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f THREE CENTS
FORTY-ITFTH YEAH
JUST TWOJOLTERS
Jump Over the Party Traces
in the Final Vote on
the Tariff Bill.
M'KINLEY IS TRIUMPHANT.
A Number of Republicans Kicked,
But Where Forced Into Line.
TIN PLATE SAVED IiY ONE VOTE.
Leader Carlisle Briefly Presents the Dem
ocratic Position.
THE FKOBABLE ACTION IS TUB SENATE
The McKialev tariff bill passed the House
last evening by a vote of 104 to 142, two Re
publicans siding with the Democrats.
Burlier in the day the tin plate feature had
a close call. It was beaten, but three of the
Republican kickers weakened, and changed
their votes at the last moment. This saved
the increased duty by a majority of one.
Butterworth and many others entered pro
tests acainst portions of the measure, but on
the final call were found in line.
rrrzctALTXLEonAX to the msrATcn.i
"Washington, May 21. After a briefer
consideration than was ever before given a
tariff hill in the House of Representatives
the McKinley bill was pasted this afternoon
by a vote of 164 to 142, two Republicans,
Fcatherston, of Arkansas, and Coleman, of
Xiouisiana, voting with the Democrats
against the bill. Coleman voted in that
way on account of the sugar provision, and
theArkansaw traveler, who has only been
a few days in Congress, and that by the
grace of the Committee on Contested Elec
tions, went with his Louisiana friend out of
sympathy. The feature of the day was the
continued kicking of Butterworth, who
seems determined to make the path of Mc
Kinlcy as thorny as possible.
A DEMAND TOK MOKE TIME.
His particular complaint was that suffi
cient time had not been allowed for amend
ment', but as it was certain that very few
amendments with the exception of those
proposed by the committee could get
through, even Mr. Butterworth's admirers
cannot understand why he should want to
continue the discussion as a mere waste of
time. It seems to have been agreed be
tween Butterworth and Henderson, of Iowa,
neither of whom are particularly infatuated
with McKinley, to throw cold water on the
bill and thus belittle the efforts of the
chairman of "Ways and Means to present an
ia;elligent and equitable measure,
i ""With all the kicking, however, it was
the most harmonious party vote that has
ever been had on a party bill in Congress,
and even the kickers admit that if theirs
had been the task of producing a bill they
would not probably have dono as well.
There was little discussion on the matter of
tin plate, and the committee's recommenda
tions were adopted despite the adverse votes
of several Republicans whose constituents
are interested in the canning business.
ITS TATE IN THE SENATE.
The bill will probably reach the Senate
to-morrow, and will be referred to the Com
mittee on Finance. When it will be re
ported to the Senate, and how long the dis
cussion will last in that body, cannot be
foreseen. Senator Chandler has not yet
called up his new rule providing for the
counting of a quorum and theshutting off of
the debate, aud if unlimited talking is to be
allowed there is no guessing when the end
will be. Considerable Republican objection
to the bill is also evident in the Senate, and
it is probable that after it passes that body
it will have an extended siege in a confer
ence committee to harmonize the differences
between the two branches.
The scene in the House this morning was
a confusing, if not an exciting one. The
object of the members on both sides seemed
to be to outvie each other in creating a
noise, rather thin to give any intelligent
consideration to the tariff bill. It was al
most impossible to understand what was be
ing said, the applause and laughter and
cries of "louder" drowned the voices of the
speakers.
CLOSING HOURS Or THE DEBATE.
At the usual hour the House went into
committee of the whole, Mr. Grosvenor, of
Ohio, in the chair, llr. Butterworth, of
Ohio, regretted that the members of the
"Ways and Means Committee had taken up
all of the limited time of the House with
amendments to the exclusion of that free
conference which was necessary. Sir. Brew
er, of Michigan, said the time for debate
had been frittered away by- the other side.
Mr. Farquhar, of .New York, protested
against the protection given to barley.
For fully half an hour before noon the
Honse was in the greatest confusion, and
when, one minute before 12 o'clock, Mr.
McKinley yielded the remaining time to
Mr. Frank, of Missouri, the excitement be
came so great that the noise was almost
deafening, and Mr. Frank's voice could not
be heard six feet from where he stood. Sud
denly, ont of the hubbub, arose the clear,
loud voice of Mr. McKinley, callinc: ""Mr.
Chairman! Mr. Chairman!" Quietreigned
in a moment, and the Republican leader
called the attention of the Chairman to the
fact that 12 o'clock, the hour agreed upon
lor the first vote on the bill to be taken, had
arrived. He moved that the committee rise
and report the bill to the House.
BEPOKTED TO TIIE BOUSE.
This ceremony having been performed by
the Chairman of the Committee of the
Whole, Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, Speaker
Reed recognized Mr. McKinley, who, in
deliberate tones, demanded the previous
question, ana moved the third reading and
engrossment of the bill. Division was de
manded by Mr. Bland, of Missouri, and the
Speaker, after counting, declared that 138
had voted in the affirmative and 128 in the
negative. Then the yeas and nays were de
,manded by Mr. McKinley. The Speaker
announced that the yeas were 161, the nays
iy
ThjeCIerk then began to read amend
ments. When he reached that increasing
the duty on tin plate, the Democrats called
for a vote. Before the result was declared
by the Speaker, Mr. Kerr, of Towa, and Mr.
Thoman, of Wisconsin, Republicans, who
had voted with the Democrats, against the
increase, changed their votes. Mr. Lind, of
Minnesota, another Republican, announced
that he had voted against the amendment
under a misapprehension, and therefore
changed his vote. The Speaker then an
nounced that the yeas were ISO, the nays
149.
CLOSE CALL FOR TIN TLATE.
Applause from the Democrats greeted the
announcement of this vote, which came so
near being a Democratic victory. Messrs.
Butterworth, Flick, Henderson, of Iowa;
Kellcy, Mason, McComas, Mndd and Tay
lor, of Illinois, voted with the Democrats.
When the Ways and Means amendment
making yarn made of jute dutiable at 35 in
stead of 30 per cent, was read, Mr. Carlisle
asked for a vote. It was explained that by
a typographical error, jute yarn was made
dutiable in the bill at 30 per cent, when the
Ways and Means Committee had intended
that it should bedutiable at 35 per cent The
Democrats, however, decided to take ad
vantage of the error, and called for a vote.
Mr. McKinley called for the yeas and nnjs,
and the Clerk started on the monotony of the
roll call.
On this amendment the yeas were 143;
nays, 144: the first Democratic victory.
