7 ttt THE PITTSBURG -DISPATCH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1891. ::-k IS FREE To Say Long What He Pleases So as He Keeps Within Law in His Attacks. the THE EMPEROR FORBEARING The Ex-Chancellor's Family Implore Him to Ceaso His Attack?, WHICH INCREASES BISMARCK'S IRE O'Brien May let Openly Hcclare for Farnell as His Leader. THE EX-EMPRESS iXI HER LATE VISIT ICOrVItlGHTED BV SF.W TOIXK ASSOCIATED ritEss.: Berlin-, Feb. 21. Since the Xorth Ger man Gazette gave an authorized but doubt ful deni.il of the report that the ministerial council had ever considered the question of prosecuting Prince Bismarck, tvo authentic utterances on the attitude of Emperor "Will iam toward the l'rince have been permitted to transpire. Ssieaking to the Aus train Ambassador, the Kaiser said: "Tne Duke of Tauenburg (as lie styles the es-Chancellor) will not understand or yield himself to projects -vihich are a necessity of my reign. But it lias never been intended that the Empire's tribunal should interfere to prevent him savin; or writing whatever he likes, so lone ss'he does not violate the law." It is under stood that the Kaiser's words were in an swer to informal inquiries m: de by Em peror Francis Joseph in regard to reports that the German Government meant to take action azamst Bismarck. Chancellor Von Caprii i's Assurance. Chancellor von Caprivi, conversing with a member of the Keicbstag who is a con tributor to the press, said: "The Govern ment has not the remotest intention of prose cuting cither Prince Bismarck or his news paper organs. If the latter keeps within legal bounds we can meet their criticisms through other papers. As lor the Prince, his personality, associated as it is with thi creation of the edifice of the Empire, places him abeve measures that might be taken tonsrd less illustrious men." The position of Emperor "William and Chancellor von Caprivi is perfectly well known at Frledrichsruhe, and does not as suage the bitterness ot tone of the ei Chancelior's papers. Regarding the Ji'orth Grrn.un Gazette's statement that Bismarck would not be irnecuted, an inspired com ment in the Hamburger Xaclirichen insin uates that the semi-official press, ii not now. .incited, was recently induced to urge a pub lic prosecution and arraignment of the Prince for Isejo majestatis. HUmarcL's Aristocratic Reserve. "The only right uttituuc for the Prince," continues the articli-, "is an aristocratic reserve against the attacks of his enemies. The sole question fur him is whether to maintain the opinions that caused his resignation, or to surrender them in order to regain the good will of the Kaiser. He can leave German v's iuture to justify bis fore sight." The Hamlurger Xadirichten's phrase, Varistocrjtic reserve," sent a comforting glow through official minds, raising hopes that Bismarck has decided to cease troubling the Government. It is known that members of his family have been try ing to persuade him to abandon his inces sant war of opposition. On the eve of starting on his tonr of the .Cast, Count Herbert Bismarck met his brother William, and his brotner-iu law, Count Pantziu, at Erfurt, and a family council was held. Alter a conference, last ing four hours Count Herbert was charged with the task ot remonstrating with his father. Coant Herbert's Tliankleis Task. This he found to be an unpleasant duty, resulting in strong reproaches on the part of the ci-Chancellor. The practical public results of the interference by the Count are intensified attacks by Bismarck upon the Emperor's home and foreign policies. Meanwhile, Emperor William has raised the country's estimation of himself by the character of the thinly-veiled allusions to Prince Bismarck's enmity in n speech at the Bran'lenburg Diet dinner. Bc fcrring to the hostile criticisms of his policy, the Emperor said: 'The spirit of disobedience is abroad, pursuing paths foreign to my principles and under a perfectly transparent guie. Irving to spread discontent amoug my sub jects. This mar be a subject of regret; in deed it make: my Heart sore, but it will not cause me to fwcrve a moment from the path ot duty." Everybody present caught up the reference, r.nd His Majesty's speech was greeted with a burst ot cheers The Umpcror Ilisplrased With a Play. Another incident illustrative of Emperor "William's feeling toward dismissed iMni:. lers. toiucs from Herr Arndt, who is now playing 'the leading part iu "Der Keue Herr," the plot of which turns upon the dismissal of Minister Schuartzenberg bv the Great Elector. The Emperor re cently attended a rehearsal of the plai. His Majesty expressed dis satisfaction with the episode in TdiichtheGre.it Elector, reproaching "Min ister Schwartzei.berg lor his treachery, works Mniself iuto a passion and finally ilnves the Minister out of the Presence Chamber. The closing passage of the scene evoked an imperial protest. "Stop," the Emperor cried, "we must alter this. A Hohenzollern never treats a servant like that. "When under the neces sity of dismissing them he loads them with honors and never lets them perceive that he is angry with them." THE PUBLIC AL1EHED. financial Affairs Mill in a Very . Shaky Con dition in laindun. IBT CAI1LL TO THE DISFATCn.l Loxdok, Feb. 21. Things are certainly no better in the city of London. The truth o! the situation seems to be that people who usually take up and float enterprises put forth in the city by active brokers, have lost so much money that these enterprises are thrown back now upon the outside investing public, and the outside investing public dazed by the crest disaster of the his" .torieal bouse of the Barings, will touch al most nothing. The only successful veuture launched for some weeks past, the Securities Insurance Company, owes its success cliicflv to solid investors in Lancashire and tne -North. Another serious blow at the public is the appointment of a receiver for the Hansard Union Combination of Publishing Firms, floated a couple of years aco by Alderman Sir H. Isaac-., Lord Mayor of London. The failure, following the other city disasters, is having a mou damatring effect. It is ru mored that proceedings of a verv serious character are being instituted atainst Sir 11. Isaacs and the promoter, Mr. Uottomley. TEE EOYAL VISIT TO PARIS. The Ex-Empress In Greatly Pleased, and So Is the Imperial Court. BERLIK. Feb. 21. The Empress Fred cricka writes that she is highly pleated with her reception in Paris. Dispatches Irom the uerman Embassy reach the Emperor every moment. In court circles not the slightest