rORT-SESTH YEAR Alabama Takes the EirstJ Place Long Held l)y Pena sylyaiiia in the PB0DUCT1M OF IBOtf ORE The Important Advance Announce ment Made by Census Superin tendent Porter. KO LOSS TO THE KEYSTONE STATE J IVMcb. Xotc Naturally Takes Tip MoreEx-, tensively the Manufacture of the Advanced Products, GREAT rEOGEESS OP THE NEW SOUTH. That Section Is Sow lTodncing as Much Iron Ore and Soil -Coal as the Entire Country Twenty Tears Ago. TEE THEEE MIGHTY CESTEES OF THE FCTCEE' rSrECTAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Washington, June 24. "Within a week the Census office will issue a bulletin for iron ore which will be perhaps one of the most remarkable as-well as one of the most suggestive public documets ever issued. For the first time in the history of the. country Alabama will change places with Tcnnsylvania ns producing more iron ore in ISM than the old Keystone State. This significant statement means nothing more nor less than that the South will be the future iron producing center of the "Tnitcd States, and as a corollary to the above statement in no part of the United States has the industrial progress been more satisfactory than in the South, which dem onstrates that the material development in the States south of the Mason and Dixon line has been such as to not only challenge but attract the attention of the world. The Cliange of Twenty Tears. Said Superintendent Porter when inter viewed on the subject: "Yes, it is a fact that our statistics will Ehow the South to be producing as much iron ore now as the whole country produced in 1870. And the same is true as regards pig iron and bitu minous coaL In my opinion the changes that will come about within the next few months in the manufacture of iron will make the South the great iron producing region cXtlie United States. "This will not affect Pennsylvania, for we have abundant proof that in all these'migra tions (so-called), the old center takes up an other class of manufactures, which is gener ally aa advanced product of the same article. In England the old centers of iron manufactures were Sheffield and Birming ham, but when South "Wales and Barrow took the lead the former cities engaged in the production of steel and other things." Great Centers of the Future. "The three future centers of iron manu facture will be Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast; Birmingham, East Tennessee and 2?orth Carolina in the South; and the Pitts burg region in the Korth. Schooled in ad versity the South is already beginning to realize the blessings that follow from turning the sword into a 'plowshare; and the truth of President Harrison's statement in his in augural address is now most apparent, that the emancipation proclamation was heard in the dark depths of the earth as well as the cerulean depths of the sky." To fully comprehend the remarkable change that will be announced by the forthcoming bulletin it is necessary to re member that in 1880, ten years ago, Penn sylvania produced 2,18o,675 tons of iron ore, against a production of 191,G7(; in Alabama, being nearly 12 times as much in the Kcy Etone State as in its Southern rival. In 180 Michigan was the second State with 1,837,712 tons and Xew York third with 1,262,127, while Alabama was seventh on the list, and a poor seventh at that. Some Very Significant Statistics. In 1880 there nere only 17 establishments in Alabama as against 358 in Pennsylvania; n'liti the capital invested wn9 5536,442 in the former State and $17,621,701 in the latter. The total number of persons employed in Alabama ten years ago Mas only 738, and the total of -wages paid amounted to just $123,342. This great change is likely to pave tbe way for others. There can no longer be a conflict of interests between the country bordering on the lakes and that which touches the gulf. It will be strange indeed if this new industrial giant docs not force some political upheavals in the near future. Certain it is that any legUlation benefiting ordamaging Pennsylvania must hereafter be felt in Alabama. BRINGING DOWN THE BAIN. An Experiment With a Balloon That Re sulted In a Good Shower. WASiustCTOsr, June 24. The last agricul tural appropriation act contained an appro priation of $7,000 to bo used in experiments In the production of rainfall. Tho Depart ment is now about to embark in these ex periments, having prepared to test practi callj the theory that heavy explosions cause rainfall. Last evening a preliminary trial was made, and a balloon sent up was exploded with great violence amid the clouds. Whether the downpour of rain later in the evening was caused by tbe explosion remains to be determined, and the Department will try the experiment on a larger scale. THE NATION'S FINANCES. A Net Balance of S1,5G0,S71 Shown by the Treasurer's Last Statement. Washington Juno 24. The United States Treasurer's statement issued to-day shows a cosh balance of $41,507,793, of which there is on deposit in national banks $22,793,487, and nfv Inch there is m fractional silver $20,147, 131, making a total of $42,911,221, leaving a net, balance of $1,500,571. AN IMP0ETED SCOTCHMAN. TheMan Who Brought Him Over to This Country Will Be Frosecuted. Washington, June 2L Acting on Informa tion that .William McDowell, a native of Scotland, came to this country under eon tract with James McBcadie, proprietor of I the Fountain'Creamery at Earlville, 111., In violation of the alien contract labor law. Assistant Secretary Nettlcton has instructed the Superintendent of Immigration at New Tt ork to detain him as a witness against Mc Readlo for violation of that la w, and to con fer with the United States Attorney at New 1 ork in itjgard to the case. MOEE SILVER DOLLARS. The Treasury Department WW Probably Continue the Coinage of Them. Aestnuthority that the only financial ques tion to bo considered by the Cabinet at its "tegular meeting Friday is whether tho coin age of standard silver dollars shall be con tinned after the 1st prox and that data on that subject is now prepared at the Treasury Department for the information and guid ance of the President and his advisers. A ncntmlnT rnmmnnirjitlrma nn flila cni- Hect have been received at the Department aumu ib uecume Known inai mo financial Secretary was serionsly considering such a policy. Alareemaloritvof them favor the proposition and the only onos so far re ceived opposing itj came from certain bank ers in New York. While there is consid erable diversity of opinion as to the advisa bility of such a course, the nrovaillne senti- ment with leading Treasury officials is that, it wm ue auopteu. IOWA IS INUNDATED. THREE CLOUD-BURSTS CARRY AWAT 70 CHEROKEE HOUSES. The Loss of Life Unknown Unparalleled Destruction of Railroad and Telegraph Property Hundreds of Acres of Crops Under Water A Tornado Levels 15 Houses. Chsroeek, Ia., June 24. Tho horrors of tbe Johnstown flood w ere, in part, repeated in this place to-day. Seventy-flvo houses have been carried out of sight in a Niagara-ltko torrent. How many lives have been lost is yet a matter of uncertainty. A terrific cloud-burst, thrice repeated, and wind amounting almost to a nurricane, are what consummated the dread work. The storm.which began last night, appears to have swept in a vast circle over north western Iowa fully 100 miles in diameter, with Cherokee as tho center. Most of the destruction in Chcrokeo was wrought by the extraordinary rise in