'- 1 Transient Advertisements, INCLUDING WATS.TOI.BTS. FOB SALES, ETC., FOR TO MORROW'S ISsUK 3t.iT 1x3 handed in at the main ad ci tistnff olliee of Tin Dispatch, comer s-mithficld nnd Diamond .streets, up to midnight. FORTY -SIXTH YEAR. OF II MYSTERY Keystone Bank Officers Deny That tlic Missing Million "Was Lost "by Them. CERTIFICATES OFDEPOSIT, If There Ever "Were Any, Seem to Have Vanished Just as-Com- Dlclelv as the Cash. BABBSLEY3L.YKES AX ASSIGNMENT. He Refuses to Answer Questions, and Is Shadowed by Detectives to Prevent Plight or Suicide, 'GOVERNOR TATTISOX TAKES A IIAXD. ISe Instructs the Alitor Central to Make an Investi gation, and Will l!e?m ITocccOinja to IToteet the State. 'A .SLVTDiLM Or Tiffi A3I0OT OF TAXES DUE tSMXtAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.) PinLAHLl.PHlA, 3Iay 22. Tlie excite ment caused by the flight of President Gideon W. Marsh, of the Keystone Na tional Bank, the resignation of City Treas urer Bardsley and his confession that he Jrad collected' 8U0.000 of State taxes for xvliich lie cannot account, still runs high. 2voone believes Bardsley's statement that this STOO.OOO xvas on deposit at the Key itoiii Hank at the time it was. closed by the Controller of the Currency. In foci the lnnk officers have testified tlncc the failure that outside of the city dc 3HM.it of SI 11,000 Mr. Bardsley's account xvidi the Kex-stone Bank amounted to less than i.OCO. Mr. Baidslev himself h.is JiOTsistentJy refused to answer any ques tions of the investigating committee regard ing Lis deposit of State funds intbcKcy Stne Bank, except to admit that what money of the tvnte he had deposited was Jilaced to his pmate account and mixed up with his persoi.nl funds. Ti.iriNl'j Must Answer Questions. The Court to-day issued a peremptory or der on Mr. Bardsleyto answer the questions of the oommittce regarding his disposition f the S'atc funds, and he Mas summoned to appear before the committee to-night, bring ing his checkbooks with him. lie did not appear, and the committee unanimously xwssed a re-olution askingthc Court to issue tin attachment for him. The belief is becoming very general and is freely expressed in political and financial circles tluit I.irdslev will commit suicide or XBusivay beforeUhe time setior his resigna- MORE , - fjjrj. 1 ,u Znii. 1 sait a Jhyorable opportunity to make ,to go --m., namely on the OthJ,, j," t. It is pr-7 generally known flinWhas subsided. KMhers, however, are w ork- mr Sast, iWl-rv movement made by Mr. Bardsley is being watched clo cly by detectives em ployed by the State authorities and that he 1ms been subjected to their scrutiny every day ?r several weeks past. Employes at the City Hall state that Eirange men have been seen daily hovering about the corridor leading to Mr. Bardsley's nffice, nnd that they were conspicuous by t"heir absence when Mr. Bards'iey left 'the Imildine:. City Controller Thompson, who, with the ?,Iayor, is familiar with every anovfment lliat has been made in tlic pres ent ines:igation, xUien asked to-day if it was trnc tliat detectives w ere shadow ing the City Treasurer, responded: Net llijjer t Impnrt Information. "I would rather not answer tliat ques tion." "Will you say whether these detectives are employed hy the city or State?" "No. I prefer not to s.iy anything about ilmt subjift. 1 am willing and anxious that the public sliall know eterything that is jie in reipml to the subject, but there are tome things which it would be wrong to re Xtal at thi Mage. It would serve no good jnirpose. and might do considerable harm." Later in the d.iy the Controller had a long consultation with the M.iyor, but he posi tively refused to say what the conference was about. ISitciverof Taxes Taylor this aftem-jon met City Solicitor "Warwick by nppointment, and questioned him as to whether be would have a right tow itldiold the cash of tl:e day's receipts and turn over to the City Treasurer only the checks. Mr. "Warwiclc, after thinking a few minutes, re plied that he would stand by the lteccicr in whatever course he would pursue. Act jnenpon this counsel, Captain Taylor de cided to hold hack the cash and keep it in liioown safes and x-aults for the night until to-morrow, when he will appoint a depos itory for the reception of the money. The checks he sent to the City Treasurer. All of Mi-, Property Assigned. Shortly after ", o'clock an assignment was brought to the llecomer of Deeds' ofiice of all property, real, p-rsonal and mixed, be longing to John liardsley to lMiardV. rcGill, the law partner of Holier; Alex ander, 'Mr: Uardslej 's counseL The deed of assignment is signed by May K. and John llardsley, and includes 2 houses and lots of "round on the north side otGirard avenue, "between J'orty-niiith and Fiftieth streets, taking in from Xo. VJm to 4'JTJ and iimy 21 houses and lots on the south side of Monroe avenue to Thompson street, betw een 2torty-iiimh and Fiftieth, and taking in INos. 4!KM) to iOiii inclusive; 11 houses and lets on the south side of Cathedral ave nue, between Forty-ninth and Fiftieth, including from 2S'o. 4920 to 4938 and 4941, 4IHC, 4!H;i, 4'Md. A fourth row of houses is on the north side of Cathedral avenue and takes in 18 structure, between Nos. 4915 and 49G1, and all other real, personal or mixed estate. At tlic same time that these legal docu ments xvere being filed, a judgment note with execution was entered in Common Pleas Court No. 3, by Joint Si James Doh ton against the Uradford Mill Company, Harry Leonard, President, and M. H. Davis, Treasurer and Secretary, for 6172, 0SI, dated May 21, 1891, and iyable one ilay after date. A Wry Sh eeping Document. Execution was taken out against the property of the coiupauy by X-iwyer Ilich- XVANTsj 1 all kinds am ijulckly answered tlirtisli Tin: I)I PATCH. Iniestors, arU- mun nai-Kalu hunters, liujcrs nnd hellers closely Kea.u its Classified Advertising Col umns, largest Circulation. W; ard P. "White, and, as in the note there was a waiver of all stay of execution and inqui sition of real estate and an agreement that the real estate should be held under a scire facias, the Sheriff at once proceeded to take possession of the mills at Stenton avenue, Germantown. llardsley is chief owner of the mills. The statement made by City Treasurer llardsley that he had deposited in the Key stone Bank a sum aggregating 5930,000 of the State money aroused considerable ex citement to-day. Mr. "Bardsley strictly adhered to his public statement w hen ques tioned about the matter, but refused any further explanation. Bank Examiner Drew said: "What Mr. Bardsley has had in the Keystone of the State's money I do not know, but he certainly did not have any such amount of money there when I took hold of the banlc "How much money did Mr. Bardsley have on deposit at the Keystone