credence is given to the rumor that Emnernr William intenrie in ;.:. t- . . , "'" trance. I The semi-official, press treats the visit of BISMARCK Empress Frederlcka as purely private, but chronicles every act of courtesy toward her on the nart of the French authorities. The Vossitche Zcitung hails with accla mation the event of the ex-Empress' visit as the dawn of a prolonged era of peace, and expresses the hope that France will accept Germany's hand in friendship, and throw off the haunting spirit of revenge. A THOUSAND KILLED. THE EGYPTIANS INFLICT A BLOODY DE FEAT ON OSMAN DIGNA. Thirteen Killed and 47 Wounded Is the Loss or 't ho Egyptians Osman and a Remnant of His Army Flees The Town or Afafite Captured. Afafitk, Egi-pt, Feb. 21. The Egyp tians won a Bloody battle over Osman Digna's dervishes on the 19th, in which about 1,000 lives were lost. The Egyptians made their advance dur ing the early dawn of the morning of Thurs day. The enemy was sighted near Tokar, and after an exchange of shots between the skirmishers of the enemy and the advance guard of the Egyptians the latter pushed forward to seize an old Government build ing. The dervishes, seeing the object of the Egyptian advance in that direction, madea rush lor the building, and surrounded it by a compact mass of Arab riflemen, who poured a hot fire into the ranks of the ad vancing Egyptians. Finally the Egyptian cavalry made a brilliant charge upon the der vishes, who retired in disorder, suffering a crushing defeat. The dervishes numbered at least 2,000 fighting men. About an equal force of Egyptians succeeded in reach ing the shelter ot the building before the Arabs surrounded them for the attack. After the retreat of the dervishes, the troops found over 700 dead around the po sition mentioned, while large numbers of dead were lying in the bushes around the buildings. Osman Digna, accompanied by about 30 horsemen, fled toward Tenirin. The losses upon the part of the Egyptians are Captain Barrow and 12 men killed and Captain Beech and fonr Egyptian officers and 42 men wounded. After leaving a force of troops to garrison Tokar, the Egypt ian trcops marched direct to Afahtc and ascended the hills recently occupied by the enemy. Af ifite was found to have been va cated, though there were hundreds of Arabs in the vicinity. These Arabs quietlr sur rendered to the Egyptians, handing over to their captors a number of hankers, spears, rifles and two guns. The Egyptians also captured large quantities of stores and am munition. AGAINST THE BISHOPS. CE2IEN IS OPPOSED TO THEIE IBEAT JIEKTOr PAENELL. It Is Believed That He Will Take Sides With the Farnellltes and Denounce the Bish ops The alcCarthj lte Mission to Amer ica and Its Meaning. IBT DrKtAP'S CABLE COjIPAJTT.l London, Feb. 21. It- is believed that William O'Brien-is strongly opposed to the policy of the Irish Bishops in theirtreatment of Parnell. While Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien were sojourning at Boulogne they held an interview with a person representing the prelates, on the general situation in Ire laud. It is understood that the result of the conference, so far as O'Brien is concerned, was not satisfactory to the delegate of the Irish hierarchy, and it is expected that the first act of the late editor of United Ireland on leaving prison will be to make a public declaration condemning the Bishops for in terfering in a purely political feud in which they cannot properly have any con cern. He will then, it is thought, openly throw in bis lot with the Parncllites and' enter the field an earliest opponent of Leader McCarthy and his followers. The McCarthyites' mission to America was decided upon, in consequence of a com munication received from T. P. O'Connor, now iu the United States, in which he stated it to be his belief that the great bulk of the Irish in that country were opposed to Parnell. It is possible that a personal ap peal to the American people by O'Connor and his fellow delegates will be supple mented by a special message from the Irish Bishops. SLAVIirS 310 BENEFIT. Ho Is Coming to America to Make John L. Sullivan Fight. JBV CABLE TO THE DISPATCU.J London, Feb. 21. There is a prize fight ing boom on in London already. All the boxes and a large part of the house have been subscribed for, for Slavin's benefit at Her Majesty's Theater on March 7, prior to his depirture for America. Slavin has offered 100 to any man who will stop in the ring with him for tour rounds, and an "unknown" has ac cepted the challenge. Slavin said to-day that he would make Sullivan fight him in America ana that he was quite willing to do Corbett afterward. Another contest that the sporting fratern ity is interested in is the finish fight between Jack Burke and TedPritchard,.lor100 per side, that is to take plnce in private a week aftei Slavin's benefit. Pritchard is a middle-weight, fighting at 150 pounds, and Burke will have to train to 154 pounds. The latter is the favorite at odds of 6 to 5. A EOYAL BOW AT A BALL. A Roumanian Diplomat Ordered From the Kooui by the Host, Berlin. Feb. 21. A scandalous scene occurred at the ball recently 'given at the German embassy in Vienna. During the height of the festivities the Princess of Beussc, wife of the German embassa dor, called aloud to M. Vacaresco, an attache of the Roumanian legation, and sonof the Roumanian Minister, "I am as tonished to we you here. You were not in vited." M. Vacaresco explained that the in vitation sent to the embassy exnresly cov ered all of its members. But the Princess repeated: "You were not invited," adding with an angry gesture: "Go outl" M. Vacaresco and his wife thereupon withdrew amid a dead silence. Minister Vacaresco, upon hearing of what had oc curred, announced he would challenge the Prince of Keusse for the affront offered to, his sou. The incident ot the ball may lead' to the recall of the Princess' husband.' CUBA AND BEdPaociTY The Subject of a Controversy in th'e Spanish Cabinet. Madrid. Feb. 21. At a meeting held Thursday last, the Cabinet discussed Secre tary Blaine's proposed basis for a commer cial treaty between the United States and Cuba. The Duke oi Teuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, urged the adoption of the treaty on the ground of the great benefits which wonld accrue to Cuban sugar and tobacco planters. The other Ministers, however, notably Sccor Cos Cohagon. Minister of Finance, energetically opposed the treaty which, thev contended, would flood Cuba with American goods and wonld ruin the Span