' "f" A FOR SALE ' 1 AfiPlttA ' Jdttlfc l I I IP OltW Card puMufted in THE s t A 1 I 1 1 ix M I I I L4 I 1 Pi QMI I! I -1 II II werfcd among the classified adver- I M W DISPATCH is read by all who xvait JP Vl llj J P AAATI Mi MAiUI 213 MsZ3 JLf LLJLL M, I . tUemenU in THE DISPATCH brings I r 7 B fornix or purcAwe. Cl W Mr 'TvfT T Vg "V' C L yWsW ' yrompt and numerom responses. g . 1 . - , . 1 -. ' m A FOR SALE Or To Let Card published in THE DISPATCH is read by all who tvatit to rent or purchase. rOETY-PTFTH TEAR. For the Purpose of Residing .in the White House Four Years More. JEALOUS OF SPEAKER REED. Harrison Thinks the Kew Man From Maine is Too Ambitious. SENATOR CULLOSI A CANDIDATE. He Has Already Incurred the Inmitj of the Administration. PLACKS FOE FAITHFUL FEIE5DS ONLI Every indication points to the conclusion that President Harrison is hard at work for a second term. The power of the adminis tration is already being used against Cul lom and Eeed, who are regarded as danger ous rivals. The Illinois Senator has been severely snubbed repeatedly. Harrison is quietly -working against an early adjourn ment of Congress. ISPEC7A1. TELEGRAM TO TflS DISPATCH.1 Washington-, May 11. Like all of his predecessors in office, President Harrison is laying wires for a second term. Notwith standing his apparent unpopularity and the general dissatisfaction engendered by his early appointments he hopes to succeed himself and will direct all of his future ef forts to that end. But while Cleveland has no competitors Harrison finds several al ready prepared to enter the race and his principal endeavor now is to weaken and destroy them by a skillful use of patronage and by other mean in his power to elimi nate them from the contest so as to leave him in possession of the field. The State of Illinois is ready to present a clean-cut and formidable candidate in the person of Senator Shelby M. Cnllom, who has long been regarded by sagacious politicians as a peculiarly available man. THr REASON FOR IT. The shabby treatment ot the Illinois Sen ators in the matter of patronage is attributed to that fact. Senators Cullom and Farwell have been practically ignored, and the sole object in view in dispensing the patronage of Illinois seems to have been to build up a Harrison party in that State at the expense of the Senators and with the especial pur pose of destroying the influence of Senator Cullom. The first Federal appointment which sur prised the good Republicans of that State was that of Dr. Wilcox as Collector of In ternal Revenue for the Springfield district, i Wilcox was a bolter iC the Chicago conven- from the instructions of the Illinois delega tion to support Judge Gresham. He owed allegiance to no one politically, and his ap. pointment by Harrison in the face ot the fact that both the Senators and many lie publicans had indorsed ex-Speaker Cal houn, of the Illinois Legislature, has proba bly made him one of the President's strong est adherents. ANOTHER SIMILAR CASE. In the case of the Collector of the Port at Chicago Senators Cullom and Farwell and the majority of the delegation in the House recommended William J. Campbell who is ranked among the shrewdest and cleanest politicians in Illinois. The appointment hnng fire for a long time and finally John M. Clark, a man who became so indignant at the nomination of Harrison that be re fused to vote and went to Europe, got the place. It is understood by Illinois politicians that George M. Pullman, of palace car fame, secured the appointment. While the President objected to Campbell because he was the attorney of Armonr & Co. he had no scruples in appointing the man recom mended by Pullman, although the' latter "lias an even greater monopoly in the manu facture and leasing ot his palace car than Armour has in his beef-packing establish ment. These appointments can serve no other pnrposc than to build up an administration party in the State of Illinois and to fill the Federal offices with men "who can be con trolled in the interest of Harrison when the time comes to select delegates to the Na tional Convention, at the expense of Cnllom. The course of the President in regard to Illinois patronage has so far alienated Sen ator Farwell that he does not call at the White Honse or even speak to the Presi dent when thrown into his company. AK object of suspicion. Speaker Reed, who has lately come to be regarded as a dangerous rival, has likewise aroused the President's suspicion and jeal ousy. In the distribution of patronage for the State of Maine he has fared quite as badly as Cullom in Illinois, and his recom mendations seem to have been ignored. On one occasion when Heed had recommended a man for a place, and Harrison told him he would look into the man's character, the big Speaker made a sharp retort and left the White House in an angry mood. As Speaker of the House of Representa tives, seeking to control the action of that body in favor of a policy he has outlined, he finds himself interfered with at almost every stage by the "man at the other end of the avenue." Owing to this circumstance it has required the exercise of all the skill, vigor and diplomacy of which Beed is mas ter to control his side of the House and to keep the forces in line. The consequence is that while in the main he has succeeded in carrying out his programme he has not accomplished all that he desired, owing to the sinister influences with which he has had to contend. MESIDENTAL INTEEFENCE. Instances are given of the interference of Harrison with Heed's plans in the House of Representatives and of efforts on the part of the President to forestall the Speaker in pnblic opinion. The Florida letter is cited us a case in point where the President .sought an occasion to proclaim his stalwart ism so as to offset the popular favor which Seed had obtained among Republicans for his parlimentary revolution. It was also given out with a flourish of trumpets that the President had begun a thorough investigation of the subject of ap propriations for public buildings in which he had even gone so far as to send for and obtain a list of the bills introduced with regard to the action of Congress upon them. It be sides was announced that he proposed to exer cise the veto power freely, and a start was made with the public bnildings at Dallas, Tex., which was accompanied by a veto message pitched in a high key of retrench ment All this, Reed's friends allege, is intended to throw discredit on the House and mainly on the Speaker. It is charged, in addition, that Harrison is antagonizing Reed as far as he is able in the matter of the final adjourn ment of Congress, and that, while Reed is particularly desirous of having a short ses sion, and a'business one, Harrison is using his influence to have it prolonged into Au gust or September, with a view of casting discredit upou the Speaker, who will be held to a strict accountability for any delin quency on the part of the body over which he presides. A TVESTEBN OBSTRUCTIONIST. The movements of certain members and elements known to be friendly to the admin istration and supposed to'be in its interest have been watched, and the result discloses the fact that men like Anderson, of Kansas, for instance, who is a thick-and-thin admin istration advocate, are constantly throwing obstructions in the way of rapid progress of business in the House, much to the annoy ance of the Speaker. The consideration of the Oklahoma ap pointments has been fruitful of disclosing Jully the purpose of Mr. Harrison. A Western Senator, who has received favora ble consideration at the hands of the Re publicans as a candidate for President on the Republican ticket in 1892, approached the Pre.