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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR,
IN 11 COMMON GRAVE
Rest the Prohibition Statute of
the Borough of Leech-
burg and
MR. BROOKS' LICENSE LAW.
Eng- Alcohol's Minions Safe Any
where While Carrying
Original Packages,
CHAELES SILVERMAN ACQUITTED
On Every Charge SaTe That of Belling
Lienor to Persons of Known
Intemperate Halite.
'TEE ASTI-OIiEOMAKQAEINE STATUTE
Will be Deled ty riUstnrg Merchants, Who Claim
They Can Sow Sell Bojns Bntttr
With ferfect Safety.
OF1HI03S OF UWTEES AKD UQCOE DKiLEES
The famous Silverman trial ended yester
day. He was acquitted of the charge ot
celling liquor without license and of selling
to minors, but found guilty of selling to
persons ot known intemperate habits. This
decision of the case virtually nullifies the
prohibition law hitherto applicable in
Leechbnrg. Pittsburg commission mer
chants claim that they can defy the oleo
margarine statute and sell bogus butter in
original packages without risk. Some of
them hare already engaged in such business
and others propose to do so.
rntoir x statp connEsrosDEin.l
Kittannino, June 13. Selling liquor
in a prohibition town is no longer a misde
meanor. In the words of Charles Silver
man, the first "original package" dealer of
Pennsylvania, "original packages are a go."
The little town of Xieechbnrg has risen from
obscurity, through no effort of its own, but
simply by force of circumstances, and its
same will henceforth be known throughout
the land. The citizens, no doubt, are
amazed, and wonder how the fight which
they so valiantly begun terminated so sud
denly in a glorious victory for the enemy.
There is no doubt about it.
Prohibition a Drnd Letter.
However much the temperance people of
that borough may rail and protest, they will
bo forced to acknowledge that the prohibi
tory law under which they have been living
in fancied security from invasion by King
Alcohol or his minions for lot these many
years, is knocked higher than Gilderoy's
kite, and Silverman or any other man may
open an original package house there to
morrow if he wishes. So long as he has no
dealings with "minors or persons of known
intemperate habits" he can sell spirits or
beer whenever he can find a customer.
Such, in effect, is the decision to-day in the
sow celebrated case of the Commonwealth
versus Silverman.
After The Dispatch's report of the
trial closed yesterday. Judge Neale ad
dressed the jury at length. Following are
the many points of his argument:
Judge Ii'eale's Argument.
The Jury in the case have an important duty
to perform. The facts in the case, if carefully
considered, are abundant upon which to base
a verdict ot guilty as to the first connt for vio
lation of the laws of this Commonwealth relat
ing to the sale of intoxicants without license,
and as to the third count charging violation of
the statute as to sales or furnishing liquor to
persons of known intemperate habits. As to
the second count relating to sales to minors it
is our duty to say that the evidence was cot of
conclusive character, and as to that count I
could not ask for a conviction.
As the cae is one ot great importance to the
Commonwealth it is the duty of the jury to
take into serious consideration the evidence
covering all the facts.
The case presents the novel feature of a de
fendant admitting upon the stand that he is
I familiar with the liquor laws of the Common
wealth and of the local prohibitory law apply
ing to Leechbnrg borough; admitting, without
hesitation, that he had openly sold the beer in
the light of that knowledge and in defiance of
Statutes, bat claiming it was his right to do so
by reason of the protection afforded him by a
recent decision of the United States Court.
Inconsistencies of tba Lnw.
It Js not the province of an advocate to mis-"
lead a Jury nor of the Court to ignore the para
mount authority of the Supreme Court, and
therefore, however inconsistent with onr ideas
of onr own rights as citizens of a great sov
eign State, and however revolting to the first
principles, as we understood them, of para
mount privileges of a citizen of this Common
wealth, yet so it is, that a court at
least, a majority of the highest
court of tho land has declared that
tinder certain circumstances a citizen, a law
abiding, taipaying 'citizen of Pennsylvania,
does not enjoy equal privileges with a demor
alizing corporation of the State of Ohio.
In other words, under pretext of inter-State
comity, the citizens of another State, in the
guise of original packages, may flood and del
uge onr Commonwealth with its pernicious,
vile and contaminating products by the em
ployment of agents, real or pretended, sedoce
our youth, demoralize onr citizens, pauperize
onr communities and fill onr jails with nnfor
tunato victims. All of this and more may be
done. Our hands are paralayzed to prevent.
The supreme law of the lani has so declared
it; that is the law that the defendant has in
voked; that is the law that yon are asked to
obey that it is your dntytoobey. Obnoxious
laws are soonest abrogated by their execution.
rMlverman's Offense Considered.
The defendant has invoked the protection
and shield of this higher law In audaciously. In
solently, shamefully attempting to Violate the,
Jaws of the Commonwealth that have for years
protected him in all his rights of citizenship.
In the full knowledge of the existence of
these laws, tending to promote his Interests
and your interests, the common weal of a State,
we are all proud of the outgrowth of years of
legislative 'struggle. This defendant comes
boldly and defiantly Into a locality that, more
than 21 years ago, set its face against the
whisky or liquor traffic by the procurement of
local prohibitory law. If anything gives
especial emphasis to his effrontry it is that
that particular snot should have been selected
as the aoene of hi exploits in the endeavor to
RF
pose as a martyr upon the altar of Intemper
ance, vice and Immorality.
As already stated, the law that he has in
voked, and only that, can bo his protection.
But ill betides him if he has gone one jot or
tittle beyond the letter of that law. The story
of "the pound of flesh" in the "Merchant of
Venice" affords an apt illustration of the posi
tion that he has placed himself in. The law in
that case could enforce the full exact pound,
but not a drop of blood beyond. So here, he
may go as far as the law permits to its full
limit but not an inch beyond.
Were the Packages Orlginalf
How are the facts? Who says these were
original packages? Who proves that they
weref The bookkeeper. Miller, admits that he
did not ship them; admits that he did not pnt a
single mark upon them by which he could
identify them, or any of them. It is trne he
saw some 40 kegs of beer in a car that was to
goto Pittsburg; saw the tabs on five or six,
but he did not follow or accompany them;
was not presont at their delivery, nor
was any other man who bad a right to swear to
their identitv. Two intervening trans
shipments occurred first, from the storage
warehouse at Pittsburg; second, from-Allegheny
City. Who can satisfy your minds that
if these were original packages they were In
fact the original packages shipped on that par
ticular 21st of May, 1S90. from Hamilton, O.,
perhaps 400 miles distant from tbeborongbof
Leechbnrg. The evidence upon this point
should be clear and conclusive beyond any
doubt. This defendant, having admitted the
violation of the law of his State, has no right
to claim anything at your hands in the way of
that clemency which the hnmans spirit of our
laws allows in the matter of a reasonable doubt.
