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Of Some farmers' Alliance
Members Called for Bir
mingham in May,
BUT THE CALL LEAKS OUT,
And Those YT ho Weren't isked to Be
There Are Pretty Angry.
FOSTER'S
COLUMBUS
Considered of E t en More Than Usual Po
litical Significance.
MANX CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS
1KFICIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.J
"V7 ashixgtos, .April 22. There is great
indignation among those members of the
Farmers Alliance who have endeavored to
keep the organization from political entan
glements, over the discovery of a circular
letter which fell into unfriendly hands by
the merest accident The letter shows that
it was prepared in the city of
"Washington, at the headquarters of
the National Farmers' Alliance and
Industrial Union, of which C "W. Macune
is chairman of the Executive Board. It
also bears the approval of L. L. Polk, Pres
ident of the Alliance, and three members
of the Executive Board, Messrs. C. "W.
Macune, Alonzo "VTardwell and J. F. Till
man. The communication opens with a
fraternal and brotherly greeting, and pro
ceeds to say :
This Is the most critical period In the his
tory of the order. There Is a universal cry
from the order to their officers for direction
how to conduct the local fight. Never has
there been so little concert of action among
the officers of the different States and seo
tions. This, If allowed to continue, must be
fatal. Concert of action Is necessary, and
success cannot be obtained without
it. The political contest threatens
the destruction of the order. A lack of
cohesive and uniform action by the order
threatens the political slaughter of the free
council by all tne executive officers. The
emergency Is great, and the necessitv for
fall and free council by all executive officers
i . greater than at any time In the history of
the movement.
A Partial Meetlnc in Birmlugnam.
The nation is large, and the expense of at
tending national councils of this character
is too great to be borne with convenience.
It has therefore been decided by the
National President and National Executive
Board that the President and Executive
Committees of the States havine- lit., rtiffl.
tultles and Issues to meet be called
together In oouncil. This conclusion
has been reaohed after a very care
ful study of the situation, and
we are very forcibly impressed with the
necessity of your attendance at this meet
in?, which, after a full consultatlon.we have
decided to call to meet in Birmingham, Ala.,
Tuesday, May 3, 1S92. The presidents and
members of the executive committees of
the followiug State Alliances have been In
vited to attend: Virginia, Maryland, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Ken
tucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
The importance of this meeting, and of
having every one of these States fully repre
sented, is without parallel, and your State
will be asked to reimburse you for the trav
eling expense yn mar Incur, and, should It
fall to do so, we will call upon the Brother
hood to contribute for that pnruose, which
will be readllv done when the benefits can
be shown. Let no ordinary cause prevent I
your coming, but should you And It utterly
JmR?-S1,!i?JlSSJS?S,ShS.li..f COm"
mittee solect a proxy to represent you.
The Sleeting to Be Secret.
It is understood that this meeting will be
striotly secret, with none present but those
Invited or tneirproperly accredited proxies,
that It Is called by C "VY. Macune, as Chair
man of the National Executive Board, acting
under the advice and approval of the Presi
dent and Executive Board, and that no one
is to be apprised of the meeting beforo it
convenes. Let us, in conclusion, appeal to
you by all that you love in the cause to be
present.
The representatives of the Alliance in the
"Western and Northwestern States, as will
be seen, are ignored in this instruction.
"When the question was raised that they
should be represented, it is alleged that the
promoters of the scheme objected, on the
ground that it would not be necessary to put
Western farmers to the expense of
visiting Birmingham. It is said that
the troubl- has all arisen from
the division of the prospective
spoils by the "orofessional farmers" who
are engineering he movement. Several of
those who do not think they are being prop
erlv treated are kicking over the traces,
and through them the exposure comes. The
sole object ot the Birmingham meeting is
said to be to secure the indorsement of Polk
as the Farmers' Alliance candidate for
President
HOWWATTERSON STANDS.
Be Cannot Be for Hill and Fears Cleve
land Can't TFln Good "Words for Both,
but He Thinks the Faction Fight Too
Sincere.
V-sniNGTOr, April 22. Henry "Watter
son has been interviewed at length on the
political situation from a Democratic stand
point by a J'ost reporter. Among other
things he says:
"I have sometimes said, and I believe It to
be true, tbat it Mr. Cleveland had been as
earnest in behalf of Governor Hill as Gov
ernor UI11 i as in behalf of Mr. Cleveland,
the latter would now occupy the White
Uouse. But in this world wise men take
things as they find them. There are some
times -n rongs against which it is idle to pro
test, and Governor Hill Is the victim of one
or these. Two courses were open to him:
Ignoring himself, he might have made the
deleat of the renomination of Mr. Cleveland
his objective point, going in for redress
and revenge, pure and simple. This
course would not have been very
large or far-seeing, but it would
have been tenable and logical. Or he might
have made Mace with Mr. Cleveland, have
put himself 'at the head of the Cleveland
movement, uniting the party on and identi
fying himself with a gieat, advancing issue,
and, thus leading to a national victory, have
entered the theater of national affairs a
Warwick, with no bar sinister upon his
escutcheon, but, instead, the enthusiastic
gratitude of all Democrats. This course,
indeed, was urged upon him in a letter
which naa tne double misfortune to mis
carry through the malls and to be mis.
construed when it appealed In print. Nev
ertheless, the letter was written in perfect
good faith and good feeling. It was not
undertaken without backing and warrant,
and but ior the mischances which attended
it,all shades and classes of Democrats might
at this moment be getting together on com
mon ground. Brother Dana himself leading
in prayer."
