TT 'Wf H. ,-. AS INSURANCE MIX Involving Extensive Interests Car ried Into the Courts. THE CASE A COMPLICATED ONE. Failure of the Attempt to Break the An drew Jackman Will. BUSINESS OP THE COUXTI COURTS George "Woods and George A. Woods, through attorneys D. P. Patterson and J. S. Ferguson, have filed a bill in equity in Common Pleas Court Xo. 1 against Edward A. "Woods and the Equitable Life Insur ance Company to compel the latter to ren der an account It is stated in the bill that, on No ember 1, 1880, George "Woods, in pursuance of an agreement made October 7, 3879, became general manager for "Western Pennsylvania of the Equitable Insurance Company. It is further stated that the terms of the agreement are in possession of the defendants and the plaintiffs are unable to lay them before the Court It is set forth that George "Woods was to receive a commission on all premiums of policies issued within the bound ary of his agency for 20 years and that owing to his labors the insurance increased within those boun daries from about ?300,O00 to $15,000,000 betw een 18S0 and 18S9. It is further stated that by reason of loans made to him by the defendant company his indebtedness thereto in the latter part of 1889 amounted to about 525,000. A Tripartite Agreement Reached. In consequence, on December 30, 1889, pursuant to a preliminary agreement made the 7th of October pre ion's, the respective defendants entered into a tripartite agree ment with him whereby it was provided in ter alia that one of them, Edward A. "Woods, lecame general manager of the company after January 1, 1890, and that the commis sions as well as the net profit provided by the contract of November 1, 1880. should be 3id to Edward A. Woods and divided be tween him and George "Woods, the latter to receive three-fourths of the amount and liis indebtedness to the company to be paid in monthly installments of JG90 out of his share of the commissions, etc., and he to recehe personally the premiums on all insurance negotiated by lim after January 1, 1890, with right to examine the books ol the agency and a monthly statement to be made to the cashier of the company showing receipts and expenditures and balance to be paid to Jiim, George AVoods, If he so desired. It is averred that the latter became a party to the tripartite agreement on the personal assurance of Edward A. "Woods that he, George "Woods, should be allowed to draw f 500 per month on account and to be adjusted at the end of each year. It is averred that during 1890 the agency earned a bonus of ?9,000, which was to be paid by thc.defendant company in addition to the commissions noted, and it is stated that plaintiffs expect to be able to prove that a bonus was earned in 1891. Ko Accurate Statement Furnished. It is also stated that by an assignment in writing on February 6 iosl. George A. "Woods is entitled to one-half of the inter est of George "Woods. It is charged that neither Edward A. "Woods nor the cashier appointed by the company have furnished accurate monthly statements of receiptsand cxpene and balances to be divided, nor any intelligible account of the condition of the agency, and that Oeorge Woods has been refused access to the books in com pany ivith an expert bookkeeper, and thjt the" services of such expert is necessary, on ing to the complicated condition of the accounts. Plaintiffs say they are informed and be lieve that defendants have entered into an agreement, the purpose of which is the de pmation of plaintiffs of their covenanted rights-and finJh that George "Woods has not been paid any money since December 31, 1S91, and in consequence a considerable sum is due plaintiffs. In conclusion, plaintiff's ask the court to bring Kduard A. Woods and the Equitable Lite Insurance Company to book, and to enjoin them from carrying on the agency in any manner detrimental to plaintiffs. NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE. .Abrupt Termination of the Jackman Will Contest The Testimony Given in tho Closing: bession Judge Over's De cision. The Jackman will contest was concluded before Judge 0cr in the Orphans' Court yesterday. Quite a number of witnesses were examined and at the conclusion Judge Over decided that the contestants had not made out a case, and as a consequence the will stands. James T. Steed, who had wit nessed the will of Mr. Jackman, was the first witness. He said he had had frequent conversations with the deceased, and on one occasion the latter said he intended that Andy's wife should never get a cent of his money and that Ed vould take care of Andrew's children. During Andv's life the old man had told him that if Andy's wife had treated him better, llie boy would hae been better, and he did not think Andy ould have been so wild. Edward was always the business man of the firm when the witness had busi ness transactions with them. Mr. Steed de nied that he had ever seen Mr. Jackman drunk and never saw him stagger. Jlward F. Jackman, the son and de fendant in the case, was recalled. He testi fied that there never was a partnership be tween his father, his brother and himself. The lather alwas just gave the bovs what they needed. AVitness "said his feeling for Andy's children had alwavs been of the warmest kind, and since November, 1889, he had paid them and their mother nearly 56,000 and they got their house rent free. The witness denied that he had influenced the father in making his will. He did protest against the father reducing the be quests to Andy's children, when the old man reminded him that he didn't want any advice. Captain Henry McKinney, proprietor of the Hotel Anderson, was callei He testi fied to having a conversation with Mr. Jackman once when the old man said he had made his will and left the bulk of his estate to Ed, as Andy had wasted more than he had ever given Ed. Stewart Chessman testified that .Mr. JacKraan had told him of the change made in the will. This closed the testimony. AHOTHEB WILL CONTEST, Tho Children ot Peter Amain Want Their Father's Estate. The contest over the will of the late Peter Amann, of the Sonthside, was heard before Judge Hawkins yesterday and the Court is holding the case under advisement. The old gentleman was somewhat eccentric, and it is said ie left his entire estate to a stranger named Uruno Amann, to the ex clusion of his four children Nicholas and John Amann, Bosanua Been told and Char lotte Fletcher. The deceased died March 1, 1891, and the will, which gave the four children each 51, was filed March 4, 189L Several witnesses were examined' to sub stantiate the claim that the father was of unsound mind, that hewas a victim of un reasonable prejudices, and that he believed himtelf to be a Spiritualist AfeuitlromthoFar West. Awill in equity was filed in the United State's Circuit Court yesterday by V. A. are, oi .Minnesota, against the Saltsburg, wCompanjv-of Westmoreland. "coWy, asking that a receiver be appointed to take possessien