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PITTSBUEG. TEIDAT, OCTOBER 31, 1890 TWELVE PAGES.
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A BOMB PIE GUMP
TheSouth Penn Charges Against
Candidate Pattison All
Retracted,
VERY COMPLETE APOLOGY
Hade bj Those Who Circulated the
Article, Despite the Protests
of tho Machine.
THE STORIES OF 1KT1MIDATI0N
Are Partially Denied by the Beading Offi
cials, bnt Call Forth an Address
From Chairman Kerr.
CLAIMS MADE BI THiJ COMMITTEES.
AxdrtwiBiyJ Taai Dslisittr Traits Eeettity 20,000,
While tl OjpositJca Waats Eroy-
tifcg in Eight
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Philadelphia, October 30. The end
trail of tbe reception room at Republican
Bute headquarters was almost completely
hidden from -view at one time this alter
coon. Broadai Smith, of Pittsburg, sat
there smiling. I don't know what he was
laughing about, but he may have been
thinking what a funny thing is the evolu
tion of a boomerang.
Out of such an evolution to-day sprang
'an eleventh-hour issue of the campaign,
tthe Democrats and Independents regard it
As most important. It all came about in
this way: An immense sensation was
created in this city this morning by the re
port that orders had been sent out irom the
offices of the Philadelphia and Beading
Bail road Company for the employes of the
whole system to vote for Delamater on
Tuesday nnder penalty of dismissal.
Arrest of the Alleged In ttmidators.
The sews was based on the arrest of sev
eral overseers on the line at Beading, and
'the rumored suing of other foremen in Phil
adelphia for the alleged intimidation. The
ground upon which these reports were cir
culated from Democratic sources was that
.the Beading authorities had entered a deal
With tbe Bepublican leaders to turn over
'the voted 35,000 employes in the State in
consideration of the passage of the Beading
terminal ordinance in the City Councils of
'Philadelphia.
Vine charges seem to be well backed tip
3nth names of the under foremen and the
Ttlatement of workmen about the orders be
ing given them. Nevertheless, President
HcLeod at his office in this city to-day said:
"No snch orders bave been issued, and
Bone will he issued. The men will be al
lowed to Tote as they pleased. I do not in
tend to interfere with their right of fran
chise, and no one in the employment of this
company can interfere with that right.
How this report originated I do not know.
Zt is possible, of course, that some of
The Employes Have Been Requested
or ordered by those over them to vote for
Mr. Delamater. I am investleating the
charges, and if I find that such orders have
been issued I shall have it stopped. It is
impossible to watch the men carefully, and
as you can readily understand tbe men in
charge of employes at various points could
' issue such orders without authority, bnt as I
have said, if this is being done it will be
flopped."
The Democratic leaders claim to have
knowledge that a deal of the kind hinted at
was on foot, and only fell tbrou-h by ex
posure through bad management. On this
assumption State Chairman Kerr this even
ing issued the following address:
To the People of Pennsylvania:
Ballot reform, thoroughly radical ballot re
form, is now an imperative necessity, as is
clearly demonstrated by tbe now undisguised
attempt of the machine leaders to barter for
votes by thousands, and to give as the price
municipal franchises ot a creat city. A legiti
mate municipal grant to a railway corporation,
that every legitimate business, commercial,
financial and indnstrialinterest of Philadel
phia demanded io vain for the city'a prosperity
has been held as the auction property of the
machine to uo sold for the votes of thousands
of corporation employes under local orders
from railway managers.
The Need or tho Hour.
This arrogant and despotic assault upon the
Integrity ot the ballot calls for the promptest
and most emphatic action to protect the work-,
iugmen of Tennsjlrania in their most sacred'
prerogative of citizenship. It demands an im
mediate Constitutional convention to place the
most complete safeguards around every voter,
rich or poor, and that can be attained only by
the election of a ballot-reform Legislature, and
the election of tho fearless champion of the
people, Robert E. Pattison, to the office of Gov
ernor. Let the workincmen of every Senatorial and
Jlcpresentative district at once demand posi
tite answer from every candidate to this ques
tion: "Will you, if elected, vote for and earn
estly support an immediate constitutional con
vention to assure the most complete freedom
of tho elective franchise in time for the next
national election?'' Vote for no man, of any
party, who either refuses to answer uuequiv
ocallr in the affirmative, or lor no "man who
gires a qualified or doubtful answer.
The ballot now Is for ballot reform, for the
absolute secrecy and sanctity of the ballot, and
tl.e people will win the victory by scores of
thousands on Tuesdar next,
James Kebe.
Pattison Takes a Hand.
Notice of the matter was also taken by
Governor Pattison in his speech at Media
and Chester to-night. He said:
We have a painful and impressive object les
son on the mockery of the freedom and integ
rity of the ballot in tbe demand of the desper
ate political bosses of the fitatt upon a great
corporation to deliver its thousands of voters
to the candidates of the bosses a the price of
obtaining a franchise from Philadelphia, which
every legitimate business has long asked for in
vain. Even tbe municipal grants ot our me
tropolis are held as the property of political
misters to barter fur the votes of tbe working
men, to be delivered by order of employers.
U here is but one sure remedy for this great
n rone to industrial voters, and that is by im
mediate convention to revise our fundamental
law, and absolutely protect tbe integrity and
Secrecy of every ballot. Every candidate for
- the Legislature should at once be interrogated
fcnd required to answer categorically whether
he will vote for such a convention to assure a
change in the Constitution on or before the next
Important election.
Takes it All Back.
Another boomerang which was in immi
nent danger of evolution was the abject
apology of the Philadelphia ingutrer this
morning for publishing the South Penn
Railroad story against Mr. Pattison. Its
editors having been returned to court for
criminal libel, the paper to-day published
a column editorial taking the matter back.
These sentences occur therein:
We believed then that the charges had founda
tion. We believe now that the inquirer, while
not the author of these charces, should not
have given them currency. The Inquirer makes
this statement, not only as an act of justice to
Mr. Pattison, but to put itself right before its
great army of readers. We believe that
Mr. Pattison is telling the truth. It was not
necessary for him to enter a suit to obtain an
expression of belief in his honesty from tho
Inquirer. A simple denial from him sent to
this office would have been entirely sufficient.
