THE. PITTSBURC DISPATCH. SUNDAY, .APRIL 24; 1892; I CHUESEPBOBLEM That Has Found So Solution in tlio Senate, Though There Has Been Iff UNUSUAL EFFORT MADE A Vote Is to Be Beached on the Sub ject No Later Than To-Morrow. SE5TIHEXTAL SWASH OX DECK. China the Greater Gainer Under the Lair as It Xow Stands. SOME SHOP MAXXEES IX COXGEESS lErECIAL TELEGRAPHIC LETTER.! Uceeau or The Dispatch, Wasuihgtox. D. C April 23. How to deal with the Chinese question broadly and vet without injury to the Re publican party on the Pacific coast or else where, is a problem that has not yet found a solution in the Senate, though the Re publicans of that body have been trying to reach a conclusion forseveral days. "Whether a solution be indented or cot, a vote will be taken upon the pendinc bill and amend ments on Monday alternoon. It may be safely said that the Geary bill, which passed the House with a hurrah, will not pass the Senate. Some method will be iound to apparently restrict Chinese im migration aud yet to avoid the possibility of a rupture of diplomatic and commercial relations with China. If Mr. Geary or his Democratic friends in the House hoped to mate any party cap ital out of this prohibition bill, which they could not have expected to pass the Senate, they wfll probably be disappointed. Op position to any measure which would be a. direct violation of the treaty now supposed to be in operation between the United States and China is not confined to Repub lican Senators, and the most earnest sup porters in the Senate of the Geary bill are the Republican Senators of the Pacific coat. notasr Scott Lav tho Probability. Senator Butler, a day or two ago, and Senator Morgan to-dav, both of the Com mittee on Toreign Relations, earnestly op posed any such rigid measures as the Geary bill. The best legal minds of the Senate nre of the opinion that the Scott law would remain operative for two years more, but as there is a dispute on this point, doubtless a bill similar to that law will be passed as the simplest and quickest way of setting the matter at rest. The oppo-ition to the Geary bill is curious to contemplate Every Senator in whose State there are American citizens who are immediately affected by "Chinese cheap labor is an earnest advocate ot the bill. senators whose constituents are not 60 nearlv affected place the mere sentiment of fnendlv relations with China superior to the wishe and welfare of American work ingmen. Senators Sherman, Morgan, But ler, and the rest, know very well that if they represented California or Oregon, in stead of Ohio, South Carolina or Alabama they would now be making eloquent pleas for the Geary bill instead of war against it Tlio Snobb.filmess of a Committer. Members of the Senate Committee on foreign Relations are more sensitive to the srcial ieeling and atmosphere of the carjital than any other. They are absolutely snob bish in their desire to court the iavor of foreign Ministers, especially those wearing that absurd insigna. a "title." Thev will go to any length to "maintain the dignity of the Senate" nhen any question bearing on foreign afiairs is at stake. It was they who viciously did what they could to rnin the unstained reputation of the late Chief Executive Clerk Younc, because secrets of the executive session touching diplomatic J currespunueiice were uiTuigeu oy an un known somebody. Now, because the principle of inter national comity, which is struck at by the Geary bill, is condemned in the foreign diplomatic circle, this tuft-hunting, dining, and wining and toasting Committee on For eign Relations of the United States Senate ignores the whole question of the interests of American workmgmen and women, and refuses to accept a bill which will absolute ly shut out the cheap laborers of China, on account of a sentiment against the violation or abrogation of treaties, though they know aery well, irom a thousand precedents and authorities, that treaties are made with the understanding that they are to be termi nated at the will of cither of the contract ing parties. Sentlmp ntal Swash Has Toll Sway. Speakers in favor of rigid restriction have shown that the Chineso work lor about one-third of the ages that are recognized as just and decent for the American work men; that they live on food upon which the American norkman would starve; that they come here simply to earn what will be in China a fortune, and to then return to their eun land; that their habits are loathsome, their presence corrupting. Yet, with Sher man and Rutler and the rest, all this is out weighed by a job-iot of sentimental swash about amicable relations and honorable ad herence to a treaty contract. Away down in the bottom of the social well, where the truth of this question re poses, there is lound another reason. The lueu who appear to desire to look broadly at this matterare really at heart opposed to any restriction of the immigrants who come from foreign parts to. cut under and lower the wages of American men and women. They were forced by the power of organized labor to enact the present restriction laws, but having once enacted them thev have joined in a conspiracv to make theni inoperative. The agents of every department of the Government w ho have had anything to do with the en forcement of the law against the importa tion of labor under contract have, under in structions, I have reason to believe, con spired to make the law inoperative, in effectual and ridiculous. Every immigrant icstriction law has been constructed with a loophole in it through which the most detestable clement of the world could crawl into America, and it now seems thaf the Senate is bent upon erecting a new harrier which lias proved to be too weak to shut out the very worst of these bad elements. 5o Use In 3Iinc!n- Slatters. If the purpose is to shut out the Chinese, there is no use in mincing matters. The law already in operation was intended to be Prohibitive of the Chinese laboring element. 