THE PITTSBUKGr DUSFATUH. JfKLUAX, AFKLL. .' lOTH
TARIFF WITH TODDY.
Eather Peculiar Mixture in the
House That Made a Merry Time.
THE FBEE WOOL BILL IS PASSED.
It Glides Throneh on a Tote of 194 to 60,
After All the Talk,
AND COTTON BAGGING IS TOW OX .DECK
"Washixctos-, April 7. Tariff and in
ternal revenue consumed the time of the
ITonse to-day. Tariff had the right of way,
and after a fine speech from Mr. "Wilson, of
West Virginia, who won his spurs and repu
tation as one of the clearest-headed men in
the House when he advocated the Mills bill,
the free wool bill was dispatched on its
journey toward the Senate. The cotton tie
train was about to set in motion when the
internal reyenuc came in and compelled it
to take a siding. It came in with Mr.
Tunston, of Kansas, acting as switchman.
A Xew York temperance paper had seen fit
to publish the names of certain Senators
and Representatives, who, the correspond
ent averred, were accustomed to indulge in
intoxicating drinks in the House and Sen
ate restaurants. Much amusement was oc
casioned, as one after another ot the mem
bers alluded to rose and denied the soft im
peachment or pleaded guilty to the charge.
Put it was not a laughing matter with Mr.
Funston, and his denunciation of the corre
spondent was so vigorous that he was
greeted with hisses from the galleries.
Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, submitted the
minority report on the Bockwell-Noyci
contested election case. Bills were re
ported to make Laredo, Tex., a sub-port of
entry, and to authorize the Continental
Bridge Companv to construct abridze across
the Bio Grande river at or near Browns
ville, Tex
Final Speech on the Free "Wool BUI.
The House then proceeded with the free
wool bill, Mr. Wilson, of "West Virginia,
taking the floor to close the debate. He said
the absence of Mr. Springer at this time
as due to his untiring energy and un
swerving industry in the close application
given to the tariff measures, for which he
had paid the penalty of a dangerous illness.
He also complimented Mr. Breckinridge on
his speech delivered yesterday, which had
covered many points he had Intended to
make to-day.
Standing in the second aisle on the Demo
cratic side and speaking without notes, Mi.
"Wilson made an arraignment of the princi
ples of protection, and was frequently ap
plauded by his coileasues, who paid close
attention to his remarks. He premised his
speech with an allusion to the illness of the
distinguished Chairman of the Committee
oa "Ways and Means. That illness, he said,
had been due to his conscientious industry
in framing this bill and his tireless efforts
to become acquainted with all the facts
hearing upon lL He (Mr. "Wilson) did not
possess the same equipment: as had been
obtained by the gentleman from Illinois. It
iras not his purpose to review in detail the
alreadv much debated provisions ot this I
oni. xne reason tor me Dili, we aetense ol
it. the benefits of it, bad all been stated
with a vigor and force that he couldnot pos
sibly equal. Xeither was it his purpose to
make a comparison of the conflicting sys
tems of taxation that were now struggling
for a mastery in the land. He could at
tempt only to use the pending measure as a
text for some criticism of the existing law.
Closing Speech by Mr. Wilson.
Mr. "Wilson then proceeded to criticise
the McKinley law and to ridicule the man
ner in which it vas formulated. In conclu
sion Mr. "Wilson said:
There Is irreat exaggeration, here ana"
everywhere, as to the character or foreign
labor. I read a few days ago a statement
made by Mr. Butterworth. of Ohio, that he
clliliiently looked for this pauper labor or
Kuiope wherever he was In Europe last
summer. In Germany, in Belgium, in Hol
land, he looked for it and did not find it. If
lie had looked for It in the fields of the
planters, if he had looked for it in the fields
of the farmers, if lie had looked for it in the
fields of the wheat growers. If lie had gone
further and looked in the fields of the cotton
growers he would have found that Dauner
labor.
