g3HS32aa T-riFp 'St-fSf m?w':w: espe" "V 1 BYJYMPATHY, The Father of Ten Children Gets His Text Book Bill On the Calendar. rITZHARRIS' PLEA DOES IT. 1 Question of Veracity Raised Oyer the Railroad Fence Bill JBAMPIOXED rT SENATOR BROWS. in Attempt to Flace it on the Senate Cal endar Fails, and ?AKliEES WILL STILL BDILD FENCES rrnOM a staff cokeesposdest.1 IIabeibueg, March 1G. Duller than ishwater were the proceedings in both louses to-night The Senate disposed of ts first reading calendar, transacted a little ouiinc business and quietly dispersed. In he House most of the time was spent in dacmg, or trying to place, negatived .bills n the calendar, the first being a vain at tmpt by Mr. Brown, of Crawford, with is special bill requiring railroads in Craw "ord county to build fences along their racks. Complaints of Bad Treatment. In support of his resolution, Mr. Brown harscd that the Iiaiiroads Committee had iot treated nis bill fairly, bavins referred it o a sutj-c-'mmittee, which had never con idered it. and that, without giving its riends a chance to be heard, the full com jittee reported it negatively. Cairman Brooks, in parliamentary lan uage, intimated th3t Mr. Brown's state nent varied widely from the truth. Mr. otter, of Crawford, explained that when he. various railroads were built through he county the" companies agreed to fence heir tracks, but that the Erie and Fitts inrg, operated by the Pennsylvania Com mny, was the only one that had kept its .grceroent In consequence the farmers lone the lines of railroad had been com relled to keep up the fences, and that in oany cases they had been burned down two nd thiee times, the railroads refusing to ay any damages. Only S7 of the 103 votes .ecessa'ry to placs the bill on the calendar rere cat for it, and the farmers will con jjue to keep up the fence. Text Cooks Up Again. Mr. Fitziiams., o; Cambria, called up his solution to place his uniform text hook ii -on the calenaar, stating that having ten iijdren of his own it was a measure in arch he was directly interested. Chair- afa Cochran, of the Education Committee, rksed the resolution because the Eiwood .. reported affirmatively, contains prac- tlly the same provisions as Mr. Fitz- rris rneanre, but the latter centleman's lierly responsibilities gamed the sym- thy of the House and the bill went on the iendar by 103 votes, exactly the constitu- mal number. At this time the House seemed to be in a ving mood, and the bill to permit fish tskcts lor the catching of eels, to be placed the Susquehanna at certain seasons-went a the calendar too. Mr. Seanor, of In lana. offered a resolution to place his nti-discriniination bill on the calendar, "nder the rules it went over until Friday, 'he House, without taking up the first eading calendar, then adjourned.' uetev hall. HEW BILL INTRODUCED, )cQnIng tho Status of Fraternal Societies and Fixing Their Pom erx. rrnosi a etaif coitErsroxDEitT.l Haekisuckg, Mareh 1C. Another bill 3 define the status of fraternal societies, xing their powers, and exempting them -otn taxation and the supervision of the nsurance Department, was introduced in he House to-niht by Mr. Biter, of hiladelphia. It provides that fra rnal societies shall be sucu corporations, ssociations or societies, corporated or nincorporated, home or foreign, as pay .ck, accident, luneral, annuity, or superan uation benefit, or provide aid for the lam y or heir o: tne deceased without issuing ertificates guaranteeing a definite sum ot loney or otherwise, such benefits to be de endent upon Mckne, death, old ace, total isability, superannuation or the like. This bill was introduced at the request of ae Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad telief Association, Red Men, Legion of tuuor and similar associations who are op osed to the bil! now pending, prepared by ic Insurance Department, as they believe 3at that department is too strongly in sym afhy with; the old-line insurance compl ies to be entrusted with the guardian care f their interests. The same bill was also itroduced in the Senate to-night by Mr. orler. WILL OPPOSE THEM. ittshurg ItUcr ami Coal Men to Appear Against Two Tending Kills. rrno-M a staff corhlsi"0dlt. HAKUISBCEG, March 16. The Senate "iuai.ee and Corporations Committee will old a joint session to-morrow evening, t which time Messrs. Joseph Walton, eprcsenting the rivermen; Alex. Denip- ter, the l'ittsburg Coal Company; F. . Bobbins, the Willow Grove and Shaner loal Comp nies; T. M. Jenkins, of T. I. Jenkins & Co., and J. O. Petty, "presenting W. L. Scott & Co., will appear a opposition to the House bill taxing coal cent a ton for a fund for the relief of in- ared miners and laoorers, and the check- .-cighman hill. A stiong effort will be made defeat both these bills in the Senate. So far as taxing bituminous coal is con- erned, the bill is alreidy dead, its friends aving promised to have that provision irickcu out in the Senate. The check- rcighman bill will" hardly become a law. AMENDING TEE EOAD BILL. uperinlctiileiit Knodcrer Wants o Road I.ci.s Than Twenty Feet Wide. II LOST A STAFF COIIItKSrOJ.-PE2fT.l IlAitKisuuiiG. March 16. Deputy Sheriff . L. ltuhey, of Pittsburg, and "William Icoderer, Superintendent of the farm at ie Dixniont Hospital, are in the city. Mr. Cuoderer wants the road bill amended so jat there shall be no road Uss than 20 feet idc. The Senate to-night reconsidered the ;solution making the special order for the lad bill lor Tuesday and fixing it lor Teducsday at 3 o'clock. Senator Grady to-night presented a bill irhiddhig the use on any highway after une 1, 1893, of any cart, drav, wagon or ther vehicle carrying heavv loads, the heels of which have a tire'less than six icheswide. Light spring wagons carrv ig less thau 1,000 pounds and pleasure irriagcs are exempt from the provisions of icbill. TO EQUALIZE STATE AID. Dill Intended to Secure It for All Chronic Insane Fatlents. rrnoM A STAFF COMtESroxriEXT.l HAKHlSBUltG. March 16. Senator Boo ms, ot " eslmorcland, introduced a bill to ight to pay to each county having an aluis-ous.