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THIS IS THE SEASON
TO SELL AD BEST HOUSES.
BUYERS AND RENTER
LOOK FOE, BARGAINS
IN THE EVERY MOBSBG DISFATCH.
FORTY-SIXTH
AH the Expected Curative
Legislation Is to Be Placed
in Operation.
DETAILS OF THE SCHEME
By Which It Is Proposed to Collect
for the Street Improve
ments Finished and
COMPLETE THE WORK UNDER WAY.
The Common Pleas Tribunal to Assess
Damages and Benefits, the City
Tajing Balances and Costs.
FIXIXG WEAK TLACES IX TDE CHARTER.
AH'ctica Orren and Bcmtiies Atkel for ill ef the
DtlctLciu Etctatly Foisted Out by
the Esjrtne Ccatt.
THE AKGDKEKTS Or KOEELASD ZND E0DOERS
SrUOM A STAFF COBBESPOJTPEWT.l
Hakrisbusg, March 24. The Pittsburg
Etreet bills were introduced to-day by Sena
Tor JTlinn, and at once referred to the Judi
ciarv General Committee. At 3 o'clock the
committee met, when the bills were dis
cussed by City Attorney W. C Moreland.
Mr. Moreland said that the recent decisions
of the Supreme Court had completely wiped
out the laws under which cities of the sec
ond class had conducted their street im
provements, and that it was necessary to be
gin anew.
The legislation they asked for was of three
kinds, curative, generalaud supplementary.
T le curative legislation consisted of two
bills, one relative to the grading, paving,
macadamizing, and the other to the open
ing, widening and lengthening of streets.
t mere lor the purpose of providing a
it reassessment and collection of
joney due for improvements made
.uder the laws declared unconstitutional.
lla-i- of the Cnratne Legislation.
"2 This cur.itie legislation was based upon
the Supreme Court's decision in the case of
Black versus the City of Chester. The act
of 1S87, niacins seven classes of cities, had
been decided unconstitutional, leaving
Chester in a condition similar to that in
Pittsburc at present.
In 1SS9 the Legislature passed a curative
law, under which a case was appealed to
tlie Supreme Court, and that body affirmed"
its validity. These bills were within the
letter and spirit of thc-s laws and decisions,
and were general, applying to all cities
v hich might be directly or indirectly inter
ested. The third was a law to provide a method
bj which future improvements could be
made. It was a general one for cities of the
second class, and provided lor viewers,
opened the doors of the courts to all, and
threw a safeguard around the property hold
ers by providing for the advertisement of
every step taken.
Meeting tho Court's Objections. ""
The Supreme Court decision had been
based on two main points no concert of ac
tion between the city and the property hold
ers, and the wresting from the courts of their
proper powers and prerogatives and vesting
them in a subordinate tribunal. This bill
removes these difficulties.
The fourth was a municipal lien law. The
Supreme Court had decided that liens rela
ting to a particular class of cities were un
constitutional. It is essential that there be
power to enforce these liens, aud for this
j u'-pose this general bill is introduced.
The fifth bill is supplementary to the city
charter. In "Whitney's appeal the Supreme
ourt bad decided that all that nas neces-h-iry
was that the charter should specifically
umerate the powers conferred upon the
nous departments, which the bill did.
'i wo other departments were created, the Su
l i cms Court having decided that the Coun
c could not do this, it being a legislative
" nction. Mr. Moreland made a very clear
refutation of the matter, concisely answer
i: l' nil interrogatories and meeting all ob
jections. Kodgers Adds an Explanation.
He was followed by "W. B. Eodgers, ex
i tv Solicitor of Allegheny, who thoroughly
ci plained ihe situation and the legislation
necessary. The curative bill to reassess and
tollcct the amounts due for grading, paving,
etc , provide that whenever any citv, bor
ough, township, or other municipal di-
ision of the State has by act, ordinance, or
n solution authorized the grading, paving,
macadamizing, or otherwise improving of
an v street or alley, or the construction ot
a v sewer, and work has been done, ma
tt als furnished, or private property taken,
j i ured, or destroyed, and the acts of As
' tubly under which this was done have
i i declared unconstitutional, or are so dc-t-fi
ve as to invalidate the mode of assess-B-i
i upon property benefited to pay the
- v, expenses and damages, authority
sr ! !e given lor their levy, assessment and
colict .on in the manner following:
I ithir party, the city or persons interested,
ma at jii; time after the worK has been done
present a ppution to tne Conrt of Common
I'leas betting forth the improvement, the costs,
rxpen6es and damages, and the fact that they
hai e cot been paid, and asking forthe appoint
ment of three freeholders to ascertain and de
termine them ana to
1 airly auil Ratably Assess the Same
i pou the prupertj benented. At least 10 days'
t jtice to all interested shall be given by order
o the court of the daj ot heanng, byadver
t ement in two newspapers and by hand bills
ai ng the line of the proposed improvement, at
ch time, unless cood objection is made
thereto, three viewers shall he appointed, any
to of whom shall have power to act, who
shall also give not less than 10 days' notice in
the same manner of the time when they
nu hear all parties In Interest. After
tiie heanng and inspection of tho improvement
r shall fix the damages to such property
fnr Biicb opening, widcmnc. straighten
i and extending, takirg into consideration
tjc peculiar benefit, and after ascertaining the
totn damages shall fairly and ratably assess
the same upon the properties benefited, but
not in any case to exceed the benefit pecu
liarly resulting from such Improvement. If
property peculiarly benehtea to the full
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IN I nf llrril 'III 111 ! Ibeviewers shall make full report, setting 0nBr lh ',. M.d. the Committee on Appropriations, showing 'f&s'LIIW liWl I Vlfl III IV I U I 1 1 tJUllLlllL. I
amount of the damages cannot be found, the
viewers shall find the excess of damages.
Ihe viewers shall make full report, setting
forth the damages and benefits in each case the
names of the owners of each parcel of property,
and what amount of damages are not assessed
upon property peculiarly benefited thereby.
Ten days' notice of the time ot filing this re
port shall be given, tho report to remain mean
while for inspection or exception at a place to
be designated in the notice.
