SLIPPED IN A SMKE Tlie Big-Corporations Almost Haye-a Picnic ithBoy er's Tax, Bill. " FOUJSD OUT JUST IN TIMEJ Senators Get Xew Light 'Daring find Recess, and Vote for Five Mills Instead of Six. " OTHER AMENDMENTS DEFEATED. Hie- Constitutional Convcntioii Scheme! J?asses the House-Without the Formality of Debate. -BI A STFJCTLT EEPUBLICaN YOJJU The Consideration of the Baler Ballot feform Measure, Is Postponed by the Uprer Eranci of tho Legislature. rfiOGCESS-CF THE TROrOSED AITORTIOSMESIN tntOM A SXAFT CORRESPONDENT. Habrisbueg, May 25. The Senate went to work on the House Boycr bill to-night, the Senate measure having been-dropped, and came nearly making a pretty mess of. it. The C mill rate was voted down, and an amendment made which, had it been al lowed to remain in the bill, would have rendered it practically nugatory and tiven, the railroads such a picnic as they have-not J had in many -a long year. "When the bill came up Senator Harlan bad it amended by inserting the words, "Trust Companies," in the section taxing banks, thus imposing upon these Institu tions the 4nill tax. Senator Thompson had lire and marine insurance companies, taxed aU3 mills, which is the-rate they now; pay under another law. Senator Packer moved to restore the rate -on capital stock to Gunills. He argued that the Taggart bill bad gone down, and as the corporations had been-willing to accept 5 mills rather than theiTaggart."bill, they could stand 6,-which woukhgive the schools ?5,000,000. rive 31111s the Last Straw. Senator Grady said the corporations-, wouldrather have the Taggart jblll than-fif , mills under the Boyer bilu. Thepmightas welLmake it-36 mills as G. Five-mills had. been the-last straw that could .beplaced on.? the corporation camels back. Senator- Gobin and Robinson and some others, who-J had last week voted for-6 muls had evi dently had new light on the subject, and said that 5 mills would. give-S5, 000,000, and theywould therefore vote far the latter- rate. Senator-Hall made-trong-speech for 6 mills. The ycar-and nays were called, an4 the motion, for 0 millswas lost by-a-voteof 23 to 24. Senators Crawford, Critchfield,,; Flinn, McCreary, Jlylin, Packer, Sobbing, 5 "Williamson and Wood, Republicans, and Bradt, BrownDunlap, Green, Hall, Hines, Lloyd, Logan, Markley, Meek, Honaghan,, Hooney, Boss and Sloan, Democrats, voted yea, and Messrs. Bates, Becker, Crouse, Gobin, Grady, Harlan, Kecferi Lemon, Mehard, Xeeb, HeweU, Osboum, Penrose, Porter, Kobinson, Smith, of PhiladelphiarJ Smith, of Lancaster; Steel, Thomas, Thomp son and Uppcrman, Republicans, and Her ring, Laubach and Bapsher, Democrats, voted no. The Corporations Overreach Themselves. The corporations had got in their work very fairly, but on the next amendment, offered by Senator Thompson, their "vault ing avarice" overreached itself and fell on the other side. It read as follows: "Pro vided, further, that any corporation subject to the tax imposed by this section shall, for the period of SO days after the passage of this act, have the right to appeal from any account heretofore settled against it by the Auditor General fontaxes under tho act to hieh this Is a supplement with like effect as if such appeal had been entered within 60 days from the date of such settlement; and if tho whole or any part of any such ac count shall have been paid, so much thereof as shall, upon such appeal, be found to have been erroneously or illegally charged shall tie credited to said company upon the ac counts for taxes due or to become due under this section." The amendment, which had been pre pared by the railroad people, and whose agents had qujetly worked among thoSena torsfor its adoption, went through without debato or opposition, but it had hardly got into tho bill beforo a storm began to.ra.ge. benators began to inquire into its effect, and when it was learned that it would simply allow the railroads to credit themselves upon the taxes levied under this bill with, every dollar which they had paid tho State under tho gross receipts tax and other pro visions of the present law which had been declared unconstitutional, amounting In all to possibly $3,000,000, they began to fall over tlicmtelvcs to get the amendment recon sidered. Boyer Denounces the Amendment. Mr. Gobin made a motion to reconsider. declaring that if this provision went n the bill it had better be Killed at once. The jeas and nays were taken, and the amend ment was knocked out by a vote of 41 to 5, only Senators Thompson, Xoeb, Upperann, Green and Grady voting for it. State Treasurer Boyer, who was decidedly w orked up over the attempt to engraft such a provision in his bill, said that under it the State w ould not bo able for several years to collect taxes on capital stock from transpor tation companies doing inter-State bnsiness, as credit settlements would be allowed them by tho courts and the recoiptsfrom other capital stock would be insignificant. It- would be utterly impossible to pay the pro posed appropriations if this amendment were accepted. Senator Lloyd moved to amend by pro viding that SO per cent of the capital stock tax should be set apart for local purposes, 30 per cent for schools and the other 30 for the counties, but after their little experiment in amending tho Senate was tlmiOandit was lost by a vote of S3 to 13. It then passed second reading. Henrt Hall. CHANGING THE DISTRICTS. The Sixth Legislative of Allegheny County Comes in for a 'eir Deal. Haebjsbcbg, May 25. The Legislative ap portionment bill passed second "reading rin the Senate to-night. On motion of Senator Flinn, tho old Sixth district of Allegheny county, which had been divided into three single districts was put into two, one com posed of the borough of Cora opolis and the townships of Stowe, Boblnson, Moon, Neville, Finley, Crescent, North nd South Fayette, Collier, Upper St. Clair Scott, Snowden and Bethel, and electing one member, and belntr the lUatrlnt in Arlilnh rirnln "VAqblF rina nt ,. nMieant A members, resides. The other comprises the ?i oorougns 01 .nansneia, unorder, Ureentree, .ueitzuoover, Knoxvuie, iv est Uberty.Jlonie stead. West Elizabeth, Elizabeth and Key noldtown, and the townships of Chartiers, Union. Mifflin. Jefferson. Elizabeth. For- wrard, Lower St Clair, Baldwin and Lincoln, and electing two members. Mr. D. R, Jones, the other of the two nresent members nf the old Sixth district, resides In the new dis trict. On motion of Senator Bobbins, Westmore land was divided into two districts, each electing two members. Thee districts lie east and west of a line beginning at the Fay ette countv line and rnnninir north between Mt. Pleasant, East Huntingdon, Hempfleld, Penn, Salem. Unitv and Salem andDcrrv and Loyalhanna. Theso districts are dl- viaoa as nearly equal politically as It Is pos sible for them tn bn-mftrte. ThA fYmirrOftS- ional apportionment and Judicial apportlon- I'mcnt bills nlftrtn-iaQfirt AenTirt vo-irHno- MORE-SBIOKE THAN FIRE. A .'COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE BRIBERI" SCANDAL. The Insurance Agents Weaken Somewhat "When Placed Upon.the Witness Stand A Remark Whloh One Representative Says He Made 'in Jest. Harrisburq, May 25. The committee to In vestigate tho-alloged cornipf.solicitatton- in, connection with the Lytle Insurance -bill' met this afternoon and-cvenlntr. Hon. Jesse M. Baker nppearcd'as counsel f orMr. Bitter 'and Jero M. Hex for Mr.Lytle., GeorgoJf.'