sgoaa r! THE PETTSBUKG IHSPATOH, TUESDAY, Hi m?lmmmmr .MARCH 1. -189a j , !Jl A pr MjanEE i?ram. at least Twice as Many Eoll Calls of the Senate as He Attends. HIS EECORD IS ATTACKED By a Newspaper Correspondent Who Has Been looking It Up. MANY VITAL MATTEES IG2T0EED Bj the Junior Senator as the Eesult of Frequent Usance. THI BSSULT OP A PEEP AT THE BOOKS :tTCIAt, TJELIOKJUI TO THE BIgrATCH.3 Philadelphia, Feb. 29. To-niorrow's Jbnea trill contain the following telegram from Washington: Frequent allusion has been made to the absence of the Pennsylvania Senators from the deliberations of the Senate, and the Injury which their constituents baTe suf fered thereby. That the Pennsylvania Be publican Association, made no mistake in the count in its strong indictment of Sena tor Quay, in which it charges that by reason of his frequent absence he has failed to do the work he should nave done in behalf of legislation of vital importance to the Stats of Pennsylvania, will appear from the fol lowing statistics taken from the official records of the Senate. They relate only to the four years of his service during the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, and do not embrace his record during the present one. Mr. Quay commenced his Senatorial career with the first session of the Fiftieth Congress, in December, 1887. For the first two months he did fairly well, managing to attend two-thirds of the roll calls for yea and nay votes, but be Eoon fell Into the habit of absenteeism, which has become a second nature with him, and in February, 1888, he was present at only one-sizth of such roll call1;. Worse and Worse for Awhile. In the following month he is not recorded as having been present and voting at all on such calls, and the same is true for the months of June and September of that year. During the entire session, on the call of the yeas and nays, he was present and voted 36 times and was absent 108. The session lasted ten months. The second session of the Fiftieth Con gress only extended through portions of four months, and yet Mr. Quay's absentee record fully equals that for the preceding session. In December, 1889, he only re sponded once to 44 calls for the yeas and nays, and for the entire session his record was present at 39 and absent at 111 such calls. The total exhibit for both sessions of the Fiftieth Congress present 75, absent 219. In other words, Senator Quay seemed to think he was discharging bis duty to his constituents by only being present and vot ing on one-fourth ol the questions which was deemed of sufficient importance to require a yea and nay vote in the Fiftieth Congress. A Better Sbowinc In 1890. He made a somewhat better showinsr dur ing the first session of the Fifty-first Cou gress, from December, 1889, to September, 1810, although during February and May, 1890, he does not appear to have responded at all to the calls for the yeas and nays. Daring the entire session he was present at 119 such calls and absent from 194. During the second session of the Fifty first Coneress, lrom December, 1890, to March, 1891, his record is again very poor. Although there were 21 roll calls in March, 1S91, he does not appear to have responded to any of them. For the entire session his record is Present, 53; absent, 105. The figures for both sessions ot the Fifty first Congress are Present, 172; absent, 290, aud they indicate that he only deemed it necessary to attend at a little over one-third of the important divisions of the Senate. For both the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Con gresses the figures are: present, 248; absent, 18. showing an attendance at less than one-third of the total calls for the yeas and nays. The sessions of the two Congresses extended through 28 months. During 14 of these months Mr. Quay answered to only 32 calls of the yeas and r.ays, and did not re spond to 2G2 calls. In only five months of the 28 did be respond to more such calls than he absented himself from, the aggre gate for these months being, present 123; absent, 8a Absent at a Critical Time. During the remaining 23 months the figures were: Present, 125; absent, 432. His best attendance was during August and September, 1890, when he responded to 79 calls for the yeas and nays and was absent from 56. The McKinley bill was under consideration about this time in the Senate, where it was deliberated on lrom July 25 to September 10. During this period, one in which Pennsvlvania's best interests were at stake, and amendments were being offered continually to the bill, Mr. Quay was ab sent from b'O calls for the yeas and nays out of a total of 138. A great deal of important legislation was enacted by the votes cast on the yea and nay divisions in the Senate, from which Mr. Quay was absent. At present we will only mention some of the important meas ures raised by the Fiftieth and the first session of the Fifty-first Congress in the ab sence of Quay. The bill to authorize the purchase ot United States bonds was dis cussed and amended in the Senate on March 26 and April 3, 1888, and was passed on April E, 1883. On all these latter Mr. Qnav did not respond to any call for tho yeas and nays on this bill. Record of a Soldier Candidate. An effort is being industriously made to rally the old soldiers to the support of "Comrade Quay," yet the latter did not think It worth Tihile to be present when, on February 27, 1888, the dependent pension bill was disoussed, amended and passed. He was again absent on May 17, 1888, when lb House bill was amended and passed in the Senate making widows' pensions paya ble from the dote of the husband's death. He was also absent when, on March 19, 1888, the 8ente passed the bill appropriat tna100,000 to the erection of a monument b Washington Oit;- to