Gentlemen, compare the condition of the
people of England with the condition of the
people or this country a country that, until
a few years ago, almost in the days of our
lathers, was hidden from the knowledge of
the people of those older worlds. Here,
while they were exhausting their fields, the
mold in our agricultural valleys was deep
ening. Here, while they were exhausting
their mines, ours were lying undisturbed In
the mountains. Here, while they were ex
hausting their forests, not the sound ot an
ax broke the silence of the woods. And now,
when there is let into this country but a
handful of people, so to speak, the most in
telligent, tho most enterprising, the best
educated people ot the world, a pcoulo that
have brought with them to this country all
the knowledge, all the science, all the
inventions, all the tools, all the capacity for
freli-government. and all the blessed In
fluences of the Christian religion, when they
aie let loose in this great country, extend
ing from sea to sea, rich, untouched, unex
hausted, unexplored, you come here and
elsewhere and say that we owe our greater
prospeiity, our better opportunities tor nse
lulness, our higher wages, our better condi
tions in everv respect not to the bounty of
Almighty God in giving us such a country,
not to the wisdom and sacrifice or the
fathers in giving us free institutions and
equal laws, not to the enterpilso and intelli
gence of our own people, but to a poor little
mo-bv-six law ot Congiess, madebyyour
sU cs in the way I have indicated.
How the Members TVent on He cord.
intended to affect the primaries in his dis
trict. Laughter. He denied that he had
ever drunk intoxicants within the Capitol,
produced the affidavit of the proprietor of
the House restaurant to that effect, and de
nounced the correspondent of the Voice cs a
liar.
Mr. Camming!, of New York, whose name
was also published, said that at the time the
article was written he was sick In his room.
Undoubtedly at some time the correspond
ent had seen him drinking a decoction
knows as "cold tea," to which he had been
Introduced by Senator Edmunds.
Mr. Scott, of Illinois, whose name was
on the blacklist, denounced the author of
the article as an unmitigated and malicious
liar.
Some of the Members Confess.
Mr. Fellows, of New York I whh to say
on behalf of the correspondent of the Votce
that he is right in one instance. I am
guilty. Laughter.
Mr. Fitch I declare myself guiUy with
Colonel Fellows.
Mr. Millikin So far as I am concerned,
it is absolutely false.
Mr. Hatch, of Misssouri, thought it was
due to the House that the nameB of the
Senators and the Representatives men
tioned who were not present, or had not
spoken, should be expunged lrom the
Record.
Mr. Cockran, of New York, who was one
ot the gentlemen alluded to, regretted that
the motion had been made. It was not his
practice to pay any attention to articles of
this kind, or to dignify them by referring to
them. Enough had been said on the sub
ject, and the matter should be allowed to
drop into the oblivion to which it belonged.
Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, moved to ex-
Sunge the whole letter from the Record, and,
espite Mr. Funston's protest, this motion
was carried. Then Mr. Funston, rising to a
question of privilege, said that this action
of the House left his remarks without any
thing to rest upon. In immeasurable terms,
and in language more forcible than polite,
he denounced the correspondent of the
Voice, and called upon decent correspondents
to kick him out ot town.
Sex If ot at All an Excuse.
Mr. Lewis, of Mississippi, suggested that
the corespondent was a woman.
Mr. Funston It makes no difference
whether she Is a lady or a street walker. I
am standing here in my own defease.
Hisses in the gallery.
Mr. "Wheeler, ot Alabama, made the point
of order that the gentleman should not use
such language on the floor of this House,
Mr. Funston said that he was informed
that the correspondent was not a woman.
He had been told the name of the man who
wrote the article. Mr. Funston then took
his seat amid more hisses.
The House then went into committee of
the whole, Mr. Blount, of Georgia, in the
chair, on the Turner cotton bagging bill.
After a short debate the committee rose.
Mr. "Wheeler, of Alabama, rising to a
question of privilege, offered a resolution,
declaring that it was due to the dignity and
good name ot the House of Representatives
that the remarks made by Mr. Funston to
day relative to a woman should be ex
punged from the Record.
Mr. Burrows asked the gentleman to with
hold his resolution. He was assured by the
gentleman from Kansas that anything that
could be criticised would be eliminated
from the Record.
Mr. "Wheeler said that with that assur
ance he would allow the resolution to lie
upon the table for the present. The House
then adjourned.
Stewart Rises to an Explanation.
After the routine morning business in the
Senate to-day, a resolution was offered by
Mr. Teller, and agreed to, calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for a statement as
to the amount of silver offered to the Gov
ernment each month since the passage of
the act of July 14, 1890; by whom and at
what prices the amount ot silver bullion
purchased each month of that time; from
whom and what prices and the number of days
given the sellers in which to deliver the
silver. The Senate then proceeded
to the consideration of the bill mak
ing appropriations for the expenses of
the government of the District of Columbia.
"While the bill was under consideration Mr.
