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FORTY-FIFTH TEAE.
ROCKS IBTHE ROAD
Ahead of the Gentlemen Who
Are Trying to Settle the
Vexed Question
OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
Macadam's Spirit Comes Back to
Create a Disturbance in the
Minds of Members of
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL BOARD.
A Crawford County Delegate Fears an
Insurrection lYonld Follow
the Attempt to
AB0LISH THE DIET THOnOEGHFAKES.
lbs Use f Stone 6troni:lj AdToeated by Eep
resenUtlTci cf Eastern Counties
I the State,
WHO TILL OF CEBIT BENEFITS IHEREFEOM
Ax the meeting of the State Board of Ag
riculture at Wellsboro yesterday there was
ft lively discussion of the question of
methods of improving country roads. Ma
cadam was favored by the Eastern mem
bers and opposed by the men from the
western part ot the State. Some instructive
facts were brought out daring the debate.
rrnOM A ETATT COBKESFOXDEHT.l
Wellsbobo, Pa., June 1L The de
ceased Mr. Macadam, or rather his spirit,
caused a disagreement this afternoon in the
State Board of Agriculture. This is the
r pring meeting of the board, and Governor
Beaver came all the way to Tioga county to
open the convention as usual. But His
Excellency had nothing to do with the
trouble about this Mr. Macadam, for he
only delivered the opening address and then
went back to Harrisburg.
Owing to tbe importance of the country
road question the board had arranged to
give up an afternoon to its consideration.
At the time the ghost of Mackadam took
part in the proceedings, an animated dis
cussion of the subject was going on.
A Bomb Id tbe Camp.
Several members from eastern counties
in Pennsylvania had given their views,
which were decidedly in lavor of the pas
sage of a law requiring the gradual macad
smizing ot all the principal highways in
the State. They showed plainly how dirt
roads had failed, and how frivolous is the
present system of repairing roads by town
ship authority. For more than two hours
these favorable comments on the proposition
bow being considered by the State Boad
Commission ran on. Governor Beaver's pet
scheme was having a regular boom, but all
at once a bombshell fell into camp. It was
the opposition to macadamized roads from
those counties in Northern Pennsylvania
that have no limestone, nor much stone of
any kind.
The recent wagon expedition of The
Dispatch foreshadowed the course these
tipper counties would probably pursne in
tbe matter. It will all come out in detail
from citizens of these counties themselves
when tbe State Commission begins its State
tour in August to hear evidence and ideas
about roads, so that its first public utterance
to-day is significant.
Montgomery's Good Example.
S. B, Downing; of Chester connty, had
just finished telling about the wisdom of
Montgomery county people in macadamiz
ing some or their roads, leading to the city
of Philadelphia. "Of course the tolls are
heavy," he said, "but in winter we Chester
farmers desert tbe dirt roads and travel to
Philadelphia over these Montgomery
macadamized highways, cheerfully paying
the heavy toll. Fifteen years ago a certain
stretch of ten miles ot road in Chester
county was macadamized at about $1,000 per
mile. That road, to my knowledge, has not
cost a cent for repairs in 14 years, aud is
still as smooth as a board. It is economy to
increase our taxation in this matter. It is
just like our school superintendents. When
we increased their salaries to $1,000 it
looked expensive, hut when we found we
were getting men worth 52,000 that meant
that we were saving $1,000 a year. So with
roads, if you macadamize them."
. A Kick From n Jllrrcer Mnn.
Bobert McKee, of Mercer county, here
started the opposition to macadamizing.
He said: "Most of the farmers in Mercer
to whom I have talked are in favor of the
State compelling them to pay their road
taxes, instead of working them out, but in
my county we have numerous railroads,
and no farmer has to travel more than eight
miles ot highways; but let the State require
these roads to be macadamized and there
isn't a township that could pay for the im
provement. All of Mercer county could
not do it either. We have no stone, and
the cost of bringing limestone there would
be great.
"I do not think the farmers would ever
want to see a second public work of this
kind undertaken by the State. Improve
ments ot this sort, for some reason, are al
ways costly in Pennsylvania. It built the
great Pennsylvania Canal once and ran
the State deeply in debt. This may be
another such job.
What Farmer Would Furor.
"I believe Mercer farmers would be in favor,
first, of the State passing a law doing away
with the system of working out road taxes;
second, of asking the State to show on what
basis it would dispose of the money thus
gained, and possibly a contract system in
each county could be legalized If this were
done. I think the State needs to eo further,
certainly it should not cay whether every
connty should macadamize the roads or
simply grade them. Leave that question lor
the counties themselves."
G. B. Phelps, of Conneautville, Crawford
county said dirt roads were good enough ia
his part "of the State, when they are properly
drained and graded. He declared macadam
ized roads were a nuisance; that they led to
the constant loss of horseshoes, and that, in
Crawford county.be aud many other farmers
actually disliked to drive over the stoned
roads of Mcadville, because dirt roads out
side were better. He said Meadville had
worn out an expensive stone crusher.
The Dirt Honda of Crawford.
Mr. Phelps supposed in Chester and other
Eastern counties, where farmers are wealthy
and stone plenty, macadamized roads might
become popular, but Crawford county don't
want stone roads as long as her dirt roads
answer the purpose up there. He was afraid
there would be an insurrection in Crawford
county if roads bad to De macadamized.
William B. Powell replied: "You will
have an insurrection or Sheriff's sale one
of the two."
J. W. Mather, of Wellsboro, bringing
Tioga county in with the Northern kickers,
pointed to the streets of Wellsboro as the
best road that can be found in Pennsyl
vania, and there is no expensive macadam
about them. He said: "They are simply
dirt roads, properly drained and graded."
"Yes, but your soil in Tioga county is
better for roads than in most parts of the
State," interrupted half a dozen farmers.
"Exactly," continued Mr. Mathers.
Wanti County Option.
"Then why should the State be asked to
pass a law requiring every principal road in
all the State to be macadamized? That
would include this county, and you just now
confessed we don't need macadam here. Let
the State pass a road law reqniring im
provement, but stipulating that each county
shall decide for itself whether it wants its
roads macadamized."