1 it be not really so, one which is so abso lutely could hardly be more destructive of treaties and friendships than the one in tended to be so. In the licht of the simple proposition the arguments of the opponents of the Geary bill must appear decidedly in sincere. Senators supporting a heroic measure hate plainly juoved tna: there is no danger of retaliation on the part of China. The Government of that country does not wish to encourage the emigration of its subjects. "Wealthy employers of labor there are ac tuated by precisely the same motives as are wealthy employers of labor in America. The more workmen the lower the wages to be paid by the employer. A numerous idle class can always be used to hold in check aud take the place of the employed class when the latter attempt to iorce wag'es up ward. Clilna the Greater Gainer. Again, the trade of America is of vastly more value to China than that of China is to America, and there ! no danger of any aoti that would destroy this commerce. Yot, through a contemptible deference to the sentiment of the foreign djplotnatlo colony, and undoubtcdlr, also, a deilre to let in the cheap labor of China Instead of absolutely prohibiting It, the Committee on Foreign Relations, ruling the Senate in this matter, will force throu.eh a bill whloh will admit the degraded Chinese in a roundabout way, if not directly, and amicable relatione with China will be preserved at the expensed the American citizen and workman who aims to secure wage,s on which he can, live like a human. The policy of the Shermans and Butlers would compel the American workman to live like the Chinese. In the House the whole of this afternoon was wasted, and worse than wasted, in a discussion whether certain words spoken several weeks ago by Mr. "Walker, of Massa chusetts, should be expunged from the fiecord. It will be remembered that Mr. "Walker, in making a speech, had leave to extend his remarks in the Hecord. In doing fo he was offensive to those two callow mem bers of the Massachusetts mugwump kinder garten, Sherman Hoar and George Frederick Williams. The latter demanded that the language be expunged, as it was both offen sive and not spoken on the floor of the House. Mr. "Walker declared that the rea son it was not spoken on the floor was that he was not given time. The words were those he would have spoken had he had the opportunity. An Instigation for Offenslvo Speeches. The matter was referred to tho Committee on Printing. The report of that committee favored expunging the offensive matter from the Jtecord. The venerable, white haired Mr. Walker, the Worcester shoe maker, was fullyas offensive in his defence to-day as he was in the original speeches. In a "brief speech in reply Hon. George Frederick Williams was as contemptibly in sulting to Walker as he could well be, in sneering at him for bringing his shop man ners into Congress, as though shop manners were necessarily bad man ners. The fact is Mr. Walker was shoemaker only in bis boyhood, when he learned the trade in his father's shop. He has been a wealthy shoe man for many long years, and nothing in his language or ap pearance would suggest cultivation and re finement less than that of Mr. Williams, who is careful to state in his biography in the Congressional.Directory that "lie was graduated at Dedham High School in 1868, at Dartmouth in 1872, and studied at the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin." . The truth is. the matter objected to was no more offensive or personal than other matter which finds immortality in the Jlccord every day, and nobody except those thin-skinned youths from Massachusetts would have thought of objecting to it. As it is, the House will probably perform the solemn act of expurgation. The matter will come up on Monday, and donhtless'a quo rum of Democrats will be got together and the resolution passed. One Way to l'ass Away the Time. It is in this manner that the Democratic majority is w orking for the early adjourn ment promised frequently in the first months of the session. Five months of the session are gone and the end is not yet in sight. Representative Dalzell will on Monday present to the House the minority report on tbe tin plate bill, which provides that Irom October 1 of this year imported tin plate shall pay 1 cent "per pound duty and be admitted free after October 1, 1894. The report prepared by Mr. Dalzell as tbe iew ot the minority ot the Committee on Ways and Means will go over the whole ground of tin plate manufacture, will show the wonderful growth of the industry since the McICinlevlaw went into operation, and the fallacy ot the assertions of the majority report, one of which is that the duty will impose upon consumers of tin plate a bur den of 515,000,000 a year more than they would have to pay were the article admitted free. Dfilauiater Ont of Politics, He Say. George W. Delamater, formerly of Penn sylvania, is here, as was stated a few days ago he would be, to further the interests of a bill now before Congress to permit the opening of the Puyafiup Indian reserva tion, which lies just outside the suburbs of the city of Tacoma, Mr. Delamater comes as the representative of the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Club of Tacoma, the latter organization numbering about 500 members. The ex-Senator 'de clares he is out ot politics, now and for all time, and that he will devote himself strictly to his profession and to business. A very delightful little party was that present at a luncheon given a day or two ago by Secretary and Mrs. Blaine to Miss Susan B. Ewing. of Pittsburg, a cousin ot Mr. Blaine, and Mrs. Samuel Hazlitt, wife of the Washington. Pa., banker, and Mrs. Samuel Hazlitt, Jr. Mr. Alfons "VonMumm Schwarzenstein, the German Minister pro tem, Miss Phelps, daughter of tbe American Minister to Ger many, Mrs. Representative Hitt, Miss Carter and Miss Dodge (Gail Hamil ton) were the guests invited to meet them. The table was artistically decorated with Easter flowers, and the whole affair was one of those extremely enjoyable incidents which frequently light up the somber old mansion on Lafayette Square since the Sec retary's happy recovery trom his alarming illess of last year. A THSEE-COBNEBED CONTEST Fortho Control of the Democrat lo Dele- gates From Illinois. Washington, April 23. Spfa?. The rivalry between Morrison and Senator Pal mer in Illinois appears to have come to a direct issue, and it is expected that Cleve land will be seriously involved. There appears to be a general under standiug that the people of Illi nois are strongly in favor of the nomination of Cleveland. At the same time, that State has two Presidental tiossi. bilities in the persons of Palmer and Mor rison. A number of the delegates have been instructed for Palmer by County Con ventions, and some of the Morrison men claim that the Palmer men are not acting id good faith. To avoid any split in the party there was an agreement entered into between the friends of each that no effort should be made to have the delegates to the State Convention instructed, 'it is understood that yesterday they had a meeting in the Ways and Means Commit tee room ot the Honse, at which Palmer practically announced that he would enter the fight and get the support of the Illinois delegation at the National Convent tion, if possible. The impression at the close was that there would be a bitter tight between him and the Cleveland and Mbr rison men. Chicago Fair Folks Are Hnstllng. 