T-v 'txf' FAVORIHGJTHE BILL Legislative Sentiment Strongly on the Side of the Burdick Measure. AIMS OF THE PRODUCERS. The Xew Pipe Line Fill Is Strongly Backed by Them, and ITS PASSAGE APPEARS CERTAIN. Emery's Tart in It Will "ot Injure tlie Bill's Chances. DAXGER FROM KADICAli LEGISLATION IFl.OM A STAFF COnKESrOXDEXT.l HAKKlbBUKO, Jan. 23. Senator Showal ter, of Butler couny. will, on Monday evening, introduce a kuplicate of IJeprescn tative Burdick's pipe line bill in the Sen ate. A sincere and powerful effort will then begin to secure its passage. A committee of three Irom the Producers Protective Asso ciation will visit Harrisburg to work for the measure. The probabilities are that this committee will appear early on the scene. So will the representatives of the Standard Oil Company. As to what proportions the conflict be tween the rnonooolyand the independent oil producers will reach remains to be seen. The fact that the present Legislature leans toward radical legislation on all subjects, encourag's the friends of the new pipe line bill to feel confident. Some information jjiven me this evening bv a gentleman in the Senate clears uo much of the unneces sary mystery that has been made at the Cap itol about the lucking which the Burdick bill has. lie said: A Hill That 31 cans Something. "The bill comes here with an honest pur pose. It was prepared under the auspices of the Producers' Protective Association after careful consultation with oil operators in Pittsburg, Butler county and Washing ton countv. Its strongest friends, though, are in the upper oil country, but it has the indorsement of the largest producers in Pittsburg and the adjacent counties. "Vou sec the Billingsley bill came to the Legislature in 18S7 under a cloud. It turned out at first to be a pincher, but Lew Emery took hold of it and put good blood into it. It then became a legitimate meas ure, and should have passed. It did piss the House and was killed in the Senate. An outgrowth of ,that bill and its lailure was the organiza tion of the Producers Protective Associa tion, which soon acquired a membership of o cr 400. The organization became power ful. It brought about the shut-down and 6hut-iu movements, bv which stocks were reduced 18,003,000 barrels in 18 mouths. It proposed to back legislation of this sort this year. A committee of three was appointed to watch the progress of the bill after it got properly before the Legislature." Emery Hack or the UllL "Who compose the committee?" I asked. "Their names are not public property," was the reply; "but you can say that two of them are ex-members of the Legislature." "It is said that Lew Eruery, of Bradford, is the chief man back of the Burdick bill, and that be has asmranee from Governor Pattison that the Executive will give all possible aid to the Legislature In jiassing the bill. Is that true'" My informant laughed and said that Gov ernor Pattison's well-known antipathy for allSjnonopolistic rule and laws had no doubt given ribe to the storv of his proffered as sistance to lracry. "Emery is bsck of the bill, however," said the gentleman. "He is one of the many Bradford oil operators who will nork heart and soul for the passage of a pipe line law." "Did he draw upjtbe bill presented by Burdick?" "Jso, he did not do that. I have an idet the bill was drawn up by ex Scnator J. W. Lee, oi Bradford." 'Will Mr. Emery's part in the last Gubernatorial campaign hurt the prospects of the bill if he is liuown in the matter?" Will ot Hare Kill It. "Xot by any means. The Republican party must do soruethinjr along this line for the oil business. It was Senator Delamater's part in killing the Billingsley bill that pre vented bis election as Governor. That fact cannot be forgotten, and as the bill passed the House before, I think that in the light of the recent tielcat of Mr. Delauiater, it will pass the House with a much larger ma jority. And 1 hardly think the Senate would dare to kill it." "Is Representative Burdick connected with the Producers' Protective Associa tion?" "Ye sir; he is President of the Duke Center Assembly of the-Prodncers' Protec tive Association, and was elected on the knowledge that he would do all he could for the passage of a law of this kind. I would not be surprised if the bill meets with but little opposition. The aim of the Producers' Protective Association is not so much to fix a scale o prices for transportation of oil, as it is to fix a limit above which a pipe line company canuot go. Let competition regu late prices as it will below that figure, but when they reach the limit there they would have the law stop it Another Object in View. The second great object of the bill is to make a pipe line a common carrier, jnst as railroads, so that when s producer wants 00,000 barreis shipped, say to Harrisburc, he may have it delivered at Harrisburg, and not at Philadelphia, as the Standard would do now. Besides that, this law will compel the pipe lines to deliver just what oil is ordered, aud no other. In all its elements it is bound to become popular throughout the oil region. "Ye, I have no doubt the prices in the Burdick bill at present will meet with op position, but producers generally will not object to a reasonable amendment. It is a limit, rather than the schedule, they are alter. As the Standard people will see in a minute that they will suffer no more than the iudependent operators in restricting competition to a certain extent, they may say 'well, we can stand it as well as they,' ana offer no great objection. All that, how ever remains to be seen." I interviewed a number of House mem bers for The Dispatch, and the result was that at this initial stage of legislation there is a very favorable sentiment toward the bill. II this sentiment can be kept from the blight ot monopolistic arguments there would he no question of the bill passing. But, alas, this Legislature has five or six mouths of its career, before it yet. Itadlcal Legislation in Demand. One tlie most thoughlul members of the House, who is a trienu of snch a meas ure as tlie Burdick bill, and who will no doubt vote lor it, said this without any reference to tnat measure: "The temper of this House is to pass radical legislation with a rush. All the undercurrent is vio lent and revolutionary. Unless it is con trolled by a few men who must de velop as leaders and who must possess the moral courage to face such a Iceling lor the sake of good, the State will not escape some ba1 laws going on the statute books as the reEult of this Legislature. "I do not mean that ihere is a corrupt tendency. It is the ambition of the politi cian to please