$ 3 TEE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 189a ILL STREET BOSS Of tlie Majority of Men "Who Make and Unmake Laws at Washington, EYEN THE SILYER MATTER May Re Settled by Those Whose Pol icy Is to Keep Hands Off. THE CHEESE PAEERSAREAT WORK. 3iev Cnt Down the District Appropria tions a Cool Million WITHOUT TUKXIXG A SINGLE HAIR ISrKCIAT, TELECBAPniC LKTTFR.1 Brr.EAC or The DisrATcn. ) Washixgtox. D. C. March 2. ( The Republicans of the House are wrest ling with a dilemma, as well as the Demo crats. Of course it is all on account of the silver bill That is about the only thing that involves a dilemma tor anybody in this Congress. The Republican leaders have been in conference tor the last two days, in a quiet way, in regard to their treatment of the rule which will be considered next Monday, filing a time tor debate on the Bland bill. Up to this time they have reached no other conclusion than that wise one which is found embodied in the adage that first impressions are always the best The first impression was that the shrewd policy of the Republicans would be to re main passive and let the Democrats fight ont the silver fight among themselves. A new influence has appeared in the field in the person of the great bankers and sin gle standard financiers of the EaM, who de mand that the anti-silver Republicans shall assist the anti-silver Democrats to crush out the Bland bill by defeating the rule provid ing lor consideration, and thus end what they call the free coinage craze before the bill is reached. Wall Street's Powerful Influence. The influence is a powerful one. It has been well nigh supreme heretofore, and may prove itself to be so again. It is a wintry day when Wall street cannot control Con gress when it tries to do so. Its control might be a pecuniary beneficence in this case, but if the Republicans depart from their original plan of maintaining a 'policy of silence the change will be due to what is, lor the sake of brevity, called Wall street influence, that is, the influence of the money-lending interests. Ex-Speaker Reed counsels non-action in the interests of partisan advantage. Be de clares there is no danger of the Bland b becoming a law, and that the anti-silver Re publicans need not lash themselves into a state of excitement about it. It is not really antagonism to free silver that actuates the Harters. the Traceys and the 'Willimnscs. They are actuated by the same inspiring motive that spurs the silver men to aggrevive energy the desire for re noniinatioh and election. Silver Only a Local Issne. As Hancock said of the tariff, silver is a lecal issue The Republicans would be in terested as deeply as the Democrats, were there danger of the silver bill reaching the statute books. As it is, the leaders, Reed espeoially, believe they can afford to play lor party advantage. It remains to be seen whether the appeals lrom bankers in Re publican districts will have the effect to in duce the Republicans to help the Demo crats of the House out of the condition of bitter wrangling into which the Bland bill has plunged them. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was before the House to-dny, and from Representative Henderson, of Iowa, a mem ber of the committee and one of the most brilliant members on cither side, it received such an excoriation as it well deserves on account of what might be almost called a horizonlal cut, amounting, as I stated in my letter of last evening, to about 51,500,000. Mr. Henderson gave a partial revelation of the methods pui&ued by the Committee on Appropriations. The affairs of the District werelelttoa sub-committee of five, who went carefully over the whole ground of the necessities of the District. Three of the five were Democrats imbued with the desire of all the Democrats of the Appropriations Committee to cut down all appropriations as low as possible.in the interests of partisan economy lor this campaign only, and made such reductions in the estimates of the com missioners of the District as their con sciences would permit. A Million Knocked Off Blindly. The entire committee, with Holman at its head, cut these estimates about a million more, without investigation, taKins little account of the report or opinions of the sub-committee, ignoring appeals from com missioners and citizens, caring tor nothing hut to make an exhibit of" saving of so much in the appropriations lor health, beauty, comfort and education in the capital of the couutrv. For instance, in the matter of the appro priations for State and county roads, the sub-committee went over all the routes pro posed to he improved and repaired. In books provided lor the purpose they made careful mcmoMuda in regard to the recom mendations of the commissioners and the apparent necessities of the place. Those books were never opened in the general committee; the sub-committee was not per mitted to present its estimates, arrived at hy tuch intelligent methods. A tremendous cut was made, without inquiry or judgment. The most senseless cuts were made in the street, sewer, water and educational appro priations. For the garbage service not enough was appropriated to pay for carry ing away the slops of the city. The appro priation for free school books was cut down to less than one-half the amount given by the last Congress. For new school build ings about $150,000 was asked, but the com mittee, knowing that hundreds of children are denied educational privileges on account of a lack of room in the school buildings, cut this appropriation down to a little over 530,000. V rn tlir Do; Catcher SntTen. Astrikins instance of the feverish anxi ety of