i mill BWRJ? fEKSH 'raF iw"vwmm9irfm'77r HOLIDAT ADVERTISEMENTS AND BUSINESS CAKDS TIED DISPATCH ARE KEAD BT EVERYBODr, FORTY-MJTIT TEAK A The New Law Under Which a Perfect System of High ways is Expected. CASH FROM THE TREASURY. The Attorney General Decides That There Can be No Constitu tional Objection. A RADICAL CHANGE OP METHODS. Woikinj Out of laies U be Practically Suppressed bjr the Statute Which is to be Adopted. M) DAJGER OF A POLITICAL MACHINE. Tie Ojsaticis Will ke largely Undtr Km-Ptrtisia Ccrbri, ud Those ia Chug: Held to a Strict Account HtESENT PLANS OF TEE STATE CQJ , IFBOM A STAJ IlAERISBJ . . the framing W . Pennsyl vania I . -e its features. A eomiii.uc! : State Eoad Commission has been in session here to-day. The pur pose of the meeting was to decide the policy to be adhered to in drafting the proposed law. The Dispatch, realizing that there is a general sentiment throughout the State for a more thorough system of country road im provement, and, feeling that a bill caretully and properly drafted will so centralize the sentiment that a law can be readily enacted, &f nt me to the committee meeting to get the earliest possible information of the forthcom ing legislation. The Members of the Committee. Hon. John M. Fright, of Manordale, "Westmoreland county; Hon. Hannibal K. Sloan, of Indiana county ; Cyrus Gordon, Lq., of Clearfield ; Superintendent Good win, of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and Cftarlcs V. Ettla, the secretary, of Philadel phia, were present. Senators Mylin, of Lancaster, and Harlan, of Chester, also members of the committee, were absent. The meeting lasted from 10 A. M. until 4 l. m. A visit was then paid to the Attorney General. The committee told him they in tended to recommend the appropriation of money by the State Legislature for the permanent improvement of public high wavs, but tliev first wished to know it it would b; constitutional to appropriate-! money out of the State ticasury for that purpose. Tue money is put there largely, if not al together, from revenues derived from cities and towns, by taxes on moneyed interests, etc. If tome of thoss funds are devoted to the repairing of rural roads, could the ques tion of the profits ot the revenues not com ing back to cities and towns be considered a constitutional obstacle? Xo Possible Constitutional Objection. The Attorney General replied that while he reserved the right to criticise the road Mil when it came to him officially from the Governor he at this time could see no pos sible constitutional objection in the point laid before him. The Government improve ment of country roads is essentially a gen eral benefit, he held, and therefore the ap propriations ot State funds to that purpose was (or the welfare of the people of the whole Commonwealth, and, considered in its general aspect, is therefore within the piivileges allowed the Legislature by the Constitution. The committee then left for Philadelphia, where they will meet to-morrow to hear the arguments of the Citizens' Road Associa tion for advanced measures in the problem of road improvement. Prof. Lewis Haunt, of the University of Pennsylvania, the cele brated economist, is President of the so ciety, and has in bis possession the essays on road making, which that university offered $300 in prizes for recently. The so ciety is anxious that the State I toad Com mission shall hear these essays. In the aft ernoon and cveniug the committee will frame the new law. The whole commission will then be called together to finally pass upon the bill prepared by the committee. The meeting of the commission will prob ably be held in Pittsburg. Tolnts of the New Statute. To-day's deliberations were most import ant. They took a wide range, covering about every phase of the road question. "Western Pennsylvania ideas came to the front and more than once a member was ob served to pull out of his pocketbook a clip ping of some one ot the numerous communi cations in The DisrATCH and refer to it. As each phase of the matter was discussed the views of the members gradually con verged until the generaldrift indicated what the thought and will of the majority would he in framing the law. The bill submitted by the committee to the commission for ratification or amend ment will provide for a plan like this: In every township three road commissioners shall be elected by the people. They will hold relatively the same position to the people as the school directors, honorary, rather than political or pecuniary. These commissioners will appoint road masters, as many as they think fit, to act as bosses over the persons working on the roads. The master will be paid wages for each day he works, and will be held strictly accountable for the duty assigned him. "Working Out the Itoad Tar. It will be required that farmers shall notify the Commissioners not later than April 15 of each year whether,they desire to work out the amount of their road tax. If to, the road masters will notify them indi vidually of the exact day and place where they must report for work. If they are not there at the appointed time the master must promptly hire somebody else and notify the Commissioners, who will collect the full cash tax from the absentee. Or they will do the same if he does work yet does not perform the work in proper manner. In the foregoing provisions the committee REVOLUTION IN r- i believes it has practically abolished the System of "working out taxes," or at least brought it within proper control. TT nder the present arrangements a farmer works out his tax in many communities just when and where he chooses. He takes the time in which he has nothing on his farm to do. He selects the easiest parts of roads to re pair. He invariably works under a road supervisor who was elected through his in fluence, is afraid to insist upon honest toil and Aits down with the tanner in the general traffic of fence-corner narratives. A Radical Change of System. All is changed by the system proposed. Work will now be done on the roads in the best season for road work. The farmer will be compelled to drop his farm work at once and report for road work just like a laborer. If he does not do so promptly, he loses the privilege. The result of this will be that more larmers will pay the tax than work it, because they cannot leave their farms at certain times. "Where they do work out taxes, they will be under a boss, who is simplv paid so much per day for conscientious bossing, and who is liable to