter. This pro
vision completely disposed ot what had
sometimes seemed an almost unanswerable
argument urged by eentlemen on the other
side that if the manufacturers only had free
raw material they could compete in the
markets of the world.
Interrupted by a Question.
Mr. Sprinirer. of Tllinnie innn;
whether, this provision applied to wool.
Mr. McKinley replied that it applied to
everything. It was asserted bv the minority
that tne bill would not reduce the revenues
of the Government, but that, on the contrary
it would increase the revenues. This state
ment was misleading It could only be
valuable on the assumption that the impor
tations of the present year under this bill
would be equal to the importation ot like
articlesunder the existing law. The in
stant duties were increased to a fair pro
tective point, that instant the importation
diminished and the revenues correspond
ingly diminished. No one could dispute
that proposition. If the bill should become
a law the revenues of the Government wnnM
be diminished from 550,000.000 to 860,000.-
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000.
After discussing the bill more in detail,
Mr. McKinley said that under the duties
fixed by the bill that annual imports or
525,000,000 of agricultural products would
be supplied the people of the United States
by the American farmer rather than by the
Canadian farmer, and that 525,000,000 dis
tributed among the farmers would relieve
some of the depression prevailing and give
them confidence and courage and increased
ability to raise the mortgages upon their
farms. Applause.
The Commerce Willi C'anndn.
During the 12 years of reciprocity with
Canada, the United States had bought much
more than it had sold. What Canada
wanted, what other countries wanted, was a
free and open market in the United States.
v hat the United States wanted, if It
had
. . .
cuiwiciiy, was reciprocity with
equality, recinrnpitv r,, ,. r.:.
procity that was just, reciprocity that would
give her her share in the trade or the bar
gain she made with the other countries of
the world.
Whenever the United States had had
trade, reciprocity or low duties, it bad al
ways been the loser. But he would not dis
cuss reciprocity This was a domestic bill,
.. . .t,p D11K I Applause. I
Mr.
wcrxiniey explained and deiended
the wool schedule and the paragraph in the
metal schedule concerning tin plate and then
passed to the consideration of the free HsL
He said that the committee had taken from
the Iree list and placed on the dutiable list
18 articles, ten oi which were articles ol
agriculture. If the tame quantity should
be imported this year as was imported last
jcar, ims wumu mcrease tne revenue Z2.-
ji, ui w. .uweue tac revenue z.- I
400,000. It had taken from the dutiable list J
and put upon the free list 48 articles which
last year paid into the treasury 561,500,000
555,000,000 of which was from sugar alone.
Growth of the Cnrpet Industry.
Eeferring to the growth of the carpet in
dustry in the United States he said that the
price of carpets had gone down, while the
ad valorem equivalent had gone up. It
was the high ad valorem that the gentleman
on the other side saw, while they shut their
eyes to the diminished price. The lavprite
assault of the Democratic free trader and
revenue tariff reformers was to parade this
high percentage and ad valorem equivalent,
to show the euormons burden of taxation
imposed upon the people. When steel rails
were 5100 a ton there was an equivalent
ad valorem duty upon them of 28 per cent;
but the very instant the price of steel rails
had been reduced to S50 a ton, because of
this dnty of 28 per cent which had induced
our manulactnrers to engage in that busi
ness, the ad valorrm equivalent went up to
56 per cent. The Democrats looked at the
per cent, the Bepublicans looked at the
prices.
The Benublicans would rather have. steel
rails at 550 per ton and an ad valorem of 56
per cent, than steel rails at S100 a ton and
an ad valorem ot 28 per cent. The Demo
crats pursued the shadow; the Bepublicans
enjoyed the substance. Applause. The
Democrats would rather have low ad
valorem equivalents and high prices than
high ad valorem equivalents and low prices.
What was the complaint against the bill?
Was it that it would stop exportation and
interfere with our foreign markets.' The
foreign markets were as accessible under
the bill as under existing law. The were as
accessible under the bill as they would be
under absolute free trade.
Americans Belter Consumers.
The committee would encourage foreign
trade and sustain it, but what peculiar
sanctity bung abouUhe foreign market that
did not attach to the domestic market? Was
tne loreign consumer a better consumer
than the American consumer? Was not
the American consumer a better consumer
and therefore a better customer for the
American producer. Under the system of
reVEnue tariff we bought more abroad than
we sold and paid the balance in gold an
unhealthy state of affairs. The organized
opposition to the bill came from the con
signees here and the consignors and mer
chants abroad. Why? Because it would
check their business. The press of other
countries? Why? Because it worked against
them. This bill was an American bill made
for American interests. '
Much had been said about our foreign
trade and commerce, and our vast domestic
commerce had been ignored. What boots
it that the product of the trreat West found
their markets in New York or Chicago
rather than in Europe? Why should we
pass over the best market of the world our
own market?
Notwithstanding all of these croakings,
however, we were now exporting more orod
ucts than at any time in our history. Our
exports had increased 35 per cent more than
the exports from Iree trade Great Britain.
