SlflT,' " "ji7' ")' V fte jppntfi Mi$ymi Transient Advertisements, INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS, FOR SALES. ETC., FOB TO-MORROW'S ISSUE May be banded in at the main adrertislnz office of Thx Dispatch, comer Smltnfleld and Diamond streets, np to midnight. Transient AflTertisements RecelYett At tlic Branch. Ofllees of Tlio IMiTii.t:oli Tor to-nionow's issue up to 9 o'clock p. ji. For list of branch oftices In the variouB dis tricts sec TIIlitD FAGE. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1890 TWELVE PAGES. THREE CENTS. FORTY-FIFTH TEAR. gpqmg WKINLETSCHANGES The Red-Hot Struggle Now in Progress in the Sixteenth Ohio District. REED'S STIRRING APPEAL To the Keighbors of the High Pro tection Champion to Return Him to Congress. REPUBLICANS ALL HARD AT WORK, Bat the Friends of Warwick, the Demo cratic Candidate, Claim ETerjthins With Confidence. BOTH PAETIES CHARGING COEEUPTIOH. No Doilt Ttit Moaty aid Pruticil Polities Kill Hue Quti in Inflames is Detcrsiaicg the Result PBOBABLE C0MPLEXI0H OF THE F0OB CODKTIES IErECIAI.TEI.EGBAK TO TUX DISPATCH.: Alliance, October 17. In return for similar serrice before the Maine election, a few weeks ago, Speaker Eced to-day entered McKinley's home county, and made a vigorous appeal to the neighbors of the tariff champion to once more return their rep resentative to the seat in Congress which he has adorned for so many years. The com- y Major McKinley. lng of the big autocrat of the gavel, like a knight ot old, to the rescue of his imper iled comrade, had been Ions heralded, and every preparation had been made to give him a rousing reception. Reed and his party arrived here before noon, and were welcomed at the depot by several hundred Republicans. Later many thousands came in from the surrounding districts. The first meeting took place at 2 p. M. in Goddard's Opera House, and when the hour of meeting came, the place was simply packed with over 2,000 Republicans. "When Mr. Reed appeared on the stage he received a tremendous welcome. Judge Ambler, of Salem, as presiding officer, gave the dis'ijt tished gut a hearty welcome, lonss. Iihn X.Tarrett, of Pittsburg, was first introduced. . A Direct Appeal for the Major. Mr. Reed then followed, and was received with the wildest applajse. After thanking the audience for his kind reception, he said, in part: Your votes will show whether you are con stant in your opinions or inconstant. Two years ago you voted in favor of protection, and not incidental protection, but protection for a purpose. Your sanction to the McKinley bill and your indorsement of its honored author will give the business world stability. I therefore appeal to this audience to sustain the bill by m'kinley's onio electing Hon. William McKinley from this dis trict. I say to you that it i impossible that 8,000.000 of our people should continue to be unrepre tsnted. It tlicy are not represented, some one takes their power. Is there anything in our Constitution thit gives certain men the right to this superior poner? Eight millions of our people are disfranchised. Are j on prepared to submit to this wrongT Thirty seats from the South belong to us. They are tilled by meu Mho have no more nght to them than the men who sit before me now. Why do jou think wc raarMialed our orators in lfcSSr Why did millions of us go to tbb polls? Did we not go to the polls as a solemn duty to tho Gov-pmni'-nt, and yet there stood that minority in the House ho declared they were willing to die for minority rule. They are not dead yet, and the ill of the people has prevailed. An Attack on the Gerrymander. You ought to show by your votes that when men are hired 10 do the work as Congressmen they shall do that work. Give your votes for Mr. McKinler, jour Congressman. Elect him. fjet the Republicans of tho State of Ohio come out in support of all their candidates for Con gress, and elect them, de-pite the cowardly gerrymander of the Democrats, aud I assure jou the Democrats will hate as good reasons to rejoice if there is another such Republican Con gress, as will the Republican party. This evening, preceding the meeting, there was an immense street parade, headed by three bands. The streets were simply jammed, and all gave three cheers for Reed and McKinley. When the meeting opened at 8 o'clock there was never before seen such an audience in any hall in this city. There "vTAXTS of all kinds are quickly answered through THE DISPATCH. Investors, artl. sans, bargain hunters, buyers and sellers closely scan its Classified Advertising Col umns. Largest Circulation. s. r X ( jyr. -j .,.-y J.AirK'- ifc.V is. r Wt 4?Ki ' fSwEto-im --ah- - i mm itdWiirtfuVifi" tillltmMmmSifiwnKfSSr- ja. KimQIwHHnaaWBy were fully 3,000 people inside, while as many more were turned away. Speaker Reed was cheered to the echo, when intro dnced and throughout his address. When he mentioned the name of McKinley the people set up such a shout as shook thevery building. Mr. Heed said: Quiet and Certainty Needed. One thing that business especially needs is quiet and certainty. No one can undertake business operations, which project in the future, without having some confidence in that future. That confidence is determined by the majority of the 61,000,000 of people. The Mc Kinley bill gives the American markets to the American people. To have its full effect it must have your sanction. That alone can en force it as it needs, and on that ground aione I nave come to you and ask you to do again whatyou did two years ago. I desire, for my own cart, your approval by the election of a Republican House of Repre sentatives for the next Congress, for I believe that such election will be conducive to good Ex-Lieutenant Governor John G. Warwick. government in this country, and upon that basis rests the liberty of the country. Is there anything in the burning snn of the South that makes men supenor to those of the frozen North? And yet the disfranchisement of eight millions of people