be bounced on the discovery of any bad patch of road by the Commissioners, who appoint him as a school board appoints and dismisses a teacher. The matter of local taxes and State aid is handled in this way: A treasurer, who may citber be one of the road commissioners or a person appointed by them in each township, shall receive ali taxes levied for roads, and set aside a certain portion or them each year for permanent improvements of the roads in that township. The road commissioners shall decide in each township just what sort of material will make a permanent road there. Township, County and State Duties. "When it appeals that a township has ,'"' " "" " "-"lanently improved road ur gravel fonnda- jch shall be approved ieer, then the county oitional mile of perma- .iie township and the State build a third mile. The State need not wait for the county, but both -county and State stand pledged for two miles to every one mile of the township's own building. The County Commissioners will graut a warrant on the County Treasurer to the township officers to build the second mile, and the State Treasurer will, through a proper channel,send the money tor the third mile. In this way the State aid is simply put up as an inducement and encouragement to permanent road improvement among the farmers themselves, and yet is given in a most substantial way. The money is only appropriated where good roads have been made. If none are made then the money will not go rapidly. At the same time the road building itself is left in the hands of the township people, not a State political machine. The road commission fixes no definite amount of a general road appropriation. The members believe that under the new revenue bill there will be plenty of money in the State treasury for this laudible object. Somebody has already asked: "Why could not the State's surplus, instead of lying all over the State in a banking and political sinking fund, be used for the nncleus of a road building fund?" L. E. Stofiel. PLANS OF THE GRANGE BY NO MEANS IN ACC0BD WITH THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE. The Report of th e State Revenue Conmis sion Strongly Favored A Conservativo Position Upon tlio Tariff Question Non- Fartisau Work the Best, i. - rsrEClAI. TELEOBAlt TO TOT DISPATCH.! Habrisburg. Dee. 9. The Grangers are having the largest convention here in the history of their State organization. Their annual meeting is being held in the hall of the House, and before its close between 500 aud GOO delegates will be participating in the business of the Grange. To-night Worthy Master Rhone, who has filled that position for nine years, delivered his annual address. He claims that all the important legisla tion in the interest of agriculture for the last 15 years has been secured through the non partisan iufiaence of the Grange, namely: The prevention of the extension of patents on sewing machines saviug millions of dollars to the people; curtailing the powers of transportation companies by making them subject to the control of the Government; restricting the sale of oleomargarine by na tional law and preventing its manufacture and sale in this State; the driving out from this country of alien landlords; the passage of the inter-State commerce law; the estab lishment of the Agricultural Department at Washington; the increase of the appropria tion to public schools from $1,000,000 to S2, 000,000; the procurement of many important Changes in the State Re enne Law, among which is the law paving back into the conntv treasury one-half the taxes levied and collected on money's at interest, and one-third of the amount of license fees; the creation of the State Revenue Commis sion which has just closed its report to the State Legislature, and the establishment of a co-operative trade system, through which farmers can purchase direct from manu facturers and importers. Mr. Rhone adds that through the Grantre the tinff and currency questions will be settled on a just and equitable basis. Com plaint is made that new organizations are being started to weaken the power of the Grange. Mr. Rhone continues: Tnat the great agricultural class of the country is sorely depressed, largely the result of pernicious legislation, I greatly regret is only too true it is. indeed, a self-evident fact. That real estate has been on a steady and rapid decline in value from the same cause is equally obvious. The depression is so great and gen eral that not 1 per cent of the farms of the State are Homing tneir own anu paying inter est on the Investment. The injustice of 'esislation which perpetuates snch claring fraud upon the great agricul tural class is too apparent to rtquire comment. The favoritism which only requires the cor porate aud personal wealth of the State to eon tribute less than one-fifth of the amonnt exact ed ot real estate is too obvious to be refuted by argument. Por the Free Coinage of Silver. The hope is expressed that the Grange will pass favorably on the new revenue bill. The passage ot a dressed beef bill by tbeXegisla ture is urged. The free coinage of silver is recommended as a balm for business depres sion, and as calculated to greatly enhance the value of farms and farm products. Con cludiiis. Mr. Rhone said that the Grange occupied a conservative position upon the, question during the exciting controversy which grew out of the tariff discussion. The representatives of the 'organization insist, said he, that it tariff lor protection was to be the future policy of the Govern ment, then the farmer had the same right to protection on his productions that the manufacturer aud other industries were to receive. If tariff for revenue only, then the farmer would have to compete with foreign productions and the manufacturer with foreign manufacturers In a word, the Grange, standing upon the immutable prin ciples of our order, insisted upon equality the same protection for the tanner as other classes were to receive. The result has been the passage of the recent act by Congress, What the exact effect of the law will be npon the business industries of the country cannot yet be fully determined. 