BLIPS CHAMPIONS
Are All of Those AVlio Are
Backing Up the Attack
oh Senator Quay.
LITTLE LOYE EYER LOST
Between the Secretary of State and
the Beaver Statesman.
THE TROUBLE DATES BACK TO 76.
Ex-Spealcr Heed's Dislike for Blaine
Charged Against Him
TO EEEF HIK ATYAT FROM MINNEAPOLIS
tSFECIAt. TTLEGRlt TO T1IE DISPATCn.T
XewYoek, Feb. 19. To-day's Evening
ZW prints the following special dispatch
from "Washington:
The publication or tuc protest by the Penn
sylvania Republican Association against
Inchon rule of Senator Quay bears an in
teresting relation to Secretary Blaine'
denial the other day of the report of his
Withdrawal from the Cabinet. Mr. Ulaine,
it may be remembered, spoko bitterly of
that report as bavins; been originated bythe
same people vrbo have Jcen lying about him
steadily for long. This statement. In view
of the fact that the story appeared in so
orthodox a journal as the New York Tress,
excite much comment. Those who know
the inside histor of the matter, however,
knew what it all meant. The author of the
story hh k cloe and confidential friend of
Senator tua'sand it was nt the Senator
ttet Sir. Blame aimed Ins volley of con
tempt. Knm.lr IJstween Blaine and Qnny.
For some yeirs there has been an ugly
reeling; between the Secretary and the Sena
tor, 111 concealed by their ordinary exchange
of courtesies. The tiouble dates back to
IKJB. when Quay joined in a movement to
play Illume lal'e with the rennyl-ania
delegation at the National Republican Con
vention. 1a cr ince then, though keeping
op an outward appearance ot friendship, the
fcenator lias ne ci won back the confidence
of the secretary, lio regards him a treach
erous and untrustworthy. The iwent cap
ture of the Quay convention in the interest
'r Blaine wa believed by the Secretary him
self tobeameie blind to coer an anti-Harrison
trap for ome other candidate, when
the clek-Latcs should reach Minneapolis.
The Pennsylvania Republican .Associa
tion, headed" by Mr. Justice, is made up
cluefivof the Sccretarj'sliicnds, who, now
that their fa orite is out of the race, feel
that they can attack Quay without tear of
the resuits. Another reason why they feel
so free to do what thc please is thatthcy
pealjgnize iju.iy'sentoiced retirement from
the business of pai t bos as a matter of
ouly a short time at best.
t-oine Blaine Men to th last.
rrom a good Blame ourcc comes infornia
tma that the Secretary's, admirers are pre
paring to go into the National Convention
with the hope of holding Harrison in sus
pense lor a good whi!e,.jind finally turning
tin? hole body of delegates over to the idea
f nominating Blame and sending him a re-
jocstthat he will lead the paityandsavfc
t. Thej think he can hardly retuse. In
rase bo stands linn, however, thcro is a
uuncmenton loot to cause a concentration
on Jlecd, whom the P.lainc men, although
tlicy do not love him, would rather see suc
ceed than Hairison. They count upon
Deed's acceptance as assined, on account of
lii well-known animosity toward the rresi
deax. 32EIVS HAT3ED OF BLAINE.
Ctsed as a Gqod Rcnon i liy IIo Shouldn't
to Minneapolis.
CAXCon, Sir., Teh. 10. Signal There
appears lobe a radical difference of opinion
among leading Kepuhlican newspapers
of the State as to Thomas 15. IJced's fitness
to eervc as a delegate from Maine in the
Republican national convention. The
Portland 1'nss rcinaiks on this subject:
It ma be safel? assumed that if Mr. Reed
will accept, the Republicans of Maine will be
only too glad to tender mm the honor.
Colonel Fred N. Dow. one of the movt
prominent Republicans of Maine, does not
aeree uth the I'ns, however, and in his
paper, the Portland Express, has this to say:
It Is entirely safe to assume that Mr. Reed
does not desire that honor, and for reasons
which should debar him f roin it if be does.
The Republicans of Maine have a right to be
renreseu'.ed at Minneapolis, and every in
telligent man among them understands that
Mr. Rued is at vai lanrc with the great mass
of his jiarty, in this Mate, both as to policies
and persons liable to be passed upon in the
Nntion.il convention. He did his utmost
at its inception to antagonize recipro
city and lias had nothing but .sneers and
predictions of failure for it since. His
luitred for Mr Blaino is intense, and has
always manifested itself, whether in tne
health, 1 he sickness or the bereavements of
Its ohiect He bitterly denouncesTrcsident
Harrison, and in private, it not in public,
pives reasons therefor which constdorate
men cannot annrove. Mr. Reed will donbt-
les be content with the united support of
uiv itujiuuiiiiuh ui imu riri uiiirii:b iui
Congress, which will choerfully be granted,
without asking help in quarrel which have
their origin 111 weakness, and which his con
stituents are willing to pitj and forgive, but
tio not feel called upon to approve.
DEKOCBATS COHING TOGETHEE.
TI10 Two Louisiana Factions Agree to Set
tle Their Differences.
New Orleans, Feb. 1'.' Sjxxtal The
split which lias existed in the Democratic
Jiarty of Louisiana for several months was
finally hi.alcd to-night by a compromise
agteed to bv the two Democratic factions
the Mclinery, or regular Democrats, and
the Foster or anti-lottery Democrats. The
split occurred in the Democratic nominat
ing convention which met at Baton Rouge
Dec-mbcr Hi, when the anti-lottery
wing withdrew hi-cause the conven
tion retused to put a plank in its
platform denouncing the lottery. .Each
faction then nominated a full State ticket
and a hitter campaign has ever since
been waged. As it is evident
that the Republicans would slip
in through this division of the
Democratic vote, great efforts were made to
bring the two factions together again. The
two State Central Committees met here, one
Monday the other Tuesday, with this object
in view. They have been in session cversince,
trying to arrange a compromise. Yester
day conference committees were appointed,
which have been discussing the matter
almost ever since, and through them an
agreement was reached which was approved
bv the Central Committee themselves to
night. The compromise nioposed a general white
primary election, to be held simultaneously
throughout the State, March 10, or about
that time. Each ticket, the regular
headed by McEnery, and the anti.lotteryl
headed by Foster, is to be voted
for in its entirety, and the one receiving the
largest number of votes is to be considered
the ticket of the Democratic party and sup
port d by all the white Totcrs.