"That isimpossible," said Secretary Edge.
"Special legislation and local option laws
are no longer allowed by the State Constitu
tion." "Well, it's all at the option of the various
counties now what they shall do in the way
of improvement. Let it remain so, but leave
us the State aid nevertheless."
Other speakers both defended and objected
to the macadam road being adopted as the
standard. Somebody pointed to the well
stoned turnpikes oi Kentucky as a sample
of macadam economy. They were pro
nounced magnificent and enduring.
"Yes, but yon are taxed enormons tolls by
the companies controlling them," said Will
iam B. Powell.
The Tnx-Working- System.
J. A. Herr, of Clinton connty, said that if
all farmers would only pay their taxes in
stead oi working them out he would in turn
employ the same farmers to work on the
roads1 for wages, thus paying them back
their money, but he emphatically wished to
do the bossing. There would be no swap
ping of stories under such a system. In ad
dition to this paid-up tax Mr. Herr de
manded State appropriations also to pay for
machinery, tools, etc
This general discussion on the road ques
tion had been opened by J. A. Gundy, of
Lewisburg. In the early part of the after
noon papers on the subject were read by S.
B. Downing, of West Chester, and Fred
Jackel, of Hollidaysburg. "State Aid for
Public Boads" was the subject of Mr.Down-
iug's paper. It took the ground that the
State can and should appropriate money for
public roads on the same basis that it now
appropriates $2,000,000 annually to tbe pub
lic schools.
A Yearly Appropriation Favored.
Mr. Downing then s-aidi '"'Itwill be ur
gent that a State appropriation for roads
upon the basis of the school appropriation
will pass largely to towns. True, as an
example, the townships of Chester
connty receives, upon an average,
from the State a sum slightly above
$200, while our county town of West Chester
received, per laBt report $2,342; but West
Chester pays for schools $20,000 and our
townships pay but about $1,400. Upon this
data we may know that West Chester pays
to the State far more largely than the single
township of Chester county.
"Since the year 1830 West Chester has
been paving streets, and not only this, but
the citizens are now subscribing to a fund
for macadamizing the approaches to the
the town in order to draw trade by reason of
access.
Small Townships Wonld Lose.
"If a like entire appropriation of $20,000,
as now given to Chester county for schools,
were given to build approaches to our
borough or bnsiness centers, there could be
constructed, with a little township and in
dividual aid, ten miles of solid road in our
county annually, as approaches to our town.
Granting that the township appropriations
upon the school basis may seem small for
road purposes, yet these townshiD snma.
even thongh small, will be equally as satis
factory as is our small township's share of
the school appropriation. This, for the rea
son that the road appropriation would be,
as in the case of the school appropriation,
the key of the road system the considera
tion lending the road movement, giving it
incentive and existence.
"As an outcome of State aid for schools
we have the participation of the States in
township education. We have not only a
sum, though small, given directly to town
ships, but we have the additional value of a
county instructor, worker and examiner.
We have continually broadening knowledge
as to the conduct of schools exactlv the
same amount, if not kind of knowledge, as
is wanting for economic road structure and
repair. We have
A Greater Interest
"As to schools, because of the continual
visitation and exhortation of the school
superintendent in all parts of the country.
Our schools have been successful, not by
the township sums received from the State
but by the system that is vitalized by the
appropriation. As a contract is void with
out a consideration in the snapeol money,
ifitbebut a dollar, a road system wonld
seem to be void without some consideration
in tbe shape of an appropriation. The
presence of the appropriation in the school
system, and the lack of it in our road legis
lation may clearly indicate the difference in
the value of our present school and road
management the success of the one and the
failure of the other."
Ex-Senator John L Mitchell addressed
the board to-day also on the conflict be
tween western and eastern farm products.
To-night Dr. Henry Leffman, microscopist
of the board, illustrated by means of a
stereoptican the adulteration ot food and
clothing. The session continues to-morrow.
L. E. Etofiel.
the UGHnrnro's capebs ax cobby.
One Little Girl Fatally Injnred and Several
people Prostrated.
tSrXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TBE DlSrATCH.1
COURT, Pa., June 1L A terriffic thun
derstorm accompanied by a heavy fall of
ram visited this locality this alternoon.
'Mrs. Albert Conrick, while running a sew
ing machine near an open door, was so
badly shocked by lightning that her body
turned purple, and she has just begun to
recover. Benjamin Wright's house was
struck, and his 6-year-old daughter was so
badly injured that she will die. C. M.
Chidester, operator at the Pittsburg and
Erie freight office, was thrown to tbe floor,
and the instruments in his office burned.
Arsus Heath's house was struck, badly
damaging it. Many telegraph and tele
phone wires were completely melted in two.
A COMPLAINT EKTERED
AGAINST A PROFESSOR IN THE ALLE
GKENY R. P. SEMINARY,
Accused of KotHoIdlng to Distinctive Cbnreh
Principle! Similar Chares Agnlnst an
Editor Kev. Dr. McAllister Condemns
Morton for baloon Keeping;.
New York, June 11. In the Eeformed
Presbyterian Synod to-day Bev. J. C.
Smith, of Cincinnati, offered a preamble
and resolution, the former reciting that it
had appeared from the discussion that there
were members of the court, an editor ot one
of the periodicals of the church, and
a professor in one of the theological
seminaries who did not hold to
the distinctive principles of the church
in their practical application; and
the latter resolving that no member of tbe
court should be allowed to make a plea
against the principles of his own public
profession on the floor of tho Synod except
when tbe Synod should open tbe-way for
such a plea. The editor relerred to is Eev.
J. C. K. Milligan, of this city, editor of
Our Banner, and the theological professor
J. K. McCIurkin, of the seminary in Alle
gheny, Pa. The preamble and resolutions
were tabled.
On motion of 'Bev. D. McAllister, of
Pittsburg, a resolution was adopted extend
ing a cordial welcome to the General Synod
to become one with the Synod, according to
the Church on the basis of the covenant it
Belf. It was also decided to appoint a
committee to report to the next Synod
a chapter to the declaratory testimony
regulating the entire matter of proposing
and effecting changes in the fundamental
law of the Church.
