mSESHM
RIVER -MENJEJDICE,
Hooding the Goyernor's Office
"With Telegrams About
the AYliarf Bill.
THE APPEOPEIATIOX BILLS
Another Lot of Vetoes "Which Make Up
a Total of Seventy-Three.
HIS PREVIOUS
KECORD
BROKEN.
Judicial, Congressional and Representative
Sills in Danger.
IDE BEASOXS FOR MORE DISArrROVALS
TSrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DlSl-ATCn.l
Hariusburg, June 20. Governor Patti
sou vetoed another batch of bills to-day,
and was made happy by the receipt of many
congratulatory telegrams from Pittsburg
relathe to the veto of the wharf bill. Fol
lowing is a list of those received before the
close of the executive department to-night :
From the Advance Coal Company: "Your
wisdom in i etoing w harf bill gives general
satisfaction to all steamboat men here."
From the I'aeific Coal Company: "We
desire to thank you for vetoing the wharf
bill"
From .Tames A. Henderson : "The Pitts
burg and Cincinnati Packet Line extend
cordial congratulations for vetoing wharf
bill."
From the Pittsburg Coal Exchange:
"Please accept our earnest congratulatipns.
Xou hae in your veto of Flinn's wharf bill
done a heroic act to protect a great city,
whoe prosperity has been largely enhanced
bv the advantages of water transportation.
To-day flags on the masts of ?300,000 worth
of steamboats are flying in vour honor."
From 'Steamer .Nellie Hudson: "Many
thanks for your just eto of wharf bilL"
From Steamer John Fisher: "Meeting
of Allegheny river men extend thanks for
vetoing wharf bill."
From Keese Brothers: "Your veto of
wharf bill, has given satisfaction to merch
ants and rivermen, who are giving praise
to a Governor who knows their rights and
has the courage to protect them against un
just legislation."
From Wilson. Barclay & Co.: "Your
jxeto of the wharf bill meets with appre
ciation 01 au river men. ;
Prom Steamer Mayflower: "At a meeting
of the Mayflower Company a vote of thanks
was tendered to you lor your etoofthe
wharf bill."
Trom William R. Rogers: "Navigators and
shippers are delighted that you "have pro
tected their w harf rights. Flags flying on
all the boats in harbor."
Appropriation Bills Approved.
The Governor to-day signed 11 bills, mak
ing au aggregate appropriation o'f ?119,70O.
This amount included 10,000 io r the Pitts
burg Xcwsboys' Home; $15,000 for a home
for the training in "-pecdi of deaf children
before arriving at school ace; $4,700 for
home for colored children, Allegheny; $5.
000 for Adrian Hospital, Jeflerson county;
?j,000 for Oil City Hospital and $45,000 for
the propagation and protection of fish. The
appropriation bills before the Governor call
for $1,439,21)0, of which the chronic insane,
indigent insane, Western Pcnwvlvania
Hospital Association, World's Fair and
Anthracite Miners Hospital bills m
Tolve 51,211,400.
Governor Pattison promises to largely
eclipse the record he made during the first
two years of bis previous term as the slaver
of bills passed by the Legislature. He has
already disapproved 73 acts, and a number
of additional vetoes have been prepared
and v ill be given Monday. Although the
Governor did not disapprove the item in
the general appropriation bill providing for
the payment of additional judges- ot the
courts the judicial apportionment bill au
thorized, it is believed he will veto the lat
ter became of the unnecessarilv increased
expense it would add to the judiciary. The
Congressional apportionment bill willprob
ablv be vetoed because no attempt has been
made to change the districts outside of
Philadelphia and Allcghcnv. The repre
sentative apportionment bill will be divip
rovcd for constitutional reasons and be
cause of its palpable partisan character.
The Tax Upon Foreigners.
The Governor to-day vetoed seven bills,
among them that on which Senator Meek
feet his heart, and which he claimed would
partly compensate the taxpa ers of this and
other industrial centers tor the support they
had to extend to Hungarians and other foreigner-.
The bill proposed to impose a rer
capita tax of $3 upon all unnaturalized
male citizens of the State who own no real
estate or other taxable property valued for
taxable purposes at or above $200 and situ
ated in the county in which he may reside
or is employed. The Governor says of this
and other provisions of the bill:
This discrimination would, in all proua
Inlity, be found uj the couits to le :i x iola
tion of the constitutional principle that
t:iei-h.ill lie uniform upon the &nnc class
of subjects within the territoiial limits of
tho:iuthont loving the tax, and shall be
lev ied and collected under general laws. If
tins tax is to be lev ied and collected under
the Kt'iicral l.iw of the commonwealth it is
very much to bo doubted whether that is a
"uniform" law which exempts from a per
capita tax a subject w ho owns land In one
count and impo-es it upon the same class
ot persons wno-e real estate may be situated
in another countj ?uch a classification is
not tolerable; but the method which is pro
vided foi tiie collection ot this tax is highlj
olijcctinnnble and wholly impracticable.
.Ml employers of labor must makeinquiry
mto the nativitj of tlleir male
employes, and mut ascertain whether
or not the have been natu
rali7edif over the age of 21 eais. They must
make month! v reports to tne poorauthon
tuvof then dNturts and deduct from the
wngoofMK'li cmplovc-.. on each monthly
pay laj, the sum ot 23 cents, thus making at
onccanas-essor and tax collector out of
everj coiporation, flrni or individual in the
Commonwealth emplojing, peicliance, a
Jtircign burn workman w lui is not natural
ized. It i practicall.v si delegation ot the
Commonwealth's tax-levying and tax-collecting
power to a host ot pnv ate. persons,
and in Uetault of their performing tnis duty
thevarc to be subjected to a penalty of
double the amount of the tax imposed upon
the unnaturalized employes, which penalty
theliiU vaguely prcsci ibes "shall lie collect
ed as other taxes are collected." Inasmuch
as other taxes" arc collected in many dif
ferent vvaj , the uncertainty of this pro
vision would render It wholly nugatory, so
that even if the bill were based on sound
principles, either of public policy or of po
litical economy, its prov Isions are so im
practicable as to render any attempt toen
lorce it futile.
Appropriations for Education.
The Governor adopted the bill of Repre
sentative Fruit, of Mercer, appropriating
$5,000 to the Grove City College, to give
his position on bills involving similar
principles. In vetoing the bill the Gover
nor says:
This bill appropriates $3,0;0 to Grove City
College in Mercci county, lor the erection of
a proper building for its military depart
ment. It turther provides that the land
upon which the military deiiartmcut is to be
erected, shall he conveyed to the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, and that for the
money thus given to the institution u mort
giigc shall be executed to the Common
wealth. The beneficiary of this bill is not a
public charity, not it it a State institution. in
any ene. ft is one of a large class of insti
tutions or learning w liicli are no doubt doing
a most useful work in the Commonwealth;
but the proposition to extend the bojnty of
the State to this c!as of institutions is one
that the Lxecutive cannot favor. There is n
demand for the restriction rather tlian an
enlargement of the classes of subjects for
fstnte uppropiiatlons. The 18th section or
the .third article of the Constitution, which
forbids appropriations for educational or
benevolent purposes to any persons or com
munity, was undoubtedly intended to pre
Tcnt the-Legislature from making such
grants as the one which is the subjoct of this
Oill.
