,f ' THE - HTTSBURGl DISPATCH." SUPTDAT APRHj 17. 189a UNSPOKENSPEECHES By tlie Ton Being Dumped Into the Congressional Becord Daily. NONSENSE EMNING BIOT While One Political Parly Keeps Even Willi Its Opponents. THE EMPTINESS OP THE TfiEASURY And Eome Peculiar Schemes TVorked to Avoid Paying Belts. A CABISET OFFICER BIG AS C0N8RESS fSPECIAL TELrRRArmC letter. Bureau or The Dispatch, J Washimjtos, D. C, .pril 16. The Congressional Hecord of this morning was a sight to delipjht the eyes of those members who are violently opposed to any curtailment of the privilege of "extending" remarks in that most extraordinary daily , newspaper of the world. The Republicans were trne to their threat, made on Thurs day, that if the chapters of Henry George's free trade work, "Protection and Free Trade," were not expunged, they would print in the JUcord whole books in faror of protection. The Hecord of this morning accordingly came out containing the entire contents of a pamphlet issued by the Protective Tariff Leairne, entitled 'Trom Plymouth Rock to McKinley," making 13 closely printed paes. Another protection effusion was made up ot extracts from the "Sew York Tribune in answer to a letter of Koswell G. Horr, and on the tree trade side there ap peared the three concluding chapters of Henry George's book which had not before been printed. Each of these innovations was attached to a speech supposed to have been delivered about two weeks ago, and which the speakers, Milliken, of Maine, Dollivcr, of Iowa, and Simpson, of Kansas, had the privilege of extending. Only One Rrsnlt Possible. Ot course, an abuse of the Becord in this manner can have but one result. It was begun by young members, who claimed they could not get recognition for the speeches they desired to make. It will be continued by old members, who can get all the time they want, lor the purpose of bringing about a reform of the expensive abuse of leading tip the Iiccord with speeches that were never made, epic poems which could secure pi.blication in no other way, and whole volumes containing opinions in sym pathy with those of members who have not the brains to originate those opinions or the gilt to put them into words. "Protection ard Free Trade" is now com pleted by serial publication, and with "From Plymouth Hock to Mcltinley" com plete in one issue, the opposing works will be sent, at the cost of the Government, in flanked wrappers, to hundreds of thou tards ot voters during the campaign. Cheap rollticalT.daction. National committees can have them set tip and stereotyped and so printed at trifling cot, wrapped by Government employes, and iranked to swindle the mail1;, and whole tons of the matter distributed at a trifling portion of what the cost would be if the wrapping and postage were not paid for bj Urele Sam. V ' Just what grotesque tricks will "yet be plaved no one can tell. Each morning the yfawrcJ.will be scanned eagerly for scientific, philosophical, economical, social, poetic and dramatic publications, and it would not be at all surprising if young novelists, daughters of members, possibly, devoted to the very latent erratic stvle6, were to suc ceed in having their works, rejected else where, immortalized in the Record. Already one very radical member, who is opposed to any extension of the remarks in the form of matter spoken, threatens to publish com plete in one issue Tolstoi's "Kreutzer Sonata." It h?rdlv seems possible that the impetus given to this abuse of the Hecord can re sult in anything else than a prohibition of all matter not spoken on the floor. The pity is that all matter except the official record of finished business cannot be ex cluded. Tli Bankruptcy of tlio Treasury. The remark of Senator Hoar a day or two ago, that the United States Treasury is now bankrupt, is, as the Senator hastened to ex plain, not to be taken in a literal sense. He merely meant that it was to all intents and purposes bankrupt, when it withheld the pament of honest claims in an unwar ranted manner. Just what claims the Sen ator referred Ml do not know, but it is a fact well known nere, though no special ex position of it has been made, that tor two years past a desperate effort nas been made by treasury officials to avoid paying out anv money except that which was unavoid able. This has extended to matters so trivial as to be astounding. In making up his esti mates lor expenses of the many and various bureaus that are controlled by the depart ment lor the next fiscal j car the Secretary refused to recommend an increase of force in many instances where such increase was ab solutely necessary for the proper transac tion of business simply because be was de termined that no increase of expenses should be nude. In the bureau where the tobacco rebates and sugar bounties must be settled the clercs have been overworked in the most scandalous manner that the small sum necessary to pay for additional clerks might not go with other things to con tribute to a possible deficit in the Treasury. Honest Claims That Are Not Fald. Add to this the delay of work upon public structures, the influences brought to bear upon Uepublicans in Congress to sub scribe to and assist the petty sixpenny policy of the majority in the House, and the honest claims adjudicated and undis puted, lying in the Treasury unsettled, upon one pretext or another, and one gets a laiiit idea of the desperate condition of the finances, the necessarily deceptive character ot the statements of the condition of the Treasury, and the niggardly policy of public expenditure rendered imperative to avoid a new issue ot bonds to meet the expenses of go era went. Probably the extraordinary shifts to aioid jyinents of claims which hare been passed upon and which have reached the Treasury Department for payment may best be illustrated by a brief outline of the curious history of the claim of ex-Governor Bodman B. Price, of New Jersey. In 1849, he having been a purser in the navy for nearlv ten years, Mr. Price was oidered to Sin Francisco. In August of that jear he was detached from the navy and turned his accounts and money to his