St - V J Z,i j -V ,v - " THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH: 7 SATURDAY ' - FEBRUARY 27.- 1892." 7r Z&j HARD ON THE WHIPS Is tlio Keeping Mact of tlio Tory Majority in the House of Commons. THE APATITY OF DESPAIR Uakes a Government Defeat on Some Side Issue Very Possible. THE PARIS FDKD COMES UP AGAIN. English Breeders Eesent a Reflection on British Pedigrees. HERS0N TO FILL SPURGEOiYS SHOES tCOFTKlGrrr. 1S92, BY tite new tokk associated tress.! Loxdox, Feb. 26. The Conservative commoners, who are urging the Government to dissolve Parliament about Easter, have their reasons reinforced by the daily diffi culty experienced by the Conservative whips in keeping enough members together to prevent the opposition Ironi snatching a di ision on anything like an organized party struggle. The Cabinet can still rely upon a majority of CO. but the Unionists, of whom one-third decline to contest for Parliament again, will not hang about the House to sa e the Government from chauce defeat at unexpected moments. The opposition members, now greatly more attentive to their duties than are the Ministerialists, have on several divisions nearly succeeded in defeating the Govern ment. An instance was furnished to-night in the case of a minor measure relating to the provision of lunatic asylums for the 2f orfh of Ireland. A Defeat Staring Them In the Face. Messrs. Sexton and Healv and Sir "Will iam Harcourt contended that the bill ought to fall within the local government meas ure. Mr. Healy then moved to adjourn, and the result of the division was handed to the Irish teller, Sir Thomas Esmonde, -nith the intimation that the motion had been car ried. "Wild cheers rose from the opposition benches, and the Ministerialists looked aghast, although Mr. Jackson, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, had announced that the bill was not a purely Government meas ure. The incident took an amusing turn when, on Sir Thomas Esmonde's reading the figures, it wa found that the motion to ad journ had been defeated, the vote being 149 to 137. It was a small majority for the Ministerialists, but the pleasure of their surprise elicited loud counter cheers from the opposition benches. As the session proceeds the Ministers are aware that the tendency to these untoward incidents will increase. Cp-nill TTork for the Irish Bill. By the time Mr. Chaplin's small holdings bill is passed, the House will have no vitality Jeff for prolonged wrangles over the Irish local government bill. Still, Mr. Balfour shows no disposition to recede from his intention to carry that measure. "Writing to the British Unionist Club he says: I am convinced that the more the hill is studied the more it will bo seen to contain machinery to promote a broad, workable system suited to Ireland. I hope, also, to complete the general scheme by introducing n bill transferring: to Ireland private bill legislation now done at Westminster. If this expression is sincere, Mr. Balfour simply ignores the course of events in every last session known of protracted English Parliaments, the dominant fact of which is that the Government collapsed through the apathy of retiring members who failed to support them. Lord Salisbury has informed his leading supporters of his intention to hold a con . ference of the party on the eve of the day the Irish local government bill is going into committee. The opposition tactics, he says, under Mr. Gladstone's leadership, will then have developed and the Conservatives will be enabled to decide on what course they will pursue in the matter. "Why the Opposition Doesn't tike It. A close scrutiny of the text of the Irish local government bill does not lessen the Liberal opposition to the measure. The restrictions with which the bill hampers free action on the part of the county coun cils are endless. A special restriction, Inch is not fully explained, is where Mr. Balfour provides that a council can only op pose a bill in Parliament under the assent of the joint committee, of which body a majority of the members are non-elective. A council will be unable to appoint or re move officers or to fix salaries without the consideration of the joint committee. The Ulster members rejoice over the powers given to this committe, while the more the other Irish members scan Mr. Balfour's measure the more the bill becomes intoler able to them. Chancery proceedings are about to open, following a writ served upon Mrs. Pamell and Justin McCarthy jointly, at the instance of Messrs. Redmond, Harrington and others, n ith the Tiew to decide the custody of the Paiis funds. A legal declaration of the Chancerv Court will only assist the subse quent action of the party. The proceedings signalize 'he fact that the Parnellites see no chance of an agreement with the Mc Carthyites. The Ji'ew Irish Fund Growing. The special fund, which the Irish Xational Federation started a year ago for electoral and other purpose", is progressine. The total is now 12,000 and the fund is growing weekly. The American contributions are largely increasing. The proposals of Secretary Foster for re stricting European immigration to the United States, are anxiously discussed by Atlantic steamship companies. The sug gested increase of the head tax implies in creased passenger rates. A hieh steamship authority says that, while the'scheme will create positions in European ports for a new class of officeseekers at the cost of At lantic steamship lines, it will impel emi gration to other countries, especially io Canada. The exaction of a bond of 550,000 from steamship owners as a pledge for the return of objectionable emigrants within two years, he holds, will be impossible of observance. The ruling of the United States Treasury in refusing entry to animals after April 1, unless of satisfactory pedigree for five gen erations, excites opposite opinions amon" live stcck dealers. Breeders Say the Pedigrees Are O. K. One side declares that the export trade now is in pure-bred cattle, and that for sev eral years there has practically been no trade with the United States in cattle whose pedigree has not satisfied the regulations. Experts deny the accuracy of the Treasury statement that foreign registers have been established with the sole object of making cross-bred, mongrel animals eligible to tree entry. They assert that no such registers exist, and that the ruling originated in sug gestions from American importers whose ttablcs are full aud who wish to clear them out The Lord Mayor has sounded the Prince of "Wales in regard to the holding of a