OTH FLATLY DENY, The Dispute Over Pattison's Nominees Has Now Reach ed a Heated Stage. CHARGES OF BAD FAITH, Are Made Against the Eepnblicans by Senator Herring IS HIS DEFENSIVE STATEMENT. The Democrats Mean to Keep Pledges and Won't Held an Inch. BLCFF1XG JUD EUIjMK'ZIXG DOST GO irr.OM A STAFF COIUIESFOXDIXT. liAKUiSBUEG, April 13. The dispute over the continuation of Governor Pattison's nominees for Harbor Master, Port "Warden and Lazaretto Physician of Philadelphia, and the issuing of commissions to State Superintendent of Instruction Waller, State Librarian Egle and Factory Inspector "William Martin seems to" have reached the stage where both sides call each other liars. The Eepublicans maintain that Governor Pattison's Cabinet was con firmed upon the direct positive pledge that Governor Beaver's nominees should be com missioned, while the Democrats flatly affirm that no such pledge was Riven. Senator Herring, of Columbia, made public the following statement to-night, which may be taken as the Mind of the Democratic Sena tors and the Administration: Quite an unnecessary alarm pervades a por iuu ol the Republican press of tins State at the present time as to what action Governor Pattison v. ill take as to the commissions of the Siate Librarian, uuerintendent of Public In--truction and Factory Icspector. In their ai xietv, the Republicans are charzin: bad 1 1 tli uno,n the Governor or'upon the Demo- .tic Senators. Ibis is verj unjust, as well as verj unkind. Koview of the Question. Prior to the inauguration of Governor I'attI ton, the Republican senators were apprehens ive that the Democratic Senators, composing taore than one-third of the Senate, would re fuse to confirm Governor Reaver's appoint ments for these offices. This apprehension, of roufte, arose from their cuilty consciences in it is matter, they knowing full well that it was a i attempt to taue from the incoming admin-1-farion its -ust lights. So, a long discussion ias had upoa the matter by Ross and Green on the l'eraocratic side and Robinson, Gobin and Pe nroe on the Republican side. N oL a word was said or even hinted at as to am a ;in but the coDhrmation of these ap pointments. There was rot the most remote reference to the commissions, nor to the action of the uovcrnor after coutirmation. In no part ot the discussion was tho action of tho Gov ernor referred to. The upshot of the disens sion in the adoption or the following resolu tion, oifored by Mr. Penrose: Resolved, That the Senate will hold an ex fpuuic teision on Tuesday, January 20, at 8 o lock p. m for the purpose of acting on the anpomtii-ents of the Governor; and all such ap pointments shall be acted on in such order as tli have been sent in bj the Senate. Daring all this time it never entered the head of any Democratic or Republican Senator Tbii an thing hut a confirmation was needed. Now tue Republican Seuators are demanding tna these officers be commissioned by the Gov ernor or they will refuse to confirm certain ap pointments "lie lias made and will make. A Bluff or Bulldoze. This is cither a bluff on the Democratic Sena tors or a bulldoze on the Governor. We aie assured that no arrangement, directly or indi nctlj. was made by the Democratic Senators that involved the Governor, nor n as any re quired. We areal-o convinced that the Gov ernor was not consulted by "them in anyway nor at anytime in the matier. Republican hindsight is now more comprehensive than their foresight. To excuse their ignorance, stupidity or lack of foresight, the Republican Senators and press charge bad faith on the DeuiocrAts, of wb.cli theyare iu no wise gniltv. These of ficers have commissions now, and are acting under them, and they are good until the close ol the esslon. They do not need two for each one The Republican Senators Invited the situation, let them arcept it. o Democratic Senator pleaded cuilty to the charge of bad faith, nor welded an Inch. Tins is neither the time nor the occasion to discuss the right or the dut of the Governor. He can, and doubtless will, take care of himself and pi omptly act when the tine comes. Heskv Hall. TAEEKTUSI LIQUOR FIGHT. Mr. McCnllough Defines Ills Position on the 1 eied 11I1I. rVEOM A STAFF COnr.ESPOXDEVT. Harkisbuhg, April 13. Mr. McCnl lough, of Allegheny, said to-night, in refer ence tT the fight in Torentum over the pro posed repeal of the local prohibitory law tor that borough: "I told Mr. Albert Smith ".at I would introduce the bill whenever he sent me the proofs of .s having been properly advertised, as required by tbe act of February 12, 1874. That law provides that notice of the ln--pnaed application for repeal, stating speci-pi-ahy the title and objects of the bill, shall hi published for four consecutive weeks and it further sets forth that the evidence of the pu'j'ication shall be by attaching to the bill a cop of said notice, verified by the affi davit of the owner, editor.publisher, or fore m. n of the newspaper or newspapers in wpich it was published. "The only notice sent me was the follow in; "Notice is hpreby given that an appli cation will be made to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the rc pea. of the special actsot Assembly govern ing the borough ofTarentum.' This notice was plainly insufficient, as it does not set forth specifically the title and objects of the bill; neither was there any accompanying affidavit, as the law requires. Vntil the provisions of tbe law are com plied with, I cannot introduce the bill. In enlv to a letter from the Revs. Messrs. Mitchell and "Walter, I wrote him that when the bill got before the committee I would notify them, and procure them a hearing. As the bill hasnot yet been intro duced, it is .not yet before the committee, and there conld be no hearing upon it." A FIGHT IN PROSPECT When the Resolution to Adjourn on May 8 Is Called TJd. rFROM A STAFF COItKESPOXDEXT.l Hakrisbckg, April 13. There was con siderable kicking over the resolution to ad journ May 8. Mr. Brooks, of Philadelphia, is opposed to any date being fixed until after the apportionment bills are disposed of, while Mr. Taggart has servei emphatic notice thatthe rural members will agree to no date for final adjournment until the tax bill has been acted upon by the Senate. The Grangers want the tax bill passed or squarely defeated, placing both its friends and enemies on the record, and they say thev will not allow it to be killed by adournment without acting upon it There will likely be a fight when the reso lution is called up.and if fixed at all, the date oi adjournment will not be earlier than May 15. APP0ETI0NHEHT BILL Tor Legislative DIstiicts Is to Be Intro duced To-Day. TFBOM A STAFF COIlttESPOSDEXT.l Habeisbueo, April 13. The legisla tive apportionment bill will likely be intro duced on "Wednesday. The loses and gains in the several counties have already been given in The Dis patch. The counties of Philadelphia, Allegheny, Schuvlkill and Lackawanna "hare not jet been divided into districts. As soon as that is done the