successor. Ont ot rocket -Many Thousand. In addition to the money of the Govern ment he turned over a "large sum, about. $75,000, of his private funds, to meet pay ment! which it was necessary to make at once and for which there were not funds. His successor defaulted in his office, left his papers in confusion, and no record could be found there of a large portion of the transactions between Price and. his sneces- While returning to "Washington on the steamer Orline St. John, the vessel was burned in the Alabama river, and most of Price's vouchers destroyed. On account of the malfeasance of his successor at San Francisco the duplicates of the Touchers anil the msrd fi? the lean ef brivots fUtttts could uel be supplied, Mr. I'riee made 111? ht possible stale int of nig ease. n4 put In a claim for the 178,009 pnl4 tit his nUPcear. At the Nary Department li wnstUeltled the appnlutmenl of this gucersior was lllestil, a pretext which wan an Illustration of what items to le the policy ef the Government, aever to allow a clalru if it caa he avoided, ' Finally It m decldod that tho appointment was legal, but the Government then Ignored the claim in rejtard to tho transfer of private funds, and brought suit In 1857, in the United States District Court of New Jersey, to compel Prloe to par all moneys for whose payment 1 or transfer ho could cot snow the vouchers. Undo Sam Beaten ct Every Volat. The late Judjra Bradley, of the Supreme Court of the United States, was Prioe's counsel, and the Government oounsel was assisted by William L. Dayton, who was the previous year the Republican candidate for Vice President. The Governpent was defeated at every point. Jt clean verdict was given for Price, and the jury stated over their own signatures that if it were possible under the law they would bring in the Government a debtor to Price in the sum of $75,000. Judge Bradley, after he was elevated to the Supreme bench, declared that there never was a more just claim than that of Price's, and often urged its allowance while it was pending in Congress. The period of the war, the confusion of the "reconstruction" years, and then the repeated misfortune of a failure to reach the bill in either one House or the other before the close of a session prevented the aging claimant from getting his just dues. From beinc rich, Price became a poor man, but he has been always esteemed as a gentle man of the highest honor. He assisted to bring California into the Union, and was a member of the first Constitutional Conven tion of that State. He was elected Governor of Xew Jersey, was a member of the Thirty seventh Congress, and is now held in the highest esteem bv all who know him. He is in his old age and straitened circum stances, a genial, lovable gentleman of the old school, such as it does one's heart good to meet The Claim Thorough:? Sifted. The Fifty-first Congress, "Republican in both branches, passed the claim of ex-Governor Price by large malorities, thoueh Price nas always been a Democrat. The claim was thoroughly sifted and discussed by both Houses. The President examined it and expressed a personal pleasure in at taching his signature to the bill, the pleas ure being the greater for the reason that several valued and verr intimate iriends were among the closest friends of ex-Governor Price The claims went to the Treas ury Department, Second Comptroller's office, for payment. It would seem that after the passage of the bill by Congress, and after it had re ceived the signature of the President, no discretion was left the Treasury authorities but to pav, yet it nas "held up." Clerks, mere ordinary accountants, mysteriously were led to the decision that the claims, should not be paid. As no amount of money was designated in the bill, which only directed a settlement of the accounts of ex-Purser Price, of the Xavy, the exense was made that the account was settled, though a suit had been brought in 1857 to compel Price to settle. The accountants finally brought ont the Government in debt to Price in the amount of $46,000, bnt it was dedided that it must be the entire $75,000 or nothing. Closed Cp by the Comptroller. After making several conflicting de cisions, the Comptroller, the Solicitor Gen eral and the clerks seeming to grow more and mure confused about the matter, the Comptroller closed the case with the astonish ing assertion that Congress had passed the law under a misapprehension of the facts. The Solicitor General agreed with the Comp troller, and as it seems, the Secretary of the Treasury was powerless in the hands of his inferior officers. So these two officers of the Treasury vetoed a bill passed by Congress and signed by the President after the most careful investigation of the facts. Then came a climax which is probably un paralleled in the annals of the Government. Though unsettled accounts had been ad mitted and expert accountants had found the Government indebtedto Price, the Sec retary of the Treasury addressed a letter to Conzress stating that the accounts of Price had been balanced and closed in 1857, the very year in which suit was brought against Price for a settlement, and so the matter was referred back to Congress "for such additional legislation as may be necessary." Some Most Extraordinary Jngsllne;. I doubt if in the history f the country another instance can be found of such extra ordinary juggling with a solemn act of leg islature by department officials. The letter of -Secretary Foster was re ferred to the Committee on Claims. A sub committee was appointed to consider it. I am informed to-day that the sub-committee will report to the committee that there is nothing further for Congress to do in the matter. It is probable, therefore, that the Treasury Department will continue to assert that the accounts of ex-Governor Price have hpen balanced and closed, in the face of its plain admission to the contrary, that the act of Congress signed by the Presi dent will be vetoed by the Treasury author ities, and that the venerable ex-Govemor will be cheated out of his 875,000 for the purpose of keeping that amount in the Treasury. THE