-, in which its chronic insane are kept, I 50 per week for each patient cared for. There ire 17 counties favins no alms houses and their inane are kept in the State hospitals, the State paying 51 50 a week toward their support, and this bill is in tended to giveiq'ual State aid to the counties which support their own insane. HEEB'S SODA WATER BILL. It Passes Second Beading In the Senate With Seteral Other Hills. rSFKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D15FATCB.1 HARBisnrjBG, March 16. The "Wherry sinking fund bill was reported favorably and passed first reading in the Senate to day. It provides that $100,000 be trans ferred from the. general to the sinking fund this year and $400,000 annually hereafter. Among th'e bills parsed second reading were the following: Requiring telephone and other electric wires to be placed under ground in cities containing 100,000 inhabi tants, by August 1 next; providing lor fire men's relief associations in cities, boroughs and townships; Neeb's bill intended to per mit druggists to sell soda water and other soft drinks on Sundav. PITTSBTJBG STBEET BILLS. They Will Jfow Bo Brought Forward From the Committees. fFKOJC A STArr COKKESrOKDEKT.l Harihsbuko, March 16. The Pittsburg street bills, upon which action has been de ferred pending the decision of the Supreme Court, will likely be brought forward now. In the Senate they are on the second read ing calendar, but have been recommitted. They are in the same position in the House. bavin? been reported once and given a place on the calendar, they will hold it when again brought out ot committee. A P20TESTIHG DELEGATION To Take an Excursion to the State Capital l'rom Philadelphia. tFROM A STAFF COBKESPONDEJTT.l Harrisbuko, March 16. A special tram will run on the Beading Kailroad to morrow, bringing delegations, from the Manufacturers' Club, of Philadelphia, and from the various industries of Philadelphia and vicinity, in opposition to the employers' liability bill. Delegations are also expected from Pitts burg and other points West. They will ap pear before the Serrate Judiciary General Committee at 4 o'clock. FOB TOOTHACHE SUFFERERS. A Bill Requiring Dentists to Use Slagneto Electro Machines. SPECIAL TELEOK1M TO THE DISrATCH.l Hakkisbubo, March 16. The following two bills were introduced in the House: By Mr. Wherry, of Cumberland, requir ing dental colleges and dentists to have a magneto-electro machine in their establish ment; also providing 'or the protection of bona fiae purchasers of land who have pur chased behevinc the title to be valid. Bv Gillan, Franklin, extending the act of 1880, relative to jurors, to criminal cases. . Fay of Flection Officers. ffrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DlRfATCTI.l Habeisbubg, March 16. A bill was in troduced in the Senate by Mr. Bohiusnn, of Delaware, fixing the pay of judges, in spectors and clerks of elections at 53 a day outside of cities of the first class. World's Talr Appropriation. rrnoHA staff cobuespoxdest. , Hakrisbukg, March 16. The bill ap propriating $300,000 to the World's Fair was not reported from the Appropriations Com mittee, as has been stated. It came from the Centennial Committee, and Chairman Frnit's committee never had the bill before it far consideration. A MATBIKONIAL TYPO. He Has Fonr SlarrJuges and Three Divorces to His Credit. SPECIAL TELEOllAM TO THE DIFPATCJl. Dover. X. H., March 16. Walter Walker, a compositor on a local paper, has had an eventful struggle with matrimonial bonds, and the more he plunges the worse off he is. He has been married four times and divorced thrice, and now he has re-married the wife from whom he was first di vorced. But in order to cement tbn new bonds it was necessary to break those that bound him to wife No. 3, and bis present difficultv concerns the method of obtaining that freedom. He has been summoned to court to answer -to the charge of fraudulent ly obtaining a divorce Irom his third wife. She alleges that some time ago the Sheriff handed her some official looking documents, but before she had time to look at them her husband snatched them lrom her hand and destroyed them. Shortly after that he re turned home and told her he had just se cured a divorce from her. That was her first intimation that her husband desired a separation. It wat only a short time after that that she heard of his marriage to his former wife. That made her jealous, and she succeeded in effectually breaking up her recreant husband's honeymoon. THE LAST CONGBESS. Representative nolraan fays It Was tho Worst on Kecord. SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Washington, March 16. Representa tive Holman, "the watch dog of the Treas ury," says the last Congress was the worst in the history of the country, and has raised the standard by which extrava gance will be judged in the future and render greater extravagance liable. "There were some very warm admirers of Mr. Eeed," he. said, "who were gathered around him; but with possibly the exception of Mr. Keifer, I think there has been no Speaker be ore who has made as many ene mies among the members of hU own'party as Mr. lteed. Nothing can overcome the precedents of the late Congress, unless there should be a popular revolution as there was in 1840. Belorethclstof next February the House will send a tariff bill to the Senate. It will be a bill making a moderate reduction of duties on lines compliant with the demands of the people and very considerablyjncreas ing the size of the ree list. I believe the next Congress wilLpass a free coinage act. BABY JTXEE'S BIBTHDAY. He Celebrates His Fourth With His First Fair of Fants and a Party. lErECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.1 Washington, March 16. Young Benja min Harrison McKee celebrated his 4th birthday this atternoon by a party, to which 14 young companions were invited. The occasion was rendered donbly memor able by the appearance of the infant host in his first pair ot pants. The entire suite of parlors were thrown open and brilliantly illuminated with electricity, and the long corridor was decked with palms and tropi cal plants. The toast, "Health, Happiness and Pros perity" to the young host was proposed by the 4-vear-oId on of General Breckenridge. The Marine Band, stationed iu the conserva tory, played the "Toy Symphony," com posed by Prof. Sousa.' The great event of the aftcrnonh, however, was the dance in the corridor, to which the happy band adjourned upon the completion of the meal, each orna mented with a tissue paper cap. ELECTBOCTJTION CASES. The Supreme Conrt Fixes Dates for .the Hcarinc; or Them. Washington, March 16. The Snpreme Court to-dav advanced the electrnentinn case of Brush and set it down for argument on the first Monday of April next In the Jugiro case, a new citation was ordered to be issued, directing the counsel for the prisoner to come into court on the same day Woods' case is to be heard, when argu ment will be proceeded with. A FRIGHTENED 0ITY. Continued From first Fage. through the Vice-Consul that, as a repre sentative of the Italian Government, he greatly regretted the unfortunate ocenrrence in the South. He was unable to state what action his Government would take, nor was he in formed 'as to any possible action which might be taken by the Italian colonists. Cases of this kind have been very few, and the Consul General was unable to recall what had been done under similar circum stances in the past. The big Italian indig nation meeting will probably be held on Wednesday evening at Tammanv Hall. In the meantime all festivities will be aban doned. THE ALLEGED JURY FIXER. DETECTIVE O'M&LLEY AHD HIS BEC0BD IN CLEVELAND. Arrested and Sent to the Workhouse for Stealing- Iron His Effort to Get Con Cressmau Foran to Clear Vp His Kecord In That City. Cleteland, March 