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PITTSBTJKG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 189L
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SECOND PART.
PAGES9T0 1Q.
FOR BALLOTREFORM
And a Constitutional Convention
to Properly Accomplish
the Work.
POINTS MADE BY PATTISON
In
the Course of His Somewhat
Lengthy Inaugural Address.
OBGANICLAW TYILL BE ENFORCED.
The Safety of the Tublic Funds an Important
Consideration.
SOME SUGGESTIONS UPON TAXATION
Haekisbtjbg, Jan. 20. The following is
the full text of Governor Pattison'8 inau
gural address:
gentlemen of the Senate ana House or Keprescnt
atircs and Fellow Citizens:
Chosen by the people to undertake, for a
tecoud time, the duties of the Chief Execu
tive of the Commonwealth, I make use of
this occasion which custom has established
to declare to what end I "shall take care
that the laws be faithfully executed." A
deep cense of responsibility attends the as
sumption of this obligation. At such an
hour it is meat to look to Him from whom
cometh every pood and periect rift, and,
with devout thanksgiving for the blessings
bestowed, to seek for a continuance of His
favor.
Four especially important problems con
front us: First, constitutional enforcement;
second, the purification of elections, involv
ing ballot re orm, personal registration and
the prevention of the misuse of money in
politics; third, taxation; fonrtb, municipal
government.
Iticid Constitutional Enforcement.
The present Executive will zealously
strive to maintain the Constitution and the
laws. Our Constitution as approved by the
people is in many respects a model
of organic law. It breathes the es
sential spirit of popular government
through all its members. By it the general
welfare is sought to be promoted. In it
there is no hostility to any interest, individ
ual or corporate. It was drafted by a con
vention controlled by as noble and choice
characters as ever adorned our State. Many
of its important provisions are, however, un
enforced, notably Article XVII. That arti
cle commands nothing but what is right
and forbids nothing but what is wrong. It
simply provides that corporations shall treat
all persons fairly, impartially and justly.
It prohibits unfair discrimination
against persons or places. It forbids ex
tortion. It seeks to prevent monopolies and
to compel the creatures of the law, who owe
their life to the people, to be law obedient.
It commands that they shall not use their
granted powers to harass and oppress. It
also specifically directs the Legislature to
enforce its provisions by appropriate legis
lation. Surely an earnest effort shonld be
xuade to give adequate effect to so wise and
jusiapartof the fundamental law. Even-
power of the Executive shall be exercised to
enforce the Constitution of the State by
every articlc-and section.
When the modern State, in the exercise
of its sovereign power, created that extra
ordinary realty called, in the irony of the
law, an artifical person, it produced" a being
almost omnipotent fo good and lor evih
To deny the great benefits conferred upon
society by corporate capital would be as
iutile as it would be foolish. But these
should not blind us to the perils connected
therewith in a Democratic community.
Many a modern charter enables a single
man to wield powers greater than were ever
wielded by a mediaeval king; and these
powers, exercised under the broad
se.il of the State, may be and have been
wielded notoriously to the injury of the
fctaleand of her people. The State, there
fore, having created these artificial persons
and clothed them with enormous powers,
should protect herself and her natural
children against their abuse and misuse.
Befoi e the State sanctions, cither by judicial
decision or legislative act. any extension of
these powers into others still more colossal,
it is to be hoped that some means may be
found to place them under and to prevent
them becoming superior to the Common
wealth, the law and the people.
The Need or Ballot Keform.
The Constitution requiresthat all elections
shall be free and equal, but such elections
are not secured by existing laws. Nor is
our ballot secret. "Fierce political conflicts
between parties have given birth here as
elsewhere to many phases of corruption to
the lavish use of money by rich candidates
to fraudulent registration, to intimidation
by corporations and large employers of
labor, to false counting, and to marked, al
tered and suppressed ballots. These politi
cal contests have revealed the existence of a
purchasable element in our midst evolving
ail lorms of political debauchery.
The sovereignty of the people" depends for
its efficiency unon the co-operative intel
ligence and the incorruptible integrity of
the sovereign. To make sure of the former
we have established our public schools; to
make sure of the latter we have adopted the
ballot box, and we have thrown around it
the protection of peculiar laws. But the
abolition of the viva voce vote and the
adoption of the ballot have proved to be only
a step toward pure elections. How, at the
ballot box the equality of all the citizens
must be secretly protected; the freeman's
franchise must be preserved. But when law
abiding voters are confronted at the poll with
the corrupt hirelings of leaders who scorn
the law they are degraded to an equality in
sulting and dangerous. For the purchaser
of votes is a repeater by proxy; to him the
commercial and industrial interests of mill
ions are of lar less moment than his hold of
power. Hence his gangs ot organized ig
norance and purchased vice; hence his sneers
at the decalogue in politics, bis defiance of
the law, his bold attempt to thwart the popi"
ular intelligence and to deleat the popular
will. He is the most insidnoas foe to our
institutions, for be aims at the overthrow of
virtue, liberty and independence. Every
dollar used to defeat the unbonght will of
the people ia an attack not only upon free
Institutions, but upon every vested interest.
"When money shall be king at the American
polls, money will be king at American Cap
itols. "
A Great Popular Movement.
It is not a mere local agitation that under
lies the present demand for a thorough re
vision of electoral methods. A great popu
lar movement for ballot reform has set in,
and IS States of the Union have already re
sponded to it. AH political parties in Penn
sylvania have made open protession in favor
of securing the most perfect attainable ex
pression ol the public will, and the only
question that we now deal with concerns
the most expeditious and efficient method ol
its accomplishment. The Australian ballot
system is the best agency yet devised for
purifying elections. It is neither an un
tested experiment nor a questionable expe
dient. Upward ot 85,000,000 of people
conduct their elections by its machinery.
It is not the method of any country or peo
ple, but finds a home wherever a free and
Bi curate expression ot conviction is desired.
Its cardinal leatures are:
First Compulsory recresy of votln-.
Second Uniform official ballots contain.
ing the Dames of all candidates printed un
der State or municipal authority.
Third Official equality of nominations
when made either by a party convention or
by a paper signed "by a given number of
voters.
Under this system all qualified voters
have equal facilities for voting, aud all can
didates have equal facilities for receiving
votes.
Wherever tried, the Australian ballot
system has completely changed the aspect
of the elections. It secures the tranquility,
purity and freedom of choice, and there is
abundant testimony that it is the best, the
most rapid and facile mode of obtaining the
unbiased wish and mind oi the voters.
The Australian system has produced
effects far wider than the mere achievement
ol a single reform. "When opportunity is
given to put bone.it and capable men in
public office and keep them there, then is
the standard of public service elevated and
made worthy of the honorable ambition of
our best men. Ballot reform offers not only
free and pnre elections, but free nomina
tions. It offers a method of nomination that
is open to all, and frees us unmistakably
from the rule of political bosses. I will
heartily favor any well-considered legisla
tion which will secure these or any portion
of these results.
