wiwjijgSimRajr Zr4?fr:w ?," v-fff ? THE SHALL ADVTS? A STEP FORWARD: Tho ccnt-u-worl rate has canned a paiji oi 10,5(S small advertise ments in lire months ending Jan uary 31, 1892. It pays to aiUcrtise in THE DISPATCH. r-j Continue to grow as fast as ever. Tlio gain in five months ending January 31 was 10,508., Try THE DISPATCH' cent-a-word col umns, and malic money. 1 n SiKl A mr mpMMXl FORTY-SEVENTH TEAK. U1IL I EARNEST. The. First Appropriation Bill Pared Somewhat by the House.. DEMOCRATS JUBILANT Over the Fact That Their Leaders Stand by Retrenchment. PATTISON'S PRESIDENTAL BOOM Given an Upward Whirl, but It Is Not Helped hy Clerk Kerr. The Favorite Son Plan a Part of the Hill-Gorman-Brice Scheme Hill's Fol lowers in Washington Make Light or the Big Cooper Union Mass Meeting They Claim it Will Be of No Eflect Whatever They Don't Want Any thing to Do With Mugwumps Free Coinage Kapidly Coming to the Front Canada's Sincerity Doubted Andy Stewart's Case Badly Handled Soap Allowed to West Point Cadets. ErZCIAI. TELEGRAPHIC I CTTETt.l Bfkkau of Tiie DisrATcn, t ASMGTOX. D. C Feb. 12. One of the most important preliminary tilings yet done by the friends of retrench ment and reform on the Democratic side of the House was accomplished this aiternoon in the reduction of the amount of money " carried by the military academy bill to a wholesome figure below the ridiculous total it bore when first reported from the Com mittee on Military Affairs. It is the first general appropriation bill so far reported to this Congress, and the disposition made of it to-day by the House 5s therefore a precedent set for imitation in the treatment of further appropriation hills. The discussion of the bill, both in general debate and upon separate items, consumed an unnecessary amount of time this week, but the result attained this afternoon is so significant, and promises to be so valuable to the Democratic party in its ultimate eficcts, that it amply compen sates for the many hours wasted in coming to it. It defines the policy of the House for the present Congress, -and is in strict accordance with the principle of the now celebrated Holman resolution. 0;l-Timo Democrats Jubilant. Democrats who favor the practical fulfil ment of the party pledges are jubilant here to-night over the signal victory they have thus gained at the outset of the session. The amount carried bv the bill as reported to the House was ?165,71K 18. The present' law, under which the West Point institu tion is now operating, enacted by the Uillion Congress at its last session, carried 5402,064 04, which is just ?03,730 ."4 less than the amount of the bill presented by General Wheeler, of Alabama, January 25. To-dav and yesterday a variety of frivolous and unjus'ifiably extravagant items were stricken from it, leaving the total amount of the bill, as finally passed, 39G,G65 18, or a decrease under the present law of ?r.,399 4a The final vote by which this conclusion wss reached ttood 150 to 72, showing that this House is in real earnest about the prac tical execution of Democratic plans lor re trenchment 3iid tconomy in public expendi tures. Leaders of a Snccessfnl Attack. This successful attack upon the bill was made chiefly by members of the General Appropriations Committee, particularly by Mes-rs. Dockery, of Missouri; Savers, of Texas, and Livingston, of Georgia, but sev eral others, including Messrs. Blount and Watson, of Georgia; Robertson, of Louis iana, and Butler, of Iowa, took a prominent part in the onslaught Mr. Livingstone, who is now serving his first term in Congress, and who came here as an Alliance man, stated the situation in a nutshell when he said: "Here we are, a Democratic majority in this House, pledged to retrenchment to our people, and the very first appropriation bill reported by a com mittee of this House contains an increase of appropriation of fifty-odd thousand dollars over and above the estimates." Gas Knocked Ont by Electricity. It was intended by the Democratic lead ers of the House, pursuant to the suggestion of Judge Holman, to ask that the whole bill be recommitted to the Military Com mittee, with instruction to report it back to the House in a properly reduced form, in case it could not be f-ufiiciently reduced by separate amendments and eliminations; but the reductions secured by striking out some of the most obnoxious items rendered this step unnecessary. The increases of salary and all the new offices Mere unceremonious ly knocked out; and the provision for a new jas plant for the academj , to cost ?50,000, ira replaced by one lor an electric light plant to cost only ?9,545. It was a curious and humorous feature of the whole affair that the only amendment of;.rec bv the committee uho prepared the bill was to cut off an item of 550 for soap for the cadets, but this the House promptly refused to accept, and the snap went in. Senators Gorman and Cockrell and other leading Democrats in the Senate are known to entertain sentiments corresponding with those of the leading economists in the House as regards the reduction of the ap propriation bills, and it is believed they will sec to it that the military academy bill is not made to show any material increase from its present total when it passes the Senate. l'attisou Boomed for Frcsidcnt. The friends of Governor Pattison in Washington announcp that he is in the field as a Presidental candidate, and that Penn hvlvauia can be taken out of the list of votes ciedited to Cleveland in the political " calculations heretofore made. Congressman Bcltzhooer is fathering the Pattison boom in Washington, but he is not getting any assistance fron ex-Chairman Kcir. How 2&i J - iStt -r,'' Ve iV' j i. vL3Caj ' -Jfifatef ai&MJi --Tir t9to3Mx&- lWflfmmm'imX i uffiitiwi!if nlTfTffi ever, the anti-Cleveland Democrats are grasping the idea, and a great many wires will be pulled to get the delegation for Pat tison. The plan of the Hill-Gorman-Brice com bination is to stimulate candidates in all sections so as to organize a big field against Cleveland. They have tried both Morrison and Palmer in Illinois without sacce, but it is believed that Iowa is certain to instruct for Boies and Kentucky for Carlisle, with a chance in Pennsj lvauia for getting a Patti son delegation. The Hillitet 'ot Discouraged. The Hill Democrats are heavily discount ing the meeting held in New York to op po:e the midwinter convention. Congress man John R. Fellow s.fwho is, perhaps, the most ardent supporter of Hill in cither House of Congress, said this afternoon: "I have seen Bob Ingcrsoll fill Cooper Union to overflow ing to denounce Christ Whv should it not be filled to denounce Hill? The meeting amounts to nothing. The men who were the leaders in this meeting are men