BEYOND STATE L IS Major Brown Says Citizens Can Import and Sell in Origi nal Packages. THE BROOKS LAW NOWHERE And Iho Only Remedy Lcfl is Amending the Constitution of the United States. SUSTAINED BY OTHER LAWYERS. lout Liquor Men Will Fight Snch Houses and They Are Aot Afraid the Trade Will be Injured. A MYELT SQUABBLE IN THE SENATE. teasing Statesman Indnlje in an Acrimonious Debate Orer the Hatter, and Call Each Oilier Harsh Xames. TALK OF STAEI1KG IMCKiGE HOUSES HKCE The general opinion of local lawyers is tbatthclawas laid down in the original package case applies to residents as well as non-rcsi JcoU. Major Brown even holds that the liquor can be drank on the premises by the buyer. An attempt was made yesterday to bring np the matter in the Senate, but it failed. Some harsh language was indulged in. Vnrions rumors wcro afloat yesterday of men who had been refused n license who intended to open "original paclcaee" houses under tho decision of the United States Supremo Court, but invariably vhen run down the people were not ready to say what thoy would do. It was stated that Finchs' intended to open branch liouics In "Wash ington and Findleyvllle, both towns being Id prohibition districts. The firm, it was stated, would then ship their liquor to Ohio, nud send it back, under the decision. Lawyers nay it could bo done by changing the stamp on the packages. Mr. W. K. Llpplncott, the SmlthCeld street distiller, is authority for the above state ments. He says Mr. Finch told him that be was thinking of starting the branch homes, but Mr. Lippincott was afraid it could not be done. J. JC Durr, when asked whether the re . port that he intended to open a liquor store and sell in original packages under the de cision replied: "Having been refused a retail license, I expect to go to Onio and open a wholesale bouse. Having about 500 barrels of whisky on hand I will have to sell it. I do not think of opening up here. I believe a person could sell as acent from another State in the original package with entire safety. I have rented my house here tor another business and do not care to make any other arrangement in this city." A report was current yefterday that Bert ram Stricr, of the Southside, intended start ing an ''original package" house at No. 56 South Twelfth street. He applied for license, but was refused, and is now a bar tender for Jacob Rhode, The report was declared to be groundless last night, and that there had been no thoughts of such a move on the part of Mr. Strier. OPINIONS OF LAWYERS. THEY AGREE THAT THE OPINION IS A SWEEPING ONE. D'cjor Brown Snys Any Cliiz-n Can Import Liquor nnd teell It nt Once in I lie Clrieionl Packnge Can Only bn Stopped by Amending tbc Nntlonal Constitution. "What do you think of that United States Supreme Court decision," said the big po liceman at the corner of "Wood street and Fifth avenue yesterday to Frank Woog, the hotel man. "Oh, it doesn't amount to much," the lat ter carelessly replied. "It doesn't, eh," ejaculated the copper. "Well, I think it amounts to a good deal. It has torn up the city." This is only a slight incident of the in terest taken in the discussion by everybody. The liquor men were early on the alert, and I the lawyers' offices were flooded with them,, asking for opinions. The attorneys were all at sea, and some of them could scarcely realize that the Supreme Court had taken such extreme views on the importation of liquor. Judge Fetterman smiled up his sleeve wen he remembered that he had stolen a march ot a few days on his legal brethren. Twitted the Jndgr. A number of his colleagues had good- naturedly twittea me Jndge when he de clared the Brooks law and all prohibitory enactments bad been knocked skyward by the "original package" decision. "Surely you were not quoted correctly," said John S. Lambie to the Jndge. "Yes, I was," the latter replied. "Oh. bosh! Why, your position isridicn lous. That is not in the opinion." "Rut read it, Mr. Lambie," insisted the Judge, and thereupon Sir. Lambie sat down, and taking up a DisrATcrr, he be gan to wade through the decision. As the force of the Chief Justice's language commenced to dawn upon him, his eyes opened wider, and when he had fin ished, he said: "Well, Fetterman, you are right; but it is bad law," and Judge Fetter man laughed heartily as he remembered the incident. The Legal Side. Many of the lawyers hadn't read the opinion, and were not prepared to talk at first when seen yesterday. Some had glanced over it carelessly, and had come to the conclusion that there was nothing in it to get excited over. Others held that the law only applied to non-residents, and it wouiaDean exceedingly risky thing lor a citizen of this State to "imnort liquors and sell them once in the original packages. Without doubt from his experience and recognized ability the opinion of no other nan at the bar would carry greater weight than Major A. M. Brown's. The Major had read the decision in The Dispatch in the morning, and when questioned by a re porter was prepared to answer clearly and explicitly. Said he: "If this opinion of the Chief Justice is correctly reported, and I haven't any doubt that it is, then it simply means that -any man In any State can import liquors, open np a place and tell them in the orig- ,inalrpacksges once with perfect impunity In spite of the Brooks law or any other form of prohibition that the State may contrive. Blast Chance tlio Constitution. It is a constitutional quostion, and nothing "but a change in.the Constitution can cor rect It. .Not even Congress can pass laws to stop the Importation and the first sale, for such laws would be unconstitutional. The only way that the sale of liquor in this manner can be prevented Is by an amend ment to the National Constitution." flint," interrupted the interviewer, "in this case it was a non-resident of the State who did the selling. Can anv citizen of Pennsylvania import and sell onco in the original packages?" "Certainly, that is exactly the right that the opinion gives to every man. It makes no distinctions between persons,and whether a man is a resident or non-resident that doesn't make any difference. Why should the Supreme Court give a citizen of West Virginia a privilege that is denied to a citi zen of Pennsylvania?" Local Iinw No Rood. The local laws in such a case will not apply, and prohibition whether by the Brooks law or in anv other form is a dead letter as long as this decision -stands. And it is well that it is so. What is the use of prohibiting traffic in one State when liquor cau be obtained in another. How ridicu lous it -was in the days of local option. I remember in this very ward where we are now the local option law prevailed, bnt not in the oext one, and all a man had to do to get