the Sioux river result ing from the tremendous downpour of water. Some idea of the immensity and sud denness of the fiood can be inferred from the fact that it easily carried off the big truss bridge on which the Illinois Central Railroad crossed the river, and with the bridge 400 feet of trestle of the approach. The Illinois Central rails are underwater continuously for many miles on the Onawa Branch, and the havoo both to roadway and bridges is something seldom paralleled. Tho storm extended from Storm Lake to Le Mars, n distance of fid miles. All the towns are considerably damaged. Four persona were drowned at Correctionville. Therail road depot at Calumet was blown down and much damage to town property is reported. Sutherland, O'Brien county, a small station on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, five miles from Calumet, is reported to have been wiped out, over -40 buildings being blown down. The wires are all down and it is impossible to obtain accurate information, except through the reports transmitted to the railroad officials. A dispatch from Sioux City says: Tho ter rible rains of last night and this morning have almost devastated this portion of Iowa. No roads are running trains from this city east. The Floyd river valley is in undated for 35 miles north of this city. Many houses in Le Mars are flooded over the first floors, while the towns of MerriU,IUnton and James are completely submerged. Five miles of tracks on each of the Illinois Cen tral, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, and Sioux City and Northern are flooded north of this city with bad wash outs, and thousands of acres of crops are under water. The manufacturing towns of Leeds, Lynn and Levistown are In tho course of an ap proaching fiood on the Floyd river and will bo submerged by morning. To-night hun dreds oflaimlics on the Floyd river and in this citv are morinir out on to hizher grounds. Reports froin South Dakota are that the Vermillion river is out of Jts habloij auu uuvuiu luuuMUiu ui nunn ui gluvrius grain. A tornado at Sutherland last night at 7 o'clock destroyed 15 dwellings, four ware houses, several barns and the Chicago and Northwestern freight depot. Tho peoplo took to caves and no one was injured. All bridges wero washed away. DESPERATE CONVICTS. DIsco ery of a riot for a General Uprising at San Quentin .Prison. tSrECTAL TELEOIIAM TO THE DISPATCH. San Francisco, June 24. Warden Hale, of San Quentin Prison, is taking -great precin-, tions to prevent an uprising of convicts, of which he has recently been warned. It seems that a few days ago" 17 Winchester rifles, with ammunition, were found secreted in the prison grounds, and several other rifles, as well as bundles of civilians' clothes were discovered in bushes near the old county road that runs by one corner of tho prison. The directors decided to clo6e up this road, to increase the stringency of in spection and to limit visits to prisoners. All visitors not personally known or introduced will have to nndergo a search. From what officers have learned It is plain a score or more of desperate convicts formed a plan to break jail, as was done about ten years ago, when a number of prisoners seized the warden and used him as a shield to prevent tho guards from firing on them. At that time over a dozen men escaped and only two were caught. San Quentin is situ ated on a peninsula and is easily guarded, but if n desperate man once gets b'cyond the immediate vicinity of the prison Jie can es cape easily, provided he has a chango of clothes, as the mountains ot Marin and Sono ma counties afford a safe shelter from pur suit. FIGHT OVES A BODY. Religion and Law Mixed Up In Queer Equity Suit in Rhode Island. tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l Providence, Juno 24. A novel case was heard in an equity suit in the Supremo Court this morning, and one which involves tho ownership and proper place of burial of a dead body. Mr. nnd Mrs. Thomas F. Hackett resided in the town of War wick. He had been born and reared a Roman Catholic and she was a Baptist. When the young husband died Hackett's father, ti ho is a Catholic, provided tho fu neral expenses. Prior to the removal of the remains from the house, Mrs. Hackett sent for a clergyman of her own belief, who con ducted services. Then the relatives of tho husband took tho body In charge and tho re mains were interred in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery. Srx months later tho father of the young man alleges the wife surreptitiously removed the body and took it to Pawtuckett, where it -n as buried in Rl vorslde Ccmeterv, bclong inc to a Protestant corporation. !f lie father thereupon brought suit. Tho court ruled that the bill was improperly drawn in that it placed the responsibility for the exhum ation of the body upon the Riverside Burial Society, whereas that corporation had noth ing to do with that act. The court allows counsel to amend the bill. NEW HAVEN OFFICIALS FEEE. All Manslaughter Indictments but One Dismissed, and an Acquittal on That. New York; June 24. In the trial of the President and Directors of the New York and New Haven Railroad, for causing the death of the persons killed In the tunnel ac cident by disregarding the law In regard to car heating, counsel for the defendants moved to dismiss the indictments. Judge Van Brunt said he was satisfied that no man could be made to vicariously suffer, and con cluded his remarks by ordering the dis missal of the indictments against all the de fendants except President Clark. At 9 o'clock this evening the jury, after consideration, acquitted President Clark also. CHILEAN ENVOYS ABBIVE. They WiU Try to Induce Uncle Sam to Recognize the Insurgent Government. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, June 24. Pedro Montt, Antonio Varas, and Jose M. St. Cruz, representatives of the Constitutional, or insurgent party of Chile, arrived to-day on the steamship City of Para from Valparaiso. Their mission here is to try to induce the United States Govern ment to recognjze the Constitutional party anditsgovernmoatr the real governmeat or Chile Mr. Montt said that beforo he made a public statement ho wished to read what had been printed here. lie said ho was the representative of the legal government of Chile, which now had its headquarters at Iquique. The Constitutional government was per fectly organized, he said, with its Congress, and at present it was being managed by a Chamber of Deputies elected by the people, itesrardlng the report that President Balma ceda had decided he could raise $l!,O00,0M by direct taxation to carry on the war. ho said that if Balmacoda does such a thing it would be a good thing for tha Constitutional party, for the people, when they were taxed, would soon tiro of the Balmaceda roign. A YOUNG HERO'S DEATH. DEOWSED WHILE ATTEMPTING SAVE A SERVANT GIRL. TO His Parents Stand by "With Anguished ncarts and See Hint Drown A Noble Effort at Lire-Saving Another Young Man Almost Loses His Life. SPECIAL TELEOEAM TO THE DISPATCIt. Loxo Branch, June 24. Frederick Brokaw, the eldest son of Isaac W. Brokaw, tho mill ionaire clothier, and Annio Doyle, tho dress ing maid of Mrs. Simon Hess, of New York, were drownd at Elberon this evening. Tho parents of young Brokaw were witnesses of his brave attempt to rescue ,the girl and saw him perish. This evening, shortly after 4 o'clock, while young