. Aeynoias, tno insurance agent wno made affidavit to the conversation alleged to have taken place between him and Messrs. Lytle and Bitter was examined, and weakened, considerably in his statements. Ho was un able at first to say which of the two gentle men had made the propositian to him: but flnallv said he "thousrht it wna Irtle." In fact, it looked very much like a case of craw-H nsn on .sir. Reynold's part. W.M. Scott, of the Provident I.ifn mid. xrustuompany, acknowledged that he Was- nera as me paia agen&oi xne insurance com panies to solicit votes against the bill. When his attention was called to the act of Assem bly making this a misdemeanor he said he' had not known of the law. Dr. J.B.Mc Uride, an insurance agent of Columbus, was called and testified that Mr. Lytle in a gen- teral conversation with him and some other gentlemen, had asked a question about 'endowment nolicies. and had said that "If his wife had a paid-up policy on his life for WpWU UUI11 uo 1UUUIXU IU cuuik-3 HIS mind on the bill." Mr. McBrido-said that at the time" -it was said, and now, he had regarded the remark as nothing hmore than a lest, as he supposed 'Mr. Lytle to be an honorable man who wouio. not mase ously. Mr. maritime was only made in Jeet. Messrs. Ash brook, of the Provident Life and Trust 'Company, and Lipplncott, of the Pcnn Mutual, both testified that no 'one had been authorized by the compa nies they represented to use even 1, cent to defeat the bill. The committee meets again to-morrow, but the general opinion is thV;, Investigation will end in aTeport completely exonerating both gentlemen. THE SAIXOlVBrLL LAID 0VEB 'rinal Actlonon the Sleatnre in the Senate Postponed'Until This Evening. Habribberg, May 25. The Baker ballot bill-l came up on third reading to-day. Senator Gobin announcedhis purpose to rote against Jt, because nothing could secure -an abso lutely -secret ballot to the "voter except a constitutional convention, xno nepnb-. lican party, he said, was pledged, to genuine ballot reform, which the bill under discussion would not insure. He quoted from the Constitution to show that the provision whloh authorized a voter to write his name on the ticket, or cause thn same to bo written thereon by 'any person' uuu aiussivu uy nio iaviervprecinaeu a secret ballot. After the Senator had madendn- jfenseof his position on the hill. Senator. xiiuu jiiuvcu iu pusipuuB no iunaer consiu cratioft until to-morrow evenlnir. This proposition -was adopted bvtbovotes-J field, Crouse, Flinn, Gobin, Harlan, Keefer, .Mehard, Mylln, Neob, Osboum, Penrose, Porter, Bobbins, Robinson Showalter, Smith, Lancaster; Steel, Upperman, Williamson and Woods, 23 all Republicans. Senators Brown, Dunlap, Green, Herring, Ulnes, Iaubach, Lloyd, Logan, McDonald, Markley, Meek, Monaghan, Rapsher, Eoonoy, Boss and Sloan, Democrats nnd Senators Grady, Lemon, McCreary, Packer, Thomas and Thompson, Repub licans, voted against postponement. After the roll had been called, snowing 23 affirma tive and 22 negative votes, Senator Green stated that he had voted nay) but as the de cision had been rendered in favor of the' postponement he was simply allowed to record his vote without effecting the result, as announced by the chair. ALLEGHENY COUNTY LETT. It-Falls to Get a Place on the Joint Com mittee to Canvass Election Returns. Habbisbcbo, May 25. One hundred of the 121 Republicans of tho House met in caucus this evening to nominate threo, members cm the joint committee- of tho House and 4 Senate to count tho vote for State officers a the next election. Chairman Baker presided, and Messrs. Stewart, of Phila delphia; Woodmansee, of Wayne; Davis, of Schuylkill, and Lafferty and McCullough, of Allegheny, were placed in nomination. Tho slate was Stewart, Woodmansee and Lafferty, glvlngcne member each to Phila delphia and Pittsburg and one to the coun try, but the nomination of McCullough split up the vote and Allegheny county will not be represented on the committee. The vote stood: Stewart, 76;-Wooimansee, 67; Davis, 62; Lafferty, 57, and WcGjilloughJ iiKiUo "o wuuuti.v t,nv representatives and defeating Mr. Lafferty by six votes. FLINN DE0P3 THE MEASUEE. Ho Has the Certificate of Indebtednesss BUI Withdrawn -for Good. Habbisbubo, May 2i in the Senate this afternoon Senator Flinn offered a resolution to withdraw from tho Governor the bill au thorizing tho issue of certificates of in debtedness. It was adopted and concurred in by tho House and theblll will bo dropped. Senator Flinn refused to say anything for publication regarding Mayor Oonrley's sec ond Ujtter to the Governor in opposition to the bill amending the city charter. Additional Appropriations. IlABEiSBUita, , May 25. In addition to the sums mentioned in The Dispatch this morn ing as having been added to the general ap propriation Dill by tho Senate Committee, are an Increase of S8,000 for the several de partments; $13,000 for the Legislature; $17,000 lor the normal schools and $17,000 for thn judiciary. House and Senate Disagree. Habbisbcbo, May 25. On motion ot Mr. Flinn, House amendments were non-concurred in, made to his bill authorizing cities of the second class to change, alter, regulate and improve public wharves or landings and improve any such as have heretofore been made. Felix Negleys Bill Passed. HABBiSBCBGpiay25. The bill passed finally in tho House providing for the payment of Felix C. Ncgley, of Allegheny, for services Tendered as a recruiting agent during the war. . PATTIS0N WANTS TO KNOW. The Governor Desires Some Information on What Is Due the State. IIaiirisbcro, May 25. Governor Pattisoa addressed the following communication to Auditor General McCamant to-day: Hon Thomas McCamant, Auditor General: Snt I shall be pleased to havo you furnish me as soon as practicable statements show ing the amounts due the Commonwealth in taxes, lloenses, etc, for the year 1889 and for the year 1890, and which remain yet unpaid. I am particularly desirous or learning what amounts, if any, remain unpaid at this date for either or both of the vears. mentioned from tho following: Tax on personal prop erty, tax on collateral inheritances, tax on corporation stock, tax on gross receipts (corporations), tax on bank stock, tax on loans, tax on writs, wills, deeds, etc, tax on foreign insurance companies, retail liquor licenses, wholesale liquor licenses, brewers' licenses, bottlers' licenses, retail licenses, bonus on charters, etc, etc I also request thatou give me any other information you may havo showing what moneys remain, due and unpaid to the State for the years above mentioned. BOBINSON'8'jPET BHL THBOUGH. The Constitutional Convention Bill Passes the House Finally. Harrisbcrg, May 25. The constitutional convention bill passed finally in the House tuts aiternoon. Tnero was no debate; anai the vote stood 162 to 6, Messrs. Baker, Talbot,. Kroesen, Loudenslager, Tool and Wheeler, an itepuDiicans, aiono voting in the nega-' 11YU. As some slight amendments were mado in the House, the bill sroes bant to the Seriate for concurrence, which will undoubtedly bed given, ana. me diu men goes to tne uov- FIGHTING THE TAXES. JtAXLROAD COMPANIES TAKE anissiE xaw into coukt. THEj The Constitutionality of the Ohig. Enact ment to Be Tested A Temporary In- Junction Obtained by the Pittsburgh Shenango and Lake JSrlo Company. (SPECIAL TKLKOnAH To THE DISPATCH.! Columbus, iMay 25. The efforts of the rail road companies to have the Hassle law, tax- ing them 10 per cent, on their capital stock, declared unconstitutional, were given a new phase sto-day, by the institution of a suit In the United States Court of this district. The. 