a drink was to cross the street. Well, he easily got it, but the law made him walk a short distance to get it." "Can the buyer from these original pack age houses drink the liquor on the prem ises?" "1'es, if a roan has the right to buy, he can drink it wherever he pleases, either in the house or out on the pavement. Cannot Prevent It. There is no law in the State to prevent it. nnd I donbt if one could be legally passed. If the buyer pulls the cork out of the bottle and drinks it in the package house, he can do it without any danger. This opinion of the Supreme Court is based on the princi ple that inter-State commerce cannot be interfered wsth by the States. It is possible that a State could pass laws to regulate and control traffic between its own people. For instance, the State could place a reasonable tax on these imported liquors, but it must not be higher than the tax im posed on its citizens. It couldn't either be so high as to act as a bar to tho importation. People after a remedy mmt amend the Constitution of the.Unitcd States." What Mr. Christy Snrs. 11. C. Christy was tho next lawyer ap proached, and at first he held the opinion that only non-residents could' import and sell. Ho then began to suggest various plans how this feature of the law could bo easily evaded by any citizens, il he were so inclined or cared to put himself and hli fatnllr to tome inconvenience. Hut Mr. Christy concluded to go over the deoislon ngain, nnd when he had he said the lan guage was so plain and direct that ho no longer had any doubt about the question of residence. Any citizen of the United States could import and sell once in tho original packages under the decision. "What will be the effect of this decision? Well, that is hard to tell. It is broad and far reaching in its scope, bnt I think In the end it will react against the liquor men. It only illustrates to what de gree of lawlessness the liquor men will descend in the pursuit of their business. The people will stand a little of this sort of thing, but not too much of it. The fllnjorltr Must Hale. In this nation it is a recognized principle that the majority rules. Now in Iowa and Kansas a majority of the people in both States, by big majorities, have several times decided that tbey dida'J want any liqnor "sold within their borders. This attempt of the liquor people to ignore the will of the majority and to fasten on them the sale of their products, will only result in time in a national prohibitory law." When "William S. Pier. Esq., was asked for Lis opinion of the decision, he said: "I am not inclined to go as far as some people do in their interpretation of it I don't think it is so sweeping. There are several phases of the question that hare been over looked, and I should consider it a risky business for a citizen to embark in the original package trade without a license." Mr. Pier then carefully reread the opinion, and he bad to admit that it was a good aeal stronger than he thought it was, still he was inclined to lean toward the authority of the State laws. High License Set Back. "It really does look to me," he continued, "as if high license had received a severe blow. The decision impliedly gives a citi zen the right to import and make one sale before the liquor becomes subject to the State laws. Following out the decision to its logical seqnence it discriminates acainst the home manufacturer. That is, the Slen benville or Youngstown brewer could sell his beer to agents here, while the local brewer would not be allowed to do so. This is a. case where a. national and State law are antagonistic, not in principle, but in effect. "But the liquor could not be drunk on the premises. The Brooks law would pre vent that. At this point the State laws would apmy with lull force. But here is another point that might make some dif ference. According to the facts in the case this was not a criminal prosecution. It was a suit brought to recover the value of property that had been confiscated. No attempt had been made to sell it, and un der such circumstances the Court might have acted otherwise. I would advise peo people thinking of entering the original package business to go slow." Blnjor Brown Correct. Cyrus C. Brock said that Major Brown was probably correct in the position he had taken, but the decision did not go that far, and it is better to abide by just what it says'. When you attempt to add to or take from a law, you are liable to get into trouble. Mr. iSrock insists that the law only acnlips to non-residents at present, though he left the impression that if a test case were made the court would extend it to citizens. There is also considerable discussion among the liquor men as to what an original package is. Mr. Brock says that it is the box or package that is delivered to the com mon carrier; that if it contains beer in bot tles and the package is broken and one boi'le is taken out and sold that the sale comes under the State law, and is illegal, but if the beer is delivered to the carrier by the bottle for transportation that then it can be sold in that form. Mr. Brock suggests that if the original package business becomes profitable that the railroads conld easily make cars to carry liquor in small packages. Tho Law Plain Enough. F. C. McGirrL also thinks that the law is plain enough, and it does not apply to citi zens. A foreigner, brewer or distiller can ship his product to his agent in a State, and that agent can sell it Mr. McGirr says that there is nothine new in the decision, nnd that foreign liquor men have always done this. "If the decision means what Judge Fetter man says it does." said W. It. Errett. Esn.. "then all I have to say is that the otiinion is based on flimsy reasoning." W. D. Moore said: "I have not seen the decision, but what is meant by 'original package' in . this instance is the package as if comes into the State, no matter whether it be a quart or a barrel." Judge Slagle said he did not feel like ex pressing an opinion on the matter unless it came before him in the regular way. Jndge White said he had nothing to say, and hurried as fast as comported with ju dicial dignity to the clnssic shades of Sewickley. , Jndge Collier said he might have had an opinion if he had seen the decision, but did not care to talk regarding it in the absence of information. Judge Mageo said he hadn't seen the decision, and would not wish to express an opinion, anyhow. Ho seemed to think it might not bo exaolly what the nnbllo gener ally conceived, but objected to being quoted in any way, either with or without specific information on the subject. WHAT LIQUOR MEN SAY. THE MAJORITY OF THEM NOT PLEASED WITH THE LAW. ( ' Borne Think Ilia local Trado Will Not ba IcJuredXTtirr Will Make It Hot for, Original