Stewart made a personal explanation on the
subject of an article in yesterday's New
York Evening Foil, containing a list of
mortgages made to him in Alameda, Cal,
whereon there was an obligation that pay
ment should be in gold coin. These mort
gages, he said, had resulted from sales of
property at auction through a firm of
brokers in San Francisco. The mortgages,
he presumed, were drawn up in the usual
blanks, which contained an obligation to
pay in gold. He had never seen them, but
he had no doubt that that was the case. It
arose lrom "what was known as the "Pacific
contract law," passed in 1863, which was
still in force there and under which the
gold standard had been maintained there
during the war.
Won't Do Anything of the Kind Again.
Mr. Hale hoped the Senator would see to
it that no such thing should take place in
the future. Mr. Stewart promised to do so.
and added that he would be glad to be paid
in any kind ot money. He had always been
opposed to the Pacific contract law, whica
he thought had operated to the great detri
ment ot the Pacific coast. He reneated that
his brokers had drawn up the mortgages in
the usual way, and that he was not respon
sible for that.
The bill to place wool on the free list, and
to reduce the duty on woolen goods, was
received from the House; the wool bill was
laid before the Senate by the Vice Presi
dent, and was referred to the Finance Com
mittee. The Senate, alter a short executive
session, adjourned.
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
A Commercial Agency for the First
Time Is Held Liable for
FALSE EEPORT TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Statistics Showing- tho Growth of Iron
Business in the South.
FIRES, FAILURES AND RAILWAY KEWS
israelii. TELIGRAK TO TUB DI8FATCII.
New York, April 7 Some time ago the
City National Bank, of Birmingham, Ala.,
began a suit in the United States Circuit
Court against the commercial agency of It.
G. Dun & Co. to recover 55.2G4 43 lost on
drafts, which the bank discounted for "W.
A. Kitts, a lumber merchant of Oswego,
on alleged false representations concerning
the credit and financial standing of Kitts,
furnished the Commercial Agency by S. B.
Burchard) the representative.
The case was decided yesterday after a
three days' trial before Judge Shipman and
a jury. The jury was out 15 minutes and
found a verdict for the full amount claimed,
including interest, which aggregated
55,392 26. This is the first case in which
any commercial agency has been held liable
for a false report sent out to a subscriber.
In all previous cases of a similar kind the
agency has been relieved of all responsibility.
Judge Shipman, in his, charge, told the
jury that the plaintiff could not recover un
less the jury was satisfied that Burohard
made the representations fraudulently, and
that the defendants were not responsible
for any negligence on the part of Burchard
in obtaining the information upon which
the representations were made.
who has a general contract for loading and
unloading vessel at the principal doolcg, to
to pay union wages, SS cents an hour, in
stead of SO cents. Forty thousand men
would go out and tie up ail the shipping ol
the lakes in oase of a strike,
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
A rehewai of the Canadian Paetflo strike
is threatened.
Atcbisox gross earnings for March (ap
proximated), including St. Loui and San
Francisoo, $3M93; Increase, $78,519.
Aw injunction obtained by the grocers of
Wichita, Kan., against the railroads, on the
freight-rate question, has been dissolved.
The Lehigh Valley shops at Easton, Pa.,
will be closed three days a week until
further notice. Tho shops employ 600 men.
The Southern Pacific Company has notified
its conductois to dishonor all tickets issued
by the Santa Fe, sold at San Diego or Los
Angeles.
The transfer or the Blue Line Electrio
Ballroad at Newark, O., owned by Judge
Altgelt, of Chicago, was made last night to
the Newark and Granville Electrio Com
pany for $100,000. Connections will be made
to make it a belt line system.
The Clover Leaf Line, otherwise the To
ledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Bailroad,lias
almost completed arrangements for new
terminals in St. Louis. Heretofore the road's
terminals have been in East St. Louis, traffic
across the river being taken care of on the
Eads bridge. It is said that within a few
months the L. and N. and O. and M. will also
cross to St. Louis pioper.
A conraREircE of the lines operating be
tween St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul will
be held Saturday at Chicago to further con
sider the question of the application of the
lowest short-line passenger rates from Texas
points to St. Paul by way of St. Louis and
Chicago. At present the rates by these roads
are from $4 to $5 higher than those by the
more direct lines, although the difference in
time and servico is all in their favor.
HUNDREDS OF HOMES
Soon to Be Founded in Two'Newlj
Opened Indian Reservations!