the political element now holding power. The late Gubernatorial election, the Grangers' sudden rise, the in jection of the labor agitation into politics Mil these :ire what is spurring on this Legioliiure to radical policies. Many of them are capable ol meritorious laws, which ought to be passed, but a power like that, lacking conservatism, will also carry much that is bad in the rush. "I expect to see all the bad legislation of former sessions rc-introduced here this year, and the result will be a mighty lively session. There is an opportunity for a few good, brave men to stem the tide." L. E. Stofiei STILL COMING IN. A Text More Bills Winds Up the Week's Do luge in the House . lrCCTAX. TSLEUIUU TCI TUK DlftrATCTM HAitnisnoBG, Jan. 23. In the House-to-day, Mr. Biter, of Philadelphia, pre sented the following bills: To prevent vex atious attachments and to regulate the costs thereor, intended to relieve the hard posi tion in which many garnishees find them selves; to fix the rights of parties to Une transfer of negotiable instruments as col lateral security for pre-exHting indebted ness, which proposes to bring the decisions of the Federal courts in Pennsylvania in hannouy with the Common Pleas Courts of the State; to establish a State Board of Medical Examiners and Licensers, and to define it'powers and duties; tor the regula tion cf corporations having the power to le ceive deposits. This is to provide for a system of investigation similar to that in f.irce relative to national banks by the Federal Government. Among other bills introduced were the following: Burke, Lackawanna, to prohibit corporations irom employing peace officers, directed at the Pinkerton agency; also a bill to compel railroad companies to lence their lines. Herr, Dauphin, appropriating 52.W, 000 for additions to the Harrisburg State Lunatic Hospital. PmSBUEG'S STREET BILLS. They Will Be Among the rirst Eight Bills the noose Will Act On. tritOM A BTAFF COllUESl'ONDEICT.l Hakkisbdrg, Jan. 23. In the House to-day Mr. Cotton's street bills, covering Pittsburg's dilemma, were reported by the committee, and they thus receive a splendid place on the calendar. They will be among the first eight bills to be acted upon in the House. Mr. Finley, of Wash ington county, introduced the bill to buy the Supreme Court a library. The hill has been printed before. Other important bills introduced were those providing for the ap pointment of bank examiners for private and corporate banks in the State; com pelling railroads to erect safety gates at crossings, aud permitting the printing of an extra edition of the celebrated State bird boo lr. Several bills were passed on first reading, among them the ballot bill prepared by the Pennsylvania Ballot Reform Association. The House adjourned at 10:00 A. M. until Monday evening. CZHETERY C0MPAKT LOANS. A Bill to ltegulate Them Will Be Introduced in the House. I FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.'. Habkisbueg, Jan. 23. A bill has been received by Mr. McCullougb, of Allegheny county, for introduction, which provides that cemetery companies shall loan only three-tenths of their gross receipts, and must hold the other seven-tenths as a reserve fund for the improvement of the cemeteries. They must call in seven-tenths of all loans at the proper time and devote it to improve ments. Money can only be loaned on bond and mortgage. Gone to the Quaker City. irltOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.! Haishisburg, Jan. 23. The Governor and most of his new Cabinet went to Phila delphia this afternoon. The Governor ap pointed two new notaries this afternoon, but the more important appointments are not yet decided upon. CnARLES T. MURRAY has a lot or short interviews upon timely topics fbrTHE DIS PATCH to-morrow ; also a letter on dead headisin in Tf ew York. THE LOS ANGELES BAILB0AD SCANDAL Six Assumpsit Salts Begun Against Holmes and Ills Company. Chicago, Jan. 23. The hints at startling revelations in the disastrous Investments by C. B. Holmes in the Pacific Eailway Com pany, of Los Angeles, merged into some thing tangible this evening, when Attorney Levi Mayer filed six suits In assumpsit, with Charles Whitacre and Robert Law, as plain tiffs, against Mr. Holmes and the Pacific Company, for damages aggregating 5350,000. "And these are only the beginning," said Mr. Mayer, who added: "After various con ferences by the parties who invested their money in the Pacific Railway Company, it was decided at-a meeting this afternoon to bring suits to recover." Mr. Whitacre represents a number of banks in Chicago which loaned money to Holmes and the Pacific conip.wy from Au gust to October of last year, to carry on the Los Angeles enterprise. For these loans the company and Mr. Holmes gave their notes, secured by wh'at purported to be first mortgage bonds of the Pacific Railway Company, but which they claim have proven almost valueless, and the Los An geles Railway Company, which the Pacific Railway Company succeeded, had already issued first mortgage bonds to the amonnt of Sl,500,000. "Robert Law's connection with the deal is the same as that of the banks. He took the bonds as security for loans to Holmes & Co., aggregating $150, 000. Attorney Mayer asserts that the re ceivership granted was simply a ruse to enable Mr. Holmes and his lriends to .get possession. OUTSIDE ENCOURAGEMENT. The Missouri House of Representatives Pass Resolutions Indorsing a Candidate. SritiscriELD, III., Jan. 23. The Dem ocracy of Missouri is lending the Democrats ol Illinois encouragement in their struggle for the election of Palmer to the Senate. General Palmer, Lieutenant Governor Ray and Speaker Crafts to-day re ceived an engrossed copy of reso lutions adopted vesterday by the Mis souri House of Representatives sending greeting to the Democracy of Illinois and the people of the State who are endeavoring to elect "that brave warrior in times of war, that peacemaker in times of peace, that champion of the people, patriot and states man, John M. Palmer." Speaker Crafts and LieutenantJGovernor Ray will submit these resolutions to the respective Houses. THE COUNTS LOST DAUGHTEE. A Journeyman Barber in Jersey City Is Her Lawful Husband. Uevv Yobk, Jan. 23. The whole of the sad story of "Hungry Jinnie," as she is called in the Thompson street dives Vir ginia, the Countess Szirmoy, in her right home and by her right title has not been told. It turns out that she has a husband, a legal, honest husband, and there is yet hope that her case may not be as desperate ly, hopelessly bad as it has been painted. There seems to be no doubt ot it. Joseph Monderer, a