While Great Britain had between 1870 and
1880 lost 13 per cent of her commerce, the
United States had gained 22 per cent, and
with the same aid to shipping that Great
Britain gave, the ships of the United States
would plow every sea, under the American
flag, in successful competition with the
ships of the world. Applause.
A New merchant marine.
On our Atlantic coast this year would be
produced 100,000 tons of shipping, built by
American workmen, of American material.
Webad enjoyed 29 years of continuous pro
tection the longest period since the founda
tion of the Government and found ourselves
in greater prosperity. In wealth and
national honor we were at the front. In
I860, after 14 years of revenue tariff, the
country was in a state of depression. We
had neither money nor credit. We had
both now. We had a snrplus revenue.
Under the Morrill tariff, confidence was
restored and courage reanimated. With a
great war on hand with money flowing into
the Treasury to save the Government, in
dustries wer springing up on every hand
under the beneficent influence of protection.
The accumulations ot the working classes
had increased; their deposits in saving
banks exceeded those of the workine classes
of any other country. These deposits told
their own story. The public debt of the
United States per capita was less
than that of any . nation of
the world. We lead 'all nations in
agriculture and mining. Could, any nation
furnish such evidences of prosperity? Yet
men were found to talk about the restraints
we put upon trade. Tne greatest good to the
greatest number; the largest opportunity lor
human endeavor, were the maxims npon
which our protective system rested. Ap
plause. At the conclusion of Mr. McKinley's
speech he was warmly congratulated person
ally by almost every Bepublican member
present, while the cry of "Vote," "Vote,"
was heard all over the Western side ot the
hall.
THE DEMOCRATIC DEFENSE.
MILLS, OF TEXAS, REPLIES TO THE BUCK.
EYE STATESMAN.
Tun Reppbllcnn BUI Denounced as Highway
Robbery, Pure and Mmple Protecting;
the Farmer Cpon Products Which He
Exports Absurdity of a Wheat TarlO".
Washington, May 7. After .Major
McKinley had completed his address Mr.
Mills took the floor in reply. He declared
that this was the first bill that had come be
fore the American people with its mask
torn off, like a highwayman, demanding their
purses. Applause. To check importa
tion was to check exportation. Split hair
as you may, no man could show that we
might sell without buying. When we re
fused to take the products of other nations,
that refusal was an interdiction against our
exports, and as we removed the barriers to
free exchange we increased our trade.
Protection, boiled down, meant more work
and less result, and carried out to its con
clusion, it meant all work and no result.
Fig iron was the base of all our iron and
steel manufactures. In 1871 prices were
rising, after a period of depression, and the
imports of pig iron were increasing. From
2,500,000 tons in 1870 the imports of pig iron
rose to 7,000,000 tons in 1673. If the Bepub
lican doctrine was true, then every ton im
ported displaced a ton of American iron.
Figures and Arguments.
But the figures showed that the domestic
product rose irom 52,000,000 tons in 1870 to
119,000,000 tons in 1872. That showed con
clusively that the Democratic position was
right that increased imports increased the
demand for American labor. Following
out the figures, it was seen mat irom isu to
1885, when the imports ofpig iron dropped
off, the domestic production fell off more
rapidly. These figures presented an argu
ment absolutely overwhelming horse, foot
and dragoon all this talk of importations
interfering with domestic employment Mr.
Mills criticised the provisions of the bill re
lating to hides, tinplate and sugar, and then
said:
At length these gentlemen were brought to
their knees at the confessional, and were
bound to admit that there was widespread de
pression tbrouchont the agricultural recions.
What did the bill do to aid asricultureT It put
snear on tne tree list, though all the Republi
cans did not come np like little gentlemen and
take sugar in theirs. Gentlemen on the other
side expressed sympathy for the farmer and
their zeal to relieve the distress which they at
length acknowledged surrounded the agri
culturists. Two years ajo the Democrats
stood bere and declared that the country was
on the edge of a dark shadow. The Republi
cans bad ridiculed this, and had said that the
farm mortgages were only a further evidence
of prosperity and wealth. Laughter.
rtasnr febould Have n PairHbow.
"Why did not the committee treat sugar as it
treated woolen goods and cotton goods and
Continued on Seventh Page.) ,
FINANCIERS IN JAIL.
The Cashier, Assistant Cashier and
Teller of the Dank of America
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FRAUD
Their Arrest Follows and Two of Them
Spend a Few flours in Prison.
A STATEMENT TO THE ST0CKH0LDEES
Which Ihose
Interested Would
Elucidated a little.
Lite to Hare
The cashier, assistant cashier and teller of
the wrecked Bank of America, were ar
rested in Philadelphia yesterday, charged
with conspiracy. A warrant was issued for
the arreot of the President of the institution,
but was not served. The accused furnished
bail for a hearing to-day.
rsrxcTAi. TXLxanjLir to tux dispatch.i
Philadelphia, May 7. As remarka
ble In its way as any event ever recorded in
the mutations of finance, was the meeting
this afternoon of the stockholders of the
broken Bank of America, and the attending
developments. Of the 90 or more men and
the three women who attended this gather
ing not one, aside from the directors and a
lawyer who represented a director and stock
holder, appeared to possess any knowledge
of the institution of which he was one of
the stockholders. ,
William M. Smith, the assignee appointed
by the directors of the bank on the day of
the suspension last week, presented a report
of the condition of the concern, but his
statement was necessarily general in its
nature, and the details most desired by cred
itors must be, and, according to his own ex
planation, will be the worE of further in
vestigation, AN TTNSATISFACTOBT STATEMENT.