'Pittsburg, Shenango and Lake Erie Bailroad 'Company Hied a suit against Secretary ofi State Ryan, to restrahvhlm from paying into' the State Treasury $3,000 -collected as an in-, corporation fee.. . The company claims in the petition thati tne law is unconstitutional anu mac mo ice was exacted wrongfully. They ask that the' Secretarv of State mavbe restrained from jaying it into the Treasury, as that action on nis narc wouia nrecmae anv dossidiihv of them recovering the monev upon the law, oemg aeciarea unconstitutional, a. rem-i iporary restraining order was served upon Secretary Eyan and will remalnTn force pend ing a final decision in the case. The action. .. . ..j ... ..--. . I takon by this railroad company is out of the usual oraer. xnereiore aiiinesuiw wrai,' mis law nave uecn uiea in mo uommou Pleas Court of .Franklin county, A suit to test the constitutionality of an-, other law, of which Senator Massieis'the author, which taxes railroad companies $1 a mile on their lines, is now ponding in tho Supremo Court of this State and will prob ably bo decided next month. The suit to day brings the question directly within Fed eral jurisdiction and has an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, to which tribunal the controversy would prob ably havo been taken by the plaintiff in the other suits, in the cventmf a decision being given adverse to them. While the petition filed does not so state, it is understood that the argument to be made before the United States Court is that the taxation of railroads extending from Shio into other States, as prescribed by the tassle law, Is a question solely within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, and comes under the inter-State commerce act. Secretary Eyan gives it as his opinion that the courts will declare the law constitu tional, as the Federal" authorities havo 'already decided ,tbat the States have the right to leyy such taxes. ' LANDING & HUKA1T TABP02T. The-Latest Amusement Invented by the Xew-Xork Athletic Club.. CSriCIAI, TELEQBAV TO THE MSPATCIt. New York. Mav 25. Mombers of the New hfork Athletic Club are not compelled to Jleave their club house when they desire to go fishing. They fish for tarpon in the swim ming tank of tho club, and while, they have succeeded in making one-eplendid "stride" they Jailed to land, their fish. As a general thing people in search of tarpon go. to Florida, but.to-night 150 mem-i bers of the organization went to the fine, .'house in order to see one of those big fish, -nrrhf: ThnTinfffil HTUirtvnR blffhl vmiln-c-Ail and provoked unlimited merriment. The "tarpon" pro-red tq be f. J. Wells, the expert water polo .ilayeiv and the 'fisher man was S, A. Chesebrough. Tho tacklo consisted of a heavy bamboo polo adapted to tarpon fishing, and a stout linen line. When the "tarpon" walked out it was .found he was already hooked. A leather harness was fitted to nls head. One band passed, around his head and two over the top, to which an iron ring was fastened at the crown of his head. To this ring tho line was fastened. The tarpon wus to take to the waterat one end of the tank and the fisherman was to land himnt the other end, so he could be reached with a six-foot gaff. The fish was to bo landed in 30 minutes or was to be consid ered lost. Promptly at 9 o'clock "time" was called. The fish snowed-fight on the start, and so great was the strain that Chesebrough' gavo line. Ho soon reeled in and began to work tho tarpon toward tho other end of the tank. Slowly and laboriously he worked down the tank. Ho had consumed 2S minutes in going half the distance, and realizing that he must do something desperate in the next four minutes he made an attempt to drag his fish along. There was a stubborn resistance nnd the line broke, -whereupon the tarpon disappeared from vlow, amid a chorus of "ahs.n HAD TO EAISE THE BEITISH FLAG. Boats Between Detroit and Windsor Com pelled to Salute the Queen. SPECIAL- TZLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Detboit, May 25. It has long been the cus tom of the Detroit, Belle, Isle and Windsor Ferry Company, whose boats ply between Detroit and Windsor, to .celebrate the holidays of both countries by deco rating their boats with flags. There has never been any official attention given to this, tho company do ing it voluntarily. Yesterday, was" Queen Victoria's birthday, but the Canadian au thorities set apart to-day for its celebration. When the boats of the. ferry company left the Windsor dock the -American flags waved from tho poles. Canadian Customs Officer Beers noticedlt, and ordored' tho Captain of the Hope to raise his flno-a which was done. When the ferry boat Vic lona loucneu me .i- inusor snore ne gave a like order to the Caotaln. but that offlntnl refused to comply, and Beers summoned the. Bupcnntenuent-ana oraerea tne nags up. Sunerlntendcnt Clinton talked nlnJn United States at Beers, but when that' worthv mado vairue threats to havtnVir. toria tied up, Clinton weakened, and upij w nnt 4-l.n Antra WMlon tltn In.IJ.u. - 1 known Collector nopkins, of De troit, and United States District At torney Finney were notified, and said Beers had no right to take the step ho did. A telegram narrating the circumstances has been sent to Secretary Blaine. Beers says the company exists un der a Canadian franchise, and, in spite' of the fact that the boats are American, they must fulfill the Canadians' desire or forfeit their charter. STBUCK FOE AH" ADVAHCE. - Two Hundred and Fifty Weavers Stop With out Asking for "ITliat They Wanted. SPECIAL TELEGltASI TO TnE DISPATCH. J Philadelphia, May 25. Two hundred and fifty weavers employed in tho Albert Crenshaw department of the ' Campbell Mills, at Manayunk, struck, this morning for an advance of wages withoutgiving the proprietor any previous notice The weav ers claim that they have been work ing for wages much below the' price paid at the Patton and other mills, where the same quality of goods has been manufactured. Superintendent Collins said: "The entire increase they demand willnot amount to more than $100, while to-day the proprietor has lost $200 by tholr unexpected move Mr. Crenshaw has always treated his workers properly. I know there would havo been no necessity for a strike if they had presented their case to Mr. Crenshaw, but he is absent, and they must await his return." A STILETTO ZS HIS HEABT. Beside Him Was the Body of the Woman He Had First Murdered. Sah Fbakctsco, May 25. The bodies of. "Beltz Gonzales, a Mexican barber aged 28, and Severn Sesnero, aged about 24, were, found late this afternoon in a room at the Model Lodging House on Montgomery ave nue. The woman's body bore many knife wounds and a stiletto was found sticking in Gonzales' heart. The couple were said to have come here from Los Angeles, have been living together for several weeks, but it is stated the woman had become indifferent to Gonzales and had left him about two weeks ago, but subse quently became reconciled. Estimated Amount of Bardsley'si DeficiMffakes a Big Jumpi PATTISON-TAKES PfiOMPT ACTION.,! toe-Has the 01d.,Treasurer.Arrested and Ap- point a' New One. dCHEATIEETlIOYE'CATJSES A'DISPETE t SPECIAL TELEOEAM TO TUB DISPATCH. J Philadelphia, May 25. The city is talking-, - 1,1 ..--.. lr,L n. Tl. -Howla.' ui miming uuc iuy 'xreasurer'uuuii . ley. and his crime. In the excitement caused bytho arrest and the discovery of his ap- ... ... L .... 1 Clnln' paiiing .misappropriation ot ciiy auu om.- funds, Marsh, the fugitive Keystone National Bank President, wbo looted tho KeystoneBankand-is now believed to havo jhadahand in helping Bardsley to rob the city and'Statets almost forgotten. Bardslevwas to have had. a. hearing at tnoon to-day on tho charge ontwhichlie was( jarrestedJate -Saturday-night, of stealing $39,- 'OOOof fhrwlt.T?'ja mnnm In nnnr1nmn within 'the last'few days. bulP'when tho case was caUediLawyerAlexander.