In vetoing Representative McCullough's
bill, granting to street railway companies
power to cross streams, the Governor says:
This bill confers upon street railw ay com
panies the right of eminent domain to tho
extent that it may b 9 necessary for them to
exorciso the same in the erection of bridges
to cross streams. Thus far it has been the
policy of the Commonwealth to restrict the
rights of street railway companies to streets
already laid out and open for public travel.
To extend their pow ers jo as to permit them
to erect and construct bridges across any
stream in the Commonwealth; to take and
appropriate private property for the ap
proaches thereto, -and to restrict the use of
such bridges to their own purposes, seems
to be a dangerous extension of their powers.
The act coders upon them privileges which
are not necessary to tho ordinary purposes
of their incorporation.
xtra Fay fur the Constables.
The following reasons are set forth for the
veto of the constables' liquor fee bill:
The effect of tills bill is to increase tho cost
ot executing laws of this Commonwealth by
allowing to constables the sum of 50 cents
per month for a monthly visit to each place
within their respective jurisdictions where
liquors are sold or kept. This would amount
to an allow ance of $6 per year to the consta
bles for evory licensed place for selling
liquors in the Commonw ealth. It would in
voiv e a cost to the public of many thousands
of dollars. The duty of visiting and report
lug the conditions uhderwhioh liquor is sold
has been imposed upon tho constables
of the variou districts of the State
by the existing liquor laws of the Common
wealth, and I know of no just ground for
public complaint that there is any failure to
perform tins duty hy reason of the fact that
nojirovision is made for pavment therefor.
I Know of no district in which there is a
vacancy in the qfllce of constable, or where
persons nictound unwilling to take it, by
reason of the omission of any such allow
ance as this bill makes. The constables are
under control of the various courts and are
subject to removal for misconduct or neglect
of duty. While therefore, no complaint of
such inattention to duty as can be remedied
by this bill exists, I do not feel justified in
approving a measure that will entail a
public exponse reaching the enormous sum
which the costs contemplated by this bill
wouia aggregate.
The other bills vetoed were as follows:
Appropriating $25,000 for the preservation
and maintenance of Memorial Hall, Phila
delphia; amending the Nation)! Guard act
to increase the annual allowance for armory
rent, for the reason that a similar bill has
already been approved; appropriating $2,000
for a fish hatchery in Lackawanna or Mon
roe county, because there is no immediate
necessity "for it.
The Governor to-day appointed Robert
E. Monaghan, of Chester county, a member
of the commission to prepare uniform laws
in the different States on marriage, di
vorce, etc.
The Governor has also appointed James
B. Scott, of Pittsburg, and W. B. Gill, of
Philadelphia, members of the State Board
of Charities.
Haixisburg Papers Consolidate.
rSFECI AL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.
HAKRisnuKG, June 20. The Harrisburg
Star and Independent will be consolidated on
August 1 next, and the new afternoon paper
will be known as the Star-Independent. B.
F. Meyers, Harrisburg's postmaster and
proprietor of the Star, will nave control of
the two journals rolled into one. The Star
IndqendaU will be independent.
Itetlrinc State Generals.
I FrzCIAI. TEI.EGR AM TO THE DISPATCTI.
Harrisbcrg, June 20. An order has
been prepared at trie Adjutant General's
department retiring ex-Governor Beaver
and ex-Adjutant General Latta as Major
Generals of the National Guard and ex
Adjutant General Guthrie as Brigadier
General.
MONUMENTAL ASSUSANCE.
Delacy, the Ex-Boodlo Alderman, Sues for
Salary He Neglected to Collect.
TSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISr.VTCn.
"Sew York, June 20 Boodle Alderman
Robert E. Delacy has entered the lists in a
competition of check with Michael Duffy.
Duffy, it will be remembered, sued John
Keenan for a share of the Jake Sharp bribe
money. And n.ow Delacy has .filed a claim
against the city for a balance of 51,500
salary, which he says is due him as a mem
ber of .the Board of Aldermen of 1886. It
was in April of that "year that Delacy was
driven out of the country by the exposure
of the boodle business -of 1884. The war
rants for his pay were duly drawn, and not
being called for at the office of the city, the
Saymaster ordered them returned to the
ontroller.
The Controller was astonished at the as
surance of Bueh a claim from a man who
had abandoned his office and neglected his
duties, but he treated Delacy with great
courtesy, and referred his claim to the cor
poration counsel. The law point involved
is whether the salary does not belong to the
office, and is not recoverable, as there was
neither resignation nor removal in Delacy's
case.
MISFOBTITKE TBAVELSIN COMPANY.
A Singular Chapter or Accidents Which
Happened to an Allegheny Family.
It has often been said that misfortunes
never come singly. An ur fortunate illus
tration of the axiom is furnished by a series
of accidents which have overtaken the fam
ily of Mr. Martin Gannon, of Allegheny.
J. H. Kelley, his son-in-law, while driving
in Johnstown two weeks ago was thrown
from his buggy, sustaining a dislocation of
the shoulder and several severe injuries.
Mr. Kelley recovered to return home in
time to be a vntness of serious injury sus
tained by his father-in-law. who jumped
from a moving train in the Ft, Wayne
yards and broke his arm, besides cutting his
head. On top of these mishaps news was
received of the fire on the City of Kich
mond, on board of which were Mrs. Gannon
and her two daughters. Mrs. Gannon is so
prostrated by the"shock received on the ship
that she has not been informed of the acci
dents to her relatives.
GEBMANY AND THE WORLD'S FAIB,
Merchants Making Preparations In Earnest
to Exhibit In Chicago.
BERLIX, June 20. The Reichxanzcigcr
(official) states that German mercantile
circles are now giving attention to the de
tails of their preparations for taking part in
the Chicago'World' Fair. As soon as an
approximate estimate can be made of the
extent of the German industries which win
participate, which will probably be about
the beginning of autumn, the Imperial Com
missioner will place himself in communica
tion with the leading representatives of the
industries.
An agent of the Government will proceed
to the United States toward the ena of the
year in order to orrange for the installation
of the German section, and especially to
arrange for the allotment of the neces'sary
space.
THE SOUTH F0BK CLUB CASES.