'Washks-gtox, April 23. The members of tbe Chicago Directory of the "World's Fair, who are now in "Washington in behalf of additional appropriations by Congress for the "World's Pair, are making good use of their time in presenting facts and figures to the members ot the commitlee having World's Fair matters in charge. To-day they had an informal conference with sev eral members of the committee, at which the subject was talked over. Arrangements have been made for a formal presentation of the wants of the directory before the com mittee next Monday. A New Patent Law Probable. "Washington, April 23. The House Committee on Patents, after a careful and thorough consideration of the subject, has agreed on an omnibus bill to amend the patent laws of the United States. Repre sentative Buchanan, of New Jersey, will draw up a report on the bill and submit it to the House, probably next week. Senator Boar's Eyesl;ht Falling: "Washington, April 23. Mr. Hoar to day asked and obtained leave of obsence from tbe Senate from Mondav next for the I remainder of the session. It is understood to Europe, in order to consult the most dis tinguished specialists in eye diseases. Ladies' trimmed hats ts 80, sell elsewhere for $4 oo, at O'Bellly's, 407 Market. A MECCA OF ROYALTY. Kings, Queens. anii Emperors and Families Are to' Visit Berlin, PK0SPECTS OP A LIVELY SEASON. An American Attache. Ji Getting Pointers in the Art of War. GERMANS SATED THEIR TINEIARDS COPYRIGHT 1892 BT X. T. ASSOCIATED PRESS. Berlin, April 23. vThe Easter holidays made little difference to the Emperor. He worked during all the holiday season, from early in the morning until late at- night; gave the usual audiences to the Ministers and took only a short ride or drive in the afternoon. The approaches to the Castle were every day surrounded by holiday makers from the provinces, ea?er to get a view of the Em peror. On Thursday morning, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Major von Moltke, who, since the death of Field Marshal Count von Moltke, has been favored by the Em peror, His Majesty went to Eisenach, where he was a guest of his uncle, the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar. The party enjoyed good shooting on the Grand Duke's estates. Upon the receipt of the news of the death of the Duchess of Mecklenburg, the Em- peror immediately canceled hit arrange - ments for the shooting and announced his intention to attend the funeral. Royal People In Bather Frail Health. The Empress is at present very solicitous about the health of the Czarina, Unfavor able reports concerning her .have been re ceived at the Berlin court. The Czarina is much affected by the condition of the Grand Duke George, her son, whose lung disease is becoming worse and who is now believed to be in a hopeless condition. The Czarina is attending him. Ths Emperor has ar ranged to start on a month's whaling trip July 9. A telegram received in Berlin to-day an nounces that the Czar has finally consented to visit Potsdam, where he will remain four days. The arrangements have not yet been announced, but from private advices it is expected that his visit will be semi-incognita Political circles are agitated at the success of Emperor William in inducing the Czar to visit Potsdam. The visit will, undoubtedly, greatly influence the rela tions between the two empires. It has al ready been intimated to the German jour nals that it would be advisable for them to cease their attacks upon Russia. An American Military Attache's Work. Lieutenant Clarke, of the Ninth United States Cavalry, who has been serving a year in the Eleventh Huzzars, at Dusseldorf, ar rived in Berlin Monday. He was given an audience by the Emperor Wednesday, at which he bade His Majesty farewell prior to his return to the United States. The Emperor treated him in a most friendly manner, as he always does Americans. He inquired after Lieutenant John Bigelow, of the Tenth Cavalry, who is an old school mate of his. Lieutenant Clarke has thoroughly studied the work and training of the" German cavalry, which he declares to be the best in the world. He attributes the efficiency chiefly to the marvelous system of break ing and training voung horses which pre vails here. The discipline of the German army, he says, is far more strict than that of the American army, bnt he did not see the slightest cruelty on the part of the officers. The approaching visits of the members of tbe roval families, with the consequent in flux of society, promises to give consider able stimulus to the trade of Berlin. Royal Families Wilt Flock to Berlin. It is now finally settled that, besides the Czar, the King and Queen of Italy, tbe King and Queen of Sweden and the Queen Regent and the young Queen of Holland will arrive here before the middle of June. The Queen Regent of Holland and the Queen will sojonrn in, the Black Forest for a time before coming to Potsdam. The health of the young Queen is not very ro bust, and it is thought the air of the Black Forest will have a very beneficial effect upon her. Rumors have been circulated that the King and Queen of Italy will not come to Berlin, owing to the political crisis in Italy. These reports, however, are semi officially denied. It is known here that the Emperor is anxious to have a conference with King Humbert, as he fears the attack upon the Italian militarv will force King Humbert to rednce Italy's European military expenditures, and thus weaken the power of the Dreibund. The fact that the Italian Ministry has agreed that only ex penditures for the military in the colonies shall be reduced, is largely due to the insistence of the German Minister at Rome, supported by the Austrian Minister. Anti-tottery Movement in Germany. An agitation has been started against the project of a lottery to cover the expense of beautifying the approaches to the Schlosse and to greatly alter and improve the Under-den-Linden. The opponents of the project declare that lotteries are increasing to an alarming extent, and that their growing love among the people will result in a per nicious influence upon the prosperity of the country. The Emperor is personally op posed to the lottery scheme and would him self meet the expense, hut the heavy drain on his own exchequer in order to pay for refurnishing a number of the guests' rooms in