The attention of the Court is respectfully
called to this position: That
The Admlnlon of the Defendant
as to the body of tho offense deprives him en
tirely of the usual benefit of a reasonable
doubt; in fact, the relation Is simply changed,
and if there be a reasonabledonbt in the minds
of the jury that these packages were not orig
inal packages, or the original packages, then
the defendant should be found guilty upon
the first, and in fact the third connt also, of
the Indictment.
As to the third count, which charges that
defendant furnished or sold the beer to persons
of known intemperate habits, there can in no
event be any hesitation in declaring the de
fendant guilty. Tbo facts have been
so fully proven, without one word of
contradiction, that there is no room
for error. The able explanation of the appli
cation of the law by Mr. Leason. made to the
Court in the hearing of the jury, and in which
tho Court will doubtless coincide, have
not a', shadow ot tecnnlcal refuge for
this defendant by which he may defeat
the just and merted penalty of a vio
lated law. That yon will perform yonr
duty, fully, fairly and faithfully in the vindica
tion of yonr individual rights as citizens of this
great Commonwealth, as watchmen guarding
the citadel of your own liberties, and as men
true and trusted in this position, where so
mnch of morality, of Christianity, of the high
est and best welfare of your fellow citizens, the
case is committed to yon so far as my relation
to yon as counsel for the Commonwealth is
concerned.
l'olnts Raised by the Defense.
At the conclusion of Judge Neale's ad
dress court adjourned until this morning.
Upon the opening of court Judge Bay
burn read the points submitted by the coun
sel for the de'ense. They were argued for
some time by Messrs. "Whitworth and N eale.
Tbey were:
First-Tbat the evidence showing that the
beer was sold in the borough of Leechburg, and
there being a local prohibitory law applicable
to the said borough, dated March, 18G6, and the
indictment in this case being framed under the
general act ol 1SS7, which act did not repeal the
local prohibitory law, there can be .no convic
tion in this case under the said general law.
Second The prohibitory law applicable to
said borough, the act of May 13, 18o7, and that
of May 21, are unconstitutional and void, as
being in conflict with the laws and constitution
of the United States relating to inter-State
commerce.
Third It being shown that the defendant,
Charles Silverman, in the sale of the beer
charged, was acting only as agent under power
of attorney for the Cincinnati Brewinz Com
pany, of Hamilton, 0- a corporation duly in
corporated under the laws ot Ohlo,-engaged in
the manufacture in the State of phloand the
sale of lager beer put up in kegs, barrels and
nan oarreis, properly seaiea ana stampea wiin
the proper stamps, as required by the laws of
the United States, and that the said corpora
tion consigned said beer to Charles Silverman
in such original packages and the same sold by
him as such agent, in the said original pack
ages, and in no other way, then there can be no
conviction in this case.
A Matter of Inter-Btato Commerce.
Fourth That under the Constitution and
laws of the United States relating to commerce
between the States, the Cincinnati .Brewing
Company, of Hamilton, 0 had a right and is
fully justified in shipping this beer in original
packages from the State of Ohio into that of
Pennylvanla. and there disposing of the same
in original packages, either by sale or other
wise, directly or through the means of agents
emnloyed for that purpose,
Fifth That the mere fact of the beer being
stopped In transit in Pittsburg and transferred
to another car and then forwarded to Leech
burg, the place of its destination, did not
change the character of the shipment, and did
not affect the right of the Cincinnati Brewing
Company to have the said beer sold by its agent
at Leechburg. Armstrong county. Pa.
Sixth Under all the evidence in the case and
the law bearing thereon the verdict should be
for the defendant.
Seventh That whether the kegs as described
are original packages or not is a question to be
decided by the court and not to be submitted to
the jury, and that the kegs, as shown by the
evidence, are to be considered as original pack
ages. His Honor thus disposed of these points:
The first point we refuse. If you find the
facts as stated in our general charge you can
convict the defendant.
The second point we refuse. We cannot say
that this is unconstitutional so taras it would
affect the whole indictment in this case, and
we refer you to the instructions given you in
this case in our general charge.
The third point we will affirm, so far as the
first connt in this indictment is concerned.
The fourth point we affirm, as far as it re
lates to the first count in this indictment.
The fifh point we affirm, if you find the fact
that the packages as sold by Charles Silverman,
in Leechburg borough, were the same original
packages as shipped to him by the Cincinnati
Brewing Company.
The sixth point we refuse.
The seventh point we refuse.
Jndge Rayburn'a Charge.
He then charged the jury as follows:
Gentlemen of the jury, the defendant In this
case, Charles Silverman, stands charged before
you with the violation of the liquor laws of
Pennsylvania. The first count in this indict
ment is that of selling liquor without a license,
the second, ior selling io minors, ana the third,
of selling to men ot known intemperance.
The defendant does not deny that on tin. fiitt.
of May last be sold beer In the borough of
Leechburg to certain named persons, and if
that were all of this case it'would be your duty
to convict on the first count of this indict
ment. We will take the counts separately.
Now, as a defease to that, (the first count)
he claims that the beer sola by him was that
peer consigned to mm as me agent oi the Cin
cinnati Brewing Company, consigned by said
company from the State of Ohio. There has
been some evidence here on the part of the de
fense as to how that beer came to Mr. Silver
man at Jjeechburg.
t-ugene aimer, the bookkeeper of the Cin
cinnati Brewing Company, testifies that the
beer was shipped from Hamilton, O., for the
Cincinnati Brewing Company in care of Chaa.
Silverman, at Leech Dure, loo will remember
his testimony, what knowledge he had cf how
it was shipped, and the marks upon it This
with other beer that was sbloned to Pitchr,,'
was placed in the same car. There the test?
mony of Henry Wolf is that it was taken out
ui uiib ui uu iiu. iuw uie storage house, and
was then reshipped to Leechburg: You will
remember his testimony as to the reshipment
and what knowledge he had of how it was re
shipped, and whether or not it was the same
beer that bad been consigned in the first place
from the Cincinnati Brewing Company, at
Hamilton, O. " uay.