They Will Probably Come Up for Trial In
Johnstown This FalL.
TSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Johnstown, June 20. It has been
known here for some weeks that the South
ForkJFishing Club had been sued for losses
sustained by the flood, but the news has
been suppressed for politic reasons. Francis
Leckcy, one of the plaintiffs, would not di
vulge what he knew about others who had
instituted suit, but it is understood that
there are about eight cases on the list ahead
of him. J. J. Strayer was also in Pittsburg
vesterday, and it is understood that lie has
begun suit for the losses he sustained. The
cases will likely come up for trial this faU.
BOTH WEBE ABBESIED.
While CaUlng a Boy Down for Beating
Horses Mr. McCreery Was Taken In.
On his way heme up Highland street yes
terdr.y J. H. .McCreery, a member of the
Humane Society, saw a 10-year-old colored
boy, Alfonso Clifton, beating a team of
horses that had balked. He : asked .the boy
, to desist and the latter gave him some im-
' TMirlpnre. Tllft , nr,A linv tt,nn nnAfArl
.uie man
into an argument over the. matter, and Mr.
...v imui AUU WJ w., VU.VU
McCreery shook his list under the kid's
nose. -
Lieutenant McKelvey happened along,
and, fearing they might come to blows, ar
rested them. Forfeits were put up for a
hearing before Mayor Wyman.
HAITIAN INTERVENTION.
A STROXG .GOVERNMENT SURELY
NEEDED ON THE ISLAND.
The United States Will Probably Not Object
to European Interference for the Protec
tion of Foreigners President Hlppo
lyte's Personal Courage Shown In Battle.
Washington, June 20. No official in
formation has been received here of the
mooted intervention of European powers in
Haitian affairs. The fact can't be dis
guised that the situation in that disturbed
Republic is being watched with apprehen
sion by our own Government, but there is
still a strong belief that the Haitians will
be able to restore order without outside
interference. As to the attitude of
the United States toward the contemplated
concerted action of European nations, noth
ing can be predicted until it is definitely
known what shape this action will assume.
It is recognized as a fact here that a
"strong" Government is about the only
Government that can be maintained, anil
unless the ruler use vieorous repressive
measures his tenure of office and the reign
of eternal peace are apt to be of short dura
tion. Consequently the Government of the
United States is not likely to view with un
mixed satisfaction the interference ot
foreign powers in the domestic affairs of our
small sister Republic, even when the con-
ddct of their rulers are repugnant to its own
idea of fair dealing and comity; but if it
should be true that the present ruler of
Haiti ismentally irresponsible and has un
justly visited his wrath upon foreign resi
dents of the countrv, it is unlikely that the
Monroe doctrine will be invoked to pro
tect him from the consequences of his acts.
It was never maintained that this doctrine set
aside the fundamental right of a nation to
protect its subjects from maltreatment and
the abuse of their property rights when re
siding in another country, and if the pro
posed European action lis limited to the
discharge of that duty, it is improbable
that any logical objection could be made by
the Government.
A dispatch from Paris says: At a Cab
inet council held to-dav it was decided to
demand reparation from Haiti for the
shooting of Itigaud, at Port au Prince, on
the ground that he was a French subject.
The Haitian Minister in Paris has re
ceived a letter from the Haitian Secretary
of State, dated from Port au Prince, saying
that on Corpus Chris.ti Dav, May 28, Presi
dent Hippolyte was attending the religious
ceremonies in the Cathedral of Port au
Prince w hen a band of desperadoes attacked
the prison and liberated the prisoners con
fined therein. The band then started for
the Presidental palace. Hippolyte mobil
ized the forces and managed to suppress the
revolt. The President led the attack on
horseback, and, in the midst of a hail of
bullets, gave proof of extraordinary courage.
BE0TJGHT THE HUSBAND TO TIME.
Sirs. Ortmann Compels Her Long-Absent
Spouse to Support Her.
Frederick Ortmann, who has been so long
wanted by his wife, Maggie, and several
constables, yesterday appeared before
'Squire McNierney on the charge of deser
tion. He abandoned his spouse last Decem
ber, and she immediately issued a warrant
for his arrest. But the efforts of 'Squire
Doughty and hisofficers failed to find him,
so the case was given into the hands'of Mr.
McNiernev about a month ago.
Constables were again ordered to get the
missinc man and on Thursdav last Deputy
Constable Mulvauey got , his eye on the
gentleman just as he" was about leaving the
Union depot for California. The case was
settled bv the defendant's mother agreeing
to furnish support for the deserted wife.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN JAIL.
The Johnstown Dj namiter Plunges a Knife
Into His Breast.
TSrECXAI. TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCn.
Joiixstovx, June 20. W. C. Baldwin,
who was arrested yesterday for trying to
blow up his family with dynamite, attempt
ed suicide thistnorning in jail here.
His wife had called to see him and re
fused to withdraw the charges, and soon
after she left he tried to Dlumre a knife into
his left breast. The blade struck a rib, and.
tne pain lorcea him to cry out, when officers
took the knife from him. He will be taken
to Fbensburg Monday.
HENSEL GETS HIS ANSWEB.
The City of Philadelphia Will Resist
the
State's Claim to 8032,013 11.
Philadelphia, June 20. City Control
ler Thompson to-day replied to Attorney
General Hensel's letter, dated June 18, in
which it is claimed this city is indebted to
the Commonwealth to the extent of ?C22,
013 11, for taxes on personal property dur
ing the last year, and for which suit is
threatened.
Controller Thompson writes that no offi
cial recognition of fhis claim will be ac
cepted by his department, John Bardslev,
the State's fiscal agent, having received the
money from the Receiver of Taxes.
The Smell Very Strong.
The residents along Seventh street are
very anxious to know why the Bureau of
Health should not abate the nuisance caused
by the excavations on the site of the recent
fire. The cellars were filled with supplies,
which have long decomposed, and the smell
arising from them as they are borne through
the streets in carts is declared to be insuffer
able. Walla Walla Lynchers Acquitted.
Walls. Walla, Wash., June 20. The
jury iu the case of the six soldiers on trial
for the lynching of W. J. Hunt, April 24, re
turned a verdict of not guilty this after
noon. THE ITBE BEC0BD.
A cokflaor'atiox destroyed the town of
Konskowola, in Lublin, Russia, Friday. An
other fire occurred in Varaxorki, which de
stroyed over 450 houses.
At Glasgow Junction, Friday night, Ben
fro's Hotel burned. There have been many
other llres recently, all plainly Incendiary,
and officers are looking for the perpetrators.
At Moxham, near Johnstown, early yes
terday morning, a fire in tho hammer de
partment of tho Johnson Company de
stroyed $2,000 worth of property. The Are
was started by an over-pressure of gas.