the Schlosse precludes him from do ing so. The vineyards of Alsace Lorraine nearly suffered the fate of the vineyards in France. From mild weather the temperature sud denly dropped to ,7 below zero. Enormous damage was done in the vicinity of Stras burg. But the vine growers in the Kollmar district announce that great success fol lowed their burning of tar in the vicinitv. The fires caused tbe temperature to rise,and tne result was tnat ail tbelr vines and iruit trees were saved. Delmard Is Bvally a Spy. PARIS, April 23. The Tempt says: Mr. Delmard, thl Englishman who was arrested in Paris on the charge of being a spy and subsequently released, and who through the English Government demands heavy dam ages, had obtained full information in re gard to the new invention of Captain Benard for balloon steering. Nineteen Million Splndlcrs Idle. London, April 23. The lockout of the cotton spinners in I Lancashire, where it is estimated 19,000,000 spindle's are idle, shows no sign of being amicably settled at present, and instead ot the arbitration, which was recently proposed by th! operatives, having had a beneficial effect, the situation has been made worse. t More Poles Coming This TVy. St. Peteesbubg, April 2a The emi gration of Eussian Poles to the United States is largely increasing. This exodus of the inhabitants of .Russian Poland is owing to the glowing accounts of the United States received Irom emigrants who recent lv'left their homes in this country for the New "World. Stevenson "in Sainoan Politics. Berlin, April 22. The Vossidu Zettung thinks that Bobert- Louis. Stevenson de signing to strengthen English influence in Samoa, is planning a new coup against Ger many. . ,' A French Army Sent to Dabomty. Paris, April 23. La LOerU to-day an nounces that the French Government hoi sent an expedition to Abomey, the capital of Dahomey. A Mew African Exploring Party. . Londox, April 23. "William iAitor Chandler, accompanied by Lieutenant Hot nel, of the Austrian army, will leave Eng land for Africa June 1 to conduot a scien tific expedition. He will be escorted by 200 men armed with rifles. His intention is to. ascend the Tama river and' explore Mount Kenia. He will be absent for two years. ASLEEP ON TBE TRACES. - . A Colored Man Killed on Arch Street and Boy Injured on the Manchester Line Eight Accidents Yesterday, Five B saltlng Fatally. A man and boy were killed on the rail road and a colored man killed and a boy badly injured by electric lines in Alle gheny A fatal accident alco reported from McKeesport Theilst follows: BRKXiCAjr Edward Erennan, colored, wns struofiand killed by a onr of tbe Pleasant Valley Eleotrlo Hallway Company last nlvht shortly before 11 o'cloolc. He was lying across the tracks Of the California branch on Arch street, between North .and Mont gomery avenues, Allegheny. Car So. 107 came along, and as it was -dark In that vicinity the motorman did not see tbe man. Brennan bad both less crushed, bis skull lractured and suffered Internal Injuries, death resulting almost immediately. The deceased was 45 years old, and had on his persona lodge book of Sc. Peter's Beneficial Society. Rkikhardt Andrew Beinhardt. aged 15, was Instantly killed on the Pittsburg, Vir ginia and Charleston Hailroad about S o'clock yesterday afternoon, near Twenty flrst street. His head was cut off and right arm ground to a pulp. Tho body was re moved to the Southside morgue and pre pared for interment, and was later removed to his parents' home, on Spiing street, Lower Sc Clair township. ItoniKsox Wayne Robinson, who was In jured on the Central Traction line a few 1 his injury, lockjaw having set in uays ngo, aieti vesteruay xrom cue enecis oi Puitaitiii Jeremiah Pururlm was killed at Conetnaugh yesterday by a train. He was a trackman, 37 years old, and the lather ofslx children. He was run down by train 81. Hammond Thomas Hammond, while play ing on some freight cars near Homewood yesterday, fell from a car and broke bis shoulder blade.besido several severe bruises. Wabd Willie Ward, aged 9, whoso parents live on West Market street, Allegheny, was run over by a Manchester line el ec trio car on Preble avenue last evening, and one of big legs was so badly crushed that It had to be amputated. He was taken to the Alle gheny General Hospital. Cleyexs Abe Clemens, aeed 40 years, liv ing at 2119 Wright's alley, fell down stairs at bis home last night and dislocated bis collar bone. He was removed to tbe Southside Hospital. Whitehead Coroner McDowell was noti fied last nleht that John Whitehead was .killed at McKeesport by being caught in an elevator at. tne uewees luuiuer yard, case will be Investigated to-day. The ASKED TO MAKE RETURNS. Assffsors Preparlngto Make the Business jRtx Assessment Estimates Mads if the Firms .Do Not Respond Small Pool rooms Likely to Be Frozen Ont. The clerks in the Board of Assessors' office have just finished sending out notices to nearly 10,000 business establishments in this city, asking for a report of the volume of business done by each, firm, on which the assessors desire to fix the business tax tor this year. There are 655 firms to be assessed in the Third ward, which has the largest number of any ward in the city. The First, Second and-Fourth wards average BOO each, and the remaining wards average about 200 each. The assessors want the business people to make their returns within the next ten days, as the assessment must be completed and tbe books turned oyer to the Treasurer on the last day of next month. In the meantime the whole assessment must be made and the appeals of all. who are assessed too high examined and the mistakes rectified. The business tax and State mercantile tax, which are so often confounded, nre both collected during the month of June, and the city water tax also. "When parties fail'to make returns the assessors estimate their business and assess on the estimate. If the figure is too high the persons assessed appeal and make a great fuss, but they won't take the trouble to make a return be fore the assessment is made. This gives the assessors a great deal of extra work and worry, bnt they have the same' experience each year. , 'The reduction of the business tax rate this year will make a big difference in the receipts from that quarter. In the case of small shops or stores doing a business of 500 a year or less.the tax is so small, at the rate of 50 cents on the 51,000, that the as sessors have left them off tbe list this year. Chief Brown's ordinance for the regulation of poolrooms is also expected to reduce the business tax, as if it is passed, the