Mr. Holman and his friends to go to I nr dTtrpmn lnnrtli t !.: !. ; .1.. i cheese-paring process is found in the office or aog caxener. -ir. Jiinslein, a relative of "Jafcy Linstem, uhois immortal with all poker players as a shrewd manipulator of; the cards, is the official !og catcher ot the I District. HiSKilary is 51,200 a year. With mis ne niaiuuuiis mt laimiv, ins Horse, em ploys his assistants, keeps up his supply of nets and other paraphernalia of his import ant office, and pays the expense of sending the condemned curs to the happy hunting grounds, for which performance ho has the excellent taste to select Friday of each week as the proper day lor such work. Mr. Einstein was called before the com mittee and put through a severe civil service examination as to the necessity for his callim: and thr profits accruing from it. He assured them that r.o one could perform the duties and maintain his equipment for less than the salary now paid, without pinching himself more than should be re quired of him. The committee cut Mr. Einstein's salary from $1,200 to $900. This is the grandest sort of statesmanship, and the dogs will appreciate it highly. Dogs seem to spring spontaneously from tfie soil or atmosphere of Washington like lice at Cairo, fleas at Naples, flies at Bologna, bedbugs at Cadiz, geese at Rome, thistles in Scotland and jiggers in the Carolinas. Tlie eurs that fall iuto the ready embrace of Mr. Einstein are a small proportion of the entire ruuibcr whose combined music silences all other voices of the night. Demonstrate! Need of a Chance. The clog tax ot J2 is one of the most Im portant sources ot revenue of the Distriot, and the "lost dog" column is 'an exceedingly lucrative one to the local newspapers. Mr. Einstein's salary should have been increased that he .might employ more assistance. In stead of that it is reduced one-f onrth, and a corresponding increase in the number of nameless, homeless, unvouched-for mon grels may be expected, with an excess of volumo to the midnight charms which, is to be hoped, will give much musical pleasure, to the testhetic soul of Mr. Holman. All this proves the need of another form of government for the District. The gov erning power which will be intelligent and adequate is not easv to devise, in view of the dual responsibility but when such outrages ns the present appropriation bill are per petrated in the name of economy the time cannot be far distant when- the people will rise in their might, as the partisan orators say, and prevent the dismemberment and wreck of the beautiful -Capital City at the hands of rural statesmen whose only con cern is to make a "record" which will con tribute to their renomination and election in their respective "deestricts." I must not neglect to state that in this paring process neither the gas monopoly nor the electric light company, which are one and the same, were touched, though the rates for public service are higher for gas than in anv other citv ot the countrv, and more than i25 per cent more is paid for the electric lights used than is paid for similar lights in other cities. Hill's Doom Meets a Blight. The result of the municipal elections in Xew York yesterday, when such extraordi narv srains'were made bv the Republicans and independent Democrats, have led the Hill men to be somewhat thoughtful to-day. Senator Hill himself was kept well em ployed by his fellow Senators explaining why it all happened. His solution was not considered as lucid as it might have been. It is plain to be seen that these elections have had a somewhat blighting effect on the Hill boom. How far it will extend no one can predict. The public need not be surprisedif Gor man should within a short time spring into prominence almost equal to that of HilL It is thought by many here that Gorman is watching carefully the dates of the Demo cratic conventions, especially of the South ern States, and that before" they are well under way, and before many of the delega tions are committed, the Maryland Senator will have his boom ripe, and that a great demonstration will be made in his behalf. Others say, however, that the Senator will not invite antagonism by vaulting into the arena at this time, but that he will train as a dark horse up to the day of the conven tion, even giving the Maryland delegation at the outset to the candidate who will be likely to do 'him the most good when the break comes. Gorman's Opinion of the Result. Mr. Gorman is raid to have expressed to his most intimate friends to-day a fear that the result of the Xew York elections of yesterday would give so serious a check to the Hill boom as to maki it a far less formidable weapon than it was expected it will be for the making or breaking of candi dates. Another important feature of the re sult of the elections is the gain by the Republicans of a majority in nearly all of the boards of supervisois in the most im portant counties. This will give the Re publicans an unexpected advantage in the appointment of officers of the elections, as, though these officers consist of two repre sentatives of each party at each polling place, the Republicans may control by means of the superior character of the persons of that party appointed or approved by the supervisors. The Nevlnses and the Blaine. A gentleman who has known the Kevins family for long years, even back to their residence in Columbus when Kevins pere was passing throuch his palmy period, tells me that the whole family were always cctentric, fond of adventure, delighting in the spectacular, and never evading notoriety. He declares that it is his belief, from the gossip of near friends of the family, that Marie Kevins seized with avidity upon her marriage with and sepa ration from young Jim Blaine as an advertisement which would enable her to secure a lucrative position on the stase. 