in the South trans fers their power to men who ought to be our equals, but who seek to be our superiors. Are you prepared te endure this, when it is declared in that solemn instrument called the Constitu tion of the United States of America that all men are eqnal Speaker Reed concluded his address with a final appeal for the tariff champion, and took his seat amid tremendous applause. The Hottest Campaign on Record. The remaining two weeks of the campaign in this district will be the warmest ever known in Ohio, famous for its fierce polit ical struggles. Of the four counties Stark, which is the home of both McKinley and Warwick, and casts nearly half the vote of the district, is close and doubtful. The Democrats point to the fact that the protec tion champion, though a candidate at every Congressional election in the last dozen years, has not carried the county since 1880. In 1881 Blaine carried Stark by a few hundred, and McKinley lost it by nearly the same figures. On the other hand, "War wick, who was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1883 and 1885, carried the coun ty on both occasions, receiving in the neigh borhood of 1,000 majority, and running con siderably ahead of his ticket. Local Frido Slay Flay a Fart; In answer to these claims the friends of McKinley point out that since then he has taken a lead in national politics and legis lation and that local pride will play an im portant part in the present contest. They are very hopeful that this feature, in con nection with the jnost thorough organiza tion and rousing canvass, will insure the .Major ttrvote of his own county. Wayne, on the west, is usually good for 500 Democratic majority and ha stately been giving a trifle more than that. It is prob able, however, that Congressman Smyser's work in behalf of McKinley, in addition to the other influences at work, will reduce this to the vanishing point. In fact, it is the opinion of well-pos ted and impartial observers that McKinler and Warwick will come out of Stark and Wayne about even. This leaves the other two counties, Me dina and Holmes, to settle the contest. The first-named is a small county, with an almost entirely agricultural population. Ordinarily home at cantos-. it gives a Republican plurality of about 800, which McKinley's hustlers hope to decid edly increase this year. The Gibraltar of the Democracy. Holmes is likewise small in extent, but it is the Democratic Gibraltar of the State, and here it is that Warwick and his friends ex pect to make up for any deficiencies in the balance of the district This is the county that raised a small army to resist the draft during the Civil War, and it has rarely given less than 2,000 Democratic majority. To win, McKinley must increase the Re publican vole in Medina and decrease the Democratic figures in Holmes, so that the former will overlap the latter. The War wick ad berents claim that it can't be done. Their hustling opponents say that there lias never been a real fight in Holmes county nor all the reserves out in Medina, and that there will be surprises in both sections on November 4. One feature upon which the Republicans are relying somewhat is the fact that the Order of American Mechanics has recently been organized extensively throughout the district and that Warwick: was born on Irish soiL His friends, however, claim that if a fight is made upon him on this ac count it will result' in gains from other sources. Extensive Charges of Corruption. Both sides are making charges of boodle and jelling "stop thie." with all their power. There is no doubt that there is a great deal of money floating around the district. Warwict, while by no means a millionaire, has accumulated some proper ty, while McKinley's opponents claim that unlimited funds have been placed at his disposal. It is intimated, however, that there is an organized nlan among the workers to put all the boodle in their pockets and then vote for their first choice. This, in substance, is the advice of the Democratic organ in Holmes county to the niossbaeks of that sec tion. The oratorical and fireworks end of the campaign will be the most brilliant on record. The climax will be capped next week when Blaine joins Reed, Alger, Bur rows, Dalzell, Sherman and the host of others scarcely less, prominent, in the effort to return the author of the new tariff to his accustomed seat. For the other side Gov ernor Hill, Senator Carlisle, Mills, of Texas, Governor Campbell and others will appear. Opinion of One Who Tried It. Hon. Wallace H. Phelps, of this city, was the Democratic nominee against Mc Kinley four years ago. Stark county was the only one in the old district which is also in 'this, and Phelps carried it against McKinley by nearly 300. In speaking of this jeaf's fight, he said: "I can't see how it is possible lor Mr. McKinley to win. Warwick has carried Stark county twice and I believe he will do it again. If he does he will certainly defeat the Major in this district by.a good majority. McKinley, I believe, will only carry Medina county and will not have over 1,000 plurality there. That will not be enough to do him auy good." A ceculiar feature of the campaign is the fact that the Democrats are trying to work the soldier vote against McKinley on the ground that Congress has not been suffi ciently liberal in pension matters, while the party in the rest oi the country is generally making charges of extravagance. Extraor dinary as itniayseem,itis claimed that there are quite a number of veterans who will support Warwick on this account, and be cause McKinley did not vote for the service bill. The tariff, however, in connection with McKinley's personality, forms the main issue, and on that the fioisy portion of the contest is being waged. The result, though, will depend largely upon the operations of the "practical politicians." To sum up, it will requi.e an earthquake to elect McKinley, but there are some signs of the beginning of the upheaval. CAKNEGD3 