An Opportunity to File Exceptions.
When filed it shall be approved nisi and 20
days given for the filing of exceptions. If none
are filed it shall be approved absolutely, but if
any aro filed the conrt shall speedily hear the
same, and may confirm, set aside, change or
modify the report, or refer it back to the same
or another Board of Viewers, as may seem
proper. Within 30 days after the final con
firmation, or the nxine of damages, any person
Interested may appeal, and on said appeal the
amount of such damaces shall at tho demand
of either party be determined by a jury accord
ing to the course of the common law. Ail
costs of these proceedings, and any excess of
damages, abore the benefits, shall be paid out
of the municipal treasury. ,
When the court has finally confirmed the
report, or fixed the amounts of assessments, the
benefits thus ascertained shall be due and pay
able to the treasurer within 30 days, and if not
paid nithin that time shall then bear interest
and bo delivered to the City Solicitor or attor
ney 10 oe collected Dy action ot assumpsit or
other due process of law. This act shall cover
the ascertaining, levying and collection of the
costs, expenses and damages of all improve
ments completed within two years preceding
its annroval. or now in process of comnletion.
and power is given to complete such improve-
uienis now in process oi completion, ana wnen
finished to assess and collect for the same.
In cases of appeal, should the appellants
recover less damages than had been awarded,
the court may then order and compel the
municipal authorities to repay to the property
owners assessed for benefits so much of tbeir
assessments as were made by reason of said
excess of damages.
The Other Cnratlve Measure.
The second curative hill is entitled "an
act authorizing the ascertainment of damages
in opening, widening, straightening nd ex
tending of streets and alleys in cases where
the local authorities have entered upon
private property or filed bonds under un
constitutional or invalid laws, and provid
ing lor the ascertainment, levy and collec
tion of benefits therefor." It provides
that when an act or acts of Assembly under
which a city, borough or township or other
municipal division of this State has entered
upon private property for the purpose of
opening, widening, straightening and ex
tending any street or alley, is declared un
constitutional or is so defective as to invali
date the mode of assessment of damages for
private property taken and for benefits
peculiarly accruing therefrom or either as
contemplated by said acts, then the said
municipality is authorized to assess and col
lect the benefits in manner as follows:
The municipality or interested person may
any time within six months from the approval
of this act petition the Court or Common Pleas
to appoint three disinterested freeholders to
assess damages. These viewers shall be ap
pointed in the same manner as on the preced
ing bill, and have the same powers and proceed
in a similar way as to notice of their meeting,
bearings and report. Exceptions may be filed
and appeals taken as on the former case. When
the conrt has made its final decree confirming
the report or fixing the assessment where ex
ceptions have been filed, the report or decree
shall be placed in the hands of the city solicitor
or attorney, who shall collect the same and pay
over to the parties damaged all assessment!
bearing interest 30 days after said final decree.
Proceedings shall include the assessment of
damages and the levy and collection of all
benefits on streets or alleys, the act or ordi
nance for which was passed within two years
prior to the approval ot this act.
Provision for Jfatnre Improvements.
All other provisions are similar to those
of the first bill. The bill providing for
future improvement! is entitled, ''An act
relating to streets and sewers in cities of
the second class, providing for the making
of public improvements and the assessment,
collection and paymentof the costs, damages
and expenses theieof.'.' -The Councils are
authorized, after passing an ordinance or
joint resolution fixing the locatioj, breadth
or length, and after all damages for private
property taken, injured or destroyed shall
be paid or secured, to lay out and open
streets and alleys, to widen, straighten, alter,
improve or extend or vacate any street or
alley now or hereafter laid out; to grade, re
grade, pave, repave, curb, recurb, macada
mize or otherwise improve the same, to
establish or re-establish all grades, and to
cause sewers and drains to be constructed in
any street or alley or through private prop
erty. Xo ordinance for the grading, paving,
curbing or macadamizing shall be passed
except upon the petition of a majority in
interest along the line of the proposed im
provement, duly verified by the affidavit of
a credible person that the petitioners are the
owners of a majority in interest, and no
work shall be begun until 60 days after the
approval of the ordinance, dnring which
time any person interested may present a
petition to court praying for an inquiry
whether said petition to Councils had the
requisite number of signers, the decision of
the court to be final and conclusive.
DIflerence From the Former Act.
This provision differs from the act of 1889
in requiring the petition of a majority in in
terest instead of the owners of one-third of
the property fronting or abutting on the
street to be improved, and in allowing 60
days for objections to the sufficiency of the
signers. Within 30 days alter the approval
of the ordinance notice of the proposed im
provement shall be served on all property
holders affected personally, or by leaving a
copy with an adult member of the family
at his residence, or if he be not known, by
notice posted on the premises.
Notice shall also be made in two or more
daily newspapers once a 'week for three
weeks, and by hand bills posted along the
line of the proposed improvements. After
this notice has been given all persons fail
ing to present or join in such petition
to court shall thereafter be precluded
from disputing the fact of a majority in in
terest having properly signed the petition to
Councils. At the expiration of 60 days,
where no petition has been presented, 'or
where the Court has considered it and ad
judged the petition to Councils properly
signed by the requisite number in interest,
Councils may proceed on the improvements.
If the Court has decided that the petition
was not properly signed, the or
dinance becomes null and void. This
section is entirely new. When the im
provements have been completed,
the city, or any person interested,
may petition the Court of Common Pleas for
the appointment of three disinterested view
ers to determine the costs and expenses, and
to fairly and ratably assess them upon the
property benefited and make report to the
Court. "
The Appointment of the Viewers.
These viewers shall be appointed in the
same manner, and after the same notice
given, as are the viewers in the two bills
given above. Theis. duties are practically
the same, and their reports shall be acted
upon in the same manner. Under the act
of 1S89 there was a permanent Board of
Viewers. This bill provides for the ap
pointment of three viewers in every case
where a petition is presented, and if everv
property holder along the street petitioned,
the Court might appoint a different board
in each case, although it is probable that
where the petitions all referred to the same
improvement aud set forth the same facts,
but one board would be appointed.