NEW ADVEKT1SEMKXTS.
SISSETON TO BE FIRST SETTLED.
Boomers on the Oklahoma Border
Their Hopes Deferred.
Have
THE SCENES ON THE BOUNDARY LINE
THE FIRE RECORD.
THE SOOTH'S IB0JT BECOBtt
Statistics of Growth Presented by the IT. S.
Commissioner of Labor.
Nashville, April 7. Hon. Carroll D.
"Wright, United States Commissioner of
Labor, arrived in this city to-day from
"Washington. This evening he delivered an
address at Watkins' Institute on the pro
gress of the Southern States from 1880 to
1890, in the course of which he said:
Tho Southern States in 1S70 produced bnt
164,540 tons of nig iron; in 18S0, 397,301 net
tons; in jeso-si. vtu.yua not tons of pig iron ore
were produced. In steel the South lias not
yet made much progress, m 18S0 the num
ber of net tous was 4,330 and in 1S90 184,825.
This is a most encouraging outlook, and be
speaks tor the South a steel industry in the
future of which she will be proud. The
average co or pig Iron in the noithern
part or the United States is for run of fur
nace about $14 per ton of 2.240 pounds, while
In the South the averaze cost of run of fur
nace pig iron is $10 75. This difTeienreof
$3 25 in favor of the Southern product will
be increased to a larger amount as labor in
the South improves its standard of living,
and the development of coal and iron min
ing and transportation Increases the facili
ties for assembling the materials. Tennes
see produced 47,873 tons of pig lion for the
year ending Mav 31, 18S0, while for the year
enuujg uune, xcuv, fine uroauceu zyj,i4 tons.
Herpercentage of the total production in
the United States in 1880 was 1.27, while in
1890 the percentage had Been increased 3.04.
TO PREVENT GRAIN FRAUDS.
Stringent Legislative Enactments Ttecom
mended by the Minnesota Investigators.
St. Paul, April 7. The Legislative Com
mittee that for the past year has been in
vestigating the alleged frauds in the grain
inspecting department of this State, whereby
the producers were alleged to have been
defrauded out of many thousands
of bushels of wheat, has finally
finished its work and to-day prepared its
final report. The summary or the testimony
has heretofore been given. Its lecommen-
aations to tne next .Legislature, to which
the report will be made officially,
are in general that a law be passed
tending to the greater protection of
the producing and shipninir interests of the
State. Its more specific recommendations
are that all railroad companies be re
quired to maintain the track scales at all
f mints and at a reasonable charge; that pub
ic warehouses be made to keep a
record of outstanding warehouse re
ceipts and of wheat In bins, that the next
Legislature consider the advisability of pro
viding for the erection bv the State of a pub
lic elevator contiguous to deep water,
in which Minnesota grain be stored without
mixing the different grades; that the
next Legislature, by memorial to Congress
or otherwise, seek to counteract the evil in
fluence of wheat gamming at Chicago and
other great grain centers; that public ele
vators be required to construct scales and
weigh grain upon tho ground floor betoie
the grain is elevated: that tho unloading of
cars may be under tho supervision of tho
State weighers, and that under no considera
tions should screenlnss be shipped out of
publio elevators without weighing and Inspection.
At Keifer, O., Marshall McDonald's store.
Loss. $3,000; Insurance, $2,000.
At Dennison, Tex., X. M. Shorbonme's
business house. Caspar's United States
clothing stole was damaged. Loss, $25,000;
insurance, $5,500. Incendiarism oharged.
At Pullman, III., the Market Hall, which
originally cost the town $30,000. Total loss,
$53,000. Many stall keepers lost small
amounts. Cause, an overturned pan of hot
giease.
At Austin, Mich., K. J. Jones' Hotel and
barn, Loven & Stevens' general store, F. W.
Andrews' printing house, L. H. George'a
meat market, the Odd Fellows' Hall, G. A B.
Hall and A. A Lavnne's dwelling. Loss,
$20,000; insurance, $3,000.
At Halbertstown, a Hebrew settlement
near MUlville, N. J., a forest fire did great
damage to cut wood and standing timber.
The fire was caused by a crowd or Italians
burning the grass in an old field, Hayes'
fatm. A large lot of cordwood, owned by
Hon. B. F. Lee, of Trenton, was stocked near
bv awaiting tiansportatlon, and it fell a prey
to the flames. Mr. Lee is the principal
loser.