Democratic applause greeted tbo announce
ment of the vote. The Republicans who
voted against the amendment were: Ander
son (Kansas), Featherstone, Kelley, Lind,
Taylor (Illinois), DcHaven, Flick, Hender
son (Iowa), Lacey, Snider, Kerr and Don
nell.
THE TABlrF ON WOOLEN GOODS.
The amendment providing that on woolen
and worsted goods and all manufactures of
wool and worsted not otherwise provided
for, valued at not more than 30 cents per
pound, there shall be imposed a duty of
three times the duty imposed on a pound of
unwashed wool of the first class and 40 per
cent ad valorem, was relectcd yens, 143;
nays, 14G. This leaves the dutv at twice
the duty on unwashed wool and 40 per cent
nd valorem. The Republicans who voted
with the Democrats on the wool and worsted
goods and yarn amendments were Ander
son, of Kansas; Comstock, Dolivcr, Dun
nell, Fentherstonc, Flick, Henderson, of
Iowa;. Kerr, of Iowa; Lacey, Lind,
Strublc, Sweney and Taylor, of Illinois.
The vinegar amendment adopted last
night in committee of the whole was agreed
to yias, 1G4; nays, 138. This was the Inst
amendment, and the engrossment and third
reading of the bill having been ordered, Mr,
Carlisle, or Kentucky, offered the following
amendment:
TIIE DEMOCBATIO POSITION.
Resolved, That the pending bill be recom
mitted to the Commtltee on Wajs and Means,
with instructions to report the same back to
tho Honse at the earliest possiblo day, so
amended by substitute or otherwise as to re
dnce the revenues of the Government by re
ducing the burdens of taxation on the people,
instead of reducing the duties by imposing pro
hibitory rates of taxation upon Import eu goods.
Democratic applause.
The resolution was defeated yeas, 140;
navs, 1G4. Republican applause.
This was the closine effort of the opposi
tion, and was not made with any hope of
success. The idea was to thus definitely
place the Democratic position upon the tar
iff before the country. The bill was then
passed yeas, 164;. nays, 142 amid applause
on both sides of the House, 'the Democratic
applause being derisive in its character.
The following is the detailed votei-
ON THE WINNING SIDE.
Yeas Adams, Allen, of Michlgan;Anderson,
of Kansas; Arnold; Atkinson, of Pennsylvania;
Atkinson, of West Virginia; Baker, Banks,
Barline, Bayne, Ueckwtih, Belden, lielknap,
llergcD, Bingham. Bliss, Boothman, Boutelle,
Bowden, Brewer, Broslus, Brower, Browne, of
Virginia: T. M. Browne, Buchanan, of New
Jersey; Burrows, Burton, Butterworth, Cald
well, Candler, of Massachusetts: Cannon,
Carter, Caswell. Cbeadle, Cheatham, Clarke,
of Wisconsin: Cogswell, Comstock, Concer.
Cooper, of Ohio; CralcCulbertson. of Pennsyl
vania; Cutcheon. Daizell, Darlinzton, Deuavcn
Delano, Dingley, DolUver. Dorsey. Bunnell,
i-vans. Ewart, Farquhar, Finley. Flick, Flood
Frank, Funston, Gear, Gest. Gilford. Greenl
halje, Grosvenor, Hall, Haosbrnugli, Harmer.
Haugcn, Henderson, of Illinois; Henderson, of
Iowa; Hermann, Hill, Hut, Hopkln, Houk
Kelley, Kennedy, Kerr, of Iowa;
Ketcham, Kinsoy, Knapp, Lacev,
Lafollette, Laidlaw. Lansing, Laws,
Lehlbach. Lind. Lodce. Mason. MrCnmu fr.
Cord. McCormick, McKenna, McKinlev, Miles,
Milliken, Mofflt, Moor, of New Hampshire;
Morey. Morrill. Morrow, Morse, Mudd, Nlcd
nnghaus. Nute, O'Donnell, O'Neill, of Penn
sylvania; Osborne,Owcn, of Indiana; Payne
Perkins, Pickler, Post, Pugslev. Quackenbusb,
Raines, Randall, Itay. Ecyburn. Hire, Rock
well. Howell, Russell. Sanfonl. Bawyer, Scran
ton, Bcull, Sherman. Bimonds.Bmith, of Illinois
Smith, of West Virginia; Smyser. Snyder,
Spooner, Stephenson, Stewart, of Vermont:
Stivers, Stockbrldge. Struble, Sweney. Talor
of Illinois; lavlor. of Tennessee; Ezra B. Tay
lor, Joseph D. Taylor, Thomas. Thompson.
lownsena, oi Colorado; aownsend ol Pennsyl
vania; Vandeverc, Van Schick, Waddill, Wade
Walker, of Massachusetts; Wallace, ot Massa
chusetts; Wallace, nf New York: Watson
Wheeler, of Michigan; WicUliam. Williams, of
Ohio; Wilson, of Kentucky: Wilson, of Wash
ington; Wright, Yardley 16L
TnOSE WHO HELD OUT.
Nays Messrs Abbott, Anderson, Allen, of
Mississippi; Anderson, of Mississippi; Andrew,
Barnes, Barwig, Biges. Blan'cbard, Bland,
Blount, Boatner, Breckinridge, of Arkansas;
Breckinridge, of Kentucky; Brickner, Brook
shire, J. B. Brown, Brunner, Buchanan, of Vir
ginia; Buck, of Virginia; Buckalew, Bunn
Bynum, Campbell, Candler, of Georgia: Car
lisle; Carlton; Caruth, Catchings, Unipman
Clancy, Clarke, of Alabama; Clements
uiunlc, coup, Coleman, Cooper, of
Indiana: Covert. Cowles, Crain, Crisp, Culber
son, of Texas; Cummines, Bargan, Davidson.
