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Every Free Coinage Movement
Now Met With a Force
Bill Threat.
REED PLANS A NEW RULE,
TYbich Is Formally Introduced in the
House by One of His Maine
Colleagues.
SILVER ADVOCATES DESPERATE.
Thej Are Trying- to Make a Deal With the
Quaker City Members to Tote for
a Kew Mint Building.
ItEXEWED TALK OP AN tXTEA SESSION.
IJa&Il Eu Imaged AH of the Dettils to i Bold
AtUck Upon the Foliry of the
Adniustntios.
iA DENIAL THAT KEW WILL SUCCEED WIKDOK
rrnOM a STArr coBREsroxDEitT.l
"Washi-giw, Feb. 9. The clever
scheming of the Democrats to invent some
plan by which they can either get the free
coinage bill beiore the House independently
or as a "rider" or an appropriation bill,
brought Mr. Dingley, of Maine, to the
front this afternoon with a proposition in
tie interests of the elections bill, which, of
course, emanated from Speaker Reed him
self. It will be remembered that on Saturday
Mr. Townsend, of Colorado, introduced a
resolution providing that when a commit
tee, after holding five hearings on any bill,
refuses to report the bill, favorably or ad
versely, to the House, four members of that
committee may move to -discharge the com
mittee from further consideration of the
hill, and that it be brought before the House.
Mr. Dingley's proposition is in the form of
an amendment to the Townsend resolution,
and provides that any bill passed by the
House and sent to the Senate, when not
within six months favorably or unfavorably
acted upon by the Senate, it shall be in or
der to attach such bill as an amendment to
any appropriation bill pending in the
House.
Totes Are the Only Necessity.
Of course the proposed amendment to the
pm5d resolution, both of which are now
in the hands of that all powerful syndicate,
the Committee on Rules, is merely intended
to make the resolution ridiculous, for both
are so absurd that they will probably not be
heard of again. Xo resolution is necessary
'.far the purpose of attaching a "rider" to an
appropriation bill. All it needs is a suf
ficient number of votes.
Possibly in the case of the free coinage
"bill a number would be needed sufficient to
instain an appeal against the ruling of the
'Speaker. The action of Dingley, however,
"is fair warring to the Democrats that any
attempt to get un the free coinage bill will
provoke a counter attempt in the direction
f the elections bill. There will certainly
yet be a good deal of music in this playing
en discordant strings and possibly an extra
session.
Here is another feature which mav have
an important bearing upon the situation,
and which the radical silver advocates are
trying to turn to advantage. A strong ef
fort will be made this week to call up the
bill for the sale of the old mint property in
Philadelphia and the erection of a new
building.
Trouble Caused by the Spoils.
It is said that there are a number of
Pennsylvania members who propose to vote
against the bill on purely personal grounds.
These claim that their reason for so doing is
that Superintendent Bosbyshell has not
treated them fairly in the matter of appoint
ments. They have probably asked the ap
pointment of a day laborer or two and be
eacse they were unable to get what they
were after they propose to punish not only
the big city of Philadelphia, but the entire
State of Pennsylvania for the alleged slight
jmt upon them.
None of the Philadelphia members are
party to this means of petty revenge, end
they are using their best endeavors to dis
ssade the kickers from their purpose. The
threats came from several of the Eastern
"country" members and it can be authori
tatively stated that their only object in
voting to deprive Philadelphia of a mint,
which was recommended by Secretary Win
dom as his last official act, and by the
Supervising Architect and the Director of
the Mint, is a desire to get square with
Superintendent Bosbyshell for either turn
ing down their appointments or delaying
them.
Tiring to Effect a Deal.
There is now only one member of the
Committee on Kules who is opposed to
granting a rule setting apart a day for the
consideration of the bill, and that is Cannon.
He is holding out on the general .principle
of expenditure. Cannon is under the im
pression that a big appropriation is asked
for. but he is gradually being convinced of
the fact that but 550,000 is asked for, the re
mainder of the money being provided by the
bale of the old mint property.
Speaker Reed is entirely in accord with
the bill and he has from time to timeassured
the Philadelphia members that he will help
them all he can. There is a minor here to
night that the free coinage Democrats are
trying to effect a deal with Congressman
Vaux by which he will use his influence to
hring the silver hill out or the committee in
order that it may be considered in the House
and in return the free coinage Democrats
-will vote solid for the Philadelphia mint
Ml. Mr. Vaux says that the rumor has no
foundation, but there are those who claim
that such negotiations are now pending.
Dalzell Ready for tho Fray.
The other disturbing element of the clos
ing days of the session is the Eeiter-Barrun-lia-Mizner
affair. Congressman Dalzell
completed his arrangements to-day foropenv
ing fire on SecretaryTracy. He has secured
one hour of Congressman Butterworth's
time, and he will then tell what he knows
of diplomatic courtesy and the right toad
minister a reprimand to a naval officer.
Mr. Dalzell's utterances will reflect se
verely upon the Secretary of the Navy, and
will be quite sensational. His discourse
will come under two heads: First, that the
Secretary of the Navy has no power to ad
minister a reprimand or a censure to a naval
officer in times of peace witbom granting
him the privilege ot a court-martial. The
second point Dalzell will make will be the
fact that there was no occasion to censure
Commander .Reiter, as he wasactingstrictly
in accordance with international law, as far
as it applied to the usages of naval inter
ference. Dalzell has authorities and opinions by
the score, and he will quote largely from
Supreme Court decisions. Liohtxek.
BLAIR'S SECOND DEFEAT.
THE SENATE REFUSES TO BECALL HIS
EIGHT-HOUR BILL.
It Still Remains Burled in Committee Ed
munds Inveighs Against Labor Unions
and Labor Legislation The House Copy
right IJIU Yet Through the Senate.
"Washington, Feb. 9. In the Senate
to-day the credentials ot Mr. Voorhees for
his new Senatorial term, from March 4
next, were presented and placed on file.
The credentials of Henry Hansbrough as
Senator-elect from the State of North Da
kota, for the term commencing March i
next, were presented and referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Mr. Carlisle offered a resolution, which
was agreed to, calling on the President for
copies of recent correspondence with the
Minister of Brazil, with translations of the
recent laws ot Brazil, in reference to the
importation of certain products of the
United States into that country.
At 12 o'clock the unfinished business was
laid before the Senate, which -was Mr.
Harris" motion to. lay on the table Mr.
Blair's motion to reconsider the vote re
committing to the Committee on Education
and Labor tho bill providing for the adjustment
of accounts of laborers, workmen and mechan
ics ariBing under tho right-hour law. The
motion to lay on the table was disagreed to
Yeas, 29; nas. 31. The question recurring on
Mr. Blair's motion to reconsider. Mr. Hale sug
gested that the best nay to settle those claims
would- be to refer them to the acconnting
officers of the Treasury, free from the statute
of limitations.
