wmmmm $mr i-v V ALMOST DOUBLED. Adlets February, 1892 8,745 February, Last Yw.. 4,722 Increase... ...4,023 Tbis is the best month's record up to date. FORTY-SEVENTH TEAK. RETALIATION UPON CANADA Counseled by Many Sen . atois, Unless Britain Comes to Time IN THE SEAL MATTER. Sherman Stands by the Administra tion, but Is Strongly Opposed. A BLUNDER FROM THE BEGINNING Is "What Voorhees Terms the Waythe Treaty Was Handled. Tbe Indiana Senator Gains a Number of Recruits to His Side of the Case Sherman and Several Others Caution Their Colleagues to Move Slowly The Question Universally Considered In the Most Serious Light Similarity of a Case That Occurred During the Administration of Cleveland Steps Taken at That Time Secrets of the Executive Session of Yesterday Laid Bare for Dispatch Headers. rSPICIAL TE1XGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Washington, March 9. Senator Frye's vigorous speech in the executive session of the Senate yesterday, advocating a policy of immediate and complete commercial re taliation against Canada unless England shall agree to deal fairly in the fisheries controversy, met with usual approval throughout "Washington, and was every where discussed by statesmen and poli ticians to-day. Mr. Five's speech, more over, was followed by the introduction this morning, by Senator Morgan, of a resolu tion providing for putting into effect at once a plan of retaliation, so far as affects the privileges now enjoyed in the transporta tion of imported merchandise through the United States to Canadian points. In the second day's debate of the Bering Sea question, after Mr. Morgan's resolution was introduced, the propriety and practica bility of retaliation were again the leading topics, and it begins to loos: as if members of the both parties were abont ready to make some decided step in the matter. Correspondence and Treaty Public The President sent to the Senate to-day the correspondence that has taken place on the subject of the Bering Sea fisheries since the last publication, a little less than a year ago. This correspondence, as well as the treaty of arbitration, was at once made pub lic There is nothing whatever in the treaty that has not already been printed in the newspapers, and in the -correspondence the only new feature is the letter of Lord Salisbury declining to consent to a con sideration of the modus vivendi. Soon after the President's message was received an executive session was held and three hours spent in a continuation of the discussson commenced yesterday. The principal speakers to-day were Senators Sherman, Voorhees, Morgan, Hale, Teller, Chandler, Palmer, Bansom and Butler. Nearly all of these Senators .were strongly in favor of ratifying the treaty, claiming that such a course would act in the nature of a flag of truce pending the contest over the proposition for a renewal of the modus vivendi. A few Senators, however, notably Mr. Voorhees, opposed such action. "Warlike Retaliation Counseled. Senators Sherman and Morgan made the most important speeches of the day, and the latter surprised even the Senators who have known him longest, by the unusual vigor of his utterances and the advanced ground which he took in favor of the most prompt and warlike retaliation upon Canada. Senator Sherman startled the Senate by the statement that the corre spondence will show that, or if not it can be easily proven that, Lord Salisbury has repeatedly disavowed England's responsi bility for the outrages upon American rights in Bering Sea, and lays all the blame on the shoulders of the Canadians, to whom he (Salisbury) has continually referred as poachers. Several Senators questioned the correct ness of Mr. Sherman's statement on that point, but the Senator repeated it, and un officially assured the Senate that Canada, and not the English Government, was mostly to blame. Lord Salisbury, Mr. Sherman said, made no secret of the fact that he can not constrain the Canadians in this matter much as he would like to, Sherman Upholds the Treaty. Senator Sherman made an earnest appeal for the ratification of the treaty, and his advice was strongly indorsed by Senators Morgan and Hale, who pointed out that with a treaty of arbitration the United States would be strengthened in her posi tion so far as the good offices of friendly Governments are concerned, and that it would in the end be impossible for England to decline a modus vivendi while arbitra tion was in progress. Senator Morgan announced to the Senate in the most solemn terms that he regarded the present situation as the most critical of any since he had been in public life. Seri ous difficulty, and even bloodshed, he said, were threatened, and he appealed to the Senate to discuss the matter in a broad, calm, statesmanlike way, totally unbiased by political prejudices or national jeal ousies. Mr. Morgan favored the ratifica tion of the treaty as the best means to a satisfactory conclusion of the controversy. Senator Voorhees added to the general interest and excitement of the discussion by making a fierce attack upon the adminis tration for what he described as its "bung ing diplomacy." He said that the Presi dent and Secretary of State had Blundered From the Start, and that it was a disgrace and a shame for them to send to the Senate a treaty propos ing arbitration in the face of England's re fusal to prevent poaching while the ques tion was being arbitrated. Senator Voorhees charged that the ad ministration knew that a renewal of the modus vivendi had been refused when the f treaty was signed, and that heretofore a stupendous blunder of diplomacy and statesmanship had been committed. Senator Chandler challenged this state ment, and a protracted dispute arose as to the dates of the various sections of the cor respondence. At its