16. The wholesale lynching of Italians in New Orleans has given to Dominick O'Malley, a private de tective and alleged jury fixer, national no toriety. Daring his life in this city he was well known to the police. His sister and brother-in-law, named "Davis, own a saloon on Kiver street. A patrolman told a reporter to-day that he recollected placing O'Mal'ey and Davis under arrest for fighting about a year be fore Dominick lelt the city in 1878. The following entry is taken from the police records of February 1, 1875: Petit larceny Dominick O'Malley was fined $20 and costs, committed till paid, and sent up for 30 days. O'Malley was in Cleveland during the latter pjrt of last December, and he had some particular busi ness with ex-Congressman Martin A. Foran. "O'Malley came to me,"aid Mr. Foran. "and asked if I Old not remember his arrest and trial, when I Mas Police Prosecutor, on a chan:eof stealing iron, and bis being sent to the workhouse and being brought hack afterwards when it was developed mat be and a companion bad gone out on tho lake in a sailboat, putting in the Iron for ballast, the bjat afterwards being wrecked and the iron lelt on the beach, I did remember that about that time two young fel los had taken a boat without leave, and row ing out east along the shore had landed at a vineyard and bad been caagbt stealing and eating grapes. I asked 1dm if he had raided a vineyard on that trip, and be eagerly responded that he had. I looked np the record and foand that he had heea arrested for stealing iron on Janu ary 27, 1875, and had been fined and sent to the workhouse. I found no mention of any explanation involving a hoSt. 1 wrote a note to Superintendent or the Work house Patterson," continued Mr. Foran, "and asked him to let ine nave a transcript from his records regarding the rase. He did so, and this showed that O'Malley stayed at the work honsp from the lit of Anril till the latter part of June, having worked out his fine and costs. Soon after I wrote a letter to O'.Maliey stating that I was afraid his recollection did not serve him ell. as there was the record of anything but his speedy liberation from the workhouse at the time the iron was stolen, and that as the ar rest occurred in January he could neither have gone far on the lake with a ronuost nor raided vineyards with ereat success. I have not heard from him directly since." WHAT PARKERS0N SAYS. THE LEADEB OJ THE BOB GLOBIES IK THE WOBK OF 8ATUBDAY. He Tells How the Movement Was Started and Carried to Its Termination Has Kb Becrets for the Part He Took In the As sassination. Ue-sv Orleans, March 16. William S. Parkcrson, the young leader of the mob that lynched the Italians, was seen to-day and told something about how the move ment was started. He said that he had taken no particular interest in tbe'trial of the men, but, like everyone else, was shocked when the verdict was rendered. He said he did not take the initiative, and could not tell who did. There was a gathering in his office Fri day afternoon of people who wished to dis cuss the matter. ' Then at night there was a meeting at which the call for a meeting next day was prepared. He went to the Clay statue Saturday morning, where he found a great mob and to them be made a speech. Then every one knew that they were to go to the prison. Parkerson de scribed the scenes along the route, the de mand for the keys of the jail and the bat tering down of the doors. He said that he did not kill anyone with his own hands. - Ther intended to get into the prison if they had to tear it down. Once in they accomplished what they hjd gone there for and then quietly dispersed. He had no regret for what he had done. METHODIST MINISTERS DIFFEB. When the Law Falls One Said It Was Time the People Did Something. Chicago, March 16. At the weekly meeting of the Methodist ministers to day, resolutions were adopted deprecating dhe tardiness of justice in Xew Orleans and other cities.yet declaring lynch law "utterly abhorent to the spirit of our government and of Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence," expressing a fear as to the result of such lawlessness as that exhibited at Kew Orleans on the body politic, and condeming ''ewiry irregular form of meeting out justice." The resolutions caused a heated, discussion in which widely divergent views were ex pressed. The Itev. Frank Bristol thought it a shame that ministers should hesitate to take a bold stand on such a question. On the other hand the Rev. Dr. Bland was strenuously opposed to the passage of the resolution and said: "When the law will not take care of a lot of murderers it is time the people did something." The matter was finally rererred to a committee to re port at the next meeting. I PHILADELPHIA ITALIANS To Hold a Meeting to Denounce the lynch ing of Their Countrymen. Philadelphia, March 16. A meeting of the residents and representatives of 15 Italian societies was held here to-night to decide what would be the best course for the Italian colony of this city to pursue in the matter of the Ivnching of their fellow countrymen at 2ew Orleans. The meeting was pacific in its character, anti the senti ment expressed by the different speakers were temperate in nature, although all de nounced the action at New Orleans. The meeting was an informal one, and be yond the appointment of a committee to consider what action should be taken, nothing as indicating the sentiment ot the entire Italian colony here was done. The committee was ordered to report to-morrow night, aud it will undoubtedly report in favor of amass meeting, at which resolu tions denouncing the action of the mob will be passed. BO BILL PASSED By the Indiana Legislature Llmitlng'stock holders' Votes. Indianapolis, March 16. Abont a week ago the statement bat the Legisla ture had passed a bill providing that no stockholders in a corporation should have more than one vote, no matter, how many shares of stock he might hold, .was tele graphed to various newspapers. The matter has caused considerable com ment throughout the country, and many in quiries are being received' abont it. No such bill was passed bythe Legislature', and the wlole story is entirely without foundation. THE PITTSBIERG DISPATCH, IDEAS OF J. INGALLS. He Says the Republicans Must Ac cept Silver or Ho Paralysed by A COALITION OP WES.T AND SOOTH: Demands of the Farmers' Alliance Not Understood in the East. VIGOROUS ADVICE FOli NEW EXGLASD Boston, March'16. John J. Ingalls sailed last nisrht from this port on board the coast steamer Dorchester ftr Baltimore, after having made a brief visit to the scenes of his childhood and to bis parents, who re side in West Boxhury. Before leaving he spoke freely to a re porter concerning New England's policy toward the West and South in the most canstic terms. "The Republicans of New England," he said, "may paste this in their hats: 'If the next Republican convention nominates a monopolist and the platform contains