MKJJjSBMySSWFffiTSffi IiMiff1rj3TO?Nify8Kf 7 lff"3? " fl?isr,7' i"" ''F?m TW sra?r - jT"" ItVTs V MEN MAKE MONEY Through the Business Opportuni ties advertised daily in The Dis patch. The most varied bargains are there described. If you have money idle read these adlets. 'MEN MAKE MONEY , .Through the Business Opportuni ties advertised daily in The Dis patch. The most varied bargains are there described, ir you have money idle read these adlets. -r fj)j poptttg r . 7 FORTY-SEVENTH TEAR PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1892. THREE CENTS. mtfwtoth WASTE OP Rill THE CAUCUS. Bland Is Happy, Though the Minority Decide to Do Nothing. HARTER IS BLUFFED On Every Hand but He Sticks Bravely to His Determination. THE SILVER COINAGE BILL Sure to Ba Brought Up Before the June Convention Meets. Contested Election Cases Occupy the Attention of the House During: the En tire Afternoon A Foregone Conclu sion That Stewart 'Will Be Unseated Lawyers Given a Chance to Display Their Powers of Oratory and Rhetoric Dalzell Bothers His Opponent by Asking Some Very Pertinent Ques tionsThe Hearing- of the Allegheny Committee on the Postofflce Appro priation Again Unavoidably Post poned Dismay in the Banks of Those "Who Are After Public Buildings. IPFEC1AT. TELEGnAritlC T.TTTTlt.J Bureau or The DisrATrn, W ASUlGToy, D. C.. Feb. 25. Hon. Michael D. Harter, "Banker anil Millionaire," as Mr. Bland calls him with biting sarcasm, is again crushed. He got hit caucus, and much more of it than he wanted. All day Mr. Harter and Mr. Bland drummed up their respective followers, narter was bluffed on every hand, but he stuck to his work bravely. When his little band of anti-silver warriors appeared at the caucus in the Hall of Representatives this evening, they found themselves surrounded and taken, and they snrrendered eracefnlly and asked the soldiers of the Bland army to be so kind as to say nothing: about it For two hours Harter, Bland, Fowler, Tracey, and three or four lesser lights talked about campaign Dohcy, some want ing the tariff kept to the front, others tariff and free silver. Chairman Holman eat on the Speaker's throne, but the orators were EO meek he had little use for the gavel. Indiana Acts Like an Icebox. Harter and Tracey prayed the majority to be wise enough to deler the silver question until after the elections, bnt they were met with smiles of pity at their cowardice, and firm, lofty patronizing refusals. Doubtless the antis would have been more demonstra tive had they not had before their eyes the action of the Indiana Democrats, so fresh that it was yet warm, declaring that they would stand together, regardless of personal convictions, to carry out the will of the Democrats of their State, which was plainly in iavor of free coinage. I saw Mr. Bland after the caucus. Physically he said he was ill, but mentally he was very happy. "The caucus did absolutely nothing but talk about policy," said he. "The opposition saw they were beaten and elected to do nothing. "We are just where we were before. Our side did not desire to take any action unless forced to, and therefore, when the others seemed glad to take it out in talking, we let them down with that Victory for the island Adherents. 'The Committee on Rules will now fix a day for calling up my free coinage bilL They will fix a day to suit our side, and the bill will be passed before the June conven tion. The situation is entirely satisfactory to me, as it has been all along." Notwithstanding the assertions of many on both sides that the caucus was a hum- dram affair, it was evident from the loud and unguarded expressions of members after adjournment that the discussion had been quite bitter at times. More than one member emphatically expressed the opinion that the Democratic party is to-day the most disorganized political body in the world. One old member with a national reputation was heard to say that the silver men were in the fight to keep a majority iri the House, and the Presidency could go to the warmest place yet invented by human fancy. Nothing seemed too rasping for Democrats to say to each other and of the organization. But it was a very rainy, dis agreeable, bilious sort of night, and they may feel different in the morning. Talking Over Contested Elections. The contested election case of Craig against Stewart occupied the entire time of the House of Representatives this afternoon and will consume most of the time of the cession to-morrow afternoon, althongh it has been a foregone conclusion any time since the majority report of the Committee on Elections was made that Stewart would be unseated. "While it is doubtless com mendable to hae the legal points in all such cases brought out and put upon record to show in future cases the incon sistency in the past of both sides, each of which argues wholly with regard to the political color of the ox that is beinr rored it would seem to most people that one "ood lawyer and orator representing each party should be able to present all of the points in a case and rest at that. These contested election cases from time immemorial have been seized upon by young lawyers whose chances for speaking upon purely legal questions are very few" for the purpose of delivering argumchts for the enhancement of their reputations at home. Another class hardly less anxious to get a hearing is that of the old lawyer who scents subtle law points as a war horse snuffs the battle aiar off and revels in them as a teper does in his drams. Between the two much time is always consumed, even when the point involved in the case is extremely simple, as the one under consideration. Great Oratory During the Day. The orators to-day were Jason B. Brown, Henry U. Johnson and Judge Dan "Waugh, of Indiana; Powers, of "Vermont; Paynter, of Kentucky; Forney, of Alabama, and Cobb, of Alabama. Representative Stone, of Al- legheny, who was ill when he arrived at the J Capitol this morning, attempted te speak, but his voice failed him after a few min utes, and he was forced to desist and reserve his time. His carriage was sent for later, and he went home apparently suffering from a severe attack of the grip. Of the speakers, Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, attracted greatest attention, and his maiden speech was listened to with much interest by both sides of the Chamber. Mr. Johnson is a talented member of a talented family. One of his brothers, Robert Underwood Johnson, is well known in magazine