when the bank failed, of the State's funds?" was asked. "I cannot tell; but the total amount to the credit of John Bardsley as City Treasurer, and the personal account of John Bardsley when the bank suspended, was 5G10.000. Of this money 441,000 xvas to his account as City Treasurer." "But how much was there to the State's credit?" "Not a cent There is not on the books of the Keystone Bank a State account of auy kind." 3Iarsh Has Not Tct Been Caught. A sensation of the Keystone Bank devel opments xras a report -to the effect that the now fugitive PresidentGideon W. Marsh, had been arrested by a 'Deputy United States Marshal in Montreal, but the story xvas short lived, and died only to give way to rumors that x-aricd with, the taste and imagination of the originators. "I am doing all I can to get him," said William H. Wanamakcr to-day when asked whether he had learned anything about Marsh, for whom he had become one of the bondsmen for his appearance yesterday be fore United States Commissioner Bell. "I xrant to get him," continued Mr. Wana makcr. "I have placed the matter in the hands of detectives and special officers, and ihey, with the deputy United States mar shals, are endeavoring to hunt him down. I have also offered a reward of 1,000 for the arrest of Marsh." "It was a surprise to you that Marsh didn't turn up yesterday?" "I couldn't have been more surprised. I never thought lie xvould run away, but that he would stand up and face the chargo, and at the proper time make a full statement. I had no other thought than he would stand up. I went upon his bond for his appear ance purely out of friendship. I think I have said all there is to be said now. Of course, I can't tell you what the officers are doing." Any Xumlier of Detectit es at Work. James H. Jones, 1434 Market street, who is on Marsh's 10,000 bail bond, xvas equally at a loss to explain the flight of the man in xvhom he liad confided, though he spent the gi cater part of the day hunting for news of the absconder. There are, in addition to the United States Marshal's ofiice, three private dctecthe agencies, employing a score of skilled men at work on the case, and inquiry at each one of these xvas met with the same story: "No news." The favorite theory seems to be that Marsh has not left the city, but is lying in ing on the clew that the missing man has taken to the pines of New Jersey, xvhere he is in a niuing piace kuowti only to nis wite. Another notion is that he is g'one to New York and U being sheltered byhisxvifc's mother's friends, and color is given to this story by the fact that Mrs. Marsh was a resident of New York at the time Mr. Marsh met her, and that Mrs. Lynch has just returned from that place, xvhere she xvent, presumably, to make arrangements for Marsh's retreat. An apparently inexplicable fact in con nection with the absconder's eleparture is the fact that he xvas iollowed by his wife, notwithstanding she was obligetl to use a crutch, xvhich w ould furnish a sure means of identification. Ho May Bo the Scapegoat. Tliis is explained on the ground that ever since the trouble that has swamped Mr. Marsh broke over him suicide has been con stantly uppermost in the xvretched man's mind, and that Mrs. Marsh has onlv accom panied her husband to sa-e him from the further disgrace of self destruction. An ugly story is afloat to the effect that Mr. Marsh did not leave of his own accord, but that he continued the role of everybody's friend and, being ruined himself, xas per suaded to run away rather than run the risk of jeopardizing others should he stay and tell the xvhole truth. Lawyer John S. McKinlay is as much surprised as any one connected xuth the affair, if not more so, for he advised his client to stand up and make the fight. He said: "I can only explain hid sudden dis appearance on the ground that it was made at the importunity of hisxvife." Deputy Marshal James il Marshall has been un tiring in his efforts to capture his man, but xvhen asked, "Well, xvhere is Marsh?" he could only shake Ills head and turn the palms of his hands up xvith a negative shrug of the shoulders. Pattlson After the Truth. Intelligence was received here this morn ing that Governor Pattison had addressed the following letter to the Auditor General: Hon. Thomas McCaiu.mt, Auditor Geucrat: Sin Referring to Article IV., Section 10, of the Constitution oftho State, which pro xides, "He may require information in xvrit ing from the officers of the Executive De partment upon any suhject relating to the eluties of their respectivo offices,"' I desire to he informed, at yonrearliest convenience, of the oonelition ot the accounts of John B. Bardsley, City Treasurer of Philadelphia, xUththe Coinmonw e'lilth of Pennsylvania, and to hax-e n statement of his account with the Common w ealth since January 1, 1890. I also desire you to furnish me, at your earliest coin emence, with a statement of the account of thp city of Philadelphia xvith tho CominonweiCth of Pennsylvania, and a copj- of the said account as it has existod sinco January U 1S90. I am desirous of hav ing this information at nn early date in order that the Law Department of the Com mon's ealth may ho furnished w ith a basis to promptly institute such proceedings as may be advisable to advance and protect the in terests of tho State. Tours respectfully, llOEtKT E. rATXISOX. Auditor General McCamant came at once to Philadelphia to give his personal attention to the loss of State funds. Speak ing of Bardsley's indebtedness to the State, he said: "In the usual course of business this money should ha-e been paid on or be fore May 18. After that date ten days of grace are allowed before suit is entered. This w ould bring it up to the 28th. If the money is not paid into the State Treasury by the latter date, Suit Will Be Entered Against Bardsley and his bondsmen. His bonds to the State amount to 120,000. There are several legal questions xi hich may come up, but which have not been considered yet. One is xvhether the bondsmen cannot be sued for the full amount of the deficit, regardless of the sum mentioned on the bond, and the other, whether the city of Philadelphia cannot be held responsible by the State and compelled to make good the amount." The Auditor General added: "It was like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky when I heard of Mr. Bardsley's resignation. The first I heard of it was from Mr. Harritr 'about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. I had gone to his office to see him on business. That is xvhy I am here to-day. I couldn't rest until I came hero." After his return to Harrisburg this after noon Auditor General McCaniant sent to Governor Pattison this account' of Philadel phia county with the Commonwealth: December 31,1890, to Stato tax $772,014 11 December 31, 1890, by payment 150,000 00 Balance duo $612,014 11 January 13, 1SH, by payment 150,000 00 Balance duo $472.013 11 A Slore Complicated Affair. Then follows the more coniplicatcd state ment of John Bardsley, in account xvith the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The ac count for 1891 is as follows: March IS, to retailers' licenses, 1890 .