Mr. Edmunds gave it as his opinion that the
acconnting officers were not controlled by the
statute of limitations; bnt that they considered
the matter under the existing eight-hour law.
He saw or the morning papers that no citizen
of the United States was to bo allowed to work
on the World's Fair buildings who was not a
member of a labor union, and that it would re
quire the use of the army of the United States
to allow any other man to have a day's work on
those buildings. He thought that it was a
crime against liberty and against the prosperity
of the laboring people of the country (nine
tenths of the whole) to undertake to resrulate
by law cither the time of labor or the wages of
grown-up. intelligent men, supposed to be
capable of taking care of themselves.
The question was taken on the motion to re
consider and it was disagreed to: Yeas, 28;
nays, 29. Mr. Higgins. who had voted no on
the motion to lay tue motion to reconsider on
the table, voted aye on the motion to recon
sider which accounts for the variation in the
to votes. So the bill stands recommitted to
the Committee on Education and Labor.
The Senate then proceeded to the consider
ation of the House copyright Dill, and Mr.
Piatt, who has charge of it, made a brief ex
planation ot and argument for it. He hoped
that the House bill would be passed without
amendment.
Mr. Frye did not coincide in that view; but
offered an amendment extending the-wlo-ciptes
of the bill to maps, charts, dramatic or
musical compositions, engravings, cuts, prints
chromos and lithographs. After a long debate
the lithographic amendment was agreed to:
yeas 27. nays 24.
Mr. Sherman moved to amend Section 3 by
striking ont tho word "prohibited" and insert
ing In lieu thereof the words "subject to the
duties proTiaed by law"; so that books, eta,
copyrighted and printed abroad shall not be
prohibited, bnt shall be subject to tariff duties.
The amendment went over without action.
A G0VEBNMENT HAUL.
The Central and Union Pacific Railroads
Will Have to Pny TJp.
WASmxaTox.Feb.9. It is learned from a
letter recently sent by H. A. Taylor, Commis
sioner of Railroads, to the Secretary of the In
terior that action is about to be taken under
tho recent decision of the Supreme Court, in
the case of the United States, appellant, vs the
Central Paciflo Railroad Company. This de
cision reverses a decision of tho Court of
Claims, in which it was held that in the process
of ascertaining the net earnings of the Union
and Central Pacific companies, upon which 25
per cent is required to be paid, the Govern
ment, under the Tburman act, could dednct
from the gross earnings not only tho actual
operating expenses, necessary repairs and in
terest on the first mortgage bonds, but also
that there should be deducted all sums paid for
improvements, betterments and new equip
ment. The Supreme Court reverses tho decision and
holds that, under the Thurman act, the net
earnings must be ascertained by deducting
from the gross earnings only the actual operat
ing expenses, necessary repairs made within the
vear and interest on the hrst mortgage bonds.
Under this method of calculation the net earn
ings of the Central Pacific Company will be in
creased over $2,000,000 and the net earnings of
the Union Pacific nearly P.'juu.OPO since the pas
sage of the Thurman act. 25 per cent of which
sum will now be recovered bythe Government.
STJNDBY CIVIL BILL PASSED.
An Extended Debate on the Question of
Clerks for Congressmen.
Washington, Feb. 9. After the read.ng of
the House journal to-day, a rather stormy de
bate ensued as to the order of business, but the
House finally went into committee of the
whole on the sundry civil bill. On motion of
Mr.Dunnell, of Minnesota, an amendment was
adopted appropriating $10,000 to complete the
anproacbes to the public building at Winona.
Minn.
Mr. Hayes, of Iowa, offered an amendment to
the legislative appropriation bill providing ses
sion clerks to Representatives with a salary of
$5 a day. A point of order was made against it,
but was overruled by the Chair. Mr. Boutelle,
ot Maine, excited a good deal of merriment in
advocating the amendment by declaring that
never before in tho history of the country had
ever assembled a Congress which would need
the services of clerks as would the members ot
the Fifty-second Congress.
Mr. Kelley, of Kansas, offered an amendment
to Mr. Hayes' amendmentprovlding that clerks
should be appointed under civil service rules.
The reading of the amendment elicited some
laughter, but it was dcteated. Mr. Hayes'
amendment, with an amendment fixing the
salaries of the clerks at $100 a month, was
agreed to without division. The committee
then rose, and the sundry civil bill was passed.
A SURPBIBE IN SIOEE
In the Appointment of a Successor to Secre
tary Windom.
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, Feb. 9. The denial in Lon
don by Hon. John C. New of the report which
originated in New York this morning, that Mr.
New had been cabled to come home to succeed
tho late Secretary Windom, sets at rest a story
which was not believed here in the beginning.
Gossip appears to have exhausted itself in run
ning the gamut of names brought out before
Mr. Windom was yet interred, and all of which
have since been dismissed as probably impos
sible. Not one of these gentlemen have been
sent for so far. and it is believed the President
has in view some one not thought of or sug
gested by tne gossips, as in the case of the last
appointment to the Supreme Bench. It is gen
erally believed that the appointment will be a
great surprise when it comes.
THE INDIAN CONFERENCE.
A Decided Vote by the Sioux Chiefs Against
Military Agents.
Washington, Feb. 9.,-The conference
-with the Sioux Indian -delegation was renamed
this morning by tho Commissioner of Indian
Affairs. Commissioner Morgan said he
.thought they had already heard all that was
necessary in regard to the past What was
wanted now was to hear their plans for the
future. He was prepared to issue the $100,000
worth of beer to the Indians entitled to receive
it, which was cut off in tho past Senator
Dawes, who was present, said if the Indians
did their part and were industrious, the Gov
ernment would undoubtedly do its part and
help them to become self-supporting.
Little No Heart, from the Cheyenne river
agency, said that his people wanted more and
larger schools, where their children could learn
the white man's ways. He protested against the
appointment of military agents. The Commis
sioner asked such of the Indians as preferred
civil agents to stand up. With a single excep
tion the all stood up.. The only one who pre
ferred military agents was Major Swords, the
Chief of the Indian police at Pine Ridge. An
other conference will be held on Wednesday,
when the Indians from Fine Ridge and Rose
bud agencies will speak.
SILVEE BILL EEPOETS.
Two of Them to Re Made to the House in n
Few Days.
Washinoton, Feb. 9. Representative Wil
cox, of the Honse Coinage Committee, said to
night that the Senate silver bill will be reported
from the House Coinage Committee this week.
There will be two reports, an adverse one,
signed by Representative Wickham, Walker,
Comstock, Knapp and Taylor, Republicans,
and Tracey. Wilcox and Vaux; Democrats. The
favorablo report will be signed by Representa
tives Carter and Fartine, Republicans, and
Island and Williams, Democrats.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Many Features of Interest Given In a Few
Words.