a declaration against free coinage, unless some remarkable change occurs in public opinion, I donbt if they will carry two States west of the Allegheny Mountains.' " A Combination of West and South. Again he says: "The very pressuie of economic questions has forced a combina tion between the Western States and those of the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, those of the Gulf and the Southeastern At lantic States; between the great grain and cotton producers, as against the manufac turing and commercial interests of the East This combination has been forced by the greed and grasping characteristics of the Eastern capitalists. "The New England people do not under stand either the disposition or the temper of the Western people, and have not under stood them lrom the beginning. The Yankee idea seems to be to treat the demands of the West with derision and contempt. Thepenple there have become tired of being ridiculed and of baving their favorite measures of legislation overriden, and are determined to secure for themselves the privileges which it has been the custom of the East to set aside for itself. This is the backbone of the Alliance movement, and among the last things its leaders wonld be likely to harken to would be the warnings from the moneyed interests of the New England States. A Crisis Requiring Wisdom. "A crisis is threatened aud it will take the combined wisdom of the country to avert it By this crisis a line of separation be tween the Eist and the West will be drawn, and it will be precipitated unless there is a modification of the proscriptive and intol erant criticism which prevails against West ern men and measures. The consequences of such a crisis cannot be predicted, hut they will he momentous. The West and Sduth want a revision and readjustment of the tariff, they want the free coinage of sil ver, they want a series of economical meas ures to protect their agricultural interests, aud every word of derision sent forth from New England does not tend to increase their confidence in their Yaukee fellow-countrymen. "The West and South know their power. They know, by the adjustment of the politi cal forces of the country according to the eleventh census, that the seat of power has been transferred to them. They know that if they unite, as they are likely to do, that they can elect a majority of the Senate, a majority of the House of Representatives and a majority of the Electoral College. Where would New England then he? There would bo no need of revolution. New Eugland could then be legislated to the place it desires the West to occupy. New England wants a gold basis. The West and Sduth'are unanimous for free coinage"; they want a large increase in the circulating me dium, and all that New England may do to the contrary cannot change this determina tion. They have long submitted, for'the sake of partv, to New England's tariff de mands, but they will submit no longer. The Farmer!,' Alliance Slisnndcrstood. "This new political movement in the West is misunderstood by the East pur posely misunderstood, it would seem. There are but few o! the Western States that are not within the grasp of the secret lodges of the Farmers' Alliance. Its suprising growth in Ohio, which started with 50,000 mem bers and promises to have 350,000 by the next election, is equalled in several other States, and for President Eliot, of Harvard College, to tell these people that they :tre ignorant and do not know what they are doing is not likely to modify their opinion of Eastern instruction. As a mailer of fact, such know-it-all instructions but exasperates them and arouses their resent ment. Because the voters of the West may lack the culture and scientific knowledge and technical instruction of the President and graduates of Harvard College, it does not follow that they are not equally as good scholars in a wider school and arc not en gaged in an honest effort to solve the great problems that confront us in accordance with tne principles ot a sound nnancial basis aud in keeping with good government "Kow the tide is running in the West, Kansas tells. In my State Harrison re ceived 82.000 majority the largest relative majority given by any State in the country. This majority has disappeared. As in a night the Bepublican sentiment of Kansas uuderwent a change, and the party of Senator-elect Peffer and Jerry Simpson took its place. Kansas Is By No Means Alone. "But the State of Kansas did not stand alone overwhelmed by the earthquake. Our New England brethren had their chance success in New Hampshire, their Demo cratic Governors 'in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and their minority in Con necticut We from the West foresaw the catastrophe, and we appealed to the repre sentatives from New England to be more moderate, but our appeal went with the soup reserved for Western digestion. Your leaders "exhibited a disinclination to make even the slightest concessions upgtn national questions. The Western judgment of such an exhibition was that future co operation for their benefit with the East would be barren in results,,and so they looked to the South. Business interests and a desire for mutual protection drove all sectional issues and. factional antagonisms out of political use. They were not inclined to continue to differ with a section with which they intended to form an alliance, and so the elections bill had but little con sideration from them. "That is what New England is doing. New England is dependent for the means to maintain her manufacturing and com mercial supretnacyupon the producing re gions of the country, for your farmers do not raise enough to furnish your population with a breakiast three months iu a year. There are innumerable reasons why the relations between the two sections should be friendly and harmonious. With reason able concessions, "the present differences could be so adjusted as to secure har monious co-operation. To bring this to pass compromises must be made. But onr experience with New England has been that she will have all or nothing. Demands of tho Prairie Statesman. "The great prairies do not furnish us with lumber to build our corrals, and wc want free lumber and a reduction of duty on fence wire. Then, too, we wanted free sugar, but the Maine woods are not-quite exhausted and the wire works at "Worcester and the maple trees in "Vermont all had their champions; so our "demands were re fused by the representatives of New En gland sentiment Not all, for we shall hare practically free sugar, but those Vermont trees had to be enriched by bounties. Our Western farmers see and know these 1 things and neither President Eliot nor anybody else can- shut their eyes. -Our Western farmers have even more reasons to feel incensed. During the close of the last TUESDAY, MARCH 17, session they saw their pure-food bill, their lard bill and other important agricultural measures permitted to die with the session, so that wav might be made for the shipping subsidy bill, which i? for the interests of the shipbuilders along the Main coast Isn't it natural, under these circumstances, that the producers should rise in resentment against the greed and get-all of New Eng land? "Men of the agricultural regions see that yearly they labor but to grow poorer, while in the large manufacturing and commercial regions there is "an inordinate ana inex plicable accummnlation of wealth. All that these wealthy communities desire in legisla tion is granted, while all the f lrmers de mand is either buried in committee or laughed out of sight. The New Englanders for 25 years have been able to do this be cause their representatives have by long ex perience and extended sefvice.reached posi tions of influence and power, They have held the secretaryship of State, the speaker ship of the House and the chairmanships of all powerful committees, so that New Eng hnd's wants wonld be attended to, if every other section of the country sufiered as a consequence. 