who never supported Hill, and have always attempted to split the regular De mocracy of Ne Yorlt. " "Do ' you have any fears of this crowd calling another convention to select dele gates to Chicago?" "Not in the least There w ill be no other convention, and there will be no opposition delegates to the regular delegates. The Cleve land men, you w ill observe, are fighting to elect delegates to the February convention. Should they be successful they would be perfectly satisfied with the convention on the date it had called. It is simpl v a fight made by Mr. Cleveland's friends cither to carrrNcw York for him or to destroy the party. They seem determined to rule or ruin, but, fortunately for the Democracy, they can do neither. Defense of Senator Hill. "The convention was regularly called in the regular wav, and the Executive Com mittee of the Democracy was unanimously in faor of the date selected. The great mass of Democrats, in New "Yoik are thoroughlv satisfied. It is absurd for any one to think that this opposition will amount to anything." Congressman W. Bourke Cockran, the great Tammany orator and leader, in re sponse to an inquiry, said: "I look upon that meeting last night with contempt It amounts to nothing. It will do nothing, and even if it tried, could accomplish noth ing. I think this is about the last you will ever hear of this crowd of Mugwumps. There were a few Democrats in the meet ing, and the Democrats will support the regular ticket I look upon Mugwump op position as beneficial to the Democratic party. We have never gained an election in New York with the Mugwump support, and were they with us now I would nave very grave doubts, as to the result New York will send a solid Hill delegation to the National Convention, and I feel confi dent we will carry New York in the next Presidental contest by the largest majority for the Democracy that that great State has ever rolled up. I believe we will get at least 60,000 majority." Free Coinage Comes to the Front. The issue ihat is rapidly getting to the front in the House is the proposed free coiuage of siHer. It has been evident for weeks that the advocates of that proposi tion have a majority in the House, but mat ters are not progressing as rapidly as was expected a few days ago. Yesterday a pe tition was circulated calling upon the Com mittee on Rules to report a resolution fix ing next Wednesday as the day upon wfiich the free coinage bill shall be considered. It was believed at least 200 signatures could be immediately secured for that purpose, but up to the present time less than 100 members of the House have responded. As a result the petition has not been laid be fore the Committee on Rules, and that com mittee has taken no action whatever on the subject There is a disposition on the part of a large number of Democrats to follow a con serative policy, and not lorce a hasty con sideration of the free silver bill. It "is the hesitation of this contingent that is acting as a brake upon theBland-Bartine combina tion, and explains why so few Democratic members have signed the petition that was put in circulation with so much noise. southerners Holding: Hack. It is not the Northern Democrats alone who are holding back. Of the ten Virginia delegates only three have put their signa tures to the petition, the others contending that it is unnecessary to push a measure that will inevitably come up before the end of the session. Mr. Mills was appealed to to use his influence for the consideration of the bill next week, but he declined to do so, and his example doubtless had a great deal of effect upon the other members of the House. Of all the legislation which the present Congress will be called upon to enact it is conceded that nothing will be a greater is sue in the coming Presidental campaign than free silver. Consequently, neither party is particularly anxious to plunge into it in an offhand wav, and the consideration of the bill prepared by the House Coinage Committee may be delayed much longer than has hitherto been anticipated. The Committee on Rules will not object to any date acceptable to a majority of the Demo crats, but such a majority" must first be shown to exist Canada's Sincerity Is Doubted. The Canadian reciprocity agents are press ing" their case with unwonted vigor, but there is a disposition in official circles to question their sincerity. They assert that the effcrts of Canada to secure, reciprocal relations is apolitical move to strengthen the hands of the Government at Ottawa, which just now does not appear to have a strong hold on popular favor. There is un questionably a strong reciprocity sentiment among Canadian people, and it is to this sentiment that the Ottawa Government is now believed to be catering. At any rate, be the motives of the Canadian agents hon est or simply politic, the State Department is not warming up to them in a wa5' which would indicate that practical benefit's might flow from the present negotiations. Secretary Blaine, however, is not openly discouraging the negotiations, because, it is said, he desires to use the demand for reci procity as a club iir connection with the Bering Sea controversy, which is dragging along at a snail's pace. There is no doubt that a renewal of the existing modus vivendi will be necessary to prevent the wholesale (daughter of seals during the coming season pending the result of the cumbrous arbitration now abont to he begun. And? Stewart's Case Radly -Handled. The House Elections Committee to-day agreed upon the rough draft of a report in the Craig-Stewart election contest The main feature is the declaration that the law of Pennsylvania in respect to registration is mandatory, and that the unregistered votes claimed bv Stewart were not properly supported by affidavits. It is the general opinion that Stewart's case was not, prop erlv handled at the time the testimony was tak'en. The report will be submitted to the House on Monday or Tuesday, and will go on the calendai. It can then be called np at any time upon the demand of the Chair man of the Elections Committee, as these cases take precedence over all other busi ness. .LIVING FB0M HAND TO MOUTH. Mrs. Harper, Wife or the Fidelity Hank W reckcr, in Dire Want. Cincinnati, Feb. 12. Special There was an element in the Harper-Baldwin case, tried in the Circuit Court, which did not appear on the surface. The final disposition of the ast sum involved means so much to Mrs. Harper that it is not a matter of won der that the nnfortunatc wife of the once brilliant financier sat with aloolt of agony upon her lace The fact of the matter is, the case means everything to Irs. Harper. People who assert that the Vice President of the Ill-fated Fidelity concealed vast sums of money before