A celebr ation of New Year's Day was held
at the Chinese Legation yesterday.
J. V. Haines, Jit., was confirmed as post
master at Jeanuette, Pa., by the Senate yes
terday. Representative Geary, of California, in
troduced in the House yesterday a bill provid
ing for free coinage. , "
Tiie State Department will to-day send to
the Governors of the different States copies of
the apportionment act, so that proper legisla
tion may be proceeded with.
Senator Reagan has proposed an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill, appropriating
$50,000 to complete a 12-company military post
at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, and
also $761,500 to complete the new 12-company
post at El Paso.
Representative Caldwell, ot Ohio, in
troduced in the House a resolution calling on
the Secretary of the Interior and the Commis
sioner of Pensions to renort fully to the Honse
what rules of evidence are recognized by the
office to govern examiners in the adjudication
of pension claims.
0WENBY OPENS HIS MOUTH
AND TELLS SOMETHING ABOUT THE
SILVEE POOL INQUIRY.
Ho Is Mad at tho Treatment He nas Re
ceived and Is Looking for Revenge A
Salt to be Drought Against the House of
Representatives.
Chicago, Feb. 9. James A. Owenby, of
this citv, who was called to "Washington to
testify before the Congressional Silver Pool
Investigating Committee, returned to-day.
"I don't want to do the 'baby act, " said
Mr. Owenby, "bnt my treatment before the
inquisition was terrible. Several of the
Congressmen made every effort to render my
testimony as farcical as their investigation.
They asked me hypothetical questions, most
of them long ones and abounding in techni
cal terms, four and five at a time, and then
refnsed.Ip,repeat them. I was not allowed
to sit within ten feet of my attorney, and
all my attempts to have the stenographer
repeat my answers and the questions met
with sneers.
"My arrest, I claim, was part of the plan
of the committee to ruin my character and
break down my testimony. I was honor
ably acquitted when the case came to trial,
ana now I am perfecting negotiations with an
attorney to bring suit ugainst the Sergeant at
Arms and the House of Representatives. They
cannot prevent the truth of this silver pool
matter from coming to light. I will make a
clean breast of it in the proceedings against the
House. Cashier J. M. Donald did not tell the
facts in his testimony. When I swore that he
was acting as the treasurer of the Congres
sional speculators, who were to make money
upon the silver measure, I had proof to that
effect. Mr. Donald engaged me to look after
the Washington end of the affair, because ho
said he conld not trust anyone connected with
Congress. Hero is the cipher agreed upon be
tween us, which I was to use in telegraphing
him at New York. .This matter the Investiga
tion Committee refused to allow me to place in
evidence."
Then Mr. Owenby gave the cipher dispatches
which had been used, and resuming, said that
Mr. Donald, acting upon these tips, was to do
the purchasing of silver for the gentlemen be
represented. He said that be had mentioned
two of them Cameron andKetcliam and that
he wonld give the others in duo time.
Continuing, he said: "I have a great quantity
of evidence which I was not permitted to give
that will show that Donald and I had an ex
plicit understanding in this matter." Then he
showed a number of dispatches signed D., which
he said referred to silver transactions.
LAEGE FE0FITS FB0MI8ED.
They Failed to Realize and a Co-Operative
Rank Shuts Up Shop.
rprECIAL TELEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
New York, Feb. 9. The Mechanics Co
operative Hank of Brooklyn has apparently
failed. 'The doors leading to its unpretentious
offices on the second floor of the Thompson
Jefferson building in Court square have been
closed for several weeks and on one of them
a dlspossessor notice is posted,settlng forth that
the bank officials have failed to pay the Jan -uary
rent, amounting to $29 17. The bank
started business last summer, the officers an
nouncing that the bank was incorporated un
der tho building and loan association law of
1851, and that when all the stock had been sub
scribed for, the capital would amonnt
to the neat sum of $20C,000,UOO, The
stock was issned at $200 a share, payable $1
monthly, so as to come within the reach of a
largo number of persons. About a month after
the opening ot the bank, reports appeared in
some of the Brooklyn papers, alleging some
misrepresentations about the nnancial standing
of the concern, and its business decreased to
such a degree that the managers soon closed up
shop without giving any notification to the
Slate banking department or to their deposi
tors. The fact that the doors of the bank have
been closed for several days and that no crowd
of clamorous depositors have been knocking
for admission is evidence that very few persons
have been hurt.
A SODTHEEN CYCLONE,
Havoc Wrought by a Whirling Cloud Near
Rinn Ingham,
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 9. A cyclone
struck Helena this afternoon about 4 o'clock.
A dull, roaring sound was heard, and the
people had only time to get to their doors when
they saw a black, whirling cloud skim ofer the
top of the hotel id the northern part ot t) vil
lage. It next encountered the telegraph .
twisting them off like pipe stems. Co. g
down the railroad track it laid the station
building flat on the platform, and .then crossed
the track and levelled the store of Thomas
Davidson. C. T. and James Davidson were in
the store, and both were hurt about the head
and P. D. Lee was bruised about tho body.
The cyclone then lifted, and, passing over a
three-story building, struck the Helena Rolling
Mill, about 200 yards from the station, taking
tha roof off of both the mill and stock house.
Tbe cyclone passed on in a southeasterly di
rection, and a report has reached here that it
struck Talladega in its course.
Rank Wreckers Plead Not Guilty.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, Feb. a The tightening of
the grip of the law upon Georgo F. Work.Louis
E. Pfeiffer and James S. Dngan, the alleged
wreckers of the bank of America, was con
tinued before Judge Arnold in the court house
to-day, where the three defendants were called
to plead to the indictments against them, and
jueauvu uv &uiMjr.
FK0M AN AWFUL TOMB
Heroic Rescue of the Imprisoned
Miners at Nanlicoke.
THE WILDEST REJOICING OYER IT.
Terrible Suffering of the Men, as Belated
by Themselves,
DURING THE F1YK DAIS' ENTOMBMENT
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.1
Nanticoke, Pa., Feb. 9. The three
men imprisoned in the old Harvey mine, at'
Grand Tunnel last "Wednesday, were res
cued to-day from their living tomb. The
event caused great rejoicing in the little
village. All work was suspended, and
everybody hastened to the mouth of the
slope. "When the three men appeared there
was a great shout Then another rent the
air, and at the suggestion of a local preacher
a great many of the crowd knelt down to
give thanks to the Most High for the happy
deliverance of the men from death."
Rineer was the first to be brought to the
surface. He was very weak and could not
stand on his feet. His wife was the first to
clasp him to her bosom. She kissed and
kissed her husband's black face, and finally
had to be taken away by force. Rineer's
little children cried when they caught sight
of their father and crowded around him.
As soon as possible the man was removed to
his home and. a physician summoned.