Dibble. Dockery, Duupliy. Edmunds, Elliott,
Ellis; Enloe, Featherstone, Kitcb, Fithian,
Flower, Forman, Forney, Fowler, Geissen
hamer, Gibson, Goodnight, Grimes, Hare,
Hatch, Hayes, Haynes, Heard. Hemphill, Hen
derson, of North Carolina; Herbert, Holman,
Kerr, of Pennsylvania. Lanbam: Lee. Lester.
of Georgia; Lester, of Virginia; Lowis, Magner,
Maish, Alansur, .Martin, of Indiana; Martin,
o; Texas: JlcAdoo, ilcCarthy, McCIammy, Mc
Clellan, McCreary, McMillin, Mcltae, Mills,
Montgomery. Moore, of Texa; Morgan, Mutch
ler, Oates, O'FerralL O'Neill, of Massachusetts;
Outhewaite, Owens, of Ohio: I'arretr, Painter,
Peel, Pennington, ierry. Pierce. Price,
Quinn, Reiily, Richardson. Robertson, Rogers,
Rowland, Rusk. Kajers, Seney, fehivelv,
Skinner, Springer, Stahlnecker, Stewart,
of Georgia; Stewart, of Texas; Stone, of Ken
tucky; Stump. Tarsney, Tillman, Tracey,
Tucker, Turner, of Georeia; Turner, of New
York; Turpin, Venable, Washington, Whiting,
Whitthornc, Wheeler, of Alabama: Wike,
Wilkinson. Willcox. Williams, of Illinois;
Wilson, of Missouri; Wilson, of West Vir
ginia, and Yoder 112.
Thus the McKinley tariff bill duly passed
the lower branch of Congress, and the House
a moment later called it a day aud adjourned.
THE MEASURE IN DANGEB.
A Lively DiapDte In the Conferenco
initlee on the Antl-Trnit BUI.
Com.
rBTECIAl, TELIGEAM TO THE DISrATCH.I
Washington, May 2L The conference
committees of the Senate and House ap
pointed for the purpose of reaching agree
ment on the anti-trust bill are having a
pretty lively time. The main fight is being
made by the railroad companies on the
House amendment prohibiting the exist
ence of railway associations formed for the
purpose of arranging rate schedules. This
amendment wasproposed by Mr. Bland, of
Missouri, and will have the effect, if enacted
into a law, of squeezing the life out of the
several associations both in the East and
West. General Aldace F. Walker, who gets
?25,000 a year as chairman of the so-called
''Gentlemen's Association," has been in the
city for a day, accompanied by the repre
sentatives of several oi tne nig western
roads.
They are all fighting the bill and
ment and will no doubt get It materially
modified if not altogether defeated. Sen
ator Edmunds is chairman of the Confer
ence Committee that is struggling with the
proposed legislation, and Mr. Walker is
supposed to have considerable influence
with him, as ho hails from Vermont, and
was appointed Inter-Stato Commerce Com
missioner on Edmunds' recommendation.
The conferees on the bill aro Senators Ed
munds, Hoar aud Vest and Representatives
F. B. Taylor, Stewart, of Vermont, and
Culberson. They hope to reach an agree
ment in a few days, and it is altogether
probablo that the railroads will win their
fight
AFTER THE SE L PIRATES.
THE POLICY OF THE LAST ADMINISTRA
TION MAINTAINED.
A Rcvcnuo Cotter Will Sail for Alnsknn
Water lo Epfoico the Clnlmi of tbo
Untied Suites Vigorous Action Will be
Token, If Kccesaarv.
Washington, May 21. Secretary Win
dom to-day signed the sailing order ot the
revenue cutter Bear at Seattle, Wash., di
recting that she sail Immediately to Ouua
laska, and then to cruise diligently in the
Behring Sea for the purpose of "warning
all persons against entering such waters for
the purpose of violating section 1,950 of the
Revised Statutes, and arresting all persons
and seizing all vessels found to be or to
have been encaged in any violation of the
laws of the United States therein.
The Commander of the Bear is also fur
nished with copies of tho President's last
proclamation on this subject and the act ot
March 2, 1889, regardingtheseal and salmon
fishing of Alaska. The instructions, while
not differing materially from those of last
year, are much mora specific in character.
Efforts will be made to avoid n repetition of
last year's experience with foreign vessels
seized for violations of law. In two or
three cases the vessels were placed in charge
of a prize crew consisting of one man, and
as a result never reached the port where ho
was ordered to take them. While it will be
eoually impossible now to increase the size
of tbo prize crews, an effort will be made to
accomplish the same result in another way.
According to the present instructions it is
understood that all vessels found violating
the law will be dismantled, and deprived ot
all means of further violations'. Their logs
and all skins are also to be seized, and pre
served as evidence against them. With the
exception of certain details as to the en
forcement of the law, there is no change in
the general policy of the administration on
this question.
HO PENSION BILL YET.
The Scnnlo and tbo House Are Still Doable
to Agree.
Washington, May 21. Tho conferees
on the pension bill had another meeting to
day, but came to no conclusion. There has,
however, been shown a disposition to agree
upon a measure, and since the statements bv
the members of the Grand Army of the Re
public Pension Committee to the conferees
on Monday the opinion has been growing
fHof tlia Sanaf. d.nani.nt n.n.inn Kill n..H
be reported to the two houses as the result
of the conference.
A TOTJBISrS NAEBOW ESCAPE.
An English Traveler Ncnrly Swept Away In
the Niagara Whirlpool.
tfrECIAI. XXLEQRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
Bui-falo, May 21Louis Sinclair, of
South Hempstead, England, found himself
this afternoon knee deep in a boiling gey-scr-liko
formation of water near the edge of
the Niagara Tails whirlpool. Mr. Sinclair
is traveling in this country for pleasure,and
the sights at Niagara came in for a share of
his, attention. Going below at the whirl
pool he undertook to obtain a better view of
the scenery by leaving the path and
clambering out on some rocks which ap
peared to anora an unobstructed view.
Without any warning the treacherous water
boiled up, submerged the rocks and threat
ened to carry the astonished tourist out into
the whirlpool.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Wilson saw Sin
clair's predicament nnd went to his assist
ance. Mr. Wilson took off his overcoat and
managed to get Sinclair to take hold of one
end. Thus steadying himself he managed
to wade back to safety, though the current
was so strong that once he was nearly swept
from his feet, and Wilson with difficulty
maintained his hold. So dangerous was the
rescue that.Wilson's wife fainted, adding
to the excitement. The escape was remark
able. POEAKEB WIH ACCEPT.
He Will Act as Temporary Chairman of
the Ohio Convention.
ISrECIALTELEOBAM TO THE DISPJlTcn.1
Cincinnati, May 21. The coming State
Republican Convention was the liveliest
sort of a topic among the politicians to-day.
Ex-Governor Forakerwas asked if he would
accept the Chairmanship, and said: "Yes,
sir; for the reason that I shall take pleasure
in serviug my party in that or any other ap
propriate way in which it may be thought I
cau help on to victory next fall. I shall do
all in my power, on the stump or otherwise,
as I have indicated."
"What do you think will be the effect
upon the party as to the disaffected ele
ments?" "I do not know what the effect will be,
but it there are disaffected elements as you
assume.I trust it will be good? It is only be
cause I assume others thought the effect
would be good that I am willing to do what
they have asked me to do."