The Synod adopted reports condemning
secret societies, including college societies,
and laid over the report of the Committee on
Divorce for action at the next Synod. The
report permits divorce for scriptural grounds
and wiiful desertion only.
The following appropriations were made:
Southern missions, $6,000; Chinese mis
sions, $3,000; Indian missions, $3,500; In
dian mission building's, $1,000; church erec
tion, $2,000; Library ot General College,
$1,000; domestic missions, $6,000; foreign
missions, $15,000; for the support of aged
ministers, $1,400.
The Bev. T. H. Acheson, of Hopkinton,
Is,, then called the attention of the Synod
to the editorial comments of the press on
the report of the Committee on Temperance,
in which it was asserted that Vice President
Morton derived a profit from the sale of
liquors in the property which he-owns or
eontrols. The reverend gentleman then
suggested that the report be amended, unless
it was strictly accurate.
Dr. McAllister, of Pittsburg, said that it
was certainly true that the Vice President
rented his property in Washington for a
purpose which the moral sense of the nation
condemned. The Bev. B. J. George, of
Beaver Palls, claimed that Mr. Morton de
rived a direct profit from the sale of wine
on his ptoperty.
On motion of Bev. Dr. Stevenson, of
Philadelphia, the report of the committee
was amended so as to read: "Derives a
profit indirectly" from the sale of liquors.
This seemed satisfactory and there were no
dissenting votes.
LOCKED TJP FOB SEVEN WEEKS.
A Maniac Husband's Cruel Treatment of Bis
Tonne Bride.
rsrzeux- txliqbam to tbe sisrArca.i
Cincinnati, June U. A fearfully
brutal act of a maniao was reported to the
police this afternoon by Mrs. Anna Brown.
Just eight weeks ago she was married to
Fred W. Brown, a prosperous youDg shoe
maker. Soon after the husband gave
evidence of insanity, which took the form
of the most bitter domestic tyranny. A
week'after marriage he locked up 'the wife
in a-room, to the windows of which the
shutters were nailed. Here for seven weeks
he kept ber until her escape' to-day.
This afternoon Brown gave his wife a
critical examination and announced she
was in prime condition, and declared that
he was going to kill her, and moodily sharp
ened his pocket knife. He seemed unde
termined whether to use the knife or his
razor. Finally, when' he went out into the
yard for a bucket of water, the terrified wife
escaped. The husband has not yet been ap
prehended. The poor woman is almost crazy
with grief, and though but 20, looks like a
woman of 40.
WRECKED BY A CYCLONE.
Sehoolhouse and Other Buildings Demol
ished and Firs Children Badly II art.
Bloomington, 111., June 11. Specials
from neighboring towns give particulars of
a cyclone which swept DeWitt county
between 11 o'clock and noon to-day.
A schoolbouse near Birkbeck was de
molished while school was in
session. Five children were injured, of
whom it is ".leared some will die. At
Wapella the Illinois Central depot and the
Methodist Church were wrecked. A man
named House, living near that town, was
fatally hurt.
Trees and telegraph poles were smashed
in all directions. The barn on Mrs. Ab
bott's farm near Wapella was demolished
and three horses killed. Considerable dam
age was done at Waynesville and Clinton.
The storm moved from northwest to south
east in a pathway abont half a mile wide.
OUTBAGEOTS 0EGEE3.
Blembers of tbe German Nobility Implicated
In a DIsgrncefnl Scnndal.
BT DOTTLAT'S CABLE c6MTA2rr.J
Beblin, June 11. The trial of Countess
Von Luetzow, charged with making her
fashionable residence in the Thiergarten,
the scene of the most outrageous orgies, in
which many members of the highest Ger
man nobility took part, is proceeding here
behind closed doors. The case was first
made public through the arrest of the
Countess for attempting to strangle a servant
girl who threatened to disclose to the police
what went on within the house.
Although the public are excluded from
the court room it is known that the Prince
of Saxe AUenberg, Count Von Kotze, Frau
Grohnwaldt, the well-known sineer, and
many of the leading nobles of the Vaterland
are among the witnesses who have been sum
moned. TJHDBB A FALLLKQ TENT.
Two Thousand People Caught by a Slam
moth Canvas.
JACKSONVILLE, 111., June 1L Two
thousand people were in a tent just south of
Jacksonville listening to a concert this after-
nOOn WilCU WJU .uuucuij opiau& ut, auu
the tent blew over on the crowd. A scene'
heavy canvas crushing many to the ground.
Quite a number of persons were injnred,
the mo6t seriously being Mrs. W. H. Mus
grave, wife of the pastor of Grace M. E.
Church, hurt about the spine, and Miss
Alderson, of Chapin, skull fractured.
BEATEN' BY AN OFFICES.
A Bavarian Merchant Assaulted for Staring;
nt n Lieutenant.
(BY DtJHLAP'S CABLE COMrAST.
BEBLIN, June 11. At Iugoldstadf,
Bavaria, Lieutenant Fischl, of the Fifteenth
Infantry, assaulted a merchant in the street
to-day, beating him severely about the head
with his 'sword because he fancied that tbe
merchant had insulted him by gazing at
him too intently.
The people in the street, who witnessed
the occurrence, were of the contrary opinion,
and tholieutenant came near being lynched.
PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1890.
TORE IT TO PIECES.
Heed's Silver Scheme Strikes an Ugly
Snag in the Senatei
i
MANY OP THE LEADIKG FEATURES
Stricken Oat by the Unanimous Vote of the
Committee.
SHERMAN AND QUAY DID NOT P1GBT.
The Compromise Pension Bill as Agreed Upon by tbe
Conferees.
The silver bill passed by the House has
been radically changed by the Senate
Finance Committee. The bullion redemp
tion clause and other important features
have been eliminated. It is possible .that
further amendments will be adopted.
trEOM A STATT COBBISPOKTJZ'tT.I
Washington, June 1L The House of
Bepresentatives would not know its own
silver bill since the threshing which it
received to-day at the hand of the Senate
Finance Committee. The bullion redemp
tion clause and the tree coinage clanse
were stricken out, and the legal
tender clause- modified to make the
bullion certificates a legal tender
only for customs, taxes and public dues.