The second member of the party, "William
Cragle, was nnconscions when he was
brought up, bnt he soon rallied. He cried
out, "Oh, God, oh, God, am I safe once
more?" When assured that he was safe, he
said: "Thanks to God." Michael Shilling,
the Polander, and third member of the
party, was taken to a honse near by, by
some countrymen, where he soon was him
self once more.
The Work of Rescue.
After the disaster last Wednesday after
noon. Superintendent Morgan and his as
sistants at once set to work to pump the
water out of the flooded slope, and by Satur
day afternoon the water had been reduced in
the slope five feet At midnight last night all
preparations had been completed for floating
a raft through the gangway. It was in charge
of Assistant Superintendent Reese. John
Bowen, Anthony Jones and J.C.Hopkins. It
contained blankets, brandy and milk for tho
men in case they should be found. At an early
hour in the morning faint cries were heard in
the distance. '
Five minute3 later Reese shouted: "Stop
rowing, I hear a noise." "So do I," said Jones.
Soon a. sound ot "Oh!" in dreary and distress
ing toneB, was heard. When the raft was with
in ten feet of a high pitching breast the men
on the craft caught sight of the imprisoned
miners. They were perched high up on a pieco
of timber. Their heads touched the roof.
Rtneer was tho only one of the party who could
speak. He said: "My God, help at last."
Reese said: "Are you all alive?" "Well. I am,"
replied Rineer, "but I don't know about the
othe.-s. 1 have been holding them on to this
perch for some time now; I think they must bo
dving." The other men could say nothing
above a whisper. As quick as possible they
were taken down Irom their resting place,
wrapped in blankets, and placed on the raft.
The raftsmen pulled the oars for all they were
worth, and when the mouth of the slope was
reached they were well-nigh exhausted.
The Story of Rineer.
Rineer, in an interview, says: "Wednesday
morning, when the rnsh of water came, it was
with a roar and a crash, seemingly in all direc
tions. William Craglo and Mike Shilling were
with me, and for a second we wero dumb
foundet. The only way of escapt Jay toward
tho direction of'tW incomttig'waters, and. in
that way we ran. The water was soon up td
our waists. A few feet further was the first
cross heading, and hardly knowing wbatwe
did, we turned into this. It Ditched upward at
an almost perpendicular incline and offered but
a slight foothold.
'A piece of 'flagging' was at the foot of tho
cross cut and the two men helped me wrench
this loose, and then shoving me up on their
shoulders. I put it across the tunnel. After
helping Mike and Cragle up on this perch, I
climbed up myself. After resting on the beam,
I began to feel "above and back into the cross
cut. Then the startling discovery was made
that a great mass of loose coal was held above
us by a log becoming jammed in some way, and'
I surmised that possibly hundreds of tons of
loose rubbish from tho abandoned wordings
above wero in this cross cut. If this stuff
started to run nothing could save us. Nothing
could be done but sit on our perch, which was
just three inches wide.
The Terrible Sufferings Endured.
"From Wednesday morning until our rescue,
with but one exception of possibly half an
hour, we were sitting on the narrow strip of
lagging. We were careful with our lamps, and
by burning one after the other, the oil lasted a
tew hoars. Then came darknoss, and we
huddled close together for warmth. We soon
grew stiff and nnmb. Then we rubbed each
otheras well as could be done in our dangerous
position. It seorus now as if we bad been in
there a year. Time did not move to our think
ing at all. and the intense darkness added to
the horror of our surroundings.
"Wednesday dragged through and the night,
then came Thursday, but after that we lost
track, and had no idea how long we had been
in the place. After awhile a terrible thirst
came upon us, and Cragle began to act queer.
'There's a car,' he said. 'let's get on it and ride
away. Come, come,' he cried, and with that be
jumped off, and 1 heard him struggling below
in the water. I went down after bim. Herel
found Cragle drinking in great gulps of water.
I put my head down to taste it and found it so
strongly filled with sulphur that it blistered
and burned my tongue. It seemed to cool the
fever, however) and I drank several mouthf uls.
Gibbering Like an Idiot.
"Shilling had been left on the beam above,
and I could bear him up there gibbering and
talking to himself. Then came the fear that
he would loosen the rocs behind us by some
means and it would come pouring down. I
spoke sharply to Cragle, and induced him to
climb up with me to the lagging again. Once
back to our seats, Shilling got better and Kept
quiet. At intervals afterward both became
wild, and it was hard work to keep them from
jumping off.
"The first glad sound that reached our ears
was the "plunk' of the pump. It came verv
faint, but gradually increased in volume until
we were snre that the rescuers were at work.
Now, while this glad sound gave us hope
another dread took it away. The loose coal be
hind us began working and the small pieces
commenced to crowd us off the lagging. We
worked It out with our fingers as fast as it came
down and for a while kept our seat free.
Finally, as the sound grew louder, we slid down
and found the water had gone back a good
distance. After a time we heard voices and I
began to shout. This was kept up until tills
morning, when lights appeared over the black
surface of the water, and the raft came to us."
On the Brink of Eternity. i
Cragle this evening said: "If one piece of
loose coal above our heads had started hun
dreds of tons would have rolled down the sharp
pitch, and hurled us into eternity. I did not
sleep 15 minutes the whole time. The other
men would go off into a slumber. I would
punch them and tell them to keep awake, as
they were liable to drop down into the water.
No one can tell the misery wesuffered but God.
I knew Rineer would stand by me. When I
fell off the perch into the rubbish I was very
weak, I said: 'Boys, I am sick; 1 cannot get'up
again.' I then prayed to God for help. Then
Rineer and the Polander came down and
helped me up.
"1 never lost heart but once. That was when
the pnmp stopped and the water rose again. I
prayed acain.- We wero very thirsty. I put
my lips; to the dirty coal and sucked it. My,
but it tasted good. I took the cotton out of my
lamp, soaked it with water and passed it up to
the Polander. He sucked the cotton dry."
-Tbi3 is the'secondrescue of miners alive made
in the anthracite region. The first was at
Sugar Notch in 1S75. Five men were Impris
oned for seven days. They lived off the carcass
of a mule.
BLOWN DP BY DYNAMITE.
Ono Way of Closing a Saloon Resorted to
by Ohio People.
Cleveland, Feb. 9. At 3 o'clock this morn
ing the saloon of Fisher Coultor, in Fredericks
burg, Wayne county, O.', was wrecked by a
dynamite explosion, one end of the building
4jbelD blown out, '.Tho bunding; was gesppjetl
by Eugene Lou ther, wifo and three children,
who lived up stairs, and Julius Schaeffor and
wife, who lived down stairs.
None of the occupants were injured, though
Schaeffer's furniture was destroyed, and the
bed in which he and his wife were sleeping was
broken down. The force of the explosion was
so great as to break windows in all parts of the
town. Coulter has run the saloon iu violation
of the prohibitory ordinance of the town, but
it is thought the explosion was the work of vil
lage toughs who hoped to throw the blame on
temperance people.
