AH ECONOMIC FLOP,
Senator Cockrell Runs Counter
to All His Congressional
Utterances on
RUINOUS EXTRAVAGANCE.
"While Denouncing the Last Congress,
lie Hedges on the Kent,
WHOSE rOSSIBLE EIPEXDITDKES
He Is Seeking to Apologize for Thus Early
iu the Season.
ILLT IXFOHUED U. DEl'AKTllE.NT WOKK
rFBOM A STAFF COBKEsrOXDEXT.l
Washington, March -'i A good deal
of amusement is excited by a communica
tion to the press by Senator Cockrell, of
Missouri, upon the subject of appropria
tions. Cockrell is one of the most fanatical
members of the Senate on the question of
economy. He always proceedson the theory
that economy is to hoard the public money
instead of expending it lor great projects
conducive to the general beiiclit. During
the last Congress the Senator had his hands
constantly uplilted toward the zenith, a fa
vorite posture of more than one Senator, in
lioly horror at the extravagance of the Re
publicans, not a day passing that the Sena
tor did not ring into a speech upon any and
and all subjects a denunciation of the reck
aud ruinous extravagance of the party of
the majority in Congress.
Directly contrary to his Congressional ut
terances, the communication published to
day "hedges" in Ihe most amusing manner
against the possible appropriations of the
next Congress, with its enormous Demo
cratic majority in the House, exceeding the
unparallelcdappropriatiou in this present ex
travagant Republican Congress.
An Kites', or SI 70,000,000.
Mr. Cockrell asserts that the appropria
tions, ol the Filty-first Congress eicced those
01 the Fiftieth to tucauiomit of 170,000,000.
But of this he adnms 5113,000,000 is de
viled to pensions, and that po-,sibly even
this enormous sum will be insufficient to
ray what will be due under the Jaw. With
this exception, the Senator declates that no
important appropriation of the Filty-first
exceeds to an important decree the appro
priation lor a similar purpose of the pre
vou Congress, and that the useless apDro
) nations are confined to a number of the
small and comparatively insignificant ap
propriations. Looking carefully over the woik of the
last Congress and into the possible demands
0 tne next, senator ccKreu is lorceu to
the conclusion that the appropriations of the
coming one will necessarily be as large, and
possibly even larger, than tho-e of the one
just ended, which is a very extraordinary
c nclusiou lor a great Senator, whose stock
in trade in the las: Congress was denuncia
t on ot extravagant, dishonest and unneces
sary appropriations.
All Depends oil the Tariff:
Senator Cockrell say.: "On account of the
laws enacted and continuing in lull force, I
do not see how anv very great reductions
fiom the appropriations of the Fifty-first
1 ongress can be made. Whether the rev
enue of the Government will be increased or
diminished by the tariff law of October,
Ih'.IO, remains to be determined. Until the
business of the country settles down under
the new tariff law to something like a steady
1 isis, no reasonable estimate of revenue can
be made. At the same time it is impossible
to piedict, with any degree of tcrtainty.how
n ui'li mouey will be lequired for the needs
ot the Government.
"All predictions, therefore, as to the ap
propriations to be made by the next Con
giessareof comparatively little value at
this time. It is certain that tne House of
i;ei,re-entatives, with its large Democratic
in ijority, will refuse to consent to the waste
Jul or extravagant expenditure of money,
l.utnoone can make at this time a fair
comparison between the aggiegite appro
priations, which may be required to be made
curing the Kilty-second Congress, nnd those
Hi ail e during the Fiitvfirst Congress. The
work of man- of the departments of the
Goternment is so lar in arrears that there is
no means of ascertaining its status with
certainty.
A(1ocatn Ilnsincss Methods.
"This should not be. I believe that it
ou.d be economy iu the end for the Gov
ernment to bring the business of its depart
ments up to date in the shortest possible
space ol time. This could he done without
anv additional expenditure, 1 am quite con
fident. There is no reason why the business
0 the Government should not be conducted
1 ke the business of any great commercial
establishment, and each year's work ot
tut depaitmeuts be completed within that
yi'ir."'
The concluding paragraph shows that the
Senator & not thoroughly informed in re
gard to the machinery ol the various depart
ments. Iu many instances the very nature
o the work precludes its conclusion. The
squaring ol accounts within the fiscal year
it' three-fourths ot the offices is impossible,
ns the clerical lorce is insufficient either
fr.in lack ot numbers or inefiiency. 'ot
withstanoing the civil service law obstruc
tion. Congressmen are so besieged by con
stituents lor Government positions, that by
ouu means or another they get iu a great
number of merely political favorites, who,
leeliugthat thev are put there bv political
influence, believe the same power will keep
them there, and tlicrelore their work is
meager, and indifferent.
Clerical l'orcos Too Small.
Chiefs of divisions and others outside the
classified service are almost invanablv of
this maunerof appointment, and Mr. Cock
rell was as efficient in "influence" in this
direction as anv Democrat iu the country
during the Cleveland administration. But
in many cases the Government bureaus are
short of a clerical force, which, though indi
vidually efficient, can by no possibility
keen up villi the current work. Only a
sufficient number can tie secured to do the
work by every one working every day, full
time, and no allowances being made for
si-ktiess, necessary absence, or absence on
the 30 days' annual vacation alloucd to all
cierks of the classified service.