his incarceration- may un derstand the true state of affairs when it is stated on undoubted authority that Mrs. Harper is living from hand to month.and has experienced, especially of late, bitter times in her endeavors to provide for her self and their two children. Mrs. Harper was the possessor of about 513,000 when the expose of her husbaud came, but she later invested it in the River side Rolling Mill Company, and the last vestige of her fortune" was swept away in that crash. Mrs. Harper is a proud woman. She would probably even sutler rather than the Judges'should know what the outcome of tho case means to her. But her efforts to conceal her true feelings could not be restrained. The people who have read how despondent Mr. Harper became when the President rc'tscd to consider his applica tion for a pardon can appreciate the fact that the one-time powerful magnate, chafing behind iron bars, is fully aware that his wife and babies are in dire need of his services as a protector and provider. THE CORDAGE CONSPIRACY. ALLIANCE MKN DO NOT DENY THE ALLEGED BARGAIN. President Polk Savs He Wasn't in It lVfler Says the Lamb Will Fcrsist in Lying Down 'With tile Lion McCune Defends the Trust Simpson an Outsider. CHICAGO, Feb. 12. The InUr-Ocecm's Washington correspondent says: To-day President Polk was found in his office. When shown the loter-Oecan exposuro of the Cord age Trust, lie said: The truth is that in February last Oswald Wilson cauio to me andnnfoldedtho scheme of the Alliance entering into business rela tions w 1th the National Union Company. I refused to tecommend it at that time or on anv occasion subsequent to It. Later on I was asked bv a Kansas friend about tho National Union Company, si replied that I knew nothing about It. "Why," saidhe 'your'ennmed as Chairman of the Committee or Three on the part of tho Alliance In a circular I have In my pos session but not with mo.' I asked him to 9end mo that circular, and informed him that at no time had I indorsed the National Union Company. Later on tho ciicular was received by mo. I next wioto to the Prestdent ofths company, calling his attention to tho fact that my name was be ing used without my personal consent, and received a reply that the matter would bo inquired into and rectified, but it had not been. Senator Pefler said: It is quite possible that some of the Alli ance people liavo been ovorreaciied. It would bo strange if they had liotjbeen. Tho Alliance is beset on every handler alleged business philanthropists who arogLch. with schemes to aid tho farmer, and persons who do not suspect their ulterior moves aro liable to be trken fn. Then, again, men have crept Into the Alliance who are theio for rcvenuo only. Tho lamb will persist in lylns down w 1th the lion in spite of all that can bo done and with tho usual results. I do not think that tho Alliance will aivi thonzo an investigation of the Inter-Ocean's charges, and I do not think, either, that the Alliance is going to be captured by the Na tional Cordage Trust. If tho trust can fui nlsli its goods cheaper than any other Arm, Lseo no objection to tho Alliance dealing with them. Tho farmer sees combines made on ov ery article that ho raises. He, per haps, naturally suppose that the way to help himself is to combine also. This is probably one of tho reasons whv small Al liance men have Joined hands with the Na tional Union. Dr. C. W. McCnne said: "I will admit that I was at Ceredos Hotel, and I went to that meeting determined to probe tho scheme Of the National Union to the bottom I am frank enough to say that after hearing, the plan of tho company and investigating-the company Itself, 1 saw no bar in the way or the Alliance accepting Its terms. Hon. Jerry Simpson said: Yes, the Allinnco mado a narrow escape from petting iuto the clutches of a gigantic trust, but tho scheme was happily discov ered m time, and when tho Alliance people met In convention last November In Indian apolis, the National Union Company went under. In my opinion, these men were in the Alliance anxious to soil the order out for a consideration in this matter. A DEFAULTER DEFTLY LOCATED. His Whereabouts Had to Be Sworn to by an . Attorney at Law. Chattanooga, Feb. 12. Special For the first time since the disappearance of M. J. O'Brien.the defaulting Supreme Treasurer of the Catholic Knights of America, a hunt is being made for him, as the Tesult of his indictment yesterday by the grand jury. Officers bearing a warrant for his arrest started for him to-day, in the suburb of Washington, six miles away. He is said to b"e in Dade county, North Georgia, on the affidavit of an attorney in the case against him. In a suit on trial a continuance was asked on the ground of O'Brien's absence from the State. Judge Moore declined to grant it unless oath was made as to O'Brien's whereabouts and the probability of reaching him by next term. The oath was made stating that he was in Dade county. STBUNG UP BY TOUGHS. Disguised as White Caps, They Suspend a Farmer From a Limb. Ottumwa, Feb. 12. W. L. Morris, who lives on a farm north of tow n, was visited by three toughs last night about midnight who wore white masks. They claimed to be "white caps." They went to the house, knocked on the door and when it was open, seized Morris, tied his hands behind him, and took him to the wood. Here a rope was put around his neck and one end was thrown over the limb of a tree. Morris was then pulled up from the ground and let down again, being told if he did not leave the country to-day they would return to-night and hang him. Mrs. Morris is lingering in a critical condition as a result of the fright. Mr. Morris pulled one mask oft and recognized the man. Officers are in search of the men. THE DEFENSE FUKD ABOLISHED. United Mlno Workers Adopt a New System of Emergency Finances. Columiius, Feb. 12. At the convention of the United Mine Workers to-day it was decided to abolish the defense fund and assess a per capita tax of 10 cents a month for the support of the organization. All money now in the defense fund is to be used for organizing purposes. The General Executive Board was authorized to lew a tax at any time for the support of a strike. A resolution urging the adoption by the National 'House of Representatives of the resolution to investigate the Pinkertou De tective Agency was passed. The convention declared for the restriction of Chinese im migration, the election of United States Senators by popular vote, and -the passing of national laws for the protection of miners. . MISS KATE DBEXEL'S W0BK Beginning to Bear Good Fruits In Twelve Young Lady Followers. Philadelphia, .Feb. 12. Special At the mother house of the Order of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, near Torresdalc, founded by Sister Katharine (Miss Kate Drexel), 12 voung ladies to-dav took the religious habit and promised" to re nounce the world in the future and devote their lives to the moral aud intellectual ele vation of the Indian and negro races, the object to which Miss Drcxcl has consecrated her life and fortune. FITTSBDKG would profit by tho canal system propo-l for Ohio, Krad tho de tails In THL' DISPATCH to-morrow. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, ' FEBRUARY 13. 1892-TWELVE BOLD BENBUTLER Makes a Great Big Hit at a Kccention Given at Bos ton in His Honor, ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY. He Talks Entertainingly on tlio Sub-. jecL of Free .Silver. AN AWFUL SCORING FOR THE FAD. Tho General Doesn't Want Chile, but lie Declares Plainly WJ! MUST GET CONTROL OP CANADA rSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO Till DISrATCll.t Boston, Feb. 12. General. Benjamin F. Butler's friends, irrespective of political affiliations, met td do him honor to-night. It was the annual dinner of the Butler Club. This was originally composed of General ButlerYpolitical friends, but of late years party lines have been disregarded. and the great meii of both parties have been glad to pay their respects to the eminent jurist and soldier. To-night's gathering was at Young's Ho ld, There was a reception first, which was attended by Governqr Russell and several others who could not remain to he dinner. Colonel Noah Plimpton presided "at the din ner. Among those who sat near him w ere General Dan Sickles and Charles A. Dana, of New York; ex-Governor J. Q. A. Brackett, Corporal James Tanner, of Washington President Alfred S. Pinierton, of the Mas-' saehusetts Senate; Hon. John C. Linehan, of Concord, N. H.; Sergeant at Arms J. C. B. Adams and General Charles H. Taylor. The menu cards stated that the gathering was commemorative of the eighty-third an niversary of the birthday of Abraham Lin coln, and all tho speakers bore that fact in mind. Grand Reception lor the General. General Butler was given a grand re ception when he rose to speak. He first eulogized the war President, and then he gave his views regarding the free silver coinage agitation. He thought President Lincoln stood as one of the few great char acters who will go down the ages immortal. ' He made that fact the more prominent by remarking that it was now the habit of the nation not to make its great men Presidents, lest they should overtop some of the others. General Butler thought that Mr. Lincoln had but one fault, and that was a virtue; he had such a great kindness of heart that he couldn't punish criminals. The speaker had tried his best to make Mr. Lincoln hang deserters, but the President could not ba brought to do it. As a result of his leniency there wa, at the close of the war, an army of deserters numbering more than 177,000- a larger armv than was in the field. Gen eral Butler cited instances showing Lin- coin's marked ability as a war strategist! and politician. An Attack on Free Silver. Then General Butler took np the silver question. In his characteristic outspoken manner, he ridiculed the bill which pro vided for the payment of ?1 for 75 cents' worth of silver. He explained at length his views as to the value of money, whether gold, silver or paper currency. His theory was that the only value ot a dollar was the stamp of the United States, which fixed its standard, and as long as gold and silver had a commercial value.aside from the monetary standard, he would have all money made out of paper. The cheaper the better. The United States Treasury stamp would give such currency a standard value of money. If destroyed, there would be no material loss. He was against the free coinage of silver because it was using up so much valuable material to no good purpose. He thought it was inconsistent to dig the silver out of one hole where it was safe and put it in an other where it was not safe. On one point only he favored.free coinage of only that bullion dug out of the American mines by American miners. He -was opposed to the coinage of all the silver which savages and barbarians had dug in all parts of the earth. rolitlcs of the General. General Butler proclaimed the fact that he was a protectionist, an Andrew Jackson Democrat protectionist, and he said that was about all the politics he had left He favored protecting laborers and artisans in business, but he did not want any tariff ex cept for revenue. If the miners could have the benefit of the extra 23 cents he would not be so strongly opposed to the payment of ?1 for 75 cents' worth of silver. He was in favor of protecting to the fullest Ameri can labor. If outsiders wanted to come to this country to find work he would open wide the doors and let them in. If there was not room enough he would get more by annexation. Someone called out: "How about Chile?" "No, we don't want Chile," replied Gen eral Butler. "Canada?" queried another. "Well, she can't get up a war when the other side wants her to," was the quick re tort. General Butler said he wanted the coun try to grow. "I want no other nation to have a foothold on this country between Darien and the North Pole," said he. "I don't object to the Esquimau, but all others will come about in good time. Those Brit ish dominions in Canada contain 5,000,000 of acres, with 60 per cent of all the lresh water on the globe and more coal and iron and copper than all ihe rest of the country. Anxious to Annex Canada. "The country has grown immeasurably in the last score of years, while the Southern States have not grown at all. That coun try is far above 11s. That country we want, and please God, that country we shall have. We don't want to conquer anybody, al though we could do it in three months. They are ready to come to us. They are ready for reciprocity. I would fay, come yourselves, we'd be glad to have you. Then I would put in force the Monroe doctrine that no European king should hold in sub jugation any colony ihat wants to be free. I have heard it said: 'We are too large already; we've 'got more territory now than we know what to do 'with.' I beg pardon. That very fact would keep us together. Having so many distinct inter ests they could not be mijved together. They w ould keep each other in restraint "Such a combination woujd'manage the Southern problem. We want those fisher ies. Newfoundland wants to come why not take her? The time is coming when all this country will be under the domineering principle and lawsot the United States, ana when that time comes, Europe and other hemispheres w ill be ready to take up onr plan of government." General Butler was loudly cheered when he had finished speaking. There were many other speeches by the guests of the club. The