MACD0NALD AGAINST IT.
THE DOMINION PBEMIEB DOES NOT WANT
A EECTPEOCITY TREATY.
He Denounces What no Calls tho Veiled
Treason of tho Opposition England Re
Considers the Rest Friend That Canada
Dos Ever Had.
Toronto, Feb. 9. Sir John Macdonald
has published an address to the electors of
Canada, in which he says that in the present
year, as in 1882, questions relating to the
trade and commerce of the conntry occupy
the foremost place in the public mind. He
says his policy to-day is that of 13 years
ago. He then refers to the growth and
prosperity ot Canada under the national
policy, and says, in referring to the oppo
sition: "Disappointed by the failure of all their
predictions, and convinced that nothing is
to be gained by further opposition to the old
lines, the reform party ha: taken a new de
parture and has announced its policy to be un
restricted reciprocity, that is, as dgtined by its
author, Mr. Wiman, in the iVorift American
Review a few days ago free trade with the
United States and a common tariff with the
United State3 against the rest of the world.
The adoption of this policy would involve,
among other grave evils, discrimination against
the mother country. This fact is admitted by
no less personage than Sir Richard Cart
wright "For a century and a half this country has
grown and flourished under the protecting
regis of tho British crown. The gallant race
who first bore to our shores the blessings of
civilization passed by an easy transition from
French to English rule, and now form one of
tho most law-abiding portions of the commun
ity. To the descendants of these men and of
the multitude of Englishmen, Insbmen and
Scotchmen who emigrated to Canada that they
might build up new homes without ceasing to
bo British subjects to you Canadians I
appeal, and I ask you what have you
to gain by surrendering that which
your father held most dear? Under the
broad folds of the Union Jack we enjoy tho
most ample liberty to govern ourselves as we
please, and at the same time wo participate in
the advantages which flow from association
with the mightiest empire tho world has ever
seen. Not only are wo free to manage our do
mestic concerns, bnt practically we Dossess the
privilege of making our own treaties with for
eign countries. And in our relations with
the outsido world we enjoy the prestige in
spired by a consciousness of the fact that be
hind us towers the majesty of England.
"The great question which you will shortly
be called upon to determino resolves itself into
this: Shall wo endanger our possession of the
great heritage bequeathed to us by our fathers
and submit ourselves to direct taxation for the
privilege of having our tariff fixed at Washing
ton, with the prospect of ultimately becoming
a portion of the American Union? I commend
these issues to your determination, and to the
judgment of the whole people ot Canada with
an unclouded confiaence that you will proclaim
to the world your resolvo to show yourselves
not unworthy of the proud distinction you en
joy of being numbered among the most dutiful
and loval subjects of our beloved Queen. As
for myself, my course is clear. A British sub
ject I was born; a British subject I will die.
WltbT my utmost strength, with my latest
breath will I oppose the veiled treason which
attempts, by sordid means and mercenary
proffers, to lure our people from their alle
giance," There are rumors that several well-known
members of the Reform party are to be arrest
ed for treason.
I i 'far., V
GLASS TABLEWAEE TETJST.
Large Manufacturers Who Rave Gone Into
the New Concern.
rSPSCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE DISPATCH. J
FlNDLAY, Feb. 9. The first practical out
come of the efforts that hav.o been making off
and on for the last five years to form a combi
nation of tho glass tableware manufacturers of
the country took shape to-day, in the applica
tion of a charter of an intended corporation to
be called the "United States Glass Company."
The nominal capital of tho organization is
placed at $1,000,000. The table glassware houses
that have signed the incorporation are located
in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and
arenas follows:
Columbia Glass Company, of Findlay; Nickle
Plate Glass Company, of Fostoria; the Robhs
Glass Company, of Wheeling, W. Va.; the
O'Hara Glass Company, of Pittsburg; the Rip
ley Glass Company, of Pittsburg; the Bryce
Glass Company, of Pittsburg; the Adams Glass
Company, of Pittsburg; the King Glass Com
pany, of Pittsburg, and the George Duncan t
Sons Glass Company, of Pittsburg. The plan
of the management of this new trust has beon
discussed in several meetings which the above
named parties have held in this city and Pitts
burg since tho first ot tho year, but none of the
details have as yet been made public. The fac
tories which have combined do not represent
more than half the table ware manufactories
of the countrv. The headquarters ot the trust
will be in Pittsburg.
FIGHTING OVER DEACONESSES.
The Question Still Under Discussion In tho
New York Presbytery.
SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
NEW York, Feb. 9. The New York Presby
tery discussed for more than an hour to-day
the majority and minority reports of the com
mittee appointed to consider the overture of
the General Assembly regarding the appoint
ment of deaconesses, and then sent them'bacs:
to the committee for reconsideration. The
Rev. Dr. George W. F. Birch, chairman of the
committee, declared that if the minority
report were right in ascribing the desire lor
deaconesses to the Holy Ghost, the Holy
Ghost contradicted himself, for the Scriptures
did not authorize deaconesses. According to
the minority report then, God meant one thing
and said another, or said one thing and meant
an ither.
Tho Rev. Dr. Hasting beginning with "I am
a Presbyterian conjamore by birth, education,
faith and feeling, but I am ready to fight to
the end the theory that the Presbyterian polity
as such is of Divine origin," argued in favor of
the appointment of deaconesses. He bad not
given up the idea, be said, that there was no
warrant for them in the New Testament which
indeed did not warrant boards of trustees.
THE F1BH DISAPPEAEED.
They Were Agents of a Milling Concern
That Did Not Exist.
Denver, Feb. 9. The firm of W. H. Meade
Co., who had an office at No. 48 King Block
for about tbreo weeks, very suddenly disap
peared Saturday and have not been heard from
since. Their departure was probably promp ted
by the publication hero on the 7th of a Minne
apolis item giving an account of the arrest
there of a firm fraudulently dealing in lumber
land, by which the purchasers were defranded
of their money. ,
Tho Meade firm claimed to be the agents of
the Michigan and Marine Lumber and Milling
Company. Their plan was similar to tho Mln
neaDolis firm, and they required the suckers to
deposit $25. After a certain length of time
they were promised $400 with which they were
to go to Oregon and prove up a timber claim,
the company then agreeing to purchase the
land at S1.000. There pan bo no doubt but that
the firm did a rushing business here as a great
many besieged the deserted office to-day.
PEACE STILL EEIGNS.
No Truth in the Reports of Revolutions in
Central Anferica.
tSPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Yore, Feb. 9. It has been a time
honored opinion among the coffee men of New
York that the South American repnblics will
stop fighting when the coffee crop is to be
gathered. It was officially made known to-day
that the recent rumors, of the trouble in Hon
duras and Guatemala are without foundation.