'A MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS. A ranatical Chinese Society Attacks Their Converted Countrymen. San Francisco, Dec 9. -Advices from I Chung King, China, state that the troubles f Ije Ptt$wg at Ta Chu Hsien arose from the massacre of Chinese Christians as Loons Tny Tsin by members of the Loo Sos Society, during a celebration in honor of the society's patrcn diety. After the celebration had lasted sev eral days the brotherhood consulted their gods as to whether it would be safe to plunder the Christians. The reply being in the affirmative, the brotherhood made a raid on a number of well-to-do Christian families and carried off a lot of booty. A few days later they made a fresh at tack and massacred over 20 persons, 19 bodies being counted in the streets, and several more are known to be cut in pieces and thrown into the river. The mission buildings and many others were burned and the corpses thrown into the flames. On the following day the brotherhood pro ceeded to another market town and made an assault on the Christians there. The latter fled, but one of them was killed. FOR REVENUE ONLY. A SPANIARD WEDS AN HEIRESS, SECURES 870,000 AND SKIPS. He is Accompanied In His Flight by a Young Companion of the Bride Tho Tale of Woe Related by a Kentucky Belle of Good Family. rSPECTAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.: New York, Dec. 9. A remarkable story, containing material enough to con struct a modern four-act society play, has just come to light. The heroine is a tall, auburn-haired Southern beauty of 2.1. Her name was Cecil Watkins. She is now Senora Lavero. Her tale of woe reveals the extraordinary statement that within a year she was wooed by a handsome Spaniard of supposed noble birth named Jornando Uberlo Lavero, married to him at her home in Paris, Ky., made over to him her fortune of 570,000 and was deserted by him in this city. The story begins in Kentucky a year ago. Colonel Mark Antony Watkins, the father of Cecil, who died ten years ago, was the owner of the Kennedy stock farm, and the family live in an old mansion known as Maplewood Manor. Colonel Watkins deeded the manor to Cecil. It was valued at between 50,000 and SGO.000. She was to come into possession of the Kennedy estate when she attained her majority. He also left her S40.000 in the First National Bank of Louisville. A year ago Lulu Martin, her 17-year-old cousin, of Crab Orchard, Ky., and herseli were churns at St. Cathe rine's Academy, Springfield, Ky. When vacation time came in May, 1S90, an other invited Cecil and Lulu to visit her at her mother's house in Louisville. There the handsome Spaniard, Lavero, was introduced to the girls. With Cecil it was a case of love at first sicht. Lavero was looked upon as a prize, for he never tired of telling ot his father's castles and vast es tates near Barcelona, andot the great wealth he was to inherit. Six weeks later Cecil AYatkins was mirried to him. August 14, having attained her majority, gave her hus band power of attorney over all her prop erty. The next morning Lavero sold the Kennedy estate and homestead for 30,000, which was far below its real value. Then Lavero and his bride went to Louisville, he drawing the 840,000 from the bank. They met Lulu Martin, and later on the couple and Lulu came to New York. The beginning of the last act came on No vember 13, when Lavero told his young wife that his father in Spain had notified him that his presence was needed at once to ad just matters relating to their estate, "and,'' he added. "a 'he does-not yet know oCnr marriatrer'it will be iust "asVfelt fof me to' go and. pave the way, as he expected me to wed a Spanish heiress." Cecil objected, bnt her entreaties were ot no avail. He left her $1,000 for current expenses, taking about $69,000 along, and she has not heard ot him since. But she did hear from Lulu "Martin two days after Lavcro's departure. Pinned to her pillow she found this note: "I am going away, away with the man I love. You know that I come of a passionate race and would die for the man I love." THE LYMPH IN NEW YORK. A Small Vial Received by a Physician of That City. ISrECIAI. TELIGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yokk, Dec 9. Dr. Abraham Jacobt received the vial of Dr. Koch's lymph, which was consigned to him about two weeks ago from Berlin. It arrived on the steamship Saale on Monday. With the box addressed to Dr. Jacobi was another twice the size directed to John S. Billings, Washington. The bottle was about two inches long and three-quarters of inch in diameter and contained a thick liquid of a reddish-brown color. Assistant Appraiser Pratt decided that the lymph was a sample to be used for scientific purposes. The bot tle was taken to Appraiser Cooper, who in spected it with curiosity. Dr. Scherer, in charge of the chemical laboratory at the appriasers' stores, esti mated the contents at 50 drops. On the white paper wrapper were printed in Ger man directions for the use of the lymph. Dr. Jacobi received the lymph in the after noon, and, with Dr. Liebman and other physicians, shut himself up to study it. At the ML Sinai Hospital this evening it was said that no application had been made of the lymph. ESCAPED TO OLD MEXICO. Tho Cotton Belt Train Robber lias Once More Escaped Justice. rSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE LHRPATCrL. I Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 9. Napoleon McDaniel, the Cotton Belt train robber who escaped from Texarkana jail.on December 2 by knocking down the jailer and breaking the bars of his cell, is in old Mexico. Two days ago he came to Fort Worth in com pany with another man and was recognized by a person who told the police. The police could not locate him at once, but sup posed he was in hiding on the south side, where they could lay hands on hint when wanted. They wired "for particulars of his crime and the reward offered, but in the meantime McDaniel made good his es cape. When the police went for him last night he and his pal were gone. To-day it was learned they got out of the city in a farmer's team, caught the Texas Pacific west-bound express a few miles west of here, and by this time have safely passed into old Mexico from El Paso. INDIAN FEUD IN COLORADO. Apache Indians Axe Seeking to Avenge a Comrade's Death. Dueanoo, Cou, Dec. 9. Saturday night, about 9 o'clock, Thomas Franklyn, a carpenter, sot into an altercation with two Indians in a saloon at Armago, N. M. He struck both Indians over the head with the butt end of a billiard cue, crushing the skull of one and killing him, and Injuring the other. Yesterday the Apaches came to Armago, intent upon his scalp, but Sheriff Stallsteiner aud a posse secreted him in a pile ot saw dust, and the Indians were unable to find him. Great excitement is prevailing, the Indians declaring that