FORTY-SEVENTH 11 WEEK OF UK H IT LAST. Congress Beffiimingto Get Down to Business in . Tolerable Shape. A BRILLIANT RECORD Of Three Months' Inanition Broken by a Semblance of Industry. THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL Under Serious Consideration, and an Im portant Amendment Made. The Days of the Indian Agent Num bered Jerry Simpson's Sarcastic Fling at the Army A Date Sure to Be Set Soon for the Consideration of the Bland Silver Bill Anti-Free Coinage Men Desperate Ho w the Oates Black' mailing Bill Came to Be Presented The Move to Get Along In Congress Without Chaplains Chief Justice Fuller Not to Resign Except He Is Nominated for the Presidency Tom Eeed's Joke on Alger or Himself. ISrrCIAI. TZIXGRAFHIC LIOTER.1 Bceeac or The DisrjLTCH, I WAsnn.GTO'. D. C Feb. 27. v The week closes with a brilliant record of hard work in the House of Representatives. On Monday it met at the usual time, and, after 13 minutes of arduous industry, list ening to the Chaplain's prayer and to the reading of the journal, it adjourned. For the remainder of the week the work accom plished is the turning out of a Republican who was elected and the seating of a Dem ocrat who was not elected. This is the work of the last week of the first three months of the session, and it . might fairly be said to be the work of the whole three months. The Indian appro priation bill has dragged its slow length along for two weeks. Two days should have sufficed for its consideration and passage. By far the greater number of speeches made ostensibly on the bill have really been the most partisan balderdash. A. Sensible DIscnssion at Ijast. The first really serious and endurable dis cussion occurred to-day on the proposition toplaoe the Tndian agencies in charge of i ,-niy officers. It was opposed by nearly all t 4 re members in wb'-distrlcts' there are Indian tpencie. To iort with this bit of patronage is to them like pulling eye-teeth. I have heard no end 61 complaint from mem bers of Congress in regard to the annoyance they are subjected to irom officescekers, and they wish that all patronage were taken from them, but it is easy to discover that the an noyance comes only from persons whom they do not desire to appoint, though they are afraid to tell them so, and that they rling to their patronage as a thing necessary to their political life. In saying that the proposition was op posed by all members in whose districts there are agencies, I should except Hon. Jerry Simpt-on, who favored the amendment because it was the first intimation he had had that there was any use for an army in the United States, and he would be glad to assist at furnishing these pets of the Gov ernment some useful and honorable occu pation and take the agencies out of politics. Advantages of Army Supervision. Xot a single good argument was advanced in opposition to the amendment The officers of the army are capable, trained to method ical work.and would be responsible not only to the Interior Department for the proper performance of their duties, but also to the "War Department as officers liable to be dishonorably dismissed from the service in case of malfeasance. Moreover, the change w ould furnish employment for a number of capable young gentlemen whose chief labors now arc to spend their salaries at the Army and Navy Club. Of course, it will be understood that the proposition is not to sweep out at once all of the civilian igents and put in their place the military agents. The substitution of the latter is to take place only as vacancies occur. Mr. McMillin, of the Committee on Rules, tells me that a date will surely be assigned within a few days for the beginning of the consideration of the silver bilL That is, the committee will report a rule to that effect, which is equivalent to the assignment of a fixed time for the debate on free coin age. The rule willlimit the period of de bate to about four days, but whether it will prescribe that at the end offourdaysof speechmating a vote shall be taken is still in doubt Anti-Free Coinage Men Desperate. Mr. McMillin thinks that a day in the last week in March will be designated for beginning the fight in a formal way, which has been in progress, after a Tery bitter fashion, among the Democratic members ever since Congress convened. The anti free coinage members are desperate. They declare they will fight, filibuster, do any thing to defeat the Bland bill. Mr. Harter, of Ohio, proposes to kill the measure with amendments providing that pensions shall be paid in gold, that workmen, or any per son whose salary is f 1,500 a year, may de mand gold in payment ot wage or salary, or that they may demand and receive gold for the silver or paper money in which they are paid and other similar propositions. He j leels sure that this appeal to the demagogic I sensibilities of members will insure the i passage of these amendments, and that even 1 the most radical free coinage men will then be compelled tb vote against the bill thus absurdly amended. But Mr. Harter may count too much on the demagogism of Con gressmen. Why the anti-silver members should be so ludicrously concerned for the defeat of the bill in the House is not clear.ns there is really no danger whatever that It will be come a law. The President will certainly veto any bill providing for unlimited free coinage, and it would be impossible to se v cure a majority of two-thirds, either ia the Senate or the House, to pass over the Executive veto. Advice to the Bis Majority. The vital aims of Democratic politicians in the House should be to prevent the con sideration of the bill at all and thus silence the question until after the elections. To do this they should induce the Committee on Rules to refuse to fix a date for consider ation, to go on with the tariff bills, and let Mr. Bland and his sympathizers get up their bill in their own way if they can. If the leaders who really con trol the movements of the House will utterly ignore Mr. Bland and his bill, they can prevent consideration. A very prettv fight would result, but I fancy that would be well enjoyed by the newspaper reading public. At any rate, this vexing matter, which has been postponed from day to day, and which the House majority was actually afraid to tackle after it found it self in a caucus called expressly for the con sideration, will probably reach a culminat ing stage within a very few days. I have said that the House has done little in three months except to turn out a Repub lican and put in a Democrat I had forgot ten of the passage of the Oates