conclusion the im pression prevailed among many of the Sena tors that Mr. Voorhees was warranted in making his statement Senator Teller said the United States purchased certain rights in the Bering Sea from .Russia, and until it could be shown that England has a prior claim or any share in the seal islands and the waters contigu ous thereto, there is no occasion for arbitra tion. He sustained the position he took yesterday, and insisted that the treaty should be rejected and the laws against poaching in that vicinity enforced. ralmer's Voice Balsed tor War. Senator Palmer, of Illinois, who has Presidents! aspirations, stated what his un derstanding of the controversy was, and advocated a vigorous policy toward Great Britain. He, like Senator Teller, does not believe there is any necessity for arbitra tion, as the United States has certain rights in the Bering Sea, acquired by purchase, and therefore need not ask England whether these rights shall be enforced. Senators Ransom, of North Carolina, and Butler, of South Carolina, said they were in favor of sustaining the administration in any policy it might pursue in this case, but they deprecated hasty action that might in volve the country in a war with Great Britain. Those who passed through the late war, said Senator Ransom, hesitate to engage in another bloody conflict if it can be avoided by honorable methods. Senator Butler said he would go as far as any Senator to uphold the honor and dig nity of the United States against Great Britain or any other foreign country, but he did not see, from the facts presented, any occasion for the sensational aspect presented oy certain persons in dealing with the sud ject It appeared to him that England im agined she saw an opportunity to acquire certain privileges in Bering Sea without giving anything in retnrn, and, with her usual thrift, was ready to take advantage of the situation. Full Publicity In Great Favor, A long discussion ensued at to whether the correspondence submitted should be given to the public Many of the Senators were in favor ot giving all the facts to the people and allow them to draw their own conclusions as to which side presents the best case. The veteran Senators, fed by Mr. Ransom, who ore more familiar with diplomatic affairs, opposed the proposition, on the ground that it was not necessary to spread the correspondence on the records before deciding what action is to be taken. Such an exposure, they thought, would not help the controversy or bring about a more speedy settlement The whole question was filially laid over until to-morrow. If any reliance whatever can be placed upon the utterances of prominent Senators and Representatives it is evident that the majority of both Houses of Congress is in favor of prompt and effective retaliation against Canada, and it begins to look, there fore, as if the threats that have for several years been made against the continuation of the transportation and other privileges en joyed by Canada are about to be carried out, Callom in for Retaliation. Senator Cullom, Chairman of the Commit tee on Inter-State Commerce, makes no con cealment of his belief and that the English Government should be treated as an enemy of this country, and shut out completely from the commercial privileges which she now enjoys. Mr. Cullom said to-day that he is in favor of the most vigorous retalia tion against Canada, and believes that the United States should at once serve notice upon the English Government that if she does not consent to conceding our rights in the fisheries controversy we shall at once place an embargo against her railroad facili ties in this country. We have been patient long enough, helsays, and now is the time to strike. A majority of Mr. Cullom's Repub lican colleagues express themselves simi larly. Senator Frye's speech in the executive session yesterday was simply a repetition of other speeches which he has delivered in the Senate during the past five or six years. He has repeatedly stated, in his speeches and other ways, that the New England fish ermen are wholly denied the rights secured under the treaty of 1818, and advocated the most vigorous measures against Canada. Feel In; Anions the Democrats. On the Democrat side of the chamber the feeling that some legislation of the retalia tory kind should be enacted is as strong as among the Republican Senators. Senator Gorman, who has long been an advocate of the policy of retaliation, said to-day that he thinks that the Democrats ae almost unanimous on the subject This was not the case in 1888, when Mr. Gorman made a speech in the Senate containing a fierce attack upon the unusual privileges enjoyed by Canadian railroads in this country, and their course in discriminating against American rail roads. That speech was made on the third of August, 1886, on a resolution introduced by Senator Cullom, authorizing the com mission on inter-state commerce to make an investigation relative to the diversion of commerce from American to Canadian rail roads, and discriminating against American vessels, with a view to ascertaining what legislation was necessary to protect the com mercial interests of the'United States. Mr. Gorman said then, addressing the Senate, that the question to be investigated was a most important one, and gave a his tory of the various laws enacted and treas ury regulations promulgated that had grad ually brought about the pernicious system complained of. Mr. Gorman referred in the speech to the circular issued by Secre tary Manning, in 1885, which was intended to prohibit the transit of Canadian goods through the United States, but which, like orders previously and subsequently issued, failed to accomplish that object How It "Was Once Viewed.. Mr. Gorman subsequently presented a resolution authorizing