These were the three propositions specially
objectionable to various elements in the
House, the one for redemption in bullion
being ot itself sufficient to have made some
of its strongest advocates oppose the bill had
it not been known that this feature would
be removed in the Senate.
At present the coinage provisions remain
as in tbe House bill with the exception that
the clause providing that coinage shall be
free when the market price ot silver reaches
$1 for 371J grains was stricken out. While
the bill as it reads is not all the silver men
want, it is all they expected, and if it passes
in its present shape they say they will
be quite well satisfied with it. The elimina
tion of the bullion redemption feature is es
pecially gratifying to them and this was
done by a unanimous vote of the committee.
A minority of the committee will attempt
to make further changes when the bill
comes before the Senate, but the measure
will probably pass that body virtually as it
now reads, and then the tug will come in
the Conference Committee ot both Houses.
When the silver bill came up in the
Senate to-day Mr. Eustis took the floor.
He spoke for free coinage, as did Senator
Turpie. The latter was much inclined to
favor the plan spoken of by tbe recent Pan
American Congress an international agree
ment to coin a dollar that should be a legal
tender and standard of value, current in all
the three Americas. As ho other Senator
desired to speak to-day on the question, the
silver bill went over without action until
to-morrow. Lightneb.
THE PENSION COMPBOMSE.
It Is Essentially n. Dependent Instead of a
Service Measure.
Washington, June 11. The dependent
pension bill as agreed upon by the confer
ees and reported to the House to-day,
after providing for the pensioning of de
pendent parents, says:
All persons who served three months or more
in tbe military and naval service of the United
States darlngthe War ot the RebellIon,-and
who hare been Honorably discharged th ere
f rom, and who aro how or who may hereafter
be suffering from a mental or physical dis
ability of a permanent character not the result
of their own vicious habits, which Incapa
citates them from tbe performance ef manual
labor in such a degree as to
render them unable to earn a support, shall be
placed upon the list of Invalid pensioners of
the United States and he entitled to receive a
pension not to exceed 312 per month and not
less than 6 per month, proportioned to their
inability to earn a support, such pension to
continue during the existence of such disabil
ity. Rank in the service shall not be consid
ered in applications tiled under this act.
Provision is made for pensioning at the
rate of $8 per month widows of men who
served 90 days irithout proving death the
result ot army service, and likewise grant
ing $2 a month to each child under 16 years
of age. Ten dollars is fixed as a limit of the
fee to be charged by agents in preparing
cases under this act.
CATTLE AND DBE8SED BEEF.
Several Bills Intended to Help the Trade
Passed by the Senate.
Washington, June 11. The Senate
joint resolution in regard to the export
trade in cattle was taken up to-day and
adopted. It requests the President of the
United State to cause correspondence and
negotiation to be had with the authorities of
Great Britain for the purpose of securing
the abrogation or modification of the regula
tions now enforced, which require cattle
imported into Great Britain from the United
States to be slaughtered at the Dort of entrv-
and prohibiting the same from being car-
visfi a!iia 4a Ail.. 1A- ! .. ! 1 T7 . .1
ried
The Senate bill to provide for the inspection
of live cattle and beef products intended for
export to foreign countries was then taken
up and passed.
The Senate bill to prohibit monopoly in
the transportation of cattle to foreign coun
tries (which was under discussion last Mon
day), was again taken up and passed with
out further discussion, Mr. Vest having
consented to the amendment offered by Sir.
Hale, inserting -the words: "Not already
contracted for, in good faith, by persons or
parties having cattle for transportation at
the date of such contract sufficient to occupy
such storage room."
ii,o mj umcr places ia saiu Kingaom.
a FicTrnous fight.
Quay and Sherman Did Not Do Battle Over
General Bally.
ITBOM A STATr COBBXSroirDEXT.I
Washington, June 10. There appears
to be no truth whatever in the report that
Senators Quay and Sherman quarreled at
the caucus on Tuesday evening. So far as
the report can be traced it seems to
have been a pure "fake" based
upou the disagreement of a year
ago over an appointment in the Department
of Jnstice. It is said by good authority
that General Bailv, about whose support
the quarrel is stated to have occurred, is a
candidate for tbe pension agency at Pitts
burg, but the term of the "incumbent will
not expire for some time, and it 5s probable
an appointment will not be made before the
end of four years from the date of his com
mission. This rule has been pretty closely followed
in regard to what are known as terms offices,
in cases whereNno charges were made against
the incumbent.
TO STABT THE BUILDING.
Tho Sundry Civil BUI Appropriated 805,000
for Allegheny's Poitofflce.
Washington, June 11. Chairman Can
non from tbe Committee on Appropriations
to-day submitted to the House the sundry
civil appropriation bill. It recommends a
total appropriation of $27,849,513, being
$13,298,370 less than the regular and special
estimates, and $2,628,801 in excess of the
appropriations carried by the last bill. The
report states that this apparent excess is
largely more than accounted lor ifl. the sums
which are the result of increases necessarily
made to properly conduct the public service
or to meet expenditures which were not
features of the last sundry civil act.
One ot thefitems mentioned in this connec
tion, is an appropriation of $65,000 to com
mence work upon the Allegheny Postoffice.
A SUSPICIOUS SECRETARY.
BIDS ON THE WARSHIPS BELIEVED TO BE
TOO HIGH.
All of Th'em Will be Referred to the Bureau
of Construction tor Examination Cramp
Reported to Have Made a Very Fecaliar
Admission.
FBOH A STArr COSBESrOXDZXT.l
Washington, June 10. The Secretary
of the Navy appears to be suspicious that
the bids for the construction of the great
armored cruisers submitted yesterday are all
excessive, and there appears to be a sus
picion abroad that the bidders knew what
they were about The bids have been re
ferred to the Bnrean of Construction and
Engineering, and the Secretary has asked
for a special report on this point from the
bureaus. It is not likely that Uie bureaus
will make any recommendations, but will
simply submit certain comparative figures,
for tbe Secretary's guidance.