A Constitutional Convention.
But it is manifest that the deep-reaching
ana effective ballot reform for which the
popular mind in Pennsylvania has been
fully prepared by recent discussions must
go beyond the presentrestrictions of the Con
stitution. The complete advantages ot what
has so widely approved itself as the Austra
lian system cannot be realized while the ballot-numbering
provision remains in the Con
stitution. That provision requires each bal
lot to be numbered for identification. It is
expressly designed for an exposure, in certain
contingencies, of the contents of the ballot,
while the Australian system is expressly
designed to prevent such exposure in any
contingency. The dependent voter will
never leel the security to which he is en
titled, and which the general welfare re
quired be should have, while the danger of
exposure, even by judicial inquiry, hangs
over his head. But the numbering produces
other and far greater evils. It is done by
the election officer, who, therefore, must
handle the ballots and drop them in the box.
"When, again, the ballots are counted a ref
erence to corresponding numbers on the list
of voters reveals to the election officer how
any and every citizen has voted.
The oath of secrecy has been found of
little avail. It is systematically violated.
The industrial and political boss almost in
variably secures the information he desires
concerning the ballot of his victim. It is
for this reason, because of their long and
disastrous experience under the numbering
system, that the people demand its aboli
tion and the restoration to them of tbeir
lost right to a free and untimidated vote.
The reason for the existing constitutional
provision has in great measure ceased. Cor
ruption and brutai coercion have taken the
place of ballot-box stuffing in our elections.
To reform the'abnses in question a constitu
tional convention is necessary. There is no
reason why such a convention should not be
assembled at an early day, its deliberations
completed and the results submitted to the
people and approved or rejected within the
present year.
Another Very Necessary Change.
Additional warranty and necessity for
this are to be found in the demand for a
system of compulsory personal registration.
Such a system cannot be secured without
an elimination from the Constitution of the
provision that "No elector shall be de
prived ot the privilege of voting by reason
of bis name Dot being registered." Lite the
numbered ballot clause, this provision was
inserted lo avoid an abuse which no longer
exists. While this provision remains it is an
obstruction to a reform now urgently
needed and popularly demanded. An act
oi AssemDiy may establish In .Pennsyl
vania the official ballot, the booth secluding
the voter, and tne-op-u countalI of which
are important reforms; but we-cannot estab
lish compulsory registration or give to the
people the one thing which they most want
und are determined to have a secret ballot,
save by a constitutional convention.
Of scarcely less importance is the equali
zation of the burden ot taxation. For
many years there has been a well-grounded
complaint against the insufficiency, the
inequality, the ineffectiveness and the
partiality of the tax laws of the
State. The burdens ot the Government
should be equally shared, or at least as near
ly so as human laws can contrive. Since our
legislative policy is to tax property rather
than persons, there can be no possible excuse
for selecting the houses and farms ot the
people to bear ten times as much of the pub
lic burdens as personal property.
All Taxation Should Bo Equal.
If things, and net persons are to be taxed,
common equity would dictate that the aggre
gate of a man's possessions, irrespective of
their kind, and simply according to their
value, should bear the infliction. What
delinquency has real estate been guilty of
that it should be thus unfairly discriminated
against? It is the most productive, the most
needful and the most stable form of prop
erty. It adds most to our wealth, remains
always with us, shelters and sustains onr
people, and at once attracts, and, if justly
treated, retains and multiplies population.
There is a baleful vice in the form ot gov
ernment that inflicts a penalty upon lands
and houses and makes tbeir ownership dif
ficult and burdensome. The farmer and
householder has no right to any exemption
from his fair share ot the public expense,
but he has a right to just and impartial
treatment that canoot be ignored, except at
a cost of social tranquility.
The inequality referred to is patent to
every eye. "There is not a citizen in the
Commonwealth payintr a tax upon his home
or farm who cannot point to some neighbor
owning many times as much in personal
goods and idle capital who yet pavs an im
measurably less amount of tax. It is use
less to answer such undeniable facts by any
intricate theory as to the ultimate "distri
bution of all taxation. Such unjust dis
crimination is working untold evil to onr
people; is exempting the rich; is day by day
establishing unfortunate social distinctions
that are foreign to our principles of govern
ment, destructive ol the happiness and ener
gies of men, and blasting the hopes that we
have all prayerfully entertained of our coun
try becoming the home ot a contented and
happy people.
The State tax on corporations fills all the
requirements of a subiect for taxation that
can be uniformly assessed upon established
stanuarus oi valuation, and which can be
cheaply collected. The machinery for its
assessment is simple and the cost of its col
lection is nominal. Corporate wealth is
purely a creation of the State, and fitly
bears -the burden of its expenses.
A Premium. Upon Extravagance.
But since this and the collateral inher
itance tax together produce ample revenues
for the State expenses, I suggest that the
revenue law be so changed that the State
remit to the counties all other taxes and
license charges now levied by it. Every
dictate of public policy suggests that taxa
tion be reduced to the bare needs of the
Government. By enforced economy the
taxpayer is protected, his burdens are
lessened and thrift is promoted. A revenue
in excess of the actual needs of the State
puts a premium upon extravagance and
wastefulness in legislation.
With these present sources of revenue,
now wholly or in part at the service of the
State, remitted to tne counties, the problem
will still remain of so ascertaining and ad
justing the different subjects of taxation
that all -classes of property will bear their
equal share. To this enda Bevenue Com
mission, which has prosecuted it work
laboriously the past year, has presented a
diverse report for the consideration of the
people and tbeir representatives. I will
not anticipate the discussion which must
attend an examination of the several bills
and plans offered, except to invoke lor the
whole subject thorough consideration and
deliberate action, and to indulge the hope
that the outcome will be a measure which
will materially relieve landed property In
the Commonwealth from the hardens which
have too long laid upon it.
The authority of the State in regulating
Iocat taxation should not, however, extend
further than the constitutional requirement
for the enactment of general laws to secure
uniformity upon the same class of subjects
within the territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax. A multiplicity of taxing
officers is also vexatious and wasteful. The
people demand the abolition of the office of
Mercantile Appraisers. All mercantile
taxes are levied upon subjects purely of
locai concern, ana ought to be appnea, 11
applied at all, for the benefit of the coun
ties in which they are derived. In adver
tising mercantile taxes and in collecting de
linquent mercantile taxes the State need
lessly expends thousands of dollars.
The Government of Municipalities.