the negro soldiers who ftU wtiile fighting for the preservation of the Northern life in the War of the Ke- Araln, although he Introduced the-de-eaoent pension bill into the Senate in the fcrrt aeuian of the Fifty-first Congress, it r paeeed by the Senate in his absence, on skroarjr O, 1890, and when the final vote 4a ooMOrreoe In committee report of both Umam. was taken on June 23, 1890, he was gata absent Another lBstanoe of "Comrade" Quay's tfMau to the taterests of the old soldiers M hit fcltere I be present on April 16, ltt flu tU Mil to authorise additional mw examiners passed the Shaate. Mnyaiiaut Bteaesres Unattended To. a June 1. IMS, tbe House postoffice ap aapaViuL'toUl waj amended In the Senate r m oxoortae tbe Postmaster General to iBSirart wUfcsugrksa-baOt and registered fawMn a transportation of the TTntted ftaeat faaOf wftiafi porta and on July 11, ieM Smm iafettd on the amendment, 'lu, Hoaee ,Tm i hi Halves-having now concurred. On both occasions Mr. Quay was absent. On Marob T, 1888, the bill enforcing the eight-hoar law was voted on In the Senate, yet Mr. Quay had not sufficient interest In the workingmen affected to be present. On February 20, 1888, an amendment was proposed to the Senate bill to incorporate the "Washington Cable Electrio Bailway of the Distriot of Columbia," requiring that the rails used should be of American manu facture. The amendment was passed, but Mr. Quay was absent as usual. The bill to prohibit Chinese Immigration gassed the Senate in Mr. Quay's absence on eptember 7, 1888. Tho bill to refund the direct tax was voted on in the Senate, on February 19, 1888, and Mr. Quay was ab sent, although Pennsylvania had a very large pecuniary interest in its passage. Trusts and Monopolies Forgotten. The bill to prohibit trusts and monopolies passed the Senate on April 6, 1890, and again Mr. Quay's interest in the common people was not sufficient to make him be present The bill for the classification of worsted cloths as woolens passed the Senate May 8, 1890. A large delegation ot Phila delphia merchants visited Washington in behalf of this bill, but that was not sufficient to induce Mr. Quay to be present and vote for it. On May 23, 1890, when the naval appro priation bill was under discussion and the question of an appropriation for the opening of League Island navy yard wars touched upon, attention was called to tbe fact that neither of the Pennsylvania Senators were present, and in fact," seemed to take very little interest in the matter. The Blair educational bill was long dis cussed in the Senate, nearly every Senator taking part in the debate. Mr. Quay did not say anything, nor was he present when tbe final rote was taken, on March, 20, 1890, when the bill was rejected by the Senate. The above are only some of the important, bills at whose passage in the Fiftieth and first sessions of the Fifty-first Congress Mr. Quay failed to be present and vote. His friends will no doubt claim that he was paired on many of the yea and nay votes, but that makes very little difference. Pairing a Poor Excuse. A man cannot properly perform his duty as a lawmaker who absents himself when bills are discussed, amended and passed or rejected, by going for weeks at a time on fishing and hunting excursions to Atlantic City or Florida, and simply making an ar rangement with some equally negligent Senator on the other side ot the House that they will offset each other's vote by the miserable device of "pairing." Neither party is performing his duty to his con stituents, nor are they morally entitled to draw one cent of salary from the people's money for the time thus wasted. We have, however, vet to hear that Mr. Quay, although absent from over two-thirds of the roll calls for the yeas and nays, has covered back into the Treasury any part of the salary which was paid him on the as sumption that it had been earned by faith ful and continuous service during the ses sions of the Senate. Even when Mr. Quay bas not been absent from Washington he has, as the Pennsylvania Eepublican Asso ciation's address pertinently puts it, "di verted his time to office getting" for his personal followers, and has remained away from the Senate on that account. More than once the Senate has been unable to do business because of a lack of a quorum when he was among the list of the absentees, and this was notably the case during the strug gle to pass the tree elections billT G0VEBNOR HOGG CALLED ON By Garza's Father-ln-Law, Who Is Anxious to Have Troubles Settled. Austin, Tex., Feb. 29. Senors Gonzales and Canales, together with their attorney, II. L. Summerly, of San Antonio, called on Governor Hogg and General Maybrey this afternoon, relative to the trouble grow ing out of the arrest of various citizens by Captain John G. Bourke, of the United States troops, in Neucez county, especially on the Polito Blanco ranch. They declined to be interviewed, but they disapproved the manner of Cap tain Bourke in arresting and mis treating private citizens and entering their houses without authority, stating at the same time that many similar complaints and charges had already been made and re ferred to General Stanley. "I have no hesitancy," said Summerly, "in stating that the matters will soon be brought to a stop if it is within Governor Hoeg's and General Maybrey's power to do so." Senor Gonzales is the father-in-law of Garza, and it is on the ranch of Senor Gonzales that it is claimed Garza's expedition against Mexico was put on foot. Governor Hogg, alter seeing the parties, concluded to reier the matter to General Stanley for further information, rather than act npon ex-pane statements. BUESTING OIL BARRELS AT A FIBS. Damage or a Q carter of a Million at a Big Albany Blaze. Albany, Feb. 29. Fire