prgitaaw aagi&asS5sJSSgasgp s ? 3"7i T Vs 8 BABY WITH A PIPE. A Stunted, Hungarian Tot Slowly Dying of Nicotine Poisoning. BE IS IN A STATE OF SEMI-STUPOR. Prefers Cigars to Candj, bnt Hates the Effeminate Cigarette, KE1V6I KOTJSS FEOH KEAEBI TOWNS rgTtciAi. rxLTeiui.it to Tin dispatch.! Scottdaxe, r'ebi 29. Mikey Covosta is a little Hungarian boy, 2 years old, who smokes several pipes and cigars every day. At rare times he takes a quid of tobacco in his mouth and chews it as dexterously and spits out the brown juice as scientifically as some old stager of CO. His father, John Covosta, is a coke drawer and lives near Morgan's station. He came to this country from Hungary with his wile shortly before little Mikey was born. When TllK DisvATCn correspondent en tered the house to-day little Mikey was sit ting on the floor, his head was bent over and his lack-luster eyes were closed. His 1 face was ghastly and the whitest I ever saw among the Hungarians, who are a dark-faced race. His father shook him roughly and the boy dropped the dirty black pipe he was clutching in one hand. Then he awoke exactly as a person does alter being drugged. He sle'eps thus nearly the whole day except when he takes a little food or sucks away at the vile pipe, ith evidently the same eniovment another babv takes in his milk. tlic boy looked up with dull eves while I tried to mate him smile; but nothing would induce him to part his tightly-drawn lips. Just then a ray of bright sunshine came in at the windowand clayed on the black floor near Jiikey's icet; but he did not pay the le.ist attention to It or try to catch it as other children might. Mikey was given a lizhted pipe about a venr ago, and, with baby instinct, put tho stem in his mouth. Then he gave a little draw, and the men around laughed when ho made ugly faco over it. This was wueie ho was taught the habit that has clung tena ciously to him ever since. The Huns would loan him their filthy pipes and'watch him in the afternoons when they gathered after w ork at Covasta's lionse. The baby was rather nrctty, but his face had a pallorlike that of the dead. The habit his parents allowed to grow is stronger than it is upon most men, and will in a short time cause its death. Covasta tried to tell me that the habit was born in the child. The boy is wonderfully stunte'l in his growth, and spends the greater part of tho day sitting on the floor sleeping. His sleep is unnatural and rest less. I took a cigar from my pocket and hold it up. For the first time during my call the baby's eves brightened as he reached lor the cigar. When I put it back in my pocket his lip fell and he looked as if he was going to cry. His father began to prepare the vile pipe for the baby, so 1 gave Mikey the cigar and he clutched it with a pleased expres sion. One strange teatuie ot the case is that he will not smoke cigarettes, but seems to utterly hato them. To-morrow Covasta, his wife, little Mike and the babv start for the fatherland. Little Mike, I'fear, will never see the home of bis parents. The white-faced little fellow is suffering from acnte nicotine poisoning and tobacco heart. His father does not seem to care whether the child is broken of the habit or not, BIG TAXATION CONTESTS. tYestlnghoute Companies Claim Exemption in Dauphin County Courts. IIaKrisbceo, Feb. 29. Jnages Simonton and McPherson, of the Dauphin County Court, held a special term of court begin ning to-day for the trial of State tax cases. Among the most important were three against the ITestingbouse Airbrake Com pany, being claims of the State for taxes on capital stock Tor 1833 amounting to $39,7SS 40; lor 1S30 amounting to $14,811 15, and for 1891 amounting to $52,314 67. M. E. Olmstead, ot this city, counsel for the company, argued that the company was not liable to any tax n hatcver, being exempt as a manutacturing corporation. Attorney General Hensel auu Deputy Attorney General Stranahan con tended that the act of 1S89 exempts only companies which are organized exclusively lor manufacturing purposes, and that the Aubrake vomoany owns some property not immediately connected with its manu larturing plant. Tho next cases called were against tho Wcstinghouse Electric Compan v. involving similar taxation lor the years 1888, 1S83 and li!M, Tor large amounts. The grounds of con teat are the same as in the Airbrake Com pany rase. In addition the Westinghouso counsel contend that this was a business winch could just as well be carried on in New Jersey, here the tax is 1 mill, as in Pennsylvania, where if liable at all, the company is liable to 3 mills, and he thought it is the intention of the Legislatute to exempt Jest such companies as these and encoura.e them to maintain tliciroperations in this State. If this company is to bo taxed und other manufacturing companies ex empted, then the act is unconstitutional, becanse it doesnot impose uniform taxation. The same counsel also argued several cases involving the taxation ot Pullman's Palace Car Company and the Woodruff Palace Car Company. In all tho above cases the Court uiok the papers and reserved its decision. OUTWITTED THE PENH8Y. The B. iO. R.K.to Invade Its Coal Terri tory in Cambria Connty. JonssTows, Feb. 29. Special. A move ment is now on foot by which the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will penetrate the rich bituminous coal fields of the northern part of Cambria. Some years ago the Pennsylva nia Railroad, in consideration of track room privileges, transferred to the Cambria. Iron Company its rights in the Old Portage Rail road from this place to a point above Cone maugh, retaining only the privilege of lay ing a side track to the Gautier Steel Works. Now, bv an amicablo agree ment between the Cambria Company and the Baltimore and Ohio, it is said this rbnte will be used bv the latter, crossing the Pennsyl vania by means of an oveihead bridge near tho viaduct at South Fork. The exticmely iriendly attitude of the Cambria Company to the Valtimoie and Ohio is explained by the fact that the iron works owns large blocks of the latter's stock in the branch load oxtending from Rockwood to their works at this place. The Pennsylvania is not idle, and their branch to the coal fields of the north is being rapidly pushed. Since this now move of the Baltimore and Ohio has become public, the Pennsylvania has determined to also build