con ference at the Mansion House to express sympathy with Princess May. As yet the Prince of "Wales has not responded, declin ing to express an opinion. Many-wedding presents which reached "White Lodge prior to the deatbrof the Duke of Clarence have been returned. Dressmakers who were en gaged in preparing the bridal outfit are sell ing the completed portions. Tlio Prohable (successor of Spurgeon. Tames Spurgeon, the brother of the late Charles Spurgeon, lias provisionally as sumed the duties of tlie pastorate of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Kev. 3Ir. Pierson was the most popular candidate for the pas tbrate, but he is a Presbyterian, and the trust deed requires the selection of a Bap tist Mr. Picrson will continue to occupy the pulpit, and will probably formally join the Baptists and become the permanent pastor. The Hendersons, of the Clvde, are build ing a 40-ton centerboard yacht for Mr. Bell, of Thistle fame. It is expected that she will be j prize winner. .Further tests have been made with the Snyder dynamite projectile in South Wales. Shells from six-inch Armstrong guns, charged with 45 pounds of black prismatic powder, attained a velocity of 35 feet per second greater than ordinary projectiles. M. L0UBET WILL TRY IT. The latest French Tremler to Omit Con stant' Name Frorn the Cahinet and Keep the Other Members The Crisis Vcakeninc President Carnot's Position. Paris, Feb. 2G. M. Bourgeois has aban boned his attempt to form a Cabinet, and President Carnot has now summoned M. Loubet to undertake the task. There ,is a prospect that M Loubet will complete the formation of the new Cabinet to-morrow by omitting M. Constans from the list and taking the Interior portfolio himself, MM. de Freycinet, ltibot, Bour geois, Eouvier, Develle and Kiche retain ing their present seats. M. Loubet will de clare a policy that will not allow the clergy to encroach npon the rights of the State. The protracted crisis has greatly weak ened President Carnot's position. One hundred members of the Bight have agreed to sign a formal declaration of the future conservative policy, the leadiu'g leature of which is, as already announced, the accept ance of the republican form of govern ment. This development appears to be the result of the Comte de Paris' withdrawal from active politics, as indicat ed by his refusal to crant further subsidies to his newspaper organs. The Radicals are alarmed, because this change of iront is likely to strengthen the moderate support ers of the Government At a meeting of members of the Demo cratic left in the Senate, presided over by M. Rank, an influential politician, a reso lution was adopted expressing the hope that the crisis would result in the triumphant defense of the lay spirit against the pretensions and encroachments of clericalism. The Anti-Clericals declare that the resolution is aimed directlv at President Carnot He is accused of prolonging the crisis in order to check the radical hostility to the church, and it is said that he is encouraged in his moderate religions policy by his wife and General Brugere. TEKEIBLE BEVENGE FOB A CEIME. A Woman Suspected of Harder Soaked in Petroleum and Burned. "Vienna, Feb. 2G. The details of a most horrible story were received in this city to day. A band of masked men collected dur ing the night in the small village of Minia, in the province of Buko wins. They went to the house of a young widow named Matie Leppers, forc ing their way into her bedroom and bound her securely with cords. They then poured petroleum over her, thoroughly saturating her clothes. A match was then applied to the oil-soaked garments, and in an instant the unfortunate woman was enveloped in flames. The poor victim's shrieks and cries were blood curdling. The band stood gazing on the spectacle until the woman's convulsive struggle had ceased aud her anguished moans had died awav, and not one of them stirred from the spot until nothing re mained of the body but a blackened and distorted mass. The murderers then left the place as secretly as they had ar rived. The motive assigned for the outrage is that the woman was suspected of having murdered her husband, and it is thought that those who took part in the burning i ot the woman were mends ot the dead man. A N0STH SEA DISASTER. In a Collision, Ono of the Vessels Sinks With All on Hoard but One. London, Feb. 2G. News of a terrible disaster in the North Sea, by which a steamer went to the bottom, carrying with her every soul on board, with ouly one ex ception, was received in this city to-night Only meager details of the catastrophe have yet been obtained, but from the dispatches already at hand it is learned that the steamers Loughbrow, British, and Forest Queen came into collision offFlamborough, a village on the North Sea. The vessels crashed together with great force, and the Forest Queen was torn apart by the bow of the Loughbrow. The damages sustained by the Forest Queen were so extensive that the sea began to rash through the breaches in her hull in great volume. She at once began to settle and in a short time she plunged to the bot tom. So quickly did the Forest Queen founder that her crew had no chance to save their lives. The dispatches give no infor mation as to the extent of the damage done to the Loughbrow. A CABIHET CEISIS IN ITALY. a Five of the Principal Ministers to Give Up Their Portfolios. London, Feb. 27. The Times correspon dent at Borne says: "A ministerial crisis is imminent here. It is probable that Signor Luzzati, Minister of the Treasury, and Sig nor Branca, Minister of Posts and Tele graphs, will leave the cabinet" A Bulgarian Diplomat Assassinated. Constantinople, Feb. 26. Dr. Vulko ntscb, the Bubzarian agent here, who was stabbed yesterday by an unknown man, died to-day. The murder is attributed to a Bussian named Ivanoff, an accomplice of Kaulbars. Sin. Deacon to -Meet Her Husband. Cannes, Feb. 26. Mrs. Deacon returned from Pans to-day and was examined at the prefecture iu the presence of an important witness. She will be confronted by her husband to-morrow. DEPEW 0H A FOOTBALL TEAM. He Only Beprescnts the Lett Guard of a College Dinlnc Crew. Kew York, Feb. 2a Special. Tale men to-night honored Walter Camp, the football expert, with a dinner given in the concert room of the Madison Square Gar den. It was, from start to finish, a football dinner. The list of speakers was as follows: Quarterback, Henry Z. Howland; halfback, "Walter Camp, who responded to ex-Judge Harland's personal, remarks; left guard, Chauncey M. Depew, who spoke