ish exports of wheat and flour and other articles. The Duke of Teuau and Senor Coscobagon hold daily conferences in regard to the matter, but as yet they have failed to reach a compromise. Will Be Forced to Resign. TBT DUXLAF'S CABLES COMPAXT3. LOKDON. Feb. 2L To-day's cablegrams from Buenos Ayres bring information of the arrival of several officers of the Chilean army and navy, who declare that President Balmaceda will be foreed to resign. A SHJPWBECX IN THE CHANNEL. A Steamship does Down, After a Collision, With All ou Board. London, Feb. 21. One of the Great Eastern Railway Company's channel mail steamers came into collision this morning with the steamship Queen of the North Sea. The latter sank soon after the collision. The crew of the Queen of the North Sea were drowned. A Bloody Battle In India. Calcutta, Fcb.21. Dispatches received here from Rangoon state that 50 insurgents have been killed in a fight which took place on the frontier of Wuutho. LAWYERS IN DANGER. WILD XENTTJCEXANS PLOT TO KIDNAP SIX OF THEM. They Were Ont in the Backwoods Collect ing Testimony in a Big Land Case and the Residents Feared They Were to Be Evicted. tSPKCtAL TELEOIIAM TO TOE DISPATCH. I Covington, Ky., Feb. 21. A very de cided sensation was produced here to-day, when the celebrated case of the Beals heirs against the Wickliffe heirs was called in the Chancery Court. The land in dispute em braces some 40,000 acres, and fully 1,000 per sons are interested in it. The case is the most extensive and expensive ever tried in the Kentucky court: It began in the days of Henry Clay, and briefs in his hand are now ou file. The Breckenridges were also attorneys in it. The attorneys now in terested are: Judge Humphreys, of Louis ville; K. A. Thornton, of Lexington; Major Hawkins, W. H. Mackey, Judge O'Hara, J. D. Ellis and O. B. Jones. They all con firm the story about to be told. These lawyers, representing both sides, recently visited Owingsville far back in the mountains to take depositions. Ten thou sand acres of the disputed land is in that territory, and the people on it became con vinced the attorneys were there to take away the property. The wildest excitement prevailed. Secret meetings were held and an organization effected which had for its object the kidnaping and murder of the at torneys and the confiscation of their papers. The lawyers were quartered in the principal hotel of the place, and while aware that something was wrong did not gues what. Everything was ready for the execution of the plot, the hour for the seizure was fixed, a body of men who were to see to the execution of the attorneys had been selected by lot and all was in readiness when one of tne bttorneys was secretlv warned. He at once informed his colleagues. The leading citizens of the place and vicinity were hastily called and told the object of the visit was not to secure confiscation of the lands, but to ascertain the amount sold in a given time and its present value. This appeassd the people but in speaking of the matter Judge Humphreys said: "A day longer and we should all have been dead and hidden where no one would have found us. The place is so remote that even our disappearance would not have been known 'or days." The attorneys completed their work and prepared to start home. They were to leave on Tuesday evening, hut a rain caused them to delay starting until Wednesday morning. As they passed a lonely spot a few miles Irom Owingsville they were shown a place where eight men had been concealed the night before, armed with "Winchesters, to kill the party, judge O'Hara says he will never go to Owingsville without a guard. NEW FIIXS A PETITION. Be Defends the Honon aianagement From Sensational Charges. Chicago, Feb. 21. A new move was made to-day iu the litigation begun a few davs ago by William S. Alley for the ap pointment of a receiver for the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Bailroad Com pany. It was the filing of a petition in the Circuit Court by John C. New, asking the Court to protect him as trustee. Mr. New says tie is a defendant in the case, and is a citizen of Indiana. He is a trustee in a first mortgage executed by the defendant railroad ou its main line of road between New Aibanv and Michigan City, to secure bonds lor $3,000,000. He is also trustee under a first mortgage on the Air Line division of the road between Chi cago and Indianapolis to secure $2, 300,000 of bonds. As such trus tee, Mr. New asks that the Court cans a proper examination to be made of the charge of insolvency, maladministration and misappropriation of income set up in the bill. The court shall find upon an in vestigation that the charges arc untrue and that petitioners' trust estate has not been in any way violated or put in peril. Then the court is asked to protect and preserve the trustee's rights in the property. THE DUCHESS AND HEE DEBTS. The East Salt Oser the Famous Ilamers Icy Estate Withdrawn. New York, Feb. 21. The Duchess of Marlborough can now begin to pay her debts. James Kent Mason, the last of the contestants in the long litigation over the Hamersley estate, now the property in trust of the Duchess of Marlborough, has with drawn his suit which was pending before the Court of Appeals, and the legal com plications involved in the. settlement of the valuable property are, for the present at least, ended. In a short time theexecutors, acting under the authority ot the Surrogate's order, will begin the quarterly payment, at the rale of 550,000 per annnm, to the English creditors of the Duchess. The debts were largely in curred in rcnovatiug and refurnishing Blenheim Castie, the ancestral home of the Duke of Marlborough in Englaud, and the purchase and equipment o a Loudon resi dence. At the rate of 50,000 a year it is understood that the debts of tbeDnchess will be paid in about filteen years, the atrgregate amount of the claim be'ing nearly $700,000. A BULLET IN THE BEEAST. James Blackstock Shoots Mrs. Thomas, and Both Say It Was Accidental. About 11:30 o'clock on Friday night James Blackstock shot Mrs. Ed Thomas, at lSo. 08 Ridge avenue. The ball entered the left breast about two inches below the heart She was removed to the Allegheny General Hospital yesterdav morning. The ball was rcmnvod in the afternoon. It was from a 41-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver. At a late hour last night she was resting easily, and it is thought that she will re cover. Blackstock is held in the Allegheny lockup awaiting the result of the injury to Mrs. Thomas. An eflort was made to see Mrs. Thomas last nignt, but she could not be lound. The shooting revives interest in the sudden death of Ed Thomas, husband of Mrs. Thomas, which' occurred r.ot long ago. Thomas was said to have taken an overdose of chloral and bromide bv mistake. Before Thomas death Blackstock and Mrs. Thomas had been intimate. Both Mrs. Thomas and Blackstock claim the shooting was acci dental. Millions Officially Chance Bands. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 21. The transfer of tb,e affairs oi the Stnte Insurance Depart ment was completed to-day, when Superin tendent Pierce gave the retiring Superin tendent, Mr. Maxwell, a receipt for the $16,000,000 of securities on deposit in the department FOR BALLOT REFORM. Tho Various Bills Are Still Slumber ing in Committees. PK0 VISIONS OF THE BEST ONES. Gransers Are Pelncinc tho Legislature t With Tax Memorials. HOW APPROPRIATIONS HOST BE CDT ntPZCIAL TZLEOUAM TO TUB SISFATCK.I Habuisburu, Feb. 21. The various biPs contemplating ballot reform are slum bering in committees. Two are before the Senate Committee on Constitutional Reform and two before the House Judiciary Com mittee. So little attention has been paid to them that some of the members of the com m ittce scarcely know of their existence. It is evident that if the demand of the people for a.pure and secret ballot is expected to be granted by the Legislature work must be done quickly to stir up these apparently in different committees. Next Tuesday the Senate Committee on Constitutional Reform will endeavor to have a meeting. Its chairman, Senator Robin son, has been absent for more than a week because of sickness and death in his family, but is expected to join his colleagues in considering the constitutional convention bills with a view to the early report of one of them. This legislation embodies a bill introduced by Senator Bobinson, whicb al lows th. people to say whether they will have a convention to amend the constitution and a bill read in place by Senator Brown, which provides for a special election in June to choose delegates to the convention. Baker's Flan for a Secret Ballot, Representative Baker has a bill before the House Judiciary Committee which pro poses to make the ballot virtually secret without the intervention of a convention. Under the system of voting, which this bill seems to introduce, the number of the voter is to be obscured on his ballot, alter it shall have been handed back to him by the elec tion officer by pasting a portion of the paper ou which the ticket is printed over it A sub-committee is alleged to be examin ing this measure to ascertain whether it meets the public demand for a secret ballot This committee has failed to strike any one with the idea that it is hustling to give the House an early opportunity to pass on its work. Another bill before the committee is that of Representative Wherry, who took for his guide in framing it the Burkalew act, un der which the last constitutional conven tion waa called. The bill has been almost intirely neglected by the committee to which' it has been referred, and Mr. Wherry will next week try to have It favorably re ported so as to give it a place on the calen dar in titn; to be finally considered by the Legislature. Representative Wherry' Flan. This bill provides for a convention con sisting of 176 delegates, 26 of whom shall be elected at large and three from each of the 50 Senatorial districts. Both of the great political parties are to have equal rep resentation on the ticket to be elected by the entire vote of the State. As to the district delegates, each qualified person shall be entitled to vote for two, thus making provision for an almost equal rep resentation of both these organizations in the convention. -o THE INVESTMENT SCHEMES. Prospects of a Bill Aimed at the Qaick Money Sinking Concerns. srrriAL tklegram to the dispatch.; Harrisburr, Feb. 21. There are about a dozen bills before the Legislature relating to insurance Several ol these were prepared at the Insurance Department, and are in tended to reform prevalent abuses. One" of them seeks to put mutual fire insurance companies in the position-occupied by stock companies so far as their supervision by the insurance de partment is concerned. The drafting of this legislation is, in a large measure, due to the difficulties had with the Kittanning Fire Insurance Company, which wound up with losses aggregating over $50,000, and no money with which to pay them. Another bill prepared by the department authorizes associations of individuals organ ized under the Lloyd's system to operate in this Slate provided they do not include in their business the iusurance of lives. These insurance companies claim they can do business in Pennsylvania without so much as taking out a license. Oiie of the bills before the House in which great interest is taken is intended to Keep out of the State bond investment and finance companies which promise unnaturally large profits to patrons, and which every now aiid then startle the community by the boldness of their frauds. The bill does not prohibit them from operating in this State, but it compels the companies to deposit with the Auditor General a bond for one-half the maximum amount promised the aggregate membership at the cxpiraticn of a certain period. The requirement is equivalent to shutting the companies out ot the State. Some lobbying is being done with members to prevent the bill from be coming a law, but It will have very little effect, as the system of in surance which it seeks to wipe out in Penn sylvania has very few if any friends in the Legislature, and a very small number among the people at large, who do not re gard it as better than the graveyard insur ance which disgraced the ptople" years ago. TAXING C0KP0EATI0NS. Tho Grangers Very Industrious in the Memorial Business. rur-KCiAL telegram to THE DISPATCH. i Harrisburg, Feb. 21. There are 1,002 granges in the State, and all these have been urged to send memorials to the Legis lature in the interest of the bill to equalize taxation by imposing additional taxes on corportions of all kinds and incidentally reducing the taxes of real estate for local purposes. The grangers are gallantly re sponding to the demands made on them. At every session of the Legislature for the past two weeks printed petitions settitng forth the virtues of the bill have been presented, and Thursday and Friday last they fell on the clerks as thick as leaves in autumn. Their appearance in such large numbers revived recollections of the davs when the Prohibition sentiment iu favor of an amend ment to the Constitution to prevent the manufacture and sale of liquors found ex pression in many huudreds of petitions having that purpose iu view. The rush of grangers' memorials will continue next week, the latter part of which the tax bill is expected to be reported from the Committee of Wavs and Means. On next Thursday the corporations will make the second attempt to convince the committee that the bill should be reported with a negative recommendation. Strong arguments have been presented to the com mittee from representatives of the corpora tions. But owing to the interest the farmers are takinz in this financial scheme, the com mittee will probably report tiie bill affirma tively. TOO MANY BQAD BILLS. Their Existence Handicaps the Commis sion's Measure. 