'What such an advertisement would be worth t an actress can be estimated al most to a dollar bv any theatrical mana ger. Miss XevinsTiad attempted to secure an engagement previous to her marriage and had failed. She was accepted at once at a good salary by one of the shrewdest managers in Xew York within a short time after she and her husband separated. She was never popular in society in "Washing ton, as asserted by some writers on this tremendously important subject. She never was in "Washington "Society" In the true meaning of that word. She had her circle, as any one has, but it was not "Society." Mrs. Ilalnc Not in Society. A word as to Mrs. Secretary Blaine's temper and other qualities so often alluded to in newspaper gossip. Mrs. Blaine is unpopular with "Washington "so ciety" women. She has the ability, the philosophy, the contempt J lor snams, tnat nave maae iau Hamilton famous as a critical and cynical writer upon political and social affairs. She has a whole some contempt lor the . "society" woman who spends her whole time preparing for and making her rounds of senseless calls, and in devotion to teas and small gossip, and sometimes harmless and sometimes venomous tattle. She has not concealed this contempt Forced into society at times on account-of the high offi cial station of her husband for long years her epigrammatic sarcasms .directed at society and society women were often stinging, and were more annoying for the reason that their full import was often not more than half comprehended. It is that which has made her unpopular. It is an unpopularity of which any sensible woman might be proud. TORTY INSBBAHCE COMPANIES Interested in a Complicated Salt at Mem phis Involving Over a Million. MEMPHIS, March 2. In the case of the various mariue insurance companies who had paid losses to the owners of cotton, de stroyed in the great fire in the Memphis compress at the navy yard in 1887, suing the fire companies which had issued policies on the cotton to the compress company and suing the compress company for dam ages for failing to collect the in surance aim for the deficit in full insurance, Judge Hammond this morning sustained the jurisdiction of the Federal Conrt by removal from the Chancery Court and overruled the motion to remand the case. The result is that there are 180 ease going ahead in the two courts. But law uui lawyers nave asreeu io nave only one trial, and to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock the great case will be heard before Judge riammonu anu special isiiauceiior jjenam, sitting together, but each acting within his own jurisdiction. The amount involved is $1,210,373, and about 40 insurance com panies all over the United States are inter ested. THE INDIANAPOLIS TE0DBLES. President Trenzcl, of the Streer Railroad Company, Surd for Contempt. Indianapolis,. March 2. The street car troubles arc held now in court, and tjie length of time they remain -there depends upon the will of Judge Taylor. To-day the contempt proceedings against President Freuzel for locking the barns against Re ceiver Steele, occupied the time in argu ment, and this afternoon the Judge said he would hold his decision for a few clays. In the meantime, public apprehension is lessening and confidence Is being restored. The operations of the street railroad system contiuue as they were before the strike. THE NEW YORK SPLIT Causing Disgusted Democrats on the Outside to Talk Loud. B0SS PLATT HELPING IT ALONG. Eome Political Utterances Drawn Oat Ij the Faction Fight. GKOYER'S SILExVCE BEING CRITICISED ITROV X STAFT COKUXSFOIJDKTT.I New Yoek, March 2. Prominent "West ern Democratic politicians visiting New York express their deep disgust at the status of the family quarrel in this State. "They're a selfish, provincial, one horse crowd," remarked one of these, hotly, speaking ot the New York Democrats. "They want the earth and want to divide it up among themselves. They would see the whole national Democratic party in ruins before they would stop wrangling over a New York Alderman. It has been so in every election. They are not Democrats. They don't know what Democracy is. Dem ocrats believe in the rule of the majority. Democracy means majority rule or it doesn't mean anything. To the so-called Democrat ot New York it means to have your own way in any event, 'or down comes the shanty.' Out in my State we acquiesce in the will of the majority of the party, and the man who won't do that is never called a Democrat afterward. Nothing short of the most extraordinary causes can justify bolt ing. I do not say it is never justifiable but it is a desperate remedy, to be applied only in desperate cases. Here it is a chronic thing. There are generally two or three sets of bolters. They all call themselves Demo crats, too. They make me tired! A Dull Thud in Pickle. 