Package Uoue Chief Brown Will Enforce the Btnte Lnw. The liquor men as a rule don't like the decision. They could be found in groups in each other's store discussing the situation. Some had consulted their lawyers, but tho attorneys eouldn't give them much satisfac tion. The language seemed plain enough, but still they were not quite sure that the law gave citizens a right to exercise it. "This law won't hurt us much," said W. J. Friday. "The 'original package men, even if tbey do open branch houses in Pittsburg, wouldn't be able to compete with the man who pays a high license. The question tnrns on what a package is. It is the box in which the goods are shipped. Lecnl and Illegal Hales. "For example, I import wine from Eu rope by the case containing so many bottles. If I break it and take ont a bottle I become an illegal liquor seller and am liable to the State laws. Bnt if the liquor is shipped in smaller packages the expense would be so great that they couldn't begin to sell at the prices offered by the local retail men, nnless the quality is very inferior. Besides that, a buyer would not be allowed to drink the liqnor on the premises, and if it were a case of wine, no man conld get away with that much anyhow. "Of course we have the same privilege in other States that the foreigner has in Pennsylvania. No, I have no intention of opening any branch houses, or of going into the original package business." Can't Understnnd It. Mr. T. D. Casey was fonnd in rather a confnsed state of mind. He confessed frankly that he didn't understand the de cision, thongh he had read it several times, and ho was anxious to get any light ho conld. He had always understood that the oricinal package was the form in which tho liquor was put up by the producer, bnt the dissenting judges in their opinion stated that the original package could bo of any size, nnd this is what floored Mr. Casey. "If," continued Mr. Casey, "this decision means that any citizen can import nnd sell liquor onco in the original package then our business is revolutionized, and if it is con fined to non-residents, thon it is a very strong encroachmont. I suppose that tho result will bo that all the small retail dealers next year will not tako out license." Would Hurt tlio Basinets, , Mr. Casey was looking ahead and could see any number of people engaged in his business, nnd realizing that with the compo. tlon came lets trade and profit. Tills, In fact, was the view taken by many of the local liquor men, and nil such held that the decision would injure their business. Mr. U. E. Llppencott, the Smlthfield distiller, was of this opinion, and he had already heard of several whisky men who intended to go into the original package trade. Hn couldn't see that his uuslncss wonld be helped much by going into other States and worKing lor trade. Mr. Bennett, of Bennett Bros., said the greatest injustice would be done the licensed trader who has paid his 9500 for the privi lege to sell, which the Supreme Court nullifies by allowing a man who pays noth ing to compete with him. Snrprleo to Prohibitionists. A. Unckenheimer & Bros, did not think the trade would be affected by the decision. Tbey thought it would upset the calcula tions of the prohibitionists, for under the law tbey could now sell in prohibitory dis tricts. Mr. Onckenheimer doubted that a foreign liquor man conld ship his product into licensed territory and sell it. Joseph wainwnght said he didn t be lieve any attempt would be made to sell under the law in Pittsburg. He thought it was a daneerons matter, and any man who did it would be sued. Ho expressed the opinion that there enough saloons now in Pittsburg, and the business wonld be fairly conducted. Other liquor dealers seen spoke in a sim ilar strain. Chief Brown said last evening: "If a man attempts to act under this decision and opens a wholesale house in this city without paying license I will order his arrest. I do not hold my position for the purpose of dis criminating in Federal decisions. A man trying to violate our State laws in that man ner will be arrested. We will let the courts fight it ont." TEOUBLE IN THE SENATE. CAUSED BY THE RECENT ORIGINAL PACK. AGE DECISION. Ad Kflort to Pn n BUI Covering tho Mat ter Falls A Passage nt Arni Between Ilonr nnd Flnmb Olbcr Articles that , Will bo Affected. Washington, May 14. Among the measures reported to-day in the Senate was tbe bill subjecting imported liquors to tbe provisions of the laws of the several States. In connection with the latter- bill, Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, who reported it from the Judiciary Committee, said that he would ask the Senate to take it up for consideration at an early day. Mr. Hoar, a member of the Judiciary Committee, explained that the bill bad been rendered necessary by the late decision of the Supreme Conrt of the United States holding that intoxicating liquors manufactured in one State and con veyed into another, and there sold by the manufacturer or his agent; cannot be inter fered with bv States. The Court bad inti mated that States could not pass snch pro hibitory or regulating statutes witnout the permission of Congress. He fully concurred in the purpose of the bill, bnt he supposed that the principle of the Court's opinion extended to other things than distilled spirits (to opinm, for in stance, and he should have preferred that the bill should have applied to all ar ticles which States might fdesire to prohibit tbe sale of. However, in order not to delay action in tbe matter he bad assented to the report. Mr. Edmnajds, also a member of the Ju diciary Committee, expressed the same idea. He was of the opinion that, philosophically, the bill onght to be a comprehensive one and to cover all the things that the States snonld nave a rignt to lorbid as relating to health and safety, but for tbe reasons stated bv Mr. Hoar he bad assented to the report of the bill limited to intoxicating liquors. After further discussion by Mr. Vest, Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, Mr. Plumb desired to know what question was before the Senate and was informed by tbe Vice President that there was no question pending. He then amended the regnlar order, and when Mr. Hoar desired to make some far mer remarKi, jut. riuuu oujectca and in sisted on the regnlar order. Air. Hoar re marked that he bad never seen such an ex hibition of boorishness" before. "Then it is because you never look into a glass," was the retort of Mr. Plumb. Original Package Case In Slalne. BANGOB, May 14. The first "original package" case in Bangor was before the Municipal Court yesterday. Officers had seized a 16-gallon and 8-gallon keg of ale in James McGuire's storehouse. Mc Gnire testified that hs was an agent, receiv ing