Jacob Balz. Consul General for Honduras and
Guatemala, received two cables, one from
President Barilla", ot Guatemala, dated Sun
day, and the other from President Bozran.
dated to-day, saying the American rumors of
revolution in Honduras and Central America
J are wholly untrue ana that perfect peacp
UNEARTHED IN EGYPT
Extensive and Valuable Discoveries
Dating Back to 2,500 B. C.
MANY MUMMIES OP HIGH PRIESTS.
A White Woman to Penetrate the Barbar
ous Region of Africa.
SHE WILL TAKE A GOOD COOK ALONG
rnr dunlat's cable company. 1
CAino, Egypt, Feb. 9. A remarkable
discovery has been made by M. Grebant,
the director of the department of Egyptian
antiquities, throngh information furnished
by natives. A vast tomb has been fonnd
containing the mummies of high priests of
Amnion, "Monarch of the Gods," a divinity
of Thebes. The tomb is in the same locality
among the limestone cliffs of the Sybian
Mountains, west of that city, near Debr-Bl-Bakri,
where Brngsch Bey made his famons
find of royal mummies in 1881. The tomb
is 25 meters below the surface, and has two
stories, the uppermost not having yet been
opened.
In the lower 240 sarcophagi have already
been found, the oldest dating irom the
eleventh dynasty, or 2,500 B. C. There
were also discovered 100 papyri, several
statnes of the Theban, Triad, Iris, Osiris
and Kepthis, with vast qnantities ot statu
ettes and votive offerings. Everything is in
n perfect state of preservation. The upper
story will be opened immediately.
In connection with African discoveries, it
is announced that Mrs. French Sheldon
will leave Londcm-for Mombassa in a week.
She expects to catchTftw-gritish East AfrU
company s steamer, ana to reacn ner
uesiiuauon oy tue miaa e oi ""r--, Cabinet fomed by the flarquis.
has organized an expedition composed of BPTfj-Jv. . , , l
..:. j. . -j :f - ...it vTr?5w-"blethattbe McCarthyite me
ua. ivca, iuLcipickci. auu bmuciduu ,.&
proceed Irom Mombassa to ilillmaniara,
made famous by Messrs. Du Cbaillu apd John,
ston. She will be the first white woman who
has penetrated that remote region, which is en
tirely barbarous.
She will be accompanied by another white
woman as an attendant, but the remainder of
the expedition will be composed of natives.
She expects to be absent four months. On
being seen,, Mrs. Sheldon said that Mr. Stan
ley had done all that be possibly could to fur
ther the undertaking, and she hoped to be
able to secure the Services of some of his Zan
zibaris. She added that she would require 12
bearers for tho palanquin; that is, three relays
of men.
"Some African expeditions," concluded Mrs.
Sheldon, "have suffered terribly on account of
the barbarous and horrible manner in which
their food has been prepared. I propose to
obviate at least this danger by taking with me
an experienced Arab woman cook."
THE ITALIAN CRISIS.
Some New Light on Crlspi's Forced Resig
nation of the Premiership.
fBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPART.
Koxe, Feb, 9. King Humbert has offered a
title to Signor Crispi, but the honor was re
fused, and Crispi has re-opened his law office.
He has accepted a brief from the General Nav
igation Company as defendant in a suit now
pending. The length of time that the Minis
terial crisis here lasted caused great surprise
to all not behind the scenes, but some light is
thrown upon the matter from the best sources.
The King sunported Crispi as long as he
could, without showing his hand, by forcing
the majority of the representatives, who over
threw the Ministry, to admit that they were
powerless. His Majesty had hODed to lead,
them to see the necessity of Crispi's remaining
in power, so that be might simply decline to
accept the Prime Minister's resignation. When
the Sovereign perceived that the crown was
thus brought into too prominent controversy,
lie bowed to the exigency of the situation, and
none too soon, as Signor Rudini was on the
point of taking the train for Florence, and
Signor Nicotera had already started for
Naples. The King, nevertheless, did not yield
every point
COBDBN CliTJB SECRETS.
They Promise to Re Laid Rare Through a
Libel Suit In Sweden.
fBT DUNLAT'S CABLE COMPAST.l
London, Feb. 9. A curious libel case has
just been before the law courts in Sweden. It
appears that a Swedish newspaper named
Motaia Fosten, accused certain persons of high
social position, one of these being the late
General Director of Customs, and another the
present Lord Lieutenant ot the county of
Stockholm, with having received subsidies
from the Cobden Club, amounting to 120,000,
for carrying on a free trade agitation in their
country. The Court dismissed the libel, the
writer nleadlng that all the statements were
true, claiming that Prince Bismarck bad been
able, through the German Embassy in London,
to obtain a copy of the club's secret accounts,
ana these accounts fully bore out the state
ments that had been made.
The writer of the article received bis infor
mation in such a way that there could be no
question about its authenticity, and he further
alleged that these secret accounts would he
very soon published In Berlin.
TWO FAIR DEPENDANTS
In thet Camming Slander Suit Are a Wealthy
Mother and Daughter.
fBT DUSLAP'S CABLE COUPAjrr.i
London, Feb. 9. Mrs. Arthur Wilson, the
principal defendant in the Sir Gordon Cum
mins action for slander, is the wife of a partner
in the great Bhipping firm of Wilson Sons & Co.
Arthur Wilson has an income that is estimated
at not less than 10,000 yearly. Mrs. Wil
son is a frequent entertainer of the Prince
of Wales' set. and the Prince often honors her
parties witb bis presence at her residence in
Grosvenor place, and can usually bo found
during the racing season at the Wilson country
place at Doncaster.
Mrs. Lycett Green, another defendant, is a
married daughter of Mrs. Wilson.
OPPOSING THE BILL.
London Theatrical Managers Protesting
Against Their Receipts Being Taxed.
IBT DUNLAT'S CABLE COlIPANT.l
London. Feb. 9. Messrs. Irving, Wyndham
and other leading managers are taking united
action in opposition to the bill now before Par
liament, which the somewhat unpractical Lon
don County Council is engaged in promoting,
that provides for tho taxing of the receipts of
theaters. The idea is borrowed from the
French, although Mr. Wyndham and others, ac
quainted with New York theatrical history, are
citing tbe unjust license tax now imposed on
places of amusement in that city as an example
that should not be followed.
BLOOD REALLY DRAWN.
A Dnel Oyer the Thermldor Results In the
Finking of a Frenchman.
fBT DUNLAF'S CABLE COMPAirr.l
Paris, Feb. 9. As a result of the dispute be
tween Monsieur Larroumet, the director ot the
Beaux Arts, and the newspaper, VEcho ds
JParit, with regard to "Thermldor." a duel oc
curred this afternoon in tbe neigbborhcod of
the city. The combatants were Monsieur Lar
roumet and Monsieur Jordan, the writer on the
cho.
The result was that the former was wounded
In the right 'arm.
Blaming the McKInley Tariff.
IBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.
Dublin, Feb. 9. It is stated that tbe Mc
KInley tariff has almost entirely destroyed the
sewed muslin trade of Ballyshannon, County
Donegal. This, in addition tothe failure of tbe
potato crop, has caused much distress among
small householders.
CAME UNDEE THE OCEAN.
Cahlo Items of Interest Condensed to the
Smallest Possible Space.
Mme. Patti expresses htrindignation over
her arrest in Berlin for alleged breach ot con
tract . THzjilantatlonaegroea osAtha Portuguese
THE RUSSIAN WAY.
Americans Made to Fay Dear for
Capture of a Few Seals.
the
Island of St Thomas, in. the Gulf of Guinea,
have again revolted.
Strikers at the London docks yesterday
tried to prevent the unloading of the steamship
Baltimore, but were dispersed by'the police.
Mr. Parxxll, in a letter to the Chairman
of the Irish leaders, stated that the prospects
of a settlement are less promising than at the
beginning of the week.
THE Marquis Di Budlni. the new Italian
r-"niler, was granted an audience by King
t. jrcsiciuaj. iuu muk iipptuieu ui
-ble that the McCarthyite meeting.
.. Ia
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i .
TTnset for Thursday nextinLon-
don
i Jfn 1BSL: " " ne,d tDat onIr
an int-
f . ienir
e possible.
MElssovOiVV -ill. His family Intend
to fulfill his &.?. ' presenting to the
Louvre two plcv fr 2 ,-h he always refused
to sen, nameiy, liv. e ana xne litcner.
Emperor Williau has formally received
General von Schlieffen on bis appointment as
Chief of General Staff, in succession to Gen
eral von Waldersee, now in command of the
Ninth Army Corps.
Here Buete, a director of the Magdeburg
Railway, has been instructed by the Govern
ment to proceed tothe United States In order
to make a careful study of and to draw a re
port upon the railroad systems of that country.
IN the House of Commons Sir Jame3
Fergusson replying to a question as to whether
Great Britain could share in the commercial
advantage with Brazil equally with the United
States, said that Great Britain had no treaty
with Brazil, and, therefore, could not demand
the same trading rights.
CAUSING MUCH TALK.
THE EEV. DE. HEBEB NEWTON ADMITS
BEING A 8PIEITTJALIST.
He Relieves There Is Something More In It
Than Fraud Weil-Known Mediums
Whom He Has Consulted He Attends
Several of Their Seance.
rSPXCIAL TILED RAM TO TBS DISPATCB.I
New York, Feb. 9. The ministerial
spook investigatingcommittee, which was
announced and denounced at the meeting of
Spiritualists in Adelphi Hall, on Sunday,
is not yet an assured fact The story of the
meeting printed to-day stirred up New York
York Spiritualists and a lot of folks besides.
The statement of B. J. Newton, the "West
Forty-third street Spiritualist that Rev. B.
Heber Newton,of All Souls' Protestant Epis
copal Church, whose name is signed to the
prospectns of the spook investigation, was
already a Spiritualist,bnt was not willing to
say so, caused a good deal of talk. The New
York Spiritualists have been asserting for a
long time that the Rev. R. Heber Newton
is a Spiritnalist They have gone so iar as
to say that he secretly consnlted mediums
about matters of business as well as about
spiritual affairs. One well-known medium to
day mentioned two seances that he said Mr.
Newton bad attended. One was last May in
tbe Chelsea, the medium on that occasion be
ing Mrs. Maud Lord Drake, and at the other
Mrs. Hesse, who used to be Miss Phillips, was
the medium.
This medium said that Mr. Newton had con
sulted Mrs. Hesse on more than one occasion.
Mr. Newton, he said, had become interested in
Spiritualism throngh Dr. Newcombe, dentist,
who wrote a spirit Bible and called it Oshpe.
Another medium said that tbe Rev. Mr. New
ton believed in Spiritualism, and that several
members of bis congregation were avowed
Spiritualists and attended seances regularly.
The Rev. Mr. Newton, himself, has been
confined to his room with a severe cold for
several days. "My views on Spiritualism," ha
said, "were set forth in an article printed in
one of the Sunday papers a year ago. I believe
that there is something in the pnenomena be
siaes fraud."
"Have you ever attended any seances?"
asked the reporter. '
"I have never attended a public seance," Mr.
Newton replied.
"You have attended a seance given by Mrs.
Maud Lord Drake, have you not?" asked the
reporter.
"I havo never been to any public seance,"
again answered Mr. Newton, and that was all
he would say.
PLAYED THE BACES.
Two Young Clerks Arrested for Wholesale
Stealing of Cloth.
SPECIAL TILEOKAK TO TD DISPATCH.!
New York. Feb. 9. Detectives Wade and
Reap, of the Central Offlce.havo been watching
the pawn shops in the upper part of town for
two weeks, and as a result of their work James
Albert and Edward Smith are locked up at
police headquarters on a charge of stealing
several thousand dollars worth ot cloth from
William B. Roe, an Importer at 6 West
Twenty-third street. Several days ago tbe
detectives saw Smith enter an nptown pawn
shop with a roll ot cloth under his arm and
come out a little later without it. On Friday
they saw him repeat tbe operation, and they
followed bun until he met Albert. After an
earnest conversation, tbe men separated.
Albert was traced to Mr. Roc's store, where
he was employed as a clerk. When be was ar
rested he confessed that he had been systemat
ically robbing his employer since last May. He
was a trusted clerk, but he began playing tbe
races and stole to make good his losses. He is
18 years old. Forty-five rolls of cloth, valued
at 52,000. have been recovered from the pawn
shops. Both men were arraigned at Jefferson
Market Conrt to-day and were remanded until
the detectives should complete their Investiga
tion. GIBBS LOST HIS WATCHES.
An Indianapolis Jeweler Who Was Tripped
Up by Customs Officers.
New York, Feb. 9. Max Gibbs. of Indian
apolis, a passenger on tbe North German
Lloyd steamer Ems, which reached ber dock,
in Hoboken, this morning, was stopped by a
suspicious Customs officer as be was leaving
the pier, and bis clothing was searched. A
package In his possession was found to contain
eight costly watches, seven of gold and one
quaint silver watch of extraordinary size, which
ticked like a Dutch clock. Besides these, there
were half a dozen pairs of fine undressed kid
gloves and a half dozen gold finished fruit
knives.
Mr. Gibbs said he was a jeweler, doing busi
ness in Indianapolis. Some time ago be went
abroad and brought back a quantity of watches
and jewelry, but tbe customs consumed bis
Droflts. Then his brother-in-law suggested
that he bring tbe next lot In bis pocket, and
omit tbe formality of paying customs duties.
He tried this with the result noted. The
whole seizure was valued at from $2,000 to
2,600. and was dutiable at 25 per cent. The
goods were confiscated and will be sold at auction.