Frantic appeals have been made year
afitr year by heads of bureaus, both uuder
Democratic and Itepublican administrations,
lor an increase ol lorce in nearly all of tne
bureaus, yet the demand has been met by
Congress with a refusal in nearly every
instance, though the work of the bureau
may have been doubled on account of the
growth ol the country and incidentallylof
the Government business. Consequently
the public accounts are greatly behind iu
many of the bureaus, and yet Mr. Cockrell
seems to believe it can be kept up without
increase of expense. Ligiitnek,
A SENSATION BREWING,
In Which a Uniled Mates Senator Figures
Soinew hat Unpleasantly.
tFROM A staff conunsroxDENT.i
Washington, March 22. "I think I
have reason to know," said a very promi
nent lawyer of the District to-day to the
correspondent of THE DISPATCH, "that
ttie scandal-loving public may soon be roll
ing under its tongue a very sensational
divorce suit, in which a person of no less
distinction than a gentleman "'' has been
lor many years a Senato.jf nited
Stales will lie the responded t "f
it is the charge is. or will b ifi-
tidily, and that the Senator is not far one
side or the other of three-score years of ace.
Briefly, the case stands just this way: The
Senator keeps up two complete estab
lishments. In one is his wife and children;
in the other a beautitul woman, with whom
the Senator became infatuated some months
ago. Demands have been made by the wife
for the breaking up of establishment No. 2,
which have not yet been complied with and
a divorce suit is imminent, though the wife
is willing to suffer a great deal to avoid a
scandal which would humiliate her children.
LIGHT FROM THE EAST.
EELIGIOTJS EVENT IN JAPAN OF NO
SHALL IHPOBTANCE.
The Katiie Prcbytcrlen Church Chances
the Time-Tried Doctrines of the Denom
ination They Bcliete Western Nations
Have Jfot tho Correct Conception of
Christianity.
Washington, March 22. Many strange
th'ngs have come out of the East, but prob
ably few events that have occurred during
the la6t decade are likely to impress the
thinking minds of our own civilization more
deeply than the fact set out in an official re
port to the Department of State by the late
United States Minister to Japan, General
Swilt, that, after deliberation, the native
Presbyterian Church in that country has
seen fit to recast the time-tried doctrines of
the Presbyterian Church, and even to make
additions'to the sacred Apostolic Creed.
A committee, composed of judicious and
conservative men, was empowered to report
such changes and modifications in the
Articles of Faith as would afford u maxi
mum beatitude to the progressive school of
Japanese, with a minimum disturbance of
ancient landmarks, ine committee in us
report recommended the substitution of the
twenty-fourth article of faith of the En
glish Presbvterian Church for those of Dort
and Heidelberg, then in force. The chaqge
failed to meet the demands of the progres
sive Japanese, and the report was rejected.
After rejecting these modifications, the
Synod which met last November prepared
and adopted a standard of faith expressive
of strict Japanese Christian opinion. An
addition was made to the Apostles" Creed by
the insertion of a clause, in the following
words, as a preamble to the creed itself:
The Lord Jesus Christ, whom we worship as
God. the only begotten Son of God. for us men
and for our salvation was made man and suf
fered He offered up a perfect sacrifice for
sin. and all who ar one with Him by faith are
pardoned and accounted righteous: and faith
in Him, working by love, purifies the heart.
The Holy Ghost, who with the Father and Son,
is woisliiped and glorified, reveals Jesus
Christ to the soul, and without His grace, man
being dead in sin, cannot enter the kingdom of
God. By Him the prophets and apostles and
holy men ot old were Inspired and He, speak
ing in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testa
ments, is the supreme nd infallible Judaic in
tlunzs pertaining unto faith and living. From
these lioly t-enptcres the ancient Church of
Christ drew its confession, and we, holding the
faith once delivered to the saints, join in that
confession, with praise and thanksgiving.
Minister Swift's report say! that to these
changes in the creed the American and
European members of the Synod assented,
and the new creed was formulated and pro
mulgated. He further savs that it is a fre
quent and common claim made by native
Christian converts that the spirit and mean
ing of Christianitv inits broader and more
universal scope has never been properly
comprehended among Western nations, and
that the faith needed to be transported to
Japan for final development and perfection.
Consequently he apprehends that this change
will he followed by other and more radical
changes.
A POPULAB DELUSION.
Uncle Sam Doesn't Grant Liquor Dealers a
License for Their Business.
"Washington; March 22. General Net
tleton, Acting Secretary of the Treasury,
has issued a circular letter, of which the
following is part of the text, announcing a
change in the form of the special tax stamp
for retail liquor dealers:
Letters are freauently received at the de
partment, stating that in many parts of the
country retail liquor dealer claim to bold a
permit or license from the United States foi
carrj ing on their business; that in many cases
where local law prohibits pubiic drinking
places the law is openly violated by persons
who claim to do business under at least the
moral sacnon ol a Federal license," and this
fact, together with the belief common among
good citizens that the United states Govern
ment does in fact issno such license, greatly re
tards the enforcement of wholesome restrictive
laws and promotes disorder.
It should be unnecessary to state the United
States Government doesn't issue a license or
permit of an' nature to anyperson in any Stale
to carry on the bnsinc-s of retail liquor dealer,
and it is difficult to understand how any intelli
gent citizen can be imposed upon by the op
posite claim. Congress having levied a revenue
stamp tax of S25 per annum on the business ot
retail liquor dealers, the Commissioner of In
ternal Kevenueendeaors to collect this tax,
but no seniblanca of permission, express or
implied, is given by the United States Govern
ment in its revenue laws, or otherwise, to begin
or continue such business in such place con
trary to local legislation.