bill will be ready for introduction. The city of Williamsport is made a separate district. It is slightly He publican, and -the clinngc limy result in Ly cimiiic rouutr etiiliiig one Itepublican and three Democrat liiMfid of n solid Demo cratic delcga.ion : s at present. York county has a lew hundred less than the 100,000 population requisite before it can be divided into districts; but it will be so divided, on the principle that the law takes no note of small things. This will likely give the Republicans one of the four mem bers. No Senatorial apportionment bill has been prepared yet. Haifa dozen plans have been proposed, but none has beeo de cided upon. The Republican Steering Committee has had the matter in charge, bat has cot as yet done anything. A SCATHING REPORT 05 THE PENAL AKD CHARITABLE IK- Simmons of the state. An Utter Absence of System and Itegulated Method Wasteful and Lavish. Expendi tures Can Easily Be Made, as "Well as Downright Misapplication. I FROM A STAFF COMtESPOJrPE-T. Haruisbueg, April 13. Senator Mylin to-night presented the report of the special committee to investigate the charitable and correctional institutions of the State. It devidts the dependent classes into three sections delinquents, who violate the law; destitutes, whose poverty makes them a charge upon the community, and defec tives, who have inherited or acquired de fects, either mental or physical. Upward of 537,000,000 have been appro priated by the State of Pennsylvania tothe various penal and charitable institutions enjoying its bountv. More than a third of this" amount, ?12,G75,920, has been given n the last ten years: nearly a third in the last six years, and between a fourth and fifth in the last lour years. For the two years, 1887 and 18S8, $3,809,987 were appropriated, and for 1889 and 1890, 53,843,239. the total for the four vears being nearly 58,000,000 (57,753,224). Of this there was naid for construction and maintenance to the Pittsburg Deaf and Dumb School, $548 000; Morganza, 51,011,724; Dixruont, 1,266,426; Western Penitentiary, 52,542,723. The report goes on to say that "evidence at command shows an absence of system and regulated method upon the basis of which grants have been made, and are made and applied, that is not only inconsistent with prudence, and economy, but affords opportunity for wasteful and lavish expenditures, as well as culpable misappli cation and misdirection of the public funds. This uncertainty and vagueness exists in the lack of proper specification as to the pur pose for which moneys are appropriated to institutions. The intention of legisla tors as to the uses for which money appropriated is to be applied is left iu doubt, so that its application is entirely at the option of the persons receiving it. In many instances there is no specification whatever, the gift being outright, without the least qualification." Upon the subject of standards for the cor rection of public ills, the report says: "Every institution of the State represents a different theory, or is in a transitory state from one to another. The Eastern and Western Penitentiaries represent the princi ples of solitary confinement and congregate imprisonment; the insane hospitals are ex periments of differing methods and theories as to the enre or care of the insane, or are in a transition state; the House of Refuge, Morganzi, Huntingdon and various chil dren's aid societies, represent different ideas as to the reformation of the young criminal. All are advancing toward the same goal along different, apparently unex plored paths. Recalling tho BUI. fFROM A STAFF COKKESFOXDEITT.l Haehisbuko. April 15. The bill to create a Disability Board in cities of the second class, to manage a fund for the main tenance of disabled policemen, was to-night, oil motion of Senator Neeb, recalled from the House. The purpose of the recall is to amend it by making it optional, instead of mandatory. Badly Knocked Oat. IFKOll A STAir COKRKSrOXPEXT.- Haerisbukg, April 13. The House does not tuke much stock in the alleged Book Trust investigation. The Senate resolution for the printing of 3,000 extra copies of the report came over to the House to-night and was knocked out, receiving hardly a score of votes. DEATH OF GEHEEAL SPIN0LA.' Tho Noted Jfew York City Congressman Expires Very Suddenly. Washington, April 14. General Spin ola died at 125 o'clock this morning. He was a Congressman from Hew York City. ILLEGALLY ISSUED SHAEES. The Crooked Work That Was Done by the Secretary of a Company. Boston. April 13. The expert who has been examining the books of the Boston Water Power Company has made up his re port to President Kimnall, who is authority for the statement that shares to the approxi mate amount of 520.000, representimr a valuation exceeding 575,000, riave been ille cally issued by the former Treasurer, William Brown, upon his own au thority. All ot the irregularities discovered appear to have been made through a falsification of the ac counts, so the President declares. The cer tificates of stock have all been examined, and appear to be all right, but nothing has been discovered that will give the least pos sible explanation of the leakage of tho money. Ex-Treasurer Brown is still confined to his home, and his mental trouble, which saves him the realization of the accusations against him, is such that he will probably never recover. GUARDING THE LAND. Serious Trouble Expected on the Opening of Northwest Lands. "Washington, April 13. Commissioner Garter, of the General Land Orace, 'has re ceived information that great excitement exists among the people in the vicinity of the lands in Northern "Wiscon sin along the line of the Chicago, St, Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad, which will be open to homestead settlement on next Saturday. At Ashland, it is said, a crowd of well-armed men have formed a circle around the local land office and threaten to shoot anyoue who attempts to break through the line or in any way tries to forstall them in filing the necessary application papers. Commissioner Garter, in speaking of the matter to-day, said that these hostile demon strations would work only hardship to the persons engaged iu them, for no one would be permitted to acquire rights under tbe land laws by force ot arms or intimidation. THE COPYRIGHT LEAGUE, A Banquet to Commemorate the Eighth Tear of Its Existence. New York, April 13. The American Authors' Copyright League gave to night what might properly be termed a -ratification banquet. The occasion was tbe eight anniversary of the formation of the League, and as such it was deemed fitting that the passage of the international copyright bill should be duly celebrated at this time and honor he done to those gentlemen who fought for its passage. Edmund C. Steadman presided. At his right was Senator Piatt, of Connecticut. Others present were Compte Emil De Kera try, B. TJ. Johnson, George P Lathrop, Park Goodwin, George William Curtis, Ashbel T. Filch, Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles Scribner, A.W.AppletOB,Lawreace THE" Hatton, Brander Matthews, Edgar Fawcett and Edward Carey. Mr. Steadman made the opening address, and then Senator Piatt took the floor. He said he had worked for tbe bill for all he was worth and it was a severe battle. Sen ator Piatt suggested that R. U. Johnson of the Century write a literal account of tbe great struggle in Congress to obtain the law, the book to be, tbe first to exemplify the workings of the copyright law in July, next. SOME ANCIENT DEBTS COME TO THE FBOHT TO BLAST DIRECT TAX REFUND HOPES. Many of the States Are in Arrearsto tho Government, and Will Lose Their Share The Wofal Plight West Virginia b In. "Washington, April 13. It appears that many of the States that expected to re alize the entire amount of their contribu tions tothe direct tax are to be disappointed. Scrutiny of the refunding act by the First Comptroller has satisfied hi in that the Government may claim offsets against all States where the tax was not collected from individuals directly by the Government. He has been searching the records for such offsets, and here are some of those he has already discovered, on ac counts of quotas of arms, ammunition and accoutrements issued uuder the act of 1808 up to 1SS7: California, 58,110; Georgia, 54.229; Illi nois, 517.807; Michigan, 55.633; Mmncsoti, 55.331; Oregon, 52,472; Virginia, 56,406; Wisconsin, 55,201; New Mexico, 55,597; Washington, 53,985. The amounts' repre sent the extent to which the quotas were overdrawn. Had the old law continued in force most of these States might have made the account square by diminishing the amounts o! their requisitions. But after the new militia law ot 1887 had been passed, this course could not be pursued, and the State accounts for refund of direct tax are now, or will be when presented, held up pending investigation. Verinont'd large arrearage is explained by the lact that during the war she made heavy requisitions for arms to repel the threatened St. Aibans raid, and it is said that the State afterwards sold 5150,000 worth of these arms to France. West Vir ginia is perhaps iu a worse plight than any other State. Virginia owed the Gov ernment 51,500,000, on account of State bonds, and when tbe new State was cut off it agreed to assume responsibility for her share of the indebtedness. But the Govern ment was never repaid. Virginia's share of the direct tar money cannot be withheld, lor there the money was collected from individuals. SUED FOB MALPRACTICE. Instead of $50,000, as Asked for, tho Plain tiff Gets SGO. SPECIAL THEOBAM TO THE DESPATCH. " New Yoke, April 13. Judge Pryor, of the Court of Common Pleas, to-day tried a suit by Rosa Becker to recover 550,000 from Dr. John B. Janiski, for alleged malpractice. She was a charit) patient, and the doctor attended her three days in confinement. She sent for him on the fourth day, but he did not come. As a result of alleged improper treatment she had to undergo several surgical opera tions. The defense was that the doctor told her that he was going out of town. He asked her to remain quiet, ana if she needed fur ther treatment, to co to the dispensary, and she did not heed his advice. In charging the jury, the Judge said: "A physician does not contract to cure a patient; he is not an insurer, but his undertaking and the duty which the law imposes on him is only to ex ercise due skill and care in the treatment of his patient. "It is enough if a competent physician exercises his best judgment in a case. He may decline to respond to the patient unable to compensate him, but it he undertakes the treatment of such a patient he cannot defeat a suit for malpractic"' nor mitigate a recov ery against him upon the principle that the skill and care required of a physician are proportioned to his expectation of pecuniary recompense." The jury gave the plaintiff a verdict of $00. WILL FEAST THEK. Tho Visit of the Sixth Massachusetts Itegl xnent to Baltimore. frlCCTAI. TM.ZOBAH TO THE DISPATCH.! BALiiiionE, April 13. The visit of the Sixth Massachusetts Begimen to this city on the thirtieth anniversary of the regiment's first visit to Baltimore iu 1861, when they were mobbed, will be an event of great in terest to the citizens of this city. The veter ans will he feasted until they can feast no more, and men who fought them on the field of battle and applauded the mob's at tack iu 1861 will do them honor. The gallant Fifth Begiment of Baltimore the pride of this State, and that is to Maryland what the Seventh is to New York wilj.turn out and meet the Massachusetts veterans, who are expected hereon the 19th. On the 20th the grand banquet and ball will be given at the Carrollton. This hall was not in existence in 1861. VEEY COSTLY WELTS. An Iuterpretalon That Means 811,000 Duties on S800 Worth of Them. ISr-ECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.l New York, April 13. A most extraor dinary interpretation of the new McKinley law was brought to the attention of Acting Collector Coucb, Collector Erhardt being sick abed with the grip. It appears that J. G. Northrop, of Gloversville, imported 5800 worth of welts used on the wrists of gloves. Assistant Appraiser Burke decided that these welts wejre dutiable under tbe clause making them "whole or in part gloves." The duty under this clause is 51 a dozen, and on this invoice of 5800 the duties were under Burke's interpretation made 511.000. The collectors in the department insisted that they should pay duty as manufacturers of leather at 35 per cent ad valorem, in the neighborhood of 5300. Appraiser Coorjer would not agree to this, and declined to order a reaporaisement. Some interesting notes passed between the collector and the appraiser. Jonrn ey men Builders Organize. About 200 of the journeymen plasterers, masons, painters and 'carpenters of Brad dock, Homestead, Duquesne and UcKees port have organized a union. Thoy have sent for their charter, and will make their headquarters iu Braddock. THE FIEE EEC0ED. A chimney fire in the residence of a Mr. Brown at 2543 Penn avenue caused an alarm to be sent in yesterday from box 327. The damage was nominal. A chimney fire in tbe house of Mrs. Mary McCarthy, in the rear of jmo. 32 Webster avenue, about noon yesterdav cansed an alarm from box No. SO las; night. No damage. A chimney blaze at Joseph Cavenaugh's residence, No. OS Muriel street, caused an alarm of fire to be sent in from station 130 at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. No damage. The caving in ot an improvised roof over a blase furnace at tbe Clinton Boiling Mills shortly before 10 o'clock last night, was the canse of a small tire which damaged tbe build ing to the extent of S00. An alarm was sent in from station 123. The residence of Major Ward Paul, at Sorel Canada, was burned Sunday night. The youngest daughter, six years of age, perished In the flames. Madam Paul and two other children were seriously burned aud may suc cumb to their injuries. Shortly before midnight fire