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.PITTSBURG. "WEDNESDAY,' EEBRUAR.Y 24 1892-TWELYE PAGES.
THREE CENTS
SE FULL
OF W MEN
Listens to the Journal,
Elects Speaker Pra
Tern and Quits.
WORST ON RECORD,
Is tjie Universal Verdict of the Oldest,
of the Inhabitants!
SUCH A STUPIDLY SLOVTSET
Was If ever Seen Before in-tha-Marbl
Halls of Congress.
Democrats Evince a Great Aversion to
Discussing Senator Hill as a Presi
dents Candidate They Are Very
Bitter Against Him and Call Him a
Brazen.Forward Creature His Speech,
Torn in Pieces by Some of Those "Who
Head It They "Were Unable "to Find a
Single "Well-Constructed Sentence
A General Verdict to the Effect That
the Nomination of Cleveland Will Now
Be Demanded.
KrzciAL TELEGRAPHIC X.ETTZE.1
ETOEAU OP THI niSPATCIT,
ASIIL5.GTOX. 33. C. Feb. 23. f
After having done absolutely nothing
since last Thursday, and very little previous
to that time, the House of Representatives'
met once more at noon to-day, listened to
the reading of the journal, elected JCr. Mc
Millin SpeaVer pro tern, and adjourned.
This is the history of one day's legislation
after a recess of nearly five days, and after a
lapse of three months of the session.
It there is any other legislative body in
the world that can compete with this record
for leisure and general do-nothingness, let
it step forward. It is the verdict of every
oldest correspondent, oldest legislator, and
oldest inhabitant, that such a stupidly slow
Congress was never seen before in "Washing
ton. Of course, this refers to the House of
Representatives. The Senate is tar ahead
of the House with its work. It is too far
ahead to be interesting. It has too much
leisure for long, stupid, prosy, useless
speeches,' like that of Mr. Bate, of Ten
nessee, this afternoon, on the pure food bill.
Senators were driven to the cloakrooms and
restaurant to escape the infliction. All the
old' habitues of the galleries tied as though
from the wrath to come.
Bate Without an Audience.
Correspondents who- have been seasoned
with long years of similar usage drew the
line at Bate and the pure iood bill, and
sought the seclusion of ,ante-rooms to dis
cuss the extraordinary spectacle of David
Bennett Hill as a sure-enough candidate for
the Presidency. Mj Bate had for his audi
ence two or three Senators who preferred to
do their correspondence in the Senate cham
ber, and a lot of tenderfoct visitors in the
galleries who were there for a first visit,
and who sat in a dazed condition for a time,
wondering what place they had mistaken
for the Senate, and then sadly took their
leave.
The dawdling of the House gives time for
such exhibitions as this. Mr. Call, of
Florida, has announced that he will supple
ment Mr. Bate, if Mr. Bate ever gets
through, and the one thing that makes Mr.
Bate cheerful and tolerable is that Call is to
follow.
Ne er in the history of Congress has the
House of Representatives done so little in
so long a time as it has this session. At
this date it is usually canvassing the advis
ability of meeting at 11 o'clock and of hold
ing night sessions. As yet 12 o'clock is too
early, and 4 o'clock late enough, and the
member who would suggest a night session
would be at once carted over to St, Eliza
beth's asylum. The majority do not seem
to desire to do anything, and this is a ses
sion dt which the minority is emphatically
permitting the majority to have its way.
No Sense of Besponsiblllty.
There does not seem to be a. sense of re
sponsibility anywhere. A quorum of the
Democrats is never present voluntarily, and
when demanded can only be got together
after a long waste of time.
Hoi man and Springer spend most of the
day in their committee rpoms, and the
House is most of the time like sheep on the
moors, without either shepherd or bell
wether. The little, bleating, gamboling,
unrestrained lambs of the flock frisk about
as though they were at home, unrealizing
the gravity of the situation, while the
solemn, played-out antiques of the House
look on in sad and speechless wonder as to
what will come next, and Springer, the
leader by reason of his oflice, has no onswer
but the shibboleth of free wool.
There never has been a Congress in the
history of Congress in which the new mem
bers and the small fellows among the old
members have had so much fun. They'
fairly run not in the free exercise of ex
hibiting what they do not know. The Record,
in so far as it relates to the House, is up to
this time freighted with an astounding
agglomeration of nonsense not to be found
elsewhere in the literature of legislation.
Springer's Chance of a Chance.
'Mr. Springer declares that a halt will be
called upon this sort. of stuff when he gets
up his petted, coddled, bottle-fed tariff re
form bills, but the truth is these will simply
give additional opportunity for demagogic
buncombe, partisan stump speeches, and
the men who talk longest and say least will
make the greatest effort to occupy the time
of the House.
"When the end will come with this manner
of proceeding could not be predicted by one
of the ancient prophets, were he restored to
the world. No one need be surprised if the
dawdling goes on all summer and far into
the autunyi. Even bets are already made
that the breaking up will not come before the
1st of October, and that is about the way it
looks to many who wish they were not com
pelled to look at all. The one hope ex
pressed is that a little life will coon be, in
fused into the proceedings a little, real,
substantial, healthy,- vitality, and not tie.