Taking the bid of $3,000,000 as a basis, the
armored cruiser at a weight of 8,100 tons,
wonld cost $370 a ton, whereas the armored
coast defense ship Monterey, which Scott is
now building, will cost $407 a ton. TChe
other two armored vessels now under process
of construction the Maine and the Texas
are also in excess of the estimate of $370 per
ton, the former being $380 a ton, and the lat
ter $396 a ton. These figures are based on the
estimated cost of two vessels which the Gov
ernment is building. The reports ot the
bureaus will probably be in about this vein,
and the Secretary will be at a loss to know
what to do. There is no doubt that there
will be considerable study on the part of the
department as to whether it will be better to
adhere to the Secretary's plans or to adopt
one or the other of those submitted yester
day, and in the latter event it will be a
grave question between the two great firms
the Seotts and the Cramps.
It is understood that Mr. Charles Cramp,
who was at the department to-day looking
after his interests, has said that in his opin
ion all of his bids on the 8,100-ton ship are
excessive. This statement has opened the
eyes of officers in view of the fact that one of
the bids was submitted by himself. There
is an idea prevalent that the plans sub
mitted by the Cramps differ from those of
the Government only in the arrangement of
the boilers. '
SENAT0BS AFBAID OF IT.
Stanford's Asrlcultural Loan Scheme In
definitely Postponed by the Senate.
IVBOK A BTATr COHBXSFOXDBXT.1
Washington, June 1L Senator Stan
ford's bill providing for 2 per cent loans on
agricultural land securities by tbe Govern
ment was ignominiously knocked
on tbe head to day by an indefi
nite postponement. This grand scheme of
the philanthropic California millionaire
was onoof the most popular of all tbe pro
visions introduced in tbe Senate, judging
from the petition for its passage, and so
much affection has been expressed for the
mortgage-burdened farmer by Senators that
there was an expectation for at least a
respectful consideration.
Senators have fought very shy of it, how
ever, and appear to have'been afraid to go
into a discussion of it at all. As indefinite
postponement will sound better than defeat,
and as this plan avoided a direct vote on the
bill it was adopted to get a scheme out of
the way which threatened destruction to
many professional money lenders.
EABBIS0N WTXI HABDXY GO.
Secretary Proctor May Attend tho Stats
Encampment of the N. G. P.
rrnoM a statt coBKsro:rcx:rr.i
Washington, June 11. Adjutant Gen
eral Hastings, General Snowden and Colonel
Elliott, of the State militia, arrived this
evening for the pnrpose of inviting the
President, the Secretary of War and the
General of the Army to attend the encamp
ment of the National Gnard at Mt. Gretna.
A request will also be made for the attend
ance of several batteries oi the regular
artillery.
It is possible that Secretary Proctor and
General Sehofield will assent to the invita
tion, but the President's attendance is very
doubtful.
. ALCOHOL IS A rOISON.
THIS WAS THE SENTIMENT OF THE NA.
TIONAL TEMPERANCE CONGRESS.
Hlub License Favored by Mr. Graham, the
Clinrch Representative Prohibition
Neither Desirable Nor Feasible Tbe
bcrlptarcs Do Not Forbid Drinking Tho
Mnlne Law.
Netv Yoek, June 1L Bev. Dr. Deems
was made President of the National Tem
perance Congress, which convened here to
day, and began its work by discussing tbe
question: "Is State and national prohibi
tion desirable and feasible?"
He held it to be desirable and instanced
the condition of Maine now and before its
legislation. He said it was feasible because
temperance people, if united, could secure
anything tbey demanded from legislatures.
The assertion that prohibition does not pro
hibit he stigmatized as false. The advocates
of high license alone stood between prohibi
tion and the liquor traffic. ,
Bobert Graham, who was introduced as
the representative of the church movement
in behalf of temperance, took the ground'
that National or State prohibition was
neither desirable nor feasible. Total prohi
bition of the sale or manufacture of wines
and fermented or distilled liquors would, he
saiu, do an extreme taw ana shouia nave an
impregnable basis. Where was that im
pregnable basis to be found ? Was it in tbe
scriptures ? Where was the commandment
"Thou shalt not driuk?" Drunkenness
was forbidden, but drinking was a matter
between one's own conscience and God.
Prohibition, he asserted, was not effective.
In spite of it the sale of liquor goes on prac
tically openly in Portland, Bangor and
other towns of Maine and in New Hamp
shire, Vermont and Iowa. He was in favor
of high license.
The next topic discussed was "Alcohol a
Poison Never to be Used for Beverage
Purposes." The speaker held that alcohol,
whether in distilled or fermented liquors,
should never be used as a beverage, however
moderately.
Ths third topio taken up was "The Battle
at Omaha," the opening address being made
by Prof. A. B. Cornwall, of Aberdeen, S.
Dak. This referred to the pending struggle
in behalf of- a prohibition amendment in
Nebraska. The speaker said the struggle
was sure to lead to success throughout the
State of Nebraska. The result depended
on the city of Omaha. They needed assist
ance in their battle against the saloon
power.
If prohibition lost the fight in Nebraska,
Iowa wonld be wrested from them, bnt, if
successful, he could foresee an 'entire North
west free from liquor. The day was given
up to discussion of papers on kindred topics.
Destroyed the Exhibition Buildings.
Wapella, Ia., June 11. A cyclone
last night destroyed the Fair grounds exhi
bition halls ana tore to pieces the resi
dences of Mrs. Biggs, S. Bryant and O. W.
Ives. All the inmates of the three houses
were injured more or less, thoneh none
-fatally. -. '
HAULDOWN THE FLAG
The Order of a Canadian Colonel to
an American Steamer.
A BRITISH ARTILLERY BAUD
Refuses to Travel on a Boat Flying the Stars
and Stripes.
THE PEOUD ENSIGN WA8 SOT EEM0TED
A llllltary Autocrat Causes Great Excitement and
Spoils an Excursion.
An American steamer was engaged to
take a Canadian excursion to Thousand
Islands. A military band was to accom
pany the party, but tbe colonel in command
refused to allow the men to go on board un
less the Yankee flag was hauled down. Con
siderable excitement ensued, but tbe ban
ner still floats.