a diverging branch to the Black Lick coal fields. FAST HISTORY BAKED TIP. An Old Resident With a Larze Family Ar retted Tor Bigamy After 20 Years. Grekssbdpg, Feb. 29. Special A sensa tion was created heio to-day by tlie arrest of Samuel Bair, a wealthy man of Mt. Pleas ant township, who is charged with deserting his wife and child at York, Pa., 26 years ago. An officer arrived from York to-day and served the warrant on the astonished man. Many years ago after hp came here Bair roamed a Miss Jones, of Ligonier township, and since that they have raised quite a fam ily. In that time he has acquired consider able wealth, and is considered a good church member and a model man in his neighbor hood. Bair was seen after his arrest, and claims it is a blackmailing scheme in which two or three parties of this countv are inter ested. He at once gave bail for a'bearing at Tork and was leleased. The imoi-mation charges bim with desertion and bigamy. He relused to give the story of his life. Captured Tramps Prove to Be Burglars. Bedford, Feb. 29 Imperial. On Thursday officers 'gathered in what were at first thought to be three professional tramps; but they corresponded with the description of the persons wanted in Meyersdale for the robbery of Hay A Sons' jewelry store of $500 worth of Jewelry January 12. Somerset officers Came to-day and identified them. They gave their names as John Roberts, James Murphy and William Daugherty. All have a list of aliases and are said to belong to a gang who once operated in Somerset county. New Castle Society scandalized. Kiw Castle, Feb. 29. Special Henry McMillen, formerly a passenger conductor on tbo New Castle branch of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, but now connected -with the Nypano, is the defendant in a seri ous case- Hist Edith Sterling, daughter of the late Jury Commissioner Sterling, has made an information against him. McMillen is S3 years of aire, and married with & fam ily, and Miss Edith is a member of tho church and prominent in Sunday school wore. MoMilfen was arrested this morning, but when the officers left him for a moment, be fled for parts unknown. BLAIH WITHOUT WABHW0. On Hungarian Plunges a Knife Into An other In a Coke Begion Saloon. CoiCHELLSVims, Feb. S9 $rcial The monarch Coke Works of the H. & Prick Company at Leiscnring No. 3, near here, was the soene of a cowardlv murder last night. The victim was George Huos, and his slayer Joseph Cochis, both Hungarians. Huos and a number of his countrymen were In a houS6 drinking, when Coohls en tered, and without any provocation walked up to Huos and plunged a "knife into his breast, killing him almost instantly. Cochis then fled and has not been beard of since. Shoriff Mccormick has offored a reward or $10 tor his capture McKeesport' New Turn Halle. MoKeespokt, Feb. 29. Special The new $40,000 hall building of the McKeesport Turn and Gesang Verein was dedicated to-day with a public parade and interesting cere monies at the hall. Two thousand Turners, representing Pittsburg, Allegheny, Beaver, Wheeling, Braddock. Homestead and other places In Western Pennsvlvania and East ern Ohio were in line. Two thousand men started over the route laid out at 2 r. Jtregard less or the bad condition of the streets and weather, aftor which they marched to the hall. A Physician Accidentally Poisoned. Alliance, Feb. 29. Special Dr. J. P GruweU, the oldest practicing physician In this county, drank from a bottle containing aconite root this afternoon, instead of one containing tincture of gentian. He had been suffering from severe pains In the stomabh and had taken the poison by mistake. About an hotirarterward ho felt its effects and lost consciousness. It is feared he cannot recover, as he is over 82 years ot age. Swallowed Paris Green by Mistake. PARKiRSBCBO,Fob.29. Sperfot Frederick Nelly, by mistake, took paris green lastnight and died some hours afterward. He was a former member of the City Council, a prominent Odd Fellow and a merchant of wealth and high standing. He arose in the night for a drink of water, and drank from the glass which contained rat poison. A Foot of Snow at Bedford. Bedford, Feb. 29. Special. Snow fell here to-day to the depth of a foot. Trl-State Brevities. There are 229 applications for space in the Pennsylvania department of the World's Fair. A rich deposit of silver ore, supposed to be of meteoric origin, has been discovered near Tiffin, O. . Nailers, heaters and rollers at Steuben ville have formed an Amalgamated Asso ciation lodge. John Sutton, living near Haydentown, Fayette county, fatally shot his 5-year-old brother Sunday by carelessly handling a revolver. State Superintendent or Schools Morgan, of Grafton, W. Va., is char ed with con spiracy with the School Book Trust. The Farmers' Alliance will investigate the charge. Sunday evening while Charles Lewis, of near Mt. Pleasant, was handling a loaded re volver, he placed it under the chin of a boy named Robert Kcyserandpullod the trigger. The result is that Key ser Is minus a chin and may die. The attorneys of Dr. Garrison, the Wheel ing murderer who has been granted a new trial, claim that he cannot be tried for an offense greater than second degree murder, since he was acquitted of first degree mur der in the first trial. Notiiiko has yet been heard of the where abouts of Rev. E. B. Lewis, the politician, preacher, editor and postmaster, at New Holland, O. His accounts as postmaster are short, and all his property is heavily mort gaged. About two weeks ago, Mr. Lewis suddenly left home, and the last heard from him was at Cincinnati about ten days ago. Stodat night Hays Deemer, a 15-year-old son of Prof. Deemer, of Bunker Hill, was at tacked while on his way home by two boys. One of them, named Fimeral, picked up a stone and hurled it at him, striking him on the cheek bone, felling him to the ground unconscious. His cheek was broken, his n 08o smashed and otherwise very seriously injured. He is still in a critical condition. At Bello Valley, Noble county, O., a test hole has been drilled for the purpose of as certaining how many veins of coal could be found within 300 feet of the surface. At a depth of 184 leet a vein 7 feet 1 inch thick was discovered. At 200 feet a vein 3 feet thick was found. At a depth or 289 feet the Hocking Valley vein was penetrated, 5 feet 1 inch thick. A short