Brokaw and young Dr. Ferris, of Philadelphia, who was his guest at his father's villa in the upper part of Elberon, wero lolling on the beach, three female servants of Mrs. Hesi, who lives in the second cottage from Mr. Brokaw's, went in bathing. The girls were Annie Doyle, Mrs. Hess" maid; Maggie Birsch and Julie Torpie, two servants. Tho three girls ran out into the water and swam out about 80 yards, when they en countered a dangerous double current. The current swept them from their feet and they ere borne rapiary seawnra. a uey screameu wildly for help. Brokaw and Dr. Fen-is sprang np, threw off their coats and ran to a surf boat which lay on the beach near them. There were no oars In it. Without a mo ment's delay they ran back and plunged boldly into the water. James Bradley, a native of Long Branch, launched a Ashing boat from the loot of Lake Tackanassee and pulled out to where tho girls were. Dr. Ferris reached Maggie Birsch and held her head above the water until Bradley reached them with his boat The couple sank twice, when Bradley caught them and with great difficulty pulled them into the boat. Ho was about to row over to young Brokaw, who had reached Annie Doyle, when, to tho horror of the spectators who had gathered on the beach and bluff, his boat was overturned and ho and the two persons he had rescued were left struggling in the big waves. Then came a wave Digger than the rest, and the young man and his burden went down. Tho anguish of the parents was pitiful to see. Mrs. Brokaw wept wlldly-whllo her husband tore at his hair. Dr. Ferris was nearly lifeless when he was lifted from tho boat and carried into the Brokaw cottage. ' Mr. Brokaw offered $1,000 reward to the man -n ho recovers his son's body from the water. Young Brokaw was a student at Princeton College, and was to be graduated next year. He took an active interest in all sports. AN UNWILLING S0LDIEB. The Captain of a British Steamer Forced Into the Ranks at Buenos Ayres. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH. Baltimore, June 24. Captain Kenneth Fritcbard, of the British steamship Tangier, which arrived to-day from St. Jogo do Cuba with iron ore, had a stirring adventure while his Vessel was off Buenos Ayres. Tho trouble, which it was thought had been set tled, broke out again while the Tangier was in the roads, 10 miles from the olty, and the captain, attracted by the firing, went ashore and began strolling toward the arsenal. He bad not gotten far before he was captured by two soldiers and led at the point of the bayonet, to the arsenal. He w as given a Winchester rifle, and by command of the officers lb charge was compelled to Join the warlike crowd. 'Without much complaint, but with a great deal of nervous dissatisfaction, he began popping away at overy object in tho shape of a man who passed within range of the arsenal. He finally escaped. Tho captain has not found out yet whether ho was a Fed eral soldier or a rebel. L0VEBS DIE TOGETHER. A Silly Pair Swallows Poisoned Soda Water From the Same Bottle. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. MrrroLETOWw, N. T., June 24. A pair of young lovers, despondent and at cross pur poses In their wooing, sought death together at an early hour this morning. The young man Is already dead and the young woman can hardly live through the night. Herman Hornleln was an intelligent young German, who had been seven years In this country. The young man had been for two years a favored lover of Jessie Gibbons, a plump nnd pretty dining room girl at the Russell House, lie became Jealous and pro duced a package of rough on rats and poured the deadly drug into a soda water Dottle. She remonstrated with him, assuring him tlia ttheconductof which he complained was merely an Idle flirtation, and that her heart was true to him. Ho persisted in his purpose and challenged her to prove her constancy by dying with htm. She consented, nnd at about midnight they drank the deadly mix ture from the soda water bottle in alternate draughts. FBENCHY NO. 1 ON TBIAL. Tho Prisoner Assumes a Cool, Confident Manner in the Court Room. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, Jnno 24. George Frank, other wise called Ameer Ben All, and known as "Freuchy No. V was.put on trial to-day for tho murder of Carrie Brown, othorwlso known as "Shakespeare," in the East River Hotel on the night of April 24. George Frank, the prisoner, did not ap- 5ear to bo tho cowed, lrlendless foreigner, mlf dead with fright, who was brought down to the General sessions building thrco days after his arrest. He appeared to have got over all of his fright, and ho sauntered up the alslo to tho bar with head erect and a calm, confident expression on his thin, yel low face. Tho entire session was consumed in tho eflbrt to got a Jury. THE CHRONIC INSANE ASYLUM. A Site Will Soon Be Selected and the Build ing Be Ready in Three Years. SPECIAL TELERBAM TO TnE DISPATCH. PniLADrLrHiA, June 24. Mr. James B. Scott; of Pittsburg, attended a meeting of tho State Board of Public Cliaritios, of which body ho is a member, in this city to-day. Ho feels especially happy over the Governor's signature to tho $500,000 appropriation bill for an asylum for chi-onlo insane, and tho Board will shortly have the subject of loca tion beforo It. The idea is to agree upon a site that will be easily accessible from all parts of tho State, and to this end tho mem bers may visit Altoona, Reading, Williams port and other centers. Tho asylum will be ready Inside of three years and, when built, will gieatlv relieve bimilar Institutions at Warren, Dixmont, Harrisburg, Danville and Norrlstown, now greatly overcrowded. CONNECTING WITH JEBSEY. Progress on the Work for the Bridge Unit ing New York and Jersey City. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, June 24. The latest step in the progress of tho work of connecting Now York and Jersey City by means of a bridge adequate for tho handling of tho passenger and mall and express traffic landed on the west shore of North river, is the completion of plans for a Union depot, to bo erected on tho west side of Broadw uj v It will be tho terminus of the projected eight-track bridge. It is to bo somowhat like the St. Pancras station, London. It is 400 feet wido and 1.S0Q feet long. African Bishops In Council. Chicago, June 21. The semi-annual coun cil of tho Bishops of tho African M. E. Church met here to-dny. This body repre sents the largest organization of African Methodists In the world. It was organized in 1787 and now has a membership of 500 000. The United Slates, Canada, British West iuuics, .uaiw, ouil AJoumigo anu parts ox ai Eica are included. IOWA NOW A. PIVOT. The Democrats Benominate Governor Boies and Talk of 1892. FEEE WHISKY AND FEEE SILVER. Campbell States That He Will Never Betire From the Ohio Contest. THE RIVALRY H THE STATE LEAGUE OTTnMWA,lA., June 24. What Is probably destined to be the most decisive campaign ever waged for political supremacy In the State of Iowa was opened to-day, when the. Chairman wrapped to order 1,000 of the most enthusiastic Democrats ever assembled In convention in tho Hawkeyo State. Should the Democrats carry the State and re-elect Governor Boies, the claim of Iowa of a pivotal State in the great national campaign of next yearwill be too well established to be disputed, even by tbe Republicans, and the voice of the Hawkeye State will, consequent ly, be