liquor from Massachusetts, and he in tended to sell in the original packages. Jndge Brett announced that he wonld de liver his decision in a two days. . ' - " ACCUSED OF PERJURY That is the Ghat-go Two Democratic Congressmen Make Against JAMES CAMPBELL, OP PITTSBURG. Tariff Affidavit That Is Alleged to Bo Entirely False, TOE GLASS WOBKEB IS NOT DISMAYED. He Comes Biek at His Opponents In Vigorous Manner. a Decidedly In the House yesterday Bynum, of Indi ana, accused Glass Worker James Camp bell of perjury. Wilson, of West Virginia, supported the charge. Colonel Bayne said that he would as soon believe Campbell as either of his colleagues. The labor leader himself talks in a vigorous style. Washington, May 14. During the progress of the tariff debate to-day Mr. Mc Millen, of Tennessee, alluded to Mr. Camp bell, of Pittsburg, a glassworker, asking for protection from foreign labor, whilo he was charged with importing foreign labor in violation of the contract labor law. Mr. Bergen, of New Jersey, ventured to say that Mr. Campbell was a Democrat. Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, said that on the contrary Mr. Campbell was an ardent sup porter of Harrison. Mr. Bayne, of Pennsyl. bania, testified to the good reputation enjoyed by Mr. Campbell. Mr. Bynum denounced Campbell as a perjurer. Campbell had come before the ways and Means Committee and had held a consultation with the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Wilson) and himself, andthen had gone away and made an affi davit which was false from beginning to end, and had Campbell ever come into his (Mr. Bynum's) district, ho wonld bo in a prison cell to-day. A QUESTION OF VERACITY. Mr. Bayne said that he wonld tako Mr. Campbell's word as soon as he would take that of the gentleman from Indiana, and be knew them both. Campbell was tho chosen representative of a large organ ization of reputable workingmen. and nny insnlt or indignity offered to him was offered to them. Though they .were in the llouio of Representatives thero was no authority under the Constitution for any member to assail the character and rep utation oi a citizen. Mr. Wilson, of Weil Virginia, confirmed what the gentleman from Indiana had said. Campbell had bad an Interview vith the gentleman and himself. Ho had then gone away nnd made an absolutely false affidavit. Afterward, to bolster np tho statement, he made an affidavit, 10,000 copies of which were scattered over his (Mr. Wilson's) district. In the public press and on every stump he had felt it his dnty to denounce Campbell as a perjurer and to declare that his affidavit was, from top to bottom, a lie. BAYNE'S REJOINDER. Mr. Bayne said that ho knew nothing about the affidavit, but never wonld believe a charge of this kind until the man had been convicted in a conrt of justice. In the conrse of some further remarks Mr. Bynnm said that tbe Committee on Ways and Means, in the formation of its hill, htol. closed the doors ol tho Capitol against the labor of the country, but admitted the manufacturers. The majerity of the committee raised tbe curtain and peeped out to see who was there. The very entrance to the Capitol was closed in order to keep anybody Irom com ing in but those the majority wonld allow. They admitted the manufacturers, but if honest labor came and knocked at the door it was not admitted. Mr. Candler, of Massachusetts, offered an amendment fixing the rate of duty on lamp chimneys at 45 per cent ad valorem. Most 53 to 70. Having considered 16 of the 156 pages of tbe bill, the committee rose and the Honse adjourned. CAMPBELL STRIKES BACK. HE SAYS THAT HIS AFFIDAVIT STRICTLY TRUE. WAS Tbe Interesting Interview Which Tied to tho Dlspnte A Challenge to Bynum and Wilson to Make Good Their Accusation by Sworn Testimony. Mr. Campbell was seen last night in re gard to the charges made by Messrs. Bynnm and Wilson. He did not seem in the least distnrbed about the matter, and said that nothing else could be expected from them. He said that when they stood np on the floor and made such a statement of the case it was a lie, and, as for catching him in Bynum's district, he had nothing to fear, and if Mr. Bynum was around next fall he would prob ably see him right there. He had made affi davit to his statements, which are the bone of contention, and bad again and again challenged Messrs. Bynum and Wilson to maCe a counter affidavit, but they have not done so. Mr. Campbell then went on to explain the matter.THe said that in February, 1888, he was in Washington, as a member of the legislative committee of the Glassworkers' Association. The committee was working earnestly to defeat the Mills bill. He bad letters by which he hoped to gain an audi ence with the President, and it was while seeking this audience that he was introduced to Messrs. Bynum and Wilson, in the rooms of the Ways and Means Committee. In his argument with them he compared the relative wages of glassworkers in Eu rope and the United States and said that in England the workmen only received 515 per month. Messrs. Bynnm and Wilson said that was good wages. Mr. Campbell asked how a man could keep a family on that amount, and the reply was that it the man had a little home he conld get along comfortably enough. The state'ment was published in the Pitts burg papers, and copied by the Wheeling Intelligencer, the editor of which wrote him asking if he would make affidavit to the statement. This he did. If Mr. Wilson or anyone else's district bad been flooded with circulars Mr. Campbell did not do it. STRIKES ADD DIGNITY. An Important Question to bo Rolled In tbe Enllwnr Conductors' Convention. , rSFECnl. TBLZQBAM TO TUX DISFATCU.l Rocn&STEB, May 14. The 320 delegates to the order ot Railway Conductors met in business session this atternoon at the City Hall and devoted five hours to a discussion of the annual reports. No information con cerning the proceedings was made public In the lobbies of the hotels the discussion of tbe question of strikes has been rather lively at times. The constitution of the order contains a provision against strikes, and many of the members believe that this Erohibition causes the order to be less ighly esteemed and its utterances to be more lightly regarded by the railways. No test, however, of the relative strength of the strike and anti-strike fac tions has yet been made. There is a consid erable sprinkling of railway officers of a higher grade than conductors present. These officials give force and dignity to tbe anti itrike party. V- A BIQ VICTORY FOR THE RAILROAD EM PLOYES ININDIANA. After rntlent Waiting Tbey Have a Henr Ing, and Their Ceo Is Favorably Con sidered by tbo Employers Adrnnclntr Their Wages. Tehiie Haute, Ind., May 14. For sev eral days there have been