broke out in tbe new 'Dispatch building. Diamond and Smltbfield streets. A heater set tire to a pile of wood. Inspector McAleese and Detective McTieho had tbe flames under control when the department arrived and. finally ex tinguished it. No damage. PITTSBURG' DISPATCH?' THEY SHOWED FIGHT. Fierce Battle Between Strikers, Police and the Military OVER BRADFORD WEAVERS' STRIKE i Ton Thousand Strikers Charged and Dis persed by Troops. HASI PEOPLE W0TJXDED IN THE FEAI (BY CABLE TO TUE DISFATCK.1 Bradford. April 13. A strike has been for some time in progress at the Manning ham mills, and yesterday 5,000 of the strik ers attempted to hold a 'meeting near the town hall, but were prevented by the police and the town councillors. Sanders, of Rotherham, followed the crowd that entered the square and tried to speak, but a large body of police came out of the town hall and dispersed the meeting and assaulted Sanders. In the evening the leader, Sanders, again tried to hold a meeting, bufwas arrested as he was about to speak, amid great excite ment, the whole town being in an uproar. Another well known labor leader, Tillett, then succeeded in adddressing the crowd. Another meeting of the strikers held at St. George's Hall in the. afternoon was more successful, and from it the men pro "essed to have received much encouragement Ten thousand of the striking weavers as sembled to-day for the purpose of protest ing against tbe action of the municipal au thorities in forbidding the meeting which the strikers had arranged for yes terday. The police vaiuly tried to disperse the gathering, but their repeated charges on the, crowd proved futile. Mat ters finally assumed such a shape that the authorities determined to take decisive action, and after the strikers had for the last time been ordered to disperse and had refused, the riot act was read and the mili tary was then summoned. The soldier, upon their arrival at the scene, joined forces with tbe police and a combined charge was made upon the ranks of the stubborn strikers'. A fierce struggle ensued, but the strikers were unable to resist the increased force and were compelled to retreat before the bayonets and batons. The police used their batons very freely and many of the strikers were injured. Several of the police were also hurt during the fight. The authorities succeeded in placing seven of the ringleaders under arrest. Itis probable that the strikers will attempt to hold another meeting to-morrow and that the scenes witnessed to-day will be renewed. Midnight The excitement is unabated. The military occupied tbe streets for au hour, charging un and down. Many peo ple were wounded and taken to the town hall, where their wounds were dressed. MBS. MAYBRICK'S CASK Lady lTorence Dixie Bitterly Denounces Her Sentence. lBTDtWLAP'S CABLE COJfPAlfT.I LoNDOif, April 13. Lady Florence Dixie, in a letter to-day in relation to the case of Mrs. Maybrick, writes: There are many who, HKe myself, believe that Mrs. Maybrick was the victim of a cruel family intrigue, tho verdict being the result of a most one-sided and partial summing up of tbe Judge who has just retired from the bench. Is it nothing to the British public that this un fortunate lady.who occupies herprcent position through a miscarriage of justice, should bo Im mured through the most sunny years of her life in an English prison for a deed which she has never been clearly proved to have com mitted t If she murdered her -husband, she shonld have been banged: but as it was patent that there was no real proof of her guilt, her sen tence was commuted to one of a living death. .Mr'. Maybrick should either be accorded a fresh trial or, if not, released. How, too, about the man who lead her astray? He is not in prison; of course not. What fn nnmanisa crievous wrong, in man is only a slight pecca dillo. FIVE BIG ELECTIONS, In Which the Tories Will Have to Do Some Tall righting. rUY DUNLAF'S CABLE COMPAXT.l London, April 13. Five elections are now pending, to fill vacancies in the House of Commons. The new members are required to replace Thomas Charles Baring, who sat for the city of London; the Bight Honorable George Cavendish Bentinck, who represented Whitehaven; Colonel C. J. T. Hambre, the member for the Southern divison of Dorset, and Mr. T. K. Lapling. All these are dead, and they were all members of the Conservative party. To these must be added the name of Mr. F. "W. McLein, who Sat for Woodstock, and has been just appointed a Master in Lunacy. With so many constituencies vacant, it is like a miniature general election. All the late members won their seats by narrow majorities and it is therefore the universal belief that a hard fight will be necessary if the Tory candidates are to be returned. CHINA AFTER TRADE. She Is EndeaTorlng to Secure a Share of Tobacco Commerce. IDT DCSLAfS CABLE COJIPANT.l London, April 13. China is trying to enter the lists as a competitor for a share of the European commerce in tobacco. A number of samples arrived last week, con signed to leading brokers, with a view to testing the suitability of Chinese tobacco for this market. The Japanese weed is already largely consumed in Europe, the bulk going to Antwerp, Amsterdam and Hamburg, where in combination with Sumatra and Havana growths, the leaf is made into cigars. NEW OCEAN GREYHOUND. That Will Bun Between tho Ports of river pool and Montreal. 1BT DUSLAr'S CABLE COJIPANT.l Beitast, April 13. Messrs. Hall and Wolff, the well-known ship builders, on Saturday launched a steamer intended for the Dominion line. She is 400 feet long, 47 wide over all, displaces 6,000 toDS, will steam 14 knots, and will carry 60 first-class passengers in a cabin on deck and 90 second-class on tbe deck below. The new vessel has been christened the Labrador, and is expected to take her place on the route between Liverpool and Montreal on June 12. A DISHONORED SON Causes Ills Mother, a Itusslan Princess, to Commit Sniclde. TBY DUSLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. St. Petersburg, April 13. Tije Prin cess Olga Feodorowna, nee Cecile, of Ba den; daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, died to-day. It is ru mored that) she committed suicide, caused by chagrin at the Czar's refusal to restore her son, Grand Duke Michael, to the honors that he forfeited through his recent mirriage with Countess MarenbGurg. ENGLAJND WANTS OPIUM. The Indian Government May Beceive Money From the Traffic. London, April 13. The First Lord of the Treasury, William Henry Smith, reply ing to a question on the subject announced in the House of Commons to-day that the Government would not advise the Indian Government in regard to the vote of the Hopse of Commons iaken April 10, when tbe annual motion against allowing the oniura trade of India to continue was car ried and the Government defeated by a vote of 160 to 130. Mr. Smith also'announced that the Gov- TUESDAY.,' APRIL - 14; ernment would not appoint a committee to inquire into the opium traffic in India, as the paucity