blackmailing-bilL It will be remembered that with extraordinary haste, in the first days of the session, this peculiar bill was passed under a -suspension of the rules. It imposed heavy penalties on anyone publishing,or procuring the publication, or threatening the publication of matter for the purpose, of extorting blackmail, or upon any person ridiculing or threatening to ridicule another in print The History of Mr. Oates' Bill. The bill was passed and hurried to the Senate. There it was almost immediately reported favorably from the Committee on Judieiarv. The "peculiar construction of the measure, and the even more peculiar haste with which it was galloped along through the several avenues of embryo legis lation, excited attention, and attention ex cited criticism, which sent the bill back to the Committee on Judiciary for modifica tion of the provision which made it a crime to hold one up to ridicule. I have just learned the history of that measure, and what prompted it, from high official authority. A member of Congress became much attached to a young lady of somewhat eccentric character, and in cor respondence with her expressed his affec tion in terms that were not at all diplomatic in their obscurity. The young lady after ward married a gentleman quite as eccentric as herself. The honeymoon was expensive. Needing funds they applied to the Con gressman. That gentleman, recognizing the net in which he had enmeshed himself, and knowing that if he succumbed to the bleed ing process once it would only be repeated at another time, refused to "duff up." In the heat of the campaign for re-election, a year ago last November, the man and woman brought the Congressman's let ters to the headquarters of the State Com mittee of the opposite party, and for a sum of money offered to sell them. The Chair man informed the two blackmailers that he was not conducting that sort of a campaign and that they must take their wares to an other market Safety Only in Stricter laws. Since that time they have held the Con gressman in a condition of constant terror, but he has bravely refused to be bled. To better insure his safetv. however, he sought the passage of the bill referred to, and worked upon the large heart and sympa thetic nature of Mr. Oates to introdnce and stand sponsor for it Very rarely in the history of legislation is there to be" found a general bill with so special and personal an application. Mr. Milbura, (he blind chaplin 'of the? House, has made quite a reputation for the originality of his prayers. Few clergymen are more confidential and intlmcte in the language with which they hold what'is here called an executive session with the Deity, and few are more liberal with advice to man, and claiming to have their inspiration direct from heaven. Mr. Milburn has often incensed members by his criticism cf the conduct of the House and even of individual members, in the guise of a prayer, and many of them have seriously canvassed the pro priety of abolishing what is, at best, in both House and Senate, a hypocritical, hollow and contemptible show of piety. There is no greater burlesque of religion, and the solemnity which should attend. its public practicethan these prayers and their sur roundings. little Itevcrence in Congressmen. I have often listened to the very eloquent prayer of the Senate Chaplain when there were but two or three Senators present, and once when only one bowed his head in mock reverence to the performance. I use the ad jective advisedly, for the Senator is well known to be an agnostic. In the House, though, of course, the num ber present at prayer is larger, the bur lesque is even more evident The sum and purpose of the employment of a chaplain is to have the fact go to the religious element of the country to show how pious and rev erent the Congressmen are, in that they cannot proceed to business without a prayer. Of course, the religious element is not ex pected to discover that both Senators and Representatives carefully remain away from prayers, unless it is more convenient to be present But if they must hare prayers for the effect upon the religious element they don't want to be scolded by the Chaplain. He is not employed for that He is not paid to give Congressmen any moral or other advice whatever, but merely to play the part of a pious lay figure in the show windows of the Capitol, to suggest the splendid character of the goods within, the simon-pure religious stufl, and no shoddy or fustian. They can stand a little scolding as a sort of novelty, a bit of prayerful comedy, but that sort of thing every'morning, following upon the liberal Congressional breakfast, becomes irritating and inducive to dys pepsia. A TVarnlng to the Chaplain. Therefore, Mr. Milburn has been quietly informed that if he does not want to start a movement for the abolition of his office it would be well for him to confine himself simply to an invocation of divine Provi dence to give as much of his favor as is lair and deserving to the American House of Representatives, and there let the matter rest On the other hand, Hon. Joseph J. Little, of the Twelfth New York district, elected to fill ont the unexpired term of Hon. Bos welLP. Flower, comes in with a joint reso lution providing that the prayers of the chaplains shall be printed in the .Record as a part of the Congressional proceedings. This is an innovation that will hardly ob tain while Chaplain Milburn continues his moral lectures to the House in his volumin ous prayers. Mr. Little's inspiration may.be discov ered in a statement made in his charming autobiography, printed in the Congressional Diiectorv, jvhich discloses that "he was married in 18G6 to Josephine, youngest daughter of John Robinson, direct descend ant of John Robinson, who came over in the Mayflower." Only One Thine; for Mr. Fuller. ' A report which originated in Chicago, is making its rounds here this evening that Chief Justice Fuller contemplates resign ing his office about a year hence, on account of a leeling that he must resume the prac tice of the law lor the purpose of increasing his income. I am assured the story has no foundation of truth. In so far as Mr. "Fuller's income is concerned, he has quite enough on which to exist comlortauly. lie side his salary as Chief Jnstice, he has an income of about 50,000 a year from a business block which he owns on Dearborn street. Chicago His family expenses are also decreasing rapidly, as two oi nig seven daugmers nave witmn the last year been married to worthy and thrifty young men. The Chief Justice will