'But they la'ugh best who laugh last.' Not Interested in the Force Bill. , "As again showing the change of feeling in the West, I spoke" 25 times in the last campaign, and during the month of October addressed 100,000 people. They manifested interest exclusively in economic and politi cal topics Anything "else fell flat. The elections bill and the question of suffrage in the South, which had been engrossing ques tions in 1888, had lost their power and were regarded with apathetic indifference. Mucli of this indifference was undoubtedly do to a perception, misunderstood perhaps, hut all-powerful nevertheless, that co-oper-utiou between New England and the West was hopeless, and the success'of the reform demanded could only be secured by 'a coali tion between the South and West, when ex isting causes of political estrangement are removed. ''But after all, the New Englanders are true to their traditional character, for the genius of New England has been sharpened and developed by its environments, and for two centuries they have laid in wait for the human race. New England has her money invested in Western enterprises iu . the Atchinsou,' the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and other great undertakings. It is among the things that are in the immedi ate future.Jhat Western Legislatures will put upon their statute books enaciments for the establishment of arbitrary and maxi mum rates for passengers and freight upon the railroads; they will pass usury laws and jtatutes for stay of executions in proceed ings for the collection of debts. These are some of the retaliatory dangers that will threaten the permanent values" of Eastern investments in land and railroads. "At a New England boy I do not desire to see the line oi separation drawn. If it is 4drawn it will be New England greed and ignorance of the needs of the Western peo ple that will do it The West will play tail to the Eastern kite no longer." FIGHTING THE CHARTER. THE CnfMNNATI MEN EXPERIENCE A CHANGE OF HEABT. They Now Want the City Kan Under the Old Board, Becently Restored Trouble Ahead for Special teelslatlon A Con ference on the Bawlings Bill. (SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCIM Columbus, March 16. This promises to be the liveliest week of the Legislative session. Work was resumed at 4 P. si. to day in both branches, aud the House is in session to-night. The Cincinnati delega tion left lor home Friday all in favor of the passage of the charter bill for that city. They have returned with a different story. They say the people want to continue un der the restored Board of Public Works, and the indications are they will endeavor to kill the new chatter bill. Astrong lobby of the politicians against it is promised for to-morrow. Since the Snpreme Court decision last week, which restored the old board that Governor Campbell deposed, the enemies of the Governor have conceived the idea that it would be a good thing to have the board continne, appropriate the offices at once, and take the chances of re-elepting Presi dent Rcenielin, of the board, whose term expires this spring. Notwithstanding this move, it is believed the Governor can force the new charter bill through, if he so de sires, but it is " not believed he will do so. It is doubtful if the Itenubt licans of the Legislature will take any part in the proceedings as a party, but will endeavor to profit by the in ternal war which promises to break out anew between Campbell and the.Ciucinnati politicians. Keemelin has been clamoring for vindication, and Campbell has said the proper place !or him to get it is to go before the people. The Legislative Committee in vestigating the alleged corruption on the part of 'the lteemelin Board at Cincin nati will likely report this week, which will have much to do with further proceedings. Inside information is that the committee will report censuring Keemelin, and saying the Governor had good cause lor removal before the special session. There is trouble ahead for all the legisla tion in the interest of the large cities. The information comes irom Cleveland that the bill reorganizing that cityon the board plan will be brought into the Supreme Court in the next day or two on the same grounds as the Cincinnati law was declared unconsti tutional. The Bawlings bill for the equalization of taxation is not meeting with success in the House, and a committee of conference has been asked for. The House objects to the Senate amendment, which exempts from taxation all finished goods held by manu facturers between January 1 and April 1. AFTER HEABSI'S SEAT. Another Ballot In tho California Legislature With iisteo Ahead. Saceamento, March 16. A ballot was taken in joint session of the Legislature for United States Senator to-day and resulted: Estec, 37; De.Young,24; Eelton.14; Blanch ard, 12; Perkins, 1; Wetmore, 1. This shows a gain over Saturday's vote of 3 for Estee, 1 for perYoung and 1 for Fefton. The position of Estee was somewhat im proved on to-day's ballot. Members of both Honses of the Legislature are talking of adjourning sine die Wednesday night, and it is doubtful whether a quorum can be kept here much later than that. The desire to adjourn is forcing the Senatorial issue, and some decisive action to-morrow is looked for, A T0WEB OP L1BEBIY Unveiled at Washington's Headquarters f Near the City of Newbnrg. Newbuko, N. Y.,March 16. The'Tower of Liberty on the Washington's headquar ters grounds, which was erected with funds provided by the United States and the New York State government, has been completed and thiown open to the public. No formal ceremonv took place at the unveiling of the statue of Washington and the opening of the structure.