for' Yale; center, Eugene L. Bichards, who represented kickers in the faculty; left tackle, J. H. Mitchell, who spoke for the kickers in the alumni; halfback, Thomas L. McClung, orator for kickers in the present; left end, "W. A. Stiles, spokesman for kickers in the past; right guard, Buchanan Winthrop, representative of kickers in" the corporation; Bickinson "W. Bichards, of kickers in the new era; right end, Ames Parker "Wilder, kickers on the grand stand; fullback, Isaac H. Bromley, the last kick. Beside Captain McClung, the members of the present football team were present in: full .force. .Last year's football team, from Heffelfinger down, was also represented. Broke a Window and BoDbed a Store. Thieves broke a plate glass window in Mrs. William Howard's notion store at 721 Fifth avenue early yesterday morning. They stole a lot of cigars and cheap jewelry. A BOLT m BLAINE, If Harrison Doesn't Get the Nomina tion on the First Ballot, NOW PREDICTED BY A SENATOR Who Is One of a Number Who Are Planning to Domi the President. CLETELAKD ABLE TO CARRY CANADA rSriCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH. 1 "Washington, Feb. 26. There is a movement on foot among certain influential Senators to prevent the 'renomination of President Harrison. It is in the interest of no other candidate in particular. To down Harrison is the mainspring of its being. The instrument to accomplish such a pur pose has been selected. There are many candidates willing to be chosen, but the movement has not cot that far. There are present 11 Northern States in the movement New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michi gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South.Dakota, Iowa, Colorado and "Wash ington. Those engineering the movement are harmonious in their opinion upon the main object of their attack the downing of Har rison and they are sowing with vigorous sweep the seed of discontent in many other States. From such sowing they expecfto reap a harvest sufficient for their needs. The names of the Senators are known, but at present they can't be published. Suffice to say that they are recognized here as men who can be depended upon to steer their State delegation in any direction they see fit Piatt Depended on In Sow York. Upon Tom Piatt the leaders of the move ment count to take care of the New York delegation, and those outside the movement, but aware of it, agree that in reckoning upon Tom Piatt the leaders do so advisedly. A senator who has been in the movement since the beginning said to-day: "We are determined to down Harrison. Some of us are actuated by a personal dis like, the rest by a belief that Harrison, even if renominated, can't be elected. I can't say upon whom we shall unite. He may be'Cullom, Alger, Sherman, who, by the way, is the only Republican,' next to Blaine, capable of carrying New York or it may even be Blaine himself. 1 admit that to-day the indications point to Blaine. I will confess we do not consider Blaine out of the race, and should Harrison not win on the first ballot I should not be surprised to see a bolt for Blaine. Should there be, and Blaine remain in his present condition of health, he will accept" ""Why, then, did he write that letter?" How Blaine Kept His Faith. "Because of Harrison. When he entered the Cabinet he promised not to be a' candi date. Harrison urged him to write the let ter, and he did so. Now, if we nominate him he can accept without being false to Harrison. But don't interpret what I have said as an indication that we have combined in Blaine's interest "We may not com bine on anyone until just before the con vention, so that you can truthfully state that all the other candidates stand equal chances. Several of our States will instruct for this and that favorite son. That is all right, so long as they don't instruct for Harrison. "Were the 11 States in the movement to hold conventions to-day the delegates from New York, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Colorado and "Washington would be uninstructed. The delegates from Hli nois would be instructed for Cullom, those from Michigan for Alger, "Wisconsin for Busk, Iowa for Allison, and Pennsylvania for Blaine, we do not think when the 11 conventions meet there will be any change. Harrison may be able to overcome us, but," and the Senator smiled, "I doubt it" A Fight for "West Virginia. It looks as if "West Virginia might play a very interesting and probably important part in the figuring up on the next Presiden tal contest The desire of President Harrison that Secretary Elkins should accept the Republican nomination for Governor of that State has already been widely dis cussed. The probabilites are that, in the interest of Mr. Harrison, Mr. Elkins will be a candidate for Governor, and will exert all his great power to throw the State over to the Republicans in the Presidental con test. It is a matter of no little consequence how the electoral vote of West Virginia will be cast There is little doubt that the candi dacy of Mr. Elkins is very strong. His associations in the State and his immense business interests, involving a number of prominent Democrats in entangling alli ances, might make it a very difficult thing to defeat him. Therefore the Democrats are anxious to bring forward the strongest man they can, and it is probable that Rep resentative William L. Wilson will be the Democratic nominee. He is not seeking the nomination, but will accept it if offered to him, and will probably make a better run than any other Democrat who could be put upon the ticket Cleveland Strong In the State. To make the run he would sacrifice a bril liant career in Congress to make a desper ate fight in the party interest But even with so strong .a candidate as Mr. Wilson, the Democrats have every reason to feel alarmed about West Virginia, and the best informed politicians believe that if Cleve land does not secure the nomination the State will be very apt to go Be publican, despite all efforts to save it Cleveland is wonderfully popular in West Vitginia, and a solid delegation will go to the national convention in his support, and it is felt that with him as a candidate there would be a reasonable certainty of Demo cratic success. With any other candidate it is hardly to be hoped that the State could be carried in face ot the tremendous efforts that will be put forth by Mr. Elkins. Cleveland Conld Carry Canada. "I am sure that Cleveland can carrv Canada without a struggle," said Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan, this afternoon. The Senator