(. Where the city was the petitioner.no action
would likely be taken until the work was
finished, in which case one board wonld be
all that was necessary. The compensation
of the viewers is fixed at 55 per day. These
viewers shall visit the improvement and per
sonally inspect the same and also all proper
ties near supposed to be damaged or bene
fited thereby. After a full inspection and
hearing they shall ascertain and determine
the total costs and expenses in cases of
grading, paving, curbing or inacadamizinir,
and the total damages and expenses in cases
of-construction of sewers, and shall fairly
and ratably assess the same on tie proper-,
ties benefited, but not in any case to exceed
the benefit peculiarly resulting from snch
improvement, nor in case of sewer shall any
-fc1f -a-ir-Y Oir n at V DO YOU WANT A SITU A I IUN7 -M
PITTSBURG,
assessments of benefits be made in proper
ty not within the watershed of such sewer.
One of the Changes Made.
If property peculiarly benefited to the full
amount of the costs, expenses and damages
cannot be found, they shall find the excess
of costs, damages and expenses. Under the
old law the Department of Pnblio Works
furnished a statement of the cost and ex
pense of improvement to the Board of View
ers, who thereupon, after having given five,
days' notice by handbills, proceeded to as
certain the costs, expense and damages and
assess the amount upon the property "bene
fited. Upon their report beingapproved by Coun
cils, notice was given for three days in the
newspapers anthonzed to do the city print
ing, and their action was final and conclu
sive, unless within ten days persons inter
ested petitioned the Court of Common Pleas
setting forth their objections, whereupon the
Court had powers similar to those given in
this present bill.
The costs, damages and expenses incurred
or likely fo be incurred by reason of the
opening, widening, straightening or extend
ing of any street or alley shall be ascer
tained, assessed and paid in the same man
ner as in the case of sewers, and the peti
tion for viewers may be presented by the
city or any party interested. In case of no
appeal to the Supreme Court, the report of
the viewers, or the assessments as fixed by
the conrt where exceptions have been filed
and determined, shall be certified by the
Prothonotary to the City Solicitor to collect
the assessments and pay the damages.
The Provisions for Collection.
He shall give three weeks' notice in two
daily papers that if they are not paid within
30 days he will proceed" to collect the same
' and pay the damatres to the parties entitled
thereto. Under the act of 1889, the proceed
ings were similar to those given above in
tne case of improvements for grading, pav
ing, etc. All damages sustained by the es
tablishment or re-establishment of the grade
of a street or alley shall be paid by the city,
and in case of a failure to agree with the
persons damaged, such damages shall be as
certained and assessed as in the case of
sewers.
No street or alley shall be vacated unless
upon petition signed by a majority of the
owners of property in interest fronting or
abutting thereon, verified by affidavit, and
the proceedings shall be the same as in the
case of the grading or paving or macada
mizing of a street, which has been given
above, and the costs, expenses and damages
shall be ascertained, assessed, coHected and
paid as in the case of the opening, widen
ing, straightening or extending of streets
and alleys. Under the law of 1889 the peti
tion of the owners of one-half the property
in interest was required.
The Councils may direct by ordinance the
construction of boardwalks on any unpaved
street or alley, and may require the owners
of property abutting on any streets directed
to be graded or paved, to pave the foot or
sidewalk, and upon their failure to do so
within 30 days, the Chief of the Department
of Public Works may cause the same to be
done, the costs and expenses therefore to be
by him certified to the City Solicitor, who
shall collect the same with interest.
One Week's Notice of an Ordinance.
When the sidewalk shall have been laid
at the time ot the paving and curbing of a
street, aud forms a part of the improve
ment, the cost and expenses shall be assessed
and collected as part of the total amount.
!Ko ordinance for any improvement shall be
finally acted upon by both branches of
Councils until at least one week after its
presentation and publication. No street or
alley shall be entered upon, over or under,
used or occupied by any person or corpora
tion for any purpose without the authority
of Councils, and when granted, the Coun
cils shall have authority to impose such
reasonable regulations with regard to public
convenience and safety as they shall deem
necessary.
To carry ont the purposes of this act, Ihe
power of eminent domain is conferred upon
cities of the secondjdass.
The bill 31, creating and regulating
municipal liens, provides that whenever
heretofore or hereafter a final assessment
shall have been made for the costs, damages,
and expenses of grading, paving, macadam
izing or otherwise improving any street,
lane, or alley, or parts thereof, or the con
struction of any sewer or the opening,
widening, straightening, extending or lay
ing out of any street, lane or alley, or parts
thereof, or the construction or laying of any
boardwalks or sidewalks, the assessment
shall be a lien npon the property assessed
from the date of the final confirmation of the
viewers' report, or tne decree of the court,
where exceptions to the report have been
filed and determined, and if filed in the
office of the Piothonotary within six months
after the final assessment shall remain a lieu
until fully paid and satisfied.
Manner of Dealing With Delinquents.
This lien when filed shall he proceeded
upon for collection by writ of scire facias,
returnable to the monthly or other return
day, and shall be served upon the owner or
reputed owner of the property personally
or by leaving a copy with an adult member
of his family at least ten days before the
return day. " If he cannot be found, or has
no dwelling in the county, the Sheriff shall
return the writ nihil, whereupon an alias
sire facias may issue, to be served by notice
posted upon the premises, which posting
shall be equivalent to service.
If no appearance is entered to the writ.
judgment shall be entered for the debt.
interest ana cost ot tne lien, out ii entered
the case shall be proceeded with in accord
ance with law. When final judgment is
entered, a writ ot levari facias may issue,
upon which the sheriff shall sell the prop
erty, after advertisement in at least two
newspapers for three weeks before the re
turn day, the proceeds to be distributed in
accordance with law. Any person aggrieved
by any final judgment on any lien, may
have a writ of error to the Supreme Court,
which must be sued out within one year
from the entry of such judgment.
Patching tJp the City Charter.