at Clnny Is tho subject of a cleverly written article sent to THE DIS PATCH by one of tho correspondents of the London Times. See to-morrow's big issue, ltest Advertising Medium. IT WILL BE. INVESTIGATED. A COMMITTEE WILL LOOK INTO THE CINCINNATI CORRUPTION CASE. Indications That the Ohio Legislature Will Do Nothing Mora in the Blatter Dan ger of Defeat for tho Compromise Bill Campbell Thinks Ho is Safe. STECIAL TILBQI1AM TO THE DISrATOIM Columbus, October 17. The Legislature to-day adopted a resolution providing for two committees, one non-partisan, to inves tigate the various boards and departments ot the city government at Cincinnati, with full power to act, and another on municipal plan to consider and make suggestions for a new form of government for that nity, both to report at the adjourned session in Janu ary. There is every indication this will be all the legislation accomplished under the call of Governor Campbell for an extra ses sion. The compromise bill, which is the result of a conference between Campbell and the Democrats, was read the second time in the lower branch to-day and went over until to morrow for passage. It will reauire all the Democrats to be present and their solid vote to pass the bill, but it is believed some of them will vote against Mt,- The'Hamilton county members have secured an investiga tion committee, which is all they asked, and it is understood they are bending their ener gies to the defeat of the compromise hill. The Republicans in caucus have decided they will vote lor nothing emanating from Democratic sources, which cuts off Governor Campbell in any effort to get through his original bills lor the abolishment of the obnoxious board at Cincinnati. The Republicans had agreed to co-operate with Campbell for the passage of his bills which provided for hom rule, but the latter consented to the compromise measure of the Democrats which the Republicans insist is not in accordance with his message, and which does not provide for home rule. In short, Campbell is the victim of his Demo cratic enemies and Republican friends. There is no one who believes the message or compromise bills can be passed. Campbell claims the probable result is not his fault, and that it will not be to his detriment politically. THE DISPATCH to-morrow morning will be an iininenso newspaper for the masses. It will hold twenty 8-column pages. Larger, better and more widely read than any other newspaper in the State. ONLY OFFICE FUBNITDEE LEFT. Pallnre of a Cloak Manufacturer With Lia bilities for SIC.OOO. rFrrCIALTELEGHAll TO THE OISrATCHl Kew York, October 17. Another Jail nre with large liabilities and small assets is reported, making the sixth of the kind which has occurred in the past few weeks. The store of Isaac Rubenstein, manufact urer of cloaks and dealer in drygoods, at 73 Division street, has been closed up by Deputy Sheriff Murphy on an execution for 52,192 in iavor of his wife Anna. At the Sheriff's office it was said that the only assets lelt are the fixtures and sare. Lawyer Herman Joseph replevined $2,600 worth of goods for Klingenstein Bros., and H. B. Claflin & Co. got out re plevin writs for about S3.000. These two firms, it is said, took all the stock that was left Mr. Joseph said yesterday that he under stood that Rubenstein's liabilities were abont 43,000. Rubenstejn was at one time a country peddler. He did an active busi ness with peddlers, was well known to the trade, got liberal credit from merchants, and, although generally slow in his pay ments, had credit for from 1,000 to 5,000. His statement of his condition on January 15, last, claimed assets 33,500, consisting of stocks, 12,000; accounts, 21,000; cash, 500. Liabilities, 9,500. Annual busi ness, 55,000. CABLE LETTERS giving all the news from Great Britain and tho Continent aro exclusively published in tho Sunday issno of THE DISPATCH. It is the only paper in Western Pennsylvania carrying a Dally Special Cable Sen ice. Largest circulation. Best Advertising Medium. THE USUAL ENDING. Indians Signing the Sale Contract for 3,000, OOO Acres of Land. Darlington, I. T., October 17. tJp to G o'clock this evening 409 Cheyennes and Arapahoe Indians had signed the contract for the sale of their lands, 3,000,000 acres in extent, to the Government. Five hundred and twenty-five constitute a majority, and that number of signatures will soon be secured. Admiral Porter's Condition Improved. Washington, October 17. The condi tion of Admiral Porter, who has been suf fering for some months with an affection of the heart incident to old age, is much im proved to-night, and Dr. Wales, of the ,navy, his physician, reports him as better than when ho lelt Newport Mxmdajt ROYALT? IN DANGER. Illness of the Heir to the British Throne and His Family. OCCASION FOB SERIOUS ALAuM. France Still Agitated by the Operations of the Kew Tariff. PARNULIS DITOKCE CASE COMINd UP. rrojrciuosj Considered to Bus a Tnanel Between Scotland ini Ireland. IBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COMTAWT.I London, October 18. The health of H. E. H., the Prince of Wales, and the members of his family, threatens to become a matter of serious moment to the nation. His eldest son, the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, whose naturally delicate health was not improved by his visit to India, suffers considerably from gout and eczema. The Duchess oi Fife has, since her illness in the spring, been growing weaker, and the bracing air of the Highlands, whioh theTl Queen regards as the panacea for all royal ailments, has not .done her any good. Now alarming statements are current that she has shown decided signs of consumption. The Princess Maud, the youngest of the sisters, who is not yet 21 and who has always been a sufferer from hysteria, has for some time past been subject to an in crease of these attacks. But, perhaps, the most serious case of all is that of the Prince himself. For some months past his friends have noticed