has just returned from the Ann Arbor celebration, and his car was attached to the private car occupied by ex-Presi-dent Cleveland and Senator "Dickinson, when the party traveled over the Michigan Central to New York. "Mr reasons for making this bold assertion,1' continued Senator Stockbridge, "are num erous; but the chief one is founded on facts and sights witnessed during our trip through Canada this week. From the time we en tered the Queen's dominions until we left it, Mr. Cleveland had one continuous ovation. It showed plainly in what high estimation English subjects held Mr. Cleveland.. At St Thomas, where we stopped for a short time, we were met by a British brass band, and a great crowd of people calling for a speech from Mr. Cleveland. It was a grand reception, but it was only one of ' the many given him as we passed through the Canadian towns. Less Enthusiasm in New York. "At the Canada end of the suspension bridge there was an enthnsiastic crowd of people who called for a speech from the ex President, and greeted him with .cheers. Naturally, after witnessing the great ova tions given him in Canada by the British subjects, we expected to see the American people waiting to welcome him to his native land, but great was our surprise to find no crbwd on the United States end of the suspension bridge, no calls for speeches, and very little interest in his presence. At Buffalo, Mr. Cleveland's old home, the peo ple did not turn out to greet him, -and he passed through almost unnoticed, while at Rochester there was absolutely no one fo re ceive him. Therefore, I judge from those things that Mr. Cleveland can easily carry Canada, though he lose New York. KEC1PBOCITT, its history and results, by TVilllmn E. Cnrtls, in TOE DISPATCH to- ROUTERS GAVE Up THE FIGHT. He Goes Into a Barber Shop and Then Sends for O'JIara to Arrest Mm Led the Officer a Wild Chase, hat Was Beaten. Charles Bonders, the man who shot his wife in the neck last Tuesday, delivered himself up to the police yesterday and is now in Central station on a charge of at tempted murder. The police are greatly relieved that the man is under arrest, for they have been vainly searching for him ever since his disappearance immediately after the shooting. .Bonders went to the barber shop of his friend. Jacob Motz, in the basement of the Anchor bank building last evening and was shaved. While ,, undergoing the operation he told Motz he wanted to give himseU up, get a hearing at once and then get bail, so that he could place himself under treatment, as he .was ill. He askedMotz to send for Superintendent O'Mara to come and see him. Motz carried the message himself,,and when the Police Superintendent learned who wanted to see him he went with Motz at once. Bouders was placed under arrest and taken to Cen tral station, btrt was disappointed that he could not firt get a hearing. After Bouders was locked up it was learned that his meek submission, was not entirely, voluntarv. He had been closely pursued since early in the morning by In spector Whitehouse and Detective Fitz gerald and at last finding they were bound to catch him he jumped a car and came into the city. The two district officers traced him to the point where he boarded the car within 20 minutes after. Bouders admits having shot his wife, but says he only intended to frighten her. Bouders and his wife had not .been living together for some time, but she received some money from her father's estate re cently and he went to see her last Tuesday to get some of it. Her refusal to deliver led to the shooting. Her condition is much improved and there is little doubt of her recovery. Bouders has the appearance of a man who has been on a protracted spree. He re fuses to talk of the shooting. Although the police have been searching the county for Bouders, he declares he has not been two miles away from the city. TWO LITTLE OISLS' BABD LUCK All Caused by a Mother' Desertion and a father's Brntality. " Yesterday afternoon as Officer J. B. Thompson was patrolling his beat about Twenty-eighth street he noticed a little girl standing on the corner crying bitterly. Upon questioning her she told an interest ing story. She said her name was Kate McNichol, and she was hunting work. She said she had lived with her father on Car son street, near Twenty-sixth, until yester day morning, when her father had driven herself and her younger sister from the house after beating them severely. During the course of the day she had become lost from her sister, and did not know where she was. She wandered into Walker's Employment Agency on Sixth street Here some lady told her where she could find a position, and she had set out to find it, but had got tost, and night coming on she had no "place to go, and had given way to tears when discovered by the officer. She was taken to the Twelfth ward police station, aud showed Sergeant Stix and the officers the bruises on her body, and scratches on her face, which she said had been inflicted by her father. Officer Thompson took the girl to a board ing house at 2835 Penn avenue. The girl appeared to be bright aud said that her lather was employed in one ot tne boutn side mills. She also said her father and mother could not agree, and so a couple of weeks ago the mother left and went to board. Since her mother left, her father had been more abusive than ever. Her sister has not been found, and it is- supposed she has been taken in and cared for by some family. HARK TWAIN'S story, "The American Claimant," In TUB DISPATCH to-morrow. THH JOYCE HISTEEY. East End Police Think Pulpns Did the Killing. A hearing before the Coroner in the mys terious murder case of Sarah Joyce will be held this morning. The officers of the Sec ond police district have ever since the find ing of the girl been industriously at work on the case and were last night confident tbatPulpus, the colored man. arrested, will be held for the killing. Inspector White house says the letter alleged to have been written, in which the writer confesses to having committed the murder, was a fake. He takes no stock in the letter. His inves tigations, he says, have satisfiedhim that the girl never had a lover in Ireland or in America, and that she was never known to be out of bed after 8:30 at night It was reported yesterday that the girl was weak minded and that at times she was not responsible for her actions. This is em phatically denied by her sister, Mrs. Mc Ginley, of Sylvan avenue. "Our investigations have been vigorous," an East End officer said last night, "and we are now