The bill to amend the city charter, after a
formal enumeration of the'duties ot the de
partments of Public Safety. Public Works
and Charities, provides that there shall be
two additional executive departments, to be
called Department of Awards and Depart
ment of Libraries, the heads of which shall
be chosen by City Councils. The Depart
ment of Awards is given the awarding of
contracts and for supplies in all city depart
ments, subject to the approval of both
branches oi City Councils, and the members
thereof shall be chosen by City Councils.
The Department of Libraries is given
complete control of all public libraries and
the buildings, houses grounds, goods and
chattels connected therewith or appertain
ing thereto. The Councils shall by ordi
nance provide for the carrying into effect of
this act by the election of the heads of de
partments, whose term chill be for four
years, and all public officers chosen by
Conncils or any committee thereof shall
hold office for the same term of four years.
Councils shall fix salaries, the number and
grade of assistants, superintendents, em
ployes, clerks and their salaries. Provided
that the section shall not apply to any head
of department or officer until the end of his
term.
Issuing Certificates ot Indebtedness.
The twenty-fourth section of the act for
the government of second-class cities, relat
ing to the increase of indebtedness, is
amended to provide that any city may, with
out a vote of the qualified electors, issue
certificates or evidences of indebtedness for
work done or materials furnished for and
on account of grading, paving or macadam
izing roads, streets or alleys, and the con
struction of sewers, heretofore or hereafter
made, with the authority of the munici
pality, which certificates shall be issued tor
a period not exceeding three years, and
shall bear legal interest and be negotiable.
They may be cancelled by the city at any
time on ten days' notice and the payment of
Continued on Seienth Page,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1891 TWELVE PAGES. THREE OJSHTH. 1
CARNEGIE IS COMING
Early in April to Revive Interest in
the Library Building.
HE THIKKS IT HOW HIGH TIME
That Active and Earnest Steps Should Be
Taken in the Matter.
K0T ERKCTIKG ANT DWELLING HOUSES
rFPKCIAl, TELEGRAM TO THE DiarjLTCtl.l ,
New Yoek, March 24. Mr. Andrew
Carnegie was seen to-day in reference to the
rumor that he was about to erect a quan
tity of buildings in Pittsburg for renting
purposes. He said it is not his intention to
erect any tenements in Pittsburg or any
where else at present.
"You can say," said he, with a smile,
"that Carnegie, the iron man, has no extra
cash lying around with which to build ten
ements, and has no interest in such edi
fices there or elsewhere. There is one
building I should like to see erected in
Pittsburg, and I shall go to Pittsburg as
soon after the first of the month as possible
to see if the people of that city will not co
operate with me in the effort to get it
started. I mean, of course, the Music Hall
and Library. I want to see that building
started before long and hope to revive
enough interest in the project to accomplish
my purpose. I will do my share if the
people of Pittsburg will do theirs.
"No steps have been taken in the matter
for some months and I think the time has
come for decisive action on the part of the
people who believe Pittsburg should have
such an institution worthy of her greatness.
I think the new Music Hall here in New
York is just-what Pittsburg needs, and I
should like the people of that city who visit
New York to go and see it The building
is not open to the public, but 1 have given
orders that visitors from Pittsburg be ad
mitted upon application. I hope that the
people of Pittsburg will awake to the im
portance of having such a building, and my
visit next month will be mainly for the
purpose of arousing public sentiment in fa
vor of inaugurating the work of building
it You may state for me that that is the
only sort of proposed building I am at all
interested in."
O'MALLEYINTHE TOILS.
5ZHSATI05AL DEVEL0PMEHTS EXPECTED
IN THE BEIBEBY CASE.
The Grand Jury Hearing Damaging Testi
mony Against the Detective Threats
and Attempts to Spirit Witnesses Away
The State's Advantage In Foiling Intimi
dation. New Orleans, March 24. The grand
jury held another long session to-day, and
from the witnesses examined it is evident
that the body is getting into the bribery
business. The coming sensation will doubt
less be the indictment of a prominent party;
not heretofore mentioned in connection with
the case.
As telegraphed last hlght, O'Malley was
indicted yesterday for being an accessory be
fore the fact of attempting to bribe jurors.
McChrystal) his accomplice, has told his
master's part in the transactions in which
the prisoner figured. Detective Collins has
told the secrets of O'Malley's office; another
city detective kept constant watch of O'Mal
ley's office and reported who entered, and
O'Malley's doings have evidently been shad
owed. Many of the witnesses of the last few days
have been surprised to find themselves
called.acd protested that they knew nothing
until they got into the jury room. The sys
tem of espionage extended to the witnesses
for the State. Some of them were threatened,
and the State also learned of efforts to spirit
some away. The State has the advantage
of knowing the relative importance of its
witnesses, while the defense merely gnessed
at their knowledge. The methods of the de
fense were well known and thwarted at
many steps, although the skill of O'Malley
and his henchmen proved eminently success
ful, so far as the jurors were concerned.
O'Malley has not yet been brought back,
although a capias has been issued, and it is
not likely that he will be really sought for
until the Grand Jury is through with the
investigation.
SLAVEEY IS HEW YOEK.
A Little Girl Kept in Bondage by the Con
sul General of Pern.
rSFEClAI. TXLEOB.OX TO THE DISPATCIT.1
New Yoke, March 24. A stout little
girl of about 14 years, with swarthy skin
and big, seal-brown eyes, came before Jus
tice Divver in the Harlem Police Court
this morning and told a remarkable story.
She had been a slave in the family of Juan
Quintans, Peru's Consul General here, for
the last three years, she said. She was
bought by the Consul General, several of
her friends asserted, about three years ago,
in Lima, Peru, for ?500, and was brought
to New York by him.
She complained that she had led a most
wretched life all this time, having been
beaten repeatedly by Mrs. Quintana for
petty offenses. Her troubles cnlminated
Monday evening, when the child bore the
marks of severe treatment. Her name, she
said, was Maria Feborsia. Maria was
given into the permanent care of Mr.
Gerry's society, and the case went over
until to-morrow morning for further in
vestigation. HOT ACCEPTABLE TO MCAEAGUA.