As to tho First Connt.
f Ton have the testimony of Chas. Silverman
that he received the beer at Leechburg. Wow,
it is for you gentlemen to say, from theevk
dence before you, whether or not this was the
same beer that was originally consigned to
Chas. Silverman from Hamilton, O. If you
find that the beer sold by Chas. Silverman at
Leechburg, as agent of the Cincinnati Brewing
Company, were the same packages as originally
consigned to blm from the State of Ohio, it
would be yonr duty under the law as recently
decided by the Supreme Court ot the United
States to acquit the defendant on the first
count of this indictment, bnt if you find that
this beer sold by him in Leechburg
was not tba same original pack
ages as consigned to him by the
Cincinnati Brewing Company it would be your
dnty to convict him of the first count in this
indictment.
As to the second count, that of selling liquor
to minors, the evidence Is very meager on that
part of the case. The minors named in the in
dictment come upon the witness stand and
state that they did not get any beer from Mr.
Silverman. There is some evidence that they
got some beer, but the question is whether
they got it from Mr. Silverman.
As to tho third connt in this Indictment, that
of selling liquor to men of known Intemperate
habits, there is evidence that this beer was sold
to men whom witness state are men of known
intemperate habits.
It is tor you. gentlemen, to say under ail the
evidence before you. whether or not these men
named in this Indictment are men of known in
temperate habits, and if you conclude, that
they are men ot known Intemperate habits,
and that this beer was sold to them by Charles
Silverman, we would say it would be your duty
to convict him under the third count in this in
dictment. The Right of Police Regulation.
The reason we give for the non-application of
the recent decision of the Supreme Court as to
this charge of the indictment is that the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania has a right to a
police regulation of its affairs, and the putting
into the hands ot men ot known intemperate
habits Intoxicating liquors would be a viola
tion of the laws otthe Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, and the defendant cannot shield him
self under the recent decision of the Supreme
Court, saying to you at the same time that
original packages from another State
cannot be sold in a State to which they
are shipped regardless of the law there on ao
count of the existence of inter-State commerce,
and if yon rind that these men were men of
known intemperate habits, and that the de
fendant, Chas. Silverman, sold this Honor to
them it would be your duty to convict him of
this third count in the indictment, by reason ot
tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania having a
right to control its notice regulations.
Now, gentlemen, if yon shonld convict the
defendant of any or all of these counts in this
indictment, it is the end of your duty. If you
acquit the defendant of all the counts In this
indictment yon have a further duty to perform,
and that is the qnestion of tbe costs. Yon have
a right to say whether or not the defendant
shall pay the costs, or whether the prosecutor
shall pay the costs, naming who he is, or if they
should be divided in such proportions as you
see tit, or you can put tue costs upon the coun
ty. However, we think this is not a case re
quiring the costs to be put upon the county.
The Terdlct Returned.
The jury was out nearly three hours and
its verdict was just what most of the audi
ence expected, and among the majority the
defendant It was to the effect that Silver
man was not guilty of selling without
license, not guilty of selling to minors, bnt
guilty of selling to persons of known in
temperate habits. He explained that he ex
pected to be convicted on this count, as he
said the farmers on the jury wonld not want
to see the costs put on the county,
even if they were friendly to him,
and he reasoned that they would think
he got off well with a $50 fine, tbe costs and
alight imprisonment The fine may range
from $50 to $500 and imprisonment not less
than 20 nor more than 90 days.
Silverman, however, evidently was not as
well pleased as he expressed himself, as he
added that his conviction placed in jeop
ardy every liquor dealer in the SCjte, as if
they took the trouble to catechise every man
they did not know who asked them to sell
him liquor they could do no business,and if
they didn't they were liable at any minnte
to get into the same box as he did.
"While it cannot be denied that the
Prohibition element was much put out by
the result, and that element is strong in
Armstrong county, yet so far as could be
learned those who rejoiced seemed to be in
a majority.
He Anticipated tbe Decision.
B. C. Chambers, of Shady Plain, who
signs himself "Orator, Subject Bights of
Liberty," and who drops into verse on the
subject of the wares ce sells, held forth to
an enthusiastic audience in front of the
Conrt House. He said he had led the Court
21 hours in deciding that an original pack
age under the Supreme Court decision was
as sacred as a letter in a postoffice, and he
congratulated himself that he was spared,
the disagreeable duty of' disciplining the
Court He said this suit showed that Pro
hibition did not prohibit, as 24 years had
not been sufficient to grow a race ot abstain
ers in Leechburg.
Liquor dealers who have paid license are
not so happy, though Silverman assured
tbem that an original package agency
would not pay in districts where license was
granted. He said that Indiana, Leechburg,
Beaver, Little "Washington and other pro
hibitory towns wonld furnish the bases for
operation, though for his own part he
would not do business in a town where the
trade would not justify an order for a whole
carload at a time, and then he wonld have
tbe car sealed and marked with as much
care as though it were the original package
itself.
Vast Business Opportunities.
The more the matter was disenssed the
wider the probabilities ior business grew.
It was suggested that an original package
need not be greater than a quarter pint
bottle filled with whisky, or four drinks of
whisky, according to a man's capacity. A
vast sigh of relief was heaved by many
when they realized that it would not much
longer be necessary to go around when visit
ing tbe Saints' Best, Little Washington,
and other prohibition saharas, as even a
vest pocket pistol small enough to be car
carried to church without exciting suspicion,
can be secured anywhere, and it seems to be
an open secret that prohibition strongholds
are to be attacked.
In his strictures on the motives of farmers
on the jury, Silverman seemed to forget
that his triumph might contribute to their
loss, as oleomargarine can come into the
State and be sold in original packages as
well as his wet goods. The frugal ladies of
the country districts who buy oleo and mix
it with their cow product and make 50-cent-a-pound-gilt-edged
butter will also find
their monopoly at an end, unless they can
still impose on the credulous.
Damage Suits Threatened.
During the afternoon Mr."Whitworth made
a motion in arrest of judgment, and the
first Monday in August was fixed for a hear
ing on it. Silverman said it would be
shown that his conviction could not be sus
tained, but his counsel did not discuss the
matter.
Silverman .possibly got some comfort out
ot the reports that some suits for damages
might be entered by the people of Leech
burg, whom some witnesses deposed were
habitually intemperate. They say they do
no deserve the appellation or classification.
DOUTU.ITT.
WHAT WAS EXPECTED.
OPINIONS OF LEECHBURG CITIZENS ON
THE DECISION. -
Satisfactory to Some, and Not So to Others
Varying Views of Lending Men 'Squire
Klefer Thinks a Longer Delay Wonld
Have Been Better.