-dent a few days ago in relation to appointments in Oklahoma. The Senator had a candidate for Secretary of the new Territory, whom he pressed very vigorously. The applicant, now a resident of Okla homa, was strongly indorsed by the leading politicians of his native State as a good man,and great stress was laid upon the fact that in his former State he was an important actor in politics. Incidentally it was also mentioned that he was a steadfast friend of the Senator who was seeking to secure his appointment The Senator pleaded for bis candidate, but was calmly told that there was too much politics about the man to ad mit of his appointment JUST A SUGGESTION. The Senator withdrew his candidate, but as the Senator had been a member of the Conference Committee which shaped the bill providing tor the formation ot Okla homa Territory, and had taken a deep inter est in Oklahoma for a long time, he pre sumed to suggest to Mr. Harrison that it was desirable that an able lawyer and a man of executive ability should be appointed Governor. "Mr. President," he said, "if yon will allow me to make a snggestion I'tbink it extremelv important that for Governor of the new Territory you should select an able lawyer, a man ot more than ordinary execu tive ability, and, above all, a man with a cool head." The President raised himself to his full height, even then only reaching the Western Senator's shoulders, and said: "Mr. Senator, I shall appoint a warm personal and political friend of mine as Governor." The Senator retired dis gruntled. Whether Mr. Harrison said what he did without conceiving the full meaning his words might convey, or as a hint to the Senator that he was "glancing ahead to 1892 for renomination, is merely conjecture, uui lue impresnon was leit in the Senator's mind that the remark was sig nificant Other instances of similar -cfetraclO jlnv;ht be cited, jJ-ao Joubt even sironpir evidence of the President's design to suc ceed "himself, by attempting to kill off meg, who are thought to be in the way ol his am bition, will be forthcoming in the near fu ture. What is herein stated, however, is sufficient to show that Harrison intends to dispense whatever patronage is left at his disposal with the purpose of strengthening him among politicians. CULBERTSON MUST FIGHT. QUAY IS HOT AFTER THE ERIE CON GRESSMAN'S SCALP. Two Other Candidate Will Soon be In the Field for the Seat Separate Primaries Held In Order to Prevent Intary to Dela mater'a Interest. irEOM'A BTATF CORRESPONDENT. Washington, May 11. Now that the primaries are over in the Erie Congressional district, and the supporters of Delamater have scored a victory, it is probable that a very interesting Congressional contest will be begun, about which little has been said hitherto. Mr. Cnlbertson, the wealthy lumberman, who now represents the Erie district in Congress, hasbeen congratulating himself 'that he would have no opposition tor the renomination, and does not now seem to know that there is any plan on foot to oppose him with another candidate. The chief reason for the holding of separate primaries for the State and Congressional delegates was that the one might nbt affect the other. If there were to be quarrels and heated controvertions each should stand on its own footing. It is probable Mr. Cnlbertson will soon comprehend that he is not to have entirely plain sailing, and that within a few days an announcement will be made of the can didacy ol his opponents both in Erie and Crawiord, the two counties that compose the district In Erie county it is said that Hon. John McBrier, who was years ago prominent ki the Councils of the city of Al legheny, will be brought out to capture the home county of Mr. Culbertson, and the strong anti-Culbertson faction in Crawford connty have abont decided to present the name of Rev. Henrv D. Lowing, of Lines ville, a popular and able clergyman, who, it is thought, will at least hustle the Con gressman in a lively manner, and many politicians of Crawford county freely pre dict that Mr. Lowing will easily walk away with the honors. Many of the former supporters of Mr. Culbertson, in both counties, are now ar rayed against him, and notable among these is "ex-Congressman Dick, of Meadville, who was really responsible for the nomination of two years ago. Mr. Dick is a power in the politics of Crawford county, and his in fluence, it is claimed, will be a serious factor against the Congressman in his race for the renomination. Mr. Culbertson's iriends do not admit of the possibility of his defeat, bnt they acknowledge that he has lost some oi the most influential of his political friends of two years ago, and that the fight will probably be a hot one. rffGAIXS' LATEST IDEA. lie Will MnUo a Political Speech Upon tho Fnll of John Roach. FBOM A ETAFP COBKESrONDENT. Washington, May 11. Mr. John B. Roach, a son of the late John Roach, the famons ship builder of the Chester yard, and Prof. Grose, formerly private secretary ot the older Roach, are at the Arlington Hotel, and it is reported they are here at the request of Senator Ingalls, who desires to get the details or the ill treatment of Mr. Roach by the Whitney administration, which resulted in Mr. Roach placing his property in the hands of assignees and greatly injuring his business, and it is said the Senator proposes to show in a political speech in theSenate that Roach suffered the most outrageous and inexcusable persecu tion at the hands of Mr. Whitney, on ac count of their liberal contributions to Re publican success, and that the eloquent Kansan will make this his great -speech of the session. CARLISLE IN THE LEAD. THE BATTLE FOR KENTUCKY'S SEAT IN THE SENATE. L Probably No Nomination Will be Beached nt the First Meeting of the Caucus To. Night Buckner Mar Prove to