$140,804 28 AVholcsale liquor licenses , 245,217 50 Brewers' licenses 41,242 50 Billiard licenses 4,278 2.5 Bottlers 58,053 00 Brokers 13,5G4 53 Auctioneers 12,387 50 Betail liquor 95,13140 Peddlers 237 GO Circus, etc 10,GtG23 Eatinghouscs 5,519 12 Total $G2G,C04 18 To loans 1890 85,030 SO Grand total $713,034 98 Against this there are the following credits: Peddlers $ 237 50 Billiard . 4,278 25 Auctioneers 5,387 50 Brol-ors 5,564 58 Circus, etc 4,646 25 Eatinghouscs 5,439 42 Bottlers 8,655 00 Brewers 6,212 50 Wholesalo liquor 25,068 97 Itctail liqnor 22,131 40 KetaUers: 12,348 63 Auctioneers 7,000 00 Brokers 8,000 00 Circus, etc 6,000 00 Wholesale liquor 50,000 00 Hetailers 50,000 00 Brewers 4,000 00 Brewers 35,000 00 Balanco 453,634 OS Total .$713,634 93 The following is the recapitulation of the accounts at this date May 22, 1891: Balanco due on State tax, 1890 $472,013 11 Balance duo on loans, 1890 86,030 GO Balanco due on licenses, 1S90 367,604 18 Total $925,618 09 A Letter to the Attorney General. In connection with the above exhibit the Governor addressed to his Attorney General the following communication: W. U. Hunscl, Attorney General, Harrisburg: Sin I inclose herein a communication this day addressed to Thomas McCamant, Audit or" General, in which I hax-e asked for a statement of the condition of the accounts of tho city and county ot Philadelphia and of John Baidslcy, City Treasurer of Phila delphia, with the State of Pennsylvania since January 1, 1690. I also inclose the statements xvhich liaro been furnished to me in l eferenco to my request. Tho papers in question aro referred to your for your con sideration and attention that you may take ueh steps as may bo necessary to protect the intcicsts of the Commonwealth. Thus the matter rests to-night, but more sensational developments may be expected at any moment. CIVIL SERVICE FRAUD. THE CASE Or TOUXQ KATOI'S MAN SMITH IS NOT SINGULAR. Others naxo Been Thcro Before A Further Moxe Against tho Bannig Their Cases Keferred to tho District Attorney for-His Action. FROJt A STAFF COBnESPONDXXT.l Wasiiikgiox, May 22. Ex-en those d6- partment officials xvho are opposed to the civilservice law denounce, as infnm.QU3 tho really vicious attaeki on the Civil Service Commission on account of the admission to office of the man Smith involved in the dis grace of Green B. Baum, Jr., and who xvas admitted to office by means of being imper sonated in a civil service examination by a brighter man than himself. It is a matter of history that such impersonations xvhile not impossible, have been surprisingly in frequent and very quickly found out. Smith's fraud xvould not have escaped dis covery so long as it did had not young Itaum given him work in his own room and then assisted him to conceal his incapacity. An old. official of the Treasury Depart ment, xvho lias seen upward of 30 years of service in contiol of many subordinates, told the correspondent of Tun Dispatch to-day that the efficiency of the service had increased amazingly since the enactment of the civil service laws, and that xvhere there was one xvorthless fellow in the serx-ice now, there w ere 20 a dozen years ago, protected in their office by influential friends or rela-tix-es. He believes the operation of the law ought to be extended to include chiefs of divisions, and thus make the appointment of such as young Baumby indulgent fathers in office impossible w ithout .their under going the regular examination. Attorney General Miller has referred all the papers submitted to him by the Civil Service Commission in the cases of Green B. Kauni, Jr., and the other persons alleged to be connected xvith irregular appointments to minor positions in the Pension Office to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, forwhatever action is rcquiredby law. Civil Serx-ice Commissioner l'oose x clt, to-day, in speaking of the resignation of Green B. Itaum, Jr., said that the com mission was the first to bring up the case, and it had done all it lias power to do in the matter. It has called the case to the atten tion of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorncy General, and it was in consequence of the testimony that the Secretary of the Interior took action. CONGRESSMAN OWEN contributes for THE DISPATCH to-morrow an article on immigration with special reference to his new law to restrict the How of Enropo'8 out casts into America. Fewincn Jiax-e studied the problem as conscientiously as Mr. Owen. PHAHTOM ESTATES IN NEW Y0BK. Heirs of the Edwards Millions Turn Up In Texas and Elsewhere. San Augustine, Tex., May 22. A. D. Polk, of this town, lias gone to Louisville and other Eastern points. His mother, Mrs. V. Polk, is one of the heirs to the colossal Kobcrt Edwards estate in New York. He goes to Louisville to be present at the meeting of the Edwards heirs. He not only represents his mother, but quite a number of heirs. He carries with him the wedding dress of Penelope Sanford, xvho married .Hayden Edwards, brother of Kobert' Ed wards, about 150 or 175 year ago. F0UE COACHES DERAILED. A Kailroad Accident In the Northwest Unat tended by Casualties. St. Paul, May 22. This afternoon at 1 o'clock at Teanaway, Wash., on the Cascade division of the Northern Pacific, the pas senger train leaving Tacoma to-day had four coaches derailed. Six persons were injured slightly, but no passengers xvere seriously hurt, A surgeon on the train promptly attended the injured, and the train proceeded after a few hours' delay. A NEW METHOD OF inJEDEE. Tho Victim Kept on a ItaUroad Track by Force Until Bun Over. SHKEVEPOP.T, La., May 22. Jane A. Ware, a colored girl, aged 16, was driven on the railroad track at the point of a pistol by John and William AndcrsoD, colored, and held there until a train xvas so hear that it xvas impossible for the girl to escape. A posse is in pursuit of the mnrderers. iMmrr wimfcJ). PITTSBURG-, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1891-TWELYE PAGES. DEMAND FOE, DETAILS Made by Prospective Foreign Ex hibitors at the "World's Fair. INTEREST HAS BEEN AWAKENED, But tlie lack of Definite Information Is a Serious Drawback. STATUS OP THE ESTIDEXZA EPIDEfflC BX- DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l London, May 22. Interest in the "World's Fair is already afoot, stimulated by the fact that many Americans have already come over for the season, and frequent allu sions may be heard among those from Chi cago to