1 SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOT DISPATCH. Harrisbubo, Feb. 21. The bill for the improvement of publicrroads, prepared by the State Commission appointed for that purpose, will be pushed to pa"ago In the Senate next week by Senators Mylin and Harlan, two of its members. The friends of this measure are handi capped in their fiuht for it by the presence of other road bills in the Legislature, which prevent the crystaliza tion of senttment in favor of any one measure relating to improvement of the highways. The act appropriating $1,000,000 to carry out the purposes of the Road Commission's bill will be made to keep pace with the latter. WORK' FOR PATTI50N. THE LEGISLATURE "WILL NOT MAKE B0IH ENDS MEET. v All ncavy Retrenchments Will Have to Come From the Governor Figures Showing the Situation What the Schools Need and Will Get. ISr-ECIAfcTELEORAM TO THE DIRPATCH.' Harrisbdro, Feb. 21. Representative Fruit, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, says the demands made through bills for the State the the next two years amount to over $10,000,000, which sum does not include the requirement of the general appropriation bill. These will probably increase this aggregate to nearly $19,000,000. How to pay this enormous amount ont of an anticipated revenue of from $12,000,000 to $13,000,000 presents an insolvable problem. The committee will be obliged to disallow all claims for the building of addi tions to institutions of the State &nd others not under its control where construction is not an absolute necessity, cut amounts down wherever it can be done without seriously crippling any institution which has a valid demand ou the State.and in other cases to report appro priation bills negatively. Atter more than ordiuarv caution shall have been taken, the committee will doubtless find that the proposed expenditures are far above the ex pected revenues for the next two years. From the Legislature not much improve ment on the committee's figures may be ex pected, as it generally does not interfere materially with the .ormer's work," but the Governor will haye bis hauds full in keep ing the disbursements within the receipts. Two years ago the public schools were allowed $4,000,000. For the next two years they will likely be voted $5,000,000, the amount Governor Beaver suggested in his last message. The people of the agri cultural districts want $8,000,000, but this extravagant demand can, of course, not.be allowed. Several weeks will elapse before the Committee on Appropriations will be ready to report the bills before it. Sub-committees are busy ascertaining the actual needs of institutions that have made application for State aid. WEST MUST HANG. The Governor Refuses to Interfere in the Murderer's Case. 1KPECIAL TZLXCIIAX TO TUE DISPATCH. Harrisburg, Feb. 21. Governor Pat tison to-day refused to respite William West, of Washington county, and Harry Marsh, of Cambria, both of n horn are to be hanged on Thursday next. The appli cation for the reprieve of West was based on his ill health, which it was represented would require him to be carried to the scafiold. The Governor did not think be was justified in arresting the execution of his predeces sor's death warrant on this account. Dur ing Governor Hoyt's term an application was made for the respite of a wife-murderer in Franklin county, because of the helpless condition to which he was reduced by an attempt to commit suicide the night before the day fixed lor the hanging. The Gover nor declined to interfere in behalf of the culprit and he was conveyed to the gallows in a blanket and executed while sitting in a chair. DRAWING THE COLOR LINE. The Bill to Prevent Discrimination in I'nbllc Appointments. (SPECIAL TSLEQllAH TO TIIE DISPATCH.! Harrisburg, Feb. 21. Constantino Hubert, the colored member of Council from the Fifth ward of Philadelphia, was here several days this week nrging the passage of the bill to give negroes recognition in public appointments pro vided they possess necessary qualifications. It is claimed that they are discriminated against on account of their color, which the bill indicated proposes to stop. A delegation of colored men will be here next week in the interest of this measure. One Appointment Hanging Fire. PfPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCn.: Harrisburg, Feb. 21. All the appoint ments made by Governor Pattison have been confirmed except that of H. C. Dem ming as Quartermaster General, whioh has been hanging fire several weeks. Senator Showalter's Irfiss. tEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DIRPATCn.t Harrisburg, Feb. 21. Senator Sho walter, of Butler county, lost his 3-year-old boy by death, at the Lochiel Hotel last night." ARRESTED FOR FOHGERY. A Wealthy Farmer Nipped for a Six-Year-Old Crime. ISrEClAL TELEOItAU TO THE DtSPATC-n.; Penn Yajt, Feb. 21. Ten days ago Deputy Sheriff W. D. Hayes, of this county, arrested Russell Buckley, of Dres den, a rich and prominent farmer of that place, on a charge xt forgery, on complaint of the Cashier of the Dun dec National Bank, who made affidavit that in February 1885, Buckley forged and had cishcd at tbe bank a clieclc for $000. One day, early in February. 