General Johhston's Funeral.
Washington, March 22. Funeral ser
vices over the remains of Geueral Joseph E.
Johnston will be held at St. John's Episco
pal Church Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock.
The interment will be in Green Mount Cem
etery, Baltimore.
SUSPENDED BY THE NECK.
A Machinist Out of Work Hangs Himself
From the Brooklyn llridze.
JHFTCtAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DIS'MTCH.t
New YoBK,March 22. William Fletcher,
of Brooklyu, discovered about 3:30 o'clock
this morning the dead body of a man sus
pended by the neck from the iron pajins:
around the bridge abutment in Prospect
street. It was removed to the Fulton street
police station. Mrs. Noble, of 71 High
street, subsequently identified it as that of
her husband, Harry Noble. She is a pretty
brunette, about 28 years old, and was hand
somely dressed. Her husband, she said,
was 38 years old and a machinist They
came from Philadelphia eight years ago.
and for two years, she said, her husband
had been out of work a great deal of the
time. His failure to get employment bad
discouraged him, but he bad never threat
ened self-destruction.
Tne house in which the couple live is
rented out in furnished rooms. Noble and
bis wife occupied the large front room on
the second floor, and it is mnch more ex
pensively furnished than any other in the
house. Its appearance does not indicate
that the occupants were in any pecuniary
need. The body of the suicide was sent to
an undertaker's shop. The owner of the
house said that Mr. Noble seemed to be a
very quiet man and that she did not know
of any disagreement between him and his
wife.
THE MONON TKAKSFE2.
Denial of the Rumors of Its Purchase by
the llrlce Syndicate.
Indianapolis, March 22. General Sam
Thomas, of the Lake Erie and Western
Railway, spent the day in this citv. Just
before leaving to-night be statgd positively
to a reporter that there was no foundation
for the current rumors as to a purchase of
the Monon Railroad by the Brice syndicate.
He said there was no treason for such a
deal, and it had never even been consum
mated. Negotiations were pending with New York
capitalists for a loan, and be and Mr. James
Greenongh were examining the Monon
property as representatives of these capital
ists. General Traffic Manager Parker, of
the Lake Erie and Western, denies having
made any statement in regard to negotia
tions for the purchase or the Monon Bail
road, as reported in an Associated Press
telegram from Chicago.
SPECIAL TO LET LISTS THIS MOBKDfG.
' .THE
A THIRD PARTI BORN
In the liay State That Its Leaders Say
Will Shake Things Up
FOR BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.
Old
Labor (Party in a New Form and a
Farmers' Alliance Adjunct.
THE OBJECTS OF THE KEW MOVEMENT
.SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Boston, March 22. A new factor in
Massachusetts politics, which threatens to
make itself as prominent in New England
and all the other Eastern States as
the Farmers' Alliance has done in
the West, was born in this city last
night It will be known as the Industrial
Alliance. It proposes to co-operate with the
Farmers' Alliance iu tearing down the
fences of the Democratic and Republican
parties. It is the old Labor party in a new
form, but it is better organized, and if re
ports are true, it will be a hustler.
Last night the parents of the new party
I met in this city and gave the infant political
party a good sendoff. Knights ol Labor.
Trades Unionists, Nationalists, Socialists
and all others in favor of legislation for the
industrial classes were invitod to join the
ranks of the new party. With this end in
view, the Alliance has put forth the ap
pended declaration of principles:
Platform of the Party.
1. Government control of railway, tele
graph, express lines, mines, gas and electric
works,' and all other natural and private
monopolies which are oppressive to the peo
ple,
2. That all natural monopolies, such
as street railway, gas and elec
tric lighting should be placed under mu
nicipal control. "
3. The abolition of the poll tax as a con
dition precedent to voting.
4. That no more than eight hours should
constitute a day's work for public em
ployes. 5. Annual, as opposed to biennial elec
tions. 6. That the employment of private armed
bodies, such as Pinuertons, should be made
a penal offense.
7. That the taking of money under the
guise of fines from weavers and other em
ployes should be prohibited.
e. The land held lor speculative purposes
should be taxed to its value.
9. The amendment of contract labor laws7
10. That the hours of labor of women and
children should be further reduced by
legislation.
11. That the school age for children
should be raised.
12. That the Government issue money
without the intervention of private cor
porations. 13. Equal rights of suffrage, regardless of
sex, free coinage of silver, the election of
United States Senators by popular vote.
The Object Aimed At,
G. F. Washburn, President of the Indus
trial Alliance, explains its object as follows:
"Wage earners and producers need a politi
cal party, whose aims and objects shall be
solely to advance their interests throuch
legislation. The time has come
when such a Darty must be formed,
aud a third political party
is being organized. It will seek to secure
legislative enactment for the benefit of the
industrial classes only. Neither the Repub
lican nor the Democratic party seem in
clined to give any heed to the demands of
the laboring people, unless they are forced
'to do so.
"Our experience at the State House this
winter has determined us to form the third
party. We shall seek support from both
parties. We shall bring into the third
party the Republicans and Democrats and
all others who favor legislation for
the masses other than the classes.