quiet rumors ot trouble on the Ohio and Mississippi Bail road between tbe engineers and firemen and the company. Wheh Grand Chief Sargent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen arrived home to-night he was met by a reporter to whom he gave tbe particulars. Thirty days ago a local grievance committee of engineers and firemen on the road waited on President Barnard, at Cincinnati, and asked for more wares, besides changes in several rules. President Barnard asked for time. On May 3 he offered some concessions to the engineers, who declined them unless the firemen were recognized. On May 5 Grand Chief Arthur, of the engineers, and Grand Chief Sargent called on President Barnard, who received them courteously as individuals, bnt refused to treat with them as official representatives' of their Brotherhood. Tbe local committee then relused to .have further consultation With 'President Barnard. , Chief Sargent, as President of tho Su preme Council of Federation of Railway employes, which consists of three grand officers of each of the orders of Firemen, Brakemen, Brotherhood Conductors and Switchmen, called a meeting of the council, which was held yesterday. A communica tion in the name of the council was sent to President Barnard asking for an interview which was granted nt 2 o'clock. At 5 o'clock an agreement was reached by which the labor organizations were recognized for the first timo on this road, an increase in wages obtained and changes in the rules to the benefit of the men. The engineers' pay was increased to 3 2-11 cents a mile for passenger engineers, 4 cents for freight engineers, four cents for four and six. wheelers, and 1 cents for consolidated engines. Heretofore firemen have received CO per cent of the pay of engineers. Hereafter they will receive 54 per cent. One of tho important changes in the rnles is that seniority is to prevail in promotions on divisions. Ono of the interesting feat ures or the settlement is that tho Federated Council, which the engineers have so far abstained from membership, secured bene fits for the engineers. Tho new scale of wages is now in harmony with that in force on competing lines. CELEBRATED THEIR FIBS. Tho Tenth, Anniversary ( of Billion's Con. flngratlon lite Oeenslon of a Fete. tSrxCIAL TELIOnAM TO TUB DISrATCn.1 Milton, Pa., May 14. Tho tenth anni versary of the Milton fire was celebrated to day. Special trains began to arrive in the morning laden with people from Williams port, Lock Haven, Renovo, Lewisburg, Harrisburg, Northumberland and Sunbury, and by noon the pretty streets of the little city were crowded by a throng aggregating 20,000. All the prominent thoroughfares and business and private places were in holiday array, and tbe American flag was to be seen every where. At 2:30 o'clock the parade of fire companies, Patriotlo Order Sons of America, bands of music, drum corps and other organizations from tbe surrounding towns started on their march. The boso car riage hf a homo fire company bore lhn in tension "Oar relie of 1880,' and the steam fire engine of a Sunbury company boro these words on a banner, "I was here in 1880." The fire which was celebrated to-day oc curred on May 14, 1880. It broke out at the car factory In the upper part of the town.. There was a high' wind, and the flames Bpresd until nearly the entire town was re duced to ashes, destroying over 400 houses and making 600 families homeless. Some of the wealthiest men lost their all, but to-day Milton is as beantifnl as before the unre lenting flames visited her, and fully as rich. Among the oldest buildings destroyed was the historic stone mansion of ex-Governor Pollock. A YOUTHFUL MISANTHROPE Fails to Wrlto tbo Prize Essay nnd There fore Commits Suicide. IBFECIAI. TEt.EQRJLM TO THE DISPATCH. Denver, May 14. Once a year the Attic Debating Society, whose members belong to the High School,offer prizes for thebest essay. Among those that competed at last night's meeting was James 1. Mosicr, a lad of 17 years, who at the last moment failed in what he had hoped to make the finest effort of his life. Hnmiliated at the outcome of the debate the young man declined to accept the invi tation of a party of friends to join them at an ice cream party, but repaired to his home, where he secured a revolver ahd put an" end to his life by shooting himself through the heart. The iollowing letter was found on his person: To All 1 have long thought life upon this earth was worth little to me, bnt I have now become thoroughly convinced of the fact. Hopo that you will all forgive me for my last rash act, but remember death comes to us all sooner or later. 1 send my parting love to all my old schoolmates, and wish them the best possible success throngbout their long path 1 bid you all a sad farewell and hope yon will not take this to heart, as it i3 all tor the best, and Qod grant I may see you all In the hereaf ter. With tho best wishes for you all I bid you an everlasting farewell. Steve and Essie, try and live honorable and upright lives, and re member me always as your affectionate brother, I name Harry James as one. The rest may be any of my other friends. Farewell. J. S. HtttSS, ill Lrii. xu Tfju. mv ffir ra Min.a, A TEXT BOOK COMBINE. Fonr Great School Publications Companies Organized Into One. St. Louis, May 14. The new American School Book Company, recently organized by tbe fonr great school book publishing firms of the country, Antwerp, Bragg & Co., of Cincinnati, and D. Apple to a & Co., A. S. Barnes & Co., and Ivison, Phinney & Co., of New York) have acquired the controlling interest in the Standard School Book Company, of St. Louis. The Stand ard is the most extensive school book con cern outside of the combination. It owns the copyrights of the books supplied under the new Indiana law, but the Indiana con tractors announce that the deal will not prevent them from carrying ont their con tract with the State, which will be fulfilled just the same as if the Standard Company bad not gone into the combination. B2TTIN& THE LOTTEBY SCHEMERS. Governor Bnckndr Signs a Bill Repealing a Charter. Fbankfobt, Ky., May 14. Governor Bnckner to-day signed a bill repealing the charter of the Padncah Woodenware Com pany, dealing a fatal blow to a famous lot tery scheme. "Policy Bill" Smith, of Cincinnati, owns the franchise, and operates policy shops in Covington under it. This bill will compel him to close np. , Granted nn Injunction. New Yobk, May. 14. Judge O'Brien this afternoon granted an injunction re straining Frederick P. Olcott, O. P. Hunt ington and others from taking any action under the organization soheme of the Hous ton ana xexas central railway Company. A RAILROAD MISTAKE. Pittsburg Coal Absolutely Barred Out of Chicago Markets, A PROHIBITIVE