At Oldtown.Mc., the Bod well Water Power
Company's sawmills burned Friday night.
The Shoot House and other buildings caught
flro, but were saved. The mills wcro built
in JS89. The Rodwcll Company's loss is ?75.
O.0; insurance, 30,0X. '
At Allen's Lake, near Kingston, OnCthe
brush fires dostny-ed a lumberdepot belong
ing to McLsichlan Brothers. Loss, $75,000. It
is reported that Booth's depot, at E.igan es
tate, on the Madawaska, w as also burned,
with all its contents.
AT Marquette, Mich., Friday Slight, the
Xestor block and several adjoining buildings
were reduced to ashes. Loss, $133,000; partly
Insured. The following are the principal
losers: Timothy Nestor, on building, loss
$15,000, Insurance $22,000; G. Halstrom, dry
goods, loss $18,000, insurance $15,000: Nordlck
& Kcksteln, drygoods, loss $lo,UW, insurance
$5 003;F. A. Des Jardtns, drugs, loss $7,000,
Insurance $4,000: Ball & Hanscomb. law li
brary, loss $20,000, insurance $12,000; W. S.
HU1, law library, loss $4,000, insurance $2,500;
t. J. Mapcs, law library, loss $7,000, insur
ance $3 500. Hanscomb's library was consid
ered the most valuable In the Upper Penln-sola.
THE PTTTSBUIIG'' DISPATCH,
POISON D? THE BITE.
A Gila Monster Fastens Its Teeth in
a Snake Charmer's Hand.
DOCTORS LABOR HARD WITH HIM.
The Yictim of tlie Yenomons Reptile in a
Serious Condition.
TERRIBLE' NATURE OP THIS' MOXSTER
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn."!
New York, June 20. The chief snake
charmer of Huber's Museum is John Sonell,
a German 30 years of age. HJs wife, Do
natus, is engaged in a similar capacity at
Worth's Museum. Dr. C. Slover Allen is
engaged in experiments with poisonous
snakes and other reptiles, and for this pur
pose has a laboratory, where Sonell takes
care of snakes for him.
This afternoon about 1 o'clock the snake
charmer brought, to the laboratory what he
declares was a gila monster, the ugly New
Mexican lizard, the bite of which some
authorities say is atrociously poisonous,
while other authorities instance cases in
which the bite did no harm. In transferring
the lizard from the basket in which he- car
ried it to a box, Sonell lifted it by the tail.
He turned his eyes in another direction for
a moment, and the lizard, which is about 18
inches long, turned and fastened its teeth in
the middle finger of Sonell's left hand.
Sonell was alone in the place. He banged
the lizard about, but it did not loosen its
hold until he pried its big jaws apart with
a nail. Then he put the lizard in its box,
and ran to Dr. Allen's office. The physician
was not in. His office boy went with Sonell
to Doctors Bates and Fry.
Hurried to a Hospital.
Dr. Fry cauterized the wound, and Dr.
Allen, who had heard of the accident, hur
ried in and cut away the flesh on the inside
E art of the base of the finger, wherc four
oles from the reptile's teeth were visible
on each side. Then an ambulance was sum
moned, and Sonell was taken to Bellevue
Hospital. There he was put under the care
of Dr. Walter Bensel, who found Sonell's
hand swollen to nearly twice its normal
size, but could discover no evidence that the
snake charmer was poisoned.
Sonell, who had previously fainted, was
in a serious condition of shock. He was
livid with fright and confidently believed
that he would die. He trembled in every
muscle and scarcely breathed. To assist
circulation, Dr. Bensel administered atro
pine hypodermically, simultaneously in
jecting whisky and digitalis to counteract
the effects of any possible poison that he
might have received. Five minims of digi
talis were administered at a dose, and the
doses were kept up for some time. Sonell
sank into a deep sleep at 4 o'clock, one hour
after his admission to the hospital. He
awoke about three hours later.
Sonell in a Serious Condition.
The swelling of his hands, which Dr.
Rpnspl snvtt mav h:ivn been rflused bv in
flammation by the bandages that one of the
physicians wound about his wrist, had not
subsided. The hand showed slight discol
oration, and Sonell seemed dazed. He an
swered questions vaguely and with diffi
culty. Part of Sonell s story was confirmed
by the doctors who cauterized his wounds.
Just where Allen's laboratory is none of
those concerned will say.
The gila'monster is found in NewMexico
and Arizona. It is a repulsiv e looking rep
tile, with a huge, snake-like head. Its
body is usually puffed out like a big pouch,
aud'touches the ground when the lizard
stands erect on its four black legs. The
tail is about one-third the entire length of
the body, being ot nearly the same tnicK
ncss throughout, and terminating abruptly
in a blunt point. The mouth is black and
its tongue, of the samo. hue, is flat and
forked. The gila's scientific name is Helo
derma Horridum, and it is generally reckl
oncd ope of the extremely poisonous species
of thelizard family. The body is scaly, re
sembling that of a rattlesnake, and is cov
ered with irregular black and yellow spots
or blotches.
The Gila's Fatal Bite.
The inhabitants of Arizona, where the
monster is generally found,regard its bite as
very dangerous, and only when the reptile
is crazed, it gives off a peculiar blackish
saliva. Doctors Mitchell and Prujliart, of
the 'College of Physicians in Philadelphia,
made a series of experiments "with the gila
and injected some of its saliva in a live
pigeon, which died in less than nine minut'es.
The doctors affirmed that rattlesnake poison
was a bagatelle in comparison, and that the
large worms and insects perished more
quickly from the gila's bite than when cut
in pieces by the scissors.
On the other hand, Dr. Gorman, of Har
vard, caused a kitten to be bitten twice by
the monster, and, after dissecting the cat,
found no indications of poison. The Mexi
cans and Indians are deathly afraid of the
gila, and tell marvelous stories of" its ven
om. Its breath, they say, is. extremely
poisonous, and from this it derives its cog
nomen, Escupibn, meaning in English "The
Spitter." The. Mexicans hold that the
gila's poison is derived from the loco, or
crazy plant, which grows abundantly in
Southern Arizona and Texas. The
natives capture it by using a long sap
ling with a noose at the end.
ONE WD2E AND TWO MEN.
They Succeeded In Making an Electric Cir
cuit and Some Amusement.
Firemen McCaffrey, of the Goodwill En
gine Company, has a greater repect for in-nocent-lookirfg
wires than he" had; so has a
teamster. McCaffrey climbed up a pole
near the Fort Wayne depot yesterday to
fix an alarm ' wire. When he was
done he came down, and as he'
reached the ground he clutched a
trailing wire that hung near. He immedi
ately began to execute a war dance and utter
cries that would have done credit to a Piute
ghost walk. The paBsersby were amused and
horrified bv turns, but no one seemed dis
posed to help him.