This journal has always declared its belief that
ho was an honest man, and it has refrained
from attacking bis character, as its flies will
show, and it reiterates this belief to-day only as
a tribute from a great public journal which is
trying to pursue an honest course to a man
whose entire honesty it does not question.
Tried to Stop tho Apology.
Tbe Democrats to-day have tried to buy
100,000 copies of the Inquirer, but could
not. It is said that Bepublican State
Chairman Andrews, Tom Cooper, and all
tbe other managers of the party spent all
day and half the night Tuesday to persuade
tbe editors of the paper to squelch the
editorial, which had been submitted to
them.
It seemed all in vain, and Senator Quay
was at last appealed to. He wired the
parties concerned thafhe publication of the
editorial should be stopped, as it wonld cost
the party thousands of votes.
"With such influence the editorial was
withheld one night, but yesterday the editors
let it go in spite of Quay. Their lawyers
told tthem they had nothing to stand on as
far as the Governor's suits are concerned,
and self-protection proved the most powertul
appeal of all. Altogether it has been a day
of great activity at the headquarters of the
State Democratic Committee. Chairman
Kerr was asked by me this evening what his
estimate of the situation was. He replied:
Kerr Seems Confident of Victory.
Unless the Chairmen of the County Com
mittees have gone daft we have this battle won
by a nice majority. Most of the counties of
the State reported this morning and universally
they are favorable. As a sample, the Chair
man of Fayette county reported 'Pattison
gaining, and an increased majority will be the
result.' Warren county sends a very flattering
report. The Democracy are confident of carry
ing the county. Erie county says Pattison
sentiment is increasing every day. Large
numbers ot farmers are coming out openly.
Huntingdon has reported by several letters
from different sections of the county that
Delamater cannot possibly have more than 150
majority. Venango reports no chance except
in favor of our candidates. Clarion says:
"Pattison stock booming." -Franklin, "Large
gains. South Penn bnslness bclninc Pattison
wonderfully." Somerset reports wonderful
accessions to the Democratic ticket on account
of Eontb Penn. Westmoreland county from
several sources sends this creeting: "We will
poll 40 per cent more votes than tbe highest
Democratic poll ever bad here." Lycoming re
ported to give 2,500 for Pattison. Blair county
reportea in a stats oi reToiauon. .f attison
will receive hundreds of Bepublican votes.
Tiosa county: "Pattison stock is boomlncand
so it goes. Jivery return received at tbe head
quarters indicates the creates: enthusiasm
among tne Democracy and tbe largest poll of
Democratic votes that we have ever bad in any
Gubernatorial election. In fact, everything
points to Pattison as a winner beyond ques
tion." -. .,-'
Andrews Claims a Majority of 20,000.
State Chairman Andrews, of the Repub
lican side, is understood to claim a majority
of 20,000 in the State for Delamater. The
Philadelphia Press, one of the party oreani
to-day published a table fn which it claims
Delamater's election at a much less figure
than that. The table in question gives the
State to Delamater on the estimate of tbe
Bepublican Chairman by 32,370, while the
estimate of tbe Democratio Gounty Chair
men makes Pattison victorious by 21,592.
There is plenty of margin between these
figures, and tbe Press comes in with a com
promise which gives Delamatet the victory
by a majority of 14,185. They put Phila
delphia down at 16,000 majority for their
own candidate, and claim Allegheny county
for Delamater by 1,000 majority.
State Chairman Mapes, ot the Indepen
dent Republicans, says there is no question
as to Delamater's defeat in the State, owing
to widespread disaffection. The State
Chairman of the Prohibitionist party has
not yet been heard from. He may possibly
claim the State, too. On the whole, it is en
tirely too close to do any guessing. There
have been'scores of elections in Pennsylva
nia easier to forecast than this one. Keep
your bets and wait until after 7 o'clock
Tuesday evening.
Captured an Independent Letter.
At Bepublican headquarters some interest
is attached to a letter which has been dis
covered alter it had been cent out by the
Lincoln Independent Club. It is the copy
of many they are sending out in an effort to
raise $5,000 additional to prosecute election
frauds. In it they assure voters that they
are not working against legislative or con
gressional candidates but simply the head
of the ticket, Delamater.
Upon this the Republican regulars place
the construction that the Independents will
cut Black and Barclay of the State ticket.
Powerful influence" is being brought to
bear on James G. Blaine to close the cam
paign here. A special car has been en
gaged, and in it committees from the "Penn
sylvania Club, the Union League, and the
Citizens Committee, together with Edwin
S. Stuart, President of the Yonug Republi
can Club, will go to meet Mr. Blaine on his
way East.
Henry C. Woelppker, of 418 Franklin
street, the Republican assessor of the
Second division, Thirteenth ward, was
arrested yesterday charged by the Lincoln
Club with making fraudulent assessments.
The total assessments of voters in this city
is 265,971 and the canvass made by the
Democrats divides the registration as fol
lows: Bepublicans, 101,165; Democrats,
97,114; Independents, 22,634; illegal, 44,
456.
It is a startling feature of the estimate
that 44,456 indicates illegal registration.
L. E. Sxofiel.
MORRIS MADE BO DENIAL.
He Stands By His Affidavit Charging Mr.
Delamater "With Treachery.
rfrECIAL TELECKAM TO TUB aiSrATCIM
Meadville, October 30. -The following
was made public here to-day:
Captain John Morris telegraphs me from De-
land, Florida, where be now is, as follows:
"Tbe article in the Delamater organs of Oc
tober 24, referring to me, is false from begin
ning to end. The reporter, XL. S. Phillips, of
Meadville, is tbe only man who interviewed me
hero and he asked me to refute my affidavit
made before 'Squire Dougan, which I refused
to do. Hid no further conversation with him
whatever." aurtJEL B. Dick.
BLAINE GETTHra READY.
The Arrangements All Completed for His
Trip to Philadelphia.