of the property and assets, and under the direction of the Court wind up the business. The bill sets forth that the company was incorporated with a capital stock of $200,000, but that during last Sep tember, without the consent of the stock holders, the capital stock was run up to $1,000,000 at a pretended election in Phila delphia. Briefs or the Courts. The Jury Is out in the case of A.C Darrah against Mrs. L. Altz, an action on a note Iw tho suit of Russell Young & Co. against Parko Bros. & Co., an action on an acconnt.a verdict was given yesterday for $71 78 for the plaintiff. Is the suit of A. F cnnel against the Phila delphia Company, an action on a contract, a verdict was given yesterday for $517 60 for the plaintiff. A vehdict of $36 20 was given yesterday for the plaintiff In the suit of llagdnlena Snyaor against C. Xasor and Joseph Henderson, a suit on a mechanics lien. Is tho case of James "Wolf against the Philadelphia Company, an action on a con tract, a verdict was rendered yesterday in favor of the plaintiff for $2J3 41 TnEiury is out in tho case of J. II. Dun- levy against tho McKeesport and Duquosne uriuge company, an action to lecover ior land taken tor bridge purposes. The suit of Joseph Dorsey against tho Spang Steel and Iron Company to recover for injuries inflicted by a car striking the plaintiff Is on trial before Judge Magee. Is the caso of Patrick O'Nell and wife against the Dispatch Publishing Company a verdict was given for the plaintiffs. Amo tion will be at onco made for a new trial. T. J. Abbott and wife yesterday received a. verdict for $200 in tbelr suit against H. Dillon to recover for damages to property caused by building to close to a property line. A :ox-6dT was entered against the plain tiff yesterday in the caso of George Flndlay against the Pittsburg Traction Company to recover damages for tho death of the plain tiff's son, who was struck and killed by a car. a bill in equity was filed yesterday by the Youghiogheny Elver Coal Company against A. and T. Robertson, J. H. Sterner and G. Hart The snit is bronght to secure an in junction restraining the plaintiffs from rtm ning a coal road through .the plaintiff's property. AnEAMxo was bad before United States Commissioner HcCandless yesterday on tho charges brought against J. M. Clark and William Palmer by United States Engineer Arras. It is stated that the men have been dumping from their boats into tho river channel and obstructing It. They wero held In ball for court LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Another grain blockade is on at Kansas City. Russia is taking a decided Interest in the World's Fair. England will increase her Egyptian army of occupation. The leader of tho Dacoits In Burmah has been captured. A reign of terror is again said to exist at Coal Creek, Tenn. Spiegler 4 Co. Cincinnati tanners have have failed for $95,000. The West Superior. Wis., Board of Trade began business Thursday. Germany has determined not to abandon her East African possessions. Governor Markham, of California, will declare Labor Day a legal holiday. Tin weighing 20,040 pounds was shipped from the Temescal mines In California Thursday. The Chicago Board of Trade has failed to stop the dealings in pats and calls outside of the building. Captain Bourke, of the stranded British wishlp Victoria, has been reprimanded by a court martial. A civil suit for $100,000 has been filed by the State of Arkansas against Woodruff, Its defaulting ex-Treasurer. Four militiamen havo been put on trial at Coat Creek, Tenn., for desertion. One of them has been convicted. The $3,000,000 will of the lata Dr. Samuel Jlerritt, or Oakland, Cal., is to be contested by two disappointed nephews. The SU James Gazette has started an En glish protest against giving James Russell Lowell a monument In Westminster Abbey. Fifteen tramps who visited Mound City, III., Thursday, w ere thrown across logs and soundly bastinadoed by the Indignant citi zens. A bar of gold bullion weighing HO pounds was shipped to Pbcanix,. Ariz., Thuisday from a mine In that vicinity. It is worth $1S an ounce, or about $73,440. Two thousand men are out of work in Now Orleans owing to the 'longshoremen's stiike. The demand Is for an hour's pay for fractional parts of an hour. George W. Hastings, an Engllsn M. P., awaiting trial for embezzlement, has been legally declared a bankrupt. This ousts him from his Parliamentary seat. The King and Queen of Denmark aro trying to bring the Czar and Emperor Will iam together at Copenhagen on the occasion or tne xiamsii goiaen weaning. On January 3L a boat's crew from one of the Brazilian men-of-war went ashore at Manaos, and had a ssirmish with the soldiers, during which two sailors and one soldier were killed and several wounded. The Austrian authorities have stopped the public distribution or food and clothing among the destltuto by a Vienna newspaper on the ground that the assembling of so many of the poortogether constitutes a pub lic danger. Lieutenant Harlow, tho World's Fair Commissioner, called upon the Chilean officials Thursdav. He was told positively, hut frigidly, that Chile In her present finan cial condition, was not in a position to take any part officially in the Fair. Conductor Bob Duffy, of the Omaha line, broke his leg Mondav, but seemed otherwise unhurt until he sunk into a stupor and died from brain pressure, caused by rupture ot a blood vessel. When his aged father heard oi it .Liiursuay, ne uroppea dead. A year ago Lewis Asher, a Springfield, 111., merchant, was bitten by a W. Last Friday a black spot appeared pn his tonguo, and soon spread over the whole surface, and then the organ began to swell. The swelling contfnucd until his mnnt.h wm stietched wide open and filled with the swollen tongue. Thursday ho died from blood poisoning. Wllltem Gibson and George Wilson whito convicts In the penitentiary, were shot and killed yesterday by Arthur Jones, a guard. Jones had a squad of con vlcts woi k Ing outside the walls, when Gibson and Mar shall sprang upon and attempted to disarm him. Three other convicts came to the guard's rescue. Gibson and Marshall ran, and Jones shot them. Charters weie granted at Harris burg, yesterday, as follows: Beaver Befin lng Company, or Washington county; cap ital stock. $25,000. Pennsylvania Building and Loan Association, of 'Altoona: capital stock, $1,000,000. Bellwood Mutual Building and Loan Association, of Blair county: cap ital stock, $1000,030 Blaisdell Water Com pany, of Bradlord; capital stock, $5,003. EArCADIO HEAKN writes for THE DISPATCH to-morrow a pretty description of some religions paintings or Japan. Kcw Washington, Tenn., People Are not slow about taking hold of a new thing, if the article has merit. A few mouths ago David Byers of that place, bought his first stock of Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy. He has sold it all and or dered more. He says: "It has given the best of satisfaction. I