At the conclusion of Mr. "Wilson's re
marks he vi as heartily applauded and re
ceived the warm congratulations of his
party colleagues. The vote was then taken
on the passage of the bill, and the bill was
passed yeas 194, nays 60 as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Abbott. Alexander. Allen, Amer
ican. Audrew. Arnold. Bacon. K!ler. Baker,
liankhead, Barwlfr. Herman, Beltznoorer. Bent-lej-,
Blauchard, Bland, Blount, Bowman. Branch.
Breckenrldffe (Kr.). Brttx. Brtckner, Broot-i-iilre.
Brown. Brunner, Bryan, Buchanan (Va.l,
Bullock, Bunting. Busey. Buslinell, Butler,
Bvniim, Byrnes, Cable, Cadmus, Camlnettl, Ca
ruth. Came. Calchlngs. Cate. Csnser. Chlpman.
Olincy. Clarke (Ala.). Clover, Cobb (Ala ). Cobb
(Mo.). Coburn, Cochran. Coolldfre. Coombs.
Cowles, Cox (Tenn.). Cralr Craln. Craw.
ford. Crosby. Culberson, Cummlugs. Davis.
Dearmond, Deforest, Dlckcrson. Dixon,
Donovan. Dungmn. DunpbT, Dnrborow.
Edmunds. Elliott. Ellis, Finnish. Enloc. Eoes.
y verett. Fellows, Fitch. Flthian. Forney, Fowler
Fjan. Gantz, Gcarv, beissrnhalner, Goodnltht,
Gorman, Grady, irreenleaf. Hall. UallowclL
Halvoron. Hamilton, Hare. Harries. Harter
Hatch. Hayes, Haynes. Heard.HeuinhllL Hender
son (N. C). Hernert. Hear, Holinan. Hooker
(Miss.), Houk (O.).. Johnstone (s. CO, Kein.
Kilrorv. KHbbles. h.vle. Lane, Lauliam. Lawson
tVa ). Lawson (Ga.). Lester (Oa ), Lewis, Little.
Lmngston, Lockwoort. Lung, Ljncli. .Mallorr
Martin. JIcAIeer. McClellau, McCrearv. McGaun.
JlcKalR. JIcKelKhan.McKluney.McMlllln,Mcltea
Merdotn. Merer. Mitchell. Montgomery, Moore
Miitchler. Xewberry. Xorton. O'Velli (Mass.)'
O'Neill (Mo.). Oulhwaite. Pare (Md.), Farrett
Patterson (Tenn.), Patton, Paynter, Pearson
PeiL Pendleton. Price, Keillv. Richardson,
.Robertson, Rockwell. Busk. Sayers, fccott. Scer-
ley, bliell. Mliveiv, aiinpson, snow, bperrv,
cwYens, otenara iiti.i. aicntti
PHILADELPHIA'S PRIDE,
k.s
Tar:
(Tex.). -tone
(Kv.), Mout. fctump. Tarsner. Terry, 'niluiau.
Tucker. Turner, vanhorn. Ii-inur
.. t . ,. . n-...i , , ... -
asmnirujii. ti atbun, iiroum. , iiCT-ier lAia.
J racy.
hinirtoii. Watson, eaaock, Wheeler (Ala.).
Wheeler (Mich.). W hlle. Wlke, William. (S. C).
Williams tilt. ). Wilson (Mo.), Wilson (W. Va.l.
"tt !. Youmans lit.
Nas-Messrs. Babbitt. Bartinc, Bciden, Bel
knap. Berpen, lloutelle,Bocrs,BroslU6,Buchanaa
(N. J.). Clark (Wyo ). Curtis. Cuttlncr, Dlntler,
Tlick. Funston. Grout, Harmer, Haugen, Hender
son (111 ). Herman. Hltt, Hopklus (Pa.). Hopkins
(111 ). Hutr. Hull. Johnson (Ind.), Johnson (N.
D ), Jollev. Ketcham. Lodge. Loud. Miller, Mllli
keu, O'Donnell. O'Neill (Pa.), ot's. Pcrkli.s.
Pjcklcr, Post. Powers, Quackenhush, lta). Key
bnni. Kirc. Itobinsou, Sx-iiU, Shonk. Smith. Ste
phenson. CW. Stone. V. A. btone. fetorer. bwett,
.7. D. Tavlor, Townseud, Wadsworth, talker,
cacr, VIlon (Wash.), Wrlght-flO.