I
ghastly sort of existence which has been
called life in the House up to this time.
Averse to Talking About Hill.
For the most part Democrats who gath
ered at the Capitol to-day showed a great
aversion to discussing Senator Sill as .a
possible candidate for the Presidency. The
mere prospect is a bitter pill to a great ma
jority of them. Forced to vote, nine out of
every ten Democratic Congressmen would
cast a ballot for Cleveland. They refrain
from any public denunciation of the little
Senator on account of a fear that he may
yet prove triumphant at Chicago, but pri
vately many of them are very bitter against
him for what they term the "cheekiest
piece of political manipulation ever
known."
"I am not surprised," said oyie, "I have
learned to expect anything of my fool
party." "Hill in politics." said another,
"reminds me of a creature I once kncw a
very forward, bra7en sort of a creature. I
admired her dash and hex pretty figure, but
I had no desire to be seen with her on the
avenue."
The verbal construction of Hill's speech
of acceptance, as it may be called, is much
discussed among the "literary fellers" of
the press and Congress ""What do you
think of the English of Hill's speech?" I
asked of a Massachusetts Congressman. "I
don't know, I did not find any in it," was
the reply.
They Criticise Hill's Speech Freely.
'It does not contain a single well-constructed
sentence," said another New Eng
lander, who held the speech in his hand.
"Listen to this: 'All our dangers at this
very hour, after many years of Republican
rule, are the direct consequences of that
rule, and flow from unconstitutional legis
lation by the very men who sit in shivering
fits over what the Democracy will do with
power.'
"And this: 'We are advancing to a final
renewal of the nation's verdict in the mad,
insensate reign of autocrats and plutocrats
in the billion-dollar Congress, whereby their
verdict, now scoffed at and stayed, shall
have efficient execution in the election of
both branshes of Federal Congress and a
Federal Executive obedient to the sovereign
people's will.' . '
"And again, this: Tarift reform will re
main and require progressive solution with
the wise and politic method of abolishing
whenever practicable, one after another,
one indefensible tax at a time, what the two
McKinley laws to-day replaced by the
tariff of 1883.' And yet again: 'Idonot
shirk a deadly grapple with the Repub
lican revolutionists whose banners no longer
fly the tariff of 1883, but now fly the mad
McKinley laws and the wild Sherman law'
and mock us from the citadels of power.
Sentences With Obscurity of Sense.
"A sophomore who would write such stuff
would be drummed out of any college of re
pute, and I read these at random. Nearly
every sentence is very obscure, or in very
bad taste, or both. Imagine Hill galloping
in this erratic manner through a President's
message. But I suppose he would not
shirk a deadly grapple with anything after
such a successfully murderous wrestle with
the king's English."
As to the result ol the extraordinary work,
at Albany yesterday, aside from the "bors"
who believe in ward methods in National
politics and who take pride in the machine,.
there is but one verdict, and that is that
Hill's recklessness and brazenness are. suici
dal, and that the best sense of theparty will
now manifest itself in a demand for a candi
date of ability and dignity. Many agree
with Mr. Andrew, of Massachusetts, who is
outspoken against Hillism in politics, and
who believes that the sickening spectacle at
Albany will result in a national demand
among the Democracy for the nomination
of Cleveland, no matter how distasteful that
may be to Tammany, Croker and Hill.
Only Dalzell In the Field.
Mr. Marriott Brosius, the eloquent Con
gressman from Lancaster, who was brought
out for the United States Senate a day or
two ago by one of his home papers, sai3 to
day that he is not a candidate for the Senate
and that the paper complimenting him did
so solely of its own volition. Mr. Brosius
declares he is a candidate for nothing bnt
Congress. This leaves Hon. John Dalzell
as yet the only person in the field for the
Senate, as Senator Quav says he is not a
candidate. Mr. Dalzell's candidacy is re
ported to be going on swimmingly, en
couraging accounts coming to him from
every part of the State. At AVest Chester
the other evening, after a brilliant speech j
to an immense audience, Mr. Dalzell held a
reception at which for three hours a steady
line filed past him to shake his hand.
A number of Allegheny county ladies are
having an extremely enjoyable visit here,
while in attendance at the congress of the
societies of the Sons and Daughters of the
American Revolution. Among those present
at the meetings are Mrs. Park Painter, Mrs.
Hogg, Mrs. Howard Morton, Miss Mc
Knight and Miss Harding. "Last evening at
a reception at ProC Cabell's, the Pennsyl
vania ladies quite exceeded all others in
brilliancy and loveliness. At least lam so
assured by a "Washington Daughter of the
Revolution who was present.
JSpIsodes or Bevolutionary Times.
Miss Harding read to-day a charming
paper on the early history of Pittsburg, so
rich in thrilling episodes nearly related to
the Revolution. The lady was much ap
plauded for her graceful and entertaining
work. What is expected to be the most
brilliant reception of the "White House
season will take place to-morrow eveninc,
when Mrs. Harrison, assisted by Mrs. Mor
ton and all the ladies of the Cabinet, will
receive the members of the order. The
congress is a very pleasing success, quite
free from the dissensions that have cropped
out in former years.