that his health has materially changed for the worse, and his proverbial strength ot con stitution cannot longer be depended on. His failing health has given him a good deal of concern and he has lost a great deal of his buoyancy and good spirits, and not long since in conversation with some of his intimates he spoke very despondently in deed of his condition. HE WILL NEVER TELL. The Toulon Soldier Acquitted of Deserting Won't Account Tor Ills Duels. TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l Toulon, October 17. Lieutenant Wer nert, of the Fourth Marines, who left his regiment some time ago because he had fought two duels, one of which ended fatally for his adversary, appeared to-day before a conrt martial to answer the charge of de sertion. In his defense ho declared he fought the duels for family reasons, which he would never disclosrind, hearing one of his adversaries had died, tie fled to Alsace, but being charged with assertion and with taking service in the German army, he had returned to surrender himselr. Wernert added: "I fear nothing; several of my comrades, men of unblemished honor, know the reason of my fighting the duels, but like myself, will not here disciple; them." Several officers were called as wit-' nesses, but refused to explain the reasons, and gave their words of honor as officers and gentlemen that Wernert had acted as a man ot honor and a soldier. The prisoner was acquitted. SOUND AT T5& CORE., London. Stocks Merely Disturbed by Exces sive Speculation. TBT DtrSTLAP'S CABLE COMrAWY.l London, October 17. "Although the Stock Exchange during the past few days," says a high financial authority here, "has been in a state bordering on panic, there is nothing inherently unsound in the situa tion. The depression is merely the reaction after a period of excessive speculative activ ity extending over the past two years. Brit ish capitalists have undertaken, through company promoters, to acquire works and businesses in America and elsewhere, and made advances in all parts of the habitable globe. - "The enterprises assured have been in excess of the available capital of the coun try. Money has thus become scarce, and the share market increasingly difficult to handle. No great damage, however, is yet apparent and the process of liquidation may have to continue for some time to come, but the savings and profits of the nation will eventually re-establish mar kets." ' O'SHEA IS ANXIOUS. no Wants the Date for the Noted Divorce Trial Bushed. TBT DtJNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT. London, October 17. When the Divorce Court sits next week application will be made by the petitioner in O'Shea versus O'Shea, Charles H. Parnell co-respondent, to fix a day for trial. The briefs in the peti tioner's case have been handed to counsel, and O'Shea is anxious that his petition should be heard and determined at the earliest date possible. The Solicitor General. Sir Henry James, and Mr. Inderwick, Q. C, and several junior counsel are retained for O'Shea, and the leading counsel for the respondent and co-respondent are Sir Charles Russell and Mr. Lockwood Acquith. THE POPE WAS TOUCHED. Deep Concern Expressed by Him at the Story of Erin's Distress. TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMrATT.l Rome, October 17. Bishops McNally and Lyster had an interview with His Holiness, the Pope, who received them in a paternal and affectionate manner, making many inquiries about the state of affairs in Ireland, and expressed deep concern at the accounts of the acute distress arising from the potato blight. Bishop Lyster described the sad prospect belore numbers of people in his diocese, and the Pope listened with attention and deep interest. PROPOSING TO SETTLE. Salisbury Will Negotiate With France Re garding Fisheries. TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPA5T.1 Paeis, October 17. The Figaro is in formed that Lord Salisbury will shortly re sume negotiations with the French Govern ment with regard to the Newfoundland fisheries. According to this authority a note con taining conciliatory proposals will be for warded to the French Foreign Office. From the Abbey to Parliament. BT DDNLAP'S CABLE COMFAKT.l London, October 17. lhe well-known Archdeacon, Frederick W. Farrar, D. D., who served as canon residentiary of West minster Abbey, has now accepted the chap laincy of the House of Commons, made vacant by the death of Bev. Henry White, 'the popular incumbent of the Savoy Chtpel. J' ! " i ia HE DENOUNCES OUR TARIFF. M. Aynard Predicts That tho United States Will be a Loser. rnr dunlap's cable coupaitt. Lyons, October 17. President Aynard, of the Chamber of Commerce .of this city, speaking at a meeting of the committee called for this evening to consider means for protecting the silk trade from the effects of the McKinley bill, used very forcible language in pointine to the fresh danger that had sprung up since the committee had been formed. He referred to the economic policy adopted by the United States and criticised it severely. Continuing, he said: "Some people favor reprisals, but such re taliation I should regard as a mistake. We adopted reprisals toward Italy, but with most unpleasant results so far as France is concerned. That action has already de prived Lyons of business to the enormous amount of 75,000,000 francs and has given to Germany an industrial supremacy in Italy that is most detrimental to .the interests of France. Let us leave Americans to reap the inevitable results of their own short sighted policy. Thev wish to export with out importing, but they will Soon discover their mistake. It will be simpler not to hinder suoh expense than to correct it by hatty and indignant action." HELP FOR THOUSANDS. Vienna Society Will Boom Mother-of-Pearl to Assist the Poor. rrnr nuNLAP's cable company. Vienna, October 17. An "exhibition of the various styles of dressing the hair for ladies was opened here to-day, the object being to display an assortment of mother-of-pearl ornaments, clasps, pins, brooches and combs, suitable for coiffures. It is intended, if possible, to make mother-of-pearl fashion able this winter and thns extend heln to thousands of poor people who have been thrown out of work by the passage of the new tarifflaw in America. The Countess Taffe and other society lead ers are setting the fashion, while unemployed families are being relieved out of funds voted by the Town Council, or through private generosity. BEFORE THE START. O'Brien and Dillon Visit in Paris and Will Sail Next Saturday. TBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COMPAJfT'l Paris, October 17. Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon intend sailing tor America on the Champagne, of the French line, on Satur day, the 25th inst. To-day they devoted several hours to calling on the editors of the Paris papers, thanking them for the kindly manner in which they have been treated by the press and especially the favorable in terview given this morning. O'Brien's brother-in-law is one of the editors of the Journal Des Debats. Mrs. O'Brien reached this city last night and she, with her husband, stopped at the Hotel Continental until this morning, when they returned to her father's house. :r A BIG PROJECT. Propositions Considered to Bun a Tunnel Between Ireland and Scotland. BTDUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. Belfast, October 17. A public meet ing was convened by the Mayor of Belfast to-dav to consider the scheme of a tunnel between Ireland nnd Scotland. The meet ing wds numerously attended by merchants. oi Ulster ana otners interested in the pro ject, Mr. Barton, civil engineer, submitted a plan by which he proposed to tunnel for 33 miles between Island Mngee, in the County Antram,Ireland,anda point in Wigtonshire, Scotland. UNIVERSAL PENNY POSTAGE. Heaton Itcturns to London to Report What America Favors. TUT DUULAP'S CABLE COMPAXT.i London, October 17. Hemiker Heaton has just returned from his visit to America, and is now engaged in making the draft of a letter to be sent to the Marquis of Salis bury which embodies the results of the in quiries made in America, and which report that the government of the United States, in delerenceto the strong German vote, is in favor of the adoption of the system of a uni versal penny postage. DIED ON THE ROSTRUM. An Excited Socialist at the Hallo Congress Expires in Debate. BT ASSOCIATED rnESS. Halle, October 17. Much excitement was caused among the delegates to the So cialist Congress to-day by the sudden death of one of their number. The Congress was engaged in discussiug means to improve the position of the Socialist press. Herr Baum garten was in the midst of an argument, in presenting which he had become very ex cited, when he was seen to stagger. Those close to him rushed to his aid, but before they could reach him he fell to the floor dead. The cause of his death was due either to heart disease or apoplexy. After the body of Herr Baum'garten had been removed from the hall and the excite ment had subsided the debate was resumed. A resolution was finally adopted declaring that the Socialist press cannot fulfill its mission unless its means of existence are assured, and urging the members of the party to promote the circulation of the chief socialist organ and the non-periodical literature ot the party. The first and chief duty of the press, the resolution declares, is to enlighten woreing men and to inspire them with confidence in themselves as a class. PRAISE FOR BALFOUR. London A meeting of the Northern Conservative Union was held at Newcastle to-day and was attended by 4,000 persons. Among those present was Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, who was pre sented with a number of addresses. He, was given an enthusiastic welcome by the meet ing. j resolution was adopted by the union welcoming Mr. Balfour and declar ing that his ability and untiring energy had saved the union between Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. Balfour, in a speech, mu.ua a general statement oi uis xrisu pol icy. He saidihat the condition of the coun try was improving, prosperity "was increas ing, and respect for the law was widening, though the opposition was unable to dis guise the satisfaction with winch they re garded anything approaching failure of the action of the Government. COMPROMISE -WITH THE TURKS. Constantinople The Porte has sent a conciliatory reply to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Greek Church, in re sponse to the encyclical issued by that body, granting several of the demands made by the Church. Diplomates consider that the reply will form the basis of a compromise if the patriarchate is equally desirous with the Porte of ending the dispute. ITALIAN INTRIGUES. Paris The Steele says it will, if neces "".' """" "?""" ,J,ro"n.8, """ "'"" """ "-"""" "' ..n.", " IConttnucaon Seventh fage.1 recently ALL NULL AND VOID. The Prohibition Statutes in Kansas and Iowa Knocked Ont. ORIGINAL PACKAGES CAN BE SOLD Until the Legislature Again Touts the Cold Water Measure. A DECISION OP THE FEDERAL COBfiT. It Will Affect lie Finnsyrnab license law in Sunt Htantr. the fBPECIAL TELEQBAM TO THE WSPATCK.I Topeka, October 17. In the United States Circuit Conrt to-day Judges C. G. Foster, of Kansas, and J. F. Philips, of Missouri, rendered a decision which de clares the Kansas prohibitory liauor law null and void. The case decided was the application of one Charles Boiirer, an original package agent of this city, for a writof habeas corpus releasing him from the Shawnee county jail, where he had been confined pending trial on the charge of selling liquor in orig inal packages after the passage of the Wil son anti-original package bill. The State, by Attorney General Kellogg and County Attorney Welch, of Shawnee county, made two points prominent in the argument of the case before the court, viz.: First, that the Wilson bill is constitutional