"Do you think it too late for thatT"
"Yes, I da The faction lighting has gone
too lar. The breath Is too wide. The feel
ing is too embittered. Both sides aie too
confident; yet both are equally mistaken.
Give Governor Hill the State ol New York
for the sake of the argument, and what
other of the debatable and necessary States
or the North could he carry! Subtract the
vote of New York from Mr. Cleveland's col
umn and how could he be elected? It seems
to me a demonstrable proposition; so that,
applying to it the familiar rule of Hovle, I
would amend it to read, in case of doubt,
play neither."
At this point In the conversation the re
porter ventured to observe: "You have been
quoted, Mr. Watterson, both for and against
Mr. Cleveland. How do you really standi"
"For two years, Indeed liom the moment
this discussion came up, I have been for Mr.
Cleveland, with the distinct proviso that he
should come into the convention with New
York solid behind him, the Dreaches healed,
and the leaders, big and little, united.
In that default I nave said late and
early what I say now, tbat his nomina
tion would be suicidal. At no time
could I have been brought to support
the nomination of Governor Hill, whioli I
should regard as not only suicidal, but in a
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sense discrediting, because possible only as
a result of organization, not as the olimax of
a great ponular and party volition. But I
have not joined In the senseless abuse of
Governor Hill, whom I reijardWith entire
friendliness and respect. I merely think he
has made a mistake, not an uncommon oc
currence with Presldental aspirants. The
truth is, the bauble of the Presidency Is so
dazzling to weak eyes that it blinds most
men who get near enough to see it."
FOSTER MEETS FRIENDS.
For All That, Bis Visit to Ohio Is Supposed
to Mean Something Significant in Poll
tics He Is Not Wanted in the State
Just Now.
Columbus, O., April ,22. Special
Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster
left on the evening train for Fostoria. He
received a large number of calls fromfriends
during the day, but his visit was regarded
with more or less political significance. He
was at the Governor's office during a por
tion of the day, and among the callers was
Auditor of State Poe, who stated in an
interview in "Washington this week that he
thought Foster ought to be barred out of
Ohio politics for the present.
Mr. Foster remarked to Poe to-day that
he supposed he would be permitted to call
on his old friends, and the Auditor thought
that that was the proper thing. In a later
conversation Secretarv Foster said Poe de
nied the interview as reported, but the Sec
retary thinks Poe must have made some
such statements to the correspondent or he
would not have thought of sending out such
matter.
On the Ohio situation the Secretary said:
"It is my judgment that the sentiment of
Ohio Eepublicans is strongly in favor of
the renomination of President Harrison.
I will not be here to attend the State con
vention at Cleveland next week, but I
think everything will be arranged satis
factorily, without further inflaming the fac
tional feeling."
"Do you think either side is over sus
picious?" "I would hardly say that, but I do think
the rank and file of the party will not be as
sociated with either the so-called Sherman
or ioraker side. 1 don t know who the
delegates at large will be: but I will not be
one of them. It would come with bad grace
for a member of the Cabinet to go to Miii
neaDolis as a delegate. I have advised
against any office holder, especially in the
South, going as a delegate to the National
Convention."
Secretary Foster will leave Fostoria for
"Washington to-morrow, in case the superin
tendency of the Toledo Asylum is settled.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of,
that institution.
FOSTER'S PLUEAUIY ABOUT 33,000.
McEnery Concludes That It Will Be Better
Not to Contest,
rw Okleans, April 22. Special The
vote of Louisiana, 52 parishes, including
Orleans, official, and seven estimated, is:
Foster, anti-Lottery Democrat, 79,561; Mc
Enery, Democrat, 46,768; Leonard, regular
Republican, 30,109; Breaux, Custom House
Bepublican, 11,112; Tannehill, People's
party, 7,576. The Legislature stands: Fos
ter Democrats, 60, including several Farm
ers' Alliance men; McEnery Democrats, 57;
Eepublicans. 10; Farmers' Alliance and
People's party, 7.
The McEnery Democrats have decided to
accept the result of the election and not
make a formal contest or bring the matter
before Congress, holding that it would be
better to submit to any wrong than to have
the Federal Government interfered Louisi
ana affairs.
M0EGAN HABD AT "WOES
Trying to Secure a Congressional Nomina
tion in aicKlnleys District.
Massillon, O., April 22. Special T.
Ii. Morgan, Sr., the Alliance manufacturer
who seeks the Bepublican nomination for
Congress in this district, spent the day in
the city making the acquaintance of dele
gates to the Salem ConventiouMay 6. Mr.
Morgan told your correspondent this even
ing that he expects to have substantially a
solid delegation from Stark county, and,
without venturing upon figures, hopes to
secure enough additional votes from Colum
biana and Mahoning to capture the plum,
a nomination being equivalent to an elec
tion, as the district is good for 2,200 Bepub
lican majority.
The proposition tq make Governor Mc
Kinley the candidate meets with outspoken
disfavor among the Eepublicans in this
city.
PURCHASED AN 0BGAK.
A Newspaper Bought by a Man Who "Wants
to Go to Congress.