Two committee hearings of much interest
to citizens of Allegheny, county will occur
at the Capitol this week. On Thursday a
committee from the Councils of Allegheny
will be heard by the Committee on Appro-
j.....u..u .. ..j.....u.. , .j.u.., o uii in
creasing the appropriation for the Alle
gheny postoffice site to 200,000, and on
Friday the opponents of the scheme for the
condemnation and purchase of the locks and
dams of the Monongahela Navigation Com
pany will be heard through counsel. Mr.
George Shiraswill probably represent them.
The debate on the contested election case
of Craig versus Stewart did not begin to
dayf as was expected, but was postponed
until Thursday. Lightner.
A PAIR OF YOUTHFUL BURGLARS,
Boy and Girl, Bob a House, Ship Out, and
Slake a Right of It.
Boston, Feb. 23. Special Yesterday
afternoon May Butler, aged 12 years, and a
boy named Egan, B 'years old, broke into
the house of James Murphy, at Hoboken,
Mass. Entrance was gained by breaking" a
window in the basement, which was done
by the girl, through which she pushed
young Egan. He opened the door.
After rifling the house of 25 in cash and
a lot of trinkets, the youthful bnrglars
came to Boston. Here they made a night
of it, and this morning they were found in
the women's room at the Boston and Albany
station surrounded by bags or peanuts" and
stale candy. All the money was gone.
They had spent the night at a respectable
house on Harrison avenue. They claimed
lo Toe brother and sister. They were re
turned to Milford this afternoon. The girl
will probably be sent to the Lancaster
School for Girls.
HENSELJHASA HAND
In- the Beading Deal, and
Summons Both Sides to
a Hearing on March 3,
BY OKDER OF PATTISON.
Letters Sent "to President McLeod
and Cassatt and rowderly.
PENNST l INVADING THE FIELD.
It Will Meet the Beading on Its
Ground, and Go West, Too.
Own
iUMORS OF AIT ATCIIISOJf ALLIANCE
Harbisbukg, Feb. 23. Attorney Gen
eral Hensel addressed the following commu
nication to President McLeod, of the Phila
delphia and Reading Railroad, to-day:
Mr. A. McLeod. President Philadelphia and Sead
. in r Railroad Company, Philadelphia.
Dear Sir The Governor of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania Is In receipt of a
communication from Mr. A. J. Cassatt, and
of another from Mr. T. V. Powderly, both
under'date of February 19, 1S32, complaining
that, in violation of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth and to the prejudice of
public interests, theio has recently been
effeoted a combination by which the Phila
delphia and Reading Railroad Company has
secured control of the Central Railroad ol
New Jersey and of tho Lehigh Valley Rail
road Comnany, parallel or competing lines
within the Commons ealth.
Correct copies of these communication
have been widely published in the news
papers of the 20th, 21st and 22d,and I assume
that yon are in possession of the same.
These complaints have been referred to me
by the Governor, with instructions to take
such action as may bo necessary to enforce
the constitution and protect the interests of
the Commonwealth.
Beferrine to His Bccent Interview.
In a recently published statement, I said
it had been the practice of this office "to en
tertain any respectable complaint of tho
abuse," misuse or nonuse of corporate fran
chises, and upon due notice to clve full
hearing to complainant and complained
asainst," and "when it is made to appear
that the public Interest is affected, and cir
cumstances render it proper or necessary
tbat the Commonwealth intervene, resort is
had to the courts, wherein, by fit judicial
processes', inquiry is made and Judgment is
reached."
In accordance with that policy, and re
ferring to tho complaints of Messrs. Cassatt
and Powderly, I beg to inform you that I
have fixed Thursday, March 3, at 12 k as
the time, and the Supreme Court Chamber
in Harris burp as the place, for tho hearing
of tbeir coyiplalnts, and of any additional
subject matter relating thereto which they
desire to present in person or by counsel. I
will, at the same time, hoar you or any rep
resentative of your company or its counsel
inroply.
I desire and request you to transmit to mo
at your earliest convenienco, or to produce
at this hearing, copies of the agreements qr
leases' alleged, to havebcon recently effected,
ietween tho -above named companies,
whereby tho control of tho -Lehigh Valley
Railroad and the Central Railroad of New
Jersey passed to the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company, lam
Very truly yours,
W. V. Hessei, Attorney General.
Both Sides to Hare a Hearing.
The foregoing letter was addressed to E.
P. Wilburr, President of the Central Rail
road of New Jersey, and J. Rogers Max
well, President of the Lehigh "VJalley. Sim
ilar letters were forwarded to Messrs. Cas
satt and Powderly, summoning them to ap
pear to represent their side of the case.
A dispatch from Wilkesbarre says: Since
the absorption of the Lehigh Valley and
Jersey Central Railroads by the Philadel
phia and Reading Company unusual activ
ity has prevailed throughout the coal fields
of Upper Luzerne county in the line of sur
veying new railroad routes. It is now evi
dent that the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is actively engaged in providing an
outlet from the Lackawanna fields of an
thracite and connections with companies
and collieries, which will furnish business
in the line of coal transportation, at least,
if not foramoie extensive purpose, viz, a
'short line to Boston via Scranton, furnish
ing close connections for the West, shorten
ing the route by over 100 miles.