JSTECIAI. TKLEOBA TO TOT DISrATCH.
TjEECHBUBg, June 13. A general can
vass of the town proves that the conservative
portion is entirely satisfied with the verdict
in the Silverman case. Had a conviction
been obtained on either of the first two
counts it would have conflicted
with the inter-State commerce
decision and been reversed by
the Supreme Court Dr. H. P. Hunter
says it was better than they expected, from
the fact that it maintains the right of the
police power of the State. He claims that
no court will interfere with the verdict. A.
p. Elliott thinks it is "the best we could
get under the circumstances."' Mr. Hill
says, so far as he can understand it, no bet
ter verdict could have been gotten.
'Squire Kiefer is not satisfied. He would
prefer the sales had been allowed until a
sure hold had been obtained ior selling to
minors, also that be feels that the Supreme
Court would not interfere with snch a ver
dict. Holmes George is not satisfied and
claims it was no worse for Silverman to '-sell
than for parties to send a $2 bill to Pittsburg
(GtmttntMrf on BtvmOt JPao-)
PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, JUNE
THEIE DAEK SECRET.
Autocrats of the Senate Eiddling the
McKinley Tariff Bill.
HO ADVICE DEEMED HECESSAET.
Even Republicans of the House Treated
With Silent Contempt.
IE0X AKD STEEL ABE BUEE TO SUFFER.
Pittsourg Manufacturers Xrpected to Enter a
Vigorous Protest
Every effort hag been made to keep the
changes made in the tariff bill by the Senate
Committee secret. It is known, however,
that the measure has been radically
amended, and the duty in nearly every in
stance rednced. Iron, steel and glass, in
particular, have been cut down. Tin plate,
it is thought, is still safe.
IPBOM A BTXYT COEEESPOXDEKT.
"Washington, June 13. The Senate
Finance Committee will only touch here
and there upon the tariff bill between this
and the time when it is reported, which will
be next Monday or Tuesday, and it is not
probable that many important changes will
be made. Letters and telegrams continue
to come in by the hundred to members of
the committee and to Senators and members
of the House, asking their assistance to in
fluence members of the committee, protest
ing against changes from the House bill,
but they are treated with equanimity, not to
say contempt
Of course many of these messages are
wide of the mark, because the committee
has been so successful in eluding all in
quiries, and in keeping the secret of the
changes. It is a fact that of nearly 200
changes, not more than a dozen or so im
portant ones are definitely known, and the
information is so meager that the wonder is
that there is so much that is specifically
known.
ALL INFOBMATION BEFUSED.
Even members of the House who are in
timate with the members of the committee,
and who have asked for confidential in
formation, have been firmly refnsed, simply
because the committee knows that the
temptation would be irresistible to give the
information to important and influential
constituents. There can he little doubt,
however, that in the matter of the most im
portant manufactures and especially those
of Pennsylvania, "Western Virginia and
Ohio, a cut has been made in nearly every
one.
Though one member of the committee still
insists the figures are not quite correct, it has
been practically assented to by the other
members that tbe steel rail duty has been
scaled down from (13 US, the figures in the
House bill, to $11 20. It is also fairly ad
mitted that pig iron, strnctural iron and
galvanized iron have each suffered a cut,
but insignificant compared with steel rails.
One-fourth of one cent a pound has been
hinted as the cut on galvanized iron, but no
figures worthy of belief has been suggested
as to the other articles.
The cut on glassware will average about
10 per cent and on pottery 6 per cent Lum
ber is cut to $1 a thousand, which is 50 cents
less than the House bill figures.
SEE UK PLATE TEATTJBE.
Strange to say, it is virtually decided that
the duty fixed by the House bill for tin
plate will not be disturbed, though her
culean efforts were made to reduce the fig
ures of 2 2-10 cents a pound. Frantic pro
tests have come from the great canning in
terests of the whole country, but the com
mittee, ready and eacer to cut in other in
stances, were obdurate in this.
So with steel wire. It is pretty certain
that it has been let alone, though the great
farming "West was practically a unit in a
demand that the House bill figures be re
duced. It is understood that very little
change has been made in the wool and
woolen schedules, and verv little in the
matter of articles of luxury, silks, satin,
laces, etc., though why wools and woolen
goods should be excepted from the paring
policy may be difficult to perceive.
The present work of the committee is to
reach a conclusion in regard to the internal
tax features of the bill, and the sugar
schedule. It js practically decided to re
enact the existing law with regard to manu
factured tobacco, and the liquor tax will
probably be left as in the House bill, though
neither of these vexing questions is finally
disposed of.
SUGAB HOT SETTLED. x
The sugar schedule so far remains un
touched, but there is yet a disposition to
make some slight changes in it Tbe pros
pects are good, however, that the important
experiment proposed by the House bill will
have an opportunity to be put to a test
Of course these figures and suggestions
give only a general idea of the manner in
which the Lower House bill has been
riddled by the Upper House. The House
committee which drafted the now mutilated
bill held protracted hearings. All interests
naa an opportunity to urge their views.
The Senate held no hearings. They
wonld listen to nobody. Men of the high
est character and of wide name and influ
ence were thrust aside with contempt when
they even asked a moment's conversation
with an inditidual member of the commit
tee. The professional politicians who have
no other end in life than to keep themselves
in office knew it all and turned down Mc
Kinley, the whole "Ways and Means Com
mittee and representatives of the great man-
niacturing interests of the country.
THEIE ONLY EXCUSE.
The only excuse they offer is that tho al
most universal protestjagainst the McKinley
bill showed plainly that something must be
done to stem the rising tide against the ultra
protection illustrated by that measure.
They would not see that the protest came
largely from mere growlers, or from those
who had no understanding of the question,
or from importers, and not in any sense
from the great manufacturing interests
which have developed the country immeas
urably more than all other influences.
The major part of the work has been done
by Senators Allison, HiscocK and Aldrich.
To show how sincere they are in their pro
fession of aiming to comply with popular
demand, witness the cut from 30 to 15 cents
on barley. Protests came from the farmer
of New York and from the barley raising
Stales of "West and Northwest, saying that
the influx of barley from Canada, grown by
cheap labor, would ruin the production of
barley in the United States.
But Senator Hiscock depended less on
the larmer vote than on the influence of
brewing interests in the Nw York Legis
lature, and Allison and Aldrich joined with
him in making the cut, possibly with a
feeling that the brewing influence extended
even farther tharr the New York Legisla
ture. At any rate this remarkable step
was taken at the instance of brewing inter
ests. ANOBY BEPBESENXATIVES.