The statement presented by Assicnee
Smith showed a nominal surplus of $237,
697 54, but the satisfaction of the stock
holders at this information was tempered by
the assignee's assurance that it would be
impossible to foretell to what extent the va
rious processes of inventory and appraise
ment, under direction of the Court, would
affect this showing, and by the absence of
any information as to the meaning and bear
ing of the leading asset, 5634,689 92, in
"bills receivable."
The stockholders' meeting had promised
sensational developments, but few were pre
pared for the startling prelude the arrest
of the officers of the bank. President,
cashier, assistant cashier and teller on
charges of conspiracy and embezzlement,
preferred by Bodger Maynes, one of the di
rectors. The arrests were not made until
nearly 4 o'clock, and such was the diffi
culty experienced in securing bail that two
of the officials were locked up in the Moy
amensing prison beiore night brought the
desired rescue. Ex-Councilman Bodger
Maynes, of the Twenty-fourth ward, a di
rector and stockholder of the Bank of
America, went down town a little earlier
than the other stockholders.
FOUR WARRANTS ISSUED.
He had decided to act on his own indi
vidual hook, without waiting for the de
cision of the other owners. He called upon
.Magistrate McCarty, on Chestnut street,
shortly before 3 o'clock, and the result was
the issuing of warrants for the arrest of
President Louis E. Pfeiffer, Cashier James
S. Dungan, Assistant Cashier Joshua
Pfeiffer, and Teller William H. Herge
sheioier. The warrants were issued on
two separate affidavits, charging the officers
with conspiracy to injure and defraud, and
with accepting money on deposit, knowing
that the bank was insolvent. The first affi
davit was directed at President Pieiffer and
Cashier Dungan, and alleged simply that
the two officers had accepted from Mr.
Maynes, on April 29, a deposit of 3,300,
when they knew that the bank was in
solvent, in violation of act of Assembly.
The second affidavit was a detailed charge
of conspiracy against Cashier Herges
heimer and Assistant Cashier Pfeiffer, re
citing that on April 29, when Mr. Maynes
had to. his credit in the Bank of America
the sum of $5,500, a check drawn by him
for $2,026 was refused payment by the
officers, on the ground that he did not have
in the bank sufficient funds to pay the
check.
THREE OFFICERS ARRESTED.
The accused officials with the exception
of President Pfeiffer, were arrested just as
they were preparing to attend the stock
holders' meeting, and taken before Magis
trate McCarty. President Louis E.
Pieiffer was not found by the constable, and
as his presence at the stockholders' meeting
was imperative, and for their interest, it was
agreed to postpone his arrest.
It took the magistrate but a short time to
hear the evidence of the prosecution, and
impose bail.
"Three thousand dollars each lor a further
hearing" was his decision. Only in the
case of Teller Hergesheimer was bail
promptly furnished. The magistrate com
mitted Messrs. Pfeiffer and Dungan to Moy
amensing prison. In the evening the neces
sary bail was entered before him at his resi
dence and the officers were released from
custody. This action did away with the ne
cessity of placing President Pieiffer under
arrest, and he returned to his home without
interference. The hearing of all four of the
officials will be held before Magistrate Mc
Carty to-morrow at 12 o'clock.
The items in the statement filed include
the following: Total liabilities, $526,048 23,
of which $321,942 34 are individual dc
poitv$36,748 33 sums due the bank, and
$159,543 17 savings fund deposits. The
nominal assets are $753,745 67, the nominal
surplus, $237,697 44.
LOCOMOTIVE BOIXEE EXPLODES.
Two Men Killed, a Bridge Destroyed and the
Train Wrecked.
Wellington, Kan., May 7. Just as a
freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Bailroad was crossing a small
bridge a lew miles east of this place this
evening, the engine boiler exploded. John
Mack, of Chanute, the engineer, wascrnshed
and scalded to death. The fireman, name
unknown, was scalded and mangled in a
terrible manner. His recovery is doubtful.
The force of the explosion destroyed the
bridge, and 16 cars of cattle were preci-,
pitated in the creek, 15 ieet below. The
loss to the railroad company will be con
siderable. BISHOP BOEGESS FUNKKAL.
Laid Away to Best at Kalamazoo With Im
pressive Ceremonies.
Kalamazoo, May 7. The most impres
sive obsequies were observed from 10 to 1
o'clock to-day, the occasion being the burial
of Bishop Caspar H. Borgess, who was In
terred In St. Augustine Churchyard, in the
presence of an immense throng The cere
monies were celebrated with all the pomp
peculiar to the Catholic Church.