The Sherman Canal Bill Thonght to Be Con
trary to Treaty.
Panama, March 24. Respecting the
Nicaraguan Interoceauic Canal the Opin
ion National, of Leon, the largest 'city in
the Republic, contained an article Febru
ary 14, from which the following extracts
are made:
The ;blll (presented in the Senate of the
United States by Senator Sherman contains
conditions which we Delieve cannot be ac
cepted by Nicaragua, since they are contra
dictory to rights ceded in the Cardenas St enocal
canal contract nf April 24, 1887, and restrict the
action of the Republic. The bill mentioned
impliedly, at least, accepts the Zeledon Menocal
contract, the validity of which has been energet
ically rejected by Nicaragua, and recognized by
the Congress of the United States on Febru
ary 10, 1RSB. It has already been said, but it is as
well to repeat, that the legal existence In com
pany of these two contracts is impossible, and,
based on this fact, the Government of Nic
aragua has issued protests and rejected the
Zeledon Menocal contract on varions occas
ions, and refuses to permit It being observed by
the company.
THAT BILLION VOTED AWAY.
Representative Dockery Gives a Statement
of the Appropriations of Congress.
St. Louis, March 24. The Republic has
received from Congressman Dockery. of this
State, a comparative list of the appropria
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tions made by the Fiftieth and Fifty-first
Congresses, furnished to him by the clerk of
the Committee on Appropriations, showing
a total of 51,008,873,129 55 appropriated
by the last Congress, as against $817,969,
859 80 voted by the preceding Congress.
Mr. Dockery calls attention to the fact
that the statement made by Chairman Can
non, of the Appropriation Committee, and
telegraphed to the country about a week
ago, shows a total of 20,464,000 less than
the above list, which he accounts for by say
ing that Mr. Cannon did not include in his
statement $2,236,000 for back pay and
bounty to soldiers (as estimated by Secre
tary Windom), $3,000,000 for sugar bounty
and $15,227,000, the amount carried by the
direct tax bill.
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ORDER OF CO-OPERATION.
AEGUMENT HEARD TOE THE APPOINT
MENT OF A RECEIVER.
Throe Hundred Members Who Wanted
Their Interests Protected Tho Ques
tion or Responsibility Is Yet to Be De
cided in Philadelphia.
KrXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TO DISPATCH. t
Philadelphia, March 24. Argument
in the case ot the application of the Pitts
burg branch of Universal Order of Co-operation
took place to-day before Judge But
ler, in the United States Circuit Court. It
was the application made for the appoint
ment of a receiver for the entire order in the
United States.
Peter Boyd, counsel of the complainants,
stated the point on which the motion was
based. He said that he represented over
300 members, who desired to have their in
terests protected. It was a matter which
was far-reaching in its results, as the shoe
maker, the tailor and the small merchant
and mechanic had money invested in the
concern. Mr. Boyd thought there must be
a general collapse. The order had received
over $250,000 and money was coming in right
along. The plan was that a member who
would pay in $30 and get two other members
to join would, at the end of four months, re
ceive $100.
If he did not succeed in getting two other
members he was fined $30. But ifhe com
plied with the rules, at the end of four
months, he still received $70. Thus it was
seen vthat if a man became a certificate
holder and got two other members, there
was $90 received, while each of the members
was to get $100. How this, in the end,
could result in anything but a collapse Mr.
Boyd could not see.
Mr. Heverin said that his clients wished
to do nothing contrary to law, and would be
pleased to have the Court pass upon the
matters in dispute. As soon as the proceed
ings had been begun, counsel had
advised the officers of the order to
stop doing business until it was ascer
tained what the Court would direct.
Money, however, still coming in all the time
and of course they were holding onto that.
Counsel would like the Judge to take the
matter into consideration and to decide
whether the wheels of the Association's ma
chinery were stopped.
The Judge said that he was informed that
nothing had been done further than the
filing of the bill and the entering of the ap
pearance of Messrs.fHeverin and Shakes
peare for the defendants.
He said farther that an answer should be
put in so that all the facts would be before
the Court, and then the question whether a
receiver should be appointed could be passed
upon.
MUST SUPPORT HERSELF.
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a p untcast jniia bnes uer A-ainer in vain
for Her Maintenance.
St. Louis, March 24. The Court of
Appeals to-day handed down an interesting
decision. Frieda Hnke, who will shortly
attain her majority, and who has taken to
the stage chorus as a means of support
since her father, William Huke, thrust her
out of doors, sued her father in the Circuit
Court to compel him to maintain her.
The parent's demurrer to her petition was
sustained, and she appealed to the Court of
Appeals. Judge Thompson writes the opin
ion, and holds that the child has no action
against her father for maintenance. He
says that by the common law of England a
father is not bound to support his iniant
child, in the sense that the obligation has
any legal sanction.
BRIBERY CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED.
Tho California Assembly Adopts the Minor
ity Report ot the Committee.
Sacbamento, March 24. The Assembly
to-day, by a vote of 40 to 21, 28 members be
ing absent, adopted the minority report of
the committee appointed to investigate the
charges of accepting bribes for appoint
ments to the San Francisco police force,
which charges were made against Assembly
men Edwards and Bruner, of Sacramento.
The report which exonerates Bruner, was
concurred in by all, except the Democratic
members and five Republican members, in
cluding Bledsoe, chairman of the investi
gating committee. The majority report,
finding Bruner guilty, having been pub
lished by newspapers, was not read or
printed in the journal.
BOTH WERE SUICIDES.
The Coroner Benders a Verdict in the Cin
cinnati Students' Case.
Cincinnati, March 24. The Coroner
has just announced to-day his opinion in
the case of Sallinger and Fravcnthal, the
two students of the Hebrew Union College,
who were found in their rooms March 4, one
dead, the-other dying.
His judgment is that it was an unmistak
able case of suicide on the part of both.
He made a painstaking investigation on ac
count of a theory advanced that one of the
young men killed the other and then shot
himself.
CAPTAIN COUCH TO BE AVENGED.
His Slayer Found Guilty of Murder In the
First Degree.