have warranted every bottle, and have not had one come back." 50-centand$l bottles for sale by druggists. ttssu Eovely Llttlo Houses For Kent. One or two of those cozy six-room brick houses on Grant avenue.nearBebecca street, Allegheny, 'for rent Marble mantels, both gases, oamroom, nice D3CKyara etc Xhe cleanest and healthiest locality in the two cities, combining town and country. In quire at IClebers' Music Store, 506 Wood street I'.EAI. ESTATE SAYINGS BANK, LIM. 01 Smlthfleld Street Cor. Fourth Avenue, Capital, 5100,000. Surplus, f 75,000. Deposits of 51 and npward received and interest allowed at 4 per cent xrs 200 dozen spring scarfs on sale to-day at jOcents. Ko such value in town. Do not fail to see them. Hanxach, SO Sixth street Bisqueop Beef herbs and aromatics -'cures nervousness. THE OIL. SITUATION. Different Opinions as to the Outlook for a Better Price. THE NOBEL BEOS. THE BOGIE MEN. Some Reasons for the Hard Times Prevailing at McDonald. WORK AMONG THE WELLS TESTERDAT Oil producers have been for months like travelers 'in a desert They have been watching and following a mirage on which they believed they read an advance in the price of their product Their vigilance has never laxed. Time and again the mirage has faded away, and hope has been supplanted by de spair, only to reappear and revive their drooping spirits. Thev have repeatedly charged that the law of supply and demand has not regulated the price of petroleum. They say the stocks which are now being piled up will be dimin ished before the end of another year; that the great McDonald field will drop to an insignificant pool, and that con sumers will be crying for more oil. Pro ducers who claim to be .thoroughly posted on the situation throughout the country assert that a crisis in the business is immi nent unless the market advances. All kinds of failures are predicted, and disaster to the trade is foretold even by men who are con sidered level-headed by their business asso ciates... . Such sentiments are heard every day in offices on Fourth avenue, but it is seldpm that a producer is found who has given any consideration to the work of the refiners and exporters, who are supposed to take care of the immense quantities of oil which are produced and are in tanks above ground. Several Causes tor the Drprcsiion. A man who has made the oil business a life study said yesterday in speaking of the situation: "There are several causes which tend to reduce the price of oil and which have brought'it to its present level. The law of supply and demand has more to do with it than the average producer would believe at first thought. "In the first place, the daily production of Pennsylvania oil, to put it at a very low: figure, is 60,000 barrels. Now the dailv consumption in the United States is only from 25.000 to 30,000 barrels. On top of this comes the production of the Ohio field, which exceeds even that of Pennsylvania. All of this surplus stock must "be taken care of and a market found for it When we speak of supply and demand, it is of the present we speak and not the future. When an oil producer figures up hi wealth, and esti mates the value of producing property, he takes as a'basis the present price of oil, not wnat it may De a year lrom now. it is the same with supply and demand. We do not figure how much stock we will have in excess of the production a year from now, but what we have at present "A market must be found for this surplus oil which is not consumed in the United States. Europe is the most prolific field. When we cross the Atlantic, however, we clash immediately with the Nobel brothers. No Competitors In Russia. "These two men have a hold in Bussia which competitors have so far failed to weaken. In Bussia. vou must understand. the Czar owns all lands and all rights to the minerals which may be in the earth be neath. The people simply pay a tax for the privilege of using the Czar's property. He can confiscate land at will, and a title is un known. He alone grants franchises and privileges, and all but the lucky ones must stay out The Nobel Brothers are favorites with the Czar, and as they hare been in the Bussian field since its incipiency and have built up the business in the Caspian Sea, where they have a fleet of tank steamers, they are granted exclusive privileges and have no , competitors. Whenever a competitor to the Nobel brothers appears in Bussia he is given a gentle hint that his health and pocketbook might be improved by a change of residence. 'fThe Bothschilds are back of the Nobel brothers and they are working to keep Americans out of the European markets. All tricks "and schemes known to the busi ness world are resorted to, but the Ameri cans are slowly gaing ground. The Bussian oil, moreover, is inferior to the American product, but this makes little difference to a people who have been accustomed, from time immemorialjto burn a tallowjlip. Any improvement is welcome, and the jump from a tallow candle to kerosene oil is to them astounding. It is not so much to the rich, as to the masses that the oil trade caters. Features of Russian Wells. "The production of the Bussian fields can be run up to more than 100,000 barrels a day. In that country thev drill a 10-inch hole from 400 to 1,400 feet in depth. The wells do not flow like they do in this'coun trr, but fill up and seem to slop over. Un like ours they can be shut in until such time as the owners want to use the oil, when they can be opened op and made to produce. That alone is a great advantage. "The MeDonaldlfield has had a most de pressing effect on the trade in this country. It has piled up the stocks and thereby given the market a black eye. 'Notwithstanding this and the knowledge of what the result would be, the operators kept the drill going with an energy never before displayed in the history of the oil business. "It seems to be a notorious fact that men will drill for oil though it should go to 15 cents a barrel. They did this in Ohio. It has not been the oil operators who are so much to blame for the McDonald work. It is men here in Pittsburg, who went into the oil business simply as aside issue. They did not have all of their capital invested, and therefore were not so much concerned in the market value of the stuff. "Oil well supply men have beejj to blame. All that was necessary at McDonald was for a man to get a lease, and the supply men would furnish him with the machinery necessary to put down a well. Light Wella Were the Rule. "In seven cases out of ten his well was either dry or light, and noif he is unable to pay his debts. This is why the supply men are making such poor mouths. They sav times are hard, that collections cannot be made, that they are daily renewing papers that they have renewed before. What did they expect? They furnished the stuff to penniless men and trusted to luck to get their money. They are now reaping the result of a reckless policy. "There is some