circles, and is now associate editor of the Century Magazine. The speaker of to-day is a young man just entering the forties. His exposi tion of the legal aspects of the case from the Republican standpoint was exhaustive and extremely interesting. As I have said before, the whole case rests first upon the registry law, whether it is mandatory or merely directory, and sec ond, if the law is not mandatory, and affi davits as to citizenship are legal instead of registry, whether the necessary affidavits were or were not made. The Registry taw Only Directory. In regard to the nature of the registry law Mr. Johnson quoted decisions in favor of both interpretations, that it is not absolute ly mandatory and that it is only directory, and he quoted, moreover, a vote of the House in which a majority of Democrats sustained a minority report in a contested case which was an exact counterpart of the minority Teport made in the present case by Mr. Johnson. Touching the failure to show that affi davits had not been made by unregistered voters, Mr. Johnson held that the very fact that these men had voted was sufficient to warrant a presumption that they had in some way complied with the law and that their votes were legal or they would not have been accepted. Mr. Powers, of Vermont, a clerical-looking gentleman, the one Republican who has spoken in favor of the Democratic view, also made his first Congressional speech, but as he has been a member of the Senate and Speaker of the House and a Judge of the Supreme bench of his State he was quite at ease and made the points of his brief speech clearly and tersely. He decided, as though still on the Supreme bench, that the registry law is mandatory, and that touching the affidavits, if any presumption at all was to be entertained, it was that no affidavits were made and none could be found, and no evi dence was adduced to show that any had been made. Affidavit? tost or Stolen. The speakers tor Stewart made a strong point of the fact that the contestant had made no attempt to search for affidavits until about four months after the election, by which time the affidavits were lost or mislaid or stolen. Against this assumption. Judge Cobb, of Alabama, an old stager, who w ent at the case in hammer-and-tongs style, ranted to an amusing degree and made the really strong point that if there were affi davits it would have been easy for Stewart to have produced some one of the hundreds of unrezistered citizens who voted to testify before the committee that he had made an affidavit as to his citizenship, "but not one such person had been brought to light Mr. Dalzell bothered Mr. Cobb no little, when the latter was stumbling through the laws of Pennsylvania, by very pertinent questions. For" instance, he put this query: "The laws of Pennsylvania make it a crimi nal offense,-punishable by fine and impris onment, for any election officer to accept and count an illegal vote. Do you mean to say that an election officer so indicted would be convicted on account of the fact that four months after the election affidavits could not be found which wonld show that certain unregistered persons had not voted ille gally?" "I do not," said Mr. Cobb. "Then that gives your whole case away," retorted Mr. Dalzell. Badly Wounded by Mr. Dalzell. Of course Mr. Cobb went on to explain how a person indicted for a criminal offense was esteemed to be innocent until con victed, and that conviction must rest on the most positive evidence, but he got away from Dalzell in a somewhat wounded con dition, aud did not quite recover during his long speeclu Mr. Cobb frequently, during his effort, sipped some dark-looking liquid from a teacup with a spoon in it He ex hausted one cup and called a page to have the vessel replenished. "Give me com more of that the tea," he said, and then gave a little laugh and then everybody else laughed. Mr. Cobb pronounced prothonotarv "pro-tho-notary," each of the o's with ttie long sound and each of the first three syllables with an equal accent. Mr. Dalzell cor rected him, but either the tea or long habit compelled him to adhere to the old way, though he made several amusing attempts at the correct pronunciation. The debate will be continnprl tn.itinrrw with Dalzell, Stone, of "Warren county Stone, of Allegheny if sufficiently re covered from his illness Chairman O'Fer rall. of the Committee on Elections; Miller, of Michigan, and possibly Gillespie, of Mercer county, as the speakers. The pre vious question will probably be called late to-morrow afternoon, and Craig will then be seated by practically a party vote. Allegheny Postoffice Question Delayed. The expected hearing before the Commit tee ion i Appropriations of the committee of Aiiegneny councils, in regard to the in creased appropriation for the Allegheny postoffice site, did not occur to-day as ex pected. The train on which the committee came was several hours late, and the gentle men did not reach the city till high noon. The members of the committee here are Messrs. John C. Oliver, Chairman: Arthur Kennedy, C "W. Dahlinger, Jesse McGeary and J. J. Lang. They will meet the Com mittee on Appropriations at 11 o'clock to morrow. Another hearing ot interest to Pittsburg will be before the Committee on j-iiTurs ana narDors, wnen JUr. Johns Mc Cleave will present the arguments of the Monongahela Navigation Company against the proposition to condemn and purchase its locks and dams. The statement of Mr. Bankhead, of Ala bama, Chairman of the Committee on Pub lic Buildings and Grounds, that no apDro priation will be made at this session for new buildings, has carried dismay to the heart of many a member who was counting on an appropriation for a public building in his district to do much toward his renomina tion and election. Of course, it hurts the Democrats more than the Republicans, but iur. -omihueuu seems io oe inexorable. The one hope is in the Senate, which has already passed most of the public building bills that in the House are still sleeping and will continue to sleep in -Mr. Bankhead's committee room. Should the House refuse to pass these Senate bills the Senate will probably attach them as riders to appro priation oiiis, a proceeding wmen has been invited by the House in "the character of the rules adopted. It is within the power of the Senate to force the passage of any or all of these bills, in this way, by the exer cise of a great deal-of judicious and de termined obstinacy. Lightneb. A MAGHIFICEHT