A large number of very reverend and rev
erend clergy were present. Bishop Borgess,
the deceased, was tne founder of Borgess'
Hospital in this city.
Mariners Quit Work.
Seattle, May 7. The strike of all the
steamboat men on Puget Sound occurred to
day. The men left the boats as soon as they
arrived at the wharf. The men demand $5
per month increase in .wages.
THE LAST FAREWELL.
THOUSANDS VIEW THE REMAINS OF SEN
ATORBECrj. Lexington In Mourning; The Body Lying In
Stnie Arrangements for the Funeral
List of Pntl.Bearers, Escort und
Mourners.
Lexington, Kt May 7. The Con
gressional train bearing the remains of Sen
ator James B. Beck, with pallbearers and
escort, reached this city at 1 o'clock this
afternoon and was met by a
large concourse of citizens. The
casket was placed in a hearse and,
escorted by the Congressional party, pro
ceeded to the Southern Presbyterian
Church, where it was deposited at the front
of the pnlpit, on a dias, a rich profusion of.
rare flowers in various designs be
ing tastefully placed about it. The
face of the dead was exposed,
andlthonsands of people passed by the
casket to take a last look at the" well-known
features. The face is slightly turned to the
left shoulder. The casket will remain in
the church until noon to-morrow, when short
services will be held, the pastor of the
Southern Presbyterian Church, Bey.
Dr. W. F. V. nartlett, officiat
ing, and then the dead Senator
wili be laid beside his wife and children in
tbe beantitnl and historic Lexington Ceme
tery. The services at the church will con
sist of music, a prayer and reading the
Scriptures, and at tbe grave the Episcopal
burial service will be recited.
All tbe public buildings and many busi
ness houses in this city are draped in mourn
ing. By the Mayor's proclamation, busi
ness will be suspended from 11 o clock
till 3.
Following is a list of those in attendance
as pallbearers and escort: United States
Senate, Senators William M. Evarts. of
New York; H. L. Dawes, of Massachusetts;
Charles F. Manderson, of Nebraska; Z. B.
Vance, ot North Carolina; John E.
Kenna, of West Virginia; Isham G. Har
ris, of Tennessee. House of Representatives,
Congressmen M. H. Dunnell, of Minnesota;
N. P. Banks, of Massachusetts; Wm. S.
Holman, of Indiana; B. P. Bland, ot Mis
sour., J. H. Blount, of Georgia; W. H,
Hatch, of Missouri, and W. C. P. Brecken
ridge, J. B. McCreary, John G. Carlisle,
Asher G. Caruth, W. J, Stone, J. H. Wil
son, A. P. Montgomery and T. H. Paynter,
of Kentucky.
Others iu attendance: Sergeant-at-Arms
Charles B. Bead, of the Senate; Mr. Draper,
Messenger of the Senate; Mr. J. Fletcher
Johnston, of Washington; General Joseph
C. Breckenridge, of the United States
Army; Mr. W. B. Smith, of the Botanical
Garden; Mr. W. H. Smith, Libra
rian of the House of Representa
tives; Mesdames W. C. P. Breckenrigde,
A. P. Montgomery and N. P. Banks.
Lieutenant Lucien Young, of .the United
States Navy, and Miss Swan and Miss Wil
cox, of Washington. William Bogers
Clay, private secrttary to the late Senator
Beck, of Washington.
The Kentucky escort: Governor S. B.
Buckner. Lieutenant Governor J. W.
Bryan, Speaker H. D. Myers, Senators
Uendnck, Dickerson, Anderson, Mulligan
and Lindsay. Bepresentatives Frazee, Mc
Clure, Cox, Thome, Bruce, Welch and
Wallace. Public Printer E. P. Polk John
son, Register of Land Office Thomas H.
Corbett, Sergeant at Arms Tyler and Cas
sell. GLASS MEM UNANIMOUS
In a Determination to Resist Demands for
f an Increase of Wages.
Chicago, May 7. The five leading manu
facturers of window glass held a decidedly
important meeting to-day at the Audi
torium Hotel in Chicago. All tne factories
in Pittsburg, Findlay, Detroit, St. Louis,
, Ottawa, New Albany, Muncie, Fostoria and
other places were represented, also tbe facto
ries in New York State. T. F. Hart,
of Muncie, Ind., was Chairman, and
William Loefller, of Pittsburg, Secretary.
The important action taken consisted in
signing an agreement to go out ot blast
June 1 instead of July 1. The production
of the various factories represented amounts
to about 400,000 boxes per month,
and the shut-down will throw out ot
employment 5,000 men a month earlier
than usual. The chief factor in bringing
about the early shut down is said to be the
enormous falling off in the demand for
sheet glass caused by the carpenters' strike.
Another feature of the proceedings was
tbe harmonious action on the wages ques
tion. A strong committee, consisting of
Messrs. Chambers, Catlin, De Pauw, Loeff
ler. Hart, Frazee and Mam
bourg was appointed, to whom is
"entrusted the settlement of the wages
question this summer and a decided, deter
mination was manifested to resist any increase
in wages or the adoption ot new working
rules. In view of the fact that not much
over six mouths ago the manufacturers were
divided into factions on the wages question,
this unanimous action is regarded as signifi
cant. SICE AND IN POVERTY.