Newcastle, April 22. Special' The
Kew "Wilmington Globe, belonging to the
estate of Hon. James C. Brown, deceased.
late of Greenville, was sold at public sale
this afternoon, by the executor, to Samuel
C Koonce, of Clarksville, Mercer county.
Mr. Koonce is the wealthy farmer who was
so badly defeated for Congress in Mercer
county "at the late primaries.
The general impression here is that Mr.
Koonce is preparing to enter the Congres
sional contest in '91. The paper, which is
now independent in politics, will be made a
Bepublican organ.
A Blow at the Prohibitionists.
Boston, April 22. By a vote of 91 to 72
the House to-day refused a third reading of
the bill enabling a political party holding 2
per cent of the votes for Governor to make
nominations. This bill was in favor of the
Prohibition party, and was supported by
the Democrats and opposed by the Be
publican s.
Harrison and Blaine Indorsed.
Bradford, April 22. Special The
Bepublican Congressional Conference of
the Twenty-sevenlh district convened to
day at Kane. The proceedings were en
tirely harmonious. Cameron county was
permitted to be represented by five dele
gates. Besolutions indorsing Harrison and
Blaine were passed, after which the entire
action of the State Convention was indorud.
B.QGZ-GrtLTHB-3ULE -f.-JfeW J .. . . n T Vttt any action on the bill the Senate went into M M f.h MS " "4B
- ' frb VtMl Compliment tO Tope LeO Alll. executive session, and soon adjourned till M mtfJfJjj-MfW7Mstjrt1 -MM tesSk-S7
jfcwvS,; jfcjP .Jfc ME. DAVIS ON THE CHINESE BILL. LIQUOR DEALERS' WAR. yfjMw-JUMIIjir M
A-xOD 020.5 " A JT g XM!fcl!mrilimK&Jm.! rA Blair S assignation Accepted alier lie Iiaa Minora. and a Qnarrel Between Two Or- &.fVM?A S ."S
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Brown and Simpson were elected national
delegates, with "Wiley, of Cameron, and
Bussett, of "Warren, as alternates.
For Harrison, Elaine and McKlnley.
"Watebkwh', K. Y., April 22 At the
First District Republican Convention held
here to-day, delegates were chosen to the
State Convention. Besolutions were parsed
indorsing Harrison,Blaine and theMcKinley
bill. The Thirtieth District Bepublican
Convention has selected delegates. Besolu
tions complimentary to Harrison and Blaine
were adopted, but the delegates were not
instructed.
Congressional Nominations.
The Republicans of the Sixth Indiana dis
trict have renominated Congressman Harry
N. Johnson by acclamation.
The Prohibitionists of the Pontiac, 111.,
Congressional district have nominated E. E.
Day, of Kankakee, for Congress.
The Republican Congressional Conven
tion of the Metropolis, 111., district has re
nominated George w. Smith lor Congress.
Hor. C W. Stoite was yesterday unani
mously renominated for Congress by
Twentv-seventh Pennsylvania district Ee
publicans. TIRED OF SPEAK-EASIES.
That's Why Staid Old Prohibition Uttlo
Washington Slay Have a Saloon This
Year Remonstrances Are Two to One
on Country Xdoense Applicants.
"Washington, Pa, April 22. Special
The interest in the License Court is ex
ceptionally great. This unusual interest in
this staid old prohibition town is caused by
the fact that for more than 20 yean retail
licenses have not been granted here, and
now a strong application is made for such a
license. The applicant is Charles A. Bailey,
proprietor of the European Hotel, the lead
ing hostelry of this place. Mr. Bailey's
application will be considered to-morrow
morning, but Judge Mcllvaine will not an
nounce the decision until next week.
Charlie Bailey's petition contains the
names of 250 voters of the ward in which
he lives. It is the opinion of many of the
best citizens that speak-easies have been
permitted to flourish too long; that back-alley
drinking and the walking saloon, where a
drink of poison is sold 'to children for 10
cents, must go, and that it is better for the
trade to go to the hands of a staid citizen
like Charles Bailey than to have outside
rnmsellers deal out their stuff in bottles or
casks to the students, who take it to their
rooms and drink to excess.
There is another element, however, which
holds opposite views. This is the "W. C. T.
TJ. A remonstrance has been presented
against Mr. Bailey, which is largely signed
by the womeu in the ward in which he is
located. "Whatever Judge Mcllvaine's
views are he has kept them to himself,
though the general belief among citizens is
that the court thinks the time has come
when at least one retail application should
be granted heTe.
This morning Jesse M. Boyd, who desires
to open a wholesale house in Allenport, was
pui mrougn tne mm. jvir. oya s chances
of success are not brilliant. It was proved
that Boyd, when he had a similar license
two years ago, sold liquor to men of known
intemperate habits and in quantities
of less than one gallon. This after
npon:;the applications for brewers' and
wholesale licenses in this place were taken
up. Jacob Zelt passed in good shape in his
application for brewer's license, but the re
monstrants outnumbered the petitioners
two to one. Policeman Charles Greer, an
applicant for wholesale license, presented a
petition signed by about 1,000 citizens; the
remonstrance, however, contained twice
that number. John "Wykes and Thomas
Morrison desired wholesale licenses at Fin
leyville and Gastonville respectively. The
outlook for these men is rather blue.
WEHT OUT WEST TO DIE,
A New Yorker Fatally Shoots Him.elf In 'a
San Francisco Hotel.