resign only in one contingency, and that is if he be nominated for the Presidency by the Democratic convention at Chicago. Touching the discussion in regard to General Alger's war record, which still wages fiercely, "Tom" Reed's latestmot fits in nicely. In conversation, the other day, in regard to Presidental nominations, with a little circle which gathered about him just before the Chaplain's prayer, a newspaper correspondent said to him: 'Hovr would Reed and Alger do brains and boodle?" "I fear," .said Reed, gently and with child-like simplicity, "I fear, you overesti mate the extent of my private fortune." LlGHTNEB. A WESTMORELAND SCANDAL FKOMINENT EDUCATOR EfJAU, ON SEEIOCS CHARGE. His Assistant In the Kenslncton Schools the Prosecutor Her Life Hanging by a Thread A rising Tonne Physician Ar rested bnt Afterward Released. Prof. J. M. Anderson, principal ,of the public schools of Kensington, West moreland county, and Dr. E. E.' Pat ton, a young and well-known physician of that place, were arrested yesterday on complaint of Miss Jennie McClelland, assistant teach er in the Kensington schools. The charge is a most serious one. Dr. Patton was dis charged by Magistrate Hare, of Kensing ton, who heard the case, but Prof. Ander sori was sent to jail to await a hearing in court The arrests have created great excitement in society circles in Kensington and West moreland county. Prof. Anderson, as it appears, has been keeping company with the young -Jady for some time. The girl's serious illness brought her parents to her bedside, and to them she related the story of her folly. Information embodying the charges was made at once before Magistrate Hare, and the arrests and hearing quickly followed. " Miss McClelland is 25 years of age, very handsome, and was a figure in the best society in Westmoreland county and well known in Allegheny City, where her par ents reside. Her life is in danger. Prof. Anderson was formerly Principal in the Mt Pleasant schools, and was considered a model by the large corps of teachers in the county. He has a wife and four children living at Stahlstown, Westmoreland county, but it is alleged this was not known at Ken sington. He first became prominent in Ken sington through his connection with the Presbyterian Church there, in which he was an active worker and the leader of a flour ishing mission class inaugurated by him. Dr. Patton is a comparatively young man, and enjoyed a large and growing practice. KEELEY CURE AT CUT RATES. CHLORIDE OF GOLD BT MAIL FOB 810, CASH IN ADVANCE. A Cure Guaranteed hr the Under Cutter If at First It Isn't a Bueces Another Trial Can Be Had at the Same Price. New York, Feb. 27. Special A cut rate Keeley institute has been opened 'on West Forty-second street, which proposes to cure drunkenness by mail for the small sum of 510, payable in advance. The man agers of the new institute cawtoev can Core-. zs. .fcv"' i.i r , "Cu "i auyiuiuiruui u uaii?iucr jug tu xiuuxuun jim-jams. They have cut prices on the White Plains Keeley Institute, and the gold cure is now cheaper thajra'good spree. The proprietor and manager ot the place is a Dr. Henry, and he has an assistant who says he worked in Dr. Keeley's institute at Dwight, 111. The place is called -the Chloride of Gold Medical Institute. One of the men in charge said to-day that it had been established to cure such drunkards as did not have the time and means to go to the regular Keeley institute. He said the treatment was the same'as Keeley's, except that they call their injection chloride of gold instead of bi-chloride of gold. This, they explained, was a mere distinction with out a difference. They guarantee cures at the Forty-second street "place. The guarantee is a verbal one. ill mis institution tney aiso give patients injections three times a day. They also give pills and tonics. The terms of treat ment are S75 in advance for three weeks. If there is no cure, they say, there is no pay. But the great feature ot Dr. Henry's method is the system of curing drunken ness by mail. .For $10 he will send a box of chloride of gold pellets postpaid to any address in the United States. These pel lets, taken internally, the doctor guaran tees, will cure any case of drunkenness in from ten days to four weeks. If they fail the patient can buy another box at the same price. The doctor guarantees this. The main feature of the establishment seems to be the cash-in-advance fee. There is no charity department connected with this institution. The place has been opened about a month, and it is said the owners are making money rapidly. . , " . THE DAKOTA DIV0ECE MILL Latest Applicants for Legal Separation at the New Mecca. - Yankton, S. D., Feb, 27, Special Mrs. Cornelia E. Betts has become the most conspicuous of the many applicants for di vorce here. After he had been served with the summons in his wife's complaint, Mr. Betts went from New York to Peekskill and shot the proprietor of the Eagle House, Charles P. Blish, Mrs. Betts' lover, whom she intended to marry as soon as she pro cured her divorce. Christian Borstel. "Vice Consul to Bogota, Brazil, under the Cleveland administration, is one of the latest. Shortly after Har, rison's election Borstel was relieved from office and returned to this country. Mrs. Borstel remained in Brazil nearly two years. When she returned Borstel was ad vised that for $25 a decree of divorce could be had in 24 hours. Borstel thought this was the customary way. When he learned that legitimate decrees are obtained in South Dakota he came here. Mrs. Ida Tysen, wife of a New York broker, is the very latest applicant for di vorce. She-has her champagne by the case. She is accompanied by her child, nurse and her maid, and dreads notoriety. THE PENHSY MAY FIGHT. Beport That It Has Leased the D. & H. Canal to Down the Reading. New Yoek, Feb. 27. Special The stock of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company took a sharp turn to-day on the Stock Exchange. It opened at 133 and advanced without a reaction scarcely until it reached 138J Accompanying this spurt came a rumor that fhe Pennsylvania road had leased the Delaware and Hudson and proposed to make an active fight against the great Reading combination. Secretary F. M. Oliphant, ot the Dela ware and Hudson, denied the report with out any reservation. Mr. SJuydam Grant, a director ot the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, said: "There are some negotia tions pending between our company and the Pennsylvania in regard to tonnage from some of our mines, but jthcy are compara tively