Kingston, Ont., Jnne 11. There was
great excitement at the ferry wharf this
afternoon as an excursion party was leaving
on the steamer St. Lawrence. The excur
sion was under the auspices of the Cana
dian Order of Foresters. Some days
ago permission was received from the
Government for the St. Lawrence, which is
an American boat, to call at the Canadian
ports down river. Consequently she was
for to-day a purely Canadian bottom. Tbe
band of A Battery of Artillery had been
engaged by the Mayor to accompany the
excursion. At the hour named the band
'arrived at tbe wharf.
TO HATJL DOWN THE IXAO.
Sergeant Carey then informed the Mayor
that Colonel Cotton had given him orders
not to board the steamer nnless the Ameri
can flag was hauled down. Instantly there
was a great commotion, and the Foresters,
with whom were hundreds of visitors, ran
hither and hither in excitement.
The owners of the steamer were consulted
and informed of Colonel Cotton's orders to
the band. They refused, however, to haul
down the Stars and Stripes. The stars were
at the 'end of the steamer's bowsprit, the
Union Jack at the top of the staff at the bow
of the boat and the Stars and Stripes at her
stern. The Canadian flag was flying amid
ships. Colonel Cotton, who is in command of
Battery A, was interviewed by a reporter.
He said: "With reference to allowing
my men to land in a port with military
uniform on, it is against the regulations
governing British troops, and I objected. X
found afterward that it was not intended to
land the men, but when I learned that the
American flag was flying in
A CONSPICTJODS PLACE
on the steamer I objected to allowing the
bandmen to go on board, because I did not
think it would look right to see a body of
British troops being conveyed through the
Thousand Islands on a steamer carrying the
Stars and Stripes at her stern. There wonld
have tieen nothing wrong in the men going to
the excursion, as civilians. I am sorry there
has been any trouble over the matter. A
peaceful understanding could have been
arrived at had the flags been lowered
before the boat left port. Of course we did
not own the boat and could not compel the
owners to lower tbe flag. I therefore re
fused to allow the band to go on board."
FROM FOLLY TO CRIME.
WALLACE, THE
FULL
DEFAULTER,
CONFESSION.
MAKES A
His Older Partner lied Him an Step by
Step Until There Was No Retreat
The Bobbers Themselves Swindled by
Sharpers nt Havana.
- New Yoek, June 11. Detective Ser
geants, of Inspector Byrnes' rstaff, returned
from Havana to-day with young Bobert H.
Wallace, formerly of Pittsburg, and Igna
tius B. Lowitz, who are wanted here for the
larceny of $50,000 in cash and bonds from
John H. Wallace, the owner and pro
prietor of TFaHace's Monthly. The men
were taken to police headquarters. The
story is one of the robbery of a benefactor,
where one slight steD to the bad made
another and still another seem necessary,
until there seemed no way out bnt flight.
Young Wallaoe is very penitent, and has
told a long story of the case, in which he
throws the whole blame on Lowitz. He
told how he was accidentally made ac
quainted with Lowitz, how he one day
asked him (Wallace) to cash a $50 check,
and he foolishly did so out of his uncle's
money. Again he cashed for Lowitz one for
$200. Both came back protested. He did
not dare to telj his benefactor.
Then Lowitz told him he had some dia
monds pledged for one-third of their value.
He could get them if he had $1,000. Yonpg
Wallace signed his uncle's name to a check
for that amount. Other checks lor $2,500
and $11,000 followed in tbe same way for the
alleged purpose of starting in business as
bookmakers. By this time he had nearly
exhausted the old man's business funds, and
when Lowitz asked for $2,500, he fraudu
lently indnced his uncle to sign a check for
that amount. Still acting as the tempter,
Lowitz induced the boy to rob the box of
the bonds, which were afterward sold. Eight
Western Union bonds to Vermylle & Co..
for $8,000; four Jersey Central were hypothe
cated and $4,000 worth of Burlington and
Quincy were sold on Wall street.
The following day tbe two sailed for
Havana under fictitious names. On the
voyage Lowitz induced Wallace to sign a
document exonerating the former from all
guilt. The day following their arrival they
were lodged in jail an a dispatch from In
spector Byrnes. In Havana they were
mulcted out of $2,500 by Lawyer Miguel
Gever and $2,000 for detectives. The
Byrnes detectives endeavored to get back
some of the lawyer's money, and called upon
the American Consul, Raymond Williams,
in the matter. But Williams did nothing
for them. They left Havana with the
prisoners June 7. The detectives searched
the prisoners on shipboard and fonnd S18.000
in bonds on Wallace and a small amount of
cash, and $2,000 concealed in a matchbox on
Lowitz's person. Both men are under in
dictment of forgery and larceny in the sec
ond degree.
AFEATD OF THE LEFBOSY.
Yjmns; Lady Teachers Compel a Mongolian
Sunday School to Close.
Philadelphia, June 11. The Green
Hill Presbyterian Churcb, one of. the oldest
churches in the city, which has tor some
time past maintained the largest Chinese
Sunday school in the city, the attendance
numbering from 100 to 125 each week, has
decided to give up tbe work of teaching
these people after July 1.
The reason given that the room given up
to the Chinese is needed, but the real cause
for the action is said to be that tbe stories
about leprosv in the Chinese quarters
recently publfshed have had tbe effect of
making the young lady teachers shy of com
ing in contact with the Mongolians.
DIPHTHEBIA CLOSED THE SCHOOLS.
Tho Epidemic nt Lima, O., Assuming
Alarming; Proportions.
srXCIAt, TXX.KQBA1C TO TUB DISFATCS.1
Lima, Jnne 11. There was a fatal case of
diphtheria to-day and one new one reported.
Several families have left the city and the
schools have cloud.
SCORCHING IN SOMERSET.
BITTER CONTESTS IN BOTH POLITICAL
PARTIES.
Scull Will Have to Hustle to Get the Con
gressional Conferees A Feeling la Favor
of Dlontoatb for Governor Tbe Demo
cratle Situation.