-Bardsley's conn- -sek arose andteaid that ha. knew from hisJ jown (knowledge? that Bardsleyrwas too bici& it appear, and he nrosented a physician's. f certificate, stating- that .Bardslesv wonld.not; 50 able, to leave,his vKom for'three or four aays. ivo one-outsiae i ot -iiarasiey b lamuy,. his counsel and his physicians has,6cenihimt ;smcesaturaay nignt, tnougn ms room us- constantlytguarded by-two detectives. The Bond Fixed At 825,000. By. consent of "the City Solicitorthe hear- 'ing was postponed nntllgiioon onFriday.. iUUttUKlUbO.'l UIO Jl&QU -.U1U-UUKU b aau.wv wi I 'his appearance at that'time." Inthomean imft Atornn-tntanarAljHennellri&n& in tOTOQJ looking after the interest of tho-StateJn thfij money for which.Bardsloy cannot account placed by "himself at $930,000, but-mowbe-j lleved to be-much in excess of that amount ibr Bardsley in his statement made no ac count of the money collected since January L1S9L It is now believed that Bardsley has mado . away with at least $1,600,000 besides tho $600, 000 of city money lost through the . failure of the Keystone and Spring -Garden National Banks. What ho has done'wlth the money and who has shared in the stealing are ques tions whloh everybody is talking about and .to which there are as yet no answers. An hour before the time set for Bardslev's hearing, on the charge sworn to by Mayors Stuart's expert accountants, Chief of Police .a- y. W1KQTO, oi -uarnsuunr, wulkbu uiw police headquarters at the City Hall armed with a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Bards loy for the embezzlement of State funds. This warrant was sworn out this morning bv Chief Wikert: before Alderman Maurer. of the Fourth ward, Harrisburg. The war rant and affidavit made by Chief Wikert charges Mr. Bardsley "with embezzling a large sum of moneyto-wit, the sum of $453. 634 93,. belonging to tha State of Pennsyl vania, and was demanded from him on the 19th day of May, A. D. 1691, in a settlement, made by the Auditor General, contrary to the act of General Assembly in such cases made and provided." Hensel Means Business, Evidently. Immediately on his arrrival at the City Hall Chief Wikert Vent into consultation with Magistrate "Pole, District Attorney Graham, City Solicitor '.Warwick, Auditor ' General McCamant and Attorney General Hensel. At the conferenco Mr. Hensel in sisted that-the warrant which charged Mr. B&rdsleyas collector with misappropriating, the State 'funds should be backed, up by , Magistrate jfoie. xne ngnt oi tne .magis trate to Indorse the warrant was questioned 'by District Attorney Graham, and after a lnntf consultation it was decided to divide Uhooharge equally "between city and State. To do this It was necessary to prepare another affidavit, and Auditor General Mc- Ca-irom relaying all .the facts in his posf 6essiomiequested the District Attorney to send for'an attache of his office who could swearto the affidavit on Information re ceived, Ir. Graham at once telephoned for Harrv BldBurnstde, the detective attached to his offlooLand on his arrival the books and accounts' were spread before him and he madethe-necessary affidavit. On this Magistrate Pole Issued, another warrant which was placed in the hands of Chief Wood, and the ball of Mr. Bardsley was increased to $50,000, $25,000 on each Charge. Tho city officials had contended that Mr. Bardsley was the authorized agent of the State, while the State officials held that, as City Treasurer, he was merely a col lector of State funds. When this question is dofinitelv settled, the rcsnonsibilltv of the cltyasiegardsMr. Bardsley's shortage will tn rtrtfoniMft1 A Very Important Question. If ho -was an authorized fluent of the State kthe city will not be called upon to make good aipenny of the missing moneys, but if, as thoVAttorncv General contends, he was only a' collector, then the city Is liable. Bail ihas not been entered for Bardsley, and the- detective? aro still guarding his house. There was some comment caused by the np-, parentlv small amount of tho bail required of Mr. Bardsley to secure his attendance at the Central station on Friday. Inviowof. the -character of tho charges much heavier baU than $50,000 ought to bo demanded, but it is known that the authorities would not acceDt that amount of bail, even if it were sofferod. The belief Is that Mr. Bardsley "would not be able to got bail in any sum, tand therefore it was decided to fix it at what Is considered a nominal figure. Should, by anv chance, the $50,000 ball De forthcomlne. some stops will bo taken to havo the amount luCFLSCQa Bookkeeper Harry. Leonard, of the City Treasurer's office, was sent by Chief Clerk King to-day to Mr. Bardsley's residence with tho Tatter's mail. Mr. Leonard, who has been conneoted.wlth Mr. Bardsley for many years indifferent business enterprises and as his secretary, found the City Treasurer in a very precarious condition. Ho stated, upon his return this afternoon; that Mr. Bardsley was unconscious and unable to recosmize him. ..The attending physician has given orders i that no one shall be admitted to the patient's -room except xus wnu auu uauguter, wuo aro constantly m attendance upou him, and un der no circumstances is the present trouble 'to be referred to in Mr. Bardsley's presence. The Power of Appointment, There is a .wide difference of opinion and much apparent confusion in the law as to who has the right to appoint a City Treas urer to fill out Bardsley's unexpired term. Tho County Commissioners claim the right, the City Councils claim the right, and Gov ernor Fattison has" assumed the right by sending in an appointment to the Senate to night. The Republican leaders to-day agreed that the County Commissioners should to-morrow appoint Bichard- G. Oellors. business manairor of William m. Singerly's Hecord, and that Councils should also appoint Mr. Oellers at their meeting on Thursday. It is not believed that the Governor's action to-night will change this programme and that the fight will have to be settled in the courts. A similar contest arose some years ago when Fattison vacated tho office of City Controller to become Governor, Councils elected William M. Taggart Con troller and Pattison appointed "William II. Hirst. The courts sustained the Governor, but it is claimed that his right to appoint a City Treasurer Is not so clear. W. Bedwood Wright, who wag to-night ap pointed by the Governor, is a young man of the highest character. He is a member of tho great shipping firm of Peter Wright & Sons, agents of the Inman, Bed Star and American Steamship Companies. He has taken some part in politics and could have had the Democratic nomination for Mayor against Stuart last February if ho would havo accepted it. At to-day's sitting of tlie sub-committee of Councils hich is investi gating tho affairs of the City Treasury, it came out that two other banks, the Spring Garden and Manufacturers', have paid inter est to Bardsley on deposits of State funds. Still No Tidings of Marsh. To-day came and -went and broucht no clew to th6 whereabouts of Gideon W. ! Marsh, the fugitive ex-President of the Key i stone Bank. But rumor was not idle, and (during the 21 hours it located the runaway 'in a small town of the West, in. Now York iivy, uisguiaeuunuin niaing, ana on tno vessel Annie E. Blckerson, a logwoSd craft that left Chester on Thursday last after dis charging hercargo and sailed Tor the West Indies. The last theory is held to by Burgess" BUov.of Chester, who said nosinoiir "T fcnnw .that he was in this town, hut where he has gone j. cannot say, unless hetookoneof those West Indian boats." At tho Benjamin Franklin Detective I Agency no newabf a definite character could bo learned as to the schome upon which their peoulo weYn nt.Troir nnn.iiimiiTi William H. Wanamakersaldtn-dRT; i know absolutely nothing