It will drive into the two old
parties the capitalists and monopolists and
their sympathizers. The line between the
classes and the masses will thus be closely
drawn, and we shall be enabled to deter
mine whether or not intelligence, industry
and justice arc to predominate in this repub
lic. Leading Politicians In Sympathy.
"The movement has had a phenomenal
growth, and its weight has already been
lelt by the men who are now sitting under
the gilded dome. Many of the lead
ing politicians of this State, regard
less of party affiliation, are in active
sympathy with our objects, and more than
a score of them are members of the Alli
ance. It would not be judicious to state
who they are at this time. The character
and standing of these men is unquestionable
and it will be impossible for them to recede
from their present position.
"We don't intend 'in the next election to
nominate an entire independent ticket un
less it is forced upon us, and we can in no
other wav secure the enactment of laws in
behalf of the producers. It will, without
doubt, lead to the nomination of a complete
ticket in 1892, as by that time we shall have
a thorough and strong political organiza
tion effected.
Organized In Every City.
"One of our methods for effectively ad
vancing the cause of labor is to divide the
entire State up into districts. Everr ward
in a city will be made a district
and an organizing or campaign
.committee will be placed in
,every district Wo believe that the key
note has been struct and that the producers
are about to inaugurate a movement in their
own behalf that will makemouopolistic leg
islators tremble.
"Not the least significant feature of the
movement is the number of politicians who
are even now hastening to express sympa
thy with the canse. Some of these
men are officeholders. They are now
members of the two old parties.
Although it is proposed to co-operate with
the Farmers Alliance, yet our movement
differs somewhat from the Western move
ment, inasmuch as it is organized secretly,
while ours is an open organization and all
of our work Is done publicly."
A WILD CET OF FIEE
Causes a Panic In an Opera House, Resulting
In Many People Being Ilurt.
SrRllfGFlELD,0.,Slarch22. A panic that
came near resulting in several fatalities oc
curred to-night at a union religious meeting
in the Grand Opera House, condncted by
the Kev. W. A. Barnes. Miss Anna Berry,
occupying a seat in the parquetle of the
house, was overcome by beat and fainted
The house was crowded, over 2,000 peoDle
being present, and there was a rush to hqr
aid.
Some one in the gallery foolishly or mali
ciously yelled "Fire." There was a tre
mendous rush for the doors from all parts of
the house, people struggling' as if mad and
fought like tigers to reach the outside. The
ushers made a rush for the main entrance,
and there by main force kept the people
back. At this point the choir at the sug
gestion of Kev. Mr. Barnes started up
"Nearer My God to' Thee." This bad the
effect and a terrible disaster was averted. A
score or more persons were badly bruised.
SEIZED BY THE EHEBITF.
A Kansas City Book House in Bather a Bad
Way.
Kansas Cur, March 22. The stock of
M. H. Dickinson & Co., book dealers and
stationers of this city, tbe largest concern of
the kind west of the Mississippi river, was
taken possession of to-night by the Sheriff
under a chattel mortgage held by the Union
National Bank.
, The assets of the company are believed to
be ftbonf $100,000. The liabilities cannot be
learned, but they are thought to be compar
atively small.
PITTSBURG-- DISPATCH,'
CAUGHT AND CAGlSD.
Continued from First pageA
never dreamed it was for the last time. You
can imagine how 1 was shocked whervl first
heard the report of his death.
"Gilkinson was a genial, kindly man, and
always ready to do his duty. He did a great
deal of work on criminal cases lor me. I
know this man Fitzsimmons from away
back. He is a notorious desperado, one of
those fearless fellows who has no regard
whatever for human li.'e, and from what I
read about the woman I don't think she is
any better. I am not an advocate of law-'
lessness, but I sometimes feel that lynching
is justifiable. Fitzsimmons is sure to be run
down."
FITZSIMMONS RESTS EASY.
EABLY
MOENING SCENES AND
FEOlf THE LOCKUP.
TALKS
Tho Murderer Says Gilkinson Was Bravo
ainrphy Did Not Kuh Until After Eigh
teen Shuts Were Fired Much Sympathy
Expressed for Cora Wyatt.
At 1 o'clock this morning Fitzsimmons
was resting easy aud said his wound was
not hurting him much. The crowds had
also became quiet. He was asked which of
the two detectives was the braver man, to
which he said:
"They were both brave. Murphy did not
run until after his ammunition was out.
There were 18 shots fired during the fight.
I did not follow Murphr a step."
He then told a story about not getting to
Clark's house until 5 o'clock last night, but
it was deemed improbable by the officers, as
they had been watching the house
all day. He was asked about
bis past life, but he refused to
talk.J and said Thomas M. Marshall, Sr.,
was lii. attorney, and would talk for him.
He also stated that he could have shot the
officers that arrested him,' but he did not
want to. Officer McAllister, however, says
that it would have been impossible lor
Fitzsimmons to, haye shot him, as he had
him covered before the man had a chance
to make a move. Officer McAllister right
fully claims that the honor of the arrest lies
between Officer Colvin and himself. He
also admits that Fitzsimmons was the cool
est and bravest man he ever met
Much sympathy is felt lor Mrs. Charles
Clark and her sister, Cora Wyatt, who are
also in the lockup with the others. Miss
Wyatt is believed to be perfectly innocent.