DEHOCBATIC DEPUTIES
Appointed by Trriident Itlack to Revise
the Societies' Constitution.
Hakkisbueg, Feb. 19. Special Vres
ienl Itlack, in compliance with the Gen
eral Assembly ot Deinociatic societies held
in 1'ituburg, September 30, lb91, has an
nouncedjfthe following deputies as a com
jnittee'on'revisioii ofthe constitution: S.
A. Duncan and Bcraaid McKenna, Alle-
gheny; A. L. Tilden, Erie; Thomas H.
Greevy, Blair; E. E. Shearer, Cumberland":
John A. Coylc, .Lancaster; J. Marshall
"Wright, Lehigh; George H. Hoffman, Phila-.
delphia, and Frank Thompson, Lack
awanna. The committee will meet at an early date'
nt Harrisbunj or some other central point.
The General Assembly has no become so
large that it is extremely probable the com
mittee will take measures to reduce the
representation.
STILL AFTER GENERAL ALGER.
A Two-Year-Old Supreme Court Record
Brought Dp Against Him How a Court
Roasted Tlim and His Diamond Match
Company Colleagues.
Minneapolis, Feb. 19. Special A
decision of the Michigan Supreme Court
that will injure tho Alger Presidcntal boom
beyond repair was unearthed to-day. It
bears date Kovember 15, 1SS9. The case is
Richardson versus Buhl, found in the North
western Reporter, volume 43, page 1102. It
was on an appeal from the Circuit Court of
"Wayne county. D. M. Richardson sued
Christian H. Buhl and R. A. Alger to re
cover money paid under a contract. There
was a decree for plaintiff in the Circuit
Court and an appeal to the Supreme Court.
The decree of the lower court was reversed.
General Alger was the principal owner of
the Richardson Match Company, of Detroit,
when the Diamond match monopoly was
formed in 1880. Here is an extract from
Justice of the Supreme Court Champlin's
decision:
A Menaco to the Public.
It also appears from the testimony of Gen
eral Alger that the organization of the Dia
mond Match Company was, in a measure,
duo to his exertions. There is no doubt
that all parties to this snit were activ c par
ticipants in perfecting that company, and
that tho present dispute grows out of that
transaction and is tho fruit of tho
scheme by which competition in the manu
facture ot matches was stifled, opposition
to the business crushed, and the business of
the country in that line engrossed by the
Diamond Match Company. Such a vast com
bination is a menace to the public. It is no
answer to say that this monopoly nas, in
fact, reduced the price of friction matches.
The policy mav have been necessary to
crush competition. The Inct exists that it
rests in the discretion ,pf this company at
any time to raise tho price to an exorbitant
degree.
In speaking of the contract between
Alger and his partners in the Richardson
Match Company, the contract which led to
the suit. Chief Justice Sherwood, who gives
the principal opinion, says:
I think no one can read tho contract in
question and fail to discover that considera
tions of public policy ato largely involved.
The intention of tho agreement is to aid in
securing the objects sought to be obtained
in the formation and organization ot the
Diamond Match Company. This object is
onenly and boldlvowned. ' Tho testimony of
General Aleer settles its character beyond
question. Its aiticlesjirovide for tho aggre
gation of an enormous amount of capital,
sufficient to absorb all of that kind of busi
ness in the United States and Canada, and to
ptcvent competition in the sale of matches.
Monoply a Serious Matter.
The sole object of the corporation is to
make money by haying the power to raise
the price of tho ai tides or diminish the
quantity to Bo made and used at its pleasure
Thus both the supplj and. the price depend
upon a half dozen individuals, regardless of
tho wants of the people. It is difficult to
conceive OT a monopoly which can affect a
greater number of people, or one more ex
tensive in its effect on tho country, than
that of the Diamond Match Company. It
w as to aid that company in carrying out its
object that the contract in this case was
made between these parties.
Monopoly in trade or in any kind of busi
ness in this country is serious to our forms
of government. Its tendency is destructive
of tree institutions and contrary to the
whole scope and spirit of tho Federal Con
stitution, and is not allowed to exist under
express provision in several of our State
constitutions. Indeed, it is doubtful ir free
government can long exist in a country
w here snch enormous amounts of money are
allowed to be accumulated, to be used at
disci etion in controlling the property and
business of thf country against the interest
ot the puniic lor tno personal gain ana
aggrandizement of a few individuals. In
my judgment, not only is the enterprise in
which tho Diamond Match Company is en
gaged an unlaw tul ono, but the contract in
this case being mado to further its objects
and purposes is v old npon tho ground that
it is against public policy. All tho jnages
concur in this policy.
A QUEER LITTLE FIGHT.
Postmaster Lewis and Surveyor Wimbush,
of Atlanta, Sadly on the Outs The For
mer Refuses to Recognize the Latter's
Authority Two Torndowns Resnlt.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19. Special A
queer little fight has been in progress for
some time between Postmaster Lewis and
Surveyor Wimbusli. The fact that those
who know of it have to look beneath the
surface for the motive adds a relish to the
story. The postmaster was a gallant Union
General. His empty sleeve attests that he
was one of those generals who went to the
front After the war he settled in Atlanta,
and, entering business, found commercial
as well as social recognition. In fact, he
enjoys the highest social position of any
Republican in the city, being the only one
who has a universal entree.