distance away it was 8 lcet 5 inches thick. PEOPLE COKING AND GOING. Thomas A. Connolly, of Washington, is at the Schlosser. Baggage Master Bentley, of the Pennsyl vania Company, went East last evening. Warren E. Kussell, of Warrenton, and Julian Griggs, of Columbus, are stopping at the Anderson. D. B. Bell, of Du Bois, and D. S. Rich mond, of Meadville, are stopping at the Mo nongahela House. J. M. Ferguson, the banker, and L. D. Wilson and wife.were among the passengers for New York last evening. J. T. Shipley, a Meyersdale hardware man, and N. O. Peterson, of Copenhagen.put up at the Duquesne last evening. William C. Roberts, D. D., President of Lake Forrest University, will be in the city to-day, the guest of Thomas C. Jenkins. M. J. Alexander and H. Sellers McKee went to Rochester last evening to attend a meeting of a laud company in which they aro inteiested. t C P. McCafferty, A. D. Morrison and J. K. Davis, of East Brady, registered at the St. James Hotel yesterday. ' They left in the altcrnoon to open a coal mine in Virginia. Superintendent Harry Miller, a son of J. F. Miller, General Superintendent of the Panhandle road, arrived in the city last evening from Columbus. He returned at midnight. Judge J. M. Pew, of Columbus, O., ar rived in the cltv last night to attend the celebration of the St. David's Society this evening. He is to be one of the speakers of the occasion. STUMBLED 0TEB THE STATUTES. Officer Jons Roach stopped a seance in the Yellow Row on Second avenue yester day arternonn, the principal medium of which was Mrs. Ruth Ann Woodruf, a col ored woman, assisted by William Snowden, also colored, and Emma Snowden, his wife,a white woman. The spirit present was of one kind only, and had been conveyed into the sanctum in a pint bottle. Hesrt Bennett entered suit before Alder man Burns yesterday charging George Morofsky with larceny. Bennett Is a ped dler, selling shirts and cheap Jewelry. Sat urday he was exhibiting his goods to a crowd of young men on Twentieth street. Bennett alleges that while a few of the party detracted his attention Morofsky slipped a shirt valued at $3 under his coat and walked off. A Runaway Bnll Frightens People. A bull escaped from Hoffman's slaughter house on Spring Garden avenue, Allegheny, yesterday afternoon, and caused a stampede in certain parts of the city for a short time. The animal raced up the street, frightening people and causing terror wherever it went. The bull was vild with fear and many per sons had narrow escapes from being gored. At the corner of Sandusky and Lacock streets, however, -its race was ended, a po liceman, by a fortunate shot, succeeding in bringing it down and killing it. Death Due to Heart Failure. Coroner McDowell held an .inquest yes terday afternoon over the body of Thomas Healy, the Connellsville coal miner who died at the West Penn Hospital on Satur day. Hcaly had received a broken leg by a fall of slate. The physicians at the hos pital intended to amputate the limb and gave the subject an anaesthetic from which he died. The cause was assigned to heart failure and exhaustion. THE PITTSBURG RYAN WAS TOO SICK. The Chicago Champion Could Not Meet Danny Needham. BASEBALL MAGNATES -IN SESSION. Latest About the New Arrangements of Games for the Season. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OP THE DAI rcricuu. telegram to the dispatch.! New Okleas, Feb. 29. The postpone ment of the Needham-Ryan fight to-nighty was not known until a short time before the hour fixed for the fight, 7 o'clock, and the amphitheater of the Metropolitan was crowded with people. The announce ment was made that the fight was ofl be cause of Evan's sickness. The club is a heavy loser by the affair, for it has been compelled to relund some $10,000 ticket money taken in. Ryan, it seems, is subject to tonsilitis. Yesterday a number of his Chicago admirers were present and to show them what he could do, he punched the bag vigorously and got himself into a profuse perspiration. The weather turned a little cooler and the result was a slight cold. It showed itself this morning in considerable irritation of the throat and as the cold advanced got worse and finally developed into a fever. Dr. Hunter pronounced Evan to be suffer ing from a severe attack of tonsilitis and that it would be at least a week before he would be fit to enter the ring. The club agreed to pay all of Ueedham's expenses if he will wait until Eyan is ready to fight. It is not yet certain whether Xcedham will accept this offer. Tho Unknown Men. There have been numerous reports as to who the two unknowj are who will box Mitchell and Slavin before the Olympic Club Wednesday night. To-day it is said that the two unknowns are the California pugilists, Choynski and Greggins, and that Choynski will meet Mitchell and Greggins Slavin. The betting is unchanged here bat is growing more active. It is even as yet, but the majority of the sporting men arriv ing believe that Maher will win. The chances are that it will be a little in his favor. When Maher enters the ring he will weigh from 175 to ISO pounds. A rumor was started last night that Maher had got drunk Saturday night, and had had a row with Madden, in which he had hammered the latter, but this was thoroughly exploded to day as a roorbach to affect the betting. There is now no doubt that Maher will not be here until the morning of the fight, and Madden is keeping his man well out of sight Fitzsimmons will not see him until he enters the ring, which was also the case when he met Jack Dempsey, Regarding Eyan's sickness there is a gen eral disappointment of course. Mr. Abe Copoet, the President, was seen and said: "About noon I went out to see Tommy Ryan at his quarters on Canal street, and found him in bed. He said he was suffering from sore throat caused by a cold, but otherwise was feeling well. He thought he would be able to go on with the fight. Jack Burke and several others were apply ing poultices to his throat. Lou Honsman and Billy Myer thought it would only be a slight trouble, and would not interfere with the contest this evening. Sir. Copper's Statement. "When I was going away I told Eyan that I would call later. He replied that if he didn't feel any better he wouldn't be able to go on this evening, but he hoped to improve before night. The doctor had been there and left a prescription for a