about the whereabouts of Marsh, KoV&e can find him ho will certainly bo brought Bondsman n. Jones returned this morn ing from his unsuccessful visit to Newport News, a weary and a disappointed man. His mysterious errand is explained by tho fact that ho went South to identify Mr. Marsh, who was Supposed to boon tho steamship .Advance, bound for Brazil, but his errand wns fruitless, as a careful search of tho sus pected boat demonstrated. Mr. Jones smarts-under the injury that has been done tp him and takes no pains to conceal his sentiments. OtJSTED THE tfEMNT. FAitanats alliance bien bltnstate A MEMBER ON HIS FARM. The Place Was. Sold by the Sheriff for the Non-Payment of Money Borrowed From a Schoolmistress Townspeople Aroused in HerBehalf. fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THEISPATCH.! Topeka, Mav 25 News was received here J SS! ersof Jewett county to take, the -4a w con-f cerning foreclosures into their own. nanas,. On Sunday night Jonas Klndlesperger, a 'tenant, representing a law firm in Jowett- AJity, was drivenf rom a farm In wasnmgion township, which bad been sold under a, 'morteacce foreclosure, and compelled toMlee' the country. The original owner of the farm'. was-Joseph Bennett, who had Dorroweo money from the Jewett City-firm to make a Mlrst payment and put in his crops. When J thotiotes fell -due. Bennett did' not nave tno money and his placo was sold by the Sheriff, 'wipe-- tho whole" nation Off the'.earth tho Ho Tefnfied tn irlvo' nossession and was. formeralternative'-willprobablybe'theone .ejected from. the plaoefby a deputy sheriff -and a tenant, representing 'the purchasers, given possession. Bennett is a member-of the Farmers' fill!- fance. Sunday night-30 or 40 masked men,. with Bonhett at their head, drove-up to the- tplaco and requested the new tenant to leavev rHe refused to do-so, whereupon revolvers 'wore drawn and he was told that ho could either leave at once-orhls dead'body -would lib carted off. Bennett was then reinstated .and still holds the place. A dispatch from Jewett City to-day states-thatKindlosperger has the names of the leaders of tbe-mob and will begin n civil suit for damages and. 'have. criminal proceedings instituted. The officers in this countyare all'FarmersV -Alliance men, including the Prosecuting At torney. Bennett borrowed the money from Miss Ida.Ashlbom. of Jowett City, who had ?earned4tteaohing- school. The townspeople are aroused at the inj ustice done the young woman and will assist Klndlesperger in his prosecution. A TALE OF TWO :0HTJJ!liNXS. !It Has 'Enough Material in It to Furnish a First-Class Melodrama. fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 'Saw Fbascisco, May 25. Paul Denton o,f "Denver and Philadelphia, heir to a small fortune of $10,000, has Just left for the Quaker City with his wife and child, for whom he searched over two continents fori! yeara andatlast found in 'Frisco. Fifteen years ago Denton's father, Jabez, died in Fhlladel-s phla. Tbo boy camo West because be knew ho had an uncle in California. Ho failed tq find the uncle and obtained work in 'Frisco! After three years his uncle died, leaving 'Faul $40,000. The terms of the will were that his aunt in Denver be his guardian. This aunt's protege, Bertha Ashwell, was also "willed,$10.000 if she didn't marry before 20. Faul fell in love with Bertha and persuaded her to a secret marriage. Throe months lifter Paul was lost while ascending Pike's Peak. What was Identified as his body was 'buried iti Philadelphia and his inheritance reverted to an aunt. But Paul waanot dead. Gypsies abducted him in the hope of re- -jrara, but when none offered they took-tho young fellow West to "British Columbia. ., At victoria Paul was shanghaied on7 an Arctic whaler, and it was 1832 before he 'emerged in London with .60 in his pocket. Then he began a search for Bertha. In Den ver he found his aunt dead and his own fortune gone to Scotch relatives, as legally be was dead, ne was tola Bortna Tiaa dis- tgraced herself and child and gone to New lorK. no tracea nerto Europe, ana tnen for eight years followed, working at tunes .for several months to get money to pay traveling expenses. Becentlyhe fonndhpr 'in 'Friqrn find thftbnmiv onnnln hftvft 1n.qfc i started back to the old home inFhHadelphla,( THEIE ANNUAL FEET '"WASHING. Old.Tlmo Services Repeatedby the Brethren and German-Baptists. SPECIAL TKLEQBAMiTO THE DIS7ATCH.1 JbHHSTOWir, May 25. Thoold-time Dun kard love feasts were gone over again in everydetail last night in the Brethren-end German. Baptist Churches here. Supper was eaten in the evoning by the communicants, after which the thirteenth chapter of St. John was read, as it is claimed this gives the churches tholr authority for their peculiar exercises. The male and femalo members of the church sat on opposite sides of tho church, and the solemn practice of foot washing was begun. Then followed unleavened bread ana unfermented wines, which were given to the 110 communicants. There was a large crowd present at both churches. The old organization of this church, known as the "Conservative,'' will hold its annual meet-. ing at Hagerstown, Md., beginning Jane 2. SHOT TWO ITALIANS. Alex. Dunlap Keeps Two Hundred of Them at Day With a Rifle. CSFECIAl'tELEGIIAM TO THE DISPATCH. BUTTON, W. V.S-, May 25. Alex. Dunlap, a negro, claiming Wheeling as his home, was arrested here for shooting two Italians Sat urday morning. It seems he was worklne (with a gang of Italians at a tunnel five miles Ann. rf .Wis nla.. .vhn,. - 41nh.-A no,. .. .1 cud, vi uu jju.v.e- nuu.. . uu.aiuac. uuu .Dunlap shot one of them through the head ana anouier inruugii mo nip. juota wiu probably die. Tho negro then caught up a Winchester l.ln nnrTItnnl,4nn tr .l.A nM.ll I.Av. 1..11.. AAA .Italians at bay from early Saturday morning until m ttie atternoon, whonne was arrested. The Italians then tried to take him from 'the officers and stab him, but wore driven 'off. C0KEES APPEAL FOB 'HELP. 'Secretary Parker Asks Aid for Over Eight 1 Hundred Evicted Families. TSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Scottdalu, May 25. Secretary Parker, ofi the United Mine Workers, issued an urgent" appeal for financial help to-highf. -Among other things, he says; . "We have to-day in this region 850 evicted iamuies living in BtaDies, uarns, sueus, tents, and some of them with no other covering than the broad canopy of heaven, and few if any of these will get employment. Over 3,000 people, homeless and penniless, willing to work but unable to procure it, to satiate the diabolical revenge of their late em ployers." He also points out numerous other cases of destitution. O'MALI-EY IB AFBATD. Tho ManWho Figured In the Bribery Cases Asks a Change of Venae. ' New Oslea.33, May 25. T.ho attorney for O'Malley in the Jury bribery case to-day gave notico that ho would apply for a change of yenue on the ground that defendant can not have a fair and impartial trial in the parish of New Orleans, whero the indictment spending. The attorney for McCristal, another of the Jury bribers, gave notico that when the case came np for trial ho would make ;a similar motion. SOLDIEBs'tO BE PAID. ' General Wiley Has a Draft for the Men Who Went to the CoUe'Keglons. SPECIAL TELEGBAVt TO THE DISPATCH. Franklin, May 25. Brigadier General John A. Wiloy, of this place, to-day received a draft for27,051 86. This sum is made in pay. ment of tho' expenses incurred by tho Tenth and Eighteenth Regiments, during their term or services in the coko regions during the riots incident to the latcstriko. DQES IT MEAN WM? name in Africa-. . NUMBER KILLED AND'WOMDED. Conflicting Eeports as to the Eeal Aggressors in the Aflair. MIGHT WILL PE0BABLT MAKE EIGHT BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. LoDoir, Majr 25. The - arrival of reliable advices' here to-day from Lourenzo Mar quese, a Portuguese town of Africa, on the north side of Delagoa Bay, confirming the xeport of an engagement having taken place Detween the Portuguese and the British has 'created quite a sensation in military, naval and-Foreign Office circles. According to the reports lecelved at the timo of the eugage- .ment thoFortuguese were marching on Fort 'baiiabury; and had arrived within 20 yards killing ?andwounding 20 of theJPortuguese. No official statement as to the probable rc-i -suit of this conflict can-be secured in Lon- don.andthe news from Portugal is most; 'noticeable by Jts- absence. The question, inowis whotherHhe already-bumbled (Portu gueso GovemmenbwiU stand-thls fresh de feat, or whether the shedding of -blood will .arouse a feeling of resentment. Will Probably Have to Submit. As-England's navy is powerful ..