'The worst of it is that these bolters usually choose some very important elec tion in which to make their biggest kick. This is done because, they know the party will he placed in imminent peril if they are not placated. That they have some purely local scheme to carry throuch makes no differ ence. It is a sort of political blackmail levied upon the party. Tne fact that this is a pivotal State and liable to go one way or the other is the only thing that makes the chronic bolters important. If it wasn't for that theT would never be heard of they wouldn't exist. I tell you the "West is get ting tired of this business. Mark my wotos there will be something dropped in the Chicago convention, and New York will hear it." . There is a good deal of this talk even among New York partisans. Some of it is quite amusing. "While it is going on, the Republican managers very shrewdly side up with the disgruntled factions and encourage the row. One of Boss Piatt's lieutenants is my authority for the statement that but for the wily Boss the late mass meeting here of Democratic malcontents would have been a failure and the May convention would have never been heard of. Further inquiry sat isfied me that there is much in this. The Republican managers, quick to see the im portance of the split should it become per manent, packed the halL The Clevelandcrowd were allowed to engineer the proceedings, but fully half of the audience were Repub licans, and these voted liberal supplies of enthusiasm at every step. They whooped up things all the way through. In iho meantime, the bolters, Democrats, Mug wumps aud nondescripts bellowed and pawed up the earth in grand style, confi dent that tbey were carrying all things be fore them. When the Committee of Fifty went to Albany, therefore, they were, so in flated with the sense of their importance that they claimed the majority of the De mocracy of the entire State was behind them. This claim was anyhow necessary, it is true, because it is only upon the assump tion that the February convention and the State Committee represented but a minority of the party, that the bolters could have any standing in court Republicans Epelng Them On. But the carefully cooked meeting, fairly boiling over with enthusiastic indignation, soothed the consciences of the doubters. The engineering of this break cannot be laid to Republican sources, but there is plenty of evidence to be had now showing that the Republican managers skillfully threw themselves into the breach and made it wider and effectively permanent It was the cleverest bit of political work ever ac complished. It will only be really appre ciated, however, should a New York candi date be named at Chicago, and the conse quent loss of this State to the Democracy continue the Republican party in national power. For once the PJatt machine worked smoothly: "Divide and conquer" is the Republican motto and it has been communi cated to the uttermost election -districts of the State. The effects will be apparent in the bravery of the Cleveland bolters at Chi cago next June. Will this second set of delegates be ad mitted to the convention and have a voice therein as to national Democratic candi dates and the declaration ot Democratic principles? There are plenty of precedents for such a course. Possibly they will be allowed an equal share with the Hill dele gates. That is what will be demanded nothing less. If this comes to pass the National Democracy will ljave effectually crushed the party organization in this State. It will make bolting respectable and pro fitable and put a fresh whip in the hands of the political blackmailers of this city wherewith to scourge the national party. What tho Dinrrnc Illustrates. The status of the Democratic party of New York reminds me of the wise political utterances of a distinguished Missouri Dem ocrat We were discussing the situation at the Fifth Avenue Hotel the other evening, when he said: "It illustrates the folly of making the chief test of Democracy a blind belief in an intangible, shifting, uncertain percentage ot taxation. The modern Democratic leader reduces Democracy to its lowest terms by making its sole aim and reason for existence the diflerence between 35 per cent and 45 per cent on imports. In general statement that is the difference between us and the Republicans on the tariff. From the party of Jefferson and Jackson and Tilden we have become by the forced processes of narrow minds a party ot 10 per cent ad valorem. If it were a question of free trade and direct taxation it wonld at least be a distinct principle at issue, uni we are as sea to accept as a great vital principle a'mere question of de gree and that in the most intangible and general form a question not susceptive of specific practical demonstration a question that can never be settled because the exig encies that create" it are constantly chang ing a question always fairly de batable, on which we might be right to-day and wrong to-morrow a question which involves so many conflict ing individual interests that the nearest ap proach to legislative solution plunges us head over heels in discohl. A degree pf a certain form of taxation can never be a great vital principle. Are you aware I am as much of a tarift reformer "as John G. Car lisle, and on that question am in full ac cord with the mass of my party; but how c-.n I teach my son just , apuroaching man hood that this is Democracy? IIow the Youth Are Confused. "He reads the newspapers. He reads the elaborately rounded sentences of that great apostle of tarifl reform, Grover Cleveland, as they appear in his numerous letters to clubs and individuals. He hears the cam paign speeches. From all these how is .he to gain anv knowledge of true Democracy? They tell him it is tariff reform. Can I tell him it is merely a qnestion of ad valorem? Can anybody satisfy him just what the duties on this and that article ought to be? I cannot I haven't seen or heard anybody, who can. What of the grand old democratic principles of the Constitution? Broken down and scattered in every direction. Now and then can be heard a study Democratic voice in Congress or on the stump crying out against paternalism and reiterating the doctrines ot our fathers; but nnSer the leadership