journeyman barter of Jersey City, is her legal husb-tnd. He says they lived together four months, during which time Jennie was his loyal v. i I e. THE BLAYEE OF JiSSE JAMES. He Figures in a Shooting Scrape In Which Botli rightera Are Hit. Wallsexbtjkg, Col., Jan. 23. Once more Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, is a principal in a shooting scrape. J. D. Harden runs a saloon between the town and the mines. He and Ford were shoot ing craps Wednesday night and quarreled over the stake". Thy ndjourned'-'to the bar for a drink. Both men began firing rapidly at each other. They were so close that each one was trying to knock the other's gun out of the'way. Harden was shot in the shoulder, the ball going through and coming out in the back and alio in the hand. Ford was hit in the foot and was badly burned about the face with powder. Both were arrested. AN INGALLS VICTORY. THIRTEEN ALLIANCE MEN VOTE WITH THE EEPUBLICANS. Union Veterans Petition the Kansas Legis lature to Elect Ingalls or Some Man Equally Their Friend The Senator Ar rives to Conduct His Fight in Person. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 23. There was a very exciting discussion in the House of Representatives this morning. The trouble was aroused by the presentation of a memor ial from the ex-Union soldiers of Topeka, asking that Senator Iugalls be returned to the United States Senate. The memorial recited that Senator Ingalls had always been loyal to the old'soldicrs, and asked that no one else be selected to succeed him who would not do as much for them iu Congress as he would do. Mr. Lupfer, of Pawnee county, moved that it be placed on the table. This brought Judge Webb to his feet, who earnestly pro tested against snch an insult to the old sol diers. Mr. Lupfer then changed his motion, and moved that the memorial be referred to the Committee on Agriculture. This pleased the Alliance members immensely. Alter numerous other motions, one was made to refer it to a special committee ot old soldiers, to be apoointed by the Chair. Thirteen Al liance members voted with the Repub licans, and the motion was lost '" In joint session it will require 83 votes to elect a Senator. Should the 13 Alliance men who stood by Ingalls to-day vote for his re-election, and should the Democrats vote for their own candidate, the ballot would stand Ingalls, 76; Alliance candi date, SO; Democrats' candidate, 0. Should the Democrats join the Alliance forces, the opposition to Mr. Ingalls would aggregate 89 votes, a majority. Should they decline, a deadlock would ensue. So far the Alliance has been unable to agree upon any one of the numerous Alliance Senatorial candidates, and it is by no means a certainty that on the first ballot the Alliance strength will be concentrated. The Republican leaders are confident that the Alliance people will never agree iu caucus, and base their hopes upon a divided vote. The Democrats de clare that they will vote for an Alliance man rather than Mr. Ingall, or their own candidate if they see any chance of defeat ing Mr. Ingalls. , Three caucuses were held last night at a late hour. One was composed of the ad herents of P. P. Elder, Speaker of the House. They numbered 25 Alliance men, and decided to push his claims in the cau cus. The second caucus was that of the Alliance. It decided that the Alliance Congressmen-elect, Jerry Simpson and John Davis in particular, were taking too much personal interest in the Senatorial question; that they had achieved enough success and honor in the late election to satisfy most people, and that their Senatorial booms should be suppressed. The Republicans also held a caucus and decided to take no action regarding the Senatorial question until Mr. Ingalls ar rived from Washington. A dispatch from Kansas City says that Senator Ingalls ar rived there at 6 o'clock this evening from Washington. The oveters that came by ex press on the same train were loquacious compared with the Senator. He wonld not even admit that he was himself, and hur ried away to the Union Depot Hotel. He was met bv W. J. Buchanan, Chair man of the Republican State Central Com mittee ot Kansas, and George Findlay, a prominent Republican politician. Several men ot rural aspect were afterward ad mitted into the secret chamber. One of the knowing ones predicted that Ingalls will have a majority on the first Senatorial bal lot. F. MARION CRAWFORD'S story, "The Witch ol Prague," is already attracting at tention. Second installment with a synopsis or the first in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. REVENGING THEIR WRONGS. Evicted Tenants Get Back at a Brutal Ranch Company. rsrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Ottawa, Jan. 23. Seeking revenge for the harsh treatment they have received at the hands of the Walrond Ranch Company in Alberta, Northwest Ter ritory, the evicted tenants have recently burned 300 tons of hay belonging to the Walrond estate, and threatened, with out side assistance, to wreck the whole prop erty. The settlers' houses have been torn down over their heads, and in the dead of winter these unfortunate beings have been turned out of bouse and home to find food and shelter where best tbey could. The Walrond Ranch Company is com posed of a lot of English capitalists, who are waging a war against their tenants as fierce as was ever carried on in Ireland. The Government realizes the damaging effect this state of affairs will have upon future emigration to the country, and will have a thorough investiga tion of the treatment the Walrond estate tenants have received at the hands ot the company's agents. In the meantime, to prevent further depredation and destruc tion, a detachment of the mounted police has been dispatched to the scene of the eviction to maintain order. ARE you reading the "Witch of Prague?" It's a charming Hypnotic Romance, and is running exclusively ' in THE DISPATCH. See to-morrow's issue. THREE MEASURES DISCUSSED. The Minnesota Legislature Tackles Grain Gambling, Ballot and the Force Bill. St. Paul, Jan. 23. The Senate spent almost the entire morning in discussing a memorial to Congress, favoring the passage of the Butterworth bill or some other sim ilar measure prohibiting gambling in grain and other food product, which was finally adopted by a vote of 49 to 1. Mr. Keyes, in the House, introduced a bill extending the Australian ballot system' to the whole State, it now being limited to cities of over 10,000 inhabitants. Mr. Mc Allister presented a long joint resolution, arguing against and denouncing the elec tions bill, which went over, notice of de bate being given. THE CHINESE MUST GO. Oregon Railroad Hands Raid the Quarters of Uie.jvfetestlals. Pesdletojt, Oee., Jan. 23. All the Chinese laundrymen and laborers have been driven from towns of Western Athena and Adams by a mob. At Milton one Chinaman refused to leave and was dragged for some distance with a rope around his neck, A report trom Hilgard says the discharged white section bauds razed the Chinese houses and compelled tbem to leave the place. ' It is rnmored that a party ol white men who raided the Chinese quarter in other towns are on their war here, and will drive out the Chinese to-night. AN ALLEGED FEMALE POISONER, She Is Arretted on the Charge of Murdering Two Customers. Eichland Cenxeb, WisJan. 