ALL-RAIL RATE. Trying, to Save Money by Shipping to Cin cinnati by Elver. WniTllB LAKE ROUTE ISUNPE0F1TABLE A Cedactlon of SO Cents a Ton Would Brio; Back a lost Trade. Chicago hungers for Pittsburg coal, but cannot afford to buy it became of the pro hibitive railroad freight rates. It has been found impracticable to ship by railroad and lake or river and railroad. A reduction of CO cents per ton by the railroads wonld bring back a profitable business to Pitts burg. I8rZCI.lI. TELEOSJUt TO TUB DISPATCII.1 Chicago, May 14. An impending strike of coal miners in the coal region of Northern Illinois, if it ocenrs, will give Pittsburg coal men an admirable oppor tunity for regaining tbe local Chicago trade which they have lost, if only they can secure cheap enough railroad rates from Pittsburg to enable them to take advantage of it. The miners here are dissatisfied, even more so than the workers in the Mononga hela pools, apd are on the verge of revolt against the terms which their employers offer them. Efforts are being made to patch up a peace, but thus far they have been nn sucressful and the chances are that within a few weeks the war between miner and capitalist will be fairly on, and, with 20,000 men idle, the output ot the local field for Chicago consumption will be greatly re duced. To overcome the disadvantage of the rail road freight rate of $2 25 per ton from Pitts bnrg to Chicago two well-known coal firms The Marmot Coal Company ana Lyle, Crow & Co., have adopted the expedient of floating their eoal ftom Pittsburg to Cincin nati and thero loading on tbe cars and bring ing It to Chicago. Tha Impression, provalls among other Pittsburg coal dcalors here that they thns far sueceeded in greatly low ering the cost of transportation and thoy aro even credited with getting a special rate. SOT MUCH OAINED. The Chicago manager of tbo Marmet Company said to-day that Ufo railroad rate from Cincinnati to Chicago was 1 25 per ton jmt 81 lets than they would hnvo to pay for an all H rail carriage, from Pittsburg. Of this about 25 cents per ton was absorbed by the cost of soreening and unloading, leaving about 75 cents per ton to pay for tbe cost of river transportation and the maintenance of docks. The Cincinnati rate, he thought, was little, if any, cheaper than tho all-rail rate from Pittsbnrg, and it hsd tbe great disadvan tage that tbe river could not be depended upon, but tbe Marmet Company managed to come out even by coking their screenings at Cincinnati and doing business on a pretty large scale. "1 am glad to see The Pixtsbubo Dis patch talking of this matter," said another Pittsburg coal man who is doing business in Chicago. "The railroads between Pittsburg and Chicago are acting very nnwisely. Tpev charge 52 25 per ton for bringing coal from Pittsburg to Chicago. Tbe average coal car holds 20 tons. That means 545 per car tor a haul of about 450 miles. If they would give us a rate of 51 75 per fon tbey would receive 535 per car of 20 tons, and they would still be making good money, for it is a well-known fact that you can charter a car from Pittsburg to Chirago for less money than ?35. Just now Brazil (Indiana) block coal is sold at $2 25 wholesale and 52 75 retail, and Pittsbnrg coal can't be sold)at wholesale when brought by the all-rait route for iess than $3 30 per ton, and it is retailed for steam trade at 53 75 per ton. THE EEDTTCTION NEOESSAET. "If the freight rate were "reduced CO cents per ton it conld be sold in Chicago for 52 80 wholesale and 53 re tail, nnd Chicago local trade would take all that conld be delivered of it in preference to the inferior coals which are mined in this part of the country. The purchasing agent of the Illinois Steel Com pany, which consume anyhow a 1,000,000 tons of coal per year, said the other day: 'We'd like to nave your Pittsburg coal, we know it is a very superior article but it is too ex pensive, we can't pay for it.' That is where the railways make a great mistake. They carry a small quantity at an exorbitant freight rate rather than great quantities at a reasonable rate, and the result of it is that Pittsbnrg coal is virtually sbnt ont from Chicago coal trade. They not only injure themselves, bnt Pittsbnrg, and cut Chicago as well and divert trade from both places to the lake ports." "What are you going to do about it?" this dealer was asked when he had proceeded thus far in the recital of his grievances. "Nothinsr." said he. "We can't do any thing. We have remonstrated to the rail road men, and their invariable reply is: 'Gentlemen, we can't do anything for yon. If we rednce the rate from Pittsburg to Chi caeo we shall have to make a corresponding reduction to every point between Pittsburg and Chicago, and onr local rates are worth too much to permit us to do that,' and that is the end ot it." "Why don't yon bring Pittsburg coal to Chicago by the Iasres?" "Because there is no terminal facilities, no means of distributing it cheaply and promptly to the consumers. The railroads leading ont of Pittsburg will put coal on board vessel at Toledo at 51 10 per ton, and the lake rate -from Toledo to Chicago is 50 cents per ton. making THE TOTAIi COSI of bringing Pittsbnrg coal to the Chicago fiver 51 CO per ton, against 52 25 per ton which the railroad companies charge. And yet it is cheaper to bring it by rail. Tbe reason is that the people to. whom Pittsbnrg coal is to be sold are nearly all large consumers. Tbey take by carload lots and have their private tracks by which it is delivered over the Belt Line road in iheir yards. If yon sell to them you must deliver the coal as they want it, a few cars at a time, and if you propose to do business by way of the lakes, you mustfirst build great docks and dock property is extremely expensive in Chicago and pay the cost of unloading your vessels on to the docks and reloading tbe coal into cars and pay the cost of transportation over tbe loeal railroads to yonr purchasers or else deliver by wagon, which is still more expensive, i And then yon mnst carry a stock sufficient to unpply your trade dur ing the winter months when navigation is closed. That transportation by lake is im practicable is proved by the fact that only one firm in Chicago is engaged in it O. S. Richardson & Co. and tbey supply obly river tugs and a wagon trade, and do not attempt to supply the large manufacturing, establishments. The dealers hereJiavegone over the whole field and considered every possible remedy and have come to tbe conclusion- that-tbe only quarter from which they can obtain relief Is a very great reduc tion in tbe nil-rail rate of .transportation of coal from Pittsburg to Chisago." NOW AGAINST HARBISON. A ftltruf UllinilUinpnni P-tAlskftJ USUi". Ulll V r iifcn nnmronmr. ruuilivinn