One of Grant's Fhysiclans Helpless
in a
New York Honpltal.
tSFECTAI, TKLEOKAM TO TBS DISPATCH.
New York, May 7. Dr. John H. Doug
las, one ot General Grant's physicians in his
last illness, is a poverty patient in the Pres
byterian Hospital. Dr. Douglas gave up
his private practice as a cancer special
ist to remain constantly with General
Grant at Mount McGregor. His health
became impaired, and when he returned to
New York he could practice but little. He
went South for his health, but was not bene
fited. He received $7,000 for his services
in attendance npon General Grant,
and also $5,000 which General Grant re
quested should be given him as a token of
affection. Dr. Douglas' wife took charge
of a boarding house in Bethlehem, Fa., the
seat of Lehigh University. She filled her
house with boarders, and was very popular
with the students. She was not accustomed
to such work, however, and her health, too.
nas given way.
Meantime Dr. Donglas came to this city
to try a water cure. A week ago last Sat
urday he was stricken with paralysis and
was sent to the Presbyterian hospital. He
is 66 years old and the chances for his re
covery are not strong. It is possible that
he may linger helpless for a long time.
AN ARTISTIC FINANCIER.
A Buckeye Paroled Prisoner Secures Over
812,000 In Hard Cash.
tSPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TBE PISFATCU.
Columbus, May 7. Fred W. Newburgh,
the paroled prisoner, who served time for
raising vouchers to the amount of $18,000
while in the employ of the State, and was
last weak discharged by a local firm, after
the discovery that be had been taking small
amounts of money, is now in Chicago. It
was discovered to-day that his peculations
as cashier of the firm will amount to about
$12,000.
He was secretary of tbe Columbus Base
bail Club last year, and they place their loss
at $2,000. The firm will not prosecute, bnt
the State will probably follow him.
Pensions Resardlesa of Party.
rSTCCTAI. TELIQRAM TO THX DISFATCH.I
Columbus, May 7. Judeo O'Neal,
former Department Commander of tbe G.
A. B. addressed the Thirteenth District
Service Pension Convention to-night, and,
among other things, said the ex-soldiers
mustetand together and vote tor those who
stood by them, regardless of party. Beso
lutions,. indorsing" this sentiment, were
adopted.
A SPANISH ANOMALY
Who is a Financier, and Yet Opposed
to the Established Monarchy.
GERMANS BUSY IN EAST AFRICA.
John Ball Londlj Protests Against a Postal
- Innovation.
CHAMBEELAIlf PAY0ES LAND PDECHASE
Bismarck and the Emperor Complimented in the
Prussian Diet.
Senor Pedrigal, of Spain, thinks that the
foundations of the throne are shaking. Ger
many is making inroads in East Airica
which causes nervousness in British minds.
Bismarck is bailed in the Prussian Diet as
being one ot the founders of Germany's
glory.
London, May 7. Senor Pedrigal, who
presents the curious anomaly, especially for
such a country as Spain, of being a finan
cier and an enemy of the established mon
archy under which he lives, does not think
that the disturbances in Barcelona and
other places will have a disastrous effect
npon the fate of the universal suffrage bill
now before the Spanish Cortes.
He thinks that the bill will probably be
come a law before the recess of the Cortes in
July. The affiliation of the Civil Guard
with the strikers in Barcelona, he thinks, is
a sign of the times, but one which would be
more significant if it had taken place in a
more conservative community.
abridging monarchical powee.
Barcelona is the only really enlightened
and progressive city in Spain, but its in
creasing wealth has made it the envy of
other municipalities, and the Conservative
leaders will not fail to take advantage of
provincial jealousies. Still, if the mon
archy can be sustained at all, its power will
be greatly abridged, and it does not seem as
if retrogression would be again'possible.
The Germans r.re to take the initiative in
building forts in East Africa, and the
British are aghast at their promnt
hess and foresight. It is obvious that
wherever the boundary is doubtful, the
first comer will have greatly the advantage
and the most practicable road to the great
lakes will be in German hands. The
scheme as outlined is more elaborate than
has been hitherto imagined. Friendly
natives and liberated slaves will be en
couraged to settle around tbe forts and
they will be taught the use of firearms, as
sisted to cultivate the ground and otherwise
converted into useful allies.
BAERIEES TO SLAVERY.
The forts will thus be made practically,
and settlements will be within supporting
distance of each other and will be gradually
made insurmountable barriers to tbe old
slave trade, not perhaps so much ou philan
thropic as on business grounds.
It is interesting to record that the British
postal authorities, having decided to put
the hour and minute of a letter's receptions
upon the envelope, as well as the day, as is
done in the United States, many vigorous
and solemn protests have been made against
the innovation by watchful guardians of
public liberties. These fossilized Britains
detect in tbe project an .unscrupulous inter
ference with private rights and an unwar
ranted proclamation of a fact which the re
cipient of a letter might preier to have kept
secret.