1885, a long whiskJ ered, respectable looking man entered the Dundee bank and presented a check, drawn to the order of Jones, Aycrs & Co., n lead ing Yates county business firm. The check was signed by a man named Reed, and was indorsed by Jones, Ayres & Co. The man said his name was Peck, and that he was in the employ of Jonc, Ayres & Co., who had sent him to the bank for the monev on the check. He said the firm wanted $300 in cash and a New York draft for $600. A day or so later the discovery was made that the check was a iorgery. When the draft came around it was lound that it had been negotiated in Bloommg ton, 111. A CATHOLIC PEIiST IN TROUBLE. He Will Be Tried in Brooklyn on Two Charges or Assault. Kkw York, Feb. 21 The Rev. Father Yodpzus did not celebrate mass in tbe Lithuanian Church on North Tenth street, Brooklyn, yesterday morning. He would not say anything about the matter two hours later when .he stood before Police Justice Goetting in the Court House to answer to two charges of assault, one preferred by his servant and the other by Mrs. Chesnewitch. George Miller and all the leaders of the opposition were ou hand to hc.-.r Father Yodyszus answer the searching questions that were to be put to him, but he thwarted them by demanding a jurv trial. The cases were accordingly put down for Monday next. - Death of James Fntton, Jr. James Patton, Jr., died at his residence, 60 Irwin avenue, yesterday, in his 68th vear. The deceased was the lather ol Harry B. Patton, Secretary of the Chambers & McKee Glass Co. The funeral will be to morrow at 2 o'clock. Interment private. Death of Mrs. Elizabeth H. Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Hayden Clark, died at Haydenville, Msss., in her 79th year. The deceased ladv was the mother of Mr. B. E. Collins, of H. E. Collins & Co., of Wood street SHERMAN IS AT REST. The Remains of the Great General Are Consigned to the Tomb. AN EABLY AR1UVAL IN ST. LOUIS. Only Once in Onr History Has the Pageant Seen iqaaled HIS SON CONDUCTS THE SEETICES St. Louis, J?eb. 21. This city to-day bade an impressive farewell to the soldier whose military genius was excelled by none and equaled by few. No higher tribute of reverence, love and regret could be paid any hero in any clime. For the first time in several days the sun sbone out' gloriously, but its rays fell upon a city draped in mourning. The hearts of the people were saddened, and with one accord all minner of men abandoned their earthly pursuits and assembled along the line of the funeral procession to do homage to the honored dead. As early as 6:30 o'clock in the morning the Union Depot was thronged with people awaiting the arrival of the Sherman funeral train. As the morning advanced the crowd became larger, and each train as it entered the depot deposited load after load of human freight, which added to the throng until the depot became impassable. The Scenes at the Station. At 8:30 o'clock a squad of police marched to the depot, and soon the immense crowd was nnder control. In a few minutes the funeral train appeared, and the ponderous iron horse slowly rolled into the station. It was a hushed and solemn multitude tbat greeted-the train on its arrival. The deep, ominous tolling of the heavy Veil on the engine sounded a reverent, inspiring but sorrowful funeral knell, and the vast crowd stiod uncovered while the train with its silent occupant slowly rolled by. For miles the streets were lined with a solid line of people standing at least a dozen deep. The evidences of affection and esteem in which his fellow townsmen held him were abundant on all sides. The city was draped in mourning. Evidences of individual sorj row were also abundant, and badges of rib bon and crape fluttered from every coat lapel. The Divisions of the Procession in Motion. Shortly after the arrival of the cortege the participants in the various divisions of the parade, who had been pouring into the city on special trains from daybreak, began to form. A few minutes before 11 o'clock the caisson, drawn by four 'black horses, was drawn up in front of the main entrance to the depot, and, amid the roar of the artillery, the casket was tenderly borne from the train by eight members oi Ransom Post, and placed on the carriage. Its head was draped with the Stars and Stripes, its feet with the Union Jack that covered the caisson con tuning tbe remains of General Joseph Hooker and General George H. Thomas. Under escort of the infantry the caisson was then driven to the point at which it was to take its position in the parade, while the relatives and other members of the funeral party wer; assisted to carriages, which fol lowed the caisson at a distance of a few blocks. When the various divisions were in readi ness, General Merritt gave the signal, there was a double salute of artillery, and the column began to move in the following order: The Order of March In DetalL FIRST DIVISION. Fifty Police, Headed by tbe Chief. General .Merritt and Staff. General Forsyth and Military Escort, the Famous Seventh Cavalry. Artillery and Infantry. The Caisson. Surrounded by G. A. B. A Riderless Horse. Clerc) In Carriages. Pallbearers. Surviving Members of Sherman's Stafl. The Family and the Now York Party. Army Committee. SECOND DIVISION. Society of tbe Army of the Tennessae, and the Loyal Legion, beaded by ex- President Hayes. third division. Grand Army of the Republic Sons ot Veterans. FOURTH DIVISION. , , Tho National Guard. Cadets of the Ohio State University. Recular troops. Chief Justice Sherwood and Associates. Judiciary of the United States, etc. State Senate and Honsn of Representatives. State Officials. FIFTH DIVISION. Civic Societies, Mercantile. Historical and Quasi-Military Organizations. Members of the Ei-l'onfedcrate Association. German Veterans, Secret Societies, etc SIXTH DIVISION. City Officrs, City Council and Boards. Merchants' and Mechanics' Exchanges. Citizens on Foot and in Carriage?. A Magnificont Pageant With the possible exception of the demonstration that attended the interment ot the remains of General Grant, to-day's procession was the most notable tribute to the memory of an American that the country has ever witnessed. The route was fully 5 miles in length, but at no point was there a perceptible diminution in the un broken line "f spectators. Minute guns were fired and church bells tolled as the caisson passed by. It was nearly 2 o'clock when the head of the column reached Calvary Cemetery. Out side the gates the cavalry and artillery de ployed to the right and left Gently the veterans of the Thirteenth lifted the casket from the caisson, and bore it to the open grave, v Here they laid it down udou a bier that had been placed directlv in irontof the grave of Willie Sherman, who died at the ase'ol 9 years, in 1863. To the right was the grave of Mrs. Sherman, surmounted by a handsome monument; to the left tbat of baby Charlie, who died in South Bend, Ind., in 1864. Every head was bared and bowed as Father Sherman stepped to