hiiwumw - A GRIEVANCE. He Seconded tbe Indlnnn, Bfan'a Nomination In 18SS, bnt Will Never Do It Again Tho President Endeavoring 10 Placate Him A Question ofSpolls. , trnou a staff connEsroxDixr. Washington, May 14. Nearly every one who recollects anything at all of the Chicago Convention of 1883 will recall the fact that ex-Congressman Galllnger, then representing one of the New Hampshire dis tricts, seconded the nomination of Benja min Harrison. This, together with tbe fact that Mr. Gallinger had worked bard, late and early, for months before, led many to suppose that he would be a power in New Hampshire politics when the time came for the distribution 'of Federal patronage of the State. But like many others who had borne the brnnt of Har rison's ante-convention fight, Mr. Gallinger was "turned down," and William E. Chandler was recocrnized as tbe only man whose views were worthy of consideration. A short time ago Mr. Gallinger resigned his position as Chairman of the NewHamp shire Republican State Central Committee and started South to look after some min ing interests in Tennessee, in which be is interested. On his way he stopped off in Washington, and as soon as the local pa pers announced his arrival he was invited to the White House. The President bad a great deal to say to Mr. Gallinger.and tried hard to explain the fact that he was com pelled to ignore the suggestion submitted by tbe New Hampshire man in the way of recommendations for appointments. He in cidentally remarked that he wonld be pleased to do something for Mr. Gallinger now and asked what he wanted. Mr. Gal linger named a place in the army Ho which he desired that a personal friend should be promoted. The President said that places of this character were filled by promotions, which were made solely upon the record of the men themselves, and he told Mr. Gallinger very plainly that it was out of the question to comply with this particular request. The conversation which followed was pointed with picturesque English idioms nttered by Mr. Gallinger, and ended by that gentleman leaving the White House in a very unen viable frame of mind. Mr. Galllnger may bo a delegate to tbe next Republican Na tional Convention, and notwithstanding tho fact that he failed to defeat Chandler for the Sonate he Is still a power in Now Hamp shire politics. The President knows this, nnd, as ho is an avowed candidate for re-election, ho could not afford to lose so powerful a supporter, especially when he knows that 7 out of the IS members of tbo Stato Committee of Ills own Stato are against him. lie therefore decided to mako another attempt to placate his late friend and on Tuesday sent for him again to dine at the White Home. Mr. Gallin ger accepted, and It is understood that an amicable settlement of existing differences was reached, and that for the present at least a truce has been declared. But Mr. Galllnger has expressed his utter contempt for the President, nnd he has been so em- fihatlo in bis expression that it is not with n the bonnds of probability that he can ever again lend his influence and service to tbe furtherance of Ben Harrison. A REVISIONIST MODERATOR SURE TO BE SELECTED BY THE PRESBY TERIAN ASSEMBLY. The Prospect for a Lively Struggle Dnrlng Iho Session A Prajer-Meetlua na n Pre lude to tbe Battle Only the Prsllolnarr Skirmish. ISPECIAI, T2LZ0BAK TO THE DISPATCH. I Saratoga, May 14. The annual meet ing of the General Assembly of the Presby terian Church begins here to-morrow. Most of the delegates are already here and nearly every portion of the United States is repre sented. The nsnal time allotted for these assemblies is 12 days, but the revision of the creed is a topic of snch absorbing interest that it is probable that much more time will be occupied. Tbe battle over the revision promises to be hotly contested, but on this occasion wilt only be the preliminary skirmish, as it will not be possible for this assembly to take any final action upon the snbject, but only to propose some action that will have to pass the ordeal f. dis cussion in the various presbyteries dnring the coming year and then come back for a renewal ot the contest in the assembly next year. Many of tbe very best men of the church nave been preparing to engage in this dis cussion and the fact that seven ex-moderators of the assembly are among the commis sioners is an indication of the talent that is waiting to display itself. The assembly will consist of 530 commissioners, of whom about 270 are clergymen and 260 ruling elders. There will be present also 15 corre sponding members and five representatives from corresponding bodies, makiuer a total of 550 who will be entitled to seats in the assembly; It is impossible to-night to say who will be chosen moderator, but it is safe to say that the man who is chosen will be a revisionist. Pamphlets are in general circulation here strongly antagonizing the opinions of Dr. Euggs. The pamphlets are unsigned, but it known that the writer of the attacks is a Presbyterian clergyman of unblemished reputation and an attendant at this session of the assembly. To-night a general prayer meeting was held in tne audience room of the chnrcb, which was very largely at tended and participated in by several of the leading men of tne denomination. It is de vout, but it had tbe seeming of a calm be fore a storm of a trnce before a stubborn fight. WALLACE WRITES A LETTER. He Says He Is Nelihor for Nor AgI zen Grorer Cleveland. si Clti- tdPECIAL TZLZOBAlt TO TUX DI3F1.TGII.J WiiKESBAHRE, May 14. Some time ago the editor of the evening Leader of this city, addressed a letter to ex-Senator Wallace, asking him -whether or not he was opposed to Mr. Cleveland. A reply has been re ceived which is printed this evening in the Xeoo"er. The ex-Senator says: How could I. as a Democrat, be opposed to Mr. Cleveland, and what has Mr. Cleveland, now a private citizen, got to do with tbe coming campaign in Pennsylvania? I am not aware of any Cleveland or anti-Cleveland faction in tbe Democratic party of tbis State. I believe we are all Democrats and as sneb will support tbe nominee of the Demo cratic State Convention. Tbe Democrats of tbe State have an important dnty to perform at the coming election, and there is no room for contention. On tbe strength of the letter the Leader gives Pnttison a cold shoulder, and says: "An old-fashioned Democrat, like Wallace, is tbe man who cad lead tbeparty to victory," " OPPOSING HOSTILE LEGISLATION. Annual Meeting of tho American Ticket Brokers' Association. Indianapolis, May 14. The twelfth annual meeting of the American Ticket Brokers' Association convened in this city to-day. Tbe sum of 51,628 24 was spent last year in opposing hostile legislation. It is nrobable that the association