23. The remains of Dr. Mitchell's wife were ex humed to-day and the stomach sent to Chi cago for examination. There is a suspicion that she was poisoned by the young Polish milliner who is under arrest foe poisoning Miss Emma Mally. THE PITTSBUKG DISPATCH. 'SATURDAY, JANUARY THE BLAINE BOOMERS Confident That Tbeir Favorite Will be a Candidate in 1892. BLUNDERS OF THE DEMOCRATS Largely Belied Upon to Increase the Chances of Success. EFFECT OF THE FEEE COINAGE CRAZE fFKOM X ETAFF COltltESrONDE.VT.J New York, Jan. 23. "What is this astute leader irom Maine scheming for if not the Presidency?" asked a Piatt Re publican at the Fifth Avenue Hotel tbeQtber evening. "He never makes a move that is not calculated to enhance his own political individuality and importance. That he has retired from the Presidental field is all bosh. He is lying low and playing the dark-horse racket When the hour comes you will see Jim Blaine astride of his battle steed, and the old white plume to the front." This sentiment finds so many echoes in one form or another that it is worth consid ering. Is Blaine a possibility? Does he so regard hirasel.? From what has transpired in the last few weeks the conclusion is quite irresistible. He intends to be considered in it. Staunch Blaine men like Colonel Hooker, of Vermont, who has been here re cently, not only admit the possibility, but assert the certainty of Blaine's candidature. A Candidate of Necessity. "Things are so shaping themselves as to make him a necessity," says Colonel Hooker. This -was with reference to silver, to the tarifi and to foreign complications. It would appear that Mr. Blaine's hopes are based chiefly upou his. ability to extricate his party from the political debris brought about its ears by the course of the leaders in Congress. This by means of his reciprocity scheme. Another strong card that will be played when it comes his turn will be the jingoism of Bering Sea, American fisheries and the affairs "of the port ol San Jose. He expects this Congress' to pass the silver bill, and by that act to "cut Harrison in a hole." The President, in such a case, will be be tween his satanic majesty and the deep sea. If he signs the measure, he alienates New York, New Jersey and Connecticut If he refuses to sign it, he will lose quite as much, if not more, in the Northwest and West If Blaine's nearest friends know his senti ments, he regards Harrison as already out of the race aud not at all a political factor, save as he may yet assist or mar the pros pects of his party. It is the Blaine policy to keep in the background until the Presi dental aspirants thicken and grow clamor ous and the petty leaders get hot over their respective candidates. Waiting for the 'Right Moment. At this opportune momenf James G. Blaine will enter and take the center of the stage, whereupon the old enthusiasm will be rekindled, the little fellows will slink into the wings and sink through the traps, and the Plumed Knight of an hundred battles will be declared again Big Chief. This re verses the usual Blaine tactics, which here tofore have been to take the field early and fight early and late with such weapons as circumstances furnished, vigorously club bing a W3y to the front. It is unquestion ably a very good scheme if it works. Mr. Blaine is still the strongest political' personality in the Republican party, and he knows it But in what respect is he stronger as a national candidate before the people of the entire country? Have the issues as between the two great parties im proved Blaine's chances of election since 1884? If so, in what respect? What new questiou has arisen since he was defeated by Grover Cleveland that Mr. Blaine con spicuously represents which could be relied uporito give him additional strength as a. Presidental candidate? He certainly could expect no assistance from the South. Provided that section en joys its present freedom of the elective franchise there is not the remotest hope of a break in the solid Democratic column. The agitation of the lorce bill has effectually destroyed any chance of that sort. In what part of the North is the Republican party stronger to-day than it was iu 1881? It would be interesting to have this particular,. pujui uiuairaicu uy uiagrarus anu ugures. I have asked that question of a good many politicians recently and it has been met only by glittering generalities, the substance of which is that the luture of the Republi can party largely depends upon things hoped for, but at present unseen: Depending Upon Personal Magnetism. When an old time and yet consistent ad herent of Blaine's is asked the question, hei invariamy tails DacK upon tlie "personal magnetism" of his favorite to pull the party through. Yet still the important point re curs; if the party is in no better shape to-day than in 1884, in what respect has Blaine im proved in political strength? From the foregoing it logically follows that any real hope of success ;n the next national election the Republicans may rea sonably indulge in is founded upon what issues and what men may between now and the proper time spring up. It must fall back upon this intangible, unknown in terim; and, disappointed in not finding a lucky lead, adopt the dernier resort, the force bill. Now, on what short of physical force can the G. O. P. safely count for as sistance in the retention of national power? There is one never-failing trust in national politics, and that is iu the inevitable blun ders of political opponents. Nothing on earth, apparently, can save a political or ganization from the effects of the political idiocy of its leaders. When these leaders hold the front rank for responsibility for legislation or administration there is no es cape. Blunders of the Opposition. All the opposition has to do is to make a theoretical opposition and sit down and wait. The other side will make the issues fast enough. This is just what the present Republican Congress