excuse, however. They did it when the excitement was at its height, when values were inflated and every man believed his well would be a gusher. It was and is this class of men I have just spoken of, the 'tenderfeet,' who compelled the old-timers to drill. The tenderfeet would plant a well right up alongside of an operator's line and compel the latter to put down a well vq protect the oil under his lease. If there is one, there are 100 wells in the McDonald field which the owners have been forced to drill just in this w ay. "The men who are responsible for this have other business upon which to rely be sides the producing of oil. In the great ma jority of cases they had only a few hundred dollars invested in a well, and in conse quence there have been wells drilled in which there were(from20 to 25 stockholders, a condition never known outside ot Mc Donald." An Ex-Oll Refiner's Views. An ex-refiner said last evening: "Janu ary and February are the dullest months in the oil business for this reason: the export trade is through by -September and the nome markets are always mieu up by the last of December. The exporter must have started his oil across the ocean by Septem ber to avoid delays by Tough weather, and in order thai he can ship it into the interior a-.t-it.' .-?..i ' . vi.wjls; THE PirfsBUEQ- DISPATCH, of Europe before the rivers freeze over. Cheapness is what counts in Europe. "In Antwerp I entered a cafe where over 200 lamps were burning. I asked the pro prietor what oil he used, and he replied the Hussion, because he could get it for CO cents a barrel cheaper, although he admitted that it was inferior to the American product Quality made no difference: It was the Ppe? he had to look after. It is bo wiku me iiunureus oi inousanus ui pcu ple even in our own country. They cannot afford to buy the best meat from the butcher, or the finest ,grade of oil from the grocer. .If they can get only a moderate light'from Lima refined they will take itin preference to Pennsylvania refined, provid ing they can get it at a lower price. While in Antwerp I saw on the docks a pile of barrels that would fill a ship. They were American barrels and had been shipped to Europe filled with American oil. In the interior cities they had been bought up by agents of the Nobel Bros., who had them reglued, hpoped and painted and then refilled with Bussian oil from their tank steamers and again shipped to the interior cities. Eleptric lights have affected home trade. At summer resorts and in small towns, where oil was formerly used exclusively, electric light plants have been put in and oil taken out. The home consumption does not exceed 23,P00 barrels a day in my opin ion. This would be 9,000,000 barrels a year, which is an enormous amount of petro leum." The Worli at the Wells. The w;ell of Guckert, Learn & Co., on the Cunningham lot at Willow Grove, was drilled deeper into the Gordon sand yester day, and last evening it was making 18 bar rels an hour. The Steubenville Oil Company started up yesterday afternoon, and expected to reach the sand, at a late hour, on the Boa lot The Devonian Oil Company shoHts No. 4 Elliott yesterday and increased its pro duction to 40 barrels an hour. They in tend to shoot their No. 1 J. N. Bobb to da. Guckert & Steele's No. 11 on the Mevey farm is in the Gordon and good for 200 bar rels a day. Their No. 2 Surchraal at Wil low Grove was due in the Gordon sand last night. Kennedy, Fitzgibbons & Gardiner's No. 6 Mertz was 18 feet in the fifth sand yester day and hlled up with oil. The Forest Oil Company's No. 3 Etta Glenn is due in the Gordon sand to-day, also their No. 3 B. W. Glenn. This com pany has succeeded in getting the tools out of its well at Smith's Ferry. Gardnier & Co. are through the hundred foot on the Kennedy farm north of Oakdale. Kirk & Co. are in the bottom of the 50 foot at their well on the Gladden farm, 1,000 feet northeast of the W. B. Moorhead No.L The Wheeling Gas Company has cased off the salt water which it got in the Gordon at its No. 1 on the W. J. Kelso, three-quarters of a mile northeast of the Scott well, and has started to drill to the fifth sand. The Jolly Oil Company is down 900 feet in its well opposite the Noblestown station. The Oakdale Oil Company's No. 2 on the John Wetmore farm has increased to nearly 30 barrels an hour. Guffey, Jennings & Ca's No. 2 Matthews heirs was brought up to 25 barrels an hour yesterday. Guckert & Steele's No. 1 Shale at Harmony, reached the sand yesterday, and is making 350 barrels a day. Lineville Preston, Taylor & Torrey's well on the McCurdy farm, came in dry yesterday. It is the farthest well to the east and practically condemns that territory. Production and the Ganges. The estimated production of tho field Thursdav morning complied from gauges was 26,500 barrels, tho same as the day before. Tho hourly gauges were as fol lows: Jennings, Guffey & Co. s No. 3 Mat thews, 25; Herron No. i, 0: Matthews heirs' No. 2, 25; Guffey & Queen's No. 1 Sam uel Wetmore, 45; Devonian Oil Com- Sany's Kos. 1 and 2 Boyce, 45; Oakdale 11 Company's No. 2 Morgan heirs, 25; Nos. 2 and 3 Baldwin, 50; Nos. 1 and 2 Wallace, 30; Forest Oil Company's .No. 1 M. Wright, JO; Guffey, Murphy & Ca's Nos. I and 2 Sam Sturgeon, 30; Oakdale Oil Company's No. 2 John Wetmoro, 20, production, 26,500; 'stock In the field, 59,000. The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Line Company from McDonald. Thurs day were 25,144; outside of McDonald, 13,387. Tho National Transit runs were 39,287; shipments, 8,615. Buckevo runs, 50,420; ship ments, 51,936. Southern Pipe Lino l uns, 20,624. Newlork Transit runs, 86,354. Macksburg runs, 910. Eureka runs, 7,803; Bhlpments, 2,420. Yesterday's Market Features. Trading was of the usual volume. The price rallied a good fraction soon after the opening on a few buying orders, but reacted when this support was withdrawn. The market started at 59c, highest 59c, lowest and close, 59Vo. There was no change in refined. Dally average runs, 90,222; dally average shipments, 78 121. Oil Citt, Feb. 20. National Transit cer tificates opened 9e; highest, 59o; lowest 58; closed. 