To Bridge the Susquehanna.
To-day excavations were made for the
abutments of a long bridge crossing the
Susquehanna river at this city, and a large
iorce oi men have commenced the prelimin
ary work of grading. This, in connection
witn the recent extensive acquisition of
property in this city by the representatives
of the company, indicate, without mnch
question, that the new line is to be built by
that company.
Individual operators are much interested
in the movements, and the progress of the
surveyors and their grades are carefully
noted by men supposed to represent other
competitors.
THE PENKSY'S OWN SCHEME.
Bumors of a Deal With the Atchison Are
Bevired The Combination to Include
the Northern Pacific and the St. FanL
PaiLADELrHlA,Feb.23. Itwas reported
to-day that another big railroad deal, in
which the Pennsylvania would figure prom
inently, is pending, and that the -details
would soon be announced. No definite
information upon the subject could be ob
tained, but it was said on the street that the
Pennsylvania had -made, or was able to
make, a deal with the Atchison, Northern
Pacific and St. Paul Railroads.
Some time ago it was reported that
the Pennsylvania Railroad was about to
effect a combination with the Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe, but the rumor could
not be confirmed and the Pennsylvania
Railroad officials declared tbat there was no
foundation for it. A report was then cir
culated, to the effect that the Pennsylvania
Railroad would enter into a combination
with the Northern Pacific, but the officials of
lpth companies denied that report.also. The
rumors, however, had attracted considera
ble attention, and the course of the stocks
mentioned was closely watched in the mar
ket, brokers believing that the fluctuation
would afford some indication of the truth or
falsity of the reports.
It was said that the combination referred
to, with Chicago as a pivotal point, would
be a very strong one, and tbat it would
materially strengthen tha position of the
Pennsylvania company, and would give it a
through line extending from one and of the
continent to the other.
"' KBECIKE SURPASSES HrHSXLT.
The Ex-Premier Slakes a Bed-Hot Antl
Britlsh Speech at Qatbec.
Ottawa, Out., Feb. 23. Special.
There is great excitement here over Mer
cier's anti-British spteeh at Quebec last
night The ex-Premier of the Province
has singe his dismissal from oflice made
several very violent speeches, appealingjto.
the passions aroused by differences of creed,
race and nationality. He has, however, to
a certain extent surpassed, himself in the
sneech last nitrht. He said: 'Ther plotted
my ruin, the one because I happen to be too
much for them, and the other because I am
a French Canadian."
The speaker then reyiewed the origin of
the Baie des Chalcurs scandal and his dis
missal from oflice by Lieutenant Governor
Angiers through an incomplete interim re
port which exonerates him and his late col
leagues of participation in that affair. He
continued: "There is no doubt about it,
gentlemen, I have been most wrongfully
aealt'with. Our English citizens are apt to
call for British fair play, but tell me where
is the British fair play in my case? If I
had been an Englishman, an English Prime
Minister, the English-speaking people of
the province, the English people of the
whole Dominion and of .the whole world
would have risen like one man to avenge
that famous British fair play, but I am
French-Canadian, and a child ot this prov
ince, and therefore nothing is too bad for
me. Yet I only ask one thing, I only crave
one thine; my only dream is to make the
people happy happy by the liberties
bought at the prico ot our ancestors' blood;
and to foster trade, commerce, arts, science
and industry id this home of ours the
province ot Quebec, our motherland."
SHORN )F HIS LOCKS.
JOAQUIN MIXXBR, THE POET, ASTON
ISHES -BIS XBIENDS.
He Says He Is Tired or the World and Its
Prattle So He Has Hied HlmsoM to a
Hermitage Slights That He Couldn't
Stand.
SAS- DIEGO, "Feb. 23. Special. It is
learned that Joaquin Miller, poet of the
Sierras, has cut his flowing locks, which
have not felt shears since Miller shared
with the Jersey Lily the homage of Lon
don fashionable world ten years ago, and
has renounced civilization and authorship:
The story goes that Joaquin was much cut
up over the recent conviction and sentence
to San Quentln, of his young son Harry,
who robbed stage coaches in Northern Cali
fornia. Harry's story of the poet's neglect of his
offspring was widely circulated and the boy's
utter contempt for his father evidently
penetrated even Joaquin's armor of selfish
ness and conceit. The comments of the
press on his conduct were not flattering and
he was more hurt by them then by the dis
grace which he says has been brought on his
name bv his boy's misdeeds. At anv rate
he went-to San Diego .recently and while
there the Press League and its guests visited
the city.
Joaquin was shocked that he was not in
vited, to see the party and especially to pay
his respects to Mrs. Frank Leslie, to whom
he showed many attentions when he was in
London and who was said at one time to
have favored his evident love for her. So a
few days ago Joaquin surprised some of his
old friends at San Diego byappearing shorn
of his abundant locks and without the ill
fitting suit of black broadcloth which he
usually affected.
He wore a blue flannel shirt and his pants
were tucked in his boots. He said in reply
to an astonished inquiry that he had secured
a hermitage in the mountains back of San
Diego, where he would not see the face of
man, and he proposed to renounce civiliza
tion. He said his retreat back of Oakland was
too public People intruded on his privacy
and wrote gossip about his habits. He was
weary of world and its tattle and he thought
that in his new mountain home he might
write enouglvvtovobtain subsistence. He
would never again send out Anything under
his own name. He has now disappeared
and his friends are speculating as to how
long his misanthropic fit will last and where
he has'set up his lodge in the wilderness.