Washington, October 30. Secretary
Blaine, accompanied by Hon. m. 'Walter
Phelps, arrived here at 10 o'clock this even
ing. Arrangements were concluded for Mr.
Blaine and the Postmaster General to learn
here at 9:40 o'clock Saturday morning lor I
Philadelphia to attend tbe meeting at the
Academy of Music Saturday alternoon and
the reception at the Union League.
DEMOCRATS WON'T TURN.
READING EMPLOYES RESENT ORDERS TO
SUPPORT DELAMATER.
They Mean to Stand by Pattison Bepub
licans Beady to Back Them Up Other
Points on the Boad Notified of the Com
pany's Wishes.
ibfeciai. Tjxraiu.ii to th DisrATcn.i
Harrisburg, October 30. There is
great indignation here among Democratic
emploves of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company at an attempt to control
their votes for Delamater, and some of the
Republicans employed by the corporation
will resent the insult to their co-laborers by
voting the Democratic ticket.
To-day C. E. Metzler, who is employed in
the office of General Superintendent
Sweigard on Fourth street, Philadelphia,
gave Supenntendant Lott, of this city, and
Dispatcher Levan orders to see the Demo
cratic employes and request them to vote
for Delamater, as their support of that can
didate would be beneficial to the corpora
tion, and, as a natural consequence, to the
interest of the meu employed by it. Metz
ler came here on the private car Ariel,
seemingly fully authorized io give tbe in
structions he issued. Messrs. Lott and
Levan carried them out with great reluc
tance and with apparently little success, as
they were pointedly told by many Demo
crats, whom it was proposed to coerce into
the support of Delamater, that they in
tended to vote for their choice without re
gard to the singular request of the company.
Orders similar to those issued to Lott and
Levan are said to have been given at other
points between Harrisburg and Readine to
day. To-morrow, it is reported, employes
on the Schuylkill and Susquehanna rail
road, which is controlled by the Philadel
phia and Reading Company, will be officially
apprised of the political wishes of thfrcor
poration. None but Democrats have been
approached, as it is supposed Republicans
will vote for Delamater without being asked
to stick to their party, and especially in
view of the stand taken by the company's
acents to control the Democratic vote.
It is thought by railroad employes that
have been requested to vote for Delamater
that the bold movement to intimidate them
will prove a boomerang and make votes for
Pattison. They are not only encouraged in
their determination to deny the request
made of them by Pattison Republicans, but
supporters of Delamater in the employ of
the company advise them to assert their
manhood by adhering to their political con
victions in the face of the scheme to intimi
date them. The Philadelphia and Reading
Company employs about 200 men in this
city and vicinity, most of whom are Demo
crats. DELAMATER OUT EARLY.
HE CONTINUES ON HIS TOUR IN FRESH
MORNING HOURS.
Enthusiastic Bcpnblicans Shake Hands With
Him at Bloomsburg Parades and
Speeches Stops Made at Hazelton, HI.
hony City and Shenandoah.
IsrKCIAI. TKLBQKAM TO THS DISPATCH.!
Shenandoah, October 30. An early
start was made from Danville this morning
by Senator Delamater and his party oi cam
paigners. They reached Bloomsburg at 8
o'clock, and a committee was in waiting at
the station and escorted the visitors to the
hotel, where an informal reception was held,
at which many enthusiastic Bepublicans,
shook, hands with "Mr. Delamater and
Colonel Stewart. Then aparadewas formed
with 800 men in line and the principal
streets were marched through. A largely
attended meeting was held at the Opera
Honse, where speeches were made by all
the visitors.
Hazelton was the next stopping place and
the party arrived there at 4 o'clock. The
weather was cold, with an occasional flurry
of snow, but there was quite a large crowd
in attendance when the train rolled into the
station. The visitors were escorted to Hazel
Hall, where a reception was had, followed
by a mass meeting at which speeches were
made by Delamater, Stewart, Shields and
others on tbe issues of the campaign.
At 5:30 travel was resumed, Mahony City
being the objective point. That place was
reached at 6:20. There a committee from
tbe Young Men's Republican Club took the
visitors in band and escorted them to the
Mansion House, where supper was served
and a very enthusiastic reception held. From
the hotel there was a torchlight parade
through the principal streets to the Opera
House. Fireworks were liberally exploded
along the route and hundredsof people lined
the sidewalks. The Opera House was well
filled, and the speeches of Delamater, Stew
art, Reeder, Horr and others were warmly
received.
From Mahony City several hundred people
accompanied the political ramblers to this
place. Here there was another torchlight
parade, more fireworks and a bigmass meet
ing, at which the speakers again discussed
the campaign issues and awakened not a
little enthusiasm.
AIL HEADING FOB HOME.
Pennsylvania Bepublicans Deserting Wash
ington to Vote.
tSFECIAI. TELEOBAM TO Till! ST8PATCH.I
Washington, October 30. As the week
closes it is evident that very few of the
Pennsylvania Republicans who are here in
office will be left in the city at the end of
the week. Some who are unable to pay for
their transportation have found financial
friends in those who are more fortunate
and liberal subscriptions will suffice to ena
ble tbe impecunions ones to go home to cast
their votes for Delamater.
There are not a few belonging to that class
who are interdicted by Chairman Kerr, that
is, those who were dismissed by the Cleve
land administration, but remained in tbe
city and were reinstated by the return of the
Republicans to power. They do not appear
to be dismayed by the threat of Mr. Kerr,
that he wilt prosecute them if they attempt
to vote, bnt claim that they bave the right
to vote and that they will exercise that right
at all hazards.
HO HINT OF THE BOODLE CASE.
Governor Campbell Says Nothing About
the Cincinnati Board.
TRTECIAL TELEQEAK TO TUX DI3FATCH.1
Findlay, October 30. Governor Camp
bell addressed a great Democratic mass
meeting here this afternoon, and talked for
nearly two hours. This was the Governor's
first appearance on the stump sines the ad
journment of the Legislature, and there was
a great curiosity manifested as to whether
he would refer to that matter, but he made
no allusion to the General Assembly, con
fining his remarks to the tariff question.
The Governor had the benefit of a large
crowd. Many Republicans were present.