throat wash. "I returned and saw Eyan about 420 o'clock and found him apparently much worse. His throat was very much inflamed and swollen with hard tumors on the out side of the neck. We suggested that he see a physician and in company with Lou Hous man, Billy Myer, H. A. Varnell and other Chicago friends proceeded with him in a car riage to the Hotel Dieu. We found the phy sician outside,but we repaired to the Charity Hospital and called for Dr. A. B. Myles. The doctor being out we drove to the office of Dr. J. D. Hunter, where, an examina tion of Tommy Eyan was made. Dr. Hunter examined Eyan's throat and found that he was suffering lrom a sore throat and fever, his temperature being 101. Being asked for an official certificate of Eyan's condition, the doctor handed me the following: New Orleans, February 29. I hereby certify that I have to-day ex amined Mr. Thomas Ryan and find that he 8uffeis from an affection of the throat (tonsilitis), with fever. This requires medical attention. It will require at least two w eeks to lestore his health. J. D. Hunter, M. D. MADDEH'S BLABHEY. Be Talks About the Betting Being 3 to 1 in Favor of Fitzsimmons. Montgomery. Ala., Feb. 29. Two young Irishmen, both evidently sports, attended morning services at the Catholic Church yesterday. One was Maher, who is to meet Boh Fitzsimmons in the prize ring at New Orleans on Wednesday night, "ho dther was Jack f'alicn, one of his backers and trainers. In an interview with Billy Madden regard ing Mailer's condition and character, he said: "Peter is a boy: he don't care to trip about being among the sports. Why, if he wins that fight, he will go off with some Irish friend or other and dance with the gills at some Irish reel. You won't catch him among the sports." "Do ou think he will win?" "I d"on't know; wo are not bragging. I understand the betting is 3 to 1 in Fitzsim mon's favor. I've got $20,000 with me to back Peter at such odds as that, and I'll either lose or win." "Is he in good health?" "Yes, tip top. "But you can just say this for me, if Fitzsimmons is in the condition he is cracked up to be by tho newspapers he is in just twice as good a condition as Peter." "What does Maher weight" "The last time lin was weighed he showed up at 177 pounds. When he goes in tho ring he'll weigh about ITS pounds. He's 5 feet 11 inches, 23 yeais old, and the pluckiest boy (ever saw m my Hie." Foxhall Arrives. New York, Feb. 29. Lord Boseberry's horse Foxhall arrived here to-day on the steamer Nomadic in charge of Mr. E. A. Day, his ola trainer. The first three days out fromr Liverpool the shin encountered very heavy weather, and Mr. Day despaired of landing his charge in New Yoik, us tho horse was very nervous during the gale and sweated heavily. Foxhall is now in the pink of condition and shows no sign of his trip. Mr. Day designs taking the horse to Mr. Easton's stables in Kentucky after he has had a rest of a day or two. A Great Finith. San Francisco, Feb. 29. The international seveu days' bicycle race ended last night, Ashlngcr, tho American, winning by two feet over his English opponent. Woods. The following is the score: Ashinger, 873 miles 5 laps; Woods, 873 miles 6 laps: Bobb, 858 miles 4 Ian"; Lamb, S57 miles 7 laps; Prince, 736 mlfcs 3 laps; Stage, 652 miles 8 laps; Howell, 613 miles; O'Flannigan 600 miles. Dixon at the Academy. George Dixon'and Ed Daly boxed at the Academy of Mnsic last evening. Dixon, as has been stated in this paper many times, is the best man of his weight living as a boxer or a fighter. He is really worth seeing by those who want to know anything about boxing. Skating; Champions. Chkistiania, Feb. 29. The final races for the world's skating championship have taken place between Smart and Hagen. The latter was victorious in both the half mile and the two mile race. lllagcn's time for the two miles was 6:43 4-5, and Smart's, S:19 3-5. Latest From New Orleans. New Orleans, Feb.29. Slavin is in the city. Mitchell arrived early In the day, ana is DISPATCH. TUESDAY, quietly training In the suburbs. Both say they will meet only local men this trip. If Slavin wins with Jackson be will return and make a match with Sullivan. Maher is also said to havo arrived in the city -very quietly- and hidden himself from public view. Jim Hall is here, and if Fitzsimmons wins, he will challenge him to meet at catch weights. He says he cannot get down to middle-weight any more, and does not think that Fitzsimmons can either. THE MAGNATES. Mr. Brash, One or Them, Says s Word or Two. New York, Feb. 29. Special. The base ball schedule makers had not succeeded at theeloseof their labors on Saturday even ing in agreeing on dates, and they will havo to put in some lively work to-day in order to get a schedule in shane for presentation to the League meeting to-morrow. There seems to be a hitch at some point, which is causing trouble. John T. Brash, of Indianapolis, who is President of the Cincinnati Club, and always goes very early to League meetings, sat in his room at the Hoffman House yesterday gazing into the dancing flames of a grate fire. "Tho baseball sky looks very bright; I cannot discern a cloud,'' be said, witrrpoetio fervor. "What about Richardson!" This.query brought Mr. Brush out of his pleasant reverie and added several wrinkles to his brow. "I have no reason to believe," he said in cold, chilling tones, "that the assignments of the Committee on Players will be dis turbed. There seems to be no good ground why the question should be reopened," and tho tloosfer-Buckeve magnate shut his teeth as; though the matter were settled for all time. "But what about the option clause in Bichardson's contract?" "That amounts to nothing. So far as op tions ana agreements are concerned, Cincin nati ha'd a valid agreement with" Jack Boyle, but w do not seem to have that player." That remark of Mr. Brush's let the caj ont or the Dag. Boyle, whom Cincinnati tried to get, came to New York. Hence Mr. Brush is not overanxious to see New York get Eich ardson. When his attention was called to the lact that Chicago now holds Ffeffer on the option clause in this contract, Mr, Brush sniffed incredulouslv. In fact, Mr. Brush, of Indianapolis, and President Brush, of Cincinnati, dors not feel kindly disposed toward New York. THE SPECIAL WEST. A Sleeting Held but a Little Misunder standing Spoils It. Milwaukee, Feb. 