broke out among some oil barrels in the storehouse of Mather Bros., wholesale grocers on Broad way and Dean streets, about 9:30 this even ing, and at midnight bad destroyed abou; 5250,000 worth ot property. When discovered the blaze was burning briskly in tbe cellar of the storehouse on the Dean street end of the storehouse, but it burned like powder, and when the depart ment arrived the cellar and the whole first floor was a regular furnace. The barrels of oil burst as tbe flames reached them, and the blazing oil scattered the fire at an appalling rate. At 11 o'olook the firemen succeeded in advancing the lines of hose along the roofs of the adjoining buildings, and, making an entrance from the roadway, began to fight the fire at close quarters, keeping it within the building in which it started. HO GUNS ALLOWED IN COURT. Tho Arkalon Murder Trial Begins With Good Prospects for a Jury. Arkalon, Kan., Feb. 29. The District Court convened again to-day, pursuant to adjournment, to try the Sheriff Dunn mur der cases. The attorneys in the cases had already selected S. W. Vandervort, of the 4 Sixteenth Judicial district, to preside as speial Judge in Judge Bodkin's place. The Minton case was the first one on the docket, and the work of procuring a jury was begun. It looks as if it will be an easy matter to secure a jury, although that work had not been completed when court adjourned to day. There is considerable excitement over the trial, but no trouble has occurred. Everyone who enters the court is obliged to leave his weapons outside in the hands of a deputy sheriff. A BOOM FOR HOI SPRINGS. Government Land Outside of the Reserva tion to Be Sold Next Month. HotSpkings, Aek., Feb. 29. A sale at auction of all the public land outside of tbe permanent Government reservation here has been ordered by the Government, to take place April 10, and it is attracting much attention in various parts of the country. The sale will dispose of every foot of Government land not Included in the Hot Springs Mountain Reservation, as established by Congress. The land comprises 334 lots of different sizes, and it is understood that the proceeds of the sale will be used by the Government in still further improviug the permanent reservation on the mountain, and thereby advance the value of property generally in the city. , A Dinner to Cardinal Gibbon. - Washington, Feb. 29. The Beeretary of War and Mrs. Elkins gave a dinner to uight in honor of Cardinal Gibbons. A Mugwump in Argentine. Politic, B BUKN03 Aykgs,- Feb. 29. Senor Saenz Fana, an independent, will contest the Presidency.- " - -' A TRUST IN TROUBLE. All the. Heads of tbe Distilling and t Cattte Feeding Company INDICTED IN BOSTON AND NABBED. Tier All Give Bail and Will Fight Hatter to the Bitter End. the A TITO ON GBEINHETS FOfiEIGH TRIP rsnCIAtrSZLIGBAirTO TH DtSrATCU.t Chioaoo, Feb. 2a The officers and directors of the Whisky Trust in various cities were arrested to-day. "' This action was taken on the strength of indict ments found against them by a Boston grand jury at 10 o'clock to-day. The following statement in behalf of the company is made in relation to the prosecu tion ol the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company in the United States District Court at Boston: The act af Congress known as the Sher man anti-trust law, was Intended to prevent trade combinations and trusts. There is no evidence that the Distilling and Cattle Feed ing Company entered into combination with anybody else; but it has entered into agree ment with distributors of the .company's product by which it gives distributors a re bate of so much per gallon, providing they trade with nobody else. The act was not drawn 'to meet a case of this character. Nobody had ever thought of such a case when the act was passed. It is a parallel case to the practice of mer chants who give discounts for prompt pay ment of bills. A merchant will always make better arrangements with retail dealers who will agree to buy all their goods of a certain class from him. The Action of the Boston Jury. The United States District Attorney of Boston has taken the matter up and pro duced for the grand Jury witnesses who have testified to the arrangement between the Distilling Company and the distributors of its product, and under his advice", which, accoiding to custom, is given in such cases, and his interpretation of the law, has caused indictments to be 'found against the officers and directors of the company. Capiases have been issued and sent for ser vice to the United States Marshals of tho districts in which the indicted officials live. They are requii ed to give bail in Boston to plead to the Indictment, and when they do so, new ball will be required for an appear ance for trial. Inasmuch as the new law has never been nassed UDOn bv the courts, the Questions in volved in the present litigation will, of course, relate to the constitutionality and legal force of the statute. It will, also, have to bo determined whether the facts alleged in the indictment constitute the violation of the law. It can be easily seen, therefore, that decisions upon these questions will re quire many months of litigation, and that before the points raised are finally de termined they will have to be presented to the court of last resort namely, the Su preme Court of the United States. What the Indictment Charges. The indictment is of an omnibus charac ter, makii g its charges against the officers and directors in a body. It is returned as of date of the second Tuesday in December last The violations of the law are charged as having been continuous since February, 1890, when the defendants purchased, rented or leased the properties of compet ing distilling companies to the number of 7ft. From August 1, 