Presently, however, a. teamster came
along and went to McCaffrey's assistance.
He, too, clutched at the wire and'scemed to
become suddenly afflicted with the terpsi
chorean idea, and gave a performance of
clog dancing which no doubt very much
surprised himself, as it did the onlookers.
They had both taken hold of a live wire
and were unable to get free. Finally some
one got a shears and cut the wire. The men
were not injured, but admitted to feeling
rather tired.
JUMPED OUT OP A "WINDOW.
A Strange Freak Which Caused the Death
of Eliza Newell.
Eliza Newell jumped out of , a second
story window at the County Home, at
Woodvillc, Friday, and died late that
night. She was 74 years of age, and had
been an inmate of the home for a number of
years. On Friday morning she was sitting
in room with a number of other old
ladies when someone complained (of the
heat. Mrs.-Newell went to the window,
and before any of them could speak she
leaped out and fell to the ground.
Her' limb was fractured and she was
injured internally. Her injuries resulted
in death that night.-. Yesterday Coroner
McDowell held an inquest, and found that
she died from the shock caused by the fall.
Locked Up a Masher.
Officer Zimmerman promptfy arrested a
masher at the Union depot last evening,
and the fellow will have a chance this morn
ing to pay aline or go to the workhouse. His
victim was a simple girl, and Mr. Zimmer
man thought it was fime to interfere. A
number of ladies have complained lately of
being insulted on the streets by this kind of
cattle. Inspector McAleese always takes
pleasure in soaking them, i
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, " 1891.'
Xheir yearly picnic.
Allegheny's Children Will Jubilate Next
c?eammyHrTn
ior Them.
There is not a youngster in Allegheny to-
ticipatingthe pleasures of next Friday, the
day decided upon for the children's jubilee
m the parks. So far as present prospects
slnpw the occasion promises to be one of the
mot enjoyable yet held.
The committe'e having it, in eharce met at
the High School building last night and
made all the final arrangements. There has ,
been about 5700' collected for the expenses.
incident to the festivities, which will De
amply'sufficient. Eight brass bands have
been secured. Hnvs "Pnkt band for the High
School, the,Eigliteenth Regiment band for
Second, Select Knights'' for the Third,
Keystone for the Fourth, two
post bands for the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth,
and the Montooth for the Tenth and
Twelfth. The Seventh, Ninth", Eleventh
and Thirteenth wards will hold picnics in
out, of town groves. There will be just
twice as much music at the jubilee as in any
previous vear, and the arrangements are
perfected for keeping it up' longer in the
evening than heretofore. "When the jubilee
proper ends at 8 o'clock and the children
will have to leave -the graSs, a promenade
concert will bejriven by Hays,Pdst"3 Brass
Band at the music pavilion until about 950
or 10 o'clock.
To make the feature doubly attractive
the electric lights in the pavilion will be
turned on for the first time since the cele
bration of the city's semi-centennial two
years ago. Some hupdred incandescent
lights will also be placed in position and
add a cheerful glow to. the surroundings.
The programme of music prepared is made
up of popular airs from the well-known
operas and also contains a half dozen lighter
airs, marches, waltzes and other dance
music. ti
The managers of the First Day Nursery
intend keeping open house on that day,
and will serve ice cream, cake, coffee, lem
onade, etc, to all who want to help along
the instiiution.
THEY BAGGED FOUB.
Sad Fate of a Happy Beer Party In
Box
Car.
Yesterday afternoon, about 2 o'clock, the
men in charge of the Mueller storage house;
44 Sixteenth street, made complaint to
Officer McConnelly that some toughs had
broken in twice and stolen a dozen kegs of
beer. The thieves had broken three latches
and padlocks, and. had committed their
depredations in broad daylight. Calling
John Singer to his assistance, the two
policemen proceeded to a box car, situated
between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets,
on the Allegheny Valley tracks.
The sounds of bacchanalian orgies had
been-heard issuing from that locality for a
considerable time. Some 50 men and boys
had collected about the flowing kegs to cel
ebrate the legal half holiday, and they were
doing it to perfection. Making a rush for
the doors of tiic car the officers tried hard to
capture the whole gang, but their efforts
only succeeded in bagging four Mike
Sweeney, Harry Harback, Joseph Dugan
and James Rodgers. The last named, by
the way, is art ex-policeman, who has fallen
from grace and good works.
IKE MEXICAN WEATHEB.
The Frequent Downpours Remind a Native
of Torrid Rainy Seasons.
Pittsburg has been enjoying a rare experi
ence for the last week in having several
showers every day. "Your weather," said
a Mexican yesterday, "reminds me of the
rainy season in my country, and by the way,
I want to say that the best time to visit-the
Central American States is during your
summer. In July and August it rains
every morning in the City of Mexico.
The "wafer1 co'ols "the atmosphere,
and leaves the temperature at a point most
enjoyable. The city is on high ground, and
the nights are always cool.
"I have been frying to account for so
much rain in this city. The intense heat is,
no doubt, responsible for the result. The
water is evaporated from the local streams,
and is condensed again before it can get be
yond the surrounding hills."
DEATH FBOM AMPUTATION.
John Lauchcr, a Stonemason, Succnmbs
Wlulk Having a Lejr Taken OIL
John Laucher, an inmate of the hospital
department of the City Poor Farm, diqd at
that institution yesterday. He was a stone
mason by occupation, and not long ago he
had his leg injured while quarrying stone.
Being unmarried and without a home he
was admitted to the Poor Farm.
While there 'his physiciansound it neces
sary to amputate one limb owing to the in
jury, and it 'was this operation that caused
his death. Laucher was 33 years old and
last lived at 100 Washington avenue,Thirty
first ward.
BALMACEDA'S TB00PS BEV0LT.
The Esmeralda Destroys the Wharf at the
Lobos Islands.
Iquique, June 20. It has been learned
that a revolt has taken place among Presi
dent Balmaceda's troops at Coquimbo, and
that the insurgents killed four of their
officers. Eight hundred men are said to be
marching to Caldera to join the ranks of the
Congressional army.
It has also been learned that the insurgent
warship Esmeralda destroyed the wharf at
Lobos Islands, thereby preventing ship
ments of guano for President Balmaceda.
The Esmeralda is expected to arrive at
Iquique Monday. n
St, Petersburg's Disgrace.
According to the latest municipal reports
there are in St. Peterburg 153 streets and
squares without pavements,.sewers or gas
lights. They are the breeding spots of dis
ease and crime iu the great metropolis. It
would require an outlay of 1,500,000 rouMes
to put these places in good condition, nut
the municipality is not able, to undertake
the task at present.
Marie Antoinette's Earrings.