ordinance will result in closing up many of the pool and billiard rooms, which are under this year's tax ordinance assessed higher than any other business. COMMITTEES APPOINTED. The Pittsburg Division of Johnstown Cor respondents Arrange for the Details of tho Flood Anniversar A Keception Tf 111 Be Held in This City. A special meeting of the Pittsburg divi sion Johnston Correspondents National Association was held yesterday afternoon. President "W. C. Connelly, Jr., presided. He stated the object of the assembly was to arrange the preliminaries for the annual excursion to Johns town on the anniversary of the flood "May 31. The reception and dinner to the officers and members of the National As sociation will take place in this city ot that night. The Secretary read a number of communi cations, among which were those writ ten by ex-Governor Beaver," General D. H. Hastings Colonel A. J. Moham, Cyrus Elder, Mayor Bose and ex-Governor Fora ker, stating they would be present at tbe reception if nothing unforeseen occurred. The Chair then announced the following committees, hod been designated to take charge of the details. Transportation T. L. Korin, Robert Pit cairn. Chailes S. llowells, Christopher L. Magee, Tames S. Scott. E. 11. O'Nell. Alfred Reed, Joseph G. Siabeneck, Joseph T. Xevin, A. J. Barr, Ernest Hen ricks, T. J. Keennn, Jr. Reception John S. Ullenonr, H. H. Marcv, F. X. Burns, John Itevnolds. Parker L. Walter, C. M. Buxbv, George H. Welshons. Entertainment James Israel, E. O. Cnristy. S. F. Lnty, H. P. Gather, Frank J. Kelly, Edward Hosier, Miss Cora Reese. Programme Andrew S. JUcSwegan, Eu gene Connelly, Lyman Kaine. J. it. Johns ton, Edward Sawyer, A. L. Cratty and George Thornburg. Another meeting will be held at the same place on next "Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Then the chairmen of the com mittees are requested, to be present A BLUE-COATED PHBENOLOBISI Decides That Frederick. Miller's Bumps TVere in tUe Wrong Mnce. Fred Miller, of -South Twelfth street, was furnishing a great .deal of amusement for several companions on Carson street last evening until his career 'was 'suddenly cut short by Officer Wright. Miller, with sev eral friends, would deliberately bump into the la:ly pedestrians, in several instances knocking them into the street .. Their actions had been noticed by two boys whose chivalry was aroused, anil they followed the party "from Eleventh street to Seventeenth.where they encountered Officer "Wright. They called his attention to the men, and he at once followed them. Directly in front of the Southside morgue Miller deliberately rati against two ladies, and with a jeer started ofE The sound of I his voice had scarcely- died away before he was landed on his back by the officer and, the nippers on him. He was very indignant, but soon found that bumping against moiiensive ladies-- and an officer ot the law were two different things, as he was soon languishing in a cell at the Twenty-eighth, ward station. The Administration Indorsed. Lockport, N. T., April 23. The Eepub licans of the First Assembly district elected delegates to-day, and adopted resolution indorsing the administration. MERELY A BIG BLUFF. That's the Way Dr. Parkhurst Sizes Up New York's Reformation UNDER SUPERINTENDENT BYRNES. Ha Wants to Give the New Official Full Credit, but Doesn't BELIETE HE CAN ACCOMPLISH MUCH RFECIAL TItXGBAM TO TnX DISPATCH. New York, April 23. "There, is -more ostentation than an actual desire to reform, in this police change. There will not and there cannot be any genuine attempt to sup press the vices called tp the attention of the March grand Jury until the organized criminality under which -we are suffering is permanently and effectually removed." Those were the emphatically expressed declarations of Bev. Dr. Charles H. Park hurst, of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church, when asked to-day at his- home for an opinion on the recent police upheaval. The doctor continued: I shall have to confess that Fam not en thusiastically hopeful as to the nnimusor purpose of our new Superintendent of Police. Yet I am willing, a great deal more willing, to believe that he Is in earnest in all he has recently said about enfoiclmr the law, and in what he has already done, than I am to believe that it is done for ostenta tious display. A Great Opportunity far Byrnes. Superintendent Ilyrnen won a national, or I may. say an international, reputation as chief of If ow York detootlves. Now It may be, and I like to think it is the ease, that ho appreciates tho fact that lie now has the op portunity to nako a national' reputa tion far himself in a field very rnonh broader than the one be has left. Ha nndonbtodly knows, and cunnoe help hut see, that If he wero to exorcise his powers of Superintendent of Police and laithfully, vigorously and unflinchingly mako those powers tell in tho repression of those crimes whloh now exist in our midst, and about whloh so much has been said, be would win for hlmsuK the applause of the citizens of New York and a fame that would be as broad as our country. My hope is that he is animated by that ambition, and that what he lias said has not oeen simply for the purpose of quieting the disturbed condition or mind as it now exists among the better part of our citizens. Granting, howVsver, that be desires to leally accomplish so great a work, tbe question at once arises as to whether he can break through the lim itations by which ho is municipally bound and hampered. -It Is true tbat he is at tbe head of a strong department, and with practically unlimited powers, yet at the same time' he is organically built into tbat department, and the spirit in which the same-department is now con ducted, is the growth of many yeais of black corruption. Then, however pure and whole some a head may be71t cannot declare itself, by mere words, absolutely free' from the corrupt body into which it has become or ganically knit by yeais of association. Too Hard a Task to Tackle. The police department has been up to three days ago essentially corrupt, unless I and the March grand Jury are utterly at fault, and I don't think we wero with " smile and it is certainly a xggantic task for Superintendent Byrnes to under take to uecontruot that body. But over and above all tbat, and granting that he Has the executive power to remold tbe police department to do bis bidding, he is not, competent to defy Tammany Hall and Tamany Police Commissioners, so long.as that organization is the municipal sovereignty of the city. Lot Mr. Byrnes' desires be as pure and ns sincere as may be, the only hope tbnt I and many bave that he will be able to carry these desires into effect will be the bringing to bear upon Tammany an outside- force which will be ablo to crush the organization. By "an outside pow er" Dr. Parkhurst referred to a citizens' organization which may be formed to slay the-tlgec, In other words, there is no hope for ITew York City, in its police department or any other department. In Taot, except in the com plete overthrow of the organized municipal crlmlnalltyuhder which .we are at present suffering. Of course tbe sinking up will un doubtedly tend tolnterfere with the carrying on the same system of plunder which has been in progress for years past.