FIRE EECOED. Burlington, la. The Prospect Scott Hotel. Loss, S1S.0C0. Brooklyn The Brooklvn Sash and Blind Factory. Loss, about $80,000. Martinsville, Va. The loss at Friday night's fire amounted to $31,003; insurance less than half. St. Catherines, Ont Five small dwelling houses and the Palace Skating Kink. Loss, Sla.OOO; insurance, $10,000. Prussia Forest fires aro prevalent and causinz an Immense amount of damage. On Count tlallcUiem's estate in Silesia 120 acres of forest have been destroyed. Second avenue A slight lire In the house or Edward Scanlon, at No. 828 Second ave nue, cansed an alai m from box 44 at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Damage slight. Lanark, Ont The Clyde Hilling Com pany's establishment, which included flour, oatmeal, oats and barley mills. Caldwell A Son's saw mills. Loss, $30,C03;. insurance, $5,000. Colorado A. disastrous prairie Are Is razing in tho northwestern part of Kit Car son county. The region is settled with ranchmen, and the damage will be very heavy. Port Carbon, Pa. The carriage factory of Henry Krebs. the blacksmith shop of John Iilincsworth, the cigar store of William E. Wilson and the shoe store of Daniel Paul. Incendiary origin. Grazier street An alarm from box 272 at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon was caused by a Are In the house of William Owens, on Grazier street, Homewood. The house waa completely gutted. Loss $1,500. Lewisburc, Pa. W. B. Humehrizht's saw mill and lumber yards. Loss, $33,000; pattly insured. P0FLE COKING AHD GOING. J. D. Hicks and J. L. Xeisenring, of Aitoona, are regis icrcu at iub juiaerson. V.' a Negley, of Butler, and W. K. Sturges, of Chicago, are at the Duquesne. F. H. Oliphant, of Oil .City, and Frank Bums and wife, ot Greensourg, are stopping at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Colonel Willis J. Hulings, of Oil City, and Theodore G. Gordon, or Columbus, put up at the Drquesne last evening. Lloyd Mahaney, proprietor of the hand some hew nostelry at Onion town bearing his name, was in Pittsburg yesterday. Judge Logan, General Solicitor for the Pennsylvania, toad, was in the city yester day, lie returned to Philadelphia last even ing. China Mattings. An extra bargain at $5 a roll, worth $S. Fortv yards to the roll, and 629 Penn avenue. Groetzlnger's, 637 TUSU New Goods for April V eddlnss. We display a splendid collection of cut glass, pottery, cabinet lamps and brie-a-brac. All new ana tresli this year. A superb col 1'jtton of sterling silverware. Chests of sliver in abundance. Stifles are correct Our prices ale very moderate. E. P. Hobzbts & Sons, Fifth avenue and Varket street. NOW FOR OKLAHOMA." Tito Kext Great Btiw Tor Hornet Takca Place Therein Tuesday EASTBE SERVICES QS THE BORDER ii In the North, the mix Bed Kan Gets the Best of the Bargain. S1SSET0N BOOKERS EETTL1KG DOWN Eli Eexo, April 10. About COO people, seekers of homes, in the 'Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation, which will be opened to general settlement next Tnesday, will pass over Snnday along the line. There are a number of divines who expect to preacn on Easter Sabbath on the new border. Althougti.tb.eir white-topped waons are getting away from the towns, some plaoes are still filled to overflowing with people who have come in on the trains. A man needs to have a special dispensation to obtain a place to sleep, and must eat what he can get. A large" part of the late ar rivals expect to get lots in the new towns.' They are not so numerous as when Okla homa was opened. There are men who ex tect to enter into every kind of business butchers, bakers and candle-stick makers; preachers, gamblers, editors. Besides the countr seat there will be several new town laid out in the eastern part of the new country near the Kock Isl and Railroad. A station has already been established 15 miles north of Bbrene, called Okarche, and a town will be built there. A Town Kami Spliced Together. The name of Okarche was built up out of abbreviations of "Ok" for Oklahoma, "ar" for Arapahoe, and "che" for Cheyenne. Major Ashley, Indian Agent at the Darling ton Agency, received a telegram from the department to-day, telling him to use his force to see that the Indians were protected on the opening dav. He has 40 Indian po lice under Tall Bull, a Cheyenne chief, who sports gloves And uniform of officer's blue. He won't have much to1 do Thursday, how ever, as but few of the Indians will be on their claims. Monday will be ration day at the agency, and a large number of Indians' will come in after their beef, and few will go back until after the rush. Those who can talk with the Indians at the agency say many of them were advising their brethren to stay away from their allotments and let the white men settle on them, as the whites will make im provements and the Indians can make them get off any time. This shows that the "poor Indian" is looking for the best of it. The department has decided to pay the Indians the second installment due them in cash, instead of supplies, as 'bad been pro posed. This amounts to $75 for each man, woman and child, and they will probably get it within the next 60 days, and then the world will be rosy for them for a few weeks. Some of the Bedsklns Are BJossbackg. A few of the Cheyennes, however, are so much opposed to giving up their land that, although like all Indians they want money, they have refused to draw their first installment-Major Iee, 17. S. A, arrived at Fort Reno yesterday to inspect the Darlington agency and the oondition of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes. Ho will make an investi gation of the spread of the Messiah craze. The Indians at first held three dances openly, but sinoe they have found that the white people do a great deal of talking about them they use every means to prevent anyone from finding ont when and where they will be held. A Sioux Indian from the north arrived at the Arapahoe agency yesterday. He professed to be a member of the Catholic church, out is said to be a disciple of the Messiah, with new words from the fountain head of the craze