HUMBUGGED A PKEACHEB.
An English Adventuress Who Is Catling a
Wide Swath In Canada.
rSFECUI. TELEGKAM TO TUX DISPATCH.)
Ottawa, May 21. The English adven
turess, Dolly Beeley, with half a dozen
aliases, has been arrested at Brantford. She
was tried before the police magistrate for
obtaining money under false pretenses from
the Bev. Dr. Cochrane in December last,
and sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
She has also successfully operated in Bramp
ton, Clinton, St. Catherines, Toronto, Guelph
and Berlin, and it is likely that the police
of some of these places will want her when
she is released from the Brantford jail.
Miss Beeley came to Canada irom En
gland in August last. Her people are well-to-do,
but she disgraced them. She was
convicted of fraud, but allowed to go in the
hope that the warning would do her good.
She is a woman of good education and re
finement. She is a particularly good con
versationalist.
ELOPED AT ELEVEN.
An Italian Who Ron Avrny With a Young
Girl Csrtu Into Trouble.
rsraciAi. telegram to the dispatch.:
New Yobk, May 21 Giovanni Mar
mero, a robust young Italian laborer, was
enmloyed at South Norwalk, Conn., in
April, and boarded with Guiseppe Cocci,
with whose daughter, aged 11 years, he fell
in love. On April 11 they eloped to this
city to his mother's home, on East One
Hundred and Thirteenth street, intending
to get married.
ilarmero was indicted for abduction in
bringing a girl under the age of 16 into this
State lor the purpose of marrying her. He
was tried to-day in the General Sessions be
fore Judge Cowing and convicted. He was
remanded 'to await sentence. He mav be
sentenced under the conviction to State
v'k J
latnenu-1 prison vn nve vears. v
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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, -MAY
DREAM OF CONQUEST.
Lower California to bo Seized
Filibusterers, Who Propose
by
TO ESTABLISH A NEW REPUBLIC
And Afterward Apply for Annexation to
tho United States,
M0NEX FOR ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Furnished by a r-owerfnl Land Company Operating
la the Peninsula.
A gigantio plot for n revolution in Lower
California has been unearthed. The Mexi
can officials were to hove been seized and a
republic formed, with the idea of eventual
admission to the United States on the Texas
plan. One hundred thousand dollars had
been secured for arms and ammunition.
IfrKCtAL TXLZORAX TO TUB DIIPATCIt.1
San Francisco, May 21. A great sen
sation was caused here to-day by the publi
cation of complete details of an alleged Con
spiracy to capture Lower California and
found an independent republic, to be fol
lowed by annexation to the United States.
The revelations involve a number of promi
nent capitalists interested in Lower Califor
nia lands and mines and well-known citi
zens of Los Angeles and San Diego, which
1 atter city appears to have been tho head
quarters of the filibusters.
The plan was for the Mexican Land Col
onization Company, composed of wealthy
Englishmen owning concessions on the
peninsula, to place in the hands of a well
known San Dieeo capitalist $100,000 to be
used in advancing the interests ot tbo fill
bustercrs. Tho large warehouse of an En
glish boat at Ensonada was to be filled with
arms, ammunition and provisions for tho
use of the revolutionists.
THE MEXICAN TOLICY HUINOUS.
The officers ol the English corporation
claim that the policy of the Mexican officials
in Lower California has beon ruinous to the
land interests of the company, which has
been obliged to expend thousands of dollars
in protecting its interests and tho salvation
of the company, they nsscrf, finally de
pended upon securing the annexation of
Lower California to the United States.
When the peninsula had been seized a
provisional government was to be declared
on or about August 1, and martial law was
to be inforced. The land of the peninsula
was to be nationalized, and after a peaceful
order of things had been secured negotiation
for annexation to the United States wonld
follow. The treasurer of the company, a
wealthy resident of Minneapolis, is said to
be interested.
The records of the meetings of filibusterers,
held prior to April, were kept by no one as
far1 as can be learned. On the evening of
Saturday, April 5, a meeting of a few of
those interested in the movement was held
in a private room at the Hotel Del Cor-
onado. There v ere present at the meeting
Colonel Hill, Walter G. Smith, B. A;
Stephens and Augustus Merrill. A news
paper reporter learned that a meeting was
to beheld, and by an ingenious contrivance
ne succeeded in secreting nimselt in such a-
position as to be able to hear and take notes
of everything said and done on this occasion.
FUNDS FOK THE SCTTESir.;
Colonel-Hill, who is interested ju both tna
Coronado Beach Company and the Mexican
Land and Colonization Company, pledged
53,000 to the enterprise. He said he knew
exaotly where $20,000 more could be secured,
From what was said it was understood that
this money was for immediate use, and was
to be refunded out of the $100,000 to be paid
by the Mexican Land and Colonization
Company. Colonel Hill said that he was
going East in a lew days, bv way of the
Northern Pacific; that he would Eton awhile
at Ashland, Ore., and thereafter his" address
would be 61 Merchants Exchange, New
York City. He added, that while East he
would look up and ascertain the costot
arms, ammunition, cannon, etc., and the
cost ot shipping consignments of this char
acter through San Diego to some points on tho
peninsula, to be aereed upon.
Supreme authority was to be vested in
Council No. IB before referred to and for
the counoil the following officers were agreed
upon: Governor General, Walter G. Smith;
War General, Augustus Merrill; Secretary
General, B. A. Stephens; Treasurer Gen
eral, Sanord Worthing; Attorney General,
Fred Hall; Postmaster General, L. W. Al
lum; Industrial General, E. B. Higgins;
Navy General. Colonel Edward Hill; Sur
veyor General, C. A. Harris.
ALL THE PLANS AEEANOED.
This was as far as the officers had agreed
upon. In addition there was to be created
the office of Educational General, and one or
two other positions to be civen to the MtI-
cans who Joined the movement. An exten
sive code of laws had been provided, as well
as rules and regulations for the guidance of
the council and Its 15 officers. At this meet
ing a design of flag for the new republic
was agreed upon. This flag was to consist of
a red field in the center and at the end next
to the pole was to be a small white square
field, in the center of which was to be a sin
gle blue star. From this small white field
and extending lengthwise of the flag a cross
of a red field was to be an orange stripe.
Among other things Augustus Merrill re
ported at this meeting that there was an offi
cer of the United States Army at the Hotel
Del Coronado on furlough who had lur
nished estimates as to arms, ammunition
and provisions that would be necessary to
equip and support a body of men sufficient
to capture and hold the peninsula. This es
timate embraced six Napoleon field pieces,
several Gatling guns, 1,000 "Winchester
rifles, etc. This was about all that came up
at this meeting.