a power in the coming National Con ventions. Both parties aro entering on tho present campaign with equal confidence. The Dem ocrats have one point of vantage: Governor Boies- was renominated by acclamation, while there Is sharp rivalry for the Republi can Gubernatorial nomination, and some bitterness may bo engendered in the ranks of that party. Added to this is tho further advantage that tho Democrats, by declaring for tho repeal of the prohibitory liquor law, have attracted the almost solid support of the enemies of prohibition, while the prohi bition vote is divided between tho Repub lican and Prohibition parties, the latter hav ing recently nominated a full party ticket. Tho convention was opened by prayer by Rev. J. Hi Lloyd, of Wapello county, whose Invocation that the convention might be in spired iy the sentiment of that grand-man who declared that "a public office is a public trust" was cheered by tho delegates at the conclusion of tho prayer. , Tho Renomlnation of Governor Boies. It was Colonel Charles A. Clark, of Cedar Rapids, who was allotted the honor of plac ing in nomination HonjHaraco Boies for a second Gubernatorial term. At tho conclu sion of Colonel Clark's brilliant address the most cnthnsiastlo Incident of tbe day occurred. Just as the final words wore uttered an invisible device from behind the scenes was touched and a huge banner sud denly dropped into sight displaying tho por trait and familiar features of Governor Boles. The effect was Instantaneous upon the audience. One mighty cheer arose, and as Colonel Clark turned with a graceful gesture to the portrait and said: "Demo crats, salute your chief," the enthusiasm was almost without bounds. Mayor Ficke, of Davenport, seconded tho nomination of Governor Boies, and in allud ing to the Iowa leader as one who was des tined to a place on tho national ticket again arousod tho deafening enthusiasm of the convention. Senator J. H. Shields, of Du buque, la., who had tho honor of first nomi nating Boles for the Governorshlptwo years ago, also seconded the nomination. "There will be a Presidental election in 1892," said he in conclusion, "and who Is there to say that ho who has carried his followers to tho verge of the promised land may not then carry his followors to the very heart of it! You know what I mean." Prolonged ap plause. Any Amount of Enthusiasm. Somebody moved that Governor Boies bo declarod the nominee by acclamation. "Let everybody arise," said tho Chairman. Simultaneously, L5C0 cheering, nntcrrified Democrats arose to their feet, and even the ladles in the boxes caught the enthusiasm bvrislntrnnd wavinir their fans and hand. kerchiefs. Tho band struck np "Auld Lang Svnn" null tho nTin onnnftin i.n t nt thn rh4. man that Boles was tho unanimous nomfneo of tho convention, was never heard amid tho cheers whicli tho familiar melody called forth. The ticket was completed with Samuel T. Bestow, of Chariton, for Lieuten ant Governor: T. G. Klnne. of Tome county, for Supreme Judge; J. B. Knoepler, Superin tendent of Public Institution, and Peter A. Dey for Railroad Commissioner. The greatest interest was manifested in tho report of the commltteo on resolutions, that the platform, as finally presented, con tained tho silver clause of last year and was unanimously adopted without discu&sion. Some of the new planks aro as follows: "Wo demand the repeal of tho prohibitory liquor law, and in tho interests of true tem perance we favor the passage of a carefully guarded license tax law which shall provide tor the issuance of licenses in towns, town ships and municipal corporations and which shall provide for each license an annual tax of $500 to bo paid into the County Treasury nnd such further tax as the town, township or municipal corporation shall provide, the proceeds thereof Ho go to the use of such municipalities. Want 'Senators Elected by the People. "Wo are In favor of the election of United States Senators by a direct voto of the peoplo, and until an amendment to tho National Constitution can bo secured requiring their election by such direct vote, their nomina tion by State conventions or individual preference Wo hold in detestation the alarming corruptions which are so wide spread In Senatorial elections by State Leg- lsiatures, ana wmen nave ueioatea tne win of the peoplo in the United States Senate- as now constituted. "We relterato our demand of one year ago for the free coinage of silver, and that It be mado full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and denounce ns unjust and dishonest tho provision of tho law recently enaoted allowing parties to stipulate against payment in silver and silver certificates, thus setting up one standard for the creditor and another fordebtor, one for the poorman and another for the rich man. "We denounco the McKlnloy bill, the motives of its authors nndMefendcrs, nnd the theory under which it is submitted for the approval of the American people. We demand equal opportunities for every sec tion of our country and for every citizen, and wCinslat that every oppressive feature of the tariff bo eliminated to the end that our merchant mnrinejnny be restored to the sea and tho markets of tho world opened to the producing classes. Tho sugar bounty Is not tariff. It Is spoliation of treasury for special classes and Interests which are no more entitled to bo aided by tho Govern ment than the farmers of Iowa in raising hoss and corn, or tho pioneer settlers of the frontier in their hardships and sufferings as tho vanguard of civilization. "We denounce the wastoful and lavish ap propriations of the last Congress, which, In time of profound peace, expended an amount equal to one-third the total public debt Incurred in four years of unparalleled war for tho preservation of tho Union." EX-FBESIDENT CLEVELAND'S S0EE0W. He Deems the Death of Ex-Senator McDon ald a Blow to His Party. iKDiANAroLis, June 2L A letter from ex President Clovoland.'Written from Buzzard's Bay, Mass., before Mr. McDonald's death, was received yesterday. Among other things Mr. Cleveland sold: "I have been very much afflicted by the news I receive through tho press regarding tho critical condition of Mr. McDonald. My conviction is that the country and our party need more tlian ever such men as he, and my affection for him as a friend tends to make me ex tremely anxious aid disturbed by the re ports of his dangerous illness. "I think no one of his attached personal friends more fervently prays for his recov ery than I. If you can do so I wish you would convey to him tho assurances of my affection and my earnest hope that he may be spared for further usefulness, and the further enjoyment by his friends of his man liness, fidelity and generosity." v MICHIGAN'S FIEST CHOICE. Senator Stockbrldge Says tho State Is for tho Man From Maine. Chicago, June 24. "Blaine Is tho choice of Michigan," said Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan, in an interview this afternoon. "He also Is the choice of the Republican party at large. It only remains for him to signify his willingness to accept the nomina tion, and upon the completion of the first ballot In the National convention he will re ceive it. He may not now want it, but I think that ho will see that his party wants him and that he will then accent ." J, If Secretary Blaine should refuse the nom- ination, the Senator thinks President Harri son will he renominated. Sonntor