Foiling Booth Contest Settled. Habrisbuko, Feb. 12. Special. The polling booth contest is finally settled. -The Eisner Booth Company, ot St. Louis, has . insitfcd'tliat the pattern adopted by the State Board was an infringement upon its patents, and threatened to enter .suitngainst any person manufacturing them. To-day Hugh E. Bailcs, representing the Eisner Company, entered into an arrangement with a representative of Ira T. Clement, of Sun bury, by which the latter is allowed to manufacture these booths. A TERRIBLE WEAPON. LUDWIG BAUER DEFENDS niMSKLB .' WITH A FLASK Or VITRIOL. ilo Was Jealous of a Married Woman and i Carried the Bottle for Hor She Gets Sonie of Its Contents on Her Hands and 4. -Shoulder. . New Yokk, Feb. 12. Special. Lud wig Bauer, a short, slightly-built German, 29) years old, was to-day committed to the Harlam jail, in default of Sljooo bail, to await trial for throw ing vitriol on two women. The complain ant was Caroline Obergloch, who is ten years tlso prisoner's senior She lives with her husband, Christian, at 1187 Locust avenue. Obergloch is a stable man in the Tre mont horse car stables, and is away from home a good deal of the time. Bauer had been a boarder in the family for more than two years before Obergloch discovered that he was very attentive to Sirs. Obergloch. Bauer VRs obliged to leave the house, but continued to visit Mrs. Ober- V&ch in her husband'3 absence. He called there a week ago and found Mrs. Obergloch talking to a strange man. Bauer was jealous and threatened to bear the woman's lace with vitriol. Friday Baur called" on Mrs. Obergloch, aud was set upon by her son. Christian, wlio is 18 -vears old. Bauer thought Mt was time to get out, and had nearly reached the street when over hauled. He drew a soda water bottle from his pocket, aud flung it among his pur suers. It crushed against the wall ana its Contents scattered over Mrs. Obercloch's left shoulder ahdarm and over Mrs. 'Felter's right wrist aud hands. The bottle had contained nearly half a pint of vitriol. A doctor was sent for and lie applied remedies The women's dresses -Were ruined, but their sleeves had partly protected them, and their injuries, although painful, are not serious. s Bauer said in court that he had no idea of attacking anyone with the acid, although he had bottled it at the soda fac tory and tdken it with him. "I intended to Commit suicide with it if Mrs. Obergloch did not keep her engagement wjtiume," he said. "When Christianand the boarders were about to catch me I had to do some 'thing, and the bottle wa3 all I had to de fend myself with." HO INSULT IHTENDED By a Priest Who Wouldn't Allow a Flag Inside His Church. ' Council Bluffs, Ia., Feb. 12. Special. The refusal of Father H. J. O'Rourke to permit the body of Patrick McCann to enter St Francis Xavier's Church yesterday, be cause the coffin was draped with the United States flag, has made a stir here. Mr. McCann was a Catholic and a member of the G. A. R. The members of Lincoln Post arranged to at tend the funeral in a body. When the pro cession arrived at the church it was met at the door by Father O'Rourke, the as sistant priest, who said that if the body was taken into tne cnurcn too nag "whiclfthe Grand Army men carried and also the flag which was draped over the coffin would have to be left in the vestibule of the church, according to the rule of the church regarding private and secret or ganizations. The procession took the body to a train to be conveyed to Weston, without stop ping for the intended services at St Fran cis Xavier. Father O'Rourke has expressed the greatest regret for what occurred, and says he acted from a misunderstanding of the rules of the church. He thought they applied to the Grand Army of the Republic as a pri vate or secret organization, and he did not mean to insult the flag. CIQABETTES DECLABED HABMLESS. A Boston Frofessor Declares Them Less In jurious Than Cigars. BOSTON", Feb. 12. Special. The anti cigarette cause received rather a setback before the Commissioner of Public Health this morning, when the matter of the order as to prohibiting the manufacture and sale of cigarettes within the limits of the Com monwealth was given a public hearing. Prof. Babcock stated that he had com pleted the analysis of four brands. He failed to discover the slightest trace of any poison other than nicotine. The percentage of that substance he found to average about 1 per cent, considerably less than that found in a cigar He fonnd and had previously known that only the finest quality of tobac co, carefully prepared, could be used in the manufacture of cigarettes. He did not think cigarettes as injurious as cigars. INDIANS AND CATTLEMEN AT OUTS. The Interior Department Issues an Order to Prevent Further Trouble. Lokdsbukg, N. M., Feb. 12. The report from the White Moutain Indian reserva tion states that there are fears' of trouble owing to complications, aris ing between the Indians and cattlemen on the reservation. The trouble originally grew out of the killing of a squaw by a Mexican" vacquero named Vincent Ra mierez. Ramiercz afterward was arrested at'this place and taken to jail. It is understood that the Interior Depart ment has issued orders to immediately re move all cattle from the reservation. Un less some action is taken trouble is feared owing to the excited condition of the Indians. PROTESTANT sisterhoods In America is the subject of an interesting illustrated artiolo for Tim DISPATCH to-morrow. THE CABNEGIES WILL APPEAL. The Assets of the United States Rolling Company in Receiver's Hands. Chicago, Feb. 12. Judges Gresfyim and Blodgctt entered a final order to-day trans ferring all of the assets of the United States Rolling Stock Company to the newly appointed receiver,. W. C. Lane. Or vis Bros. & Co., Carnegie, Phipps & Co. and others, whose petitions for preferences were dismissed, gave notice of an appeal. The Court seemed to be inclined to the belief that an appeal could not be taken, but the question was postpbned for further argument. BAGGED A MEXICAN CIBCUSL It Was Trailing After-Garza and Fell Into Uncle Sam's Hands. San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 12. Benigno Martinez, a Mexican circus manager, trail ing after Garza from Galan, Coahnila, find ing business bad in his own country, essayed a town in Texas and attempted to smuggle his entire circus over the Rio Grande -a few miles below Eagle Pass. He was captured and brought to this city to answer to the,Federal Court, and, his cir cus is in the hands of the officials. MURAT HALSTEAD describts Florence In his letter1 of travel for THEDISI'ATCU to-uorrow. jv. r. . . .. j?t&k4'K ' . f PAGES. ATTACKS1 ALGER "Which Editor Dana FoUotysUp s By Once More PuuHsh- ingthejiecord " AS IT IS ON THE BOOKS. Discharge, Not Dismissal, From the Service in War Times THE BASIS OF THE COMPLAINT. General Alger's Detroit Physician Comes to His Defense. MERRITl'S CODESE IS C0NSEETAT1YE fSPECI VI, TELEGHAM TO THE DISrATCn. J Nkv Yokk, Feb. 12. Under the head of "General Alger's Retirement From the Army," the Smi to-morrow will say edi torially: Tho sketch of General Russell A. Alger's lifo, which appears in Volume 1 of "Apple ton's Cyclopedia of American Biography," whllo otherwise explicit in tho matter of dates and facts, 19 silent concerning tho tlino of General Alger's retirement from the service, or tho circumstances attending hi retirement. The sketch, indeed, gives the impression that General Alger, served until the end of the war. We quoto all that there is bearing upon this important period of tho Michigan colonel's military careen "He was with Sheridan In tho Shenandoah Valley in 1S6I, and on tho 11th of June at Trevlllian station, by a brilliant charge, ho captured a large force Of Confederates. On Jnno 11, 1865, ho was given the bievets. of Brigadier General and Major General of Volunteers. He then icsumed the 'lumber business in Detroit, Mich., and has acquired a fortune, serving also as President or 1M ' rector of various corporations." Discharged, But Not Dismissed. Wo stated on Thursday that while in com mand of the Jfifth Michigan cavalry, in the middle) of Sheridan's activo operations against Goncrnl Jubal Early In the Shenan doah Valley, Colonel Alger applied for ten days' Icavo of absence. His application was returned from division headquarters dis approved, on account of the military situa tion at that time. Colonel Alger thereupon left his command without leave of absence, and a few days later was in Washington acting under a detail on conrtmartial duty. Tho fact of his absence without leave was reported to General Wesley Merrltt, his division commander, reported by General Merrltt to General Shoiidan, and by General Sheridan to the 'War Department, with the recommendation that Colonel Russell A. Alger be dishonorably discJuxrgcd from the serv ice for absence without leave. The record shows that on September 20, 1864, Colonel Alger was discharged from tho service not "dishonorably," or at least, it was not so stated. Yesterday, at General Alger's request, wo printed conspicuously some remarks from him concerning this obscure but very Im portant period, in his military career, lie begins by saying that he has received by telcgraph the Sun's editorial article of Thursday in, full, and then goe3 on to say: "I was honorably discharged from the serv ice, and was not dismissed, as stated." Absence Without Leave Again Charged.. Ithad nowher6 been stated by tho Sun that General Alger was dismissed, a word which has an exact and technical significa tion, as General Alger undoubtedly knows. Colonel Alger's resignation was recoived.we infer, fiom his statement that he sent it to the department, as he "was not able to enter the ficUd and did not like court martial service," and he was discharged from the service. This happened within a fowdays after his absence without leave from the active operations in the Shenan doah valley. Meanwhile, the fact of his ab sence without leavo was renorted by his brigade commander to his division com mander, and by his division commander to Major General Philip H. Sheridan and Gen oral Sheridan leported tho fact to the War Department, recommending Colonel Alger's dishonorable discharge from the service. Wo have given wide publicity to General Alger's statement that he was sick, unfit for duty; that he went with a detachment of sick and wounded to the hospital at Annap olis, never suspecting that there was any thing irregular in tho proceeding; that in a few days he was well enough to go to Wash ington and get detailed orr court-martial duty, and that he did not liko court-martial and at once terminated his connection with the military service of the United States by tosignation. Alger's Surprise Upon Information. Wo have also printed General Alger's J statement mat lor -o years no naa noc tne slightest suspicion that his dishonorable discbarge had been recommended to tho War Department; that he first Heard of it when a candidate for the Republican nomin. atlon for President in 1838, and denounced tho story as absolutely false; and that ho found afterward, to his surprise, that the story was true. We have also given to our readers tho benefit of General Alger's assertion, or rather intimation, that the lecommendation that ho bo dishonorably discharged was dno to tlio false friendship of the heroic and gen oious Custer, his Brigade Commander, who chose this way to get even with Colonel Algcv for declining to appoint Ills brother, Thomas Custer, as a lieutenant in the Fifth Michigan Cavalry. To-day we print again, at General Alger's request, a sort of certificate from Dr. S. R. Wooster, of Detroit, formerly surgeon of tho First Michigan Cavalry, to the effect that Colonel Alger was sick when he went from the front without leave for a few days' so journ in tho hospital at Annapolis. To all of these statements and assertions proper weight will be give by those who are impartially interested In filling up with authentic facts and dates tho remarkable blank that has heretoforo existed in Just that part of General Alger's lecordnpon which the admirers of his millttry glory would naturally like to have the fullest in formation. Tho Certificate of Dr. Wooster. The following is Dr. WoostcT's certificate, referred to above: Detroit, Feb. 11. I have read General Alsrer's dispatch of this date, replying to an editorial published In tho New York Sun of the same date. This Is tho first 1 have ever heard of General Custer's recommendation for Colonel Algor's dismissal, although I was his acting brigade surgeon at the time and was on duty at "General Castor's headquarters. The statements mado by General Alger about his being sent to Annapolis are true, and I was the surgeon who sent him there, telling him I would forward the proper papors to him ut the hospital, as he was very sick aud we wished to get him away at once. S. E. WO0STE3. -Lato Surgeon First Michigan Cavalry and Acting llligaue aurgeon. A telegram from St. Paul, says: When the attention of General Merritt was called this'morning to the article from the New York Sun denouncing the miliiary record of General Alger, he said: "A man would be reckless indeed to make positive state ments concerning an event which transpired so long ago as the one referred to in this article. I shonld certainly desire to' consult the records at Washington before confirming any statements set forth. I was in the Shenandoah VaWey at the time in command of a division, and Custer in com mand of a brigade. Very naturally, if a leave of absence Was made by Colonel Alger it would have been presented to Custer. I know that General Sheridan was a warm friend of General' Alger's, and to make or confirm any charges connecting the military record ot a man who has the stand ing w hich General Alger has attained with out having positive proof would be, to say -Tf-W .J -w.,' Sj3Si.,&&- . Jftd &&&P, the least, presumptuous." General Merritt spoke in a decided manner, and Seems to .take no stock whatever in the story about Alger's mjsfortutfe. A VICTIM OF KEELY'S CURE. 