58. Sales, 24,000 bairels; cleari ances, 348,000 barrels; shipments, fc8,0H bar rels; runs, 92,330. Bbadfobd, Feb. 26 National Transit cer tificates opened at 55c; closed at 58c; highest, 59c; lowest, 5SJc; clearances, 6Gt,li00 ban els. New Youk, Feb. 26. Petroleum opened steady, and after the first sales became dull and remained so all day. Pennsylvania oil Spot sales none: March option opening, ooyav, ;uesi, vaxa; luwtat, t4o; closing. aogc u slues xtuiiu uii. xotai bairels. sales, 7,000 ROSSINI never composed after he was 44. Speculation as to the reason In TUB DIS PATCH to-morrow. THE T2AKS-MISSISS1PPI C0NGEESS Passes a Long Siring or Resolntlons and to - Bleet Next in Ogden, Utah. New Obleans, "eb. 26, At the Trans Mississippi Congress resolutions were adopted as follows: Favoring the construc tion of the Nicaragua canal, and requesting capitalists to aid in its construction; approving the acts of Congress giving a bounty on sugar and admitting machinery for the manufacture of sugar free, and requesting Congress to make liberal ap propriations for teaching beet sugar chem istry; that all unearned railroad lands be restored to the public domain, that Arizona and New Mexico be admitted as States. The silver question, which was made the special order ofthe day, was discussed. Besolutions were adopted that the immi gration law be amended; that only immi grants who both desire citizenship and are fit for it shall be permitted to land; that the United States courts only should exercise the power of naturalization; that the gen eral government shonld speedily extinguish the Indian tribal system. The next con vention will be held at Ogden, Utah, the first Tuesday of May, 1893. The basis of representation to this convention was re adopted for the next convention, and then it aajournea. SALT0N IAKE EIGHT MONTHS OLD. The Prospects Are That It Will Soon Be Larger Than Ever. Salton, Cal., Feb. 26. From recent in dications the desert lake here will be much larger than last year. At present the lake is about half a mile, wide, and after running along the Southern Pacific track for about two miles extends off out of sight to the south. At this time, last year there was not a drop of water visible, although there was a quantity a few inches below the surface of the sink. It was not until several months later that the floods occurred in the Gila and Colorado rivers, caused by melting snows, and only in August that water in the Salton sink bean to attract attention. The snows in the mountains at present are heavier than for years, and, coming as the water will when they melt on the land, already in large part saturated, a lake of redoubled extent will probablv be created. Old residents believe that abo'at 100 miles of' the track of the Southern Pacific which lies in the desert below the sea level will be overflowed. ' 200 dozen spring scarfs on sale to-day at 0 cents. No such value in town. Do not fail to see them. Hannach,- 30 Sixth street. ", i.f 2 SATURDAY;' -"gEBRUASY' FBEE SILYER AT- BAT. Both Sifles Profess to Be Satisfied With the Situation. BARTER IS OPENLY DERIDED But He Smilingly Goes Eis Way and Will Not listen to Eland. BATS THE BILL WILL flEYEIt BE PASSED "Washington-, Feb. 26. The free coin age men of the House feel quite elated to day over the action of last night's caucus in refusing to consider any proposition for the delay of free coinage legislation. Although the action of the caucus, in so far as results are concerned, may he termed a draw, the failure of Mr. Harter and the other pro nounced opponents of free coinage to secure any considerable support for the proposition of postponement is a great comfort to Chair man Bland and his free silver colleagues in the House. They state with considerable emphasis, to-day and indeed, it is ndt de nied by their opponents in the Democratic party that the free coinage men could have developed sufficient strength last night to have p'assed a resolution expressing the sentiment of the caucus in favor of an early and decisive consideration of the Bland free coinage bill. Mr. Harter and his friends content them selves to-day by simply announcing that they will oppose the Bland bill by every parliamentary tactic in their power, when it comes up in the House, and that it will never pass the Lower branch of Congress, as the generosity of the Democratic Commit tee on Bules has nlaced at their disposal the parliamentary weapons of obstrnctionneces- sary to tire out ana weary tne inenas oi tne measure by weeks of delay. Barter's Position Openly Derided. The free coinage people openly deride the pretensions of Mr. Harter and' his friends that the passage of the Blana bill can be de feated when it comes up for consideration. The Democratic members who are opposed to free coinage will, for the most part, merely content themselves) by recording their votes against it, and the vision ary and somewhat belligerent schemes of Mr. Harter and the eastern Democrats will not find substantial support in the Demo cratic party. They also insist that should the latter call to their assistance in their dilatory tactics the aid of the Republicans of the House, they will thereby place them selves, outside the pale of the Democratic party, and show that in secret their affilia tions are with the minority party in the House. Of course, the gold men quite vehemently protest against any attempt to rule them out of the Democratic party, and say the re salt ot all the discussion will be that the Democrats of the nation will cqme to their senses ere the date of the National Conven tion, and that no plank favoring free coin age will find a .place in the platform at Chi cago on June 21. Petitions Arranged for Presentatn, Chairman Bland, Bepreientative Pierce, of Tennessee, and other leaders of free coin age in the House, to-day arranged the pe titions which are to be presented to-morrow to the Committee on Bules, asking for a day to be set for the consideration of the free coinage bill. These petitions have been freely circulated on the Democratic side of the House, and contain the signa tures of all the friendsof free coinage. The petition is as follows: The undersigned, Democratic members of the House, request that the Committee on Rules set apart a time for the consideration of the bills of the Committee on Coinar. "Weighta and Measures, for the free coinage ,of the silver question. "It is our intention," saidBepresentative CPierce to-day, "to present these petitions to-morrow to the Speaker of the House, who is ex-officio Chairman of the Commit tee on Bules. I have no doubt in the Jworld, from the assurances that have been made to us by the Speaker and bv Sir. Mc Millin and Mr. Catchingg, that ' the com mittee will report an order to take up the free coinage bill at an early day. I think our bill will be made an order for the latter part of March or some time in April, and a date will also be set when the final vote will be taken onthe passage of the bill." Only a "VTeek Wanted for Debate. "So far as we are concerned we do notask for more than three or four days' debate certainly not more than a week. Mr. Bland himself says that a week's debate will be quite satisfactory to him, but that the mat ter which he shall insist on is that final ac tion shall be taken when the bill comes up. We will pass the bill through the House, send it to the Senate, and then, if that body fails to pass a free coinage bill, the respon sibility will rest with it. Our bill has a clear majority of about 40 votes in the House, so that there is not the slightest doubt of its passage with the ten Repub licans who are favorable tore e coinage; we will have about 210 votes in favor of the passage ot the bill." "About 35 or 40 Democrats and the entire Bepublican