of the vote taken on Friday on the motion'did not carry the weight which a division of the full House would carry. DREIBUND IN DANGER. ITALY IS SH0WP5G SYMPTOMS OF BEEAK IHG AWAY FEOM ir.' Somo Significant Utterances From Rudlnl ti Humored Change In Ministers to France That Means Much Italy's Prob able Action In Case of War. BY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. Paris, April 13. It is stated in this city that the Viscount Yenosta has been ap pointed Italian Ambassador to France, to take Ibe place of Count Menabrea, tbe pres ent ambassador. Count Menabrea, 'writing to a friend concerning this report, says it is quite possible that it may be true, but be has beard nothing of it. The Vis count Yenosta isason-jn-lnw of the Marquis Alfieri, who is a Yice President of the Italian Senate, and who strongly opposes the Triple Alliance as ruinous to Italy and favors the cultivation of a close friendship with France. Viscount Yenosta Is connected with the Cavour family, and is strongly hostile to the foreign policy of Signor Crispi, upon wliicb, during Crispi's administration, he made several severe attacks. His appointment at this time to the head of the embissy to France is considered somewhat doubtful. If it prove to be really contemplated by the Marquis Budini its significance as regards the Triple Alliance cannot be misunder stood. A dispatch from Eome says: Premier Di Budini, in an interview to-day in regard to the Dreibund, he'd that the renewal of the Triple Alliance w.is of secondary import ance, as compared with a constant agree ment with England. On many occasions, said the Premier.the policy of the Dreibund harmonized perfectly with British ideas. yet Lord Salisbury had never adhered to the Dreibund treaty. Italy's renewal of her contract with the Alliance depended on the general situation in Europe, which was now changing every day. It was difficult to imagine that England and Italy would re main passive while war was being waged by Kussia and France against Germany and Astria, even if the Dreibund did not exist. Italy might find it to her interest to range herself on the side of Great Britain should Bussia refrain from interfering in the af fairs of tbe other powers, thus securing the absolute neutrality of Great Britain. Italy would not act except under the contingencies provided for in the Dreibund convention. If Austria attacked Kussia, or Germany declared war with France, their action would not imply that Italy was to join in the movement. By the terms of the contract she was entitled to act as a neutral nation and to remain so. EMPLOYERS CONTRACT Among Themselves to Post Men Who Have Been Dismissed. Berlin, April 13. A Socialist organ publishes promised secret correspondence be tween prominent employers in metal indus tries showing that they agreed to impart to one another the names of the workmen who bad been dismissed for breach of contract, or for labor agitation and bound themselves not to employ such men. The contract cm braced Government workshops. The correspondence includes letters writ ten by the Ministers of War and Public Works, dated May 3, 1890, agreeing to boycott men who took part in the May day demonstrations and to exclude known Socialists from govern ment workshops. The latter agreement especially meets with severe denunciation from the Socialist organs. M'KTNIiEY LAW AGAIN. It Is the Cause of Manv German Artisans Leaving for America. rCT DUKLAP'S CABLE COMPAJTT.l J"DussELDORF,April 13. At Solingen. the great manufacturing center for swords, bayonets and cutlery, 14 miles from here, there has been quite an exodus of operatives for America. On Thursday last 18 expert hands, with their apprentices and fnmilies, making 100 iu all, started for New York, where, it is reported, they are en gaged to work by contract for a firm of that city. Their departure is wholly due to the Mc Kinlev taw, which has worked havoc among the manufacturers here, many fac tories being on thn point of closing down, as the export trade ot America has fallen off 54,000 marks (513,500) during the past three months. THE LABOR COMMISSION. Mr. Smith Explains IU Scope In the If ouse of Commons. London, April 13. Referring to the Boyal Labor Commission recently ap pointed to inquire into labor troubles and the best meansof preventing them, Mr. Smith, in the House of Commons to-day said that the Commission was so constituted as to se cure full consideration for all important questions. It was nat intended, Mr. Smith continued, that every trade and every grievance shonld be represented on the commission. It was for the commission to decide, said Mr. Smith in conclusion, whether or not its 'deliberations and ex aminations should be made iu public. WORK FOR CONVIOTa They Are to Be Used in Building a long Russian Railway. fBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.! St. Petersburg, April 13. A certain number of Siberian convicts are to be em ployed on the first stretch of the great Siberian Pacific Railway. Some of the newly condemned now on the Island of Saghalien are being transported to Vladi vostok for this purpose, instead of going to the mirre. The Official Gazette announces that 600 such prisoners have just lelt Odessa, bound for Russian ports iu the Pacific, where they are to be employed in constructing the new line of railwav. DENYING THE CHARGE. Lord Douglas Says He Didn't Call His Wife a Crossing Sweeper. fBY DUNLAP'S CABLE COJIfANY.1 London, April 13. Lord James Douglas, who was summoned before the court for re fusing to fill out his census papers properly, having described his wife as a crossing sweeper and insane, and his son as a bootblack, both born in Darkest Africa, now comes forward and says he never filled up tbe return at all, and that it must have been $ practical joke played on him by some one. EPIDEMIC OF GRIP Breaks Oat In Sheffield and Many People Are Down With It. IBY DCNLAP'S CABLE COMPANV.t Sheffield, April 13. Au epidemic of influenza has broken out here, aud a large number have been attacked, including manv clergymen and several physiciads. In the majority of cases, the symptoms strongly resemble those of tbe. Russian epidemic and tbe physicians are convinced that it is the same disease which proved so fatal here a year ngo. Smallpox in London. IDT DUXLAF'S CABLE CO MP ANT. 1 London, April 13. There are seven patieots in the London Hospital, White chapel road, down with the smallpox and two deaths have- already occurred. Five cases at Greenwich were contracted from a dock laborer, who had been unloading foreign grain, ' I891r FfilENDS OF BRIGGS Control the Presbytery and Name the Committee of Inquiry. IP HE IS A HERETIC SO ARE THEY. The Professor Elected a Delegate to ths General Assembly. QDIl'l! A HAEH0NI0US CONFERENCE ."SrKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCIT.l New York, April 13. The Presbytery promptly did wbat The Dispatch tele grams predicted it would do in regard to Prof. Briggs' case when it assembled in the lecture room of the Scotch