they only want justice. But it any attempt is made to get Franklyn out of the town there will be trouble: The entire population are attend ing to business with six-shooters strapped around their waists, and a number are carrying Winchesters to be prepared tor nnymergencjv PITTSBURG, "WEDNESDAY, THE ELECTIONS BILL May Hare Some Rough Sailing Before it Passes tlie Senate. STATUS OP SOME REPUBLICANS. Qaay Likely to Offer a Substitute for the Lodge Measure, DEFEAT IS CONSIDERED POSSIBLE FROM A STAFF COBRZSPONDEST.1 Washington, Dec 9. It is evident that the elections bill is not to have the plain sailing among Republicans that has been predicted for it. The probabilities are that if Senator Hoar had yesterday pressed bis request for unanimous consent to take a vote on the bill Friday, and if the Demo crats had not objected, antagonism would have cropped out on the Republican side. Among those Senators who are 'hot satisfied with the substitute for the Lodge, or House bill, reported by the Senate Committee, are Senators Quay and Cameron. It was well known that they were not wholly friendly to it when it made its ap pearance last session, and their admiration for it has not been enhanced by the late elec tions, nor by the tone of the leading news papers of the country in regard to it. The Talk of a Qnay Substitute. The rumor which gained currency yester day that Senator Quay bad in view a substi tute for the Senate substitute, which he would offer and follow it with a speech, was par tially confirmed to-day by the Senator. In conversation with the correspondent of The Dispatch Senator Quay said that the mat ter of a substitute is under consideration, but that no bill has been completed, nor will be within two days; nor could the Senator say how soon it would be proposed in the Senate, or if it would be reported at all. It is inferred by some from the situation of affairs with regard to the elections bill, that the Senators who are insisting on the passage of that measure, will soon realize that it is not only unpopular with a large portion of the Republican party, and that it will be powerless to accomplish its purpose even if it be enacted into a law, but that it has a strong, though now silent, for policy's sake, opposition among the Re publican Senators. It is donbtless the in tention of this opposition to defeat the bill, if possible, without openly antagonizing its sponsors in the Senate, but behind the scenes Senators Edmunds and Hoar are being made to reel the strong hand of the master manager, as they did when the elec tions bill and other measures were postponed last session and the tariff bill forced on rapidly to a conclusion. Fretting Over the Bill. It will be remembered that at one time Edmunds Hoar and Evarts fumed and threatened with vague vengeance the pro moters of the movement to postpone the elections measure to save the tariff bill. They are no less restive now. They know they cannot afford to have even one Repub lican vote against the bill, as that would destroy the unanimity which is necessary to impress upon the people that it is a measure imperatively demanded by the part-.-. They went gleefully into the fight a week ago, convinced by the want of opposition that the Republicans of the Senate were agreed upon the matter, and attaching no importance to the fact that Quay and Cam eron and other Senators were absent fr-.ra the caucus at which it was decided to take up the elections bill at once. They now admit possible defeat, as to the bill under consideration, least, anjl.thn probabili ties seem to oe that -lp a .suoslituts oe;pro posed a disagreement will be provoked within the party that will be fatal to any clectious bill whatsoever. When the bill was taken up Mr. Berry addressed the Senate in opposition. He in sisted that it had been brought forward to disturb harmony and to inflict an injury on business relations at a time when the rela tions of the people of the several States were becoming more and more extended and complicated, and when the ablest and best men of the Southern States were seeking to find a remedy for the evils that surround them. Mr. Daniels also spoke in opposition to the bill. It went over without action. LlGHTNER. AN APPORTIONMENT BILL. Dnnnell's Measure for Representation Under the New Census. Washington, Dec. 9. Mr. Dunnell, Chairman of the House Committee on the 11th census, introduced in the House to-day a bill making an apportionment of Repre sentatives in Congress among the several States. The bill provides that after the third day of March, 1833, the House shall be composed ol 35G members. The representation of some of the States is increased as follows: Ala bama, 1; Arkansas, 2; California, 1; Col orado, 1; Georgia, 1; Illinois, 2; Kansas, 1; Massachusetts, 1; Michigan, 1; Minnesota, 2; Missouri, 1; Nebraska, 3; New Jersey, 1; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, 2; Tennessee, 2; Texas, 2; Washington, 1; Wisconsin, 1. The representation in the other States will remain unchanged. AN ERROR IN THE TARIFF. Senator Quay Wants to Have n MIstako in Typography Changed. Washington, Dec. 9. Senator Quay to-day offered a resolution for an amend ment to the tariff bill on the subject of cord age and twine, which is intended to correct a typographical error, consisting of the mis placing of the final parenthesis, by which the words "composed in whole or in part of Istle or tampico fibre, manilla, sisal grass or sunn" were included in the parenthesis. The effect of the error, as asserted by cer tain Customs officers, was that the duty on all twines, other than binding twine, was fixed at 114 cents per pound, while the in tention, was to limit this rate to the fibres above specified. A similar bill was intro duced in the House to-day. FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Many Thousands for tho Convenience of the Government Emplojes. Washington, Dec. 9. The House to day, just before adjournment, proceeded under the special order to the disposition of public building measures, previously re ported from the Committee of the Whole. The following bills for the erection of public buildings were passed with a limitation of cost as stated: Mankato. Minn., 500,000; Youngstown, O., 875,000: Sioux Falls, S. D., $150,000: Beatrice, Neb., S60.000: Davenport, la., 8100.000: Sioux City. Ia.. 8250,000: Lima, O.. 8tSO,000: Portland, Ore., 8100.000; Kansas City, Mo., fLXH.000; Ak ron, O., $100,000, and Rockford, 111., 8100,000. MEXICAN LOTTERY CIRCULARS