the head of the casket. The services were of the usual nature, and at their conclusion all that was mortal of the hero was consigned to the grave. THEY WERE WEDDED. A Louisiana Girl Captures a Wealthy Young Englishman. nsrrriAt. tileoraii to to murATctr.i DANBURY, Feb. 21. The Rev. Dr. Hub bard, of the Second Baptist Church", was called to the Turner House in this city yesterday to marry a young couple. Miss Molly Cocke, tbe bride, is from Bayou Teclie. La., and has been a guest with her pirents at a prominent hotel iu New York for several weeks. Among the other guests was Percy Mocotta, an English man, who is wealthy and of a good family. Tbe young people "met and loved, but her family had a deep-rooted prejudice to the Englishman and put obstacles in the path of the young people. Immediately after the wedding the party returned to New York and are said to be stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. They will sail on the Adriatic for England on March 4. The groom is said to be a poet of high order. New York musical critics praise his ability as a composer. He wrote "Richelieu's March" and dedicated it 10 Edwin Booth. Presented With a Flag and Banner. George Washington Council No. 423, Jr. O. U. A. M., of Sharpsbnri;, was presented with a flag and banner last night. An open meeting was held, at which State Councilor Collins, ex-State Secretary F. J. Shalcr, of Illinois; W. P. Potter' and Rev. William Thompson delivered addresses, and tbe Sharpsburg Quartet sang. ' , Death ot George Seltz. George Seitz, a former resident of the Sixth ward, dieonear Kittanning on Fri day at the advanced age of 75 years. The in terment will be to-morrow at 2 o'clock Irom the residence o his daughter, Mrs. Johu Wallace, 321 Forbes avenue. THIEVES ON THE LIST. CROOKED CHARACTERS HELPED TAKE NEW Y0BK75 CENSUS. s . Inspector Byrnes Refers to Two Men Who Had Served Time His Opinion as to the Difference In the Two Separate Cdunts. rSPECIAL TXLCOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.. New York, Feb. 2L Inspector Byrnes was the only witness at to-day's hearing of the Assembly Census Committee. He testi fied tbat the police recount was taken with every precaution against error. He stated positively that men served as enumerators of the Federal census who had been in prisons charged with thtfi. He said: "It came to my knowledge that a profes sional thief bad been engaged as an enu merator. I sent for him and asked him if it was true. He said it was true. His dis trict included Washington Market, and he had enrolled about 400 names. His name was George B. Davis, alias William Jones, alias Bundy. He is a shoplifter. We ar rested him here and sent him to Massa chusetts, where he was convicted of larceny and served his time. He was afterward convicted of larceny in Hartford, where he also served time. "Davis gave me the name of another enu merator. He was William C. Libnow, alias Billy Edwards,a thief, whose picture is 1112 in the rogues' gallery. He wa3 arrested by my men in New York and sent to Hartford, where he was convicted of larceny in 1888 and served one year. He bad been con victed in New York as a professional thief and served a term of two and a half years in Sing Sing." Chairman Holcomb asked: "What, in your opinion, should be the numerical dif lereuce in this city between a census taken in October and one in June, the time the Fe-'eral census was taken?" "There should be a difference of not over 75,000." The actual difference between the Federal census and tbe police census was 195,214. The sessions will be resumed on Friday next AFTER ILLEGAL HOMES. Ahout 3,800 Booment Invade the Cherokee Strip From Kansas. Arkansas City, Kan., Feb. 2L Another premature invasion of tbe Cherokee strip was begnn here to-day, with every prospect of its continuing un less it is stopped either by Executive order or by United States troops. More than 200 families crossed the line here to-day, and dispatches have been received from South Haven, Caldwell and Kiowa which state that tbe invasion seems to be general all along the border. Among those who joined the invasion at this place to-day were a prominent minister and a number of the members of bis church. They will hold services to-morrow on the Cbacasca river, about 15 miles southwest of this citv. The troops have been withdrawn from their late camp in the strip. Tbe settlers seem to regard this fact as a mnte.invitation to walk in and help themselves. It is estimated that about 3,800 persons entered tbe strip to-day with the intention of settling. A TAME CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION. Page, Dem., Has a Walkover in the Second Rhode Island District k Providence, R. I., Feb. 21. The elec tion for Congressman in the Second district to-day was a very flat affair, owing to the declination rf Congressman Arnold to rnn, and the general abstinence of the Republicans from voting. Tbe Dem ocratic ticket had from two-thirds to three fonrths its registered vote, but the Republi can vote showed a falling off of nearly 7,000 as compared with the November election. With one town onlv lacking. Page, Dem., is elected by about 5,600 majority, and tbe missing town will not change tne result more than 200 votes. SANDBAGGED IN HIS FACTORY. The Cashier Robbed of Funds While En tering the Premises. St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 21. W. F. Ker shaw, cashier of the McDonald shoe factory, drew $1,600 in cash from the bank this af ternoou to pay off the men. He carried the money in a shot bag. Just as he entered the anteway to the factory and closed the storm door behind him he was sandbagged by a man standing within, who seized the bag of money and, entering a bugiv driven by a confederate, escaped. Mr. Kershaw was not dangerous ly hurt. A SALESMAN DISAPPEARS. He Is Supposed to Have Swindled His Em ployers Ont of Money. New Bedford. Mass., Feb. 21. Fred Clemen's, a Frenchman, who for several vears has been a salesman for 2. B. Chase & Co., has disappeared, and there are many evidences, that the firm has heen swindled ont of considerable money. It is stated that he has been selling articles for les than the cash price, and re porting an installment sale for the full amount, retaining the cash. GRANGER LEGISLATION. Some of the Drastic Measures Passed by the. Nebraska House. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 21. The House has passed bills to make 2 cents per mile the maximum passenger rate to be charged by railways; to require railway companies to give stations the same name as the places through which they pass; to require all cor porations and stock companies to give notice of their condition and indebtedness an nually; to make railway companies and cor porations liable for personal injuries to em ployes. THE TEXAS CONFEDERATE HOME. The State Adopts the Flan Appropriates Money for It Austin, Tex., Feb. 21. The Senate bas passed the House bill appropriating $15,000 for building and $40,000 for two years' maintenance of the Confederate home at Austin, And adopting the home as a State institution. TOO HEAVY FOR REFOBM. Rural Solons Find o Time to Pass Appro priation Bills. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 2L Only 11 more days of the present session of the Legislature remain, and none of the appropriation bills have been passed, and only three bills of any character have reached the Governor. An extra session will doubtless be called. The Chicago Billiard Tournament CHICAGO, Feb. 21. In the Brunswick-Balke-Collender billiard tournament to night, Ives de eated Catton. The score was: Ives, 400j Catton, 133. Hatley defeated Maggioli. 400 to 227. Caprou beat Shaw, 400 to 378. Football at New Castle. Netv Castle, Pa., Feb. 2L New Castle de eated Yonngstown here to-day iu a game of football score 6 to 0. Edward Smith.' of the- home team, was knocked in sensible by a collision with a visitonv A Blizzard In the Northwest Arthur, Oxt., Feb. 2L The greatest snowstorm and blizzird of the winter bat raged for the last 24 hours. At least 12 inches of snow have fallen. The Australian System for Idaho. Boise City. Idaho, Feb. 21. The House of Representatives hat. passed the Anstrsrian ballot bill. - ' DEbMiAlIi l'uii ES. Tbe Canadian Manufacturers Jlerci Iessly Bled for Funds. LIBERALS AGE TAKING COURAGE. Their Eeciprocity Ideas Making Headway in the Provinces. HITT DESiES A MACD0SALD CHARGE, rSPICJAL TTLIOltAM TO TTTE DI8PATCH1 St. John, N. B., Feb. 2L A St John manufacturer, who has just returned from Ontario and Quebec, received information concerning tne political outlook in tbosa' Provinces. He reports tbat leading manu faucturers are being called upon to sub scribe heavily for Sir John Macdonald'a Tory corruption fnnd. Thinking that the St. John man was of the same political faith, 3Ir. Drummond. the wealthy sugar refiner of Montreal, confided the fact that the Government was in a bad way, and he himself bad subscribed $10,000 to help thg Tory party retain power. He further said that all the manufacturer concerned were being bled freely, at least those who had not gone over to the Liberals, and the demands of Sir John and hi Cabinet had caused many to forsake him; but those who bad decided to continue :a the Tory ranks felt that their very existence depended upon the Tories being returned, and bad subscribed as largely as they could. The Montreal man admitted, though, that the Government was doomed and aflairs were growing more desperate every day. Tbe news of this state" of things in the up per Provinces bas elated the Liberals here, and they have gone to work with renewed energy. The crusade against ruinous taxa tion and in favor of reciprocity free trade is making such strides that the Tories are at their wits' ends to answer the arguments. Alexander Gibson, the lumber and cotton; king, about whom tbe Tories have talked so) much, has signed the nomination paper of C. W. Weldon, the Liberal candidate. Finance Minister Foster is being hard pressed in Kings county by Colonel Dom. vijle, the former Conservative member for that county. The constituency is being flooded with money, and yet an official there says if the vote was taken to-morrow Foster would be snowed under by 400 majority. Throughout tbe province the desertions of the farmers have alarmed the Tories, who are trying to check the tide by tbe loyalty cry, but it has not yet proved potentenough against unrestricted reciprocity. A dispatch from Toronto says: Tbe? Empire having alleged that tbe pamphlet written by Mr. Farrer was written for tho information of Mr. Hitt, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee at Washing ton, Mr. Hitt has telegraphed as follows: I never saw or beard of tbe pamphlet de. scribed by air Jobn MacdnnalU. nor ever heard ot Canadians coming here for political consultation, thoagh I have seen many dis. tinguisbed Canadians, both Conservatives and Liberals, whom I have met socially, but noth ing more. R. P. Hot. READY FOB FINAL ACTION. The Carr-Fiefler Flection Contest Kearlnjf an End. The Carr-Pfeiffer contest for a seat in Common Council from tbe Twenty-seventh, ward will probably be put into shape for final action on Wednesday next. Judge Stowc yesterday made an order for ' the final count of the ballots, with thej illegal ones thrown out The patriotic citizen who has reveled la the belief tbat ballots falling like snow silently effect tbe will of God through th4 vox populi may be astonished to Iearu that tbe voting system of Pennsylvania, which, was thought in 1874 to be very nearly the per fection of human reason, turns out to ba more nearly the perfection of political trick cry, and accomplishes results tbat are only detected" when the hood Ming is trusted to t'prentice bands. The Twenty-seventh ward is a tolerably large one, containing some 2,200 votes, but at tbe election tbat is. contested there were only about 900 votes cast Of these 148 are illegal, 95 of then being thrown out on account of defective affidavits by which they were bolstered. Rather more than one vote in six was illegal. It is sud that,very few election boards follow the law strictly in doing their work, and it seems that ignorance is frequently tha cause of the imper.'ect work. For instance on Friday four elction boards were brought into court and required to rectify errors in their return sheets. They bad all neglected to designate the offices 'for which candidate were running. And these boards were no( rural ones either, three of them being Pitts, burg and one Allegheny City. A BURNING SORE LEG. Ulcers Form Hospitals and Doctors Useless- Crazed With Pain Cured by Cuticura Remedies. About eltflit years aco 1 wrote joa from Wllke barre. l'j, dcscrlbiuy how your wonderful reme dies completely enred me of a terrible case of eczema or tall rheum. liuust now tell you what Cuticura Rem ED IKS bare aaln done forme. Ua the 22d of last September. Iliad me inisiorinneio Druise my irff, and I pot a piece ot sticking Fluster on it. inside of aweec bad a terrible leg. 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