ANOTHER NEW STAR FOUND.
it
Is 1,000,000 Times Farther from the
Earth Than the Earth Is From the Sun
So Far Away That the Most Fowerfnl
Telescope Can't Locate It.
Bc-stcw, Feb. 23. Special S. C.
Chandler, of this city, claims to have dis
covered a new star, Algol, and the most in
teresting part of the business is that it is as
yet only a theoretical discovery, similar to
tbat which established the presence of Nep
tune in the heavens.
Mr. Chandler has been studying the
Parisian records of 150 years, and has
located the new star at a place 1,600,000
times from the earth the distance of the
earth from the sun. It has a period of 130
years.
It is so far away,, however, that even tbe
powerful lens of the Lick telescope wiJl
not be able to bring It within the range of
the human eye. Still Mr. Chandler's
observations have been reduced
to such a scientific exactness that he is pos
itive the new star is where he says it is,
and other astronomers who have examined
his diagram agree with him.
BUEGLABIZED BY AN INMATE.
The Bobbery at Vassar College Laid at the
Door of Someone Inside.
POUGHKEEPSIE, Feb. 23. Special In
all probability the theft at Tassar College
Sunday evening was committed by someone
inside the building. The only rooms
visited were three or four on the ground
floor. The window of one of them was
found raised and a flower pot knocked from
the windowsill, as though a burglar had
entered the room from the outside.
The fact remains' that notwithstanding
the ground under the window is soft no foot
prints were visible within 20 feet of the
window. The property taken from the
rooms belonged to students and embraced
five or six souvenir spoons, a gold watch set
in-a bracelet and two purses, the latter con
taining only small sums of money. The
college authorities are investigating mat
ters. A BOMB UNDER A CHURCH.
Dastardly Attempt to Dynamite a Methodist
Meeting House in Iowa. '
Masok Crrr, Ia., Feb. 23. Specie
It was learned here to-day that on Sunday
night parties yet unknown attempted to
blow up a Methodist Episcopal Church at
New Hartford, Butler county.
Protracted services are being held, and on
Sunday night, when the church was full, a
bomb was thrown under the building, where
it exploded. The building was badly jarred
and the congregation frightened, but no se
rious damage was done.
INDIANAPOLIS STILL OK FOOT.
Strikers Mill Prevent Cars From Bunnlng,
aqd May Be Enjoined. i
Indiaxapolis, Feb. 23. Another at
tempt was made to run a street car out of
the Louisiana street stables this morning,
but the strikers gathered en masse, and
forced, the men off and ran tbe car hack into
the house. Tbe police were called on for
protection, but refused to respond, sayinc
that they had received no instructions to in
terfere. The big transfer car on Washington street
to-day bears a "For Rent" sign. President
Frenzel will this afternoon make applica
tion, for an.-injunction against the itrlkerj-.
f
And Ladies in a Happy Mood
on the "World's Pair Con
gressional Junket,
AS CHICAGO'S CAPTIVES.
All in Favor of a Liberal Appro
priation, -and Some Enjoying
A LITTLE INCIDENTAL HUGGING.
One Statesman Imbraces Three Fair Ones
at Once at Union Depot.
TIEWS OP THOSE NOT QUITE SO GAT
The Congressional junketing party that-
visited the World's Fair at CJhicago passed
through the city last evening about 11
o'clock, bound for Washington on the re
turn trip. They traveled in three trains of
Pullman cars, and if the people were mel
low and happy, this condition of mind and
body must be charged to the ample supply
of liquids and solids that the dining cars
carried.
If the Senators and Congressmen in the
crowd could have been gathered together on
the Union depot platform, they certainly
would have voted for the appropriations
which the shrewd Windy City people are
clamoring for. The influenco of something
that breeds in mortals that fellow feeling
which makes one wondrous kind was ap
parent, and everybody in the party, with
out regard to age, position or sex, was ready
to vote Chicago a great city and the man
agers of the World's Fair a very clever set
of fellows.
The Statesmen Enjoyed It.
The statesmen at Washington enjoyed
the trip a great deal, and they had no ob
jection to another to be given at any time.
Though the hour was quite late when the
first section arrived, very few of those on
board had retired. As soon as the train
stopped they swarmed out on the platform
for a promenade. Senators and Congress
men with their wives and daughters tramped
up and down the station, sniffing
keenly. the night breezes. " If
some were in a frolicsome
humor and inclined to hug everybody in
sight, including male and female, the hour
and their mental condition at the time
must excuse them. One well-known West
ern statesman, however, created just a little
comment by embracing three fair ones at
the same time. But everything went.
The only mishap that occurred to mar
the pleasure of the occasion took place near
Salem. Some miscreant fired a shot
through one of the car windows in the
second section. The bullet whizzed be
tween C. C Carlton and E. E. Moffatt, two
newspaper men. They heard the ball very
plainlynbut theqnly damage done was to
the window panes. One was smashed as if
a brick had been thrown through it. The
occurrence frightened the passengers in the
car. but the afiair was soon forgotten.