bo a Formidable Candidate. Louisville, May U. The Senatorial contest has gone forward briskly to-day. Ex-Congressman McKenzie reached Frank fort late last night, and to-night formally announced himself. Aside from this there is little new as to candidates or estimates of strength on the first ballot in the Demo cratic caucus Monday night It is clearly understood that no election will be made until the caucus nominates. All agree that Carlisle will have a big lead on the first ballot, and the rest of tho votes will be pretty evenly divided between Knott, Mc Creary, McKenzie, Buckner, Lindsay and Reeves. Ex-State Senator Laban T. Moore, of Catlettsburg, and ex-Minister Boyd Win chester, of Louisville, will probably not be in the race at all. They have not allowed an annonncement of their names. Carlisle's friends are aggressive and want to push the contest to a conclusion the first night. They hardly hope their chief can be stronger by a long waiting fight On the other hand, all the others believe they will do better by waiting, and they will be able to prevent a nomination at once. Ex-Congressman McCreary is held to be especially favored in any prolonged fight on account of his cood generalship and popular manners. It is claimed he never came ont of a race weaker than when he went in. But in this case it is not generally believed he can win, no matter how long the contest lasts. Governor Buckner has developed great strength. His friends have been stirred up by the movements of the enemies he has made by vetoing bad measures, and by his criticism ot the late Judge Jackson, of Louisville. W. L. Jackson, a son of Jhdge Jackson, who has been interestedin lobby ing at Frankfoit this winter, is' said to have 24 votes pledged against Buckner. Bucfc ner's friends, in response, have been moving everything in their power, and it is believed when the final test comes it will be between him and Carlisle. His record as a Governor has made him very strong with the people, and while he has offended many politicians, his friends claim that legislators who regard their Btanding with their constituencies can turn from him onlyto Carlisle. The caucus will probably refuse to adopt the rules of dropping candidates with the first vote. Only one or two ballots will be taken Mon day night, and adjournment will be had till Tuesday night, and so on till a nomination is made. A POLITICAL SENSATION. THE DEMOCRATS IN RANDALL'S DISTRICT GET TOGETHER. A Compromise Effected Which Will Soto the Seat to tho rnrty McAleer With drawn in Favor of Ex-Mayor Vaux Centner Will Do Likewise. rspuciAi. tzliohih to this dispatch.! Philadelphia, May 11. There was a great sensation in political circles here to night when it was learned that State Sena tor McAleer had withdrawn from the con test tor the seat in Congress made vacant by the death of Samuel J. Randall. The Dem- osratic lesrjsrs in the lower rrrds o,,the district c together y2arly tVia afternoon and aftet along colWtation, Mr. McAleer beingpresent, the latter agreed to withdraw in favor of ex-Mayor Richard Vaux. Then word was sent to all the McAleer delegates to attend a meeting at "Squire McMullen's house at 8 o'clock this evening. All the delegates responded. Select Councilman Peter Monroe, of the Third ward, called the meeting to order. He said that in view of the condition of affairs in the Third Congressional district it was necessary, in order to save the district to the Democrats, that some step be taken toward securing harmony. The plan that seemed best to Senator McAleer and his friends was for that gentleman to withdraw Irom the contest in favor of some one on whom all the Democrats of the district could unite. After some discussion it was agreed to draw up a letter to Senator McAleer, to be signed by all the delegates present This was agreed to. The letter was drawn np, pledging the support of the delegates to Mr. Vaux, and Mr. McAleer drew up and signed a long letter declining the nomination and heartily concurring in the movement lor Vaux. There is little doubt that Gentner and his people will do the, same thing. All the better elements of the party are greatly pleased with this turn of affairs. If Vanx is unanimously nominated, as now seems Erobable, there is no doubt of his election y a large majority. The convention meets to-morrow morning, and the election will be held on May 20. WATSON IN A BAD WAT. Leo and Emery Havo Enough Delegates to Insare Ills Defeat. rSPECTAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Warben, May 11. In the Twenty seventh Congressional district, Congressman Watson has carried Warren county, which gives him 5 conferees, and Cameron county, which gives him 3, or a total of 8. Senator J. W. Lee carries Venango, and Lewis Emery carries McKean, each with 5 con ferees. A combination between the two would de feat Watson for renomination. The second choice of the Venango conferees is Watson, so that unless Emery throws his conferees to Lee, Watson will be renominated. WATSON .WOK IN OH. CITY, Bnt Lee Was an Easy Victor in the Best of tho County. IETXCIAI. TELXOBAM TO THE DISPATCn.l Oil Citt, May 11. Owing to severe storms the lull vote for the connty cannot be secured. Senator Lee and his delegates carried Venango county by a good majority, although his opponent, Watson, carried Oil City. W. B. Crawford secured the nomination for Assembly, but the issue between James and Van Natten is undecided. John H. Evans winB for Prothonatory, Frank Barr lor Register, and F. M. Allison for Treasurer. Delamater's delegate Cooper and Mattern, had a good majority. TEAPPISTS ELECT AN ABBOTT To Take Charge of the Famons Blonastery at Gethsemane. Louisville, May 11. Father Benedict, Abbott of the famous Trappist Monastery at Gethsemane, near Bardstown, has re signed on account of having become a paralytic, and therefore incompetent to attend to the duties of that position, and Father Edwards has been chosen in his place. Father Eueene, of" Melrao, France, General of the Trappist order, came to con duct the election. All the professed monks were entitled vote. The Vicar General and three fathers presided. Father Edwards is known to the world as Edward de Bourbon, and is of French de scent He has been a member of the La Trappists for 30 years. Notification ot his .election has been sent to the Pope, and he will abacst certainly be confirmed, 'PITTSBURG, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1890. GERMAN! FOR PEACE, But Will Keep Dp a Birr Standing Army to Make Sure of It. THE USE OP SMOKELESS POWDER Will Necessitate a Change in General Mili tary Tactics. BIS1IAKCK AS A LITEEAEI. B0KA1.ZA. fabulous 6ums Offered to the Prince to Write a Volume of Memoirs. Emperor William is a man of peace, bnt