party, with the exception of the ten men mentioned, will vote against the bill. A thorough canvass has been made and this is just where, we stand, and the free coinage people of the country can rest easy with the assurance that we aie all right in the House. I think that by the middle of April, at the latest, our bill will have passed the House and be in the hands of those grave and reverend Senators who have so assiduously striven in an indirect way to evade the issue and kill the bill in the House." Barter Is Not Cast Down. Mr. Harter, of Ohio, who denies that he is discouraged by the result of last night's caucus, this evening gave his view of the situation as follows: "The result of the caucus is pleasing to the opponents of 'free silver.' It showed that the strength of the craze is not so great as it was supposed to be, and that returning reason is slowly but surely reasserting itself. If, now, all classes of citizens throughout the country reach their members of Congress here with letters and protests, demanding that they oppose, the Bland bill or any other measure giving to metal having a market value of only 70 cents a legal tender value of 100 cents, the ultimate defeat of the outrageous demands of the silver people will be as sured." "It is, however, no time for the millions of people at home to fold their hands. It is as much their duty to resist the passage Of the Bland bill in the way I have indicated as it is that of their faithful representatives here. The caucus demonstrated that the passage of the Bland bill will disrupt the Democratic party as completely as did the slavery question in I860.'' " As a matter of tact, it is generally con ceded to-night that the free coinage ques tion still rests with the Committee on Bules, where it was before the caucus was called. This committee has not yet had any sum mons to meet. The tariff bill will come up in the House next week, and the silver men are insisting that the Bland bill shall be definitely fixed in the Dempcratic pro gramme before a discussion of the tarilf is entered upon. It is probable, therefore. that the Bules Committee will meet be tween now and Tuesday RESTJ3IG of the city's social doings for the week In TUB DISPATCH to-morrow. Found Dead After a Long Absence. Phumpsburg, Pa, Feb. 2a The mys tery attached to the disappearance of.B. K. Nelson, who has been missing since Decem ber 24, has been solved by the finding of his lifeless body in Moshannon creek. Coal diggers returning from work made the dis covery. There is no evidence of foul play upon "the body. Nelson probably fell off the bridge into the stream and was drowned. Mobe men's neckwear than we ever, had before all ncr.-Tfdl.ithe..new shades and shapes.- Jos. Hobnb & Co.'s "!i,-"s -tenn Avenue stores. ."-s &, 1892. QTJEEB GB0PND P0B A PABDOJf. The Authorities Unable to Determine the Sex of a New Convict. Nashville, Feb. 26. Physicians here haye had quite a discussion dtiring the past few days 83 to the sex of a convict named Hannah Baz, sent from Monroe county to serve one year for larceny. "When brought here the convict had on man's clothing, and persistently claimed to be a man, but re quested that he, she or it not be placed in the men's wing. The "Warden called on the members of the State Board of Medical Examiners, who happened to be in session here, and several other physicians, and all signed a request that Governor Buchanan grant a pardonon the ground that they could not determine the sex of the convict. Hannah has small hands and feet and a woman's face, is ratbe'r good looking, and aged 19. Governor Bu chanan granted the pardon. EVIDENTLY AN ELECTEIC COMBINE Five Identical Answers to Cincinnati's Call ' For Lighting Bids. Cincinnati, Feb. 2G. Evidence of a gigantic combination of electric light com panies to keep up the price to consumers, was produced here to-day when the time came for opening bids for lighting the streets of Cincinnati by electric light. The Committee on Bight of the Board of Legislation found five communications from five electric light companies, viz., the Queen City, the Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Edison, the Brush Light and the Jones Brothers. Instead of Being bids, they all, in nearly the same language, said the speci fications were such as to preclude the offer ing of a bid. CABLE service from every capital Europe in TIIE DISPATCH to-morrow. ot The First Steel Pens. The first mention of steel pens is believed to have been by "Wordsworth, in December, 1806. He and his family were living in the house of Lady Beaumont at Colerton. He begins: "My Dear Lady Beaumont There's penmanship for-you! I shall not be able to Keep it up tp the end in this style, notwith standing I have the advantage of writing with one of your steel pens." SIDELIGHTS on Chicago, by Charles T. Murray, In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. GEHEBAL 8P0BTIHG HOTES. The Bollly and Miller wrestling match has been postponed for a week. Mahfr is still favorite in the betting on next Wednesday's big battle. It Is remarkable how many great fighters theie are until they get Into a ring to do business. ( President Haht, of Chicago, wants the ball season to be opened there in May. Xo flies on Jim. Harby Stevxss, the local score card hero, and Charley Farrell, the third baseman, are personal friends. EGGEESToa; the Now York pool player, la showing up In great form In his practice games with De Oro, the Cuban crack. John J. Bell, the roller skater. Is now In the city and states that he is willing to skate McClelland or anybody else for a Btake. PKESIDE1.T Txmfle and other officials of the local club state that they will act fairly with JIack. Hewlllbeslgnedforahout$3,000. There Is a member of the Boston team who Is so struck on becoming a Gould or a Vnnderbllt that he borrowed an overcoat to face the east winds In Boston for a few days last March. Ivxs defeated Thatcher In a practice game last night by the scoro of 400 to 110. His high run was 180 and his average Wx good enough to win any game. Ives practices every night. The"$125,000 that Senator Stanford received from the sale of Arion was divided up Into 125 equal portions, to bo given to that num ber of destltuto bovs to oducate them at his new university. It Is said in New Orleans that Bob Fitz slmmons and Jimmy Carroll bet all they had on Cal McCarthy to beat Tommy Callaghan, altbongh Carroll was In the letter's corner. The Irishman's damaged hand influenced them. FiTzsravoxa evidently proposes to have a cast iron stomach when ha meets Maher. One feature of his trains Is lying on the floor with his feet strapped to the wall, then lifting the body,,unaided by the hands, with a 100-pound weight strapped to his chest. The following players are coaching college teams: Tim Keefo, Harvard; Dave Foutz, Princeton; Gruber.Yale; Irwln.Unlverslty of Pennsylvania; Haddock, Williams and Tay lor, Cornell. Either llanager Jlutrie or