There is an intense feeling among mem
bers of the House at the impudent and con
temptuous treatment of tbe bill in the
Senate, but of course they must be discreet.
When the bill goes to a Conference Com
mittee, however, the Senators will probably
discover how tenaciously the terms of tbe
House bill will be adhered to by tbe HoUre
conferees, backed up by the Republicans,
with few exceptions.
', "Word is received hero that it is possible aj
14, 1890 TWELVE
number of the most influential Pittsburg
manufacturers will come on to-morrow to
make a last attempt to beat some sense into
the members of the Senate Finance Com
mittee in regard to the iron and steel
schedules. There is yet time for a last
word, and In similar circumstances great
things have been accomplished in a short
space of time. Lightneb.
EEED MAKING A EECOED.
HE IS SHUTTING DOWfToNTHE EXTRAV
AGANT SCHEMES.
Blaine Nat Altogether Pleased by the Speak
er's Course The Flamed Knight la
Opposed to tbe Sagar Bounty and the
Federal Election Bllt
rspzcxu, TUiaam to nn sisra.TCH.1
"Washington, June 13. Speaker Beed
has caused a ripple of excitement among his
Republican colleagues in the House by let
ting it become Known that in his opinion
rigid economy must be the watchword for
the remainder of this session, or his party
will find itself in an embarrassing situa
tion from which they will not be able to
escape. "With the exception of the disabil
ity pension bill, which passed the House
the other day, very little legislation has
been enacted or mapped ont providing for
any excessive expenditure of money, and it
is plain that Mr. Beed did all he could to
make his colleagues see the lack of wisdom
in adding $75,000,000 or $100,000,000 to the
annual expenditure for pensions.
That bill passed the House, however, and
now the Speaker says that extravagance
must cease. The latest bill upon which he
has set his foot, and which has caused the
greatest indignation among many ot hi fol
lowers and supporters in the House, is the
Senate bill appropriating in rourid numbers
$6,000,000 for the completion of the work of
improving the vast waterway of the great
lakes by widening the Hay Lake channel in
St Mary river, and the enlargement of the
locks of the great canal at Sault Ste Marie.
Thereis no doubt that Mr. Beed's popu
larity gives much uneasiness to the friends
of Mr. Blaine. There is a strong enrrent
here to-day to the effect that Mr. Blaine has
had his eye upon Mr. Beed ever since he as
sumed tbe Speaker's chair, and that tbe
PInmed Knight is beginning to call atten
tion to the alleged mistakes which his
youthful rival is making. It is said that
the Secretary of State, in conversa
tion with a Bepublican Senator to
day, expressed his emphatio disapproval of
Mr. Beed's course, and ventured the opin
ion that he could do nothing that would be
more unpopular with the Republicans and
the people generally than to father legisla
tion providing for a bounty on sugar and
Federal control of National elections.
Whether Mr. Blaine said this or not, it is a
well-known fact that his friends are sneer
ing at Mr. Beed, and predicting thit his
dictatorship will end in his downfall and
the defeat of the Republicans.
FROM PITTSBURG TO PARA.
J. O. Kerbey Reeeives His Commission as
a South Amerlcnn Consul.
rFEOM A BTXTT COBBXSFOKDEXT.'I
Washington, June 13. Mr. J, O.
Kerbey, an old Pittsbnrg boy, who was
recently appointed Consul to Para, South
America, received his comrriissinn this
morning, and secured the signatures of
Representatives Dalzell and Bayne to his
bond. Kerbey was a schoolmate of Repre
sentative Dalzell, "and on account of this
fact the latter requested his appointment
from Secretary Blaine. The Secretary
remembered that Kerbey was a distant rela
tive of his, and so what with one friendship
and another tbe appointment came,essily.
, Then -Kerbey, who has been through
many vlccissitudes, ran against a snag
among the newspaper men, many of whom
he had offended very seriously, but on ac
count of the high regard tbey felt for Mr.
Dalzell and their appreciation of his senti
ment which prompted to do a favor to an
associate of schoolboy days, the gentlemen
of the press smothered their resentment and
Kerbey was confirmed withont opposition,
though he came very near upsetting his own
dish by his prolific letter writing. Mr.
Kerbey has gone to Pennsylvania for a visit
prior to starting ior Para.
BAYHE IS DELIGHTED.
He Says He Feels Like a Boy Jnst Loose
From School.
VEOU X STAir COEEESFONDKJtT.l
"Washington, June 13. Representative
Bayne has rented his beautiful house on
Massachusetts avenne, and will not occupy
it after the close of this session of Congress.
For the short session he and Mrs. Bayne
will live at the Arlington Hotel, and after
that they will go abroad for a prolonged
visit
The Colonel appears to bo sincerely de
lighted at the thonght that he is about to
abandon politics, and says he feels the
elation of a boy just broke from school.
A Bounty on Maplo Sagar.
rSFXCn.1. TELEGRAM TO TUB DI8FJLTCH.1
"Washington, June 13. By a party
vote the Senate Finance Committee this
afternoon decided to include in the tariff
bill a provision for the payment of a bounty
of 2 cents per pound to the producers of
maple sugar. Senator Morrill, Chairman
of the committee is the author oi this pieee
of legislation, which was voted down in the
House.
INDICTED AND OUT ON BAIL.
The Status of the Hale-Cowlei Cass In the
Montreal Courts
rsrxcM.1, teiJeqxam to tot dispatcti.1
Montreal, Jane 13. There was another
sensation in connection with the Cowles
case when it became known this afternoon
that the grand jury had returned a true
bill against Hale for shooting with intent
to kill. 'Hale and his friends thought that
when Cowles refnsed to make any charge
against him there would be no further
proceedings. However, Police Magistrate
Desnoyees, in giving judgment to-day, said
that, owing to the threats made by Cowles,
the accused doubtless considered his sister's
lite was in danger, but it was also evident,
from the deposition of the witnesses, that
the parties had had no difficulty in the cab,
and that the only provocation given to Hale
was that the cab didn't stop in front of the
convent where tbe child was staying.
In view of this fact he said he wonld be
obliged to commit Hale to await the action
of the grand jury. Hale was brought into
court and had to appear In the criminal
docket or the Queen's bench before Judge
Doherty. He was very pale, and evidently
felt the ordeal keenly- The indictment was
read to him, and he pleaded not guilty, and
gave bail in the sum of 4,000.