-. The cost in all was about $67,700, most of which was supplied by the national Govern ment The undertaking grew out of the celebration in 1883 (of the centennial of the disbandment of Washington's army and the declaration of peace with England after the Kevolntionary War. i False Rumors Set at Rest Washington, March 16. The Depart ment of State is informed that the rumors that the Brazilian Government does not in tend to carry out the recent reciprocity agreement with the United States are dis credited by the action of the authorities at Bio de Janeiro' in issuing instructions to officials concerning the free "admission of merchandise from the Unit;d States, 1891. ROMANCE AND PATHOS Strangely Mixed Up in the Life of the Peadllrs. Furnell. THEORY OP MUEDER DISPELLED Br tbe Investigation Into Her Death of the Coroner's Jury. A PROBABLE C0STEST FOR HER WEALTH KrrclAI. TKIiEORAK TO TOB DISPATCH.'. Atlantic City, N. J., March 16. The theory of murder in the Mrs. Clara Purnell case was effectually squashed to-day by the finding of the Coroner's jury, who returned a verdict that death was due to heart fail ure. The testimony of County Physician James and all but one of the witnesses amply disproved even the slightest suspicion of foul play. The one exception was ex-Assemblyman James S. Beckvritb, who first discovered Mrs. Purnell's dead-body in her cotcage. He seemed determined to make it out a clear case ot cold-blooded nfurder, and dramatically referred to what he considered the tell-tale marks on her throat and face, and the fact that her hair was entaugled in the rungs of a clothes horse, which stood in close proximity to the chair from which she fell in her death throes. Dr. James, how ever, had made an examination of ber heart, lungs and intestines, and hi3 evi dence was conclusive that the woman came to her death through natural causes. Story of airs. Purnell's Idfe. The veil of mystery surrounding the life of Mrs. Pumell was lifted to-day by Mrs. H. W. Thurman, of Germantowu. She is a cousin of the deceased, and came here this morning in company with John Ulip, of West Philadelphia, another relative of the unfortunate woman, and Mr. William Barnes, her lawyer. Mrs. Thuiman's story of the dead .woman's life was full of romance and pathos, and if told in detail wonld prove a narrative of thrilling interest. She said Mrs. Clara Purnell was the daughter of tho Bev. Samuel Bertron, a wealthv Methodist Episcopal minister of Port Gibson, Miss. Her mother, Mrs. Ottillie Bertron, is an authoress of consider able note, and is best known in literary circle because of the brilliant scoring she gave Bob Ingersoll and his religious notions recently. She is still living in Port Gibson. Clara was a favorite daughter and was sent to the York, Pa., College to be educated. When she returned South she created a furore iu social circles because other beauty and accomplishments. Carried on" by Cholera. She had many suitors, but the successful one was J. E. Pnrnell, a wealthy and in fluential native of Mississippi. While tbe Civil War was in progress her husband was stricken with cholera and died. Mrs. Purnell was visiting at the home of her uncle, Beading Bertron Porter, of German town, nt the time, and was badly prostrated on receiviug the sad news. She led a quiet life in her native city until the fall of 1877, when a double calamity almost unsettled her reason. Her father and son were both ta"ken down with yellow fever and died on the same day. Her son was a bright, intelligent yontb, and bad just graduated three days previous at Avon dale College. Prom that day on she became a wanderer, moving from place to place, her only companions being her pet dogs. She had a penchant for jewelry, and from her girlhood days until tbe time of her death had been diligently gathering tbe rarest gems she could find. Wanted Someone to Love.' Mrs. Purnell's recent advent iu Philadel phia was last spring, when she called at the house of her cousilj. John Ulip, in West Philadelphia, and informed him that she wanted someone to love, and was going to adopt a child. Mr. Ulip suggested that she adopt someone ot her relative s children, but she declared that she had already made a selection. Mrs. Thurman further stated that her deceased relative was very wealthy, as she was left a fortune, not only by her father, but by her husband. She owned at her dfsjitti a large plantation near Chase City, Va., and another on the Yazoo river, Miss. tgSMrs. Purnell's relatives were visibly in censed at the fact that a strange infant should be adopted by her as heir, to the ex clusion of her blood relations, and if there is a loophole through which the will can be contested, there is but little donbt that they will lose no time in. doing so. Lawyer William Barnes, the deceased's legal ad viser, was here to-day and made arrange ments to have the body placed in the re ceiving vanlt at Pleasantville, trhere it will remain until arrangements have been made with her relatives to have it sent to her Southern home. PLEA OF ACCIDENTAL SH00TIHG. W. A. Stevens, of Cincinnati, Tells ilow Ho Shot James Woods. ClNCIlTNATl, March 16. This afternoon a sensation was caused by the appearance of Will A. Stevens, of the well-known 'dry goods firm of Weatherby, Stevens & Co., at the office of the Superintendent of Police, accompanied by his attorney. Judge M. F. Wilson, where he made the voluntary state ment that he fired the shot which killed James Woods. By the advice of his at torney he refused to say anything further that tbe shooting was accidental. It is said that there has been an effort to cover np the facts, but that it has been dis covered that Stevens has been in the habit of visiting a certain place with a Mrs. Arm strong, a niece of Wood's; that they were there last night near midnight and Stevens, in'the presence of Woods, was showing a new self-cocking pistol. Suddenly there was a report and Woods soon afterward exclaimed, "I am shot" He refused to tell who shot bim. Stevens and the- woman drove into the city, and until he voluntarily made his statement to the Superintendent of Police it was not known who fired the fatal shot There is nothing known of the rela tions of the two meu to justify the suspicion thrfi the tragedy had any other cause than accident THUCK FABKDTG. A Bulletin on It, Issued by tho Census Bu reau, That Is Interesting;. Washington, March 16. The Census Office .to-day made public a bulletin on truck farming, which, for the first time in the history of the country, has been made the subject of Census , in vestigation. Truck farming, as considered in this report, is distinct from market gar dening. The former is' carried on in favored localities at a distance-irom market, water and rail transportation being necessary, while .the latter is conducted near local markets. Upward of $100,000,000 are invested in this industry, the annual products reaching a value of $76,517,155 on thefarms after paying freights and commissions, and realized upon 534,410 acres ot land. There are employed in this industry 216.765 meu, 9,254 women and 14,874 children, aided bv 75,866 horses aud mules' and ?8,971,20'G