and directing the President to prohibit the transit of goods in Canadian cars. The resolution was not acted upon, chiefly because many Senators were of the belief that there was ample au thority for such action by the President in existing law. It was in connection with the introduction of this resolution that Mr. Gorman brought out the fact that Levi P. Morton, then a candidate for Vice Presi dent, and "William L. Scott, where directors in the Canadian Pacifie Railroads, and that Calvin S. Brice was a director in other Canadian companies. Senator Edmunds replied to Mr. Gorman, and appeared as the representative and defender of the existing system, princi pally because under it the Vermont Central system enjoyed certain advantages that it did not wish to forego. The Cullom resolu tion of investigation was passed, and a good portion of the time for three or four years was spent by the committee in traveling abont over the cotlhtry in all directions, looking into the subject of "railroad trans portation and taking a mass of testimony. Their report, which was a most volnminous one, and which recommended legislation looking to tbe restrictions enjoyed by Canadian roads in the United States was submitted to the last Congress, but nothing whatever was done with it Congressmen With Money at Stake. There are several Senators on both sides of the Senate chamber, as well as men of both parties in the House of Representa tives, who are financially and otherwise di rectly interested In various Canadian rail roads and American railroads which derive the bulk of their business from the Canadian connections, and they were able to smother the Cullom report . - - On the 29th ot August, 1883, soon After IWtae PITTSBURG, THURSDAY. MARCH 10. 1892 the passage of the Cullom resolution, President Cleveland sent to Congress a message on the subject of retaliation against Canada which it was thought wonld lead to the enaetment of muoh desired legisla tion. The message was made nse of only for political purposes, however, and the President's recommendations were ig nored by his own party. Jn that message Mr. Cleveland said: "I reoommend im mediate legislative action conferring upon the Executive the power to suspend by regulation the operation, of all laws and regulations permitting the transit of goods, commerce and merchandise in bond, across and over the territory of the United States. " In another paragraph the President said! "1 recommend that sueb legislative action be taken as will give Canadian, vessels navi gating onr canals and their cargoes pre cisely the advantages granted to our vessels and cargoes upon Canadian canals, and that the same be measured by exactly the same rule of discrimination." Blaine's Appearance on the Scene. Congress adjourned without attempting to take any action upon these recommenda tions of President Cleveland, and though unimportant and entirely inadequate regulations were issued by the Treasury Department from time to time, tbe question of retaliation against Canada did not appear until the fall of 1890, when there was a hearing in the office" of Secretary Windom in behalf voi certain American elevator owners and others who complained bitterly of the unjust discrimination against them by Canadian roads, and appealed to the Secretary to take some decided action. Bep resentatii es of all the roads having Canadian connections were present at the hearing, and they together with their opponents, were suddenly startled by the appearance of Secretary Blaine, who had been an un noticed listener to the arguments that had been presented. Under the guise of seeking some informa tion from one of the lawyers present Mr. Blaine made an entirely unexpected but highly interesting speech, in which he pointed out the numerous and various ways in which American roads were discrimin ated against by Canada, and took strong f rounds in favor of immediate retaliation, eoretary "Windom, it was understood at the time, agreed entirely with Mr. Blaine, but whatever action he may have contemplated was interrupted by his sudden death, three months afterward. BevcrltyTamed by Influence. The subject of amending the Treasury regulations then passed to the jurisdiction of Secretary Foster, who in June last issued a new regulation relative to the passage of Canadian cars in bond through the United States. The pew order was much less severe in terms than had been anticipated, and it was stated at the time, and not de nied," that the personal influence of Ohaun cey M. Depew and the indirect influence of the New York Central Railroad and the Vanderbilt system have interfered to break the force of the blow which the Treasury had intended to strike at Canadian railroads and the Canadian connections of American railroads. Since the issuaaoe of that order, whloh appears to have had no effect whatever to ward cutting the unfair privileges enjoyed by Canada or of adjusting in any way un fair discriminations, nothing whatever has been said or done, in Congress or out ot it, until Senator Frre brought the matter so snddenly and pointedly to the attention of the Senate yesterday. He has succeeded, by virtue of the very strained relations be tween this country and England, growing out of the fishery dispute, in interesting public men of all shades of opinion in Washington in the necessity of prompt and vigorous action. Democrats and Republi cans alike announce themselves as ready to enact at once whatever retaliatory legisla tion is demanded and it remains to be seen whether they will make good their promises. SODTHERN VENGEANCE' Meted Out" of Winchesters Upon Three . Leaders of the Carve Negro Gang- at , Memphis The Mysterious Origin of the Mob The Sheriff Will Act. ' 'Memphis, March 9.SpeeiaLA few days ago The Dispatch described a fight in a negro