1890, up to the time of find ing the indiotments, the combination con trolled the output of these distilleries and sold 66,000,000 gallons at prices fixed by them. This they did unjustly, unlawfully and op pressively to monopolize distilling and cattle feeding, to the aforesaid the manu facture and sale of high wines, alcohol, spirits, gins and whiskies. The indictment then sets forth agree ments between the trust and Dexter T. Mills, Erastus T. Giffield and John Joyce, whereby, in consideration of their purchase of trust goods, they were to receive rebates ot z cents per gallon. The indictment says: The prices chareed were largely In excess of the usual prices at which goods of the kind were sold previous to the organization of the trust. The defendants, in so doing, did, it is alleged, unlawfully and op pressively prevent and counteract the ef fects of free competition on the price of said spirits, and did unlawfully exact and pro cure great sums of money in said district from the said Mills and Giffleld as co-partners, and from the said Joyce and from divers other persons contrary to law. The Names or the Victims. The following named persons are indicted: Joseph B. Greenhut, ot Peoria, President of the trust; Herbert X. Terrell, of New York, Vice President; William N. Hobart, of Cincinnati, Treasurer; Warren H. Corn ing, Julius E. French, of Cleveland, O.; Lewis H. Greene, of Cincinnati; Nelson H. Morris, George J. Gibson and Peter J. Hen nessy, of Chicago, Directors. Mr. Greenhut, President, was arrested this morning at Peoria, and gave ball there in the sum of (10,000 for his appearance be fore the United States Court in Boston next Monday, where it is understood the cases are all to be tried. Mr. Hennessy appeared before United States Commissioner Haine this afternoon and was released on 810,000 ball. Mr. Gibson was not at his place of business when the officer went there with the warrant, and was not, therefore, ar rested. It was decided to make tbe arrests at this time, as Mr. Greenhut contemplated going on a visit to Europe within a day or two. Gibson, it is learned, went to Peoria Saturday, and a telegram has been sent to the deputy there to arrest him. The defence of the trust officials will be that they are a regularly incorporated com pany on a large scale and doing business under a charter from the State of Illinois, and that the company cannot combine to create a trust The Arrests la Cincinnati. A special telegram to The Dispatch from Cincinnati says: William W. Hobart, Treasurer, and Lewis H. Greene, trustee, of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Com pany, were arrested to-day by Deputy Mar shal Williams. The warrant had been issued by United State's Commissioner Bruce, based on the Massachusetts indict ment against the Whisky Trust directors. Both gave bond in 55,000 for their appear ance in the United States District Court at Boston. Mr,, Hobart glanced through the indictment and said: I see that one of the points in the indlot ment Is concerning the Issuing of rebate vouobers, which is held to be fraudulent. Well, I imagine there must be some 75,000 of these rebate vouchers out, and if we are guilty of a separate offense on each, you can easily figure out how long a fellow might re main in jail. And another thing this com pany was organized about four years before Mr. Sherman's law was passed. Mr. Greene wanted to know what it was all about, anyway, and, taking up the in dictment, be glanced over a page or two of its voluminous folds, and then laid it down with a weary expression. He wanted to know if a man could not be tried where he resided. He was informed to the contrary. Mr. Hobart will communicate with all the other parties to the indictment in order to ascertain what day all can go on to Boston. Mr. Hobart Is Made a Hero. When Mr. Hobart appeared on 'Change he was at once the central figure of a crowd of earnest and excited whisky men who ex tended their sympathy in the most em Ehatic language. The news ot the arrest ad by this time got abroad and was the leading subject of talk. Mr. Hobart is one of the well-known distilling house of Mad dux, Hobart & Co., and Mr. Greene is Treasurer of the Mill Creek Distilling Com pany. A dispatch from Boston sayst Charles A. Prince, counsel for the Whisky Trust, when seen this afternoon, had received no official notification of the arrests In Chicago, and Was unable to obtain any from United States Distriot Attorney Allen. Mr. Prince said: "I fail to tee the necessity of being so seore tive about this matter. Is it to be supposed that men who are conneoted with a big or ganization like this are going to run away because they fear possible arrest? It is ab surd. We are not afraid to bare this mat. ter tested, and is it likely the we will ton J away from it? I cannot say, of course, who might be made parties to this matter locally or what arrests might be made." Two Directors Canghtn Cleveland. A dispatch from Cleveland sayst Warren Corning and Julius Frenoh, the two di rectors of the Whisky Trust living in Cleveland, arrived home to-day from the East They were met at the train by a Deputy United States Marshal, who in formed them that he had warrants for their arrest They went at once' before Judge Hicks, of tbe United States Court, and sur rendered themselves, giving bail each in tbe sum of flO, 000 for their appearance In Bos ton whenever they shall "be wanted. A dispatch from Peoria says: President Greenhut takes his arrest philosophically and says he presumes the indictments are due to'the pressure brought to bear for po litical reasons in the administration. He considers the indictments the result of the Sherman anti-trust law, and, In all proba bility, based on the rebate system. He thinks the