No corporation in the 'world are, as a
rule, so helpless as the municipal corpora
tions of America. In Pennsylvania these
bodies have a few rights guaranteed to them
in the fundamental law which the Legis
lature is bound to respect Nearly one
half of the people of Pennsylvania live in
cities. The tendency of our times
has been toward the enlargement of
the power of municipalities in the
management of such affairs as are
entrusted to their administration. An
effort has been made to regulate them by gen
eral laws to the end that well-defined princi
ples of government might pervade all our mu
nicipal charters. One great aim in this direc
tion has Deen to concentrate official responsl
bility to the electors by vesting all power in the
Chief Executive of tbe municipality. But in
perfecting this theory have we not measurably
lost sight of the accountability which the mu
nicipality owes to the StateT All powers vested
In the cities and in municipal officers are theor
etically, at least, delegations from the whole
people, and the State should preserve its super,
visory power by recular methods to prevent
possible abuses through undue concentration
of power, patronage and the means of corrupt
influence.
The new charter of Philadelphia was granted
upon the express stiDulation and provision that
tbe vast powers conferred upon lis Executive
should be absolutely free from political Inter
ference or control, and that public officers
should be trustees far tbe whole people, for tbe
minority and for each individual. And yet at
the last election tho city employes were re
peatedly assessed, upon official approval, to
promote the success of the ruling party. Many
of the powers of the municipality, notably that
of the police, were used with virulence against
the rights of the minority, which the poeple of
the entire State are bound to protect. Would
it not be wise to reservo to the Commonwealth
the power to remove an official whose abuse of
antbority transgresses the rights of tbe minor
ity or of the individual t
There has been an utter disregard ot enact
ments prohibiting the removal of public serv
ants for political reasons, and tbe inaction of
the State, or rather its abandonment of its
servants to tbe personal authority of party
leaders, reduces independence to a dream, not
for tho public servants only, but for the com
munities which, in their turn, are overrladen
by them. While patronage, as recent ex
perience has shown, docs not strengthen par
ties, it does strengthen party leaders of a cer
tain type; indeed, without patronage men of
that type could not become leaders at all. The
great defect of our municipal organization in
Pennsylvania, as elsewhere, is the want of per
manence of tbe civil service.
Tne Safety of PubUc Funds.
The people demand that the greatest pro
tection be given for the safety of the public
funds. Tbe places in which the Treasurer
shall deposit the public moneys should be
designated by law. Tbe discretion vested in
tbe Treasurer to select tbe places of deposit is
a dangerous one for him and for the State. It
subjects him to personal importunity, and
admits nf favoritism and abuse. The financial
management of the State should be based upon
plain business principles, and there is no
reason why tbe public moneys should not be
deposited iu snch a manner as to afford equal
security aud profit with like capital of
Individuals.
Ibe Constitution commands that tbe General
Assembly, 'Immediately after each United
States decennial census, shall apportion the
State Into Senatorial and Representative dis
tricts." Tbe decennial census has been taken.
The constitutional period for action is at hand.
There will not be a more important measure
tor tbe consideration of the Assembly than tbat
of apportionment. It toucbes government in
its most vital parts. Fair and fust representa
tion toall'cfttien?o the6tate-jn-tbe-GeneraI-J
AssemDiy ana in congress unaernes the whole
fabric of oar political system. It is tbe corner
stone of our Government. Considerations of
party, ot factions, of locality or of individuals
nave nothing to do with the subject of apportionment-
This duty should be performed by"
the Legislature upon uniform and just princi
ples. There should not be one rule for one part
of the State and a different rule for another.
Tbe Constitution commands that tbe districts
shall be composed of ''compact and contiguous
territory." The rule should be observed
throughout the entire State. It is palpably
violated by tbe present apportionment.
Some Other Suggestions.
Iii the limited range of discussion which such
an occasion as the present imposes I can merely
refer to a number of important matters.
Among these I might include the necessity for
an effective civil service in the State appoint
ments, the substitution of salaries for fees the
inspection and regulation ot btate and private
banks, and an extension of the power offthe
Auditor General so as to include within his
audit all tbe State accounts, and the rigid en
forcement of the law referring to the invest
ment of the sinking fond money. The mining
code should be revised in such manner as will
insure tbe payment of damages in case of in
jury or loss arising from tho neglect or parsi
mony of the mino owner.
The task before us is far-reaching, compris
ing within its scope tbe whole field of material
and political improvement. In administering
the affairs of the Commonwealth we must seek
to enlarge the sources, to increase its comforts
and to promote its prosperity and greatness, so
that the people, in harmonious progress and
fulfilling the peaceful destiny, may illustrate,
in tbe grandeur and wisdom of their self-control
and in their majestic movement toward a
more perfect society, tbe power of a pure
democracy to solve every problem that taxes
the intelligence or strains the virtne of civil
ized humanity.
DOCTORS ELECT THEIB 0FHCEES
And Transact the Usnal Amount of Boutine
Business.
The annual meeting of the Allegheny
County Medical Society was held at the
Free Dispensary bnilaiug yesterday aiter
noon. There were 125 members of the society
present. A11 the business transacted, with
tbe exception of tbe adoption of a new con
stitution, was very routine.
The following persons were elected to the
offices named for tne ensuing year : Presi
dent, T. D. Davis; Eecording Secretary, J.
J. Buchanan; Assistant Eecording Secre
tary, J. W. Macfarlane; Treasurer, Adolph
Koenig; Censor, J. J. Green; First "Vice
President, C. S. Shaw; Second Vice Presi
dent, J. E. Biggs; Corresponding Secretary,
J. S. Mabon.
THE ATTENDANCE HOT LARGS
At Yesterday's Meeting of the Allegheny
County Non-Fartlsan W. C. T. V.
The regular meeting of the Non-Partisan
W. C. T. U. was held yesterday afternoon
in the Fourth U. P. Church, Allegheny.
The attendance was small, owing to the fact
that a prayer meeting was being held in the
church during the afternoon.
Tbe only business transacted was tbe
reading of the report of Mrs. Joseph D.
Weeks, giving an interesting account of the
first national convention of the Non-Parti san
W. C. T. U., which was held iu Allegheny
last month. The report showed that $500
had been received during the convention
week, and that there is still left of that
amount 575.
A BOEDES EPISODE.
A Desperado Kills a Barkeeper for Refus
ing to Drink With Him.
Ogdest, Utah, Jan. 20. William
Dillon, a saloon and cattle man from Baw
lins, Wyo., who has been on a spree here
for a week past, entered the barroom of the
Brown Hotel this morning and demanded
that George Mitchell, the barkeeper, drink
with bim.
Upon Mitchell's refusal, Dillon whipped
out a revolver and shot him dead. Dillon
is quite a well-known character in the
West, and has been an Indian fighter for
some time.
Use Salvation Oil for neuralgia. It
cures.
A CENSUS OF SPOOKS
Just Now Being Taken by the Society
for Psychical Research.
AT WOEK OK BOTH CONTINENTS.
A Partial Eeport of the Progress in England
Already "Made.