When Harrison became President he hon
ored himself by making Lewis postmaster,
while a mob in Atlauta committed the error
of burning him in effigy because he had to
appoint a negro to a clerkship. In the same
building is G C Wimbmh, a colored man,
who draws the salary of Surveyor of Cus
tpms, and is ex-officio custodian of the pub
lic building. Asa Republican postmaster
Lewis is forced to tolerate Wimbtish, but as
a gentleman he has his own private feeling.
Recently the postmaster wanted -some
postoffice boxes put in. He should have
made his application to Custodian Wim
bush, but instead, sent it to Washington. It
was sent back to Wimbush for action, as he
was the Regular channel Wimbush
called on the postmaster and sub
mitted plans which he thought
the latter ought to adopt. The meeting
came to an end, and a second time Post
master Lewis, quietly overlooking the
custodian, sought to deal with Washington
direct This attempt was as unsuccessful
as the first, for some official in Washington
drew up a plan and the whole matter was
sent back to Wimbush, as the proper person
with whom the postmaster should treat
Custodian Wimbush was highly elated
over the manner in which Washington
stood by him, while Le,wis was correspond
ingly depressed, for he turned the whole
matter over to Assistant Poitmaster Smyth
and the latter has closed the deal with
Wimbush.
HASBIS0H IND0ESED
By Alabama Negrow, but Ills Appoint
ments ThertTVere Not
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 19. The
negro conference adjourned to-night Yes
terday a resolution was defeated indorsing
the administration. To-day the matter was
taken up again and a resolution passed
indorsing Harrison, but carefully exclud
ing any indorsement of his appointments in
Alabama. The conference developed into
a. movement to defeat Dr. Mosely, Internal
Revenue Collector and Chairman of the
State Republican Executive Committee, in
the interest of some negro.
The conference also passed a resolution
in favor of enforcing the law which pro
vides for the equsl accommodation of both
races on the railroads. It was rather a
stormy session at times.
BLAINE FOLLOWED BY HABBIS0N.
The Order In Which 30,000 Answers to a
Presldental Choice Came In.
Toledo, O., Feb. 19. Special The
Weddy Made has received 27,731 replies
from all over the country to a circular ad
dressed to Republican voters asking them
to name their choice for President The
results were tabulated before Mr. Blaine's
letter of declination was published.
Blaicc was the choice of 17,814, Harrison
Y
of 8,103, McKinley of 1,512 and 272 were
for other candidates. Tho second choice of
the Blaine men is thus summed up: Harri
son, 9,384; McKinley, 4,337; scattering, 734.
Tamnian Delegates TJninstrncted.
New- YOEKFeb. 19. It is said the Tam
many Hall delegates to the State Conven
tion will go to Albany uninstructed. They
will, however, arrange their plans at a
meeting to be held upon their arrival,
DEPOSED AFTER A BATTLE. '
DETAILS OF A FIGHT WHICH OUSTED
A BRAZILIAN GOVERNOR,
Students and Soldiers Combine and Attack
His Residence Police and Troops to the
Rescue The Conflict Rages for 13
Hours Fourteen Killed.
London, Feb. 19. A dispatch was re
ceived in this city to-day from Rio Janerio,
giving the details of the outbreak in the
Brazilian Province of Ccara on the 16th.
The insurgents in this instance consisted of
a body of students and a force of soldiers,
the latter of whom broke out, in open re
bellion against the authorities.
The combined force, when they had per
fected their plans, proceeded to attack the
residence of General Clarinds, the Governor
of Ceara, with cannon handled with much
effect. "When news of the uprising had
been learned the police and a large number
of loyal citizens offered their services to the
Governor, who barricaded his residence and
made all possible arrangements for resisting
the attack of the insurgents. They made a
most stubborn resistance.
A determined and bloody fight lor the
possession of the beleaguered building was
carried on by both sides. The Governor's
forces, however, were inferior in number to
their opponents, and, besides had no can
non, as tne insurgents had. After a hotly
contested battle lasting 13 hours, the Gov
ernor was forced to surrender and the
rebels trinmphiantly took possession. '
The serious nature of the fighting may be
judged when it is known that 14 persons
were killed during the assault and that a
large number of both-forces were wounded,
many of them very seriously. When the
insurgents succeeded in defeating the de
fenders they at once deposed the Governor
and aesume4 control of affairs in the
Province.
EDISON HAS BEEN BONE.
tTall Street Manipulators Get the Best or
tho Electrical TFlzara His Vast Inter
ests Swallowed Vp by tho Thomson
Houston Company He Is Second Fiddle.
New York, Feb. 19. Special Thomas
A. Edison, the king of practical elec
tricians, has been "done." The hands
of "Wall street manipulators are
seen everywhere in the act' of his
undoing. The inventor relied on friends
and business associates. The former were
speculators; the latter have largely
proved incompetent. The result ot
the
intellectual giant s
dependence will be
the amalgamation of the Edison Gen
eral Eelectric and the Thomson-Houston
companies. Drexcl, Morgan &
Co., the bankers who have succeeded
in obtaining control of the majority of tho
stock of the Edison General Electric Com
pany, were and are the powers behind the
throne.
The coalition, as arranged, wipes
out the Edison influence, and trans
fers the good will of a business capi
talized at 515,000,000 to the Thomson
Houston Company. The brainiest
inventor of the age is asked to play "second
fiddle" to Elihu Thomson the practical man
of the absorbing company. When the de
tails of the amalgamation plan were
presented to him, he frowned. It did not
take him long to realize that he was practi
cally driven out of the General Company.
Here is the way the situation presented
itself to him:
When the General Edison Kleetrio Com
pany was formed, in the latter part of
1SS9, the Edison Electric Light
Company, tho Bergmann Companv on
Avenue B, the Edison Machine Works,
at Schenectady, X. Y., the .Edison Lamp
Company, at Harrison, X. J., and tho
Spraguo Electric Railway" , and Motor
Comiiany were the elements of tho
organization. I owned a controlling
interest in tlio light companv and the ma
jority of the stock in the Bergmann Com
pany, tho Edison Machine Works., and
the "Edison Lamp Company. I don't know
what those interests wore worth, but I do
know the company that now represents $15,
000,000 in capital, under tho tite of the Gen
eral Electric Company, was practically con
trolled by me. Xow, there is not, under the
old separate organizations, even a sus
picion of controlling power in my name.