- Yet these transfers will riot change the disposition of of a single captain. If his roots have been pulled out of one vile soil it will not take him long tozrowthem down into another sort of a similar character. Tho same can be said of the ward detectives, and if the superintendent-intends to stop at -this point, in three months things will bo in the same state as they wore under ex-Superintendent Murray and the others. The "War to Be Continually "Waged. ""Will you or your society take any ac tion to prevent matters from falling back into their old state?" "We will," replied Dr. Parkhurst. "We will watch Mr. Byrnes, and continue to watch not malignantly, but nnxiouslv and jealously. Now, in conclusion,'' said he, "I cannot but , say that, with all my doubt as to the result of Mr. Byrnes' administration, nothing 'would make me happier than to find that this sud den activity is not merely an ostentatious blind. If such is the case, and he is really willing to take tbe chances of closing Tam many saloon during unlawful hours, no man will fight for Dim more obstinately than L "We do not expect that every phase oi vice is going to be stamped out within a week or two, but we do expect, and we do demand, that the paid. police patronage of crime and criminals should come to a full stop, and a stop immediately." Dr. Parkhurst and the agents of his so ciety are actively engaged in securing evi dence against a number of places similar to those he has already exposed. Dr. Park hurst said he would be in n position to make the results of his efforts public in a short time. Tin Plate Being Made in Baltimore. Baltimore, April 23. Cnates & Co.'s mill to-day began the manufacture of tin plate, employing 250 men. The output will be from 1,500 to 1,800 boxes a week. BIG VALUES IN CARPETS. TVny Fay More? This is the season when the wants of most people are the greatest to adorn the home, furnish the house. It is now the time when the weight of our low prices counts, that the sturdy superiority of our big values tells. Call at our stores this w.-ck and see how far we excel. Kvery department has strong inducements. We proposo to make prices that will be interesting, to leave ns only a close margin, to represent actual worth. Why pay more? The ingrain carpets we want 19c for are most everywhere 25c; onr 29o heavy two-ply carpe is looked on elsewhere at a bargain at. 40c; our 4So woui-fillins carpet they'liask 60c lor; for our all wool SSo extra super they'll want 75c. Why pav 80c for the brus sels we sell you at 2c? Why pay 75o for the brnssels we ask you 60c for? or 11 for the bru9sels we'll sell at 80c? Why pay more? We shall also continue to sell yon elegant 25c oil cloth at 17c; window shades, spring fixtures at 19c; good stair oil cloth, worth frc, at 5c: curtain poles complete, with all urass nxiures, worm :ao, at jzc: anu tne same proportionate saving in all paper, lace curtains and -drygoods. Goods sent freight paid within a hundred miles of Pitts bmg. , J. H. KuifKEL & Bro.. 1347-1349 Tenn. avenue, corner Fourteenth and Penn. Ladies' trimmed hats andbonnets, special values $2 50, $5 and $10, for which you would pay about double elsewhere. Imported novelties at O'Reilly's, 107 ilaiket street. Breaks the Record. Nothing ever equalled 'it our great $10 saleof men's businesaand dress suits. Every body come. 'P. C. C. G Clothies, ' i Cor. Grant and Diamond streets. . For $5 ladies' lovely trimmed spring hats. EquaLto$S values elsewhere.. .Special im-. portations at O'Reilly's, 407 Market street. Wantedl Wanted! 150,000 ladies to know that Seining ft Wilds, 710 Penn avenue.Mceep the best variety of dress trimmings, notions, etc Wx make the dress trimming business a speciality. Ton can get lust -what you want at Seining ft Wilds, 710 Penn avenue. TALHAGE LIKES TEE GOLD CUBS, Ha Beturns From a Tlsit to Dwlght and Is More Than Enthusiastic. ' New York, April 2S.-Bev. T. DeWItt Tal mage has Joined the vastarmy of Eeeley cure enthusiasts.. "While on his recent visit to Chicago, from whloh be returned yester day, he was taken by Dr. Leslie Keeley to his gold cure establishment at D wish t, . 11L, which is tbe parent institution of the W branches that are scattered throughout this country, Europe and' Australia. Dr. Tal rnage had ialtb in the gold cure before he went there; now he is as loud in its praises as.the most enthusiastic of the 60,000 people whom he says have been rescned from the thraldom of alcohol, opium and tobacco by Its Influence. In speaking of his visit. to Dwfght yesterday, ho said: ' "I am flrmlv convinced from what I saw and heard at Dwigbt that Dr. Eeeley is one of the greatest benefactors to mankind that, ever lived. His institution is a wonderful 5 lace, his cure a marvelous one. Dr. ieeley's Anger is on the world, and I shall do all in mv power to tell the world so. I shall have him in Brooklyn before long, and will guarantee him an audience of 7,000 peo ple. I am satisfied now, tor I have seen Keeley, Dwlght and the gold cure. I was in the 'shot tower,' as they call it. There I saw one or the most wonderful sights in my experience, I haw 500 men standing in line, with slits in their sleeves, waiting their turns to have the gold cure injected or 'shot into their arms. The expressions on the faces of these men was enough to show tbe good work Dr. Keeley is doing. The poor broken down wrecks who had Just come in, waited their turns with a look of hopeful ex pectancy on their faces that was touching, while on tbe other hand those wbo bad been there some time, and had already experi enced the good effects of this cure, looked proudly conscious that they were being freed Irom slavery. I tell you the confident way In which theso men spoks and the happy triumphant expressions on their faces would have converted the greatest enemies of the cure." RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. , "What Upper Ganges Show. ALUtonznr Jcircnow Klver B feet inches ana rising. Cloudy and plesumt. Th News From Below. EVANSVlLLE-nlver 90 feet S laches mnd rtilnir: 2 Inches above danger mark. Clear. New Bouts pisard up. John K. Rpeed down. 1'AltKKBeBUno-Obio JO feet 2 Inches and rising. Little Kanawha running out strong. Navigation till suspendod. Keystone State and Lizzie Bay np, Iran Queen clown. Caiuo-Arrived John K. Speed, Cincinnati. River 45 feet 7 lachet sad riMuiK. Cloudy and mild. . CrjrciKNATi Itlrcr 41 feet 2 laches and falling. Clear and cool. Departed Hndion, to PKUburc; Buckero State to McmDhlt. Louisville Hirer falling; 22 feet 1 Inch In canal : 19 feet s Inches on felli; ft feet 1 Inch at foot of locki. Builnesa Improving, Clear and pleasant. aiKHrms-Rlver 34 feet 2 Inches and falling.' 