A Kick Against a Correspondent.
Mr. Funston, of Kansas, rising to a ques
tion of privilege, sent to the clerk's desk
and had read an article published in the
New York Voice, which for ten minutes kept
the House in a whirlwind of laughter and
merriment The article, which is headed
"A Few of the Congressional Tipplers,"
goes on to mention the names of a dozen or
n.ore Senators and an equal number of Eep
rtcntatives, who at the Senate and House
restaurants have been seen indulging
m intoxicating liquors. His (Mr.
Fanston's) name was one of those men
tioned, and ho believed that the article was
The Jefferson Medical College to Erect a
8500,000 Structure
Philadelphia, April 7. At a meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the Jefferson
Medical College this afternoon the commit
tee having the matter in charge reported
that they had now secured in all
225 feet frontage ot land on Broad
street between Christian and Cath
erine streets, lor the new college buildln?.
mi Ml :u; i . , ...
.lug ucw uuuuuig iratn erected win cost In
the neighborhood of 5500,000, and will be
the finest and best adaped of their kind in
the country. Of the needed 7500,000 $35,
000 has already been subscribed.
The college has recently established full
professorship in chemical surgery, and Dr.
E. E. Montgomery has been elected to fill
the chair. In addition five clinical pro
fessorships have been instituted as follows:
Orthopaedic surgery, Dr. H. Augustus "Wil
son; children's diseases, Dr. E. E. Graham;
Dermatology, Dr. H. "W. Stelewaeen: nerv
ous diseases,Dr. F. X. Dercum, and adjunct
hygiene, Dr. "W. N. Scoplin.
Rival Governments In Samoa
SrDSTEY, N. a "W., April 7. Advices
received here from Samoa show that the
feud between King Malictoa and Chief
Mataafa grows more bitter daily, and that
the outbreak of war is probable. Mataafa
has started a rival government, composed of
chiels who still adhere to him.
Stolen Bank Property Recovered.
New York, April 7. William E. Carpenter,
charsed with stealing $32,100 In cash and
$19,970 in bonds from Dix & Phyfe, bankers,
by whom he had been employed for 16 years,
was formally arraigned In the Jeffeison Mar
ket Police Court to-day and 'held for trial.
Cnrpenter informed the rjollce where the
property was hidden and ft was recovered.
No mention was made In court of Oscar
Creamer, the temporary bookkeeper, who
devised and was principal in tho scheme of
robbing the firm. The latter is believed to
be on his way to Euiodc
Austria 31ay Shot Down on Emigration.
VnarNA, April 7. The military authori
ties propose that a bill be passed providing
stringent regulations to check the emigra
tion forever among youug men in large
numbers.
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For Insertion in the
SUNDAY DISPATCH.
On week days the office will remain
open until 0 r. m. as usual.
Prospec's Bright .For Olcott's Plan.
Xi.w York. April 7. There was a rush to
deposit Ittchmond Terminal securities
under the Olcott plan to-day, and the pros
pects of tho plan have materially bright
ened. In fact, it is now probable that a ma
jority of the Richmond Terminal secmities
will be deposited berote April H and that
the plan will then be declaied effective. If
this is done the syndicate will then be
called cm for Its subscriptions of $11,000,000,
and the progress of the reorganization will
be more rapid.
Montreal Elevators Glutted.
Moitteeal, April 7. All the agents along
the lines of the Central Pacific Railway have
been notified to accept no more grain for
storage in Montreal. There are almost
2,000,000 bushels stored in the elevators here
for the opening of navigation, and the ele
vators aie filled to their utmost capacity.
BUSINESS BREVITIES.
IT FAILED TO EXPLODE.
Forty Quarts or Kltro-Glycerlne Dropped
Into an OH Well bat Not Discharged
A Remarkable Incident The Canse of
the Failure a Mystery.
The eccentricity of nitro-glycerine was
never better displayed than at the Grover
Cleveland Oil Company's well on the Kelly
farm, last Tuesday. Since oil operators
first began to use the dangerous compound
to break np the sand rock in their wells, it
has given frequent instances of its treacher
ous qualities.
"Without apparently any cause, and when
shooters who were in charge of it believed
it to be safest, whole magazines have ex
ploded, leaving only holes in the ground.