BUSSIAK D0CT0BS DIFFEB.
The Czarewitch's Committee Disagrees With
the Reports From Other Sources.
St. PETEESBtTEG, Feb. 19. The Czar
ewitch's General Famine Committee is pub
lishing the reports made by delegates sent
to the famine districts. Delegate You
sephovitch sends an optimistic re
port concerning the part , of Samara
that he visited, but he admits that the
peasants have been obliged to sell their live
stock' owing to lack of fodder. He states
that he has not received a single complaint
regarding the quality of the grain sup
plied to the people. He found tho relief ar
rangements everywhere well organized, the
wealthier classes readily subscribing to the
relief fund. He speaks highly of the activ
ity of the clergy, and declares that not a
copeck of the relief fund has been wasted.
ThiS report differs greatly from independ
ent testimony.
Another delegate, Madam Davidoff, who
visited Verouesh, says that over 10,000
women in that Province are destitute, hav
ing sold everything for food. In conclu
sion, she says that the greatest en
thusiasm is manifested in. the villages over
the prospect of work being finished. Orders
have been issued that an officer and two men
from each regiment of the guards be sent to
the provinces to superintend relief meas
ures. Thirty thousand horses will be sent
to take places of those sold by the peasants.
P0WDSB IGNITED BY LIGHTNING,
Causing an .Explosion That Wrecked Part
of a Big Western Factory.
Colttmdtjs, Kan., Feb. 19. Special
Last night, about. 7:15 o'clock, during a
severe storm, the glazing mill con
nected with the Laflin & Rand pow
der works, situated 1 miles north
of. this city, was struck by. lightning,
igniting 440 kegs of powder, and so com
pletely demolishing the building that there
is scarcely a trace of it left The Laflin &
Rand Powder Company is the largest and
wealthiest firm of the kind in the United
States, and the works located near Colum
bus are next to the largest owned by it, and '
furnish employment to a large number of
hands.
It is extremely fortunate that the acci
dent occurred at night, after the hands quit
work, as thereby no lives were endangered.
It is also very remarkable that the other
buildings composing the works should have
escaped destruction. The tempest was so
severe that the shock of the explosion was
not distinguishable from the many peals of
thunder which occurred during the storm.
The loss will reach about ?5,000.
STOCKHOLM'S wizard, who cures dis
somania and kleptomania by hypnotism,
described In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
Yellow Fever Raging in Ecuador.
Panama, Feb. 19. United States Con
sul General Horney, who was among the
refugees arriving by the last steamer from
Guayaquil, Ecuador, reports a yellow fever
epidemic there which is assuming most
alarming proportions. M. Maydieux, the
French Vice Consul, is one of the latest
victims.
WHITE klCEof Africa described by a
naturalist in THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
5SF" ' PITTbllTEQISPATOH
MONDAYS BIG BATTLE
To Bo Won at St. Louis for the
Third Party Project, if Alliance
CONGRESSMEN HAVE THEIR WAY.
Only One of the Farmers' Delegation Op
poses the Movement.
ONE PRELIMINARY MEETING IB HELD
Washngton, Feb. 19. The interest of
all the great reform organizations of the
country is centered in the National Con
vention to be held in St Louis Monday
next, and upon the outcome of this confer
ence rests the fate of (the national third
party movement
It is conceded by the representatives of
all the great industrial organizations, the
Farmers" Alliance, Citizens' Alliance,
Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, Col-
ored Farmers Alliance and Co-opera
tive Union, Knights of Labor and
the Patrons of Husbandry, that the
predominant issue at the coming
conference will be' the third party move
ment Principles, measures and declara
tions will, of course, all be discussed by the
1,000 or more delegates in attendance, but
the great question at issue will be, "Shall
the various labor and indnstrial organiza
tions of the country unite in a national in
dependent movement, promulgate a com
mon declaration of principles, nominate
candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency and contest with the two old
parties for supremacy in the nation?"
Congressmen for the Third Patty.
The People's party representatives in
Congress generally believe that this ques
tion will bo answered in the affirmative by
the, St Louis conference. Representative
Simpson, of Kansas, goes to St Louis as
the champion of the third party movement,
and although his eight colleagues of the
regular People's party in the House may
not all be in attendance at St. Louis, it is
understood they share his views as to the
necessity of a national party.
The first great dispute, however, is likely
to arise over the question of the power of
the St Louis Convention to decree a na
tional political party. The opponents of
the independent party movement, includ
ing Mr. Livingston, will base their opposi
tion on the claim that the conference was
not granted specific authority by the
Ocala Convention to organize a national
political party. Although it is not denied
that the Ocala Convention adopted a com
mittee report containing language looking
to the formation of a third party, it is con
tended that this language was not a resolu
tion, or even an essential portion of the
report, but merely one of its incidental
phrases designed to quiet the demands of
the third party people.
What the Third Party Leader Says.
Representative Watson, of Georgia, the
nominee of the nine People's party Con
gressmen in the House for Speaker, and,
consequently, the generally-recognized
leader of his party in Congress, will not at
tend the St Louis Conference, but his
views will be important as indicating the
line of action likely to be pursued.
"I shall notinyself go to St Louis," said
he to-day, "but will remain here and attend
to my Congressional duties. I am, how
ever, heartily in iavor of independent polit
ical action in support of the Ocala demands.
I believe that that is the only way to get
them enacted into law. To have aiiy suc
cess we must get Southern reformers, who
are Democrats, to join in action with the
Western and Northwestern reformers, who
are Republicans.