the preparations xvhich are being made for the Fair, and the different ways in which it is hoped European nations xvill be brought to look with favor upon the idea of sending their products to it. The result of this advertising of the scheme has led to a great deal of sur prise being expressed throughout commer cial .circles, not only in London but throughout the country at large, that the World's Fair Committeo has not appointed an agent here, who is qualified to give in tending exhibitors such details as they re quire with regard to space that is available for them to show their wares, and the thou sand and one other points xvhich it is re quisite they should know, and about which they should not be left to guess. The appointment of such an agent is the universal practice whenever exhibitions are held in the different cities of the Continent, and it is the universal belief among the classes above indicated that the appoint ment of such an agent would be in the best interests of the Fair so far as the Old World is concerned. In fact a Dunlap reporter has been talking with several likely exhibit ors on the subject, and the opinion they have one and all expressed is that some per son xvho is fully conversant w ith the inten tions and ideas of the promoters sliould be sent here, that manufacturers and mer chants could consult him on any point on xvhich they might desire information. Unless something of this sort is done, many firms xvhose exhibits would be cx- ooi1iti(t1t nttrnMlvn nnd wnioh would nfr sure to scna samples oi meir proeiucnuus w Chicago next year, xvill abandon all idea of . , , ..!., 1 LS x.. beinc represented on tho occasion in ques L . J !, : 5 nnnc tion. These firms, however, feel that it is only nctfessary for the commission to know the difficulty "in which they find themselves in the matter to receive consideration at the hands of the authorities, and then the appointment indicated will be made xvithout delay. PAENEXL STTLL A EACT0E. Tho Opposition Manifested Against Him Has Seemingly Acted as a Stimnlns. BX- DUXLAP'S CABLE COMPAXT. London, May 22. It is a remarkable fact that Parnell seems to thrive on opposi tion. The McCarthy faction is doing its best to hurry him out of Irish politics, and the press is engaged in xvagging its multiple, head and declaring that he is only a xvreek of his former self. Dut the wish is merely the father to the thought, for he looks bet ter than he has doner for many months, or even years. He has secminglytehaken off the shadow which was cast on him nyCfti O'Shca case, and glides in and out of the House of Commons with lighter step than of yore, xvhile he talks with an air almost approaching cheerfulness. There seems to be no doubt that the oppo sition of his former friends has acted as a sort of a stimulus nnd has developed an amount of vitality and fi,bcr xvhich people did not believe Parnell was capable of, much as they knew of his steadfastness of purpose in his fighting for Ireland's cause. Parnell has received addresses from 30 Na tionalist societies in x-arious parts of the North of Ireland. In reply lie said that he fully appreciated such utterances and urged upon them all, as a thing of the last import ance, that Irelanel should continue to uphold her independence. THE PETNCE OF WALES' SHIELD. Freemasonry, It Is Said, Will Protect Him in tho Coming Baccarat Trial. BY DUJfLAP'S CABLE COMPAXY. LONDON, May 22. Freemasonry, the in fluence of xvhich has for a long time past appeared to be waning, so far at least as any public manifestation is concerned, and this in spite of the regard in which it is held by the members of the royal family, who hold important positions in its ranks, xvill probably exert a power xvhich it has not known for quite a long time. This xvill be shown in the approaching trial of the baccarat scandal, for the belief Seems to be growing that it xvill be used as a powerful shield to the Prince of Wales xvhen 4ie is called as a xvitness in it. It is this mystic science which is no doubt at the bottom of the action of Augustus Harris in discharging Phil. Robinson, the editor ot the bunday 'limes, winch Mr. Harris owns, because of the publication of an arti cle in the columns of that paper in reference to the Prince of Wales' debts. His Boyal Highness is the Grand Master of English Free Masons,and Augustus Harris has the honor of being the Senior Grand Warden in the Grand Loelge of England, so that Iris position is at present second to that of the Prince in the Masonic xvorld. HE DESEEVED THE H0N0E. Tho Knighting of Sir Alfred Haslan Was Due Him as a Public Benefactor. CBY EUSLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. London, May 22. Sir Aired Scale Has lan, xvho xns knighted by the Queen on the occasion of her laying the foundation stone of the Derby Infirmary, xvon his reputation in business by being the originator of the dry air refrigerator scheme, w hich allowed fresh meat to be stored in large quantities on shipboard and conveyed tremendous dis-. tances. It is, in fact, entirely owing to this in vention that England is now able to get frozen meat from the Antipodes, and this industry continues to increase every year, so that Mr. Haslan may really be regarded as a public benefactor, and if he deserves the honor of knighthood and no one ques tions that fact it would seem as it the honor might "have been conferrcd.on him for his Services in this direction rather than be cause he happened to be Mayor of Derby on the occasion 'of the Queen's visit to tha't city. FRENCH ASMS FOE EUSSIA. New Proofs of Friendship Between the Bepublic and tlie Empire. Berlin, May 22. Tho Cologne Gazette says that previous to the Czar's visit to the exhibition at Moscow, a French squadron is expected at Cronstadt xvith 20,000 rifles for the Russian army, and that the French officers will accompany tho Czar to Moscow. A PLAGUE OE LOCUSTS. Tlie Insects UaxeMado Their Appearance at Borne and In Sardinia, BY DDNLAP'S CABLE COJirASY. Eome, May 22. The plague of locusts I has appeared in the Egman-Campagna. As. the season is early, the pests are not very numerous, but have caused uneasiness, as precursors of what is to follow. The Syndic of Kome has issued a circular ordering all farmers on whose lands the locusts have ap peared to spread straw lightly upon the ground and set fire-to it in order to destroy the insects. At Cagliri in Sardinia they have appeared in large numbers and the galley slaves are busily employed in destroying them. IN SEARCH OF HEALTH. GLADSTONE GOES TO HIS COUNTRY HOME AT HAWARDEN CASTLE. A Silent, but Bespectrol Salute Given the Departing Statesman In London The Grip Continues Its Fatal Work Among Tromlnent People in England. tBY DUNLAP'S CABLE COUP AST. London, May 22. Mr. Gladstone has naturally been unable to take but