San Francisco, April 22. Special
Charles D. Smith, of Kew York, committed
suicide at the Palace' Hotel this morning by
shooting himself through the heart. Smith
had been a guest at the hotel for three
weeks, coming here on the China steamer
about March 27. He was found lying on the
bed in his underclothing, with an old
fashioned revolver in his hand. He left no
letters, but he told one of the hotel clerks
that he felt greatly depressed owing to per
sistent ill health.
From papers found in his trnnk it was
learned that he has a brother, A C Smith,
Secretary of the Distilled "Water Company,
of Kew York. There were also receipts for
rent of a house at Babylon, L. I., and other
papers indicating that he had sold a house
and used the proceeds on a tour around the
world.
MRS. FRENCH-SIIELDOK interviewed
on her African experiences In THE DIS
PATCH to-morrow.
YAHKEES HAY KEEP OK FISHING.
The Modus Vivendi Act Passes the Domln
ion Parliament In Committee.
Ottawa, Ont., April 22. On motion of
Hon. C'H. Tupper, Minister of Marine and
Fisheries, the House of Commons to-day
went into committee on the act respecting
fishing vessels of the "United States, which
gives the Governor General in council the
power of renewing the modus vivendi from
year to year. ,
This was strenuously objected to by
Colonel O'Brien, who protested against the
House transferring its power to the Gov
ernor General, or in any way acknowledging
the claim of the United States to vested
rights in the Canadian fisheries, but the bill
was passed in committee.
Tan Loon Proving an Alibi.
Lima; O., April 22, Special The Van
Loon case is rapidly drawing to a close.
The defense has sneceeded in proving a
pretty fair alibi and shaking the identity
testimony of the prosecntion. The case will
likely retoh the jury Saturday night or
Monday morning;
1 T 4t mm P"
f MfiWSI ,0t N .
RUINED BY GAMBLERS,
WHO CONSPIKED AGAINST NEISON,
THE BANK DEFAULTER.
They Worked the Blackmail Game and
Their Victim Succumbed The Foil
Story of the Plot 'is Told in the Affi
davit of a Gorman.
Grand Forks, N.D., April22. Further
developments in the case of Kelson, the
bank defaulter, are details of an immense
conspiracy among half a dozen gamblers
with Nelson as their tool, to steal the funds
of the bank. Archie S. Mc. abb, a German,
whom Nelson in his affidavit implicates in an
attempt to blackmail him by exposure, has
made an an affidavit corroborating Kelson.
He says 'that on April 14 he had a con
versation with Kelson, and also with
Charles Bamsey, in East Grand Forks.
Ramsey stated that Kelson had been playing
poker with Shaw and Dahl, and told affiant
to keep quiet, because he had a straight tip
for some of the money.. Bamsey suggested
that the affiant tip Kelson tor money, and
urged him to push the scheme ot blackmail.
Alter this conversation McKabb told
Kelson he understood he had been playing
poker and losing considerable of the bank's
funds, and that, besides, he had spent money
in buying wine. He told Kelson the only
way he could square himself would be to
pay him some money, and if he (Kelson)
did not pay the money McKabb would have
to "pepch." To this Kelson replied, "You
are mistaken. I have only played poker
twice." Affiant replied that he knew
Kelson played oftener, and that he would
have to have the money or he would make
the matter public.
Kelson said he would meet MoKabb at 9
o'clock the following evening. McKabb
asked him how much money he thought ho
could give him, and said that when he saw
McKabb he would fix the matter up satis
factorily. After this interview McKabb
became frightened at his attempted black
mail and dropped the matter, not attempt
ing to see Kelson againi
The" action against the gamblers for con
spiracy is being reserved pending the out
come of the motion to dismiss, which is to
bo argued Monday, If the arrest aud bail
proceedings hold, the action for conspiracy
will not be pushed. Kelson's case will not
be pushed further until the KewTork com
pany which gave bonds forhim-is heard
irom. It is expected that the Surety com
pany will take the prosecution of the bank
officials in hand and reimburse the bank to
the extent of Kelson's bond, ?7,500.
M0BE BEFTJGEXB SEEK SHELTER.
The Bnssian Mob Who Blade Trouble in
Chicago Are 'Sent North.
Chicago, April 22. There has been no
recurrence ot the trouble which almost re
sulted in a riot at the Shelter House of the
Hebrew Aid Society last evening. The
place bears evidence of the attack made
upon it in broken doors and windows and
the missiles thrown by the Bnssian immi
grants. The Shelter House will only ac
commodate abont 70 people, and the society
is receiving about 100 refugees a week.
Thirty-one new arrivals irom the Czar's
dominions were at the Union depot this
morning, and they and their cumbersome
luggage were being brought to thej Shelter
House in express wagons. This crowd was
made up of families, and ranged from the
shawl-swathed babe to the fierce-whiskered
father with fur cap and' belted overcoat.
The men who caused last night's disturb
ance have been sent to Bacine, "Wis., where
employment awaits them. The society's
rules only allow the refugees to remain at
the Shelter three days. Since September the
plan has aided 7,000.
A PLATFOEH LOOKING TO LIBEETY
Jnst Adopted by the Liberal Party in the
Bepnblic of Mexico.
Crrr of Mexico, April 22. The com
mittee appointed to prepare a manifesto to'
the Liberal party will repoat to-morrow.