A pair of earrings, once the property of
Marie Antoinette, are on sale at a fashiona
ble English goldsmith's. The stones are
wonderfully white and brilliant and most
curiously set. A large pointed drop cut in
facets hangs by a tiny silver pin with a dia
mond head from a large circular diamond..
By way of price they can be had for 13,
000. One Effect of Heretic Hunting.
John H. Farming, member of the Society
for the Suppression of Vice of New York
City, says it is a remarkable fact that the
recent discussions among the ecclesiastical
folks' have done more to encourage law
breakers in New York than anything else
that ever occurred. More dives have sprung
up within the past three months thau were
closed in the last few years,
Closed a Street for the Affair.
-Permission was yesterday granted to the
Butler Street M. E. Church to close up
Davison street, from Fisk 'street ioMain,
for the purpose of giving a street lann fete.
This novel entertainment is to be given on
Tuesday evening, and will be a regular May
Day festivaL
Pressing the Public Works Chief.
On the heels of the veto of the Flinn
wharf bill J. Scott Ferguson, attorney for
the Messrs. Rees, had Friday fixed for the
rule granted on Mr. Jligelow to shew cause
why he should not be committed for con-1
tempt in not removine the obstruction on
.the-wharfi
JGKATEFUL PEINCE.
The Czarewitch Royally Rewards the
japs Who Saved His Life.
t NO DISCRDILNATIOXIIN THE LATY.
The AVould-Be Assassin Can Only Be Tried
for' Ordinary Assault.
EFFORTS TO MAKE A CASE OF TREASON.
New TOek, June 20. A -letter from
Yokohama, Japan, dated May 25, just re
ceived here, says: The difficulty in. the
trial of TsudaSanzo, the Japanese police
constable who wounded- the Czarewitch, is
that no article in the Penal Code of Japan
removes his crime from the. category of an
ordinary murderous assault. The HGth
article of the code sars:
"Any person inflicting or attempting to in
flict Injury upon tho Emperor, Empress
Dowager, or tho Prince Imperial shall be
punished with death."
The reference here is plainly to rnembers
of the Japanese imperial family only, and
not to foreign potentates or Princes
of their blood. The code further pro
vides that no act of a Japanese subject
can be regarded and punished as a
crime unless it falls within the purview of
some provision of the code, and further that
the code cannot be made retrospective. The
letter of the code is consequently opposed
to any special treatment of Tsuda's offense,
and its spirit is opposed to the enactment of
any new law to meet his case.
Only a Common Everyday Assanlt.
It has been contended by some lawyers,
foreigners as well as Japanese, that since
the Czarewitch was traveling officially
in Japan as the guest of the Japanese
sovereign, the sanctity of his person is
guaranteed by the Criminal Code precisely
in the same way as though he were a mem
ber of the-Japanese imperial family. But
such a view savors of expediency rather
than of strict justice. The leading Japanese
newspapers, discussing the subject, have
arrived at the conclusion that Tsuda must
bearraiened under those provisions of the
Criminal, Code which refer to murderous .at
tacks upon ordinary persons.
Doubtless the dfetreme penalty provided
by the law will be inflicted, but beyond that
penalty, according to the code, the judges
cannot go, nor can the administration order
them to go.
The Minister of State for Justice has
ordered the Supreme Court to hold a
sitting in the District Court at Otsu
for the trial of Tsuda' Sanzo, and it is
presumed that he will be tried under
the clause referring to treasonable corre
spondence and attempts to disturb the em
pire's foreign relations.
The Czarewltch's Generous Rewards.
It may be possible that his offense will be
classed as "an act of violence committed
against a prominent individual, with the
object of involving the country in war,"
evidence pointing to this course having been
obtained.
.The -Czarewitch has acted with the pro
verbial munificence of thel'omanoffs toward
the two Japanese jinrikisha coolies who
threw Tsuda Sanzo to the ground and
wounded him with his own sword. On the
the evening of the 18th he summoned the
two men on board, his flagship, and, after
giving each a decoration and a aum of
$2,600, at the same time informed them
that a pension of 51,000 yearly
would be deposited to their credit
for the remainder of their lives.
Photographs were then taken of the two
men to present to their Majesties the Czar
and Czarina.
Immediately upon quitting the presence
of the Czarewitch the two men were taken
in charge by the Russian sailors and'iidden
on their shoulders over the decks amid yell
ing and chcerinfr. The Mikado presented
the two men with ardecoration and an an
nual pension of 36 yen. Thirty-six yen to
us appears as quite a ridiculous'amount, but
in this country it is amply sufficient for the
maintenance of men in their condition of
life.
VULGABITY OF DIAMONDS.
Grant Allen's Scathlnz Arraignment of a
World-Wide Custom.
A diamond, viewed as an aesthetic object
alone, is distinctly vulgar, says Mr. Grant
Allen in the May Contemporary. . It belongs
to the same category as cut glass, lustre
'chandeliers, the ormolu drawing room
mirror, Louis Quinze furniture, tinsel and
spanjrles and gaudy gewgaws in general.
This is not a mere matter of opinion; if
people will look it straight in the face, they
will see at once it is a matter of
fact. Nobody wonld endure diamonds if
they were not so costly. Jfobody does
endure them when they are paste and pinch
beck. It is the knowledge that they mean
so much monev expended which renders
them fashionable and endurable at alL Pre
cisely similar bits of shining glass, with
facets just as clear cut and lusfre just as
brilliant, when made of good honest paste,
are universally scouted as in the most atro
cious style possible.
"But the diamond," everybody says, "is
$o much purer, so much brighter, so much
clearer, so much more luminous! Its sheen
is finer than any imitation, its lucidity
deeper, more transparent, more scintillat
ing!" You think so? Well, as mat
ter of fact, that is not true; and every ex
pert will tell you so. The truth is, only
such experts can discern by mere inspec
tion the difference between a gem of the
first water and a good paste facsimile. As
a mere aesthetic question, the one is worth,
'to 99 out of 100 of us, every bit as much as
the other; and neither, to a man of real
taste, is worth a crooked sixpence.
HOW TO GET BID OF BATS.
Feed Them Dry Plaster or Parisjind it Will
' , Set In Their Stomachs.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The house of a St. Louis man wis recently
overrun with rats. He tried traps, but not
a rat did he catch. He placed poison where
the .rats could not fail to find it, bul the
pests refused to partake. At last he mixed
eornmcal and flourin equal parts and to the
mass" added a third of its weight of dry
plaster of paris, stirred in a little sugar to
sweeten it to taste, and set the pan contain
ing'it in the cellar, placed near by another
pan lull of water.