'DOCTORS say BI-CHLORIDE killed YOUNG J. G. FAIR. A Son of the Ex-Senator Dies After Un dergoing the Treatment for Dipsomania ' His Palato Once Hypnotized for His Bad H.ibit With Partial Success. San Fkancisco, Feb. 12. Special The death of young James G. Fair, early this morning, of heart disease, is attributed tiyhis doctors directly to bi-chloride of gold treatment Fair'had a superabundance of flesh, and had shown signs of fatty degen eration of the heart. He drank inordinate ly and was always trying new schemes to cure the liquor habit. 2Jot long ago he had his palate hypnot ized, and the force of imagination made whisky disagreeable for a few weeks, but when appetite resumed its sway he drank worse than ever. Then the Keeley cure came along and young Jimmie was among the hist to try it He declared it had af fected a cure, but his friends noticed his listlessness and lack of spirit Now the doctors say strychnia, which enters so largely into so-cal'l bi-chloride treatment, affected his heart ,-stened death. Several simil 9,. occurred here, ' all pointing to tjff 1.. .''"firs pf the new remedy. Young 1---T70- ' 1 " "00 by his mother, but he cm... '.., -(.,. 'ie principal 1111 ne was m, auu . "'"fc He had ?;00 monthly income verv noDuhr with "bovs" around ...,;,! 1 " . : 'T- but"before he reached his majority he v hopelessly given to drinking. A younger brotHer, Charles, now m England, is also a dipsomaniac who has been sent on long sea vovages several times, but nothing seems able to eradicate his desire for whisky. Ex-Sexator Fair has more ready money than anvone in 'Frisco. His real estate is not less'than 520,000,000. If his boys had shown any business capacity or self-control they could have become financial powers here. As it is, old Fair is piling up mill ions with no heir he can trust to manage his great fortune when he leaves it. Not one member of his family is here now to help hjm bury his first-born son. DANGLING FROM A TREE. Speedy Punishment Meted Out to Five Negroes They Will Burn No aiore Buildings in This World Their Crime Was Confessed. Tuscaloosa, ALA.,Feb. 12. Special Within the past few weeks there have been several fires at Sylvan, Vs., 13 miles below Tuscaloosa. A few nights since Dr. S. Robertson's storehouse was broken into, goods stolen, and then the building was fired. Circumstances pointed to the fact that the same parties had participated in all the recent burning;. The citizens, enraged at such bold outlawry and wearied with such depredations, decided to hunt the rascals down and mete out justice. A searching partv was instituted, and, finding a trace, the fire fiends were pursued and finally cap tured. A preliminary trial before a Justice was granted the five men, who were negroes, and Jhey pleaded not only guilty of the recent crime, but confessed to the burning of oth ers also. A guard was placed in charge of the prisoners for the night, and the citizens retired. During the small hours of the night an armed mob of 30 men overpowered the guards, took the prisoners to a tree, and hanged them till life was extinct. Next morning- the people found the fire fiends dangling from a limb. On the back, of one was, "Warning to all burners." On the other, "Protection to our homes.' MASTER MASONS NOT UNITED. An Association of Employers In Phlladel pliia Closes Up Shop. Philadelmia, Feb. 12. Special The Master Masons Association of Phila delphia and vicinity has collapsed com pletely, and only three contractors re sponded to the call for the meeting this afternoon. The trio, who had been firm supporters of the association from its incep tion two years ago, when it was regularly chartered, were sadly disappointed. They decided, as they were the only members of the defunct organization left, to petition court to relieve them of all chartered re sponsibilities. The mason contractors organized the association to .better protect their interests and have a means of concerted action in reference to the price of contracts. The trouble began one year ago, when the journeymen masons struck for an increase of wages. A number of the master masons decided at once that the demand should be granted. Others opposed it, and the result was much bitterness and finally, disinte gration. FLORENCE has fogs worse thn those or Fittsbnrg, according; to Mnrat Halstead's letter to THjfi DIsPATCH to-morrow. A BAEON'S MONEY THOUBLES. Tightness In the Financial Market of an Aristocratic Foreigner. New Yokk, Feb. 12. Special Baron Raymond Seilliere has his 1G trunks and hatbox back again. He squared vesterday his indebtedness to Henry L. Johnston, which caused him so much embarrassment, and the trunks were delivered at the Bre voort House to-night It was stipulated by both sides that the terms of the compromise should "be kept secret' Lawyer Arden, counsel for Mr. Johnston, says that his client received a substantial sum, however. After Mr. Johnston's claim had been set tled there was another obstacle to be re moved before the Baron got the trunks. This was the $12,000 judgment which Law yer Charles E. Miller holds against him for legal services. Mr. Miller did not want to seize the Baron's clothes. The Sheriff and deputies searched the trunks for any valu bles which would satisfy the judgment, but could not find any. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. Tooic, Fcoiiomv tho House Programme.. Page. 1 Ben Butler on Lincoln and Silver 1 Dana's Last Attack on Alcer 1 Tho Fenhsy and tho Reading Coup 1 Wyman Still Mayor S Citizens Still Protesting a No Early Appropriation Ordinance s Classified Advertisements 3 Editorial Comment and Social Gossip.... 