Until May 12 the conspirators were not
aware that any person except their own
number was acquainted with their plans.
When W. G. Smith departed for Los An
geles on the 11th instant one of the San
Diego papers printed this paragraph the
day after he left: "The Governor General
nas gone to Los Angeles.
SUSPECTED TEEACHEBT.
This informed the filibusterers that' they
had cither been watched or else one of their
number was a traitor. They could not be
lieve that their meetings bad been reported
by anyone except through treachery. Every
man was suspicions oi tne otner, ana tne
consequence has been that during the past
week the filibusterers in. San Diego have
been in a troubled state of mind. The
traitor has not been found, but the whole
scheme has been dropped temporarily.
It was given ont that the matter of over
turning the Mexican authority in Lower
California had been under consideration by
the Mexican Land and Colonization Com
pany for five mouths, and afterward that the
treasurer of the company, who is a promi
nent citizen of Minneapolis, was heartily in
favor of the scheme, and had suggested that
the corporation give $100,000 to this end.
Colonel Hill further said that every mem
ber ot the English company was heartily in
favor of the scheme, as they all recognized
the fact tnat the British Government never
could acquire possession of the peninsula,
as the Monroe doctrine wonld stand in the
way of such a consummation ever being
reached.
PATIENCE NOT A VIKTUE.'
Colonel Hill said the Mexican Land and
Colonization Company was being taxed,
burdened and perseented by the Mexican
officials on the peninsula, evidently with
tne sanction oi rresident'-Dl
' 22. 1890 TWELVE
tience had ceased to be a virtue. At the
meeting on April 23 the reporter succeeded
in securing some rich information.
Walter G. Smith, Governor General,
arose and with becoming dignity solemnly
and slowly read a proclamation of independ
ence of the peninsula which be had pre
pared. Perhaps Mr. Smith's best effort was
his inaugural address ns Governor General
of the new republic. This was tho state
paper, and was filled with patriotic sen
tences about liberty and independence. It
closed with a grand peroration.
Augustus Mirrill read an exhaustive
plan on the military establishment which
was proposed for the new Government, of
which he was to be commanding General.
Sanford Worthing, Treasurer General,
read an elaborate sohemo which he
bad prepared for the issuance of
scrip as money, nnd there was
a long discussion as to how to
get the plates and dies engraved. A draft
of the constitution of the new republic was
read by B. A. Stephens. This provisional
constitution provided for the government
of the new republic in Lower California to
be established on or about August 1, 1800,
and of which Ensensada was to be the
capital.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
Tbo United States Official. Bellavo In tbo
Exlitenco of tbo Flot.
San Diego, Cal., May 21. United
States Marshal Gard and Collector of Cus
toms Berry to-day expressed themselves as
being satisfied that a well organized scheme
has been maturing, in pursuance of which
Iho Mexican officials of Lower California
were to have been seized. This action, it
was believed, wonld cause nn uprising of
tho dissatisfied residents of Lower Cali
fornia. Among the statements published in con-n.ctlon-wlth
the affair, is ono to tho effect
that the International Company was to
Turlher the project, and 5100,000 was to be
expended for arms and ammunition by an
agent who is in New York for that purpose.
SIX MONTHS IN A CELL.
Dl MONTERCOLI'8 SENTENCE FOR LIBEL
INU HIS WIFE.
Tho Alleged Count's Attorney Advisee film
to Enter a Flea of Guilty A Nomlnnl
Fine Amounting to Just One Cent Also
Imposed.
.SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, May 21. The Count
Di Montercoli, whose disgraceful career in
this city in libeling his wife landed him
behind the bars of a police court, was to
day arraigned before Judge Thayer in the
Quarter Sessions Court. The charge
brought against him was libel. The grand
jury bill in which he was indicted gave his
name as Guiseppi Carusi, better known as
Count Di Montercoli, and accused him of
issuing on the 12th of April last in the
streets of the city certain circulars which
contained defamatory statements regarding
his wife, Virginia Knox Carusi.
Since his arrest Montercoli has been im
prisoned in Moyamensinc in default of
bail. To-day he was driven up to the 'new
Court House in the prison van, his carriage
companions being numerous wife beaters,
thieves and petty criminals of like character.
He looked somewhat out of place in the
prisoner's dock, where he remained during
the most of the day. When arraigned before
the Judge he entered a plea of guilty under
the instructions of his counsel, Edward H.
L Wadsworlb, and was immediate! v sentenced
to pay a nominal fine of 1 cent aud undergo
the term of imprisonment for six months.
No witnesses were heard in the case, the
charges brought against him by City
Solicitor. Warwick being explained through
an interpreter.
Mr. Wadsworth said after the trial: "I
fonnd on looking into the case that it was
impossible to make a successful defense,
first, because we had no witnesses, and sec
ond, even if we conld have proven the alle
gations embodied in the circular which the
Count so freely distributed some time ago,
it wonld have been libel anyway under the
law. Under those circumstances I advised
my client to plead guilty. There was an
interpreter in conrt and the case was fully
explained to the Connt, and he was willing
to so plead. The sentence was compara
tively light, as the maximum sentence is
one year and six months and $500 fine."
OVEB-HASTY PHYSICIANS
Begin to Cat a Living Man In Order to Provo
Him Dead.
rSFEClAt. TELEOHAK TO THE DISFATOTT.1
HAMiiroir, O., May 21. A case that the
physicians here pronounce the strangest they
ever knew is food for talk the city over. Yes
terday morning Jacob Igslcy, a freight con
ductor on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton road, brought his train from Indian
apolis. He complained of dizziness and
weakness, and acted queerly. To his family
he said: "It's strange I'm so weak. I onght
to be pitied."
About 3 o'clock he suddenly became as
dead, and was prepared for burial. He was
rigid, pallid, and bore all the external marks
of death. Some of his family did not believe
he had expired, and were unwilling that he
should be buried. The physicians, to con
vince the family that death was genuine,
opened a small vein on the neck. Almost
instantly the man sat up, and in a few min
utes was apparentlv as well as ever. He said
he thought he had been asleep, and knew
nothing of what occurred. The doctors are
greatly puzzled.
THE iABIS STBANGLER CAUGHT.
Errand, the French Murderer, Is Arrested
nnd Attempts Suicide.
