THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1S90. TALK1HGM TARIFF. The New York Tariff Reform Club Holds Its Great Ora torical Banquet. CLEVELAND A SPEAKER. De Has Much to Say in Defense of the Educational Campaign. PAYS HIS KESPECTS TO BLAINE. Governor Boies, of Iowa, and Many Other l'rominent Speakers. SOME ILIiUSTfilOUS LADIES ATTEND New York, Dec 23. The Tariff Reform Club held a grand banquet to-night in the new concert hall of the Madison Square Garden, to celebrate the recent Democratic victories. The attendance, not only of banqueters, but also ot onlookers, was very large, covers for 500 being laid, while the galleries were filled with a brilliant array of people, of whom ladies made a prominent part At the Speaker's table, on either side of Chairman Everett 1. Wheeler, sat Presi dent Cleveland and John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky. Anon; the other gentlemen at this table were Governor Horace Boies, ol Iowa; the Governor-elect of Massachusetts; Congressman Wilson, of West Virginia; Hon. Carl Sohurz, W. 17. Hansel, of Peun-M-lvania; Horace White, Judge Wilson, of Minnesota; Thomas L. Johnson, of Ohio; William Steinway and Luzon B. Morris. An Array of Illustrious Guests. At other tables were Henry Villard, Daniel Laniout, Senator Price, W. B. Hornblower, George Hoadley and W. U Trenliolm. . At about S:30 o'clock Mrs. Grover Cleve land, accompanied by Mrs. John G. Car lisle and other ladies, entered one of the boxes in the first gailery. Mrs. Cleveland's appearance was the signal for every man at the tables to rise to his feet, and, amid a waving of liaudkerchicfs, Mrs. Cleveland was given three cheers, which compliment she acknowledged by rising and bowing. When the feasting was finished Chairman Wheeler, in a brief speech, introduced ex President Cleveland as the first speaker of the evening. Mr. Cleveland spoke in part as follows : I am at all times willing that the Democratic party thould be enlarged: and a-tending in that direction. I am willing to accept and ac-. Jcnovvlcdge in cood faith liuncst help from any Quarter uncn a struggle is penamg for the fup-emacy ol Democratic principles. Indeed, I have an idea that in the campaign of educa tion it as deemed important to appeal to the reastm and judgment of the American people to the end that the Democratic party should be reinforced as ue',1 as that the activity and zeal it those alreadv in our ranks should be stimu lated. The Campaign of Education. If this be treason in the sight of those who, clothed in the Democratic uniform, would be plad to stand at the entrance of our camp and drive tiacfc recruits, I cannot help it. I bare come here to-night, among other things, to re joice in the numerous accessions vie have re ceived in aid of Democratic endeavor and to give credit wherever it is due for the work of conversion. The grand and ultimato object of the cam paign of education uas tho promotion of the wellare of the country aud the relief of the people iroDi unjust burden. In afd of this por"1 and, of cour.c. subordinate and acces sor to us accompl'shnient. it rtccame neccs sarv tirst of all to arouse the Democratic or gauizatlon to an apprehension of the fact th.it the campaign involved a Democratic principle in the advocacy of which the party should be active and aggiessivc. Let it be here conlessed that we as a party had, ill these latter days, been tempted by the turcesscs our opponents had gained solely by temporary shifts and by appeals to prejudice and sclhs-h interests, into paths which avoided too much the honest insistence upon definilo and clcai ly denned principle and fundamental Democratic doctrine. Democrats Weak iu the l'aitli. To be sure, some earnest men in the party could hut ill conceal their dissatisfaction with the maimer m which cardinal principles were relegated to the rear and expediency substi tuted as the hone of success; but the timid, the needless aud those who, ihough nominally be longing to the organization, were not of the faith, constantly rendered ineffective all at tempts to rr store the party to the hrm and solid ground of Democratic creed. If ;hes- things are confessed, let it also be conceded that when the time came and the cuts "fa suffering people were heard, and v. hen for tlicir relict a genuine Democratic remedy was proposed, the party easily recog nized its uutt aud gave proof of its unconquer able Dunorraiic instincts As soon as the campaign ot cilucitinn was inaugurated, the part was quirkly marshaled as of the olden liruc, aggress. ve. courageous, devoted to its cause and heedless of discouragement or de feat. D-y by day and hour bv hour expediency and time crvmg were thrown to the winds. Traitors were silenced, camp followers fell away or joined the scurvy hand or floaters, while the sturdy Democratic hoit confidently pressed on beanugaloit the banner of tariff reform. Republican Exultation Over Reform. I am afraid, however that if this task may be considered a step iu the campaign of educa tion, the word education, as applied to those whoweretobe affected, mast be construed as meaning the instillation of such fear and terror in the minds of unrcgenerate men as leads tu flee from the wrath to come. Hut even in this unpromising field we are able to n-po'-t progress. No one who remembers the hilarity with v. hicli the leaders of the Reuubli- an party greeted the message of tariff relorm. mid the confidence with w bich they prepared to meet and crush the issue presented, can fail to ne how useful a lesson has been taught tbem in our campaign or education. Within il hours after the submission to Con gress of the question ot tariff reform, sundry benators and Representatives belonging to trie K.'pulihcan party were repotted to have jauntily ventilated their partisan exultation in the public press. As our campaign proceeded other unusual symptoms have been apparent among those prominent m directing t e opposition. Home oftheiu have become insuboruiuate and dis contented, and at times actually disobedient to part orders. Itlaine Out in a Life Boat. One shrewd and weather-wise navigator has clambeifd off, and. in a frail bark, with the word "Reciprocity"' painted on its stern, was last seii hovenns near, prepared to climb aboard again, or sail away, as wind and wave would appear to make most safe. At the pres ent stacc ot the campaign the unwieldly party hulk oi IJonrbon Republicanism is still afloat, but damaged ana Uidlv leaking. On board, some ar" still working at the pumps against the awful odds or openiug seams: many, mutinous and discontented, short of provisions and of prog, are loudly aud angrily disputing as to -abetherbad seamanship or overloading is the cause of their wretched plight, while accusa tions of guilty responsibility arc heard on every Fide. 11, Irom the turbulence, there shall emerge any who actuallypriclrcd in conscience, desire a better life, thej will be gladly wel comed. Of course, we do not overlook the fact that before their present predicament was reached, and in their tirst battle with u. the enemy gained a victory over tariff reform, This is confessed; and we may here onlv refer to the methods by which that victory wis gained for the purpose of saing that we thorou-hly un derstand them, and tint if the beneficiaries of tl'ose methods are satisfied with the condition thev have wrought, we also arc not without conipeir tion. An Appeal Tor the Educational rian. Let us not Tail to realize the fact that our work is not done. Our enemies are still alive anil grown desperate. Hnman selfishness is net easily overcome and the hope of private cain at the expense of the masses of our people is not yet abandoned. It would, be shameful, and a piuble disgrace, if by over-confidence, we should lose the ground we have gained, or If wo should fail to push further our advantage. The result of our labor thus far is. indeed, a fi-nal tribute to the judgment of the American people." in full faith in this judgment our work should continue upon the lines thU3 far followed until the enemies of tariff reform are driven from their last intrenchment. In the years to come, when we look back with patriotic satisfaction upon our participa tion in the glorious struggle for tariff reform and recall its happy termination, it will delight us to remember every incident of discourage ment as well as of triumph in the people's cause. Then, when we are asked to speak of our proudest political endeavor and to give tho best illustration of American intelligence and to pay the highest tribnte to the judgment of the American people, we will rehearse the his tory and the grand results "The campaign of education." Other Orators of the Evening. Another speaker was Hon. William I Wilson, of West Virginia, who said, among other things: If the blundering of a Congress is to be measured by the force and the sweep of tho condemnation it has provoked, Mr. Reed's Con gress has not only surpassed Mr. Keifer's Con gress, but has achieved for itself a prominence in blundering unapproached by any of its 50 predecessors, and if recent political experi ence proves anything, it teaches that the Democratic party never blunders more fatally than when it abandons or palters with its true principle, 'and that it never appeals so strongly to the heart of the masses orto the enthusiasm of the young as when it goes before them in the strength of these prin ciples alone. On the other hand, tho Republi can party, as dominated to-day, never blunders so effectively as when it has free scope and op portunity for the application ot its principles, never meets with 'such crushing 'repudiation from the people as when it discloses to them its true politics ami methods. The Fifty-second Congress will enter upon its labors with one lesson that none of its members can mis take, and that lesson is that its shortest road to irretrievable bankruptcy will bo to follow the footsteps of its predecessors. Tariff Reform in the Northwest. Governor Boies, of Iowa, addressed the guests in response to the toast, "Our New Allies in the Northwest; What Our Farm ers Have a Bight to Demand." Speeches followed from Congressman-elect T. L. Johnson, ot Cleveland, and several others. Mr. Carlisle said he would venture to say a few words on the subject of popular gov ernment. He said the republican, or rep resentative government, was a thing that was well understood. There is a large body of people, moreover, who believe in the es tablishment of a great' central power. But popular government in its purest and simplest form is to be found only in the several States. It'is no cvideuce of hostility to the general Government to say that it is not a& popular as the State Governments. It has an important function to perform, and its powers are as well distribnted as human power and forethought could design. In the States it is different. There the Legislature is chosen from men by the people, and are personally known to them. Real, genuine, effective popular government in this country is found onlv in the States. IN KEAN'S DEFENSE. MIES FRANCES WILLABD PLIES TO THE BAHKEE'S AID. She Intimates That the Saloon Interest is Hack of the Attacks Upon the Ruined Ranker, and Upbraids Christian People for Their Coldness. Chicago, Dec. 23. A remarkable let ter will be published here to-niorrovr from Frances E. Willard, President of the National AVoman's Christian Temperance Union, regarding the circumstances attach ing to the disastrous failur: of the bankers of the organization, S. A. Kean & Co., of which the following is an extract: For days I have waited to see some leader in the pulpit or pewleap into the arena of public controversy in defense of A. S. Kean. His 30 years of clean life and helpful service in Chi cago home missionary work. Young Men's Christian Association work, Sunday school and temperance work, his simple, plain "Way of liv ing, bis continuous honorable connection in the most prominent way with a bank as widely known as auy in Chicago, seemed to mo fac tors worth recounting in the present erisK Thirty eara of good behavior aud brotherly helpfulness ought to count for some thing among one's fellow men; and not to have failed before in all the financial crises of Chicago and the country at large should surely count for some thing. "Although lam painea beyond expres sion by the silence o( the good, it Is then true that the world's people stand by each other better than do members nl the household of faith. II "Mike" McDonald had been so uni versally assailed, would there have been so few voices raised in his behalf T The Woman's Christian Temperance Union and its affiliated intrre its have had Mr. Kean for banker during several recent year-. He is a loading Prohibitionist, a representative Meth odist layman. Who knows what hatred of the temperance cause may be back of all this what blow aimed at an organized movement against the liquor traffi :7 Happily we nave never had much money to deposit at any one time, and. so far as I know, 1.000 will replace tho losses of the Woman's Christian Temperan e Union, and $3,000 those of the Temple, while tho