4 Canada's f-ad Situation 4 Newsy Washington Waifs 4 An Insurance Showing I More License Applicants C Lincoln Bay Utterances 7 London's Latest Sensation 7 A Good Green Good3 Story 7 New York's Typhus Scare 7 Delamatcr Bank Secrets 8 News of the portIng World 8 Last of tho Cooley Gang 8 A Tory Mite for Ireland 9 Brailstrcet and Dun's Reviews 9 Tho Oil "-cout's Field News 9 County Court Ifnslnrss 9 Subjects for sunslay Sermons 10 Chess and Checker Problems lo Grain and Commercial Markets 11 Wabr man at Gibraltar .....13 scraps of Science , 13 A Local Reminiscence ....., ....VI y&& THREE CENTS. THE PENNSY KICKS Against That Anthracite, Coal Comhine and Mr. Cassatt Says IT IS SIMPLY MONSTBOUS. lie Also Pats Pattison on the Back and Declared Tliat THE GOVERNOR WILL INTERFERE, The South Penn Gobble Cited by Dim as Parallel Case, hut' HEADING'S ATTOENEI DOES.YT TfllXK SO Philadelphia, Feb. 12. The consum mation of the great anthracite coal combi nation continued the absorbing topic of conversation in Third street circles to-day, and the excitement was still at fever heat. The Tarious brokers' offices were thronged (jvith eager speculators, and the transactions i the securities of coal roads were again cry heavy. Large orders in Reading were given, and the transactions attracted atten tion to the exclusion of almost everything else. The tickers were surrounded by eager throngs and the quotations for the coal stocks were very closely watched. In the StocK Exchange great excitement still pre vailed, although the scenes ot yesterday were not repeated. The brokers had heavy orders, but the" transactions were not so heavy as yesterday. The report that Attorney General Hensel intends to go into court and attempt to pre vent the consummation of the anthracite coal combination was discussed, bnt the opinion was generally expressed that no legal obstacles could be placed in the way of the combination. A number of railroad men said that it was a legal combination, and ,that the Attorney General could not possibly upset it, They Are Not Afraid or the Law. President McLeod was not in the city and could not be seen. Another official of the Reading Railroad said: "You can rest as sured that all the legal points were care fully considered before negotiations were begun, and we had the best legal advice ob tainable. There is not a single point that can be brought against the combination." The report this afternoon to the eflect that the Attorney General would take steps to prevent the consummation of the deal caused a fall in Reading, and large blocks of stock were thrown overboard. The preference income bonds also declined sharply. There was a sharp advance in Lehigh Navigation, which led to rumors that the company would be greatly benefited by the anthracite coat deal. It was learned that at a meeting of the Board of Directors the terms of the lease of theNcw Jersey by the)' Reading were ratified. Cassatt Says It Is Audacious. A reporter who called at the qflice of tho Pennsylvania Railroad this morning and tried to ascertain what the managers of that company had to say about Reading's great coup, found the officers not disposed to dis cuss the subject at present. He afterward called on Mr. A. J. Cassatt, one of the di rectors of the company, who was quite will ing to expres3his individual view. "Well, if you want my candid opinion," Mr. Cassatt said, "I think this is the most au dacious and most impudent defiance of the law and the constitntion of the State that has ever been attempted in Pennsyl vania. It is not possible that the people who have made this gigantic combination can have forgotten the result of the legisla tion growing out of the proposed purchase by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company of the South Penn and the Beech Creek road some years ago. In this case the Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad, a corporation con trolled by the Pennsylvania Railroad, was used as the medium for the purchase, but as soon as the intention became known the Attorney General of the State, under the direction of the Governor, interposed and applied to the conrts for an injunction re straining the Bedford and Bridgeport Rail road Company and the Pennsylvania Rail road from consnmmating the purchase, set ting up that provision of the Constitution of the State which prohibits any railroad corporation from leasing, purchasing, or in any way acquiring the control of a compet ing line. He Eiponnds the Constitution. "A lot of litigation ensued, with the re sult that the State won at every point, and the Bedford and Bridgeport and the Penn sylvania Railroad were enjoined from di rectly cr iniirectly, or in any way carrying" out the intended purchase or control. JHie courts went so far as to hold that the North ern Central Railway Company could not lease or control the Beech Creek road, al though that road was not in any way a com peting line with the Northern Central, but would have been a feeder 'to if, and this. notwithstanding the fact that the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company was sliown not to have a controlling interest in the Northern Central, actually owning only about 40 per cent of the stock. The court, however.held that was a practical control, and that while the Beech Creek was not a competing line with the Northern Central, it was with, the Pennsylvania Railroad and that there fore the Northern Central must not lease or control it. The fact is the Supreme Court could not possibly have put a broader or more sweeping construction upon the con stitutional provision. "Now what do we see here, according to the Ledger account of the transaction? "W hy, first, that the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com pany, a company that competes at a hun dred different points and in a thousand dif ferent ways with the Reading, is leased to that company; second, that the Central Railroad of New Jersey, whose linesrna parallel with and in sight of the Lehjgb. Valley from Phillipsburg to Wilkesbarre, is leased to a little New Jersey corporation created by the Reading Railroad Company -and now owned and controlled by that company, but the control has been con structively parted with for the purpose of giving some color of legality to the lease. Ho Is ShockedpBeyoml Measure, "With this plain statement of the case, can any more flagrant violation of the law of the State be conceived? Here is an at tempt to create a monopoly of almost tho cutire anthracite coal output of the State, and the entire output, in fact, except the verv small part which is controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad Tim magnitude of this enormous combination will be under stood when I tell you that the anthracite coal production amounts to about 40,000,000 tons per annum, represcuung a money value at the markets of over 150,000,000 an unally. "It is astonishing that the press and the public have looked upon the formation of this gigantic monopoly with apparent in diflcrence and in many casei with approval. Whv T see bv this mornimr's naners that Mr. "McLeod, tne President of the Readiny1' H gggggggjggggggtiy . .rAljy'iLi! tf-1&?&flffpi?f'0ltti ".KhiSffisfrtsW9JiW ?yt? AJ5BtWiyj7fcSBC
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