Havana, May 21. The police have cap
tured the Frenchman, Miguel Eyraud, who
in the month of July last murdered Notary
Gouffe in Paris. Eyraud registered at the
Hotel Boma under the name of Mignel
Doski. He claimed to be a native of Poland.
When he was placed in jail he attempted to
commit suicide by cutting the veins in his
leg and arm with a piece of glass. He lost a
great deal of blood before medical assist
ance could be obtained, but the doctors at
tending him say he will recover.
In his trunk were found several French
newspapers containing the details of his
crime. A pistol and a dagger were also
found in the trunk.
In addition to the police officials, who
have pictures of the murderer, several per
sons have identified the prisoner as Eyraud.
EMIGRATED STILL FAETHEB.
Two Steeroco Passensers Bound tor
Ibo
United States Commit Suicide.
ISriCIAI. TILZGEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
New York, May 21. William B.
Nichol, a Scotch cabinetmaker, 35 years old,
committed 'suicide by hanging himself with
his suspenders to a steampipe in the steer
age of the steamship Furnessla at midnight
on May 16. He waited until the other pas
sengers were asleep before tying himself
up. He had been despondent for several days.
David Louis Droz, a friendless immigrant
from Neuchatel, Switzerland, jumped into
the sea from the K;d Star steamship Fries
land on the night ot May 14, and was
drowneJ. He was a laborer 35 years old.
His fellow passengers remarked that he was
very down-hearted after the ship left Ant-
PAGES.
A RESORT TO FORGE
To Maintain the Kansas Cold Water
Law Not Improbable.
ORIGINAL PACKAGES CONCERNS
Are Rapidly Being Established in Every
Town In the State.
A CALL ISSUED P0K AX0TUEE CUDSADE.
One Prohibition Lawyer Adrises That All Dealers be
Arrested.
The cold water advocates in Kansas are
much aronsed by tho original package
situation.- Some even urge that force be
employed to suppress the new establish
ment. Liquor is now sold openly in To
peka and all the leading towns.
IlrlCIAI. TELEG1AM TO THE DISPATCH, I
Topeka, May 21. For the first time in
five years intoxicating liquors are being
sold openly in this city. A number pf
houses where liquor is sold in the original
package have already been opened and are
doing a thriving business. Although the
authorities havo, ever since the "original
package decision" was handed down by the
'Supreme Court, threatened to arrest anyone
who nttempted to sell liquor in any shape,
there has as yet been no interference with
the bouses now in operation and it Is gen
erally conceded that as long as tho liquor is
sold in the unbroken packages the authori
ties are powerless to stop it.
Tho dealers are proceeding very can
tionsly. They have obtained the best legal
advice, and every step taken is done under
the direction of attorneys who have care
fully examined the recent decision and are
prepared to fight any interference by State
officials. Beer is not rold in less quantities
than a case or keg, and whisky by the gal
lon Jug just as the liquor is shipped in
from the Kansas City breweries and distil
leries. The first carload which came to the
city was gobbled np within two hours, and
the dealer announced that he could have
sold three carloads of liquor to the thirsty
Kansans that day if he had had it.
ALL OVEB TIIE STATE.
It is probable that before the close or the
week the traffio will have been commenced
in all sections of the State. The liquor in
terests have been waiting to see what would
be done with the pioneer original package
houses at Topeka, and now that it is pretty
generally conceded that they will go unmo
lested, there will be a grand rush all over
the State. Kansas City wholesale dealers
are preparing to establish branches through
out the State. Their agents have been sent
to the principal cities for the purpose of
securing locations, and they will be ready
to begin business in earnest in a few days.
The Prohibitionists are as mad as hornets.
Many of them criticize the Supreme Court
very harshly and declare that the decision
was clearly in the interest of the whisky
ring. Some of them openly advocate a
crusade and say that the people shonld rise
up right now while ths original package
traffic is in its infancy and crush it out.
The Udfft Capital the State orean of the
I Prohibitiptist,says editorially this inorn-
ing: -iiic opening oi uquoi nouses in this
city in defiance nf the almost unanimous
sentiment of the people is an outrage,
whether nermitted by the law or not. The
people abominate the fiendish trade and
have said so by their ballots time and again.
If the party in Congress fails to enact Sena
tor Wilson's bill, or ono containing its
essential provisions, the banner Republican
city and the banner Bepnblican State will
put a flea in its ear.
PEErAEINO BIG PETITIONS.
Petitions are being circulated in every
city and village in the State asking Con
gress to enact without delay a law that will
give to the States the power to control the
sale ot intoxicating liquors. Within the
next ten days petitions of this kind signed
by CO, 000 citizens of Kansas will be for
warded to Washington.
Hon. James A. Trontman, President of
the Kansas Stats Temperance Union, who
is one of the ablest lawyers, advised the
temperance people to oppose every effort to
reinstate the llqnor traffic in Kansas.
In discussing the recent decision with The
Dispatch correspondent, Mr. Trontman
said: "In saying that every man who at
tempts to sell liquors in Kansas in conflict
with our State law should be confronted at
the threshold of his career with an indict
ment, means no disrespect for Federal au
thority. The electric vibrations that car
ried this decision to the people had not
ceased before the lawyers began to dispute
over its scope and meaning. Temperance
men and whisKy men have been alike con
fused as to what rights it conferred and
what laws it abrogated. It is not defiance
of the Supreme Court to insist that every
question that may be fairly raised under
this decision shall be made the subject of
judicial construction by our courts. I would
put every package that crosses the State line
upon the defensive and compel it to prove
its right to exist.
A LEGAL FICTION.
"The ordinary presumption of innocence,"
said Mr. Trautman, "is a legal fiction when
applied to wniscy prosecutions. -Every man
who sells liquor as a beverage is presumed
by the intelligent judgmentof men to violate
the law; and this presumption of guilt, while
not recognized by the courts, is founded upon
universal experience. It has been said that
those who will engage in selling original
packages will be of a higher order than the
common saloon keeper; that acting upon the
advice of intelligent lawyers they wili travel
in the straight and narrow way pointed out
bv this decision. Not so. The men who en
cage in this business will in many instances
be the abandoned wrecks of thp saloon davs.
and in all instances they will be men who'
care Homing lur me wans oi sorrow inai
come up from the homes of intemperance.
Talk about such men selling liqnor conform
ably to judicial or statutory .enactment! It is
a cross absurdity.
"Whether Congressional action is speedy
or tardy," continued Mr. Trautman, "there
can De but one outcome: the ultimate con
signment of the original package heresy to
the tomb ot oblivion. The longer Congress
delays, the more majestic and powerful will
be the new issue to be met and settled by the
nation. Delay by Congress will precipitate
a question that every candidate for
CONGRESS MUST PACE,
and will concentrate the temperance effort of
all the States to the accomplishment of a
single purpose. Immediate action will
leave the prohibition States still more im
pregnably intrenched in their position.