DIHHEB Given by a Western Millionaire to Russell Harrison and Wife. "Washington-, Feb. 25. Special Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison were the guests of honor to-night, at one of the most mag nificent dinnpra f-vpr tr-vn in WacMnrrfnn The host of the evening was Mr. J. K. 4& Delemar, of Idaho, a warm personal friend of the President's son, through whom his introduction to Washington society has been made. The preparations were upon the most elaborate scale, carte blanche having been given to caterer and florists to render the feast one of the most elaborate of its kind. The two large reception rooms at the Arlington Hotel were engaged for the occasion. At the close of the dinner the touch of an electric button concealed near the plate of the hostess brought down a perfect windfall of roses about the heads ofthe guests. Mrs. Harrison wore a simple and tasteful toilet of white silk mulle, ornamented with bows of satin ribbon. The dinner was fol lowed by a dancing reception, to 'which about 100 additional guests were invited, Mr. Delemar giving Mrs. Harrison the privilege of issuing the invitations. BESSEMER WORKS CLOSE. THET CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE WESTERN LOW PRICES. Many Hnndred Men Thrown Ont of Em ployment for an Indefinite Period The Cost or Production Too Great Compared With That of Elval Concerns. Tnov, N. Y., Feb. 25. Special The Bessemer Steel "Works shut down in definitely to-day, throwing many hundred men out of employment This means also the continued idleness of the Rensselaer Bail Mill, which the Bessemer plant sup plied with steel. A gentleman promi nently connected with the company, when asked the reason of the shutdown, said: "There are many reasons, but the principal one is the fact that "Western concerns turn out a cheaper article than can be made here, but confessedly of a poorer quality." It seems that in the case of railroad com panies the purchasing agents do not con sider the quality, but the price altogether. Consequently on price the Troy company is always left. Another thing that pre cludes the home company from successful competition is the great distance of the works from ;he irom and coal centers. And, again, the different departments are all remote from each other. The cost of hauling the material from one place to an other in course of its manufacture is very great, and is detrimental to the company to a great degree. The Bessemer and Rens selaer areowned by a corporation, m which the Standard Oil Company holds aeon trolling interest CRAZED BY THE KEELEY CURE. A. Denver Man Made a Raving Maniac by Bl-Chlorlde of Gold. Denver, Col., Feb. 25. Special. Mr. C. N. Yaughan is insane as a result of the Keeley bi-chloride of gold treatment for the liquor habit Yaughan is a paper hanger. His physique is robust, bnt has been somewhat impaired of late by exces sive drinking. Some four weeks ago Vaughan was induced to submit to the gold cure for his abnormal appetite for whisky. Several days ago he was turned out cured. At noon' yesterday Vaughan Vas feeling particularly bright and healthy. Shortly before midnight he went to hit boarding house and startled the occupants by claim ing possession of the house, and making them vacate in their nightclothes. He was afterward removed to police headquarters, and is now a raving maniac. WISHABT KNOCKED OUT BY. O'KABA. The Superintendent's Little tetter Foils the I and O. Captain. Newabf, If. J-. Feb. 25. Special Captain Wishart, of Pittsburg fame, has had some experience with our local police which would discourage many another. "When the local Law and Orderleague en gaged "Wishart's services it was understood that he would try heroic treatment and close np the saloons on Sunday at any cost For the past two or three Sundays a num ber of men, mahy of whom "Wishart is said to have brought with him from Pitts burg, have obtained evidence against the saloonkeepers, all to no purpose. At length he resolved to tackle the evil in person, regardless of the fate of former Law and Order men in Newark, and he applied to the Police Commission to be appointed a special officer. The Police Commission, which had ignored his first communication about illegal Sunday selling, has so far re fused to give "Wishart an appointment, and he is not likely to be appointed during the term of the present commission. It is ad mitted by a majority of the Commissioners here that the letter of Superintendent O'Mara, which they received in reuly to their questions about "Wishart's record in Pittsburg, has influenced them in refusing. me appointment, wisnartnas sent a reply to O'Mara's letter to the Police Commis sioners. "Wishart was seen to-night in his home at Belleville. He absolutely refused to make known the contents of his reply to O'Mara's letter. He .said he did not expect that any of the Pittsburg papers would dare publish his letter, because it contained reflections upon O'Mara. The hostile attitude of the commission would not deter him from shutting up the saloons on Sunday. He proposed to go right ahead with the work the Law and Order League had entrusted to him. ELECTBICITY AT THE AIE. The Convention at Buffalo Adjourns After Electing Officers. Buffalo, Feb. 25. At to-day's session of the Electric Light Convention, Mr. Arm strong, on behalf of the "World's Fair Com mittee, reported that they had a conference with Prof. Gray and the Executive Com mittee. Definite arrangements can be made later to cover the points involved. His resolution for a world's congress at the Ex position was adopted. The following officers were elected: Pres ident, James L Ceyer, of St Louis; First Yice President, Judge E. A. Armstrong, of Camden, N. J.: Second Vice President, 0. H. "Wilmerding, of Chicago: Secretary, George F. Porter, of New York. EOCKEFELLEE GIVES A MILLION. The Chicago University Gets It as a Thanks Offering for Returning Health. Chicago, Feb. 25. The "University of Chicago to-day Tiad another gift of $1,000, 000 added to its endowment A letter was received by the trustees from John D. Rockefeller, tendering that sum in 5 per cent gold bonds to be handed over to the trustees with accrned interest March 1. The giver reserves the "right to designate the expenses to which the income shall be applied. The letter concludes as follows: 'I make this gift as a special thanks offer ing to almighty God for returning health." Webster Able Now to Pay His lawyers. New Yobk, Feb. 25. Special Book maker "Burton C "Webster, now on trial for the murder of Broker Charles E. Goodwin, has an interest in the books at Guttenburg. He.won $7,000 on Idea in the first race on Wednesday throngh a commissioner, and to.day the same commissioner raked in $3,000 by betting on Forest King, the favor ite in the first race. However the case may go "Webster will be able to pay his lawyers. Typhn,rever in New Tork. New YoBK.'Feb. 25. Another death and two new cases is the typhus record for tot-day. CULL FORGOpi, The Jesuits Planning to Elevate the Archbishop to the Cardinalate. A SCHEME OF TAMMANY To Obtain the Full Control of This Important Position. WORKINGMEN OUT IN OPPOSITION. They Wish to Bo Kept From Being Clerical Chestnuts' Cat's-Paira. LIBOR UNIONS TO ACT LTTHE MATTER f BPICTAt TXLEGKAM TO TITE CI8PATCII.1 New Yoek, Feb. 25. A private dis patch from Rome yesterday to a high prelate of the Catholic Church reads as follows: A combination is being formed by Jesuits and the Pro-German party to make Archbishop Corrigan Cardinal. Ameetlnz at Cooper Union, March 2, is to be used to show to the Vatican Corrlgan's popularity with workingmen, said to have been lost by his attitude In the McGlynn difficulty. The German party referred to means the Cahensley faction. The Cooper Union meeting has been very quietly arranged. Few of the anti-Corriganites knew of any alleged scheme back of it. As soon as they were put on the track, however, by the Rome dispatch, they got out their scalping knives They soon discovered what leads them to declare that it is a scheme of Tam many Hall to get control of the Cardinalate. They declare the tigers intend to pack the meeting to boom th'e Archbishop. They are especially angry by the allegation that John D. Crimmins, the millionaire street con tractor and Tammany leader, has given orders to his men to attend the meeting, and that though tickets of admission cost fifty cents he has given them out to his men, and Archbishop Corrigan is to be at the meeting and make an address. A letter urging the faithful to attend and issued by him will be read Sunday, 'in all the churches. No Influence Brought on the Employes. The day is the 82nd birthday of the Pope, and'the circular call to the meeting declares the gathering to be called "to lecord gratitude to the Pope for his wise counsel on the reciprocal duties of employer and employed." Mr. Crimmins was seen by The Dis patch correspondent to-dav. He said he had not used any influence on his employes to get them to attend the meeting. He did not know that the meeting was to be a boom for the Archbishop, and said the question will not be mentioned yet, laying emphasis on the "yet" Jerome O'Neill, Master "Workman of the Paper Hangers' Assembly, was an active participant in the George-McGlynn row of five years ago. He was shocked to hear of a scheme back of the meeting. "Any scheme to make Archbishop Corrigan Car dinal ought to be opposed by the Catholic workingmen," he said. "He would do nothing for their real interests. I believe that his elevation would hurt our cause, .J. sincerelyhope the workingmen of this ciFr will not be led to give to the Archbishop's policy any indorsement that wonld help his promotion." Workingmen W 111 Not Be Made Cat's-Pawa. Mr. O'Neill further declared that the matter would be brought before the Central Labor Union Sunday and the workingmen kept from being made cat's-paws for clerical chestnuts. Patrick Cunningham, one of the signers of the call of the meeting, when seen said: "The meeting will be a monster one. The Archbishop strongly approves of our move ment" "Are you in favor of the Archbishop be int made Cardinal?" "I am; but that is not the object of this meeting, and must not be mentioned in con nection with it, as it would antagonize those who are coming into our movement" James P. Archibald, Secretary of the Central Labor Union, and one of the most powerful labor leaders in the metropolis, was interviewed. "Do you believe that the elevation of Archbishop Corrigan to the Cardinalate would benefit the cause of the Workingman?" he was asked. "No. On the contrary it is well known that Archbishop Corrigan and Cardinal Taschereau were opposed to the Knights of Labor, and only through the action and defense of Cardinal Gibbons was the con demnation of the Knights of Labor averted." No Change of Sentiment Among People. "Have you noted any change in sentiment among the working people in favor of the Archbishop since the George-McGlynn ex citement "I would be pleased if I could say that I had. Both Protestant and Catholic work ing neople have expressed their sorrow at the manifest and apparent bitterness of Biis Grace toward the working people." "It is stated that the Archbishop is one of the most beloved among the workingmen of the city; is that so?". "I distinguish and answer -that Catholic workingmen wish to respect the office held by His Grace of New York, and would be most willing to manifest their love for his person; but how is it possible for children to manifest love for a father who has never shown positive interest in the improvement of their' condition? Some time ago the Catholic Review suggested that Archbishop Ireland be requested to deliver in this city his lecture on the 'Condition of Labor.' "Was any notice taken of this suggestion? Archbishop Ireland delivered this lecture in St. Louis during the recent jubilee of Arch bishop Kenrick, and His Eminence, Cardi nal Gibbons, introduced him and presided clothed in the robes of a prince of the church. If our Archbishop wonld show such an interest in the condition of the laborers the children of toil would both love and respect him." Attempted Boom for the Archbishop. "Will not the working people resent such a scheme as the meeting of March 2 is said to be if it prove to be an attempt to work up the boom for the Archbishop?" "I cannot positively say that they will resent it I would prefer to wait, but from what I already know I can say that many workmen view it as an attempt to work np a bogus boom for His Grace." The admirers of Dr. McGlynn, who are strongly represented in 'the labor unions, will, it is said, at the meeting of the Cen tral Labor Union Sunday, take steps to prevent the workingmen from being put in the position of indorsing the Archbishop. "Although the meeting is ostensibly to honor the Pope," said one of themyesterday, " atwist could be given to any resolutions passed there so as to make them appear as an indorsement "We propose