AMEEIOAN HEADQUARTERS ATHAETARD
Bostoit, Jan. 20. The Society for Psychi
cal Besearch is busily engaged in taking a
taking a census of hallucinations, a work
started in Paris in 1889 at the International
Congress of Experimental Psychology. In
England, the census is under tbe care of
Prof. Henry Sldgwick, of Cambridge Uni
versity, President ot the Psychical Society;
in France Leon Mariilier is collecting ex
periences, and in the United States, Prof.
William James, of Harvard University, has
assumed charge of the work. The experi
ences which it is songht to enumerate are
scientifically described as "casual
hallucinations of sane persons includ
ing under this term phantasmal
appearances, which some deny to be halluci
nations, because,, they believe them to be
ghosts." The object of this inquiry is to
ascertain the proportion of persons who have
had such experiences, and to obtain details
of these experiences o that some insight
may be gained into their cause and mean
ing. Tbe general question is framed in this
way: "Have you ever, when believing
yourself to be completely awake, had a vivid
impression of seeing or being touched by a
living being or inanimate object, or of hear
ing a voice; which impression, so far as you
could discover, was not due to any external
physical cause?" Of course, for a census,
the answer "no" is as important as the an
swer "yes," but one result of the census
thus far has been to show that the affirma
tive answers are rare and infrequent.
Result of the Census in England.
Prof, Sidgwicchas recently made public
a partial report of his work on this census
in England. In that country 6,481 answers
have been received to the question given
above; of these, 3,617 have been from women;
and 727 have been "yes" answers, a per
centage of 11 of the total number received.
Five hundred and nine women answer
"yes," and 218 men furnish the rest of the
"yes" answers; of the "no" answers, 2,646
are by men, and 3,108 by women. Of tbe
"yes" experiences in 474 cases the sense of
sight was affected; in 219 voices were heard
without any accompanying visual impres
sion; and in 56 cases the sense of touch only
was affected.
In about 48 cases of the whole number
more than one sense was affected at the same
time, but it is pointed out that it is difficult
in the case of sounds, especially of non
vocal sounds, such as rustling, footsteps,
etc, to ascertain whether they were hallu
cinatory or not. There are some cases, bor
dering on ghost land, which there is some
reason to regard, as purely subjective. Thus
there are six cases of the figure and one of
the voice of dead persons "phantasmally
seen or heard when the percipient was un
aware of the death." There are nine cases
where apparently tbe same ficure is inde
pendently seen by more than one person on
different occasions.
Cases of Some Importance.
Of considerable importance, as indicating
a corroboration or experience, are the 66 col
lective cases cases in which more than one
person shares the experience. More than
halt of the visual coJlM.tiye.cases.QcciirreA,
out of doors, while of the visual cases occur
ring to a single percipient only about one
seventh occurred out of doors. On this
point Prof. Sidgwick observes:
Now, though some suppos'ed apparitions seen
out of doors are quite as obvirusly true hallu
cinations as some of them seen indoors, still,
speaking generally, there seem to be several
reasons why real human beings are more likely
w uo tuiBbajLcu lur apparitions out oi doors
than indoors. Further, if the figure be unrec
ognized this can seldom be regarded as evidence
of its hallucinatory character out of doors,
while it would often afford evidence indoors,
since it is not usual for strangers to walk into
rooms without anyone in the house knowing
anything about it And, again, tbe mode of ap
pearance and disappearance of tho figure is
much more often clearly Impossible for a real
person indoors than it is out of doors. Tbe
figure may, for instance, go through a locked
door, or through tbe wall, or into a room into
which it is at once followed and where it is not
found. Ont of doors it is often difficult to prove
that the vanished figure has not simply turned
into a house, or been hidden by some obstacle.
After making all allowances, however, there re
mains a certain number of collective cases in
which the objects seen cau hardly have been
real people or things.
The Explanation Volunteered.
Prof. Sidgwick then proceeds to give some
remarks on the nature and origin of hallu
cinations, and points out that tne common
origin of collective hallucinations may be
telepathic (some other mind affecting the
common percipients similarly and simul
taneously.), or it may be due to what he calls
"physical suggestion," "by which I mean
some real external cause say a sound like
a footstep starting by suggestion a similar
hallucination." "Hallucinations," he adds,
"are so rare in the experience ol most of us
that it may fairly be argued that when we
see them we are not quite in a normal state,
and I think there is reason to believe that
self-suggestion sometimes operates during a
hallucination, for it is sometimes difficult
otherwise to account for the occasional agree
ment of two senses. For instance, a lady in
the dark feels her husband's presence, then
putting out her hand, feels bis coatsleeve,
then hears him Bpeak. Tbe husbaud, mean
while, is absent and vividly imagining him
self to be bringing her bad news."
Two more explanations of collective hal
lucinations are set forth: the one that A
sees a hallucination first and then couvev s
it by word or gesture to B; the other that
the hallucination of one percipient is caused
by mental suggestion of thought-transference
from the other. An interesting ex
periment illustrating the latter hypothesis
is given to conclude Prof. Sidgwick's
account of the work on tbe census. It is an
experiment in thought-transference with
hypnotized persons conducted by Mrs. Sidg
wick and a Mr. Smith. Here is the ex
periment as described in Prof. Sidg
wick's words:
One Peculiar Instance Belated.
Two persons were hypnotized in different
rooms. We will call them Mr. P. and Miss B.
You are no donbt aware that good hypnotic
subjects can be made to have post-hypnotic
hallucinations e. g., if told while bynotized
that they will see some.speciflo object when
they awake, they do see it, though there Is
nothing of the sort there. Mr. Smith told Mr.
P. that Mrs. Sidgwick would show him a pict
ure, and then went out of tbe room and told
Miss B. that she would see a picture which Mr.
P. would show her when her eyes were open.
While he was away Mrs. Sidgwick told Mr. P.
tbat she was going to show him a picture
of a goat-chase with two gnats. Then Mr.
Smith came back, awoke Mr. P., and left again
immediately. After which Mrs. Sidgwick
gave Mr. P. a blank card at a picture and he
almost immediately saw on it the picturo of a
goat chase and two goats and was much
pleased with it. Mrs. Sidgwick asked him to
take it up stairs and show it to Miss B.. but to
be careful not to tell her what it was. This be
did. Miss B, at first only saw something black
on the card, then by degrees she saw, first
some wheels, then "a nice little wee carriage,"
and presently some animals in front which she
identified as two coats. This seems to be a
case of collective hallucination, and one'wbich
was conveyed to Miss B. by thought-transference
from Mr. P.
Tbe census inqufFy is also proceeding in
France, Germany and Italy, but no detailed
reports have yet been received from these
countries. A report sn the census is to be
made to the International Congress of Ex
perimental Psychology in 1892, and it is
hoped thit 60,000 answers will be received
oy mat time, jrroi. wiiiiam dames, oi
Harvard University, will willingly supply
the necessary forms to anyone in this country
who is interested in this subject.