stoje t at"The Curve" between the police and a party of colored rowdies, who had "been terrorizing the whites of that neighborhood. The melee ended in the ar rest of a number of the negroes after sev eral officers had been wounded. About 3 o'clock this morning 75 men, all wearing masks, appeared suddenly on Front street near the jail. "Whence they came no one will hazard even a guess. Theyclaimed to have a prisoner for the jail. "When the watchman unlocked the gate tbe mob rushed in. "Watchman O'Donnell reached for his pistol bnt was promptly overpow ered. Failing to find the keys to the cells in the watchman's pockets, a rope was pro duced, with which his hands were bound. Two men were then put over O'Donnell as a guard, the other two hurried into the jail office. Then began the search for the men marked for death. There were 27 negroes under ar rest for complicity in Saturday night's af fair. Finally the mob secured Calvin Mc Dowell, William Stuart and Theodore Moss, took them out of jail and proceeded to the suburbs. Here the bodies of the, captive wretches were riddled with bullets. The mangled corpses were found this morn ing. Their work accomplished the mob scattered in all directions. The Sheriff says he will observe bis oath of office by trying to ferret out the lynchers. Everything is reported qniet at "The Curve." A JUDGE SHOT IN COURT. The Contents or Bis Test Pocket Shield His Heart From the Ballet. Lincoln, Neb., March 9. This morning Charles Warner, who was fined by Acting Police Judge Borgelet Saturday, entered the court room and attempted to murder him, firing two shots at him as he sat in his court room. The first shot took effect in the region of the heait,"but the bullet was turned from its course by some article in the vest pocket! Tbe second bullet struck the Judge over the left eye and plowed through the flesh in an upward direction. Warner was at once seized and held after a severe struggle. Judge Borgelet was re moved to his home. It is not believed that his injuries are fatal. AN rjNPKECEDEHTED CASS. A Boy Born With a Shattered Arm, Doe to His Mother's Grief. Wichita, March & Special A ease which is declared to be unprecedented by the medical faculty of Wichita is the birth to-day of a son to Mrs. Will J. Cross with the bone of the left arm shattered. About three months ago, while Dr. J. W. Scbultz was riding a bicycle, a pug dog be longing to Mrs. Cross snapped at bis legs. Dr. Schultz shot the dog, shattering its left foreleg. Mrs. Cross grieved over the hurt to her pet for a long time, and the doctors are of the opinion that the injury to the in fant is directly traceable to that shock. THE BISCUIT TRUST NEXT. The Same Treatment That Was Accorded to Whisky and Cordage People. CHICAGO, March 9. United States At-, torney Miiehrist was busy to-day investi gating the methods of the Biscuit Trust, which has branches in over a dozen cities. He had in view action similar to that taken with the Whisky and Cordage Trusts. Mr, Miiehrist is said to be in possession of evideaoe suffldeni to make out a case un- der the Sherman law.- There are 85 differ. 'ent establishment in the combination ILLINOIS FOR ALGER. The Michigan Candidate De clares He Will Not Tap a Barrel, Though. ' STANDS BY HIS BECOBD, Quay Defended in a Lengthy Letter Written by Clark-son. THESENATORAGAINA CANDIDATE. His Announcement First Made in a Kitten ning Newspaper. CAMBRIA COTJHTI IS FOE CLEVELAND Chicago, March 6. General Russell A. Alger, who yesterday announced his candi dacy for the Republican nomination tor President, arrived at the Grand Pacifie Hotel to-day and was soon in consultation with State Auditor Paney and Secretary Charley Partrlde, of the Republican State Central Committee. These two gentlemen informed General Alger that Senator Cul lom would probably have the solid State delegation from Illinois. General Alger, speaking of his candidacy, was very confident He said: For many months I have been Importuned by Influential Bepnblloans tn Mioblcan and other States to become a candidate for the Bepublloan nomination, and I have con sented. My candidacy does not mean that there is any dlssatisfaetlon on my part or on the part ofay blends with the administra tion of President Harrison. Harrison has made a good President, hut It Is the right of every Amerloan olfixen to aspire to the Presidency, and I am an aspirant, and I shall hereafter nse all honorable means to enlist support from all sections of the coun try. I shall have the! solid delegation from Michigan. I shall have support from other States, but I do not care to state what it Is and where it will cpme from. I have re ceived many letters from Southern Republi cans asking me if Ij am prepared to use money to assist my candidacy. To all these letters I replied very emphatically that I shall do nothing of the kind. I would not spend money to asetstJmysolf if I knew that it wonld make me President to-morrow. If a man cannot win by) honorable means he should be defeated. 