in the north. A dispatch from Brown's Valley, Minn., says: The situation here-to-day presented nothing to justify the slightest apprehension of trouble from claim-jumping or any of the causes which usually make mischlet'in sim ilar occurrences. The Sisseton reservation,' so far as heard from, has been thrown open' without the firing of a shot or a squatter's row or anything ot a serious character. The First-Comers on the Ground. A few minutes before 1 o'clock the leaders in the town-site race arrived on the chosen ground. Half an hour afterward 200 men and a few women were on the spot. There ensued a discussion as to the exact locality of the section line. The first care of the locators was to settle the women. Miss Burnett, of Minneapolis; Miss Sharpe, Mrs. Osborne, Miss De Hart and other venture some squatters ot the fair sex, were promptly installed on good lands close to the town site. The site of the town is on an elevation. Half an hour later a restaurant and grocery store were running fall blast, while a dozen frame shanties were in coarse of construc tion. Inspector Callahan, of the Quarter master's Department of the Army, sta tioned at St Paul, rode a fast horse, and was on tne grouna early. The outlook for. water and other neces saries is good. There will be no suffering. Excellent water flows from numerous springs. The site is close to the intersection of three proposed lines of railway. Stragglers Coming Back Dlscoaraced. The crowd is increasing at the town site, but all is quiet Officials who have just re turned from the reservation say the crowd at that point is slightly increasing, and there is liable to be trouble there, though not of a serious character. They have found stragglers in every direction. In the last two hours they passed 50 people on their way back here", discouraged, bedraggled and exhausted. A few are now arriving and have not a word to say. They beoame lost on the prairie and thereby tost their claims. The number will steadily increase. The Indians have picked up quite a number and guided them back to town. Soldiers have run across others and brought them here. CUBA GETS THE CONTAGION. A Bomb Thrown by an Unknown Hand Ex plodes In a Church Door Priests and Parishioners Flee in a Panic. bat No One Is Hart Havana, April 16. An explosion oc curred here Thursday evening, and it is thought that the numerous reports of dyna mite outrages received here from various places in Europe have prompted activity on the ' part of Anarchists In Havanat or else have so inflamed the mind ot some irrespon sible person that he has been tempted to im itate the example set him Europe! The day had been observed in the manner that obtains , in Havana. Religious senti ment was everywhere displayed, more par ticularly at the Cathedral of San Cristobal de la Habauaaod the many parish churches. At the Church of San Nicolas evening services were held, and the church was thronged with worshipers. Suddenly there was a most terrific explosion at the en trance of the church, and consternation pre vailed among the worshipers, who huddled together in fear, not knowing what was about to happen. The priest,' who was in the pulpit, immediately withdrew. Soon the congregation left the church amid the greatest consternation. An investigation was at once made, and it was found that soma one had placed a bomb at the entrance ot the church, and that the explosion had done some damage to the structure, but nobody was hurt The au thorities will take -prompt' action. The Anarchists, if the deea was. committed, by them, have never before caused any trouble here. In some quarters the San Nicolas ex plosion is taken to indicate that the party in Spain have sent ont missionaries to Cuba, and that this is only the first of a series of outrages to come. China Mattings, j An extra bargain at 15 a roll, worth IS. Forty yards to the roll. Groetzlnger's, 627 and 629 Penn avenue, tusu Oo TTIK rrnbato'X form a Congregational Clmrelt of nU O-nn Adherent Kobiignian, "PA,, April 10. The follow ing Is potted at the front tntmnoe to the jioitofBco bore! "Br. J, B. Dauiman.wIU preach in the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation Hall Saturday next, A Sabbath sohool sorvloa will be held at 9:30 in the same place. At 3 o'clook r. M. a meeting will be held In Leaf's vHall to take into considera tion the organization of 'a Congregational Church in this town." For months past It has been known that a movement was on foot which, in a certain contingency, would result in taking this step. This eontingenov was the final aot of Pres bytery in dissolving the pastoral relation existing between Bev. Mr. Bausman and his people. Since this was deoided upon last Tuesday, 53 members of the ohuroh here have applied to James H. Ewing, the clerk of the church session, tor letters of dismissal, which have been granted. Not all of these will go into the new organiza tion, but it seems likely 'that a large per centage of them will de so. A FTOmVZ'S STBAHGE DEFEIfSK. Wllllamsport and Italian Authorities Both Want the Same Man. WixixaaispoET, Pa, April 16. Nego tiations are now pending "between District Attorney Ely and the County Commission ers of Elk connty, and the Italian authori ties for the extradition of the alleged mur derer of Goise Capailo. He fled from this country after the murder, and on arriving in his native land was at once picked up by the police as an escaped criminal, having once been sentenced by an Italian court for some crime, but fled to America. He claims before the authorities in Italy (hat he and Goise Capailo were in the old house at the mouth of Mill creek, about two miles below Ridgway, on the K. A. & P. railway, and while there they were both attacked by a mob. After a desperate fight he managed to escape, but no trace of bis companion, Goise Capailo, could be found by him afterward. A Bis Bow Among- Coal Speculators. Newabk, O., April 16. AJjerfaf. A most sensational suit was commenced here to-day, the result of coal speculators falling out and the 10,000 defalcation in the town ship a few years ago. "W. D. Lee was bondsman for