Can No Longer be Sent Tnroagh the Malls In This Country. Washington, Sec 9. It is stated at the Postoffice Department that the mails sent from Mexico into the United States have recently been burdened with the circu lars of Mexican lotteries Inclosed in sealed envelopes, the corners of which were clipped and the postage paid thereon at the rate of 1 cent, which was permissible under the Mexican postal laws. Under the laws of I the United States Inclosureof such circulars iu a sealed envelope would require them to DECEMBER 10, 1890. be held for postage and refused admission to the mail as printed matter. The Postmaster General has been in cor respondence with the Director General of the Postoffice of Mexico, on the subject, and it has been agreed that the lottery circulars referred to shall no longer be carried in the mails or delivered to addresses in this coun try. An order to that effect has been issued by the Postmaster General. The Mexican Postoffice Department will instruct post masters in that country not to forward printed matter in scaled envelopes uulesi prepaid at letter rates, and not to forward among printed matter destined to the United States, any article whatever relating to lot teries. FREE COINAGE OF SILVER. REPRESENTATIVE M'CREARY AND THE COMING MONETARY CONGRESS. He Want the United States Delegates to be Instructed That They Must Vote for the Circulation of Common Gold and Sliver Coins. rrKOJt A STAFF CORRESPONDENT."! Washington, Dec. 9. The free coin age men in the House have not given up all hopes of securing something from this ses sion in line with their views, and if they cannot get it by direct means they are per fectly willing to accomplish the same ends by indirect methods. Congressman Mc Creary, of Kentucky, has got an idea which he Is preparing to formulate in the shape of a bill to be introduced before long in the House, which has met with the hearty sup port and approval of a number of his Demo cratic colleagues of more or less pronounced views on this question. His proposition is in brief for Congress to instruct the United States delegates to the International Monetary Conference, which is to meet in this city during the coming month, how to vote on this subject. His bill will provide that delegates shall be in structed to favor the adoption of common gold and silver coins for circulation and in terchange among all of the countries which will be represented at the conference, and that they be further instructed to favor the adoption by the all the American nations of gold and silver coin now authorized by the laws of the United States and the free coin age thereof. This international monetary conference is, of course, an offshoot of the Pan-American Congress which recently adjourned, and being largely a foreign affair, it isonlyright in the opinion of Representative McCreary that matters connected with it should be re ferred to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, of which he himself is a mem ber. It would not do to have the bill go to the Coinage Committee of the House, be cause that is opposed to free coinage, but there are at least two of Republican mem bers of the Foreign Affairs Committee who might be willing to report the bill to the Honse. These two gentlemen are Messrs. Morrow, of California, and Coleman, of Louisiana, and it is believed that with their co-operation the bill could be got out of committee. Mr. McCreary thinks that if the members of the House voted their honest sentiments on this question the bill would pass; but anyway, he is of the opinion that nothing will be lost bv testing the sense of the House in this way. The bill will be intro duced at an early day. TAX UPON COMPOUND LARD. Two Bills Reported In tho Senate With No Recommendation. .JSZashington, Dec. 9. In the Senate 'J'wci?ills.'inipoirnEka,.tflxppon com pound lard were reported without recom mendation by Senator Paddock, from the Committee on Agriculture. One of them is the bill that passed the House last session and the other is the bill introduced in the Senate last Jannary by Senator Dawes, which has never been reported by the committee. Both bills are similar in purpose and provide for the imposition of a tax upon and regu lation of the manufacture of compound lard. The bills were reported without recom mendation in order to avoid the controversy of last session and the hearing of argument, which would necessarily have greatly de layed any action upon them by the com mittee. It is understood that some features of the House bill were objected to by several Senators, but rather than consider the bills section by section in the committee, it was deemed best to report them to the Senate at once, leaving the objectionable points to be considered when the bills come up in the Senate for consideration. THE HOUSE POSTMASTER. A Republican Caucus Selects Mr. Hathaway, of Montana. Washington, Dec. 9. The Republican members of the House held a short caucus after adjournment to-day to select a post master to succeed Mr. Wheat, of Wiscon sin. Mr. Carters, of Montana, secured 73 votes for his candidate, Mr. Hathaway, of Montana, against 39 for the other four can didates, Hosmer, of Massachusetts, at pres ent assistant postmaster; Reed, of Min nesota, and Barnes and Bnlph, of Illinois. Mr. Hathaway is a native of Ohio. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio in 18G2, and was permanently disabled by a wound received at the battle of Perry ville, Ky. He removed to Montana at the close of the war, and has lived there ever since. He has held several Federal and county offices, and is at present Secretary of the Republican State Committee. A SECOND LYNCHING. A Colored Would-Bo Avenger of a Murder Swung to a Tree. Iialta Bena, Miss., Dee. 9. There was another lynching at Roebuck, Miss., to-day, as a sequel to the Aron murder. One Moses Lemon, colored, became very indig nant at the lynching of Dennis Martin for the killing of Gus Aron, and it was learned that he was circulating among the negroes, trying to get up a mob and go to Aron's store, murder the clerks and fire the build ing. The people of the neighborhood, both whiteand black, formed themselves into an organization and swung Lemon to a tree. REVENGED ON HIS STOMACH. A Kentucky Man, Crazed With Fain, Com mits Suicide in a Terrible Way. ffTECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Lexington, Ky., Dec. 9. An old and highly respected citizen of Lincoln county committed suicide this morning by cutting his