of these modem political war riors they are relegated to the rear, and we are told with ponderous phraseology that Democracy is 10 per cent ad valorem! No wonder the party tics sit lightly upon the modern Democrat Spoils ot office and ad valorem!" If the bolting Cleveland wing of the New York Democracy is admitted to the floor of the Chicago Convention we'll see the grand spectacle of the representatives of the Em pire State solemnly presenting two distinct modern types Spoils-of-Office Hill and Ad Valorem Cleveland. Perhaps the great national Democratic heart will not throb responsive to this. Perhaps there will be wise and courageous men on that floorwho will fairly comprehend the political situa tion here, and, comprehending, will steer clear of the Scyllaof Hill and the Charybdis of Cleveland by selecting a national candi date uncontaminated by contact with New York politics. AVe shall see. Cleveland's silence Causing Contempt There is a distinct sentiment of regret ex pressed by many of Cleveland's old-time supporters that he could besmirch his great reputation by maintaining silence when a prompt word from him would have closed np the Democratic ranks. He had it in his power to stay ihe revolt and would not speak. He has pursued the same tactics that he had adopted at the Mayoralty elec tion, when the fate of the Demo cratic ticket was supposed to be trembling in the balance, and when the en tire State was roused to meet the issues of the force bill and the Billion-Dollar Con gress. He never said a word. The same men who are now acting in his name and in terests were then actfng outside of the party. He was not only silent in that struggle, but was even suspected of voting the mongrel ticket. The magnihcent re sults hid his negative position from public view. But he 'lost ground in this State which he could not recover in a lifetime. There are thousands of anti-Cleveland men in New York to-day who were his friends before that election. The private and independent citizen may bolt his party control, but never the leader and hope to lead again. He will never be forgiven and can never again be trusted. For that reason, if forno other, Cleveland's name was unmentioned and unmentionable in a convention of the representatives of the Democratic party of New York. For that reason, if for no other, his nomination at Chicago would b'e yond question place this State in the Re publican electoral column. Chaki.es Theodore Murray. THERE'S MILLIONS IN IT. Big Mony for Pensions Estimates That Show Raum's Liberality The Fortifica tion Dill to Occupy a Middle Ground in Expenditures. Washington-, March 2. SfcorfaJ. The fortification hill and the pension appropria tion bill are rapidly nearing completion and will probably be ready for presentation to the House in less than a week. The fortifi cation bill will not be a large one, and will only carry such items of expenditures for purposes of coast and harbor defense as they deemed absolutely necessary and indispenable. The amount of the law for the present year was 53.774,000 while that of last year was 54,232,000 and of the preceding year only 51,233.000. It is likely that the coming bill will in amount occupy a middle ground between the last named and the law for the current year. In Commissioner Raum's estimates, from which the forthcoming pension bill will nee es"nrilv be based in a large degree, he cal culates" that $147,000,000 will be required for the payment of pensions for the coming fis cal year, whereas the payments at the pres ent time are averaging but little over $10, 000,000 per month, from which it would ap pear that not over $125,000,000 would be needed for the whole of next vear, instead of $147,000,000. In the first eieht months of the last fiscal year about $87,000,000 were expended, while on the first eight months of the present fiscal year the amount was $83,000,000 a decrease of $4,000,000, and yet, notwithstanding that all the data at hand goes to show conclusive ly that no more will be required for pen sions next year than has been required this year, or that $125,000,000 will be amply sufficient on the basis of expenditures al ready made this vear, Mr. Raum estimates for an incease of $14,000,000 over and above this year's regular appropriation of $133, 000.000. which of itself will probably be $8,000,000 or 510,000,000 in excess of the re quirements. AN INVENTORS FLEA. He Bays Justice Is -Withheld Because the Yanderbllll Oppose Him. "Washington, March 2. Special J Mr. Dewitt C. Haskins, of New York, had an informal hearine to-day before the House .Committee on Pstents in support of his bill now pending before that committee to extend his patent, claimed as an improve ment in the art of tunneling. His in vention is being nsed in the tunnel under North river between the New York and Jersey City shores. Although a quorum of the committee was lacking, Mr. Haskins submitted a statement for the benefit of the members present. He stated that three-fourths of the tunnel is now completed, and unless his patent is extended the work may languish or another party may come in and reap the benefit of his labor and experience. "He said he had encountered determined and continual opposition from certain railroad companies, and he openly charged that the Vanderbilts, Chauncey Depew and other metropolitan railroad magnates had thrown every ob stacle in his way of the origin and construc tion of the tunnel. He said he spent large snms of money ex perimenting with his patent in connection with the tunnel, and he appealed to the members of the committee to report his ap plication for an extension favorably. An other