A HOME RULE SUBSTITUTE.
Chamberlain Insists Upon the Wisdom of a
Lnnd Purchase BUI.
London, May 7. Mr. Chamberlain, in
an address to the Oxford University
Unionist League this evening, urged
the Gladstonians as a reasonable
alternative for the admitted risks at
tending home rule, to assist tbe
Unionists to provide for land purchase
bill and leave to tbe fature home rule which
could then be discussed upon its merits un
biased by land difficulties. Otherwise it
would be impossible to pass the land bill
this session except by abandoning valuable
clauses or bv such nse of cloture as had
never before been attempted. Why did not
Lord Salisbury and Mr. Gladstone confer
and arrive at an agreement on tbe land
question, which otherwise would remain to
plague the Liberals in their turn.
He regretted the omission to entrust coun
ty councils with the working of the bill, but
he would do nothing to embarrass the Gov
ernment. He had no wish to rejoin a party
that was drifting toward the principles of
tbe Chicago Convention.
THET WANT TO KNOW.
The German Government Questioned as to
Its Dentins With Political Prisoners.
Berlin, May 7. The Beichstag unani
mously re-elected Herr von Levetzow Pres
ident of that body. The Freisinnige party
has eiven notice that it will qnestion the
Government in the Beichstag as to tbe
method employed in execnting sentences on
political prisoners; also regarding tbe estab
lishment of a court to deal with customs
disputes.
Herr von Levetzow in his opening speecn
lauded Bismarck's imperishable services.
FIGHTING WITH ABABS.
Illnjor WIssmnnn Sleets With a Warm
Reception In Africa.
COLOGNE, May 7. The Gazette's report
of the occupation o Kilwa by the Germans,
says that Major Wissmann made an attacfc
from1 the south, and that two blacks were
killed, but the Germans entered the place.
On the march to Kilwa the expedition had a
number of engagements with Arabs, and re
peatedly defeated them.
Major Wissman is making preparations to
commence pursuit to-morrow of the Arabs
who fled from Kilwa.
EGYPT IS SATISFIED
With the French Conditions for the Conver
sion of Her Iioon.
Paeis, May 7. Tigrane Pasha, the
Egyptian Under Foreign Secretary, and
Mr. Palmer, the Khedive's Secretary, have
notified the French Minister of Foreign Af
fairs that Egypt assents to the French con
ditions for the conversion of the Egyptian
loan, The result gives general satisfaction,
and it is hoped the Powers will concur.
DAHOMIANS DEMORALIZED
Bytho Persistent and Unfriendly Bombard
ins of tbo French.
PARIS, May 7. Official dispatches from
Kotonou say that the bombarding of Whyda
has demoralized the Dahomians, and that
they are inclined to accept the terms of the
French.
Forty-six naval fusileers and 135 marine
infantry have embarked at Brest for Dakar
and Kotonou.
THE CORNER IN C0PPEB
Leads a Public Prosecutor to Make Some
Very Pointed Remarks.
PAEIS, May 7. In the Societe des Met
aux trial to-day the Publlo Proseoutor
J -sought to show that M. -L. Secretan had
G) t
tried to forestall the copper p order
to control prices, and that h(.$,a rained
control of nine-tenths of th5 ction.
This, the prosecutor said, decis XJ roved
that speculation cansed the d TtttA He
demanded the conviction of Q, o used,
though he said they could make 3 total
reparation, as the harm that O i Ven
wrought was irreparable. "t-Si
TAFFY FOR BISHAR 4&
A MODEU OF PATRIOTISM, LOYALTY AND
INDUSTRY.
The Prusslaa Diet Pays a Warm Tribute to
the Late Chancellor The Emperor
Comes lo for His Share Substitute for
tbe Socialist Law Needed.
Beelin, May 7. In the Upper House of
the Prussian Diet to-day General Von Cap
rivi, the Imperial Chancellor, declared that
he was at once with the chamber in its tra
ditional love for Prussia ana the royal
house.
During the debate on the budget, which
then began, Baron Von Pfuehl expressed
the thanks of the House for Cancellor Von
Caprivi's sentiments, and, as reporter
of the budget committee, thanked Prince
Bismarck for the support he had constantly
given to agriculture 'while in office. He paid
a warm tribute to the late Chancellor and
declared that to his policy Germany owed
her favorable financial position. Next to
the Emperor, Germany owed her position in
the world to Prince Bismarck. The grati
tude of the House to the Prince would
therefore never die out. He proposed that
a statue of Prince Bismarck be erected in
the Chamber as a model of patriotism, loy
alty and industry. He concluded his re
marks with an assurance of devotion to the
Emperor, who, he said, steered tbe ship of
State, it with a yonmg yet with a secure
hand.
Count Hohentbal concurred in the re
marks made by Baron Von Pfuehl. In tbe
course of the debate, the Count indicated
the necessity of providing a substitute for
the Socialist law, which expires in October.