1 Speaking of bis war'record, General Alger said 'that he has a ejurprise In store tor Charles A Dana, which will be a regnlar bombshell when it is made public. Be said: J have Leon tn correspondence with the Secretary of War regarding the offloial reeords ot tbe War Department for some time. Yesterday Soorotary Ellcins sent me the last of the ooples of all tho reoords in the case for whloh I had applied. In my offloo In Detroit several stenographers areat work preparing a trausorlptTof the docaments, whtce eould not by ohiy stretch of the Imagination bo construed as reflecting on me. Fiom these records I prefer to be judged, and I shall not jmake publlo any of the hundreds of nattering letters and docu ments whloh are commendatory of my Con duct during the war. I propose to be vindi cated. My own name and that of my family have been attacked. The defense will be ample. I have no fear of tbe result General Custer, it is true, is dead, hut there are many phases or this matter that concern bis treat ment of me that can -be 1 readily understood by the old army offloets. General Custer wished to -place "his brother above- others, and that dealt a severe blow at these who were for promotion f rdm. the position of corporal up. J General Alger and his Jamilyare en ronte to California, where rhey will remain J several weeks. CLARKSON PRAIi BES QUAY. A Itter that Iuds the I eader Liberally Be Won the Battle In 'S8. and Bas Been a Marked Ms a Ever Since Tammany His Traduci r. Philadelphia, MarcU 9. Frank Will ing Leach, Assistant Seemtary of the Re publican National Committee, has received a letter from J. 8. Clarkson, Chairman of that body, under date of March 6, from Ash ville, IT. C., which states! that, in compli ance with a request from some of Senator Quay's Pennsylvania friends, he put on paper his estimate of Senator Quay in tbe campaign in 1888. He reproduces his re marks, delivered at the meeting of the Na tional Committee in Washington in Novem ber, 1891. These were made, in executive session, and have never be: pre been pub- lished. In the coarse of hi: remarks Mr. Clarkson says: If I followed bt own wish as the most of you already know, I would ohairmanshln. It means nol ot accept the omy to suc iral that the ltios has de ceed the greater political gen nrsc century oi American pi veiopeu, out it means to taxo time of storm and calnmnv p aetion in a run a piain f Quay, that warning, as shown in the case the Bepublloan party does not t defense of Its leaders who lead i vtand for the its hardest fights. Who can bend the bow wf UlvssesT I would not even venture to try. ) Only those of us on the Execmtlve Com mittee who were with the Chairman from the first week in July till the c ose of the campaign know the great and sp en did work rendered to the Republican party by the man of Pennsylvania. His genius ga- -e superior generalship, -and that gave vi story. The Bepublloan party will never k sow, and It could never repay if it did know, (the services rendered to it in such a time off doubt and peril by Senator Quay. TheBepu lican party of this day bas never fully apprec la ted either his power or his services. The Democratic party recognized it immediately, and trem- oieu Deiore it turougnouc ine c: malm ana fell before it at tbe election. Alnd from tbe day of the election of M. S. Quay, the man whose genius bad found the nlafa and whose courage had furnished the wajy to defeatj tne uemooratio party, was a marjcea man. No sooner was the election over than the plan of beating Quay to (the earth was begun by the Democrats. It started in Tammany Hall, i the most corrupt of political organizations known In America, and was secondeo by the Democratic press of New York. The Be publloan press, instead of sselnd; the motive and striking down the malice, began to loiter and to hesitate and then Co apologize, and finally to turn about in tlfle unworthy work of helping the Demoorafclo party to destroy the great Republican lighter. The Democrats knew at once by the light of the election that they had- more Ito fear from Quay than from any other Amerioan. They tear him more to-day. Tney have followed him with unpltylng malice, with unceasing calumny, and with a oruelty wbileh only pol itics could either originate or perpetuate. The Bepublloan campaign of; 1888 was con ducted with entire honesty. The whole genius of it was to discover land prevent Democratic fraud. In New York State, where Tammany writhed and still writhes under the defeat the Democratic demon was to throw a quarter of a million of money in tbe rural oonntles of the jstate and carry the eleotlon by bribery. Senator Quay s qulok eye discovered this, and all the power of tbe National Republican ) Committee was mot and suc ceeded. The whole BenubHloan fight then and now, Is made eucceasful when you can poll the full Bepublloan vote and stul Demo cratic fraud. . This was th)e genius of Quay. This gave the BepuDlican I party tbe victory. XK8 OLB SOMAN JKEABD 7B0JC. His First Political Utterances for a Tear, Praising BUs Party. Coi-tmBUS, O., Mareh"9. iSpedaL) The Democratic members f the General As sembly called on Honi Allen G.Thunnan to-night and paid theii-respects .a body.. The "Old Roman, Seated in a reclining mmm - TWELVE PAGES. chair, received them' personally and in a brief speech gave bis jarst utterances of a political nature for a year. They were im pressive and deeply- affected the visitors from the fact that the health of Judge Thurman is .presirious. He is unable to get about, rheumatism having deprived him of the use of his lower limbs. His mind,, however, remains unimpaired, and to-night Jie spoke wittvthe same force and eloquence that distinguished him in the Senate. "The old man feels grateful for your re membrance," said Judge Thurman. "I am more thai) glad to meet other members of the party, to which I hope we may all belong as long as God spares us breath." He expressed a confidence in the victory of the Democracy at the forthcoming national contest "I may be mistaken in the Demo cratic faith, but that faith must remain in me till I die. It may not be long, but it shall go with me to tne grave. The Demo cratic party has been my support In many crises in my life, for I believe It is the party which is best calculated to confer happiness on the general masses." QUAY IS A CANDIDATE. Bis Announcement Appears First tn an Armstrong County Paper. KniAwjroro, March ft IBpeeUO. The name of Senator M. S. Quay was to-day An nounced in the Bepubltcan as being before the people for- re-election, add as the-name of John Dalzellwas formally any nnrt