convinced that Pulpus is either re sponsible or knows something about it. We can fix him at the spot where the girl was found just at the time the girl is supposed to have died. He will certainly be held for the killing." Wlll Tackle the Smoke Again. At the next meeting of Councils, a new ordinance will be taken up, prohibiting the use of bituminous coal by manufacturer's in certain parts of the city. The object is to injure the manufacturers 'as little as pos sible, but at the same time protect the resi dence portion of the city from the smoke nuisance. The line, in which soft coal may be burned, commences at the outer city line, on the north side of Second avenue. It will then run to a point opposite Miltenberger street, then up over "the hill diagonally across through the Allegheny Cemetery, to Butler street and out to the Sharpsburg bridse. FITTSBTJBG'S (uecessful business men tell In THE DISPATCH to-morrow how a young man should Invest his first SIOO. They Still "Want a Dally Paper. . The labor leaders of Pittsburg are still toddying their pet labor daily newspaper scheme and think it is a possibility. They claim to have a man who is willing to start a subscription fund with 520,000 and others who will give smaller sums. If things can be got in shape a meeting will be held in the Knights of Labor headquarters next Tuesday alternoodt Several labor men from other cities will be present who are interested in the scheme, and it is the inten- J tion to get the thing in working order. A New Converting Mill atHomestead. Ground has been staked off at Homestead for a, new converting mill, for the steel plant of Carnegie Bros. '& Co. The mill is to be supplied with the latest improved machinery, and will be under root by April 1. J. Kennedy will superintend the con struction. Will Not Ask for More Money. The Stonecutters' Association last night decided to'work for 4-1 cents an hour for an other year. There was a good deal of dis cussion about asking for an increase, but it was thought best not to ask for more money this vear. A Glassworfcers' Monument. A committee of American Flint glass workers will meet in Philadelphia to-morrow to decide upon plans for a monument for the 19 glassworkers killed in the Ba venna wreck. It will cost' 53,500, and be erected at Corning, N. Y. ' RUINED Bi EIYALUY. Downfall of the Head of the Biggest Manufactory of Its Kind ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES A Highly Honored Man Arrested on a Num ber of Serious Charges. HE COULD NOT BROOK COMPETITION rsriCTAI, TELEGRAM TO THK PI5PATCTM Portland, Me., Feb. 26. Hon. E. T. Burrowes, of this city, wai arrested to-day by United States Marshal Saunderson, charged with conspiracy to ruin a rival bus iness corporation, forgery, an attempt to break up the family of an employe of a competitor and other serious offenses. Mr. Burrowes is at the head of the biggest win dow screen and weather strip manufactory in the United States, and his income is placed at $50,000 a year. Nearly a year ago a former employe of his patented a screen and a process' for making it, and at tempted to interest capitalists in the mat ter. Finally, after much opposition, in which, it is alleged, Mr; Burrowes took an active part, a corporatipn was formed under the name of the Portland Screen Company, with many prominent Portland citizens in terested. One Way to Undermine Rival. C. L. Cummings was the chief clerk of the new corporation, and soon after it opened for business he received several letters, purporting to be signed by one William Washburn, in which the latter wanted to arrange with Cummings to send him secretly the names of all persons who entered into contracts with the new com pany. He claimed that he had invented a con trivance which augmented the screens, but did not interfere with the sale of the latter. He wanted to supply the customers of the Portland Screen Company with his own in vention, and offered to pay liberally for every name sent These letters are said by experts to be in the handwriting of Mr. Burrowes. The intention was to secure the order list and cut rates. A Drummer Driven From Business. Soon after the organization of the rival company it employed as a traveling sales man a man named J. W. Pease, who was "on the road" most of the time. Mrs. Pease soon began to receive anonymous let ters, saying that her husband was unfaith ful to her. Letter after letter came. The husband was confronted with them and had his mail transferred to the business office. The letters then ceased. He was sent out again, and they once more began to come, and finally he had to give up traveling. One of the charges against Mr. Burrowes is that he has assumed the name of W. P. Washburn. It appears that a W. P. Wash burn boarded at the Preble House in 1891. He has made affidavit that he had never given permission to anyone to use his name; that he has never been engaged in business an an agent or otherwise For any concern, and that he does not know E. T. Burrowes. Mr. Burrowes went to the printing office of George D. Loring and ordered 200 letter heads, reading "William P. Washburn, agent for Cooper's patent weather strips, post office address Station A. Boston, Mass." Proof on Every Hand. The original copy, said to be in Mr. Bur rowes' handwriting, has been obtained from the printer and will be nsed in substan tiating the charge of forgery. Postofficn authorities at the various cities to which the Washburn letters were sent had re ceived orders to return all of them to a given box in the Portland office, which proved to be Burrowes private box. Mr. Burrowes for years has been one of most distinguished men of Maine. He had a high social, political, church, and busi ness position. After General Neal Dow he is the best known man in the Prohibition party of the State. He was once a candi date for Governor. He has been a candi date for Mayor. He is one of the leaders of the National Prohibition party. He is the most extensive manufacturer in Portland. His big manufactory on Tree street covers several acres. He has always had the repu tation of being a thoroughly honest man. O RANGEs and Iiott to prepare them, by a Southern woman, in THE DISPATCH to- Arrested for Assaulting His Daughter. Peter Dousin, of West Newton, West moreland county, was arrested yesterday in Shaner's Hollow, a French settlement, for attempting to assault his 15-year-old daugh ter. The arrest was made by Detective Lang at the request of Secretary Dorente, of the Anti-Cruelty Society. Dousin. was given a hearing before 'Squire Guffy and was held