Dalilen will coach the Union College team. Thomas Cothe, one of the oldest members of the Manhattan Cricket Club, died at bis residence, Manhattan Cottage, Coney Island road, on Wednesday. He was ono of tho Highway Commissioners In the town of Flatbusb, and one of tho most respectedmen in that town. . Beh Mulfobd says: Somebody has discov eied that Fred Woodcock la a fine bass singer. Well, if he lands among tho Smoked Italians with his gripsack full of curves and other'foolers the cranks won't care whether he can sing as good as Nicolinl or as bad as Dave O'Brien. Clitf Carroll showed great Ingratitude In deserting Anson for Von der Alio and now he is meeting his reward. Yon der Abe has cast him off and Cliff will havo to hustle for an engagement In & minor league. , Anson dug up Carroll and put him on earth for his second seance in 1890, when he was dead to the world as. Jack Ieary. New York Pras. v A dispatch from Charleston says: Since tho organization of a six-city Southern. League the seacoast cities that are not "in it" have tanen steps to organize a second Southern League, in whicn following cities are to be embraced: Charleston. Columbia and Greenville, S. C; Wilmington and Ashe- 1 viae, js. i;.; .aasnviue, unattanooga ana Knoxville, Tenn. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report, Hw lEfi f "Efc. H IB i s j&m ABSOLUTELY PURE a V . v '-C' i jt 7 i ... . . t --. x . . i SLICE WITH HIS PEE A Fourteen-Year-Old Forger, in the Front Rank of His Class, IMITATED FIRMS' SIGNATURES go Strikingly That Checks He Gave Out Were Promptly Cashed. HIS SCHO0MATE3 GETTING THE MOSEI .IfPXCIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCn.1 Kewakk, K. J., Eeb. 2a Fourtecn-year-old Charles Schmidt, who confessed that he forged a lot of checks, was arraigned this morning in the Police Court and held over for examination. He is a lad of slight figure and pale face. He wears a military cap and a cape overcoat, Schmjdt had had practice in forging busi ness men's names. He told his father, when the latter found blanks of several Newark banks in his pockets, that in school he was required to fill these blanks out, and sometimes names of conspicuous men were used. The boy's teacher to-day denied that thev ever used any blanks of established banks 'in the school room. The boys made out checks on plain paper. Schmidt also studied civil government and science, but he made great headway in penmanship. Imitated His Own Forgeries. When Chief of Police Hopper asked Charles to make out a check like the one for $22, which was passed off on .Baker E. J. Bepk, of 900 Broad street, Schmidt imitated his previous handwriting to a dot, and the signatures resembled those of the men whose names he had used. Not only that, hut he exhibited to Chief Hop per, on the spot, nine different styles of handwriting, such as he admitted "having used in filling out the numerous checks that were found in his possession. Two checks were brought to Mr. Beck to be cashed by boys whom Schmidt had put up to the job. A different boy called each time. The first check was for $22, drawn to the order of Begerow & Gerlach and signed with the name of Leslie D. "Ward, Vice President of the Prudential Insurance Company. It was properly indorsed. Mr. Beck said to-day that a boy a couple of years older than Schmidt brought it in on JFebruary 4, and said that Begerow & Gerlach wanted him to cash it Mr. Beck did so. He kept the check for a day or two before depositing it. How the Lad Was Found Ont. On Thursday another boy came into the bakery with a check for f 69, which he said Begerow & Gerlach wanted Mr. Beck to cash. ( The latter suspected there was some thing wrong, and he said: "No, tiey don't, either. There is something wrong about this. I'll go out and see about it." This frightened the boy out of the store. Mr. Beck then took the 522 check to his bank and discovered it to be a forgery. The young penman explained that he first got blanks from the Howard Savings Insti tution, out of the rack near the door, and he went over to the free library and filled them out. Friends of the boy labored lo-day with Mr. Beet to get him to use his influence not to prose cute. So promising was the lad in his studies that they intended to send him to college. His father was not able to do so himself. THAI I2I8H-AHEBICAH APPEAL, The Disagreement It Developed Forces the Resignation of Secretary Sutton. IiiNCOLjr, Neb., Feb. 26. John P. Sut ton has tendered his resignation as Secre tary of the Irish National League of Amer ica President Gannon. Under the exist ing constitution the Secretary holds office by appointment of the President, and in view of the divergent opinion of Mr. Gannon and Mr. Sutton in resard to the recent address, the latter con sidered it his duty to resign. Mr. Sutton' says in regard to the position taken by President Gannon: I regret very mnch that any difference of opinion should come between us, because I have a very high opinion of Mr. Gan non personally. xie admits having received a letter from Treasurer Lyman, and says he hastily glanced over it. The letter 'was not sent to him to be hastily glanced over. He should have read it care fully, 'he conlesse3 tnat ne wrote the ad dress hurriedly. No address over the signature of the President oi the Irish National League of America should be written hurriedly. President Gannon is not inlallible, and in this matter he has certainly made a mis take. i i The First Inlrs. The first ink was in all probability the black fluid obtained from the ' cuttle fish. The first compounded ink was a mechanical mixture of water, gum and lampblack. The first chemical ink was an infusion of galls in sulphate of iron. The first componnd vegetable me contained a great deal ot car bon pigment, and it is this sort of ink in which the oldest manuscripts have , come down to us. Pliny and Vitruvius give practical receipts for making ink. f PUZZLES at the calendar, by Camilla, Flammarion, in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. DC Mri & xeW4 BtPtSv w!3r EHHi slft JiT uaraifeS H wder ft 9 OF The Many Distressing Symptoms;" Which Accompany This Affection. Mrs. Zollinger's Wonderfal Cure Tli. Healthy Stomach Secretes Nearly Two Gallons Gastric Juice Every Twenty Four Hoars to Digest the Food. Dyspepsia, a namo given to nearly all stomach and bowel troubles by old-tlma physicians ,is really nothing more nor less than a catarrhal condition of these parts. Dyspepsia means bad digestion, nothing else, and, liko charity, often covers a multi tude of sins on tho part of a physician who, Ignorant of a patient's true condition, calls it dyspepsia, and thus the patient is satis fied. Physiology teaches that tho 'numerous . glands of the stomach throw out during tho 21 hours, H pints of gastric juice, almost two , gallons, with which to digest the lood we ' eat. In chronic catarrh of the stomach, tha mucus lining of which is continuous with that of the