The Notables on the Train.
Among the passengers to alight from the
first section were Congressman Jack Robin
son and his wife; William Springy, Chair
man of the Ways and Means Committee;
Senator Sanders, of Montana; Senator
Shoup, of Idaho; Senator Pettigrew, of Da
kota; Congressman Rife, of Lebanon; Con
gressman Cox, of New York; ex-State
Chairmah Kerr; Chief Clerk of the House,
and other prominent Democrats and Re
publicans. Jack Robinson had little to say, and spent
most of the time at the depot sending a
telegram to a friend in Washington. He
thought that if the Chicago people were
careful the House wouldpass the appro
priations needed for the "World's Fair. He
was greatly pleased with the progress al
ready made, and thought the American peo
ple would be abundantly satisfied when the
Exposition was ready to be opened.
Senator Shoup, of Idaho, was also im
pressed with the magnitude of the under
taking and what had been done. He favored
the appropriation which the managers ask,
and be thinks both parties are patriotic
enough to make the Fair a success. The
lact that Holman is at tne head ot tbe Ap
propriations Committee does not seem to
worry the lawmakers.
For a Liberal Appropriation.
ScnatorSanders, of Montana, was guarded
in what he said, but he believes with the
others in making the Exposition a success.
He is not a wild West type of man, even if
he was one of the most active vigilants in
the early days. The Senator is a broad
minded man and he is kindly disposed. He
will probably vote for a liberal appropria
ted. Ex-State Chairman Kerr, of the Demo
cratic Committee, seems to be in his, ele
ment as Clerk of the House. He preferred
to talk about Pennsylvania politics. Mr.
Kerr is very much pleased with J. M.
Gufiey, and he says he is one of the best
Democrats in the State. As a rule Mr.
Gufiey contributes more liberally to the cam
paign funds than any other Democrat.
For that matter he gave ex-Governor Camp
bell, of Ohio, $1,000 to assist him in his
work when his party at large had deserted
him.
Sweet William Springer was worse than
the will o' the wisp. The last time he
passed through Pittsburg, about a
year ago, he was in company with
Grover Cleveland, and then he was
red-hot to have the ex-President
renominated. Last eveningfie said he had
made up his mind about a Presidental can
didate, but he would not announce his
choice before Friday. He remarked that he
would be loyal to an Illinois man first, but
when reminded tbat senator .f aimer had de
clined to run, he had nothing to say. The
indications now are that Springer is for
Hill.
OBJECTS TO CONDEMNATION.
A Newspaper Proprietor Thinks His Land
Was Chosen From Spile.
New YORK, Feb. 23. Special. O.swald
Ottendorfer, the proprietor of the Slants
Zeitnng, is very much disturbed about the
selection of the irregular plot of ground on
which his building s.tands as the .site for
the new municipal building. "I will fight
the action of the commission," said Mr.
Ottendorfer yesterday, "as long as I have a
cent. The grounds of my protest are that
there are several important defects in the
Jaw creating and regulating the commis
sion: that the site was not chosen in the
.public interest, because it is the costliest of
ail tne sues proposed; tnat wniie its area is
84,000 square feet, only 42,000 square feet
can be used, becauso of its peculiar situa
tion, and tbat it will be impossible to have
square rooms without sacrificing a good deal
of space."
Mr. Ottendorfer said that the selection of
the site was "a blow at a free and inde
pendent press." "He said that if be had
wished to tell the property he conld have
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got $2,000,000 for it at a private sale some
time ago, but that he would not sell it at
any price. Mr. Ottendorfer's sympathiz
ers allege that the condemnation of his
building is part of a Tammany scheme of
revenge for his paper's opposition in the
recent elections.
ASSAULTING THE TARIFF.
A GENEBAZ. ATTACK TO BE MADE ON
BEHALP OF THE IMPORTERS.
It Will Be Urged That the Law Bemoves
Jurisdiction From the Court Distin
guished Counsel for Both Sides Will
Arffne Over the Points at lime.
Chicago, Feb. 23. Special A general
assault upon the McKinley administrative
tariff act will be begun before Judge Blod
gett, in the United States Circuit Court,
Tuesday next. All the preliminaries have
been arranged, and to-day Attorney Percy
L. Shuman, representing the importers, had
a consultation with District Attorney Gil
christ, and Judge Blodgctt consented to
hear the case next Tuesday. Mr. Shuman
stated to-day that the importers throughout
the country had heartily indorsed the effort
to be made, and General H. E. Tremaine
has been engaged as associate counsel to
fight the administrative act.
The constitutionality of the law will be
directly attacked in a motion to dismiss an
appeal takecrty Collector JoT- .M. Clark
for an adverse decision ol the """-of Gen
eral Appraisers in assessing . $St),"tfes
Company. The point that will 'q y. "0 .
tbat the law removes jurisdiction in tit b
cases from the court depriving
power to take testimony or weirf
District Attorney Gilchrist and
ciate, Judse Hand, will move to have Mr.
Shuman's motion dismissed when it comes
to a hearing. They say that they do not be
lieve the importers'have any pon er to attack
the administrative act and cannot begin an
action against the Government unless the
Government consents.