Stock bridge Is of the opinion that the next Housq will pass a freo colnago bill and that the Sonato will probablydo likewise, but be lieves that the" President will veto the measure. FACTIONS KEPT APART. THE OHIO DEMOCRATIC STATE COM MITTEE MEET'IN QUIET. July 14 and IB Fixed on as tho Time for the Convention at Cleveland Campbell WU1 Not Withdraw Charges of Fraud at Cincinnati. ' f (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Colcmbus, June 24. By tight squeezing and every avenue of approach guarded, the Democratic State Central Committee suc ceeded to-day in keeping within bounds to a respectable degree the fight which has been raging between the Neal land Campbell ele ment. Quite a number of Democrats came toflty in the expectation of a fight, but they were.in a measure disappointed by the pre cautions taken to not have nny one present except members of the committee. The first question decided was the place for holding the convention, and this was disposed of in short order by tho solectlOn of Cleveland. The Neal men originally favored Cleveland, and it would seem they secured tho location. July 14 and IS was agreed to by a unanimous vote. The basis of apportionment was fixed on the voto of last fall cast for Secretary of State. This will give Hamilton county 69 delegates In stead of 82. Allen W. Thurman was selected Temporary Chairman by a unanimous vote of the committee A report was current that before the con vention meets Campbell and Neal will with draw In favor of some candidate who can nnlte the factions. Dungan, who was elected to Congress in tho Thirteenth district last fall, said he thought some such compromise would bo effected. "I would not be surmised in the least," said he, "if both Campbell and Neal retired by mutual agreement and John A. McMahon, of Dayton, or Samuel F. nunt, of Cincinnati, were chosen to bring about peace." Governor Campbell was asked if there was any truth In tho rumor. Said he: "I am In the contest to stay, and no such agreement will ever be made on my part. I do not know what Mr. Neal's intentions are, but it would not surprise me If he withdraws, for I think ho is pretty well out of the race now. I will have 600 votes In tho convention, and will be nominated. It makes no difference to mo what part Hamilton county takes either for or against me. I am able to get along wlthoutlts assistance." Sensational charges of corruption at the Cincinnati primaries last Saturday are made in a letter from a well-known Hamilton county Democrat, which was received at tho Governor's office this morning. The writer, who is a man of unquestioned integrity, says: "A delegate in Ward 19 told me yester day he never saw such repeating at any elec tion before In his life. He said he knew of 82 fraudulent votes being cast in that ward, nnd a largo number of men whom he had known for years as Republicans voted there that day. If the same methods were resorted to in other wards the opposition to Governor Campbell in Hamilton county is not very alarming." CHEERED BY A LETTER. IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH TO MAKE ROBINSON JUBILANT. A Missive From Pittsburg Encourages Him to Believe That He Has a Walkover in the State League An Attack on Dal zcll. SrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE CISFATcn. Philadelphia, June 2 J. Congressman Jack Robinson and those in this city who aro booming him for President of the Republi can State Lcaguo wero jubilant to-day over tho latest developments in the contest be tween their favorite and Congressman John Dalzell, of Pittsburg. The cause of their re joicing was the receipt by Mr. Robinson of a number of letters from Pittsburg, which the Senator-Congressman's friends declared to-uight indicates that Allegheny county has wavered in its support ofDalzoll, and that Robinson will receive the votes of nearly if not quite a majority of the delc' gatesto tho League Convention in Scranton next September from tho clubs west of the Alleghentes. Congressman Robinson said to-night that most of tho information that he had received on the subject was of a pri vate character from trusty lieutenants who wero looking after his interests In the West ern part of the State, but ho exhibited a let ter from A. F. Barchfeld, n prominent Re publican worker of Pittsburg, who is a mem ber of the Republican State Committee, to show that tho sentiment of the members of the Republican clubs In that city is by no means unanimous In favpr of the Pittsburg candidate. x Mr. Barchfeld's letter, which is a long one, pledges tho writer's loyalty to Roblnton and assuies him that Dalzell Is not as popular in that locality ns his friends would havo the Eastern people believe. "The people in this county," tho letter says, "are not n unit for Dalzell bv any means, nor do I believe that ho will havo a majority of the delegates from tho clubs in this vicinity." Mr. Barch feld then refers to tho reports of Dalzell's solidity in his own territory as "a game of bluff," and then goes on to say: "I was al ways an ardent admirer of Dalzell until the last campaign, when he ceased to bo a Re publican. Since that time I have had no use Tor him within the party lines. I know that in tho last campaign tor Governor he was frequently importuned by Mr. FMnn and others to make one speech, simply a Repub lican speech, religiously refraining from the use of thestandard-bearer'sname. Although a candidate for re-election to Congress him self, he would not do It. I say wo have too many good men in the party who should bo recognized without going outsldo the party to choose a" man to elect President of the Republican State Lcaguo." THE SITUATION IN OHIO Talked Over at a Conference Held by Brlce, Gorman, Lnmont and Others. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TOSrilE DISPATCH.! New Yoke, Juno 24. There was an inter esting conference last evening at the Man hattan Club. Tho participants wore Senator Calvin Stewart Brice, Senator Arthur P. Gor man, J. J. Hill, of St. Paul, and Colonel Dan iel S. Lamont. Senator Gorman arrived in town in tho afternoon and went to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel Brice arrived at about tho same time from Ohio and had a long talk with the Marylandcrs. Mr. Hill aisojoineu me conierence. It was learned that Colonel Lamont was expected to be present. Ho had been tclo graphed for nt his father's home at McGraw vllle. Colonel Lamont arrived In the even ing and went to the Hoffman House. The Ohio situation was tho main topic of dis cussion. SENATOR GEOEGE'S STAND. He Comes' Out in Favor of the Ocala Plat form. With a Few Exceptions. CAJfTOX, Miss., June 21. The JMssiuippian, a leading State Democratic organ, will pub lish to-morrow a seven column letter from Senator George, in which he comes out squarely in favor of the Ocala platform, ex cepting as to tho sub-treasury and land loan features and Government ownership of rail road and telegraph linos. With these exceptions ho takes advance ground in advocacy of the Alliance de mands, and his letter will cause a sensation throughout the State. It was submitted last evening to Colonel Livingston, of Georgia, tho leading Southern Alliance man, who said it was a wonderful exposition of the Ocala demands, and would placo Senator Gcorgo In a strong light before tho Alliance. AFTEE LEGISLATIVE H0N0ES. Two Braddock Men Will Strive for the Republican