She is a handsome girl, not very tall bnt of
medium heavy build. Sitting in tht lockup
among the other prisoners the young girl
looked much out of place. She takes it
bravely and insists that she knows
nothing. Her story is believed to
be correct. Mrs. Clarfc is a yonng and very
well-dressed woman, and sits in conversa
tion with her husband most of the time and
feels very bad about the whole affair. She
says Fitzsimmons roomed with them for a
long time, but she never heard him speak
of a wile. The Clark family are very re
spectable and old residents of Homestead.
He is a machinist in Carnegie, Phipps &
Co.'s works. Nothing in the way of weap
ons was found on him.
FEABFUL OF SUICIDE,
Jail Officials Carefully Guarding the Woman
In Their Charge.
When Lucy Fitzsimmons was placed in a
jail cell last night she acted in such a
strange manner that Assistant Warden Soffel
feared she contemplated suicide.
In cursuance of this idea special pre
cautions were taken to have her cell care
fully watched all night
Detective Marjliy AH Right.
Detective Murphy was resting easily yes
terday, 'and his injuries are not considered
dangerous. He has four bullet wounds on
his body, but they are all on the surface, and
his physicians say he will be out again
soon.
KNOCKED DOWN BY TUGS.
A Well-Known Young Iidy and a Grocer
Assailed on the Street.
rPrKCIAI. TJLLEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Paterson, N. J., March 22. Miss Lv
dia Hpllings worth, a well-known young
lady, was on the way to church to-night,
when, as she was walking through Clark
street, she was knocked down by two tramps.
Highway robbery is supposed to have been
the object Miss Hollingsworth screamed
so lustily as to arouse the neighborhood, and
her assailants made their escape. Two men
gave chase, but were unable to catch the
robbers. Miss Hollingsworth received some
scratches in the face, and the blow she got
made her nose bleed.
Shortly afterward the same two tramps
assaulted Edward Carroll, a grocer, and
knocked him down with a cobble stone.
Carroll yelled and the policeman on the beat
gave chase and captured one of the assail
ants, who proved to be a well-known crook
named Nathan Boyle, who was only re
cently released from State prison, where he
bad been serving time for a similar offense.
He is believed to be one of the assailants of
Miss Hollingsworth. The other man was
not apprehended:
THE NEBRASKA DEADLOCK
The Three Parties Still Stubbornly Fight!
Over tho Freight Bate B1IL
Lincoln, March 22. There is no change
in the Senatorial deadlock, and no new de
velopments regarding the missing man Tay
lor. Members continue to utilize the Senate
chamber as a sleeping and dining-room, and
if weary ot their self-imposed imprisonment
make no outward manifestation or com
plaint. To-morrow the Republicans and Demo
crats will make overtures to the Independ
ents in the way of a proposed compromise to
the obnoxious maximum freight rate bill,
pledging themselves to aid in the passage of
a measure demanded by the people, but less
harsh iu its restrictions than one now pend
ing. Indications warrant the belief, how
ever, that it will not be accepted. But five
more days of the session remain in the Sen
ate and one in the House. Not a single
State appropriation bill has been passed.
TEXAS STATE STJGAE IABH.
The Governor Vetoes a BUI to Accept the
Two Cents Bounty.
Austin, March 22. The State ot Texas
owns and runs a sugar farm, worked by
convicts. Ilecently a bill was passed by the
Legislature to adopt the 2 cents bounty
under the McKinley bill. Governor Hogg
vetoed it. The veto closes in part as lol
lows: The State is sovereign of her own affairs, and
cannot be disturbed in tho legitimate exercise
of her prerogatives. If stao desires to raise
sugar by couvict labor, under no circumstances
could shoMith propriety ask or accept from
any government a licenso to do so. Nor could
she yield to a supervision of lier affairs bv any
officer nor subordinate to her own laws. To do
so in one instance would led to another, and
finally to supervision by tho Federal Govern
ment over the cotton patches, wheat fields,
stock" ranches, lumber yards and factories
within her limits.
DETE0IT THEATEB BUEKED.
A Tire Thatls Believed to Have Been the
Work ofan Incendiary.
Detroit, March 22. The'new Holmes
block, tbe finest in Detroit, was burned this
morning. Smoke was discovered pouring
out of the Opera Hall about 9 o'clock, and
although within five minutes the chemical
engine had a stream on the fire, the smoKe
was so dense and the fire, located under the
stage, so fierce, that it caught tne scenery
and the building was doomed.
The general opinion is that it was tbe
work of an incendiary. Loss, 547,600; in
surance, ?29,100.
MONDAY, MARCH' 23;
AFTER MANY YEARS
Emma Adams Finds Her Mother in
the Indiana Penitentiary.
TEAKFUL MEETING BETWEEN THEM
Mrs.
Adams Sent to Prison for Life for
Poisoning Her Husband.
PARDONED ATLAST BI GOVERNOR HOYEI
Indianapolis, March 22, A remark
able meeting after 20 years separation oc
curred at the city prison here yesterday be
tween a mother, a life convict and' her
daughter, a resident of St. Louis. In Jan
uary, 18T0, Mary A. Adams was tried in the
Jennings Countv Court on the charge of
poisoning her husband. She wassent to the
woman's prison to serve a life sentence, and
her family of children were scattered. . Of
the children, several were by a previous
marriage, and one of these was Emma, who
at the time her mother was convicted was 5
years old. She was adopted by a family
who moved to Missouri. Emma grew to
womanhood without knowledge of her
parents, regarding both as dead. In time
she married, and made her home in St.