HOW THE BUCKEYES STAND.
A Democratio and Bepublican View of the
Congressional right
ISFXCIAL TX.LEOBAX TO THE DISrATCS.1
Columbus, October 30. "The Chairmen
of the Republican and -Democratic State
Executive Committees were" interviewed to
night by The Dispatch correspondent in
regard to the Congressional fight now going
on in Ohio. Mr. Habn (Republican) said:
"Ohjo is a Republican State and we intend ,
to demonstrate tbat fact on November 4.
IContinuea on SevtntnJP agcl ..
CUBA KNOCKS AGAIN.
This Time Her Tobacco Men Knock
at Undo Sam's Portals With a
STUOXG APPEAL FOR BECIPROCITT
Tho JleKinlej Bill Shuts Out-Their Im
mense Trade With Us. ,
DANGER FEARED IP K0 TEEATI IS MADE
Washington, October 30. The De
partment ol State has received a copy of a
petition forwarded by the Tobacco Growers'
and Cigar Manufacturers' Union, of Cuba,
to the Spanish Government urging tbe
negotiation of a reciprocity treaty between
Cuba and the United States. The petitioners
assert that they are confronted with a sim
ple problem, "on the one side ruin, stagna
tion, misery and vague hopes; and on the
other side abundance, wealth and a promis
ing future."
The Spanish law of commercial relations
of 1885, framed for the purpose of protect
ing Spanish products, tbe petition says,
deals Cuba a deadly blow, while at the same
time the productions of Spain receive no
benefit from it. The greater part, of the
Spanish goods imported, it is asserted, do
not need the protection given them.
OUR POSITION AS CUBA SEES IT.
The petition, after urging tbe repeal of
this law of 1882 as a necessary preliminary
to the negotiation of a reciprocity treaty,
says:
"The United States buys from us tobacco
and sugar io the extent ot 551,000,000, and it
is not strange that the American Government
should make itself strong on the absolute
necessity we bave of that market so as to
demand reciprocal concessions, or, which is
the same thing, exemption for their flour,
lard, machinery, hardware and other articles
in our tariff so'as to increase the exports to
this island. In one word, they want to pay
us for the tobacco and sugar they consume
with the goods that they produce. To-day
they only sell to us $10,000,000 or $12,000,
000 and they desire to increase this amount
to the $51,000,000 thev buy from us. This
is what the McKinley bill amounts to.
ALARMED AT THE TOBACCO TABIFE.
"For sugar it will be effective on tbe 1st
of July pros., but in regard to tobacco the
reform is to be applied immediately, and so
terrible and so radical is it that it is equiva
lent to the closing of that market to us. We
will lose a market that consumes 100,000,000
cigars annually, with a value of $5,000,000
to $5,500,000, and over 100,000 bales, with a
value of $500,000 just one-half of our com
merce in this line.
"We will lose a great deal more, because
if certain grades ot cigars of special quality
and color particularly adapted to that mar
ket are not .consumed there, we will not
be able to supply other consumers of other
markets with the grades they require with
out immense prejudice.
inestimable damages.
"The damace tbat we shall suffer cannot be
overestimated; the cultivation of the rich
leaf will diminish to one half; the greater
number of our factories will disappear and
those that remain will have to greatly re
duce their operations; thousands ot Bonis
dependent for livelihood on the factories
will be left in complete want and a pros,
perous and flourishing industry will come
to ruin and bankruptcy.
"It is necessary to avoid so much harm
and ward off disaster and have a treaty with
the JOnited Stateraceepting ji L recjprtJcity i
that ourneighhors propose. TheTe' iso'l
time to lose in making this treaty. The ter
rible business crisis that threatens us is im
minent and its consequences embrace very
serious dangers."
ASKING TOR GOVERNMENT HELP.
The cigar manufacturers conclude by in
dorsing the action of the Havana Chamber
of Commerce, heretofore published,and ask
ing of the Government, first, the immediate
abrogation of the law of commercial rela
tions of 1882; second, the imposition of a
precautionary duty on Spanish products,
which should be in relation to the necessi
ties of the treasnry of this island, so as not
to render difficult tbe negotiations of com
mercial treaties with foreign countries;
third, that without losing time, negotiations
be opened with the United States lor a com
mercial treaty on the basis of free sugar and
reductions of duties on tobacco within the
limits already prescribed; fourth, that the
Chamber of Commerce and important cor
porations of this island advise in their pro
posed new tariff the articles on which the
export duties should be abolished; filth,
that negotiations be entered into with some
other countries so as to insure facilities for
the export of Cubau products; sixth, tbat
providing the corresponding duties are paid
the free sale oi tobacco be allowed in Spain.
WAITINa FOR MORE TESTS.
Nickel Steel Armor Not Tet Adopted for the
American Navy.
Washington, October 30. The Navy
Department is moving with great circum
spection in the matter of adopting nickel
steel armor for its vessels. The Annapolis
tests appeared to be conclusive as to the
merits of the particular nickel-steel plate
by comparison with the all-steel and com
pound plates,, but the Ordnance Bureau
has not yet been entirely convinced that it
should proceed at once to adopt tbe alloyed
plate as the standard. The plate which
was tested was of foreign manufacture, and
it may be that even if an adequate supply
of nickel is obtained " the domestic
manufacturers cannot succeed in making
an alloyed plate that will equal in
resisting power the plate tried at Annapolis.
Or it may be, that if the successful process
is discovered the manufacture will be in
ordinately expensive. These matters must
be determined by experiment, and Commo
dore Folgerj Chief of the Ordnance Bureau,
says that it will require several months'
time to ascertain tbe result.
Incidentally, the experiments which the
bureau will undertake will be directed to
an ascertainment of the value of the nickel
steel alloy for structural purposes. The
European nations have for some time con
templated a test- ot the new alloy in this
capacity. Its advocates assert that it will
prove far stronger and tougher than steel
for this purpose. If this should prove to
be the case, lighter but equally strong hulls
might be constructed for the navy, and the
result would be more room for boilers and
engines, and consequently an increase in
the speed of vessels, which is at present the
principal aim of naval architects.
HIS EXND OF MEDICINE.