Nomination. SPECIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! BiiADDOCK, June 24. Braddock aspirants for legislative honors are springing up, and already there are t o who have announced that they are desirous of entering the House of Representatives next year. AV. J. Vance and 'Squire F. E. Edwards will enter the Republican Legislative Con vention to contest for the nomination. Mr. Vance holds a responsible position at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works. Australian Election Results. Svdnev, N.S. W., June 21. Of 107 election results now known, 45 are, in favor of Minis terial candidates, 36 in favor of opposition candidates, 23 In favor, of labor candidates, and 3 in fa or of independent candidates. SOME TALL SWEAMG. Wanamaker Stated on Oath. That He Never Owned Keystone Stock. OTHEBS TESTIFY THAT HE DID, And Produce Documents That Seem to Prove Their Assertions. MONET BOBEOWED OX BOGUS SHABES ' ( SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, Juno 24. Somo of the proceedings-to-day of the Councils Committee which is investigating the affairs of the col lapsed Keystone National Bank and the looted City Treasury will prove mighty in teresting reading to Tostmaster General John Wanamaker and his friends, as well as to the pftbltc generally. It will be remem bered that Mr. Wanamaker swore positively that he was never a stockholder of the Key stone National Bank, that he only held stock of tho bank as collateral and that his only relation to that bank was that of its profit able customer. This testimony Is, so far as appears now, flatly contradicted by the evidence pro duced before the oommittce to-day. The al leged overissue of stock, amounting to 2,516 shares, which Postmaster General Wan amaker held as collateral at the time the bonk closed was the subject of inquiry, when the committee called Receiver Robert M. Yardlcy to the stand during the investiga tion this afternoon. Mr. Yardley had brought the papers with him and read to the com mittee tho numbers of -tho certificates, the number of shares, to whom they wero issued and whcn.together with the date of transfer Stocks Issued to John Wanamaker. On the back of each of these certificates National Bank Examiner Drew had on March 28 written his receipt to Lawyer Huoy ns counsel for the Lucas estate, and when Receiver Yardley had taken them, he had given a Hko receipt to Mr. Drew. As soon as the certificates had been completely identified at the alleged overissue, Mr. Ettingasked: "Was any stock overissued to JohnWnnamaker." "Yes," replied Mr. Yardley, "the stock bookshops a total of 2,025 shares Issued to him." Then taking up tho stock book he read off the various issues. No. 445 for 200 shares, is sued to John Wanamaker on March 3, 1838, and signed by John C. Lucas, President, and Gideon W. Marsh, Cashier, had been can celed by running a pen through the two signatures and then drawing a pen obliquely across the face of the certiticate. The stub contained tho memorandum: "209 sliares to John Wanamaker, March 3,1886." Tho stub, however, did not bear Mr. Wanamaker's re ceipt nor was the blank power of attorney on the back signed. Nos. 446, 417, 448 and 449 for 200 shares each, all issued on March 3, 1886, were in the same condition, except that No. 448 had been can celed In tho regular way by cutting out the signatures of tho president and cashier. These- had novcr been taken from tho stock book. No. 453, for 200 shares issued to Wana maker on February 10, 18s6, was regularly signed by Lucas and Marsh, and the power of attorney in blank was signed by John Wanamaker. William Rankin witness. There wasno mark of cancellation on this certificate. A Certificate With His Signature. No. 454, issued the same day for 200 shares, was signed by John Wanamaker and wit nessed by William Rankin, but it had been regularly canceled by the cutting out of Lucas and Marsh's signatures. No. 452 was in all respects like the last, as was also 453. In this case, however, the stub memorandum noted that 200 shares were issued on Febru ary 10,1886, to "J. W." No. 451 was mado out regularly in the same day, and was signed by John Wanamaker with "Will iam- JUUiAlU. I V.1LI1C39, UUb -WQ stnb was marked "454, 200 shares to J. W." This difference in tho number of the stub and the certificate Mr. Yardley was un able to oxplaln. The last of tbe certificates whicli boro Mr. Wanamaker's name was No. 608, for 625 shares issued to John Wana maker. May 31, 1887, signed by Lucas and Marsh. The power of attorney was signed by Mr. Wanamaker, witnessed by Howard Spencer Jones, and the signaturo was guar anteed my Erwln & Toland, Mr. wana maker's brokers. This certificate had been taken from the book and had beenrepasted as usual when stock Is canceled or transferred. Mr. Yard ley called attention to the fact thatnono of tho recolpts on the stubs bore Mr. Wana maker's signature, and Mr. Ettlng promptly asked If that was usual. "Well, hardly usual," replied tho receiver; "though in those books a great many of tho stubs are not signed. I think they aro about even, half are signed and tho others are not." "Is 31r. Wanamaker's name on tho stock record V "No." "Are any other stockholders' names left offt" "Yes, a number of them aro not on tho stock record." It Was Not Merely a Transfer. "Can you find any reason for thinking that the alleged over-issue is a substitute for the stock issued to Mr. Wanamaker and which is no ir canceled?" "No, tho books would not show anyrecord of such transfer or substitution. You know wo have been unable to find any stock trans fer book." "Do you think that this stock was made use of Deforo or after Mr. Lucas' death t" "I can't say." At this point Mr. Hicks began a series of rapid questions. He had been looking at the so-called fraudulent issue, and had noticed that some of the certificates bore tho date of 1689, two years after the death of Mr. Lucas, and he wanted to know how this could be. Marsh was President of tho bank at that time and Mr. Lucas was dead, then how could the stock have been given to Mr. Wanamaker by Mr. Lucas? ho said. RecelverYardsley showed no disposition to attempt to explain this part of the trans action, and Edward G. Toland, of the firm of Erwin & Toland, took tho stand to explain his part of the affair. Tho certificates rep resenting the 2,516 shares of fraudulent stock wero shown him, and, as all but one of them bore the signature of his firm as guarantee ing the signature of the person signing the power of attorney, he very readily identi fied thorn as the certificates ho had handed over to Mr. Wanamaker. Ho had received tho certificates from Mr. Wanamaker dur ing leuruary and June, 1SS7; August, 1888, and Juno, 1889, and had been instructed to borrow money on them. This he had "im mediately, proceeded to do," nnd succeeded in obtaining from $45 to $50 per share. The certificates, he said, had been hypothecated for short terms, and a score or more of insti tutions had held them. Straw Men Appeared as the Owners. Tbe persons to whom the certificates had been transferred, ho said, wore in the most cases clerks in the different offices who merely acted as "straw men," while Mr. Wanamaker was the actual owner. Just here the regular questioning methods werdj abandoned for a time and an effort was made to trace tho anterior history of the certificates alleged to ropresent fraudu lently Issued stock. Though Receiver Yard ley, Mr. Toland