he has no intention of decreasing the Ger man military strength, nevertheless. The introduction of smokeless powder will neces sitate some changes, however. The length of the term of service may be shortened. tBT CABLE TO THE OISPJLTCH.J Bbemn, May 1L Copyright. When the German Emperor came to the throne all fhacongiegation of prophets shouted with one accord that he was bent upon war, and that immediately. War did not come, but a congress for the discussion of working men's needs was held in Berlin, at Vhich the alleged firebrand Kaiser labored as hard as the most enthusiastic ol the delegates. At this unexpected conduct there was 'no other course open to the above-mentioned professional prophets but to forthwith cable to the ends of the earth that fears were en tertained for the Emperor's sanity, and that a general disarmament was to be looked for. Neither view has any foundation, and re flects but the dislike of all things German prevailing in England, a dislike no greater than the Englishman's proverbial ignorance of Germany. TVILL BE IN EEADINBSS.' We have good reason for holding the view that Germany has no idea of Reducing her military establishment by a single bat tery or battalion, at least if the Emperor knows bia own mind. The most unpopular man in Germany to-morrow would be the one to propose the weakening of Germany's fighting forces. Notthat Germans love to pay war taxes or desire to enconrage in their midst the false notions of personal merit that are fos tered by a large military caste, but every child of the Fatherland' believes that the material and political development of his country is directly a product of the nation's power to protect herself against any two of her hostile neighbors, and is no more dis posed to quarrel with his war budget than we with the cost of an efficient police force. Where will it all end is a question often and seriously asked, not merely by liberals in politics, but also by men near the throne and responsible for government depart ments. No one can tell just now. CAN STAND THE PEESSDBE. Some nations must go into bankruptcy soon. But the German philosophically re flects that he can stand the pressure better than any ot his neighbors, and is tberelore perfectly ready to let the Emperor go full steam ahead and risk the consequence. If there is one point on which the Government may be expected to relax its pitiless de mands in matters military it is that of re ducing the time of service Irom three to two years, though even this reasonable reqnest does not meet with unanimous snpport in Parliament firen'arthe hands 3'-tbe'-CDn-' stitntional party. The Radical are its champions, and there is reason for thinking that they will gain strength for their motion as the session proceeds. Many members to-day carefully abstain from offering any opposition to Government measures until Caprivi has dis closedmore fully his intentions, and such as may in a few weeks support the two years service bill, now decline to make a stand on the subject, particularly as the introduction of smokeless power has raised newanestions regarding the instrnction necessary on the part of the soldiers. ONLY TO GAIN TIME. The War Minister, Duvernois, is credited with opposition to the reduction of military service, bnt if such is the case it is probably for the sake of gaining time and drawing out information on the subject from compe tent authorities, -the matter is a new one. The War Minister himself is new to his office, so is Waldersee, the chief of staff, fo is the Prime Minister, Caprivi, and so above all is this bugaboo of smokelees powder. When it becomes better understood it will be seen that, as with torpedo boats, it has added but little to the terrors of war, that men have rapidly adjusted themselves to new conditions, and war is very mnch to day as it has been for 30 years. During the maneuvers in Germany held last year, cov ering about two weeks of continuous fight ing, largely with smokeless powder, the practical observer, without being necessa rily a professional soldier, must have drawn the conclnsion that now at last we have such a state ot things to meet as onr savages would have solved had their arrows carried 1,000 yards instead of 100. A CHANGE OP TACTICS. Heretofore the European soldier has had but the most rudimentary knowledge of sharpshooting, his firing being necessarily directed against masses of smoke and not against individuals. Onr Revolutionary War first called into being the art of skirmish fire that Napoleon the First used so ef fectively,and the Civil War praetioally abol r ished the massing of infantry under fire. In the absence of that merciful veil of smoke that heretofore encouraged soldiers to approach the other lines without realizing the danger they might be running into, each man will to-dav see the full risk he is run ning and will rnn himself if his officers do not take another lesson from America. The supreme task of an officer to-day is not generally to have his troops march with precision, bnt to teach them to keep cool under fire, to choose shelter, to stand off at long range and to pick off their individual man in other words to do what the average American boy who owns a gun would do by instinct were he put into the ranks. The German Emperor knows the Individual battles of our struggle as well as any officer in onr service, and it it can be made cleaf to him that the German can in two years accomplish all that is necessary to be a good soldier, there is every reason to believe that on economic and social grounds ne win heartily support the measure, particularly as he knows that Scharnhorstand Gneisenau neld two years to be long enough service for the soldiers that fought in the great wars against. Napoleon. QEEATEE BESPONSIBILlrr. Smokeless powder, we may conclude, will place greater responsibilities upon the offi cer than heretofore, and make the scientific branches of the service more important than ever, particularly' the railway and tele graph, for fighting lines will be longer and thinner than ever; and the importance of rapid communication between distant points more than ever necessarv. If this view is ac cepted in Germany there seems gronnd for holding that the battle cry of the Parlia mentary reformers will be from now on not exactly free trade and sailors' rights, but tariff reduction and soldiers' rights, for the Liberals have promptly introduced the1 tar iff measures of which you were informed some days before Parliament met 4 Bismarck still lives, thanks to a news paper in Hamburg which is regarded pa his organ. He remains very bitter against the Emperor, for whom he once promised to .draw his dying breath. Bnt of late he has been so busy in receiving and weighing! most