Wichita, Kan., March 24. The trial
of J. C. Adams, charged with the murder of
Captain Couch, the noted "Oklahoma
boomer," was concluded to-day, the jury
bringing in a verdict of murder in the first
degree. Sentence was reserved.
The killing of Captain Couch occurred
at Oklahoma City last fall. J. C. Adams
contested tne Captain's claim to a portion
of land, and during the dispute over it
Adams killed Couch with a shot from a
Winchester rifle.
NEW YORK'S GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.
The Grant Monument May Be Helped Ont by
the Direct Tax.
New Yoek, March 24. The Executive
Committee of the Grant Monument Asso
ciation held a meeting this afternoon and
passed resolntions asking the Legislature to
appropriate $500,000 of the State direct tax,
recently refunded by the United States, lor
the purpose of erecting the monument to
General Grant at Riverside Park.
A committee to advance the plan will be
sent to Albany.
Lillian Russell Mnst Pay Pp.
New Yoek, March 24. Judgment for
$2,250 was entered at the County Clerk's
office to-day against Lillian Eujsell, in
favor of James C. DufL
Palmed Off on the Public as Those of
t'je Great Talleyrand
FOR SOME POLITICAL PURPOSE.
Smallpox Breaks Ont Near Queen Victoria's
Country Resort.
PARNELL K0W WA1TIXG UPON DBALI
mr mrxLAT's cable coaPAirr.i
Pabis, March 24. The sensation of the
hour here is the attack-on the authenticity
of the alleged memoirs of Charles Maurice
deTalleyrand-Perigord.PrinceofBenevento,
by M. Aulard, Professor of French Revo
lutionary history. Prof. Aulard believes
that the greater portion of the memoirs as
published are apochryphal, and bis belief is
indorsed by some of the best literary judges
in France. He points out that the 'few
chapters in which the light, eighteenth cen
tury touch of Talleyrand constantly re
curs, differ entirely in style, train of
thought, spirit and mental physiognomy
from six-sevenths of the rest of the work.
Besides this the memoirs abound in glar
ing errors that Talleyrand could not possibly
have committed. Thus the great Carnot is
referred to almost with contempt and it is
stated he underwent penal servitude at Cay
enne. As a matter of fact he was neither
there nor at any other penal colony in his
life. What seems to be really the work of
Talleyrand is the portrait of Philippe
Egalite, seven pages of which the editor
says is lost.
In the opinion of the learned professor
the apochryphal chapters are the wort of
M. de Racourt, one of Talleyrand's ex
ecutors, and that the" seven pages
lost were destroyed for political reasons.
The Dnc de Broglie, ou being asked where
the original MSS. was, returned a confused
answer and doesn't remember that he ever
possessed or saw it. Again, asks M. Aulard,
if the real memoirs were the flat, colorless
affair the present volumes turn out to be,
why should Talleyrand have enjoined his
heirs to publish them before 1864, aud when
that year came why was publication post
poned for 26 years longer? M. Aulard de
clares that only a sight of the original will
convince him that the present issue is
genuine.
RIOTERS ON TRIAL.
O'Brien, Dalton and Others, of Tipperary
Fame, Before the Conrt at Cork.
Cobk, March 24. The trial of Michael
O'Brien, Dalton and the other persons who
are charged with rioting at the time of the
trial at Tipperarv of Messrs. John Dillon
and William O'Brien and a number of
others, opened in this city to-day. Besides
the charge of rioting made against them, the
accused are also charged with having as
saulted Colonel Caddell, who was in com
mand of the police at Tipperary at the time
of the trial. 'The transfer yesterday of Dil
lon and O'Brien from the Gal way jail to the
jail hera is believed to have been connected
with this case, as both these gentlemen will
be called upon to give evidence in the pend
ing trial, the rioting having occurred prior
to their departure irom Ireland during the
progress of the conspiracy trial.
Among the other witnesses summoned is
John Morley, who was present at the time
of the trouble, and who would have been
badly injnred by constable who aimed a
blow with his baton at him. had not the
blow been warded oS by John Connor. Al
fred Illingworth, another English member
of Parliament will also testify. Mr. Carson,
in stating the case for the Crown, argued
that the riot was a preconceived- one and
that it had been got up for political pur
poses. He declared that the presence of Mr.
Morley at the time of the riot was due to
party aims.
A NEW POSTAL SCHEME.
Tho English Postmaster General Proposes n
Messenger and Telephone Service.
London, March 24. Postmaster General
Raikes, In speaking of his recent action in
forbidding the establishment of a corps of
messenger boys in this city by private
parties, told a reporter who interviewed him
to-day that if he had allowed the district
messenger companies to carry out their pro
posed plans they would seriously infringe
upon the monopoly of the postal service, as
they would soon steal the most profitable
part of the postal business, namely, the de
livery of short-distanced letters.
The Postmaster General imparted the in
formation that he was engaged in the work
of maturing a gigantic scheme for a night
and day messenger call and telephone ser
vice combined, and that this scheme was far
beyond the dreams of the capacity of the
companies which had hoped to establish a
system similar to the one he proposed.
"WORK ON THE WABASH.
Wabash Stockholders in England Decide to
Postpono the Detroit Line.
IBTDClfLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT.I
London, March 24. The stock and de
benture holders of the Wabash Road met
this afternoon, in order to hear the state
ment of President Ashley and the history
of the road since the meeting six years ago,
when the Trust Company took charge of the
affairs here. It was resolved to appoint a
committee to supervise the interests of the
bond aud stockholders, and to control the
voting power of the securities.
It was further agreed that the proposed
Detroit and Chicago line be postponed until
the earnings of the road improve to snch an
extent as to justify the expenditure,
MAD MAY-DAY PLOTS
A Revolutionary Character Aimed to Be
Given the Holiday.
IBT DUHLAP'S CABLE COMPAST.3
Rome, March 24. At a search in the
houses of members of the Federation of So
cialists and Anarchists in the Romagna,
some very important papers have been
seized, which show that the Socialists of
Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and Aus
tria have concerted to give a revolutionary
character to the demonstration of the 1st of
May..