29. A meeting of the Special Western Association Commit tee appointed to award the Minneapolis baseball franchise was held here this morn ing, but the question was not disposed of when the meeting adjourned. There were present B, W. Maguire, of Chicago, who held the proxy of L. C. Krauthoff, of Kansas City; Thomas H. tj'ill, of Chicago, representing Mr. Evans, the Columbus member or the commit tee, and J. C. Iverson, of Milwaukee, the third member of the committee. What was done in the secret session of tho comraltteo was not stated further than that a decision would be made some time next week. nowever, Baron Hach has the best of it so far, and the committee's decision is likely to be In his favor. The committee heard the claims of Sam Morton for the Flour City franchise, as presented by Frank A. Larrabee, a Minneapolis attorney. Louis Harrison, a Minneapolis commissionman, and a backer In the pioposed enterprise, made statements to the committee which probably impressed tho gentlemen who are to decide between. Hach and Morton more than any other argument that could have been made. If Hach is to get the franchise Harrison will probably give a substantial guarantee that Minneapolis will play the season out. Gnttenbnrs Winners, Guttenbueo, N. J., Feb. 29 The track was in good condition to-day and the at tendance was largo. First race, six furlongs Two Lips first. Benefit second, Himlex third. Time, l:09M. Second race, three furlongs Ueierajr first, Dillon J second. Elk Knit ht third. Tine, :J6!. Third race, six furlongs Little Fred first, Asnel second. Vandyke third. Time, lilSk. Fourth race, one mile aud a furlong Sir Bae first. Virgle second, Xenophon third. Time, 1:KS. Flith race, six furloncs Drizzle first. Wood cutter second. Prince Howard third. Time, 1:163. Sixth race, seren furlongs Fire Fly first. Justice second, an third. Time, 1:33. General Sportlnz Notes Manager bcckemberger lert for New York last evening. There Is money here to bacs: Fitzsimmons against Maher at evens. II. D. Mitchell and Sullivan fought at catch weight, therefore their weight Is not on record. Connie Mack Informed the local club yesterday that he win report here and settle all dlfierences when he comes. Jack Bates wants to fight Jack Crowley under any rules or any yle he. Crowley, wants. This must end all these challenges except forfeits are put up. Joe McAuliffe, the Mission boy, made a bad bargain when lie agreed to fight Joe Uoddard. lie stands about as much chance of defeating Qoddard as he did of defeating Slavin. In athletic clubs nowadays, there is always second money, and this will be a solace for McAuliffe if Goddard defeats him. WALT WHITMAN NOT SO WELL. His Physician Says the End Is Liable to Come at Any Time Now. Camden, N. J., Feb. 29. Walt Whit man's condition is reported to-night much worse than for several days past, the aged poet not resting as easily as he has been doing. He was greatly pleased to-day at having read to bim a sympathetic letter from Alfred Tennyson, which was received to day. The physician does not express him self as looking for immediate dissolution, but says it may come at any time. TYPHUS IN WILKESBAEBE. An Immigrant Passenger From the Massllla Sickens With the Malady. Wilkesbakbe, Feb. 29. George Mars rinski, a Bussian immigrant who recently arrived in Plymouth, was stricken with a fever Friday, which is now pronounced typhus fever by the physicians. He proves to have been a passenger of the same steamer which brought over the Sersons affected with the same disease in Tew York. A rigid quarantine has been instituted. Striking Against Monthly Pay. Mahanoy City, Pa., Feb. 29. The miners employed at the Springdale or Park No. 1 colliery, operated by Lentz, Lilly & Co., struck to-day against the monthly pay system, which they were notified would go into effect at once. THE FIEE EEC0ED. NEAKTopeka, the cotton mill building. Loss, $30,000; uninsured. Near Massillon, O., all the machinery and buildings of the Pecock mine. Loss, $3,000; insured. Near Churchtown, Cumberland county, George Ringn alt's dwelling. Loss abont $1, 000. Origin incendiary. Information Is received that a flreatHills ville, the county seat of Carroll county, Va., destroyed half the town. At Wellsboro, Pa., the glass factory of the United Glass Company. Loss from $20,000 to $30,000; insuicd I or about $18,000. The factory employed 125 men. At Detroit, Luther Beecher's storage ware house, occupied by the Bagley Tobacco Company. Damage, $20,000; insurance, $35, 000. Also, the Lambie elevator. Loss, $25,000; partly insured. AT Hot Springs, Ark., 15 business houses in the southern part of the city, including the new syndicate stone block, in which the postofflce was located. Total loss, '$75,000; Insurance, $20,000. An alarm from box 65, at 9:45 o'clock last night, was caused by a slight blaze in tho cil room at the Black Diamond Steel WorVs. The fire originated' from a Bpark dropping in some waste. The loss was trifling. At Rockville, Ind., several small buildings. Loss over. $20,000. Among those destroyed was the building occupied by the Bockvllle Light Artillery, and a gatling gun and all equipments were destroyed. There was considerable consternation when 2,000 cart ridges exploded, but luckily no one was in jured. Ocean Steamship Arrivals. Steamer. Where From. Destination. Kansas Liverpool Boston. bervla. is ew York. London. Auranla Liverpool New York. Kormandlc Liverpool New York. La Champagne Havre I. New York. MARCH -1, 1892? ;.' EEED AND MTOLEY Sustained by the Supreme Court on Both Quorum and Tariff. SPIRITUAL ADVISEES- MAY COME, Ag Thej Are Not Included In tho Spirit of the Contract Labor Act. ANARCHISTS MU8T LINGER I0XGER f (riCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Washington, Feb. 29. The Supreme Court reconvened to-day for the spring ses sion. A long list of unusually important and interesting cases were disposed of, and the attendance of attorneys was large, among them being Attorney General Miller, B. F. Butler, ex-Secretary Boutwell, Sen ators Davis and Kenna, Solicitor General Taft and ex-Representative Payson. The right of the Speaker of the House to count a quorum as was done In the Fifty first Congress, was unanimously affirmed bjr the court in an opinion delivered by Justice Brewer, in the case of the United States against Ballin, Joseph & Co., appealed