for court. He is a prominent citi zen there and is worth about $10,000. Narrow Escape for a -Train. Another landslide occurred on the Pan handle road shortly after midnight yester day. A part' of the Birmingham hill came down a few feet ahead of the fast line, and before the train could be stopped the engine and a mail car were thrown from the track. The passengers were badly frightened. The train was brought back to the Union depot and sent out over the Ft. Wayne road. MUSIC, sport, Grand Army, secret socie ties, etc., receive special attention in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. liall and Lake Bates to Detroit. The Pittsburg committee of freight agents met at the Lake Shore office yesterday. A lot of detail business was disposed of. The rail and lake rates to Detroit were fixed, but no date for the opening 'of navigation was made. This was postponed on account of the uncertainty of the weather. The De troit rates will be: First-class, 31 cents; sec ond, 28 cents; third, 20 cents; fourth, 11 cents; fifth, 13 cents; sixth, 11 cents. Did Not Purchase the Pictures. The Allegheny Library Committee met last evening. ,Very little work was done. The .members oi the committee inspected the collection of pictures that are on ex hibition and seemed pleased with the gallery. They did not, however, make any proposals tending to a purchase of the pic tures. At the next meeting definite action will be taken in regard to this matter. The Pay Bolls Approved. Public Works Committee of Allegheny met last night and approved the pay rolls of the several bureaus. They amounted to: Streets, 54,037 17; roads, 52,028; parks, $899 47; property, 5567 55; markets, $69 99; wharves and landings, $219 49. This com prised the work of the various committees that met previous to the meeting of the Public Works Committee. Died in the Workhouse. William Leniger, who was committed to the workhouse December 28 for three months as a vagrant, died at that institution early yesterday morning. Leniger was sub ject to epileptic fits, which caused his death. The deceased was 38 years old aud belonged in Indiana. He had two daughters, hut their residence is unknown. 'Hastings' Shortage Made Good. Yesterday the friends of ex-Market Clerk Hastings made up his shortage of 52,314 24 and turned the amount over to City Solici tor Elphinstone. They hope now that he will get the lightest possible sentence. Some men gave as much as $100 to help pay off the shortage. ESGINE5 that run with gag, air and pe troleum, by Genrgo Ilej, In THE DIS PATCH to-morrow, j, . , " TWO INSURANCE OASES. OAE FRAUDULENT, AMITUEB BATBXK ODD, BOTHERING LUPER. O'Brien, an Agent at Shippensburg, Ar rested for Representing Bogus Compa nies A Philadelphia Newspaper Gets Into Trouble Because of 'an Advertis ing Scheme. . HAKBiSBtmc, Feb. 26. Special. State Insurance Commissioner Luper went to Emporium Thnrsday and secured the arrest of W. S. O'Rrien, an insurance agent of that place. O'Brien had taken four risks on the property of a merchant in that town, re ceiving 5120 in premiums. The insurance was placed in the Crescent Insurance Com pany and the Washington Union Insurance Company, of Cleveland; the Alabama Fire Insurance Company, of Florence, Ala., and the Lumbermen's Fire Insurance Company, of Berkeley, WVa. Mr. Luper wrote to the iusurance officials of Ohio and Alabama, and they replied that they knew nothing of the three first-named companies, and that they had no legal ex istence. An investigation into the Lum bermen's Company showed a state of aflairs not much better. This company advertises that It is doing business, on 5200,000 capital, but the Auditor of West Virginia writes that, while the company is chartered upon 510,000 capital, with power to increase to 5200,000, it has only $1,000 paid up. One of the prime movers in this com Din v is Lewis G. Smith, of Harrisburg. Mr. Smith was Secretary of the Capital City Insurance Company and agent for some others which were recently closed by Commissioner Lurier. O'Brien wa given a hearing in Emporium and held in 5800 bail for trial at court Another case, one rather out of the usual course, is being investigated by the Com missioner. For some time past the New York Mormnij Advertiser has been issuing a coupon with each copy, which insured the life of the holder for 24 hours. Bccently the Philadelphia Inquirer followed suitj'the coupon being headed "55(X) Insurance." The Commissioner wrote to the Inquirer and asked the management by what authority they were doing an insurance business. After several days the Inquirer people replied to the effect that they were not doing an in surance business, but, in the meantime, they had changed the. heading of the coupon to read "5500given.away." Mr. Luper was not satisfied, and to-day wrote to Attorney General Hensel as follows: Tne Philadelphia Inquirer Company is the name of the oorporatlon located in Phila delphia, which, lam informed, is incorpor ated under the laws of Pennsylvania and is engaged in the business of accident insur ance without authority of law. I respect fully submit for vour consideration the propriety of proceedings against said cor poration, to determine its authority to make contracts and to issue policies of insurance. The Attorney General is looking up the law in thismatter, and will probably pro ceed against the Inquirer nnless it changes its method of advertising. PLOTTING AGAINST A MAYOR. Negro Messengers or White Conspirators Tried to Lure Him to His Death. Sa.vaw-ah, Ga., Feb. 26. What is be lieved by the police to have been a con spiracy to assassinate Mayor J. J, McDon ough, came to light to-day. Late Wednes day night two negroes called at the Mayor's residence and endeavored to allure him out of doors by claiming to be the bearers of a message from police headquarters. The mayor has telephone communication be tween his residence and headquarters and refused to respond to the message, as the officers would have summoned him by wire if his presence had been required. Inquiry next morning developed the fact that no message had been sent by the police. Later in the day a- negro told the "Mayor that two white men had offered him $50 to call the Mayor out of the house and then get out of the way. The negro was frightened and fled, followed, he said, by the strangers, who threatened to kill him. Mayor Mc Donough has recently ' begun a rigid en forcement ot the Sunday law, and has in curred the enmity of the grogshop keepers in the low quarters of the city. MESEEOLE ADMITTED INTO CHUECH. The New Yorker