Woman's Temper ance Publishing House receives every day nearly half as much as it bad on dopost: witli Mr. Kean. But I know by my correspondence that the press of the country understand that an appalling calamity has overtaken the White Ribbon movement. Possibly '"the wish is father to the thought." Iberois joy in heaven oyer one sinner that repeutctb. There is doubtless joy in hades oyer one saint that falls. Beyond a perad venture there is rejoicing in every grogshop of the city when the temperance cause, or any of its advocates, is overtaken by misfortune, seeming or real. WATTEES0H DIDH'T BITE. Duval, the Baltimore Baby Sharper, Missed One Rig Game. Louisville, Dec 23. Duval, the Balti more sharper, who has just bunkoed several United States Senators through the medium of a bogus baby, did not limit himself to the Congressional field, but has been operating on an extensive scale. About six weeks ago Henry Watterson received a letter from him, overflowing with fulsome compliment, stating he had named his first born Henry Watterson Duval, inclosing a richly en graved baptismal certificate and five tickets to a church entertainment, marked $1 each, but Mr. Watterson did not bite. Being interviewed to-day, be said: "The first thing that arrested my attention was the postmark. It did not impress me that Baltimore was just the locality where I might expect a namesake. Then the bap tismal certificate was too elaborat? and cir cumstantial. It looked like a gratuitous offerof excessive proof. Finally the indi rect demaud through the tickets seemed con clusive, and I threw the big envelope and its contents into the waste basket, satis-fled that it was a very original trick of a very clever confidence man." TH0TJSAKDS OUT OF JOBS. The New Harvester Trust Will Dispense . AVitli Many Employes. iNDiANAroLls, Dec 23. The new Reaper and Binder Trust will; on January 1, discharge several thousand men from the factories and offices throughout thee ountry. Forty men who have been employed by the McCormick Company here have re ceived notice that they will not be retained after the close of this year. The under standing is that the trust will establish one house in this citv probably in the new McCormick building and the entire State will be. supplied with reapers and binders from this headquarters. The hundreds of salesmen who have canvassed the -State so thoroughly every year will nearly all have to look for new jobs. JtTJEDEBED HIS SWEETHEABT. The Jealous Deed of an Ex-Convict, a Con sumptive, in Chicago. Chicago, Dec 23. This afternoon Thomas Sweeney, an ex-convict, who is nearly dead with consumption, shot and fatally wounded an Ohio girl named Mary Donaldson. ' Sweeney charged the girl with being about to j ilt him, and in a fit of resentment suddenly pulled his revolver and lent a ballet through her body. Given a Christmas Pardon. rsrrciiL TEL EG It Alt -t TBI DtSra.TCB.1 Columbus, O., Dec 23. Harry Bates, a one-year prisoner from Butler county, was given the benefit of the Christmas pardon I by Governor Campbell to-day. TOO MANY GOYERNOBS Three Persons Who Claim the High est Office in Connecticut. THE LEGISLATURE MAY DEADLOCK, In Which Case the Present Incumbent Will Continne to Serve. BOLD CLAIMS OF THE E1TAL PARTIES Habtfobd, Dec 23. The muddle re sulting from the closeness of the recent election for State officer promises to de velop one of the most peculiar phases that the peculiar political history of Connecticut has yet shown; that is, that Morgan J. Bulkeley, the present Governor of the State who was not a candidate for election, may continue to hold office for two years to come without having received a vote for the-of-fice from anyone. It will be a strange outcome indeed should Bulkeley be compelled to hold over, and so have thrust upon him the honors of an of fice which the Republican party refused to give him when he went before its convention seeking a renomination. He Was then most emphatically rejected by his party, and now there seems to be very much more than a chance that Mr. Bulkeley will continue to be Governor in spite of Inspaity. The Re publicans have plainly got to accept him or else put into office Judge Luzon B. Morris, of New Haven, the Democratic candidate. The Claims of tho Parties. On the face of the returns recently can vassed by the three Republican office holders whose duty it is to niake the canvass the Secretary, the Treasurer and the Con troller Morris was found to have a clear majority, although a very small one, over all the other candidates. The possible hold ing over by Governor Bulkeley, which will be very distasteful to the Republican politicians, is due to the fact that the Gen eral Assembly, which meets on January 7, consists of a Senate with a Democratic ma jority of 10 and a House of Representatives with a Republican majority of 14. The Democratic Senators have agreed in caucus that Mr. Morris shall take the seat to which the Republican Board of Canvassers ac knowledge he was elected. The Republican managers assert with eqnal emphasis that thev will find some way to seat General S. E. Merwin, their candidate, whom no one claims was elected to the office. The only claim the" Republi cans have on which, to seat their candidate is that a Democratic moderator in one ward iu Bridgeport threw out 128 ballots as de fective and marked for identification which should have been counted for General Mer win. Had these been so counted Judge Morris would have, lacked by over 100 votes the necessary number to have made a con stitutional majority. These facts are in the nature of ancient history, but are necessary to a complete understanding ot the situation. The Law In the Case. Now the method of procedure in Con necticut when the Legislature assembles in two weeks will be this: The State Board of Canvassers will seud to the Legislature its finding as to the total vote cast, which will show that every officer nominated on the Democratic State ticket has been elected. These reports will be submitted to the joint special committee on canvass ot votes for State officers, to be named Immediately after the officers of the two Houses have been chosen. A Democratic Senator will be Chairman of the Senate Committee, but the Republicans will have a majority of the Representatives. Then the clash will come, for the Sena tors will report the election of the Demo cratic State officers, while the Republicans will report to the lower House that there was no election by the people, and claim the necessity of going behind the returns in the Bridgeport