unimportant in character! I know of nothing that would lead me to b.'lieve that anv steps have been taken bv the Pennsylvania, looking, to a control .of..the Delaware ana Hudson." ALL OVERJERMANY Extends the Same Distress Which Bears Biotous r Fruit in Berlin. FIGHTING LAST NIGHT. Eeal Hunger, Not Socialism, Causing the Demonstrations. Is MORE TROUBLE EXPECTED TO-DAY. Kow the Military Must Act, as the Police Are About Worn Out THERE MAI BE GREAT LOSS OP LIFE Berlin, Feb. 27. Despite the generally quiet aspect of the streets during the morn ing and afternoon, just apprehensions were felt, and the public was anxious to know what was going to happenduring the even ing. Groups of rowdies were reported to be assembling in the Neuen Market, the Haeeksohe Market, in Grueleweg and other centers, chiefly in the northern and eastern parts of the city. Along the TJnten den Einden and in the Schloss Tlatz quiet prevailed. Mounted police were patroline all the leading thor oughfares around the Schloss and kept the people on the move. Patrols also occupied the market places and the streets cornering upon the quarters occupied by workingmen. The situation seemed to be under the ab solute control of the police until nightfall, when rowdyism renewed its tussle with the authorities. The first encounter occurred 'at the Haeckesohe market Bad Beer Gets In Its Work. A noisy mob gradually assmbled here after 4 o'clock. It consisted of young work ingmen, who had probably become excited with beer after leaving their work, and largely alio of the most rowdy element in Berlin. The patrols got so blocked in the masses of the crowd that they sent for rein forcements. Then they charged the mob with sabers drawn, driving them toward Noue Fried rich strasse and Orainienburger strasse. The several thousand rioters thus split up bv police tactics reassembled later on the parading streets in the northern quarters. Rosenthal strasse became the next focus of the rioting. The position here at 9 o'clock appeared to be critical. A great mass of people, many of whom were obviously genuine working menj but among whom were a host of loaf ers, assembled in groups, listening to" So cialist speakers, who violently denounced the Government, the police and, in fact, everything comprising the existing order of things. The Slob Fights Desperately. The police made anotner charge on the mob and repeated It again and again; but the crowd, after giving way a little nteach charge, reolosed their ranks and fought the police with 'desperate energy, using as weapons sticks, stones, heavy billets of wood and nnythlpgihey could lay bandsmen." ' The p0licewere getting the worst of the contest, as they had only used the flat sides of their swords in striking; but when they saw the tide of battle turning against them, they did not hesitate to use the edge of their sabers, and they struck right and left, car ing naught for the wounds they inflicted, but determined to overcome the rioters. A large number o'f rioters were badly hurt, and some of the wounds inflicted by the sabers are apt to result seriously. A large number of the wounded were taken to surgeries in the vicinity. By 10:20 the Rosenthal melee was over, and a large num ber of the rioters were safe under lock and key in the police stations. i Stores Looted and Wrecked. As on Thursday, some of the rioters took advantage ot the uproar to smash shop win dows and seize upon the goods displayed in them, or anything else that came within their reach. A feature of to-night's rows has been the large increase in the numbers of working men mixed up with the mob. Hitherto the greater part of the crowds have consisted of men who are never known to work profes sional agitators and the dregs ot humanity which infest the city. To night, however, there were many genuine workingmen in the crowds. This may he attributed to the fact that to-day is pay day for mechanics, laborers, etc., and, carried away by the excitement and a lib eral supply of money wherewith to pur chase intoxicants, they were drawn into the maelstrom of disorder, and when charged by the police they fought as desperately as did the others of the mob. The difficulties under which the 'police labored were greatly added to by the streams of people who paraded the streets, not to create any disturbance, but to watch the "fun" when it did occur. The police did not desire to injure jeaceable citizens, and consequently they were not as free in their actions as they otherwise would have been. A Baseless Knmor Gathers a Crowd. A rumor gained currency that all the un employed of the city were to form a mon ster procession and march down Friedrich strasse and along the Unter den Linden. Although common reasoning powers should have shown that no such procession would be allowed, that any such idea was utterly chimerical, tens of thousands of persons .men, women and children gathered along the alleged route of the procession. It is needless to say that -their curiosity was not gratified. The riots in the Haeckesche market and Rosenthal strasse showed the determina tion ot the mobs to resist the authorities to the utmost The advice given to the Socialists by their organ, the Vorwarts, does not seem to have had the excellent efleot that was ex pected upon the Socialist working men. That paper appealed to the Socialists to act in an orderly manner and to keep away from the beer shops, but the appeal fell on unheeding ears, orlse the influence of the beer houses was more potent than good advice. All the police available were concentrated to-night in the northeast districts of the city. After the fight in Rosenthal strasse, serious colli sions occurred in Prunnen and Frankfurter strassen. Shops Ordered to Be Closed. As the rioting increased the authorities issued an order calling upon the people to close their houses and to remain indoors. This order, however, did not suffice to keep the curious oft the streets, and many unof fending persons must have suffered for their imprudence at the hands of the police. At a late hour the central authorities were warned that the disorders were spread ' ing to Tegol, an outlying suburb, where a crowd, which was certainly not composed of loafers, had been fighting 'the police. The monnted gendarmerio was also called out in the Nieder Bamim district. To-night closes with worse prospects for to-morrow. The authorities, believing that a spread of rioting is then likely, have taken extended precautions to meet the trouble. All troops are now ordered to be confined to their barraoks, and the dawn ot Sunday 