Italians in London Indignant,
mr BURLAP'S CABLE COMPAXT.l
London, March 24. A meeting of the
Italians living here will be held in the "Efol
bom Town Hall Thursday in order to pro
test against the lynching of their compatri
ots in New Orleans.
Envoy Foster In Madrid.
Madbid, March 24. General J. W.
Foster, the special representative of the
United States in the negotiations for a com.
mercial treaty with Spain has arrived here
and has already had a conference with the
Ministers.
Spain's Infant King 111.
BT DCNLAF'S CABLE COMPACT.
MADniD, March 24. The infant King of
Spain is suffering from a cold. In answer
to inquiries to-night it was stated-that His
Majesty's illness is very slight.
Tories and Unionists Ont of the Race.
Dublin, March 24. The Tories and
Unionists of Sligo finally resolved to-night
THE PROMISED PANACEA.
not to take part in the comine election in
that division. Their decision was received
by thfe McCarthy' with loud cheers,
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TWO NOTED CHEFS DEAD.
M. VESDIEE AND M. J'l) OF GASTE0
NCfftfCiiouA. -lake
thi
Somo of the Famous Feats of Each In the
Way of Catering-! They Served Monarchs,
Presidents and Many Lesser Lights The
Biggest Banquet.
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TBT DUWLAP'S CAB 6fftOr
Pabis, March 24. The uij 'fOr T. Jo
P
of March will long be
gastronomic annals of the French
and of the world. Last night died two of
the most famous caterers of modern times,
M. Verdier, founder of the famous Maison
Doree, and M. Potel, of the firm of Potel et
Charbot.
M. Potel began life as the keeper of a
cork shop in the Rue Montmartre. It was
he who first introduced the practice of send
ing banquets into the provinces, and who
during the yisit of President Carnot to
Corsica last vear, furnished that official
with all the dinners be ate outside of Paris.
M. Potel became associated in partnership
with M. Charbot, who was a cook to Louis
Philippe, but who leltthe monarch's service
forthe grave reason that he was not allowed
to use refined hog lard instead of "drip
pings" in preparing his dishes. The firm
Were most prosperous under the Empire, the
Emperor, besides being at all times a gen
erous patron, having commissioned them to
supply all repasts when Queen Victoria
was in Paris in 1885.
The most gigantic banquet ever turned
out by the house was in 1889, when it was
ordered to provide dinners for 16,000 pro
vincial maires, a far less important and far
more numerous class of officials than the
English or American "Mayor," at the
Palais de l'Industrie, on the Champs
Elysees. On this occasion 4,000 quarts of
"bouillon." 2,000 fowls, 6,000 pounds, of
roast beef, 25,000 pounds of pate-de-foie-gras,
9,000 pounds of cold vegetables for
Russian salads, and 20,000 cups of tea and
coffee were furnished, eaten aud drank.
The reputation of M. Verdier rested on
giving the most minute attention to' a deli
cate and tefined cuisine. He began with
his brothers in or near Central Pans market,
where his father carried on the trade of
"rotisseur," or vender of roast meats.
PLEA FOR NEWFOUNDLAND.
Interested English Merchants Ask the Gov
ernment to Delay Action.
London, March 24. A deputation of
merchants engaged in trade with Newfound
land visited William Henry Smith, the
Government leader of the House of Com
mons, to-day for the purpose of urging delay
on the part of the Government in pushing
through Parliament the bill introduced in
the House of Lords last week by Lord
Knutsford. Colonial Secretary, to make
operative npou Newfoundland the modus
Vivendi.
Mr. Smith informed them that though the
question was of great importance and of the
utmost urgency, an interval of 26 days will
elapse between the time the bill was intro
duced and the time for its second reading,
which, in his opinion, would afford sufficient
time for its opponents to prepare their ob
jections for presentation.
Sir Julius Vogel writes proposing that
the Imperial Government pay bounties to
Newfoundland fishermen similar to the
bounties which French fishermen receive.
Sir J. P. Hennessey, after Mr. Smith's re
ply in the House of Commons yesterday,
decided to postpone raising any further dis
cussion on the Newfoundland question until
after Easter. The Liberals generally take
the same view.
A MEASURE TOO STRICT.
It Wonld radically Abolish the Importa
tion of Some American Goods.
TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAXT.l
LONDON.March 24. An influential depu
tation waited upon Henry Chaplin, Presi
dent of the Board of Agriculture, thi3 after
noon. The interview wa3 regarding a bill
at present before Parliament, providing for
the restriction of the adulteration of arti
ficial manures and feeding stuffs, Mr. Chap
lin having signified his intention of intro
ducing a Government measure on thy same
subject. The deputation consisted of the
leading representatives of English seed
crushers, manure manufacturers and im
porters of American linseed and cotton
caKe.
Snggestions looking to the drafting of the
new bill were offered to Mr. Chaplin, and
the point was made that if the bill now be
fore the House were passed its provisions
were so stringent that it would practically
abolish the importation of the American
staples. Mr. Chaplin promised to give the
subject his attention.
VICTORIA'S DANGER.
Smallpox Infects the Town Which She Is
Now VIstlns;.
rBT PnULAP'S CABLE COMPAHT.l
London, March 24. A sensation has
been cansed by the announcement that
smallpox has appeared at Grasse, the resort
on the Mediterranean where the Queen has
gone for a holiday.
It is remembered that the town is 2,000
years old, and like all ancient and many
modern continental towns, its sewerage is
extremely defective. On the other hand, it
is noted that Her Majesty's hotel is located
high above the old town, and it is, therefore,
hoped that she will suffer no inconvenience.
A JUVENILE PANIC.
Twenty Berlin Children Injured After the
Fall of a Hanging Lamp.
BT DUHLAP'S CABLE COMrANT.1
Beelin, March 24. At a children's
party given at the house of a merchant
named Scharf, to-night, a hanging kerosene
lamp fell among the guests.
An explosion followed, and in the panic
20 children were more or less injured, but
none fatally. Two girls had their legs
broken by jumping out of the window.