Presbyterian Church to-day, but it subsequently offset this by appointing the popular professor to a post of honor, and that over the man who initiated the proceedings against him. After appointing a committee on the motion of the Rev. Dr. G. W. F. Birch to deter mine whether Prof. Briggs is a Presbyterian or a heretic, the Presbytery selected Prof. Briggs as one of its commissioners to the General Assembly, while Dr. Birch was made only an alternate. The matter came berore the Presbytery at the very beginning of the session. The Rev. Dr. George L. Shearer, Secretary of the American Tract Society, had scarcely been chosen for tbe ensuing half year when Dr. Birch offered these resolutions: Whereas, The address of Kev. Charles A. Brizgs. . D., a member of this Presbytery, de livered on '1 uesday evening. January 20, 1891, on the occasion of his inauguration as the in cumbent of the Edward Robinson Chair of Biblical Theology in the Union Iheological Seminary, (which address has sinco been pub lished by said seminary) has been very gener ally criticised as containing statements which are seeminghj contrary to the teaching and spirit of our confession of lalth; Complaint to the General Assembly. Whereas,. This address has also been actually made tbe occasion of complaint to the General Assembly by at least four presbyteries; there fore. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to which the said address shall bo referred for careful consideration with instructions to re port at the meeting in May what action, if any, be appropriate in relation thereto. This was placed on file while nominations were made for the 14 delegates, 7 clergy men and 7 laymen, who are to represent the Presbytery in the General Assembly, which opens in Detroit on May2L The names of confession revisers and ami-revisers, Briggsites and anti-Briggsites, fol lowed e.ich other without question. It was the Rev. Dr. Conkling who named Prof. Briggs as the Presbytery's representative at Detroit. No opposition was made to the nomination. , The nominations were not finished when the Kev. Dr. Birch moved to have his resolution taken from the file and adapted. He said: "I presented that paper on my own responsibility solely. I am familiar with the thought o't the Western clergymen who are expressing their opinions in regard to Dr. Briggs, and I realize tbe significance of their action. I think it is not fair to Dr. Briggs or to the Presbytery to permit a pre judgment of his case when it will be our duty to defend him if necessary. In the in terests of truth aud fair play some action must be taken so that tbe General Assembly shall not take hold of the matter until it comes before it iu the right way. Let us go about putting it in that way in a manly, honorable and just spirit." ' As a Friend of the Professor. The Rev. Dr. R. R. Booth, in seconding the resolution, said: "I am prepared from three considerations to vote for the appoint ment of this commission: First, in the in terest of Brother Briggs. He has the right to be defended or reprimanded in the house of his friends; second, it is necessary for the Presbytery to take cognizance of reflections on the orthodoxy of one of its members to protect its own standing. Third, the repu tation of the Union Theological Seminary must also be protected. For these three reasons I second Dr. Birch's resolution." Tbe Rev. Dr. Robinson followed Dr. Booth with:. "Now, Mr. Moderator, can't we stoo here pass this resolution without any more talk, and leave it to the commit tee to do the rest? It will give him fair plav, which I certainly wish him to have." There were cries of "question," and the resolution was passed unanimously, the moderator being left to settle the siz: of the committee as well as to name its mem bers, subject to Presbytery's approval. He named the Revs. Drs. Birch, Lampe, Mcllvaine, Vandyke and Forbes and Elders J. J. Stevenson and Walter Edwards. Drs. Birch and Lampe are re visionists and the first is an anti-Brigg-site. Drs. Vandyke and Mcllvaine are re visionists, while Dr. Forbes is not classed. Prqf. Stevenson is an ultra anti-revisionist and Walter Edwards is a revisionist. All of the committee except Dr. Birch and Prof. Stevenson, and perhaps Dr. Lampe, are friendly to Dr. Briggs, if they cannot be classed as Briggsites. Indeed the committee is expected to exonerate Dr. Briggs from the charge of hctrodoxy by a vote of 5 to 2. A HEW UHITED STATES TEEASUBEB. Huston at LastWrltes a Resignation Which the President Accepts. rrnoi A STAFT COmiESrONDEXT. Washington, April 13. At last the eccentric Mr. Huston, who has been in agony of one kind or another ever since he accepted the office of Treasurer of the United States two years ago, is out of office, the President accepting ti-day a resignation offered February 24. It will be remembered that at the time the letter of resignation was written the President vainly attempted to induce Ex-Treasurer Lemke, of Indiana, to arcept the office. Mr. Lemke, after dne consideration, decided that his health would not permit, and since then the President has been hunting for a Treasurer. A few days ago be found one iu Banker Nebeker, ot Indiana, a personal friend and political adherent, and Mr. Nebeker gets his commission on the eve of the President's departure on his long swing around the circle, r. Nebeker is a hale and jolly sort of man, whose ultra-genial manner will make an agreeable change in the office from the somewhat disgruntled atmosphere that always seemed to surround Mr. Huston. HABEISOIi'S CIBCTJLAB TBTP. He Leaves Washington at Midnight With out Very Much Ceremony. Washington, April 13. Tbe President and Mrs. Harrison, with the party who will accompany them on their trip to the far West, left here at midnight on the special train especially prepared for tjieir use. Owing to the lateness of the hour only a few persons besides the railway employes were at the station to witness the departure of the train. As the train drew out of the station, the President stood on the rear platform of the last car and removing his hat, bowed a goodby to those waiting to see him off. The first stopping place will be Lynchburg, Va., which will be reached early in the morning. The party consisted of the following named persons: The President and Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Dimmick, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Postmas ter General Wanamaker, Secretary Rusk, Marshal D. M. Ransdell, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Boyd, Mr. E. F. Tibbott, tbe President's stenographer, Major Sanger, of the army, and representatives of the press associations. A MEMORABLE ANH1VEBSABY. . Twenty-Six Tears Since the Assassination of President Lincoln. Just 26 years ago to-day the nation was thrown into a state of sorrow by' the assassi nation of its President, Abraham Lincoln. The ptreets,of Pittsburg on that night, over J a quarter of a century ago, were filled by a crowd far greater than that of last night, packed as the