At other times wagbns filled with it have
been overturned and the cans tossed
about, and dinged, bat it failed
to go off. "When it goes it gives no warn
ing, and the shooter always knows that in
case of an accident to his wagon he will
either come ont all right or his friends will
have to search carefully for remnants of
him. ,.( ,
The Kelly well is located about two miles
and a half southwest of McDonald. It had
been drilled to the fifth sand, but was dry
in that formation. Some oil was found in
the fourth sand, about 50 feet above the
fifth, and the owners decided to shoot it in
that stratum. The Acme Torpedo Com
pany was engaged to put in a 40-qnart shot
This was done, and the shooter announced
that the glycerine had been exploded.
There was agood deal of gas in the well.and
when the drillers let down the tools, to their
astonishment, the 1,200 pounds of iron
dropped without resistance to the bottom of
the hole. They then ran the bailer and
brought up over a bucket full of nitro
glycerine, which they dumped on the der
rick floor.
"Without waiting for orders they left the
derrick, shut down the well and went tn
McDonald. The torpedo company's shooter
went to the well anefput in a squib, ex
plodingthe elycerine which remained in the
bottom of the well. It was evident that
when the drillers ran the tools they had
pushed the 40 quarts of glycerine down
50 feet, and finally crushed the shell on
the bottom without exploding it.
It is the only time In the history of the
oil country that such a thing has occurred.
In many wells, when it was thought the
shot had gone off, the tools have been tun,
bnt in every case the explosion that fol
lowed made junk of the tools and ruined the
well.
St. Paul, April -7. Governor Mellette,
of South Dakota, to-day directed the Sheriffs
o Codington, Grant, Day, Marshall and
Boberts counties, which adjoin the Sisseton
reservation lands to be opebed next week,
to summon 100 each for a posse and take
charge of the Sisseton reservation when the
Government lets go at noon of th'e 15th.
They will be backed by the entire State
militia, and there are already on hand at
near Bowmansville, Minn., 200 or 300 regu
lar soldiers to keep order in that neighbor
hood, should the boomers seem likely to
come to blows over any of the large number
of choice claims.
The crowds continue to gather around the
boundary of the reservation in anticipation
of the rush for lands, and all have now
about learned that the first settlers of the
lands will take precedence of the filers. By
this addition of force from South Dakota,
with the further help of the regulars and
the large force of Indian police, it does not
seem that there will be anv trouble of a
serious nature.
Settlers Camping Ont in Wagons.
Settlers are arriving at Brown's Valley
by train loads and the number is increasing
daily. Hundreds are driving theit1 stock,
and the weather is so mild that they occupy
their covered wagons at night with no dis
comfort. The reported orooked dealings of the land
agents causes indignation among those who
desire to see the reservation occupied by
actual settlers. It is generally understood,
that Government agents have been at
Brown's Valley several days quietly in
specting the business methods of various
locatingfirms, and ate now at Watertown.
Interesting developments are expected
there and a general order defeating the aims
of the sharpers may be expected soon.
A dispatch from Kingfisher, O. T., says:
Since Judge SacKett left yesterday for
"Washihgton with duplicate reports of the
Indian allotments the report of delay in the
opening of the reservations has been con
firmed. It is not probable that the lands
will be opened fox- settlement before the
18th, and perhaps not beiore the 22d of
ApnL The delay was caused bv the fail
ure of the mail to get the reports to "Wash
ington soon enough to satisfy the Interior
Department, hence Sackett was wired to
report in person wlfh the allotments.
The Indians Get the Choice Acres.
The town sites are all surveyed, bnt the
surveyors from the western counties have a
long and difficult road to travel before their
reports can bo officially delivered. Maps
showing the Indian allotments have been
published and placed Ax sale here, and they
show that the Indians will control nearly
all the wood and water in the reservation
and the choicest land. Much dissatisfaction
is expiessed by all who have examined the
maps, and the "policy that gives the worth
less blanket Indians the best of the terri
tory after paying them for the land more
than it is worth" is loudly denounced, but
the mad rush still continues.
The nnmber of wagons coming in is
multiplied every day." The Bock Island
Ballroad, had it not extraordinary facilities,
would be blocked with the passenger and
freight traffic. Thousands of settlers,patent
medicine fakirs, gamblers,' thieves, confi
dence men and every conceivable class of
people are constantly arriving in considera
ble numbers. It is reported that the
thieves have been warned against danger
ahead, and their industry has been plied
with less damage to the public for the last
24 hours.