to prevent this." . BISHOP LOUGHLIN'S SUCCESSOR. The Clergymen of Hl Diocese Are Anxious for a Brooklyn Man. New Yobk, Feb. 25. Special Seventy priests of the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn met this afternoon in the assembly rooms of the iEthenaum, Brooklyn, The object of j the meeting was to have the priests give formal expression of their wishes regarding the appointment by the Pope of a successor to the late Bishop Longhlln. A few days after the death of Bishop Loughlin the rectors and consultors of the Brooklyn diocese met in Archqishop Cor rlgan's house to select the names of three priests whom they recom mended the Pope as candidates for the vacant bishopric. Some weeks later Archbishop Corrigan and the bishops of the New York province, which includes the dioceses in New York and New Jersey, chose three names. According to the laws of the Catholio Church, the Pope will name one of the clergymen on these two lists Bishop of Brooklyn. The men selected by the Brooklyn priests were Rev. James H. Mitchell, for many years Bishop Longhlin's right-hand man; Rev. Martin Carroll, of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, and Rev. P. J. McNamara, of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. The names chosen by Archbishop Corrigan and the Bishops of the province were kept secrect until last week. A Brooklyn priest finally learnsd that they were Bishop Ludden, of Syracuse; Bishop O'Farrell, of Trenton, and Mon signor Charles E. McDonnell, Archbishop Corrigan's private secretary and Chancellor of the New York archdiorftse. It was de cided to draw up a petition to the Pope, asking him to appoint one of the three Brooklyn priests bishop. , THE BIMETALLIC CONFERENCE. ENGLAND HAS MADE THEFIKST STEP TOWARD THE MEETING. Secretary Foster Will Consult With Great Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer France Will Join In the Considera tion of the Silver Currency Question. New Yoek, Feb. 25. Special. Wall street men received important information to-day from Washington concerning a forth coming bimetallic currency conference. An erroneous story has been circulated that Secretary Foster's visit to Europe has something to do with such a conference. The arrangements for the conference were completed long before Mr. Foster contem plated his foreign trip. Before he returns he may have consultations with Mr. Goschen Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain, and with the Marquis of Salisbury. The news that Great Britain has at last agreed that such a conference is necessary, and that it will co-operate with the United States in bringing about such a conference is encouraging. France is also expected to join with the United States and Great Britain. The significant point is that Great Britain has voluntarily agreed to dis cuss the silver situation. In the last con ference on these matters, held in 1878, Eng land was represented, but took only a per functory part in the deliberations. Now, England makes the first step forward. Dow, Jones & Co., speaking of the new departure in financial circles said to-day: "A gentleman who talked with,, the Secretary before he sailed for Europe", but who will not consent to have his name used, is authority for a statement that Secretary Foster said that an agreement for an inter national monetary conference had practic ally been made and he expected that this conference wonld be announced soon after his arrival in London. Tnere is no disput ing this authority. It is absolutely cor rect" From another source it is learned that correspondence has been exchanged between France, England, Germany and the United States, and a conference has been agreed upon. ,It is under&toodthat the Harrison administration xdeslred -very rauch-tttrbring ab&ut this conference, and succeeded. Pending such meeting there would be no f fresh silver legislation here. LILLLE JOHNSON STILL IX JAIL. Her lawyers Argue That Bail Should Be Taken In Her Case. Memphis, Feb. 25. Special. In the Lillie Johnson case to-day Father Veale, pastor of St Patrick's Church, in which the fair prisoner was a communicant, testi fied to her reputation for peace and quiet ude. Dr. Henning, the family physician of the Johnsons, testified to her gen eral ill health, and gave his opinion that further confinement might result seriously. This ended the testimony in the case. Lillie Johnson is ill, nervous and unstrung as the result of the tearlui ordeal sue has undergone the last three days. She entered the court room supported by her father, and was barely able to walk to her chair at the bar. Attorneys Patterson and Gantt spoke at some length, contending that only such cases were .unbailable where there was not reasonable doubt of guilt, and that all cases were bailable when the accused had taken no active part in the crime. At the conclu sion of argument the Court took the case under advisement till to-morrow, and Lillie was taken back to jaiL QUAY'S HEALTH IS IMPE0TED, And He 1TH1 Try to Come North Some Time Next "Week. Philadelphia, Feb. 23. Special Senator Quay's health has improved so much within the past week that he has de termined to come North the early part of next week. The Senator announced his in tention in a telegram sent to State Senator George Hamdy Smith to-night. It is brief and to the point, but it is quite evident from the wording of the missive that the Junior Senator feels encouraged at the progress he is making. It is as follows: Fort Piebci, Fla., Feb. 23. Am getting along quite comfortably. Will try togoNorthneit week. M. S. Quay. "That," exclaimed Senator Smith, as he finished reading the telegram, "confirms what I have felt all along." He added: , I knew the Colonel was sick, and I knew that he needed the climate of Florida to pull him through all right, hut I was con fident there was no foundation for the semi sensational dispatches that were sent to tne newspapers from Jacksonville last week. The Colonel Is very Sensitive about his health, and ho is particularly careful not to unnecessarily alarm the members of his family on that score. , 57 BEEELS DOOMED TO DIE. One of the Garza Men Is a Brother of a Judge of tbe Supreme Court. El Paso, Tex, Feb. 25. Two tro'ops of Mexican cavalry arrived in Juarez, Mex., to-day with 57 revolutionary prisoners from Ascension. They will be tried here. Of the 57 prisoners there are only two single men among tnem. The evidence against all of them is suf ficient to condemn them to death. A brother of the Judge ot the State Supreme Court is among the prisoners. Cleveland Solid In Bhode Island. PltovmcNCB, R. I., Feb. 25. Demo cratic caucuses to elect delegates to tbe State Convention were held here last even ing. The new system of conducting the meeting worked perfectly. Nineteen dele gates favorable to Cleveland at the Na tional Convention were selected while the Hill faction elected seven. The New Bishop of La Crosse. 