very lit tle part in the discussions in the House of Commons for some short time, in conse quence ot his attack of influenza, but had he been occupying a foremost position in the proceedings of that body and making great speeches on the questions before it, it is hardly likely that the eyes of the country xvould have been turned more directly toward him than they have been. His present illness has been watched with the greatest possible interest, in view not only of his advanced age, but because of the large number of noted men who have died from the grip. Mr. Gladstone left this morning in search of health, and xvent direct to his country seat, Hawarden Castle. Mr. Gladstone drove up to the station in a carriage, accom panied by Mrs. Gladstone and Henry Glad stone, and xvas conducted to the special com partment xvhich had been reserved for him. In reply to questions made by a Dunlap reprcsentatix-e, Mr. Gladstone said he felt very much better, and he certainly looked as if ho xvere almost as xvcll as usual. Mrs. Gladstone, however, xvas exceedingly solic itious about her husband, and insisted upon his being well wrapped up and lying upon a couch, which was provided for him, xvith his back to the engine. The usual bright npsegay, which he always affects, was not forgotten and he xrore a sealskin cape and traveling cap. Before his departure, Mr. Gladstone shook hands with one or two of his admirers, but the general crowd was prevented by several policemen from approaching too near the carriage, as soon as the train oegan to move off a respectful raising of hats saluted 41m rt fiTi,.. , , otnlaan,nn rl, r o1tt, ftn.lnilnu. " uinwu otasuiwii, .i a,uxm6v. the compliment hy getting up twice from Mid his couch to bow. That duty over, he sank back on the couch and closed his eyes. Hawarden was reached at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and Mr. Gladstone xvas much fatigued by the journey. The grip" having killed several members of Parliament, now threatens to derange the election in North Bucks, where preparations are afoot to fill the place vacated by Cap tain Verney. Many of thexvorkers of both parties are prostrated with the disease, and 200 electors in Wolverton are ill, xvhile new cases are reported every day. Deaths Of prominent people are still occurring. The latest victim is Alderman Sir Itobert N. Fowler, one Nf the Conservative members, who represented the city of London in Par liament. 'Sir Itobert died this morning at his residence in Harley street. THE POPE'S ENCYCLICAL PUBLISHED. Tho Fnll Test of tho Famous Paper on- Socialism May Now Be Bead. , Pome, May 22. The full text of the Pope's encyclical has appeared. In his exordium the Pope dilates upon the task xvhujh he has set himself in defining for the guidance of tho church its position toward the existing social questions. His Holiness refers to the pressing importance of the matter, nnd the difficulty in dealing xuth it arising from its complex character, owing to the. numerous concurrent factors requir ing consideration; yet, he says, a solution can be obtained by applying the eternal principles on which the teachings of the church are always based. Now as ever men's relations toward each other as indix idnals or parts of society must have the sanction of the old authority. The law is stated in Deuteronomy vi: 21. C0MMEBCIAL TREATIES DISCUSSED. Tho French Government Wins a Parlia mentary Victory on the Taring Paeis, May. 22. In the debate on the trriff in the Chamber of Deputies to-day the right of the Government to make treaties xvas discussed. Ministers Eibot and De Freycinet maintained that the Government had the right to conclude treaties, modifying even the minimum tariff, xvith the assent of the Chamber. A motion to reject the first nrticle of the tariff bill as useless in view of the, Govern ment's power to change the minimum tariff, xvas rejected by a vote of 342 to 102. OBJECT TO TABIFF TINKEEING. Marseilles Flour Merchants Predict tho Buin of Their Business. MARSnHVLES, May 22. The flour mer chants of this city drafted a memorial pro testing against the report of 31. Yiger, a member of the Customs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, advising a reduction of the duty on loreign xUieat from 5 francs to 3 francs per hectolitre for a year. The flour merchants declare that this re duction will ruin their tiade. They say ten flour merchants have already been com pelled to close their establishments. FRANK G. CARPENTER interviews Dr. Scott, Nenl Dow and Cassius M. Clay on lon- gexity for THE DISPATCH to-morrow. An other of tho interesting series on rnlcs for long life. All the next s. HAPPY FAEME3S OF ILLINOIS. Grain and Fruit Prospects Could Hardly Bo Improved. Speingiteld, III., May 22. The May circular of the State Board of Agriculture, issued to-day, declares that, notwithstand ing the fears expressed during the winter as to the amount of damage done by the Hessian fly, the winter and spring has been so favor able to the growth of wheat that the con dition is far above the average. Never be fore at this date since 1880 has the condition been so promising for a large yield. The average condition for the State is six points above normal. The area sown to xvheat is unusually large 1,834,000 acres. The condition in the northern division is put down at 103, and in the central and southern divisions at 108. Bye is reported in about equally good condition 103. Oat seeding w as delayed by spring rains, and the condition is but 90. The fruit crop is expected to be the largest ever known. SHIRLEY DARE finds poetry and health in tlie soli. A letter in gardening for women in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. All the news. LYNCHEES CAPTURE A TEAIN. They Take a Colored Murderer From an Officer Intent on Vengeance. Homee, LA., May 22. Last night a train on the Louisiana and Northwestern Bail road was stopped at Beardsley 's by a mob of 20 maskeil men, who forcibly took from the Sheriff Tennis Hampton, colored, who is charged with the murder of E. H. Webber in 1889. It is believed that Hampton was lynched by the mob. BEVMOS GOES DOM. ' ' ' ' '" t The Presbyteries Will Now Have a Chance to Act on the Report. A FIEECE FIGHT OVEK BKIGGS Is Promised, as Many Leading Men Now Favor Taking No Action. TIIE QUESTION OP CHURCH UNION AGAIN SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Detroit, May 22. Not for many years has the Presbyterian General Assembly opened more harmoniously and settled down to xvork more promptly. More business than usual xvas done the first day. The one great topic of conversation, xvhich has not yet, however, come officially before the Assembly, is the case of Dr. Briggs. But there is no excitement about it, nor evident anxiety. There is simply a well-defined de termination