flattering offers from nearly every pub lishing house in the civilized world to put his memoirs in book form that he has had little time for anything else. SOME LITEEAKY OFFEBS. Not a magazine ' but has made him princely offers for an article from his pen, and Minister Phelp is besieged with ap plications for an introduction to the retired Chancellor. Erain Pasha has a story to tell which is awaited with greater interest by Germans than those now feasting Stanley. Herr Schnitzer, alias Emin Pasha; has al ready sent on to a kinsman in Berlin many bits of rare interest in the way of letters and curios. This kinsman has grave fears on acconnt ot the explorers health, and we were told that it was still doubtfnl whether we should ever see the promised memoirs from his pen. Every mail from Airica, however, is suspected of containing some of Emins secrets. The power of "national jealousy is illustrated here, that every Englishman despises Emin Schnitzer Pasha and every German Speaks of Stanley with hatred. If the Kaiser wished war in Africa it would not take him long to find the occasion. WONT STAND PEESECDTI0N. Tho Rothschilds Stand Up in Defense of Their Co-Uellglonit. Fbankfoet, May 11. Baron and Prince, Natalie Bothschild have werned Emperor Alphonse and Count Taaie, Minister of the Interior, that if imprisonment ot the He brews is continued at Vienna they will be forced to transfer their .business there to Pesth, whither, they claim, the leading banks will follow them. , Wn Idling; the rjllrer Bill. London, May 11. Mr. Chaplin, Presi dent of the Board of Agriculture, expresses a strong interest in the action of the Royal Currency Commission and the American Congress in regard to silver. Metal Plates Reduced ia Price. Berlin, May 11. The rolling mills owners have formed a convention and de cided to reduce the price of metal plates. Dockmeo Striking;. Hamburg, May 11. Seven hundred dockmen employed on American steamers have struck. STOCKHOLDERS PREFERRED. Tbo Financial Outlook for the World's Fair Look Very Brlsut. Chicago, May 11. Stockholders and not bondholders are to be the preferred class in the finances of the World's Fair, so the Committee on Ways and Means deoided at its meeting yesterday. The original financial scheme contemplated the issning of bonds to the extent of making up any difference between the amonnt of stock sub scribed and $10,000,000. the amount re quired to be raised. The outlook for the subscription of the entire 510,000,000 of stock is so promising that the committee decided not to issue bonds. This will make unnecessary any pledge of receipts to guar antee the payment ot bonds. It will put the stockholders in the position of being the first to receive the benefits of a financially successful outcome of the fair, instead of making them subsidiary to the bondhold ers. For Director General, a new name has been suggested, that of W. B. Strong, late President of the Santa Fe road. There are two strongly urged candidates for the 'Secretaryship Colonel H. C. Corbin, of Chicago, and President Walker, of tbe Bos ton Institute of Technoloev. The latter madoa special study, of the Earis,Exjo tion. SAMOA'S TREATY SIGNED. The Expense of, a Native Government to be Borno by tho Forelcn Residents. San Fbancisco, May 11. Particulars have arrived from Samoa of the signing of the treaty by King Malietoa and the American, British and German consuls on the 19th of last month. Great interest was manifested in the event, and a large num ber of the natives and nearly all the white population of Apia assembled around the house where the treaty was ratified. Several days before the treaty was ratified the three consuls sent a letter to Malietoa enclosing a copy of the treaty as adopted by tbe Berlin Conference, and giving the fol lowing explanation: Tnis treaty will allow the people of Samoa to form a government under their own native king strong enough to preventl further civil war. and to keep peace and good order in Samoa, thus offering every security for tho future welfare of tho people. The carrying out of tho provisions will, it is true, cause considerable expense, but it is not on tbe shoulders of tbo people of Samoa, but it is on those of the foreign residents of the islands that the heavier part of tlio new charges are lain. It will, therefore, be for tbe best interest of the Samoan people that tbis general act be as a whole assented to and ac cepted by the Government ot Samoa. THE FIGHT STXLL ON. Chicago Carpenters Warn Union Workmen Away From tho City. Chicago, May 11. Another step was .taken to-day in the fight between the union carpenters and the old Master Carpenters' Association. Six hundred printed circulars of warning were sent out by tho journeymen to various unions throughout the United States and Canada. The circnlars are to the effect that the strike against the old bosses is not off, and urging that every means be taken to keep carpenters from coming to Chicago. This action of the journeymen is intended to neutralize the latest efforts of old em ployers in the matter of getting men. UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. Louisiana's Lesisiature Will Ask Congress to Tako Cbarce of the Iievecs. Baton Rouge, May 11. The concluding term of the biennial session of the Legisla ture will begin to-morrow at noon. Among the leading matters to be considered will be the question of an extension of tho charter ot the Louisiana Lottery Company, railway legislation and Government control of the levees. It is understood that during the first week of the session a joint resolution will be intra-' duced asking Congress'to assume charge 'of' the levees. MURDERED AND CREMATED. The Body of William Rodscrs FoodcI in tho Ruins of Ills ITome. rSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THIS DISPATCBY1 CHAELESTON.May 11. The dwelling house of, William Rodgers, located in Mer cer county, was. destroyed by fire last Wednesday night, and Thursday morning a search 6f the ruins revealed the blackened bones of the owner. There were no certain means ofascertain ing .either the cause of the fire or Mr. Rodgers' death, but it is believed by his Iriends that he was mnrdered and the house subsequently fired to hide the crime. KILLED BY A SINGLE BLOW. A Man Mrirdcred Because Ho Failed to Pay f ' lor the Drinks, La Crosse, Wis.j .May 11. Oliver W. Olson was kill this afternoon by a single blow in the neck, struck by William Dewey, who was temporarily tending bar in the saloon of O. A. Hunt Olson's refusal to pay 40 cents for a round of drinks was the reason for the bartender striking him, -i COAL FOE THE WEST. rittsburg's Product Driven Oat Chicago by the Operation Of THE IKTER-STATE COMMERCE LAW. An Inferior Article From Indiana Illinois Now Used. and EFFORTS TO SECURE BETTER RATES. Some of tbe Lake Cities Are Matin; Use of Their Water Facilities. Pittsburg coal has been practically driven out of the Chicago market The inter-State Commerce law put an end to rebates and special rates. As a result the inferior prod uct of nearer mines is now the chief sonrce of snpply. 