SPECIAL TELIGB1M TO TUX DISPATCH.
Somerset, June 11. Politics in this
county have become scorchingly hot in both
parties. The Republican primaries will be
held Saturday, the 14th, and the Democratic
primaries Saturday, the 21st. The contest
in the Republican camp is especial'y fierce
and acrimonious between Colonel Scull, the
present member of Congresj, and D. J.
Homer, Esq. Homer and his friends are
bustling amazingly, and though they do not
expect to carry the county against Scull,
they say that at the least they are making
the Congressional contest mighty interest
ing. The fight between Hon. J. L. Pugh, pres
ent member of tbe Legislature, and the
Bev. Mr. Critchfield for the Senatorial con
ferees, is second in interest only, to the con
gressional battle. Pugh apparently leads
in the race but he will get there only by the
tallest hustling, as the reverend gentleman
who is contesting with him is no mean op
ponent. Each faction has two candidates
for delegates in the field, and no one knows
how tbe'delegates will vote for Governor at
the State convention althongh the Montooth
idea is prevalent among the Republicans of
this place.
The leading contest .with the Democrats
is centered on the county commissionership.
This contest is also very bitter and is ex
pected to develop some surprises. The dele
gates to the Democratic convention will be
elected by the County Convention on the 23d.
The Wallace, Black and Pattlson forces
seem to be nearly equal in strength, and a
fight is likely to develop in the convention
over the instrnctions for Governor. The
Democratic convention will have a county
chairman to elect, and it is understood that
John H. Uhl. Esq , present incumbent, de
sires to succeed himself. Mr. Uhl's brother
is a candidate for county commissioner,
and under thoe circumstances a consider
able number of Democrats bold that the
chairmanship should go o'htside of the
family. Altogether results in both parties
are looked forward to with the keenest in
terest.
HFJTSEL AND HABH0BY.
The Policy Adopted by the Democrats of
Lancaster County.
rsrxciAi. txi,epax to tub nisrATon.1
Lancasteb, June 11. A hot fight was
promised between the adherents of Wallace
and the supporters ot the ex-Governor for
control oi the nine delegates who will repre
sent Lancaster county in the Scranton
convention. But the injection of William
Uhlmer Hensel's candidacy into tbe con
test is bringing order out of discord, and
the Democratic primaries on Saturday even
ing next will be shorn of much of the an
ticipated excitement. All bands have suc
cumbed to a compromise slate. The dele
gation will enthusiastically support the can
didacy of Hensel for Governor. Whether
after that he can hold them for the men of
his choice is both affirmed and denied.
John E. Malone, who is chairman of the
Democratic County Committee, and tbe
other leading friends of the Clearfield can
didate, count five of the nine delegates
named as Wallace men, while the Pattison
people are equally sanguine that a majority
of the delegation will be with them. Hensel
himself may appear on the floor of the con
vention with a substitute from Jeffries, and
his influence is pretty sure to be thrown in
whatever direction he believes will most
conduce toward a delegation from Pennsyl
vania to the next Democratic National Con
ventfos favorableclo the renomination of ex
President Cleveland.
ALL BEADY FOB BUSHTESS.
Chairman KJiner Talks of Preparations for
the State Convention.
rSntCIAt. TXX.ZOBA1C TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, June 1L Elliott P.
Eisner,' Chairman of tbe Democratic State
Committee, is in town and will remain for a
few days. "Theleader df the Democratic army
in this State has been very busy during the
past few weeks arranging 'the preliminaries
for the Democratic State Convention, which
will be held at Scranton July 2.
"I have secured rooms at the Wyoming
House at Scranton," said Mr. Kisner,
"which are to be used as the headquarters of
the State Committee. The details for the
holding of the convention and the comfort
of the delegates have all been arranged and
we are ready to go on with the work of the
convention."
Cnrllsle'e Successor Nominated.
Cabbollton, K.Y., June 11. Hon. W.
W. Dickerson, of Grant county, was nomi
nated for Congress on the two hundred and
seventh ballot to succeed Carlisle, who re
signed to take a seat in the Senate.
GB0WTH OF THE SOCIETY.
Reports Showing ths Progress of the An
cient Order of Hibernians.
tSPXCIAI, TELIQBAH TO TBI DISPATCH.1
Chestee, June 11. The convention of
tbe Ancient Order of Hibernians resumed
its session this afternoon. In the morning
the delegates were tendered a compli
mentary excursion by the divisions of the
Ancient Order of Chester. The delegates
assembled in front of the Hotel Cambridge
and marched in procession to the pier,
beaded by bands of music and accompanied
by the Mayor of the city and members of
Council. There were a number of addresses
on the boat by prominent members of the
order. The convention reassembled at
8:30 In the evening, when the reports of the
State officers were read. The report of the
State delegates showed that six new couclls
have been added since the last convention,
with a membership of 6,600. The report of
the Treasurer shows that 250 divisions have
in the State treasury $360,000, exclusive of
property valued at $55,000.
The present membership of the organiza
tion in the State is 19,315. Among the dele
gates from Allegheny are: J. Scott, County
Delegate; Dr. John Sullivan, County Secre
tary; B. G. McGarroli, Connty lressnrer;
Daniel Bradley, P. McConnally, Peter
Ward, W. F. Flannery, James McCague,
Con Shea, M. G. Gallagher, P. Gllleece,
James Cowen, H. Lynch, John Gibbons, M.
Bradley, Dennis McCarty, P. Foley and J.
Madden.
TEN TH0TJSAHD FOB A VOTE.
A Massachusetts State Senator Charged
With Doodling.
Boston, June 11. The Senate special
investigating committee on the alleged cor
rupt methods employed by the West End
Street Bailway Company, in getting its
elevated r road bill through the Leg
islature Senator Parker, of Worcester,
Chairman held its first session at
the State House this afternoon. In reply to
pressing inquiries from the committee, Mr.
Williams stated that he proposed to offer
testimony showing that a' certain Senator in
consnltation with a person representing one
of the elevated railway companies asking
for a charter, offered to prodnce his vote as
one of ten members of tbe Senate, which
ten members he would deliver, or their
votes, for the sum of $100,000 $10,000 lor
each Senator.