The principal feature of the platform will
be the introduction of economies in all
branches of the Government, especially in
the "War Department; the abolition
of interior custom houses, s directed by the
late economical Congress; a reduction of
the customs tariff in order to promote com
mercial Intercourse with foreign nations;
the adoption of judiciary reforms, extend
ing the terms of the magistracy, if possible,
to life tenure; the creation of the office of
Vice President, in order to avoid complica
tions in case of the absolute disability or
absence of the President, and reform of the
firess laws, granting more liberty, without
icense, and subjecting journalists to .the
common law.
This is the first time in the history of
Mexico that so liberal a platform has been
announced, and it will arouse enthusiasm,
as such liberty has never before been known
in the Republic.
RIVERSIDE pen pictures will be an In
teresting feature or THE DISPATCH to
morrow. HTOBAH FOB UNCLE SAIL
i
His Citizens Can Build a New Borne in a
Day IT itbout a Single Scratch.
KrNGFlSHEE, Okla., April 22 To-day,
after hearing from every portion of the
Territory, Governor Seay sent the follow
ing telegram to Secretary Koble:
Kingfisher, April 22, 1892.
Hon. J. "W. .Noble, Secretary of the Interior
Washington, D. C:
All quiet along the Potomac-Not a riot;
not a gunshot wound in all the county.
Churches are already building in the new
towns. All the officers, civil and military,
so far as known, have done their whole
duty. No complaint has reached me from
anysection. A. J. Seat, Governor.
A Ship Caught in an Ice Field.
Philadelphia, April 22. The British
steamer Caprivi reports that on the 11th
inst. she was in an ice field and had several
frames bent on the port bow and her fore
peak filled with water. A number of ice
bergs were scattered abont the field.
"Washington, April 22. In the Senate
to-day Mr. Hoar, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported a bill to amend section 6,of
the revised statutes, which anthorizes ap
peals to the Circuit Court of the United
States from State courts in cases where the
person convicted claimed to have acted un
der the authority of any statute of the
United States' under the authority of any
foreign power. The amendment is to add to
the section the words: "Provided that said
appeal shall not stay execution in capital
cases, unless accompanied by an order from
the Judge from whose decision such appeal
is taken, restraining the Sheriff or other
officer from executing sentence of the trial
Judge."
An explanation of the matter was made
by Mr. Hoar, who'gave as an illustration of
the need of the proposed legislation the
case of a wife murderer in Kew Jersey who
had pleaded guilty and been sentenced to
death, but ior whom an appeal had been
taken on the ground that the Constitution
of the United States provided a jury trial in
all capital cases.
The bill was passed, with an additional
amendment: "Or unless such order be ob
tained from some Jnstice of the Supreme
Court of the United States."
Army Appropriations Coming Up.
The army appropriation bill was reported
and placed on the calendar, Mr. Stewart
giving notioe that he would call it up oh
Monday next, provided it did not interfere
with the Chinese bill. '
The urgent deficiency bill was then taken
up and a number of amendments were
agreed to, when the calendar was taken up
and a lot of unimportant bills passed.
After some disoussion a bill was passed
authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to
increase to 12 a month the pension of every
pensioner who is now on the rolls at ?8 a
month on account of services in the Mexi
can "War, and who? is wholly disabled for
manual labor and is in such destitute cir
cumstances that ?8 a month is insufficient
to provide him with the necessaries of life.
The Chinese exclusion bill was then taken
up, and Mr Chandler proceeded to present
testimony as to the continuous introduction
of Chinese from Canada and British Colum
bia, in order to show the need of more
stringent laws to prevent the influx of
Chinese over the land border. He favored
the seventh section of the House bill, pro
viding the penalty of imprisonment in a
fenitentiary for Chinamen so introduced.
n the course of his remarks, he referred to
the Scott act of October 1, 1888, as a viola
tion of the treaty with China. The term
"violation" did not suit Mr. Teller, who
suggested the use of the term "abrogation
or "repeal," but Mr. Chandler said he saw
no difference in the terms.
Blair's Opposition to the Scott Law.
In reply to a question by Mr. Hiscock,
Mr. Chandler said the Chinese Government
had never assented to the partial abrogation
of the treaty. It had refused to receive the
new Minister from the United States on the
ground that Congress had passed the Scott
law. He was tree to admit that he thought
the situation between the American Govern
ment and China a bad one. Beverting to
the case ot Mr. Blair, he remarked that that
Senator was almost the only one who made
a vigorous fight in the Senate against the
Scott Trill.
The Speaker then went on to read and
comment upon the correspondence of the
State Department with the Chinese Govern
ment and Mr. Denby on the subject of Mr.
Blair's rejection as Minister. He referred,
jarticularly, with much acerbity of lan
guage, to the fact that the dispatch of the
State Department of October 6 (explain
ing and defending the position of Mr.
Blair), had not been communicated to the
Chinese Government, but had been buried
in the archives of the Legation until Mr.
"Wharton, by his dispatches of March 20,
1892, directed it to be done forthwith.
A Withdrawn Resignation Accepted.
He called attention to the fact that on
July 9 Mr. Blair had (for reasons stated in
his memorial now before the Senate)written
to the State Department as follows: "I
withdraw my tender ot resignation, and
will thank yon to inform the President."