stomach open with a razor. He had suf fered with ulcerated stomach so long that he became insane to-day. After he had committed the deed he re marked to those who found him in his room: "My old stomach won't hurt me any more now, I reckon." In a few minutes he was dead. DESTITU1I0N IN KANSAS. The Railroads "Will Transport Contributions Free of Charge. Topeka, Dec 9. A meeting of Kansas railroad men occurred bete to-day, at which it was decided to transport free of charge all contributions to the destitute farmers in Western and Northwestern Kansas. Considerable destitution existsln those por tions of the State, but not enough to require the solicitation of aid outside of the State, mpmn ME DOLLAR IN TEN Now the Ruling Quotation for Claims on the Defunct Delamater Bank. B0YER UPON THE GROUND Looking for the Scattering Remnants of tlie Sinking Fund, nUMESMAKES A REPLY TO BEAYER Ho Predicts That Pattison Will Cause a Change in Short Order. THREATS OP CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS IFItOM A STAFF COSBESFOXDENT.J Meadville, Dec 9. State Treasurer Henry K. Boyer arrived here at 2:13 this afternoon, and has since been in close con sultation with Judge Pearson Church, who will act as his counsel in the matter of the State funds in the Delamater bank. The Dispatch correspondent, of course, called on Mr. Boyer, and asked him what be had to say. "I have nothing to say," said Mr. Boyer, "and if I had I would not say it." "This gentleman certainly has nothing to say." said Mr. Church, and everybody smiled pleasantly and changed the conver sation to purely personal topics. Treasurer Boyer is hard hit by the failure. The de posit was left a legacy to him from the pre ceding Treasurer, which makes Mr. Boyer's position peculiarly pitiable, and it is safe to say thousands of people have the fullest sympathy with the genial gentleman. Ten Cents on the Dollar. The State takes its chances with the other creditors of the defunct bank, and the quotation in this city to-day on claims on tne Delamaters is not over 10 cents on the dollar. The petition for appraisers was filed by the assignees yesterday, but the court has not yet appointed them. He may name them to-morrow, or he may defer action until the session of court opens on Monday. It is understood that unless the failure is proven to have been perfectly straight and without crooked work a number of criminal actions will be begun at once. Depositors are bitter. They can give no information not already published, but they intend to have criminal actions begun ir matters are not explained to their satisfaction. Ex-Senator Homer J. Humes, author of the funding law under which the State is actine, was seen this evening and asked what he thought of Governor Beaver's de fense of the sinking fund management, as published in The Dispatch to-day. Said he: "I have just read that defense, and can say that no Governor of Pennsylvania ex cept Beaver would -Attempt toTJerond the Management of commissioners of the sinking fund during his administration, let alone advising the commissioners to sell the 31,000,000 oi United States bonds that were by them sold in December, 1887, and January, 1888. The sale of these bonds was a flagrant violation of the law. as I clearly showed iu the open letters to Governor Beaver in 1888. "Under the law United States bonds can only be sold when State bonds can be pur chased, or when their proceeds are required for the payment of the pub'ic debt. The flimsy excuse of Governor Beaver that the sale 'had its inspiration in an understanding with certain men that they would apply the proceeds to the redemption of an equal amount of State bonds' is simply false. The sole reason for the sale of the bonds and the refusal to invest the surplus sinking fund money in State or United States bonds was lor the purpose, of accumulating a large sur plus iu cash and distributing it among the State Treasury ring banks, to be used for political purposes, as I feel certain will be demonstrated concerning the $100,000 left with,Delamater & Co. There is no use saying more about this affair. Sure to Bankrupt State Treasurers, "Probablv the State has never lost any money by following the Beaver policy," continued Mr. Humes, "but nearly every StateTreasurer who has followed that policy has been made bankrupt. The sinking fund revenues must be reduced nearly one" half by the'next State Legislature, becanse the United States bonds and cash in the sinking fund is now more than sufficient to pay all State bonds coming due prior to January 1, 1892. "Governor Pattison understands the law, and also the mode of its execution, and I have no doubt his first message will make it so plain that the Legislature, although strongly Republican, will at once adopt hU suggestions, and if the commissioners of the sinking fund do not at once invest their surplus in State or United States bonds, as required bylaw, Pattison will again resort to the courts, as he did in the fall of 1883. It Would nave Saved Boyer. "Had this money been invested by the present board as this law requires, poor Boyer would not now be a poor man and obliged to work for years to come to pay his bondsmen's losses." Mr. Humes also has worked out a solu tion of the problem of bow to pass an Aus tralian ballot law which will not be invali dated by the subsequent amendment of the Constitution by a constitutional conven tion so as to do away with marked ballots, out, as ne nas given nis views to uovernor elect Pattison, subject to his revision, he declines to elucidate the plan, Csum. THE ASSETS IN ERIE. Boyer Enters Another Jndgment Upon Some Property That Is Visible. rBFECIAL TXLEOBAJ1 TO THE DISFATCU.1 Eeie, Dec. 9. The failure of the Dela maters has reached Erie through the busi ness relations of the senior Delamater. State Treasurer Boyer, who has entered a judgment of 200,000 against the Delamaters here, entered a judgment to-day against No ble Eawle and co-owners of extensive coal and ore docks valued at 75,000. The member of the firm is Hon. George B. Delamater, who has other interests in Eric. IS THERE A WARRANT OUT I Ono Said to Have Been Issued for the Cashier of the Bank. SPECIAL TXLKOBAM TO TUB DISPATCB.1 Meadville, Dec. 9. A correspondent to-day saw a warrant which was issued for the arrest of Victor M. Delamater, late cashier of the banc, he being charged with accepting the money of depositors after banking hours and with the full knowledge that an assignment was to be announced in less