Louis.
A few days ago she returned to this State
to attend the funeral of a sister in Bartholo
mew county, and there she learned her
mother's fate. Without delay Emma came
to this city, and went direct to the woman's
prison, where she asked to see Mrs. Adams.
A woman, with sorrow marked on every
feature and a form bent with age, was
pointed out to her. Em ma, stifling her emo
tion, approached the prisoner, aud, with
trembling voice, asked: "Are you Mrs.
Adams?"
"Yes," replied the prisoner. "But who
are vou ?"
"I am Emma, mother your little Emma.
Don't you remember me ?"
In an instant they were clasped in each
other's arms. The sobbing of the two
women deeply affected all who witnessed
the scene. The mother continually patted
the daughter on the shoulder.'crying: "Oh,
my Emma, my little baby girl." After the
meeting the daughter went at once to Gov
ernor Hovey, and, throwing herself on her
knees, prayed for her mother's pardon. To
her joy, she learned her prayer had been
anticipated, for Mrs. Adams' pardon had
been long pendinsr, and the night before the
Governor had decided to issne the order for
the woman's release.
In the afternoon Mrs. Adams became a
free woman and left last evening for St
Louis, where she will have a home with her
daughter. The pending petition for pardon
had been signed by county officials and the
judge who tried the woman, the prosecutors
and other influential citizens, among them
the late Judge Berkshire, of the Supreme
bench. There had always been a doubt
about the justice of the verdict.
AFIEB A DEEPER CHANNEL
Senator Farwell's Scheme to Improve the
Hruzos IMver.
Houston, March 22. Senator Farwell
and Congressman Abner Taylor of Chi
cago, arrived in the city to-night en route
to the mouth of the Brazos river, where the
Brazos Biver Channel and Dock Company,
in which they arc interested largely, is con
structing jetties across the bar for deep
water. The jetties are not now complete,
and the object of their visit is to make an
inspection of the work and verify reports,
preparatory to deciding upon completing
the jetties.
A reporter called on Senator Farwell aud
learned that the completion of the work
would cost less than $100,000, -and that it
would be continued to a finish so as to get
the benefit of the June rise in the river
which he was sure would result in their get
ting between 20 and 25 feet of water over
the bar.
THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES.
The S250.000 Emergency Fnnd Can Now Be
Drawn Upon.
Vicksbuko, March 22. The Govern
ment steamer Mississippi with the Mississ
ippi Biver Commission on board, lelt for
New Orleans at 3 P. 31. The Commission
was joined at Memphis by Captain C. F.
Falirey and Captain C. McD. Townsend.
Lieutenant John Millis joined them here.
General Comstock received official in
formation here by telegraph by the War
Department that the allotment of $250,000 is
an emergncy fund to be used by the United
States engineers in charge of the Mississippi
river work from Memphis to New Orleans
had been approved, and tfiat said amount
would be available at once. Information
to-night from the break in the levee at Con
cord in East Carroll parish is that it is
widening rapidly, and at 8 o'clock this even
ing it was thought to be about 600 Jeet wide
aud 10 feet'deep.
AWAITIHG IHVESTIGA1T0H.
Locked Up on Belating an Attempt
at
Burglary by an Unknown Man.
Detective Kornman, of Allegheny, locked
up a man named James Brown early yester
day morning. Brown called at the Mayor's
office and stated that a man,who had planned
to rob William Beilstein's house on Spring
Garden avenue, had taken him into his con
fidence and he wished to say what he knew
abont it.
HCaptain Bell, Kornman and Roundsman
Lee went with Brown to Beilstein's house,
and lound that there was some suspicion of
his story being near the truth. Kornman
deemed it advisable to coufino Brown, and
he was still locked up last night.
THE WEEK'S CLEARANCES.
Pittsburg Maintains Her Place as Ninth In
the List of Cities.
- BOSTON, March 22. The following table
complied Irom dispatches Irom tne man
agers of the Clearing Houses of the cities
named, shows the gross exchanges for last
week with rates per cent of-increase or de
crease as against the similar amounts for
the corresponding week in 1890:
inc.
Dec.
3.9
16.2
ii'.i
NewYorlc
lioston
Chicago
Philadelphia.,
..S602.K3.01Z
3i .31,314
6o,r,)ioou
C77.3i3
2l',.3(W
15.8
'7
25.9
0.5
12.2
9.'6
l"6
19.6
254
5.4
24.0
12.1
Sri!
bt. Iiouis
San Francisco I6,i8.758
.Baltimore I3,4U,7i
Cincinnati i:,4IS.i0
Pittsburg .
11.944.63)
16.9
18.6
New Orleans..
Kansas City....
Louisville
jfull.ilo
Galveston
Milwaukee
Minneapolis...,
frovidcnce....
Detroit
Clevclaud
Om.Mia
Denver
St. Paul
Columbus
Memphis
10 S23.S.U
7,993,301
7. 41.5. 1 12
7,-H;i),4ikl
5. 258. 283
4.9SB.O0O
5.357,435
5,1131,710
5,299.200
4, 320. 153
3.b99.4J3
3. 090.914
3.HN.S42
2, 827.MX)
0.8
13.7
W.S
2.5
is'.i
11C.0
w.'i
ii.'o
n.9
27.6
2'1.7
30.2
3,1113,6:5
2.119.137
Dallas..
llnlutli 1.327.0S9
W. 1
17.7
Indianapolis 3.437,1X10
Hartford 1.67u,2iHI
Itlcumond 2.221.301
2.ushriile 2.055.777
i'ortland. Ore 1, 694.97!