'LaCbossej "Wis., Feb. 25. Considera ble pomp and ceremony marked to-day the consecration of Rev. James Schwebach, formerly a professor in the Catholic Uni versity at Washington, as Bishop of La urosse. Arcnbisaop listzer officiated as consecratftr, I0I0U 1 ATTHEPALACE. JediEJBiajp., Marches to the Kaiser's Gate Demanding Bread. TROOPS AND POLICE Charge Upon the Enraged Socialists and Drive Them Back BUT AFTER A STUBBORN BATTLE A Crisis Is Imminent, Owing to the Speech ' of the Emperor. Bismarck to Lead the Strongest Party Germany Has Ever Seen, in Opposi tion to the 'Government The Educa tion Bill to Be Fought to the Bitter End in the Upper House of the Prus sian Diet The. Mob Yesterday Was Cheered by All Classes A Second Blot Before the Imperial Besidence Occured in the Evening Eighty Peo ple Wounded and 100 Arrests Made. Berlin, Feb. 25. Emperor "William's speech made at Brandenburg yesterday in tensely excites political circles, it being held by some that a dangerous crisis is inev itable. It is reported that when the sectar ian education bill in the Prussian Diet reaches the Oberhaus, Prince Bismarck, at the head of the strongest party ever known in Germany, will oppose the Government. The Vossiche Zeitimq observes that if all the discontented left the country, as advised to do by the Emperor in his Brandenburg speech, the adherents of Prince Bismarck would be included among those departing. The Vossiche article adds: "The great em ployers of labor who are dissatisfied with labor laws, and agriculturists injured through the new commercial treaties, would also go. KobodT would be left but Catholics." The TageUatt-reminds Germans that "the constitution concedes to every one liberty to express his opinion." Nearly All Germans Are Malcontents. The Socialist journal Vorwarts says it "de clines for Socialists the Emperor's invitation to emigrate," adding, "The Emperor would rule over a desert if all malcontents left his dominion." At 1 o'clock this afternoon about 4,000 unemployed, met by preconcerted arrange ment in a public square, and passed a series of inflammatory resolutions, denouncing their employers and the system of govern- 'ment whichenabled -the latter to crush the workingmen beneath the iron heel of capi tal, and calling upon the Government to take steps to protect the interests of the working classes. The news of this bold gathering in de fiance of the recent order of the authorities prohibiting such meetings, spread with electrical rapidity throughout the city. Tne result was that the agitators determined to take advantage of the excited unem ployed men to make a demonstration before the castle of the Emperor. Marchlnc on to the Castle. The police warned them that such a demonstration would probably result in bloodshed, but, led by the Socialist agita tors, the workmen formed in column and marched from the square mentioned, in the direction of TJnter den Linden. The on ward sweep of the workmen was at first irre sistible. The police were utterly unable to cope with them. "Was it a revolution? was the question heard on all sides. On marched the cheering workmen, cry- !, "Tn (h. roatll" "To the Outlet" in a manner recalling somewhat the scene of the storming of the Bastile at the beginning of the French itevomtion. Arrived upon tbe TJnter den Linden, be neath the statute of Frederick the Great, a halt was made and a Socialist leader made a passionate address to the throng, urging them to carry their demonstration up to the gates of the 'castle. Loud cheers greeted the suggestion. The Battle Before the Kaiser's Gates. The workmen passing throngh a line of police which barred their passage, rolling several policemen head over heels in so do in?, had nearly reached the Castle gates, where the guards had been ordered under arms and had loaded their rifles with ball cartridges, with a strong detachment of police, suddenly threw themselves across the short portion of the thoroughfare inter vening between the rioters and the Castle, and then, at a sharp word of command, the officers of the law made a determined charge upon the head of the workingmen's column. The latter, for a moment or so, nerved by the roaring cheers of thousands, bravely and stubbornly withstood the attack of the police and pressed onward by those in the rear, actually managed to gain headway and to beat back the police. The latter, how ever, rallied, and, hitting furiously right and left, wounded scores upon scores of workmen. The mob then orderly retreated, leaving 100 prisoners In the hands of the police. About 70 wounded rioters were left on the field of battle. All Sympathize With the Kloterj. It was noticed that throughout the dem onstration of to-day that the sympathy of the immense crowd of people, rich and poor, who witnessed the workingmen's demonstration, was beyond a doubt with the rioters. Another row 'occurred "about 5:30 p. M. near tbe Brandenburg Gate. About 300 men out of employment assembled with the in tention ot holding a demonstration, but they quarreled among themselves instead, and a free fight ensued. They were finally dispersed by tne police. The meeting of which the disturbance was the outcome was held in the suburb, of Friedrichshain under socialistic auspices, and was attended by several thousands of unemployed persons. Several violent speeches twere made. The last speaker called on the crowd listening to him to go to Berlin, inciting shouted responses of, "We will go" and "The Kaiser musjk see us." The Mob Demands Bread at the Castle. The procession was then formed. It marched up Koenigs street past the Town Hall to the Schloss Platz, the square on which stands the Imperial castle. Here the crowd shouted demands for bread, and the attitude was so threatening that the police sent for reinforcements. Being strengthened by the arrival of aid, the police drew their sabres and tried to disperse the crowd. The clamorous neoDle I resisted, making use of clubs. Several per-. sons were injured on both sides before the sqnare was cleared. The persons