than 24 hours. A lawyer who was interested in the case caid: "Victor was not deeply Into the NO USE FOR THEM. The American Federation of Labor and the Delesates Who Adhere to Socialism. affairs of the bank, and I doubt that he did know there was going to be an assignment." BOYER TO DELAMATER. THE FORMER FRIENDS HAVE A DE CIDEDLY BRIEF INTERVIEW. Disposition of the Funds liaised in Philadel phia Last Week Delamater Talks of the Check "Which Collector Martin Indorsed for Him Ills Explanation, rBFECIAt. TXtEPBAM TO THE D Philadelphia, Dec. O.A-fff' fS, . spondent of the Times telegrapi Meadville as follows: -v- -" . btate -lreasnrer uoyer arrived nere to-aayv. from Philadelphia, and at once went to the office of Senator Delamatcr's attorney, where be found the Senator in waitings Without delay Mr. Boyer informed the Senator that he had come here for the purpose of learning the exact situation of affairs at the bank. It was their first meeting since the failure. "That's just what we are trying to And out," said Mr. Delamater. "1 can't say just when a clear and concise statement can be made ready, but I am anxious to have it as early as possi ble. "I have engaged Judge Church as my at torney. He is here to loos: after my interests," said the State Treasurer. "Thi3 whole thing has been a big surprise to me. and it came wholly unexpected. I am going to Harnsburg, and will communicate with my attorney from that point." The entire Interview lasted only two minutes. As the State Treasurer left the office surprise as pictured upon the face of Senator Delamater, Later in the day Mr. Delamater was asked about the money be raised in Philadelphia last week. He said: "There has been a number of things said regarding my action there on that occasion that are untrue. I went to Philadel phia fully expecting to make an arrangement which would tide U3 through oar trouble, and had it not been for the tichtenpd condition of the money market I would have succeeded, bnt the people who had promised to let me hare the money told me they could not do it, and I was forced to raise enough funds to square our accounts in New York. 1 bad frequently mado deposits of $5,000 and o7er with the Finance Company, and they had often cashed my drafts to oblige me when in a pinch. I needed the money, and after getting it at once sent throueh the proper channels to meet obligations of our bank. "Regarding the check transaction with David Martin," said Mr. Delamater in answer to a question, "it occurred in tlrj way: I went to see Dave and tola htm I needed So.OOOard.t .once.. 1 toltUiIiutUAttro Wf.!iautire3:cd In Cj f-Mercbants' Bank of Erie to Are. extefiror&n. I Mi. .-- .. .. . , J . . " uw. auuiaatii ue wouiu cjes me cnecK casnea for me I would be oulieed, and-that it would be allri;ht. I fully expected it wonld be, as the bank had previously honored my checks. I did not say anything about having a deposit In the bank. That statement is a mistake, and bad we not assigned on Friday, I fully believe that the thins would have turned out all right. I feel very sorry for Dave, and regret that the matter has turned out as It did. It has been reported that 1 kept the money. That is not true, either. I sent It to New York through the First National Bank ot Philadelphia, which fact can readily De verified. I bad only a few dollars with me when 1 arrived home and learned that tho worst had taken place.' QUAY IN NO WAY INVOLVED. That is the Positive Statement of the Junior Senator. frr.OM A STAFF COlinrSFOXDE'-fT.J Washington, Dec 9. In regard to certain reports that Senator Quay is per sonally in debt to State Senator Delamater, and that the relations of the two gentlemen are not as cordial as formerly, the Senator said this evening to the correspondent of The DisrATCH: "I owe Mr. Delamater nothing, am not on any paper of his making and am in no way involved in his failure. Nothing haspassed between us to change our relations." FIENDISH CHARLIE MILLER. Tho Boy Who Killed and Then Bobbed Two Men in a Box Car. rsrrciAt. teleqbam to thi DiS""ATcn.t Cheyenne, Dec. 9. Full houses were iu attendance all dnring the second day of the trial of Charles Miller, slayer of Ross Fishbaugh and Waldo Emerson, the dead men of the box car mystery. The defendant, a frail, subdued lad of fiendish face, was heard. He repeated his confession and told his entire life story as one would relate an ordi nary happening. The first mention of the actual killing by him was when ha said that at Sydney, Neb., he divided a lunch, earned by carrying coal for a baker, with two young well-dressed tramps. "Who were these men?" inquired the at tornev conducting the examination. "Why," said tne lad, with a falter, "the men I killed the next day." Miller offers no justification for the double murder beyond the statement that he was sore over his impecunious condition. He says he thought of the crime but a moment before carrying his plan into effect. Emerson, who was instantly killed, slept soundlv. but Fishbaush dozed, and sur vived the shot several hours. On reviewing his victims Miller says he felt bad, but searcnea tne ooaies and lound $4U, a new revolver, a watch and a couple of knives. In Cheyenne he had a shave and hair cut. At Grover, Col., he bought a hat and gloves, and marked them "Kansas Charlie," his stage name. A newspaper story of the killing in duced him to tell his story to his brother. Miller served a couple of years in the print ing business. DIED FROM HEART FAILURE. Another Case Where Koch's Lymph Did Not Save the Patient. TUT DUSLAF'S CABLE COIFaST.1 Berlin, Dec. 9. Another death has oc curred from heart failure after inocculstion with Koch's lymph. The deceased was Eugene Horn, whose case wa3 very pre carious when he was admitted. It presented a marked resemblance to that of Hermann Feudler, who died in Gerhardt's clinical hospital on Sunday, and in whom after a second injection of the fluid the tem perature rose to a great height and heart failure succeeded by death ensued. At 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in one of the corridors of the newcharitv hospital in which consumptive patients are being treated by Koch's lymph. It was caused by the accidental explosion of a can of kerosineoll, but It was discovered very soon and put out, thereby preventing the 'wholesale roasting of the patients. SPECIAL CABLE NEWS 13 A FEATURE OF THEDISPATCH. IT IS THE PEOPLE'S PAPER. THREE CENTS. SOCIALISTS BARRED. The Federation of Labor Sends Saniel Back to Kew York. HOW