'is anxiously awaited. It is believed that should serions disturbances occur to-morrow it will be necessary to appeal to the military authorities. The police are tired out with their struggles of the past three days and are in no fit condition to handle the situ ation energetically. The Causes and Origin of the Blots. Tracing the immediate genesis of the riots, it nill be found in the appeal of the unemployed masons to Burgomaster Forck enbeek for employment in municipal work. Herr Forckenbeck declined to ,see the dele gates appointed by the masons, but Under Burgomaster Zeller received them and declared that the municipal authori ties could not give them work. He referred them to Herr Blankenstein, Superintendent of Works. The latter promised to use his influence with the con tractors to have Berlin workingmen who were the fathers of families given the pref erence when opportunities for work offered. It was doubled that this would be of much assistance to the men and their families, many of whom are on the verge of starvation. A meeting at Friederichshain followed. Herr Boehe, one of the delegates, told the 3,500 unemployed masons, carpenters and painters then gathered that there was no immediate chance of the municipal author ities furnishing them with work. The resolution adopted by the meeting simply declared that, in view of the distress pre vailing, the State authorities might begin the erection of new buildings as soon as possible, and thus furnish work for the destitute. Soclallim Is Not the Issne. There is not a single word of truth in the report that extreme Socialist views were ex pressed, and that the crowd demanded that the Government furnish them.with work or bread. The respectful suggestion was made that the condition of affairs required extraordinary exertions on the- part of the authorities to alleviate the distress they must know was nrevailincr. Several speakers made addresses and pro posed that a demonstration be made to show the people of Berlin and the authorities the great number of men who were out of work. The sene of tne meeting, however, seemed to be against making a manifestation of any kind. The truth of the whole matter, leaving aide the highly colored reports of the affair that have gained currency outside of Germany, is that the workingmen at first had nothing to do with the demonstration. It was the lower strata of the stragglers on the edges of the meeting that began the demonstration. As the excitement growing out of the conflicts with the police has ex panded, the ferment among the better class of workingmen has grown. Tfee Emperor's advice to malcontents to emigrate, has added fuel to the flames, and the end now cannot be told, though it is certain that if the soldiers are called upon much bloodshed will follow. The Same Trouble All Over the Empire. Berlin is not alone in her troubles. Dis tress is prevalent in every populous center of Germany, and the cry tor bread is clam orous. During the week, bread riots have occurred in Dantsic and Brunswick. Meet ings ot the suffering poor have been held in Hamburg and Breslaa. In scores of places the strikes that have occurred during the past few months, always resulting in the defeat of the men and the exhaustion of the benefit funds, have assisted the employers to reduce work, causing further trouble for the men. Many members of the Beichstag have been watching the police encounters with the mob, and the situation has been keenly discussed in the-lobbies of the House. The Socialist members are personally active in dissuading the workingmen from tak ing part in the manifestations. The Government members accuse the Socialists ofplaving a double game, ostensibly re-trai-gitig, but secretly inciting, the wqrfc; fSgmen-to violence.- "On the otherTiadd,'" the Socialists charge that police agents were fomenting riots in order to enable the Gov ernment to execute a grand coud ot whole- . sale repression. Rioting Late at Night. At 5 o'clock this evening a body of young men to the number of COO formed in line and tried to march past Emperor William's palace. The police, however, took vigorous measures to disperse the paraders, and with drawn sabers moved down on their ranks. After a hand-to-hand fight, in which many heads were broken, the police succeeded in gaining the mastery. The drygoods stores in the city closed their doors early. A band of 600 men marching from Charlottenburg to Moabit were intercepted by a force of police and easily dispersed. A number of fights of tsmall dimensions between police and rioters occurred peri odically all through the evening until 9 o'clock. After that hour, however, the police were able to preserve order without much difficulty. A CABINET AT LAST. M. Lonbet, the New French Premier, Be tains Six of the Old Ministry. Paeis, Feb. 27. After the unsuccessful attempts made by MM. Bouvier, Constans, Bibot and Bourgeouis to form a Ministry to replace the one that resigned last week, M. Loubet, who was summoned yesterday to undertake the task, has succeeded in organ izing a Cabinet, which is made up as fol lows: H. Loubet, President of the Council and Minister of the Interior; M. de Freycinet, Minister or War: M. Bibot, Minister of For eign Affairs; M. Bourgeouis, Minister of Pub lic Instruction ana the Fine Arts; M. Rou vler, Minister of Finance; M. Devolle, Min ister or Agriculture; M. Roche, Minister of Commerce; M. Kicard, Minister of Justice and Public Worship; M. Viette, Minister of rublic Works; M. Cavalgnale, Minister of. Marine. MM de Freycinet, Bibot, Bourgeouis, Bouvier, Devclle and Boche were members of the former Cabinet, in which they held the same portfolio, which they will hold in the new Ministry. The new Prime Minis ter is a staunch, but moderate Bepublican. The members of the new Ministry waited upon President Carnot at the Palace of the Elysee this evening? HABEIS0N TO GO DUCKIKG. A Three-Days' Outing Planned for the President on Ragged Island. Norfolk, Va., .Feb. 27. The day at Virginia Beach has been a stormy one, the northeaster still holding its own. For the most part the President has kept indoors, though this morning, in company with Mrs. Dimmick he took a brisk walk for half an hour. Just before dinner he was waited npon by President Woodard, Judge Port lock and other members of the Bagged Island, Hunting Club, and with them made arrangements for a duck shooting. The party is to start at fi:30 o'clock Monday morning to return Wednesday morning. If the sport should be good, and if the President's engagements will permit, he may make another trip to the island Friday or Saturday. While the President is gone the other members of his party may make a' visit to the navy yard at Portsmouth, To morrow will be quietly spent at the hotel. COAL CHEEK CO-OPEBATIVE. The Miners Accept and the Troubles Are Believed to Be at an End. Chattanooga, Feb. 27. Special The miners at Coal Creek to-day ratified the plan snbmitted to them by President K. C. Jenkins, of the Tennessee Mining Com-pany,-by which the mines will be operated in the future by the co-operative plan. The miners will take ? 