tW tl,r will hn 7 f. money on both sides for legitimate .J' nttlrm nnmnaoi nnfl fla n. rfnnlfc the hustlf r-t-e j--i""""" "- nas oommenceo. Both Bides will make a hard fight to carry the county, as tbe people vote direct for Senator on the 26th of this month, and each desires the prestige of carrying the county, All local issues have been dropped, and other interests are forgotten in the general hurrah. CAMBBIA 70R CLXVXLA1ID. FattisonXs Only Second Choice of the Dem ocrats of the County, JoHXSTOWir.Maroh 9. SpeML At the meeting of the Democratic County Commit tee in Ebensburg to-day there was a large attendance and much interest manifested. The Democratic primaries were fixed for the first Saturday in Jane. Resolutions were passed indorsing Cleveland and Pattlson, and the six delegates to the State Conven tion were instrncted to snpport delegates to the National Convention who were for Cleveland first and Pattison second choice as President H. A. Englehart, M. A. Quartz, Joseph A Gray, P. C. Lewis, Philip Sloan and Barney Hagen were elected delegates to the State Convention. Hon. Ed T. McNellis will be a candidate for national delegate from this district. FB0HB3ITI0ir UP AGAIN. Iowa Republicans Trying to Get It Resub mitted to the People. Des Moines, March 9. To-day In the Lower House of the Legislature, the ques tion of resubmission of prohibition to a vote to the people came up, and tbe Repub licans favored it while the Democrats recommended indefinite postponement Re submission carried on a strict party vote. . -i Indiana Solid for Judge White. Indiana, Pa!, March 9. Special. A fall meeting of the Indiana county bar to day unanimously indorsed Judge Harry White for Supreme Judge. The resolution indorsing Judge White was drawn up- and presented by J; Wood Clark, a member of the bar and a son of the late Judge Silas M. Clark, The county delegates to the State Convention are solid for Judge White. Republican Gains in New York. Aububn, N. X, March 9. Conquest and Snmmerhill, two towns in which a tie oc curred at the last election, held an election yesterday. Conquest eleeted a Republican supervisor by 40 majority, and Snmmerhill a Prohibitionist by 2 majority, Tbe board complete now stands: 21 Republicans, 8 Democrats and 1 Prohibitionist, a Repub lican gain of eight members. State League to Meet September 28. Williamsport, March 9. George S. Lenhart, of tbis city, a member of the Ex ecutive Committee of the Republican State League, announces. that after consultation with President John B. Robinson and Re cording Secretary William 'Linn, of the League, the date for the League Convention has been fixed for Wednesday, September 28. A MARCH BLIZZARD. Schools Closed, Trains Stopped and Busi ness Suspended in Minnesota A Violent Change Telegraph Wires Prostrated in Kansas A. Drop of 20 Degrees. St. Paul. March 9. Yesterday the weather in this State and throughout the Northwest was balmy and springlike; to-day has been raging the worst blizzard for years. The howling gale, with heavy, drift ing snow, was reported last night from Wis consin, Minnesota and the Dakotas, and to night the blizzard continues with unabated fury, while the mercury is away down. Business has been prantically suspended throughout the Northwest Schools and the street car service in this city and elsewhere are closed, trains are delayed or abandoned and a general paralysis of everything bas resulted. Several trains were abandoned or held in proteeted localities because the officials feared they would be blown from the track if started out in the blizzard. Communication has been cut off to a large extent by wire. The Weather Bureau an nounces that the storm will probably con tinue until to-morrow night. A dispatch from Kansas City says: A terrific wind storm has been raging here for the last 24 hours and Btill continues. The storm began at 3 o'clock this morn ing and was accompanied by a rapid fall in the thermometer, the mercury dropping from 60 to 30. The weather has been clear with no snow or rain, but the wind bas blown at tbe rate of 47 miles an hour. The storm prevails with equal force through Kansas, and telegraphic service is seriously interrupted. TWO STARTLING ABDUCTIONS.' One a Politician's Boy, Held for a Bansom, tbe Other Taken by a Relative. Shamokin, Pa, March 9. It has leaked out that Frank A. Strautser, son of Captain F. O. Strausser, a prominent Grand Army man and Republican politician, has been ab ducted by tramps. On Washington's Birth day the boy showed his father the initials' F. S. tsttoed on his arms, he said by a tramp. Next day Captain Strausser went to a veteran encampment at Pittsburg, and on returning last Friday learned that the boy had not been seen since Ms father left By advice of a detective the disappearance was kept a secret, and It Is believed that the boy is being held for ransom. A Sumneytown. Pa, special says that Katie Pflnger, the adopted daughter of Jacob Kooker, was called from school by a young man of 18 to-day and forced into 'a carnage by two women accompanying U wbA flmv. its at -a Bantd t atr ward boarding a train for Norristown. It Is believed the abduction was planned by a relative whom the child had not seen for 11 years. A WILKINSBUR6 BOY FIRED TH SHOT THAT KILLED A B. ft O, PIBKHAN. A Strange Scene In Jail The Aged Fathers of Murderer and Victim Meet There A Plea of Self-Defense Pittsburg Xgal Talent Engaged. Somebset, Pa, March 9. fipecfci It was diicovered.here to-day that the young flagman, Elvin. Fuhrer, who shot and in stantly killed a fireman named Michael Niland, on a Baltimore and Ohio engine at Yoder's siding, last Tuesday night, and sup posed to be a resident of one of the South ern States, is a native of Wilkinsburg, near Pittsburg, where his father, John P. Fuhrer, is a well-known and respected blacksmith. His father came here to-day and had a talk with his son in the county jaiL While they were talking the father of the mur dered man, Michael Niland, of Connells ville, was also admitted to the prison cor ridor. -The scene presented a strange con trast The elder Fuhrer is a stalwart six footer, while Niland's. father is very much undersized; is about 70 years of age, and speaks with a distinct brogue. The parents were introduced by the Sheriff, and -ordially shook hands. 