arrested inclnde a number of women. Daring the evening hundreds of unem ployed persons carried by storm butchers and bakers' shorn in the Koenenik and .Frankfurter quarters of the city, smashing wmuows ana looting the shops ot their con tents. The police made repeated charges upon these distnrbers of the peace, and were engaged in various conflicts with them until 10 o'clock, when the mob finally dispersed. MBS. KOlf TAGTJ FOUND GUILTY. She la Convicted of Slanilanslndr, and Is Belnc Tried for Cruelty. Belfast, Feb. 23. Mrs. Annie Marga ret Montagu, wife of Mr. Eobert Montagu, of Coleraine county, Londonerry, and daughter-in-law of Lord Montagu, who on February 18th was held by a Coroner's jury as being responsible for the death of her 3-year-old daughter, Mar? Helen, was re arraigned for a further hearing day. She was found guilty -of manslaughter. The trial of Mrs. Montagu on the second count, cruelty to children, was then proceeded with. "When the hearing was resumed to-day Coleraine was in a state of excitement Feeling for and against the prisoner had reached such a stage that the judge before whom the hearing was to be held became alarmed, and deemed it necessary, in order to preserve the peace, to forbid the admit tance of the general public to the court room. The nnrse, Mrs. James, deposed that she once saw the accused dragging her son Austin along the corridor by his leet, his head trailing alonsr-the gronnd. A house maid named Camp osed that she saw Gilbert stripped; ""aten with a scourge until his !, Oij-t """.rated; that he was thenSiSfflVt'3 Jo - v v i Ti-'t'?n. 4.7..- testimony equally damaging- jUcv& , Mrs. Montagu was committed foi?r the cruelty charge JRUSSIA GIVES UP PAMTS. Her Apolozy for the Tonnghusband I& cldeat Amounts to That. LONDON, Feb. 25. The Government of Russia has officially expressed its regret for the expulsion of Captain Tonnghusband and Lieutenant Davidson from the Pamir by Russian officers. This ends an incident that at one time threatened to result in serious consequences. England claimed that the Russians were themselves trespassers in the territory from which Captain Xounghusband and Lieuten ant Davidson were expelle'd, and represen tations were made to Russia that the action of her officers was entirely unwarranted. That Russia has taken this view of the mat ter is made plain by her expressions of regret. PTFTEEJT MEN BUEIED AIIYB. Hnge Masses of Bock, Bent by an Explo sion, Fall Upon Quarrymen. Lisbon, Feb. 25. An explosion occurred yesterday in a quarry located bnt a short distance from the Royal Palace of Ajuda. Quite a number of men were working in the quarry at the time. The explosion rent huge masses of rocks from the side' of the pit and tumbled them down on the men below. Fonr men were horribly mangled, and 15 others are supposed to be buried beneath the debris. Bnorts are being made to rescue them. SHYER, E1VEES AHD TZLEGBAPHT. Three Sohjects on Which Resolutions Are 1 ntrodnced at New Orleans. NEWOEfcEANS,.FeK25. At the Trans Mississippi Congress to-day, Mr. Shimer, of Missouri, introduced a resolution asking for cheaper rates of telegraphy, said rates to be fixed by Congress, and also favoring the postal telegraph system; also resolutions favoring freedom of commercial transac tions from onerous taxations; also advocating uniform bills of ladings free of all evasions of carriers' common law liabilities. Reso lutions in regard to irrigation were also in troduced. Mr. Cruise, of Kansas, offered the following resolution: Kesolved, That the improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers, and their navigable tributaries would supply a facility for water transportation which would so reduce tbe cost of carriage as to add annually to the revenues of productive industry in these valleys more than tbe entire cost of tbe Improvement utilize latent resources now unused because of tbe cost of transportation, and reclaim an area of land eqnal to some of the great States. The Committee on Resolutions reported favoring free coinage of silver. Action on all these resolutions was deferred until to morrow. CANADA'S PAELIAMEHT OPENS. Xiord Stanley's Opening Speech Kefers to Several American Qnestlons. Ottawa, Ont., FebT 25. Parliament was openedio-day. Lord Stanley, in his speech, referred to the negotiations with the United States on the Bering Sea seal fish eries, the recent negotiation for an extension of trade between the two countries, that for the establishment of the Alaskan boun dary, tbe destructive methods of fishing, the pollution of streams and the establishment of a uniform close season in fishing. The only legislation of importance fore shadowed in the speech are laws for the preservation of the British Columbia salmon nsnenes ana lor amendments to tne civil iervice act designed to prevent irregu larities in the Government departments. A P0IJ.TICIAH COMES TO GEHIP. He Is From Fottsville, and Is Arrested for Forgery In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 25. Detectives Bond and Murray arrested Bird S. Patter son, a former resident and politician of Pottsville, in an office on Walnut street this afternoon on a warrant charging him with forgery and embezzlement. He is accused of forging the name of Ida S. Patterson, of Pottsville, to a mortgage and embezzling $1,200 beloneine to her. The prosecutor is a cousin of the prisoner, who was a well-known newspaper editor at the time of his disappearance from Potts ville about two months ago. COULDN'T CONVICT CURTIS. The Jury In the Famous Murder Case Dis agrees and Is Discharged. SAN Feancisco, Feb. 25. At 4:30 o'clock the jury in the Curtis case again re ported they were unable to agree, and were finally discharged by Judge Troutt. Con trary to the rumors current this morning about the court room, the jury reported they stood ten for conviction and two for acquittal when discharged. I . Yellow Fever in New Tork Harbor. New Yobk, Feb. 25. The United States and Brazil mail steamship Advance, which arrived here last- night, is detained at Quarantine. She left Santos, January 23, and Rio Janeiro, January 25. An epidemic of yellow fever broke out on the Advance and ten of the seamen were stricken. One of them died. The vessel will be fumi gated, A Clerk Canght Bobbing the Malls. Lebanon, Feb. 25. This afternoonJohn T. Reigart, a clerk in the postoffice, was ar rested by a United States postoffice inspec tor for robbing the mails. Mail matter has been missing for some time. He will be ,takea to Harrisburg. WITHIN m ILLS Made Historic During the Desperate Civil Conflict the Veterans FEASTED IN HIGH STYLE. Eloquent Speeches Intersperse Mors Substantial Features. GOURLEY'S ADDRESS OP WELCOME Received TVith Great Favor and ,Yisitor3 , Compliment Pittsburg. CLOSE OP THE BUSINESS SESSION Gathered within Old City Hall last night were 900 representatives of the Grand Army of the Eepnblic of the Department of Pennsylvania. As the guests of the citr of Pittsburg they banqueted royally. "Within those walls whose every brick a story tell of woman's devotion and of the al most half a million soldiers strengthened their way to battle, the veterans feasted and talked only of the bright remembrances of that strife of 30 years ago. 