Herr Pfeil, a member of the Extreme
Eight, referred to the anti-Jewish discussion
brought up by Dr. Stoecker, in the Lower
Houserand demanded that the Government
introduce a measure to remedy the incon
venience arising from the excessive number
of Jewish pupils in the superior schools.
A RUSSIAN MESSIAH
On Trial for STvIndllne tbe Peasants Oat ot
Their Property.
BT DCHLAP'S CABLE COMPA1TT.1
St. Peteksbukg, May 7. Alexander
Milowany, a peasant of tbe Province of
Urnan, is on trial at Kiev, charged
with personating the Savior and inducing
the peasants to sell all their property
under the delusion that the world is coming
to an end, and he is the expected Messiah
and prophet of this society nf "Tremblers."
The prophet cannot read, but repeats the
whole Bible from memory, having had it
read to him.
The disciples have given him large sums
of money, which he keeps locked up in a
strong box, telling the people that the key
is in the hands of God, but he. as prophet,
is in charge, with the disbursing of the
money for the use of himself and his family.
They Will Visit Plttabnrx Sure.
Beblin, May 7, The Association of
German Iron Masters has accepted an invitation-
from the American Institute of Min
ing Engineers to visit the industrial dis
tricts of America. The visiting party will
number over 100 persons.
Berlin Carprntors Strike.
Beblix, May 7. Seventeen hundred car
penters have struck. They are supported
by their union. The masons have also
struck. Twenty-six masters have yielded to
the carpenters' demand of nine hours.
Afraid of the Strikers.
Peague, May 7. Large machinery
works here have beon compelled to stop
owing to the fear inspired by the strikers.
ST0CKH0LDEES Iff C0UET.
The Contrnet Between the Reading;
nnd
Pennsylvania Companies Illesnl.
Philadelphia, May 7. A bill filed to
day in behalf ot Beading stockholders
against the Pennsylvania Bailroad and
Beading Bailroad voting trustees, asks
that the Pennsylvania road be restrained
from demanding delivery of coal for
transportation; a decree that the agree
ments of the 8th and 27th of June, 1887, are
illegal and contrary to law; a decree that
the agreement shall be canceled and sur
rendered; a decree that the voting trustees
has no power to execute the said agreements,
even if they were valid, and especially if
they exceeded their powers in executing
them because they were illegal; a decree
ordering that the signatures of the voting
trustees to said agreement be canceled, are
also asked.
A BIG PUBLISHING C0NCEBN.
InterestluE Annual Reports of the American
Tract Society.
New York, May 7. The American
Tract Society held its annual meeting here
to-day. General O. O. Howard presided.
The treasurer's report showed that tbe
total receipts for the year had been $322,268,
and that the balance on band was $6,894.
The society has issued 7,435 distinct publi
cations. It has six periodicals with an ag
gregate circulation of 2,413,600.
Hon. William Strong, Jndge of the Su
preme Court at Washington, was elected
President; Major General Howard, Vice
President; Eev.T. W. J.Wylie, D. D.t and
Mr. Joshui J. Bailey, ot Philadelphia,
honorary Vice Presidents; John F. Ander
son, a member of the Board of Managers, to
succeed Judge Van Vorst, deceased.
C00PEBS GIVE IN.
They Declare the Strike OCT and so Buck
to Work at tbe Old Scnle.
Chicago, May 7. The strike inaugu
rated two weeks ago by the coopers at the
packing houses came to an end to-nigbt,
when at a mass meeting the men,
by unanimous vote, decided to go
back to work at the old scale of
wages and hoars. The decision was reached
alter a lengthy discussion and was a result
of the failure of the men empldyed by Ar
mour, Swift and Morris to coout.
Nearly alKof the men who spoke at the
meeting were of the opinion, and in many
instances had been assured that they could
return to work at their old places.
GETTING CLOSES TO SPAIN.
A Proposition to Abolish the National
Trensury of Cubn.
Havana, May 7. It is rumored that the
Superintendent of Finance proposes to the
Government to abolish the Cuban Treasury
and to entrust its financial duties to the
Spanish Bank.
There is also talk of leasing the custom
houses of the island to the Bank of Spain,
which, it is said, will establish a branch in
Havana.
Loyal Legion Election.
Topeka, Kan., May 7. The annual
meeting of the Kansas Department of the
Loyal Legion occurred here to-day. General
A. McD. Cook, of the regular army. Post
Commander of FLLeavenworth, was elected
.Commander of the Department.
THE MONEY IN HAND
i
Andrew Carnegie Gives His
Check for a Million Dol
lars for the Library.
TO VIEW SITES TO-DAY.
Books to be Distributed From
Bedford Basin Building
tbe
ME. BI6EL0W OPPOSES THE SITE.
Artists Say the Picture Gallery Will
be a Boon for Americans.
THE OFFICiJES WHO WILL MANAGE IT
The Carnegie Free Library can now be
said to be on its feet. At the meeting of the
Board of Trustees yesterday Mr. Carnegie
turned over 51,000,000 to the board for its
use. The site3 will be viewed to-day by the
donor.