Accused or Murder Now In the Plymouth Fold. New Yokk, Feb. 26. rioZ. The attendance at Plymouth Church prayer meeting last night was larger than usual, in expectation of a possible row between the male and female members over the ad mission of Darwin J. Meserole, the son of General Meserole, who was recently tried for the murder of Theodore Larbig in Dovie Comstock's flat in Sackett street. The attendants last night, however, had an opportunity of seeing young Meserole, for he was present, and apparently no one was more deeply interested in the devotions than he. He arose slowly, and, with bowed head and a voice chocked with emotion, declared that his soul was filled with love for Christ, and that he believed that his sins had been forgiven. Meserole had merely accepted the courtesy extended to all attendants at the prayer meeting, whether members of the church or not, to give their experience and take part in the discussion on the religious topic under consideration. He made a most favorable impression, and all opposition, it is said, to his admission to membership will die out before the next meeting. , A Bill for Compulsory Toting. Annapolis, Md., Feb. 26. A bill was introduced in the House of Delegates to day to make voting compulsory in Mary land under penalty of a fine, the fines to go to the public school funds Sickness or ab sence from legal residence are to be the only acceptable excuses. ' An JSastern Bank In a Bad Way. New Market, N. H., 'Feb. 26. The New Savings Bank, of this place, has sus pended. The cause was unfortunate in vestments in real estate and on personal se curity. The deposits are about $191,000. Pianos and Organs. We have in store now several of those 'comparatively new upright pianos at f 195, S225 and ?250. These are beautiful uprights, in perfect order. They must be sold to make room for other goods arriving. These are the bargains of your lifetime. East Payments If you are not prepared to pay the cash. A nice scarf, stool and cover in with each instrument and every instrument warranted iuiiy. Good Practice Pianos And organs. We have still some of those good second-hand squares at $50, f60, ?80, f 90 and 5100, and organs at J 25, J35, 545 and so on. These are great bargains. Come and see them. S. Hamilton's, 91 and 93 Fifth avenue. Open till Dp. H. That's Why. Why ii it that the iEolian once heard ap peals to all? Because anybody who has one can play anything at all times, in all. places, and under all cir cumstances. On tlje iEolian you can play any musie that ever.was written, and you can play it correctly. Any pianist, even the best, sometimes makes mistakes, but the jSolian never does. Anyone can play it, from the little child to the great-grandfather. 'So knowledge of music whatever is necessary. Come. ' in and hear them. Mellor Ss Hoene, ; . "Palace of Music." 77 Fifth-avenue, BOWMAH'S SIDE Of IT. The Bishop of One of the Rival Evan gelical Factions Tells WHAT CAUSED THE RECENT SPLIT. Arbitration Would Be a Violation of the Church Discipline. INDEFENSIBLE ACTS OP DUBS' PARTI Nobbistown, Feb. 26. Bishop Bowman, of Chicago, who is this Ajeek the presiding officer of the Evangelical Church Confer ence of the Eastern District of Pennsyl vania, now in session here, was asked to day if he had anything to say concerning the strife which has divided the church and which still continues. He was asked if any overtures had been made by the faction which withdrew from the church, and which it had been reported is proposing to return. In reply he furnished the following state ment: - "The Evangelical Association has the Episcopal, or-associated, form of church government that is, all the churches con nected with the association are under one government. All the ecclesiastical ar rangements are subject to the control of their general conference, which meets every four years and is composed of delegates elected to the different annual conferences in accordance with their numerical strength. Where "the Schism Began. "At the General Conference held at Buffalo the adjudication of several im portant questions, as well as the election of the general church officers, displeased a number of delegates somewhat prominent in the councils of the church, and who re fused to sign the proceedings of that body, in violation of the constitution of the church. Afterward, in opposition to the laws and usages, this faction, known as the Dubs faction, organized independent services and published weekly papers which made it their special aim to antagonize the regular publications of the church, as well as to oppose, arraign and assail the general officers of the church, holding them up to public ridicule. That faction laborcdi to reduce the circula tion of the regular church literature and in troduce in its stead their own, going so far as to publish their own separate Sunday school literature. "Nevertheless, they claimed that the profits of the church publications should fall to them equally with those who labored assiduously to build up these interests, and commenced suits at laws, in violation of the discipline, even before the church was given an opportunity to decide the questions at issue by its own highest tribunal, the General Conference. Why Arbitration Is Not to Be Thought OL "After these acts of opposition to the church, and after they had already met in their separate assembly, thus consummating the schism in the church, arbitration was proposed by other parties, a method of action which the church could not recognize. To the General Conference of the church, the only autheritative body which might have entered into any negotiations, no offer to arhitrate was made, hence that body ad justed the question at issue in accordance with the laws and usages of the church, taking the ground that whoever desires to remain in the church must submit to the decisions of the highest legislative body and supreme court of law in the church. "There will be peace in the 'church when ever a revolting minority submits to the de cision of the majority. No government can arbitrate with an insurrection while the lat ter is in arms against its authority. The document published by the Dubs "faction, proposing certain arbitration schemes, con tains, according to its own face, consider able less than one-fourth of the ministers in the church, and comes from a faction which, while it issues words of peace, is engaged in violent acts of warfare against the author ities and insUtutions of the church." KECIPKOCITT, by William E. Curtis, or Pan-American fame, lu TUE DISPATCH