THE DEAD HISTORIAN.
FTJNEBAL SERVICES 0VEB THE BODY
0E GE0SQE BANCB0FT.
The President and Members of the Cabinet
Together With Many Other Prominent
People Attend The Remains Taken to
Massachusetts for Interment.
Washknoton, Jan. 20. The funeral of
the venerable historian, George Bancroft,
took place this morning at 11 o'clock at St.
John's P. E. Church, opposite Lafayette
Square, and was attended by a large and
most distinguished gathering. The crowd
was so great that many persons were obliged
to stand in the aisles throughout the entire
service and many more were unable to gain
admission.
Among those whose presence attested their
respect for tbe honored dead were the Presi
dent and Mrs. Hal ford, the Vice President
and Sirs. Morton, Secretary and Mrs.
Blaine, Secretary and Mrs. Windom, Secre
tary and Mrs. Proctor, Postmaster General
Wanamaker, Secretary Noble, Secretary
Tracy, Assistant Secretary Soley, General
Schofield, Senator and Mrs. Frye, Senator
Blair, Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
Minister, and nearly all the other
members of the diplomatic corps.
The Navy Department was well rep
resented, a majority of the naval
officers stationed at Washington and An
napolis, and many of the older clerks taking
advantage of closing of department to pay
their last tribute to their former chief. The
remains were encased in handsome black
cloth covered casket, with silver trimmings,
and bearing on its lid a heavy silver plate
inscribed: "George Bancroft, born October
13, 1800, died January 17. 1891." The floral
tributes were beautiful. The President and
Mrs. Harrison sent a wreath composed of
camelia leaves aud lilies of the valley, and
the Vice President and Mrs. Morton an
elegant wreath composed of white roses or
chids and lilies of tbe valley, entwined
with delicate fern.
The services were simple and brief, and
were conducted by Bev. Dr. Douglas, rector
of the church. During the services tbe
choir rendered the hymns "Bock of Ages"
and "Abide With Me." There were no ad
dresses delivered and only one floral offer
ing rested on the casket. This consisted- of
a huge wreath of white roses and heliotrope,
bound with ribbons of the German colors
and bearing a card, stating that it was the
gilt of William III., Emperor of Germany.
This beautiful tribute was placed in the
casket by Count Arco Valley, the German
Minister, while the choir sang "Lead
Kindly Light."
At the conclusion of the services the
casket was borne to the hearse, the choir
Binging the hymn, "Hark, Hark, My Soul."
A detachment of marines in uniform was at
the church, and assisted in seating tbe
assemblage. The pall bearers were Chief
Justice Fuller, Justice Field, Justice
Blatcbford, Senator Evarts, Mr. Bayard,
Admiral Bogers, Mr. Spofford, George
"William Curtis and John A. King. The
remains were taken to the Baltimore and
Potomac depot for transportation to Worces
ter, Mass., where tbe interment will be made.
They were accompanied 'by the members of
the family and a few intimate friends. In
accordance with the President's order, the
flags on all the executive departments were
displayed at half mast to-day out of respect
to the memory of Mr. Bancroft.
DELAWABE STATESMANSHIP.
Governor Reynold's Inaugural Address
Treats of Important Topics. -.,
Doveb, Del., JarT. "20. Governor Rey
nolds was inaugurated to-day. He devoted
the bulk of his inaugural address to the
subj:cts of constitutional reform, ballot re
form, the public schools, county govern
ment andtoxation. He urges tho resub
mission of the question of a constitutional
convention to the people at an election to be
held on the third Tuesday of May next.
He favors tbe Australian ballot system,
and wants Delaware to have the best ob
tainable modification thereof; deplores
bribery and condemns the presence of Dep
uty Marshals at election polls; characterizes
the force bill as unconstitutional and revol
utionary, and says the possibility of its
passage makes it incumbent on the general
Assembly to clearly define the powers of
State election offices .and provide for their
protection in carrying them out; charges the
McKinley bill with depressing agriculture
and manufactures, referring to it as unwise,
unpolitic and oppressive, and saying that
no domestic law can avail to protect pro
ducts of American labor in foreign market.
A DBUNKABD'S FATAL DEED.
He Shoots Ills Divorced Wife and Commits
Suicide With the Same Weapon.
Toledo, Jan. 20. This forenoon a man
known as VSesh" Earnest attempted to
shoot bis divorced wife, and then killed
himself. He was a dissipated man, and
when in liquor beat his wife shamefully.
Last September she obtained a divorce on
the ground of ill-treatment and failure to
provide.
Earnest went to Pittsburg for several
months, and then returned. Whenever he
was drunk he annoyed her by importunities
to return to him. This morning he did so,
while intoxicated, and on her threatening to
turn him over to the police, he drew a re
volver and fired, the ball striking her left
cheek. She fell 'to tbe floor unconscious,
and Earnest, supposing ber dead, placed his
weapon on top of his head, firing directly
downward and died instantly. The ball has
been extracted from Mrs. Earnest's neck,
and the physicians think she may recover.
A KENTUCKY KAIL E0BBEEY.
A tone Mall Carrier Murdered and His
Pouch Found Killed.
Catlettsburo, Kr., Jan. 20. News
has been received of the murder and rob
bery of-the mail carrier between Whites
burg, Ky., aud Big Stone Gap, Va.
The carrier had been missing since the
recent heavy snow, and was not found until
Thursday. He had been shot twice and tbe
mail pouch robbed. There is no clew to his
murderer.
Tried to Throw a Man Downstairs.
Jacob Webber was committed to jail yes
terday by Alderman McKenna on a charge
of assault and battery. It is said that
Webber fell out with his aoom-mate, Jacob
Weinsauer, at their room arTwentieth street
and Penn avenue, over some small business
transaction, and then tried to throw him
down a flight of stairs.
Invalids find Mellin's Food a most sat
isfactory and nourishing article of diet. Its
method of preparation renders it acceptable
to the most delicate stomach, and its
strengthening properties are wonderful.
Excursion to Cincinnati, O.
The Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad will
sell excursion tickets to Cincinnati, O., at
rate 511 20 for the round trip. Tickets good
for. return passage until February 3, 1891,
inclusive.
-
Back ale Is preferred by good judges
for its excellent quality. Try ours. Irou
City Brewing Company. Telephone 1180.
H0MESEEKEB3 will find special "To
Let" lists Mondavi and Thundays in The
Dispatch,
THORNS IN THE PATH
Of the Transgressor, Placed There by
(he State Supreme Court.
A BAEEIEE AGAINST FAILUBES.
Damage Stilts Filed by a Couple of Men
Who Were Inconvenienced.
A $300,000 DEED PLACED ON EEC0KD
The Supreme Court has rendered a de
cision of which little notice has been taken,
but which has given undisguised satisfaction
in bnsiness circles. It is in the case of A.