How Controller Matthews Wants to Bcmody
Conflicts With Statutes.
Washington, October 30. First Con
troller Mattfiews calls attention to the act of
March 3, 18ST, eiving District and Circuit
Courts concurrent jurisdiction with the
Court of Claims in Suits against tbe Unlteu
States, and says that prior to the passage of
this act his office had bnt little trouble in
keeping in line with tbe law as fonnd In the
statute and as interpreted by the Supreme
Court and Conrt of Claims. But, with all
the Circuit and District Jndges of the States
and Territories added, a sharp conflict of
opinion can now bg fonnd upon the leading
statutes which come before the office, under
which money is disbursed in almost every
case.
To the end, therefore, that the conflict
shall be quieted,. hovsuggeU that the aetof
1887 be so amended that the several courts
shall not have jurisdiction to hear and de
termine snits to the recovery of amounts in
the accounts of clerks, marshals, United
States commissioners, district attorneys and
chief supervisors of elections; that said
officers shall in the first instance be required
to file their claims in the accounting office
for adjustment and payment, and in cases
where they are not satisfied with the deter
mination of that office, they may then be
permitted to sue In the Court of Claims.
SMALLER PACKAGES TABOOED.
Prune Brandy in a Bonded Warehouse Must
Remain In One Cask.
Washington, October 30. Application
was recently made to the Treasury Depart
ment for permission to draw into smaller
packages the contents of a cask of prune
brandy now in bonded warehouse at Cincin
nati in order to prevent the leakage and de
terioration of the liquor.
The applicant was informed in reply that
in the absence of any provision of law or
regulations to authorize the repacking into
smaller packages of goods in bond other
than drugs, medicines and chemicals his, re
quest could not be granted. He was also
inlormed.Jhowever, that if he could find it
advisable to transfer the liquor in question
to a single new package, the Surveyor of
Customs has the authority to grant a com
pliment for such packing.
CRAZY, BUT CUNNING,
THE SLY WAY IN WHICH A LUNATIC DE
FEATED HIS RELATIVES.
With a Butcher Knife and a Baseball Bat
Ho Held Them at Bay He Preferred
Sweet Liberty to a Maniac's Cell, but
Surrendered at Last.
rSFECIAL TELIOHAM TO THE DI8PATCB.1
Baltimore, October 30. Some time
ago John Tunis, a boilermaker, underwent
a severe surgical operation for cancer.
Since then he has given evidences of an un
sound mind. He slept with a hatchet
under his pillow and his wife feared for her
life.
Tuesday the man became so violent that
his family decided to send him to an asy
lum. He overheard them talking about
their plans to dispose of him and with the
cunning of a maniac he proceeded to defeat
them. He carried a wheelbarrow load of
bricks to his bedroom on tbe second floor,
and after arming himself with a butcher
knife and baseball bat be barricaded the
door and defied anyone to take him.
Threats and entreaties to induce him to
come out were in vain, and at last his wife
reported the case to the police. A police
man was constantly on watch to capture
him as soon as he should open the door.Mrs.
Tunis being opposed to using force. During
the day be called for water several times,
but could not be induced to open the door to
receive it. He tied a tin kettle to a string
and lowered it from the second story win
dow. It was,filled and he drew it up. Food
was sent him in the same manner.
The family moved out of the house to-day
and left him alone. This action on their
part they hoped would cause him to try to
make his escape. Several officers were con
cealed in the enpboard and cellar, but he was
too sharp lor them and did not come our.
Last night his wife passed him in some food
through the window and he promised her he
wonld open the door this morning. He kept
his word, and at 9:20 o'clock this morning
opened the door and permitted himself to be
taken.
BAD FLAW IN THE MAINE.
I 'A.'Defeci'La a Steel CasUncTumed Out by a
,wn.. r-f - xhurlow Firm. w
rSFKCUI. TZLXQBAU TO TUB DISPATCH.!
New York, October 30. The JSIalne.now
building at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
the first of the armored cruisers of tbe new
navy, will be launched on November 18.
Last Tuesday Chief Engineer Melville,
Naval Constructor Hichborn and Past As
sistant Engineer Parry came on from Wash
ington, and, in company with Naval Con
structor Mintoye, inspected a serious defect
in one of the steel castings for the vessel
which can only be repaired at a very large
cost of time and money.
The flaw is a hole three-qnarters of an.
inch wide on tbe inside or the port sbatt
strut's hanger. A shaft strut is a heavy
casting riveted to the hull ot the vessel to
support the propeller shatt. It is important
that the steel of this brace, which itself
weighs several tons, should be entirely free
irom flaw owing to tbe weight it is required
to carry and the probability of disastrous
results should it break and permit the
action of the screw to be deranged. The
strut will be accordingly condemned and a
new one' ordered. When tbe casting was
turned ont at the Standard Works in Thur
low, P3.f tbe Government inspectors pro
nounced it sound in every respect.
THREE HEAVY. CRASHES.
A Silk House, a Clothing Firm and a Cloak
Manufacturer Pall.
New York, October 30. R. Springer &
Co., wholesale dealers in silk and worsted
yarn, have failed. The Sheriff to-day
closed the business on executions aggre
gating $12,520. The liabilities are said to
be $80,000, and it is thought tbere is enough
assets to pay the judgment creditors.
Isaac L. Falk & Co., manufacturers of
clothing, failed to-day, and their large
place of business was closed by the Sheriff
on a confessed judgment for $27,828 in
favor of the National Park Bank. The
firm's lawyers say the liabilities are about
$280,000, but they cannot tell what the
assets amount to.
Isadpre Roseuthal, cloak manufactnrer,
has failed, with liabilities reoorted at up
ward of $150,000. The Sheriff closed the
factory on executions amounting to $35,319,
all of which are confessed judgments. Of
these one is to his wife for $28,279.
IT WOULD BE SUICIDE.