the Treasurer. He was sued and the old Birkey property, coming into his possession, was sold to satisfy the judg ment, then amounting to $17,000. He now sues A. B. Clark, J. M. ' Welch and Eli Hull for S10.000, claiming he advanced the sum to Clark to pay the claim, but that in stead of doing so b,e retained $5,500 and bought a farm, while he loaned the balance to "Welch and Hull. All were prominent coal speculators, Lee claiming to have in his company Hon. James G. Blaine. A Klver Captain Held for Burglary. KiTTAiranNG, April 10. Special. Three men, Harvick, Miller and Donald son, were arrested here last night, charged with larceny and attempted burglary. The trio had tried to open several residences, but had been rebuffed in each instance. At the hearing this morning Harvick pleaded guilty, but the others claimed they were innocent All were bound over to court. Miller claims he has been victimized. He says he is a resident of Allegheny, and has been running the boat Pacific between Pittsburg and Louisville for years. BnrviTora of tbo First Volunteers. ' Eeadiso, April 10. Thirty-one years ago to-day the Ringgold Light Artillery left Beading for Harrisburg to be sworn into the United States service in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volun teers. To-night the survivors of the first defenders celebrated the anniversary of the. event with abanqnet and reunion. The Binggolds, together with four other compa nies, arrived in "Washington April 18, the first troops of the war. .. ' '" y ' Bobbed a Tillage Parsonage. -Mansfield, O., April 16. fecial Last night the residence of Bey. William C. B. Schulenberge'r, German Reformed pastor at Shelby, this county, was robbed, the burglars seenring about $1,500 in money and valuables. Late this evening Ted Hafer, a Shelby tough, who has been spend ing the day in saloons of this city, was ar rested on susnicion and taken' back to Shelby for trial. A Strike Blot on a Bridge. AT.LENTOW1T, April 16. During a fight on the Lower Catasaqua bridge at 7 o'clock this evening between,striking employes of the Catasaqua Manufacturing Company and men filling their places, James Hayden was kicked and beaten to death and his com panions roughly handled. The assailants are known and arrests will be made. Uood ?ews for Anthracite Miners. PottsvaXLE, April 16. Pine Forest Col liery, at St. Clair, which has been idle for over a month, will start -work on Monday. This colliery is one of the largest operated by the Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron Company, and gives employment to over TOO men and boys. Fell Into a Bnrnlnr; Brash File. Miileksburg, April 16. ISpecidL A small child of Harry Pennell, of this city, while playing around a burning brash pile, fell into it and was so badly burned that it died this mpitfin?. Ths is the second case of the kind which happened here within the past week. Drank an Onnce of Carbolic Acid. Steubenvixle, April 16. SpcdaLI A 2-year-old child of James Bobinson, living on Fisher's Hill, drank an ounce of carbolic acid -this morning, and was frightfully bnrned. Physicians used a stomach pump, and the child may recover. , A. Detective Bureau for JffcKeesport. McKeespobt, April 1& jarfaj, Mc Keesport and vicinity, which has formed a good field for burglars, safe crackers and bouse burglars during the past five years; is soon to be protected with a first-class de tective bureau. The Wooster Presbytery. MiLEBSBUBO. O., April 16. SpeciaL The sessions of the "VTooster Presbytery, which commenced Tues'day afternoon, closed this morning. About 100 ministers aud el ders were present. i TrI-State Brevities. Charles Stuchell, of Indiana, Pa., was thiown from a horse and killed yesterday. GnrERAL Fraskxik Sawter, a war veteran of Korwalk, O., lies in a dangerouscondl tlon, bavins suffered a stroke of paralysis last night. Peter Badioax, a Baltimore and Ohio em ploye, lay down on the tricks ic Connells wllle early yesterday morning, and was In stantly tilled. C The Woman's Belief Corps trouble at Can ton may be revived by the trial of Mrs. Clark-, ex-Department President, on the charges preferred against hers by Mrs. Eoons, ex-Department Treasurer. A middle-aoed woman stopped at the door of the Allam House at Waynesbnrg Wednes day, and left what she called "a basket of meat for Mrs. Allam." The "mat" turned out to be a richly-dressed boy baby, and Is suspected to come from some local aristo cratic source. Tax election atGrafton,"W. Va., was won by the anti-license people, bnt Charles Stol zenfelz'contlnued to sell anyway, and con stables were sent after him. Stolzenfela met them with a revolver, wlien Constable McDaniel began firing, an d shot Mrs. Stol zenfela in the shoulder. This enraged the saloouist, and seizing a shotjrun he started in pursuit of McDaniel, who fled down the street. Stolzenfelz shot several times, but without effect. McDaniel gave himself up. The injuries to Mrs. Stolzenfelz were not serious. A FIGHT FOR-A NAVY, Holman Protests Against the Baild . ing of Battleships. OPPOSITION IN BIS OWN PAETT To the Economy That Extends to Defense lessnesa of Country. MORE PENSION OFFICE PECULIARITIES Washington, April 16. After the dis posal of routine business to-day, the House went into committee cf the whole, Mr. Shively, of Indiana, in the chair, on the naval appropriation bill. Mr. Pendleton, of West Virginia, opposed the motion made by Mr. Holman,' to strike from the bill the clause for the construction of one armed cruiser, and also Mr. Brntelle's amendment for the construction of two battleships and torpedo boats. Mr. Holman spoke in support of his motion. He criticised the appropriations made 'for the construction of the navy dur the past few years, and for the maintenance of the naval establishment He asked who was demanding a great navy; who was asking for it; what class of our people; what was the 'emergency that required the ex penditure of this vast sum; what reason for this building of new ships; who were the gentlemen afraid of? Mr. Holman said that . our war vessels which had been so successful in former wars were built on