21 o arrival nor departures. Clear and pleasant. VicKSBCRC Klver rising. Pused np Arkaniss City. St. Louis. New Orleans Clear and pleasant. Arrived White Oak and tow. Memphis. Departed Hoxle and low. OltyofHtckman. St. Louli. St. Louis Arrived and departed None, Elver IS fee 1 3 Inches. Clear and warm. Ncvrs of the Biver. The Ben Hnr Is due to-dav. Busirass is dull on the -wharf. TBE Bedford will come In to-dar trom 'Wheeling. The Bachelor left for Wheeling vei tarda T with a good trip. The Courier came in and returned to Parkers burg yesterday. O-wiya to the high water the Adam Jacobs is laid np at Lock Ho. 7. The river Is 11. feet and rising, reach the 15 feet stage. It will probably The Joseph Waltqn -went to Louisville yesterday with 12 barges and 2 boats. TnE Gerihanla could not go out yesterday on ac count of the high water above. The Venus was brought from the docks yester day, where she has been calked. Mes. JIadoy, wife of Captain Martdy. of the Congo, was a passenger on her husband's boat yes terday. The excursion boat dusky is prepared to enter the season, having been recently repainted and otherwise renovated. A B aboe gotaway from the Charles Jutte at the Pauhandle bridge. It struck the pier of Bmlthlield street bridge and stove d l.vthe side. It sunk oppo site Market street, and la In a dangerous place to navigation, as It is entirely covered and no light can be plasjpd on it. The Congo brought a brass band from Cincinnati, which enlivened the trip up. It returned with the boat yesterday. With the calliope on tho Iron Queen and the brass band on tbe Congo, the Cin cinnati packet line Is strictly "In it" when it comes to making a nolsr. For some time a sand company has been In the habit or leaving Ihelr barges and boats alongside of the pier on wmch are thewater marks register ing the depth of the river. This obstructs the view, and makes It necessary to pav a cent to go on the Smithneld street bridge. The rlvermen are complaining. . o DO not fall to read To Let Booms In tbe cent a word advertising column of THE SUNDAY DISPATCH. the: fire record. Havre The steamsbiD Hontevidean. from New Orleans to Havre, took Are in port, and the Are was not extinguished until much damage was done to about SCO bales of cotton, in tbe arte r-hold bv fire and water. The ves sel received but slight Injury. MoKeesport Fire broke out in a small shanty near the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, and the Duquesno passenger bridge and the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge both canslit fite. The blaze -was soon extin guished, ilow tho blaze originated is a mys tery. Ashland, Wis. The American Hotel nartly destroyed. There was a panic anions the uests, several of whom barely escaped with their lives. A number were seriously injuiea py dropping irom tne windows, due It is thought all will recover. The financial loss was small. ChicagcThe Bee Hive drygoods store was damaged $5,0J0. Jnst a 'the establishment opened for business, fire started near the main entrance and oat ofi escape from the upper flooia except through a cloud of smoke, llany of the 250 employes went into Hysterics and rushed, to the windows for a jump to thestieet, but were restrained by cooler headed companions. Ocean Steamship Arrivals. Steamer. Where From. Destination. Alliance Rio Janeiro.'. New York. i;i tr or unicago Liverpool jsewron. Hermann New York.. .London. Oxe of our leaders is a mourning shawl. Your inspection is invited, at O'Reilly's, 407 Market street. ECZEMA ON klM. Stubborn Case of Skin Disease Covered Her ITace and Body. Many Doctors Baffled. I Marvellous and Complete Care by Caticnra. Six Years Have Elapsed and No Betnrn. A lady customer of ours (SIIss anny Atwood, of Caroline Depot. Jf. Y.). has been chred of a tub bori. case or skin olsease by the me of Cl-ticuba Remedies. She remarked that her ease had baffled the skill of many well-known physicians. They unanlinouslv pronounced It Eczema, with Rheuma tism lurklnfr In the blood. Some predicted that any treatment stroue enough tocaro the kczeraa would sorely increase the Rheumatism. She used two sets of the Cuticdka Remedies. Tbe effect was mar vellous. Her case of Eczema was not only com frfetely cured, but her Rheumatism was greatly re leved during the treatment. Six years hare elapsed since the cure was performed, her Rheumatism has since never increased by the treatment, hut rather diminished, and she sees no symptoms of tbe 're turn of the Eczema which once so completely took fiossesslon of her face and body. Miss Atwood de Ights in telling of the good effects that the CCTI CCRA treatment had unon her. and recommends unsolicited the Ccticcra Remidies for Eczema and all kindred aliments. Your preparations nod ready sale: Indeed. CtmcDEA Soap Is on the list to buy almost continuously. HASKIN & TODD, Druggists, Ithaca. X. Y.