Dr. "Wharton's response to that was: "I
have received your letter of the 9th instant,
withdrawing your tender of resignation:
and in accordance with your request, I shall
inform the President of your action this
afternoon." "And yet," safd Mr. Chandler,
with much earnestness of manner, "on Oc
tober 6 the President accepted the resigna
tion which had been withdrawn, and there
is the record."
Mr. Davis, a member of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, looked upon the
House bill as a rank, radical, unblushing,
unmitigated repudiation of every treaty
obligation remaining between the United
States and China. He said that the Chinese
Government was not anxious for its people
to come to the United States. But how
was it, he asked, with the Governments of
the "Western hemisphere?
The Cahensly Blatter Recalled.
Therewas more matter for profound con
sideration, the speaker thought, in the at
tempts of Mr. Cahensly, who had submitted
to the Pope, last year, a proposition in
tended to denationalize American institu
tions and to supplant them by the institu
tions of as many nationalities as were to be
found in America, than there was in all the
Chinese questions that 'had arisen since
1858. That gentleman (Mr. Cahensly) pro
posed to use the power of the Catholic
Hierarchy to bring about that great politi
cal result. He (Mr. Davis) rejoiced that
he could speak of the matter without com
mitting the offense of treading on religious
ground, because it was infinitely to the
credit of Pope Leo XIIL, the greatest
statesman who had sat on the Pontifical
throne for centuries, that he had repelled
the proposition, as soon as made to him.
That attempt had not been instigated by
the American Hiearchy at all. He be
lieved that it met with the reprobation of
Cardinal Gibbons, and he knew that it met
with the reprobation of Archbishop Ire
land. This Mr. Cahensly, Mr. Davis said, was
not a priest but a layman a member of the
Prussian Diet In , the memorial which he
presented to the Vatican he claimed that the
want of representation of the different na
tionalities of emigrants in the episcopate
was one of the chief causes of desertion on
the part of the Catholic forces; and that
hence it was desirable that every different
national group of emigrants should be or
ganized into a distinct parish, with a priest
ot its own nationality. It was one of this
man's schemes that the various foreign
languages should be perpetuated in the
United States by the segregation of people
according to nationality.
The American People Ignored.
How utterly Oblivious, said Mr. Davis, he
is that there is an American nationality and
an American peoplel Kever had there" been
a more infamous' attempt to prostitute re
ligious power to political purposes than was
expressed in that memorial. This man, he
said, was no inconsiderable man. He was a
man who could combine allies. It had been
stated that Mr. Schloezer, the German rep
resentative at Borne, was in hearty ' accord
with him, and backed up the memorial; and
that American families of high rank and
royal and noble circles were interested in
the scheme, but it was to the glory of the
American Hierarchy that it had fought the
proposition. "Perhaps," Mr. Davis said,
In conclusion, "I have "gone out of my way
Max Schneider Charged With Pelllnc to
Minors, and a Quarrel Between Two Or
ganizations said to Be Besponslble for
the Salt Brought,
Max Schneider, proprietor of the Hotel
Federal, Allegheny, had a partial hearing
before Alderman McKenna yesterday
charged with selling liquor to minors. The
hearing attracted an unusual number of
liquor dealers from Pittsburg and Alle
gheny and the Alderman's office was crowded
beyond comfort with witnesses for both
sides in the case. Both sides were repre
sented by two lawyers.
The information against Schneider was
made by two detectives named Money and
McKain. The witnesses against Schneider
were two boys, James Alexander and
"William Eirkpatrick. Alexander was the
only witness called. He is a smooth faced
youth and he testified tbat he was 17 years
Max Schneider Charged With Pelllnc to "Tr?7ZiSK s H
old. He also testified tbat on the 1 4th, loth
and 16th of this month he visited Mr.
Schneider's bar and purchased from his bar
keeper whisky on each of the three days.
Young Alexander's age was definitely fixed
and at the request of Mr. Schneider's
attorneys the hearing was continued until
next week.
Schneider's attorneys said after the hear
ing adjourned that the prosecution against
their client was instituted by persons who
were after Schneider because he had as
President of the Allegheny Liquor League
caused the arrest anH punishment of vio
lators of the liquor law.
Detectives Muncv and McKain denied
this. They contended that the prosecution
against Schneider was not malicious, and
was instituted by the Betail Liquor Deal
ers' Association.
"This case is in many ways an interesting
one," a liquor man who attended the hear
ing said. "It is a fight between the Alle
gheny Liquor League, of Allegheny, and.
the retailers association, which is endeavor
ing to spread itself over the entire county.
Max Schneider has for some time been
President of the Allegheny League. He has
been decidedly active in seeing that the law
was not violated by the members of his or
ganization, and he has been decidedly offen
sive to the keepers of speak-easies and ille
gal clubs. He has refused to join the Pitts
burg association, and it is hinted that the
prosecntion has been instituted to force
him in. If that be true there
will be a lively fight among the
retailers of this county and there will he no
violations of the law in the future. It may
break up both the organizations, which I
understand were formed for their mutual
protection, but the law will not suffer. in
any way, as one dealer will be watching the
other to get him into the same uncomforta
ble hole into which Mr. Schneider has been
put"
The Allegheny licenses have not yet been
handed down and Mr. Schneider's friends
are fearful that the prosecution against him
will knock him out of license.
ITCUILOUGH'S BEHAIHS BURIED.