PINNED DOWN FOR FOUR DAYS.
Horrible Predicament ol n Wood-Chopper
, In the Michigan WUds.
Mabquette, Mich., June 13. "William
Lowrey, an aged colored resident of this
city, was found yesterday by a party of
woodsmen in the forest near Onota, pinned
to the ground by a tree which had fallen
upon him. He had barely strength left to
speak to his rescuers and to thank them.
He said he had lain thus onr days without
seeing or hearing a living person.
He was brought here, where he died this
morning, death resulting from exposure and
starvation, as the internal injuries sus
tained -were dot severe enough of themselves
to be fatal.
Mmtt.
PAGES.
EETEALED A MYSTERY
An American Girl Crossed in Love
Ships as a Sailor, and is
DISCOVERED ONLY AFTER DEATH.
The Heir of All the Enssias Will Tislt This
Country on His
PROJECTED TOUR AE0DND THE WORLD.
German Barons Bonnerd for Answering luiee
Matrimonial Notices.
A supposed sailor, who shipped at Pensa
cola, Fla., was killed at an Bnglish port
yesterday, and discovered to be a woman.
Tbe Czarowltz will start around the world
August 1, and will visit America. A
Methodist mission society endeavored to
lessen the spectators at the Derby.
fBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAlrT.l
LONDON, June 13. A fatal accident,
which revealed a mystery, occurred to-day
onboard the Barque Ida, at "West Hartle
pool, to a sailor known as Hansbrandt, who
had shipped as an apprentice at Pensacola,
Fla. He was aloft scraping one of the
masts, when he fell to tbe deck, apparently
uninjured, as he jumped up, but after walk
ing a few steps, staggered and fell through
an open hatch into the hold, and was killed.
The body was removed to the morgue, and
on laying out the remains, the anthorities
were astonished to find they were those of a
female, the crew of the Ida having all along
been unaware of the fact It is supposed
that the girl ran away from home on account
of being disappointed in a love affair.
AGAIHST PUBLIC HOUSES.
a strong argument by mr. gladstone
Upon the bill.
He Denounces It ns a Blow nt the Temper
ance Cause Polsonons to the People A
Retrograde Step In Social Reform.
London, June 13. The debate on the
licensing bill was continued in the House
of Commons this evening. There was a
long discussion on Mr. Acland's
proposal to apply the competition
fund to edncation. Mr. Gladstone
said it had been asserted confidently and
loudly that the bill did not sanction the
principle of compensation. It was mainly
on that gronnd that the Government hoi
commended it to the Honse, while some
supporters had urged as the main reason
for their approval that the bill did estab
lish the principle of compensation. Hear,
hear.
He agreed with the latter. The opponents
of the measure considered it a distinctly
retrograde step in social reform. They
looked upon the bill as poison for the peo
ple, and demanded that the funds be ap
plied toward education. The ministers had
expressed amazement on hearing the meas
ure 'called the endowment bill. He bad not
heard any name that so accurately denoted
the purpose of the bill. It was certain that
public house values had already risen
throngh the prospects raised by the measure,
and he was equally snre that the moment it
became a law every public house
in the country would be regarded
as worth more than the market price
nnd would sot be acquired except at
higher price. Hear, Hear. The vast in
vestment by great proprietary firms in pnb
lio bouses was a monstrous evil, and entire
ly the growthof recent times. These firms
had invested in public houses under some
expectation of a renewal of license.
The value of this expectation it had been
declared rested on no legal basis, as the
license might under the present law
be annulled without compensation.
The bill would establish a princi
ple that licenses might be bought up by
money from the public taxes at prices vir
tually fixed by license-holders. Heart
Hearl Was not this public house endow
ment? Cheers.
The bill was a severe blow to the cause of
temperance and met with the opposition of
the mass of people who objected to monopo
lies getting the capital value of their mo
nopolies in addition to enormous gains.
"WHY.NEWF0trNDLAND KECKS.
Sir James Fergnsson Explnlns Blatters u
He Understands Them.
London, June 13. Sir James Fergus
son, Under Foreign Secretary, was ques
tioned in tbe House of Commons to-day in
regard to tbe opposition of Newfoundland
to the modus vivendi with France. He re
plied that the objections of the Newfound
land Legislature seemed to be mainly
founded on tbe mistaken notion that the
modus vivendi tended to impair their rights
or to admit claims of France hitherto unac
knowledged. Some understanding upon procedure for
this season, being absolutely necessary, tbe
Government had made an arrangement
with France. Becent cable dispatches, he
added, showed that the Joint Committee of
the Colonial Legislature was prepared to
admit in practice the main provisions of
the modus vivendi.
METHODISTS AT THE DERBY,
They Persuade 320 Persons Not to Look
nt the Race.
CUT DUIflAP'S CABLE COHPAUT.
London, June 13. The report of the
Methotlist Mission at Epsom Downs during
Derby week has just been published. An
Immense tent was erected opposite the
grand stand, into which the crowd was
hnstled and made to take a pledge not even
to look at either horses or jockeys, while
the Derby was being rnn.
The missionaries succeeded in inducing
320 spectators to lorego their anticipated
amusement and listen to Scripture reading
while more exciting sport was afoot outside.
It is also hinted that Holy Writ was so inter
preted as to make it clear to the average
racing mind that the modern prodigal son
is named Jubilee Juggins.
TO RIVAL NELLIE BLY.
The Heir of All thn Ruulns Will Go Aronnd
the World.
Car DtrcrLAP's cable compajtt.:
St. Peteb8Bubo, June 13. The Czar-
owitz will begin his journey round the
world on August 1, starting from Odessa.
The Grand Dnte George will accompany
him. 'Xney win visit the lioly Land, Cey
lon, Australia, China, Japan and America,
where they will hunt on the Rocky Moun
tains. Chnnges In tbe Tory Cabinet.
London, June 13. It is stated that if
Mr. Smith resigns his seat in (he Cabinet he
will probably be succeeded by Lord Hart
ington; and that Sir Henry James will suc
ceed Mr. Mathews as Home Secretary.
The Czar Departs Unexpectedly.
St. Petebsbtjbg, June 13. It is re
ported that the Czar and family have sud
denly left Gatchina for the Peterhof palace
without making any preparation and with
out taking any luggage.
Explosion la a Powder Factory.
'Bxblxy, Jnne 13. An explosion oo
curred to-day in a powder factory at Span
dan. Several workmen were injured and
great damage was done to the factory.