M. Marshal and others against J. C. Boll.
Creditors who pnshed the case to a conclu
sion are likely to get 90 cents on the dollar,
possibly 100 cents, but the majority did not
think fit to press tbeir claims, so they do
not come in. Arbuckle & Co. are among
those who assisted to push the issue to a con
clusion. The Supreme Court sustains the finding
of the lower court, so tbat a fine mansion
and its appurtenances falls to the creditors
who sued for their claims, amounting in all
to something like $15,000.
The decision, in effect, says that while a
man has a right when unincumbered to put
up barriers that will keep the wolf from
wife's and children's door, he cannot do so
wheu he is in debt, and it enunciates the
proposition so strongly that many claims
not heretofore considered worth suing upon
may assume a different phrase. As one
business man said:
"Since the expiration of the bankrupt
law, a dozen years ago, business has been
done on faith, which, St. Paul says, is 'the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen. But this faith is usually
the rock on which we split, and we would
lose half or three-fourths of our outside
trade, if we did not rely upon it The com
mercial agencies' reports are good, but you
cannot depend on them, nevertheless; for a
man can go into debt and be abundantly
able to pay all claims, and 21 hours later
confess judgment to his father or mother,
cousins, .sisters or aunts, and if he and
they know enough to tell a plausible
story you have no redress. If Congress could
drop partisan considerations long enough
to do what it is supposed to be doing, and
pass a just bankrupt law for the whole
country, honest men would not be compelled
to pay a portion of the debts of dishonest
ones as at present."
The decision referred to is regarded as
making the way of the transgressor in this
State more thorny than it has heretofore
been.
IN THE HANDS OF A BECE1VEB.
The Tann Brewing Company's Plant Now
Run by TV. S. Pier.
William Montgomery, who was designated
as assignee in tbe deed of assignment of the
William Tann Btewing Company, yester
day refused to act His refusal to serve as
assignee was filed in court and accepted by
Judge White, who thereupon appointed
W. S. Pier, the well-known attorney,
assignee.
One of the directors yesterday said that
nothwithstanding the fact that the plant
was now in the hands ot the receiver, they
would continue doing business, and that im
mediately after tbe sale had taken place
there would be a reorganization of the firm,
and two or three objectionable stockholders
would be dropped. The amount of the
judgments entered against the same com
pany is $11,000. The gentlemen denied the
report that an effort was being made to oust
ex-Mayor Llddel, one of the present stock
holders. The Tann Brewing Company's
plant is located iu the Twelfth ward, at the
corner of Twenty-fonrth and Smaflman
streets, and was- formerly known as Spencer
& Liddell's.
TWO SUITS FOB DAMAGES.
A Couple of Men Who Want Money forBe-
ins Inconvenienced.
Charles Fonora entered suit yesterday
against J. G. Schumacher and wile and J.
A. Baldmyer for 5,000 damages for false ar
rest. He claims that they charged him
with misdemeanor in office, as assessor, for
charging 20 cents for leaving assessment pa
pers at Schumacher's houre. He was tried
and acquitted, and now sues the prosecutors
for damages.
George Fairfax entered suit against Jacob
Keller, the Sinithfield street saloonkeeper,
and Inspector McAleese for $1,000 damages
for false arrest. Fairfax says he was em
ployed by Keller and was accused of taking
$200 from behind the bar. He was arrested
by Inspector McAleese, but the bill was
ignored by the grand jury.
A VALUABLE DEED BECOBDEB.
Two Tracts of Land Involved, for Which
8300,000 Was Paid.
A deed involving a large amount of land
was placed on file in the Becorder's
Office yesterday. It was a deed of coal
lands in Elizabeth township, from Charles
H. Strong" and his wife, Anna W. Strong,
to the "Youghiogheny Biver Coal Company.
The amount paid for the land was $300,
729 78. It consists of what is known as the
Matthews tract, comprising 1,609 acres
23 4-100 perches, and 39-10 interest in the
Howell tract of 1,217 acres 133 perches.
The total in both tracts is 2,826 acres
156 4-100 perches. Mr, aud Mrs. Strong are
residents of Erie. Mrs. Strong is a daughter
of W. L. Scott.
CBIMINAL C0DBT GBIHD.
A Few Men Convicted and One Who
Got Oft
In the Criminal Court yesterday Matt
Hughes was acquitted of assault and
battery on his mother-in-law, Margaret
Sands, and the costs were divided. Samuel
Gnsky was convicted of assault and battery
on Beckie Kemlatz. David Hamilton and
George Steinhauser were tried for assault
and battery on each other. Hamilton was
acquitted and Steinhauser found guilty.
Vincenzo Sautelle was convicted of mayhem
for biting off tbe nose and finger of Watella
Lutz, during a fight
The jury is out in the case of Pauline
Makeoa, tried for assault and battery on
Mrs. M. Andrejwsk.
CALLS .HEB HUSBAND LAZY.
Mrs. Abbie DopelTs Answer to Her liege
Lord's Charges.
Mrs. Abbie Dupell yesterday filed her
answer to tbe habeas corpus proceedings
brought by her husband, Frank Dupell, to
obtain possession of their child. She denies
his statements that he was compelled to
leave her on account of her conduct, and
savs that he deserted her without cause.
All his allegations as to her misconduct
are denied, and she claims he is 'lazy and
won't work and is unfit to have possession
of the child.
DLDH'T W0BK BOTH VTJMB.
The.Borongh of McKeesport a Winner and
a Loser.
In tbe suit of McKeesport borough against
J. Bestwick a verdict was yesterday taken
by consent, giving the defendant $350 dam
ages. The money awarded Bestwick was
for damages for injury to hit property
caused by the grading of a street
In tho trait of J. D. O'Neil against Mc-
Keesport, in a similar case, a verdict of
$2,000 for the plaintiff was given.
To-Day's Trial Lists.
Common Pleas No. 1 Kraeling vs Me
Caudless; Hirsch vs Kinney et al; Klfer vs
Harr; Gallagher Brothers vs Swan; Corcoran vs
Tyman; Anderson et al vs House & Co.; Car
rigan vs McGrew; Horne vs Boyd; Auglln vs
Butmeyer; Bruman & Co. vs Millagan: Moras
vs Mineral Grind Company; Albitz vs Mahoney.
b Common Pleas No. 2 Creese vs Federal
Street and Pleasant Valley Railroad Company,
Elderkin vs Daly, Tell va Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. Cuquesne National Bank
vs Diamond Coal Company (four cases. Sharp
vs Hallan, Boper vs Goettman, McKenzIe vs
Bell; Stanard vs Citizens' Traction Company.