1SPSCIAL TZEEORAM TO THE DISPATCH. I Chicago, May 11. A 'combination of unlucky circumstances has practically shnt Pittsburg coal ont of the local Chicago mar ket, and thus prevented the Pittsbnrg mine owners from reaching a population of nearly 2,000,000 in this eitv and surrounding towns, such as Joliet, Elgin, Dixon, Kankakee and a score of others that might be named. It is everywhere conceded that Pittsburg coal is far superior to any other with which it comes into competition, and it is well known that the cost of mining it is lower than the cost of mining other coal, but the freight charges for carrying it from Pittsburg to Chicago are so high that it is far cheaper for Chicago to buy an inferior coal produced nearer home, in the mines of Northern Indiana and Illinois. The prize that is thus slipping out of the hands of the Pittsburg men in the loss of the Chicago local trade is so valuable that they have been eagerly, looking around to see if they could not hit upon sope means of re-establishing themselves and regaining the lost ground. Thus far they have not succeeded in accomplishing anything. Tney have interviewed railroad men and asked for more favorable terms, bnt the railroad officials answer that they cannot do any thing, and so the matter rests, A well known Pittsburg coal man, who has been in Chicago for a number of years, said this aft ernoon that the inter-State commerce bill was responsible for the trouble. THE REBATE SYSTEM. About four years ago, said he, all the Pittsburg coal that came to Chicago was brought in by abont four large firms, of which W. P. Rend & Co. was the best known in Pittsburg. Each had a. secret special rate, or rather each had a rebate from the regular rate of 52 CO per ton for shipment from points within 20 miles of Pittsburg to Chicago. What the actual charge was nobody but the shipper and the railroad company knew, but it fell below 52 per ton. Besides that, certain shippers were given other favors. The railway offi cials were careless about weighing their cars, and it was a common thing for a ship per to be allowed to load 16 tons onto a 12 ton car and have the extra four tons taken to Chicago free of charge. The result was practically to place the coal trade between Pittsburg and Chicago in tbe hands of a few shippers, bnt it also left Pittsburg-coal free to compete in Chi cago for the local Chicago trade, and beinc a very superior article there was no diffi culty in selling it. But with the passage of ttsQ-inter-Btate .commerce MI! all this was changed. "The rate" was fixed at $2 25 per ton irom Pittsbnrg to Chicago, and every shipper was compelled to live up to it. The result was a large increase in the price of Pittsburg coal, and a vast quantity oi in ferior coal came pouring in to take its place, and then Pittsburg was not able to hold its own. QUITE A DIFFERENCE. The freight rate from Pittsburg to Chicago is 2 25 per ton. From Indiana and Northern Illinois the freight rate to Chicago is from 60 cents to $1 per ton. The cost of mining in the various districts varies, bnt it may be averaged at about 51 per ton. Thus the. Indiana and Illinois coal can be delivered in Chicago for from 81 60 to 52 00 per ton, while the Pittsburg coal cannot be delivered to Chicago for less than $3 25 and the Hocking coal for less than abont 53 per ton. "What the Pittsburg miners need," con tinued the speaker, is a reduction of about 50 cents per ton in the freight rate from Pittsburg to Chicago. Judsing from what railway men have said I think that they might be induced to make a re duction of 25 cents per ton if they were not afraid that that would be met with a corre sponding reduction on the part of the roads which carry the Indiana and Illinois coal, whl) would compel a further reduction, and they say that below that figure they cannot haul freight at a profit." The high freight charges irom Pittsburg to Chicago operate also to the disadvantage of Chicago, for it is a well-known tact that the Pittsbnrg coal which used to pass through Chicago in going to the markets in the West and Northwest, has been diverted to Milwaukee, Duluth, Ashland, Manito woc and other points which are reached by lake from" such points as Cleveland and Erie. AN INJURY TO CHICAGO. Chicago is thus deprived of the freight charges which wonld otherwise be paid to roads runninsr from the East and reaching out into the West and Northwest, the profits of handling it in transit, and the large sums which would be realized from buying it and rebelling it to purchasers farther West Ia this respect the Chicago window-glass men display a great deal more shrewdness than the dealers in Pittsburg bitnminons coal. Four or five firms in thia citv absorb the entire prodnct of the Pittsburg factories and resell it to Western purchasers, thus securing for Chicago the profit that comes from handling the entire glass snpply for the Middle and North west. The coal men wish to do the same thing, but up to thia time they have been baffled "by the high charges ofjhe railroads and no scheme has yet been suggested by which this difficulty can bo overcome. THEY CALLED AN EXPERT To Find Oat Whether tho Bottlo Contained Whisky or Something- Else. rEPECIAL TSXXGBAM TO THB DISPATCH. 1 New York, May 11. Policeman Hamil ton bought a flask of what purported to be whisky in Kern's grocery store at 2276 Eighth avenue to-day, and arrested Died rich Gerkin, the cleak who sold it to him, for violating tbe excise law. "I did not taste the whisky, but I bought it for whisky, and the bottle is labeled whisky," the officer told Justice Murray in the Harlem conrt. "Then, I move the prisoner be discharged on the ground that the officer don't know whether he purchased whisky or water," said Lawyer Vancott "I have the bottle here," said the officer. He produced the bottle, drew the cork and tasted the contents. "It's whisky," he said. Lawyer Yancott sampled the decoction and declared that it was not whisky. . Lawyer John Coman was called by the court. "Yon will have to settle this question as an expert," said Justice Murray and Lawyer Coman still further rednced the contents of the flask. "That stuff would make a man drunk," he said. "The accused is held for trial," said Justice Murray, and drinking lathe Harlem court was suspended for the day. X THREE CENTS "1 NOT EXaCT.':?..?'ESS. The Female Municipal k.'