thoroughfares were on tbe 'last named occasion. But it was with an entirely different,'though perhaps no less excited, assemblage of people. When tbe news of Lincoln's murder reached Pittsburg busy hands were soon at work draping in black the houses for miles on everv street. This year there will be no special exercises in memory of the death of the man whom so many mourned April 14, 1865. Several Grand Army posts will bear the day in mind, but there will be no public exercises of any kind. JEFFERSON'S BIRTHDAY. EZ-PHESrDEHT CLEVELAND AUD HI3 VIEWS OF PAETISAHSHIP. Ho Pleads Guilty to Being a Tarty Man if It Means Devotion to Party Principles Campaigns of Education are What are Needed. New Yoke, April 13. Governors of the Democratic Club of this city gave a dinner at the clubhouse to-night in commemoration of Jefferson's birthday. J. H. V. Arnold presided. He was flanked by ex-President Cleveland and Governor Abbett, of New Jersey. Many prominent local Democrats were present The ex-President was tbe chief speaker, and in part said: "It seems to me that the atmosphere which pervades this place is ill-suited to selfish aud ignoble designs; and I leel at this mo ment that I am surrounded by influences which invite patriotic partisanship, and disinterested devotion to party prin ciples. If a pjrthnn is correctly defined as 'One who is violently and passionately devoted to a party or in terest X must plead guilty to the charge of being a Democratic partisan, so long as the Democracy is true to its creed and traditions, and so long as conditions exist, which, to my understanding, make adherence to its doctrines synonymous with patriotism. "It is an inspiring thing to know that by virtue of our party membership we are as sociated with those who resist the attempt of arrogant political power to interfere with the independence and integrity of popular suffrage, who are determined to relieve our countrymen from unjnst and unnecessary" burdens, who are intent upon checking ex travagance in public expenditures, and who test party purposes by their usefulness in promoting the interests and welfare of all the people of the land. "The political revolution which accom panied the birth of our party was not accom plished while the principles of Democracy were kept laid away in a napkin, nor was the unanimity of their first ac ceptance secured by the senseless and noisy shouting of partisan bigotry and the refusal to receive converts to the faith. No man believed more implicitly in the political instrnction of tbe people than the great founder of our party: and the first triumph of Democratic principles, uuder his leadership, were distinctly the re sults of a campaign of education. So, too, in the light of our last victory. No man who desires Democratic success will deny the supreme importance of a most thorough and systematic presenta tion to our fellow-citizens of th,e reasons which support the avowed and accepted purposes of our party. Those who now sneer at efforts in that direction are our ene rneis whether they confront us as con fessed opponents, or whether theyare trait ors skulking within our camp." ELIZABETH HAS A BLAZE. Two of the Main Buildings on Broad Street Destroyed. Elizabeth, N. J., April 13. This city to-day suffered a great loss by fire, which occurred in tbe center of the business por tion. The burned buildings were the Ar cade and the First National Bank. The Arcade was totally destroyed. It was owned by ex-Congressman Amos Clark, , and contained the postoflice. It cost 150, 000. It was devoted to business places and contained, besides tbepostoffice, the District Court room, the Central Office of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company, tbe stores of L. R. Chew, picture frame maker; W. A. Tubbs. stationer, and C. A. Harris, flour and feed; Masonic lodge room, headquarters of the Third Regiment, New Jersey National Guards, and Phil Kearney Guard, Companv C, a Conservatory of Music, the law offices of ex-Judge Alward, Surrogate Parrott and General J. A. Fay, and the saloon of N. H. Astfafc. Tbe fire was started by some varnish boil ing over in Chew's store. A. H. Clark, son of the ex-Congressman, was nearly suffocat ed in his office and was rescued at a window. Ex-Judge Alward was found partially over come on tbe stairs and was carried ont by Quartermaster Hawkins, of the Third Regi ment. Hon. Foster M. Voorhees was rescued from bis office, which filled with smoke and flames while he was striving to save bis li brary. The total loss is $2:30,000. BIG MONET TO BE PAID BACK. A Decision of the Supreme Court in Favor of Importers. tFT.OJt A STAFP COSEESFOXDEST.l "Washington, April 13. Two of the largest drawbacks ever known in the cus toms service will, within the next 24 hours, bepaidtoFredButterfield& Co. and H. Herrman &Co., of New York, the former receiving 5157,563 88, and the latter 74, 720 97. Commissioner Holliday, of the Bureau of Customs, to-day directed Col lector Erhardt, of New York, to pay these sums upon receipt of a draft for the aggre gate amount. . The drawback is in accord with a de cision of the Supreme Court a few days ago in regard to a classification of worsted, that they were not wooleus as had been held by the Treasury Department; that they should come in at 35 per cent ad valorem instead of 35 cents per pound, and 24 per cent ad va lorem instead of 18 cents a pound, according to grade. THE CHICAGO C0UKT. Cregler Gains a Number of Totes In the Second Ward. Chicago, April 13. The Board of Elec tion Commissioners this morning canvassed the official count of the votes at the last election- The First ward was canvassed on Saturday and the Board to-day took up the Second ward. When completed, with two precincts subject to revision, the result for Mayor compared with the police returns made on the night of the election showed a gain of four for Cregler, Dem., and loss of 17 by Hempstead "Washburne, Rep., 63 by Elmer Washburn, Citizens, and 34 by Har rison, Ind. Dem. The onlrchange in the Third ward was a gain of bne vote for Morgan, Socialist. The only change in the Fourth ward was a loss of 19 votes by Elmer Washburn. The Commissioners are working on tbe Fifth ward. PE0CTOE IS A CANDIDATE. The Secretary of War Willing to Succeed Senator Edmunds. Rutland, April 13. A Boston Journal reporter met Hon. Redfield Proctor, Secre tary of War, at Albany, N. Y., Saturday evening en' route to "Washington. Secre tary Proctor was interrogated regarding the correctness of the press dispatch sent from Omaha to Eastern papers on the 9th inst., in which he was reported to have said that he was not a candidate lor the Vermont Senatorship. . 