hearing will be accorded him before any action is taken. THE 1HDIAN SCHOOL DEFENDED. . Captain Pratt Says Congressmen l'lck Up Too Much Idle Talk Abont It. Cablisle, March 2. .Sjwriaf. Captain E. H. Pratt, General Superintendent of the Indian school here,' in speaking of the action of Congress in striking ont the 51.000 periodical allowance, said he wis satisfied with whatever was done; that he was merely the servant of the United States, and when it chose to remove him it could be done. Continuing, he said: It may be best that this appropriation bo cut off. This Indian institution is riffht, and the mora they try to kill it the stronger it will grow. Congressman Mansur used the word "graduates" In saying that 70 of the Indians went back to savagery. Now, if he means that those Joined their tribes and re lapsed Into their original state, I deny it, and ask for prooft. Many untrue statements have been circulated about the school, and Congressmen are picking up everything that would havo a tendency to injure it. Last Scptemberpupils were alleged to have come here, and ran away the next month. When near the Agency one of them tat down on a railroad trade and was killed. Now the truth of the story is that tbe bovs left a Catholic institution in Indiana, and a girl now In the schoofhere had a talk with them. To her they stated that the canse of their leaving was the hard work, insufficient food, etc., there. Two Brrwerles Crippled by a Strike. La Ckosse. "Wis., March 2. Efforts to organize a brewers' union which should be alike satisfactory to the bosses and men, have failed, and, to-day the men at two breweries, Micheil's and Heilman's, are on .strike. Their demand is for shorter hours of more pay of both. The Gund Company had'an understanding with their Icen, which kept them lromgoing ont. AN OLD WAR REVIVED. The Fight Between Labor-Saying Machinery and Labor to Be CARRIED BEFORE THIS CONGRESS. The Patentees of the Bank Note Presses flow Jdle at Washington HAKE A MEW OFFER TO UNCLE SAM rSriClAt TXLEGBAM TO THI DISPATCH. "Washington, March 2. The war that raged so hotly in the summer of 1888 be tween the advocates and opponents of steam plate printing presses in the Govern ment Bureau of Engraving and Printing here is about to be renewed in this Con gress. There are now in the bureau not in ' operation 18 of these steam plate printing presses, invented by a New York man named Milliean, for which the Government paid $21, BOO. They were leg islated out of use by a clause inserted in the sundry civil bill for the fiscal year 1890, providing that the presses should not be used in the bureau unless the patentees wonld accept a royalty of 1 cent per 1,000 impressions printed from them. The Federal Manufacturfng and Printing Company, of New York, which owns the presses, or rather the right to re ceive royalty from them, could not afford to accept such a rate of royalty, and the re sult has been that the presses are now idle, although it is admitted that with them the work of printing the Government's notes, revenue stamps and securities could be done at less than half the cost incurred with hand presses, or at a saving of over $100,000 a year. ' Too Strong for the Government. The Plate renters' Assembly of the Knights of Labor were able, notwithstand ing the combined opposition of the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasurer of the United States and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, to secure the abandon ment of the presses in favor of hand presses, on the ground that the latter did better work, and the Fifty-first Congress did not see fit to revoke the action of the previous Congress in that regard. After the steam presses were discontinued it was found necessary by the bureau to employ over a hundred new plate printers, and a little later they were obliged to work two and three hours overtime and frequently at night to keep up with the demand, and then there was a great dearth of stamps and notes. This dearth has continued todate.and now the bureau has been forced to adopt letter presses in printing revenue stamps from raised cuts instead of plate presses from engraved plates. The typographical presses each do the work of ten plate print ers, and not one plate printer is needed to run them, while one plate printer is re quired to run each steam plate printing press. To-day AV. G. Gibson, of New York, act ing as attorney for the Federal Manufactur ing and Printing Company, appeared before the Committee on Appropriations of the House and submitted a proposition asking that a provision be incorporated in the sun dry civil bill for the coming fiscal year wfiereby the Bureau of Engraving and Printing might use the presses now lying idle. Under this proposed provision tne patentees would be free to Make a Reasonable Contract for royalty or they would be willing, Mr. Gibson declared, to confer all their royalty rights to the Government for $38,000 an nually for the 18 presses. Even with the payment of this royalty the Government would save over $100JOOO a year. Mr. Gibson claims that the Fiftieth Con gress, in legislating these presses out ot use in obedience to the clamor of men opposed to labor-saving machinery in any form, joined hands with the mob that used to de stroy power looms and break up mowing and reaping machines. He also called attention to the fact that the American nation is about to hold a great exposition at Chicago in honor of the discovery of America by Columbus to let the world witness the progress made by our people, particularly in labor saving machinery. Yet Congress has itself obliged the Secretary of the Treasury