from the New .York Circuit Court. This case in volved the validity of the law passed May 9, 1891, and known as the worsted classifica tion act. "When it was before the House for action, 138 votes were recorded for the passage of the bill, whereupon the Speaker proceeded to make a quorum by counting several Rep resentatives present, but not voting, pur suant to a rule adopted by the House for such cases. "This rule was valid," said Justice Brewer; "it is within the compe tency of the Legislature to enact any law not forbidden by the Constitution or against natural justice to secure the presence of a quorum, and when that quorum is present it is there for the purpose of doing busi ness." Why the Act Is Upheld. As to the meaning of the act, Justice Brewer said it was a general instruction to the Secretary of the Treasury to classify as worsted goods all imported woolen goods, and that he was not required in every par ticular case of importation to make the change by special order. The conclusion of the court is that the act was legal and that by its own terms, and irrespective of any action by the Secretary of the Treasury the duties on worsted cloths were to be such as were placed by the act of 1883 on woolen clotb. The judgment was reversed and the case remanded. The decision of the Supreme Court in the well-known case of Trinity Church, of New York City, against the United States, was announced by Justice Brewer. This case arose under the alien contract labor law. The vestry of Trinity Church contracted with the Rev. Mr. Warren, of England, to serve as rector, for which the vestrymen and rector were indicted for violating the law. They were fined $1,000 by the Circuit Court of New York and appealed. Justice Brewer said that while the services to be rendered by the rector to the church might come within the letter of the law, they cer tainly am not come within its spirit, and the judgment of the lower court was there fore reversed. Objections to the McKlnley Bill. The decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Marshall, Field & Co., of Chicago, R. M. Boyd et al and Charles Sternback et -al, of New York, yersus the United States, involving the validity of the McKinley tariff bill, was delivered by Justice Harlan. Duties were assessed on various articles im ported by the appellants under the McKin ley bill, and they protested against paying them on the ground that the act was not the law of the United States for the reason that section 30 of the act, as it passed both Houses and was agreed to in conference, was omitted from the enrolled bill signed by the presiding officers of the two Houses, and by the President, and that therefore, it did not comply with the requirements of the Constitution. This was the first time the question was presented to the Court and Justice Harlan said it received the con sideration it deserved. After referring to the constitutional requirements respect ing the passage of the bill and the proceed ings of Congress, the Court says: Signatures Guarantee Accuracy. The signing by the Speaker of the House of Bepresentatives and by the President of the Senate, in open session, of an enrolled bill is an official attestation by the two Houses of such a bill as ono that has passed Con gress. And when a bill thus attested re ceives his (the President's) approval and is deposited in the public archives, its au thentication as a bill that has passed Con giess should be deemed complete and unim peachable. It is admitted tnat an em oiled act thus authenticated is sufficient evidence of itself nothing to the contrary appealing ltDon its face that It passed Congress. But the contention is that it cannot be tegarded as a law of the United States if the Journal of either House fails to show that it passed in the precise form in which it was signed by the presiding officers of the two Houses and approved by the President. It is said that under any other view it becomes pos sible tor the Speaker of the House Qf Bepre sentatives and the President of the Senate to impose upon the people as a law a bill that was never passed by Congress. Not a Serlons Consideration. But this possibility is too remote to be seriously considered in the present inquiry. It suggests a deliberate conspiracy.to which .the presiding officers, ,the Committee on En rolled Bills and the clerks of the two Houses must necessarily be parties, all acting with a common purpose to.defeat an expression oi tne popular will in tne nioue aesciiDea by the Constitution. Judicial action, based upon such a suggestion, is forbidden by the respect due to a co-ordinate branch of the Government. The evils that may result from the recognition of the principle that an enrolled act in the ens tody or the Secretary of State.at tested by the signatures of the presiding officers of the two Houses of Congress and the approval of the President, is conclusive evidence that it was passed by Congress according to the forms of the Constitution would be far less than those that would certainly result from a rule making the validity of Congressional enactments depend upon the manner in which the Journals of the respective bouses aie kept by the subordinate officers charged with the duty of keeping them. In support ot this view numerous deci sions are quoted. The judgment of the courts below sustaining the validity of the act were affirmed. Anarchist! Mntt Remain in Jail. The Supreme Court extinguished the last hope of the two imprisoned Anarchists by affirming the decision of the Supreme Court of Illinois and the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Dis-'l trict of Illinois in the cases of Samnel Fielden and Michael Schwab versus the Warden of Joliet Penitentiary. These two men were sentenced to be hanged with Spies and the other Anarchists for com plicity in the famous Haymarket riot in Chicago, but their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment bd the Gov ernor. In the application for writs of habeas corpus which the court to-day denied ounsel cfor the two men alleged that their sentence was in violation of the Constitu tion because the men were not in court in person when the Illinois Supreme Court rendered judgment sustaining the decision of the trial court and re-sentenced them, and that their right to say why ssntence should not be passed upon them had been denied. It was also