50,000 ot stock in the venture. This is looked upon as the end of the Coal Creek troubles. SAWING OFF HORNS, A Growing Practice Among Cattle Baisers Brought Into Court. OPINION AS TO CETJELTY. Some Experts Condemn It and Others Consider It'Humane. THE BEAVER JUSTICE ACQUITS. Agents of the Humane Society Anxious to Test It Further. . THE NECESSITY FOR THE OPERATION rSFXCTAI. TELZOKAM TO TOT DISrATCH. J Beaver Fails, Pa., Feb. 27. The case of the Commonwealth versus E. E. Hazen and J. W. Fombell, with Isaac Green, srH-. agent for the Society for the Prevention1 n.n a:.i. - . ,.J w,..t..! -P'nr tLw Th LJ8Jn;, SO ie of the Papal rescript in ww.v.w v...vv -.,--- . -.,. .,, Pysor to-day. xae deiei.4i' ants are highly respected and well-to-do I farmers of Beaver county, and the charge Aas wantonly and cruelly ill-treating and maiming, torturing and otherwise abusing, domestic animals by sawing or causing to be sawed the horns off 21 head of cattle close to their skulls." Humane Agent O'Brien and Mr. Eaton, President of the society, were both present from Pittsburg to look after the interests of the society. The case is the first of the kind that has ever come up In the State, and as a result much interest was manifested in it, as the process of dehorning cattle is get ting to be quite prevalent in many sections of the State, and Agent O'Brien has had a large number of letters from farmers in Indiana, Armstrong, Butler, Washington and other counties regarding the practice. Testimony as to the Process. The prosecution opened the case by call ing Farmer James Bunzo, who testified that he had witnessed the operation of dehorn ing and considered it crueL The pain, he said, was similar to that of pulling teeth. Dr. Haag, a veterinary surgeon of Beaver Falls, testified that the practice was -very cruel. Dr. F. X Burns, a practicing physi cian, also testified as to the cruelty of the practice, and said to saw the horns off cattle could not help but give pain. At this juncture the indictment, as far as E. E. Hazen was concerned, was quashed, as the evidence did not show that it was his cattle that were dehorned. Officer Carwell testified that he had seen the cattle several days after the opeartlon. They looked baaiy and pus was running from the stumps of the horns. August Green testified to the same thing. Dr. T. G. McPherson, a physician of Beaver Falls, of 29 years' practice among human beings and some considerable knowledge of do mestic animals, said that the -pain inflicted in dehorning was owing to how close to the Ekulkthehornwas- cut, ofiTeJai6y:ib. preCtfss'Trould'glv as mu$Jf'pnBfa;-if a tooth was cut off close to the gum. He thought it was cruel and did not know that it was necessary. If it was a necessity he did not think it could be called cruelty. Bone for the Animals' Protection. The Commonwealth rested, and for the de fense J. W. Fumbell was sworn. His were the cattle that were dehorned. He did it for their own protection and the protection of other animals on his farm; thought it caused no pain. Each animal lost about a gill of blood in the operation. The operation took 18 or 20 seconds for each animal. They felt no ill effect and at once went to eating. The cows gave as much milk as ever after the operation. The stumps were treated with cotton, tar and tallow and were heal ing up. The sole object was to prevent hooking. Brass tips on the horns aid not answer, as they would come off . He did not know that it improved the quality of the meat and the cows gave no more milk. E. E. Hazen testified that he had per formed ihe operation of dehorning on Fom bell's cattle a few weeks ago. He used every means to perform the operation quickly and to give as little pain as possible. The average Jime was 20 seconds. He acknowl edged they suffered pain. The operation was to prevent animals from hooking each other, and he did not think it cruel. Was not a veterinary surgeon, but had been taught how to dehorn by Elmer Hazen, of Missouri, an expert at the business. The Practice Is Widespread. Ira Hazen, of Ohio, testified that he was an expert in dehorning, and had taken horns off over 200 head. The operation re quired from 10 to 20 seconds, and he did not think it cruel and never saw animals get sick or die after the operation. The wounds would heal up in from two to six weeks. The operation was performed ex tensively in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. E. S. Hazen, of Missouri, had much ex perience in dehorning cattle and considered it a humane act, as it prevented animals from hooking each other. He considered it beneficial to all cattle. ,It gave but little if any pain. Charles Benzo said he had de horned cattle last November and the stumps healed up solid in a few weeks. S. M. Hazen said it would make a herd of vicious cattle as gentle as lambs. Ira Hazen described the process, and said the animal was run into a chute, tied firmly, then the horns were sawed off, requiring about 10 or 20 seconds, according to the age of the animal. The wound was' treated with cotton and tan, and soon healed up. The Defendants Acquitted. Nine or ten more witnesiess were ex amined who all testified that the operation gave but little pain, and that they did not consider it cruel. The attorneys then ad dressed the Court Both, sides quoted largely from similar cases that had been tried in England. The justices there de cided that owing to the evidence in the case he 'would acquit the defendants and put costs on the county. From the fact that this was a test case, the Humane Society tried desperately to have it taken to court, but the Justice would not so decide, and it is highly prob able that the society will take an appeal. r During the trial the Justice's office was packed to suffocation with farmers, and it is estimated that fully two-thirds of North Sewickley township was in town. DAM&GES FOB AN INHUMAN DEED Becovered From a Pretty Girl by the Father ot a Little Boy. Freehold, N. J., Feb. 27. Special The jury in the suit brought by John Yet man to