worth of implements. WILL BE BELEASED. Discharge of the Horse Thief Governor Hill Refused to Give Up. nirXCIAI. TXLZQ1UX TO TUB DIBr ATCH.l DANBUr, Conn., March 16. Jphn Colbert, horse thief, whose extradition Gov ernor Hill refused, will be released from Carmel, N. Y., jail to-morrow morning. Governor Bulkeley has personally requested officers not to attempt to bring Colbert into Connecticut by force and they have aban doned their original plans. Colbert says he will go to his home in Elmira, where bis relatives are well connected. THE BUTTINGEE MYSTEBY. A Suspicion That Brother-In-Law Wright Committed Suicide. New Yoek, March 16. District Attor ney Fitzgerald, of Tottenville, S. L, who is investigating the mysterious death of Carl Buttinger, to-day found in a valise, among Buttinger's. effects, photo negatives of But tinger and his brother-in-law Wright After careful comparisou District Attorney Fitzgerald said that he had no doubt that Buttinger was the dead man lying in Bedell's morgue. A reporter who saw the negatives was struck by tbe resemblancp of Wright to the man who commrtted suicide in the Astor House, Fcbruarv 3, and who was buried under the name of FredEvans. The official description of the" Astor House suicide as recorded at the morgue is: Five feet six inches tall, 2Jyears old, blonde hair, curly, blue eyes,-small blonde mustache, red cheeks, ..Roman nose, slim built, weight 120 ponnds", small hands, small feet Evans was believed .to be a diamond cntter. All the names and tags were cut off the clothing. He registered as from England. Wright was also a diamond cutter. Wright's description is: Five feet four inches tall, weight 142 pounds, light hair, blue eye, licht mustache, slight fig ure. One of Wright's sisters is named Evans. PB0BIHQ THE STJOAB TBTJST. William Sick Got Over Two Millions More Than His Plant Was Worth. New Yokk. March 16. The Senate Committee to investigate the Sugar Trust resumed its session this morning. William Dick, one of the trustees of the Sugar Re- fining Company, was the first witness. He testified that the American Sugar Refining Company was formed in New Jersey, be cause the courts here hold such companies to be illegal. Mr. Dick said that his real estate, or plant, at the time sold out to the Sugar Refineries Companv, was worth 51,000,000. Witness could only account for the differ ence between tbe $1,000,000, the amount he valued his plant, and the S2.7G2.000, the amount he received for it, by saying it must be for the good will of the business. He added that he was prepared to go into the details ot bookkeeping. Before ad journing until Saturday morning next, Sen ator "Vedder, the acting Chairman of tbe committee, said that at that time the course of the committee with reference to the-refusal of the American Sugar Refining Company to produce the books of tbe constituent cor poration of the old Sugar Trust wonld be announced. FBAHEXIS'S LEGACY To "Boston and Philadelphia Comes Op Again In a Quaker City Court rUPECIAI. TELIGRAH TO TUB DISi-ATCH.1 , Philadelphia, March 16. Tbe fight of the heirs of Benjamin Franklin for tbe 5100,000 trust fund held by the city of Phil adelphia to-day occupied the attention of the Orphans' Court in tbe argument of the demurrer to tbe petition of the heirs for a citation against the City Trust, to show cause why they should not pay the money into court to be held in trnst for the petitioners in 1790. Under a codicil of Franklin's will, 1,000 were left to-the inhabitants of Philadelphia and Boston each, lo be loaned to young married arti ficers under the nge of 25 years, who had served apprenticeship iu those cities. Last October when the accumulation had reached $100,000,. the Citv Trust had abont decided to appropriate 575,000 to increase the Normal School facilities, when Albert Dabadie Bache, a great grandson of Frank lin, filed a petition for a citation, as one of the heirs. Subsequently, Mrs. Elizabeth Dnane Gillispie, a granddaughter of Frank lin, took out letters of administration, c. t. a., and filed her petition in Bache's place. Judge Pemrose held the case under advisement. TBIAL OFEINCAH). It Will Frobahly lie Postponed Until Some Time Next Week. 1FBOM A STATF CORRZSFOSPEST. WASHiNGTON.March 16. Though it was the impression this morning that the trial of Judge Charles E. Kincaid, correspondent of the Louisville Times, for the murder of ex-Congressman Taulbec would have to be postponed on acconnt of the failure of several witnesses residing at a distance to get here, there was a great crowd of citizens, Congressmen and newspaper men in at tendance at the Court House. Kincaid was there with his counsel and looked as cosl and indifferent as any one of the crowd. The court had no sooner opened and the District Attorney announced that the Government was ready to proceed with tne trial, than the counsel for Kincaid moved a postpone ment on account of the fact that some dis tant witnesses could not arrive before next Monday. After a good deal of discussion it was de cided that if affidavits to this effect were presented tbe desired postponement would be given. The counsel said they would be ready with the affidavits to-morrow and it is therefore probable that the sensational trial will be postponed till next week. THEY WANT BECIPB0CITY. Boot and Shoe Men Anxions to Have It Applied to Their Industry. Washington, March 16. A committee, representing the Boston Boot and Shoe Club and the New England Shoe and Leather Association, presented Secretary Blaine with a series of resolutions adopted by those organizations, indorsing the Ad ministration's reciprocity policy, and urg ing its extension to their own industry. Secretary Blaine promised to do alljhe could to see that their interests were not overlooked when the proposed treaties are formulated, and they assured htm that they were heartily iu favor of the reciprocity scheme and would lend their best aid to its development When tbe committee subsequently visited the White House, the President said he recognized tbe importance ot their industry and wonld endeavor to secure its recogni tion as rapidly and as completely as possi ble in the matter of reciprocity with other countries. VICTIM OF A MOCK MABBIAGE Mary Martin's Treatment bythe Man She Believed Her llnsbnnd. Shamokin, March 16. Thirteen months ago Noah Long,a miner, took Mary Martin to the house ot a friend, where one of his chums performed a mock marriage. 