Thekthcory was that the rals would eat
abundantly of the cornmeal and plaster,
which would make them thirsty, then they
would go and drink, and the plaster they
had eaten would set and inspire them with a
yearning desire to die at the earliest oppor
tunity. The receipt worked' like a charm. ,
All 'night long he could bear the rats squeal
ing and fighting in the cellar for a chante to"
get to the meal pan, and ho chuckled to.
himself as he thought how miserable they
would be after their repast. In the morn
ing the dish was empty, the water was all
gone, mid he waited lor tne rats to die. He
had not long to wait. They died plentifully
enough, iind as time passed he knew from
the odors which arose from every wall and
floor that his experiment in rat killing had
succeeded. ' .
POISON OF THE TEETH.
Bltlns or the Finger Nails Is Likely to Be
ult in an Awfol Death.
Biting the nails is aq exceedingly dan
gerous practice, as the biter never knows
when to stop, and at any moment is liable,
to bite into "the quick" and cause blood"
poisoning. Even when the utmost care is
taken of the teeth, a poisonous secretion is
apt to collect on them, and the entrance of a
minute portion of this into the circulation
mav nmv Kortninlir fuLiI jut tri Tin nn a I
surgeon't scalpel.'
THE WEATHER.
QmM
lor "Western Tennfjlra
nia, tYett Virginia and Ohio:
Shoicert, irarmer, Variable
mnds.
Comparative Temperature.
riTTSBt-EG. June 30. The United States Signal
Service officer in tills city furnishes the following:
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8 pm 75 s O 8 TM G9 4
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4 s
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TEMPERATCBE ASD KAIXFALI..
Maximum temp M Mean temp 76. S
Minimum temp ealltalnfall 12
ltange 15
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
What Upper Gauges Show.
Allf.oiiexy Juucnov- Itivcr 12 feet 2 Inches
and rising. Cloudy and warm.
The .News From Itelow.
I,onsvts(:-RlYer falling: 7 fret 7 Inches in
canal,-.', feet 3 Inches on falls. 1 J feet 6! Inches at foot
of locks. Business good. Weather cloudy with,
rain.
New Orleans Clear and warm. Arrived and
departed Ollmore and b-irges, St. Louis; departed
City of Jfew Orleans, bt. Louis.
Cairo Arrired Cherokee. St. Txnts. Departed
Cherokee. Memphis. Elver ffl.8 fee.-, and falling.
Weather cloudv and warm.
Viieelijjo Jtlver S feet 6 inches and rising.
Departed Andes, Cincinnati; Bedford, l'lttsburg.
Weather cloudr.
Memphis Departed City of Hickman, for New
Orleans; Buckeyp State, for Cincinnati; Iron
Duke, for New Orleans; Joe Henry, lighter tender,
arrtv ed from New Orleans. Hirer IS feet, 9 inches
and falling. Clear and warm.
Gossip of the Levees.
The rivers presented quite an animated scene yes
terday.iwttli the smaller craft bringing down coal
for sbjftnent and the larger ones getting the tows
in shape for departure. The weather was some
what cooler. The marks show 8 feet 9 Inches and
rising. Keports from up the Allegheny river are
encouraging, aud at least two feet more water Is
etpectcd.
The Keystone Statp is due to-night.
The Courier arrived and departed for rarkern
burg List evening.
The C. W. liatchelor left at 5 o'clock yesterday,
with a fair trip, for Cincinnati.
TTIE Ben Hur is dne to-night from-Parkersburg,
and the Lizzie Bay from Charleston.
The Federal Club will give an excursion to its
friends on the Mayflower on next Wednesday
evening.
The owners nf fli. Mjivflnwor are not satisfied
'with their lauding place, and will endeavor In the
near luture to secure a oeuer one.
Miss McMastebs. stenographer for James A.
Henderson & Co., will go toldlcwlldnextweekfor
a month's rest and recuperation.
ABOCT 75 Italians went to Huntington, W. Va..
on the Batcliclor last evening, to work on a rail
road In the course of construction there.
THE different coal companies are hustling to have
their tows In shape fur departing by this morning.
Information was rather meager yesterday as to
what each boat would take, as a great deal wlU de
pend on the stage of water.
FoCRTEEV young ladles, ranging from 9 to- 15
years of agearrlved on the Andes from East Liv
erpool. They formed a regularlv organized brass
band, and played tog'ther In an admirable manner
for such a young lot of -musicians. They were
making the round trip from East Liverpool to Cin
cinnati. THE rivermen are all jubilant over the vetoing off
the Fllnn wharf bill by theOovernor. All the boats
In port yesterday had the national colors flying, as
a slgu of approval of the action of the Governor.
Numerous telegrams were sent by the rivermen,
congratulating the Governor on Ills action In the
matter.
A horse belonging to tho Bindley
Hardware
Comn
. and driven by James JIcFacfden. backed
off the Cincinnati wharflwat Into the river, and
nnanv.
the animal was drowned. The craneboat was used
in securing the wagon and rontcnts, which were
mostly saved, but iu a damaged condition. The
horse was valued at C0.
Ocean Steamship Arrivals.
Steamer. Where From. Destination.
Gellert Hamburg. New York.
Saruinian..
..Montreal Movllle.
Suevla ...
.New York.
Ilambnra.
Columbia...
Germanic ..
Werra
..New York...
.Liverpool....
..Bremen
....Hamburg.
....New York.
....NewYork.
....Queens town.
...Southampton.
...New York.
Hothnla..
.New York...
Elbe New York.,
EgyptlanMonarcb... London .....
MET WITH LEGAL 8NAGS.
Maiitha Gukkis was arrested last night for
striking Kate Gorman with a club.
Biix Keabxev was arrested yesterday for
conducting a speak-easy at 237 Webster ave
nue. E. M. Moeris was brought before 'Squire
Donovan v cstcrday for reckless driving in
the .East End.
Joseph IIartmas, of Fenn avenue, was ar
rested in Gusky's store last night for steal
ing a pair of stockings.
Peter Mcllioax, an old soldier, drew his
Sension money and got on a spree. He was
ned 15 and costs by Alderman Succop.
Da. F. F.-Lakofitt, of the First ward, was
lined $50 and costs yesterday by Magistrate
Gripp for disorderly conduct and contempt
of court.
Dvsiel II1XES was committed to Jail by
Alderman Uripp yesterday for trial at court
on a charge'of larceny, preferred by James
J. Grady.
JIebman Xoitst kz is in Jail under a charge
of felonious assault, preferred by William
Green before 'Squire William Robinson, of
Sharpsburg.
William Gordos was sent to Jail by Alder
man Gripp yesterday to answer a charge of
disorderly conduct, preferred against 'him
by Katie llughes.
Valextise Schecdeb was arrested yester
day and committed to Jail for a hearing to
morrow before Alderman "Hyndman on a
charge of stealing a coat from William
Jones, of Winslow street.