because the Supreme Court had pointed out in its original Iowa decision that the remedy lay with Congress Second, that the Wilson bill, being constitutional, the Kansas pro hibitory law is effectual and will not have to be re-enacted. TURNING POINT Or THE CASE. On deciding the application the conrt does not consider the first question, the con stitutionality of the Wilson bill, but con siders only whether the Kansas prohibitory law, so far as it affects original packages, is effective. In brief, the conrt holds that the prohibitory law in so far as it affects origi nal packages, is inoperative, and can only be made operative by re-enactment of the Kansas Legislature. The ruling, in part, is as follows: Tho contention of the Stato 13 that the act of Congress enlarged the scope and operation of the act of the Stato Legislature, making that which was a legitimate business one day, a crime the next, not under any law of Congress, but against the law of the State. There is nothing in tho wording of the act implying that Congress assumed such a power or intended to cive such effect to this enactment. 3IDST PASS A NEVf LAW. The Wilson hill loft it to the free and nn trammeled action of the several States to de termine whether they wouldn't include within their police laws this particular article of com merce. Every State in the Union probably has in its statute some regulation of the traffic in intoxicating liquors. These statutes, as a rnle, exempt from their operation liquors and their Bale in original packages, tbus indicating the general concensus that hitherto it was not recognized as among the police powers of the State to regulate or Interdict among the States the traffic in imported liquors. Tbe prohibi tory law of the State ui Kansas, where it touched upon inter-State commerce, was no law at all, at the time of this enactment, nor since. Judge Cooley says: "The term, unconstitu tional law, as employed in American jurispru dence is a misnomer and implies a contradic tion, that enictruent which is opposed to tbe Constitution being in fact not a law at all." Again Cooley says: "When a statute is ad judged to be unconstitutional, It is as If it had never been. How then can the act of Congress in question have the effect and operation claimed for it by the attorneys lor the State. For It most bdlfgpt in nilndtbat a legislative act in conflict with the Constitution is not only illegal Or voidable, but it is absolutely void. PROSPECTIVE IN ITS OPERATION. Continuing, the opinion states that the Wilson law under every rule of construc tion must be prospective in the operation. It must further be conceded, says the de cision, that inasmuch as the right of the State in this new exercise of its police power comes for the first time and alone from the enactment of the Wilson bill, the State cannot apply the law until it passes a new law forbidding the liquor traffic. The opinion concludes: The operation and scope of criminal laws should not bo enlarged by implication, butther should be strictly construed, aud where there is any well-founded doubt as to any act being a public offense, especially not malum in se. it should not be declared sneb, but should rather be constrned in favor of tbe liberty of the citizen. It follows that tho petitioner is en titled to be discharged and it is accordingly so ordered. The State has given notice of its appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. The decision has created a profound sen sation in this city. The passage of the Wilson bill, it was supposed, banished the original package agent and his traffic from Kansas forever, and to have the original package houses opened again at fonr hours, notice has taken tbe breath away from the public. Sentiment is strongly and over whelmingly against it, THE EFFECT UPON POLITICS. Leading Ilepublicans believe that this de cision wiii have the effect of increasing the Bepublican votes 40,000 in the State. They argue that it will arouse the Prohibitiouists to a realization that prohibition is now the vital issue of tbe campaign, and that the Prohibitionists of all parties will meet the issue and elect a Legislature and Governor that are committed to the Prohibition narty. The Democrats and resubsmissionis'ts think the effect will be different. Tney ar gue that prohibition has received a death blow, and that voters of the State, believinir that the prohibitory law must go. will elect a Legislature which will enact high license. Already a half dozen package houses are open here and a dozen others will open to morrow. It Is stated that the decision will affect license as well as prohibition States. At Cedar Itapids, la., to-day, Jndge Stone man, of the Superior Court, also decided that the State prohibitory law there was void as far as the sale of original packages is concerned. AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE. The Bepublican State Central Committee rooms presented a busy scene to-day, where 20 clerfcs were engage'd in mailing an ad dress to the people, an issue of 50,000 of wnicn nas oeen scattered oroadcast. It is the opinion that this decision will cause the election of four-fifths of Bepublican mem bers of the legislative and the State ticket by 50,000 msjorityover ali. The address says: Wo are to.uav confronted bva decision nf thn Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe dis trict of Kansas that destroys every vestige of our legislation for the suppression of rum holes and the control of the liquor traffic. This court decides that our prohibitory legislation, having been enacted before tbe passage of the so-called Wilson bill, is unconstitutional and void. Tbe practical effect of this decision is to allow original package whisky saloons to bo opened in every locality in tho State, absolved from all legal control, to be ROLDLT RUN WITHOUT INTERFERENCE of the local officers ot the State, the Conrt says now in opinion on file: "It must be concecdcd that a the right of the