-enough to 'adopted. Delagoa Bay, the scene-of the reported-hos tilities, is the lurgest'vbay on tho southeast . coast of Africa. It is accessible and affords 'anchorage to vessels ofitho largest class""" -juuu la io w unu marsuy -near me snore jrises arter a short distance Inland, been the southernmost nossession ..UllUgUCOCUU bllOa-OBI.'Wi.BI. XW111WU. s 'Uy. .nan .... .l.......,..... -.. .. ii - 'ynftnfc bflPATrift tnvnlvad in.n HTanntA urifcli fin American rallroad'bullder which nearly led to troublo with.the United Stages, but .the! matter was finally adjusted. The head-' quarters and main fortifications of the-i British ut-thabsectlon are upon thedsland of. sImjaektatrtheaouthernntrance of the bay.i Portugal's Sldo.of the Story. Adlspatchfrom-Lisboneays: TheGovernor -General of Mozambique, Lieutenant, Colonel J. J. Mackado, telegraphs that the Caldas. Xavier expedition, which had arrived at Wassl-Kesse, was attacked near that place by the British South African Company's em ployes on May 11, and that the fighting lasted several hours. Several men were killedVbue no officers lost their lives. This, affair will probably still further "hazard the position of tho Portuguese Gov ernment at home, where its existence was already extremely precarious. The popu lace has been wild for revenge upomthe British, and the present tidings are not likely to quiet their passions. AOBEEU 'ON' TBX'DISCOTTNT. The Joint Stock .Banks ot London Will Demand Tonr-and-a-HalfPcr Cent. fBT-CABLE TOTBXDISPATCn. Lokdow, May 25. At aoneeting-of theimon-4 agersof the London joint stock banks heldi last week it-was resolved that none of 'the banks represented should discount bills un der 4 per cent This resolution had been- in each case referred-to the directors of the banks for their approval. Pending this ap proval, at least One of the big banks-took in bills at 4. per. cent, claiming that the agree ment not to discount under i would not be come operative until the boards of directors had "confirmed ther managers' agreement. Discount houses are, of course, strictly op posed to the proposed action of. the joint stock banks, and predict that the .agents of the foreign banks and the big banking houses not included In the agreement will take all bills offered as long as bullion con. tinues to go into the Bank of England. . il now uppuara map mo -Bank oi England did not carry into execution Its threat to re duce its purchase-price for foreign gold. The bank paid 78 shillings 6d to-day for Ameri can coin on shipments to arrive. It is rumored that there will be withdrawals of gold to-morrow for shipment to the Conti nent, but we havo been nnable to get any confirmation of it. It such withdrawals take placo there will be no reduction in the bank's purchasing price for foreign gold. BEHEADED BY HES OWN ACT. The Horrible Manner in Which a 12-Tear-Old Girl Ended Her Life. I BT DKtLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. WoBCESTEK.May.o, An inquest was held to-day to inquire into the death by suicide of Kate Hughes, a little girl 12 years of age. Tlie evidence showed that the attempt on her life was made with the very greatest de liberation and under conditions which could not fail to succeed. The unfortunate child went udder a rail way bridfeo. where she was hidden from th-n gaze of any passer-by, carefully removedher clothing, . and put it into a tldv hean. Then she climbed up the embankment to ,the railway track, and watching till the ex press came thundering along she crawled out and laid down deliberately with her head on one side of the rail and her body on the bther. Tho train cut through her thin little neck and completely severed her head from the trunk. CABBIES HOLD THE E0BT. Omnibus Companies Forcibly Tied Up by the Action of Strikers. BT DUNLAP'g CABLE COMPANY. Paris, May 25. Tho city is in the throes of a combined omnibus and cab strike, and the streets this morning'presented an unwonted aspect of enforced stillness. The men to-day deserted their work en masse, and have suc ceeded in qnlisting- tho sympathies of tho public on their side. At the present time active hostilities are going on between employers and employed, the omnibus companies putting forth every effort to resume their service, but as fast as they sent out their vehicles, the reins would be cut and the horses taken out of the traces The busses would thus be left standing in the middle of the street, causing great in convenience to general traffic. "WEISH W0BKMEK VICTIMIZED. rThe Mischievous Freak of Boys Causes Them to Lose Several Days' .Work. TBY DUJfLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. Losdox, May 25. About 300 men, iron work ers by trade, aro employed at the Vnysyng harad Chain Works, at Pontypprydd. Wales. They are now in a state of eniorced idleness through a mischievous freak, of some boys. Returning) to work after their holiday, they .found ull their tools missing welders, tongs and hammers had all disappeared. The men were m consternation, and, after several hours' search, the missing nrticles were found at the bottom of a deep well. An enormous quantity of water had to bo pumped out boforo the tools could be pro em eu again, In consequence of which all work was suspended for several days. Mrs. Sheldon In Africa. CBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. "Berlin, May 25 A correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt cables that Mrs.ShcIdon. the American explorer, who left England re cently to Spend some time in East Africa, has passed through Mombaesa, attended only by her French maid. Mrs. Sheldon is reported to be in the best of health and spirits. German Porkers Hoxr Afflicted. BY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. Darmstadt, May 25. An epldemio of trichinosis i rampant In the. country dis tricts cf Hesse, tho disease having first ap peared among tho native hogs. The Gov ernment now prohibits the o nsumptlon of uncooked pork, and threatens to punish hotel keepers serving It at tholr tables. Importing Italian Laborers. CBY DCNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. Fbanktort, May 25. A number of iron masters have engaged a large number of Italian laborers. The wages given are much smaller than those obtained by German workmen, especially those skilled in their various handicrafts. ENGLAND AND THE FAIR. THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COM MISSION'ABE STTXI. UNCERTAIN. Nothing Has Been Done at Chicago, Says En gineer James Dredge, of London, to Hasten Them Malicious Dispatches From This Side Cause the Trouble. Lohdow, May 25. James T)redge, editor of Engineering, whoso efforts to arouse English interest in the Columbian Exposition at