'That alleged interview, said the Secre tary, "is a fabrication. I never made the statement attributed to me." The Secre tary further stated that he was" a candidate for appointment by Governor Page to the Senatorship, and added that if appointed should accept the office. DIED. THOMM-On Tuesday. April 14, 1S01, at 1:15 A. v., at bis residence. No. 1718 Penn avenue, George Thumm, aged 59 years and 9 months. '" Notice of fnnjsral hereafter. T. TONS OF EOAST BEER Nearly 100 Head of Cattle Perish i'n an Early Morning Fire. THE EAST LIBERTY YARDS ABLAZ3 Three Acres of the Sheds Totally Destroje4 dj the Flamej. v WILD PANIC Ilf THE EASTERN HOTEL Three acres of the East End stockyard sheds were totally destroyed by fire at an early hour tltis morning and the well known Eastern Hotel had a very narrow escape. The flames were discovered after they had gained good headway, by Police Captain Mercer, about 12:15 this morning. He quickly turned in an alarm from box 238, but before the engines arrived fully an acre of tbe in flammable pine shed buildings were a mass of bright flame. Chief Coates sent in a call for two addi tional districts at once upon his arrival, and the firemen set to work to save the 22 acres qf buildings of the stockyards and tbe Eastern Hotel which was in close proximity. The latter part of the contract war, perhaps, the most difficult, as the flames swept toward it and licked its brick walls, the intense beat breaking the glass in nearly every window in the east side of the building, causing the frightened guests and inmatcs.to rush in all sorts of hurried dress to the streets. Work of the Firemen. The firemen were, bowever, successful in not only saving this building but in. pre venting tbe flames from covering more than three acres of the yards, a feat considered remarkable by men of experience who wit nesed the scene. The loss, all told, will not exceed 530,000, of which $25,000 is credited to the stock yard sheds and the balance to cattle. There were 137 head of cattle burned. Had. the fire occurred almost any other night-in the week tbe loss of cattle would have. been' much larger; but yesterday being marke't day at the yards, the bnlk of the stock had been; sold and delivered, and only the unfortunate bceve3 enumerated happened to be In the burned district. The cattle stampeded when, theire reached them, causing great excite-, ment, but, as usual in such cases,:rushed. into the flames and were destroyed. One horse valued at $200, belonging to a droyer, was also burned to death. The owners of tbe. destroyed cattle, as far as could bd learned, were as follows: R. S. Rush St Co., Jerry Armstrong & Co.,S. C. Gilchrist & Co., August Moorishine, J. Meezy & Co., P. S. Brauermann & Co. The origin of the fire is mysterious. Three men employed about tbe stockyards were seen and they said they h.td been near to where the flames were first seen, but could not account for them, as there were no lights In that part of the yard. As tbe buildings are composed of light, dry pine and contain considerable hay and straw, they burned like tinder and the rapiditv with which the flames spread was remarkable. The stockyards are tbe property of the. Pennsylvania Railroad Company and are probably well insured. The Loss to the Pennsylvania. Boss Carpenter Thomson, of the Pennsyl vania road, said the pens alone which were built by him two years ago cost ?25,000, and this would be tbe loss of the road. He estimated that at least 80 cattle were bnrned and 70 were rescued from the flames. The individual losses can't be determined for several days. The pens were built on the most improved order, and are claimed to be the finest in America. Thev were destroyed by fire two years ago. Mr. Thomson figured the cattle at $30 per ' head, but the Secretary of the Stockyard Company said tbey would bring ?50 on an average in the open market. The latter placed the entire loss at 540,000. The yard company is responsible for all the cattle bnrned. STANLETS AF2ICAN BECOBD Bitterly Denounced in a Letter to the King of the Belgians. New Youk, April 13. Still another at tack is made on Henry M. Stanley. It comes from Colonel George "W. Williams, author of '"The Colorado Troops in the Re bellion," who has been for some time in the employ of the KoDgo Free State. Concern ing Mr. Stanley, Colonel Wtlliams says in a letter to the King of the Belgians: The agents of Your Majesty's Government have misrepresented the Kongo Railway. H. M. Stanley, the man who was your chief agent in setting up your authority in this country, has grossly misrepresented- the character of the country. Instead of it be ing fertile and productive it is sterile and unproductive. Henry M. Stanley's name produces a shudder among the simple folks when mentioned; they remember his broken promises, his copious profanity, his hot temper, his heavy blows, his severe and rig orous measures, by which they were mulcted of their lands. His last appearance in the Kongo produced a profound sensation among them when he led 500 Zanzibar soldiers, with 300 camp-followers, on bis march to relieve Emin Pasha. They thougnt it meant complete subjugation and they fled in confusion. But the only thing they found in the wace of bis march was misery. MUFFS m STMHEB. They Will Bo of White Net Ornamented With Pretty. Flowers. Th MeFIimsvs are coini to carry' muffs all summer, and, mayhap,-some of those on a higher social plane may join them in this fad, says a New York correspondent of -the St Louis Globe-Democrat. On the hottest days of July and August the over-reaching McFlimsy sisters are planning to carry flower muffs with white net foundations gathered upon a frame work of silver wire. Well, a few years ago, boas in .summer time were impossible and fur capes Jnsanfc Now, boas are the rule-for piazza 'and-ball-room promenade, while fur capes are on the laps and shoulders of all who travel at seashore and mountain. Let usnot say that muffs shall not have th'eir day. ' APPEARED IN BL.00MEBS. '-A A Ridiculous Scene at the Lyceum Theater in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, April 13. The effect of the McHale anti-tights bill was seen to night at the Lyceum Theater. where th Wilbur Opera Company produced the "Chimes of Normandy" in bloomers. There' was a packed house, but the mnsic ,and libretto were lost sight of in the ridiculous ness of the afltir, , Ancient Biblical Manuscript. " The most ancient Vatican ,MSS. of the Bible in Greek has just been reproduced la phototype by Abbot Guiseppjt Cozza-Luigi, by order of the Pope. This MSS. is written upon the finest skin of antelope In regular characters so evenly and carefully as to bo unequaled in print. Shaving With Both Bands. Of tbe people who shave tbemselve. 49 out of CO ean bold their razor in but one hand. Yet it is just as easy and much more convenient to shave tbe Tight side of vour face with your right hand and the left side with the left hand if you only begia that way. A Track to Its "Works. The "Westinghouse Electric- Company li preparing to lay a branch track frora the Pleasant Valley line on Ninth street down Fayette street to its works. The track will be used for shipping purposes. New Supervising Architect. "WASHlHOIOJf, April 13. W. 7. Edbrooke, of Chicago, has been appolnttsl Snperviiing Architect of tie Treasur-v' I ' i J -
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