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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.
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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.
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