contended that while the Governor of Illinois had power to com mute the sentence no warrant was -given by law for the execution of that commutation. Certain other minor points were also brought in question. Jnstioa Harlan's Opinion. Justice -Harlan, who delivered the opin ion of the court, first took up the ground that the prisoners had been denied due process because not present when the Il linois Supreme Court passed sentence. The opinion says the Supreme Court of Illinois was not'one of original jurisdiction. The whole argument in the trial of the prisoners, it says, proceeds upon the as sumption that theBupremo Court of Illinois; pronounced the sentence of death, and such is not the. fact That sentence was pronounced by the court ot Cost connty, and. the Supreme Court 'of Illinois merely refixed the day in conform ity with the criminal. coda of Illinois, The court holds that no constitutional right of the prisoners was denied by the Supreme Court refusing to enter on its record the fact that Schwab and Fielden were not present when judgment was pronounced. In reading the opinion the Justice-made no mention of the point that the Governor could commute the 'sentence but oould not provide for its execution. General Butler, the counsel for the Anarchists, was present when the announcement was, made. The decision was unanimous. THB WEATHER. For Wetttrn Penmytvania nn i r "" unto: vooier, jxonn LULU Windt and Generally Fair Vx J mnd TAnht Snmn Alonn thu f Lake Snores Colder and sf Fair WednetHay. 'II For Went Tirninia; Be. f-- coming Fair Tuetday, Colder jsotui nruuu; votaer ana Fair Wednesday. " ' , TEMFEBATURB AND BAINPALL. J A. U 82Maxlmnm temp 37 12 H 821 Minimum temp 30 2 P. M MiMean temp 33.5 !r.K 35 Hange 7 8 P. M 88 Prec M RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. T-onlsTllIe Items The Stage of Water and the MoTements of .Boats. rTIClAL TSXIORAMS TO THE nlSrATClt.1 LOCISVILLZ. Feb. 29 Business fair. Weather clearing and cooler. The river Is falling slowly, with 8 feet 3 Inches on the falls, 10 feet 7 Inches In the canal and 24 feet 3 Inches below. The Grace Morris left this morning for the lower coast The Ohio and New South are both due from Memphis to Cincinnati. The Joe B. Williams and tow left for New Orleans. The Seven Sons got in with her tow of coal this morning and passed down this afternoon. Captain "W. W. O'NciL of Pittsburg, is in the city. Departures Fleetwood, for Cincinnati; Tell City, for EvansTlIle, and Big Kanawha, for Carrolltoa. What Ilpper Ganges Show. Allegheny JuscTioy-KIver 9 feet 10 inches and railing. Cloudy and cold. MOROANTOWif River 7 feet 3 Inches and rising. Cloudy. Thermometer 42 at 4 r. M. Bbownsville Rivers feet S inches and rising. Thermometer. 36 at 5 r. M. Wab&ejt Kiver 4 feet. Heavy snow; mild. The News From Below. EVAlfSVlLLE Elver 22 feet 3 Inches and falling. Light rain. PABKiBSBtTKG-Ohlo 14 feet and rising. Little Kanawha rising rapidly. Heavy rains for 24 hours, and all tributaries rising fast. Courier up for Pittsburg. Raining. WnEELIN'G River 12 feet and falUce; slowly. De- Sarted Ben Hur, Parkersburg; Andes. Pittsburg. :atnlng. Cincinnati River 24 feet 6 inches and falling. Raining. Departed Scotia, to PltUburg. Cairo No arrivals or departures. River 29 feet and falling. Cloudy and cool. Memphis Arrived John K. Speed. Cincinnati. Deprted-State of Missouri, for Cincinnati: City of Monroe, for Natchez; Chreokee. forSt. Louis: Kate Adams, for Arkansas City. River 23 feet 6 Inches and falling. Cloudy and cold. St. Loins Arrived City of Savannah. Tennes see river; Clly of Cairo, Natchez. Departed None. Cloudy and cold. River rising; gauge 14.5 feet. New Orleans Cloudy and cooL Departed Oakland and tow. CEISF LOCAL NOTE! The Germania Singing Society gave a oon cert last night in their new halt on the Southside. DcquxsNE is again alarmed over the at tempt of an incendiary to burn the Ameri can Mechanics' Hall. There were two new cases of searlatlna and one new case of dipntheria reported to the Bureau of Health yesterday. TnE report of the money order depart ment of the Pittsburg postofflce for Febru ary shows a total business of $193,773 63. A delegation of about 60 Turners from the Southside went to McKeesport yesterday to attend the dedication of a new Turner Hall. The Allegheny tracks, where the road runs into the Pennsylvania at Twenty eighth street, will be lowered, and in this way a bad curve will be avoided. General Manager Watt, ot the Pennsyl vania Company, anticipates no trouble with the Lake Erie about a new siding at Beaver Falls. He says everything will be amicably adjusted. Katie Jones, aged 8 years, was badly bit ten on the right leg by a dog while playing in front or her home on Green street yes terday afternoon. The dog was shot by Officer Terry. The Encineers' Society of Western Penn sylvania will have another meeting on the smoke consumption question on March 12. An invitation is extended to all persons who have suggestions to offer to write their ideas down and send the papers to the Secretary of the society, Mr. Wilson Clark. The local examining board of the United States Civil Service will hold an exami nation at the postofflce on Thursday, March 10, of all competitors. A stenographer is de sired in the office at the chinrof the R- M. S. in this city. The pay 13 $800 a year. The regular clerk's examination with stenog raphy in addition will be given. Application blanks can be had by writing to the Presi dent of the Commission at Washington. Bibles for B. & O. Cabooses. The Young Hen's Bible Society held its regular monthly meeting yesterday in the parlors of the Y. M. C. A. The Executive Committee recommended the granting of 375 bibles, distributed among eight or ten different denominations, also a supply for the cabooses of the B. &. O. R.xR. The re ports of the Treasurer and agent of the So ciety showed it to be in a prosperous con dition. Committees were appointed to make arrangements for the anniversary meeting and to secure a more active co-operation on the-part ot the churches with the society. Fire In the Lake Erie Depot. Considerable excitement was created at the Pittsburg and Lake Erie depot at 11 o'clock last night by the alarm of fire being given. "When the flames were discovered they were shooting up through the restaur ant from the kitchen in the cellar. An alarm was sent in