Washington 1,610.434
reorla 1.7C1.1M
St. Joseph 1,412,815"
New Haven 1,116.63,1
Sonngflold 1.161.75U
Portland. Me. 1,C67.508
Worcester 1.195.100
Fort Worth I. an, 198
12.4
0.2
15.7
09.9
Sir Morrell Mackenzie,
The eminent throat specialist, says: "The
Sodcn Mineral Pastilles (troches), produced
Irom tho Boden Springs by evaporation, are
particularly serviceable in catarrhal inflamma
tion, sore threat, coughs, bronchitis and lung
troubles." For sale by all druggists. Obtain
the genuine only, which have the signature
and testimonial or fair Morrell Mackenzie with
each box. Price 80c. X
EISNER A MEND EPSON'S
x SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES.
SOLD BY
JOS. FLEMING & SON.
412 Market street,
mbI9S2 Pittsburg.
1891;
THE WEATHER.
For Western Pennsix
tania, West Virginia
and Ohio: Fair, Except
Light Kain on Lake On
tario, Slightly Warm
er; Variable Winds.
Pittsburq, March 22.
The United States Signal Service officer in
this city inrnaLes the following:
Time. Ther.
Ther.
..
.. 47
- 33
.. 9
8:00.1. H V)
8:0OP. M
Maximum temp.
Minimum temp..
Kanze
10:00 a. m..
M.-00 M..
2:COP. m..
(.-cor. v..
43
Mean temp.
4:
Kalnfall OS
SPECIAL WEATHEB BULLETIN.
A Storm With Rain and High Wind Travel
ing Tip From Texas.
The storm center moved southeast yesterday
and was central last night on the Virginia
coast The storm will probably pas3 off the
coast to-day, when the winds should become
high from the northwest. Rain was tailing
yesterday in the Ohio Valley, lake regions, and
all the States on the coast, excepf Florida.
The fall was generally light. The storm north
of Montana on Saturday was iu Minnesota,
with slight energy. A third storm, with rain
and high winds, was moving Eist from Texas
and should cause rain in the lower Mississippi
Valley to-day. To-day promises to be rainy,
with a chance of clearing in the latter part of
the day: slight change in temperature. Tues
day fair, cooler.
Biver Telegrams!
rPPKCUt. TELXHBAH8 TO THE DISPATCH.!
Mokoaxtown River ,7 feet 8 inches and
stationary. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 520 at
4 r. m.
W jinRES Rtver 3 feet 1 Inch and stationary.
Weather cloudy and mild.
BBOWNSVILLE-Klver 10 feet and falling. Ther
mometer. 45 at 4 P. JI.
LouisviLLs-Klver 13 feet In canal, 11.2 feet on
falls and am it loot of locks.
Cincinnati River 32 feet 1 Inch and falling.
Cloudy and cool.
CHEW
TICKLER P-LUG
TOBACCO!
The best chew on earth. Try it and be
convinced. We have thousands of testi
monials recommending it as the best plug
in the market. Take a chew of the cele
brated Tickler, as it is a sure cure for dys
pepsia, and makes a man feel ten years
younger after having used it.
L Goldsmith, Bro& Co.,
Leading Jobbers in Tobacco,
Cigars, Etc.,
705 LIBERTY ST.,
PITTSBURG, TA.
lell-MWF
Tbe finest and most palatable Rye Whiskey
in the market at 81 23 per full quart; guaran
teed absolutely pure. Send for complete cata
logue and price list of all kinds of liquors to
MAX KLEIN, 82 Federal St., Allegheny. Pa.
i Ie23-irwF
ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER,
16 SIXTH STREET.
Cabinets, $2 to $4 per dozen; potltes, SI per
dozen. Telephone, 1751.
jal5-iiwv3u
STEAMEKS AND EXCURSIONS.
TT7" HIXE STAK LIMw-
FOK QUEEN 3TOWN.ASD LIVERPOOL,
Kuyal mnd United States Hall Steamer.
.Majestic ilLii. ,Giiu '.Majestic. April 2;lpm
Germanic April 1, 10:30 imiGermanic,Ap.9, 9:30 am
'Teutonic, April 8, 5a m Teutonic May 6, 3 pm
lirlt.innic. April 15.11 amlBrlMunir.JHy 13,9:3uam
JTrom White Star aoct, lootot Weit Tcctlni.
'Second cabin on these steamers. Saloon rates.
50 and upward. Second cabin. $35 and upward,
according to steamer and location ol berth. Kx
carslon ticket on favorable terms. Steeiage. (3).
frep Ud, to.
White Star drartj payable on demand In all ths
principal banks throughout Great Britain. Ap
ply to JOHN J. MCCOlIMICK, 639 and 401 Smlth
Seld su. I'ittsbnrjr, or J. UltliCE ISMAX, Gen
eral Agent, il Uroadwar. 2evr Vorc. ieZf-D
ANCHOR LINE.
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS.
GLASGOW SERVICE.
Steamers every Saturday from New York to
GLASGOW AND LONDONDERRY.
Cabin passage to Glasgow or Londonderry.
S0andS6C. Hound trip, 390&S110. becoud clan, J3X
Meerage nassage. S20.
MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE.