the spur of the moment, and in case of another war this process could and would be repeated. A Send-Off tor Tankee Shrewdness. He contended that in a brief space Of time American ingenuity and American in dustry could improvise vessels that could meet the most powerful ships in any navy in the world. The people ot this country who wished for a plain Government would not- approve of the policy of taxing them for navy which was beyond their needs. Mr. Fellows, of New York, was glad the issue had been drawn On this question. He hoped that the country, through its repre sentatives here, would be compelled to place itself on record at once and forever as to whether it "desired to stop the work whioh was designed to sustain the honor of the flag, protect the honor and dignity of the American name, and which was a measure of truer economy than any other that could come before Congress. The party of which the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. iioiman; ana nimseir were proud to be members dared not go before the country on the issue of stopping the building of an American navy. Applause. Por every dollar now expended in the construction of an adequate navy $10,000,000 would be saved in the future. An Oratorical Flight Taken. ."Give us such a naval force," he said, "as will preserve when the hour of trouble comes (as come it will) every star on our flag with its luster undimmed," Ap plause. Mr. Watson, of Georgia, saw no necessity for an increase of the navy. What the peo ple of Georgia wanted', he said, was re trenchment, economy, fair dealing in the laws and a return to the old Jefferson ian doctrine of equal rights. Mr. Cnmmmgs, of New York, spoke in favor of the amendment cf the gentleman from Maine, and against the motion ot Mr. Holman to strike out the clause ot the bill providing for the construction of a new cruiser. What sort of a figure would the Democratic party cut if it abandoned this project? Economical it would be; frugal it would be; but let it draw the line at nig gardliness. , Mr. Baker, of Kansas, opposed the in creasing of the navy, contending that the greatest bulwark of American independ ence was in the happy homes of the people. Pending further discussion the committee rose and the House adjourned. PENSION OFFICE ODDITIES. Qalte.an Advantage in Being a Son of the I Commissioner. ' "Washington, April 16. In the Pension Office investigation to-day Mr. McCullough, a clerk in the Pension Office, testified that it was a matter of general talk in the Pen sion Office that John Baum, the Commis sioner's son, had an unusually large num ber of the earlier cases take, up on the com pleted files order, but said e had no infor mation on the subject of his own knowledge. John B. Peyton, testified that he had heard he had been discharge: rom the Pen sion Office for offensive partisanship, aiding the Democratic party in getting up its cam paign book, and neeleet of duty. Witness denied that the charges were true, as his record would show. He complained that Secretary Noble had testified that he never dismissed persons without givirfg them an opportunity to answer charges, when: he (Peyton) bad never been permitted to re late the charges made. "Warden Burke, of the United States jail, and a commander of Meade Post, G. A. B., testified that he had endeavored to have re instated a Pension Office clerk, an old soldier, named McGinnis, who had been dismissed on no other ground than that he was a Democrat, bnt Commissioner Baum said this was a Republican administration, and reiuscd to recommend his reinstate ment. Preparing for Pelagic Sealing. "Washington, April la The Secretary of the Treasury has ordered the revenue steamers Bush' and Bear, at San Francisco, to proceed at once to Port Townsend and await farther orders. This action indicates that an agreement has been reached be tween the United States and Great Britain in regard to pelagic sealing in Bering Sea, and that the instructions to the vessels of this country are now in course of prepara tion. These instrnctions will be mailed to the revenue vessels and naval vessels at Port Townsend. The American-German Copyright law,, "Washington, April 16. The Secretary of State and Mr. Yon Holleben, the Ger man Minister, exchanged on the 15th instant, the ratifications of their respective Governments ot the copyright agreement, concluded between the United States and Germany at Washington, January 15, 1892. The agreement will go into operation at the expiration of three weeks from the date' of the exchange of its ratification, and will be applicable only to works not published at the time it shall have gone into operation. Captain Bonrke in No Great Hurry. "Washington. April 16. General Scho field said this afternoon that the military authorities would take no action in the case of Captain J, G. Bourke, Third Cav alry, until after the civil authorities' had disposed of the proceedings instituted by them against his accusers for violation of the neutrality laws. He said the men who had' preferred charges against Captain Bonrke while residing in Texas were really citizens oi Mexico, but are not in symnatny with that Government. The Mohican All Bight Again. "Washington, April 16. The Navy De partment is informed that the United States ship Mohican has been taken out of the British dry dock at "Esquimau, B. G, fully repaired. She has been ordered to cruise In Puget Sound for a short time, visiting the ports of Tacoma and Seattle. A Bill to Blake Indians Citizens. "Washington, April 16. A bill was re ported favorably to the House to-day, to declare all Indians citizens who have at tended sohool ten years at the Government's expense, provided they are 21 years of age. ... THE, WEATHER. For WetUrn FtimtyXra nia, Wat Virginia and Ohio: Generally Fair, Followed oy tight Local Shown in Wat ern Ohio; TTornvr, Varies Ue Finds, Becoming South, erly. racrXBATTSX ASS XAIXTALl. A.M. 12 K ... 2F. M, sr.M. bt.H. ........ 281 Mmxlmbm temp St Minimum temp M Ueantemp 41 Ranee 17 free 00 ".'.'."".'".'.'.','.'. RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. Eoultvllle Items Tie Stale ol Water and 1 - the Movements of Boats. trrrrAi. telihramb to thb disfatth. ' I-ocu Villi,' April 16. Business xol. Weather clondj. Tho liver is falling-, with 7 rest 8 Inches on the falls, 10 feet'ln the canal, and s fnt a inches below. The Mariner, the Walton, the Joh Cook and the J. C. Bliher came In from Ptttsbnrx last night and went hack this mnrnlnjr. The John K. Speei Is due npto-nlrht. Departures For Clnelnnstl.-Bltr Sindy: for KrsniTllle. Jamn Guthrie: for Csrrolltnn. Blr Kanawha, and for Kentucky rlrer. City of ClarksTllle. What lh Upper Ganges Show. Alliobikt- Jujcctio-v-Hirer 8 feet 10 laches and falling. Clouar and cooL. . The News From Below. Wnxaxnco Hirer 9 feet 2 Inches and rising. Departed Iron Queen. Cincinnati: H. K. Bedfoi iW, x-iiiiuurj?: manner, rituonrff. .Ksimnjr. ClxcrjrXATi-Blrer21feet4 inches and falling. Departed Hudon, Pittsburg; Ohio, Memphli. Fair and pleasant. ' CAlBO-ArrlTea Ferd Hernld. St. Loul. De-parMd-Fera Hernld, Memphis. Hirer 4S.2 feet ard falling. Cloudy and cool. MairPBls Departed Fntnre Cltr and tow, Ohio rlvr; Buckere State. Cincinnati: John F. -Walton. New Orleans; Henrr Londrr. Kew Orleans: Jo Williams and toir, jTew Orleans. Blver 33 feet 5 inches and rising. Clear and pleasant. New Orleans-Clear and pleasant. Departed City of New Orleans. St. Louis. St. tiotns Arrlred-Sldner Dillon and Charter Brown,, Cairo; K. F. Frlsbee, Cincinnati. De- ranm-sianer union, uain : t lljr or shemeld. AC.tllC.9CC flier. Inches. Cloudr and cool. Hirer 21 feet S Picked Up Along tbe I.eyea. Thb rlrer registers 9 feet and stationary. Thi B.D. Wood It baring a new abaft pat in. The Courier went out yesterday for Parkers bnrg. The Frank Gllmore arrived at Cincinnati yester day. The Germanla Is the Morgantown packet due tc-dar. The Acorn leaves to-day for Louisville with 12 barges. The Adam Jacobs went ont yesterday for Mor- ganiown. The Keystone State Is the regular Cincinnati pacset In to-day. . The Nellie Walton went out for Ixralsvllle yes terday with 14 barges. The Venlw will begin her regular trips between here and McKees Rocks Monday. The Congo went out yesterday with a good list of passengers. Among them were Judge Charles E- Hogg. Caftaut Habbt Gocxn left for Cincinnati last night to purchase a towbuat for the excursion boat J. M. Gusky. The J. M. Guskyhas been repainted and a new dancing floor is being put in preparatory to enter ing Hje excursion business. The followlngletters are at Arnold's boat store for rlvermen: Hod Manck, H. It. Holmes, George Dawson, lxmon Sextonv. Jim' t,vous, Charles Mangus, W. T. Campbell. Charles Brothers. SATURDAY IN THE CITIES. Soaelet fever is prevalent in Lawrence ville. The Thirty-third street TJ. P. congrega tion will occupy its new building to-day. Beixewe Connells have given the Fleas ant Valley permission to lay tracks In the boronjh. The Jonrneyrnen Horsrshoers Local Union No. 9 wlU'eive a recentlon and dance I in the Auditorial on Friday evening. The Fourth M. P. Church, Park avenue, will hold a business man's jubilee and bazaar in Orphew'sHaU.Lunastreetron June 8, 9 and 10. A rncE setter dog was run over by a car at Fourteenth and Carson streets, Southslde, last night and seriously injured. Officer Smith shot the dog. Thou as Boyd, 83 years old, of No. M Man hattan street, fell to the sidewalk yesterday from exhaustion. He has been an employe of Allegheny Clty.lor 30 years. Ten carloads of immigrants arrived in Pittsbnrx over the B. & O. road yesterday. Theie were 600 In tho party, and all but 109 remained here. The bulk of them were Italians. Bev. H. W. Dvvis, of Charleston, III., the official lecturer of the Associated Keeley Bi-Chloride or. Gold Clubs, will lecture in the Smitbfleld M. '. Church on Thursday evening. The Salvation Army was out last night at Twenty-first and Carson streets, Sonthside, and drew a big crowd. It was something new in that vicinity, and consequently was quite a drawing card. The stockholders of the Pittsburg Gas Engine and Manufacturing Company held a meeting yesterday afternoon for the pur pose of Increasing the capital stock of the company to $250,000. The company Is a new organization formed to manufacture gas engines and petroleum engines. The graduating class of the Pittsburg Female College consisted of the following vrmnc ladies: Mary Bracken. Clara Clark. I Ell.inor Carhart, Flora Dunlap, Laura Graff, Laura ungues, Minnie A,uawicr, fimma Lnty, Adah Manchester, Nellie Menges, Carrie Powellson, Laura Seerist, Helen Smith, Laura Taggart, Clara Voegtly, Ger trude Cummins, j. PURSUED BY TEE LAW. Jonx -Tetzilas. waa remanded to Jail last night in default of $300 ball for assault and battery. Stam KuRArsxi was held In $500 bail last night Defore-Alderman Succop for assanlt and battery. Patbioe O'Briew was found in the kitchen of a hotel near the Union depot last evening, and was locked up. William Thomas, a one-armed colored man, was' sent to the workhouse yesterday for 60 days on snspicion of robbing drunken men. Mas. Richard Habtje, of 43 Liberty street, Allegheny, "had'her pocket picked of $15 at Union Station yesteiday as she alighted from a train. M. H. Lucas, colored, was held in $3C0 ball yesterday before Alderman McKenna on the charge of larceny, preferrea Dy Jnx A.iaen man, of 42 Wylle avenue. The house of Jennie Dwyer, 2120 Merriman street, Sontbsioe. was raided last night, and she and James Beeves, John Stllenek and Joseph Chair were" arrested. Jennie was charged with keeping a disorderly bouse. Ox Friday evening, while Stanislaus Ku rofskl was leaving the Polish church, on South Fifteenth street, he was assaulted by another Pole and badly beaten on the head with a piece .of iron. John Getsure, his Assailant, was arrested last night. Orean Steamship Arrivals. Steamer. Where from. Destination. Wyoming New'York Queenitown Bostonlau Boston London Kansas Boston London Illinois., .New York London Polynesian.. Tnlpgvalla... Spree :... Conemaugh., Corsica Danla Normannla.. Ktrurla fimbria Bothnia..";... .Baltimore London .Stettin New York ..Bremen New York .rAntwerp New York ..Klo Janerlo New York .Hamburg New