from box 134, and by the prompt action of the department the fire was extinguished before it had done much damage. Some of the passengers in the de pot were frightened, but no one was hurt Ni-TV I'HRUCAHOnTk PT??CENTIKM For MARCH. An intcratine rntmier, richtjr illustrated. Rtadj Tuadaj, if arch itt. CONTAtmUGl St. Paul's Cathedral. By Mrs. Van Eensselaee, magnif icently illustrated by Joseph Pen sell with fifteen large engravings. The U. S. Fish Commission. By Richard Eathbus, with nine teen interesting illustrations. . Paderewski. Two articles, "A Critical Study" by William Masox, and "A Bio graphical Sketch " by Fasht Mob bis Sumr, for which the great Polish pianist has furnished much, interesting material. With an ex quisitely engraved frontispiece portrait and a sketch by Irvixo Wiles of Paderewski at the piano. Beginning of a Novelette by Hamlin Garland. "01' Pap's Flaxen," a three-part story of Dakota life, by the author of " Main Traveled Roads," etc. Sold everywhere ; price 35 eents, $4.00 a year. PuWthtd ty THE CENTURY CO., 33 East 17th Street, New York. CTTrisAt.lM.VTTCMrTCTTC. niXU-U IMPORTANT IN SPRING, f Advice What People Should Take. I In the Spring everybody begins to thlnfcof taxing a Dpnngmeuicine. nut umj is wiiu a very common practice, bdt a very necessary and healthful one. It Is a fact which physi cians acknowledge, and the people recognize generally, that a Spring tonic taken during the months ot March, April and May is abso lutely necessary. In the Spring there are great andlmportant changes going on in the body. Perfect health cannot be maintained wben the nerves are weak, the system closed and the organs sluggish. There will be a weak, tired, lan guid and nervous condition, with sleepless and restless nights, a tired waking in the morning, no appetite for breakfast, a bad taste in the mouth, malaria, dull head, bili ousness, .constipation and a general, dis pirited feeline. For such cases as these be sure and nse Dr. Greene's Nervura, tho great nerve, brain and blood invigorator. It is pronounced by everybody, doctors as well as the people, to be the bestSpringmedlcine in existence, and has taken rank as the greatest and most im-portant-medical discovery of modern times. Under the use of this wonderful remedy, the weak, tired and nervous feeling disappears; the nerves become strong andf steady; the , sleep natural and refreshing; the appetite returns, good digestion and regular action of the bowels are established, the kidneys and liver are restored to healthy action, and the vital energies, strength and vigor of the system perfectly built up. This greatest of all health restorers is purely vegetable and harmless. Druggists sell it, $i. J9-Dr. Greene, the successful specialist, In curing all forms ot nervous and chronic diseases, 35 W. 14th Street, New York, can be consulted free, personally or by letter. Call or write to him about your case or send for symptom, blank to fill out, and a letter fully explalningyour disease, giving advice, etcx, will be returned free. iBMWffi &W00a ' flA lUI tf fREEi JOHNtriyiHWNQafo Boston "A-S3. We Give Away good advice freely because it costs us nothing'. We can not afford to give away Bicycles, but we sell them at a reasonable price. They are strong, safe and serviceable. For descriptive catalogue and address of local dealer, write to The Mcintosh-Huntington Co., Cleveland, Ohio. ONE CENT A DOSE. Noboy likes being sick yet many are willing to be rather than face a heavy doc tor's blU. Bnt what's the nse or suffering at all when relief and enre maybe purchased at the rate of one cent a dose, by using Bar dock Blood Bitters a medcine that Is guar anteed to cure or relieve ail diseases of the 'Stomach, liver and bowels. Two great sources of disease aro Dyspepsia and Con stipation. They cause Headache, Blllious ness, Dizziness, Palpitation and Ipmpnre Blood, which In turn causes pimples, boils, blotches, tumors, scrofula and similar dis eases, thus affecting the entire system. We guarantee Burdock Blood Bitters, if faith fully used according to directions, to cure Dyspepsia and Constipation and all diseases springing from them, and will refund the money to any person not satisfied after using the whole or part of the first bottle. EOSTEB, M1LBURN 4 CO., febl-TTSsa Buffalo, X. X. GRATEFUL COMTOKTTNG. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "Br a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nu trition, and by a careful application of the line properties of well-selected Cocoa. Mr. Sppshas Srorlded our breakfast tables with a delicately avored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the ludlclous use of suea articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every ten dencr to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are Boating around us ready to attack wherever there Is a weak point. We may escape nany a fatal haft by keeping ourselves wall fortined with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." Civil Hemce uazcue. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only In half-pound tins, 1 nlv In ban-pound uns, or grocers, laotuea urns: JAMES EI"PS CO.. Homoeopathic Chemists, tOBdon, England. .ESTABLISHED 1S7U. BLACK GIN KIDNEYS, Is a relief and sure cure for the Urlnarv Omns. Gravel and Chronic Catarrh of the) Bladder. The Swiss Stomach Bitten are a sure cure for D vsoeDSla. trade make Liver Complaint and every species of indigestion. aration for cure of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis and lung troubles. Iltherof the above, SIper bottle, or 8 for $5. If your drusrglst does not handle these goods write to WM. F. ZOELLEH, sole M.T r, Pittsburg, Pa. JaW7TTS J. O. FLOWER, Dental Office, Ja7-5Vn E. C. Stedman on "Poetry." "Oracles Old and Sen," the first of the series of articles by the dis tinguished poet, Edmund Clar ence Stedman, on "The Nature and Elements of Poetry." Three Complete Stories, Including " Onr Tolstoi Club," an musjratcd story of the suburbs of Boston, and " Gay's Bomance,"by Mrs. Bueton Harrison, author of " The Anglomaniacs," etc. Also "An Acquaintance with Hans Christian Andersen" byH.H.Eor esen; "The Fanner and Ballway Legislation" by Henet C. Adams i chapters of the novels by Kielinq and B ALEsnxs and by Dr. S. Weik Mitchell; brief papers on. J John, B. 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