will require members to give a 51,000 guaranty bond. Successful' efforts in opposing hostile leg islation in Georgia was reported. There are about 150 members in attendance, and the session is very harmonious. MAYOR'S MAD ACTS. om tfl Hiinf Af fi TTlnrMo Tito's fiw. ' i V411VA Vi M AiVliUH VlJ 0 UUT" fA ment in a Lawless Humor. AL.utD BY HIS TOWN MARSHAL lis Shamefully Abuses Ilea and Women and Terrifies the Community, DEFYIKG GOTEENMENT 0FFICALS And Faradln; the Streets With Pistols Only a Stw of Ills llany Uijdetib. Cedar Keys, Fla., has a mad Mayor whose many infractions of the law and ot the peace 'have caused a state of terror there. In his acts he was abetted by the City Mar shal. The latter is now under arrest, but the Mayor has fled. Cedar Keys, FiA., May 14. Fonr deputy United States Marshals arrived here late last night for the purpose of arresting the Mayor of the city. W. W. Cottrell, and his City Marshal, Mitchell, on the charge of assaulting Custom Collector Pinkerton, and interfering with him in the prosecution of Government business. This action of the Government anthorities is the result of a long series of outrages perpetrated by Cottrell, in most of which he had been aided and abetted by Marshal Mitchell. A genuine reign of ter ror has existed here, tbe full details of which will probably never be known until Cot trell is safe behind the bars, for the people do not dare to speak against him so long aa he is at liberty. ONE OFFENDER CAUGHT. TheUnlted'States officials succeeded in arresting Mitchell this morning, bnt Cot trell was apprised of their coming and is now hiding. They are on his trail, however, and hope to take him before morning. The recent condition of affairs hero seems hardly possible in a land of liberty, but in vestigation proves the following story to be strictly true: Cottrell, besides tbe office of Mayor, has been Inspector of Customs under the Democratio Collector. He bad charges preferred against him at tbe Treasury De partment In Washington and was forced to resign hi position as Customs Impeotor. This was alter tbe appointment of Collector Pinkerton by President Harrison. A FEW Oir JII8 MISDEEDS. One day lait wcok Cottrell met Pinkerton in a store and asked the Collector to open the Custom Ilonsa for him, as ho wanted to get somo things belonging to him, which were stored In the building. It was after oflico hours and Pinkerton refused. Then Cottrell "cnised him out" and threatened his life. Tbe Collector went home, but he was given notice that if be appeared on the streets of Cedar Keys he wonld bo sent into eternity on Cottrell 'a shot gnn scbednle. Hla friends objected to having Pinkerton leave the bouse. Then Cottrell tried to persuade a negro to go inside and draw the Collector out. The negro'.refused, and was thereupon beaten most unmercifully by Cottrell. Pinkerton was kept from going to the office by the fact that .Cottrell was gunning for him on the streets and the business of the United States Government was thns seriously interfered with Pinkerton was forced to leave his house secretly and to wade through the waters of the bay up to his waist in order to avoid meeting Cottrell. A VERITABLE TERROR. For a year past Cottrell has held this city by the throat. No one has dared to inter fere with him. He goes armed constantly. He has compelled a negro to beat a tele graph operator; be has threatened to thrash women whose hnsbands had incurred bis displeasure; has kept men locked np in jail for days at a time for no cause whatever; has paraded the streets with a loaded shot gun threatening to kill anybody who came in his way; has kept men in their honse for whole days under a threat of killing them on sight. Has shot at the light house keeper in the street; has cnt another man with a jackknife, and has actually forced a re-election as Mayor, because it was worth a man's life to vote against him. There is no politics in the affair simply a reign of terror under the domination of a brute. Those who know Cottrell best say he will not be taken alive, and it is rnmored to night that he will come to town and attempt to rescue Marshal 3IitchelI. A RESPECTABLE FAELTTRE. One Buckrt Shop Proprietor Who Can Par 12 Cents on the Dollar. rsrsctii. teuoilxm to tbts oisfatcs. i New York, May 14. Only those inside the bneket shop circle in Wall street know just how a bucket shop proprietor fails. The usual method has been for him to quietly slip out of the back door with the "bank" in his pocket, leaving the customers inside to whistle. When Doran, of 63 New street, wanted to leave his backet shop to-day he casually proposed a novel way of settling the trouble. He asked six of the old patrons to go over his books and announce how much was left in the "bank." For an hour they puzzled over tne book', and then the spokesman announced that Doran could pay 12 cents on the dollar. Tbis was received with hilarious cheen. It was so different from the nsnal method of the backet shop proprietors in settling with his patrons that Doran was voted to be a good fellow. FATAL BTVEB ACCIDENT. Ono Mnn Killed Outright, Several Injured nnd a Knmber Missing. Louisville, Kt., May 14. A caisson at the new bridge capsized at 5 o'clock this afternoon killing one man and injuring sev eral others. Ed. McDonald, a corker was inside the caisson and 14 men at work cementing tbe outside. The caisson began to careen and there was an effort to right it when suddenly the timbers holding it in place snapped and tbe massive structure slowly turned over and now stands bottom side up. The men clambered np the sides. C. P. Mitchell, Assistant Superintendent of the work, was caught by a falling beam and almost instantly killed. Charles Saun ders, a carpenter; Ed Branham, a corker, and josepn wamen, corxer, are missing. Ed McDonald.Tom Hennessy, Pat O'Brien, Ed Griffin and Wm. Bhodes are badly In jured, but none fatally. The men who es caped were at once taken from their peril ous positions by boats tbat hurried ont from the shore. AFTER CTJIBERTSOITS SEAT. Three Candidates Hustling to Obtain tbo Nomination In Erie District. tSFZCIAL TSLZQnjlM TO TUX DISrATCH.2 Erie, May 14. The Congressional cam paign is on in dead earnest in this district. Hon. Matthew Griswold, who contested Congressman Cnlbertson's candidacy at the last election, will be announced in tbe Dispatch in the morning as a candidate for Congress. The other candidates for the nomination are Editor W. C. Plumb, of the Corry Flyer, and IJev. Mr. Lowing, editor of the Linesvllle Herald. The Farmers' party were bere to-day to ' tender tbe nomination for Congress to Joshua A. Thornton, of Avonia, bnt he hss not decided to enter the race. "".-' i i 1 1 ,i !!
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