Prices of provisions, though slightly ad
vanced, are not unreasonably high, and the
vast crowds are mostly good-natnred and
making the best of the unexpected delay In
the opening of the reservation.
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The cotton crop of the Gulf coast in Mexico
is a failure.
KiToitrs are being made In Canada to form
a nickel trust.
The London wool market is advancln
the first time in months.
Vehmoxt has yielded only a quarter ci op
of maple sugar this season.
JlExicAXTnerehants have petitioned for a
tax on commercial travelers.
, TnE Alleone copper mine at Ked Jacket,
Mloh.,wIU shut down Saturday.probably for
ever. TV. H. BoTKiif.of Dallas, Tex., has assigned.
Stock on hand, $25,000; prefeircd ci editors.
Gebmait Government statistics show that
the trade with the Unitod States has largely
lallen off dining the year.
BnrrisH medical and horticultural papers
aro renewing their attacks upon American
and Canadian apples, because of an alleged
use of aisenlc in oichards.
The returns issued by the London Board
of Trade for March show that tho impoi ts
Increased j7.2iOOO0 and the exports de
cicased XlO.tOO.OO. as compared with those
for the corresponding month last ear.
Steps have been taken toward the organ
ization of a big sugar reflning company,
backed by not less than 100 of the leading
sugar- distributors of the country, with le
nnerics on Staten Island. Erastus Wlman
is taking an interest in the movement,
Gall, akdebsox & Co., wholesale lumber
merchants of Toronto, who recently ar
ranged a composition with their creditors.
uu .uGuuciicg uuuuie to carry out meir
agreement and have now made a complete
assignment. Liabilities, about! $160,000.
ChicaSo seamen's unions are agitating a
triko to compel Captain Alexander McKae,
Tho Pre sldent of the Nebraska Commission
Dismissed In Disgrace.
LcrroLN, Ueb., April T. For some
time there has been a disposition on the
part of the majority of the Nebraska
"World's Fair Commissioners to criticise the
action of President Strange, of the board.
Mr. Strange is the disbursing officer, but is
absent in Texas and has failed to make an
accounting as requested.
At to-day's session tho board declared the
office of President vacant, at the same time
instructing the Attorney General to insti
tute legal proceedings against Strange and
his bondsmen to compel a full and complete
accounting.
The Company Doesn't Stop to Secure a
Little Thing Like a Bight of Way.
South Bethlehem, Pa., April 7.
People were astounded this morning when
they awoke and learned that a street rail
way was being built in the town,
notwithstanding that no ordinance has
been passed by the Town Coun
cil giving the right to any companv to
occupy any street with a track. At day
break ah army of workmen began work on
the rocky road between the new street
bridge and Second street. The men were
employes of the Allentown and Bethlehem
Bapid'Transit Company. By noon all tho
ties along the entire street were laid and
about halt the slingers and rails were
placed.
Simultaneously with the breaking of the
ground, Mr. Sweitzer, Superintendent of
overhead construction, started his men at
digging holes for trolley poles. He said he
would finish to-morrow night. Cars will be
running to the corner of Second and New
streets by May 1.
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The Murderous Companions or Red Nose
Mike Get a Salty Dose.
PirrSTOir, April 7. News has been re
ceived here that Beverrino and Vilialia,
the two Italians concerned with Bed Nose
Mike in the murder of Paymaster McClure,
have been tried in Italy, where they fled
atter the murder, and found guilty. Bever
rino was sentenced to life imprisonment and
Vilialia to 20 years.
He Lertan Estate Vulu-d at S3.500 A Fnnd
lwl! Started.
Camdeit, N. J., April 7. The will of
"Walt "Whitman was admitted to probate to
day. The poet's entire estate, exclusive of
royalties from his writings, amounts
to' about 3,600. Of this sum $2,000 is
in cash, and the house and lot on
Mickle street where he lived is assessed
at $1,500. To relatives and friends "Whit
man bequests $2,850, and the balance of his
estate to his brother, Edward L. "Whitman.
An effort is to be made to raise by popular
subscription a sumcient sum to preserve
Hard Times in Old Mexico.
Corpus Chrjsti, Tex., April 7. Ac
cording to reports received from points on
the line of the Mexican National Bailroad
the cattle business is in a deplorable con
dition. Bones of hundreds of animals
which have died recently are being put in
huge piles at every station and stock are
dying of starvation. Crops in most places
are lost ior the year.
"Whitman's residence
will always be open
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