'v? S"' despite all the gaiety, the bright "Jf- awers, the floating banners, the brilliant . ights and the waving palms, each look, ! each face told the story of a grand organ i zation that is fast marching into history aud with but a lew decades of life left it beyond the boundary line of the next century." Tho members come from ranks more thinned by time thanebel bolts and not a man who wore a badge of bronze but also wore tho locks of gray. The boys in bine of the six ties are the white hatred men of the nine ties. A Credit to the City. The affair last night shed honor upon Pittsburg. The citizens' committee did it self proud, and F. X Woog, of Cafe Eiffel, who directed the dinner, secured a victory that will not soon be forgotten. It was tho greatest course dinner ever served in Pitts burg. The soldiers were seated at table that reached the whole length of the hall, and on the platform was another table for the guests and speakers. Tri-eolored bunting stretched the entire length of the hallr while flags were festooned in graceful folds irom tho galleries. Long lines of Japanese lanterns stretched from each corner of the building to the center, and back of the stage, draped in the Stars and Stripes, stbodthe panels in black and gold that told the work done by the Pittsburg Subsistence Committee in tho sixties. Each table was burdened with flowers, aud everywhere were palms and ferns. At the center of the guests' table sat Mayor' H. I. Gonrley. To his right sat General John P. Taylor, of the First Penn sylvania Cavalry, who has just been elected Department Commander; General Latta, Senior Vice Commander W. H. Russell, Junior Vice Commander Swoyer, General R. B. Beath, Rev. N. F. Stahl, General Gobin, Past Commander Q T. Holland, Colonel Austin Curtin. Next to him sat Thomas M. Marshall and Judge Ewing with Dr. G. W. Bryant,a colored orator, between them, and"beyond were Judges Slagle and Porter, while Judges Hawkins, Over and Collier occupied seats below. To the left of the Mayor wero ex-Senior Vice Commander McTighe, State Treasurer Boyer, Past Department Commander Lovett, of New Jersey; Past Department Commanders McGhee and Stewart, of Pennsylvania; Rev. Dr. Riddle, General Harry White, President Judge or Indiana county; WI J. Patterson and Pen sion Agent H. H. Bengough The Dinner Call Sounded. The feast opened with blue points and si prayer by Rev. N. F. Stanl. It was a happy thought when the band sounded tho dinner call, and every veteran cheered and fell to work. Throughout the whole ban quet the G. A. R. Band filled the room with National airs, and so carried away were the soldiers that many a plate of some French delicacy was left untouched while its owner joined in the strain of "March ing Through Georgia," or "Maryland, My Maryland" or "John Browns Body. When the strains of "Dixie" floated out from behind the screen of palms, one grizzled haired drum mer boy of '01 drummed out the tune with knife and fork on his plate. Hundreds caught the inspiration, and old men shouted as in fancy they again followed Sherman to the sea, rode with "Gallant Phil" to victory, or, beckoned onward by the curling locks of Custer, they galloped again the charge from which their comrades never returned. At last the feasting ended, and in these words Mayor Gonrley welcomed the veterans to Pittsburg: "In that mighty conflict which made a great epoch in history, and upon which the civilized world looked with amazement and awe, you were living and heroic actors. The peaceful citizens of a representative Republic volunteering to fight the battles of their country against their own peonle who had risen in anger to destroy it. A wonderful spectacle to the nations of the earth I An undying theme to historian, philosopher and poett An inspiration forever to the lovers of country and liberty the world over. Glorious in Their KesuKs. "The record of those bitter years from '61 to '65 stands alone and unequaled in the an nals of time. They were cruel years, but sublime'in achievements and glorious in re sults. The energies of a great nation were withdrawn from the arts of peace. The in genuitv, skill and power ot man were en gaged in a mighty effort to destroy. . Foe years tbe earth was wet with blood. Briars grew where timid hands had trained the fragrant flowers. Beautiful fields, that had gladdened the heart of the husbandman with laughing harvests, became a wilder-' nest "Towns and cities that had known pros perity and peace became unhappy ruins. State's were despoiled by avenging crimes. The busy hum ot industry, which character ized the life of a great people, was super seded by martial music and the measured tread of armed men. The young, buoyant, hopeful and brave the flower of a great nation were going out to war. Peaceful America had become the greatest military power on earth. All over this laud there was weeping for loved ones slain. ' And yet, with the'spirit of the Spartan mother who gave the shield with the admonition, 'with it my son, or on it,' the loyal mothers of this country kissed their sons goodby, and with a benediction bade them go and fill the places of those who had sacrificed their lives in a holy cause. Worth All That It Cost. "But when the clouds lifted, when the battles were all fought, when the victories were all won, when the weary marches were ended, when peace spread her white wings ovcr a oieeumg cuuutry, tuub nag wnicn floated over the graves of the immortal dead and over the heads of the heroic living was hailed all around the world as the emblem of, an undivided land. Ave, morerin'the bursting dawn of a better and happier dny, 4 8 I? ? t. - .)'. - a, 'I. - . i-il-i.
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