"Wo cannot go to their party; they can
not come to ours. The only practical
scheme to unite then, is to go into a new or
ganization, the basis of which shall be the
unity of our demands. In other words, we
propose to unite by getting together. Mr.
Livingston's plan'is a proposition that we
should unite by staying apart I have no
doubt that the St. Louis meeting will,
cither by- passing a resolution, expressing
the views of members as individuals, or by
adjournment of the convention into a mass
meeting, declare in favori of independent
political action in support of the platform
which they will agree upon."
Tho Views ot Jerry Simpson.
It is generally understood that Repre
sentative Simpson, of Kansas, will be
among the leaders of the third party move
ment at the St Louis conference. He main
tains, however, that he will not be so rad
ical in his demands as his opponents have
supposed, but will do all in his power to
preserve unity.
"I am going to Pt Louis," said he, "be
cause I am a delegate elected by the Kansas
people in my district I am going there,
as other delegates are going, for thekpur
pose of conferring with delegates from other
labor organizations all over the United
States to arrange and fix on some plan of
action in regard to political parties in the
future, so that", if possible, fhe laboring and
producing classes' "may be united, and sup
port such a party or such men as represent
measures of relief for the industrial classes,
f'lam not going to St. Louis for the pur
pose of forcing my ideas and views on any
one. I am satisfied, though, that the only
course to pursue that will bring success, is
in the organization of' a new party; and if
the convention decides to call a convention
for the purpose of organizing a new party, I
will be glad of it, though I shall not insist
upon this in the convention."
The Nebraska Congressman Talks.
"What action, in your opinion, should
be taken as to the organization of a third
party and the nomination of Presidental
candidates?" Congressman McKeighan, of
Nebraska, was asked.
"In my State," said'he, "there is already
a third party organized, and I have made
up my mind that the organization of a new
party in America is necessary, in order that
the demands of the people may be crystal
lized into law. It is clear to any fair
minded man that the Republican and Demo
cratic parties of to-day are very much
divided on many of the demands made by
the people.
"Believing, as I do, that the inter-State
commerce law should be so amended that
the average man may be able to understand
something of the provisions by reading it;
believing that the financial affairs of this
country in the past have been in the" inter
ests of the moneyed class as against the
producing; that the present system of na
tional taxation, falsely called the protective
tariff, is and has been an instrument of
robbery and extortion, it is my deliberate
judgment that neither one of the parties, as
a national urgaui&uwuu, ua buumiaiij uis
position to right these great wrongs.
Not a Third, bat the First, Party.
"At StLouisthe people of my State will be
unanimous for the organization of a national
Earty. I would not call in the third party,
ut the first, because, I believe it to repre
sent the interests of the great mass of the
common people, who are and ought to be in
reality the Government"
Representative Livingston maintains that
the delegates to the St. Louis Convention
have no power to take any action looking
to the organization of a third party.
A dispatch from St Louis says: Tne ad
journed meetings preliminary to the Na
tional Industrial Conference, which is to
convere here next Monday, were opened
this morning by a meeting of some 5Q or GO
members of the National Press Reform As
sociation at Music Hall, in tho Exposition
building. It is really, in the nature of. a
conference to determine what line.of action
it will be most expedient to take in the con
vention next Monday. After some discus
sion of general matters, a committee on
order of business was appointed, and the
conference adjourned to meet in secret ses
sion to-night
A Colony JManager Missing.
Minneapolis, Feb. 19. Colonel O. M.
Towner, Manager of tho Northwestejp
Farm', Land ompanyj of Chicago, -who
lives at Grand Forks. N. D., is missing.
pie was last seen in this city January 29,
when he called on the company s attorney
here and said he was going to Chicago to
consult other officers. The scheme In which
they were engaged was tho colonization of
German farmers on North Dakota lands to
.raise barley or malt Towner had about
$700 with him. The theory of his friends
is foul play. So far as known his accounts
are straight ,
A TRUSTED MAN FLEES.
MOBILE MOURNS TTIE LOSS OF ITS
PUBLIO ADMINISTRATOR.
City Fnnds Unaccounted For Depositors
Clamoring for Money Tho Widow and
the Orphan Robbed Ho Was a Toker
Player.
Mobile, Ala, Feb. 19. Special The
Public Administrator of Mobile is missing.
Joseph Espalla, besides holding this im
portant office, was a large real estate dealer
and represented a number of fire insurance
companies. Though a young man, it. was
generally thought that he was worth fully
$75,000. . The Mobile Eegitter of to-day pub
ished that while things had an appearance
of crookedness, Mr. Espalla, the absent ad
ministrator, was in Chicago and would re
turn this morning.
A large crowd of anxious depositors and
those having property in his hands have
been besieging his office all day. Espalla
left here on the 9th inst, and wrote a letter
from New Orleans stating that business
called him to Chicago. Since that time he
has not been heard from. As Public Ad
ministrator, the property of the widows and
orphans of this city and county was in his
hands. It is now thought that he is short
at least $30,000, appropriated through his
office, while those who had intrusted prop
erty to him a3 agent are out a considerable
amount. His bond as Public Administrator
is $20,000.
On the Cth inst. August Kling, the largest
monied man on his bond, requested to be re
lieved, whereupon -Espalla was ordered by
the Probate Court to give a new bond by the
20th inst. Though it was known he had
left the city, since the day of his departure
nothing has been said on account of his
social and supposed financial standing.
Poker playing and numerous games are
given as causes for his shortages and disap
pearance. Yesterday evening a deed was filed in the
Probate Court setting forth that Espalla
had sold his real estate business to C. W.
Joseph. To-day another paper was filed
conferring power of attorney for Espalla
on Attorney F. S. Horton. Espalla was
appointed in 1886. Twelve months ago the
grand jury asked for an examination
of his accounts, hut Espalla refused
on the ground that he was amenable only
to the Probate Judge who had appointed
him. Consequent upon this the last Legis
lature made tne office elective. Among the
large number seeking for information con
cerning the missing administrator this even
ing were several Sisters of Charity who
have charge of orphans whose property was
in the hands of the Public Administrator.