to discon tinue the use of steam plate printing presses and go back to a mode of printing that was in vogue before Columbus landed on our shores. AGAINST SAYS OF GBACE. The Executive Committee of American Bankers Begins the Movement. New York, March 2. The Executive Council of the American Bankers' Associa tion held a special meeting to-day at the directors' room of the American Exchange National Bank, this city, and unani mously decided to hold the seventeenth an nual convention of the American Bankers Association in San Francisco, September 7 and 8, 189Z The council adopted the report of the Committee on Schools of Finance and Economy, aud authorized the preparation of a bill lor the abolition of days of grace to be adopted by the Legislatures of the several States. Improving the Northern Bed IClver. "Winnipeg, Man., March 2. At meet ing of the joint committee of the City Council and the Board of Trade on Bed river navigation improvement held here, Maj'or Buttan presented a report submit ting a memorial to the Government of Can ada praying that $500;000 be authorized by Parliament in improving the navigation of the Bed river so that that stream would be passable for steamers from Lake "Winnipeg to the North Dakota line. AT LATIMERS. 10 MINUTES' Investigation will convince any peison 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 5Qo. There are many other just such bargains if you'll come and see. P. S i.ooo WHITE QUILTS go this week at $1 EACH. T. M. LATIMER, 138 and 140 Federal Street, AX(IBGHBNT, PA.. AUCTION HAT.K3. SALEOFLANDnTTHETJNITEDSTATES at Pittsbunr, Pa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ot Representatives of the United States of Amerfoa in Congress as sembled, that the Secretary of War be, ana hereby is, authorized and directed to sell and convey to the purchaser or purchasers all the right, title and interest of the United States in and to all that certain parcel of ground, belonging to the United States, sit uate in the city orPlttsbnrir, Pennsylvania, at the northwest corner of Penn avenue and Garrison alley, in the Fourth wara of said city, fronting one hundred 'eeC on west side or Penn avenue ana extending northwardly along the west line or Garrison alley, pre serving the fiHme width, to Iow-water.line of the Allezheny ri ver,subject,however,to such public easements as exist thereon and there over. Depot Quartermaster's office, Wash ington, D. C February 6, 1892. Under the provisions of the above quoted act of Con gress, approved May 21. 1800, and by direc tion or the Secretary or War. I will 'offer for sale at public anction at the Stock Exchange bnildins, IIS Fomth avenue, in the city of Pittsbunr, Fa., onFltlOAT, the 11th day of March, 1892. at 11 o'clock A. x., for cash, the property described In said act, together with Huch improvements thereon as belong to the United States, subject to the condi tions set forth In said act, and subject also to the terms nnd conditions named In the printed circular of this date, copies of which will be furnished on application to the un dersigned or to the Acting Assistant Quar termaster at Allegheny Arsenal, where also a plat of the ground can be seen. The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids, or to ac cept any bid or bids subject to the condl tiona prescribed in the circular referred to A deposit of $15,800 on accountof the pur chaso will he required at the timo of sale, and an adjonvnment of one honr will be taken to enable the hitrhest bidder to com ply with thin requirement. In default of which, at the expiration of the time speci fied, the sale will be declared void, and tbe property will then and there be reoffered tor sale. Payment of the remainder of the purchase monoy must be made upon deliv ery of duly executed deed or deeds for the property purcliasod, or the property may be resold, without further notice, ar the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The cost of all convoyancinsr will ho borne hy the purenaser. GEORGE II. WEEKS, Dep uty Qunrter master General, U. S. A. JOHN D. BAILEY, Auctioneer, Room No. 9, Ex change Building, Pittsburg Pa. fe5-27 ASSIGNEE SALE. The undersigned, assignee of William Flovd, will offer for sale, bv public auction, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1892, at 10 o'clock a. m., at main entrance of Court House, the following described property, situate No. 9 Congress Street, in the Seventh ward, Plttsburjr, fronting SO feet on Congress street, and extending hack about 89 feet to Elm street, on which is erected a two-storv frame dwelling house and outbuildings. "The lot Is well situated for church or dwelling purposes, less than half a square from the Central Traction Railway, and within five minutes of Court House, Postofflce, etc. The property sub ject to yearly ground rent of $15. Possession on delivery of deed. Terms of sale One-fourth cash on de livery of deed, the residue of the purchase money in three yearly payments, with in terest, secured by Judgment bond and mortgage, with the fight to pay and dis charge the lien at the pleasure of the pur chaser. The premises may be examined at anv time before sale. For further Information apply to THOS. FLOYD, Assignee. Or THOS. M. MARSHALL, Attorney. A. J. PENTECOST. Anctioneer. lelS42-18.20,23,25,27-raal,3,5,8.10 ASSIGNEES SALE. Anction sale of glass and queensware, commencing Monday, February 29, at 2 p. jr. Entire stock to be closed out, no reserve. Sale positive. Sale to continue one week only. Sale every morning at 10 a. x. ana 2 and 7 r. v., at 17 Sixth street, Pittsburg. A. M.' YOUNG, ASSIGNEE. fe27-91-n AUCTIOK SAIB AT THE RESIDENCE. Fine