THE POPE AS A PROPHET.
He Foraees Evil Because of Indifference to
the Chnrcb.
Dublin, June 13. The Irish Catholic
states that the Pope, in replying to the con
gratulations oi visitors at the Vatican, ex
pressed himself as strongly of the belief that
great punishment was impending on society
for its disregard of and indifference to the
Church.
"The Lord," he said, "will come no
longer with a sweet and peaceful face, but
with an angry one to strike and
purify his Church. I am neither a
prophet nor the son of a prophet,
but I feel in my heart sorrowful
presentments. A sea of evil is about to
beat against the rock on which the Church
is founded, and will leave nothing to be
seen on the horizon bnt tbe threat of the
anger ol God. Prayer will not suffice to ap
pease the Almighty."
IMPECUNIOUS NOBLEMEN
Bounced From the Gnards for Answering
American Mntrlmonlnl Advertisements.
rBT PUJTLAP'S CABLE COlIPAST.1
Berlin, June 13. The police are busily
searching for Barons Maltzahnand"Wulffen,
who were lately cashiered from the Imperial
Guards for answering advertisements offer
ing rich American girls in matrimony to
noblemen. The barons had issued dralts of
1,000 marks which were dishonored, and the
Issuers' names posted in the court house.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY IN A PHILADEL.
PHIA CELLAR.
Ono xouna; Sinn Killed br His Companion,
Apparently Withont Any Provocation
Tho Pistol Then Pointed at His Own
Hend Death Instantaneous.
SPECIAL TXLEOEAil TO THE DISPATCH. I
Philadelphia, June 13. A double
tragedy in the cellar of an unfinished
house on Cumberland street to-day created
the wildest excitement in that vicinity.
Charles Desmond, a plumber aged 20 years,
was shot twice in the head and instantly
killed by "William Cullin, his helper, about
the same age, who, after noting the effect
of his aim, placed the pistol in his
mouth and committed suicide. No theory
other than that the crime was committed
during a temporary fit of insanity has been
advanced, as the two yonngmen had worked
together for a long time and no ill-feeling is
known to have existed between them.
Shortly after 3 o'clock the workmen on
the outside of tbe place were startled by
hearing two shots in quick succession, fol
lowed by another one about two minutes
after. One ot the painters upon hearing the
reports of the pistol inquired of his fellow
workmen where the shots were coming
from, and then they made an investigation.
James Dollaren, who had left -the two
young men to get a drink from a hydrant,
had just come back, when he was asked if
he knew anything about the shots. He re
plied that be did not, and went down the
cellar where Desmond had gone to work.
Just as he reached the lower step he
was horrified to see stretched on the floor
the body of CuUin and alongside of him the
murderous pistol. He ran up stairs and
informed some of the men about the place
that something was the matter down in the
cellar, as Billy was lying on the ground in
a pool of blood. Some of the more cour
ageous went to his assistance, and when
tbey fonnd Cullin with blood oozing from
his mouth they irqniediately sent lorDr
Brown and Koblers
They turned around to look for Desmond,
whom they saw crouching in a dark corner
of the cellar, holding in his band a piece of
pipe with his back toward them, to all ap
pearances too much absorbed in his work to
pay any attention to what was going on.
One of the men called to him, bnt receiving
no response, went to the corner and saw that'
his head was resting against one side of
the wall, and that the body was supported
by a wall on the other side. By this
time the physicians arrived, and after a
hasty examination found that both of the
men were dead. Desmond had two bullet
holes in his head, one about an inch above
the left eyebrow and the other directly back
of the ear. Both balls had gone clear
through the head.
"WORLD'S FAIR TROUBLES.
Chicago Has Not Tet Seen the Last of the
Financial Difficulties.
rSFXCIAX. TILIG1AM TO TOT DISPATCH. 1
Chicago, June 13. Vice President
Bryan, of the "World's Fair Directory, took
a hasty trip to Springfield last night to be
stir the Governor regarding a special ses
sion of the Legislature. The Governor has
been frightened by the extreme opposition
of the community to the project of conven
ing the Legislature in extraordinary ses
sion. Tronble is also fomenting in this
city. Tbe advocates of locating the fair on
the west side of tbe river have announced
their intention of fighting the proposed in
crease of the city's indebtedness in case the
Exposition is not located to suit them. Ex
Mayor Carter Harrison is the leader of the
malcontents. It is believed, however, the
Governor will issue his call to-day for the
special session.
It is possible that filibustering tactics may
be resorted to when the Legislature con
venes, the idea being to kill the proposed
amendment to the State Constitution by
lengthening tbe session so that snmcient
tine cannot be had to publish the amend
ment. If the plan to permit Chicago to is
sue 50,000,000 bonds tails it will cripple the
Exposition beyond calculation, as it has
been lound practically impossible to raise
the second ?5,000,000 here by subscription,
according to the admission ot Vice President
Bryan.
TRAIN BOBBERS CAPTURED,
The Authors of the. Recent Wreck Believed
to be la Cmtodr.
rSPECIAI, TIXXOBAX TO TOT DISPATCH. J
Little Rock, Abk., June 13. The
train robbery mystery has been, cleared up
by the arrest of John "Williams, Napoleon
McDaniel and Jim Ratcliff, citizens of Tex
arkana, who are now in jail as the men
wanted for the robbery. Positive proof
is in hand. Tbe officers declare
thev have proof enough to convict "Will
iams is a detective and heretofore has borne
a good character. Ratcliff was shot on the
night of the robbery by the gang accident
ally, which led to their capture.
The arrest of the three men created a sen
sation wben the facts became known. They
are all well known, but had not been sus
pected by the public till officers made the
arrest They will be tried as early as possi
ble, and punished with tbe severest penalty
if found guilty. Arkansas lets no guilty
train robber escape, but follows them with
swift justice in every instance.
AN niPOBTANT RAILROAD DEAL.
The Norfolk nnd Western Acquires Fos
sesstoaof tbe Scioto Taller.
Columbus, Jnne 13. The Scioto Valley
and New England Bailroad was to-day pur
chased by the Norfolk: and "Western Com-'
pany, and will become a part of that sys
tem. The purchase price is not given, but
is said to have been $5,000,000. It will be
operated as tbe Northwest and Eastern Ohio
connection of the Norfolk and "Western.
"With tbe new purchase tbe Norfolk and
"Western will control 1,100 miles of road.