And when the commotion shall have nh.
sided the progressive and final triumph of
our cause everywnere will oe nearer at
hand."
The Executive Committee of the State
Temperance Union has issued an address, in
which it says: "We treat with denial and
derision the sngcestion that the Supreme
Court decision is fatal to prohibition in this
State. We believe that the dissenting
opinion filed in the Iowa liquor caseby Jus
tice Gray, of Massachusetts; Justice Harlan,
of Kentucky, and Justice Brewer, of Kan
sas, presents the doctrines that will ulti
mately be recognized as constitutional and
self-asserting, as they do, the Federal
authority, guarding the rights of the several
States and making the safety of the people
supiemo in. . , . -,f .
HISCOCfT AND EVARTl
'r v.
DIFFER RADICALLY ON THE
PACKAGE BILL.
ORItvO
fr
flnA Nfltv Vnrlr Ramh.a Tltlnlra lltn MffflBtiri.
In Just the Tiling Tho Other Bolleves
A-nHngo ivouiu aei n very jsnngcruua
Precedent.
Washington, May 21. In the Senate
to-day the bill in relation to liquor in-
ported into prohibitory States was again
taken np. Mr. Evarts argued in support
of the bill, and in answer to the constitu
tional objections urged against it yesterday,
he asserted, that whatever State police regu
lations can be exercised within a State are
outside of the jurisdiction of the General
Government. Even if snrh regulations
could he reduced or overridden, if was not
within the province of the General Govern
ment to take them np and execute them.
There was nothing higher, or greater, or
more important, or more essential than the
recognition, within a State, of its absolute
police' authority. The police regulations of
a State could not be bombarded from the
outside, under cover of the exclusive power
of Congress over commerce.
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, read a telegram
fibblished in to-day's papers as to the activ
tv of the "original package" business in
Des Moines, and said that the bill was in
tended to meet the new condition which
had arisen.
Mr. HIscock opposed the bill, saying that
the vice of It was that it might be used as a
measure of protection to the brewers or dis
tillers of ono State as against tho brewers
or distillers of the other States.
The bill was laid aside withont action and
after an executive session the Senate ad
journed. - BEEB BY THE CABIOAB
Is Being Shipped Across lbs Border Llni
Into Prohibition Maine.
.'SriCIAL, TELIOBAM TO Till DISPATCn.l
Lewiston, Me., May 21. Tho original
package business has begun in this city in
earnest, and the prohibition wail of woo
has reached concert pitch. To-day a car
was sidetracked at the Upper Maine Central
station that contained five barrels, contain
ing 45 gallons of beer each, and a large
number of lG-gallon kegs full of the same
fluid. When taken from the car the liquor
was loaded on drays and hanled to a store
on Lincoln street, kept by a well-known
and wealthy citizen. Though the police
were cognizant of the arrival of the stuff,
they made no attempt to seize it. It is well
known that the receiver has been on a trip
recently to Portsmouth, N. 11., where it is
stated he made arrangements to handle as
agent for Lewistown and vicinity prodncts
of Jones' brewery.
It is common talk on the streets to-dar
that a large "original package shop" wifl
soon be opened by the local agent, and. ale
will be sold to all comers in the kegs 7rom
which it comes from the brewer. The dealer
says that he does not fear any trouble,-as the
brewing firm has agreed to stand all costs
should any of the Honor be seized and a test
case result from such seizure. Another car
load of beer is expected to-morrow.
A NATIONAL ISSUE NOW.
Mlia France WIHurd Thinks the Decision
Wan a Blessing In DliEUlnr.
St. Louis, May 21. Miss Frances E.
Willard, President of the National
Women's Temperance Union, is in this city
to attend the State meeting of the Union.
In the courso of a lcngtny interview on the
liquor question in general, she touched
upon the recent "Original Package" de
cision of the United States Supreme Court,
and said:
"There Is nothing to discourage us. When
the fugltlvo slavo law was passed, and the
Bred Scott decision was given, alt looked dark
to the workers for freedom. Nothing, how
ever, could- have happened so helpful to the
abolition cause as when it was decided by tho
highest legal authority in America that 'the
negro had no rights that a white man was
bound to respect.' That wa the crack of
doom of the slave power. Now. if a prohibi
tory Ktato has no laws that the United States
Is bound to respect and this is exactly the
force of the Supreme Court decision It will
prove the crack of doom to the whisky
oligarchy. If politicians know tho day of their
salvation, iney win carry tnrougn tne Dill ex
empting the prohibitory States from any ac
tion of the inter-State commerce law so far as
liquor is concerned. If they do nut, next fall's
election will make lively fighting all along the
line. The people in prohibitory States like
Iowa and Kansas are apt to become provincial;
but this decision obliges them to cast their-
eyes to ths horizon.
It makes
National with a big capital N.
proniDition
A VISIT FE0M .B0YALTY.
Canadian Social Circles Excited by tho Ex
pected Arrival of Victoria's Son.
fSrlCIAI. TELEQRAM TO THE DISrATCD.1
Ottawa, May 21. It has been settled
that the Duke of )Connaught, will visit
Ottawa, on June 8. The party,, which in
cludes the Duke and Duchess, Sir John
McNeill, Colonel and Mrs. Cavage, and Dr.
Kilkelly, with thtf usnal retinue, are ex
pected to arrive at Victoria, B. C, on the
23d inst., and will leave the coast
for the East, on the 26th. On the over
land journey a stop for a few hours only
will be made at Banff and Winnipeg.
From the latter city they proceed to Toronto
by rail, thence to Niagara and back by
rail to Kingston, where the steamer will be
taken for Montreal. From Montreal, where
they will be the guests of Sir George
Stephen, the party will proceed to Ottawa,
where they will lunch with Sir John
Macdonald.
Leaving Ottawa, they go to the Lower St.
Lawrence for a. few days' Jishinc At Que
bec, on the 11th, they will be the guests of
the Governor General and will sail on the
Allan steamer Sardinian on the 12th of
June. Duty requires that His Boval Hitrh-
ness shall be in England on June 21 and all
bis arrangements have to be governed by
that fact. There will, therefore, be little
opportunity for extended official conrtesies.
COENELL HAS A CHANCE YET.
Professor FIske Will Carry Oat tho;Splrlt of
His Wife's Will.