FRANCE MINUS A CABINET.
President Carnot Reluctantly Accepts the
Resignation of M. do Freycinot and His
Ministry No Party Strong Enough to
Form u Stable Government A Coalition.
Paris, Fell. 19. President Carnot will
call a meeting of the Presidents of the
Chambers for the purpose of holding a con--sulfation
in regard to the Ministerial crisis.
It is reported that M. de Freycinet has de
cided not to accept the war portfolio in the
new Cabinet. All the members of the Cabi
net met at the office of the Ministry of War
this, afternton and discussed the situation
for an hour and a half. They finally decided
to go to the Elysee Palace and tender a
collective resignation to President Carnot.
In accordance with tho programme, the
Ministers called on President Carnot and
tendered him their joint resignation, which
was accepted.
President Carnot strongly urged the
Ministry-to reconsider, butM. de Freycinet
insisted upon resigning, saying he and his
colleagues had decided that they could not
remain in power after the action taken yes
terday by the Chamber. Several Generals
to-day called on M de Freycinet, who
served as War Minister as well as Premier,
and strongly appealed to him not to resign,
saying that he would be a great loss to the
army. M de Freycinet, however, remained
obdurate.
The lobbies of the Chambers were filled
to-day with excited members discussing the
situation, and when the final decision of the
Ministry became known the opinion was
general that a state of political uncertainty
had arrived, in view of the apparent ina
bility of any party to form a working mln--istry
The crisis, which was completely unfore
seen when the Chamber met, was brought
about by a coalition of Radicals and mem
bers of the Right. The discussion revealed
a Radical strength of 191, which will
suffice to prevent a Government majority.
Hence it is agreed on all sides that the
formation of a new Ministry will be a most
distasteful task. The crisis is largely the
outcome of the Radical opposition to the
new tarifE
AN EXEUPLABY HUSBAND, VEBY.
The Defense In the Mlnton Divorce Caso
Taking Their Depositions
Parkers, S. D., Feb. 19. In the Minton
divorce case to-day, the deposition of Mrs.
Murray for the defense was read. Mrs.
Murray deposed that she had lived in the
Minton family. Mr. Minton provided
everything that was necessary; was always
at home evenings; played with the children;
servants were all paid regularly, and the
family seemed to live very happy together.
The deposition of Emily Minton, mother
of the defendant, was read. She said her
son was at home evenings and at meals
always. She never saw him intoxicated
or strike his wife. Mrs. Minton
never complained of lack of sup
port She never heard of the
wife selling her engagement ring; knew the
silver was pawned, but knew it was re
deemed; thought her son silly to marry Miss
Nicoll, but never opposed the match. The
deposition of Mary O'Connell was read. "Sne
told the same story.
THE BEADING COMPANY SUED.
Heirs of a Philadelphia Man Ask S100.000
for a JBreach of Contract.
PMiLADELrniA, Feb. 19. Suit for
$100,000 was brought against the Philadel
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
to-day by heirs of William Richardson, Jas.
Dnndas, Benjamin W. Richards and Joshua
Lippencott, on an agreement dated January
1, 1882, by which the company contracted
to mine the Leonard Reed coal tract in
Schuylkill countyfor ten years at 30 cents a
ton.
The plaintiffs declare that the mines were
operated but two years in an unworkman
like manner, and that 300,000 tons of coal
remained unmiued.
GOOD ADVERTISING.
THE DISPATCH'S adlets gained 1,778 In
two weeks ending ITebramry 13th. The
figures are as follows:
Ibr S tceeXs ending February IS, ISO!,
4,154
... 3,376
1,778
Similar period in 1S91
Increase.due to centra-word.
Tho best previous gain in two weeks was
1,597, which "occurred In the height of
Christmas business!
THE DISPATCH is the popular medium
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THE BLOCK. OF FIVE,
Just Completed on New Grant Street,
Quite an Addition to
PITTSBURG'S PINE BUILDINGS,
i
JTdvantages of, the Location for the Whole
sale Trade. '
FEATURES OF A NOTABLE STRUCTURE
One of Pittsburg's widest and most con
veniently located streets that has hitherto
been little better known than Darkest Af
rica has been discovered by the Mercantile
Company, who have just finished five build
ings intended forwholesale use at 709, 711,
713, 715 and 717 New Grant street The
"block of five" would adorn a Fifth ave
nue site. They are handsome, conveniently
arranged and so well lighted that even in
smoky Pittsburg every floor is as pleasant
aa a parlor.
The buildings are each 20 foot front and 95
deep, six stories high with a cemented cel
lar. They adjoin the new Bindley hard
ware building and are within easy speaking
distance of Gillespie & Co., wholesale gro
cers; Henderson & Co., wholesale druggists;
the Harris Drug Co., Otto Shepherd & Co.,,
wholesale druggists. The situation
is one that 5n Pittsburg has never
been given credit for its full
value. New Grant street is 60 feet wide,
extending from Liberty to Seventh avenue.
It is in such a place ihat it is not probable
that it will ever be encumbered with a
street railway. The Pennsylvania Railroad
yards extend along the upper side. The
freight and express depots are directly op
posite the Mercantile Company's new
buildings. The place will probably be the
site of the Pennsylvania Company's new
Union depot, when one is built
Appearance of tho Structures.
The buildings of the Mercantile Com
pany, while it is stated they are. intended
to be rented for wholesale houses, would
bear the evidence of being for the most
prosperous retail firms. Instead of the
rough and tumble, half frame, half brick,
unfinished, tumbledown affairs that are
called wholesale houses in other parts of
the city, the structures of the Mercantile
Company are ajl brick, plastered inside,
finished in hard wood, with iron ceilings
and all the improvements of nineteenth
century architecture. There isadouble office
in each, a fire proof vault as big almost as
in a bank, pas and electric light fixings and
everything else that a wholesale firm could
think of buying or paying lor.