HIKERS CAST THIEE VOTES. Resolutions to Boycott Certain Dealers and Manufacturers. THOUSANDS OP WORKERS EEPBESENTED rsrXCTAI. TZXEOBAM TO TUB DISFATCTM Deteoit, Dec 9. The same old fight has been on between the Central Labor Union, of New York, and the administra tion as beaded by President Gompers was renewed at to-day's session of the Federa tion of Labor, aud took the entire time of the convention. The committee to which was referred the matter ot admitting Saniel and his conferees, reported in favor of re turning the credentials, and delegate Mor gan, from Chicago, moved as an amendment that the whole question be referred to the next session of the Federation. In reply to this amendment, which was seconded, President Gompers took the floor and in an address lasting one hour and ten minutes went over the whole situation. He told how the charter of the old Cen tral Union had been returned, aud how it bad lapsed by reason of its return. He then went on to explain that after it had been given up he received a petition from 65 labor organization for its renewal, and found it headed by the socialistic organiza tion, whose organization was political and directly opposed to the terms of the Federa tion. Gompers Wanted It Voted Upon. He had decided to return it after consult- O -I'SChtbe Advisory Board. He did not tiJ inestinn nnstnnnprlr hr wanted it Jn't, i, T10 ,nd j, he nad been -r- . ' r . .... VJ Vr -, VOrt -,. ' wtw-y J''' d the convention to say so. To post-; p jnld be cowardly, he said, and be bad aJv ,. Saniel to come here that the matter might he settled. Gompers was frequently interrupted by Morgan, who championed the Saniel dele gation, and sharp words passed between them. Morgan saw that the convention was in no mood to admit Saniel and he aban doned that field, going entirely for the tabling of the whole subject, because; it was the polite thins to do. He argned that the charter had not lapsed, just because one man returned, and charged Gompers with not lurnishing proof that it had. Saniel is Tired Out. The discussion, which was very hot, lasted three bours.and a half before a vote was taken. The result, as was expected, was heavily iu favor of sending back the credentials of Saniel. One thousand six hundred and ninety-nine voted to send it back, aud 535 to postpone. The vote to postpone was greatly augmented by the solid vote of the miners' organization, which would have voted to shut out Saniel, but did not like some portions of the report. They cast over 300 of the S35 votes for post ponement. The resolutions were then re ferred to the committee without discussion for report. To-day's session was attended by 99 delegates, representing over 750,000. Among the many resolutions introduced and referred were the following: Boycotting certain Pittsburg theaters on account of the employment of non-union men; to place the telegraphs iu the hands of the Government. J aod PSlS.h'Aia lebor congress- Chicago l rfiSlL A peculiar resolution iSoking to the delense of the members of the unions in the Federation from the aggressions of the Knights of Labor created sympathetic amusement. Other similar resolutions fol lowed, showing a decided antagonism be tween the two grand divisions of labor, especially in New York City. A resolution lookinc to opposition to police aggressions, especially the coal police of Pennsylvania, was greeted with applause. Resolutions of Varied Character. A change in the constitution was asked for limiting the election of President of the Federation to two consecutive terms. The Federation was asked to indorse woman suffrage. Various resolutions looking to boycotting manufacturers, the supporting of various union strikes and requests for co-operation and assistance to organize a large number of unions of the Federation were offered. Complaint was brought against the Car penters' Union, of Rochester, N". Y., as affiliated with the Knights of Labor to the injury of the federate unions. Iu the resolntion which brought this ease up, cer tain individuals were named and charges preferred against them which caused the Chair to exclude the papers on the ground that the convention deals only with organl tions and not with individuals. BR0SI TO COME BACK. Tlie Canadian Authorities to Turn Him Over to the United States. -SPECIAL TX-LEGKAU TO Till DISPATCH. I Toeonto, Dec. 9. The case of John C. Brosi, in gaol at Windsor for forging the name of his uncle, ex-Mayor Miller, of Pittsburg, by which he obtained 51,700, was before high court here to-day. Alter the crime Brosi fled to Canada, andafter his ap prehension in this country, neither money nor legai lore has been spared to obtain his release. AVhen the magistrate remanded Brosi for extradition, motion after motion was made before the various courts, but each judge agreed upon the question ot Brosi's guilt. To-day the entire bench agreed to extradite Brosi, and he will be surrendered to the United States for trial. STRIKE ON THE UNION PACIFIC. Switchmen at Ogden Anirry Because of Three Discharges. Ooden, Utah, Dec. 9. About ten days ago the Union Pacific discharged three men from the night force of switchmen in the yard in this city. The result was a strike of the night men. Last Sunday a com mittee ot the strikers visited General Man ager Ressegnie but received no satisfaction, and yeiterday the entire force of Union ana non-union men went out, and not a wheel turned in the yards. To-day it is said that Grand Master Sweeney, of the Switchmen's union, does not sustain the action of the men. BOTH TTTT.T.Tn BY ONE BULLET. An Indian Territory Man and His Step-dau-jhter Murdered. DOUOHEBTV, Ind. T., Dec 9. Joseph Brown and his stepdaughter were murdered last night in a brutal manner. Brown lived with his stepdauchter in a small cabin fonr miles from Dougherty. Last night some unknown parties called him to the door and fired upon with a Winchester. One ball struck him in the heart, passed through his bodv and struck &is stepdaughter, who was standing behind mm in tne neaa, Jtiuiug uom instantly, -rto clew. rarncirs Friends In Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 9. At a conference of well-known Irish-Americans, representing every part of the city, action was taken to night looking to an active movement toward upholding Mr. Parnell in his present diffi. culties. It was decided to have s mast meeting for that purpose at an early date, 1 1 I m iL-i4a3A.?. BEsSkm SBouiSMIBSW
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