recover $5,000 as damages from Mrs. Sarah A. Bose and Miss Margaret Rose, her handsome granddaughter, rendered a ver dict this morning in Yetman's favor for $550. December 1, during the absence from home of Mr. and Mrs. Yetman, the cow owned by Mr. Yetman broke out of his lot and went into the cabbage lot owned by Mrs. Bose. Yetman's 10-y'ear-old 'son Stephen and his little cousin Nellie went after it and Miss Bose ran tbe boy down. She applied matches to his face, burning off his eyebrows and eyelashes,and burning his face, "from the mouth to the edge of his cap, in a horrible manner. He will probably lose the sight of both eyes. The only witness, the girl Nellie Yetman, corroborated the testimony of the injured boy. The defendants made a general denial, but did not attempt to account for the boy's injuries. REGULATIONS FOR LENT. ABCBB1SHOP COBBIGAN'S RULES FOB THE COMING PAST. He Makes Ho Provision for Localities Where the Grip Has Held Sway The Papal Rescript Kot Considered Neces sary In or About New York. New York, Feb. 27. Special. In all the churches of the Catholic archdiocese of New York a circular from Archbishop Cor rigan, announcing the regulation for Bent, which will begin on Wednesday, will be read to-morrow morning. Becently the Pope, owing to the, ravages of the grip, issued a rescript dispensing Catholics from the usual fast and abstinence of Bent. The Pope gave power Jfo Archbishops and Bish ops to absolve th people of their charges from fastine and" abstinence as long as, in their judgment the state of public health required thisindulgence. A few of the Bishops of this country have given their people tne rnent ot tne -t'apal rescript, ana in their dioceses there will be neither fast ing norjabstinence during Bent. Arch- .JSyprrigan has not deemed it neces- imigiA ' AjifPho regulations i include t iv -iyr. SS52 eggs and white ntC. permitted at every x irai' AHB .!. trtb. Y " meat, as also or metl on the Sunaayxr Lent, ana at tne principal meal on Jiondav, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday, with tlio exception of Ember Saturday and Holy Saturday. Second The use of white meats Is allowed every day in Lent in the evening collation, and also at the principal meal on tbe days on which the use of flesh meat is forbidden. Third A small piece of bread witn a cup of coffee, tea or chocolate, can be taken In the mornin?. Fourth Where It Is not convenient to take the principal meal at noou, it i9 lawful to invert tbe order, aha take a collation in the morning and dinner In the evening. Fifth Dripping and lard may be used In the preparation of the kinds of food which are permitted. Sixth On Sundays there is neither fast nor abstinence, but fish cannot be used with flesh meat at the same meal at any time during Lent. Seventh Those who are exempt from the precept of fasting can partake or flesh meat at every meal during the day when, by special Indulgence, flesh meat Is permitted at the principal meaL SACRIFICED TO BED CLOTHES. The Son. of a Proprietor of a Burning Hotel Dies in the Bains. BucYBtra, Feb. 27. Special J At an early hour this morning fire was discovered in the Scott House at Forest, west of here. An alarm was immediately sounded, but as the department is inadequate the building was soon enveloped in flames. The build ing is an old three-story affair in a dilapi dated condition,and in such a condition that no insurance company would insure it- The structure was used as -a hotel by a man named Woodside, formerly of thiscity. The progress of the flames was so rapid that all 'the contents of the building were lost. Closes Woodside, aged 22, son of the proprietor, attempted to save some bed clothing through a broken window, and was in the act of running awav when the tot .iering,wallsfell, b.irying him beneath the burning mass. His frantic crirs spurred the firemen and citizens to their utmost, but their efforts were unavailing, and when the body was taken from the debris it was a mass of charred flesh. . Woodside had but recently located in Forest, having formerly run the Park House in Bucyrns. He has been completely ruined by the fire, as there was no insurance on the building or its contents. The 15 guests escaped without injury, although they were all asleep when the flames were discovered by a locomotive engineer. A small dwelling adjoining was burned. Total loss about 15,000. I0BD STANLEY'S TJHP0PULABITY Evidenced by the Small Attendance at His Opening: Drawing Boom. Ottatva, Ost., Feb. 27, Special The usual drawing room held by the Governor General at the opening of Parliament was held in the Senate Chamber to-night, and gave unmistakable evidence of the increas ing unpopularity of Lord Stanley in the unprecedentedly small attendance. Unlike these receptions held during the regime of Dufferin, Borne and Landdowne, when crowds gathered to pay their respects to their excellencies, the attendance to night did not reach over one-half the usual number. Pipes Are Looking Vp. Beading, Feb. 27. The Beading Foun dry Company, whose North Beading foun dry has been idle for three months owing to dullness in the pipe trade, announces to night that it will resume in about two weeks, giving employment to 200 hands. Beading pipe firms report a slighr'improve ment in trade with better prospects. THE DISPATCH DIBECT0BY. Contents ot the Issue Classified for the Convenience ot the Beader. The issue of The Dispatch to-day consists of 20 pages, made up In two parts. The news of yesterday and last night occupies the first nine pages. Tbe special literary features and class news will be found most readily by reference to this table: Page 9. Fanrrs ot Ricrrnocrrr William E. Curtis Pattison's Cbask Notes. Cabskqii's Gifts Wanamakee and ini Louisiana Lottebt. Page 10. TUX. 'WASTS. TO LlTS. FOR SALES, REAL ES TATE AND MISCELLANEOUS CABD3. Page 1L The Music World CW.S. Paris or the South Fannie B. Ward. Personal News New Postal Schimes Real estate cards. Page 13. Tmc "World of Societt. Marion C. Gallahcr The graxd abut Busetess Cards Page 13. Designs r-Silks Ada Bache Cone Spring DbessMakcto Emma 31. Hooper Duterexces rs Silks Helen Watterson Science op Bread Baking Edward Atkinson Uses op the Orange Emma I. McLagan The Foe op BEAUTr. Shirley Dare Page 14. General Arthur St. Clair's Tomb Herbert Business Cards. Page 15. . In Free Paris Ida M. Tarbell Points on Chicago ..Charles T. Mnrray Silence op Rossini TV. G. Kanfmann The American Claimant Mart Twain Page 16. In A Shadow land LafcadIo3earn TueRulesopRank Bessie Bramble ntasion op Judah Bev. George Hodges Page 17. run 'Without Steam George lies Puzzles of the CALENDAB..CamllIe Flammarlon AN Elephant Nurse L. M. JacolUot aStoryopFarbagct J. T. Heaale7 Investing a $ioo Bill. Page IS. Points on Berlin Marat ilalstead Millions in Mines F. G- Carpenter Review or Sports Pringle Page ID. Secbet Societt News. Market reports. News From the Oil Fields. Page 20. News or the Stage. Amusement notices.