case.' if they can find a way to do it The Democrats will bold this re count to be impossible under the Constitu tion, as no court can order a recount in the Bridgeport or any other case, the Legisla ture being the sole and final judge of elec tions under the Constitution. Then the deadlock between the two branches of the General Assembly will be produced, and under the Constitution Mr. Bulkeley will be required to hold the office of Governor "until his successor be duly qualified." AH the Other Officials Affected. When that will be no one can say just now. but the Democratic Senators, backed by the Democratic State Committee, who have considered the subject, say he will have to hold office until the Republican House of Representatives concedes the elec tion of Judge Morris and duly inaugurates him as Governor. Until tho tight over the Governorship is settled, the other State offi cers now in office will also hold over, as the Republican House is not expected to con sent to the inauguration of the other State officers, about whdse election there is, how ever, no question. Governor Bulkeley's position iu the mat ter is passivity itself. He would not raie a finger to help seat General Merwin as his successor, as he considers that the latter's friends cheated him out of the nomination he wanted so badly.at the eleventh hour. JTor will he probably try to assist Judge Morris into office. He is simply letting others shake the tree, and if any plums fall near him he is ready to pick them up. The Republican managers, who are anx ious to avoid both the necessity of seating Judge Morris or the continuance of Gover nor Bulkeley in office, will propose to the Democrats to submit the whole matter to four judges of the State courts, two of which shall be Democrats and two Republicans, No Sign of a Compromise. This proposition the Democrats will refuse to accept, and will insist upon Judge Mor ris' right to the seatunder the constitutional provision by which he is entitled to it, as he had "a majority of all the votes cast." A number of the Republican members of the House are unfriendly to Governor Bulkeley, and rather than see him hold office for an other term it is believed they would vote to seat Judge Morris. Personal spite may, therefore, result in giving to the Democratic Governor-elect the scat of which the body of the Repnblicans.would deprive him if they could, notwithstanding the fact that the official returns sent to the Secretary of State and canvassed in accordauce with the law show him to be entitled to it. The Executive Committee in charge of the arrangements for counting out Judge Morris held a three hours' conference in this city to-night, ex-Speaker Case, counsel for the Slate Central Committee, being pres ent. Judge William B. Glover, of Fair field; James P. Piatt, of Meriden; Herbert E. Benton, of New Haven, and Eugene S. Boss, of Willimantic, took part in the con ference. Every Republican lawyer iu the House will have a part assigned him in the contest. BIX FEES IN OKE FORENOOK, Firemen at Muskegon, Mich., Have a Des perate Struggle. Muskegon, Mich., Dec 23. Six fire alarms were turned in here to-day before noon. As a perfect gale was blowing the danger of the fire spreading urged the fire men to their utmost. Fortunately all the blazes were extinguished without great dam age, although at one time it looked as if the heart of the city would be burned out. The Michigan National Bank was dam aged to the extent of 55,000; insured. The Truesdale Furniture Company had a heavy loss, which is fully covered by insurance. N. McGrath's residence was destroyed. Loss, J15.000; Insurance, 810.000. - KNOXYILLE SHAHEN UP. A Decided Earthquake Shock 'Felt in the Tennessee Mountains. Knoxvillk. Dec 23. There -was n decided earthquake shock here this morn ing about 6 o'clock. Persona .in the city to day from surrounding .country report that the shock was so' severe that houses were shaken and dishes rattled. In the citv many persons were aroused from their sleep and much startled: REDUCING THE' DOSES. SMlLLER INJECTIONS OF LYMPH TO BE USED OK PATIENTS In I he New York Hospitals A Council of l'hysicians Decide on Tills Course as the Doses Given Were Considered Far Too Dangerous. tSrECIAL TELIORAJI TO THE DISPATCH. I New York, Dec. 23. In all the hos pitals in this city where Dr. Koch's lymph is to be used, operations will not be per formed hereafter oftener than once in two days. This rule was adopted at a meeting of the -physicians who haws a supply of lymph and it will co into effect at once. The meeting was ratherhurriedly called on Mon day, to take place in the evening, after the lecture by Dr. Joseph H. Linsley, of the Post Graduate Hospital, before the County Medical Society. It had been evident for several days that a wide difference existed among the physicians in their practice in iojecting the lymph. In some hospitals the lymph was injected every day, with constantly increasing. doses, until febrile reactions were obtained that sent the patient's temperature alarmingly near the death point. In most of the hos pitals the physician used doses barely suf ficient to produce a decided reaction, and the patient thus treated was not dosed again until the febrile reaction had subsided. It was deemed best to have an understanding. Both Drs. Sheurer and Warner declared that doses of five milligrams of lymphatic solution of 1 per cent strength should never be administered nnder any circumstances, and that they would only inject one-half a milligram on the first dose and for several successive injections. It is understood that physicians who desire to use large doses will continue to do so, and those who be lieve in small doses will employ small doses. All agreed that injections should be made every other day. Dr. Prudden, the bacteriologist, who is to determine by methods of comparison the ad vance of patients in phthisis toward recov ery, says there are 1,000,000 bacilli in a cu bic centimeter of the sputa of a consump tive. By using the highest microscopic power, nothing can be discovered in Dr. Koch's lymph. At the Montefiore Home, cases of phthisis were inoculated with from one-half to three milligrams. KOCH'S DETROIT RIVAL. Dr. Ehnrly Sends Some of His New Con sumptive Cure to Chicago. Chicago. Dec 23. Dr. E. F. Iugalls, of this city, has received a supply of liquids for the treatment of consumption by the methods of Dr. E. L. Snurly, of Detroit There are two liquids for use in this treat ment, each made as nearly chemically pure as possible. Uge of them is -odine, the other