WRECKED
ft
A Point of Order Raised in Coun
cils Which Sets Back the
Poor Farm Deal.
FOUR SITES ARE TOO MANY.
Tbe Plural Recommendation of tbe
Department of Awards
HELD TO BE SO EEPOET AT ALL. .
Dr. Evans Discloses the Inside Working of
One of tne Deal3.
ASKING BIG M0NI FE03I THE CUT
There is no end to tha trouble over the
selection of a Poor Farm. Select Council
took a whirl at it yesterday, and now that
augnst body is prepared to reward anyone
who can show just where it stands on tha
matter.
The Department of Awards is in a still
worse plight The members thought they
had made a report to Councils, but now
they are not snre of it If they have not
made a report, they would like to know if
they can yet report. This question will be
submitted to-day to a Pittsburg attorney,
the point being too complex for even the
brightest of Philadelphia lawyers.
Both branches of Councils were called to
meet yesterday afternoon, and as the Su
preme Conrt has put a temporary quietus on
street improvements, the important business
of the day was the approval of the selection
of a Poor Farm site by the Department of
Awards. The lobbies filled np early, and
there was a vast amonnt of buttonholing
and whispering in the rotunda. The chiefs
of the three city departments were on hand,
Hon. William Flinn dropped in and Mayor ;
Gourley.appeared on the scene. "When the
Councils were called to order the lobbies
were jammed, and the crowds overflowed
into the corridors.
Four Poor Farm Ordinances Presented.
After a little routine business in Select
Council, A. C. Robertson offered four ordi
nances, one for the purchase of each ot the
fonr farms said to be tbe choice of the De
partment of Awards the Alexander, Glew,
Dravo and Beale farms. At bis suggestion
these ordinances were referred, without com-'
ment or opposition, to the Committee on '
Charters. This committee consists ot Select
Councilmen T. E. Perry, James Fltzsimmons,
Daniel Braun. J. M. Henderson, J. C. Rellly,
Hugh McCurry, J. P. McCord, John Beuz.
John Murphy and Common CouneilmenThomas
Delanoy, J. J. King, W. C. McEldowney, D. F.
Crawford. J. C. O'Donnell, J. L. Wright Henry
Pfeifer, J. T. Fox, Henry Hagmaier, John
Kearns, J. E. Flinn and J. J. McGuire.
Then followed the reading of tha re
port of tho Depattment of Awards, re
counting their efforts to find a suitable
Poor Farm site, and asking Councils
to share tho responsibility by selecting
cither one of the Glew, Alexander, Bealt and
Dravo farms, the only property offered coming
within the specifications of the ordinance.
The report was received and filed.
Affidavits from W. H. Alexander and his
nephew. R. A. Lee, were read, after soma
opposition on the part of Mr. Warmcastle.
The affidavits denied reports recently pub
lished that Mr. Alexander was the agent of a
syndicate in offering a farm to the city. The
affidavits wore returned to the makers.
Mr. Robertson offered a resolution tnat
Councils visit the Poor Farms recommended
"by tbe Department of Awards, commencing
to-day, and taking one day to each farm, tho
expenses of the trips to be defrayedby the city.
Warmcastle's Point of Order. .
Right here Mr. Warmcastlo raised a point of
order. He claimed that, under the Poor Farm
ordinance, tbe Department of Awards was re
quired, within five days from opening tho bids,
to examine all the farms and recommend one
to Councils. This had not been dope, and
therefore Councils bad really nothing to con
sider. Mr. Keating held that the department had
the right to ask tbe help of Councils in making
a selection, but Mr. Warmcastle pressed his
point, claiming tbe Department of Awards had
failed to comply witb the ordinance, and Coun
cils bad no business with the matter until
they did.
President Ford hesitated. First he decided
that the wording of the ordinance, that a ma
jority of the department must report meant a
majority of the farms offered, bnt Mr. Warm
castle did some lightning calculation, and re
plied that in that case 15 farms should havo
been recommended, and therefore the report
was still incomplete. Finally Mr. Ford de
cided that the original point was well taken,
and tbe consideration of the report was out of
order.
Dr. Evans moved to refer tho matter back to
tbe Department of Awards. He did not sea
what the Committee on Charities had to do with
it
Jlr. Robertson If It is referred back to the?
Department of Awards the whole matter falls
through. There is no necessity for such a dis
position. The ordinance left the selection of a
farm tothe judgment of the department and
they have rendered their opinion. The proper
tiling to do is to' assist the department in select
ing one of the four farms. Councils must and
should bear thi3 responsibility, and in order to
vote intelligently Councils must visit tha
farms.
Warmcastle Wanted to Know.
Mr. Warmcastle May I ask the gentleman
ono question?
Mr. Robertson Certainly.
Mr. Warmcastle Did you vote for tha pur
chase of tbe Stewart farm last August?
Mr. Robertson I did.
Mr. Warmcastle Wero you ever on that
farm?
Mr. Robertson No, sir: and that is why I
think we should visit the farms this time. We
were criticised by the newspapers last time for
not visiting the farms offered. Tho people,
our constituents, bold us. the Councilmen, and
not the Board of Awards, responsible, and if
we would satisfy tbem we must assume tha
responsibility ourselves.
Dr. Evans I cannot agree with this view.
We went into a departmental form of govern
ment in order to fix this responsibility. If
three of these gentlemen, who are under oath,
recommend a farm and there is anything
crooked in the transaction, we can fix the re
sponsibility and follow it up. I don't suppose
there are half a dozen men In Councils who
know a good farm from a poor farm, and they
should not accept the responsibility when it
properly belongs elsewhere.
Mr. Warmcastle That is just why I want
thi thing stopped. I believe that under tha
law Chief Elliott i conjunction witn tha
City Controller, could select the farm ha
requires and buy it quietly through a real es
tate agent or In any other honorable way, and
thas save tbe city a great deal of money. I am
sure Councils would approve tha purchase if It
was not at too high a figure.
Dr. Evans' Startling Statement
The peculiar position of the Poor Farm mat
ter bad by this time attracted nearly all tha
members of Common Council into tho Select
chamber. Mayor Gourley took a seat by the
side of the President and Chiefs Brown, Blge
low and Elliott leaned against tha walL Tba
crowds In tbe lobby bad overflowed on to tha
floor of the chamber, and the air was getting
unpleasantly warm when Dr. Evans tried to
clear tbe atmosphere witb this thunderclap:
"Just to show how prices jump up when tha
city is the purchaser, I wish to state that to
day I saw a written option on one of these four
farms, the understanding being that if tha city
does not buy tbe farm tho holder of the option
is to purchase It for 40 per cent less than it is
offered tons. For this reason I repeat my
motion to refer tha whole matter back to tha
Department of Awards, and let them fix it np
as it should be."
A stUIness settled down over the chamber for
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