'The girl asked for a certificate, but was' put off, and the couple went to Streater, 111., where Long got work in the mines. He finally, alter much abuse, told her that she was not his wife. She tried to leave. bim, bnt he would not allow her. Finally sue wrote home and her brother went West and brought her back. She says that she was terribly treated by Long. PAH) U? HI run. A Warrant for 83,213,330 8G Direct Tax Money Sent to Goyernor Hilt Washington, March 16. Acting Sec retary Nettleton issued a warrant to-day for $2,213,330 86 in favor of the Governor of New York, as payment in fnll on account of all claims arising in that State nnder the direct law. This is the first payment made nnder anthority of tbe direct tax act New York is tbe only State that has made requisition for reimbursements under that act, 7 DEADLY NIGHT FIRE. A Family Almost Cremated in a Tenement Ont Penn Avenue. FIVE PEBS0NS FATALLY BDEKED, And Two Men Serionsly Injured by Jump ing" From a Second Story. CADSED BI THE EXPLOSION OP A LAMP One of those terrible tenement house fires occurred about midnight in Nos ser's row, Eden alley, near Forty-first street Wolf Kupperman, with his family lived in the building. Five of them were probably fatally bnrned, and two men were seriously injured by jumping from a second story window. Tbe names of tbe bnrned and injured are MBS. WOLF KUPPERMAN. aged 37 years, burned about the face, neck, bead, arms and chest; will probably die. SIMON KUPPERMAN, brother of Wolf Kupperman, aged 17 years, bnrned about tbe face, chest, arms and internally; fatally hnrt. DAVID KUPPERMAN. aged 4 years, bnrned about tho face, arms and bands; condition serious. TRICE KUPPERMAN, aged 2 years, bnrned about the hands, wrist, face and feet; 96- rions. INFANT KUPPERMAN. aged 4 weeks, bnrned from feet np to abdomen, and skin burned off face nock, and arms and burned Internally; will die. The men who jumped from the front room window were Solomon Goldberg and Frank Smitb, who boarded with the family. Goldberg had his wrist torn by broken glass, and Smitb had his hip dislocated. Caught Like Rats In a Trap. Kupperman Is a tailor, and lives in a two-story-frame bouse in Nosser's row. Shortly after 11 o'clock several members of the family of Mr. Nosser observed flames issu ing from the rear of Kupperman's house. An alarm was sent in from station No. 73, and in a few minutes No. 6 eugino company was at the place. A line of hose was rnn through Nosser's stables and a stream turned on the burning house. Smoke aud flames were issuing from all tbe windows, and a ladder was placed against the adjoining house to see if an entrance could be gained. As Fireman Frank Corner was ascending the ladder he heard the scream of a child from'a room on the second floor. The fire men had been assured that everyone was out of the burning building, but at the cry of the child the ladder was at once thrown over to tbe window. At this instant the window of the front bedroom of the second floor was broken and two men jumped to the ground. v hen the ladder bad been placed Assistant Chief Coates and Police Captain Brophy ran up and plunged into the burning room. An instant later Captain Brophy came down the ladder with a "baby in his arms, followed by Chief Coates with a child. Other firemen followed, and in a few minutes three chil dren, their mother, and a lad of 17 years had been carried down the ladder all screamine from pain. They were carried into Mr. Nosser's house and physicians sent for at once. Five People Badly Burned. Drs. Sands and Cameron arrived and dressed the burns of the injured, alterwbich they were taken to the West Penn Hospital in ambulances. Of the five carried down the ladder all were terribly burned. In the meantime the firemen rapidly ex tinguished the fire. It bad been cansed by the explosion of a hanging lamp in the din ing room. Tbe family were all np stairs and, tbe dimes spreading quickly, tbe room and stairway were filled with flames before they were aware of the fire. The boarders and children were in bed, and Kupperman and his wife became too ex cited to know what to do. In almost an instant the upstairs rooms were filled with flames and smoke, and those in the back room -were overcome and sunk to the floor. When the firemen got into tbe room they found all of the inmates scattered about the floor. But for the last cry of one of tbe children attracting Fireman Corner when he was on the ladder, all of them would have been burned to death, as the firemen had been told upon reaching tbe house that all the people were out Goldberg and Smitb, the boarders, were awakened by the smoke filling their room, and too much excited to think if' others were still in the bonse, jumped from the window. The fire was soon put out, though the rapidity with which the flsmes spread caused the almost total destruction of the interior. The damage was about 600, cov ered bv insurance. The house was owned by C. P. Nosser. Mr. Kupperman, whose family suffered so much, is a Polish Hebrew, and a tailor. ANOTHEB BABK FAILS. It Weed Co., of A illiamsport. Compelled to Close Their Doors. .WllXIASisroRT, March 16. The bank ing office of E. Weed & Co. failed to open its doors this morning and a single placard on the door annonnced that the bank had closed. Tbe institution was the oldest private bank in the city, having conducted business successfully for over 20 years. Be cently, however, it has been doing a small business, and it is said to have lost 5100,000 through the late failure of Frederick T. Weed, a lumber dealer. No statement of the condition of affairs was given out to-day, but an officer of the bank said that all the depositors would be secured. He said that the bank had been losing money steadily for some time, but that the suspen sion was owing principally to the ill health and ndvanring age of Mills B. Weed, trustee of the F. R. Weed estate. As soon as tbe details are arranged a statement for publication will be given, ont It is certain, however, that the business will be wound up. . HE PLAYED THE BACES. A Philadelphia Bank Teller Goes Wrong to the Tune of SS.300. lSflClAt. KLKOKAJS TO TUB DISPATCH.! Philadelphia, March 16. It has just been discovered that G. Wharton Riche, re ' ceiving teller of tbe Commonwealth National Bank, robbed the cash box of that institu tion of more than 88,300, and since February , 23 has been a fugitive from justice. A warrant has been sworu out for his arrest by an officer of the Guarantee Company of.. North America, which had gone on bis bond for 83,000, but there is no clew to his whereabouts. He was supposed to have been a model young man, though on the quiet he had been playing tbe Gloucester races in a small way. At Home With His Wife. Munsey's Weekly.! Mrs. Cullen Are wc going to be home this evening, George? Mr. Cullen Yes, 1 guess so. Mrs. Cullen Then don't yon think that if we are going to stay home we might as well go to the theater? Brokers Are Used to Water. Portsmouth Times. 2 A State street broker was seen going toward his office In Boston recently In' a pouring rain, with umbrella raised, but not open, saflearcase of absent-mindedness. TOO IATE TO CI.ASSIFT. NOTICE THE MEMBERS OF-HILLTOP Council No. iS, Jr. O. U. A. M- are hereby requested to meet at tneir hall to attend the fnneral of their late brother, t. R. Johnson, on WEDNESDAY, March 18, 1S91, at 1 o'clock P.M. I inhl7-il -4 3 , t i
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