a solution of chloride of gold. The iodine solution is to be injected each day for a week in incipient cases, then ou alter nate days. In aggravated cases, where breaking down has begun, the two solutions are to be used on alternate days, then sim ultaneously, care being taken to prevent the formation ot an insoluble iodine of gold, due to impurities in-one or other of the so lutions. ' i In specially severe cases, Dr. Sburly ad vises Dr. Ingalls to employ inhalations of chlorine gas in connection with the iodine and gold. Dr. Shurly -modestly states that, whilehe makes no snch claim lor his method as is made for the Koch lymph, he has bad some results that he is very proud of, and he gives the outline of a few of these." A TOWN IN FLAMES. Alalia, Ohio, Near Toledo, Badly Scorched by Fire Yesterday. Toledo, Dec 23. At 1:30 this afternoon fire was discovered in the root of J. Mar tin's home, on the west side of Azaiia, and in a very few moments, aided by a strong wind, the flames spread over the frame houses and the whole town was in flames. The wind was blowing a gale from the northwest, and carried burning shingles everywhere. There were no facilities for checking the flames, and the fire had to ex haust itself. . Dr. Schuyler's drug store, FL. Dunn's general store and 18 dwellings were totally destroyed, very little insurance being held on any of the buildings. The wires were down most of the night and particulars come in slowly. The loss is hard to determine, but nothing was saved in. any of the houses. Azilia is a small town on the Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad, 27 miles from here. THE KNIGHTS OF RECIPROCITY. Congressman Peters Takes a Hand in the Kansas Movement. Garden Cut, Kan., Dec 23. The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Reciprocity was organized here last night. The founder of the order is Hon. Jesse Taylor, of this city, who is its chief officer. Congressman Peters is the representative of Kansas to the Supreme Lodge. The objects of the order are to secure an intelligent ballot, fairly counted, and to foster reciprocity, not only between Ameri can nations, but between individuals, as the consumer and producer, the agricultu rist and carrier, and between employers and the employe j. The new order is spreading rapidly. Numerous applications lor char ters to organize lodges are coming in every day. v A WIND STORM AT DETROIT. Market Sheds Blown Down and Ferry Pas sengers Frightened. Detroit, Dec. 23. A terrific wind has been blowing here all day, ranging from 48 to 60 miles an hour and doing considerable damage. The ferry boats at times experi enced great difficulty in crossing the river, and one shipped a monstrous sea which caused great consternation .among the pas sengers. A shed running the Whole length of the market place blew down this afternoon, in juring three persons quite severely, and several others escaped with slight bruises. Three horses were killed b'y the collapse, and four more so badly injured that they had to be shot. A NEW PLAGUE IN TEXAS. It is Epidemic and Kills Its Victims Within a Few Hours. Austin, Tex, Dec. 23. FireGeld, Free stone county, is stricken w'ith a deadly and mysterious disease and the Governor was ap pealed to to-day by .telegraph for medical aid. The sickness broke out. suddenly, and out of 13 cases 11 deaths have occurred. It b.i files medical skill and kills the victim in n few hours. State Health Officer Ruther furd was instructed to go there at once and investigate the disease. ENFORCING THEPR0H3IT0BYLAW. Many Officials of Iowa's Capital Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy. Minneapolis, 'Dec. 23. Six Aldermen and ex-Aldermen, six ex-ConstabJes and a half dozen other well-known citizens of Des Moines, have been indicted and were arrested to-day for conspiracy and an at tempt to evade the Prohibition law. They were released on $1,000 bail each; - CHECKING THE ROADS The Boards of Trade of Cilies Will Let Their Voice be Heard IN THE MAKING OF FKEIGHT RULES. The Bock Island Extending Its System Into the "forth tvest. THE ST. PAOIi TKAIXS NOW GO TO OMAHA Chicago, Dec. 23. The railroads are be ginning to understand that they will here after meet with strong opposition in any movement they may inaugurate that is not acceptable to shippers.. The National Trans portation Association, recently organizsd in this city, and which is composed of dele gates of the boards of trade and commercial bodies throughout the country, is preparing for active work. Commissioner Inglehart, of the Chicago Freight Bureau, said to-day: "The Associa tion has grown in strength until it is now prepared to take a stand on questions affect ing the interests of shippers. Hereafter we propose to have a voice in the regulation of matters in which we are interested, such as the forming of car service associations and kindred combines, which provide for the infliction of penalties on shippers who fail to unload cars within a certain period. Transportation Combine Means Business. "The membersof the National Transporta tion Association believe that by united action they can correct inconsistencies and secure recognition and justice irom the rail roads. There are now over 20 commercial exchanges represented in the organization, aud preparations for protecting the rights of its members are going actively forward." Apart of the programme of the association is to insist upon representation in all confer ences of railroad officials looking to the adoption of rules or the forming of agree ments calculated to curtail the privileges of the shippers. If their demands are resisted they will resort to other means, as they re sorted to the boycott in the case of the uni form bill of lading, to 'prevent one-sided legislation. Chairman J. W. Midgcly, of the Western Freight Association, is apparently "very much surprised and chagrined at the failure of the Trunk Line Association to adopt the uniform classification. The Illinois Live Stock Bates. Representatives of the Illinois lines met to-day at the office of Commissioner S. F. Brown to consider the new schedule of rates on live stock prepared by the State Board of Railway and Warehouse Commissioners. They found on checking up the rates that the schedule makes a reduction of about 5 cents per 100 pounds for a distance of 170 miles on shipments within the State. Al though no action was taken at the meeting, there was an understanding that the sched ule would be adopted without protest by all lines. Commencing next Sunday the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad will ex tend the run of its Chicago-Council Bluffs trains to Omaha, using the Union Pacific bridgeto cross the Missouri River. Here tofore these trains have stopped at Council Bluffs, and the new departure does away with the delays heretofore existing at the transfer depot on-tbe east side of the river. Uniform Pay for All Switchmen. A'conference of the General Managers of the Western railroads was held to-day, re lative to the demands of their switchmen for a uniform scale of wages. Switchmen in the Chicago yards have heretofore been paid by the hour, their wages in a day aggregat ing from 30 to SO per cent more than (he day wages paid in small cities and towns. The managers agreed upon a scale approxi mating unilormity, by which the wages of outside switchmen will be within $5 a month of 'the.Chicago switchmen's wages. Surveyors, who are now engaged in run ning a line from Chicago to Milwaukee, arc said to be Working under the direction of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific. They have reached a point near Racine, and the line they are mapping out follows the Lake Shore closely. The Rock Island reaches the principal gateways of traffic covered, by the St, Paul and the North western, except in Wisconsin. The Rock Island is anxious to get a part of the lum ber traffic to the Southwest, and other branches to penetrate the interior of Wis consin are projected. HE WAS LOADED. Astonishing Variety and -Amount of Jewelry Carried by a Smuggler. nsractAL tiliobam to tot msrATOH.j New York, Dec. 23. The ill-proportioned appearance of Albert Niedermann as he walked down the gang plank from the Bremen steamer Lahn, in Hoboken, at tracted the attention of the enstoms officers and he was watched. Inspectors Donohue and Brown followed him up to River street, and when they saw him removing something from his pocket, they arrested him. He was taken back to the pier and searched. Sewed in the seatand legs of his trousers be tween layers of cotton were found two pairs of diamond Car-rings, a diamond brooch, two diamond finger rings, a watch with dia monds set in the cases, a diamond bracelet, a dozen jeweled garters, 31 gold watches and other articles of jewelry, valued in all at several thousand dollars. He cried bitterly while being searched. United States Commissioner Mmrhaid com mitted him mr examination in default of $2,500 bail. The prisoner says he lives in Pniladelphia, and it is suspected that he is an agent for a jewelry firm there. He re fuses to make :tny statement. TRON MAKING IN DENVER. A Millionaire Corporation Organized to Work Up Kaw Ore. Denver, Dec. 22. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Bureau was held to-night, at which Governor Evans, Senator Tabor and J. .W. Nasmith and Secretary Dubin were present. As the conference was held with closed doors, just what business was transacted could not be learned, but it is stated on good authority that they organized a stock com pany, capital, $0,000,000, ' with $500,000 paid in, for the purpose of erecting a large plant to manufacture iron from ore. CHRISTMAS FOR TRAINMEN. Southern Pacific .Employes May Eat Their Turkey at Home. San Antonio, Tex., Dec 23. The Southern Pacific will inaugurate a new pol icy regarding Christmas by allowing every man in its employ who can be spaced to eat Christmas dinner at home. Not only will shops and offices be closed, but all freight trains will be stopped, and only passenger trains carrying mailswill be run. From one end of the road to the other, between New Orleans and Los Angeles, about 100 freight trains will be at rest, It Will be Issued To-Day. Washington, Dec. 23. The President's Worlds' Fair proclamation was not issued to-day. It will probably be issued to morrow. Boys Presented With Fine Watches by Eanfmanns, the Clothiers, To-Day. With every purchase of boys' clothing, made at Kaufmanns' to-day, a fine nickel, stem-winding and stem-setting watch will be given free of charge. These watches have excellent movements and are guaran teed reliable timekeepers. A handsome gilt chain, too, will accompany each watch. Bays, it takes RanfmAnna to fivA vnti a J .really costly and-deflrablepresent,' A DOOMED MISSOURI TOWN. A Lynched Man Cnrsed It and It Has Been ' Utterly Destroyed. Burlington, Ia., Dec 23. Alexan dria, Mo., is doomed to the fate predicted for it in a lurid way by a bad man many years ago, who was caught in some crime and lynched near there after he had a trial by a mob. He richly merited bis fate, but when asked if he desired to say anything he turned upon the mob with a scowling face and hissed a curse upon them and their people, hoping that their disasters might never cease. That year a fire swept the greater part of the city, which then was one of the most prosperous in Northwestern Missouri on the Mississippi. An attempt wat made to re build the burnt district. Scarcely bad the work beguu when a great rise fn the river submerged the place and ruined the crops in the sur rounding fields. Since then, off and ou, the place has been visited by flood and fire till it has been reduced to -a mere settlementof ague-attacked backwoodsmen. Last night what was left of the city was wiped out by fire, with a loss of over $20,000. EX-TREASTXRER SPINNER DYING. A Deadly Cancer is Eating Into His Brain and Ufe is Ebbing. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 23. General F. E. Spinner, ex-Secretary of the United States Treasury, residing in this city, is comfortable to-day, but his liie is gradually ebbing away. Sat urday he sustained a sinking spell, and it was thought that he could not rally; but with his brave spirit he did. Hundreds at his age, 89, would have gone under with such paroxysms. The caucer on his face, which is sapping away his vitality, has eaten a deep hole near the eye and nose, and the pulsa tion of the brain can plainly be seen through it. He is most of the time in a dull stupor and sleeps. When awake he is rational and recognizes familiar voices. He is receiving every attention possible, but his case is a hopeless one. POISONER PETTirS LATEST ACT. He Attacks a Fellow Prisoner for Purloining His Correspondence. Crawfordville, Ind., Dec. 23. Rev. W. F. Pettit, awaiting sentence for life for wife poisoning, attacked a fellow prisoner at the jail this morning and beat him 'severely before the other prisoners could separate them. The man was caught steal ing Pettit's private correspondence. The argument for a new trial in the Pettit case was made this afternoon by the attor neys. At the conclusion