f o go straight forward and veto the election of the New York professor. As an eminent Western commissioner says: "I never before saw an Assembly which knew so well just wliat it wanted to do." The commissioners know if they allow this Assembly to pass xvithout action next year will be too late. Two or three men, how fever, not members of the Assembly, are here working hard to persuade the Assembly to take no action. One is Dr. Field, of New York, xvho has committed himself to this course in his paper, and xvho is a warm per sonal friend of Dr. Briggs. The other man who is doing all in his power for no action is Dr. Morris, of Cincinnati. His course in the Briggs case has been phenomenal. Dr. Morris' Inconsistent Conrso. For along time he was non-committal. Then he wrote a review of the inaugural of Dr. Briggs, criticising it quite severely. When the case came before his Presbytery for action he voted in the negative. It is natural he should not xvant action. As one Eastern commissioner puts it, Dr. Morris has a housecleaning of Iris own on hand. Lane Seminary is as prominent before the Church as Union in the matter of heretical views. Four of the professors there ex pressed themselves as in sympathy with Dr. Briggs. One of them xvas retired to the Board of Trustees, and the xvay is being prepared for another to go the same road. Drs. Smith and Evans are regarded as in the same boat xvith Dr. Briggs. As the As sembly knows all this, the especial effort of Dr. Morris is not likely to make any im pression on the Assembly. Not half a dozen sympathizers have yet showed up among the commissioners. A great many are as vet non-committal, but they will go the right way xvhen the matter comes to the issue. The Assembly understands that they deal with Dr. Briggs simply as a professor, xvithout any regard to nis standing as a minister in the New York Presbytery. A Model Assembly. The claim that Assembly action would prejudice his case in New York is not recognized as having force. The discussion is likely to continue chiefly outside the Assembly, so that when the case conies up officially there xvill be little debate and harmonious action. It is not an Assembly that xvill get heated on any subject. It consists of the thoughtful, level-headed, hard-working pastors of the Church; men xvho are fearless and are determined to do their whole duty conscientiously, xvithout regard to the fear of man. Tlie published interrogation of Dr. Briggs by the Union Seminary Theological Trustees is 'regarded as circumlocutory and an evasion of the main issue. A leader in this Assembly says it is the most humilia ting thing the Presbyterian Church has ever experienced, to have a board of direc tors ask one of the professors in one of our seminaries xvhether he believes in purga tory. The questions and categorical an swers are by no means satisfactory to the overwhelming majority of the commis sioners. It xvill be several days before the case of Dr. Briggs xvill come officially before the Assembly. The overtures on the subject xvill go to the Committee on Bills and Over tures, and will be by them referred to the Committee on Theological Seminaries, and possibly isome of them to the Committee on the Policy of the Church. Loaded for Big Game. The Committee on Theological Seminaries consists of stalwarts and is loaded for big game. The position of the chairman, Presi dent Patton, of Princeton, is known to the whole Church. Union Seminary men may object to x'lrtually being tried by men so absolutely devoted to Princeton and ortho doxy. But it is the 'constituency of the Assembly which will determine the matter and assume the responsibility. Tlie feeling is growing that a special com mittee should not be appointed, as there is an aversion to giving conspicuity to a heresy which does not prevail in the Pres byterian Church to any respectable extent. It is becoming more and more apparent that the views of Dr. Briggs are coming to be recognized as very ancient", and that they are every day losing force. Great interest xvas manifested in the appoint ment of the standing committees, which were announced this morning. The stated clerk, Dr. William H. Koberts, received the names of the members of the Committee on Theological Seminaries" very leisurely. In addition to President Patton; the com mittee contains such uncompromising antl Briggs men as McKibbin, brought up and trained in Tittsburg and now ot Cincinnati; Humphrey, of Bourbon Kentucky; Breck enridge, with the blood of his ancestors in his x-eins"; Brownson, of Detroit, the son of his father; Totten, of Pittsburg everyone of xvhom has sounded a blast from his bugle. Tlie Revision Report Delayed. The report of the committee which will review Union and Lane will not be made until the close of next xveek. The business of to-day xvas opened with an unusually large attendance at the devotional services. It was raining hard and was very unpleas ant on the street. The report on revision was read, but commanded no particular at tention. It had been published in full and distributed through the Assembly the prc-x-ious day. The commissioners showed no E articular seriousness, and once or twice urst out in laughter at the reasons as signed for certain changes. At the close of thcreading of the report; it was loudly applauded. An 80-year-old elder, Mr. James M. Gtaham, made a quaint speech against revision, xvhich brought down the house. He held that the whole trouble was caused by ministers of the gospel. There are too many Prof. Brigpses in the church. He wouldn't dot an "i!' or cross a "t" in the old confession. The aged father could not get a second to hjs amend ments, and created great merrimcnt'by his course and address. He so rambled that at last he had to be suppressed. Dr. Fatton's Eloquent Plea. It was a marked contrast when the grace ful and scholarly Dr. Patton took the floor, and eloquently advocated recommitting the report nnd instructing the committee to send it down to the presbyteries. He dwelt upon the harmony that pervaded all the sessions of the committee. He held that in all the proposed chauges not a solitary doctrine of the Calvanistic system had been touched by the report of the committee, whith statement xvas received by the As sembly with loud applause. If the outside world, which seems so greatly interested in this movement, has expected this, they will be xvofully disap pointed. President Patton said he was not ashamed to emphasize the word Calvinlstic, for that is xvhat it is, and that is what we mean to keep it. He had voted con amore for most of the suggested changes, and did not object even to some he did not like. He wanted the presbyteries to tear the re port all to pieces if they so desired, and he hoped some parts of the report xvould not stand. He did not want the