State to treat such article of commerce as subject to laws passed by tho State in exercise of the police power comes for the first time and alone from the en actment of the Wilson bill. Until the Stats passes a law hereafter forbidding such traffic, it has never exercised the power or discretion (call it what jou may) lodged in it by Con gress." In view of this decision, it behoves the tem peranco men of the State anil every earnest and loyal Republican to go to the pools on the day of election and vote and wort for tbe elec tion of candidates for the House of Represen tatives In your respective districts who will promptly on tbe convening of tbe next session nu)TillP.t Word lOf'WOrd and lln fnr HnA Ava- provision pi our legislation prohibiting tbe manaiaciurc, ui. uu use ox intoxicating liquors and for the election of a Governor who fiff i? sfte r& iU ORIGINAL PACKAGES AGAIN. The Kansas Drug Stores Will Suffer a Big Loss of Patronage. will approve of it. This is the vital overpower ing isso- of the campaign. The Republican State v ition so directed and tbe Federal iodic .' -monstrated it. f v& L I a J- w.r. - "V " in DToward Held- tag's regui VL y. f. ITU furjixil lu- ' "?fr, "Vto. '"unc huinor- morrow. He1 1st of the day. lt . V'V 'O-Page Issne. Largest circula (( jf TRICKY BELL PUNuES, ARREST OF A MAN WHO RENTED THEM TO STREET CAR CONDUCTORS. Fares Could be Knocked Down Without Fear of Detection Tho Impostor Fur nished by Unsuspecting Manufacturers He Claims He is Not Guilty of Fraud. ISFECIAL TELEGItAM TO THE DISPATCH. San Francisco, October 17. Captain John Cnrtin, private detective, lelt here last night for Denver with William H. Robertson, a young Missourian, who was engaged in renting out bell punches to street car conductors by which they could knock down without danger of detection. Sixteen Beadle and Meeker punches were found in his room. He told a curious story. He claims tat be merely an agent of Patrick Kellnm, of Denver and Kansas City. Kellum has headquarters in Denver, where he purports to be manager of the "Denver Quick Transit Co." By writing on the letter heads of this company and hav ing aboxat the postoffice he secured punches from the Beadle Company, of New York, with full instructions. He signed the Utters H. H. Hammond. In this way he got both Beadle and Meeker punches from manufacturers who supposed he was manager of a street car line. These pnnches he then rented to condnctors, having 14 loaned in Kansas City and 12 in Denver, each conductor paying him $10 weekly. By "using two punches and duplicate fare slips, conductors could knock down as much as traffic would bear. Kellum also claimed to have punches loaned tl'.St. Lonis and Chicago. He said be had studied law on the subject and companies, if they dis covered irsud, could not touch him, as he only furnished gennine punches. Robertson came out here two months ago and it is evident, (distributed many punches, al though Tie had to hare all his chanced from round ,tb square. Be found no difficulty in getting men to use them, though he claims he did not have any out through fear of consequences. Kellum has been arrested in Denver and tis expected Rob ertson's revelations will break np the business. OKLAHOMA CAPITAL QUESTION. legislators Put in Night and Day, and an Outbreak is Feared. Guthrie, October 17. The excitement in the Legislature over the discussion of the Kingfisher capital bill continued until 10 o'clock this morning, when the bill was allowed to be placed upon its passage by its opponents. It was defeated by a vote of 12 to 11. To-day a motion to reconsider was made, and the same scenes followed as were enacted yesterday. At 8 o'clock-discussion was still going on, and another all-night ex citing session is in prospect. The same bitter feeling exists, and an outbreak is not regarded as improbable. IOWA TEMPZBAHCE WOMEN. Each of the Two Factions Close Their Re spective meetings. Des Moines, Ia., October 17. The State Convention ot the Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance Union closed to-day. Mrs. A. C. Macey was elected Recording Secretary, and Mrs. Oyington, Treasurer. The resolutions adopted commend the orig inal package and anti-lottery law, and pledge aid for the Prohibition campaign in Nebraska. The third party branch meeting, attended by 85 delegates, elected Mrs. M. H. Dun ham, of Burlington, President; Mrs. M. H. Blair, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Mary McMillan, Recording Secretary, and Mrs. Carhart, Treasurer. THE BEST contributors and correspond ents serve THE DISPATCH In America and Enropc. Reliable and Readable. To-morrow's big ii'ir-.ber will please au. Twenty 8-column paj.es. largest circulation. BEMABKABLE JAIL DELIVEBY. Two of the Escaped Prisoners Return and Gii e Themselves TJp. Athens, O., October 17. Seven prison ers escaped from the County Jail last night by siwing through the roof. This morning two of them, Charles Tay lor, charged with murdering his wife, and Eli Foster, charged with killing Dan Bot tomly, came back and gave themselves np. Foster had spent the night with his parents. MBS. DAVIS AT THE CAPITAL. Her First Visit to Washington Since the Close of the War. rSPICIAI. TKIEOKAM TO THE DtSFATCE.1 Washington, October 17. Mrs. Jeffer son Davis passed through this city this morning on her way to New York, where she is to read the proofs of the forthcoming biography of her husband. Mrs. D'avis has not visited Washington since 18G3 until to-day. Her appearance is remarkably vigorous for a woman of her ad vanced age. Another Louisville Tornado Victim. Louisville, October 17. Mrs. Sarah Wable, Vice Protector ot Jewel Lodge, Knights and Ladies of Honor, died to-dav from the effects of injuries received in the wreck of Falls City Hall in the cyclone last spring. She is the seventy-seventh victim of the cyclone. A Clergyman's Fall From Grace. New York, October 17. Albert F. Vedder, formerly a Presbyterian clergyman, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by Recorder 8 my the in General Sessions Conrt to-day for abducting 15-year-old Mary McCunn. 