nose and throat, the secreting glands become diseased and depraved and do not fulfill their proper functions, hence the food lies heavy in the stomach and ferments instead of being digested. Foul gases arise therefrom which distend tha stomach, causing weight, tightness, flatu lence, bloating and discomfort. The heart and lungs are encroached upon by the diaphragm, which Impedes their natural action, hence we have fluttering or palpita tion, and in consequence of disturbed circu lation and resniration. coldness of extremi ties, depression of spirits, (nervousness), feeble pulse, dizziness, shortness of breath, hot and cold flashes, etc., etc To the physician who understands his anatomy and physiology and correctly ap piles h pathology, these symptoms are as easily read as his A B C's, and he would not, as in the case of Mrs. Zollinger, whose state ment appears below, mistake & case of stomach trouble, no matter how aggravated, for heart disease. mrs. zoixtngek's nqtaei.e state- ment; She Was Treated for Almost Every Con celvable Disease but the Kight One Until She Consulted Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers. Mrs. Zollinger, the wlfo of Mr. Lewia Zoll inger, the well-known brick manufacturer, resides at Brushton, East End, and has passed through a remarkable experience during the past few years. "I had been troubled with what the doc tors termed a complication of diseases for a long time," says Mrs. Zollinger, "dirrtnjf which I have, been treated for almost every conceivable disease. Of late my heart gavo me so much trouble I was treated for heart disease. I suffered severely from palpita tion of the heart, pain over the eyes, dizzi ness, shortness of breath and a smothering sensation. Thc3e symptoms were always worse at night after retiring. In addition, Mrs. ZewU Zollinger, Brushton, East End. to these distressing symptoms I had a had form of stomach trouble which the doctors' callpd dyspepsia. I had a strong desire for food, but each meal caused me so much dis-, tress and bloating of the stomach that I was unable to eat the necessary amount of food to sustain life. I was tired all the time: my daily duties were a drag.and the least bodily exertion completely exhausted me. Life Itself was a burden, and I looked to the future with gloom and despondency. I had consulted a number or doctors and had taken nearly every remedy announced to cure persons suflerlng from diseases, tho symptoms of which resembled mine. AH, however, was of no avail, and the mora medicine I took tho more aggravated my symptoms. Of courso, tho reason for this was my disease was not properly under stood by those whom I had consulted, and they failed to prescribe for me tbe right medicine. When I came to Drs. Copeland, v Hall and Ever I was suffering so from one of my smothering spells with my heart that the lady who accompanied me had to sup port me, and their bell boy, although accus tomed to seeing some crotty sick people, made the remark that the doctor had taken a patient who was going to die with con sumption. The doctors described my symp toms more accurately than I could myself; told me that my Bymptoms arose not from , consumption, or heart disease, or dyspepsia, but from a catarrhal inflammation of the stomacp. and bowels, which affected the heart and lungs, caused the shortness of breathandsmotberlngsensation In the chest and tbe dyspeptic symptoms of which I com plained. Their diagnosis of my caso being mora careful ana thorough than that of anyphysi- , clan I had before consulted. I decided to place myself undor treatment, and I am now very glad I did. From the first I felt myself gaining in strength and health. The short ness of breatn, tbe smothering sensation, the heart palpitation, tbe distress in tho stomacb, the headache, the languid, tired feeling and the exhaustion, of which I then complained and from which I suffered for so Ion?, dlsatroeared. and to-day I feel like another person, strong and hopeful as I ever have felt. Symptoms of Gastric and Intestinal Ca- tarrb. Inst week Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers published tbe symptoms of catarrh as It often affects the entire system. Thiswcok they present tne symptoms which are prin cipally confined to the local affection com monly known as dyspepsia or catarrh of the stomach and bowels. These symptoms not only vary in different Individuals, but in the samo individual at different times; tbe most constant Is an abnormal appetite; it may be lost. Increased or pervorted. Thera ; is weight, dull pain and a sense of burning ' in tho pit of stomach after taking food, ac companied by flatulence, heart burn, gas tralgia, constipation, or diarrhoea, a dull, headache, languor, depression of spirits and ' irritability of temper. Indiscretion in eat- , ing and drinking, and exercise or exposoroJ In dyspeptics aro apt to occasions slck headache. It is frequently accom-r anled by bitter taste In the mouthy lllous vomiting and sluggish bow els; this is called bilious attack. There is' frequent regurgitation of a thin, watery sa line fluid, rireceded by epigastric pains. 'Sometimes there is pain at the heart, aoy companled by palpitation and shortness ol breath, making the patient think he has the heart disease. Accompanying some caseslt there Is dizziness, ringing in the ears, spots I before the eyes, and other sensations which X together are called "stomachic vertigo." I These patients hear a buzzing sound and I feel as if a vapor wero enveloping them; they grow pale, and grasp for support through fear of tailing. When in any caso " "indigestion" has lasted a long time chronio gastric catarrh will always be developed: evidences of malnutrition snow themselves by anxmia, premature old age, corrugations of the nails, decay of the teeth, etc. Again there Is a short, dry cough and occasional paroxysms of an asthmatic character. The skin becomes sallow, dry and rough, and various eruptions appear. In the treatment of dyspepsia or gastrlo catarrh, as In all other catarrhal diseases, Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers method Is superior to all others. They readily dis tinguish between tho various forms of its appearance, and direct their treatment to . the removal of the cause. Drj. Copeland, nail and Dyers treat suc cessfully all curable cases at 66 Sixth avenney Pittsburg, Pa. Office hours, 9 to 11 a. x.,3 toi , p. x. and 7 to 9 p. m. Sundays 10a. it. to 4 r.it Specialties Catarrh and all diseases of tha eye, ear, throat and lungs: dyspepsia cured; nervous diseases cured: skin diseases cured. ilany cases treated successfully by mall. Send 3-cont stamp for question blank. Address all mall to DKa. COPELAND, IIAIX & BXEK3. 65 Sixth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. $5 AMONTH; CATAKB.H AND KINDRED. DISEASHf TREATED AT THE UNIFOfirSni; S5 A MONTH- UNTIL APEIlTlO. T it;i.3 uruattJ5U'jr.KKJi.
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