Criminal Court Commonwealth vs Daniel
Maginn, Isaac Wormser, Joseph Wormser,
Mary Bottomby (2), William Dearie (2), Will
lam Black (2), Thomas Wiley (2), TonyDa
velles, David Lauber, Samuel Sackett. Charles
Fenner, Bridget Cassidy, Annie Walker (2).
KateCavey(2).
To-Day's Audit List
Estate of Accountant.
C. V. McKal? BafeDeposltCompany.
P. M. Enjretler John Euietler.
Charlotte Metz Henry Grar.
Cecelia UenCer George Hohn.
J3. F. Gerwhr Henry Uerwljc.
Mary A. McClure David E. MeClurg.
Chrfs. Wagner. Charles O. Kenz.
B. L. Kahnestock B. S. ITahneitock. TT
Ewing Walker S. E. Walker.
II. r. Otterman 8. L Otteraan.
William McCune A. C. McCnne et al.
j. Aland J A. Aland.
HuKh. Wood Jsne Wood.
tfsranfl Alerrlman William Knoderer.
Caroline Bloomer A. 8. Fnller.
L. W. Uaziam Fidelity Title ATrust Co.
A Lot of Little Court Briefs.
Has. C. Rayborn, president Judge of
Armstrong county, was a visitor at the Court
House yesterday.
lit the ejectment suit of James Walton
against J. C. Herman, a verdict was given yes
terday, for the plaintiff.
The ejectment suits of G. W. Guthrie, trus
tee of William Wilklns, against John D. Mc
Cune and a. P. Ludwick, are on trial before
Judge Collier.
The suit of Wilson & Co. against Barnes
Bros., limited, to recover the price of a machine
for ironing collars and cuffs, is on trial before
Judge Magee.
Ik the garnishee proceedings of J. C. Gearing
and wife agatnt James Getty, garnishee of L.
M. Lacher, a verdict was given yesterday for
f500 for the plaintiff.
In tbe suit of T. J. Wilson against the Mc
Keesport and Bellevernou Railroad Company.
to recover for land taken, a verdict was given"
yesteroay ior x,wu lor the piaintm.
A non-suit was entered against tbe plain
tiffs yesterday in the case of John Stewart
aeainst Harbison & Walker, to recover tbe
price of some manure taken by the defendants.
A VERDICT of $1 0 for the plaintiff was given
yesterday, in the suit of H. F. Grover against
the Order of Solon, to recover lor refreshments
served at an entertainment given by the order.
1 he suit of J. M. Hanna and wife against
West Bellevne Borough, for damages for in
juries received by Mrs. Hanna' falling tbroueh
aboard walk, Is still on trial before Judge
White.
Judge Acheson, of the United States
Court, yesterday handed down an opinion sus
taining the report of the commissioner on the
distribution of tbe funds arising from the sale
of the steamer Joseph Nixon.
The snit of Clara B. Beatly against the Su
preme Commandcry of the United Order of the
Golden Cross of tbe World, Is on trial before
Judge Slagle. Tbe suit Is to recoverthe amount
ot a policy on the life of the plaintiff's son.
Michaei. Hawkins, L. n. Moag; a. L.
Moag and John Thompson, deckhands, yester
day entered suit before United States CommL
sionerMcCandless against the steamer Sam
Brown, to recover 8 40 each, the amount of
their fare to Cincinnati. They say they were
shipped at Cincinnati with tbe understanding
that they were to be returned to that port.
When they got here they were paid off and re
fused their fare back.
THE WORK OF A YEAR
Reviewed by the Western Pennsylvania
Unman e Society Agents to Be Ap
pointed in AU.Towns and. Village The
Officers Elected Reports Read.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
was held yesterday afternoon in the Free
Dispensary bnildintr, with President L. H.
Eaton in the chair. The meeting was
opened with prayer by Bev. H. C. Apple
gaxth, Jr., of the Fourth Avenue Baptist
Church, after which President Eaton read
his annual address. The address spoke
highly of the work of the society during
tbe past year. Agents in 27 towns and
villages have been appointed, and they are
doing an excellent work. The coming year
will see an agent in every town or village
in Western Pennsylvania.
The report of Secretary Davidson was
next read, and showed that tbe receipts
during the year were $4,197 30, disburse
ments $3,396 05, clearing a balance ot $801
in the Treasury. During the year there
were 286 cases of cruelty to children; 337
cases of cruelty to animals, aud 40 cases
reported by outside agents.
The report of Treasuier Beinhart corres
ponded with that of Secretary Davidson.
Dr. L. Mayer, rabbi of the Eighth Street
Synagogue, was present at the meeting and
made quite an earnest address, during
which be stated that it was against tbe
divine laws to injure any living creature.
Hebrews, the speaker stated, are com
manded by their church that before sitting
down to any meal, their duty is to see that
all tbeir animals in cage or stable are fed.
Bev. Mr. Applegarth said there is no
sadder commentary on our civilization than
tbe fact that there is a necessity for humane
societies. The speaker advocated the teach
ing of humanity in the public schools.
Bev. Dr. Sontherland also made a short
address, warmly commending the society's
work.
The following officers were unanimously
elected for the ensuing year: President
Leonard H. Eaton; Vice Presidents, John
Dunlap, Felix B. Brunot, Joseph G. Wal
ters, Joseph Home, George Wilson, Alex
ander Nimick, William Ward, John S.
Bitenour, William G. Johnston and F. P.
Case; Secretary, Samuel Davidson; Treas
urer, Fredrick Beinhart; Trustees, H. L.
Masou and Joseph G. Walton; Solicitors,
Charles F. McKenn.1 aud F. W. Smith;
Physician, Dr. Frank McDonald; Veteri
nary Surgeons, E. J. Carter and H. F. Doris;
Board ot Managers. Mrs. Samuel McKee,
Mrs. A. C. Duncan, Mrs. William Wal
lace, Mrs. S. S. Carrier, Mrs. H. Lee Mason,
Mrs. Peter Young, Mrs. E. M. Butz, Mrs.
E. J. McPherson, Mrs. John Dunlap, Mrs.
Edwin A. Stowe and Mrs. Judge Magee.
A vote of thanks was tendered the trustees
of tbe Free Dispensary bnilding, also to the
ministers who had attended and addressed
the meeting. Alter the annual meeting the
Board of Managers met and elected Fred
rick Beinhart a life member of the society.
CHICAGO IS ANXIOUS.
An Original Scheme Proposed for Securing
a Federal Bnilding.
Chicago, Jan. 20. Colonel A. C. Bab
cock says that a number of Chicago
capitalists stand ready to make the Govern
ment a propositionsin regard to the erection
of a postoffice building in this city, should
Congress fail to make the necessary ap
propriation. The'ptan in brief is to make an agree
ment to erect a building of 10 to 12 stories
in height covering the entire block of
ground on which the Federal building now
stands; to give tbe Government the free use
of four or six stories of it in return for a 99
years lease of the remaining stories; the
whole to be turned over to the Government
at the expiration of the lease, the buildings
to be erected according to plans furnished
bv the Government, and to be completed be
fore the opening of the World's Fair.