The initial business meeting of the Board
of Trustees of the Pittsburg Free Library
was held yesterday In the director's room of
the Fidelity Title and Trust Company. No
words were wasted in preliminaries, and
Chairman James B. Scott got rigbt down to
business. The announcement was officially
made that the resignations of Messrs. J. B.
Jackson, Iteuben Miller and Dr. W. J.
Holland were at the disposal oi the Board.
They were thereupon accepted. Chairman
Scott also announced that Mr. Charles J.
Clarke had made a formal tender to the
board of a plot of land in Oakland for a
library site. The matter of sites is in the
hands of the Executive Committee of the
Board.
THE COOL MILLION GIVEX.
Mr. Scott then stated he took pleasure in
officially notifying the board that Mr.
Andrew Carnegie had just transferred to the
treasurer of the board the sum of ?1,000,000
for the use of the trustees. Tbi3 statement
was received with marked satisfaction. As
to the expenditure of a further amount,
which is a matter of reasonable certainty, it
may be said that Mr. Carnegie's generosity
will expand as the needs become obvious in
the future of the scheme. The amount trans
ferred yesterday represents the minimum
stipulated in Mr. Carnegie's original letter
to Councils.
It was stated that Mr. Carnegie prepared
a further communication to Councils which
will be presented at next Monday's meeting,
in which he will indicate the amended linea
ot the understanding arrived at in Tues
day's conference with the Councilmanic con
tingent. THE DELAY A WISE ONE.
When seen subsequently to the meeting.
Chairman Scott stated the discussion of a
site was interesting. The ground covered
showed that the delay insisted upon by Mr.
Carnegie as a nescessity forfull and free dis
cussion of the respective availability of sites,
had been a wise one. Mr. Carnegie had
stated that further discussion by the public
could not probably advance any new ideas,
and that there should be no further delay
that could be avoided. This means that
energetic action is to be taken in the selec
tion of sites and the obtaining of plans for
the buildings, and their selection. Mr.
Scott also stated that from now on, tbe com
mission would examine into the advantages
and disadvantages of a number of sites,
commencing with an inspection to-day, of
the Bedford avenne site. Mr. Scott contra
dicted the rumor that the latter site had
been selected, and said he thought that if it
were chosen, it might probably be simply
the location of the Iarcest "branch" build
ing, with the addition, perhaps, of an assem
bly hall suitable for lectures and of moder
ate size.
THE DISTRIBUTING LIBRAET.
Mr. Carnegie expressed the view that the
Bedford avenue site should contain the cen
tral distributing library for the present un
til the population should shilt more decid
edly eastward, when it would be quite possi
ble and feasible to' make a change, thus re
ducing the Bedford avenue library to tbe
position of a branch library, without being
impaired in efficiency. This proposition was
freely discussed, as was the question of a
music hall at the Bedford avenuesite.
Mr. Carnegie suggested a ball about llOx
170 Ieet, giving a floor space which would
accommodate 3,000 people, and presumably
contain every accessory lor the highest mu
sical purposes such a hall might represent.
As the city must prepare the way for the
selection of the Bedford avenue site, Mr.
Scott preferred to simply consider the mat
ter as a possibility. He declined to bs
quoted further upon the discussion of the
commission, and said th&t Mr. Carnegie's
plans for the main and branch libraries
would be dulv forthcoming. Mr. Scott
said, however, that for the main buildings
and the additions that Mr. Carnagie might
donate, would require such an area of
ground that there was no choice bnt to go
where the circumstances were favorable.
The commission will meet at the Bedford
Basin at 1 o'clock sharp to-day.
AN ARCADED ENTRANCE.
It is said that a prominent gentleman haa
advocated making the main buildings an
arcaded entrance to Schenley Park, with an
arched driveway and an arcbitectual facade
that would outstrip ip crandner any park
entrance in the world. It seemed to be con
ceded that the various braneh libraries
shonld go where a consensus oi the views of
the tributary population deemed most ex
pedient, and the people of Lawrencevilla
received commendation for the way in
which they had grasped the situation and
endeavored to concentrate upon a site suit
able to all views. This may be taken as a
hint to the Southside and West End citizens
to institute public meetings for the de
termination of the same qnestion.
The Museum of Art and the Art Gallery
will be a portion of the cluster of buildings
denominated the "main building." One
trustee advocated a hage music hall to
hold 3,000 people and to be centrally lo
cated; not at tbe Bedford avenue site, but at
some more accessible point A nnmber of
castles in the air were built while Mr. Car
negie listened with a smiling face
and interpolated a word here and
there by means ol showing how
closely he followed and deeply he enjoyed
the general discussion. Some of his ex
pressions can only be indicitiv nf ih. (n.
I tontion npon his part to provide so compre-
"' wau as to leave emoorations or
amendments practically impossible. He
was heard, for instance, to say that these
plans of his were not tor the Pittsburg of
the present, bat the Pittsburg of the luture.
The working out of this guiding principle
means much more to the next generation
than to those who are to assist as citizens
or trustees the philanthropic intentions of
Mr. Carnegie, not that the present adnls
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