- Cuticura. Resolvent The new Blood and Skin Purifier and greatest of Humor Remedies, lnternallv (tocleause the blood of all impurities, and thus remove tbe cause), and CUTICDBA. the great Skin Cure, and CUTicL'nA Soap, an exquisite SLIn Beautifler. externally (to clear the skin and scalp and restore the hair), cure ererv species of agoulzlnsr. ltchlnf, burning, ccalv and pimply diseases of the skin, scalp and blood. Sold everywhere. Price, CtmctflU, 50c: 2Se; Rxsoi.VK3rr- tl. PmnirMl Iit ihm 1 Porrai bill Dkco akd Chemical ConroBA-nox. Boston. -Sendfor "How to Cure Skin Diseases," pages, JO Illustrations, and 100 testimonials. IPLES, black-beads, red. rough, chapped, and I oily ikln enred by ConctJBA Soap. I CANT BREATHE. Chest Fains. Soreness. .Weakneaa. Hacking Coua-h. Asthma, fleorlsv. !7and Inflammation BELIEVED IK on , xnnrrx br the Cuticdra asti-Paes FUASTjut. Hotblsc like It for Weak Langs. WHOWk Ultftfl SBW ADVEBTIsmXENTS. THE LARGEST AND LEADING MILLINERY HOUSE Iff WEST. PENH. The Shaggy Heaths of the Wild Woods, Mountains and Glens, the Lilies of the Valleys, and all the Floral Creations From Tropical Jj limes. and the Wide, Wide World It's a generous, which we have to deal. ifies the first two in other words, the people have long ago found out the 'truthfulness and reliability of all our statements, I no matter how extravagant they may appear sometimes and we admit they do appear in that light occasionally. Still, they know that everything will be just as advertised. Then their generous, intelligent natures shine forth in all their brilliant beauties, bringing out their unanimous responses to all our calls, filling our stores, as they do all day long, with delighted multitudes of eager buyers. We still consider it our duty, as well as honored privilege, to crowd these big, brilliant ware houses with best commodities, culled from the four quarters of the globe, in such an abundance of variety and lowness of price ' as shall be unobtainable anywhere else. A Few Interesting Specialties From Our Fulfil We have maintained, and are bound still further to maintain, our well earned reputation in this favorite department as well as in all others. For our most extensive variety of assortments and extreme lowness of prices, qualities considered, we never have and never will allow anything to bo made appear what it is not. Not only for present, but looking forward to our future progressive successes and achievements, we positively forbid any misrepresentations either in advertising or by our salespeople. REEFERS; Children's, 98c to $7. Misses', $2.99 to $15. Ladies', $2.99 to $25. WAISTS. Girls' Sateen, Girls' Lawn, Misses' Lawn, Ladies' Percale, Ladies' Sateen, Ladies' Lawn, Ladies' Surah Silk, 49c 49c to $2.24 49c to $2.74 49c 74c to $2.98 39c to $4 $3.49 to $18 All-Wool .Bell Skirts, all colors, g ifrj Bedford Cord or' Serge Skirts, $5.98.. Norfolk Habit Cloth Suit, $4.49. Blazer Suits, I5.98, $7.49, 10, etc., etc Every purchase yoit make in this department means a saving of from 36c to $8.50. Worth while, isn't it ? OUR MORE THAN EiWclED Ai F1T18HZED Millinery Department. The whimsicalities, eccentricities, beauties, styles, fashions, ups and , downs and changes in the Millinery World seem to us to be a little like the weather they come very sudden and know no ending. No matter, we're always ieady. Nothing that is acceptable or worthy of consideration in millinery but what you will find here in all their freshness and multitude of variety. In Ladies' beautifully and artistically constructed Trimmed Hats, Toques and Bonnets you'll find a most bewitching, as well as bewildering, exposition of new designs every day now. Then for the young misses and lesser children there's almost an unlimited selection from all the latest de signs and styles, cute, stylish, serviceable headgear, suitable alike for dress or school wear, and almost at any price you like. A Very Choice Collection of Mourning Hats. Mourning Veils in All Lengths. . Then Flowers, why it's almost superfluous to mention flowers, from the heath-clad mountains, from the rocky glens, from the peaceful valleys, from the distant Indies, from the heated tropics, from the torrid zones, yes, from every corner of this immense universe are representations of Flowers, Plants, Vines, Fruits, Berries, etc., etc. Some in sprays, some in clusters, others again in lovely wreaths, beautifully adapted for adorning Children's Head wear. Next in order we would .mention Ribbons, and such a magnificent combination of almost endless variety and dazzling beauty it would be hard to contemplate. Then comes Straw Braids, handsome, beautiful, stylish. Besides, we've got immense assortments of Nets, Jets, Laces, Crepes, Crepe de Chenes and all the other necessary and unnecessary little nick-nacks, useful and ornamental, in the embellishment of Woman's Stylish, Fashionable Head wear. Thousands upon thousands 0 Hats for Ladies, Misses and Children in all colors, in all styles, in all combinations. Curtains, Linens, Etc. It'll Be for Your Benefit to See These Soon. "We'll start in with 500 pairs exceedingly pretty Lacs Curtains; no matter what others are selling, we've only time to attend to our own bnsiness, and part of that is to acquaint you with the fact that not a pair of these sold for a cent less than SI 50, $1 75 and 52 a nair but, in order to sustain onr reputation of beiug always the cheapest, pick of the lot r ' For 99c a Pair ' Then there's other 500 pairs you'd think cheap enough to-dav at 52 50 anv of these Sow lor 3.'J4 a Pair Another assorted 500 pair lot, 54, 54 50 and 15 Curtains they be. and pretty ones at that Xow for 1.99, $2.24, $2.49 a Pair The last lot Curtains, 300 pair? rich Iryh Pointe and lovely Brussels effects, all very stvlish and pretty, S7, 58, $9 and 512 Curtains, bnt just to keep up the usual lively hum in this department Sow lor $3.49, $3.99, $4.49 and $5.99 a Pair 100 pieces very pretty patterns, pure Linen Cream Damask Tabling. 31c, 3Sc, 56c and 75c Tablings, ' fow lor 22c, 25c, 39c anl 49c a Yard 1"0 pieces fine, heavy and nice stvles, 50c, 73c, 88c, 95c and 51 Bleached Linen Damask Tabling Wow lor 36c, 49e, 59c, 69c and 74c a Yard 1,000 dozenliandsome Line Towels, some have pretty colored borders, others have plain white damask borders then, ajain, some have a couple of rows of pretty open work they're 45c towels thev'll so this week For S5c Each Then there's another 700 dozcn.great big Damask 35c Towels, like last lot; some have real pretty colored borders, while others have just as pretty, although plain white damask borders. They'll go this week Forl6cEacU 100 down extra large and heavy 40c Turkish Towels Now for 24c Lacn Hundreds of dozens ot useful Linen 8c, 12c and 18c Towels all to eo this week 1 For 5c, 9c and 12c Each 10c, 12e, 14c and 16c Linen Crashes, very strong ones, all eood selvage, Now for 8c, 9c, 10c and 12c a Yard ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. DANK I Over, Beautifully Represented Here, So True to Nature' That They Exalt the Art Sublime, Capable of Produc ing Such Marvelous, Wondrous Triumphs. intelligent responsive community with The latter attribute (responsive) qual r Cleat Department. BLAZERS. Children's, $1.49. Misses', $2.24 to $10. Ladies', $2.98 to $18. WRAPPERS Best Indigo, 98c Zephyr Ginghams, $1.49 Chambrays, $2.74 Mourning, 98c Allen's Prints, 98c Anderson's Ginghams, $1.99 Canton Flannel, ' $1.49 $3.49. And better ones at $4.98. SIXTH ST. AND PENN AVEri'i apu i frttoriifniM" ml xm