report ap proved just because the Assembly had sent it down. Tlie Report Adopted. By a unanimous vote, and with loud ap plause, the report was accepted as one of progress, and it was ordered that the stated clerk print the report under the super vision of the committee and send it down to the presbyteries. Thus revision xvas rap idly and satisfactorily disposed of, and one of the great questions of the Assembly set tled for the presenl. The question of ministerial adjustment and vacancy supply was next brought be fore the Assembly in a lengthy" and sprightly report, which fully discussed the whole subject. A majority of the presby teries have pronounced adversely upon the scheme, but modifications of the original project are still urged. Dr. Croven,of Philadelphia, read a report on German theological seminaries, xvfridi xvas followed by the report of the special committee on the business department of the Board of Publication at Philadelphia. It was read by the Chairman, Judge Hand, a member of the Revision Committee, and was a report on the special reports made to the last Assembly, xvhich excited such warm discussion. May Prove a Firebrand. Judge Hand's report xvas a consideration of the entire business and methods of the board. It was voluminous; reflected con siderably on the-special committee xvhich reported last y and will probably call forth the custA $ writing discussion on the board. TlV' delphia brethren are loaded to the nut" Sso the members of the special comjnc?,. $" specially Elders Simmons and Cro'vf e? , The board has beercVo 'gated seven times within the past tc - which is hard on any business enteA id it is a creditable fact that the woto " t board has greatly grown in spite of Zf -. The report was intended and recci vfcA a vin dication of theBoardof Fnblicatlw. from as persions cast upon its management by the report of the special committee. It, how ever, utilizes some of the suggestions made by the latter committee. The Rev. Dr. Henry C. McCook gave the assembly an interesting entertainment in the form of his report on the seal of the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church. This seal consists of a serpent wound around the cross. The managers of the church at home and abroad had put this seal on the title page of thetnagazine, but the General As sembly compelled them to take it down. Opposed to the Serpent. Dr. McCook had four maps of the serpent on and arotmd the cross suspended in front of the Assembly. On one figures xvere bow ing in worship; on another an Egyptian figure was climbing the cross. The com missioners did not regard the pictures as beautiful. The report was scholarly and intensely interesting, and reflected great credit on the learning and perseverance of Dr. McCook, but notwithstanding his elo quence and argument, many are unable to look xvith pleasant emotions on a great ser pent crushing the cross. They did not re gard the argument from Hindooism and Egyptology as especially pertinent. A commissioner niove'd as an amendment to the proposed revision of the seal that the serpent be taken down, as Presbyterians are opposed to snakes. Another member of the Assembly spoke of the removal of the em blem from the back of the church at home and abroad, in response to popular demand, and he did not want the serpent continued on the cross, so the subject xvas passed over for consideration to-morrow morning. Promises of a Fight. Elder Horace E. Simmons- read a short report- of the special committee on the Board of Publication at Philadelphia, which gives promise of a very lively hght. Dr. Torrance asked for a special deliver ance on progressive euchre and kindred amusements, and the subject xvas referred to the Committee on the Polity of the Church. The subject of church unity xvas again up in the form of a report on tho question very similar to that made last year. There was loud applause when Dr. George P. Hays moved that the subject of union xvith the Protestant Episcopal Church be dropped, for the special reason that he was not anxious to be reordaincd. He went vigorously for thehistorie Episcopal Church and the insufficiency of the Nicene Creed. He thought we had spent more time and money on trying to unng auoui union wmi the Protestant Episcopal Church than the progress attained was worth. Hon. George Junkin, of Philadelphia, said the Episcopalians were trying to get the great Presbyterian Church to sqdeeze itself into the little hole of the historic episcopate of the Episcopal Church, and they never intend to recognize Presbyterian ordination. He would not lower the Pres byterian banner even to the Methodist or any other church. Tho Question Still-Unsettled. Drs. Rice, of San Francisco, and Smith and Proudfoot, of Baltimore, pleaded for a continuation of negotiations, as did also Dr. Bartiett, of Washington, in an exceed ingly humorous speech. He hacTonce been inx ited by an Episcopalian rector to put on his xvhite robe tor a noonday marriage ser vice, but said he did not xvcar that kind of a robe in the daytime. But he xvas in favor of church comity. Upon a call for division, it was decided to enlarge the scope of the committee's power so ns to take in all other Protestant denomi nations in a movement for federation of xvork. This action xvas reconsidered, and the matter referred to the following special committee, which is expected to bring order out of confusion: Drs. Smith, Hays and Rice. At night a popular meeting was held in the interest ot Sabbath school work, and was addressed by Dr. Wordcr and Dr. Cra x en, of Philadelphia, nnd others. PRESIDENT HARRISON didn't pay a penny of railroad fare on his" swing aronnd the circle. Neither did Fnllman nor any body ec pay any bills. Tlie faAs about the trip given in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. AN AT-ABATVTA MINE H0EE0E. Ten Colored Convicts and One Free White Man Killed by Gas. Birmingham, Ala, May 22 At the Pratt mines to-day an explosion of gas in a shaft where convicts are working killed ten negro . convicts and one free miner named Tom Moore. If, is believed the men had in some way knocked oil" a plank from a door which stood across an old chamber on which the word "gas" was written. The gas rushed out and caught fire-from the lamp. Officers of the company xvent to the rescue and worked to save the men, but were themselves suffocated and narrowly escaped, being dragged out unconscious. The bodies of the dead have all been re covered. ATA. the news of Europe In Bright Cable tetters in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. GENEVA COLLEGE EEC0MMENDED. A Plttsbnrg Fastor's Resolntlon Adopted by the Reformed Presbyterians. Philadelphia, May 22. At "the ses sion of the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America to day a resolution offered by