Professor Bell Says Canada Should Not Tax
Her Nickel Export.
rSPECIAL TELEQUAM TO TIIE DISPATCH. 1
Ottawa, October 30. Professor Bell
one of the chief directors of the Dominion'
Government geological survey, has just
returned from an inspection of the great
nickel deposits at Sudbury. Speaking of
the proposal to impose an export duty on
Canadian nickel, Dr. Bell remarked:
"Whoever made this suggestion was
simply an idiot. Nickel mining has recently
received an impetus, and the export duty
would again depress, if not destroy, it. The
obstacles in the way of developing the finds
were treat enongh already without any re
strictive legislation. The theory tbat the
.Americans, by operating these mines would
rob Canada and leave us only holes in the
ground, is as absurd as that they would
make our farms barren by buying our farm
products. We want American capital."
METHODIST HOME MISSIONS.
Illustrious Ladles Participate in the Con
vention at Buffalo.
BurPALO, October 30. The ninth annual
convention of the Woman's Home Mis
sionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal
ChurclUn the United States began here this
morning.
Mrs. John Dsvis, of Cincinnati, is Presi
5Jat and, among the Vice Presidents are
Mrs. y. S. Grant and Miss Fanny Hayes,
daughter of ex-Presldent Hayea, Many
aUtinguished ladies are present,
PUT OUT THE LIGHTS.
A Metropolitan Professor Introduces
Two Skirt Dancers at a
SUNDAY SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.
The Matrons Present Retired in Great In
dignation, and the
CHURCH WILL NOT USE THE RECEIPTS
ISFSCIAI. TELEOnAM TO THE DISPATCH: 1
Bounsbrook, N. J., October 30. The
congregations of the Chimney Rock and
Greenbrook Sunday schools of Boundbrook
met together last night .in the Boundbrook
Town Hall to listen and enjoy a refined per
formance which was to be given for the ben
efit of the two Sunday schools. Charles
McNabb, a dignified and impressive gentle
man, who acts as superintendent of the
Greenbrook school, secured Prof. McGehay,
of New York, for the evening's entertain
ment, and assured all whom he met that it
would be a good thing to go and see, and
that, as it was for the benefit of the little
scholars, it had a double claim upon them.
The members of tbe two congregations are
conservative people, who love their good
superintendent and trust in his judgment,
and when he said Prof. McGehay would
give a refined and elevated entertainment,
they knew they conld go in safety, and so
they went.
THE PERFORMANCE BEGINS.
Prof. Sheck, of the Chimney Rock Sun
day school, opened the evening's pleasure
with brief remarks oi welcome, in which he
said he was glad to see so jnany bappy
Broiling faces before him, and more of the
same sort of thing. He then Introduced
Prof. McGehay. McGehay made them
laugh with German dialects and imitations
of bells on an accordion, which took very
well, and was considered a very excellent
imitation.
Then the professor did some really won
derfnl things with a handkerchief and a big
bat and took real eggs outof persons pockets
and silver dollars out of the heads of tbe
brightest boys in the Bible class.
Then Prof. McGehay announced with
much impressiveness that he had a surprise,
and everybody smiled in anticipation, while
the professor sat down to the piano and
struck flro preliminary chords, then came
two beautiful young damsels, with abso
lutely bare arms and neck, and in dresses
which were actually cut off just about the
knees. The audience was too much sur
prised to do anything but laugh at first,
while the mothers of the little pupils felt
warm waves of indignation swelling up
under their bonnet strings and suffusing
their faces.
SOME OP THEM LEFT.
Then Superintendent McNabb. did not
know which way to look or what to do. So
he sat still and boiled within, while the at
mosphere grew so chilly that the steam
vapor in the radiator fell to freezing point
and changed into ice water.
It was an awful moment. But Miss
Josephine Carroll and Miss Norma West
were not in tbe least affected by the cold
wave they caused to sweep over the inno
cent pleasure of the evening. They smiled
sweetly straight in front of them with a
glassy look and sans, "We Hate to Tell,
But Then We Must," and at tne same time
kicked with the happiness of young colts in
the direction of the border lights.
They hidionly .reached the third kick
when a very large lady, with a somewhat
sheepish-looking husband, rose and sailed
down the aisle and out. At the fifth kick
two more women, with tbree little girls in
tow, lollowed her example, and then all
over the hall the indignant and horrified
members of the congregations of Greenbrook
and Chimney Rock rose and silently with
drew. TURNED THE LIGHTS OUT.
But tbere was a leaven of the ungodly
among tbe young men present, and they
made up for the absence of the others by tbe
noise they made. They applauded and
shouted and cheered, and tbe skirt dancers
kicked and turned and twisted, and all this
while Superintendent McNabb sat and shiv
ered with indignation against Prof. Mc
Gehay. Then some one put the lights out and the
crowd which was left stnmbled out noisily
and the skirt dancers withdrew, satisfied
that they bad made an impression in Bound
brook if nowhere else, and now Prof. Mc
Gehay is explaining how a theatrical agent
in New York, running in the wrong women
on him and sent him ballet song-and-dance
girls, when he wired for two lady bell
ringers. And the question is whether the
two Sunday schools shall take the $400 the
performance netted.
BOGUS PENSIONER ARRESTED.
The Widow of Two Men and Wife of a Third
Loses Her Stipend.
St. Louis, October 30. Mrs. Sarah C.
'Saddler, of Stoddard County, Mo., has
been arrested on a charge of being a bogus
pensioner, and has been bonnd over by
United States Commissioner Crawford for
trial in tbe United States District Conrt in
bonds of $1,500.
Vincent D. Ditmore, of tbe One Hundred
and Twenty-eighth Illinois Regiment, died
during the war. His widow married a man
by the name of Poplin, who afterward died,
and the widow married a man by the name
of Saddler. Mrs. Saddler made an applica
tion for a pension as the widow of Ditmore,
and under the name of Poplin swore to the
fact that she was personally acquainted
with Mrs. Ditmore. She disguised her
handwriting, so the fraud was not detected.
The pension was duly granted, and she re
ceived $2,500 as back pension in one pay
ment, and bought a farm with it, which has
been attached.
TWO VESSELS COLLIDE.
The Uninjured Steamer Saves the Crew of
the Fated Schooner.