and Administration are doing for the Democracy. And it is just what may reasonably be expected on he other side from the unusual Democratic ma jority ot the coming House of Representa tives. Fortunately for the country and fortu nately lor the Inture ol the Democratic party, that body will be unable to leave any serious legislative marks upon the statute books. The present Congress, however, be ing iu complete power and accord with the other branches of the Government, has to shoulder all the responsibilities of legisla tion. Further than this, the Republican party must not only bear the burden of ad ministrative and legislative blunders, but it must accept the real and the imaginary re sults. By reason of this it is alike respon sible for taxation and hard times. ' It is not worth while to try to dodge even the small' pox. . There is this question of free coinage. It is a short-sighted politician who does not see beyond this silver lining a political cloud that is likely to pour down a steady rain or a waters.iout upou somebody.. The silver issue is not a scheme of Western mine owners, as most 'people carelessly imagine. Behind that blind is a vast party of cur rency inflationists, pure and simple. A Revival of Old Isaacs. If the old greenback membership of a text' years ago conld be polled to-day they would be found to back free coinage to a man. And such a poll would show, especially in the West, the accessions a very consfder able body of "hard money" people who are suffering from the effectsof the present finan cial stringency. There are plenty of nou , inflationists aud hard money men of means, brains and influence who undoubtedly be lieve in free coinage. It happens to fall upon a Republican ad ministration and a Bepublicau Congress to meet the expectations of both silverites and unti-silverites. Will they be able to do so? That Congress will pass a free coinage'meas nre there is no-reasonable question; but will President Harrison sign such a bill? Prob ably not. Then you'll see what a howl will go up against Ben Harrison from one sec tion, and praise for his sound statesmanship from another section. But suppose the measure does not become a law, and thereby Harrison is "put in a hole" then Vhere is the Democratic party? Tt must take up free coinage ib turn or climb into the same hole next winter. The responsibility for free coinage or not free coinage must then be shared by the Democratic party, for the Democratic House of Representatives must either go with the Senate or with the Presi dent. Would Greatly Help Grover. The silver question disposed of by the present Congress would remove that issue from national politics and substitute its evil results, if such results should follow' this method of inflation. The elimination of silver would greatly enhance Mr. Cleve land's chances for renomination. Foe that matter, if the pro-silver policy turned out badly Mr. Cleveland would shine still bet ter in its reflected light, since he has officially warned the people against what he deems a delusion. On the other hand, should Congress leave the matter unsettled bv reason of the Presi dental veto, Mr. Cleveland would be antagonized by the very States and identical people from whom he now expects his princi pal support. These "ifs" enter into the political situation, and they are ifs with a big "I." Were I a political prophet, with a reputation worth preserving, I should un hesitatingly pronounce Cleveland, with the silver issue pending, a Presidental impossi bility. Not being a prophet or the son of a prophet, I merely set down these points, leaving the intelligent reader to draw his own conclusions. When the Washington row overlhe force bill is taken Into consideration it is remark 'able how little that important question is talked about in political circles here. Com paratively few people seem prepared to be lieve that it will ever become a law, and still fewer conceive that it means all that its Congressional opponents claim for it The Bock They Cling to. There are people of a certain radical set, nearly or actually allied with Federal office holding.who are looking solely to the force bill and its rigid enforcement for the perpet uation of the party power. It is somewhat surprising when you soberly think of it that a considerable number of men representing Federal lawand order strongly favor arbi trary arrests, the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, the use of the central mili tary power, in general elections in short the revolutionizing of our whole system of government for the sake of a somewhat doubtful, certainly temporary political advantage. Yet there are a good many such partisans and to please them the force bill is again being pushed. If any body presumes that such an extreme au thority granted would not be used and vigorously used for the perpetuation of the power of the party that originated the scheme, he must be a verdant person and one who has either not studied the political history of his own country, or a willully stupid person who has studied it to no ad vantage. But 1 have confidence in the intelligence and patriotism ot the great body of the peo ple and believe iu their general verdict on extraordinary political methods. When they are no longer to be depended upon in this matter, I shall doubtless be satisfied to accept this political economy with its abso lute President, life Senate, supreme mili tary authority and all the other comcomi tants oi empire. Chaeles T. Mubray. A ROAD TIED UP. ONLY MAIL CABS CAN BE MOVED AT HUNTINGTON, IND. The Striking Operators at Present Have the Advantage Other Boads Befnse to Honor Orders The People Sympathize With tlie Strikers The CornparjyThreat ens the Bemoval of Its Shops. HuuTINGXOlf, IND., Jan. 23. The situation on the Chicago and Erie Railroad has remained unchanged during the day, and not a wheel, with the exception of mail cars, have moved. Chief Dispatcher J. H. Klein is assisted by his son and an operator named B. H. Jeffries, but tbey have not made much headway. Last night, after the conference between General Superintendent Moorhead and the committee, they all left in a special car tor Chicago, for the purpose of holding a con sultation with General Manager Tucker, but up to this hour they have not returned. The company has used every effort to seenre telegraphers to take the place of the oper ators, but without avail. Several times they had all arrangements made for dispatchers to come here, when the striking dispatchers heard of it, and by telegraphing the situation, the men were persuaded not to come. Since the Chicago and Erie is tied up, the