matter will simmer down to a civil suit, and does not propose to postpone his European tour. The cases will be fought to the end. s A 6R00M FOR CASH. Unique Way of Saving an Estate A. Tooth of 81 Weds an Old Lady for a Con sideration Provisions of a Will Satisfied. Jackson, Mich., Feb. 29. SpeciaL John Bentley, of Bidgetown, Ont, died twenty years ago and left all his property to his wife, Amanda, in trust for his only son, to be given to tbe latter when he became 28 years of age, provided Mrs. Bentley should marry in the meantime. Bentley evidently meant to say "should not marry," butMrs. Bentley, wishing to avoid legal complication, thought that the easiest way to comply was to marry, otherwise the property, which is now worth 5190,000 would go to Bentley's cousins. This morning her lawyer, J. A. Dart, with the assistance of a saloonkeeper, got William H. Plumb, 21 years old, and a laborer at street cleaning at SI 25 per day, to be the bridegroom. Plumb was assured that his wife would not want to live with him, and $100 was promised to him as soon as the ceremony was per formed and further sums in the future. He agreed, and was married by Justice Palmer to Mrs. Bentley, who is 70 years old, at the Stovell House to-day. All seemed highly pleased with the arrange ment Plumb got his money, and later re ceived 300 extra. Mrs. Plumb has gone to Grand Bapids, where her relatives live. The property Involved consists chiefly of real estate in Bidgetown. IHGEBS0LLISH AS II IS. The Colonel Shows a Preacher What One Feature of It Is. New York, Febti 29. ISpecidL On January 31 Bev. Dr. A. C. Dixon, pastor of the Hanson Place Baptist Church in Brook lyn, preached on "Ingersollism as It Is." A morning paper published the sermon and quoted the Doctor as saying that in an investigation made by Anthony Comstock, a few years ago, in relation to pictures and literature passing through the mails, it was discovered that Colonel Ingersoll repre sented the publishers of the pictures and publications. The Colonel was also accused of being paid to pollute the minds of the young of this generation. Col. Ingersoll demanded a retraction. Dr. Dixon's answer was a public letter, in which he said that he did not use the remarks as published. He should have used them, however, or something like them, he said, as he believed the charges to be true. The charges are to the effect that Colonel Ingersoll not merely represented the publishers as a lawyer, but was in ac cord with them. At yesterday morning's service Dr. Dixon announced that he had been served with a summons in a suit begun by Colonel Ingersoll for 85,000 damages for slander. The Colonel refused to talk about the suit to-day, further than this: "Dr. Dixon made an infamous charge against me,, and I asked him to re tract He refused, and I brought suit That is all there is about it The gentleman will have an opportunity to substantiate his charges in court" THE CZAR'S UNEASY HEAD In Deadly Peril From Conspirators as He Attends a Funeral. St. Petersburg, Feb. 29. The police profess to know absolutely nothing about the matter, but from other sources it is learned that conspirators planned to murder the Czar while he Was on his way to the Fortress of St Peter and St Paul, situated on an island in the river Neva, upon the oc casion of the funeral, on January 29 last, of the Grand Duke Constantine, uncle of the Czar. The body of the Grand Duke was re moved on the day referred to from this city to the fortress mentioned, and was from there deposited in the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, on the same island, which contains the tombs of all the Czars of Bussia since Peter the Great On the island are also situated the Mint, Academy of Arts, a museum, a number of barracks and an astronomical observatory. Upon the occasion of the funeral the Czar, Prince Oscar of Sweden, and all the Bnssian grand dukes followed the bier on foot, the Czarina and the grand duchesses following in carriages. The conspirators planned to kill the Czar while he was on his way to the Cathedral, but were arrested be fore they could carry out the plot A num ber of military and several naval officers, two of whom nave since committed suicide, are said to have been concerned in the con spiracy. Twenty students, several minor officers of the government and other people are under arrest, charged with being con cerned, directly or indirectly, with the latest attempt to kill the Czar. A BABBED WD2E DECISION. The Wathbarne-BIoen Company Win by Malting a Useless Idea Serviceable. Washington-, D. G, Feb. 29. The Supreme Court to-day reversed the judg ment of the lower court in the case ot the Washburne-Moen ' Company versus the Beat-'Em-AU Barbed Wire Company. This case involved the title to a patent to the barbed wire invention. The court says it is disposed to consider any doubts it may have in favor of the Washburne Company upon the ground that the inventor through whom it claims the title made what had hitherto proved a failure a sucoess, and that he rendered it possible to utilize the barbed wire now in use in every cattle-raising country in the world. ' MICE AH0NG THE HATCHES Kindle a Fire In Which Three Little Chll- dren Are Burned to a Crisp. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 29. Three little children were bumed to death this morning in a fire which consumed the house in which John H. Simpion and family lived. Simp son was awakened about 6 o'clock by screams from the oldest daughter, 11 years of age, who, with a sister 9 years old and a brother 4, were sleeping up stairs. Simpson vainly tried to enter the room but was driven back by the flames. The ohildren were burned to a crisp. The fire is supposed to have been started by mice and matches. Reward of a New York Leader. New Yobs, Feb, 29. Police Commis sioner John K. Voorhis, leader and organ izer of the New York Democracy, was this afternoon appointed by Mayor Grant a police justice in place of Justice Ford, whose term expired on November 23 last Mr. Voorhis' salary will be $10,000 a year and the term of office eight years. It will be remembered that Mr. voorhis announced a few day ago that hit organization would not aid the opponent of Hill in their fight against Tammany. THE GOLD EESERTE Of One Hundred Millions, and the GoYernment's Eight to Use It FOE .CURRENT EXPENDITURES. Congressman Dockery Starts a Hove Bav It Inquired Into. to HE GIVES HIS TIBWS ON THE SUBJECT Washikoton-, Feb. 29. At the instance of Bepresentatlve Dockery, of Missouri, the House to-day adopted a resolution directing the Committee on Judiciary to inquire and report to the House as to the right of the Secretary of the Treasury to use the hundred millions of gold reserve for current expend itures. In regard to the resolution Mr. Dockery says: "I asked the House to adopt the resolu tion for the reason that there seems to be some doubt upon the question, especially emphasized by an interview of the Secretary himself, published in this city, in which he is quoted as saying: 'As to the 100,000,000 of gold reserve, it is held against the $350, 000,000 ot national bank notes to make the credit of the Government impregnable, for no one would be able to get together enough greenbacks to take all tbe gold out of the Treasury, and therefore they do not take any. But these notes outstanding are legal tender and the Government can and will use this gold reserve if it needs to in a pinch. It should therefore appear in the debt statement as available cash.' Another Official's Opinion. "In addition to this alleged opinion of the Secretary, as quoted, Acting Secretary of the Treasury Hon. O. L. Spaulding, in his testimony before the Ways and Means Com mittee on the 23d of January last, insisted that the hundreds of millions of gold re serve were available for the expenses of the Government, and in reply to specific ques tions of the members of that committee, he stated that the Secretary of the Treasury also, as he understood, holds the opinion that $100,000,000 of gold reserve is available for the expenses of the Government, inas much as there is no statute against it' " 'I understand the hundred millions,' continued Mr. Spaulding, in reply to a question of Mr. Turner, 'was first separated in 1885 from statements in the Treasury: and you asked the question if the hundred millions could be used for any other pur pose. I understand that the" Secretary so holds, that he has the discretion.' "The acting Secretary further asserted in emphatic terms that he concurred in that view. "Now at this time, pending the examina tion by the Judiciary Committee," con cluded Mr. Dockery, "I do not care to ex press any opinion on the subject further than to say that some of the most eminent financiers of the Government wholly disa gree with the view that this fund can be used for current expenses." What Dockery Waats a Decision On. The question upon which Mr. Dockery demands a formal decision from the Judi ciary Committee is held by tbe Democrats to be of the utmost importance, not only to the Appropriations Committee, of which Mr. Dockery is a member, but also to the House as a whole in the coming discussion of the revenue reform bills reported by the Ways and Means Committee. If the gold reserve should be held not to be available for currency expenditures, it simply means, they say, that the Fifty-second Congress has $100,000,000 less to draw upon in this matter of appropriations than has generally been understood to be available. The Dem ocrats say that their declaration will then be justified that the country is confronted by a deficit in the'public treasury, as the result of lavish appropriations of the Fifty-first Congress, and that Mr. Holman and his colleagues of the Appro priations Committee must demand economy all along the line. The tariff7 re formers, too, argue that all the protection of the McKinley bill has been unable to save the public treasury from the verge of bank ruptcy, and point in contrast to the gener ous surplus that existed in the treasury at the close of the Cleveland administration.as compared with the depleted condition that they insist must be presented at tbe close of the Harrison administration. CAUSED BY CABKLESSNESS. Flagman Mackey Censored for Causing the Fatal Wreck at West Elizabeth. Ah inquest was held last night by Deputy David Semple on the body of Mary Ann McGuire, the young girl who died at West Elizabeth yesterday from injuries received in a peculiar railroad wreck at that place last Thursday. Mis3 McGuire was a servant in the employ of J. F. Blair, a druggist, and about 7 o'clock in the evening was standing at the door step talking to a young man named Donnelly. The door was some 40 feet from the railroad and suddenly a train of coal cars came dashing along. Instead of continuing on the main track the train swung in at full speed onto a side switch on which were sev eral passenger cars. These latter were jammed and knocked about in a fearful manner and pushed like a flash clear over as far as Mr. Blair's door, and before Don nelly and Miss McGuire could escape the wreck was on them. Miss McGuire was cut and bruised very badly, having several ribs broken, her lungs punctured and her spine hurt She lingered until 6 o'clock yesterday, when she died. Donnelly was also severely cut and bruised, but not fatally. The inquest last night developed the fact that carelessness had been practiced. Shortly before the coal train came along,the switch on tbe main track had been turned to run in the passenger