San Francisco, October 30. The
steamer Wilmington arrived from Coos Bay
this morning with Captain Everson and the
crew of the schooner Mayflower, with which
the steamer was in collision off Bolinas Bay
yesterday, during a fog.
The schooner, which was loaded with
ballast, was on the way to Fort Ross from
San Francisco. After the collision she
filled and turned over on her side, and when
last seen was sinking. The Wilmington
was uninjured.
SINKING IN PORT.
The British Steamship Newfoundland Comes
to Grief at New York.
New York, October 30. The British
steamship Newfoundland arrived at this
port to-day in a sinking condition. The
Newfoundland is bqnnd to Quebec from
Norfolk, Va., with coal.
When 200 miles out from Sandy Hook,
during a h'eaVy gale, the vessel sprung a
leak.
Greeted by School Children.
Chicago, October 30. Eight thousand
children irom the parochial schools, with
bands, banners and emblems, gathered at
tbe Auditorium to-day to greet Arch
bishop Feehan, filling the great building,
to overflowing, ?
THE POLITICAL TUG OF WAB.
B1RCHALUS LEVITY.
HE PLAY8 LEAP-FROG IN HIS CELL WITH
HIS JOLLY GUARD.
The Colonel Fiction Said to Be Exploded
Mrs. Blrchall Interceding for Her Hus
bandThe Murderer Wanted as a Wit
ness in a Libel Suit.
Woodstock, October 30. The near ap
proach of the fated 14th of November does
not have much outward effect on Birchall.
He plays leap. frog in his cell with his guard,
and thinks it royal sport to send the guard
sprawling on tbe floor when the occasion
offers. The arrival of his spiritual adviser,
however, is alevs the signal for his adopt
ing an appa - of solemnity suitable
to theoccasi? fffl e here are shocked
at manyofiuf, '-V -Tent about 3irch
all's levity. "'r'n
Tbe "Colonel" filt , Jr - well ex
ploded. There is little '-t, he letter
was prepared by Birchai.'fr ': "-. the
hope that it might create a o.VS ' is
favor t Ottawa. v yf
A dispatch from Ottawa says: TliT .
rumor in circulation to-day that ..rs.
Blrchall bad arrived in town to plead her
husband's cause with the Minister of
Justice. It is now said tbat the publication
of the letter signed "Colonel" is a part of a
plan to furnish grounds for an application
lor a reprieve. If such an application is to
be made it should be made to the trial
Judge sitting at Toronto, and not to the
Minister of Justice. Some importance is
attached to the petition which Sir Charles
Tapper has notified the Department of
Justice is now on its way here from En
gland. A dispatch' from Toronto sajj: An affi
davit has been filed asking for an examina
tion of J. Reginald Birchall, in Woodstock
jail, as a material witness in a libel suit
brought by Grosvenor Hood Graeme against
tne uiooe, on account of an alleged insinua
tion in that paper that Graeme might have
had something to do with the murder of
Benwell. The motion is to be argued to
morrow and it is to be resisted on the ground
that Birchall is at present legally and civilly
dead to the law, and that therefore his tes
timony is valueless.
FOUR LIVES LOST
In the Explosion of a Boiler of the Portage
Iron Mills.
tSPXCIAt. TXLZPBAX TO THE DISPATCH.!
Altoona, October 30. A fearful explo
sion occurred at the rolling mills of the
Portage Iron Company at Duncanville,
seven miles south of Altoona. Shortly after
8 o'clock this evening one of tbe three large
boilers in the ten-inch mill exploded from
an unknown ciuse. The report could be
heard plainly for miles around. Those
fatally injured were:
JAMES WEAVER, aged 23 years, badly
scalded, skull fractured and cut about the
tace.
SAMUEL FLICK, fireman, aeed 48 years,
badly scalded about face and body.
WILLIAM MILLER, aged 80, and married, as
was Flick, fatally scalded.
T. HENWORTH, puddler, scalded and hor
ribly mangled.
Several others, whose names are unknown,
were slightly scalded and otherwise hurt.
ANOTHER DYNAMITE EXPERIMENT.
Dr. Justin's Cartridge Test This Time la
Very Successful,
Utica, October 30. Another experiment
with Dr. Justin's dynamite cartridge was
made at Perryville to-day in tbe presence
ot a number of experts. The shell was sim
ilar to the one used last time, excepting
that it was bored out of solid steel and had
no blow holes. A 12-ton Blakely rifle was
used, similar to the two that have burst in
previous experiments. The shell weighed
275 pounds, and contained nine oounds of
sand instead of dynamite in tbe :nner car
tridge. The charge was 30 pounds oi hex
agonal powder.
The shell was fired into a sand bank at
the distance of 30 yards, and remained
almost intact. Tbe shell was opened and
testified to tbe correctness of Dr. Justin's
theory of tbe late explosions in the gun.
Another test will be made with the same
shell, and on the third test dynamite will
be again used the inventor being confident
tbat all difficulties have now been removed
in firing charces of dynamite from any
smooth bore or rifled gnn.
BOBBED B7 A HIGHWAYMAN.
A Footpad Takes Money, Watches and a
Horse From. Two Men.
Texarkana, Mo., October 30. Two
irien, named Markham, took two bales of
cotton to New Boston, where they sold them.
On the way back they were confronted on
the road by a robber, dressed as a tramp,
who emphasized his demand for their money
and watches by thrusting a revolver into
the face of one of the men.
After his demands were acceded to, the
man compelled one of them to dismount,
and jumping upon the horse, rode away.
RATES ON THE RISE.
Express Companies Decide to Increaso
Their Schedules.
SPECIAL TELXQKAU TO TUB DISrATCB.:
New York, October 0. Tbe express
rates on all matter to and from seaboard
ports and points west of Buffalo and Pitts
burg will be advanced on a basis of 50 cents
per 100 pounds between Eastern cities and
Chicago.
This schedule will go into effect on
November 1. The new tariff will be an
nounced to-morrow.
QUARRELED OVER CANDY.
Shooting Affray Between Two Small New
York Children.
New York, October 30. John A. Amdo,
6 years old, shot his brother, William S.
Amdo, aged 8, in the bead this evening.