&jKO n Kansas Town Resign In i, ISrECUI. TILEOKAU TO Tl Y t O lIT.t Olathe, Kjin., May 11. oCf. s.re cently elected municipal office. "i7 of Edgerton, this county, Mrs. fk "T Mayor; Mrs. Thomas Greer, Policy 'r r and Mrs. Nat Ross, Mrs. Rolla ,a, Mrs. H. C. Brown and MSIrs. Stewart. The members of the City Council have become disgusted with their newly acquired honors and have resigned their positions. They were elected originally as a joke. When they were qualified and manifested a disposition to reform the old way of doing things, the men kicked and made such a racket that life became burden some to the fair young officers and they threw up the sponge. Mrs. Kelly was visiting in the city to-day and in an inter view said that the ladies had laid out a programme to build sidewalks, cleanthe streets, close up the hard cider joints and stir up the old dry bones generally, but the men declared - that as they paid the taxes there should be no change made, and so rather than have a row, the ladies determined to resign to let the men who are so wed to their idols run things as they have heretofore. The men may have a tew dollars, bnt the little city loses'the best chance for a genu ine reform it ever had. The men, however, are not all opposed to the ladies, and several of them declare tnat they will re-elect the female officers at the special election which has been called for May 19. I the ladies are re-elected they will consider it an in dorsement of their intended programme, and will qualify and carry out their pro posed reforms. STILL SAFE IN HOND'ORAS. Edward Crawford, Defaulting: Bank Mes senger, Not Yet In an American Jail. rSFZCIAI. TISOBAM TO THE DlSPATOn.t Philadelphia, May 11. Edmund, G. Crawford, the bank messenger who stole ?41,000 in New; York some years ago, and who was recently arrested in Hondnras, is still in Honduras. It was reported that he had been sent to tbis country on the steamer Signe, which arrived at this port late last night with a cargo of fruit, but that report was untrue. Crawford stole 541,000 in cash from the American Exchange Bank of New York, and escaping de tection for a time, succeeded iu reaching British Honduras with his booty. The supercargo of the Signe, Mr. George Bush, who, while in Puerto Cortez, met Craw ford, said to-day that Crawford and the Pinkerton detectives were at Pnerto Cortez when the Signe left. He added: I do not see hnw the detectives are going to get him borne, for tbis reason: Tbe only line of steamers sailing from there carrying passen gers is the one which conveys the mail and a cargo of fruit to New Orleans. On May 1 the quarantine with New Orleans goes in force against the brinin of passengers to that port; tbe ship would have to go into quarantine and be fumigated. This would jeopardize the cargo of fruit and under these circumstances no captain would bring the detectives and Crawford away. It looks to me as if tbey would be stuck there unless a special steamer ia sent to bring tbem away. MAY BE A STRIKE. Miners Insist That Their Demands be Granted by Tbelr Employers. rSFXCML TKLKOBAM TO THE PISPATCH. 1 Brockwaytille, Pa., May It The situation at the mines is still quiet but something definite regarding a strike is looked for by Monday, when the men ex pect answers from the companies to their demands. Superintendent Robertson, of the Northwest Company, has answered his men that the company will pay the scale if the other operators do. The raise, there fore, depends upon the Rochester and Pitts burg Company, of Bell, Lewis & Yates. The miners say that it the Dubois and Reynoldsville mines come to the scale there will be no trouble elsewhere. It those mines are not granted the advance a strike is likely in some of the districts, at least. If the Toby branch men are not given tbe increase to-morrow they will hold a mass meeting and decide what steps to take in the matter. Whether or not a strike will result is an open question among the miners. Some think a compromise will be the result some that the demand will be allowed, while others apprehend a fight. TORNADOES IN MISSOURI Wreck Houses and Barns, and Kills and Ininres Many Persons. St. Louis, May 11. Several violent storms in the form of tornadoes have oc curred in different parU of North Missouri within the past two days, and a large amount ol property has been destroyed and several persons killed. In Harrison county a nuLiber of houses and barns were demol ished and a lanre amount of farm property destroyed. William Wilson and his two small children were blown away with his house and killed and several persons in jured. In Gentry county more than 20 bnildings were destroyed and Mrs. Nathan Green was killed. Cattle and hogs were killed, and a good deal of general farm property as well as crops ereatly injured. Five orsix dwellings and several outbuildings were blown away south of Memphis, fences car ried away and orchards swept down, bnt no body killed. , Near Blythesdale Mrs. Jane Moore and Mrs. Henry Young were fatally injured, and a number "of other persons more or less seriously hurt. More than a dozen honses were wrecked and other property destroyed. A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. Twelve Union Tailors Arrested on the Com plaint of the Thirteenth. tSPICIAI. TSLEOlAH TO TUB OISPATCn.1 New York, May 1L Twelve tailors, all dressed in their best Snnday clothes, stood up in a row before Police Jnstice O'Reilly in the Yorkville Police court to day. The tailors were all prisoners. F. F. R. Tureek, also a tailor, charged with con spiracy. All the. tailors were employed until last April By John Patterson & Co. jFerdinand F. R. Tureek, the complainant, was employed entirely on ladies' garments. All the journeymen tailors employed by the firm, about 140, are members of an as sociation, which is a branch of the New York Journeymen Tailors' Protective Benevolent Union. The trouble began when Tureek was fined 56 by the union. He refused to pay it and the other men demanded his discharge. The firm being threatened with a general strike was forced to discharge him. He, therefore, charged the prisoners with conspiracy to force him 'out of employment Alter much argument the case went over. Michael Duffy, an undertaker, gave bail in 5300 each for them until Wednesday morning. An Amerlesn Ship Wrecked OfT Australia. :f FECIAL TELEGItA-M TO THE DISPATCrX.l San Francisco, May 1L The steamer Zealandia, from Australia, brings news of the wreck of the bark Emelie, owned in San Francisco, on March 26, off the New Zealand coast, in a great gale. The cap tain and seven seamen were drowned. Four men, were rescned by a tug. Relief for Thirsty Cattle. Helena, Mont., May 11. A rain and snow storm is reported to-day from all over Montana. The country was greatly in need of rain and