1 J 111 . 1 1 L 1L- ! A?V " WOUld like tO . wuuiu uabiu juos. av me prisuuer, iHfi ,.rQ , - man," responded the. Sheriff, . '" I. '.To f;, -"Fuhrer. r. Mr. -to,. oner's - '& 7 .V. .U.V. uw ..- ' J ment and then re- marked ' y ,e a job of it, didn't yon' There was silence for a moment and then he, continued: "Can't vou speak can't you say you are sorry for what you have done?" "Answer the man's question," com manded the elder Fuhrer sternly. "I don't understand him," replied the prisoner, turning away. "I said you made a t good job of it," re- peated Niland. "You are an old man," said the prisoner, "and I don't want to insult you." Then turning to the Sheriff he said: "Sheriff, I wish you would take this man away. I don't want to be taunted by him." "Are you not sorry?" reiterated the elder Niland. "I shot your son and I am very sorry for it," replied the prisoner; "but I had to de fend myself." And again he asked the Sheriff to take tbe man away. "Well," said the old man as he started to leave the jail corrider. "You have done me all the harm you could. You killed my son, aud you came from a country where you have killed1 many other men." Mr. Fuhrer to-day retained ex-Judge Baer to defend his son, and it is likely that Thomas M. Marshall, of Pittsburg, will as sist him. The plea will be that Fuhrer shot in self-defense. He claims that Niland came at him with a coal pick upraised, and he is satisfied he meant to kill him. Tbe sympathy of tbe upper class of railroad men is with the prisoner, and they are very severe in their criticisms of the engineer in charge the night the tragedy took place, for not Interfering in the quarrel between the two men before blood was shed. HEROIC REMEDIES. Iron Manufacturers Shutting Down or Re ducing Employes' Wages. Noebistown, March 9. Hoover's large mill was shut down this forenoon for an in definite period. Over 250 iron workers are thrown oat of employment Mr. Hoover said, in answer to a question, that the mill had been closed on account of overproduc tion, and he could not state when it would resume. The pipe works will, however, be run for a short time, or at least as long as they have anything to do, but it Is antici pated that there will shortly be a suspension in that department A placard has been posted at McHose & Son's blast furance, giving notice ot a re duction in the wages of employes from 10 per cent down. The employes, said one of them to-day, considered the matter and con cluded that tbe rents and provisions being so high they could not live at the reduced wages, and informed the firm of their action. It is feared that if the new schedule is ad hered to there will be a strike. AFTER THE READING'S SCALP. The Governor to Proceed Against the man agers Civilly and Criminally. HAEKISBUEO, March 9. Special. It Is stated here to-night on what is said to be good authority, that the Governor to-day declared confidentially to a friend that it is his intention to proceed both civilly and criminally against the managers of the Reading deal, and that he will insist that the legal fight shall be vigorously con tended. A dispatch from Reading says: Petitions addressed to Governor Pattison are being circulated for signature in the Schuylkill Valley asking him to frustrate the plans of the Reading Railroad Company in carrying ont the proposed railroad deal and forming a monopoly of the coal interests. t BLAINE IS MUCH BETTER. His Fever Is Gone and He Blay Be at Work Again Next Week. Washington, March 9. Special Secretary Blaine was better to-day. His fever had almost disappeared aud he was less reitless. By direction of his physician no visitors are permitted to see him, and he bas not, during all the Bering Sea corre spondence of the past few days, been even advised that it had assumed an acute phase. His friends hope that with absolute rest Mr. Blaine may be able to resume his offi cial duties next week. ELZCTE00UTI0N IN DANGEB. A Bill in tbe New York Legislature Pro fides for Return to Hanging. ALBAinr, N. Y., March a SvectaL The Assembly Committee on Codes has agreed to report favorably the bill of As semblyman Stein, amending tbe capital punishment act of the State. The bill does away with the electrical chair and substitutes hanging. The bill is reported without amendment TBIS HOBNIXG'S KEWS. Buttled. . Page. Canada and England Warned 1 Alger Positively a Candidate - 1 The New Appropriation Ordinance 1 Congressman Stone Attacks Barrlsoa.... 3 A Destructive Factory Fire a Editorial and Miscellaneous A Gossip From Washington , 4 Kaeley's Cure Not a Failure 5 XJveryHenand Bapid Transit. 8 The Tariff Fight Opened 7 Real Estate Bargains 7 News of Nearby Towns 8 Events in Sporting Circles 8 The European Cable News 9 The Bering Sea Correspondence. 