GORED TO DEATH BY A COW.
A Woman's Cariosity Suddenly Besnlts In
a Fatal Accident.
Ntack, N. T., Feb. 2a Special A
shocking death occurred yesterday at Nor
wood, a little village on the Northern New
Jersey Railroad. Herman Sluseman lives
in a neat little place with a small farm at
tached not far from the railroad station. He
and his wife have by industry got along
nicely and supported their family, putting
some by for a rainy day. The couple de
cided a few days ago to purchase a cow, and
Mr. Sluseman broucht the animal home
yesterday. When the man's wife learned
that the cow had arrived she left her work
for a moment and went out doors to inspect
tne animal, one was near by when the cow
suddenly lowered her head and gave a rush
toward Mrs. Sluseman.
The woman was so close that she could
not turn aside in time to save herself. The
cow's horns were plunged into Mrs. Sluse
man's stomach, making a horrible wound.
The woman gave a scream and fell to the
ground. She was quickly taken into the
house, but in less than ten minutes she was
dead. Her agony from the time she was
gored until she died was intense. JIany of
the neighbors in the little village went to
the house as soon as they learned of the
terrible occurrence and they found the
family grief stricken. Mrs. Sluseman was
known by nearly everyone in the 'com
munity and her horrible death sent a shock
through the little village.
TYPHUS STILL DEVEL0PIBG.
One Nwe Case Found an'd One Victim Suc
cumbs to the Disease.
-New Yobk, Feb. 23. Special The
disease of the three men, who have been
under observation in the reception hospital
was diagnosed to-day, as typhus fever.
Taugerman was removed to the hospital on
North Brother Island, but Dr. Edson con
sidered that there was still so much room
for doubt in the cases of Busch and Gold
man that he ordered them to be confined in
a separate tent away from the risk of con
tagion in the hospital wards.
One new case developed to-day. Bernard
Zeiman, 21 vears old, the brother of the
proprietor of a lodging house, was found
with the premonitory symptoms of the fe
ver, and was removed to North Brother Is
land. Seven of the Massilia's passengers
lodged in the Pike street house. Moses
Kleman. 33 vears old, who was taken to
North Brother Island on February J.2, died
to-day. Thirty-six of those who were sick
have "recovered and will be released from
the hospital to-morrow afternoon or Thurs
day. They will be lodged on Essex street
under the surveillance of the Health De
partment until the last case of typhus fever
is declared cured.
MARRIED AKD DIDH'T SNOW IT.
An Actress Learns That She nai
Been
Wedded for 17 Tears.
New YORK, Feb. 23. Special la
Justice Beach's court, to-day, a jury found
that William Bishop, a theatrical advance
agent, and Rose C Noyes, an actress, were
man and wife. These findings were made
in an. action Bishop has brought against
her for divorce. The defendant testified
that she was Rose C. Gciger. She is about
SO yearsoId. She admitted that she had
lived with Bishop 17 jrears from 1874, but
said she had never married him. Her coun
sel contended that she had been named as
co-respondent in an action brought by the
real Mrs. Bishop for divorce, and that tbe
relations of Miss Noyesand Mr. Bishop had
necessarily been meretricious from the be
ginning. Mr. Bishop said that he and Miss Noyes
had agreed to be man and wife, and that he
had introduced her as such to his relatives
and friends, the action having been brought
because he did not want to be pnt in the po
sition of having introduced one to his
friends and relatives as his wife when she
was not. His father said that the defend
ant had been known to tbe family as his
son's wite.
Jndge Bnfflngton Confirmed.
Washington, Feb. 23. The Senate to
day confirmed Joseph -Buffington to be
United States District Judge for the West
ern district of Pennsylvania.
THIS MORNING'S NEWS.
Topic ' Page.
A Congress of Do-Nothlngs 1
Tne Beading Deal Inventlgatlon 1
Illch Times on a Big Jnnket , 1
Voegtlyls Allegheny's Mayor 1
Grand Army Encampment S
Chapter or Crime ami Accident 2
Solvlne a Mnrdof Mystery 2
Chamber of Commerce on Boslness Tax. 3
Editorial ana Miscellany 4
Live Washineton Topics 4
Doings or Society 4
Assessment Appeals and Bednctlom O
Last Meeting of the OJa Council G
The Third Party's Struggle 7
Echoes of the bnap Convention 7
Secretary Foster On fer Europe..... 7
McMIIHn Chosen Speaker Pro Tern 7
News From Nearby Towns .'.... 8
All the Sporting Intelligence 8
Desperate Battle at Beaver Falls 8
The PrlnclpsT Happenings Abroad 9
Tancred Comuunilerj'i Bc6eptlon O
Hanjlncof Bodrlgnez, the Bandit 9
Work of the Connty Courts 10
The Oil Scoat's Gleanings.. ,,.....10
Beat Estate and Financial New 11
Changes Made In Warfare 13
Scraps of iclentirio Lore. ............... ....13
V0ECTLYB MAYOR
I
He Is Chosen as James G. "Wy
man's Temporary Suc
cessor in Allegheny.