the present storm insures plenty of feed on the ranges the coming season. niTti i vrrv mn t i -n-rr W J3AJ3A ALW UK) MJ3I. 1 Strange and Tragic Story of a Wealthy Turk and His Ladylove. A MATEIM0HIAL ADVERTISEMEKT leads to an Acquaintance Ylhich. Bipens into Fond Affection. HE IS KILLED AXD SUE DIES OP GRIEF. T&e Eomance DeTdtped in a Salt for a life I&snranea Policy. A suit to recover on an accident insur ance policy brings to light a romance which is entirely ont of the ordinary. A girl who opened a correspondence with a wealthy Turk dies of grief when the lover she never saw is killed. rSPECIAI. TZUEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCTM Buffalo, May 11. The preliminary trial of a suit against the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, brought by Syri gan S. Fostikyan, as administrator, for the killing of Stephen K.BaDasinian, an Amer ican, has just teen finished here, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff for $5,700. Nothing of importance was brought out at the trial, yet behind it is a story that is de cidedly romantic On it are the leaves of a crushed heart and a tragedv. Babasiuian came to this country from Constantinople. He went to Chicago, where he engaged in business, and by economy and indnstry managed to amass a small fortune. But money alone did not bring happiness, and many times Babasinian longed for a wife to share his fortnne and his sor rows. By chance a matrimonial paper came into his possession and he answered three advertisemenls of lovelorn maidens, who set forth their matrimonial aspirations in glow ing colors. Among the others was Mis3 Bertha Beman, of Woodbury, N. J. She charmed the Turk and impressed him greatly, and though his knowledge of En glish was somewhat limited, his heart was right and Bertha and he were soon carrying on a correspondence that meant more than mere friendship, and which finally resulted in the Turk's death while journeying east ward to see her and her own death later from grief occasioned by her lover's sad fate. TO MEET niS LOVE. The letters became more ardent, and it was finally arranged that a meeting shonld be arranged, and if the liking was mutual marriage should be the result. A short time afterward Babasinian con cluded to come East. Accordingly he wrote to Miss Beman, informinghertbathe would start for Woodbur on the next train. He purchased an accident insurance ticket, -good for 24 hours, and inclosed it in the letter to Miss Beman. He also wrote to two other advertisers with whom he had been corresponding. One was a, Cincinnati girl who signed her name "Birdie," and the other was a Philadelphia belle named Flor ence. He promised to call upon them soon, as he was preparing to come East Tbe next that the girls heard of him was his tragic death. Babasinian had got as far as Niagara Falls on his Eastern trip; he was intending to go to Watertown, N. Y., first to transact some business. Just east of the Fall"', at a place called Lewiston, he took a Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg train, and while passing from the smoker to the rear car, just as he was stepping from one car to tbe other the train parted and he fell between the cars and was CRUSHED TO DEATH. Mis3 Beman heard of the accident, and soon learned that her claim to the ticket was worthless, for the policy was payable to Babasinian's heirs. A suit for damages against tbe railroad was begun at once, and one is now pending against the Traveler's Insurance Company to recover the amount bf the policy 53,000. The suit against the insurance comoany will be tried in Sep tember. Both suits will probably go to the Court of Appeals, which ever way the in termediate courts decide. The railroad has already appealed. Miss Beman was prostrated by the shock of the death of her lover, and as a result she was suddenly taken with quicK con sumption and died in Philadelphia, broken hearted, February 14, of the present year. Lawyer Bartholomew, of this city, is try ing the cases. He went to Philadelphia to get the story and the insurance ticket Said he: "It is a romatic story; Miss Beman was a talented young lady and an interesting conversationalist, and had she and Baba sinian ever met there would, undoubtedly, have been a romantic marriage." The other two correspondents "Birdie" and Florence have not been heard from. THE WIDOWS MIGHT Is Stubbornly Resisted by the fquallers Shs Is Tryloe to Oost. nTECIAl. TEtlOKAJt TO THE DISPATCH I Wheeling, May 11. A telegram S3ya New Martinsville, Wetzel county, 40 miles from this city, has been the scene ot a riot during the past four days, and that much excitement still exists. The trouble grew out of an attempt to expel a large number of squatters from a 5.000 acre tract of land owned by Mrs. G. L. Robion. Having charge of the land, Mrs. Robison divided it into farms, built honses and rented them. This was objected to by the squatters, and a mob of 100 men gathered at the tenant houses occupied by tbe widow and her children, tore tbe house down, and burned the rnins and all the belongings. The Sheriff is on duty at the vicinity, but when he comes to serve the warrants trouble is expected. A HURRICANE OF DEATH. Cloudburst and Cyclone Strike East Sandy With Destructive Force. rsrscxAi. telegram to the dispatch.:) Oil City, May 11. The most destructive cloudbursts and cyclones ever known struck this section about 11 P, 31., Saturday. Houses, barns, bridges, oil well rigs and gas lines are in ruins. At East Sandy about eight miles from here the residence of William Nunnemaker was blown down, burying the.entire family in ruins. Mr. and Mrs. Nunnemaker are seriously injured, and their two children will die of their injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Jackson were buried in the ruins of tbeir residence and were taken ont dead and badly mangled. The residences of Thomas Starr and William Lambertson were de stroyed. The Valley Railroad also suffered severely. FOR A WHIP SYNDICATE. The Latest Branch ot Business to Catch Eager English Capitalists. rSPECIAI. TELIQUAM TO TUE DI3PATCH.1 SrRlNGFlELD, Mass., May 11. A repre sentative Irom New York of an English syndicate visited Westfield to-day with a proposition fo buy out the large whip manufacturers of that town, in connection with a plan to consolidate the whole whip interests of the country 'under a capital of $1,000,000. The syndi cate desires to purchase the plants, which are at the present time not very lucrative, and which would give the English full con trol of the business. If is understood that the Westfield whip makers are thinking the matter over and that further developments will be expected soon. i - i 4 1 1 life j,
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