TEAVEX.ZES to Boston, Providence, Wor
cester, or any New England points,
will find the Stoniogton line, the Inside
Sound route, from New York, the most com
fortable way, especially in winter. Fares
lower than by all rail and as low as any
other Sonnd line. Through Ucketa via this
Use cold by all railroads.
RUSSIAN OIL WELLS.
"Statistics Showing the Production
During the Past Tear.
TBE YIELD SOMEWHAT DECLIHIH6.
On tna Whole, the Flowing Wells Kot S
Sellable as Others.
THE HIGHEST POIST E'EACHED IN Mil
rsrzcixz. ixlxobax to tux sistatczI
New Yoee, Jan. 20. Oil exporters ia
New fork keep a close watch of the Buj
sian field, and nothing of importance goes
on there tbat they are not at once apprised
of. An independent firm has supplied me
with some interesting statistics covering
operations during ten months of the past
year. Th& figures are from ten representa
tives at Batoum. They are full of interest
to American producers.
The subjoined table shows the average
daily production of Bussian crude, in bar
rels of 42 gallons each, during ten months of
1890.
From From
flowing pumping
wells, wells.
6.634 55.621
35.800 5o,18o
29,213 69,615
23.080 58,393
37,533 62.138
11,300 6L943
U.952 62.021
fi.000 67.7M
5,464 70,312
6.160 67,863
Total
1S00. prod.
January. 62.275
February 90.S65
March 88,827
April 81.473
May 99.o69
June -.76,212
July .73.865
August 72,761
September. 75,776
October 7d,523
The average daily production for the ten
months was 79,694 barrels. Of this 17,366
was from flowing wells, and 62,323 from
pnmping wells.
Some figures for the Previous Tear.
For purposes of comparison some figures
from 1869 are given:
From From
Total flowing pumpi'g
Darrels. wells. ells.
July 79.291 11.600 67,691
August...'. 87.969 23,097 64,872
September 77.551 9 956 66.505
October. 66,778 3,950 62.828
The average daily production for ten
months of 1839, including the four months
above given, was 67,405 barrels. Nnmber
of wells producing January 31, 1890, 190;
wells drilling, 36; wells being cleaned out,
76; rigs, 46.
At tbe close of the year the figures were
increased as follow: Weils producing, 239;
wells drilling, 136; wells cleaning, 39; rigs,
70. The following table gives some figures
in detail:
Wells "Wells Stop'd Old Old
com- stop- anil- wells wells Bigs
1890. me'd. pea. ing. com'd. fln'd. ert
February.... 29 44 6 21 10 11
March 26 18 9 8 11 11
April........ 20 20 3 10 7 7
May 21 25 12 7 4 28
June 32 25 6 9 9 10
July 34 , 8 12 8 13 20
August 23 12 12 6 10 U
heptember.. 21 23 6 15 6 19
October 28 24 19 0 17 22
The January average production per well
was 310 barrels. The November average
production per well was 275 barrels.
The Flowlnc Wells Not Keliable.
The figures in ibe production tables suggest
an interesting fact, namely, that the wide
and rapid fluctuations of oil produced from
flowing wells, compared to the total "pro
duced from pumping wells, show that there
is not the staying powers in the flowing
wells, as also a reduced average daily pro
duction per well.
During tbe year just closed the drill has
been actively at work, the production reach
ing the- highest daily average in May of
99,6C3 barrelsr42 gallons eavih. The Tra
duced average production from May until
October inclusive is not on account of any
cessation in drilling, as, in fact, it has been
greater than ever before known. These
Ijrger operations caused a temporary in
crease in November production up to about
80,000 barrels, or the same as the average
for the year.
At present the production is on the de
cline, although the field operations are stiK
on the increase. The largest well now pro
ducing in the Bussian field is a "fountain,"
yielding about 2,600 barrels daily, owned
by Nobel Bros. B. W. Ceiswell.
N0x7-TJNI05 0PEEAT0E3 BOYCOTTED.
The St. Paul's New Men IJecelvo Unlooked
For Treatment in Iowa.
Cedar Eapids, Ia., Jan. 20. The St.
Paul officials, going over the road with a
number of operators to take the places of
the strikers and checking up the stations,
met with unlooked for receptions at a num
ber of stations near here. At Spring
ville, alter they had taken possession
of the office, a delegation of citizens ran
them out aud barred tbe doors, and at Stone
City a rope was stretched across the track
and a card suspended therefrom, sayingt
"No man but A. C. Comstock will be al
lowed to work here." Comstock is an old
operator.
All along the line from Marion to Sabula
Junction the citizens have boycotted the
new men and will not sell them meals. The
operators here and at Marion claim that the
sitnation looks brighter for them than at
any time since the inauguration of the
strike.
KANSAS CUTS WBECKED BANK,
It Is Responsible for the Causeless Bun on
Another Institution.
Kansas Crrr, Jan. 20. Bank Exam
iner J. F. Marshall, with a large corps of
assistants, was busy to-day examining into
the condition of the American National
Bank, which suspended yesterday. He de
clined to mike any statement concerning
the bank's affair, and said his report to the
Controller would probably not be made
for three weeks.
There is some talk of the bank's resuming
business. President Stimson says that if
the stockholders care to repair the impaired
capital oi the bank he sees nothing to pre
vent resumption. The only effect of the
failure in financial circles here is
the run on the Kansas City Savings
Bank, which was unfortunate enouch to be
located in the same building with tbe Amer
ican Bank. THe stock of the bank wag held
principally in the East, and inasmuch as
the depositors will probably be paid in full,
the effect noon local business men will ba
slight. "
KEPTJBLICAN8 AND DEM0C2ATS FUSE, t
They Force an Adjonrnmentof tho Nebraska
Legislature Against the Farmers.
Lnrcorjr, Neb., Jan. 20. The joint
convention of tbe Legislature to hear the
contest for State offices, convened at 1030
this morning. A protest was read from
Governor Boyd, that the joint session was
illegal, because the resolution calling the
convention had not been presented to the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor for their
signatures.
A motion to adjourn until to-morrow
morning, in order to allow the concurrent
resolution to be presented to the Governor
and Lieutenant Governor for their sig
natures, was carried by a vote of 99 to 72.
The Republicans and Democrats voted solid
ly in favor of an adjournment, and the It
Independents voted with them.
His Wife's Cooking Didn't Suit Him.
Charles Newrohr, of Allegheny, was yes
terday sent to jail for a hearing before
Alderman McKenna on Saturday, on a
charge of assault and battery preferred
against him by hii wife, Kate Newrohr.
The allegation is that Newrohr beat his wife
became the did not have his victuals cook4 r
just aa no wished them to be.
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