9 Sarah AltheaHlll Is Crazy u 9 County Court Proceedings 10 The OU Scout's Field BeorU 18 Iiva Stock aad Other Markets.. ...a .11 ,WcmoPsISWop'3fUUQSalzes.........l3 New Law for Peddlers..... U CHANCES EVERY DAY. The Far Sale nlnuu rTke Dispatch every day tell orppr tHBltles ftr paying lavestmeHt.. Do yon read them ? THREE CENTS. AFTER AJTBUGGLE The Finance Committee Pre pares an Appropriation Ordinance, and It GOES TO COUNCILS TO-DAY. Opposition Members Will Fight for Various Amendments. TAX KATE FIXED AT 12 MILLS. Expected That $400,000 Trill Be DeriTed From Liquor Licenses. THE CUT U BIGEL0TV3 ESTIMATES A rather unexpected meeting of the Fin ance Committee was held yesterday after noon in the City Attorney's office, at which the appropriation ordinance presented by the sub-committee was approved without amendment As announced by The Dis patch a week ago, the ordinance fixes the tax rate at 12 mills, cuts down the business tax rate and takes $185,000 from Chief Bigelow's estimate for his department Chief Brown's general estimate for the Fire Bureau is cut down 31,500, but 30,000 of the money is applied to new engine houses in the Twenty-seventh, Thirty-first and Thirty-fifth wards, which were ordered by ordinances passed in 1890, but ignored in last year's appropriations. Special meetings of both branches of Council have been called for this afternoon to take action on the ordinance as recom mended. Yesterday's committee meeting was of the star chamber variety. The only voting member not present out of the 15 comprising the committee was A. C Rob ertson. Controller Morrow, the clerk, was absent, but gave as a reason therefor that lie had only been notified halt an hour before the meeting hour, and was prevented by a previous engagement from heing present Not Adopted Without Opposition. Considerable opposition was offered to several items in the ordinance by Messrs. MacGonigle, Binder; Paul, Anderson and Bigham, and on the final vote to affirma tively recommend there were six negative votes. The ordinance was considered piece meal, each'item being voted on separately. The Public Safety Department was consid ered first, and the Southside members, Messrs. Paul, Binder, Wallace and Donley, who had come to demand their new engine houses, were pacified when it was found the sub-committee had provided for them. The first real opposition offered was when the street rspaving schedule was reached. Mr. MacGonigle wanted an amendment re ducing this appropriation from' 359,600 to 250,000, but was voted down. When the park appropriation was taken up Mr. Mac Gonigle moved that it be reduced from 5307,000, the committee's figures, to 100, 000, being ablr seconded by Messrs. Binder and Paul. This motion was voted dowu and MacGonigle then moved to make it 160,000 and then 200,000, but was out voted each time after numerous speeches on both sides of the question. A Change for Liquor Dealers. Mr. Donley took the floor when the busi ness tax item was reached. The sub-committee had not filled in this item but had recommended that the general business tax be reduced from one mill to a half mill, and to place liquor dealers on a par with other business men at the same rate. Mr. Donley urged that the tax be abolished entirely. "If von won't take it away entirely," he said, "do, in justice name, take it off the saloon keepers. They pay the city 900 each under the new license law and it is outrageous to ask them to pay another cent." Rut Mr. Donley's efforts, aided though they were by W. A. Magee and several others, had no effect, and the recommenda tion of the sub-committee was adopted. In the consideration of the street repaving schedule there was a good deal of kicking among those of the Councilmen present who had promised their constituents to have certain thoroughfares in their wards re paved, but had been left off the list When a motion to recommend the ordinance en tire was offered the nays rolled out so strong that Chairman Magee put the question a Second time before he felt justified in de ciding the motion carried. After the meeting some of the members who opposed the amendment were indig nant Said Robert McGonigle: Against the Park Appropriation. "I consider the amount appropriated for parks outrageous, and that for repaving nearly as'bad. I offered amendments until I was ruled out ot order, and now I'll see how many of those who have been talking against this appropriation will stand by me at the Council meeting to-morrow. I have no doubt the ordinance will be passed unan imously in Select Council, but there will be some opposition in the Common branch, and it may be we can get in some amend ments, though I am not over sanguine. Chairman Magee won't be able to say, as he did last year when I objected to the park appropriation, that I should have made my objections in the committee meeting. I made them in committee, and I will em phasize them in Council to-morrow." Mr. Binder was also loud in his denun ciation of the park appropriation, saying: "I would not care so much if they gave the Southside a show,-but it seems they want to buy all the vacant fields in the East End for parks. It's not fair. They think be cause tbe Southside gets 100,000 a year for a free bridge she don't need anything else." President Ford seemed to think the or dinance as amended was all right Ford on tbe Low Tax Bate. "The people get a low tax rate," he said, "lower than in most other cities in the country, and that is about all the average taxpayer cares for. I was opposed to allow ing more than 200,000 for parks until I consulted with the balance of the sub-committee and saw the necessity for the im provement The plans Chief Bigelow has in mind will put the parks in such shape this year that it will not cost so much for them in future years." A. F. Keating, who is largely credited with the planning of the ordinance ax it came from the sub-committee, after the meeting last night said: "I think the peo ple should be satisfied with this ordinance. We give them a tax rate of 12 mills, which will net only 180,000 more in taxes than was raised by last year's levy. Then the reduction in the business tax, if the busi ness returns are the same as last year, will :3p A -V, Ksk x v .K ,. -V4. , J(ilMj!!ilaSiW,? . . T i-"I &ss.wb.? z&Si&XESE&Qgesffi t
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