B. & 0. Plans to Save Seventy
Eight Miles Between Pitts
burg and Chicago,
BEATING ALL OTHER ROADS.
An L Boad Along the Biver Front to
Connect the Depot and the
UNION BRIDGE, JDST PURCHASED,
The Structure to Ee a Doable-Decker for
Rail and Eoad.
ANDEEW CAE2TEGI'S 1XTEREST IN IT
How the Baltimore and Ohio airline to
Chicago via Pittsburg was to get through
the latter city ha3 been a burning question
in railrcad circles, not only locally, but in
the nation. A comprehensive answer will
therefore be interesting reading. The Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company has ef
fected the purchase of the Union bridge,
connecting the Point and lower Allegheny.
Tne price has not been made public, al
though rumor has ii that it was pnt np a pez
because the railroad company wanted
it. The present structure is of wood, and
will shortly be replaced by a double-decker
iron bridge to cost $500,000. On the present
level of the bridge will be accommodations
memorable? Qi,nJny aaa TeuJC1B pa5seDSe" ana slre
capit.. -j , .,.
The-present bridge is too low to suit the
United States Government, represented by
Colonel Merrill, who has lodged several
strenuous but unavailing kicks against it.
The new bridge will be much higher from
the water level. The railroad tracks will
be ou the second story of the bridge,
which will necessarily be a very strong
structure to withstand such demands as will
be made upon it. The plans are already
drawn, and the contract will be let this
spring. The present piers have been ex
amined, and are thought to be adequate for
the new bridge.
' It will not be very long before the repre
sentatives of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road appear before Pittsburg Conncils as
suppliants for a franchise for a double track
"L" road right of. way from the present
Baltimore and Ohio depot, on Smithfield
street, to the Union bridge at the Point,
thus completing the airline between Balti
more and Chicago. All the other connec
tions have been secured, and only this is
lacking.
The Arguments in Store for Conncils.
Tremendous opposition from the river
men, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and other
sources is discounted by the Baltimore and
Ohio people, but an ennmeration of the
strong points in favor of their plan will, it
is thought, give them a show before tha
representatives of the people in Councils.
It will be argued that the granting of this
franchise will make Pittsburg the most
important station on the main line of the
Baltimore and Ohio, between Chicago and
Baltimore; that the practical paralleling of
the Pennsy to Philadelphia and New York
will thus be accomplished, so far as
passenger aud freight traffic is concerned;
that the general facilities appertaining to
the Baltimore and Ohio main line afforded
by this franchise will be a great pnblio
benefit, and that other railroads (meaning
the Pennsylvania Railroad) are about to
ask for much greater privileges involving
several public streets.
The marked generosity of Andrew Car
negie to the city of Pittsburg in the matter
of prospective and assured donations will
have peculiar significance when the Balti
more and Ohio has favors to ask of the city
of Pittsburg, inasmuch as Mr. Carnegie's
heavy interests in the Baltimore and Ohio,
both as a holder of stock antedating the
Pittsburg and Western deal and by the lib
eral provision for himself and his associates
made in that deal, virtually make it a per
sonal matter between Messrs. Carnegie,
Frick, Oliver and others and the general
directorate of the Baltimore and Ohio Road.
One Way to Please the River Men.
It has even been mooted that to placats
the river interests, the Baltimore and Ohio
people wonld be willing to build a freight
dock, where the river trade could transfer to
the railroad and vice versa.
At the Allegheny end of the double-decker
bridge a Y.with a graSual grade, will lead
from the bridge in both directions to the
Pittsburg and Western tracks, now running
nnder the bridge. Thence through trains
will run to the present Pittsburg and West
ern depot, soon to become the Allegheny
depot of the Baltimore and Ohio. It is
readily to be seen that every local advantags
enjoyed by the Pennsylvania Railroad will
be thus gained by the Baltimore and Ohio.
Should water submerge the Pittsburg and
Western tracks, through trains can rnn via
the Junction Railroad to Bennett
station, and thence on to Chi
cago. The system by means of which
the Pennsylvania Railroad, Panhandle
and Ft. Wayne tracks are linked by means
of the Ohio connecting bridge, so far as
through freight is concerned, will be at least
equalled by the existence of the Junction
Railroad, and the use of it in the moving of
through freieht trains east and west oi Pitts
burg. It will be possible, therefore, to
promise that no freight will be moved over
the "L" road on Water street,
lla;e Freight Depot for Allegheny.
At the Allegheny end of the Junction
Railroad will be erected a huge new freight
depot for Pittsburg traffic. To handle Pitts
burg coal or freight, the enormous tonnage
of the Carnegie concerns and coke region
output, the Baltimore and Ohio, either
westward, eastward, north ward or south
ward, will be on comfortably even term
with the Pensylvania Railroad. Mr. Car
negie's broadside of attacks npon the Penn
sylvania Railroad, first given to the public
through The Dispatch, veiled a business
hostility which late developments show to
be a personal rivalry. His election to the
Presidency of the Baltimore and Ohio at
the next annual meeting is among the prob
abilities. In assuming the Pittsbnrg and Western
Railroad the Baltimore and Ohio fonnd
several things awry. The Pittsburg and
Western has been running into Akron, O.,
over the tracks ot the Cleveland, Akron
and Ohio Railroad, a leased line ot the
Pennsylvania Railroad. For the nse of 15
miles of track between Warwick, O., and
Akron, the Pittsbnrz and Western paid
annual tribute of $40,000, besides the annoy
ance of adjusting all trains, both freight
and passenger, to the Cleveland, Akron and
Columbus schedule, a matter sometimes of
serious delaj. ,
The new management has a Baltimore
and Ohio main line graded to Barberton,
O., and will reach Akron soon. A pro
jected airline between Akron and Chicago
junction, nnder the name of the Akron and
AVestern Railroad, has been gobbled by the
Baltimore and Ohio, and tracklaying is
being pushed, with the assurance of
speedy completion.
It is stated that when all these minutio
have been worked out the Baltimore and
Ohio will have 78)4 miles the shortest road
between Pittsburg aud Chicago.
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