The light is the one thing of which the
architect, Mr. William McBride, is most
Earticularly prond. Glass costs more than
rick, but that did not prevent the owners
from using the biggest plates possible and
just a many of them as the architect woald
allow. New Grant being open on the op
posite side, the light admitted is sufficient
to make the rooms as light almost as in the
open air. The rear of the buildings on
Cherry alley.are also composed almost en
tirely of glass and is not like the rear of
most buildings' left to get all its glory from
the more conspicuous front.
There is a freight elevator in each build
ing from which wagons can be loaded
through a door opening from the elevator.
The floor is on a level with a
wagon bed. Cherry alley is not used
very much at present, but is
notwithstanding one of the best kept alleys
in the city. It was recently paved with
asphalt It leads from Liberty and offers
a convenient exit to the business parts of
the city.
A Well-Known Advantage.
The advantage of an alley in the rear of a
wholesale house is known by every dealer,
but on account of Pittsburg's haphazard
streets, there are few places that it can be
secured. With New Grant street in front,
free from street and railroad cars, Cherry
alley in the rear, a central location ,to all
business and every modern convenience,
there can be little doubt that the buildings
of the Mercantile Company will be occupied
bv prosperous wholesale companies who
know a good thing when they see it and do
not lose time in getting it.
Already two of the Ave buildings have
been rented; one by W. L Kann & Co., the
wholesale leather dealers, and the other by
Edlis& Co., wholesale barbers' supplies and
barbers' furniture. The other buildings
have not yet boen taken. They will all be
readv to be occupied in a short time. Who
ever'gets them will be fortunate in location,
and will have as neighbors some of the best
firms in the city that have recently and will
soon move to Seventh avenue. The new
telephone exchange building is only a few
steps away, and with the Bindley Hardware
Company's fine corner block and the Mer
cantile Company's buildings will indicate
to visitors to the city that Liberty, Fifth
avenue and Smithfield are not Pittsburg,
and that New Grant and Seventh avenue
will soon have as good buildings with far
better advantages than the overcrowded
downtown.
Strength of the Bnlldings.
A pcculiarity'of the Mercantile Duildings
is their great strength. The architect, evi
dently taking it into consideration that
Pittsburg is the Iron City, thought every
thing should be as strong as the name, and
with George II. Deeds, the builder, suc
ceeded in putting up structures that engi
neers say are as substantial as the best ware
houses in the city. They are heated through
out with steam.
The advantages of New Grant over other
streets for wholesale houses are evident to
any careful thinker. On the many streets
only a few have the use of an alley in the
rear and these are narrow, overcrowded,
always muddy and not suited in any way
for driving: As a consequence loading and
unloading has to be done through the front
entrance. Street cars and railroad trains
on Liberty drive the teams from the, streets
and makes draying to the wholesale' houses
a system of catch-as-catch-can, with very 1
sg-&qr?i?v&vyiQ
little show of getting, five minutes time in
which a team can stand still. The front en
trance to the stores cannot be made attrac
tive and under ordinary circumstances
would drive a customer away. The build
ings, with the exception of a
few new ones, have exposed rafters,
a sort of a backward air about
them and nothing but the necessity of
customers io draw trade. On New Grant a
wholesale firm can have things as pleasant
lor a customer as any retailer in the city.
In buildings as complete as those of the
Mercantile Companv, it need scarcely be
mentioned that the lire escapes are of the
latest and most improved style.
HIS CBElf AT0BY A KITCHEN STOVE.
How an Economical Canadian Disposes or
Ills Children's Remains.
Montreal, Feb. 19. A horrible story
of a private crematory comes to light in St.
Cunegoude, a suburb of this place. A
spike makernamed Adolphe Lawse recently
lost three children and burned their bodies
in a cooking stove to save funeral expenses.
Magistrates have been applied to but they
hold that he acted within his rights.
Rev. Father Sequin was notified and he
called on the father. Lawse said he had
lived both in France and in the United
States. In both places he had heard dead
people were burned in big ovens. Such be-
ing the case he though he was justified in
burning his own young children after their
death in his own cooking stove. He also
held the opinion'that he had a perfect right
to bury his children in his back yard or in
his cellar, which he also appears to have
done. He contended that he had known
such things to have been done by people
with whom he was personally acquainted in
Paris.
HE WILL BE HISSED.
A Prominent Figure at Columbus
Sod-
denly Drops Out of Sight.
Columbus, O., Feb. 19. Special
George Beaton, who was ex-Governor For
aker's assistant executive clerk for two
years, has left for parts unknown, and there
s weeping and wailing among n umerous
men here and at other cities in Ohio, be
cause, before going, George forgot to settle
loans small and large.
C E. Tillinghast, State agent of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society, has been
trying to get some clew to Beaton's where
abouts. Beaton was a district agent for the
Equitable, with headquarters at Mt.
Vernon, O. Beaton is said to be behind in
his accounts, but how muchisnot positively
stated.
Beaton was a Republican politician of
the Blaine-Foraker faction and well known
everywhere. He also dealt in patent medi
cines for catarrh and leaves a company in
Mt Vernon in the "soup" $5,000 or $0,000,
so it is said.
Florence's Will to Bs Contestod.
Nevt York, Feb. 19. Edward B. Con
lin, brother of the late actor William J.
Florence, has filed objections to the pro
bate of the latter's will. Mr. Conlin was
not mentioned in the will, nor was he
among the list ot heirs to whom citations
were issued.
Statesmen Inspecting Ordnance Works.
Bethleiieji, Pa., Feb. 19. Senator
Hawley, Chairman of the Ordnance Board,
accompanied by a party of Senators and
Congressmen, arrived here to-night from
Washington to inspect the ordnance works
of the Bethlehem Iron Company to-morrow.
Two Deaths From Typhus.