3S rail origins A HUHT FOHL HOME yOjat Wiir Suit the Purse of a -twuuig nuirvci itiui a Moderate Income, ALMOST A HOPELESS QUEST. Yery Few Small Dwellings Erected to Meet thd Urgent Demand DTJBTO THE CITY'S RAPID GROWTH. Large Eetarnson Investments in Moderate Sized Houses. BIG MONET MADE 15 EENTISG FLATS The Building Inspectors made a rough estimate yesterday ot the number and char acted nf the permits issned and likely to be issued this year. Tirey figure that not quite so many new buildings will be erected in Pittsburg this year as in 188!), but that the aggregate cost will largely exceed that of last year. Ia other words, that the edifices are of a mora pretentious character, and -that little pro vision is being made to accommodate the rapidly-increasing army of mechanics and small-salaried heads of families in Pitts burg. A number of dwellings have been built, or are in course of erection, bnt tbey range in cost from S3.000 to 10,000, and when Tented are expected to bring from $400 to"?800 a year. Mayor Gonrley, who is deeply interested in the welfare of tbe city, was asked his opinion as to the necessity for more dwell ings which would rent at a reasonable fignra and the eflect that meeting this demand would have upon the city. "If there is one need more pressing than another in this city," said His Honor, "it is tbe erection of several hundred, yes, thou sands, of dwellings which would rent from 512 to $20 a month. In this city the man who works for from 52 to $4 a day is heavily handicapped by the high rent he has to pay. There is no lack of room for the erection of houses of this character. plentt op room foe dwellings. "If yon start from thePennsylvania Bail road at Thirty-third street, and go over the hill, across Wylie and Center avenues, down to Fifth avenne at Oakland, and then on across Forbes street and out through .the Twenty-second and Twenty-third wards, yon will find thousands and thousands of bnilding lots. Some of the choicest pieces are of course held high for residence sites, but much of it can be purchased at a resonable figure. With the rapid transit facilities this city already possesses, and the system projected or in course of construction, there is scarcely a piece ot land in the old city that is not at least moderately easy of access. "I have often wondered why some capi talist or syndicate did not see the profit to be made by putting up a large number of small houses. By giving out contracts for 100 or 200 dwellings at a time, they could get tbe work done at the lowest rate, and the returns from rentals wonld pay a big income on the investment. It wonld not only be a good thing for the investors, bnt would help the city, which is actually handicapped by its lack of dwellings suited to moderate incomes. how such investments pat. Captain Brennan, of the Building In spectors' office, is an old resident of the city, and has watched it3 growth with interest. In response to questions on the subject, he said: "There is one thing abont Pitts burgers which, while it shows our push and energy, stands in the way of the city's progress we do things on too large a scale. If you notice, onr manufacturers will not descend to small matters. They want to turn out thousands of tons of steel rails, boiler plate, wire, tbonsands of boxes of window glasi, or millions of lamp chim neys, but they don't go into the manufacture of minor necessities, in which there are large profits. In fact, they disregard tba small economies of life. The same rule ap plies to the erection of buildings. Tho structures must be costly and magnificent, or they will have none of it. "I aan give you an iustance. This year a man erected 50 handsome dwellings at a cost of $250,000. They will rent for about $500 each, or a total o'f 25,000 a year. The land he built upon was valuable, and he could have got enough property, at the same price, a little further ont, upon which to erect 250 small dwellings, which could be put up lor $1,000 a piece. If these houses were rented for but $15 a month each, at which price they wonld be eagerly snapped up, the income on the investment would reach $45,000, or 80 per cent more than on tfiat sunk in tha more expensive residences. The city needs these small dwellings, the people need them; and when capitalists see the big re turns promised on such an investment wa will have them." THE REAL ESTATE MEN GIVE THEIR OPINION OF THE DEMAND FOR SMALL HOUSES. They Say it Would Not Only be a Profltabla Invebtment for Capital, but Would 3Ia terially Assist In the Growth of theCltyj That "a little house well filled" is the de niand of the Pittsburg people is the opinion of the real estate men of the city. Thera are hundreds of people in the city ready to purchase or rent a small house, but no houses of the description wanted can be found. It is not necessary to put up a "for sale" or "for rent" sign when neat houses of five orsixroomshave beenjbuilt, butlong be fore it is even roofed there will be numer ous calls for it. Dispatch reporters vis ited tbe real estate men yesterday. Mr, John W. Herron, of W. A. Herron & Sons, said in the course of a conversation: There is no mora demand for bouses of thai description tban there has been for some time, but the fact of the matter is that we have not been able to supply tbe demand for years. Wa can always rent a smalt house without diffi culty and really have many applications for tbem in ahead. The demand Is for bonsss of irom tnree to six rooms. A centrally located bouse of this kind will rent f or $12 50 to $18 per month. Rents are much higher in Pittsburg than in almost any other city in tbe country. In Philadelphia yon can secure a hundred bonsesany day of the week, while here there Is always a rush for a new bouse ana the new houses do not appear fast enough. 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