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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.
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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.
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