to-morrow. FOTJB HEN TJNDEB ABKEST Charged With Drugging and Bobbing a Butler County Man. Samuel Foster and Thomas Post were arrested at the Union depot last night by Detective Bendel, charged with robbing Thomas Bovard, of Butler, of 538. Dan Sailor and George Stuckrath were arrested on Thursday for complicity in the same af fair. Bovard came to town Wednesday, and in the evening was approached by two of the men who, in a friendly way, offered to take him around the town. Bovard accepted, and after traveling around for a time was taken into a saloon where the other two 'joined them. Bovard claims he was drugged in the saloon with the assistance of the bar tender, though he don't know the location of the place, and remembers nothing after leaving the place. He was picked up on the tracks of the Second avenue electric line at 6 o'clock the next morning by the motorman of th first car. He had been robbed of everything he owned. He notified the police and with the de scription he gave Sailor and Stuckrath were arrested Thursday by Captain Denniston and Detective Bobinson. Both are Pitts burg men, and the police say have been im plicated in similar affairs .before. Foster and Post are Cleveland men, and were just about to embark on a train for Cincinnati when Detective Bendel -observed them. Calling Lieutenant Gallant to his assist ance the detective placed Post under ar rest, while Gallant nailed Foster. The ar rest caused considerable excitement at the station. Foster and Post are thought to be old-time crooks. AT LATIMER'S. Investigation will convince any person that our stock of ele gant CARPETS is offered away below prices usually asked for such fine qualities. We show ioo styles of elegant BODY BRUSSELS, mr " AT 95' They'll Cost $1.25 Ordinarily. A spot cash purchase of 115 rolls of PURE ALL-WOOL INGRAINS enables us to offer you T5c Quality a,t SOc, There are many other just such bargains if you'll come and see. S 1,000 WHITE QUILTS go this week at $ EACH. T. M. LATIMER, 338 and 140 Federal Street, i AXL.EGHBXT, JPA. '?'?&& AFTER THE GRIPPED The Grippe Bespomlble forMoro Deaths after Kecovery than During Its Course. How to Avoid the Danger. Grippe, In itself, is bad enough, debilitate, ing enough, Dut it is the after eflects.the slow ness of recovery that givo it its great dan ger. In most cases, the person did not have sufficient vitality to rally after tbe disease itself had passed. Tbe forces of nature were) too weak to contend with the debility which; the Grippe had left. It is sad to think how many people haver died who might have been saved It nature had been properly assisted and fortified after tho Grippe had been driven from the) system. Many physicians realized this fact, and assisted their patients over the danger OU3 after eflects by bracing up and stimulat- -ing thefr systems. This was, and can be done in but one way, and that is by the steady and moderate use of some pure yet . ' powerful stimulant. There is but ono abso- ' lutely pure and medicinal stimulant known to the profession and to tho public, and thaS is Duffy's Pure MaltWhiskoy. Tho most prominent scientists and physicians of the land endorse Its purity and value. It i3 not a new whiskey, it has been before the public for years. It is not a cheap decoction, bus a pure distillation. It Imparts a tone to the system possible in no other manner and, sends the blood coursing through the veins with renewed vigor. It is superior in every respect and nowevermuch any unscrupulous) druggist or grocer may seek to lead you to believe to the contrary do not be deceived. Jail-SAT PROPOSALS. ROPOSALS FOB KOOFING COPPEK-J Office or building forLibrary of Congress, 245 East Capitol street,"WashInton, D.C., Fet- . ruary 25, 1SU2. Scaled proposals for furnish--Ing and delivering the tinned sheet copper and galvanized sheet iron ribs, required foe tho three book-stack roofs and portico flash Ines of the buildinsr for Library of Congress. in this city, will be received at this office until JIarch, 1892, and opened immediately there after in presence oi bidders. Specifica tions, general instructions and conditions. and blank forms of pronos.il maybe ob tained on application at this office. BEKX- AP.D E. GE. :.-., superintendent ana r;nei- 3 Engl' neer. te25-la-ga,as,27,23mhll.l2 EDTJCATIONAX. BOOKKEEPING BY THE VOUCHEE AND other modern systems penmanship and arithmetic thoroughly taugnt at the Park Institute, 204 North ar Allegheny, Pa. Day and evening school. Students can enter at any time. LEVI LUDDEN, A. II., Principal. JaZTTS CHOICE PKOPEETIES CHOICE OFFICES For rent In tho NEW GEBMANIA SAVINGS 8fiK BUILDS, Wood and Diamond streets. Well lighted, most centrally located, all the most modern conveniences and latest Improvements. Possession positively given April 1, 1SSO. Inquire at GERMANIA SAVINGS BANK, NO. 7 SIXTH AVENUE. 0C1-46-TT3 CHOICE OFFICES IN Hamilton Building. FINEST IN THE air. 91 and 93 Filth avenue, Pittsburg fe20a BESOKT HOTELS. Atlantic City. HOTEL WELLINGTON. Ocean End of Kentucky avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 31. A. & H. S. MILNOK. Circulars at Dispatch office. fe27 93 THE SEASIDE Open all tho year. All conveniences, including sea water, baths in the house and covered walk to tha beach. fe25-(6-D CHAELES EVANS. THE IRVINGTON, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Filtered water used for all purposes. Xe23-53 CHAMBERS 4 HOOPES. THE CHALFONTE, ATLANTIC CITY. Directly on the Beach. Sea water baths in honie. Opens January 30, 1892. Ja25-34-D C. ROBERTS SONS. HOTEL HOFFMAN, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Near beach. Heated throughout wie steam. Homelike. J. W. CALLAW AY. Ja31-127-TTSsu THE WAVERLY, ATLANTIC CITY N.J. Opens JTeb.. Under new management. Comfortabla steam heat, sum parlors and excellent table ja31-123 HOTEjr,- WHyTSHIRE, Virginia aveitue, near ocean. A new winter house. Large bay-window rooms, giving fine view of the ocean. Heated by steam and open grate. Open all the year. feSS-DSu D. W. CHANDLER. I NEW PUBLICATIONS. Le Francais. French Magazine, copy to BERLITZ Sqnare, New York. Send for free sample) r- . Pfl- West MHlnn T -A West Madison, reZ7-B5 Now is tne nest season ror planting and Sruning trees, laying out of lawns and takt lg charge of workgenerally; also draining'. Herman Helm. LANDSCAPE GARDENER, ILLSWOETH AT, Shadyside, Pittsburg ' mh&Tua 3 . UTES' A -- HuSWi" 29 a ' .. j, . ,..1 I iW"" , . . m n l 3. ", . -!fc4? -. . ". . - . -. tSu.. ,. .'..! t . .. . iJ&SJ& a. 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