ISrECIAI, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Sybacuse, May 21. The recent decision
of the Supreme Court of the United States
against Cornell University in the big Fiske
McGraw will case is withont doubt a great
misfortune to that Institution, which is de
prived of $1,500,000. The suit was in
stituted by Prof. Fiske, not because of any
ill will toward the university, bnt because
of the harsh treatment he received at the
.hands of Henry W. Sage, the Chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the University,
and Judge Donglass Boardman, the execu
tor of Mrs. Fiske's will. ,,
Now that Mr, Sage is virtually overthrown
the situation is changed. Prof. Fiske has al
ways had the deepest interest in Cornell's
prosperity, and wili not fail to carry ont in
spirit his wife's wishes. Jndge Comstock
assured 1 he Dispatch reporter that the
several contestants had a well-defined plan
of apportionment determined on, and one
which would giye.general satisfaction.
Thp Egyptian Debt.
PAms,3Tay21. M. Bibot, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and the delegates of the
Egyptian Government have begnn the final
consideration of the text of the decree for
the bnai conversion of the Egyptian debt:
JHE-CEIT FARES,
A
Il4 "J"(g
Bitter Struggle Between
Pittsburg's Cable Railroads
May Result In
A BOON TO THE PUBLIC.
Philadelphia Millionaires Make
Cold BlnlTat tbo Duqnesnes
PRESIDENT MAGEE IN THE EAST.
Home Officials Have No Knowledja of the
Projected Change.
EADICAL EFFECTS OF TAB EEDDCTIOIf
Mr. P. A. B. Widener, one of the princi
pal owners of Pittsburg Traction stock, yes
terday informed a Dispatch representative
that his road would reduce fares to 3 cents
it the Dnquesneroad persistsin bnilding to
the East End and becoming a competitor.
The last trump card of the Pittsburg
Traction road was played yesterday against
its projected rival, the Duquesne Transit
Company, when Messrs. Widener and
Elklns, who control the former road,
determined to reduce fares to
3 cents to tbo East End if the Duquesne
Company lays any tracks in East Liberty.
This statement was made to a Dispatch
representative yesterday by Mr. P. A. B.
Widener, who, with Mr. W. L. Elklns,
owns the bulk of the stock and controls the
Pittsburg Traction Company.
These gentlemen estimate that tne Pitts
burg traction road can more than earn its
fixed charges under the reduction. The re
ceipts of the road with a 5-cent fare have
averaged about f 1.G0O per day for some time.
eesult or COMPETITION.
This is only another example of what com
petition will do for the public. At evety
stage of the procedure the Pittsburg Com
pany has attempted to block
the progress of its rival, first at
Harrisbnrg, in trying to prevent the
granting of a charter, and then by injunc
tion through the courts. In both instances
the Duquesne company was success
ful, and work has already been
commenced on the line. The rails
for the road were purchased early last fall
from the Danville Street Bailway Com
pany, when the price was away down.
George Bice, the constructing engineer,
stated that the work was progressing finely,
and he hopes to have the road finished by
next fall. The Wilkinsburg end of the line
is being pnshed very rapidly.
AX INTEEESTIKO FIGHT.
The fight of the rival companies up to
date has been most interesting, and this
latest move will be watched with eagerness.
Whether a bluff or sot, it is safe
to assume that the Duquesne Company
will proceed with iU work. It is the old
cry of the more the merrier, and the doss
competition will resnlt in cheaper street
car fares to the East End..
The evolntionj or rather devolution, of
rates to that section of the city has been in
progress for some time, and this looks like
the culmination. First 10 cents was charged
to East Liberty, and later the Citizens'
line reduced the rate to 5 cents, and, after a
little hesitation, the Pittsburg company fol
lowed suit. Then the Pennsylvania road
rose up as one man, and determined to win
back its local traffic that had drifted
away. No attempt was made to compete
with the traction roads to the East End, but
beyond that point rates were so reduced that
it no longer paid the passenger to get off at
East Liberty and take the cable from that
point.
duquesne's peesident east.
Mr. O. L. Magee is in New York, bnt a
determined effort was made late last even
ing to see men interested in both companies.
Superintendent Elkins opposition to the
Duquesne Company is well known. Some
time ago when the Duquesne Company let
contracts for 100 cars he expressed
surprise that the road should want
so many, and he asked if they in
tended to use them for ornaments. The first
lot of cars for the Duquesne company will
be delivered next Angust by the Pullman
company.
Should the Pittsburg (traction road
carry out its threat, it is believed by some,
who were seen last evening, that
the fight will demonstrate that even good
profits can be made with a 3-cent
rate. More people will avail them
selves of the rapid street transit,
and what may be lost in one fare
will be made up in the numbers carried.
WHAT LOCAL OFFICIALS SAT.
Mr. George TV. Elkins, President of the
Pittsburg Traction Company, was seen at
his residence, on North Highland avenue,
and when asked what be Knew about the
proposed reduction, said at first that the re
port was not true, and afterward added that
he did not know anything about the matter.
He said: i
"There is nothing in that report. So far
as I know it is not true. I do not know
anything at all abont it and do not believe
the report.
Thomas S. Bigelow, Vice President of tho
Pittsburg Company, said: "I do not know
anything about the proposed reduction.
If it is true it is news
to me. I was in Philadelphia day
before yesterday arranging lor an early
hearing of our equity suit before the Su
preme Court, and I know there were no
Duquesne Company 'people there at that
time. I can hardly believe the report, but
it may be true."
From another official it was learned that
the Duquesne officials were invited to come
to Philadelphia and meet Messrs. Widener
and Elkins for the purpose of con
sidering traction matters. The supposition
was that overtures were to be made to the
new company if it would make an arrange
ment with the Pittsburg company by which,
the latter would not be injured by the Du
quesne. The work on the latter is progress
ing daily, and about a mile of track has ,
been laid on Forbes street.
Some of the reasons for the legal obstruc
tion against the Duquesne Company are
currently ascribed to the fact that Senator
M. S. Quay has five figures' worth of stock
in the Pittsburg company, while Mr. C. L.
Magee is the President of the latter.
IN A MUBDEEOUS MOOD.
A Chlcnso Blau Tries to Shoot Bis Family
Thrn Kill. Himself.
Chicago, May 21. This afternoon 65-year-old
Jesse Hendrickson, a laborer, un
successfully attempted to shoot his daugh
ter, Mrs. Peterson, and probably fatally
wounding his wife and killed himself, all,
within a minute. Unfounded jealousy and
too t much' liqnor were the causes of. the
tragedy. ,