The brothers had cooked molasses taffy
and in the division of it the younger claimed
the larger share. John became so much in
censed tbat he pulled a revolver from his
pocket and shot William. John was put
under arrest. It is feared William will die.
President Harrison Will Vote.
Washington," October 30. President
Harrison, accompanied by Attorney-General
Miller, will arrive at his home in Indian
apolis Monday, where he will vote next day
at the State election.
R0ARERS0N BATES,
The Philadelphia Company Ad
vances the Price of
Gas Fifty Per Cent,
STARTING IN DECEMBER.
Pressure in the Fields Declining and
tbe Demand Increasing.
THE PEOPLE'S COMPANY CRAMPED.
Many of Its Patrons ire Enleilnz Quito
Serious Complaints.
IT WILL SOON TBI TO PUMP THE FUEL
Natural gas, like Colonel Sellers' hogv,
will be jewelry in and about Pittsbunr on
and after December 1.
Christmas turkeys will be cooked in many
families over jets of flame that will give the
head of tbe household a pain every time his
thoughts turn in the direction of quarterly
bills for fuel. The rays of heat that add to
the good cheer of Christmas will shrivel the
strap on the old man's pocketbook until he
will have to use a pair of nippers to open it
when the first notice of indebtedness arrives
from the Philadelphia Company.
A meeting of the directors of tbe great
corporation was held in the company build
ing, corner of Ninth street and Penn ave
nue, yesterday, at which a resolution wjs
passed increasing the price of gas to private
consumers irom 10 to 15 cents per 1,000
feet net, the new rate to go into effect on
and after the first day of December. Tne
directors were in session for several hours,
during which time, it is needless to say, no
reporters were present.
the increase determined upon.
After they had completed their delibera
tions a representative of The Dispatch
was allowed an interview with Secretary
W. D. Uptergrair, and this official was
found to be as obliging and polite as a can
didate in a tight-fit contest, He stated that
the increase had been decided npon, aad
assured the reporter that no question out
side of this of public interest had been
considered. He said tbat during tbe
day the supply of gas throughout
tbe city bad been excellent, and no com
plaints had been received at the o See. This
was the direct effect of cutting off the gas
supply from the puddling furnaces of the
various mills. From this cut, he said, tbe
company did net anticipate any more
trouble. The raise in price was directly at
tributable to the increased demand, which
was extensive.
Down on tbe first floor General Agent
Bigger was found, in an elegant office, knee
deep in business, and several people wait
to see him. As a well-known business man
stepped cut, Mr. John Huckenstein, the
Allegheny contractor, came io.
ALMOST SOLICITING WHOLESALE TRADE.
Mr. Huckenstein wanted gas for nse in a
brickyard. Mr. Bigger informed him what
the rate wcnld be, which the gentleman re
garded as rather high. Mr. Bizger smiled
good-naturedly, and replied tbat the com
pany was not in the least anxious to take
any business of that kind, referring evi
dently to contracts outside of those in the
domestic line. Mr. Huckenstein finally ac
cepted tbe terms.
When The Dispatch representative got
an audience with Mr. Bigger, tbe latter gen
tleman opened tbe business end of the meet
ing by saying that the supply of gas during
the day wa$ equal to all demands, and that
probably some of the mills would start up
within a dav or so. The reports from Alle
gheny also showed that they had plenty of
the fuel over there.
"Is there anything in tbe reports about
the supply of various fields failing?" was
asked.
"Well, it must be admitted tbat the press
ure in fields that have been operated any
leneth of time, is on tbe decline.
"Do you anticipate any trouble about
being able to supply your patrons?"
"We bave been cntting off certain depart
ments of the mills, as is known, and some of
them have been shut off for short intervals.
There is no use in coneealing tbe facts or
making any misleading statements. The
truth is, much depends upon the Believer
non field, which we will bring in during tbe
next few days. If it turns out as well as we
expect,we will have plenty of gas for every
one."
AS TO A SUPPLY FOE MILLS.
"Is it a fact that the company is not de
sirous of supplying the mills with gas?"
"We are willing to lurnish them with fnel
provided tbat they will pay the price that
we can get from other sources."
Mr. Bigger accompanied this statement
with a significant smile, particularly when
it was made on the 10-cent-per-thouiand
basis, for only a few moments before he said
that he did not know what tbe directors
proposed to do in regard to advancing rates.
In conclusion, Mr. Bigger said the fact
should be borne in mind that the company
had fnnisbed more gas to Pittsburgers this
year than ever before in Its history. This
was due to the great increase in demand,par
ticularly among private consumers.
The elevator boy down in the block where
the People's Natural Gas Company if
located, Nos. 531 and 533 Wood street,
earned his salary yesterday, considerable of
his energy being wasted in piloting people
to and from tbe office mentioned. Men and
women were going and coming all day, and
in every instance the burden of the song
was a wail about the shortage of gas. The
complaints seemed to be general all along
the line.
A SCHOOL like a barn.
One man was in from Second avenue. He
said the school bnilding out toward Haxel
wood was barn-like in its cold and cheerless
condition, and the teachers had to close up
the intellectual factory. The scholars, he
said, conld keep warm while running about
the streets, bnt it was impossible to do so
while sitting still on hard seats. The offi
cials answered each and every question in
the same manner. That was, lor the people
to make the best of the situation for a week
or ten days, when the company hoped and
expected to be in condition to meet all re
quirements. As The DisPATCn representative en
tered the office for the second time, in hopes
of getting a talk with Mr. Pew, he found
tbe gentleman attentively listening to a
man who was declaring in a rather loud
voice that he must have gas, and that his
supply had failed. As be finished. Mr.
Pew, who had heard similar remarks before
dnring the day, said: "Mr., It was
quite, unnecessary for you to come in
here to tell ns that our gas supply is short.
We knew tbat before your arrival, but wa
are doing the best we can under the circum
stances. When tbe supply in the bowels of'
the earth begins to give out we are at a
standstill, no matter bow much we may
want the fuel. Within two or three davi
we have Cutoff a great deal of larger, buai-.H
ncss, la oruerwmcE. mo ueaianas oi o OJ .
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