His Belatlv-s Believe He Fell Into the
Beservolr by Accident.
The remains of George S. McCulIough
were buried in Greenwood Cemetery yester
day. Services were held in Samson's
chapel. The remains were accompanied to
Pittsburg by his sister, Mrs. Prazee, of
Chalord, and her husband. A. H. Clarke,
gnardian of George S. McCulIough, says he
does not believe it was a case of suicide.
He said he had sent McCulIough over
(8,000 and that his share of his mother's
estate would amount to $15,000. Beside
this his father, who is shipping clerk for
the Hostetter Medicine Company, has an
interest in the company, which would go to
the four children.
Mrs. Prazee said her brother had been
attacked by typhoid fever in Seattle,
"Wash., and had came to St. Lonis to re
cuperate. She says he had been in the
habit of walking near the reservoir. His
left arm was paralyzed and she believes he
fell in and as he could only use one arm he
was drowned.
SCAFFOLDS 10 THE F0EE.
Three
Men Injured by Falls and One of
Them Will Die.
The, three accidents reported yesterday
were all caused by falls from scaffolds.
One man fell from the fourth story of a
building and will die.
Hobitsbi Martins Horneri fell from a
scaffold at the new Times building shortly
before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. His
skull was fractured, two ribs were broken,
he sustained a severe scalp wound and his
thigh was broken. He was removed to the
Homeopathic Hospital.
"Ward Oliver ward, an employe At Oliver
Bros. & Co.'s mill, Woods Hun, fell from a
scaffold yesterday afternoon. Be suffered
Internal injuries that may result seriously.
He was removed to his home on Market
street, Allegheny.
Hastlbt Patrick Hanley, a laborer, em
ployed at the McKeesport Iron Mill, was
brought to Mercy Hospital lajst night, suffer
ing from a compound fracture ot the right
leg, which ho had received by fall off a scaf
fold at the works.
HICHIGA-. FOB ALGEE,
Mr. Allen Bays Governor McKlnley "Would
Hot Accept the Nomination This Time.
Ex-Congressman Allen, of Ypsilanti,
Mich., was at the Union station last even
ing going to "Washington. He wants the
rent of the postoffice in his town raised
He says the Government won't put up a
new building and the present office is too
small. On the subject of politics he had
little to say. The Michigan delegation is
pledged to General Alger, but he doesn't
know to what extent they will support him.
Mr. Allen thinks that Harrison and Cleve
land will be the nominees. The ex-Congressman
campaigned with McKinley in
Ohio last fall. He knows the Governor
very well, and he says,he will not accept a
nomination this time even if it were offered
to him. Mr. Allen claims the scheme to
boom McKinley is without the Major's
sanction.
TO HAVE ANOTHER CELEBBATI0N.
Major Gonrley Has 131c Expectations for
I-ext Fourth ot Jnlj.
Mayor Gonrley proposes to have a Fourth
of July celebration, this year that will cast
all previous demonstrations in the shade.
The Mayor says this is the last year of his
term of office and he wants to have the cele
bration particularly grand'on that account.
He expects to attract 250,000 people to
Schenley Park on that day, and one of the
features will be a 55,000 display of fire
works. He had a conterene'e with Superin
tendent Luckey yesterday and arranged for
a chorus of 1,000 school children between
the ages of 12 and 14 years who will take
5 art in the exercises, and who will be
rilled in singing tor the occasion in the
meantime.
Arrested for Slaklns Moonshine.
Deputy United States Marshal IJeed ar
rived in the city last night accompanied .by
John Beed, of Uniontown, who is charged
with illicit distilling. The prisoner was
locked np in the jail pending a hearing be
fore Commissioner McCandless.
Four I51c Bargains
For to-day's sale of men', line suits $7, $3 80,
$11 75 and $13. These four special prices
will keep our bis force busy ana make things
hum to-day. Come along, everyone, for your
suit. P. C. C. C, Clothiers,
Corner Grant and Diamond streets.
ladles, Don't Bead This
Unless you want to know you can buy a
child's all-wool suit for $2 50 tbls week at
Bailer & Ca's, oorner Smlthfleld and Dia
mond street. ttssu'
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"the stocking that fits."
HORNE
NO. 41 FIFTH AVENUE.
BOYS IK REBELLION
The
Becent Reformatory Investiga
tion Has Made Them Bold.
FIGHTS OP DAILY OCCURRENCE.
Guards, Teachers and Monitors Ire Set
Upon Wlthont Mercy.
TWENTY-FOUR 8HARP KNITHS FOUND
SPECIAL TELEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
HumcuraDO-r, Pa., April 22. Ever
since Senator Osboorne instituted an in
quiry into the charges of alleged cruelty to
inmates of the Huntingdon Reformatory,
the inmates themselves, led by the rougher
Philadelphia element which predominates
among the 517 prisoners, have been conduct
ing affairs in the institution with a high
hand. Generally they have manifested su
preme contempt for the rules of discipline
in the reformatory, and the "so-called incor
rigible principals from Erie and Philadel
phia counties aim to pose as masters of the
situation.
Instances are of almost daily occurrence
where guards and keepers are assaulted by
the prisoners, many ot whom, contrary to
the act creating the reformatory, have
served terms before and now pass under as
sumed names. During the present week
the riotous element has been unusually
active.
A Monitor Badly Dono Up.