Chicago havo already beefi noticed, is in direct communication with tho authorities with reference to the appointment of the British commission. Ho says tho arrange ments for-the -commission are strit in- sus pense, and thinks this is not remarkable, as nothing, he says, seems to be done from Chicago to hasten them. In his opinion the dispatch printed here a few days sago,-pur- J porting to come from Chicago aoouttne abandonment of tho Chicago exhibition as an international undertaking, has had a damaging Influence with the general pub lic. The announcement that foreign ex hibits are to be received incidentally only is naturally accepted as being at least well founded. ... Continuing, Mr. Dredge said: "This mali- .cious dispatch for I shall assume it to be malicious until officially informed to the 1 contrary fs likely tq inflict damage on the exhibition in other minds than that of the general public. The other day an important official, who has" taken much interest in the Chicago exhibition, assured me that the in ternational character-would be abandoned, .but I found his only authority for so think-lun- -urns this dianntch. There nnnears to me only one way by which attacks of this kind, J wnicn will no uouot ue repeaicu, i;u no men and repelled with success. Let some one wjjo commands confidence and respect como from Chicago and pass a few weeks in this country, to tell tho public the truth, the actual truth, about the exhibition. Then let him do the same thing in France and Ger- -many. tr . C J- -th Ua oniTHf: thpt nnttln of I . fy . T t:?. .-.,, '' '! jrasningion. neuiuiuwu anaooC. . ed In Europe, ana ne is an on- Ak-'' ir. he could never bo acoused'o vr is? jhyinterests but those of -the exhibltlt-. r .oeart. If such action Is promptly takgtJl further michlef of this .kind will cease, and bad impressions now .existing will bo removed. One of the state i men ts 'published 1 most ssincerely hope is 'true that the schome to win over the Brit ish and Continental press by the establish "ment of an exhibition press bureau has been abandoned. I may add that Sir Henry Wood cordially indorses all'that I havo just said." BUSSIA'S TBANS-SIBEBIAN E0AD. The Czarewitch to I-iy the rirst Sod and Many Convicts May Be Pardoned. St. Pbteesbueo, May 25. Upon the arrival of the Czarewitch at Yladlvostock an im perial resoript will be published throughout, 'the Russian Empire .directing the Czare- witch to lay the first sod of the vladivostock section of tho Trans-Siberian Kailway. Tho rescript will say: "Your participation in this truly national enterprise undertaken by me will servo as fresh proof of my efforts to facilitate Intercourse between Siberia and the rest of the empire." . A ukase "will accompany tho imperial re script; signalizing tho ovent by special acts of clemency toward the convicts of Siberla. The sentences of the hard labor convicts whose behavior has been good will be re duced two-thirds. Convicts who have been sentenced to imprisonment in Siberia for life will have their sentences reduced to 20 years' confinement, and after ten years' servitude will have the special civil rights now accorded to exiled settlers. Youthful Jirisoners and the majority deported crim nals will also have their sentences reduced. 'Imprisoned convicts by this ukase will enter into full possession of their civil right after serving 15 years in Siberia, subject to the discretion of the Governors, SHIPPED TO A2XEBICA. Babbl , Adler Says Pauper Hebrews Are Being Sent to This Country. CUT DITSLAP'S CABLE COJIPAKT. London, May 25. Referring to the pauper alien immigration question that is now so largely engaging ipublio attention here, tho Bev. Dr. Nathan M. Adler, the Hebrew Chief Babbl, in' a recent interview, said: "Tho published statements regarding the recent increased, immigration are grossly ex aggerated. There is no section of English people naturally more anxious than my co religionists that there should be no further addition to our pauper population. Every-i thing that could possibly be done in the way of sending our people to the colonies and the UnltedStates Is being done. "If it should be found that they cannot get on in those localities, it is proposed to' take them back and land them In those parts of Russia where thero is no active persecu tion. The Hebrews in the East End of .Lon don are engaged in trades that English workmen do not follow, being all employed in slop work. TO CLEAB BUSSIA OF HEBBEWS. A Humor That the Czar Will Make Them Leave the iJirge Cities. Odessa, May 25. A rumor which is current 'here that the Czar intends to make a thorough clearance of Hebrews from St. Petersburg, Moscow and Odessa has caused Seat consternation in tho Hebrew-colony this city. The Hebrew" residents here be lieve this alarming report mora readily be cause they know that the Government has been urgently requested to inter fere in behalf of the Christians of this city, four-fifths of tho lnoreastng trade of Odessa, it was claimed, being wholly in tho hands of Hebrews, while the peasant producers and tho land owners woro yearly growing poorer. A sort of Hebrew census has been ordered by the authorities. The Government's policy seemingly Is to drive all tho Hebrews Into tlie original pale of settlement set apart for them, and thu3 cause such a congestion in tho Ghettos as to compel a general exodus of tho residents. IT0.PLAKB WEBE STOLEN. French Becords Not Taken by Emtio Trip ens rrom the Ministry or War. Paris, May 25. M. Do Freycinet, President jof tho Council and Minister of 'War, in tho 'Chamber of Deputies to-day, Teforring to the arrest of Emile Tnpons, an officer of tho French territorial army and agent for tho Armstrong Gun Works, on a charge or high treason, denied that any documents had been abstracted from the-Ministry of War. M. De Freycinet added that no aeenrato plans had been published in connection with'tbe manufacture of melinite. The officers who had been implicated by M. Tnrnln could bo comnletelv exonerated from the charges made against them. M. De. Freycinet said that he could again assure the public that France had obtained arms which are not inferior to those of any Power, and that thero was no ground for tho charges made that treachery was imperil ing the national defense. THE POPE'S ENCYCLICAL. Copies of the Paper to Be Sent to Working men Throughout the World. Rome, May 25. The Pope has ordored pop ular translations of his recent encyclical letter to be distributed to workimrmen of all countries. Tho encyclical is considered as a definitive consecration of the tenden cies of Cardinal Manning and Cardinal Gib bons as opposed to the French economic school nnaer Bishop Freppel, and as a direct development of Cardinal Gibbons' attitude in regard to the Knights of Labor. . President Carnot, Emperor William and Emperor Franols Joseph have sent messages to the Pope congratulating him upon the en cyclical letter. WAS K0T KALNOBT. That Alleged Duel in Chicago Does Not Con cern the Famotu Austrian Family. Vienna, May 25. Inquiries made here show that Baron Rudolph Kalnoky do Koros patak, who i3 announced to havo fought a duel yesterday at Chicago with a young Southerner, is riot a nephew of Count Kal noky, of this city. Count Kalnoky has no relative bearing the name of Kalnoky de Korospatak, nor has he a rolatiye now in America. .-. Rw lila-Qf-mlA -manna nnlVftrsAI interest Iffs- -fir. " he awakened and untrue dispatches ( tI.. S"(Ar, -..., mil- th.tr. nnnrn,- A man In fTlit. ,,- - L-. -t3. .... ....... w ., .. . .. ... v. , J - ...