ahd'the members of 'the commltteo spent some time in tho effort, they finally abandoned it. The condition of the stock book was such that no trace of the certificates' early history could be found. "Was there any stock in Mr. Wanamakor's name which you hypothecated!" "Yes, there vi as one certificate for 623, and wo borrowed money on that along with tho others. When he said he wanted tho stock returned I began to gather it in, and by the last of February and the 1st of March was able to return the entire 2,516 shares. How ever, only i.00 of them were on the -original certificate Tho others had been either transferred or sold outright. This accounts for the fact that some of the certificates are dated since the death of Mr. Lucas. The whole of tho matter is this, we got the certi ficates from Mr. Wanamaker, borrowed money on them for him and returned them to him." "Had you any idea this was fraudulent stook?" "No. It was never questioned when I ap plied for renowals at the bank." "What do you know about Mr. Wana maker's Reading deals!" . "Only thnt he bought some Reading stock. I didn't conduct the business." This ended Mr. Tolaud's examination, nnd his partner, Mr; Erwin, was culled to sup plement the testimony. He had nothing ad ditional to say, however, but agreed thor oughly with his partner's statements. if f 4 The Height of Fashim. THE BIGHT OF SEABCH. An Old Icsne Revived in a Debato-on the Anti-Slave Act. f Paris. Jnne 24. The Chamber of T xT to-day discussed tho bill appro fg 7 q MoJn".T i ' Iy JTT Brussels anti-slave act. M.Jaure pJ Y'KV f,!18'"1'6?3' thea acninsttho necerltanee of the BritiW -Of '- vm.00.f hls fiends, that the county mana for tne inclusion oi juaung. car and the Comoro Islands in the sphere of measures for tha re pression of slavery; also against the 'recog nition of the right to search vessels, a sys tem whioh, he said, was dear to the heart of the British, but whioh was always refused by France. M. Deloncle asked the House to reject the' act and to ratify only the protocol of July 2, 1890. The debate was prolonged to an unusual' lengxn anu was anaiiy uujuuiueu. I AN EFFECT OF PEESICOTTOIT. Anti-Hebrew Riots Opening the Eyes of the Russian Government. Lottdox, June 24. The Russian Govern ment, alarmed over trio possible results of Its anti-Semitic policy, as already shown in an antl-Hebrewriot in the village of Makovinik, is said to have asked the council of the em pire to consider the expediency of enforcing measures of severe punishment for open at tacks by one part oi tho population against another on account of rellirlon or class hatred, or from motives arising out of com-. merciai relations. PARHXH MAY 'WED. TO-DAY. He Secures a License, but Finds Hard Skir mishing for a Parson. Losnoir, June 24. It Is currently reported that Mr. Parnell has obtained a special license to marry Mrs. O'Shea, but it is added that tho Irish leader is experiencing diffi culty in obtaining tho services of a clergy man who Is willing to overlook the fact that Mrs. O'Shea is a divorced woman. Xho ceremony will probably take place to morrow, and will be conducted with the. strictest privacy. Dillon to Be Leader. Loxdoit, Jnno 24. The retirement of Justin McCarthy from the leadership of the Irish party is expected directly John Dillon ia re leased from Jan. With Mr. Dillon as leader, It is asserted, a few more PamellUes would desert their leader. BID NOT DISAPPEAR The Russian Legation Thinks the Courier Is on His Way to Russia. Washisqtox, June 24. The officials of the I Russian legation here discredit the report of tne aisappearance m a ruyai -messenger bearing dispatches sent from Japan by tho Czarewitch to the Czar of Russia, while en route to New York. One of tho attaches of tho' legation said to-day that two Russian couriers, one a Russian naval officer, passed through Washington last Friday on their way to St. Petersburg1, and that thoy had sailed for Russia Saturday last. They bore messages from the wounded. i;zarewucu iu iuu imperial juuiiiy rciuuvo to tHo attempted assassination in Japan and tho state of his health at the time of the couriers' dcpartuie. The couriers were seen in Now York by an attache last week, and are on their way to Russia. A DEESS BET0EM COLLAPSE. The Jenn65-Mlller Aesthetic Magazine Is Seized on by a Deputy Sheritt rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIB DISPATCH. New York, Jnno 24. Tho Jenness-Mlller Magazine Company, the exponent of the divided skirt, has gone to smash. In addi tion to running the magazine, the company kept a slock of queer looking things that Mrs. Jenness-Miller is anxious to have ladles wear. This morning Deputy Sheriff Carra ban had charge of the establishment. The Trow printing ana A-UDiisning company are the largest creditors. The pending suits ag gregate $10,000. Manager R. Harding, who runs the Miller System and Pattern Company, said the magazine and mercantile ousiness would start again. A FBAUDULEHT FATLTTBE. Ryan, the Atlanta Shoe Dealer, Owes SI,-, 000,000 and "Won't Pay a Cent., Bostox, Juno 21. Tho Eastern creditors of Stephen A. Ryan, dealer in boots and shoes, clothing, etc., Atlanta, and the firm of John Ryan's Sons, held a meeting hero to-day and heard the report of E. C Lawrence, who re cently visited Atlanta In their Interest. Mr. Lawrence gave his opinion that their liabili ties will aggregate $1,000,001 Tho assets wero variously estimated at $350,000 to $500,000. Mr. Lawrence characterized the failure as a fraud, and said it was so regarded In At lanta. Hegavoit as his opinion that Mr. Ryan would pay only what he was com pelled to puy, and would not pay a cent if he could possibly avoid it. No action was taken by the meeting, matters being left to take their oourso in courts. TB0OPS FOE THE INDIAN COUNTRY To Keep Peace Among Moqnls, Who Are Quarreling Among Themselves. Los Aoelis, June 24. Colonel H. Corbin left to-day for the Moqui Indian Reservation, New Mexico, where he Is to take command of the troops to enforce peace among the Indians who are having a disagreement among themselves. Tho trouble arises from an Order of Indian Commissioner 3Iorgan, made last winter, in which he directed that the Indian children be sent to school on the Moqui Reservation. Part of the Indians were lit favor of this movement, others opposed it, so that there were two factions formed in the village, and since then these factions have fallen out. BOTH MEN AND WOMEN STETEE. Three Hundred CleTeland Cloakmakers Out Against a Redaction. Cmvelakd, June 24. At noon to-day 300 cloakmakers walked out of the factory oC Landsman, Hirscheimcr 4 Co., one of the largest concerns of the kind in the country, because of a reduction in their wages. About 175 of the strikers are women. BTJLKELEY EEC0GNE2ED BY A C0UBT. His Private Secretary Sues for His Salary and Gets It- Hartford, Juno 24. Judgo J. M. Hall, in the Superior Court to-day handed down a decision in the suit of August Kidney, secre tary to Governor Bulkely, against State Con troller Stanb, for the payment of salary. The decision is, in effect, a recognition of Governor Bulkeley's right to the office. An Increase in the County Assessment Will Eednce the Milage One-Sixth, COMTKY LMD TO COME UP The Courts Promise Ifot to Interfere . With the Commissioners. HOW KICKERS WILL BE TEEATED. Men With. Money Will Be Keadj to Bay at Assessors' Figures. C0EA0P0LIS WOEKS OUT ITS OWN CUES JUlecrhenv C.cmntv