New York to Gibraltar and Naoles direct.
Cabin. JSO to SIOO. Steerage. S30
Travelers1 circular letters of credit and drafts for
any amount Issued at lowest current rate.
For books of tours, tickets or further Information
applytoHENDEKSON BBOrUEKS. N. Y., or J.
J. McUOBMICK, S39and40l Smithneldst.: A. D.
bCOKKlt A SON. 415 Smithfleld St., Pittsburg; F.
M. SEMPLE, 110 Federal St., Allegheny.
oc30-99-siwr
STATE LINE
TO
Glasgow,Lontlonderry, Belfast,
Dublin, Liverpool & London.
FROM NEW YORK EVERY THURSDAY.
Cabin Passajre, $35 to $50; accordins to location
of stateroom. Excursion, Efi to $95.
Steerage to and from Europe at lowest rates.
ADM BALDWIN & CO.,
General Agents, &J .Broadway, Now York.
J. J. Mccormick,
mu2-39-D Aeent at Pittsbura.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD
S. S CO.
Fast Line of Express Steamers.
New York to Southampton (London) Bremen.
&l -ItliNUr SAIl.Ulb9 10311
llayeU
Kibe.
Elder.
Irave,
Full a,
Saale,
Tues.
April Hii:iJer,
Sat..
JIar 1J
Alar 19
Mar 2
May -a
Alay 23
Alar 27
Alay M
cd.,
Sat.,
'lues..
Wed.,
bat..
Aorll 15
Trare,
Fulda.
Tues.,
Wed.,
bat.,
Tnes.,
' 'Wed.,
Sat.,
April IS
April i
AprllS
Snaie,
Spree,
Werra,
Allor,
Lalin,
Kaiser,
hms.
Havel,
Kibe.
April m
April 2s
April 2l
bprce,
'rue.
crra.. Wed.,
iues..
Wed.,
June
June 3
Aller, bat.,
Labn, Tues.
Ems. Sat.,
Havel, 1 us.,
klluv vcd..
Alar
sac.
June 6
jjl.iv II
Tues., Juue 9
Mar U
May U
hlder.
eu.. dues it
Sat.. Jane U
'i linn from New York to Sonthamnton
Pmm Southampton to lsremen. 21 or3u hours.
From Southampton tc Loudon, br Southwestern
Hallway Co.. 2j hours. Trains overr hour In the
summer season. itailway carriages for London
await passengers In Southampton Docks on arriv
al ot Express steamers from .New York.
lliese steamers are well known for their speed,
comfort and excellent cuisine.
AIAX 8UHAUMUKKU & CO., 627 Smithfleld St.
LOU13 MUEBElt, 618 Sinltnneld St. jaMUQ-B
SiHi
wmt
merriL
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
v . j. (.
$8
Men's Suits
Spring Overcoats.
J5Our Boys' Suit Department is booming. We don't wait for
trade. We make goods cheap and sell 'em quick. Boys' neat Cassimere
Suits, in, a variety of styles, at 2 and $2.50.
PITTSBURG COMBINATION CLOTHING COMPANY.
COR. GRANT AND DIAMOND STS.,
OPP. THE COURT HOUSE.
OPEN SATURDAY UNTIL ib P. M.
r 1 1 BSBBi
LAIRD'S FIRE SAL!
WATER
1
I
MANY ONLY SLIGHTLY SOILED.
GREAT REDUCTIONS! ENTIRE STOCK!
Our new Wood st. Retail Store was completely flooded dur
ing the late 'fire in adjoining buildings.
REOPENED FOR BUSINESS
Offering all water-soaked or slightly soiled Shoes at
SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICES!
Having settled with the Board of Underwriters, the
goods are left in our hands to be sold. This opens a door
for the public to come in and be benefited by what might
have proved a calamity, if the stock had been injured by di
rect contact with fire.
, The stock offered for sale includes all manner of goods
for Men, Women and Children. The chances for magnifi- .
cent bargains were never so ample as at this time. The pub
lic are accustomed to the all-year-round .bargains we offer,
and will further appreciate an opportunity like the present .
when the "brand is plucked from the burning," and shoes
which can be utilized at any season tucked away in their safe
homes to be used when required bought at a price of half and
even a quarter of their value.
REMEMBER
somewhat unsalable by damage from
water only. Their wearing qualities are
as good as ever. &
C2"Also, Special Bargain Prices at,our Mammoth Maitjj'',
ket Street Store during Fire Sale. q
APOLOGY We fully appreciate the good nature of a
generous public, and to all those who failed to gain admit
tance to our great Bargain Fire Sale, during the past week m
with promptness and satisfaction, come- any day this week
and you will get prompt and careful attention, having now a
complete force of competent salesmen and salesladies,
numbering nearly ioo. All goods warranted, with privilege
to exchange.
LAIRD'S SHOE STORES,
433 larOOD ST. 1 ffi0 J 406,408,410 -s
FIRE SALE... J sis w6odst MARKET. STREET
POPUtAR
CLOTHIERS.
We are now" showing a very
fine line of Men's Spring
Suits and Overcoats at $8
each. These garments are
new, fashionable, well-made
goods, suitable for any man
to wear. Only first-class
fabrics used in the manu:
facture of them.
mh20-MT
DAMAGED
ID SIJPPERSI
G.5
THESE BOOTS. SHOES and SLIP
PERS are all choice goods, rendered