furniture, carpets, music box, range, etc., THURSDAY, March 3, at 10 o'clock, at the residence, No. 622 Wara street, Oakland. Take Fifth avenue and Atwood street cars to the door. Fine mahogany chamber suites with Ten nessee marblo and French mirror, walnut foldingbcd, cost $150; elegant hair mattresses, fine bookcase, le.ttlier reading chair, leather top table, handsome hall rack, cost $125; fine music box and stand, walnut sideboaid and extension table, leather dining chairs, par lor turnlture, chairs, rocker, taoles, cabinets, easels, pictures, curtain", rugs, etc.; elegant Brussels carpets on rooms, halls and stairs, pillows and bolsters, bedding, etc. Fine steel kitchen range, cost $65; kitchen and laundry furniture. Sale positive. House open after 8 o'clock morning of sale. HENRY AUCTION CO., fe28-169-MWThsu Auctioneers. AT AUCTION. Fine furniture, carpels, llaidinan upright pianoforte, etc., FRIDAY, March 4, at 10 o'clock, at the rooms of the Henry Auction Company, 24 and 2G Ninth st. The turnish ment of a fine lesiaence moved to the store, Hardman upright piano, almost new, cost $500; line chamber furniture, cabinet organ, hall rack, plush parlor suite, oak folding bed, walnut sideboard, tables, chairs, etc.: also a large line or new suites in oak and walnut, parlor suites upholstered in tapes try, plush and haircloth; wardrobes, side boards, cabinets, desks, tables, chairs and rockers, pictures and ornaments, Brussels and ingrain carpets for rooms, halls and stairs, kitchen furniture, etc. bale positive. HENRY AUCTION CO., Auctioneeis. mh3-4 AUCTION SALE OF $20,000 Worth of Boots and Shoes To quit business, at Kalbfell's old estab lished Central Shoe House. E40 Smithfleld street. Sales dally at 2 and 7 p. m. J. A. ROBINSON, Auctioneer. fel7-49-17,18,20.23,25,27,mhl.3,5 HA1JRYB.SMITHSOX& HARRY MOORE, GXXEIIAL ArCTIONEi-RS, Office room 53 Eisner Building, Filth avenuo and Wood street. Sales of furniture and household goods at residences . a specialty. Terms reasonable. mh3-lt-D WITH BORDERS TO MATCH, AT 95' fe87-85 CHOICE rKOPKKTIES. TO LET. BUSINESS CHANCE, Corner Wood and Diamond streets. Now occupied by SHUMAN BROS. Inquire of BLACK A BAIRD, 93 FOURin AVE. fe27-TT3 FOR RENT. 3 Glee 6-Story Midh, MERCANTILE BLOCK, On New Grant St., near Union station, Sev enth ave. and Liberty St., And adjoining tho new Bindley Hardware Company and C. D. and P. Telephone Ex change buildings, each floor 20x95, with pri vate office, vault, elevator; steam heat fur nished. BLACK & BAIRD, mbS-99 95 FOURTH ATE. F OB SALE- EAST END HOUSES. Neat new houses ot fine appearances, mod ern fixtures; location very accessible. $5,0008 rooms, recoption hall, laundry, bath. (37) $5,5008 rooms, bath, laundry, storage room. (87) $6,000 Just completed, 9 rooms, laundry, bath, bay windows, front and backstairs (87) $4,0006 rooms, attic, bath, laundry. (36) $6,5809 rooms (very elegantly finished), laundry, bath. (85) $5,8009 rooms, hardwood mantels, tile facing3 and hearth, laundry, 2 w. c, front and back stairs. (16) Call or send for permits to examine the3e. W. A. HERRON & SONS, fe28-204-3-5-8 SO Fourth ay. CHOICE OFFICES For rent in the NEW GHNIA SUluS BANK BUILDING, Wood and Diamond streets. Well lighted, most centrally located, all tho most modern conveniences and latest improvements. Possession positively given April 1, 1392. Inquire at GERMANIA SAVINGS BANK, NO. 7 SIXTH AVENUE. OCl-46-TTS PENN AVENUE, EAST END. Between R. R. and Highland Avenue. 35 FT. FRONT FOR $15,500. Bents for $1,024 per year. This must be sold soon. J. IT. COLEMAN & CO., fe27-TTsn 1212 1'enn avenue, E. E. OFFICES BUILDING 121 and 123 Fourth avenue, -AT- MODERATE RENTS. de23-43-TT PURCHASERS TOR RESIDENCE PROPERTIES, BUSINESS PROPERTIES, MANUFACTURING SITES, COAL LANDS, Call on or address DAVID SHAW & CO., Real Estate and financial Agents, no20-82 Th 152 FOUETH AVE. CHOICE OFFICES IN Hamilton Building. FINEST IN THE CITV. 91 ana 93 Fitth avenue, Plttsburs. fe20-8n BARGAIN. $4,500. On payed street, three minutes' from, Wvlle avenue earn. Frame hou-o of seven rooms- and finished attic. Lot 13x155 to alley. LIGGETT BROS. mhl-51-TT3 -nOESALE House and lot 53x111 feet, Muriel t., S. S. Lot 50x213 feet. Center av., Twentieth ward city. Lot 25x130 feet, cor. Fulton and Webster sts., city. Cheap. JNO. A. WILSON, fe27-57-D 119 Fourth av BANK STATEMENTS.' EEPORT OF TIIE CONDITION OF THE 3IASONIC BAK, at Putsbur?. in the State ot Pennsylvania, at close of business February 29, 1892: KESOURCES. Cashonhand $ 70,030 61 Dno lrom banks and bankers 346 OJI 01 Loans and discounts t04,56S 23 Real estate, turnlture and fix tures - 67,500 00 Overdratts 1S6 89 Expenses and taxes paid 6,06 91 $1,234,333 65 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $ 200,000 00 Sni-plus $ SO 000 fO Undivided profits -b.iau 7U 116,490 70 Individual deposits sub ject to check $320,783 63 Time certificates of de posit 133,731 6 Due to banks and bank ers 15,074 72 Cashier's checks out standing 6,969 50 Dividends nnpald 97G.5R4 36 1.333 59 $1,294,393 65 State of Pennsylvania, County or AUe- uhony, ss: I, Win. R. Christian, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. WM. K- CHRISTIAN. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2d day of March, 1892. GEO. 1. .WHITNEY, Notary Public, Correct Attest : Clf AS. B. McLEAN, 1 GEO. W. SIMONDS, J Directors. WM.F. WILSON, ) mhS-49 INSTALLMENT MORTGAGES. Money loaned on mortgages payabla at periods to suit tbe borrower. FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST ' COMPANY, 121 apd 123 Fourth Avenue. de31-43-T)i HfjMrt--
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