Charles Wilsox nnd John Williams, of
the Southside, were arrested yesterday at
the BaltimVire and Ohio engineers' picnic at
Glenwood Vor insulting ladies. They will
have a hearing this morning.
Mrs. Mary Alley's house, in the West End,
was raided by the police on Friday night.
Mis. Allen got live days to jail. Mamie Allen
30 davs to the workhouse, Blanch Davis paid.
$2" and.coats and Mary Steth $5 and costs.
Bersard Dessive was arrested yesterday
by Constable Sherry on a charge of assault
and battery preferred by Jacob Price before
Alderman Richards, In default of bail lie
was sent to Jail to await a hearing Tncsday.
wtnim Parker and Daniel Sullivan, both
about 12 years old, are charged with steal
in" the tools of an Italian shoemaker and
then trying to dispose of them to the orig
inal owner. They will be given a hearing
to-morrow.
Johtc Eotvarps was arrested last ev.ening
by Officer Svveitzer on a charge of being a
suspicions -person. Ha had two large re
volvers which he displayed in a reckless
manner among some children on "orth
Highland avenue. ,
Mike-Sweeset, James Dugan, nenry Hart
wick, James Hodgers aud William Barmetler
were arrested yesterday, charged with being
suspicious characters. The occasion of the
arrest was the theft of 12 eighths ot beer
irom F. M. Mullcr.
Assib PtARSOX made an information be
fore Alderman Richards, charging John W.
Fans with aggravated assault and battery,
claiming lie struck her over the head with a
beer bottle. Faas was sent to Jail in default
of bail for a hearing Tuesday.
ATOcso'man giving' his name as Jerry
Cook, who said he was from Brooklyn, N.
Y but seemed to know very little about
that place, was locked up in Allegheny last
night -as n suspicious character. When
scurched two pawn tickets, issued by New
York brokers for n watch and a coat.wero
found on him. He is about 19 years of age.
After the Squatters.
A number of squatters have settled on
Baltimore and Ohio land.-near Sand Patch.
Trtn rnfld ha sent engineers to measure the
ground and get rid ot the would-b owners.
' 7
A TREASURY DEFICIT.
Although More Apparent Than Real
' It Is Still Quite Serious.'
THE GOLD RESERVE TO BE USED
TThen the Deposits in National Banka
Secome Exhausted.
GREAT J3URDE.S IMPOSED BY CONGRESS
CTltOM A STAFr COBRESrOUDEXT. J
Washington; June 20. The apparent
deficit in the Treasury, according to the
statement of the Treasurer, is a theme for
no end of gossip. The Democratic poli
ticians in the city say: "I told you so,"
and the Republicans confess they don't like
to contemplate it. Of course, there is no
real fear that the Government will be seri
ously hampered for funds, but no person of
importance will risk a prediction as to where
the financial end of the national business
is going to land. Of course there is no
actual.dcficit as yet. If the receipts could
be counted up to the moment when th
Treasurer makes his statement, they would
be found to more than cover their expendi
tures, and back of that there is about ?23,
000,000 of deposits in banks that is avail
able; but where the rapid cutting down of
the surplus, aud the fact that the national
debt has been decreased less than three
millions during the last four months, are
contemplated, it-is easy to see that if this
policy is maintained the' Treasury must
needs soon run short of funds.
It was frankly admitted to the corre
spondent of The Dispatch to-day by a
high financial authority of the Treasury
that the employment of the gold reserve
was one of the probabilities of the near
future, following the exhaustion of the de
posits in national bank. With this condi
tion of things at the close of the first fiscal
year, which has had to bear the burden of
the increased appropriations and decreased
revenues of the Republican Congress elected
coincident with the election, after a four
years' interregnum of a Republican Presi
dent, the outlook at least gives assurance
that the Treasury authorities will have to
exhibit more shrewdness than has been de
manded for years to get safely out of this
financial entanglement.
With its vast surplus up to a vear or two
ago, thefinancial machine practically rjm of
its own impetus. Now the most consummate
management will be imperative, at least for
the next fiscal year, if the Treasury is not to
be entirely denuded of its wealth, and with
a void back of that and no source from which
it can be filled.
" Even should this happen, it is posible it
would be no vvorse than a passing injon
venience, but if those to whom money is due
from the Government be compelled to await
the shifts of another Congress, it will be a
severe' reflection on somebody, and it may
hit hard in politics where hard hits can least
be borne.
The Treasurer's statement issued this
morning, bearing date of the 18th inst.,
shows an overdraft of $34,733, against which
there are $23,287,167 on deposit in national
banks and 520,109,040 in fractional silver.
The apparent deficit is $100,000 less than
appeared in yesterday's statement. The
following statement shows the actual situa
tion to date: Available cash balance June
1, exclusive of deposits in national banks,
$10,138,473; receipts to June 20, $20,072,200;
total, $30,210,734; payments to June 30 (in
cluding $18,312,1.to for pensions),. $26,771,
800, leaving an available balance June 20 of
$3,438,934.
WHEEE PBOTECnOH FAILED.
Allegheny pplice Arrest a Constable Whits
Slaking a Raid.
A disorderly house conducted by 3Iay
Henry, at 96 Itiver avenue, Allegheny, was
raided last night and four women and six
men were captured. Among them was
William Robinson, constable of the Fourth"
ward.
Concerning the captnre. Chief 3furphy
said: "That man " illiam Robinson, we
hear, has been telling some of these people
that he would protect them from prosecu
tion. This woman is one who believed his
story, but-she is not the only one." Super
intendent Muth said almost the same thing,
adding that the department only heard of
the matter in the last few days. They
allowed Miss Henry to continue until she
would have a goodly lot of company, which
was last night, and the result of the wait
proved very gratifying.
HAD TOO MTJCH HOPE.
Two Men Arrested on Suspicion of Steal
ing lines From Oil Wells at Chartiars.
Detectives Langhorst and lvrman, of Al
legheny, yesterday arrested Porter Bowman
and Frank West on a charge of larceny.
The men were arrested in Gcrst alley and
had with them a wagon load of rope, be
lieved to have been stolen from abont oil
wells in Charticrs.
A short time agqC. Kohlc, of Jack's .Run,
had a lot of rope "and material stolen from
him. He reported the matter to the police;
and Detectives Langhorst. and JCornroan
located the stolen goods -in the junk shop of
Moritz Strcng in Gerst alley. Yesterday
Bowman and West drove up to Streng s
with another load of rope, ana Streng iden
tified them as the men who had sold him the
articles stolen from Kohle. They were ar
rested and lodged in the lockup.
PRURITUS 15 YEARS
Under Doctor's Treatment Fonr Different
Times. No Relief Whatever.
Cured by Cntlcura.
I have used the CimcuRA Remedies and found
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9th St. and 1st Avenue, New York.
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