New-York, Feb. 19. The first death
from typhus fever occurred yesterday at one
of the hospitals. Three new cases ot typhus
were discovered tofey. Another death oc
curred, the second since the appearance of
the disease.
OUR ROUSING 10-DAY
Mill! HIT SALE
Begins Friday, Feb. 19, and Ends the 29th,
0
Which means the greatest bargains ever given to the 'people of
these cities. All Remnants, all lengths, under 35 yards, have
met their fate, namely, the greatest cut ever given such fine
qualities.
ABOUT 1,080 ODDS AND ENDS
Wilton, Beyelow Axminster, Moquette, Brussels, Tapestry, t In;
grain CARrfc. 1 b at most extraordinary values. ;;
Smyrna, Algerian, Moquette RUGS just 50 per cent off.
There are about ;oo soiled and broken pairs of CUR?,
TAINS $3 to 75a .
P. S. A most remarkable collection of Spring' Dress Goods just arrived. One
lot 5,376 yards extra heavy, pure wool Henriettas, at 50c. Arlbther, 4,838 yards.
Colored Henriettas at 25c, regular 35c quality. These aro two of our SpririgrE
trade starters.
T. M. LATIMER
138 and 140 Federal St.,
AZLBGUBXV, IJV.
HANDCUFFS FOB A GB0CEB. V 4
An Altoona TJniiness Man Tiefnies ta '
Acknowledge His Failure.
Altoona. Feb. 19. The large grocery
store owned by W. C. Wise, in this city,
was closed to-night by the Sheriff. Wise
refused to leave the store and had to be
handcuffed and forcibly ejected. There is
no statement made yet
AFTER THE GRIPPE.
The Grippe Responsible forMore Deaths
after Recovery than During its Coarse.
.How to Avoid the Danger.
Grippe, In itself, is bad enough, debilitat
ing enough, Dut it is the after enects,the slow
ness of recovery that give it Its great dan
ger. In most cases, the person did not haye
sufficient vitality to rally after the disease
Itself had passed. Tho forces of nature were
too weak to contend with the debility which,
tho Grippe had left.
It fs sad to thinkrhow many people havs
died who might have been saved it nature
had been properly assisted and fortified
after the Grippe had been driven from the
system. Many physicians realized this fact,
and assisted their patients over the danger
ous after eQecti bybracing up and stimulat
ing their systems. Thi3 was, and can bo
done in- but one way, and that i3 by the
steady and moderate use of some pnre yet
powerful stimulant. There Is but one abso
lutely pure and medicinal stimulant known
to the profession and to the public, and that
is Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. The most
prominent scientists and physicians of the
land endorse its purity and value. It is not
a new whiskey, it has been beforo the public
for years. It is not a cheap decoction, but
a pure distillation. It imparts a tone to the
system possible in no other manner and
sends the blood coursing through the veins
with renewed vigor. It is superior In every
respect andnowever much any unscrupulous
drpggist or grocer may seek to Icid you to
believe to the contrary do not be deceived.
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CHOICE PROPHBTTE3.
F
OK SALE
Aerv neat, new and modern East Enit
hones: location good; payments very easy. -t,5C0
Meadow St., 6 rooms and attic. (88)
$3,200 Cvpress St., 7 rooms and attic. (a7)
15,500 Walnnt St., 9 rooms, storage room.
(7),
$3,200 Gross St., 5 rooms and attic. (iti)
$4,700 Euclid av., 9 rooms, very handson-e.
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W. A. HEREON & SONS, SO Fonrth av.
felS-19-13,20,23,26.
Ericfc and frame.
ROW OI
15 nou&ca
$30,000.
PAYING OYER
situated on steam 3
and electric mil-
way: houses all oc
cupied and payinjj
over 7 per cent;
will increase In .
value ranidlv. Big'
bargain if sold at
7 PER CENT CLEAR. ion oo. One-third
cash, balance to suit. A. S. GRAY & CO..
fe4-S6 Eisner Bnilding.
VERY CHEAP-ONLY $6,500.
Modern house, 10 rooms, 4 rooms on each
first and second floors and 2 in attic; location
good.
NEGLEY AVENUE, EAST END.
W. A, Herron & Sons, 83 Fourth Avsnua
felM37-JiwT3
$3,000
On easy terms will buy a first-class dwelling
of six rooms and hall; slate manteU, nat.
gas, cistern; front and rear porches; good
cellar. Lot 00x130 feet Situate in best pars
of Bellovne, P., Tt. W. & C. R. R. Con
venient to railroad ard proposed, electrio
road.
REED B. COYLE & CO.,
fel3-77-ws Cor. Fonrth av. and Grant st
$4,000 WILL BUY
THE SNUGGEST 6-ROOMED FRAME
HOUSE IN THE EAST END.
Electriclignt, natural gas, asbestos grates,
front and back porches. A grand bargain.
HOWARD BROWN.
151 Fonrth av.
fel9-57-D
-nOR SALE
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS PROPERTY.
One of tho best on Fonrth avenue, adjoin
ing the Bank or Pittsburg.
W. A. J1ERRON & SONS, 0 Fonrth av.
fel6-72-lG.18,20.23
RESORT HOTELS.
Atlantic City.
THE WAVERLY,
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Opens Feb. 8.
Under new management Comfortable
steam beat, sun parlors and excollent table
ja31-123
HOTEL HOFFMAN,
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Near beach. Heated throughout with,
steam. Homelike. J.W.CALLAWAY.
jaSl-127-TTSsn
THE SEASIDE, ATLANTIC CITY, HAS
been thoroughly renovated and is now
open. Every convenience and improvement
has been added, mating it complete in all
respects. Elevator, sun parlor, hot sea-water
baths, and nicely warmed throughout
CHAS. EVANS. ja254K-D
THE CHALFONTE,
ATLANTIC CITY.
Directly on the Beach. Sea water baths ia
house. Opens January 30, 1802.
Ja254-D C. ROBERTS & SONS.
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