The principal offices are at Boanoke, Va, -
Transient Advertisements,
INCLUDING
WANTS, TO LETS, FOR SALES. ETC., FOB
TO-MORROW'S ISSUE
May ba handed in at the main advertising
office of The Dispatch, corner Smithfleld
and Diamond streets, up to midnight.
THREE CENTS.
A LOTTERY YICTOET.
The Legislative Committee Eeport3
in Favor of the Octopns,
THUS SC0EIKG THE FIRST POIHT.
A Clergyman Will Vote for the Charter
Became of a Petition.
PECULIAR ACTION OP A CONVBNTIOft
It mil nominate Two Candidates and Then let
Them Fijht It Oat
By a vote of 6 to 3 the Louisiana Legisla
tive Committee has decided to report in
favor of the lottery charter. A clergyman,
who is a member of the body, will support
the measure because of a petition from his
constituents. The whole State is excitedly
discussing the situation.
rSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TOT DISPATCH.!
Netv Obleans, June 13. The legisla
tive committee to which the lottery bill was
referred, decided by a vote of 6 to 3 to report
it favorably to the Legislature. Two propo
sitions were made by Mr. Dreyfus, a mem
ber of the committee who is anti-lottery:
First, that the company pledge itself to
abolish tbe daily drawingupon which policy
tickets are based, and which he said im
poverished the poorer classes of the people,
and that it confine itself to the monthly
drawings, a large majority of the tickets for
which are sold outside of Louisiana, and
which does little harm here; and, secondly,
that the Lottery give
TWO MILLION DOLLAB3
a year instead of $1,000,000, $700,000 to go
annually to the public schools, $700,000 to
levees, $300,000 to charities; $150,000 to the
drainage of New Orleans; $10,000 to the
Confederate Soldiers' Home; $50,000 to pen
sions to Confederate veterans and $90,000 to
the insane asylum. The first proposition
was rejected by a vote of 6 to 3, all the lot
tery men opposing it: tbe second by a vote
of7to2, Mr. "Wells, if Biehland, an anti
lottery man, voting against it on the gronnd
that he was opposed to a lottery whether
$1,000,000, $2,000,000 or $10,000,000 were
paid tor the privilege. There will, in con
sequence be two reports to the Legislature.
Mr. Borland, representative from the
Tenth ward of New Orleans, was waited on
by a committee representing 1,600 white
voters of that ward, two-thirds of the total,
and asked to vote for the lottery. He de
clined to do 10, wherenpon the chairman of
the committee asked him to resign, as he no
longer represented the people. Mr. Bor
land refused, declaring that the Democratic
doctrine Is that the people have no right to
instruct a representative after bis election.
A PBEACHEB'S POSITION.
Bev. N. "W. "Warren, representing Bien
ville parish, and who is the only elergyman
in the Legislature, received a petition
signed by 1,000 of the 1,200 white Demor
cratic voters of his parish asking him to
vote for the lottery. He announced that he
would do so, although personally opposed to
the lottery.
The Democratic convention of "West Fe
liciana has decided to nominate two candi
dates for Senator in that district to succeed
Senator Barrow, deceased, one pro-lottery
and the other anti-lottery, and thus find the
views of the people on this question. The
proposition is one of the most remarkable
ones evef made politically, that the same
convention shall nominate two men for the
same office, opposed to each other on tbe
leading issue before the. Legislature, and
who are to run against each other. The
convention declares that it is the only way
to avoid a split in the party. The Senate
Bribery Committee has reported that it can
do nothing, as its members cannot agree how
the investigation shonld be carried ou. A
joint Democratic caucus has been called to
consider the lottery question.
BECAUSE OF BOSS SCOTT
Another Democrat Delegnte Has Tamed
From Paulson to Wallace.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOT DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, June 13. Ex-Eepre-rentative
George McGowan, President of
the Americus Club, and a delegate to the
Democratic State Convention, who some
time since announced himself in favor of
the nomination of ex-Governor Pattison to
head the Democratic State ticket, to-day
changed his position and will support ex
Senator "Wallace. Speaking on the subject,
Mr. McGowan said:
I bave determined to withdraw the
promise made by me to support Governor
Pattison. I shall write to the ex-Governor
my reasons for this action to-morrow. I am
actuated in this position by many political
and personal reasons, and especially by my
desire to go with my associates, Mr. Patter
son, of the First ward, and others in the
delegation with whom I have heretofore
acted. I have no donbt that the strong
men of the delegation are for Sen
ator "Wallace and against Governor
Pattison, and that at the conventi.-,&?r"
when the ballot is called there will bt
a majority of the Philadelphia delegation
against Governor Pattison and for Mr.
"Wallace. I can say that one of my princi
pal reasons for this change of attitude is the
ground taken by Mr. William L. Scott, who
undertakes to control, through his ex
Federal officials and otherwise, tbe policy
of the Democratic party of this State in the
pending contest and to dictate its nomina
tion with reference to tbe campaign of 1892.
PENTECOST AND P0WDERLY
Speak at the Yearly Sleeting of (he Society
of Progressive Friends.
Kennett Squabe, Pa., June 13. The
Progressive Friends opened the thirty
eighth yearly meeting at Longwood, near
here, to-day. The call for the meeting con
cludes with the following: "There Is more
of light to break forth, be it ours to seek and
welcome it There is more of warmth and
love yet to be realized, be it ours' to recog
nize and cultivate it So shall we do onr
Eart toward the building of the church of
umanlty and the commonwealth of man."
Frederick A. Hinckley, of Massachusetts,
and Mary M. Bailey, of Chester county, are
clerks, and the former made an address of
welcome and afterward spoke at length on
"The Theological Bottoms Dropping Out"
Hugh O. Pentecost, tbe ex-priest of Jersey
City, spoke in the afternoon. Subject,
"Tyranny of the Dead." Terrence V. Pow
derly will speak on the labor question to
morrow afternoon.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY CASES
Will be Considered at a Special Sleeting- of
the Pardon Board.
rSFXCIAL TU.IQKAM TO TOT DIIPATCH.1
Habbisbubo, June 13. The Board of
Pardons usually meets on the third Tuesday
ot each month, but the next meeting will
be held next Monday. Among the cases to
be considered Is that of Charles Hannon, of
Allegheny, sentenced December 4, 1886, to
seven years in tbe penitentiary for murder
in the second degree, and Dennis Magher,
Allegheny, sentenced December 7, 1889, for
aggravated assault and battery.
Application has been mads for a rehear
ing in the cases of "William H. Smith, the
murderer, and Patrick McGoldrick.
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