That tbe offer was made to tbe company
which applied under the name of the Peo
ple's Elevated Bailway Company, and that
regarding the West End Bailway Company
incidental charges would arise. Adjourned
until 10 A. M. to-morrow.
THREE CENTS.
MMS IN REVOLT.
The Isolated Ranchmen in Mon
tana Are Fleeing for
Their Lives.
TROOPS OFF TO THE FRONT.
A General Uprising of the Cheyenne
Tribe Anticipated.
THE SIOUX MAI JOIN IN TBE WAR.
Three Reds Already Under Arrest for tha
Murder of a White.
ORIGINAL CAUSE OP THE TROUBLE
Governor Toole, of Montana, has for
warded 1,000 stand of arms to Miles City
and troops are on the way. A general sp-
rising of the Indians, led by the Cheyennes,
is feared. Some blood has already been shed,
and the situation is exceedingly critical.
rerXCIAI. TZLSGKAX TO THE TJISrATClI.1 '
Helena, Mont., Jnne 1L Governor
Toole this morning received a dispatch
signed by ten prominent citizens of Miles
City requesting that he send 1,000 stand of
arms and ammunition. In reply arms and
ammunition were forwarded to-night ia
charge of Colonel C. O. Curtis. Th; Chey-v
ennes have lett their regular camps, and are
gathering in small camps of from 15 to 25,
and are firing at settlers' houses and mak
ing the most threatening demonstrations.
Banch men have been bringing their
families into the settlement all day. Cattle
are being shot down by the Indians through
pure malice, as no parts of the animals are
used for beef. Eighteen cattle were shot in
one bunch on Otter creek. One troop of
cavalry and two of infantry have been sent
from Fort Keogh to the Cheynne agency.
AN OLD QtTABBEL BENETTED.
The stories of the tronble witn the
Cheyennes is among one dating from 1853.
The Cheyennes, a (er years ago, were taken
in charge by the military and placed in the
reservation near Miles City. The military
has been partially successful in controlling
them, althongh the reds would go away
from the reservation whenever opportunity
offered and kill cattle on the range or
murder an unprotected cowboy who de
tected them in their marauding.
All last winter they were running cattle
and horses off and boasting that any whits
man who inrormed on them wonld be killed.
Tbe Interior Department has been appealed
to time and again by the settlers of Eastern
Montana to remove this menacing tribe of
fighters, but in vain. The Cheyennes are
the bravest Indians in Montana to-day and
will stand up and fight either soldier or
settler when the chances are even.
NEVEE BETUBNEJJ ALIVE.
On May 6 last Bobert Ferguson, foreman
for Bamsey & Beeman, stockmen at Bose
bud, left the ranch to look for stray horses,
intending to return the same night. He
borrowed a horse and field glasses and set
out on his trip to the hills, from which he
never returned alive. No uneasiness was
felt at his failure to return until the 15th ot
the month. On that date, however, a party
led by Bobert Ftrguson's brother began a
systematic search through all that broken
country, and on May 24 found the horse
upon which the unfortunate mla had ridden
to his death.
The horse had been killed by a bullet
through the shoulder and all its trappings
removed. Their worst fears were realized a
few days later when the murdered man's
body was found loosely covered with earth
about 600 yards from where the horse lay.
Tbe body was wrapped np in the saddle
blanket, a rope tied about it and the coat
was wrapped about the head. His saddle,
bridle-slicker and field glasses were also
found buried. There were two bullet
wounds in the body and one through left
wrist and the face of the corpse was brnised
showing that it had been dragged some
distance to the place of bnrial.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
Moccasin tracks clearly demonstrated that
the Cheyenne Indians did tbe bloody deed.
Ferguson had ridden in search lor tha
horses to the place where his horse could not
ascend and dismounted and climbed to a
high point and was seated on a rock, as his
footprints indicate, surveving the country
with his field glasses. Below him and be
hind him was a party of Cheyenne Indiana
stripping two carcasses which were found
there. '
The Indians, seeing they were probably
caught, crawled to a high piece of ground
opposite him and shot him and his horse, as
marks would indicate that he fell from the
point to where his horse was. Ferguson was
about 27 years of age, and had a brotherand
sister living in this country. He was an ex
emplary young man, having none of the bad
habits which are so common among cow
boys. His uncle is a member of the firm of
Sbepard, Newell & Co., importers, of
Boston.
Three Indians, Black Medicine, Little
Eyes and White Buffalo, have already been
captured, accused of the crime, and the
present outbreak is the resalt of these ar
rests, and the desire ot the Cheyennes to get
back to their old stamping grounds. There"
was an effort made a vear ago to have the
Cheyennes go to the Sioux reservation in
Dakota, but the reds wonld not consent.
FIGHTING A3I0NO THEH3ELVE3.
The Crows was the nearest neighbors to
the Cheyennes and their mortal enemies,
and many a Crow has been sent to the
"happy hunting grounds" by the coura
geous Cheyennes. About a year ago a
Cheyenne chief killed three Crow Indiana
in sight of the Crow reservation, and so
rapidly did he do his work that neither tha
agent or the police, who were in sight, could
prevent it.
iteports to-mgnt irom Ashland are to tha
effect that a lot of Northern Cheyennes are
donning their war paint, and are sending
runners to Standing Bock and Pine Bidge
to induce the Sioux to join them, as they
did in 1876, when Custer fell. One of the
runners who was intercepted acknowledged
that a general Cheyenne movement is on
foot, and that operations were eXDected to
reach as far East as Bosebnd agency. Every
butte in Custer connty is a signal station
for the Cheyennes, and their information
and instructions are sent out with wonder
ful rapidity and accuracy.
The Indians openly assert that they have
doomed Indian Agent B. L. TJpshaw and ha
must iced their vengeance. They have de
cided that be shall be scalped low down, so
that each Indian may have a piece. Sioux
Indians traveling singly and in pairs with
long strings ot ponies have been intercepted
coming from the direction ,of the Missouri
river agencies and headed for the Cheyenne
agency.
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