cars. A trainman had turned the switch, not seeing the flagman near at hand. After the cars were placed on the switch the flagman, G. H. Mackey, put in an appearance, and told tbe trainman that he, Mackey, could care for the switch, and the trainman thinking Mackey would turn the switch back to its proper position, ran after his engine and rode away. Mackey, however, thought the trainman had turned it back and did not examine it, so that when the ooal train came by it ran onto the siding, made the wreck possible and killed the girl. The jury concluded the death to be accidental, but censured the flagman, Mackey, for carelessness? TAKING' SNUFF IN ICELAND. The Natives Use a Sort of Pepper Bos to Get It Into Their Noses. Pearson's Weekly. The Icelandic luxury that seems most popular among men is snuff, and they have the most astonishing method of taking it yet disoovered by man, with all the In genuity that has been exercised in titillat ing the nerves of the nose with tobacco powder. The Icelander takes his snuff from a horn a small horn and crooked, not too crooked, but with one positive curvo, as in the horn of a bulL The end of this horn is prepared after the manner of the apex of a pepper box, the object being to provide a means of sifting (as one silts pepper) the snuff from the horn. Now the Icelander clasps the horn firmly in his right band, tne large end next his lit tle finger, and, in case of an extra large horn, extending beyond the hand. This brines the little end of the horn between the thumb aud foreSairer, the nozzle point ing upward. The little end of the horn is Inserted in the nose and shaken, while the nose performs its own office in snuffing with a vigor corresponding to the anxiety of the proprietor. This may seem to be a difficult at well at a delicate operation, but it it not, for it has been done by man riding at full speed. THE WELSH CELEBRATE The Eve of St. David's Day Music, Ora tory and Song Miles Humphries Ex plains the Objects or St David's So ciety A Pleasant Erasing. The Welsh and Welsh-Americans last night celebrated the eve of St David's Day at the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. The meeting was under the au spices of St David's Society, and A. J. Edwards, Chairman of 'the society, pre sided. The speeches of the evening were interlarded with vocal and instrumental se lections. Chief Miles Humphries, of the fire de partment, made a short address. Beterring to St David's Society, he said its object is to elevate Welsh character. Its principles are benevolence and charity. Its charity extends beyond the reach of the church, and every class is penetrated. When a good fellow is down they help him up and give him a ray of sunlight where all was gloom. Sobriety and frugality are also taught their people. This meeting on the eve of St David's Day. he said, was to revive remi niscences of the past Speaking of the prominent men of Welsh extraction, he gave great credit to the natives of Wales in the improvement and betterment of America. Bev. S. Applegarth made a few remarks, saying he was one-quarter Welsh, getting it( from his maternal errandmother. He hardly knew where his Welsh was, but when he wanted to kick some one he thought it was in his feet; when enthusiastic, he thought it was in his tongue, and when he got a tran script from the tax office he thought it ought to be in his fiats. Bev. Dr. Edwards took advantage of the ppportunity to boom the movement recently commenced for university extension. He explained the project for furnishing an edu cation to those unable to attend a uni versity, and pressed it to the notice of the Welsh people. Chairman Edwards closed in a eulogy of the Welsh nation, and reviewed a long list of illustrious Welshmen who have "done much for the advancement of their fellowmen. He said the Welsh people have always been advocates of both religious and civil liberty. They have had great warriors and statesmen among them and as a sample of their deeds he referred to the writing of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, a Welsh-American. COLONEL GEEENLAND IS BOOKED To Fill the Shoes of the Late Adjutant General McClelland. Habrisbubo, Feb. 29. ISpecial.' Colonel Walter W. Greenland, of Clarion, Quarter master General of the National Guard, Is booked for the succession to the late Adju tant General McClelland. The appointment will probably be made this week. Colonel Walter W. Greenland was born In Huntingdon county in IBIS. In 1863, at the age of 17, he entered tbe army. He was a member of the One Hundred and Twenty fifth Regiment. Be was with his regiment on the 17th of September, '63, at the battle of Antletam, where ho distinguished himself by saving the colors of his regiment from falling into the hands of the enemy. After one color bearer had been killed and another wounded, Colonel Greenland seized the flag and bore it throughout the fight Colonel Higgins, who commanded tbe regiment, thanked Greenland on the field for bis gal lantry. Greenland declined the offer of color sergeant, which Colonel Higgins offered him. Colonel Greenland, besides being a gallant soldier, has been conspiouous in the National Guard for years. He is now Quar termaster General on the Governor's staff. Before being appointed to the Governor's staff he was Quartermaster of the Second Brigade. He was elected Prothonotary of Clarion county, and has always been an active Democrat He is a handsome, soldierly looking man, and is popular wherever known. The only complaint made against the ap pointment is the claim that Colonel Rut ledge was the senior in rank. His friends refuse to believe that Governor Pattison re fused to recognize rank in making the ap pointment. MONDAY TJNE0BTUNATE3. Four Victims of Various Descriptions