only road out, of this place is the Wabash, and that road has notified the Erie people that tbey will not honor their orders for transportation for their passengers, and freight, and it is re ported all the other roads have done the same, which ni-ikes the situation worse than belorj, and gives the dispatchers and con ductors a good advantage. The men who are out are the better paid employes, the dispatchers aud operators receiving from $100 to 8150 per mouth, while the pas senger conductors receive $10 and the freight men from ?80 to $123. Superintendent Merrill said this after noou that he could run a train and send it over the road if the autnorities here would only furnish bini with the proper police pro tection The people, however are sym pathizers with the men, aud are aiding them in every way they can against thS company. General Manager Tucker intimated in a communication to-day that the company's large shops here would be removed' should the people, continue in their sympathy with the strikers." CARDINAL GIBBONS, Powderly, Sena tors Dolph and Ingalls aud others discuss the dangers that threaten the Republic in THE DISPATCH to-rnqrrow. An interest ing symposium. THEY ATTACKED THE TEACHES. She Had Punished Their Boy, and They Thirsted for Revenge. Winnebago City, Minn., Jan. 23. James Cruzeu, his wife and daughter, have been arrested for assault upon Matilda E. .Lent, a school teacher, with intent to kill. The wife is the one directly accused. She made the assault upon Miss Lent with a heavy school bell, on account of a whipping the school teacher had inflicted upon her child. It is feared Miss.Lent cannot live. The defendants were bronght before a Justice of the Peace Tuesday, and the ex amination was continued to February 3. Bail was fixed for Mr. and Mrs. Crusen at 5500eacb, and $200 lor Cora Cruzeu, aud was lurnished. KIDNAPING A LEGISLATOR It Is Alleged That an Attempt Is Madoto Control His Tote. Pierre, S. D., Jan. 23. A resolu tion was introduced in the House to-day by Mr. Stephens, stating that a member ofthc House was being kidnaped by one Frank Seaver, of Charles Mir county, for the pur pose of controlling his vote contrary to bis rights as a member, reciting the section of the Constitution applicable to the crime charged, and asking that a committee be appointed lor full investigation of the matter. Minor Police Items. , Thomas Barrett accuses James Green, colored, with striking him on the head with a brictc Nellie Roagers was committed to jail by Magistrate McKenna for a court trial on a charge ol selling liquor without a license on Jones avenue. 24, . 1391.. . PtAMIRG THE FIGHT. Executive Council, A. F. of l to Lay Out the' Miners' Programme. A QUESTION OF HOURS, NOT WAGES Glass Workers Sending Monej- to Corning to Aid the Strikers. MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ITEMS W. A. Carney, Second "Vice President of the American Federation of Labor, left yes terday for New York, where a meeting of the Executive Couucil of that organization will be held to-day -to formulate plans for the struggle to be inaugurated by the miners on May 1, for the adoption of an eight-hour work day. Mr. Carney is the representative of the Amalgamated Association in the Executive Council, being Vice President of the First division of the First district of that organiza tion. He was seen at the headquarters ot the association yesterday, but was unable to give a forecast of what would be transacted at the meeting to-day. The miners have been selected as the peo ple for whom the Federation has pledged the support of its membership of over half a million, and the fight has all the appear ances of being a fierce one. "Miners' Demands May Be Forced. Just in what way the various organiza tions affiliated with the Federation 'will support the miners has not yet been deter mined. While it is not expected that they will resort to a general tie-up of everything connected with the Federation, yet this is among the possibilities as a means ot forcing the demands of the miners incase more con servative plans fail. This is one of the matters to be settled to day. An assessment will probably be levied on each organization to provide a fund to defray the expenses of the fight, for fight it will be. The severity of the strnggles now in progress in Alabama, Central Pennsyl vania and other local places indicate!: the character of the. struggle in store for the miners in May. But the question of wages will not be involved. Mr. Carney said it will be simply a question of eight hours for a day's work. The various districts will be still at liberty to make and enforce scales to correspond with the character of the work in their respective localities. There is no change in the situation along the Monongahela. Operators laugh at the report that tbey were employing Hungarians to take the places of the strikers. The only Huns that were put to work were a few laborers that were employed along the river, and it is not expected that any others will be taken there. Neither side has exhibited any intention of making concessions, and nothing is likely to be done now until after the meeting of the miners next Thursday. Prices of Coal Bound to Increase. In the meantime the coal now in the market will continue to decrease in quantity and the prices will increase. Upon the result of the miners' efforts for shorter hours will hinge the movements of many of the other organizations. Locally there is not expected to be any great activ ity in that line outside ot the miners. The carpenters have voted upon the question, and while the proposition to make the de mands was carried by a simple majority, ac cording to a previous decision that a two thirds majority was required, the matter will be dropped, unless an apoeal, which is talked of, be taken from the decision, rela tive to the majority required. The carpenters of Kittanning, Armstrong county, have voted to demand niue hours with ten hours' pay after May 1, and will mako the fight independently. There has been plenty of work in that prosperous county seat for the past year, while work men have been scarce, and the.men feel con fident of winning. "" THEY DID NOT WITHDEAW. Green Bottle Blowers Have Given Vp the Idea of "Leaving the K, of IV. L. A. 6111, IC of L., met last night again, but no resolution was passed provid ing that the assembly should' leave the or ganization. The bottle trade is booming, and while the impression has been given out several times that the production was large and prices low, the manufacturers are continuing to get good prices. It "will not.be long until the agitation for licenses among