KENNEDY'SPATH IS CLEAR
As a Eesult of Another Compromise
No Caucus Was Held, and
ONE MAN IS OUT OF THE RACE.
The Date of the flection Definitely Fixed
for April 26.
ME. EIPPK DEJLODED A GMEANTEE
Allegheny's wheel of fortune wa3 given
another turn last night and Nicholas H.
Voegtly became Mayor of the city until a
successor is elected to. fill the unexpired
term of Mayor James G. Wyman. Mayor
l-M.f 1. w .mAni irt T,af .....tit 1 4tia
r Vnin! Allegheny is the nroud nos-
P-tn,, J.t, "of two chief executives, as Mayor
'ghcvidencfiSC, V7";m not ep
tnd his ajso- I to-vy"
down until noon
TheW .ere no rioting, no bloodshed, no
broken heads, only the silent crash of
Mator Xieliola IT. Yoegtli.
broken hopes for the caucus to run in Davie
B. Oliver was strangled in early infancy.
It failed to materialize, and no one could be
found who would claim the parentage ot the
movements By 7 o'clock, however, the hall
at City Hall were crowded with Council
men and politicians.
The only -familiar faces that were missing
were Mayor Wytnan, Chief Murphy and ex
Chairman of Common Council James H.
Hunter. Acting Mayor Braun was there
looking after his chances as Wyman's suc
cessor, as was also Major William M. Ken
nedy, , and Robert McAfee appeared
just to see that matters went all right.
A Caucus In Every Corner.
There were little caucuses in every corner
and the result was that Oliver died quietly
and Councils were called about 8 o'clock.
In Common Council chamber the lobby was
packed as full as a West Virginia ballot
box", but everything was quiet and none
of the Councilmen wore their hats.
Chairman Parke announced it was
a special meeting for the pur
pose of meeting in joint session with
Select Council to elect a Mayor for the
period of 30 days, or until a successor is
chosen. While waiting for the Select
Branch Councils took up a lot of routine
business, after which Mr. Gerwig moved to
call in the Select Branch.
As the members of Select Council filed
in Mr. Henricks looked mysterious and
privately announced that he had a bomb in
his inside pocket. Select Council Chair
man Lindsay took the chair and announced
that the object was to elect a Mayor to serve
nutil Mayor Wyman's successor was quali
fied. Fighting to Name Their Men.
Then followed one of the old-time wild
scenes. A dozen men scrapped for the floor
at once and so eager were the various peo
ple to name their candidates that the as
pirants for mayoralty honors were thrown
upon an unsuspecting public without tha
formality of giving them a character.
David McKelvey's name was shot out ly
James P. Gregg, and while he was speaking
George J. Rudolph presented David B.
Oliver's name. In the excitement Mr.
Robinson shouted out above the din Nich
olas Voegtly and Emrich named George W.
Snaman.
A lull followed in which John R. Hen
ricks threw his bomb in the shape of a
withdrawal from Mr. Oliver. It read:
Alliouzht, Feb. 23.
Mr. John R. Ilcnricts:
Diak Sin When my name was suggested
forthe30-dav term of the mayoralty I con
sented to its" use in the hope that it might
tbe better clear the way for the selection
for the longer term of some person thor
oughly competent and satisfactory to all
parties. .
If, however, such selection can be made
without the use of my name, I desire that it
ho withdrawn, and I authorize you to say to
my friends tbat I am not a candidate.
Very truly yours,
David B. Oltvxh.
Voegtly Had an Easy Time.
Mr. Henricks followed by withdrawing
Mr. Oliver's name and then the vote was
taken. It resulted in 49 for "Voegtly, 4
for McKelvey and 8 for Snaman. Mr. Esh
elman afterward changed his vote to
Voegtly. The vote was as follows:
Voegtly Albrecht, Armstrong, Bader,
Born, Bothwell, Crulkshank, Drum, Eshel
man, rrasher, Frienstein. Gerwig, Goett
mann, Graham, Harbison, Hox, Henderson,
Horne, Knox, Koehler, Lang, Lewis, Mil
lard. McAnlev. McGearv. Neeb. Oli
ver, Pappert, Patton, Ripney, Bebison,
scnonaeimyer, simon, opeiuej, aucej
ff:
Stauffer, Staving, Stockmann, Swlnde
Thomas, Zang, Parke, Born, Peter; Ein
stein, Morris; Gllliford, it- 11.; Hannan,
Michael; Henricks, J. K.; Kennedy Arthur;
Kennedy, William M.: Obor, J. P.; Schad,
Geor&e; Werthcimer, E.; Lindsay, James H.
Snaman Dohltnger,Mercer,Nesbit,Paulin
Eobottom, Rudolph, Smith, Emrich.
McKelvey Lowe, Gregg, Winter.
At the announcement ol the result
there was no applause, the only ex
citement being a fight between Arthur
Kennedy and H. C Lowe for
the floor. Lowe succeeded and moved
to make Voegtly's election unani
mous. This was done with a considerable
show of enthusium. Arthur Kennedy fol
lowed with a motion to appoint a committee
of five to wait on Mr. Voegtly and notify
him oi his election.
Mr. Gerwig suggested that they had bet
ter have the Mayor present to be sworn in
end President Lindsay I said he would ap-
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