Testerday morning, while a gang of in
mates were working in the brickyard inside
the main walls, George Cato, colored, of
Philadelphia, beat Sylvester Kirk, also of
Philadelphia, into insensibility with an iron
shovel. Kirk lay for two hours unconscious,
and it is believed his injuries are mortal.
Kirk was a monitor in the reformatory, and
reported Cato for a violation of the rules.
Last evening a teacher in the school was
assaulted by an inmate scholar with a heavy
slate and beaten for having simply corrected
a mistake.
This morning the most serious and vio
lent outbreak occurred. Henry Tarnell, an
outside teamster, who was hauling stone for
the new ward, in remonstrating with some
of a gang of inmate laborers who were teas
ing his horses, was violently attacked by
five of the prisoners led by John Laporte,
of Erie county, and brutally beaten. La
porte first knocked him down with a brick,
when tne oiners conimueu i- uruianj Lieut
and kick him on the head and body until
driven off by the guards, to whom resist
ance was also shown.
The Inmates in Open Bevolt.
Soon thereafter a revolt occurred among
the inmates in the main corridor, but it was
short lived. Chair rungs and other weapons
were used. The recklessness and vicious
ness of the inmates are more pronounced,
since it was developed during the recent in
vestigation that none of the inside guards or
keeners carry arms. They show neither
respect for nor fear of the guards, -and the
good discipline of the institution is seriously
threatened.
Since the late Investigation nearly two
dozen sharpened knives have been recovered
from 'the persons and cells of the inmates,
who filched them from their tables and'in
the workshops.
Alexander Port, the resident member of
AT LATIMER'S.
1 EVENT I DRESS EMS
We have just closed one of the closest spot cash deals in our history of
Dress Goods buying. By purchasing a tremendous quantity for spot cash
from a hard-un manufacturer we are enabled to quote lower prices to tho
buyers of these cities than ever before.
1 Lot 5,868 Yards Finest India Silks, only
31c a Yard.
1 Lot 6,976 Yards India Silks, assorted styles
and colors, 37c a Yard.
10 Cases Challies, dark and light, 3c a Yard,
1,0000 Yards BLACK SURAHS, BLACK
HENRIETTAS, BLACK BEDFORDS-all go in
this sale at prices unparalleled in history.
-7,000 Yards Colored
worth 25c. It's a chance
T. M. LATJMER,
138 and 140 Federal Street
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amfmmmammFeWiV", !", --4- .1 r iTjr -iy arts!i JH
only comfortable hose. SEE
and try a half dozen pairs of
& WARD,
ap-i-lOS
the Board of Managers, said to a reporter
to-night that the only method that can be
adopted to reclaim the reformatory disci
pline isby legislative enactment, in havinj
the vicious and incorrigible inmates re
turned to the courts of the coun
ties from which thev were sent.
Superintendent Patton is not disposed
to adopt at present any harsher meas
ures toward the rebellious prisoners than
those now in vogue in the institution; that
is, thestrap andthe solitary. The warring
disposition manifested among the more vic
iousinmates of the third grade is now show
ing itself among the other better grades.
Tho P. C. C. C.
"Will sell to-day 5,000 men's fine suits at tho
four special pricos of $7, $3 SO, $11 75 ana
$13. Take your pick.
P. C C. C, Clothiers,
Corner Grant and Diamond streets.
Bcoirrwas never known to fail; it kills
roaches, bedbugs, etc., every time. Zjcts.
1
WEE'S
BULLETIN. 1
I have a fancy imported Sardine at $1 M
per dozen, having 23 fish in a box. I expectl
a big sale for these goods.
I am offering bargains in Fresh Boasted
Coffee which cannot bo had elsewhere.
An 8-ounce bottle Vanilla for 20c, the bigf
gest In the State for tbat money. Don't fail
to get one or more.
Do you remember that we sell Kirk's Olina
Soap at $3 per box?
I gell Work's Soap at $3 per box.
California Dried Fruits almost given awayt
A lot of 2-quart Glass Pitchers, worth 33a,
at 15c.
I sell 6 lbs Crystal Bice for 25c.
12 lb3 Evaporated Apricots for $1.
12 lbs evaporated Peaches lor $.
7 boxes Imported Sardines for $. , '
8 cans French Peas for $L.
10 cans Egg Plums for $1.
10 can3 Green Gages lor $1.
10 cans "Early June Peas for $1.
25 pounds Flake Tapioca, SL
27 pounds Hemp Seed for $.
26 pounds Clclly Canary Seed, $1.
1 bucket, 80 Ids, Jelly for $L
8 lbs good Tea for $1.
5 quarts Sonbin's Salad Oil for $L
0 lbs Water Cracters for $.
3 lbs Eastern Water Thin, 31.
I am prepared to sell flour much eheapel
than the cheapest in either city. I keep the)
best brands, and every sadc and barrel .war
ranted. Keep an eye on " Vancleet."
Send for price lis. and order by mall,
Freight paid on $10 worth (not Including
sugar), sent to any address.
JOS. M'KEE,
36 Ohio St., Allegheny.
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No vr is the best season for planting and
pruning trees, laying out of lawns and tak
ing charge ot work generally; also draining.
HERMAN HELM,
LANDSCAPE GARDENER,
EIXSWOETH AV., Shadyside Pittsburg-,
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-DexL-bal Office .
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of a lifetime.
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