liquor men will begin. The workmen thinK it would be to the interest of the manufacturers to interest themselves in having 'a large number of licenses granted, as through the liberality of the judges last year the demand for "bar goods was brisk; AGBEEMENT MAY BE DE0PPED. Grocers and "Lahor Representatives Fail to Harmonize. Another conference between the Grocers" Association and the labor organizations was held last night, but those in attendance re fused to say anything about what was trans-, acted. The impression, as previously indicated in The Dispatch, is that the agreement will not be entered into. The fears of the conspiracy law still sticks to the members of the Grocers' Association, and now that it is impossible for the agreement to be entered into secretly, as originally intended, it is likely to be dropped entirely. NATIONAL TSADES COUNCIL, Business Transacted at the Boston Meeting of Plasterers. President denary, of the Operative Plas terers' Association, which met in Boston during the week, came home yesterday. Among the propositions before the meet ing was one to affiliate the national body with the American Federation ol" Labor, which was defeated, and one to establish a national building trades council, which idea will be agitated in the various organizations and come up again for consideration next year. AIDING; THE STSIEERS. Two Thousand Dollars Sent to Corning Each "Week for the Blowers. The strike at Corning is becoming more stubborn and theA. F. G. W. V. is taking up the fight in earnest. They are sending $2,000 a week to Corning to aid the strikers and work is being secured as fast as possible for the men. The firm has a force of green men at work and the factory is in operation, but with what success, no one outside of the firm knows. Officers to Be Elected. The Trades Council will hold its nnnnal meeting to-night, and elect officers. It is understood President Stuart will withdraw Irom the contest, leaving the fight open to W. J. McKeever and F. G. Stoehr. Master Painters' Convention. The Master Painters' Association will meet in Philadelphia next week. Pittsburg will send several- delegates, among others Presideut Titus Berger, John Stulen, Jr., and R. C. Miller. Will Close for Repairs. The Edgar Thomson Steel Works, at Braddock, will suspend operations Satur day, February 7, to make repairs. The work will consume about a month's time. Will Remain Banked. The Mahoning furnaces are still banked up, and the railroads are" making no more It looks like a NO TBUST IN THIS. One. Meeting or Manufacturers "Whore Prices Are Not Considered. The soap manufacturers of the country will hold a convention at the Monongahela House next week for the purpose of discuss ing matters of common interest to the trade. A feature of the meeting will be an effort that is to be made to break up the practice of giving away prizs packages with new brands of soap. The soap manufacturers have never formed a trust or combine, nor will any attempt be made this year to regu late prices. The meetings arc more of a social charac ter, and a good part of the time during the sessions is scent in paying' their dues, smoking good cigars, exchanging yarns and attending the theaters. AT A STANDSTILL Conferees on the Flint Scale Not Making Much Progress. There is a standstill between the Confer ence or Scale and Wage Committee of the Flint Glass Manufacturers and the Flint Glass Workers' Association. The latter have demanded an increase of wages for certain workmen, which it is thought the condition of trade does not warrantor justi fy, and also demand a reduction ot the move list, notably on solid stem pressed bowls. No Interruption can result from any pres ent failure to agree, as the former agree ment provides for a prolonging of last year's scale to next April. WILL BUY OUTBIGHT. The Flint Glass Company to Have Several Foreign Offices. The Flint Glass Company is assured now, and the new concern will soon begin to pur chase factories outright. Branch offices will be located in London, Australia and other foreign points. Some of the Findlay firms are refusing to go in because, as they say, they have no faith in the staying qualities of the con cern. Industrial Notes. The Carrie furnace has made a record of 163 tons of pig iron'in 21 hours. Master Workman Evans thinks the car workers' difficulty will be settled to-day. It is estimated that tbe closing of the win dow (rlasi factories has curtailed the market fully 9,000 boxes a week. The stupendous structure of the Cbarleroi Plate Glass Worts is neanng completion, and will be in operation about March 1. Beginning with to-day, according to the action of tbe Western Flint Bottle Manufac turers' Association, the production in that line will be curtailed for two weeks in order to maintain prices. Regarding tbe statement of L M. Koss, the following is what he said: 'In case the Amer ican Federation goes into tbe eignt-hour move ment and fans, I am sure there would be dis satisfaction in tbelr ranks." DIED AT THEIR POST. TWO HEN KILLED AT A BIG BLAZE IN BUFFALO. Tlie Pecuniary Loss "Will Beach 8300,000 Several Firemen Overwhelmed by a Falling "Wall of Brick Some of the Men Are Badly "Wounded- Buffalo, Jan. 23. The new and hand some building of Warner Brothers was almost completely ruined by a fire to-night, in which two lives were lost. The builJing was of brick, trimmed with cut stone, Sve stories high. It was divided into four stores, occupied by Warner Brothers, Dar ling & Scholes, Zingsheim & Harrisand L. Marcus & Son. The total loss is estimated at 5300,000. Two men were taken from the ruins, dead. They are Adam Fisher, chief of engine No. 4, and Robert Snyder. Shortly after 11 o'clock, when all thought of further damage of fire or falling walls had apparently passed, and the Chief was dispersing wbat men were not needed, the fire men from engine No. 4, were stationed in lront of the Marcus building and several streams were nlaying upon tbe ruins. Chiet Hornung and Assistant Chief Murphy were standing just behind the pipemen, directing the work. Snddenly the wall was seen to totter, and belore tbe men could move to escape the danger it was upon them. Theodore M. Krouss, George Whitner and Autbouy Keller dragged themselves out. They were hurried to the hospital. Dr. Corlett hastily dressed the wounds of Snyder, but although everything was done for him be died. PAIS EESTAUBANT PATE0NS. Their Ways With tlie Menu Are Not the "Ways of Men. New york Herald.: Did anybody ever observe without amuse ment a womau order luncheon in a restaur ant? There is certainly nothing funnier unless it is two women ordering. Someone