York ..Hamburg New York ..Liverpool "New York ..New York Liverpool ..New York .. Liverpool Notes of the Amateurs. THEJeannette Independents will play the East Liverpool Champions on July 2 or 4. THE Kart End Gyms had a practice game yester day. The grounds are gettlug In good shape. The annual nomination of officers for the East End Gymnastic Club will be held Monday evening. May 2. The election will ben June 6. The Washington-Jefferson boys ordered a ham mer yesterday from A. G. Pratt & Co. and will be gin training tor that event In the lnter-colleglate field day. THE St. Paul's Baseball Club would like to play any 16-year-old elub In Western Pennsylvania. Address all challenges to 1. B. BelUy, 77 Diamond street, elry. Recreation Park has been secured for the lnter-colleglate Held day to be given May a. Harry McDonald lias the renting of the park for Held days and other events. THE Young American Baseball Club, of- Brad dock. Is again on deck, and would like to hear from the best amateurs lit Western Pennsylvania. Walter Williams u secretary. . THE Strawberry Blondes have organised for the season with the- following players: William Brownlle, c: Henry Henskle, p; P. J. James, a. a.; George WiekerUe. lb; A. Scholea, lb; D. Williams, b; Henrr Houser. r: Peter Hoasar. 1; Oscar Toller, m; Shortle Hasel, N. James, extra. j RUSTLERS MEAN WAR. They Are 1,000 Strong and Intend to lynch Their Cowboy Foes. "WILLING TO FIGHT THE TROOPS. The Acting Governor of Wjominj Is Yerj " 'Badlv Frightened. S0LDIEES TO BE ATTACKED EN EOtTE Cheyenne, "Wyo., April .16. To-day's news from -Johnson county predict another outbreak of the "rustler" war. The rust lers are greatly excited, and very bitter against the. cattlemen who are now prison ers at Port McKinney, whom they threaten to lynch if they can" capture them- The prisoners are to be moved to Port Douglas, near Salt Lake City. ' Colonel Van Horn has been warned that his troops will be at tacked en route. He' is preparing for and expects an engagement. The plan of-the rustlers is to fortify themselves in the mountains. If they make the attack it is almost sure to be a sanguinary one. 'The rustlers now number over 1,000, and all are well armed with "Winchesters and six-shooters. They insist that Hess, Ford and Elliott, the 'mprisoned cattlemen, be delivered 'to them. If they get the prisoners in their custody they will certainly be hanged. Colonel Van Horn hesitates to remove the prisoners to Port Douglas, fearing that on the way his troops will be overpowered. The leader of the rustlers is M. A. Rider. a young Methodist preacher. He is the incarnation of a warrior. . As a fighter he has already won his' spurs. He can shoot with the skill of a Dr.,Carver. The rustlers regard him as a god and invincible in a fight ; , The acting Governor of "Wyoming, Amos G. Barber, is much concerned over the situ ation. He has telegraphed Bheriu Angus, of Johntonrconnty, that under no circum stances will the prisoners be delivered to the civil authorities until their salety and a fair trial is assured them. Barber has also requested Colonel Van Horn to obtain the custody of the five.members of the invad ing party now in the Buffalo jail, who were captured prior to the engagement at "T. K." ranch, where the other invaders sur rendered to the troops. A special from Cheyenne, "Wyo., says: Dr. Penrose was brought in last night from Douglass. He bad accompanied the stock men to Tisdale's ranch and there left them. He was making his way across to Cheyenne when arrested. Judge Scott issued a writ of habeas corpus, which was placed in the bands of United States Marshal Rankin. Both men arrived in town last' night. Penrose is in the custody of Rankin at the Cheyenne Club. He will be given a hearing Monday. A telegram from Gillette states that Ed. Towse, city editor of the Cheyenne Sun, was arrested there yesterday and held as a wit ness. He also accompanied the invading party as far as Tisdale's' ranch, and there was taken sick. A writ of habeas corpus has also been issued in his case. A dispatch from Philadelphia says: State Senator Boles Penrose returned here from "Washington to-night and exhibited a tele gram from his brother, Dr. Charles Bing ham Penrose, whose arrest as a cattle bandit was recently reported from "Wyoming. The dispatch says: "I am safe at Cheyenne. Have a lawyer. Newspaper stories up to date untrue." Forsnor Partners Quarrel. "W. R. Bainey was arrested by Officer Sullivan yesterday on a( warrant charging him with assault and battery, a. M. Gold berg, a Sixth street chiropodist,. is toe pros ecutor in the case, and charges that Rainey attacked him and beat him about the face. , It appears that the men were formerly in business together and the assault grew out ot partnership difficulties. Rainey was held for a hearing. Trouble After. Sheriff's Sale. "Lancaster, April 16-j The Keystone match' factory property was sold by the Sheriff this afternocnv It was bought by H, M. North, for $60,000 subject to a mortgage of $50,000. D. Ramsey Patterson, of Phila delphia, gave'notice that the machinery did not pass with the property. The purchaser claims that it does, and-there will be litiga tion over the dispute. Perfect Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed. 4Y-jGfol .Store Open Saturday Evenings Till 9 1 0'CIock. SPOONS GIVEN AWAY. To show onr appreciation for the patronage bestowed npon as we will for this week only present a PITTSBUKG OB -eVLLEGHENr SOUVENIR SPOOK with eyery pur chase of One Dollar or oyer. SUIT'S, COR. LIBERTY AND SMITHFIELD, AND 311 SM1THFIELD ST. dIOtxm 1 SEVEH wTYZS, AHD ALL ALT72. A Han With Several Aliases an Amateur Modern Solomon. Newark, N. J., April 16. ISpxiaL' Jlrs. Kate Stevenson, the seventh living1 wife of James F. Stevenson, alias Charles Stevens; alias James Abbott, charged him with bigamy in the First Criminal Court in Newark to-night Her brother, Jos. Bnrcfa, charged him with larceny. Stevenson, who) is 45 years old, and a paperhanger by trade, married Mrs. Kate Rapp, a widow, in New ark, March 20. 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