wflt bn in rnrU harA I financially next year providing no anexpect- cva iuuuu uwuxb, anu is is prooaoie tne County Commissioners will reduce the mill ago 16 percent. But while some peoplo will pay less taxes, owing to the reduction,otbers will pay more, as there will bo an evening up that should have taken place long ago, though the ( valuation has been growing from year to year, fully Justifying Commis- j- tho new Court House without VBv 'w, 57 of 1839 was $0,187,611. in eluding i a more tax than the valuation r st anu the Assessors throughout th -ountry, as a class, did not exert themselves very strenuously, to bring about the increase. This year the triennial assessments win be made and while in soma localities there Is evidence that Assessors themselves weU put values to near their proper place, It is hinted that the courW win notjnterfere to pull them down as was done six years ago, unless, of course, thera should be flagrant discrimination. It is cal culated by tho Commissioners that the ag gregate increase wUl be at least $50,000,000, which wUl make the county valuation in round numbers $333,000,000 and the increase wiU not all come from Poor House farm sites either. Thousands for the Connty Coffers. This increased valuation win at the nres- Kentmftlage produce $150,000 more taxes, and mere is nothing in sight that indicates that expenses wUl be very materiany increased next year, so there is likely to be a margin for reduction of the mlllago and this will benefit Pittsburg, which is rated propor tionately much higher, according to its profit-producing value than some other1 places whose business facilities are almost equaUy as good. There will donbtless be some squirming, but the temper of those who are unjustly burdened with taxes and discriminated against for the benefit of other people whose valuation is too low, has been greatly tried of late, and their expressions have had a strengthening effect on the de termination of tbe commissioners to have the matter rectified. Since the Governor has chopped the head off tho assessment revision and equalization bill the Connty Commissioners are still forced to take one or the other of the horns of the old-time dilemma they must either act promptly and possibly do injustice by arbitrarily pulling up some valuations, or aUow a greater Injustice to prevail, as they will have as-usual but 29" nays in which to mako their revision, between the time the" ., Assessors turn in their books nnd the date on. " ' which they must gd into the Treasurer9 hands. The veto of the equalization board bUl does not canse widespread sorrow, as it wouiu not oniy nave oeen a ratner expen sive affair, but there is another way in which its benefits might bo attained with out incurring a dollar of extra expense. Another Method to Escape Expense. Instead of the present necessity of hiring four dozen emergency clerks during one third of the year the law might be so amended that one-third of this number couldbekeptpermanently employed. The As sessors mlghtlo their work in the spring; or early summer and turn in the books by July 4, instead of doing it after tho November election as at present. These clerks by pro longed employment would become experts, and could be detailed when necessary to ex amine suspicious returns. The present law was enacted when tho State elections were held in October and the assessment dnty wns far less complicated than at present, but now when it has become a much more formidable work, it is begun anion th later. While tne revision this year will be pretty general, it is likely to strike some sections with particular sevority. For instance, tho Commissioners say that when the city of MoKeesport wants to borrow money she can, show bond Investors that she is worth $30, 0CO.000, but when she comes to be taxed she Is worth less than $8,000,000, a falling off of over 80 per cent. Hraddock's Valuation to Be Boomed. Along with McEccsport wUl come Brad dock borough. Braddock township, Mifflin, Stowo and Cbartiers townships, and sub urban places generally, and farther there will probably be an inquiry as to why lands of equal agricultural yield and similarly situated as to railways are valued in some townships- at 20 per cent less than in others. Two contiguous farms may be of very equal value, but when the in equality of assessment runs for miles on tho same lino and at the same distance from tha same railway, freights being the same to the different stations, it is open to grave sus picion. The evil seems to havo worked its own cure, or is working it, in one town. The val uation of Coraopolls has been notoriously low ever since It became a borough and the town having outgrown its swaddling clothes the tax budget, when tha mlllago for borough purposes Is put up as high as the law allows, is insuffi cient to meet ordinary expenses, and in con sequence of neglect the borough is liable to heavy loss. An attempt was made last month by the rulers to put off the evil day by increasing the bonded Indebtedness, but the people wouldn't have It so, and voted down tho proposition. The spectacle is pre sented of a town ftorth more than $1,000,000 that can only ralso $1,450 a year by taxation for borough purposes, aside from the main tenance of schools. This stato of affairs has caused a revolution in sentiment, and the small property holders lost spring banding together, elected at least two of the triennial assessors pledged to pull up valuations to figures that will yield necessary revenue; and aU three are believed to be in favor of the increase. If the land barons were not blind to their in terest they would see that municipal im provements that wUl now take a dollar out OI tnoir pocxeis will eventually, auu ueiuro many years, bring back $5. A Great Scheme to Silence Kickers. Mr. Magnus states that if a kick Is made on tbe increased assessment, there will be peo ple present In court, with the stuff in their pockets, ready to tender tho assessed value lorsll lots claimed to be rated too highly. Such an Investment would be a very paying one. Tho proposed increase of rate in this town would in crease its county tax only $1,000, if the proper advance be made where a rectification Is demanded, and this would be a mere bagatelle compared with the- re sultant benefit of needed improvements. It is likely that somo assessors wiU bulge out until they can be knocked off with a polo when tbey view the statistical informa- . lion loo tommuaionera aro iraiuy 10 lire ac them. This is a list of bona fide sales made in the varions localities, with prices at tached. It will be a corpus delicti that some of them will not be ablo to explain awav. So far as known there will be but little In increae of county expenses next year over this. There is the new Court of Common Picas No. 3, but its cost will be small for some vears to come, as there will not be much "jury duty until Us list of causes grows, and suitors do not usually rush into new courts at first, at least attorneys, who control their clients largely, do not, so there ought to be no trouble in reducing tho county tax levy a half mill or thereabouts. A Liberal Amendment. LosrKW, June 24. Under the approval of the Liberal leaders H. H. Fowler, In com mittee on the education bin, will move a clause in favor of local representation In be control Of schools receiving grants. 7 1 J i A if -
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