has aptly said that "were It not for the eyes of the sterner sex upon them, it is more than probable that women wonld begin with ice cream and end with soup." Of course there are exceptions, and many ladies who are accustomed to dine and lunch at hotels, either alone or with husbands, be come as fastidious as men. But take the or dinary fair and youthful creature; no mat ter how hungry she may be.'she either tries to get out as cheaply as possible or else she orders the most incongruous dishes. The latter class will go into a fashionable hotel-restaurant, perhaps two together, and order soup for one and then fill up on bread and rolls,whicn,with the best butter, makes a very tolerable repast. At least so says a leading hotel man. " "Thus," he continued, "had we not been obliged to charge extra for bread and butter served with soup only, they would get off for 10 cents apiece and yet have the ad vantage of the best surroundings, as well as the moft excellent table service. "With others it is not a matter of money t all, but simply ot queer tastes aud ideas, and frequently an ignorance of the nature or amount of the dish ordered. Some who intend to have an extended luncheon will order sonp for two when there are only two ladies, althongh as a starter soup for one would be plenty. "Others will order lobster or chicken salad, with a glass of milk, aud this will be lollowed up with an order for ice cream or charlotte russe, with chocolate eclaires to cap the climax. "Many look at the menu without its con veyiug any idea to them, and then order at random from pure helplessness.' "However this may be, a woman seldom orders a sonp, then fish and winds up with a well cooked entree, with a small cup of cafe noir If she cares for it "But, after all, perhaps the feminine palate diners from the masculine one, and in any case if tbe ladies are satisfied no one should complain." Made Blind by Collars. New York Journal. J Those who suffer from sudden weakness of the eyes that seems to have no cause should look at their' collars and see if they fit too tight "The influence of tight collars in Im peding the circulation in the head by press ing qn tbe jugular veins is well known to military surgeons, .with the troops in India; but the bad effects -of such pressure in cooler climates has been ' demonstrated by the ob servations of Prof. Forster, of Breslau, who states that 300 cases have come under his notice in which the eyesight has been affected by tbe disturbance of. tbecirculation caused by wearing collars that are too small. whatever to reduce rates, stubborn fight A GREAT FISH STORY. ; The Recent Death of King Kalafcua Prophesied 'Aciordins to a LEGEND OF THE HAWAII ISLANDS. The Appearance of a Redlhh In the Harbor Indicated His End. ALSO A PKEDICTIOJI OP A REPUBLIC rsrzci.ii. TZX.ZGUX to tos DisrATcn.i Dexvbb, Jan. 23. The .Benu&Zican to day printed the following remarkable yarn with the statement that it came from the paper's Honolulu correspondent, and was written upon January 9. On the other hand, it is cruelly asserted that the matter is pure fiction and was invented in Denver, bnt the story is given for wbat it is wortn. Here it is: Honolulu, Jan. 9. , "His Majesty King Kalakua has taken his last look upon his throne, bis palace, his people, in his own pretty Honolulu. He left on November 25 on the fl.igsbip Charle ston, by special request ot Admiral Brown, to accept his hospitality to San Francisco, after which Tie intended making an ex tended tour of the States, possibly Europe,, accompanied oniy by his chamberlain. A Legend or the Islands. "Now comes the sad part of the story. An old Hawaiian legend from time immemorial has instilled itself in the mind of the Kanaka, viz.: When a redfish eaters the harbor the crowned head must shortly die. A redfish on November 10 made bis fiery appearance aud was seen by the credulous natives, and although some incredulous Yankees claimed that the Chamberlain and the FrincesS3 knew how the redfish came there, still the King, with bis labulous wealth oi mental and physical training, in the full vigor of life, ouly 51 years, has gradually faded, grown asnen in hue, wrinkled.'and old since the news of the red fish reached his ears. "The wrangle for supremacy between the whites and his people has made the legisla tive work hard on him this term. Tbe pub lic belief is that his Chamberlain will see to it that he is taken to his native land, in a metallic box, to be interred with other roy- alty. The -eport has been extensively cir culated of the red-fish, though there is an opinion afloat that the Chamberlain aud the Princess who will take the throne know how the fish was towed into the harbor. Be that as it may, the King must succumb. Prediction of a Republic "His Chamberlain is a very oily white man, a fact which is well known among many of the respectable citizens here of whom we quote tbe above information, though he is balm to all bis crowned beads apparently. Tbe Princess is a married lady and she is reported to be hand-in-glove with the Chamberlain. And the Queen can't speak English. So they have it their own way. In the depths of Colonel McFarlaue's Mini, be sees visions ahead of him, viz., when the throne is overthrown which has been planned. He will have a republic, and Colonel McFarlane, Presi dent. Survival of the fittest Kalakua must go." CARDINAL GIBBONS, Powderly, Sena tors Dolph and Ingalls and others discuss the clangers that threaten the Republic in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. An Interest ing symposium. HE E0EG0T HIS MARRIAGE. The Deranged Man Who Leaped From a Chicago Train Pound. Milwaukee, Jan. 23. W. W. Lovell, who-became suddenly insane and jumped from a -train in Chicago, turned up in Bacine to-night at the home of relatives. He was quiet in his. demeanor, but his . mind is evidently deranged, aud he seems to remember nothing of his marriage. Altogether Too Sweet. Washington btar.l "Oh," she said rapturously, ''Ob, Harry Hollyhock is so perfectly sweet that he walks with a sugar cane." "Ugb," grunted he" old dad; "and mo' lasses are fools about him than you can throw a stick at." Taken to Brooklyn. The body of J. H. Butler, who died in Central station Wednesday from the effects of a'n overdose of morphine, will be taken to Brooklyn to-day. Undertaker Mullin, of that city, arrived here yesterday to see to the remains. No Choice Yet in South Dakota. Pieeee, S. D., Jan. 23. The two ballots taken to-day stood: Moody, 75; Tripp (Dem.), 25; Harden, 17; Grose, 11; Wardell, 12; Kyle, 8; scattering, 9. Adjourned. 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