-1.1 .. ,kt. . a 1 nAaln 4. x-uuiu uuluu nuin ugiid.mi .9 the mmm. 0. L. Magee Replies at length to the Recent Insinua tions of the Mayor, MAKING GKAYE CMRGES Agaitist the Credit of His Honor, . "Which the latter Denies, and LETS OUT SOME OFHCF'SEGRETS. City-Hall-in a State of Tnrmoil:(J?er-iJi4 Events of Yesterday. -C0USCILS JIASBLE IMPOETaKT -BILES City nail was full of angry people anol angry talk yesterday afternoon. Excited men filled the corridors and Council cham bers, and everything about tho building sizzled and boiled at a white heat The sec ond floor was the principal scene of action. In Select Council chamber City Clerk Booth was reading to a breathless audience a long communication from CL. Magee, chargimj Mayor Gourley with serious irregularities. On tho same floor tho Mayor sat in his office denying the allegations, and hurlfmj defi ance at his accuser. Mr. Magee's charge against tho Mayor U that ho is working for his personal ends that he endeavored to secure police protec tion for a criminal who should have been in the penitentiary, and that hl3 recent'letter to Chief Brown regarding tha removal of Chief Evans, of the Fire Bureau,wss Inspired by similar motives. Ho cites Chief Evans as a man well worthy to occupy his present po sition,, an efficient officer and faithful worker. He denies that Chief Evans Is he!4 in place by any political assistance ever ren dered hlmseir, as has been intimated, anil calls attention to the fact that the actual loss from fire ta'Plttsbnrg is much-lower In proportion to the number of population than that of other cities. Mr. Evans, ha thinks, deserves tbetcredit for this. Mr. Magee's Letter Sent to Chief Brown. The letter was written to Chief Brown, of the Department of Public Safety, shortly after Mayor Gourley sent his letter to that Chief about the Fire Bureau. Mr. Magee ad dresses Chief Brown in the-capacltybf hia bondsman, a property holder and taxpayer. Chief Brown. turned It over to Councils. Common Council failed to meet yesterday afternoon, owing to lack of a quorum. Se lect got together with barely enough members-present, but rumors of something Inter esting to happen during the session, soon brought the tardy members in. According ly when tho announcement camo of a mess- age from Chief Brown almost every seat had its occupant, while outside tho railing a crowd of curious on-lookers waited for de velopments. Chlof Brown came-in juat-pr. yious to nis communication coming up, but went, out before the lively part of It was reached. The message was In answer to -the 'letter from the Board of Fire Underwriters re ceived by Councils at the last meeting -and referred io him. In his report on tho matter the chief makes several rec commendations for improvement in tha fire department. The substance of his let ter is given elsewhere. Full Text of Mr. Magre's Protest. In connection with this ho ent the letter from tho Mayor concerning Chief Evans' and a communication from C L Mages in.' answer to the latter. Mr. Magee'sletterwas as follows: "PrrrsByRavMayJl. i "J. O.Brown, Chief Department of Public BiOtf "My Dear Sir As a citizen of the comma-' nity, interested in its good government and the proper officering of its various depart, ments, and as your friend and bondsm&n, flnanclally responsible for your official acts, anxious for the successful and creditable, administration of the affairs of the depart ment under your oharge, and representing" an insurable interest in the community, at, the time von became Chief tit thn nATnrt. Lment of Public Safety, I recommended to I you Samuel N. EvansJor Superintendent or L the Fire Bureau. I made this recommenda tion by reason or an intimate personal, knowledge of the activity, capacity and effi ciency of Mr. Evans as Chief of the Fire De partment during the ten years I had tho honor to serve the city as a member of tha Board of Fire Commissioners. "Mr. Evans has been a fireman for 3D years, having Joined the Vigilant Fire Company or the old volunteer fire department In tho year 1352. Abundant evidence that his lomr service has been honorable to himself, ana profitable to the city of Pittsburg, is found, in the comparative statements of the annual fire losses of the different cities of the ootm- I try. 1 1 is a matter of record that the annual loss oi me city oi jrinsuuxg sines tne worse or thofiro department has been superin tended by Samuel" N-Evans has been among tho lowest or those or equal size, and this, notwithstanding the extra-hazardous char acter of our chief industries. It Is also a matter of record that, notwithstanding the fact that mills and factories from which the danger of flro is great, and are located In thickly settled districts of Pittsburg, the rates of insurance In this city have lor a number of years averaged lower than in any other citym tho country that can be com pared to Pittsburg. ThatTnuch of the credit for this belongs to Samuel N. Evans so fair minded person can deny. . That It will bo confidently claimed for him by all who axe familiar with the details of h& wort is-cer-tain. Why This Communication Was Written. "A recent letter addressed-to yorj'by-Hls 'Honor the Mayor, reflecting on. tho capacity" or Mr. Evans and tho efficiency of tho fire service of this city generally, is the reason for writing to you on this subject" at this time. His Honor hangs his letter on the communication received at the last meeting of theSeleot Council from the Board of Un derwriters. That pody urged appropria tions to secure suitable apparatus for" fight ing fires In high buildings. Nothing-contained in tho resolutions 1310? before select Council could be construed aa j-cflectlng oa the officers or employes of the Fire Bureau. It Is true, Pittsburg has been visited. by-two costly fires within tho past few months, hat it has nowhere been intimated, except by the Mayor in his letter to you, that the fire men of the city did not fight those fina bravely and skillfully; When dlsastroaa conflagrations In recent years almost de stroyed the cities of Chicago and Boston, the buildings destroyed in the latter city be ing of a more substantial character teas any in our city, the officers and men of tha fire departments in those cities were sot censured by the other city officials;. bat, oa the contrary, were awarded unstinted praise for their bravo and heroic efforts to save those cities from total destruction- "It is charged that Mr. Evans has-beea re tained as Superintendent of the Fire Bureau on account of political services rendered to me, or to those with whom I am politically associated. This is a mistake, as Mr. Evobs is not, ananas nevor Dcen, known as a poli tician. I have never asked, and have never been rendered, a political service by him. and he has never to my knowledge orea been a delegate to a nominating convenMoa. Service as a fireman for 89 years, more taaa hair of which time was as a volunteer with out pay. and an annual fire loss record slaee he has been at the head of the fire deport ment or bureau, less by many thousands ot dollars than those of the majority of dHes of similar size, ought to protect the present superintendent of the bureau from unfair and prejudiced criticism. A Direct Charge Against tho Mayor. "Notwlthandlng the strictures of tbo Mayor on the management of the Tiro Bureau, which bear the marks of-persosal hostility to you and the offlcersand men at your department generally, I believe the Fire Bureau of this city will compare favor ably, in every respect, with that of any city la the country, and I would advise yon not to make any changes until satisfied that the changes, when made, will improve the service. When yon are satisfied that yea can. obtain better officers and better men, do so, without regard to the personal fries- r i r:5sifelif; ?T".u -. 2i
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