- COUNCIL CONTEST, 'Twenty-KftLi Ward Citizens Question the Election of Bohrkaste. FOEMAL PETITION PILED, Charging That 430 Illegal Ballots "Were Cast oil Febrnary 16. A GRANDFATHER Y0TED ON AGE, Accordinff to One of the Allegations Mads dj the Contestants. COUNTER ACCTJSATI05S AEE PROMISED At least one contest has resulted from the recent municipal elections in which the cit izens will attempt to show that the admin istration candidate was wrongfully declared the victor. The case is a very interesting one according to a paper filed in the Quar ter Sessions Court yesterday by Attorney G. H. Stengel. It is a petition signed by sundry citizens of the Twenty-fifth ward, contesting the election of Herman Bohr kaste to Select Conncil. Tbey claim that 'William "Waite, the can didate of the Citizens party, was elected, although the canvassers, in the face of the returns, declared Bohrkaste to be the choice. The returns give Bohrkaste, Be publican, 445; "Waite, Citizen, 372, and Downey, 358. The first objection filed is that in the First district the voting was not done at the Mammoth skating rink, the place designated by legal authority, and secondly that in all the districts unregistered voters voted with out complying with the requirements of the law regarding affidavit making. A Grandfather Toted on Age. It is claimed that in the First district the names of 43 voters were not in the registry list and that 30 voted without having paid tbe required tax; Second district, 42 voters not registered and 36 had not paid tax; Third district, 64 unregistered, 24 who had not paid the tax, 34 voted on age, one of wbomjs a grandfather, and that there was a false return showing four votes too many; Fourth district, 40 unregistered, 20 who had not paid tax, and a false return showing two votes too many, and in the Fifth dis trict, 57 unregistered voters and 34 who had not paid tax. One of the signers to the petition said: "Theae irregularities foot up a total of 430 votes, which is within .15 of the number allowed the winning candidate, and if the L exceptants make good their claim it would ' seem to argue that the tanglefoot in that dis trict was decidedly tangled on the. 16th inst But the youthful grandfather surely there Is no fear of a decadence of population in a country that can show grandfathers under 22 years of age." The Tlexvs of the ContrstSe "Vd 'Herman Bohrkaste was seen last evening at his place of business on Carson street. He said that he had heard that his seat was to be contested, but did not know the papers had been filed until "told by The Dispatch reporter. "Do you mean to say that "Waite charges that 430 of my votes were illegal?" he asked. "Does he think I haven't any friends ' in the ward. "Well, I will give him all the fight he wants. There probably were some illegal vote3 cast, but there were just as many cast for "Waite and Downey as there were for me. The .whole trouble is that they are sore over their defeat. They had snch a solid organization, in their own minds, that de feat seemed Impossible, and their surprise and consternation was visible when the re sult was announced. But I fooled them. The idea that 430 of the votes were illegal is preposterous. "Why, that is sufficient to throw out the entire ward. Bohrkaste Enters Counter-Charge. "There were some illegal tar receipts floating around, but they belonged to tha other people, as I hadn't any. As to the First precinct voting place being illegal, I don't think so, and if it is, the last three elections were illegal, as they were all held at Schott's, on the corner of Twenty-second street, not 90 feet from the rink. The rea son why the voting place was changed is ' that they wanted f 15 for the use of the rink: and the law only, allows 52 50, and we certainly would mot pay 515" it" we could help it. "I will give him all the contest he wants," continued air.Bohrkaste, "and I think he will be tired of it before it is over. Yes, sir, ther feel very sore ove'r the defeat and will probably feel much worse when the contest is over. As to a grandfather voting on age, that must have been a ibke. Probably some elderly man said that as he deposited his ballot, but not with the intention of having it recorded. Yon know very well there are all manner of jests made at, the polls and I think this is a rehash of one of them." An efibrt was made to see Mr. Waite, tha contester, but he could not be found. JAY G0TTLD MUCH BETTEE. His Cold Developed Into Bronchitis, and for Awhile It 'Was Serions. Hew York, Feb. 27. Special A gen tleman, who had a long talk with Mr. George Gould, to-day, about Mr. Jay Gould's health, said that the facts in tbe case were about as follows: "Mr. Gould caught a severe cold at the reception at his house on Tuesday evening last, and the eold has developed into bronchitis. The indi cations on Thursday night were that it would develop into pneumonia or some lung trouble, and that the family was startled was evident from the fact that they sent out for a second doctor for consultation at mid night Dr. Munn, Mr. Gould's regular phy sician, had been there all day, and he re mained within calling distance all that night. They did not succeed in getting a second doctor, but before morning Mr. Gonld bad improved. "What aggravated matters was that Mr. Gould had an attack ot indigestion that was probably brought on by over exertion or the excitement of the reception. This is an old complaint of Mr. Gould's. Tbe traces of it seemed to be over to-dav. The report at the house to-night was that Mr. Gould was considerably better. Dr. Munn was there to stay all night He sent down word that he had nothing to say about the patient. At 10 o'clock the house was closed for tha night" A Charivari Party Nearly Kills a Bride. Newport, Ark., Feb. 27. A couple named Mr. Swearingen and Miss Bratley were married near this place Thursday afternoon and were viited by a charivari party during; the night The mob called upon the newly-mamed couple to appear, and as thev refused to do so, some one shot through the window, filling the bride's head with buckshot and fatally wounding her. J i I i
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