Judge Snyder an nounced that he would not decide upon the case until after the present term of court, which ends next Saturday. A BLIZZARD IN NORTH MICHIGAN. Wind Blows 60 Miles an Hour and the Storm Still Continnes. Sattlt Ste. Marie, Mich., Dec. 23. A terrible northwest blizzard has been raging in this section since 9 o'clock last night, the wind reaching a velocity of 60 miles per hour, with snow. The roo f ol the McE vny hotel was blown off and several minor mishaps occurred. The storm still continues. All the Western Un ion wires have been down 20 hours. A WRECK IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK. Of the 38 Passengers on Board SI Suffered Injuries More or Iiess Severe. Bradford, Dec 23. A passenger train on the Western New York and Pennsyl vania Railroad jumped the track at Watsoh ville, 16 miles north of this city, and 21 of the 38 passengers on board were more or less injured. The wreck was caused by spreading ot rails, two passenger cars and a baggage car toppling over an eight-foot trestle. ACCUSED OF TRAIN WRECKING. Three Brothers Arrested and Tacitly Con-, fess Their Crime. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 23. Three broth ers, Dave, Jim and George Lillis, have been arrested, charged with placing the ob struction on the track which wrecked the Union Pacific passenger train last Sunday near Holmesville, and have made a tacit confession. All are in jail. at Beatrice. The bridge inspector who was injured in the wreck died last night. THREE WHITE MEN SCALPLESS. Indians in a Sonth Dakota County Getting; in Murderous Work. Pierre, S. Dak., Dec. 23. Frank Pat terson, who arrived from Midland to-night, says that on the way in, at Napoleon's ranch, he met a courier from the south who .reported three white men killed by Indians in Pratt county, on the White river. NO STRIKE ON THE B. & 0. An Increase of Wages Will Appease the Trainmen's Demands. Baltimore, Dec. 23. The Grievance Committee of Baltimore and Ohio employes bad another conference with the officials of the railroad to-night. This much is made known there, will he no strike, and there will be an inerease. Flowers for Christmas. We will have a verv fine assortment of the choicest varieties. Place your orders early. N. Patterson, No. 41 Sixth avenue, Opposite Trinity. Marquise Rings. Every combination. Ruby, Opal. and Diamonds, AT Hardy & Hates', Emerald, Sapphire, Turquoise, uoraline I 529 Smithfield Street. Store open every evening till Christmas. Roses for Christmas. American Beauty, Jacqueminot, La France, Marechal Neil, Mermet, Bride, Perle. N. Patterson, 41 Sixth avenue, Opposite Trinity. Odd Bits in Jewelry. Marquise rings, Diamond Mounted Watches, Beautiful Pearl Necklaces, Diamond Necklaces, Pearl Heart Pendants, at Hardt & Hayes', Jewelers, Silversmiths jd Art Dealers, 629 Smithfield street. Store open every evening till Christmas. J. G. Bennett & Co, Leading Hatters and Farriers, Corner Wood street and Fifth avenue. Some Wonderful Bowls, Large, 'Massive, Elegant, Bowls. Onr stock is unusually complete in ster ling silver and-richly cut glass, at Hardy & Hates' Jewelers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers, 529 Smithfield street '. Store open every evening till -Christmas, DISS DEBAR'S WILES Entrap Another Victim of Her Bunco Spirit Painting. AN EDITOR'S WIFE THE DUPE Who Espouses the (hnse of the Agents of the Angel World AND FEODDCES HEE OWN FICTDEES ISPECIAL TZUtaitAM TO THE DISPATCtt.l New York, 'Dec 23. Ann O'Delia Salomon, alias Diss Debar, and a crew of bunco spirit painters have come to the'front once more. In 1888, Luther R. Marsh, a distinguished lawyer and a vice president of the Union League, was the victim; this year the dupe is Mrs. Harriet E. Beach, wire of Alfred E. Beach, editor of the Scientific American. As in the case of Mr. Marsh, Mrs. Beach has believed in spiritualism for mauy years, but it is within only & short time that she has come out as a bold de fender of the fat spook priestess and a patron of the nineteenth century work of Titian, Rubens and other dead masters of ths brush. Pictures "come" for Mrs. Beach as thev "came" for Mr. Marsh, and they fill rooms in her fine house at 9 West Twentieth street, as they filled Mr. Marsh's fine house on Lex ington avenue. Unlike Mr. Marsh, how ever, Mrs. Beach has been p.ersuaded into believing that she has some power herself in making spirit pictures "come." Decided to Defend the Priestess. It was on Sunday and Monday that Mrs. Beach came publicly to the foreground to espouse the cause oi the spirit painters. She had believed in them before, bnt re cently, it having been written to her upon a slate through a medium, as she describes it, that the spirits of the other world had elected her to be their champion on earth, and it also having been related to her through a.sptrit that her duty was "to' help a sister indisgr ace," she decided to face pop ular criticism and get right up andlo some talking. She spoke at a meeting of Spiritualists last Sunday at Adelpht Hall, and on Mon day night upon the same platform she con ducted "an exhibition of spirit art and a mediums' reception extraordinary." It was indeed an extraordinary show for the extraordinary purpose of obtaining money wherewith to start 'a fund for the building of a home for mediums. "Miss Diss Debar and other mediums," argues Mrs. Beach, in presenting the matter to her acquaintances and others, "do not get enough to live upon. As agents of the angel world, tb'ey cannot be expected to oo menial work; therefore we must provide for them. Often they are almost hungry, 2nd this is a shame upon us." Fnnds for the Hungry Mediums. The Monday night show was attended by some 200 persons and the profits to be devoted to beginning the building fund for the hungry medium's home amounted to only a little over $16. Other meetings are planned, however, aud Mrs. Beach hopes that the fund will grow rapidly when more is known about her purpose. Those at the meeting saw a score or so of new paintings , by old masters arranged on easels. Mrs. Beach said these pictures had been "pro duced" largely through her medinniship by Raphael, Titian and Rubens. The most remarkable of these canvasses was a portrait of Cassandra, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, born thousands of years ago, a beautiful woman, as mythology hath it, and one who, though a prophetess, none would believe. Mrs. Beach came for ward amid plentiful applause on Monday night. She is a gentle woman in appear ance, manner and dress. Slight in