Rev. Alexander Savage, of Pittsburg, that Geneva College be recommended as the proper one for all students receiving aid in whole or in part from the General Synod until such time as it has such an institution of its own, was adopted by a vote of 15 to 9. Transient Advertisements'Beceived At the Branch. Offices of The Dispatch For to-morrow's issue up to 9 o'clock P. 1C For list of branch offices in the various Dis tricts see THIRD PAGE. THREE GENTS. THREECENTS A TRIP Oe the Pittsburg Traction line to East liberty on and After June 1. THE CHMGEAGEEED UPON At a ITceting of the Company Held in Philadelphia, Yesterday, THE DUQUESNEWILL NOT MEET IT. .President ITagee Says a Bide on Their Cars Is Worth a Nickel. CHEAPEST CAR FARES H THE "WORLD On and after June 1 the street car fare to East Liberty, via the Pittsburg Traction Company.'s line on Fifth avenue, will be 3 cents. A meeting of the stockholders was held in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon, and it was decided to fight the new company forall there is in it. Last evening Secretary L G. Traggardh received a telegram from President Elkins, who attended the Phila delphia meeting, telling him to imme diately advertise in The Dispatch that fares will be reduced to 3 cents after JuneL The cause of the move is, of course, tha starting of the Dnquesne line, and though, the latter has only been running a couple of days, it has drained the big share of the patronage from the older line. The condi tion of the traffic is aptly put by a gentle man who says he has not been compelled to hang onto a strap on the Fifth avenue lino since the Duquesne line has been started, and he has had a seat every trip, though traveling in the busiest part of the day. On the Duquesne cars standing room has been scarce, and the cars have been liter ally jammed full right along. Crowds stand waiting at the corners, though the other line, going the same direction, is run ning empty cars. Tlie Noxelty May Wear Off. Of course, much of this is caused by the novelty of the new cars, and people as a rule arc anxious to try them. That will wear off very soon, and then the traffic will be more evenly divided. Then, too, the Fifth avenue line will get a big share of its old patronage back by the reduction of fares, and there is no doubt but that more people xvill find reasons to ride at a 3-cent rate than they did at the old fare of a nickel. The Pittsburg Traction Company is also making a strike for through passengers by making quick time. Its time for the trip is now less than an hour, a reduction of nearly. 15 minutes. This, as-well as the low rate of fare, will appeal to those going through to East Liberty, and the company hopes to make a hit on this sort of travel. There is one department in which this company is behind the others, and that is in the matter of all night accommodations. Secretary Traggardh was asked what would be done in tliis matter. .' "We will let the Duquesne have that business," replied the Secretary. "We can't afford to keep the cables going all night for the few passengers we might pick up." "All night cars would cause more people to locate in the East End and increase your day business as well," said the reporter. There May Be All Night Cars. "That may be a fact," returned Mr. Trag gardh. "We could run horse cars and it has been talked of. Just as soon as the pub lic demands it there will be all night horse cars. The Duquesne has the advantage in the matter of the night business, and for the present can keep it." "Have you any information from Phila delphia, other than that the fares will be reduced?" "No. All I know is that any man xvho has 3 cents can ride to East Liberty on our line. The idea of selling a book of tickets for ?j has been abandoned, and it xvill be simply a 3-cent rate per single trip." One" would generally suppose that the Duquesne people xvould be the most hnrt by the reduction, but the smiles of Messrs, Magee and Rice were rather broadened than spoiled when they were informed of the cut iast evening. "It is plainly an evidence of weakness," declarcd'Mr. Rice. "They see how the thing is running." "There's no surprise in it," said Mr. Magee. "They have declared their inten tion to reduce the rate for the past year, and of course it was expected. Is it to be for single trips or xvill they sell books?" Will Do None or the Fighting. The Dnquesnc's President was informed that there would be no books in it, and was asked what his company proposed doing. "Nothing but continue running," was his laconic reply. "Then it will be a one-sided fight?" "If there is a fight they will have to do it all," said Mr. Magee. "We consider our ridexvorth a nickel." "Is that because of the beautiful scenery along the Soho route?" was asked. "Not exactly that. We give a much longer ride. We go a mile further than they do in three different directions. Our Wilkinsburg line isn't ready yet, but will be soon. Tnen we take in an entirely dif ferent territory. It was only tributary to their road because there was no line closer. People had to take long walks to ride on the Fifth avenue line. We go after them on the by-streets." "How xvill your speed be as compared tw that of the other line?" was the next ques tion. "We are not running regularly enough yet, but expect to get down to about an hour and a nail ior a rouna trip to-morrow. v e will then decrease the time as much as pos sible as we get to working on a system. Until that time we can't tell what speed can be made." Tlie Citizens' Will Be LooVers-On. Secretary Gormley, of the Citizens' Trac tion Company, cannot suppress a smile when he thinks of the fight for patronage which is soon to come on between the Pitta burg and Duquesne Companies. He says positively that his company will not be in it, as it is too far out of the line. "It. is not the through traffic so ranch as that xvhich jumps on and off along the route,"- said Secretary Gormley last night. "Of course, we are glad to catch the pas sengers going to East Liberty, but if we. were compelled to haul all our customers five miles for 5 cents there would be very little money in the street car business. Averaging up the long and the short rides, it isn't so much, but where can you find a company that can afford to carry pas sengers at the rate of 1 cent a mile? Of course, we will make no reduction to meet the Fifth avenue line," continued the Sec retary. "I don't think it is paying busi ness.'' "You didn't lose anything by reducing from 10 to 5 cents, did you?" was asked. "Granting that, it does not follow that BUSINESS Men will find THE DISPATCH the best advertising medium. AH classes can be reached through Its Classified Adver tisement Columns. If yon -want anyBklnf you can get It by this method. 1
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