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? 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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