of Accidents Reported Testerday. There were four accidents reported yester day. Tbe list follows: Car 23, of the Birmingham line, collided with a wagon of John Clark's, the teamster, last night at tbe corner of South Seventeenth and Carson streets, and two or throe holes were punched in the front of the car. No one was injured. TBOvrsoir Alexander Thompson, a resi dent of Hazelwood, fell from the rear plat form of a Second avenue electrio car at tbe Bates street curve last evening. His head was Bligbtly cut and his clothes were ruined by the mud. Whits Mrs. Margaret White was walking along the pavement in front or the new Orpheus Hall, on Luna street, East End.yes terday morning. A lot of snow slipped off the steep slate roof and struck Mrs. White on the head and shoulders, knocking her down. She was stunned for a few minutes and complained of her neok hurting her.but she Anally walked home. W. J. Bakkos, the well-known Importing tailor in the Lewis block, bad bis lett band crushed yesterday in the elevator in that building. Tbe bones were reset and amputa tion will not be necessary. THE STSXKZ SETTLED. The Indianapolis Trouble Ended by the Ap pointment of a Receiver. Indianapolis, Feb. 29. The street railway strike was practically settled at midnight, when Judge Taylor, of the Supreme Court, appointed Thomas Steele, the assistant superintendent recently dis charged by President Frenzel, receiver of the company. Dynamiters Arrested In Blair County. Altoona, Feb. 29. Two men were taken to jail at Ebensburg to-day, charged with attempting to blow up a coal mine at Frugality, on the Cresson and Coalport Railroad, with dynamite. Several others are implicated in the affair, but have not yet been arrested. AT LATIMERS. 10 MINUTES' Investigation will convince any person that our stock of ele gant CARPETS is offered away below prices usually asked for such fine qualities. We show ioo styles of elegant BODY BRUSSELS, They'll Cost $1.25 Ordinarily. A spot cash purchase of 115 rolls of PURE ALL-WOOL INGRAINS enables us to offer you 75c Quality at 50o. There are many other just such bargains if you'll come and see. P. S 1,000 WHITE QUILTS go this week at $ EACH. T. M. LATIMER, 138 and 140 Federal Street AXaUESGZXEHW, PA.. CHOICE FBOFEBTXES. CHOICE OFFICES For rent In the HEW EflMlil 5A1GS BARK PLDIS5. Wood and Diamond streets. Well lighted, most centrally located, alt the most modern conveniences and latest improvements. Possession positively given April 1, 1393. Inquire at GERMANIA SAVINGS BANK, NO. 7 SIXTH AVENUE. OCl-i&TTS - - PENN AVENUE, EAST END. Between Pu H and Highland Avenns, 85 FT. FBONT FOE $15,500- Bents for $1,024 per year- This must be-sold soon. J. H. COLEMAN A CO., feZ7-rrsu 62U Perm avenue, E. E. CHOICE OFFICES IN Hamilton BnMing. FINEST IN THE CITY. 91 and 93 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg. feSO-89 OFFICES BUILDING 121 and 133 Fourth aveue, -AT- MODERATE RENTS. de23-43-TT WESTERN AVENUE Near Grant av., a good two-story brick of nine rooms complete, with a Frontage of 46 feet 8 inches, At a low price, on account of ill health of owner, who has left the city. BAXTEB. THOMPSON & CO.. fe28-212-28mhl,3 162 Fourth av. BARGAIN. $4,500. On paved street, three minutes' from Wylie avenue cars. Frame houso of seven rooms and finished attic. Lot 19x135 to alley. LIGGETT BaoS. mbl-Slrra tobsaleU House and lot 58xlM feet, Muriel St., S. S. Lot 60x213 feet. Center a v.. Twentieth ward city. Lot 25x130 feet, cor. Fulton and Webster sts., city. Cheap. JNO. A. WILSON, fe27-57-P 119 Fqurth av nrrrv CASH. BALANCE EAST. NEW t5c)UU 8-room house, reception hall, bath, every convenience; pavedstreet. Duduesne line, between Shadyside and East Liberty. Complete description and location by mail on application. Price $5,500. BLACK BAIBD, 95 Fourth av. mhl-56-Trsu KESOKT HOTELS. Atlantic City. THE CHALFONTE, ATLANTIC CITY. Directly on the Beach. Sea water baths in house. Opens January 30, 1692. J&25-34-D & ROBERTS & SONS. HOTEL WELLINGTON. Ocean End of Kentucky avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. M. A & H. S. MILNOE. Circulars at Dispatch office. fe27 95 THE IRVINGTON, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Filtered water used for all purposes. fe23-55 CHAMBERS & HOOPE3. THE WAVERLY, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Opens Feb. 8. Under new management. Comfortable steam heat, sun parlors and excellent table Ja31-138 THE SEASIDE. Open all the year. All conveniences, including- sea water, baths in the house and covered walk to the beach. fe2546-D CHARLES EVANS. THE HOTEL STICKNEY, Atlantic City, N. J., one hundred feet from ocean, Kentucky ave.; steam heated, elec tric bell, sun parlors, etc. $2to$2 60perdayj $9 to $12 per week. L. V. BX.LUb-N.UI. mhl-33-D HOTBL WILTSHIRE! Virginia avenue, near ocean. Anew winter house. Large bay-window rooms, giving fine view of the ocean. Heated b7 steam and open grate. Open all the year. fe23-DBU D. W. CHANDLER. HOTEL HOFFMAN, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Near beach. Heated throughout wit steam. Homelike. J.W.CALLAWAY-jafl-127-TTSsn Old Point Comfort. HYGEIA HOTEL, Old Point Comfort, Va. Deservedly world-famed, this immense and unique caravansary is situated a few yards from Fort Monroe, and lies along a beautiful sandy beach, washed by the waters of Ches apeake Bay and Hampton Roads. The won derful equable climate makes it an all-the-year-round resort, unsurpassed in health, and general attraction. It is the rendezvous for prominent people from all sections, and an atmosphere of comfort, luxury and re finement pervades the place. Dress parade, artillery practice, guard mounts, eto.,in the fort. Send for pamphlet. F. N. PIKE, Manager. del-43-rrsu w"? S?r AT 95' fefWrrs. ,