figure, almost ascetic in countenance, low-voiced and acenrate in using language, she is the direct opposite of Ann O'Delia, ponderous in form, worldly in face, loud-toned and il literate. Mrs. Beach began by saying: "I am the sole manager ol this affair, and take no orders or dictations from any one on earth. My orders have been received from on high." Diss Debar Waxes Indignant. Sfie then described some of the pictures and how they came. Seeing heavy Ann O'Delia in the audience, Mrs. Beach sug gested that possibly spirit pictures might be received through her mediumship. "The lady," said Mrs. Beach, "is now known as Mme. Margaret, having dropped her crimi nal name of Diss Debar. That excited the quondam mistress of Mr. Marsh's Lexing ington avenue house, and rising her big form to its lull height, she flashed anger from her eyes and loudly exclaimed: "I have not given up the name of Diss Debar. I never will. I was imprisoned on a false charge and -I will go there again for the same good cause, if called to do so." Ann, alias Mme. Margaret, was dressed in imitation of a Dominican nun and her robe fluttered and her veil swung to and fro as she sweepingly gesticulated. She sat down nearly winded, but before the sensa tion she had caused was for the time for gotten, she hoisted herself up again aud solemnly made this declaration: "Mrs. Beach has been called upon, chosen by Heaven, to carry on the work which the false-hearted old recreant, Lnther P. Marsh, so ignominiously laid down." She said much more, and wound up by promising to "produce" at the next meet ing, one of the pictures which the court was afraid to permit her to "produce" during her trial. Edward Beach is said to seriously disapprove of his wile's latest vagary and a summary ejectment of the spook-raisers is liable to take place almost any time. PEOPLE WHO COME AND G3. r Among the guest at the Seventh Ave nue yesterday were Mr.' and Mrs. Charles P. Craig, of Dulnth. Minn. Mr. Craig is on a honeymoon trip, and will visit his parents at New Bethlehem. He practiced law In this city and is now a rising attorney in Dnlutb. J. H. Hutchinson, Superintendent ofthe West Penn Railroad, has been promoted to a similar position on the Wilmington and Balti more division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. James Reed, of the Schuylkill division, suc ceeds Sir. Hutchinson. J. P. Witherow arrived on the limited last night. He was accompanied by Jlcsrs. Edgar and Frank Watts, ot Cumberland Gap, and Mr. Curtis, of New York, all of whom found quarters at the Duquesne. Morgan L. Morgans, formerly of the Soutbside, bit now from Chicago, is in the city visiting friends. He is a representative of the Chicago Welsh Eisteddfod, to the one held on Christmas at Youngstown, O. Dr. Williamsonr ot Philadelphia, was in town yesterday iu attendance on First Vice President J. N. McCulIougb, of the Pennsyl vania Company. Mr. McCulIougb is not re ported as seriously ill. Thomas S. Speer, traveling passenger agent of the Union Pacific system, has left town to spend the holidays with his motberand relatives at Oxford, Chester county. J. C. Tennent.an old oil field scout who has been in the city for the past few months, will spend the holidays at his home in Mum ford, N. Y. -Eben Brewer, of the Erie Dispatch, and Secretary of the Erie Canal Commission, wasat the Monongahela yesterday. E. J. McCulIougb, treasurer of the Duquesne Theater, has taken up quarters at the Hamilton Hotel. E. W. Parshall, general agent of the Warren engine, is in the city looking after his interests. Ex-Senator Les was a passenger on the Buffalo express last night. Boys Presented With Fine Watches by Hanfmanns, the Clothiers, To-Day. With, every purchase of boys' clothing, made at Kaufmanns' to-day, a fine nickel, stem-winding and stem-setting watch will be given free of charge These watches have excellent movements and are guaran teed reliable timekeepers. A. handsome gilt chain, too, will accompany each watch.' Boys, it takes Kaufmanns to give you a really costly and desirable present. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 T A rtTrC'ralvvT'CJ i Jil.LJULv3Un o CHRISTMAS GREETING. fjiKriaar n)). v4 SANTA CLAUS ON TOP. This may look like a sacrifice of dignity on the part of the old gentleman who presides so merrily over our Christmas fes tivities. On the contrary, it is simply his favorite way of giv ing expression to his feelings when a particularly good thing happens to attract his atten tion. We sent him our card, and he couldn't restrain him self. Knowing that, like him self, we are in the business of making people, happy, he promptly consigned to us by reindeer express a large as sortment of winter suits with strict injunctions that they be disposed of at prices which would bring them within the reach of all. So as not to break faith with the old gentle man, we are accordingly offer ing our entire line of fine Home-made Suits and Over coats at io, $12 and $15. This lot of goods is reduced from $15, $18 AND 820, And if you make it your busi ness to see this line before buy ing elsewhere, you'll save from $3 fo $5 on every Suit or Over coat. Remember every Suit or Overcoat warranted in re pair, free of charge, for one year. 954 and 958 Liberty St. Star Corner. Store open Monday and Tues day evenings till 8:30 p. m. Christmas eve until 11 p. m. Closed on Christmas Day. de21-74-aiwsu H-,Wd e R S 4 Sick ... j Bilious . . U Nervous . R Periodical EflDflCHES Nettlier a Cathartic! Nor en Opiate. AbsolutetuHarmlesi PoiltimluVie BEST. Price 25c. per box. E Intemperate deSotwr Better than Tea and Coffasfor the Nsrvss.! I Van Hqutek's Gocqj The Original-Most Soluble. : Ask yonr Grocer lorit, take noother. 6S 2 STOVES, KAXGES, ETC. HAMUEi, K. Baldwin. joiixs. Ckaham Don't buy until yon see tbe celebrated GOOD LUCK STOVES. RANGES and GAS BURNERS. Also Steel Ranges suitable lor hotel, restaurant ' and lamilr nse. Hold by dealers everywhere. Manufactured and lor sale by BALDWIN&GRAHAM, No. 638 Liberty St, Pittsburg, Pa., Sole Agents throughout Western Pennsylvania forlhe famous Boynton Furnaces of New York. Over 60.000 in use. jyll-tS-jrwr TORRID FURNACES, 50.0COIKUSE. STEEL RANGES. BEST GAS BURNBBa 1 A. BRADLEY & CO., 200 and 202 Wood St delO-64-MWF Economical . Gas Stoves. ; r- ' Four stores nie same amonnt of gas as one . ordinary grate. Small pressure of gas suffices tbem. Ornamental and compact. Small cost. No expensive plnmblnjf reanlred. i sas is s $ hi "Vr n k ik WKTIB U K K5. yswM4ce! 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